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Playback: Park Chan-wook, Pushed to the Limit, from JOINT SECURITY AREA to NO OTHER CHOICE
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Park Chan-wook studies how vengeance and obsession can narrow the mind, reducing problems to a single, violent answer. The Korean director returns to characters consumed by the promise of moral clarity. Park is perhaps best known for his exacting compositions...
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The 2025 Greater Western New York Film Critics Association (GWNYFCA) Nominations
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The Greater Western New York Film Critics Association (GWNYFCA) have announced their nominations for the best in film for 2025. The winners will be announced January 10th, 2026. Here are this year’s nominees… BEST PICTUREThe Ballad of Wallis IslandBugoniaFrankensteinIf I...
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Interview: Amanda Seyfried – The Testament of Ann Lee
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In Mona Fastvold’s The Testament of Ann Lee, Amanda Seyfried delivers the kind of performance that is steeped in considerable restraint and conviction, embodying the Shaker leader not as a distant historical figure but as a woman shaped by faith,...
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Mona Fastvold on The Testament of Ann Lee, Refusing to Compromise, and Cinematic Traditions
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With The Testament of Ann Lee, writer-director Mona Fastvold and team continue the big swing Herzogian mindset present on last year’s The Brutalist, which she also co-wrote and co-produced with partner Brady Corbet. Whether shooting in Hungary for cheaper set...
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Ecstasy and Agony: Mona Fastvold on “The Testament of Ann Lee”
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The filmmaker talks about the dazzling musicality and "dreamlike quality" of her latest.
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How Come They Don’t Fly Away?: James Ransone (1979-2025)
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A personal tribute to a character actor lost too soon.
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Ankit Jhunjhunwala’s Top 10 Films of 2025
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Following The Film Stage’s collective top 50 films of 2025, as part of our year-end coverage, our contributors are sharing their personal top 10 lists. All but one of the films listed below premiered at a festival. Despite claims to the contrary,...
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The Next Best Picture Podcast – “Is This Thing On?”
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For this week’s second podcast review, Ema Sasic, Josh Parham, and Dan Bayer join me to discuss the latest film from Academy Award-nominee Bradley Cooper, “Is This Thing On?” starring Will Arnett, Laura Dern, Andra Day, Amy Sedaris, Sean Hayes, Christine Ebersole, Ciarán Hinds, and...
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MARTY SUPREME Review: Timothée Chalamet Leads Stellar Cast in One of the Year’s Best Films
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Josh Safdie's new film stars Timothée Chalamet, Gwyneth Paltrow, Odessa A'zion, Abel Ferrara, Fran Drescher, Géza Röhrig, Kevin O'Leary, Ronald Bronstein, and Tyler Okonma. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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HAMMER TO NAIL’S BEST FILMS OF 2025
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There has been no shortage of artistically strong films in 2025, which is why the critics at Hammer to Nail offer up such a great variety of titles in their respective Top 10 lists of the year. Our choices run...
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