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Cannes 2024: My Sunshine, Rumours, The Balconettes
by admin|2 years ago|Roger Ebert
I can’t think of three films more tonally disparate than these. There’s a coming-of-age drama with queer elements, a raucous apocalyptic satire, and a feminist ghost film. The first, “My Sunshine,” competes in Un Certain Regard. The other two, however,...
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Cannes 2024: On Becoming a Guinea Fowl, The Village Next to Paradise, Viet and Nam
by admin|2 years ago|Roger Ebert
In the three films for this Cannes dispatch, each selection is not only competing in Un Certain Regard. They’re also works where death begets truth. In one film, the truth concerns family secrets. In another, it brings a family together....
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Reclamation Through Restoration: Thelma Schoonmaker Talks Michael Powell, Martin Scorsese and Peeping Tom
by admin|2 years ago|Roger Ebert
“Peeping Tom,” Michael Powell’s ill-fated film maudit, may have led to the director’s premature career downturn, but today, the movie seems more celebrated than scorned. The new vivid restoration of the film brings its lurid color palette back to life...
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Friday One Sheet: THE SUBSTANCE
by admin|2 years ago|Screen Anarchy
This buzzy body horror picture out of Cannes, is the sophomore feature from Coralie Fargeat, whose blood-splatered Revenge was a hit on the festival circuit in 2017. The Substance had a much more disturbing and visceral bit of key art, one that seems to...
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NYC Weekend Watch: Cutter’s Way, Princess Mononoke, Jacques Rivette, & More
by admin|2 years ago|The Film Stage
NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Film ForumFilms by Scorsese, De Palma, Woody Allen, Coppola, Jarmusch, and the Coen Brothers play in “Out of the 80s,“ which includes Cutter’s Way on 35mm; Le Samouraï continues in a new 4K restoration; Raiders of the...
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Atlas
by admin|2 years ago|Roger Ebert
When it comes to the handful of names who are defiantly keeping the idea of super-stardom alive, Jennifer Lopez is near the top of the list as a multi-hyphenate entertainment royalty. Just take a look at some of the projects...
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The Beach Boys
by admin|2 years ago|Roger Ebert
There’s something so appropriately disheartening about a movie about The Beach Boys being too superficial. For generations, people accused the band behind hits like “God Only Knows” and “California Girls” of being too disposable, a pop candy confection compared to...
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Sight
by admin|2 years ago|Roger Ebert
In Andrew Hyatt’s “Sight,” what you see is what you get. The movie is a straightforward inspirational narrative based on a true story. There are very few surprises in store or moments that stand out beyond the predictable plot points...
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Solo
by admin|2 years ago|Roger Ebert
Under the glare of fuschia neon lights Simon (Théodore Pellerin) is twirling. ABBA’s “Voulez-Vous” is blaring, and a perfectly placed fan is blowing his blonde wig around in all the right ways. He is the center of the universe, and...
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They Are the Best of the Best: Glen Powell on The Blue Angels
by admin|2 years ago|Roger Ebert
Glen Powell played a military pilot in “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Devotion.” In his off-screen life, he is a pilot who has flown with the US Navy’s Blue Angels, in “Top Gun” terms, the best of the best of the...
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