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Knight of Cups (2016). D/W: Terrence Malick. DP: Emmanuel Lubezki. Starring: Christian Bale/Cate Blanchett/Natalie Portman/Wes Bentley/Teresa Palmer/Freida Pinto/Brian Dennehy/Imogen Poots/Cherry Jones. I imagine filmmaker Terrence Malick as that charming yet introverted kid in the playground. So immersed in his imaginative world he mostly plays on his own. Every now and then letting another kid break…
Carol (2015). D: Todd Haynes DP: Edward Lochman. W: Phyllis Nagy. Starring: Cate Blanchett/Rooney Mara/Sarah Paulson/Kyle Chandler/Jake Lacy/John Magaro. (NOTE: Based on the Patricia Highsmith novel originally titled The Price of Salt) Every now and then a movie lives up to its hype. The buzz around Todd Haynes new film, Carol, has been strong since…
Terrence Malick returns with a new film about the disillusionment of Hollywood starring an American accented Christian Bale. Like a Bret Easton Ellis novel, Bale falls through this trailer setting up a story that could be something different for this reclusive director of Tree of Life and others. Knight of Cups
Studio Canal has released their first trailer for the Cannes Festival darling Carol directed by Todd Haynes and staring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara, based on Patricia Highsmith’s novel. Definitely the one to see for awards season. The film is in cinemas November 27. Carol
Cinderella (2015). D: Kenneth Branagh. DP: Haris Zambarloukos. W: Chris Weitz. Starring: Lily James/Cate Blanchett/Richard Madden/Helena Bonham Carter/Derek Jacobi/Nonso Anozie/Stellan Skarsgard/Sophie McShera/Holliday Granger/Ben Chaplin/Hayley Atwell. This spring Disney brings another of their beloved royalties to the big screen in the live action version of Cinderella. All glass and little substance, the film is clearly geared…
Get ready for Disney’s newest installment. Catch up on my reviews of Maleficent and Alice in Wonderland as well! Cinderella