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Gritty action maestro and shaky-cam aficionado Paul Greengrass is no stranger to gripping thrillers based on real-life events. His brutally realistic retelling of the United 93 hijacking during 9/11, appropriately titled “United 93,” didn’t make much of a splash at the box-office in 2006, perhaps because it did too good of a job recreating the tragedy surrounding the event, and audiences weren’t ready to be emotionally devastated as such a mere five years after the Twin Towers fell. Even though its authenticity has been called into question by people who lived through the actual hijacking it was based on, last year’s Somalian pirate hostage drama “Captain Phillips” was a gripping ride with a powerhouse performance by Tom Hanks. And let’s not forget 2002’s excellent “Bloody Sunday,” about the 1972 massacre of Irish protestors by British troops. Greengrass is ready to helm another thriller based on real events, as he »

- Oktay Ege Kozak

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Gone Girl marks d.p. Jeff Cronenweth’s fourth feature film collaboration with David Fincher, a stretch that began with Fight Club in 1999 and has continued through Social Network and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. (He also worked 2nd and 3rd unit on Se7en and The Game.) It’s a partnership that has transitioned the pair to digital cinematography, with Cronenweth creating cool, precisely visualized environments for stories plumbing the complexities of life in our globalized, media-saturated information age. To speak with Cronenweth, we asked Jamie Stuart, whose short films have frequently appeared on this site, and who has interviewed other […] »

- Jamie Stuart

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While his birth certificate may read "Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera," to those in law enforcement and the drug game, he's better known as "Shorty Guzman," and make no mistake, he is one of the most dangerous criminals in the world. The forthcoming documentary "Drug Lord: The Legend Of Shorty" tells the saga of the drug kingpin, and today we have the exclusive trailer and poster for the film. Directed by Angus Macqueen and Guillermo Galdos, 'Drug Lord' chronicles his decades-long career on the run from the authorities while building up a profile as either a saintly Robin Hood kind of figure or a dangerous, powerful criminal mastermind. And all of this is set against the backdrop of the cartel wars that have seen 80,000 Mexicans killed. "Drug Lord: The Legend Of Shorty" opens in limited release and in theaters on November 14th. It will air on "Frontline" on PBS in 2015. »

- Edward Davis

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From the iconic soul singer who told African-Americans around the world to "Say It Loud (I'm Black And I'm Proud)," who pleaded for love in "Please, Please, Please," and made everyone "Get On The Good Foot," it's surprising to hear The Hardest Working Man In Show Business himself open up the documentary "Mr. Dynamite: The Rise Of James Brown" by describing soul music with a single word: "Can't." It's the word African-Americans of his generation were used to hearing, with their struggle for equality, a key ingredient to the power of the music Brown and his contemporaries eventually crossed over to mainstream American and white radio. And certainly for Brown—abandoned by both his mother and father at a young age, and raised by his brothel owning Aunt—"can't" would've been a familiar word for someone who, myth has it, arrived stillborn into this word, and was miraculously saved with the breath of human life. »

- Kevin Jagernauth

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Cinephiles on both coasts were rattled by Julia Marchese’s blog post last Friday entitled “I Will Not Be Censored,” concerning her departure from Los Angeles’ beloved New Beverly Cinema. Anyone who’s been to the New Bev within the last dozen years will recognize Marchese, for many the welcoming public face of the recently beleaguered rep house. But following a steady trickle of involvement from Quentin Tarantino — first paying the theater’s bills out of love, then becoming its owner, and finally, in September, announcing he’ll be directing a majority of the programming — Marchese was isolated within the staff, and […] »

