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A top-flight cast is winning in contained story. B
A Top 10 list.
Ignore underwhelming trailers. A-
Pixar’s back on track with this series. B+
Boilerplate plague premise with pretentious accoutrements. D
New version of classic gives you no reason to care. D
Hitler led the filmmakers astray in Look Who's Back.
Pinball movie weekends and bookends.
A star-making role for Gal Gadot. A-
Proto-fascism in Michael Haneke's White Ribbon.
What the box-office bomb might’ve been.
Mike Birbiglia’s Don’t Think Twice is now on Netflix.
Writer/Director of award-winning Sidewalk Traffic talks about how to get a feature film made by your mid-30s.
Hollywood's half-assed anti-fascism.
Fascism's hold on Jewish identity in Defiance.
A precursor to the peak TV era.
A Speck of Dust highlights sharp skills, perennial dishevelment.
Humans love to fear things.
Sympathy for the conquerors in 300.
The Emily Dickinson biopic A Quiet Passion is miserable.
Self-hatred in The Believer.
"All your problems can be creamed away." A new short film from David Firth (of Salad Fingers fame). From Flying Lotus' Brainfeeder Films. Via The FADER.
Co-directed by Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme, who last year collaborated with Iggy Pop on Post Pop Depression, Pop's seventeenth and final album. American Valhalla follows the making of that album and the international tour that followed. Via Stereogum.
The directorial debut from fashion designers Laura and Kate Mulleavy (of Rodarte), starring Kirsten Dunst, Joe Cole, and Pilou Asbæk. In theaters Sept. 15. Via The Hollywood Reporter.
A short documentary about three women astronauts, directed by Eliza McNitt and produced in collaboration with Google. Via Boing Boing.
Directed by Bernard MacMahon. A three-part miniseries from Jack White and T Bone Burnett, narrated by Robert Redford, about the earliest days of the recording industry. Featuring performances by Willie Nelson, Beck, Elton John, Nas, and more. A joint production from PBS and the BBC, premiering May 16. Via Spin.
A short video essay from The Royal Ocean Film Society. More from Andrew Saladino on Twitter. Via The AV Club.
In advance of Sunday's Oscars, Burger Fiction has this ultimate montage. Via The AV Club.
Colin Hanks directs a new documentary for HBO Films about the band's tragic 2015 concert at the Bataclan, and their return three months later. More at HBO. Or check out the band's official website.