#‘New Order’ Review: This Class Conflict Makes ‘Parasite’ Look Tame [TIFF 2020]

#‘New Order’ Review: This Class Conflict Makes ‘Parasite’ Look Tame [TIFF 2020]

“#‘New Order’ Review: This Class Conflict Makes ‘Parasite’ Look Tame [TIFF 2020]” Class conflict in cinema is nothing new. Though after Bong Joon-ho’s Best Picture-winning Parasite became a global phenomenon, there’s perhaps never been a more receptive audience for films depicting a breakdown of unsustainable social contracts. (The ever-growing chasm of worldwide economic inequality unfortunately…

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#‘Nomadland’ Review: Frances McDormand is Sublime in Chloé Zhao’s Achingly Beautiful Drama [TIFF 2020]

#‘Nomadland’ Review: Frances McDormand is Sublime in Chloé Zhao’s Achingly Beautiful Drama [TIFF 2020]

“#‘Nomadland’ Review: Frances McDormand is Sublime in Chloé Zhao’s Achingly Beautiful Drama [TIFF 2020]” “I’m not homeless. I’m houseless.” So says Fern (Frances McDormand), the nomad at the center of Chloé Zhao‘s achingly beautiful Nomadland. Fern lives in her van now, but once, she was a resident of Empire, Nevada – a town that simply ceased to exist…

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#‘One Night in Miami’ Review: Regina King’s Feature Directorial Debut is a Knockout Loaded with Superb Performances [TIFF 2020]

#‘One Night in Miami’ Review: Regina King’s Feature Directorial Debut is a Knockout Loaded with Superb Performances [TIFF 2020]

“#‘One Night in Miami’ Review: Regina King’s Feature Directorial Debut is a Knockout Loaded with Superb Performances [TIFF 2020]” Stop me if you’ve heard this one: Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Jim Brown, and Sam Cooke all check into a motel room. It’s almost hard to imagine such legends sharing the same space, but of course, they…

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#‘The Devil All the Time’ Review: Religion is Deadly in This Star-Studded Southern Gothic

#‘The Devil All the Time’ Review: Religion is Deadly in This Star-Studded Southern Gothic

“#‘The Devil All the Time’ Review: Religion is Deadly in This Star-Studded Southern Gothic” Sprawling and brutal, The Devil All the Time is not for the impatient or the squeamish. Adapted rather faithfully from Donald Ray Pollock’s novel of the same name, Antonio Campos‘ star-studded Southern gothic tracks a group of sinners through time as they all mill…

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#‘David Byrne’s American Utopia’ Review: Spike Lee Turns This Stage Show Into a Cinematic Celebration [TIFF 2020]

#‘David Byrne’s American Utopia’ Review: Spike Lee Turns This Stage Show Into a Cinematic Celebration [TIFF 2020]

“#‘David Byrne’s American Utopia’ Review: Spike Lee Turns This Stage Show Into a Cinematic Celebration [TIFF 2020]” “Thanks for leaving your house,” David Byrne tells the audience at the start of David Byrne’s American Utopia. He couldn’t have realized it at the time, but the statement is surreal now. This is the opening night film of…

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#‘The Block Island Sound’ Review: Not Your Typical Aquatic Horror Movie [Fantasia Film Festival]

#‘The Block Island Sound’ Review: Not Your Typical Aquatic Horror Movie [Fantasia Film Festival]

“#‘The Block Island Sound’ Review: Not Your Typical Aquatic Horror Movie [Fantasia Film Festival]” A big trend in 2020 genre releases has been scary movies that take place on the water, but forsake the traditional aquatic horror tropes. William Eubank’s Underwater is a cautionary tale about what happens when you awaken a sleeping giant; Jeffrey…

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#Fantasia Film Festival Dispatches: ‘#ShakespeareSh*tstorm’, ‘The Block Island Sound’, ‘For the Sake of Vicious’

#Fantasia Film Festival Dispatches: ‘#ShakespeareSh*tstorm’, ‘The Block Island Sound’, ‘For the Sake of Vicious’

“#Fantasia Film Festival Dispatches: ‘#ShakespeareSh*tstorm’, ‘The Block Island Sound’, ‘For the Sake of Vicious’” Usually, the genre-heavy Fantasia International Film Festival is held annually in Montreal, but with things the way they are this year (terrible), the festival has gone virtual. This year, Chris Evangelista and Matt Donato are covering Fantasia for /Film, firing off…

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