Manodrome is a thriller-drama film written and directed by John Trengove. The drama film revolves around Ralphie, an Uber driver who aspires to be a bodybuilder gets inducted into a libertarian masculinity cult, and loses his grip on reality because of all the pressures in his life. Manodrome stars Jesse Eisenberg in the lead role with Adrien Brody, Odessa Young, Sallieu Sesay, and Philip Ettinger starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved Manodrome here are some similar movies you could watch next.
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Synopsis: A dark comedy set in the world of karate. The film centers on Casey (Jesse Eisenberg), who is attacked at random on the street and enlists in a local dojo led by a charismatic and mysterious Sensei (Alessandro Nivola), in an effort to learn how to defend himself. What he uncovers is a sinister world of fraternity,...
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Synopsis: A dark comedy set in the world of karate. The film centers on Casey (Jesse Eisenberg), who is attacked at random on the street and enlists in a local dojo led by a charismatic and mysterious Sensei (Alessandro Nivola), in an effort to learn how to defend himself. What he uncovers is a sinister world of fraternity,...
- 11/20/2023
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
“George and Tammy” star Jessica Chastain has long been the front-runner for Best Movie/Limited Actress in our Emmy odds, a position she has maintained into June. But while several strong challengers have emerged in the category, one has positioned herself as Chastain’s biggest threat: Ali Wong in “Beef.”
“Beef,” about a feud that develops between two people (Wong and Steven Yeun) following a road rage incident, was originally expected to be a comedy series, but Netflix eventually revealed that it would be entered as a limited series instead. That caused it to soar in multiple categories in our odds, which are based on the combined predictions of thousands of Gold Derby users.
See‘Beef’ cinematographer Larkin Seiple on creating the show’s ‘very personal, almost manipulative style of filmmaking’ [Exclusive Video Interview]
Now Wong is a close second in the lead actress race with 5/1 odds and support from five of the...
“Beef,” about a feud that develops between two people (Wong and Steven Yeun) following a road rage incident, was originally expected to be a comedy series, but Netflix eventually revealed that it would be entered as a limited series instead. That caused it to soar in multiple categories in our odds, which are based on the combined predictions of thousands of Gold Derby users.
See‘Beef’ cinematographer Larkin Seiple on creating the show’s ‘very personal, almost manipulative style of filmmaking’ [Exclusive Video Interview]
Now Wong is a close second in the lead actress race with 5/1 odds and support from five of the...
- 6/15/2023
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
In the new Netflix series Beef, a struggling contractor (Steven Yeun) and an affluent entrepreneur (Ali Wong) become embroiled in an escalating feud following a road rage incident. The series fits snuggly into a very specific quadrant of cinematographer Larkin Seiple’s wheelhouse— hard-to-classify A24 projects. Though his filmography includes sports biopics (Bleed for This), thrillers (Cop Car) and prestige dramas (To Leslie and Emmy-nominated work on Gaslit), Seiple’s most distinct work has come in A24’s Swiss Army Man, Everything Everywhere All at Once and now the studio’s Beef. With the full series streaming on Netflix, Seiple spoke to Filmmaker about Incubus clinching […]
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- 6/8/2023
- by Matt Mulcahey
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
In the new Netflix series Beef, a struggling contractor (Steven Yeun) and an affluent entrepreneur (Ali Wong) become embroiled in an escalating feud following a road rage incident. The series fits snuggly into a very specific quadrant of cinematographer Larkin Seiple’s wheelhouse— hard-to-classify A24 projects. Though his filmography includes sports biopics (Bleed for This), thrillers (Cop Car) and prestige dramas (To Leslie and Emmy-nominated work on Gaslit), Seiple’s most distinct work has come in A24’s Swiss Army Man, Everything Everywhere All at Once and now the studio’s Beef. With the full series streaming on Netflix, Seiple spoke to Filmmaker about Incubus clinching […]
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- 6/8/2023
- by Matt Mulcahey
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
This time last year, A24 released “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” in which the first version of Evelyn Wong that we meet is the least successful out of all her multiverse iterations, the one where the decision tree of her life has led to the worst outcome. But some of that is down to bad luck or chance. But in A24’s “Beef” — which shares a cinematographer with “Eeaao” — Danny (Steven Yeun) and Amy (Ali Wong) seem to actively make the worst choices they possibly can over and over again.
And so Lee Sung Jin’s Netflix series gave cinematographer Larkin Seiple a very different challenge from his work on The Daniels’ film. The camera itself is often the straight man of “Beef,” finding just the right compositions to frame and reframe the protagonists in their ever-deepening revenge spiral without ever drawing too much attention to itself.
“We wanted to...
And so Lee Sung Jin’s Netflix series gave cinematographer Larkin Seiple a very different challenge from his work on The Daniels’ film. The camera itself is often the straight man of “Beef,” finding just the right compositions to frame and reframe the protagonists in their ever-deepening revenge spiral without ever drawing too much attention to itself.
“We wanted to...
- 4/10/2023
- by Sarah Shachat
- Indiewire
Colorist Alex Bickel is no stranger to working on some of A24’s biggest films, including collaborating with cinematographer James Laxton and director Barry Jenkins to create the bold color and contrast of “Moonlight,” and aiding cinematographer Sam Levy and director Greta Gerwig in giving “Lady Bird” the feel of a xeroxed zine. So it shouldn’t be a surprise he was also the behind-the-scenes secret weapon that helped The Daniels and cinematographer Larkin Seiple (this is Bickel’s third film with the DoP) delineate the distinct worlds of the “Everything Everywhere All at Once” multiverse, which appears poised to bring the studio its second Best Picture Oscar.
Like most of the colorist’s successful endeavors, the “Eeaao” collaboration started before the film went into production. “When I first read the screenplay, it was clear that there was a massive opportunity for the grade to play a huge role in...
Like most of the colorist’s successful endeavors, the “Eeaao” collaboration started before the film went into production. “When I first read the screenplay, it was clear that there was a massive opportunity for the grade to play a huge role in...
- 3/6/2023
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
The Oscars are now just a week away and Sunday provided three guild award ceremonies to provide hints at who may take away Hollywood’s most prestigious prizes. The Daniels’ “Everything Everywhere All At Once” continued its winning streak at the Ace Eddie Awards for editing and the WGA Award for screenplay, but they didn’t complete the trifecta at the ASC Awards. That’s because they never made the cut with the American Society of Cinematographers in the first place (and Larkin Seiple didn’t earn an Oscar nomination either).
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Continue reading ‘Elvis’ Cinematographer Mandy Walker Becomes First Woman To Win Top ASC Award at The Playlist.
- 3/6/2023
- by Gregory Ellwood
- The Playlist
The Art Directors Guild, American Society of Cinematographers and Motion Picture Sound Editors are three artisan organizations announcing their nominations this week. Their nominations will set the tone for the Oscar race for production design, cinematography and partly for the best sound race, now in its third year as a combined category for sound mixing and effects editing.
We’re expecting plenty of mentions for “Everything Everywhere All at Once” and “Top Gun: Maverick,” with possible surprises for “Elvis” and “All Quiet on the Western Front” which are both picking up momentum.
