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Chris Aronson Files $4 Million Age Discrimination Suit Over Ouster at Paramount - Chris Aronson, who was let go as Paramount’s head of domestic distribution last year, has filed a lawsuit accusing the company of reneging on an agreement ...

Sakamoto Days Season 2 Anime Releases New Character Trailer - A new character trailer for the upcoming second season of the Sakamoto Days anime introduces three new cast members ahead of its January 2027 debut. The ...

Lee Joo-bin to Stand Alongside Kim Nam-gil in "The Shady Lawyer" (2026/08/21) - Lee Joo-bin has been cast in the new drama 'The Shady Lawyer', where she will star opposite Kim Nam-gil. According to TV Report's coverage on the 20th, Le...

Neon Under Shadows: Japanese Cyberpunk Cinema’s Politics of Technological Alienation - Japanese cyberpunk’s distinctiveness becomes clear when compared to Western cyberpunk. Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner (1982) asks: What is human? It’s a phi...

Friday's Old Fashioned: Strange Victory (1948) - In watching the recently reviewed “Pressure” about the D-Day invasion, I was reminded of Supreme Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower’s in-advance speech to hi...

Matsurika Kanriden TV Anime Reveals Kana-Boon's Theme Song in Promo Video - Takeo Ōtsuka, Kōtarō Nishiyama, Shō Komura join cast for anime debuting in January 2027

Rosie O’Donnell Unleashes on Trump in Insult-Heavy Monologue After White House Calls Her ‘Nasty’ - "Thanks to everyone who's been watching this week, especially the hungry, hungry hypocrite in the White House," the comedian adds while guest hosting "Ji...

Skintown - Richard Mowe - 20461 - There have been a multitude of films and series that have dealt with the Troubles in Ireland (and there will doubtless be many more) but Kieron J Walsh d...

How I Stole From My Own Life to Make My First Feature in 18 Days - I came to filmmaking through acting. After years of auditions and waiting for someone else to give me the part I wanted to play, I started writing one fo...

‘Spa Weekend’ Review: These Funny Women Deserve a Much Better Break - Leslie Mann, Isla Fisher, Michelle Buteau, and Anna Faris make for a spirited foursome in "The Hangover" writers and "Bad Moms" filmmakers Jon Lucas and Sc...

Theo James Eleven Times - I am having a real stare at the wall blankly unable to conjure a single solitary thought kind of day, which kinda sucks since I've got shit to accomplish ...

The Devil, Probably - [Robert Bresson • 1977]

Interview…Creed Bratton and Nathan Edmondson Blaze Trails of Historical Fiction with ‘Buffalos’ - GST: The strength of Buffalos is that it’s filled with really great descriptions both brief and lengthy. You can convey a lot about a field of waving grass...

Motel Destino - Futuro Beach Director Karim Aïnouz director on the set MOTEL DESTINO B ...

‘Wildwood’ trailer reveals LAIKA’s epic new fantasy adventure - Black Bear and LAIKA have unveiled the first full trailer for ‘Wildwood,’ offering a spectacular new look at the handcrafted fantasy adventure set in a m...

Death and Enlightenment: An Interview with Joanna Stalnaker - by Mrinalini Sisodia Wadhwa

Under Covert Attack Again - Suddenly, all the readers disappeared at the same time. Numbers nose-dived inexplicably. Could it be the latest content? August 18 was a big Election Day, ...

Locarno Film Festival 2026 Wrap-up - A recap of this year's Locarno Film Festival.

What Hollywood Gets Wrong About Modern Casino Gambling - Casino films have shaped how millions of people picture gambling long before they ever place a real bet. Ocean’s Eleven turned a heist into elegant chore...

No Exit - Film: *Warfare* Format: Streaming video from HBO on Fire! I’ve been trying to post reviews about more current movies lately. If you look at what I have b...

The Journey to Killing You Chapter 1: The Journey Begins, Water Guardians, Suikoden: The Anime, Shars51, Payment, August Grove, Fire in Water: Selected Video Works by Kosuke Nagata, Japanese Film Trailers -

HaKeves HaShisha Asar – The 16th Sheep - Last night was the opening event of the Docu-text Film Festival at the National Library in Jerusalem. There were hundreds of people sitting outside in t...

Tuesday TV on LEGEND Xtra: Ranger Rumble, Space Saga & Western Whim - A curated guide to Tuesday’s action, sci‑fi, western and drama lineup on LEGEND Xtra, with highlights and personal picks. The post Tuesday TV on LEGEND X...

One Key Event & Two Key Scenes (March 2009) - *Three brief entries commissioned by Chris Fujiwara and submitted in March 2009 for the updated Italian edition of his stupendous 2007 collection **Defini...

Return to Yesterday (UK 1940) - This film from early in the production history of Ealing Studios under the stewardship of Michael Balcon has been ‘passed over’ to a certain extent by Eali...

Sicario – Winners, Losers, & Lovers - With B. Luciano Barsuglia, Kenny Connolly, Andrew Kubasek, Andrew Roberts, Kyle Roberts. On Spotify and YouTube and elsewhere! This week on Winners, Lose...

