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First Trailer for Ryan Coogler’s Sinners Finds Michael B. Jordan Dancing with the Devil
by admin|8 months ago|The Film Stage
After spending nearly a decade of his career in the Marvel machine, Ryan Coogler is finally breaking free. The director has reteamed once again with Michael B. Jordan (x2) for the new period horror-thriller Sinners, also starring Hailee Steinfeld, Jack...
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‘Sleep’ Review: Jason Wu’s Shape-Shifting, Parenthood-Themed Debut Gets Under the Skin
by admin|8 months ago|Slant Magazine
The film is a devious commentary on the all-too-human desire for easy explanations. The post ‘Sleep’ Review: Jason Wu’s Shape-Shifting, Parenthood-Themed Debut Gets Under the Skin appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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Notice to Quit Review: A Father is Engulfed by the City He Lives In
by admin|8 months ago|The Film Stage
New York City can swallow you whole. It can be an uncaring place with busied people walking down frustrated avenues. It’s not that the city is mean or that the people in the city are mean––rather that life is hard...
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‘The Brutalist’ Review: Brady Corbet’s American Epic Is Built to Weather the Ages
by admin|8 months ago|Slant Magazine
Like his hero, Corbet has made an unvarnished monument to the authentic American character. The post ‘The Brutalist’ Review: Brady Corbet’s American Epic Is Built to Weather the Ages appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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RUMOURS Red Band Trailer: Cate Blanchett Tries to Survive an Otherworldly G7 Summit in Political Satire
by admin|8 months ago|Hammer to Nail
It’s not every day you’d witness world leaders encounter a giant brain and muddy zombies in a deep, dark forest. But that’s just the surface of what directors Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, and Galen Johnson have conceived in their political...
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A Conversation with Luis Ortega (KILL THE JOCKEY)
by admin|8 months ago|Hammer to Nail
Argentinian director Luis Ortega (El Angel) just premiered his latest film, Kill the Jockey, at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival—aka TIFF—where I reviewed it. The movie follows the titular horse rider, Remo (Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, BPM), as he navigates the treacherous terrain of...
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A Conversation with Luis Ortega (KILL THE JOCKEY)
by admin|8 months ago|Hammer to Nail
Argentinian director Luis Ortega (El Angel) just premiered his latest film, Kill the Jockey, at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival—aka TIFF—where I reviewed it. The movie follows the titular horse rider, Remo (Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, BPM), as he navigates the treacherous terrain of...
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Megalopolis | Review
by admin|8 months ago|Ioncinema
Atlas Farted: Coppola’s Labor of Love a Lackluster Saga While he’s one of the greatest film directors of all time, mostly thanks to a handful of films he delivered during the 1970s New American Cinema movement, Francis Ford Coppola’s long-gestating,...
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Venice 2024 Review: THE MOHICAN, Quiet Battle Between Tradition and Corruption
by admin|8 months ago|Screen Anarchy
Frédéric Farrucci sophomore feature blends neo-Western elements with social issues exploring land exploitation, identity, and resistance. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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Venice 2024 Review: THE WITNESS Sees a Family Drama Become Political in Iranian Minimalist Thriller
by admin|8 months ago|Screen Anarchy
Iranian filmmaker Nader Saeivar crafts a quietly intense narrative that intertwines personal and political conflicts, offering an exploration of power, repression, and resistance within the framework of contemporary Iranian society. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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