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The Union
by admin|2 years ago|Roger Ebert
Director Julian Farino’s “The Union” follows Mike (Mark Wahlberg), a construction worker content with his job, dive bar outings with his friends, and sleeping with his former seventh-grade teacher (an awkward joke that remains a punchline over the course of...
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Caligula: The Ultimate Cut
by admin|2 years ago|Roger Ebert
When “Caligula" arrived in theaters in 1979, it came in on a tidal wave of hype, most of it on the negative side. The production of Penthouse Magazine publisher Bob Guccione’s grand experiment in creating an adult film that included the elements...
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Exclusive Trailer for Quad Cinema’s Merchant Ivory: An Extraordinary Partnership Celebrates the Work of Ismail Merchant and James Ivory
by admin|2 years ago|The Film Stage
One of cinema’s greatest partnerships is getting its due with Stephen Soucy’s forthcoming documentary Merchant Ivory, set for a release on August 30. Ahead of the release from Cohen Media Group, it’s prime time to revisit the work of Ismail...
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Locarno Review: Transamazonia Hypnotically Finds Healing and Spirituality in the Jungle 
by admin|2 years ago|The Film Stage
Pia Marais’ Transamazonia seeks to connect us to its characters and the environment containing them, but we leave the film far more imprinted by the latter. The fourth feature by the South African-born and -raised filmmaker (but whose work feels...
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The Life Apart | 2024 Locarno Film Festival Review
by admin|2 years ago|Ioncinema
Imitation of Life: Giordana Composes an Old-Fashioned Miracle Music seems to be the language of the heart in The Life Apart (La vita accanto), a bizarre tale of suffering and expiation relayed with sedate repose by director Marco Tullio Giordana. Having...
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New to Streaming: Here, Chronicles of a Wandering Saint, Daughters, Twisters, Mothers’ Instinct, National Anthem & More
by admin|2 years ago|The Film Stage
Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here. Chronicles of a Wandering Saint (Tomás Gómez Bustillo) Tomás Gómez Bustillo’s charming, intelligent Chronicles of...
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‘The Deliverance’ Review: Lee Daniels’s Haunted House Story Is Elevated by Human Drama
by admin|2 years ago|Slant Magazine
Andra Day and Glenn Close bring the film to life in a way that the literal ghosts wish they could. The post ‘The Deliverance’ Review: Lee Daniels’s Haunted House Story Is Elevated by Human Drama appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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New Dawn Fades | 2024 Locarno Film Festival Review
by admin|2 years ago|Ioncinema
Through a Glass Darkly: Keltek Finds Divinity Through Insanity Sanism might be the term best used to define the trials and travails faced by the protagonist of Turkish director Gürcan Keltek‘s sophomore film New Dawn Fades (Yeni șafak solarken). Like...
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THE SUBSTANCE Trailer: Demi Moore Grossly De-Ages Into Margaret Qualley in Cannes-Winning Body Horror
by admin|2 years ago|Hammer to Nail
Have you ever dreamt of a better version of yourself? One of the most talked about films from this year’s Cannes Film Festival was writer-director Coralie Fargeat’s Revenge follow-up, The Substance. Demi Moore stars – in what is said to be...
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A Conversation with David Hinton & Thelma Schoonmaker (MADE IN ENGLAND: THE FILMS OF POWELL AND PRESSBURGER)
by admin|2 years ago|Hammer to Nail
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger was written and directed by David Hinton and executive produced by Thelma Schoonmaker. The film is essentially 2 hrs + of Martin Scorsese expressing his deep love and admiration for the...
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