Category: Movies

If only this were real. During one of this week’s episodes of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, one of his guests was filmmaker Spike Jonze. The show opened with a special opening short film, which starts with a title card saying Jonze had an “idea” for the opening and this is the result. I know I’m not the only one anxiously awaiting the next feature film from Spike Jonze. While we wait for something to happen, he went on Colbert’s show to promote the launch of a new TV channel called Viceland, opening this week – see here. In the meantime, this amusing short featuring Colbert and an old friend is worth a quick watch. Enjoy. ›››

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Meet the agents of chaos. Even more unique posters from Ben Wheatley’s High-Rise worth featuring. This latest batch is a set of four character posters for Wheatley’s movie about a high-rise building that represents the hierarchy of economic classes in society. There’s one for Jeremy Irons as Anthony Royal, at the very top, plus Tom Hiddleston as Dr. Robert Laing, Luke Evans as Richard Wilder, and Sienna Miller as Charlotte Melville. A few weeks ago I wrote that High-Rise has the best posters of the year so far, and that’s still the case, especially with these trippy kaleidoscopic designs. They’ve done such an excellent job selling this movie, the more we get, the more I’m looking forward to finally seeing it. Check out the posters below. ›››

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“Only in filmmaking do you have time limitation in certain stages of production, while you would never restrain a painter, or a musician, or a novelist from taking the time he needs…” At Berlinale in February, I had the honor of meeting and interviewing the very talented French filmmaker Mia Hansen-Løve. I first became a big fan of Mia Hansen-Løve after catching her film Father of My Children at the Cannes Film Festival in 2009, and I’ve followed her career closely ever since. I most recently loved her film Eden, we featured it recently on our 19 Best Movies You Didn’t See list. Her latest film, Things to Come (also called L’avenir), stars Isabelle Huppert as a woman dealing with major changes in her life. After following her for so long it was a major moment in my own career to sit down and talk with her about making great films. ›››

Continue reading Interview: Filmmaker Mia Hansen-Løve on How to Tell Honest Stories

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“It’s our life. It’s our family’s life!” The Orchard has debuted a new poster and trailer for the upcoming US release of Joachim Trier’s indie Louder Than Bombs, which played at the Cannes Film Festival last year. Jesse Eisenberg stars as Jonah, along with Amy Ryan, Gabriel Byrne, David Strathairn, Devin Druid and Isabelle Huppert. The film is about how two boys cope with growing up after their mother is killed in a car crash, which is shown in vivid detail in this trailer and in the film. There’s something very emotionally appealing about this, I’m not sure what it is, but every single trailer draws me in. Maybe it’s just the way Isabelle Huppert walks around… I’m still looking forward to catching this soon. Take a look below. ›››

Continue reading Official US Trailer + Poster for Joachim Trier’s ‘Louder Than Bombs’

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“Otherwise known as the ‘White People’s Choice Awards.’” Last night’s 88th annual Academy Awards ceremony in Hollywood was hosted by comedian/actor/filmmaker Chris Rock (hosting for his second time), which was rather perfect because the Oscars this year were clouded by some controversy surrounding diversity, or the lack there of, considering there were very few minority nominees. “This is the wildest, craziest, Oscars to ever host because you’ve got all this controversy – no black Oscar nominees,” he started out by stating. Rock addresses the diversity issue, as well as being told to boycott, and then speaks about – very simply – what they want. “We want black actors to get the same opportunities – that’s it.” Watch below. ›››

Continue reading Worth Watching: Chris Rock’s Oscars Opening Monologue on Diversity

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“It’s toxic… like human begins. I don’t know what’s going to kill to me – this filthy air? Or those fires that’s eating me from the inside.” Today’s must watch short film is a martial arts sci-fi short called Temple, from director Nguyen-Anh Nguyen, the same guy behind The Akira Project previously. Set in the future where cybernetic enhancement as common, one desperate man fights another to take his bionic arm in order to help someone else who needs it to survive. There are some sleek visuals, and at least one okay fight scene in this. It’s all designed to sell a full feature, so of course by the time it’s over you still want to see more. Enjoy. ›››

