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‘Harold & Kumar 4’ on Track and ‘Everybody’s Back,’ Producer Greg Shapiro Says: ‘Hopefully We Should Be Shooting It Soon’ - The fourth movie in the stoner comedy franchise “Harold & Kumar,” starring John Cho and Kal Penn, is on track with the key cast on board, one of the produc...

Louise Lasser, ‘Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman’ Star, Dies at 87 - The Emmy-nominated actress died Monday at her home in Manhattan The post Louise Lasser, ‘Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman’ Star, Dies at 87 appeared first on T...

Venezuelan Drama Lost Chapters Sets U.S. Theatrical Release - The Venezuelan drama Lost Chapters, directed by Lorena Alvarado, will begin its U.S. theatrical run at New York's IFC Center on July 24. The post Venezue...

Epstein Conflict of Interest: Todd Blanche - Todd Blanche is the Deputy Attorney General overseeing the Epstein files. His own name is already in them. August 13, 2019, days after Epstein died, thi...

ARRI’s New ALEXA 35 Live Xtreme is Here to Bring High Frame Rate to Your Live Productions - While everyone loves a new ARRI camera announcement, this one is most likely to appeal to those who work in live production workflows. Still, a new ARRI ...

Korean Drama Starting Today 2026/07/07 (2026/07/07) - Korean drama starting today 2026/07/07: 'My Love Story That Only I Don't Know'. Continue reading on HanCinema: https://www.hancinema.net/korean-drama-star...

The Demons Are Planning Something Good Anime Reveals Cast, More Staff, 2027 TV Debut - Junichi Suwabe, Wakana Kuramochi, Haruka Shiraishi star in fantasy comedy manga

Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie ★★★★★ - Released: 3 July 2026 Director: Matt Johnson Starring: Matt Johnson, Jay McCarrol “The truth is, if you’ve got a best friend, you won’t even notice getti...

The Emmy Categories to Keep an Eye on This Nominations Day - While the Primetime Emmys can be very repetitive when it comes to nominations, there are a few categories keeping us on the edge of our seats with their un...

Whatcha Got Down There, Jake? - Heads up -- or rather heads down, like Jake there -- I've got multiple screenings tomorrow so I'm taking the day off. Both are movies that are not out yet...

The Little Mermaid - [Ron Clements & John Musker • 1989]

The Westies: JK Simmons, Titus Welliver & more reveal all on the crime world of 1980s New York - A dark but lesser known corner of New York history explodes onto the small screen this week with the arrival of The Westies, a gangland saga spotlighting...

Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas In July (1979) - Beginning in the mid-1960s, Rankin-Bass Productions generated so many animated holiday specials—including the beloved stop-motion classics *Rud...

Disclosure Day - “Disclosure Day” begins in media res with a point-of-view shot of a professional wrestler in the ring getting a boot to the face. It’s quite the wakeup cal...

The Velvet Underground - Director Todd Haynes THE VELVET UNDERGROUND A ...

Trophy, Onihei Hankacho Honjo no tetsu, Onihei Hankacho Mikkoku, Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings, Japanese Film Trailers - Trophy, Onihei Hankacho Honjo no tetsu, Onihei Hankacho Mikkoku, Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings

American Doctor - Jennie Kermode - 20396 - It’s always a difficult ethical question in filmmaking: how far should one go in showing atrocities onscreen? Most directors would rather win people over...

What I've Caught Up With, June 2026 Part 2 - I’m still watching The Sopranos as my workout show, and should be just about finished (but possibly not quite) by the end of July. I’m very close on finish...

BBC One’s Must‑Watch Menagerie: From Wimbledon Fever to Soap‑Opera Thrills – Your Weekly TV Playbook - A sharp‑cut guide to the week’s best BBC One line‑up, spotlighting the biggest sports moments, dramatic sagas, and quirky quizzers, plus tailored picks f...

