The beautiful love tale of Ewan McGregor and Mary Elizabeth is one for the ages. Their fast-paced relationship and marriage have piqued the affection of fans around the world. From co-stars to soulmates, the journey leads to a tale of love, passion, and, of course, undeniable chemistry.
So how did it all start? It all began on the set of Noah Hawley’s hit television show Fargo, where the now-married couple met. Their on-screen chemistry was palpable, and their professional relationship quickly grew into something more. Sparks flew between the two actors, and they soon fell madly in love.
Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi
Their relationship was fraught with difficulties, as both Ewan and Mary Elizabeth were dealing with personal issues (former marriages). But their feelings for each other were undeniable, and they knew they were meant to be together.
Mary Elizabeth Winstead And Ewan McGregor First Connected On The...
So how did it all start? It all began on the set of Noah Hawley’s hit television show Fargo, where the now-married couple met. Their on-screen chemistry was palpable, and their professional relationship quickly grew into something more. Sparks flew between the two actors, and they soon fell madly in love.
Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi
Their relationship was fraught with difficulties, as both Ewan and Mary Elizabeth were dealing with personal issues (former marriages). But their feelings for each other were undeniable, and they knew they were meant to be together.
Mary Elizabeth Winstead And Ewan McGregor First Connected On The...
- 3/12/2024
- by Siddhika Prajapati
- FandomWire
Sometimes you read a headline that feels so impossibly off-balance with the world, you can't help but wonder if you're living in a simulation or the world's worst season of "The Truman Show." Today was one of those days, as we tragically lost Lance Reddick, one of the most remarkable figures in film and television. Reddick was best known for playing Cedric Daniels on the hit HBO series "The Wire," which led to a fruitful career playing other authority figures because no one on the planet can pull off a uniform quite like he could.
But Lance Reddick was so much more than a cool bald guy in a freshly-pressed suit with optional wire-rim glasses. The man was also a formidable presence in genre projects, both big and small. He was one of those performers who could elevate any story simply by being on screen, exuding an immeasurable amount of...
But Lance Reddick was so much more than a cool bald guy in a freshly-pressed suit with optional wire-rim glasses. The man was also a formidable presence in genre projects, both big and small. He was one of those performers who could elevate any story simply by being on screen, exuding an immeasurable amount of...
- 3/17/2023
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
Truly shocking news today, as it’s being reported that actor Lance Reddick, a staple of the John Wick franchise from the beginning, has passed away at just 60 years old.
TMZ reports, “Law enforcement sources tell TMZ … Lance’s body was discovered at his Studio City home Friday morning around 9:30 Am. His cause of death is currently unclear, but our law enforcement sources say it appears to be natural.”
In addition to the John Wick movies, which saw him play the role of Charon – the fourth film will be released this year – Lance Reddick also recently appeared in Netflix’s short-lived “Resident Evil” television series, stealing the entire show as iconic character Albert Wesker. Reddick humorously ended up playing four different versions of the character in the series.
Lance Reddick is also known for his roles in the TV shows “The Wire,” “Fringe,” “Oz,” Lost,” and “Bosch,” with his...
TMZ reports, “Law enforcement sources tell TMZ … Lance’s body was discovered at his Studio City home Friday morning around 9:30 Am. His cause of death is currently unclear, but our law enforcement sources say it appears to be natural.”
In addition to the John Wick movies, which saw him play the role of Charon – the fourth film will be released this year – Lance Reddick also recently appeared in Netflix’s short-lived “Resident Evil” television series, stealing the entire show as iconic character Albert Wesker. Reddick humorously ended up playing four different versions of the character in the series.
Lance Reddick is also known for his roles in the TV shows “The Wire,” “Fringe,” “Oz,” Lost,” and “Bosch,” with his...
- 3/17/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
New Release Wall
“Elvis” (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment): Baz Luhrmann’s obsessions are piled on top of other obsessions that are themselves mashed up with ongoing tendencies toward spectacle, extravagance and emotional extremes — that whole “Moulin Rouge!” ethos of Truth Beauty Freedom Love — and this big loud biopic/love letter to Elvis Presley is a visual and sonic blast, with an uncanny Austin Butler as the King. You don’t even have to like the late legend’s music to enjoy this juggernaut of sensation, just find a friend with a giant-screen TV (this one’s already available in 4K) and very loud sound.
Also available:
“Batman: The Long Halloween” (Deluxe Edition) (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment): The Caped Crusader has to hunt down a killer that strikes on various holidays in this two-part animated feature.
“The Black Phone” (Universal): A resourceful boy (with assistance from his visions-having...
“Elvis” (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment): Baz Luhrmann’s obsessions are piled on top of other obsessions that are themselves mashed up with ongoing tendencies toward spectacle, extravagance and emotional extremes — that whole “Moulin Rouge!” ethos of Truth Beauty Freedom Love — and this big loud biopic/love letter to Elvis Presley is a visual and sonic blast, with an uncanny Austin Butler as the King. You don’t even have to like the late legend’s music to enjoy this juggernaut of sensation, just find a friend with a giant-screen TV (this one’s already available in 4K) and very loud sound.
Also available:
“Batman: The Long Halloween” (Deluxe Edition) (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment): The Caped Crusader has to hunt down a killer that strikes on various holidays in this two-part animated feature.
“The Black Phone” (Universal): A resourceful boy (with assistance from his visions-having...
- 9/15/2022
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
Stars: Karen Gillan, Beulah Koale, Aaron Paul, Theo James, Maija Paunio, June Hyde | Written and Directed by Riley Stearns
Karen Gillan plays dual roles in this sci-fi black comedy about a terminally ill woman who clashes with the clone she orders to replace her after she’s gone. The third feature from writer-director Riley Stearns, it’s a decidedly offbeat, darkly funny satire that grapples with some big questions.
Dual is set in a world where the terminally ill are permitted to clone themselves, with the replacement taking over their lives once the patient dies. However, there’s a catch – if, for some reason, the patient survives their illness, the clone and the original must duel to the death in front of a television audience, with the survivor earning the right to the identity in question. We see a taste of this in the prologue, with a young man (Theo...
Karen Gillan plays dual roles in this sci-fi black comedy about a terminally ill woman who clashes with the clone she orders to replace her after she’s gone. The third feature from writer-director Riley Stearns, it’s a decidedly offbeat, darkly funny satire that grapples with some big questions.
