Annette (2021) Director: Leos Carax Screenwriter: Ron Mael, Russell Mael, Leos Carax Starring: Adam Driver, Marion Cotillard, Simon Helberg What do you get when you mix together the famously eccentric rock band Sparks with the famously eccentric filmmaker behind Bad Blood (1986) and Holy Motors (2012), Leos Carax? The answer is the 2021 musical Annette, […]
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Mandibles (2020) Director: Quentin Dupieux Screenwriter: Quentin Dupieux Starring: Grégoire Ludig, David Marsais, Adèle Exarchopoulos Making a name for himself with projects such as Rubber, a film about a killer tyre, and Deerskin, a movie about a man’s obsession with his deerskin jacket that causes him to turn to a life of crime, it should
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Here Today (2021) Director: Billy Crystal Screenwriter: Billy Crystal, Alan Zweibel Starring: Billy Crystal, Tiffany Haddish Billy Crystal, the acclaimed and beloved actor best known for his turn as Mike Wazowski in Pixar’s Monsters, Inc. and for his role in Rob Reiner’s When Harry Met Sally, marks his second turn behind the camera as director
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The Beta Test (2021) Directors: Jim Cummings, PJ McCabe Screenwriters: Jim Cummings, PJ McCabe Starring: Jim Cummings, Virginia Newcombe, PJ McCabe As a beacon of hope for the independent filmmaking community, there is nobody more suited to the job of exposing Hollywood’s underbelly of odious corporate sucklers than Jim Cummings. After winning Best Narrative Feature
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Censor (2021) Director: Prano Bailey-Bond Screenwriter: Prano Bailey-Bond, Anthony Fletcher Starring: Niamh Algar, Sophia La Porta, Michael Smiley The moral panic caused by the video nasties throughout the 1980s is a fascinating topic that has remained a subject of much research and fascination for horror and film buffs alike, right through to the modern day.
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Barton Fink (1991) Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen Screenwriters: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen Starring: John Turturro, John Goodman, Judy Davis, Michael Lerner, John Mahoney, Tony Shalhoub, Jon Polito, Steve Buscemi, Richard Portnow, Christopher Murney Barton Fink was Joel and Ethan Coens’ fourth film, written at a breakneck pace while they were still struggling with Miller’s
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Don’t Breathe 2 (2021) Director: Rodo Sayagues Screenwriters: Fede Alvarez, Rodo Sayagues Starring: Stephen Lang, Brendan Sexton III, Madelyn Grace What do people want from a horror sequel? They want the same thing, but different. The Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street films follow an iconic villain killing their way through a set
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Free Guy (2021) Director: Shawn Levy Screenwriter: Matt Lieberman, Zak Penn Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Joe Keery, Jodie Comer, Taika Waititi Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool) stars in the delayed Disney-distributed video game-based comedy Free Guy as the titular Guy, a non-player character (NPC) within the fictional video game Free City who, after living the same day over
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The Kissing Booth 3 (2021) Director: Vince Marcello Screenwriters: Vince Marcello, Jay S. Arnold Starring: Joey King, Joel Courtney, Jacob Elordi, Stephen Jennings, Molly Ringwald At long last, Vince Marcello’s final instalment of The Kissing Booth trilogy has arrived on Netflix. Despite a sloppy sequel in the form of The Kissing Booth 2 and a
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This article was originally published to SSP Thinks Film by Sam Sewell-Peterson. Hell or High Water (2016) Director: David Mackenzie Screenwriter: Taylor Sheridan Starring: Jeff Bridges, Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Gil Birmingham, Marin Ireland, Katy Mixon, Dale Dickey, Margaret Bowman In 2016, Scottish director David Mackenzie (Young Adam; Starred Up) and American actor-turned-screenwriter Taylor Sheridan (Sicario; Wind River)
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