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Academy members from all branches can participate in this preliminary round. Rules are a little stricter as a voter must view every film theatrically, there are also other minimum viewing requirements to be eligible to vote in the category. Their seven choices, augmented by three additional selections voted by the Academy’s International Feature Film Award Executive Committee, constitute the shortlist. In the nominations round, Academy members from all branches are invited to opt-in to participate and must view all 10 shortlisted films in order to cast a ballot....

The poll surveyed 2,201 adults earlier this month, with close to 71% admitting they’d most want to hop on that DeLorean with Doc Brown and Marty McFly. Runners-up in the poll were “Toy Story 4,” and “Indian Jones 5.” “There’s a strong consumer demand for movie reboots and sequels, which spells good news for movie studios looking to capitalize on that nostalgic feeling,” Tyler Sinclair, Morning Consult’s vice president told THR....

This article encourages people to consider gambling as a leisurely activity instead of a routine task. There are several activities one can pursue instead of gambling to spend their leisure time among which one of the popular activities of the current generation is binge-watching television series. There are several TV series with movies that shed light on gambling as a highlight. In this article, we are about to dive deep into some of the top-rated TV series that revolves around the theme of gambling that includes, including Sneaky Pete, Poker After Dark, Breaking Vegas, and Stan Lee’s Lucky Man....

The amount of American titles for festival boss Alberto Barbera to choose from are now a little less than expected. Despite criticisms, this year’s “weak” Cannes lineup will probably again be superior to Venice’s. Barbera usually picks 4-6 American films in competition every year. Theres also a quota of 4-5 Italian films in competition. This complicates things further for him when it comes to jamming in as many great films as possible....

Boom. There go your Best Actor Oscar chances, Viggo. Viggo will not win the Oscar he so finely deserves for his great performance in “Green Book.” Absolutely no chance. Not just that, I think “Green Book,” which I’ve predicted would win the Best Picture Oscar will now lose to “A Star Is Born.” You can take it to the bank. There’s a rule that most sane, white people must understand and live by....

David Robert Mitchell, the filmmaker behind “Under the Silver Lake” and “It Follows”, jumping into the world of superheroes is an intriguing proposition. He’s one of the most promising young directors out there. “It Follows” was a Cannes-championed movie that was one of the best offerings of the horror genre in ages. The Initial release for Mitchell’s follow-up, “Under the Silver Lake,” had been postponed by a year after the negative reviews greeted it at Cannes....

Contribute Hire me Advertise Donate Team Contact Privacy Policy title: “What S Left World Of Reel” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-27” author: “Beverly Owens” “Eileen” (William Oldroyd)“Passages” (Ira Sachs)”The Pale Blue Eye” (Scott Cooper)”Borderlands” (Eli Roth)”Marlowe” (Neil Jordan)”Are You There God, It’s Me, Margaret” (Kelly Fremon)”Landscape with Invisible Hand” (Corey Finley)“You People” (Kenya Barris)”Infinity Pool” (Brandon Cronenberg)“The Marsh King’s Daughter” (Neil Burger)”Argyle” (Matthew Vaughn)”The Mother” (Niki Caro)”Havoc” (Gareth Evans)”Monkey Man” (Dev Patel)”Emily” (Frances O’Connor)”Flamin Hot” (Eva Longoria)”El Tonto” (Charlie Day)”13: The Musical” (Tamra Davis)”Rosaline” (Karen Maine)”Sharper” (Benjamin Caron)“Rheingold” (Fatih Akin) “Le Monde d’Hier” (Christophe Honore) “Tuesday” (Daina O....

Godard was a God of the medium, having advanced it more than any other person safe for the Lumieres brothers or George Melies. He’s always strayed far away from conventional cinema and instead opted to make films in bold, original, and vital fashion. Last year, during an 85-minute conversation with the virtual International Film Festival of Kerala, Godard said he planned to “retire” from directing after the completion of these two films: In an interview with Les Inrockuptibles, he elaborated on the story and themes of one of the films: We also know, according to Godard’s closest collaborator, cinematographer Fabrice Aragno, the films in question are titled “Funny Wars” and “Scenario,” I would like to film the people we see on news, but by plunging them into a situation where documentary and fiction come together....

That’s what Will Smith has been doing these last few days. Hours after the Oscars were done, Will was flown by his BFF, the Crown Prince of Dubai, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, to his luxurious palace. This is definitely one way to escape the wrath of millions. Smith is a wanted man right now and whoever gets the first post-slap interview will be getting a bonafide ratings blockbuster....

