Weekend Box Office

by Nathaniel R

What did you see this past weekend? Among the new options were the Sundance hits Shortcomings an Asian American drama and the bisexual drama Passages starring Ben Whishaw, Adele Exarchopolous and Franz Rogowski. In wide release the new titles were action movies like Meg 2 and the latest reboot of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise. But Barbie still reigns...

Weekend Box Office Aug 4-6 🔺 = new or expanding /  ★ = Recommended
WIDE (Over 600 Screens)	LIMITED / PLATFORM
BARBIE	SHORTCOMINGS
1 ★ BARBIE $53 (cum. $459.3) 4,178 screens	1 🔺 THEATER CAMP (US, comedy) $602k (cum. $2.4) 555 screens
2 🔺 MEG 2 THE TRENCH  $30 *NEW* 3503 screens	2 🔺 SHORTCOMINGS (US, comedy) $300k *NEW* 404 screens

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Can you guess the movie from its first and last shot?

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Can you guess the movie from its first and last shot?

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Two Shorts = One Feature, sí?

by Nathaniel R

You may have heard that Sony Pictures Classics has decided on a release strategy for Pedro Almodóvar's short Strange Way of Life (which Elisa reviewed at Cannes). It will debut in NY & LA theaters on Wednesday October 4th and expand that Friday Oct 6th to other cities. Since the western starring Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal as lovers is only 31 minutes long it will be paired in release with the auteur's only previous English language effort, The Human Voice (reviewed here in 2020) which starred Tilda Swinton and is 30 minutes long.

Together that's just one hour and a single minute of cinema but it's Almodóvar so it stands to reason it's worth the ticket price. Do you think people will shell out for a double-short bill? 

TV Review – ‘Breeders’ Returns for a Great Final Season

By Abe Friedtanzer

It’s rare to find a truly endearing comedy that deals well with the nuances of parenting and deftly handles dramatic moments in a compelling way. I’d argue there are two vastly underappreciated such shows, Trying from Apple TV+ and Breeders from FX. The former was renewed for a fourth season almost a year ago, and the fourth and final season of the latter is officially here. If you haven’t seen either, now is the time to check them out, and I would highly recommend starting with the lovely Breeders, which you can find on Hulu.

Martin Freeman and Daisy Haggard star as parents who are struggling to stay afloat. Their disciplinary strategies aren’t always the same...

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