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Léa Seydoux and Bill Murray to Lead Ursula Meier’s The Quiet Land
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Co-productions are a nice way of uniting actors I wouldn’t expect were ever in the same room. The two starts in question did both appear in Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch, albeit separate segments by a director with bad habits...
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The Next Best Picture Podcast – “By Any Means”
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For this week’s main podcast review, Giovanni Lago joined me before I left for Telluride/TIFF to review and discuss the latest film from Elegance Bratton, “By Any Means,” starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Mark Wahlberg, Nicole Beharie, Josh Lucas, David Strathairn, and Giancarlo...
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“HOMBRE AL AGUA”
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THE STORY – Camilo, a Cuban lifeguard, saves a Mexican businessman named Abel from drowning in the Caribbean Sea. Grateful, Abel “rescues” Camilo, by offering to take him to Mexico and become his right-hand man. Abel introduces Camilo to his...
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The Next Best Picture Podcast – Interview With “By Any Means” Director Elegance Bratton
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“By Any Means” is an American historical crime thriller film directed by Elegance Bratton and written by Sascha Penn. The film stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as a young Black FBI agent who teams up with notorious New York City mafia...
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“THE ECHO CHAMBER”
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THE STORY – A love story where the boundaries between presence and absence, care and dependence, desire and control blur until dissolving. Leo and Anne circle each other in an endless cycle of longing and separation, intimacy and distance. They...
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Venice Film Festival 2026: Ink, Moragheb, Too Much Sugar
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On three Venice premieres, including the latest from Danny Boyle and Robert Greene.
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Venice Review: Possible Love Marks a Triumphant Return for Lee Chang-dong
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In a year of unknown quantities at the Venice Film Festival, Lee Chang-dong’s Possible Love has delivered the triumph for which fans of the elusive director had been hoping. Lee’s first feature since Burning, a modern masterpiece that blew away...
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Interview: Na Hong-jin on ‘Hope,’ Toying with Genre, and His Plans for the Future
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Na discusses experimenting with genre and the elements of religion in his new film. The post Interview: Na Hong-jin on ‘Hope,’ Toying with Genre, and His Plans for the Future appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘Hope’ Review: Na Hong-jin’s Exhaustingly Frenzied, Wonky-Looking Alien-Invasion Thriller
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It’s all mightily accomplished and fun...until the antagonists reveal themselves. The post ‘Hope’ Review: Na Hong-jin’s Exhaustingly Frenzied, Wonky-Looking Alien-Invasion Thriller appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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The Places Underneath Words: Cassandra Wilson (1955-2026)
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A tribute to the legendary jazz singer.
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