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‘The Outrun’ Review: Saoirse Ronan is Towering in Sensitive Yet Uneven Recovery Drama | Telluride

Sophia Ciminello September 5, 2024

At the 51st Telluride Film Festival, Saoirse Ronan became one of the youngest actors to be recognized with the prestigious Silver Medallion, honoring her versatile... Read More

‘The Quiet Son (Jouer avec le feu)’ Review: We’ve Seen This Vincent Lindon-led French Family Drama Before | Venice

Savina Petkova September 4, 2024

Pierre (Vincent Lindon) is a fifty-something single father who works night shifts for the SNCF (the French railway) as a mechanic/engineer and spends his free... Read More

‘Queer’ Review: Daniel Craig is Perfect and Drew Starkey is Revelatory in Luca Guadagnino’s Gay Chiaroscuro of Dreams and Desperation | Venice

Ali Benzekri September 4, 2024

Luca Guadagnino’s Queer, adapted from William S. Burroughs’ novel, opens with a nostalgic nod to Call Me By Your Name, using a splashy blue font... Read More

‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ Review: Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga Sing and Dance a Deranged Duet of Musical Mischief | Venice

Yasmine Kandil September 4, 2024

Five years after Joker (2019) premiered at the Venice Film Festival, where it was awarded the top prize, director Todd Phillips and star Joaquin Phoenix... Read More

‘The End’ Review: It’s An End of the World Musical As We Know It (and It’s Not Fine) | Telluride

Sophia Ciminello September 3, 2024

Stories observing the lives of the wealthy elite are ubiquitous in modern cinema. Whether the film is as daring and precise as Parasite or as... Read More

‘The Piano Lesson’ Review: Malcolm Washington’s Promising Debut Feature Makes Him One to Watch Out For | Telluride

Ryan McQuade September 3, 2024

Malcolm Washington’s directorial debut, The Piano Lesson, doesn’t start out like the original source material from stage by the legendary playwright August Wilson. Instead of... Read More

‘2073’ Review: Asif Kapadia Conjures a Taut Sci-Fi Thriller in a Post-Apocalyptic World | Venice

Yasmine Kandil September 3, 2024

We often associate the term dystopia with films or novels, fictional stories detached to some degree from our reality, but perhaps we already reside within... Read More

‘Emilia Pérez’ Review: Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdance | Telluride

J Don Birnam September 3, 2024

French auteur Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Pérez took the Cannes Film Festival by storm, winning the Jury Prize as well as the Best Actress award, shared... Read More

‘Saturday Night’ Review: Cocaine, Mom Jokes and a Race Against the Clock Punctuate Jason Reitman’s Tribute to the First Night of ‘SNL’ | Telluride

Ryan McQuade September 3, 2024

From the moment Jason Reitman’s Saturday Night begins, the clock is ticking as it leads up to the first ever taping of Saturday Night Live,... Read More