All three guilds will announce their nominees on Monday, Jan. 9.
See the 2022-2023 Awards Season calendar for all key dates and timelines.
Art Directors Guild
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“All Quiet on the Western Front” (Netflix) “Babylon” (Paramount Pictures) “The Banshees of Inisherin” (Searchlight Pictures) “Elvis” (Warner Bros.) “White Noise” (Netflix)
Alternate: “The Fabelmans” (Universal Pictures)
Fantasy
“Avatar: The Way of Water...
We’re expecting plenty of mentions for “Everything Everywhere All at Once” and “Top Gun: Maverick,” with possible surprises for “Elvis” and “All Quiet on the Western Front” which are both picking up momentum.
All three guilds will announce their nominees on Monday, Jan. 9.
See the 2022-2023 Awards Season calendar for all key dates and timelines.
Art Directors Guild
Period
“All Quiet on the Western Front” (Netflix) “Babylon” (Paramount Pictures) “The Banshees of Inisherin” (Searchlight Pictures) “Elvis” (Warner Bros.) “White Noise” (Netflix)
Alternate: “The Fabelmans” (Universal Pictures)
Fantasy
“Avatar: The Way of Water...
- 1/8/2023
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson in ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ (Photo Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures © 2022 20th Century Studios)
The Alliance of Women Film Journalists* spread the wealth, awarding The Banshees of Inisherin, Everything Everywhere All at Once, and Women Talking three wins each. The AWFJ Eda Awards recognize the best in films overall, as well as films driven by women.
“We are particularly proud that this year’s member-determined roster of nominees included a goodly number of female contenders in non-gender specific categories. and that we have female winners in those categories, as well, including Sarah Polley who receives the Eda Award for Best Director for the multi-nominated and awarded Women Talking,” said Jennifer Merin, President of the 95 members AWFJ. “We hope to see similar results at this year’s Oscars and various guild awards. as well as with other critics awards groups.”
In 2022, the Alliance of Women Film Journalists...
The Alliance of Women Film Journalists* spread the wealth, awarding The Banshees of Inisherin, Everything Everywhere All at Once, and Women Talking three wins each. The AWFJ Eda Awards recognize the best in films overall, as well as films driven by women.
“We are particularly proud that this year’s member-determined roster of nominees included a goodly number of female contenders in non-gender specific categories. and that we have female winners in those categories, as well, including Sarah Polley who receives the Eda Award for Best Director for the multi-nominated and awarded Women Talking,” said Jennifer Merin, President of the 95 members AWFJ. “We hope to see similar results at this year’s Oscars and various guild awards. as well as with other critics awards groups.”
In 2022, the Alliance of Women Film Journalists...
- 1/5/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Included in the best of lists of a number of individual critics and societies, and towards the top for that matter, “Everything Everywhere All At Once” is a truly unique movie that functions as a homage to a number of iconic movies of the past while embracing its story’s chaos in the most entertaining fashion.
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Evelyn Wang is a Chinese immigrant and the definite head of her family, as much as the boss of the laundromat she operates with her husband Raymond. Despite her non-stop efforts, however, her life is in shambles. Her daughter, Joy, is afraid of revealing that her female friend is actually her girlfriend, and the tension between them is palpable; her father, Gong Gong, who has just arrived in the US, is as judgemental of her as ever, something that actually also dictates her relationship with her own daughter.
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Evelyn Wang is a Chinese immigrant and the definite head of her family, as much as the boss of the laundromat she operates with her husband Raymond. Despite her non-stop efforts, however, her life is in shambles. Her daughter, Joy, is afraid of revealing that her female friend is actually her girlfriend, and the tension between them is palpable; her father, Gong Gong, who has just arrived in the US, is as judgemental of her as ever, something that actually also dictates her relationship with her own daughter.
- 12/16/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Antoine Fuqua’s “Emancipation” has finally been unveiled to the public, and critics agree it’s a visual achievement. For his most ambitious project yet, Fuqua collaborated with cinematographer Robert Richardson, whose credits include “Casino,” “The Aviator,” “Django Unchained,” and “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.” Richardson’s ingenious, Oscar-winning work on “The Aviator” is a career highlight for visually recreating the transition from two-to-three-strip Technicolor as the film progresses through the 1930s. The legendary Dp has 10 Academy Award nominations (and three wins) to his name and deserves an 11th for lensing “Emancipation,” which sits in 12th position in our Oscar odds for Best Cinematography.
See ‘Emancipation’ star Will Smith says he hopes ‘horrific decision’ to slap Chris Rock doesn’t taint response to the historical drama
At the historical epic’s center is an escaped slave (Will Smith) who survives Louisiana marshland, a tenacious bounty hunter (Ben Foster) and...
See ‘Emancipation’ star Will Smith says he hopes ‘horrific decision’ to slap Chris Rock doesn’t taint response to the historical drama
At the historical epic’s center is an escaped slave (Will Smith) who survives Louisiana marshland, a tenacious bounty hunter (Ben Foster) and...
- 12/14/2022
- by Ronald Meyer
- Gold Derby
Gold Derby’s latest Oscar odds show 12 viable contenders battling for Best Cinematography. Steven Spielberg’s autobiographical “The Fabelmans,” shot by longtime collaborator Janusz Kamiński, leads a particularly strong slate that includes three blockbuster sequels, a war epic, and an ode to cinema shot by Roger Deakins.
Kamiński’s won twice before, and both victories coincided with Spielberg’s. The pair walked away winners in 1994 and 1999 for “Schindler’s List” and “Saving Private Ryan,” respectively. Given Spielberg’s frontrunner status in Best Director, pundits are predicting lightning will strike a third time for these two. Kamiński pulled through with a nomination for “West Side Story” a year ago despite missing a predictive nod from the American Society of Cinematographers.
See Steven Spielberg in position to mine plenty of Oscars gold with ‘The Fabelmans’
Former winner Claudio Miranda also looks like a lock for his groundbreaking work on “Top Gun: Maverick.” The...
Kamiński’s won twice before, and both victories coincided with Spielberg’s. The pair walked away winners in 1994 and 1999 for “Schindler’s List” and “Saving Private Ryan,” respectively. Given Spielberg’s frontrunner status in Best Director, pundits are predicting lightning will strike a third time for these two. Kamiński pulled through with a nomination for “West Side Story” a year ago despite missing a predictive nod from the American Society of Cinematographers.
See Steven Spielberg in position to mine plenty of Oscars gold with ‘The Fabelmans’
Former winner Claudio Miranda also looks like a lock for his groundbreaking work on “Top Gun: Maverick.” The...
- 11/4/2022
- by Ronald Meyer
- Gold Derby
This review originally ran on March 12, 2022, for the film’s world premiere at SXSW.
Who gets a second chance? A third? A 20th? And what is the price to pay for these opportunities? Director Michael Morris’s debut film “To Leslie” is a full-hearted, albeit conventional, ode to Leslie (Andrea Riseborough), a woman trying to break free from herself.
