Stars: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Albert Brooks, Oscar Isaac, Christina Hendricks, Ron Perlman | Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn
I often start by saying that Second Sight give us the ability to revisit classics or discover diamonds we’ve not yet seen. With their Drive: Limited Edition, this has never been truer. Drive is a movie that doesn’t apologise for the violence on screen, and the characters that it shows.
When a mysterious Hollywood stuntman (Ryan Gosling) who moonlights as a getaway driver meets one of his neighbours (Carey Mulligan) a softer side of him is exposed. When her husband returns from jail and gets the driver into major conflict with the people he works for.
Ryan Gosling’s character is simply named The Driver, we never learn anything more about him. We do get to see what could be a softer side, but the fact is this...
I often start by saying that Second Sight give us the ability to revisit classics or discover diamonds we’ve not yet seen. With their Drive: Limited Edition, this has never been truer. Drive is a movie that doesn’t apologise for the violence on screen, and the characters that it shows.
When a mysterious Hollywood stuntman (Ryan Gosling) who moonlights as a getaway driver meets one of his neighbours (Carey Mulligan) a softer side of him is exposed. When her husband returns from jail and gets the driver into major conflict with the people he works for.
Ryan Gosling’s character is simply named The Driver, we never learn anything more about him. We do get to see what could be a softer side, but the fact is this...
- 7/20/2022
- by Paul Metcalf
- Nerdly
From Belfast to The Power of the Dog, all the nominations for the 94th Academy Awards, which take place on 27 March
• Oscar nominations 2022: The Power of the Dog leads the pack
• Peter Bradshaw: Oscar nominations triumph confirms The Power of the Dog’s classic status
Jessie Buckley (The Lost Daughter)
Ariana Debose (West Side Story)
Judi Dench (Belfast)
Kirsten Dunst (The Power of the Dog)
Aunjanue Ellis (King Richard)...
• Oscar nominations 2022: The Power of the Dog leads the pack
• Peter Bradshaw: Oscar nominations triumph confirms The Power of the Dog’s classic status
Jessie Buckley (The Lost Daughter)
Ariana Debose (West Side Story)
Judi Dench (Belfast)
Kirsten Dunst (The Power of the Dog)
Aunjanue Ellis (King Richard)...
- 2/8/2022
- by Guardian film
- The Guardian - Film News
Jane Campion’s repressed western up for 12 prizes at 94th Academy Awards, with Dune scoring 10 nominations and Belfast and West Side Story both bagging seven
• Peter Bradshaw: Oscar nominations triumph confirms The Power of the Dog’s classic status
The Power of the Dog, Jane Campion’s Montana-set drama starring Benedict Cumberbatch as a threatening rancher, has swept the board at the Oscar nominations.
The film is up for a dozen prizes, including best picture, best director, best adapted screenplay, best actor for Cumberbatch, best supporting actress for Kirsten Dunst and best supporting actor for both Kodi Smit-McPhee and Jesse Plemons.
• Peter Bradshaw: Oscar nominations triumph confirms The Power of the Dog’s classic status
The Power of the Dog, Jane Campion’s Montana-set drama starring Benedict Cumberbatch as a threatening rancher, has swept the board at the Oscar nominations.
The film is up for a dozen prizes, including best picture, best director, best adapted screenplay, best actor for Cumberbatch, best supporting actress for Kirsten Dunst and best supporting actor for both Kodi Smit-McPhee and Jesse Plemons.
- 2/8/2022
- by Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
Acclaimed film-maker won a string of awards for a wide variety of films, including crime and film noir, as well as his celebrated film about a jazz musician
•Peter Bradshaw on Bertrand Tavernier: a flesh-and-blood lion of French cinema
Bertrand Tavernier, the veteran French director of a host of acclaimed films including A Sunday in the Country, Round Midnight and These Foolish Things, has died aged 79. The news was announced by the Institut Lumière, the film organisation of which he was president. No cause of death was given.
Tavernier’s output was prolific: he made his directorial debut in 1974 with The Clockmaker of St Paul and worked continuously until 2013, when he released his final feature film, The French Minister. He also took in a wide variety of material, from crime and noir, to comedy, jazz and historical drama.
