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Interview: Bernardo Britto – Omni Loop

Interview: Bernardo Britto – Omni Loop

One of the projects at the Sundance Institute’s 2017 Screenwriters Lab was a film called ‘Omni Loop Blues.’ Flash forward into 2024 and Bernardo Britto‘s Omni Loop premiered at the 2024 SXSW Film Festival and is about to launch theatrically via the Magnolia Pictures folks. Britto was born in Rio de Janeiro, grew up in the U.S. and gave us some award-winning shorts prior to his 2016 directorial debut Jacqueline (Argentine) (a Sundance NEXT Section selection – see our trading card for him). Here is our interview with the filmmaker at the Sundance directly after the labs:

A quantum physicist (Mary-Louise Parker) finds herself stuck in a time loop, with a black hole growing in her chest and only a week to live.… Read the rest

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Day Moves: Josh O’Connor Toplines Kelly Reichardt’s ‘The Mastermind’

Day Moves: Josh O’Connor Toplines Kelly Reichardt’s ‘The Mastermind’

Keeping up with her pattern of releasing a film roughly every three years, Kelly Reichardt’s next project, The Mastermind, is one extra America indie auteur item to watch out for and if I were Venice Film Festival’s Alberto Barbera, I’d be keeping a close eye on its development. According to The World of Reel, Josh O’Connor is set to star in the film, which would be set somewhere between the mid to late 1960s until the mid-1970s. Filming is scheduled to take place from October to November in Cincinnati, Ohio. While there’s no word yet on the production company behind it, more casting details are expected in the coming weeks.… Read the rest

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Interview: Damien Chazelle – Whiplash

Interview: Damien Chazelle – Whiplash

Whiplash receives a 10th Anniversary re-release – reissued with a new 4K DCP via Sony Pictures Classics and coming directly from a showcase at the 2024 Toronto Intl. Film Festival. We interviewed Damien Chazelle at Sundance back in 2014. Here is that encounter:

What Chazelle’s sophomore film has managed to do is no small feat. Won big at Sundance with the Jury and Audience awards. Crossed over into Cannes. Premiered at Telluride, TIFF and NYFF. Since opening last October 10th via the Sony Pictures Classics folks, Whiplash has steadily found its audience and is awkwardly landing noms for during awards season with Gotham and the Indie Spirits showing some love to Chazelle and the folk in the tech categories, but also the film’s star pairing of Miles Teller and J.K… Read the rest

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Exclusive Clip: Painted Birds in Elfar Adalsteins’ ‘Summerlight… and Then Comes the Night’

Exclusive Clip: Painted Birds in Elfar Adalsteins’ ‘Summerlight… and Then Comes the Night’

For his sophomore feature film, Icelandic filmmaker Elfar Adalsteins adapts from Icelandic author Jon Kalman Stefansson’s novel. This comes after 2019’s End of Sentence – the shot in Ireland drama starring John Hawkes, Logan Lerman and Sarah Bolger, Summerlight… and Then Comes the Night had stops at Reykjavik International Film Festival, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival and the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, Juno Films are releasing the film in New York September 20th at IFC Center and in Los Angeles September 27th at Laemmle Monica followed by a nationwide release. Here is a clip:

After dreaming in Latin, a successful manager decides to ditch his career and glamorous wife, in exchange for books and stargazing, while the beautiful seamstress Elisabet cuts a surprisingly svelte path.… Read the rest

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The Babadook | Review

The Babadook | Review

Consequences of Grief: Kent’s Stunning Debut Wades Through Primordial Fears

Jennifer Kent The BabadookSatisfying genre films are generally few and far between these days, so it’s with absolute delight to discover something as genuinely impressive as Jennifer Kent’s directorial debut, The Babadook. Expanded from her 2005 short film, “Monster,” it’s not so much that Kent’s premise is anything revolutionary, but her ability to tap into base human fears and without the aid of cheap or excessive frills only makes this simplistic narrative all the more potent. Additionally, Kent’s built her scares around a strong, emotional core, examining the frazzled relationship between a single mother and her son as they struggle to come together after a terrible tragedy.… Read the rest

