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Poolman
by admin|1 month ago|Roger Ebert
Chris Pine's first film as a director, "Poolman," is a character comedy about oddball Los Angelenos that doubles as a spoof of 1940s detective movies. Pine also cowrote (with Ian Gotler), co-produced, and plays the title character, Darren Barrenman. Darren is a big-bearded,...
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Frederick Wiseman’s Filmography Has Been Restored and is Coming to Theaters
by admin|1 month ago|The Film Stage
After rumblings from the man himself that he was at work restoring much of his incredible filmography, Frederick Wiseman and Zipporah Films have confirmed today that the five-year process of restoration and digitizing 33 of his features has been completed...
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June Squibb Gets Her Mission: Impossible in First Trailer for Thelma
by admin|1 month ago|The Film Stage
One of the most purely enjoyable movies to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival found June Squibb on a mission for justice. Josh Margolin’s debut Thelma finds the nonagenarian actor in, shockingly, her first leading role (starring alongside Richard Roundtree...
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NYC Weekend Watch: Out 1, Jane Campion, Takashi Miike & More
by admin|1 month ago|The Film Stage
NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Museum of Modern ArtA massive overview of Bulle Ogier continues, this weekend bringing Out 1. Roxy CinemaJane Campion’s An Angel at My Table plays on Saturday, as does Time to Die and...
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LAZARETH Review: Survival Thriller Hits One Too Many Familiar Beats
by admin|1 month ago|Screen Anarchy
Teens and hormones. Together, they’re responsible for the realization of any number of worst-case scenarios. Once activated, however, they’re the perfect catalyst for drama in all its permutations, up to and including writer-director Alec Tipaldi’s (The Daphne Project, Spiral Farm)...
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Gregg Araki to Direct Olivia Wilde in I Want Your Sex
by admin|1 month ago|The Film Stage
Marking his first narrative feature in a decade, Mysterious Skin and The Doom Generation director Gregg Araki is returning with a new thriller. I Want Your Sex, scripted by Araki and Karley Sciortino, is set to star Olivia Wilde and...
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Listen to the Full Soundtrack for Jane Schoenbruen’s I Saw the TV Glow
by admin|1 month ago|The Film Stage
It’s hard to imagine we’ll get a better soundtrack this year than that for Jane Schoenbruen’s I Saw the TV Glow. Bringing together yeule, Frances Quinlan, Florist, King Woman, Caroline Polachek, Bartees Strange, Jay Som, The Weather Station, L’Rain, Drab Majesty,...
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New to Streaming: La Chimera, Let It Be, The Last Stop in Yuma County, Kim’s Video, The Dry 2 & More
by admin|1 month ago|The Film Stage
Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here. La Chimera (Alice Rohrwacher) While Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny perhaps garnered more press...
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Power
by admin|1 month ago|Roger Ebert
Police brutality is a subject that never seems to leave the news. There’s too many instances, too many stories from around the country pointing to a larger abuse of state-sanctioned power. Some headlines bubble up to national attention, even those...
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The Importance of Connections in Ryusuke Hamaguchi Films
by admin|1 month ago|Roger Ebert
There’s a moment in Ryûsuke Hamaguchi's 2018 film “Asako I & II” that radiates tenderness: Married couple Asako (Erika Karata) and Ryohei (Masahiro Higashide) have just returned home after helping at a fish market. Ryohei, exhausted, lays flat against the...
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