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QUEER ( Luca Guadagnino 2024)

This just out five days ago on VULTURE from Ira Silverberg, summarizes a Zoom interview with Guadagnino by this longtime friend and associate of William Burroughs...

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AUSTIN BUTLER IN THE BIKERIDERS

C H R I S__K N I P P'S__2 0 2 4__M O V I E__B E S T__L I S T S

FEATURE FILMS
All We Imagine as Light (Payal...

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Harris Dickinson photographed by David Vintiner for the Observer, London, October 2022.

THE FACES OF HARRIS DICKINSON

"Dickinson has a pale...

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ALEXANDRA SWARENS AND MAKAELA SHEALY IN THE HOLIDAY CLUB

AKEXANDRA SWARENS: THE HOLIDAY CLUB (2024)

When Harriet met Sally

Next door...

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Cairo 2024: The Awards
The Cairo jury gave their main prize to Romanian director Bogdan Muresanu’s tragicomic Cold War period piece 'The New Year That...

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HARRIS DICKINSON WITH THE LATE CHARLBI DEAN IN TRIANGLE OF SADNESS

RECONSIDERING 'TRIANGLE OF SADNESS' (Ruben Östlund 2022)

I've watched TRIANGLE...

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Discussions at CIFF

Putting an end to stereotypes in Africa's cinema
The Cairo Industry Days' dynamic panel about African cinema urged filmmakers to...

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WITNESS (SHAHID)

A new Iranian film at CIFF

WITNESS
Directed by Nader Saeivar
(Link to NOv. 19 VERDICT review by Stephen Dalton)
Iranian...

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THE BLUE LAKE

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THE BLUE LAKE/LE LAC BLEU
Directed by Daoud Aoulad-Syad
VERDICT: A captivating story, at once simple and...

EMILIA PÉREZ (Jacques Audiard 2024).

US theatrical release from Nov. 1 and now (Nov. 18) showing throughout the country Available on Netflix from Nov. 13.

On rewatching later (November 18),...

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MANUAL FOR A DIVORCE

More from Cairo Film Festival

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ABU ZABAL 89
Directed by Bassam Mortada
“…Bassam Mortada's 'Abo Zaabal 89' is a...

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Cairo resurges

Despite the horrors of the war on Gaza only a little more than 200 miles away, the Cairo International Film Festival is back and runs...

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JOEL KACHI BENSON: MOTHERS OF CHIBOK (2024) DOC NYC

Hope springs from the Nigerian abductions

Following four Nigerian mothers as they fight to...

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LEV KALMAN, WHITNEY HORN: DREAM TEAM (2024)

Mexican Interpol murder investigation is a zany riff on '90's cable TV inspiring walkouts and yawns
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SINÉAD O'SHEA: BLUE ROAD - THE EDNA O'BRIEN STORY (2024)

Portrait of an Irish writer, sensuous, glamorous and embittered

This is a beautiful film...

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TYLER TAORMINA: CHRISTMAS EVE IN MILLER'S POIT (2024)

This won't replace Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'

TRAILER

An iridescent Christmas...

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ADAM ELLIOT: MEMOIR OF A SNAIL (2024) SCREENSHOT

ADAM ELLIOT: MEMOIR OF A SNAIL (2024)

TRAILER

Downbeat top cast Aussie stop-motion tale with...

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JULIO RUBIO: THE TRUE STORY OF TAMARA DE LEMPICKA AND THE ART OF SURVIVAL (2024)

A plea for greater recognition of the art of Tamara de Lempicka
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FLORENCE PUGH, ANDREW GARFIELD IN WE LIVE IN TIME

[B]JOHN CROWLEY: WE LIVE IN TIME (2024)

Much ado: an arresting scrambled-time film that doesn't...

An enthusiastic and rather detailed review of the film for AV Club by Tomris Laffly | September 1, 2024 I liked. https://www.avclub.com/conclave-review. He suggests the Cittecittà sets are...

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RALPH FIENNES AND STANLEY TUCCI IN CONCLAVE

EDWARD BERGER: CONCLAVE (2024)

A thriller about electing a new pope

Ralph Fiennes' best film role,...

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R]TAKU AOYAGI IN TOKYO UBER BLUES

TAKU AOYAGI: TOKYO UBER BLUES (2021)

Uber blues during the lockdown in Tokyo makes for a display of young...

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ROONEY MARA AND RAÚL BRIONES IN LA COCINA

ALONSO RUIZPALACIOS: LA COCINA (2024)

Ruizpalacios updates and expands "The Kitchen"

Before we talk...

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SHIORI ITO IN BLACK BOX DIARIES

SHIORI ITO: BLACK BOX DIARIES (2024)

An impressive film by the face of #MeToo in Japan

Some nine years ago ...

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MARK COUSINS: MY NAME IS ALFRED HITCHCOCK (2022)

A cinephile's playful journey through clips of Hitchcock's films

Mark Cousins is a prolific ...