Tag: Riz Ahmed
Interview: Yann Mounir Demange & Rosa Attab – Dammi (short)
Yann Mounir Demange quite literally blasted onto the scene back in 2014 with his feature debut about a stranded British soldier (Jack O'Connell) with...
Fingernails | Review
Science Can’t Contain True Love In Nikou’s Charming & Romantic English Language Debut
Big Data and artificial intelligence are already reshaping how we think about...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #39. Christos Nikou’s Fingernails
Fingernails
Apples filmmaker Christos Nikou moves into some hearty, heady and hefty terrain with his hyped-up sophomore feature (plus debut English language debut) which is...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2021: #95. Michael Pearce’s Invasion
Invasion
UK’s Michael Pearce returns with his highly anticipated sophomore film Invasion, produced by Dimitri Doganis, Derrin Schlesinger and Piers Vellacott with cinematography from the...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #24. Jacques Audiard’s The Sisters Brothers
The Sisters Brothers
One of 2018’s most highly anticipated items is Jacques Audiard’s English language debut The Sisters Brothers, his first project since winning the...
Una | 2016 BFI London Film Festival Review
Breaking the Taboo: Andrews’ Courageous Analysis of an Agonizing Affair
A young woman confronts her predator after an interval of fifteen years in the taut...
City of Tiny Lights | 2016 Toronto Int. Film Festival Review
Farewell, My Lovely: Travis Tries Urban Neo Noir in Prosaic Adaptation
One gets the sense the source novel by Patrick Neate is a bit more...
Jason Bourne | Review
Bourne Again Again: Greengrass Returns to Action Franchise with Middling Results
Director Paul Greengrass returns to the Robert Ludlum action franchise he inherited from Doug...
2016 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Benedict Andrews’ Una
Sundance has always been a great launching pad for new breakout talents. Rooney Mara saw her first major part in film was as a...
’15 Sundance Film Fest: Jake Mahaffy, Zachary Heinzerling, Shaka King, Matt Wolf & Actor Riz Ahmed Supply Short Imports & Exports
Not unlike the previous year, a whopping eight thousand plus short films were submitted to Sundance this year. Among some of the filmmaker names...
Nightcrawler | Review
While the City Sleeps: Gyllenhaal Gets His Money Shot in Gilroy’s Debut
You’ll be hard pressed to find a more enjoyably witty criticism of modern...
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,...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #162. Dan Gilroy’s Nightcrawler
Nightcrawler
Director: Dan Gilroy
Writer: Dan Gilroy
Producers: Michel Litvak, David Lancaster, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jennifer Fox, Tony Gilroy
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Bill Paxton,...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #83. John Crowley’s Closed Circuit
Closed Circuit
Director: John Crowley
Writer(s): Steven Knight
Producer(s): Tim Bevan, Chris Clark, Eric Fellner
U.S. Distributor: Focus Features
Cast: Eric Bana, Rebecca Hall, Jim Broadbent, Ciarán Hinds, Riz...
