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Blu-Ray News #384-A: Without Honor (1932). - Directed by William NighStarring Harry Carey, Mae Busch, Gibson Gowland, Lafe McKee, Tom London Kino Lorber announced their Blu-Ray of Law And Order (1932)...

Kenan Thompson Wouldn’t Mind Being a ‘Forever Cast Member’ on ‘Saturday Night Live’ - Thompson holds the record for the most seasons as an "SNL" cast member, having been with the show since 2003, but says he still has plenty more left in the...

Inside George Clooney’s ‘Good Night, and Good Luck’ Broadway Opening Night With Jennifer Lopez and an ‘ER’ Reunion - Sit seven rows from the stage at “Good Night, and Good Luck” on Broadway, and you’re bound to catch a whiff of prop cigarette smoke. Cigarettes — and the f...

Punching through the glass ceiling by Jennie Kermode - [image: Women In Action cohort 2025] Women In Action cohort 2025 Photo: Simon Annand Action movies have come a long way in the last few decades in term...

Dance, Girl, Dance - [Dorothy Arzner • 1940]

Rachel Maddow Explains the ‘Ridiculous’ True Story That Inspired Trump’s Tariffs Plan | Video - "You think it would take like a grand plan and some big brains to figure out how to destroy the economy of the richest nation on earth, but that's not ho...

A Minecraft Movie Review: An Imaginative Family Fun Adventure - Growing up, I absolutely loved playing Minecraft. It’s a game that, still to this day, holds a special place in my heart. I vividly remember playing it w...

Malcolm X - From the *Chicago Reader* (November 1, 1992). Spike Lee’s 1992 epic about the powerful black leader, adapted by Arnold Perl and Lee from Malcolm X’s aut...

Aldnoah.Zero [Re+] Anime Film Review - This film is worth watching for the new episode alone. As for the compilation film attached to it...

What I've Caught Up With, March 2025 - We lost Mom on the 21st. Not a shock that I didn’t watch a lot this month, as most of it was spent dealing with her decline. As such, a lot of the movies I...

VIDEO - AMY IRVING VISITS THE CRITERION CLOSET - *TALKS ABOUT WATCHING BLUE VELVET WITH HER MOM; AUDITIONING W/ TRAVOLTA FOR MALICK(!)*

Gaza: How to Survive a War Zone (Film) -

How Our Indie Doc About ‘A Goofy Movie’ Made It to Disney+ - Nearly five years ago, we began a journey to independently create a documentary about our favorite Disney film, *A Goofy Movie*. We didn't reach out to D...

Seven Documentary Organizations Sign Letter Decrying DOGE National Endowment for the Humanities Cuts - Seven filmmaker support organizations, including the International Documentary Association, Women Make Movies and Third World Newsreel, have signed a let...

Jojo Rabbit star Roman Griffin Davis & voice actor James Arnold Taylor on The King of Kings - Written and directed by Seong-ho Jang, the new faith based animation The King Of Kings draws inspiration from The Life of Our Lord by Charles Dickens. F...

Grunts Be Gruntin' - I briefly mentioned this earlier this week but I have yet another dentist appointment this afternoon, and so depending on how that goes this might be it f...

A Female Boss: The Oppressor Wins - Who doesn't want to see a light romantic comedy in which the misogynist comes out on top? Well, I don't. But here we are with *A Female Boss*, a jarring ...

Interview…Wow Jones and JimiJame$ on Propulsive Sounds, Gut-Feelings, and Musical Confidence - On today’s show, we got the thrilling opportunity to chat with two powerhouse musicians/composers and creators. These superstars have unparalleled talent a...

13 Reviews by Roger Ebert for the 2025 Day4Empathy - We're giving the site back to Roger today. Here's why.

Restless ★★★★ - Released: Friday 4th April 2025 Directed: Jed Hart Cast: Lyndsey Marshal, Aston McAuley, Barry Ward For the audience, Restless lasts a mere 89 minutes. F...

Friday's Old Fashioned: The Fugitive (1993) - Upon its release in 1993, “The Fugitive” was critically acclaimed, a box office smash, and the rare more than middling thriller to earn the ultimate acknow...

SAKKA Online Streaming Service Takes Us to “A Far Shore,” an Okinawa-set drama by Masaaki Kudo, set for release on April 18 - Details on the streaming debut of Masaaki Kudo's "A Far Shore" on SAKKA, coming April 18th, 2025.

The Beatles Bio-Pics: 10 Things I Wish for the Beatles Film Series - If there was ever the story of someone monumental that people want to see on the big screen, it would have to be an audacious project. A film about the...

The Film Comment Podcast: New Directors/New Films 2025 - On the lookout: critics Mark Asch and Natalia Keogan join to discuss this year’s lineup of films by emerging directors, including *Familiar Touch*, *Mad Bi...

