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October 29
It’s not a trip to the movies without catching the film previews beforehand, and let’s be honest, trailers have become an art-form in themselves. So every Thursday we’ll showcase the best new trailers we can’t stop repeating! THE DRY release January 1, 2021 THE FATHER release December 25 EVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE…
Continue ReadingA Technical Masterpiece
1917, releasing January 9th Academy Award-Winning Director Sam Mendes returns with what can only be described as a cinematic masterpiece, a film that delivers incredible visual spectacle yet distils intimate emotional resonance within a timeless story of the ferocity of war and sanctity of life. Penned as a dedication to Mendes’ Grandfather, 1917 follows two…
Continue ReadingA Dire look at the Gig Economy
Sorry We Missed You, releasing December 26th At this point in two-time Palme d’Or winner Director Ken Loach’s 55-year-long career, his penchant for social realism is a precisely-tuned instrument, both devastating in conception and incisive in execution. A micro-budget master, Loach uses his limited resources judiciously, instilling his films with a subdued tone that conveys…
Continue ReadingAlmodóvar’s Masterpiece
Pain and Glory, releasing November 7th In 1982 and at the age of just twenty-two, Antonio Banderas made his onscreen debut in Pedro Almodóvar’s Labyrinth of Passion. Over the next seven years Banderas would appear in four more Almodóvar films, usually in starring roles and to modest critical acclaim. However, after denying a part in…
Continue ReadingOld Genre, New Tricks
In Palace Cinemas July 11 (Advance Screenings July 8!) The Teen Film genre refers to a long and vibrant history of films: Mean Girls, Dazed and Confused, Clueless, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Heathers, Superbad… the list goes on. We are all familiar with the tropes – the catty cliques that pit young girls against each…
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