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‘Memoir of a Snail’ Review: Sarah Snook, Kodi Smit-McPhee and Jacki Weaver Give Voice to Gleefully Oddball Australian Animation
Oscar-winning stop-motion maverick Adam Elliot’s second feature tells the life story of a gastropod-obsessed misfit touched by grief, loneliness and longing for her lost twin brother.
By David Rooney
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‘Twin Peaks’ Episode, David Lynch Short, Restored Wim Wenders Film Join Karlovy Vary Fest Lineup
Three perspectives on the American landscape in cinema and a digitally restored version of 'Two English Girls,' François Truffaut’s period drama about a love triangle, are among the Out of the Past program.
By Georg Szalai
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Adam Elliot Talks ‘Memoir of a Snail,’ Claymation as “A Form of Therapy”
Sarah Snook plays a shy hoarder of snail memorabilia growing up in 1970s Melbourne in Elliot's follow-up to his 2009 Annecy Festival winner 'Mary and Max.'
By Scott Roxborough
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China Box Office: ‘Furiosa’ and ‘Civil War’ Both Fizzle
A batch of new Chinese releases beat both of the U.S. action films.
By Patrick Brzeski
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‘The Teachers’ Lounge’ Wins Inaugural Latin American Critics’ Award as Best European Film
İlker Çatak’s German schoolhouse thriller The Teachers’ Lounge has won the inaugural Latin American Critics’ Award for European Films. The award was announced Sunday, June 9, at the Guadalajara International Film Festival in Mexico. Leonie Benesch stars as a young idealistic teacher who gets caught up in a web of internal intrigue in Çatak’s taut […]
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Scott Roxborough
‘Darkest Miriam’ Review: Britt Lower in a Marvel of a Drama About a Young Librarian’s Loves and Fears
The 'Severance' star headlines the Tribeca-premiering film directed by Naomi Jaye and executive produced by Charlie Kaufman.
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Caryn James
Carrie Coon and Shea Whigham Talk Their ‘Fargo’ Reunion in ‘Lake George’ and ‘Mission: Impossible 8’
Lake George co-stars Carrie Coon and Shea Whigham are actors’ actors. They’re highly regarded by their peers, and they elevate every project they’re a part of, whether it’s an indie, a blockbuster or a prestigious cable series. And as soon as the audience sees them on the big or small screen, they immediately know they’re […]
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Brian Davids
Why You Should Be Watching ‘The Watchers’
[This story contains spoilers for The Watchers.] As an artist, it’s no easy task to define oneself, to showcase a perspective and style that differentiates you from others. And it’s always that “other” that looms large, impacting your and everyone else’s perceptions of you. This is certainly the case for Mina (Dakota Fanning), a young, […]
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Richard Newby
Box Office: Will Smith’s ‘Bad Boys 4’ Delivers Huge Victory for Actor With $56M U.S. Debut, $104.6M Globally
Sony’s Bad Boys: Ride or Die jolted the battered summer box office back to life with a better-than-expected domestic opening of $56 million and $104.6 million globally. Moreover, it puts Will Smith on the road to a career comeback two years after the infamous Oscars slap. Ride or Die, reuniting Smith with Martin Lawrence, is […]
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Pamela McClintock
Will Smith Surprises Moviegoers at ‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die’ Los Angeles Screening
Will Smith snuck into a Los Angeles movie theater on Friday night to watch his new movie, Bad Boys: Ride or Die, alongside a paying audience. The actor documented his night out on social media. “We’re in Baldwin Hills. We’re about to go in the theater,” Smith says in the video of his theatrical visit. […]
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Hilary Lewis
‘Adult Best Friends’ Review: Endearing Debut Tackles the Awkwardness of Aging Friendships
Delaney Buffett's feature, co-written with real-life pal Katie Corwin, considers what happens when close friends grow in different directions.
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Lovia Gyarkye
Betty Anne Rees, Actress in ‘The Unholy Rollers’ and ‘Sugar Hill,’ Dies at 81
Betty Anne Rees, who portrayed tough women who weren’t very nice in The Unholy Rollers and Sugar Hill, two 1970s offerings from the B-movie factory American International Pictures, has died. She was 81. Rees died Monday at her home in Hemet, California, after a series of falls and a possible stroke, her niece, Kathleen Loucks, […]
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Mike Barnes
Box Office: Will Smith’s ‘Bad Boys 4’ Jolting the Summer Back to Life With $53M Opening
If early weekend estimates are correct, Sony’s buddy action comedy Bad Boys: Ride or Die could help jolt the battered summer office back to life with a domestic box opening of $53 million. Moreover, it could help put Smith on the road to a career comeback after the infamous Oscars slap. Ride or Die, reuniting […]
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Pamela McClintock
‘Antidote’ Review: Unnerving Doc Profiles Three Anti-Putin Dissidents
Premiering at Tribeca, James Jones' documentary focuses on the travails of three Russians risking their lives to fight their country's current regime.
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Frank Scheck
Oscar-Nominated Short ‘Red, White and Blue’ Screenings to Raise Funds for Abortion Access, Gender Justice
The Oscar-nominated short film Red, White and Blue, which tackles abortion issues in the U.S., will be getting an impact campaign thanks to Level Forward. The film, directed by Nazrin Choudhury, follows a young mother living paycheck to paycheck who is forced to travel across state lines in search of an abortion. The campaign will […]
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Mia Galuppo
Idris Elba Says Playing Villainous Characters Can Be a “Bit of Therapy”
Idris Elba said this week that inhabiting “completely socially unacceptable” characters feels like therapy, but that great villains are perhaps more indebted to their writer than the actor who brought them to life. “These people get to say things that we only think in the deepest, darkest recesses of our brains,” Elba told the Wall […]
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Zoe G. Phillips