Hungry for fresh nourishment, specialty audiences flocked to new World War II drama “The Zookeeper’s Wife” (Focus Features), directed by Niki Caro and starring Jessica Chastain.
While smart-house moviegoers can be discerning — see Fox Searchlight’s “Wilson” — the holocaust drama overcame modest reviews to score in wider initial release. The dearth of other product should help Focus to find bigger success ahead.
Read More: ‘The Zookeeper’s Wife’ Director Niki Caro Has a Plan for Fighting Hollywood’s Gender Gap
New openings finding niche interest were led by “David Lynch – The Art Life” (Janus) as smaller films continue to struggle.
At a time of dwindling movie ad revenue, streaming service Netflix took out two full-page ads for five films in both the New York Times and Los Angeles Times. They touted four Sundance debuts: “The Discovery” starring Robert Redford and Rooney Mara, which played limited theatrical dates with no grosses reported,...
While smart-house moviegoers can be discerning — see Fox Searchlight’s “Wilson” — the holocaust drama overcame modest reviews to score in wider initial release. The dearth of other product should help Focus to find bigger success ahead.
Read More: ‘The Zookeeper’s Wife’ Director Niki Caro Has a Plan for Fighting Hollywood’s Gender Gap
New openings finding niche interest were led by “David Lynch – The Art Life” (Janus) as smaller films continue to struggle.
At a time of dwindling movie ad revenue, streaming service Netflix took out two full-page ads for five films in both the New York Times and Los Angeles Times. They touted four Sundance debuts: “The Discovery” starring Robert Redford and Rooney Mara, which played limited theatrical dates with no grosses reported,...
- 4/2/2017
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
We are a few months into 2017 and already we had a number of standout movies like Get Out, Logan, and The Lego Batman Movie. Hopefully that is just the start of what is to come. Considering that, myself and Kevin – the hosts of podcast Cinema Geeks – combine forces to put a list together of 20 movies to watch in 2017.
Let us know what you think of the list in the comments below. Did they leave any off? Are the rankings off base? Let your voice be heard!
20) The Lost City of Z
What Can Go Right: A film with this type of setup sure would have to be bungled in order for it not to work. It describes the life of British explorer Percy Fawcett who made several attempts to find an ancient lost city in the Amazon and disappeared in 1925 along with his son. It should be in good hands...
Let us know what you think of the list in the comments below. Did they leave any off? Are the rankings off base? Let your voice be heard!
20) The Lost City of Z
What Can Go Right: A film with this type of setup sure would have to be bungled in order for it not to work. It describes the life of British explorer Percy Fawcett who made several attempts to find an ancient lost city in the Amazon and disappeared in 1925 along with his son. It should be in good hands...
- 3/29/2017
- by Dan Clark
- Nerdly
Mamoru Oshii’s 1995 cyberpunk opus, “Ghost in the Shell,” was one of the first Japanese anime titles to cross over to Western audiences, and it’s been reissued and repackaged so often since the millennium that it’s scant surprise studio execs seized upon it as reproducible property. Possibly it was a matter of waiting: for digital effects houses to get up to spec, the right deals to be struck, and any accusations of cultural appropriation to blow over. Paramount’s all-new live-action “Ghost,” powered by hefty reserves of American and Asian money, emerges as a dazzling logistical display with a missing file where the human interest might once have been stored.
Fans need not blubber unduly. As overseen by “Snow White and the Huntsman” director Rupert Sanders, this transliteration would seem faithful enough to satiate those who just want to see favorite scenes and characters redrawn on the biggest screen imaginable.
Fans need not blubber unduly. As overseen by “Snow White and the Huntsman” director Rupert Sanders, this transliteration would seem faithful enough to satiate those who just want to see favorite scenes and characters redrawn on the biggest screen imaginable.
- 3/28/2017
- by Mike McCahill
- Indiewire
Behold the power of being alone.
For all the powerful imagery film can capture and create, sometimes it’s still the most basic, simplest shots that can convey the most meaning and resonate strongest with audiences. Take, for example, any shot of a lone figure— perhaps in silhouette, perhaps not — against a vast landscape, the only person in sight. It’s an image that’s been utilized time and again in films like The Revenant, Tree of Life, Gravity and even some not shot by Emmanuel Lubezki, as evidenced by the following montage from Nacho Ozores that has compiled four dozen examples from across cinema history.
Don’t get me wrong, though, not all these lone figures are lonely. Some are contemplative, pensive, resolved, introspective, and other such things that require loneliness. There are even moments of triumph inside loneliness, the celebrations we save only for ourselves. Ozores has found all of these, and...
For all the powerful imagery film can capture and create, sometimes it’s still the most basic, simplest shots that can convey the most meaning and resonate strongest with audiences. Take, for example, any shot of a lone figure— perhaps in silhouette, perhaps not — against a vast landscape, the only person in sight. It’s an image that’s been utilized time and again in films like The Revenant, Tree of Life, Gravity and even some not shot by Emmanuel Lubezki, as evidenced by the following montage from Nacho Ozores that has compiled four dozen examples from across cinema history.
Don’t get me wrong, though, not all these lone figures are lonely. Some are contemplative, pensive, resolved, introspective, and other such things that require loneliness. There are even moments of triumph inside loneliness, the celebrations we save only for ourselves. Ozores has found all of these, and...
- 3/20/2017
- by H. Perry Horton
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Every week, IndieWire asks a select handful of film and TV critics two questions and publishes the results on Monday. (The answer to the second, “What is the best film in theaters right now?”, can be found at the end of this post.)
This week’s question: Terrence Malick is back in action and badder than ever, as “Song to Song” is now in theaters, where it’s playing to small crowds and predictably polarized results. Now, as the idiosyncratic auteur appears to be closing the book on one chapter of his career and moving on to another (the producers of “Radegund,” his next film, swear they have a script!), we asked our panel of critics if they’ve lost patience with the legendary filmmaker, and also where they’re hoping to see him go from here.
Joshua Rothkopf (@joshrothkopf), Time Out New York
Terrence Malick wasn’t always polarizing.
This week’s question: Terrence Malick is back in action and badder than ever, as “Song to Song” is now in theaters, where it’s playing to small crowds and predictably polarized results. Now, as the idiosyncratic auteur appears to be closing the book on one chapter of his career and moving on to another (the producers of “Radegund,” his next film, swear they have a script!), we asked our panel of critics if they’ve lost patience with the legendary filmmaker, and also where they’re hoping to see him go from here.
Joshua Rothkopf (@joshrothkopf), Time Out New York
Terrence Malick wasn’t always polarizing.