- Steve Macfarlane

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Best known for playing the brusque, candid Dr. Gregory House on the his medical drama "House," Hugh Laurie shows a softer side in the forthcoming "Mr. Pip." The adaptation of the best-selling novel by Lloyd Jones is coming to American cinemas, and today we have an exclusive clip from the movie. Directed by Andrew Adamson ("The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," "Shrek"), and co-starring newcomer Xzannjah Matsi, the film tells the story of Mr. Watts, an Englishman in the tropical village in Bougainville, who reads "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens to the children of the island, transporting their imaginations to a different world, all while a civil war draws closer. In the scene below, Mr. Watts introduces himself to his class, and lays out his modest hopes of sharing with them what knowledge he has. The winner of New Zealand Film & TV Awards for Best Actor and Best Actress, »

- Kevin Jagernauth

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Variety's Scott Foundas on Christopher Nolan's Interstellar: "As visually and conceptually audacious as anything Nolan has yet done, the director’s ninth feature also proves more emotionally accessible than his coolly cerebral thrillers and Batman movies, touching on such eternal themes as the sacrifices parents make for their children (and vice versa) and the world we will leave for the next generation to inherit. An enormous undertaking that, like all the director’s best work, manages to feel handcrafted and intensely personal, Interstellar reaffirms Nolan as the premier big-canvas storyteller of his generation, more than earning its place alongside The Wizard of Oz, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Gravity in the canon of Hollywood’s visionary sci-fi head trips." We're collecting reviews along with related video. » - David Hudson »

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Cinematographer Shane Hurlbut has been touring the country with The Illumination Experience. This day-long workshop primarily covers lighting: how to get the best results, basic and advanced setups, and even how to do lighting on a budget. But the class also covers a lot of other material for the working cinematographer, everything from the advantages of different cameras and lenses to the correct way to hand off a C-Stand. The class begins with a demonstration of Hurlbut’s “Pirate Death Ship,” three lights attached to a dolly on a 360 degree rail system. With an actress sitting in the middle, the […] »

- Michael Murie

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Early in Christopher Nolan’s “Interstellar,” Nasa-pilot-turned-farmer Coop (Matthew McConaughey) has to make a choice: Take part in a secret, last-ditch, one-way space launch that might find humanity a home other than the dying, desolate, used-up Earth … or stay and care for his son and daughter, still in their childhood. His father-in-law (John Lithgow) growls, with stern judgment, that Coop shouldn’t make promises he can’t keep. It’s a piece of advice that seems to have gone unheard by the makers of “Interstellar,” even as they wrote it. Promising outer-space majesty and deep-thought topics like some modern variation on Stanley Kubrick's “2001: A Space Odyssey,” “Interstellar” instead plays like a confused mix of daringly unique space-travel footage like you’ve never seen and droningly familiar emotional and plot beats that you’ve seen all too many times before. Set in a near-future—after the food riots, but »

- James Rocchi

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While in the U.S. Russell Brand is still mostly viewed as an eccentric British import, perhaps best known for playing the blurred out rocker Aldous Snow in "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" and "Get Him To The Greek," he's a bonafide star in the UK. The comedian, author, and actor has more recently made headlines for a different kind of work in front of camera. Via YouTube, he's launched "The Trews" (a mashup of True News), wherein Brand pontificates on the issues of the day in his own unique manner. Recently taking to railing against the current economic and political machinations of the Western world, Brand reveals he's ready to give up his day job to pursue his beliefs full time. In a recent talk with The Financial Times, promoting his new book "Revolution," Brand, a millionaire who was chauffeured to the interview, says that dollars and cents don't mean much to him. »

- Kevin Jagernauth

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This Halloween, you'll have a few options at the multiplex to get you in the spooky spirit, but few that will have quite the selection of soundtrack tunes as Alexandre Aja's "Horns." The Daniel Radcliffe starring horror film does a nice bit of crate digging in putting together the eleven-track soundtrack, and today we have an exclusive preview. From David Bowie's unassailable classic "Heroes" to Sunset Rubdown's little indie epic "Shut Up I Am Dreaming Of Places Where Lovers Have Wings," "Horns" has a nice mix of curated tunes. The Pixies, Eels, and The Flaming Lips have some space carved out on the soundtrack for their unique stylings, the Swedish folk rock band Junip —which features José González— makes an appearance, while Marilyn Manson's take on Depeche Mode's "Personal Jesus" finds its way into the proceedings. The "Horns" soundtrack arrives on October 28th, and the film. »

