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THE DEVIL’S BATH: Sales at EFM Continue For Latest From Duo Behind GOODNIGHT MOMMY
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Austria in the 18th century. Forests surround villages. Killing a baby gets a woman sentenced to death. Agnes readies for married life with her beloved. But her mind and heart grow heavy. A gloomy path alone, evil thoughts arising. [Read...
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Dying (Sterben) | 2024 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review
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Family Matters: Glasner’s Sprawling Portrait of Chaotic Dysfunction Exemplifying Tolstoy’s famous Anna Karenina quote on ‘every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way,’ German filmmaker Matthias Glasner makes his first narrative feature in over a decade with the cryptically...
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THE HEROIC TRIO / EXECUTIONERS 4K Review: Hong Kong Action Symphony in Two Movements
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Maggie Cheung, Anita Mui and Michelle Yeoh star; Johnnie To and Ching Siu-tung direct. Now in 4K from the Criterion Collection. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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Some Rain Must Fall | 2024 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review
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Mistress of Misery: Yang Explores the Turmoil of Transformation Here comes the rain again, falling on her head like a tragedy. Or so is the somewhat gloomy sentiment of Qiu Yang’s debut Some Rain Must Fall, which finds Cai, 45-year-old...
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The Second Season of Will Trent Premieres as Charming as Ever
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The procedural is back and ABC’s “Will Trent” is a prime example of its charm and potential for success. The first season was a breakthrough hit, with its premiere attracting 18.1 million viewers. It even got some award nominations, mostly...
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Berlin Film Festival 2024: Meanwhile on Earth, La Cocina, Another End
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The best part about attending most major film festivals, apart from the films and the people, is visiting their theaters — local jewels that recall the magic inherent in the phrase “movie house.” This is my first Berlinale, and for...
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Jean-Pierre Jeunet Isn’t Anything Like Amélie, but He’s Trying
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Jean-Pierre Jeunet excuses himself in the midst of our interview. “Give me one second,” the 70-year-old French filmmaker says over Zoom from Provence. “My dogs are knocking at the door.” It’s nighttime in France, and his pets mean the world...
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Dahomey | 2024 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review
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Plunder Years: Diop Reflects on the Complex Realities of Reparation The spirit of Ozymandias, the classic poem from Percy Bysshe Shelley, might rouse itself in one’s mind during Mati Diop’s short but passionate documentary Dahomey – “Look on my Works,...
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Gore Verbinski, Ridley Scott, Mélanie Laurent & More Set Next Films
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It’s hard to believe it’s been nearly a decade since the last film from Gore Verbinski, 2016’s A Cure for Wellness, but after being attached to a handful of projects, the director is finally looking to return. Sam Rockwell, Haley...
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Yorgos Lanthimos Sets Next Film with Save the Green Planet Remake, Produced by Ari Aster
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Update: As we predicted, Emma Stone will reunite with Yorgo Lanthimos for the film in a supporting role, Variety reports. Following up Poor Things, Yorgos Lanthimos already has another film in the can with The post Yorgos Lanthimos Sets Next...
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