Tag: Mank
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Early Buzz For David Fincher’s The Killer Praises A Slick, Slow-Burn Hitman Thriller
A master of his craft renowned for his clinical, methodical technique suddenly finds himself in a precarious position. But before we get to David Fincher, let’s talk about his new film, “The Killer.”Based on the French graphic novel series of the same name by writer Alexis Nolent and illustrator Luc Jacamon, “The Killer” is the…
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Trailer Watch: David Fincher’s The Killer
The first trailer has arrived for David Fincher’s The Killer ahead of its imminent Venice Film Festival premiere. Based on Alexis Nolent’s graphic novel series, the film stars Michael Fassbender as a professional assassin embarking on an international manhunt and also features Tilda Swinton, Charles Parnell, Arliss Howard, Kerry O’Malley, Sophie Charlotte, Sala Baker, Emiliano…
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How Does ‘The Blind Side’ Look in Light of Michael Oher’s Lawsuit? Even More Fake Than It Did Before
It’s a clockwork ritual of awards season. A movie in contention, one based on a true story, will be dinged for presenting a version of reality that isn’t real enough. The critical chatter often starts on Twitter, but it can come from anywhere, ultimately spreading to the mainstream media. We’ve seen this happen with dramas…
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Remembering Amanda Seyfried’s Netflix Horror Film And The Beating It Took From Critics
Filmmakers Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini got their start with a documentary about a famous Los Angeles restaurant called “Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen’s,” but broke through the world of narrative features with “American Splendor,” a comedy biopic starring Paul Giamatti about the underground comic book writer, Harvey Pekar. At the…
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All the Details on David Fincher’s ‘The Killer,’ Starring Michael Fassbender
After close to 20 years, David Fincher’s “The Killer” is finally coming soon.The Oscar-winning director has been attached to the project since 2007, where “The Killer” was set at Paramount. The film is now at Netflix under Fincher’s overall deal with the streamer, with Michael Fassbender starring in the titular assassin role. “The Killer” is…
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Are Black-and-White Re-Releases Worth It?
With the recent resurgence of black-and-white cinema, it has become increasingly popular for high-profile filmmakers to embark on distinguished pictures that use the medium to highlight the powerful stories they’re hoping to tell. Robert Eggers’s The Lighthouse, David Fincher’s Mank, and Joel Coen’s solo debut The Tragedy of Macbeth all come quickly to mind, and…
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Regal Cinemas to Screen All 10 Best Picture Nominees
Keeping its tradition of the past few years Regal Cinemas is set to screen all ten Best Picture nominees of the 95th Academy Awards, for 10 days leading up to the main Oscar ceremony, a new report in Comicbook reveals. Notably, this year the cinema chain will also screen Netflix’s All Quiet at the Western…
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David Fincher to Receive French Film Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Award
David Fincher will be presented with the French Film Academy’s highest award, the César d’honneur for lifetime achievement, at February’s César Awards, the French equivalent to the Oscars.The French Academy praised the director of “Se7en,” “Fight Club,” “Gone Girl” and “The Social Network” as “one of those rare directors whose entire filmography has become iconic…
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‘True Things’ Clip: Tom Burke Gaslights Ruth Wilson In Harry Wootliff’s New Toxic Relationship Drama
We’ve seen it before; girl meets boy, boy asks girl out, boy and girl fall in love, and they live happily ever after. From watching the trailer, you may think that the aforementioned familiar story is what we will see from “True Things,” but the opposite is the case. “True Things” is anything but true…
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David Fincher Didn’t Hold Back On His Father’s First Draft Of Mank
At a glance, “Mank” might seem like an odd film for David Fincher to make. The director broke his streak of lurid crime thrillers for a biopic about the co-writer of “Citizen Kane” — and not even Orson Welles, but Herman J. Mankiewicz (Gary Oldman). Fincher’s reason for making the movie was personal: His late father,…