Tag: Oliver Stone
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‘Killers of the Flower Moon,’ ‘Black Lies’ and ‘All of Us Strangers’ Among Main Competition Films at Camerimage
EnergaCamerimage, the cinematography-focused film festival set for Torun, Poland, for Nov. 11-18, has announced that high-profile award contenders “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “Black Lies” and “All of Us Strangers” will be featured in its main competition.“Killers of the Flower Moon,” the latest pic from director Martin Scorsese, takes audiences on a journey through 1920s…
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‘Rebel’ Sneak Peek Amps Up the Pulse-Pounding Action Driven by Hip-Hop
Following a successful 2022 overseas that saw it make its world premiere at last year’s Cannes Film Festival, Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah’s Rebel will soon be celebrating its Los Angeles opening this Friday, September 22 followed by another screening on Saturday, September 23. With both El Arbi and Fallah sticking around for a…
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How Quentin Tarantino Inspired Edgar Wright’s ‘Last Night in Soho’
Quentin Tarantino made an enormous splash with his first two screenplays True Romance and Natural Born Killers which were directed by Tony Scott and Oliver Stone respectively. From there, Tarantino was able to direct his own scripts such as Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction. Since the release of his ninth film, the critically acclaimed Once…
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Ethan Hawke, Todd Haynes, Diane Kruger, Jessica Chastain Zurich-Bound as Festival Unveils Full Lineup
The 19th Zurich Film Festival promises to be a star-studded affair with plenty of Hollywood A-list talent attending.Todd Haynes will be honored with the festival’s A Tribute to… Award and will present his film “May December.” Previous recipients include Paolo Sorrentino, Wim Wenders, Olivier Assayas, Claire Denis, Michael Haneke, Oliver Stone, Maïwenn and Luca Guadagnino.“It’s…
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‘Natural Born Killers’ Was Banned for Inspiring Real-Life Crimes
Oliver Stone’s take on a Quentin Tarantino story was reasonably expected to contain heavy doses of violence, but no one expected its (alleged) influence to blow over into the real world. Natural Born Killers is one of the most infamous movies of all time. Banned in several countries around the world, it is a piece…
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Oliver Stone: ‘Oppenheimer’ Is a ‘Classic’ Film ‘I Never Believed Could Be Made in This Climate’
Oliver Stone has joined Paul Schrader in praising Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” as an instant classic.The “JFK” and “Natural Born Killers” director shared on Twitter that he finally saw the three-hour J. Robert Oppenheimer epic over the past weekend, saying he was “gripped by Chris Nolan’s narrative.” Stone also added that he was familiar with the…
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Oliver Stone Turned Down an Oppenheimer Movie, Calls Christopher Nolan’s Film a ‘Classic’ He ‘Never Believed Could Be Made in This Climate’
Many reviews for Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” noted that the film felt like the director’s own version of Oliver Stone’s sprawling historical epic “JFK,” and now Stone himself has weighed in on Nolan’s latest achievement. The “Platoon” Oscar winner took to social media to deem Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” a new film classic, while also revealing he flirted…
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The Two Movies Cillian Murphy Watched To Prepare For Oppenheimer
“Oppenheimer” is huge. It’s one of Christopher Nolan’s most massive movies, a sprawling epic that covers the life and times of J. Robert Oppenheimer, father of the atomic bomb. The film spans several years of Oppenheimer‘s life, zeroing in on specific time periods — specifically the lead-up to the building of the bomb, and then…
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Robin Wright Looks Back on Her Career, From ‘The Princess Bride’ Audition to Jenny Snorting Cocaine in ‘Forrest Gump’
From auditioning for “every John Hughes movie that I never got in” to having Oliver Stone yell at her in a helicopter over her pronunciation of “’Nam,” Robin Wright confesses she’s seen Hollywood from all sides over the years.Speaking to admiring crowds at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, where Wright is being honored with the…
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Oscar-Winning Editor Pietro Scalia to Be Honored by Locarno Film Festival
Two-time Oscar-winning editor Pietro Scalia will be honored by the Locarno Film Festival with its Vision Award honoring technical achievements and advancements in film.Scalia, who was born in Sicily but grew up in Switzerland and studied film at UCLA, has won Oscars for “JFK” and “Black Hawk Down.” Over the past two decades he’s collaborated…