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Benicio del Toro and Mia Threapleton in a still from ‘The Phoenician Scheme’ in theaters on Friday

The Magnificent Wes Anderson: Why 'The Phoenician Scheme' is my fave since 'Grand Budapest'

E. Nina Rothe May 20, 2025

At the core of his latest film, Anderson, along with co-writer Roman Coppola and leading man Benicio de Toro, has created a wonderfully entertaining antihero of contradictions: European yet eerily Trumpian, bigger than life yet soft spoken, bearing many passports yet without a fixed address, a self professed diplomat who carries a crate of hand-grenades — just in case they are needed. And more often than not, they are.

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In Film Festivals, Film, review Tags Wes Anderson, Benicio del Toro, Universal, Focus Features, Middle East, The Phoenician Scheme, Cannes Film Festival, Competition, Benedict Cumberbatch, Fouad Malouf, Milena Canonero, Adam Stockhausen, Jasper Sharp, Alexandre Desplat, Cartier, Prada, Dunhill, Juman Malouf, Studio Babelsberg, Tom Hanks, Riz Ahmed, Bryan Cranston, Jeffrey Wright, Mathieu Amalric, Scarlett Johansson, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Bill Murray, Michael Cera, Mia Threapleton, Roman Coppola
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Reinventing the narrative: 'Nino' by Pauline Loquès Cannes Review

E. Nina Rothe May 19, 2025

If you thought a film following a man’s weekend after discovering he’s ill couldn’t be charming, funny, tender, warm and thoroughly entertaining from beginning to end, journalist turned filmmaker Pauline Loquès will change your mind. And your hearts, forever.

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In Film, Film Festivals, review Tags Théodore Pellerin, William Lebghil, Salomé Dewaels, Jeanne Balibar, Pauline Loquès, Nino, Cannes, festival de cannes, Critics Week, Semaine de la Critique, Pauline Loques, Mathieu Amalric, The Film Party Sales
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Cannes Gem: A review of 'Urchin' by Harris Dickinson

E. Nina Rothe May 18, 2025

A film that, aside from its spellbinding leading man and touching crucial themes about the habits that bring us down, again and again, also begs the question: “Who do the streets of London belong to? Those who thread upon them or those who call them home?”

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In Features, Film, review, Film Festivals Tags Scott O’Donnell, Archie Pearch, Josée Deshaies, Leos Carax, Vittorio De Sica, Robert De Niro, Martin Scorsese, Taxi Driver, Midnight Cowboy, Amr Waked, Triangle of Sadness, Nicole Kidman, Babygirl, Festival de Cannes, Urchin, London, Harris Dickinson, Frank Dillane, Lisa Mustafa, Charades Films, BBC Film, BFI
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To be Muslim, French and Queer: 'The Little Sister' Cannes review

E. Nina Rothe May 17, 2025

What do you do when you don’t see people like you represented in French literature? Well, if you are Fatima Daas, you write a character that has never been shown before — a lesbian, Muslim young woman, first generation French daughter of Algerian immigrants. And then, a great filmmaker and actress like Hafsia Herzi might make it into a film that ends up in Cannes, in Competition. Well, this is what happened.

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In Film, Film Festivals, review Tags Festival de Cannes, The Little Sister, Jérémie Attard, Halima Benhamed, Fatima Daas, The Last One, Park-ji Min, Nadia Melliti, La Petite Derniere, Hafsia Herzi, Mouna Soualem
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Tom Cruise must need a nap after 'Mission: Impossible -- The Final Reckoning'

E. Nina Rothe May 15, 2025

He runs across London, dives to the depth of the Baltic Sea, flies through the South African sky, most of the time outside an airplane, and never misses a beat — and I was exhausted just watching him do it all…

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In Film Festivals, Film, review Tags Tom Cruise, Mission Impossible The Final Reckoning, Paramount, festival de cannes, Cannes Film Festival, Christopher McQuarrie, Philip Seymour Hoffman, AI, The Entity, Pom Klementief, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Esai Morales, Gabriel, Ashley Atwell, Angela Bassett, Richard L. Gelfond, IMAX, Shea Whigham, Cineum, Lucy Tulugarjuk, Katy M. O’Brian, Rolf Saxon, Ethan Hunt, MI films
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The power of one, letter: 'The Extraordinary Miss Flower' review

E. Nina Rothe May 2, 2025

If I were to sum up this wondrously dreamy doc in a couple of words, I would say it’s a hippie, trippy psychedelic cinematic joy of a film, and one you should not dare to miss.

