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Rotterdam 2026 Review: TALKING TO A STRANGER Shows A Grief, Scarier Than Ghosts
by admin|4 months ago|Screen Anarchy
We have been fans of director Adrián García Bogliano ever since his films Cold Sweat (reviewed here) and Here Comes the Devil (reviewed here), so we consider it good news when a new film by him comes out. Yesterday, the...
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Sundance 2026 Review: RUN AMOK, Must-See Hard-Hitting, Heart-Shredding Comedy-Drama
by admin|5 months ago|Screen Anarchy
Writer-director NB Mager's debut feature stars Alyssa Marvin, Patrick Wilson, Margaret Cho, Sophia Torres, Elizabeth Marvel, and Molly Ringwald. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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The Next Best Picture Podcast – “No Other Choice”
by admin|5 months ago|Next Best Picture
For this week’s second podcast review, Sara Clements, Dan Bayer, Lauren LaMagna, and Giovanni Lago join me to discuss the latest film from Park Chan-wook, “No Other Choice” starring Lee Byung-hun, Son Ye-jin, Park Hee-soon, Lee Sung-min, Yeom Hye-ran, and Cha Seung-won. Based on...
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Sundance Review: Shame and Money is a Pressure Cooker Drama About the Crushing Demands of Capitalism
by admin|5 months ago|The Film Stage
An exacting, well-articulated portrait of a Kosovan family in crisis as they attempt to make ends meet, Shame and Money confronts anxieties in a life drowned by the demands of capitalism. Crafted with a documentary-like realism and scripted with the...
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Sundance Review: Jaripeo is an Immersive Portrait of Mexico’s Queer Rodeo Culture
by admin|5 months ago|The Film Stage
There’s always been something sexy about the image of the cowboy, which has been praised as a portrait of good, old-fashioned masculinity as much as it’s been parodied. Queerness, of course, has expanded our idea of what a cowboy can/should...
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“LEVITATING”
by admin|5 months ago|Next Best Picture
THE STORY – In a town where pleasure equals being possessed by spiritual beings, Bayu aspires to be the shaman of a trance party so he can fundraise enough money to prevent an impending eviction. THE CAST – Angga Yunanda,...
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A Scenario Multiplies In First Trailer for Hong Sangsoo’s The Day She Returns
by admin|5 months ago|The Film Stage
A Hong Sangsoo Berlinale premiere is no surprising development, but the first details on his 34th feature, The Day She Returns, are particularly exciting. Not least that the title would seem to directly signal perhaps his single greatest film, The...
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Sundance Review: Ghost in the Machine Lays Out the Evils on Which A.I. is Built
by admin|5 months ago|The Film Stage
What exactly is artificial intelligence? Where does it come from? And precisely how powerful is (or will) it become? Valerie Veatch’s documentary Ghost in the Machine digs into these answers and finds things both disturbing and unsurprising. This is a...
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“HA-CHAN, SHAKE YOUR BOOTY!”
by admin|5 months ago|Next Best Picture
THE STORY – Haru and Luis love competing in Tokyo’s ballroom dance scene, but after tragedy strikes, Haru withdraws into isolation. When friends coax her back to the studio, she develops an infatuation with the new instructor. She must face...
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BLAZING FISTS Official Trailer: Miike’s Boxing Drama on Digital, Blu-ray And DVD in March
by admin|5 months ago|Screen Anarchy
Ikuto and Ryoma meet in juvenile detention and become best friends. They pursue their dream of participating in the martial arts event Breaking Down. However, rivalries soon turn their dreams into unexpected conflicts. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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