Tag: Robert Pattinson
Mickey 17 | Review
Born to Die: Joon-ho Beguiles with Irreverent Sci-Fi Socio-Satire
After significant delays, Bong Joon-ho’s highly anticipated Mickey 17 at last arrives with all his signature...
American Indie Updates: More Casting News for Reichardt’s ‘The Mastermind’ & Borgli’s ‘The Drama’
Some casting news spread over the past 24 hours, Alana Haim is continuing her progression in cinema and working with choice auteurs climbing aboard...
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...
The Devil All the Time | Review
Devil May Care: Campos Composes Heady Southern Gothic
For his fourth feature film The Devil All the Time, based on the 2011 novel by Donald...
Waiting for the Barbarians | Review
Enemy at the Gate: Guerra Heads to the International Frontier with Flat Coetzee Adaptation
The richness and heft of Ciro Guerra’s cinema gets lost somehow...
The Lighthouse | Review
I Can Hear the Mermaids Singing: Eggers Unleashes a Hyper-Stylized Portrait of Nautical Madness
Virginia Woolf (who, having known something about the subject and its...
High Life | Review
An Outpost of Progress: Denis Gets Daring with Esoteric Sci-Fi
Of Claire Denis’ impressive English language debut High Life, perhaps a famous line from Alien...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Independent Films of 2019: #5. Antonio Campos’ The Devil All The Time
The Devil All The Time
Among the top film news items spilling out of the frenzied Toronto Intl. Film Festival was the significant packaging to...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Independent Films of 2019: #15. Robert Eggers’ The Light House
The Light House
Robert Eggers blasted onto the scene with what we can describe his own brand of unconventional horror. Production on his sophomore film,...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #36. Waiting for the Barbarians – Ciro Guerra
Waiting for the Barbarians
Colombian auteur Ciro Guerra branches out into a high-profile international co-production for his fifth film, an adaptation of South African Nobel...
2019 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: #47. Robert Eggers – The Light House
Robert Pattinson recently admitted that filming on The Light House was "the closest I’ve come to punching a director". Not exactly Kinski-Herzog in nature, but we...
Interview: Damsel’s Chris Ohlson & Mia Wasikowska | 2018 Sundance Film Festival
A creative collaboration that was cemented on the Zellner Bros.' previous film, Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (check out our trading card profile) which premiered...
Video: Zellner Bros.’ Damsel | 2018 Sundance Film Festival
Magnolia Pictures release Damsel in theatres tomorrow. Invited to the Berlin Film Festival shortly after its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, the Zellner Bros. were...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #9. Zellner Bros.’ Damsel
Damsel
Leaving Sundance as one of the critical darlings of the fest, for its play with the Western genre doing away with all the nuances...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #1. Claire Denis’ High Life
High Life
French auteur Claire Denis has become one of the most prolific and revered international auteurs over the past thirty years, beginning with her...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #40. Joanna Hogg’s The Souvenir: Part I
The Souvenir: Part 1
British director Joanna Hogg has remained one of the UK’s most underrated auteur assets since breaking out of television in the...
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...
2018 Indie Spirit Noms: Guadagnino’s “Call Me by Your Name” Leads Pack with 6, Benny Safdie Lands 3
It's the head-scratching nominations process where Greta Gerwig's Lady Bird is good enough for the Best Feature category and picks up four nominations in...
2018 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: David & Nathan Zellner’s Damsel
We incorrectly labeled this guesstimate as dropping in 2017 and to be frank, we're a bit surprised that it didn't shore up at the...
Guess Who’s Coming to the Awards Dinner? Jordan Peele’s “Get Out” Leads 2017 Gotham Award Noms
Today's Gotham Awards nominees announcement proves that the film's themselves have their own against all odds narratives. With the five noms for the Best...
Good Time | Review
White is Right: Pattinson Shines in the Grime of the Safdie Bros. Urban Squalor
American indie directors Joshua and Ben Safdie craft their most polished...
The Lost City of Z | Blu-ray Review
Although it’s one of the best theatrical releases of 2017 (and a novel change of pace for James Gray), the epically conceived The Lost...
The Lost City of Z | Review
Zed and Buried: Gray’s Period Adventure a Meticulous Throwback of Epic Filmmaking
American auteur James Gray unveils his most provocative film yet with the painstaking,...
Through the Looking-Glass…Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2018: #2. Claire Denis’ High Life
High Life
Director: Claire Denis
Writer: Claire Denis, Zadie Smith, Nick Laird, Jean-Pol Fargeau
Arguably the higher profile project from Claire Denis is her English language debut,...
