The Lost Daughter, 2021.Written and Directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal. Starring Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Dakota Johnson, Ed Harris, Peter Sarsgaard, Paul Mescal, Dagmara Domińczyk, Alba Rohrwacher, Jack Farthing, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Panos Koronis, Abe Cohen, and Nikos Poursanidis.SYNOPSIS:A woman’s beach vacation takes a dark turn when she begins to confront the troubles of her past.Without explicitly […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Lost Daughter
The Lost Daughter, 2021.Directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal. Starring Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Dakota Johnson, Paul Mescal, Peter Sarsgaard, Dagmara Domińczyk and Ed Harris.SYNOPSIS:A translator on an idyllic holiday becomes obsessed with a young mother, inspiring her to think back to her own parenting methods.I often wonder how I would’ve reacted if someone had tapped me […]
First trailer for Maggie Gyllenhaal-directed The Lost Daughter starring Olivia Colman
Netflix has released a poster and trailer for The Lost Daughter. The drama marks the feature directorial debut for Maggie Gyllenhaal and stars Olivia Colman as a woman who finds her vacation take a dark turn when she begins to confront the memories and troubles of her past; take a look here…Alone on a seaside […]
Welcome to The Rock’s 25th Anniversary
Ricky Church revisits The Rock on its 25th anniversary…The Rock contains so many hallmarks of 1990s movie-making: rogue army operatives, a deadly MacGuffin, a buddy cop story of two completely different personalities and, of course, Nicolas Cage acting his zany, goofy yet somehow still serious self. And when you have Nic Cage starring opposite Sean […]
Ed Harris to direct The Ploughman starring Robert Duvall and Garrett Hedlund
Westworld star Ed Harris is set to direct his third film The Ploughman and Deadline reports that he has cast Robert Duvall (The Godfather), Garrett Hedlund (The United States vs. Billie Holiday), Amy Madigan (Penny Dreadful: City of Angels) newcomer Lily Harris to star in the film.The Ploughman is based off the 2014 novel om Kim Zupan which […]
Movie Review – Resistance (2020)
Resistance, 2020.Written and Directed by Jonathan Jakubowicz. Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Edgar Ramírez, Clémence Poésy, Matthias Schweighöfer, Bella Ramsey, Géza Röhrig, Karl Markovics, Alicia von Rittberg, Vica Kerekes, and Ed Harris.SYNOPSIS:The story of a group of Jewish Boy Scouts who worked with the French Resistance to save the lives of ten thousand orphans during World War […]
Westworld season 3 gets six new character posters
The HBO Asia Twitter account has revealed six new character posters for the third season of the acclaimed sci-fi drama series Westworld ahead of its premiere next month featuring Dolores (Evan Rachel Wood), Caleb (Aaron Paul), Maeve (Thandie Newton), Bernard (Jeffrey Wright), William (Ed Harris), and Charlotte (Tessa Thompson); take a look here…SEE ALSO: Westworld […]
HBO releases trailer for Westworld season 3
With a little over three weeks to go until its season 3 premiere, HBO has released a new trailer for its acclaimed sci-fi drama Westworld which sees the return of stars Evan Rachel Wood, Thandie Newton, Ed Harris, Jeffrey Wright, Tessa Thompson, Luke Hemsworth, and Simon Quarterman, alongside series newcomers Aaron Paul, Vincent Cassel, Lena […]
Parasite and Snowpiercer: Class divides with Bong Joon Ho
In the first of new series of features, Tom Jolliffe suggests a class-themed double bill of Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite and Snowpiercer…The beauty of cinema is how so many films can form a connective strand with others. Sometimes it can be a film-makers penchant for a similar message between a couple of films, or it […]
Jesse Eisenberg is Marcel Marceau in trailer for World War II drama Resistance
IFC Films has released a trailer for the upcoming drama Resistance. Written and directed by Jonathan Jakubowicz, the film tells the story of Marcel Marceau (Jesse Eisenberg) before he became a world-famous mime and explores his work with the French Resistance during World War II. Joining Eisenberg in the cast are Ed Harris, Clémence Poésy, […]
