Cannes: To tackle the life and legacy of "The Muppets" mastermind, Howard digs far more deeply than that hagiographic title would let on.
Cannes: What Audiard's wild Mexican musical lacks in psychological complexity it more than makes up for in bold swings, even when they often don't work.
Schrader goes in-depth with IndieWire about his new Cannes premiere and the Quentin Tarantino movie that almost was — and would've included a new rendition of Schrader's "Rolling Thunder" ending.
Cannes: Reinsve’s full-throated turn as a single mother engulfed by the fallout of an elementary school spat exceeds even her work in the great "Worst Person in the World."
Cannes: More "Vox Lux" than "A Star Is Born," Alexis Langlois' film heralds the arrival of a thrillingly subversive new French talent.
Paul Schrader had a special job on the set of his latest film, “Oh, Canada”: drawing on the jockstrap that Jacob Elordi wears in one of the Vietnam War drama’s pivotal scenes. There’s a choice at the heart of “Oh, Canada,” when the fictional filmmaker Leonard Fife (played as a young man by Elordi, and […]
At this point, any actor signing on for a Yorgos Lanthimos film knows they wont be resting on their laurels. Literally. One of his trademarks is a kind of heightened physicality — whether its Rachel Weisz and Joe Alwyn twerking in “The Favourite,” Emma Stone “furious jumping” in “Poor Things” or Nicole Kidman lending a […]
Back to Black (Sam Taylor-Johnson, 2024) 1½ out of 5 stars If you want to watch a compelling biopic about the late, great singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse, I can recommend, with all my heart, the Oscar-winning 2015 documentary by Asif Kapadia, Amy. Unfortunately, the new dramatization of her life, Back to Black, starring relative newcomer Marisa […]
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Nightwatch: Demons are Forever (Ole Bornedal, 2023) 3½ out of 5 stars A sequel 30 years in the making, Nightwatch: Demons are Forever sees Danish filmmaker Ole Bornedal return as writer and director several decades after the original 1994 film’s release. Bornedal also directed an English-language remake with the same title only three years later, […]
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Brazilian social impact entertainment company Maria Farinha Films has taken a minority stake in Joanna Natasegara’s London-based production company Violet Films, which is known for high-profile docs such as “White Helmets,” “Virunga,” “The Edge of Democracy” and Prince Harry’s Netflix series “Invictus.” Leonardo DiCaprio and Barry Jenkins are involved as producer and writer, respectively, in […]