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‘Cow’ Trailer: Andrea Arnold’s Empathetic Bovie Doc Debuts On April 8

March 5, 2022 10:05 am

After “American Honey” won the Jury Prize at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, Andrea Arnold launched from a director of note to one of England’s premiere cinematic talents. Since then, however, Arnold’s taken a ...

‘Cow’ Trailer: Andrea Arnold’s Cannes Doc Finally Hits UK Theaters & MUBI In Early 2022

Charles Barfield

December 23, 2021 9:54 am

News, Trailers

As we pointed out in our Best Documentaries of 2021 list, this year we saw quite a few filmmakers really play with the non-fiction film form in unique, often impactful ways. And it would appear that 2022 is ke...

Filmmaker Andrea Arnold On ‘Cow’: The Beauty & Brutality Of Nature In All Is Unglamorized Truth [Interview]

Caroline Tsai

July 24, 2021 11:25 am

Festivals, Interviews, News

Andrea Arnold is aware that cows roaming the countryside is an image cut straight from the cloth of pastoral English iconography, the stuff of Victorian novels and Renaissance paintings. “ a lot of our modern ...

‘Cow’: Andrea Arnold Delivers A Simple, But Empathic Look At The Lives & Suffering Of Bovines [Cannes Review]

Elena Lazic

July 9, 2021 11:07 am

Festivals, News, Reviews

The fact that cows in dairy farms usually tend to have miserable lives should be a surprise to no one in this day and age. This knowledge, however, does not take away any of the power of Andrea Arnold’s “Cow,”...

Cannes 2020: New Films By Edgar Wright, Wes Anderson, Paul Verhoeven & More Were Expected To Debut (& Still Might) [UPDATED]

Charles Barfield

April 16, 2020 10:29 am

Festivals, News

The 2020 Cannes Film Festival is probably canceled. Well, maybe it is. Honestly, who the hell knows? Right now, the event organizers are doing everything in their power to keep hope alive that this year wi...

‘Big Little Lies’ Star Reese Witherspoon Backs HBO & Says About Andrea Arnold Contention: “In Our Minds There Is No Controversy”

Charles Barfield

July 29, 2019 10:33 am

News, Television

“Big Little Lies” has officially ended its second season, but that doesn’t mean the drama is over. As you might expect with a series that scores big ratings for HBO, talk of a third season has been rumbling, pa...

HBO Exec Says ‘Big Little Lies’ Director Drama Is Full Of “Misinformation” & Says Andrea Arnold Knew The Creative Control Situation Before Helming Season 2

Charles Barfield

July 25, 2019 10:05 am

News, Television

Despite all the deception and intrigue in the episodes of HBO’s “Big Little Lies,” it would seem as if the best drama surrounding the series is behind the scenes. After reports of Season 2 director Andrea Arnol...

HBO Responds To ‘Big Little Lies’ Director Drama: “The Final Product Speaks For Itself”

Charles Barfield

July 15, 2019 9:54 am

News, Television

Even before Season 2 of “Big Little Lies” premiered, there was talk about awards. Not about how many awards the HBO drama would get nominated for, but instead, how many awards the series would win. And with Sea...

Director Drama Surrounding ‘Big Little Lies’ Season 2 Reportedly Led To A Tumultuous Post-Production & Reshoots

Charles Barfield

July 12, 2019 1:57 pm

News, Television

There was a lot of buzz coming into the second season of “Big Little Lies.” The series had just become a Golden Globe and Emmy juggernaut, with the high-profile cast getting huge raises for an unexpected new ba...

‘Big Little Lies’: A Superior Season 2 Doubles Down On Trauma & Gets Supercharged By Meryl Streep [Review]

Rodrigo Perez

June 6, 2019 3:20 pm

Features, News, Reviews, Television

Traumas, old, new, forgotten, remembered, unearthed, recently acquired, or otherwise, are quickly becoming cliché in modern narrative. Our collective and personally-scaled PTSDs—recovering, grappling, bearing, ...

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