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The Film Stage Show Ep. 534 – Monkey Man (with Jenny Nulf)
by admin|2 months ago|The Film Stage
Welcome to a new episode of The Film Stage Show! Brian Roan and Robyn Bahr are joined by Jenny Nulf to discuss Dev Patel’s directorial debut Monkey Man. Enter our giveaways, get access to our private Slack channel, and support...
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GASOLINE RAINBOW Trailer: The Ross Brothers Hit the Pacific Coast in Verité-Like Road Trip Saga
by admin|2 months ago|Hammer to Nail
Documentary filmmaking duo Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross know how to capture up close and personal the lives of youth in modern rural America. Following a fruitful festival run that took them from Venice to SXSW to the brand...
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Franklin
by admin|2 months ago|Roger Ebert
You’d be hard-pressed to find a more worthy, time-tested miniseries about America’s founding than HBO’s “John Adams”—a riveting, elegant chronicle of one of our nation’s most famed architects. It’s a subject writer Kirk Ellis can’t seem to get away from;...
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A Plea for Someone to Save Megalopolis
by admin|2 months ago|Roger Ebert
Dear France, Our culture is failing. It’s always failing. We worship the wrong things and ignore great stuff that’s right under our noses.  You know this about us. And you’ve often been there to say, “Hey, buddy—look down for a...
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First Footage from Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths and Guy Maddin’s Rumours Arrive
by admin|2 months ago|The Film Stage
Rarely do we make note of single-digit seconds’ footage, but when it’s two films that ranked among our 50 most-anticipated films of 2024––one landing very high on that list––exceptions can be made. Just to say Bleecker Street Films have posted...
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Feminist May: Sebastián Lelio Rides “The Wave” with #MeToo Musical
by admin|2 months ago|Ioncinema
Some cool international film news dropping before Cannes unveils their line-up, Variety gets the exclusive scoop on a new Sebastián Lelio project flying off our radar. Production is now complete on The Wave — a musical inspired by the mass...
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IN FLAMES Review: The Supernatural Meets Patriarchal Conditioning
by admin|2 months ago|Screen Anarchy
The term 'gaslighting' is now quite ubiquitous, and one which still remains scoffed at by many (usually those who hold power). But if you're a member of a marginalized group, that gaslighting could come not just from one person, but...
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Explore the Sweet West in Trailer for the Ross Brothers’ Acclaimed Gasoline Rainbow
by admin|2 months ago|The Film Stage
After rounding out a fruitful festival run that spanned Venice to last month’s First Look, Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross’s seventh feature Gasoline Rainbow opens on May 10, courtesy MUBI. Ahead of the road-trip movie’s theatrical debut, there is a...
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Arcadian Review: A Subdued Nicolas Cage Anchors Strikingly Effective Creature Feature
by admin|2 months ago|Slant Magazine
The film rockets toward an action-packed finale filled with inventive touches and effects work. The post <em>Arcadian</em> Review: A Subdued Nicolas Cage Anchors Strikingly Effective Creature Feature appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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The Sympathizer
by admin|2 months ago|Roger Ebert
The unnamed narrator (Hoa Xuande) of “The Sympathizer” flees the fall of Saigon as a refugee and lands up in sunny Los Angeles in the late ‘70s. Like many immigrants in America, he suffers racist insults, works jobs he doesn’t...
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