In the film’s opening credits, an old news clip airs: Once upon a time, Leslie won the lottery jackpot of just under 200,000 by playing her son’s birth date. She tells the anchor she wants to use the money to get on her feet, open a diner, maybe — but only after she’s bought everyone a round. More than a few thousand rounds later, we learn that these wide-eyed dreams never came to fruition.
When we meet Leslie, she’s been evicted from her motel room, forced to board a...
Who gets a second chance? A third? A 20th? And what is the price to pay for these opportunities? Director Michael Morris’s debut film “To Leslie” is a full-hearted, albeit conventional, ode to Leslie (Andrea Riseborough), a woman trying to break free from herself.
In the film’s opening credits, an old news clip airs: Once upon a time, Leslie won the lottery jackpot of just under 200,000 by playing her son’s birth date. She tells the anchor she wants to use the money to get on her feet, open a diner, maybe — but only after she’s bought everyone a round. More than a few thousand rounds later, we learn that these wide-eyed dreams never came to fruition.
When we meet Leslie, she’s been evicted from her motel room, forced to board a...
- 10/7/2022
- by Fran Hoepfner
- The Wrap
Momentum Pictures has purchased the North American and U.K. rights to Michael Morris’ “To Leslie,” a drama with Andrea Riseborough that had its world premiere at this year’s SXSW Film Festival. The film will be released in theaters and on VOD on Oct. 7.
Riseborough starts as a West Texas mother who wins the lottery and drinks it away just as fast, leaving behind a world of heartbreak. She comes home in the hopes of achieving redemption. Riseborough leads an ensemble that includes Oscar-winner Allison Janney, Marc Maron (“Maron”), Owen Teague (‘The Stand”), James Landry Hebert (“Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood”), Andre Royo (“The Wire”) and Stephen Root (“Barry”).
“To Leslie” was written by Ryan Bianco and produced by Claude Dal Farra, Brian Keady, Kelsey Law, Ceci Cleary, Philip Waley, Jason Shuman and Eduardo Cisneros. The film also features a score by multiple time Grammy nominee Linda Perry,...
Riseborough starts as a West Texas mother who wins the lottery and drinks it away just as fast, leaving behind a world of heartbreak. She comes home in the hopes of achieving redemption. Riseborough leads an ensemble that includes Oscar-winner Allison Janney, Marc Maron (“Maron”), Owen Teague (‘The Stand”), James Landry Hebert (“Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood”), Andre Royo (“The Wire”) and Stephen Root (“Barry”).
“To Leslie” was written by Ryan Bianco and produced by Claude Dal Farra, Brian Keady, Kelsey Law, Ceci Cleary, Philip Waley, Jason Shuman and Eduardo Cisneros. The film also features a score by multiple time Grammy nominee Linda Perry,...
- 9/7/2022
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
“It was great!” exclaims director of photography Larkin Seiple, recalling the moment he discovered he was a first-time Emmy nominee for “Gaslit.” “I got a text from my agents and they just said, ‘Congrats,’ and I was confused because they didn’t say why. I was like, ‘What’s going on?’ and they were like, ‘You got nominated!’ I checked the roster and five of my other friends had gotten nominated, which is pretty surreal. It was fun to share it with a bunch of other nominees as well. It was a trip!” Watch our exclusive video interview above.
Seiple is nominated for Best Cinematography for a Limited Series. “Gaslit” premiered on Starz on April 24 and shines its light most prominently on Martha Mitchell (played by Julia Roberts), a big personality and whistleblower who was the first to publicly expose President Richard Nixon’s involvement in Watergate. She was an...
Seiple is nominated for Best Cinematography for a Limited Series. “Gaslit” premiered on Starz on April 24 and shines its light most prominently on Martha Mitchell (played by Julia Roberts), a big personality and whistleblower who was the first to publicly expose President Richard Nixon’s involvement in Watergate. She was an...
- 8/10/2022
- by Denton Davidson
- Gold Derby
There’s something comfortably distancing about history. Grainy black and white footage can look impossibly foreign, and even once something’s in color, the more limited options older film stocks worked with to recreate real life have this kind of patina to them in comparison to digital color. It is easy for a modern audience to use the look of something as an emotional off-ramp — this thing looks different from how the world is now, so it doesn’t apply to us. But “Gaslit,” Starz’s look into the Watergate scandal (adapted from the first season of the “Slow Burn” podcast), doesn’t want to provide viewers with any escape from how the hubris, incompetence, and immorality of men in power ripple outwards. This extends to the show’s visuals, which restore immediacy to an event that’s now considered settled history.
“We wanted it to feel like what you thought the ’70s felt like,...
“We wanted it to feel like what you thought the ’70s felt like,...
- 6/25/2022
- by Sarah Shachat
- Indiewire
“I’ve always been a huge Nixon geek, since I was very young,” admits Robbie Pickering, the creator and showrunner of the limited series “Gaslit” on Starz. “The culture around Nixon is kind of the locust point for our current malfeasance in politics and culture war. I grew up in a very Evangelical, Christian, conservative home. That probably has something to do with it. Simultaneously, I’ve always been fascinated with Southern conservative women.”
To celebrate the acclaimed series, watch our special “Making of” roundtable discussion with Pickering and four key players from “Gaslit” — writer Amelia Gray, cinematographer Larkin Seiple, production designer Daniel Novotny and actor Shea Whigham (who plays FBI agent G. Gordon Liddy). Together they are joined by Gold Derby senior editor Denton Davidson for a memorable Q&a. Watch our exclusive video interview above.
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“Gaslit” is a modern take on the Watergate scandal.
To celebrate the acclaimed series, watch our special “Making of” roundtable discussion with Pickering and four key players from “Gaslit” — writer Amelia Gray, cinematographer Larkin Seiple, production designer Daniel Novotny and actor Shea Whigham (who plays FBI agent G. Gordon Liddy). Together they are joined by Gold Derby senior editor Denton Davidson for a memorable Q&a. Watch our exclusive video interview above.
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“Gaslit” is a modern take on the Watergate scandal.
- 6/15/2022
- by Denton Davidson
- Gold Derby
Michelle Yeoh Calls Hot Dog Scene ‘Most Beautiful Love Story’ in ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’
Just two feature films into their directing career, the Daniels have established themselves as two of the most exciting voices working in independent film. One of the tenets of their style is using ridiculous, sometimes crass subject matter to make serious points.
That was certainly the case in “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” their sophomore feature that incorporated butt plugs and hot dog hands into pivotal scenes. In a new interview with Variety, the film’s star Michelle Yeoh opened up about the difficult process of filming those scenes, and what they ultimately meant to her.
“The hot dog scene is the most beautiful love story in that universe,” Yeoh said. “We had these hot dog fingers; this is where I believe that filmmaking is a complete collaboration on all the different levels. It’s never about one person or two people or whatever it is. It is a true collaboration.
That was certainly the case in “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” their sophomore feature that incorporated butt plugs and hot dog hands into pivotal scenes. In a new interview with Variety, the film’s star Michelle Yeoh opened up about the difficult process of filming those scenes, and what they ultimately meant to her.
