In Ruizpalacios’s latest, a Times Square kitchen becomes a microcosm of American capitalism.
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As one can tell from our feature wrapping up the best premieres on the fall circuit, no film has earned more discussion these last few months than Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist. Led by Adrien Brody, Guy Pearce, Felicity Jones, Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy, Stacy Martin, Isaach De Bankolé, and Alessandro Nivola, the drama of epic […]
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The trio discuss how their Canadian identity informed their view of international relations.
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Each year the Busan International Film Festival screens movies at its outdoor stage. Among the titles this year was Kalki 2898 AD, a sci-fi box-office sensation from India. The story pits superhero gods against each other in a dystopian future of deserts and decaying cities. A passion project for writer-director Nag Ashwin, the film was […]
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Late last week the Music Box Films people made a pick-up for a remarkable debut feature that kicked off last May’s Critics’ Week section in Cannes – a gem that I called “unhurried and in protracted process bliss, tonally enthralling and buoyantly evasive, revenge here is served … slow.” Jonathan Millet’s revenge thriller Ghost Trail (aka Les Fantômes) will receive a theatrical release next Spring. This is easily Adam Bessa’s career best work to date as an actor. Millet comes from a docu background – and his research is well served here. Films Grand Huit’s Pauline Seigland (Giacomo Abbruzzese’s Disco Boy) produced the film.… Read the rest
Before breaking the mold of cinema with his sensations L’avventura and Blow-Out, Michelangelo Antonioni examined a rootless life in his 1957 neorealist drama, Il Grido. Restored by The Film Foundation, Cineteca di Bologna, and Compass Film, it follows mechanic Aldo […]
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We have an exclusive trailer launch from our friends at Entertainment Squad to share with you this afternoon. S.J. Creazzo’s thriller Dark Night of the Soul is coming to VOD and Cable platforms on November 12th. The thriller stars Kristanna Loken (Terminator 3) and 80s cult figure Martin Kove (Karate Kid / Cobra Kai). Loken plays a scientist who is transporting the cure of a prehistoric bacteria when they get into an accident and are trapped under their car. It is a race against time as she tries to save her life and the lives of everyone else left alive in the world. Check out the trailer below. DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL Trailer Promises Gripping Tension Entertainment Squad to release…
As we get closer to the end of 2024 and various critics and voting bodies collate their year-end lists and ballots, the question of what is eligible for such selection often crops up. It’s become common practice for distributors to give a quiet, one-week awards-qualifying run divorced from the standard promotion a theatrical rollout will […]
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Whatever acclaim––nay, outright-legendary status––is foisted upon Michelangelo Antonioni typically comes from a small selection of films produced in the 1960s. While I continue awaiting just desserts for Mystery of Oberwald and Beyond the Clouds, we can now cross off Il Grido, his 1957 feature that’s been restored by The Film Foundation, Cineteca di Bologna, and […]
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Canadian director Guy Maddin embraces absurdity. Along with his co-writers and directors Evan and Galen Johnson, Maddin has added to his surrealist oeuvre with Rumours, a comedy satirizing the G7 Summit. Bringing together a lauded cast led by Cate Blanchett playing the Chancellor of Germany, the film follows the seven world leaders as they get […]
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