Fanny: The Right to Rock
NOW ON PBS! Sometimes, the greatest tales in rock n’ roll involve bands or singers who haven’t made the Hall of Fame or the playlists for classic rock stations. If you want both the best sounds and stories, you have…
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Sam Levinson’s Attempt to Shock Lacks Depth and Subtlety
There is a world where The Idol would have been a hit: A story about a star who has just lost the person closest to them, who has unraveled and is being used by everyone around her like a cash…
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Anu | Film Threat
The concept of death can be tough for young children to process. The topic is often introduced when a grandparent passes away, leaving parents scrambling to explain why Grandpa or Grandma won’t be coming back. While no film can be…
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‘Jauja’ Filmmaker Lisandro Alonso Returns With Viggo Mortensen & Chiara Mastroianni For An Inconsistent Triptych [Cannes]
“Eureka” seems somewhat deceitfully simple: a man called Murphy (Viggo Mortensen) searches for his abducted daughter with the help of the mysterious El Coronel (Chiara Mastroianni), even if he has to shoot everyone who stands in his way. A black…
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You Hurt My Feelings Review
Although tonally quite different, You Hurt My Feeling is thematically reminiscent of Seinfeld. I’m not saying that because both have Julia Louis-Dreyfus in common, although this strengthens the sentiment. Both are essentially about nothing, or more accurately, the little problems…
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Anthony Chen Triumphs in Cannes Return
In 2013, filmmaker Anthony Chen’s first feature, “Ilo Ilo,” won the coveted Caméra d’Or at Cannes. Centered around the inseparable bond between a 10-year-old Singaporean boy and his Filipina nanny, Chen’s full-length debut deployed a specific lens — a family…
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Wannabe John Wick Flick Can’t Keep Up
The logline: An assassin discovers that he must kill six other assassins or be assassinated himself. The world is their arena, and only one can come out alive. A kill-or-be-killed globe-trotting action thriller starring Henry Golding and Noomi Rapace sounds…
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Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore Face Off
True crime, while no longer on the hype train that it was a few years back, is still an insanely popular genre. People love listening to podcasts about serial killers, watching documentaries about cons gone wrong, and enjoying fictionalized versions…
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Fast X | Film Threat
F9: The Fast Saga went soo over-the-top with its bizarre action sequences and the “family” that it became overwhelming. Taking a car to outer space is lousy writing despite an interesting redemption story for the antagonist. Everything was made stupider by…
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A Cannes Comeback for Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Nuri Bilge Ceylan has been a Cannes regular since his debut short, “Koza,” in 1995. An assured auteur from the very beginning, Ceylan made a name for Turkey on the festival circuit, and every year he brings a new title to…
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The Little Mermaid Review | Flickreel
Watching The Little Mermaid remake, a sense of familiarity washed over me. Not merely because this movie already exists, but because most of these Disney remakes put us through the same wringer. When one is first announced, some are immediately…
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A Magical Disney Live-Action Remake
This year, Disney is celebrating its 100th anniversary, and from the earliest Mickey shorts to the gargantuan company that they’ve become in the last century, one thing ties together Disney at its best: magic. For many of us, Disney films…
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