HBO’s anthology series “True Detective” is back after five years with a new season that will compete at the 2024 Emmy Awards. This latest installment that premiered in January comes with the subtitle “True Detective: Night Country” and, while still part of the franchise, it’s the first to not have the involvement of creator Nic Pizzolato – other than his executive producer credit. It was instead developed by Issa Lopez who wrote (or co-wrote) and directed all six episodes, and stars Jodie Foster and Kali Reis as detectives in an Alaskan town investigating the disappearance of eight scientists. Let’s re-examine the three previous seasons of “True Detective” at the Emmys – which garnered a combined total of 22 nominations and five wins – to determine possible nominations in categories for the current season.
Here is the complete Emmys history for the first three seasons of “True Detective”:
Season 1 (2014):
Best Drama Series
Nic Pizzolato,...
Here is the complete Emmys history for the first three seasons of “True Detective”:
Season 1 (2014):
Best Drama Series
Nic Pizzolato,...
- 4/1/2024
- by Christopher Tsang
- Gold Derby
“Magazine Dreams,” Elijah Bynum’s sophomore feature starring Jonathan Majors, will be released in theaters on Dec. 8, Disney’s Searchlight Pictures announced on Friday.
The film premiered at Sundance and won the Jury Award for Creative Vision.
Haley Bennett, Taylour Paige, Mike O’Hearn, Harrison Page and Harriet Sansom Harris also star in the intense drama. “Magazine Dreams” is described, in the official synopsis, as following “aspiring bodybuilder Killian Maddox (Majors), who struggles to find human connection in this exploration of celebrity and violence. Nothing deters him from his fiercely protected dream of superstardom, not even the doctors who warn him of the permanent damage he causes to himself with his quest.”
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Our review of the film out of Sundance was mixed positive, with praise being heaped on Majors’ performance. “Anchored in his greatness, ‘Magazine Dreams’ can get away with most of its flaws,...
The film premiered at Sundance and won the Jury Award for Creative Vision.
Haley Bennett, Taylour Paige, Mike O’Hearn, Harrison Page and Harriet Sansom Harris also star in the intense drama. “Magazine Dreams” is described, in the official synopsis, as following “aspiring bodybuilder Killian Maddox (Majors), who struggles to find human connection in this exploration of celebrity and violence. Nothing deters him from his fiercely protected dream of superstardom, not even the doctors who warn him of the permanent damage he causes to himself with his quest.”
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Our review of the film out of Sundance was mixed positive, with praise being heaped on Majors’ performance. “Anchored in his greatness, ‘Magazine Dreams’ can get away with most of its flaws,...
- 3/24/2023
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
One of the most talked-about Sundance movies from this year’s festival finally has a home, as Searchlight Pictures has acquired “Magazine Dreams,” Elijah Bynum’s sophomore feature starring Jonathan Majors. The movie won the Sundance Jury Award for Creative Vision.
Haley Bennett, Taylour Paige, Mike O’Hearn, Harrison Page and Harriet Sansom Harris also star in the intense drama. “Magazine Dreams” is described, in the official synopsis, as following “aspiring bodybuilder Killian Maddox (Majors), who struggles to find human connection in this exploration of celebrity and violence. Nothing deters him from his fiercely protected dream of superstardom, not even the doctors who warn him of the permanent damage he causes to himself with his quest.”
Our review of the film out of Sundance was mixed positive, with praise being heaped on Majors’ performance. “Anchored in his greatness, ‘Magazine Dreams’ can get away with most of its flaws,” the review read.
Haley Bennett, Taylour Paige, Mike O’Hearn, Harrison Page and Harriet Sansom Harris also star in the intense drama. “Magazine Dreams” is described, in the official synopsis, as following “aspiring bodybuilder Killian Maddox (Majors), who struggles to find human connection in this exploration of celebrity and violence. Nothing deters him from his fiercely protected dream of superstardom, not even the doctors who warn him of the permanent damage he causes to himself with his quest.”
Our review of the film out of Sundance was mixed positive, with praise being heaped on Majors’ performance. “Anchored in his greatness, ‘Magazine Dreams’ can get away with most of its flaws,” the review read.
- 2/14/2023
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
Laura Dern and science-fiction have often made for great bedfellows in the past, as evidenced by "Jurassic Park" and "Star Wars: The Last Jedi." For her return to the genre, "Morning," Dern is teaming up with "The Snowtown Murders" and "Macbeth" (2015) director Justin Kurzel. The latter's previous excursion into sci-fi with "Assassin's Creed" didn't work out so well, but you know what they say: If at first you don't succeed, try casting Laura F**king Dern instead and see what happens.
Dern is far from the only exciting cast member for "Morning," of course. According to The Hollywood Reporter, "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" veteran Naomi Ackie has also joined the film's ensemble on the heels of her performance as Whitney Houston in the musician biopic, "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" (for which Ackie herself earned top marks; the rest of the movie less so). With production slated to...
Dern is far from the only exciting cast member for "Morning," of course. According to The Hollywood Reporter, "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" veteran Naomi Ackie has also joined the film's ensemble on the heels of her performance as Whitney Houston in the musician biopic, "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" (for which Ackie herself earned top marks; the rest of the movie less so). With production slated to...
- 2/13/2023
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
Fresh from her critically acclaimed lead performance in Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody and having filmed major roles in Bong Joon-ho’s much-anticipated Mickey 7 and Zoe Kravitz’s directorial debut Pussy Island last year, Naomi Ackie has landed another starry feature.
The Hollywood Reporter has learned that the British actress — also a 2023 BAFTA rising star nominee and BAFTA TV award winner back in 2020 — has joined the A-list cast of Morning, the upcoming sci-fi feature from Justin Kurzel (Snowtown, Macbeth, Assassin’s Creed). Announced last year, the film will also star Oscar and BAFTA winner Laura Dern (Marriage Story, Little Women, Big Little Lies) and Noah Jupe (A Quiet Place I & II, Honey Boy), with Oscar nominee and BAFTA winner Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power of the Dog, Spider-Man: No Way Home, The Imitation Game) appearing in a supporting role. Cumberbatch and Dern also exec produce.
Morning is described as a story about “human connection,...
The Hollywood Reporter has learned that the British actress — also a 2023 BAFTA rising star nominee and BAFTA TV award winner back in 2020 — has joined the A-list cast of Morning, the upcoming sci-fi feature from Justin Kurzel (Snowtown, Macbeth, Assassin’s Creed). Announced last year, the film will also star Oscar and BAFTA winner Laura Dern (Marriage Story, Little Women, Big Little Lies) and Noah Jupe (A Quiet Place I & II, Honey Boy), with Oscar nominee and BAFTA winner Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power of the Dog, Spider-Man: No Way Home, The Imitation Game) appearing in a supporting role. Cumberbatch and Dern also exec produce.
Morning is described as a story about “human connection,...
- 2/13/2023
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Actor Jonathan Majors is a powerhouse of a performer, disappearing into any role he inhabits. He once again does exactly in his transformation into the world of bodybuilding obsession in the intense drama Magazine Dreams. The first half introduces a fascinating premise, although it loses its way and never quite manages to find a way to recover.
‘Magazine Dreams’ dives into the world of bodybuilding Jonathan Majors as Killian Maddox | Glen Wilson / Courtesy of Sundance Institute
Killian Maddox (Majors) lives with his veteran grandfather, who he helps take care of. Meanwhile, he attends court-mandated therapy appointments and works at a local grocery store, where he admires a cashier (Haley Bennett) he has a crush on. However, Killian can’t seem to garner the strength to ask her out due to his social anxieties.
He spends all of his time dreaming of becoming the world’s biggest bodybuilding superstar. Killian looks...
‘Magazine Dreams’ dives into the world of bodybuilding Jonathan Majors as Killian Maddox | Glen Wilson / Courtesy of Sundance Institute
Killian Maddox (Majors) lives with his veteran grandfather, who he helps take care of. Meanwhile, he attends court-mandated therapy appointments and works at a local grocery store, where he admires a cashier (Haley Bennett) he has a crush on. However, Killian can’t seem to garner the strength to ask her out due to his social anxieties.
