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    • Ethan Hawke Pedro Pascal strange way of life

      'Strange Way Of Life': Pedro Almodóvar's Western Short Film Will Star Ethan Hawke & Pedro Pascal

      Charles Bramesco
      June 28, 2022 10:24 am
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      ‘Andor’: Showrunner Tony Gilroy Explains Five-Year Structure Of The Next Epic ‘Star Wars’ Series

      Christopher Marc
      July 4, 2022 4:25 pm
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      James Cameron Says He May Not Direct ‘Avatar 4’ & ‘5’ Himself

      Christopher Marc
      July 4, 2022 3:44 pm
    • July TV To Watch

      10 Must-Watch July TV Shows: ‘Black Bird,’ ‘Better Call Saul,’ ‘Shadows’ & More

      Ally Johnson
      July 4, 2022 10:57 am
    • Taron Egerton, Wolverine

      Taron Egerton Says He’s Met With Marvel’s Kevin Feige & Hopes To Play Wolverine

      Christopher Marc
      July 2, 2022 11:46 am
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      Baz Luhrmann Says Heath Ledger & Jake Gyllenhaal Auditioned For ‘Moulin Rouge’

      Ned Booth
      July 1, 2022 2:43 pm
    • 13 Films To See In July

      13 Must-Watch July Films: ‘Nope,’ ‘The Gray Man,’ ‘Resurrection’ & More

      Ally Johnson
      July 1, 2022 2:40 pm
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      'Moon Knight': Jeremy Slater On Reality Vs. Hallucinations & Whether Ethan Hawke's Arthur Harrow Is Dead [Interview]

      Charles Bramesco
      June 24, 2022 10:04 am
      Awards, Awards Campaign, Features, Interviews, News, Television
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    • July TV To Watch

      10 Must-Watch July TV Shows: ‘Black Bird,’ ‘Better Call Saul,’ ‘Shadows’ & More

      Ally Johnson
      July 4, 2022 10:57 am
    • 13 Films To See In July

      13 Must-Watch July Films: ‘Nope,’ ‘The Gray Man,’ ‘Resurrection’ & More

      Ally Johnson
      July 1, 2022 2:40 pm
    • Stranger Things Vol 4

      ‘Stranger Things’ Volume 2 Review: The Fourth Season Ends With A Bloated Bang

      Brian Tallerico
      July 1, 2022 9:53 am
    • Oscars 2023, Oscars

      Halfway To Oscars 2023: A State Of The Race

      Gregory Ellwood
      July 1, 2022 9:23 am
    • Black Bird, Taron Egerton and Paul Walter Hauser

      ‘Black Bird’ Review: Dennis Lehane’s New Apple TV+ Series Is True Crime in Rare, Fantastic Form

      Valerie Ettenhofer
      June 30, 2022 9:20 am
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      ‘The Terminal List’ Review: Chris Pratt Stars In A Lethally Dull Thriller From Prime Video

      Brian Tallerico
      June 27, 2022 9:29 am
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      ‘The Terminal List’ Review: Chris Pratt Stars In A Lethally Dull Thriller From Prime Video

      Charles Bramesco
      June 27, 2022 9:29 am
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      ‘Andor’: Showrunner Tony Gilroy Explains Five-Year Structure Of The Next Epic ‘Star Wars’ Series

      Christopher Marc
      July 4, 2022 4:25 pm
    • July TV To Watch

      10 Must-Watch July TV Shows: ‘Black Bird,’ ‘Better Call Saul,’ ‘Shadows’ & More

      Ally Johnson
      July 4, 2022 10:57 am
    • The Terminal LIst, Antoine Fuqua

      ‘The Terminal List’: Antoine Fuqua & Showrunner David DiGilio Talk About Working With Chris Pratt & ‘Emancipation’ With Will Smith [Bingeworthy Podcast]

      Mike DeAngelo
      July 1, 2022 10:40 am
    • Stranger Things Vol 4

      ‘Stranger Things’ Volume 2 Review: The Fourth Season Ends With A Bloated Bang

      Brian Tallerico
      July 1, 2022 9:53 am
    • who is Ghislaine maxwell

      ‘Who Is Ghislaine Maxwell?’ Review: A Cursory Look At The Infamous Socialite That Fails To Answer Its Titular Question

