Zachary Shevich
167 articles written by Zachary Shevich
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NYFF 2014: Gone Girl
David Fincher‘s latest endeavor Gone Girl may be his coldest entry yet into a filmography already full of cold works. A deeply misanthropic, thrilling, unpredictable take on a missing person’s case and ensuing media storm that surrounds it. Ben...
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Time Out of Mind (NYFF Review)
Performances are the main selling point as the content is dull and insubstantial.
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Philadelphia Film Festival Reveals Lineup & Schedule with ‘Birdman,’ ‘Wild’ & More
Consistently bringing in a wide array of compelling new films from unique voices of cinema, the 23rd Philadelphia Film Festival announced its packed new lineup and schedule yesterday. Bookended by beloved movie stars delivering awards-worthy performances, the festival opens...
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NYFF 2014: Last Hijack
Last Hijack is a hybrid of documentary and animation, set in the failed state of Somalia and told from the perspective of a former pirate struggling to resist the temptations of the life he left behind. Tracking Mohamed, the...
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‘Listen Up Philip’ Trailer Reveals Jason Schwartzman’s Alienating Author
Writer/Director Alex Ross Perry‘s follow-up to his micro-budget feature The Color Wheel, Listen Up Philip now has released a new trailer ahead of its upcoming appearances on the fall film festival circuit. Strong reviews of the film and Perry’s...
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Jonas Govaerts on Debuting ‘Cub’ at TIFF & Casting Kids for Horror
“The traps were like Goonies gone horror,” explained Belgian director Jonas Govaerts. Only blocks away from the theater where his debut feature Cub would soon premiere, Govaerts was easy-going but likely ready for his movie to finally screen for...
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New York Film Festival Trailer Debuts Footage from ‘Inherent Vice’
The New York Film Festival made a splash earlier this year when it was that they would hold the premieres of both David Fincher’s Gone Girl and Paul Thomas Anderson’s Inherent Vice. Beyond those films, the festival will also...
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Roy Andersson’s Trilogy About Being Human Ends in ‘A Pigeon Sat on a Branch…’ trailer
Following 2000’s Songs from the Second Floor and 2007’s You, the Living, Swedish filmmaker Roy Andersson‘s long gestated project A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence has arrived to complete his trilogy, “about being a human being.”...
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Viggo Mortenson Shows Off His Linguistic Skills in Venice/TIFF Film ‘Far From Men’
At the precipice of the Algerian War between France and Algerian independence fighters, a reserve soldier for the French military, living in Algeria as a schoolteacher (Viggo Mortensen), is enlisted to escort a prisoner (Reda Kateb) on a two-day trek...
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‘God Help The Girl’ director Stuart Murdoch & star Emily Browning Had a “Skype-Off”
On Stuart Murdoch’s 46th birthday, an early morning chat with media members failed to best his favorite gift. “I must admit my highlight of the day was that my wife sent me a birthday greeting with my wee boy...
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Texting Dramatized in the ‘Men, Women & Children’ Trailer
There’s little to be heard in the trailer for the latest feature film from writer/director Jason Reitman outside of The Plaintain’s hazy cover of the Donna Summer disco classic “I Feel Love.” Men, Women & Children fades between shots...
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French film ‘Girlhood’ Receives Trailer Ahead of TIFF Premiere
Director Céline Sciamma‘s third film may be titled Bande de filles (Band of Girls) in its native language (French), but it’s English language title is Girlhood, which is sure to cause some confusion with Richard Linklater’s recent film Boyhood....
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A Man Prepares for His Green Burial in doc ‘A Will For The Woods’
Battling lymphoma and facing his own mortality, Clark Wang prepares to make his last act a gift to the planet and undergoing a “green funeral”. Chances are you’re thinking, “What even is a green funeral?” Filmmakers Amy Browne, Jeremy...
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First Image of Phoenix & Brolin in Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘Inherent Vice’
Fresh from Entertainment Weekly’s Fall Movie Preview issue, here’s the first official look at Joaquin Phoenix and Josh Brolin in Paul Thomas Anderson‘s hotly anticipated new movie Inherent Vice. In the image released on EW.com a mutton chop-clad Phoenix...
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Super Adorable Super-kid Doc ‘Batkid Begins’ Gets A Trailer
When the Batkid took to the streets of San Francisco on November 15th of last year, the world took noticed as photos and videos of his escapade quickly went viral. Thousands of news stations, a couple real Batmen, and...