- Edward Davis

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Last year when we chatted with Danny Boyle circa "Trance," he shared the exciting news that the long talked about sequel to "Trainspotting" might shoot in 2016. "It's very loosely based on 'Porno.' There's a couple of things that are based on the book, but obviously we'd have to have [author] Irvine [Welsh] on board," the director told us. And it would appear the news has reached the ears of star Ewan McGregor, aka Renton, who indicates that 2016 is indeed a possibility and that he's game for a sequel.  "It looks like it might happen. The idea is that we shoot it in 2016, which would be 20 years after the original came out. And I'd be up for it. I wouldn't have been 10 years ago, but I am now," the actor told Details. Once a frequent collaborator with Boyle, the pair had a falling out when the director replaced McGregor with Leonardo DiCaprio on "The Beach, »

- Kevin Jagernauth

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As gripping as a thriller and as squirm-inducing as a horror film, the debut feature from Bulgarian co-directors Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov may ostensibly be a work of social realist fiction, but it’s not for the faint of heart and not for those whose arthouse sensibilities tend toward the delicate or the subtle. The Tokyo International Film Festival competition title is a blunt force trauma of a morality play, landing blow upon blow on a central character who is simply struggling to keep her head above water with a shred of dignity intact —if the film is a teacher, it's one who believes in the value of a sharp cuff around the head as an educational technique. Yet there is no real physical violence on display here; the real achievement of the movie, an especially impressive one coming from filmmakers of relatively little experience, is that as a viewer you may flinch, »

- Jessica Kiang

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Cameras are rolling on "Colonia," an upcoming '70s set thriller. Emma Watson and Daniel Brühl lead the cast in Florian Gallenberger's film, taking place in the midst of the Chilean military coup of 1973. The first image has arrived, and below you can find the press release with further details on the cast and plot synopsis. Berlin, Germany (October 27, 2014) - Majestic has released the first look image for Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Florian Gallenberger’s Colonia, featuring Emma Watson alongside the latest addition to the cast, Mikael Nyqvist (“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” Trilogy, “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol”, “John Wick”). The captivating Swedish actor takes the role of Paul Schäfer, lay preacher and leader of the infamous Colonia Dignidad. Also joining Emma Watson and co-star Daniel Brühl, are Richenda Carey (“Separate Lies”), Vicky Krieps (“A Most Wanted Man”), August Zirner (“The Counterfeiters”) and Martin Wuttke »

- Kevin Jagernauth

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In the films of Nathan Silver, characters are constantly hurtling headlong into the unknown. Each of the thirty-year-old American director’s films have thus far featured protagonists suspended in a state of limbo, stuck between stations yet hell-bent on moving forward—though in most cases by taking a few steps back first. Even the titles of his projects—Exit Elena (2012), Soft in the Head (2013) and Uncertain Terms (2014) among them—suggest a kind of transitory or unsettled sense of existence; his latest, Stinking Heaven (currently in post production), projecting something even more intangible, an unexpected kind of purgatory perhaps. >> - Jordan Cronk »

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An underwhelming ending to an unfortunately underwhelming final season. “Boardwalk Empire” concluded exactly as many thought it would —I predicted who administered the final death hammer stroke a few episodes ago myself— but inevitable or not, the finale was lacking a resonant emotional center. And like the entire season, it was an episode of inevitability tipped off early on, coupled with slow goodbyes, as most of the characters either closed the book entirely or started to look towards their future. It’s a wrap for Al Capone (Stephen Graham). In Chicago. The mobster puts on a brave face, but knows there is no escaping the IRS. Capone feigns a few moves, tell his brother Ralph (Domenick Lombardozzi) to bribe who he can, but this is a federal case, not something within the jurisdiction of the Windy City, and it soon dawns upon Capone that the end is near. In one »

- Rodrigo Perez

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