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Margaret Qualley’s ‘Honey, Don’t’ Earns 6-Minute Cannes Ovation

Ethan Coen’s raunchy, gory detective movie “Honey Don’t!,” starring Margaret Qualley, Aubrey Plaza and Chris Evans, premiered to a rowdy Cannes crowd at midnight on Friday. The film earned a six-minute standing ovation, with writer Tricia Cooke declaring: “More queer cinema all the time!” “That’s a fun way to end the festival,” Coen said as he took the […]

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A Single Mom Travels with Her Disabled Son

Zuzana Kirchnerová’s road-trip movie “Caravan” opens with a series of idyllic holiday scenes. A wide shot of a tranquil swimming pool. A beach ball, close up, with iridescent sequins inside. Lambent rays of sunshine bouncing lazily off the surface of the pool. A breathy voiceover whispers, “It’s going to be nice, David. You’ll see.” The […]

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‘Sirens’ Creator Molly Smith Metzler Breaks Down Series Finale

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from all five episodes of “Sirens,” now streaming on Netflix. Hey hey! Starch your pastels and delete all your incriminating texts — Molly Smith Metzler‘s new black comedy series “Sirens” is now streaming on Netflix. Adapted from Metzler’s 2011 play “Elemeno Pea,” the series follows Devon (Meghann Fahy) a prickly, […]

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Julia Max Was Told to Cut Down the Family Drama in ‘The Surrender.’ She Ignored the Notes and Created a Ferocious Horror Debut

Julia Max’s feature debut, The Surrender, boldly intertwines family drama with visceral horror, defying conventional advice to minimize emotional subplots. Premiering at SXSW 2025, the film garnered critical acclaim for its intense portrayal of grief and the supernatural. Bloody Disgusting! +1 Bloody Disgusting! +1 IMDb +7 Starry Constellation Magazine +7 Bloody Disgusting! +7 Plot Overview […]

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Nadav Lapid’s Blistering Attack on Israeli Nationalism

No one was expecting Nadav Lapid to hold back in his first feature since the events of October 7, 2023: The Israeli filmmaker has long been cinema’s most vigorously expressive and outspoken critic of government policy in his birth country, with films like 2019’s “Synonyms” and 2021’s “Ahed’s Knee” bristling with fury and shame over […]

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Director of Oscars, Emmys Was 78

Jeff Margolis, a TV producer and director who specialized in live events from the Oscars to the Emmys and SAG Awards, died Friday in Nashville, Tenn. He was 78. Over four decades, Margolis directed some of TV’s biggest events, including presidential galas and specials for entertainers including Frank Sinatra, Michael Jackson, Elizabeth Taylor, Bette Midler […]