Kevin Dando

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[autumn @cateonfilm]

live, laugh, letterboxd.

[Shaurya Chawla @_ShauryaChawla]

I LOVE BOOSTERS: big fan of Boots Riley's creativity and skill, and thankfully that's in full effect here. Such a vibrant, funny, imaginative and satirical takedown of capitalism, led by terrific performances and energetic direction throughout. Had a blast with it. #ILoveBoosters

[Kevin Dando @kdando]

Can’t wait for this one

[Brandon Streussnig @BrndnStrssng]

Kenji Tanigaki’s The Furious is astonishing. I’ve been desperate for a film that moves fight choreo forward and I can honestly say, I’ve never seen anything like the way bodies move, collide and stack atop one another in this. It’s like Kensuke Sonomura unearthed a new element.

[Kleber Mendonça Filho @kmendoncafilho]

It’s all true. Nice artwork

[Joanna Robinson @jowrotethis]

The Judi Dench award.

[Film Festival @LifeIsAFilmFest]

Letterboxd Video Store is opening on Wednesday. Their first batch of Unreleased Gems includes Alexander Ullom’s IT ENDS from SXSW, Yandy Laurens’ Indonesian Oscar entry SORE: A WIFE FROM THE FUTURE, Diego Céspedes’ Chilean Oscar entry THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO from Cannes/Toronto, and Anurag Kashyap’s KENNEDY from Cannes.

[Diego Crespo @thediegocrespo]

Everyone left the HAMNET showings of Burbank 16 shellshocked and heavily sobbing into a lobby of children dressed as FIVE NIGHTS AS FREDDY animatronics which is an experience you can’t really replicate at home

[Kevin Dando @kdando]

Can’t wait for people to see this. One of my favorites for TIFF

[Searchlight Pictures @searchlightpics]

THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE has been nominated for Best Feature and Outstanding Lead Performance for Amanda Seyfried at the 2025 Gotham Awards! #TheTestamentofAnnLee #thegothams2025 @weare_thegotham

[Joanna Robinson @jowrotethis]

HAMNET: Sharing a movie with a room full of strangers is my favorite drug no matter what. Sharing a movie with a room full of strangers having a mental breakdown? Straight in my veins.

My beloved Jessie Buckley getting a standing ovation at #MVFF opening night.

[Kevin Dando @kdando]

Must see — it’s amazing.

[NEON @neonrated]

They’re hitting the road. NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE THE TOUR. A 14-city tour with Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol in person.

Get tickets now: https://t.co/Ip6SlbpNDN

[Deadline @DEADLINE]

EXCLUSIVE: Filming has quietly wrapped in Wales, UK, on Gareth Evans‘ ('The Raid' franchise) under-the-radar new feature 'A Colt Is My Passport', the Amazon MGM Studios/Orion Pictures reimagining of Nikkatsu’s 1960s Yakuza hitman thriller.

We can reveal today that 'Gangs Of London' star Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù will take on the lead role, with supporting casting including Oscar nominee Tim Roth ('Pulp Fiction'), Jack Reynor ('Midsommar'), Lucy Boynton ('Bohemian Rhapsody') and more

More details here: https://t.co/rp7NUIlbey

[Kevin Dando @kdando]

Have already seen it once, with several more screenings coming in the next few weeks.

[Kevin Dando @kdando]

Great advice. A THOUSAND AND ONE is singular.

[Tomris Laffly @TomiLaffly]

Before ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, advance in your Teyana Taylor studies and watch her in A.V. Rockwell’s wonderful A THOUSAND AND ONE. She’ll take your breath away with her range…

[Kevin Dando @kdando]

Co-signed.

I saw ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER last night and am still wafting in its afterglow. Stunning.

[Courtney Howard @Lulamaybelle]

Paul Thomas Anderson’s #OneBattleAfterAnother is a landmark, arresting work of genius & a revolutionary masterpiece that’s nothing short of miraculous. DiCaprio, Penn, Taylor, Del Toro & Infiniti are an unbeatable force.

My review via @FreshFictionTV: https://t.co/4EWySTmw3n

[Kevin Dando @kdando]

More to look forward to at TIFF

[TIFF @TIFF_NET]

The moment you’ve all been waiting for: Park Chan-wook’s NO OTHER CHOICE has joined the #TIFF50 lineup 👀

The film, starring #TIFFTribute honouree Lee Byung Hun, will have its North American Premiere at the Festival.

[Kevin Dando @kdando]

Really getting excited at this lineup. Can’t wait to be at @TIFF_NET.

[IndieWire @IndieWire]

The full listing of this year's #TIFF25 Galas and Special Presentations lineups include some of the year's most-hyped films: https://t.co/VM4xikQ5kY

[Kevin Dando @kdando]

Absolutely true. Some of the post-premiere writing appears to be solely crafted to appear in the trailer pull-quotes.

[Timo Tjahjanto @Timobros]

Theres a really loving quote spoken by Ralph Fiennes in #28YearsLater thats probably the best quote in movies ive heard since a while back.

And in context of the scene that follows, at the hands of a less experienced (filmmaker) it could easily elicit laughter, but Boyle made it one of the best cinematic moments in recent years about confronting death & finding peace within it.

This is the kind of moments that reminds me why we love & breathe movies.

[Kevin Dando @kdando]

@AlamoDC @alamodrafthouse @fleischertoons @Ketchup_Distrib @janusfilms Periodic request for all of this to come to Woodbridge.

[Kevin Dando @kdando]

So impressed — again — with @mubi

[MUBI @mubi]

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