Like the best detective tales, the film doesn’t just dazzle us with a clever answer at the end. The post ‘Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery’ Review: Rian Johnson’s Razor-Sharp Mystery appeared first on Slant Magazine.
Having premiered at the Venice Film Festival, where it picked up the prestigious Golden Lion for Best Film, Jim Jarmusch’s Father Mother Sister Brother will certainly be a different kind of family drama to come out this holiday season. A...
One of the most heartbreaking documentaries of the year, Sepideh Farsi’s Put Your Soul On Your Hand and Walk premiered at Cannes just weeks after the Israeli occupation murdered the film’s subject, 25-year-old Palestinian photojournalist and poet Fatma Hassona. Constructed through passages...
THE STORY – When a young woman brings her longtime idealist boyfriend home to meet her parents, his respectful, ingratiating façade begins to crack when her parents question him about his own successful father. THE CAST – Ha Seong-guk, Kang So-yi,...
“If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” is an independent psychological comedy-drama film, written and directed by Mary Bronstein. It stars Rose Byrne, Conan O’Brien, Danielle Macdonald, Christian Slater, and ASAP Rocky. The film had its world premiere at the...
Byrne discusses where she sees similarities between performing comedy and horror. The post Interview: Rose Byrne on ‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You’ and Building Her Mother of All Roles appeared first on Slant Magazine.
A group of young soldiers, fresh out of boot camp, find themselves stranded on a raft in the middle of the ocean after their ship is sunk by the enemy, and must battle for their lives against a giant, hungry...
Many actors have added multi-hyphenates to their resumes, dipping into other facets of auteur filmmaking. But no one has done it quite like Crispin Hellion Glover. For that, and many other reasons, he remains one of the most unique artists...
As illiberalism, authoritarianism, and full-scale fascism take hold on both sides of the Atlantic, art becomes essential as a form of resistance, opposition, and defiance against the powers-that be. Art gains increasing importance and relevance as autocrats and their supporters...