The 25 Best Movie Performances of 2011
Award season won't begin in earnest for a few more weeks, but regardless of who takes home statues, these were our favorite performances—lead, supporting, or in one case, motion-captured—of 2011. read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayWe Need to Talk About Kevin
While Scottish director Lynne Ramsay’s previous films, Ratcatcher (1999) and Morvern Callar (2002), took linear (albeit drifting and dreamlike) forms, for her first film in nine years she has chosen a more ambitiously fragmented approach. Based on the novel by Lionel Shriver, We Need To Talk About Kevin concerns the experience of a mother struggling with the aftermath of a school massacre carried out by her own son. Incorporating the intense, sensual cinematography of her previous work with a more rigorous and archly stylized approach, Ramsay lures us into the world of Eva (Tilda Swinton, the perfect mix of iciness... read more
Found in: Movies, ReviewsRadiohead's Jonny Greenwood to Score Another Film
Aside from the fact that Radiohead has just announced its forthcoming album, The King of Limbs, guitarist Jonny Greenwood has another project to look forward to as well. Greenwood will be composing the score for the forthcoming film We Need to Talk about Kevin starring Tilda Swinton.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsJim Jarmusch Working on Stooges Documentary, Nikola Tesla Opera
Pokerfaced filmmaker Jim Jarmusch, the man behind fantastic films like Ghost Dog and Dead Man, talked to Pitchfork recently about a few upcoming projects that it seems only he could announce.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsTilda Swinton: The Love Factory
It's 1988. Tilda Swinton is in a wedding dress, and her bridesmaids are all men... read more
Found in: Movies, FeaturesI Am Love Review
Release Date: Limited Director: Luca Guadagnino Cinematographer: Yorick Le Saux Writer: Luca Guadagnino Starring: Tilda Swinton, Flavio Parenti, Edoardo Gabbriellini Studio: Magnolia... read more
Found in: Movies, ReviewsThe Limits of Control
The central character in Jim Jarmusch's latest is technically called Lone Man, but his name might as well be Mysterious Badass... read more
Found in: Movies, ReviewsThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Because of a crazy clock built to run backward, Benjamin Button was... read more
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