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‘Pig’ Director Michael Sarnoski To Helm Adaptation Of Graphic Novel ‘Sabrina’

April 22, 2022 3:54 pm

Last year, few movies threw audiences for a loop like Michael Sarnoski's feature debut, "Pig." Nicolas Cage stars in the film as a reclusive truffle hunter who returns to Portland, where he was once a renowne...

Greig Fraser Takes Top 2022 ASC Award For ‘Dune’

Gregory Ellwood

March 21, 2022 12:40 am

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

It's the middle of Oscar voting, "CODA's" win at the PGA Awards has everyone buzzing and we're exactly one week away from the big show. Sunday, March 20 features the last day of guild honors. The American Soci...

Barack Obama’s Best Films Of 2021 List Includes ‘Drive My Car,’ ‘Pig,’ ‘Card Counter’ & More

Charles Barfield

December 17, 2021 1:15 pm

News

It’s been a tradition for years now and it continues in 2021—former President of the United States, Barack Obama, has released his top films of the year. And as with previous years, it’s a healthy mix of high-...

The Best Cinematography Of 2021

Andrew Crump and The Playlist Staff

December 13, 2021 1:51 pm

Features, News

We celebrate the movies at this time of year, and in the wild rush to praise directors and actors for all that nifty directing and acting they did over the last 365 days, we all tend to forget that cinema is a...

The 25 Best Films Of 2021

Nick Allen and The Playlist Staff

December 8, 2021 1:09 pm

Features, News

We certainly have not resumed full normalcy as we continue to battle this pandemic, but at least we have movies—even more than last year. With certain reservations about how they were premiered, released, and ...

Alex Wolff Talks ‘Old,’ ‘Pig’ & The Genius Of ‘Hereditary’ [The Playlist Podcast]

Mike DeAngelo

July 21, 2021 12:03 pm

Interviews, News, Podcasts

The life of a young actor can often be unpredictable, but rarely do you have the opportunity to play a child trapped in a grown man’s body and a truffle hunter’s unwitting accomplice in hunting down his lost p...

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Nicolas Cage On Mainstream Hollywood Movies: “I Don’t Know If I’d Want To Go Back”

Jake Sweltz

July 16, 2021 10:18 am

News

Although actor Nicolas Cage has made dozens of movies over the past few years, it’s been nearly a decade since he appeared in anything that might reasonably be referred to as “mainstream.” In the intervening p...

‘Pig’: Nic Cage Does Sad ‘John Wick’-Style Revenge As If It Were Directed By Kelly Reichardt [Review]

Andrew Crump

July 12, 2021 8:36 am

News, Reviews

2014 warned us all about the dangers of harming another man’s animal companion in “John Wick,” a standalone film featuring Keanu Reeves making approximately 500 kill shots in a 100-minute time frame; that film...

‘Pig’ Trailer: Nicholas Cage Is A Truffle Hunter With A Pig Problem In A Bizarro New Drama

Jake Sweltz

June 17, 2021 12:36 pm

News, Trailers

Nicholas Cage has done so many oddball indie projects over the past ten years, it’s hard to keep track of them all. But the upcoming “Pig,” directed by first-timer Michael Sarnoski, has arguably generate...

Nicolas Cage Is A Truffle Hunter Joined By Alex Wolff In The Search For His Missing Pet In The Thriller ‘Pig’

Charles Barfield

September 25, 2019 11:01 am

News

The announcement of a new Nicolas Cage film project is almost a bit like Mad Libs. You start with Nicolas Cage and a film. Then to come up with the plot, co-stars, and filmmaker, you just randomly pick some nou...

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