Tag: James Ponsoldt
Summering | Review
The Spectacular Now & Then: Ponsoldt Taps Summertime Sadness in Coming-of-Age Drama
The dog days of summer aren’t over for a quartet of young girls...
2022 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: James Ponsoldt’s Summering
With the exception of 2017's The Circle (which received a Tribeca Film Festival premiere), James Ponsoldt had his four previous films Off the Black...
The Circle | Blu-ray Review
Indie darling James Ponsoldt experienced his first major hiccup with a swipe at the mainstream with tech thriller The Circle. Despite starring Harry Potter...
The Circle | Review
Like a Record Round: Ponsoldt Spins the Wheels with Silly Tech Thriller
James Ponsoldt launches uneasily into mainstream studio territory with the internet thriller The...
Top 25 Most Anticipated Studio Films of 2017: Picks #25 to #6
For our annual lineup of most anticipated studio films, our goal is to highlight auteurs (and other notable cinematic technicians) who have projects brewing...
Money for Nothing: A24 Channel James Ponsoldt for “I Want My MTV”
Originally set up at Sony with Brett Ratner possibly eyeing it as a directing gig, the A24 folks picked up the rights in turnaround...
Through the Looking-Glass…Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2016: Picks 100 to 6
While DC and Marvel might already have a lock on several future release dates past the 2015 campaign with the Coen Bros. circling February...
Sundance ’15: Baumbach, Fleck/Boden, Pulcini/Berman, Ponsoldt & Another Swanberg Among Premieres
Last year's slate of seventeen Narrative Premieres (excluding secret screenings of Boyhood and Nymphomaniac: Vol. I) refreshingly included works from first time filmmakers. I...
2015 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: James Ponsoldt’s The End of the Tour
Three times lucky and fourth time the charm? Depending on who ask, The End of the Tour, the book to screen adaptation of David Lipsky's...
Most Anticipated Films for 2015: An Overview
Last month, we unveiled our all-encompassing, most anticipated films for the current year in film. Now we peer into a future that is a...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #145. James Ponsoldt’s The End of the Tour
The End of the Tour
Director: James Ponsoldt
Writers: Donald Margulies
Producers: James Dahl, Matt DeRoss, David Kanter
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Jason Segel, Jesse Eisenberg
The success of...
Best of Fest: Jordan’s Top Five Films from the 2013 Sundance Film Festival
#5. Concussion
I came into this film not knowing writer/director Stacie Passon or her on screen muse Robin Weigert, let's just say they officially have...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #76. James Ponsoldt’s The Spectacular Now
The Spectacular Now
Director: James Ponsoldt
Writer(s): Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber
Producer(s): Michelle Krumm, Andrew Lauren, Shawn Levy, Tom McNulty
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Mary Elizabeth...
2013 Sundance Film Fest: David Lowery, Ryan Coogler, Dosunmu, Ponsoldt and Carruth Part of U.S. Dramatic Comp
2013's Sundance Film Fest sees a mix of returnees in Cherien Dabis, Lynn Shelton, Andrew Dosunmu, Shane Carruth (see Upstream Color pic below) and James Ponsoldt, a...
2013 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: James Ponsoldt’s The Spectacular Now
With post-production only beginning in late August, it might be too much of a rush job for James Ponsoldt to make it three for...
Smashed | TIFF 2012 Review
Leaving Los Angeles: Ponsoldt’s Feature of Addiction & Recovery Anchored by Strong Lead
Director James Ponsoldt follows up his under seen 2006 debut Off the...