FILM

CREATORS Directors FILM 

Auteurs Ahoy at Cannes

May 23, 2019May 23, 2019 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments A Hidden Life, Brad Pitt, Cannes, Darkness Brothers, Ken Loach, Leonardo DiCaprio, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, Pain and Glory, Palme D'Or, Pedro Almodóvar, Penelope Cruz, Quentin Tarantino, Sorry We Missed You, Terence Malick, Young Ahmed

Almodóvar, Malick, and Tarantino Battle it Out for the Palme D’Or

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Seattle Screens

May 22, 2019May 23, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments

Something for Everyone at the Month-Long Seattle International Film Festival

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Cannes Descends Into Madness

May 20, 2019May 21, 2019 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Atlantics, Bacurau, Cannes, Cannes Film Festival, Deerskin, I Lost My Body, Jean Dujardin, Jim Jarmusch, John Carpenter, Mati Diop, Robert Eggers, Robert Pattinson, The Dead Don't Die, The Lighthouse, Udo Kier, Willem Dafoe

Severed Limbs, Slaughtered Tourists, and Screeching Mermaids at the World’s Marquee Film Festival

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Another Headshot For John Wick

May 17, 2019May 17, 2019 Pablo Gallaga 0 Comments Halle Berry, John Wick, John Wick Chapter 3–Parabellum, Keanu Reeves

‘Wick 3’ Ratchets up the Action Excellence

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Hohn Hohn Hohn–It’s Cannes!

May 17, 2019May 17, 2019 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Adam Driver, Bill Murray, Cannes, Cannes Film Festival, Carol Kane, Chloe Sevigny, Elton John, Iggy Pop, Jim Jarmusch, Rami Malek, Rocketman, RZA, Steve Buscemi, Taron Egerton, Tilda Swinton, Tom Waits

Sir Elton Rocks, Jarmusch Flops, and Bill Murray Naps as the Festival Begins

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A Bad Romance

May 17, 2019May 17, 2019 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Honor Swinton Byrne, Joanna Hogg, The Souvenir, Tilda Swinton, Tom Burke

In Joanna Hogg’s Brilliant ‘The Souvenir,’ a Young Woman Finds Herself Through a Misbegotten Affair

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FILM TELEVISION 

Adrift in the DC Universe

May 16, 2019May 18, 2019 Neal Pollack 5 Comments Alan Tudyk, April Bowlby, Arrow, Batman, Brendan Fraser, Crazy Jane, DC Universe, Diane Guererro, Doom Patrol, Elasti-Woman, Green Lantern, Jessica Cruz, Legends Of Tomorrow, Matt Bomer, Miss Martian, Negative Man, Robot Man, Supergirl, Superman, The Flash, Wonder Woman, Young Justice, Young Justice: Outsiders

All the Heroes Disney Doesn’t Own

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In the Wake of Detective Pikachu

May 14, 2019May 14, 2019 Justin Harrison 0 Comments Ash Ketchum, Detective Pikachu, Justice Smith, Pikachu, Pokémon, Ryan Reynolds, The Avengers

A Quick Pokémon Crash Course

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FILM Netflix 

No Country For Young Women

May 13, 2019May 12, 2019 Rachael Pavlik 0 Comments Amy Poehler, Ana Gasteyer, Emily Spivey, Jason Schwartzman, Maya Rudolph, Paula Pell, Tina Fey, Wine Country

Amy Poehler’s Kinda Lame ‘Wine Country’

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‘The Hustle’ Lacks Bustle

May 11, 2019 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Angelina Jolie, Anne Hathaway, David Niven, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Marlon Brando, Michael Caine, Rebel Wilson, Steve Martin, The Hustle

Missed Opportunities and a Miscast Anne Hathaway

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DOCUMENTARY FILM 

The Biggest Little Con

May 10, 2019May 10, 2019 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments John Chester, Molly Chester, The Biggest Little Farm

‘Farm’ is an NPR Fever Dream of Liberal Self-Righteousness

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CLASSICS FILM 

The New Criterion

May 9, 2019May 9, 2019 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Agnes Varda, Carol Reed, Douglas Sirk, Jacques Demy, John Woo, Jubal, Kelly Reichardt, Last Hurrah For Chivalry, Martin Scorsese, Michelle Williams, Ralph Richardson, Rod Steiger, TCM, The Criterion Collection, The Fallen Idol, The Tarnished Angels, The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg, Turner Classic Movies, Vagabond, Wendy and Lucy

Self-Guided Film School, 24/7, on the Criterion Collection App

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No, a Giant Dog-Faced Talking Octopus Didn’t Save Everyone on the Titanic

May 9, 2019May 9, 2019 Justin Harrison 1 Comment Bohemian Rhapsody, Green Book, In Search Of The Titanic, James Cameron, Legend Of The Titanic, Titanic

The Warped History of Some Strange Italian Animated Movies

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DOCUMENTARY FILM 

Do You Believe in Life After Flash?

May 8, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Dino De Laurentiis, Flash Gordon, Life After Flash, Sam Jones, Ted

Documentary About Sam Jones Doesn’t Dig Deep

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FILM TELEVISION 

Vampire Weekday

May 7, 2019May 7, 2019 Jason Avant 0 Comments Harvey Guillén, Jemaine Clement, Mark Proksch, Matt Berry, Natasia Demitriou, Nick Kroll, Rhys Darby, Taika Waititi, What We Do In The Shadows

In ‘What We Do In The Shadows’ (the Series), Dysfunctional Vampires on Staten Island

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