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New York 2024 Review: STRANGER EYES, Sex, Lies, and Videotape
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When a little girl vanishes straight from the playground, her parents Junyang (Wu Chien-ho) and Peiying (Anicca Panna) start a search that doesn’t provide any leads. That is, until they start getting DVDs with the footage of the family doing...
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THE OUTRUN
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(Check out Chris Reed’s The Outrun movie review. It hits theaters Friday, October 4 via Sony Pictures. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) There have been many books written and movies made about addiction and...
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New York 2024 Review: APRIL, A Strange Manifestation
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Dea Kulumbegashvili's second feature is a challenging, feminist work, to say the least. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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BeyondFest 2024 Review: ZERO, Servicable Thriller With a Stern Message From It’s Creator
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Two Americans wake up in Dakar, the capital of Senegal, with bombs strapped to their chests. The timers on the vests tell them they have less than nine hours to find out why. Calling them #1 and #2 a mysterious...
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JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX Review: Sweet Psycho Romance Stuck in an Edgelord’s Mess
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Whether she's loved the character since she was a child or is making a calculated attempt at winning an acting Oscar, Lady Gaga's performance as the Joker universe's Harley Quinn is by far the best thing to come out of...
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NYFF Review: Nickel Boys Finds Miraculous Beauty in the Horrors of the World
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Nickel Boys, RaMell Ross’ narrative feature debut, is the story of a stubborn world, resisting change. Adapted from Colson Whitehead’s The Nickel Boys, it’s an experimental rendition shooting mainly through POV. We meet our protagonist not by looking at him,...
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LOOK BACK Review: Emotionally and Visually Beautiful Film, Undone by Melodrama
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It's no wonder that Look Back is highly anticipated by anime fans. The film is based on the manga of the same name by Chainsaw Man creator Tatsuki Fujimoto and is directed by Kiyotaka Oshiyama, whose resume includes working with...
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NYC Weekend Watch: Samuel L. Jackson, Akerman-Duras, Compensation & More
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NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Museum of Modern ArtAs the career-spanning Johnnie To retrospective continues, a Samuel L. Jackson series includes Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, and Jungle Fever on 35mm. BAMA Duras-Akerman double bill plays Sunday. Film...
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The Atlas of Cinema: In Praise of Adam Driver
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In praise of one of the most daring and versatile actors alive.
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‘On Becoming a Guinea Fowl’ Review: A Playfully Searing Drama About the Perils of Denial
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Writer-director Rungano Nyoni’s second feature is as acerbic as it is unforgiving. The post ‘On Becoming a Guinea Fowl’ Review: A Playfully Searing Drama About the Perils of Denial appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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