While they are giants in the world of French filmmaking and recognized as international talents, it seems strange to think that the first time Juliette Binoche and filmmaker Claire Denis worked together was only in 2017 on “Let The Sunshine In.” They quickly followed that up with “High Life” in 2018 starring Robert Pattinson and […]
Continue readingWithout a doubt, Claire Denis is one of the best filmmakers working today. Over the decades, she has continuously created some of the most interesting and unique features to grace the big screen, including her most recent film, “High Life,” starring Robert Pattinson. And more than 20 years after one of her greatest films was […]
Continue readingFrench filmmaker Claire Denis achieved a new level of exposure last year with A24’s release of her daring and decidedly anti-sci-fi science-fiction film “High Life,” cementing her place as the jewel of Film Twitter and a coveted collaborator among mainstream artists and actors. That includes The Weeknd, aka Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, a cinephile and self-professed […]
Continue readingClaire Denis and Robert Pattinson, the duo that brought us the Fuck Box in A24’s High Life, are getting the band back together. Denis will direct Pattinson in The Stars at Noon – and A24 just picked up the North American rights. The movie is based on the Denis Johnson novel of the same name, […]
Continue readingA24 has bought North American rights to the thriller “The Stars at Noon,” starring Robert Pattinson and Margaret Qualley.Claire Denis is attached to direct, and wrote the screenplay with Lea Mysius and Andrew Litvack, based on Denis Johnson’s 1986 novel.The deal was announced Tuesday on the eve of the Berlin Film Festival, where Wild Bunch […]
Continue readingA24 has bought North American rights to the thriller “The Stars at Noon,” starring Robert Pattinson and Margaret Qualley.Claire Denis is attached to direct, and wrote the screenplay with Lea Mysius and Andrew Litvack, based on Denis Johnson’s 1986 novel.The deal was announced Tuesday on the eve of the Berlin Film Festival, where Wild Bunch […]
Continue readingAfter several years spent working with some of the best independent and foreign filmmakers (this year alone brought collaborations with Claire Denis on “High Life” and Robert Eggers on “The Lighthouse”), Robert Pattinson is finally gearing up to return to studio blockbusters with two Warner Bros’ tentpoles: Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet” and Matt Reeves’ “The Batman.” […]
Continue readingIf you liked the much-acclaimed High Life, it’s well worth dipping into this French auteur’s compelling back catalogueAs a film critic, I tend to stay away from sweeping “best ever” superlatives, but I make an exception for French director Claire Denis. Calling her the greatest working film-maker, as I often do, is not only something […]
Continue readingBe aware there are spoilers for High Life in the interview below. If there’s one thing you can always count on from Claire Denis, it’s that you never know what you’re going to get from one of her movies. The filmmaker behind some of the most carnal, disturbing films of the 21st Century like Bastards […]
Continue readingNote: This article has spoiler-ish elements in the last graph.For most directors, space is a blank canvas, an empty screen on which any variety of human potential can be projected. “Star Wars” and “Star Trek” both portrayed the cosmos as infinitely diverse playgrounds of ideas and cultures while in “2001,” Kubrick used space as the […]
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