Tag: Tilda Swinton
The Room Next Door | Review
Triumph of the Will: Almodovar’s Muy Excelente English Debut
“Women and fiction remain, so far as I am concerned, unsolved problems,” wrote Virginia Woolf in...
2024 Golden Globe Awards: Emilia Pérez, The Brutalist & Anora Take Pole Positions
It'll be a Cannes Film Festival competition rematch alongside the critical darling (Best Director) winning competition film from the Venice Film Festival. Emilia Pérez...
2024 European Film Awards: Jacques Audiard’s ‘Emilia Pérez’ Scoops Up Four Awards
Except perhaps Souleymane's Story's Abou Sangare biking away with the European Actor award (beating out Conclave's Ralph Fiennes) there were no surprises at last...
Tropical Tapestry: Apichatpong Weerasethakul Won’t Shoot ‘The Fountains of Paradise’ before 2026
In an interview with Les Inrocks folks, Apichatpong Weerasethakul revealed that his upcoming project, the tentatively titled The Fountains of Paradise, is unlikely to...
The Killer | Review
Assassin’s Creed: Fincher Sculpts More Murder Into Art
There’s simply no room for error in some professions, chief among them the business of expert assassins,...
Asteroid City | Review
The Lost City of Twee: Anderson Continues Quest of Counterfeit Sentiments
Somewhere along the way, over the past twenty years, Wes Anderson’s style completely...
Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City – 2023 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 7
Technically speaking the great American filmmaker Wes Anderson has now appeared in the Cannes competition with three titles - opening the '12 edition with...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #112. Luca Guadagnino’s An Even Bigger Splash
An Even Bigger Splash
Luca Guadagnino will gift us with the American romantic sports comedy Challengers this year and will be working on Queer and...
The Eternal Daughter | Review
I Remember Mama: Hogg Explores Film as Memento Mori in Gloomy Ghost Story
Our own memories are the ghosts haunting us, or at least the...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022: #7. Joanna Hogg’s The Eternal Daughter
The Eternal Daughter
Produced by Joanna Hogg
Directed by Joanna Hogg
Written by Joanna Hogg
Starring: Tilda Swinton, Carly-Sophia Davies, Joseph Mydell
Cinematographer: Ed Rutherford
2022 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Joanna Hogg’s The Eternal Daughter
An under-the-radar project that saw Joanna Hogg re-team with muse Tilda Swinton, the filmmaker also brought back cinematographer Ed Rutherford (they worked on Archipelago...
Interview: Joanna Hogg & Honor Swinton Byrne – The Souvenir Part II
After premiering in the Directors' Fortnight and landing at the New York Film Festival, The Souvenir Part II - filmmaker Joanna Hogg’s highly-anticipated follow...
The French Dispatch | Review
Repetition Commission: Anderson Flatlines with Twee Aesthetic
Since cinema requires a semblance of participation by the audience, a passive relationship of sorts, the latest curio...
Take Shelter: Oppenheimer’s Bunker-Musical “The End” includes Neon, Swinton, George Mackay & Stephen Graham
The bygone era of the Rodgers & Hammerstein type of American '50s musicals might be revisited in tone, and tune as Joshua Oppenheimer, the...
The Human Voice | Review
Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?: Almodovar Finds a Talking Cure in Lavish Short
In more ways than one, Pedro Almodóvar tackling an adaptation...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2021: #18. Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Memoria
Memoria
Produced by Diana Bustamante, Julio Chavezmontes, Charles de Meaux, Simon Field, Keith Griffiths, Michael Weber
Directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Written by Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Starring: Tilda Swinton, Jeanne...
The Personal History of David Copperfield | Review
I am (re) Born: Iannucci Condenses a Dickens Masterpiece with Contemporary Aims
“It’s in vain to recall the past, unless it works some influence upon...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #3. Memoria – Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Memoria
Produced by Diana Bustamante, Julio Chavezmontes, Charles de Meaux, Simon Field, Keith Griffiths, Michael Weber
Directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Written by Apichatpong...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #13. The Souvenir: Part II – Joanna Hogg
The Souvenir: Part II
British director Joanna Hogg’s fourth feature The Souvenir finally brought her to much deserved international acclaim after premiering at the 2019...
The Dead Don’t Die | Review
Fear the Mocking Dead: Jarmusch’s Zombie Sketch is DOA
“The world is perfect. Appreciate the details,” says deliveryman RZA (in one of the film’s many...
2019 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 1 – Jim Jarmusch’s The Dead Don’t Die
A long and rich history with the festival since 1984's Stranger Than Paradise premiered on the Croisette and won the Caméra d'or 1984, Jim...
Joanna Hogg’s The Souvenir | 2019 Sundance Film Festival
A punishing yet patiently drawn out drama on how a young woman is weighed down and then circumvents the fragile male ego, Joanna Hogg's...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Independent Films of 2019: #3. Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch
The French Dispatch
More croissant than cronut, Wes Anderson returns to the red, white and blue but of the Hotel Chevalier and Jacques Cousteau sort...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Independent Films of 2019: #4. Jim Jarmusch’s The Dead Don’t Die
Shifting sideways from the extensionalism lethargy found vampires in goth tweaked Only Lovers Left Alive to possibly reanimated corpses that haven't said their last word...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #31. The Personal History of David Copperfield – Armando Iannucci
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Celebrated satirist Armando Iannucci sets his sights on a sort-of contemporization of Charles Dickens for his third narrative feature...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #44. The Souvenir – Joanna Hogg
The Souvenir
British director Joanna Hogg is due to break out in a big way with her fourth feature, The Souvenir, an ambitious, star-studded project...
