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‘Charlotte’ Trailer: Keira Knightley Voices The Animated Story Of A German-Jewish Painter During WWII

April 1, 2022 9:25 am

How do you convey a life story? For most, the answer would be an autobiography or biopic. Charlotte Salomon chose a different path by using painting to portray the love, loss, and pain surrounding her. Directo...

‘Charlotte’: Animated Holocaust Drama Recounts The Tragic Life Of An Artist [Review]

Carlos Aguilar

September 21, 2021 3:38 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

Toronto International Film Festival: The utilization of hand-drawn animation as preferred medium for artists to assimilate and explicate real-world chaos in recent years has produced gorgeously sensitive visio...

‘The Duke’ Trailer: Jim Broadbent Steals A Priceless Work Of Art For Charity In Sony Pictures Classics New Film

Charles Barfield

June 25, 2021 1:11 pm

News, Trailers

When you think of heist films, you typically imagine thieves to be this group of attractive loners that have specific skills that make them perfectly suited for a life of crime. Well, in the film, “The Duke,” ...

‘Black Narcissus’: The Devil Comes In Many Disguises For FX’s New Young Nuns Convent Series Starring Gemma Arterton

Edward Davis

September 21, 2020 10:43 am

News, Television, Trailers

Remember “Black Narcissus,” the 1947 British psychological drama film written, produced, and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, and starring Deborah Kerr? Well, you may have forgotten, but FX a...

Jim Broadbent Will Charm You Senseless In ‘The Duke’ An Irresistible Art-Heist Britcom Co-Starring Helen Mirren [Venice Review]

Jessica Kiang

September 4, 2020 4:44 pm

News

You could dine on nothing but lard for twenty years and still not develop the hardness of heart necessary to avoid being won over by Roger Michell's "The Duke," a ridiculously charming British comedy that dunk...

Michael Caine, Tom Courtenay, Ray Winstone, Jim Broadbent and Paul Whitehouse, King of Thieves

‘King Of Thieves’: Not Even Michael Caine & A Murderers’ Row Of Amazing British Actors Can Rescue This Heist Film [Review]

Kimber Myers

January 24, 2019 3:23 pm

News, Reviews

"One last job" takes on new meaning in the heist film, "King of Thieves," populated by septuagenarians, octogenarians, and a sprightly 61-year-old Ray Winstone. (Seriously, the man – or his stunt double – does...

‘King Of Thieves’ Trailer: It’s ‘Ocean’s 8’ But With Michael Caine, Jim Broadbent, And Director James Marsh

Erica Bahrenburg

August 2, 2018 11:13 am

News, Trailers

This summer, audiences saw the release of “Oceans 8” and this fall, we can all look forward to 'Oceans 88' (get it?) with “King of Thieves.” The upcoming film tackles a ripped from the headlines story from a fe...

25 Performances That Deserve Emmy Nominations This Year

Oliver Lyttelton

July 7, 2016 1:43 pm

Features

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It’s Emmy season, and we’re just a week away from the Television Academy announcing their 2016 nominees, and as has been the case in the last few years, they have a wealth of stuff to choose from, with “Game Of...