Dual is set in a world where the terminally ill are permitted to clone themselves, with the replacement taking over their lives once the patient dies. However, there’s a catch – if, for some reason, the patient survives their illness, the clone and the original must duel to the death in front of a television audience, with the survivor earning the right to the identity in question. We see a taste of this in the prologue, with a young man (Theo...
- 5/30/2022
- by Matthew Turner
- Nerdly
Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.
Beanpole (Kantemir Balagov)
The horrors of war are often told through male-centric narratives. Heroes who go through hell on the battlefield, brothers who sacrifice everything for each other, soldiers who return home scarred for life etc., all of which we’ve seen put on the big screen time and again. But wars are of course collective nightmares, tears in the fabric of history that leave no one–men, women, children–unscathed. This is the premise of Russian writer–director Kantemir Balagov’s second feature Beanpole, a radical relationship drama that examines the trauma of war from a distinctly female perspective. – Zhuo-Ning Su (full review)
Where to Stream: Ovid.tv
Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes (Junta Yamaguchi)
The logistics behind Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes...
Beanpole (Kantemir Balagov)
The horrors of war are often told through male-centric narratives. Heroes who go through hell on the battlefield, brothers who sacrifice everything for each other, soldiers who return home scarred for life etc., all of which we’ve seen put on the big screen time and again. But wars are of course collective nightmares, tears in the fabric of history that leave no one–men, women, children–unscathed. This is the premise of Russian writer–director Kantemir Balagov’s second feature Beanpole, a radical relationship drama that examines the trauma of war from a distinctly female perspective. – Zhuo-Ning Su (full review)
Where to Stream: Ovid.tv
Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes (Junta Yamaguchi)
The logistics behind Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes...
- 5/20/2022
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
It’s no coincidence that writer-director Riley Stearns’ anti-fantasy “Dual” feels like it belongs in the midnight movie section of a prestigious film festival. Stearns’ first two projects, “Faults” and “The Art of Self-Defense,” were embraced by SXSW audiences, and this one premiered at Sundance a few months ago.
But as is so often the case with edgier festival fare, what feels thrilling among like-minded fans winds up deflating upon arrival.
Stearns’ first two movies earned their adoration the hard way, challenging audiences with pitch-black humor and an off-kilter tone. While “Dual” goes for the jugular as well, it doesn’t cut nearly as deep.
Karen Gillan fans may be delighted to find her in the titular role, as both Sarah and Sarah’s Double. The former is a sad-sack human who learns that she has a rare disease, leaving her only a year to live. Out of curiosity, she...
But as is so often the case with edgier festival fare, what feels thrilling among like-minded fans winds up deflating upon arrival.
Stearns’ first two movies earned their adoration the hard way, challenging audiences with pitch-black humor and an off-kilter tone. While “Dual” goes for the jugular as well, it doesn’t cut nearly as deep.
Karen Gillan fans may be delighted to find her in the titular role, as both Sarah and Sarah’s Double. The former is a sad-sack human who learns that she has a rare disease, leaving her only a year to live. Out of curiosity, she...
- 4/14/2022
- by Elizabeth Weitzman
- The Wrap
“Dual” writer-director Riley Stearns, whose latest film stars Karen Gillan and Aaron Paul in the tale of a woman who must fight her clone to the death, may be unlike every other indie filmmaker: Not only should he not direct a comic book movie, Stearns told IndieWire, but if he did, it wouldn’t be a good one.
“There are people who their favorite thing in the world as a kid was comics and they want to go into that world, and I fully support that,” Stearns said. “I just don’t think people want want me directing a comic book movie. I didn’t read comics. If I directed one, I would probably make a bad one. I think that it’s better that I stick with the stuff that I like and the trajectory I like. I don’t think I’m going to be the person who...
“There are people who their favorite thing in the world as a kid was comics and they want to go into that world, and I fully support that,” Stearns said. “I just don’t think people want want me directing a comic book movie. I didn’t read comics. If I directed one, I would probably make a bad one. I think that it’s better that I stick with the stuff that I like and the trajectory I like. I don’t think I’m going to be the person who...
- 4/13/2022
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Following his deadpan dark comedies Faults and The Art of Self-Defense, Riley Stearns heads into sci-fi territory with Dual, which still finds slivers of humor in a story of a terminally ill woman who opts for a cloning procedure to ease her loss on her friends and family. When she makes a miraculous recovery, her attempts to have her clone decommissioned fail and lead to a court-mandated duel to the death. Ahead of an April 15 theatrical release, the trailer has now arrived.
Michael Frank said in his Sundance review, “Stearns, critically successful in his first two films, will likely find a more divisive audience with Dual, which bears an outstanding premise and mixed execution. Starring Karen Gillan as Sarah, this light sci-fi drama looks like the current world. Little has been altered; if anything the technology looks like it’s from the 1990s. The only difference seems to be a...
Michael Frank said in his Sundance review, “Stearns, critically successful in his first two films, will likely find a more divisive audience with Dual, which bears an outstanding premise and mixed execution. Starring Karen Gillan as Sarah, this light sci-fi drama looks like the current world. Little has been altered; if anything the technology looks like it’s from the 1990s. The only difference seems to be a...
- 3/29/2022
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Dual, the third feature from writer/director Riley Stearns, follows a young woman named Sarah (Karen Gillan), who opts to be replaced with a “double” after finding out she’s terminally ill. With a deadpan delivery and a dry sense of humor, the film and its characters navigate this alternate world, one that requires a duel to the death in Sarah’s unique situation. Sarah must learn to become violent, accept brutality into her personality, resetting herself in a way.
Stearns’ newest draws clear inspiration from Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos, a comparison many are likely to make, but he still wants it to be a “Riley film.” He revisits certain threads from his first two films, Faults and The Art of Self-Defense, with the idea of a character learning how to alter themselves to feel safer or the need to fundamentally shift as a means of self-preservation.
Dual finds humor in Sarah’s situation,...
Stearns’ newest draws clear inspiration from Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos, a comparison many are likely to make, but he still wants it to be a “Riley film.” He revisits certain threads from his first two films, Faults and The Art of Self-Defense, with the idea of a character learning how to alter themselves to feel safer or the need to fundamentally shift as a means of self-preservation.
Dual finds humor in Sarah’s situation,...
