After an initial Academy-qualifying run back in December, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN returned to the Angelika New York this weekend to a great audience reception and stellar box office. We were lucky enough to have Ezra Miller, who plays Kevin in the film, stop by to chat about his preparation for this intense role and the lessons he’s learned from working with seasoned actors Andy Garcia (in CITY ISLAND), Liev Schreiber ( in EVERY DAY), and Tilda Swinton, who stars alongside Ezra in this film as Kevin’s uncomprehending mother. For aspiring actors and fans of the craft, this interview is a must-see!
ABOUT WEE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN:
Oscar winner Tilda Swinton (MICHAEL CLAYTON) could earn another trophy for her searing portrait of a heedless, career-minded mother coping with her son’s killing spree in suspenseful and gripping psychological thriller WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN. KEVIN is Scottish director Lynne Ramsey’s first film in nine years, and she takes a poetic, compassionate approach to the potentially sensational subject matter. John C. Reilly co-stars as Kevin’s more attentive father, but the film embraces all its characters with sympathy.
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN is now playing at the Angelika New York, and opens 2/3 at the Angelikas Dallas and Plano.
The Angelika Film Center and FilmDistrict are proud to present Angelina Jolie in a Live online Q&A to discuss her writing & directorial debut IN THE LAND OF BLOOD AND HONEY. This exciting and interactive event gives fans the chance to ask Ms. Jolie questions about the film LIVE!
Already impressing critics and earning a Golden Globe nomination, Angelina Jolie’s feature directorial debut IN THE LAND OF BLOOD AND HONEY promises to be one of the season’s most unusual films. Jolie actually made her directorial debut with 2007’s rarely seen documentary A PLACE IN TIME, and this film’s backdrop of the Bosnian War that ravaged the Balkans in the 1990s reflects Jolie’s continued interest in global politics. It focuses on the toll the brutal war takes on a once-romantic couple, now a soldier and a captive who represent different viewpoints of the savage conflict.Purchase advance tickets online.
It’s an exciting time of year at the Angelika, as we starting seeing some of the incredible independent films that have been playing at top international film festivals and are likely to be the most interesting Academy Awards candidates this winter. Among those is MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE, a Sundance favorite that continues to impress critics and audiences alike. Adam Conway with the Angelika Blog sat down with writer/director Sean Durkin and actress Elizabeth Olsen to discuss their work on the film, including Durkin’s intensive research into women who have lived within cults which inspired the film.
MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE opens today at the Angelika in Hawaii Kahala 8, and continues through the weekend at the Angelika New York.
ABOUT MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE:
One of the most talked about movies out of this year’s Sundance Film Festival, MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE is an intense psychological thriller starring Elizabeth Olsen as Martha, a damaged woman haunted by painful memories and increasing paranoia, who struggles to re–assimilate with her family after fleeing a cult and its charismatic leader (played by Oscar nominee John Hawkes (WINTER’S BONE). Already generating Oscar buzz, writer/Director Sean Durkin’s haunting and impressive debut was honored with the Best Dramatic Directing Award at the Sundance Film Festival.
The critically acclaimed MARGIN CALL has been playing for a few weeks now, and continues to impress movie goers at our theaters. Teale at the Angelika New York recently had the opportunity to sit down with director JC Chandor to talk about his feature directorial debut — Chandor had been working in the industry for years, but his background in real estate and unique perspective on the 2008 financial collapse really inspired him to write this insider’s look at first days of what would turn into one of the largest financial crises this country has faced. Check out the interview below:
MARGIN CALL continues through this weekend at the Angelika New York, Dallas, and Plano, as well as the Angelika in Hawaii Consolidated Kahala 8. Tickets are available online at www.AngelikaFilmCenter.com.
