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Some Material May Be Inappropriate: The PG-13 Rating at 40
by admin|11 months ago|Roger Ebert
Forty years ago this summer, the PG-13 rating came into existence and changed American cinema for the worse. Steven Spielberg was indirectly responsible, although he didn’t intend to be. It’s astonishing to realize how much the movie business changed as...
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LONGLEGS: Watch The Final Trailer
by admin|11 months ago|Screen Anarchy
In less than two weeks we can all see the horror flick that our own Josh says, "... is a masterpiece; an unholy, horrifying confluence of high art and anxiety, a film in which every frame is a nightmare, and...
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Amnesiascope Presents The Green Ray at the Brooklyn Center for Theatre Research July 15-17
by admin|11 months ago|The Film Stage
My screening series Amnesiascope returns to the Brooklyn Center for Theatre Research on July 15, 16, and 17 with Éric Rohmer’s The Green Ray, co-presented by The Film Desk, Instagram sensation @rohmerfits, and fragrance auteur Second Edition Olfactive. With the...
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‘The Substance’ Review: Coralie Fargeat’s Exhilarating Feminist Body-Horror Freak Show
by admin|11 months ago|Slant Magazine
It’s impossible to deny that Fargeat’s film holds you even at its most frenzied. The post ‘The Substance’ Review: Coralie Fargeat’s Exhilarating Feminist Body-Horror Freak Show appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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Screambox in July: THE MAKING OF SURVIVAL OF THE DEAD, THE BLACK MASS, BODY PARTS
by admin|11 months ago|Screen Anarchy
We're at the halfway point in the year and while we celebrate Confederation and Indpendance this week in two of three parts of North America Screambox has prepared a whole month of worthy additions to their regular lineup of chills. ...
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Sound And Vision: Shunji Iwai
by admin|11 months ago|Screen Anarchy
In the article series Sound and Vision we take a look at music videos from notable directors. This week: several music videos by Shunji Iwai. Shunji Iwai is very prolific. Not only has he made about more than ten feature...
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First Trailer for the New 7-Hour Version of Abel Gance’s Restored Napoleon
by admin|11 months ago|The Film Stage
When it comes to summer blockbusters, it doesn’t get much more epic than a film that first premiered nearly a century ago. For nearly two decades work has been underway to restore Abel Gance’s 1927 epic Napoleon to as close as possible...
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‘Eephus’ Review: A Playful, Melancholic Ode to a Fading Universe and the Ties that Bind
by admin|11 months ago|Slant Magazine
Carson Lund treats the power of a shared interest with profound, elegiac empathy. The post ‘Eephus’ Review: A Playful, Melancholic Ode to a Fading Universe and the Ties that Bind appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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Mia Hansen-Løve Reveals New Feature If Love Should Die, Shooting Next Year
by admin|11 months ago|The Film Stage
Few directors capture modern life so vividly as Mia Hansen-Løve, and only in some cases does she show it in English-language contexts. Suggesting something of a bold leap, then, to read her next feature, If Love Should Die, will concern...
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First Look at Steve McQueen’s Blitz, Arriving This November
by admin|11 months ago|The Film Stage
Following up last year’s epic documentary Occupied City, Steve McQueen has returned to WWII era with a narrative feature. Blitz, starring Saoirse Ronan and Elliott Heffernan, will world premiere as the Opening Night Gala of the 68th BFI London Film...
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