The latest Yorgos Lanthimos / Emma Stone team-up, a film called Kinds of Kindness (previously known as And), is set to reach theatres on June 21st – but first, it’s having its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, which is now underway. The first reviews of Kinds of Kindness are now arriving online, and they’re describing this 165 minute “triptych fable” as dark, bizarre, insidious, intriguing, brilliant, bonkers, disturbing, puzzling, funny, surreal, creepy, mind-bending, twisted, and innovative. We have rounded up some of them below led by one from our own Eric Walkuski!
Our man @ericwalkuski just caught #KindsofKindness: Yorgos Lanthimos' Kinds of Kindness defies easy description; it's a trilogy of morbid tales that will beguile some, repel others. Uneven as a whole, the film still has enough shock value and absurd dark humor to keep you on your…
— JoBlo.com (@joblocom) May 17, 2024
Vulture‘s Bilge Ebiri says, Lanthimos can “reclaim his...
Our man @ericwalkuski just caught #KindsofKindness: Yorgos Lanthimos' Kinds of Kindness defies easy description; it's a trilogy of morbid tales that will beguile some, repel others. Uneven as a whole, the film still has enough shock value and absurd dark humor to keep you on your…
— JoBlo.com (@joblocom) May 17, 2024
Vulture‘s Bilge Ebiri says, Lanthimos can “reclaim his...
- 5/17/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Screen International can reveal the critics participating in this year’s jury grid at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival (May 14-25).
Joining Screen’s reviewing team will be critics from 11 international outlets to give their verdict on the 22 films in Competition this year for the Palme d’Or.
This year’s critics are all returners to the jury grid with the exception of Nt Binh who replaces Michel Ciment for France’s Positif. Ciment passed away in November last year at 85 and was a long-time contributor to the jury grid.
The selection also includes Justin Chang for The New Yorker who...
Joining Screen’s reviewing team will be critics from 11 international outlets to give their verdict on the 22 films in Competition this year for the Palme d’Or.
This year’s critics are all returners to the jury grid with the exception of Nt Binh who replaces Michel Ciment for France’s Positif. Ciment passed away in November last year at 85 and was a long-time contributor to the jury grid.
The selection also includes Justin Chang for The New Yorker who...
- 5/13/2024
- ScreenDaily
Ladies and gentlemen, blobfishes and goblin sharks, put your fins together for the long-awaited return of Arthur Curry, aka Aquaman, aka the King of Atlantis. The sea-dwelling superhero played by Jason Momoa has been away from the big screen for five years (aside from a post-credits cameo in "The Flash"), but this week he returns in "Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom." After three DC Comics-based box office bombs in a row this year, Warner Bros. is hoping to score a win with Aquaman's second solo outing -- but the signs so far aren't positive.
Between rumors of behind-the-scenes turmoil and a review embargo lifting just a few hours before preview showings begin in North America, some fans feared that "Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom" might stink worse than a fish market. Based on the first wave of reviews, it seems those fears were justified.
/Film's own review is one...
Between rumors of behind-the-scenes turmoil and a review embargo lifting just a few hours before preview showings begin in North America, some fans feared that "Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom" might stink worse than a fish market. Based on the first wave of reviews, it seems those fears were justified.
/Film's own review is one...
- 12/21/2023
- by Hannah Shaw-Williams
- Slash Film
Warner Bros might finally be learning to undelete films following its Coyote Vs Acme debacle: now it should revisit its disastrous cull of Batgirl and Scoob! 2.
It’s been a difficult week for Warner Bros Discovery, in a year that’s not been shy of them. Not that filmmakers and film fans are offering much sympathy for the company, which is in danger of making a habit of canning completed films.
The story so far.
Following its 2022 decision to scrap both Batgirl and Scoob! 2: The Holiday Haunt, a pair of pretty much completed movies that collectively had cost over $120m to make, it threw the anvil last week on Coyote Vs Acme.
As film critic Robbie Collin wrote on whatever Twitter’s called now, “Why would anyone work for a studio that makes a habit of this?”
And that’s the problem. Doing it once? A nasty one-off. Twice?...
It’s been a difficult week for Warner Bros Discovery, in a year that’s not been shy of them. Not that filmmakers and film fans are offering much sympathy for the company, which is in danger of making a habit of canning completed films.
The story so far.
Following its 2022 decision to scrap both Batgirl and Scoob! 2: The Holiday Haunt, a pair of pretty much completed movies that collectively had cost over $120m to make, it threw the anvil last week on Coyote Vs Acme.
As film critic Robbie Collin wrote on whatever Twitter’s called now, “Why would anyone work for a studio that makes a habit of this?”
And that’s the problem. Doing it once? A nasty one-off. Twice?...
- 11/14/2023
- by Simon Brew
- Film Stories
“Coup de Chance” bowed at the 2023 Venice Film Festival on Monday, September 4. Written and directed by Woody Allen, it’s the filmmaker’s 50th feature and the first shot entirely in the French language with English subtitles. The 87-year-old Allen was controversially on hand to attend the screening in person, drawing a small group of protestors on site due to longstanding but never substantiated child sexual abuse allegations made by his daughter Dylan Farrow. The audience in attendance at the world premiere warmly embraced the feature and its writer-director with a reported three-minute ovation upon its conclusion.
Premiering out of competition at the festival, the film was shot in Paris and features an all-French cast. A twisty tale of murder, “Coup de Chance” stars Lou de Laage and Melvil Poupaud as Fanny and Jean, described as “an ideal couple who have everything. Fulfilled in their professional life, they live in...
Premiering out of competition at the festival, the film was shot in Paris and features an all-French cast. A twisty tale of murder, “Coup de Chance” stars Lou de Laage and Melvil Poupaud as Fanny and Jean, described as “an ideal couple who have everything. Fulfilled in their professional life, they live in...
- 9/5/2023
- by Ray Richmond
- Gold Derby
Director David Fincher debuted his first film in three years Sunday at the Venice Film Festival and the results are rapturous, if a bit muted.
“The Killer” tells the story of a hitman (Michael Fassbender) dealing with a botched job. As TheWrap’s Ben Croll said in his review, “The Killer” is “like a sideways follow-up to ‘The Social Network’ than anything else.” That cold formalism is being pointed out in several top critics reviews, with Vulture’s Bilge Ebiri saying, “David Fincher’s The Killer seems to be about its own pointlessness.”
Croll explained in his review that “For all the wit and satirical shadings, “The Killer” gets down to business with ruthless efficiency. Like new installments in an ongoing series, the film is split into chapters, each set in a new locale, each named for a new target, and each playing up a slightly different set of skills.
“The Killer” tells the story of a hitman (Michael Fassbender) dealing with a botched job. As TheWrap’s Ben Croll said in his review, “The Killer” is “like a sideways follow-up to ‘The Social Network’ than anything else.” That cold formalism is being pointed out in several top critics reviews, with Vulture’s Bilge Ebiri saying, “David Fincher’s The Killer seems to be about its own pointlessness.”
Croll explained in his review that “For all the wit and satirical shadings, “The Killer” gets down to business with ruthless efficiency. Like new installments in an ongoing series, the film is split into chapters, each set in a new locale, each named for a new target, and each playing up a slightly different set of skills.
- 9/3/2023
- by Kristen Lopez
- The Wrap
“Maestro” bowed at the 2023 Venice Film Festival on Saturday, September 2. The film, which tells the story of famed composer Leonard Bernstein (Bradley Cooper) and his decades-long relationship with Felicia Montealegre (Carey Mulligan), recently sparked debate over Cooper’s use of a prosthetic nose to portray the Jewish music legend. But what did journalists think when they finally got to see the whole film?
