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Spielberg gives away his authority over the frame for long stretches of this film, and those stretches are the most formally rigorous work of his career; what surrounds them cannot bear to leave a viewer alone with what has been photographed.
Back to the Future
Zemeckis and Gale built a clockwork so smooth that people praise the clock instead of the picture, and the picture is a genuinely moving story about forgiving two people for having once been young and frightened.
★ 4.5Marcus Reid
Stalker
★ 4.8Vera Lindqvist
Seven Samurai
★ 4.8
The week's read
“Everything in this film is dirty, dented and second-hand, and that texture, plus Ben Burtt's junk-built sound and one dry unhurried voice, is where the sensation actually lives.”
from Watch It for the Dents · Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope · by Amara Osei ·
Film writing that isn’t a review — the people who make pictures away from the picture, the arguments the industry is having, and what to watch next.
The 34th Hamptons International Film Festival runs October 2–12 with Wicker closing the program and conversations led by Amanda Seyfried, John Turturro, Jesse Eisenberg and Ron Howard. Its packed slate turns the East Coast stop into an awards-season meeting point for premieres, repertory screenings and filmmaker access.
CinePixo
AMC has ordered an eight-episode continuation of Kathryn Bigelow’s 1991 action film. It returns to the Ex-Presidents’ world more than three decades later, but no cast or firm premiere date has been announced.
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Yoyo and Nene, the Little Witch Sisters
2013
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La La Land
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