Searchlight Pictures has released three promos for Wes Anderson’s comedy drama The French Dispatch which put the spotlight on the stories of Owen Wilson’s cycling reporter, Frances McDormand’s Journalist and Benicio Del Toro’s criminally insane painter; watch them here… On the death of its beloved Kansas-born editor Arthur Howitzer, Jr., (Bill Murray) the staff of […]
First look at Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand in The Tragedy of Macbeth
Ahead of its world premiere this September at the New York Film Festival, the first image has been released from the Joel Coen-directed Shakespeare adaptation The Tragedy of Macbeth featuring stars Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand as Lord and Lady Macbeth; take a look here… A work of stark chiaroscuro and incantatory rage, Joel Coen’s […]
Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Ben Whishaw, and Frances McDormand set for Sarah Polley’s Women Talking
Women Talking, Sarah Polley’s first feature-film since 2011’s superb Take This Waltz has filled out its impressive cast with Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Ben Whishaw, and Frances McDormand. An adaptation of Miriam Toews’ bestselling novel, Women Talking follows a group of women in an isolated religious colony as they struggle to reconcile their faith […]
Apple teams with A24 for Joel Coen’s The Tragedy of Macbeth starring Frances McDormand and Denzel Washington
In late March, we reported that Frances McDormand and Denzel Washington would team for a Joel Coen-directed Macbeth adaptation and the film has now found a home with as A24 partners with Apple TV+ for The Tragedy Of Macbeth. The film marks Joel Coen’s first solo directing effort without brother Ethan, and stars Denzel Washington as […]
Awards favourite Nomadland heading straight to Disney+ in the UK
Many films are having to do the release window shuffle, and now it has been announced that festival favourite and awards frontrunner Nomadland is heading straight to Disney+ in the UK. Screen Daily reports that the Frances McDormand vehicle will be made available to cinemas once they’re able to open, which won’t be anytime before […]
Movie Review – Nomadland (2020)
Nomadland, 2020. Written and Directed by Chloé Zhao. Starring Frances McDormand, David Strathairn, Linda May, Bob Wells, Tay Strathairn, Swankie, Derek Endres, Gay DeForest, Patricia Grier, Angela Reyes, Carl R. Hughes, Douglas G. Soul, Ryan Aquino, Teresa Buchanan, Karie Lynn McDermott Wilder, Brandy Wilber, Makenzie Etcheverry, Annette Wells, and Rachel Bannon. SYNOPSIS: Follows a woman […]
Frances McDormand stars in new trailer for Chloe Zhao’s Nomadland
Searchlight Pictures has released a new poster and trailer for director Chloe Zhao’s new drama Nomadland which star Frances McDormand as Fern, a woman who packs up her van and embarks on a journey through the American West after she loses everything during the Great Recession; check out the poster and trailer here… Following the […]
Why Nomadland Misses the Mark | Video Review
Nomadland, 2020. Directed by Chloe Zhao. Starring Frances McDormand, David Strathairn, Linda May, Charlene Swankie, and Bob Wells. A frontrunner at the upcoming Academy Awards, Nomadland has critics buzzing. But our host EJ Moreno doesn’t connect with the film and why dives into all the reasons why. With its mixed messages concerning capitalism and the […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Nomadland
Nomadland, 2020. Co-written and directed by Chloé Zhao. Starring Frances McDormand, David Strathairn, Linda May, Charlene Swankie, and Bob Wells. SYNOPSIS: Follows a woman in her sixties who, after losing everything in the Great Recession, embarks on a journey through the American West, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad. Chloé Zhao’s third feature comfortably catapults her […]
Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch gets a first trailer
Searchlight Pictures has debut the first trailer for writer-director Wes Anderson’s star-studded comedy drama The French Dispatch, which brings to life a collection of stories from an American magazine published in a fictional 20th century French city; watch it here… The French Dispatch is set for release on July 24th in the US and on […]