Tag: Dede Gardner
Mickey 17 | Review
Born to Die: Joon-ho Beguiles with Irreverent Sci-Fi Socio-Satire
After significant delays, Bong Joon-ho’s highly anticipated Mickey 17 at last arrives with all his signature...
Nickel Boys | Review
No Country for Black Men: Ross Reforms the Cinema with Distinctive Adaptation
In many ways, Nickel Boys, the narrative debut from director RaMell Ross,...
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice | Review
Juice Cocktail: Burton Revamps His First Demon
There’s no way to reproduce the imaginative awe of Tim Burton’s 1988 idiosyncratic goth YA classic Beetlejuice. Or,...
2024 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: David Michôd’s Wizards!
Could David Michôd be returning to the fest where he launched Animal Kingdom back in 2010? Now that 2023 has come and gone, it's...
2024 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: RaMell Ross’ The Nickel Boys
Definitely the type of film that could end up jockeying for a position at a fall film festival later in the year instead, RaMell...
Chicano Trouble: Fernando Eimbcke Taps into Youth Portrait with “Olmo”
Duck Season (2004), Lake Tahoe (2008) and Club Sandwich (2013) Mexican filmmaker Fernando Eimbcke is set to move further up the border with his...
Minding the Crap: Bing Liu Preps Fiction Debut “Preparation for the Next Life”
He has been testing the waters for some time now in terms of fiction (with Chinks in active development) but Minding the Gap docu-helmer...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #67. David Michôd’s Wizards!
Wizards!
In his short, quartet feature film filmography David Michôd has given us a garden variety. His fifth feature in Wizards! is no different. Wizards!...
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...
2022 Indie Spirits Awards Noms: The Cathedral, Palm Trees and Power Lines, Murina & Aftersun Are Glowing
Everything Everywhere All At Once, Tár, Women Talking and Bones and All are the heavyweight indies that will be properly feted the day before...
Blonde | Review
Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl: Dominik Explores Our Assassination of Iconicity
There’s no human who’s quite bedazzled the zeitgeist like Marilyn Monroe, the most...
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...
Kajillionaire | Review
Money Monsters: July Returns with Poignant Puzzle of Curious Criminals
Con artists come in all shapes and sizes, but nowhere are they as decidedly low...
Irresistible | Review
Elephant Walk: Stewart Dulls the Sting of Political Campaigning Hypocrisy with Broad Satire
The trick of a successful satire is to highlight stupidity or hypocrisy...
2020 Sundance Film Festival: Miranda July, Julie Taymor, Dee Rees & Sean Durkin in the Premieres Section
The most acquisitions and distributor launch-pad friendly section of the festival, the Premieres category had some big ticket items in Nisha Ganatra's Late Night,...
2020 Sundance Film Festival: Janicza Bravo’s Zola, Josephine Decker’s Shirley & Eliza Hittman’s Never Rarely Sometimes Always in U.S. Dramatic Comp
Among the sixteen narrative feature films announced today all vying for Grand Jury Prize Award we have highly anticipated items from Janicza Bravo (Zola),...
Ad Astra | Review
All Alone in the World: Gray Elegantly Propels Trademark Themes & Style into Outer Space
The curiosity of witnessing James Gray try his hand at...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Independent Films of 2019: #7. Untitled Miranda July Project
Director, screenwriter, singer, actress, author, complete artist, app creator and probably a cat-sitter Miranda July hadn't made a feature since 2011's The Future, but I'd...
If Beale Street Could Talk | Review
I Can Feel the Beale: Jenkins Does Justice to Classic Baldwin Novel
Following his history making Best Picture winner Moonlight, stakes are set high for...
2019 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: #91. Untitled Miranda July Crime Drama
We're not sure if the Madeline's Madeline experience put Miranda July into the let's make a movie spirit, but shortly after premiering last January...
2019 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: #46. Joe Talbot – Last Black Man in San Francisco
Perhaps making the leap from former short filmmaker alumni (2017's American Paradise) to debuting his directorial debut, Sundance are not the only ones to...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #3. Barry Jenkins’ If Beale Street Could Talk
If Beale Street Could Talk
Film historians will likely do a poor job in describing the resounding support, everyone onboard and all-aboard of the Moonlight...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #16. Ava DuVernay’s Selma
Selma
Director: Ava DuVernay
Writers: Ava DuVernay, Paul Webb
Producers: Christian Colson, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Brad Pitt
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: David Oyelowo
In July of 2013, it...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #52. James Gray’s Lost City of Z
The Lost City of Z
Director: James Gray
Writer: James Gray
Producers: Dede Gardner, Anthony Katagas, Jeremy Kleiner
U.S. Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Robert Pattinson
During Cannes 2013,...
