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19 Films To See In December: ‘Nightmare Alley,’ ‘Don’t Look Up,’ ‘Tragedy Of Macbeth’ & More

December 1, 2021 1:41 pm

It speaks to the month's quality that to kick things off there's the release of Jane Campion's beauty, "The Power of the Dog," starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Kirsten Dunst on&n...

‘Silent Night’ Trailer: New Dark Christmas Comedy Starring Keira Knightley & Matthew Goode Arrives In December

Ned Booth

November 10, 2021 12:19 pm

News, Trailers

What would you do if you knew the world was about to end? That's a loaded question, to be sure, with an interminable global pandemic that won't end and a climate crisis that already started decades ago. Whethe...

John Woo Directing Action Pic ‘Silent Night’ Starring Joel Kinnaman After Nearly 20 Year Hiatus From American Projects

Christopher Marc

October 31, 2021 11:50 am

News

Legendary Hong Kong cinema filmmaker John Woo ("The Killer," "Hard Boiled") hasn't made a big American studio film since the 2003 film "Paycheck" that starred Ben Affleck and Uma Thurman, an adaption of the sc...

Keira Knightley & Lily-Rose Depp Thought ‘Silent Night’ Was A Dark Comedy, It’s Not Now [TIFF Interview]

Gregory Ellwood

September 20, 2021 4:19 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, Festivals, Interviews, News

TORONTO - “Silent Night,” which debuted at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival last week, starts off like a familiar holiday comedy. Multiple friends, along with their significant others and kids, reu...

‘Silent Night’: Keira Knightley & Co. Blend The Holiday Film With The End Of The World Genre [TIFF Review]

Marya E. Gates

September 16, 2021 7:00 pm

Features, Festivals, News, Reviews

Writer-director Camille Griffin’s debut feature film “Silent Night” effectively blends two seemingly disparate genres — holiday films and impending apocalyptic cinema. Both high-pressure situations that get yo...

Toronto Film Fest 2021 Preview: 16 Must-See Movies To Watch

Andrew Bundy

September 7, 2021 5:11 pm

Features, Festivals, News

Another fall season, another deluge of fall film festival movies and previews. If you’ve been playing along, and hopefully, you have, you’ve already seen our coverage from the Telluride Film Festival in Colora...

2017 Best Live Action Short Oscar Predictions

Gregory Ellwood

February 15, 2017 2:51 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign

"Ennemis Intérieurs" should be the easy winner here, but The Academy has gone "cutesy" with this category recently which could find "Timecode" or "La Feme et Le TGV" taking the Oscar instead. 1. "Ennemis In...