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‘American Dreamer’ Review: Peter Dinklage Can’t Save This Messy Comedic Drama [Tribeca]

June 12, 2022 10:55 am

“American Dreamer” is a mess of a movie, in which scenes of startling wit and emotional truth co-exist alongside entire subplots that are utterly inexplicable. It’s all over the damn place; its good ideas in n...

Matt Dillon Talks Directing His Doc ‘El Gran Fellove, Francis Ford Coppola Mentorship & More [Telluride Interview]

Luke Hicks

September 10, 2021 2:04 pm

Festivals, Interviews, News

Actor/director Matt Dillon started going to Cuba in the 1990s after the collapse of the Soviet Union. He and his fellow vinyl-hungry friends would stay up late drinking and hunt for hidden gem albums, at times...

‘Nimic’ Exclusive Clip: Watch Matt Dillon’s Anxiety Rise In Yorgos Lanthimos’ New Short Arriving On MUBI

Charles Barfield

November 20, 2020 11:31 am

News, Trailers, Video

In a world seemingly overrun with streaming services, if you’re a fan of this website and the films we cover, we highly recommend you check out MUBI. Much like The Criterion Channel, MUBI is a service that wil...

‘Proxima’ Trailer: Alice Wincour Shoots Eva Green Into Space For A Year

Edward Davis

October 9, 2020 12:52 pm

News, Trailers

Fall 2019 had at least two female-led astronaut films hitting the fall film festival circuit at the same time. Noah Hawley's "Lucy In The Sky," starring Natalie Portman, crashed down to earth in a blaze of neg...

Thandie Newton Agrees With ‘Crash’ Criticisms & Says It “Neutralized The Very Real Rage” That Black People Feel

Charles Barfield

July 8, 2020 2:56 pm

News

There are several films that are surefire ways to stoke debate and discussion amongst cinephiles. One of those features is the controversial 2006 Best Picture Oscar winner, “Crash.” Despite receiving acclaim a...

‘Proxima’ Trailer: Eva Green & Matt Dillon Star In Recent TIFF Space Drama From Alice Winocour

Charles Barfield

September 25, 2019 11:16 am

News, Trailers

2019 is clearly going to be the year of the down-to-Earth space drama. With James Gray and Brad Pitt tackling issues of father/son relationships and the ideas of masculinity in “Ad Astra” and Natalie Portman’s ...

Eva Green heads to Mars in Alice Winocour’s ‘Proxima.’

‘Proxima’: Eva Green’s Somber Space Drama Never Quite Achieves Liftoff [TIFF Review]

Ella Kemp

September 8, 2019 11:28 am

Festivals, News, Reviews

The first animal to orbit the Earth was a Russian mongrel named Laika. She was born in 1954 and passed away a few hours after going to space, onboard the Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 2. No one knew how an animal w...

‘Nimic’ Trailer: Yorgos Lanthimos Returns With New Short Film Starring Matt Dillon

Charles Barfield

August 9, 2019 2:16 pm

News, Trailers

Sadly, the latest project from filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos isn’t quite a feature film. In fact, if this was a Marvel film, the new short “Nimic” is short enough to put before the Marvel Studios logo even appears...

‘The House That Jack Built’: Lars Von Trier’s Film Is A Sad, Self-Loathing Cry For Help From A Failed Artist

Rodrigo Perez

November 30, 2018 4:32 pm

News

Danish director Lars von Trier’s scabrous and controversial “The House That Jack Built” screened this week in scattered cities around the country—IFC Films touting a one-night-only screening of the director’s c...

‘The House That Jack Built’ Trailer: Lars Von Trier’s Latest Film Gets ‘Director’s Cut’ & ‘R-Rated Cut’ Special Release

Halli Goldman

October 31, 2018 9:15 am

News, Trailers

Without a doubt, the most controversial film to come out of this year's Cannes Film Festival was Lars von Trier's "The House That Jack Built." The film, which simultaneously experienced multiple walkouts, bad r...

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