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Friendship Review: Tim Robinson Masters Cringe in Hysterically Funny Comedy
by admin|1 year ago|The Film Stage
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2024 TIFF coverage. Friendship opens in theaters on May 9. The level of enjoyment audience members will have with Andrew DeYoung’s Friendship is tied directly to their tolerance for the...
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Exclusive Teaser for Cannes-Bound Militantropos Explores the Human Side of the War on Ukraine
by admin|1 year ago|The Film Stage
One of the documentaries we’re most intrigued by at the Cannes Film Festival is Alina Gorlova, Simon Mozgovyi, and Yelizaveta Smit’s Militantropos, which debuts in the Directors’ Fortnight sidebar. Exploring the human condition amidst Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, we’re pleased...
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2025 Cannes Exclusive: Poster One-Sheet for Zuzana Kirchnerová’s ‘Caravan’ (Un Certain Regard)
by admin|1 year ago|Ioncinema
Among the selections found in this year’s Cannes Film Festival Un Certain Regard line-up we find “Caravan,” Czech filmmaker Zuzana Kirchnerová‘s feature debut. The road trip movie about a mother (actress Aňa Geislerová) and her disabled is said to explore...
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2025 Cannes Classics Lineup Features David Lynch, Edward Yang, John Woo, Stanley Kubrick & More
by admin|1 year ago|The Film Stage
With Cannes Film Festival just around the corner, the festival has now unveiled its Classics lineup, featuring new restorations, films about filmmaking, and much more. Highlights include Stéphane Ghez’s David Lynch, une énigme à Hollywood (Welcome to Lynchland), a new documentary about...
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‘Clown in a Cornfield’ Review: An Old-Fashioned Slasher That Doesn’t Take Itself Seriously
by admin|1 year ago|Slant Magazine
Eli Craig’s film works precisely because it plays things straight. The post ‘Clown in a Cornfield’ Review: An Old-Fashioned Slasher That Doesn’t Take Itself Seriously appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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Ryusuke Hamaguchi Will Direct Paris-Set Drama All of a Sudden Starring Virginie Efira and Tao Okamoto
by admin|1 year ago|The Film Stage
While he’d long been rumored to be working in France on a film titled Our Apprenticeship, Ryusuke Hamaguchi told us that project was hardly more than a rumor. He’s now nevertheless set to direct his first feature in the country,...
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‘Henry Johnson’ Review: David Mamet’s Drama Bloviates on the Power Games of Aggrieved Men
by admin|1 year ago|Slant Magazine
The film’s only resonance lies in the cynical assertions about society and human nature. The post ‘Henry Johnson’ Review: David Mamet’s Drama Bloviates on the Power Games of Aggrieved Men appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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DARK MY LIGHT Review: Handsome Florida Neo-Noir with a Twist
by admin|1 year ago|Screen Anarchy
A body, and a severed foot, which does not belong to said body, wash up on the beach of a small town outside of Jacksonville, Florida. The local police, who have only one detective on staff, suspect it might be...
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Interview: Jia Zhang-ke on Reinventing His Cinematic Language in ‘Caught by the Tides’
by admin|1 year ago|Slant Magazine
Jia discusses why he thinks the shifting nature of society has also shifted our conception of time. The post Interview: Jia Zhang-ke on Reinventing His Cinematic Language in ‘Caught by the Tides’ appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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Philosopher’s Zone: Ryusuke Hamaguchi Has Virginie Efira & Tao Okamoto Exchange in ‘All of the Sudden’
by admin|1 year ago|Ioncinema
Finally one Paris-based project might have leap-frogged another (Our Apprenticeship) as Variety reports that Ryusuke Hamaguchi will direct All of the Sudden – and has Virginie Efira and Tao Okamoto toplining. Hamaguchi is in prep mode, Cinefrance International is in...
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