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NYFF: Stranger Eyes, Harvest, Who By Fire
by admin|7 months ago|Roger Ebert
A dispatch on three very different films from the New York Film Festival.
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V/H/S BEYOND Review: Horror Anthology Goes to Outer Space and Back
by admin|7 months ago|Screen Anarchy
If it’s October, it’s practically Halloween and if it’s Halloween, then it’s time for Shudder’s horror-themed found footage anthology, V/H/S, to make its yearly return to the streaming service.  V/H/S Beyond, the fourth entry in as many years, its seventh...
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Tropical Tapestry: Apichatpong Weerasethakul Won’t Shoot ‘The Fountains of Paradise’ before 2026
by admin|7 months ago|Ioncinema
In an interview with Les Inrocks folks, Apichatpong Weerasethakul revealed that his upcoming project, the tentatively titled The Fountains of Paradise, is unlikely to begin shooting until 2026. The Thai filmmaker shared that he is currently in the process of...
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Interview: Pascal Plante on Subverting True Crime Tropes with ‘Red Rooms’
by admin|7 months ago|Slant Magazine
Plante discusses whether online culture encourages people to hide themselves in society. The post Interview: Pascal Plante on Subverting True Crime Tropes with ‘Red Rooms’ appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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NYFF Review: The Friend Amply Portrays Grief with an Admirable Naomi Watts Performance
by admin|7 months ago|The Film Stage
Independent filmmaking duo Scott McGehee and David Siegel’s The Friend, their newest in a 30-year collaboration, is a dog movie. Or, more aptly, it’s a film about a dog and Iris (Naomi Watts), a woman who hates dogs. Iris inherits...
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Posterized October 2024: Rumours, Woman of the Hour, La Cocina & More
by admin|7 months ago|The Film Stage
Beyond Joker: Folie à Deux (October 4) and Smile 2 (October 18), this month is light on studio power. The indies are surely champing at the bit to fill the gap with a slew of festival darlings getting their limited...
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New to Streaming: Evil Does Not Exist, Powell and Pressburger, Red Rooms, It’s What’s Inside & More
by admin|7 months ago|The Film Stage
Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here. Babes (Pamela Adlon) Transitioning the naturalistic comic sensibilities that made Better Things a success, Pamela Adlon’s...
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Vancouver 2024 Interview: SUPER HAPPY FOREVER Director Kohei Igarashi Talks Romantic Memory and Finding the Happy in the Sad
by admin|7 months ago|Screen Anarchy
People and places can leave an impression on us. In absence of one thing, we might find ourselves returning to the other for traces. Sano (Hiroki Sano) sits in his minimally adorned hotel room, staring blankly towards the light from...
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New York 2024 Review: THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG, Striking Tale of Violence and Moral Compromises
by admin|7 months ago|Screen Anarchy
Iman (Misagh Zare) has just gotten the much-desired promotion, but asks his family to keep quiet about his new job: he is now an investigating judge in the Revolutionary Court in Tehran. So, while the very real protests against the...
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NEW WAVE Review: Vietnamese-American Music Ripples Close to Home
by admin|7 months ago|Screen Anarchy
Like waves that come crashing on the seashore, except they keep crashing. New Wave The film enjoyed its world premiere at the Tribeca Festival. The film opens Friday, October 4, at DCTV in New York, and October 25 at Laemmle...
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