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Toronto Review: the inventive and touching ‘La Llorona’

Mina Takla September 5, 2019

Jayro Bustamante’s atmospheric film is a unique, inventive look at dictatorship and racism in war-torn Guatemala In his much anticipated follow up to Tremblores and... Read More

42nd Mill Valley Film Festival Lineup: ‘Waves,’ ‘Ford v Ferrari,’ ‘Just Mercy’ plus spotlights on Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and more

Erik Anderson September 5, 2019

Highlights include JUST MERCY, THE IRISHMAN, HARRIET, MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN, PARASITE, WAVES, FORD v FERRARI, JOJO RABBIT, THE LIGHTHOUSE, HONEY BOY, and MARRIAGE STORY The Mill... Read More

Toronto Review: Scott Z. Burns’ ‘The Report’ is an an essential celebration of the pursuit of truth

Mina Takla September 5, 2019

Scott Z. Burns’ film is an engrossing, gripping look at one of the most crucial and eye-opening reports in US history Known for his intriguing... Read More

Toronto Review: ‘You Will Die at Twenty’ is a stunning and sophisticated debut

Mina Takla September 5, 2019

Amjad Abu Alala creates one of the best, if not the best, Middle Eastern film of the year with a daring, poetic and reflective film... Read More

Box Office Preview and Predictions (Sep 6-8) – ‘IT: Chapter Two’ aims to float to another record opening

Jonathan Boehle September 5, 2019

Two Septembers ago, IT shattered all previous conceptions of how well a horror film and a September release could perform at the box office with its record... Read More

Oscar Predictions: Post-Telluride, mid-Venice, pre-TIFF set your sights on Renée Zellweger, Adam Driver and ‘Parasite’

Erik Anderson September 4, 2019

With Telluride just finishing, Venice still underway, and Toronto starting tomorrow, we are smack in the middle of the fall festival kickoff of awards season... Read More

Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx and Brie Larson in the powerful first ‘Just Mercy’ trailer

Erik Anderson September 4, 2019

“You ultimately judge the civility of a society not by how it treats the rich, the powerful, the protected and the highly esteemed, but by... Read More

Telluride Review: Trey Edward Shults’ ‘Waves’ is an undeniable masterpiece

Erik Anderson September 3, 2019

“History never repeats itself but it rhymes.” That Mark Twain quote is a wonderfully reoccurring motif that pops up in Waves, the third film from... Read More

Jennifer Lopez, Cardi B, Keke Palmer, Lili Reinhart and Lizzo show Constance Wu the ropes in new ‘Hustlers’ trailer

Erik Anderson September 3, 2019

“Are you in?” Jennifer Lopez and Cardi B give working mom Constance Wu a career boost with the help of Keke Palmer, Lili Reinhart and... Read More

New trailer for Taika Waititi’s ‘Jojo Rabbit’

Erik Anderson September 3, 2019

Just before the film debuts at TIFF, Fox Searchlight has released a second trailer for the “anti-hate satire” Jojo Rabbit from Taika Waititi, which gives... Read More

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