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Rule of Two Walls Trailer: Acclaimed Documentary Takes Immersive Look at the War in Ukraine
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As the war in Ukraine rages on, we’ve received a handful of essential cinematic dispatches capturing a country fighting back from unprovoked terror. The latest to arrive is Rule of the Two Walls, coming from Ukrainian-American director David Gutnik and...
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Fantasia 2024 Review: 100 YARDS, Exemplary Martial Arts Action
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It’s the 1920s in Northern China and prized student Qi Quan returns to their martial arts academy. He is there to participate in a formal duel, for leadership of the academy. He will fight Shen An, son of the academy’s...
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Recommended New Books on Filmmaking: Trans Cinema, Moving Memoirs, A Major Year in Sci-Fi & More
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Our latest review of new and recent books about (or connected to) cinema includes an extraordinary look at transness in film; memoirs from Griffin Dunne, Jon Chu, and Susan Seidelman; and several new books on music, highlighted by the latest...
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Hey UK and Ireland! Go See MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO in Cinemas Now!
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Here in the States, we are very much enjoying your raucous Northern Irish film Kneecap, which our own Olga Artemyeva described as "bold, entertaining and boisterous - both as a cinematic piece and as a statement. It is also genuinely...
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2024 NYFF: Corbet, Tsangari, Baker, Lesage, Guiraudie Plus Surprise Devor & Loktev Titles in Main Slate
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We got a nice sampling of Berlinale (e.g. the Golden Bear winner Dahomey) and Cannes (e.g. the Palme d’Or winner Anora) items with a Golden Lion Venice quintet in Dea Kulumbegashvili‘s April, Brady Corbet‘s The Brutalist, Athina Rachel Tsangari‘s Harvest,...
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NYFF62 Main Slate Lineup: New Titles From Mike Leigh, Brady Corbet, David Cronenberg, and More
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After announcing its Opening Night, Centerpiece, and Closing Night selections, the New York Film Festival has announced the full Main Slate lineup for its 62nd edition. Presented by Film at Lincoln Center, this year’s Main Slate sections will screen the...
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62nd New York Film Festival Main Slate Features Mike Leigh, Julia Loktev, Sean Baker, David Cronenberg, Brady Corbet & More
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The best-curated film festival of the year has unveiled its first complete section. The 62nd New York Film Festival has dropped its Main Slate lineup, featuring surprise world premieres from Julia Loktev and Robinson Devor, along with the latest from...
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2024 TIFF: Kulumbegashvili, Zilbalodis, Lojkine, Soderbergh, Rankin & Sofia Bohdanowicz in Centrepiece Programme
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It’s year two for the Toronto Intl. Film Festival’s Centrepiece programme – the place where we find films from the film festival circuit as old as this year’s Sundance and as fresh as the future film premieres to be found...
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‘Daughters’ Review: A Quietly Devastating Portrait of Girls and Their Incarcerated Fathers
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The importance of touch between a parent and child looms large over nearly every scene. The post ‘Daughters’ Review: A Quietly Devastating Portrait of Girls and Their Incarcerated Fathers appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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SDCC 2024: Activations, Apes and Other Animals
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San Diego Comic-Con is known for its activations, and the best of 2024 were, by far, presentations by Paramount+ and 20th Century Fox. Outside the San Diego Convention Center, for the second year in a row, Paramount+ used Happy Does...
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