- 1/31/2022
- by Michael Frank
- The Film Stage
Riley Stearns, the filmmaker behind 2014's "Faults" and 2019's "The Art of Self-Defense," returns to Sundance with "Dual," an odd dark comedy which sits comfortably in the tonally unique corner of cinema Stearns has carved out for himself. In the director's movies, life is not something to be celebrated, but a punishment to be endured; the joke at the center of "Dual" is that characters will fight each other to the death in order to secure the misery of experiencing an average existence.
Sarah (Karen Gillan) is sick. She might have a bit of a drinking problem, she...
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Sarah (Karen Gillan) is sick. She might have a bit of a drinking problem, she...
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- 1/23/2022
- by Ben Pearson
- Slash Film
Dual, Riley Stearns’ third feature following Faults and The Art of Self-Defense, establishes its endgame within the first five minutes. Opening on a split football field with two small sets of audiences in its bleachers, the dark comedy watches as two young men, doppelgängers, fight to the death under lights and TV cameras usually set for a high school state championship game. The double wins, killing his original form, setting the table for the following 95-minute story.
Stearns, critically successful in his first two films, will likely find a more divisive audience with Dual, which bears an outstanding premise and mixed execution. Starring Karen Gillan as Sarah, this light sci-fi drama looks like the current world. Little has been altered; if anything the technology looks like it’s from the 1990s. The only difference seems to be a cloning procedure available to those that are dying—like Sarah, who opts...
Stearns, critically successful in his first two films, will likely find a more divisive audience with Dual, which bears an outstanding premise and mixed execution. Starring Karen Gillan as Sarah, this light sci-fi drama looks like the current world. Little has been altered; if anything the technology looks like it’s from the 1990s. The only difference seems to be a cloning procedure available to those that are dying—like Sarah, who opts...
- 1/23/2022
- by Michael Frank
- The Film Stage
Riley Stearns headed to the Nordic country for his latest feature. Filmed during the pandemic, the shot in Finland Dual should have had enough time in post-production to be ready for a January drop. The acquisitions title was shot in Tampere with the likes of Karen Gillan, Aaron Paul, Beulah Koale and Jesse Eisenberg (Stearns teamed with the actor for The Art of Self-Defense). Gillian would have gone thru a physical Linda Hamilton type bootcamp for the role. Stearns saw his 2013 short The Cub break into the 2013 edition of Sundance and has moved into features with his first two features which both premiered at the SXSW Film Fest.…...
- 11/22/2021
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
Following his impressive first two features, the dark comedy/dramas Faults and The Art of Self-Defense, writer-director Riley Stearns has unveiled his third film and he’s heading into sci-fi territory.
He’ll next direct Dual, a satirical sci-fi thriller led by Karen Gillan (x2) along with Aaron Paul, Beulah Koale, Martha Kelly, and Jesse Eisenberg. Backed by Xyz Films, the film follows a woman (Gillan) who, after receiving a terminal diagnosis, opts for a cloning procedure to ease her loss on her friends and family. When she makes a miraculous recovery, her attempts to have her clone decommissioned fail and lead to a court-mandated duel to the death.
“I really liked to be a little free going into the shooting of the film. The script is so set in its way, like, I know how the dialogue is going to sound, I know what I want to do with the performance…...
He’ll next direct Dual, a satirical sci-fi thriller led by Karen Gillan (x2) along with Aaron Paul, Beulah Koale, Martha Kelly, and Jesse Eisenberg. Backed by Xyz Films, the film follows a woman (Gillan) who, after receiving a terminal diagnosis, opts for a cloning procedure to ease her loss on her friends and family. When she makes a miraculous recovery, her attempts to have her clone decommissioned fail and lead to a court-mandated duel to the death.
“I really liked to be a little free going into the shooting of the film. The script is so set in its way, like, I know how the dialogue is going to sound, I know what I want to do with the performance…...
- 4/29/2020
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Riley Stearns, the director of Faults and The Art of Self-Defense, is set to make a satirical sci-fi thriller – and he’s lined-up an interesting cast. In Stearns’ upcoming Dual, a woman who undergoes a cloning procedure – and lives to regret it. The film will star Karen Gillan and Aaron Paul, with Jesse Eisenberg set to make “an […]
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- 4/29/2020
- by Chris Evangelista
- Slash Film
Karen Gillan, Aaron Paul, Beulah Koale and Martha Kelly will star in Dual, the tale of a woman who finds herself battling herself in a court-mandated duel to the death. Written and to be directed by Riley Stearns, the film will also feature an appearance by Jesse Eisenberg. But how, exactly, will we see a mighty battle between Gillan and herself? The official synopsis explains: "After receiving a terminal diagnosis, a woman (Gillan) opts for a cloning procedure to ease her loss on her friends and family. When she makes a miraculous recovery, her attempts to have her clone decommissioned fail and lead to a court-mandated duel to the death." (?!) Production is scheduled to begin later this summer, if...
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- 4/28/2020
- Screen Anarchy
Karen Gillan and Aaron Paul have been cast in Riley Stearns’ satirical sci-fi thriller “Dual,” it was announced on Tuesday.
Jesse Eisenberg, Beulah Koale and Martha Kelly will also star in the movie for which Stearns wrote the script. Stearns will also produce alongside Xyz Films — Xyz is handling global sales and will co-represent Us sales with CAA Media Finance and UTA Independent Film Group. Production is set to begin later this summer.
“Dual” will follow a woman who received a terminal diagnosis and then opts for a cloning procedure for her friends and family to cope. However, she makes a miraculous recovery, but her clone has already been commissioned into the world.
Also Read: STXFilms Snags Karen Gillan Assassin Movie 'Gunpowder Milkshake'
Gillan’s credits include “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” as well as “Jumanji: The Next Level,” and “Guardians of the Galaxy” and “Avengers: Endgame.” She also most recently wrote,...
Jesse Eisenberg, Beulah Koale and Martha Kelly will also star in the movie for which Stearns wrote the script. Stearns will also produce alongside Xyz Films — Xyz is handling global sales and will co-represent Us sales with CAA Media Finance and UTA Independent Film Group. Production is set to begin later this summer.
“Dual” will follow a woman who received a terminal diagnosis and then opts for a cloning procedure for her friends and family to cope. However, she makes a miraculous recovery, but her clone has already been commissioned into the world.
Also Read: STXFilms Snags Karen Gillan Assassin Movie 'Gunpowder Milkshake'
Gillan’s credits include “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” as well as “Jumanji: The Next Level,” and “Guardians of the Galaxy” and “Avengers: Endgame.” She also most recently wrote,...
- 4/28/2020
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Production is scheduled to start later this summer.
