Tag: Kristen Wiig
Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar [Video Review]
The Florida Project: Wiig & Mumolo Wax Weird and Wacky in Bizarro Comedy
While we’ve grown accustomed to normalizing predictability in mainstream comedies, there’s still...
Wonder Woman 1984 [Video Review]
Woman, Thou Art Deuced: Jenkins Misfires with Superficial Follow-Up in Ill-Fitting Retro Garb
The difficulty in presenting the affect of nostalgia is how reverence for...
Where’d You Go, Bernadette? | Review
Fox and Her Friends: Linklater Falters on the Architecture of Blanchett in Bizarre, Uneven Dramedy
The boldest move made by Richard Linklater in his latest...
2019 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: #97. & #98. Richard Linklater – Where’d You Go, Bernadette & Untitled Moon Landing Project
In an almost film per eighteen months pace, Richard Linklater might have not one, but two features released in 2019....and perhaps the filmmaker will...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #30. Richard Linklater’s Where’d You Go, Bernadette
Where’d You Go, Bernadette
About to enter his third decade in filmmaking and currently on a 3-for-3 streak with Everybody Wants Some!! (2016) and Last...
mother! | Review
Portrait of the Artist: Aronofsky Thrashes Wildly with Art-house Freak Show
Three years since his Biblical studio effort Noah, Darren Aronofsky is back in the...
Ghostbusters | Review
Dose of a Ghost: Feig Delivers Funny, Feminized Franchise Entry
Overshadowed by the ill will of an alarmingly misogynist fanboy culture since its initial inception,...
“Diary of a Teenage Girl” & “Carol” Lead 2015 Gotham Award Noms
Nabbing Best Actress, Screenplay, Breakthrough Director and Feature noms, Marielle Heller's Diary of a Teenage Girl leads all Gotham Award nominations with four, while...
The Martian| Review
Stranger in a Bland Land: Scott’s Toilsome Return to Space
Ridley Scott, who is on the same annual cinematic trajectory as Woody Allen when it...
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,...
Love Thy Neighbor: The Orchard to Support “Nasty Baby” During Postpartum Phase
Deemed "unfit" for TIFF, Sebastian Silva’s Nasty Baby is the latest addition to The Orchard's ever expanding Sundance family grove. IndieWIRE reports that The...
2015 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Sebastián Silva’s Nasty Baby
The Chilean filmmaker locked two premieres at Sundance back in '13 with Magic Magic and Crystal Fairy and later that fall, began lensing Nasty...
2015 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Marielle Heller’s Diary of a Teenage Girl
We'd be hard pressed to find more of an enraptured superfan of Phoebe Gloeckner's graphic novel than Marielle Heller. The actress adapted Diary of...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #46. Sebastian Silva’s Nasty Baby
Nasty Baby
Director: Sebastian Silva
Writer: Sebastian Silva
Producers: Fabula's Juan de Dios Larrain and Pablo Larrain, Funny Balloons' Peter Danner, Versatile's Pape Boye and Violaine Pichon
U.S....
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...
The Skeleton Twins | 2014 Sundance Review
Sticks & Stones: Johnson’s Winning Dramedy a Showcase for Wiig & Hader
The transition from sketch comedy television to the big screen is often a...
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: Craig Johnson’s The Skeleton Twins
Live. From New York. It's...Craig Johnson. Another product from the Duplass factory, after breaking out with the micro-budgeted SXSW preemed True Adolescents, Johnson remains...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #88. Liza Johnson’s Hateship Friendship
Hateship Friendship
Director: Liza Johnson
Writer(s): Mark Poirier (Smart People, Goats)
Producer(s): Robert Ogden Barnum, Michael Benaroya, Cassian Elwes, Jamin O'Brien, Dylan Sellers
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Guy...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #95. Errol Morris’ Freezing People is Easy
Freezing People is Easy
Director: Errol Morris
Writer(s): Zach Helm (Stranger Than Fiction)
Producer(s): Film Rites' Steven Zaillian and Garrett Basch with Ira Glass, Alissa Shipp
U.S. Distributor:...