Tomris Laffly, Author at The Playlist

Chloe Okuno On Shooting ‘Watcher’ In Romania, Working With Maika Monroe & More [Interview]

June 2, 2022 1:22 pm

A sophisticated and studious slow-burn that recalls the classical gaslighting thrillers of yore, Chloe Okuno’s “Watcher” yields a chilling portrayal of feminine alienation as it follows an alienated American e...

Joe Wright Talks ‘Cyrano,’ Having A Romantic Heart & More [Interview]

Tomris Laffly

February 25, 2022 11:28 am

Interviews, News

The timing is always right for a passionate, cinematic romance for the ages. But in the case of Joe Wright’s musical extravaganza “Cyrano,” a lush re-imagining of Edmond Rostand’s classic “Cyrano de Bergerac,”...

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Cooper Raiff Talks ‘Cha Cha Real Smooth’ & How Dakota Johnson Was Like A Co-Director [Sundance Interview]

Tomris Laffly

January 26, 2022 1:08 pm

Festivals, Interviews, News

At first glance, actor-writer-director Cooper Raiff’s “Cha Cha Real Smooth” might look like your typical cutesy and whimsical Sundance dramedy, about a twenty-something college graduate learning a valuable lif...

‘Emergency’ Director Carey Williams’ Talks His “One Crazy Night” Sundance Movie, ‘Superbad’ & More [Interview]

Tomris Laffly

January 25, 2022 12:46 pm

Interviews, News

In the early moments of Carey Williams’ “Emergency,” you might think that you’re in a one crazy night movie you’ve seen before. You know the kind: a long night of partying and various drunken confrontations be...

‘Good Luck To You, Leo Grande’ Review: Emma Thompson Is Terrific In Sophie Hyde’s Perceptive Look At Female Pleasure [Sundance]

Tomris Laffly

January 22, 2022 8:45 pm

Features, Festivals, News, Reviews

The complexities of female sexuality are still frustratingly misrepresented in mainstream cinema. In one corner, we have the eruptive rise of a certain type of one-dimensional badass feminism, featuring often ...

‘The Lost Daughter’ Is A Fantastic Feature Debut For Director Maggie Gyllenhaal [Venice Review]

Tomris Laffly

September 3, 2021 4:05 pm

Features, Festivals, News, Reviews

With "The Lost Daughter," director Maggie Gyllenhaal wears melancholy like a second skin. One of her generation’s most underrated actors, she moves through her films with a flicker of otherworldly woe; an orga...

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‘Power Of The Dog’: Jane Campion Crafts Cinematic Poetry In Her Triumphant Big-Screen Return With Benedict Cumberbatch [Venice Review]

Tomris Laffly

September 2, 2021 10:31 am

Features, Festivals, News, Reviews

The ghost of a legendary cowboy named Bronco Henry haunts “The Power of the Dog,” an evocative, sensory psychodrama set in the American West of the 1920s. While Bronco is long gone and never seen on the screen...

‘Woman In The Window’: Amy Adams Fails To Awaken This Sleepy, Predictable Mystery Thriller [Review]

Tomris Laffly

May 13, 2021 7:00 pm

Features, News, Reviews

Everyone is hiding something in “The Woman in the Window.” Unfortunately, the challenge here isn’t so much deciphering the film’s array of generously signposted secrets but, instead, finding reasons to care ab...

Director Joyce Chopra On The ‘Smooth Talk’ Restoration, Casting Laura Dern & The Film’s Timely Story [Interview]

Tomris Laffly

February 23, 2021 2:00 pm

Interviews, News

It was the Grand Jury Prize winner of the Sundance Film Festival in its year. It launched the storied career of Laura Dern in earnest. And it opened in theaters alongside largely favorable reviews. But Joyce C...

Robin Wright Talks Her Directorial Debut ‘Land,’ Grief, Survival & Renewed Hopefulness [Sundance Interview]

Tomris Laffly

January 31, 2021 12:53 pm

Features, Interviews, News

After a renowned career of nearly four decades in both film and TV, actor Robin Wright makes a confident feature directorial debut with “Land,” screening this year as part of Sundance Film Festival’s Premieres...

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