Tag: American Honey
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‘An Endless Sunday’ Review: Lost Kids Roam the Streets of Rome in Promising Italian Debut
In a typical scene from “An Endless Sunday,” three teenage delinquents wander beside a canal. They end up killing a frog with a brick. Another group of children slightly younger than they are are also mucking about, and one of them is playing the recorder, blasting out a wobbly but recognizable version of Beethoven’s Ninth…
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‘War Pony’ Trailer: Gina Gammell & Riley Keough’s Native American Reservation Cannes Drama Arrives July 28
What is an arguably privileged actor-turned-filmmaker doing making a story about Lakota men on the Pine Ridge Reservation as they grapple with a world built against them and navigate unique paths to manhood? Well, having made lifelong friends in South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Reservation when shooting the Andrea Arnold film, “American Honey,” actress Riley Keough…
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“Luma Was a Feisty Cow”: Andrea Arnold on Cow
“We call them dumb animals, and they are, for they cannot tell us how they feel, but they do not suffer less because they have no words.” – Anna Sewell, 1877 Andrea Arnold, director of Fish Tank and American Honey, chronicles the travails of dairy cows in her first documentary feature. Upon giving birth—shown in…
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William Jackson Harper Says President Trump’s Executive Order Scared Cadets From Discussing ‘Malcolm X’
“The Good Place” star William Jackson Harper took to social media on Monday to share why he doesn’t support President Donald Trump’s recent “Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping” executive order.In a lengthy statement posted to both his Twitter and Instagram, Harper explained that he was meant to make an appearance at a virtual event for…
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‘The Tax Collector’ Review: Shia Labeouf’s Racist Caricature Isn’t the Only Problem Here
Shia Labeouf can give complex, transportive performances, with rough and edgy bursts of messy antics slathered on top of soul. Sadly, “The Tax Collector” is not “American Honey.” In writer-director David Ayer’s bland L.A. crime saga about a pair of drug lord minions caught in the crosshairs of a larger war, Labeouf stares and struts…
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‘Big Little Lies’: Andrea Arnold Will Direct All S2 Coming In June, Season 3 Looks Unlikely
“Big Little Lies” is coming back with more drama from the seaside community of Monterey. HBO has announced that season two is coming back in June, but hasn’t formally set an official date. Perhaps most excitingly, it’s been confirmed that Andrea Arnold, the filmmaker behind “Red Road,” “Fish Tank” and “American Honey,” and more recently…
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‘The Nun’ director Corin Hardy boards Pulse Films series ‘Gangs Of London’
Series comes from The Raid pair Gareth Evans and Matt Flannery.Corin Hardy, the director The Conjuring spin-off The Nun, has signed on for the first three episodes of upcoming gangland thriller series Gangs Of London.The Sky Atlantic and Cinemax series, produced by Pulse Films and co-produced with Sister Pictures, is from The Raid franchise pair…
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Cercamon Acquires Cannes Acid Entry ‘We the Coyotes’ (Exclusive Clip)
Sebastien Chesneau’s sales agency Cercamon has acquired the international sales rights to “We the Coyotes,” which premieres in Cannes’ Acid section.The film, which was directed by two young French helmers, Hanna Ladoul and Marco La Via, but shot in English in Los Angeles. Morgan Saylor, who previously appeared in Elizabeth Wood’s “White Girl,” Rob Reiner’s…
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Shia Labeouf Biopic ‘Honey Boy’ Casts Lucas Hedges, Causes Brows to Furrow Nationwide
File this one under your ever-expanding “Wtf” tab. Following a series of genuinely redemptive performances in American Honey, Nymphomaniac, and the upcoming Borg vs. McEnroe, Shia Labeouf is now looking to bring his life story to the big screen. THR is reporting that Labeouf is currently gearing up to play his own father in Honey…
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Pulse Quickens Content Plans as Lars Knudsen Comes on Board (Exclusive)
Producer Lars Knudsen is joining forces with Pulse Films as the outfit’s movie and high-end TV plans shift up a gear. The producer partnership sees Knusden reunited with Pulse founder Thomas Benski and managing director Lucas Ochoa after the trio worked together on “American Honey.”Knudsen’s upcoming films “A Vigilante” and “City of Alex” will come…