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2024 Cannes Film Festival Predictions – Un Certain Regard (Part 2)
by admin|3 months ago|Ioncinema
Yesterday we tossed filmmaker names like Ala Eddine Slim, Alexandre Koberidze, Marco Dutra and the tandem of Fabio Grassadonia & Antonio Piazza into the prognostication Un Certain Regard mix. Today we present another ten options and make sure to tune...
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The Listener
by admin|3 months ago|Roger Ebert
To call "The Listener" minimalist would be an understatement. Shot a year into the pandemic, it played film festivals in 2022 and is only now getting a proper release, and once you watch it you can see why it wasn't treated as...
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La Chimera | Review
by admin|3 months ago|Ioncinema
The Passionate Thief: Rohrwacher Finds Treasures Under the Tuscan Sun “The sun is following us,” whispers a willowy blonde in the enigmatic opening moments of Alice Rohrwacher’s fourth feature, La Chimera, the title a reference to the fire-breathing hybrid monster...
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(Good) Friday One Sheet: HUMANE
by admin|3 months ago|Screen Anarchy
Curious timing on the Christian calendar for today’s column. We are not at the resurrection yet on Good Friday, only the sacrifice, and the death-heavy poster for Humane shows that.   Perfect ordered body bags, in an neutral grey setting, suggest...
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Adam Wingard Focuses on the Monsters
by admin|3 months ago|Roger Ebert
To paraphrase everyone’s favorite AMC Theaters spokesperson, “We come to kaiju films to see giant monsters beat each other up,” and “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire,” the fifth installment of Legendary’s MonsterVerse franchise, delivers the creature fights in spades....
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DogMan | Review
by admin|3 months ago|Ioncinema
All Dogs Go to Heaven: Besson Gets Bombastic with Retro Pulp The suspension of disbelief required to enjoyably settle into Luc Besson’s latest film, DogMan, is significant, a B-movie scream of queer vigilantism as shaggy eared and rough around the...
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Asphalt City | Review
by admin|3 months ago|Ioncinema
Angel Heart: Sauvaire Serves Savior Complex in EMS Thriller “It’s easier with wings than without,” was the tagline for Wim Wenders’ 1987 film Wings of Desire, which could easily have been borrowed for Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire’s fourth feature, Asphalt City. Based...
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Eva Green Finds Romance in 4K Restoration Trailer for Bernardo Bertolucci’s NC-17 Cut of The Dreamers
by admin|3 months ago|The Film Stage
Restored in 4K for its 20th anniversary last year, Bernardo Bertolucci’s penultimate feature The Dreamers is now arriving on a new 4K UHD disc this summer. Marking Eva Green’s first film role, the romantic drama set during the 1968 Paris...
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NYC Weekend Watch: Sergei Parajanov, Le Samouraï, Patricia Highsmith & More
by admin|3 months ago|The Film Stage
NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Roxy CinemaParajanov’s Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors plays on Friday; “City Dudes” returns on Saturday, while Space Jam screens on 35mm this Sunday. Film ForumLe Samouraï screens in a new 4K restoration; Hondo’s West Indies and...
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Colin Farrell Shines In Apple TV+’s Refined and Genre-Bending Sugar
by admin|3 months ago|Roger Ebert
When we are first introduced to John Sugar (Colin Farrell), he relays that he doesn’t “like hurting people.” It’s during an early act of violence that he utters this, and he continues to relay this fact throughout different episodes, often...
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