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Luke Hicks’ Top 10 Films of 2024
by admin|4 months ago|The Film Stage
Following The Film Stage’s collective top 50 films of 2024, as part of our year-end coverage, our contributors are sharing their personal top 10 lists. In a cinematic year as rich and ripe for discovery as any of the most illustrious years...
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Shout! Factory Acquires Golden Princess’ 156-Film Library, Essential John Woo And Chow Yun-Fat Collabs Among Them
by admin|4 months ago|Screen Anarchy
Incredible news for international action fans this morning. Variety reported this morning that Shout! Factory have announced that they acquired the worldwide rights for Golden Princess' 156-film library. In this library are essential action titles from John Woo, Ringo Lam,...
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NIGHT CALL Review: Unlocking Tension
by admin|4 months ago|Screen Anarchy
Jonathan Feltre, Jonas Bloquet, and Romain Duris star in Michiel Blanchart's smashing debut, a crime thriller set during a Black Lives Matter protest in Belgium. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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Long-Rare Films from John Woo, Johnnie To, Tsui Hark & More Acquired By Shout! Studios
by admin|4 months ago|The Film Stage
What is quite obviously the best film news of 2025 thus far (and will be tough to beat in the foreseeable future) comes via Variety, who tell us Shout! Studios have acquired worldwide rights (minus certain Asian territories) to 156...
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A Conversation with Walter Salles (I’M STILL HERE)
by admin|4 months ago|Hammer to Nail
Brazilian director Walter Salles has made a number of powerful, expertly crafted films over his career, including the 1998 Central Station and 2004 The Motorcycle Diaries. He’s back now, after a decade away from features, with I’m Still Here, set...
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ESCAPE Review: A Chase to the North Korean Border
by admin|4 months ago|Screen Anarchy
Lee Je-hoon, Koo Kyo-ywan, and Hong Xa-bin star in Lee Jong-pil's action-adventure, as a defector tries to cross the border of North and South Korea. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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Interview: Nora El Hourch – HLM Pussy (Sisterhood)
by admin|4 months ago|Ioncinema
Selected for TIFF’s Platform section (Toronto’s only competition section), French-born filmmaker Nora El Hourch pulled from some of her own narrative for her high tempo feature debut. Known domestically as HLM Pussy and internationally as Sisterhood, El Hourch delves into...
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Sisterhood (HLM Pussy) | Review
by admin|4 months ago|Ioncinema
Nora El Hourch’s Fiery Sisterhood is La Haine for the #MeToo Generation Arriving like a molotov cocktail thrown through a plate glass window — or more accurately, like a hashtag gone viral — Nora El Hourch makes an unforgettable first...
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Sound And Vision: Steven Soderbergh
by admin|4 months ago|Screen Anarchy
In the article series Sound and Vision we take a look at music videos from notable directors. This week: DTCV's Histoire Seule, directed by Steven Soderbergh. Soderbergh has always been a very prolific director. Even going so far as making...
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Listen to Bertrand Bonello’s Soundtrack for Planet B
by admin|4 months ago|The Film Stage
While we’ve still not learned what Bertrand Bonello’s “completely different” follow-up to The Beast might be, it’s safe to say a verdant 2024 put his stock at a record high. In the meantime he’s made the rare venture into scoring...
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