Tag: Alessandro Nivola
The Brutalist | Review
The Safety of Objectivism: Corbet Unleashes the Survival Instinct of Rational Egoism
“The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody has decided...
The Room Next Door | Review
Triumph of the Will: Almodovar’s Muy Excelente English Debut
“Women and fiction remain, so far as I am concerned, unsolved problems,” wrote Virginia Woolf in...
Kraven the Hunter | Review
Snack Attack: Kraven The Hunter Is More Empty Calorie Superhero Slop
The existential fear among creatives is that one day, artificial intelligence will become so...
Toth 2.0: Adrien Brody, Guy Pearce, Felicity Jones & Joe Alwyn Confirmed for Corbet’s “The Brutalist”
We knew there was a cosmetic change in terms of who might be part of the ensemble, but who and how the new lego...
Boston Strangler | Review
Thank You for Choking: Ruskin Explores the Sordid Politics Behind Infamous Serial Killing Case
The tribulations of femininity in the fourth estate anchors Boston Strangler,...
2022 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Jeff Baena’s Spin Me Round
It was pasta, wine, and a the Leaning Tower of Pisa type backdrop for the cast of goofballs assembled for Jeff Baena's five feature...
Interview: Riley Stearns – The Art of Self-Defense | 2019 American Film Festival in Wroclaw
A meek, introverted loner turns to karate as a way of coping with trauma after being violently attacked in Riley Stearns follow-up to 2014’s...
Interview: Lynne Ramsay – You Were Never Really Here | 2018 Marrakech Intl. Film Festival
Ranked at the top of my best films of 2018 list (still unpublished), with her fourth feature, Lynne Ramsay attained "film godz" status with...
Top 50 Most Anticipated American Independent Films of 2019: #42. Riley Stearns’ The Art of Self Defense
The Art of Self Defense
Taking his sweet time in the post production process (filming took place in September of 2017 with Jesse Eisenberg in...
2019 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: #70. Gideon Raff – The Red Sea Diving Resort
Perhaps in the same programming methodology as when Sundance included Brad Anderson's Beirut in their 2018 line-up, STX will get to launch Gideon Raff's...
2019 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: #8. Riley Stearns – The Art of Self Defense
A sophomore film we thought might be ready for the 2018 campaign will walk and chop into 2019 instead with a distributor already in...
Interview: Lynne Ramsay – You Were Never Really Here
Trust your gut and listen to your instincts. Selected in Competition for Cannes 2017 with a print that was still wet, it's with her...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #80. Riley Stearns’ The Art of Self Defense
The Art of Self Defense
Riley Stearns' 2013 Sundance preemed short, The Cub along with the 2015's SXSW preemed feature debut Faults which we called "deviously...
Video: Lynne Ramsay’s You Were Never Really Here | 2017 Cannes Film Festival – Best Screenplay / Actor
My personal Palme d'Or of the fest was the last in competition and we've yet to see where it'll land next. With Telluride still...
You Were Never Really Here | 2017 Cannes Film Festival Review
Where Have You Been?: Ramsay Returns with Pronouncedly Fractured, Melancholic Adaptation
Returning from a six year hiatus after 2011’s We Need To Talk About Kevin,...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 81. Sebastian Lelio’s A Fantastic Woman & Disobedience
A Fantastic Woman & Disobedience
Director: Sebastian Lelio
Writer: Sebastian Lelio & Gonzalo Maza (A Fantastic Woman) – Sebastian Lelio & Rebecca Lenkiewicz (Disobedience)
Since premiering his...
2017 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Liz W. Garcia’s One Percent More Humid
In 2005, Franklin Leonard issued the very first edition of The Blacklist. Things We Lost in the Fire, Juno, Lars and the Real Girl...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2016: #16. Nicolas Winding Refn’s The Neon Demon
The Neon Demon
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
Writers: Mary Laws, Nicolas Winding Refn
Danish auteur Nicolas Winding Refn, who has since attained cult status thanks to the...
Day Out of Days | 2015 Los Angeles Film Festival Review
Days Go By: Cassavetes Returns with Industry Commentary
It’s a tale as old as cinema itself, the dismissive and apathetic attitude towards ageing women in...
A Most Violent Year | Review
Year of Living Stressfully: Chandor Returns with Slow-Boil Scald
Baby, it may be cold outside, but the climate’s sure changing in J.C. Chandor’s flashback to...
Selma | Review
Turnin’ the Beat Around: DuVernay’s Poignant, Passionate MLK Portrait Revitalizes Notions of Biopic
Eschewing what’s come to resemble a traditional route in downplaying both the...
2015 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Zoe Cassavetes’ Day Out of Days
It's not uncommon to see a filmmaker essentially break out with a hit film (in baseball lingo this wasn't a home run, but an...
Stand Out From the Competition; Alexia Landeau Toplines Zoe Cassavetes’ “Day Out Of Days”
While still an active member of what I would call a French-U.S galpal filmmaker clique, the name of Zoe Cassavetes has painfully been absent from...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #36. Atom Egoyan’s Devils’ Knot
Devils’ Knot
Director: Atom Egoyan
Writer(s): Paul Harris Boardman and Scott Derrickson
Producer(s): Boardman, Elizabeth Fowler, Clark Peterson, Richard Saperstein, Christopher Woodrow
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Reese Witherspoon,...
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