Film School: Our Chief Film Critic Justin Tanner Recommends This Classic!
Film School: Our Critic Justin Tanner Recommends You See This Classic!
WHY OUR FILM CRITIC JUSTIN TANNER RECOMMENDS THIS CLASSIC
WHY OUR FILM CRITIC JUSTIN TANNER RECOMMENDS THIS CLASSIC
Film School: Why Our Critic Justin Tanner Recommends This Classic
 'The Pumpkin Eater' (1964) directed by Jack Clayton, is an achingly brutal analysis of infidelity, jealousy and obsession starring Oscar nominated Anne Bancroft as a woman who can’t seem to stop having children; she is saddled with eight at the top of the film.
Her marriage to a philandering screenwriter (the always terrific Peter Finch), starts to disintegrate when she discovers his affair with her best friend (an unbelievably young Maggie Smith).
Harold Pinter’s script is strange and marvelous, and includes one of the greatest scenes ever captured on film: A brilliantly unhinged monologue delivered to Bancroft while at the hairdressers by the deliciously named Yootha Joyce. Joyce’s character, a lonely desperate woman under an adjacent
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Offical Trailer 'Her Private Hell'; Written and Directed by acclaimed Danish filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn; Starring Sophie Thatcher, Charles Melton, Kristine Froseth, Havana Rose Liu and Diego Calva
From A24. Official Trailer 'The Debut.' Written and Directed by Acclaimed American Actor And Filmmaker Jesse Eisenberg; Starring Julianne Moore, Jesse Eisenberg, and Paul Giamatti
Why Liminal Horror Feels Stuck in the Backrooms; With the recent releases of Backrooms and Exit 8, the liminal horror genre has never been more visible. Yet as leitmotifs solidify into tropes, these films often feel like they’re limping over the line
Zach Cregger and Brian Duffield Team on Warner Bros.’ ‘Siren Head’ After Fierce Five-Studio Bidding War for the Popular Meme
Illustrator Akiko Stehrenberger’s Explosive Movie Poster Art; Stehrenberger’s ability to capture the essence of a film in a single image has made her one of the most sought-after poster designers in the industry
The Luxury Film MFA Ends Today; For 20 years, an uncapped federal loan made the elite film MFA possible. Not anymore
Essay by Ron Howard and Brian Grazer; Movies Have Shown Our Country — And The World — The American Story
Video: Not a Handheld. Featurette for 'The Odyssey' Shooting Completely in IMAX
Tribute to Movie Theaters. Doc Trailer 'The Last Picture Shows'; From Filmmaker Rustin Thompson
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James Cameron and Robert Rodriguez Planning to Direct A Secret Movie With Cost-Conscious 17-Day Shoot
A Look at 80's TV Action Production Spree; Full Trailer for 'Knight Rider: Declassified' Geeky 80s Throwback Doc
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15 Movies That Expose the Divide Between Critics and Audiences
Podcast: Legendary Screenwriter Allan Loeb on Hollywood, the Future of Entertainment, and Compulsive Gambling
Michael Fassbender Set to Star in Brady Corbet’s ‘The Origin Of the World’ — His 4-Hour, X-Rated Western; Shooting 65mm film; Would tackle Northern California immigration and span 150 years
Creepy Corner Of The Internet Reinventing Horror; New generation of film-makers is reshaping Hollywood – and studios are scrambling to sign them up
Vin Diesel Writes a Passionate Essay, Defending ‘Popular Cinema’ as ‘Not a Lesser Form of Art’
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Fest Hit. Unromantic Look At A Lost Idea Of Once-Creative Downtown New York. "Witty drama" Official Trailer 'Late Fame'; Directed by Kent Jones; Starring Willem Dafoe, Greta Lee and Edmund Donovan
Official Trailer 'The Last House'; Directed by Louis Leterrier; Starring Greta Lee and Wagner Moura
Inside Rex Reed’s Dakota: An Afternoon of Unrepentant Opinions and Hollywood Tales; "I joked for years that I was going to write a book that I was saved by lemon meringue pie," Rex Reed told me in 2022, recounting the night he skipped dinner at Sharon Tate's house
IndieWire Review: ‘Paper Tiger’ Review: Adam Driver Gives a Career-Best Performance in James Gray’s Devastating Tragedy; Like all of James Gray's best films, "Paper Tiger" is both sweepingly mythic and hauntingly personal all at once
Portrait of Colombia's Forgotten Youth 'Barrio Triste' Official Trailer; Another production from Harmony Korine's EDGLRD
Interview with Uwe Boll on Politics, Hollywood and His New Film, 'Citizen Vigilante'
‘Yellowstone’ Creator Taylor Sheridan to Direct 4D Film for New Alamo Museum; To open in 2028; Centerpiece of museum; To be most technologically advanced theater in the world
Taylor Sheridan Says He “Rage-Baits” Critics, And Slam Studio Execs: “I’m Not Trying To Win Emmys”; Acknowledges he sometimes “rage-baits” critics, a tactic that shapes the tone of his work in “Landman,” “Lioness,” and “The Madison” and invites a broader conversation about his creative approach
Stunning Backstage Featurette. Fabrication. 'Wildwood' Animated Movie; LAIKA Studios craftspeople
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