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NYFF : Scarlet / Hosoda Cleverly Incorporates Elements from Shakespeare

©Courtesy of GKIDS A Danish princess is about to discover “The Undiscovered Country.” That metaphor for the mysteries of the afterlife, taken from Shakespeare’s Hamlet, previously inspired the sixth (and probably best) original Star Trek film. It also could have very easily served as the title for Mamoru Hosoda’s new anime feature. The title character’s…

Richard Gere Shares The Dalai Lama’s ‘Wisdom Of Happiness’

Richard Gere has left his mark on the silver screen with films such as An Officer and a Gentleman, Days of Heaven, American Gigolo, Breathless, Pretty Woman, First Knight, Primal Fear, Chicago, Unfaithful, Looking for Mr. Goodbar, Cotton Club, Shall We Dance? and Internal Affairs. But the list of his prestigious performances is long, featuring…

Kokuho | Official Trailer – Starring Ryo Yoshizawa, Ken Watanabe, and Ryusei Yokohama

©Courtesy of GKIDS One of a highly anticipated Kabuki drama “Kokuho,” which stars Ryo Yoshizawa, Ken Watanabe, and Ryusei Yokohama, has been released in Japan and features the first trailer. The second-highest-grossing Japanese live-action movie of all time is “Kokuho,” which has taken more than $104M since its June premiere. At the Japanese box office,…

NYFF/Sentimental Value Review: Echoes in a Wooden House – Joachim Trier Excels

©Courtesy of Neon The prologue sets the emotional architecture of “Sentimental Value”, the Grand Prize winner at Cannes. We’re introduced to two sisters’ childhood home — a magnificent red wooden house in Oslo, Norway — that serves as the emotional center of the story. The film then cuts to a young stage actress, moments before her…

‘Kiss of The Spider Woman,’ When Musicals Go Beyond Escapism

We are in Argentina in the year 1983, when targets of the military dictatorship are all those believed to be associated with activist groups. The story takes place in prison, where two inmates are forced to share a cramped cell: Molina (Tonatiuh), a window dresser convicted of public indecency and Marxist revolutionary Valentín (Diego Luna)….

NYFF Review: Jim Jarmusch’s ‘Father Mother Sister Brother’  Offers Sharp Writing and Great Cast But Not Much More

When people talk about New York filmmakers, Martin Scorsese and Spike Lee are frequently the first two names that come to mind, while Jim Jarmusch is often forgotten, maybe because he hasn’t made much of an effort to set or film any of his movies in his own city. One of the segments in Night…

100 Meters, the Latest Anime Feature from GKIDS

©Courtesy of GKIDS  When asked why he runs, a junior high track star replies “to win,” as if it’s a stupid question, but it isn’t. In fact, several Japanese track stars at various stages of their careers must wrestle with that question throughout this film, especially during losing streaks. Yet, they keep running in Kenji…

United Artists Reportedly Set To Produce Michael Mann’s ‘Heat 2’

© 1995 Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Heat 2, the sequel to Michael Mann’s 1995 classic crime drama film, will now be financed and distributed by United Artists, a division of Amazon MGM Studios. Warner Bros had originally announced its intentions to make the sequel back in July of 2022, but withdrew when it was unable…

“Kiss of the Spider Woman” : Exclusive Interview with Actor Tonatiuh

©Courtesy of Roadside Attractions 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…

Michael Jackson Biopic Significantly Changed After Past Legal Agreement Surfaces

@Michael Jackson: Video Greatest Hits Michael, the long-anticipated biopic about Michael Jackson, has experienced major changes in its plotline during its reshoots. The changes to the upcoming movie about the Grammy-winning musician’s personal and professional lives after a legal agreement has been made public, ComingSoon.net is reporting. The biopic’s third act initially explored Jackson’s sexual…

‘Roofman’ Director Derek Cianfrance on Teaming with Channing Tatum to Tell Jeffrey Manchester’s True Story (Video Interview)

If you don’t live in Charlotte, North Carolina, you may not have heard of Jeffrey Manchester, the egregious robber who broke into 45 McDonald’s establishments between 1998 and 2000 by breaking through their roofs, earning him the moniker of “Roofman.” He was eventually caught, but he figured out a clever way to escape from jail…