MaXXXine (2024)Director: Ti WestScreenwriter: Ti WestStarring: Mia Goth, Elizabeth Debicki, Moses Sumney, Michelle Monaghan, Bobby Cannavale, Halsey, Lily Collins, Giancarlo Esposito, Kevin Bacon X and Pearl, the first two instalments of Ti West’s recent feature film horror series, are stories that, amidst the blood and guts, contain metacommentaries on the evolution of sex and horror […]
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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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True Romance (1993)Director: Tony ScottScreenwriter: Quentin TarantinoStarring: Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt, Christopher Walken Directed by Top Gun‘s Tony Scott and written by Pulp Fiction’s Quentin Tarantino, True Romance is a fantastical rollercoaster ride of a film. Its tale of two lovers on the run recalls films like
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I Saw the TV Glow (2024)Director: Jane SchoenbrunScreenwriter: Jane SchoenbrunStarring: Justice Smith, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Ian Foreman, Helena Howard, Lindsey Jordan, Danielle Deadwyler, Fred Durst Do you like girls?I don’t know.Boys?I- I- I think that, I like TV shows. Psychological thriller, coming-of-age story, spacey sci-fi – all categories that general audiences will try to fit I
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Sting (2024)Director: Kiah Roache-TurnerScreenwriters: Kiah Roache-TurnerStarring: Ryan Corr, Alyla Browne, Penelope Mitchell, Robyn Nevin, Noni Hazelhurst, Silvia Colloca, Danny Kim, Jermaine Fowler A giant spider movie. Almost like it’s been done before. Has it? And if it has, can we do anything new with it? This is the question asked by writer-director Kiah Roache-Turner, who
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War Pony (2022)Directors: Riley Keough, Gina GammellScreenwriters: Riley Keough, Gina Gammell, Franklin Sioux Bob, Bill ReddyStarring: Jojo Bapteise Whiting, Ladainian Crazy Thunder Set on and around the Pine Ridge Native American reservation in South Dakota, Riley Keough and Gina Gammell’s 2022 Cannes entry War Pony follows two young Native American men from the Oglala Lakota
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Tár (2022)Director: Todd FieldScreenwriter: Todd FieldStarring: Cate Blanchett, Noémie Merlant, Nina Hoss, Sophie Kauer, Mark Strong There is something of a European sensibility to Todd Field’s long-awaited return to the director’s chair, Tár (2022); a hint of Ruben Östlund in its tightly weaved story elements and profound use of epilogue, a touch of Thomas Vinterburg
Black Narcissus (1947) Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger Screenwriters: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger Starring: Deborah Kerr, David Farrar, Kathleen Byron, Sabu, Flora Robson, Jenny Laird, Judith Furse, Esmond Knight, Jean Simmons, May Hallatt, Eddie Whaley Jr A technical masterclass in its day and a key artistic influence on filmmakers over the decades, including but not
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Where The Crawdads Sing (2022) Director: Olivia Newman Screenwriter: Lucy Alibar Starring: Daisy Edgar-Jones, Taylor John Smith, Harris Dickinson, Michael Hyatt, David Strathairn If you want to get your story made into a movie, the formula seems to be fairly simple these days. Simply write a novel, preferably in the 300–450 page range, make it
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Peninsula (2020) Director: Yeon Sang-ho Screenwriters: Yeon Sang-ho, Park Joo-Suk Starring: Gang Dong-won, Lee Jung-hyun, Kim Min-jae, Koo Kyo-hwan, Kim Do-yoon, Kwon Hae-hyo, Lee Re, Lee Yi-won There have been few films released in recent years that have been as shamelessly derivative as Train to Busan sequel Peninsula, especially outside of Hollywood. That said, American
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