Tag: Dakota Fanning
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | Review
California Dreamin’: Tarantino Dons Nostalgic Pastiche of Doomed Decadence
The lurid fascination and mildewed devotion for the transitional glory days of late 1960s Hollywood, informed...
Brimstone | Review
The Love of a Preacher Man: Koolhoven’s Pseudo-Feminist Western an Ambitiously Grotesque Affront
Unveiling the most expensive Dutch film production since Paul Verhoeven’s Black Book...
Along Came a Dessie: Dakota is Taken for Kaminski’s “The Postcard Killings”
As reported just a couple of months back, Steven Spielberg's righthand man cinematographer Janusz Kaminski is prepping his first feature outing as a director...
2016 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Gerardo Naranjo’s Viena and the Fantomes
Four features under his belt (2004's Malachance, 2006's Drama/Mex, 2008's I'm Gonna Explode and 2011's Miss Bala) and Gerardo Naranjo's only history with the Sundance film...
Every Secret Thing | Review
Baby Blues: Berg’s Troubled and Troubling Feature Debut
Treated to a chilly reception following its premiere at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival last spring, the...
Effie Gray | Review
Portrait of a Lady: Laxton’s Mannered Version of Victoria Era Repression
There’s well-meaningness to Effie Gray that makes it worthy of discussion, at least for...
2015 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Andrew Renzi’s Franny
Moving from producer hat-wearing days (Afterschool, Two Gates of Sleep) to firmly stippling Park City with a metaphysical, deeply humane and serene portraits The Fort (2012) and Karaoke! (2013),...
The Last of Robin Hood | Review
Beverly Center: Flynn’s Final Scandal Makes for Interesting Cinematic Footnote
It’s been eight years since Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland’s 2006 sophomore film, Quinceanera swept...
Bring out the Bomb Squad; Noyce’s American Pastoral Adds Some TNT in Dakota Fanning
They've shuffled the deck a little on Philip Roth's American Pastoral since the project was first announced a decade back. Jennifer Connelly who was mentioned more than...
Very Good Girls | Review
The Boyfriend Experience: Foner’s Directorial Debut a Derivative Shard
Screenwriter Naomi Foner makes her directorial debut with Very Good Girls, though her preceding reputation...
Before Lolita; Samuel Goldwyn Films Swashbuckled by “The Last of Robin Hood”
Filmmaker tandem Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland know a thing or two about being on opposite ends of luck. It wasn't for a lack...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #85. Andrew Renzi’s Franny
Franny
Director: Andrew Renzi
Writer: Andrew Renzi
Producers: Treehouse Pictures’ Justin Nappi and Kevin Turen, TideRock Media’s Thomas B Fore and Jason Michael Berman, Big Shoes Media’s...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #93. Amy Berg’s Every Secret Thing
Every Secret Thing
Director: Amy Berg
Writer: Nicole Holofcener
Producers: Likely Story’s Anthony Bregman, Frances McDormand
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Dakota Fanning, Elizabeth Banks, Diane Lane
Based on the...
2014 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Kelly Reichardt’s Night Moves
And for the final Sundance Film Festival prediction on the 80-list, I'm selecting a film that might have premiered at both Venice and Toronto,...
2014 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Amy Berg’s Every Secret Thing
Once programming announcements were complete for TIFF, my thinking was that all arrows pointed to Sundance programmers gobbling up Amy Berg's new direction in...
Night Moves | 2013 TIFF Review
Caring & Killing: Reichardt Attempts Eco-Thriller
There is a lovable minimalism about the films of Kelly Reichardt, a sense of environmental awareness and personal disorientation...
Dakota Fanning & Theo James Find Counseling in Andrew Renzi’s “Franny”
Deadline reports that indie starlet Dakota Fanning (who was just at TIFF supporting Night Moves, The Last of Robin Hood) and Theo James (who...
Generation Z: 36th Mill Valley FF Features 12 Years A Slave, Effie Gray, Walter Mitty & Costa-Gavras Tribute
The 36th edition of the Mill Valley Film Festival (October 3rd-13th) has your usual mix of award season contenders, talent tribute and spotlights, a...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #21. Kelly Reichardt’s Night Moves
Night Moves
Director/Writer: Kelly Reichardt
Producer(s): Saemi Kim, Neil Kopp, Chris Maybach, Anish Savjani, Rodrigo Teixeira
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Dakota Fanning, Jesse Eisenberg, Peter Sarsgaard
Unlike other...
