Birdman, 2014. Directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu. Starring: Michael Keaton, Emma Stone, Edward Norton, Zach Galifianakis and Naomi Watts. SYNOPSIS: Riggan Thomas (Michael Keaton) attempts to distance himself from his famous role as the superhero, Birdman by staging a Broadway play adaptation of Raymond Carver’s ‘What We Talk About When We Talk About Love‘. In […]
The Academy Award for Best Original Score does not go to Birdman’s Antonio Sanchez
Birdman has been doing fairly well this year, both among critics and with accolades. Already the recipient of several awards, including dozens of nominations and wins, the film is an absolute frontrunner for several statues at this year’s Academy Awards. But sadly, Antonio Sanchez’s extraordinary improvisational, jazz-based drumming score will not be one of them. […]
Movie Review – Birdman: or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)
Birdman, 2014 Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu Starring Michael Keaton, Emma Stone, Zach Galifianakis, Naomi Watts, Jeremy Shamos, Andrea Riseborough, Amy Ryan, Edward Norton SYNOPSIS: A washed-up actor who once played an iconic superhero must overcome his ego and family trouble as he mounts a Broadway play in a bid to reclaim his past glory. When Birdman debuted […]
Movie Review – Birdman (2014)
Birdman, 2014. Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu. Starring Michael Keaton, Emma Stone, Zach Galifianakis, Naomi Watts, Jeremy Shamos, Andrea Riseborough, Amy Ryan and Edward Norton. SYNOPSIS: A washed-up actor who once played an iconic superhero must overcome his ego and family trouble as he mounts a Broadway play in a bid to reclaim his past glory. Virtuoso […]
Leeds International Film Festival 2014 Review – Birdman (2014)
Birdman, 2014. Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu. Starring Michael Keaton, Edward Norton, Zach Galifianakis, Emma Stone, Amy Ryan, Andrea Riseborough and Naomi Watts. SYNOPSIS: A washed-up actor who once played an iconic superhero must overcome his ego and family trouble as he mounts a Broadway play in a bid to reclaim his past glory. Birdman, Alejandro […]
Movie Review – The Revenant (2015)
The Revenant, 2015. Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Will Poulter and Domhnall Gleeson. SYNOPSIS: A frontiersman on a fur trading expedition in the 1820’s fights for survival after being mauled by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team. Cinema can be a beguiling, beautiful […]
Second Opinion – The Revenant (2016)
The Revenant, 2015. Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Will Poulter, Domhnall Gleeson and Forest Goodluck. SYNOPSIS: A frontiersman on a fur trading expedition in the 1820’s fights for survival after being mauled by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team. To say that The […]
Movie Review – The Revenant (2016)
The Revenant, 2016. Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu. Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Will Poulter, Domhnall Gleeson, Paul Anderson, Lukas Haas, Brendan Fletcher, Forrest Goodluck, and Grace Dove. SYNOPSIS: In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling. You […]
A response to Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu and directors who might be jealous of comic book movies
Anthony Stokes with a response to Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu and directors who might be jealous of comic book movies… We’re in the age of cinema that focuses on comic book movies and as such everybody is talking about them, even big powerhouse directors. Some, like Kenneth Branagh and Paul Thomas Anderson, speak positively of them. […]
Wes Anderson, Clint Eastwood, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Richard Linklater and Morten Tyldum nominated for the DGA Award
The Director’s Guild of America has announced the nominees for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film, with Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel), Clint Eastwood (American Sniper), Alejandro González Iñárritu (Birdman), Richard Linklater (Boyhood) and Morten Tyldum (The Imitation Game) set to contest the award. “In a year full of excellent […]
