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MOVIE NEWS: Céline Sciamma’s “Portrait of a lady on fire” enters the film cannon
NEON and The Criterion Collection have announced the addition of Céline Sciamma’s “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” to The Criterion Collection library. The Cannes winner was recently nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Foreign Language Film, nominated by the Hollywood Critics Association for Best Foreign Language Film and was awarded Best Cinematography by the New York more >
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INTERVIEW: Mati Diop, director of “Atlantics”
The Arab Spring events of 2011 got filmmaker Mati Diop thinking: What if that search for a better life were told from the viewpoint of a teenage girl in Senegal who stayed behind ... more >
TALKING WITH Victoria Stone and Mark Deeble, co-filmmakers of “The Elephant Queen”
When making a documentary out in nature, sometimes the story will find the filmmakers along the way. Victoria Stone and Mark Deeble spent four years solidly with a small team on ... more >
IN CONVERSATION with THE LAUNDROMAT’S Scott Z. Burns and Jake Bernstein
The scandal surrounding the revelations contained in the Panama Papers is labyrinthine. So complex, in fact, that Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Jake Bernstein ... more >
THE WEEK IN REVIEW
MOVIE REVIEW: Queen of Hearts
The professional relationship between director May el-Toukhy and actress Trin Dyrholm is becoming quite important to world cinema. From their collaboration on the enjoyable relationship film ... more >
MOVIE REVIEW: “The Laundromat”
Steven Soderbergh is perhaps our most adventurous filmmaker. He straddles the worlds of big-budget Hollywood and Independent cinema with ease and skill. We never know what kind of film he ... more >
FILM REVIEW: Scorsese’s ‘The Irishman’ is a sprawling masterpiece, Joe Pesci gives memorable performance
Scorsese has directed many a cinematic winner. But, with the exception of 2016’s “Silence” (which I found to be brilliant on so many levels) it had been a while since the accolades of ... more >
Putting music to film and film to music, to great effect, “Western Stars”
Bruce Springsteen and Thom Zimny’s “Western Stars” is more than a concert film. Both structurally and musically, this unique cinema experience is an homage to the life and philosophies of ... more >
SHE’S JUST A SHADOW (Japanese manga meets grindhouse? Yes, please)
“Women. No matter how human they seem... they’re just shadows. But on the other hand, aren’t we all?” From the edges of the bizarre and the extremely weird, “She’s Just A Shadow” is truly ... more >
“Dolemite” is his name. Get used to it.
“Dolemite is My Name”, the new film from the immensely-talented Craig Brewer, is a pleasant surprise and certainly one of the most entertaining and emotionally satisfying films I have seen ... more >
Brad Pitt sets off in search of a father in mesmerizing “Ad Astra”
“Ad astra,” the new film by James Gray, is more meditation than story. The title (one half of the latin phrase “per aspera ad astra” or “through hardships to the stars”) is apt given the ... more >
“The Lighthouse,” a mind-bending, psychologically-intense thriller
A devious and creepy psychological film in the horror/thriller genre has made its way into cinemas in the form of Robert Eggers’s second feature, “The Lighthouse.” His first film “The Witch” ... more >
PEOPLE TO WATCH
Born and raised in North London, Christian Tye has already made his mark on Hollywood by producing a short, entitled “Trip’s Duplage” at 22. There’s already some Cannes buzz about the film, which was produced by Tye with Mosaic Media Group. It stars British actress Stephanie Beacham and Spencer Squire. Tye has starred in stage productions and also had a part in Rupert Everett’s 2018 directorial debut “The Happy Prince,” alongside Everett and Colin Firth. He has various projects lined up for 2019, including roles in two major feature films. Not only does Christian excel at acting but also he is an incredible screenwriter, having written several scripts. more >
