Tag: John C. Reilly

Stars at Noon | Review

White Material: Denis Heats Up with Sinister, Nervy Romance Claire Denis leaves behind the Sandinistas of 1984 Nicaragua for Stars at Noon, based on the...

Licorice Pizza [Video Review]

Age is just a number but when you're a teen at footsteps of what are unattainable gates to adulthood it could feel like entire...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #24. Jacques Audiard’s The Sisters Brothers

The Sisters Brothers One of 2018’s most highly anticipated items is Jacques Audiard’s English language debut The Sisters Brothers, his first project since winning the...

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...

Kong: Skull Island | Review

Kong’s Crib: Vogt-Roberts Strains Weak Characters Through Special Effects Pageant In the continuing tradition of flinging fledgling indie directors into studio tent pole franchise reboots,...

2017 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Jeff Baena’s The Little Hours

Can filmmaker Jeff Baena get the triple crown of Sundance invites? So far two for two with his feature films in 2014's Life After...

Tale of Tales | Blu-ray Review

Italian auteur Matteo Garrone makes his English language debut with 2015’s Tale of Tales, a droll, visually captivating adaptation of classic fairytales from 17th...

The Lobster | Blu-ray Review

Director Yorgos Lanthimos transplants his celebrated narrative aesthetic from the Greek Weird Wave with his English language debut, The Lobster. The highly anticipated international...

The Lobster | Review

Animal Farm: Lanthimos’ Dystopic Dip into RomCom Greek auteur Yorgos Lanthimos makes an admirable English language debut with The Lobster, set within an original dystopic...

Mambo Italiano: Aubrey Plaza & Alison Brie Among Regs in Jeff Baena’s “The Little Hours”

Usual contributors Aubrey Plaza and Paul Weitz, Life After Beth's John C. Reilly and Molly Shannon, Joshy's Alison Brie and Adam Pally and a...

Tale of Tales | Review

Good Gaud: Garrone’s Critique of Aristocracy Goes Barely Skin-Deep Italy’s film industry is enjoying something of a renaissance lately, though honestly it’d have to be...

Nouveau Western: Audiard Teams with John C. Reilly for “The Sisters Brothers”

Not one to waste too much time in development between projects (he is just as prolific as the Dardennes with a film output of...

2015 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 3: The Lobster Boils Over into Bunuelian Aura

Its much to early to crown him as the godfather of the Greek new wave, but there'll be mounds of further essays written on the tsunami-breaking...

2015 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 2: Lots to Munch on in “Tale of Tales”

Marking another strong year for Italian cinema vying for the Palme d'Or, Matteo Garrone is the first out of the gates for the green,...

When Life Gives you Lemons, make O.J; Magnolia Fill Three Cups Worth with Alverson’s “Entertainment”

As discussed in our recent post Sundance Film Festival assessment of the NEXT section distribution deals, we noticed that there was some fine fruit at the...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #4. Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Lobster

The Lobster Director: Yorgos Lanthimos // Writers: Efthymis Filippou, Yorgos Lanthimos With his third feature, 2009's Dogtooth, Yorgos Lanthimos became the forefront of what's coming to...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #49. Matteo Garrone’s The Tale of Tales

The Tale of Tales Director: Matteo Garrone // Writers: Matteo Garrone, Edoardo Albinati, Ugo Chiti, Massimo Guadioso Italian director Matteo Garrone reached international renown in 2008...

2015 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Rick Alverson’s Entertainment

It may be too early to call him an American cousin akin to the quasi-dark humor of Roy Andersson and Aki Kaurismäki, but is third...

Guardians of the Galaxy | Review

Rocket Fuelled; Gunn Pleasures Summer PG-Spot It's the end of the world as we know it. Or so the popcorn films of the summer thus...

Get Him to the Greek; John C. Reilly Completes Lanthimos’ “The Lobster” Ensemble

Supporting players in John C. Reilly, Ashley Jensen, Michael Smiley and Jessica Barden are joining the already cast, diverse set of Colin Farrell, Rachel...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #94. Rick Alverson’s Entertainment

Entertainment Director: Rick Alverson Writer: Rick Alverson Producers: Brooke Bernard, Patrick Hibler, Dawn Krantz, Ryan Zacarias U.S. Distributor: Rights Available Cast: John C. Reilly, Tim Heidecker, Gregg Turkington I'm late...

Sundance 2014: Cutter Hodierne, Damien Chazelle, Kat Candler & Mona Fastvold Among Lucky 16 U.S. Dramatic Comp Selections

As I had predicted here, names such as Cutter Hodierne, Kat Candler, Maya Forbes, Mona Fastvold and Damien Chazelle would be among the invited...

2014 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Jeff Baena’s Life After Beth

A huge ensemble cast of indie vets (Anna Kendrick, Aubrey Plaza, Matthew Gray Gubler, Dane DeHaan, Alia Shawkat, John C. Reilly, Cheryl Hines, Paul...

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April | Review

A Vindicated Woman: Kulumbegashvili Constructs Potent, Profound Study in...