A Conversation with Shiori Itō about BLACK BOX DIARIES

Journalist Shiori Itō talks about her award-winning documentary Black Box Diaries and shares details about the production, its toll on her, and how it feels to share the movie with an audience.

Black Box Diaries on Letterboxd

Opens October 31 in Switzerland: Find out where it’s playing near you here

Out in US & UK theaters on October 25

206 - MEMOIR OF A SNAIL - Best Animated Movie of 2024

Ewan and Lachlan discuss the trailers for The Monkey, The Legend of Ochi, Carry-One & the Electric State. Lachlan watched the cult classic The Fall (2006) and Adam Elliot's Claymation masterpiece Mary & Max. They discuss the Netflix Horror movie It's What's Inside and Ewan reviews Woman of the Hour, All Shall Be Well, and the second season of Shrinking. Joker: Folie à deux continues its legendary one-of-a-kind fall-off while Terrifier 3 rises the ranks to the number 1 box office spot. Nolan ditches Warner Bros even after getting a 7-figure royalty check and Harrison Ford doesn't understand being a movie star.

205 - Can THE APPRENTICE Make Movies Great Again?

Ewan reports back from the Zurich Film Festival with reviews for A Real Pain, Memoir of a Snail, Conclave, We Live in Time, Blitz, The End, and the award-winning Black Box Diaries. Lachlan finished Stalker and continued his deep dive into Andrei Tarkovsky's filmography with Solaris. They discuss the historic flop of Joker: Folie à Deux, a potential second season of Obi-Wan with Ewan McGregor and Christopher Nolan's next movie. Finally, they review The Apprentice by Ali Abbasi starring Sebastian Stan & Jeremy Strong.

204 - Joker: Folie à Deux is Baffling...

Ewan & Lachlan review Joker: Folie à Deux, discuss the return of Daniel Day-Lewis, and discuss the trailers for Babygirl, Nosferatu, Juror Nr.2, Better Man & Companion. Ewan reviews the first day of the Zurich Film Festival with On Becoming a Guinea Fowl, My Favorite Cake, Heretic, One Falling, The Last Showgirl & Aiming High. He also rewatched Grave of the Fireflies and caught The Front Room, Apartment 7A & Rez Ball. Lachlan finished Stalker and has some new Blu-rays to show off, the highlight being a special (bloody) edition of American Psycho.

The Quiet Son (Jouer Avec Le Feu) is Heartbreaking - Review

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Ewan & Kevin review Jouer Aves Le Feu (The Quiet Son) by Delphine Coulin & Muriel Coulin starring Vincent Lindon, Stefan Crepon, Benjamin Voisin.
Pierre, a devoted father in his 50s, raises his two sons alone. When Louis, the youngest, leaves home to attend the Sorbonne in Paris, Fus, slightly older and not as successful academically, becomes more and more secretive. Driven by a fascination for violence, he gets entangled in far-right extremist groups, the very opposite of his father’s values. Between them, there is love and hate, until tragedy happens.

El Jockey (Kill The Jockey) is Argentina's Oscar Submission - Review

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Ewan and Kevin review Kill the Jockey by Luis Ortega starring Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Úrsula Corberó, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Mariana Di Girolamo & Daniel Fanego

The Time It Takes is the Best Italian Film of the Year - Review

Ewan and Kevin review Il tempo che ci vuole (The Time It Takes) from Francesca Comencini.
A father and a daughter. Cinema and life. The childhood that seems perfect and then becomes great by getting everything wrong. Fall and get up, start again, grow old, become fragile, let go but never get lost. The time it takes to save yourself.

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THE ORDER Paints a Haunting Portrait of the USA - Review

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Ewan and Kevin review Justin Kurzel's The Order starring Jude Law, Nicholas Hoult, Tye Sheridan, Jurnee Smollett, Marc Maron, Alison Oliver, & Odessa Young.
As baffled law enforcement scrambles for answers about a series of increasingly violent bank robberies, counterfeiting operations, and armored car heists through the Pacific Northwest in 1983, a lone FBI agent stationed in the sleepy, picturesque Idaho town of Coeur d’Alene comes to believe the crimes are not the work of traditional, financially motivated criminals, but a group of dangerous domestic terrorists inspired by a radical, charismatic leader plotting a devastating war against the United States government.

APRIL Will Test Your Patience - Review

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Ewan & Lachlan review April by Dea Kulumbegashvili starring Ia Sukhitashvili.
Nina works in the only small hospital of a provincial town as an OB-GYN. Single and in abstinence from personal relationships, she is unconditionally devoted to her Hippocratic oath. When a newborn dies within seconds of being delivered under her supervision, she is accused of wrongdoing. Under investigation, every detail of Nina's personal and professional life is being scrutinized. Despite the risks, Nina remains devoted to her duty as a doctor, committed to doing what nobody else will.

Vermiglio is Italy's Oscar Submission - Review

Ewan and Kevin review Vermiglio, Italy's Oscar Submission & Grand Jury Prize Winner at the Venice Film Festival. Directed by Maura Delpero and starring Tommaso Ragno, Roberta Rovelli, Martina Scrinzi, Giuseppe De Domenico, Carlotta Gamba & Sara Serraiocco.
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1944, Vermiglio, a remote mountain village. The arrival of Pietro, a deserter, into the family of the local teacher, and his love for the teacher's eldest daughter, will change the course of everyone's life.

Iddu (Sicilian Letters) is All Over the Place - Review

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Ewan & Kevin review Iddu - Sicilian Letters by Antonio Piazza & Fabio Grassadonia starring Toni Servillo, Elio Germano, Daniela Marra, Barbora Bobuľová, Tommaso Ragno, & Giuseppe Tantillo.
Loosely based on real events that took place during Matteo Messina Denaro's thirty years on the run. A disgraced politician is gifted a second chance when secret services involve him in an operation to root out an elusive Mafia boss. Using his personal connection as the Boss' godfather, his task is to get him to reveal his hiding place in their secret letters.

September 5 is Incredibly Tense - Review

Ewan and Kevin review September 5 directed by Tim Fehlbaum starring Leonie Benesch, John Magaro, Ben Chaplin & Peter Sarsgaard.
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During the 1972 Munich Olympics, an American sports broadcasting crew finds itself thrust into covering the hostage crisis involving Israeli athletes.

I'm Still Here (Ainda Estou Aqui) is Brazil's Oscar Submission - Review

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Ewan and Kevin review Walter Salles' Ainda Estou Aqui (I'm Still Here) starring Fernanda Torres.
In 1970s Rio de Janeiro, during the military dictatorship, former deputy Rubens Paiva was taken from his home by soldiers to be interrogated. He was never found again. The search for truth lasts 30 long years. And when the answers finally begin to appear, Eunice Paiva feels the first symptoms of Alzheimer's disease.

LOVE (Kjærlighet) Should Have Been Norwary's Oscar Submission - Review

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Ewan and Kevin review Love (Kjærlighet) by Dag Johan Haugerud.
A female doctor in her late forties has no desire for a permanent relationship. But when a male nurse talks about how random meetings with men sometimes lead to rewarding and non-committal sex, she notices how this is exactly what she wants.

Queer is All Over the Place in a Good Way - Review

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Ewan and Kevin review Luca Guadagnino's Queer starring Daniel Craig, Drew Starkey, Jason Schwartzman, Lesley Manville and more. Adapted from William S. Burroughs' novel of the same name.
In 1950s Mexico City, William Lee, an American expat in his late forties, leads a solitary life amidst a small American community. However, the arrival in town of Eugene Allerton, a young student, stirs William into finally establishing a meaningful connection with someone.