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Witches, Vampires and Aliens: How Genre Films Like ‘Sinners’ and ‘Weapons’ Factor Into the Oscar Race
Hailee Steinfeld and her “Sinners” co-star Michael B. Jordan shared the kind of on-set conversations you can only have while making a…
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Two New Movies Revivify the Portrait-Film Genre
Documentaries about individuals are ubiquitous, but “Suburban Fury” and “Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk” explore the…
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Indonesia’s Mandela Pictures Unveils Three-Film Slate, Launches Horror-Focused Genre Studio BN13 (EXCLUSIVE)
Indonesian production company Mandela Pictures has revealed a new film slate and launched BN13, a genre studio dedicated to developing…
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Horror Impact Report: From Ryan Coogler to Lisa Dreyer to Osgood Perkins, Variety Stakes Out the Top in Genre Films and TV
Horror films have been a staple of cinema since at least the 1920s, when “The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari” and “Nosferatu” defined postwar…
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‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Singer Audrey Nuna on ‘Golden’ Success, Oscar Buzz and Creative Freedom: ‘I Think Genre Is Dead’ (EXCLUSIVE)
The jet lag is real for Audrey Nuna. Fresh off an international tour that took her from Korea to Japan to Australia, the 26-year-old…
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Laufey Talks Music Education and Overcoming Genre Snobbery at Grammy Museum Chat and Concert
As a formally trained multi-instrumentalist and a pop starlet, Laufey has long seemed like the poster girl for everything the Grammys…
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Why Sci-Fi and Genre Series Like ‘The Penguin’ and ‘The Last of Us’ Resonate With Emmy Voters Now More Than Ever
Science fiction and horror have become forces at the Emmys, with “The Penguin,” “The Last of Us,” “Andor,” “Severance,” “Paradise” and…
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“Weapons,” “Harvest,” and the Shackles of the Horror Genre
Horror is an accursed genre. Because it promises to deliver a specific sensational effect, its stories are obliged to fit into preordained…
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‘She Rides Shotgun’ Review: Taron Egerton and Screen Daughter Ana Sophia Heger Drive a Well-Oiled Genre Outing
While terms such as “pulse-pounding” and “nerve-racking” are tossed about far too frequently and capriciously in reviews of thrillers,…
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How Director Hubert Davis’ ‘The Well’ and ‘Youngblood,’ Now in Post, Put a Spin on Genre Conventions
While Hubert Davis celebrates the world premiere of his narrative feature debut the eco-thriller “The Well” on July 21 at the Fantasia…
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Canadian Genre Filmmaking Sharpens its Edge, Cutting Deep Across Programming Strands at Fantasia’s 29th Edition
While the oeuvre of Toronto director David Cronenberg, the maestro of body horror, has inspired generations of Canadian filmmakers…
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Neuchatel Fantastic Fest Champions Genre Cinema’s Ascent from Shadow to Spotlight
Set against a lakefront untouched by time, the Neuchâtel Intl. Fantastic Film Festival offers an annual snapshot of a genre landscape in…
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Two Films, One Vision: Igor Cobileanski Plays With Romania’s Genre Limits at Transilvania Fest With ‘Comatogen,’ ‘The Madman’
This year’s Romanian Days selection at the Transilvania Film Festival sees national filmmakers split largely into two thematic categories:…
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These 10 Westerns Were Game Changers for the Genre
There's nothing quite as powerful and captivating as watching a great, compelling Western film. The Western genre, as most cinema-goers…
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How the Meanest Genre Got Nice
Two months ago, the world lost a gruff and burly guitar player named Al Barile. He was sixty-three when he died, after a battle with…
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<i>Tornado</i> Fails History and Genre
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“Your Friends and Neighbors” and the Perils of the Rich-People-Suck Genre
The first episode of the new Apple TV+ drama “Your Friends and Neighbors” takes pains to explain how one can rake in…
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Is “Thunderbolts*” Marvel’s Attempt to Salvage the Superhero Genre?
In the run-up to the première of “Thunderbolts*,” on May 2nd, Marvel earned some light mockery for the art-house vibe of one of its…
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Netflix’s Tokyo Showcase Spotlights Korean Animation Push and Genre Diversification
Netflix‘s ambitious strategy for Korean content took center stage at the streamer’s ongoing APAC showcase in Tokyo, where executives and…
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D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai on Redefining the War Film Genre With ‘Warfare’
Since opening last weekend, “Warfare” has drawn viewers to the theaters who are fans of the stacked cast, as well as diehards of…
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How ‘Luke Cage’ Composer Adrian Younge Went Brazilian for His ‘Something About April’ Album and Launched the Jazz Is Dead Label to Ensure the Genre Lives
For more than 15 years, Adrian Younge has provided the backbeat for a large swath of Black entertainment — literally. In addition to…
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This Brutal 2017 Slasher Grabs a Shotgun and Blasts the Genre Wide Open
In 2017, cult director Ryûhei Kitamura offered a great installment for the TIFF Midnight Madness section, Downrange.The film is a rare…
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‘The Residence’ Team on Casting Kylie Minogue, Honoring the Late Andre Braugher and How ‘Knives Out’ Rescucitated the Whodunit Genre
The new Shondaland murder mystery series “The Residence” shares some DNA with another Netflix whodunit: Rian Johnson’s “Knives Out” film.…
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Hungary’s Filmmakers See Local Box Office Success With Genre Pics and Romantic Comedies
It was welcome — perhaps even surprising — news for Hungarian moviegoers to discover that two home-grown productions were sitting at the…