Why It Works: Drive

Posted 10 years ago

Why It Works is an ongoing column which breaks down some of the most acclaimed films in history and explores what makes them so iconic, groundbreaking, and memorable. ****SPOILERS AHEAD**** With THE NEON DEMON slinking its way into theaters this...

Review: Suffragette

Posted 11 years ago

  PLOT: A young factory worker (Carey Mulligan) in pre-WW1 England is drawn into the suffrage movement, where she becomes part of the fight to get women the vote and ensure future generations of women get the equal rights she’s...

Baz Luhrmann brings 1970s song and dance to Netflix with The Get Down

Posted 11 years ago

Baz Luhrmann, the director of THE GREAT GATSBY, MOULIN ROUGE and ROMEO AND JULIET, is bringing his own show to Netflix. The Get Down is a mythic saga of how New York at the brink of bankruptcy in the 1970s...

A Nicolas Winding Refn-approved rescore of Drive coming to BBC Three

Posted 12 years ago

Love it or hate it, DRIVE has one of the best scores of the last decade. Full of pumping instrumental music and a carefully selected soundtrack of songs that accent the emotional, ahem, drive of the film, DRIVE is a...

Nicolas Winding Refn to finally deliver his sex-film I Walk With The Dead

Posted 12 years ago

Nicolas Winding Refn made a big name for himself when DRIVE came out. The film, fancying actions over words, was pretty much a love it or a hate it kinda flick, with most people falling into the former category. I...

Nicolas Winding Refn announces I Walk With the Dead as next film

Posted 12 years ago

In late October of last year we learned that Nicolas Winding Refn's badass-titled all-female horror film I WALK WITH THE DEAD will be penned by British playwright Polly Stenham. A couple of months later, the films rumored star Carey Mulligan...

Directors Guild of America nominations snub The Coens, Woody Allen, Alexander Payne, and Spike Jonze

Posted 12 years ago

While there may be no surprises as to who is included in the five nominees for Best Director by the DGA this year, there are quite a few notable names left off of the list. The five nominees are Martin...

The Coens’ Inside Llewyn Davis snubbed by the Writers Guild of America for Best Screenplay

Posted 12 years ago

Another day has gone by and another film-making guild has snubbed Joel and Ethan Coen's INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS. Yesterday, the PGA did not nominate the film for Best Picture and today the Writers Guild of America has left the movie...

The Good, The Bad and the Badass: The Coen Bros.

Posted 12 years ago

Chris After looking at the career of actor Christian Bale last week, in anticipation of OUT OF THE FURNACE, this week we go back behind the camera to look at the careers of arguably the most famous family duo in...

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