@Courtesy of NYAFF The live-action adaptation of the famous Japanese manga series, created by Hiromasu Okujima started in 2021, follows the animation series streamed earlier this year on Netflix. The movie directed by Shinji Hamasaki follows pretty closely the story previously developed on paper and in the show: after being rescued by the young boy…
Mississippi Burning, 1988 Released in 2004, Welcome to Mooseport by Donald Petrie is a comedy not many people remember. And they are quite right to do so. It is important because it’s the hundredth movie that credited Gene Hackman as an actor. When he reached this impressive milestone, he decided his job was done. He…
Japanese cinema has a long and very important tradition of period drama movies. The legendary Akira Kurosawa was an absolute master in this specific kind of movies, realizing masterpieces like Rashomon (1950), Seven Samurai (1954) and Ran (1985), for which he obtained an Academy Award nomination as best director. Samurai Fury (Muromachi Outsiders) clearly belongs…
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@Courtesy of Kino Films There are a few times when the very first few images of a movie are able to set the tone of it. This is the case of this psychological melodrama directed by Kichitarô Negishi. The beauty of a red umbrella passing through an aisle on a rainy morning. The simplicity of…
@Courtesy of Universal Pictures After the remarkable box office success of the first M3gan ($95 million grossed only in the U.S. Market, $180 million worldwide, a huge haul for a production budget of $12 million) it was virtually impossible for Jason Blum‘s Blumhouse and James Wan‘s Atomic Monster to pass up the opportunity for a…
Since the cult-movie It Follows released in 2014 (we are awaiting for the upcoming sequel with enormous trepidation) Maika Monroe has become one of the most effective and prolific “Scream Queens” of our times. While waiting to see if she is going to expand her repertoire working on more various genres, the Californian artist has…
@Courtesy of Lionsgate In ‘Everything’s Going To Be Great‘, screenwriter Steven Rogers ‘I, Tonya’ provided again the protagonist Allison Janney with a script that is fully capable of enhancing her already remarkable acting skills. And she repaid him with a bittersweet performance whose quality and solidity are, as always admirable. If we then add to…
@Courtesy of Tribeca Festival ‘Tow’ (Spotlight Narrative) could easily have been an intense drama, given the real-life event it is based on, but star and co-producer Rose Byrne managed to give the movie the gift of levity without making the whole story shallow or inconsistent, especially since it is really about serious facts and people…
©Courtesy of Tritone Studio Latvian industry of animation movies seems to be experiencing an artistic moment of grace, to say the least. Following the success of Flow by Gints Zilbalodis, awarded with an Oscar for best animated film, Tribeca Festival 2025 (in the Escape from Tribeca section) presented the powerful Dog of God, directed by…
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