- 3/20/2017
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
The media-shy director provides rare insights into his process and philosophy.Photo: Ben Porter/Broad Green Pictures
In a surprising but characteristically nonchalant turn, media-shy filmosopher Terrence Malick appeared on a panel with Richard Linklater and Michael Fassbender at SXSW last week. The Q&A session, moderated with reverence and easygoing charm by Linklater, occurred after the festival premiere of Malick’s Austin music-scene romance Song to Song, in which Fassbender stars with Ryan Gosling, Rooney Mara, and Natalie Portman. No mention was made (at least in the 30-minute bootleg that made it to YouTube) of the obvious elephant in the room: Malick has essentially never done an interview to promote one of his films, let alone subjected himself to the unscripted questions of an eager audience. Though the mysterious auteur behind Days of Heaven, The Thin Red Line, and Tree of Life has upped his output in recent years, his...
In a surprising but characteristically nonchalant turn, media-shy filmosopher Terrence Malick appeared on a panel with Richard Linklater and Michael Fassbender at SXSW last week. The Q&A session, moderated with reverence and easygoing charm by Linklater, occurred after the festival premiere of Malick’s Austin music-scene romance Song to Song, in which Fassbender stars with Ryan Gosling, Rooney Mara, and Natalie Portman. No mention was made (at least in the 30-minute bootleg that made it to YouTube) of the obvious elephant in the room: Malick has essentially never done an interview to promote one of his films, let alone subjected himself to the unscripted questions of an eager audience. Though the mysterious auteur behind Days of Heaven, The Thin Red Line, and Tree of Life has upped his output in recent years, his...
- 3/15/2017
- by Jake Orthwein
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Let’s start this with an inquiry, one that hopefully engenders some consideration and an honest response: what are you seeking when watching a Terrence Malick film released in 2017? I take the unusual tack of beginning like so because it sometimes feels as if questions are the most that his recent work can ultimately encourage, and in particular because the latest, Song to Song — his fifth feature completed this decade, or the sixth if one counts the IMAX version of Voyage of Time, and preceding a sixth (or seventh) narrative film that’s rumored to premiere this fall — seems, no matter its very immediate and obvious pleasures, unlikely to change the current dialogue in any significant way. There are stronger-than-usual whiffs of narrative and a star-studded / -crossed-lovers cast to be found, yes — note how its poster puts those faces front and center while making no note of the auteur in...
- 3/11/2017
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Terrence Malick is the world’s preeminent Benjamin Button filmmaker, his career defined by a few early masterpieces and a string of late-period efforts that play like increasingly unfocused versions of the earlier achievements. Mileage varies on whether that’s a bad thing, but it isn’t conjecture. His newer work reduces the elegant, layered storytelling of “Badlands” and “Days of Heaven” to simpler variations, as if they’re comprised of the beautiful residuals from those grander accomplishments.
There are reasons to delight in the autonomy of Malick’s poetic approach, particularly the way he treasures the lyricism of the natural world over narrative coherence, but that vision can only go so far. His cosmic IMAX documentary “The Voyage of Time” had a logical reason for throwing plot to the wind, but other recent efforts “Knight of Cups” and “To the Wonder” reduce the magisterial approach of “Tree of Life” to undercooked fragments.
There are reasons to delight in the autonomy of Malick’s poetic approach, particularly the way he treasures the lyricism of the natural world over narrative coherence, but that vision can only go so far. His cosmic IMAX documentary “The Voyage of Time” had a logical reason for throwing plot to the wind, but other recent efforts “Knight of Cups” and “To the Wonder” reduce the magisterial approach of “Tree of Life” to undercooked fragments.
- 3/11/2017
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Let’s talk about the biggest news of an unforgettable Oscar night — and it’s got nothing to do with the Twitter-happy accountant who apparently gave Warren Beatty the wrong envelope. Here’s the real story: A $1.5 million gay, African-American, coming-of-age movie won Best Picture.
It’s the first gay movie to grab the big prize, one that was denied “Brokeback Mountain” a decade ago. It’s the first Best Picture winner with an all-black cast. It also showed that when a small-scale indie is involved, guild wins (“La La Land” won the PGA,”Hidden Figures” took SAG Ensemble) are no longer reliable Oscar predictors.
And never underestimate the potential of the underdog to come from behind (See: “12 Years a Slave,” “Spotlight,” “Argo”). This year’s passion vote was split among three movies: “La La Land,” “Moonlight,” and “Manchester By the Sea.”
Here’s how everything went right for “Moonlight.
It’s the first gay movie to grab the big prize, one that was denied “Brokeback Mountain” a decade ago. It’s the first Best Picture winner with an all-black cast. It also showed that when a small-scale indie is involved, guild wins (“La La Land” won the PGA,”Hidden Figures” took SAG Ensemble) are no longer reliable Oscar predictors.
And never underestimate the potential of the underdog to come from behind (See: “12 Years a Slave,” “Spotlight,” “Argo”). This year’s passion vote was split among three movies: “La La Land,” “Moonlight,” and “Manchester By the Sea.”
Here’s how everything went right for “Moonlight.
- 3/1/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Let’s talk about the biggest news of an unforgettable Oscar night — and it’s got nothing to do with the Twitter-happy accountant who apparently gave Warren Beatty the wrong envelope. Here’s the real story: A $1.5 million gay, African-American, coming-of-age movie won Best Picture.
It’s the first gay movie to grab the big prize, one that was denied “Brokeback Mountain” a decade ago. It’s the first Best Picture winner with an all-black cast. It also showed that when a small-scale indie is involved, guild wins (“La La Land” won the PGA,”Hidden Figures” took SAG Ensemble) are no longer reliable Oscar predictors.
And never underestimate the potential of the underdog to come from behind (See: “12 Years a Slave,” “Spotlight,” “Argo”). This year’s passion vote was split among three movies: “La La Land,” “Moonlight,” and “Manchester By the Sea.”
Here’s how everything went right for “Moonlight.
It’s the first gay movie to grab the big prize, one that was denied “Brokeback Mountain” a decade ago. It’s the first Best Picture winner with an all-black cast. It also showed that when a small-scale indie is involved, guild wins (“La La Land” won the PGA,”Hidden Figures” took SAG Ensemble) are no longer reliable Oscar predictors.
And never underestimate the potential of the underdog to come from behind (See: “12 Years a Slave,” “Spotlight,” “Argo”). This year’s passion vote was split among three movies: “La La Land,” “Moonlight,” and “Manchester By the Sea.”
Here’s how everything went right for “Moonlight.
- 3/1/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Song To Song sees the enticing pairing of Ryan Gosling, Michael Fassbender, Rooney Mara and Natalie Portman in a film about music, love, mosh-pitting, smelly concert venues and more love. Terrence Malick hasn’t seen as much love since his 2011 film Tree Of Life, but the inclusion of this young cast of actors at the top of their game in a movie about the music industry could make for one of his bigger... Read More...
