Tag: Tim Blake Nelson
Old Henry | Review
The Kid Stays in the Picture: Ponciroli Goes Old Fashioned with Fan Fiction Western
At a certain point, revisionism strays so far into its own...
Monster [Video Review]
Fait Accompli: Mandler Mines the Gray Zone of Truth and Consequences
While more of an interesting conversation piece than the accomplished melodrama it deserves to...
Interview: Jeffrey Wright & A$AP Rocky – Anthony Mandler’s Monster
Acting mainstay Jeffrey Wright jumps between mainstream and indie productions like it’s his job. In fact, it is: Wright’s résumé includes Broadway (Angels in...
Interview: Kelvin Harrison Jr. – Anthony Mandler’s Monster
Kelvin Harrison Jr. first came to Sundance with Birth of a Nation in 2016, then Oscar-nominated Mudbound in 2017. This past year, he was...
Interview: Producers Tonya Lewis Lee, Nikki Silver, Mike Jackson, Daniel Crown & Yoni Liebling – Anthony Mandler’s Monster
Sundance ’18 crowd-favorite Monster tells the agonizing tale of a 17-year-old honors student in a racially-charged legal battle. Adapted from Walter Dean Meyers’ award-winning...
2021 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Chase Palmer’s Naked Singularity
We were anticipating a showing of Naked Singularity at last year's edition of Sundance and of course it didn't land anywhere else this year...
2019 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: #84. Scott Z. Burns – The Torture Report
It would be kind of neat to see Scott Z. Burns premiere his directorial debut at the same time as his frequent collaborator Steven...
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs | Review
Six of the West: Coen Bros. Release Minor, Uneven Collection of Frontier Short Stories
In thinking about the anthology form in cinema, Joel and Ethan...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #87. Anthony Mandler’s Monster
Monster
He might have been itching to direct a project as early as 2013 with the book to screen project of Tokyo Vice with Daniel Radcliffe, but...
Sundance ’18: Morano, Silva, Akhavan & Boots Riley Among U.S. Dramatic Comp Selections
Last year's section of sixteen included such gems as Beach Rats (Directing Award), Brigsby Bear, Ingrid Goes West (Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award), Golden Exits...
Colossal | Review
Seoul of the Matter: Vigalondo’s Environmental Impact Creature Feature Unique but Wonky
Spanish director Nacho Vigalondo scores major points for ambition and uniqueness in his...
Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk | Blu-ray Review
Whether due to its title, subject matter, pronounced formatting, or lackluster marketing campaign, Ang Lee’s latest, Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk failed to inspire...
2017 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Shawn Christensen’s Sidney Hall
Part musician/part filmmaker, Shawn Christensen is an Academy Award winner (Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film for his 2012 film, Curfew) who would adapt the short...
Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk | Review
Walk the Line: Lee’s Technological Prowess Yearns for More Than Earnest Wartime Narrative Can Deliver
For his first venture since 2012 Oscar winner Life of...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2016: #57. Nacho Vigalondo’s Colossal
Colossal
Director: Nacho Vigalondo
Writer: Nacho Vigalondo
We’ve been a bit underwhelmed with Spanish director Nacho Vigalondo’s two follow-ups to his fun 2007 debut Timecrimes, those being...
Anesthesia | Review
Causality and Kindness: Nelson’s Latest Look at All the Lonely People
The multifaceted Tim Blake Nelson unveils his latest directorial effort in nearly seven years...
The Sound and the Fury | Review
But a Walking Shadow: Franco’s Faulkner Redux Merely Serviceable
Continuing to thumb his nose at naysayers, James Franco plunges onward into his own particular directorial...
2015 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: James Franco’s Bukowski
Feeding our curiosity for what a major transgressive adonis in future literary world might look like in the pre stench of cigarettes and booze era, I'm imagining something...
2015 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Tim Blake Nelson’s Anesthesia
While TIFF has become film premiere terrain for his last director outings (the horribly timed post 9/11 released The Grey Zone and 2009's Leaves...
Kill the Messenger | Review
Crack is Whack: Cuesta Revisits Contras Affair as Political Thriller
Though he has several films under his belt, director Michael Cuesta has probably made more...
Child of God | Review
Requiem for a Cave Man: Franco’s McCarthy Adaptation Displays Growth
On a similar directorial trajectory as, let’s say, Joe Swanberg, where quality vs. quantity tends...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #100. Michael Cuesta’s Kill the Messenger
Kill the Messenger
Director: Michael Cuesta
Writer: Peter Landesman
Producers: Pamela Abdy, Naomi Despres, Jeremy Renner, Scott Stuber
U.S. Distributor: Focus Features
Cast: Jeremy Renner, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Michael...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #156. James Franco’s The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury
Director: James Franco
Writer: Matt Rager
Producers: Caroline Aragon, Lee Caplin, Vince Jolivette
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: James Franco, Tim Blake Nelson, Loretta...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #177. Tommy Lee Jones’ The Homesman
The Homesman
Director: Tommy Lee Jones
Writers: Kieran Fitzgerald, Tommy Lee Jones, Wesley A. Oliver
Producers: Luc Besson, Peter Brant, Michael Fitzgerald, Tommy Lee Jones
U.S. Distributor: Rights...
2014 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: James Franco’s Bukowski
Right after he wrapped up his '13 Sundance experience, Franco, the movie industry's poetry geek, hit the brinks and commenced lensing in Los Angeles...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #50. Alexandre Moors’ Blue Caprice
Blue Caprice
Director: Alexandre Moors
Writer(s): Moors and R.F.I. Porto
Producer(s): Isen Robbins, Aimee Schoof, Ron Simons, Stephen Tedeschi, Brian O'carroll, Kim Jackson, Will Rowbotham
U.S. Distributor: Rights...
