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‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’ Review: Adrenaline and Absurdity, Hand in Hand
by admin|2 months ago|Slant Magazine
The film leans into the absurdism that underlies the franchise’s appetite for escalation. The post ‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’ Review: Adrenaline and Absurdity, Hand in Hand appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning Review: An Uneven, Visceral Capstone
by admin|2 months ago|The Film Stage
“I’m going to miss being disreputable,” Ving Rhames’ Luther Stickell grumbles to Tom Cruise’s now-iconic superspy after their first of many impossible missions. It’s 1996 and these brazen upstarts sip beer outside a pub, preparing to part ways forever. “Well,...
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A Conversation with Mickey Keating (INVADER)
by admin|2 months ago|Hammer to Nail
Invader may not be for you. Director Mickey Keating has made a film that shows you what it is immediately and if you need to walk out after five minutes he’s okay with that. He has given you permission. But...
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The Criterion Channel’s June Programming Features Alan Rudolph, Johnnie To, Gene Hackman & More
by admin|2 months ago|The Film Stage
When I spoke to Alan Rudolph a couple months ago, he confirmed that Criterion had sought to release his (incredible, essential) Remember My Name but were held up by music rights––a situation so complicated that a lawyer hired by the...
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Sound of Falling | 2025 Cannes Film Festival Review
by admin|2 months ago|Ioncinema
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown: Schilinksi Paints a Microcosm of Misogyny The original title of Mascha Schilinski’s sophomore feature was The Doctor Says I’m Alright, But I’m Feelin’ Blue, which actually better captures the sinister poetics of...
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DEAR FATHER Exclusive: First Images From Chilean Thriller, Presented at Marche du Film This Week
by admin|2 months ago|Screen Anarchy
We have your first look at the Chilean thriller titled Dear Father ahead of the project's market debut during March du Film. Part of the previously announced launch of VDF Connection, Dear Father recently completed filming and is now in post-production....
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Paul Banks on Creating His First Film Score with Sister Midnight and His Enduring Love for Cinema
by admin|2 months ago|The Film Stage
Ever since Turn on the Bright Lights debuted in the summer of 2002, Interpol frontman Paul Banks has been the epicenter of cool. Trying his hand at a variety of musical projects––from solo albums to instrumental experimentations to, even, collaborations...
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The Damned Review: Frigid Civil War Sojourn Flirts With Documentary and Reenactment
by admin|2 months ago|The Film Stage
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2024 NYFF coverage. The Damned opens in theaters on May 16. Robert Minervini’s The Damned begins with two wolves tearing into a elk carcass, ripping off its fur and chewing its intestines....
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Cannes 2025: Leave One Day, The Gold Rush
by admin|2 months ago|Roger Ebert
The opening night of the fest features a lackluster new release and a venerated classic.
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L’intérêt d’Adam | 2025 Cannes Film Festival Review
by admin|2 months ago|Ioncinema
No Bandaid Solutions: Wandel’s Suffocating Drama Explores Collective Collateral Damage Following her remarkable debut Playground (read review), Belgian auteur Laura Wandel moves from a harrowing portrait of schoolyard cruelty to shifting her focus to another intense microcosm in L’intérêt d’Adam...
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