Karen Gillan will star in dual roles opposite Aaron Paul in the satirical sci-fi Dual for writer-director Riley Stearns and Xyz Films.
Jesse Eisenberg, who stars in Xyz Film’s sci-fi drama and Cannes Critics’ Week 2019 selection Vivarium, will also appear in the film and the lead cast includes Beulah Koale and Martha Kelly.
Stearns wrote the script and will produce alongside Xyz Films. Dual centres on a woman who opts for a cloning procedure to make it easier for her loved ones after she receives a terminal diagnosis.
However when she makes a miraculous recovery,...
Karen Gillan will star in dual roles opposite Aaron Paul in the satirical sci-fi Dual for writer-director Riley Stearns and Xyz Films.
Jesse Eisenberg, who stars in Xyz Film’s sci-fi drama and Cannes Critics’ Week 2019 selection Vivarium, will also appear in the film and the lead cast includes Beulah Koale and Martha Kelly.
Stearns wrote the script and will produce alongside Xyz Films. Dual centres on a woman who opts for a cloning procedure to make it easier for her loved ones after she receives a terminal diagnosis.
However when she makes a miraculous recovery,...
- 4/28/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Production is scheduled to start later this summer.
Karen Gillan will star in dual roles opposite Aaron Paul in the satirical sci-fi Dual for writer-director Riley Stearns and Xyz Films.
Jesse Eisenberg, who stars in Xyz Film’s sci-fi drama and Cannes Critics’ Week 2019 selection Vivarium, will also appear in the film and the lead cast includes Beulah Koale and Martha Kelly.
Stearns wrote the script and will produce alongside Xyz Films. Dual centres on a woman who opts for a cloning procedure to make it easier for her loved ones after she receives a terminal diagnosis.
However when she makes a miraculous recovery,...
Karen Gillan will star in dual roles opposite Aaron Paul in the satirical sci-fi Dual for writer-director Riley Stearns and Xyz Films.
Jesse Eisenberg, who stars in Xyz Film’s sci-fi drama and Cannes Critics’ Week 2019 selection Vivarium, will also appear in the film and the lead cast includes Beulah Koale and Martha Kelly.
Stearns wrote the script and will produce alongside Xyz Films. Dual centres on a woman who opts for a cloning procedure to make it easier for her loved ones after she receives a terminal diagnosis.
However when she makes a miraculous recovery,...
- 4/28/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
A meek, introverted loner turns to karate as a way of coping with trauma after being violently attacked in Riley Stearns follow-up to 2014’s Faults. Somewhat surprisingly, Stearns’ exploration of toxic masculinity, gender and gaslighting keeps a sinister tone while letting in a fair amount of comedy, with star Jesse Eisenberg the ideal performer to connect the two. His relationship with a karate instructor played by Alessandro Nivola is the highlight of a movie suspended in time and space and drowned in shades in brown to the point of becoming blandly universal. A practitioner of martial arts himself, the writer and director manages to convey an authentic passion for the discipline while selling a generic, stereotyped version of it to its characters.…...
- 11/27/2019
- by Tommaso Tocci
- IONCINEMA.com
Spencer Mullen Jul 22, 2019
Tessa Thompson's Valkyrie, The Art of Self-Defense, Revenge of the Nerds, and more in today's daily Link Tank!
A new unaltered version of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope may be returning to theaters.
"In 1977, the film we think of now as Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope was just called “Star Wars.” Contrary to popular belief, George Lucas did not slap that “Episode IV” stuff onto the opening title crawl of the movie until a theatrical re-release in 1981. Ever since then, one could argue, Lucas altered Star Wars every time it was re-released, culminating in the controversial — but canonical —Special Editions in 1997. Since then, a theatrical re-release of the original Star Wars film that started it all has been off the table. That is, until now."
Read more at Inverse.
Tessa Thompson's Valkyrie will become the first openly Lgbtq+ hero in the McU.
Tessa Thompson's Valkyrie, The Art of Self-Defense, Revenge of the Nerds, and more in today's daily Link Tank!
A new unaltered version of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope may be returning to theaters.
"In 1977, the film we think of now as Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope was just called “Star Wars.” Contrary to popular belief, George Lucas did not slap that “Episode IV” stuff onto the opening title crawl of the movie until a theatrical re-release in 1981. Ever since then, one could argue, Lucas altered Star Wars every time it was re-released, culminating in the controversial — but canonical —Special Editions in 1997. Since then, a theatrical re-release of the original Star Wars film that started it all has been off the table. That is, until now."
Read more at Inverse.
Tessa Thompson's Valkyrie will become the first openly Lgbtq+ hero in the McU.
- 7/22/2019
- Den of Geek
From the second that geek supreme Jesse Eisenberg signs up for a karate class to end his fear of bullies, The Art of Self-Defense sets itself up as the 90-pound weakling destined to live forever in the shadow of Fight Club. The good news is that
Here’s the setup: Eisenberg plays Casey Davies, a loner accountant whose personality is as colorless as the beige apartment he shares with his pet dachshund. His passive attitude changes when four masked bikers beat the shit out of him as he walks home...
Here’s the setup: Eisenberg plays Casey Davies, a loner accountant whose personality is as colorless as the beige apartment he shares with his pet dachshund. His passive attitude changes when four masked bikers beat the shit out of him as he walks home...
- 7/12/2019
- by Peter Travers
- Rollingstone.com
Casey is a quiet, nebbish, accountant who lives by himself. He has no friends except his impossibly cute Dachshund. He is introduced sitting quietly and nervously in a cafe, attempting to learn French. The line he is practicing is "I don't want any trouble, I am just a tourist." Riley Stearns' sophomore film is a precise and droll comedy of manners, martial arts, and toxic masculinity. The Art of Self-Defense is a significant leap forward in terms of craft and technique from his tiny debut film, Faults, which saw Leland Orser as a washed up 'deprogramming expert,' who is hired to rescue a girl from the mental clutches of a cult. That 2014 film precariously walked the line between dry comedy and twisty thriller, not...
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- 7/12/2019
- Screen Anarchy
Following up his intense, darkly humorous cult drama Faults, director Riley Stearns returns this summer with The Art of Self-Defense. Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Alessandro Nivola, and Imogen Poots, the film follows Eisenberg’s character as a bookkeeper who gets attacked so enters into a karate studio to learn how to fight back. Ahead of a July release, a new trailer has now landed via Bleecker Street.
