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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
by admin|1 month ago|Roger Ebert
When Rupert Wyatt's 2011 revival "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" revived a five-decade-old franchise—one that spanned books, films, TV series, and comics since the '60s—it did so with a refreshing commitment to a powerful, timeless story: simple but not...
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S. Craig Zahler Sets Next Feature The Bookie & the Bruiser Starring Vince Vaughn and Adrien Body
by admin|1 month ago|The Film Stage
It was just a few weeks ago we reported S. Craig Zahler had two potential features lined up, one was of his long-in-the-works script for The Big Stone Grid, which Michael Mann was once attached to. The other was an...
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Clip for Antoine Chevrollier’s La Pampa aka Block Pass (2024 Cannes Film Festival)
by admin|1 month ago|Ioncinema
In the realm of dirt bike racing, the term “block pass” describes when you obstruct someone’s path with your bike and body, effectively standing in their way. It serves as a fitting metaphor for the portrayal of blood brothers grappling...
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First Trailer for Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine as Light, Premiering in Competition at Cannes 2024
by admin|1 month ago|The Film Stage
After helming one of the great directorial debuts of the decade thus far with 2021’s A Night of Knowing Nothing, director Payal Kapadia is stepping up in a big way for her follow-up. All We Imagine as Light will premiere...
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Exclusive: Marco Bellocchio Retrospective Coming to NYC’s Quad Cinema Ahead of Kidnapped
by admin|1 month ago|The Film Stage
With over six decades of an illustrious filmmaking career, Marco Bellocchio’s latest feature, Kidnapped: The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara, will be coming U.S. theaters later this month from Cohen Media Group. A story once in the hands of Steven Spielberg...
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The Problem and the Solution: Why Palpatine from Star Wars is One of the Great Movie Villains
by admin|1 month ago|Roger Ebert
George Lucas gets a lot of flak for his screenwriting, but credit must be given when due: Sheev Palpatine, the humble senator from Naboo who becomes a galactic despot in the "Star Wars" movies, is one of the great screen villains.  The narrative...
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The Last Stop in Yuma County
by admin|1 month ago|Roger Ebert
"Last Stop in Yuma County" is the kind of movie where you root for the worst to happen, because every escalation of misfortune makes things more entertaining.   Written and directed by Francis Gallupi, "Yuma" is a period piece that makes...
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VIOLENCE: Rohan Campbell And Maddie Hasson to Star in Connor Marsden’s Debut Thriller
by admin|1 month ago|Screen Anarchy
Here's one for the hometown crowd here in Canada. Prodcution will begin next month on Connor Marsden's operatic punk rock thriller Violence in Northern Ontario. Today it was announced that Canadian lad Rohan Campbell and American lady Maddie Hasson will play...
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2024 Hubert Bals Fund’s HBF+Europe: Erige Sehiri, Danielle Arbid & Ala Eddine Slim Projects Get Coin
by admin|1 month ago|Ioncinema
Ten projects are the latest to be awarded by the Hubert Bals Fund’s HBF+Europe support schemes. Ten projects in all are receiving coin and among them we have an Anonymous project, plus the latest from Erige Sehiri, Danielle Arbid and...
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WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES Review: Deft, Stylish, Emotional
by admin|1 month ago|Screen Anarchy
Matt Reeves completed the trilogy with dexterous style and an emotional approach to a weighty subject, developing into the best 'Apes' movie ever, as of 2017. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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