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, […]
Movie Review – Gloria Bell (2019)
Gloria Bell, 2019. Directed by Sebastián Lelio. Starring Julianne Moore, John Turturro, Michael Cera and Alanna Ubach. SYNOPSIS: A free-spirited woman in her 50s seeks out love at L.A. dance clubs. English-language remakes of hit foreign films rarely go over well, and usually for good reason, but it’s a different case altogether when the original filmmaker […]
Movie Review – Gloria Bell (2018)
Gloria Bell, 2018. Directed by Sebastián Lelio. Starring Julianne Moore, John Turturro, Michael Cera, Caren Pistorius, Holland Taylor, Brad Garrett and Sean Astin. SYNOPSIS: A middle-aged divorcée begins to reclaim her lust for life when she starts a new relationship. The drive to remake foreign language films in English is often a sad one – […]
Exclusive Interview – Writer-director Sebastian Lelio on Gloria Bell
For Sebastian Lelio, making Gloria Bell is like visiting a much-loved friend. The film, which is released in cinemas and online this Thursday, June 6th, is the second time he’s told the story of the divorced woman in her 50s trying to find her place in the world. First time round, the film was Gloria. […]
Glasgow Film Festival 2019 Review – Gloria Bell
Gloria Bell, 2019. Directed by Sebastián Lelio. Starring Julianne Moore, John Turturro, Michael Cera and Alanna Ubach. SYNOPSIS: A 58-year-old woman in her prime seeks out love in the nightlife of L.A. Sebastián Lelio’s sagacious outlook on the odyssey’s of everyday females, from the spirited to the despaired, is prevalent in much of his work. A […]
Movie Review – Disobedience (2018)
Disobedience, 2018. Directed by Sebastián Lelio. Starring Rachel Weisz, Rachel McAdams, Allesandro Nivola, Allan Corduner, Anton Lesser, and Nicholas Woodison. SYNOPSIS: Ostracised from her Orthodox Jewish community in London for her relationship with a childhood friend, Ronit Krushka (Rachel Weisz) returns from New York to attend a family funeral, and in doing so reignites the prejudice and […]
First trailer for Gloria Bell starring Julianne Moore
A24 Films has debuted the first trailer and a poster for director Sebastian Lelio’s upcoming romantic comedy drama Gloria Bell which stars Julianne Moore and John Turturro; take a look here… Gloria (Julianne Moore) is a free-spirited divorcée who spends her days at a straight-laced office job and her nights on the dance floor, joyfully […]
Movie Review – Disobedience (2018)
Disobedience, 2018. Written and Directed by Sebastián Lelio. Starring Rachel Weisz, Rachel McAdams, Alessandro Nivola, Anton Lesser, Cara Horgan, Nicholas Woodeson, Allan Corduner, Sophia Brown, and Bernice Stegers. SYNOPSIS: A woman returns to the community that shunned her for her attraction to a childhood friend. Once back, their passions reignite as they explore the boundaries […]
Movie Review – A Fantastic Woman (2017)
A Fantastic Woman, 2017. Directed by Sebastian Lelio. Starring Daniela Vega, Francisco Reyes, Luis Gnecco, Aline Küppenheim, Nicolás Saavedra, Amparo Noguera, Trinidad González, Nestor Cantillana, and Antonia Zegers. SYNOPSIS: Marina, a waitress who moonlights as a nightclub singer, is bowled over by the death of her older boyfriend. A Fantastic Woman follows the mournful and […]
Poster and trailer for Disobedience starring Rachel Weisz and Rachel McAdams
Bleeker Street has revealed a new poster and trailer for director Sebastian Lelio’s upcoming romantic drama Disobedience which stars Rachel Weisz, Rachel McAdams, and Alessandro Nivola; take a look below… From a screenplay by Sebastián Lelio and Rebecca Lenkiewicz, and based on Naomi Alderman’s book, the film follows a woman (Rachel Weisz) as she returns […]