4 months ago

Hit the Road in New Trailer for Ethan Coen’s Drive-Away Dolls
by admin|4 months ago|The Film Stage
The solo (narrative) directorial debut from Ethan Coen. A cast including Margaret Qualley, Geraldine Viswanathan, Beanie Feldstein, Pedro Pascal, Colman Domingo, Bill Camp, and Matt Damon. Cinematography by Ari Wegner. A logline best simplified as a lesbian roadtrip crime drama....
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FRIDA
by admin|4 months ago|Hammer to Nail
(The 2024 Sundance Film Festival ran January 18-28. Check out Chris Reed’s movie review of Frida. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) experienced great physical suffering during her time on Earth, the result...
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Interview: Tran Anh Hung – The Taste of Things
by admin|4 months ago|Ioncinema
In the Cannes Best Director-winning, The Taste of Things (aka The Pot-au-Feu) the passage of time is measured in teaspoons, tablespoons and table manners. Three decades after his playful exploration of the senses in The Scent of Green Papaya, Tran...
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DISCO BOY Review: Decidedly Human, Nuanced and Stunning
by admin|4 months ago|Screen Anarchy
Disco Boy, directed by Giacomo Abbruzzese, is about the search for independence and its subsequent consequences.  Aleksei/Alex (Franz Rogowski) is an illegal Belarusian immigrant in Paris, who enlists in the French Foreign Legion to legalize his stay. This trade has...
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Juliette Binoche on How to Be Original and the Connection Between Cooking and Acting
by admin|4 months ago|The Film Stage
Juliette Binoche has impeccable taste. The French actress, who has been gracing the screen for over four decades, continues to work with directors that push the envelope regardless of budget, recognition, or box office. From Claire Denis to Olivier Assayas,...
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U.S. Trailer for Alice Rohrwacher’s La Chimera Finds Josh O’Connor Digging for Treasure
by admin|4 months ago|The Film Stage
While Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny perhaps garnered more press out of Cannes Film Festival last year, it was another selection involving archaeologists and tomb raiders that will have a longer shelf life. Alice Rohrwacher’s latest feature La...
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The Film Stage Show Ep. 527 – All of Us Strangers (with Jason LeRoy)
by admin|4 months ago|The Film Stage
Welcome to a new episode of The Film Stage Show! On a new episode, Brian Roan and Robyn Bahr are joined by special guest Jason LeRoy to discuss Andrew Haigh’s All of Us Strangers, now in theaters and coming to...
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TóTEM Review: Domestic, Universal, Heartbreaking, Morbidly Hilarious
by admin|4 months ago|Screen Anarchy
This movie killed me. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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The Taste of Things
by admin|4 months ago|Roger Ebert
The opening scene of Tran Anh Hung's "The Taste of Things" is 38 minutes long. It shows two people, and their two young assistants, preparing a meal in a big country kitchen. The meal is intricate, and multiple courses are...
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​Take Time To Savor It: Trần Anh Hùng on The Taste of Things
by admin|4 months ago|Roger Ebert
Exquisite and profound, Trần Anh Hùng’s “The Taste of Things” is all but destined to be remembered as one of the great films about food, love, and the people who share it. Set in late-19th century France, this slow-simmering romance...
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