Netflix has released a trailer for Homemade, a collection of short films by created by filmmakers Ladj Ly, Paolo Sorrentino, Rachel Morrison, Pablo Larraín, Rungano Nyoni, Natalia Beristáin, Sebastian Schipper, Naomi Kawase, David Mackenzie, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Nadine Labaki & Khaled Mouzanar, Antonio Campos, Johnny Ma, Kristen Stewart, Gurinder Chadha, Sebastián Lelio, and Ana Lily Amirpour, […]
Donnie Darko with critic Ren Zelen | The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #75
On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite film. This week, film critic Ren Zelen digs deep into the inner workings of the mind-bending Donnie Darko… On this week’s episode of The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, film critic Ren Zelen stops by to […]
Maggie Gyllenhaal joins Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis Presley biopic
Moulin Rouge! director Baz Luhrmann has made another addition to his upcoming musical biopic based on Elvis Presley. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Dark Knight) is the latest to join the film and will star as Elvis’ mother, Gladys Presley. Gyllenhaal joins a cast that includes Austin Butler (Once Upon a Time […]
Maggie Gyllenhaal “really likes” Robert Pattinson for The Batman role
Maggie Gyllenhaal, who played Rachel Dawes opposite Christian Bale in The Dark Knight, has shared her thoughts on the casting of Robert Pattinson as Batman. In an interview with Variety at the New York Film Festival premiere of The Irishman, Gyllenhaal stated that she believes Pattinson is a good choice for the role and praised his acting […]
HBO releases new trailer for The Deuce’s final season
With the third and final season of The Deuce set to premiere next month, HBO has released the first trailer for James Franco and Maggie Gyllenhaal-headlined porn industry drama which sees the series jump to 1984; watch it here… The Deuce follows the story of the legalization and subsequent rise of the porn industry in […]
Movie Review – The Kindergarten Teacher (2019)
The Kindergarten Teacher, 2019. Directed by Sara Colangelo. Starring Maggie Gyllenhaal, Gael García Bernal, Parker Sevak, Michael Chernus, Rosa Salazar, Anna Baryshnikov, Daisy Tahan, Ato Blankson-Wood. SYNOPSIS: Lisa Spinelli (Maggie Gyllenhaal) is an unhappy kindergarten teacher in New York, who suddenly becomes obsessed with one of her students whom she believes is a child prodigy. The Kindergarten Teacher is one of […]
2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Kindergarten Teacher
The Kindergarten Teacher, 2018. Directed by Sara Colangelo. Starring Maggie Gyllenhaal, Parker Sevak, Anna Baryshnikov, Rosa Salazar, Michael Chernus and Gael García Bernal. SYNOPSIS: A kindergarten teacher in New York becomes obsessed with one of her students whom she believes is a child prodigy. A rare Hollywood remake of an acclaimed, award-winning foreign film which arguably […]
HBO releases new trailer for The Deuce season 2
With The Deuce’s season two premiere less than three weeks away, HBO has released another trailer for its James Franco/Maggie Gyllenhaal-headlined porn industry drama which you can check out here… Created by George Pelecanos and David Simon (The Wire) and starring James Franco and Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Deuce follows the story of the legalization and […]
Maggie Gyllenhaal stars in first trailer for The Kindergarten Teacher
Netflix has released the first poster and trailer for The Kindergarten Teacher, the upcoming thriller from writer-director Sara Colangelo’s which stars Maggie Gyllenhaal as a teacher who tries to nuture her five year-old student’s talent in a desperate attempt to follow her own dreams, alongside newcomer Parker Sevak, Anna Baryshnikov,, Rosa Salazar,, Michael Chernus, and Gael […]
HBO releases new trailer for The Deuce season 2
With a little over a month to go until its season 2 premiere, HBO has released a new trailer for its porn industry drama The Deuce which stars James Franco and Maggie Gyllenhaal; check it out here… Created by George Pelecanos and David Simon (The Wire) and starring James Franco and Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Deuce follows the […]