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Nov52024 by cineverseNo Comments

Why These Political Documentaries About the Insurrection and Abortion Rights Could Be Even More Relevant After Election Day

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By Addie Morfoot According To The variety his year, documentaries that tackle pressing political issues including immigration, abortion and the Jan. 6 insurrection were meant to make an impact on the 2024 presidential election between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. While some, like Errol Morris’ immigration control documentary “Separated” and Matt Tyrnauer’s “Carville: Winning Is Everything, Stupid” both found distribution deals prior to Election Day with MSNBC and CNN respectively, there are many more docus that have been or will be self distributed that American voters on both sides would benefit from watching — even after the election. As both Democrats and Republicans gear up for potential unrest and protracted legal battles followi...

Nov52024 by cineverseNo Comments

Hollywood Bets on Thanksgiving Rebound: Will ‘Wicked,’ ‘Gladiator II’ and ‘Moana 2’ Revive the Sluggish Fall Box Office?

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By Rebecca Rubin According To The variety To paraphrase Wesley Snipes as Blade in this summer’s blockbuster “Deadpool & Wolverine”: There’s only one “Barbenheimer.” There’s only ever gonna be one “Barbenheimer.” Hollywood might never replicate the je ne sais quoi that prompted the explosion of “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” double features, turning the box office battle between two very different films into a once-in-a-generation cinematic event. But multiplex owners are hoping that “Wicked” and “Gladiator II” achieve something close as the pink-and-green musical and the Colosseum-set action epic land in theaters on Nov. 22. “It won’t happen in the same way, but the conversation around ‘Wicked’ and ‘Gladiator’ is reminiscent of ‘Barbenheimer,’” says Shawn Robbins, Fandan...

Nov42024 by cineverseNo Comments

The Penguin’ Star Clancy Brown on Salvatore Maroni’s Shocking Moment, Beating Up Colin Farrell and Torturing Oz: ‘He Was Going to Dismember and Burn Him’

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By Joe Otterson According To The variety SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for “The Penguin” Episode 7, “Top Hat” Things go off the rails in “The Penguin” Episode 7, with Oz’s drug operation that’s hidden in the abandoned trolley tunnels in jeopardy, along with his mother. But first… This week’s penultimate episode of HBO‘s DC series begins with a flashback of Oz and his brothers as children, the first time in the series we have seen his brothers alive. They live with Francis, their mother, in an apartment, with their mom making a living doing the books for Rex Calabrese, the local gangster Oz had spoken about so glowingly in Episode 1. Their mom sends them out one afternoon, where the kids run into Rex. He slips them $50 to give to their mom once they get h...

Nov42024 by cineverseNo Comments

All We Imagine as Light,’ ‘Pooja, Sir’ to Bookend as India’s Dharamshala Film Festival Sets Robust Slate With Female Directors in Focus

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By Naman Ramachandran According To The variety India’s Dharamshala International Film Festival (DIFF) has unveiled its lineup for its 13th edition, with female filmmakers helming more than half of the feature selections. The festival, running Nov. 7-10, will screen over 80 films from 28 countries. Opening the festival is Payal Kapadia‘s “All We Imagine as Light,” which nabbed the Grand Prix at Cannes and marked India’s first Palme d’Or competition entry in three decades. Deepak Rauniyar’s “Pooja, Sir,” fresh from its Venice premiere, will serve as the closing night feature. The international slate includes Venice titles “Separated” from Errol Morris and Pedro Almodóvar’s Golden Lion winner “The Room Next Door.” The festival secured Busan New Currents Award recipient...

Nov42024 by cineverseNo Comments

HBO’s ‘Like Water for Chocolate’ Is a Sensual and Indulgent Reimagining of the Spanish-Language Classic: TV Review

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By Aramide Tinubu According To The variety Thirty-two years after the critically acclaimed film, HBO has adapted Laura Esquivel’s best-selling 1989 novel, “Like Water for Chocolate,” for television. Set in the early 20th century in Mexico, the six-episode Spanish-language series (critics received two for review) follows Tita (Azul Guaita), the youngest De La Garza daughter and her forbidden romance with her childhood sweetheart, Pedro Múzquiz (Andrés Baida). Tita and her older sisters, the rebellious Gertrudis (Andrea Chaparro) and the stoic Rosaura (Ana Valeria Becerril) are raised by their bitter and vengeful widowed mother, Elena (an intense Irene Azuela). The girls come of age and fall in love amid the Mexican Revolution and misogynistic family traditions. The exquisitely ...

Nov32024 by cineverseNo Comments

Box Office: ‘Here’ Not Moving Much With $1.9 Million Opening Day, ‘Venom 3’ Stays Ahead

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By J. Kim Murphy According To The variety As Americans prepare to watch the election next week, they seem less inclined to watch the movies. Theaters are seeing a somewhat muted weekend to start November, with the widest new release, Robert Zemeckis and Tom Hanks‘ time-warping drama “Here,” now coming in behind the already slim projections it had going into the weekend. The Miramax-financed production grossed $1.94 million from 2,647 locations across Friday and preview screenings, now on pace for an opening weekend around $5.1 million. It’s a disappointing sum for “Here,” which carries a production budget around $45 million. Sony’s TriStar is handling distribution after acquiring rights to the film. The hope for “Here” is that the reunion between Zemeckis, Hanks and...

Nov32024 by cineverseNo Comments

Papa’ Review: A Moving Study in Grief and Redemption Based on a Shocking Hong Kong Crime Case

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By Richard Kuipers According To The variety The almost unimaginable grief of a husband and father is chronicled in “Papa,” an affecting drama based on the true story of a 15-year-old boy whose murder of his mother and sister shocked Hong Kong in 2010. Featuring an outstanding lead performance by Sean Lau, “Papa” is played in a low key that produces high emotional impact — giving great depth and complexity to its protagonist’s unwavering determination to still love his son and understand what caused this tragedy. With expert tonal control over a non-linear screenplay that follows the aftermath of the crime and examines the love story that brought this family into being, writer-director Philip Yung’s delicately crafted film should find a large and appreciative audience when it o...