Aaron Pinkston
121 articles written by Aaron Pinkston
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Lars von Trier’s ‘Nymphomaniac — Extended Director’s Cut’ Out Today
Lars von Trier has always been a controversial filmmaker, and his latest film, Nymphomaniac, had a controversial release to match. In most parts of the world, Nymphomaniac was released in two separate 2-hour volumes, though it was initially made...
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Indie Romance Thriller ‘The Heart Machine’ Receives Official Trailer
As technology has grown, the way we connect with people has as well. Once the internet became widespread, like-minded people who may never have met before had an open space to interact. This has led to many positive experiences...
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Exclusive: First 10 Minutes of ‘The Calling’
We have an exclusive clip of the first 10 minutes of The Calling, the new serial killer thriller starring Susan Sarandon and Topher Grace. Sarandon plays Hazel Micallef, a detective in a quiet town who comes across a chain...
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J.C. Chandor’s ‘A Most Violent Year’ Gets Year-End Release Date
J.C. Chandor‘s first two films, Margin Call and All Is Lost couldn’t have been more different — the first was a talky, smart depiction of Wall Street’s collapse and the second a quiet, small-scale tale of one man’s survival....
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Criterion Collection Announces December 2014 Releases
With the box-set and wishlist fodder that is typically released by the Criterion Collection each November, December tends to be lighter on must-have items. In 2013, Criterion changed that up a bit with the Martin Scorsese World Cinema box...
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TIFF Announces Final Films Including Discovery and Kids Programs
The final slew of scheduled film additions were announced today for this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, which includes 39 films in the Discovery Program, four premieres in the Kids Program and much, much more. Major new releases include...
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New Trailer For Nacho Vigalondo’s High-concept Thriller ‘Open Windows’
With Timecrimes and Extraterrestrial, Spanish filmmaker Nacho Vigalondo has proven to be one of the most original voices in modern sci-fi and horror (his short featured in The ABC’s of Death was also a highlight). Now you can check...
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Clint Eastwood’s ‘American Sniper’ Receives Christmas-Day Release
Though we are only a few months away from the Holiday film season, it’s still a pretty foggy picture on which films will be the biggest contenders for this year’s Oscars. Films like Into the Woods and Gone Girl...
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Criterion Collection Announces November 2014 Releases
The November release slate for The Criterion Collection is always an important one. With the Holidays just around the corner, this is typically one of the most loaded months. Last November, Criterion released its massive 25-film Zatoichi boxset and...
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Scorsese Produced ‘Revenge of the Green Dragons’ Reveals New Poster & Trailer
Check out the new poster and first trailer for Revenge of the Green Dragons, directed by Andy Lau (Infernal Affairs) and produced by Martin Scorsese. Revenge of the Green Dragons plays like an Asian-American version of Mean Streets, chronicling...
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Watch Creepy Trailer for ‘Honeymoon’ Starring ‘Game of Thrones’ Rose Leslie
Check out the new trailer for the film Honeymoon, starring Rose Leslie (Game of Thrones) and Luke Treadaway (Attack the Block) about a newly married couple looking to enjoy their retreat to an isolated cabin in the woods. Yeah, that’s...
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Sundance Standout ‘Dear White People’ Gets First Trailer
Check out the first trailer for Sundance hit Dear White People, written and directed by Justin Simien. The film stars Tyler James Williams and Tessa Thompson as black students at a primarily white Ivy League college during a time of...
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Criterion October 2014 Releases Announced
The Criterion Collection has made their announcement for October 2014 and to my memory, it has to be one of the best release months ever for the purveyors of fine cinema. Featuring new releases from Ford and Fellini, a...
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Watch: Trailer for Jean-Marc Vallée’s ‘Wild’ Starring Reese Witherspoon
Hot off directing 3-time Oscar winner Dallas Buyers Club, Jean-Marc Vallée‘s next film has released its first trailer — check it out below! Wild seems very much in the groove for Vallée as a true-life drama following a strong central character. Based...
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Difficult to See Doc “LOS ANGELES PLAYS ITSELF” Finally Set for Home Distribution
Thanks to Cinema Guild, you may have the chance to finally (legally) see Thom Anderson’s documentary Los Angeles Plays Itself. The film has occasionally popped up at film festivals and on YouTube, but is now up for a digital distribution...