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Venice 2024: Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Queer’ is a Meandering Fever Dream

Earlier in the year, when it was discovered that 2024 would be the year of not one but two brand new films made by the talented Luca Guadagnino, I made a prediction that Queer would be the real knock out next to the more forgettable Challengers. Now that I've seen both of the films it's time to admit - my prediction was wrong. It turns out its the other way around and Challengers is the winner. Luca Guadagnino's Queer is premiering at the 2024 Venice Film Festival in the Main Competition, the same festival where most of the Italian filmmaker's previous films Suspiria, Bones and All, I Am Love, A Bigger Splash, as well as his doc Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams premiered. He's back in Venice again with what has been described as his most personal work yet, an adaptation of William S. Burroughs' very queer novel of the same name - which was originally written in the 1950s but never published until later in 1985. It turns out this adaptation is Guadagnino's Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas - ...
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Enjoy This ‘The Music Within’ Making Of Video for ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’

"This music within him - it's messy, it's chaotic, it's expressing the complexity of love." WB has debuted a quick music featurette for Joker: Folie à Deux, premiering this week at the 2024 Venice Film Festival. We already posted the official trailer a few months ago, and with this big moment about to happen, they're ramping up the final marketing blitz. Don't forget that Joker 2 is actually a musical! They've hidden this fact from the trailers for the most part, but this making of featurette offers a quick glimpse at a few musical numbers. This all-out sequel is being described as a "musical psychological thriller" set in Gotham City, with many songs being worked into the story featuring Lady Gaga appearing as Joker's new partner Harley Quinn. Joaquin Phoenix returns as Arthur, with Zazie Beetz and a cast including Brendan Gleeson, Catherine Keener, Jacob Lofland, Steve Coogan, Ken Leung, & Harry Lawtey. From all the early buzz and all the early looks, this looks like it's going to be an incredibly ambitious follow-up to Joker. Love or hate the ...
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How Hollywood Turned Against Free Speech

Oscar-winning screenwriter Aaron Sorkin did more than defend free speech in 1995’s “The American President.” Sorkin insisted it’s baked into the Red, White and Blue cake. Here’s part of the film’s climax, a debate highlight from President Andrew Shepherd (Michael Douglas): America isn’t easy. America is advanced citizenship. You’ve gotta want it bad, ’cause it’s …

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