Flickering Myth’s Robert Kojder chats with Roofman director Derek Cianfrance in this exclusive interview… Perhaps best known for bleak relationship dramas, Roofman director Derek Cianfrance finds himself working with a far lighter tone than, say, his masterful Blue Valentine, but still within his wheelhouse. He also trades Ryan Gosling for Channing Tatum this time, as […]
Movie Review – Roofman (2025)
Roofman, 2025. Directed by Derek Cianfrance. Starring Channing Tatum, Kirsten Dunst, LaKeith Stanfield, Juno Temple, Peter Dinklage. Uzo Aduba, Ben Mendelsohn, Melonie Díaz, Lily Collias, Emory Cohen, Tony Revolori, Molly Price, Jimmy O. Yang, Gabe Fazio, Erika Jackson, Stephen Strickland, Kathryn Stamas, Uzo Aduba, Keya Hamilton, Katherine Scheimreif, and Javier Molina. SYNOPSIS: A charismatic criminal, […]
Channing Tatum, Kirsten Dunst and Peter Dinklage take us behind the scenes of Derek Cianfrance’s Roofman in new featurette
Following its critically acclaimed debut at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival, Paramount Pictures has given audiences a peek behind-the-scenes of Derek Cianfrance’s Roofman, his based-on-a-true-story tale of an ex-con who secretly lives inside the roof of a Toys “R” Us for six months. Written by The Place Beyond the Pines director, alongside Sound of […]
Channing Tatum to star in true crime drama Roofman from Derek Cianfrance
Channing Tatum has been tapped to star in Roofman, a new movie from Derek Cianfrance, the Oscar-nominated filmmaker behind Blue Valentine. Cianfrance and writer Kirt Gunn penned the script. Deadline reports that “FilmNation and CAA Media Finance are launching the package for the EFM.” The film’s synopsis reads: “Jeffrey Manchester, an eccentric and charming serial […]
Second Opinion – The Light Between Oceans (2016)
The Light Between Oceans, 2016. Directed by Derek Cianfrance. Starring Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, Rachel Weisz and Bryan Brown. SYNOPSIS: After the end of World War I, former soldier Tom Sherbourne (Michael Fassbender) takes the solitary job of lighthouse keeper off the coast of Western Australia. On the mainland, he meets the vivacious Isobel Graymark […]
The Place Beyond the Pines’ Derek Cianfrance to reunite with Ryan Gosling for Universal’s Wolfman
Leigh Whannell did such an incredible job course-correcting Universal’s monster menagerie with The Invisible Man, that the news he’s no longer directing their next creature feature, the Ryan Gosling led Wolfman, is quite disappointing. However, his replacement should get you howling at the moon because the studio have chosen to reunite Gosling with his Blue […]
Mark Ruffalo to produce and star in HBO’s I Know This Much Is True adaptation
Mark Ruffalo has a new project lined up with HBO. After its success of their adaptation of Big Little Lies, the network will work on another adaptation, this time on the 1998 novel I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb, Deadline reports. Ruffalo will not only star in the miniseries, but produce it as well. […]
Movie Review – The Light Between Oceans (2016)
The Light Between Oceans, 2016 Directed by Derek Cianfrance Starring Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander and Rachel Weisz. SYNOPSIS: In the years following WW1, a lonely ex-soldier becomes a lighthouse keeper on an isolated island off of Western Australia, where he marries a local girl and attempts to start a family. When the two find that […]
