Daniel Day-Lewis Returns to Acting in Anemone
The film explores the intricate relationships between fathers, sons, and brothers and the dynamics of familial bonds.
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Nosferatu Movie Reveals New Trailer
The Robert Eggers horror film will open in theaters on Wednesday, December 25, 2024.
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Dazed and Confused Returning to Theaters in 4K
Dubbed “Dazed Day,” this limited-time theatrical engagement will kick off on Sunday, September 29.
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Shaun of the Dead Returns to Theaters for 20th Anniversary
Focus Features announced today the return of Edgar Wright’s cult classic horror-comedy Shaun of the Dead to theaters across the US in celebration of the film’s 20th anniversary. Beginning August 29th at 7 p.m., Shaun of the Dead will be re-released exclusively at Dolby Cinema at AMC Theatres screens for a limited engagement. The beloved…
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Conclave Trailer and Photos Debut
Focus Features has released the official trailer for Conclave, the adaptation of the Robert Harris book opening in select theaters on November 1. The film will expand nationwide on November 8. From director Edward Berger (All Quiet on the Western Front), Conclave follows one of the world’s most secretive and ancient events – selecting a…
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Nosferatu Teaser Revealed by Focus Features
Focus Features has released the official teaser trailer for Robert Eggers’ highly anticipated horror film Nosferatu, which will open in theaters on Wednesday, December 25, 2024. Nosferatu marks Focus Features’ ongoing collaboration with Eggers following the 2022 release of the Viking epic The Northman. The film also reunites Eggers with veteran producer Chris Columbus, who…
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Alexander Payne on His Latest Comedy Triumph The Holdovers
This past, weekend Focus Features launched the new Alexander Payne (Sideways, Election) comedy The Holdovers on six screens in New York and Los Angeles, where it took in an impressive $200,000 ($33K average), not to mention its current Rotten Tomatoes score of 96%. If that isn’t enough to convince you to see the film, Vital…
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Armageddon Time Review
James Gray‘s coming-of-age film, Armageddon Time, is set in 1980. Most audiences would likely anticipate a nostalgic trip back in time, full of musical pop culture needle drops, lots of magic hour horizon shots, and big emotional Oscar bait moments with actors like Anthony Hopkins, Jeremy Strong, or Anne Hathaway giving heartfelt soliloquies as the…
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Brian and Charles Review
In director Jim Archer’s new film Brian and Charles, Brian is a lonely middle-aged man living in rural England. Despite his dreary surroundings, he keeps himself busy as an inventor. While Brian has a fantastic imagination, his inventions are less than stellar. He invented a bag with pinecones glued to it, a cuckoo clock on…
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The Northman Review: A Viking Fable of Blood and Fire
Equal parts beautiful and desolate like a part of Iceland’s own volcanic countryside, The Northman is auteur Robert Eggers’ most straightforward film, making up in style what it gives up in the complexity of his previous films. Grabbing relentlessly from the tales of Hamlet and Beowulf, Eggers delves back into his continued curiosity about the…
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Stillwater Review: Matt Damon Stars in the Tom McCarthy Film
For nearly twenty years, Participant Media has been producing quality films that have been socially relevant while also striving to entertain and educate. Directors like Steven Soderbergh, Steven Spielberg, Ana DuVernay, and Stillwater’s Tom McCarthy, under the Participant banner, have found award-winning success with films that feel relevant and urgent, but those filmmakers also know…
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Land Review: Robin Wright’s Directorial Debut
Beautiful, sad, and distant, Land is like the mountainous horizon. Would-be woodswoman Edee (Robin Wright) spends much of her time gazing at a picture-perfect artifice that may be full of significance but is just as likely a mere empty view. On the surface, it is an elegantly paced tone poem of reflection, juxtaposing the uncaring…
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Promising Young Woman Review: Carey Mulligan Takes Revenge
Promising Young Woman is a dive into the deep end of cynicism. That is not a pejorative or a negative. It is simply a statement of the reality viewed by its writer/director and the scores of individuals she is speaking for. A world where painful, life-changing events are passed off as ‘youthful indiscretions’ that a…
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Never Rarely Sometimes Always Review
For a long time, complex subjects have had to be dealt with in allegory and obscurity, working around their subjects due to commercial and cultural sensitivities. There is a lot of artistic good that can come from that, requiring filmmakers to create subtle and understandable spaces for audiences to fill in rather than having everything…
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Emma Review: The New Adaptation of the Jane Austen Novel
How do we know a story is a classic? Is it by the sheer universality of the characters or dialogue to the point where they are referenced consistently in later works? Is it the insight and depth of the story and what it says about the human condition? Is it the fact that it has…
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Downton Abbey Review: Continuation, Repetition, Encapsulation
Continuation. Repetition. Encapsulation. In the realm of TV translation to film, these are the three potential options for what the audience will receive. A continuation of the story from its last episode, potentially with greater stakes and changes to the status quo on offer. A repetition of the most loved storylines in order to achieve…