- 2/24/2017
- by Matt Rooney
- JoBlo.com
by Steven Fenton
On February 26, 2012, Octavia Spencer won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her endearing performance as the feisty Minny Jackson in Tate Taylor’s The Help. With her win, Spencer joined an elite group, becoming just the sixth black actress to win an acting Oscar (and only the seventh overall, if you count Irene Cara’s Original Song win for Flashdance, since she also starred in the film). Prior to 2011, Spencer had worked steadily since the mid-90s, gaining a reputation as a warm and generous co-star and a beloved character actress. So her win in February 2012 felt like an authentic opportunity for the academy to recognize an industry favorite.
Spencer was an indomitable force in the 2011 awards season, snatching wins at the Critics Choice, SAG awards, Globe Globes, and BAFTA, and beating out a talented crop of women in sensational breakout performances, including: Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids...
On February 26, 2012, Octavia Spencer won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her endearing performance as the feisty Minny Jackson in Tate Taylor’s The Help. With her win, Spencer joined an elite group, becoming just the sixth black actress to win an acting Oscar (and only the seventh overall, if you count Irene Cara’s Original Song win for Flashdance, since she also starred in the film). Prior to 2011, Spencer had worked steadily since the mid-90s, gaining a reputation as a warm and generous co-star and a beloved character actress. So her win in February 2012 felt like an authentic opportunity for the academy to recognize an industry favorite.
Spencer was an indomitable force in the 2011 awards season, snatching wins at the Critics Choice, SAG awards, Globe Globes, and BAFTA, and beating out a talented crop of women in sensational breakout performances, including: Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids...
- 2/23/2017
- by Steven Fenton
- FilmExperience
David Garrett’s Mister Smith boards period drama, currently in post-production.
David Garrett’s Mister Smith Entertainment has boarded international sales to Terrence Malick’s upcoming Second World War drama Radegund.
Sales are set to commence at the upcoming European Film Market in Berlin.
Radegund will follow the true story of Franz Jägerstätter, a conscientious objector who refused to fight for the Nazis and was executed by them in 1943.
The film marks Malick’s return to the Second World War period following acclaimed 1998 drama The Thin Red Line.
From Malick’s screenplay, the film stars August Diehl as Franz Jägerstätter, Valerie Pachner as his wife Fani, Matthias Schoenaerts as Captain Herder and Bruno Ganz as Judge Lueben alongside Martin Wuttke, Maria Simon, Karin Neuhäuser and Alexander Fehling.
Malick’s production partner Grant Hill is producing together with Dario Bergesio, Marcus Loges, Josh Jeter and Elisabeth Bentley.
Studio Babelsberg are co-producing. Adam Morgan, [link...
David Garrett’s Mister Smith Entertainment has boarded international sales to Terrence Malick’s upcoming Second World War drama Radegund.
Sales are set to commence at the upcoming European Film Market in Berlin.
Radegund will follow the true story of Franz Jägerstätter, a conscientious objector who refused to fight for the Nazis and was executed by them in 1943.
The film marks Malick’s return to the Second World War period following acclaimed 1998 drama The Thin Red Line.
From Malick’s screenplay, the film stars August Diehl as Franz Jägerstätter, Valerie Pachner as his wife Fani, Matthias Schoenaerts as Captain Herder and Bruno Ganz as Judge Lueben alongside Martin Wuttke, Maria Simon, Karin Neuhäuser and Alexander Fehling.
Malick’s production partner Grant Hill is producing together with Dario Bergesio, Marcus Loges, Josh Jeter and Elisabeth Bentley.
Studio Babelsberg are co-producing. Adam Morgan, [link...
- 1/23/2017
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Tye Sheridan is having a good few years. First he played in acclaimed indie fair like Tree Of Life, Mud, and Joe, then recently played Cyclops in X-men: Apocalypse, and is now currently starring in the highly-anticipated Ready Player One adaptation from Steven Spielberg. Now he has the indie thriller Detour coming out. Here's a trailer: So the film has a cool split-screen gimmick that... Read More...
- 1/20/2017
- by Damion Damaske
- JoBlo.com
We get a visit from a ghost of Criterion past as we explore the week of Criterion. Trevor, David, Mark and Aaron get into the first release of the year, plus we talk about Terry Gilliam, Coming of Age films, rumors of Tree of Life and plenty more.
Episode Links & Notes
4:00 – The Ghost of Trevor?
6:50 – His Girl Friday
28:20 – Upcoming Releases (Something Wild, Fox and His Friends, Black Girl)
30:45 – Short Takes (12 Angry Men, A Touch of Zen, Zazie dans le Métro, Valerie and Her Week of Wonders)
56:15 – FilmStruck
1:19:00 – Wish List for April Announcements
1:23:00 – Pieces of Flair
Criterion Close Up 13: Mulholland Drive & the Ghost of Trevor David Reviews His Girl Friday DVD Beaver – His Girl Friday The Criterion Collection – His Girl Friday Criterion Reflections – Zazie dans le Métro Reddit – The Tree of Life is Coming to Criterion Episode Credits Aaron West: Twitter...
Episode Links & Notes
4:00 – The Ghost of Trevor?
6:50 – His Girl Friday
28:20 – Upcoming Releases (Something Wild, Fox and His Friends, Black Girl)
30:45 – Short Takes (12 Angry Men, A Touch of Zen, Zazie dans le Métro, Valerie and Her Week of Wonders)
56:15 – FilmStruck
1:19:00 – Wish List for April Announcements
1:23:00 – Pieces of Flair
Criterion Close Up 13: Mulholland Drive & the Ghost of Trevor David Reviews His Girl Friday DVD Beaver – His Girl Friday The Criterion Collection – His Girl Friday Criterion Reflections – Zazie dans le Métro Reddit – The Tree of Life is Coming to Criterion Episode Credits Aaron West: Twitter...
- 1/16/2017
- by Aaron West
- CriterionCast
After making just five movies between 1973 and 2011, Terrence Malick has released three more in the last few years. Despite being comparatively prolific in this most recent phase of his career, the media-shy filmmaker still manages to make each new work feel like an event unto itself.
IndieWire can exclusively confirm the new title and release date of his latest film: “Song to Song,” which Broad Green Pictures will release on March 17, 2017. (The film has previously been referred to as “Weightless.”) Check out a first-look photo above.
Read More: Terrence Malick’s ‘Voyage of Time’ Will Be Released in ‘Ultra Widescreen’ Version
Here’s the premise: “In this modern love story set against the Austin, Texas music scene, two entangled couples — struggling songwriters Faye (Rooney Mara) and Bv (Ryan Gosling), and music mogul Cook (Michael Fassbender) and the waitress whom he ensnares (Natalie Portman) — chase success through a rock ‘n’ roll landscape of seduction and betrayal.
