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Ibrahim Nash’at Filmed the Taliban Up Close for a Year. ‘Hollywoodgate’ Was the Harrowing Result.
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In the summer of 2021, U.S. forces completed their withdrawal from Afghanistan, 20 long years after the War on Terror began. By that point, though, most American had stopped thinking about that invasion, and as a result many never knew...
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Sebastian Stan Undergoes a Transformation in First Trailer for A Different Man
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While it’s still up in the air if his Donald Trump biopic The Apprentice will ever see the light of day in the U.S. before this November’s election, Sebastian Stan’s other major 2024 film will be arriving this fall. Aaron...
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‘Crumb Catcher’ Review: Politeness Turns Violent in Chris Skotchdopole’s Feature Debut
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Skotchdopole’s film is a tantalizing mix of the absurd and the mundane. The post ‘Crumb Catcher’ Review: Politeness Turns Violent in Chris Skotchdopole’s Feature Debut appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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BLACK GOD, WHITE DEVIL Blu-ray Review: Stop Swindling Me
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Glauber Rocha's trail-blazing existential Western paints deserts and hinterlands in black and white. And red. Now available from the Criterion Collection. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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DEMON POND, GUMMO, Val Lewton, PANDORA’S BOX: Criterion in October 2024
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Folk horror from Japan! Angelic and devilish souls from rural America (US)! Val Lewton horror from Hollywood! Melodrama from Germany! In October 2024, Criterion plans to release a rich collection of horror-month appropriate titles from across the world. To be...
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Neuchâtel 2024 Review: ENNENNUM Is Science Fiction At Its Finest
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On Saturday the 13th of July, the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival had its closing ceremony, complete with the handing out of its awards. As a part of the Critic's Jury this year, we handed our award for best feature...
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THE TIME MASTERS Restoration Trailer: René Laloux’s Fantastical Animated Sci-Fi is Given the 4K Treatment
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Iconic French sci-fi animator René Laloux (Fantastic Planet) is having another one of his hidden gems restored by Janus Films later this month. His 1982 tale The Time Masters incorporates Mœbius’ trippy, mindblowing design in this story of a young...
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HELL HOLE: New Poster For Latest Horror Flick From The Adams Family
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The Adamas Family have become staples of sorts at Fantasia. They are always sure to visit whenever they have a new film, which is nearly a annual occurance now. At the beginning of 2023 we first got word that they...
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René Laloux’s The Time Masters Receives 4K Restoration In New Trailer
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In the realm of “adult animation” there are few peers for René Laloux, whose reputation could rest almost entirely on Fantastic Planet. Making notable the 4K restoration of The Time Masters, his superbly entertaining 1982 sci-fi feature based on the...
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Mediterrane 2024 Review: LIFE, Novelistic Philosophical Drama Tackles Loss and Redemption
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Turkish director Zeki Demirkubuz weaves a tale of provincial patriarchy and existentialism, following the intertwined lives of a rural baker and a young woman after a derailed arranged marriage. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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