Fantasia Film Festival: OUT IN THE RING looks at LGBTQ history between the ropes
by Anthony Glassman, Contributor
Pride Month might be over, but much like a pro wrestler going for heavyweight championship, it’s not tapping out.
BALONEY sandwiches fun between liberation and sex
by Anthony Glassman, Contributor
Just in time for Pride Month comes a little gem about San Francisco’s only all-boy burlesque show, a documentary in which even those in the show admit that their tagline is a lie.
THE SIXTH REEL is a slightly zany New York story
by Anthony Glassman, contributor
It’s a delightful, light-hearted and madcap little film that plays to everyone’s strengths.
Two geniuses on THE SIXTH REEL
by Anthony Glassman, contributor
Every once in a while, two people work together and become fast friends. Decades of friendship and collaborations follow, and the world is just that little bit better for it.
BATMAN RETURNS remains a high point in superhero cinema
by Anthony Glassman, Contrbutor
Twenty-nine years ago, perfection dawned on silvers screens across this nation, a cinematic sunrise of such magnificence that its like had not been glimpsed before, and certainly has not been since equaled.
TEN MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT jams everything possible into one film
by Anthony Glassman, Contributor
It’s like the Bloomquist brothers wanted to make three or four different films, but only got enough funding for one and said, “Fuck it, let’s toss it all in!”
SENSATION will make you want to ragequit
by Anthony Glassman, Contributor
The film that broke Anthony Glassman’s ability to wittily begin a movie review.
Split Decision: Kurosawa Week
In honor of what would have been his 111st (eleventy-first for you Tolkien readers) birthday on March 23, what is your favorite film directed by Akira Kurosawa?
Split Decision: A Dance With Dragons
In honor of Raya and the Last Dragon, who/what is your favorite on screen dragon?
Read MoreSplit Decision: Start Making Sense
In honor of his February 22 birthday, what is your favorite film by Jonathan Demme?
Read MoreSplit Decision: I always wanted to be a Tenenbaum
In honor of Bottle Rocket’s 25th anniversary, who is your favorite character in any Wes Anderson movie?
Split Decision: Date Night
This week’s question: What is a film you love that premiered at any year's Sundance Film Festival?
Split Decision: Sundance Faves
This week’s question: What is a film you love that premiered at any year's Sundance Film Festival?
Split Decision: Charlie Chaplin's Films
Each week, Ryan will pose a question to our staff of knowledgable and passionate film lovers and share the responses! This week’s question: In honor of the recent centennial for The Kid, what is your favorite film directed by Charlie Chaplin?
Read MoreLife and Death in The Ashes
Wojnarowicz: F–k You F-ggot F–ker
Directed by Chris McKim
Featuring Nan Goldin, Peter Hujar and Richard Kern
Running time: 1 hour and 48 minutes
MPPA rating: Unrated
by Anthony Glassman
New York City used to be a magical place, something out of J.R.R. Tolkien’s darkest imaginings. This was, of course, before the Disneyification of the city, before every glory hole was plastered over and replaced with a Starbucks, before the strip clubs were replaced with chain restaurants, before the real estate developers became fully entrenched as the new mafiosi of a fully-gentrified Manhattan.
Read MoreNow Presenting: Moviejawn's Summer 2020 Issue
by Benjamin Leonard, Best Boy
Greetings movie friends! As I’m sure most of you know, in addition to our website which mostly covers new movie reviews, we also make a quarterly print zine. I thought it’d be fun to give everyone a quick glance at all the films that are covered in our most recent issue (which focuses on circuses, carnivals and fairs) and where you can find them. Step right up! to follow the links for the titles and it’ll take you to a listing of where it can be found (mostly powered by JustWatch.com).
Read MoreWaiting for The Barbarians
*They're already here
Written by J.M. Coetzee, adapted from his novel
Directed by Ciro Guerra
Starring Mark Rylance, Johnny Depp and Robert Pattinson
Running time: 1 hour and 52 minutes
by Anthony Glassman
Most 80-year old Nobel laureates would be satisfied with their decades of acclaim, collecting royalty checks and making life hell for their nurses. Apparently, however, that is not enough for J.M. Coetzee, the South African-born author of 17 novels, both fictional and autobiographical, and two collections of short stories.
Read MoreInside the Rain
Written and directed by Aaron Fisher
Starring Rosie Perez, Eric Roberts and Aaron Fisher
Running time: 1 hour and 30 minutes
by Anthony Glassman
Take one part rom-com, subtract the rom, add in some deadpan dark comedy and liberally spice with Rosie Perez, who has now officially become the greatest human being to appear on the screen, and what do you get?
Read MoreSpeed of Life
Written and directed by Liz Manashil
Starring Ann Dowd, Ray Santiago and Allison Tolman
Running time: 1 hour and 16 minutes
The Man Who Broke the World
by Anthony Glassman
Four years ago, the universe cracked. It tilted on its axis; its hinges came unstuck. Pandora’s box was opened and, instead of all the evils of the world flying out, all the good in the world flew in, never to be seen again.
Read MoreKnife+Heart (aka Dicking Around with Death)
Written and directed by Yann Gonzalez (co-writer Cristiano Mangione)
Starring Vanessa Paradis, Kate Moran, and Nicolas Maury
Running time: 1 hour and 50 minutes
by Anthony Glassman
Once upon a time, famed French porn director Jean-Daniel Cadinot and American cinema quasi-legend William Friedkin decided to work together on a picture. Or Bruce LaBruce decided to do a murder thriller but simulate the sex instead of really having people schtup on camera.
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