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James Bond Producer Barbara Broccoli to Produce ‘Othello’ Film With David Oyelowo, Rachel Brosnahan, Cynthia Erivo Shot in Doha - ‘James Bond’ franchise producer Barbara Broccoli’s Eon Productions and Qatar’s newly launched Film Committee are jointly producing a film adaptation of Wil...

Dark Machine the Animation Series Unveils Cast, Staff, 2026 Debut - Kenshō Ono, Miyuki Sawashiro, Kōki Uchiyama, Riho Sugiyama, Saya Aizawa, Yūichi Nakamura star in anime

The Untouchables - While lack of feeling is ascribed more often to Stanley Kubrick, Brian De Palma qualifies more as a detached formalist. Here the relative absence of dire...

11 Noir-Inspired Comedies You Forgot Exist - Since its birth in the early 1940s, film noir painted a picture of intoxicating cigarette smoke, moral decay, and a bleak world. But every now and then, ...

PHOTO FROM THE SET OF TAXI DRIVER - *DE NIRO, DE PALMA, SCORSESE* [image: https://www.angelfire.com/de/palma/depalmadeniroscorsese75.jpg] I saw this photo flash by during the final episode of...

Rev. Jesse Jackson’s Team Issues Health Update After Clintons Pay Visit to Hospital: ‘Under Good Care’ - "[The Jackson family] extends heartfelt appreciation for the many prayers," the civil rights activist's organization adds The post Rev. Jesse Jackson’s T...

Straight Outta Space - Jennie Kermode - 20082 - A spirited but incoherent romp involving alien invaders, zombie-analogues and real estate development, Michael Middelkoop’s Straight Outta Space, also kn...

The Testament of Ann Lee Review: Visions of a New World - The Testament of Ann Lee is a sweeping, hauntingly lyrical historical drama musical that feels unlike anything the genre has offered in recent memory. An...

[Ratings] "Taxi Driver 3" Starts Broadcast, "Our Golden Days" Records Highest Rating (2025/11/22) - 'Taxi Driver 3' aired its first two episodes. Continue reading on HanCinema: https://www.hancinema.net/ratings-taxi-driver-3-starts-broadcast-our-golden-da...

‘Wicked: For Good’ Needed Just Two Scenes to Feel Like It Had Any Stakes — or, Let the Goat Talk! - Universal could not have anticipated Jon M. Chu's musical having too *little* dystopia, and yet...

The Baby Carriage - [Bo Widerberg • 1963]

OPEN LETTER TO JULIAN ASSANGE : The Evidence That Brings Down the CSAM Media–Legal Cartel - In a groundbreaking moment blending activism, cinema, and frontier technology, Julian Assange appeared live onstage in the United States as a hologram, s...

It Was Just an Accident (Yek tasadef sadeh) - Director Jafar Panahi Panahi accepting the Palme d'Or at Cannes IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT (Yek tasadef sadeh) ...

Where There Is Love, There Is No Darkness (2025) Review - A quiet but powerful immigrant story unfolds in this intimate and beautifully observed Parisian drama. by Nav Qateel Written and directed by Stevan Lee M...

Steel Blue World: DP Dan Laustsen on “Frankenstein” - Though Guillermo del Toro’s 1997 American studio debut Mimic was a notoriously unpleasant experience, the silver lining of that giant cockroach creature fe...

Interview…Dave Porter Gets Into Mysterious Musical Headspace with ‘Pluribus’ - Composer Dave Porter brings his orchestral, rhythmically intricate, and emotionally resonant sound to Vince Gilligan‘s mysterious new series on Apple TV+. ...

Siskel & Ebert at 50: A Table of Contents - What follows are links to our tributes to “Siskel & Ebert” on the 50th anniversary of their show. Check back for more coverage and don’t miss the event tom...

A Cinephile’s Paradise: The Quirky Education of a Film Scholar – Joseph McBride, in conversation with Danny Peary - Joseph McBride, filmed in 1970, is taking notes on his wrist, a habit he picked up while reviewing films, in his role as the critic and historian Mister ...

Quick Me on Train Dreams & Wicked 2 - *Train Dreams* -- It's not often that I have a completely different opinion when I see a movie a second time than I did the first, and so it feels importa...

Nikohl Boosheri, Roya Mahboob and Ali Fazal on Rule Breakers - In a nation where educating girls is seen as rebellion, Roya Mahboob, a visionary young Afghan woman (Nikohl Boosheri) dares to teach young minds to drea...

The Neck Bone's Connected to... - Film: *The Skull* Format: Streaming video from Kanopy on Fire! So much of old-school horror is a collection of Gothic tales. You have to think that at so...

Friday's Old Fashioned: Eye of God (1997) - “Eye of God” was based on writer/director Tim Blake Nelson’s stage play of the same name, and it feels like it. I kept thinking it was a movie where the ...

