As studios, production houses, and agents return from the holidays and burn off the last energy of this ceaseless, shameless awards season, numerous projects are finding lifeblood. Case in point: at Wednesday’s New York Film Critics Circle dinner I had a brief exchange with Annie Baker, who was present to accept their Best First Film […]
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NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Museum of Modern ArtA major highlight of any filmgoing year, To Save and Project returns. IFC CenterA Donald Sutherland retrospective includes Klute, Fellini’s Casanova, Don’t Look Now, and Mash; Crash, Battle Royale, and The Lost Boys show late. Anthology Film ArchivesBlackout 1973 features films by Sembène, Bill Gunn, […]
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Sometimes, you must admit you’re a bit of a softie. I came to this realization while tearing up at the end of the new documentary Every Little Thing. In form, it’s largely unremarkable. Yet something connected with me about this work––that something being a sensitivity to animals (after all both of my cats joined me […]
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Fraternal twins Devin and Cece have joined their single dad for the Summer. Cece is going to attend a Debate summer camp while Devin plans to pine after his longtime crush Frankie whilst avoiding the glares and threats of her jealous boyfriend. Their father, Anthony, will continue his own research in botanicals (legitimate research, you guys – yeesh) in his basement lab, where they are forbidden to go. No sooner have the twins settled in do they find themselves caught up in a story of four teenagers who mysteriously vanished in 1994 and how their family is connected to the incident that fateful night. Thirty years later the events threaten to repeat themselves. Goosebumps: The Vanishing is the latest season of the new anthology…
Levon Cade left behind a decorated military career in the black ops to live a simple life working construction. But when his boss’s daughter, who is like family to him, is taken by human traffickers, his search to bring her home uncovers a world of corruption far greater than he ever could have imagined. Action star Jason Statham reunites with The Beekeeper director David Ayer for another round of action justice in A Working Man. The trailer was released yesterday. If you haven’t had a chance to check it out, take a look below. Ayer, together with action icon Sylvester Stallone, has based their screenplay off of the book Levon’s Trade by Chuck Dixon. Statham, Ayer and Stallone also produce along with a…
The sequel is mostly uninspired, but Butler’s heavy remains a compelling bozo force.
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We got a quick blurb update from the folks at Variety: After campaigning since Cannes, Payal Kapadia has offered a glimpse into the near future and it seems she’s planning to continue exploring Mumbai as the setting for a cityscape trilogy. The Cannes Grand Prix-winning filmmaker is currently in the writing phase of her third feature, so it’s likely we won’t see the film until 2026 at the earliest. It’s way too early to tell what thematic or story or backdrop elements will carry over from one film to the next but she’ll likely find a lot of financing partners seeing that this lit up the film festival and year-end awards circuits.… Read the rest
Renate Reinsve (The Worst Person in the World) is a force to be reckoned with in Armand. The psychological thriller marks the directorial debut of Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel, the grandson of Liv Ullmann and Ingmar Bergman. It had its world […]
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