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TIFF 2024 Adds Films by Mike Leigh, Joshua Oppenheimer, Gia Coppola, Justin Kurzel & More
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The 49th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival have unveiled their lineup of 63 films from the Gala and Special Presentations programs. Notable titles include the world premieres of Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths and The Last Showgirl, the North American premieres...
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THE DEAD THING: New Poster Debuts Ahead of World Premiere at Fantasia
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A young woman lost in a series of meaningless connections falls in love with a charismatic and sensitive man, who hides a dark secret that turns her affair into a dangerous obsession. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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62nd New York Film Festival Will Open With RaMell Ross’ Nickel Boys
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One of our most-anticipated films of the year is set to open the 62nd edition of the New York Film Festival. Film at Lincoln Center announced today that RaMell Ross’s Nickel Boys will kick off the festival on September 27....
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2024 Venice: Aude Léa Rapin & Lawrence Valin Bookend + Bernhard Wenger, Alexandra Simpson & Muhammed Hamdy in Venice Intl. Critics’ Week Comp
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While tomorrow is the big daddy of announcements for the fall film festival season, this morning, we learn the identity of the nine feature films that will populate the Settimana Internazionale della Critica section which, much like the Critics’ Week...
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Fantasia Review: Chris Stuckmann’s Shelby Oaks is an Uninspired Horror Mishmash
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There’s been a bit of mystery surrounding Shelby Oaks, the directorial debut of Chris Stuckmann. A YouTuber who got his start reviewing films and has now amassed over two-million subscribers, Stuckmann pursued his goal of becoming a full-fledged filmmaker, got...
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Fantasia 2024: ESCAPE ATTEMPT, Short Film Short Review
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In the future Saul hitches a ride with Anna and Vadim, a young couple on their way off planet for a vacation. Saul requests that they simply drop him off at the nearest uninhibited planet. He says he's done with...
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Neuchâtel 2024 Review: MEANWHILE ON EARTH Wanders Through Grief
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Fantastic genres like science fiction, fantasy and horror lend themselves for hiding a message in your entertainment. Throw in monsters, aliens or revolting transformations and you can make the most difficult ethical dilemmas palatable for a larger audience. But some...
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‘Dìdi’ Review: A Taiwanese American Coming of Age in the Early Age of Social Media
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The film speaks unflinchingly to the unique anxieties and frustrations of early teenhood. The post ‘Dìdi’ Review: A Taiwanese American Coming of Age in the Early Age of Social Media appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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Fantasia 2024: THE SECOND, Short Film Short Review
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Editor Tony Zhou and Illustrator Taylor Ramos are perhaps best known for their YouTube channel Every Frame A Painting, their video essay side-hustle away from their day jobs in the TV animation industry.   Early pioneers in this space nearly...
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2024 Venice: Valerio Mastandrea’s “Nonostante” & Tim Fehlbaum’s “September 5” Horizons Sections Openers
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The full line-up will be unveiled on Tuesday, but we got a little Lido appetizer pair this morning. Opening the Horizons (aka Orrizonti) section it is Italian cinema that will be profiled with Valerio Mastandrea‘s Nonostante launching festivities. With about...
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