Tag: Taissa Farmiga

John and the Hole | Review

The Little Boy Who Lives Down the Lane: Sisto Finds a Psychopath in Disturbing Debut There’s no arguing the discomforting vibe of John and the...

The Mule | Review

Two Kilos for Sister Sara: Eastwood Delivers Drugs and Good Deeds in Character Drama In a role perfectly suited for him, and in what may...

What They Had | Review

Tragedy + Comedy = Family: Chomko’s Unforgettable Alzheimer's Story In a year where so many films feel politically charged, What They Had is a refreshingly...

Video: Hannah Fidell’s The Long Dumb Road | 2018 Sundance Film Festival

The road trip movie is probably the most tired sub-genre after the coming of age film, and yet with a fresh coat of paint...

Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #94. Elizabeth Chomko’s What They Had

What They Had A seasoned actress who wound up striking gold in more ways than one during the development of the project (Elizabeth Chomko had...

2018 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Elizabeth Chomko’s What They Had

In a move rarely seen these days, Bleecker Street's Andrew Karpen swooped in, preemptively landed the rights to What They Had before it even had...

2018 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Hannah Fidell’s The Long Dumb Road

Having debuted A Teacher (review) at Sundance back in 2013, she saw her next feature 6 Years (review) premiere at SXSW in 2015. Teaming with the...

2017 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Stacie Passon’s We Have Always Lived in the Castle

She's one of our favorites and thankfully it hasn't been too long a wait between her tough as nails dramatic debut Concussion (starring the...

Rules Don’t Apply | Review

The Showgirl and the Driver: Beatty’s Romantic Reconstruction of Eccentric Entrepreneur’s Latter Days Considering his iconic contributions and sterling reputation in cinema, breaking out over...

The Final Girls | Review

Spoofaway Camp: Strauss-Schulson’s Playful Mash-up Takes a Tumble On You Director Todd Strauss-Schulson, whose last feature was A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (2011)...

6 Years | VOD Review

There’s Always Tomorrow…Maybe: Fidell Explores the Familiar Predicaments of the LTR Director Hannah Fidell follows her 2013 debut A Teacher with concisely minded 6 Years,...

2015 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Hannah Fidell’s 6 Years

Potentially filling Sundance's quota for difficult relationships, Hannah Fidell (profiled in our IONCINEPHILE series) will have moved from the heated, self-deprecating rapport between prof...

Giedroyc’s “Mary Shelley’s Monster” Places Chokers on Farmiga, Irvine & Sophie Turner

Shakespeare, Poe, Brontë and Shelley. Parlaying their television success for feature film opportunities, helmer Coky Giedroyc (AMC’s "The Killing" and Showtime’s "Penny Dreadful") will...

Taissa Farmiga & Ben Rosenfield Find Common Ground in Hannah Fidell’s Latest

Technically her sophomore point fifth of a feature (65-minuter We're Glad You're Here precedes A Teacher) which has amusingly gone by a vast array of titles...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #20. Sofia Coppola’s The Bling Ring

The Bling Ring Director/Writer: Sofia Coppola Producer(s): Sofia Coppola, Roman Coppola, Youree Henley U.S. Distributor: Rights Available Cast: Leslie Mann, Emma Watson, Taissa Farmiga, Erin Daniels, Nina Siemaszko,...

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La petite dernière (The Little Sister) | Review

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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.