Tag: Ali Jazayeri
Interview: Jeffrey Wright & A$AP Rocky – Anthony Mandler’s Monster
Acting mainstay Jeffrey Wright jumps between mainstream and indie productions like it’s his job. In fact, it is: Wright’s résumé includes Broadway (Angels in...
Interview: Kelvin Harrison Jr. – Anthony Mandler’s Monster
Kelvin Harrison Jr. first came to Sundance with Birth of a Nation in 2016, then Oscar-nominated Mudbound in 2017. This past year, he was...
Interview: Producers Tonya Lewis Lee, Nikki Silver, Mike Jackson, Daniel Crown & Yoni Liebling – Anthony Mandler’s Monster
Sundance ’18 crowd-favorite Monster tells the agonizing tale of a 17-year-old honors student in a racially-charged legal battle. Adapted from Walter Dean Meyers’ award-winning...
Echo Boomers | Review
Millennium Albatross: Savoy Skirts Surfaces in Glossy Essay on Ills of Capitalism
If you’re looking for an honest portrayal of the widely accepted generational rift...
Jungleland [Video Review]
In Like a Lion: Winkler Traces Boxer on the Struggle Bus in Familiar Melodrama
If you’re going to San Francisco, there might not be anymore...
Capone | Review
Gonzo Fonzo: Trank Returns with Tone Poem Portrait of a Monster
The figure of Chicago mobster Al Capone has long been a mythical figure resurrected...
Bel Canto | Review
Music Makes the People Come Together: Weitz Hits False Notes in Hostage Drama
If ever an aria could conjure the essence of camp, it would...
Interview: Jennifer Fox – The Tale
Previously known for documentaries Beirut: The Last Home Movie (1987) and My Reincarnation (2011), producer and cinematographer Jennifer Fox just entered the narrative sphere....
Video: Jennifer Fox’s The Tale | 2018 Sundance Film Festival
While Jennifer Fox does indeed come from a docu-background, HBO's push towards narrative and landing the rights to The Tale (the day before we shot this video)...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #77. Jason Reitman’s Tully
Tully
A tad bit higher up on our charts than The Front Runner (#91 on our list), this Diablo Cody scripted dramedy went in production...
2018 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Jason Reitman’s Tully
Stamped with an April 20th release date via the Focus Features folks (they picked it up last May), there is no reason to premiere...
2018 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Anthony Mandler’s Monster
A heavyweight music video helmer for close to two decades, Anthony Mandler's list of creds reads like Jack Kerouac's Famous 'On the Road' scroll....