How Kristen Stewart and Olivier Assayas Bring the Dead Back to Life in ‘Personal Shopper’
The ghost movie inspires personal reflection on the experience of losing a loved one, and it may be the ideal vessel for exploring the grieving process.
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Arthouse Audit: ‘Shin Godzilla’ Stomps Delicate Indies ‘Certain Women’ and ‘Christine’
The fall season has yet to take off as well-reviewed festival favorites continue to disappoint in limited release.
Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk
19-year-old private Billy Lynn, along with his fellow soldiers in Bravo Squad, becomes a hero after a harrowing Iraq battle and is brought home temporarily for a victory tour. Through flashbacks, culminating at the spectacular halftime show of the Thanksgiving Day football game, the film reveals what really happened to the squad – contrasting the […]
Arthouse Audit: Woody Allen’s ‘Café Society’ Boosted by Kristen Stewart, But Not ‘Equals’
Amazon/Lionsgate threw serious marketing money at Woody Allen’s most expensive movie to date, period romance “Cafe Society,” with dazzling initial results.
‘Equals’ Review: Kristen Stewart Is The Only Bright Spot In This Dull Dystopian Romance
Not only is Drake Doremus’ new film set in a future where no one can feel anything, it takes you there.
How IFC Films Got Into the Kristen Stewart Business
The New York-based distributor has released six of Stewart’s films since 2012, with no signs of stopping anytime soon.
Personal Shopper
Maureen, mid-20s, has a job she hates: seeing to the wardrobe of a media celebrity. She couldn’t find anything better to pay for her stay in Paris. And wait. Wait for a sign from the spirit of her twin brother, who died a few months earlier. Until then, her life will stay on hold. [Synopsis courtesy of Cannes Film Festival]
Café Society
Set in the 1930s, Woody Allen’s bittersweet romance CAFÉ SOCIETY follows Bronx-born Bobby Dorfman (Jesse Eisenberg) to Hollywood, where he falls in love, and back to New York, where he is swept up in the vibrant world of high society nightclub life. Centering on events in the lives of Bobby’s colorful Bronx family, the film is a glittering valentine to the movie stars, socialites, playboys, debutantes, politicians, and gangsters who epitomized the excitement and glamour of the age.
The 12 Hottest Box Office Prospects Coming Out of Cannes
The 12 Hottest Box Office Prospects Coming Out of Cannes
The Runaways
The Runaways follows two friends, Joan Jett (Kristen Stewart) and Cherie Currie (Dakota Fanning), as they rise from rebellious Southern California kids to rock stars of the now legendary group that paved the way for future generations of girl bands.
Welcome to the Rileys
Years after their teenage daughter’s death, Lois and Doug Riley, an upstanding Indiana couple, are frozen by estranging grief. Doug escapes to New Orleans on a business trip. Compelled by urgencies he doesn’t understand, he insinuates himself into the life of an underage hooker, becoming her platonic guardian.
The Yellow Handkerchief
One lazy afternoon in a backwater Louisiana town, Martine takes a leap into an unfamiliar convertible. The driver, Gordy, an awkward young itinerant who eyed her in the diner earlier, isn’t displeased to find this pretty sylph in his front seat. Soon they meet Brett, a laconic, humble man just released from prison. Martine isn’t keen on going solo with Gordy, and now it’s raining cats and dogs, so she invites Brett along, and the unlikely trio sets out, each person unsure of the destination. What ensues is a journey through the lush green byways of rural Louisiana and into the depths of these characters’ souls. [Synopsis courtesy of IMDB]
