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How The Phantom Menace Predicted Hollywood’s Prequel Future
by admin|1 year ago|Roger Ebert
It was the summer of 1994, and George Lucas had an announcement: For the first time since 1983, there would be a new “Star Wars” movie. In fact, there were going to be three.  “I’ve got the stories done,” Lucas...
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Lisandro Alonso Will Revisit La Libertad for His Next, Potentially Final Film
by admin|1 year ago|The Film Stage
Argentine master Lisandro Alonso teased his next feature at Space Not Time, a Los Angeles retrospective of his work. Speaking after a 35mm screening of the 2001 debut feature La Libertad, Alonso told James Benning his plans to revisit that...
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Léa Seydoux, Vincent Lindon, and Louis Garrel Hit Their Marks In Trailer for Quentin Dupieux’s Cannes Opener The Second Act
by admin|1 year ago|The Film Stage
Cannes begins, against all reason, two weeks from today, and with it comes the trailer for this year’s opening-night selection. (Arriving in French theaters the same day is no doubt further incentive to get the marketing machine rolling.) Quentin Dupieux’s...
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No Easy Answers: On the Power of The Teachers’ Lounge
by admin|1 year ago|Roger Ebert
The German film “The Teachers’ Lounge,” which was recently nominated for Best International Film Oscar and played this year's Ebertfest, is a riveting school drama about how one seemingly simple matter becomes quite complicated for everyone involved. No matter much...
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2024 TorinoFilmLab: Jacqueline Lentzou, André Hayato Saito & Ashmita Guha Neogi in FeatureLab
by admin|1 year ago|Ioncinema
The folks at ScreenDaily have unveiled the 10 projects (nine fiction/one docu) selected for the 2024 FeatureLab training programme (for debut and sophomore projects in the development stage) and among the names we can the likes of Jacqueline Lentzou, André...
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CHALLENGERS Review: Not Challenging to Enjoy
by admin|1 year ago|Screen Anarchy
What should I tell you about Challengers? Perhaps that it's not as much about tennis as you may think, and that it is also not as gay as you think. Or that the performances were great, and the music by...
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No Therapy: The Primordial Commitment of The Northman
by admin|1 year ago|Roger Ebert
Robert Eggers' third film "The Northman" sticks in the mind. Released in 2022, it's the longest and by far most expensive film by director-cowriter Robert Eggers—a bloody, glowering epic fantasy, loosely based on the myth that inspired William Shakespeare to write "Hamlet," with dollops...
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THE TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ Review: Haunted By Loss
by admin|1 year ago|Screen Anarchy
Harvey Keitel, Jonah Hauer-King, Anna Prochniak, and Melanie Lynskey star in the Holocaust series, inspired by true events, debuting on Peacock TV. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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BRING HER BACK: A24, Danny And Michael Philippou Reteam For Their New Horror, With Actress Sally Hawkins
by admin|1 year ago|Screen Anarchy
Great news for fans of the horror flick Talk To Me. The film's creators Danny and Michael Philippou, one-time YouTube sensations now horror sensations, are working again with A24 on a new horror flick called Bring Her Back. Even sweeter...
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Ryûsuke Hamaguchi on Evil Does Not Exist, Being in Harmony with Nature, and Why the Ending is Realistic
by admin|1 year ago|The Film Stage
On a bright summer day in a tent on top of the sultry clay courts that give the Tennis Club Venezia its name, writer-director Ryûsuke Hamaguchi––known for his searing stories of love and longing and a taut, cryptic cinematic style...
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