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Sundance Film Festival: ‘The Things You Kill’ Transcends the Genre with Its Powerful Symbolism

©Courtesy of Sundance Film Festival After participating in the most prestigious European Film festivals like Cannes, Venice and Berlin, the American Iranian author Alireza Khatami lands at the Sundance Film Festival with his latest, stunning feature film. Selected for the World Cinema Dramatic Competition, The Things You Kill tells the story of Ali, a college…

Adriano Ercolani

February 13, 2025

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Emir Kusturica’s 2024 Küstendorf Film And Music Festival

The Küstendorf Film and Music Festival is the film event created by the well-known filmmaker and professor, Emir Nemanja Kusturica, organised by the production company Rasta International, with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia. Emir Kusturica, as a cineaste is largely acclaimed for his films that tackle political struggle…

Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi

January 29, 2024

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Tribute to Jack Lemmon: The Art of Portraying the Common Man

©Courtesy of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. All Rights Reserved. Whenever movie lovers or film critics decide to rank the best actor in the history of movies, it is unlikely that Jack Lemmon will make the cut. Definitely At least not in the first place or in the top three. Usually the highest spots are taken by Marlon…

Adriano Ercolani

May 14, 2025

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Focus Features Sets a Release Date for Daniel Day-Lewis’ Come Back Film, ‘Anemone’

©Courtesy of film, “Nine” After a ten-year hiatus, three-time Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis will be returning to movie screens in Anemone, scheduled for limited release by Focus Films on October 3 and general release a week later. It will be the actor’s screenwriting debut as well as his first film appearance since his 2017 role…

Edward Moran

May 14, 2025

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Rihanna Joins Smurfs in EPIC New Trailer!

©Courtesy of Paramount Pictures Theaters across the globe are about to witness the return of blue. Paramount has made it a point to promote “Smurfs” heavily, ensuring that audiences are aware that Grammy-winning singer Rihanna is portraying Smurfette in the new movie. Here’s synopsis reads : When Papa Smurf (John Goodman) is mysteriously taken by…

Nobuhiro Hosoki

May 14, 2025

Interviews

‘Final Destination Bloodlines’ Directors Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein on Pushing the Level of Gore and More (Video Interview)

When Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein were announced to direct the sixth installment in the long-running Final Destination horror franchise, it might not have seemed an obvious fit for anyone who saw their 2018 movie, Freaks, a superhero movie made on a shoestring budget. Final Destination Bloodlines takes a different approach to the previous…

Edward Douglas

May 14, 2025

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Studio Ghibli Fest 2025 Lineup & Schedule Announced for Studio’s 40th Anniversary

© Courtesy of Studio Ghibli In celebration of Studio Ghibli’s 40th anniversary, GKIDS and Fathom Entertainment are teaming up to bring eight of their critically acclaimed animated movies back to U.S. theaters for their annual Studio Ghibli Fest 2025. The limited theatrical event will take place from May until November. “Fathom has enjoyed many years…

Nobuhiro Hosoki

April 20, 2025

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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba—The Movie: Mugen Train Review

@Courtesy of Crunchyroll It was the #1 global box-office champion the year it first released in Japan, beating out Will Smith and Sonic the Hedgehog. Admittedly, that was 2020, a difficult year, but over $500 million still represents some serious ticket sales. Nevertheless, many fans never had the opportunity to see the Demon Slayer franchise’s…

Joe Bendel

May 13, 2025

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‘Sherlock & Daughter’ : It Should Satisfy the Fanbase, Makes This CW’s Oldest Skewing Series Yet

©Courtesy of CW Sherlock Holmes only had one canonical relative in Arthur Conan Doyle’s original stories, his older brother Mycroft, a late Victorian deep-state power broker. However, subsequent writers and filmmakers keep adding siblings, like his teen sister Enola and his “smarter” younger brother Sigerson (played by Gene Wilder). Frankly, the prickly detective never showed…

Joe Bendel

April 15, 2025

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“Bullet Train Explosion” : The Film Represents Kusanagi’s Best Starring Vehicle Yet

©Courtesy of Netflix It released in 1975, the year after “The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3“, but it directly inspired Jan de Bont’s Speed (with Kanu Reeves, of course). Now, the Japanese transit disaster-thriller “Bullet Train“ has been remade, but in a way that clearly pays tribute to the original. Once again, there is a bomb…

Joe Bendel

April 24, 2025

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