IndieWire can exclusively confirm the new title and release date of his latest film: “Song to Song,” which Broad Green Pictures will release on March 17, 2017. (The film has previously been referred to as “Weightless.”) Check out a first-look photo above.
Read More: Terrence Malick’s ‘Voyage of Time’ Will Be Released in ‘Ultra Widescreen’ Version
Here’s the premise: “In this modern love story set against the Austin, Texas music scene, two entangled couples — struggling songwriters Faye (Rooney Mara) and Bv (Ryan Gosling), and music mogul Cook (Michael Fassbender) and the waitress whom he ensnares (Natalie Portman) — chase success through a rock ‘n’ roll landscape of seduction and betrayal.
- 1/3/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Those who dream of living on forever may want to alter their retirement plans after watching Realive, an inventive if somewhat mawkish sci-fi melodrama in which a terminally ill hipster finds himself regenerated in the near-distant future, only to learn that he may have been better off dead.
The second feature from Spanish filmmaker Mateo Gil – screenwriter of The Sea Inside and Abre Los Ojos (aka the original Vanilla Sky) – this stylish chamber piece plays like a cross between Ex Machina and The Tree of Life, mixing a cleverly conceived biotechnical fable with sun-dappled sentimentalism that don’t always...
The second feature from Spanish filmmaker Mateo Gil – screenwriter of The Sea Inside and Abre Los Ojos (aka the original Vanilla Sky) – this stylish chamber piece plays like a cross between Ex Machina and The Tree of Life, mixing a cleverly conceived biotechnical fable with sun-dappled sentimentalism that don’t always...
- 12/8/2016
- by Jordan Mintzer
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The clock may be ticking for New York City’s Landmark Sunshine Cinema. The building that houses the arthouse theater on Manhattan’s Lower East Side has been up for sale for more than a year, and while no buyer has materialized yet, some feel it’s only a matter of time before real estate developers turn the beloved cinema into a high rise apartment building.
Read More: iPic’s Big Gamble: How a High-End Theater Chain Hopes to Change the Way We Go to the Movies
Though a number of media outlets have reported that the Sunshine’s lease will be up for renegotiation at the end of 2018, the existential threat facing the theater has less to do with its lease than the possibility that a new buyer will demolish the building and replace it with a towering apartment complex. Built in 1898, the property has a reported price tag of more than $35 million.
Read More: iPic’s Big Gamble: How a High-End Theater Chain Hopes to Change the Way We Go to the Movies
Though a number of media outlets have reported that the Sunshine’s lease will be up for renegotiation at the end of 2018, the existential threat facing the theater has less to do with its lease than the possibility that a new buyer will demolish the building and replace it with a towering apartment complex. Built in 1898, the property has a reported price tag of more than $35 million.
- 12/7/2016
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
This year, two films by Terrence Malick received a theatrical release. The first was “Knight of Cups,” an experimental drama about a depressed screenwriter (Christian Bale) who embarks on a journey for love and self, and the second was “Voyage of Time,” a documentary film that celebrates the universe. Malick created two versions of the film: a 35-mm feature-length version that premiered at this year’s Venice Film Festival and a condensed version for IMAX theaters. The IMAX version was released in 15 theaters this past October, but now the film is coming back to theaters, only this time it’s in an “Ultra Widescreen” format.
Read More: Why Terrence Malick Still Believes You Should See Movies On the Big Screen
The new version of the film will be presented in a 3.6:1 aspect ratio and will no longer feature voiceover from actor Brad Pitt. According to Variety, Malick had not intended to use voiceover,...
Read More: Why Terrence Malick Still Believes You Should See Movies On the Big Screen
The new version of the film will be presented in a 3.6:1 aspect ratio and will no longer feature voiceover from actor Brad Pitt. According to Variety, Malick had not intended to use voiceover,...
- 12/6/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
(Getty Images)
Jessica Chastain is a two-time Academy Award nominee who has emerged as one of Hollywood’s most sought-after actresses of her generation. She has received numerous nominations and accolades for her work from the La Film Critics, British Academy of Film and TV, Broadcast Film Critics, HFPA, National Board of Review, Screen Actors Guild, Film Independent and the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, to name a few.
The actresses’ latest film, Miss Sloane, opens in cinemas on December 9, 2016.
In the high-stakes world of political power-brokers, Elizabeth Sloane (Jessica Chastain) is the most sought-after and formidable lobbyist in D.C. Known equally for her cunning and her track record of success, she has always done whatever is required to win. But when she takes on the most powerful opponent of her career, she finds that winning may come at too high a price.
Chastain can soon be...
Jessica Chastain is a two-time Academy Award nominee who has emerged as one of Hollywood’s most sought-after actresses of her generation. She has received numerous nominations and accolades for her work from the La Film Critics, British Academy of Film and TV, Broadcast Film Critics, HFPA, National Board of Review, Screen Actors Guild, Film Independent and the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, to name a few.
The actresses’ latest film, Miss Sloane, opens in cinemas on December 9, 2016.
In the high-stakes world of political power-brokers, Elizabeth Sloane (Jessica Chastain) is the most sought-after and formidable lobbyist in D.C. Known equally for her cunning and her track record of success, she has always done whatever is required to win. But when she takes on the most powerful opponent of her career, she finds that winning may come at too high a price.
Chastain can soon be...
- 12/6/2016
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
November's most fun exercize was a ranking of the "1 and done" actors and actresses who've won Oscars in their only competition, and updating the Oscar charts for 2016, too. The key awards events were the Indie Spirits which Moonlight and American Honey led with six nominations apiece and the Gothams which went big for Moonlight and also loved all over Isabelle Huppert. Here are 16 key posts from the month in case you missed any of them.
8 Favorites
• Best Young Performers - which child stars and teen actors deserve kudos?
• Happy Anniversary to the Pfeiffer-Kelleys - a couple for 23 years now
• Tree of Life Revisited - with a live orchestra no less
• Noirvember: Kiss Me Deadly - a "thriller of tomorrow" that still packs a punch
• "Get Happy/Happy Days Are Here Again" -Judy & Barbra's classic duet
• The Furniture: Hell or High Water - I always see the movie in new ways...
8 Favorites
• Best Young Performers - which child stars and teen actors deserve kudos?
• Happy Anniversary to the Pfeiffer-Kelleys - a couple for 23 years now
• Tree of Life Revisited - with a live orchestra no less
• Noirvember: Kiss Me Deadly - a "thriller of tomorrow" that still packs a punch
• "Get Happy/Happy Days Are Here Again" -Judy & Barbra's classic duet
• The Furniture: Hell or High Water - I always see the movie in new ways...
