Tag: Naomi Watts
Personal Services: Naomi Watts, Will Sharpe & Jamie Campbell Bower Among Players in “Emmanuelle”
Earlier this morning Audrey Diwan confirmed the recent news that Naomi Watts has a role in her highly anticipated Emmanuelle, but the French filmmaker...
Infinite Storm | Review
White Woman in a Blizzard: Szumowska Pitts Watts Against the Elements in True Life Trauma Drama
Polish director Małgorzata Szumowska unleashes her tenth narrative feature...
Interview: Alistair Banks Griffin – The Wolf Hour
For his sophomore feature, Alistair Banks Griffin proposes a phobia friendly transgressive and forbidding drama that makes strange bedfellows out of the process of...
The Wolf Hour | Review
Watts the Matter with Naomi?: Griffin Mines Madness in All-Consuming Character Study
Director Alistair Banks Griffin revisits one helluva hot summer in the city with...
Alistair Banks Griffin’s The Wolf Hour | 2019 Sundance Film Festival
Once again placing his player(s) through the ringer, Alistair Banks Griffin moves from outdoorsy existentialism and moral quicksand in (2011's Two Gates of Sleep)...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Independent Films of 2019: #23. Alistair Banks Griffin’s The Wolf Hour
The Wolf Hour
The highest ranked Sundance Film Festival selected item on our list belongs to Alistair Banks Griffin and his long awaited second feature...
2019 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: #99. Alistair Banks Griffin – The Wolf Hour
Shooting took place in November of 2017 on Alistair Banks Griffin's sophomore feature and a cast of Naomi Watts, Jennifer Ehle, Kelvin Harrison Jr.,...
2019 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: #50. Julius Onah – Luce
Part of his "American Lives" output, production on Luce took place in November of 2017 and becomes Julius Onah's third feature following in the footsteps of the...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #26. Alistair Banks Griffin’s The Wolf Hour
The Wolf Hour
The interminable wait for Alistair Banks Griffin's second feature film is officially over. The Borderline Films' backed Two Gates of Sleep debuted...
Tracking Shot: Alistair Banks Griffin, Brady Corbet & Karyn Kusama Shooting in December
“Tracking Shot” is a top of month featurette here at IONCINEMA.com that looks at the projects that are moments away from lensing and as...
Sundance ’18: Wash Westmoreland, Debra Granik, Gus Van Sant & Zellner Bros. In Premieres Section
Despite not expecting the Premieres sections to be drop today, several of the narrative items below were on our radar and make for what...
Pitch Black: Ehle, Harrison Jr. & Emory Cohen Join “The Wolf Hour”
Production on Alistair Banks Griffin's sophomore film began this week, and the supporting cast in the sweltering The Wolf Hour have been identified. Deadline reports...
Hungry like the Wolf: Naomi Watts Toplines Alistair Banks Griffin’s Psychological Thriller
Alistair Banks Griffin is currently in pre-production and finally gearing up for his long-awaited sophomore feature with Naomi Watts confirmed as the lead in...
The Sea of Trees | Blu-ray Review
Nearly every edition of the Cannes Film Festival seems to yield a significant misstep for at least one auteur premiering in competition. Less common...
The Sea of Trees | Review
The Forest for the Trees: Van Sant’s Melodramatic Misfire
Gus Van Sant’s name seems to conjure wildly different reactions depending on how accustomed one is...
The Divergent Series: Allegiant – Part 1| Review
Once More With(out) Feeling: Schwentke Barrels Along with Malingering Franchise
If we’ve reached uncomfortable saturation levels with super hero tent poles, the same conversations should...
2015 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 4: Sea of Trees “Gerry”manders Critics
A film that explores the suicide theme might have become the first Croisette casualty, hara-kiri style. He has had a lengthy, healthy career moving...
While We’re Young | Review
Confessions of an Aging Artist: Baumbach Humorously Reflects on Filmmaking Ethics and Middle Age
In some ways the complimentary antithesis to his last work of...
Insurgent | Review
Rebel Heart: Schwentke Usurps Plebeian YA Franchise
In many ways, Insurgent is an easier film to watch than its 2014 predecessor, Divergent, in which we...
Birdman | Blu-Ray Review
Taking home four Oscars out of its nine nominations, including Best Picture, Director, Original Screenplay and Cinematography, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s Birdman was the big...
St. Vincent | Blu-ray Review
The independently produced dramedy from helmer Theodore Melfi received a mostly positive critical reception following its premiere at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival...
2015 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Noah Baumbach’s While We’re Young
It landed at the Toronto Int. Film Festival and already had a NYFF playdate in place before A24 films plunked down 4 million on...
Birdman | Review
Bullets Over Broadway: Inarritu’s Vibrant, Exuberant Portrait Of Celebrity, Relevance, and Creative Passion
Not only is Birdman (or The Virtue of Ignorance) arguably the best...
St. Vincent | Review
Sinners And Saints: Melfi’s Debut an Unobtrusive Crowd Pleaser
For a few moments during its initial set-up, Theodore Melfi’s directorial debut, St. Vincent, seems on...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #40. Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Birdman
Birdman
Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Writers: Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo
Producers: Alejandro González Iñárritu, John Lesher, Arnon Milchan, James W. Skotchdopole
U.S. Distributor:...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #63. Errol Morris’ Holland, Michigan
Holland, Michigan
Director: Errol Morris
Writer: Andrew Sodroski
Producers: Adam Kassan, John Lesher
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Naomi Watts, Bryan Cranston, Edgar Ramírez
Documentarian Errol Morris has signed on...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #129. Ted Melfi’s St. Vincent De Van Nuys
Director: Ted Melfi
Writer: Ted Melfi
Producers: Chernin Entertainment’s Peter Chernin and Jenno Topping, Ted Melfi, Fred Roos, Don Cheadle
U.S. Distributor: The Weinstein Co.
Cast: Bill Murray,...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #74. Laurie Collyer’s Sunlight Jr.
Sunlight Jr.
Director/Writer: Laurie Collyer
Producer(s): Charlie Corwin, Ariel Elia and Andrea Roa
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Naomi Watts, Norman Reedus, Matt Dillon
As I've mentioned before, it's...