“The hot dog scene is the most beautiful love story in that universe,” Yeoh said. “We had these hot dog fingers; this is where I believe that filmmaking is a complete collaboration on all the different levels. It’s never about one person or two people or whatever it is. It is a true collaboration.
- 6/11/2022
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
“Everything Everywhere All at Once,” A24’s genre-bending, dark comedy, has arrived on Apple TV and Prime Video, giving audiences a chance to experience the film all over again, or for the first time.
The A24 film stars Michelle Yeoh as Evelyn Wang, an exhausted mother and wife whose laundromat is being audited by the IRS. While she’s sitting with her husband Waymond (Ke Huy Quan) across from inspector Deirdre Beaubeirdra (Jamie Lee Curtis), she’s suddenly transported into a parallel dimension and spends the film jumping through multiverses.
Yeoh, no stranger to doing her own stunts, as seen in her films “Supercop” and “Silver Hawk,” took on most of the stunts for this film. Here, Yeoh talks with Variety about preparing for the film and breaking down some of her favorite stunts.
What training did you have to do for this role?
Fortunately, because I exercise I shadowbox and do my kicks.
The A24 film stars Michelle Yeoh as Evelyn Wang, an exhausted mother and wife whose laundromat is being audited by the IRS. While she’s sitting with her husband Waymond (Ke Huy Quan) across from inspector Deirdre Beaubeirdra (Jamie Lee Curtis), she’s suddenly transported into a parallel dimension and spends the film jumping through multiverses.
Yeoh, no stranger to doing her own stunts, as seen in her films “Supercop” and “Silver Hawk,” took on most of the stunts for this film. Here, Yeoh talks with Variety about preparing for the film and breaking down some of her favorite stunts.
What training did you have to do for this role?
Fortunately, because I exercise I shadowbox and do my kicks.
- 6/8/2022
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
“A messy but fun way to make something very stupid but very beautiful.” That’s how cinematographer Larkin Seiple describes the process of creating the multiverse-jumping singularity that is Everything Everywhere All at Once, a mixture of the silly and profound that careens through alternate realities populated with hot dog fingers, butt plugs and raccoon versions of Ratatouille while imploring us to embrace the fleeting moments of grace offered up by the universe in the face of our cosmic insignificance. Michelle Yeoh stars as Evelyn, a harried laundromat owner whose marriage, mother-daughter relationship and Iirs audit all crater simultaneously. Into that personal […]
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- 5/23/2022
- by Matt Mulcahey
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
“A messy but fun way to make something very stupid but very beautiful.” That’s how cinematographer Larkin Seiple describes the process of creating the multiverse-jumping singularity that is Everything Everywhere All at Once, a mixture of the silly and profound that careens through alternate realities populated with hot dog fingers, butt plugs and raccoon versions of Ratatouille while imploring us to embrace the fleeting moments of grace offered up by the universe in the face of our cosmic insignificance. Michelle Yeoh stars as Evelyn, a harried laundromat owner whose marriage, mother-daughter relationship and Iirs audit all crater simultaneously. Into that personal […]
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- 5/23/2022
- by Matt Mulcahey
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
With “The Northman,” “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent” and the continued success of “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” this month has been about action-forward movies that are entertaining and worthy, but might fail to be taken seriously as real “achievements” in Hollywood. Timing has also proven to be an essential factor, and not just for releases, but for when a movie or performance starts gaining momentum.
Studios are only beginning to map out how to roll out their most promising contenders in the second half of the year. At this same point last year, most critics had seen the eventual best picture winner, “Coda” from Apple Original Films, after it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Obviously, we didn’t know how far it would go as “Belfast” and “The Power of the Dog” gained momentum. Timing and narratives are paramount, no matter where you think a film stands in the race.
Studios are only beginning to map out how to roll out their most promising contenders in the second half of the year. At this same point last year, most critics had seen the eventual best picture winner, “Coda” from Apple Original Films, after it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Obviously, we didn’t know how far it would go as “Belfast” and “The Power of the Dog” gained momentum. Timing and narratives are paramount, no matter where you think a film stands in the race.
- 4/22/2022
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Filmmaking duo Daniels’ absurdist action-comedy “Everything Everywhere All At Once” has been out for a few weeks now, and audiences across the country have had a chance to see how the former music video directors behind 2016’s “Swiss Army Man” were able to turn the tables on the concept of a “multiverse” that’s become so familiar to fans of the MCU.
In the case of “Everything Everywhere,” comparisons have been made to Charlie Kaufman, particularly “Being John Malkovich,” which some may forget received three Oscar nominations in 2020 for Kaufman’s writing, Spike Jonze’s direction and for Catherine Keener’s supporting role.
The Daniels’ movie has received absolutely stellar reviews with a 97 on Rotten Tomatoes and only five negative reviews out of 175. That’s pretty astounding and something that can’t be ignored when we start taking a closer look at Daniels’ film, and why it should be remembered...
In the case of “Everything Everywhere,” comparisons have been made to Charlie Kaufman, particularly “Being John Malkovich,” which some may forget received three Oscar nominations in 2020 for Kaufman’s writing, Spike Jonze’s direction and for Catherine Keener’s supporting role.
The Daniels’ movie has received absolutely stellar reviews with a 97 on Rotten Tomatoes and only five negative reviews out of 175. That’s pretty astounding and something that can’t be ignored when we start taking a closer look at Daniels’ film, and why it should be remembered...
- 4/15/2022
- by Edward Douglas
- Gold Derby
British-born Andrea Riseborough deserves credit for her ability to seemingly morph into any character like a chameleon. With veteran TV director Michael Morris’ feature debut To Leslie the actress brings a tremendous level of sympathy to her West Texan title character. The story is quite straightforward, hinging upon Riseborough’s ability to carry a script with both hope and cruelty.
Once upon a time, Leslie was a young mother who won 190,000 playing the video lottery at her local bar. Years later, she’s strung out and smoking cigarettes down to the filters. When kicked out of the hotel she’s staying at, she moves in with her son James (Owen Teauge) with the promise to get clean. When a neighbor “parties” with her, he has no choice but to kick her out. Her next stop is a group of aging hippy relatives, Duch (Stephen Root) and Nancy (Allison Janney), who...
Once upon a time, Leslie was a young mother who won 190,000 playing the video lottery at her local bar. Years later, she’s strung out and smoking cigarettes down to the filters. When kicked out of the hotel she’s staying at, she moves in with her son James (Owen Teauge) with the promise to get clean. When a neighbor “parties” with her, he has no choice but to kick her out. Her next stop is a group of aging hippy relatives, Duch (Stephen Root) and Nancy (Allison Janney), who...
- 3/30/2022
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
Michael Morris’ “To Leslie” is a redemptive drama about a poor Southern white lady played by Andrea Riseborough, who wins $190,000 in the state lottery and only learns the value of sharing after she’s drank all her cash away. But for a while there, the film is almost .
Is it going to be — as the first stop along its episodic first half would suggest — a gruesome scream-fest between a bottom-of-the-bottle alcoholic and the semi-adult son (Owen Teague) who’s trying to give her a second chance? Is it going to be the trashy throwdown that’s teased by Leslie’s “The Real Housewives of Nowhere, Texas”-style reunion with her old best friend Nancy (Allison Janney in regal biker queen mode) and her partner Dutch? Is it going to be the kind of story that offers a ray of light at the end of the tunnel, or does Leslie just...
