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Camera Japan Rotterdam 2024 Review: ALL THE SONGS WE NEVER SANG Makes For Fine Family Drama
by admin|7 months ago|Screen Anarchy
September in the Netherlands means that the Camera Japan Festival is visiting again, first in Rotterdam and a week later in Amsterdam. Primarily it's a film festival, but music and food always have an important role as well. Often there...
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48th Résidence du Festival de Cannes: Animalia’s Sofia Alaoui Among the Half Dozen Invites
by admin|7 months ago|Ioncinema
Franco-Moroccan filmmaker Sofia Alaoui (behind the brilliant Sundance Grand Prize-winning short So What If the Goats Die (2020) and the equally mystical supernatural bowl of soup feature in 2023’s Animalia) is among the half dozen invited guests to the Résidence...
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THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG Trailer: Mohammad Rasoulof’s Gripping Thriller Arrives in November
by admin|7 months ago|Hammer to Nail
When it premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, writer-director Mohammad Rasoulof’s secretly-shot thriller The Seed of the Sacred Fig made headlines. Marking his first project to debut following his exile from his native Iran, after being sentenced to 8...
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‘Who by Fire’ Review: Philippe Lesage’s Fluid and Riveting Tale of Simmering Rivalries
by admin|7 months ago|Slant Magazine
This is a film of great freedom, suggesting that anything can happen at any given moment. The post ‘Who by Fire’ Review: Philippe Lesage’s Fluid and Riveting Tale of Simmering Rivalries appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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Amnesiascope and Rohmer Fits Present A Tale of Autumn on October 13 and 22
by admin|7 months ago|The Film Stage
Rohmer Summer has fed into Rohmer Fall: following sold-out screenings of The Green Ray and a shorts program, my screening series Amnesiascope has partnered again with Instagram auteur Rohmer Fits for two special screenings of Éric Rohmer’s 1998 triumph A...
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WHERE THE WOMEN AT IN BEST PICTURE?
by admin|7 months ago|Hammer to Nail
As the awards season approaches, studios are coordinating their efforts regarding the films they intend to promote for the 97th Academy Awards, and it appears that the best picture category is poised to be a sausage fest. While many features...
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First Teaser for Sylvain Chomet’s First Film in 15 Years, The Magnificent Life of Marcel Pagnol
by admin|7 months ago|The Film Stage
While his work was recently seen worldwide (or least screened worldwide, even if the theaters were empty) with crafting the opening animated sequence of Joker: Folie à Deux, Sylvain Chomet is also hard at work on his next feature. Set...
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BeyondFest 2024 Review: BAAL, Mystery Horror Thwarted by It’s Ending
by admin|7 months ago|Screen Anarchy
Grace returns to the small town she grew up in to settle her father’s estate. She learns that her brother, David, has gone missing. In fact, a lot of people from this small town are also missing. There is rumour...
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Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point Trailer: Michael Cera, Elsie Fisher, Francesca Scorsese & More Ring in the Holiday
by admin|7 months ago|The Film Stage
The best holiday movie of the season, Ham on Rye director Tyler Taormina expanded his star power with Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point, which brings together Michael Cera, Elsie Fisher, Maria Dizzia, Sawyer Spielberg, Francesca Scorsese, and many more. After...
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Exclusive Trailer for Agent of Happiness Searches for Satisfaction Across Bhutan
by admin|7 months ago|The Film Stage
A premiere in the World Cinema Documentary section at Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, Arun Bhattarai and Dorottya Zurbó’s Agent of Happiness is quite an intriguing premise, following Bhutan’s official “Happiness Agents” as they quantify the true measure of...
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