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 […]
