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Christine Vachon Talks Joaquin Phoenix Exiting Gay Romance Film

Christine Vachon, a producer working on director Todd Haynes‘ untitled gay romance movie, has chinned in on the status of the feature. She shared on social media this weekend that the situation has been “a nightmare.” Her update comes after the drama’s lead actor, Joaquin Phoenix, abruptly left the production last week, according to The…

New York Film Festival 62 : Main Slate Selections

FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER ANNOUNCES MAIN SLATE SELECTIONS FOR THE 62nd NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL 32 features including new films from Pedro Almodóvar, Sean Baker, Brady Corbet, David Cronenberg, Nelson Carlos de los Santos Arias, Robinson Devor, Mati Diop, Miguel Gomes, Alain Guiraudie, Hong Sangsoo, Jia Zhangke, Payal Kapadia, Dea Kulumbegashvili, Mike Leigh, Philippe Lesage,…

Junji Ito’s ‘Uzumaki’ To Be Released by Adult Swim on September 28

After several false starts, Uzumaki is finally scheduled for release by Adult Swim on September 28 and will stream the following day on Max. The long-delayed film adaptation of Junji Ito’s horror manga had first been announced five years ago, in 2019. The four-part series is based on Ito’s three-volume manga series that was first…

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel 4 : Eddie Murphy Conjures Up the Ridiculous in the Midst of Mayhem

©Courtesy of Netflix  After forty years, Eddie Murphy is still going strong as Axel Foley, the comic cop who traded the mean streets of Detroit for the meaner but greener streets of Beverly Hills. Murphy was an aspiring 22-year-old when he appeared in the original Beverly Hills Cop movie in 1984, which grossed more than…

Tribeca Festival : ‘In the Summers’ is an Enduring Story of a Father’s Love

Both good and bad instances of parenting can have a lasting effect on children. They don’t necessarily know what to expect, though those with separated parents can compare the actions and expressed sentiments of the two or look to their friends or extended family for other examples. But, ultimately, each relationship is individual, and even…

Tribeca: ‘Bang Bang’ is a Compelling Character Study with a Top-Notch Tim Blake Nelson

Every fighter wants to go out on top, and if that’s not the case, they’ll likely either spend the rest of their lives trying to achieve the glory that eluded them or leave it all behind to move on to something else. The former scenario certainly makes for better drama, and that’s part of the…

Tribeca Festival : ‘Come Closer’ is a Poignant Tale of Grief and Bonding

The relationship between two people is an intimate thing that can’t be completely understood by those outside of it. When a relationship ends, for whatever reason, it will be difficult to convey just what exactly has been lost to anyone else. When one person dies, however, it can be exponentially more painful since it’s not…

‘The Contestant,’ A Look Into the Origins Of Japanese Reality TV

©Courtesy of Hulu Sensationalism is the bread and butter of today’s media and entertainment industry. The competition for higher sales in the field of communications can be traced back to the circulation war between Joseph Pulitzer’s New York World and William Randolph Hearst’s New York Journal during the mid-1890s. This gave wave to what was…

City Hunter / Review : It’s All Very Slick, But Still Faithful to the Fans

Ryohei Suzuki, Fumino Kimura, ©Courtesy of Netflix  Like all long-running manga-anime series, the “City Hunter” franchise has a complicated history of adaptations. Technically, this is the first live-action Japanese film based on Tsukasa Hojo’s Shonen series, but previous non-animated film adaptions were produced in Hong Kong (starring Jackie Chan and Gary Daniels) and France (as…

MoMA and FLC Announce the Complete Lineup for the 53rd Edition of New Directors/New Films, April 3-14

FeaturesAll, or Nothing at All dir. Jiajun “Oscar” ZhangBlackbird Blackbird Blackberry dir. Elene NaverianiBlaga’s Lessons dir. Stephan KomandarevCu Li Never Cries dir. Pham Ngoc LânThe Day I Met You dir. André Novais OliveiraA Different Man dir. Aaron SchimbergDreaming & Dying dir. Nelson YeoExhibiting Forgiveness dir. Titus KapharExplanation for Everything dir. Gábor ReiszForemost By Night dir. Víctor IriarteGood One dir. India DonaldsonA Good Place dir. Katharina HuberGrace dir. Ilya…