He spends all of his time dreaming of becoming the world’s biggest bodybuilding superstar. Killian looks...
- 1/25/2023
- by Jeff Nelson
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Take a glance at Jonathan Majors’ eclectic collection of roles, and you’ll find a playwright in “The Last Black Man in San Francisco,” a fighter pilot in the recent “Devotion,” and soon a villain in the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.” The versatility at work in his choices speaks of an enviable dramatic range always ripe for a challenge.
But what Majors does in writer-director Elijah Bynum’s “Magazine Dreams” as Killian Maddox, an alarmingly single-minded bodybuilder staring straight into the abyss of his own despair, is the kind of earth-shattering showcase that turns an actor into a legend. His unclassifiable potency leaves us, the audience, to grapple with the fearlessness on display.
Killian’s chiseled body, sculpted from equal parts discipline and consistent steroids use, would astound most people, but the judges at the semiprofessional competitions he enters remain unimpressed. Nor does he fulfill...
But what Majors does in writer-director Elijah Bynum’s “Magazine Dreams” as Killian Maddox, an alarmingly single-minded bodybuilder staring straight into the abyss of his own despair, is the kind of earth-shattering showcase that turns an actor into a legend. His unclassifiable potency leaves us, the audience, to grapple with the fearlessness on display.
Killian’s chiseled body, sculpted from equal parts discipline and consistent steroids use, would astound most people, but the judges at the semiprofessional competitions he enters remain unimpressed. Nor does he fulfill...
- 1/21/2023
- by Carlos Aguilar
- The Wrap
How do you make people like you? How do you make people remember you? These are the Google search queries of Killian Maddox (Jonathan Majors), a bodybuilder with delusional dreams of fame and an isolated life, tending to his Vietnam veteran grandpa as he dedicates every waking second to improving his physique and pushing his body to the extreme. A ruthlessly nihilistic beast of a movie, Elijah Bynum’s second feature Magazine Dreams provides a one-note powerhouse acting showcase for Majors, who ends up getting lost in the drawn-out second half as thematic points that initially sting get repeated ad nauseam and red herrings meant to shock become unnecessary side plots.
Shot by cinematographer Adam Arkapaw with the same unrelenting, suffocating vision he brought to the films of Justin Kurzel, it starts with Maddox as he projects his dream vision: alone on the stage as lights glisten off his perfectly sculpted body.
Shot by cinematographer Adam Arkapaw with the same unrelenting, suffocating vision he brought to the films of Justin Kurzel, it starts with Maddox as he projects his dream vision: alone on the stage as lights glisten off his perfectly sculpted body.
- 1/21/2023
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
"On every street in every city in this country, there's a nobody who dreams of being a somebody." So says the tagline for Martin Scorsese's "Taxi Driver." It's a sentiment that can also be applied to the main character of "Magazine Dreams," which almost seems to be asking the question: What if Travis Bickle was a bodybuilder instead of a cab driver? Killian Maddox is, to quote "Taxi Driver" again, God's Lonely Man — a socially awkward, mentally unstable young man with big dreams of being a famous bodybuilder. He's certainly ripped enough — his body looks like it's chiseled from stone. But it's not enough. He can't seem to find the acclaim he deserves. And he can't seem to connect with anyone. His only real positive connection is his sick grandfather, who doesn't say much.
Killian is played by Jonathan Majors, and at this point, I think it's more than fair...
Killian is played by Jonathan Majors, and at this point, I think it's more than fair...
- 1/21/2023
- by Chris Evangelista
- Slash Film
The Melbourne International Film Festival have announced the inaugural Miff Awards recipients. The newly introduced Miff Awards, which include the Bright Horizons Competition and Award and the Blackmagic Design Australian Innovation Award, were launched as part of the 70th anniversary alongside the return of the Miff Audience Award. Chosen by a distinguished jury of industry figures. Alongside Jury President, stage and screen Actor and Director Shareena Clanton (Wentworth), the jury comprised Emmy award-winning filmmaker and artist Lynette Wallworth, Australian cinematographer Adam Arkapaw (Animal Kingdom) and Indonesian film director and screenwriter Mouly Surya (Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts). The jury gathered at Olinda Hall, the site of the very first Melbourne Film Festival event in 1952, to deliberate and determine the 2022 category winners,...
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- 8/21/2022
- Screen Anarchy
After 18 days of in-person screenings, over 370 movies and the allocation of a new prize fund totaling 210,000 Aud the Melbourne International Film Festival (Miff) has to be one of the lengthiest, liveliest and now most lucrative film festivals in the world. The winning films were announced at Saturday evening’s closing gala, with Afrofuturist sci-fi musical “Neptune Frost,” a U.S.-Rwandan co-production directed by Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman, taking the Bright Horizons top prize of 140,000 Aud. Jub Clerc, the Indigenous Australian director of coming-of-age road movie “Sweet As,” scooped the Blackmagic Design Australian Innovation Award of 70,000 Aud.
This is the first year of the Bright Horizons competition. After being selected from an exceptionally strong 11-film lineup, which included festival favourites like Charlotte Wells’ “Aftersun,” Laura Wandel’s “Playground” and Natalia López Gallardo’s “Robe of Gems,” Williams and Uzeyman were clearly moved while accepting the award via Zoom.
“It...
This is the first year of the Bright Horizons competition. After being selected from an exceptionally strong 11-film lineup, which included festival favourites like Charlotte Wells’ “Aftersun,” Laura Wandel’s “Playground” and Natalia López Gallardo’s “Robe of Gems,” Williams and Uzeyman were clearly moved while accepting the award via Zoom.
“It...
- 8/20/2022
- by Jessica Kiang
- Variety Film + TV
Laura Dern, Noah Jupe and Benedict Cumberbatch will star together in a futuristic drama called “Morning” from Australian director Justin Kurzel.
Dern and Jupe star in “Morning” as a mother and son living in a world in which a pill does away the need for sleep and an artificial sun makes it so that there’s no end to the morning daylight of living and work. Cumberbatch also stars in a supporting role. Here’s the full synopsis:
Ambitious and driven Cathy (Dern) was an early advocate of a sleepless world, but as she and her son Danny (Jupe) pick up the pieces of their lives following the death of her husband Frank (Cumberbatch), she finds the universe she helped to build is starting to crumble around her, whilst memories she fought so hard to repress are bleeding into her waking life. As Danny is further drawn into a subversive underworld of dreamers,...
Dern and Jupe star in “Morning” as a mother and son living in a world in which a pill does away the need for sleep and an artificial sun makes it so that there’s no end to the morning daylight of living and work. Cumberbatch also stars in a supporting role. Here’s the full synopsis:
Ambitious and driven Cathy (Dern) was an early advocate of a sleepless world, but as she and her son Danny (Jupe) pick up the pieces of their lives following the death of her husband Frank (Cumberbatch), she finds the universe she helped to build is starting to crumble around her, whilst memories she fought so hard to repress are bleeding into her waking life. As Danny is further drawn into a subversive underworld of dreamers,...
- 1/31/2022
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Benedict Cumberbatch, Laura Dern and Noah Jupe are set to star in “Morning,” an upcoming feature from “Assassin’s Creed” director Justin Kurzel.
Dern (“Marriage Story”) and Jupe (“A Quiet Place”) will lead while “Doctor Strange” star Cumberbatch appears in a supporting role.
Kurzel’s last feature, “Nitram,” was nominated for a Palme d’Or.
Set in the near future, “Morning” is set in a society that has evolved beyond the need to sleep thanks to a new pill and artificial sun.
Ambitious Cathy (played by Dern) is an early proponent of the new normal – until the death of her husband Frank (Cumberbatch). As her sleepless world crumbles around her, her memories began impinging on her waking hours. Meanwhile her son Danny (Jupe), part of a new generation that has grown up without ever sleeping, is drawn into a “subversive underworld of dreamers” who begin to rebel in an attempt to reclaim their dreams.
Dern (“Marriage Story”) and Jupe (“A Quiet Place”) will lead while “Doctor Strange” star Cumberbatch appears in a supporting role.