Wild Sing: K-Pop Reunion - The K-pop trio Triangle had a brief moment in the limelight. Breakdancing Hyeon U (Gang Dong-won), sugar-sweet singer Do-mi (Park Ji-hyun), and bad rappe...

Questioning methodology: On the March 2026 issue of PROJECTIONS devoted to David Bordwell’s research. A guest post by Colin Burnett - Kristin here: David’s passing was well over two years ago, and not surprisingly various tributes continue to appear. Film series, collections of essays by ...

The Film Comment Podcast: Jane Schoenbrun on Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma - The filmmaker discusses their dizzyingly meta-textual and deliciously campy new feature

TIMELESS SPIRAL—FRANCES FAYE - *“Is it true that when you're pretty it doesn't matter how you wear your hair? Do you think brandy is fattening?”—*Frances Faye. Known for his bisexual ...

No Hands On The Clock - So many things change. Few things ever change. Long ago, barely any time at all, I went to see Paul Thomas Anderson’s BOOGIE NIGHTS at the Hollywood Galax...

Films That I Saw: July 2026 - Rising gas prices, rising temperatures, rising chaos around the world. This is another typical summer where so much shit is happening as well as the fa...

Spa Eclectics: At Karlovy Vary - The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival has walked an improbable path of occupation, compromise, and survival. Its first edition was held in 1946, the...

The Anime Nostalgia Podcast - Guest Spot: Lupin III Manga with Manga Machinations - Subscribers! Be sure to go to the blog to read the description easier & check out links for this episode! *Miss my TokyoTreat Twitch streams? Use code ...

The Neuromancer teaser -

Attacking “THE ODYSSEY” (or, Always Coming Home) - Φάε πολύ τυρί, γίνε μεγάλος και δυνατός. The post Attacking “THE ODYSSEY” (or, Always Coming Home) appeared first on Neil Young's Film Lounge.

448. The Odyssey (#122) - Christopher Nolan's *The Odyssey*. At time of recording, it was ranked 122nd on the list of best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database. Show n...

Black Chariot (1971) - An intriguing artifact from the same Black-power zeitgeist that produced *Uptight* (1968), *Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song* (1971), and *The...

Cover art for “Allan Fish: Wonders in the Dark, A Memoir of Friendship” on Monday Morning Diary (July 13) - by Sam Juliano I am over the moon to post a preliminary look at the dazzling cover and spine art for my upcoming book, Allan Fish: Wonders in the Dark, A M...

Blu-Ray Review: Colt .45 (1950). - Directed by Edwin L. MarinProduced by Saul ElkinsWritten by Thomas W. BlackburnDirector Of Photography: Wilfred M. ClineFilm Editor: Frank MageeMusic by Wi...

אקדמיה תחת אש: המאבק הגלוי והסמוי על עתיד המחקר הישראלי - ב-26 במאי 2026, התקיים באוניברסיטת בר-אילן, כנס מרכזי וחשוב “האקדמיה הישראלית תחת אתגר: חופש אקדמי, חרם ואחריות מוסדית”. הכנס, אשר נערך ביוזמת ועדת הסנאט...

Film Quarterly Summer 2026 - FQ’s current issue (79.4) has great reads! From the Editor Editor’s Notebook J. M. Tyree Features High Desert Eerie: Horror in the High Desert Dawn Keetley...

12 Monkeys–J. Hoberman Village Voice 1/2/1996 - The year has five days left and, suddenly, here is the best studio release of 1995 — Terry Gilliam’s 12 Moneys — running loose in Multiplex Nation. Can thi...

Sinners (2025) - Ryan Coogler's *Sinners* (2025) is a stylish, nifty and surprisingly thoughtful experience. A skillful blend of genres (period crime drama, horror movie,...

Renowned Film Director, Eran Riklis, Visits Wesleyan Center for Jewish Studies - Eran Riklis, one of Israel’s most acclaimed filmmakers, visited Wesleyan Center for Jewish Studies. His visit included a film workshop delivered in Hebrew ...

DE PALMA'S OBSESSION THIS FRIDAY NIGHT IN LOS ANGELES - [image: https://www.angelfire.com/de/palma/obsession50thjan2026.jpg]

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 ...

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...

Capsule Review: MISSON: POSSIBLE, Slapdash Spy Action-Comedy Lacks Spark - *By Pierce Conran* Mission: Possible is a third-rate spy action-comedy starring Kim Young-kwang and Lee Sun-bin as a mismatched duo who both pretend to b...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Happiness of the Katakuris & Tetsuo: The Iron Man with Flying Lotus in person! - *Co-presented by Shudder and Worldwide FM* Double feature programmed and introduced by Flying Lotus! *Happiness of the Katakuris* After a Jan Svankmajer...

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 ...

T2 Trainspotting (2017) - Director: Danny Boyle By Roderick Heath Trainspotting was one of the signal cultural moments of the 1990s. After his helter-skelter debut, Shallow Grave (1...

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...