The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018) Movie Review

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The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018) Director: Terry Gilliam Screenwriters: Terry Gilliam, Tony Grisoni Starring: Adam Driver, Jonathan Pryce, Olga Kurylenko, Joana Ribeiro, Stellan Skarsgård, Jordi Mollà, Jason Watkins, Hovik Keuchkerian Terry Gilliam’s long-gestating passion project, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, arrived after nearly three decades of false starts, setbacks and a famously … Read more

Matthias and Maxime (2019) Film Review

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Matthias et Maxime (2019/20) Director: Xavier Dolan Screenwriter: Xavier Dolan Starring: Gabriel D’Almeida Freitas, Xavier Dolan, Anne Dorval, Harris Dickinson, Marilyn Castonguay, Antoine Pilon, Pier-Luc Funk, Catherine Brunet, Samuel Gauthier, Adib Alkhalidey, Camille Felton Xavier Dolan has become a defining voice in contemporary melodrama, blending personal intensity with cinematic bravado to explore love, identity, and … Read more

Transmedia Storytelling and Blockbuster Filmmaking at Carkoon

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Return of the Jedi: Blockbuster Craft Meets Commercial Strategy Return of the Jedi, the final film of the original Star Wars trilogy, opens with a high-stakes rescue sequence. R2-D2 and C-3PO join Leia Organa, Chewbacca, Lando Calrissian, and Luke Skywalker in an effort to free Han Solo from the clutches of the crime lord Jabba … Read more

Barry Lyndon (1975) Reviewed: Kubrick’s Visual Masterpiece

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Barry Lyndon (1975) Director: Stanley Kubrick Screenwriters: Stanley Kubrick Starring: Ryan O’Neal, Michael Hordern, Marissa Berenson, Patrick Magee, Leon Vitali, Marie Kean Stanley Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon stands among the director’s most visually ambitious and formally daring works. Released in 1975 and adapted from William Makepeace Thackeray’s novella “The Luck of Barry Lyndon,” the film represents … Read more

The New Mutants (2020) Movie Review: X-Men Horror Spin-Off

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The New Mutants (2020) Director: Josh Boone Screenwriters: Josh Boone, Knate Lee Starring: Maisie Williams, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton, Blu Hunt, Henry Zaga, Alice Braga Originally scheduled for release in 2018, The New Mutants finally reached audiences in 2020 after a long and complicated delay. Based on the influential comics by Chris Claremont, Bob McLeod … Read more

Paul Verhoeven: What to Watch First

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Paul Verhoeven is one of cinema’s most misunderstood and versatile directors. From intimate arthouse work in Europe to brazen, sexually charged studio pictures in Hollywood, and the polarising spectacle that was Showgirls, his career resists easy categorization. Beyond his well-known taste for provocative imagery, Verhoeven has repeatedly returned to political and moral questions, using shock, … Read more

The Darjeeling Limited (2007) Review: Wes Anderson’s Road Movie

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The Darjeeling Limited (2007) Director: Wes Anderson Screenwriters: Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola, Jason Schwartzman Starring: Owen Wilson, Jason Schwartzman, Adrien Brody, Amara Karan, Waris Ahluwalia, Natalie Portman, Anjelica Huston, Bill Murray “Yes, the past happened. But it’s over, isn’t it?” – one of the many very poignant lines in Wes Anderson’s emotionally charged The Darjeeling … Read more

Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962) Film Review and Analysis

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This article was written exclusively for The Film Magazine by Eve O’Dea of eveonfilm.com. Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962) Director: Agnès Varda Screenwriter: Agnès Varda Starring: Corinne Marchand, Antoine Bourseiller, Dominique Davray, Dorothée Blank Agnès Varda is often cited as the lone prominent female voice of the French New Wave, and her filmography has … Read more

Tenet (2020) Review: Nolan’s Time-Bending Thriller Explained

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Tenet (2020) Director: Christopher Nolan Screenwriter: Christopher Nolan Starring: John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Kenneth Branagh, Michael Caine, Clémence Poésy, Himesh Patel, Aaron Taylor-Johnson Time is a central force in Christopher Nolan’s Tenet, a high-concept, time-bending spy thriller that returns the director to large-scale, original filmmaking. Nolan invites audiences back into the cinema … Read more

Da 5 Bloods (2020) Review: Spike Lee’s Netflix War Drama

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Da 5 Bloods (2020) — Review Da 5 Bloods (2020) Director: Spike Lee Screenwriters: Danny Bilson, Paul De Meo, Kevin Willmott, Spike Lee Starring: Delroy Lindo, Jonathan Majors, Clarke Peters, Norm Lewis, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Chadwick Boseman, Mélanie Thierry, Johnny Tri Nguyen, Paul Walter Hauser, Jean Reno 2020 has been a difficult year for film … Read more