Tag: Amanda Seyfried

The Testament of Ann Lee | Review

Shake It Up: Fastvold Envisions the Life’s Work of a Religious Leader There’s a fervor roiling beneath the surface of Mona Fastvold’s third feature, The...

Interview: Amanda Seyfried – The Testament of Ann Lee

In Mona Fastvold's The Testament of Ann Lee, Amanda Seyfried delivers the kind of performance that is steeped in considerable restraint and conviction, embodying...

Interview: Mona Fastvold – The Testament of Ann Lee

Her cinema deals with female interiority under constraint, isolation as both burden and refuge, and working with the human body as a site of...

2025 Gothams: Studio-Backed ‘One Battle After Another’ Takes on True Indies; Lands Six Noms

In a cinematic landscape increasingly dominated by gargantuan, risk-averse budgets, the upcoming Gotham Awards have set the stage for a compelling David vs. Goliath...

2023 TIFF: Atom Egoyan’s Seven Veils to World Preem in Toronto

Shot in February-March range this year, Atom Egoyan's Seven Veils will have quickly jettisoned into a release in 2023 with Toronto Intl. Film Festival...

Things Heard & Seen [Video Review]

Resident Evil: Berman & Pulcini Conjure a Satisfying Genre Throwback Studio output of the 1970s, during the golden age of New American Cinema, allowed for...

Mank [Video Review]

Hearst & Foremost: Fincher Festoons the Neglected Glory of Herman Mankiewicz The finicky methods of director David Fincher have themselves become nearly as iconic as...

2021 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Robert Pulcini & Shari Springer Berman’s Things Heard and Seen

Another Netflix project on our list sorta filmed under the radar back in November of 2019. Back in their heyday, Robert Pulcini & Shari...

2021 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Amy Koppelman – A Mouthful of Air

For a festival that promotes new voices, how much fun would it be to see this debut break into the line-up? Proving that there...

First Reformed | Review

Through a Glass Starkly: Schrader Delivers a Master Study on Despair and Extremism Priests, and their psychic struggle with obligation to the cloth, have always...

Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #84. Nash Edgerton’s Gringo

Gringo He might have a background in back breaking stunt man work (more than two decades worth), but in our books, this Aussie's true vocation...

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...

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...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #45. Craig Zobel’s Z for Zachariah

Z for Zachariah Director: Craig Zobel Writers: Pall Grimson, Nissar Modi Producers: Sophia Lin, Tobey Maguire, Skuli Fr. Malmquist, Matthew Plouffe U.S. Distributor: Rights Available Cast: Amanda Seyfried, Chris...

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La petite dernière (The Little Sister) | Review

The Lost Daughter: Herzi Passes Up Potency in Standard...

Interview: Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud – Persepolis

The thrill of meeting Marjane Satrapi reminded me of being 6 years old at Disney Land when I met the living, breathing Cinderella. Except Cinderella was an actress with a blond wig and Marjane is the real woman behind her autobiographical graphic novel, turned movie, “Persepolis”. The distinctive mole on her nose and her dark sultry eyes rose off the page and appeared in front of me, smoking and speaking with a French accent.

Interview: Eivind Landsvik – Low Expectations | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

Exploring themes of mental health, emotional recovery, companionship, and...