The upcoming comedy Results, written and directed by Andrew Bujalski (Computer Chess) has been acquired by Magnolia Pictures ahead of its premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. The film stars Guy Pearce, Cobie Smulders, Kevin Corrigan, Giovani Ribisi, Anthony Michael Hall, Brooklyn Decker
It’s not completely uncommon for films to get picked up for distribution before they even have their first screening at the Sundance Film Festival and such is the case with Jared Hess‘ upcoming comedy Don Verdean. Hess previously directed a little indie
The Museum of Modern Art and the Film Society of Lincoln Center have announced the official selection of this year’s New Directors/New Films, which will mark the 44th edition of the festival. Among the nine entries is Charles Poekel‘s Christmas, Again, Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy’s silent
The first trailer has been released for Rick Famuyiwa’s (The Wood, Brown Sugar) Dope, which is set to premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival in Park City, UT. The film stars Shameik Moore, Tony Revolori, Kiersey Clemons, Zoë Kravitz, Keith Stanfield, Kimberly Elise, A$AP Rocky
A new clip for the upcoming documentary 20 Years of Madness, which takes a look at the popular ’90s Detroit cable access show 30 Minutes of Madness, and catches up with the cast to see where they are now in their lives. The
Here we have the first trailer and clip from Jiyoung Lee‘s upcoming comedy Female Pervert, which is set to have its premiere at this year’s Slamdance Film Festival in Park City. The film stars Jennifer Kim as Phoebe, a sexually awkward video game
The first trailer has been released for the horror-comedy Bloodsucking Bastards, which will be premiering on opening night of this year’s Slamdance Film Festival in Park City. The film revolves around an office slowly being overrun by vampires, and stars Franz Kranz, Pedro
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Predestination is the latest adaptation from famed science fiction author Robert Heinlein who penned such classics as Starship Troopers and The Puppet Masters. Directed by Michael and Peter Spierig, this mind bending time travel film features some very unique concepts, however many of the twists are too easily predicted despite some genuinely crazy things taking place. That being said, this does provide a very fresh spin on the quickly becoming overplayed time travel movie.
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“Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!”
In Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather Part III, Michael Corleone succinctly sums up how hard it is for a criminal to go legit. No matter how hard you try to escape that world, it will always be over your shoulder. In that sweeping crime saga, audiences knew what Corleone was involved in and can easily understand how hard it is to gain legitimacy. However, what if you were never in it in the first place and were merely guilty by association? That is just one dilemma of many that writer/director J.C. Chandor explores in his understated yet potent crime drama, A Most Violent Year.
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Possibly one of the most harrowing life experiences is having to face is the fear of being laid off. There is a dark cloud that hovers over you as you are left to ponder just what will happen and just what exactly the future has in store. There are many reasons an owner might lay off staff. Business is bad. Performance issues. Seasonal work has dried up. Keeping the employee would prevent others from receiving annual bonuses. (Wait, what?) But that is just the situation that the Dardenne brothers look at in their latest film, Two Days, One Night.
A new batch of films has been revealed for this year’s Sundance Film Festival, with the narrative and documentary premieres, as well as the special events lineup. Like the previously announced sections, there’s a multitude of great looking films screening in these
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Films about debilitating diseases can be uplifting like The Theory of Everything, sentimental like The Notebook, unexpected like Amour or surprisingly funny like The Intouchables. Some films put the disease front and center while others treat it as part of a character. How the film handles and tackles the drama surrounding the disease can make or break it. The latest film from the directing team of Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland, Still Alice, is a film that looks at Alzheimer’s Disease, and unlike the aforementioned films, it never rises above being a heavy-handed “disease-of-the-week” TV movie.
The official competition lineup for the 2015 Sundance Film Festival has been revealed, with a ton of great premieres that will, no doubt, prove to be some of the most interesting movies of the year. Although I haven’t looked into the
The full lineup of films in competition for this year’s Slamdance Film Festival have been announced, with 19 feature films being showcased, 18 of which are world premieres. This year’s fest looks bigger and better than ever with a bunch of entries
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In theory, a story about a man who is trying not to poop for a week doesn’t sound like enough material for a feature length film. Fortunately, Angus Sampson’s The Mule proves that theory wrong by presenting a funny and incredibly gripping crime story. Sampson and co-writer Leigh Whannell (who also star in this film), have been firmly planted within the horror genre, however this release proves they can easily transition to any other type of film with ease.
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Some people are willing to do anything for fame. Sleep with a producer, humiliate themselves on a reality show, or even sell their body to a creepy satan cult. In directors Kevin Kolsch and Dennis Widmyer’s Starry Eyes, they explore that last one in great detail. This is slow burn horror at it’s best- slowly revealing itself to the audience before exploding into a torrent of carnage and mayhem. Featuring scenes of excessive creepiness and sparse bits of extreme violence, this is the perfect example of how horror movies used to be.
