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Berlinale Review: Eel is a Slippery, Strange Drama of Great Beauty
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The most significant change introduced by new Berlinale director Tricia Tuttle is the cancellation of the Encounters sidebar which hosted many arthouse gems supposedly too experimental for the main competition. In its stead, Perspectives––a competitive section dedicated to first films––was...
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Oscar 2025 Winner Predictions: Visual Effects
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This is a category that significantly favors best picture nominees. The post Oscar 2025 Winner Predictions: Visual Effects appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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Rotterdam 2025 Review: MEMOIR OF A SNAIL Gets You, Pacing Be Damned
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Back in 2009 we were treated to one of the best films ever made about autism, and it was, surprise surprise, an animated puppet feature. That was Mary and Max, directed by Adam Elliot, who had previously won an Academy...
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2025 OSCAR-NOMINATED SHORTS
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The 2025 Academy Awards take place on Sunday, March 2, and as always, 15 short films compete across 3 categories—animation, documentary, and live action—for the golden statuette in their respective areas. Every year, I watch all of them and then...
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Berlinale Review: Gabriel Mascaro’s The Blue Trail Takes a Lively Journey Down the Amazon River
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The Blue Trail, the lively new film from Gabriel Mascaro, takes its name from the secretions of a mythical snail. Azure and oozing, the substance, when dropped on the iris, is rumored to grant a vision of things to come....
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Errol Morris Untangles a Web of Conspiracy in First Trailer for CHAOS: The Manson Murders
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After watching Zodiac Killer Project, it’ll be hard to view any true-crime mystery documentary the same way again. But if there’s one filmmaker who could pull it off, it’s Errol Morris. Just a few months after this last documentary Separated,...
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‘The Blue Trail’ Review: In Gabriel Mascaro’s Vivid Road Movie, It’s No Country for Old Women
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The film is an empowering narrative of one woman who refuses to see age as a ceiling. The post ‘The Blue Trail’ Review: In Gabriel Mascaro’s Vivid Road Movie, It’s No Country for Old Women appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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Ebertfest Adds Barbara Kopple’s Academy Award Winner “Harlan County U.S.A.”
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Three more films have been added to the Ebertfest line-up.
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Now Streaming: Takeshi Kitano’s BROKEN RAGE, Robert De Niro’s ZERO DAY
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Plus: 'Reacher' and 'Surface' return, 'Watchmen: Chapter II' comes home again. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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Berlinale 2025 Review: HOT MILK, Angry Daughter, Flighty Lover, Manipulative Mother on Vacation
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Emma Mackey, Fiona Shaw, Vicky Krieps, Vincent Perez, and Patsy Ferran star in director Rebecca Lenkiewicz's film about a daughter who uncovers secrets about both her lover and her mother. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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