Madoka (Marika Itô) is a Shimokitazawa-based playwright putting the finishing touches on her latest work to be performed by her and Shiho’s (Riko Fujitani) troupe at the Good Heavens bar above a Chicago vintage clothing shop. Kazuma’s (Kai Inowaki) band in Sangenjaya is struggling to stay afloat with a lead guitarist (Shintaro Kanamaru’s Mikoshiba) who […]
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Ahead of the Toronto International Film Festival running its 51st edition from September 10—20, they’ve now unveiled a first wave of features with its Gala and Special Presentations programs. This year’s sections feature films from nearly 30 countries, with work by Pedro Almodóvar, Danny Boyle, Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Lee Chang-dong, Jesse Eisenberg, […]
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What if two members of Baltimore’s Wham City Comedy took drugs and time traveled to the lo-fi, experimental underground cinematic heyday of Maya Deren to craft a surreally and absurdly bonkers riff on the Ship of Theseus paradox wherein a sad sack snaps after his girlfriend dumps him because he realizes he cannot escape the […]
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The Criterion Channel’s mass-addition of restorations marked a watershed moment for Hong Kong cinema’s exposure in the United States, but—as with seemingly all else in cinema—there’s always more. Beefing up their collection of Ringo Lam films, then, is an August-bound series that includes the previously programmed City on Fire, Prison on Fire, Prison on Fire […]
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Janus Films has acquired the 4K restoration of René Laloux’s final feature, Gandahar—a notable-enough effort in micro, and more significant for the distributor now possessing rights to all three of the visionary Frenchman’s features. Unfair though it is to set expectations, one can hope for a Criterion set comprising Fantastic Planet, The Time Masters, and […]
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We’re delighted to exclusively announce the lineup for the 28th annual Sidewalk Film Festival, taking place in Birmingham, Alabama, from August 24-30. Set to open with John Wilson’s feature debut The History of Concrete and close with Kenya-Jade Pinto’s The Sandbox, the lineup also features Tamra Davis’ The Best Summer, Maya Annik Bedward’s Black Zombie, […]
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Unless you’re living in the cave of Polyphemus, you are surely aware that Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey arrives today. With it, Ludwig Göransson’s 23-track, two-hour score—concluding with an end-credits collaboration with Travis Scott and James Blake—is now available to stream. As the composer revealed to Time, no orchestra was used for the score, and instead […]
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Now in its 40th edition, Il Cinema Ritrovato has swollen to become a true labyrinth of cinema, a Borgesian garden of forking paths that one goes to get lost in. The festival takes place over nine days across 10 or so theaters and comes replete with a 500-page catalogue that weighs you down like a […]
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Now in its 40th edition, Il Cinema Ritrovato has swollen to become a true labyrinth of cinema, a Borgesian garden of forking paths that one goes to get lost in. The festival takes place over nine days across 10-or-so theaters and comes replete with a 500-page catalog that weighs you down like a rock as […]
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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. Backrooms (Kane Parsons) The opening five minutes serve as an ideal primer for anybody unfamiliar with Parsons’ Backrooms web series, and who maybe need a little extra convincing that a 20-year-old […]
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