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    • Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood Has Scored Jane Campion's 'The Power Of The Dog'

      Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood Has Scored Jane Campion's 'The Power Of The Dog'

      Nikola Grozdanovic
      August 27, 2021 10:12 am
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    • wandavision, Mandalorian

      What To Read Into The ‘WandaVision,’ ‘Mandalorian’ & Genre Snubs

      Matthew Monagle
      September 20, 2021 12:08 am
    • Netflix Reaches Emmy Mountaintop with Drama Series and Limited Series Wins

      Netflix Reaches Emmy Mountaintop With Drama Series & Limited Series Wins

      Matthew Monagle
      September 19, 2021 11:40 pm

    • Best & Worst 2021 Emmys: ‘Ted Lasso,’ Jennifer Coolidge, Michaela Coel

      Gregory Ellwood
      September 19, 2021 11:31 pm

    • Apple TV+ Caps Emmy Success With First Comedy Series Win For ‘Ted Lasso’

      Matthew Monagle
      September 19, 2021 11:12 pm
    • Emmy winners 2021, Ted Lasso, Queens Gambit, The Crown

      Emmys 2021: ‘The Crown,’ ‘Queen’s Gambit’ & ‘Ted Lasso’ Win Big [Complete Winners List]

      Charles Barfield
      September 19, 2021 8:01 pm
    • Lord of the Rings First Look

      Oscar-Winning Composer Howard Shore In Talks To Score Amazon’s ‘Lord Of The Rings’ Series

      Christopher Marc
      September 19, 2021 7:36 pm
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    • Kate Hudson, Mona Lisa and The Blood Moon

      Ana Lily Amirpour's 'Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon' is a Sweet, Scuzzy Blast of Pure Escapism [Venice Review]

      Nikola Grozdanovic
      September 5, 2021 3:45 pm
      Features, Festivals, News, Reviews
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    • Best & Worst 2021 Emmys: ‘Ted Lasso,’ Jennifer Coolidge, Michaela Coel

      Gregory Ellwood
      September 19, 2021 11:31 pm
    • Emmy winners 2021, Ted Lasso, Queens Gambit, The Crown

      Emmys 2021: ‘The Crown,’ ‘Queen’s Gambit’ & ‘Ted Lasso’ Win Big [Complete Winners List]

      Charles Barfield
      September 19, 2021 8:01 pm
    • The Morning Show Season 2

      ‘The Morning Show’: Bombshells, Exposés & Sensationalized Plot Turns Drag Down Season 2 [Review]

      Brian Tallerico
      September 17, 2021 9:40 am
    • Silent Night

      ‘Silent Night’: Keira Knightley & Co. Blend The Holiday Film With The End Of The World Genre [TIFF Review]

      Marya E. Gates
      September 16, 2021 7:00 pm
    • Emmy, Emmy Awards, Emmy Awards 2021

      Primetime Emmy Awards Predictions: ‘Ted Lasso,’ MJ Rodriguez & ‘The Queen’s Gambit’

      Gregory Ellwood
      September 16, 2021 9:54 am
    • The Survivor

      ‘The Survivor’: Barry Levinson’s Boxing Biopic With Ben Foster Both Embraces & Subverts Its Formulas [TIFF Review]

      Jason Bailey
      September 15, 2021 9:03 am
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    • The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf

      Netflix's 'The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf' Is an Atmospheric Spectacle That Improves on the Live-Action Series [Review]

      Nikola Grozdanovic
      September 4, 2021 6:08 pm
      News, Reviews, Television
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    • Best & Worst 2021 Emmys: ‘Ted Lasso,’ Jennifer Coolidge, Michaela Coel

      Gregory Ellwood
      September 19, 2021 11:31 pm
    • Emmy winners 2021, Ted Lasso, Queens Gambit, The Crown

      Emmys 2021: ‘The Crown,’ ‘Queen’s Gambit’ & ‘Ted Lasso’ Win Big [Complete Winners List]