John Fink said in his review, “If Fight Club taught us one thing and one thing only it is to never underestimate the power of a bored single man with nothing to lose. And that is, in some ways, also the central thesis of Riley Stearns’ delightfully twisted The Art of Self-Defense, a pitch-black comedy starring Jesse Eisenberg as sad sack Casey, a lonely auditor who, in the film’s opening scene, is mocked at a distance in French by a couple. He, unfortunately,...
John Fink said in his review, “If Fight Club taught us one thing and one thing only it is to never underestimate the power of a bored single man with nothing to lose. And that is, in some ways, also the central thesis of Riley Stearns’ delightfully twisted The Art of Self-Defense, a pitch-black comedy starring Jesse Eisenberg as sad sack Casey, a lonely auditor who, in the film’s opening scene, is mocked at a distance in French by a couple. He, unfortunately,...
- 5/23/2019
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
"You're a blade, and I'm sharpening you." Bleecker Street Films has released the full-length official trailer for the indie dark comedy The Art of Self-Defense, which premiered at the SXSW Film Festival this year to some great reviews. This film is the latest from director Riley Stearns (of the film Faults previously) and it's hitting limited theaters starting in July this year. Jesse Eisenberg stars as Casey, a fragile man who enlists in a local dojo after being attacked at random on the street. What he uncovers is a sinister world of fraternity, violence and hypermasculinity, and a woman fighting for her place in it. Sounds delightful. The small cast includes Alessandro Nivola as the Sensei, plus Imogen Poots, Steve Terada, and Phillip Andre Botello. One SXSW review says it's an "uproariously comical and hypnotically unnerving" film that gives "a hilarious middle finger to toxic masculinity." Really excited to seeing this one,...
- 5/22/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
When you think about all the remakes floating around Hollywood, it’s a miracle no one has made an indie comedy inspired by “The Karate Kid.” While “The Art of Self-Defense” may not be that film, it’s safe to assume that its karate-obsessed protagonist, played by Jesse Eisenberg, probably watched the movie a lot growing up. The second feature film from “Faults” writer/director Riley Stearns, the zany dark comedy premiered at SXSW earlier this year to rave reviews. Featuring Alessandro Nivola as a sinister Sensei and Imogen Poots as a woman duking it out with the best of them in the hyper-masculine dojo, “The Art of Self-Defense” could be the breakout indie comedy of the summer.
The official synopsis reads: “After he’s attacked on the street at night by a roving motorcycle gang, timid bookkeeper Casey (Eisenberg) joins a neighborhood karate studio to learn how to protect himself.
The official synopsis reads: “After he’s attacked on the street at night by a roving motorcycle gang, timid bookkeeper Casey (Eisenberg) joins a neighborhood karate studio to learn how to protect himself.
- 5/22/2019
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Jesse Eisenberg’s ability to hover inside a bundle of nerves has been the driving force behind his brand since “The Squid and the Whale,” but with few exceptions, his movies usually operate at a lower register. The occasional examples include Richard Ayaode’s Kafkaesque “The Double” and the under-seen surrealist romp “The Living Wake,” both of which deploy Eisenberg’s inscrutable features as narrative device. Now comes “The Art of Self-Defense,” which unleashes the actor in a sinister dark comedy as a karate-obsessed loser on the brink of losing his mind, and it’s about time the actor gave his wildest performance ever.
The long-awaited second feature from Riley Stearns after his quirky 2014 cult thriller “Faults” finds the filmmaker reigning in his ironic style for a movie that works just right for his distinctive tone. Stearns first gained traction on the festival circuit for his idiosyncratic shorts, most notably 2013’s “Cub,...
The long-awaited second feature from Riley Stearns after his quirky 2014 cult thriller “Faults” finds the filmmaker reigning in his ironic style for a movie that works just right for his distinctive tone. Stearns first gained traction on the festival circuit for his idiosyncratic shorts, most notably 2013’s “Cub,...
- 3/11/2019
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Ahead of its South by Southwest premiere, “The Art of Self-Defense” has a trailer. Riley Stearns’ follow-up to “Faults” stars Jesse Eisenberg as a timid man who joins a karate dojo after being assaulted, with Alessandro Nivola (“Disobedience”) as his enigmatic sensei.
“I’m afraid,” Eisenberg tells Nivola after being asked why he’s pursuing karate. “I’m afraid of the dark. I’m afraid of other men. They intimidate me. I want to be what intimidates me.” He’s then told that the answer is multiple choice as the tone quickly shifts from tension to dark comedy and he eventually chooses “A) health and fitness.”
Here’s the full synopsis: “A dark comedy set in the world of karate. The film centers on Casey (Jesse Eisenberg), who is attacked at random on the street and enlists in a local dojo led by a charismatic and mysterious Sensei (Alessandro Nivola...
“I’m afraid,” Eisenberg tells Nivola after being asked why he’s pursuing karate. “I’m afraid of the dark. I’m afraid of other men. They intimidate me. I want to be what intimidates me.” He’s then told that the answer is multiple choice as the tone quickly shifts from tension to dark comedy and he eventually chooses “A) health and fitness.”
Here’s the full synopsis: “A dark comedy set in the world of karate. The film centers on Casey (Jesse Eisenberg), who is attacked at random on the street and enlists in a local dojo led by a charismatic and mysterious Sensei (Alessandro Nivola...
- 3/9/2019
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
With SXSW kicking off this weekend, one of our most-anticipated films in the lineup is from Riley Stearns, who last gave us the intense, darkly humorous cult drama Faults. He’ll be premiering The Art of Self-Defense and ahead of the screening, Bleecker Street has debuted the first teaser.
Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Alessandro Nivola, and Imogen Poots, the film follows Eisenberg’s character as a bookkeeper who gets attacked so enters into a karate studio to learn how to fight back. The first teaser doesn’t spoil much of what’s to come, thankfully, and has Stearns’ particular brand of black humor.
Watch below.
After he’s attacked on the street at night by a roving motorcycle gang, timid bookkeeper Casey (Jesse Eisenberg) joins a neighborhood karate studio to learn how to protect himself. Under the watchful eye of a charismatic instructor, Sensei (Alessandro Nivola), and hardcore brown belt Anna...
Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Alessandro Nivola, and Imogen Poots, the film follows Eisenberg’s character as a bookkeeper who gets attacked so enters into a karate studio to learn how to fight back. The first teaser doesn’t spoil much of what’s to come, thankfully, and has Stearns’ particular brand of black humor.
