What’s your favorite movie of the year? For AP Film Writers Jake Coyle and Lindsey Bahr, some of the best of 2022 includes “The Banshees of Inisherin,” “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” “Aftersun,” “Tár,” “Kimi” and the Japanese anime “Belle.”
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Revered cinematographer Roger Deakins reflects on his latest film, “Empire of Light,” his passion for still photography and what “bores the hell out of” him about movies today.
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And this is him on Conrad Hall
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Here is Deakins on the seeing a kind of stylization go out of filmmaking
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I talked to Roger Deakins.
Topics include Sergio Leone, Army of Shadows, the movie trend that most troubles him and seaweed.
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Before James Cameron got COVID, I spoke to him about “Avatar: The Way of Water.”
“I’m going to fall on my ass sooner or later. But if you’re not ready to fall on your ass, you’re not doing anything interesting.”
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A documentary tracing civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton's evolution from Brooklyn rabble-rouser to sought-after figure in the U.S. political arena debuts on Friday.
It’s arguably the most nuanced look at the leader to date.
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An agonizingly rich year, in my humble opinion. Here’s what and I settled on for our top 10 lists.
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I talked to Ke Huy Quan about fate, his abiding affedtion for Steven Spielberg and what an Oscar nomination would mean to him. (If you read nothing here, still worthwhile is seeing the old 1984 AP photo of Ke here.)
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“I think of her as the piano that she loved so much. That range was inside of her. That musicality. That emotional dexterity."
Speaking to Michelle Williams about Mitzi of The Fabelmans (and Lizzy of Showing Up):
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Getting ready for Avatar The Way of Water tonight
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"I now arrive at a place where I see the flip side of the coin." Taking with Brendan Fraser:
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A few words with Robert Downey Jr on the very lovely “Sr.”
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RIP Julia Reichert. Some will understandably not want to see it but one of her last films, the Chappelle doc, is fantastic. apnews.com/article/b78377
Sharing Spotify with kids leads to one of the more absurd festival lineups
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I nearly almost always type “The Conjuring Part II” for Joanna Hogg’s brilliant last film. It’s not so bad a fit, really.
Ke Huy Quan, Adam Sandler, Charlotte Wells, Gina Prince-Bythewood. Lots of good stuff at last night's Gothams:
And BONES AND ALL. Definitely not a reboot of the long-running Fox series BONES.
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Some recent reviews. First, WHITE NOISE:
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I met Elegance Bratton in Washington Square Park to talk to him about his extraordinary journey
When I spoke to Tony Kushner, it was the night before the midterms. He was surprisingly positive: "There's great power in democracy as well as great fragility. Bad people overestimate the latter and wildly underestimate the former."
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Watched the Costner Robin Hood with the girls and the sheer amount of Alan Rickman impressions that are flying around the house — 6yr-old shouting “Because it’s dull, you twit. It’ll hurt more” — is truly heartening.
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It’s cold and rainy this wknd so for Noirvember favorite noirs, no neo:
1. Out of the Past
2. Laura
3. In a Lonely Place
4. On Dangerous Ground
5. Pickup on South Street
6. Night and the City
7. Double Indemnity
8. The Breaking Point
9. Criss Cross
10. Kiss of Death
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I spoke to Tony Kushner about writing The Fabelmans, how his mother informed Michelle Williams' character and what he'd like to do next with Spielberg:
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My greatest and most common detective mystery is finding out where on this draft did I just type that.
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I found much to admire about Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, a movie reverberating with loss. More Lupita, though, please.
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Happy Cormac Day to all those who celebrate
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I spoke to Anthony Hopkins and James Gray about the grandfather of Armageddon Time:
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Plus, some of the choices that made The Good Nurse a more nuanced procedural than your average serial killer drama:
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Less positive things to say about Ticket to Paradise: apnews.com/article/5e1560
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Here’s Jordan Peele and Henry Selick on the eyepopping Wendell & Wild
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But there are A LOT of great films out this week. I think it’s the first time we’ve ever had three four-star reviews in one week. On Descendant:
apnews.com/article/011e96
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Aftersun, one of the very best films of the year, is out today. Here’s Charlotte Wells reflecting on what sparked it.
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Still haunting the liminal dreams of New York commuters
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