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Nicolas Winding Refn returning to LA with ‘The Neon Demon’
After a trip to Bangkok, it seems like writer/director Nicolas Winding Refn is returning to the electricity of Los Angeles and Drive for his next feature, The Neon Demon. Deadline reported the news on Monday and called the film a horror tale with a female-lead. The site added that Refn spoke on the reason he […] More
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The Mythology and Symbolism of ‘Drive’
It is always a little special when a film that on the surface bears no signs of ulterior motive becomes the subject of mass deconstruction by a plethora of critics, casuals and the insane. Case in point would be Sound on Sight’s film of 2011, Drive. More
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Hey You Geeks!! Podcast #20: A Conversation With ‘Jodorowsky’s Dune’ Director Frank Pavich
Joining us for the 20th episode of the Hey You Geeks podcast is director Frank Pavich, here to discuss his incredible, hit documentary, Jodorowsky’s Dune. We discuss the film, the enigma of Jodorowsky, alternate timelines and so much more. Pavich shares fascinating stories about first meeting the legendary Jodorowsky, H.R. Giger and Michel Seydoux. From […] More
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‘Elysium’ and ‘Only God Forgives’ Sordid Cinema Podcast #63
Here at Sound on Sight (and, by extension, Sordid Cinema), we often complain about the faceless, semi-identical blockbusters that ruin our moviegoing experiences for much of the summer and make us wish we’d stick off the beaten path for good. But a few years back, writer-director Neil Blomkamp managed to stick out from the pack […] More
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‘Only God Forgives’ a bizarre, excessively gory reunion for Refn and Gosling
Style oozes from every frame of Only God Forgives, tinged in red, like the blood that so frequently sprays across the screen and lands in artfully designed splatters. Writer-director Nicolas Winding Refn and star Ryan Gosling, reuniting after the cult success of 2011’s Drive, have collaborated on a truly baffling, bizarre, and gory crime drama that’s wall-to-wall striking, pretty images. Unlike Drive, however, Only God Forgives is hollow underneath all the model-like posturing and the flashes of excessive, gratuitous violence. More
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Only God Forgives is This Summer’s Big Inaction Movie
Only God Forgives, the next film from Drive director Nicolas Winding-Refn, has been near the top of most film nerds most-anticipated movie lists this year, if not sitting mightily atop all of them like a cinematic gargoyle. After storming on to the North American scene in 2011, all eyes have been on the weird little bugger, waiting to see what he’d do next. More
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Watch a new clip from Nicolas Winding Refn’s Palme d’Or contender ‘Only God Forgives’
The Weinstein Co. has released yet another clip for director Nicolas Winding Refn’s Palme d’Or contender Only God Forgives, which premiered at Cannes this morning and opens stateside July 19. This is the fourth clips so far released. You can watch the other three here. Enjoy! [callout] Julian (Gosling) lives in exile in Bangkok where […] More
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Watch three Gorgeous Clips From Cannes Palme d’Or contender ‘Only God Forgives’
The Weinstein Co. has released clips for director Nicolas Winding Refn’s Palme d’Or contender Only God Forgives, which premieres in Cannes on Wednesday and opens stateside July 19. The six minutes + of footage seen in these clips demonstrate that the auteur’s latest will contain, among other things, gorgeous visuals (courtesy of Bronson cinematographer Larry […] More
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Watch Three Stylish Clips From ‘Only God Forgives’
A trio of new clips for Nicolas Winding Refn’s Only God Forgives has been released online. These three clips really don’t disappoint and from what we’ve seen so far, Nicolas Winding Refn seems to have outdone himself once again, topping the hyper-beautiful, hyper-violent world he created in Drive. Directed by Winding Refn and co-starring Vithaya […] More
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Video of the Day: Watch this great PIXEL film festival intro featuring zombies, ninjas, a T-Rex and more
Swedish directing duo André Hedetoft and Andreas Climent have created a really fun intro film for the Scandinavian festival “PIXEL 2013”. The film features a teenage girl, played by rising star Fanny Ketter, who stumbles into different movie genres on her way to deliver her own film to the festival. The journey takes her through everything from romantic costume dramas to sci-fi action, zombie horror and an adventure film with a Tyrannosaurus Rex. The film also features a special cameo from danish superstar Kim Bodnia, known from films like Nicolas Winding Refn’s Pusher and TV-Series The Bridge. More
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New poster for Bangkok-set thriller ‘Only God Forgives’
A new teaser poster for director Nicolas Winding Refn and actor Ryan Gosling second collaboration has been released online at Entertainment Weekly. Featuring a cool neon dragon logo and the tagline “time to meet the devil”, it’s great to see a different and more creative poster for the film. Most of the promotional material for the […] More
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‘Only God Forgives’ Image Gallery
Synopsis: Julian (Gosling) lives in exile in Bangkok where he runs a Thai boxing club as a front for the family’s drugs smuggling operation. When Julian’s brother Billy is killed their mother, Jenna (Kristen Scott Thomas), arrives in the city. She wants revenge and forces Julian to find the killer. Julian’s contacts in the criminal […] More
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