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Trailer and Poster for Sean Durkin’s Short Film ‘Mary Last Seen’
Winner of the Best Dramatic Direction award at last year’s Sundance Film Festival, Martha Marcy May Marlene remains one of my favorite films of the past few years. It is a clever, creepy and extremely striking reflection on the duplicitous way cults instill their beliefs when feeding on the psychological vulnerabilities of their prey. The […] More
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‘Kill List’ and the most anticipated films of 2012
With 2012 underway and our collective imminent demise now closer than ever, it seemed as good a time as any to tackle Ben Wheatley’s apocalyptic, genre-defying Kill List, which we’ll talk about in both non-spoiler and spoiler flavors. In between, all four SOS regulars (Ricky D, Justine, Julian and Simon) are on hand for a […] More
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Interview with Sean Durkin (‘Martha Marcy May Marlene’) / ‘Afterschool’
Ricky D scored an interview with Sean Durkin, the writer-director of one of the year’s most acclaimed films, Martha Marcy May Marlene. In this episode, we included the whole conversation, as well as a review of Afterschool, the Durkin-produced 2008 feature from director Antonio Campos (who, in turn, produced MMMM). Finally, in case you missed […] More
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‘Martha Marcy May Marlene’ a flawed and disturbing portrait of identity
Martha Marcy May Marlene Directed by Sean Durkin Written by Sean Durkin USA, 2012 The fractured nature of Sean Durkin’s Martha Marcy May Marlene is eerily reminiscent of the same tactics used by Derek Cianfrance in his 2010 film Blue Valentine. This film relies less on the novel like structure of the aforementioned film, as it effortlessly invites the […] More
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‘Martha Marcy May Marlene’ ranks as one of the greatest directorial debuts of all time
Martha Marcy May Marlene Directed by Sean Durkin Screenplay by Sean Durkin 2011, USA Winner of the Best Dramatic Direction award at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, Martha Marcy May Marlene is a clever, creepy and extremely striking reflection on the duplicitous way cults instill their beliefs when feeding on the psychological vulnerabilities of their […] More
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NYFF 2011: ‘The Kid With A Bike’ / ‘Martha Marcy May Marlene’
When we talk about modernism in cinema, we are talking about filmmaking that acknowledges the medium as part of the storytelling, a melding of form and content so that the images on screen portray not just actions but interior psychology and moral quandaries. Keeping that in mind, it is hard to deny that the Dardenne […] More
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BFI 55th London Film Festival – Martha Marcy May Marlene’ one of the most assuredly original films of the year
Martha Marcy May Marlene Directed by Sean Durkin Written by Sean Durkin Starring Elizabeth Olsen, Sarah Paulson, Hugh Dancy, John Hawkes Even from its title the film Martha Marcy May Marlene suggests a fracture of psyche, a yearning for identity that provokes a young woman’s hypnosis and subsequent evasion of a sinister cult in the […] More
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TIFF 2011: ‘Martha Marcy May Marlene’ ranks as one of the greatest directorial debuts of all time
Martha Marcy May Marlene Directed by Sean Durkin Screenplay by Sean Durkin 2011, USA Winner of the Best Dramatic Direction award at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, Martha Marcy May Marlene is a clever, creepy and extremely striking reflection on the duplicitous way cults instill their beliefs when feeding on the psychological vulnerabilities of their […] More
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TIFF 2011 Part 2 – ‘Martha Marcy May Marlene’ / ‘Take Shelter’ / ‘Melancholia’
On this episode of the Sound On Sight podcast, special guests and SoS contributors Julian Carrington and Eduardo Lucatero join Ricky D and Justine Smith to discuss three of the highlights from the Toronto International Film Festival: Starting with Take Shelter, the sophomore fort by director Jeff Nichols, moving on to Lars Von Trier’s Melancholia […] More
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TIFF 2011: ‘Take Shelter’ / ‘Martha Marcy May Marlene’
Martha Marcy May Marlene Directed by Sean Durkin Written by Sean Durkin 2011, USA A hauntingly beautiful, artfully structured, pitch-perfect psychological thriller, Martha Marcy May Marlene is easily among the best of this year’s festival offerings. The film is an achievement that any director ought to be proud of, but the fact that it’s Sean […] More
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TIFF 2011: ‘Martha Marcy May Marlene’ – one of the best of the year
Martha Marcy May Marlene Directed by Sean Durkin Written by Sean Durking USA, 2011 Martha Marcy May Marlene is a film of textures grafted onto emotions. A film about a young woman who has escaped from a cultish communal farm, the film examines both her growing involvement in the small community and her difficulty re-adjusting […] More
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TIFF 2011: Films We Are Most Looking Forward To: Trailer for ‘Martha Marcy May Marlene’ (Update, 22/08: New Trailers!)
One of the most critically acclaimed and talked about films at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, Martha Marcy May Marlene will screen at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. The film marks the directorial debut of Sean Durkin and stars Elizabeth Olsen and John Hawkes. Here is the official plot summary: Watch the trailer below. […] More
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