Point #1: “Every time I see “A Star is Born” atop a list, I think my fellow critics must be on crack. The remake is a Bradley Cooper vanity production headed for some kind of apocalyptic end-of-aesthetics-as-we-know-them accolades come Oscar season. Cooper, from the dais, will be both humbled and honored. I can’t wait. What can be expected of a film where the signature song is ‘Shallow’? Not that it doesn’t have its value: it’s best seen with a gaggle of inebriated friends late at night like The Rocky Horror Picture Show....

And so, the inevitable question one must ask is this: Are we heavily overhyping 1999? Being John Malkovich, Election, The Matrix, Fight Club, American Beauty, The Limey, The Sixth Sense, Magnolia, The Straight Story, Eyes Wide Shut, Three Kings, The Insider, The Blair Witch Project, Bringing Out the Dead, Boy’s Don’t Cry, Go, The Iron Giant, Toy Story 2, South Park, Office Space, The Talented Mr. Ripley, American Pie, Bowfinger, Dick, 10 Things I Hate About You, Arlington Road, Man on the Moon, The Dreamlife of Angels, Romance, Payback....

I wrote a negative review of the film back in May when I saw it at Cannes:When a director decides to tackle a genre that has been dealt with many times before, comparisons to far superior films are inevitable. And so, a film like Joe Penna’s “Arctic” will no doubt run the risk of being compared to its spiritual predecessors Danny Boyle’s “127 Hours,” J.C. Chandor’s “All is Lost” and Joe Carnahan’s “The Grey....

The way Tarantino tackles the impending doom of the murders in “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” has the audience feeling the urgency of every moment. It’s all accompanied by a beautifully chosen soundtrack evoking late ‘60s flower power. Of note; the opening track of the film is Roy Head’s fantastic soul groove, “Treat Her Right,” not only the earliest song used in the film but also one evoking a clear message at the start....

“1917” was finally shown this afternoon, for New York press, to a mostly positive reaction from critics. A source who caught a test-screening last month praised “1917” as a film filled with “stunning sequence after stunning sequence,” not to mention “surprises at every turn.” He added that it also, as was rumored, uses magic trick editing to make it look as though the film was shot in a single take by “hiding cuts through shadows, going up hills and outside blockades” a la “Birdman,” “Gravity” and “Rope....

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BBC.com, which organized the poll, has the full list of 100 movies. But here is their top 10, in order. Wong Kar-wai’s 2000 film “In the Mood for Love” managed to break into the top 20. The list included 13 films that were released in the 21st century: My own list differs from theirs, but whose doesn’t? You’d have to be a robot to agree with this list: [BBC Top 100] Contribute Hire me...

At first glance, Jia Zhang-ke‘s “Ash is Purest White” feels like an immaculately perfect patchwork film, taking cues from his 2013 masterwork “A Touch of Sin” and his flawed, but brilliant, 2015 epic “Mountains May Depart,” as well as the docu-drama Chinese glimpse of “Still Life.” It’s odd, considering that Zhang-ke is not known for repetition — in fact, the only repetitiveness we keep seeing is the use of his wife and muse Zhao Tao in his movies....

In “Beanpole,” Balagov focuses his vision on a post-WWII world where two female friends, fresh off the battlefield where they fought as soldiers, try to cope with the severe PTSD inflicted on them by the war. It’s a frigid, but nonetheless fascinating, film which confirms Balagov as a significant young talent. Mostly set in a war-torn post-Leningrad hospital and its street banks, “Beanpole” depicts Iya (Viktoria Miroshnichenko) not only suffering from a concussion inflicted while fighting as a soldier on the frontlines for Russia during a just-ended WWII, but also saddled with taking care of Pashka, her friend Masha’s (Vasilisa Perelygina), newborn infant....

A psychological portrait of the effects of an extremist attack on a rural place of worship, “Beginning” takes place in a sleepy provincial Georgian town, where a Jehovah Witness community is attacked by an extremist group. In the middle of this conflict resides Yana, the wife of the community leader, whose world, filled with sexism and hate, is slowly crumbling amidst the fear and chaos. Yana’s inner discontent grows wearier as she struggles to make sense of her desires in life, her chauvinist husband, and, if that weren’t enough, local police harassing her....

Aided by “John Wick” mastermind David Leitch, the choreography and camera work in “Birds of Prey” is quite something, never boring, maybe a little too over-the-top, but some of it most definitely works, until you get numbed down by the action overload during the final stretch. With the full title being “Birds of Prey: The Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn,” Margot Robbie is back as shrink-turned-psycho Harley Quinn. This anti-hero lacks the morals to be celebrated, but her clownish makeup and lethal ways, with her trusted hammer, no less, can’t help but get our unadorned attention from the start....