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THE UPRISING Review: Brooding Andrew Garfield Leads a Semi-Enthralling Medieval Epic
by admin|1 month ago|Screen Anarchy
For a brief, not-quite-shining moment, Paul Greengrass’ (Captain Phillips, United 93, the Jason Bourne series) latest film, The Uprising, bore a subtitle added by studio marketers, “The Rise of Robin Hood,” only to remove it after howls of outrage from...
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“IN THE HEART OF THE SOUTH”
by admin|1 month ago|Next Best Picture
THE STORY – Takes a look at Yura Ivalu, living far from the isolated community in Nunavut where she was born. She has often felt stuck in-between two worlds, but she decides to draw inspiration from her Inuk identity while creating...
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“RAPINOE”
by admin|1 month ago|Next Best Picture
THE STORY – Megan Rapinoe prepares for her last major tournament at the 2023 World Cup while engaging with her political stances. THE CAST – Megan Rapinoe, Sue Bird, Jess Fishlock, Colin Kaepernick, Alex Morgan & Briana Scurry THE TEAM –...
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“CHILDREN UNTOLD”
by admin|1 month ago|Next Best Picture
THE STORY – Follows a 12-year-old orphaned girl in post-WWII Tokyo who disguises herself as a boy to survive the underworld, while her former teacher retraces her path. THE CAST – Ami Koyae & Fumi Nikaido THE TEAM – Miwa Nishikawa...
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12 ANGRY MEN 4K Review: Crackling Legal Thriller, Trapped in a Single Room
by admin|1 month ago|Screen Anarchy
Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, and Martin Balsam star in Sidney Lumet's feature film debut, now in 4K from The Criterion Collection. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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‘Fjord’ Review: Cristian Mungiu’s Knotty Drama Pits the Progressive Against the Conservative
by admin|1 month ago|Slant Magazine
The trial in Fjord is far more interesting for what it reveals than how it resolves. The post ‘Fjord’ Review: Cristian Mungiu’s Knotty Drama Pits the Progressive Against the Conservative appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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MUSIC BY RYUICHI SAKAMOTO
by admin|1 month ago|Hammer to Nail
(MUSIC BY RYUICHI SAKAMOTO [series] September 11-12 at the Japan Society HQ [333 East 47th St., one block from the United Nations) Admittedly, New York has much to offer. The Dream House (of the MELA Foundation), a one-of-a-kind destination, for...
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‘Everything Else Is Noise’ Review: The Joke’s on the Men in Nicolás Pereda’s Shaggy-Dog Comedy
by admin|1 month ago|Slant Magazine
The line between comedy and drama, reality and fantasy, is often blurred in Pereda’s films. The post ‘Everything Else Is Noise’ Review: The Joke’s on the Men in Nicolás Pereda’s Shaggy-Dog Comedy appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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NYC Weekend Watch: Ryuichi Sakamoto, Felines, Kwaidan, Out of the Blue & More
by admin|1 month ago|The Film Stage
NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Japan SocietyA celebration of Ryuichi Sakamoto has begun, featuring Tokyo Decadence, a rare 35mm print of Wild Side, Royal Space Force, and more. Film ForumMasaki Kobayashi’s Kwaidan begins playing in...
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“TRICK”
by admin|1 month ago|Next Best Picture
THE STORY – A childhood home where you no longer live. A city you left behind. A balcony, an emptiness, the voices of the street rising up with their obscene vitality – and then the challenge between a grandfather and...
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