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‘New Order’: Unflinching Mexican Dystopian Film Shocks With Blistering Purpose [Venice Review]

September 10, 2020 3:00 pm

Serious discussions on the perpetuated correlation between race and class in Mexico have dominated the country’s collective consciousness over the last few years. Cinema has actively participated in such recko...

‘Run Hide Fight’ Is Exactly Why No One Ever Asked For A School-Shooting ‘Die Hard’ [Venice Review]

Jessica Kiang

September 10, 2020 3:00 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

So somebody somewhere one day had a thought: "What if 'Die Hard' except a school shooting?" and not only didn't they immediately check themselves for other symptoms of lead poisoning but thought, "Yep, that's ...

‘Topside’: Celine Held & Logan George Discuss Their Gripping Debut Feature & Its Venice Debut [Interview]

Ally Johnson

September 10, 2020 1:33 pm

Festivals, Interviews, News

Filmmakers Celine Held and Logan George have had quite the journey when it comes to the release of their first feature film. With years of research and numerous short films under their belt, “Topside” was mean...

‘The Best Is Yet to Come’ Is A Messy, But Affecting Look At Post-Pandemic Journalism [Venice Review]

Christian Gallichio

September 10, 2020 12:52 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

Mining the well-worn tropes of the crusading journalist, Jing Wang's “The Best is Yet to Come” is an investigatory look at Beijing in the aftermath of the SARS epidemic. Taking place in 2003, the film follows ...

‘The Predators’ Exclusive Clip: Labelling Food Is Brilliant Idea In Pietro Castellitto’s Venice-Bound Film

Charles Barfield

September 10, 2020 10:55 am

Festivals, News, Video

The term “predator” can mean a number of different things. Obviously, there’s the definition that relates to animals in nature, the hunter after the prey. And in the #MeToo era, there’s the more nuanced defini...

‘Topside’: A Mother & Daughter Struggle To Survive New York’s Underground Tunnels In A Wrenching Drama [Venice Review]

Rodrigo Perez

September 9, 2020 10:21 am

Festivals, News, Reviews

The indie drama “Topside” opens with a startling image: a five-year-old girl sleeping on the ground with a beam of light shining on her from above. She's underground living in the tunnels of New York beneath t...

‘Dear Comrades’ Is A Beautifully Crafted Look At A Bloody Soviet Tragedy [Venice Review]

Jack King

September 8, 2020 11:28 am

Festivals, News, Reviews

June 1962: Novocherkassk, the USSR. The halcyon days of Stalin’s premiership, where meat rations were plentiful and cigarettes easy to come by, are over. The Soviet people face conditions of significant hardsh...

West Bank Drama ‘200 Meters’ Explores the Walls That Surround Us [Venice Review]

Warren Cantrell

September 8, 2020 11:00 am

News, Reviews

For a lot of Americans, words like “West Bank,” “Palestine,” and “Israel” exist more as political ideas rather than actual places, denoting a struggle that transcends a particular location. To understand this ...

Nomadland, Frances McDormand, Oscars 2021

‘Nomadland’ Teaser Trailer: Frances McDormand Goes The Way Of The Wanderer In New Festival Darling From Chloe Zhao

Andrew Hrip

September 8, 2020 9:04 am

News, Trailers

Nobody knows what the next few months hold for the U.S. As far as the current situation, racial injustice rearing its ugly head, a drastic economic downturn and a deadly pandemic are just three of the reasons ...

Regina King's One Night In Miami, TIFF 2020, TIFF, Amazon Studios

Four Legends Spend ‘One Night In Miami’ In Regina King’s Flawed But Promising Debut [Venice Review]

Jessica Kiang

September 7, 2020 4:05 pm

Features, News, Reviews

An audacious what-if scenario lies at the heart of Regina King's poised, well-crafted but conceptually conflicted directorial debut, "One Night in Miami," a high-minded drama that plays as an all-star real-lif...

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