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PARADISE IS BURNING Review: Sisters Are Doin’ It For Themselves

Three young sisters — Laura (Bianca Delbravo), Mira (Dilvin Asaad) and Steffi (Safira Mossberg), aged sixteen, twelve and seven — are left to their own devices by the ever-absent mother in a small Swedish town. Their household is chaotic, mischievous and slightly unsanitary, but pretty happy. As the oldest, Laura assumes the role of a “matriarch” and takes care of her sisters; she is also the one most prone to melancholy and uncertainty about what’s to come. On the edge of childhood and adult life, towards which she was already pushed way too early, she feels a bit withdrawn among all the games and playful petty criminal activities, such as stealing food from stores and breaking into richer houses that have a pool. The reality…

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Locarno 2024 Interview: MEXICO 86 Director César Diáz on Blending Personal Trauma with Political Thrillers, Mother-Son Relationships, Guatemala’s Dark History

Belgian-Guatemalan filmmaker César Díaz delves deeper into his personal past with his latest film, which intertwines the intimate struggles of family with the broader socio-political turmoil of the Guatemalan Civil War.

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FRANKIE FREAKO Trailer: Steven Kostanski’s 80s Small Creature Feature in Theaters This October

Steven Kostanski’s deep dive into the films that influenced their own filmography continued with their ode to 80s small creature features, Frankie Freako. The film had its world premiere at Fantasia last month, well received by that uproarious crowd, no doubt.    Shout! Studios is putting it in Select Theaters on October 4th and today the first trailer this afternoon. Check it out down below.    A new monster-driven horror comedy by cult-favorite director Steven Kostanski (PG: Psycho Goreman, The Void) and starring Conor Sweeney, Adam Brooks, Kristy Woodsworth. FRANKIE FREAKO is loaded with ‘80s nostalgia and follows uptight yuppie Conor Sweeney, who, after calling a late-night party hotline that promises out-of-this-world fun, must battle the pint-sized forces of evil unleashed through his phone line,…

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CORALINE Review: Eternally Yours, Dreamy and Sometimes Surreal

Some 15 years ago, Coraline graced our movie screens. Last weekend, it returned in a new, remastered 3D edition, via LAIKA and Fathom Events, and surprise! The animated film made $9.6 million at the box office in the U.S., good enough to place #5 in the weekend charts, and, more importantly, good enough for Fathom Events to extend its limited run, planned for just five days, instead through August 29. Why is this reason to celebrate? I’ll answer that by republishing my original review, first published in February 2009, below: —– Happily and firmly planted in middle-aged bachelorhood with no children of my own, I’m the last person you should trust when it comes to recommending movies for kids, but I wish Coraline was the…

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