Tag: britmarling
THE OA: Part II Trailer: Netflix's Ambitious Sci-fi Series is Back with a Twist
After three long years of waiting, fans of The OA will finally get to see what happened to Brit Marling following the dramatic and somewhat controversial ending of the series' first season. If you are new to the series, I...
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...
AnarchyVision: Talking THE PURGE, THE EAST and BEFORE MIDNIGHT
Another not so great week for mainstream releases, with The Purge and The East proving to be little more than misguided high-concept failures. With Linklater's Before Midnight opening wider, and linking to Ethan Hawke's other release, I felt it deserved...
Review: THE EAST Entertains But Lacks An Indie Spark
Zal Batmanglij has worked up quite a fan base since his debut feature Sound of My Voice premiered at Sundance in 2011. Though it was initially overshadowed by the big sale buzz of that year's other Brit Marling film, Another...
Sundance 2013 Review: THE EAST is a Decent Studio Pic with No Indie Spark
Zal Batmanglij has worked up quite a fan base since his debut feature Sound of My Voice premiered at Sundance in 2011. Though it was initially overshadowed by the big sale buzz of that year's other Brit Marling film...
Review: ARBITRAGE Finds Gere's Stock Rising
They say cinematic trends are a snapshot of our times, and that certainly seems to be the case with the uptick of financial services dramas we've seen of late. Last year it was J.C. Chandor's Margin Call which made a...
Big Money Corrupts in First ARBITRAGE Trailer
The acting chops of stars Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, Brit Marling, Tim Roth, and Nate Parker are very much on display in this brand new trailer for Nicholas Jarecki's performance driven Sundance hit ARBITRAGE. Set in the world of high...
Review: SOUND OF MY VOICE More a Sigh Than a Shout
Is she or isn't she? A time traveler, I mean. It's modern day L.A., and Maggie (Brit Marling, of ANOTHER EARTH) is living the dream. She's got her own place, needs no job, doesn't have to wear anything all day...
Trailer for Sundance 2011 Entry SOUND OF MY VOICE Arrives
After playing to fairly positive buzz at Sundance 2011, Zal Batmanglij's Sound Of My Voice was bought, along with its sister film Another Earth (produced by Batmanglij, also co-written by and starring Brit Marling), by Fox Searchlight. But whereas the...
Sundance 2012 Review: ARBITRAGE Finds Gere's Stock Rising
They say cinematic trends are a snapshot of our times and that certainly seems to be the case with the uptick of financial services dramas we've seen of late. Last year it was J.C. Chandor's Margin Call which made a...
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...
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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...
BREAKING: Toby Kebbell Joining Fox Searchlight Terrorism Thriller THE EAST
In Guy Ritchie's Rock'N'Rolla Toby Kebbell accomplished what many would consider impossible: He outperformed Tom Hardy. Kebbell's part as Johnny Quid announced the busy character actor as a performer ready to come into his own, as a man with charisma...
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...
