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Carry-On Review: Jaume Collet-Serra Delivers A New Christmas Crime Classic
by admin|2 years ago|The Film Stage
Bruce Springsteen’s “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town” plays out as we pan down from the sky to find a mysterious man we’ll know only as Traveler (Jason Bateman) arriving to make a deal for an ominous suitcase, murdering everyone...
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“Look at the Cinema”: Nickel Boys Cinematographer Jomo Fray on First-Person Filmmaking and the Opulence of Mundanity
by admin|2 years ago|The Film Stage
Few features this decade commit more to a formal philosophy than RaMell Ross’ Nickel Boys, which adapts Colson Whitehead’s novel almost entirely from the first-person vantage of its two protagonists when it isn’t––just as compellingly––taking an archival approach to build...
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A Conversation with Gints Zilbalodis (FLOW)
by admin|2 years ago|Hammer to Nail
The new animated film Flow, from Latvian director Gints Zilbalodis (Away), follows the adventures and misadventures of a group of animals trying to survive during an epic global flood. Set against a backdrop of deserted ancient cities, the movie features...
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RESYNATOR Review: Rather Amazing and Completely Fascinating
by admin|2 years ago|Screen Anarchy
Alison Tavel's documentary about her father's invention of a revolutionary musical instrument is a compelling watch and even better than I had hoped. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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The Film Stage’s Top 50 Films of 2024
by admin|2 years ago|The Film Stage
For our most comprehensive year-end feature, we’re providing a cumulative look at The Film Stage’s favorite films of 2024. We’ve asked contributors to compile ten-best lists with five honorable mentions––many of those personal selections will be shared in coming weeks...
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NICKEL BOYS Review: Important Story, POV Troubles
by admin|2 years ago|Screen Anarchy
Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson, Hamish Linklater, Fred Hechinger, Daveed Diggs, and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor star in director RaMell Ross' adaptation of Colson Whitehead's prize-winning novel. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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Kraven the Hunter | 2024 Red Sea Intl. Film Festival Review
by admin|2 years ago|Ioncinema
Snack Attack: Kraven The Hunter Is More Empty Calorie Superhero Slop The existential fear among creatives is that one day, artificial intelligence will become so good that a data-generated movie would be indistinguishable from the real thing. Sadly, that day...
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Interview: Mahdi Fleifel – To a Land Unknown (Red Sea Intl. Film Festival)
by admin|2 years ago|Ioncinema
There is a lesson in determination to be found in Danish-Palestinian Mahdi Fleifel‘s latest feature, To A Land Unknown. Remarkably, the film, which spent years in development, and bounced between producers, finally went into production in November 2023 and was...
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Interview: RaMell Ross on Evolving Camera Language with ‘Nickel Boys’
by admin|2 years ago|Slant Magazine
Ross discusses how he and his collaborators pushed forward the idea of point of view. The post Interview: RaMell Ross on Evolving Camera Language with ‘Nickel Boys’ appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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KRAVEN THE HUNTER Review: Sony’s Marvel-Adjacent Superhero-verse Goes Out With a Whimper
by admin|2 years ago|Screen Anarchy
On purpose or not, everything eventually comes to an end, up to and including ill-conceived, poorly received, commercially unsuccessful series, franchises, and so-called cinematic universes.   For the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe), that day will surely come, likely sooner rather...
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