Jordan Ruimy, Author at The Playlist

‘Bacurau’ Director Discusses Genre Filmmaking & Why His Film And ‘Parasite’ Are “Cousins” [Interview]

March 18, 2020 1:55 pm

2020 is guaranteed to have at least one indisputably great movie released in its calendar. And no, that's not a joke about the current state of the film industry, with films being pulled due to the COVID-19 (c...

The Dardenne Brothers Discuss Their Polarizing Film ‘Young Ahmed’ [Interview]

Jordan Ruimy

February 25, 2020 1:37 pm

Interviews, News

Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne might just be the most influential European filmmakers of the last 20 years, with their social-realist handheld camera style becoming a sort of Euro-arthouse cliché at this point. ...

Mati Diop Discusses Immigration, And Michael Mann’s Influence Over ‘Atlantics’ [Interview]

Jordan Ruimy

November 29, 2019 12:40 pm

Interviews, News

The socio-political and supernatural blend in Mati Diop’s Cannes-winning “Atlantics,” a bewitching film from the French-Senegalese writer-director whom, after a successful jaunt in acting and directing short fi...

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Kevin Smith Talks ‘Jay and Silent Bob Reboot,’ How Seth Rogen Made Him A Stoner & Much More [Interview]

Jordan Ruimy

October 18, 2019 2:49 pm

Features, Interviews, News

It’s hard to have grown up in the '90s and not be familiar with Kevin Smith's brand of slacker comedy. Between 1994 and 1999, Smith basically became the spokesman for a misfit generation of geeky basement dwell...

‘Western Stars’: Bruce Springsteen’s Concert Doc Is One For The Ages [TIFF Review]

Jordan Ruimy

September 13, 2019 1:39 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

In 2011, Bruce Springsteen started recording the album Western Stars, only to sideline the project for an E-Street Band tour. Recording sessions eventually continued over the years, the album was completed in 2...

‘Harriet’: Cynthia Erivo Cannot Emancipate The Harriet Tubman Story From A Generic Biopic [TIFF Review]

Jordan Ruimy

September 12, 2019 3:22 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

Famed abolitionist Harriet Tubman is not on the American $20 bill yet, thanks to political Trumpian bureaucracy and delay, but even the consideration puts her historical and cultural importance into immediate c...

‘Western Stars’: Bruce Springsteen Gets The Documentary Treatment From Warner Bros.

Jordan Ruimy

August 19, 2019 4:56 pm

News, Trailers

When Bruce Springsteen released "Western Stars" his nineteenth studio album, this past June, most fans were expecting a tour to follow soon after promptly. And yet, no visit came. In fact, no live shows whatsoe...

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Richard Linklater Talks ‘Where’d You Go, Bernadette?’ Working With Cate Blanchett & More [Interview]

Jordan Ruimy

August 15, 2019 5:05 pm

Features, Interviews, News

Director Richard Linklater's "Where'd You Go, Bernadette," adapted from Maria Semple’s popular YA novel of the same name, concerns Bernadette (Cate Blanchett) a brilliant, middle-aged ex-architect with a beauti...

‘Wild Goose Lake’: A Stylish Crime Noir Could Still Use More Narrative Cohesion [Cannes Review]

Jordan Ruimy

May 26, 2019 3:50 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

An overstuffed, stylish crime story about an unpredictable underground world, impressive visual poetry might be on display again in Yinan Diao’s “The Wild Goose Lake,” his latest action-noir, but narrative cohe...

‘Beanpole’: Kantemir Balagov’s WWII Drama Is Bleak, But A Deserving UCR Best Director Winner [Cannes Review]

Jordan Ruimy

May 25, 2019 1:08 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

28-year-old writer-director Kantemir Balagov shocked and astonished many at Cannes just two years ago with his startlingly assured debut feature, “Closeness,” which won a FIPRESCI prize in the Un Certain Regard...

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