Tag: Peter Sarsgaard
Memory | Review
Remembrance of Things Past: Franco Bargains for Benevolence in Purgative Love Story
“Memory is something so complex that no list of all its attributes could...
Interview: Michel Franco – Memory
Unwaveringly dedicated to a cinema of provocation, even if it may appear excessive to more sensitive viewers, auds at the Venice (and Toronto) Film...
NYC Staycation: Jessica Chastain & Peter Sarsgaard in New Michel Franco Film
We learned that Cannes and Venice winning filmmaker Michel Franco was possibly circling the country of Poland for his next project. Well, the filmmaker...
The Batman | Review
Gotham, Open City: Reeves Reconstitutes an Anti-Hero in Moody Reboot
Who would have ever predicted in the fifty-plus years since Adam West first donned the...
The Lost Daughter | Review
Parallel Mothers: Gyllenhaal Paints a Dark Portrait in Sinister Ferrante Adaptation
“Attention is the purest form of hospitality,” is a quote from Simone Weil utilized...
2021 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Barry Levinson’s Harry Haft
Despite the Covid, I'm surprised that this biopic directed by the always busy veteran helmer Barry Levinson didn't shore up at some fest in...
The Lie | Review
Where Is It?: Sud Mines the Ethical Decay of the Privileged in Familiar but Fashionable Debut
Resorting to a continual, if varied tradition of remaking...
Mr. Jones | Review
Truth Be Told: Holland Revisits the Horror of the Holodomor
Polish director Agnieszka Holland returns to a subject matter favored in her most memorable offerings—lost...
Human Capital (2020) | Review
It’s Easier for a Camel…: Meyers and Moverman Craft Serviceable, Familiar Remake
Although it pulls no punches in its re-working of Paolo Virzi’s 2013 title...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #87. Gareth Jones – Agnieszka Holland
Gareth Jones
Director Agnieszka Holland returns to English language filmmaking with her latest, Gareth Jones, a British-Polish-Ukrainian co-production. The ever busy Holland, who has worked...
Jackie | Review
The Safety of Objects: Larrain Revisits Traumatic Chapter of Iconic First Lady
There have been very few First Ladies either before or after Jacqueline Kennedy...
“Diary of a Teenage Girl” & “Carol” Lead 2015 Gotham Award Noms
Nabbing Best Actress, Screenplay, Breakthrough Director and Feature noms, Marielle Heller's Diary of a Teenage Girl leads all Gotham Award nominations with four, while...
Experimenter | Review
Experiment This: Almereyda Revisits Classic Social Psych Progenitor
American filmmaker Michael Almereyda brings to the screen a pseudo-biopic on one of the more famous social...
Very Good Girls | Review
The Boyfriend Experience: Foner’s Directorial Debut a Derivative Shard
Screenwriter Naomi Foner makes her directorial debut with Very Good Girls, though her preceding reputation...
2014 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Kelly Reichardt’s Night Moves
And for the final Sundance Film Festival prediction on the 80-list, I'm selecting a film that might have premiered at both Venice and Toronto,...
Night Moves | 2013 TIFF Review
Caring & Killing: Reichardt Attempts Eco-Thriller
There is a lovable minimalism about the films of Kelly Reichardt, a sense of environmental awareness and personal disorientation...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #21. Kelly Reichardt’s Night Moves
Night Moves
Director/Writer: Kelly Reichardt
Producer(s): Saemi Kim, Neil Kopp, Chris Maybach, Anish Savjani, Rodrigo Teixeira
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Dakota Fanning, Jesse Eisenberg, Peter Sarsgaard
Unlike other...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #71. Woody Allen’s Blue Jasmine
Blue Jasmine
Director/Writer: Woody Allen
Producer(s): Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Alec Baldwin, Cate Blanchett, Bobby Cannavale, Louis C.K., Andrew Dice Clay, Sally...
