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Karlovy Vary 2024 Review: PARTHENOPE is a Fantasy of Womanhood Through Male Gaze
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Paolo Sorrentino, the Oscar-winning Italian director, returns with Parthenope, a visually opulent that serves as both a love letter to Naples and a very male exploration of womanhood through the intertwining lenses of myth and modernity. [Read the whole post...
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Fantasia 2024 Review: BOOKWORM, A Parenting Adventure In The Wilderness
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Early on in Bookworm, a doctor struggles to have a conversation with a child about her injured mother. The medical professional tries to ease the child’s anxiety and kind of makes a fool of himself, because the young girl just...
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WOLVES AGAINST THE WORLD Red Band Trailer: Heavy Metal And Werewolves Together,
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Two members of a defunct neo-Nazi metal band reunite at the site of their bandmate’s suicide. One sinks into depravity and grievance and one tries to atone for what he has done. What ensues is an occult battle of wills...
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Friday One Sheet: TATSUMI
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I remain ever a fan of taking a compelling still frame form the film itself, and composing it into key art. Below is the poster for Yakuza drama, Tatsumi, in which leads Yûya Endô and Kokoro Morita offer each other...
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Karlovy Vary 2024 Interview: FINGERNAILS, Christos Nikou Talks Yorgos Lanthimos and Greek Weirdness
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Nikou opened up about the process how his film got made with help from Cate Blanchett, the influence of Charlie Kaufman, rom-com and the inevitable topic, Yorgos Lanthimos. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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CRUMB CATCHER Review: A Pitch To Die For
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Ella Rae Peck, Rigo Garay, John Speredakos and Lorraine Farris star in the home invasion thriller, directed by Chris Skotchdopole, from Larry Fessenden's Glass Eye Pix. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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PURGATORY JACK: For Sale, One Canadian Neo-Noir Mystery Thriller Set in The Afterlife
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Here is something to keep an eye out for, Purgatory Jack, a Canadian 'neo-noir mystery thriller set in the afterlife' from The Butler Brothers, Brett and Jason.    Private detective Jack Marlin is working on a new case. He has...
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Shudder in August: HELL HOLE, DANCING VILLAGE: THE CURSE BEGINS And DIVINITY
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Unfortunately for all of us in the Northern hemisphere Summer is still heating up but cooler months are on the horizon. Shudder is also bringing some heat to small screens with three noteworthy feature films, televison and repertory programming.  ...
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LADY IN THE LAKE Review: Out of the Water, Into Your Nightmares
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Natalie Portman and Moses Ingram star in Alma Har'el's enthralling adaptation of Laura Lippman's mystery novel, debuting on Apple TV+. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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BiFan 2024 Review: DEATH SONG, Colonial-Era Romance Sings a Lush, Eye-Poppingly Melodramatic Tune
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Kim Ho-sun, one of the key directors of 1970s cinema, returned to the spotlight in the early 1990s with the sprawling period romantic epic Death Song, about the torrid affair between Korea's first professional soprano and a playwright during Korea's...
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