Tag: Jenny Slate
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On | Review
Clam Happy: Fleischer-Camp Fleshes Out His Amusing/Absurd Sketch of a Precocious Mollusk
On paper, the inevitability of something like Marcel the Shell with Shoes On...
Everything Everywhere All at Once | Review
In the Realm of the Senses: The Daniels Explore Meaning in the Eye of the Storm
“It’s not having what you want, it’s wanting what...
2021 Telluride Film Festival: World Preems for C’mon C’mon, King Richard, Cyrano, Belfast & One Mystery Film
The titles for the 48th edition of the Telluride Film Festival have been unveiled and Peter Hedges' low-budget zoom drama The Same Storm, Reinaldo Marcus...
On the Rocks | Review
Cheat Street: Coppola Presents Familiar Vintage with Lighthearted Filial Dramedy
Fathers and their (sometimes pseudo) daughters have formed the basis for more than one entry...
The Sunlit Night | Review
Norway Out: Wnendt Paints a Blank Slate in Slight Romantic Drama
Expectations seemed reasonably high for The Sunlit Night, the English language debut from provocative...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #71. The Sunlit Night – David Wnendt
The Sunlit Night
German filmmaker David Wnendt goes international with his sixth film, a German-Norwegian-American co-production which will also serve as his English language debut....
2019 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: #79. David Wnendt – The Sunlit Night
David Wnendt broke out big (so did his star Carla Juri) with his four feature film 2013's Wetlands (read review). With a US and...
2017 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Brian Shoaf’s Aardvark
Shot in NYC exactly one year to date, for his directorial debut, actor, playwright and now filmmaker Brian Shoaf landed Zachary Quinto, Jenny Slate and Jon...
2016 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Sophie Goodhart’s My Blind Brother
Despite being a first time feature filmmaker, if Sophie Goodhart were to get into Sundance...it wouldn't be her first visit. She started off in...
2016 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Jeff Baena’s Joshy
Equal measures irritably supercilious and demonically brilliant, our introduction to this filmmaker came via his co-writing gig: 2004's I Heart Huckabees. Fast forward a decade...
Figment of the Imagination: Jenny Slate Connects with “Aardvark”
Brian Shoaf's directorial debut might have found its second wind. After a failed Kickstarter attempt to drum up some coin with Adrien Grenier and Mamie Gummer toplining,...
Digging For Fire | Review
Dem Bones: Swanberg’s Mellow Examination of Married Life
A married couple’s weekend apart turns into the sort of mildly enterprising exploration of what happens when...
Sophie Goodhart is Leading the…: Adam Scott, Slate & Kroll Join “My Blind Brother”
For those in the know, being in the running for a Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival is statistically...near impossible, especially for the dozen or...
2015 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Joe Swanberg’s Digging For Fire
Guess who's turning 10? Joe Swanberg has had a "fire" in his belly for, give or take a decade, and his latest in the...
Birds & the Bees…Boyhood Leads 24th Gotham Independent Film Award Noms
Deemed as his career best, Richard Linklater's Boyhood leads all nominations for the 24th Gotham Independent Film Awards with winks in the Best Feature,...
The Longest Week | Review
Arrested Development: Glanz’s Debut an Affluent Vacuum
For the most part, it’s an ingenious trick to fabricate an aura of empathy around a pool of...
Best of Fest: Sundance 2014′s Top 10 New Faces
They range in age, amount of screen time, supporting or principle characters, and have previous (television work, stage and or bit parts in Hollywood/Indiewood...
Sundance 2014: Alex Ross Perry, Michael Tully, Tim Sutton, Sydney Freeland & Mark Jackson Among Stellar Class of 11 NEXT Features
Rolling out it's fifth edition and growing beyond just Park City (Los Angeles hosted a summer event this year) the NEXT section has grown...
