HBO Max has released a poster and trailer for the crime drama Tokyo Vice. Loosely based on Jake Adelstein’s 2009 memoir Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan and with a pilot directed by Michael Mann (Manhunter, Heat), the series stars Ansel Elgort, Ken Watanabe, Rinko Kikuchi, Rachel Keller, Ella Rumpf, […]
Blu-ray Review – Raw (2016)
Raw, 2016. Directed by Julia Ducournau. Starring Garance Marillier, Ella Rumpf, Rabah Nait Oufella, Laurent Lucas and Joana Preiss. SYNOPSIS: A vegetarian veterinary student gradually turns into a bloodthirsty cannibal after being exposed to meat. In recent times – or relatively recent times – the cannibal movie has gone the way of the zombie movie […]
Movie Review – The Divine Order (2017)
The Divine Order, 2017. Written and Directed by Petra Volpe. Starring Marie Leuenberger, Maximilian Simonischek, Rachel Braunschweig, Sibylle Brunner, Marta Zoffoli, Bettina Stucky, Ella Rumpf, Sofia Helm, and Nicholas Ofczarek. SYNOPSIS: In 1971, a young Swiss mother and wife helps to raise awareness of the burgeoning local women’s suffrage movement. An informative and entertaining drama, […]
Movie Review – The Divine Order (2017)
The Divine Order, 2017. Written and Directed by Petra Volpe. Starring Marie Leuenberger, Maximilian Simonischek, Rachel Braunschweig, Sibylle Brunner, Marta Zoffoli, Bettina Stucky, Ella Rumpf, Sofia Helm, and Nicholas Ofczarek. SYNOPSIS: With the vote over granting women’s suffrage fast approaching, one woman raises her voice in support in a small, Swiss town. It’s easy to […]
53rd Chicago International Film Festival Review – The Divine Order (2017)
The Divine Order, 2017. Written and Directed by Petra Volpe. Starring Marie Leuenberger, Maximilian Simonischek, Rachel Braunschweig, Sibylle Brunner, Marta Zoffoli, Bettina Stucky, Ella Rumpf, Sofia Helm, and Nicholas Ofczarek. SYNOPSIS: Switzerland, 1971: Nora is a young housewife and mother who lives with her husband and their two sons in a peaceful little village. Here, […]
Movie Review – Raw (2016)
Raw, 2016. Written and Directed by Julia Ducournau. Starring Garance Marillier, Ella Rumpf, Rabah Nait Oufella, Laurent Lucas, Joana Preiss, Bouli Lanners, Marion Vernoux, and Jean-Louis Sbille. SYNOPSIS: When a young vegetarian undergoes a carnivorous hazing ritual at vet school, an unbidden taste for meat begins to grow in her. A coming-of-age cannibal movie could […]
Movie Review – Raw (2017)
Raw, 2017. Written and Directed by Julia Ducournau. Starring Garance Marillier, Ella Rumpf, Rabah Nait Oufella, Laurent Lucas, Joana Preiss, Bouli Lanners, Marion Vernoux, and Jean-Louis Sbille. SYNOPSIS: When a young vegetarian undergoes a carnivorous hazing ritual at vet school, an unbidden taste for meat begins to grow in her. You’ve probably seen a coming-of-age […]
Red band trailer for coming-of-age cannibal horror Raw
Universal Pictures has released a red band trailer for writer-director Julia Ducournau’s acclaimed coming-of-age cannibal horror Raw. The film received the Sutherland Award at last year’s BFI London Film Festival and features a cast that includes Garance Marillier, Ella Rumpf and Rabah Naït Oufella; take a look below after the official synopsis… Everyone in Justine’s family is a […]