Tag: You Were Never Really Here
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2019 Oscars: Best Actor Predictions
Of the films we have already seen, Chadwick Boseman buffed his stardom in the lead role in Marvel blockbuster “Black Panther,” while Joaquin Phoenix took home Best Actor at Cannes as a brutal killer trying to save a young girl from the sex trade in “You Were Never Really Here.”Returning Oscar winners will likely include…
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Exclusive: Joaquin Phoenix on ‘You Were Never Really Here’ and How He Got Into Acting
With director Lynne Ramsay’s fantastic new movie, You Were Never Really Here, now playing in New York and Los Angeles, last week I did something incredibly cool: I got to sit down with Joaquin Phoenix for an hourlong exclusive interview. Unlike most interviews where the person promoting the film sits in a hotel room for…
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Cannes Lineup Reaches From Spike Lee to Jean-Luc Godard
The 2018 Cannes Film Festival will include new films from directors Spike Lee, Pawel Pawlikowski, David Robert Mitchell and Jean-Luc Godard, as part of a lineup light on American films and long on international auteurs both young and old.Lee’s “BlacKKKlansman” and Mitchell’s “Under the Silver Lake” are the only American movies in the 18-film main…
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Heath Ledger’s Iconic Joker Performance Wouldn’t Scare Joaquin Phoenix From Playing the Role
Joaquin Phoenix’s involvement in Todd Phillips’ standalone Joker movie is not confirmed, but that hasn’t stopped publications from asking the “You Were Never Really Here” actor about the role. Phoenix was first reported to be playing The Joker in February, but he has cast doubt on the casting in recent interviews by saying he has…
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‘You Were Never Really Here’ is a Brilliant Movie Because of What It Doesn’t Show Us
(In our Spoiler Reviews, we take a deep dive into a new release and get to the heart of what makes it tick…and every story point is up for discussion. In this entry: Lynne Ramsay’s You Were Never Really Here.) There’s a lot going on in Lynne Ramsay’s You Were Never Really Here, and we…
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‘You Were Never Really Here’ Opens Strong, Bringing More Good News to Specialty Box Office
Lynne Ramsay’s “You Were Never Really Here” continues the welcome trend of limited crossovers that includes “Isle of Dogs” and “The Death of Stalin.” This tough New York-set crime film is the best initial performer in the acclaimed Scottish director’s career, with a Joaquin Phoenix performance that’s viewed as some of his best work.“Lean on…
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Yes, Joaquin Phoenix Is Really There! Actor Surprising Audiences At Showtimes Of ‘You Were Never Really Here’
Joaquin Phoenix, who won Best Actor last year at Cannes for his performance in filmmaker’s Lynne Ramsay’s drama You Were Never Really Here, has been surprising audiences before or after every showing of the film at the Arclight Hollywood this weekend and he plans to continue to greet moviegoers tomorrow, too. Deadline was there at…
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‘You Were Never Really Here’: How Lynne Ramsay Captured the Explosions Inside Joaquin Phoenix’s Head
During a rare unplugged moment from the hectic weeks of prepping “You Were Never Really Here,” Lynne Ramsay sat in the backyard of the Brooklyn apartment where she stayed.“It was pitch black and I could hear all these explosions,” said Ramsay. “And I’m like, ‘What the hell is that?’ I thought I was going crazy,…
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Ezra Miller Hopes Hollywood Doesn’t Make Director Lynne Ramsay Wait Years Until Her Next Movie
If you’ve been following The Playlist recently, you know that we’re incredibly excited that Lynne Ramsay’s “You Were Never Really Here” is finally hitting theaters. The film stars Joaquin Phoenix as a veteran and ex-FBI agent who is contracted to locate missing girls suspected of being victims of trafficking. It’s brutal, beautiful, and raw. And…
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Ezra Miller Has a Message For the Industry: Lynne Ramsay’s Next Movie Shouldn’t Take Years to Make
Lynne Ramsay’s “You Were Never Really Here” has some of the best critical reviews of the year, and nearly every article written about the drama mentions just how long it’s taken the director to return to the big screen. “You Were Never Really Here” is Ramsay’s first theatrical release since “We Need to Talk About…