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A Conversation with Bas Devos (HERE)
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Back at the New York Film Festival I was taken by the description of Bas Devos’ film Here as I was looking through the program lineup. It read something like:   “HERE – 2023 – Belgium Dutch, French, Romanian, and...
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SASQUATCH SUNSET Red Band Trailer: Jesse Eisenberg & Riley Keough in the Zellner Bros’ Bigfoot Comedy
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Fresh off its Sundance world premiere, David and Nathan Zellner’s Sasquatch Sunset will likely put some pep in the spring season’s step! Their third feature, following Kumiko the Treasure Hunter and Damsel, explores the mythical creatures of the wilderness in...
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THE BEAST Trailer: Léa Seydoux & George MacKay Are Lovers Across Time in Bertrand Bonello’s Sci-Fi Parable
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“What is stronger, your fear or your love for me?” One of the most exciting, versatile filmmakers of today is without a doubt, Bertrand Bonello. The French writer-director (Saint Laurent, Nocturama) returns with his futuristic tenth feature that is sure...
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Museum of the Moving Image Unveils Lineup for its 2024 First Look Festival
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NYC’s Museum of the Moving Image has announced the full lineup for its 2024 First Look Festival. The festival offers a diverse slate of major New York premieres, work-in-progress screenings & sessions, gallery installations, and fresh perspectives on the art and process of filmmaking.  Its...
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RIDDLE OF FIRE Trailer: Mischievous Kids Battle Wicked Grownups in 16mm Neo-Fairytale
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“I’m gonna get you kids!” The classic story of adventurous children getting up to no good gets a 16mm revamp in writer-director Weston Razooli’s Riddle of Fire. Razooli’s directorial debut premiered at last year’s Cannes Film Festival and closed TIFF’s...
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CHRONICLES OF A WANDERING SAINT Sneak Peek: See An Exclusive Clip For Independent Spirit Award-Nominated Comedy
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One of the best indie gems to look out for this year is Argentinian writer-director Tomás Gómez Bustillo’s Chronicles of a Wandering Saint. This supernatural comedy premiered at SXSW 2023 where it won the Adam Yauch Hörnblowér Award, and has...
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New Trailer for Love Lies Bleeding Highlights the Lesbian Bodybuilding Neo-Noir of the Year
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One of the most purely entertaining viewing experiences at Sundance Film Festival this year was Rose Glass’ Love Lies Bleeding, which is quite a level up in terms of ideas from her debut Saint Maud. Starring Kristen Stewart, Katy O’Brian, Jena...
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Sundance 2024 Review: A DIFFERENT MAN, Idea-Rich Genre Mash-Up Stumbles, Falls, Dissatisfies
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In Aaron Schimberg’s (Chained for Life, Go Down South) latest film, A Different Man, Edward (Sebastian Stan), a man euphemistically described as “facially different,” finds himself unmoored from the life he once had and rejected and the life he thought...
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Rotterdam Review: Toshihiko Tanaka’s Rei is an Ambitious Directorial Debut That Draws from Hamaguchi
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It was more than eight years ago that the virtually unknown Ryusuke Hamaguchi premiered Happy Hour, a five-hour narrative masterclass about four thirty-something women coming to terms with their own lives and relationship to one another. Against all odds, Hamaguchi...
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Ennio Review: A Simplistic Overview of a Towering Career
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“A director can’t understand the final result from a description. You cannot describe music; it needs to be listened to.” So says Ennio Morricone in one of many talking-head sections that comprise Giuseppe Tornatore’s documentary. But Ennio, as it’s aptly...
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