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Slow Review: Asexuality Drama Drowns In Naturalism
by admin|1 year ago|The Film Stage
Racking my brain to think of what exposure I’ve had to the concept of asexuality, I can come up with two examples: the personal life section of Janeane Garofalo’s Wikipedia page, and an interview with a man on a Canadian...
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New to Streaming: Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World, House of Tolerance, Humane, Femme & More
by admin|1 year ago|The Film Stage
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. Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg (Alexis Bloom and Svetlana Zill) You can’t always...
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NYC Weekend Watch: Bulle Ogier, Hiroshi Shimizu, Marguerite Duras & More
by admin|1 year ago|The Film Stage
NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Roxy CinemaOur House of Tolerance 35mm presentation returns Friday; prints of Night Tide and Eddie Murphy: Raw show Saturday; The Last of the Mohicans and Thief play on 35mm this Sunday. Museum...
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Kristen Stewart Will Lead Albert Serra’s Out of This World
by admin|1 year ago|The Film Stage
Not even 12 hours ago we learned Kristen Stewart had nabbed a new auteur in Panos Cosmatos, a wise choice by the ever-adventurous actress. Her other choice on May 2, 2024 is quite another level of intrigue: Albert Serra, the...
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FLESH OF THE GODS: Kristen Stewart And Oscar Isaac to Star in New Thriller From Panos Cosmatos
by admin|1 year ago|Screen Anarchy
This is a combination of powers that I didn't know I wanted it until it was announced today. Kristen Stewart and Oscar Isaac are set to star in Flesh of the Gods, a new thriller from director Panos Cosmatos (Mandy), written by Andrew...
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THE FALL GUY Review: A Rousing Crowd Pleaser
by admin|1 year ago|Screen Anarchy
David Leitch has had ups and downs since co-directing John Wick a decade ago. While he's always been an incredibly talented action filmmaker, courtesy of his background as a stunt performer and coordinator, his apparent passion for mixing action and...
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A Conversation with Nancy Savoca & Richard Guay (DOGFIGHT)
by admin|1 year ago|Hammer to Nail
In 1991, filmmaker Nancy Savoca directed her second feature (after True Love),  Dogfight, starring River Phoenix and Lili Taylor. Working off an original script by Bob Comfort, Savoca told a moving story of how friendship and love can develop in...
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Retrospective: Oscar Micheaux and the Birth of Black Independent Cinema
by admin|1 year ago|Roger Ebert
To watch an Oscar Micheaux film is to see the miracle of a tragedy.  Though Michaeux produced over forty pictures — spanning the pre-classical silent era and through the advent of sound — only eighteen such works survive (nearly all...
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Phil Lord and Chris Miller Made the Multiplex Safe for ‘The Fall Guy’
by admin|1 year ago|Roger Ebert
In “The Fall Guy,” Ryan Gosling plays Colt, a veteran stunt performer whose real life becomes an action movie once he’s tasked with finding an egotistical movie star (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) who’s gone missing. Colt jumps over a wall of fire...
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Evil Does Not Exist | Review
by admin|1 year ago|Ioncinema
The Killing of a Sacred Dear: Hamaguchi Explores Ills of Urbanization Ryūsuke Hamaguchi explores the doctrine about the absence of evil in his latest drama Evil Does Not Exist, a quiet film pondering the necessary evils of urban development and...
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