After a very unrevealing first teaser, we finally got a better look at Buried director Rodrigo Cortés' Red Lights when the full-length international trailer hit last week. Unfortunately, with all the dialogue dubbed over in Spanish and nary a subtitle in sight, it was difficult to get a sense of what was actually going on.…
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For ten days each January, in the snowy town of Park City, Utah, the year in independent cinema is set. The 2012 Sundance Film Festival was true to that promise and provided attendees with a slew of films that are sure to be not only among the year's best, but in the hunt for awards…
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Two years ago Rodrigo Cortés brought the one-man thriller Buried to Sundance, and this year he returned with Red Lights, a film in which follows "psychologist Margaret Matheson (Sigourney Weaver) and her assistant Tom Buckley (Cillian Murphy) as they study and disprove paranormal activity, parascience and psychics. But can they take down world-renowned psychic Simon…
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Rodrigo Cortés made a name for himself with a film that premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival: Buried, based on Chris Sparling’s black list script about a man buried alive who has to figure a way out of his coffin before his air supply is used up. The film starred Ryan Reynolds, and was…
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Although director Rodrigo Cortes isn't a household name just yet, last year's gripping, suspenseful Buried, starring Ryan Reynolds, marked him as a talent to watch. So we've been curious about his new project, Red Lights, ever since it was first announced last year. Our anticipation only heightened as we watched Robert De Niro, Sigourney Weaver, Cillian…
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Multiple choice question: is this photo of Robert De Niro as he does black and white Twin Peaks cosplay, or a still from his new film Red Lights? Sadly (for those who want to see him dress up as the Little Man From Another Place) it is the latter. The film is from Rodrigo Cortes…
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One of the films getting the best notes so far at Sundance 2011 is the drama/thriller Martha Marcy May Marlene. It's the breakout feature for actress Elizabeth Olsen (yes, younger sister of Mary-Kate and Ashley) who has now been cast in her next picture. She'll appear opposite Sigourney Weaver, Robert De Niro and Cillian Murphy…
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One of the many riches coming out of the American Film Market today is the promo art for Red Lights, the next film from Buried director Rodrigo Cortes. The art isn't particularly great, but it has useful info: Cillian Murphy is in the film alongside Sigourney Weaver and Robert De Niro. More important, he might…
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Buried proved to be a fascinating filmmaking exercise for Rodrigo Cortés, with the first-time English feature director (pictured above right) impressively overcoming the limitations inherent in the premise through sheer stylistic virtuosity. If that's what he can achieve with just a box, I can't wait to see what he can do with a film like…
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Buried director Rodrigo Cortés will next direct Sigourney Weaver in Red Lights, in which she'll play Margaret Matheson, "a para-psychologist who attempts to debunk a very reputable psychic who has just returned to the limelight after 30 years." What are the chances her character is named after author Richard Matheson? Pretty good. Cortés told Bloody…
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