Tag: christopherplummer

Pretty Packaging: The French Limited GANDAHAR Release Is Stacked

The French animation director René Laloux only made three feature films in his career, but each of those became a science fiction cult classic. His Fantastic Planet made it into the Criterion collection, and the DVDs Eureka released of the...

Now Streaming: DEPARTURE, Playful Pulp Popcorn

Archie Panjabi, Kris Holden-Ried and Christopher Plummer star in the limited series, now streaming on Peacock. Plus: What's Peacock?

Review: REMEMBER, Christopher Plummer Searches For A Very Particular Nazi

It's been a while since one can be super excited about a new Atom Egoyan film. His last two, Devil's Knot, a film about the West Memphis Three case, and Captive, a chilly thriller about a child sex ring, found...

Los Cabos 2015 Dispatch: Atom Egoyan Talks REMEMBER On A Day That Turned Very Dark

Early Friday morning, I awoke early on a glorious, sunny day to attend a press screening of Atom Egoyan's Remember at the Los Cabos International Film Festival in Baja California Sur, Mexico. By the time I returned to my hotel...

Toronto 2015 Review: REMEMBER, A Darkly Humorous Nazi Hunt

It's been a while since one can be super excited about a new Atom Egoyan film. His last two, Devil's Knot, a film about the West Memphis Three case and Captive, a chilly thriller about a child sex ring,...

Review: DANNY COLLINS, Al Pacino As Rock Star In Regret

When was the last time Al Pacino appeared uncomfortable or nervous on screen? Early in Danny Collins, an unabashedly mawkish trifle from writer/director Dan Fogelman, Pacino strides onto the stage at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, and belts out...

Animated MY DOG TULIP gets Distribution

Very happy about this news. Paul and Sandra Fierlinger's DIY animated feature, My Dog Tulip, the story about a gay man and his Alsatian bitch, based on a memoir of J.R. Ackerley and featuring the stacked voice cast of Christopher Plummer,...

TIFF 09: MY DOG TULIP Review

Poetry comes from strange places.  After all, who would have guessed that a diary of a lonely gay man about the trials and tribulations of his dogs bodily excretions would be as charming, warming and yes emotional as achieved here. ...

TIFF 09: THE IMAGINARIUM OF DR. PARNASSUS

A question: "Where are we - geographically, socially, narratively?" A snappy reply: "The northern hemisphere, on the margins, further to go." There are three great surprises of The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus. The first is that Terry Gilliam is back...

TIFF 09: Three Clips From Gilliam's IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS

On the eve of Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus' North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival three extended clips from the film have been made available to local press.  These are the same clips that turned...