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This Week In Trailers: Buster's Mal Heart, David Lynch: The Art Life, Supersonic, '85: The Story Of The Greatest Team In Pro Football History, Chasing Great

By Christopher Stipp September 12th, 2016

Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? This week…

'Fleming' Teaser Trailer: Dominic Cooper Creates James Bond

By Russ Fischer July 1st, 2013

Fleming, a televised mini-series biography of James Bond creator Ian Fleming, is the product of a cooperation between Ecosse Films, BBC AMERICA and Sky Atlantic. The four-part series stars Dominic Cooper as the author and Navy intelligence man, and based on this first teaser there will be some attempt to directly link Fleming's life to the basic film…

This Week In Trailers: The UK Gold, Spike Island, 15 Reasons To Live, Salinger, Life Is Better When You Don't Jack Off, Neko Case

By Christopher Stipp April 4th, 2014

Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? This week…

Casting Bits: Ray Winstone, Jim Sturgess & Lesley Manville In 'Ashes;' Harry Treadaway & Michelle Ryan In 'Cockneys Vs. Zombies'

By Russ Fischer March 17th, 2011

In London, a new film called Ashes has pulled together an impressive core trio: Ray Winstone, Jim Sturgess and Lesley Manville. The film also features Jodie Whittaker (who'll be a lot more known once people have a chance to see Attack the Block) and Luke Evans, and will be directed by Mat Whitecross. We don't…

This Week In Trailers: Reign Of Assassins (Jianyu Jianghu), Little Dizzie Izzie, Road, Movie, Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll, Wild Target

By Christopher Stipp May 3rd, 2010

Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: I celebrate all levels of trailers and hopefully this column will satisfactorily give you a baseline of what beta wave I’m…

Sundance Interview: Michael Winterbottom And Mat Whitecross, Co-Directors Of The Shock Doctrine And The Road To Guantanamo

By David Chen January 30th, 2010

Directors Michael Winterbottom and Mat Whitecross are premiering a new documentary at Sundance 2010 called The Shock Doctrine, based on the best-selling book by author Naomi Klein. The film posits that governments have used periods of crisis, or "shock," in order to foist Milton Friedman's free-market ideologies onto the people, often to negative consequences (e.g.…