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How Paul Thomas Anderson’s DGA Win Reinforces His Inevitable Best Director Oscar Win And Strengthens Best Picture Momentum For “One Battle After Another”
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Paul Thomas Anderson’s win over Ryan Coogler at the DGA’s had been the expected outcome for a while. But not only did “Sinners” record-breaking Oscar nomination haul raise some doubt, so did the memories of last year, when Sean Baker...
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The Next Best Picture Podcast – Interview With “Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie” Filmmakers Matt Johnson & Jay McCarrol
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“Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie” is a Canadian time-travel mockumentary-adventure film directed by Matt Johnson (“BlackBerry“) and written by Johnson and Jay McCarrol. The film stars Johnson and McCarrol as fictionalised versions of themselves in a band called...
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Echoes: Temet Nosce in THE MATRIX, Why Self-Knowledge Is the Real Red Pill
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Nearly three decades after its release, The Matrix remains as relevant as ever, and likely always will be. It's one of my all-time favorite action films. When I first watched it, though, I was captivated less by its philosophy and...
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How to Divorce During the War | 2026 Sundance Film Festival Review
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Invisible Missiles: Blaževičius Offers Chilly Portrayal of a Couple & Country in Crisis Given its title, Andrius Blaževičius’ third outing, How to Divorce During the War, invites expectations of a very different kind of film than the one the filmmaker...
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IN A VIOLENT NATURE 2: Paris Sales Group Charades to Take Slasher Horror Sequel to EFM
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Variety has reported this morning that French sales outfit Charades has come on board the slasher horror sequel, In A Violent Nature 2, and will present it to buyers during EFM in Berlin.    The sequel ... brings back Ry...
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Charli XCX’s Vacation Goes Awry in First Trailer for Pete Ohs’ Erupcja
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After 2024’s Brat Summer, the last six months or so could be considered Brat Cinema. Charli XCX has debuted a half-dozen features across festivals since September and, following the theatrical release of The Moment, next is Pete Ohs’ Erupcja. Premiering...
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Exclusive Clip: The Harvest of a Relationship in Ian de la Rosa’s ‘Iván & Hadoum’ – 2026 Berlinale
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Spanish filmmaker Ian de la Rosa makes his big entry onto the film festival circuit with Iván & Hadoum – a TorinoFilmLab workshopped project that was selected for the upcoming Berlin International Film Festival’s Panorama section. The feature debut a...
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‘Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie’ Review: Matt Johnson Catches Lightning in a Bottle
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The film offers a joyous throwback to the optimistic feeling of the early internet creator era. The post ‘Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie’ Review: Matt Johnson Catches Lightning in a Bottle appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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A Conversation with David Shadrack Smith & Jake Fogelnest (PUBLIC ACCESS)
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Director David Shadrack Smith just premiered his feature-documentary debut, Public Access, at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival where I reviewed it. The film showcases all the wild, vibrant, and very weird content that proliferated on New York City’s Manhattan Cable...
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Wuthering Heights Review: A Highly Sexualized But Oddly Square Adaptation
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Is the sight of the human tongue really so shocking? Were 1996 audiences ducking in their seats à la L’Arrivée d’un train en gare de La Ciotat when Matthew Lillard kept jutting his out like a jackass in Scream? Judging...
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