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Miséricorde | 2024 Cannes Film Festival Review
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Kiss Me or Kill Me: Guiraudie Stirs a Sinister Solace in the Backwoods Alain Guiraudie returns to the ruinous climes of rural malcontentedness with his latest, Miséricorde, which means ‘mercy.’ Of course, the meaning of mercy takes on ironic dimensions...
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LONGLEGS Trailer: Maika Monroe Is Haunted By Nicolas Cage in Oz Perkins’ Psychological Nightmare
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Modern-day scream queen Maika Monroe (It Follows, Watcher) is an FBI agent facing her dark past in the form of Nic Cage in probably the most anticipated horror flick of the summer. The duo stars in Longlegs from writer-director Oz...
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Cannes Review: Jia Zhangke and Zhao Tao Speed Through 20 Years in Caught by the Tides
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Jia Zhangke’s is often a cinema of déjà vu: “We’re again in the northern Chinese city of Datong,” Giovanni Marchini Camia wrote for Sight and Sound back in 2019, “it’s again the start of the new millennium, Qiao is again...
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Arrow in June: Witches, Slashers And The Films of Nico Mastorakis
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The folks at Arrow have unveiled their lineup of genre variety and goodness for the month of June.   We will get four films from Nico Mastorakis: The Time Traveller, Sky High, Glitch! and Terminal Exposure. Currated programs included films...
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The Apprentice | 2024 Cannes Film Festival Review
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The Devil and Donald Trump: Abbasi Reconstructs the Rise of a Crony Capitalist Among the many wise observations written by nineteenth century Englishman Lord Acton, he noted “Great men are almost always bad men…” But what if they were just...
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DEATHSTALKER: ICYMI Here’s Our First Look at Daniel Bernhardt as The Titular Hero
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A couple of days ago Variety gave everyone their first look at Daniel Bernhardt as Deathstalker, the titular character is Steve Kostanski's upcoming reimagining of the cult sword & scorcery films.   With a little bit of patience we got...
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Pretty Packaging: The COFFIN JOE Boxset Doesn’t Hurt Your Eyes
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Distributor Arrow has rightfully created quite a reputation for itself as a producer of exquisite collector's editions, wriggling itself into the small group in which Criterion and Eureka: Masters of Cinema used to be royalty. But as of late, it's...
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Shudder in June: THE DEVIL’S BATH And EXHUMA Lead The Way to Summer
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Summer is nearly here and during those lazy days you can cool down with Shudder's lineup for the month of June.    Feature films The Devil's Bath and Korean horror flick Exhuma will back end the month. More episodes of...
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OAK CLIFF FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2024 PROGRAM
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The Oak Cliff Film Festival is back June 20-23 in the Dallas neighborhood of Oak Cliff and not only do they have a lineup sure to make a cinefile smile, HtN Editor Don Lewis (that’s me!) will be there covering the...
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MURDERESSES Review: Swirling Mysteries, Deadly Undercurrents
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Izabela Kuna, Maja Pankiewicz, Eliza Rycembel, Mateusz Kmiecik star in the Polish murder-mystery thriller, now streaming on Viaplay. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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