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THE PROSECUTOR Review: Fighting for Justice With Words. And Fists. OK, A Lot of Fists.
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Donnie Yen stars in and directs a true-life legal drama that doubles as a brutal action thriller. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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Exclusive: Marianne Jean-Baptiste is Unraveling in New Artwork for Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths
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At long last, six years after Peterloo, the legendary Mike Leigh is back with one of the very best films of the year. Hard Truths––which we named one of our top 10 films of 2024 and crowned Marianne Jean-Baptiste with...
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Adrien Brody on Pulling Personal History into The Brutalist, Overlooked Performances, and Acting with Beyoncé
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Adrien Brody is the magnificent center of Brady Corbet’s intimate-yet-sprawling epic The Brutalist, giving the performance of his career as László Tóth, who emigrates from Hungary following the Holocaust to restart his architectural ambitions in America under the patronage of...
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Exclusive: Cannes and ND/NF Selection Lost Country Acquired by Altered Innocence
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We’re delighted to exclusively announce Altered Innocence has picked up all U.S. rights to Vladimir Perišić’s feature film Lost Country, which was the winner of the Rising Star award at Cannes Critics’ Week and also an official selection of New...
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Joshua Bogatin’s Top 10 Films of 2024
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Following The Film Stage’s collective top 50 films of 2024, as part of our year-end coverage, our contributors are sharing their personal top 10 lists. The point is not to be fair, but to deliver gut-level reactions; to find the films that...
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‘Every Little Thing’ Review: Sally Aitken’s Gently Profound Hummingbird Documentary
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The film’s unabashed humanity usurps even its most treacly touches. The post ‘Every Little Thing’ Review: Sally Aitken’s Gently Profound Hummingbird Documentary appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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Eat the Night | Review
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The Sway of the Sword: Reality Bytes in Poggi/Vinel’s Bleak Online/Offline Portrait Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel‘s sophomore feature outing pulses with the heartbeat of survival, where a side passion becomes a lifeline and a main, risky hustle can be...
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A Conversation with Thordur Palsson (THE DAMNED)
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After establishing himself in the television landscape with Netflix’s haunting crime series The Valhalla Murders, Icelandic filmmaker Thordur Palsson ventures into feature territory with The Damned, a gripping period horror that proves his masterful command of tension extends far beyond the procedural format....
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THE REMEDY: Alex Kahuam’s Psychological Supernatural Thriller Heads Into Post
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A troubled young man is a caregiver for both his terminally ill mother and his mentally ill sister. When he makes a desperate attempt to save his mom, he unleashes a supernatural entity that feeds on human flesh.   Alex...
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