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‘Blame’: 22-Year-Old Filmmaker Quinn Shephard Becomes One To Watch With Her Startling Debut [Tribeca Review]

April 26, 2017 1:10 pm

In “Blame,” the startlingly confident debut film by precocious 22-year-old Quinn Shephard, the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival receives its true breakout of the year, while also serving as a brutal reminder as to wh...

All The World’s A Stage In This Exclusive Clip From Tribeca Film Festival Selection ‘Blame’

Matthew Monagle

April 20, 2017 12:21 pm

News, Video

With Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" a familiar staple in high-school drama departments around the country, there may be no better setting for a modern retelling of the story than, well, a high-school drama depa...

Gangster Squad Drama ‘Live By Night’ Is A Major Misfire For Director Ben Affleck [Review]

Rodrigo Perez

December 21, 2016 3:35 pm

News, Reviews

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Ben Affleck’s volatile career has gone something like this: an early Academy Award winner for Best Original Screenplay for “Good Will Hunting,” followed by a rough ride both inside and outside the industry duri...

Ben Affleck Says ‘Live By Night’ “Feels So Current I Wish I Could Dial It Back”

Gregory Ellwood

November 17, 2016 5:38 am

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

With AFI FEST almost over, Warner Bros. screened “Live By Night” Wednesday night independently of the prestige event for members of the press (primarily the BFCA). No, 'Live' was officially not sneaking at AFI...

Ben Affleck Is An Outlaw In New Trailer For ‘Live By Night’

Kevin Jagernauth

November 11, 2016 12:18 pm

Trailers

“As soon as I read this book, I wanted to make the movie,” Ben Affleck recently told EW about "Live By Night," his adaptation of the novel by Dennis Lehane. “I love the gritty characters and the great dialogue ...