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Interview: Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud – Persepolis
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The thrill of meeting Marjane Satrapi reminded me of being 6 years-old at Disney Land when I met the living, breathing Cinderella. Except Cinderella was an actress with a blond wig and Marjane is the real woman behind her autobiographical...
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Interview: Eivind Landsvik – Low Expectations | 2026 Cannes Film Festival
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Exploring themes of mental health, emotional recovery, companionship, and the uncomfortable stillness of contemporary existence, one of the most assured feature debuts to emerge from this year’s Directors’ Fortnight was Low Expectations. What Norwegian filmmaker Eivind Landsvik gets right is...
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Carolina Caroline Review: A Crime Drama Centered on Love
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Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 TIFF coverage. The film opens in theaters on June 5. How do you tell when you stop being good people pretending to be bad and realize you’re just bad...
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Jinsei Review: Ryuya Suzuki’s One-Man Animation Is Austere and Ambitious
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Maybe it’s harder than it looks to present the end of the world calmly, especially in only 93 minutes. That’s one of the major achievements of the new, relatively lo-fi anime film Jinsei. Over a hundred years—all through the prism...
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“SCARY MOVIE”
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THE STORY – Twenty-six years after outrunning a suspiciously familiar masked killer, Shorty, Ray, Cindy, and Brenda find themselves targeted by another mad slasher. THE CAST – Anna Faris, Regina Hall, Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Damon Wayans Jr., Cheri Oteri, Chris...
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Underland Review: Uncovering Subterranean Wonders
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Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Tribeca coverage. The film opens in theaters on June 5. As humanity continues mining Earth’s resources with wanton abandon, the concerns of those with the most influence have been...
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“EARTH, WIND & FIRE (TO BE CELESTIAL VS. THAT’S THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD)”
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THE STORY – Explores the life, career, and impact of Earth, Wind & Fire. THE CAST – N/A THE TEAM – Questlove (Director/Writer) THE RUNNING TIME – 119 minutes Premiering at the 25th Tribeca Festival as the Opening Night Film,...
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ANOTHER WORLD Review: Reincarnation Is Never Easy. Neither Is Untying Knots.
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Directed by Tommy Ng Kai Chung, from a script by producer Polly Yeung, the Hong Kong animated fantasy takes a dark turn as it faces eternal issues. Limbs are separated from bodies; many lives will be lost. Will anyone truly...
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MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE Review: A Giddy Nostalgia Bomb For Fans Of Silly Men With Big Muscles
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It’s kind of insane that in the year of our lord, two thousand and twenty-six, there is a $200 million-dollar tentpole adaptation of a forty-four-year-old children’s cartoon that is expressly aimed at those of us who grew up in the...
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