‘Die My Love’ Review: Jennifer Lawrence Spirals Into Psychosis While Robert Pattinson Plunges Into Despair in Lynne Ramsay’s Jarring Character Study

‘Die My Love’ Review: Jennifer Lawrence Spirals Into Psychosis While Robert Pattinson Plunges Into Despair in Lynne Ramsay’s Jarring Character Study

Lynne Ramsay has never shown much interest in making films that are easy to digest, her hard-edged psychological dramas refusing to offer comfort or provide tidy answers for the messy questions arising out of her characters’ upended lives. The uncompromising Scottish director has not gone soft in her jagged fifth feature, Die My Love. Giving…

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#‘The Book of Clarence’ Review: LaKeith Stanfield Cons Jerusalem in a Bumpy Biblical Epic

#‘The Book of Clarence’ Review: LaKeith Stanfield Cons Jerusalem in a Bumpy Biblical Epic

In The Book of Clarence, Jeymes Samuel applies his jocular style — anachronistic music, rapid-fire banter and winking asides — to a Biblical epic that ends up strangely self-conscious when it comes to its comic ambitions. The director’s latest venture whisks audiences off to ancient Jerusalem, where locals grumble about the Romans and circulate news of…

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#Jeymes Samuel on His Bold, All-Black Biblical Epic ‘The Book of Clarence,’ Wanting People to Think “Wow, I Haven’t Seen That Before”

#Jeymes Samuel on His Bold, All-Black Biblical Epic ‘The Book of Clarence,’ Wanting People to Think “Wow, I Haven’t Seen That Before”

Back in 2021, the BFI London Film Festival opened in the most audacious and A-list manner seen in many years. With the curtain-raising slot usually reserved for more somber, prestige dramas, Netflix’s all-star, all-Black rootin’ tootin’ Western The Harder They Fall — with an ensemble cast including Regina King, Idris Elba, LaKeith Stanfield, Jonathan Majors, Delroy Lindo and Zazie Beets — brought the house down, with…

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#“To Be in Hollywood Is to Be Gaslit”: Justin Simien Levels Up With Disney’s ‘Haunted Mansion’ at a Fraught Time

#“To Be in Hollywood Is to Be Gaslit”: Justin Simien Levels Up With Disney’s ‘Haunted Mansion’ at a Fraught Time

Filmmaker Justin Simien was the main attraction at the July 15 red carpet premiere of his latest effort, The Haunted Mansion. But it wasn’t because he arrived in a floor-length cape, his tribute to the movie’s costume designer. It was because the hours-old SAG-AFTRA strike prevented his starry cast — LaKeith Stanfield, Tiffany Haddish and…

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#‘Haunted Mansion’ Review: LaKeith Stanfield, Tiffany Haddish and Owen Wilson in Justin Simien’s Deja Vu Disney Ride-Based Film

#‘Haunted Mansion’ Review: LaKeith Stanfield, Tiffany Haddish and Owen Wilson in Justin Simien’s Deja Vu Disney Ride-Based Film

If you’ve ridden the Haunted Mansion ride at Disneyland even once, you’ll recognize many of its key elements in the new Disney film based on the iconic attraction. And if you’ve ridden it multiple times, you’ll have trouble keeping up with the myriad Easter eggs paying visual tribute to its inspiration that are scattered throughout…

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#‘Haunted Mansion’ Review: LaKeith Stanfield, Tiffany Haddish and Owen Wilson in Justin Simien’s Deja Vu Disney Ride-Based Film

#Disney Holds ‘Haunted Mansion’ Premiere Without Its Stars For First Major Event Impacted By Actors Strike

Disney’s Haunted Mansion premiere, held at Disneyland on Saturday night, looked a little different from what the studio originally planned as it became the first major Hollywood event to take place after SAG-AFTRA took to the picket lines. Stars Tiffany Haddish, LaKeith Stanfield, Danny DeVito, Rosario Dawson, Chase W. Dillon, Dan Levy, Jamie Lee Curtis,…

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#Jeymes Samuel’s ‘The Book of Clarence’ Lands September Release Date

#Jeymes Samuel’s ‘The Book of Clarence’ Lands September Release Date

Jeymes Samuel’s ‘The Book of Clarence’ Lands September Release Date Jeymes Samuel’s star-packed The Book of Clarence will open in theaters Sept. 22, Sony announced Thursday. The Legendary Pictures movie is written and directed by the multi-hyphenate British filmmaker and singer-songwriter, who made his feature debut when helming the acclaimed 2021 Western The Harder They…

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#SZA shares “Shirt”

#SZA shares “Shirt”

“SZA shares “Shirt”” The new song comes with a short film directed by Dave Meyers and co-starring LaKeith Stanfield. Jacob Webster SZA has shared the long-awaited “Shirt,” a new track that comes with a cinematic visual treatment directed by Dave Meyers and co-starring Atlanta’s LaKeith Stanfield (whom SZA stans might also remember from the “I…

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