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13 Films to See at New Directors/New Films 2025

by admin|1 month ago31 March 2025|The Film Stage

Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Christopher Nolan, Spike Lee, Chantal Akerman, Theo Angelopoulos, Lynne Ramsay, Tsai Ming-liang, Michael Haneke, Lee Chang-dong, Terence Davies, Shōhei Imamura, Bi Gan, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Jia Zhangke, Wong Kar-wai, Yorgos Lanthimos, Denis Villleneuve, Céline Sciamma, Guillermo del Toro, Kelly...

‘Henry Fonda for President’ Review: A Screen Icon as Spur for a Parallel History

by admin|1 month ago30 March 2025|Slant Magazine

The film maintains a unity of thought despite its expansive, kaleidoscopic approach. The post ‘Henry Fonda for President’ Review: A Screen Icon as Spur for a Parallel History appeared first on Slant Magazine.

‘When Fall Is Coming’ Review: François Ozon’s Sneaky to a Fault Tale of Family Strife

by admin|1 month ago30 March 2025|Slant Magazine

The film’s half-hearted gestures to various genres leave it in a no-genre zone of sorts. The post ‘When Fall Is Coming’ Review: François Ozon’s Sneaky to a Fault Tale of Family Strife appeared first on Slant Magazine.

‘Eric LaRue’ Review: Judy Greer Anchors Michael Shannon’s Tonally Screwy Directorial Debut

by admin|1 month ago30 March 2025|Slant Magazine

There’s a sense here that Shannon has a dark comedy on his hands that he can’t commit to. The post ‘Eric LaRue’ Review: Judy Greer Anchors Michael Shannon’s Tonally Screwy Directorial Debut appeared first on Slant Magazine.

‘Freaky Tales’ Review: A Spirited Love Letter to Late-’80s Oakland and Its Underdogs

by admin|1 month ago30 March 2025|Slant Magazine

For all of its spiritedness, though, the film wants for a more unique sense of invention. The post ‘Freaky Tales’ Review: A Spirited Love Letter to Late-’80s Oakland and Its Underdogs appeared first on Slant Magazine.

‘Gazer’ Review: ‘The Conversation’ Meets ‘Memento’ Ryan J. Sloan’s Spooky Neo-Noir

by admin|1 month ago30 March 2025|Slant Magazine

Gazer sidles up to its story cautiously, mirroring its main character’s questioning nature. The post ‘Gazer’ Review: ‘The Conversation’ Meets ‘Memento’ Ryan J. Sloan’s Spooky Neo-Noir appeared first on Slant Magazine.

THE WOMAN IN THE YARD Review: Metaphors Are Exactly What They Seem to Be

by admin|1 month ago29 March 2025|Screen Anarchy

Danielle Deadwyler stars in Jaume Colet-Serra's horror-thriller. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]

Tendaberry Review: A Soulful Brooklyn-Set City Symphony

by admin|1 month ago28 March 2025|The Film Stage

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2024 Sundance Film Festival coverage. Tendaberry is now on VOD and arrives on MUBI on April 25. A soulful coming-of-age story with far more on its mind than the here...

THE BATTLE OF WALLIS ISLAND

by admin|1 month ago28 March 2025|Hammer to Nail

(Check out Chris Reed’s The Ballad of Wallis Island movie review, it’s in theaters now via Focus Features. Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) An adaptation of a 2007 short film from the same creative team (director, writers/co-stars), James Griffith’s The Ballad...