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Doctor Who Travels to Disney+ For a Lavish, Fun New Regeneration
by admin|1 month ago|Roger Ebert
One of the great challenges of a long-running TV show is finding ways to refresh itself. British sci-fi staple "Doctor Who" has long held the answer to its sixty-year longevity in regeneration: its title character, the Doctor, a swashbuckling adventurer...
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First Images From Jean-Luc Godard’s Final Film Scénarios, Premiering at Cannes 2024
by admin|1 month ago|The Film Stage
It’s now been over 600 days since the world’s most forward-thinking filmmaker, Jean-Luc Godard, left this world, but the icon of the French New Wave and beyond graciously left us with a few works. Last year, Cannes Film Festival held...
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Willem Dafoe and Sandra Hüller to Star in Kent Jones’ Late Fame
by admin|1 month ago|The Film Stage
In the six years since his accomplished narrative directorial debut Diane, we’ve been wondering when Kent Jones would announce his follow-up. As he continues to work with Martin Scorsese on scripting his two upcoming Jesus projects, Jones’ next directorial feature...
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Gasoline Rainbow Review: The Ross Brothers’ Formally Extravagant Teenage Daydream
by admin|1 month ago|Slant Magazine
The film is rich in compositions that seem to cut to the essence of the characters’ yearnings. The post <em>Gasoline Rainbow</em> Review: The Ross Brothers’ Formally Extravagant Teenage Daydream appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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The Last Stop in Yuma County Review: A Darkly Funny Shoot ’Em Up in the Arizona Desert
by admin|1 month ago|Slant Magazine
With each new narrative development, the film’s game of cat and mouse grows more complex. The post <em>The Last Stop in Yuma County</em> Review: A Darkly Funny Shoot ’Em Up in the Arizona Desert appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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Power Review: A Damning Indictment of Paramilitarism in American Policing
by admin|1 month ago|Slant Magazine
The film is a trenchant look at how the police have only built their impunity over time. The post <em>Power</em> Review: A Damning Indictment of Paramilitarism in American Policing appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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First Teaser for Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis Finds Adam Driver Stopping Time
by admin|2 months ago|The Film Stage
I’ve predicted Megalopolis, anticipated as it is, will have a clear dividing point: the cultural commentariat hoping to see “another film by the director of The Godfather” and those who appreciate “something that looks and sounds like a Star Wars...
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The 10 Best Start-of-Summer-Movie-Season Films of the 21st Century
by admin|2 months ago|Roger Ebert
There’s still a misconception among some that summer movie season starts around Memorial Day, the big three-day weekend that, for most humans, is when the warm-weather months officially get going. But passionate filmgoers know better: For decades now, the first...
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David Lynch Has More Ideas for Twin Peaks; Unrecorded Night Cancelled By Netflix
by admin|2 months ago|The Film Stage
Rarely does film news engender such outcry as word of Netflix cancelling David Lynch’s animated feature Snootworld––and understandably so––but I’m far more incensed to learn they also canned his series Unrecorded Night. Little was known about it: speculation / conjecture...
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HAZE: Shudder’s Psychological Thriller to Make World Premiere at NewFest
by admin|2 months ago|Screen Anarchy
Shudder have announced that they will premiere their queer, psychological thriller, Haze, at New York’s LGBTQ Film Festival, NewFest.   A young man returns home after rehab and uncovers the secrets of his town's abandoned psychiatric center. Cole Doman, Brian J....
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