Tag: Toni Collette
Nightmare Alley [Video Review]
Guillermo Del Toro's latest might not feel like a major departure from his general reputation as a creature-centric creator type, but there is a...
Stowaway [Video Review]
Every Breath You Take: Penna Ponders Morality in Jittery Space Odyssey
“In space, no one can hear you scream,” a foreboding tagline of another sci-fi...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2021: #57. Joe Penna’s Stowaway
Stowaway
Brazilian born musician/director Joe Penna continues with interesting co-production packaging for his sophomore feature Stowaway, a US-German project starring Toni Collette, Anna Kendrick, Daniel...
I’m Thinking of Ending Things | Review
In Search of Lost Time Regained: Kaufman Mutates Memory and Meaning
“The real voyage of discovery consists of not in seeking new lands but seeing...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #77. Stowaway – Joe Penna
Stowaway
Brazilian born musician/director Joe Penna continues with interesting co-production packaging for his sophomore feature Stowaway, a US-German project starring Toni Collette, Anna Kendrick, Daniel...
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,...
Hereditary | Review
Inherit the Wind: Aster Conjures a Horror Classic with Masterful Debut
For those familiar with director Ari Aster’s body of short films, beginning with his...
Sundance ’18: Wash Westmoreland, Debra Granik, Gus Van Sant & Zellner Bros. In Premieres Section
Despite not expecting the Premieres sections to be drop today, several of the narrative items below were on our radar and make for what...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 80. Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais’ Birthmarked
Birthmarked
Director: Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais
Writer: Marc Tulin
Quebecois anglo helmer Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais won Best New Narrative Director at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival for his debut Whitewash starring...
2017 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Alexandre Moors’ The Yellow Bird
Once a genre that was box office poison and an area that indie film did not want to address either, there has a resurgence...
2017 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Alethea Jones’ Fun Mom Dinner
Sundance programmers looking to add some funny bone component to the line-up might be looking towards Aussie, L.A. based filmmaker Alethea Jones' female-centric comedy....
Imperium | Blu-ray Review
Moving further away from his Harry Potter persona with a trio of three immensely dissimilar films in 2016, actor Daniel Radcliffe’s anxiety laced performance...
Imperium | Review
Made in USA: Radcliffe Infiltrates Neo-Nazi Faction in Solid Potboiler
Daniel Radcliffe impresses once again in an unlikely bit of casting as an FBI agent...
Krampus | Review
The Nightmare During Christmas: Doughtery’s Cutesy Morality Play on the Christmas Spirit
Exploring the adverse aspects of Christmas, one of the most cherished holidays...
Miss You Already | Review
Sisterhood of the Big C: Hardwicke and Case of the Dramatic Cancer Clause
Those who’ve been yearning for a remake of Garry Marshall’s beloved 1988...
A Long Way Down | Review
Lost in Translation: Chaumeil’s English Language Debut a Wretched Operation
While his 2010 feature debut, Heartbreaker, which starred Vanessa Paradis and Romain Duris, managed to...
Tammy | Review
Tammy Girl: Falcone’s Debut a Tepid Turkey
Rex Reed might have been better served to save his wayward disparagements about the cinematic talents of Melissa...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #55. Untitled Nicole Holofcener Comedy
Director/Writer: Nicole Holofcener
Producer(s): Likely Story’s Anthony Bregman
U.S. Distributor: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Cast: Catherine Keener, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, James Gandolfini, Toni Collette, Rob Mayes, Ben Falcone, Michaela...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #70. Nat Faxon and Jim Rash’s The Way Way Back
The Way Way Back
Directors/Writers: Nat Faxon and Jim Rash
Producer(s): Sycamore Pictures’ Tom Rice and Doubleyou’s Kevin J. Walsh
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Steve Carell, Toni...