Kurzel’s last feature, “Nitram,” was nominated for a Palme d’Or.
Set in the near future, “Morning” is set in a society that has evolved beyond the need to sleep thanks to a new pill and artificial sun.
Ambitious Cathy (played by Dern) is an early proponent of the new normal – until the death of her husband Frank (Cumberbatch). As her sleepless world crumbles around her, her memories began impinging on her waking hours. Meanwhile her son Danny (Jupe), part of a new generation that has grown up without ever sleeping, is drawn into a “subversive underworld of dreamers” who begin to rebel in an attempt to reclaim their dreams.
- 1/31/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Here’s a strong one for the virtual EFM market. Oscar and BAFTA winner Laura Dern (Big Little Lies), A Quiet Place star Noah Jupe and Oscar nominee Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game) have been set to star in new Justin Kurzel (Nitram) project Morning, which HanWay is launching.
The film is set in a near future where society has a pill that does away with the need to sleep. With the added help of an artificial sun, there is no end to morning daylight, living and work. However, as a young generation grows up deprived of the world of sleep, they consider rebelling to reclaim their dreams.
HanWay is handling international sales. CAA Media Finance and UTA Independent Film Group are co-repping the U.S. sale.
Morning was written by Manchester-born writer Sam Steiner. The screenplay was picked up by Cumberbatch and Adam Ackland’s SunnyMarch. SunnyMarch’s Head of Film,...
The film is set in a near future where society has a pill that does away with the need to sleep. With the added help of an artificial sun, there is no end to morning daylight, living and work. However, as a young generation grows up deprived of the world of sleep, they consider rebelling to reclaim their dreams.
HanWay is handling international sales. CAA Media Finance and UTA Independent Film Group are co-repping the U.S. sale.
Morning was written by Manchester-born writer Sam Steiner. The screenplay was picked up by Cumberbatch and Adam Ackland’s SunnyMarch. SunnyMarch’s Head of Film,...
- 1/31/2022
- by Tom Grater and Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
While Aacta’s Byron Kennedy Award is typically given to an individual or organisation who demonstrates “outstanding creative enterprise”, this year the award will go to a film.
The nominees for the honour, which celebrates the legacy of Dr George Miller’s original producing partner and Mad Max co-creator Byron Kennedy, are a short-list of the last decade’s best indie genre features.
The films are diverse, spanning comedies, Westerns, thrillers, horrors and sci-fis, but Aacta has determined each are in line with Kennedy’s “ethos of excellence”, resourcefulness and “the can-do spirit of independent, low-budget local filmmaking.”
They include: The Babadook, Beast, Cargo, Girl Asleep, I Am Mother, The Infinite Man, Mad Bastards, Mystery Road, Red Hill, That’s Not Me, These Final Hours and Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead.
‘Girl Asleep’.
Many nominated are debut features, such as Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook and Zak Hilditch’s These Final Hours,...
The nominees for the honour, which celebrates the legacy of Dr George Miller’s original producing partner and Mad Max co-creator Byron Kennedy, are a short-list of the last decade’s best indie genre features.
The films are diverse, spanning comedies, Westerns, thrillers, horrors and sci-fis, but Aacta has determined each are in line with Kennedy’s “ethos of excellence”, resourcefulness and “the can-do spirit of independent, low-budget local filmmaking.”
They include: The Babadook, Beast, Cargo, Girl Asleep, I Am Mother, The Infinite Man, Mad Bastards, Mystery Road, Red Hill, That’s Not Me, These Final Hours and Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead.
‘Girl Asleep’.
Many nominated are debut features, such as Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook and Zak Hilditch’s These Final Hours,...
- 11/24/2020
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
‘Lambs of God’.
Lingo Pictures’ Lambs of God was the big winner at yesterday’s Aacta Industry Luncheon, taking home seven of a potential nine awards, while Rodd Rathjen’s debut feature Buoyancy was named Best Indie Film.
Sweeping the afternoon, Lambs of God’s various accolades included Best Direction in a Television Drama or Comedy for Jeffery Walker; Best Cinematography in Television for Don McAlpine; Best Original Score in Television for Bryony Marks (one of two awards for the composer during the event); Best Production Design in Television for Chris Kennedy; Best Costume Design in Television for Xanthe Heubel; Best Sound Sound in Television for Nick Emond, Stephen Smith, Paul Devescovi and Mia Stewart; and Best Hair and Makeup for Zeljka Stanin, Paul Pattison, Cheryl Williams and Anita Howell-Lowe.
The Foxtel mini-series was beaten only out for Best Screenplay in Television, which went to Niki Aken and Matthew Cormack for The Hunting,...
Lingo Pictures’ Lambs of God was the big winner at yesterday’s Aacta Industry Luncheon, taking home seven of a potential nine awards, while Rodd Rathjen’s debut feature Buoyancy was named Best Indie Film.
Sweeping the afternoon, Lambs of God’s various accolades included Best Direction in a Television Drama or Comedy for Jeffery Walker; Best Cinematography in Television for Don McAlpine; Best Original Score in Television for Bryony Marks (one of two awards for the composer during the event); Best Production Design in Television for Chris Kennedy; Best Costume Design in Television for Xanthe Heubel; Best Sound Sound in Television for Nick Emond, Stephen Smith, Paul Devescovi and Mia Stewart; and Best Hair and Makeup for Zeljka Stanin, Paul Pattison, Cheryl Williams and Anita Howell-Lowe.
The Foxtel mini-series was beaten only out for Best Screenplay in Television, which went to Niki Aken and Matthew Cormack for The Hunting,...
- 12/3/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
“I love that almost all of [David Michod‘s] movies, without speaking for him, deal with what we call now a toxic masculinity, and maybe throughout history were just the … evil whims of men,” says Timothee Chalamet about what attracted him to the Netflix film “The King.” The actor discussed the film during a Q&a for Oscar voters at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater along with Michod, writer/actor Joel Edgerton, composer Nicholas Britell and producer Dede Gardner. Watch them above.
“The King,” which opened in theaters on October 11 before debuting on the streaming service on November 1, stars Chalamet as King Henry V and is based on Shakespeare’s trilogy of plays about the monarch. But how do you follow Kenneth Branagh and Laurence Olivier, who have also played the Shakespearean role on-screen? Chalamet admits that it would be “hopeless” to compete with those legendary performances “because I’m a young American and they gave near-flawless performances.
“The King,” which opened in theaters on October 11 before debuting on the streaming service on November 1, stars Chalamet as King Henry V and is based on Shakespeare’s trilogy of plays about the monarch. But how do you follow Kenneth Branagh and Laurence Olivier, who have also played the Shakespearean role on-screen? Chalamet admits that it would be “hopeless” to compete with those legendary performances “because I’m a young American and they gave near-flawless performances.
- 11/6/2019
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Stars: Timothée Chalamet, Ben Mendelsohn, Sean Harris, Joel Edgerton, Robert Pattinson, Tom Glynn-Carney, Gábor Czap, Tom Fisher, Edward Ashley, Steven Elder, Ivan Kaye, Tom Lawrence | Written by Joel Edgerton, David Michôd | Directed by David Michôd
Both epic in scale and intimate in design, The King shows the struggle of a young king – who is fully embodied by Timothée Chalamet, who yet again proves he’s the best young talent Hollywood has to offer.
The brooding slow burn that is The King sets a pace from the very beginning that shows us this isn’t your typical historical epic. Instead of this being another action packed medieval tale, The King takes a slower, deeper look at the life and hardships of a king. It also takes a hard deep look at the reality of war and the cost of peace.
The film tells the tale of King Henry V, when he...
Both epic in scale and intimate in design, The King shows the struggle of a young king – who is fully embodied by Timothée Chalamet, who yet again proves he’s the best young talent Hollywood has to offer.
The brooding slow burn that is The King sets a pace from the very beginning that shows us this isn’t your typical historical epic. Instead of this being another action packed medieval tale, The King takes a slower, deeper look at the life and hardships of a king. It also takes a hard deep look at the reality of war and the cost of peace.
