Tag: Jennifer Jason Leigh
2022 Sundance Film Festival: Phyllis Nagy, Lena Dunham, Jesse Eisenberg, John Patton Ford & Hazanavicius Fill Premieres Section
In the Premieres section you'll usually find a mix of studio unveilings and high profile acquisitions titles and in the almost equal split between...
2022 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Lena Dunham’s Sharp Stick
Lena Dunham is sure making up for her lack of feature film output with not one, but two films in post production. She has...
The Woman in the Window [Video Review]
Dial V for Voyeur: Wright Waxes Hitchcockian in Enjoyable Neo Noir
“Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery,” said Oscar Wilde, “that mediocrity can pay...
Possessor Uncut | Review
The Mind Benders: Cronenberg Returns with Eerie Exercise of Mind/Body Horror
Eight years after his 2012 debut Antiviral, Brandon Cronenberg returns with Possessor Uncut, an...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #47. Possessor – Brandon Cronenberg
Possessor
Eight years after his 2012 debut Antiviral, Brandon Cronenberg returns with Possessor, a sci-fi thriller with a stellar cast, featuring Jennifer Jason Leigh (who...
Lange at the Farm – Part 2 in “A Thousand Acres” (1997) | Blu-ray Review
A highly compromised and ultimately disappointing adaptation of Jane Smiley’s Pulitzer-Prize winning novel A Thousand Acres seems to have been a grueling experience...
Tuesday Blus: Max Ophüls’ Letter from an Unknown Woman, Nolan’s Dunkirk & Bigelow’s Detroit
This week’s edition of Tuesday Blus includes the following titles: Dunkirk (2017) - Warner Bros., Detroit (2017) - Twentieth Century Fox, Letter from an...
Good Time | Review
White is Right: Pattinson Shines in the Grime of the Safdie Bros. Urban Squalor
American indie directors Joshua and Ben Safdie craft their most polished...
Anomalisa | Review
Re-Animators: Kaufman & Johnson Brilliantly Translates Kafkaesque 'Sound Play' From The Stage To Stop Motion
Springing from the mind that spewed an incredible string of transcendent work from Being...
The Hateful Eight | Review
For a Few Hours More: Tarantino’s Flamboyant Style Stamped onto a Salami Western
Quentin Tarantino returns with his latest feature, The Hateful Eight, another retro...
Welcome to Me | Review
Broadcast Blues: Wiig’s Amusing Portrait of Mental Illness
Mental illness collides with reality TV inspired media for Shira Piven’s generally pleasurable oddity, Welcome to Me,...
Top 25 Most Anticipated Studio Films of 2015: #4. Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight
The Hateful Eight
Director: Quentin Tarantino // Writer: Quentin Tarantino
The film that almost wasn’t due to a draft of the script being leaked in early...
Jake Squared | Review
Multiplicity: Goldberg’s Latest a Mediocre Mash-up of the Masculinity Affliction
A handful of exquisite references are bound to crop up in a discussion of Howard...
The Moment | Review
War Story: Weinstock’s Sophomore Feature Rides on Leigh’s Laurels
Unveiling her first film since her 2003 debut, Easy, director Jane Weinstock’s latest, The Moment, is an intriguing...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #146. Shira Piven’s Welcome to Me
Welcome to Me
Director: Shira Piven
Writer: Eliot Laurence
Producers: Kristen Wiig, BRON Studios' Aaron L. Gilbert and Marina Grasic, Gary Sanchez Productions' Will Ferrell, Adam...
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...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: # 89. John Krokidas’ Kill Your Darlings
Kill Your Darlings
Director/Writer: John Krokidas
Writer(s): Krokidas and Austin Bunn
Producer(s): Krokidas, Killer Films’ Christine Vachon, Benaroya Pictures’ Michael Benaroya, Rose Pictures’ Rose Ganguzza
U.S. Distributor: Rights...
