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Cannes Review: Limonov: The Ballad Finds Ben Wishaw Leading a Boisterous Biopic
by admin|4 weeks ago|The Film Stage
At a wake for the murder of Russian journalist and activist Anna Politkovskaya, shot dead in 2006 in the elevator of her apartment block in Moscow, French writer Emmanuel Carrère spotted a familiar silhouette. Though born Eduard Veniaminovich Savenko, by...
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First Look at Benny Safdie’s The Smashing Machine Starring Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt
by admin|4 weeks ago|The Film Stage
Do you smell what The Rock is cooking? For the last decade-plus (at least post-Pain & Gain), Dwayne Johnson has been serving up four-quadrant blockbuster slop. Thankfully, he seems to be turning a new direction for The Smashing Machine, which...
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Limonov: The Ballad | 2024 Cannes Film Festival Review
by admin|4 weeks ago|Ioncinema
Wild at Heart: Serebrennikov Oversimplifies Odyssey of Soviet Dissident If one were to dilute a Molotov cocktail enough to make its destructive capabilities null and void, it would be the equivalent of Kirill Serbrennikov’s Limonov: The Ballad, an ersatz biopic...
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STAX: Soulsville, USA
by admin|4 weeks ago|Roger Ebert
"STAX: Soulsville USA" is a four-part, four-hour series about the legendary Memphis soul music label's rise and fall, as well as its impact on American culture and history.  The company was founded in 1957 by two white Memphis music fans, Jim Stewart (a country fiddle...
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Cannes 2024: The Apprentice, The Shrouds
by admin|4 weeks ago|Roger Ebert
Ali Abbasi's "The Apprentice," a portrait of the friendship between Donald Trump and Roy Cohn, leaves little doubt about who is top dog. The film is so thoroughly owned by Jeremy Strong, who plays Cohn, that the ostensibly headline-grabbing notion...
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Jeff Nichols Will Adapt Cormac McCarthy’s The Passenger and Stella Maris
by admin|4 weeks ago|The Film Stage
When news broke last year of John Hillcoat adapting Blood Meridian, I had expressed some hope for similar treatment bestowed upon Cormac McCarthy’s final novels The Passenger and Stella Maris. This desire was almost entirely quixotic; his swan song is...
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FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA Review: George Miller’s Prequel Hits On All Cylinders
by admin|4 weeks ago|Screen Anarchy
Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth star. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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Cannes 2024: Blue Sun Palace, Julie Keeps Quiet, Simon of the Mountain
by admin|4 weeks ago|Roger Ebert
Critics Week at Cannes, of course, is where new rising filmmakers are often found, mostly presenting their first feature. Sometimes there’s an obvious theme to be sussed out, but mostly the spiritual theme is the energy of young filmmakers plying...
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A SILENT DEATH (Una Muerte Silenciosa): TWDC-Disney Acquire Argentine Crime Thriller For LatAm Release
by admin|4 weeks ago|Screen Anarchy
TWDC-Disney have secured the theatrical and streaming rights in the LatAm for Sebastian Schindel's new crime/psychological-thriller feature film A Silent Death (Una Muerte Silenciosa).   In the depths of Patagonia during the 80’s, a hunting guide stumbles upon a shocking crime...
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THE POSSESSION AT GLADSTONE MANOR: Horror Icons Barbara Crampton Lin Shaye Join Caylee Cowan, Jesse Metcalf And William Mapother
by admin|4 weeks ago|Screen Anarchy
Here's one for fans of possession horror flicks. Another one is on it's way and horror icons Barbara Crampton and Lin Shaye are part of the cast.   K. Asher Levin's horror flick The Possession at Gladstone Manor is currently...
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