The film tells the tale of King Henry V, when he...
- 11/5/2019
- by Alex Ginnelly
- Nerdly
“The King” is a film full of surprises: It’s a saga that strays both from history and from Shakespeare in its tale of power and betrayal; it brilliantly casts Timothée Chalamet against type to portray a young man who has weighty responsibilities suddenly thrust upon him; and it’s a smart and taut bit of storytelling from David Michôd, whose previous feature “War Machine” was neither of those things.
How well this moody (and moodily-lit) story will translate to Netflix is anyone’s guess — watch it in a dark room for full effect — but on any-sized screen, it’s a historical piece that defies expectation and offers both the thrills of battle and a thoughtful critique of war and imperialism.
Structurally, this is a story you know from “Henry IV, Part 2” and “Henry V” (or “Chimes at Midnight” or “My Own Private Idaho”). Prince Hal (Chalamet) lives a life of hedonism,...
How well this moody (and moodily-lit) story will translate to Netflix is anyone’s guess — watch it in a dark room for full effect — but on any-sized screen, it’s a historical piece that defies expectation and offers both the thrills of battle and a thoughtful critique of war and imperialism.
Structurally, this is a story you know from “Henry IV, Part 2” and “Henry V” (or “Chimes at Midnight” or “My Own Private Idaho”). Prince Hal (Chalamet) lives a life of hedonism,...
- 10/31/2019
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
Timothée Chalamet and David Michôd on the set of ‘The King’.
David Michôd’s 2010 debut feature Animal Kingdom propelled him to international attention. But as that was happening, the writer-director wasn’t sure where to go next with his career: so many of the studios were shutting down their specialty divisions.
“Nobody was making those properly resourced, mid-budgeted movies for grown ups. And then Netflix arrived,” he tells If.
Michôd has since made two films for the streamer: 2017 Brad Pitt vehicle War Machine and the upcoming The King, starring Timothée Chalamet, Joel Edgerton (who also co-wrote and co-produced the film with Michôd), Lily Rose Depp, Sean Harris, Robert Pattinson and Ben Mendelsohn.
The King premiered at the Venice Film Festival in September and is currently in limited theatrical release ahead of a launch on Netflix November 1. Last week, it garnered some 13 Aacta nominations.
Michôd says Netflix is making the kinds...
David Michôd’s 2010 debut feature Animal Kingdom propelled him to international attention. But as that was happening, the writer-director wasn’t sure where to go next with his career: so many of the studios were shutting down their specialty divisions.
“Nobody was making those properly resourced, mid-budgeted movies for grown ups. And then Netflix arrived,” he tells If.
Michôd has since made two films for the streamer: 2017 Brad Pitt vehicle War Machine and the upcoming The King, starring Timothée Chalamet, Joel Edgerton (who also co-wrote and co-produced the film with Michôd), Lily Rose Depp, Sean Harris, Robert Pattinson and Ben Mendelsohn.
The King premiered at the Venice Film Festival in September and is currently in limited theatrical release ahead of a launch on Netflix November 1. Last week, it garnered some 13 Aacta nominations.
Michôd says Netflix is making the kinds...
- 10/27/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Timothee Chalamet was determined not to be typecast after his breakout, Oscar-nominated performance in “Call Me By Your Name” two years ago. Since then he has appeared in an eclectic mix of films, each different from the last. His latest, David Michod‘s “The King,” is based on on several plays from William Shakespeare‘s historical plays, collectively referred to as the “Henriad.” It recently screened as part of the BFI London Film Festival and will be released stateside by Netflix on October 11 before it streams starting on November 1.
As Henry V, Chalamet shows a steely brutality mixed with measured strength in a physical role that presents him as a leader amongst much more experienced men. He redeems himself in a part played on-screen previously by Laurence Olivier and Kenneth Branagh. Those knighted actors headlined straightforward adaptations of Shakespeare’s play “Henry V.” This new film, which was written by...
As Henry V, Chalamet shows a steely brutality mixed with measured strength in a physical role that presents him as a leader amongst much more experienced men. He redeems himself in a part played on-screen previously by Laurence Olivier and Kenneth Branagh. Those knighted actors headlined straightforward adaptations of Shakespeare’s play “Henry V.” This new film, which was written by...
- 10/9/2019
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
‘Top End Wedding’, ‘Hearts and Bones’ and ‘The King’ are among the 34 longlisted films.
Some 34 feature films will compete for nominations for this year’s Aacta Awards, and the longlist covers a diverse range of titles, from box office earners like Top End Wedding and Storm Boy, through to critically lauded films like The Nightingale and micro budget indies such as Suburban Wildlife.
However, perhaps the most notable inclusion in the longlist is David Michôd’s Netflix Original The King, which premiered at Venice Film Festival last week to an eight-minute standing ovation.
Typically, to be eligible for Aacta Awards, a film – even when made for a streaming platform – must have paid cinema screenings in Australia or local festival play.
Aacta has made an exception for The King, which is not due to play in Australian cinemas or in festivals before its release on Netflix later this year, because of...
Some 34 feature films will compete for nominations for this year’s Aacta Awards, and the longlist covers a diverse range of titles, from box office earners like Top End Wedding and Storm Boy, through to critically lauded films like The Nightingale and micro budget indies such as Suburban Wildlife.
However, perhaps the most notable inclusion in the longlist is David Michôd’s Netflix Original The King, which premiered at Venice Film Festival last week to an eight-minute standing ovation.
Typically, to be eligible for Aacta Awards, a film – even when made for a streaming platform – must have paid cinema screenings in Australia or local festival play.
Aacta has made an exception for The King, which is not due to play in Australian cinemas or in festivals before its release on Netflix later this year, because of...
- 9/10/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Oh, for a muse of bowl-cut hair that would ascend / The brightest heaven of invention!
A newly groomed Timothée Chalamet stars as Henry V in David Michôd’s latest film The King, a post-modern, mud-and-guts reworking of William Shakespeare’s trilogy of plays on the reluctant ruler. As indebted to the mood and visual language of Game of Thrones as it is to the Bard’s texts, Michôd provides finely worked entertainment with a compelling and significant central performance from Chalamet–who frankly hasn’t had to carry a film in quite this way before.
The director adapted the script with the help of his fellow countryman and frequent collaborator Joel Edgerton. The Australian actor also costars here as the boozy, gregarious Falstaff in a performance that echoes Orson Welles’ take on the same character in Chimes at Midnight but later shifts away from the source material and into something...
A newly groomed Timothée Chalamet stars as Henry V in David Michôd’s latest film The King, a post-modern, mud-and-guts reworking of William Shakespeare’s trilogy of plays on the reluctant ruler. As indebted to the mood and visual language of Game of Thrones as it is to the Bard’s texts, Michôd provides finely worked entertainment with a compelling and significant central performance from Chalamet–who frankly hasn’t had to carry a film in quite this way before.
The director adapted the script with the help of his fellow countryman and frequent collaborator Joel Edgerton. The Australian actor also costars here as the boozy, gregarious Falstaff in a performance that echoes Orson Welles’ take on the same character in Chimes at Midnight but later shifts away from the source material and into something...
- 9/5/2019
- by Rory O'Connor
- The Film Stage
Casey Affleck makes his narrative feature filmmaking debut with the post-apocalyptic Light of My Life. It is a graceful sucess.
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In the opening scene of Light of My Life, the first narrative feature written and directed by Oscar-winning actor Casey Affleck, a man named Caleb (Affleck) and his daughter, nicknamed Rag (Anna Pniowsky), lie in a dimly lit, weathered tent. Caleb tells Rag a story derived from the tale of Noah’s Ark, but which gets revised as Caleb adjusts to Rag’s questions and observations. It’s a risky way to open a film and points up both Affleck’s strengths and flaws as a first-time filmmaker: the sequence establishes the bond and love between the two characters, yet goes on too long for its own good.
The relationship between Caleb and Rag is the full, beating heart of Light of My Life, and Affleck does excellent work with it,...
