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awfj.org | Cortland Jacoby
0 Flares 0 Flares × Misfits. Assemble. After multiple movies and projects where they were supporting characters, Marvel has finally brought its most dysfunctional antiheroes together in Thunderbolts*. They’re here to kick butt and take names – or at least try to.
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punchdrunkcritics.com | Cortland Jacoby
In Amalia Ulman’s surrealist satire, Magic Farm, a group of self-absorbed independent music journalists fly down to Argentina on a whim to uncover the latest music craze. When they can’t find their contact, they decide to fabricate their story, oblivious to the small town’s real problems. I sat down with Magic Farm filmmaker and star Amalia Ulman, along with cast members Chloë Sevigny, Alex Wolff and Joe Apollonio to talk about what drew them to the project and how they see their characters.
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punchdrunkcritics.com | Cortland Jacoby
Practical effects are on display in director Isaiah Saxon’s feature debut, The Legend of Ochi. Channeling an ‘80s style of filmmaking with puppets and models, the first-time director shows us the darker side of animal and human friendships and an even nastier side of broken families. Young Yuri (Helena Zengal) lives on a fictional primitive Balkan island with her father, Maxim (William Dafoe), and adopted brother, Petro (Finn Wolfhard).
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4 weeks ago |
punchdrunkcritics.com | Cortland Jacoby
In 1993, Ang Lee released his second film, The Wedding Banquet. It followed a bisexual Taiwanese immigrant who, while in a relationship with a white gay man, placates his parents by marrying a Chinese woman to help her get a green card. Of course, his plan of hiding his sexuality goes awry especially when a pregnancy enters the picture.
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4 weeks ago |
punchdrunkcritics.com | Cortland Jacoby
Working with anyone on a movie set is hard, but for director Roshan Sethi, collaborating with his partner, actor Karan Soni (we spoke to both previously for 7 Days), on A Nice Indian Boy wasn’t as hard as you might think. “We had almost no conflict while making this, which people never believe,” he told me about filming their new romcom. “The only things that always come up for me are that I am so attuned to Karan’s emotions that sometimes I forget he’s just acting, and that really throws me.
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