Screen Anarchy

ROOFMAN Review: Warm, Funny, and Affecting, But Not Quite an Awards Contender
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Derek Cianfrance's new film stars Channing Tatum and Kirsten Dunst. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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BEAST OF WAR Review: Kiah Roache-Turner’s Shark Horror Thriller is Full of Teeth — And Purpose
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A group of young soldiers, fresh out of boot camp, find themselves stranded on a raft in the middle of the ocean after their ship is sunk by the enemy, and must battle for their lives against a giant, hungry...
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KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN Review: Told With Far Greater Subtlety, Wit, and Empathy Than Ever Before
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As illiberalism, authoritarianism, and full-scale fascism take hold on both sides of the Atlantic, art becomes essential as a form of resistance, opposition, and defiance against the powers-that be. Art gains increasing importance and relevance as autocrats and their supporters...
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IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU Review: Rose Byrne Heads to a Point of No Return
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In writer-director Mary Bronstein’s (Yeast) first film in almost two decades, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, a panic attack-inducing, motherhood-centered comedy-drama, the partial collapse of a ceiling and the tidal floodwater it releases into the apartment below leaves Linda...
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ORWELL: 2+2=5 Review: The Prophecy of an Educated Imagination
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In our current world, too many countries are ruled by governments of various authoritarian types, not at least from a military and economic perspective, the most powerful country. Many have been calling writers such as Octavia Butler, Margaret Atwood, and...
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New York 2025 Review: Bi Gan’s RESURRECTION Rethinks Cinema History
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With just his first two features, Bi Gan won a place in world cinema. Kaili Blues and Long Day's Journey into Night grabbed attention more for Bi's visual style than for what the movies were saying. With Resurrection, the writer...
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SIX DAYS TO DIE Exclusive Clip: You’ll Need Wild West Skills for This Apocalypse
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A gambler wrongly accused of murder on the run from the law in in the the post apocalypse desert — not a combination of images that one commonly thinks of with Canadian cinema, but it is getting warmer, and we...
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TERROIR Trailer: Pinot Noir is People, Killer People
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We would not consider ourselves cultured people, but we have at least done one wine tour in our time here on Earth. We do relate more to the idea of a young critic coming face-to-face with the person or thing...
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Playback: Bill Condon, Spectacle and Secrets from GODS AND MONSTERS to KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN
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Bill Condon loves a spectacle, not just for the noise or the glamor, but for the ache that hides behind it. The lonely showman, the fading diva, and the monster who only wants to be seen; Condon tells stories where...
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New York 2025 Review: SOUND OF FALLING, Girls, Interrupted
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Mascha Schilinski’s second feature, Sound of Falling, which premiered at Cannes earlier this year, where it won the Jury Prize, is one of those films, the charm of which is very hard to articulate clearly to an unsuspecting potential viewer...
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