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In the opening scene of Light of My Life, the first narrative feature written and directed by Oscar-winning actor Casey Affleck, a man named Caleb (Affleck) and his daughter, nicknamed Rag (Anna Pniowsky), lie in a dimly lit, weathered tent. Caleb tells Rag a story derived from the tale of Noah’s Ark, but which gets revised as Caleb adjusts to Rag’s questions and observations. It’s a risky way to open a film and points up both Affleck’s strengths and flaws as a first-time filmmaker: the sequence establishes the bond and love between the two characters, yet goes on too long for its own good.
The relationship between Caleb and Rag is the full, beating heart of Light of My Life, and Affleck does excellent work with it,...
- 8/9/2019
- Den of Geek
Post-apocalyptic dramas have become such a staple of modern storytelling that they often take the backdrop for granted, as if audiences know the way the world ends so well that it requires little elaboration. Casey Affleck’s bleak “Light of My Life” — in which he directed, wrote, and stars — falls into this loose category of talky, character-based survival dramas that may as well exist in a single expanded universe.
To be fair, Affleck has conceived an original scenario, and he’s placed it against a gorgeous, lyrical backdrop. “Light of My Life” delivers a lush variation on familiar elements, and wends its way to a tense final showdown that makes the wandering trajectory worthwhile. The movie unfolds in the wake of a disease that has wiped most of the women on Earth, while Affleck’s unnamed father defends his young daughter (astonishing newcomer Anna Pniowsky) from a man’s world.
To be fair, Affleck has conceived an original scenario, and he’s placed it against a gorgeous, lyrical backdrop. “Light of My Life” delivers a lush variation on familiar elements, and wends its way to a tense final showdown that makes the wandering trajectory worthwhile. The movie unfolds in the wake of a disease that has wiped most of the women on Earth, while Affleck’s unnamed father defends his young daughter (astonishing newcomer Anna Pniowsky) from a man’s world.
- 2/8/2019
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Here’s the first clip from Oscar winner Casey Affleck’s passion project — Light of My Life — which screened today at the Berlin International Film Festival. Affleck wrote, produced, directed and starred in this film. It is an incredible accomplishment for any filmmaker and one that is hard to do well, but Affleck’s father/daughter drama set against a dark, dystopian world is beautifully crafted in every way.
From its opening scene of a father’s imaginative bedtime story to his daughter — which instantly captures the heart of both characters (see exclusive clip above) — to the ongoing suspense born out of hypervigilance as the two escape across a bitterly cold landscape, the story takes its audience on an uncertain, and at the same time, thoughtful journey.
Through the assiduous camera work of Affleck and cinematographer Adam Arkapaw, Light of My Life reveals an intimate, enigmatic story that unfolds...
From its opening scene of a father’s imaginative bedtime story to his daughter — which instantly captures the heart of both characters (see exclusive clip above) — to the ongoing suspense born out of hypervigilance as the two escape across a bitterly cold landscape, the story takes its audience on an uncertain, and at the same time, thoughtful journey.
Through the assiduous camera work of Affleck and cinematographer Adam Arkapaw, Light of My Life reveals an intimate, enigmatic story that unfolds...
- 2/8/2019
- by Anita Busch
- Deadline Film + TV
Light of My Life
Conceptually it could have added so much to the performance art and art imitating life discourse, unfortunately, Casey Affleck‘s directorial debut I’m Still Here (trailer) was a wet firecracker and the post-life further complicated his own public persona. Coincidentally, it’s the second film, Light of My Life, that could serve as a conversation starter outside the context of the film. Post Manchester by the Sea, filming took place in February of 2017 in British Columbia’s Okanagan valley. Elisabeth Moss, Affleck and Anna Pniowsky are among the players while The Light Between Oceans cinematographer Adam Arkapaw works in the West Coast glow.…...
Conceptually it could have added so much to the performance art and art imitating life discourse, unfortunately, Casey Affleck‘s directorial debut I’m Still Here (trailer) was a wet firecracker and the post-life further complicated his own public persona. Coincidentally, it’s the second film, Light of My Life, that could serve as a conversation starter outside the context of the film. Post Manchester by the Sea, filming took place in February of 2017 in British Columbia’s Okanagan valley. Elisabeth Moss, Affleck and Anna Pniowsky are among the players while The Light Between Oceans cinematographer Adam Arkapaw works in the West Coast glow.…...
- 1/22/2019
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
Aacta is calling for recommendations for the Byron Kennedy Award which celebrates outstanding creative enterprise in the screen industry.
The prize, which honours Dr George Miller’s original filmmaking partner and Mad Max co-creator Byron Kennedy, is given to an individual or organisation whose work embodies innovation and the relentless pursuit of excellence.
Presented by Kennedy Miller Mitchell in association with Aacta and selected by a jury, the award includes a cash prize of $10,000.
Past recipients include John Poulson; Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin; Animal Logic; filmmakers Ivan Sen, Amiel Courtin-Wilson and Martin Butler and Bentley Dean; Dop Adam Arkapaw; and Vr artist and filmmaker Lynette Wallworth.
The award will be presented at the 8th Aacta Awards in Sydney in December. Recommendations should be emailed to Aacta Awards manager Ivan Vukusic at ivukusic@afi.org.au with:
• A copy of the candidate’s filmography;
• A letter detailing the candidate’s...
The prize, which honours Dr George Miller’s original filmmaking partner and Mad Max co-creator Byron Kennedy, is given to an individual or organisation whose work embodies innovation and the relentless pursuit of excellence.
Presented by Kennedy Miller Mitchell in association with Aacta and selected by a jury, the award includes a cash prize of $10,000.
Past recipients include John Poulson; Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin; Animal Logic; filmmakers Ivan Sen, Amiel Courtin-Wilson and Martin Butler and Bentley Dean; Dop Adam Arkapaw; and Vr artist and filmmaker Lynette Wallworth.
The award will be presented at the 8th Aacta Awards in Sydney in December. Recommendations should be emailed to Aacta Awards manager Ivan Vukusic at ivukusic@afi.org.au with:
• A copy of the candidate’s filmography;
• A letter detailing the candidate’s...
- 9/13/2018
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Are you overwhelmed by how much television is available right now? Is life getting in the way of keeping up with the shows you wanna try out? We feel your tube-related pain. Here’s a handy feature that’ll help you locate the hidden gems in this era of Peak TV.
Top Of The Lake
Network | Sundance
Created By | Jane Campion and Gerard Lee
Number Of Episodes | 7
Episode Length | 60 mins.
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Premise | Set in the picturesque backwoods of New Zealand, Top of the Lake...
Top Of The Lake
Network | Sundance
Created By | Jane Campion and Gerard Lee
Number Of Episodes | 7
Episode Length | 60 mins.
RelatedTop of the Lake: China Girl Review: Elisabeth Moss Shines (Again) in Sundance’s Superb Crime Drama
Premise | Set in the picturesque backwoods of New Zealand, Top of the Lake...
- 9/9/2017
- TVLine.com
Shaun Grant.
Screenwriter Shaun Grant has been working non-stop since the release of Snowtown, his first film, in 2011.
Grant divides his time between La and Melbourne these days after wrapping up work on projects as diverse as Deadline Gallipoli, Jasper Jones and Berlin Syndrome at home in Australia.
Now working out of an office in West Hollywood, the scribe is working on several projects, including a long-gestating adaptation of Peter Carey.s True History of the Kelly Gang for producer Liz Watts and Snowtown director Justin Kurzel.
.It.s a beautifully written book,. says Grant. .He.s an iconic character in our country, so of course when Liz approached me I had some trepidation. But the things that scare me are usually the ones I.m drawn to. And Justin and I have been looking to work together since Snowtown..
Like Animal Kingdom before it, Snowtown put a rocket under...
Screenwriter Shaun Grant has been working non-stop since the release of Snowtown, his first film, in 2011.
Grant divides his time between La and Melbourne these days after wrapping up work on projects as diverse as Deadline Gallipoli, Jasper Jones and Berlin Syndrome at home in Australia.
Now working out of an office in West Hollywood, the scribe is working on several projects, including a long-gestating adaptation of Peter Carey.s True History of the Kelly Gang for producer Liz Watts and Snowtown director Justin Kurzel.
