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‘The Roads Not Taken’: Sally Potter Disappoints With A Melodramatic Take On Mental Illness [Berlin Review]

February 26, 2020 2:00 pm

To utilize a neurological disorder at the center of your film’s narrative carries a massive weight of responsibility. Cinema has historically utilized mental illness in a ham-fisted manner—as nothing more than...

‘The Roads Not Taken’ Exclusive Clip: Elle Fanning Has To Care For Javier Bardem In Sally Potter’s New Drama

Charles Barfield

February 18, 2020 11:24 am

News, Trailers, Video

Taking care of an ill parent is incredibly difficult. Making matters even more complicated is when the parent in question is actually suffering from a deep mental illness that no one is specially equipped to h...

‘The Roads Not Taken’ Trailer: Javier Bardem & Elle Fanning Star In Sally Potter’s Upcoming Berlin Drama

Charles Barfield

February 4, 2020 3:24 pm

News, Trailers

The choices we make in our lives, from the mundane to the earth-shattering, all matter. And in the new film, “The Roads Not Taken,” a man struggles to hold onto his sanity as he obsesses about the lives he cou...

2020 Berlin Film Festival Competition Includes New Movies From Sally Potter, Hong Sang-Soo, Christian Petzold & More

Charles Barfield

January 29, 2020 10:19 am

Festivals, News

We may be knee-deep in Sundance right now, but this is just the beginning of the festival season. And one of the biggest film events of the year is coming up in less than a month, the 2020 Berlin Film Festival...

52 Movies Directed By Women - Most Anticipated 2020

52 Films Directed By Women To Watch In 2020

Lena Wilson

January 19, 2020 2:03 pm

Features, News

Academy snubs be damned, 2019 was a spectacular end to a decade of outstanding films directed by women. Joanna Hogg reinvented visual memoir with “The Souvenir,” Lulu Wang challenged American conceptions of fa...

Sally Potter Cast Javier Bardem Elle Fanning

Javier Bardem, Elle Fanning, Salma Hayek & More Headline Sally Potter’s New Drama

Charles Barfield

December 10, 2018 2:37 pm

News

It was five long years between the release of Sally Potter’s last two films, 2012’s “Ginger & Rosa” and last year’s “The Party.” However, the filmmaker isn’t about to take that long for her next feature fil...

Tilda Swinton Gives A Masterclass In Giving A Masterclass [Qumra 2018]

Jessica Kiang

March 13, 2018 9:17 am

Features, Festivals, Interviews, News

Now celebrating its fourth year, Qumra is a weeklong industry event run by the Doha Film Institute in Qatar. We'll be bringing you coverage of the stellar lineup of Qumra 2018 Masterclasses, given by such lumin...

‘The Party’ Trailer: Make A Date With Patricia Clarkson, Cillian Murphy, And More

Kevin Jagernauth

November 16, 2017 1:59 pm

News, Trailers

While it's unlikely that any of us will get Patricia Clarkson, Bruno Ganz, Cherry Jones, Emily Mortimer, Cillian Murphy, Kristin Scott Thomas and Timothy Spall over for dinner, "The Party" is the next best thin...

‘The Party’ Trailer: Patricia Clarkson, Cillian Murphy & More Let Loose

Jordan Ruimy

August 30, 2017 2:50 pm

News

Back in 1992, Sally Potter was a pretty big deal. She had just released "Orlando" to universal acclaim, which featured an exquisite performance from Tilda Swinton as the titular nobleman who moved through centu...

Sally Potter’s ‘The Party’ With Kristin Scott Thomas, Cillian Murphy & More Is A Disposably Delightful Doodle [Berlin Review]

Jessica Kiang

February 15, 2017 10:17 am

Festivals, News, Reviews

In a small but well-appointed middle-class house, the host lies, not breathing, on the living room floor. The would-be murderer tries to choose the right music for resurrection. The adulterous hostess cries in ...

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