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GILDA Blu-ray Review: The Atypical Noir Gets a Fresh Restoration
by admin|4 months ago|Screen Anarchy
Probably like many people of my and slightly older generations, I was first introduced to Gilda from a scene in The Shawshank Redemption, during which the prisoners are watching the film and one insists that his friend pause in asking a request until...
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HBO’s “Euphoria” Feels as Lost as Its Characters in Riveting, Infuriating Third Season
by admin|4 months ago|Roger Ebert
If the goal is to reflect a lack of direction or focus in the quarter-life crises of its characters through a show that also can’t maintain a train of thought than mission accomplished.
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Cherry on Top: Wagner Moura Begins Filming on Lisandro Alonso’s ‘O Aroma da Pitanga’
by admin|4 months ago|Ioncinema
If 2026 was meant to deliver the fruits of Argentine filmmaker Lisandro Alonso‘s recent creative output, it seems 2027 will also add another chapter to his filmography. We have La Libertad Doble (The Match Factory are handling sales) ready to...
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Peacock’s “The Miniature Wife” is Big on Feelings, and That’s Not Nothing
by admin|4 months ago|Roger Ebert
A setup that begs you to pay attention.
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A Conversation with Gloria Mercer (A SAFE DISTANCE)
by admin|4 months ago|Hammer to Nail
The debut feature from screenwriter Aidan West and director Gloria Mercer, A Safe Distance just premiered at the 2026 SXSW Film & TV Festival (where I reviewed it). In the movie, we follow the increasingly wild adventures of a young...
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‘Slanted’ Review: Amy Wang’s Skin-Deep Satire About a High School Girl’s Race to Be White
by admin|4 months ago|Slant Magazine
The nightmare of assimilation that Slanted imagines feels single-minded. The post ‘Slanted’ Review: Amy Wang’s Skin-Deep Satire About a High School Girl’s Race to Be White appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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Praise (May)Be: The Stale World Building Of “The Testaments” Doesn’t Fully Diminish Chase Infiniti’s Ability To Shine
by admin|4 months ago|Next Best Picture
THE STORY – A new generation of young women in Gilead grapples with the bleak future that awaits them. THE CAST – Chase Infiniti, Rowan Blanchard, Lucy Halliday, Ann Dowd, Mattea Conforti, Isolde Ardies, Mabel Li & Birva Pandya THE...
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Exclusive: Cinema Guild Acquires the Films of Margarida Cordeiro and António Reis
by admin|4 months ago|The Film Stage
Continuing their major streak of acquiring filmographies only seen through super-rare repertory bookings and sub-par DVD rips, Cinema Guild—we are pleased to exclusively reveal—will release the work of Portuguese directors António Reis and Margarida Cordeiro. The deal includes their three...
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2026 Le Groupe Ouest Selections: New Features by Laura Wandel, Valéry Carnoy & Léa Todorov in the Works
by admin|4 months ago|Ioncinema
Located in France’s north westernmost region of Brittany, Le Groupe Ouest have selected eight projects (ten participants) with notable Belgian filmmakers Laura Wandel and Valéry Carnoy among the selected folks. Heading to one of the world’s top screenwriting labs, Wandel...
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Isabelle Huppert on Becoming a Vampire, Ulrike Ottinger’s Timeless Touch, and Asghar Farhadi’s Parallel Tales
by admin|4 months ago|The Film Stage
Isabelle Huppert’s performance in Ulrike Ottinger’s The Blood Countess, a vampire fantasia set in Vienna (and co-starring no less of a local icon than Conchita Wurst) that marks the 158th credit of her remarkable career, got me thinking. Sitting face...
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