.It.s a beautifully written book,. says Grant. .He.s an iconic character in our country, so of course when Liz approached me I had some trepidation. But the things that scare me are usually the ones I.m drawn to. And Justin and I have been looking to work together since Snowtown..
Like Animal Kingdom before it, Snowtown put a rocket under...
- 4/10/2017
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
At Park City for the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, Daily Dead had the opportunity to speak with two of the filmmakers behind Berlin Syndrome, director Cate Shortland and producer Polly Staniford, who discussed their approach to the project, creating complicated characters and equally complex relationships, how they hope the film opens up a dialogue about abuse, and more.
Read on for more from both Shortland and Staniford, and be sure to stay tuned for more Sundance coverage right here on Daily Dead.
Great to speak with you both today. I’d love to start off by hearing how you found the source material for Berlin Syndrome, and what you recognized in the book that you thought would make for a great film.
Polly Staniford: I read the book in 2011. It was pitched to me by the publishers, and I read it and was very instantly attracted to the book. I loved the characters,...
Read on for more from both Shortland and Staniford, and be sure to stay tuned for more Sundance coverage right here on Daily Dead.
Great to speak with you both today. I’d love to start off by hearing how you found the source material for Berlin Syndrome, and what you recognized in the book that you thought would make for a great film.
Polly Staniford: I read the book in 2011. It was pitched to me by the publishers, and I read it and was very instantly attracted to the book. I loved the characters,...
- 1/25/2017
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
The American Society Of Cinematographers (Asc) on Wednesday unveiled its nominees in the theatrical release and Spotlight categories for the 31st Annual Asc Awards For Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography.
Winners will be announced on February 4 at the Society’s awards gala in Hollywood.
Theatrical release nominees
Greig Fraser, Lion
James Laxton Moonlight
Rodrigo Prieto, Silence
Linus Sandgren, La La Land
Bradford Young, Arrival
Prieto has earned two Asc nominations prior to this for Frida and Brokeback Mountain. The remaining contenders are first-time nominees.
The Asc also recognises outstanding cinematography in feature that screened at festivals, internationally or in limited theatrical release.
Spotlight Award nominees
Lol Crawley, Childhood Of A Leader
Gorka Gomez Andreu, House Of Others
Ernesto Pardo, Tempestad
Juliette van Dormael, Mon Ange (My Angel)
“Each of the nominated films offers a unique vision on the part of the director of photography,” said Asc president Kees van Oostrum. “These movies also represent a less formulaic or traditional...
Winners will be announced on February 4 at the Society’s awards gala in Hollywood.
Theatrical release nominees
Greig Fraser, Lion
James Laxton Moonlight
Rodrigo Prieto, Silence
Linus Sandgren, La La Land
Bradford Young, Arrival
Prieto has earned two Asc nominations prior to this for Frida and Brokeback Mountain. The remaining contenders are first-time nominees.
The Asc also recognises outstanding cinematography in feature that screened at festivals, internationally or in limited theatrical release.
Spotlight Award nominees
Lol Crawley, Childhood Of A Leader
Gorka Gomez Andreu, House Of Others
Ernesto Pardo, Tempestad
Juliette van Dormael, Mon Ange (My Angel)
“Each of the nominated films offers a unique vision on the part of the director of photography,” said Asc president Kees van Oostrum. “These movies also represent a less formulaic or traditional...
- 1/11/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Over three-dozen times has Hollywood tried their hand at the videogame adaptation, and the results, to say the least, have left much to be desired. Perhaps it’s the lack of venerable source material, but translating the entertainment factor of videogames — an experience in which the user often repeatedly fails until some enjoyment is ultimately had — has most adaptations feeling like one is watching characters play in God mode, making most big-screen attempts come across as dull, live-action cut-scenes. Enter Macbeth and Snowtown director Justin Kurzel, who brings perhaps the best visual eye yet for a videogame adaptation (apologies, Paul W.S. Anderson defenders), along with one of the finest ensembles. Despite this talent, Assassin’s Creed bears a jumbled narrative and self-serious approach that ends up feeling far too assaultive on the senses without any genuine pay-off.
Michael Fassbender portrays Callum Lynch, a criminal on death row who, after a lethal injection,...
Michael Fassbender portrays Callum Lynch, a criminal on death row who, after a lethal injection,...
- 12/19/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Rob Leane Dec 27, 2016
Assassin’s Creed’s Justin Kurzel talks PG-13 violence, filming the leap of faith and, um, Step Brothers...
Australian director Justin Kurzel made a big splash on the indie circuit with his based-on-a-true-story murder spree drama Snowtown back in 2011. Michael Fassbender was impressed when he saw it, and ended up working with Kurzel on his 2015 Macbeth movie.
The Fass must’ve been impressed again when they filmed it, as he soon recruited Kurzel to direct Assassin’s Creed, the videogame flick that Fassbender had been producing for years and was set to star in (playing dual roles as modern day death row inmate Cal and his Spanish assassin ancestor Aguilar).
Kurzel and Fassbender also reteamed with their Lady Macbeth, Marion Cotillard, for the game adaptation (she plays an employee of megacorporation Abstergo Industries, the company that sends Cal back into his ancestor's shoes), resulting in an action...
Assassin’s Creed’s Justin Kurzel talks PG-13 violence, filming the leap of faith and, um, Step Brothers...
Australian director Justin Kurzel made a big splash on the indie circuit with his based-on-a-true-story murder spree drama Snowtown back in 2011. Michael Fassbender was impressed when he saw it, and ended up working with Kurzel on his 2015 Macbeth movie.
The Fass must’ve been impressed again when they filmed it, as he soon recruited Kurzel to direct Assassin’s Creed, the videogame flick that Fassbender had been producing for years and was set to star in (playing dual roles as modern day death row inmate Cal and his Spanish assassin ancestor Aguilar).
Kurzel and Fassbender also reteamed with their Lady Macbeth, Marion Cotillard, for the game adaptation (she plays an employee of megacorporation Abstergo Industries, the company that sends Cal back into his ancestor's shoes), resulting in an action...
- 12/10/2016
- Den of Geek
Aacta has named artist and director Lynette Wallworth as the recipient of this year.s Byron Kennedy Award.
The award, which honours George Miller.s original filmmaking partner and Mad Max co-creator Byron Kennedy, celebrates "outstanding creative enterprise within the screen industry. It is given to an individual or organisation whose work embodies innovation, vision and the pursuit of excellence."
Wallworth is known for her use of virtual reality and the mixing of technology with art. Her installations and films have been shown at the World Economic Forum, the Lincoln Centre for the Performing Arts and The Smithsonian.
Her documentary.Tender received five Aacta nominations and won the Aacta Award for Best Documentary Television Program at the 4th Aacta Awards in 2014. Her most recent work, Collisions, is a Vr film made with Aboriginal elder Nyarri Nyarri Morgan.
.The names of some of the previous winners of the Byron Kennedy Award count amongst my heroes,...
The award, which honours George Miller.s original filmmaking partner and Mad Max co-creator Byron Kennedy, celebrates "outstanding creative enterprise within the screen industry. It is given to an individual or organisation whose work embodies innovation, vision and the pursuit of excellence."
Wallworth is known for her use of virtual reality and the mixing of technology with art. Her installations and films have been shown at the World Economic Forum, the Lincoln Centre for the Performing Arts and The Smithsonian.
Her documentary.Tender received five Aacta nominations and won the Aacta Award for Best Documentary Television Program at the 4th Aacta Awards in 2014. Her most recent work, Collisions, is a Vr film made with Aboriginal elder Nyarri Nyarri Morgan.
.The names of some of the previous winners of the Byron Kennedy Award count amongst my heroes,...
- 12/1/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander headline The Light Between Oceans. Here's our review...
If you're excited about The Light Between Oceans, the new film starring Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander and directed by Derek Cianfrance, it's probably based on the people involved. If that's you and you've somehow managed to avoid seeing the trailer (which goes into more detail about the plot than we will in this review, so watch with caution), then you're best placed to appreciate this slow-burning and emotionally turbulent drama by heading straight to the cinema.
