Tag: Beginners
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The Best Dog in a Film Isn’t Toto, Lassie or Rin Tin Tin
An old adage says that we engage in relationships in order to have a witness to our lives, and what better witness to have than a dog? They’re eternally loving, loyal, nonjudgmental, and they’re relatively easy to train as long as you treat them nicely. Knowing this, films have used dogs as important players for…
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’Club Zero’ co-producers Paloma now shooting Jeppe Ronde’s ‘Acts of Love’ (exclusive)
No sales company is attached yet but Scandinavian Film Distribution has pre-bought Scandinavian rights.Danish filmmaker Jeppe Ronde is now midway through the shoot for his new feature Acts Of Love, which is shooting in Jutland, Denmark. The Danish-language drama will tell the story of a young woman living in a religious community whose orderly life…
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C’mon C’mon Director Mike Mills On Joaquin Phoenix’s Hair & His Therapist’s Filmmaking Advice [Interview]
Mike Mills’ movies are vivid portraits of a time and place. “Beginners,” “20th Century Women,” and Mills’ latest film, “C’Mon C’Mon,” are almost like time capsules. They’re about people looking back, especially at the figures and days that defined them. “I have to do more therapy about why memory trips me out so much,” Mills told…
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‘C’mon C’mon’ Trailer: Joaquin Phoenix Leads Mike Mills’ Latest in Gorgeous Black and White
A24 has released the official trailer for “C’mon, C’mon,” the latest feature from Mike Mills, who has proven himself a master of stories about everyday heartbreaks of the human condition in films like “Beginners” and “20th Century Women.” Starring Joaquin Phoenix and Gaby Hoffman in an elegant black and white framing, “C’mon C’mon” follows a…
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‘C’mon C’mon’ Review: Joaquin Phoenix Goes Back to Normal in Mike Mills’ Sweet and Shaggy Mood Piece
Mike Mills makes sweet and ineffably gracious movies about how people don’t know what the future holds or how the fuck they’re supposed to get there, and “C’mon C’mon” is definitely one of them. A shaggy black-and-white mood piece about an unmarried radio journalist (Joaquin Phoenix) who unexpectedly finds himself on a cross-country assignment with…
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‘Galveston’ Trailer: Ben Foster and Elle Fanning Team Up for a Hitman Drama Based on ‘True Detective’ Creator’s Novel — Watch
Though best known for her roles in films like “Inglourious Basterds” and “Beginners,” Mélanie Laurent has proven to be as impressive behind the camera as she is in front of it. Her fourth narrative feature is a crime thriller based on “True Detective” creator Nic Pizzolatto’s novel of the same name starring Elle Fanning, Ben…
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Melanie Laurent Joins Michael Bay’s ‘6 Underground’ for Netflix
French actress Melanie Laurent has joined the cast of Michael Bay’s “6 Underground” for Netflix and Skydance Media, the streaming giant announced Wednesday. U.S.-born Iranian actor Payman Maadi has also joined the production, which will start shooting later this month.An actor and director in her native France, Laurent is best known to international audiences for…
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Mélanie Laurent on Galveston, Affordable Song Rights and Directors (Not) Working with Actors at SXSW 2018
The movie: Galveston The Plot: On the run from a New Orleans mobster (Beau Bridges), a dying hit man (Ben Foster) and a sex worker (Elle Fanning) hit the road for the titular location. Based on the novel by True Detective author Nic Pizzolatto. The Interviewee: Writer/director Mélanie Laurent. This is the French filmmaker’s first…