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Tuesday Review: Julia Louis-Dreyfus Bargains with Death in Moving Fantasy Drama
by admin|2 years ago|Slant Magazine
This is a film of tremendous emotion, spirit, and paradoxically restraint and ambition. The post <em>Tuesday</em> Review: Julia Louis-Dreyfus Bargains with Death in Moving Fantasy Drama appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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Friday One Sheet: MAXXXINE
by admin|2 years ago|Screen Anarchy
Three entries in, and Ti West's horror-porno hybrid franchise (X, Pearl, Maxxxine) knows that its secret weapon is Mia Goth's "uncanny-valley" smile. This poster leans into it fully, with the Hollywood stage lights, the glossy glamour of the design referencing...
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New to Streaming: The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed, Gasoline Rainbow, MoviePass, MovieCrash & More
by admin|2 years ago|The Film Stage
Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here. The Boys in the Boat (George Clooney) This is, from start to finish, an...
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LAST SUMMER Trailer: Catherine Breillat Returns With a Shocking New Erotic Drama
by admin|2 years ago|Hammer to Nail
After an in-competition premiere at Cannes last year, the latest film from daring auteur Catherine Breillat is finally making its way to U.S. theaters. Last Summer caused quite a stir on the Croisette last year, something the 75-year-old director’s films...
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NYC Weekend Watch: Repo Man, The Big Lebowski, György Pálfi, mk2 & More
by admin|2 years ago|The Film Stage
NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Film ForumFilms by Oshima, Tony Scott, Alex Cox, John Carpenter, Abel Ferrara, and Tobe Hooper play in “Out of the 80s“; Le Samouraï continues in a new 4K restoration; Back to the Future plays on Sunday. Museum of Modern ArtA massive...
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Cannes Review: Savages is a Beautiful Stop-Motion Animation Exploring the Complexities of Modernity
by admin|2 years ago|The Film Stage
Eight years after My Life as a Zucchini premiered in Directors’ Fortnight en route to winning two Césars (and nabbing one Oscar nomination), Swiss director Claude Barras returns to Cannes with Savages, an emotionally resonant stop-motion fable that looks at...
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YOUNG WOMAN AND THE SEA Review: Daisy Ridley Vs. the Patriarchy
by admin|2 years ago|Screen Anarchy
At every step in Joachim Rønning’s (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, Kon-Tiki) gripping old-school adaptation of Glenn Stout’s non-fiction book, Young Woman and the Sea, Daisy Ridley’s based-on-real-life Gertrude “Trudy” Ederle faces...
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Exclusive Restoration Trailer for Belarusian Folk-Horror for The Savage Hunt of King Stakh
by admin|2 years ago|The Film Stage
Summer time is approaching, which means it is, of course, Belarusian folk-horror season. As part of Deaf Crocodile Films’ new collaboration with DiabolikDVD, the largest independent online distributor of specialized home video releases, their first release will be Valeri Rubinchik’s ultra-rare...
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Far, Far Away: How to Get People Going to Movies Again
by admin|2 years ago|Roger Ebert
What's broken in moviegoing? And how can it be fixed? Why do I ask?  Surprise: It's not because of the box office performance of "Furiosa: A Mad Max Tale" and "The Garfield Movie" over the 2024 Memorial Day weekend.  Sure, it was the worst such...
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A Conversation with Chris Wilcha (FLIPSIDE)
by admin|2 years ago|Hammer to Nail
Filmmaker Chris Wilcha has long struggled with the feeling that his most creative days are behind him, stuck as he is in the world of commercial work-for-hire. But a funny thing happened along the way towards middle-aged professional dissatisfaction: the...
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