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      2021 Berlin Competition LineUp: New Films By Celine Sciamma, Hong Sangsoo, Daniel Brühl, & More

      Bradley Warren
      February 11, 2021 9:42 am
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      Bradley Warren
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      Charles Barfield
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      ‘Cherry’: The Russo Brothers & Tom Holland Lack MCU Magic In Their Opioid Drama [Review]

      Robert Daniels
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      Gregory Ellwood
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      Gregory Ellwood
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      Gregory Ellwood
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      Bradley Warren
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      Christopher Marc
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      Charles Barfield
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      Charles Barfield
      February 26, 2021 11:24 am
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      Edward Davis
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      ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Teaser Trailer: Season 4 Arrives April 28

      Edward Davis
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      Gregory Ellwood
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      Bradley Warren
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      Charles Barfield
      February 26, 2021 11:49 am
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      Gregory Ellwood
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      Bradley Warren
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      Bradley Warren
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‘Museum’ Starring Gael Garcia Bernal Is An Endlessly Entertaining Heist Story [Berlin Review]

Bradley Warren
February 24, 2018 8:59 am
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One of the perks of the film festival model is its ability to nurture talented filmmakers. These potential auteurs work their way up from selective short film programs to sidebars, hoping to eventually enter th...
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‘7 Days In Entebbe’ Lights A Fuse, But Never Catches Fire [Berlin Review]

Bradley Warren
February 20, 2018 10:03 am
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An opening slate informs us that the globetrotting thriller “7 Days in Entebbe” takes some creative license with the real-life event it portrays. Every time the location shifts — Athens, Tel Aviv, Entebbe — we’...
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‘The Prayer’ Is An Austere Yet Accessible Portrait Of The Transformative Power Of Religion [Berlin Review]

Bradley Warren
February 19, 2018 2:03 pm
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Setting aside Bible Belt-targeted dreck, films on faith tend to fall into one of two categories: the austere or the spectacular, “Dekalog” or “The Ten Commandments.” In the running for the Golden Bear at the Be...
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Hong Sang-soo’s ‘Grass’ Is Brief But Dense With Ideas [Berlin Review]

Bradley Warren
February 18, 2018 8:24 am
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2017 was a career apex for busy filmmaker Hong Sang-soo, who released three (!) films on the festival circuit and all to effusive praise. How then does the South Korean director follow up this prolific benchmar...
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‘Kings’ Starring Halle Berry & Daniel Craig Is A Disastrous Faceplant [TIFF Review]

Bradley Warren
September 18, 2017 11:19 am
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One sure lesson to be learned from the relatively tepid reception and box office of “Detroit” earlier this summer is that wrangling racial flashpoints on-screen is no easy task. If Kathryn Bigelow faltered some...
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‘Mrs. Fang’: Wang Bing Tackles Death In His Latest Documentary [TIFF Review]

Bradley Warren
September 15, 2017 3:32 pm
News, Reviews
Documentarian Wang Bing has earned serious credibility in arthouse circles with his intimate, perceptive portraits of contemporary Chinese life. The filmmaker is probably best known for 2003’s “Tie Xi Qiu: West...
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Alain Gomis’ ‘Felicite’ Continues The Case For Contemporary African Cinema [TIFF Review]

Bradley Warren
September 15, 2017 2:13 pm
News, Reviews
The newly reopened Quad Cinema’s upcoming retrospective "The Whole World Sings: International Musicals" aims to challenge established notion about that genre is exclusively an extension of the classical Hollywo...

Peter Schønau Fog’s ‘You Disappear’ Melds Bergman With Scandi-Noir [TIFF Review]

Bradley Warren
September 11, 2017 1:50 pm
Festivals, Reviews
Traditionally, the mention of Scandinavian cinema brought to mind the monolithic body of work of Ingmar Bergman, or perhaps a few other big names. Nowadays, the region’s output is best known for its so-called N...

Valeska Grisebach’s ‘Western’ Is A German Riff On The Cowboy Movie [TIFF Review]

Bradley Warren
September 8, 2017 5:45 pm
News, Reviews
Perhaps the most salient and unsung thread in last year’s arthouse comedy epic “Toni Erdmann” examined the shifting economic frontiers in Europe. This becomes the point of departure for “Western”—the third feat...
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‘In This Corner Of The World’ Both Tearjerking & Troubling [Review]

Bradley Warren
August 11, 2017 4:14 pm
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When a new animated film draws comparisons to the heartbreaking anime classic “Grave of the Fireflies,” you’d be forgiven for going to the cinema with high expectations and a box of Kleenex. And while Sunao Kat...
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Restored ‘Suspiria’ Is A Can’t Miss Event & Brand New Experience For Fans [Fantasia Review]

Bradley Warren
August 7, 2017 10:11 am
News, Reviews
Looking at Dario Argento’s efforts of the past ten years — “The Mother of Tears,” “Giallo” and “Dracula 3D,” each more execrable than the last — one might be led to believe the Italian maestro is doing his utmo...
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Animated ‘Have A Nice Day’ Is A Cynical, Coens-Esque Crime Saga [Fantasia Review]

Bradley Warren
August 3, 2017 4:27 pm
News, Reviews
When Montreal’s Fantasia Film Festival was inaugurated in 1996, it was known affectionately as FantAsia, dedicating itself to bringing exposure to the cinemas of China, Japan, South Korea and other countries in...
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‘Tom Of Finland’ Is A Passable, LGBT Prestige Biopic [Fantasia Review]

Bradley Warren
July 19, 2017 5:02 pm
News, Reviews
It’s already been a stellar year for queer cinema with “Call Me By Your Name” and “God’s Own Country” making big waves at Sundance and “120 BPM” earning raves at Cannes. Less visible — but taking on no less imp...

‘JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure’ Is Candy-Colored Catnip For Takashi Miike Fans [Review]

Bradley Warren
July 15, 2017 7:59 am
News, Reviews
Simply put, it’s not an edition of the Fantasia Film Festival without a Takashi Miike flick (or two, or three). One of the sprawling Canadian genre fest's claims to fame is introducing the director to North Ame...
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‘Common Carrier’ Is A Demanding Experimental Pleasure [BAMcinemaFest Review]

Bradley Warren
June 24, 2017 9:04 am
News, Reviews
A cursory glance at the BAMcinemaFest program might give the false impression that the festival serves merely as a launching pad for under-appreciated Sundance and SXSW films. To assume so would do a disservice...
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