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Glen Powell Wears Many Guises in New Trailer for Richard Linklater’s Hit Man
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There’s a perfect world in which Richard Linklater’s Hit Man, a through-and-through crowdpleaser suffused with wit and style, gets a theatrical release and is this summer’s runaway hit, fueling the fire for however many collaborations the director wants with Glen...
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2024 Cannes Film Festival: Elena López Riera, Anna Hints & Lucie Borleteau Among Lucky 13 Shorts in Critics’ Week
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After unveiling their feature film line-up on Monday, now the spotlight is on the shorts this morning. La Semaine de la Critique aka Critics’ Week have a set of ten competition films (those filmmakers can workshop their eventual feature in...
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Kokomo City Director D. Smith Sets Next Documentary with Blvd
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Following up one of the best documentaries of 2023, Kokomo City (which we awarded with the 2023 Indie Film Site Network Advocate Award), director D. Smith has set her next project with an ambitious undertaking. Blvd, backed by Media Res...
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Hard Miles
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The fact-based “Hard Miles” begins with a failure. Social worker Greg Townsend (Matthew Modine) urges a judge to allow the resident of a facility for teenage boys who have been in trouble to allow him to stay there, even though...
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First Trailer for Miguel Gomes’ ‘Grand Tour, Premiering in Competition at Cannes 2024
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Among our most-anticipated premieres at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, now less than a month away, is Grand Tour, marking the return of Portuguese director Miguel Gomes (Tabu, Arabian Nights). Starring Gonçalo Waddington, Crista Alfaiate, Cláudio da Silva, and Lang...
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It’s OK For Movies to Just End
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At the end of "The Beekeeper," an amazing thing happens: they fade to black and roll the credits. I saw the film earlier this year (it's on home video now and worth $5) and was slightly flummoxed. Written and directed by David...
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Chattanooga Film Festival 2024: Massive, Mind-Melting Last Wave
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Wow. Wow wow wow. The Chattanooga Film Festival just unleashed a cavalcade of cinematic insanity for their upcoming extravaganza (June 21-23 in person, June 21-28 virtual). We’re big fans of CFF’s annual explosion of genre fun, featuring narrative features, docs,...
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Quentin Tarantino Cancels The Movie Critic
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So’s the power of Quentin Tarantino that an aborted project will carry more weight than most filmmakers’ fussed-over opuses. Though it’s been almost a year since the announcement he would conclude his filmmaking career with The Movie Critic, which would...
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Tribeca 2024 Announces Its Features Lineup. June Looks Exciting!
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Located in the heart of lower Manhattan, the Tribeca Film Festival has become known for big stars in some very good movies, including a number of genre titles that always catch our eye. The features lineup for the 2024 edition,...
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The Overlook Film Festival Highlights, Part 2: The Hands of Orlac, Kill Your Lover, Dead Mail, Red Rooms
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“The Hands of Orlac,” a twisty and lurid 1924 Austrian psychodrama, was the last movie I saw in New Orleans at the Overlook Film Festival. The four day-long festival’s revival of the century-old silent movie, about a celebrated pianist who...
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