“Your whole life can be swallowed up…” Sony Pictures Classics has debuted a new official US trailer for the film Final Portrait, which was one of my favorites from last year’s Berlin Film Festival. Glad it’s finally hitting US theaters soon. The film stars Geoffrey Rush as accomplished Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti, an eccentric painter […]
“You no longer exist.” Magnolia Pictures has debuted a new US trailer for the upcoming theatrical release of Arnaud Desplechin’s Ismael’s Ghost, which was the opening night film at last year’s Cannes Film Festival. Despite this honor, the film received mostly mediocre reviews and it’s nothing special. It stars Mathieu Amalric as a filmmaker named […]
“Best thing to do in any situation – is do what you want to do.” The Orchard has debuted the first official trailer for an indie drama titled Kings, the latest feature from acclaimed Turkish filmmaker Deniz Gamze Ergüven (of the film Mustang previously – which you should watch ASAP if you haven’t seen it […]
There’s another new film this year telling a thrilling story told entirely through computer screens. This one is titled Profile, and it’s directed by Russian filmmaker Timur Bekmambetov (Night Watch, Wanted, Ben-Hur), who also produced the other computer screen film Search (which first premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and I wrote a glowing review […]
“Sound is not just a layer we put on top of the storytelling, it is the storytelling.” ABC News has unveiled a trailer for a new short documentary titled The Force of Sound, a behind-the-scenes look at sound design in Star Wars – specifically focusing on Rian Johnson’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi, which is […]
Hot on the heels of its premiere in-competition at the Berlin Film Festival this weekend, a trailer has arrived for the new film by German filmmaker Christian Petzold (Jerichow, Barbara, Phoenix) titled Transit. This film is set in modern times even though the story is actually based in WWII, with various people trying to escape […]
“You can’t raise kids like caged animals!” Vertical Entertainment has debuted an official trailer for an indie comedy titled Birthmarked, about the trials and tribulations and craziness of parenting. From Canadian director Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais, this stars Toni Collette and Matthew Goode as two scientists who decided to give up their work and become parents (for […]
One of the darkest days in Norway’s modern history is July 22nd, 2011. On this day, a lone-wolf, ring-wing extremist terrorist attacked government buildings in Oslo with bombs and then went to an island near the city and shot over 200 children and teens camping there, killing 68 of them. The film Utøya 22 July, […]
“The world is changing. Soon there will only be the conquered and the conquerors. You are a good man, with a good heart. And it’s hard for a good man to be a King.” Our fourth episode of The First Word podcast is a recap and analysis of Marvel’s Black Panther, directed by the very […]
“This movie will excite more than just the kaiju fans.” Warner Bros Japan has released an official Japanese trailer for the upcoming video game adaptation Rampage, starring the always-badass Dwayne Johnson. We recently posted the second official US trailer for this action movie just last week, but it’s cool to see the new Japanese trailer, […]
