I’ve never been to the fabled Telluride Film Festival, nor to the festivals in beauteous locales San Sebastian and Locarno, so I’m not really speaking from a. Former Gucci supremo turned filmmaker Tom Ford isn't exactly prolific. His second feature Nocturnal Animals, which premieres today in Venice, follows on a full seven. Nocturnal Animals review: Tom Ford returns with a superb, painstakingly crafted movie sure to pick up awards. The Birth of a Nation Parker wrote, produced, directed and stars in in this historical drama about Nat Turner, who led the Virginia slave rebellion in 1. If he isn’t at least nominated for most of the Oscars out there, it will be a shock, especially after Fox bought the global film rights for $1. Sundance in the largest deal ever seen at the festival. The Birth of a Nation went on to win the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award after earning the “most enthusiastic standing ovation of the year”. Expect big things come its release on 7 October. Welcome to the site for Perth's leading independent cinemas. Our aim is to bring the very best mix of arthouse, contemporary and classic cinema enriched with loads of. A Madea Halloween; Jack Reacher: Never Go Back; Ouija: Origin of Evil. Silence Martin Scorsese’s passion project since 1. Oscars. Based on a novel of the same name by Japanese author Shusaku Endo, the story centres on two Jesuit missionaries sent to 1. Japan to spread Christianity and find their mentor Once there, they endure brutal persecution at the time of Kakura Kirishitan (. Venice Film Festival Reveals First Slate of 2016 Titles, Including The Movies That Shook Venice Film Fest 2016, From 'Arrival' To 'Nocturnal Animals' Jack Carr. Awards season is beginning to take shape as we move through the film festival circuit, and the awards from the 2016 Venice Film Festival put a spotlight on. Silence sounds weighty, intense and full of hard- hitting promise. Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk Brokeback Mountain and Life of Pi director Ang Lee has narrowly missed out on a Best Picture win twice now but this adaptation of Ben Fountain’s acclaimed novel could be the film that finally wins him some overdue glory. The cast includes Kristen Stewart and Vin Diesel with newcomer Joe Alwyn in the lead as 1. Billy, who is brought home for a victory tour after serving in Iraq. Told in flashbacks, the drama reveals the horror of what really happened to his squad in contrast to America’s flashy, patriotic perceptions. Out here 6 January. A United Kingdom Oyelowo plays Prince Seretse Khama, inaugural Botswana president from 1. Belle. Films about real life people often hold clout with the Academy when done well and with Gone Girl’s Rosamund Pike playing Khama’s eventual wife Ruth Williams, A United Kingdom should pull in cinemagoers. Khama sparked a global stir when he married the white Londoner in the late Forties and the first pictures from the movie promise beautiful costumes and cinematography. A United Kingdom will open the London Film Festival before its general release on 2. November. 5/1. 8. Loving Ruth Negga and Joel Edgerton star as Mildred and Richard Loving in this historical drama about an interracial couple sentenced to prison in Virginia in 1. Out here just in time for the Oscars on 3 February. Written and directed by Jeff Nichols, Loving earned positive reviews from critics when it competed for the Palme d’Or at Cannes and received a standing ovation for understated, strong performances. Manchester by the Sea One of the best scripts co- producer Matt Damon had ever read, this tragedy about an uncle who is forced to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy’s father dies while trying to reconcile with his ex- wife stars Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams and newcomer Lucas Hedges. It was bought at Sundance by Amazon for $1. UK on 1. 3 January. Nocturnal Animals Designer Tom Ford has cinematic strings to his bow, as proved with 2. Venice premiere The Single Man. He’s back in the chair for this drama- thriller starring Amy Adams as a remarried art gallery owner whose ex- husband’s violent new book begins to haunt her. Jake Gyllenhaal, Isla Fisher and Armie Hammer also star. Due in UK cinemas on 4 November. The Light Between Oceans Michael Fassbender stars alongside last year’s Best Supporting Actress winner Alicia Vikander in the big screen adaptation of ML Stedman’s 2.
