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Sundance Film Festival Review – Does “Dual” Duel Itself?

Ask me what my favorite films are and eventually- when I want to throw in some more modern choices – I’ll bring up Duncan Jones’s 2009 debut, Moon. With more than one layer to it, I always try to boil it down the philosophical journey of Moon into a signal sentence; “would you get along…

Film at Lincoln Center Announces Jonas Mekas Retrospective

       FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER ANNOUNCES  JONAS MEKAS RETROSPECTIVE, FEBRUARY 17-23 New York, NY (January 20, 2022) – Film at Lincoln Center announces Jonas Mekas, a retrospective of the Lithuanian filmmaker-director-critic-poet, co-presented with the Jewish Museum from February 17-23. Few if any figures in the history of New York City film culture have…

Film Review – Scream Reinvents Meta Horror Again with Resilient Characters, Vital Social Commentary and Intelligent Stunts

Honoring classic genre tropes while also distinguishing the difference between new and legacy characters and plot points has been a long held tradition in Hollywood horror movies. The Scream franchise has found extreme success doing just that in a comical, meta way since the release of its first entry in 1996, which helped make household…

Dwayne Johnson Rejects Vin Diesel’s Invitation to Return for Final Two Fast and Furious Sequels

Dwayne Johnson has publicly responded to his former Fast and the Furious franchise co-star, Vin Diesel’s plea on Instagram to return to the series for its final two sequels. Johnson recently told CNN that he has no intention of reprising his role of Luke Hobbs in the 10th and 11th installments of the franchise. He…

Squid Game Creator Hwang Dong-hyuk in Talks with Netflix About Show’s Potential Third Season

Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk is currently in discussions with Netflix to develop a potential second and third season of the internationally acclaimed survival television series. The South Korean filmmaker, who also wrote and directed the thriller’s first season, confirmed the news that he may potentially create two more seasons for the show during a…

Dallas Buyers Club Director Jean-Marc Vallée Has Died at Age 58

Acclaimed movie and television writer-director Jean-Marc Vallée has died suddenly at the age of 58. The Canadian filmmaker, who’s best known for helming the Oscar-winning 2013 biographical drama, Dallas Buyer’s Club, died yesterday at his cabin outside of Quebec City, according to Deadline. His representative, Bumble Ward, confirmed the news. Vallée, who also garnered success…

No Time to Die Director Cary Joji Fukunaga Reveals Movie’s Ending Was Decided After Filming Started

The specific details for the ending of this fall’s hit action thriller, No Time to Die, which marks Daniel Craig’s final portrayal of James Bond, weren’t actually decided upon until after principal photography on the feature began. During the conclusion of the film, the retired MI6 agent is killed. The drama’s director, Cary Joji Fukunaga,…

The Batman’s Director Matt Reeves Reveals Robert Pattinson’s Portrayal of Bruce Wayne is Inspired by Kurt Cobain

The Batman director Matt Reeves has revealed the upcoming movie’s eponymous superhero will be different from his previous iterations. The filmmaker’s most notable disclosure is that his version of Bruce Wayne, who’s played by Robert Pattinson, is inspired by grunge musical icon Kurt Cobain. Reeves shared the news during an interview with Empire for its…

Sundance Film Festival 2022 Announces Lineup Will Include New Movies from Lena Dunham, Amy Poehler and Jesse Eisenberg

The Sundance Institute announced today the showcase of new independent work that it has selected to play in the Feature Film, Indie Episodic and New Frontier categories for the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. The festival is set to take place in a hybrid format, including in-person in Park City, Salt Lake City and the Sundance…

Japan Society’s “Flash Forward” 20-Film Series : Sadao Yamanaka, Naomi Kawase, Miwa Nishikawa, Masayuki Suo and more!

ACA CINEMA PROJECT   FLASH FORWARD: DEBUT WORKS AND RECENT FILMS BY NOTABLE JAPANESE DIRECTORS December 3-23, 2021   Twenty-film program co-presented by Japan Society and the Agency for Cultural Affairs in association with Visual Industry Promotion Organization (VIPO). Online film series celebrates six prominent Japanese filmmakers of today, pairing directorial debuts and recent films by Naomi…