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The Watchers Review: Ishana Night Shyamalan’s Debut is Competent but Uninspired Folk Horror
by admin|2 weeks ago|The Film Stage
If anything could revive the worn-out nepotism discourse, it would be this summer’s horror offerings. In August we have M. Night Shyamalan’s upcoming thriller, Trap, built around an arena show for a pop superstar played by his pop-singer daughter, Saleka....
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Fantasia 2024: Second Wave Announced, BOOKWORM to Open The Fest
by admin|2 weeks ago|Screen Anarchy
The second wave of titles have just been announced for this year's edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival and of course there are some doozies in the mix.    First off, Ant Timpson's Bookworm, starring Elijah Wood and Nell...
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Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme Adds Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Willem Dafoe, Benedict Cumberbatch, Charlotte Gainsbourg & More
by admin|2 weeks ago|The Film Stage
Newly minted Oscar winner Wes Anderson has now wrapped production on his next feature, The Phoenician Scheme, in Germany. We’ve known the story of a family and a family business, specifically capturing a father-daughter relationship in a dark espionage tale,...
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BAD BOYS: RIDE OR DIE Review: More of the Same, Just Different
by admin|2 weeks ago|Screen Anarchy
After the Slap Heard (and Seen) Around the World, Will Smith, fresh off an Oscar win for King Richard, found himself in desperate need of image and reputational rehab. The answer, as always, was clear: Return to the long-running series...
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STARVE ACRE: Official Trailer Poster For British Folk Horror, Starring Matt Smith And Morfydd Clark
by admin|2 weeks ago|Screen Anarchy
When their son starts acting strangely, a couple unwittingly allow dark and sinister forces into their home, awakening a long-dormant ancient evil rooted deep in the countryside.   Directed and written by Daniel Kokotajlo, STARVE ACRE stars Matt Smith and...
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ODDITY: Watch The Trailer For Supernatural Horror From CAVEAT’s Damian McCarthy
by admin|2 weeks ago|Screen Anarchy
When Dani is brutally murdered at the remote country house that she and her husband Ted are renovating, everyone suspects a patient from the local mental health institution, where Ted is a doctor. However, soon after the tragic killing, the...
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MOONAGE DAYDREAM 4K UHD Review: Rocking Criterion
by admin|2 weeks ago|Screen Anarchy
Filmmaker Brett Morgen interprets David Bowie's many ch-ch-changes in a deeply transcendent, experimental immersion film. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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I Used to Be Funny Review: Rachel Sennott Soars in Dark Dramedy That Keeps Us at Arm’s Length
by admin|2 weeks ago|Slant Magazine
The film is most effective when it isn’t indulging in narrative sleight of hand. The post <em>I Used to Be Funny</em> Review: Rachel Sennott Soars in Dark Dramedy That Keeps Us at Arm’s Length appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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HTN’S 20 MOST ANTICIPATED MOVIES OF TRIBECA ’24
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. What follows are recommendations of what to see (5 apiece) from critics Melanie Addington and M.J. O’Toole, lead critic Christopher Llewellyn Reed, and editor-at-large...
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Banel & Adama | Review
by admin|2 weeks ago|Ioncinema
A Place in the Sun: Sy’s Fascinating Debut on Ruinous Social Obligations It takes a village…to put you in your place, or so it would seem in French-Senegalese director Ramata-Toulaye Sy’s commanding debut, Banel & Adama. A striking tale on...
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