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Time for Change: Anna Cazenave Cambet Begins Production on ‘Love Me Tender’ with Vicky Krieps, Reinartz, Chokri & Ji-Min Park

Time for Change: Anna Cazenave Cambet Begins Production on ‘Love Me Tender’ with Vicky Krieps, Reinartz, Chokri & Ji-Min Park

French filmmaker Anna Cazenave Cambet was setting up shop for her sophomore feature with Vicky Krieps and Antoine Reinartz (Anatomy of a Fall fame) in the early mix. Now we learned that production has began with filmmaker-actress Monia Chokri and Ji-Min Park (lead in Return to Seoul) joining the top billing. Cambet’s Love Me Tender is an adaptation of the 2020 novel by Constance Debré — essentially this is the story of the writer as she loses custody of her son and her concept of love is shaken. the catch here is that the mother who leaves her past behind discovers her homosexuality at the age of 40.… Read the rest

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A Different Man | Review

A Different Man | Review

The Face of Another: Schimberg Scrutinizes the Pratfalls of Face Value

Aaron Schimberg A Different Man ReviewThose familiar with his 2018 sophomore film Chained for Life will likely notate director Aaron Schimberg’s fascination with circuitous identity crises in A Different Man. The title is but one of many ironic instances in this lightly sardonic tale about a fantastical transformation, which ultimately reveals the meaninglessness of perceived beauty—at least, only when it’s skin deep. Reuniting with his muse Adam Pearson, whose neurofibromatosis is a condition the aspect of which again informs this highly specified and nightmarishly layered plot about an actor who transforms from an ugly duckling into a swan.… Read the rest

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Interview: Lisandro Alonso – Eureka

Interview: Lisandro Alonso – Eureka

It would be the longest hap between films and certainly his most ambitious project to date (it was rumored to span all the continents but the pandemic would have changed plans), Argentinean filmmaker Lisandro Alonso‘s Eureka (which premiered in the Cannes Premiere section) does indeed have connective tissues to his last feature (Un Certain Regard selected Jauja). In his sixth feature film, Alonso delves into the lives of indigenous peoples and communities, emphasizing the importance of pausing, reflecting, and reconsidering our perceptions of these individuals, particularly in the context of time and the screen. At the 2023 Marrakech International Film Festival I got to ask him about the thought process behind some of the metaphysical elements, the myth of the American West, representation, and if there are any updates on The God Beside My Bed – a project that would team him with Rick Alverson.… Read the rest

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Number Five: Alice Winocour is in Pre-Production on Paris-Based Young Adult Portrait

Number Five: Alice Winocour is in Pre-Production on Paris-Based Young Adult Portrait

A recent casting notice reveals that French filmmaker Alice Winocour, whose last film Revoir Paris was selected for Directors’ Fortnight in 2022, is in pre-production for her fifth feature film. The project is being developed under Charles Gillibert‘s CG Cinema, and we would not be surprised if this is presented later in 2025. With Jarmusch’s Father, Mother, Sister, Brother gunning for a a Cannes competition showcase, Gillibert’s company is also likely going to release Kristen Stewart’s feature debut The Chronology of Water and Bi Gan’s Resurrection next year. Winocour’s upcoming film will be shot in Paris, with production scheduled from November through January.… Read the rest

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Matt and Mara | Review

Matt and Mara | Review

Friends Forever: Radwanski Reteams With Deragh Campbell For Another Captivating Character Study In Close-Up

Kazik Radwanski Matt and Mara ReviewThe tension between a friendship that’s too close for comfort and a marriage in stasis lies at the heart of Kazik Radwanski’s beautifully messy Matt and Mara. Reteaming with his Anne At 13,000 Ft. star Deragh Campbell, the pair have once again crafted a compelling and knotty character, this time studying a woman willingly running headlong into an unresolved past. Beneath its loose, breezy surface, the film explores what it means to be truly emotionally fulfilled and the compromises we make for a more settled life.… Read the rest

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