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A Larger Kind of Career: Morgan Spurlock (1970-2024)

by admin|12 months ago26 May 2024|Roger Ebert

While the final chapter of his story was shrouded in allegations and controversy, the impact of Morgan Spurlock’s breakthrough film, 2004’s “Super Size Me” cannot be denied. Not only did it shape the way that people look at fast food,...

Cannes 2024 Video #8: Award Winners

by admin|12 months ago26 May 2024|Roger Ebert

Chaz Ebert reveals the winners of the 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival. The prizes for the 77th edition of the Cannes Festival have been awarded, and we have all the details for you. The theme of the evening...

Cannes 2024: Armand, The Kingdom, September Says

by admin|12 months ago26 May 2024|Roger Ebert

Away from the pandemonium of the Croisette and the festival’s main competition, Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section offers a consistently diverting showcase for original, daring films from emerging filmmakers (its name, translated, refers to a different way of looking at...

Cannes Review: Motel Destino is a Noirish Fever Dream that Sparkles with Sweat and Lust

by admin|12 months ago26 May 2024|The Film Stage

Simply put, Brazilian motels are places for people to have sex. Everyone knows it, no one objects to it. You pay by the hour and the suite is yours––a big bed, porn on-demand, bring red or blue lighting to illuminate...

Cannes 2024 Winners: Sean Baker’s ‘Anora’ Wins the Palme d’Or (Full List)

by admin|12 months ago25 May 2024|Hammer to Nail

The 77th Cannes Film Festival concluded today as the Greta Gerwig-fronted jury awarded the Palme d’Or to Sean Baker’s new sex worker comedy, Anora. It is also distributor NEON’s fifth consecutive Palme win following Anatomy of a Fall, Triangle of...

Cannes 2024: Sean Baker’s Anora wins Palme d’Or

by admin|12 months ago25 May 2024|Roger Ebert

Sean Baker's "Anora," starring Mikey Madison as a Brighton Beach sex worker who gains a shot at wealth and happiness when she meets the son of a Russian oligarch, won the Palme d'Or at the 77th Cannes Film Festival on...

Oh, Canada Review: Paul Schrader’s Profoundly Existential Reflection on Estrangement

by admin|12 months ago25 May 2024|Slant Magazine

The self-loathing here is front and center, and Schrader looks it straight in the eye. The post <em>Oh, Canada</em> Review: Paul Schrader’s Profoundly Existential Reflection on Estrangement appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Inside Out 2024 Review: SPARK Has Spark

by admin|12 months ago25 May 2024|Screen Anarchy

Directed by Nicholas Giuricich, Spark is an interesting twist on a classic timeloop theme. Aaron (Theo Germaine) finds himself reliving the same day: being woken up by his friend and roommate Dani (Vico Ortiz), going on a birthday scavenger hunt...

2024 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Rasoulof’s The Seed of the Sacred Fig Tops Our Grid

by admin|12 months ago25 May 2024|Ioncinema

And finally, it came down to the wire for not one, but two films that disrupted what had been the top-ranked film among our Cannes Critics’ Panel members. Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Pérez initially reigned supreme, joined shortly by Sean Baker’s...