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Paul Schrader’s Oh, Canada premiered at Cannes this past spring, and although the subject matter, surrounding a dying filmmaker grappling with his own mortality, led to speculation that this was the final film from the aging filmmaker, Schrader is wasting little time setting up his next projects. Schrader has just begun writing a script that […]
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The Gotham Film & Media Institute announced today the nominations for the 34th edition of The Gothams, including 39 feature films and 25 performances in nine award categories. Leading the Best Feature nominees are Anora, Babygirl, Challengers, A Different Man, and Nickel Boys. “We are proud to announce the nominees for The Gothams, selected by […]
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I was so delighted by one of my favorite films getting restored that I simply had to secure its American debut. With Yokohama BJ Blues‘ forthcoming Blu-ray release from Radiance, my screening series Amnesiascope will show the film on Monday, November 11––just under two weeks from today––at the Brooklyn Center for Theatre Research, constituting what […]
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I’ve been late to some events in my life but today’s was the first where Tony Leung locked eyes while I opened the door. This, sadly, was not a one-on-one encounter or beginning of a Hong Kong co-production but the jury press conference for the 37th Tokyo International Film Festival at TOHO Cinema Chanter, which […]
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It’s been quite a prolific year for Luca Guadagnino. After the strike-delayed Challengers finally arrived in April, he embarked on production on After the Hunt this summer all while readying his William S. Burroughs adaptation Queer for a fall festival premiere. Led by Daniel Craig, Drew Starkey, Jason Schwartzman, Henry Zaga, and Lesley Manville, the […]
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An artist and writer as well as documentary filmmaker, Johan Grimonprez takes a multidisciplinary approach to his subjects, combining archival footage, interviews, and cultural artifacts to dismantle how history is shaped and presented to us. As French writer Voltaire writes: “History is the lie commonly agreed upon” Centered around the assassination of Congo leader Patrice […]
The post Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat Director Johan Grimonprez on a Jazz-Fueled, Kaleidoscopic Vision of Displaced Blackness first appeared on The Film Stage.
Premiering at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (aka PÖFF), which kicks off November 8 in Estonia, Signe Birkova’s Lotus is among the lineup’s most intriguing titles. Shot on a mix of 8mm, 16mm, and 35mm, including silent-film portions shot with a Debrie Parvo camera from 1921, the film is a dreamlike musical carousel following Lithuanian […]
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Guy Maddin is singular enough that the lending of his talents to another, far-younger director’s work perks up the ears. But one can understand such affinity within seconds of Dylan Greenberg’s The Triangular Door, a short whose form and tone are likewise indebted to cinema of yesteryear––in this case the New American Cinema of Jack […]
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Happy Halloween from The B-Side! Here we talk about movie stars! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they made in between. Today we talk about one of the greats––Vincent Price! Our guest this episode––as with every Halloween episode––is Gavin Mevius, co-host of The Mixed Reviews Podcast […]
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The Wolfpack director Crystal Moselle showed a deft hand in bringing a documentary-like authenticity to her drama Skate Kitchen. She’s now expanding those skills, heading out of NYC with The Black Sea, co-directed and starring Derrick B. Harden in a fish-out-of-water tale following a Brooklynite making waves in Bulgaria. Largely improvised with a cast also […]
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