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‘Blonde’ review: Ana de Armas plays Marilyn Monroe the celebrity in Andrew Dominik’s incendiary but sometimes frustratingly conventional biopic [B] | Venice Film Festival

Adam Solomons September 8, 2022

In a lively interview with Sight & Sound to mark the release of Blonde, director Andrew Dominik describes his mission as recreating the “images” of... Read More

‘Pinocchio’ review: A wooden imitation of the classic [C-]

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‘Pinocchio’ review: A wooden imitation of the classic [C-]

Kevin L. Lee September 8, 2022

The best and most interesting Disney remakes have always been the ones with something different to say, where the fundamental story beats are there but... Read More

2022 Emmy Predictions: Limited Series categories will be a showdown between ‘Dopesick’ and ‘The White Lotus’

Tyler Doster September 7, 2022

In less than a week, the 74th Primetime Emmy awards will award the best of television that aired from June 1, 2021 to May 31,... Read More

‘Saint Omer’ review: Alice Diop’s affecting story about motherhood is a stunner [A] | Venice Film Festival

Roberto Ruggio September 7, 2022

It’s November 2013, and in the small town of Berck-sur-mer, in northern France, a 15-month old baby is found dead on a beach. It’s a... Read More

‘Bones and All’ review: Taylor Russell and Timothée Chalamet are fine young cannibals in Luca Guadagnino’s gory, romantic road-mance [A-] | Telluride Film Festival

Ryan McQuade September 7, 2022

Director Luca Guadagnino is working on levels of comfort, or discomfort, most directors take their entire career to find. His last two directorial efforts brought... Read More

‘The Son’ review: Florian Zeller’s sophomore effort disappoints despite a great Hugh Jackman [C+] | Venice Film Festival

Roberto Ruggio September 7, 2022

Florian Zeller’s stage trilogy about parent-child relationships and the devastating consequences of mental illness was one of the biggest surprises in the theater world of... Read More

Brendan Fraser to receive Mill Valley Film Festival Award for Acting for ‘The Whale’

Erik Anderson September 7, 2022

Another step in his comeback trail, Brendan Fraser will receive a tribute from the 45th Mill Valley Film Festival on October 13, 2022. Fraser will... Read More

‘The Good Nurse’ to close 45th Mill Valley Film Festival, Eddie Redmayne to appear

Erik Anderson September 7, 2022

Tobias Lindholm’s The Good Nurse, starring Academy Award winners Eddie Redmayne and Jessica Chastain, will close the 45th Mill Valley Festival on October 16, 2022,... Read More

Writers Guild sets 2023 WGA awards dates, new rules for limited series and more

Erik Anderson September 6, 2022

The Writers Guild of America has released the timeline for its 2023 WGA Awards. The 75th anniversary gala is set for Sunday, March 5. announced changes to... Read More

‘Dead for a Dollar’ review: Walter Hill’s nostalgic Western is old-fashioned in good ways and bad [B] | Venice Film Festival

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‘Dead for a Dollar’ review: Walter Hill’s nostalgic Western is old-fashioned in good ways and bad [B] | Venice Film Festival

Adam Solomons September 6, 2022

An entertaining B-movie rather than a serious, self-sufficient drama, Western schlockfest Dead for a Dollar justifies its nostalgic existence on the grounds that it allows... Read More

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