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Toggle Sidebar Janicza Bravo’s “Zola” (Review) In “‘Zola’: A24 Gives Janicza Bravo’s Wild Indie the Insane Trailer It Deserves — Watch,” Zack Sharf ( IndieWire) writes, “After its breakout Sundance debut in 2020, “Zola” is finally ready for her theatrical close-up.” Sharf reviews the film by Panamanian-American director Janicza Bravo, which opens in U.S. theaters this June. Moviegoers, Zola is ready for her close-up. Janicza Bravo’s rambunctious road trip dramedy ...

CinemaBlend Justice League to the world. That’s right, the Snyder Cut, a.k.a. You’ve probably heard the story already: in the wake of a personal loss, Zack Snyder stepped down from the helm of 2017’s Justice League and Joss Whedon was hired to finish the film. That version became recognized as a massive debacle, as Joss Whedon and the studio completely changed the direction of the film, and it flopped at the box office. Fans begged and pleaded for years for the Snyder Cut to be...

‘Zack Snyder’s Justice League’ Wins Early Raves, From ‘Improvement’ to a ‘Knockout’ The Snyder Cut premieres March 18 on HBO MAXUmberto Gonzalez | March 15, 2021 @ 10:41 AM Zack Snyders Justice League The reviews for “Zack Snyder’s Justice League” are in, and the consensus about round two of DC’s epic superhero team-up is — mostly — that it’s an improvement of the 2017 theatrical release of the film. “We’re never going to get the von Stroheim cut of “Greed...

Coming 2 America Reviews Are Here, Does Eddie Murphy Honor or Taint the Original? Coming 2 America Reviews Are Here, Does Eddie Murphy Honor or Taint the Original? The first Coming 2 America reviews are in, and while the sequel may not quite live up to its predecessor, there are some laughs to be had. Dropping a day earlier than expected, comedy sequel Coming 2 America finds audiences reuniting with Eddie Murphys Akeem Joffer and Arsenio Halls Semmi after a thirty-year wait. After so many year...

And as a former film programmer, let me tell you. This is good! The Sundance Film Festival’s New Frontier may be at the vanguard of new programming. It went the avatar route this year, offering attendees a variety of virtual spaces where they could meet, network and socialize. Admittedly it looked a little like a Minecraft version of the festival, with digitally created bars, receptions areas and screening rooms. The digital avatars themselves were especially hard to take seriously — stubby...

15 Top Contenders for the Best International Feature Film Oscar Shortlist IndieWire 1/25/2021 Over the last five years, the Academy has made it increasingly easier for more voters to participate in the phase-one Best International Feature Film Oscar nominating committee, never more than during this pandemic year, when online viewing made it possible for all members to watch the movies, as long as they notched the minimum number of 12 assigned features. With Oscar deadlines pushed back by two ...

Could the Sundance Film Festival leave Park City? While this year’s online and out-of-state screenings open up possibilities, some say the mountain festival’s energy can’t be duplicated. (Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Actor Nicolas Cage is mobbed by fans as the 2018 Sundance Film Festival kicks off along Main Street in Park City on Friday, Jan. 19, 2018. | Updated: 4:25 p.m. Editor’s note • This story is available to Salt Lake Tribune subscribers only. Thank you for...

The day-and-date premiere follows an exclusive IMAX run starting January 29.

Film Independent Presents Member screenings and special Q&A events was busier than ever. And we know that in-between all the wassailing and socially-distanced NYE cheer, a few of these may have fallen through the cracks. So here now is a full roundup of last month’s Q&A (plus this  Coffee Talk.) To see what’s coming up next, go NOMADLAND Guests of honor: Chloé Zhao (writer/director/producer/editor), Peter Spears (producer), Mollye Asher (producer), Dan Janvey (producer); moderated by Ma...

Death in Venice (1971) In last year’s Midsommar, Ari Aster’s folk horror hit, Dan, an elderly gaunt man with long white hair and a beard, leaps from a cliff. Unfortunately, he survives the fall and has to have his face bashed in with a mallet. Dan is played by Björn Andrésen, first seen on-screen in 1970 in a small role in Roy Andersson’s A Swedish Love Story but truly discovered the following year when Luchino Visconti cast him as Tadzio, the object of Dirk Bogarde’s obsession in ...