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Bill Morrison on His Oscar-Nominated Short Incident and the Systemic Problems of Policing
by admin|1 year ago|The Film Stage
At the beginning of my review of The Village Detective: A Song Cycle, I wrote: “It is hard to overstate how important Bill Morrison’s work is to the language and history of cinema.” That was nearly four years ago, and...
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Posterized February 2025: Armand, Universal Language, The Monkey & More
by admin|1 year ago|The Film Stage
2025 is in full swing and a majority of America is probably looking for a means of escape from the literal and figurative flames engulfing their nation. A new entry in the “Zachary Levi only gets kids movies now” canon...
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New to Streaming: All We Imagine as Light, Matt and Mara, Suze, Jazzy & More
by admin|1 year ago|The Film Stage
Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here. All We Imagine as Light (Payal Kapadia) Following up her enigmatic, beautiful debut A...
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NYC Weekend Watch: Obayashi, Willem Dafoe, Jean Cocteau, The Magnificent Ambersons & More
by admin|1 year ago|The Film Stage
NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Japan SocietyA six-film Nobuhiko Obayashi retrospective, featuring imported 35mm and 16mm prints, begins (watch our exclusive trailer debut). Anthology Film ArchivesWillem Dafoe: Wild at Heart features films by Ferrara, Lynch,...
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Tsui Hark Returns In U.S. Trailer for Legends of the Condor Heroes: The Gallants
by admin|1 year ago|The Film Stage
Though once head-spinningly prolific, Tsui Hark hasn’t directed a solo feature since 2018’s Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings, the time between then and now seeing one short in the Septet omnibus and two co-helmed entries in China’s über-popular Battle...
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A Conversation with Tony Benna (ANDRÉ IS AN IDIOT)
by admin|1 year ago|Hammer to Nail
In André Is An Idiot, which premiered in the U.S. Documentary Competition at Sundance 2025 (where it won the Audience Award: U.S. Documentary), first-time feature director Tony Benna crafts an unexpectedly profound portrait of his friend André Ricciardi, a maverick advertising...
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Interview: Christopher Abbott on Finding Himself in the Irishness of ‘Bring Them Down’
by admin|1 year ago|Slant Magazine
Abbott discusses the merging of character and self and how the film fits into his career arc. The post Interview: Christopher Abbott on Finding Himself in the Irishness of ‘Bring Them Down’ appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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Parthenope | Review
by admin|1 year ago|Ioncinema
The Boring & Beautiful: Sorrentino’s Tone Deaf Portrait of a Lady It’s unfortunate no one’s as likely to be infatuated with the eponymous Parthenope (pronounced like ‘Penelope’) as Paolo Sorrentino, utilizing the myth of the failed siren as subtext for...
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LOVE HURTS Review: Great Action Can’t Save a Middling Story
by admin|1 year ago|Screen Anarchy
For those not aware of Ke Huy Quan's comeback story, here;'s a refresher: a child star of two of the biggest films of the 1980s (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and The Goonies), he found his career stalled...
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Bring Them Down | Review
by admin|1 year ago|Ioncinema
Everybody Hurts: All Pain and No Gain in Christopher Andrews’ Debut Bring Them Down If misery loves company, then Bring Them Down is a party. The feature debut by Christopher Andrews is set in a dour and desolate vision of...
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