The film already has a MetaCritic score of 82 based on 15 reviews that have come out of the fest as of this writing — 14 of them positive and one of them classified as mixed, but none outright negative. Over on Rotten Tomatoes the film rates 95% fresh based on 20 reviews, which means only one review there was classified as negative.
Stephanie Zacharek (Time) says the film, which Cooper also directed, is “superb and deeply felt … This is a complex and sophisticated picture, the kind of grown-up love story we see all too rarely these days,...
The film already has a MetaCritic score of 82 based on 15 reviews that have come out of the fest as of this writing — 14 of them positive and one of them classified as mixed, but none outright negative. Over on Rotten Tomatoes the film rates 95% fresh based on 20 reviews, which means only one review there was classified as negative.
Stephanie Zacharek (Time) says the film, which Cooper also directed, is “superb and deeply felt … This is a complex and sophisticated picture, the kind of grown-up love story we see all too rarely these days,...
- 9/3/2023
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
The first reviews are in from Thursday night’s Venice Film Festival world premiere of the Michael Mann-directed major Oscar contender “Ferrari,” the action-packed Neon study of the Italian racer and sports car entrepreneur Enzo Ferrari starring Adam Driver as Ferrari, Penelope Cruz as his wife Laura and Shailene Woodley as his mistress Lina Lardi. It focuses on three pivotal months in the life of Ferrari back in 1957, casting its focus on that year’s grueling Mille Miglia endurance race and the love triangle between Enzo and his women. While the early critiques are mixed with some lukewarm ones, the majority are uniformly positive and include a few outright raves.
Here is a sampling:
Owen Gleiberman of Variety raves, “In Michael Mann’s heady, intricately dark, raptly absorbing ‘Ferrari,’ it isn’t just the action that’s fraught with thrilling danger. Every moment of the drama moves with a sense of high-stakes dread,...
Here is a sampling:
Owen Gleiberman of Variety raves, “In Michael Mann’s heady, intricately dark, raptly absorbing ‘Ferrari,’ it isn’t just the action that’s fraught with thrilling danger. Every moment of the drama moves with a sense of high-stakes dread,...
- 8/31/2023
- by Ray Richmond
- Gold Derby
Now it has become “Oppenheimer,” the destroyer of doubts.
On Tuesday, Christopher Nolan’s drama debuted in Paris, meaning the lid has been officially raised on one of the year’s most-anticipated projects. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the early response from those critics and journalists who have seen “Oppenheimer” is effusive.
“Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’ is truly a spectacular achievement, in its truthful, concise adaptation, inventive storytelling and nuanced performances from Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon, and the many, many others involved —- some just for a scene,” Lindsay Bahr from the Associated Press wrote on Twitter. “It’s hard to talk about something as dense as this in something as silly as a tweet or thread but ‘Oppenheimer’ really is a serious, philosophical, adult drama that’s as tense and exciting as ‘Dunkirk.’ And the big moment – That Moment – is awe-inspiring.”
Christopher Nolan’s #Oppenheimer is truly a spectacular achievement,...
On Tuesday, Christopher Nolan’s drama debuted in Paris, meaning the lid has been officially raised on one of the year’s most-anticipated projects. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the early response from those critics and journalists who have seen “Oppenheimer” is effusive.
“Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’ is truly a spectacular achievement, in its truthful, concise adaptation, inventive storytelling and nuanced performances from Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon, and the many, many others involved —- some just for a scene,” Lindsay Bahr from the Associated Press wrote on Twitter. “It’s hard to talk about something as dense as this in something as silly as a tweet or thread but ‘Oppenheimer’ really is a serious, philosophical, adult drama that’s as tense and exciting as ‘Dunkirk.’ And the big moment – That Moment – is awe-inspiring.”
Christopher Nolan’s #Oppenheimer is truly a spectacular achievement,...
- 7/12/2023
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
“Oppenheimer,” Christopher Nolan’s three-hour biography of Robert J. Oppenheimer (played by Nolan regular Cillian Murphy), one of the architects of the nuclear bomb, is nearly here and ahead of its July 21 release date the social embargo has been lifted and the first thoughts are coming through. (The movie just had its world premiere in Paris.)
Bilge Ebiri, critic for New York Magazine and Vulture (and perhaps our greatest living film writer), said the film was “incredible.” “A relentlessly paced, insanely detailed, intricate historical drama that builds and builds and builds until Nolan brings the hammer down in the most astonishing, shattering way,” Ebiri said on Twitter.
Oppenheimer is…incredible. The word that keeps coming to mind is "fearsome." A relentlessly paced, insanely detailed, intricate historical drama that builds and builds and builds until Nolan brings the hammer down in the most astonishing, shattering way.
— Bilge Ebiri (@BilgeEbiri) July 11, 2023
Lindsey Bahr,...
Bilge Ebiri, critic for New York Magazine and Vulture (and perhaps our greatest living film writer), said the film was “incredible.” “A relentlessly paced, insanely detailed, intricate historical drama that builds and builds and builds until Nolan brings the hammer down in the most astonishing, shattering way,” Ebiri said on Twitter.
Oppenheimer is…incredible. The word that keeps coming to mind is "fearsome." A relentlessly paced, insanely detailed, intricate historical drama that builds and builds and builds until Nolan brings the hammer down in the most astonishing, shattering way.
— Bilge Ebiri (@BilgeEbiri) July 11, 2023
Lindsey Bahr,...
- 7/11/2023
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
Aki Kaurismaki’s latest is the new leader on the grid with a 3.2 average.
Aki Kaurismaki’s Fallen Leaves has snatched the top spot on the Cannes jury grid with an average score of 3.2.
The tragicomedy scored four fours (excellent) from Meduza’s Anton Dolin; Postif’s Michel Ciment; Time Magazine’s Stephanie Zacharek; and Roberebert.com’s Ben Kenigsberg. Kaurismäki’s film received a further six threes (good) and two twos (average).
Click on the jury grid above for the most up-to-date version.
Hailing from Finland, Fallen Leaves centres around a shop assistant and alcoholic sandblaster who met one night in Helsinki.
Aki Kaurismaki’s Fallen Leaves has snatched the top spot on the Cannes jury grid with an average score of 3.2.
The tragicomedy scored four fours (excellent) from Meduza’s Anton Dolin; Postif’s Michel Ciment; Time Magazine’s Stephanie Zacharek; and Roberebert.com’s Ben Kenigsberg. Kaurismäki’s film received a further six threes (good) and two twos (average).
Click on the jury grid above for the most up-to-date version.
Hailing from Finland, Fallen Leaves centres around a shop assistant and alcoholic sandblaster who met one night in Helsinki.
- 5/23/2023
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s ’About Dry Grasses’ and ’The Zone Of Interest’ both scored 2.8.
Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s About Dry Grasses and Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone Of Interest both land on Screen’s 2023 Cannes jury grid with 2.8, joining Wang Bing’s Youth (Spring) in first place.
About Dry Grasses scored the highest mark of four (excellent) from The Telegraph’s Robbie Collin, Postif’s Michel Ciment and filfan.com’s Ahmed Shawky. It also received six threes (good) and two twos (average), with Le Monde’s Clarisse Fabre giving the film one.
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Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s About Dry Grasses and Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone Of Interest both land on Screen’s 2023 Cannes jury grid with 2.8, joining Wang Bing’s Youth (Spring) in first place.
About Dry Grasses scored the highest mark of four (excellent) from The Telegraph’s Robbie Collin, Postif’s Michel Ciment and filfan.com’s Ahmed Shawky. It also received six threes (good) and two twos (average), with Le Monde’s Clarisse Fabre giving the film one.
