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Final Cut?: Lou Ye’s “An Finished Film” is…. Not Finished
by admin|10 months ago|Ioncinema
It was arguably the most engaging film at this year’s Cannes (Thierry Frémaux might have included it in the competition if not for Caught by the Tides shoring up), and I believe, it stands as the most groundbreaking piece of...
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Fantasia 2024 Review: INFINITE SUMMER, A Young Woman Takes A Mighty Trip In Miguel Llansó’s Latest
by admin|10 months ago|Screen Anarchy
A young woman’s transition from high school to university gets hijacked by a global conspiracy – and some wild new drugs – in director Miguel Llansó’s third feature, Infinite Summer, premiering this week at the Fantasia International Film Festival. Mia...
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Dìdi (弟弟) Review: Snapshots of Growing Up in an Early Social Media Age
by admin|10 months ago|The Film Stage
While trying to chat up classmate Madi (Mahaela Park) on AIM, Chris (Izaac Wang) skims her MySpace for an “in”. Then, beneath all the Paramore pictures and low-res GIFs is a list of her favorite movies. Oh, A Walk to...
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Prime Video Has What Batman Fans Need in Caped Crusader
by admin|10 months ago|Roger Ebert
It’s unusual for a show to lead its credits with the executive producers of the program but the names behind Amazon Prime Video’s “Batman: Caped Crusader” justify top billing. For fans of everything animated Dark Knight, Bruce Timm is a...
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Sound And Vision: Denis Villeneuve
by admin|10 months ago|Screen Anarchy
In the article series Sound and Vision we take a look at music videos from notable directors. This week: two music videos for Bundock Lanoie by Denis Villeneuve. Denis Villeneuve made a few music videos in his career, the two...
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BONE FACE Exclusive: Uncork’d Entertainment Acquire Michael Donovan Horn’s Debut Slasher Thriller
by admin|10 months ago|Screen Anarchy
Coming at you with the first word that Michael Donovan Horn's debut feature film, a slasher/thriller and whodunit titled Bone Face, has been acquired by the folks at Uncork'd Entertainment.   When a masked killer slaughters several campers in a...
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Exclusive Trailer for Shelly Yo’s Award-Winning Directorial Debut Smoking Tigers
by admin|10 months ago|The Film Stage
Premiering at last year’s Tribeca Festival where it picked up Best Screenplay and Best Performance, Shelly Yo’s directorial debut Smoking Tigers is a nuanced coming-of-age tale starring Ji-young Yoo (Expats, Freaky Tales). Now set for a theatrical release beginning in...
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SDCC 2024: Back Bigger and Better
by admin|10 months ago|Roger Ebert
San Diego Comic-Con is on top of its game again, after the pandemic shut it down and last year’s strikes kept most of the filmmakers and actors away. While efforts to expand the city’s convention center have stalled, the Con...
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The Hard Road: Alex Cox on Crowdfunding, Success, and a Life in Independent Filmmaking
by admin|10 months ago|Roger Ebert
Alex Cox burst onto the film scene 40 years ago with “Repo Man,” a science-fiction satire starring Emilio Estevez and Harry Dean Stanton, with a theme by Iggy Pop and a soundtrack heavy on punk rock. He went on to...
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Fantasia 2024: The Chapel, The Beast Within, FAQ
by admin|10 months ago|Roger Ebert
Children often make for effective horror (or other genre) protagonists -- after all, they can serve as a representation of our collective innocence, the purity of life that forces both worldly and otherworldly can corrupt or threaten. But they also...
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