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Olivia Wilde returns with a comedy-drama about marriage and desire, drawing on Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and Scenes from a Marriage — a Sundance hit that sold to A24 for over $12 million.

I can talk about "The Silence of the Lambs" for hours, but now I would like to focus on one aspect - about how cleverly and coolly the film works with the subject...

Joe Carnahan's "RIP" brings Damon and Affleck together as cops caught in a Miami drug bust gone wrong. A tough, confident B-movie that plays like "Heat" meets "Assault on Precinct 13".

HBO's new series from Martin's Dunk and Egg tales brings wit, modesty and a human scale to the Game of Thrones universe — and wins viewers over.

Christophe Gans' long-gestating adaptation of Silent Hill 2 leans on gore and the 2006 film's style at the expense of the game's psychological depth. A disappointing return.

Respect for the viewer using the example of the film "No Country for Old Men". The Coen brothers, in addition to their many obvious advantages, have one more, less obvious one - they have great respect for their viewer. This is good demon...

Avatar: Fire and Ashes. The same Na'vi, just reheated Jake Sully's (Sam Worthington) large family is shrinking: his eldest son died heroically, and now Neytiri (Zoe Saldana) wants to get rid of Spi...

How copyright issues were handled a hundred years ago

Review of the film ‘Good Fortune’: a fallen angel cannot fly The comedy genre is in decline — the industry has been saying this for years — and therefore eagerly devours every release that promises to go...

There is such a wonderful film by M. Night Shyamalan - “The Sixth Sense.” This is a mystical thriller that tells the story of the relationship between child psychologist Malcolm Kra...

The Telepuzzies from “The Clockwork Orange” are coming to meet Old Nick. The horror franchise by director Danny Boyle...

The director's new film won the Golden Lion in Venice and combines three stories about family relationships

Director Paul Feig, who for many years has been wandering between romantic comedies (“Christmas for Two”), cartoonish action films (“Jackpot”) and thrillers with elements of dark humor (“A Simple Favo...

Long ago, in 1918, four Warner brothers (children of migrants from the Russian Empire) founded the Warner Brothers film company. Jack and Sam are doing t...

I recently rewatched Isle of Dogs (it's scary, 8 years have already passed!) - how gorgeous it is! There was no reason to write a separate post about it, but then I found out why it has such a name - and there was a reason...

A charming behind-the-scenes detail about Quentin Tarantino and his longtime editor Sally Menke.

Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen in a film about recording the Nebraska album

Remember the old jokes about Donald Duck never wearing pants or how Goofy is dressed while Pluto isn't? Here’s a playful taxonomy of cartoon wardrobe choices.

A24's romantic comedy about choosing between two loves in the afterlife

Josh Safdie directs the story of a ping pong champion who believes confidence is currency. Timothée Chalamet in his career-best performance, with Gwyneth Paltrow and Odessa A'zion in support.

Why Hollywood keeps releasing nearly identical movies at the same time, plus a gallery of famous 'twin films.'

The Norwegian director has created a poignant family drama about two daughters trying to reconcile with their filmmaker father who returns after their mother's death.

Benoit Blanc's third case takes him to a provincial parish, where a church murder exposes a personality cult, political echoes, and a crisis of faith.

Paul Thomas Anderson's film explores themes of parenthood, evolution, revolution, and human nature. The director creates a deep and multi-layered narrative that makes the viewer think about fundamenta...

The buddy-cop sequel becomes a story about trust and bias, throwing Nick and Judy against banished reptiles and Zootopia's polished high society.

There is such a film with Mel Gibson - “Mad Max” from 1979. By all definitions, this is a low-budget Australian exploitation in the genre...

Yorgos Lanthimos created a remake of a Korean black comedy about kidnapping and conspiracy theories. Jesse Plemons and Emma Stone in a satire on capitalism and its victims.

Park Chan-wook returns with a tragicomedy about a manager who decides to kill to get his job back. Lee Byung-hun as the desperate hero demonstrates masterful transformation.

Today we will analyze incomprehensible things from the credits - both the final and the opening ones. Let's start with different types of producers, using the example of "Crime Reader...

Clint Bentley adapts Dennis Johnson's novella about a lumberjack whose life is turned upside down after a tragedy. Joel Edgerton as Robert Grainier deserves an Oscar nomination.

