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Friday One Sheet: 28 YEARS LATER
As the long awaited third chapter in Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later franchise gears up its marketing machine (the superb teaser trailer dropped earlier this week), it is worth looking back at over 20 years since the birth of the...
EASTERN CONDORS Blu-ray Review: A Love Letter to Sammo Hung
Criterion's new 2K release serves as a delightful intro course to the stunt filmmaker's career.
THE HOLIDAY CLUB Interview: Alexandra Swarens Talks Seasonal Sapphic Storytelling, Respecting Romance, and Getting Her Hands Dirty
The queen of seasonal lesbian love discusses romantic cinema, screen chemistry, and hilarious, accidental euphemisms.
SEPTEMBER 5 Review: Narrow Focus Hobbles True-Life Suspense-Thriller
Peter Sarsgard and John Magaro lead the ensemble cast in a tense recreation of the terrorist attack during the Olympics in 1972, directed by Tim Fehlbaum.
Imagine 2024 Review: MI BESTIA
It's almost funny how well puberty and horror mix, especially for women. It's not just bodies and moods that change with hormones, but also the behavior of everyone else. Some see an innocent cherub changing into a possible sexual conquest,...
BLACK DOVES Review: Killers Like Us
Keira Knightley and Ben Whishaw star in a Netflix spy thriller with similarities to Peacock's 'The Day of the Jackal' and Paramount Plus' 'Lioness.'
European Film Awards 2024: Maura Delpero on VERMIGLIO Reflecting on Family Legacies, Gender Roles, Mountain Life
Italian filmmaker Maura Delpero talks about the exploration of personal memory, regional authenticity, and shifting social norms.
Women In The Director's Chair (WIDC) Selects Horror Filmmaker Lu Asfaha's THEY ECHO For Annual Award
Women In The Director's Chair (WIDC) announced that recepiant of this year's WIDC Feature Film Award is Toronto-based filmmaker, Lu Asfaha. Each year a number of talented women get selected for special awards from the group. This one is...
28 YEARS LATER Trailer is Grim, Poetic and Medieval
If ever there was a franchise that deserved a third part, it is Danny Boyle and Alex Garland's "Days Later..." concept. The first one, 28 Days Later... was the pop cultural birth of both the 'fast zombie' as well as...
European Film Awards 2024: Mohammad Rasoulof on THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG, Political Cinema, Censorship, and Artistic Resilience
Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof's The Seed of the Sacred Fig has received international recognition, while its production and release have highlighted the challenges faced by its director, cast, and crew amid political and social pressures in Iran.
European Film Awards 2024: Magnus von Horn Talks THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE, Social Failures, Moral Ambiguity, Crafting a Dark Fairytale
Swedish director Magnus von Horn discusses themes of systemic societal failure and moral ambiguity, as well as historical and contemporary contexts.
European Film Awards 2024: Saulė Bliuvaitė Talks TOXIC, Post-Soviet Realities, Authentic Adolescence
Saulė Bliuvaitė talks about how her experiences growing up in post-Soviet Lithuania shaped the film's portrayal of adolescence, industrial decay, and socio-economic struggles.
European Film Awards 2024: EMILIA PÉREZ Dominates the Ceremony
Karla Sofía Gascón's groundbreaking Best European Actress win to 'No Other Land''s recognition as Best European Documentary were among a diverse range of winners.
ENDLESS SUMMER SYNDROME Trailer: Fearing What We Love
It can't be easy (to put it mildly) to have someone close to you accused of a terrible crime, especially if that crime is committed against someone else who is close to you. It might seem obvious to those looking...
GET AWAY Interview: Steffen Haars, Maisie Ayres, Sebastian Croft on Their Horror Comedy
In the horror comedy Get Away, an Anglo-Irish family (Nick Frost, Aisling Bea, Maisie Ayres and Sebastian Croft) go on vacation to Svälta, a place that sounds ideal for horror: a small Swedish island where in the 19th century a...
Friday One Sheet: UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE
Brutalism is back, baby! Behold the mighty Winnipeg mortar arches, and thin veneer of snow that together form one of many visual motifs in Matthew Rankin's superbly dry dramedy Universal Language. A large part of the film's delights come from...
GET AWAY Review: Nick Frost's Homage to Folk Horror Gets Super Fun And Stabby
Nick Frost and Aisling Bea star in Steffen Haars' folk horror comedy
IT'S NOT ME Review: The Best Cinematic Self-Portrait One Could Wish For
Filmmaker Leos Carax is embracing Godard again more openly, for the benefit of composing a dense, visually sumptuous self-portrait.
Now Streaming: Shudder, Kicking Off December Horror
What do 'Village of the Damned,' 'Dead Calm,' and 'Rare Exports' have in common?
European Film Awards 2024: THE SUBSTANCE Leads with the Most Nominations
The European Film Awards 2024 spotlight The Substance as the frontrunner in nominations, while Jacques Audiard's Emilia Pérez and The Girl with the Needle shine with critical wins and nods.
