Posted on October 14, 2016
by Jordan Dodd
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Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn Written by Nicolas Winding Refn (story), Mary Laws (screenplay), Polly Stenham (screenplay) Starring: Elle Fanning, Christina Hendricks, Keanu Reeves, Karl Glusman, Bella Heathcote, Abbey Lee, Jena Malone Expect the unexpected. This describes so many aspects of The Neon Demon,… Continue Reading “THE NEON DEMON [2016]”
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Category: 2016, FilmTags: Abbey Lee, Bella Heathcote, Bold Films, Cannes Film Festival, christina hendricks, Cliff Martinez, Elle Fanning, Jena Malone, Karl Glusman, Keanu Reeves, Natasha Braier, Space Rocket Nation, Vendian Entertainment, wild bunch
Posted on December 1, 2014
by Jordan Dodd
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Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Written by Ebru Ceylan, Nuri Bilge Ceylan and Anton Chekhov (short stories) Starring: Haluk Bilginer, Melisa Sözen, Demet Akbag, Serhat Mustafa Kiliç, Nejat Isler At over three hours, I was very surprised at the speed which this passed by.… Continue Reading “WINTER SLEEP [2014]”
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Category: Film, ForeignTags: Anatolia, Cannes Film Festival, Cappadoccia, Demet Akbag, dostoyevsky, Drama, Ebru Ceylan, Existentialism, foreign, foreign film, Gökhan Tiryaki, Haluk Bilginer, Nejat Isler, non-english, non-english film, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Palme d'Or, Palme d'Or cannes film festival, philosophy, Russian 18th centru authors, Serhat Mustafa Kiliç, three hour film, turkey, turkish film, winter, winter sleep
Posted on November 5, 2014
by Jordan Dodd
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Directed by Ruben Östlund Wriiten by Ruben Östlund Starring: Johannes Kuhnke, Lisa Loven Kongsli Never before has a movie left me so profoundly confused as the end credits rolled. Perhaps it is the culture (the director is Swedish and they are on a vacation… Continue Reading “FORCE MAJEURE (Turist) [2014]”
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Category: Film, ForeignTags: Bermann, Cannes, Cannes Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival jury prize winner, Cinematograher Fredrik Wenzel, Dark Comedy, Fredrik Wensel, grand budapest hotel, Ingmar Bermann, Johannes Kuhnke, jury prize, Lisa Loven Kongsli, Ruben Östlund, scandinavian film, Sweden, Swedish film, the alps, the french alps
Posted on October 29, 2014
by Jordan Dodd
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Directed and Written by Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne Starring: Marion Cotillard, Fabrizio Rongione Depression is a bitch. I should know, I was wallowing in that pool of sticky tar for many, many years. Getting a job can also be a real bitch, not… Continue Reading “TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT (Deux jours, une nuit) [2014]”
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Category: Film, ForeignTags: Cannes Film Festival, cannes film festival offical selection, Dardenne brothers, depression, Drama, employment, Fabrizio Rongione, France, French, French films, greed, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Marion Cotillard, Melbourne International Film Festival, Melbourne International Film Festival Official Selection, new york film festival, new york film festival offical selection, new zealand film festival, new zealand film festival official selection, Suspense, sydney film festival, toronto film festival, toronto film festival official selection, winner of sydney film festival
Posted on October 20, 2014
by Jordan Dodd
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Directed by James Gray, Written by James Gray, Richard Menello Starring Marion Cotillard, Joaquin Phoenix, Jeremy Renner I am somewhat surprised that this is screening as often as it is now. Four times a day?! Perhaps this is due to the gradual yet consistently… Continue Reading “THE IMMIGRANT [2013]”
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Category: FilmTags: Cannes Film Festival, Cannes Palme d'Or, ICS Cannes Award, immigrant, immigration, James Grey, Jeremy Renner, Joaquin Phoenix, Marion Cotillard, Richard Menello, US immigrants
Posted on October 18, 2014
by Jordan Dodd
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Directed By Damien Chazelle, Written by Damien Chazelle (screenplay) Starring J.K. Simmons and Miles Teller Never have I been a part of an audience that universally applauded a film immediately after the images faded to black. Indeed, never have I seen film at the… Continue Reading “WHIPLASH [2014]”
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Category: FilmTags: Austin Stowell, best film of 2014, black comedy, buddy rich, Cannes Film Festival, comedy, courage, Dark Comedy, dedication, determination, Drama, drummers, drumming, drums, film festival favourite, Film Festivals, J.K. Simmons, JAZZ, jazz ensemble, Joe Johnson, Joseph Johnson, Melissa Benoist, Miles Teller, music, Nate Lang, new york, new york city, new york film festival, one of the greats, perfect, perfect film, perfection, skill, smokey johnson, Smokey\, Sundance, sundance film festival, sundance film festival 2014, sundance grand jury prize winner, Suspence, swing beats, tension, the greats, toronto film festival, verbal abuse, Whiplash
Posted on October 17, 2014
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Directed by Julius Avery, Written by Julius Avery. Additional contributions: John Collee (additional material) Starring: Ewan McGregor and Brendan Thwaites “A game of chess… Is like a sword-fight. You must think first… Before you move.” Chess is an endlessly intriguing game, both to play,… Continue Reading “SON OF A GUN [2014]”
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Category: Australia/New Zealand, FilmTags: Action, Adam Arkapaw, ANIMAL KINGDOM, Australia, Australian Film, Brendan Thwaites, Cannes, Cannes Film Festival, checkmate, chess, debut, debut feature, Drama, Ewan McGregor, fatherly figures, heist, Jerrycan, John Collee, Julius Avery, Kalgoorlie, orphan, Perth, prison, real prison, Screen Australia, Screen NSW, snowtown, Suspense, thriller, true detective
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