Tag: Alia Shawkat
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #101. Anthony Chen’s Drift
Drift
The second 2023 Anthony Chen film on our list (the other being The Breaking Ice at the #191 spot) is definitely more indie and...
Being the Ricardos [Video Review]
Producers: Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Steve Tisch.
Executive producers: Jenna Block, Stuart Besser, David Bloomfield, Lauren Lohman, Lucie Arnaz, Desi Arnaz Jr.
Director: Aaron Sorkin.
Screenplay: Aaron...
First Cow | Review
Viva La Vache: Reichardt Paints A Surprising Portrait Of Friendship
Kelly Reichardt conjures up an unlikely buddy-movie out of 19th-century fledging America: a tender, no-frills ode...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #108. Animals – Sophie Hyde
Animals
Australia’s Sophie Hyde returns with her debut Animals, an Irish-Australian co-production. Hyde serves as producer alongside Rebecca Summerton for Closer Productions and Sarah Brocklehurst...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #16. Miguel Arteta’s Duck Butter
Duck Butter
The cerebral, analytical, politically charged Beatriz at Dinner might have been a turning point for Miguel Arteta, and we're feeling that a new mantra...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #95. Ethan Hawke’s Blaze
Blaze
You might want to keep an eye out for Ethan Hawke's fourth feature film, especially if you didn't buy the bottle, down on his...
Sundance ’18: Morano, Silva, Akhavan & Boots Riley Among U.S. Dramatic Comp Selections
Last year's section of sixteen included such gems as Beach Rats (Directing Award), Brigsby Bear, Ingrid Goes West (Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award), Golden Exits...
2018 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Miguel Arteta’s Duck Butter
Mostly working within the comedy film curriculum, two decades, and now eight feature films in, an habitual of the fest since presenting Star Maps...
2018 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Ethan Hawke’s Blaze
Yet to be invited to the Sundance ball with his trio of films as a director Chelsea Walls (2001), The Hottest State (2006) and Seymour:...
2016 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Jeremy Saulnier’s Green Room
It might be a case of deja vu all over again for director Jeremy Saulnier. It's hard enough breaking into Sundance, but the festival's...
The Final Girls | Review
Spoofaway Camp: Strauss-Schulson’s Playful Mash-up Takes a Tumble On You
Director Todd Strauss-Schulson, whose last feature was A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (2011)...
DuVall, Interrupted: Lynskey, Lyonne, Shawkat & Smulders Join Thesp’s Directorial Debut
While not all that unusual in a country such as France, we can add the name of Clea DuVall to the stream of under 40 actresses...
Wild Canaries | Review
Good Neighbors: Levine’s Indie Murder Mystery a Passing Homage to Classic Comedy
Actor/writer/director Lawrence Michael Levine reunites with director/actress wife Sophia Takal for his third...
2015 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Sebastián Silva’s Nasty Baby
The Chilean filmmaker locked two premieres at Sundance back in '13 with Magic Magic and Crystal Fairy and later that fall, began lensing Nasty...
2015 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Max Landis’ Me Him Her
For someone who was ultra transparent during production, it's almost as if Max Landis has placed a self-imposed gag order or the more likely...
2015 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Zachary Sluser’s The Driftless Area
With a trio of short films under his belt, Zachary Sluser hit indie film pay dirt with a measuring cup full of Sundance vets...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #46. Sebastian Silva’s Nasty Baby
Nasty Baby
Director: Sebastian Silva
Writer: Sebastian Silva
Producers: Fabula's Juan de Dios Larrain and Pablo Larrain, Funny Balloons' Peter Danner, Versatile's Pape Boye and Violaine Pichon
U.S....
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #175. Lawrence Michael Levine’s Wild Canaries
Wild Canaries
Director: Lawrence Michael Levine
Writer: Lawrence Michael Levine
Producers: Takal, Kim Sherman, E. McCabe Walsh
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Sophia Takal, Lawrence Michael Levine, Alia Shawkat,...
2014 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Lawrence Michael Levine’s Wild Canaries
He managed to put together the Indie actress all-star team of Sophia Takal, Amy Seimetz, Kate Lyn Sheil and Lena Dunham (forgive the pun)...
2014 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Max Landis’ Me Him Her
The family name got him onto film sets (on our end we call that the best film school), but it's 2012 Chronicle that set...
2014 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Jeff Baena’s Life After Beth
A huge ensemble cast of indie vets (Anna Kendrick, Aubrey Plaza, Matthew Gray Gubler, Dane DeHaan, Alia Shawkat, John C. Reilly, Cheryl Hines, Paul...