Is it going to be — as the first stop along its episodic first half would suggest — a gruesome scream-fest between a bottom-of-the-bottle alcoholic and the semi-adult son (Owen Teague) who’s trying to give her a second chance? Is it going to be the trashy throwdown that’s teased by Leslie’s “The Real Housewives of Nowhere, Texas”-style reunion with her old best friend Nancy (Allison Janney in regal biker queen mode) and her partner Dutch? Is it going to be the kind of story that offers a ray of light at the end of the tunnel, or does Leslie just...
- 3/14/2022
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
A general rule films students learn the first few weeks of their intro class is that a film teaches you how to watch it within the first five minutes. Well, most. The latest outing from Daniels (Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert) throws everything it’s got against the wall and, if it doesn’t stick after a minute, turns itself on its head and shoots its characters into the next parallel universe. Marvel opened up this can of worms and if there can be countless Spider-Men, why can’t Evelyn Wang, a Chinese-American laundromat owner and collector of random hobbies, also have a parallel existence she’s just starting to tap into?
That is the entry point of Everything Everywhere All At Once, a sprawling action-comedy that lives up to its name and ambition across three asymmetric chapters that are best left for you to discover—the rabbit hole is deeper,...
That is the entry point of Everything Everywhere All At Once, a sprawling action-comedy that lives up to its name and ambition across three asymmetric chapters that are best left for you to discover—the rabbit hole is deeper,...
- 3/14/2022
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
The meat of this melancholy, live-action country ballad is left up to the imagination, somewhere in the missing years between the title credits and the point at which Michael Morris’s feature debut actually starts. It’s probably just as well, since To Leslie is a hard enough watch as it is, not because it’s significantly depressing (redemption is suggested in myriad moments in its two-hour running time) but because it’s a testament to Andrea Riseborough’s never less than committed performance that it’s hard to see such a sad and vulnerable woman snatch defeat from the jaws of victory at every turn. There are no indications on screen, but anecdotal reports that screenwriter Ryan Binaco based the script on his own mother seem pretty credible.
The credits are a mini-movie in themselves, to the sound of Here I Am by Dolly Parton (SXSW’s patron saint...
The credits are a mini-movie in themselves, to the sound of Here I Am by Dolly Parton (SXSW’s patron saint...
- 3/13/2022
- by Damon Wise
- Deadline Film + TV
‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ Film Review: Michelle Yeoh Anchors Wild, Heartfelt Action Comedy
Moviegoers with imagination-overload issues can’t say they weren’t warned by the title of the Daniels’ second feature, “Everything Everywhere All At Once.”
A maximalist promise deliriously realized, this epic adventure swirls sci-fi, metaphysics, martial arts, slapstick, star power, and pop culture shout-outs into the type of experience that one can imagine the late exhibition gimmick impresario William Castle — he who notoriously wired theater seats so they buzzed — responding with, “Yeah, this doesn’t need my help.”
But while Daniel Kwan’s and Daniel Scheinert’s dimension-hopping narrative flings doppelgängers, evil forces, and comically elusive superpowers at us, it also weaves a believably grounded indie family drama, one in which Michelle Yeoh’s stressed, short-tempered laundromat owner Evelyn Wang clashes with her sweet husband Waymond (Ke Huy Quan), upsets her gay daughter Joy, worries about her elderly dad (James Hong), and faces a brutal tax audit.
In other words,...
A maximalist promise deliriously realized, this epic adventure swirls sci-fi, metaphysics, martial arts, slapstick, star power, and pop culture shout-outs into the type of experience that one can imagine the late exhibition gimmick impresario William Castle — he who notoriously wired theater seats so they buzzed — responding with, “Yeah, this doesn’t need my help.”
But while Daniel Kwan’s and Daniel Scheinert’s dimension-hopping narrative flings doppelgängers, evil forces, and comically elusive superpowers at us, it also weaves a believably grounded indie family drama, one in which Michelle Yeoh’s stressed, short-tempered laundromat owner Evelyn Wang clashes with her sweet husband Waymond (Ke Huy Quan), upsets her gay daughter Joy, worries about her elderly dad (James Hong), and faces a brutal tax audit.
In other words,...
- 3/12/2022
- by Robert Abele
- The Wrap
A British born television Director who had a stint at the Old Vic theatre in London (1999 to 2002); with a full decade of directing series Michael Morris made the big move to features in October of 2020. To Leslie sees Andrea Riseborough surrounded by the likes of Allison Janney, Jonathan Tucker, Andre Royo and Marc Maron on a rags to riches to rags and an another kind of happiness type of denouement. Written by Ryan Binaco, Cinematographer Larkin Seiple (Everything Everywhere All at Once) was enlisted to capture rural and cityscape backdrops.…...
- 11/25/2021
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
Regardless of the premise behind the age-old foundation we still call the American Dream, not all are afforded the same prosperous outcome. Only the most powerful are granted the benefit of the doubt — the luxury to fall, reset and ultimately thrive. For the marginalized forced to kick-start their endeavors far behind on the racetrack, it’s a different story. How the intersection of race, gender and class shapes and oftentimes unjustly dictates one’s journey is eloquently examined in “Luce,” the third feature from Nigerian-American filmmaker Julius Onah.
This cumulatively unnerving psychodrama, where everyone harbors a deep secret, couldn’t be more relevant to today’s America of Black Lives Matter, #MeToo and a severely biased allocation of power. But co-writers Onah and Jc Lee (who wrote the stage play on which the film is based) take matters a step further. Their handsomely dynamic script continually pits various high-stakes qualms against each other,...
This cumulatively unnerving psychodrama, where everyone harbors a deep secret, couldn’t be more relevant to today’s America of Black Lives Matter, #MeToo and a severely biased allocation of power. But co-writers Onah and Jc Lee (who wrote the stage play on which the film is based) take matters a step further. Their handsomely dynamic script continually pits various high-stakes qualms against each other,...
- 7/31/2019
- by Tomris Laffly
- The Wrap
In the middle of a summer of dumb fun and comic-book escapism, it’s some kind of miracle to find a film as seriously ambitious, scrappy and suspenseful as Luce. A provocation about race, privilege and the expectations that come with both, the movie follows the title character, played by star-in-the-making Kelvin Harrison Jr. He’s an African-American student and academic all-star at the Arlington, Virginia high school he attends. His white parents, a doctor named Amy (Naomi Watts) and a financier named Peter (Tim Roth), couldn’t be prouder...
- 7/30/2019
- by Peter Travers
- Rollingstone.com
For Filmmaker‘s annual look at our top posts of the year, as determined by Google Analytics, we break the list into two: the top 10 posts of the year, and the top 10 2018 posts drawn from our archives. So, jumping right into it…. The Top 10 New Posts of 2018 D.P. Larkin Seiple Breaks Down Every Shot from Childish Gambino’s This is America. I’ll immodestly say that Matt Mulcahey’s Shutter Angles column presents the best Dp interviews out there, and this one, hot on the heels of the Childish Gambino viral hit, topped our list of the best new […]...
