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Fantasia 2024 Review: HELL HOLE, Man In The Warmest Place To Hide In The Adams Family Creature Feature
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The Adams Family filmmaking team moves away from their usual introspective slow burns in their latest film, the Serbia-set creature feature, Hell Hole. Even though this film seems mile away from their usual projects, the Adams/Poser family can’t help injecting...
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MERCHANT IVORY Trailer: New Documentary Pays Tribute to Legendary Filmmaking Duo
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The decades-long partnership of director James Ivory and producer Ismail Merchant is endearingly profiled in the new documentary Merchant Ivory. The titular words are not only synonymous with the legendary duo, but also the string of iconic, sophisticated period pieces...
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Claire Denis Says She Would Direct a Batman Movie Under One Condition
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It’s a great time to be a Claire Denis fan. After delivering two (severely underrated) movies in one year with Both Sides of the Blade and Stars at Noon, she’s prepping a pair of new projects. In between, the stunning...
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DUCHESS Exclusive Clip: Get Out of Charlotte Kirk’s Effing House!
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Duchess, a small-time crook, tries to enter the treacherous underworld of diamond trafficking and ends up left for dead when a deal goes wrong.  Determined to seek retribution she launches into an unwavering pursuit for vengeance.    We're just over...
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UNDER THE RADAR: SECRETS OF A SWEDISH SERIAL KILLER Review: Murder Comes to America
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John Mork, documentary filmmaker and journalist, investigates the possible crimes of a convicted Swedish multiple murderer in the U.S. Now streaming on Viaplay. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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Mike Leigh to Receive Ebert Director Award at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival
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TORONTO--Academy Award-nominated British filmmaker Mike Leigh ("Secrets and Lies," "Naked") is set to receive this year's TIFF Ebert Director Award at the 49th Toronto International Film Festival, which will run September 5-15th, 2024. In a press release from the fest, TIFF...
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Exclusive: New Restoration of Robert Frank and Rudy Wurlitzer’s Cult Classic Candy Mountain Coming to Theaters This Fall
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100 years ago this fall, Robert Frank was born. The legendary Swiss-born photographer and filmmaker has a number of centenary celebrations, including the first-ever solo exhibition of his work to be presented at the Museum of Modern Art starting in...
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2024 San Sebastián: Alberdi, Ozon, Oppenheimer, Costa-Gavras, Leigh & Laura Carreira & Xin Huo Debuts in Comp
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Eleven Golden Shell competition films have been announced this morning, joining the previously selected quintet. This year’s lineup features a mix of veteran directors, and filmmakers transitioning from non-fiction to narrative debuts, and they even made room for two directorial...
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‘Coup!’ Review: A Muddled Class Satire Set During the 1918 Spanish Flu Epidemic
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The film has little to add on the subject of the interplay of politics and infectious disease. The post ‘Coup!’ Review: A Muddled Class Satire Set During the 1918 Spanish Flu Epidemic appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Serpent’s Path and More Set for San Sebastián Film Festival
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At long last, we now have at least one festival premiere set for one of our most-anticipated films of the year. Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Serpent’s Path, a remake of his superb, bad-vibes 1998 thriller that stars Damien Bonnard, Mathieu Amalric, Ko Shibasaki, and Drive My...
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