©Courtesy of Pathe Almost 150 years before Andy Dufresne tunneled his way to freedom in Stephen King’s The Shawshank Redemption, Edmond Dantes scratched through the wall of his dungeon cell. For Dantes, it was more of a detour than a getaway. Yet, that gave him more time—years in fact—to contemplate his ultimate goal: stone-cold…
©Courtesy of Netflix The most suspenseful thrillers aren’t those that overindulge in unrealistic action sequences that refuse to take real-world dynamics into consideration. Instead, Unknown and Non-Stop director, Jaume Collet-Serra has found some of his biggest successes as a filmmaker by focusing on decent people who are trapped in compromising positions. His latest movie, Carry-On,…
©Courtesy of Netflix Check out more of CinemaDaily US’ video interviews on our YouTube channel Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi : Works as film critic and journalist who covers stories about culture and sustainability. With a degree in Political Sciences, a Master’s in Screenwriting & Film Production, and studies at the Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute,…
©Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures Creating a biopic about a musician is a challenging task. The reason many music biopics fail to live up to their hype is that they attempt to satisfy both the super fans and newbies at the same time. To satisfy the perspectives of super fans, the filmmakers attempt to include vital…
©Courtesy of Roadside Attractions Aging for a woman is tough. If she works in show business even more. Gia Coppola’s latest film — The Last Showgirl — shows this condition through an outstanding performance by Pamela Anderson. Shelley (Pamela Anderson), is a seasoned showgirl who has been working at Le Razzle Dazzle, in Las Vegas,…
The driving forces behind the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which have largely remained the same for over 75 years, are now evolving through the platforms it’s being reported on in recent years. Many people are now consuming the news through social media and websites on portable devices. However, the new movie September 5 is showing how an…
©Courtesy of Warner Brothers Even in Middle Earth, 183 years represents a long time for mere mortals. However, it is a manageable span for a powerful wizard. That is how a critical character from the original Lord of the Rings trilogy (and his immediately recognizable voice) could re-appear, but only for a brief cameo, in…
©Courtesy of Crunchyroll Video games are a brutal meritocracy. Your stats and levels are a direct result of your past play. The only way to raise them is by upping your game. However, Sung Jinwoo exists in a video game-inspired world, where the “player-characters” are blessed or cursed with very different starting endowments. Sung was…
©Courtesy of Netflix The slaying of six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey remains one of the great unsolved mysteries of our day. The young girl, a precocious child who had starred in beauty pageants and talent contests, was found dead by her father in her bedroom in their Boulder, Colorado home on the morning after Christmas 1996. According…
In the latest installment of “Above the Line vs. Below the Line,” film critics Matthew Schuchman and Edward Douglas discuss Robert Eggers’ new remake of Nosferatu, a movie that the filmmaker behind The VVitch, The Lighthouse, and The Northman has been wanting to make for thirty years. Nosferatu stars Timothy Hoult and Lily-Rose Depp as…
As I watched the poignant and powerful Queendom, I could not help thinking of “the personal is the political,” a catchphrase from the 1970s that was often used by feminists to validate the importance of personal, lived experience in the struggle to liberate themselves from oppressive structural systems. Agniia Galdanova‘s documentary, which was screened last…
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