Tag: Lesley Manville
Queer | Review
(Disem)Body Talk: Guadagnino Pays Homage to the Paradoxical Beat Pariah
If Ayn Rand had dared to write a character who was a genius gay white...
2024 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Sam Taylor-Johnson’s Back to Black
Of all our Sundance predictions this item might be our Hail Mary prediction we find Back to Black. Cannes programmers would be keen on...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #167. Anand Tucker’s The Critic
The Critic
After moonlighting as a producer and working in television, Anand Tucker's returns to feature films a dozen years after his last feature film...
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris | Review
Dior on the Floor: Fabian Spins Sweetness into Schmaltz with Anglophile Fairy Tale
It’s never too late to follow one’s dreams, as the truncated tagline...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2021: #98. Anthony Fabian’s Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Anthony Fabian is set to reveal his highest profile project since 2008’s Skin with a revamp of a beloved Paul...
Let Him Go [Video Review]
Gone, Baby, Gone: Bezucha Returns with Poignant Crime Drama
For his first film in nearly a decade, director Thomas Bezucha returns with a spirited character-driven...
Misbehavior | Review
Through Beauty, Equality: Lowthorpe Examines Intersections Through Provocative Period Nexus
Sporting material speckled with enough players and perspectives to justify a much longer format, Philippa...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #149. Misbehavior – Philippa Lowthorpe
Misbehavior
Celebrated British television director Philippa Lowthorpe (the first woman to win a BAFTA TV Award for Directing for 2012’s “Call the Midwife,” an award...
Rupture | Review
Walking into Spiderwebs: Shainberg Returns with Characterless Genre Effort
A decade after the somewhat unwarranted critical drubbing of Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus...
A Five Star Life | Review
Perks of Using the Star System: Tognazzi’s Tale a Tad Too Familiar
Maria Sole Tognazzi, daughter of famed actor/director Ugo Tognazzi, visits the mid-life crisis...
Maleficent | Review
Moralificent: Stromberg’s Debut Gets a Dastard Disney Straitjacket
Anticipation has been extremely high for Disney’s live action dedication to one of their most enjoyably memorable...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #19. Mike Leigh’s Mr. Turner
Mr. Turner
Director: Mike Leigh
Writer: Mike Leigh
Producer: Georgina Lowe
U.S. Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Cast: Timothy Spall, Lesley Manville, Julian Seager
As he has proven on several occasions...