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“It is a Kingdom of Conscience or Nothing”: Ridley Scott’s Kingdom of Heaven at 20

by admin|2 months ago12 May 2025|The Film Stage

20 years ago, 20th Century Fox began the summer-blockbuster season with a sword-and-sandals epic about the Crusades. Kingdom of Heaven‘s pedigree was impressive, if not bulletproof. Ridley Scott was only five years on from his Best Picture-winning Gladiator (not to...

Sister Midnight | Review

by admin|2 months ago12 May 2025|Ioncinema

Crazy On You: Kandhari’s Strange Fantasy of Madness It’s been nearly twenty years since director Karan Kandhari’s 2005 debut Bye Bye Miss Goodnight (since then working on short films and music videos, including Franz Ferdinand’s “Stand on the Horizon”). He’s back with...

Emulsion Episode Six: Edo Choi and Alexander Fee on Mikio Naruse

by admin|2 months ago12 May 2025|The Film Stage

In a city where the rents are too high, the subways are too slow, and morale barely hovers above cope, repertory options might make such troubles worthwhile. So one thinks while looking over Mikio Naruse: The World Betrays Us, a...

The Damned | Review

by admin|2 months ago12 May 2025|Ioncinema

The Damned Do Cry: Minervini Details a Doomed Mission For his first narrative feature, Roberto Minervini tackles another aspect of the evolving American identity with The Damned. A period piece depicting a company of volunteer soldiers charged with patrolling and protecting...

Cannes Film Festival 2025: A Look at the Cannes Classics Program

by admin|2 months ago12 May 2025|Roger Ebert

A look at the incredible slate of classic films playing at Cannes this year, including

Sister Midnight Review: Offbeat Black Comedy Highlights the Modern Indian Woman

by admin|2 months ago12 May 2025|The Film Stage

Recent times have been a boon for films by or about Indian women. On top of Cannes Grand Prix winner All We Imagine As Light, 2024 also saw the premiere or release of Suchi Talati’s Girls Will Be Girls, Sandhya...

Movies without Tariffs: A Preview of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival

by admin|2 months ago12 May 2025|Roger Ebert

A preview of the 78th Cannes Film Festival.

Raven Banner Cannes Bound With DEATHGASM II: GOREMAGEDDON

by admin|2 months ago11 May 2025|Screen Anarchy

There appears to be an extraordinary number of friends and acquaintances attending Marche du Film and Cannes this year, more than the usual gaggle of regulars we watch on our socials with green envy. Part of that usual gaggle...

ABSOLUTE DOMINION Review: A Lack of Faith Leads to Disappointment

by admin|2 months ago11 May 2025|Screen Anarchy

Director Lexi Alexander ('Punisher: War Zone') returns, but you're better off watching the still great 'Punisher: War Zone.' [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]