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Japan Cuts 2024 Includes Films by Hideaki Anno, Takeshi Kitano, Shinya Tsukamoto, Shinji Somai & More
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Comprising international premieres, short programs, and some of the country’s finest-ever films in new restorations, 2024’s Japan Cuts––running July 10-21 at New York’s Japan Society––has been unveiled. It’s in the festival’s nature that numerous works and directors are lesser-known on...
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LYNNE SACHS: FROM THE OUTSIDE IN (A RETROSPECTIVE)
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Lynne Sachs’ latest film, Contractions, exists, like much of her work, at the intersection of experimental and documentary film practices. In the 12-minute work, superimposition, narration, and choreography are intermingled–all captured using a graceful and haunting camera language that lends...
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Exclusive Trailer Debut for America: Everything You’ve Ever Dreamed Of Introduces the Films of Rhody Streeter and Tony Ganz
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Continuing their streak of restorations seemingly nobody would even think to undertake, The Film Desk will soon premiere a program of ten shorts directed by Rhody Streeter and Tony Ganz. Titled America: Everything You’ve Ever Dreamed Of, it’ll start a...
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ChiFilm Fest’s 60th Anniversary Cinema Soirée
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It was a celebration that, in some sense, had been sixty years in the making. It was also necessary. It’s been a rough year for festivals: the Berlinale witnessed deep political divides around its response to Gaza, Toronto International Film...
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ALIEN: ROMULUS: New Trailer And a Poster That Goes For The Throat
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Back in the day I was with my parents and brother in one of our local malls and we were thinking about going to see a movie. This was when James Cameron's Aliens was playing and I kid you not,...
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THE DEVIL’S BATH Trailer: The ‘Goodnight Mommy’ Filmmakers Are Back with a Harrowing 18th Century Tale
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Goodnight Mommy and The Lodge directors Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala know how to get under your skin with their harrowing tales. Their newest film goes back in time to evoke that same sense of dread. The Devil’s Bath follows a woman in...
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THE DEVIL’S BATH: Trailer And Poster Debut For Austrian Psychodrama
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In 1750 Austria, a deeply religious woman named Agnes has just married her beloved, but her mind and heart soon grow heavy as her life becomes a long list of chores and expectations. Day after day, she is increasingly trapped...
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THE DEVIL’S BATH: Trailer And Poster Debut For Austrian Psychodrama
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In 1750 Austria, a deeply religious woman named Agnes has just married her beloved, but her mind and heart soon grow heavy as her life becomes a long list of chores and expectations. Day after day, she is increasingly trapped...
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The Devil’s Bath Trailer: Goodnight Mommy and The Lodge Directors Return with Harrowing Tale
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Goodnight Mommy and The Lodge directors Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala are back with another harrowing tale, but this time hewing closer to real life than providing a genre twist. The Devil’s Bath, which premiered at Berlinale earlier this year, follows...
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Tribeca 2024 Preview: Raise the Curtain, See These Movies
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Get ready, New York, for a bounty of indie and international bangers. Arising from the ashes of the 2001 terrorist attack on New York City, the Tribeca Festival has long established itself on the annual calendar as a home for...
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