#Cannes2024 Screenplay winner “The Substance” may have a great performance by Demi Moore, but Coralie Fargeat's body horror satire about Hollywood’s view of aging women is too derivative, too aesthetically malformed, and too conceptually disjointed to work mashable.com/article/the-su…

Jacques Audiard's "Emilia Pérez"—which won the Jury Prize at #Cannes2024 and whose 4 leads won Best Actress—is an incendiary transgender cartel musical in the vein of a mid-2000s Hollywood thriller. A molotov cocktail that shouldn't work, but does. mashable.com/article/emilia…

Floored by "The Brutalist," an American epic in such forceful conversation with "The Fountainhead" that its tale of a Hungarian holocaust survivor becomes a treatise on art, architecture, cinematic form, and staying connected to the past. #Venezia81 mashable.com/article/the-br…

Starring Barry Keoghan and Christopher Abbott, Irish revenge drama "Bring Them Down" is "Rashomon" for mutilated sheep, a vicious film that slowly reveals deeply sad (and darkly hilarious) layers to its story. #TIFF24 variety.com/2024/film/revi…

Jesus Christ man this website

“Riff Raff” is the longest movie I’ve seen this year, despite only being an hour 43. A family crime comedy that endlessly spins its wheels, and can’t even be saved by its stellar cast. #TIFF24 variety.com/2024/film/news…

Now that’s what I call presidential

Despite its straightforward approach to realism, Bangladeshi debut feature “Saba” makes for a strong dramatic look at people trapped by financial circumstances. #TIFF24 variety.com/2024/film/revi…

Out in NY this week:

Finalists for the Sundance Film Festival 2027: -Boulder, Colorado -Cincinnati, Ohio -Salt Lake City/Park City, Utah

MATT AND MARA opens tomorrow! Q&As tomorrow and Saturday. ifccenter.com/films/matt-and…

Could Bollywood classic Awāra be the most popular movie of all time? Ahead of TIFF’s world premiere tomorrow night for the 4K restoration of Raj Kapoor’s landmark, Siddhant Adlakha explores the deep impact of the film’s global success across cultures. boxd.it/2c2

Ahead of its restoration at #TIFF24, a look back at Raj Kapoor’s resplendent, socially invigorating ‘50s landmark “Awāra,” a major hit in India, China, Turkey, the Soviet Union, and elsewhere, and a contender for the most widely beloved movie of all time. letterboxd.com/journal/awaara…

Returning to US theatres this week:

Dreamt Avatar 3 was a musical, disappointed that won't be happening