Following yesterday’s teaser, Netflix has released the first trailer for the upcoming drama The Unforgivable. Directed by, Nora Fingscheidt, the film stars Sandra Bullock as Ruth Slater, a woman recently released from prison after serving a 20 year sentence for a violent crime who is struggling to re-enter society while searching for her estranged sister. […]
Dracula film The Last Voyage of the Demeter adds David Dastmalchian, Liam Cunningham and more
The Hollywood Reporter has announced that André Øvredal’s Dracula-inspired The Last Voyage of the Demeter has added several actors to its cast. Joining Straight Outta Compton‘s Corey Hawkins in the film is David Dastmalchian (The Suicide Squad), Liam Cunningham (Game of Thrones), Aisling Franciosi (The Nightingale) and creature feature actor Javier Botet (It). Also starring in […]
Russell Crowe, Aisling Franciosi, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and more to star in Rothko
Deadline is reporting that Russell Crowe (The Nice Guys) and Aisling Franciosi (The Nightingale) are set to lead the cast of Rothko, a biographical drama about the American painter Mark Rothko and his daughter Kate’s protracted legal battle to honour his legacy. The film is being directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson, and will see Crowe and […]
Black Narcissus trailer promises paradise, perversion, sanctuary and sin
The BBC and FX has released the first trailer and a poster for their limited series Black Narcissus. Based on Rumer Godden’s 1939 novel of the same name, the drama follows a group of young nuns as they face the challenges of turning a remote and haunting palace in the Himalayas into a convent; take […]
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 […]
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 […]