All My Puny Sorrows. 2022 Written and Directed by Michael McGowan. Starring Alison Pill, Sarah Gadon, Amybeth McNulty, Mare Winningham, Donal Logue, Mimi Kuzyk, Michael Musi, and Aly Mawji. SYNOPSIS: The poignant story of two sisters-one a concert pianist obsessed with ending her life, the other, a writer, who in wrestling with this decision, makes […]
Alison Pill and Sarah Gadon star in All My Puny Sorrows trailer
The trailer for Michael McGowan’s drama All My Puny Sorrows starring Alison Pill (Star Trek: Picard) and Sarah Gadon (True Detective) has been released. Watch the trailer below… All My Puny Sorrows is an adaptation of the 2014 bestseller Miriam Toews which follows the journeys of two sisters as one decides to end her life and […]
Movie Review – Black Bear (2020)
Black Bear, 2020. Directed by Lawrence Michael Levine. Starring Aubrey Plaza, Christopher Abbott and Sarah Gadon. SYNOPSIS: A filmmaker visits a couple at their secluded lakeside cottage in the hope of finding inspiration for her new screenplay. Films about filmmakers can often feel rather tired. It feels like the ultimate symptom of a creative person […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – All My Puny Sorrows
All My Puny Sorrows, 2021. Written and directed by Michael McGowan. Starring Alison Pill, Sarah Gadon, Mare Winningham, Amybeth McNulty, and Donal Logue. SYNOPSIS: The story of two Mennonite sisters who have left their strict religious upbringing behind. While one sibling struggles in love and life, the other is a world-famous concert pianist. Michael McGowan’s […]
2021 Glasgow Film Festival Review – Black Bear
Black Bear, 2020. Directed by Lawrence Michael Levine. Starring Aubrey Plaza, Christopher Abbott, Sarah Gadon, Paola Lazaro, Lindsay Burdge and Lou Gonzalez. SYNOPSIS: A film director seeks solace whilst vacationing at lake house, though quickly becomes entangled in the lives of the couple who own the property. The question of whether art imitates life or […]
UK poster and trailer for Black Bear starring Aubrey Plaza, Christopher Abbott and Sarah Gadon
Vertigo Releasing has unveiled a UK poster and trailer for writer-director Lawrence Michael Levine’s acclaimed film Black Bear, which sees Aubrey Plaza starring alongside Christopher Abbott and Sarah Gadon. Check them out here… At a remote lake house, filmmaker Allison (Aubrey Plaza) arrives as a house guest to a troubled couple (Abbott and Gadon), who […]
Movie Review – Black Bear (2020)
Black Bear, 2020. Written and Directed by Lawrence Michael Levine. Starring Aubrey Plaza, Christopher Abbott, Sarah Gadon, Lindsay Burdge, Jennifer Kim, Paola Lázaro, Shannon O’Neill, Grantham Coleman, Alexander Koch, and Lou Gonzalez. SYNOPSIS: A filmmaker at a creative impasse seeks solace from her tumultuous past at a rural retreat, only to find that the woods […]
Miami Film Festival GEMS 2020 Review – Black Bear
Black Bear, 2020. Directed by Lawrence Michael Levine. Starring Christopher Abbott, Sarah Gadon, and Aubrey Plaza. SYNOPSIS: A filmmaker at a creative impasse seeks solace from her tumultuous past at a rural retreat, only to find that the woods summon her inner demons in intense and surprising ways. Sometimes a film can feel so deeply […]
Trailer for trippy Sundance breakout Black Bear starring Aubrey Plaza, Christopher Abbott and Sarah Gadon
Black Bear, the latest film from writer-director Lawrence Michael Levine, looks to be a dizzying experience based on this first trailer. In the first look at this breakout hit from the Sundance Film Festival, we see Aubrey Plaza as Allison, a filmmaker needing inspiration, who goes to stay in a lake house with a couple, […]
Trailer for Netflix comedy-horror Vampires vs. the Bronx
Ahead of its arrival on Netflix this Friday, the streaming service has released a trailer, poster and images for director Osmany Rodriguez’s comedy-horror Vampires vs. the Bronx which follows a group of young friends as they try to save their neighbourhood from a band of bloodthirsty vampires; check them out here… “Three gutsy kids from […]