The Devil’s Bath (2024)Directors: Severin Fiala, Veronika FranzScreenwriters: Severin Fiala, Veronika FranzStarring: Anja Plaschg, Maria Hofstätter, David Scheid Can immense sorrow truly drive someone to violence? Society’s historical ignorance towards women’s mental health issues is dynamically explored in The Devil’s Bath, a folk-horror film by the Austrian directors Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala. Franz and […]
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Longlegs (2024)Director: Osgood PerkinsScreenwriter: Osgood PerkinsStarring: Maika Monroe, Nicolas Cage, Blair Underwood, Alicia Witt, Michelle Choi-Lee, Dakota Daulby One would be remiss to ignore the pervasive presence of evil in humanity. The digital age bombards us with stark reminders of malevolence through social media feeds and news coverage, while many also confront the harsh realities
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Anora (2024)Director: Sean BakerScreenwriter: Sean BakerStarring: Mikey Madison, Mark Eydelshteyn, Yuriy Borisov, Karren Kragulian, Vache Tovmaysan When it was announced that Sean Baker’s Anora had won the Palme d’Or at the closing ceremony of the Cannes International Film Festival in 2024, everyone cheered. Even before its somewhat unexpected win – many people had imagined that
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Anatomy of a Murder (1959)Director: Otto PremingerScreenwriter: Wendell MayesStarring: James Stewart, Lee Remick, George C. Scott, Ben Gazzara, Arthur O’Connell, Kathryn Grant, Brooks West, Orson Bean, Murray Hamilton, Joseph N. Welch Courtroom dramas tend to get the blood pumping. There’s nothing quite like a shouted “Objection!” at the right time to turn a story on
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Lumberjack the Monster (2023)Director: Takashi MiikeScreenwriter: Hiroyoshi KoiwaiStarring: Kazuya Kamenashi, Nanao, Riho Yoshioka Best known for the excessive, visceral violence of Audition and Ichi the Killer, Takashi Miike is one of the most prolific modern Japanese directors. Sadism seems to be an intentionally integral aspect of Miike’s canon, in a way that would be comparable
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Sister Wives (2024)Director: Louisa Connolly-BurnhamScreenwriters: Louisa Connolly-BurnhamStarring: Louisa Connolly-Burnham, Mia McKenna-Bruce, Michael Fox It starts getting worrying in contemporary life when someone playing Snake on an old Nokia is a sign of times long past, but this is the state of things. Historical fiction films can now talk about security camera surveillance and phones and
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The Notebook (2004)Director: Nick CassavetesScreenwriter: Jeremy LevenStarring: Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams, James Garner, Gena Rowlands, James Marsden, Kevin Connolly, Sam Shepard, Joan Allen. When The Notebook was released in the summer of 2004, critics and audiences seemed split in their response to the film. Based on the 1996 Nicholas Sparks novel of the same name,
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The Lion King (1994)Directors: Roger Allers, Rob MinkoffScreenwriters: Irene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts, Linda Woolverton Starring: Matthew Broderick, James Earl Jones, Jeremy Irons, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Moira Kelly, Niketa Calame, Nathan Lane, Ernie Sabella, Robert Guillaume, Rowan Atkinson, Whoopi Goldberg, Cheech Marin, Jim Cummings, Madge Sinclair, Frank Welker Along with the Oscar-nominated Beauty and the Beast, The
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Chinatown (1974)Director: Roman PolanskiScreenwriter: Robert TowneStarring: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Perry Lopez, John Hillerman, Darrell Zwerling, Diane Ladd, Roy Jenson, Dick Bakalyan, Joe Mantell, Bruce Glover, James Hong, Belinda Palmer, Burt Young Films considered classics, masterpieces, among the greatest ever made, balance all aspects of the art form but are often remembered for
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Watch the Lights (2024)Director: Alex Ayre Everyone can relate to the journey of the dreamer, the conqueror, and the artist – to those with an extraordinary dedication to expression, both of the self and towards others. We can all see ourselves in the heroes that fall and get back up again, and we are each
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