BREAKING NEWS: CITIZEN KANE LOSES BEST PICTURE TO HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY BREAKING NEWS: HITCHCOCK'S VERTIGO BOMBS AT BOX OFFICE, DEEMED COMMERCIAL FAILURE BREAKING NEWS: KUBRICK'S 2001 TOO CONFUSING, AUDIENCES DEMAND REFUNDS BREAKING NEWS: BRANDO REFUSES OSCAR, SENDS APACHE ACTIVIST IN HIS PLACE BREAKING NEWS: THE EXORCIST FIRST FILM NOMINATED FOR BEST PICTURE FEATURING PROJECTILE DEMON VOMIT BREAKING NEWS: SPIELBERG'S JAWS BREAKS ALL-TIME BOX OFFICE RECORD BREAKING NEWS: LUCAS STEALS SPIELBERG'S BOX OFFICE RECORD WITH STAR WARS BREAKING NEWS: SPIELBERG RECLAIMS RECORD FROM LUCAS WITH E.T. BREAKING NEWS: WATERWORLD BECOMES MOST EXPENSIVE FILM IN HISTORY AT $175 MILLION BREAKING NEWS: SHOWGIRLS SETS RECORD FOR MOST RAZZIES WON BY SINGLE FILM BREAKING NEWS: ACADEMY VOTERS ASKED TO ACTUALLY WATCH ALL NOMINATED FILMS BREAKING NEWS: CITIZEN KANE LOSES BEST PICTURE TO HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY BREAKING NEWS: HITCHCOCK'S VERTIGO BOMBS AT BOX OFFICE, DEEMED COMMERCIAL FAILURE BREAKING NEWS: KUBRICK'S 2001 TOO CONFUSING, AUDIENCES DEMAND REFUNDS BREAKING NEWS: BRANDO REFUSES OSCAR, SENDS APACHE ACTIVIST IN HIS PLACE BREAKING NEWS: THE EXORCIST FIRST FILM NOMINATED FOR BEST PICTURE FEATURING PROJECTILE DEMON VOMIT BREAKING NEWS: SPIELBERG'S JAWS BREAKS ALL-TIME BOX OFFICE RECORD BREAKING NEWS: LUCAS STEALS SPIELBERG'S BOX OFFICE RECORD WITH STAR WARS BREAKING NEWS: SPIELBERG RECLAIMS RECORD FROM LUCAS WITH E.T. BREAKING NEWS: WATERWORLD BECOMES MOST EXPENSIVE FILM IN HISTORY AT $175 MILLION BREAKING NEWS: SHOWGIRLS SETS RECORD FOR MOST RAZZIES WON BY SINGLE FILM BREAKING NEWS: ACADEMY VOTERS ASKED TO ACTUALLY WATCH ALL NOMINATED FILMS
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F1’s Big-Screen Thrills Slicked by a Boneheaded Script

F1’s Big-Screen Thrills Slicked by a Boneheaded Script

Joseph Kosinski trades in fighter jets for Formula One in this try-hard summer blockbuster. It has all the hallmarks of an impressive summer event-style movie — big stars, flashy production…

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‘THE LIFE OF CHUCK’ Contains Multitudes

‘THE LIFE OF CHUCK’ Contains Multitudes

Mike Flanagan adapts a not-so-scary Stephen King story to tremendous effect with 'The Life of Chuck', crafting an ethereal, poetic drama that juxtaposes the vastness of time and the universe…

FESTIVAL
SIFF ‘25 Capsule Review: ‘COLOR BOOK’ Opens a Window into the Specificity of a Widower’s Grief

SIFF ‘25 Capsule Review: ‘COLOR BOOK’ Opens a Window into the Specificity of a Widower’s Grief

Rich in both place and emotion, shot in evocative black and white, and scored with delicate precision, Color Book is a heartbreaking tale of grief and perseverance. William Catlett gives a tremendous, pathos-drenched performance as Lucky, a father navigating sudden tragedy, alongside his son Mason (Jeremiah Alexander Daniels), who has Down syndrome, after the loss...

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SIFF ’25 Capsule Review: Irish ‘FOUR MOTHERS’  Juggles Pride, Parents, and Predictability

SIFF ’25 Capsule Review: Irish ‘FOUR MOTHERS’  Juggles Pride, Parents, and Predictability

A perfectly pleasant — if ultimately forgettable — Irish dramedy about gay author Edvard (James McArdle), who juggles the stress of an impending U.S. book tour while caring for his stroke-recovering mother (Fionnula Flanagan) and looking after the elderly mothers his friends abandoned to attend an overseas Pride Fest. Writer-director Darren Thornton delivers a quietly...