Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
The introductions to “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” at the SXSW Film Festival emphasized that they “made this movie for everyone.” There’s clearly a concern that the film may…
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Cannes 2022: One Fine Morning, Brother and Sister, Mariupolis 2
Why is Mia Hansen-Løve’s “One Fine Morning” not in competition this year at Cannes, but instead showing in the Directors’ Fortnight program? You have to wonder, given that Hansen-Løve’s “Bergman Island” competed here last year and got a pretty good…
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Cannes 2022: Fest Launches with Zombies, Art Movies, and Maverick
Being back at Cannes a mere 10 months after the Covid-affected fest last July feels equal parts surreal and familiar. Staying at the same apartment complex, walking the same streets,…
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Cannes 2022: Triangle of Sadness, R.M.N., Three Thousand Years of Longing
Even as skilled a social satirist as Robert Altman got thrown off his game by the fashion world, which is almost a parody of itself. Early on in “Triangle of Sadness,”…
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Cannes 2022: Holy Spider, Forever Young, Aftersun
Right from its prologue, it’s apparent that “Holy Spider” is dramatically different from most films set in Iran. And to be clear, despite that setting, this Danish-German-Swedish-French co-production was filmed…
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Stranger Things Returns as Top-Notch Summer Entertainment
“There’s no shame in running. Don’t try to be heroes.” So says one of the new characters from “Stranger Things 4,” but we know better. El, Mike, Dustin, Lucas, Will,…
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Cannes 2022: Table of Contents
The following table of contents contains Chaz Ebert’s video dispatches from Cannes 2022, produced by herself and Scott Dummler of Mint Media Works, and written dispatches by Ben Kenigsberg, Jason Gorber,…
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Cannes 2022: Crimes of the Future, De Humani Corporis Fabrica
David Cronenberg’s “Crimes of the Future” shares a title with an early, hourlong film that the Canadian director put out in 1970, even though, as Cronenberg himself has indicated, the movies have…
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Cannes 2022 Video #2: The Mother and the Whore, Armageddon Time, The Eight Mountains, EO
RogerEbert.com publisher Chaz Ebert’s second video dispatch from the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, made with Scott Dummler of Mint Media Works, includes Thumbs On the Street segment, and Paris Correspondent Lisa Nesselson’s reviews…
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