- 11/30/2016
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
There’s an embarrassment of riches in the Best Actress Oscar race this year and that’s often because women are doing it for themselves. It’s basic math: since studios have a rotten track record for delivering juicy parts, smart actresses take a more active role in pursuing them. Their agents know they are willing to go independent in order to expand their range, if not their paychecks.
Jessica Chastain has been crazy in demand ever since 2011, when she was featured in six radically different movies. She starred in Shakespeare’s “Coriolanus” opposite Ralph Fiennes and Vanessa Redgrave, played Brad Pitt’s ethereal wife in Terrence Malick’s “Tree of Life,” and scored a Supporting Actress Oscar nomination as a ditzy Southern belle in “The Help.”
Clearly, this is a woman who won’t be put in a box.
One of the Juilliard grad’s first roles was in John Madden’s “The Debt,...
Jessica Chastain has been crazy in demand ever since 2011, when she was featured in six radically different movies. She starred in Shakespeare’s “Coriolanus” opposite Ralph Fiennes and Vanessa Redgrave, played Brad Pitt’s ethereal wife in Terrence Malick’s “Tree of Life,” and scored a Supporting Actress Oscar nomination as a ditzy Southern belle in “The Help.”
Clearly, this is a woman who won’t be put in a box.
One of the Juilliard grad’s first roles was in John Madden’s “The Debt,...
- 11/23/2016
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
There’s an embarrassment of riches in the Best Actress Oscar race this year and that’s often because women are doing it for themselves. It’s basic math: since studios have a rotten track record for delivering juicy parts, smart actresses take a more active role in pursuing them. Their agents know they are willing to go independent in order to expand their range, if not their paychecks.
Jessica Chastain has been crazy in demand ever since 2011, when she was featured in six radically different movies. She starred in Shakespeare’s “Coriolanus” opposite Ralph Fiennes and Vanessa Redgrave, played Brad Pitt’s ethereal wife in Terrence Malick’s “Tree of Life,” and scored a Supporting Actress Oscar nomination as a ditzy Southern belle in “The Help.”
Clearly, this is a woman who won’t be put in a box.
One of the Juilliard grad’s first roles was in John Madden’s “The Debt,...
Jessica Chastain has been crazy in demand ever since 2011, when she was featured in six radically different movies. She starred in Shakespeare’s “Coriolanus” opposite Ralph Fiennes and Vanessa Redgrave, played Brad Pitt’s ethereal wife in Terrence Malick’s “Tree of Life,” and scored a Supporting Actress Oscar nomination as a ditzy Southern belle in “The Help.”
Clearly, this is a woman who won’t be put in a box.
One of the Juilliard grad’s first roles was in John Madden’s “The Debt,...
- 11/23/2016
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
On Tuesday, January 10, three days before voting for Oscar nominations comes to a close, the Million Dollar Theater in downtown Los Angeles will play home to a special live orchestra screening of Barry Jenkins’ lauded indie “Moonlight.” The Wordless Music Orchestra, the group behind this past weekend’s live orchestra screenings of “Tree of Life” at Bam, is also announcing today that they will premiere a live orchestra screening of Stanley Kubrick’s “Barry Lyndon” at the Kings Theatre in Brooklyn on April 8.
Read More: How Live Film Scores Are Finding New Life in the Age of Netflix
The “Moonlight” screening will involve a 30-piece orchestra that will be joined by the film’s composer Nicholas Britell, Tim Fain (original violin soloist from the soundtrack recording), soprano Mellissa Hughes (who sang the Mozart aria in the film) and conductor Ryan McAdams (who led the “Tree of Life” live orchestra). Filmmaker...
Read More: How Live Film Scores Are Finding New Life in the Age of Netflix
The “Moonlight” screening will involve a 30-piece orchestra that will be joined by the film’s composer Nicholas Britell, Tim Fain (original violin soloist from the soundtrack recording), soprano Mellissa Hughes (who sang the Mozart aria in the film) and conductor Ryan McAdams (who led the “Tree of Life” live orchestra). Filmmaker...
- 11/21/2016
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
Later tonight, close to 2,000 moviegoers will fill Howard Gilman Opera House in Brooklyn to watch Terrence Malick’s “Tree of Life,” set to a live score played by a 110-piece orchestra and choir. It’s the seventh live score production by the New York-based Wordless Music Orchestra, which has previously staged live music productions of other modern day classics like “There Will Be Blood” and “Under the Skin.”
For the founder of Wordless Music, Ronen Givony, the need to create a heightened sense of occasion with a live event is vital in the age of Netflix and Spotify.
Read More: Howard Shore, Composer for Cronenberg, ‘Spotlight’ and Scorsese, on the Creation of Diverse Scores
“I think it’s fair to say that whether it’s an orchestra concert or a rock concert or a movie, it seems like especially in New York, the simple act of going out and seeing...
For the founder of Wordless Music, Ronen Givony, the need to create a heightened sense of occasion with a live event is vital in the age of Netflix and Spotify.
Read More: Howard Shore, Composer for Cronenberg, ‘Spotlight’ and Scorsese, on the Creation of Diverse Scores
“I think it’s fair to say that whether it’s an orchestra concert or a rock concert or a movie, it seems like especially in New York, the simple act of going out and seeing...
- 11/18/2016
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
Terrence Malick’s “Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience” (narrated by Brad Pitt) ambitiously picks up where he left off in the trippy prologue to “The Tree of Life”: documenting the birth of the cosmos and humankind. It’s his first doc and, if nominated for the VFX Oscar, that would be a first for the category.
As with “Tree of Life,” the VFX were overseen by Dan Glass (“Batman Begins,” “The Matrix” sequels) , creative director of Method, which served as the lead VFX studio. In fact, “Voyage of Time” was made in parallel to its 10-year journey to the big screen (the feature version, “Life’s Journey,” narrated by Cate Blanchett, contains broader appeal than the IMAX educational market).
Read More: Enabling Terrence Malick: What It’s Like to Be His Producers
Leveraging R&D from “The Tree of Life” outfit in Austin called Skunkworks, Glass and...
As with “Tree of Life,” the VFX were overseen by Dan Glass (“Batman Begins,” “The Matrix” sequels) , creative director of Method, which served as the lead VFX studio. In fact, “Voyage of Time” was made in parallel to its 10-year journey to the big screen (the feature version, “Life’s Journey,” narrated by Cate Blanchett, contains broader appeal than the IMAX educational market).
Read More: Enabling Terrence Malick: What It’s Like to Be His Producers
Leveraging R&D from “The Tree of Life” outfit in Austin called Skunkworks, Glass and...
- 9/29/2016
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Following the high-profile divorce filing by Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt will not be attending the premiere of his new film “Voyage Of Time” this week. The 52-year-old actor will skip the Wednesday screening of the documentary by legendary filmmaker Terrence Malick (“Tree Of Life”). Pitt serves as a narrator of the film. On Tuesday, Pitt […]...