      Christian Gallichio
      June 30, 2022 12:43 pm
    • Keep Breathing

      ‘Keep Breathing’ Trailer: Melissa Barrera Stars In Netflix’s New Survival Thriller Series

      Valerie Thompson
      June 30, 2022 12:26 pm
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      'Flux Gourmet': Peter Strickland On Taboos, Kink & Finding The Dignity In Flatulence & Gastronomical Problems [Interview]

      Charles Bramesco
      June 20, 2022 2:00 pm
      Interviews, News
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    • The Terminal LIst, Antoine Fuqua

      ‘The Terminal List’: Antoine Fuqua & Showrunner David DiGilio Talk About Working With Chris Pratt & ‘Emancipation’ With Will Smith [Bingeworthy Podcast]

      Mike DeAngelo
      July 1, 2022 10:40 am
    • Loki, Autum Durald

      Designing & Lighting ‘Loki’ To Keep It “Real” [Interview]

      Gregory Ellwood
      June 27, 2022 9:33 am
    • Hannah Einbinder, Hacks, Emmys 2022

      Hannah Einbinder: ‘Hacks’ “Changed My Life Totally & Completely” [Interview]

      Gregory Ellwood
      June 24, 2022 6:07 pm
    • 1883, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill

      ‘1883’: Faith Hill & Tim McGraw On The ‘Yellowstone’ Legacy, Taylor Sheridan’s Writing & More

      Rodrigo Perez
      June 24, 2022 5:12 pm
    • Yellowstone, Kevin Costner

      ‘Yellowstone’: Kevin Costner Says Taylor Sheridan’s Story Turning Into A Series Was A Surprise “Revelation”

      Rodrigo Perez
      June 24, 2022 2:15 pm
    • Apples Trailer

      ‘Apples’: Director Christos Nikou On The ‘Melancholic Smile’ Of His Movie While Teasing ‘Fingernails’ With Jessie Buckley & Producer Cate Blanchett [Interview]

      Marshall Shaffer
      June 24, 2022 12:13 pm
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      'Alone Together' Review: Katie Holmes' Pandemic Romance Is A Bland, Banal Bore [Tribeca]

      Charles Bramesco
      June 15, 2022 2:00 pm
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    • Beauty, Netflix

      ‘Beauty’ Review: Andrew Dosunmu’s Latest Struggles To Say Something About Queerness, Race & Stardom

      Leslie Byron Pitt
      July 1, 2022 11:30 am
    • Fourth Of July

      ‘Fourth of July’ Review: Outrage Aside, Louis C.K.’s Comeback Attempt Is A Dud

      Nick Allen
      July 1, 2022 11:30 am
    • Stranger Things Vol 4

      ‘Stranger Things’ Volume 2 Review: The Fourth Season Ends With A Bloated Bang

      Brian Tallerico
      July 1, 2022 9:53 am
    • who is Ghislaine maxwell

      ‘Who Is Ghislaine Maxwell?’ Review: A Cursory Look At The Infamous Socialite That Fails To Answer Its Titular Question

      Christian Gallichio
      June 30, 2022 12:43 pm
    • Black Bird, Taron Egerton and Paul Walter Hauser

      ‘Black Bird’ Review: Dennis Lehane’s New Apple TV+ Series Is True Crime in Rare, Fantastic Form

      Valerie Ettenhofer
      June 30, 2022 9:20 am
    • Minions rise of gru

      ‘Minions: The Rise of Gru’ Review: Paper-Thin & Only Sporadically Funny But Still A Mild Improvement

      Jason Bailey
      June 29, 2022 9:43 am
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      'Brian And Charles' Director Jim Archer Talks Rebellious Robots, Mannequin Heads & Mockumentary Pitfalls [Be Reel Pocast]

      Charles Bramesco
      June 17, 2022 12:00 pm
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    • Magic Mike’s Last Dance

      ‘Magic Mike’ At 10: Channing Tatum’s Still-Underrated Stardom & The Male Stripper Movie Subgenre [Be Reel Podcast]

      Chance Solem-Pfeifer
      July 1, 2022 12:35 pm
    • The Terminal LIst, Antoine Fuqua

      ‘The Terminal List’: Antoine Fuqua & Showrunner David DiGilio Talk About Working With Chris Pratt & ‘Emancipation’ With Will Smith [Bingeworthy Podcast]

