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Shorts! with John C. Reilly, Bella Ramsay, Alan Cumming, Reggie Watts and more at Palm Springs ShortFest
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Short films still remain a vital part of cinema. Yes, they can be so-called calling cards for filmmakers, an entry point to making a feature. But they are also a mode until themselves; some stories just work better in the...
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Pedro Almodóvar Begins Shooting Bitter Christmas for 2026 Release
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Less than a year since his first English-language feature premiered, Pedro Almodóvar has already embarked on his next project. Bitter Christmas (translated from Amarga Navidad) is now shooting in Madrid and Lanzarote throughout the summer, with a cast including Bárbara...
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I Love You For Who You Are: Sly Stone (1943-2025)
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A tribute to the funk legend, and a testament to the complicated responsibilities of Black genius.
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Joaquin Phoenix Battles Pedro Pascal in Full Trailer for Ari Aster’s Eddington
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Reteaming with Joaquin Phoenix after the divisive, impressively anxiety-inducing Beau Is Afraid, Ari Aster is back with his fourth feature. His western Eddington, which world-premiered in competition at Cannes, stars Pedro Pascal, Emma Stone, Luke Grimes, Austin Butler, Deirdre O’Connell, Micheal...
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Sex Review: Dag Johan Haugerud’s Delightful Portrait of Men in Crisis Deconstructs Identity
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A fact often gone unacknowledged is that, as we age, our desires unwittingly change. When it does, the terms we used to define ourselves and those around us must undergo a process of deconstruction, after which one can fashion a...
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Moscow Drool: Alison Oliver & Yura Borisov Top Emily Mortimer’s Directing Debut ‘Dennis’
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After three decades of performing for the camera, actress Emily Mortimer is getting into the director’s chair for a project mounted with the cool kids at A24 and Fruit Tree prod. company. Alison Oliver and Yura Borisov (clearly Anora helped...
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THE TRAVEL COMPANION
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(The Tribeca Festival runs June 4-15 in New York’s Tribeca neighborhood and Hammer to Nail has boots on the ground! Check out M.J. O’Toole’s The Travel Companion movie review fresh from the fest. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on...
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THE WIZ 4K Review: Looks Great Now, and Even More More Deeply Weird
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Diana Ross and Michael Jackson lead Sidney Lumet's deeply weird adaptation of the Broadway stage production on a sterling Criterion 4K disc. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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Cannes 2025 Review: Biopic THE GREAT ARCH, Measured Study of Vision and Compromise
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Claes Bang stars. Director Stéphane Demoustier crafts a restrained biopic that charts the fraught realisation of France's Grande Arche de la Défense. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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THE SCOUT
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(The Tribeca Festival runs June 4-15 in New York’s Tribeca neighborhood and Hammer to Nail has boots on the ground! Check out Matt Delman’s The Scout movie review fresh from the fest. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd...
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