Nick Plowman, Author at The Playlist

Cannes ’09: ‘Antichrist’: Making Cinematic History or von Trier’s Meltdown?

May 18, 2009 2:05 pm

Danish auteur Lars von Trier, whose “Dancer in the Dark” won the Palme d’Or back in 2000, suffered from severe depression two years ago, as he tells Variety’s Gunner Rehlin, and his latest film “Antichrist” ser...

Cannes ’09: ‘Taking Woodstock,’ Inessential Lee?

Nick Plowman

May 17, 2009 8:38 am

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“Considering the iconic event at its center,” writes Eric Kohn for indieWIRE, “the most surprising aspect of “Taking Woodstock” lies with the decision to make it into a rather flat comedy.”Perhaps that “trailer...

Cannes ’09: Park Chan-wook’s ‘Thirst’ an Overlong, Repetitive Comic Allegory?

Nick Plowman

May 16, 2009 5:43 pm

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Park Chan-wook, whose “Oldboy” won the Grand Prix at Cannes back in 2003, returns to the festival this year with his New Age vampire film “Thirst,” about a medical experiment gone haywire transforming a Catholi...

Cannes ’09: Jane Campion’s ‘Bright Star,’ Gorgeous Masterpiece or Masterpiece Theatre?

Nick Plowman

May 16, 2009 3:44 pm

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Jane Campion's first film to debut in competition at Cannes since 1993, when her film “The Piano” scooped the Palme d’Or marking her as the first female director to ever receive the honor on the Rivera, “Bright...

First Look: Rob Marshall’s ‘Nine’ With Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Fergie, Nicole Kidman & Penelope Cruz

Nick Plowman

November 11, 2008 2:56 pm

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Judi Dench, Penelope Cruz, Marion Cotillard, Sophia Loren, Fergie, Nicole Kidman, Daniel Day-Lewis’ head and Kate Hudson. In addition, some random in the top right hand corner. Shrug.“Nine,” Rob Marshall’s upco...

The Lovely Kate Winslet Wants an Oscar, I Want Her To Get One Too

Nick Plowman

November 5, 2008 8:02 pm

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Gracing the cover of this month’s Vanity Fair, Kate Winslet, airbrushed wonderfully as she intentionally invokes Catherine Deneuve and always adored in these parts, the five time Oscar nominee, the youngest act...

New Still From ‘The Reader,’ Winslet Looks Fierce To Say The Least

Nick Plowman

October 6, 2008 5:03 pm

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Ah, this brings me back to the good old days where seeing stills from my most anticipated movies would drive me insanely wild. Doesn’t Winslet say so much in that picture, without saying anything at all? Very a...

Trailer: ‘Sunshine Cleaning,’ Which We’ve Have Been Looking Forward To Since Forever But Seemed To Have Fallen Off The Face Of The Earth

Nick Plowman

October 3, 2008 9:15 pm

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"Sunshine Cleaning" is a dramedy starring Amy Adams, Emily Blunt, Alan Arkin and Steve Zahn that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January this year, and fell off the theatrical radar all together. It ...

Rodrigo Garcia And His Three Big Shot Amigos Prepare For ‘Mother and Child’

Nick Plowman

October 3, 2008 9:08 pm

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Rodrigo Garcia’s (“Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her,” “Nine Lives”) $4.5 million female-focused ensemble drama, which he has been working on for seven years, focusing on the intersecting storylines of...

Cut-Off Day Was Yesterday, Rounding Up This Years Best Foreign Language Film Submissions

Nick Plowman

October 2, 2008 2:24 pm

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Wednesday saw the foreign language film selectors taking off their thinking caps and resting on the hope that their official submissions for Best Foreign Language Film appeal to the temperamental Academy of Mot...

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