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‘Daddio’ Review: Sean Penn’s Taxi Driver Plays Armchair Therapist in Stilted Two-Hander
by admin|2 years ago|Slant Magazine
The characters may surprise each other, but they rarely surprise us. The post ‘Daddio’ Review: Sean Penn’s Taxi Driver Plays Armchair Therapist in Stilted Two-Hander appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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U.S. Trailer for Close Your Eyes Brings Víctor Erice’s Triumphant Return Stateside
by admin|2 years ago|The Film Stage
Despite being seen exclusively on the festival circuit, Víctor Erice’s first feature in 30 years, Close Your Eyes, ended up at #20 on our best-of-2023 list. One imagines it’ll land higher when we take stock of 2024: it’s finally getting...
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My Old Ass Trailer: Aubrey Plaza Gives Advice to a Younger Version of Herself in Sundance Comedy
by admin|2 years ago|The Film Stage
Premiering at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, Megan Park’s coming-of-age comedy My Old Ass has a bit of a light sci-fi twist. On her 18th birthday, Elliott (Maisy Stella) is visited by an older, 39-year-old version of herself...
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Sebastian Trailer: A Journalist Explores Sex Work for Research in Sundance Drama
by admin|2 years ago|The Film Stage
Premiering earlier this year at Sundance Film Festival, Sebastian marks the sophomore feature from writer/director Mikko Mäkelä (whose debut was the 2017 gay romance A Moment in the Reeds). Following a burgeoning young journalist who turns to sex work to...
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Chattanooga 2024 Review: NOCLIP Goes Nowhere On Purpose
by admin|2 years ago|Screen Anarchy
NOCLIP opens with a silly animated commercial for the Kansas City Missouri mall Crown Center. It's a real mall that's existed for more than half a century now, though I haven't been able to determine whether or not the commercial...
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A Quiet Place: Day One
by admin|2 years ago|Roger Ebert
There are enough interesting ideas and at least two confident performances holding “A Quiet Place: Day One” together, even if it sometimes feels like a first draft of a richer, more complex final film. “Pig” director Michael Sarnoski proves deft...
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A Quiet Place: Day One Review: A Tender, Uneven Franchise Origin Story of Existential Despair
by admin|2 years ago|The Film Stage
For a movie so deeply focused on sound, there’s a bit of an arrhythmia to A Quiet Place: Day One. Michael Sarnoski directs his own screenplay, dabbling within this improbable sci-fi franchise to suit his interests. Despite the Pig director’s...
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Catherine Breillat Wants You to Think About (Movie) Sex Differently
by admin|2 years ago|Roger Ebert
As soon as Théo comes into Anne’s life, nothing will ever be the same for her. A successful, savvy middle-aged lawyer, Anne (Léa Drucker) is married to wealthy businessman Pierre (Olivier Rabourdin), the couple raising two young children they adopted....
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The Best Show on TV is Back in the Third Season of FX’s The Bear
by admin|2 years ago|Roger Ebert
“The Bear,” created by Christopher Storer and now entering its third season, has a simple premise: the lives, efforts, errors of a kitchen staff. It's a workplace show, not an uncommon thing in the history of American television. Where it...
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2024 Venice Gap-Financing Market: Ulrike Ottinger, Aga Woszczyńska, Shahrbanoo Sadat, Erige Sehiri & Theo Court Among Selected Projects
by admin|2 years ago|Ioncinema
The projects for the upcoming Venice Gap-Financing Market have been unveiled (27 feature-length fiction) and there’ll be several listed here projects that we’ll discuss at length next year when they start hitting the festival circuit of 2025 and especially, 2026....
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