Rising British actress Bel Powley has signed on to star in director Fritz Bohm’s new film Wildling, which will see her star alongside Liv Tyler, Deadline reports. Powley shot to fame this year with her star-making turn in hit indie comedy-drama The Diary of a Teenage Girl, as well as earning acclaim for her roles […]
Overlooked Summer Gems of 2015
Matthew Lee on the overlooked summer gems of 2015… As the summer season officially draws to a close, which, for most studios, means an end to the blockbuster bonanza (though, once again, Warner Bros. are going against the grain as they release Pan in October. Didn’t Jupiter Ascending’s reception teach them anything?). During this cluster […]
Movie Review – The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015)
The Diary of a Teenage Girl, 2015. Directed by Marielle Heller. Starring Bel Powley, Alexander Skarsgard, Kristen Wiig, Christopher Meloni and Abby Wait. SYNOPSIS: A teen artist living in 1970s San Francisco enters into an affair with her mother’s boyfriend. Opening with the line “I had sex today, holy shit”, it’s clear that Marielle Heller’s […]
First UK trailer for Sundance hit The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Ahead of its release next month, a UK trailer has arrived online for director Marielle Heller’s Sundance hit The Diary of a Teenage Girl. Check it out below after the official synopsis… Like most teenage girls, Minnie Goetze (Bel Powley) is longing for love, acceptance and a sense of purpose in the world. Minnie begins a complex […]
Sundance 2015: The D-Train, The Diary of a Teenage Girl, Dope, and Me and Earl and the Dying Girl picked up for distribution
The Sundance Film Festival is in full swing over in Utah, and a whole host of films have had their premieres in the variety of showcases across the festival. As ever, many of the films have had distributors clamouring over each other to purchase the distribution rights and a lucky few have been successfully picked […]