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FX’s ‘Fargo’ gets a full trailer for its upcoming second season
Among one of the more notable entries in the 2013-2014 television season was the FX series Fargo. Having previously garnered acclaim for shows such as The Shield, Louie, and Justified, the new series on the channel, brought onboard by The Unusuals creator Noah Hawley, also received critical praise during its first season. Interest in the […] More
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Watch: Find the ‘Loneliness of Sofia Coppola’ in this supercut
Nobody can quite capture the loneliness of life like director Sofia Coppola. Even in revolutionary France, there are those quiet moments between you and your thoughts. Movement of Time decided to put these moments together in a supercut from Coppola’s filmography (Lost in Translation, Marie Antoniette, Somewhere, and The Bling Ring) with a focus on […] More
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Week in Review: Darren Aronofsky could direct ‘The Good Nurse’
Though this year’s Noah turned a lot of heads and made more than a handful of viewers frustrated, be it for declining to use the word “God” or just including Rock Titan Angel things into a Biblical story, Darren Aronofsky still remains a highly valued director and ever rising auteur in Hollywood. Aronofsky is currently […] More
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‘The Two Faces of January’ is a slow-burner that tests your loyalties
Guilt is a powerful motivator. Its nagging voice can corrupt even the noblest of intentions. In the case of The Two Faces of January, a son’s guilt leads him into a questionable alliance in which he becomes inextricably trapped. There are twists and turns, jealousy and lust, but the real pleasure of a film like this is watching how far people will go to silence those nagging voices. Even if it means losing everything they care about. More
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‘The Two Faces of January’ cannot sustain a sense of dread
Patricia Highsmith is one of those authors whose body of work the film industry just can’t stop panning for gold. The Two Faces of January is the latest adaptation of one of her books, and it ticks off most of the drinking game check marks we’ve come to expect from her stories: a vivid locale, desire that turns deadly, antagonists bound together by circumstance, numerous double-crosses, and a general mood of darkness in the soul. This is also the directorial debut of Hossein Amini, whose genre screenplays (Drive, Snow White and the Huntsman, 47 Ronin) have become a hot Hollywood commodity in recent years. With the help of a capable crew, Hossein has helmed a thoroughly capable film. More
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‘The Two Faces of January’ an undercooked take on an overlooked Patricia Highsmith novel
The Two Faces Of January Written and directed by Hossein Amini USA and UK, 2014 Anyone acquainted with Roman theology or a pub quiz will know that January is a Anglicisation of the Roman god Janus, the two-faced figurine who stands at the cusp of the new year, simultaneously musing backward at recent lessons and […] More
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SFIFF 2014: The Good, The Bad, and The Mediocre
Begin Again Formerly known as Can a Song Save Your Life?, writer-director John Carney’s latest film marks a return to the New York music scene in an uplifting tale of reinvention and rediscovery. Keira Knightley stars as Greta, an amateur singer-songwriter left heartbroken in the Big Apple after her douchebag musician boyfriend Dave (Adam Levine) […] More
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Sunday Shorts: ‘Welcome’, starring Winona Ryder
Today’s film is the 2007 short Welcome. The film is written and directed by Kirsten Dunst, and stars Alexandra Gold Jourden, John Hawkes, and Winona Ryder. Ryder first came to public attention with a key supporting role in 1988’s Beetlejuice, before garnering the lead role in Heathers in the following year. Her filmography includes features […] More
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‘Bachelorette’ is a poorly constructed and uninspired comedic mess
Bachelorette Written by Leslye Headland Directed by Leslye Headland USA, 2012 Leave it to Bachelorette to be the first true dumpster fire attempting to live up to last year’s Bridesmaids; a film so crass and tiresome as to feel overlong at a skimpy 90 minutes. As a whole, its biggest crime is that it doesn’t […] More
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‘Bachelorette’ releases its first trailer
The success of Paul Feig’s Bridesmaids in 2011 went a long way towards disproving the Hollywood myth that a female-led comedy could not do well financially , thus opening the door for women to take a more central role in funny movies. The fruits of that labour are now beginning to show, with the similarly themed […] More
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NYFF2011: DAY 3 ‘Melancholia’
Melancholia Directed by Lars Von Trier Written by Lars Von Trier 2011, Denmark Melancholia refers to a planet hidden behind the sun that is on a direct course for Earth, along with the crippling state of mentally ill Justine (Kirsten Dunst), whose case is so severe that she destroys her relationship with her groom during […] More
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TIFF 2011: ‘Melancholia’ juxtaposes humor and misery at the end of the world
Melancholia Directed by Lars Von Trier Written by Lars Von Trier Denmark, 2011 A wedding, a sister and an apocalypse: These are the essential narrative pieces of Lars Von Trier’s newest film Melancholia. The film combines a high level psychological-surrealism and Dogme-esque hand-held cinematography as means of creating a very funny, misanthropic portrait of the […] More
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