Tag: Phoenix
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Film News Roundup: Dark Comedy ‘Phoenix, Oregon’ Launching Digitally and in Theaters
In today’s film news roundup, “Phoenix, Oregon” is being offered at a discount, Fantastic Fungi Day is set for March 26, and the opening of Methodfest has been shifted to May.Release StrategyDark comedy “Phoenix, Oregon” will launch Friday simultaneously in theaters that are still open and at home for a “matinee” discount price of $6.50.Producers…
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Denzel Washington Being Eyed To Play The MCU’s Magneto
With the X-Men franchise once again failing to rise from the ashes of a Phoenix-heavy final movie, a reboot is now on the cards. And with any re-imagining of a franchise, change is sure to come. Peter Parker can tell you that.As you may’ve heard, Marvel might be looking to cast a person of color…
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‘Transit’ Is Christian Petzold’s Confounding Take On ‘Casablanca’ [Berlin Review]
There was a conceptual gap, a kink in the weave, a run in the stocking of German director Christian Petzold‘s last film, “Phoenix” which largely defined one’s response to it. Impeccably crafted and quite beautifully performed, the post-war story nonetheless hinges on a basic contrivance about a husband not recognizing his wife due to reconstructive…