Writer/director Kelly Reichardtās Certain Women bears the burden of being a small indie drama with A-list stars, boasting a cast that includes Laura Dern, Kristen Stewart, and Michelle Williams in the title roles. Luckily for the film, and the audience, Certain Women more than justifies itself as a serious argument for the beauty of the small and intimate drama and the importance of female-driven filmmaking.
Thus begins Ava DuVernayās searing documentary The 13th. The film views the trajectory of the United Statesā prison-system, the mass incarceration of African-American men, and the rising tide of police brutality, both past and present, through the lens of systemic racism.
We can say a lot of nasty things about Tom Cruise, but one thing is certain: he's one hell of an action star. He's made the Jack Reacher franchise his own, surprising us all with the exciting action of the first film. Now, he's back for more in the improbably named sequel, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back.
As the idea of making Mars a habitable planet has become more of a possibility in recent years, it's no surprise that Hollywood has followed suit with films that are less about invading alien hordes, and more about what life might be like for those first settlers. The Martian gave us Matt Damon learning to live on the red planet, and in its latest trailer, The Space Between Us gives us Asa Butterfield falling in love on the red planet.
Universal is about to start sending even more horror films our way, this time courtesy of author Joe Hill. According to THR, Universal has grabbed the rights to Hill's novella Snapshot 1988, a recently released horror story about a boy who takes care of his apparently demented elderly housekeeper. What's more, director Mike Flanagan, of Ouija 2: Origin of Evil, and his writing partner Jeff Howard are in talks to write the script.
J.D. Salinger's coming of age tale The Catcher in the Rye has long appealed to a certain swath of adolescents who see themselves in Holden Caulfield. In James Sadwith's new film Coming Through the Rye, one such adolescent gets a shot at meeting his idol, as he travels in search of the reclusive author to get the rights to the novel.
How does one make a film about Chilean poet Pablo Neruda? The man's life and body of work is too lyrical, too complex for a simple biopic. With his exuberant visual poem Neruda, director Pablo LarraĆn embraces the life, the poetry, and the politics of Pablo Neruda.
I do love a good horror movie. And by all accounts, the American Gothic horror film The Eyes of My Mother is a good horror movie. If you weren't convinced of that by our own Matt Donato's review out of Fantasia Fest earlier this year, then you'll be convinced once you watch the first trailer.
Has anyone yet figured out what to make of Guardians, Russia's upcoming superhero film? No? Me neither. The latest trailer for the film is equally befuddling and won't make up your mind about what it's really supposed to be - Parody? Satire? Uber-serious? - but it will make you kind of want to see the film.
Gotham ended on an exciting note last season, as Hugh Strange's experiments escaped captivity and set off into the night, meaning that Gotham is now populated with even more monsters than ever before and has to deal with all the weirdness and more than a few conspiracies, as the new trailer and sneak peek clips highlight.
