Tag: Melissa Leo
Thunder Force | Review
May the Force Dismiss You: Falcone & McCarthy Amuse Themselves in Latest Improv Heavy Exercise
Comedy is harder than it looks, especially if one is...
Novitiate | Review
And Then There Were Nun: Betts’ Novel Approach to the Nunnery
Director Maggie Betts revisits a fascinating transitional period in the Catholic church with her...
2017 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Tommy O’Haver’s The Most Hated Woman in America
Not a biopic on Hillary Clinton but the title of one outspoken trailblazing personality who took on gawking religious folk, despite some television work Tommy...
2016 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Ian Olds’ The Fixer
It would be a futile exercise to try to pigeonhole this filmmaker into one category and just looking at the work samples that have...
The Equalizer | Review
Sequelizer: Fuqua Resurrects Vintage TV Series to Maudlin Effect
Upon the project’s official announcement, it may not have seemed a necessarily surprising or even awful...
2014 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Mark Webber’s The Ever After
Not that it is shrouded in mystery, but Mark Webber has a distinct way of working that might be regarded Cassavetes-like for his realism...
2014 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Phil Alden Robinson’s The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
It wouldn't be the first time a veteran helmer with a Hollywoodized filmography cracked the line-up and seeing that he directed mainstream titles such...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #61. Fredrik Bond’s The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman
The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman
Director: Fredrik Bond
Writer(s): Matt Drake
Producer(s): Albert Berger, Craig J. Flores, William Horberg, Ron Yerxa
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Shia LaBeouf,...
Interview: Ron Nyswaner, Phil Dorling and Melissa Leo (Why Stop Now)
Originally titled Predisposed after the short it was based on, Why Stop Now made a splash at this years Sundance where it caught the...
