Filmmaker David Lowery (A Ghost Story) is set to reunite with A24 for the fantasy epic Green Knight, a retelling of the medieval tale of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Deadline has revealed. The tale recounts the exploits of the chivalrous and loyal Sir Gawain, a knight of King Arthur’s Round Table, who – in a test […]
Explorers TV pilot in development from Cary Fukunaga and David Lowery
Deadline is reporting that Cary Fukunaga (True Detective) and David Lowery (The Old Man and the Gun) are teaming up for a TV adaptation of Joe Dante’s cult 80s sci-fi adventure Explorers. Released in 1985 and starring Ethan Hawke, River Phoenix and Jason Presson, and follows a sci-fi obsessed boy who has a recurring dream about […]
2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Old Man and the Gun
The Old Man and the Gun, 2018. Directed by David Lowery. Starring Robert Redford, Sissy Spacek, Casey Affleck, Danny Glover, Tom Waits and Tika Sumpter. SYNOPSIS: Forrest Tucker is a bank robber. An elderly one and a gentleman. He’s spent plenty of time in prison because of his bad habit but he can’t give it […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2018 Review – The Old Man and the Gun
The Old Man & The Gun, 2018. Directed by David Lowery. Starring Robert Redford, Sissy Spacek, Casey Affleck, Danny Glover, Tika Sumpter, Tom Waits, Keith Carradine, and Elizabeth Moss. SYNOPSIS: Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker, a career criminal and escape artist continues robbing banks in his seventies while the law closes in […]
New trailer for Robert Redford’s final film The Old Man and the Gun
Ahead of its released next month, a new trailer has arrived online for the upcoming comedy crime drama The Old Man and the Gun. Written and directed by David Lowery, the film stars Robert Redford in his final screen role alongside Sissy Spacek, Elisabeth Moss, Casey Affleck, Keith Carradine, Danny Glover, Tika Sumpter, Tom Waits, and […]
First trailer for Robert Redford’s final film The Old man and the Gun
Fox Searchlight has debuted the first trailer for David Lowery’s upcoming comedy crime drama The Old Man and the Gun which stars Robert Redford in his final screen role alongside Sissy Spacek, Elisabeth Moss, Casey Affleck, Keith Carradine, Danny Glover, Tika Sumpter, Tom Waits, and Isiah Whitlock Jr.; watch it here… https://youtu.be/EKyewnPvfPE “THE OLD MAN […]
Movie Review – A Ghost Story (2017)
A Ghost Story, 2017. Written and Directed by David Lowery. Starring Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara. SYNOPSIS: In this singular exploration of legacy, love, loss, and the enormity of existence, a recently deceased, white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to try to reconnect with his bereft wife. A Ghost Story features a roughly 4-minute […]
Movie Review – A Ghost Story (2017)
A Ghost Story, 2017. Directed by David Lowery. Starring Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara. SYNOPSIS: In this singular exploration of legacy, love, loss, and the enormity of existence, a recently deceased, white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to try to reconnect with his bereft wife. On paper A Ghost Story shouldn’t work. A slow […]
Exclusive Interview: Director David Lowery on Pete’s Dragon, Roger Ebert & Trump
Sean Wilson chats to filmmaker David Lowery about his acclaimed Disney remake, the power of movie magic… and the results of a certain American Presidential election… Few could have anticipated back in August that in a month dominated by the overhyped and underwhelming Suicide Squad, it would be a comparatively unheralded Disney reboot that would […]
Movie Review – Pete’s Dragon (2016)
Pete’s Dragon, 2016. Directed by David Lowery. Starring Bryce Dallas Howard, Oakes Fegley, Oona Laurence, Karl Urban, Wes Bentley and Robert Redford. SYNOPSIS: The adventures of an orphaned boy named Pete and his best friend Elliot, who just so happens to be a dragon. When the original Pete’s Dragon was released in 1977 it was […]