Watch below.
After he’s attacked on the street at night by a roving motorcycle gang, timid bookkeeper Casey (Jesse Eisenberg) joins a neighborhood karate studio to learn how to protect himself. Under the watchful eye of a charismatic instructor, Sensei (Alessandro Nivola), and hardcore brown belt Anna...
- 3/8/2019
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
"Why karate?" "I'm afraid... I'm afraid of the dark. I'm afraid of other men. They intimidate me." Bleecker Street Films has debuted the first teaser trailer for an indie dark comedy titled The Art of Self-Defense, which is premiering at the SXSW Film Festival starting this weekend. This film is the latest from director Riley Stearns (of the film Faults previously) and it's already set for a theatrical release in June this year, for those who aren't able to catch it at SXSW in Austin. Jesse Eisenberg stars as Casey, a fragile man who enlists in a local dojo after being attacked at random on the street. What he uncovers is a sinister world of fraternity, violence and hypermasculinity, and a woman fighting for her place in it. The small cast includes Alessandro Nivola as the Sensei, plus Imogen Poots, Steve Terada, and Phillip Andre Botello. This is a great teaser,...
- 3/8/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Bleecker Street has acquired worldwide rights to Riley Stearns’ dark comedy The Art of Self-Defense, which stars Jesse Eisenberg and is set in the world of karate. The film, which Stearns (Faults) wrote and is directing, also includes Imogen Poots and Alessandro Nivola in its cast and starts filming Monday in Kentucky.
Eisenberg plays a man who is attacked at random on the street and enlists in a local dojo, led by a charismatic and mysterious Sensei (Nivola), in an effort to learn how to defend himself.
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Eisenberg plays a man who is attacked at random on the street and enlists in a local dojo, led by a charismatic and mysterious Sensei (Nivola), in an effort to learn how to defend himself.
End Cue, a hybrid technology software company and film development and production company,...
- 9/11/2017
- by Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Bleecker Street has acquired worldwide distribution rights to the dark comedy, “The Art of Self-Defense,” starring Jesse Eisenberg, Imogen Poots and Alessando Nivola. The Riley Stearns film begins shooting today in Kentucky. Eisenberg stars as a man attacked at random on the street, who trains in a local dojo as a means to defend himself from further harm. Nivola plays his coach. There, he “uncovers is a sinister world of fraternity, violence and hyper-masculinity and a woman (Imogen Poots),” according to Bleecker Street. Stearns last film, “Faults,” starred Mary Elizabeth Winstead and received strong notices at the 2014 SXSW Film Festival.
- 9/11/2017
- by Nigel M. Smith
- The Wrap
Many horror fans have been eager to see what filmmaker Sean Byrne has in store for them following his well-received feature film debut, The Loved Ones (2009). Next March, the wait will finally be over, as IFC Midnight has acquired Byrne's The Devil's Candy for North American distribution, with a release slated for March of 2017.
In case you missed it, check out Kalyn Corrigan's Fantastic Fest 2015 review of The Devil's Candy. Below, we have the official press release with full details on IFC Midnight acquiring the film:
Press Release: New York, NY (October 21, 2016) – IFC Midnight announced today that the company has acquired North American rights to Sean Byrne’s The Devil’S Candy. The film, written and directed by Byrne, stars Ethan Embry, Shiri Appleby, Pruitt Taylor Vince and Kiara Glasco. The film was produced by Keith Calder and Jessica Calder for Snoot Entertainment LLC. The film made its world premiere...
In case you missed it, check out Kalyn Corrigan's Fantastic Fest 2015 review of The Devil's Candy. Below, we have the official press release with full details on IFC Midnight acquiring the film:
Press Release: New York, NY (October 21, 2016) – IFC Midnight announced today that the company has acquired North American rights to Sean Byrne’s The Devil’S Candy. The film, written and directed by Byrne, stars Ethan Embry, Shiri Appleby, Pruitt Taylor Vince and Kiara Glasco. The film was produced by Keith Calder and Jessica Calder for Snoot Entertainment LLC. The film made its world premiere...
- 10/25/2016
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Keith Calder is known for producing original movies, often with screenwriter Simon Barrett and director Adam Wingard, but his latest project “Blair Witch” is one of his first based on an existing property.
Read More: Tiff Rounds Out Slate With ‘Blair Witch,’ ‘Free Fire,’ ‘The Bad Batch’ and Many More
Calder recently took to Twitter to explain some of the advantages that come with working on an existing IP as opposed to an original property. Here’s what he had to say over several tweets:
“f you want to know why Hollywood keeps doing remakes and sequels and reboots and so on, here is a quick anecdote. I’ve been producing movies for 10 years at a variety of budgets. Almost all original. Most of them were well reviewed and liked by audiences. Blair Witch was made for around the same budget as most of these movies. But the attention on...
Read More: Tiff Rounds Out Slate With ‘Blair Witch,’ ‘Free Fire,’ ‘The Bad Batch’ and Many More
Calder recently took to Twitter to explain some of the advantages that come with working on an existing IP as opposed to an original property. Here’s what he had to say over several tweets:
“f you want to know why Hollywood keeps doing remakes and sequels and reboots and so on, here is a quick anecdote. I’ve been producing movies for 10 years at a variety of budgets. Almost all original. Most of them were well reviewed and liked by audiences. Blair Witch was made for around the same budget as most of these movies. But the attention on...
- 8/26/2016
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
Writer/director Riley Stearns has been quietly working on his follow-up to his feature directorial debut, Faults. That 2014 film starred actress (and Stearns’ wife) Mary Elizabeth Winstead, who was most recently gave an excellent, assured performance in 10 Cloverfield Lane. Now Winstead and Stearns will collaborate once again for The Art of Self-Defense. Below, learn more about Riley Stearns’ second […]
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- 6/3/2016
- by Jack Giroux
- Slash Film
There’s a movie from a couple of years back, you might want to make some time to catch up with — “Faults.” The film from married couple, director Riley Stearns and actress Mary Elizabeth Winstead, is a wickedly sharp contained thriller about a washed up expert on cults who is hired to deprogram a young woman […]
The post ‘Faults’ Duo Riley Sterns & Mary Elizabeth Winstead Reteam For ‘The Art Of Self Defence’ appeared first on The Playlist.
The post ‘Faults’ Duo Riley Sterns & Mary Elizabeth Winstead Reteam For ‘The Art Of Self Defence’ appeared first on The Playlist.
