MVFF37 Day 2: Clouds of Sils Maria, Mr. Turner, Dracula vs FrankensteinBy Bernard Boo Following a successful opening night at the Mill Valley Film Festival that offered red carpet glamour and a glitzy outdoor celebration, day 2 was all about the festival’s bread and butter: the...
MVFF37 Day 1: The Homesman, Men, Women & ChildrenBy Bernard Boo As far as film festivals go, The Mill Valley Film Festival is a uniquely soul-soothing affair. I’ve covered a fair amount of festivals since I started here at Way...
Lars von Trier’s ‘Nymphomaniac — Extended Director’s Cut’ Out TodayBy Aaron Pinkston 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...
NYFF 2014: Maps to the StarsBy Zachary Shevich Maps to the Stars exists in the familiarly twisted, hyper sexual and hyper violent world that spawns many David Cronenberg movies. The film opens with Mia Wasikowska’s Agatha, a...
Indie Romance Thriller ‘The Heart Machine’ Receives Official TrailerBy Aaron Pinkston 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...
Joaquin Phoenix’s Sideburns Not Remotely the Craziest Part of First ‘Inherent Vice’ TrailerBy Ananda Dillon Joaquin Phoenix wanders through a 70s minefield of strange characters with some impressive sideburns in the first trailer released by Warner Bros. for Paul Thomas Anderson‘s new film, Inherent...
NYFF 2014: Gone GirlBy Zachary Shevich 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...
Philadelphia Film Festival Reveals Lineup & Schedule with ‘Birdman,’ ‘Wild’ & MoreBy Zachary Shevich 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...
Trailer for Sundance Horror ‘The Babadook’ Will Freak You OutBy C.J. Prince It’s getting close to October, so that means the onslaught of horror films is about to begin. There will be plenty of scary movies to keep an eye out...
LAFF 2014: Jimi: All Is by My SideBy Ananda Dillon John Ridley, the man who took on the heavy task of adapting Solomon Northup’s memoir Twelve Years a Slave into the Oscar-winning script that mesmerized us all this past year,...
NYFF 2014: Last HijackBy Zachary Shevich 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...
Exclusive: First 10 Minutes of ‘The Calling’By Aaron Pinkston 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...
‘Listen Up Philip’ Trailer Reveals Jason Schwartzman’s Alienating AuthorBy Zachary Shevich 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...
J.C. Chandor’s ‘A Most Violent Year’ Gets Year-End Release DateBy Aaron Pinkston 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...
