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Starz’s “Sweetpea” Is Fall TV’s Biggest and Best Surprise
by admin|2 years ago|Roger Ebert
“Sweetpea” feels fresh from beginning to end, offering us a gripping story right down to the final episode's shocking cliffhanger. 
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Hulu’s “La Máquina” Delights with Campy Darkness
by admin|2 years ago|Roger Ebert
Two artists, at the height of their craft, making something fun and new.
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BeyondFest 2024 Review: ABOVE THE KNEE Attempts a Different Take on The Domestic Thriller
by admin|2 years ago|Screen Anarchy
Amir has a dark secret that he’s keeping from everyone close to him. He wants to get rid of one of his legs. The left one specifically. Amir has body dysmorphic disorder, a disorder that leaves him convinced that one...
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‘Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point’ Review: An Ecstatically Maximalist Celebration of Ritual
by admin|2 years ago|Slant Magazine
The huge party at the film’s center is among the great parties of recent American cinema. The post ‘Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point’ Review: An Ecstatically Maximalist Celebration of Ritual appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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New York 2024 Review: CAUGHT BY THE TIDES, Time Passing, Observed Silently
by admin|2 years ago|Screen Anarchy
Jia finally makes a silent movie star out of Zhao Tao. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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Jia Zhang-ke Reveals He’s Working on an AI Short Film
by admin|2 years ago|The Film Stage
After screening his latest film Caught by the Tides at the Busan International Film Festival, director Jia Zhang-ke met with the press, accompanied by his wife Zhao Tao. A frequent visitor to the BIFF, Jia started by saying he is...
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PSYCHONAUT Has a Poster, A Trailer, And A World Première At The Brooklyn Horror Festival
by admin|2 years ago|Screen Anarchy
Seven years ago, Dutch filmmaker Thijs Meuwese co-directed the science fiction film Molly a film overflowing with ingenuity, a no-budget post-apocalyptic superhero epic. You can read my review here... That film had an incredibly impressive finale, and it marked its...
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Busan 2024 Review: THE FINAL SEMESTER, Youth Enters the Workforce in Empathetic Korean Indie
by admin|2 years ago|Screen Anarchy
Four years after her layered character study A Leave, director Lee Ran-hee returns to the Busan International Film Festival with her sophomore film The Final Semester, a film that also examines the professional struggles of the trade-bound working class. While...
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Busan 2024 Review: THE LAND OF MORNING CALM, Grim Coastal Drama Offers Satisfying Character Portrait
by admin|2 years ago|Screen Anarchy
Following his intriguing debut The Girl on a Bulldozer, which screened at the Busan International Film Festival in 2021, directed Park Ki-woong returns to the festival with the New Currents competition title The Land of Morning Calm. Set far away...
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‘Hard Truths’ Review: Mike Leigh’s Compassionate Portrait of a Woman on the Brink
by admin|2 years ago|Slant Magazine
The film finds Marianne Jean-Baptiste channeling an anger that feels excruciatingly real. The post ‘Hard Truths’ Review: Mike Leigh’s Compassionate Portrait of a Woman on the Brink appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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