Icelandic filmmaker Thordur Palsson has made a terrifying feature directorial debut with The Damned, a period film starring Odessa Young as the widow of a fishing boat captain who takes over his duties and has to deal with an unruly crew. After they turn their backs on a sinking ship because they don’t have enough…
Australian filmmaker Justin Kurzel is no stranger to true-life crime dramas, beginning with his 2011 breakout film, The Snowtown Murders, and then making 2019’s True History of the Kelly Gang, about the 19th century gang of bank robbers. For The Order, Kurzel recruited Oscar nominee Jude Law, Tye Sheridan and Jurnee Smollett to play the…
Not many Americans will have known Russian actor Yura Borisov before watching Sean Baker’s well-regarded dramedy Anora, for which Borisov has already been receiving awards attention. In fact, he’s actually one of Russia’s biggest stars with an acting career that goes back over twenty years. Any Americans that do know Borisov might remember him from…
With over 35 years as an actor and two Oscar nominations under his belt, actor Jude Law has seemingly done everything, so taking on the role of FBI agent Terry Husk in The Order, the new period crime film from Australian filmmaker Justin Kurzel, is an interesting choice for sure. In the ‘80s, a series…
After years of making low-budget indie films, often with new or lesser-known talent, filmmaker Sean Baker is starting to get his due, thanks to the overwhelming success of his latest film, Anora, beginning with it winning the coveted Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival back in May. Anora stars Mikey Madison from the…
The tragic death of actor Christopher Reeve in 2004 was devastating for those who knew and loved him, both in real life and his millions of fans from playing the pivotal role as Superman in four movies from 1978 to 1987. His death was made worse by the fact that nine years earlier, he became…
For many people going to see Alexandre Aja’s horror film Never Let Go this weekend, it will be all about Halle Berry returning to theaters for the first time in over two years. But there’s also a duo of young actors who carry just as much of the film, Anthony B. Jenkins and Percy Daggs…
Aaron Shimberg’s A Different Man is indeed quite “different” from the normal Sundance Film Festival fare, reteaming the filmmaker with Adam Pearson (Under the Skin), who not only played a key role in Schimberg’s previous film, Chained for Life, but also inspired Schimberg to incorporate elements of his persona into a character in his new…
Never Let Go is a spectacularly eerie high-concept horror film that puts Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry in a remote cabin in the woods with her young, twin sons (Anthony B. Jenkins, Percy Daggs IV), all of them attached to the house by rope to prevent an evil presence from possessing them. At least that’s the…
A big hit at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, Megan Park’s My Old Ass, her follow-up to the HBO/MAX movie, The Fallout, takes an introspective look at something many people have wondered about: if you have a chance to speak with your younger self, what would you tell them about the direction of their life?…
Most people will know Robert Schwartzman for his music, particularly his rock band Rooney, which recently scored the opening slot for the final tour of Jeff Lynne’s legendary Electric Light Orchestra. In recent years, Schwartzman, part of one of Hollywood’s prolific filmmaking families – his mother is Talia Shire, part of the Coppola family –…
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