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Murder She Notes: Efira, Amalric, Lacoste & Luana Bajrami Join Zlotowski’s ‘Vie Privée’
by admin|2 years ago|Ioncinema
Last week, we got the confirmation that Jodie Foster and Daniel Auteuil were toplining Rebecca Zlotowski’s Vie Privée and now we have a more complete picture with further casting announcements and a proper logline. Along with new team members in...
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Montreal Nouveau 2024 Review: THE HUMAN HIBERNATION, Under a Cow’s Eye
by admin|2 years ago|Screen Anarchy
Like many Canadians (and others who live in a colder climate), I often dream - at least fleetingly - about hibernating for the winter, like our bear brethren. Sleeping away those colder months, and reawakening with the earth as it...
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NYFF Review: TWST / Things We Said Today Captures Beatlemania in Unexpected Ways
by admin|2 years ago|The Film Stage
Romanian filmmaker Andrei Ujică’s TWST / Things We Said Today exists in the world of Beatlemania. It uses archival footage from the lead-up to the Beatles concert at Shea Stadium in August of 1965, following animated cut-outs of young men...
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BFI London Review: Eat the Night Mixes Compelling Teenage Malaise With Conventional Crime Drama
by admin|2 years ago|The Film Stage
Jane Schoenbrun didn’t invent movies exploring teenage malaise and identity through the lens of pop culture, but in the opening moments of Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel’s Eat the Night, echoes of their two acclaimed features immediately rise to the...
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Hawaii 2024 Review: Kurosawa’s CLOUD Baffles
by admin|2 years ago|Screen Anarchy
I saw Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s (Pulse, Cure) latest film, Cloud, at the 44th annual Hawaii International Film Festival, and man, am I perplexed. I love Pulse (Kairo) and I wanted to love Cloud, but I can’t even figure out what the...
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Sitges 2024 Review: PUSH, A Well Crafted Horror Thriller
by admin|2 years ago|Screen Anarchy
After the death of her fiancé, Natalie moved to America for a fresh start. When we catch up with her she is 8 months pregnant at her job as a real estate agent. She has take on a challenging listing,...
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A Conversation with Bernardo Britto (OMNI LOOP)
by admin|2 years ago|Hammer to Nail
Brazilian-American filmmaker Bernardo Britto, known for his innovative animated shorts, makes his feature directorial debut with Omni Loop. This sci-fi comedy, starring Ayo Edebiri and Mary-Louise Parker, made its world premiere at the 2024 SXSW Film Festival. Britto, whose previous...
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‘Conclave’ Review: An Enthrallingly Twisty, and Unexpectedly Funny, Papal Thriller
by admin|2 years ago|Slant Magazine
Its pantomime villains aside, this is a film about men who are doing their best to serve God. The post ‘Conclave’ Review: An Enthrallingly Twisty, and Unexpectedly Funny, Papal Thriller appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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David Lowery Tells An Almost Christmas Story in First Trailer for Alfonso Cuarón-Backed Short
by admin|2 years ago|The Film Stage
It wouldn’t be the Christmas season without an Alfonso Cuarón-backed holiday short film directed by a prominent director arriving on Disney+. Following Alice Rohrwacher’s Oscar-nominated short Le pupille a few years ago, David Lowery has now helmed An Almost Christmas...
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New York 2024 Interview: Paul Schrader on Realizing Russell Banks’ OH, CANADA
by admin|2 years ago|Screen Anarchy
In Paul Schrader’s Oh, Canada, adapted from Russell Banks’ Foregone, a renowned documentary filmmaker named Leonard Fife subjects himself to a filmed interview while battling the throes of death. This final interview, to be captured by a former pupil turned...
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