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Nothing Left to Prove: Quincy Jones (1933-2024)
by admin|6 months ago|Roger Ebert
Mention Quincy Jones to a bunch of people and I’m sure each person will highlight a different achievement. There are so many milestones that naming them all would take far more space than I am afforded here. Jones was an...
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VOTE for KAMALA HARRIS/TIM WALZ (Character Counts)
by admin|6 months ago|Roger Ebert
Dear Fellow Americans: Earlier in the year, I recorded a PSA (public service announcement) encouraging civility in our political discourse. At that time, it was a purely non-partisan effort. But since then, my choice for President has become crystal clear:...
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A Conversation with Anirban Dutta & Anupama Srinivasan (NOCTURNES)
by admin|6 months ago|Hammer to Nail
The atmosphere’s concentration of Carbon Dioxide is at an all-time high; extreme weather events have become more and more frequent; sea levels are rising faster than every before. It may feel like the world is ending, and maybe it is....
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“Less Money, More Liberty”: Paulo Branco on a Cinematic Life with David Cronenberg, Manoel De Oliveira, and Raúl Ruiz
by admin|6 months ago|The Film Stage
We could tie ourselves in knots, draw party lines, and make blood oaths declaring cinema’s greatest-evers: directors, actors, screenwriters, even studios or entire national output. I have rarely heard a conversation for greatest-ever producer, so allow me to propose that...
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The End Trailer: Tilda Swinton, Michael Shannon, and George MacKay Ring in the Apocalypse
by admin|6 months ago|The Film Stage
A decade after his staggering documentaries The Act of Killing and The Look of Silence, Joshua Oppenheimer has now returned, but this time with a narrative feature. The End, which stars Tilda Swinton, George MacKay, Michael Shannon, Moses Ingram, Bronagh...
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Tokyo International Film Festival 2024: Orang Ikan, Missing Child Videotape, Kiyoshi Kurosawa
by admin|6 months ago|Roger Ebert
A report from the Tokyo International Film Festival.
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Malcolm Washington, John David Washington, Danielle Deadwyler on the Power of “The Piano Lesson”
by admin|6 months ago|Roger Ebert
An interview with the director and stars of The Piano Lesson.
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Sound And Vision: Jacques Audiard
by admin|6 months ago|Screen Anarchy
In the article series Sound and Vision we take a look at music videos from notable directors. This week: several music videos by Jacques Audiard. Jacques Audiard's newest film, Emilia Pérez will be released this week in cinemas and soon...
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Eddie Redmayne, Lashana Lynch Bring Gravity to “The Day of the Jackal”
by admin|6 months ago|Roger Ebert
“The Day of the Jackal” is one of this season’s generally great surprises.
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AFI Review: Vermiglio Paints a Lyrical Portrait of Desires Constrained by Catholicism
by admin|6 months ago|The Film Stage
Vermiglio is set in the eponymous alpine village during the waning days of WWII. Maura Delpero’s film, gorgeously shot by Leviathan cinematographer Mikhail Krichman, is a slow-moving fable that unfolds as a novelistic series of pastoral tableaus. The short chapters...
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