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Thursday, October 26, 2023

Priscilla by Melissa Anderson

If Graceland’s walls could talk: Sofia Coppola’s new biopic reveals little of the King’s queen. Cailee Spaeny as Priscilla in Priscilla. Courtesy A24. Photo: Sabrina Lantos. Priscil…

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Thursday, October 12, 2023

Anatomy of a Fall by Melissa Anderson

To know or not to know: in French director Justine Triet’s new film, there may be no solutions to the mysteries of marriage and death. Samuel Theis as Samuel Maleski, Sandra Hüller as Sa…

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Thursday, September 28, 2023

Stop Making Sense by Melissa Anderson

On a road to nowhere? A new restoration of Jonathan Demme’s 1984 Talking Heads documentary. Lynn Mabry and David Byrne in Stop Making Sense. Courtesy A24. Photo: Jordan Cronenweth. Stop …

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Thursday, September 21, 2023

Stephanie Rothman by Melissa Anderson

Naked and unafraid: the unsung Corman-protégé’s search for sexual freedom within the exploitation genre. Celeste Yarnall as Diane LeFanu in The Velvet Vampire. Courtesy the American Gen…

SOURCE: 4columns at 08:00PM

Thursday, June 29, 2023

Afire by Melissa Anderson

But does company love misery? A self-absorbed novelist attempts to finish his new book among vacationing friends in Christian Petzold’s latest film. Thomas Schubert as Leon, Paula Beer as…

SOURCE: 4columns at 08:00PM

Thursday, June 22, 2023

Neige by Melissa Anderson

Paris verité: a 1981 neo-noir film about street life in the Pigalle district marks the directorial debut of French New Wave actress Juliet Berto. Jean-François Stévenin as Willy, Robert …

SOURCE: 4columns at 08:00PM

Thursday, May 25, 2023

Will-o’-the-Wisp by Melissa Anderson

Where there’s a willy there’s a way: João Pedro Rodrigues’s new film about climate collapse, Portugal’s colonial past, and homoerotics in the firehouse. Mauro Costa as Alfredo and …

SOURCE: 4columns at 08:00PM

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