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Alison McAlpine In Conversation With Walter Murch on Her Oscar-Nominated Perfectly a Strangeness
by admin|3 months ago|The Film Stage
Nominated for Best Documentary Short Film at the 98th Academy Awards, perfectly a strangeness marks the first short from Canadian filmmaker Alison McAlpine, director of the wondrous 2017 feature Cielo. Ahead of a Criterion Channel debut on March 1 and...
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“Resident Evil: Requiem” is a Perfect Evolution of Past Successes
by admin|3 months ago|Roger Ebert
Consistently satisfying, riveting, and sometimes even terrifying.
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Berlinale 2026 Review: IN A WHISPER (À VOIX BASSE) Unearths the Queer Stigma in a Tunisian Family and Beyond
by admin|3 months ago|Screen Anarchy
Eya Bouteraa, Hiam Abbass, and Salma Baccar form a familial portrait across three generations confronted with an unspoken secret. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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“HOME STORIES”
by admin|3 months ago|Next Best Picture
THE STORY – Unbeknownst to her mother, Lea, with her father’s approval, is auditioning for a German talent show. She has a calm demeanour on stage and has a great voice, so the judges admire her. However, after being asked what...
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“THE EDUCATION OF JANE CUMMING”
by admin|3 months ago|Next Best Picture
THE STORY – Edinburgh, 1810. Teachers Jane Pirie and Marianne Woods embark on their dream of an independent life together and open a boarding school. Their lives are changed forever when a wealthy aristocrat enrols Jane Cumming, her “illegitimate” 15-year-old grandchild from...
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“LALI”
by admin|3 months ago|Next Best Picture
THE STORY – In the dappled shade of the jamun tree and the spice-laden hush of her kitchen, Zeba moves like a whisper. Newly wed to Sajawal, a man-child haunted by his own reflection, she seeks refuge in two women: Sohni...
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“ANYMART”
by admin|3 months ago|Next Best Picture
THE STORY – Sakai is the assistant manager at a convenience store, his working days determined by routine. Without any hint of emotion, he deflects the annoying customers and follows the rigid rules that the store owner imposes on the staff....
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Berlinale 2026 Review: FOREST HIGH (FORÊT IVRE), Life in an Alpine Hut
by admin|3 months ago|Screen Anarchy
Forest High (orig. Forêt Ivre) takes place almost entirely in and around a hut in the Swiss mountains. Subtitled Three Stories, director Manon Coubia's film follows three volunteers who work there over four seasons. Officially the Refuge d'Ubine des Amis...
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Life Within the Lens Celebrates Black Filmmaking
by admin|3 months ago|Roger Ebert
On a program this week at the Music Box in Chicago that spotlighted filmmaking for Black History Month.
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‘Queen at Sea’ Review: A Wrenching, Brilliantly Acted Tale of a Family Torn Apart by Dementia
by admin|3 months ago|Slant Magazine
The film is an unvarnished look at a family rendered dysfunctional by the inevitability of death. The post ‘Queen at Sea’ Review: A Wrenching, Brilliantly Acted Tale of a Family Torn Apart by Dementia appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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