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by admin|4 months ago07 March 2025|Hammer to Nail

(Check out Chris Reed’s Seven Veils movie review. The film is playing now in theaters via Elevation Pictures. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) The work of Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan (Guest of Honour) is often complex...

‘The Ballad of Wallis Island’ Review: A Moving Tale About the Power of Music to Heal

by admin|4 months ago07 March 2025|Slant Magazine

James Griffiths’s film plays both its drama and comedy in decidedly minor keys. The post ‘The Ballad of Wallis Island’ Review: A Moving Tale About the Power of Music to Heal appeared first on Slant Magazine.

THE RULE OF JENNY PEN Review: Lithgow And Rush Star in Impressive Horror Thriller

by admin|4 months ago07 March 2025|Screen Anarchy

Judge Stefan Mortensen is a brutally impartial judge who suffers a stroke while holding court. Now confined to a rest home, he is determined to regain his mobility, functionality and leave. He is not interested in making friends while he...

‘Black Bag’ Review: Steven Soderbergh’s Spy Thriller Is a Cool Cucumber, but Is That Enough?

by admin|4 months ago07 March 2025|Slant Magazine

Black Bag is the kind of old-fashioned caper that Soderbergh can make in his sleep. The post ‘Black Bag’ Review: Steven Soderbergh’s Spy Thriller Is a Cool Cucumber, but Is That Enough? appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Boston Underground Film Festival To Feature THE SURFER and Restoration of RE-ANIMATOR

by admin|4 months ago07 March 2025|Screen Anarchy

New England Friends! That most wonderful time of the year is approaching for the fantastic Boston Underground Film Festival. Having attended twice, I can attest not only to the quality and diversity of the programming, but the amazing staff and...

The Film Stage Presents Emulsion: Episode One

by admin|4 months ago07 March 2025|The Film Stage

“Why on Earth is there another film podcast?” Is the question you, the reasonable listener, will ask while nevertheless hitting play on this pilot-of-sorts for yet another entry in perhaps the seventh art’s most undignified progeny. Stop me if you’ve...

You Burn Me Review: Matías Piñeiro Muses on Sapphic Fragments and Unrequited Love

by admin|4 months ago07 March 2025|The Film Stage

In You Burn Me, the Argentinian littérateur-filmmaker Matías Piñeiro uses his vintage Bolex camera like the iOS Notes app. Shooting over the course of a few years, his method involved “collecting” images here and there amidst teaching jobs on two...

Berlinale 2025 Review: DREAMS (SEX LOVE), Shapeshifting Coming-of-Age Examines Desire Across Three Generations

by admin|4 months ago07 March 2025|Screen Anarchy

Dag Johan Haugerud examines the fluid boundaries between love, desire, and memory in a film where language shapes both personal discovery and intergenerational reflection. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]

The Sweet and Sour K-Drama “When Life Gives You Tangerines” Measures Life in Four Seasons of Love

by admin|4 months ago07 March 2025|Roger Ebert

One of the joys of stories like this is how it unfolds like the pages of a book; every episode is a chapter, revealing deeper meaning to scenes you previously thought were simple.