- 9/27/2016
- by Rachel West
- ET Canada
Jackson Hurst has landed his fare share of roles in various films and television shows, but did you know he up and quit his corporate job in order to pursue acting? Hurst recently opened up to People about his new role in the movie Vanished | Left Behind: Next Generation (in theaters Wed., Sept. 28) and revealed just how far he's come from taking on guest roles on Grey's Anatomy and Scandal, to portraying Grayson Kent on the Lifetime comedy series Drop Dead Diva. Here are five things to know about the 37-year-old actor. 1. He quit his job working in finance to become an actor.
- 9/26/2016
- by Brittany King, @brrriitttnnii
- PEOPLE.com
Jackson Hurst has landed his fair share of roles in various films and television shows, but did you know he up and quit his corporate job in order to pursue acting?
Hurst recently opened up to People about his new role in the movie Vanished | Left Behind: Next Generation (in theaters Wed., Sept. 28) and revealed just how far he's come from taking on guest roles on Grey's Anatomy and Scandal, to portraying Grayson Kent on the Lifetime comedy series Drop Dead Diva.
Here are five things to know about the 37-year-old actor.
1. He quit his job working in finance to become an actor.
Hurst recently opened up to People about his new role in the movie Vanished | Left Behind: Next Generation (in theaters Wed., Sept. 28) and revealed just how far he's come from taking on guest roles on Grey's Anatomy and Scandal, to portraying Grayson Kent on the Lifetime comedy series Drop Dead Diva.
Here are five things to know about the 37-year-old actor.
1. He quit his job working in finance to become an actor.
- 9/26/2016
- by Brittany King, @brrriitttnnii
- People.com - TV Watch
Tree Of Life and Badlands director Terrence Malick is a notoriously hard man to catch in the wild: he doesn’t appear in making-of features for his own films, grant many interviews, or even allow photographs of himself to surface in the public realm. (To say nothing of his 20-year hiatus from film-making, between 1978’s Days Of Heaven and 1998’s The Thin Red Line.)
Fans of the celebrated director (and Italian cinema) might want to make their way to New Jersey next month, though: Malick has apparently been scheduled to speak at the Princteon Garden Theater, as part of a discussion on Roberto Rossellini’s 1954 masterpiece Journey To Italy. According to the theater’s web site, the October 21 showing of the film will be followed by “a live conversation with acclaimed director Terrence Malick.” Tickets don’t appear to be on sale for the event at ...
Fans of the celebrated director (and Italian cinema) might want to make their way to New Jersey next month, though: Malick has apparently been scheduled to speak at the Princteon Garden Theater, as part of a discussion on Roberto Rossellini’s 1954 masterpiece Journey To Italy. According to the theater’s web site, the October 21 showing of the film will be followed by “a live conversation with acclaimed director Terrence Malick.” Tickets don’t appear to be on sale for the event at ...
- 9/24/2016
- by William Hughes
- avclub.com
As Terrence Malick drifts further into his own world, his films have become easy targets. All that gentle, pensive narration and roaming camerawork less interested in actors than gorgeous scenery has been frequently pigeonholed as a parody of the more lyrical storytelling that put the filmmaker on the map decades ago. Malick received something of a rebirth after 20 dormant years with the acclaim for “The Thin Red Line,” “The New World” and “Tree of Life,” a trio of ambitious narratives that reached for ethereal heights. By those standards, the fairly subdued portraits of lonely characters in the relationship drama “To the Wonder” and Hollywood-set “Knight of Cups” felt like half-formed efforts in search of a bigger picture.
Malick finally has widened the lens with “Voyage of Time: Life’s Journey,” an expansive look at the history of all living things, and the operatic expression of spirituality that dominates this visually...
Malick finally has widened the lens with “Voyage of Time: Life’s Journey,” an expansive look at the history of all living things, and the operatic expression of spirituality that dominates this visually...
- 9/10/2016
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Blizzard will be making several drastic changes to one of Hearthstone‘s staple game modes in the near future, as per a post over on Battle.net. The competitive card game, which boasts a huge number of players, has four distinct modes that all appeal to different types of players, however, one in particular – Arena – has been increasingly criticized by the game’s player base over the last few months over a perceived lack of support and balance.
For those unfamiliar with the way it works, Arena Mode requires an upfront entry fee (either with real money or in-game gold) to participate, whereupon the player is asked to pick a hero to play as (random choice of three) and then must draft a full 30-card deck from similarly randomized cards with rewards doled out depending on how many matches you win (maximum of 12).
Three losses results in you being expelled from the mode,...
For those unfamiliar with the way it works, Arena Mode requires an upfront entry fee (either with real money or in-game gold) to participate, whereupon the player is asked to pick a hero to play as (random choice of three) and then must draft a full 30-card deck from similarly randomized cards with rewards doled out depending on how many matches you win (maximum of 12).
Three losses results in you being expelled from the mode,...
- 9/9/2016
- by Joe Pring
- We Got This Covered
The feature length version of Malick’s long-gestating chronicle of all things great and small is a visual feast – even if it doesn’t explain much along the way
The arrival of a new Terrence Malick film is always something of an event, even if the great man’s lustre is beginning to wear off under the weight of his gigantic reputation: even the most diehard Malick obsessives would surely admit that the fey, whispery To the Wonder and the self-indulgent Knight of Cups were not really up to scratch. Compared to how he used to, Malick works at a virtual sprint these days, and now his long-awaited documentary Voyage of Time has been unveiled at the Venice film festival.
Related: Trailer for Malick film about creation of universe grafts branches from Tree of Life
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The arrival of a new Terrence Malick film is always something of an event, even if the great man’s lustre is beginning to wear off under the weight of his gigantic reputation: even the most diehard Malick obsessives would surely admit that the fey, whispery To the Wonder and the self-indulgent Knight of Cups were not really up to scratch. Compared to how he used to, Malick works at a virtual sprint these days, and now his long-awaited documentary Voyage of Time has been unveiled at the Venice film festival.
Related: Trailer for Malick film about creation of universe grafts branches from Tree of Life
Continue reading...
- 9/6/2016
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
Soon to be screened at the Venice and Toronto Film Festivals, writer-director Terrence Malick’s decades-in-the-making documentary “Voyage of Time: Life’s Journey” is quite a sight for cinephiles and fans of the “Tree of Life” helmer.
The doc, which takes viewers on a journey into the galaxy, is an examination of the birth and death of the known universe. The Playlist released two new clips narrated by Cate Blanchett that show audiences the vastness of outer space and what to expect from Malick’s upcoming project.
Read More: ‘Voyage of Time’: How Terrence Malick Made His Documentary About the Birth of the Stars and the Future of Mankind
“Voyage of Time” will be screened in two formats: a 90-minute version narrated by Blanchett and a 40-minute “IMAX Experience,” with commentary provided by Brad Pitt.
