Tag: Waves
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The Strongest ‘One Piece’ Villain Is Not the One You’re Thinking
Let’s be honest, the obvious answer to this question would be Luffy’s latest anime nemesis Kaido, who literally has the distinction of being preceded with the epithet “Strongest Creature” — but if there’s one other epithet that’ll outclass that, it’s that of “God,” belonging to Enel of Skypiea. Though Enel’s threat to the world may…
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‘Essential Truths of the Lake’ Review: Things Don’t End Well in Lav Diaz’s Languorous Detective Story
“Essential Truths of the Lake” is the last thing most people would expect from Lav Diaz: a direct follow-up to his previous film, “When the Waves Are Gone.” It’s not a sequel, per se (this one actually comes earlier), but they are connected, with a third movie featuring the same disillusioned police detective in the…
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Taylor Russell, Ewan McGregor Title ‘Mother, Couch!’ to Bow at San Sebastian’s New Directors Sidebar
Starring “Bones and All’s” Taylor Russell, Ewan McGregor and Ellen Burstyn, “Mother, Couch!” the feature debut of Sweden’s Niclas Larsson, features in a currently 11-title lineup of San Sebastian’s 2023 New Directors section, the most important sidebar at the highest-profile movie event in the Spanish-speaking world.Notable in Trey Edward Shults’ raved-reviewed debut “Waves,” Russell stars…
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Trey Shults to Direct Secret A24 Movie
Trey Shults is riding the wave of Hollywood stardom.After the “Waves” director recently confirmed an upcoming film starring Jenna Ortega, Oscar nominee Barry Keoghan, and The Weeknd, aka Abel Tesfaye, sources told IndieWire that Shults is additionally helming a secret A24 film. Casting has not yet been announced for the still-untitled feature.A24 recently took home…
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Timothée Chalamet Chowed Down on Fruit Roll-Ups, Maraschino Cherries for ‘Bones and All’ Cannibal Scenes
Turns out cannibalism tastes like candy.Cannibal love story “Bones and All” star Taylor Russell confirmed that she and Timothée Chalamet ate a combination of desserts for the bloody scenes in the Luca Guadagnino film, in theaters nationwide November 23.“On a very practical note, Luca said that we were eating corn syrup,” Russell told Slash Film.…
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Make Cinema Sexy Again: Dakota Johnson and Maude Launch Weekly Film Series at Ace Hotel Centered Around Love and Sex
Dakota Johnson and Maude have your weekly date nights set for the next month through a weekly film series they’re putting on at the Ace Hotel in downtown L.A.Johnson’s TeaTime Pictures has partnered with the intimacy brand for what they’re calling “Cinemaude”: a month-long program of films that center around love and sex, ranging from…
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Exclusive: ‘Euphoria’ Season 2 Adding Kelvin Harrison Jr. from ‘Luce’ and ‘Waves’
Kelvin Harrison Jr., the rising star of last year’s acclaimed indie films Luce and Waves, is in talks to join the cast of HBO’s Euphoria next season, Collider has exclusively learned. Of course, when it comes to casting matters, it all comes down to scheduling, and given the current pandemic that has halted production around…
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2020 Indie Spirit Awards Winners List (Updating Live)
The winners of the 2020 Independent Spirit Awards are being announced live during today’s ceremony, hosted for the second year in a row by Aubrey Plaza (fresh off rave reviews from Sundance for her performance in the indie “Black Bear”). Unlike the Oscars where Netflix is the most-nominated studio, the Spirit Awards are dominated in…
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Waves review – high-school sports star wrestles with emotion | Peter Bradshaw’s film of the week
Trey Edward Shults’ heartfelt redemption parable takes an unexpected route through the story of a teenager’s struggles at home and in classAfter disturbing us all with survivalist thriller It Comes at Night in 2017, Texan film-maker Trey Edward Shults – still just 31 – steps up his already impressive game with this vehemently acted and…
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How Waves unpicks the pressures of ‘black excellence’
Newcomers Kevin Harrison Jr and Taylor Russell on writer-director Trey Edward Shults’s drama about the aftermath of a family tragedyWhen Kelvin Harrison Jr, 25, was working on his lead role in Waves, his manager asked him if he wanted to pull out. “There was a fear,” he says, about whether he and the film’s writer-director…