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Every Ridiculous Thing People Do in ‘Song to Song’
Every Ridiculous Thing People Do in ‘Song to Song’
Every Ridiculous Thing People Do in ‘Song to Song’
When an actor works with Terrence Malick it means throwing out everything they’ve ever learned in drama school or on a film set. Whatever script they might have initially read goes out the window, and Malick asks his performers to just, be. Maybe he’ll hand an actor a scrap of paper with am aphorism written across it. Maybe he’ll give them some minor stage direction, then let the camera follow from there. Michael Fassbender recently described Malick’s style as giving his cast “flavors as opposed to direct commands or instructions.” Some actors love it; others notoriously hate it.
Amazon Buys Leos Carax’s Musical ‘Annette’ Starring Adam Driver and Rihanna
Amazon Buys Leos Carax’s Musical ‘Annette’ Starring Adam Driver and Rihanna
Amazon Buys Leos Carax’s Musical ‘Annette’ Starring Adam Driver and Rihanna
Have you seen Holy Motors? If not, add it to your to-watch list post-haste. French filmmaker Leos Carax’s bizarro collection of connected vignettes follows a odd man named Mr. Oscar as he goes about his day enacting a series of elaborate role playing scenarios, from a facially-scarred hitman to a hair-eating troll to a motion-capture technician creating an alien phantom. I’m not selling it all that well, but trust me when I say there’s a reason it usually ends up in conversations about the finest films of our young millennium. And continue trusting me when I tell you that news of another feature project from the less-than-prolific Carax is ample reason to prick up your ears and pay attention.
‘Song to Song’ Review: Terrence Malick’s Best Film Since ‘The Tree of Life’
‘Song to Song’ Review: Terrence Malick’s Best Film Since ‘The Tree of Life’
‘Song to Song’ Review: Terrence Malick’s Best Film Since ‘The Tree of Life’
Here’s a sentence I never thought I’d write: The new Terrence Malick film opens with a Die Antwoord song. The past several years have been the most productive of the reclusive filmmaker’s career as he’s been churning out more movies now than in the first three decades of his time as a director, but they’ve also been his most surprising.
Suicide Is the Way to Heaven in ‘The Discovery’ Trailer
Suicide Is the Way to Heaven in ‘The Discovery’ Trailer
Suicide Is the Way to Heaven in ‘The Discovery’ Trailer
Netflix scooped up a lot of hot property back at the Sundance Film Festival, and after they’ve pulled back the curtain on the award-winning I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore come February 24, their next big unveiling will be The Discovery. The high-concept sci-fi drama will be fully available through the streaming service on March 31, and while the element of mystery has remained a major part of the film’s advertising campaign, a new trailer does offer some more clues on what the deal is. The most important reveal of all: Mary Steenburgen is in this film.
Ryan Gosling, Rooney Mara, Natalie Portman and Rock n Roll Star in ‘Song to Song’ Trailer
Ryan Gosling, Rooney Mara, Natalie Portman and Rock n Roll Star in ‘Song to Song’ Trailer
Ryan Gosling, Rooney Mara, Natalie Portman and Rock n Roll Star in ‘Song to Song’ Trailer
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: it’s a great time to be a Terrence Malick fan. After making only six films between 1973 and 2012, the reclusive filmmaker released two films last year (one of which has three different versions) and has two more on the way this year. The first up is his much anticipated rock and roll-infused drama Song to Song, starring Ryan Gosling, Rooney Mara, Michael Fassbender and Natalie Portman.
‘A Ghost Story’ Totally Reinvents the Haunted House Movie
‘A Ghost Story’ Totally Reinvents the Haunted House Movie
‘A Ghost Story’ Totally Reinvents the Haunted House Movie
If people were ever scared of the image of a ghost as a big white sheet with two black eyeholes those days are long gone. Today, the image is a total joke; the go-to costume for lazy children everywhere. One of the most amazing things about David Lowery’s A Ghost Story — and there are a few amazing things about this audacious movie — is the way it imbues that cliched ghost with renewed horror and even poignance. You will never look at that ghost emoji the same way again.
What’s Going On in Netflix’s Trailer for ‘The Discovery’?
What’s Going On in Netflix’s Trailer for ‘The Discovery’?
What’s Going On in Netflix’s Trailer for ‘The Discovery’?
The trickle of trailers hyping Sundance premieres continues with a new glimpse at The Discovery, an enigmatic sci-fi project that Netflix snatched up back in the summer. As we say in showbiz, there’s a lot of heat behind this one: the stacked cast collects endearing goof Jason Segel, Rooney Mara (how dare she look this good with bleached-blonde hair), Kirsten Dunst spouse Jesse Plemons, starlet on the rise Riley Keough, and how about that, Sundance king Robert Redford. Director Charlie McDowell also arrives with a handsome pedigree, having last helmed the metaphysical romance The One I Love, and it looks like he’s going high-concept once again for his new feature.
Terrence Malick’s ‘Song to Song’ Will Kick Off SXSW 2017
Terrence Malick’s ‘Song to Song’ Will Kick Off SXSW 2017
Terrence Malick’s ‘Song to Song’ Will Kick Off SXSW 2017
Austin, Texas native Terrence Malick shot his latest movie in and around the Austin music scene. And earlier this week, news broke that the film, freshly retitled Song to Song, was ready for release and coming to theaters in March. So we probably should have seen this announcement (via The New York Times) coming: Song to Song will open the 2017 South by Southwest Film Festival. So you know what this means: A glitzy opening night red carpet, complete with Terrence Malick posing for lots and lots of photos and interviews. Or the exact and total opposite of that.
Terrence Malick’s New Film Gets Title, Plot, Release Date
Terrence Malick’s New Film Gets Title, Plot, Release Date
Terrence Malick’s New Film Gets Title, Plot, Release Date
A brief personal anecdote: I had the good fortune of attending the Austin City Limits music festival in 2012, where I caught an outdoor set by Atlanta indie rock outfit the Black Lips. During the performance, I spotted an unfamiliar figure gripping a guitar onstage, a young woman who looked suspiciously similar to Rooney Mara. I’d find out the next day that she, Ryan Gosling, and Terrence Malick had come to town to slyly shoot some footage for an untitled project about the Austin local music scene. It was neat at the time, but over the past five years, I had forgotten all about it.
Rooney Mara and Ben Mendelsohn Face Off in ‘Una’ Trailer
Rooney Mara and Ben Mendelsohn Face Off in ‘Una’ Trailer
Rooney Mara and Ben Mendelsohn Face Off in ‘Una’ Trailer
It’s downright mystifying that Una, Australian theatre veteran Benedict Andrews’ first foray into screen directing, hasn’t found an American distributor as of yet. It’s got two major stars in Rooney Mara and Ben Mendelsohn — and with Riz Ahmed also appearing as a supporting player, they could even work the “Rogue One reunion” angle! — the reviews out of its screenings at the film festivals in Telluride and Toronto were uniformly strong, and it also happens to be excellent. (I was one of the critics praising the film as a superb actors’ showcase back at Toronto.) While there’s no U.S. release date on the horizon, it’s only a matter of time until some clever distributor makes a move, and for now, we’ve got a new trailer.

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