The film is as fiercely economical as Jaume Collet-Serra’s best work. The post ‘Carry-On’ Review: Flight, Camera, Action appeared first on Slant Magazine.
Bruce Springsteen’s “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town” plays out as we pan down from the sky to find a mysterious man we’ll know only as Traveler (Jason Bateman) arriving to make a deal for an ominous suitcase, murdering everyone...
Few features this decade commit more to a formal philosophy than RaMell Ross’ Nickel Boys, which adapts Colson Whitehead’s novel almost entirely from the first-person vantage of its two protagonists when it isn’t––just as compellingly––taking an archival approach to build...
The new animated film Flow, from Latvian director Gints Zilbalodis (Away), follows the adventures and misadventures of a group of animals trying to survive during an epic global flood. Set against a backdrop of deserted ancient cities, the movie features...
Alison Tavel's documentary about her father's invention of a revolutionary musical instrument is a compelling watch and even better than I had hoped. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
For our most comprehensive year-end feature, we’re providing a cumulative look at The Film Stage’s favorite films of 2024. We’ve asked contributors to compile ten-best lists with five honorable mentions––many of those personal selections will be shared in coming weeks...
Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson, Hamish Linklater, Fred Hechinger, Daveed Diggs, and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor star in director RaMell Ross' adaptation of Colson Whitehead's prize-winning novel. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
Snack Attack: Kraven The Hunter Is More Empty Calorie Superhero Slop The existential fear among creatives is that one day, artificial intelligence will become so good that a data-generated movie would be indistinguishable from the real thing. Sadly, that day...
There is a lesson in determination to be found in Danish-Palestinian Mahdi Fleifel‘s latest feature, To A Land Unknown. Remarkably, the film, which spent years in development, and bounced between producers, finally went into production in November 2023 and was...
Ross discusses how he and his collaborators pushed forward the idea of point of view. The post Interview: RaMell Ross on Evolving Camera Language with ‘Nickel Boys’ appeared first on Slant Magazine.