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Review: YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE, Palpable Tragedy Brought to Wrenching Life

Lynne Ramsay's last two films (Morvern Callar, We Need to Talk About Kevin) have focused on individuals (in these cases, women,) who must contend with being the odd-person-out, someone with a secret they fear so dark and disturbing that it...

Friday One Sheet: YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE

Three colour, simple, and bloody, this is one of several pieces of key art for Lynne Ramsay's take on Taxi Driver, featuring Joaquin Phoenix, which at one point was called A Beautiful Day, but will be released as You Were Never...

YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE Trailer: Joaquin Phoenix as a Bearded Mystery Man, Again

Here's the great thing about beards, if you've never grown one: they can make you feel like a different person, which can reinforce feelings of isolation if you're down or even seriously depressed. Joaquin Phoenix is adorned with a dense...

JANE GOT A GUN, Lynne Ramsay Gets A Lawsuit

Back in March, the news got out that the production of the western Jane Got A Gun had hit a rather severe snag on its first day of shooting: director Lynne Ramsay (We Need To Talk About Kevin) never showed...

WARRIOR Director Gavin O'Connor Takes Helm On JANE GOT A GUN

One of the more spectacular and weirder pieces of news this week came from the set of the Natalie Portman/Jude Law starring western Jane Got A Gun. Director Lynne Ramsay (We Need to Talk About Kevin) pulled a no-show on...

Director Lynne Ramsay Doesn't Show Up For First Day Of Filming JANE GOT A GUN

In what must be one of the most left-field stories to come out of the industry in recent memory, We Need To Talk About Kevin helmer Lynne Ramsay never showed up for the first day of production on her new...

Blu-ray Review: WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN

As the Blu-ray release for Lynne Ramsay's We Need to Talk About Kevin approaches, I thought I'd revisit my original review from Fantastic Fest last fall. The film made my Top Ten Feel Bad Films of 2011 list, and remains...

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN Review

Instead of issuing birth control pills or contraceptives, one needs only to show Lynne Ramsay's superb new film to high school classes as a deterrent to early pregnancy. For the eponymous child is a distillation of the collective fears and anxieties...

Watch the New US Trailer for WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN

By now a lot of international audiences have had a chance to see Lynne Ramsay's stunning third feature We Need To Talk About Kevin. But outside of festivals like Telluride and Fantastic Fest (our review here) folks in the U.S....

Fantastic Fest 2011: WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN Review

We Need to Talk About Kevin is a stunning piece of work and a tour de force for director Lynne Ramsay and Tilda Swinton. The film approaches a subject which is very hard to broach, and does it in a...

TIFF 2011: WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN Review

Instead of issuing birth control pills or contraceptives, one needs only to show Lynne Ramsay's superb new film to high school classes as a deterrent to early pregnancy.  For the eponymous child is a distillation of the collective fears and anxieties...

Watch The UK Trailer For Lynne Ramsay's WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN

Last week the first trailer for Lynne Ramsay's We Need To Talk About Kevin turned up in France and that initial trailer has now been followed by a new UK effort. And this isn't just repackaged footage, either, the new...

Watch The Trailer For Lynne Ramsay's WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN

Though it premiered to mixed reviews in Cannes, Lynne Ramsay's We Need To Talk About Kevin is still destined to be one of the most talked about indies of the year. This is so because of Ramsay herself - here...

Cannes 2011: WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN Review

Hampered by a script too prone to drastic black and whites and a particularly weak child actor, Lynne Ramsay's We Need To Talk About Kevin is nevertheless notable for its unique take on very controversial subject matter and a stellar...