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HIPPO Review: Uncomfortable Laughs, Ludicrous Characters, and Much More
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An unusual family lives an unusual life in Mark H. Rapaport’s Hippo, one of the stranger films that has played at the Fantasia Film Festival. Rapaport drops us into a suburban dystopic home where society’s rules don’t seem to apply,...
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Barry Keoghan on Young Fatherhood, Loving La La Land, and the Movement of Andrea Arnold’s Bird
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In Andrea Arnold’s Bird, Irish actor Barry Keoghan plays a father of two teenagers. In the film, he had both children when he, too, was a teenager. He’s brash with tattoos everywhere, completely focused on an upcoming wedding with his...
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Apocalypse Then: Godzilla Minus One Minus Color
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"Godzilla Minus One" was already one of the best Godzilla movies, for the way it used the kaiju movie template to tell a story that was essentially a sweeping melodrama about surviving wars and other catastrophes. The announcement that it...
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HtN’s 15 Most Anticipated at DOC NYC ’24
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DOC NYC, the world’s largest documentary film festival, is making its return to NYC from November 13 through December 1 (in-person and online) for its 15th edition. It will screen more than 200 films, 110 of which are feature-length. Many...
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U.S. Trailer for Walter Salles’ I’m Still Here Introduces Brazil’s Oscar Entry
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This fall, Walter Salles finally returned with his first feature in 12 twelve years, the moving political/family drama I’m Still Here. Led by a powerhouse performance by Fernanda Torres alongside Selton Mello and Fernanda Montenegro, Sony Classics will give Brazil’s...
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The Wages of Fear Returns In Explosive Trailer for 4K Restoration
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Henri-Georges Clouzot’s The Wages of Fear remains a standard-bearer 71 years after the fact. Its 4K restoration from Hiventy thus comes as no surprise, and––just on the basis of how good a compressed YouTube upload looks––is only too welcome. Ahead...
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‘Dream Team’ Review: An Absurdist Basic Cable Homage That Buries Its Head in the Sand
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Dream Team’s absurdist brand flirts with art-for-art’s-sake disengagement. The post ‘Dream Team’ Review: An Absurdist Basic Cable Homage That Buries Its Head in the Sand appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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The Film Stage’s 2024 Holiday Gift Guide
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The holidays are upon us, so whether you’re looking for film-related gifts or simply want to get for yourself some of the finest this year had to offer, we have a gift guide for you. Including must-have books on filmmaking,...
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DREAM TEAM Review: Analogue Aesthetics and Conspiring Coral
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Imagine it's the 90s, in the early days of wide home computer use, with dial-up models, compact discs as the main mode of music listening, and you've fallen asleep in front of your television. You wake up in a dark...
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Allen Sunshine Review: A Tranquil Debut Feature with a World of Feeling
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Directed with a sense of tranquil serenity and grounded maturity one might be accustomed to finding in the work of a seasoned director, Allen Sunshine is, quite remarkably, the debut feature of 25-year-old Harley Chamandy. The Montreal-born, New York-based filmmaker...
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