•Peter Bradshaw on Bertrand Tavernier: a flesh-and-blood lion of French cinema
Bertrand Tavernier, the veteran French director of a host of acclaimed films including A Sunday in the Country, Round Midnight and These Foolish Things, has died aged 79. The news was announced by the Institut Lumière, the film organisation of which he was president. No cause of death was given.
Tavernier’s output was prolific: he made his directorial debut in 1974 with The Clockmaker of St Paul and worked continuously until 2013, when he released his final feature film, The French Minister. He also took in a wide variety of material, from crime and noir, to comedy, jazz and historical drama.
- 3/25/2021
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
After its official trailer debuted in November, many were equal parts horrified and enraged by the litany of humanoid cats preparing for the Jellicle ball and Jellicle sacrifice in “Cats.” Based on Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical of the same name, said outrage came to no one’s surprise.
Unfortunately for director Tom Hopper and team, the rage has extended into the film’s debut, with critics effortlessly tearing the film to shreds.
The almost 40-year-old tale of the Jellicles has been no stranger to condemnation, annoyance and outright shame. Despite a star-studded cast including James Corden (“The Late Late Show”), Dame Judi Dench (“Skyfall”), Jason Derulo, Idris Elba (“Thor: Ragnarok”), Jennifer Hudson (“Dreamgirls”), Ian McKellen (“The Hobbit”), Taylor Swift (“The Lorax”) and Rebel Wilson (“Pitch Perfect”), the film looks to receive no different fate.
However — based on the Broadway musical’s unprecedented commercial success and longevity — we can’t...
Unfortunately for director Tom Hopper and team, the rage has extended into the film’s debut, with critics effortlessly tearing the film to shreds.
The almost 40-year-old tale of the Jellicles has been no stranger to condemnation, annoyance and outright shame. Despite a star-studded cast including James Corden (“The Late Late Show”), Dame Judi Dench (“Skyfall”), Jason Derulo, Idris Elba (“Thor: Ragnarok”), Jennifer Hudson (“Dreamgirls”), Ian McKellen (“The Hobbit”), Taylor Swift (“The Lorax”) and Rebel Wilson (“Pitch Perfect”), the film looks to receive no different fate.
However — based on the Broadway musical’s unprecedented commercial success and longevity — we can’t...
- 12/19/2019
- by LaTesha Harris
- Variety Film + TV
Directed by Paweł PawlikowskiThe Polish filmmaker Pawel Pawlikowski won best director, for ‘Cold War’, which follows two lovers from the end of World War II into the 1960s across countries and shifting political realities. Based on his own parents’ love story, this gorgeously shot, Robert Doisneau-esque (when in Paris) black and white period piece takes a slice of your heart away in its retelling.
Cold War reviews have been stellar as are the stars Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot.
“Luminous presence of Joanna Kulig, who on this performance is a powerful enough to become the Jeanne Moreau de nos jours.This film fizzes with a devotional energy and political relevance”
Nick James, Sight & Sound
“Kulig, as effervescent in her way as the young Jeanne Moreau, is the film’s life force”
Tim Robey, Telegraph 4****
“This is a movie of the flesh, not the spirit. Pawlikowski is a lyrical, mysterious filmmaker...
Cold War reviews have been stellar as are the stars Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot.
“Luminous presence of Joanna Kulig, who on this performance is a powerful enough to become the Jeanne Moreau de nos jours.This film fizzes with a devotional energy and political relevance”
Nick James, Sight & Sound
“Kulig, as effervescent in her way as the young Jeanne Moreau, is the film’s life force”
Tim Robey, Telegraph 4****
“This is a movie of the flesh, not the spirit. Pawlikowski is a lyrical, mysterious filmmaker...
- 5/26/2018
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
How does “Solo: A Star Wars Story” fare without Harrison Ford playing the title scoundrel-turned-hero? The prequel stars Alden Ehrenreich as the young Han Solo and Donald Glover (“Atlanta“) as the young Lando Calrissian, but its journey to the big screen wasn’t without a few significant bumps in the road.
