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It Was Just an Accident Is Jafar Panahi's Suspenseful and Human Search for Answers

Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 20h

It Was Just an Accident is Jafar Panahi's suspenseful and human search for answers and vengeance in Iran. #Iran #Cannes www.pastemagazine.com/movies/it-wa...

A procession of Iranian characters weigh both the value of vengeance and the pain of uncertainty in Jafar Panahi's It Was Just an Accident.

R&B Legend D'Angelo Dead at 51

Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 21h

R&B legend D'Angelo dead at 51 following battle with pancreatic cancer. #Dangelo #RIP www.pastemagazine.com/music/dangel...

The pioneering neo-soul and R&B pioneer was only 51 years old, having last released "Black Messiah" in 2014.

Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 21h

Everyone did!

RIP Drew Struzan, Prolific Illustrator of Iconic Movie Posters

Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 22h

RIP Drew Struzan, prolific illustrator of iconic movie posters for franchises such as Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Back to the Future and many more. #DrewStruzan #movieposters #RIP www.pastemagazine.com/movies/drew-...

Drew Struzan's more than 150 film posters include some of the most iconic and heavily reproduced promotional images ever created.

First Trailer for Rebuilding Captures Josh O’Connor Amid the Ashes of the American West

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Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 23h

First trailer for Rebuilding captures Josh O’Connor amid the ashes of the American West. #Rebuilding #JoshOconnor #western www.pastemagazine.com/movies/bleec...

Max Walker-Silverman’s Rebuilding stars Josh O’Connor as a Colorado rancher rebuilding his life after a wildfire.

10 of the Most Underrated Kills in Horror Movies

Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 1d

10 of the most underrated kills in horror movies -- Ten classic slayings from off the beaten path. #horrormovies #halloween #slasher www.pastemagazine.com/movies/horro...

So many horror movies are of course defined by their kills, but these 10 are classics that have largely slipped below the radar.

NYFF: Park Chan-wook’s No Other Choice Nails the Joke, Then Keeps Telling It

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Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 2d

NYFF: Park Chan-wook’s No Other Choice nails the joke, then keeps telling it. #NYFF #NoOtherChoice #ParkChanWook #SouthKorea www.pastemagazine.com/movies/park-...

Park Chan-wook's latest is a viciously funny and beautifully made pulpy corporate satire that can’t stop looping its own punchline.

Smiles and Kisses You Is a Sweet, Sad Tale of Loneliness and A.I. Delusion

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Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 2d

Smiles and Kisses You is a sweet, sad tale of loneliness and A.I. delusion, a documentary about a man who has taken his artificial companion to an entirely new level. #documentaries #AI www.pastemagazine.com/movies/ai/sm...

Smiles and Kisses You is a documentary about loneliness in the A.I. age, and one man taking his companionship to an entirely new level.

Jennifer Lopez Goes Full Musical in a New Kiss of the Spider Woman

Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 4d

Jennifer Lopez goes full musical in a new Kiss of the Spider Woman. #JenniferLopez #DiegoLuna www.pastemagazine.com/movies/bill-...

Kiss of the Spider Woman, an Oscar favorite 40 years ago, returns to the big screen as a musical starring a locked-in Jennifer Lopez.

Harris Dickinson’s Homelessness Drama Urchin Is Powerfully Honest British Social Realism

Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 5d

Harris Dickinson delivers powerful social realism drama in the searing, raw Urchin, with Frank Dillane's standout performance leading the way. #HarrisDickinson #Urchin #London www.pastemagazine.com/movies/urchi...

Frank Dillane's nuanced portrayal of a backsliding addict captures a true slice of modern London in Harris Dickinson's debut Urchin.

10 of the Best Horror Movies for Date Night

Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 5d

10 of the best #horrormovies for #datenight #halloween www.pastemagazine.com/movies/horro...

Does your significant other like horror movies? Here are 10 perfect choices for a horror movie date night on the couch.

Somewhere Between Freedom and Forgiveness, Find Andrew Durham’s Fairyland

Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 5d

New official trailer: Jim Jarmusch’s Father Mother Sister Brother explores family, distance, and time. #JimJarmusch #NYFF www.pastemagazine.com/movies/andre...

