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The Contestant Review: A Breezy Look at a Baffling Reality Show Challenge
by admin|2 years ago|The Film Stage
The tagline of Clair Titley’s The Contestant is “The naked truth about the world’s first reality star.” The show referred to is Susunu! Denpa Shōnen, which aired in Japan from January 1998 to March 2002, and which saw participants––usually young...
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SILENCE OF THE PREY Trailer: Indie Horror Coming This May
by admin|2 years ago|Screen Anarchy
Karyna Kudzina's directorial debut, Silence of the Prey, is coming to video-on-demand and digital platforms in the United States, the UK/Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand on May 17th.   In a desperate bid to secure a future for her child,...
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Facets to Honor Academy Museum President Jacqueline Stewart at the 2024 Screen Gems Benefit
by admin|2 years ago|Roger Ebert
On Wednesday, May 1st, 2024, FACETS will honor Jacqueline Stewart, Director and President of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, at their annual Screen Gems Benefit. Taking place at the Arts Club of Chicago (201 E. Ontario Sreet.), the event runs from 6:00–9:00...
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The Fall Guy Review: Movie-Star Charisma Gets This Paean to Stuntpeople Only So Far
by admin|2 years ago|Slant Magazine
Whenever Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt aren’t on screen together, the movie magic dissipates. The post <em>The Fall Guy</em> Review: Movie-Star Charisma Gets This Paean to Stuntpeople Only So Far appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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Revisiting Misael: Lisandro Alonso Might Bookend Filmmaking Career with “La Libertad” Sequel?
by admin|2 years ago|Ioncinema
In Argentina, where the situation is already dire, one of the most prominent voices in the country’s national cinema is contemplating retirement. At forty-nine years young, Lisandro Alonso confided to James Benning that he would revisit the protagonist (as well...
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How The Phantom Menace Predicted Hollywood’s Prequel Future
by admin|2 years ago|Roger Ebert
It was the summer of 1994, and George Lucas had an announcement: For the first time since 1983, there would be a new “Star Wars” movie. In fact, there were going to be three.  “I’ve got the stories done,” Lucas...
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Lisandro Alonso Will Revisit La Libertad for His Next, Potentially Final Film
by admin|2 years ago|The Film Stage
Argentine master Lisandro Alonso teased his next feature at Space Not Time, a Los Angeles retrospective of his work. Speaking after a 35mm screening of the 2001 debut feature La Libertad, Alonso told James Benning his plans to revisit that...
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Léa Seydoux, Vincent Lindon, and Louis Garrel Hit Their Marks In Trailer for Quentin Dupieux’s Cannes Opener The Second Act
by admin|2 years ago|The Film Stage
Cannes begins, against all reason, two weeks from today, and with it comes the trailer for this year’s opening-night selection. (Arriving in French theaters the same day is no doubt further incentive to get the marketing machine rolling.) Quentin Dupieux’s...
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No Easy Answers: On the Power of The Teachers’ Lounge
by admin|2 years ago|Roger Ebert
The German film “The Teachers’ Lounge,” which was recently nominated for Best International Film Oscar and played this year's Ebertfest, is a riveting school drama about how one seemingly simple matter becomes quite complicated for everyone involved. No matter much...
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2024 TorinoFilmLab: Jacqueline Lentzou, André Hayato Saito & Ashmita Guha Neogi in FeatureLab
by admin|2 years ago|Ioncinema
The folks at ScreenDaily have unveiled the 10 projects (nine fiction/one docu) selected for the 2024 FeatureLab training programme (for debut and sophomore projects in the development stage) and among the names we can the likes of Jacqueline Lentzou, André...
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