Derek Cianfrance is the man behind the camera for this story about a lighthouse keeper war veteran who rescues a baby girl with his wife after she washes up on an adrift rowboat. Then, in steps another Oscar winner, Rachel Weisz, as the woman who threatens to break their happy family apart. Out in the UK on 4 November - bring tissues. American Pastoral Ewan Mc. Gregor makes his directorial debut with this period adaptation of Philip Roth’s novel American Pastoral. The drama - set in the 6. Mc. Gregor) whose missing daughter (Dakota Fanning) is accused of a violent bombing in post- war America. Out in the UK on 1. November. 1. 0/1. Queen of Katwe Indian- American filmmaker Mira Nair (Monsoon Wedding) is the director behind this long- awaited biopic of Ugandan chess prodigy Phiona Mutesi. That Mutesi is played by 1. Years a Slave Oscar- winner Lupita Nyong’o is reason enough to anticipate this Disney- produced film, out here 2. October. Disney. 11/1. Free Fire Ben Wheatley’s new action thriller will close the London Film Festival. Set in Massachusetts in the late Seventies, Free Fire stars Oscar- winning Room actress Brie Larson in the lead alongside Cillian Murphy. Reaches UK cinemas sometime in 2. Paterson Jim Jarmusch’s Palme d’Or contender sees Adam Driver take the lead as a bus driver poet from Paterson, New Jersey. Each night after work, he has dinner with his wife Laura before walking his dog (2. Palm Dog winner) to the bar for one beer. Then one day, a small disaster strikes. The Founder Michael Keaton has starred in the last two Best Picture winners Spotlight and Birdman. Here, he takes on the role of ruthless Mc. Donald’s founder Ray Kroc, with the film telling the story of the fast food empire’s origins. The ambitious entrepreneur on a journey to theme didn’t end so well for last year’s Joy, so it remains to be seen whether The Founder can live up to expectations as an Oscars contender. Out here 3. 0 September. The Weinstein Company. Sully Clint Eastwood returns with Sully: Miracle on the Hudson, about the hero pilot who, in 2. Hudson River after it was disabled by a flock of geese, saving all 1. Tom Hanks takes the lead as Chesley Sullenberger in a biopic that sounds like it could tick a lot of Oscars boxes. Based on the autobiography Highest Duty, the thriller marks Eastwood’s first directorial effort since 2. American Sniper. Out 2 December. Jackie Pablo Larrain directs Oscar winner Natalie Portman as late first lady and fashion icon Jacqueline Kennedy in what he has promised will not be another . Set in the days immediately after John F Kennedy’s 1. Cannes. Release date unknown at this stage. The Girl on the Train The Help’s Tate Taylor is in the director’s chair for . Expect a film pulsating with creepy, voyeur vibes, a la Rear Window, based on Paula Hawkins’ bestselling thriller. Out in the UK on 7 October. Florence Foster Jenkins Meryl Streep has been widely praised for her turn as the 1. New York heiress who couldn’t sing (and we mean really couldn’t sing) yet somehow became an opera singer with the help of her patient husband St Clair Bayfield (Hugh Grant) and pianist Cosme Mc. Moon (Simon Helberg). Directed by two- time Academy nominee Stephen Frears, the film proved heartwarming and inspiring upon its release earlier this year and was embraced by both film lovers and critics. Christine Rebecca Hall set Sundance ablaze in January, earning five- star reviews for . Yet to receive a UK release date, Christine arrives in US cinemas in October, with Antonio Campos also one to watch for directorial accolades come awards season. Courtesy of Sundance Institute. Intoxicating, provocative, delicious - Amy Adams and Jake Gyllenhaal star in Nocturnal Animals: review. Director: Tom Ford; Starring: Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Shannon, Aaron Taylor- Johnson, Isla Fisher, Armie Hammer, Laura Linney. Cert tbc, 1. 15 mins. Susan Morrow (Amy Adams) is the owner of a modern art gallery in Los Angeles who lives in a precisely furnished Beverly Hills mansion and is married to an immaculately dressed millionaire toy- boy played by Armie Hammer. Or at least, Susan is the lead character of half of it. Like Tony and Susan, the Austin Wright novel on which it.
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