In 1918, war veteran Tom Sherbourne (Fassbender) seeks solitude after his experiences in battle, and finds it in a job as a lighthouse keeper on Janus Rock, off the coast of Tasmania. This doesn't last long though, when he falls in love with local girl Isabel (Vikander). After a long and flirty correspondence through letters, the two marry and get on...
If you're excited about The Light Between Oceans, the new film starring Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander and directed by Derek Cianfrance, it's probably based on the people involved. If that's you and you've somehow managed to avoid seeing the trailer (which goes into more detail about the plot than we will in this review, so watch with caution), then you're best placed to appreciate this slow-burning and emotionally turbulent drama by heading straight to the cinema.
In 1918, war veteran Tom Sherbourne (Fassbender) seeks solitude after his experiences in battle, and finds it in a job as a lighthouse keeper on Janus Rock, off the coast of Tasmania. This doesn't last long though, when he falls in love with local girl Isabel (Vikander). After a long and flirty correspondence through letters, the two marry and get on...
- 11/6/2016
- Den of Geek
As December nears — ushering in the cinematic heavy hitters and end-of-the-year blockbusters for one last hoorah — the time comes for studios to remind you once again of what’s to come. If Michael Fassbender leaping off buildings in a white hood to the tune of Kanye West somehow slipped your mind, this new trailer for Assassin’s Creed will bring it all rushing back. While it is lacking the latter talent, the trailer features plenty of Fassy’s acrobatics as his character Aguilar — the ancestral assassin to his present day character whose body he inhabits — seems intent on one thing: cutting people’s throats. This is against the backdrop of the Spanish Inquisition, where the market seems to be open on hood-clad killers with hidden blades and incredible abilities to leap distances and heights that would shatter the kneecaps of the average human being. But hey, the Spanish Inquisition was crazy.
- 10/18/2016
- by Mike Mazzanti
- The Film Stage
‘Assassin’s Creed’ Trailer: Michael Fassbender Hopes To Save The Video Game Genre In Visionary Style
The buzz around video game adaptation “Assassin’s Creed” seemed to have evened out after some intriguing teasers hit the web this summer, but a new official trailer has finally premiered and is guaranteed to ratchet up excitement for the movie’s December release. Those of us wary of another video game movie after such bombs as “Warcraft” have a reason to hope this one redeems the genre somewhat, given the pairing of “Macbeth” director and actors Justin Kurzel, Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard. That’s a visionary threesome that should do wonders to an often inconsistent genre.
Read More: ‘Assassin’s Creed’ New Stills: Michael Fassbender Learns from the Past in Video-Game Adaptation
Fassbender stars as Callum Lynch, who learns that his 15th-century ancestor was a Spanish assassin and relives his memories in order to acquire his skill set. Michael K. Williams, Ariane Labed, Jeremy Irons and Brendan Gleeson round out the ensemble.
Read More: ‘Assassin’s Creed’ New Stills: Michael Fassbender Learns from the Past in Video-Game Adaptation
Fassbender stars as Callum Lynch, who learns that his 15th-century ancestor was a Spanish assassin and relives his memories in order to acquire his skill set. Michael K. Williams, Ariane Labed, Jeremy Irons and Brendan Gleeson round out the ensemble.
- 10/18/2016
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
by Nathaniel R
Apologies that there's no big review this weekend but I do hope you'll check out the Fassbender & Vikander flick. Here are two quick takes on movie options this weekend.
In Theaters
The Light Between Oceans (Derek Cianfrance)
Story: A war veteran (Michael Fassbender) takes a position as a lighthouse keeper where he falls in love with a local girl (Alicia Vikander). Their lives change irrevocably when they discover an orphaned baby in a boat.
Review: A pop quiz. Which is more ravishing?
Real life romantic chemistry that translates intact to movie screens. Romantic dramas that don't stop at sexy but get across how comforting and life-changing love and companionship can be. Picturesque rocky islands and lighthouses softened at their edges by grassy tenderness and the windswept beauty of two definitely cinematic brunettes.
Trick question -- they're all super ravishing! I've heard the complaints that The Light Between Oceans...
Apologies that there's no big review this weekend but I do hope you'll check out the Fassbender & Vikander flick. Here are two quick takes on movie options this weekend.
In Theaters
The Light Between Oceans (Derek Cianfrance)
Story: A war veteran (Michael Fassbender) takes a position as a lighthouse keeper where he falls in love with a local girl (Alicia Vikander). Their lives change irrevocably when they discover an orphaned baby in a boat.
Review: A pop quiz. Which is more ravishing?
Real life romantic chemistry that translates intact to movie screens. Romantic dramas that don't stop at sexy but get across how comforting and life-changing love and companionship can be. Picturesque rocky islands and lighthouses softened at their edges by grassy tenderness and the windswept beauty of two definitely cinematic brunettes.
Trick question -- they're all super ravishing! I've heard the complaints that The Light Between Oceans...
- 9/3/2016
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
The lushly beautiful The Light Between Oceans is a three-hankie historic drama set on the coast of Western Australia. With heart-tugging performances by an attractive trio of Oscar nominees (with two winners), Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander and Rachel Weisz, the film is an adaptation of M. I. Stedman’s 2012 bestseller of the same name. The tale set in a remote corner of the world, in the years after the devastation of World War I, which nearly wiped out a generation of young men in Europe and left those who survived scarred by this most brutal of wars.
Derek Cianfrance, whose previous films include Blue Valentine and The Place Beyond The Pines, both wrote the script and directs, and it is hard to imagine a more perfect director for this moody historic tale of moral choice. The title refers to the story’s setting, a remote lighthouse in Western Australia, at...
Derek Cianfrance, whose previous films include Blue Valentine and The Place Beyond The Pines, both wrote the script and directs, and it is hard to imagine a more perfect director for this moody historic tale of moral choice. The title refers to the story’s setting, a remote lighthouse in Western Australia, at...
- 9/2/2016
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
While the summer had a number of gems, our sights are now set on the majorly promising fall slate as we’ve highlighted 75 to keep on your radar. For a more specific breakdown, we now have our monthly rundown, which includes some Tiff and Venice films, and much more. It should also be noted that Michelangelo Antonioni‘s restored masterpiece La Notte will get a theatrical run starting on September 16 at NYC’s Film Forum, and will expand from there. Check out our recommendations below and let us know what you’re looking forward to.
Matinees to See: White Girl (9/2), Max Rose (9/2), The Academy of Muses (9/2), Zoom (9/2), Other People (9/9). Kicks (9/9), Dancer (9/9), London Road (9/9), Come What May (9/9), The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years (9/16), My Blind Brother (9/23), Girl Asleep (9/23), Goat (9/23), The Lovers and the Despot (9/23), The Magnificent Seven (9/23), Chronic (9/23), Sand Storm (9/28), Do Not Resist (9/30), Deepwater Horizon (9/30), Miss Peregrine’s...
Matinees to See: White Girl (9/2), Max Rose (9/2), The Academy of Muses (9/2), Zoom (9/2), Other People (9/9). Kicks (9/9), Dancer (9/9), London Road (9/9), Come What May (9/9), The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years (9/16), My Blind Brother (9/23), Girl Asleep (9/23), Goat (9/23), The Lovers and the Despot (9/23), The Magnificent Seven (9/23), Chronic (9/23), Sand Storm (9/28), Do Not Resist (9/30), Deepwater Horizon (9/30), Miss Peregrine’s...
- 9/1/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
When I first saw Blue Valentine, I was absolutely bowled over by the talent of Derek Cianfrance. My favorite film of that year, I still consider it a masterpiece. Since then, he has challenged himself with ambitious fare like The Place Beyond the Pines, though this week he has something completely new to share in The Light Between Oceans. A period piece and melodrama, it’s Cianfrance working in a slightly less grounded in gritty reality way, to solid effect. The themes he’s always explored are still there, just packaged in a different way. Some of the people who have loved his prior works might find this a step down, but it’s still very much a worthwhile movie. The film is an adaptation of M.L. Stedman’s novel of the same name. It follows Tom Sherbourne (Michael Fassbender) as he returns to Australia after the war in search of some solitude.
