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Review: RESURRECTION, An Irresistible Watch

In writer-director Andrew Semens’s (Nancy, Please) brilliantly twisty, disquieting psychological thriller, Resurrection, his first film since making his feature-length debut a decade ago, the central character, Margaret (an eerily transcendent Rebecca Hall) delivers a stunning, seven-minute monologue to an increasingly...

Review: SUNDOWN, Quietly Extreme and Surreal

Tim Roth and Charlotte Gainsbourg star in a drama directed by Michel Franco.

Opening This Week: CLEAN Seeks Redemption, IN THE FOREST Goes in the Woods, SUNDOWN Simmers

The all-virtual Sundance Film Festival has arrested the attention of our editors and writers over the past few days, and the all-virtual Slamdance Film Festival will kick off on Thursday, offering a shockingly reasonable (US$10.00) all-access pass to more than...

Sundance 2022 Review: RESURRECTION, Stellar Rebecca Hall Shines in Twisty Psychological Thriller

In writer-director Andrew Semens’s (Nancy, Please) brilliantly twisty, disquieting psychological thriller, Resurrection, his first film since making his feature-length debut a decade ago, the central character, Margaret (an eerily transcendent Rebecca Hall) delivers a stunning, seven-minute monologue to an increasingly...

Friday One Sheet: SUNDOWN

We posted the superb trailer earlier this week, and now this excellent poster for Michel Franco's Sundown.  I have said, time and time again, that I am a sucker for orange and pink posters, and this is no exception. I...

New York 2021 Review: BERGMAN ISLAND, A Meta-Contemplation on an Artist's Creative Process

Tim Roth, Mia Wasikowska and Vicky Krieps star in a new film by Mia Hansen-Løve.

Lund 2019: WEREWOLF And BLISS in First Wave Plus an Anniversary Screening of a Tarantino Classic

Lund, the festival from the town of the same name in Sweden, is gearing up for its twenty-fith edition at the end of September.    Last week they announced the travelling roadshow called Nerd culture on Tour - Skåne complete...

Now in Theaters: LUCE, A Poster Boy and Dangerous Stereotypes

Naomi Watts, Octavia Spencer, Kelvin Harrison Jr. and Tim Roth star in the psychological thriller, directed by Julius Onah.

Blu-ray Review: Mike Leigh's MEANTIME, A Well-Timed Criterion Release

One of many, many, many films I'd never heard of before Criterion sought to add it to their numbers (number 890 in this case), Mike Leigh's 1984 TV movie Meantime comes across as an unintentional political statement. It pulls us...

Interview: THE HATEFUL EIGHT Los Angeles And New York Press Conferences

(WARNING: Quentin Tarantino dropped some fairly big spoilers while talking, and they're in this article...)Having "Misirlou" as your opening credits is just so intense it just says "you are watching an epic, you are watching this big old movie. Just...

Eight Clips From Tarantino's THE HATEFUL EIGHT

With Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight arriving on screens for Christmas much of the conversation has been dominated thus far by matters of format and Tarantino's push into 70mm projection - a conversation not at all helped by the utter...

Exclusive: Your First Look At The Poster For Gabriel Ripstein's 600 MILES

The film world will descend upon Berlin soon for Berlinale. Opening this year's Panorama program on Friday, February 6th, is the directorial debut from Mexican filmmaker Gabriel Ripstein, 600 Miles. We have your first look at the poster. Arnulfo Rubio, a...

Pretty Packaging: PULP FICTION UK 20th Anniversary Deluxe Box

(Jules: "Vincent! We happy?" Vincent: "Yeah, we happy.") My, my, how does time fly... It seems like yesterday that I walked into a Dutch theater and watched Pulp Fiction for the first time, the audience literally rolling over with laughter...

Jackson, Russell, Roth, Madsen, Dern And Tatum Among Tarantino's HATEFUL EIGHT

Polish up your six shooters and get your tongue all warmed up for lots and lots and lots of dialogue for Tarantino's Hateful Eight is officially a go and the full cast list boasts a collection of familiar (and welcome)...

Cannes 2014 Review: GRACE OF MONACO Is A Risible Mess

It gives me no pleasure to say that the opening film of this year's Cannes International Film Festival had members of the press mocking it during its running time. At the second screening, when the credits rolled and the lights were...

Jean Dujardin Versus Tim Roth In Full Trailer For International Thriller MOBIUS

International intrigue and espionage ... The Artist star Jean Dujardin has already tackled this world in comedic style with the OSS 117 films but he's giving it a serious spin now with Eric Rochant's Möbius, a Luc Besson produced thriller...

Review: ARBITRAGE Finds Gere's Stock Rising

They say cinematic trends are a snapshot of our times, and that certainly seems to be the case with the uptick of financial services dramas we've seen of late. Last year it was J.C. Chandor's Margin Call which made a...

Big Money Corrupts in First ARBITRAGE Trailer

The acting chops of stars Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, Brit Marling, Tim Roth, and Nate Parker are very much on display in this brand new trailer for Nicholas Jarecki's performance driven Sundance hit ARBITRAGE. Set in the world of high...

Sundance 2012 Review: ARBITRAGE Finds Gere's Stock Rising

They say cinematic trends are a snapshot of our times and that certainly seems to be the case with the uptick of financial services dramas we've seen of late. Last year it was J.C. Chandor's Margin Call which made a...

Just A Reminder: PULP FICTION BluRay

This is better than a royale with cheese. To say the least Pulp Fiction has been done proud. My only complaint is the continued lack of a commentary but even that relatively major annoyance is left in the dust by...