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. A bleeding of fact and fiction docudrama, similar […]
Chicago Critics Film Festival 2018 Review – American Animals
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 […]
Movie Review – American Animals (2018)
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 […]
American Animals gets a new trailer
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 […]
American Animals gets a new poster
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 […]
Chicago Critics Film Festival 2018 Capsule Review – American Animals
The turning point where American Animals finally won me over and will for anyone else not entirely sold, boils down to a third act reveal that makes clear why writer and director Bart Layton has chosen to include documentary-style cutaway interviews to the real-life subjects of the Transylvania University art heist incident (now middle-aged, and if my […]
Heist film American Animals gets a trailer and poster
The trailer for the upcoming heist film American Animals has received a new trailer and poster. Based on a true story, the film follows four friends who decide to pull off an elaborate art heist. The film was directed by Bart Layton (The Imposter) and premiered earlier this year at the Sundance and SXSW film festivals. Check […]
Exclusive Interview – Composer Anne Nikitin on American Animals, finding her voice, and more
Alex Moreland chats with composer Anne Nikitin about her latest score on American Animals, her creative process, and more… How did you first get involved with American Animals? I worked with Bart before, on a film called The Imposter, about six years ago now, it’s a film that went to Sundance. It was a documentary […]
The 10 Must-See Movies At Sundance 2018
Ben Robins on the ten must-see movies at Sundance 2018… The ridiculously celebrated indie festival to end all indie festivals will return for another banner year in January, and it’s no doubt set to be another big one. Having kicked off the careers of everyone from the Coen Brothers to Tarantino to most recently, Whiplash […]