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by admin|6 months ago24 December 2025|Ioncinema

Shake It Up: Fastvold Envisions the Life’s Work of a Religious Leader There’s a fervor roiling beneath the surface of Mona Fastvold’s third feature, The Testament of Ann Lee (which has an alternative title, The Woman Clothed by the Sun,...

The Next Best Picture Podcast – Interviews With “The Plague” Stars Everett Blunck, Kayo Martin & Filmmaker Charlie Polinger

by admin|6 months ago24 December 2025|Next Best Picture

“The Plague” is a psychological drama-thriller film written and directed by Charlie Polinger in his directorial debut, starring Everett Blunck, Kayo Martin, Kenny Rasmussen, and Joel Edgerton, who is also a producer. The film follows a socially anxious 12-year-old boy...

MARTY SUPREME

by admin|6 months ago24 December 2025|Hammer to Nail

(Check out Chris Reed’s Marty Supreme movie review! It’s in theaters now via A24. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Brothers Benny and Josh Safdie together made a string of highly regarded features, culminating with the 2019...

THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO Review: Period Drama Doubles as a Call For Radical Empathy

by admin|6 months ago24 December 2025|Screen Anarchy

Diego Céspedes' debut feature is Chile's official submission as Best International Feature Film. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]

The Year’s Most Competitive Oscar Race – Why Best Supporting Actor Is A Battlefield

by admin|6 months ago24 December 2025|Next Best Picture

A few weeks ago, Sean Penn seemed like the obvious Best Supporting Actor frontrunner for his comically villainous turn in “One Battle After Another.” Paul Thomas Anderson’s newest film is already the clear choice for this year’s Oscar winner for...

Playback: Park Chan-wook, Pushed to the Limit, from JOINT SECURITY AREA to NO OTHER CHOICE

by admin|6 months ago24 December 2025|Screen Anarchy

Park Chan-wook studies how vengeance and obsession can narrow the mind, reducing problems to a single, violent answer. The Korean director returns to characters consumed by the promise of moral clarity. Park is perhaps best known for his exacting compositions...

The 2025 Greater Western New York Film Critics Association (GWNYFCA) Nominations

by admin|6 months ago24 December 2025|Next Best Picture

The Greater Western New York Film Critics Association (GWNYFCA) have announced their nominations for the best in film for 2025. The winners will be announced January 10th, 2026. Here are this year’s nominees… BEST PICTUREThe Ballad of Wallis IslandBugoniaFrankensteinIf I...

Interview: Amanda Seyfried – The Testament of Ann Lee

by admin|6 months ago24 December 2025|Ioncinema

In Mona Fastvold’s The Testament of Ann Lee, Amanda Seyfried delivers the kind of performance that is steeped in considerable restraint and conviction, embodying the Shaker leader not as a distant historical figure but as a woman shaped by faith,...

Mona Fastvold on The Testament of Ann Lee, Refusing to Compromise, and Cinematic Traditions

by admin|6 months ago24 December 2025|The Film Stage

With The Testament of Ann Lee, writer-director Mona Fastvold and team continue the big swing Herzogian mindset present on last year’s The Brutalist, which she also co-wrote and co-produced with partner Brady Corbet. Whether shooting in Hungary for cheaper set...