You’ll All be Crying by the End, Ha! The Question of Sincerity in Breaking the Waves - Our prevailing moviemaking ethos calls for emotion to be tempered through a kind of ebb and flow structure, for an emotion to be slowly built toward and ...

Il Cinema Ritrovato XL: Krystel Brown reports - Watching Mitchell Leisen's films alongside the Barbara Stanwyck retrospective revealed a recurring narrative structure: women repeatedly sacrificing care...

Fifty Years After the Bicentennial, A Declaration of Independence for American Filmmakers - Fifty years after the bicentennial and New Hollywood, there's still hope for the future of movies.

Killer Thong (2026) Review - Sometimes the strangest movies are the most memorable. Killer Thong embraces its absurdity from beginning to end, and if you’re willing to go along for t...

Scary Movie and the Wayans’ Spoof Empire - The latest installment in the Scary Movie franchise is the sixth, though the numeral is pointedly left off the title. This is a form of protest. The Wayans...

FANTASIA 30 (2026)—LARRY FESSENDEN’S “MONSTERVERSE” QUADRILOGY - The International Premiere of Larry Fessenden's final chapter of his “monsterverse” quadrilogy *Trauma Or, Monsters All (2026)* brings together the vampi...

John Ford #19: Four Men and a Prayer (US 1938) - John Ford had one of the most productive periods of his career during the late 1930s and early 1940s at the newly-formed 20th Century-Fox under the control...

Radical Sovereignty: Disha Karnad Jani Interviews Tony Wood - by Disha Karnad Jani

Fatal Beauty - (A 1987 review from the *Chicago Reader.*) Whoopi’s back, and the LAPD’s got her. One has to wait about 90 minutes before the cartoonish slam-bang action...

Films That I Saw: June 2026 - Here in America, we are days away from our 250th birthday as it should be a time of celebration of how far we have come. Unfortunately, there is not mu...

The Anime Nostalgia Podcast - Guest Spot: Angel's Egg with The Bomb Squad - 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...

KCL’s Hamas-Linked Flotilla Problem - When King’s College London publicly expressed support for Hasnain Jafer following his detention aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla, it did more than respon...

Kingmaker: Whose Life Is It Anyway? - I've been trying to figure out why Byun Sung-hyun historical drama *Kingmaker* decided against being a biopic about the early political days of eventual ...

Interview…Composer Michael Wandmacher’s Unique Sound Palette and Working with Amy Lee on ‘The Seventh Turn’ - It’s gotta be exciting and daunting being a composer. Many times they are asked to make a project better or give it life with some acoustic accompaniment. ...

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...

Blu-Ray Review: San Antonio (1945). - Directed by David Butler (with Robert Florey & Raoul Walsh, uncredited)Produced by Robert BucknerWritten by Alan Le May & W. R. BurnettDirector Of Photogra...

Tell Me Everything, a new film by Moshe Rosenthal - *Tell Me Everything *is a new Israeli film, directed by Moshe Rosenthal, who also directed the highly acclaimed film “Karaoke”. This new film won acclaim...

West Side Story and My Fair Lady stagings and Leviticus on Monday Morning Diary (June 22) - by Sam Juliano Lucille and I were back at New Jersey’s Broadway-level Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn for their highly acclaimed production of West Side S...

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...

John Early on Maddie’s Secret - The comedian and actor discusses his directorial debut, a wonderfully original send-up of TV movies, erotic thrillers, and more

Observations on David Bordwell - Many of you may know that an anthology of writings about various aspects of David’s career has been in the works–partly because many of you contributed to ...

The Social Reckoning teaser trailer -

Politics Is Perception - The things you respond to in life change. This is inevitable. It should be, at the very least. Maybe I was sort of a political junkie long ago, but by a c...

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,...

444. Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc (#234) - Tatsuya Yoshihara's *Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc*, with Graham Day. At time of recording, it was ranked 234th on the list of best movies of all time...

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...