Tag: Alicia Vikander
Rachel Rose Repurposes Alicia Vikander, Victoria Pedretti & Wagner Moura in ‘The Last Day’
Alicia Vikander, Victoria Pedretti and Wagner Moura have been confirmed as the trio of thesps on a new Killer Films project from a new...
The Assessment | 2024 Toronto Intl. Film Festival Review
The Parent Trap: Elizabeth Olsen Tries Not to Break In Fleur Fortuné’s Debut The Assessment
The one thing you can count as the world gets...
Firebrand | Review
One Survived: Ainouz Attempts to Give a Queen Her Due
The Tudor era has maintained public fascination for the past five hundred years, a linchpin...
Seven Day Itch: Alicia Vikander & Elizabeth Olsen Board Fleur Fortuné’s “The Assessment”
A-list actresses Alicia Vikander and Elizabeth Olsen will be teaming on the feature film debut by a filmmaker who (it was only a matter...
Karim Aïnouz’s Firebrand – 2023 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 5
A mainstay in the Un Certain Regard section (with a whopping four films as director/writer) and has sprinkled his films in Venice and Berlinale...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #16. Karim Aïnouz’s Firebrand
Firebrand
After a handful of films that didn’t really stick, Karim Aïnouz made a triumphant return when he premiered The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão...
Alicia Vikander is Next on the Throne: Karim Aïnouz’s Firebrand Finds a Replacement for Michelle Williams
Fresh off the Cannes preemed docu Mariner Of The Mountains and a jury duty stint at the Berlinale just last week, Karim Aïnouz is setting...
2021 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: David Lowery’s The Green Knight
Due to have been released just after it's launch at the SXSW film festival, A24 haven't been fleeing their fate with The Green Knight...
The Glorias | Review
Are the Voices in Your Head Calling, Gloria!: Taymor Tackles Feminist Icon in Peculiar Biopic
If there’s an art to the crafting of a biopic,...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #124. Born to Be Murdered – Ferdinando Cito Filomarino
Born to Be Murdered
Italy’s Ferdinando Cito Filomarino (great nephew of Luchino Visconti) looks set for an international breakout with sophomore feature Born to Be...
2020 Sundance Film Festival: Miranda July, Julie Taymor, Dee Rees & Sean Durkin in the Premieres Section
The most acquisitions and distributor launch-pad friendly section of the festival, the Premieres category had some big ticket items in Nisha Ganatra's Late Night,...
Top 50 Most Anticipated American Independent Films of 2019: #39. Julie Taymor’s The Glorias: A Life on the Road
The Glorias: A Life On The Road
Not unlike Ruth Ginsburg receiving the extra spotlight for her trailblazing ways, timing feels about right now to...
Top 50 Most Anticipated American Independent Films of 2019: #41. Wash Westmoreland’s The Earthquake Bird
The Earthquake Bird
A book to film project that was assembled late in 2016 and that takes place in on the cusp of the 1990's...
2019 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: #23. Wash Westmoreland – The Earthquake Bird
Working once again with what might be a strong female protagonist and adapted source material, Wash Westmoreland boarded The Earthquake Bird in August of 2016 and production...
Interview: Wim Wenders – Submergence
Globe-trotting, geopolitics and civil war are the wedges that place romantic connections in flux. No stranger to the human condition or working in a...
Tomb Raider | Review
A Tomb of One’s Own: Uthuag Cracks a Croft Pot with Video Game Reboot
Norwegian helmer Roar Uthaug, who scored an international breakthrough with his...
Ex Machina | 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Review
A surprise box office hit in the first quarter of 2015 following a SXSW premiere, Alex Garland’s directorial debut Ex Machina (A24's first ever win)...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: #34. Lisa Langseth’s Euphoria
Euphoria
Director: Lisa Langseth
Writer: Lisa Langseth
Swedish director Lisa Langseth makes her English language debut with her third feature, Euphoria. A festival favorite thanks to her...
The Light Between Oceans | Review
To the Lighthouse: Cianfrance Labors Through Melodrama in Handsome Period Piece
Director Derek Cianfrance manages a series of firsts with his fourth feature, including his first...
Jason Bourne | Review
Bourne Again Again: Greengrass Returns to Action Franchise with Middling Results
Director Paul Greengrass returns to the Robert Ludlum action franchise he inherited from Doug...
Mystery Train: Lisa Langseth & Alicia Vikander Reteam for “Euphoria”
With nice looking paycheques from her roles in Tomb Raider and Jason Bourne, Screen Daily reports that Oscar-winning actress Alicia Vikander is setting up her own production...
Burnt | Review
Chef Boyardee: Wells Fails with Filmmaking Recipe
For his third film outing, director John Wells delves into the catty universe of high-end cuisine with Burnt...
The Danish Girl | 2015 TIFF Review
Danish Modern: Hooper’s Painterly Costume Drama Mounted on a Glossy Stage
Much as last year’s The Imitation Game served to honor the memory and legacy...
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Review
Say Uncle: Ritchie Continues String of Studio Pastiche
In a continuation of our culture’s insistence on plumbing the depths of past artifacts from the annals...
Ex Machina | Review
Imitation Game: Garland’ s Compelling Debut Explores Human’s Technological Hubris
Excitingly presented and intelligently written, screenwriter Alex Garland’s directorial debut Ex Machina is certainly one...