      Charles Barfield
      September 19, 2021 8:01 pm
    • Lord of the Rings First Look

      Oscar-Winning Composer Howard Shore In Talks To Score Amazon’s ‘Lord Of The Rings’ Series

      Christopher Marc
      September 19, 2021 7:36 pm

    • ‘Guilty Party’ Trailer: Kate Beckinsale Plays A Disgraced Journalist Trying To Make Things Right For Paramount+

      Christopher Marc
      September 17, 2021 2:08 pm
    • Jessica Chastain Says Michael Shannon Will Co-Star & John Hillcoat Will Direct Her Tammy Wynette/George Jones Limited Series

      Jessica Chastain Says Michael Shannon Will Co-Star & John Hillcoat Will Direct Her Tammy Wynette/George Jones Limited Series

      Rodrigo Perez
      September 17, 2021 12:11 pm
    • Succession

      ‘Succession’ Season 3 Trailer: The Embittered Roy Family Is Back To Trading Vicious Barbs This October

      Jake Sweltz
      September 17, 2021 11:08 am
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    • Amy Ryan Worth

      Amy Ryan Talks Her Emotional Role In ‘Worth,’ A Possible ‘Office’ Reunion & Her New Ari Aster Film [The Playlist Podcast]

      Nikola Grozdanovic
      September 3, 2021 8:00 am
      Interviews, News, Podcasts
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    • Frank Grillo

      Frank Grillo Returns To Talk ‘Copshop,’ ‘The Purge 6,’ ‘The Raid,’ Crossbones, & More [The Playlist Podcast]

      Mike DeAngelo
      September 17, 2021 2:44 pm
    • Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye

      ‘The Eyes of Tammy Faye’ Screenwriter Hopes Jim Bakker Will Watch It [Interview]

      Gregory Ellwood
      September 16, 2021 7:52 pm
    • Violet, Oliva Munn

      ‘Violet’: Director Justine Bateman Faces Her Fears With New Olivia Munn-Starring Self-Doubt Drama [TIFF Interview]

      Valerie Thompson
      September 16, 2021 3:33 pm
    • James DeMonaco This is the Night

      James DeMonaco Talks His New Film ‘This Is The Night, Gives First Details About ‘Purge 6’ & More [The Playlist Podcast]

      Charles Barfield
      September 16, 2021 2:43 pm
    • “Ali & Ava,” Clio Barnard

      Clio Barnard Talks ‘Ali & Ava,’ Mixing Fiction With Reality & More [Interview]

      Ally Johnson
      September 16, 2021 11:25 am
    • Richard E. Grant, Everybody's Talking About Jamie

      Richard E. Grant ‘Everybody’s Talking About Jamie,’ Tucking, ‘Drag Race’ (& ‘Loki’ Too) [Interview]

      Gregory Ellwood
      September 15, 2021 6:25 pm
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    • What we do in the shadows season 3

      'What We Do In The Shadows' Season 3 Lends Thoughtful New Depth To The Hilarious Vampire Series [Review]

      Nikola Grozdanovic
      September 1, 2021 1:22 pm
      News, Reviews, Television
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    • ‘Saloum’ Is A Kinetic, Genre-Bending Revenge Story [TIFF Review]

      Andrew Crump
      September 17, 2021 4:49 pm

    • ‘Costa Brava, Lebanon’ Is A Stellar Near-Future Family Drama [TIFF Review]

      Andrew Crump
      September 17, 2021 4:39 pm

    • ‘The Good House’ Showcases The Greatness Of Sigourney Weaver [TIFF Review]

      Jason Bailey
      September 17, 2021 1:21 pm
    • The Morning Show Season 2

      ‘The Morning Show’: Bombshells, Exposés & Sensationalized Plot Turns Drag Down Season 2 [Review]

      Brian Tallerico
      September 17, 2021 9:40 am
    • Silent Night

      ‘Silent Night’: Keira Knightley & Co. Blend The Holiday Film With The End Of The World Genre [TIFF Review]

