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‘My Neighbor Adolf’ Review: A Dubiously Sentimental Portrait of an Unlikely Friendship
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The film at once wrings its premise for whimsical absurdism and slow-burn suspense. The post ‘My Neighbor Adolf’ Review: A Dubiously Sentimental Portrait of an Unlikely Friendship appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘Young Mothers’ Review: The Dardennes’ Poignant and Tender Exploration of Teenage Motherhood
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The film is a subtle variation on the Dardennes’ deceptively simple brand of neorealism. The post ‘Young Mothers’ Review: The Dardennes’ Poignant and Tender Exploration of Teenage Motherhood appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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Christian Gallichio’s Top 10 Films of 2025
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Following The Film Stage’s collective top 50 films of 2025, as part of our year-end coverage, our contributors are sharing their personal top 10 lists. If 2024 was defined by sleepless nights, punctuated with midnight film screenings, and a general feeling of...
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The 2025 National Society Of Film Critics (NSFC) Winners
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The National Society Of Film Critics (NSFC) have announced their winners representing the best in film for 2025. Here are this year’s winners… Best Picture Winner: ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (57 points) Runners-up: SINNERS (29 points) & THE SECRET AGENT...
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The Next Best Picture Podcast – “The Plague”
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For this week’s main podcast review, Sara Clements, Josh Parham, and Cody Dericks join me to discuss the feature directorial debut from Charlie Polinger, “The Plague” starring Everett Blunck, Kayo Martin, Kenny Rasmussen & Joel Edgerton. The film follows a socially anxious 12-year-old boy,...
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Kamila Andini’s ‘Four Seasons in Java’ – Everything We Know So Far …
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One of Southeast Asia’s most important contemporary filmmakers, Indonesian’s Kamila Andini is now at the fifth feature mark in just over a dozen years of filmmaking. A regular at the Berlinale and Toronto Intl. Film Festivals, she most recently premiering...
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Daniel Eagan’s Top 10 Films of 2025
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Following The Film Stage’s collective top 50 films of 2025, as part of our year-end coverage, our contributors are sharing their personal top 10 lists. As the goal posts draw nearer my attention falters. Culture slips away. The state of transcendence movies...
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Everything Steven Soderbergh Watched and Read in 2025
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It’s that time of year again. While some directors annually share their favorite films of the year, Steven Soderbergh lists everything he consumed, media-wise. For 2025––another prolific year in which he released two films and premiered another––he still got plenty of watching...
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Interview: Ava DuVernay
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It wasn’t meant to actively promote anything, but I had a very brief conversation with Ava DuVernay at the Marrakech International Film Festival in 2024. I saved this moment to mark the start of a new year in moviemaking—because the...
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The Next Best Picture Podcast – Interview With “We Bury The Dead” Star Daisy Ridley
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“We Bury The Dead” is a zombie-survival thriller written and directed by Zak Hilditch, starring Daisy Ridley as a desperate woman searching for her husband in the aftermath of a catastrophic military experiment. Hoping to find him alive, Ava joins...
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