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New Order: Noomi Rapace Not Waiting for Permission in Teona Strugar Mitevska’s ‘Mother’
by admin|9 months ago|Ioncinema
Noomi Rapace is set to have big shoes to fill or perhaps a white sari with blue stripes as she will take on a one-week portrait as Mother Teresa before she became the Mother Teresa we all know. Variety reported...
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Pigeon Shrine FrightFest 2024 Preview: The Dark Heart of Cinema Gets Even More Frightening
by admin|9 months ago|Screen Anarchy
Ever since it was first staged in 2000, FrightFest has enlivened -- or perhaps I should say endarkened -- central London over the Bank Holiday weekend. Now known as Pigeon Shrine FrightFest, the 2024 edition kicks off tomorrow, Thursday, August...
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Vital Vigo: Newcomers Llúcia Garcia & Mitch Topline Carla Simón’s ‘Romería’
by admin|9 months ago|Ioncinema
Last September, we had the first details on what Summer 1993 and Golden Bear winning Alcarràs (read review) filmmaker Carla Simón was cooking up for a third feature. Yesterday, we learned via the Cineuropa folks that production on Romería began...
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Quo Vadis, Aida?: The Missing Piece – Žbanić To Explore Psychology of Women Still Searching
by admin|9 months ago|Ioncinema
Last September, we were thrilled to share a small yet significant piece of news: Jasmila Žbanić was preparing a sequel to her acclaimed film in 2020’s Quo Vadis, Aida? (read our ★★★★ star review), which was selected at the Venice...
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PARADISE IS BURNING Review: Sisters Are Doin’ It For Themselves
by admin|9 months ago|Screen Anarchy
Three young sisters -- Laura (Bianca Delbravo), Mira (Dilvin Asaad) and Steffi (Safira Mossberg), aged sixteen, twelve and seven -- are left to their own devices by the ever-absent mother in a small Swedish town. Their household is chaotic, mischievous...
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MEGALOPOLIS Trailer: Francis Ford Coppola’s New Epic Arrives in September
by admin|9 months ago|Hammer to Nail
After years of anticipation for cinephiles and a highly-buzzed Cannes premiere, we are just about a month away from the release of Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis. Lionsgate is set to release the self-funded epic across North America on September 27...
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Toronto 2024: Exclusive U ARE THE UNIVERSE Poster Premiere
by admin|9 months ago|Screen Anarchy
U Are the Universe highlights debut director Pavlo Ostrikov's exploration of love and survival set against the vast loneliness of a post-apocalyptic cosmos. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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Close Your Eyes
by admin|9 months ago|Roger Ebert
The opening twenty minutes of “Close Your Eyes,” the third fiction feature from Spanish director Victor Erice, and his first film in thirty years (his documentary, “The Quince Tree Sun,” came out in 1993; the debut feature that made his...
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A Look Back at MUBI FEST CHICAGO
by admin|9 months ago|Roger Ebert
On a rainy weekend in Chicago, MUBI, the indie film streaming powerhouse that champions both emerging and established filmmakers, launched MUBI FEST, an international film festival. MUBI FEST is about building community around the love of film, transcending the limits of...
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2024 XL Film Festival & Summit – Highlights of its Sophomore Year
by admin|9 months ago|Roger Ebert
XL Film Festival & Summit, founded by Creative Cypher’s Troy Pryor, has returned to Hyde Park for year two, once again hosted at Hyde Park’s Polsky Exchange Center. This year, XL Fest expanded with a series of shorts screened around the...
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