Tag: Michael Kenneth Williams

2022 Sundance Film Festival: Riley Stearns, Nikyatu Jusu, Mariama Diallo, Cooper Raiff & Bradley Rust Gray in the U.S. Dramatic Comp Section

In 2022, ten lucky titles/filmmakers will be vying for the big daddy prize of them all in the Sundance Film Festival's Grand Jury Prize...

Arkansas | Review

Deal of Fortune: Duke Attempts Neo-noir in Passionless Debut Drug running is generally an unromantic career choice, at least up until the inevitable thrills to...

The Gambler | Review

Kens and Dolls: Wyatt Revamps Toback Prose for the Plastic Age Working steadfastly against the success of Rupert Wyatt’s up-do of The Gambler, which was...

2015 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Tim Blake Nelson’s Anesthesia

While TIFF has become film premiere terrain for his last director outings (the horribly timed post 9/11 released The Grey Zone and 2009's Leaves...

Kill the Messenger | Review

Crack is Whack: Cuesta Revisits Contras Affair as Political Thriller Though he has several films under his belt, director Michael Cuesta has probably made more...

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...

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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

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Interview: Sandra Wollner – Everytime

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