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THE CURBSIDE CRITERION: BOUND
by admin|2 years ago|Hammer to Nail
(Here at Hammer to Nail, we are all about true independent cinema. But we also have to tip our hat to the great films that continue to inspire filmmakers and cinephiles alike. This week, Brad Cook gets tied up with...
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LAST SUMMER Review: What Lies in Our Dark Hearts
by admin|2 years ago|Screen Anarchy
Catherine Breillat's latest film stars Lea Drucker. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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A Realistic Coup of the U.S. Government is Attempted in First Trailer for War Game
by admin|2 years ago|The Film Stage
While thankfully the January 6 insurrection wasn’t successful in the intended coup of the United States government, the threats posed play out to another, far more disastrous conclusion with the new documentary War Game. Jesse Moss and Tony Gerber’s Sundance...
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Sundance x Chicago Brings Film’s Premier Festival to the Windy City
by admin|2 years ago|Roger Ebert
This weekend, The Sundance Institute, partnering with the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs (led by Jonah Ziegler), Choose Chicago and the Chicago Film Office, brings the nation's premier film festival to the Midwest.  From June 28th-30th, Sundance Institute x Chicago 2024 will...
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DADDIO Review: Dakota Johnson and Sean Penn, Sitting in a Cab, Talking
by admin|2 years ago|Screen Anarchy
Writer/director Christy Hall's film is a two-hander starring Dakota Johnson and Sean Penn. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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Interview: Léa Drucker on Collaborating with Catherine Breillat on ‘Last Summer’
by admin|2 years ago|Slant Magazine
Drucker discusses how she handled Breillat’s precise and often “tyrannical” directing style. The post Interview: Léa Drucker on Collaborating with Catherine Breillat on ‘Last Summer’ appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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Last Summer (L’Été dernier) | Review
by admin|2 years ago|Ioncinema
One Deadly Summer: Breillat Agitates Another Sexual Taboo Suddenly, last summer, a successful lawyer who has it all risks throwing her life away with an illicit sexual liaison in Last Summer, the return of eternal provocateur Catherine Breillat for her...
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FAMILY PORTRAIT Review: A Disconcerting Disappearence Makes a Haunted Gathering
by admin|2 years ago|Screen Anarchy
For many families, the yearly portrait is not just a ritual, but an custom inviolate. Maybe there's only one person in the family that actually wants the portrait and might even enjoy the process - but it gets done nonetheless....
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SKINCARE Official Trailer: Elizabeth Banks Feels Very Threatened in Upcoming Thriller
by admin|2 years ago|Screen Anarchy
Austin Peters' vanity crime thriller, Skincare, has just released its official trailer and first teaser poster. With the always awesome Elizabeth Banks in the lead this comes hot on the heels of news that IFC Films picked it up for...
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Chattanooga 2024 Review: SWEET RELIEF, Or, BLUE VELVET for the 21st Century
by admin|2 years ago|Screen Anarchy
While many films, including some of its festival mates at the Chattanooga Film Festival this year, regurgitate some of David Lynch's images and ideas, Sweet Relief offers something comparable to, rather than derivative of the master of modern dark surrealism....
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