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Exclusive Interview – American Animals director Bart Layton on making more than just a fun caper, blending documentary with recreation, and the crushing fear of being average

January 14, 2019 by Harrison Abbott

Harrison Abbott chats with American Animals director Bart Layton… Occupying a fascinating middle ground between documentary and – for lack of a better term – ‘’traditional cinema’’, American Animals was one of 2018’s most idiosyncratic movies. And also one of its best.  For context, the film chronicles a botched heist from 2003, in which four […]

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Filed Under: Exclusives, Harrison Abbott, Interviews, Movies Tagged With: American Animals, Bart Layton, Betty Jean Gooch, BlacKkKlansman, Foxcatcher, Poppy Dixon, Spencer Reinhard, The Imposter

Flickering Myth’s Top Ten Movies of 2018

December 31, 2018 by Gary Collinson

Flickering Myth’s writing team present our top ten movies of 2018… As 2018 draws to a close, the writers here at Flickering Myth have been looking back over another twelve months of cinema to vote on our favourite movies of the year. As always, our writers have shared their personal top ten picks, which we’ve […]

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Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Gary Collinson, Movies Tagged With: A Quiet Place, a star is born, American Animals, Anna and the Apocalypse, Annihilation, Avengers: Infinity War, Bad Times at the El Royale, Black Panther, BlacKkKlansman, First Man, First Reformed, Hereditary, Incredibles 2, Lady Bird, Leave No Trace, Love Simon, Mandy, Phantom Thread, Roma, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, The Shape of Water, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, You Were Never Really Here

Movie Review – American Animals (2018)

September 9, 2018 by Helen Murdoch

American Animals, 2018. Directed by Bart Layton. Starring Barry Keoghan, Evan Peters, Blake Jenner, Jared Abrahamson, Ann Dowd, Spencer Reinhard, Warren Lipka, Eric Borsuk, Chas Allen, and Betty Jean Gooch.   SYNOPSIS: Four young men mistake their lives for a movie and attempt one of the most audacious heists in U.S. history. Bart Layton follows […]

Filed Under: Helen Murdoch, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: American Animals, Ann Dowd, Barry Keoghan, Bart Layton, Betty Jean Gooch, Blake Jenner, Chas Allen, Eric Borsuk, Evan Peters, Jared Abrahamson, Spencer Reinhard, Warren Lipka

Movie Review – American Animals (2018)

September 4, 2018 by Tom Beasley

American Animals, 2018. Written and directed by Bart Layton. Starring Evan Peters, Barry Keoghan, Jared Abrahamson, Blake Jenner, Ann Dowd and Udo Kier. SYNOPSIS: A group of disaffected college students decide to steal valuable books from the university library and sell them on for millions of dollars. Bart Layton’s debut movie, released in 2012, was […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Tom Beasley Tagged With: American Animals, Ann Dowd, Barry Keoghan, Bart Layton, Blake Jenner, Evan Peters, Jared Abrahamson, Udo Kier

Movie Review – American Animals (2018)

August 29, 2018 by Shaun Munro

American Animals, 2018. Directed by Bart Layton. Starring Evan Peters, Barry Keoghan, Blake Jenner, Jared Abramson, Udo Kier, Ann Dowd, Spencer Reinhard, Warren Lipka, Chas Allen and Eric Borsuk. SYNOPSIS: Four young men mistake their lives for a movie and attempt one of the most audacious heists in U.S. history. Bart Layton follows up his mesmerising […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Shaun Munro Tagged With: American Animals, Ann Dowd, Barry Keoghan, Bart Layton, Blake Jenner, Chas Allen, Eric Borsuk, Evan Peters, Jared Abramson, Spencer Reinhard, Udo Kier, Warren Lipka

Watch the first four minutes of American Animals

June 9, 2018 by Matt Rodgers

Having screened at this year’s London Sundance Film Festival, Bart Layton’s American Animals is currently on limited release in the US, and now The Orchard Movies, who purchased the film along with US ticket subscription service MoviePass, have released the opening scene for you to watch online. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7g708b8aZTA A bleeding of fact and fiction docudrama, […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: American Animals, Ann Dowd, Barry Keoghan, Bart Layton, Betty Jean Gooch, Blake Jenner, Chas Allen, Eric Borsuk, Evan Peters, Jared Abrahamson, Spencer Reinhard, Udo Kier, Warren Lipka

Chicago Critics Film Festival 2018 Review – American Animals

June 8, 2018 by Robert Kojder

American Animals, 2018. Written and Directed by Bart Layton. Starring Evan Peters, Barry Keoghan, Blake Jenner, Jared Abramson, Udo Kier, Ann Dowd, Spencer Reinhard, Warren Lipka, Chas Allen, and Eric Borsuk. SYNOPSIS: Four young men mistake their lives for a movie and attempt one of the most audacious heists in U.S. history. Imitation is supposedly the […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Robert Kojder Tagged With: American Animals, Ann Dowd, Barry Keoghan, Bart Layton, Blake Jenner, Chas Allen, Eric Borsuk, Evan Peters, Jared Abramson, Spencer Reinhard, Udo Kier, Warren Lipka

Movie Review – American Animals (2018)

May 31, 2018 by Matt Donato

American Animals. 2018. Directed by Bart Layton. Starring Ann Dowd, Evan Peters, Barry Keoghan, Blake Jenner, Udo Kier, Jared Abrahamson, Warren Lipka, Spencer Reinhard, Chas Allen, Eric Borsuk, and Betty Jean Gooch. SYNOPSIS: Four young men mistake their lives for a movie and attempt one of the most audacious heists in U.S. history. “Animals” are […]

Filed Under: Matt Donato, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: American Animals, Ann Dowd, Barry Keoghan, Bart Layton, Betty Jean Gooch, Blake Jenner, Chas Allen, Eric Borsuk, Evan Peters, Jared Abrahamson, Spencer Reinhard, Udo Kier, Warren Lipka

American Animals gets a new trailer

May 9, 2018 by Amie Cranswick

With less than a month to go until its release, a new trailer has arrived online for writer-director Bart Layton’s upcoming heist thriller American Animals which stars Evan Peters, Barry Keoghan, Blake Jenner, Jared Abrahamson, Ann Dowd, and Udo Kier; watch it here… The extraordinary and thrilling true story of four friends (Evan Peters, Barry […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: American Animals, Ann Dowd, Barry Keoghan, Bart Layton, Blake Jenner, Evan Peters, Jared Abrahamson, Udo Kier

American Animals gets a new poster

May 5, 2018 by Amie Cranswick

Ahead of its US release next month, a new poster has arrived online for writer-director Bart Layton’s upcoming crime drama American Animals; take a look here… SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for American Animals here The extraordinary and thrilling true story of four friends (Evan Peters, Barry Keoghan, Blake Jenner, and Jared Abrahamson) living an […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News Tagged With: American Animals

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