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The Value of Being “Lynchian” Instead of Being Unique
Recently, someone asked me to describe It Follows, David Robert Mitchell’s horror film currently in theaters. Having just seen it and unable to come up with the right words, I immediately settled on “Lynchian” without really knowing why. Afterward, I stitched ...
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The Reeves-urrection: The Second Coming of Keanu Reeves
Just last week, it was announced that Keanu Reeves had joined the cast of Ana Lily Amirpour’s (A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night) next film titled The Bad Batch. There’s plenty of reasons to be excited about this film, but the fact that Reeves is apart of it on...
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Interview with Nicolas Winding Refn and Liv Corfixen of “My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn”
Nicolas Winding Refn makes hyper-sexed, ultra-violent films with a 1980s neon hue. Pusher, Bronson, and Drive all share a theme of masculine brutality. Audiences anticipated what would come after Drive, his most commercially and critically praised film to date...
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“My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn”
When news of Liv Corfixen’s making-of documentary on her husband Nicolas Winding Refn’s critically lambasted Only God Forgives landed, there was a smattering of discontent over whether or not Refn was “deserving” enough of a (second, following Phie Ambo’s 2006...
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Two Cool: “Thief” vs “Drive”
Michael Mann's Thief and Nicolas Winding Refn's Drive have a lot similarities than their five letter titles. It's almost as if the DNA of Thief runs through the fabric of Drive and greatly influenced Refn's story. Thief features a leading performance from Jame...
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Nicolas Winding Refn and David O. Russell Set Followups
Today has news regarding the next films of Nicolas Winding Refn and David O. Russell. Despite reports from a few weeks ago, it looks like Refn will instead focus on his long-gestating horror-thriller I Walk With the Dead over The Bringing. He broke the news th...
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Nicolas Winding Refn In Talks for Horror Film “The Bringing”
Deadline has word that Nicolas Winding Refn may have finally found his followup project to Only God Forgives in the horror film The Bringing for Sony Pictures. Scripted by Brandon and Philip Murphy, draws on an unsettling security video of a woman, Elisa Lam, ...
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New Images From Ryan Gosling’s Directorial Debut “Lost River”
I've been a mighty big fan of Ryan Gosling's work as an actor for quite some time. He's reliable in going after interesting roles with visionary directors. Naturally when he announced he would be focusing on directing his first feature film I was on board. Pre...
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The 20 Best Scenes of 2013
Last year wasn't just a strong year of film; it was also a year of such an eclectic variety of good films of all sorts. While there wasn't a whole lot to chew on in the mainstream American film landscape, the independent and foreign scenes were thriving with g...
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Reevaluation: ‘Only God Forgives’ Isn’t A Perfect Film, But Its Dream Is Potent
Nicolas Winding Refn’s latest picture, Only God Forgives, could be referred to as ‘pure style,' in that it's obsessed with its own craft. Mannered and deliberate, Only God Forgives finds Refn wholeheartedly rejecting the docu-style of his early work and instea...
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