2017 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: David Zellner’s Damsel
While the Safdie Bros. are likely en route to Cannes or Venice with the other Robert Pattinson vehicle Good Time, we'll likely saddle up...
The Childhood of a Leader | Review
The Children Are Watching Us: Corbet’s Chilling Directorial Debut Contemplates Familial Fascism
Potent psychological complexity often feels compromised in favor of establishing easy to...
Life | DVD Review
A troubling hush seems to follow Anton Corbijn's fourth and least enthusiastically received Life, a snapshot on the short but intensely felt celebrity of...
Through the Looking-Glass…Top 200 Most Anticipated Films of 2017: #8. Claire Denis’ High Life
High Life
Director: Claire Denis
Writers: Claire Denis, Zadie Smith, Nick Laird
French auteur Claire Denis is back with sci-fi tale High Life, co-written by novelists Zadie...
Life | Review
Or Something Like It: Corbijn Resurrects Dean Without a Cause
Following his 2014 John Le Carre adaptation A Man Most Wanted, director Anton Corbijn delves...
2016 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Brady Corbet’s The Childhood of a Leader
If included, it would count as one of the rare Venice preemed North American premiere debuts and uncommon 35mm treats at the fest. After...
Queen of the Desert | AFI Film Festival Review
Hey, Queen: Herzog Can’t Convey Passion in the Desert
Acclaim does not seem to be the fate of Werner Herzog’s latest film, the long gestating...
‘Rob’bing & Stealin: Pattinson Holds Up Safdie Bros.’ “Good Time”
Quenching his need for auteur-driven material, after recent gigs with Brady Corbet and James Gray, Robert Pattinson becomes the first player to join the Safdie Bros.'s...
Maps to the Stars | Review
What’s the Matter with Havana?: Cronenberg’s L.A. Story a Hot Mess of Tangled Ideas
Couched within its episodic instances of harpooning Hollywood stereotypes, there is...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #35. Brady Corbet’s The Childhood of a Leader
The Childhood of a Leader
Director: Brady Corbet // Writers: Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold
Working with the likes of Bonello, Östlund, Assayas, Hansen-Løve and Baumbach, when you count...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #64. Werner Herzog’s Queen of the Desert
Queen of the Desert
Director: Werner Herzog // Writer: Werner Herzog
One of the most prominent members of the New German Wave happens to be Werner...
Teacher’s Pet; Stacy Martin Joins “The Childhood of a Leader”
After having worked in a supporting player capacity in Melancholia, Brady Corbet has turned to Lars Von Trier's Nymphomaniac for some creative persuasion in...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #12. David Cronenberg’s Maps to the Stars
Maps to the Stars
Director: David Cronenberg
Writer: Bruce Wagner
Producers: Said Ben Said, Martin Katz, Michel Merkt
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Robert Pattinson, Mia Wasikowska, Julianne Moore,...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #42. Anton Corbijn’s Life
Life
Director: Anton Corbijn
Writer: Luke Davies
Producers: See-Saw Films’ Iain Canning and Emile Sherman, First Generation Films' Christina Piovesan
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Robert Pattinson, Dane DeHaan,...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #47. David Michôd’s The Rover
The Rover
Director: David Michôd
Writer(s): David Michôd
Producers: David Linde, David Michôd, Liz Watts
U.S. Distributor: a24
Cast: Guy Pearce, Robert Pattinson
It's hard to not overpraise David Michôd....
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #52. James Gray’s Lost City of Z
The Lost City of Z
Director: James Gray
Writer: James Gray
Producers: Dede Gardner, Anthony Katagas, Jeremy Kleiner
U.S. Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Robert Pattinson
During Cannes 2013,...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #92. Jesper Ganslandt’s Mission Blacklist
Mission Blacklist
Director: Jesper Gandslant
Writers: Erik Jendressen, Dylan Kussman and Trace Sheehan
Producers: Preferred Content’s Ross M. Dinerstein, Jendresen, Kevin Waller
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Robert Pattinson
His...
No Longer Funny Games Foes; Corbet Set to Direct Tim Roth, Cosmopolis’ Binoche & Pattinson Pair in “The Childhood of a Leader”
2014 has long been shaping up to be a memorable year for the "actor" Brady Corbet. The indie veteran whose worked with major auteur...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #27. David Michod’s The Rover
The Rover
Director/Writer: David Michôd
Producer(s): David Linde and Liz Watts
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Robert Pattinson, Guy Pearce, Scoot McNairy
His four-star, stellar criminal underworld saga Animal...
Pearce and Pattinson in Pursuit of David Michod’s “The Rover”
Looks as if we're in a 48 hour Robert Pattinson news cycle. After the trades mentioned the actor was attached to Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire's Mission:...
