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Queer cinema enters the virtual zone, as the organizers of All Genders, Lifestyles, and Identities Film Festival (aGLIFF) announced today they will be bringing their programming online and on demand for two weekends this coming August. Before that, they're offering a teaser of free features and shorts as Prism Pride Weekend.
Ema
D: Pablo Larran
Chile, 2019, in Spanish and English with English subtitles. Texas Premiere.
From director Pablo Larran, in his first film since the 2016 double bill of Neruda and Jackie, Larran returns to present-day Chile for an incendiary portrait of a young woman in rebellion. Set in Valparaso, the film concerns married couple Ema (Mariana Di Girolamo), a platinum-blonde reggaeton dancer, and choreographer Gastn (Gael Garca Bernal), who have abandoned their adopted 7-year-old son. A portrait of a modern family and a tenacious exploration of art, desire, and personal liberation, Ema is a rare character study that moves with the intensity of a heart-pounding dance film, set to an absorbing electronic score by Nicolas Jaar.
UPDATED with teaser trailer: After playing the Avatar: The Way of Water trailer exclusively in theaters on Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness this past weekend, Disney made it available online Monday.
The big deal again on this movie directed and produced by James Cameron and produced by Jon Landau is the 3D element. While Avatar in 2009 made 3D a big deal, and ushered in a revived form of cinema, Disney is going to have to get audiences excited again about the format.
If there is one and only one area that Disney has failed Star Wars fans since purchasing Lucasfilm in 2012, it's in the video game department. Star Wars Battlefront didn't quite live up to expectations in the eyes of most and there simply hasn't been much else in terms of video games to make up for it. Star Wars Battlefront 2 looks to change all of that. Now, a newly revealed trailer gives us an even better look at the single player campaign, which is something that was glaringly missing from the first game.
The trailer was released by EA and DICE at the D23 Expo video games panel. The story in Star Wars Battlefront 2 is actually going to part of the Star Wars canon, which is a big deal. This new Behind the Story trailer gives us a look at what went into creating the story behind-the-scenes. It turns out, quite a bit went into it. Lucasfilm really listened to what fans wanted this time around. Lucasfilm creative executive Steve Blank had this to say about it.
"The story of Battlefront II is absolutely an essential story...and we're going to see it from this Imperial point of view. [Main character] Iden is presented with an extreme challenge: the destruction of the Death Star II and the death of the Emperor. What sort of choices would somebody in that situation have to make about who they are, and what the galaxy was going to become?"
Star Wars Battlefront II's story is going to take place immediately after the events of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi and will span 30 years. The story will revolve around an Imperial soldier named Iden Versio, voiced by Janina Gavankar, who is part of an elite Stormtrooper group named Inferno Squadron. Following the destruction of the second Death Star, she is trying to navigate her way through the mess and help the Empire rally after a crushing defeat. She was raised from a young age to believe in the Empire, so this is going to present Star Wars fans with a story that is sympathetic to that perspective. That is something quite a bit different than the "hero defeats villain" stuff. This sounds like it will paint a much more gray picture.
Fear not, multiplayer fans. Star Wars Battlefront 2 is also going to include a ton of new online features that also look improved. They even managed to make the prequels look pretty awesome in the footage we have seen. If you are already sold on the game, it is currently available for pre-order, which will also give you access to the beta once it goes online. Star Wars Battlefront 2 will hit shelves on November 17, 2017. Be sure to check out the new trailer for yourself below.
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