Infinity Pool (2023)Director: Brandon CronenbergWriter: Brandon CronenbergStarring: Alexander Skarsgård, Mia Goth, Cleopatra Coleman, Jalil Lespert Fresh off the plane from their Sundance debut, Brandon Cronenberg leads Alexander Skarsgård by a leather collar roped around his neck. Mia Goth is there, also leather-clad, in a black dress. The three are smiling but a little bedraggled from […]
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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
Empire of Light (2022)Director: Sam MendesScreenwriter: Sam MendesStarring: Olivia Colman, Michael Ward, Colin Firth, Toby Jones, Tom Brooke, Tanya Moodie, Hannah Onslow, Crystal Clarke Sam Mendes has returned following the critical success of his exceptionally thrilling and award winning World War I movie 1917 to set his lens upon a British drama surrounding staff at
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Enys Men (2022)Director: Mark JenkinScreenwriter: Mark JenkinStarring: Mary Woodvine, John Woodvine, Edward Rowe With his breakthrough feature, 2019’s Bait, Mark Jenkin earned plenty of critical acclaim, crafting an intimate drama so specific to a small area of England that it spoke to many the world over. Naturally, after making such an impact, many of his
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There’s a fair amount of nightmare fuel in this particular kid’s movie, from Snow White’s escape through a psychedelic dark forest to pretty much every scene with the Evil Queen. The moment where she takes a magic potion to alter her appearance to fool Snow White, transforming into an old crone in a cloud of
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) Director: Stephen Chbosky Screenwriter: Stephen Chbosky Starring: Logan Lerman, Ezra Miller, Emma Watson, Paul Rudd, Nina Dobrev, Johnny Simmons, Mae Whitman, Kate Walsh, Dylan McDermott In the summer of 1996 Stephen Chbosky was struck by a vision of a young teen standing in the back of a truck
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Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022) Director: Halina Reijn Screenwriter: Sarah Delappe Starring: Amandla Stenberg, Maria Bakalova, Myha’la Herrold, Chase Sui Wonders, Rachel Sennott, Lee Pace, Pete Davidson Featuring an ensemble cast of names that have appeared in a variety of projects – from Amandla Stenberg whose breakout role as Rue in The Hunger Games made audiences
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After Yang (2021) Director: Kogonada Screenwriter: Kogonada Starring: Colin Farrell, Jodie Turner-Smith, Justin H. Min, Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja, Haley Lu Richardson, Clifton Collins Jr. Screenwriter-director Kogonada’s first commissioned work was his video essay “The World According to Koreeda Hirokazu“, which highlights the Shoplifters and The Truth director Hirokazu’s regular focus on everyday life. It seems
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Return to Seoul (2022) Director: Davy Chou Screenwriter: Davy Chou Starring: Ji-Min Park, Oh Kwang-rok, Guka Han, Kim Sun-young, Yoann Zimmer, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Hur Ouk-Sook When Davy Chou joined his close friend and her biological family for a meal during a visit to South Korea, the French-Cambodian director was struck by the complete lack
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False Memories – A Pseudo-Documentary (2022) Director: Jack Caffrey Screenwriters: Jack Caffrey Starring: Jack Caffrey The power of images cannot be understated. From drawing to sculpture, from photographs to moving pictures, visual culture has been used since the dawn of humanity to externally represent the inner reality of human existence. False Memories, the self-styled “Pseudo-Documentary”
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