IndieSponge

IndieSponge Episode 7 – The Latest on Lanthimos, Zagar, Soderbergh, Chan-Wook & David Robert Mitchell

Published on May 22, 2020

On this week’s episode of IndieSponge, Kevin Jagernauth and I begin with how the Oscars are likely to be turned upside down, the promising new developments on The Hawkline Monster — the new Spaghetti Western monster movie to be directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, and how the the latest developments in Netflix-Sandler bromance means great news for indie filmmakers such as Jeremiah Zagar (Hustle). We also look at where the likes of Park Chan-Wook, David Robert Mitchell (Heroes & Villains) and Steven Soderbergh (Sex, Lies and, Videotape sequel) are headed in near future and we take a closer look at one directorial debut in the works that caught our attention: Frances O’Connor‘s Emily – a look into the Brontë family with quartet Emma Mackey, Joe Alwyn, Fionn Whitehead and Emily Beecham attached. Thanks for watching our COVID-19 edition of IndieSponge.

Eric Lavallée

Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).