Tag: Naomi Despres
Interview: Alireza Khatami – The Things You Kill
For his second feature film, Toronto-based Alireza Khatami tackles masculinity, shame, and the violence passed down through generations. A haunting, psychologically layered drama that...
The Things You Kill | Review
A Poison Tree: Khatami Deconstructs the Psychoses of Patriarchy
For his third feature, Iranian American director Alireza Khatami formulates a powerful psychodrama unspooling through the...
2019 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: #52. Matt Aselton – Lying and Stealing
You'd been forgiven if you've forgotten the name of Matt Aselton who, a decade earlier, made his directorial debut with Gigantic - a film...
Video: Craig William Macneill’s Lizzie | 2018 Sundance Film Festival
The '18 edition of Sundance stood as a breakout year in terms of women taking ownership of material. We could cite several projects where...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #73. Craig William Macneill’s Lizzie
Lizzie
Craig William Macneill's got his debut with 2015’s The Boy (read review) and it wasn't that much more time after that he landed into...
2018 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Craig William Macneill’s Lizzie
Originally this had helmer Pieter Van Hees set to direct, but this would become Craig William Macneill's sophomore film instead. Filming on Lizzie took place in...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #100. Michael Cuesta’s Kill the Messenger
Kill the Messenger
Director: Michael Cuesta
Writer: Peter Landesman
Producers: Pamela Abdy, Naomi Despres, Jeremy Renner, Scott Stuber
U.S. Distributor: Focus Features
Cast: Jeremy Renner, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Michael...
