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ARROW Player in September: Adam Green Selects, TORSO, Vampires And Monsters Signal The Changing of Seasons
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Summer is coming to a close and life returns to normal after months of vacations, excursions and more than enough livations.   Our collective attention now turns towards spooky season, some of us starting a two month celebration, starting on...
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MUBI’s September 2024 Lineup Includes Raúl Ruiz, My First Film, Simone Barbés & More
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MUBI is exactly the service for people who see Mysteries of Lisbon is streaming and ask “yes but what version?” Accordingly I’m excited that September brings the extended, miniseries cut of Raúl Ruiz’s late-career triumph, which arrives alongside the notable...
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Locarno Review: The Seed of the Sacred Fig is a Shape-Shifting Thriller Where Iranian Protests Manifest in the Family Home 
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Here’s a film that asks, in the vein of another’s title: did you wonder who fired the gun? Yet in Mohammad Rasoulof’s The Seed of the Sacred Fig, which is set concurrently against Iran’s Jina (Women, Life, Freedom) protests, the...
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HORROR’S GREATEST Review: Shudder’s New Original Docu-Series Debuts Today
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Shudder’s newest survey series, Horror’s Greatest, starts streaming today on the platform and the next four weeks. Over the course of five episodes an array of experts, from filmmakers, actors, academics and such, weigh in on five categories. They are,...
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Venice Film Festival 2024: Prepping for the Biennale
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A look at the upcoming Venice Film Festival, the kickoff to Fall Fest Season.
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Locarno Film Festival 2024: Wrap-Up of a Special Event
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Locarno isn’t a film festival. It’s a pilgrimage. My journey to the legendary festival, which celebrated its 77th edition this year, involved planes, trains, and automobiles to land in Milan, Italy before crossing the border into Locarno. The odyssey felt...
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Albert Brooks Enriches Criterion Collection with “Real Life” and “Mother”
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The Criterion Collection may have surprised some collectors when they announced last May that they would be releasing two Albert Brooks movies on their label in August: “Real Life” and “Mother.” “Real Life” was not a surprise. An HD treatment...
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The Featherweight Trailer: Robert Kolodny’s Acclaimed Boxing Drama Arrives in September
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A premiere at last year’s Venice Film Festival is now coming to theaters next month. Robert Kolodny’s feature debut The Featherweight, which stars James Madio, Ruby Wolf, Keir Gilchrist, Stephen Lang, Ron Livingston, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., Shari Albert, and undefeated...
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DIRECTOR’S CUT Official Trailer: Indie Slasher Hacks Into a Punk Band This Halloween
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The indie slasher Director's Cut from filmmaker Don Capria arrives in theaters October 31st, with digital release to follow. The official trailer came out this week. You will find it down below.    Capria makes their feature film debut with...
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2024 Venice Film Festival: Eric Lavallée’s Top 5 Most Anticipated!
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It’s not often the case, but on paper, the 2024 edition of the Venice Film Festival appears poised to outshine the Cannes Film Festival with its lineup of potential high-grade film items. Ahead of the 81st edition’s kickoff on Wednesday,...
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