‘Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets’ Film Review: Sad, Boozy Reverie Looks for Truth and Beauty in a Dive Bar

Maggie Lee Chief Asia Film CriticWho would have thought a romantic comedy on the pain of being different could become such ironic and timely viewing in a global pandemic? In “I Weirdo,” a kooky and innovative debut by Taiwanese writer-director Liao Ming-yi, a couple with OCD trying to fit in to so-called “normal” society now looks like social-distancing heroes in our Covid-hit, locked-down lives. Shot and edited by Liao using the iPhone XS Max, the production looks no less vibrant for it.

Lacci – you can see the full line-up below.While the coronavirus pandemic has cancelled many major festivals such as Cannes and Telluride, it was announced back in May that the 77th Venice Film Festival would move ahead as planned. It will be the world’s first major film festival since Sundance and Berlin at the start of the year.Set to take place September 2-12, the festival will be split into three sections: Venezia 77 (aka the main competition), Out of Competition, and Horizons.

Richard Kuipers “A Life Turned Upside Down: My Dad’s an Alcoholic” casts a damning eye on the pernicious role alcohol plays in the working careers and social lives of Japanese men. Narrated by the innermost thoughts of a daughter during the 25 years she spends watching her father drink himself to death, Kenji Katagari’s second feature cleverly plays like a quirky little TV sitcom about an ordinary middle-class family before moving into darker territory.

A fascinating read on the career of an artist whose always-controversial work may look even more problematic to youngsters encountering it here for the first time, Gero von Boehm's Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful both delights in its hero's troublemaking side and urges viewers to look beyond his pictures' surface sexual politics.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorThe 26th Sarajevo Film Festival has revealed a lineup of 49 films which will compete for the Heart of Sarajevo awards, whose main competition jury is being overseen by The Artist director Michel Hazanavicius.

Also Read: Dave Franco's 'The Rental' Gets Honks and Headlight Flashes at Drive-In Movie PremiereThe four people at the center of this tale are Charlie (Dan Stevens), a seemingly successful businessman; his wife, Michelle (Alison Brie), another sensible type; Charlie’s brother, Josh (Jeremy Allen White), an ex-con working as a Lyft driver; and Josh’s girlfriend, Mina (Sheila Vand), who also happens to be Charlie’s business partner, a relationship that seems suspiciously close.To celebrate an

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticWhen you look at the photographs of Helmut Newton, with their spectacularly cold and severe Amazon-women-on-the-moon erotic shock value, and you try to imagine the man behind the camera (it’s sort of hard not to), you tend to picture him as a figure every bit as kinky and forbidding as the outrageous things he’s photographing.

Kelly Ripa’s daughter Lola Consuelos, 19, snapped a mirror selfie for her Instagram Story looking fabulous in a strapless white bikini.For the pic, Lola wore her hair down and parted in the center, looking cool and casual while holding her phone up to capture the look for her followers. The ribbed bikini featured trendy high-waist bottoms that showed off her eye-catching curves.It looks like she took the photo in her pastel purple-colored bedroom.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticStuck together in close quarters, usually at a remote house somewhere, a small group of people tell truths, play mind games, and watch their relationships (and lives) gradually unravel.

Maggie Lee Chief Asia Film CriticImagine a Japanese version of “Pygmalion” in which the sculptor continues to caress slabs of marble even after Galatea has come to life. That is the unusual premise of “Romance Doll,” a marital drama in which a sex doll maker’s rapt obssession with his new prototype, leads to rejection of his human muse.

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Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticA cigar is never just a cigar where Sigmund Freud is concerned.

Lisa Kennedy Four Vietnam vets reunite for a mission, one that will lean on their wartime exploits but also expose more than a few old tensions.

Dennis Harvey Film CriticSnarled loops of time travel have proved a surprisingly versatile and rewarding fantasy-cinema trope in recent years, from the big-budget likes of “Edge of Tomorrow” to such enterprising indies as “Predestination,” not to mention comedies (“Palm Springs”), horror (“Happy Death Day”), romance (“Before I Fall”) and more.

For a debut feature, writer-director Charlène Favier’s powerful coming-of-age sports drama Slalom couldn't come at a more timely moment.

Guy Lodge Film CriticIn “Archive,” an isolated scientist methodically pursues an artificial-intelligence ideal, developing a sequence of human-android beings and recycling their various parts until the ultimate prototype is achieved.

A wooden statue of First Lady Melania Trump, located in her hometown in Slovenia, was reportedly set ablaze on July 4th, prompting its removal. Reuters reported that local police informed Brad Downey, the American artist who originally commissioned the singular sculpture, that the statue was set on fire and that they were investigating.

"They say that when you die, your whole life flashes before your eyes. I wish it were that simple," says James, the main character, in his voiceover narration at the beginning of Volition.