Tag: David Thewlis

Eternal Beauty | Review

Unhappy-Go-Lucky: Hawkes Shines in Roberts’ Mental Illness Drama The depiction of mental illness, particularly something like schizophrenia, a real condition often posed as a catch-all...

I’m Thinking of Ending Things | Review

In Search of Lost Time Regained: Kaufman Mutates Memory and Meaning “The real voyage of discovery consists of not in seeking new lands but seeing...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #80. Guest of Honour – Atom Egoyan

Guest of Honour Canada’s Atom Egoyan ends a four year break with his sixteenth feature Guest of Honour. Serving as producer alongside Simone Urdl and...

The Mercy | Review

Come Sail Away: Marsh Gets Morose with Tale of Doomed Sailor Director James Marsh tackles the tragedy of amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst in The Mercy,...

2019 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: #24. Craig Roberts – Eternal Beauty

Not really the dark horse pick selection that was his feature debut, actor Craig Roberts has been to the fest beforehand (Richard Ayoade’s Submarine...

Anomalisa | Review

Re-Animators: Kaufman & Johnson Brilliantly Translates Kafkaesque 'Sound Play' From The Stage To Stop Motion Springing from the mind that spewed an incredible string of transcendent work from Being...

2015 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 11: Kurzel’s “Macbeth” Avoids Tragic Fate

It was last year's most snap worthy Cannes Market one sheet image and it pretty much secured an In Comp entry the moment Marion...

Queen and Country | Review

Tour of Duty: Boorman Returns to Autobiographical Elements Now at 82 years of age, British auteur John Boorman returns with Queen and Country his first...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #95. Brian Helgeland’s Legend

Legend Director: Brian Helgeland // Writer: Brian Helgeland There was initially a lot of promise for writer turned director Brian Helgeland’s career, his directorial debut was...

The Theory of Everything | Review

Scenes From a Marriage: Marsh’s Distilled Look at Physicist Stephen Hawking Spanning twenty five years in their lives together and based on the memoir Travelling...

Stonehearst Asylum | Review

Crazy in Love: Anderson’s Gothic Sprinkled Romance Deserves to be Tarred and Feathered Fresh off the surprise box office success of 2013’s Halle Berry headlined...

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...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #108. Justin Kurzel’s Macbeth

Macbeth Director: Justin Kurzel Writers: Jacob Koskoff, Todd Louiso Producers: See-Saw Films' Iain Canning and Emile Sherman U.S. Distributor: The Weinstein Co. Cast: Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard We’re thankful that...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #143. John Boorman’s Queen and Country

Queen and Country Director: John Boorman Writer: John Boorman Producer: John Boorman, Kieran Corrigan U.S. Distributor: Rights Available Cast: Tamsin Egerton, David Thewlis, Richard E. Grant, Caleb Landry Jones The...

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,...

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