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Flying to the Moon: Ten Films About the Apollo Program
by admin|3 weeks ago|Roger Ebert
Filmmakers have dreamed about visiting the moon from the earliest days if cinema. French stage magician-turned-director George Méliès was the father of cinema special effects. His silent 1902 film “A Trip to the Moon” is still unsurpassed in whimsical charm,...
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On The Same Level: Paul Raci, Clarence Maclin, and Sean Johnson on Sing Sing
by admin|3 weeks ago|Roger Ebert
It is increasingly rare to find films in love with actors’ faces, and even rarer to find directors who know how to capture the way light contours around lines and eyes to tell the story of the character. Greg Kwedar’s...
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Big, Big, Big, Big Movies: Jon Landau (1947-2024)
by admin|3 weeks ago|Roger Ebert
""I can't act and I can't compose and I can't do visual effects, so I guess that's why I'm producing." That was what Jon Landau said when he accepted the Best Picture Oscar in 1997 for producing James Cameron's "Titanic." He made...
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MAR.IA: Oh Great, A.I. is Taking Over Porn, And Not in a Good Way
by admin|3 weeks ago|Screen Anarchy
Funny. We know we'd come across the Argentine horror flick MAR.IAa recently. Not because of the porn, wierdos, but because we've covered films from its co-directors Gabriel Crieco and Nicanor Loreti over the years. With another reminder from its sales...
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SANTASTEIN: You Better Watch Out For This Holiday Horror
by admin|3 weeks ago|Screen Anarchy
Past spooky season horror fans are always looking for ways to keep that spirit going into the final two months of the year. Christmas is an especially great time of year to keep that horror buzz going as there will...
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Gladiator II Trailer: Ridley Scott Sets Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, and Denzel Washington In Battle
by admin|3 weeks ago|The Film Stage
After returning to his Alien and Blade Runner franchise in various capacities, Ridley Scott is continuing the story of his Best Picture winner Gladiator nearly a quarter-century later. Following up last year’s period epic (Napoleon) with another, Gladiator II brings...
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‘Fly Me to the Moon’ Review: Greg Berlanti’s Space Age Rom-Com Gets Far on Star Chemistry
by admin|3 weeks ago|Slant Magazine
The shift toward the weighty throws off the pace of what had been a charming rom-com. The post ‘Fly Me to the Moon’ Review: Greg Berlanti’s Space Age Rom-Com Gets Far on Star Chemistry appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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BiFan 2024 Review: PIG THAT SURVIVED FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE, Grimy Korean Animation Offers Punchy Eco-Horror Parable
by admin|3 weeks ago|Screen Anarchy
Hur Bum-wook announces himself as a talent to watch with his furious and deranged animated eco-horror parable Pig That Survived Foot-and-Mouth Disease. A cross between early Yeon Sang-ho animation works like The King of Pigs, Bong Joon-ho's Okja and Watership...
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HAUNTED ULSTER LIVE: Cineverse Acquires North American Rights to Irish Broadcast Horror
by admin|3 weeks ago|Screen Anarchy
Cineverse has acquired the North American rights for Dominic O'Neill's found footage (or, is broadcast horror too finite a thing to call this small trend now?) horror flick from Ireland, Haunted Ulster Live.   On Halloween night, Gerry Burns teams...
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Third Time’s A Charm: Dupieux & Exarchopoulos Re-team on “L’Avant-dernière séance”
by admin|3 weeks ago|Ioncinema
After collaborating with the other half of the Blue is the Warmest Color tandem, Quentin Dupieux is re-teaming with actress Adèle Exarchopoulos for L’Avant-dernière séance (English translation: “The Penultimate Session”), set to shoot in early 2025 and likely premiering that...
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