Tag: Shia LaBeouf
Megalopolis | Review
Atlas Farted: Coppola’s Labor of Love a Lackluster Saga
While he’s one of the greatest film directors of all time, mostly thanks to a handful...
Padre Pio | Review
In the Name of the Father: Ferrara Explore Infamous Saint with Guerrilla Branded Biopic
Like many of Abel Ferrara’s projects hobbled by various production issues,...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022: #49. Abel Ferrara’s Padre Pio
Padre Pio
His insatiable appetite for the seventh art means that when Abel Ferrara ain't making one movie in particular, he is already onto some...
Pieces of a Woman | Review
Brink of Life: Mundruczó Hunts for the Grace in Grief with English Language Debut
One of Hungary’s most prolific arthouse auteurs of the last decade...
The Tax Collector | Review
Taxation without Representation: Ayer Gets Absurd in L.A. Crime Noir
The most interesting element of David Ayer’s latest crime thriller The Tax Collector is how...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #57. Pieces of a Woman – Kornél Mundruczó
Pieces of a Woman
Hungarian auteur Kornél Mundruczó will make his English language debut in 2020 with the Canadian production Pieces of a Woman, which...
Honey Boy | Review
Tears of a Clown: Har’el and LaBoeuf Exorcise Demons
Honey Boy is a shockingly personal movie where Shia LaBoeuf plays his own dad. If that...
Video: The Peanut Butter Falcon | 2019 SXSW Film Festival
Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz’s The Peanut Butter Falcon is a sweet, unpretentious and unexpectedly funny raft-trip movie set in a contemporary ode to...
The Peanut Butter Falcon | Review
Falcon Shows His Moves: Sincerity Sails Past Expectations
Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz’s The Peanut Butter Falcon is a refreshingly sincere, unexpectedly funny raft-trip movie...
Alma Har’el’s Honey Boy | 2019 Sundance Film Festival
When life gives you lemons, make a feature film out of it. A union that came about by a mutual appreciation artistic sensibilities, Alma...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Independent Films of 2019: #26. Alma Har’el’s Honey Boy
Honey Boy
Not unlike Kitty Green, Alma Har’el moves from a pair of free flowing in form docu features in Bombay Beach and LoveTrue into a...
2019 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: #33. Alma Har’el – Honey Boy
A fruitful creative collab that began with a music vid for Sigur Rós and added support for her sophomore film LoveTrue, Alma Har’el and...
Center Court: Janus Metz’s Borg/McEnroe is 2017 TIFF Opener / Neon to Distribute
It was one of the titles on our radar for when we were thinking of the fall festival line-ups, and now Janus Metz's sports...
American Honey | Blu-ray Review
For her third time playing in the Cannes Main Competition, Andrea Arnold also took home her third Jury prize for American Honey, the British...
Man Down | Review
Little Drummer Boy: Montiel’s Misguided and Manipulative PTSD Allegory
Since his autobiographical 2006 debut A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, director Dito Montiel has been...
2016 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 5: Arnold’s “American Honey” Features Two-Lane Bluetop
With the exception of Wuthering Heights, Andrea Arnold has stamped her presence all over the Croisette and has been heavily rewarded for her works:...
American Honey | 2016 Cannes Film Festival Review
Hard Candy: Arnold’s Benevolent Portrait of Bruised American Youth
Arthur Miller’s signature work featuring shambling door-to-door salesman Willy Loman certainly comes to mind more than...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2016: #30. Andrea Arnold’s American Honey
American Honey
Director: Andrea Arnold
Writer: Andrea Arnold
Andrea Arnold breaks her five year hiatus with American Honey, her first film since 2011's Wuthering Heights (which premiered...
2016 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Alma Har’el’s LoveTrue
Alma Har'el broke out big in 2011 when Bombay Beach hit the Berlin Film Festival. Winner of the Best Documentary at the Tribeca Film...
Fury | Review
This Time, It’s War: Ayer’s Latest Depiction of Men Under Fire
At last leaving behind the pulpy, sometimes overly chewy cop action/dramas he’s been churning...
Nymphomaniac: Volume II | Review
Get Into the Gloom: Von Trier Evades Easy Answers in Darker Second Chapter of Sexual Odyssey
You can forget about love as well as any...
Nymphomaniac: Volume I | Review
The Girl Can’t Help It: Von Trier’s Indelible First Chapter a Sobering, Ruminative Examination of the Last Cinematic Frontier
In today’s modern world, where cinematic...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #13. Lars Von Trier’s Nymphomaniac: Volume I & II
Nymphomaniac: Volume I & II
Director: Lars Von Trier
Writer: Lars Von Trier
Producer: Louise Vesth
U.S. Distributor: Magnolia Pictures
Cast: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgård, Stacy Martin, Shia LaBeouf,...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #144. Barry Levinson’s Rock the Kasbah
Rock the Kasbah
Director: Barry Levinson
Writer: Mitch Glazer
Producers: Steve Bing, Bill Block, Jacob Pechenik
U.S. Distributor: Open Road Films
Cast: Zooey Deschanel, Shia LaBeouf, Bruce Willis, Kate...
Charlie Countryman | Review
Country Bumpkin: Bond’s Debut a Grating Escapade of Disingenuous Cliché
Swedish born Fredrik Bond, who’d made a notable name for himself as a successful director...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #1. Lars von Trier’s Nymphomaniac
Nymphomaniac
Director: Lars von Trier
Writer(s): Lars von Trier
Producer(s): Zentropa's Louise Vesth & Marie Cecilie Gade
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgård, Stacy Martin, Shia...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #61. Fredrik Bond’s The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman
The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman
Director: Fredrik Bond
Writer(s): Matt Drake
Producer(s): Albert Berger, Craig J. Flores, William Horberg, Ron Yerxa
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Shia LaBeouf,...