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Disney+ Returns to the Classic World of X-Men ’97
by admin|9 months ago|Roger Ebert
When Disney purchased Fox in 2019, one of the first questions was how soon the X-Men would be joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Imagine characters like Wolverine and Professor Xavier crossing over with Deadpool and Doctor Strange. Superhero fandom saw...
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“Everybody Knows Something is Wrong”: Free Time Director Ryan Martin Brown on Finding Comedy in the Great Resignation
by admin|9 months ago|The Film Stage
Few films capture the trials and tribulations of twenty-something waywardness rooted in economic realities of today so eloquently and humorously as Ryan Martin Brown’s feature debut Free Time, as I noted in my March preview. Led by Colin Burgess in a...
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I’m ‘George Lucas’: A Connor Ratliff Story Review: A Loving Portrait of a Unique Comedian
by admin|9 months ago|The Film Stage
There is something genuinely heartfelt about I’m ‘George Lucas’: A Connor Ratliff Story. Directed by Ryan Jacobi, the documentary tells the story of New York-based comedian Connor Ratliff and his long tenure playing “George Lucas” on The George Lucas Talk...
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True/False Review: Spermworld Explores the Commerce, Evolution, and Relationships of Sperm Donation
by admin|9 months ago|The Film Stage
While many companies were affected by shortages brought on by COVID-19’s disruption, some may not be top of mind when it comes to everyday commerce. Enter filmmaker Lance Oppenheim, whose latest work Spermworld depicts the evolution of sperm banks. There’s...
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True To Yourself: James Gray on James Gray’s New York
by admin|9 months ago|Roger Ebert
A modern American master, James Gray makes richly textured, near-operatically expressive melodramas that swirl together history and myth in the realm of the personal.  The roots of his uniquely classical style of filmmaking—at once exquisitely controlled and emotionally intense—reach back...
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David Chase to Direct First Film in Over a Decade
by admin|9 months ago|The Film Stage
Premiering 25 years ago this January, David Chase’s crime saga The Sopranos has been a blessing and a curse for the creator. On the former side, he was behind what is still among the greatest television shows to grace the...
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FURIOSA : A MAD MAX SAGA: Offical Trailer #2 – She Will Return With a Vengeance.
by admin|9 months ago|Screen Anarchy
Warner Bros. have just released the next official trailer for George Miller's Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.    As the world fell, young Furiosa is snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers and falls into the hands of a...
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SXSW 2024: Songs from the Hole, The Black Sea, Adrianne & The Castle
by admin|9 months ago|Roger Ebert
SXSW has long been the fun cousin to the Sundance Film Festival–a music and tech fest all rolled into one, set in the sun-soaked climes of Austin, TX in the springtime, rather than the stifling cold and thin air of...
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George Miller Drops New Furiosa Trailer, Reveals Why He Didn’t De-Age Charlize Theron
by admin|9 months ago|The Film Stage
When it comes to the summer blockbuster slate, aside from a new thriller from M. Night Shyamalan and the first two parts of Kevin Costner’s western saga, the only other studio release that brings much interest is George Miller’s Furiosa:...
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A Conversation with Morgan Waru & Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu (WE WERE DANGEROUS)
by admin|9 months ago|Hammer to Nail
In the halcyon past of 1954, from the bucolic landscapes of New Zealand, We Were Dangerous opens with the daring escape bid of two Maori girls – Nellie (Erana James) and Daisy (Manaia Hall) – from a school catering to wayward souls. Their flight foiled, the girls...
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