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SDAFF '21: Drive My Car. ドライブ・マイ・カー. ****/****. starring Hidetoshi Nishijima, Masaki Okada, Reika Kirishima, Tôko Miura. screenplay by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi & Takamasa Oe, based on the short story by Haruki Murakami. directed by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi. by Walter Chaw Haruki Murakami's short story "Drive My Car" is a model of …Among my favourite Canadian publications to find films are Film Freak Central and Cinema Axis. (Throughout the festival, I maintain an updating list of the best …When Evil Lurks (2023) Cuando acecha la maldad. ****/****. starring Ezequiel Rodríguez, Demián Salomón, Luis Ziembrowski, Federico Liss. written and directed by Demián Rugna. by Walter Chaw I felt like there was a hand pressing down on my chest during Demián Rugna's When Evil Lurks, a horror film so vicious and uncompromising I …Sep 18, 2021 · Telluride '21: The Lost Daughter. ****/****. starring Olivia Colman, Dakota Johnson, Peter Sarsgaard, Jessie Buckley. screenplay by Maggie Gyllenhaal, based on the novel by Elena Ferrante. directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal. by Walter Chaw Leda (Jessie Buckley) is brilliant. She's translating Auden into Italian and, more than just translating, she's ... - Film Freak Central. Read More | Posted Oct 27, 2023. 3.5/4. Priscilla (2023) Priscilla is a Sofia Coppola joint; if it's predictable, at least it's predictably great. - …Dec 3, 2022 · The Banshees of Inisherin (2022) ****/****. starring Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kelly, Kerry Condon, Barry Keoghan. written and directed by Martin McDonagh. by Walter Chaw I lost a friend this year. Not to death but to no longer having anything of value to offer him, what with time getting short. May 16, 2023 · Air (2023) */****. starring Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Jason Bateman, Viola Davis. written by Alex Convery. directed by Ben Affleck. by Walter Chaw The irony of a film celebrating the taking of chances being so absolutely afraid to take any chances is so conspicuous it feels a little like bullying to point it out, but here goes: Ben Affleck's Air ... Film Freak Central is a website for film lovers and critics, featuring reviews, interviews, news and more on various genres and directors. Whether you are looking for the latest releases, classics, or cult films, you can find them here with Walter Chaw's insights and recommendations. Perfect Days (2023) ****/****. starring Kôji Yakusho, Tokio Emoto, Arisa Nakano, Tomokazu Miura. written by Wim Wenders, Takuma Takasaki. directed by Wim Wenders. by Walter Chaw Hirayama (Kôji Yakusho) notices little things. Like the sunlight dappling the trees. Or the doomed sproutling, too close to its mother to survive, pushing its way out ... Oct 9, 2023 · Priscilla (2023) ***½/****. starring Cailee Spaeny, Jacob Elordi, Dagmara Dominiczyk. based on the book Elvis and Me by Priscilla Presley with Sandra Harmon. written and directed by Sofia Coppola. by Walter Chaw Sofia Coppola takes a lot of heat for making movies about what she knows. This strikes me as peculiar, because I don't really have ... It's a horrifying distraction, because once the leads step out of their cruiser, "True Detective" becomes a showpiece for HBO's Blu-ray output. The 1.78:1, 1080p image maintains crispness, depth, mild grain, colour warmth, and the crucial chiaroscuros of nighttime crime scenes illuminated by floodlights.Please Support Film Freak Central. PATREON: Become a Patron! PAYPAL: E-Mail Us. Recent Posts. The Adventures of Renny Harlin: FFC Interviews Renny Harlin; The Bricklayer (2024) + The Beekeeper (2024) The Holdovers (2023) [Collector's Edition] - Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Code "The 50 Best Films of 2023" by Walter Chaw ...Fallout is about a broken man with delusions of grandeur who moves away from a woman who sees salvation in him to a woman who doesn't. This is a good conversation to have. Originally published: July 18, 2018. THE 4K UHD DISC. by Bill Chambers Paramount's 4K UHD presentation of Mission: Impossible - Fallout is …Elemental (2023) ****/****. screenplay by Peter Sohn & Kat Likkel and Brenda Hsueh. directed by Peter Sohn. by Walter Chaw I tell this tale over and over again as I see echoes of it pop up now in a landscape temporarily interested in the particulars of the immigrant story, but my parents came to the United States in the early '70s to complete ...screenplay by Jonathan Goldstein & John Francis Daley and Michael Gilio. directed by Jonathan Goldstein & John Francis Daley. CHAMPIONS. **½/****. starring Woody Harrelson, Kaitlin Olson, Ernie Hudson, Cheech Marin. screenplay by Mark Rizzo, based on the Spanish film Campeones written by David Marqués & Javier Fesser.Crimes of the Future (2022) ****/****. starring Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux, Kristen Stewart, Scott Speedman. written and directed by David Cronenberg. by Angelo Muredda "It's not a completely bad feeling, at least not uninteresting," muses performance artist Saul Tenser (Viggo Mortensen) about his scratchy throat during a quiet moment in ...TIFF '21: Flee. by Angelo Muredda The past is as fluid as the rotoscoped animation used to bring it to life in Jonas Poher Rasmussen's Flee, a high-concept work of creative nonfiction whose unconventional style promises an immersiveness it can't really deliver. Rasmussen's animated documentary profile of his childhood friend, pseudonymously ...Hey, Film Freak Central and Walter in particular just recieved an official endorsement from Roger Ebert. A recent post on his blog: I absolutely love film …Fallout is about a broken man with delusions of grandeur who moves away from a woman who sees salvation in him to a woman who doesn't. This is a good conversation to have. Originally published: July 18, 2018. THE 4K UHD DISC. by Bill Chambers Paramount's 4K UHD presentation of Mission: Impossible - Fallout is …Feb 10, 2016 · ****/**** Image A Sound A Extras A- story adaptation Ted Sears, Richard Creedon, Otto Englander, Dick Richard, Earl Hurd, Merrill De Maris, Dorothy Ann Blank, Webb Smith supervising director David Hand by Bill Chambers Walt Disney was shooting for the moon with 1937's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, not just his first but the first animated feature. He of the Silly Symphony wanted it to have ... FILM FREAK CENTRAL: One of the things that's so insidious about organized religion is that it purports to have the corner on morality, faith, and grace--that without it, those things are impossible or false. It's absolutely evil. It does harm.Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) **½/****. starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Lily Gladstone, Jesse Plemons. screenplay by Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese, based on the book Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann. directed by Martin Scorsese.Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) ****/Feb 19, 2016 · The Witch (2016) The VVitch. ****/****. starr Recent posts by Film Freak Central. Date. Unlock 53 exclusive posts and join a community of 335 members. Starting at. $5. / month. Join now. creating in-depth reviews of new films and Blu-rays. Originally published: December 24, 2012. THE BLU-RAY DISC. Nov 19, 2023 · Napoleon (2023) **½/****. starring Joaquin Phoenix, Vanessa Kirby, Tahar Rahim, Rupert Everett. written by David Scarpa. directed by Ridley Scott. by Walter Chaw I wish Ridley Scott's Napoleon was weirder, kinkier, as perverse as it seems like Joaquin Phoenix, who plays the diminutive emperor, wants it to be. starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Billy Burke, Peter Facinelli. screenplay by Melissa Rosenberg, based on the novel by Stephenie Meyer. directed by Catherine Hardwicke. by Bryant Frazer Author Stephenie Meyer says she wrote her first novel, Twilight, in three months' time, after the central idea came to her in a dream. starring Kevin Bacon, Elizabeth McGovern, Alec Baldwin, James

