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‘The Monkey’ Review: Osgood Perkins’s Stephen King Adaptation Laughs at Generational Trauma

by admin|5 months ago18 February 2025|Slant Magazine

Can you blame Oz Perkins for feeling cursed? The post ‘The Monkey’ Review: Osgood Perkins’s Stephen King Adaptation Laughs at Generational Trauma appeared first on Slant Magazine.

‘Blue Moon’ Review: Richard Linklater and Ethan Hawke Wax Lyrical in a Biopic with H(e)art

by admin|5 months ago18 February 2025|Slant Magazine

Blue Moon trusts that we want to engage with subjects that matter through deliberate dialogue. The post ‘Blue Moon’ Review: Richard Linklater and Ethan Hawke Wax Lyrical in a Biopic with H(e)art appeared first on Slant Magazine.

DANGEROUS ANIMALS: IFC Films Shudder Acquire Sean Byrne’s Sharksploitation-Meets-Serial-Killer Movie

by admin|5 months ago18 February 2025|Screen Anarchy

When Zephyr, a savvy and free-spirited surfer, is abducted by a shark-obsessed serial killer and held captive on his boat, she must figure out how to escape before he carries out a ritualistic feeding to the sharks below. [Read the...

The Criterion Channel’s March Lineup Features Michael Mann, Alain Guiraudie, Dogme 95 & More

by admin|5 months ago18 February 2025|The Film Stage

No streaming service does a director retrospective like the Criterion Channel, and March offers two masters at opposite ends of exposure. On one side is Michael Mann, whose work from Thief through Collateral (minus The Keep) is given a spotlight;...

‘Dreams’ Review: Michel Franco’s Bluntly Obvious Immigration Drama Thinks in American

by admin|5 months ago18 February 2025|Slant Magazine

The film pledges allegiance to the material constituting the fabric of dreams. The post ‘Dreams’ Review: Michel Franco’s Bluntly Obvious Immigration Drama Thinks in American appeared first on Slant Magazine.

DEVIL’S DINER Review: Tasty, Twisted, Terrific

by admin|5 months ago18 February 2025|Screen Anarchy

Ham Tran's anthology series from Vietnam is diabolical and disturbing. Now streaming on Netflix. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]

Berlinale Review: The Ice Tower is Lucile Hadžihalilović’s Most Bewitching Film Yet

by admin|5 months ago18 February 2025|The Film Stage

If there is a filmmaker whose work can be described as “elemental cinema,” that’s Lucile Hadžihalilović. It’s easy to chronicle her 2015 film Evolution as fluvial for its many water (and underwater) scenes, but also how its rhythmic flow steers...

Berlinale Review: Sam Riley-Led Neo Noir Islands Plays It Too Safe

by admin|5 months ago18 February 2025|The Film Stage

Sam Riley stars as Tom, a washed-up tennis-pro-turned-coach at a luxury island hotel on the Canary Islands, in Islands, the English-language debut of A Coffee in Berlin director Jan-Ole Gerster. He is the protagonist, but we know little about a...