- 12/27/2018
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
For Filmmaker‘s annual look at our top posts of the year, as determined by Google Analytics, we break the list into two: the top 10 posts of the year, and the top 10 2018 posts drawn from our archives. So, jumping right into it…. The Top 10 New Posts of 2018 D.P. Larkin Seiple Breaks Down Every Shot from Childish Gambino’s This is America. I’ll immodestly say that Matt Mulcahey’s Shutter Angles column presents the best Dp interviews out there, and this one, hot on the heels of the Childish Gambino viral hit, topped our list of the best new […]...
- 12/27/2018
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Cold War, Roma also win awards.
The Fortress cinematographer Ji-yong Kim won the Golden Frog in main competition at Camerimage, the international film festival for the art of cinematography.
Scroll down for full list of winners
The 26th edition was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland from November 10 - 17.
The Fortress, directed by Dong-hyuk Hwang, tells the story of the second Manchu invasion of Korea in 1636. Ji-yong Kim was also awarded the best cinematographer award at this year’s Asian Film Awards.
Polish cinematographer Lukasz Zal won the Silver Frog for Pawel Pawlikowski’s black-and-white drama Cold War, Poland’s official foreign language Oscar entry.
The Fortress cinematographer Ji-yong Kim won the Golden Frog in main competition at Camerimage, the international film festival for the art of cinematography.
Scroll down for full list of winners
The 26th edition was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland from November 10 - 17.
The Fortress, directed by Dong-hyuk Hwang, tells the story of the second Manchu invasion of Korea in 1636. Ji-yong Kim was also awarded the best cinematographer award at this year’s Asian Film Awards.
Polish cinematographer Lukasz Zal won the Silver Frog for Pawel Pawlikowski’s black-and-white drama Cold War, Poland’s official foreign language Oscar entry.
- 11/18/2018
- by Tiffany Pritchard
- ScreenDaily
South Korean cinematographer Kim Ji-yong won the EnergaCamerimage fest top prize, the Golden Frog, on Saturday for the sweeping imagery of his Renaissance-era war story “The Fortress” by director Hwang Dong-Hyuk. Juror David Gropman, a production designer, praised the film’s “staggering beauty and epic scale.”
Poland’s own rising-star Dp Lukasz Zal won the Silver Frog for the crisp, monochrome look of period love story “Cold War” by Pawel Pawlikowski while Alfonso Cuaron, who wrote, directed and filmed the richly atmospheric black-and-white film “Roma,” named for the Mexico City neighborhood where he grew up, scored the Bronze Frog.
The prizes, handed out at the Opera Nova music hall in Bydgoszcz, Poland, capped a week of top cinematography work in 10 competitions, an experience fest director Marek Zydowicz described as a great success despite “crisis situations” during the week, which included the brief arrest of cinematographer Matthew Libatique on suspicion of assault.
Poland’s own rising-star Dp Lukasz Zal won the Silver Frog for the crisp, monochrome look of period love story “Cold War” by Pawel Pawlikowski while Alfonso Cuaron, who wrote, directed and filmed the richly atmospheric black-and-white film “Roma,” named for the Mexico City neighborhood where he grew up, scored the Bronze Frog.
The prizes, handed out at the Opera Nova music hall in Bydgoszcz, Poland, capped a week of top cinematography work in 10 competitions, an experience fest director Marek Zydowicz described as a great success despite “crisis situations” during the week, which included the brief arrest of cinematographer Matthew Libatique on suspicion of assault.
- 11/17/2018
- by Will Tizard
- Variety Film + TV
On Tuesday, a photo surfaced showing Rihanna posing with Donald Glover, supposedly on a film set in Cuba, causing immediate speculation about the nature of the project. It was accompanied by a report from the Cuban culture magazine Vistar, claiming that the two performers were shooting a mysterious project called “Guava Island,” which would also feature actors Nonso Anozie, Letitia Wright and be directed by Glover’s long-time collaborator Hiro Murai.
For Rihanna’s rabid fanbase, who collectively have become experts tracking and dissecting her every move, there were plenty of tea leaves to read. The singer’s much anticipated ninth studio album – she was in the studio earlier this year – is expected to drop this fall. Meanwhile Childish Gambino (Glover’s rapping moniker) was just announced Monday as the featured performer at Rihanna’s Diamond Ball charity event on September 13.
With the Cuban project appearing to be Rihanna-centric, Vistar...
For Rihanna’s rabid fanbase, who collectively have become experts tracking and dissecting her every move, there were plenty of tea leaves to read. The singer’s much anticipated ninth studio album – she was in the studio earlier this year – is expected to drop this fall. Meanwhile Childish Gambino (Glover’s rapping moniker) was just announced Monday as the featured performer at Rihanna’s Diamond Ball charity event on September 13.
With the Cuban project appearing to be Rihanna-centric, Vistar...
- 8/17/2018
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
The Daniels (Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert) a music video directing duo, who unleashed the internet breaking visuals for DJ Snake’s Turn Down For What back in 2014, make their feature debut with this bromantic comedy between a marooned millennial and a farting corpse, hardly the easiest sell to a movie going safe-spacer. And it’s true, when Swiss Army Man, the hottest ticket at last year’s Sundance Film Festival unspooled before the sold-out audiences’ eyes, many just got up and left, totally disgusted. Okay, let’s be clear here, this isn’t Robert Zemeckis’s Castaway that’s for sure, but it ain’t Srdjan Spasojevic’s A Serbian Film either. Beneath their scatological obsessed humour, the Daniels have crafted a bizarre little indy film about isolation and sexual shame, which at times is beautifully lo-fi and tender.
We meet Hank (Paul Dano) a shaggy haired boy-man on a...
We meet Hank (Paul Dano) a shaggy haired boy-man on a...
- 4/5/2017
- by Thomas Salmon
- The Cultural Post
Viewers know Macon Blair from his powerful performances in Jeremy Saulnier's Green Room, Blue Ruin, and Murder Party, but in the new film I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore, Blair steps behind the camera for his directorial debut, and you can get an idea of what to expect in two new clips ahead of the movie's Netflix premiere this Friday.
"From the producers of Kelly Reichardt's "Certain Women" and Jeremy Saulnier's "Green Room" comes the story of Ruth (Melanie Lynskey), a nursing assistant suffering through a crisis of existential despair. But when her house is burglarized, Ruth discovers a renewed sense of purpose in tracking down the thieves. Accompanied by her obnoxious martial-arts-enthusiast neighbor Tony (Elijah Wood), they soon find themselves dangerously out of their depth against a pack of degenerate criminals.
Written and directed by Macon Blair (“Blue Ruin,” “Green Room,") in his directorial debut,...
"From the producers of Kelly Reichardt's "Certain Women" and Jeremy Saulnier's "Green Room" comes the story of Ruth (Melanie Lynskey), a nursing assistant suffering through a crisis of existential despair. But when her house is burglarized, Ruth discovers a renewed sense of purpose in tracking down the thieves. Accompanied by her obnoxious martial-arts-enthusiast neighbor Tony (Elijah Wood), they soon find themselves dangerously out of their depth against a pack of degenerate criminals.
