Searchlight Pictures is reportedly moving forward with Ready or Not 2, the follow-up to 2019’s Samara weaving horror comedy. It won’t be calling on the services of directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett this time, however, and instead will look to Escape Room director Adam Robitel. Samara Weaving may well return however. Ready or Not … Read more
The Acolyte showrunner Leslye Headland has revealed that a Season 2 could be possible for the upcoming Star Wars series. In an interview with IGN, the showrunner explained that The Acolyte’s first season could introduce story threads and ideas that might continue on in further seasons or in other Star Wars projects, though she was … Read more
In that same seat, I got served my tequila shot promised by Guillermo Rodriguez, and giggled at the nude John Cena bit and John Mulaney’s brilliant “Field of Dreams” description. From my vantage point, the somber “In Memoriam” segment felt beautiful and respectful, even though the dancers apparently made for a distracting sidebar in the … Read more
Created by Mark Duplass and Jay Duplass, Room 104 is an anthology series that explores horror, thriller, and comedic themes. The series almost exclusively takes place in a single motel room, with each episode focusing on different characters/guests. It premiered on HBO on July 28, 2017, with season 4 debuting on July 24, 2020. If … Read more
One teacher (James Le Gros) even calls out the value of surprise in his own work. “There’s spontaneity in that pot. It’s its own thing,” he says, as he passes a vase around a circle of students. The sentiment applies to all of the art in the film: the way Lizzy intends for her sculptures … Read more
The Kill Room director Nicol Paone spoke about working with both Uma Thurman and Maya Hawke on the recent movie. In an interview with ComingSoon, Paone was asked about working with both Thurman and Hawke. The director noted that the mother/daughter duo worked together “brilliantly,” even sharing some of the same physical mannerisms. “I want … Read more
Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman and Joe Manganiello team up for crime-thriller The Kill Room, out this month. An exclusive clip for crime thriller The Kill Room has arrived, reuniting Samuel L. Jackson and Uma Thurman on the cast list for the first time in two decades. In The Kill Room clip, Uma Thurman’s art … Read more
But it’s also synthetic—a resin dream that can only stave off corporeality so long. Isn’t that childhood, too? It’s girlhood almost certainly. Ephemeral and abrupt. Irretrievable once you’ve left it behind. I. Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes Silver-white winters that melt into springs These … Read more
– Process filmmaking is crucial to the heist plot: the heist is only exciting if the audience understands just how difficult the job is in the first place. The stakes and constraints must be set up, just so; the thieves need to be competent at their jobs in order to make the heist’s stakes plausible, … Read more
In 2015, Thorndike, along with Jennifer Phang and Nikole Beckwith, became one of the inaugural recipients of the San Francisco Film Society’s Women Filmmaker Fellowships, which was launched to support female writer/directors working towards their second or third narrative feature. Eventually, this became “Bad Things,” which recently premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. The film … Read more