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The Breakthrough Directors Of 2020 [Be Reel Podcast]

December 22, 2020 2:30 pm

As we end a truly extraordinary year of movie-going (or movie-staying, maybe), and to add to our comprehensive array of Best of 2020 coverage, Be Reel assesses which directors broke through their indie roots t...

Wonder Woman 1984 The NEst Playlist Podcast

‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Goes Streaming & Sean Durkin Talks ‘The Nest’ [The Playlist Podcast]

Charles Barfield

November 19, 2020 2:15 pm

Interviews, News, Podcasts

Welcome one, welcome all to this weeks’ fun-filled edition of The Playlist Podcast. This week, Charles, Mike, and Brian discuss the death of movie theaters (again), as well as two quality films, “Sound of Meta...

Carrie Coon Talks ‘The Nest,’ Filming During A Pandemic & The Importance Of Zippers In ‘Ghostbusters’ [Interview]

Brian Tallerico

September 17, 2020 2:22 pm

Interviews, News

Carrie Coon, the star of “The Leftovers” and “Fargo” returns to the screen this week with the release of “The Nest,” acclaimed filmmaker Sean Durkin’s first film in almost a decade. The Emmy and Tony nominee p...

‘The Nest’ Trailer: Sean Durkin’s First Film In Nearly A Decade Stars Jude Law & Carrie Coon

Charles Barfield

September 14, 2020 2:34 pm

News, Trailers

Though film festivals are back up and running this fall (somewhat, at least), before then, all we really had to look back on in 2020 was Sundance in January. And thankfully, that festival was able to churn out...

‘The Nest’ Trailer: Sean Durkin Moves An American Family To England In Creepy Drama

Harry Frazer

June 16, 2020 11:16 am

News, Trailers

Moving to a new country can be a stressful time in your life, well they actually say that moving is the most stressful thing to do, so moving countries must be a whole different ball game. Anyway, “The Nest” wi...

Sean Durkin’s ‘The Nest’ Performs Riveting Live Surgery On A Slowly Fracturing Family [Sundance Review]

Jessica Kiang

January 27, 2020 10:24 am

Festivals, News, Reviews

For an autumnal, suburban-American, mid-'80s moment at the beginning of Sean Durkin's immaculate, clinically devastating "The Nest," it seems Tolstoy's maxim about all happy families being alike might hold tru...

‘Martha Marcy May Marlene’ Director Sean Durkin Sets Von Erich Wrestling Family Saga

Drew Taylor

January 22, 2020 1:52 pm

Festivals, News

One of the more exciting films that’ll debut at the Sundance Film Festival this year is “The Nest,” the sophomore feature from Sean Durkin, who made a splash at the same festival in 2011 with “Martha Marcy May...