Since the film debuted at Venice, I've been trying to avoid reviews of Alps, the new film by Dogtooth director Yorgos Lanthimos. I've seen headlines and brief quotes that are generally positive; those, a couple trailers and the basic synopsis are all I'm willing to see before going into the film. (The synopsis is easy:…
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Dogtooth has been a surprising film over the past year, first shocking audiences at Cannes with a depiction of a family whose dysfunction is more whacked-out than most would think possible, and then blindsiding awards prognosticators when it nabbed a Best Foreighn Language Film Oscar nomination. Now director Yorgos Lanthimos is already in post-production on…
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For an awards show that purports to honor outstanding achievements in film, the Academy Awards seem oddly drawn to the familiar. The movies with the most nominations at this year's Oscar race, for example, are The King's Speech and True Grit -- two films with a great deal of critical acclaim backing them, but ones…
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This week, David Chen, Devindra Hardawar, and Adam Quigley assess this year's Superbowl film spots, praise the merits of Tarsem's The Fall, and discuss how much truth a movie needs to have to be considered legitimate. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Join us for our…
Read MoreThis Week in DVD & Blu-ray is a column that compiles all the latest info regarding new DVD and Blu-ray releases, sales, and exclusive deals from stores including Target, Best Buy and Fry’s. ENTER THE VOID Enter the Void is unlike anything I have ever seen or experienced. It's a one-of-a-kind work of stunning ambition…
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Next week, five films will be nominated for Best Foreign Language Film by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Today though, from the list of 65 films that were originally announced as eligible, the Academy has released a shortlist of nine films that remain contenders, four of which will soon get the short…
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The last time we saw footage from Dogtooth, the Greek film by Yorgos Lanthimos that was a sensation at festivals last year, it was a NSFW foreign trailer. Now there's a domestic trailer to advertise this story of extreme family disfunction. Amazingly, it actually makes the film look more insane than the explicit clip did.…
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Reporting on an event like TIFF from the comfort of my own home is frustrating. There's the drive to learn as much about all the new films as possible, without learning too much and unavoidably pre-judging the films before actually seeing them. But some reviews just have to be read. I'd been curious about the…
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