Wild Tales, 2015. Directed by Damián Szifron. Starring Darío Grandinetti, María Marull, Mónica Villa, Ricardo Darín and Erica Rivas. SYNOPSIS: Six stories of revenge and losing your cool when everything is stacked up against you. Anthology films have been reasonably well served recently, if not always in quality then at least in number. Argentinean production Wild Tales […]
Disney’s Cinderella tops the UK box office chart
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 27th March to Sunday 29th March 2015… Disney’s Cinderella topped the UK box office in its opening weekend here in the UK, continuing the studio’s string of successes with its live-action adaptations of its animated back catalogue. The film banked £3,803,799, which is […]
Movie Review – Wild Tales (2014)
Wild Tales, 2014. Written and Directed by Damián Szifron. Starring Dario Grandinetti, Ricardo Darín, Erica Rivas, Diego Gentile, Leonardo Sbaraglia and Rita Cortese. SYNOPSIS: A six standalone story anthology film that draws together troubled lives focused by violence, obsession and revenge… Multi-story features can hold many a delight for all kinds of audiences. One draw […]
Curzon Film World & Artificial Eye announce upcoming release slate
Curzon Film World and distribution partners Artificial Eye have reported to Blu-ray.com that they have added a few new titles to their forthcoming release slate in the first half of 2015. The biggest releases among them include LFF 2014 favourite The Duke of Burgundy, directed by Peter Strickland, and Lars von Trier’s Nymphomaniac Director’s Cut. […]
Shortlist for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film revealed
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has revealed that there are now just nine films vying for a nomination for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film at the upcoming 87th Academy Awards. The shortlist of films, by country, is as follows: Argentina, “Wild Tales,” Damián Szifrón, director; Estonia, “Tangerines,” Zaza Urushadze, director; […]