Tag: Barry Levinson
TIFF 2021: Fabrice du Welz, Bent Hamer, Michael Showalter, Michael Pearce Selected
A day after San Sebastian Film Festival announced that films by Laurent Cantet, Lucile Hadzihalilovic, Claudia Llosa and Claire Simon will be part of...
2021 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Barry Levinson’s Harry Haft
Despite the Covid, I'm surprised that this biopic directed by the always busy veteran helmer Barry Levinson didn't shore up at some fest in...
2020 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Claudia Llosa, Alice Wu, Radha Blank
False Positive
Working mostly in television with the only exception being Pee-wee's Big Holiday, John Lee grabbed the director's chair for the March New Orleans...
The Conversation: Time for TIFF 2019 – Predictions!
The Toronto International Film Festival is set to unspool its latest monolithic program. A major cue to set Oscar season into motion, the line-up...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: Picks 200 to 101
Last week, Nicholas Bell helped us ring in the new year with our Top 200 most anticipated world cinema items. We also highlighted our...
Rock the Kasbah | Review
Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World: Levinson’s Afghan Exploration Prizes Diversion
After a unique pit stop in found footage horror with 2012’s The Bay...
The Humbling | Review
Or The Unexpected Convenience of Sexism: Levinson's Perplexing but Deviously Funny Stab at Roth
Decades passed between initial adaptations of novelist Philip Roth’s novels (1969’s...
71st Venice Film Fest: Oppenheimer, Akin, Bahrani, Andersson & Ferrara Compete for Golden Lion
Whiles the likes of Terrence Malick, Todd Haynes, Alexander Sokurov, Giorgos Lanthimos and J.C. Chandor no where to be found in the fall fest season...
Latest From Ozon, Bahrani, Baumbach, Gordon Green, Petzold & Hansen-Løve Heading to TIFF…Telluride & Venice
Much like back to school sales in mid July, in our books, TIFF's first announcement wave reminds us that the end of summer is...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #144. Barry Levinson’s Rock the Kasbah
Rock the Kasbah
Director: Barry Levinson
Writer: Mitch Glazer
Producers: Steve Bing, Bill Block, Jacob Pechenik
U.S. Distributor: Open Road Films
Cast: Zooey Deschanel, Shia LaBeouf, Bruce Willis, Kate...
The Bay | Review
Bay Day: Levinson Mines Horror Genre to Surprising Effect
In what may be one of the year’s most curious entries in the horror genre, The...