½*/**** starring Nicolas Cage, Joel Kinnaman, Kaiwi Lyman screenplay by Luke Paradise directed by Yuval Adler by Walter Chaw A History of Violence for Dummies, Yuval Adler's slow-moving, never-ending Sympathy for the Devil is a Nicolas Cage vanity project in which America's slavering hambone tries on some kind of accent, a scarlet dye-job, and a half …TIFF '23: I Don't Know Who You Are. **½/****. starring Mark Clennon, Anthony Diaz, Nat Manuel, Michael Hogan. written and directed by M.H. Murray. by Bill Chambers Toronto scenester Benjamin (Mark Clennon) is a young, Black artist and musician getting his groove back after breaking up with his boyfriend and performing …Contributor, Film Freak Central. Denver. Arts and Entertainment, U.S. Regional. As seen in: Film Freak Central, The New York Times, MSN (US), Post Outlook, NPR, Flipboard, …Oct 8, 2023 · When Evil Lurks (2023) Cuando acecha la maldad. ****/****. starring Ezequiel Rodríguez, Demián Salomón, Luis Ziembrowski, Federico Liss. written and directed by Demián Rugna. by Walter Chaw I felt like there was a hand pressing down on my chest during Demián Rugna's When Evil Lurks, a horror film so vicious and uncompromising I wasn't ...

THE 4K UHD DISC To commemorate the 20 th anniversary of Gladiator, Paramount has reissued its 2018 4K Ultra HD release of the film in a handsome steelbook adorned with Russell Crowe's Maximus in full fight stance, prepared to cut a bitch.When Gladiator first came out on Blu-ray, it was met with controversy for being overzealously …The following Ten Best list reflects only the opinions of Bill Chambers--Film Freak Central's webmaster--and not necessarily those of this site's other contributors. 10. Henry Fool. Hal Hartley movies never make Top 10 lists; they're considered pompous and pretentious by people who are just those things.…

Reader Q&A - also see RECOMMENDED ARTICLES & FAQs. What Judas and the Black Messiah gets right--and . Possible cause: A Man Called Otto (2022) */****. starring Tom Hanks, Mariana Trevi.