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Empire Of Light, A Gentle Rallying Cry For Inclusivity And Diversity

Empire Of Light is the latest cinematic oeuvre by Academy Award-winning director and writer Sam Mendes. The story is set in England in the Eighties, in a south coastal town where the life of several characters revolves around a beautifully faded old cinema. This venue becomes the stage for a secretive romance and the theatre…

Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi

December 6, 2022

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Film Review : Netflix’s ‘Munich: The Edge of War’ is a Solid Look Back at a Tipping Point in History

The run-up to a major conflict is often filled with great tension, but it can also be a period of relative peace, where those not actively involved in negotiations or strategy might be blissfully aware of anything being unstable. Looking back on history, it’s easy to see the points at which direct action at an…

Abe Friedtanzer

January 19, 2022

Interviews

Bread & Roses : Exclusive Interview with a Nobel Peace Prize Winner Malala Yousafzai & Director Sahra Mani

©Courtesy of Apple Original Films “Bread & Roses” offers a powerful window into the seismic impact on women’s rights and livelihoods after Kabul fell to the Taliban in 2021. The film follows three women, in real time, as they fight to recover their autonomy. Mani captures the spirit and resilience of Afghan women through a…

Nobuhiro Hosoki

November 16, 2024

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‘Ghost Cat Anzu’ : An Anime Feature for the Whole Family

©Courtesy of GKIDS By feline standards, Anzu is unusually lively. This might sound ironic, since he is a “ghost cat.” However, in this context, instead of denoting an undead state, his “ghostliness” means the thirty-seven-year-old will probably continue to live forever in his current roly-poly state of arrested emotional maturity. However, a pre-teen girl stands…

Joe Bendel

November 16, 2024

News

‘Godzilla Minus One’s’ Takashi Yamazaki To Direct ‘Grandgear’ for Sony

Takashi Yamazaki, the acclaimed director of Godzilla Minus One, will next be directing, writing, and producing Grandgear, his first English-language feature for Sony Pictures. Sony, which won a competitive bidding war for the project, has not released details or a release date about the upcoming film. J. J. Abrams, who directed Star Wars: The Rise…

Edward Moran

November 16, 2024

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KRAVEN THE HUNTER FEATURETTE – Making a Villain : Aaron Taylor-Johnson

©Courtesy of Sony Pictures It’s impossible to find a comic book where Kraven, the Spider-Man foe, is portrayed in a heroic light. So it’s evident that he won’t be receiving the heroic treatment in Sony Pictures’ Kraven the Hunter movie this December. Sony Pictures released a newly released featurette which shows his sinister side as…

Nobuhiro Hosoki

November 16, 2024

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Empire Of Light, A Gentle Rallying Cry For Inclusivity And Diversity

Film Review : Netflix’s ‘Munich: The Edge of War’ is a Solid Look Back at a Tipping Point in History