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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...

Op-ed: The Year Was 1939

It’s very hard, if not impossible, to declare one year as “the best ever” in the history of film. 1955, 1977, and 1999 are all common candidates for this title holder among...

Movie Review (Locarno 2024): ‘Mexico 86’ is Full of Endearment and Understanding

Director: Cesar DiazWriter: Cesar DiazStars: Bérénice Bejo, Fermín Martínez, Leonardo Ortizgris Synopsis: A Guatemalan activist battles a corrupt dictatorship in 1976 and flees to Mexico, leaving her son. Ten years later he joins...

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