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Toronto 2024 Interview: THE GESUIDOUZ Director Kenichi Ugana Talks Punk, Transnationalism, and Childhood
by admin|8 months ago|Screen Anarchy
If you're a genre fiend with a taste for the low-budget and oddball, you might have noticed Kenichi Ugana's name appearing time and again over the past few years at festivals such as Fantasia, Japan Cuts, and Nippon Connection. With...
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Masterful Japanese Noir Yokohama BJ Blues Receives New Trailer Ahead of December Rerelease
by admin|8 months ago|The Film Stage
Rarely am I devoting column space (whatever that means in virtual realms) to individual home-video releases––at least if they’re not likely to receive a complementary theatrical run. But I’m unusually elated seeing a favorite discovery get the upgrade most would...
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Interview: Lisandro Alonso – Eureka
by admin|8 months ago|Ioncinema
It would be the longest hap between films and certainly his most ambitious project to date (it was rumored to span all the continents but the pandemic would have changed plans), Argentinean filmmaker Lisandro Alonso‘s Eureka (which premiered in the...
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The Criterion Collection’s December Lineup Includes No Country for Old Men on 4K, Sammo Hung & More
by admin|8 months ago|The Film Stage
In the blink of an eye, Criterion’s 2024 is done. Though there’s still a cornucopia of discs awaiting arrival, we have a stem-stern view of this year’s line-up with today’s announcement of the December set. Entering the collection on sparkling...
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TIFF 2024: Babygirl, All We Imagine as Light, Queer
by admin|8 months ago|Roger Ebert
On three TIFF films that also played other fests, including divisive works from Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig.
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ERNEST COLE: LOST AND FOUND
by admin|8 months ago|Hammer to Nail
(The 2024 Toronto International Film Festival runs September 5-15 and HtN has you covered once again. Check out Matt Delman’s Ernest Cole: Lost & Found movie review. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Raoul Peck’s ode to...
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TIFF 2024: Mike Leigh Accepts the Ebert Director Award
by admin|8 months ago|Roger Ebert
On the TIFF Tribute Awards, including a presentation to Mike Leigh with the Ebert Director Award,
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Sound And Vision: Zia Anger
by admin|8 months ago|Screen Anarchy
In the article series Sound and Vision we take a look at music videos from notable directors. This week: the music videos from Zia Anger. What's in a name? Just like the emotion that is her last name, Zia Anger's...
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TIFF 2024: The Last Republican, A Sister’s Tale, From Ground Zero
by admin|8 months ago|Roger Ebert
In the Toronto International Film Festival’s documentary section, stories about fighting for one’s beliefs, dreams, and survival sit side-by-side on the schedule. From near and afar, cameras give the audience an up close and personal view of issues and topics...
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Book Excerpt: LOST: Back to the Island: The Complete Critical Companion to The Classic TV Series by Emily St. James & Noel Murray
by admin|8 months ago|Roger Ebert
We are overjoyed to present an excerpt from the new volume of critical analysis of ABC’s “Lost,” written by the great Emily St. James & Noel Murray. Get a copy here. On November 1, 2005—about six weeks after Lost’s Season...
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