Click on the jury grid above for the most up-to-date version.
- 5/20/2023
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
Documentary about rural Chinese people who move to work in a textile factory is currently on a 2.7 average.
Wang Bing’s documentary Youth (Spring) took the early lead on Screen’s 2023 Cannes jury grid, with a 2.7 average score.
A 212-minute chronicle of the lives of Chinese people who come from rural areas to work in a textile factory near Shanghai, it scored seven threes (good) from our critics, with one four (excellent) from Le Monde’s Clarisse Fabre. Scores of two (average) from The Telegraph’s Robbie Collin and Tim Robey, and Positif’s Michel Ciment, and a one (poor) from filfan.
Wang Bing’s documentary Youth (Spring) took the early lead on Screen’s 2023 Cannes jury grid, with a 2.7 average score.
A 212-minute chronicle of the lives of Chinese people who come from rural areas to work in a textile factory near Shanghai, it scored seven threes (good) from our critics, with one four (excellent) from Le Monde’s Clarisse Fabre. Scores of two (average) from The Telegraph’s Robbie Collin and Tim Robey, and Positif’s Michel Ciment, and a one (poor) from filfan.
- 5/19/2023
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday night. At the glitzy Palais screening, director James Mangold and stars Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Mads Mikkelsen, Boyd Holbrook and Ethann Isidore enjoyed a warm five-minute standing ovation from the crowd. But it was Indy himself, Harrison Ford, who was the center of attention, with the actor visibly moved to tears by the reception.
Not soon after the premiere, the first reviews of the film, which hits theaters on June 30, came trickling in. As of late Thursday, the early critical reaction to the fifth film in the much-loved Indiana Jones franchise has been decidedly mixed.
A common theme among the early reviews is that the film is better than Indy’s last outing, the rather polarizing Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull from 2008, but not much better. Many reviewers took issue with digitally de-aging...
Not soon after the premiere, the first reviews of the film, which hits theaters on June 30, came trickling in. As of late Thursday, the early critical reaction to the fifth film in the much-loved Indiana Jones franchise has been decidedly mixed.
A common theme among the early reviews is that the film is better than Indy’s last outing, the rather polarizing Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull from 2008, but not much better. Many reviewers took issue with digitally de-aging...
- 5/19/2023
- by Abid Rahman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Critics this year include LA Times’ Justin Chang, Die Zeit’s Katja Nicodemus, and Positif’s Michel Ciment.
Screen International has revealed its critics for the jury grid that will run throughout the 2023 Cannes Film Festival (May 16-27).
Joining Screen’s reviewing team will be critics from 11 international outlets to give their verdict on the 21 films in Competition this year for the Palme d’Or.
The results will be published in Screen’s Cannes daily magazines and for the first time the grid will also be updated live on screendaily.com.
Egyptian critic Ahmed Shawky joins the Screen jury critics...
Screen International has revealed its critics for the jury grid that will run throughout the 2023 Cannes Film Festival (May 16-27).
Joining Screen’s reviewing team will be critics from 11 international outlets to give their verdict on the 21 films in Competition this year for the Palme d’Or.
The results will be published in Screen’s Cannes daily magazines and for the first time the grid will also be updated live on screendaily.com.
Egyptian critic Ahmed Shawky joins the Screen jury critics...
- 5/16/2023
- by ¬Ella Gauci
- ScreenDaily
Ari Aster’s first two films, 2018’s “Hereditary” and 2019’s “Midsommar,” cultivated the young director enough cachet for A24 to hand him a blank check for “Beau is Afraid,” his “Jewish ‘Lord of the Rings’” about the psychological horror of visiting your mother. The three-hour horror-comedy epic is the indie studio’s most expensive movie to date. Starring Oscar winner Joaquin Phoenix as the stunted and anxiety-ridden Beau of the title, the movie defies easy categorization and is, expectedly, inspiring awe and disgust in nearly equal measure – often within individual viewers.
Beau lives in an urban hellscape that approximates what “New York City looked like in the mind of Travis Bickle and Bernhard Goetz” and is in a persistent state of waiting for the other shoe to drop. When it finally does, it’s a chandelier on top of his mother’s head (it wouldn’t be an Aster film...
Beau lives in an urban hellscape that approximates what “New York City looked like in the mind of Travis Bickle and Bernhard Goetz” and is in a persistent state of waiting for the other shoe to drop. When it finally does, it’s a chandelier on top of his mother’s head (it wouldn’t be an Aster film...
- 4/14/2023
- by Ronald Meyer
- Gold Derby
It’ll have been less than a month since the 95th Academy Awards when Ben Affleck’s “Air” hits theaters, but strong reviews suggest the time to begin predicting next year’s Oscars is already here.
Matt Damon heads the ‘80s-set workplace dramedy’s stellar ensemble as Sonny Vaccaro, a maverick talent scout for an apparel company that once celebrated unconventional thinking but, after going public, has increasingly frozen him out, focusing more on balance sheets than upending the status quo. Basketball players, Sonny is told over and over again, would much rather wear Converse and Adidas than Nike. Why doesn’t the company, based in Beaverton, Or, have offices on the east coast? What’s the use in a shoe that’s only good for a single activity? You can wear a running shoe for anything, even a trip to the grocery store. And what the hell is a Nike,...
Matt Damon heads the ‘80s-set workplace dramedy’s stellar ensemble as Sonny Vaccaro, a maverick talent scout for an apparel company that once celebrated unconventional thinking but, after going public, has increasingly frozen him out, focusing more on balance sheets than upending the status quo. Basketball players, Sonny is told over and over again, would much rather wear Converse and Adidas than Nike. Why doesn’t the company, based in Beaverton, Or, have offices on the east coast? What’s the use in a shoe that’s only good for a single activity? You can wear a running shoe for anything, even a trip to the grocery store. And what the hell is a Nike,...
- 4/5/2023
- by Ronald Meyer
- Gold Derby
“Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” opened February 17 and is the 31st film in the sprawling Marvel Cinematic Universe, as well as the third in the “Ant-Man” franchise. But where does it rank on the all-time list of MCU films based on its Rotten Tomatoes score? Check out the gallery above to see the complete list of 31 movies and how critics rated all of them.
As of this writing “Quantumania” has a Rotten Tomatoes score of 48 based on 236 reviews that have been counted thus far: 114 of them are classified as positive, while 122 are negative. Things are not too different over on MetaCritic, which is a more nuanced scale than the simple fresh/rotten pronouncements of the Tomatometer. The MetaCritic score stands at 49 based on 55 reviews counted: 17 are positive, 30 are mixed, and eight are outright negative.
SEEEvery Marvel Cinematic Universe actor who’s been nominated for an Oscar
That’s the lowest...
As of this writing “Quantumania” has a Rotten Tomatoes score of 48 based on 236 reviews that have been counted thus far: 114 of them are classified as positive, while 122 are negative. Things are not too different over on MetaCritic, which is a more nuanced scale than the simple fresh/rotten pronouncements of the Tomatometer. The MetaCritic score stands at 49 based on 55 reviews counted: 17 are positive, 30 are mixed, and eight are outright negative.
SEEEvery Marvel Cinematic Universe actor who’s been nominated for an Oscar
That’s the lowest...
- 2/17/2023
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
“Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical” hit Netflix on December 25 to rave reviews. The musical fantasy starring Oscar winner Emma Thompson as Miss Agatha Trunchbull and Alisha Weir as the title character is based on the Broadway musical of the same name. The film is directed by Matthew Warchus with a script by Dennis Kelly. Warchus and Kelly brought the stage musical to Broadway in 2011 based on the 1988 novel by Roald Dahl.
