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First Trailer for Miguel Gomes’ ‘Grand Tour, Premiering in Competition at Cannes 2024

by admin|2 months ago18 April 2024|The Film Stage

Among our most-anticipated premieres at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, now less than a month away, is Grand Tour, marking the return of Portuguese director Miguel Gomes (Tabu, Arabian Nights). Starring Gonçalo Waddington, Crista Alfaiate, Cláudio da Silva, and Lang...

It’s OK For Movies to Just End

by admin|2 months ago18 April 2024|Roger Ebert

At the end of "The Beekeeper," an amazing thing happens: they fade to black and roll the credits. I saw the film earlier this year (it's on home video now and worth $5) and was slightly flummoxed. Written and directed by David...

Chattanooga Film Festival 2024: Massive, Mind-Melting Last Wave

by admin|2 months ago17 April 2024|Screen Anarchy

Wow. Wow wow wow. The Chattanooga Film Festival just unleashed a cavalcade of cinematic insanity for their upcoming extravaganza (June 21-23 in person, June 21-28 virtual). We’re big fans of CFF’s annual explosion of genre fun, featuring narrative features, docs,...

Quentin Tarantino Cancels The Movie Critic

by admin|2 months ago17 April 2024|The Film Stage

So’s the power of Quentin Tarantino that an aborted project will carry more weight than most filmmakers’ fussed-over opuses. Though it’s been almost a year since the announcement he would conclude his filmmaking career with The Movie Critic, which would...

Tribeca 2024 Announces Its Features Lineup. June Looks Exciting!

by admin|2 months ago17 April 2024|Screen Anarchy

Located in the heart of lower Manhattan, the Tribeca Film Festival has become known for big stars in some very good movies, including a number of genre titles that always catch our eye. The features lineup for the 2024 edition,...

The Overlook Film Festival Highlights, Part 2: The Hands of Orlac, Kill Your Lover, Dead Mail, Red Rooms

by admin|2 months ago17 April 2024|Roger Ebert

“The Hands of Orlac,” a twisty and lurid 1924 Austrian psychodrama, was the last movie I saw in New Orleans at the Overlook Film Festival. The four day-long festival’s revival of the century-old silent movie, about a celebrated pianist who...

Why Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Remains Unforgettable

by admin|2 months ago17 April 2024|Roger Ebert

Despite its gently bummed-out vibe, "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" is a sneakily powerful film. It’s so affecting, in fact, that I get a little sad just thinking about the story and characters. Even though I saw "Eternal Sunshine"...

WERCKMEISTER HARMONIES Blu-ray Review: The Profound and Desperate Hours

by admin|2 months ago17 April 2024|Screen Anarchy

Given the uniqueness and weirdness of the films of Bela Tarr, it's surprising that more of his films are not part of the Criterion collection. Here's hoping that his masterpiece Werckmeister Harmonies is but the first. A stark and deeply...

Zellner Brothers SASQUATCH BIRTH JOURNAL 2

by admin|2 months ago17 April 2024|Hammer to Nail

In celebration of HtN buddies Nathan and David Zellner’s much ballyhooed feature Sasquatch Sunset expanding to many more theaters this Friday, we wanted to do a throwback to their 2011 Sundance short film Sasquatch Birth Journal 2. The film is a...