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Venice 2024 Review: THE WITNESS Sees a Family Drama Become Political in Iranian Minimalist Thriller
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Iranian filmmaker Nader Saeivar crafts a quietly intense narrative that intertwines personal and political conflicts, offering an exploration of power, repression, and resistance within the framework of contemporary Iranian society. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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Cate Blanchett and Alicia Vikander Might End the World in Red Band Trailer for Guy Maddin’s Rumours
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Premiering at Cannes Film Festival earlier this year, Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, and Galen Johnson expanded their scale and scope with Rumours, an apocalyptic political satire that brings together the epic cast of Cate Blanchett, Alicia VikanderRoy Dupuis, Nikki Amuka-Bird,...
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Fantastic Fest 2024: Table of Contents
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Our coverage from the best genre fest in the world.
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MUBI’s Spooky Season Offerings This October Include REVENGE And KNIVES AND SKIN
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As spooky season approaches consider what streamer MUBI has to offer this October, starting with their collection The New Coven: A Female Horror Renaissance. The collection includes breakout hits Revenge from Coralie Fargeat and Jennifer Reeder's Knives And Skin, perennial...
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‘Harvest’ Review: Athina Rachel Tsangari’s Moody, and Mopish, Medieval Period Piece
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The film is a handsomely mounted production in which much of the filth feels stage-managed. The post ‘Harvest’ Review: Athina Rachel Tsangari’s Moody, and Mopish, Medieval Period Piece appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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The Substance Director Coralie Fargeat on Playing By Her Own Rules and the Strong Weapon of Humor
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Coralie Fargeat’s Revenge (2017) thrilled audiences with its never-ending finale chase sequence through hallways lubricated in Shining-level quantities of blood. The French filmmaker’s follow-up, The Substance, amps up the gore, adding a strong dose of Cronenbergian body horror. Elisabeth Sparkle...
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Sound And Vision: Just Jaeckin
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In the article series Sound and Vision we take a look at music videos from notable directors. This week: Elton John's Who Wears These Shoes, directed by Just Jaeckin. In 1988 Sir Elton John came out of the closet as...
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‘Stranger Eyes’ Review: In the Virtual (and Actual) Footsteps of a Missing Child
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The film is about the fraught ambiguities of seeing through a one-way mirror. The post ‘Stranger Eyes’ Review: In the Virtual (and Actual) Footsteps of a Missing Child appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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THUNDERBOLTS* Teaser Trailer: Marvel’s Attempt at The Rag-Tag Action Ensemble
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Today the teaser trailer for Marvel Studios released the trailer for Thunderbolts*, their go at the rag-tag band of misfits action adventure film to which they once held the crown for with the GotG films before that trilogy's director left...
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A Communication With Light: Azazel Jacobs on “His Three Daughters”
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An interview with the writer-director of Netflix's latest familial drama.
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