Suspiria | Review
Dance the Dance of Another: Guadagnino Goes Deeper & Weirder in Ambitious Argento Remake.
Luca Guadagnino has always been a supremely divisive filmmaker, capable of...
Isle of Dogs | Review
A Dog’s Tale: Anderson Returns to Animation with Scruffy, Eclectic Fantasy
We’ve come to expect a certain technical formality from Wes Anderson, even across a...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #5. Wes Anderson’s Isle of Dogs
Isle of Dogs
Embarking on his ninth feature film, second stop-animated project, and third straight collab with Production Designer Adam Stockhausen (2012's Moonrise Kingdom, 2014's...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #20. Luca Guadagnino’s Suspiria
Suspiria
Dario Argento’s 1977 giallo Suspiria is one of the most beloved horror films of all time, an eerie splash of old European glamour, decadent...
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...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: #6. Bong Joon-ho’s Okja
Okja
Director: Bong Joon-ho
Writer: Bong Joon-ho, Jon Ronson
Fans of South Korean auteur Bong Joon-Ho’s 2013 English language debut Snowpiercer will most likely be excited to...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: #23. Luca Guadagnino’s Suspiria
Suspiria
Director: Luca Guadagnino
Writer: David Kajganich
Considering his dry spell between 2009's I Am Love and 2015's A Bigger Splash, it's hard to believe we're going...
Doctor Strange | Review
Time After Time: More Snark, Less Spark in Derrickson’s Entry into the Marvelverse
Marvel introduces their approximation of the mystical realm with their unleashing of...
Hail, Caesar! | Blu-ray Review
Premiering stateside just prior to opening the 2016 Berlin International Film Festival,Hail, Caesar! the Coen Bros. parody of studio era Hollywood, took home around...
A Bigger Splash | Review
The Weight of Water: Guadagnino Trawls the Deep End in Euro Potboiler Overhaul
It’s been seven years since Luca Guadagnino’s 2009 international breakout I Am...
Hail, Caesar! | Review
Sign of the Cross: The Coen Bros. Revisit the Backlot Desires of Hollywood’s Golden Era
The Coen Bros., back with their first title since 2013’s...
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...
Trainwreck | Review
Who’ll Stop the Train?: Apatow Matures with Schumer’s Impressive Skills
The most inappropriate element of Judd Apatow’s latest film Trainwreck is its title, which promises...
Fox Searchlight Take a Dip with Guadagnino’s “A Bigger Splash”
Fox Searchlight folks have brought out their swim gear and might be getting ready for a Cannes Film Festival splash with Luca Guadagnino's highly anticipated...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #19. Luca Guadagnino’s A Bigger Splash
A Bigger Splash
Director: Luca Guadagnino // Writer: David Kajganich
It’s hard to believe that it’s been six years since Luca Guadagnino’s art house favorite I...
The Zero Theorem | Review
Black Holes and Revelations: Gilliam’s Cluttered Dystopia a Mixed Return to Form
In what stands as his best film since 1998’s Fear and Loathing in Las...
Snowpiercer | Review
Hell Frozen Over: Joon-Ho’s Dystopic Thrill Ride an Arresting Examination of Cold Humanity
His first feature film since 2009’s Mother, as well as his English...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #32. Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Director: Wes Anderson
Writer(s): Wes Anderson
Producer(s): Wes Anderson, Jeremy Dawson, Steven M. Rales, Scott Rudin
U.S. Distributor: Fox Searchlight
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Tony Revolori,...
2014 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Bong Joon-ho’s Snowpiercer
We predicted Snowpiercer would break into Cannes of 2013. That didn't happen. We began to think about Toronto....and nope. Normally we would never associate...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #23. Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Director/Writer: Wes Anderson
Producer(s): Anderson, Steven M. Rales and Scott Rudin
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Jude Law, Ralph Fiennes, Edward Norton, Bill Murray,...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #33. Bong Joon-ho’s Snowpiercer
Snowpiercer
Director: Bong Joon-ho
Writer(s): Joon-ho and Kelly Masterson
Producer(s): Steven Nam, Chan-wook Park, Jeong Tae-Sung
U.S. Distributor: The Weinstein Co.
Cast: Chris Evans, Jamie Bell, John Hurt, Alison...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: # 39. Jim Jarmusch’s Only Lovers Left Alive
Only Lovers Left Alive
Director/Writer: Jim Jarmusch
Producer(s): Reinhard Brundig, Jeremy Thomas
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Tom Hiddleston, Tilda Swinton, Mia Wasikowska, John Hurt, Anton Yelchin
Jarmusch redefined...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #68. Terry Gilliam’s The Zero Theorem
The Zero Theorem
Director: Terry Gilliam
Writer(s): Pat Rushin
Producer(s): Voltage Pictures' Nicolas Chartier, Dean Zanuck
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Christoph Waltz, Matt Damon, Ben Whishaw, Tilda Swinton,...
