Tag: Michelle Williams
2023 Gotham Awards: All of Us Strangers Leads Noms, but it’s a “Past Lives” vs. “A Thousand and One” Event
In what is an increasingly convoluted ceremony (remember that each category is determined by a mere five individuals), All of Us Strangers takes the...
Showing Up | Review
Bird is the Word: Reichardt Returns with Warm Portrait of Art and Ennui
To some it may seem too slight and to others just right,...
The Fabelmans | Review
All the Camera Allows: Spielberg Revisits Childhood in Semi-Autobiographical Portrait
Evident in many of the titles from his iconic filmography, whether science fiction, adventure or...
Venom: Let There Be Carnage | Review
How to Lose Friends & Alien Ate People: Serkis Navigates Odd Bedfellows in Routine Sequel
Though perhaps a novel choice for helming Marvel sequel...
After the Wedding | Review
Something Borrowed, Something Blue: Freundlich Updates Danish Drama with Gender Bending Twist
Just as Danish director Susanne Bier masters the art of cult filmmaker with...
2019 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: #5. Bart Freundlich – After the Wedding
Bart Freundlich's seventh feature film in After the Wedding - is a new (feminist?) take on Susanne Bier's Efter brylluppet and it might allow him...
I Feel Pretty | Review
More Than a Feeling: Kohn & Silverstein Compose Meaningful, Imprecise Satire on Body Shaming
Screenwriters Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein, known for adolescent minded portraits...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #36. Sean Durkin’s Janis
Janis
We could trace an entire timeline on the number of competing projects (e.g. Amy Adams and Get it While You Can) or the failed attempts...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #4. Leos Carax’s Annette
Annette
It will have been six years since Leos Carax’s 2012 masterpiece Holy Motors (read review) was unveiled at the Cannes Film Festival—itself a break from...
All the Money in the World | Review
A Buck or a Pound: Greed is Good Cinema in Scott’s Perverse Portrait of Capitalist Dysfunction
Perhaps it was ABBA, Sweden’s 1970s pop sensation,...
Criterion Collection: Certain Women | Blu-ray Review
Kelly Reichardt scored her most triumphant success to date with sixth feature film, Certain Women, which premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival and...
Wonderstruck | 2017 Cannes Film Festival Review
Time After Time: Haynes Captures Wistful Tone of Bygone Eras
American indie auteur Todd Haynes explores dual cinematic pastiche in his most family friendly film...
Manchester by the Sea | Blu-ray Review
Hailed as a masterpiece by many a major critical outlet immediately after it premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, Kenneth Lonergan’s third title...
Manchester by the Sea | Review
The Fire Last Time: Lonergan’s Austere Portrait of Razed Emotions in Chilly New England
Kenneth Lonergan musters yet another masterful portrait of pervasive trauma with...
Certain Women | Review
All I Desire: Reichardt’s Exceptional Triptych of Tenacious Women
Though she’s already touted as one of the most talented American contemporary directors, Kelly Reichardt accomplishes...
2016 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Kelly Reichardt’s Livingston
The reigning queen of American independent cinema has a rich history with Sundance --- she premiered her debut film 1994's River of Grass (which...
Fiscal Accuracy: SPWA to Rep Kelly Reichardt’s Untitled 7th Feature Film
Landing world sales right in the month of April not only facilitates future Cannes Film Festival deals, but if you're Tom Bernard and Michael...
No Cutoff: Reichardt & Michelle Williams Continue Creative Collab in 2015
While a whole bunch of folk were being distracted by the buzz at Sundance, a tent was pitched somewhere on the West Coast by...
