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Martin Scorsese Hopes to Resurrect Sinatra Biopic with Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence; Steven Spielberg Plots UFO Film
by admin|1 year ago|The Film Stage
It’s been at least 15 years since Martin Scorsese first got involved with a biopic of Frank Sinatra, an almost too-logical pairing of Italian-Americans of a certain age from the tri-state area. Around the time of Hugo, Scorsese was so...
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Tribeca 2024 Lineup Features New Films by Joel Potrykus, Michael Angarano, Morrisa Maltz, Nathan Silver, Karim Aïnouz & More
by admin|1 year ago|The Film Stage
Taking place June 5-16, the 2024 Tribeca Festival has unveiled its features lineup, featuring a selection of narrative, documentary, and animated films. World premiere highlights include Joel Potrykus’ Vulcanizadora, Michael Angarano’s Sacramento starring Michael Cera and Kristen Stewart, Jazzy, the latest...
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Exclusive Trailer Debut for Ann Hui’s July Rhapsody Restores a Hong Kong Classic
by admin|1 year ago|The Film Stage
I was lucky to see the new restoration of July Rhapsody, an oft-forgotten 2002 drama that represents a murderer’s row of Hong Kong cinema: directed by Ann Hui (Boat People), scripted by Ivy Ho (Comrades: Almost a Love Story), and...
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A New Skin: Losing Control of Your Body in the 2020s
by admin|1 year ago|Roger Ebert
If the 2020s were going to be any film subgenre, they would be body horror. It’s a genre preoccupied with testing the limits, pleasures, and possibilities of the flesh. It also has a streak of fear under the radical physical...
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The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
by admin|1 year ago|Roger Ebert
Just when you think they’ve run out of real-life World War II stories to turn into blockbuster movies than some documents get declassified, inspiring or at least suggesting new sagas of heroism. This new movie about a small mission of...
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2024 Cannes Film Festival: Josh Mond, Camila Beltrán & Guillaume Brac Drop ACID
by admin|1 year ago|Ioncinema
With the likes of Maciek Hamela’s documentary In the Rearview and Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach’s animated film Chicken for Linda!, 2023 turned out to be an epic edition for the ACID (Association for the Distribution of Independent Cinema) section....
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Blood for Dust Review: Stone-Cold Sleekness Becomes Rod Blackhurst’s ’90s-Set Noir
by admin|1 year ago|Slant Magazine
The film is held together by the intensity of its haunted-looking cast and the dour atmosphere. The post <em>Blood for Dust</em> Review: Stone-Cold Sleekness Becomes Rod Blackhurst’s ’90s-Set Noir appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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Sean Penn Takes Dakota Johnson for a Ride in First Trailer for Daddio
by admin|1 year ago|The Film Stage
A selection at Telluride and TIFF last year, Christy Hall’s directorial debut Daddio follows Dakota Johnson’s character who picks up a cab at the JFK airport on her way home. Driving the cab is Sean Penn’s character and what unfurls...
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Cannes Unveils 2024 Lineups for Directors’ Fortnight, Critics’ Week, and ACID
by admin|1 year ago|Hammer to Nail
Following their main slate lineup announcement last week, the Cannes Film Festival has now announced the lineups for its 2024 Directors’ Fortnight, Critics Week, and ACID Lineups. Notable standouts include India Donaldson’s Sundance darling Good One (read our ND/NF review),...
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The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare Review: Guy Ritchie’s Cheeky, If Undercooked, WWII Yarn
by admin|1 year ago|Slant Magazine
Ritchie’s action-comedy never quite settles on what type of film it wants to be. The post <em>The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare</em> Review: Guy Ritchie’s Cheeky, If Undercooked, WWII Yarn appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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