Tag: Rebecca Hall
Resurrection | Review
The Killing Kindness: Semans Explores Love as a Deadly Splendored Thing in Exceptional Psychodrama
“You’re Nobody till Somebody Loves You,” a popular 1940s tune made...
2022 Cannes: Vincent Lindon Leads Jury + Jasmine Trinca’s Marcel! Added to Special Screenings
How does one avoid the major gaffe like the unfortunate Palme d'or reveal that occurred at last year's ceremony? You select a person who...
2022 Sundance Film Festival: Phyllis Nagy, Lena Dunham, Jesse Eisenberg, John Patton Ford & Hazanavicius Fill Premieres Section
In the Premieres section you'll usually find a mix of studio unveilings and high profile acquisitions titles and in the almost equal split between...
Passing | Review
The Skin I Live In: Hall Formulates an Elegant, Devastating Adaptation of Nella Larsen
For those who have had the pleasure of reading either of...
2021 Gotham Awards Noms: Test Pattern Lands Trio; Gyllenhaal’s “The Lost Daughter” to Duke it Out with Rebecca Hall’s “Passing”
An indie film that had it's world premiere at the Blackstar Film Festival (coined as the Black Sundance) in 2019 and was released by...
Godzilla vs. Kong | Review
Gorilla in a Lizard’s Skin: Wingard Writhes in Franchise Fashion
As far as franchise cinema goes, we’ve long surpassed the need to apply any but...
2021 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Rebecca Hall’s Passing
One of the most anticipated directorial debuts for a 2021 unveiling comes via actress Rebecca Hall. Based on Nella Larsen’s first published in 1929,...
A Rainy Day in New York | Review
I Don’t Like Cities, But I Like New York: Allen’s Shelved Comedy Can’t Shake the Clouds
At one time the immortal city streets of New...
2020 Sundance Film Festival: Justin Simien’s Bad Hair, David Bruckner’s The Night House & Bill Benz’s The Nowhere Inn in Midnight Section
Last year's Midnight section gave us Greener Grass, The Lodge and Sweetheart. In 2020, it appears that the section is more "worldly" with four...
Professor Marston and the Wonder Women | Review
Women Wanted: Robinson Explores the Fascinating Origins of Wonder Woman in Solid Biopic
Truth may often be stranger than fiction, but it’s not always as...
The Dinner | Blu-ray Review
Premiering in competition at the 2017 Berlin International Film Festival, Oren Moverman’s The Dinner went on to receive a successful return at the box...
The Dinner | Review
Principles of Privilege: Moverman Dresses Morality Drama in American Clothes
Susan Sontag once famously wrote, “The white race is the cancer of human history,” an...
2017 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Brian Crano’s Permission
With 2011's A Bag of Hammers and his 2014's short "Dog Food" both preeming at Austin, you can bet that the SXSW programmers have Brian...
2017 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Oren Moverman’s The Dinner
I don't recall the last time a novel had three book to film adaptations in such a rapid lapse of time, but the source...
Christine | Review
Mad as Hell: Campos Paints a Moving, Psychological Portrait of Sensational Subject
For his third and most psychologically complex feature to date, Antonio Campos presents...
2016 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Antonio Campos’ Christine
If Cannes' Thierry Frémaux doesn't snag it away first, we might be chalking this unsettling piece of cinema as yet another Park City homecoming...
The Gift | Blu-ray Review
One of the best surprises of 2015 thus far has been Joel Edgerton’s directorial debut, The Gift. The increasingly prolific actor somehow managed to...
The Gift | Review
Keep on Giving: Edgerton’s Debut a Surprisingly Adept Thriller
Actor Joel Edgerton makes his feature directorial debut with The Gift, an intelligent, enjoyably entertaining thriller...
Transcendence | Review
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes: Pfister’s Debut Oversteps Limited Reach
Hopes were perhaps set a bit too high for the directorial debut of Wally Pfister,...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #198. Wally Pfister’s Transcendence
Transcendence
Director: Wally Pfister
Writer(s): Jack Paglen
Producer(s): Straight Up Films Straight Up Films' Annie Marter + Alcon Ent.'s Marisa Polvino, Kate Cohen, David Valdes and Broderick...
Closed Circuit | Review
Three Days of Ardour: Crowley’s Political Thriller Blunderbuss
There’s considerable promise at the beginning of Closed Circuit, employing a sort of Mike Figgis cam of multiple...
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...