Tag: Adam Driver
Megalopolis | Review
Atlas Farted: Coppola’s Labor of Love a Lackluster Saga
While he’s one of the greatest film directors of all time, mostly thanks to a handful...
Ferrari | Review
I Got a Fast Car: Mann Gets Glossy with Longstanding Labor of Love
For his first theatrical release in eight years and his second biopic...
White Noise | Review
Death Wishes: Baumbach Dons DeLillo’s Satirical Death March
The characters anchoring the existential narrative of White Noise have kindly stopped for death, so consumed with...
House of Gucci [Video Review]
One of rare breed of studio directors who effectively captures pageantry and opulence no matter the epoque the narrative is set in, social...
Annette | Review
Henry Fool: Music & Misogyny Explored in Glossy Return of Carax
Like nearly all of Leos Carax’s films over the past thirty years (of which...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2021: #1. Leos Carax’s Annette
Annette
Produced by Charles Gillibert, Paul-Dominique Win Vacharasinthu
Directed by Leos Carax
Written by Ron Mael, Russell Mael
Starring: Adam Driver, Marion Cotillard
Cinematographer: Caroline Champetier
Release Date/Prediction: This will...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #1. Annette – Leos Carax
Annette
Produced by Charles Gillibert, Paul-Dominique Win Vacharasinthu
Directed by Leos Carax
Written by Ron Mael, Russell Mael
Starring: Adam Driver, Marion Cotillard...
The Dead Don’t Die | Review
Fear the Mocking Dead: Jarmusch’s Zombie Sketch is DOA
“The world is perfect. Appreciate the details,” says deliveryman RZA (in one of the film’s many...
2019 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 1 – Jim Jarmusch’s The Dead Don’t Die
A long and rich history with the festival since 1984's Stranger Than Paradise premiered on the Croisette and won the Caméra d'or 1984, Jim...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Independent Films of 2019: #4. Jim Jarmusch’s The Dead Don’t Die
Shifting sideways from the extensionalism lethargy found vampires in goth tweaked Only Lovers Left Alive to possibly reanimated corpses that haven't said their last word...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Independent Films of 2019: #14. Untitled Noah Baumbach project
A film that Netflix could have easily placed in the 2018 calendar, Noah Baumbach's still untitled project might just follow in the footsteps of...
2019 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: #92. Untitled Noah Baumbach Comedy
While Netflix held off at showing the pic during the fall season, there is no reason to think that they won't premiere in early...
2019 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: #84. Scott Z. Burns – The Torture Report
It would be kind of neat to see Scott Z. Burns premiere his directorial debut at the same time as his frequent collaborator Steven...
BlacKkKlansman | Review
Klan Destiny: Lee Returns with Strongest Joint in Years
Although not as finely wrought as his subversive (and underrated) 2015 Chi-raq, Spike Lee returns with...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #22. Untitled Noah Baumbach Project
In what will be another one-two creative punch as when he recently unveiled Frances Ha and While We're Young with only season apart, while...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #56. Spike Lee’s Black Klansman
Black Klansman
In a career that spanning three decades, even as of late, we've seen Spike Lee work in just about every genre from Red...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #4. Leos Carax’s Annette
Annette
It will have been six years since Leos Carax’s 2012 masterpiece Holy Motors (read review) was unveiled at the Cannes Film Festival—itself a break from...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #42. Terry Gilliam’s The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
There are few doomed cinematic projects sharing the trajectory of Terry Gilliam’s troubled The Man Who Killed Don Quixote,...
Through the Looking-Glass…Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2018: #4. Leos Carax’s Annette
Annette
Director: Leos Carax
Writer: Leos Carax
We’ve been following developments on this project for a while, as Leos Carax first mentioned an untitled musical project featuring...
2016 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 6: Jarmusch “Paterson” is Worth the Bus Fare
While many of us film folk who attend Cannes are reminded of Jim Jarmusch's presence on the Croisette every time we sit in on...
Midnight Special | Review
The Power of One: Nichols’ Sci-Fi Studio Film a Wispy Homage
Indie director Jeff Nichols makes his first crossover to studio fare with Midnight Special,...
Criterion Collection: Inside Llewyn Davis | Blu-ray Review
Anyone who's ever had their musical ambitions crushed by the ever oppressive forces of real life will find a great sense of empathy within...
2016 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Jeff Nichols’ Midnight Special
Sundance missed out on the opportunity to present Shotgun Stories (2007) to the world (Berlin landed the film instead) but made up for it...
Hungry Hearts | Review
Heart of Glass: Costanzo’s Uncomfortable, Emotional Glance at Madness
Must every cinematic portrait of mental illness be ‘illuminating?’ Your answer to that question may gauge...
While We’re Young | Review
Confessions of an Aging Artist: Baumbach Humorously Reflects on Filmmaking Ethics and Middle Age
In some ways the complimentary antithesis to his last work of...
IONCINEPHILE of the Month: Lance Edmands (Bluebird)
IONCINEMA.com’s IONCINEPHILE of the Month feature focuses on an emerging filmmaker from the world of cinema. Prior to the film's TriBeCa Film Festival world...
Bluebird | Review
Lives of Quiet Desperation: Edmond’s Masterful, Eloquent Debut
“I stand in awe of my body. This matter to which I am bound,” is the poetic...
Top 25 Most Anticipated Studio Films of 2015: #1. Jeff Nichols’ Midnight Special
Midnight Special
Director: Jeff Nichols // Writer: Jeff Nichols
Jeff Nichols has been a steadily rising director since his excellent 2007 debut, Shotgun Stories, which first...
An Indie Maine Stay; Bluebird Migrates Towards Factory 25
In a deal that has been closed for some time now, but Factory 25 are cutting, skidding and loading Lance Edmands' directorial debut onto...
2015 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Noah Baumbach’s While We’re Young
It landed at the Toronto Int. Film Festival and already had a NYFF playdate in place before A24 films plunked down 4 million on...
Tracks | Review
It’s Easier For a Camel: Curran’s Curious Reenactment of a Strange Journey
Early on in John Curran’s Tracks, which charts the 2,000 mile journey of...
This is Where I Leave You | Review
This is Where I Judge You: In the Great Well of Family Drama, Levy Is Dry
Based on the acclaimed novel by Jonathan Tropper, who...
What If | Review
The C Word: Dowse’s Latest a Joy Despite Censor Scramble
Don’t let the marketing snafu and the hopelessly generic title fool you into thinking...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #30. Jeff Nichols’ Midnight Special
Midnight Special
Director: Jeff Nichols
Writer: Jeff Nichols
Producers: Sarah Green, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones
U.S. Distributor: Warner Bros.
Cast: Adam Driver, Kirsten Dunst, Joel Edgerton, Michael Shannon
Just as his filmmaker...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #3. Coen Bros.’ Inside Llewyn Davis
Inside Llewyn Davis
Directors/Writers: Ethan Coen and Joel Coen
Producer(s): Coen Bros. & Scott Rudin
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Carey Mulligan, Justin Timberlake, John Goodman, Garrett Hedlund,...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #75. Lance Edmands’ Bluebird
Bluebird
Director/Writer: Lance Edmands
Producer(s): Garrett P. Fennelly, Alexander Schepsman and Kyle Martin
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Adam Driver, John Slattery, Louisa Krause, Margo Martindale, Emily Meade
In...