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In Film, review Tags The Extraordinary Miss Flower, Zoe Flower, Geraldine Flower, Nick Cave, Richard Ayaode, Caroline Catz, BFI release, Emiliana Torrini, Miss Flower
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To be young, gifted and... gay! A review of Iair Said's 'Most People Die on Sundays'

E. Nina Rothe April 28, 2025

A personal tale based on the filmmaker’s own experience centering around the death of his father, this succinct film mixes a successful blend of realism, absurdity, comedy and drama to create a wondrous work of the Seventh Art.

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In review, Film Tags Most People Die on Sundays, Big World Pictures, Quad Cinema, Laemmle Theaters, ACID Cannes, Jewish, Argentina, Antonia Zegers, Juliana Gattas, Rita Cortese, Iair Said
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The brothers hanging out in ‘The Accountant 2’, courtesy of Warner Bros.

I'll give you one, no make that 2 good reasons to watch 'The Accountant 2' with Ben Affleck

E. Nina Rothe April 25, 2025

Do you really want to know what those are? Well, for one, the brothers’ duo the American star creates along with Jon Bernthal is cinematic chemistry 101. And the other reason? Read on!

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In Film, review Tags Ben Affleck, Jon Bernthal, The Accountant 2, The Accountant, film, Everyman Borough Yards, Christian Wolff, line dancing, Amazon MGM Studios, Warner Bros Pictures, SXSW
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A photo of the Weber siblings in Bremerhaven, Germany in 1946

Courage decoded: Beth Lane's 'UnBroken' is the film you need to watch on Netflix

E. Nina Rothe April 21, 2025

A film which tells the real story of seven Jewish siblings, separated by war and reunited after 40 years, helped by the kindness of strangers along the way, and told by the miraculous offspring of the youngest sister. And now you can watch this inspirational gem on Netflix, starting on Holocaust Remembrance Day — April 23rd.

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In Film, review Tags Beth Lane, The Weber family, UnBroken, documentary, Shoah, Holocaust, Holocaust Remembrance Day, The Weber Family Arts Foundation, Submarine Entertainment, Netflix, Yom HaShoah, 92NY Bronfman Center for Jewish Life, Michel Hazanavicius, Guillame Ribot
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Olmo Schnabel's 'Pet Shop Days', EP'd by Martin Scorsese to finally release in the US

E. Nina Rothe March 12, 2025

Starting out limited, in NYC and LA, the film is a wonder to behold and Schnabel, a filmmaker to watch.

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In Features, Film, Interviews Tags Martin Scorsese, Jeremy O. Harris, Giovanni Corrado, Raffaella Viscardi, Moreno Zani, Malcom Pagani, Renato Ragosta, Livio Strazzera, Theo Niarchos, Aimone Ripa Di Meana, PJ Van Sandwijk, Peter Brant Jr., Michel Franco, Reka Posta, Jack Irv, Galen Core, Dario Yazbek Bernal, Willem Dafoe, Peter Sarsgaard, Maribel Verdú, Jordi Mollà, Camille Rowe, Emmanuelle Seigner, Louis Cancelmi, Olmo Schnabel, Utopia, Pet Shop Days, Venice International Film Festival, Roxy Cinema NYC, Now Instant Image Hall LA, Hand of Dante, Olatz López Garmendia
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Worst work if you can get it! Why I love Bong Joon-ho's 'Mickey 17'

E. Nina Rothe March 10, 2025

Beyond the sci-fi comedy starring Robert Pattinson, in the story of a man who gets reprinted in 3D every time he dies — and comes out of the machine with the same quirks and patterns of a regular paper printer — there lies a profound film about learning to live with all parts of our personality — even those we may not always like.

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In Film, review Tags Mickey 17, Bong Joon-ho, Robert Pattinson, Rich Cline, Shadows on the Wall, Mickey Barnes, Mark Ruffalo, Toni Collette, Naomi Ackie, Terra Lontana, Nino Rota, Plan B, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner
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Anthony Mackie is Sam Wilson, the new Captain America, in ‘Captain America: Brave New World’

Why 'Captain America: Brave New World' got me into Marvel films. Wholeheartedly

E. Nina Rothe February 21, 2025

With a dissent in popular opinion and critics seemingly agreeing this is one of the weakest installment of the franchise, I’m here to throw the tables upside down and explain why I love Anthony Mackie in the tight-fitting costume of the world-saving superhero, but also how I got into the film way more than I should have.

