Tag: Ed Guiney
Interview: Emma Stone & Jesse Plemons – Bugonia
Unfolding like a psychological seesaw of balanced fear, delusion, and unexpected intimacy—Teddy Gatz has slipped so deeply into conspiracy thinking that it has isolated...
Pillion | Review
Sit & Deliver: Lighton Assumes Positions in Titillating Debut
There’s a melancholic seductiveness to Pillion, the directorial debut of Harry Lighton, based on the 2020...
Interview: Yorgos Lanthimos – Bugonia
I participated in a virtual roundtable for the film this past weekend just before yesterday's Gothams nominations announcement where Bugonia (read our Venice review)...
2025 Gothams: Studio-Backed ‘One Battle After Another’ Takes on True Indies; Lands Six Noms
In a cinematic landscape increasingly dominated by gargantuan, risk-averse budgets, the upcoming Gotham Awards have set the stage for a compelling David vs. Goliath...
Interview: Yorgos Lanthimos & Jerskin Fendrix – Bugonia
There is a chaotic violence at the core of Yorgos Lanthimos' Bugonia and so when the filmmaker re-teamed with Poor Things and Kinds of...
Bugonia | Review
When Will They Ever Learn?: Lanthimos Turns to Eco-Horror
Yorgos Lanthimos embarks on his first remake with Bugonia, a loose adaptation of the 2003 Korean...
Interview: Ariane Labed – September Says
A pivotal figure in the Greek Weird Wave, Ariane Labed first gained attention with her role in Yorgos Lanthimos’ Dogtooth (2009) before delivering an...
Poor Things | Review
The Story of O: Lanthimos Mesmerizes with Fiercely Compelling Frankenstein Tale
“Men have constructed female sexuality and in so doing have annihilated the chance for...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #11. Yorgos Lanthimos’ AND
AND
A year-end item that squeezed itself at the top of our list is Greek helmer Yorgos Lanthimos’ latest project which sees him reteam with...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #121. Rungano Nyoni’s On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl is Zambian-Welsh filmmaker Rungano Nyoni next project following her 2017 debut -- I Am Not...
The Eternal Daughter | Review
I Remember Mama: Hogg Explores Film as Memento Mori in Gloomy Ghost Story
Our own memories are the ghosts haunting us, or at least the...
The Wonder | Review
Power Surge: Lelio Ponders power and the profound in his latest which attempts to grapple with the nature of storytelling itself
“This is the beginning...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022: #8. Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things
Poor Things
Produced by Yorgos Lanthimos, Element Pictures' Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe.
Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos
Written by Tony McNamara
Starring: Emma Stone, Margaret Qualley, Willem Dafoe, Mark...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022: #14. Sebastián Lelio’s The Wonder
The Wonder
Produced by Tessa Ross, Element Pictures' Ed Guiney.
Directed by Sebastián Lelio
Written by Alice Birch, Sebastián Lelio
Starring: Florence Pugh, Tom Burke, Niamh Algar, Elaine...
2022 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Joanna Hogg’s The Eternal Daughter
An under-the-radar project that saw Joanna Hogg re-team with muse Tilda Swinton, the filmmaker also brought back cinematographer Ed Rutherford (they worked on Archipelago...
Interview: Joanna Hogg & Honor Swinton Byrne – The Souvenir Part II
After premiering in the Directors' Fortnight and landing at the New York Film Festival, The Souvenir Part II - filmmaker Joanna Hogg’s highly-anticipated follow...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2021: #12. Joanna Hogg’s The Souvenir: Part II
The Souvenir: Part II
Produced by Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Emma Norton, Luke Schiller.
Directed by Joanna Hogg
Written by Joanna Hogg
Starring: Honor Swinton-Byrne, Richard Ayoade, Ariane...
The Shadow of Violence | Review
Goodbye Horses: Rowland Riles Allegiances in Familiar Crime Thriller
It’s a tale as old as crime itself, the toppling of empires thanks to the shifting...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #13. The Souvenir: Part II – Joanna Hogg
The Souvenir: Part II
British director Joanna Hogg’s fourth feature The Souvenir finally brought her to much deserved international acclaim after premiering at the 2019...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #42. The Nest – Sean Durkin
The Nest
Eight years after the success of his 2011 debut Martha Marcy May Marlene, Sean Durkin resurfaces with sophomore feature The Nest, a Canadian-U.K....
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,...
The Favourite | Review
Courtship at Court: Lanthimos Delights with 18th-century Royal Love Triangle
At Her Majesty Queen Anne’s palace, its a disheveled state of affairs. There’s an ongoing...
Video: Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Killing of a Sacred Deer | 2017 Cannes Film Festival – Best Screenplay
A film that was highly anticipated and did not go unnoticed, shared with Lynne Ramsay's You Were Never Really Here, this was the press...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 81. Sebastian Lelio’s A Fantastic Woman & Disobedience
A Fantastic Woman & Disobedience
Director: Sebastian Lelio
Writer: Sebastian Lelio & Gonzalo Maza (A Fantastic Woman) – Sebastian Lelio & Rebecca Lenkiewicz (Disobedience)
Since premiering his...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #16. Jerzy Skolimowski’s 11 Minutes
11 Minutes
Director: Jerzy Skolimowski // Writer: Jerzy Skolimowski
Esteemed Polish auteur Jerzy Skolimowski began his directorial career in the late 60's, but gained international acclaim...
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'...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #181. Lenny Abrahamson’s Frank
Frank
Director: Lenny Abrahamson
Writers: Jon Ronson and Peter Straughan
Producers: Ed Guiney, David Barron, Stevie Lee
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Michael Fassbender, Domhnall Gleeson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Scoot...
