Plus, interviews with the summer hitmakers.
We're just heading into Labor Day weekend, but the fall festival season is officially here. Venice kicked off on Wednesday with the premiere of "White Noise," Noah Baumbach's adaptation of the Don DeLillo novel. Our columnist Kyle Buchanan reports that the film's end-credits dance scene is the talk of the festival. The sequence, which plays to a new LCD Soundsystem song, is set in a supermarket and features just about every character in the movie. I can't wait to see it even if the reviews so far have been pretty mixed. (Our review will be timed to the film's commercial release, at the end of the year.) |
Speaking of mixed reactions in Venice, there's a brewing debate over the new Alejandro G. Iñarritu film, "Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths." Is it Oscar catnip or a film that tries the patience of moviegoers? Here's a look at that argument. |
In the United States, organizers of the Telluride Film Festival have unveiled their lineup, which features several highly anticipated titles, including "Armageddon Time" from James Gray, "Bones and All," the cannibal romance from Luca Guadagnino, and "Bardo." Our critic A.O. Scott is on hand for that festival, which starts today, and I'm looking forward to finding out where he stands in the debate. |
As for films you can watch now, "The Cathedral," a family drama from the writer-director Ricky D'Ambrose, is a Critic's Pick for Manohla Dargis, who says this "quiet, tender movie" is "filled with restrained feeling and shimmers of beauty." |
Whatever you choose to watch, have fun at the movies! |
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