This adaptation of their Tony and Oliver award-winning musical tells the story of an extraordinary girl who, armed with a sharp mind and vivid imagination, dares to take a stand to change her story with miraculous results. The film currently holds a freshness rating of 92 on Rotten Tomatoes with the critics consensus reading, “Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical brings the classic story back to the screen with a delightful Emma Thompson, dazzling dancing, and a suitably irascible take on the source material.
This adaptation of their Tony and Oliver award-winning musical tells the story of an extraordinary girl who, armed with a sharp mind and vivid imagination, dares to take a stand to change her story with miraculous results. The film currently holds a freshness rating of 92 on Rotten Tomatoes with the critics consensus reading, “Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical brings the classic story back to the screen with a delightful Emma Thompson, dazzling dancing, and a suitably irascible take on the source material.
- 12/29/2022
- by Vincent Mandile
- Gold Derby
The trailer for Universal Pictures and Nintendo’s “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” has debuted, bringing with it a first listen of Chris Pratt’s Mario voice. The actor told Variety earlier this year that he “worked really closely with the directors” to craft the perfect Mario voice, adding, “[We tried] out a few things and landed on something that I’m really proud of.”
So what does Pratt’s Mario voice sound like? He only gets two brief lines of dialogue in the trailer, but it was enough to send social media into a craze with reactions. Many users found Pratt’s Mario voice too similar to Pratt’s own speaking voice, which led to confusion as the actor previously touted the voice as “unlike anything” fans had heard before.
“It’s an animated voiceover narrative,” Pratt added to Variety about the role. “It’s not a live-action movie. I’m...
So what does Pratt’s Mario voice sound like? He only gets two brief lines of dialogue in the trailer, but it was enough to send social media into a craze with reactions. Many users found Pratt’s Mario voice too similar to Pratt’s own speaking voice, which led to confusion as the actor previously touted the voice as “unlike anything” fans had heard before.
“It’s an animated voiceover narrative,” Pratt added to Variety about the role. “It’s not a live-action movie. I’m...
- 10/6/2022
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
Belle, the latest anime sensation from Oscar-nominated director Mamoru Hosoda will be released on DVD, Blu-ray, as well as a special feature-packed 4K Uhd Blu-ray Collector’s Edition that includes the film’s beloved soundtrack on 27th June. To celebrate, we are giving away a Blu-ray!
An original story inspired by the realisation that his own children will grow up in an increasingly online age, Hosoda’s Belle is the story of Suzu, a country girl who becomes a music sensation in the virtual world of “U” with the mesmerising avatar Belle. When her fame attracts the attention of a fearsome yet mysterious user known only as “Dragon”, Suzu will discover where the line between the online and offline self really lies.
Premiering to a historic 14-minute standing ovation at the 74th Cannes Film Festival, Belle released in cinemas across the UK and Ireland in February to critical acclaim, with...
An original story inspired by the realisation that his own children will grow up in an increasingly online age, Hosoda’s Belle is the story of Suzu, a country girl who becomes a music sensation in the virtual world of “U” with the mesmerising avatar Belle. When her fame attracts the attention of a fearsome yet mysterious user known only as “Dragon”, Suzu will discover where the line between the online and offline self really lies.
Premiering to a historic 14-minute standing ovation at the 74th Cannes Film Festival, Belle released in cinemas across the UK and Ireland in February to critical acclaim, with...
- 6/14/2022
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Ever since Steven Spielberg’s magical adaptation of “West Side Story” first started screening last November, Mike Faist has slowly been gaining momentum for his charismatic, scene-stealing turn as Jets leader Riff. Critics were quick to single out Faist’s performance in the film’s already rave reviews. “A twitchy, wiry delight” hailed Robbie Collin of The Telegraph. “His dancing has a caffeinated, angular beauty”, wrote Stephanie Zacharek of Time Magazine. David Sims of The Atlantic concluded, “Faist’s sinewy, charged work as Riff is a real revelation”.
Critics groups quickly caught onto the buzz. Of the 20 regional circles that have chimed in since “West Side Story” started screening, Faist has received 10 nominations and nabbed a 3rd place prize at the National Society of Film Critics and a win at the Phoenix Critics Circle.
Despite a lack of wide visibility as well as screener issues inhibiting Faist’s momentum at...
Critics groups quickly caught onto the buzz. Of the 20 regional circles that have chimed in since “West Side Story” started screening, Faist has received 10 nominations and nabbed a 3rd place prize at the National Society of Film Critics and a win at the Phoenix Critics Circle.
Despite a lack of wide visibility as well as screener issues inhibiting Faist’s momentum at...
- 2/7/2022
- by Nick Bisa
- Gold Derby
The world premiere of “Belle”, the latest animated feature film from award-winning director Mamoru Hosoda, was met with cheers and a fourteen-minute standing ovation following its world premiere at the 74th Cannes Film Festival on Thursday July 15th – the seventh longest in the festival’s history. Critics responded with enthusiasm on Twitter following the premiere, with Phil de Semlyen calling it “a dazzling cyber fairy-tale”, and Robbie Collin adding that “there is usually one film per Cannes that emotionally bulldozes me, and this year Belle was it.”
Anime Limited, Europe’s premiere distributor for Japanese animation, will be releasing “Belle” in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and France.
“Belle”, the journey of a shy and self-conscious teenager finding herself through the avatar of a world famous virtual singer, is a film that reaches beyond borders both on and off the screen with a creative team showcasing the calibre of global talent in modern animation.
Anime Limited, Europe’s premiere distributor for Japanese animation, will be releasing “Belle” in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and France.
“Belle”, the journey of a shy and self-conscious teenager finding herself through the avatar of a world famous virtual singer, is a film that reaches beyond borders both on and off the screen with a creative team showcasing the calibre of global talent in modern animation.
- 7/20/2021
- by Grace Han
- AsianMoviePulse
Update: At the press conference after the ceremony, Lee said, “I have no excuses. I messed up. I’m a big sports fan. It’s like the guy at the end of the game in the foul line, he misses the free throw, or a guy misses a kick,” adding, “So no apologies… I was very specific to speak to the people of Cannes and tell them that I apologize. They said forget about it.”
Earlier: Oops. The Cannes Film Festival ceremony audience was in for a shock Saturday evening as jury president Spike Lee accidentally announced Julia Ducournau’s “Titane” as the winner of the Palme d’Or, the event’s top prize. Lee made the slip-up at the top of the ceremony, just before announcing Caleb Landry Jones as the Best Actor winner for “Nitram.” To his credit, Lee was told in French to announce the “first prize,...
Earlier: Oops. The Cannes Film Festival ceremony audience was in for a shock Saturday evening as jury president Spike Lee accidentally announced Julia Ducournau’s “Titane” as the winner of the Palme d’Or, the event’s top prize. Lee made the slip-up at the top of the ceremony, just before announcing Caleb Landry Jones as the Best Actor winner for “Nitram.” To his credit, Lee was told in French to announce the “first prize,...
- 7/17/2021
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Justin Kurzel’s ’Nitram’ and Joachim Lafosse’s ’The Restless’ were the final two films to land on the grid.
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Drive My Car finished top of Screen’s 2021 Cannes jury grid, after the final two films reviewed by our ten critics were unable to match its winning score of 3.5.
Justin Kurzel’s Nitram received a mean score of 1.8, including three ones (poor) and three twos (average). The Telegraph’s Robbie Collin and Tim Robey were outliers though, awarding it a top score of four (excellent). The film, starring Caleb Landry Jones, follows the events leading up to a mass shooting in Tasmania.
