Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #178. William Monahan’s Mojave

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Mojave

Director: William Monahan
Writer: William Monahan
Producers: Aaron L. Ginsburg, William Green, Justine Suzanne Jones, William Monahan
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Oscar Isaac, Garrett Hedlund, Louise Bourgoin

While screenwriter William Monahan’s directorial debut, London Boulevard (2010) suffered from a surprising amount of cliché, we’re excited to see what he’s concocted with his sophomore feature, which sounds like it has all the makings of a delicious noir and with a catchy cast to boot.

Gist: The brilliant, near-suicidal artist, THOMAS (Garrett) who attempts to escape his privileged existence into the desert only to encounter a homicidal, chameleon-like drifter—JACK (Isaac). Their first encounter at a campfire sets up a nonstop, violent duel of physical and intellectual equals.

Release Date: In its search for a distributor, we’re expecting a festival premiere, though perhaps somewhere in the fall.

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Nicholas Bell
Nicholas Bell
Los Angeles based Nicholas Bell is IONCINEMA.com's Chief Film Critic and covers film festivals such as Sundance, Berlin, Cannes and TIFF. He is part of the critic groups on Rotten Tomatoes, The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), FIPRESCI, the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) and GALECA. His top 3 for 2023: The Beast (Bonello) Poor Things (Lanthimos), Master Gardener (Schrader). He was a jury member at the 2019 Cleveland International Film Festival.

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