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Criterion in June 2024: BOUND, QUERELLE, VICTIMS OF SIN, THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
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Plus: 'Blue Velvet' and 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas' get 4K upgrades. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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SXSW 2024 Review: CIVIL WAR, Is Not What You Think It Is. It’s So Much More.
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It's not an uncommon trope in action movies. In the midst of a cacophony of gunfire and explosions, the soundtrack goes silent as a character experiences a traumatic experience and the world around them fades from view. However, it has...
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Now Streaming: APPLES NEVER FALL Tries to Teach, MANHUNT Simply Thrills
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Annette Bening, Sam Neill, Jake Lacy and Alison Brie star in a family melodrama, now streaming on Peacock TV. Or, you can watch the search for Abe Lincoln's killer on Apple TV+. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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The Criterion Collection’s June Lineup Includes Blue Velvet and the Wachowskis on 4K, The Underground Railroad & More
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And I still can see blue velvet through my tears… in 4K! Surely Criterion will add an audio track in their upgrade of David Lynch’s beyond-seminal film, arriving this June in an otherwise-identical edition to 2019’s release. At least two...
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Queen of Good Corporate Governance, Nell Minow Receives Lifetime Achievement Award for Work on Behalf of Shareholders
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The International Corporate Governance Network, with members who oversee more than $77 trillion in investment capital on behalf of working people, presented lifetime achievement awards to governance pioneers in Washington DC on March 7. One of the awardees was RogerEbert.com...
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NYC Weekend Watch: House of Tolerance on 35mm
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Roxy CinemaOur 35mm presentation of Bertrand Bonello’s House of Tolerance screens on Saturday and Sunday; Jessica Hausner’s Hotel plays on Friday, as does a Frank Tashlin / Jerry Lewis double-bill of Hollywood or Bust and The Geisha Boy; The Bridges...
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SXSW Review: The Fall Guy is a Charming Rom-Com Dragged Down by an Overstuffed Plot
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An action rom-com with all the elements for something iconic, David Leitch’s The Fall Guy features truly remarkable stunt work and charismatic performances by Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt, yet buckles under the weight of its plot. Adapted from a...
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Trigger Warning: Jessica Hausner Is Going to Keep Asking Uncomfortable Questions
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At the beginning of “Club Zero,” the disquieting new film from director and co-writer Jessica Hausner, a trigger warning appears on screen: “This film contains scenes of behaviour control and related eating disorders which may be distressing for some viewers.”...
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CASH OUT Trailer: John Travolta And Kristin Davis Star in Indie Crime Thriller
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Remember, back in the day, when one name directors was a thing? Like some kind of cool branding for the late 90s and early 00s? IVES does. Looking to make a statement not only with their debut crime thriller, Cash...
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The Animal Kingdom
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Another day, another traffic jam. A father, François (Romain Duris), chides his son Émile (Paul Kircher) for feeding the family dog potato chips. He tells his son to stay away from them as well since they’re probably not very good...
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