Tag: James Schamus
Nor’easter Retreat: Scoot McNairy, Jack Reynor & Emily Browning Check In to Lance Edmands’ “Brightwater”
Lance Edmands is finally set to direct his sophomore feature and he'll have Scoot McNairy, Jack Reynor and Emily Browning's moral compasses all misaligned...
Driveways | Review
This Small Town: Ahn Aims for the Heart in Soulful Suburban Drama
Death acts as impetus in cinema, and in some cases characters must deal...
The Assistant | 2020 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review
Executive Suite: Green Metes Modern Monsters in Narrative Debut
Documentarian Kitty Green (last on hand with her unique memory tapestry Casting JonBenet, 2017) moves into...
Adam | 2019 Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ Film Festival Video Review
Trans Substantiate: Ernst Turns Back Time in Sincere, Flawed Trans Rom-Com
“Lying is stupid and lonely,” says Margaret Qualley, a wearied queer woman towards the...
Internsh*t: Kitty Green Finds Assistants in Macfadyen, Kristine Froseth & Makenzie Leigh
High up on our most anticipated American indie offerings for 2019, the probable gross "rite of passage" exposé of working under the indie...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Independent Films of 2019: #27. Kitty Green’s Untitled DAY in the LIFE of a Harvey Weinstein Assistant Project
Currently in green light mode on her third feature, formal storytelling will once again receive the boundary pushing nip and tuck inventiveness of Kitty Green who...
2019 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: #22. Andrew Ahn – Driveways
After the critically acclaimed Spa Night, (2016 Sundance Film Fest selection) Andrew Ahn moved into the television sphere with a half dozen episodes of This...
2019 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: #3. Rhys Ernst – Adam
A project that once had Desiree Akhavan attached to direct, Adam would land in the lap of "This Is Me" and "Transparent" producer-director Rhys Ernst somewhere in...
A Prayer Before Dawn | Review
Break the Dawn: Sauvaire Browbeats with Violent, Grim Prison Drama
Although a simple plot synopsis tends to glorify the perilous pugilism which provides the bizarre...
Best of Fest: Sundance 2016’s Top 10 New Voices
Commonly known as a lieu that breeds new filmmaking talents, Nicholas Bell and I look back at the filmmakers who made the most noteworthy...
Kelly Reichardt’s Certain Women Leads Eric Lavallee’s 2016 Sundance Film Fest Top Ten
With a decent sized sampling of thirty-one features and several four star quality shorts viewed, my assessment of the '16 edition is as follows:...
Sundance ’16: Reichardt, Marston, Sachs, Solondz, Stillman & Lonergan Among Premieres
Sundance programmers have unveiled what is a jaw-dropping, savoury Premieres line-up. With names such as Asif Kapadia (Ali & Nino), Kelly Reichardt (Certain Women), Joshua...
2016 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: James Schamus’ Indignation
A veteran player on the independent film scene dating all the way back to Todd Haynes' 1991 release of the seminal queer film Poison,...
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...