Happiest Season (2020) Director: Clea DuVall Screenwriters: Clea DuVall, Mary Holland Starring: Kristen Stewart, Mackenzie Davis, Alison Brie, Aubrey Plaza, Dan Levy, Mary Holland, Victor Garber, Mary Steenburgen Happiest Season arrives as one of the more prominent mainstream attempts to centre a same-sex couple within the familiar framework of a holiday romantic comedy. Directed and … Read more
Mank (2020) Director: David Fincher Screenwriter: Jack Fincher Starring: Gary Oldman, Amanda Seyfried, Lily Collins, Tom Pelphrey, Arliss Howard, Tuppence Middleton, Monika Grossmann, Joseph Cross, Sam Troughton, Toby Leonard Moore, Tom Burke, Charles Dance David Fincher’s Mank is a lovingly crafted behind-the-scenes portrait of the making of Citizen Kane, shot with frequent visual and tonal … Read more
Edward Scissorhands (1990) Director: Tim BurtonScreenwriter: Caroline ThompsonStarring: Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest, Anthony Michael Hall, Kathy Baker, Alan Arkin, Vincent Price It’s almost astonishing that more than thirty years have passed since Edward Scissorhands first arrived in cinemas. When Tim Burton was the defining voice of gothic-tinged cinema, this 1990 film became essential … Read more
Peninsula (2020) Director: Yeon Sang-ho Screenwriters: Yeon Sang-ho, Park Joo-Suk Starring: Gang Dong-won, Lee Jung-hyun, Kim Min-jae, Koo Kyo-hwan, Kim Do-yoon, Kwon Hae-hyo, Lee Re, Lee Yi-won Peninsula, the standalone follow-up to the breakout hit Train to Busan, feels shamelessly derivative at times, especially compared with the film’s more inventive predecessor. Yet while it leans … Read more
Warner Bros to Release All 2021 Films Day-and-Date on HBO Max On Thursday 3 December 2020, major US studio Warner Bros announced that every feature film on its 2021 release slate will be available to stream on the same day those films open in cinemas. WarnerMedia chair and CEO Ann Sarnoff described the move as … Read more
Rushmore (1998) Director: Wes Anderson Screenwriters: Wes Anderson, Owen Wilson Starring: Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Olivia Williams, Brian Cox, Luke Wilson Following the modest success of his debut, Bottle Rocket, Wes Anderson returned with the more assured and unmistakably idiosyncratic Rushmore. Released in 1998, the film introduced Jason Schwartzman in his screen debut as Max … Read more
Peter Dinklage to Star in Legendary Pictures’ Remake of The Toxic Avenger Peter Dinklage has been announced to play the lead role in Legendary Pictures’ remake of the 1980s cult film The Toxic Avenger. This casting news marks a notable turn for the actor, who has earned widespread acclaim for both television and film work. … Read more
Uncle Frank (2020) Director: Alan Ball Screenwriter: Alan Ball Starring: Paul Bettany, Sophia Lillis, Peter Macdissi, Steve Zahn, Judy Greer, Margo Martindale, Stephen Root Alan Ball’s Uncle Frank is a film that squarely examines the harshness of conservative Southern values toward those who fall outside their prescribed norms. Set in 1970s Creeksville, North Carolina, the … Read more
People have not been kind to David Lynch’s Dune (1984). An ambitious attempt to adapt Frank Herbert’s 1965 science-fiction classic, Lynch’s film has been called “impossible to follow” by Empire Magazine, “pointless” by Roger Ebert, and even “a huge gigantic sadness” by Lynch himself. The film struggled at the box office and has been embraced … Read more
The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) announced the winners of its 2020 film and television awards on 30 November 2020. The ceremony was notable for the strong showing of Shannon Murphy’s drama Babyteeth, which dominated the film categories and collected multiple top honours. Adapted for the screen by Rita Kalnejais from her … Read more
