Tag: Stanley Tucci

The Witches | Review

Witch Kitsch: Zemeckis Dons Dahl in Revamp of Stylish Cult Classic Thirty years ago, Nicolas Roeg, one of cinema’s most innovative cinematographer-turned-auteurs, adapted the 1983...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #143. Supernova – Harry Macqueen

Supernova Actor cum director Harry Macqueen scores a heavyweight cast and crew for his sophomore film Supernova, produced by Emily Morgan and Tristan Goligher. Colin...

2020 Sundance Film Festival: Miranda July, Julie Taymor, Dee Rees & Sean Durkin in the Premieres Section

The most acquisitions and distributor launch-pad friendly section of the festival, the Premieres category had some big ticket items in Nisha Ganatra's Late Night,...

A Private War | Review

War is War is War: Heineman Tackles the Controversial Marie Colvin in Narrative Debut Oscar nominated documentarian Matthew Heineman (2015’s Cartel Land), follows up recent...

Beauty and the Beast | Review

The Beast Must Die: Condon’s Expensive Rehash is Fairy Tale Facsimile For a film with a budget of three hundred million claiming to be the...

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 | Review

To Kill a Mockingjay: Lawrence Brings YA Franchise to Inevitable Denouement The last tony gasp of Suzanne Collins’ celebrated Hunger Games franchise is steered, at...

“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...

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 | Review

The Games They Play: Collins’ YA Dystopia Trudges On and On As is now customary in the designed business model of franchise movie making,...

Some Velvet Morning | Review

Women Are From Velvet: Labute’s Latest Chapter in Power Struggles of the Sexes Its title recalling that late 60’s psychedelic pop song from Nancy Sinatra...

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La petite dernière (The Little Sister) | Review

The Lost Daughter: Herzi Passes Up Potency in Standard...

Interview: Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud – Persepolis

The thrill of meeting Marjane Satrapi reminded me of being 6 years old at Disney Land when I met the living, breathing Cinderella. Except Cinderella was an actress with a blond wig and Marjane is the real woman behind her autobiographical graphic novel, turned movie, “Persepolis”. The distinctive mole on her nose and her dark sultry eyes rose off the page and appeared in front of me, smoking and speaking with a French accent.

Interview: Eivind Landsvik – Low Expectations | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

Exploring themes of mental health, emotional recovery, companionship, and...