The Kid from Not-So-Big (1978) - A harmless but unimpressive attempt at mimicking Disney’s family-friendly formula, *The Kid from Not-So-Big *is somewhat akin to Disney’s silly...

Call for Submissions, JHI Blog Forum: “The Return of Political Economy in Intellectual History” - Inspired by a panel at the 2025 American Historical Association annual conference, this JHI Blog Forum will collect and publish short reflections on the re...

Symphony for a Massacre (Symphonie pour un massacre, France-Italy 1963) - This is one of the films featured in the Radiance catalogue of Blu-rays using restored prints. I would describe it as a polar – the familiar French crime f...

Hard Truths - Writer/director Mike Leigh actress Marianne Jean-Baptiste Jean-Baptiste with the director cinematographer Dick Pope ...

Last Call and Misericordia on Monday Morning Diary (March 31) - by Sam Juliano The 1910s decade poll will run until Friday, April 4th. The response has been fantastic! The results will be posted over the weekend, follow...

The Anime Nostalgia Podcast - ep 141: Creative Conversations with Sarah Myer - Subscribers! Be sure to go to the blog to read the description easier & check out links for this episode! *Treat yourself or a loved one! TokyoTreat makes...

They Think It's Normal - New York is the past for me now. I don’t know what goes on there anymore. Maybe it’s worse, which seems possible based on the headlines and other things I...

THROWBACK THURSDAY / TREEFORT MUSIC FEST 2016—The Evening Class Interview With Tispur (née Samwise Carlson) - It is wonderful to see how the Treefort Music Fest has expanded over the years, but I will always have a fondness for its early years and the young music...

CAMERA on Campus UK Urges Action as Professor David Miller’s Antisemitic Rhetoric Fuels Hostility on UK Campuses - CAMERA on Campus UK is deeply alarmed by the continued influence of Professor David Miller, whose rhetoric and actions have become a significant source of ...

FQ 78.3 Spring 2025 - All articles unlocked at UC Press! TABLE OF CONTENTS FROM THE EDITOR EDITOR’S NOTEBOOKJ. M. Tyree SPECIAL FOCUS: HONG KONG CINEPHILIA REIMAGINEDEdited by J...

Contra (2025) Review - Contra is an entertaining ode to 80’s action and 8-bit video games! by Nav Qateel Based on the 1987 game of the same name, the short film Contra attempts...

Materialists trailer -

‘Geography of the Gaze’ retrospective at Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival 2025 - ,,, The post ‘Geography of the Gaze’ retrospective at Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival 2025 appeared first on Neil Young's Film Lounge.

414. Un condamné à mort s’est échappé ou Le Vent souffle où il veut (A Man Escaped) (#250) - Robert Bresson's *Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le Vent souffle où il veut*, with Brendan Hodges. At time of recording, it was ranked 250th on the li...

Amazon Doesn’t Own James Bond—Yet: Making Sense of the 007 Franchise. A guest post by Colin Burnett - Kristin here: Students and faculty in the film-studies division of the Department of Communication Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are known fo...

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The 18th Annual Ring Family Wesleyan University Israeli Film Festival - I am pleased and excited to announce on behalf of the Center for Jewish Studies The Eighteenth Annual Ring Family Wesleyan University Israeli Film Festival...

A Film about Shellshock is Particularly Relevant Today - Last week, I had the opportunity to view the documentary film, *50 Broken Pieces*, directed by Micha Amitai, produced and co-edited by Aner Preminger. T...

Top 7 địa chỉ mua giày leo núi ở Hà Nội chính hãng uy tín được nhiều người yêu thích nhất - Bạn đang muốn tìm kiếm cho mình những mẫu giày leo núi trekking chính hãng, giá tốt tại Hà Nội? Bạn băn khoăn không biết cửa hàng bán giày trekking nào đ...

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 ...

[Photos] New Stills Added for the Korean Drama "The Judge From Hell" (2024/10/02) - New stills added for the Korean drama 'The Judge from Hell'. Continue reading on HanCinema: https://www.hancinema.net/photos-new-stills-added-for-the-korea...

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...

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 ...

Bringing Down the Establishment: The Graduate and End of the Road: A Dialogue - The subsequent dialogue between the two films developed after much negotiation and cajoling. They were inclined to be hostile to the other. I tried to in...

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...

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…

You Only Live Once - One of Fritz Lang's better Hollywood movies, *You Only Live Once* (1937) is a cynical, angry crime saga. Drawing loosely on Bonnie and Clyde (with an emp...

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 ...

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...

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...

The Doug Benson Movie Interruption: The Fate of the Furious - The next installment of Doug Benson’s Movie Interruption, where Doug and friends (who in the past have included everyone from Jon Hamm to Sarah Silverman...

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

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...

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...

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