“An artist develops. You do things by instinct, but we learn, we suffer, we mature. I have to feel what I do.” Sony Pictures Classics has released an official US trailer for a documentary titled Maria by Callas, set to open in US theaters in November after showing at the New York Film Festival. The […]
“It takes courage to change people’s hearts.” Now this is a wonderful film. So wonderful. Green Book is a comedic drama from Peter Farrelly, one half of the comedy directing duo the Farrelly Brothers, making his solo debut. This lovable road trip film is about a friendship between two individuals from “opposite sides of the […]
“Things have a way of escalatin’ out here in the West.” Netflix has debuted the first official trailer for the latest Coen Brothers feature, a western anthology film titled The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, featuring six tales about the American frontier. This premiered at the Venice Film Festival to mostly positive reviews. I saw this […]
“Your honor, is it a crime in this country to prefer the witching hour?” The first festival teaser is available for the new Alex Ross Perry film, titled Her Smell. This just premiered at the Toronto Film Festival over the weekend, and it will also screen at the New York Film Festival next month. Elisabeth […]
“Mother. Father. Always you wrestle inside me…” The Criterion Collection has released a new trailer for the re-release of Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life, which is now available on Blu-ray/DVD from Criterion. This special edition includes a brand new, never-before-seen Extended Cut of the film – including 50 minutes of extra footage. This new […]
“We need to fail down here so we don’t fail up there.” Universal has released another new official UK trailer for Damien Chazelle’s new film First Man, an intimate look at the life of astronaut Neil Armstrong leading up to his voyage on Apollo 11 and his first steps on the Moon in July of […]
“I don’t suspect God has much business out here.” An official festival trailer has arrived for a western horror film titled The Wind, which just premiered at the Toronto Film Festival this weekend in the Midnight Madness category. The supernatural thriller is set in the western frontier of the late 1800s, following a plains-woman driven […]
“Do you think I’m afraid of a jail sentence?” Roadside Attractions has unveiled the first official trailer for Maryam Keshavarz’s new film Viper Club, which is premiering at the Toronto Film Festival this week. Viper Club is about a mother who becomes desperate and impatient as she struggles to figure out how to get help […]
This latest episode of our The First Word podcast is a special episode recorded from Venice discussing the Venice Film Festival and a few of the films that premiered there at the beginning of the festival. The 75th Venezia just wrapped up this weekend, but earlier at the festival after the first weekend, Alex connected […]
The opening shots of Widows set a precedent for how intense the film will be. Intimate shots of Viola Davis’ character Veronica kissing her husband quickly cut to gunfire and car chase shots as a group of criminals tries to escape. It’s extremely intense, and a slap-in-the-face wake up everyone who sits down to watch […]