Written and directed by Macon Blair (“Blue Ruin,” “Green Room,") in his directorial debut,...
- 2/23/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
IndieWire reached out to the filmmakers behind the feature-length narrative and documentary films premiering this week to find out what cameras they used and why they chose them. Here are their responses.
Read More: The 2017 IndieWire Sundance Bible – Every Review, Interview and News Item Posted During the Festival
Dramatic Competition & Next
Cory Finley, “Thoroughbred”
Arri Alexa Mini. Panavision G-Series lenses.
The Dp, Lyle Vincent, was very particular about getting a hold of both. They gave us flexibility in shooting and helped create the very precise, high-contrast, and slightly dreamy look we were going for.
Gillian Robespierre, “Landline”
Arri Alexa with some vintage lenses
“Landline” takes place in 1990’s Manhattan. My Dp Chris Teague and I talked a lot about what shooting a period movie from a recent period would look and feel like. Unfortunately, we were not able to shoot on film, and added a texture of LiveGrain during color...
Read More: The 2017 IndieWire Sundance Bible – Every Review, Interview and News Item Posted During the Festival
Dramatic Competition & Next
Cory Finley, “Thoroughbred”
Arri Alexa Mini. Panavision G-Series lenses.
The Dp, Lyle Vincent, was very particular about getting a hold of both. They gave us flexibility in shooting and helped create the very precise, high-contrast, and slightly dreamy look we were going for.
Gillian Robespierre, “Landline”
Arri Alexa with some vintage lenses
“Landline” takes place in 1990’s Manhattan. My Dp Chris Teague and I talked a lot about what shooting a period movie from a recent period would look and feel like. Unfortunately, we were not able to shoot on film, and added a texture of LiveGrain during color...
- 1/25/2017
- by Annakeara Stinson and Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
What would you get if you combined the acting talents of Melanie Lynskey (Togetherness) and Elijah Wood with the cinematography skills of the guy who shot Swiss Army Man? You'd get the strangely named I don't feel at home in this world anymore., a new film that marks the writing and directing debut of Blue Ruin and Green Room actor Macon Blair. Lynskey plays a woman who gets robbed and decides to hunt down the thieves with the help of her goofy, martial arts-obsessed neighbor (Wood). Of course, things don't quite pan out the way they imagine.
This movie made its debut at the Sundance Film Festival last night, but Netflix has already picked it up, so we'll all be able to see it when it arrives on the streaming service on February 24, 2017.
From the producers of Kelly Reichardt's "Certain Women" and Jeremy Saulnier's "Green Room" comes the...
This movie made its debut at the Sundance Film Festival last night, but Netflix has already picked it up, so we'll all be able to see it when it arrives on the streaming service on February 24, 2017.
From the producers of Kelly Reichardt's "Certain Women" and Jeremy Saulnier's "Green Room" comes the...
- 1/20/2017
- by Ben Pearson
- GeekTyrant
After making his start working on screen with writer-director Jeremy Saulnier — first with 2007’s Murder Party, then followed up by the indie smash success Blue Ruin (with Blair taking center stage), and finally with last year’s Green Room — Macon Blair has now stepped behind the camera to direct I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore. An official selection at this year’s Sundance film festival, the film follows Ruth (Malanie Lynskey), a fed up and depressed woman who hits the final straw when her house is burglarized and her deceased mother’s precious spoon gone. Now driven, she sets out on a quest — as much, perhaps, to find new purpose in life as to seek revenge — alongside her oddball neighbor (Elijah Wood). Unfortunately, the duo quickly find themselves far out of their element against the pack of thugs (including Don’t Breathe‘s Jane Levy and...
- 1/20/2017
- by Mike Mazzanti
- The Film Stage
Written and directed by Macon Blair (“Blue Ruin,” “Green Room"), in his directorial debut with cinematographer Larkin Seiple (“Swiss Army Man,” “Cop Car”) I Don't Feel at Home in the World Anymore will premier at Sundance before, I guess, hitting Netflix?
I didn't realize they'd picked it up until this trailer dropped, but it makes sense as they have an overall deal with Xyz Films who also produced Arq.
From the producers of Kelly Reichardt's "Certain Women" and Jeremy Saulnier's "Green Room" comes the story of Ruth [Continued ...]...
I didn't realize they'd picked it up until this trailer dropped, but it makes sense as they have an overall deal with Xyz Films who also produced Arq.
From the producers of Kelly Reichardt's "Certain Women" and Jeremy Saulnier's "Green Room" comes the story of Ruth [Continued ...]...
- 1/19/2017
- QuietEarth.us
When you mix a talented young actor with the Oscar bait that is a boxing film, you almost always get an awards contender. This week, a new one opens in Bleed for This, which has Miles Teller in the lead role. Is it a lot like other recent boxing movies? Yes. Does that mean it’s not able to stand on its own? No, especially with how good Teller is. This flick obviously hopes to make a dent with Oscar at the end of the year, but whether or not that happens, it’s a worthwhile true life sports tale with a tremendous performance at its center. The film is based on the true story of boxer Vinny Pazienza (Teller), who staged one of the sport’s greatest comeback stories. A scrappy fighter who always took too many shots to the head, he also has had to deal with an overprotective family,...
- 11/15/2016
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Despite a decent box office gross, more people probably read about “Swiss Army Man” than actually saw it this summer. Headlines involving Daniel Radcliffe’s farting corpse were practically everywhere (IndieWire included), and it seemed like half of the actor’s press tour was devoted to proving the movie was way more than just about a dead body passing gas. Fortunately, “Swiss Army Man” is now on VOD and, simply put, it’s one of the most original indies of 2016.
Read More: Why Daniel Radcliffe Deserves an Oscar For ‘Swiss Army Man’
“Swiss Army Man” stars Paul Dano as Hank, a suicidal man who discovers a washed up corpse mere minutes before he’s about to take his own life. He soon befriends the corpse (Radcliffe) and realizes it can be utilized as a survival tool, which includes using its farts as fuel and its penis as a compass. Yes,...
Read More: Why Daniel Radcliffe Deserves an Oscar For ‘Swiss Army Man’
“Swiss Army Man” stars Paul Dano as Hank, a suicidal man who discovers a washed up corpse mere minutes before he’s about to take his own life. He soon befriends the corpse (Radcliffe) and realizes it can be utilized as a survival tool, which includes using its farts as fuel and its penis as a compass. Yes,...
- 10/4/2016
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Every so often, a film is so innovative that it sends audiences running. Such was the case when “Swiss Army Man” premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, where the tale of a despondent island castaway (Paul Dano) and the talking, farting corpse he discovers and befriends (Daniel Radcliffe) inspired a seriously divisive responsive. No one is walking out now: “Swiss Army Man” led the specialty box office last weekend, (beating out the highly anticipated “Neon Demon”), and opens nationally July 1. It’s quickly becoming the breakout story of the summer. But while its directors are technically first-timers in the feature-length realm, they’re hardly newcomers.
