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NICKEL BOYS Review: Important Story, POV Troubles
by admin|5 months ago|Screen Anarchy
Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson, Hamish Linklater, Fred Hechinger, Daveed Diggs, and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor star in director RaMell Ross' adaptation of Colson Whitehead's prize-winning novel. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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Kraven the Hunter | 2024 Red Sea Intl. Film Festival Review
by admin|5 months ago|Ioncinema
Snack Attack: Kraven The Hunter Is More Empty Calorie Superhero Slop The existential fear among creatives is that one day, artificial intelligence will become so good that a data-generated movie would be indistinguishable from the real thing. Sadly, that day...
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Interview: Mahdi Fleifel – To a Land Unknown (Red Sea Intl. Film Festival)
by admin|5 months ago|Ioncinema
There is a lesson in determination to be found in Danish-Palestinian Mahdi Fleifel‘s latest feature, To A Land Unknown. Remarkably, the film, which spent years in development, and bounced between producers, finally went into production in November 2023 and was...
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Interview: RaMell Ross on Evolving Camera Language with ‘Nickel Boys’
by admin|5 months ago|Slant Magazine
Ross discusses how he and his collaborators pushed forward the idea of point of view. The post Interview: RaMell Ross on Evolving Camera Language with ‘Nickel Boys’ appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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KRAVEN THE HUNTER Review: Sony’s Marvel-Adjacent Superhero-verse Goes Out With a Whimper
by admin|5 months ago|Screen Anarchy
On purpose or not, everything eventually comes to an end, up to and including ill-conceived, poorly received, commercially unsuccessful series, franchises, and so-called cinematic universes.   For the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe), that day will surely come, likely sooner rather...
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Two Thumbs Up! The Individual Top Tens of 2024
by admin|5 months ago|Roger Ebert
The many top ten lists of 2024.
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“The Brutalist,” “Nickel Boys” Lead 2024 CFCA Awards
by admin|5 months ago|Roger Ebert
The Chicago Film Critics Association winners.
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Netflix Faithfully Adapts “One Hundred Years of Solitude,” For Better and Worse
by admin|5 months ago|Roger Ebert
Filmmakers Laura Mora and Alex García López clearly have great reverence for the work, and perhaps it needs this literal translation to screen.
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Netflix’s “No Good Deed” Is a Fantastic Black Comedy About the Woes of Homebuying 
by admin|5 months ago|Roger Ebert
“Dead to Me” creator Liz Feldman has once again delivered a whip-smart and heartfelt comedy for Netflix. This time, the series follows married couple Lydia (Lisa Kudrow) and Paul Morgan (Ray Romano) as they attempt to sell their luxurious Los...
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A Conversation with Screenwriter Justin Kuritzkes (QUEER)
by admin|5 months ago|Hammer to Nail
Screenwriter Justin Kuritzkes, whose plays The Sensuality Party and Growth made their mark in the theater world, has emerged as one of Hollywood’s most exciting new voices. After establishing himself as a playwright, Kuritzkes made a stunning entry into film...
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