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ZONE OF INFLUENCE (Nathaniel Glazer 2023)

The commandant of Ausschitz seeks to live a cozy life with his wife and five children in a house just over the wall from the concentration camp. Glazer's...

ALL OF US STRANGERS (Andrew Haigh 2023)

The superb Haigh, with four of the best actors in the English-speaking world, delivers a gay ghost story that is also a kind of companion piece for his...

MENUS PLAISIRS - LES TROIGROS (Frederick Wiseman 2023)

A famous rural 3-Star Michelin French restaurant gets the Wiseman treatment. Debuted at Venice. U.S. PREMIERE • Q&A WITH FREDERICK WISEMAN...

PIERRE CRETON: A PRINCE/UN PRINCE (2023)

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SCENE FROM A PRINCE

French art piece about a botanically-inspired gay love triangle

Lee Marshall in...

Venice, Paris: news of Michel Gondry

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MICHEL GONDRY, DO IT YOURSELF!

MICHEL GONDRY, DO IT YOURSELF! (François Nemeta) is a documentary (see IMDb) ...

MICHAEL MANN: FERRARI (2023)

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ADAM DRIVER IN FERRARI

Adam Driver plays sruggling Italian car magnate Enzo Ferrari, with Shailene Woodley as Enzo...

WIM WENDERS: PERFECT DAYS (2023)

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KOJI YAKUSHO IN PERFECT DAYS

Depicts the life of toilet cleaners in Tokyo. Cannes, in competition, where the lead,...

RODRIGO MORENO: THE DELINQUENTS/LOS DELINCUENTES (2023)

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TRAILER

Premise (IMDb): "Morán and Román are looking for freedom and adventure. One commits...

LISANDRO ALONSO: EUREKA (2023)


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still from lisandro alonso's eureka

TRAILER

Three stories of indigenous people, at different timers and places. ...

NEO SORA: RYUICHI SAKAMOTO | OPUS

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A filmed solo concert with the artist, who died at 71 in March of cancer. Venice.

SOFIA COPPOLA: PRISCILLA (2023)

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CAILEE SPAENY IN PRISCILLA

The protected world of Elvis Presley's child bride. Venice.

ANNIE BAKER: JANET PLANET (2023)

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Once again, A24 gambles on an unproven filmmaker, and once again, the indie studio comes away with an incredibly...

KLEBER MENDONÇA FILHO: PICTURES OF GHOSTS/RETRATOS FANTSMAS (2023)

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A personal documentary about fading remnants of culture in downtown Recife since...

AGNIESZKA HOLLAND: GREEN BORDER (2023)

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A searing account n B&W of the refugee crisis aggravated by Belarus' authoritarian leader. Special prize at...

BRADELY COOPER: MAESTRO (2023)

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CAREY MULLIGAN AND BRADLEY COOPER in MAESTRO

Cooper directs a film about Leonard Bernstein, his marriage, and his...

ANGELA SCHANELEC: MUSIC (2023


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Berlinale Silver Bear winner, starts with a romance between a prisoner and a prison guard.

RICHARD LINKLATER: HIT MAN (2013)

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GLEN POWELL STARS IN HIT MAN

A philosophy professor moonlights as a dummy hit man for the New Orleans cops, then it...

ALICE ROHRWACHER: LA CHIMERA (2023)


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Set in the Tuscan countryside and centered around the theme of archeological looting and the illicit sale of...

YORGOS LANTHIMOS: POOR THINGS (2023)

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EMMA STONE IN POOR THINGS

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EMMA STONE AND MARK RUFFALO IN POOR THINGS
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TODD HAYNES: MAY DECEMBER (2023)

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NATALIE PORTMAN, JULIANNE MOORE IN MAY DECEMBER

Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore two-fer about an actress...

FELIPE GALVEZ: THE SETTLERS/LOS COLONOS (2023)

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Brutal colonialism in 19th-century Chile is presented as art film Western. Cannes. It competed for Un...

MARCO BELLOCCHIO: KIDNAPED/RAPITO (2023)

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Bellocchio recounts a true incident when a Jewish child was kidnapped by the Vatican in the 1850's and...

VICTOR ERICE: CLOSE YOUR EYES/CERRAR LOS OJOS (2023)

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"In this elegiac personal epic about time, memory, and, of course, the movies, an aging filmmaker...

RADU JUDE: DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD (2023)

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Another tirade from he Rumanian author of the timely and entertaining but...

HONG SANG-SOO: IN WATER 물안에서 (2023)

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Hong's second film for 2023, 61 mibutes, and intentionally out of focus. A young filmmaker prepares to shoot at an...