Drive

Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
Writer: Hossein Amini
Cast: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Ron Perlman, Christina Hendricks, Albert Brooks, Oscar Isaac
Theatrical Release Date: September 16, 2011 7:20 AM
Awards: 2012 Academy Awards Best Sound Editing
Criticwire: B+

Synopsis: "Drive" is the story of a Hollywood stunt driver by day, a loner by nature who moonlights as a top-notch getaway driver-for-hire in the criminal underworld. He finds himself a target for some of LA's most dangerous men after agreeing to aid the husband of his beautiful neighbor, Irene. When the job goes dangerously awry, the only way he can keep Irene and her son alive is to do what he does best-Drive. [Synopsis courtesy of the Cannes Film Festival]

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Reviews

Indiewire's Greatest Hits: The Top 10 Reviews From 2011

In an age when being first threatens to preclude being best, film criticism struggles like everything else to serve a purpose without pandering to the need to grab eyeballs. The heap of reviews I've written over the last 12 months, often under the extreme deadline pressures of film festivals, aren't...
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News

Indie Movies, Mainstream Marketing: Who Wins?

It's become popular to place indie movies within trojan-horse marketing campaigns. By making them look bigger than they are, sometimes they emerge to conquer audiences -- and sometimes the audience turns on them.
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iW's Online Video of the Day: Ryan Gosling Saves a Life (Well, Kinda) in NYC

We all know Ryan Gosling is a great actor, charming as all hell and has abs that can cut steel. Turns out the Canadian heartthrob is a good Samaritan as well. Go figure.
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Cannes Clicks: Day 10 at indieWIRE and Around the Web

Each day at the Cannes Film Festival (May 11 - 22), indieWIRE is publishing an updated compilation of articles from indieWIRE, our blog network and other outlets.
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Locarno Sets Slate For 64th Edition

The Festival del film Locarno has set the full slate for its 64th edition, which takes place August 3-13, 2011 in Locarno, Switzerland. Major American titles like Jon Favreau's "Cowboys and Aliens," Nicolas Winding Refn's "Drive," Kevin Smith's "Red State," J.J. Abrams' "Super 8" and Will Gluck's "F...
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Interviews

Honor Roll 2011 | "Drive" Director Nicolas Winding Refn: "Lars von Trier is getting old"

By the middle of this year's Cannes Film Festival, everyone was talking about Lars von Trier. Then another Danish filmmaker came to town and stole some of his thunder: Nicholas Winding Refn, in competition with the ultra-violent Ryan Gosling vehicle "Drive," premiered his crowdpleasing...
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CANNES INTERVIEW | "Drive" Director Nicolas Winding Refn: "Lars von Trier is getting old"

By the middle of last week, everyone was talking about Lars von Trier. Then another Danish filmmaker came to town and stole some of his thunder: Nicholas Winding Refn, in competition with the ultra-violent Ryan Gosling vehicle "Drive," premiered his crowdpleasing action pastiche on Thursday and rece...
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