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Fantasia Review: Carnage for Christmas is a Lightning-Fast Slasher Mystery
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It’s Lola’s (Jeremy Moineau) first time back in her small hometown since leaving for the big city at 16 and transitioning. Thus she expects drama––either because the locals are still stuck under 1950s-era gender norms or because her old bullies...
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Karlovy Vary 2024 Review: TROPICANA, A Middle Age Coming of Age With Seidlian Touch
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Omer Tobi's debut feature sees a weary supermarket cashier in the Israeli desert embarks on an unexpected journey of self-discovery in the echoes of Ulrich Seidl´s poetics. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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The Way We Speak
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Set at a conference for “thought leaders,” “The Way We Speak” is an ambitious drama that puts its cameras on a handful of characters wading into an arena of intellectual combat while dealing with emotional, psychological and in some cases...
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Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam
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Before we get too deep into the story of Lou Pearlman, a pop music kingmaker who built his empire on a Ponzi Scheme, something needs to be addressed about Netflix’s three-part docuseries “Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam.” As technology...
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Sound And Vision: Alma Har’el
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In the article series Sound and Vision we take a look at music videos from notable directors. This week: two music videos by Alma Har'el. Alma Har'el has been on the cusp of truly breaking through to the mainstream, and...
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Fantasia 2024 Review: TATSUMI, A Gritty Yakuza Street Drama With A Broken Heart
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I am happy that these kinds of gritty, but emotionally tragic crime films are still being made. Hiroshi Shôji’s Tatsumi is one of those skuzzy neighborhood dramas, the kind soaked in poverty, spit, blood, and tears. Where the crime feels...
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Karlovy Vary 2024 Review: GRAND TOUR, A Cinematic Travelogue Blending Past and Present
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The Portuguese auteur Miguel Gomes merges genres, time periods, and cinematic techniques to create a post-modern exploration of cinema's fluid nature, offering a sophisticated and reflective homage to the art form that challenges conventional narrative boundaries. [Read the whole post...
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Elijah Wood and Ant Timpson on the Childlike Charms of Bookworm
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Looking back at their last collaboration, 2019's bloody cult horror hit "Come to Daddy," you'd be surprised to see New Zealand writer-director Ant Timpson and actor-producer Elijah Wood turn their attention to a charming family-adventure flick. But "Bookworm," which just premiered as...
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2024 NYFF: RaMell Ross’ “Nickel Boys” Selected as Opening Night Film…Heading to Telluride/Venice?
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London BFI have Steve McQueen’s Blitz and San Sebastian Film Festival tied up Audrey Diwan’s Emmanuelle, we now have the NYFF folks pitching their tent naming RaMell Ross’ Nickel Boys as Opening Night Film. This is not the film’s world...
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TIFF 2024 Adds Films by Mike Leigh, Joshua Oppenheimer, Gia Coppola, Justin Kurzel & More
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The 49th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival have unveiled their lineup of 63 films from the Gala and Special Presentations programs. Notable titles include the world premieres of Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths and The Last Showgirl, the North American premieres...
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