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Lucca Seen as a Place of Liberation and Community in Manlio Castagna Documentary: ‘They Put on Masks to Show Their True Selves’

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By Leo Barraclough According To The variety “I first came to Lucca in 2018, and I thought at the time, it was a sort of a carnival with a lot of people with strange costumes and stuff like that,” film director Manlio Castagna tells Variety. “But when I entered this incredible walled city, I had the feeling it was not just a carnival, but a place where people could be happy with their identities. Lucca Comics & Games is a place where people can be whatever they want to be. They put on masks to show their true selves.” Castagna is the director of the new documentary “I Love Lucca Comics & Games,” a passionate love letter to the biggest comic convention in Europe. For five days, the medieval Italian town in the heart of Tuscany is transformed into a Cosplay Mecca, wi...

Oct192025 by cineverseNo Comments

Bugonia’ Sets Early Screening For Audience Members Who Are Bald or ‘Willing To Shave’ Their Heads: ‘This Is Real

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By Andrew McGowan According To The variety Want to see Emma Stone‘s new film “Bugonia” before its wide release on Oct. 24? The Yorgos Lanthimos-directed film is having an early screening in Los Angeles on Monday, Oct. 20, at 8 p.m. However, there’s a catch: in order to attend the screening at the Culver Theater on Monday night, all audience members must either arrive bald or with their heads shaved before entering the auditorium. DoLA posted the screening’s requirements on its Instagram page on Oct. 17, stating, “Are you bald, or willing to shave your head? On Monday, 10/20, head to the Culver Theater for a FREE advanced screening of ‘Bugonia’ – the new Focus Features fever dream from Yorgos Lanthimos, starring Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons.” The post conti...

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A House of Dynamite’ Is a Fear-Stoking Nuclear Exploitation Film. Why? Because the Movie Makes Almost No Sense

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Lynne Ramsay on Making Robert Pattinson and Jennifer Lawrence ‘Crawl Like Animals’ and Working With ‘Totally Terrifying’ Joaquin Phoenix

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By Naman Ramachandran According To The variety Lynne Ramsay‘s filmmaking approach involves quick thinking and fearless actors willing to trust her instincts — even when that means crawling through grass like animals with just 10 minutes’ notice. Speaking at a BFI London Film Festival‘s Screen Talk on Saturday, the Scottish director revealed how she salvaged a crucial proposal scene in her latest film “Die My Love” when the light was dropping during the shoot. With no time to complete a conventional scene, Ramsay made an on-the-spot decision. “I crawl up to him, and I’m like, what we going to do?” she recalled of consulting with cinematographer Seamus McGarvey. “We both look at each other and go, this is it… He gets down to their level in this field, and that’s how he asked to...

Oct182025 by cineverseNo Comments

No Other Land’ Doc Sets Streaming Self-Release After Turning Down Mubi Deal – Film News in Brief

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By Jazz Tangcay, Giana Levy, Leia Mendoza, Andrew McGowan According To The variety Oscar documentary winner “No Other Land,” which shows Palestinian families in Masafer Yatta struggling to stay on their land, will be available on digital platforms in the U.S. starting Oct. 20. The documentary will be available on Apple TV, Amazon, Google Play and YouTube. “No Other Land” did not have a U.S. distributor until striking a deal with MUBI. But following the announcement that MUBI had accepted a $100 million investment from investment firm Sequoia Capital, the filmmakers ended the deal in objection to Sequoia’s financial ties to the Israeli military and weapons industry. “This film shows the reality of Israeli occupation and oppression against Palestinians — but that truth apparently di...

Oct182025 by cineverseNo Comments

Black Phone 2’ Mastermind Joe Hill on How He Came Up With The Grabber’s Return and What a Sequel Could Look Like

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By William Earl According To The variety SPOILER ALERT: This article contains very light spoilers about “Black Phone 2,” now playing in theaters. The minute Joe Hill saw The Grabber’s mask, he knew “The Black Phone” could become a franchise. “The mask was crafted by Tom Savini and Jason Baker,” Hill says. “I saw the mask with its swappable mouths: Sometimes the devil face is grinning, sometimes it’s frowning, and sometimes he has no mouth at all. I saw that mask and thought, ‘Oh, I think there’s gonna be a whole bunch of these movies.’ It struck me as instantly iconic in the way Freddy Krueger’s glove is iconic, in the way Michael Myers’ mask is iconic. I thought, ‘This is nightmare fuel, and people are going to want a lot of it.’ I thought he had the potential to b...

Oct182025 by cineverseNo Comments

Truth and Treason’ Review: A Conventional Biopic of a Teenager Who Resisted the Third Reich

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By Murtada Elfadl According To The variety Based on a true story of German resistance to the Third Reich during World War 2, “Truth and Treason” plays it conventionally straight. The familiar elements of a historic film telling an epic story are all there: the righteous hero, the conflicted villain, the systemic violence. There are fiery speeches, chase scenes and tense moments. But Matthew Whitaker’s film never surprises at any point during its running time, failing to add any singular artistic flair. While telling a compelling story, it plays like so many other films about that dark time in not-so-distant European history. Helmuth Hübener (Ewan Horrocks) is a religious 17-year-old living an ordinary life with his family in Hamburg — as ordinary as can be during the troubled ...

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Lucca Seen as a Place of Liberation and Community in Manlio Castagna Documentary: ‘They Put on Masks to Show Their True Selves’

Bugonia’ Sets Early Screening For Audience Members Who Are Bald or ‘Willing To Shave’ Their Heads: ‘This Is Real

A House of Dynamite’ Is a Fear-Stoking Nuclear Exploitation Film. Why? Because the Movie Makes Almost No Sense

Lynne Ramsay on Making Robert Pattinson and Jennifer Lawrence ‘Crawl Like Animals’ and Working With ‘Totally Terrifying’ Joaquin Phoenix

No Other Land’ Doc Sets Streaming Self-Release After Turning Down Mubi Deal – Film News in Brief

Black Phone 2’ Mastermind Joe Hill on How He Came Up With The Grabber’s Return and What a Sequel Could Look Like

Truth and Treason’ Review: A Conventional Biopic of a Teenager Who Resisted the Third Reich

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