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Linklater’s “Boyhood” 12 Years in the Making (Trailer)
Critics have been clamoring over Boyhood ever since it debuted at Sundance a couple month’s ago. But the real story with Richard Linklater’s (Dazed and Confused, the Before trilogy, and half a dozen other contemporary classics) newest film is the way he made it. He cast one 6 year old boy and filmed scenes with him over the next 12 years. The result is an extraordinary vision of a child growing up before your eyes.
It reminds me of Michael Apted’s Up series, in which an original documentary about a bunch of 7 year olds in the 60’s has been revisited with a new documentary every 7 years with the same subjects as they age. The most recent film was 56 Up (2012). The difference with Linklater’s approach is that his patience and determination is channeled into a work of fiction rather than a documentary.
James Gandolfini’s Last Movie “The Drop” (Trailer)
James Gandolfini’s final film performance returns him to the mobster roots that made him a star, only instead of Tony Soprano’s Italian Mafia this time it’s the Boston-area Irish Mob. The Drop, based on Dennis Lehane’s short story “Animal Rescue,” also stars Tom Hardy and Noomi Rapace.
The Immigrant (Trailer)
Joaquin Phoenix, Marion Cotillard, and Jeremy Renner star in The Immigrant, directed by James Gray. It already wowed the critics on last year’s festival circuit. Opens here in the US on 5/16/14.
Steve Carell Goes Against Type in “Foxcatcher” (Trailer)
UPDATE: The studio announced this afternoon that the film will be released to theaters on November 14, 2014.
Here’s the first short glimpse we have of Foxcatcher, starring Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo, and Steve Carell as real-life murderous multi-millionaire John du Pont.
This is the third feature by director Bennett Miller, whose first two – Capote and Moneyball – both earned Best Picture nominations. Foxcatcher was originally scheduled to be released late last fall, but was pushed back to 2014 at the last minute. Given how insanely competitive this past awards season turned out to be, that was probably a very wise decision.
GrabBag – A 3 Minute Film History Lesson, plus Clint Eastwood takes on the “Jersey Boys”
ANNOUNCEMENT: For those paying attention, GrabBag has been a regular Friday feature here at The Screen Life. While it’s not going away, it’s going to be a little less regular for a bit. I could tell you that this is because news has been a little slower recently, but truth is actually more personal. With a number of major life-changing events happening over the next few months (wedding, moving, career change, etc.), the demands on your humble author have skyrocketed.
Don’t worry I won’t abandon this blog! I’m just cutting back on the number of GrabBags. That said, I do have a limited one for you today: a montage and two trailers…
- The entire history of film in under 3 minutes.
- If you were to list probable directors to helm the film version Broadway musical smash hit Jersey Boys, about Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, I doubt Clint Eastwood would be near the top of that list. Nevertheless, with his name adding an established pedigree to such a popular material, this is probably one to keep in mind, come awards season.
- The Rover will star a very rough-looking Guy Pearce and Robert Pattinson in the Australian outback. Directed by David Michod, who directed Jackie Weaver to an unexpected Oscar nomination a few years ago in Animal Kingdom.
- The film’s marketing team also released a couple stills and posters…
SNL’s Jenny Slate in “Obvious Child” (Trailer)
Saturday Night Live alum Jenny Slate got her first lead in a feature, and it looks like a good one!
David Cronenberg’s “Maps to the Stars” (Trailer)
Is it just me or does this feel like David Cronenberg’s take on David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive? I’ve always felt there was an odd kinship betweens the two directors’ more outlandish works.
Maps to the Stars stars* Julianne Moore, Mia Wasikowska, Robert Pattinson, John Cusack, Olivia Williams, and even Carrie Fisher as herself.
*hehe
UPDATE: Check out a Red Band version of the trailer here.
Ben Affleck in David Fincher’s “Gone Girl” (Trailer)
One of this year’s most hotly anticipated projects, Gone Girl teams Ben Affleck and director David Fincher. Affleck is in the midst of an impressive career turnaround, leaving the endless cookie-cutter romances for prestige directing (and acting) work in Argo, The Town, and his fantastic 2007 directorial debut Gone Baby Gone (not to be confused with the title of this new film).
Fincher, meanwhile has by now firmly established himself in the “auteur” category with such original visionary classics at Fight Club, Se7en, Zodiac, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, as well his should-have-been-Oscar-winner The Social Network.
With a great casting line-up, including Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris, and a number of other recognizable character actors, it’s no wonder the movie blogosphere is pitching tents* in anticipation of this film.
Here’s the new poster, released today…
*Figuratively, though to read some of the blogs I wouldn’t be surprised if people were actually camping out in lines 6 months early to get tickets.
“The Homesman” is Tommy Lee Jones’ Second Feature (Trailer)
Written, directed by, and starring Tommy Lee Jones. If it’s even half as good as the first theatrical feature he directed, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, it’s worth your attention. It seems to have a similar look, judging by the international trailer.
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