      Marya E. Gates
      September 16, 2021 7:00 pm
    • The Box

      ‘The Box’: Golden Lion Winner Lorenzo Vigas Crafts A Tense, Slow-Burn Coming-Of-Age Drama [TIFF Review]

      Carlos Aguilar
      September 16, 2021 3:00 pm
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    • Shang Chi: Legend of the Ten Rings

      ‘Shang-Chi’: Did Marvel Succeed In Introducing The Next Great Avenger? [The Playlist Podcast]

      Nikola Grozdanovic
      September 3, 2021 1:26 pm
      News, Podcasts
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    • Frank Grillo

      Frank Grillo Returns To Talk ‘Copshop,’ ‘The Purge 6,’ ‘The Raid,’ Crossbones, & More [The Playlist Podcast]

      Mike DeAngelo
      September 17, 2021 2:44 pm
    • James DeMonaco This is the Night

      James DeMonaco Talks His New Film ‘This Is The Night, Gives First Details About ‘Purge 6’ & More [The Playlist Podcast]

      Charles Barfield
      September 16, 2021 2:43 pm
    • Y: The Last Man: Olivia Thirlby

      Showrunner Eliza Clark Talks The Long Road Of Bringing ‘Y: The Last Man’ To TV, Blowing Up Binaries & More [The Playlist Podcast]

      Charles Barfield
      September 13, 2021 3:37 pm
    • Gavin OConnor Warrior

      Director Gavin O’Connor Talks ‘Warrior’ After 10 Years, The Upcoming TV Adaptation & His ‘Suicide Squad’ Script [The Playlist Podcast]

      Mike DeAngelo
      September 7, 2021 12:09 pm
    • Destin Daniel Cretton Shang-Chi

      Destin Daniel Cretton Talks ‘Shang-Chi,’ Working With Marvel Studios & More [The Playlist Podcast]

      Charles Barfield
      September 4, 2021 10:47 am
    • Amy Ryan Worth

      Amy Ryan Talks Her Emotional Role In ‘Worth,’ A Possible ‘Office’ Reunion & Her New Ari Aster Film [The Playlist Podcast]

      Charles Barfield
      September 3, 2021 8:00 am
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    • No Time To Die

      'Now Time To Die' Final Trailer: James Bond Is Finally Back On The Big Screen October 8

      Nikola Grozdanovic
      August 31, 2021 8:22 am
      News, Trailers
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    • ‘Guilty Party’ Trailer: Kate Beckinsale Plays A Disgraced Journalist Trying To Make Things Right For Paramount+

      Christopher Marc
      September 17, 2021 2:08 pm
    • Succession

      ‘Succession’ Season 3 Trailer: The Embittered Roy Family Is Back To Trading Vicious Barbs This October

      Jake Sweltz
      September 17, 2021 11:08 am
    • You: Season 3

      ‘You’ Season 3 Trailer: Psychopath Parents Penn Badgley & Victoria Pedretti Have Moved To The Suburbs

      Edward Davis
      September 17, 2021 10:31 am
    • The Humans

      ‘The Humans’ Trailer: Richard Jenkins, Beanie Feldstein & Steven Yeun Explore The Hidden Dread Of Family

      Edward Davis
      September 17, 2021 9:03 am
    • Nightmare Alley

      ‘Nightmare Alley’ Trailer: Guillermo del Toro Takes Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett & An All-Star Cast Into A Seductive Noir World

      Rodrigo Perez
      September 16, 2021 6:52 pm
    • Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy

      ‘Wheel Of Fortune And Fantasy’ Trailer: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s Award-Winning Anthology Film Arrives In October

      Andrew Bundy
      September 16, 2021 1:37 pm
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    • Anya Taylor Joy Queen's Gambit