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Drive My Car finished top of Screen’s 2021 Cannes jury grid, after the final two films reviewed by our ten critics were unable to match its winning score of 3.5.
Justin Kurzel’s Nitram received a mean score of 1.8, including three ones (poor) and three twos (average). The Telegraph’s Robbie Collin and Tim Robey were outliers though, awarding it a top score of four (excellent). The film, starring Caleb Landry Jones, follows the events leading up to a mass shooting in Tasmania.
- 7/17/2021
- by Melissa Kasule
- ScreenDaily
Today’s grid also includes Ildiko Enyedi’s ’The Story Of My Wife’.
Jacques Audiard’s Paris, 13th District and Sean Baker’s Red Rocket achieved middling scores on Screen‘s Cannes jury grid, whilst Ildiko Enyedi’s The Story Of My Wife failed to impress the majority of our jurors.
The latest film from Jacques Audiard – a Palme d’Or winner in 2015 with Dheepan – came out on top of the new arrivals with a score of 2.5, placing it fifth on the grid - just behind Asghar Farhadi’s A Hero. Helping the average were scores of four (excellent) from...
Jacques Audiard’s Paris, 13th District and Sean Baker’s Red Rocket achieved middling scores on Screen‘s Cannes jury grid, whilst Ildiko Enyedi’s The Story Of My Wife failed to impress the majority of our jurors.
The latest film from Jacques Audiard – a Palme d’Or winner in 2015 with Dheepan – came out on top of the new arrivals with a score of 2.5, placing it fifth on the grid - just behind Asghar Farhadi’s A Hero. Helping the average were scores of four (excellent) from...
- 7/15/2021
- by Melissa Kasule
- ScreenDaily
Wes Anderson’s ’The French Dispatch’ and Kirill Serebrennikov’s ’Petrov’s Flu’ both received middling average scores on the grid.
Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch and Kirill Serebrennikov’s Petrov’s Flu both received middling average scores on Screen’s 2021 Cannes jury grid, with more than half of the competition titles now seen by critics.
Six of our ten critics awarded Anderson’s latest a score of two (average), with it receiving a mean score of 2.3 overall. Only The Telegraph (Robbie Collin and Tim Robey) gave it a four (good), with Liberation’s critics Julien Gester and Didier Péron scoring...
Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch and Kirill Serebrennikov’s Petrov’s Flu both received middling average scores on Screen’s 2021 Cannes jury grid, with more than half of the competition titles now seen by critics.
Six of our ten critics awarded Anderson’s latest a score of two (average), with it receiving a mean score of 2.3 overall. Only The Telegraph (Robbie Collin and Tim Robey) gave it a four (good), with Liberation’s critics Julien Gester and Didier Péron scoring...
- 7/13/2021
- by Melissa Kasule
- ScreenDaily
It should be no surprise that Wes Anderson’s latest film “The French Dispatch” — delayed when last year’s Cannes Film Festival was canceled — is as colorful, fun, hilarious, peculiar and all around Wes Andersonny as any of his films, critics say.
The early reviews of Anderson’s latest called the film “relentlessly wonderful” and as “playful as they come.” TheWrap’s Steve Pond has called it the “ultimate” Wes Anderson movie, packing more of his influences and sensibilities — not to mention nearly every cast member who has ever been in one of his movies — into one film.
“It’s an Anderson Sampler Pack, each candied treat more elaborately wrapped and intricately decorated than the last,” Pond wrote. “It’s fun and it’s impossibly stylish and it’s absolutely exhausting, and it might make you start musing about the law of diminishing returns. But boy, it sure looks pretty.
The early reviews of Anderson’s latest called the film “relentlessly wonderful” and as “playful as they come.” TheWrap’s Steve Pond has called it the “ultimate” Wes Anderson movie, packing more of his influences and sensibilities — not to mention nearly every cast member who has ever been in one of his movies — into one film.
“It’s an Anderson Sampler Pack, each candied treat more elaborately wrapped and intricately decorated than the last,” Pond wrote. “It’s fun and it’s impossibly stylish and it’s absolutely exhausting, and it might make you start musing about the law of diminishing returns. But boy, it sure looks pretty.
- 7/12/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
‘Compartment No. 6’, ‘Bergman Island’ also land on the grid, which is halfway done.
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Drive My Car has motored to the top on Screen’s 2021 Cannes Jury Grid, whilst Sean Penn’s Flag Day has received the lowest score so far this year.
With a mean score of 3.5 from jurors, Drive My Car – an adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s short story – moved ahead of previous grid leader Annette. The film scored at least a three (good) from all our critics, with five scores of four (excellent).
It was not a happy return for Sean Penn on the grid,...
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Drive My Car has motored to the top on Screen’s 2021 Cannes Jury Grid, whilst Sean Penn’s Flag Day has received the lowest score so far this year.
With a mean score of 3.5 from jurors, Drive My Car – an adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s short story – moved ahead of previous grid leader Annette. The film scored at least a three (good) from all our critics, with five scores of four (excellent).
It was not a happy return for Sean Penn on the grid,...
- 7/12/2021
- by Melissa Kasule
- ScreenDaily
Ahead of its international rollout starting August 26, the reviews are in for Christoper Nolan’s time-travel thriller Tenet, and fair to say it’s a mixed bag of opinions.
You can read Deadline‘s verdict here. Anna Smith writes that it’s “chiefly one for those numerous and ardent Nolan fans”, and that “there’s a niggling question of “Wtf?” throughout Tenet“, but “it is easy to sit back and revel in the wonder of the big-screen experience”.
In the UK papers, The Telegraph’s Robbie Collin is firmly in the “yes” camp, with his five-star writeup calling it a “time-bending action spectacular” and adding that it’s “the perfect film to get us back in cinema.” He also thinks that one viewing won’t be enough and that most viewers might struggle to grasp some of the finer points of the movie’s plot.
The Guardian’s Catherine Shoard takes a very different stance,...
You can read Deadline‘s verdict here. Anna Smith writes that it’s “chiefly one for those numerous and ardent Nolan fans”, and that “there’s a niggling question of “Wtf?” throughout Tenet“, but “it is easy to sit back and revel in the wonder of the big-screen experience”.
In the UK papers, The Telegraph’s Robbie Collin is firmly in the “yes” camp, with his five-star writeup calling it a “time-bending action spectacular” and adding that it’s “the perfect film to get us back in cinema.” He also thinks that one viewing won’t be enough and that most viewers might struggle to grasp some of the finer points of the movie’s plot.
The Guardian’s Catherine Shoard takes a very different stance,...
- 8/21/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
After Call the Midwife and Killing Eve, the Londoner has turned director with her own tale of violent female revenge
When the camera follows a young woman as she staggers around a bar, slurring her words, she is conventionally marked out as a victim. A judgmental film director might even indicate she is deserving of scorn. But what if this vulnerable target is actually the one deciding who really deserves what – and then meting out her own brutal form of justice? This is the subversive premise of the directorial debut from the British actress, screenwriter and author Emerald Fennell.
Her film, Promising Young Woman, is released next month and opens with scenes that show Cassie Thomas, a medical school dropout played by Carey Mulligan, apparently indulging in just the sort of self-destructive alcoholic behaviour seen recently from other modern anti-heroines, such as Rachel in The Girl on the Train, or...
