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Poor Things
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New York Film Festival Review – ‘Poor Things’ is a Mesmerizing Creative Triumph from Yorgos Lanthimos

Filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos has established himself as a teller of bizarre stories weaving dark humor and unexpected scenarios together in the most intriguing possible way. His Oscar-nominated Greek-language breakthrough, Dogtooth, was an exceptional film that led to his English-language hits The Lobster and The Favourite. While he frequently collaborates on original scripts with Efthimis Filippou…

Abe Friedtanzer
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Movie Review: The Exorcist: Believer Grounds its Supernatural Elements in the Social and Religious Anxieties of the Modern Era
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Movie Review: The Exorcist: Believer Grounds its Supernatural Elements in the Social and Religious Anxieties of the Modern Era

Reanimating life into a genre franchise that was launched in part by the most influential horror film ever made, but whose subsequent entries have failed to make a similar lasting positive impression, is no easy feat. The critically acclaimed and box office hit movie, 1973’s The Exorcist, instantly became a lasting success for various reasons….

Karen Benardello
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New York Film Festival Review “Fallen Leaves”: Two Lonely Finns Find Hope in Deadpan Master Aki Kaurismäki’s Unique Universe
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New York Film Festival Review “Fallen Leaves”: Two Lonely Finns Find Hope in Deadpan Master Aki Kaurismäki’s Unique Universe

Ansa and Holappa, the quiet loners in “Fallen Leaves”, are on their first date watching Jim Jarmusch’s zombie movie “The Dead Don’t Die” in the local Ritz movie theater. Coming out, someone makes an absurdly amusing comparison: “it reminded me of “Diary of a Country Priest”, Robert Bresson’s classic. Ansa gives Holappa her phone number…

Niclas Goldberg
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Fair Play, An Effective Exploration On Gender Politics Gets Ravaged By The Cliched Battle Of The Sexes
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Fair Play, An Effective Exploration On Gender Politics Gets Ravaged By The Cliched Battle Of The Sexes

Chloe Domont’s erotic thriller — that premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival — revolves around the romance between a young couple and how working at a hedge fund affects their relationship. Fair Play — now available on Netflix — tiptoes inside the lives of Emily (Phoebe Dynevor) and Luke (Alden Ehrenreich), who are secretive…

Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi
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NYFF Review: Striking up the Band with “Maestro”
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NYFF Review: Striking up the Band with “Maestro”

When Bradley Cooper jumped into the director’s chair for the umpteenth remake of A Star is Born, many weren’t sure of what type of film maker he would be. When the film was released however, it was clear that he was a director that had a vision and not just someone who told his crew…

Matthew Schuchman
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NYFF Review: The Troubles of a “May December” Romance
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NYFF Review: The Troubles of a “May December” Romance

Though they never went away, the strange mystique and fervor of a blockbuster tabloid story rife with scandalous sexuality and intrigue seem less impactful and almost commonplace in the social media age. The power these stories had in the mid to late 90s was unmatched. SNL sketches and TV movies of the week based on…

Matthew Schuchman
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Foe
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New York Film Festival Review – ‘Foe’ is a Sci-fi Romance That Doesn’t Quite Deliver

Those who sound the alarm on climate change are certain that the Earth will soon become uninhabitable. Whether those who don’t agree actually believe otherwise or just aren’t concerned about future generations is unclear. But certain people are actively preparing for what’s to come while others are living out their lives without a sense that…

Abe Friedtanzer
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NYFF Review: The Taste of Things is a Feast For the Eyes and Heart Through its Intimate Storytelling Approach
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NYFF Review: The Taste of Things is a Feast For the Eyes and Heart Through its Intimate Storytelling Approach

Period films often thrive on the political and social conflicts that have plagued countries around the world throughout history. But the new French art house food-driven romantic drama, The Taste of Things, daringly leaves behind external narrative tension. It instead focuses on more intimate, relatable struggles that are still seen in modern personal relationships through…

Karen Benardello
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New York Film Festival Review “All of Us Strangers”: Andrew Haigh’s Magnificent and Haunting Take on Taichi Yamada’s Book of The Power of Love and Loss
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New York Film Festival Review “All of Us Strangers”: Andrew Haigh’s Magnificent and Haunting Take on Taichi Yamada’s Book of The Power of Love and Loss

When you lose a parent there’s a lasting feeling of void and regret. About what you didn’t do, say, or hear them say. In “All of Us Strangers” a Londoner gets the second chance nobody gets. He reconnects with his dead parents in the 80s. The tone of what will come is set in the…

Niclas Goldberg
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NYFF Review: Dissecting the Cannes Winning Film, “Anatomy of a Fall”
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NYFF Review: Dissecting the Cannes Winning Film, “Anatomy of a Fall”

“She was there one minute and then she was gone the next. Lying in a pool of herself with a twisted neck. Oh she fell from the roof to the ground, there was glass lying all around.She was broken in a hundred pieces when her body was found. She used to live life, she used…

Matthew Schuchman
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The Wonderful Story Of Henry Sugar, Wes Anderson Returns To Roald Dahl’s Universe With A Spellbinding Adaptation
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The Wonderful Story Of Henry Sugar, Wes Anderson Returns To Roald Dahl’s Universe With A Spellbinding Adaptation

In 1977 Roald Dahl released The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar in a collection of seven short stories. A few decades later, the tale written by the illustrious children’s novelist is adapted for the silver screen by the master of escapist pastel-hued motion pictures: Wes Anderson. The Texan filmmaker has strongly advocated for the English-author’s…

Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi
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