- 5/26/2016
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
In today's roundup on special screenings, we're collecting reviews of Richard Brooks's Looking for Mr. Goodbar, Eiichi Yamamoto's Belladonna of Sadness, King Hu's Dragon Inn, Tony Conrad's The Flicker, David Cronenberg's Dead Ringers and Riley Stearns's Faults. Plus: Celebrating Orson Welles in Los Angeles, talking with Kelly Reichardt in Vienna, Whit Stillman in Liverpool, discussing The Walking Dead in London, and in Gent, Pere Portabella's Informe General and Informe General II. El nuevo rapto de Europa. » - David Hudson...
- 5/5/2016
- Keyframe
In today's roundup on special screenings, we're collecting reviews of Richard Brooks's Looking for Mr. Goodbar, Eiichi Yamamoto's Belladonna of Sadness, King Hu's Dragon Inn, Tony Conrad's The Flicker, David Cronenberg's Dead Ringers and Riley Stearns's Faults. Plus: Celebrating Orson Welles in Los Angeles, talking with Kelly Reichardt in Vienna, Whit Stillman in Liverpool, discussing The Walking Dead in London, and in Gent, Pere Portabella's Informe General and Informe General II. El nuevo rapto de Europa. » - David Hudson...
- 5/5/2016
- Fandor: Keyframe
The Hollywood Horror Museum presents two very accomplished visionaries in horror as board members, directors John Carpenter and Greg Nicotero. Also in today’s Horror Highlights: details on the all-female directed anthology, Xx, a Toxic Avenger marathon on El Rey Network, and Nitehawk Cinema’s screening of both Wicker Man movies in New York.
Hollywood Horror Museum Members: Press Release: “The Hollywood Horror Museum is proud to announce today, that legendary directors John Carpenter and Greg Nicotero are its two newest board members. The museum which has been showing up at various conventions will be touring later in the year before it finds it’s permanent home in 2017. The interview will be made (if available) upon request.
John Carpenter is the writer, producer, and director of many genre classics including Halloween, Escape From New York, Big Trouble in Little China, The Thing and They Live. Greg Nicotero is director and producer of The Walking Dead,...
Hollywood Horror Museum Members: Press Release: “The Hollywood Horror Museum is proud to announce today, that legendary directors John Carpenter and Greg Nicotero are its two newest board members. The museum which has been showing up at various conventions will be touring later in the year before it finds it’s permanent home in 2017. The interview will be made (if available) upon request.
John Carpenter is the writer, producer, and director of many genre classics including Halloween, Escape From New York, Big Trouble in Little China, The Thing and They Live. Greg Nicotero is director and producer of The Walking Dead,...
- 4/13/2016
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
St. Vincent's Annie Clark will make her directorial debut with a segment in Xx, an upcoming anthology horror film composed of four shorts starring and helmed entirely by women.
Clark will film her portion of the movie this spring, though no details were offered regarding the cast or plot. Clark did, however, co-write her segment with burgeoning genre star Roxanne Benjamin, who produced 2014's Faults and the V/H/S films, and made her directorial debut in the 2015 anthology film, Southbound.
Along with Clark, Xx will feature segments from Karyn Kusama (Jennifer's Body,...
Clark will film her portion of the movie this spring, though no details were offered regarding the cast or plot. Clark did, however, co-write her segment with burgeoning genre star Roxanne Benjamin, who produced 2014's Faults and the V/H/S films, and made her directorial debut in the 2015 anthology film, Southbound.
Along with Clark, Xx will feature segments from Karyn Kusama (Jennifer's Body,...
- 4/12/2016
- Rollingstone.com
Last year’s overlooked Faults proved that we’d be eager to spend more time witnessing the acting talents of Mary Elizabeth Winstead in more-or-less a one-room thriller. We’ll now get another one in less than a month with 10 Cloverfield Lane. After being unveiled for what it was — or at least what it wants one to think it’s about — last month, today brings a new trailer and the Super Bowl TV spot, if you missed it.
Paramount thankfully aren’t saying yet just how Dan Trachtenberg‘s debut, once titled Valencia, actually fits into the universe of its 2008 monster movie, if at all, but these new trailers do a fine job of keeping up the mystery. Also featuring John Goodman and John Gallagher Jr., they offer a few more clues about the dangerous outside world as well how our characters came together in the first place. Check them...
Paramount thankfully aren’t saying yet just how Dan Trachtenberg‘s debut, once titled Valencia, actually fits into the universe of its 2008 monster movie, if at all, but these new trailers do a fine job of keeping up the mystery. Also featuring John Goodman and John Gallagher Jr., they offer a few more clues about the dangerous outside world as well how our characters came together in the first place. Check them...
- 2/15/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Last night, something magical happened to Cloverfield fans – a trailer starring John Goodman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, and John Gallagher Jr. played before Michael Bay’s 13 Hours, and at the end, the title Cloverfield turned into something more: 10 Cloverfield Lane. I Know, Right?!
It’s no secret that J.J. Abrams has wanted to re-visit Cloverfield through a sequel of some sort, but after early talks, plans seemed to dissipate, J.J. became a Star Wars hero, and Clover seemed to be put on the backburner. Or, maybe that’s just what J.J. wanted us to believe…
While Abrams was busy traveling to a galaxy far, far away, his production company, Bad Robot, enlisted Dan Trachtenberg (creator of the short Portal: No Escape/no relation to my childhood crush, Michelle Trachtenberg) to direct a post-apocalyptic-ish movie titled Valencia. According to IMDb (which has changed Valencia to 10 Cloverfield Lane as of this...
It’s no secret that J.J. Abrams has wanted to re-visit Cloverfield through a sequel of some sort, but after early talks, plans seemed to dissipate, J.J. became a Star Wars hero, and Clover seemed to be put on the backburner. Or, maybe that’s just what J.J. wanted us to believe…
While Abrams was busy traveling to a galaxy far, far away, his production company, Bad Robot, enlisted Dan Trachtenberg (creator of the short Portal: No Escape/no relation to my childhood crush, Michelle Trachtenberg) to direct a post-apocalyptic-ish movie titled Valencia. According to IMDb (which has changed Valencia to 10 Cloverfield Lane as of this...
- 1/15/2016
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
J.J. Abrams loves his secrets. Be it for "Super 8," "Star Trek Into Darkness," or "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," he's a filmmaker that loves the medium in the purest way possible. Well it turns out that the director/producer's production company has kept a film quite secret, and that film has now been revealed as "10 Cloverfield Lane" (It was previously being referred to as "Valencia").
