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Merchant Ivory Trailer Explores One of the Great Filmmaking Partnerships
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One of the greatest filmmaking partnerships to grace the industry is getting its deserved due in a new documentary. Directed by Stephen Soucy and featuring Dame Emma Thompson, Helena Bonham Carter, Hugh Grant, Vanessa Redgrave, Rupert Graves, and James Wilby,...
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NYAFF Review: Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In Offers Phenomenal Sets and Creative Stunts
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The apartment complexes making up what used to be Kowloon Walled City effectively sealed it off from the rest of Hong Kong. Soi Cheang’s Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In imagines Kowloon as a kind of steampunk ghetto controlled by...
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Slingshot Trailer: Casey Affleck and Laurence Fishburne Venture to the Far Reaches of the Galaxy
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The return of the Alien franchise isn’t the only space adventure of August. Mikael Håfström, director of the Oscar-nominated Evil and 1408, is headed deep in our galaxy with Slingshot. Led by Casey Affleck, Laurence Fishburne, Emily Beecham, Tomer Kapon,...
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Claire Denis Says She Would Direct a Batman Movie Under One Condition
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It’s a great time to be a Claire Denis fan. After delivering two (severely underrated) movies in one year with Both Sides of the Blade and Stars at Noon, she’s prepping a pair of new projects. In between, the stunning...
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Exclusive: New Restoration of Robert Frank and Rudy Wurlitzer’s Cult Classic Candy Mountain Coming to Theaters This Fall
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100 years ago this fall, Robert Frank was born. The legendary Swiss-born photographer and filmmaker has a number of centenary celebrations, including the first-ever solo exhibition of his work to be presented at the Museum of Modern Art starting in...
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Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Serpent’s Path and More Set for San Sebastián Film Festival
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At long last, we now have at least one festival premiere set for one of our most-anticipated films of the year. Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Serpent’s Path, a remake of his superb, bad-vibes 1998 thriller that stars Damien Bonnard, Mathieu Amalric, Ko Shibasaki, and Drive My...
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The Film Stage Show Ep. 544 – Twisters (with Conor Clancy)
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Welcome to a new episode of The Film Stage Show! Brian Roan and Robyn Bahr are joined by Conor Clancy to discuss Twisters. Enter our giveaways, get access to our private Slack channel, and support new episodes by becoming a Patreon contributor....
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Fantasia Review: Hell Hole Finds the Adams Family Serving Up a Parasitic Creature Feature
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The parasitic creature at the center of The Adams Family’s Hell Hole (comprising John Adams and Toby Poser as directors/co-writers/stars, with daughter Lulu joining them on screenwriting duos while Zelda sits this one out) isn’t messing around. The second it...
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Dìdi (弟弟) Review: Snapshots of Growing Up in an Early Social Media Age
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While trying to chat up classmate Madi (Mahaela Park) on AIM, Chris (Izaac Wang) skims her MySpace for an “in”. Then, beneath all the Paramore pictures and low-res GIFs is a list of her favorite movies. Oh, A Walk to...
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Exclusive Trailer for Shelly Yo’s Award-Winning Directorial Debut Smoking Tigers
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Premiering at last year’s Tribeca Festival where it picked up Best Screenplay and Best Performance, Shelly Yo’s directorial debut Smoking Tigers is a nuanced coming-of-age tale starring Ji-young Yoo (Expats, Freaky Tales). Now set for a theatrical release beginning in...
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