A film squarely in the wheelhouse of co-writer and director John Carney, Power Ballad plays the hits with a few heartfelt twists. It leans into the natural chemistry of its leads while exploring the cost of stardom, ownership, and identity within the music industry, following two Americans in Ireland: Rick (Paul Rudd), a past-his-prime rocker […]
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Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here. All That’s Left of You (Cherien Dabis) A sprawling, gripping drama that starts with the foundation of the state of Israel and the displacement of Palestinian families in Jaffa, […]
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One of the most substantial restorations of the year is for Maurice Pialat’s seven-part epic La maison des bois (The House in the Woods), which follows a family living in the French countryside post-World War I. Previously only available in quite low quality, the 4K restoration was completed in 2024 by the French National Audiovisual […]
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Nearly three years after the Cannes premiere of Killers of the Flower Moon, Martin Scorsese has now embarked on shooting his next feature. Production began last month in the Czech Republic for Scorsese’s Patrick Marber-scripted adaptation of Peter Cameron’s haunting novel What Happens at Night, with a cast featuring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Mads Mikkelsen, […]
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I’ve done interviews in many settings: multiplexes, screening rooms, green rooms, distributor offices, post houses, cafés, hotels—many hotels—or whatever space could be found then and there. (A conversation with a veritable architect of the modern cinema wound up in a coat closet.) Christian Petzold is the first who has apologized for the room. I saw […]
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Following up 2022’s The Banshees of Inisherin, Martin McDonagh is returning with John Malkovich, Sam Rockwell, Steve Buscemi, Mariana di Girolamo, Ailín Salas, Tom Waits, and Parker Posey for Wild Horse Nine. Although not set for a release until November 6, Searchlight Pictures has gotten a jump on the promotion with the first trailer now […]
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Leonie Benesch can’t catch a break. After being put through the wringer contending with the intense demands of the school system in the Academy Award-nominated The Teachers’ Lounge, the actor’s latest role finds her balancing another high-wire act in a claustrophobic institutional setting. Petra Volpe’s Late Shift, set during the overnight stint at an understaffed […]
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An impressive directorial debut and true New York tale, Joel Alfonso Vargas’ Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo) was a selection at Sundance, Berlinale, New Directors/New Films, BFI London, and more film festivals last year. Starring Juan Collado, Destiny Checo, Yohanna Florentino, and Nathaly Navarro, it was picked up by […]
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If on sabbatical, return with the undeniable. Such was the thinking in programming films by two masters to mark the return of my screening series Amnesiascope, which is henceforth stationed just off Union Square at the newly christened Center for Theatre Research. (Much as I will miss many Greenpoint eateries, BCTR’s much-easier location and bigger […]
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Criterion’s history is longer and more complicated than anybody quite realizes, leaving some of their earliest (or even recent-ish) titles in a strange, semi-canonized state. I’m thus excited by a program, debuting April, that resurrects certain of Criterion’s left-behind releases: King Kong (featuring the first-ever audio commentary), High Noon, Bad Day at Black Rock (with […]
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