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It's very funny to so obviously think you are making Come and See or Apocalypse Now for a post-January 6th America and instead end up with JCPenney Has Fallen.
Garland might have even had something here if he could've dropped the solemn, sanctimonious centrist anti-war art filmmaker pretension/moral hand wringing—we get it, war is ugly no matter which side is doing it and the adrenaline-junkie psychos who do the arduous work of documenting/bearing witness to it are important—and just fully…
WOW. Masterful. Alex Garland's CIVIL WAR is a stunning, mournful, riveting journey through a nightmare landscape. Somehow - and I don’t know how - this distorted reflection remains largely apolitical (or at the very least somehow completely avoids specific partisanship), which I think helps prevent it from preaching to the choir, and instead reaches much further with its critical messaging. It had me mesmerized throughout. One of the best movies of the year, for certain.
I thought at times that this felt like this generation's APOCALYPSE NOW.
Should I be shocked that a movie titled Civil War confidently stays apolitical while still co-opting imagery and vernacular from our very real reality? Yes, but in a way, I am not. Apoliticism, generally, is cowardly— but often it’s cowardly because it’s rooted in some sort of attempt to appease both sides— something I don’t think Civil War aims to do or frankly, even cares to do.
As many have pointed out, it is a far more interesting movie in its discussion…
dev patel directing all those baddies to ooh+giggle when he takes his sweaty tank top off
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In the early 1960s, four brothers redefined the landscape of Chinese cinema.
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Hollywood heartthrob, academy darling, fashion icon, et cetera. If you have seen a famous film in the past ten years, it probably starred Timothée Chalamet. From the windswept dunes of Arrakis in Dune: Part One and Two to the romantic streets of Northern Italy in Call Me by Your Name, his performances captivate audiences worldwide. As he steps into the whimsical shoes of Wonka, Chalamet continues to find a secure home for himself in the Hollywood media cycle promoting his next high-profile blockbuster or Indie Letterboxd favorite. However,…
"It's about a girl who gets turned into a swan and she needs love to break the spell, but her prince falls for the wrong girl so she kills herself."
Anybody who saw King Charles III's coronation on television last May was doubtless dazzled by the elaborate pomp and ceremony that surrounded that historic event.
Riddle of Fire is a neo-fairytale adventure comedy from the point of view of four picaresque bandit children: A 16mm witches’ brew of Grimm’s fairytales, Criterion Saturday matinees, Romantic poetry, British folklore, neo-westerns, gasoline, and paintball guns set in the American West. Through this lens, Riddle of Fire explores how children manage living in fractured households by creating their own worlds, morals, and mythical friendships. Also intended to be a spiritual refuge in a film, Riddle of Fire isa world…
Sound of Metal isn’t so much about hearing loss as it is about addiction, acceptance, and peace. Ruben’s newfound deafness is important but it’s more the mechanism that drives the story as opposed to what the story is about. Even though Ruben’s four years sober, he still hasn’t learned how to be still and alone with his own thoughts. The journey he goes on with hearing loss is what guides him, eventually, to serenity. Music couldn’t be the answer. Neither…
Kaleidoscopic with dazzling images and path-breaking ideas, this special collection is curated in partnership with the 81st Whitney Biennial. Alive to a world of dissonance and difference, the visionaries behind these films explore the fullness of experience and untold realms of vibrant possibility. Now streaming in the US, UK, Canada and Ireland here.
Today, AFI announced that Meryl Streep, Morgan Freeman, Naomi Watts and Reese Witherspoon will be among the presenters at the 49th AFI Life Achievement Award Tribute in honor of Nicole Kidman, with Streep – recipient of the 32nd AFI Life Achievement Award – presenting the highest award for a career in film to Kidman.
Natalia Dyer’s upcoming film, Chestnut, finally has a 2024 release date. As the trailer indicates, the film revolves around a queer love triangle featuring the Stranger Things actor. In 2021, Variety reported that the film had finished wrapping. Almost three years later, Chestnut will finally be getting a release in select theaters. Premiering on the big screen on June 21 for a limited run, the film will later be available for digital release on July 2. The press release for the film also reports that Legion star, Rachel Keller, and Top Gun:…
