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‘Who By Fire” : Philippe Lesage’s Quiet Before The Storm

Adult egos, adolescents struggling with their emotions, and a location that forces to slow down and embark upon introspection. These are the ingredients of Philippe Lesage’s Who By Fire, winner of the Grand Prix, Generation 14plus International Jury Official Selection at Berlinale 2024. The movie by the Quebecois filmmaker has travelled around the festival circuit…

Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi

March 14, 2025

Festivals

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,…

Nobuhiro Hosoki

August 6, 2024

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SXSW Award Winner ‘Slanted’ Tackles White Privilege in a Larger-than-Life Way

White privilege is a concept that many people don’t want to talk about since they think it inherently implies that there’s something wrong or unimpressive about being born with a certain skin color. But those who stop to contemplate it even just briefly will realize that, for those who are able to move throughout this…

Abe Friedtanzer

March 14, 2025

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Freakier Friday | Teaser Trailer | In Theaters August 8

©Courtesy of Disney Disney released the teaser trailer and poster for “Freakier Friday“, the long-awaited sequel to 2003’s “Freaky Friday” directed by Nisha Ganatra that sees Lindsay Lohan, 38, and Jamie Lee Curtis, 66, reprise their roles as mother-daughter duo Anna and Tess Coleman. The story picks up years after Tess (Curtis) and Anna (Lohan)…

Nobuhiro Hosoki

March 14, 2025

Interviews

‘Novocaine’ Directors Dan Berk and Robert Olsen on Their Wild High-Concept Action Flick (Video Interview)

Paramount Pictures’ new action movie, Novocaine, features a crazy mix of action, romance, comedy and gore, but really, it’s the high-concept premise of a man who can’t feel any pain, played by Jack Quaid, that sets it apart from any other even remotely similar action movie. Quaid plays mild-manner assistant bank manager Nathan Caine, who…

Edward Douglas

March 14, 2025

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‘Who By Fire” : Philippe Lesage’s Quiet Before The Storm

Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi

March 14, 2025

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Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuux -Beginning-Review

©Courtesy of GKIDS Inspired by Manfred von Richthofen, “The Red Baron,” Char Aznable is a fan-favorite villain in the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise, whose popularity eclipses many of its heroes. Somewhat fittingly, Aznable, a.k.a. the “Red Comet” will finally have his day—sort of—in Kazuya Tsurumaki’s new anime feature, Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuux -Beginning-, the launch…

Joe Bendel

February 27, 2025

News

Mamma Mia! 3 Update: Amanda Seyfried Confirms Sequel in the Works

©Courtesy of Universal Pictures Amanda Seyfried has confirmed that “Mamma Mia!3” is going to be made! Seyfried and Meryl Streep were cast in the jukebox musical directed by Phyllida Lloyd, with Sophie Sheridan played by Seyfried and Donna Sheridan playing by Meryl Streep. It was followed by 2018’s Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again. There has…

Nobuhiro Hosoki

March 8, 2025

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Sundance Film Festival: ‘Touch Me’ is a Weird, Appealing Story of Cross-Species Attraction

©Courtesy of Sundance Film Festival There are plenty of theories about the existence of extraterrestrial life, and theatrical first contact experiences like the one depicted in Star Trek are hardly the only way in which humanity could become aware of them. Touch Me offers a truly unique method of undeniable confirmation for one human that…

Abe Friedtanzer

January 28, 2025

Reviews

“The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep” Displays a Keen Understanding of Its Source Material and an Affinity for Its Fans

©Courtesy of Netflix Much like Philadelphia has its Rocky Balboa statue, the Polish city of Lodz features an enormous 2,000 square meter mural of Geralt of Rivia, the monster-fighter-for-hire also known as “The Witcher.” First Andrzej Sapkowski’s stories were adapted as a Polish film and TV series. Then, Netflix produced an English language series, starring…

Joe Bendel

February 18, 2025

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