Casey Chong with ten essential revenge movies… The long-gestating reboot of The Crow, which famously suffered from development hell as early as 2008 with numerous directors and actors coming and going, has finally flown into cinemas, starring Bill Skarsgård as the titular character with Rupert Sanders of the live-action Hollywood version of Ghost in the […]
Dakota Fanning and Elle Fanning to play sisters in The Nightingale adaptation
The Wrap is reporting that real-life siblings Dakota Fanning (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) and Elle Fanning (Maleficent: Mistress of Evil) are to play sisters in a feature film adaptation of Kristin Hannah’s 2015 novel The Nightingale. “The Nightingale will be the first time we act on screen together. We have played the same […]
Movie Review – The Nightingale (2019)
The Nightingale, 2019. Directed by Jennifer Kent. Starring Aisling Franciosi, Sam Claflin, Baykali Ganambarr, Damon Herriman, Harry Greenwood, Ewen Leslie and Magnolia Maymuru. SYNOPSIS: In 19th century Australia, an Irish convict embarks on a mission of violent revenge when her family is attacked by a group of English soldiers. The Nightingale is a film about […]
Movie Review – The Nightingale (2019)
The Nightingale, 2019. Directed by Jennifer Kent. Starring Aisling Franciosi, Sam Claflin, Baykali Ganambarr, Damon Herriman, Harry Greenwood, Ewen Leslie and Magnolia Maymuru. SYNOPSIS: In 19th century Australia, an Irish convict embarks on a mission of violent revenge when her family is attacked by a group of English soldiers. Aussie director Jennifer Kent immediately became […]
Exclusive Interview – Aisling Franciosi and Sam Claflin on The Nightingale, depicting colonial violence in film, and more
Alex Moreland talks to Aisling Franciosi and Sam Claflin about The Nightingale, working with Jennifer Kent, and more… The Nightingale is a film about violence – set in a British colony in Australia at the height of colonialism, it tells a story of traumas both political and personal. Jennifer Kent’s second feature film is unrelenting […]
Video Review – The Nightingale (2019)
The Nightingale, 2019. Directed by Jennifer Kent. Starring Aisling Franciosi, Sam Claflin, Baykali Ganambarr, Damon Herriman, Harry Greenwood, Ewen Leslie and Magnolia Maymuru In this video review, EJ Moreno shares his thoughts on The Nightingale, the controversial new film from Jennifer Kent, director of The Babadook. Set in the British penal colony of Van Diemen’s […]
A Big Year for Three Modern Horror Masters
Tom Jolliffe takes a look ahead to The Nightingale, Midsommar and The Lighthouse… There’s been some great horror films in the last five years. Three in particular for me really harked back to a classic era sensibility, owing a lot to the best era in creepy atmospheric horror. These would evoke films (among others…) like […]
Poster and trailer for The Babadook director’s new film The Nightingale
IFC Films has debuted the first trailer and poster for the upcoming thriller The Nightingale. Directed by Jennifer Kent, the filmmaker behind the acclaimed 2014 horror The Babadook, the film is set during the colonization of Australia during the 1820s and stars Aisling Franciosi as young woman out for revenge against a British officer (Sam […]
Sony sets release dates for Silver & Black, Sicario 2 and more
Hours ago, Sony decided to announce release dates for a number of films on its slate, all of which are due out in 2018 and 2019. Among the recently dated films, the most noteworthy news is that the sophomore effort in Sony’s Marvel Universe (2018’s Venom will be the lead-off film) will, in fact, be […]
