Monthly Archives: January, 2012

Supplied with a strong Euro and North American cast, apparently Cronenberg's adaptation of Don DeLillo's work is fairly strong. The novel is a modern re-interpretation of James Joyce's Ulysses smack dab in NYC's corporate world.

We often discuss performance, image, sound and a distinct voice in what makes the measures of a great film. Refn check-marked all these boxes when he made the cinematic wallop known as Drive. One of the highlights for 2011, the union between Ryan Gosling and Nicolas Winding Refn might provide one more cinematic gem for 2012, that is if they get back together quick enough.

In our interview with the filmmaker, Jackson described this as an "emotional sequel" to his debut, which we classify as a one of 2011's best American indie filmmaker feature film debuts. Without generated the kind of critical buzz that helped the film take a life of its own, from top tier fall film festival invites to nominations from both the Gotham and Indie Spirit awards.

Huge fans of both his second (Tony Manero) and third (Post Mortem) features, we hope that Larrain's subversive, edgy style in all things related to his beloved, politically challenged Chile somehow continue with this project -- which appears lighter in tone and boasts the good-natured Gael Garcia Bernal (an actor we like best when working with more challenging, auteur-driven material as recently witnessed in The Loneliest Planet.

Martin McDonagh blasted onto the seen with the highly likeable In Bruges. Key to the film was the presence of Colin Farrell. In this film the Irishman is being paired with Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, Christopher Walken, Abbie Cornish, Olga Kurylenko and a bottle of whiskey. Such an ensemble could pay dividends once again.