Richard Linklater created an honest and sincere love letter to cinema, turning to the French New Wave.

In 1877, the famous politician Leland Stanford (the one whose name is given to Stanford University), being an avid horse racing fan,...

Dan Trachtenberg flips the franchise, making the predator the main character in a buddy movie with a synthetic from 'Alien'.

The creators of ER returned with a new medical series that became one of the season's biggest hits.

Richard Linklater's chamber drama about lyricist Lorenz Hart on the night of Oklahoma!'s premiere — a gentle portrait of fading fame, friendship, and the end of an era.

Today I want to talk about the first film about John Rambo - which is called "First Blood" (even without mentioning...

Vince Gilligan created a dark dystopia about a world where everyone is happy except the protagonist.

The third “Now You See Me” brings back the original crew of magicians and adds a new generation of zoomers — but does that make the film truly magical?

Brosnan’s Bond contract forbade him from wearing a tux anywhere else — here’s how The Thomas Crown Affair solved that wardrobe puzzle.

Guillermo del Toro presents a free interpretation of Mary Shelley's novel about Victor Frankenstein and his creation. A large-scale gothic film about homelessness, love, and the cruelty of human nature.

For me, one less mystery today — what exactly sounds in the Netflix intro (the iconic tu-dum intro). It turns out, it's the sound of a fist hitting a table — and not some abstract fist, but a very specific one...

A brief note on why mothers rarely appear in Disney classics and the tragic story often cited as the reason

Trivia about the making of Guy Ritchie's crime classic: lost scenes, casting surprises and its release story.

A film about a real McDonald's robber who hid on the roof of a Toys 'R' Us store, starring Channing Tatum and Kirsten Dunst

A new adaptation of Stephen King's novel about a brutal TV show where people fight for survival. Glen Powell stars, directed by Edgar Wright.

In addition to the fact that “Stuart Little” is a rather sweet and naive children’s movie that evokes a feeling of nostalgia, the film also provided great help to the world...

Benedict Cumberbatch returns to big drama in The Thing with Feathers — about processing grief

The rise of silent-film prodigy Jackie Coogan, the legal battle over his earnings, and how it led to California’s landmark Coogan Act.

A “Nighthawks” by Edward Hopper is my favorite painting (painting - literally, not a film, but those that are painted on canvas). I always...

A brief look at the cinematography and composition in “Parasite”: vertical movement, light, water, and the boundaries between the rich and the poor.

Today I want to talk about an interesting effect in TV series called Flanderization. This is when throughout...

The sugar and slavery metaphor, Western references, and interesting details in Tarantino's film.

All my life I thought that a disclaimer was just some kind of warning in films. Well, in the spirit of “not one...

It's funny how several cult 1999 releases shared one idea: routine drives people mad, and they break free in the wildest ways.

A quick dive into one of those film-industry coincidences that make my brain melt: the family tree linking Danny Trejo, Andrei Konchalovsky, and Andrei Tarkovsky.

Zach Cregger's new film became an instant hit with critics and audiences; a sharp, funny, and frightening horror that doesn't rely on trauma metaphors.

Why credits sometimes use an ampersand instead of the word “and”, and how the Writers Guild of America explains the distinction.

James Blablabond: review of the remake of the cult comedy “The Naked Gun” “The Naked Gun” is American parody comedy gold, forged by David Zucker. The king of meta-humor, capable of cracking jokes...

There's a film with James Belushi, 'K-9, Dog's Work'. And I only found out today that K9 (kay-nine) in English sounds like 'Canine', which is literally the scientific term for 'Dog'...

Fantastic Four: First Steps — Pedro Pascal cannot save Marvel's latest attempt to reboot the team.

Adam Sandler reunites the old guard for a sequel to the 90s comedy hit, but the result feels more like a class reunion than a proper film.

Mission: Impossible — Final Reckoning Part Two: what pleases and disappoints in the new Tom Cruise blockbuster.

Gareth Edwards's Rebirth feels like a nostalgic project from the first minutes; a fun, sometimes touching summer blockbuster.

After Top Gun, Joseph Kosinski turns to motorsport: cars, sound, and Pitt in a racing suit are all dialed up, but the human drama lags behind the horsepower.

James Gunn's Superman: the Man of Steel returns with his dog Krypto at the centre of a touching, if overstuffed, blockbuster.