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Coup de chance | Review
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Bad Luck Banging: Luck is a Fickle Mistress in Allen’s Amusing Gallic Debut For his fiftieth (and rumored to be last) film, Woody Allen’s French language debut, Coup de chance (Stroke of Luck) also happens to be one of his...
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Park Chan-wook Lines Up Next Film The Ax with Lee Byung-hun and Son Ye-jin Attached
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Following up his noir melodrama Decision to Leave, Park Chan-wook ventured into the world of American television with the forthcoming Max series The Sympathizer, adapting Viet Thanh Nguyen’s acclaimed novel and teaming with Robert Downey Jr. With the limited series...
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Ken Loach on The Old Oak, Why Every Film is a Documentary, and Artistic Solidarity
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An expectation of finality has followed Ken Loach’s The Old Oak since its premiere at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival. “When you’re doing it, you’re doing it, you just have to get a move on and get on with it,”...
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Watch Hal Ashby’s Long-Lost Neil Young Concert Film Solo Trans
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When none of us are generous enough to just buy an album (or join his notoriously unwieldy streaming service) there’s been a surge of reinterest as Neil Young makes his dizzyingly dense catalog freshly available on Spotify. Likely coinciding with...
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On “Luca,” “Tenet,” “The Invisible Man” and Other Films from the Early Pandemic Era that Deserve More Big-Screen Time
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What a pleasure it was seeing the Pixar movie “Luca” on a big screen on Easter Sunday – and not just because it was part of AMC Theaters’ “Fan Faves” series, which screens older (typically family) movies for $5 a...
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The Genre Film Lab 2024: Accelerator Program For Women And Gender Diverse Genre Filmmakers in Canada Announces Film Teams
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The five projects selected for this year's edition of The Genre Film Lab (formerly known as From Our Dark Side) have been announced. The acclerators program provides support for genre projects that are at an advanced stage of development. The...
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Bit Torrent: Film Movement Land Víctor Erice’s Comeback Film “Close Your Eyes”
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Harpooned by Thierry Frémaux and unceremoniously relegated to the Cannes Premiere section, the critically acclaimed Close Your Eyes (which topped the ICS Awards, and was voted #3 on Film Comment contributors Best Undistributed Films of 2023 list) will see the...
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12 Films to See in April
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If the only April release was my top pick of the month it would be one of the finest lineups of the years, but thankfully there’s more to recommend. Featuring films about cinephilic obsession, subversive superhero tales, and what is...
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BOY KILLS WORLD Red Band Trailer
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Boy Kills World looks like it is going to hit that weak spot that I have for outrageous and ultra violent action cinema. It might be dumb as dirt but I'll let that slide if it gives me over the...
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How The Ladykillers Kicked Off Tom Hanks’ Weirdest Year Two Decades Ago
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“The thirst for knowledge is a very commendable thing. Though I do believe that when you hear the explanation you shall laugh riotously, slappin' your knee and perhaps even wipin' away a giddy tear, relieved of your former concern.” When...
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