Tag: Lawrence Bender

The Harder They Fall [Video Review]

Zest of the West: Samuels’ Western Soap Opera Long on Style, Short on Substance In a film which plays as both recuperation and revisionism,...

Capone | Review

Gonzo Fonzo: Trank Returns with Tone Poem Portrait of a Monster The figure of Chicago mobster Al Capone has long been a mythical figure resurrected...

Greta | Review

She Will Always Beat You: Huppert Get Homicidal in Jordan’s B-Thriller There’s more than one way to depend on the kindness of strangers, including using...

2019 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: #27. Josh Trank – Fonzo

It's time to say goodbye to the De Niro Capone touch from The Untouchables. A meatier, bulkier project that would certainly rev up Sundance audiences,...

Climate Change Made Fashionable? Inconvenient Truth Sequel in the Works

Directly on heals of the U.N.'s more news is not good news announcement, producer Lawrence Bender told THR that a sequel to An Inconvenient...

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Ken Russell’s The Devils – 2010 Fantasia International Film Festival

Iconic director Ken Russell was in town to receive a lifetime achievement award from Fantasia for his 50-plus years in the business, a career that has spawned many genre classics including Altered States, Gothic, and The Lair of the White Worm. But it was the little-seen and hard to find The Devils from 1971 that proved to be Russell's most controversial work, and Fantasia managed to snag a copy to be screened on Russell's big night. In the video, Russell discusses the true story behind the film and receives his award with the grace befitting one of the great filmmakers of all time.

Club Kid | Review

Sex, Drugs & Unexpected Parenting: Firstman’s Debut Creates an...

Interview: Jordan Firstman – Club Kid

I first took notice of Jordan Firstman through his...

Interview: Sandra Wollner – Everytime

One of the discoveries of this year's Cannes Film...