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7 Films to See at MoMI’s First Look 2024
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A snapshot of the most exciting voices working in American and international cinema today––and with a strong focus on newcomers––the Museum of the Moving Image’s First Look festival returns this week, taking place March 13-17.  As always, the annual festival brings...
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Oscars 2024: The View from the Room
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It was finally time. The 96th Academy Awards ceremony was ready for its big moment: Best Picture. But when presenter Al Pacino appeared on the stage with the envelope, somehow skipped over reading the names of the 10 Best Picture...
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SXSW Review: Kyle Mooney’s Unhinged Directorial Debut Y2K Parties Like It’s 1999
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A disaster horror comedy that’s equal parts Can’t Hardly Wait and Idle Hands, Kyle Mooney’s directorial debut Y2K is often hilariously sincere in its depiction of social and technological anxieties from the tail end of 1999. Mooney remembers all too...
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THE FIRST OMEN: First Trailer, Poster And Stills From Classic Horror Prequel
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A young American woman is sent to Rome to begin a life of service to the church, but encounters a darkness that causes her to question her faith and uncovers a terrifying conspiracy that hopes to bring about the birth...
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SXSW Review: MoviePass, MovieCrash is a Comprehensive but Dry Exploration of a Glorious Year of Moviegoing
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It is possible that one day an excellent narrative feature in the vein of The Big Short, BlackBerry, Dumb Money or Margin Call will be made about MoviePass, a company built––and destroyed––by several larger-than-life figures. For now, we have Muta’Ali’s...
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Berlinale 2024 Review: THE EMPIRE Merges Cosmic Conflicts with Rural Quirks
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Bruno Dumont's latest work is not just another 'Star Wars' parody. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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Sound And Vision: Johan Renck
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In the article series Sound and Vision we take a look at music videos from notable directors. This week we look at several music videos by director Johan Renck. Johan Renck's new film Spaceman, is only his second feature, after...
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SXSW 2024: Roleplay, Gasoline Rainbow, Grand Theft Hamlet
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Documentaries have always held a prominent position at the SXSW Film Festival, and the best of the non-fiction form here in Austin feel like they encourage personal expression. It’s a festival (and a city really) that’s built around artists and...
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A Great Movie Year Deserved a Better Oscars
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When judging whether a particular year’s Oscars are “good” or “bad,” you should break down your response into separate criteria. Were you happy with what won? Did you like the speeches? Were there memorable unscripted moments? How was the host?...
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SXSW 2024 Review: RESYNATOR, Revelatory Musical History Turns Surprisingly Personal
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Alison Tavel's terrific film documents a remarkable inventor who just happens to be her father. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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