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Oct 17, 2017 — Paul Thomas Anderson’s next film—and very likely Daniel Day-Lewis’s last—now has a release date, Christmas Day, and its own website. In Phantom Thread, Anderson “will once again explore a distinctive milieu of the 20th century. The new movie is a...
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Mar 19, 2015 — The author recalls his encounters and correspondence with the filmmaker.
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Jul 5, 2023 — Antoine Bourges’s subtle portrait of a Syrian family in Toronto will open on July 21.
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Aug 9, 2021 — The late summer and early fall festivals announce this year’s honorees.
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May 17, 2019 — Ly’s fiery fiction feature debut alludes not only to Hugo but also to Fuqua, Kassovitz, and Spike Lee.
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Aug 9, 2017 — The Toronto International Film Festival has added Canadian features and shorts and a bit more to the lineup of its forty-second edition, running from September 7 through 17. Earlier rounds: Gala and Special Presentations TIFF Docs, Midnight Madness, and Short...
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Dec 19, 2013 — It’s the most wonderful time of the year! But you wouldn’t know it from all of the melancholy Christmas films that have been made over the years. In this video essay, we investigate the longstanding tradition of bleak midwinters at...
A lifelong cinephile, this French filmmaker reinvigorated cinema throughout the sixties and seventies by breaking from the industry’s bloated “tradition of quality.”
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Mar 6, 2025 — An award-winner in Berlin, Philippe Lesage’s gripping slow burner is set for a theatrical run in the U.S.
Aug 2, 2013 — Did You See This?• Preparing Babette’s pièce de résistance • We’ll never get enough Eileen Brennan. • A Stark look at Donald Westlake • A D. W. Griffith behemoth resurfaces. • n + 1 + summer movies = awesome •...