Saturday, May 4, 2024

Festivals

Movie Review (NYFF 2023): ‘Maestro’ is Pure Oscar Bait

Director: Bradley CooperWriters: Bradley Cooper and Josh SingerStars: Bradley Cooper, Carey Mulligan, Matt Bomer Synopsis: This love story chronicles the lifelong relationship of conductor-composer Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein. Even though Maestro...

Movie Review (NYFF 2023): ‘Strange Way of Life’ Focuses Only on the Looks

Director: Pedro AlmodóvarWriter: Pedro AlmodóvarStars: Pedro Pascal, Ethan Hawke, George Steane Synopsis: After twenty-five years Silva rides a horse across the desert to visit his friend Sheriff Jake. They celebrate the meeting, but...

Movie Review (Venice Film Festival 2023): ‘El Conde’ Needs More Horror Bite

Director: Pablo LarraínWriters: Guillermo Calderón and Pablo LarraínStars: Alfredo Castro, Catalina Guerra, Paula Luchsinger Synopsis: Centers on Augusto Pinochet who is not dead but an aged vampire. After living 250 years in this...

Movie Review (Venice Film Festival 2023): ‘Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person’ Lacks Any Real Depth

Director: Ariane Louis-SeizeWriters: Christine Doyon and Ariane Louis-SeizeStars: Sara Montpetit, Noémie O’Farrell, Félix-Antoine Bénard Synopsis: Sasha is a young vampire with a serious problem: she's too sensitive to kill. When her exasperated parents...

TIFF 2023: Films To Watch Out For

Following the Venice Film Festival, filmgoers and critics will be going to Toronto for the 48th Toronto International Film Festival. For North America, some of the films which are showing in Venice...

Preview of the 80th Biennale Di Venezia

As summer turns to autumn, a major batch of films is coming out, and Oscar season is starting to shift gears. The next of the big world film festivals, however, is overshadowed...

Movie Review (Locarno 2023): ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ Toys with Legal Tropes

Director: Justine TrietWriters: Arthur Harari and Justine TrietStars: Sandra Hüller, Swann Arlaud, Milo Machado Graner Synopsis: A woman is suspected of her husband's murder, and their blind son faces a moral...

Movie Review (Locarno 2023): ‘Bitten (La Morsure)’ Gets Lost in Genre Crossings

Director: Romain de Saint-BlanquatWriters: Romain de Saint-BlanquatStars: Fred Blin, Léonie Dahan-Lamort, Lilith Grasmug Synopsis: A Catholic schoolgirl is convinced tonight is her last night on Earth and decides to attend a...

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