ABOUT MARGIN CALL:
One of the most talked about films of the Sundance Film Festival, MARGIN CALL follows the staff of a high-powered brokerage firm on the eve of the 2008 stock market crash. This methodical, absorbing boardroom thriller unfolds over a tense 24 hour period as a looming real estate crisis threatens the company’s assets. Featuring an all-star cast including Stanley Tucci, Jeremy Irons, Zachary Quinto (STAR TREK), Paul Bettany (MASTER AND COMMANDER), and Kevin Spacey, J.C. Chandor’s debut feature film is an engrossing, unconventional insider’s look the New York Times called “dazzling in its sweep and implication.”
Adam with the Angelika Blog sat down last week with director Nicolas Winding Refn, whose works include BRONSON and VALHALLA RISING, to talk to him about his new film DRIVE - which earned him the Best Director prize at Cannes this year . Check out the video below where they discuss his filmmaking influences, unique casting choices and even the score for the film.
ABOUT DRIVE:
Helmed by Danish filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn (BRONSON), DRIVE is a tense indie thriller about a Hollywood stunt performer who moonlights as a getaway river in Los Angeles’ criminal underworld. Critics are raving about stunning, nuanced performances from Oscar nominees Ryan Gosling and Carey Mulligan in this stylish take on the car heist genre.
Earlier this year, SEX AND ZEN 3D: EXTREME ECSTASY was released in Hong Kong with an opening day take that beat out AVATAR. Chinese nationals visited the island in droves to see The World’s First 3D Erotic Film. Australia and New Zealand next experienced the film’s glossy production, revolutionary 3D effects, and yes: erotica, Thanks to our friends at China Lion Entertainment, who import first run Asian titles for the SpotlightAsia! program at our affiliated theaters in Hawaii, SEX AND ZEN is coming to America!
Adam Conway had the pleasure of talking to fascinating and adorable filmmaking duo Mike Cahill and Brit Marling about their Sundance Special Jury Prize Winning film ANOTHER EARTH, opening this weekend at the Angelikas Dallas and Plano. They discuss the short films that evolved into this one, their influences, and the complicated emotions inherent in the script. And then they turn the tables and ask Adam some questions. This interview is better than anything in commercial theaters this weekend, we promise.
THE DEVIL’S DOUBLE opens today at the Angelikas Dallas and Plano, and this over-the-top film has one obvious takeaway: Sadadm Hussein’s son Uday was a violent, gluttonous, unstable man who killed a lot of people with little cause and spent 90% of his time partying. Underneath that, however, is a complex snapshot of the intense situation in Iraq in the early 90s carried by Dominic Cooper’s portrayalf of both Uday and his body double, Latif Yahia. We sat down with Mr. Cooper last week to discuss the difficulties of his two roles, video below:
Catch this thoroughly entertaining gangster flick this weekend at Dallas or Plano — what better way to avoid the Iraq-desert-like Texas heat?
Michael Rapaport, director of engrossing new doc BEATS, RHYMES & LIFE: THE TRAVELS OF A TRIBE CALLED QUEST, sat down with Adam Conway from the Angelika Blog to discuss his new film. The film chronicles Tribe’s rise to one of the greatest rap groups of all time, their rocky relationship as they deal with the fame and pressure to please their fans, their label, and themselves as artists — all seen through the eyes of one of their biggest fans, Michael Rapaport himself. Check the interview, check the rhime, and check out the film at the Angelikas Dallas and Plano.
Buck Brannaman, the real life horse whisperer and star of Sundance Film Festival Audience Award Winner BUCK, visited the Angelikas Dallas and Plano opening last weekend to speak with Gwen Reyes of KSCS 96.3 Big Country and speak to audiences at the theaters. Check out the video below, then head over to our website to purchase tickets for this incredible documentary, playing at least through 7/14 at both Dallas and Plano.
ABOUT BUCK:
BUCK, a richly textured and visually stunning film, follows true American cowboy Buck Brannaman from his abusive childhood to his phenomenally successful approach to horses. A real-life “horse-whisperer”, he eschews the violence of his upbringing and teaches people to communicate with their horses through leadership and sensitivity, not punishment. Winning the Audience Award at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, BUCK is about an ordinary man who has made an extraordinary life despite tremendous odds.
