Tag: Under the Skin
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Break My Fall Redux review – sex, drugs and indie rock are the backdrop to a doomed lesbian relationship
A subtle recut of the original film brings the central couple to the fore in this London-based slice of life as the young lovers struggle to find themselvesThe writer-director Kanchi Wichmann’s keen-eyed portrait of a doomed lesbian couple stagnating amid the sex, drugs and indie rock of early 21st century east London felt strikingly fresh…
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‘The Zone of Interest’ Review – Jonathan Glazer’s Haunting Look at Evil
Before we see a single frame of The Zone of Interest, from Sexy Beast and Under the Skin director Jonathan Glazer, we can feel the all-encompassing nature of evil. As the words “The Zone of Interest” appear on the screen, they’re soon enveloped in darkness, swirled away into the black, fading away into a warped…
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Dicks: The Musical Trailer: The First Musical From A24 Sings Into Theaters This September
You’ve seen A24 films about somewhat literal man-eating aliens (“Under the Skin“), people being turned into walruses (“Tusk”), farting corpses (“Swiss Army Man“), talking shells (“Marcel the Shell with Shoes On“), and the multiverse (“Everything Everywhere All at Once“). Now, the studio is trying its hand at a musical for the first time with “Dicks:…
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Samantha Morton Says Harvey Weinstein Tried to ‘Destroy’ Her Career After Rejecting a ‘Misogynistic’ Role
Samantha Morton took aim at Harvey Weinstein in a new appearance on “The Louis Theroux Podcast,” claiming that the convicted rapist and former media mogul tried to derail her career after she turned down a role in “About Adam.” Morton explained that she wasn’t interested in the Kate Hudson-led rom-com due to its treatment of…
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Scarlett Johansson Recalls ‘Weird’ Screen Test for ‘Gravity’: ‘I Was Just Sitting in a Chair with a Helmet on’
Scarlett Johansson couldn’t get her audition for Alfonso Cuarón’s “Gravity” off the ground.The “Under the Skin” star told Entertainment Tonight about doing a screen test for Cuarón’s Oscar-winning 2013 film that eventually starred Sandra Bullock as an astronaut whose space shuttle is destroyed.Johansson revealed that she has “done a lot of weird screen tests” and…
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China’s Blossoms moves into TV series sales (exclusive)
Niu Chao’s ’Stories Of Our Youth’ among first titles.China’s Blossoms Entertainment is presenting three upcoming TV shows from Cosmic Bliss Culture and Media at Hong Kong Filmart, marking the Beijing-based sales company’s first foray into TV series sales.Niu Chao’s Stories Of Our Youth stars popular actress Yang Zi (Immortal Samsara), Fan Chengcheng (Time Seems To…
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China’s Blossoms joins with Cosmic to move into TV series sales (exclusive)
Niu Chao’s ’Stories Of Our Youth’ among first titles.China’s Blossoms Entertainment is presenting three upcoming TV shows from Cosmic Bliss Culture and Media at Hong Kong Filmart, marking the Beijing-based sales company’s first foray into TV series sales.Stories Of Our Youth, directed by Niu Chao and Ma Chengcheng, stars popular actress Yang Zi (Immortal Samsara),…
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Denis Villeneuve’s Favorite Movies: 29 Films the Director Wants You to See
[Editor’s note: The following was first published in February 2021 and has been updated multiple times since.]Denis Villeneuve has emerged as one of the most visionary directors working in the Hollywood studio system thanks to a string of critically acclaimed films such as “Prisoners,” “Sicario,” “Arrival,” and “Blade Runner 2049.” That’s saying nothing of Villeneuve’s…
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10 Highest-Grossing A24 Movies of All Time
Production company A24 was founded in 2012, and over the last ten years it has produced many intriguing, stylish movies across a range of genres. These include terrific sci-fis like Under the Skin and Denis Villeneuve’s Enemy; dramas like Locke, Eighth Grade, and 20th Century Women; and wacky genre hybrids Swiss Army Man and A…
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‘A Different Man’ First Look: Sebastian Stan Transforms for Meta Facial Reconstructive Surgery Role
Sebastian Stan has done twice the transformations in 2022.The MCU alum earned an Emmy nomination for playing Tommy Lee in Hulu’s “Pam and Tommy” limited series, and now Stan has gone completely face-first into his upcoming role for A24’s “A Different Man.”Stan shared an Instagram photo of himself as Edward, a man who undergoes facial…