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Kathryn Bigelow Ponders America At DEFCON 1 In A House of Dynamite

Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 6d

Kathryn Bigelow ponders America at DEFCON 1 in A House of Dynamite. #AHouseofDynamite #KathrynBigelow #netflix www.pastemagazine.com/movies/a-hou...

Kathryn Bigelow's anxious thriller A House of Dynamite provides apocalyptic dread, but little in the way of genuine thrills or pathos.

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Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 6d

Good lord, man. I’m just finding this series now. What compelled you to write 31 essays on one movie?

John Candy: I Like Me Documents a Great Guy, and a Poor Documentary Subject

Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 6d

John Candy: I Like Me wistfully remembers a great guy, and a poor documentary subject. #JohnCandy #JohnCandyILikeMe #PrimeVideo www.pastemagazine.com/article/john...

When everyone is so eager to say the same, nice things about the performer of John Candy: I Like Me, a deeper level is hard to uncover.

Something Has Been Corrupted in the Copied Code of Tron: Ares

Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 6d

There's something truly wonderful about using a service like Kanopy/your library card to access film content as deeply tawdry as "CHOLO ZOMBIES." It's like using some ancient library full of beautiful manuscripts to read Danielle Steel romance novels. #horrormovies #halloween

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Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 7d

Something has been corrupted in the copied code of Tron: Ares, a visually engaging film without a thing to say. #TronAres #JaredLeto #JeffBridges www.pastemagazine.com/movies/tron-...

Tron: Ares feels inescapably like something pieced together from its previous installments, with just enough additions to be technically new.

Alex Winter’s Freaked Is the Most Handsomely Demented ‘90s FX Showcase You’ve Never Seen

Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 7d

Alex Winter’s 'Freaked' is the most handsomely demented 1990s practical FX showcase you’ve never seen. #AlexWinter #freaked #Halloween #AlamoDrafthouse @alamodrafthouse.bsky.social www.pastemagazine.com/movies/freak...

Alex Winter's gross-out 1993 dark comedy Freaked is a monument to both bad taste and so many lost cinematic arts.

Colin Farrell Is a Desperate Gambler in First Trailer for Netflix's Ballad of a Small Player

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Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 7d

Colin Farrell is a desperate gambler in first trailer for Netflix's Ballad of a Small Player from director Edward Berger. #ColinFarrell #Netflix www.pastemagazine.com/movies/colin...

Intensely colorful and dripping with disorientation and urgency, the first footage of Ballad of a Small Player sets its hook quickly.

Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 8d

Palate: Big caramel and huge savory rye notes, verging into tobacco herbaceousness. Black and white pepper, greener rye notes, sweet barrel char, cinnamon and lingering chiles with just a little bit of mesquite smoke. Sturdy proof and lingering spice. #whiskey

Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 8d

Buzzard’s Roost Cigar Blend Bourbon review:

Nose: Caramel chews, molasses cookie and intense wood spice. Cinnamon combo of cinnamon and vanilla icing, and a deeply toasted sugar. Strong woodiness that hits both toast and also sawdust-like note. Cedar cigar box and baking spice.

NYFF: In Father Mother Sister Brother, Jarmusch Equates Subtlety with Stillness

Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 9d

NYFF: In Father Mother Sister Brother, Jim Jarmusch equates subtlety with stillness. #JimJarmusch #NYFF www.pastemagazine.com/movies/jim-j...

Jarmusch’s precision is as sharp as ever in this empathetic triptych, but the life inside it feels diagrammed rather than lived.

V/H/S/Halloween Is Barely “Found Footage,” But It Is Plenty of Fun

Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 13d

V/H/S/Halloween barely qualifies as “found footage” horror, but that hardly matters when most of it is so much fun. www.pastemagazine.com/movies/horro... #horrormovies #vhshalloween

Equal parts gross and hilarious, V/H/S/Halloween's segments increasingly leave the idea of "found footage" behind, and that's okay.

Horror Heartbreaker Good Boy Is Much More than Its Doggy Gimmick

Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 14d

Horror heartbreaker Good Boy is much more than its doggy gimmick--it's one of the year's scariest and most emotionally resonant films. #horrormovies #GoodBoy #halloween www.pastemagazine.com/movies/good-...

Good Boy is not only a dog-starring horror film; it's one of the year's scariest and most emotionally resonant films as well.