Category Archives: Fox Searchlight

Movie Review: ‘Stoker’

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Nat Almirall

Stoker is a film at odds with itself. On paper, it’s a slick piece of neo-gothic thrills, parading its Jane-Eyre/Mysteries of Udolpho (and more) influences, with red rooms, sinister-seeming relatives, fogged-out basements, and driblets of blood. More plot-fully speaking, you … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: ‘Jeff, Who Lives at Home’

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Grace Suh

Jeff is a jobless 30-year-old slacker man-child who does indeed live in the basement of his mother’s house. He is an expert at marijuana smoke rings, daytime television and pickup basketball but whines and protests when asked to perform a … Continue reading →

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Film Review: ‘Tree of Life’

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Nat Almirall

How do you even begin to describe a film like Tree of Life? Words such as “art-house film,” “sweeping,” and “transcendent” are accurate, but misleading in their connotation. Typically they evoke the image of a self-important, storyless mess, mired in … Continue reading →

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SXSW Film Review: ‘Win Win’

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Shannon Hood

Paul Giamatti and Amy Ryan give wonderful performances in this charming film about family and the unexpected detours that life throws our way sometimes. Director Thomas McCarthy has previously brought us the wonderfully quirky The Station Agent (2003) and the … Continue reading →

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Review: ‘Black Swan’

Posted on October 7, 2010 by Shannon Hood

Darren Aronofsky has made a career of choosing interesting, non-traditional material and illuminating the unexpected aspects of his subject matter. Case(s) in point: The Wrestler (a down-trodden wrestler), Pi (mathematicians), Requiem For a Dream (middle-aged drug addiction), and now Black Swan (competitive ballet.) His … Continue reading →

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Fox Searchlight Acquires Terrence Malick’s ‘Tree of Life’

Posted on September 9, 2010 by Shannon Hood

There has been a lot of talk about Terrence Malick’s Tree of Life film of late, and Fox Searchlight has announced that it has acquired the U.S. rights to the highly anticipated film. Tree of Life is written and directed … Continue reading →

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Darren Aronofsky’s ‘Black Swan’ Has A Teaser Trailer

Posted on August 18, 2010 by Shannon Hood

A new teaser trailer for the highly anticipated film Black Swan has been released and is up over at Apple Trailers. Aronofsky will direct a primarily female cast that includes Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Barbara Hershey, and Winona Ryder. I’ll … Continue reading →

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SXSW Review: ‘Cyrus’

Posted on March 17, 2010 by Shannon Hood

Mark and Jay Duplass caused a bit of a commotion at Sundance and SXSW in 2005 when their feature film The Puffy Chair debuted to rave reviews and serious buzz. The brothers’ approach to filmmaking was so innovative that they … Continue reading →

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