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Academy Museum

The Academy Museum Arrives

October 6, 2021October 6, 2021 Rachel Llewellyn 0 Comments Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Anna Kendrick, Bob Iger, Bob Mackie, Bruce Lee, E.T., Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Hiyao Miyazaki, Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe, Michael Moore, Midsommar, Oscar Micheaux, Pedro Almodóvar, Pixar, Rita Moreno, Sophia Loren, Studio Ghibli, Tom Hanks

Hollywood finally opens the ultimate film shrine

Velvet Underground

DOCUMENTARY FILM

‘The Velvet Underground’ Above Ground

October 5, 2021October 7, 2021 Kenji Fujishima 0 Comments Andy Warhol, Flee, Il Buco, Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Lou Reed, Michelangelo Frammartino, New York Film Festival, The Velvet Underground, Todd Haynes

Another dispatch from the New York Film Festival

Venom

Silly Venom

October 1, 2021 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Andy Serkis, Carnage, Michelle Williams, Naomie Harris, Tom Hardy, Venom, Venom: Let There Be Carnage, Woody Harrelson

‘Let There Be Carnage’ brings a light touch to a dark franchise

New York Film Festival

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow

September 27, 2021September 29, 2021 Kenji Fujishima 0 Comments Benedetta, Dario Argento, Denzel Washington, Drive My Car, Frances McDormand, Gaspar Noé, Haruki Murakami, Joel Coen, Kathryn Hunter, Lincoln Center, New York Film Festival, Radu Jude, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, The Tragedy of Macbeth, Titane, Vortex

The New York Film Festival Returns…and Expands

Tammy Faye

The Lies of Tammy Faye

September 24, 2021September 27, 2021 Rachel Llewellyn 0 Comments Andrew Garfield, Cherry Jones, Jessica Chastain, Jim Bakker, Michael Showalter, RuPaul, Tammy Faye Bakker Messner, The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Vincent D'Onofrio

Biopic offers a reductive look at a complicated icon

TIFF

DOCUMENTARY FILM

The Documentaries of TIFF

September 23, 2021 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Alanis Morrisette, Attica, Belfast, Bill Simmons, Burning, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Eva Orner, Jimmy Chin, Kenneth Branagh, Kenny G, rescue, Stanley Nelson, TIFF, Toronto International Film Festival

Almost always Toronto’s strongest suit, this year’s docs flex again

Moviebloc

MovieBloc and the Strange New World of Crypto-Films

September 23, 2021October 4, 2021 William Schwartz 0 Comments blockchain, cryptocurrency, Kang Yeonkyung, Moviebloc, Paypal, South Korea

Will Blockchain bring a new audience to global short films, or is it just a trend?

Multiverse

COMICS FILM TELEVISION

A Multiplicity of Multiverses

September 22, 2021September 29, 2021 Samuel Porteous 0 Comments Batman, Battleworld, Crisis on Infinite Earths, DC, Fantastic Four, Hugh Everett, Into The Spider-Verse, Justice League of America, Kingdom Come, Loki, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, multiverse, Owlman, Secret Wars, Superman, The Flash, What If?

How we arrived at our current inter-dimensional film and TV reality

Card Counter

Misdeal

September 17, 2021 Neal Pollack 1 Comment First Reformed, Oscar Isaac, Paul Schrader, The Card Counter, Tiffany Haddish, Tye Sheridan

‘The Card Counter’: Paul Schrader’s uneasy mix of torture porn and poker melodrama

Maria Chapdelaine

‘Maria Chapdelaine’, Post-Racial French-Canadian Heroine?

September 16, 2021September 22, 2021 William Schwartz 0 Comments Alanis Obomsawin, Maria Chapdelaine, TIFF, Toronto International Film Festival, Where Is Anne Frank

Films at this year’s TIFF broaden the discourse

Jia Zhangke

Jia Zhangke Gets His Closeup on Criterion

September 14, 2021September 16, 2021 Nevin Thompson 0 Comments A Touch of Sin, Ash Is Purest White, Jia Zhangke, Still Life

A full retrospective of the Chinese auteur’s works, now available

‘Dune’ Stuns IMAX Crowds in Toronto

September 14, 2021September 28, 2021 Stephen Garrett 2 Comments Antoine Fuqua, David Lynch, Denis Villenueve, Dug Dug, Dune, Frank Herbert, Hany Abu-Assad, Huda's Salon, IMAX, Jake Gyllenhaal, Riz Ahmed, TIFF, Toronto International Film Festival

And other highlights from this year’s Toronto International Film Festival

Dear Evan Hansen

Oh Dear, ‘Evan Hansen’

September 13, 2021September 27, 2021 Sara Stewart 1 Comment amandla stenberg, Amy Adams, Ben Platt, Cats, Dear Evan Hansen, Julianne Moore, Kaitlyn Dever, Stephen Chbosky, You Will Be Found

The film adaptation of the popular musical about teen anxiety is super awkward

Turning Point

DOCUMENTARY FILM Netflix Politics

‘Turning Point’ Brings Home the Horror and Tragedy of 9/11

September 10, 2021September 15, 2021 Neal Pollack 0 Comments 9/11, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, George W. Bush, Guantanamo Bay, Osama bin Laden, Turning Point, War on Terror

The ‘War On Terror’ was a failure

Cinderella

FILM TELEVISION

Cinderella, Inc.

September 8, 2021September 21, 2021 William Schwartz 0 Comments Amazon Studios, Cinderella, Disney, Pierce Brosnan, Rapunzel

Amazon’s patchy new ‘Cinderella’ musical is a weird paean to woke capitalism