When the camera follows a young woman as she staggers around a bar, slurring her words, she is conventionally marked out as a victim. A judgmental film director might even indicate she is deserving of scorn. But what if this vulnerable target is actually the one deciding who really deserves what – and then meting out her own brutal form of justice? This is the subversive premise of the directorial debut from the British actress, screenwriter and author Emerald Fennell.
Her film, Promising Young Woman, is released next month and opens with scenes that show Cassie Thomas, a medical school dropout played by Carey Mulligan, apparently indulging in just the sort of self-destructive alcoholic behaviour seen recently from other modern anti-heroines, such as Rachel in The Girl on the Train, or...
- 3/29/2020
- by Vanessa Thorpe
- The Guardian - Film News
As studios and distributors continue to pull the theatrical releases of their films, and cinemas nationwide close their doors to the public, what becomes of film criticism in the time of coronavirus?
Like many of the U.K.’s film and TV workers, most critics work on a freelance basis and with most major theater chains shuttered indefinitely and fewer films being released each week, the opportunities to write reviews are quickly drying up and forcing a pivot to video-on-demand coverage.
Variety’s London-based critic Guy Lodge, whose work largely stems from coverage of film festivals, says the “picture ahead is cloudy” for the field.
“With most of the upcoming festivals I cover — such as Hot Docs, Edinburgh and, of course, Cannes — either canceled or uncertainly postponed, my work routine is certainly going to look very different over the next couple of months,” he says.
Lodge highlights that critics’ roles...
Like many of the U.K.’s film and TV workers, most critics work on a freelance basis and with most major theater chains shuttered indefinitely and fewer films being released each week, the opportunities to write reviews are quickly drying up and forcing a pivot to video-on-demand coverage.
Variety’s London-based critic Guy Lodge, whose work largely stems from coverage of film festivals, says the “picture ahead is cloudy” for the field.
“With most of the upcoming festivals I cover — such as Hot Docs, Edinburgh and, of course, Cannes — either canceled or uncertainly postponed, my work routine is certainly going to look very different over the next couple of months,” he says.
Lodge highlights that critics’ roles...
- 3/20/2020
- by Hanna Flint
- Variety Film + TV
A few days before the 92nd Academy Awards ended with what was possibly the most seismic Best Picture winner of this young century, over at the L.A. Times, Justin Chang wondered whether the Oscars needed a Parasite win more than Bong Joon-ho’s nominee needed the coveted statuette. “A best picture Oscar will not make 'Parasite' a greater movie than it is, and a loss will not diminish its greatness,” for the crucial question was ultimately one for the Academy to answer:Do Oscar voters want to make this kind of history? Does an academy that has made sweeping efforts to diversify its ranks and broaden its international reach over the past few years actually care about achieving the logical outcome of those efforts? Will the membership ever acknowledge that cinema is and always has been a global medium, that no national cinema has a monopoly on greatness...
- 2/14/2020
- MUBI
It’s going to take a while for Hollywood to come down from the high that is “Parasite” sweeping the 92nd Academy Awards. Bong Joon Ho’s Palme d’Or winner entered the 2020 Oscars in history-making fashion as the first South Korean feature film nominated for Academy Awards. Many Oscar pundits expected “Parasite” to win the Best International Feature Film category with ease, but very few saw Bong sweeping the major prizes for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay. “Parasite” now marks the first time any foreign-language film has won the Best Picture prize. For this reason, many film critics, directors, and actors are championing “Parasite” as the most important and game-changing Best Picture winner in Oscar history. Along with Barry Jenkins’ “Moonlight,” “Parasite” is also being hailed as the best Best Picture winner in recent memory.
“‘Parasite’ has dealt a much-needed slap to the American film industry’s narcissism,...
“‘Parasite’ has dealt a much-needed slap to the American film industry’s narcissism,...
- 2/10/2020
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Marielle Heller‘s “A Beautiful Day in Neighborhood” could well bag Tom Hanks that elusive sixth Oscar nomination. Hanks plays children TV legend Fred Rogers in this inspiring film based on the true story of his real-life friendship with journalist (Matthew Rhys). Its nostalgic tone is just the tonic we need right now.
Hanks won back-to-back Academy Awards for Best Actor (for 1994’s “Philadelphia” and 1995’s “Forrest Gump”). His last Oscar bid was in 2001 for “Cast Away.” He’s been snubbed for a string of critically-lauded performances since then including star turns in “Charlie Wilson’s War” (2008), “Captain Phillips” (2014), “Bridge of Spies” (2016), and “The Post” (2018), plus a supporting role in 2014’s “Saving Mr. Banks.”
After all of these near misses, he is certainly overdue. And Oscar voters may well want want to right this wrong after all of these close calls. And what better material to do so? Hanks, the nicest guy in Hollywood,...
Hanks won back-to-back Academy Awards for Best Actor (for 1994’s “Philadelphia” and 1995’s “Forrest Gump”). His last Oscar bid was in 2001 for “Cast Away.” He’s been snubbed for a string of critically-lauded performances since then including star turns in “Charlie Wilson’s War” (2008), “Captain Phillips” (2014), “Bridge of Spies” (2016), and “The Post” (2018), plus a supporting role in 2014’s “Saving Mr. Banks.”
After all of these near misses, he is certainly overdue. And Oscar voters may well want want to right this wrong after all of these close calls. And what better material to do so? Hanks, the nicest guy in Hollywood,...
- 10/29/2019
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
English actress Keira Knightley, Academy Award-nominated for “Pride & Prejudice” and “The Imitation Game,” understandably did not handle public attention well after the release of her 2003 breakout, Disney’s “Pirates of the Caribbean.” Or with the many hits that followed. According to a new interview with The Telegraph, Knightley said that at age 22 — with “Love, Actually,” “King Arthur,” and “Atonement” all under her belt — she suffered a “mental breakdown” in the wake of being shadowed by paparazzi.
“The value of photographs of any famous young women at the time went up if they were of a very negative nature,” she told Robbie Collin, in reference to the media circuses that burst around such headline-grabbing stars as Amy Winehouse and Britney Spears. “So if you weren’t already having a mental breakdown, they were trying to push you into doing things that kept your value as high as those who were.
“The value of photographs of any famous young women at the time went up if they were of a very negative nature,” she told Robbie Collin, in reference to the media circuses that burst around such headline-grabbing stars as Amy Winehouse and Britney Spears. “So if you weren’t already having a mental breakdown, they were trying to push you into doing things that kept your value as high as those who were.
- 10/19/2019
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
English actress Keira Knightley, Academy Award-nominated for “Pride & Prejudice” and “The Imitation Game,” understandably did not handle public attention well after the release of her 2003 breakout, Disney’s “Pirates of the Caribbean.” Or with the many hits that followed. According to a new interview with The Telegraph, Knightley said that at age 22 — with “Love, Actually,” “King Arthur,” and “Atonement” all under her belt — she suffered a “mental breakdown” in the wake of being shadowed by paparazzi.
“The value of photographs of any famous young women at the time went up if they were of a very negative nature,” she told Robbie Collin, in reference to the media circuses that burst around such headline-grabbing stars as Amy Winehouse and Britney Spears. “So if you weren’t already having a mental breakdown, they were trying to push you into doing things that kept your value as high as those who were.
“The value of photographs of any famous young women at the time went up if they were of a very negative nature,” she told Robbie Collin, in reference to the media circuses that burst around such headline-grabbing stars as Amy Winehouse and Britney Spears. “So if you weren’t already having a mental breakdown, they were trying to push you into doing things that kept your value as high as those who were.
- 10/19/2019
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Hugh Grant found the terrifyingly sinister Joker “unendurable” — but not for the reasons you may think.
