Tag: Michael Fassbender
2024 Sundance: Scott Cummings’ REALM OF SATAN & Haley Elizabeth Anderson’s Tendaberry Among NEXT Items
Long-time editor (Never Rarely Sometimes Always) and director (Buffalo Juggalos - short) Scott Cummings and a talent to watch in Haley Elizabeth Anderson (Sundance...
The Killer | Review
Assassin’s Creed: Fincher Sculpts More Murder Into Art
There’s simply no room for error in some professions, chief among them the business of expert assassins,...
If You Can’t Stand the Heat… Kibwe Tavares Pulls a Heist with Daniel Kaluuya in Dystopian “The Kitchen”
British helmer Kibwe Tavares is finally gearing up for his feature film debut reteaming with actor (and here co-writer) Daniel Kaluuya on the London...
2022 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Taika Waititi’s Next Goal Wins
2021 came and went and yet New Zealand’s Taika Waititi didn't see his latest hit the fest circuit - perhaps it has to do...
2021 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Taika Waititi’s Next Goal Wins
You won't find a better Sundance ambassador than New Zealand's Taika Waititi who has unveiled several films from his filmography in Park City. His...
The Shadow of Violence | Review
Goodbye Horses: Rowland Riles Allegiances in Familiar Crime Thriller
It’s a tale as old as crime itself, the toppling of empires thanks to the shifting...
Song to Song | Blu-ray Review
Terrence Malick runs into his usual refrain in his latest, Song to Song, a film replete with aching, lost souls whose various interconnected narratives...
Alien: Covenant | Review
This Time It’s More: Scott Repeats the Beats of Initial Sci-Fi Classic for Sequel Prequel
There comes a time when too much tinkering with one...
Song to Song | Review
Music Makes the People: Malick Slathers Austin, Texas with Signature Emotional Ennui
Fragments of lovers drowning beneath the weight of their own expectations and stagnant...
Top 25 Most Anticipated Studio Films of 2017: #2. Tomas Alfredson’s The Snowman
The Snowman
Director: Tomas Alfredson
Writer: Hossein Amini, Matthew Michael Carnhan
Swedish auteur Tomas Alfredson became immediately of note following his superb vampire film Let the Right...
The Light Between Oceans | Review
To the Lighthouse: Cianfrance Labors Through Melodrama in Handsome Period Piece
Director Derek Cianfrance manages a series of firsts with his fourth feature, including his first...
2016 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Adam Smith’s Trespass Against Us
Whether its video helmers or stage directors, Sundance has been a reliable launchpad lieu for nouveau British talent --- video helmer Fredrik Bond (The...
Steve Jobs | Review
All About Steve: Boyle and Sorkin’s Backstage Swipe at the Tech Magnate
Though it successfully usurps the ungainly 2013 film starring a miscast Ashton...
2015 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 11: Kurzel’s “Macbeth” Avoids Tragic Fate
It was last year's most snap worthy Cannes Market one sheet image and it pretty much secured an In Comp entry the moment Marion...
Slow West | Review
Western Dreams: Maclean’s Accomplished, Stylized Debut
Scottish musician John Maclean makes a handsome directorial debut with Slow West, a period western set mainly in 19th century Colorado....
Top 25 Most Anticipated Studio Films of 2015: #3. Derek Cianfrance’s The Light Between Oceans
The Light Between Oceans
Director Derek Cianfrance // Writers: Derek Cianfrance, M.L. Stedman
Derek Cianfrance surfaced to the forefront of the best new American directors with...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #81. Terrence Malick’s Untitled Romantic Drama
Lawless
Director: Terrence Malick
Writer: Terrence Malick
Producers: Nicolas Gonda, Sarah Green, Ken Kao
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Christian Bale, Natalie Portman, Ryan Gosling, Michael Fassbender, Cate Blanchett,...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #181. Lenny Abrahamson’s Frank
Frank
Director: Lenny Abrahamson
Writers: Jon Ronson and Peter Straughan
Producers: Ed Guiney, David Barron, Stevie Lee
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Michael Fassbender, Domhnall Gleeson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Scoot...
Sundance 2014: Colangelo, Shelton, Corbijn, Winterbottom, Araki & Gareth Evans Among 16 V.I.Ps
The Sundance Film Festival made their final feature film line-ups with the Premieres category announcements. Sixteen films with huge name talent, returnee filmmakers and...
12 Years a Slave | Review
Reliving Dehumanization: McQueen Lenses Masterpiece of Repressed American History
For Steve McQueen, filmmaking has been a hard edged exercise in emotional archeology, burrowing into the...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #15. Steve McQueen’s Twelve Years a Slave
Twelve Years a Slave
Director: Steve McQueen
Writer(s): McQueen & John Ridley
Producer(s): Anthony Katagas, Brad Pitt
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Brad Pitt, Michael Fassbender, Paul...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #18. Untitled Terrence Malick project (formerly titled Lawless)
Director/Writer: Terrence Malick
Producer(s): Nicolas Gonda, Sarah Green, Ken Kao
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling, Natalie Portman, Cate Blanchett, Michael Fassbender, Rooney Mara,...