Check out the trailer for the film below!
So the obvious question that comes to mind is... is this a "Cloverfield" sequel? It seems possible that it takes place in a post-alien invasion world, and that whoever John Goodman's character is is really just trying to protect these "prisoners" from the outside world created by the "Cloverfield" monsters, but it's hard to tell. For starters, the film isn't done in the found footage format that characterized the first one. While it's possible they...
Check out the trailer for the film below!
So the obvious question that comes to mind is... is this a "Cloverfield" sequel? It seems possible that it takes place in a post-alien invasion world, and that whoever John Goodman's character is is really just trying to protect these "prisoners" from the outside world created by the "Cloverfield" monsters, but it's hard to tell. For starters, the film isn't done in the found footage format that characterized the first one. While it's possible they...
- 1/15/2016
- by Joseph Medina
- LRMonline.com
Jj Abrams' Bad Robot and Paramount pictures pulled a fast one on movie fans everywhere, by making a secret follow-up (of sorts) to Cloverfield, and dropping a trailer that no one knew about. Come inside to check out the trailer, poster, and learn a little more about it.
If you want to know the absolutely truth...I was so excited and jittery last night when word of this first came down, that I simply couldn't write up the news. That's how much I've been anxiously awaiting another Cloverfield movie. I've been hooked on Cloverfield since the secretive marketing began before it's launch in 2008, and I immediately loved the film itself when I saw it. It's been a long time, however, and every time it seemed like a sequel was happening our hopes were dashed.
So imagine my surprise when we find out that Jj Abrams and his Bad Robot...
If you want to know the absolutely truth...I was so excited and jittery last night when word of this first came down, that I simply couldn't write up the news. That's how much I've been anxiously awaiting another Cloverfield movie. I've been hooked on Cloverfield since the secretive marketing began before it's launch in 2008, and I immediately loved the film itself when I saw it. It's been a long time, however, and every time it seemed like a sequel was happening our hopes were dashed.
So imagine my surprise when we find out that Jj Abrams and his Bad Robot...
- 1/15/2016
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Jordan Maison)
- Cinelinx
As 2015 winds down, like most cinephiles, we’re looking to get our hands on the titles that may have slipped under the radar or simply gone unseen. With the proliferation of streaming options, it’s thankfully easier than ever to play catch-up, and to assist with the process, we’re bringing you a rundown of the best titles of the year available to watch.
Curated from the Best Films of 2015 So Far list we published for the first half of the year, it also includes films we’ve enjoyed the past few months and some we’ve recently caught up on. This is far from a be-all, end-all year-end feature (that will come at the end of the year), but rather something that will hopefully be a helpful tool for readers to have a chance to seek out notable, perhaps underseen, titles from the year.
Note that we’re going by U.
Curated from the Best Films of 2015 So Far list we published for the first half of the year, it also includes films we’ve enjoyed the past few months and some we’ve recently caught up on. This is far from a be-all, end-all year-end feature (that will come at the end of the year), but rather something that will hopefully be a helpful tool for readers to have a chance to seek out notable, perhaps underseen, titles from the year.
Note that we’re going by U.
- 10/28/2015
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
There have been a few movies about cults in recent years, but none quite as smart and funny and weird and disarming as Riley Stearns superb directorial debut, Faults. In it Leland Orser plays a man who specializes in deprogramming victims of cult brainwashing. He's seen better days and is having a rough go of things until he encounters a set of parents who want to hire him to deprogram their daughter, played by Mary Elizabeth Winstead. Once those two meet, however, things get... strange. Faults is out now on Video on Demand and is even a $.99 rental this week on iTunes, which is a heck of a great deal for a great movie. And that gives me a great excuse to finally publish an interview I did with Stearns earlier this year. In it we talk about other cult movies, what it's...
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- 7/1/2015
- by Peter Hall
- Movies.com
Love & Mercy star Paul Dano, Harry Potter alum Daniel Radcliffe and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World actress Mary Elizabeth Winstead have joined the cast of Swiss Army Man, one of the most quirky-sounding dramas we’ve seen get the green light in recent times.
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, known jointly as Daniels, are at the helm of the indie pic, which centers on a hopeless young man who finds a dead body while stranded in the wilderness. Striking up conversation with and then befriending the corpse, the man begins a very surreal journey to find his way back home. Told you it was weird.
No details yet on which roles the stars will be playing, but its nonetheless exciting to see such a talented trio of performers come together for a project, particularly one this unusual. Dano, who has been playing oddballs for years in everything from Little Miss Sunshine to Prisoners,...
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, known jointly as Daniels, are at the helm of the indie pic, which centers on a hopeless young man who finds a dead body while stranded in the wilderness. Striking up conversation with and then befriending the corpse, the man begins a very surreal journey to find his way back home. Told you it was weird.
No details yet on which roles the stars will be playing, but its nonetheless exciting to see such a talented trio of performers come together for a project, particularly one this unusual. Dano, who has been playing oddballs for years in everything from Little Miss Sunshine to Prisoners,...
- 6/30/2015
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
Riley Stearns' Faults, starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead is now only 99 cents on iTunes. Time for a weird movie night.
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- 6/30/2015
- by Scott Beggs
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Part of the dream, fantasy-fulfillment nature of the Stanley Film Festival is the contrast of staying in a picturesque luxury hotel, and then walking outside of it and performing a blood ritual. “I don’t think we’re on the right side of this,” V/H/S and Faults producer Roxanne Benjamin said as we dipped our hands in…
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- 5/2/2015
- by Samuel Zimmerman
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Editor’s note: Our review of Alex of Venice originally ran during 2014’s Tribeca Film Fest, but we’re re-posting it now as the film opens this Friday in limited release. Mary Elizabeth Winstead has the “one to watch” thing down pat. The former teen actress has now blossomed into one of independent film’s most reliable and relatable leading ladies and her steady rise up the cinematic ranks – from the drunken darkness of Smashed to the dark humor of Faults, with a little The Thing and A Good Day to Die Hard thrown in for a touch of blockbuster fun– has long been someone worth watching, and now. For his directorial debut, actor Chris Messina has quite wisely built a story around Winstead’s charms, setting her up as the eponymous Alex for his Alex of Venice, an amiable outing that serves as yet another reminder that Winstead is more than enough of a draw on...
- 4/15/2015
- by Kate Erbland
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
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