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Siskel & Ebert at 50: A Table of Contents
by admin|7 months ago|Roger Ebert
What follows are links to our tributes to “Siskel & Ebert” on the 50th anniversary of their show. Check back for more coverage and don’t miss the event tomorrow, November 22, at the Claudia Cassidy Center or the Tuesday screening...
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Eddie Murphy Will Be Honored With The AFI Life Achievement Award
by admin|7 months ago|Next Best Picture
The American Film Institute (AFI) Board of Trustees announced today that Eddie Murphy will receive the 51st AFI Life Achievement Award, America’s highest honor for a career in film. The award will be presented at a Gala Tribute at the...
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Mamoru Oshii’s Live-Action Debut The Red Spectacles is a Discombobulating Sci-Fi Experiment
by admin|7 months ago|The Film Stage
When he’s not acting as pure imagemaker, Mamoru Oshii is, before anything else, a worldbuilder. One of Japan’s premier multimedia genre auteurs, his “worldview, story, characters” creative philosophy has led to the construction of visionary alternate worlds—prospective futures, alternate pasts,...
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A Conversation with Maïlys Vallade & Liane-Cho Han (LITTLE AMÉLIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN)
by admin|7 months ago|Hammer to Nail
Maïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han’s Little Amélie or the Character of Rain is a 71-minute animated wonder that captures the world through the eyes of a two-year-old girl who believes she’s God. Adapted from Belgian novelist Amélie Nothomb’s autobiographical novel,...
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Now Streaming: GOOD BOY, SANGRE DEL TORO, TRAIN DREAMS
by admin|7 months ago|Screen Anarchy
Plus: 'After the Hunt' and 'The Roses.' [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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Train Dreams Director Clint Bentley on Natural Light, Shaping Narration, and Real-Life Inspiration
by admin|7 months ago|The Film Stage
Through the eyes of itinerant logger Robert Granier (Joel Edgerton), Train Dreams traces America’s transition from a pioneer land firmly into an industrialized nation through the first half of the 20th Century. Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar are longtime writing...
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The Next Best Picture Podcast – “Train Dreams”
by admin|7 months ago|Next Best Picture
For this week’s third podcast review, Dan Bayer, Megan Lachinski, and Will Mavity join me to review and discuss the latest film from Clint Bentley, “Train Dreams,” starring Joel Edgerton, Felicity Jones, Clifton Collins Jr., Kerry Condon, and William H. Macy. Based on the...
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Now Playing: SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE, ANGEL’S EGG, THE RED SPECTACLES
by admin|7 months ago|Screen Anarchy
Also now in movie theaters: 'Rental Family,' 'Kokuho,' 'Wicked: For Good,' 'Cactus Pears.' [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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Friday One Sheet: MAGELLAN
by admin|7 months ago|Screen Anarchy
The majestic ode to the age of exploration and sail show in today's key art belies the revisionist historical film from slow cinema maestro Lav Diaz. With its hazy sunrise and high grain, and jaunty tilt (note the waterline, and...
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Exclusive HERMAN Clip: He Tried to Warn Her
by admin|7 months ago|Screen Anarchy
We have an exclusive clip from Andrew Vogel's debut feature film, Herman, which will release on VOD, digital on December 2nd.   Set in a mountain cabin, an isolated survivalist confronts a mysterious calling from a dark force. Tormented and...
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