      Mike DeAngelo
      July 1, 2022 10:40 am
    • obi-wan-kenobi star wars

      ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’: The Force Is Moderately Strong In This Unnecessary ‘Star Wars’ Tale [The Playlist Podcast]

      Charles Barfield
      June 23, 2022 11:31 am
    • Elgin James Mayans Season 4

      Elgin James Talks The Devastation Of ‘Mayans M.C.’ Season 4, Killing Off Fan-Favorites & What’s Coming Next [The Playlist Podcast]

      Charles Barfield
      June 22, 2022 1:01 pm
    • Under The Banner of History, Wyatt Russell,

      ‘Under The Banner Of Heaven’: Wyatt Russell Talks About His Darkest Role Yet, Returning To The MCU & More [Bingeworthy Podcast]

      Mike DeAngelo
      June 21, 2022 10:48 am
    • ‘Spiderhead’: Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick Talk Dark, Twisty Dystopian Sci-Fi & Writing ‘Deadpool 3’ [The Discourse Podcast]

      ‘Spiderhead’: Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick Talk Dark, Twisty Dystopian Sci-Fi & Writing ‘Deadpool 3’ [The Discourse Podcast]

      Rodrigo Perez
      June 16, 2022 12:25 pm
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      ‘Boo Bitch’ Trailer: Lana Condor Is A Ghost In Netflix’s New YA Series Coming In July

      Charles Bramesco
      June 13, 2022 3:42 pm
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      ‘Girl Picture’ Trailer: Alli Haapasalo’s Latest Film Is A Coming-Of-Age Tale Of Female Friendship

      Molly Cottee Tantum
      June 30, 2022 1:14 pm
    • ATHENA

      ‘Athena’ Teaser: Romain Gavras’ Tragic Tale Of Three Siblings Is Coming To Netflix

      Molly Cottee Tantum
      June 30, 2022 12:35 pm
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      ‘Keep Breathing’ Trailer: Melissa Barrera Stars In Netflix’s New Survival Thriller Series

      Valerie Thompson
      June 30, 2022 12:26 pm
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      ‘Industry’ Season 2 Teaser: HBO’s Finance Drama Goes Back To Work In August

      Rosa Martinez
      June 30, 2022 11:10 am
    • Paper Girls

      ‘Paper Girls’ Teaser: Four Girls Get Caught Up In A Time-Travel War In New Amazon Prime Series This July

      Ned Booth
      June 29, 2022 2:47 pm
    • The Resort, William Jackson Harper & Cristin Milioti

      ‘The Resort’ Trailer: William Jackson Harper & Cristin Milioti Star In Peacock’s Thriller Series From The Writer Of ‘Palm Springs’

      Oliver Weir
      June 29, 2022 11:53 am
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    • Hannah Einbinder, Hacks, Emmys 2022

      Hannah Einbinder: 'Hacks' "Changed My Life Totally & Completely" [Interview]

      Charles Bramesco
      June 24, 2022 6:07 pm
      Awards, Awards Campaign, Interviews, News, Television
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    • Oscars 2023, Oscars

      Halfway To Oscars 2023: A State Of The Race

      Gregory Ellwood
      July 1, 2022 9:23 am
    • Knives Out 2, Glass Onion, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

      ‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’ Will Premiere At The 2022 Toronto International Film Festival

      Gregory Ellwood
      June 29, 2022 10:00 am
    • Billie Eilish, Oscars 2022

      Billie Eilish, Anya Taylor-Joy & Jamie Dornan Among 397 Invited To Join Academy

      Gregory Ellwood
      June 28, 2022 3:57 pm
    • TCA Awards, Janelle James, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Lisa Ann Walter

      ‘Abbott Elementary’s’ Janelle James, Lisa Ann Walter & Sheryl Lee Ralph Will Host 2022 TCA Awards

      Gregory Ellwood
      June 27, 2022 11:00 am
    • Loki, Autum Durald

      Designing & Lighting ‘Loki’ To Keep It “Real” [Interview]

      Gregory Ellwood
      June 27, 2022 9:33 am
    • Moon Knight

      ‘Moon Knight’: Jeremy Slater On Reality Vs. Hallucinations & Whether Ethan Hawke’s Arthur Harrow Is Dead [Interview]

      Gregory Ellwood
      June 24, 2022 10:04 am
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Triangle Of Sadness

‘Triangle of Sadness’ Review: Ruben Östlund Falters In This Broad Class Satire [Cannes]

