Tag: Ben Whishaw
All That Glitter: Raffey Cassidy, Eva Green, Ben Whishaw & Alessandro Nivola Set for Antonia Campbell-Hughes’ “Diamond Shitter”
Antonia Campbell-Hughes made the jump ionto feature filmmaking with 2022's It Is In Us All and she is now laying the groundwork for her...
Limonov: The Ballad | 2024 Cannes Film Festival Review
Wild at Heart: Serebrennikov Oversimplifies Odyssey of Soviet Dissident
If one were to dilute a Molotov cocktail enough to make its destructive capabilities null and...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #26. Kirill Serebrennikov’s Limonov: The Ballad of Eddie
Limonov: The Ballad of Eddie
The critic elite in Cannes might not have been big (we were) on his Tchaikovsky's Wife, but Kirill Serebrennikov is...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #31. Ira Sachs’ Passages
Passages
A project we thought might drop in '22 is leading the gem offerings from the beginning of '23 instead. American indie filmmaker Ira Sachs...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #103. Alice Englert’s Bad Behaviour
Bad Behaviour
After a decade in front of the camera Alice Englert got more into the family business getting behind the camera to make her...
Women Talking | Review
Polley's Fierce and Tender Adaptation of Miriam Toews' novel is a Stirring Exploration of Faith, Love & Survival
There may not be a word in...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022: #17. Sarah Polley’s Women Talking
Women Talking
Produced by Hear/Say Productions' Frances McDormand, Plan B Entertainment's Dede Gardner, Brad Pitt and Jeremy Kleiner.
Directed by Sarah Polley
Written by Sarah Polley
Starring: Frances...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022: #63. Ira Sachs’ Passages
Passages
Entering his third decade in filmmaking, Ira Sachs (The Delta, Forty Shades of Blue, Keep the Lights On, Love Is Strange) has moved into...
No Time to Die | Review
A Time to Love & a Time to Spy: Fukunaga Lays Craig to Rest in Bond Bacchanalian
It all comes full circle, or at least...
The Personal History of David Copperfield | Review
I am (re) Born: Iannucci Condenses a Dickens Masterpiece with Contemporary Aims
“It’s in vain to recall the past, unless it works some influence upon...
Little Joe | Review
Stamen Alive: Hausner Examines the Pursuit of Happiness in Cerebral Sci-Fi
It was “the nightmare that threatened the world” and something that came from “deep...
2019 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 4 – Jessica Hausner’s Little Joe
A staple figure of the Un Certain Regard section with three trips dating back to 2001's Lovely Rita and 2004's Hotel with her last...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #19. Little Joe – Jessica Hausner
Little Joe
Austrian director Jessica Hausner returns to the essence of genre with her fifth feature Little Joe, which deals with issues of reality vs....
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #31. The Personal History of David Copperfield – Armando Iannucci
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Celebrated satirist Armando Iannucci sets his sights on a sort-of contemporization of Charles Dickens for his third narrative feature...
The Lobster | Blu-ray Review
Director Yorgos Lanthimos transplants his celebrated narrative aesthetic from the Greek Weird Wave with his English language debut, The Lobster. The highly anticipated international...
The Lobster | Review
Animal Farm: Lanthimos’ Dystopic Dip into RomCom
Greek auteur Yorgos Lanthimos makes an admirable English language debut with The Lobster, set within an original dystopic...
In the Heart of the Sea | Review
Two if by Sea: Howard’s Whaling Expedition Sinks to the Fathoms
Herman Melville’s 1851 novel Moby-Dick is one of the seminal epics of American literature,...
Spectre | Review
The Legacy of Octopussy: Mendes Returns to 007 on Autopilot
A good act is hard to follow, and Spectre, the latest installment in the enduring...
Suffragette | Review
Female Misbehavior: Gavron’s Noble Depiction of British Women’s Suffrage Movement
There’s much to admire in Sarah Gavron’s sophomore directorial effort, Suffragette, a turn-of-the-century snapshot of...
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...
2015 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 3: The Lobster Boils Over into Bunuelian Aura
Its much to early to crown him as the godfather of the Greek new wave, but there'll be mounds of further essays written on the tsunami-breaking...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #4. Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Lobster
The Lobster
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos // Writers: Efthymis Filippou, Yorgos Lanthimos
With his third feature, 2009's Dogtooth, Yorgos Lanthimos became the forefront of what's coming to...
Days and Nights | Review
Birds of a Feather: Camargo’s Debut a Tepid Chekhovian Transplant
Contemporizing classic literature can be a tricky feat, though it more often than not seems...
Lilting | Review
Common Grounds: Khaou Strikes Graceful, Observant Notes in Debut
A moving, and sharply wrought screenplay supported by several elegant performances marks Cambodian born director Hong...
The Zero Theorem | Review
Black Holes and Revelations: Gilliam’s Cluttered Dystopia a Mixed Return to Form
In what stands as his best film since 1998’s Fear and Loathing in Las...
Get Him to the Greek; John C. Reilly Completes Lanthimos’ “The Lobster” Ensemble
Supporting players in John C. Reilly, Ashley Jensen, Michael Smiley and Jessica Barden are joining the already cast, diverse set of Colin Farrell, Rachel...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #2. Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Lobster
The Lobster
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Writer(s): Lanthimos & Efthimis Filippou (both featured in pic above)
Producer(s): Lanthimos, Element Pictures' Lee Magiday & Ed Guiney, Scarlet Films'...
Sundance 2014: Stuart Murdoch’s God Help the Girl & Hong Khaou’s Lilting Top Dozen World Dramatic Comp Items
It's among the two sections that we usually don't put much focus on (yes, we love subtitles, but we're more concerned, naturally more inclined...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #68. Terry Gilliam’s The Zero Theorem
The Zero Theorem
Director: Terry Gilliam
Writer(s): Pat Rushin
Producer(s): Voltage Pictures' Nicolas Chartier, Dean Zanuck
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Christoph Waltz, Matt Damon, Ben Whishaw, Tilda Swinton,...
