A Ghost Story, 2017.Written and Directed by David Lowery. Starring Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara.SYNOPSIS:In this singular exploration of legacy, love, loss, and the enormity of existence, a recently deceased, white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to try to reconnect with his bereft wife.A Ghost Story features a roughly 4-minute scene of Rooney Mara’s […]
Movie Review – A Ghost Story (2017)
A Ghost Story, 2017.Directed by David Lowery. Starring Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara.SYNOPSIS:In this singular exploration of legacy, love, loss, and the enormity of existence, a recently deceased, white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to try to reconnect with his bereft wife.On paper A Ghost Story shouldn’t work. A slow paced examination of grief […]
Exclusive Interview: Director David Lowery on Pete’s Dragon, Roger Ebert & Trump
Sean Wilson chats to filmmaker David Lowery about his acclaimed Disney remake, the power of movie magic… and the results of a certain American Presidential election… Few could have anticipated back in August that in a month dominated by the overhyped and underwhelming Suicide Squad, it would be a comparatively unheralded Disney reboot that would […]
Movie Review – Pete’s Dragon (2016)
Pete’s Dragon, 2016.Directed by David Lowery. Starring Bryce Dallas Howard, Oakes Fegley, Oona Laurence, Karl Urban, Wes Bentley and Robert Redford.SYNOPSIS:The adventures of an orphaned boy named Pete and his best friend Elliot, who just so happens to be a dragon.When the original Pete’s Dragon was released in 1977 it was one of two big-screen […]
Sundance London 2017 Review – A Ghost Story (2017)
A Ghost Story, 2017. Directed by David Lowery. Starring Rooney Mara, Casey Affleck, Brea Grant, Carlos Bermudez, and Kesha. SYNOPSIS: A man killed in a sudden accident, returns to his family home as a white-sheeted ghost, and watches as his mourning wife’s life changes without him. A Ghost Story is very much a film of […]
Movie Review – A Ghost Story (2017)
A Ghost Story, 2017.Directed by David Lowery. Starring Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara, and Will Oldham.SYNOPSIS:After his sudden death in a car crash, a man returns to his home as a white sheeted ghost in an effort to re-connect with his grieving wife. An examination of love, loss and legacy.It’s not often I watch a film […]
Exclusive Interview – Director David Lowery on A Ghost Story
Garnering four and five star reviews left, right and centre, David Lowery’s A Ghost Story makes a triumphant arrival in British cinemas this week. Not bad for a film shot in just 19 days before the release of the director’s second feature, Disney’s Pete’s Dragon. And one that was smothered in secrecy.A meditation on life, […]
