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“Dragon Age: The Veilguard” Builds Out Dense Mythology with Interesting Characters
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A video game review of the rich "Dragon Age: The Veilguard," from EA and Bioware.
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The 25 Best Films of 2024
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For all their looking back, our favorite films of the year don’t engage in thoughtless nostalgia for an earlier time. The post The 25 Best Films of 2024 appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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The B-Side – Jack Lemmon (with Mitchell Beaupre)
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Happy Holidays from The B-Side! Here we talk about movie stars! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they made in between. Today we discuss the great Jack Lemmon with the great...
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New to Streaming: Dahomey, Carry-On, Scenarios, Sugarcane, Maria & 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 Bikeriders (Jeff Nichols) Using photographer Danny Lyon’s iconic The Bikeriders’ imagery as a jumping-off...
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‘Carry-On’ Review: Flight, Camera, Action
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The film is as fiercely economical as Jaume Collet-Serra’s best work. The post ‘Carry-On’ Review: Flight, Camera, Action appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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Carry-On Review: Jaume Collet-Serra Delivers A New Christmas Crime Classic
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Bruce Springsteen’s “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town” plays out as we pan down from the sky to find a mysterious man we’ll know only as Traveler (Jason Bateman) arriving to make a deal for an ominous suitcase, murdering everyone...
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“Look at the Cinema”: Nickel Boys Cinematographer Jomo Fray on First-Person Filmmaking and the Opulence of Mundanity
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Few features this decade commit more to a formal philosophy than RaMell Ross’ Nickel Boys, which adapts Colson Whitehead’s novel almost entirely from the first-person vantage of its two protagonists when it isn’t––just as compellingly––taking an archival approach to build...
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A Conversation with Gints Zilbalodis (FLOW)
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The new animated film Flow, from Latvian director Gints Zilbalodis (Away), follows the adventures and misadventures of a group of animals trying to survive during an epic global flood. Set against a backdrop of deserted ancient cities, the movie features...
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RESYNATOR Review: Rather Amazing and Completely Fascinating
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Alison Tavel's documentary about her father's invention of a revolutionary musical instrument is a compelling watch and even better than I had hoped. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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The Film Stage’s Top 50 Films of 2024
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For our most comprehensive year-end feature, we’re providing a cumulative look at The Film Stage’s favorite films of 2024. We’ve asked contributors to compile ten-best lists with five honorable mentions––many of those personal selections will be shared in coming weeks...
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