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The Watchers Review: Seeing Is Disbelieving
by admin|2 weeks ago|Slant Magazine
Ishana Night Shyamalan shares dear old dad’s own storytelling crutch of voluble overstatement. The post <em>The Watchers</em> Review: Seeing Is Disbelieving appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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The Language of Horror: Ishana Night Shyamalan on The Watchers
by admin|2 weeks ago|Roger Ebert
After helping as the second unit director on her father M. Night Shyamalan’s films “Old” and “Knock at the Cabin,” it’s only fitting that Ishana Night Shyamalan’s directorial debut, “The Watchers,” continues the family tradition of mining the horrors of...
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Friday One Sheet: MAD MAX & THE FURY ROAD
by admin|2 weeks ago|Screen Anarchy
With the underwhelming box office of the latest film in the decade spanning Mad Max franchise, Furiosa, there may be no more of these wonderful, experimental, and auteur-driven action films made. That is a shame. But we can dream.  As...
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Everybody Wants Some!! Told Us Everything We Needed to Know About Glen Powell
by admin|2 weeks ago|Roger Ebert
It’s August 1980, and Jake (Blake Jenner) is driving to college. He’s a freshman pitcher on the school’s highly-rated baseball team, and he’s moving into off-campus housing with his teammates, most of whom are upperclassmen. In short order, Jake meets...
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ELIZABETH TAYLOR: THE LOST TAPES
by admin|2 weeks ago|Hammer to Nail
(The 2024 Tribeca Film Festival runs June 5-16, and as always, we have many boots on the ground. Check out Chris Reed’s Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes movie review. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) In 1964, journalist...
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Cannes 2024 Video #9: Festival Wrapup
by admin|2 weeks ago|Roger Ebert
Chaz Ebert recounts her experience at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, from cell phone usage to panels to chats with critics and correspondents also attending the fest.The famous red carpet has been cleaned, the movies on the beach have been closed,...
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NYC Weekend Watch: Do the Right Thing, The Straight Story, Knight of Cups & More
by admin|2 weeks ago|The Film Stage
NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Film ForumFilms by David Lynch, Tony Scott, David Cronenberg, and Jim Jarmusch play in “Out of the 80s,“ which includes Do the Right Thing on 35mm this Sunday; The Neverending Story plays on Sunday. Museum of the...
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Posterized June 2024: Kinds of Kindness, Janet Planet, Music & More
by admin|2 weeks ago|The Film Stage
June proves another solid month for posters. Here’s hoping it’s the continuation of a trend that will keep pushing through to the winter and not one last gasp before the summer ushers in the usual avalanche of glossy photo collages....
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Bad Boys: Ride or Die Review: Fourthquel Steals from the Best to Deliver Decent Fare
by admin|2 weeks ago|The Film Stage
Bad Boys: Ride or Die is a film about retribution and redemption. Not just on screen, but in execution. After their last attempt at a blockbuster was shelved in the name of a tax loophole, directors Adil El Arbi and...
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Exclusive Trailer for Chronicles of a Wandering Saint: SXSW Winner and Independent Spirit Awards Nominee Arrives This Month
by admin|2 weeks ago|The Film Stage
Accomplishing the rare feat of being nominated for a trio of Independent Spirit Awards (Best First Feature, Best First Screenplay, and Best Cinematography) before it even secured distribution, Tomás Gómez Bustillo’s debut feature Chronicles of a Wandering Saint is now...
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