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Remembering Every Night, A Neighbourhood Becomes The Leading Character Seen Through The Flâneuse Perspective

KimStim is distributing in North America Yui Kiyohara’s Remembering Every Night, presented at the 73rd Berlinale, that was designated one of five highlights from New Directors/New Films 2023. The film was produced and supported by Japan’s Pia Film Festival and its PFF Scholarship for young filmmakers, and will open on September 15th in New York Film…

Venice Film Festival: El Conde, A Sumptuous Vision And Witty Parable About The Immortality Of Evil

At the 80th Venice Film Festival Pablo Larraín presents a military Nosferatu, through a compelling black-and-white fantasy that blends horror, history and politics. We are thusly catapulted into the idea that “History is never fair. online pharmacy buy symbicort with best prices today in the USA ” The film is an immersion into an abstract…

The Cannes Film Festival Opener “Jeanne du Barry” : A Period Drama That Instills Authenticity and Humanity In The Historical Figure That Inspired It

The Franco-Algerian actress and filmmaker Maïwenn, brings to the silver screen — as director and leading actress — the story of Jeanne Bécu, Comtesse du Barry, the last maîtresse-en-titre of King Louis XV of France. Jeanne du Barry was presented Out of Competition at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival and has portentously completed the picture…

Review: Should you get moving with “Moving”

If I’ve said it one, I’ve said it a million times– Korean cinema and TV has been an important voice in the entertainment industry for a long time, but over the past 5 years, it’s the source of some of the best material around. In the modern era, a road was paved in the film…

Film Review – ‘You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah’ is a Fun Celebration of Judaism and Being a Teenager with Surprising Substance

A Bar or Bat Mitzvah is a religious event that signifies the transition to becoming an adult for Jewish teenagers, but the emphasis in many cases is put on how big a party a kid might have. The notion of officially being considered an adult at age twelve or thirteen is a strange one given…

Babak Jalali’s ‘Fremont’: An Extraordinary Film About Love and Solitude

Who would have thought that a black-and-white film about an Afghani refugee woman working in a Chinese fortune-cookie bakery could be so engaging? Fremont is an extraordinary film by an extraordinary director who has brought together an extraordinary ensemble of characters. Keep your eye on Babak Jalali, auteur-in-the-making. Like Yasujiro Ozu and Ingmar Bergman before…

Movie Review: Liam Neeson Once Again Achieves Retribution Against Villain Targeting His Family in Latest Intense Action Thriller

Remaining calm and finding a way to regain power over an unforeseen, harrowing circumstance that has become beyond their control is the ultimate goal for most people, especially when the situation involves their family. That motivation to recapture and maintain the leverage in a conflict is the driving force of Liam Neeson‘s protagonist of Matt…

Film Review – ‘Mob Land’ is a Dark Look at the Temptation of Crime and the Inevitability of Repercussions

There’s an undeniable allure to what seems like the perfect crime: no one will get hurt and the getaway will be smooth and easy. Yet life so rarely plays out that way, and there’s almost inevitably an unexpected factor that throws things off entirely, leading to an unfortunate casualty or a wrench in the plan…

Rhode Island International Film Festival Review: Sloane: A Jazz Singer is a Sentimental Tribute to Talented Titular Musician Carol Sloane

While narrative films are meant to entertain viewers, documentaries are designed to draw attention to realistic struggles that many audiences can empathize with. The new biographical movie, Sloane: A Jazz Singer, is one such documentary that draws attention to the challenges that struggling musicians must work to overcome as they strive to achieve success in…

Netflix’s ‘The Monkey King’ Explores the Inner Realms of the Human Psyche

Owing to my age and temperament, I must confess that I am not partial to animated action-adventure films in general. To my unenlightened eye, the characters often seem undeveloped, the plots hackneyed, and the action-adventure label merely a euphemism for unbridled violence. I am pleased to report that The Monkey King exhibits none of these…

Movie Review: Strays is a Hilarious, Heartfelt R-rated Deadpool-esque Talking-Dog Tale

The profound, deep friendships featured in canine cinema have long made the genre a beloved classic among families – until the dogs decide to revolt against their owners and instead pledge their loyalty to other pets who also no longer feel appreciated by humans. The titular dogs in the new adventure comedy, Strays, are subverting…