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Film Commentary: More Memorable Movies Turning 50

The clamor to do justice to 1972 did not cease, so here are salutes to four additional films, The Getaway, Last House on the Left, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, and What’s Up Doc?.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review, Uncategorized Tagged: Last House on the Left, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, The Getaway, What's Up Doc?

Film Interview: “The New Greatness Case” – Caught on Camera, But Who’s Guilty?

In the annals of Russian repression, The New Greatness Case was a display of government overkill — until the events of this year redefined overkill.

By: David D'Arcy Filed Under: Featured, Film, Interview Tagged: Anna Shishova, Human Rights Watch Film Festival, prison, repression, Russia, The New Greatness Case, Vladimir Putin

Film Review: “Crimes of the Future” — Let Them Eat Microplastics

If you find David Cronenberg’s cinematic philosophy on bodily abjection/assimilation and the artistic process intellectually stimulating, then you’re in for an intoxicating return to form from the man whose name is synonymous with the body horror genre.

By: Nicole Veneto Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Crimes of the Future, David Croenberg, Kristen Stewart, Léa Seydoux, Nicole Veneto, Viggo Mortensen

Film Review: “Lost Illusions” — 19th Century French Corruption Makes for Thrilling Entertainment

Winner of seven Cesars, this mordant portrait of the corrupt Parisian press mid 19th century, along with the commodification of just about everything, speaks loudly to the internet era.

By: Erica Abell Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Erica Abeel, Honoré de Balzac, Lost Illusions, Xavier Giannoli

Film Review: “Jurassic World: Dominion” — Dino Dumb and Dumber

Jurassic World: Dominion feels like Universal pureed every spec script for a Jurassic Park sequel ever sent to it by first-year film students. It’s narrative slurry. Like the pink slime used as filler in cheap burgers.

By: Michael Marano Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Colin Trevorrow, Jeff Goldblum, Jurassic World: Dominion, Laura Dern

Film Review: “Fiddler on the Roof” — The Genesis of a Great Filmed Musical

Daniel Raim’s Fiddler’s Journey to The Big Screen is a terrific documentary about the creation of the titular film.

By: Tim Jackson Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Chaim Topol, Daniel Raim, Fiddler on the Roof, John Williams, Norman Jewison, Tim Jackson, Zero Mostel

Film Review: “Neptune Frost” – Power to the People

This Afrofuturist cyberpunk musical is a sprawling political manifesto poetically transcribed into a visual symphony of music and images.

By: Nicole Veneto Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Anisia Uzeyman, Neptune Frost, Nicole Veneto, Saul Williams

Film Review: “Eiffel” – A Towering Tale of Truth and Lies

The script is credited to five writers and, well, too many cooks spoil the bouillon.

By: Ed Symkus Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Ed Symkus, Eiffel, Gustave Eiffel, Martin Bourboulon, Romain Duris

Film Review: “Top Gun: Maverick” — Assisting the Collapse of the American Empire?

So what if the American empire is doing more and more poorly? All that matters is hopping in alongside Tom Cruise for a super-duper roller-coaster ride inside an F-18.

By: Dan Lazare Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Dan Lazare, Jennifer Connelly, Jerry Bruckheimer, Tom Cruise, Top Gun: Maverick

Film Review: “Hellbender” — Witches in the Woods

Hellbender is not just a fabulous indie film about witches, it’s also an original coming-of-age horror movie.

By: Peg Aloi Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Hellbender, John Adams, Peg Aloi, Toby Poser, Wonder Wheel Productions, Zelda Adams

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