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Tomorrow There Will Be Fine Weather: A Preview of NYC’s Upcoming Hiroshi Shimizu Retrospective

by admin|2 months ago02 May 2024|Roger Ebert

There's such a rich pleasure in diving deep into the work of one filmmaker: you watch them perfect their craft while seeing which themes and motifs anchor their body of work through time. Such was the case as previewed the...

A Man in Full

by admin|2 months ago02 May 2024|Roger Ebert

One of my very favorite television genres is Jeff Daniels conducting business while chewing scenery. Whether playing a news anchor in "The Newsroom" or a detective in "American Rust," he always carries himself with such studious charisma. David E. Kelley's "A Man in...

The Contestant

by admin|2 months ago02 May 2024|Roger Ebert

Sometimes, the revolution is televised. In 1998, an aspiring comedian auditioned for a Japanese TV show that put young people in difficult situations and filmed them for entertainment. By the luck of the draw, he won the chance to pursue...

The Revelatory Films of Lee Grant, the World’s Oldest Living Director, Get Restored in Exclusive Trailers

by admin|2 months ago02 May 2024|The Film Stage

Few creative talents have the breadth of a career as that of Lee Grant. The 98-year-old director, actor, and writer has a storied body of work, debuting on screen in 1951 in William Wyler’s Detective Story, for which she received...

Nathan Fielder Sets Feature Directorial Debut with Checkmate, Produced by Emma Stone

by admin|2 months ago02 May 2024|The Film Stage

After more than proving his directing mettle with Nathan For You and The Rehearsal, Nathan Fielder entered another echelon with The Curse, helming seven episodes (including the mind-bending finale). Now, the comedian, actor, writer, and director has notched another step...

Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg Review: Scarlett Johansson Gives Voice to Redemption Story

by admin|2 months ago02 May 2024|The Film Stage

You can’t always get what you want, unless you are a Rolling Stones fan hungering for documentary deep-dives into the band’s storied history. Indeed, it is spectacularly serendipitous that Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg arrives just a few...

Watch: Wes Anderson Directs and Stars in New Short Film 100 Years of Meisterstück

by admin|2 months ago02 May 2024|The Film Stage

While Wes Anderson continues production in Germany on his new film The Phoenician Scheme, starring Benicio Del Toro, Michael Cera, Bill Murray, Riz Ahmed, and Mia Threapleton (Kate Winslet’s daughter), we have another treat from the filmmaker today. After teaming...

The B-Side – In Conversation with Nancy Savoca

by admin|2 months ago02 May 2024|The Film Stage

Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about movie directors! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they made in between. Today we speak to Nancy Savoca, the...

AMC’s Interview with the Vampire Has a Different Flavor in Season Two

by admin|2 months ago01 May 2024|Roger Ebert

Less than two years after it premiered, “Interview with the Vampire,” AMC’s bold, delightfully garish Anne Rice adaptation returns for another bloody installment. With a new Parisian locale and a recast Claudia, “Interview with the Vampire” continues to deliver vibrant...