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Venice Film Festival In Focus: ‘Wolfs’, ‘The Brutalist’, ‘The Room Next Door’

Venice Film Festival In Focus: ‘Wolfs’, ‘The Brutalist’, ‘The Room Next Door’

The 81st edition of the preeminent Venice Film Festival sees heaps of madly ambitious, off-kilter releases by Jon Watts, Brady Corbet and Pedro Almodóvar.

‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Wildly Rocks Multiple Worlds

‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Wildly Rocks Multiple Worlds

In a world where everybody knows that Peter Parker is Spider-Man, universes are bound to go crazy, and that makes Spider-Man: No Way Home fantastic entertainment.

‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ Makes the Most of Meta Commentary

‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ Makes the Most of Meta Commentary

Spider-Man: Far From Home ties up the themes of deception and Trump-era media manipulation and it ensures that the next Spider-Man film will be completely different from anything that came before.

‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ Has the Most Relatable Peter Parker

‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ Is a Perfect Date Movie

How Hollywood Saved Itself (Again) at the Summer 2017 Box Office

How Hollywood Saved Itself (Again) at the Summer 2017 Box Office

The Summer Box Office of 2017 does not represent the death of the Hollywood. It simply represents the changing face of Hollywood accounting.
Not Safe for Children, ‘Cop Car’ is a Crafty and Cool-Handed High Plains Thriller

Not Safe for Children, ‘Cop Car’ is a Crafty and Cool-Handed High Plains Thriller

When two ten-year-old boys steal a seemingly abandoned police cruiser, they get roped into an absurdist crime drama they don’t comprehend any better than the audience does.