The 2019 New York Film Festival began with a bang — the world premiere of Martin Scorsese’s feverishly anticipated The Irishman. And The Irishman itself ended with a whimper, or something close to it: This long (three and a half […]

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I met with Canadian director Atom Egoyan (Devil’s Knot) on Monday, September 9, 2019, at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, to discuss Guest of Honour (which I also reviewed), his newest feature. In it, he explores the fraught relationship […]

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...but know that though the film bears similarities to many other end-of-world scenarios, there are significant surprises in store, and much narrative fun to be had.

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David Cronenberg’s much-awaited adaptation of Don DeLillo’s Cosmopolis is a mesmerizing, utterly cerebral inquiry into the current economic crisis as channeled by its main character’s slowly imploding mind.

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(Thanks to the new Brooklyn-based label Factory 25, Frownland is now finally available on home video! Buy the DVD or Limited Edition Box Set, and visit the official website to learn more.) Not only do they not make them like […]

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