Ruby Gillman Teenage Kraken Trailer Features Evil Mermaids

A brand new Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken trailer for DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming fantasy comedy has dropped, featuring the voices of Lana Condor and Jane Fonda. The film is slated to hit the theaters on June 30. The video shows a socially-awkward teenage girl who discovers that she actually comes from a royal lineage of Krakens. … Read more

The Transformative Power of Matthew Barney’s Cremaster Cycle | Features

Three of his earliest works, bundled together as the “OTTO Trilogy,” trace what the Gladstone Gallery called “the training, discipline, and physical limits of the body alongside questions of sexual difference and desire.” Centered around former football player Jim Otto, not only is his name a palindrome, but his uniform number “00” suggests the infinity … Read more

Fast X Post-Credit Scene Features Shocking Fast & Furious Return

According to the Fast X post-credit sceneit seems like a beloved character is returning to the Fast & Furious movie series. Who appears in the Fast X post-credit scene? TheWrap has reported that Dwayne Johnson’s Luke Hobbs appears in the post-credit scene of the latest Fast & Furious movie. This particular appearance is especially unexpected … Read more

Book Excerpt: Scout Tafoya’s But God Made Him a Poet: Watching John Ford in the 21st Century | Features

Master Roddy McDowell, as he’s credited, plays the youngest observer in the valley, the one who witnesses the births and deaths and loves and marriages and betrayals. The film is one of the near-musicals of which Ford was so fond. Song was one of the few languages ​​that can communicate like the moving image, and … Read more

Short Films in Focus: The Shorts Programs of the 2023 Chicago Critics Film Festival | Features

“The Mundanes” Shorts Program #1 (Saturday, May 6, 11:45 am) opens with Nicole Daddona and Adam Wilder’s “The Mundanes,” a truly bizarre PSA that seems influenced by Joe Dante’s “Twilight Zone – The Movie” segment, as well as the “Eerie, Indiana” TV series. Here, a faceless suburban American family is depicted as the ideal life, … Read more

New York Philharmonic and Steven Spielberg Celebrate the Music of John Williams | Features

But what makes Williams one of the ultimate legends of this cinematic art form is not his endless and well-earned awards and accolades—it’s his ability to connect with the audiences as a musical storyteller and activate their universal emotions without language barriers. And that unique gift of his was cause for celebration on Tuesday night … Read more

Focus Features shares new looks at Asteroid City, Drive Away Dolls, and more at CinemaCon

Focus Features takes the CinemaCon stage to share new footage, trailers, and details for Asteroid City, Drive Away Dolls, and more CinemaCon continues to dominate the news cycle, and Focus Features is on the main stage this evening alongside Universal Pictures to share details, footage, and trailers for their upcoming slate. During the presentation, Peter … Read more

Bright Wall/Dark Room April 2023: All the Beauty and the Bloodshed: Friends, Lovers, or Neighbors by Frank Falisi | Features

David Wojnarowicz was born in Red Bank, New Jersey in 1954. Red Bank is located in Monmouth County, a suburban subset just west of the New Jersey shoreline. The borough is bound on its north edge by the Navesink River, an estuary that made Red Bank a popular site for shipbuilding in the early 17th … Read more

Airwaves: The Top 40 Beauty of the Air Soundtrack | Features

“Air” takes the form of an underdog sports movie and combines it with a muckraking thriller. It’s “Hoosiers” meets “All the President’s Men.” Instead of the basketball court, the movie takes place within the Nike headquarters—which was ranked in third place among the major athletic shoe companies at the time. Enter Sonny Vaccaro (Matt Damon), … Read more