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Interview: Claude Schmitz, Director of ‘The Other Laurens’

Film reviewer Conor Truax noted that L’Autre Laurens (2023) features a “Dadaist sense of causality” but that descriptor doesn’t fully capture how deeply strange the film’s unique rhythms can feel when you’re...

Movie Review: ‘The Killer’ is All Filler, No Killer

Director: John WooWriters: Brian Helgeland, Josh Campbell, Matt StueckenStars: Nathalie Emmanuel, Omar Sy, Sam Worthington Synopsis: An assassin tries to make amends in an effort to restore the sight of a beautiful young...

Movie Review: ‘Merchant Ivory’ Reveals An Imperfect Partnership With Love

Director: Stephen SoucyWriters: Jon Hart, Stephen SoucyStars: John David Allen, Helena Bonham Carter, John Bright Synopsis: Follows the history of the Merchant Ivory partnership, featuring interviews with James Ivory and close collaborators detailing...

Locarno 2024: Capsule Reviews of ‘By the Stream’, ‘Moon’, ‘The Sparrow in the Chimney’

This year’s Locarno Film Festival hasn’t had enough buzz or outreach compared to the recent ones. It is unfortunate because it is lenient toward giving more opportunities to rising or less-recognized directors...

Movie Review: ‘Blink Twice’ is Going Exactly Where You’re Thinking

Director: Zoë KravitzWriters: Zoë Kravitz, E.T. FeigenbaumStars: Naomi Ackie, Channing Tatum, Alia Shawkat Synopsis: When tech billionaire Slater King meets cocktail waitress Frida at his fundraising gala, he invites her to join him...

Interview: David Gutnik, Director of Rule of Two Walls

Much of the American media coverage of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine has focused on the geopolitical tensions between the East and the West and the efforts of soldiers stepping out onto...

Locarno Film Festival 2024: Capsule Reviews of ‘Bogancloch’, ‘Dragon Dilatation’, ‘Transamazonia’

While it may be the least looked-at European festival out of the big four (Cannes, Berlinale, Venice), the Locarno is a fascinating film festival. It gives most of its program spaces to...

Movie Review (Locarno 2024): ‘REAL’ is a Flimsy, Yet Compelling Look At Hyper Connection

Director: Adele TulliWriter: Adele Tulli Synopsis: REAL aims to delve into the ongoing metamorphoses triggered by our relationship with digital technologies, through an associative mosaic of stories, shedding light on different aspects of living...

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