Martin Messner
5 articles written by Martin Messner
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Trailer: Labor Day
Jason Reitman, the Oscar nominated director of Up In The Air and Juno, returns with his new film Labor Day. The film is an adaptation of Joyce Maynard’s 2009 novel of the same name and stars Oscar-winner Kate Winslet...
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Trailer: The Past
Garnering heaps of positive buzz (and awards) after running through a slew of festivals is Asghar Farhadi’s sixth film, The Past. Farhadi earned Iran’s first Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film with his 2011 release, A Separation, and looks...
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East Nashville Tonight
Originally attempting to film a documentary to promote touring country music songwriters, co-directors Brad and Todd Barnes (Peace Queer: The Movie, The Locksmith) ended up with their “hypothetical documentary”(as they describe it), East Nashville Tonight. The film is a...
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Trailer: Dear Mr. Watterson
Dear Mr. Watterson, a documentary by Joel Allen Schroeder, examines the cultural impact of cartoonist Bill Waterson’s famous Sunday comic strip, Calvin and Hobbs, through the perspectives of fans and colleagues. The film was made without any involvement from...
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Trailer: Open Grave
If you’re still riding a sugar-high and aren’t ready to let go of Halloween just yet, check out the trailer for Open Grave, a new horror-thriller from Spanish filmmaker Gonzalo López-Gallego (Apollo 18, El Rey de la Montaña, Nómadas)....