Black Bear, 2020. Directed by Lawrence Michael Levine. Starring Aubrey Plaza, Christopher Abbott and Sarah Gadon. SYNOPSIS: A filmmaker visits a couple at their secluded lakeside cottage in the hope of finding inspiration for her new screenplay. Films about filmmakers can often feel rather tired. It feels like the ultimate symptom of a creative person […]
2021 Glasgow Film Festival Review – Black Bear
Black Bear, 2020. Directed by Lawrence Michael Levine. Starring Aubrey Plaza, Christopher Abbott, Sarah Gadon, Paola Lazaro, Lindsay Burdge and Lou Gonzalez. SYNOPSIS: A film director seeks solace whilst vacationing at lake house, though quickly becomes entangled in the lives of the couple who own the property. The question of whether art imitates life or […]
UK poster and trailer for Black Bear starring Aubrey Plaza, Christopher Abbott and Sarah Gadon
Vertigo Releasing has unveiled a UK poster and trailer for writer-director Lawrence Michael Levine’s acclaimed film Black Bear, which sees Aubrey Plaza starring alongside Christopher Abbott and Sarah Gadon. Check them out here… At a remote lake house, filmmaker Allison (Aubrey Plaza) arrives as a house guest to a troubled couple (Abbott and Gadon), who […]
Movie Review – Black Bear (2020)
Black Bear, 2020. Written and Directed by Lawrence Michael Levine. Starring Aubrey Plaza, Christopher Abbott, Sarah Gadon, Lindsay Burdge, Jennifer Kim, Paola Lázaro, Shannon O’Neill, Grantham Coleman, Alexander Koch, and Lou Gonzalez. SYNOPSIS: A filmmaker at a creative impasse seeks solace from her tumultuous past at a rural retreat, only to find that the woods […]
The Best Independent Films of 2020
EJ Moreno on the best independent films of the year… In a year where cinemas have been closed worldwide, it has been up to independent films to give hungry moviegoers exactly what they wanted. That focus on films in small theatrical runs or straight to video-on-demand platforms really gave way for some wonderful projects to […]
Flickering Myth’s Top Ten Movies of 2020
The Flickering Myth writing team share our top ten movies of 2020… And so we come to the end of 2020 – a year which I’m sure virtually everyone is glad to see behind us. The past twelve months been a hugely difficult and trying time for all, what with events that have engulfed the […]
Miami Film Festival GEMS 2020 Review – Black Bear
Black Bear, 2020. Directed by Lawrence Michael Levine. Starring Christopher Abbott, Sarah Gadon, and Aubrey Plaza. SYNOPSIS: A filmmaker at a creative impasse seeks solace from her tumultuous past at a rural retreat, only to find that the woods summon her inner demons in intense and surprising ways. Sometimes a film can feel so deeply […]
What to watch at the upcoming Miami Film Festival GEMS
In the coming days, the Miami Film Festival launches GEMS, their fall festival hosting a wonderful film selection. Like the film festivals throughout the year, you’ll find indie darlings starring your favourite stars, or you can discover some fresh faces whose work makes you fall in love. From October 8th through 11th, Miami Film Festival […]
Trailer for trippy Sundance breakout Black Bear starring Aubrey Plaza, Christopher Abbott and Sarah Gadon
Black Bear, the latest film from writer-director Lawrence Michael Levine, looks to be a dizzying experience based on this first trailer. In the first look at this breakout hit from the Sundance Film Festival, we see Aubrey Plaza as Allison, a filmmaker needing inspiration, who goes to stay in a lake house with a couple, […]
Aubrey Plaza, Christopher Abbott and Sarah Gadon join Black Bear
Aubrey Plaza (Child’s Play), Christopher Abbott (Catch-22) and Sarah Gadon (True Detective) have been cast in Black Bear, a new thriller from director Lawrence Michael Levine (Wild Canaries, Always Shine). The film sees Abbott and Gadon as “an expecting couple who are confronted with an out-of-town guest Abigail (Plaza), a filmmaker suffering from writer’s block […]
