SBIFF: “God’s Time”- A Fast, Well-Written, Character Piece

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SBIFF: “God’s Time”- A Fast, Well-Written, Character Piece

Five minutes into writer/director Daniel Antebi’s “God’s Time”, it is abundantly clear that first time actress Liz Caribel Sierra has serious skills. Her character Regina is pure fire from moment one and the newcomer dives into the deep end of…

Before ‘Poker Face,’ Rian Johnson Gave Us the Ultimate Con Movie

Before Poker Face and the Knives Out films, Rian Johnson gave us his Wes Anderson-esk caper flick, The Brothers Bloom. The director's gonzo sophomore film centers on a pair of siblings who make a living out of staging highly ornate…

How the Air Trailer Chronicles the Rise of Nike and Michael Jordan

Ben Affleck made his directorial debut nearly 15 years ago with the acclaimed Boston kidnapping thriller Gone Baby Gone. Who knew the heartthrob known mostly for clunky action thrillers and few notable dramatic turns had it in him? He followed…

Tony Gilroy Breaks Down Season One & Teases The Many Difficulties Of Mounting A Rebellion In Season Two [The Rogue Ones Podcast]

The Rogue Ones: A Star Wars Andor Podcast returns for one last episode with hosts Mike DeAngelo and The Playlist’s Editor-In-Chief, Rodrigo Perez. As with the previous episodes, each week, our hosts will recap and review the latest “Andor” episode and…

Ashton Kutcher Needs to Stop Playing One-Dimensional Characters

Ashton Kutcher makes his return to the romantic comedy genre with Reese Witherspoon in the Netflix film Your Place or Mine, in which the two play lifelong friends who begin to develop a relationship. While Kutcher has mostly been on…

How Attractive Movie Star Body Images Changed and Evolved Over Time

What people find beautiful in terms of body image is often subjective depending on what time period or culture you're from. The same hasn't always been true of mainstream Hollywood. For many decades, movie stars were seen as the archetypal…

The Playlist’s 2022 Holiday Gift Guide

Film fans are notoriously hard to shop for: hoarders by nature, obnoxiously opinionated, and weirdly unpredictable in our tastes. But the good news is, there are so many options for the movie lover on your gift list – so many…

The Thin Line Between Artistic Expression, Press Freedom and Animal Feces

At a packed Hannover state opera house, German newspaper critic Wiebke Hüster had dog feces smeared on her face by award-winning ballet director Marco Goecke, who apparently took offence at her review of a production he staged in The Hague.…

Steven Spielberg Nearly Directed an Animated Version

Today, it’s hard to imagine physical versions of the Harry Potter characters that aren’t inhabited by actors like Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, or Rupert Grint. Over eight movies, these performers and so many others have been cemented as the de…

Plot, Cast, Release Date, and Everything Else We Know

Home Features Hunt Her, Kill Her: Plot, Cast, Release Date, and Everything Else We Know A young mother working the overnight shift in a supposedly empty factory is terrified to learn she is not alone in Hunt Her, Kill Her.…

Kasi Lemmons On Her Classic Southern Gothic Breakout Now On Criterion [Interview]

“Memory is a selection of images, some elusive, others imprinted indelibly on the brain,” says the film’s narrator, voiced by Tamara Tunie. Kasi Lemmons’ eerie, Southern Gothic directorial feature debut, “Eve’s Bayou,” is as elusive twenty-five years later as it…

Best Theme Parks in Movies and TV, From Spooky Island to Jurassic Park

Theme parks are a lot of things for a lot of people, from money pits to money machines. From a child's heaven to maybe even a parent's nightmare! This makes theme parks an effective setting for many films for a…

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