Dr Alithea Binnie (Tilda Swinton) is an academic – content with life and a creature of reason. While in Istanbul attending a conference, she happens to encounter a Djinn (Idris Elba) who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom. This presents two problems. First, she doubts that he is real and second, because …
More
MGM announced that the first trailer for Three Thousand Years of Longing will premiere online this Friday. The fantasy film centers on a lonely scholar (Tilda Swinton) who, on a trip to Istanbul, discovers a Djinn (Idris Elba) who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom. Three Thousand Years of Longing will be …
More
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures today announced details of its second annual gala, to be held on October 15, 2022. The Academy Museum Gala will celebrate the acclaimed new museum’s one-year anniversary and will honor Academy Museum Trustee and groundbreaking producer Miky Lee, Academy Award®-winning director, producer, and writer Steve McQueen, and Academy Award-winning …
More
Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, Moonrise Kingdom tells the story of two twelve-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them down, a violent storm is brewing off-shore — and the …
More
AICN premiered a new poster for the Lynne Ramsay indie thriller We Need To Talk About Kevin, which stars Tilda Swinton and John C. Reilly. We Need To Talk About Kevin centers on the mother of a teenage boy who went on a high school killing spree, who’s trying to deal with her grief, and …
More
Magnolia Pictures released the Tilda Swinton drama I Am Love in select theaters today, June 18th. To celebrate the release, FilmFetish is giving away 2 I Am Love Prize Packs, which include a full-size poster signed by I Am Love star Tilda Swinton (Adaptation, Constantine, The Limits of Control), the I Am Love music soundtrack …
More
Born at the conclusion of WWI, the prune-faced and frail Benjamin Button (Brad Pitt) is rejected by his father (Jason Flemyng) and left at the doorstep of Queenie (Taraji P. Henson), who runs a retirement home in New Orleans. The resident doctor suggests that Benjamin’s chances of survival are low. However, the resilient child perseveres, …
More
A thrilling adventure and captivating story of one man’s unusual and enchanted life, director David Fincher’s Academy Award-winning film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button debuts as a two-disc DVD and two-disc Blu-ray on May 5, 2009 from Paramount Home Entertainment. To celebrate the release, I’m giving away two copies of the DVD edition to …
More
A thrilling adventure and captivating story of one man’s unusual and enchanted life, director David Fincher’s Academy Award-winning film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button debuts as a two-disc DVD and two-disc Blu-ray on May 5, 2009 from Paramount Home Entertainment. The film was called “a monumental achievement” that “must be experienced” (Rex Reed, New …
More
Director Jim Jarmusch (Night on Earth, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, Broken Flowers) returns to the screen with a dreamy-looking crime thriller called The Limits of Control. The Jarmusch vision brings an artistic and rich sensibility, even to the trailer for the movie. The Limits of Control tells the story of a mysterious …
More
Focus Features has set release dates for movies by some big names in pop-arthouse cinema, including The Coen Brothers, Ang Lee and Jim Jarmusch, along with a Tim Burton-produced animated fantasy simply titled 9, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Below are details I put together on Focus’ crop of features that will be gracing arthouse …
More
Speaking of dark comedies, there’s three new clips from Joel and Ethan Coen’s follow-up to No Country for Old Men, Burn After Reading, which stars George Clooney, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton, Brad Pitt and Richard Jenkins. Burn After Reading revolves around the hunt for ousted an CIA official’s (Malkovich) memoir. Actually, it’s a …
More
Producers: Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Ceán Chaffin Screen Story: Eric Roth and Robin Swicord Screenplay: Eric Roth Director: David Fincher Cast: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Taraji P. Henson, Julia Ormond, Jason Flemyng, Elias Koteas and Tilda Swinton I was born under unusual circumstances. And so begins The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, adapted from …
More