The film’s success is largely due to its odd premise, dark humor, and — above all — a unique aesthetic that’s both tonally offbeat and profound. That aesthetic was honed by directors Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, who go simply by “Daniels,” during their rise...
The film’s success is largely due to its odd premise, dark humor, and — above all — a unique aesthetic that’s both tonally offbeat and profound. That aesthetic was honed by directors Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, who go simply by “Daniels,” during their rise...
- 6/30/2016
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Read More: The 2016 Indiewire Sundance Bible: All the Reviews, Interviews and News Posted During The Festival Los Angeles-based cinematographer Larkin Seiple is building a resume around Sundance movies. After spending a few years shooting music videos, Seiple transitioned to features with last year's Kevin Bacon comedy-thriller "Cop Car," a major discovery from last year's Sundance midnight section. Now he's back with one of the stranger entries in the festival's U.S. competition, "Swiss Army Man," in which a marooned Paul Dano hauls around a talking corpse played by Daniel Radcliffe. The movie's unique setting and surreal events led to a number of technical challenges that Seiple happily confronted. The director of photography shows no signs of slowing down, having already wrapped the Miles Teller boxing movie "Bleed for This." What camera lens did you use? We used Arri Alexa Xt with Cooke Anamorphic Lenses. We also used a Phantom High Speed.
- 1/27/2016
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Putting another year of craziness in the history books, the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards took over the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday night (August 30).
The star-studded shindig was hosted by Miley Cyrus and featured celebrity artists like Taylor Swift, Nicki Minaj, Macklemore, Justin Bieber, Pharrell Williams and Twenty One Pilots.
And by the end of the evening, a plethora of MoonMan trophies were handed out to the biggest and brightest stars in the industry. The 2015 MTV Video Music Awards winners are:
Video of the Year
Taylor Swift, “Bad Blood”
Best Male Video
Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, “Uptown Funk”
Best Female Video
Taylor Swift, “Blank Space”
Artist To Watch
Fetty Wap, “Trap Queen”
Best Direction
Kendrick Lamar – “Alright” (Colin Tilley & The Little Homies)
Best Choreography
Ok Go – “I Won’t Let You Down” (Ok Go, air:man and Mori Harano)
Best Visual Effects
Skrillex & Diplo “Where Are U Now” with Justin Bieber (Brewer,...
The star-studded shindig was hosted by Miley Cyrus and featured celebrity artists like Taylor Swift, Nicki Minaj, Macklemore, Justin Bieber, Pharrell Williams and Twenty One Pilots.
And by the end of the evening, a plethora of MoonMan trophies were handed out to the biggest and brightest stars in the industry. The 2015 MTV Video Music Awards winners are:
Video of the Year
Taylor Swift, “Bad Blood”
Best Male Video
Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, “Uptown Funk”
Best Female Video
Taylor Swift, “Blank Space”
Artist To Watch
Fetty Wap, “Trap Queen”
Best Direction
Kendrick Lamar – “Alright” (Colin Tilley & The Little Homies)
Best Choreography
Ok Go – “I Won’t Let You Down” (Ok Go, air:man and Mori Harano)
Best Visual Effects
Skrillex & Diplo “Where Are U Now” with Justin Bieber (Brewer,...
- 8/31/2015
- GossipCenter
Putting another year of craziness in the history books, the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards took over the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday night (August 30).
The star-studded shindig was hosted by Miley Cyrus and featured celebrity artists like Taylor Swift, Nicki Minaj, Macklemore, Justin Bieber, Pharrell Williams and Twenty One Pilots.
And by the end of the evening, a plethora of MoonMan trophies were handed out to the biggest and brightest stars in the industry. The 2015 MTV Video Music Awards winners are:
Video of the Year
Taylor Swift, “Bad Blood”
Best Male Video
Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, “Uptown Funk”
Best Female Video
Taylor Swift, “Blank Space”
Artist To Watch
Fetty Wap, “Trap Queen”
Best Direction
Kendrick Lamar – “Alright” (Colin Tilley & The Little Homies)
Best Choreography
Ok Go – “I Won’t Let You Down” (Ok Go, air:man and Mori Harano)
Best Visual Effects
Skrillex & Diplo “Where Are U Now” with Justin Bieber (Brewer,...
The star-studded shindig was hosted by Miley Cyrus and featured celebrity artists like Taylor Swift, Nicki Minaj, Macklemore, Justin Bieber, Pharrell Williams and Twenty One Pilots.
And by the end of the evening, a plethora of MoonMan trophies were handed out to the biggest and brightest stars in the industry. The 2015 MTV Video Music Awards winners are:
Video of the Year
Taylor Swift, “Bad Blood”
Best Male Video
Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, “Uptown Funk”
Best Female Video
Taylor Swift, “Blank Space”
Artist To Watch
Fetty Wap, “Trap Queen”
Best Direction
Kendrick Lamar – “Alright” (Colin Tilley & The Little Homies)
Best Choreography
Ok Go – “I Won’t Let You Down” (Ok Go, air:man and Mori Harano)
Best Visual Effects
Skrillex & Diplo “Where Are U Now” with Justin Bieber (Brewer,...
- 8/31/2015
- GossipCenter
The 2015 Video Music Awards were handed out Sunday, August 30, 2015 in downtown Los Angeles. The complete list of nominees and winners are as follows: Video Of The Year Beyoncé – “7/11” Ed Sheeran – “Thinking Out Loud” Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar – “Bad Blood” - Winner Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars – “Uptown Funk” Kendrick Lamar – “Alright” Best Male Video Ed Sheeran – “Thinking Out Loud” Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars – “Uptown Funk” - Winner Kendrick Lamar – “Alright” The Weeknd – “Earned It” Nick Jonas – “Chains” Best Female Video Beyoncé – “7/11” Taylor Swift – “Blank Space” - Winner Nicki Minaj – “Anaconda” Sia – “Elastic Heart” Ellie Goulding – “Love Me Like You Do” Best Hip Hop Video Fetty Wap – “Trap Queen” Nicki Minaj – “Anaconda” - Winner Kendrick Lamar – “Alright” Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth – “See You Again” Big Sean ft. E-40 – “Idfwu” Best Pop Video Beyoncé – “7/11” Ed Sheeran – “Thinking Out Loud” Taylor Swift – “Blank Space” - Winner Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars...
- 8/31/2015
- by Gregory Ellwood
- Hitfix
With Nicki Minaj blasting Miley Cyrus, Cyrus' surprise new album, Kanye West's poignant Video Vanguard Award speech and the return of (a high-flying) Justin Bieber dominating the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards, it's easy to forget that the show actually hands out awards throughout the night. Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran and Beyoncé led all nominees going into the evening, but who walked away with the coveted Moonman statue? Here's the full rundown of the evening's winners.
Best Rock Video: Fall Out Boy, "Uma Thurman"
Best Pop Video: Taylor Swift, "Blank...
Best Rock Video: Fall Out Boy, "Uma Thurman"
Best Pop Video: Taylor Swift, "Blank...
- 8/31/2015
- Rollingstone.com
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