Glenn Diesen: The Science of Political Propaganda - MORE “You invent two sets of language to avoid any comparison between in-group and out-group.”

The Fractured Clock: Exploitation and Control of Transport Workers in Colonial Calcutta - by Amartyajyoti Basu

Dawn Chorus, Lilypop, Lotus Kitchen, I no rinri to senso, A Yuki Hirata Double-Bill: Picnic, Lost in Images, Japanese Film Trailers -

The Film Comment Podcast: Noah Baumbach on Jay Kelly - Can I go again? The writer-director discusses his latest, a screwball caper—with a touch of Baumbachian melancholy—about a regretful movie star played by G...

Wicked: For Good ★★★★ - Released: 21 November 2025 Director: Jon M Chu Starring: Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande-Butera, Jonathan Bailey, Jeff Goldblum, Bowen Yang, Michelle Yeoh, ...

Islands (Germany 2025) - This unusual production offers an English-language film shot on Fuerteventura, one of the larger islands of the Canaries with a number of tourist resorts. ...

Introduction: Hong Sang-soo in Brief - Easily one of Hong Sang-soo's shortest features (running 105 minutes), *Introduction* nevertheless feels distinct within Hong's oeuvre with its black and...

Letter: A response to “UCSD recklessly promotes study abroad program in Israel” - Dear UCSD Guardian Editor, The critical article that Staff Writer Jaechan Preston Lee published last month regarding the study abroad program in Israel par...

Frankenstein, Train Dreams, It Was Just an Accident, and Nouvelle Vague on Monday Morning Diary (November 17) - by Sam Juliano The movie […]

Big Calibre (1934). - Directed by Robert N. BradburyProduced by A. W. HackelSupervised by Sam KatzmanScreen Play by Perry MurdockPhotography: William HyerFilm Editor: S. Roy Lub...

Pluribus trailer - By the by, I love this show.

Die My Love - Based on the novel *Die, My Love* by Ariana Harwicz, *Die My Love* is the story of a couple who travel to Montana for a quieter life as a woman deals w...

This month's podcast: - *Angel's Egg* is finally going to hit the big screens all across America, so who better to talk about the movie with me than returning guest Brian Ruh, ...

6/11/25: Lanthimos day in Thessaloniki - it wasn't exactly a surprise today when I struggled to get on Kinetta's wavelength. And I certainly wasn't alone; the elderly woman to my left slept thro...

Everything Is Temporary - You need to believe that things can change. And hopefully they will. There’s a framed picture of my father nearby on a bookshelf that I look at often whic...

The Touch of Satan - A lot of *Mystery Science Theater 3000* movies contain worthy concepts sabotaged by low budget or poor execution - with a little effort, they could have...

BLUE MOON (2025)—REVIEW - *Blue moon, I saw you standing alone * *Without a dream in your heart * *Without a love of your own.* What an apt description for legendary lyricist Lo...

Red Alert - a new TV series about the events of October 7th - *Red Alert*, directed by Lior Hefetz, is a heart-rending television drama series, produced by Keshet channel 12 in Israel and currently streaming on Para...

Every '70s Movie Is Fifteen Years Old! - As in life, birthdays start to blur after a while, but because so much of what exists in the digital space is ephemeral, it seems significant to note that...

David and Wes - Kristin here– Loyal readers of this blog checking back at intervals in the hope of finding a new entry will not have found one for quite some time now. Ind...

eVent® Fabric – Vải công nghệ chống thấm đỉnh cao trong giày và trang phục outdoor - Trong thế giới outdoor, khi nói đến vải chống thấm – thoáng khí cao cấp, ngoài Gore-Tex nổi tiếng, chắc chắn không thể bỏ qua eVent® Fabric. Đây là loại ...

23rd Annual Contemporary Israeli Voices - The series this year will continue to explore the most updated, diverse, innovative, creative, and fascinating Israeli Voices. The series will be inaugurat...

436. There Will Be Blood (#142) - Paul Thomas Anderson's *There Will Be Blood*, with Darcie Faccio and Phil Bagnall. At time of recording, the film was ranked 142nd on the list of best movi...

FQ 79.1 Fall 2025 - FQ‘s latest issue features free articles and great reads! https://online.ucpress.edu/fq/issue/79/1 From the Editor Editor’s Notebook from J. M. Tyree Featu...

Hello Again - Hey, everybody! I can't imagine anyone is still checking this blog, but just in case someone is I feel like it's about time I announced here that I have ...

Waxing Gibbous: Luigi Cozzi's BLOOD ON MELIE'S MOON (2016) - Once the psychic fell out of her seance chair, and threw up green ectoplasm that turned into a book after white-masked magician zapped her through her cry...

