Fear City, 1984. Directed by Abel Ferrara. Starring Tom Berenger, Billy Dee Williams, Jack Scalia, Melanie Griffith, Michael V. Gazzo, Rae Dawn Chong, and Maria Conchita Alonso. SYNOPSIS: A killer stalks exotic dancers in New York, so two agents go vigilante to try and catch the psychopath. When you think of gritty, sleazy 1980s New […]
Shia LaBeouf writing Auschwitz-based film for director Abel Ferrara
It’s been a while since Shia LaBeouf had a major movie moment, following 2019’s Honey Boy and the controversies that followed the actor since. But now we know what Shia LaBeouf’s next movie will be, a film about Auschwitz that Abel Ferrara will helm. The pair recently worked together on the religious drama Padre Pio […]
Movie Review – Padre Pio (2023)
Padre Pio, 2022. Directed by Abel Ferrara. Starring Shia LaBeouf, Cristina Chiriac, Marco Leonardi, Asia Argento, Vincenzo Crea, Luca Lionello, Brando Pacitto, Stella Mastrantonio, Salvatore Ruocco, Federico Majorana, Michelangelo Dalisi, Martina Gatti, Alessio Montagnani, Roberta Mattei, Ermanno De Biagi, Alessandro Cremona, Ignazio Oliva, Valeria Correale, Federica Dordei, Piergiuseppe Francione, Anna Ferrara, and Francesco D’Angelo. SYNOPSIS: […]
Movie Review – Zeros and Ones (2021)
Zeros and Ones, 2021. Written and Directed by Abel Ferrara. Starring Ethan Hawke, Cristina Chiriac, Phil Neilson, Anna Ferrara, Salvatore Ruocco, Valerio Mastandrea, Babak Karimi, Dounia Sichov, Valeria Correale, Korlan Rachmetova, and Mahmut Sifa Erkaya. SYNOPSIS: Called to Rome to stop an imminent terrorist bombing, a soldier desperately seeks news of his imprisoned brother — […]
New trailer for Abel Ferrara’s Siberia starring Willem Dafoe
Lionsgate has released a poster and trailer for director Abel Ferrara’s psychological thriller Siberia which stars Willem Dafoe as a bartender in Siberia who drives a sled team to a nearby cave in a voyage of self-discovery; take a look here… SEE ALSO: Read our review of Siberia here Clint (Defoe) tends bar at a […]
4K Ultra HD Review – King of New York (1990)
King of New York, 1990. Directed by Abel Ferrara. Starring Christopher Walken, David Caruso, Janet Julian, Laurence Fishburne, Victor Argo, Wesley Snipes, Steve Buscemi, and Joey Chin. SYNOPSIS: A drug lord is released from prison and sets about taking over the crime gangs in New York in order to put money back into his old […]
Abel Ferrara enlists Ethan Hawke for war thriller Zeros and Ones
Ethan Hawke has signed on to lead the cast of Zeros and Ones, a war thriller from director Abel Ferrara (King of New York, Bad Lieutenant) and co-starring Cristina Chiriac (Tommaso) and Phil Neilson (Siberia). The film will see Hawke portraying “an American soldier stationed in Rome as it’s under siege, with the Vatican blown […]
Movie Review – Siberia (2020)
Siberia, 2020. Co-written and directed by Abel Ferrara. Starring Willem Dafoe, Dounia Sichov, and Simon McBurney. SYNOPSIS: A barman in Siberia heads to a nearby cave where he explores his dreams and memories. Abel Ferrara’s sixth collaboration with Willem Dafoe is by a measure their most challenging – if perhaps not their most successful – […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Siberia
Siberia, 2020. Directed by Abel Ferrara. Starring Willem Dafoe, Cristina Chiriac, Dounia Sichov and Simon McBurney. SYNOPSIS: A man who abandoned his whole life to tend bar in Siberia embarks on a voyage of self-discovery when he visits a strange cave. Few people do narration like Willem Dafoe. That distinctive, unsettling voice has provided a […]
Trailer, poster and images for Abel Ferrara’s Tommaso starring Willem Dafoe
Kino Lorber has released a poster, trailer and images for writer-director Abel Ferrara’s (The Driller Killer, Bad Lieutenant) upcoming drama Tommaso which stars Willem Dafoe, Christina Chiriac and Anna Ferrara; watch it here… Willem Dafoe is an American artist living in Rome with his family, played by Abel Ferrara’s real-life wife and daughter. Their tumultuous […]
