Tag: Recommends
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Stephen King Recommends a Deep Cut Horror Just in Time for Halloween- Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] Given his status as one of the genre’s most iconic voices, when Stephen King pipes up with a horror recommendation, then you’d best believe a lot of people are going to listen. When it also happens to be a deep cut black-and-white cult classic from 1957 that holds a perfect Rotten Tomatoes score of…
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Stephen King Recommends 2 Stephen King Adaptations for Your Pleasure- Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] There’s no harm in shame on patting yourself on the back, especially if you happen to be one of the most iconic, popular, and legendary figures in your chosen profession. All Stephen King has to do these days is mention any movie or TV show on social media by name and his millions of…
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Film Comment Recommends: Rotting in the Sun – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] This article appeared in the September 7, 2023 edition of The Film Comment Letter, our free weekly newsletter featuring original film criticism and writing. Sign up for the Letter here. Rotting in the Sun (Sebastián Silva, 2023) Rotting in the Sun, Chilean director Sebastián Silva’s misery-suffused new comedy, is ripe to the point of bursting. Sex, death, and abjection…
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Stephen King Recommends ‘The Perfect Chiller for a Hot Summer Day’- Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] When he’s not bashing out literary tales of terror, Stephen King seems to spend a lot of his downtime watching as many movies and TV shows as possible, and the ones he really enjoys end up being highly recommended to his millions of social media followers. Having been left blown away by Apple TV’s…
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Film Comment Recommends: The Seed of Man – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] This article appeared in the June 15, 2023 edition of The Film Comment Letter, our free weekly newsletter featuring original film criticism and writing. Sign up for the Letter here. The Seed of Man (Marco Ferreri, 1969) In Marco Ferreri’s bleak 1969 fantasy The Seed of Man, a young couple lead an eerily idyllic life in a remote beachside…
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Film Comment Recommends: Rewind & Play – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] This article appeared in the March 9, 2023 edition of The Film Comment Letter, our free weekly newsletter featuring original film criticism and writing. Sign up for the Letter here. Rewind & Play (Alain Gomis, 2022) Alain Gomis’s archival reassemblage is a compact work of cinematic archeology. Reworking outtakes from a 1969 French television documentary about the legendary…
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Film Comment Recommends: Godland – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] This article appeared in the January 26, 2023 edition of The Film Comment Letter, our free weekly newsletter featuring original film criticism and writing. Sign up for the Letter here. Godland (Hlynur Pálmason, 2022) Films from Aguirre, the Wrath of God to Zama have taught us that supposedly civilized men are destined to break when stranded in unspoiled terrain. Hlynur Pálmason’s Godland investigates this phenomenon…
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Film Comment Recommends: The African Desperate – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] This article appeared in the September 22, 2022 edition of The Film Comment Letter, our free weekly newsletter featuring original film criticism and writing. Sign up for the Letter here. The African Desperate (Martine Syms, 2022) The African Desperate, the debut film by visual artist Martine Syms, abounds in bold text, bolder colors, and wry humor struck through with a…
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Film Comment Recommends: Gagarine – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] This article appeared in the March 31, 2022 edition of The Film Comment Letter, our free weekly newsletter featuring original film criticism and writing. Sign up for the Letter here. Gagarine (Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh, 2022) Sixteen-year-old Youri (Alséni Bathily) arranges the crumbs on his plate, nudging them into the crude outline of a bird. The blink-and-you’ll-miss-it…
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Film Comment Recommends: Hustle – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] This article appeared in the June 9, 2022 edition of The Film Comment Letter, our free weekly newsletter featuring original film criticism and writing. Sign up for the Letter here. Hustle (Jeremiah Zagar, 2022) Adam Sandler’s new basketball-centric passion project sets itself apart from its sports-movie kin with its documentary-like attention to the rules of the game—both on and…
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Film Comment Recommends: Free Chol Soo Lee – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] This article appeared in the June 23, 2022 edition of The Film Comment Letter, our free weekly newsletter featuring original film criticism and writing. Sign up for the Letter here. Free Chol Soo Lee (Julie Ha and Eugene Yi, 2022) On June 3, 1973, Yip Yee Tak—a member of the Wah Ching gang—was shot to death on a…