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In Film, Features Tags Captain America: Brave New World, Marvel Studios, Anthony Mackie, Danny Ramirez, Shira Haas, Carl Lumbly, Giancarlo Esposito, Harrison Ford, The Avengers, Captain America, The Incredible Hulk, Red Hulk, Kendrick Lamar, i, Flaunt Magazine, Lars Eidinger, Bertold Brecht, Get It Done, Blackway, USA, Black Captain America, Avengers: Endgame, The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, Disney+, Nate Moore, Julius Onah, IMAX, Gersha Phillips, Laura Karpman, Dave Jordan
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Ryan Destiny and Brian Tyree Henry in a still from the film, photo courtesy of Amazon MGM Studios

'The Fire Inside' review: The true life story of a modern, strong, unapologetic and beautiful woman

E. Nina Rothe February 5, 2025

Winning doesn’t always bring about happiness and success. So the tale of gold winning boxer Claressa “T-Rex” Shields teaches us, in a new film written by Barry Jenkins and directed by Rachel Morrison, coming to UK cinemas on February 7th.

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In Features, review, Film Tags The Fire Inside, Barry Jenkins, Rachel Morrison, Claressa “T-Rex” Shields, Danielle Perkins, London Olympics gold medal women's boxing, Ryan Destiny, Brian Tyree Henry, Jason Crutchfield, American Boxing Association, Oluniké Adeliyi, Tamar-kali, Amazon MGM Studios
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DFI's 2024 Fall Grants announcement includes projects by Youssef Chebbi, Sofia Alaoui, Mehdi Hmili and Anas Khalaf

E. Nina Rothe January 30, 2025

As well as a feature doc by Iraqi actress and filmmaker Zahraa Ghandour, a web series by Palestinian storyteller Amer Shomali, Damien Ounouri’s and Adila Bendimerad’s follow up to festival fave ‘The Last Queen’, and shorts by Qatari talents Mahdi Ali Ali and Majid Al-Remaihi.

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In Film, Features Tags Doha Film Institute, DFI, Grants Fall 2024, Youssef Chebbi, Sofia Alaoui, Mehdi Hmili, Anas Khalaf, Zahraa Ghandour, Amer Shomali, Damien Ounouri, Adila Bendimerad, Mahdi Ali Ali, Majid Al-Remaihi, Qumra, lgeria, Belgium, Denmark, Egypt, France, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Lesotho, Mexico, Morocco, Palestine, Spain, Tunisia, Fatma Hassan Alremaihi, Asmae El Moudir, The Mother of All Lies, Oscars, Bye Bye Tiberias, Lina Soualem, Amara, Michelle Keserwany, Camera Obscura, Viola Shafik, Rock Paper Sea, Randa Ali, The Good Spirit, Razan Madhoon, Gaza, In Memory of Times to Come, Larissa Sansour, Love-45, Minkaf, S.M. Al Thani, Plague, Selfless, Meriem Mesraoua, Tarfaya, The Joyful 1926, The Pearl, Noor Al-Nasr, Exile, Songs of Adam, Oday Rasheed, Spring Came On Laughing, Noha Adel, And Still I Rise, Djanis Bouzyani, Life After Siham, Namir Abdel, The Sixth Story, Ahmed Abd, Mother of Silence, My Armenian Phantoms, Tamara Stepanyan, Souraya Mon Amour, Nicolas Khoury, Souraya Baghdadi, Women of Sin, Noufissa Chara, Karima Nadir, Kir Mama, Kif Baba, B.A.H.R Alphabet, Sabine El Chamaa, A Lover’s Manifesto, Alfred Tarasi, Burden, Mohammed D. Fakhro, Amal Al Mutfah, Mohamed Megdoul, Valentin Noujaim, Youssef Michraf, Anissa Daoud, Maryam Al-Mohammed, Ethel Elmalik, Yassine Wahrani, Fahd Al-Nahdi, Obada Jarbi, Natural State, Men Home La Hon, Marie-Louise Elia, Julien Kobersy, Jean-Claude Boulos, Nadine, Christophe Saber, Druze, Visions of the After: Dark Cedar, Ali Hamouch, The Walled Off Hotel, Sleepless City, Guillermo Garcia Lopez, The Reserve, Pablo Pérez Lombardini, Fatna a Woman Named Rachid, Hélène Harder, Once Upon a Time in Shiraz, Hamed Zolfaghari, The Last Shore, Jean-François Ravagnan, Ancestral Visions of the Future, Lemohang Jeremiah Moses
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A still from ‘Yalla Parkour!’ by Areeb Zuaiter

There are eight DFI-supported titles in this year's Berlinale lineup

E. Nina Rothe January 23, 2025

And at least one in each section too, including Competition and the new Perspectives for first time features.

