Adam Elliot’s latest feature is an evocative feat of visual storytelling.
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On three unique films from the New York Film Festival.
An interview with the producer of Hulu’s latest documentary and the E Street guitarist.
In Charlie McDowell’s last feature, Windfall, the ambitious (though largely unsuccessful) idea was to put the audience in a stressful situation (à la Hitchcock) and then quickly vent the pressure with a few violent set pieces (à la Tarantino). By contrast, his latest feature, The Summer Book, is based entirely on what we might call […]
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Happy Halloween from The B-Side! Here we talk about movie directors! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they made in between. Today we talk about Tim Burton! The man! The brand! The artist! The director! The lothario (complimentary)! The B-Sides today include Mars Attacks!, Sleepy Hollow, […]
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Mia’s under house arrest for the crime of miscarriage, but must also contend with the lingering, suspicious death of her husband Adam. He was found dead in the vet clinic they once ran together. Mia was exhonerated from any murder charges but there are still suspicious locals and shock radio podcasters looking for delicious sound bytes lurking outside her door. Mia has reconnected with Marc, an old friend who has popped back into her life. Marc loves Mia and wants to protect her. But then suspicious things begin to happen inside her house. Marc’s things go missing and Mia’s feels like she is being attacked by an unseen force. Mia is confident that the culprit is supernatural, but Marc’s convinced that humans are the…
Edward Berger’s Oscar-bound follow-up to ‘All Quiet On The Western Front’ stars Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow and Isabella Rosellini.
On three films from CIFF from the New Directors competition.
Authoritarian dystopian futures, as imagined by writers, artists, and filmmakers, often have familiar tropes, usually about the neutralization of individuality, the importance of conformity, and how it eventually becomes impossible to keep the brightness and individuality of the human spirit contained. Something of the hero’s journey is often followed by a protagonist (or two), though it’s how these stories find their own unique perseptive and cultural specificity that makes them stand out. First a graphic novel, then a short film, now a feature length story, Ishan Shukla’s Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust tells such a story, but with that different perspective that is often lost in more western dystopian tales. Focusing more on how elements of community, queerness, and embracing the strange and wild, and…
GAUCH GAUCHO Trailer: Michael Dweck & Gregory Kershaw Capture Argentinian Cowboys in New Documentary
With their keen attention to detail and cinematic vision, filmmaking duo Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw (The Truffle Hunters) capture the culture of the Argentinian cowboys for their newest undertaking. Gaucho Gaucho, shot in crisp black and white, follows the […]
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