The film started shooting with directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller at the helm, but midway through production they left the film due to creative differences and replaced with Oscar winner Ron Howard (“A Beautiful Mind”). That kind of behind-the-scenes drama doesn’t usually bode well for a project.
However, “Solo” has met with largely positive reviews, scoring 63 on MetaCritic and rated 70% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. The Tomatometer consensus calls it “a flawed yet fun and fast-paced space adventure” that “should satisfy newcomers to the saga as well as longtime fans who check their expectations at the theater door.
The film started shooting with directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller at the helm, but midway through production they left the film due to creative differences and replaced with Oscar winner Ron Howard (“A Beautiful Mind”). That kind of behind-the-scenes drama doesn’t usually bode well for a project.
However, “Solo” has met with largely positive reviews, scoring 63 on MetaCritic and rated 70% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. The Tomatometer consensus calls it “a flawed yet fun and fast-paced space adventure” that “should satisfy newcomers to the saga as well as longtime fans who check their expectations at the theater door.
- 5/25/2018
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Our pick of the star's five greatest performances to date. What would be top of your list?
This week, Scarlett Johansson returns to her role as the Black Widow in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, the sequel to The Avengers (here's Mark Kermode's review). It's a role she will also return to for the third installment, Avengers: Age of Ultron, slated for 2015. While there's probably no better Kick-Ass superhero than Chloe Moretz as Hit-Girl, Johansson plays the Black Widow with gusto and guts, high-kicks and witty quips.
Johansson has also been praised recently for her turn as an alien with a convincing British accent in the low-budget sci-fi film, Under the Skin, which Peter Bradshaw gave a five star review. Two days ago, the incredible trailer for Luc Besson's Lucy was released, in which Johansson plays the titular role, a drug mule who turns into a metahuman with...
This week, Scarlett Johansson returns to her role as the Black Widow in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, the sequel to The Avengers (here's Mark Kermode's review). It's a role she will also return to for the third installment, Avengers: Age of Ultron, slated for 2015. While there's probably no better Kick-Ass superhero than Chloe Moretz as Hit-Girl, Johansson plays the Black Widow with gusto and guts, high-kicks and witty quips.
Johansson has also been praised recently for her turn as an alien with a convincing British accent in the low-budget sci-fi film, Under the Skin, which Peter Bradshaw gave a five star review. Two days ago, the incredible trailer for Luc Besson's Lucy was released, in which Johansson plays the titular role, a drug mule who turns into a metahuman with...
- 4/4/2014
- by Hannah Jane Parkinson
- The Guardian - Film News
An intriguing premise turns in to 115 minutes of codswallop. Peter Bradshaw squirms away
There are some films that confront the viewer with profound ethical dilemmas, agonising moral choices. In this one, an ageing man with a horrible face approaches a happily married woman with a proposition that could earn her $1m. Oh, heavens to Betsy, you are probably thinking, it's that Robert Redford back again, the incorrigible old goat, making another of his indecent proposals: a sackful of cash in exchange for the chance to let his expensive trousers and pants pool round his ankles while he puts you on the receiving end of a one-off rogering. How absolutely loathsome. And yet it is a lot of money, so gosh, would I? Would I?
But it is not Robert Redford. This time it is Frank Langella, playing a man with an appalling wound to the side of his face, dressed...
There are some films that confront the viewer with profound ethical dilemmas, agonising moral choices. In this one, an ageing man with a horrible face approaches a happily married woman with a proposition that could earn her $1m. Oh, heavens to Betsy, you are probably thinking, it's that Robert Redford back again, the incorrigible old goat, making another of his indecent proposals: a sackful of cash in exchange for the chance to let his expensive trousers and pants pool round his ankles while he puts you on the receiving end of a one-off rogering. How absolutely loathsome. And yet it is a lot of money, so gosh, would I? Would I?
But it is not Robert Redford. This time it is Frank Langella, playing a man with an appalling wound to the side of his face, dressed...
- 12/4/2009
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
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