Tag: Amy Ryan
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 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #65. Felix van Groeningen’s Beautiful Boy
Beautiful Boy
His film career was launched with the Directors’ Fortnight preemed The Misfortunates (2009), and international audiences discovered him via the Oscar nominated for...
2018 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Felix van Groeningen’s Beautiful Boy
We know him for his Directors' Fortnight preemed The Misfortunates (2009) (and the publicity stunt on the Croisette as well), and international audiences discovered...
2017 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Angus MacLachlan’s Abundant Acreage Available
City and small town folk colliding come full circle again as the writer of Junebug (Indie Spirits nominated Best First Screenplay) proposes a conflict of interest in another...
The Infiltrator | Review
Undercover Blues: Furman’s By-the-Numbers Thrills Enhanced by Cranston
Certain performers manage an incalculable hook into material otherwise hampered by cliché and familiarity, something accomplished with...
Central Intelligence | Review
Little Big Man: Unlikely and Illogical Buddy Comedy Runs on Vestiges of Charm
The usual formula we’re used to seeing in the tireless buddy comedy...
Louder Than Bombs | Review
Another Time, Another Place: Trier’s Graceful, Quiet English Language Debut
Norwegian director Joachim Trier reteams with his regular scribe Eskil Vogt for Louder Than Bombs,...
Don Verdean | Review
Going Clear: Hess’ Uncomfortable Religious Comedy Defuses Subversive Potential
Religion and comedy don’t make for comfortable bedfellows, at least not for films attempting to play...
Bridge of Spies | Review
A Bridge Too Far: Spielberg Gets Chilly with Cold War Curiosity
We’re used to seeing Steven Spielberg’s penchant for WWII recuperations, whether it be via...
2015 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 6: Flash Mob Sides with Trier’s “Louder than Bombs”
There are a swarm of cinephiles out there who became instant, cult-like fans of his first work (2006's Reprise) and his sophomore film in...
Birdman | Blu-Ray Review
Taking home four Oscars out of its nine nominations, including Best Picture, Director, Original Screenplay and Cinematography, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s Birdman was the big...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #3. Joachim Trier’s Louder Than Bombs
Louder Than Bombs
Director: Joachim Trier // Writers: Joachim Trier, Eskil Vogt
With only two features under his belt, Norwegian director Joachim Trier remains at the...
Birdman | Review
Bullets Over Broadway: Inarritu’s Vibrant, Exuberant Portrait Of Celebrity, Relevance, and Creative Passion
Not only is Birdman (or The Virtue of Ignorance) arguably the best...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #40. Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Birdman
Birdman
Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Writers: Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo
Producers: Alejandro González Iñárritu, John Lesher, Arnon Milchan, James W. Skotchdopole
U.S. Distributor:...
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,...