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The 88th Academy Awards are upon us and it’s time to watch the show and discover the winners of the most prestigious award in Hollywood. The Oscar ceremony is being broadcast live from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood with the esteemed Chris Rock as our host of the show this year. With eight worthy Best Picture nominees, it should be exciting to find out which one is the big winner. It has been a very interesting year – no one knows for sure what will win, it could be anyone. Will Mad Max reign supreme or will Iñárritu top again? It’s finally time to find out who is taking home an Oscar, and who isn’t, at the Academy Awards. The full list below will be updated with winners marked once announced live tonight – refresh for updates.

PICTURE:

Spotlight directed
by Tom McCarthy

DIRECTOR:

Alejandro G. Iñárritu
for The Revenant

ACTOR:

Leonardo DiCaprio
for The Revenant

ACTRESS:

Brie Larson
for Room

Read on for a complete list of #Oscars2016 nominees & winners. Let us know what you think of the results!

This will be updated throughout the night to reflect the winners as revealed. Additionally, I might be adding a small bit of editorial commentary beneath each category. Winners are highlighted in BOLD below. ›››

Continue reading 2016 Academy Awards Winners – ‘Spotlight’ Tops + ‘Leo’ Gets His Gold

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You’ll Never See Him Coming… to Theaters in March of 2018. 20th Century Fox has confirmed a couple of release dates for two upcoming, highly anticipated sci-fi movies. First up, Ridley Scott’s sorta-sequel to Prometheus, titled currently Alien: Covenant, has been shifted slightly to August 4th, 2017, more than a year away. That one will open against Blazing Samurai and Pitch Perfect 3, just a few months before Star Wars: Episode VIII. Next up, we just featured the teaser poster for Shane Black’s The Predator, now we have a release date – March 2nd, 2018. That will play against the “Untitled WB Event Film” also set then, and a few weeks before Spielberg’s Ready Player One opens. Should be a very exciting few years for sci-fi. ›››

Continue reading Fox Sets a Date for ‘Predator’ in 2018; Shifts ‘Alien: Covenant’ in 2017

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The Independent Spirit Awards are an annual award given in the name of independent film, featuring plenty of those little indies which deserve the honor and recognition that they usually don’t receive – celebrating their 31st year. The 2016 winners of the Spirit Awards were announced Saturday before the Oscars at a ceremony out in Santa Monica. The big winner this year was Spotlight, awarded Best Feature, but that’s not all – there were plenty of interesting, surprising, exciting wins during the night. Carol finally won something this season – Ed Lachman picked up Best Cinematography. Tangerine’s Mya Taylor won Best Supporting Female, and Beasts of No Nation took both Best Male performance awards. You have to love it when the Spirit Awards shake things up like this! Read on for the list of Indie Spirit Awards results. ›››

Continue reading ‘Spotlight’ & Tom McCarthy Win Top Prizes at 2016 Indie Spirit Awards

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Experience one of Akira Kurosawa’s epic masterpieces on the big screen in 4K this winter. Studiocanal has debuted a trailer and a poster for the re-release of the 4K restoration of Kurosawa’s Ran, finished and first released in 1985 – now playing again over 30 years later. The script, partly based on William Shakespeare’s King Lear, depicted a ruthless, bloodthirsty daimyo (warlord), played by Tatsuya Nakadai, who, after foolishly banishing his one loyal son, surrenders his kingdom to his other two sons, who then betray him, thus plunging the entire kingdom into war. If you haven’t seen this film before, now is your chance to get the full on experience. Thankfully it’s getting UK + US restored re-release – now playing at Film Forum in NYC. ›››

Continue reading See the Trailer for Studiocanal’s 4K Restoration of Kurosawa’s ‘Ran’

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