Malick found inspiration from two quotes, one from Richard Feynman and Albert Einstein, about the universe and its mystery,...
The doc, which takes viewers on a journey into the galaxy, is an examination of the birth and death of the known universe. The Playlist released two new clips narrated by Cate Blanchett that show audiences the vastness of outer space and what to expect from Malick’s upcoming project.
Read More: ‘Voyage of Time’: How Terrence Malick Made His Documentary About the Birth of the Stars and the Future of Mankind
“Voyage of Time” will be screened in two formats: a 90-minute version narrated by Blanchett and a 40-minute “IMAX Experience,” with commentary provided by Brad Pitt.
Malick found inspiration from two quotes, one from Richard Feynman and Albert Einstein, about the universe and its mystery,...
- 9/5/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
In his breakout drama Blue Valentine and narratively ambitious follow-up The Place Beyond the Pines, Derek Cianfrance has been fascinated with relationships fractured by sin and the ripples of regret. This makes him the ideal fit for an adaptation of M. L. Stedman’s hit novel, The Light Between Oceans, which, in film form, follows a lighthouse keeper (Michael Fassbender) and his wife (Alicia Vikander) faced with a moral quandary.
Ahead of a Venice Film Festival premiere and wide release this week, I spoke with Cianfrance about the adaptation process, technically making a kidnapping movie, working with cinematographer Adam Arkapaw, being fascinated with time, and much more. Check out the full conversation below.
The Film Stage: In your films, you really sense the weight and passage of time, and it kind of sneaks up on you here. What draws you to these stories?
Derek Cianfrance: Time? You know, it...
Ahead of a Venice Film Festival premiere and wide release this week, I spoke with Cianfrance about the adaptation process, technically making a kidnapping movie, working with cinematographer Adam Arkapaw, being fascinated with time, and much more. Check out the full conversation below.
The Film Stage: In your films, you really sense the weight and passage of time, and it kind of sneaks up on you here. What draws you to these stories?
Derek Cianfrance: Time? You know, it...
- 8/30/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Clip It: Each day, Jon Davis looks at the world of trailers, featurettes, and clips and puts it all in perspective. Space! Dinosaurs! Black holes! How did director Terrence Malick even get the footage for Voyage of Time? He's really challenged himself this time. He's not just settling for natural light and only shooting during magic hour (the short period of time after sunset and before sunset when sunlight is softer). He's gone deep into the cosmos. If you ever saw Malick's Tree of Life, one of the best movies of the 21st century, first of all, congratulations. It was a long movie. I saw it twice, so you know I'm crazy. After the first time, I was amazed at how well Malick weaved the history of the world with the history of humanity and each individual and how it's all connected. I enthusiastically showed Tree of Life to my...
- 8/23/2016
- by Jon Davis
- Hitfix
Generally speaking, if you’ve seen one “greatest films of all time” list, you’ve seen them all, with the top choices usually containing some configuration of “Citizen Kane,” “The Godfather,” and “Vertigo.” History tends to solidify critical consensus which makes a list of more contemporary movies all the more interesting. With less time and perspective to […]
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- 8/23/2016
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
With Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience, Malick seems to be working out the same cosmic interests that he touched on in the opening of his award winning Tree of Life.
The music is composed by Ennio Morricone.
synopsis:
An examination of the birth and death of the known universe.
The film hits theaters on October 7th.
Recommended Release: Tree of Life
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The music is composed by Ennio Morricone.
synopsis:
An examination of the birth and death of the known universe.
The film hits theaters on October 7th.
Recommended Release: Tree of Life
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- 6/30/2016
- QuietEarth.us
We hope that we one day become as prolific as Terrence Malick is at the age of 72. Though he once went decades between films, Malick has become remarkably prolific in the last five years, with three movies arriving since “Tree Of Life” in 2011, and three more on the way, two of which could […]
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- 6/27/2016
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
They grow up so fast *sniffle*. Tye Sheridan, the child actor revelation from Terence Malick's The Tree of Life (quite a debut) and Mud is already 19 years old and in major demand. What accounts for his mutant super power of aging rapidly is that Tree of Life actually began shooting when Tye was just 11. Malick takes forever in post production, don'cha know. Male stars don't tend to really come into their A list own until their late 20s or early 30s. DiCaprio is the grand exception to the rule but usually the ones that break out in their late teens or early 20s more commonly have career trajectories, like, oh, Chris O'Donnell. That's partially because the juicy roles for men tend to be the ones that require a 30 or 40something actor. So it's anyone's guess as to whether or not Sheridan can build on his rather solid first five years in the movies.
- 5/27/2016
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
After releasing just four films in four decades, Terrence Malick suddenly became much more prolific starting with 2011’s Tree of Life. To the Wonder and Knight of Cups followed in quick succession, and Weightless should be coming along in the not-too-distant future. Even as he’s picked up his pace, though, he’s taken his good sweet time with Voyage of Time, a […]
The post Terrence Malick’s ‘Voyage of Time’ Sets for IMAX Release in Fall 2016, After Over 30 Years appeared first on /Film.
The post Terrence Malick’s ‘Voyage of Time’ Sets for IMAX Release in Fall 2016, After Over 30 Years appeared first on /Film.
- 5/2/2016
- by Angie Han
- Slash Film
Briefly: Finally, we have an actual release date! Buried in the latest IMAX financial report (via The Film Stage) is mention of an actual release date for Terrence Malick's long-awaited IMAX movie Voyage of Time. We've been talking about this ever since The Tree of Life was released in 2011, as it was made around the same time and apparently some of the footage in the IMAX film was used in that film, too. IMAX will release "a documentary film, Voyage of Time," on October 7th, 2016. No other details were included, like a running time. Narrated by Brad Pitt & Cate Blanchett, the doc is an "examination of the birth and death of the known universe" - a voyage over millions of years, which was condensed into a sequence in Tree of Life. According to reports from just last year, Terrence Malick's Voyage of Time is being turned into two...
- 5/1/2016
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
To mark the release of Knight of Cups on 6th May, we’ve been given a bundle including a Poster, a Soundtrack, To The Wonder on Blu-Ray and a copy of ‘Terrence Malick: Rehearsing The Unexpected’ to give away. From visionary director Terrence Malick (Tree of Life, To The Wonder), starring Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett and Natalie Portman comes
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- 4/25/2016
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Knight Of Cups isn’t a reference to that grey knight in the cave in Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade. Though I bet there’s a great backstory to that old guy. In fact, the title refers to the tarot card which often signifies someone who is a bringer of ideas but is also constantly bored and in need of stimulation. It doesn’t take long to see why Terrence Malick has named his newest film this, and that sentiment extends past just the main character. Even fans of the director might feel the acclaimed and talented director slipping from his position as King of Wands – a mature man who is decisive and passionate.
