Tag: Paul Dano
2023 Cannes: Palme Winner Julia Ducournau, Paul Dano & Rungano Nyoni Among Jury!
Ruben Östlund has a bunch of cinephile buddies to help him hand out the big daddy of all film prizes this May with the...
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...
The Batman | Review
Gotham, Open City: Reeves Reconstitutes an Anti-Hero in Moody Reboot
Who would have ever predicted in the fifty-plus years since Adam West first donned the...
2018 PYIFF Dailies: Many Miles from Home with Paul Dano’s WildLife | Day 6
The yearly running joke among film journalists covering the festival beat is to identify the odd title that we somehow missed. In my case,...
2018 Pingyao Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon Intl. Film Fest: Lav Diaz & Lee Chang-Dong Among Highlights
Selections have been announced for the second edition of the Pingyao Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon Int. Film Festival. The brainchild of former Venice Film...
2018 Cannes Critics’ Week: Paul Dano’s Wildlife (Opener) & Agnieszka Smoczynska’s Fugue Selected
As per usual, Artistic Director Charles Tesson unveiled the line-up to the Cannes Critics' Week via the savoury film description friendly video. A program...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #85. Paul Dano’s Wildlife
Wildlife
We've been charting his perfs well before the likes of Reichardt and PTA brought him in as a supporting character, Paul Dano who has...
Sundance ’18: Morano, Silva, Akhavan & Boots Riley Among U.S. Dramatic Comp Selections
Last year's section of sixteen included such gems as Beach Rats (Directing Award), Brigsby Bear, Ingrid Goes West (Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award), Golden Exits...
Okja | Review
That’ll Do, Pig: Joon-ho’s Latest Creature Feature Gets Stuck on Itself
Following 2014’s post-apocalyptic microcosm Snowpiercer, South Korean auteur Bong Joon-ho returns to familiar territory...
Swiss Army Man | Review
Pretend That We’re Dead: Or - Two Dans, a Dano, and a Dead Body
What is there to be said about a dramatic comedy built...
Through the Looking-Glass…Top 200 Most Anticipated Films of 2017: #7. Bong Joon-Ho’s Okja
Okja
Director: Bong Joon-Ho
Writer: Bong Joon-Ho
Fans of South Korean auteur Bong Joon-Ho’s 2013 English language debut Snowpiercer will most likely be excited to learn he’s...
Youth | Review
Oh, Youth and Beauty!: Sorrentino’s Shows Softer Side in Switzerland
Following the success of the snide yet undeniably eloquent 2013 title The Great Beauty, which...
2016 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Dan Kwan & Daniel Scheinert’s Swiss Army Man
Receiving wall-to-wall support from the Sundance Institute participating in a fivesome of labs all in 2014 (the January Screenwriters Lab, Directors Lab, Music and...
“Diary of a Teenage Girl” & “Carol” Lead 2015 Gotham Award Noms
Nabbing Best Actress, Screenplay, Breakthrough Director and Feature noms, Marielle Heller's Diary of a Teenage Girl leads all Gotham Award nominations with four, while...
2015 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 8: No Love Lost on Sorrentino’s “Youth”
The last of the three competing Italian films for the Palme d'Or, unlike 2008 where Garrone's Gomorrah edged out Sorrentino's Il Divo, here, solely...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #36. Paolo Sorrentino’s In the Future
In the Future
Director: Paolo Sorrentino // Writer: Paolo Sorrentino
While Italian auteur went home empty-handed from Cannes 2013 with The Great Beauty, he went on...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #153. Bill Pohlad’s Love and Mercy
Love and Mercy
Director: Bill Pohlad
Writer: Oren Moverman
Producers: Bill Pohlad, Claire Rudnick Polstein, John Wells, Brian Wilson
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Elizabeth Banks, Paul Dano, John...
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...