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SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL REVIEWS – 3 BACKYARDS
Director – Eric Mendelsohn Screenwriter – Eric Mendelsohn Cast – Embeth Davidtz, Edie Falco, Elias Koteas, Rachel Resheff, Kathryn Erbe, Danai Gurira Composer – Michael Nicholas Cinematographer – Kasper Tuxe While there is no such thing as a typical Sundance film, occasionally a writer/director will come along full of his own self importance to make [...]
SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL REVIEWS – MOTHER AND CHILD
Director Rodrigo García Screenwriter Rodrigo García Cast Naomi Watts, Annette Bening, Kerry Washington, Jimmy Smits, Samuel L. Jackson Executive Producer Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu The best films at Sundance are those that speak to an audience on themes that are universal, featuring flawed, complex and deeply human characters. Rodrigo García’s Mother and Child is such a [...]
SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL REVIEWS – THE EXTRA MAN
Director Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini Screenwriter Robert Pulcini, Jonathan Ames, Shari Springer Berman, based on the novel by Jonathan Ames Cast Kevin Kline, Paul Dano, John C. Reilly, Katie Holmes, Marian Seldes, Celia Weston, Patti D’Arbanville, Dan Hedaya Producer Anthony Bregman, Stephanie Davis Cinematographer Terry Stacey Editor Robert Pulcini Music Klaus Badelt Production Designer [...]
SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL REVIEWS – CANE TOADS: THE CONQUEST
Director Mark Lewis Screenwriter Mark Lewis Executive Producer Jeff Skoll, Diane Weyermann, Clark Bunting Producer Mark Lewis Cinematographer Kathryn Millis, Toby Oliver, Paul Nichola Editor Robert Demaio Production Designer Daniel C. Nyiri Over 20 years after Mark Lewis dazzled audiences with his Cane Toads: An Unnatural History,m, the director is back with a sequel of [...]
SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL REVIEWS – TWELVE
Director Joel Schumacher Screenwriter Jordan Melamed, based on the novel by Nick McDonell Cast Chace Crawford, Emma Roberts, Rory Culkin, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Kiefer Sutherland, Ellen Barkin Producer Ted Field, Charlie Corwin, Bob Salerno, Jordan Melamed, Christophe Riandee, Sidonie Dumas Cinematographer Steven Fierberg Another Sundance another self-important diatribe into the dangers of drug taking [...]
SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL REVIEWS – IT’S A WONDERFUL AFTERLIFE
Director – Gurinder Chadha Screenwriter – Gurinder Chadha, Paul Mayeda Berges Cast – Shabana Azmi, Goldy Notay, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Sally Hawkins, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Shaheen Khan, Jimi Mistry, Zoe Wanamaker Executive Producer – Chris Curling, Paul Mayeda Berges Producer – Gurinder Chadha Cinematographer – Dick Pope Editor – Oral Norrie Ottey Production Designer – Nick Ellis [...]
SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL REVIEWS – THE DRY LAND
Director – Ryan Piers Williams Screenwriter – Ryan Piers Williams Cast – Ryan O’Nan, America Ferrera, Jason Ritter, Wilmer Valderrama, Melissa Leo, June Diane Raphael Executive Producer – Sergio Aguero, America Ferrera Producer – Heather Rae Composer – Dean Parks Cinematographer – Gavin Kelly The Iraq war has given the film industry plenty of cinematic [...]
SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL REVIEWS – WORLD PREMIERES
Please Give Director: Nicole Holofcener Screenwriter Nicole Holofcener Cast Catherine Keener, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, Rebecca Hall, Sarah Steele, Ann Guilbert Executive Producer Caroline Jaczko, Stefanie Azpiazu Producer Anthony Bregman Cinematographer Yaron Orbach Editor Robert Frazen Music Marcelo Zarvos Costume Designer Ane Crabtree The joy of watching a Nicole Holofcener film is that her films [...]
WINSTONE ON THE EDGE OF DARKNESS
Ray Winstone can play any character; ot seems, from the irreverent to the understated or even King Henry VIII. Currently appearing as a cuckolded gangster in the brilliantly subversive 44 Inch Chest, Winstone will next be seen opposite Mel Gibson in the US remake of the classic British miniseries Edge of Darkness. Here he plays [...]
SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL REVIEWS – WORLD PREMIERES
ANIMAL KINGDOM Director: David Michôd Cast Guy Pearce, Ben Mendelsohn, Joel Edgerton, Luke Ford, Jacki Weaver, James Frecheville Producer Liz Watts Composer Antony Partos Cinematographer Adam Arkapaw Editor Luke Doolan Production Designer Jo Ford Sound Designer Sam Petty It would be fair to say that the Australian film industry is undergoing a remarkable renaissance, continuing [...]
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