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Charlie Kaufman’s stop-motion ‘Anomalisa’ gets its first trailer
The festival buzz surrounding Charlie Kaufman’s latest film Anomalisa has been enormous. The film, along with co-director Duke Johnson, is his first since his challenging and thought provoking debut Synecdoche, New York in 2008, and it’s a stop-motion animated film no less. The hype was so great after winning the Special Jury Prize out of […] More
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Fantastic Fest: ‘Anomalisa’ a winningly bizarre exploration of love and mental distress
Anomalisa Directed by Duke Johnson and Charlie Kaufman Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman 2015, USA The original Anomalisa was a “sound play” by Charlie Kaufman (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Adaptation), performed before an audience only twice. The “sound” aspect referred to the fact that its main character has a disorder that makes him see everyone with […] More
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Watch the first full trailer for Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming ‘The Hateful Eight’
Among one of the most recognisable names with film fans around the world is filmmaker Quentin Tarantino. Nuerous Tarantino films, including Jackie Brown, Pulp Fiction, and Inglourious Basterds, have been critically and commercially acclaimed, with many excited by the news that Tarantino would soon be working on a new feature. The film, however, soon reached […] More
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“Hath No Fury Like a Woman Scorned”: Top 10 Damaged Divas in the Movies
Sure, we have all seen our share of an “Unstable Mabel” in cinema throughout the years. Some, more than others, do stand out in craziness, chaos and curiosity. These furious females in film–at least the ones that we will spotlight in this particular movie column–have something to their off-kilter filter that dares to dig deep […] More
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Shots are fired in first teaser for Tarantino’s ‘The Hateful Eight’
It has been a long and winding road, but we are finally getting closer to the next Quentin Tarantino movie. The teaser for The Hateful Eight was officially released on Thursday after being shown last year prior to Sin City 2: A Dame to Kill For. The film stars Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer […] More
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Week in Review: Is Lea Seydoux the next Bond Girl?
Skyfall and Casino Royale helped usher in such a vastly new appreciation for the James Bond franchise that with Sam Mendes returning to direct the still untitled Bond 24 and rumored to direct Bond 25, excitement remains high for any new details about the project. And though Daniel Craig has been much less the casanova since […] More
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First surprisingly good trailer for ‘Amityville: The Awakening’
Ready to return to America’s most famous haunted house? Even if you’re not, The Amityville Horror is back for the 12th time in Franck Khalfoun’s Amityville: The Awakening and it has a trailer from Yahoo. Blumhouse Productions, the new king of low-budget horror that gave us Paranormal Activity, Insidious, and The Purge, is bringing the decades […] More
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‘The Moment’ is a weak film with strong performances
The Moment Written by Gloria Norris and Jane Weinstock Directed by Jane Weinstock USA, 2013 Mental illness has long been a subject wrought with stigma and social taboos. Though even today those stigmas remains people are now more accepting of those troubled with emotional problems. The mission of psychiatric care mission is to learn why […] More
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Sordid Cinema Podcast #74: Paul Verhoeven Special Part 2
This week we celebrate the career of filmmaker Paul Verhoeven, starting with his stylish erotic thriller The 4th Man, his last Dutch film which gained a cult following for its frank treatment of bisexuality, bizarre visuals, and twisted narrative. After we discuss Flesh + Blood, a medieval anti-romance starring Rutger Hauer and Jennifer Jason Leigh. Finally we end […] More
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‘Hateship Loveship’, starring Kristen Wiig, releases its first trailer
Over the years, Saturday Night Live has been the breakout ground for a number of stars, including Bill Murray, Chris Farley, and Gilda Radner. The latest in that group is Kristen Wiig, whose fans were happy to see her gain her own level of movie stardom with 2011’s Bridesmaids. Many were interested to see where […] More
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‘The Spectacular Now’, James Ponsoldt’s Sundance hit, releases its first trailer
Filmmaker James Ponsoldt’s second full-length feature Smashed turned the heads of many film fans as it made its way around the festival circuit in 2012. It was at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, however, that Ponsoldt really made waves, with his new feature garnering a lot of acclaim prior to getting picked up. Titled The […] More
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Sundance 2013: ‘Kill Your Darlings’ is a dark, raucous romp into the intimate lives of the Beats
Kill Your Darlings Directed by John Krokidas Written by John Krokidas and Austin Bunn 2013, USA With Kill Your Darlings, writer/director John Krokidas seeks to decipher what inspired a young Allen Ginsberg to write some of the most influential words of the 20th century and audaciously capture the spirit of discontented youth. In the beginning, […] More
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