After breaking out in Babyteeth and Little Women, Eliza Scanlen finds an impressive new starring role with The Starling Girl. The directorial debut of Laurel Parmet, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival earlier this year and opens on May 12 from Bleecker Street, finds Scanlen in a fundamentalist Christian community in rural Kentucky. She starts to become attracted to the group’s youth pastor Owen (Lewis Pullman) and so begins a journey that finds her looking to break free. Ahead of the release, the first trailer has now arrived.
Michael Frank said in his review, “Scanlen shines as Starling, playing someone much younger than herself. She brings an assurance to the role. We belive in Jem. She’s naive-yet-overconfident, isolated-yet-connected, carefree-yet-shackled by a system designed to believe the word of men much older than her. Scanlen shows all of that and more. Her performance grounds a film that risks blending together with preceding pictures,...
Michael Frank said in his review, “Scanlen shines as Starling, playing someone much younger than herself. She brings an assurance to the role. We belive in Jem. She’s naive-yet-overconfident, isolated-yet-connected, carefree-yet-shackled by a system designed to believe the word of men much older than her. Scanlen shows all of that and more. Her performance grounds a film that risks blending together with preceding pictures,...
- 4/17/2023
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
As we enter the final month of the year, much of our focus will be on wrapping up 2022 in cinema with a number of features. In terms of new releases, there are a number of notable offerings sneaking in at the end of the year and we’ve rounded up the essentials.
There are also a few caveats: we didn’t include a handful of stellar films that have qualifying runs and will be properly released in 2023—including One Fine Morning, Return to Seoul, and Saint Omer. And a number of Netflix titles will arrive on their platform this month, but received theatrical releases beginning last month, so they were featured on our November list.
Check out our December picks to see below.
12. The Whale (Darren Aronofsky; Dec. 9)
After wildly divisive reactions since its Venice premiere, A24’s tepid marketing for The Whale suggests they hope awards voters recognize Brendan Fraser...
There are also a few caveats: we didn’t include a handful of stellar films that have qualifying runs and will be properly released in 2023—including One Fine Morning, Return to Seoul, and Saint Omer. And a number of Netflix titles will arrive on their platform this month, but received theatrical releases beginning last month, so they were featured on our November list.
Check out our December picks to see below.
12. The Whale (Darren Aronofsky; Dec. 9)
After wildly divisive reactions since its Venice premiere, A24’s tepid marketing for The Whale suggests they hope awards voters recognize Brendan Fraser...
- 12/2/2022
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
With their Dyi approach to filmmaking, Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead’s genre-tinged delights provided a grounded approach to the otherworldly. This is certainly the case for Something in the Dirt, a sci-fi oddity which premiered at Sundance Film Festival earlier this year and will now arrive next month. The plot follows two new neighbors who witness what seems to be a supernatural event in one of their apartments. At first terrified, they realize that documenting this phenomenon could provide them the lives they’ve always dreamed of. Ahead of the release, the first trailer has now arrived.
Michael Frank said in his review, “The characters in Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead’s films shouldn’t be in these situations. They’re out of their depth, caught up on a conspiracy, a cult, or an idea that’s far beyond their grasp. Something in the Dirt doesn’t change that narrative,...
Michael Frank said in his review, “The characters in Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead’s films shouldn’t be in these situations. They’re out of their depth, caught up on a conspiracy, a cult, or an idea that’s far beyond their grasp. Something in the Dirt doesn’t change that narrative,...
- 10/18/2022
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
Two decades after Run-dmc’s Jam Master Jay was killed, his alleged killers will finally go to trial.
On Monday, a federal judge rejected the defense’s request to dismiss the case and set a trial date for early next year, according to Billboard. lawyers for the two men — — claimed that the men and asked the court to dismiss the case
After the two men — Karl Jordan Jr. and Ronald Washington — were charged back in 2020 for the alleged murder, their lawyers argued that prosecutors waited too long to charge them,...
On Monday, a federal judge rejected the defense’s request to dismiss the case and set a trial date for early next year, according to Billboard. lawyers for the two men — — claimed that the men and asked the court to dismiss the case
After the two men — Karl Jordan Jr. and Ronald Washington — were charged back in 2020 for the alleged murder, their lawyers argued that prosecutors waited too long to charge them,...
- 9/19/2022
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
With their Dyi approach to filmmaking, Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead’s genre-tinged delights provided a grounded approach to the otherworldly. This is certainly the case for Something in the Dirt, a sci-fi oddity which premiered at Sundance Film Festival earlier this year and will now arrive this November. The plot follows two new neighbors who witness what seems to be a supernatural event in one of their apartments. At first terrified, they realize that documenting this phenomenon could provide them the lives they’ve always dreamed of. Ahead of the release, a teaser has now arrived which thankfully doesn’t spoil much but rather ups the intrigue.
Michael Frank said in his review, “The characters in Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead’s films shouldn’t be in these situations. They’re out of their depth, caught up on a conspiracy, a cult, or an idea that’s far beyond their grasp.
Michael Frank said in his review, “The characters in Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead’s films shouldn’t be in these situations. They’re out of their depth, caught up on a conspiracy, a cult, or an idea that’s far beyond their grasp.
- 8/22/2022
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
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