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Canadian Screen Awards 2024: BLACKBERRY Wins Record 14 Awards
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After four days of celebrating and acknowledging Canadian achievements on screens of all shapes and sizes the winners were announced at a ceremony on Friday night.    On the film side we don't think anyone is surprised that Matt Johnson's...
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2024 Cannes Film Festival Winners – Un Certain Regard [Video]
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The Un Certain Regard jury of five in Xavier Dolan, Maïmouna Doucouré, Asmae El Moudir, Vicky Krieps, and Todd McCarthy offered a total of seven awards/mentions this year and as per our tradition, we were front row at the ceremony...
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The Dead Don’t Hurt
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One of my great great great grandfathers fought for the Union and survived the Battle of Antietam. After his infantry unit was wiped out, he survived by crawling under a heap of corpses and staying there for two days. As...
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Cannes 2024: Ghost Trail, Block Pass
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Opening this year’s section is Jonathan Millet’s “Ghost Trail,” in which a Syrian war refugee (Adam Bessa) hunts his former torturer through France while struggling to heal from the scars, both literal and figurative, that his quarry left him with. ...
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At the Movies, It’s Hard Out There for a Hit Man
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Early on in the new Richard Linklater comedy “Hit Man,” the film’s main character, a nice-guy teacher named Gary (Glen Powell), informs the audience of a truth they may not want to hear: Hit men aren’t real. “It’s a total...
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Screambox in June: Streaming Line-Up Includes FROGMAN, COHERENCE, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN
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Screambox has announced their lineup for the month of June. The big tickets draws are Frogman, Coherence and We Need to Talk About Kevin.    If you realized after seeing Immaculate that you need to catch up on the Sydney Sweeney...
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Tuesday Review: Julia Louis-Dreyfus Bargains with Death in Moving Fantasy Drama
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This is a film of tremendous emotion, spirit, and paradoxically restraint and ambition. The post <em>Tuesday</em> Review: Julia Louis-Dreyfus Bargains with Death in Moving Fantasy Drama appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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Friday One Sheet: MAXXXINE
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Three entries in, and Ti West's horror-porno hybrid franchise (X, Pearl, Maxxxine) knows that its secret weapon is Mia Goth's "uncanny-valley" smile. This poster leans into it fully, with the Hollywood stage lights, the glossy glamour of the design referencing...
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New to Streaming: The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed, Gasoline Rainbow, MoviePass, MovieCrash & More
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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. The Boys in the Boat (George Clooney) This is, from start to finish, an...
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LAST SUMMER Trailer: Catherine Breillat Returns With a Shocking New Erotic Drama
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After an in-competition premiere at Cannes last year, the latest film from daring auteur Catherine Breillat is finally making its way to U.S. theaters. Last Summer caused quite a stir on the Croisette last year, something the 75-year-old director’s films...
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