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Jafar Panahi to Embark on His First-Ever U.S. Promotional Tour for ‘It Was Just An Accident’
by admin|11 months ago|Hammer to Nail
This may very well be the year of Jafar Panahi. Now able to move freely outside of his home country of Iran, the Palme d’Or winner is set to embark on a U.S. promotional tour to screen his awards contender,...
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The Next Best Picture Podcast – “Nuremberg”
by admin|11 months ago|Next Best Picture
For this week’s second podcast review, Giovanni Lago, Alyssa Christian, and Tom O’Brien join me to review and discuss the latest film from James Vanderbilt, “Nuremberg,” starring Russell Crowe, Rami Malek, Leo Woodall, John Slattery, Mark O’Brien, Colin Hanks, Wrenn Schmidt, Lydia Peckham, Richard...
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MAGELLAN Trailer: Gael Garcia Bernal Discovers A New World in Lav Diaz’s Historical Epic
by admin|11 months ago|Hammer to Nail
After an extensive festival tour that went from Cannes, TIFF, and to NYFF, Lav Diaz’s hypnotic new epic, Magellan, is finally set for a stateside release. It stars Gael Garcia Bernal as the eponymous Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan as he...
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THE RED SPECTACLES Review: Mamoru Oshii’s Absurdist Take on Authoritarianism Gets a Second Life
by admin|11 months ago|Screen Anarchy
Memory hardens around those who experience violence, turning guilt or pain into an armor they must carry long after the wounds close. That burden is the doorway into Mamoru Oshii's The Red Spectacles, a film where guilt materializes as a...
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A Conversation with Marialuisa Ernst (A PLACE OF ABSENCE)
by admin|11 months ago|Hammer to Nail
During Argentina’s Dirty War between 1976 and 1983, up to 30,000 people disappeared. Many were dissidents and activists publicly opposing the military dictatorship, Proceso de Reorganización Nacional (National Reorganization Process), though others were citizens suspected of being “terrorists” for having...
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RENTAL FAMILY Review: Brendan Fraser Delivers Another Unimpeachably Winning Performance
by admin|11 months ago|Screen Anarchy
Sometime in the 1990s, rental agencies in Japan spontaneously formed around the singular idea of renting people — or to be more exact, renting their time — to act as stand-ins, role-players, and/or performers in everyday events, from marriages to funerals...
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KOKUHO Review: The Splendor of Kabuki
by admin|11 months ago|Screen Anarchy
A hit in Japan, where it was selected to represent the country at the Academy Awards, Kokuho is a tougher sell elsewhere. Focusing on two kabuki rivals over a 50-year period, the film is nothing if not ambitious. Viewers unfamiliar with its...
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The 2025 AARP Movies For Grownups Nominations
by admin|11 months ago|Next Best Picture
The AARP have announced their nominations representing the best in film and television for 2025. The ceremony will be held in Beverly Hills on Saturday, January 10th, 2026. Alan Cumming will return as host, and Adam Sandler will receive this year’s Movies for...
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Have “Wicked: For Good’s” Reviews Changed Its Oscar Prospects For Good?
by admin|11 months ago|Next Best Picture
One of the biggest releases this year, both theatrically and for awards season, is “Wicked: For Good“, Jon M. Chu’s adaptation of the second half of the stage show “Wicked.” It has been shown to its first set of eyes,...
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Playback: Lee Sang-il, Ruptures and Reckonings, from CHONG to KOKUHO
by admin|11 months ago|Screen Anarchy
Lee Sang-il drills into the emotional ruptures of life. His films study how people break -- and who they become afterward. The Japanese director built a career on emotionally precise, performance-driven dramas that illuminate how people fracture under extraordinary pressure....
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