Oscar-winner Spike Lee is to direct a movie musical about the creation of Viagra, according to Deadline. The film, co-written by Lee and British playwright Kwame Kwei-Armah and produced by eOne, will be the latest Spike Lee Joint after Da 5 Bloods and American Utopia, both of which were met with critical acclaim. Currently untitled, the […]
Ranking the Films of Paul Verhoeven
George Nash assesses the cinematic output of the subversive Dutch provocateur Paul Verhoeven… On the Rotten Tomatoes page of Showgirls, the critical consensus reads as follows: “Vile, contemptible, garish, and misogynistic — and that might just be exactly Showgirls‘ point”. It’s about as perfect as any summation could hope to be in capturing the journey taken […]
Noomi Rapace to star in Scandinavian thriller Black Crab for Netflix
Swedish actress Noomi Rapace, perhaps best known for her breakout performance as anti-heroine Lisbeth Salander in the original Dragon Tattoo trilogy, is set to return to her native country after signing on to star in Black Crab, a forthcoming adaptation of Jerker Virdborg’s Scandi-set thriller for Netflix. “I’m very excited to come back to Sweden […]
Movie Review – Triggered (2020)
Triggered, 2020. Directed by Alastair Orr. Starring Liesl Ahlers, Sean Cameron Michael, Reine Swart, Steven John Ward and Craig Urbani. SYNOPSIS: Nine friends, spending the night camping in the woods, wake up with explosive devices strapped to their chests, each with differing times on their countdown clock. Realising they’re part of a former acquaintance’s twisted […]
Adam Sandler to star in an adaptation of Spaceman of Bohemia for Netflix
Adam Sandler is set to star in a Netflix adaptation of Jaroslav Kalfar’s 2017 sci-fi novel Spaceman of Bohemia, according to Deadline. Johan Renck, director of the Emmy-winning series Chernobyl, will helm the project, which remains untitled, and will see Sandler ostensibly star as Jakub Procházka, a Czech-raised orphan and the country’s first astronaut who […]
Movie Review – Summer of 85 (2020)
Summer of 85, 2020. Directed by François Ozon. Starring Félix Lefebvre, Benjamin Voisin, Philippine Velge, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Melvil Poupaud, and Isabelle Nanty. SYNOPSIS: In a small, seaside town on the Normandy coast, two teenage boys embark on a sun-soaked six weeks of friendship and romance. But tragedy ultimately brings it all crashing down. Like […]
Exclusive Interview – One Man and His Shoes director Yemi Bamiro on the Air Jordan, sneaker culture and trying to get Spike Lee on camera
George Nash speaks with filmmaker Yemi Bamiro about his debut feature documentary One Man and His Shoes, which is screening at this year’s London Film Festival… After The Last Dance, the recent 10-part series documenting arguably sporting history’s most feted dynasty, the 1990s Chicago Bulls, one might presume we know all there is to know […]
Movie Review – Body of Water (2020)
Body of Water, 2020. Written and directed by Lucy Brydon. Starring Siân Brooke, Amanda Burton, Fabienne Piolini-Castle, Nick Blood and Kazia Pelka. SYNOPSIS: A mother suffering from anorexia struggles to repair the relationship with her estranged teenage daughter. The poignancy of writer/director Lucy Brydon’s debut feature unfurls with a potent, twofold timeliness. Body of Water, […]
Movie Review – Time (2020)
Time, 2020. Directed by Garrett Bradley. SYNOPSIS: A mother of six fights for the release of her husband, who is serving a 60-year prison sentence. 13th, Ava DuVernay’s Oscar-nominated, Emmy Award-winning documentary from 2016, begins with an alarming statistic: One out of four African-American males will serve prison time at one point or another in […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Painter and the Thief
The Painter and the Thief, 2020. Directed by Benjamin Ree. SYNOPSIS: A Czech artist forms a surprising friendship with a Norwegian man who stole two of her paintings. For journalist-turned-documentary-filmmaker Benjamin Ree, the desire to make an art heist movie had been simmering away since the release of his acclaimed chess-champ doc Magnus in 2016. […]
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