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Berlinale Review: The Ice Tower is Lucile Hadžihalilović’s Most Bewitching Film Yet
by admin|1 year ago|The Film Stage
If there is a filmmaker whose work can be described as “elemental cinema,” that’s Lucile Hadžihalilović. It’s easy to chronicle her 2015 film Evolution as fluvial for its many water (and underwater) scenes, but also how its rhythmic flow steers...
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Berlinale Review: Sam Riley-Led Neo Noir Islands Plays It Too Safe
by admin|1 year ago|The Film Stage
Sam Riley stars as Tom, a washed-up tennis-pro-turned-coach at a luxury island hotel on the Canary Islands, in Islands, the English-language debut of A Coffee in Berlin director Jan-Ole Gerster. He is the protagonist, but we know little about a...
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Talkin’ About His Generation: New Book Chronicles the Making of Millennial Touchstone “Superbad”
by admin|1 year ago|Roger Ebert
An interview with the writer of a new book about "Superbad."
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NBC’s “Grosse Pointe Garden Society” Fails to Grow Much of Interest
by admin|1 year ago|Roger Ebert
It’s not a disaster, but it won’t stand out enough in the TV garden.
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Oscar 2025 Winner Predictions: Director
by admin|1 year ago|Slant Magazine
We now enter the part of our program called “How Many Oscars Will Sean Baker Win?” The post Oscar 2025 Winner Predictions: Director appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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THE ICE TOWER: Lucile Hadžihalilović’s Dark Fairy Tale, Starring Marion Cotillard, Acquired by Yellow Veil Pictures
by admin|1 year ago|Screen Anarchy
Deadline announced this morning that our friends at Yellow Veil Pictures have acquired all North American rights for Lucile Hadžihalilović’s dark fairy tale The Ice Tower.    Set in the 1970s, the picture follows runaway Jeanne) who falls under the...
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Berlinale 2025 Review: MICKEY 17, Bong Joon Ho Takes Us to the Stars in Angry and Amusing Sci-fi Comedy
by admin|1 year ago|Screen Anarchy
With his latest film, Bong Joon Ho reaches for the stars but what his characters discover in the far reaches of space is just another version of the messed-up world they left behind, a world Bong has laid bare for...
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Sundance 2025 Review: JIMPA, Generational Queer Drama Elevated By Authentic, Heartfelt Performances
by admin|1 year ago|Screen Anarchy
With a career spanning six decades, two centuries, and more accolades than could fit in a single review, John Lithgow could have retired long ago to bask in much deserved critical acclaim and popular consideration.   Even as he approaches...
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Berilnale Review: Girls on Wire is a Polished Yet Disappointing Return for Vivian Qu
by admin|1 year ago|The Film Stage
With just two films to her name (in addition to co-producing the Golden Bear-winning Black Coal, Thin Ice), Vivian Qu has become one of China’s most prominent female filmmakers. Her long-awaited follow-up to the excellent Angels Wear White (which premiered...
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Berlinale Review: Girls on Wire is a Polished Yet Disappointing Return for Vivian Qu
by admin|1 year ago|The Film Stage
With just two films to her name (in addition to co-producing the Golden Bear-winning Black Coal, Thin Ice), Vivian Qu has become one of China’s most prominent female filmmakers. Her long-awaited follow-up to the excellent Angels Wear White (which premiered...
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