Tag: David Oyelowo
2022 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Tom George’s See How They Run
Depending how Searchlight plays its hand for the 2022 slate, we could easily see See How They Run set up for Sundance or play...
The Midnight Sky [Video Review]
World, Hold On: Clooney Presents the End Times in Tedious Apocalyptic Exercise
It’s been a year wherein it seems the end we’ve forever been pondering...
2020 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Adam Leon, Benh Zeitlin, Jim Cummings, Sara Colangelo
Untitled Adam Leon Project
Gimme the Loot (2012) and Tramps (2016) filmmaker Adam Leon hasn't made a jump to Sundance yet, but that could very...
Top 50 Most Anticipated American Independent Films of 2019: #45. Jacob Estes’ Relive
Relive
In his previous pair, Jacob Estes worked narratives that overlapped in genres and that featured dissension within group, so while he has patched together a rather...
2019 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: #64. Jacob Estes – Only You
Jacob Estes could be making it a Sundance trifecta with Mean Creek (2004) and The Details (2011) being joined Only You - a horror, sci-fi, thriller that...
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...
Nina | Review
A Matter of Resistance: Mort’s Compromised Portrait of a Musical Legend
She may try with a considerable, ambitious might, but Zoe Saldana does not conjure...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2016: #97. Amma Asante’s A United Kingdom
A United Kingdom
Director: Amma Asante
Writer: Guy Hibbert
Following the critical success of her 2013 sophomore film Belle (read review), which showcased the impressive talents of Gugu...
Nightingale | Review
On Yon Bloomy Spray: Oyelowo Dominates Lester’s One Set Drama
Director Elliott Lester, best known for his 2011 Jason Statham offering, Blitz, adapts firstime screenwriter...
A Most Violent Year | Review
Year of Living Stressfully: Chandor Returns with Slow-Boil Scald
Baby, it may be cold outside, but the climate’s sure changing in J.C. Chandor’s flashback to...
Selma | Review
Turnin’ the Beat Around: DuVernay’s Poignant, Passionate MLK Portrait Revitalizes Notions of Biopic
Eschewing what’s come to resemble a traditional route in downplaying both the...
2015 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Maris Curran’s Five Nights in Maine
Maris Curran's directorial debut might be a longshot for Sundance....at least for the 2015 edition. The drama which has its character set wrestle with...
Default | Review
Piracy Politique: Brand Uses Topical Subject for Common Critique
Colombian born filmmaker Simon Brand cashes in on the current fascination with hijacking pirates for his...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #112. J.C. Chandor’s A Most Violent Year
A Most Violent Year
Director: J.C. Chandor
Writer: J.C. Chandor
Producers: Before The Doors’ Neal Dodson, Washington Square Films’ Anna Gerb, J.C. Chandor
U.S. Distributor: A24
Cast: Jessica Chastain,...
Interview: Ava DuVernay, David Oyelowo, Emayatzy Corinealdi and Omari Hardwick (Middle of Nowhere)
We sat down with director Ava DuVernay and three of the cast members (David Oyelowo, Emayatzy Corinealdi and Omari Hardwick) from her new film,...