The actor, 59, went to see Todd Phillips’ origins story about the Batman super-villain at a local cinema in London last week, and complained that his trip had been “pointless” due to the theater’s deafening volume.
“Am I old or is the cinema Much Too Loud? Unendurable. Pointless. @vuecinemas,” Grant wrote on Twitter during the screening.
Publicists for the cinema company responded to the star the next day writing: “I’m so sorry for any disappointment felt with the volume levels in our venues Hugh,...
The actor, 59, went to see Todd Phillips’ origins story about the Batman super-villain at a local cinema in London last week, and complained that his trip had been “pointless” due to the theater’s deafening volume.
“Am I old or is the cinema Much Too Loud? Unendurable. Pointless. @vuecinemas,” Grant wrote on Twitter during the screening.
Publicists for the cinema company responded to the star the next day writing: “I’m so sorry for any disappointment felt with the volume levels in our venues Hugh,...
- 10/14/2019
- by Claudia Harmata
- PEOPLE.com
Joaquin Phoenix’s interview with The Telegraph film critic Robbie Collin has gone viral after the actor walked out of the discussion after being pressed to answer a question about whether or not his upcoming movie “Joker” will encourage people to become violent. Collin asked Phoenix if he worries “Joker” might “perversely end up inspiring exactly the kind of people it’s about, with potentially tragic results.” Phoenix replied, “Why? Why would you…? No, no,” before abruptly walking out of the interview.
The Telegraph reports that Phoenix left the interview for an hour and spent the time talking with a Warner Bros. press agent. When the actor returned to sit down with Collin he explained that he panicked because he did not consider the question. Phoenix does not explicitly answer the question in the remainder of his interview.
Since “Joker” world premiered at the Venice Film Festival (where it shocked...
The Telegraph reports that Phoenix left the interview for an hour and spent the time talking with a Warner Bros. press agent. When the actor returned to sit down with Collin he explained that he panicked because he did not consider the question. Phoenix does not explicitly answer the question in the remainder of his interview.
Since “Joker” world premiered at the Venice Film Festival (where it shocked...
- 9/23/2019
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
To mark the release of Rocketman on 30th September, we’ve been given 3 copies to give away on Blu-ray.
“Heart-racing, toe-tapping, all-glitter-cannons-blazing triumph”. Rocketman is a one-of-a-kind musical celebration set to Elton John’s most beloved songs. Discover how a shy, small-town boy becomes one of the most iconic figures in rock & roll. Featuring an all-star cast, this truly spectacular and utterly electrifying ride is filled with show-stopping musical performances and “is on another planet!”.
Certified Fresh by Rotten Tomatoes, Rocketman “Takes your breath away” and boasts incredible performances of Elton John’s beloved songs by Taron Egerton (Kingsman: The Secret Service). This electrifying film also stars Jamie Bell (Billy Elliot) as Elton’s longtime lyricist and writing partner Bernie Taupin, Richard Madden (The Bodyguard) as Elton’s first manager, John Reid, and Bryce Dallas Howard (Jurassic World) as Elton’s mother Sheila Farebrother.
Please note: This competition is open...
“Heart-racing, toe-tapping, all-glitter-cannons-blazing triumph”. Rocketman is a one-of-a-kind musical celebration set to Elton John’s most beloved songs. Discover how a shy, small-town boy becomes one of the most iconic figures in rock & roll. Featuring an all-star cast, this truly spectacular and utterly electrifying ride is filled with show-stopping musical performances and “is on another planet!”.
Certified Fresh by Rotten Tomatoes, Rocketman “Takes your breath away” and boasts incredible performances of Elton John’s beloved songs by Taron Egerton (Kingsman: The Secret Service). This electrifying film also stars Jamie Bell (Billy Elliot) as Elton’s longtime lyricist and writing partner Bernie Taupin, Richard Madden (The Bodyguard) as Elton’s first manager, John Reid, and Bryce Dallas Howard (Jurassic World) as Elton’s mother Sheila Farebrother.
Please note: This competition is open...
- 9/14/2019
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Netflix had moderate success at the Oscars last year with three nominations for Dee Rees’ “Mudbound,” but the streaming giant is preparing for a major awards season breakthrough with new films from Oscar winners Alfonso Cuarón and the Coen Brothers, plus efforts from Paul Greengrass and Orson Welles. Cuarón’s “Roma” was the first Netflix original to make its world premiere, and the rave reviews out of the Venice Film Festival make it clear Netflix has a major awards player on its hands.
“Roma” is set in Mexico City in the early 1970s. The story centers around a middle-class family held together by a domestic worker (Yalitza Aparicio). The worker, Cleo, and the family’s matriarch, Sofia (Marina de Tavira), wrestle with changes in the family home while Mexico braces for a confrontation between the government-backed militia and student demonstrators.
IndieWire’s Eric Kohn called “Roma” Cuarón’s best movie...
“Roma” is set in Mexico City in the early 1970s. The story centers around a middle-class family held together by a domestic worker (Yalitza Aparicio). The worker, Cleo, and the family’s matriarch, Sofia (Marina de Tavira), wrestle with changes in the family home while Mexico braces for a confrontation between the government-backed militia and student demonstrators.
IndieWire’s Eric Kohn called “Roma” Cuarón’s best movie...
- 8/30/2018
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Lee Chang-dong’s Burning set a new record score of 3.8.
Matteo Garrone’s Dogman and Nadine Labaki’s Capernaum are the latest titles to take their places on Screen’s Cannes 2018 jury grid, achieving mid-range scores from most critics. Yesterday, Lee Chang-dong’s Burning set a new record score in jury grid history.
Garrone’s Dogman achieved an average score of 2.3 from the ten critics. The film follows an everyman figure who runs a dog-grooming parlour and dog hotel in a seaside town.
Tim Robey and Robbie Collin from The Telegraph and Meduza’s Anton Dolin awarded it 3 stars, with...
Matteo Garrone’s Dogman and Nadine Labaki’s Capernaum are the latest titles to take their places on Screen’s Cannes 2018 jury grid, achieving mid-range scores from most critics. Yesterday, Lee Chang-dong’s Burning set a new record score in jury grid history.
Garrone’s Dogman achieved an average score of 2.3 from the ten critics. The film follows an everyman figure who runs a dog-grooming parlour and dog hotel in a seaside town.
Tim Robey and Robbie Collin from The Telegraph and Meduza’s Anton Dolin awarded it 3 stars, with...
- 5/18/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
With only a couple days left before the Cannes jury announces this year’s prizewinners, the festival may have saved the biggest Palme d’Or contender for the end. “Capernaum,” the new drama from Lebanese director Nadine Labaki, earned a massive 15-minute standing ovation following its May 17 premiere at the festival, according to the glowing first reactions. Numerous members of the press reacted strongly to the film on Twitter following the screening, with many predicting “Capernaum” walks home with the Palme d’Or.
“Capernaum” is billed as a “politically-charged fable” that follows a child who sues his own family. The movie is notable for being one of only three films directed by women to compete for the Palme d’Or at this year’s festival. If Labaki ends up winning Cannes’ top honor on Saturday, she will become only the second female director to win the prize following Jane Campion for “The Piano.
“Capernaum” is billed as a “politically-charged fable” that follows a child who sues his own family. The movie is notable for being one of only three films directed by women to compete for the Palme d’Or at this year’s festival. If Labaki ends up winning Cannes’ top honor on Saturday, she will become only the second female director to win the prize following Jane Campion for “The Piano.
- 5/17/2018
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
The film takes over from Jean-Luc Godard’s ‘The Image Book’ in the number one spot.
Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Shoplifters has taken the lead in the latest edition of Screen’s Cannes 2018 jury grid, which sees four more Competition films take their place.
The ensemble piece, about an alternative family forced to live on its wits, took top spot with an average of 3.2. It received no lower than a 2 from any critic, with top marks from Tim Robey and Robbie Collin of The Daily Telegraph, Justin Chang of the La Times and Screen’s own critic.
Alice Rohrwacher’s Happy As Lazzaro...
Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Shoplifters has taken the lead in the latest edition of Screen’s Cannes 2018 jury grid, which sees four more Competition films take their place.
The ensemble piece, about an alternative family forced to live on its wits, took top spot with an average of 3.2. It received no lower than a 2 from any critic, with top marks from Tim Robey and Robbie Collin of The Daily Telegraph, Justin Chang of the La Times and Screen’s own critic.
Alice Rohrwacher’s Happy As Lazzaro...
- 5/15/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Lars von Trier once had small-screen aspirations for “The House That Jack Built,” but his stab (sorry) at a serial-killing narrative premiered at the Cannes Film Festival Monday night. As promised, the writer-director brought gore to the Croisette; tickets even included a scènes violentes (“explicit violence”) warning. A notable segment of the 2,400-seat Grand Théâtre Lumière audience revolted against what they saw: Variety’s Ramin Setoodeh reported that 100 guests exited in protest, while others on social media estimated half the film-goers departed early:
I’ve never seen anything like this at a film festival. More than 100 people have walked out of Lars von Trier’s ‘The House That Jack Built,’ which depicts the mutilation of women and children. “It’s disgusting,” one woman said on her way out. #Cannes2018 pic.twitter.com/GsBGCoyHEG
— Ramin Setoodeh (@RaminSetoodeh) May 14, 2018
Lars von Trier’s ‘The House That Jack Built’ was one of the...
I’ve never seen anything like this at a film festival. More than 100 people have walked out of Lars von Trier’s ‘The House That Jack Built,’ which depicts the mutilation of women and children. “It’s disgusting,” one woman said on her way out. #Cannes2018 pic.twitter.com/GsBGCoyHEG
— Ramin Setoodeh (@RaminSetoodeh) May 14, 2018
Lars von Trier’s ‘The House That Jack Built’ was one of the...
- 5/14/2018
- by Jenna Marotta
- Indiewire
Nine of twenty-one Competition films have now received their scores.
Jafar Panahi’s 3 Faces and Eva Husson’s Girls Of The Sun are the latest films to take their place on Screen’s Cannes 2018 jury grid, with both titles receiving largely consistent scores from the participating critics.
3 Faces, Panahi’s first feature since 2015 Berlinale Golden Bear winner Taxi Tehran, is the first film this year to receive exclusively 2s and 3s, with six of the latter giving it an average of 2.6. The drama set in a small Iranian village was described by Screen‘s critic as ’a casual survey of...
Jafar Panahi’s 3 Faces and Eva Husson’s Girls Of The Sun are the latest films to take their place on Screen’s Cannes 2018 jury grid, with both titles receiving largely consistent scores from the participating critics.
3 Faces, Panahi’s first feature since 2015 Berlinale Golden Bear winner Taxi Tehran, is the first film this year to receive exclusively 2s and 3s, with six of the latter giving it an average of 2.6. The drama set in a small Iranian village was described by Screen‘s critic as ’a casual survey of...
- 5/14/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Abu Bakr Shawky’s Yomeddine also added; achieves same score as opener Everybody Knows.
Abu Bakr Shawky’s Yomeddine and Kirill Serebrennikov’s Leto are the next two titles to bed down on Screen’s Cannes 2018 jury grid.
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Yomeddine achieves the same average score as festival opener Everybody Knows of 1.8, with mainly 2s awarded but 1s from Libération’s Julien Gester and Didier Péron, Die Zeit’s Katja Nicodemus and Michel Ciment of Positif and France Culture. The film follows a group of outcasts, including one who is an ex-leper, as they travel across the Egyptian countryside in search of family.
Abu Bakr Shawky’s Yomeddine and Kirill Serebrennikov’s Leto are the next two titles to bed down on Screen’s Cannes 2018 jury grid.
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Yomeddine achieves the same average score as festival opener Everybody Knows of 1.8, with mainly 2s awarded but 1s from Libération’s Julien Gester and Didier Péron, Die Zeit’s Katja Nicodemus and Michel Ciment of Positif and France Culture. The film follows a group of outcasts, including one who is an ex-leper, as they travel across the Egyptian countryside in search of family.
- 5/11/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Critics this year include La Times’ Justin Chang, Positif’s Michel Ciment and Sight And Sound’s Nick James.
Screen can reveal its critics for the jury grid that will run throughout Cannes 2018 (May 8-19).
There will be nine submitting entries, composed of ten different critics plus Screen’s own team.
Each member will review the 21 titles in Competition and assign a score of up to four stars, which are aggregated to crown an overall winner. The results will be published in Screen’s Cannes daily magazines as well as here on screendaily.com.
A new addition to the grid...
Screen can reveal its critics for the jury grid that will run throughout Cannes 2018 (May 8-19).
There will be nine submitting entries, composed of ten different critics plus Screen’s own team.
Each member will review the 21 titles in Competition and assign a score of up to four stars, which are aggregated to crown an overall winner. The results will be published in Screen’s Cannes daily magazines as well as here on screendaily.com.
A new addition to the grid...
- 5/3/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
"I had no idea what to expect." The Orchard has unveiled the official trailer for William Friedkin's latest film, a documentary (of sorts) about a real life exorcism, titled The Devil and Father Amorth. Friedkin goes to film Father Gabriele Amortha as he performs his ninth exorcism on an Italian woman. This actually premiered at the Venice Film Festival last fall, perhaps just because it's Friedkin and not because it's really that good. The film is only 68 minutes long, and got dismal reviews out of the festivals, but if you're into exorcisms you might as well check it out anyway. Robbie Collin's Venice review in the Telegraph states: "The film is unquestionably a curio for converts rather than the meatier exploration it will leave many sceptics (including this one) hankering after, but it leaves you with plenty to chew on..." Well, there you go. Here's the trailer (+ poster...
- 3/20/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Simon Brew Feb 15, 2018
Captain Underpants didn't earn billions, or lots of gongs. But it's one of the best animated films of 2017. We caught up with its director.
Criminally overlooked by most awards bodies, Captain Underpants remains one of the finest animated treats of the past few years. On its release in UK cinemas last summer too, it fell short of the box office totals of the completely shinotverygood The Emoji Movie, and couldn’t land too many gloves on franchise fodder such as Despicable Me 3.
And yet it’s brilliant. It was profitable, too, but not the huge blockbuster success this writer for one thinks it deserved to be.
What, then, does the man who directed it make of the last six months, and of the reception to the film? I contacted David Soren, and we had a chat…
I’m not sure how I’d feel if I were you,...
Captain Underpants didn't earn billions, or lots of gongs. But it's one of the best animated films of 2017. We caught up with its director.
Criminally overlooked by most awards bodies, Captain Underpants remains one of the finest animated treats of the past few years. On its release in UK cinemas last summer too, it fell short of the box office totals of the completely shinotverygood The Emoji Movie, and couldn’t land too many gloves on franchise fodder such as Despicable Me 3.
And yet it’s brilliant. It was profitable, too, but not the huge blockbuster success this writer for one thinks it deserved to be.
What, then, does the man who directed it make of the last six months, and of the reception to the film? I contacted David Soren, and we had a chat…
I’m not sure how I’d feel if I were you,...
- 2/11/2018
- Den of Geek
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