Tag: The Beast
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‘The Beast’ Review – Léa Seydoux Astounds in Science Fiction Epic
This review was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the film being covered here wouldn’t exist.Though it refers to something very different in the context of its story, The Beast is a fitting title for writer-director Bertrand Bonello’s latest film as it…
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‘Poor Things’ Wins Venice Film Festival Golden Lion — See All the Winners Here
The 2023 Venice Film Festival persevered despite a dimmed Hollywood presence, with much of the onscreen talent sitting this year’s Lido event out due to the strikes. There in Italy, however, were directors like Michael Mann, David Fincher, Yorgos Lanthimos, Ava DuVernay, Wes Anderson, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Richard Linklater, Sofia Coppola, and even Woody Allen to…
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Bleecker Street Moves Into Spoof ‘Fackham Hall’ as Toronto Market Bows With Promising Titles for Sale Like Robert De Niro’s ‘Ezra’
In one of the first deals out of Toronto, domestic distributor Bleecker Street is in final negotiations to acquire rights to “Fackham Hall,” a British spoof of “Downton Abbey” and other costume dramas. Sales outfit The Veterans is pre-selling international territories. And as international buyers face a potential drought of Hollywood product due to strikes,…
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Cannes Rejected Bertrand Bonello’s ‘The Beast’ — It’s Now Venice’s Boldest Movie
Fans of David Lynch’s “Twin Peaks: The Return” and its mystical journey through hell and horror that ends with a scream, charged by Tulpas and body-swapping and timelines that swallow each other up, might find their itch for the uncanny scratched by Bertrand Bonello’s “The Beast.”It’s the most formally daring, willing-to-alienate of any films to…
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‘The Beast’ Review: Léa Seydoux Leads Bertrand Bonello’s Epic, Time-Spanning Sci-Fi Warning About A.I. [Venice]
You didn’t expect French filmmaker Bertrand Bonello to make a conventional sci-fi, did you? Good, because “The Beast” is far from it. It all starts in 2044 with beautiful actress Gabrielle (Léa Seydoux) in desperate need of a job. To get it, she’ll have to conform to the new normal in this quasi-dystopian society where…
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Director Bertrand Bonello Explains the Shocking, Incel Inspiration for ‘The Beast,’ Starring Lea Seydoux, George MacKay (Exclusive)
Bertrand Bonello’s sci-fi drama “The Beast,” which premiered at the Venice Film Festival on Sunday, follows a star-crossed duo, trying — and failing — to make love work across three timelines. Moving between 1910, 2014 and 2044, the film mixes period drama, speculative sci-fi and bouts of genuinely chilling horror — particularly in a middle…
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‘The Beast,’ Dystopian Romance Starring Léa Seydoux and George MacKay, Sells to Several Territories Ahead of Venice Premiere (Exclusive)
One of the most buzzed-about international movies of the fall festival circuit, Bertrand Bonello’s “The Beast,” has already lured several distributors ahead of its world premiere in competition at Venice.Represented by Kinology, the dystopian romance is headlined by Léa Seydoux (“Crimes of the Future”) and George MacKay (“1917”) as star-crossed lovers.The gripping film, which marks…
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Is ‘The Blob’ Based on a True Story?
The 1950s was, arguably, the Golden Age of cinematic mutated monsters, thanks to a perfect storm of post-World War II anxieties surrounding the deadly power of nuclear weapons, mistrust in the intentions of science, and the advent of the Cold War and its offspring, the Space Race. The films during the period are indicative of…
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Venice 2023: New Films From Bradley Cooper, David Fincher, Sofia Coppola and…Woody Allen
The red carpet may not have as many stars as in previous years, but the 2023 edition of the Venice Film Festival will feature a slew of highly anticipated films. And, likely, their directors taking center stage. Today La Biennale di Venezia announced 82 selections including highly anticipated world premieres Bradley Cooper’s “Maestro,” Yorgos Lanthimos’…
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus to Star in A24’s Mother-Daughter Fairytale ‘Tuesday’
Julia Louis-Dreyfus is set to star in the upcoming A24 movie “Tuesday.”Plot details are being kept under wraps, though the film is being described as a “mother-daughter fairytale.”Irish actor Lola Petticrew, whose credits include indie comedies “A Bump Along the Way” and “Dating Amber” will play the Louis Dreyfus’ daughter, named Tuesday, in the film.…