Tag: George MacKay
La Bête (The Beast) | Review
In the Mood for Love & Death: Bonello Explores the Final Frontier of Emotional Intelligence
Throughout the dizzying centuries-spanning odyssey of an unrequited love in...
Emotional Distress: Bertrand Bonello Begins Production on “La Bête”
Our friends at Cineuropa inform us that Bertrand Bonello has begun production on La Bête - his ninth feature film that will have had...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022: #88. Babak Anvari’s I Came By
I Came By
With Under the Shadow (2016) and Wounds (2019) under his belt, British-Iranian filmmaker Babak Anvari made a significant move into the larger...
Wolf [Video Review]
Oddly aggressive therapy tactics are the antagonist forces in a coming-of-ager drama that looks at a particular mental health disorder that is steeped in...
2022 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Babak Anvari’s I Came By
After blasting out of Sundance with breakout hit Under the Shadow (2016) and following that up with a sophomore item featuring a strung out...
Take Shelter: Oppenheimer’s Bunker-Musical “The End” includes Neon, Swinton, George Mackay & Stephen Graham
The bygone era of the Rodgers & Hammerstein type of American '50s musicals might be revisited in tone, and tune as Joshua Oppenheimer, the...
True History of the Kelly Gang | Review
The Ned Don’t Die: Kurzel Returns to Form with Exploration of Infamous Outlaw
It’s been nearly 140 years since the execution of Ned Kelly, Australia’s...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #52. The True History of the Kelly Gang – Justin Kurzel
The True History of the Kelly Gang
Justin Kurzel returns to Australia for his fourth feature, The True History of the Kelly Gang, following on...
Where Hands Touch | 2018 Toronto Intl. Film Festival Review
I See a Dark Stranger: Asante Examines Obscured Holocaust Perspective in Anglo Period Piece
British director Amma Asante rounds out a thematic trilogy of sorts...
Marrowbone | Review
Love & Marrow: Sanchez Rattles Familiar Skeletons in Vintage Themed Debut
Spanish screenwriter Sergio F. Sanchez consults the bones for his directorial debut, Marrowbone, an...
Sundance ’18: Wash Westmoreland, Debra Granik, Gus Van Sant & Zellner Bros. In Premieres Section
Despite not expecting the Premieres sections to be drop today, several of the narrative items below were on our radar and make for what...
2016 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Matt Ross’ Captain Fantastic
Still relatively new in the distrib game, Bleecker Street has been keen on including film fest premieres for their individual film release strategies and...
2015 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Matt Ross’ Captain Fantastic
Unlike say a micro-budgeted indie with enough coin in the backend for post-production, chances are slim that this modestly priced indie with A-list cast...
Private Peaceful | Review
Brother to Brother: O’Connor’s Rudimentary Look at Familial Ravages in WWII
His first film since that ill-advised 2001 remake of Sweet November, which sought to...
For Those in Peril | Review
Fish Out of Water: Wright’s Debut a Visually Arresting, Moody Allegory
The mythological significance of the sea inflects and infects Paul Wright’s somber directorial debut,...
Pride | Review
The Climate Was Changing: Warchus Revisits 80s Set Instance of Activism
British director Matthew Warchus first appeared in 1999 with his directorial debut, Simpatico, based...
Interview: George MacKay (Duane Hopkins’ Bypass)
It has been a rather long, almost interminable wait, but finally, Duane Hopkins' sophomore feature will finally be making its world premiere debut at...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #33. Duane Hopkins’ Bypass
Bypass
Director: Duane Hopkins
Writer: Duane Hopkins
Producer: Samm Haillay
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: George MacKay, Donald Sumpter, Felicity Gilbert
Steve McQueen, Ben Wheatley and Andrea Arnold might be...
The Future is Now: Top 20 New Faces from TIFF 2013
Now that the dust has settled and the behemoth TIFF is in our rear-view mirror, the IONCINEMA.com team are comparing notes, grading films and...
Traffic Flows with Ease; Better Things’ Duane Hopkins Begins Bypass
Duane Hopkins has found his lead and principle photography has began on Bypass, the auteur's much-anticipated sophomore film. George MacKay who has been growing...
