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JULIAN ASSANGE — “I CHOSE FREEDOM OVER JUSTICE”

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October 1, 2024

JULIAN ASSANGE — “I CHOSE FREEDOM OVER JUSTICE”

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June 23, 2024

Andrew McCarthy crafts an exquisitely satisfying base-touching expedition with his Gen X comrades, whose careers suffered as a result of…

FILM CRITICISM IS…

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August 8, 2023

Film criticism exists to analyze its subject as a work of art, not commerce. All film is political; it is…

CANNES 2021: THE COMPLETE AWARDS

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July 17, 2021

Palme d’Or: “Titane” Grand Prix TIE: Asghar Farhadi, “A Hero” AND Juho Kuosmanen’s “Compartment No. 6” Best Director Leos Carax, “Annette”…

THE NEON DEMON — POSTER ART

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June 20, 2020

“The Neon Demon” is one hell of a visually compelling movie, and this poster really gets at the film’s slick…

FOCUS ON CANNES 2019: THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF EURIDICE GUSMAO —Karim Aïnouz

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May 25, 2019

Brazillian filmmaker Karim Aïnouz returns to Cannes; his 2002 debut film “Madame Sata” also screened in Un Certain Regard. Fortune…

FOCUS ON CANNES 2019: PARASITE —BONG JOON HO

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May 24, 2019

“All unemployed, Ki-taek’s family takes peculiar interest in the Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected…

FOCUS ON CANNES 2019: LES MISÉRABLES —LADJ LY

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May 22, 2019

First-time filmmaker Ladj Ly makes a splash at Cannes by having his debut feature included in the Competition for the…

FOCUS ON CANNES 2019: THE LIGHTHOUSE —ROBERT EGGERS

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May 21, 2019

Robert Eggers (“The Witch”) is a true renaissance man. Production and costume designer, art director, writer, actor, and director represent…

FOCUS ON CANNES 2019: WILD GOOSE LAKE —DIANO YINAN

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May 16, 2019

“Wild Goose Lake” is Chinese director, screenwriter, actor Diao Yinan’s third directorial effort behind “Uniform” (2003), “Night Train” (which premiered…

FOCUS ON CANNES 2019: LITIGANTE —FRANCO LOLLI

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May 14, 2019

“Colombian director, screenwriter and producer, Franco Lolli graduated from the prestigious cinema school of La Fémis in France, before making…

FOCUS ON CANNES 2019: BACURAU —Juliano Dornelles, Kleber Mendonça Filho

May 13, 2019

Kleber Mendonça Filho returns to Cannes since screening his well-received film “Aquarius” in 2016. The Brazilian filmmaker teams up with…

FOCUS ON CANNES 2019: THE CLIMB —MICHAEL ANGELO COVINO

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May 11, 2019

A look at the friendship between two guys that spans over many years.

FOCUS ON CANNES 2019: ADAM —MARYAM TOUZANI

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May 10, 2019

Unable to manifest love towards her child, she has replaced tenderness with pragmatism. When Samia, a young woman who is…

FOCUS ON CANNES 2019: YOUNG AHMED —JEAN-PIERE AND LUC DARDENNE

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May 9, 2019

Cannes regulars Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne bring their eighth film to the Competition for the Palme d’Or, for which the…

FOCUS ON CANNES 2019: ATLANTICS —MATI DIOP

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May 8, 2019

French-Senegalese actress/writer/director Mati Diop screens her debut premiere feature in Competition with “Antlantics.”

FOCUS ON CANNES 2019: SHARE —PIPPA BIANCO

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May 5, 2019

“After discovering a disturbing video from a night she doesn’t remember, sixteen-year-old Mandy must try to figure out what happened…

FOCUS ON CANNES 2019: BULL —ANNIE SILVERSTEIN

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May 5, 2019

Writer/director Annie Silverstein is an award winning filmmaker and youth worker based in Austin, Texas.

FOCUS ON CANNES 2019: PORT AUTHORITY —DANIELLE LESSOVITZ

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May 3, 2019

“On the steps outside New York City’s dizzying central bus station, Port Authority, a girl named Wye vogues with her…

FOCUS ON CANNES 2019: JEANNE —BRUNO DUMONT

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May 1, 2019

Man alive! Brunot Dumont is one of Cinema’s most inventive, and innovative, auteurs. Dumont’s films transport the viewer to unknown…

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JULIAN ASSANGE — “I CHOSE FREEDOM OVER JUSTICE”

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CANNES 2021: THE COMPLETE AWARDS

THE NEON DEMON — POSTER ART

FOCUS ON CANNES 2019: LES MISÉRABLES —LADJ LY

FOCUS ON CANNES 2019: THE LIGHTHOUSE —ROBERT EGGERS

FOCUS ON CANNES 2019: WILD GOOSE LAKE —DIANO YINAN

FOCUS ON CANNES 2019: LITIGANTE —FRANCO LOLLI

FOCUS ON CANNES 2019: BACURAU —Juliano Dornelles, Kleber Mendonça Filho

FOCUS ON CANNES 2019: THE CLIMB —MICHAEL ANGELO COVINO

FOCUS ON CANNES 2019: ADAM —MARYAM TOUZANI

FOCUS ON CANNES 2019: YOUNG AHMED —JEAN-PIERE AND LUC DARDENNE

FOCUS ON CANNES 2019: ATLANTICS —MATI DIOP

FOCUS ON CANNES 2019: SHARE —PIPPA BIANCO

FOCUS ON CANNES 2019: BULL —ANNIE SILVERSTEIN

FOCUS ON CANNES 2019: PORT AUTHORITY —DANIELLE LESSOVITZ

FOCUS ON CANNES 2019: JEANNE —BRUNO DUMONT

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