Tag: Willem Dafoe
Nosferatu (2024) | Review
Basic Instincts: Eggers Taps Into the Bloodlust with Vampy Remake
It would seem there’s no one more fitting than Robert Eggers to mount a remake...
Praise His Soul: Greta Lee Toys with Willem Dafoe in Kent Jones’ ‘Late Fame’
Six years after transitioning from film criticism, programming and docu features to narrative with Diane (2018), Kent Jones is gearing up for his sophomore...
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice | Review
Juice Cocktail: Burton Revamps His First Demon
There’s no way to reproduce the imaginative awe of Tim Burton’s 1988 idiosyncratic goth YA classic Beetlejuice. Or,...
Kinds of Kindness | Review
Bounds of Boundaries: Lanthimos Entertains Himself with Bizarre Triptych
It’s safe to say Yorgos Lanthimos has undoubtedly entered the oblivious, self-indulgent era of his career...
Poor Things | Review
The Story of O: Lanthimos Mesmerizes with Fiercely Compelling Frankenstein Tale
“Men have constructed female sexuality and in so doing have annihilated the chance for...
2024 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Isaiah Saxon’s The Legend of Ochi
With professional baggage that includes music video work for the likes of Björk, Panda Bear, Dirty Projectors and Grizzly Bear, Isaiah Saxon has been...
Finalmente L’Alba (Finally Dawn) | 2023 Venice Film Festival Review
Cruel Intentions: Costanzo Pays Homage to the Demi-Monde of the Italian Film Industry
After adapting Elena Ferrante’s "My Brilliant Friend" for television, Saverio Costanzo returns...
Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City – 2023 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 7
Technically speaking the great American filmmaker Wes Anderson has now appeared in the Cannes competition with three titles - opening the '12 edition with...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #11. Yorgos Lanthimos’ AND
AND
A year-end item that squeezed itself at the top of our list is Greek helmer Yorgos Lanthimos’ latest project which sees him reteam with...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #129. Saverio Costanzo’s Finalemente L’Alba
Finalemente L’alba
After directing a whopping 70 episodes of "In Treatment" and just over a dozen episodes of "My Brilliant Friend," 2014's Hungry Hearts (five-time...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #198. Vasilis Katsoupis’ Inside
Inside
Shot in Germany in June of '21, Vasilis Katsoupis' directorial debut has been lingering around long enough to find a distrib and big festival...
Times Squared: Focus Features Have Penthouse View of Vasilis Katsoupis’ “Inside”
A title that we thought might break into Cannes or Venice will probably instead be considered for the upcoming Sundance or Berlinale line-ups as...
The Northman | Review
Whisper Tales of Gore: Eggers Burns Trail to Valhalla in Viking Epic
In keeping with the time-hoary notion of revenge being a dish best served...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022: #8. Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things
Poor Things
Produced by Yorgos Lanthimos, Element Pictures' Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe.
Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos
Written by Tony McNamara
Starring: Emma Stone, Margaret Qualley, Willem Dafoe, Mark...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022: #49. Abel Ferrara’s Padre Pio
Padre Pio
His insatiable appetite for the seventh art means that when Abel Ferrara ain't making one movie in particular, he is already onto some...
Nightmare Alley [Video Review]
Guillermo Del Toro's latest might not feel like a major departure from his general reputation as a creature-centric creator type, but there is a...
The French Dispatch | Review
Repetition Commission: Anderson Flatlines with Twee Aesthetic
Since cinema requires a semblance of participation by the audience, a passive relationship of sorts, the latest curio...
The Card Counter | 2021 Venice Film Festival Review
January Man: Schrader Fans the Underbelly in Morose Facade of Lost Souls
Paul Schrader has obsessively charted the propensity of man's repressed compulsions consuming even...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #24. Siberia – Abel Ferrara
Siberia
It’s been a long, hard road, but it looks like 2020 may finally be the year we’ll see Abel Ferrara’s Siberia, a film he...
2020 Sundance Film Festival: Miranda July, Julie Taymor, Dee Rees & Sean Durkin in the Premieres Section
The most acquisitions and distributor launch-pad friendly section of the festival, the Premieres category had some big ticket items in Nisha Ganatra's Late Night,...
The Lighthouse | Review
I Can Hear the Mermaids Singing: Eggers Unleashes a Hyper-Stylized Portrait of Nautical Madness
Virginia Woolf (who, having known something about the subject and its...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Independent Films of 2019: #3. Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch
The French Dispatch
More croissant than cronut, Wes Anderson returns to the red, white and blue but of the Hotel Chevalier and Jacques Cousteau sort...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Independent Films of 2019: #15. Robert Eggers’ The Light House
The Light House
Robert Eggers blasted onto the scene with what we can describe his own brand of unconventional horror. Production on his sophomore film,...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Independent Films of 2019: #16. Dee Rees’ The Last Thing He Wanted
The Last Thing He Wanted
With Mudbound certifying her prowess (and the promise of her 2011 micro indie portrait in Pariah) Dee Rees moved onto...
Schnabel Paints Another Portrait of an Artist with “At Eternity’s Gate” | Blu-ray Review
Director Julian Schnabel broke an eight-year hiatus with At Eternity’s Gate, a film destined to enter a pantheon of cinematic snapshots on troubled artist...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #6. Siberia – Abel Ferrara
Siberia
We’ve been waiting quite some time for the latest narrative feature from Abel Ferrara, who has been struggling to get financing for his project...