Film School Rejects is Seeking New Ownership - After nearly two decades of operating independently, FSR is now for sale.

SEAN BAKER'S (AND MIKEY MADISON'S) ANORA - Way back in May it was that Patty, Emma and I drove to the SEE Film Multiplex in Bremerton to take in *I Saw the TV Glow*, and while there I took a ...

Weekend Box Office: TERRIFIER 3 Unseats JOKER FOLIE A DEUX For Top Spot -

RBC EMERGING ARTIST Alicia K. Harris Premieres Short Film at TIFF - 2023-2025 RBC Emerging Artist, Alicia K. Harris recently premiered her latest short film, On a Sunday at Eleven, at the 2024 Toronto International Film F...

The Timorous Bellboys - Note: This article originally appeared on a site devoted to comparing two different versions of the same story. I decided to discontinue the site because t...

BAMBOO BOARD GAME REVIEW - Happiness, used to be loneliness and loneliness ruled my world. Then along came BAMBOO to allow me to appease spirts, decorate houses and generally make ...

Blu-ray Review: Claude Chabrol’s LA CEREMONIE - That a filmmaking giant like Claude Chabrol remains the most critically neglected member of the Cahiers du Cinema faction of the French New Wave in 2023 is...

Telluride '23: The Royal Hotel - **½/**** starring Julia Garner, Jessica Henwick, James Frecheville, Hugo Weaving written by Kitty Green & Oscar Redding directed by Kitty Green by Walter C...

Happy Birthday Elliott Gould - Happy Birthday to one of the all-time greats and one of the coolest of the cool Elliott Gould. From my 2019 New Beverly interview with Elliott Gould about ...

Summer 2023 Blu-ray/4K Ultra Consumer Guide - Equipment: Sony UBP-X800 multi-region 4K player, Sony KD50X690E display, Yamaha RXV-385 A/V receiver. Angel Face (Warner Archive Blu-ray) Of all the amour ...

Japanese star Dean Fujioka Produces and stars in the cult film ‘Pure Japanese’ - Japanese actor/singer/multi-lingual culture star Dean Fujioka produces and stars in a brand new cult film ‘Pure Japanese’ which is out now globally via

The 25th Annual San Francisco Silent Film Festival With Victor Morton - Three years of absence from the San Francisco Silent Film Festival has only left a longing in Peter's heart. And while *The Cinephiliacs* remains on perma...

PERRY MASON: THE CASE OF THE SAUSALITO SUNRISE - Terence Towles Canote at *A Shroud of Thoughts* is hosting *The 8th Annual Favourite TV Show Episode Blogathon*. The popular blogathon is running from ...

Baruch Dayan HaEmet - I am heartbroken to tell you that Karen, my wife of 44 years, passed away this from pancreatic cancer. I and our two daughters, Leda and Aliza, were by her...

Maybe LOVE, ACTUALLY is…About British Sexual Insecurity? - by D.K. Latta Does the world need yet another Love, Actually hot-take? Sure. Like tinsel — can there ever be too much? I like Love, Actually and usually re...

National Silent Movie Day: Manhandled (1924) - Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021, is National Silent Movie Day. New York City's beloved Film Forum is celebrating with a screening of Allan Dwan's 1924 silent...

Girls in Film (GIF) South Africa and National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) : Join the Conversation - How to get your film funded - *Girls in Film (GIF) South Africa and National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) : Join the Conversation - How to get your film funded* GiF SOUTH AFRICA x ...

Manhunter - I would be lying if I did not confess that, despite my lifelong interest in true crime and dark subjects in general, I oftentimes get an instantaneou...

From ‘Delhi Crime’ to ‘Fifty,’ Breaking Down the Odds to Win at the International Emmys - This year’s crop of Intl. Emmy nominees across categories feature strong and diverse showings for series and performers alike. Here, Variety breaks down th...

Best of 2019: The 13 Best Films of the Year - by Tony Dayoub It's Oscar Day! No predictions. Here, for your consideration, are my top films of 2019 followed by the winners of the respective polls I p...

1/16 Make My Day at the Wex - January 16, I’ll be giving a book talk at the Wexner Center in Columbus and introducing a screening of the 1986 movie River’s Edge. Read more…

Summer break - Hey everyone, For the first time since I started this blog in 2012, I will be taking a break! See you back on August 22nd. Best, Kinofrau

What to do if ICE shows up at your door? - ¿Qué hacer si ICE aparece en su puerta? - Believe it or not, when it comes to ICE agents, you have rights. Here's some advice should you have the misfortune of encountering them. - Lo creas o no, c...

LIT WINDOW - My creative wing. A selection of work follows. I WISH YOU WOULD (2020, 26'25") is a short film about Stanley Strunk and his first, rocky day out in the...