Usually, Malick has always balanced his stories with the visuals. They worked alongside one another – enhancing one another and adding extra layers of complexity. Through spectacular landscapes and spotlighting the mundane, Malick has explored the overwhelming beauty of life,...
Usually, Malick has always balanced his stories with the visuals. They worked alongside one another – enhancing one another and adding extra layers of complexity. Through spectacular landscapes and spotlighting the mundane, Malick has explored the overwhelming beauty of life,...
- 3/11/2016
- by Michael Haffner
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Manuel here with a short list about Terrence Malick’s most recent outing. Knight of Cups will sit alongside Tree of Life and To the Wonder in what we might call the director’s spiritual trilogy and however you felt about those last two outings will color how you see his latest. Since the film is a roving set of overlapping and interlocking duets—we follow Christian Bale’s Rick, a successful Hollywood writer through Los Angeles and Las Vegas as he has dalliances with beautiful women and deals with the demons that afflict all troubled artists—I figured I’d pick out 5 pairs of Malick collaborators that truly shine in this dreamy poem of a film.
Consider it our version of praising the parts while remaining underwhelmed (or just ill-equipped) to praise the sum...
Consider it our version of praising the parts while remaining underwhelmed (or just ill-equipped) to praise the sum...
- 3/5/2016
- by Manuel Betancourt
- FilmExperience
In Terrence Malick's meandering "Knight of Cups," Rick is a bored screenwriter (Christian Bale) floating through the high and low of Hollywood. The director has adopted the same cinematic approach in his two films since "Tree of Life," both shot by Oscar-winner Emmanuel "Chivo" Lubezki, whose camera follows the characters through myriad spaces and landscapes, accompanied by voice-over narrations and lush classical music. The Austin-based Malick, 72, likes to shoot in an improvisational piecemeal way, waiting for inspiration to hit as he keeps his actor collaborators on hand. (They never know how or if they will wind up in the final product, shaped over time in the editing room.) Check out these reports of what it's like filming with Malick. Malick usually follows a male protagonist (Sean Penn, Ben Affleck, Christian Bale) through interactions with other characters, often beautiful women. With 2011's Cannes-winning entry "The Tree of...
- 3/3/2016
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Terrence Malick is famous for taking his damn time with his films, but even by his standards his documentary "Voyage of Time" is moving slower than a turtle stuck in molasses.
On the eve of the release of his new film "Knight of Cups," and the recent announcement of the "Weightless" title for his Austin-set music drama film, comes the first photos from 'Voyage' which explores the universe from its birth to its collapse.
Two cuts of the film - a shortened IMAX one narrated by Brad Pitt, and a feature-length cut narrated by Cate Blanchett - are on the way with both being scored by Ennio Morricone. The project has been in the works since at least the production of Malick's "Tree of Life" years ago, and there's still no word on a release date.
With the release of these images though, courtesy of The Film Stage, it looks...
On the eve of the release of his new film "Knight of Cups," and the recent announcement of the "Weightless" title for his Austin-set music drama film, comes the first photos from 'Voyage' which explores the universe from its birth to its collapse.
Two cuts of the film - a shortened IMAX one narrated by Brad Pitt, and a feature-length cut narrated by Cate Blanchett - are on the way with both being scored by Ennio Morricone. The project has been in the works since at least the production of Malick's "Tree of Life" years ago, and there's still no word on a release date.
With the release of these images though, courtesy of The Film Stage, it looks...
- 2/25/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Steven Spielberg has found his player for Ready Player One. Tye Sheridan makes perfect sense for the role, and he's certainly earned his bona fides, working hard over the last few years. Cast by no less than Terrence Malick in Tree Of Life, he's since wracked up a solid filmography of films like Joe, The Stanford Prison Experiment, and his work in Mud alone would make him worth putting at the top of every casting list for films looking for actors of a certain age. He's putting in his blockbuster time, too, with a role as Cyclops in X-Men Apocalypse this summer. With some of the returning cast wrapping up their contracts this time (Fox has got to be weeping about the end of the Jennifer Lawrence deal), it's important that some of the new mutants they introduce in this film be strong enough to build films around in the future,...
- 2/25/2016
- by Drew McWeeny
- Hitfix
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Terrence Malick, creative mind behind To The Wonder, Tree of Life and The Thin Red Line among many others, is on the verge of releasing another exercise in experimental filmmaking in Knight of Cups.
It’s been a long time coming, too, considering that production initially wrapped in the closing stages of 2014, before Malick’s spiritual feature had its worldwide premiere at last year’s Berlin Film Festival. Now, more than a year late, Broad Green Pictures is bringing the feature to theaters in little over two weeks’ time, and today’s new images give fans an early opportunity to get acquainted with the key characters.
Orbiting around Christian Bale’s depressed Hollywood screenwriter, Knight of Cups follows his character of Rick on a existential search for meaning, crossing paths with a stripper (Teresa Palmer), a model (Freida Pinto) and a married woman (Natalie Portman). That’s not all,...
Terrence Malick, creative mind behind To The Wonder, Tree of Life and The Thin Red Line among many others, is on the verge of releasing another exercise in experimental filmmaking in Knight of Cups.
It’s been a long time coming, too, considering that production initially wrapped in the closing stages of 2014, before Malick’s spiritual feature had its worldwide premiere at last year’s Berlin Film Festival. Now, more than a year late, Broad Green Pictures is bringing the feature to theaters in little over two weeks’ time, and today’s new images give fans an early opportunity to get acquainted with the key characters.
Orbiting around Christian Bale’s depressed Hollywood screenwriter, Knight of Cups follows his character of Rick on a existential search for meaning, crossing paths with a stripper (Teresa Palmer), a model (Freida Pinto) and a married woman (Natalie Portman). That’s not all,...
- 2/16/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Cinematographer Emmanuel ("Chivo") Lubezki continued his remarkable roll Sunday night. After taking BAFTA honors for "The Revenant," he became the first Asc member to win five awards with the metaphysical wilderness adventure (surpassing the late Conrad Hall), and three consecutively. He previously won for "Birdman," "Gravity," "Tree of Life," and "Children of Men." Read More: "Inside the BAFTA Awards" Lubezki's now poised to become the first in his craft to do the consecutive Oscar hat-trick (he's currently tied with Leon Shamroy, Winton Hoch, and John Toll, who received the Asc's Lifetime Achievement Award). He thanked director Alejandro G. Iñárritu (who made history last weekend by snatching his second consecutive DGA award) for his passion and energy. Lubezki recently told me that making "The Revenant" changed his life and is the most immersive movie he's...
- 2/15/2016
- by Bill Desowitz
- Thompson on Hollywood
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