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THE LAST ASHES Review: Female Driven European Western
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Twelve year-old Heléne lives with her family in a commune up in the remote north of Luxembourg. Ruled by the Graff family - a father and his three sons - they have isolated themselves from society, establishing a patriarchy backed...
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Rotterdam 2024 Review: THE ARCTIC CONVOY Provides Chilling Suspense
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The International Film Festival Rotterdam has many international premières for its audiences, one of which was Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken's war drama Konvoi a.k.a. The Arctic Convoy. Solidly researched and excellently executed, Dahlsbakken's film tells a story about the Norwegian ships...
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Rotterdam 2024 Review: SLIDE, A Musical Western Satire By Bill Plympton
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This year, the International Film Festival Rotterdam had independent animation legend Bill Plympton as a special guest. He was interviewed, performed a masterclass, showing how his style of animation worked, drew sketches for attendants, the lot. A true gentleman. Also,...
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#477 February 6, 2024
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Matt writes: This past Groundhog Day, February 2nd, in Chicago, actor and filmmaker Harold Ramis was celebrated by members of his beloved 1993 classic, "Groundhog Day," at a special public event honoring the tenth anniversary of his passing. I had the...
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30 Minutes On: “Rocky”
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As perfect a film as has ever been made, the original 1976 "Rocky" has become part of the pop culture unconscious, holding its spot as tightly as "Casablanca" and "It's a Wonderful Life." It's also as much of a medium-realigning work as the...
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UNFRIENDING Exclusive Clip: Canadian Dark Comedy Opening in U.S. Starting March 8th
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Toronto filmmaking duo, The Butler Brothers (Jason & Brett), are preparing their first U.S. theatrical release, a dark comedy called Unfriending.   It is set to open in Los Angeles at the Laemmle Glendale on March 8th, 2024.  Additional cities...
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Watch: Martin Scorsese Plans a Sci-Fi Film in Super Bowl Ad for Squarespace
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Throughout his epic, half-century-plus career there’s one genre Martin Scorsese hasn’t touched: the science-fiction film. However, for a new Super Bowl ad for Squarespace, the director and his daughter Francesca Scorsese have the genre on the mind. Ahead of the...
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Kier-La Janisse to Adapt & Direct KILLING FOR CULTURE Doc For Severin Films
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It was announced today that Severin Films has optioned the adaptation rights to Killing For Culture, the cult classic nonfiction exploration of death on film written by David Kerekes and David Slater. Slated to adapt and direct the feature is...
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Sundance 2024 Review: HIT MAN, Richard Linklater Directs Glen Powell in a Morally Relativistic Comedy-Drama
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To hear Glen Powell tell the story, he decided to become an actor and writer on Richard Linklater’s Fast Food Nation. It wasn’t his first or second role. It was his third. A not particularly significant part, it was more...
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Isabelle Huppert Takes One Small Step In First Footage from Hong Sang-soo’s A Traveler’s Needs
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An early notable of this year’s Berlin lineup is A Traveler’s Needs, the latest from Hong Sang-soo. No surprise he’s appearing at the festival for the fourth consecutive year, but this one bears special anticipation for reuniting him with Isabelle...
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