Top 5 Movies Based on True Stories - Dragons, zombie walkers and mythical super heroes are all integral parts of successful modern films and TV shows. Despite the allure of these characters ...

Everybody Knows (Todos lo saben Spain-France-Italy 2018) - Everybody Knows opened the Cannes competition in 2018 to mixed reviews (although better than usual for the opening film) and it has taken some time to get ...

All Inclusive – Fabien Onteniente - It’s sad to see actors of the calibre of Thierry Lhermitte, Josiane Balasko and Maiwenn on screen in a film with as little merit as All Inclusive – the l...

WINTER OF DISCONTENT: Puppet on a Chain - In an otherwise balanced article for *The Spectator* on the Wilma Montesi murder case*, Alexander Chancellor refers to Piero Piccioni as “a sleazy jazz ...

A Farewell to Ferdy - By Roderick Heath Long ago, in the dimly-remembered time of legend and chivalry that was 2006, my friend Marilyn Ferdinand asked me if I wanted to contribu...

The Virgin Suicides: “They Hadn’t Heard Us Calling” - [image: Current_29336id_295_large] Sofia Coppola adapts Jeffrey Eugenides’s acclaimed novel with an impressionistic style that evokes the private melanchol...

Exploring Captivity: Some films to look out for at this year's DOKer Festival - DOKer is taking place in April this year and the opening film will be shown this evening (April 13th). A festival which sees a refocus back on films fro...

Signing off - juvenilecinephile: I am writing this to just inform my readership and whatever following that I have that after the Oscars, Sunday, March 4th, 2018, I am...

Jean Harlow, Mary Dees, and SARATOGA - I watched SARATOGA again last night for the first time in years and still found it very depressing. It is so sad to watch Harlow, clearly weak and listless...

The 'Momentum' of Yamada Ryosuke: Idol, Actor, Entertainer - How is he? [Part 2/3] - *There are plenty of articles dealing with the question - what makes a good actor? In Part 2 of our Yamada Ryosuke 'Momentum' article, we ask the questio...

DVD Review: Tag - ★★★☆☆ Mitsuko (Reina Triendl) is on a school bus with her friends when an invisible force rips off the top of the bus, severing all but Mitsuko in half. Ru...

New Zvyagintsev movie 'Loveless' to compete for Oscar from Russia - Russian Oscar committee decided to suggest this movie for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Each of Zvyagintsev's movies is a big event in ...

News: Song Kang-ho Drives into 10 Million Viewer Club for 3rd Time with A TAXI DRIVER - By Pierce Conran Jang Hoon's Gwangju drama A Taxi Driver drove past the 10 million viewer mark ($69 million) this morning (August 20), on its 19th day of r...

Episode #143: Commentary Track: Days of Wine and Roses (Blake Edwards; 1963) - The cast for episode #143: Stuart Collier Tom Sutpen This episode was recorded June 25, 2017

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Cinematography: All That Heaven Allows - *ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS* (1955) *Director:* Douglas Sirk *Cinematographer:* Russell Metty One of the most beautifully shot films, I believe, is Douglas ...

Quick Takes: A Matter of Time - Is there a longer cut of *A Matter of Time* (1976) hiding somewhere in a vault in Italy, waiting to be restored? The last film from the masterful Vincen...

At 30, Merchant-Ivory's "Maurice" Has Only Gained in Power - Maurice is the overlooked middle child in Merchant Ivory's trio of E.M. Forster adaptations, sandwiched between the lighthearted mainstream hit A Room With...

Lev Kulidzhanov - Prestuplenie i nakazanie AKA Crime and Punishment (1969) - [image: 29f7c043f76a2bde437fd0d52a185152] Plot Synopsis This Russian adaptation of Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment packs nearly every pivotal event fr...

2013--The Year in Review - 2013 was a fantastic year for movies. Its prime entry was the eventual winner of the Best Picture Oscar, British director Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave-...

SOMEDAY THIS WAR'S GONNA END - *A second review requested by Patton with thanks for contributing twice to the Second Quinquennial Antagony & Ecstasy ACS Fundraiser.* How in the name of ...

The Best Wrestling Matches of 2016 (15-1) - Continuing from yesterday's post, read on as I count down my favorite wrestling matches of the year. 15. Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Naomichi Marufuji IWGP H...

Candy (1968) - *Ewa Aulin*, star of *Deadly Sweet* and *Death Laid an Egg*, plays the eponymous *Candy*; a naive, somewhat gormless, sexually accommodating teenager who...

Nanni Morretti’s latest film opens across the country - Nanni Moretti’s highly acclaimed film “Mia Madre” opens across the country today. To put it simply, this film is a piece of art and is not to be missed. ...

The Razor's Edge - *Shenanigans*. Elliot Gould, Tom Skerritt, Donald Sutherland Those of you who think that movies are entirely a visual medium, and that the script is noth...