- 8/31/2016
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
When I sit down to watch any movie, there almost always ends up being at least one aspect of it that strikes me as as "wrong" in some way or another. I don't actively search for these elements — they just pop up along the way, and I'm sure you notice them too. Sometimes it's a character making a decision that doesn't feel justified, or a shot that seems particularly out of place. Sometimes it's a super cheesy line of dialogue, or an actor edging just a bit too far over the top as to briefly pull me out of the performance. Too many of these moments can ruin a movie, but for the most part, they're just little blips that I observe and sail right past. For me, The Light Between Oceans is the extraordinarily rare film that does not contain a single false note. I was utterly lost in...
- 8/31/2016
- by Ben Pearson
- GeekTyrant
Despite being packaged as the kind of period weepy Nicholas Sparks would kick himself for not coming up with first, it’s clear what attracted a director like Derek Cianfrance to The Light Between Oceans. In the breakout drama Blue Valentine and narratively ambitious follow-up The Place Beyond the Pines, he showed a fascination with relationships fractured by sin and the ripples of regret. Cianfrance finds another thematically fitting story in M. L. Stedman’s hit novel and brings a sense of naturalism in the locale, but he could’ve taken more daring liberties in the adaptation process.
After enduring the horrors of World War I, Tom Sherbourne (Michael Fassbender) finds the ideal amount of isolation as lighthouse keeper on Janus Rock, a small island off the western coast of Australia. Despite enjoying this solitude, he quickly falls for Isabel (Alicia Vikander) during his time on the mainland, and, after swift nuptials,...
After enduring the horrors of World War I, Tom Sherbourne (Michael Fassbender) finds the ideal amount of isolation as lighthouse keeper on Janus Rock, a small island off the western coast of Australia. Despite enjoying this solitude, he quickly falls for Isabel (Alicia Vikander) during his time on the mainland, and, after swift nuptials,...
- 8/31/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Several miles off the coast of Tasmania, across a stretch of water so cold and jagged that it makes the river Styx seem like a kiddie pool, a tight-lipped World War I vet lives on a tiny island by his lonesome. Unlike most of the lighthouse keepers who come to the impossibly remote shores of Janus Rock, Tom Sherbourne (Michael Fassbender) shows up solo — all the better for someone who wants to “Get away from things for a while.” Eventually, Tom is joined by Isabel (Alicia Vikander), the bright-eyed local beauty who agrees to be his wife. The idyllic solitude they share together might last forever if not for the series of devastating miscarriages that sink them like a squall, but the sea is full of hope for those who keep a desperate eye on the shore.
As a Decemberists song, “The Light Between Oceans” could have been a masterpiece.
As a Decemberists song, “The Light Between Oceans” could have been a masterpiece.
- 8/31/2016
- by David Ehrlich
- 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
In continuing our fall preview, after highlighting the 25 best films we’ve already seen, today brings a look at the unknown. We’ve narrowed down 25 works with (mostly) confirmed release dates that are coming over the next four months and have us intrigued. While some won’t show up until late December, a good amount will first premiere over the next few weeks at various film festivals, so check back for our reviews.
See our list below, and return soon for our final preview: the festival premieres we’re most looking forward to.
25. Assassin’s Creed (Justin Kurzel; Dec. 21)
Along with a good chance of earning the highly-patented title of Best Video Game Movie, Justin Kurzel’s (Snowtown, Macbeth) upcoming, massive-video-game-franchise-to-big-screen-adaptation Assassin’s Creed also has the potential for so much more. Michael Fassbender stars as a man in the modern era who is kidnapped by a shady corporation (led...
See our list below, and return soon for our final preview: the festival premieres we’re most looking forward to.
25. Assassin’s Creed (Justin Kurzel; Dec. 21)
Along with a good chance of earning the highly-patented title of Best Video Game Movie, Justin Kurzel’s (Snowtown, Macbeth) upcoming, massive-video-game-franchise-to-big-screen-adaptation Assassin’s Creed also has the potential for so much more. Michael Fassbender stars as a man in the modern era who is kidnapped by a shady corporation (led...
- 8/25/2016
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Love demands everything. That’s the sentimental tagline tethered to today’s beautiful new trailer for The Light Between Oceans, Derek Cianfrance’s adaptation that’s pegged to dock in theatres come September.
At first glance, it makes for quite the genuine and heartfelt tagline, but when set against the context of M. L. Stedman’s eponymous best-seller, it tees up a tragic and emotionally raw story.
You see, The Light Between Oceans orbits around a childless couple (Michael Fassbender & Alicia Vikander) situated on a isolated island off the coast of a post-wwi Australia.
Eager to raise a family of their own, Fassbender and Vikander’s would-be parents struggle through miscarriages and other setbacks that push their bond to the absolute limit. Clutching to any semblance of hope with worn, desperate hands, their prayers are soon answered when a lonely baby girl miraculously washes up on shore. But as the...
At first glance, it makes for quite the genuine and heartfelt tagline, but when set against the context of M. L. Stedman’s eponymous best-seller, it tees up a tragic and emotionally raw story.
You see, The Light Between Oceans orbits around a childless couple (Michael Fassbender & Alicia Vikander) situated on a isolated island off the coast of a post-wwi Australia.
Eager to raise a family of their own, Fassbender and Vikander’s would-be parents struggle through miscarriages and other setbacks that push their bond to the absolute limit. Clutching to any semblance of hope with worn, desperate hands, their prayers are soon answered when a lonely baby girl miraculously washes up on shore. But as the...
- 7/11/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
With only a few features under his belt, Derek Cianfrance has already established himself as one of the most raw, poetic, and promising directors currently sitting in the chair, both as an improviser and careful planner. His next feature is an initially odd choice at first glance, a sweeping romance with a title that both accurately states the poeticism of the talent that is paired with the material, yet also conjures images of a Nicolas Sparks adaptation. A closer look demands the former thought as the thunderous talent on display is considered.
The Light Between Oceans stars Michael Fassbender — whose own raw genius is on full display in the first trailer — Alicia Vikander, and Rachel Wesiz. Then, there’s cinematographer Adam Arkapaw, who lensed the recent Macbeth, the entire first season of True Detective, and Snowtown. This is all topped of course by Cianfrance, who penned this adaptation from a bestselling novel himself.
The Light Between Oceans stars Michael Fassbender — whose own raw genius is on full display in the first trailer — Alicia Vikander, and Rachel Wesiz. Then, there’s cinematographer Adam Arkapaw, who lensed the recent Macbeth, the entire first season of True Detective, and Snowtown. This is all topped of course by Cianfrance, who penned this adaptation from a bestselling novel himself.
- 7/9/2016
- by Mike Mazzanti
- The Film Stage
If you can overlook the misplaced choice of a Kanye West track on the trailer, the first look at Justin Kurzel's "Assassin's Creed" film this week was highly promising in terms of its visuals and look. Speaking with Collider this week, he revealed that despite the subject matter - the film is trying to do as little green screen and visual effects as possible.
Part of achieving that tangible feel is working with cinematographer Adam Arkapaw. The pair worked on "Macbeth" and "Snowtown" together, and Arkapaw responsible for the looks of films like "Animal Kingdom" and shows like the first seasos of "True Detective" and "Top of the Lake". Kurzel says:
"I think after True Detective, there's a kind of classic style that he's developed now that … A very in camera style, that grounds things but at the same time finds a magic to it that we're trying to embrace with this.
Part of achieving that tangible feel is working with cinematographer Adam Arkapaw. The pair worked on "Macbeth" and "Snowtown" together, and Arkapaw responsible for the looks of films like "Animal Kingdom" and shows like the first seasos of "True Detective" and "Top of the Lake". Kurzel says:
"I think after True Detective, there's a kind of classic style that he's developed now that … A very in camera style, that grounds things but at the same time finds a magic to it that we're trying to embrace with this.
- 5/14/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
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