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Jean-Luc Godard: how his prickly fragmented filmmaking asked all the right questions

Jean-Luc Godard, who has died at the age of 91, was the last survivor of the French New Wave (Nouvelle Vague), the immensely influential movement of rebellious young filmmakers and critics who ensured that French cinema was the focus of film goers’ attention at the start of the 1960s.

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The Woman King is more than an action movie – it shines a light on the women warriors of Benin

The Woman King is a big-budget Hollywood movie that has been anticipated since 2018, when US star Viola Davis was announced as the lead in the story of the “amazons” of Dahomey. Rising South African star Thuso Mbedu also takes a key role in the film, which has premiered at…

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Movies about movies – ranked!

Odes to cinema from Sam Mendes, Steven Spielberg and Damien Chazelle will jostle for Oscar glory next year – until then, here are 20 of the best films about film-making well worth dimming the lights for

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Empire of Light movie review: you’ll fall for Olivia Colman and Micheal Ward in Sam Mendes’ ode to cinema

This nostalgic film celebrates the unmatched power of the cinematic experience

Evening Standard

We are all losers in the ‘woke v racist’ Little Mermaid culture war

The boring spat over the Disney trailer makes idiots of us all – whether Ariel is black or white, it is clearly a film that should rightfully be ignored then forgotten forever

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You need to watch the best werewolf whodunnit for free online ASAP

Over 25 years before 'Werewolf By Night,' a different superhero universe explored a black and white world of monsters.

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How 'MVP' spotlights the connections between military vets and retired athletes

LOS ANGELES — Nate Boyer and Jay Glazer have developed the type of relationship where one friend can come home to the surprise of having the other directing a full-blown movie production in their house without their knowledge.

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Skyfall filmmaker Sam Mendes says next James Bond film should be directed by a woman

Oscar-winning filmmaker says it would be ‘wonderful’ to see a woman directing Bond

The Independent UK

Jackie Brown review – Tarantino’s most romantic film is a stone-cold classic

Pam Grier and Samuel L Jackson are explosively good in this stylish crime thriller, with superb supporting turns from Robert Forster, Robert De Niro and Bridget Fonda

The Guardian - UK

Jean-Luc Godard’s films teach us to demand more from the lives we’re given

The work of the French-Swiss director, who died this week, is playful – but deadly serious about what life is for, says author Lynsey Hanley

The Guardian - UK

Saoirse Ronan reveals why she had to drop out of the Barbie movie: ‘I was gutted’

‘There was a whole character I was going to play – another Barbie,’ Ronan said

The Independent UK

‘Confess, Fletch’: Jon Hamm makes terrific debut as the snarky snoop

‘Mad Men’ star takes on a favorite Chevy Chase role, but in a lower key.

Chicago Sun-Times

The real mystery in See How They Run is its mishandling of The Mousetrap

The whodunnit starring Saoirse Ronan is a fun spoof but tinkers with history and never captures the unique way Agatha Christie’s play fascinated audiences in the 50s

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Pedro Almodovar steps away from his first English-language feature film

Spanish director Pedro Almodovar is going to wait a while longer before tackling a feature film in English.

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Ticket to Paradise review: Julia Roberts and George Clooney’s first romcom together is a screwball joy

The film immediately recalls the tempestuous relationship Roberts and Clooney shared as the romantic leads of the Ocean’s Eleven films

The Guardian - UK

Ticket to Paradise review – George Clooney and Julia Roberts go heavy on the goof

Double act have some silly fun as a couple sizzling with mutual irritation who head to Bali to sabotage their daughter’s marriage

Chicago Tribune

Kathryn ‘WandaVision’ Hahn, ‘Empire of Light’ and others at Chicago International Film Festival

CHICAGO — Starting with a Southport Avenue block party (food trucks!) for the Oct. 12 opening night, this year’s Chicago International Film Festival is handing out awards to, among others, Kathryn Hahn of “WandaVision,” soon to headline her own late 2023 Disney+ spinoff “Agatha: Coven of Chaos.”

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Review: Murder-Mystery ‘See How They Run’ Really Staggers

A murder occurs right as “See How They Run” begins and for a very good reason: It’s a whodunit film about a real murder backstage at a whodunit play where all the murders are fake. Got that? Good.

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What we're watching: 'Atlanta' opens its final season with even stranger things

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Ti West, Mia Goth dream up a technicolor horror in ‘Pearl’

Ti West and Mia Goth expand the world of “X” in the new film “Pearl.”

Daily Mirror

Disney parents horrified after character in Pinocchio blurts out swear word

The new remake of the classic Disney film was only released last week on the streaming platform Disney+, but already it has been slammed as ‘offensive’ by mums and dads

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Movie review: 'The Woman King' an epic that puts women in the middle of the action

When actress Maria Bello visited the West African nation of Benin in 2015, she learned the history of the Agojie, an all-female military regiment from the Kingdom of Dahomey (and the inspiration for Wakanda’s Dora Milaje from “Black Panther”). Recognizing the cinematic potential for this story, she developed the project…

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Why making 'Glass Onion' scared Rian Johnson even more than 'The Last Jedi'

One of the undisputed hits of this year's Toronto International Film Festival has been writer-director Rian Johnson's "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery."

Chicago Tribune

‘See How They Run’ review: Why are newer Agatha Christie-style whodunits afraid to take the genre seriously?

A murder at a country manor kicks off the Agatha Christie play “The Mousetrap,” and a murder backstage after a London performance of said play kicks off the comedy whodunit “See How They Run.” It stars Sam Rockwell as a veteran and indolent police detective who is reluctantly paired with…

The Orange County Register

After a near-fatal heart attack, Kevin Smith got serious about making ‘Clerks III’

Since “Clerks II” reached theaters in 2006, its writer-director Kevin Smith says he’s been thinking about making a third installment of the indie comedy franchise set in a New Jersey convenience store.

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