Nope (2022) Review Director: Jordan Peele Screenwriter: Jordan Peele Starring: Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Steven Yeun, Brandon Perea, Michael Wincott, Wren Schmidt, Kieth David, Terry Notary, Jacob Kim Jordan Peele’s third feature, Nope, arrived shrouded in secrecy and high expectations. Early marketing offered little more than a single ominous poster and brief teasers of people … Read more
Warner Bros. is developing a modern reimagining of the 1939 classic The Wizard of Oz, with Kenya Barris attached to write, direct and produce. Warner Bros. has confirmed plans to remake the Golden Age classic The Wizard of Oz (1939), the beloved technicolor musical that originally starred Judy Garland as Dorothy, a young girl swept … Read more
Warner Bros. is moving forward with a remake of the Golden Age classic The Wizard of Oz (1939), and Kenya Barris, creator of the acclaimed series Black-ish, has been tapped to write, direct, and produce the new reimagining. Sources indicate this project will be a contemporary reimagining of the iconic 1939 film that starred Judy … Read more
Flux Gourmet (2022) Director: Peter Strickland Screenwriter: Peter Strickland Starring: Asa Butterfield, Gwendoline Christie, Ariane Labed, Fatma Mohamed, Makis Papadimitriou Peter Strickland, the director celebrated for his distinctive and often divisive cinematic voice, returns with Flux Gourmet, a film that reaffirms his fascination with the strange and the stylized. Following his giallo-inflected dark comedy In … Read more
Flux Gourmet (2022) Director: Peter Strickland Screenwriter: Peter Strickland Starring: Asa Butterfield, Gwendoline Christie, Ariane Labed, Fatma Mohamed, Makis Papadimitriou Peter Strickland, the director known for his distinct and often unsettling cinematic voice, returns with Flux Gourmet, a film that blends dark comedy, satire, and the aesthetics of giallo. Following the visual bravura of his … Read more
Aftersun (2022) Director: Charlotte Wells Screenwriter: Charlotte Wells Starring: Paul Mescal, Frankie Corio, Celia Rowlson-Hall Charlotte Wells’ feature debut, Aftersun, arrived to wide critical praise after premiering during Cannes Critics’ Week and opening the 2022 Edinburgh International Film Festival in the UK. The film chronicles a short holiday in Turkey taken by a father and … Read more
Aftersun (2022) Director: Charlotte Wells Screenwriter: Charlotte Wells Starring: Paul Mescal, Frankie Corio, Celia Rowlson-Hall Charlotte Wells’ feature debut, Aftersun, premiered to critical acclaim during Critics’ Week at Cannes and later opened the 2022 Edinburgh International Film Festival in the UK. The film follows a father and daughter, Calum (Paul Mescal) and Sophie (Frankie Corio), … Read more
Black Narcissus (1947) Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger Screenwriters: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger Starring: Deborah Kerr, David Farrar, Kathleen Byron, Sabu, Flora Robson, Jenny Laird, Judith Furse, Esmond Knight, Jean Simmons, May Hallatt, Eddie Whaley Jr A technical triumph for its era and an enduring influence on filmmakers, Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s Black Narcissus … Read more
Black Narcissus (1947) Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger Screenwriters: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger Starring: Deborah Kerr, David Farrar, Kathleen Byron, Sabu, Flora Robson, Jenny Laird, Judith Furse, Esmond Knight, Jean Simmons, May Hallatt, Eddie Whaley Jr Black Narcissus, directed and written by the celebrated British duo Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, remains a landmark in … Read more
Bullet Train (2022) Review Director: David Leitch Screenwriters: Zak Olkewicz, Kôtarô Isaka Starring: Brad Pitt, Joey King, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Brian Tyree Henry, Andrew Koji, Hiroyuki Sanada, Michael Shannon The existence of Bullet Train — a glossy, neon-soaked action movie with a reported budget near $86 million (per IMDb) — raises immediate questions: why spend so … Read more