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Nowhere Special Review: Uberto Pasolini Crafts an Understated, Joyful Tearjerker
by admin|2 years ago|The Film Stage
There’s not a lot of time left, but the adoption agency working with John (James Norton) is doing their best to maintain his belief that they will find the right place for his four-year-old son Michael (Daniel Lamont). Why is...
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25 Years Later, Alexander Payne’s Election Remains as Relevant as Ever
by admin|2 years ago|Roger Ebert
There’s an ongoing theme in Alexander Payne’s films -- the people we think are the antagonists aren’t actually bad people; we simply force ourselves into the corner of seeing them that way. From the simple-minded and unfortunately coiffed future in-laws in...
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Pieces of a Another Woman: Kornel Mundruczó Sets Up “At the Sea” with Amy Adams
by admin|2 years ago|Ioncinema
In our second piece of news concerning a Hungarian filmmaker (and producer Alexander Rodnyansky), we’ve learned via the Deadline that Kornel Mundruczó has still got the Bostonian vibes and will boat out to At the Sea – a drama with...
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Jia Zhang-ke on Caught by the Tides, Personal Filmmaking, and Pop Music
by admin|2 years ago|The Film Stage
Jia Zhang-ke could fairly claim to be the most important filmmaker of his generation; he’d probably be the last person to do so. Audiences tend to scan Jia’s work for political sentiment, but the director has always attested that his...
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Divided Against Themselves: László Nemes Begins Production on Broken Family Drama “Orphan”
by admin|2 years ago|Ioncinema
For his third feature (in a row), László Nemes is going back into the history books for his next project set to month into production this June. Set in 1957’s Budapest, Orphan follows a young Jewish boy whose mother has...
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ROBOT DREAMS Trailer: Pablo Berger’s Oscar-Nominated Ode To Friendship Arrives in May
by admin|2 years ago|Hammer to Nail
One year after its Cannes premiere, the Oscar-nominee for Best Animated Feature Robot Dreams is finally making its way to U.S. theaters. The film had an awards-qualifying run way back in December (solidifying it as a 2023 film), and will...
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Sharp Writing, Excellent Cast Keep Spy Thriller The Veil Engaging
by admin|2 years ago|Roger Ebert
By now, we’re all aware that Elisabeth Moss can do anything. She’s proven it again and again in film and television. However, seeing the star of “Mad Men” and “The Handmaid’s Tale” play a suave super-spy with a British accent...
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THE KING TIDE Review: The Fable of a Bad Miracle
by admin|2 years ago|Screen Anarchy
Living in a harsh landscape, somewhat apart and isolated, means you make certain choices about how much assistance you will receive, and how much protection you will offer your community. It also means that legends can grow up around people...
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Experience the Birth of Black Independent Cinema in Exclusive Trailer for Oscar Micheaux Retrospective
by admin|2 years ago|The Film Stage
105 years ago this year, the birth of Black independent cinema commenced when Oscar Micheaux released his silent feature The Homesteader. While that 1919 film, along with most of the pioneering director’s silent work, has been lost, 17 of Micheaux’s...
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Jim Jarmusch Scores Four Avant-Garde Classics In Trailer for Man Ray: Return to Reason
by admin|2 years ago|The Film Stage
It’s at least autumn before we see Jim Jarmusch’s first film in five years, but his latest contribution is larger than most can manage: Sqürl, his musical outfit with Carter Logan, scored four newly restored shorts from the legendary Man...
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