The Toronto International Film Festival announced its award winners at the closing ceremony at TIFF Bell Lightbox today, with Martin McDonagh’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri taking home the top prize, the People’s Choice Award. The People’s Choice Award – voted by the audience at the festival – also honoured two runners up in Craig Gillespie’s […]
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri to close 61st BFI London Film Festival
The 61st BFI London Film Festival has announced that Martin McDonagh’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri will serve as the Closing Night gala of this year’s event, receiving its UK premiere on Sunday October 15th with McDonagh and stars Frances McDormand and Sam Rockwell in attendance. “THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI is a darkly comic […]
Andy Serkis’ Breathe to open the 61st BFI London Film Festival, check out the poster and trailer here
The London Film Festival has announced that Andy Serkis’ directorial debut Breathe will serve as the Opening Night gala of the 61st BFI London Film Festival, receiving its European premiere on Wednesday, October 4th. Based on the true story of Robin Cavindish, the film stars Andrew Garfield as Cavendish and Claire Foy as his wife Diana. Take a […]
70th Cannes Film Festival Review – The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) (2017)
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected), 2017. Directed by Noah Baumbach. Starring: Adam Sandler, Dustin Hoffman, Ben Stiller, Emma Thompson, Elizabeth Marvel, and Grace Van Patten. SYNOPSIS: The estranged, middle-aged children of a New York artist reconnect with each other in the wake of their father’s illness. After a spate of juvenile comedies, Adam Sandler has […]
70th Cannes Film Festival Review – Wind River (2017)
Wind River, 2017. Directed by Taylor Sheridan. Starring: Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olsen, Gil Birmingham, Graham Greene, and Julia Jones. SYNOPSIS: The discovery of the bloody corpse of a Native American teen in the frozen Wyoming wilderness prompts a government animal tracker and an FBI agent to join forces to solve the case. Screenwriter turned director […]
70th Cannes Film Festival Interview – The Rider Director Chloe Zhao
Sara Hemrajani chats with The Rider director Chloe Zhao… Beijing-born filmmaker Chloe Zhao returns to the Directors’ Fortnight (La Quinzaine des Réalisateurs) at Cannes with The Rider, a soulful and intimate portrait of a young South Dakota cowboy struggling to let go of his rodeo champion past after suffering a major head injury. Based on […]
70th Cannes Film Festival Review – Jupiter’s Moon (2017)
Jupiter’s Moon, 2017. Directed by Kornél Mundruczó. Starring: Zsombor Jéger, Merab Ninidze, György Cserhalmi, and Móni Balsai. SYNOPSIS: A Syrian refugee is fatally shot as he crosses the border into Hungary. However, he magically heals and rises from the dead, with the added ability of flying. His presence in the country prompts a manhunt but […]
70th Cannes Film Festival Review – Okja (2017)
Okja, 2017. Directed by Bong Joon Ho. Starring: Seo-Hyun Ahn, Hee-Bong Byun, Tilda Swinton, Paul Dano, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Lily Collins. SYNOPSIS: A Korean teenager reluctantly joins forces with a group of eco-warriors in a bid to save her beloved super-pig – a genetically modified animal originally created for the slaughterhouse by a sinister corporation. […]
70th Cannes Film Festival Review – Wonderstruck (2017)
Wonderstruck, 2017. Directed by Todd Haynes. Starring Oakes Fegley, Millicent Simmonds, Jaden Michael, Julianne Moore, and Michelle Williams. SYNOPSIS: Set in 1927 and 1977, Wonderstruck simultaneously tells the tales of two deaf children coping with their impairment and searching for familial love in their respective eras. Wonderstruck boasts beautiful craftsmanship and sweet performances by its […]
Check out the outstanding Chicago Critics Film Festival lineup and its guest appearances
It goes without saying that Flickering Myth is primarily a UK based multimedia website, but Chicago is also quickly becoming our second home so to speak. As a critic writing for this site coming up on three years now, it is truly an honor to be a part of the Chicago Critics Film Festival for […]
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