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In Film, Film Festivals, Features Tags Berlinale, DFI, Doha Film Institute, Palestine, Competition, Critics' Week, Forum Expanded, Generation Kplus, Berlinale Special, Perspectives, Critics Week, Fatma Hassan Alremaihi, Yunan, Ameer Fakher Eldin, Syria, Ukraine, Hanna Schygulla, Ancestral Visions of the Future, Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese, Lesotho, Mohamed Rashad, The Settlement, Egypt, My Armenian Phantoms, Armenia, Tamara Stepanyan, Vigen Stepanyan, The Botanist, China, Jing Yi, Kazakhstan, Xinjiang, Yalla Parkour!, Areeb Zuaiter, Khartoum, Sudan, Anas Saeed, Rawia Alhag, Ibrahim Snoopy, Timeea Mohamed Ahmed, Phil Cox, East of Noon, Hala Elkoussi, JJ Lin (Jianjie Lin), Hippopotami, Sundance, Cannes Film Festival
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Jacob Elordi in Justin Kurzel’s ‘The Narrow Road to the Deep North’ photo © Curio Pictures

New additions to Berlinale Special program include much anticipated title 'Mickey 17' and new Justin Kurzel series with Jacob Elordi

E. Nina Rothe January 16, 2025

There is goodness to be found in this year’s Berlinale Special program and it includes some eye candy, for yours truly.

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In Film, Film Festivals Tags Berlinale, Berlinale Special galas, Mickey 17, Robert Pattinson, Bong Joon Ho, The Narrow Road to the Deep North, Justin Kurzel, Richard Flanagan, Jacob Elordi, Ciarán Hinds, Odessa Young, Olivia DeJonge, Simon Baker, Dylan Southern, The Thing with Feathers, Benedict Cumberbatch, Je n’avais que le néant - "Shoah" par Lanzmann, Guillaume Ribot, Claude Lanzmann, Shoah, Naomi Ackie, Steven Yeun, Toni Collette, Mark Ruffalo, Islands, Jan-Ole Gerster, Sam Riley, Stacy Martin, Dylan Torrell, Spencer, Jack Farthing, Lars Eidinger, Das Licht, The Light, Tom Tykwer, Syria, Berlin, Yalla Parkour, Areeb Zuaiter
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Daniel Craig and Drew Starkey in a still from Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Queer’

Cinema is "something that is going to change your mind forever": Let's talk about Luca Guadagnino's 'Queer'

E. Nina Rothe November 30, 2024

As the Italian-born filmmaker heads the Competition Jury at this year’s Marrakech International Film Festival, I’m reminded of one of my favorite, count-them-on-the-fingers-of-one-hand films from this year’s Venice Film Festival and why Guadagnino will always be a beloved filmmaker of mine.

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In Film, Interviews, Film Festivals Tags Queer, Luca Guadagnino, Daniel Craig, Marrakech International Film Festival, FIFM, Morocco, Jason Schwartzman, Drew Starkey, A24, Lesley Manville, Jonathan Anderson
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'The Belle from Gaza' by Yolande Zauberman screens at London's Ciné Lumière

E. Nina Rothe November 23, 2024

The upcoming screening will take place on December 3rd, and it will be followed by a Q&A with the director, moderated by director Sophie Fiennes.

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In Film Tags La Belle de Gaza, The Belle of Gaza, Yolande Zauberman, Cine Lumiere London, M, documentary, trans, Gaza, Tel Aviv, Palestine, Israel, Sophie Fiennes, Locarno
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Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande in a still from ‘Wicked’

Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Jon M. Chu & Producer Marc Platt talk 'Wicked'

E. Nina Rothe November 18, 2024

We are living in challenging times. And what comes naturally when that happens? We turn to our memories, letting nostalgia take over from the difficult present. Because everything in our past can be reworked, re imagined and beautified and that’s just what our weary soul needs. And the film ‘Wicked’, releasing this week, allows us to dream too.

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In Film, Features, Interviews Tags Wicked, Ariana Grande, Shiz University, Wizard of Oz, Broadway, Jon M. Chu, Marc Platt, Cynthia Erivo, Jeff Goldblum
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"It's really a human story": Billy Bob Thornton on Taylor Sheridan's upcoming series 'Landman'

E. Nina Rothe November 11, 2024

‘Landman’ is a “ten-hour movie” starring a stellar cast and featuring a story we may think we know, but really don’t — Big Oil, seen from the viewpoint of the proverbial little man.

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In Features, review, Streaming Tags Billy Bob Thornton, Demi Moore, Jon Hamm, Landman, Taylor Sheridan, Paramount +, Big OIl, Love Actually, James Jordan, Yellowstone, NY Times, Kevin Costner, America, Tommy Norris, Love & Hate Tour, The Boxmasters, Ali Larter, Michelle Randolph, Jacob Lofland, ASHBA beany, ASHBA beanie
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