4 weeks ago

SOLO Review: Love that Elevates, Love that Destroys
by admin|4 weeks ago|Screen Anarchy
How can we know what makes us happy? More importantly, how can we trust the people around us to make us happy, support us in our happiness, provide us with the love and care we deserve? And how can we...
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Cannes Review: The Hyperboreans is Cristóbal León and Joaquín Cociña’s Warning Against Political Amnesia
by admin|4 weeks ago|The Film Stage
“We humans are capable of greatness,” reads the first line in Cristóbal León and Joaquín Cociña’s The Hyperboreans as the narrator’s voice beams from an old TV set. On the screen, a hypno wheel spins and spins; the voice speaks...
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West Side Oratory: Judas and the Black Messiah
by admin|4 weeks ago|Roger Ebert
As I type this essay, students across the country are encamped in university quads. Protesting American Imperialism, by way of protesting their universities’ investments in war profiteers. They are most vocal about the final obliterations of Gaza. As a longtime...
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The Film Stage Show Classic – Field of Dreams (with Noah Gittell)
by admin|4 weeks ago|The Film Stage
Welcome to a new episode of The Film Stage Show! Brian Roan and Robyn Bahr discuss Field of Dreams (now streaming on Prime Video) in a special Classic episode featuring guest Noah Gittell, author of the new book Baseball: The...
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Sean Baker’s Anora – 2024 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 8
by admin|4 weeks ago|Ioncinema
Returning to the official competition for a second time, this is American indie filmmaker Sean Baker‘s third consecutive trip to Cannes after The Florida Project premiering in the Directors’ Fortnight in 2017 and Red Rocket (read our ★★★★ review) premiering...
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Animale | 2024 Cannes Film Festival Review
by admin|4 weeks ago|Ioncinema
Toro Toro Toro: Amamra Grabs the Bull By the Horns in Transformative Role For those who champion the bull in Spain’s electrifying yet antiquated tradition of the running of the bulls, there’s a fresh perspective awaiting in a genre-blending narrative...
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David Cronenberg’s The Shrouds – 2024 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 7
by admin|4 weeks ago|Ioncinema
In his late career resurgence with Crimes of the Future having been showcased in the comp in 2022, David Cronenberg makes his entrance with The Shrouds (aka Les Linceuls) – a Canada-France co-production. Having been here before for Crash (1996),...
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Cannes Review: To a Land Unknown Tells a Bitter Poem of Palestinian Exile
by admin|4 weeks ago|The Film Stage
The tragic predicament of the Palestinians and what they’re now being subjected to begs to be analyzed and dissected, with various areas of dubious historical consensus put to new scrutiny; in Mahdi Fleifel’s fiction debut To a Land Unknown, we’re...
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Anora | 2024 Cannes Film Festival Review
by admin|4 weeks ago|Ioncinema
Fools Russia In: Baker’s Bangin’ Screwball Comedy At this point in his career, filmmaker Sean Baker seems to have covered all the major facets of sex work experiences. Surprisingly, and quite delightfully, he’s managed to use his favorite motifs to...
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FEU-FOLLET: First Images From New French Supernatural Horror Short Film
by admin|4 weeks ago|Screen Anarchy
Feu-Follet. In French folklore it is a soul send back from the dead to do God's penance but will often attack people for vengeance. Deemed mostly harmless, the feu-follet sometimes suck the blood of children. Cheery stuff.    There are...
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