A Mother and Son Form a Taboo Bond in Exclusive U.S. Trailer for ...
WEBAug 26, 2022 — Premiering at Berlinale earlier this year to a controversial response, Isabelle Stever’s Grand Jeté captures a taboo mother-son romance relationship, recalling other daring European dramas like Christophe Honoré’s Ma mère and Bertrand Blier’s Beau Pere.Now picked up by Altered Innocence for a theatrical release beginning in LA on September 20 at Laemmle Royal and coming to VOD on ...
A Mother-Stepson Relationship Forms In English-Subtitled Teaser …
WEBAug 30, 2023 — Playing at Cannes to nice notices and perhaps little else––no awards, alas!––Catherine Breillat’s Last Summer nevertheless yields interest above much competition brethren. Her first feature since 2013’s Abuse of Weakness (which I just found myself pulverized by courtesy Criterion) remakes 2019’s Queen of Hearts with what has been described as Breillat-like zeal: sex in all its ...
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The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters - The Film Stage
WEB3 days ago — Looking for what to see in theaters? Our feature, updated weekly, highlights our top recommendations for films currently in theaters, from new releases to restorations receiving a proper theatrical run. While we already provide extensive monthly new-release recommendations and weekly streaming recommendations, as distributors' roll-outs can vary, this is a one-stop list to share the
Clean Review: A Quiet, Intense Adrien Brody Offers Crisp, Direct …
WEBJan 28, 2022 — Hard-edged, old-fashioned, and anchored by a sturdy movie star performance from Adrien Brody, Clean plays well as a socially-tinged vigilante thriller. Directed by Paul Solet (from a script he co-wrote with Brody), the film moves fast and rises above certain genre tropes. Brody plays Clean, a …
TIFF Review: The Swearing Jar Takes an Uplifting Look at the …
WEBWe must juggle a lot in the process, though. There’s Carey and Simon’s wonderful rapport—two lovers of profanity who have agreed to try toning done their vulgar senses of humor when throwing barbs and twisting each other’s words for a laugh as preparation for becoming parents. There’s the cutely awkward courtship between Carey and Owen—two kind souls who hate secrets despite her ...
Why Citizen Kane Is The Most Important American Film Ever Made
WEBBecause it is timeless, and that statement is more or less inarguable. I recently watched it yet again in a film class. At first I was a little aggravated about it. After all, it just feels like an easy movie for a film professor to put on and just say "watch this!" Part of me
Sight and Sound - The Film Stage
WEBJan 31, 2023 — After last month kicked off with Sight and Sound unveiling of their once-in-a-decade greatest films of all-time poll, detailing the 100 films that made the cut that were led by Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, they’ve now unveiled the full critics’ top 250.While the discourse up until now has featured many wondering why certain directors were ...
Cannes Review: Marco Bellocchio’s Exterior Night is a Riveting ...
WEBMay 19, 2022 — Most films ask nothing of you. You simply press play and watch the story unfold, gleaning context as the filmmaker colors in their narrative. But the occasional movie demands prerequisites to appreciate. Think: Dušan Makavejev’s Man Is Not a Bird, or last year’s competition title Petrov’s Flu, Kirill Serebrennikov's …
The Girl Who Got Away Review: A Serial Killer Escapes Prison in ...
WEBAug 19, 2021 — Christina Bowden (Lexi Johnson) is an elementary school teacher with aspirations to adopt. The paperwork is filed, the young teen (Willow McCarthy's Lisa) targeted is on-board, and it seems the last remnants of Christina's volatile past have been repurposed for good. Kidnapped and raised in a shack by her captor (Kaye Tuckerman's Elizabeth Caulfield), fate