2019 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: #47. Robert Eggers – The Light House
Robert Pattinson recently admitted that filming on The Light House was "the closest I’ve come to punching a director". Not exactly Kinski-Herzog in nature, but we...
At Eternity’s Gate | Review
Pigments of Your Imagination: Inside Van Gogh’s Mind
Julian Schnabel’s aesthetically-spellbinding Vincent Van Gogh biopic, At Eternity’s Gate, places viewers inside the Dutch artist’s eye....
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #21. Julian Schnabel’s At Eternity’s Gate
At Eternity’s Gate
For anyone who took notice, there was something slightly off with Willem Dafoe's coiffe during the Golden Globes and this has to...
Guess Who’s Coming to the Awards Dinner? Jordan Peele’s “Get Out” Leads 2017 Gotham Award Noms
Today's Gotham Awards nominees announcement proves that the film's themselves have their own against all odds narratives. With the five noms for the Best...
The Florida Project | 2017 Cannes Film Festival Review
Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah: Baker Offers A Portrait of the South Like No Other
This time out we can move away from lazily defining Sean Baker's cinema as...
Through the Looking-Glass…Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2018: #7. Abel Ferrara’s Siberia
Siberia
Director: Abel Ferrara
Writer: Abel Ferrara
After a prolific return to form in 2014 with his Willem Dafoe starring Pasolini and one of the best films...
2017 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Sean Baker’s The Florida Project
Not unlike how we feel about the road trip formula, there is no shortage of or love lost for: kids drifting off into ruined...
Dog Eat Dog | Review
Hot in Cleveland: Schrader Returns with Gritty, Entertaining Crime Drama
The dog days aren’t over, or so it would seem in director Paul Schrader’s glorious...
Finding Dory | Review
Sea Notes: Stanton Revisits Little Lost Fish in the Wide Blue Yonder
To many, 2003’s animated Pixar film Finding Nemo is considered an iconic title,...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2016: #33. Abel Ferrara’s Siberia
Siberia
Director: Abel Ferrara
Writers: Abel Ferrara, Chris Zois
This may be a bit of wishful thinking for Ferrara to have his latest endeavor ready in time. Following...
2015 Marrakech Int. Film Fest: Park-Chan Wook, Kiarostami & Akin Offer Masterclass…Team Zissou Pair Celebrated
It's suntory time folks. Park-Chan Wook, Abbas Kiarostami and Fatih Akin will be giving master classes while two members of the Team Zissou faction...
John Wick | Review
Who the Hell is John Wick?: Leitch & Stahelski’s Revenge Flick Energetically Entertaining
Against the general mediocre trend of stuntmen turned directors, Chad Stahelski’s unassumingly...
Pasolini | 2014 TIFF Review
The Gospel According to Pier: Ferrara Poetically Captures an Auteur’s Last Day on Earth
It appears that 2014 marks a resounding return for auteur Abel...
The Fault in Our Stars | Review
Never Having to Say You’re Sorry: Boone’s Adaptation Jerks Your Tears
Director Josh Boone adapts John Green’s popular 2012 novel The Fault in Our Stars...
Nymphomaniac: Volume II | Review
Get Into the Gloom: Von Trier Evades Easy Answers in Darker Second Chapter of Sexual Odyssey
You can forget about love as well as any...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #13. Lars Von Trier’s Nymphomaniac: Volume I & II
Nymphomaniac: Volume I & II
Director: Lars Von Trier
Writer: Lars Von Trier
Producer: Louise Vesth
U.S. Distributor: Magnolia Pictures
Cast: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgård, Stacy Martin, Shia LaBeouf,...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #32. Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Director: Wes Anderson
Writer(s): Wes Anderson
Producer(s): Wes Anderson, Jeremy Dawson, Steven M. Rales, Scott Rudin
U.S. Distributor: Fox Searchlight
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Tony Revolori,...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #140. Anton Corbijn’s A Most Wanted Man
A Most Wanted Man
Director: Anton Corbijn
Writer: Andrew Bovell
Producers: Andrea Calderwood, Simon Cornwell, Stephen Cornwell, Gail Egan, Malte Grunert
U.S. Distributor: Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions
Cast: Philip...
Sundance 2014: Colangelo, Shelton, Corbijn, Winterbottom, Araki & Gareth Evans Among 16 V.I.Ps
The Sundance Film Festival made their final feature film line-ups with the Premieres category announcements. Sixteen films with huge name talent, returnee filmmakers and...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #1. Lars von Trier’s Nymphomaniac
Nymphomaniac
Director: Lars von Trier
Writer(s): Lars von Trier
Producer(s): Zentropa's Louise Vesth & Marie Cecilie Gade
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgård, Stacy Martin, Shia...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #23. Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Director/Writer: Wes Anderson
Producer(s): Anderson, Steven M. Rales and Scott Rudin
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Jude Law, Ralph Fiennes, Edward Norton, Bill Murray,...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #28. Anton Corbijn’s A Most Wanted Man
A Most Wanted Man
Director: Anton Corbijn
Writer(s): Andrew Bovell
Producer(s): Andrea Calderwood, Simon Cornwell, Stephen Cornwell, Gail Egan, Solveig Fina, Malte Grunert, Helge Sasse
U.S. Distributor: Rights...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #90. Scott Cooper’s Out of the Furnace
Out of the Furnace
Director: Scott Cooper
Writer(s): Cooper and Brad Ingelsby
Producer(s): Michael Costigan, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ryan Kavanaugh, Jennifer Davisson Killoran, Ridley Scott, Tony Scott, Brooklyn...
