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Yannick
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Both drawn-out and deceptively simple, the trippy French comedy “Yannick” re-imagines a hostage situation as a surreal and very slow-burning farce. It happens to take place in the middle of a bad stage play. The title character, played by Raphael...
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New to Streaming: Jean Eustache, The Zone of Interest, How to Have Sex, Snack Shack, Girls State & More
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Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here. Astrakan (David Depesseville) Astrakhan fur is unique: dark, beautiful, and stripped exclusively from newborn...
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The B-Side – In Conversation with Larry Fessenden
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Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about movie directors! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they made in between. Today we talk to an independent film...
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Interior Life: Quebecois Maverick Robert Morin on Nightmares, Humor, and Neorealism
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“We are so excited to have you here and are blown away this is even happening,” I signed off on a hasty call to Coop Vidéo de Montréal, setting up an interview with Robert Morin, a French-Canadian director who had...
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Social Mobility: Reygadas’ “Wake of Umbra” Aiming for 2025
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After shooting in countries such as Norway and his native Mexico, we can confirm that the Poland segment is now complete for Carlos Reygadas‘ sixth feature. Additionally, we’ve gathered that the Wake of Umbra (Estela de sombra) revolves around four...
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STAR WARS: TALES OF THE EMPIRE: Key Art, Stills And a Trailer For New Animated Series
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Well now, this kind of came out of nowhere. Disney+ released the trailer, key art and trailer stills for Lucasfilm’s upcoming animated series Star Wars: Tales of the Empire. This follows the popular first series anthology Tales of the Jedi. ...
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The First Omen Review: Arkasha Stevenson’s Stylish, Gleefully Faith-Defying Prequel
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In The First Omen, Stevenson atomizes all the darkness and the light within ourselves. The post <em>The First Omen</em> Review: Arkasha Stevenson’s Stylish, Gleefully Faith-Defying Prequel appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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11:11 – Eleven Reviews by Roger Ebert from 2011 in Remembrance of His Transition 11 Years Ago
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Roger, thank you for the rich treasure trove of opinions and images you left for us. Thank you for your enormous sympathy about the human condition. Spending time with your reviews makes it feel as if space and time are but...
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A Man Goes to the Movies: An Appreciation of Roger Ebert’s Top 10 Lists
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Roger Ebert's Top 10 lists each year always contained a few surprising picks that said a lot about what he valued in moviegoing and criticism. One of the things I liked most about his writing was that he didn’t seem...
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A Conversation with Iram Parveen Bilal (WAKHRI)
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Writer/director Iram Parveen Bilal follows up her engaging 2020 I’ll Meet You There with Wakhri, which just played SXSW 2024 (where I reviewed it). Inspired by the life of the late Pakistani social-media influencer Qandeel Baloch, this aesthetically assured and...
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