Charles Bramesco
May 21, 2022 1:54 pm
Festivals, News, Reviews
It’s one of modern life’s most beguiling paradoxes that social media influencers are, of course, the scum of the earth, and yet the pop culture skewering them always plays so uncharitably that a viewer feels c...
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood Book

‘Once Upon A Time In Hollywood’: Quentin Tarantino’s Novelization Is An Authoritative Act Of Self-Made Fan Fiction [Review]

Charles Bramesco
July 10, 2021 10:45 am
News, Reviews
Those who knocked “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” as nothing more than a pretense for Quentin Tarantino to meticulously recreate and hang out in the 1969 Los Angeles located somewhere between his boyhood memor...
A Chiara

‘A Chiara’: Jonas Carpignano’s Completes His Calabrian Trilogy On An Unexpected, But High Note [Review]

Charles Bramesco
July 9, 2021 7:06 am
Festivals, News, Reviews
Before Jonas Carpignano makes a movie, first, he must find it. His last two features integrated themselves into the terrain of a distinctly modern Italy and imposed a loose narrative on the real-world subcultu...
Abel Ferrara, Siberia Podcast

Abel Ferrara Talks ‘Siberia,’ Working With Dennis Hopper, Staying Sober & Much More [Deep Focus Podcast]

Charles Bramesco
June 25, 2021 1:20 pm
Features, Interviews, News, Podcasts
Abel Ferrara’s latest film, “Siberia,” finds his constant muse, Willem Dafoe, in an icy, isolated wasteland not explicitly meant to be the Russian tundra but rather an abstract plane of sol...
Todd haynes Mark Ruffalo Dark Waters

Todd Haynes Talks ‘Dark Waters,’ Studio Filmmaking & Directing Other People’s Scripts [Interview]

Charles Bramesco
November 20, 2019 2:33 pm
Features, Interviews, News
There’s been an overtone of befuddlement to the reception for Todd Haynes’ latest picture, the legal procedural “Dark Waters.” Where’s the smoldering queer angst, the reverent evocation of a stylized past, the ...
BAD EDUCATION

‘Bad Education’: Hugh Jackman Excels As A Superintendent At The Center Of A High School Conspiracy [TIFF Review]

Charles Bramesco
September 12, 2019 10:08 am
Features, Festivals, News, Reviews
In Cory Finley’s new film “Bad Education,” Hugh Jackman stars as the impossibly put-together school superintendent Dr. Frank Tassone. With hair so perfectly jet-black it has to be dyed, an impeccable physique m...
Color out of Space fantastic fest

‘Color Out Of Space’: Richard Stanley’s Lovecraft Adaptation Is A Perfect Vessel For Pure Nicolas Cage [TIFF Review]

Charles Bramesco
September 9, 2019 9:44 am
Festivals, News, Reviews
“A Nicolas Cage movie” is defined by more than simply starring the inimitable Nicolas Cage. A true film du Cage loosens its grip on realism to embrace expressionistic freedom in both his performance and the ove...
Knives Out

‘Knives Out’: Rian Johnson Crafts A Terrific, Ingenious Whodunnit About American Rot [TIFF Review]

Charles Bramesco
September 8, 2019 8:28 am
Features, Festivals, News, Reviews
The first ten-or-so minutes of Rian Johnson’s ingenious new whodunit “Knives Out” get right down to business. Johnson’s script briskly and efficiently introduces the major players in a murder investigation most...
A Hidden Life, Terrence Malick

‘A Hidden Life’: Terrence Malick’s Tremendous Return To Form Will Renew Your Faith In His Cinema Of Purity [Cannes Review]

Charles Bramesco
May 19, 2019 1:44 pm
Features, Festivals, News, Reviews
The films of Terrence Malick search for wisps of purity in a turbulent, compromised world. The latter part of that practice regularly changes with each new project, from the plague-stricken heartland to an unta...
Too Old To Die Young

‘Too Old To Die Young’: Nicolas Winding Refn Revisits His Greatest Hits With Amazon Series [Cannes Review]

Charles Bramesco
May 18, 2019 10:32 am
Features, Festivals, Reviews, Television
Nicolas Winding Refn’s choice to screen the fourth and fifth episodes of his new TV series “Too Old To Die Young” for audiences at the Cannes Film Festival, packaged under the title “North of Hollywood, West of...
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