      'The Queen's Gambit' Dominates 2021 Creative Arts Emmys Night One

      Nikola Grozdanovic
      September 12, 2021 12:08 am
      Awards, Awards Campaign, News, Television
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    • Best & Worst 2021 Emmys: ‘Ted Lasso,’ Jennifer Coolidge, Michaela Coel

      Gregory Ellwood
      September 19, 2021 11:31 pm
    • Belfast

      ‘Belfast’ Gets Oscar Boost With 2021 TIFF People’s Choice Award Win

      Gregory Ellwood
      September 18, 2021 8:30 pm
    • Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye

      ‘The Eyes of Tammy Faye’ Screenwriter Hopes Jim Bakker Will Watch It [Interview]

      Gregory Ellwood
      September 16, 2021 7:52 pm
    • Emmy, Emmy Awards, Emmy Awards 2021

      Primetime Emmy Awards Predictions: ‘Ted Lasso,’ MJ Rodriguez & ‘The Queen’s Gambit’

      Gregory Ellwood
      September 16, 2021 9:54 am
    • Richard E. Grant, Everybody's Talking About Jamie

      Richard E. Grant ‘Everybody’s Talking About Jamie,’ Tucking, ‘Drag Race’ (& ‘Loki’ Too) [Interview]

      Gregory Ellwood
      September 15, 2021 6:25 pm
    • Jason Sudeikis, Comedy Series, Ted Lasso, Emmys, Emmys 2021

      ‘Ted Lasso’ Dominates 2021 TCA Awards Taking Program Of The Year

      Gregory Ellwood
      September 15, 2021 2:10 pm
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In The Fade

Fatih Akin’s ‘In The Fade’ Starring Diane Kruger A Lacklustre Courtroom Drama [Cannes Review]

Nikola Grozdanovic
May 26, 2017 1:35 pm
News, Reviews
Shedding the excruciating profundities that turned him into a critical target after 2014's “The Cut,” Fatih Akin has returned to the more intimate narratives that made two of his earlier (and greatest) films, "...

Francois Ozon’s ‘L’Amant Double’ Is A Sexy, Twisted & Kinky Paranoia Spectacle [Cannes Review]

Nikola Grozdanovic
May 26, 2017 10:53 am
News, Reviews
Loading up Brian De Palma, David Cronenberg and Roman Polanski on three jukebox machines, and pressing play on all at the same time while running around the room with his pants down, Francois Ozon serves up “L’...

Sergei Loznitsa’s ‘A Gentle Creature’ Is An Astonishing, Incendiary & Brutal Indictment Of Modern Russia [Cannes Review]

Nikola Grozdanovic
May 25, 2017 1:58 pm
News, Reviews
Like an endless, 200-degree Fahrenheit fever dream, Sergei Loznitsa’s “A Gentle Creature” disorients your frame of mind with the force of a thousand demons shredding it apart. In systematic and cinematically da...

Alfonso Cuarón Talks Embarrassment Of ‘Great Expectations,’ Approaching ‘Harry Potter’ With Realism & More [Cannes]

Nikola Grozdanovic
May 25, 2017 12:59 pm
News
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The day after the massive celebrity-filled 70th anniversary party at the Cannes Film Festival, Oscar-winning director Alfonso Cuarón strode into the Buñuel amphitheater at the Palais de Festival to give a Maste...

Léonor Serraille’s ‘Jeune Femme’ Is A Triumphant Feature Debut Full Of Spark & Wit [Cannes Review]

Nikola Grozdanovic
May 24, 2017 3:37 pm
News, Reviews
A woman pleads “Open the door!!” in a tiny corridor, banging away with her fist and head. Such is the frenetic opening scene of Léonor Serraille’s “Jeune Femme” — the story of Paula as played by an unforgettabl...

Cannes: Netflix & Yorgos Lanthimos Lead The Buzz On The Croisette

Nikola Grozdanovic
May 24, 2017 1:00 pm
News
While “Twin Peaks” may be stealing some of the Cannes Film Festival’s spotlight since this weekend's premiere of the new season (the first two episodes of the series screen this week), there's still lots of tal...

