Tag: Frances McDormand

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...

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...

The Tragedy of Macbeth | Review

O Brother Wherefore Art Thou: Joel Cohen’s Stunning Solo Shakespeare Joel Coen’s first solo effort as director sans brother Ethan is visually sumptuous, visceral Shakespeare:...

The French Dispatch | Review

Repetition Commission: Anderson Flatlines with Twee Aesthetic Since cinema requires a semblance of participation by the audience, a passive relationship of sorts, the latest curio...

Nomadland | Review

Ballad of a Rolling Stone: Zhao Basks in the Beatitude of America’s Heartland Director Chloé Zhao follows up her critically acclaimed 2018 sophomore feature The...

McDormand on the Move: Fox Searchlight Packs Chloé Zhao’s ‘Nomadland’

Much like the invisible folks presented in this future film, Chloé Zhao was pretty much working off our radar with her third feature. A...

Top 100 Most Anticipated American Independent Films of 2019: #3. Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch

The French Dispatch More croissant than cronut, Wes Anderson returns to the red, white and blue but of the Hotel Chevalier and Jacques Cousteau sort...

Isle of Dogs | Review

A Dog’s Tale: Anderson Returns to Animation with Scruffy, Eclectic Fantasy We’ve come to expect a certain technical formality from Wes Anderson, even across a...

Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #5. Wes Anderson’s Isle of Dogs

Isle of Dogs Embarking on his ninth feature film, second stop-animated project, and third straight collab with Production Designer Adam Stockhausen (2012's Moonrise Kingdom, 2014's...

2018 Indie Spirit Noms: Guadagnino’s “Call Me by Your Name” Leads Pack with 6, Benny Safdie Lands 3

It's the head-scratching nominations process where Greta Gerwig's Lady Bird is good enough for the Best Feature category and picks up four nominations in...

Video: Martin McDonagh’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – 2017 TIFF Post Screening Q&A

Landing the coveted People's Choice Award, which in some circles is believed to be a god luck blessing towards an eventual Oscar win, Fox...

2017 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Martin McDonagh’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

While his brother (John Michael McDonagh) appears to enjoy the Park City backdrop (The Guard, Calvary) so does this Londoner / short film Oscar...

Criterion Collection: Blood Simple | Blu-Ray Review

Now among the most distinctive of American auteurs, it’s hard to believe Joel and Ethan Coen had a difficult time getting their first film,...

Hail, Caesar! | Blu-ray Review

Premiering stateside just prior to opening the 2016 Berlin International Film Festival,Hail, Caesar! the Coen Bros. parody of studio era Hollywood, took home around...

Hail, Caesar! | Review

Sign of the Cross: The Coen Bros. Revisit the Backlot Desires of Hollywood’s Golden Era The Coen Bros., back with their first title since 2013’s...

Hidden Agenda | Blu-ray Review

Shortly before news broke of British auteur Ken Loach’s latest production (a surprise since his 2014 title Jimmy’s Hall was intended to be his...

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: 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...

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