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“Life Is Worth Celebrating”: Tyler Taormina on Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point
With just three features to his name, Tyler Taormina has cemented himself as one of t…
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Billy Zane Transforms into Marlon Brando in First Trailer for Waltzing with Brando
If you’re looking for a distraction from the hellscape of American politics, look no …
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Riga Review: Saulė Bliuvaitė’s Locarno-Winning Toxic Will Worm Its Way Inside You
It’s a shame Toxic wasn’t around for the recent excretions of body-horror discourse.…
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Kani Kusruti on All We Imagine as Light, Girls Will Be Girls, and Indian Moviegoing Culture
In All We Imagine as Light , a nurse in a Mumbai hospital is confronted by the emptin…
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Bertand Bonello, Takashi Miike, Nikyatu Jusu, and More Plan Next Features
After crafting the best film of 2023 (and 2024, depending on your release calendar) w…
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AFI Fest Review: September 5 is a Competent But Bloodless Thriller
Tim Fehlbaum’s September 5 stars John Magaro, Peter Sarsgaard, Leonie Benesch, and B…
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“Less Money, More Liberty”: Paulo Branco on a Cinematic Life with David Cronenberg, Manoel De Oliveira, and Raúl Ruiz
We could tie ourselves in knots, draw party lines, and make blood oaths declaring cin…
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The End Trailer: Tilda Swinton, Michael Shannon, and George MacKay Ring in the Apocalypse
A decade after his staggering documentaries The Act of Killing and The Look of Silen…
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AFI Review: Vermiglio Paints a Lyrical Portrait of Desires Constrained by Catholicism
Vermiglio is set in the eponymous alpine village during the waning days of WWII. Mau…
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Paddington in Peru Review: Threequel Fails to Climb to Franchise Heights
It’s hard to overstate just how ubiquitous the Paddington films––particularly the 20…
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