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“Renoir” : Exclusive Interview with Writer/Director Chie Hayakawa

©Courtesy of Film Movement Renoir : Suburban Tokyo, 1987. Imaginative eleven-year-old Fuki begins her summer break lonely and adrift — her kind, terminally ill father has landed once again in the hospital and her mother, distracted by the inevitability of his diagnosis, hasn’t much time for her daughter. Fuki responds to the situation not with…

Chie Hayakawa’s “Renoir” is Emotionally Complex Coming-of-Age Drama

©Courtesy of Film Movement  Kids always pick up on more than their parents realize. That is especially true of eleven-year-old Fuki Okita. She fully understands that her father Keiji is dying from cancer and that her mother Utako is dealing with it badly. In fact, she often rather awkwardly acknowledges these facts to her increasingly…

Michael Jackson: The Verdict | Official Trailer | Netflix

A new Michael Jackson film has become available for streaming. Titled “Michael Jackson: The Verdict,” it becomes a three-part docuseries exploring the contentious 2005 criminal trial of the legendary singer. This follows a month after the theatrical release of the “Michael” biopic starring Jaafar Jackson, a film that earned approximately $850 million. Today, Netflix subscribers…

“Spider-Noir” : Video Review by Matthew Schuchman

Check out more of our YouTube Channel  Matthew Schuchman : In the early 90s, while at the video store with his friends who wanted to rent Don’t Tell Mom The Babysitter’s Dead, Matthew asked the clerk if they had any copies of Naked Lunch available. A film buff from an early age, he would turn…

“Backrooms” Director Is Already Planning A Sequel with A New Screenwriter

©A24 Following its $118 million opening weekend against a modest $10 million budget, it comes as no surprise that a sequel to the movie that topped the box office this past weekend, “Backrooms,” is already underway. Deadline reports that director Kane Parsons is currently searching for a screenwriter to collaborate on the sequel. They have…

Fan Expo Philadelphia: Q&A with Actress Dafne Keen on Logan, Percy Jackson and The Olympians, and Star Wars

Photo by Courtesy of IFC/Shudder – © Courtesy of IFC/Shudder Versatile performers often portray characters who journey across distant worlds, exploring unfamiliar realms and encountering otherworldly beings. Acclaimed Spanish and British actress Dafne Keen has been garnering international acclaim since her breakout role at only 12-years-old in Logan. The Critics’ Choice Awards nominee has been bringing…

The End of Oak Street | Official Trailer : Starring Ewan McGregor, Anne Hathaway

©Courtesy of Warner Brothers Warner Bros. Pictures has revealed the second trailer for “The End of Oak Street,” which stars Ewan McGregor and Anne Hathaway. Previously called “Flowervale Street,” the film starts when an enigmatic celestial occurrence splits Oak Street away from the suburbs and relocates its community to an unknown destination. The Platt family…

The Furious : Exclusive Interview with Actor Brian Le

Check out more of our YouTube Channel  Nobuhiro Hosoki grew up watching American films since he was a kid; he decided to go to the United States thanks to seeing the artistry of Stanley Kubrick’s “A Clockwork Orange.” After graduating from film school, he worked as an assistant director on TV Tokyo’s program called “Morning…

“Backrooms” Made $81 Million Debut at the Box Office

©Courtesy of A24 Kane Parsons’ “Backrooms” is currently topping the domestic box-office in its debut, aligning with expectations. The Friday takings for this title totaled $38.4 million in its opening day earnings (including previews). That’s easily the largest opening weekend ever for an A24 film, bigger than last week’s “The Mandalorian and Grogu,” which debuted…

Pressure: Forecasting D-Day

  Just imagine how today’s media and politicians would have reacted to the Allied Normandy landing. On D-Day, June 6, 1944, American forces suffered 6,000 casualties, out which 2,500 were confirmed fatalities. That was simply to land on and hold the beaches of Normandy. Almost an entire year a fighting still lay ahead, including the…

In the Hand of Dante | Official Trailer | Netflix : Starring Oscar Isaac, Gal Gadot, Gerard Butler

©Courtesy of Netflix Netflix unveiled the trailer for “In the Hand of Dante“, giving viewers a preview of Julian Schnabel’s star-laden historical crime epic. The movie, Schnabel’s latest film since 2018’s Oscar-nominated portrait of Vincent Van Gogh, “At Eternity’s Gate,” is an adaptation of Nick Tosches’ 2002 novel. Isaac plays dual roles: New York author…