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Joanna Hogg Talks ‘The Souvenir Part II,’ Meta Experiences, Reflective Catharthis & More [Interview]

October 27, 2021 3:39 pm

Director Joanna Hogg’s “The Souvenir: Part II” is a luminous, layered piece of work about recollection, remembrance, and memory. It’s also an exploratory meta-experience about filmmaking and the act of evoking...

‘The Souvenir Part II’ Trailer: Joanna Hogg’s Memory Tribute Is A Meta-Filmmaking Impression

Ned Booth

September 29, 2021 9:21 am

News, Trailers

Joanna Hogg’s 2019 film “The Souvenir” made a big splash at its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival that year. The film went on to win the World Cinema Dramatic Grand Jury Prize at the festival that y...

With ‘The Souvenir: Part II’ Joanna Hogg Completes Her Introspective Masterwork [Cannes Review]

Carlos Aguilar

July 8, 2021 4:15 am

Features, Festivals, News, Reviews

Midway through Joanna Hogg’s seismic “The Souvenir: Part II,” a continuation to her 2019 feature begotten from personal remembrances, her fictional alter ego, Julie (Honor Swinton-Byrne), sits in a van surroun...

The 100 Most Anticipated Films Of 2021

The Playlist Staff

December 9, 2020 2:00 pm

Features, News

I’m not telling you anything you don’t know. Aside from the election result, Trashfire 2020™ was a shitty year. And a weird and disorienting year thanks to COVID-19 and having to shelter-in-place, quarantine, ...

Best Movie Posters Of 2019

Ella Kemp

December 6, 2019 2:38 pm

Features, News

In the Always On™ age, first impressions are everything. When a movie receives its Sundance premiere in January— but often won’t reach audiences until many months later— reviews are important. However, posters ...

The 100 Best Films Of The Decade [2010s]

The Playlist Staff

December 2, 2019 11:32 am

Features, News

Look, making a Best of Decade list is an impossibility. As the 2010s come to a close, we’ve been agonizing over this (long-delayed) list for half a year now and even had to take a break and put it away this sum...

‘The Souvenir,’ ‘Parasite’ Top Sight & Sound’s Top 20 Films Of 2019

Rafael Motamayor

December 1, 2019 2:41 pm

News

Thanksgiving weekend may be over, but the season of “best of” lists is just beginning. As every publication is posting its own Best of 2019 list, we begin to see some films appear in multiple lists, roughly in ...

Charlie Heaton, Harris Dickinson & Joe Alwyn Replace Robert Pattinson In Joanna Hogg’s Upcoming ‘Souvenir’ Sequel

Harris Dickinson, Charlie Heaton & Joe Alwyn Cast In Joanna Hogg’s Upcoming ‘Souvenir’ Sequel [Exclusive]

Charles Barfield

August 13, 2019 3:58 pm

News

Based on her own recollections as a shy film student growing up in the 1980s of Margaret Thatcher's U.K., Joanna Hogg’s coming-of-age drama “The Souvenir” starring Honor Swinton Byrne and her mother Tilda Swint...

The Best Films Of 2019… So Far

The Playlist Staff

June 12, 2019 3:26 pm

Features, News

OK, so we’re in June and basically, we’re at the midway point of 2019. What’s the year like been so far for the cinema? Well, if you’re paying attention to Film Twitter, at this very moment, you will find a lot...

Robert Pattinson Drops Out Of Joanna Hogg’s ‘Souvenir’ Sequel Due To A Scheduling Conflict

Charles Barfield

June 11, 2019 12:04 pm

News

One of the best films of 2019 so far, “The Souvenir” is a breakout project for actress Honor Swinton Byrne and ultimately, filmmaker Joanna Hogg. Despite Hogg’s acclaimed career, it appears like “The Souvenir” ...

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