Hong Sang-soo’s ‘The Day After’ Is A Soulful & Profound Cinematic Serenade [Cannes Review]

Nikola Grozdanovic
May 23, 2017 9:37 am
News, Reviews
Speak of Korean cinema outside art-house circles, and the conversation will inevitably revolve around the kooky, provocatively intelligent genre-benders from the likes of Park Chan-wook and Bong Joon-ho. The mo...

‘How To Talk To Girls At Parties’ With Elle Fanning & Nicole Kidman Is Gloriously Bananas [Cannes Review]

Nikola Grozdanovic
May 22, 2017 10:09 am
News, Reviews
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A hodgepodge of genres is splattered all over John Cameron Mitchell’s ludicrous (and ludicrously-titled) “How To Talk to Girls at Parties,” making for an incredibly brazen, outlandish, and totally bananas time ...
Isabelle Huppert Happy End

Michael Haneke’s ‘Happy End’ Is Austere, Darkly Comic & Stunning Cinema [Cannes Review]

Nikola Grozdanovic
May 21, 2017 9:24 pm
Features, Festivals, News, Reviews
Shutting the blinds on the warmth that shined through his previous critically-lauded opus "Amour," Austrian arthouse maestro Michael Haneke is back to doing what he does best: peeling the decadent, bourgeois la...

Michel Hazanavicius’ Jean-Luc Godard Pic ‘Redoubtable’ Is A Harmless, Mostly Charming Comedy For Film Geeks [Cannes Review]

Nikola Grozdanovic
May 21, 2017 10:49 am
News, Reviews
Michel Hazanavicius (director of the breezy Best Picture Oscar winner “The Artist”) returns to Cannes and takes on legendary French New Wave film icon Jean-Luc Godard in his latest film, “Redoubtable” — bold mo...

Jonas Carpignano’s ‘A Ciambra’ Is A Coming-of-Age Tale You Won’t Soon Forget [Cannes Review]

Nikola Grozdanovic
May 21, 2017 9:25 am
News, Reviews
In the thickets of the art-house, a wonderful cinematic universe has blossomed, one that doesn’t involve Marvel superheroes. Expanding his 2014 award-winning short into a full-length feature, “A Ciambra” sees J...
120 Beats Per Minute 2017

‘120 Beats Per Minute’ Is An Urgent & Riveting AIDS Activism Drama [Cannes Review]

Nikola Grozdanovic
May 20, 2017 8:44 am
News, Reviews
Sweat and dust particles mesh in a dance club over a crowd of young 20-somethings, sizzling with energy on the dancefloor, carefree and bursting with joie de vivre. Then, as only cinema can, a microscopic zoom ...

Kornél Mundruczó’s ‘Jupiter’s Moon’ Undoes Good Intentions With Heavy-Handed Symbolism [Cannes Review]

Nikola Grozdanovic
May 19, 2017 1:13 pm
News, Reviews
As visually arresting as Kornél Mundruczó’s latest film “Jupiter’s Moon” undoubtedly is, it remains too intellectually imprisoned within its own allegorical confines to make a truly positive impact. Not 30 minu...

Jeanne Balibar Shines In Mathieu Amalric’s Messy & Incoherent ‘Barbara’ [Cannes Review]

Nikola Grozdanovic
May 19, 2017 8:38 am
News, Reviews
The ever prolific Mathieu Amalric, with his bulbous eyes that tempt to twitch at any given second, and frazzled, half-cracked smiles, is a brilliantly neurotic actor. It’s what makes watching him on screen so u...

Review: Jason Bateman’s Endearing & Satisfying ‘The Family Fang’ With Nicole Kidman

Nikola Grozdanovic
April 29, 2016 8:14 pm
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Review: Jason Bateman's Endearing & Satisfying 'The Family Fang' With Nicole Kidman
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