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2 weeks ago | 
thefilmstage.com | Caleb Hammond
George Fahmy (Fares Fares) is an A-list movie star of the highest order, something Eagles of the Republic establishes at the jump. We open on him with a beautiful woman in a convertible on a soundstage, wrapping a glamorous film shoot. He turns down a call from his son, instructing his assistant to instead rush out and buy him a luxury Breitling Navitimer watch for his birthday.
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1 month ago | 
filmmakermagazine.com | Caleb Hammond
Back to selection A Cine Cintel workshop on dollies at this year's NAB Show.
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2 months ago | 
thefilmstage.com | Caleb Hammond
After co-directing 2015’s Anomalisa with Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson’s solo follow-up is an adaptation of the Donald E. Westlake’s novel Memory. Paul Cole (André Holland) is the eponymous actor––or so people tell him is his occupation after he wakes up in small-town Ohio with a mysterious head injury and zero memories. There’s a beautiful woman, Edna (Gemma Chan), and a small cast of characters who may or may not have Paul’s best interests at heart.
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2 months ago | 
filmmakermagazine.com | Caleb Hammond
Back to selection by Caleb Hammond in Directors, Interviews, Screenwriters on Mar 11, 2025 Bruno Dumont, The Empire With The Empire, French filmmaker Bruno Dumont’s career is now evenly split between two modes. His first seven films operated within an identifiably Bressonian tradition, while the five films and two mini-series following operate in a more comic, slapstick register.
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Feb 20, 2025 | 
filmmakermagazine.com | Caleb Hammond
Back to selection A Slamdance 2024 audience (Photo: Lauren Desberg) by Caleb Hammond in Festivals & Events on Feb 20, 2025 Slamdance Los Angeles is a city in constant renewal. When the Arclight Cinemas closed during COVID in 2021, the initial despair was lessened as a host of repertory options sprang up in its aftermath, including Quentin Tarantino’s revamped Vista Theatre, the Academy Museum and Micah Gottlieb’s Mezzanine series.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
thefilmstage.com | Caleb Hammond
Following The Film Stage’s collective top 50 films of 2024, as part of our year-end coverage, our contributors are sharing their personal top 10 lists. When reflecting on any year in movies, the theatrical experience rings most memorable.
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Dec 13, 2024 | 
nofilmschool.com | Caleb Hammond
When Oh, Canada writer-director Paul Schrader speaks with potential investors, he gives them a simple three-pronged pitch:Number One: “Forget about getting rich. You're not gonna get rich, but I think I can make you whole,” Schrader tells No Film School. If you give Schrader $100,00 to make his film, he’ll ensure you get that money back.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
thefilmstage.com | Caleb Hammond
After fearlessly interrogating man’s capacity for evil in Oscar-nominated documentaries The Act of Killing and The Look of Silence, filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer returns with The End, a bunker-bound musical set at the end of the world. Despite that unexpected logline, the core themes Oppenheimer grapples with in his work––i.e. the nature of absolution and the self-deception that makes us uniquely human––are still very much present in his fiction-feature debut.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
collider.com | Mike Thomas |Chase Hutchinson |Caleb Hammond |Taylor Gates |Michael Thomas
November is finally here, which means the holidays aren't too far behind. We all know that Christmas movies will be pushed to the top of our watchlists in a matter of weeks, but until then there are still some phenomenal options for us to get to this weekend. Mikey Madison stars in one of the year's best films, while Gru and the family finally hit streaming in Despicable Me 4. Also, the king of the monsters turns 70, which means he's headed back to theaters.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
thefilmstage.com | Caleb Hammond
In Clint Eastwood’s Juror #2, Justin Kemp (Nicholas Hoult) finds himself in an unenviable position: not only was he selected for jury duty, but something odd occurs during the murder trial’s opening statements. Details surrounding the night of the murder begin to trigger memories for him. First, he realizes he was in the same bar as the defendant James Sythe and his girlfriend Kendall, that same evening one year ago.
