Tag: One Cut of the Dead
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‘Final Cut’ Trailer: Michel Hazanavicius’ Remake Of ‘One Cut Of The Dead’ Arrives In July
“One Cut of the Dead” is one of the most inventive and fun horror films to arrive in the past decade. So, you know what has to happen when a horror film earns acclaim and widespread notoriety, especially when it is of Asian origin? That’s right, we get a remake! However, with a filmmaker like…
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This 2017 Horror Comedy Is the Best Movie About Making Movies
There’s something special about movies, specifically something special about making them, that drives people to do strange things. From screenwriters honing their craft creating works that they hope could one day become real, to actors spending hours and hours on set getting scenes just right, to everyone else in the production doing so much to…
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‘Final Cut (Coupez!)’ Review: Cannes Opens With an Annoying Zombie Comedy Misfire
The last time the Cannes Film Festival dropped a zombie comedy into its coveted opening-night slot, it was 2019, and the movie — Jim Jarmusch’s “The Dead Don’t Die” — was no big whoop, but it served its purpose. It got this most highfalutin’ of festivals rolling on an agreeable note of macabre cheekiness. Since…
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Cannes Urged to Rename Opening Night Film ‘Z’ Due to Similarity to Russian Hate Symbol
Since Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine in February, the world’s top film festivals have faced difficult questions about how to stand with the European nation. Early debates about banning Russian films were largely dismissed as misguided attempts to punish artists who did not support the war, and most festivals are continuing to work…
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‘One Cut of the Dead’ is Getting a French Remake From the Director of ‘The Artist’
2011’s The Artist, the black-and-white paean to the silent film era, doesn’t hold much of a place in the film conversations of today. But the movie certainly struck a chord with Oscar voters the next year, winning Best Actor for Jean Dujardin, Best Director for Michel Hazanavicius, and ultimately winning Best Picture. Now, the filmmaker…
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Edgar Wright Shares 100 Favorite Comedy Films to Help You Get Through Tough Times
Thank God for Edgar Wright. The “Shaun of the Dead” and “Baby Driver” director has teamed up with Letterboxd to publish a giant list of his 100 favorite comedy films. Wright stresses these 100 films are just a selection of some of the best comedies ever made and not his definitive list of the absolute…
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Ben Pearson’s Top 10 Movies of 2019
After a rough start, 2019 ended up being a terrific year for film. Several movies which didn’t make my personal list – films like Marriage Story, Toy Story 4, The Last Black Man in San Francisco, Us, Apollo 11, One Cut of the Dead, Uncut Gems, etc. – could easily constitute a separate lineup teeming…
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Fantastic Fest Day 2: ‘Border’ is a Beautifully Executed Bad Idea, ‘Apostle’ Delivers Vicious Thrills, and ‘One Cut of the Dead’ is the Best Zombie Comedy in Years
(Welcome to The Fantastic Fest Diaries, where we will be chronicling every single movie we see at the United States’ largest genre film festival.) Welcome to Fantastic Fest, day two. In this diary entry: a deranged stop-motion allegory, an unpredictable thriller from the writer of Let the Right One In, a new horror movie from…