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Indie Spotlight Opens With Tony’s Bourdain Origin, Camp Miasma Slash Revival, and Late Fame
film15 days ago

Indie Spotlight Opens With Tony’s Bourdain Origin, Camp Miasma Slash Revival, and Late Fame

A slate of specialty titles rolls out this weekend: Matt Johnson’s Tony, a teenage Anthony Bourdain origin story opening in six theaters with a wider rollout soon, leads a dynamic indie weekend alongside Jane Schoenbrun’s Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma (already drawing strong buzz) and Kent Jones’s Late Fame with Willem Dafoe; the lineup also includes several documentaries and festival titles like Cookie Queens, The Big Cheese, Olmo, Last Picture Shows, and CatVideoFest, illustrating a vibrant, limited-release indie scene.

Willem Dafoe Explains Staying Curious and Alive in Late Fame
entertainment16 days ago

Willem Dafoe Explains Staying Curious and Alive in Late Fame

In a wide-ranging IndieWire interview tied to the Venice premiere of Late Fame, Willem Dafoe discusses staying curious and physically present in his roles, the project’s genesis from a Schnitzler novella via Kent Jones, and his collaborations with directors like Wes Anderson, Robert Eggers, and Lars von Trier; he reflects on aging in Hollywood, mentoring younger actors, and balancing studio projects with intimate auteur work, while noting ongoing and upcoming roles in The Birthday Party, Werwulf, and Tenzing, and confirming his ongoing connection to von Trier despite his health issues; Late Fame opens in select theaters on August 7.

Dystopian sex purge, aging fame, and splatter-filled mayhem: a round of summer film reviews
entertainment18 days ago

Dystopian sex purge, aging fame, and splatter-filled mayhem: a round of summer film reviews

A roundup of four new releases—One Night Only (a rom‑com satirizing a government sex purge with a disappointing anti‑sex ending), Late Fame (a tender look at aging artist Willem Dafoe), Ice Cream Man (Eli Roth’s gross, practical‑effects horror that outstays its welcome), and Soulm8te (an audacious but blunt AI‑romance thriller)—delivers mixed verdicts, from sharp satire to blunt exploitation and heartbreak.