Tag: mikecahill

Why Netflix's THE OA Is a Triumph of Creative Open-Mindedness and Productive Ambiguity

Note: this opinion piece discusses The OA’s approach to storytelling, weighs in on the show’s enigmatic finale and as such contains spoilers. If you haven’t yet seen The OA, you might want to stop reading and check back in at...

Sitges 2014: I ORIGINS, THE BABADOOK, CUB, And Many More Take Home Festival Awards

Mike Cahill's sci-fi drama I Origins picked up the award for best feature film at Sitges Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantastic de Catalunya this year. Many other ScreenAnarchy favorites took home awards or received acclaim, including What We Do In...

Review: I ORIGINS, Ludicrous And Contrived, Yet Still Creates A Spell

"The eyes are the windows to the soul." This particular cliché forms the narrative and philosophical basis of Mike Cahill's latest, I Origins, which follows in the high-concept, indie sci-fi vein of his first feature, Another Earth (2004). The title also...

Exclusive Interview: ScreenAnarchy Talks To Michael Pitt and Mike Cahill about I ORIGINS

I Origins is a big little film, tackling issues of identity and ethics under the rubric of a sci-fi film. Taking the notion of eyes being the windows to the soul to a heightened level, the film blends science...

Chicago Critics Film Festival 2014: Canfield Delivers His 10 Most Anticipated

The second year for the Chicago Critics Film Festival promises big things. 23 Chicago premieres and 14 shorts combined with appearances from a number of filmmakers and film subjects are just part of why. In many ways the most exciting part...

THANKSGIVEAWAY #2: ANOTHER EARTH On Blu-ray/DVD Combo From Fox Home Entertainment!

Because I love you guys, I've got a second Thanksgiving giveaway lined up that I've been waiting for weeks to drop on the ScreenAnarchy readership. Fox Home Entertainment has been gracious enough to offer you guys the opportunity to win...

Sitges 2011: ANOTHER EARTH Review

The billowy temper of reverberating metal hauntingly inhabits this tale of spiritual rehabilitation. An examination of second chance among the stars, the lustral soul of reparations in a world of potential divergence. A tale of loss, strife, forgiveness and amends...

Brit Marling and Mike Cahill Talk ANOTHER EARTH and An Alternate Ending

Filmmakers Brit Marling and Mike Cahill are personable and well-spoken, exactly what you'd expect from two people riding high on generally positive response to their film, Another Earth, ever since it debuted at Sundance in January. On a recent...

Fantasia 2011: ANOTHER EARTH Review

What I really love about the ideas and concepts in Quantum Mechanics theory is that nothing makes any sort of intuitive sense yet at the moment, within the scientific consensus as our 'reality.'  The math, an Alice in Wonderland-like rabbit hole...

Sundance Hit ANOTHER EARTH Trailer Arrives

Roundly hailed as the next Moon when it screened at Sundance - meaning that it's smart, character based scifi made on a budget - Mike Cahill's Another Earth has just released its first trailer. The film went on to win...

ANOTHER EARTH Review

The billowy temper of reverberating metal hauntingly inhabits this tale of spiritual rehabilitation. An examination of second chance among the stars, the lustral soul of reparations in a world of potential divergence. A tale of loss, strife, forgiveness and...