Clooney To Direct Damon In Hamdan Vs. Rumsfield Film
/Film reports that George Clooney is now set to direct Matt Damon in a dramatization of the Hamdan vs. Rumsfield case (see Wikipedia). The film tells the st...
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Andrea Arnold’s ‘Fish Tank’ Trailer
The trailer for Andrea Arnold's Cannes and Toronto Film Festival hit, Fish Tank, has been released. The gritty verite-style British drama stars Katie Jarvis...
[TIFF] The Ape, The Invention of Lying, Cracks, Leaves of Grass, Accident
The Ape (Jesper Ganslandt, Sweden)
This Swedish psychologically thriller/mystery tells the story of a man who wakes up, disoriented with his surroundings. ...
France Chooses ‘A Prophet’ For Oscars
According to Variety France has chose the prison crime drama, A Prophet, to be their contender in the Best Foreign Film Oscar category. The film, directed b...
Pierre Morel’s ‘From Paris With Love’ Trailer
/Film has unveiled the trailer for Taken director Pierre Morel's next actioner, From Paris With Love. The film stars "Jonathan Rhys Meyers as an embassy wor...
[TIFF] Eyes Wide Open, Huacho, Defendor, Creation
Here is a very quick round-up of some of the other films I saw at TIFF. Check back next weekend for reviews of The Ape, Invention of Lying, Cracks, Leaves of Gr...
[TIFF] Up In The Air, Valhalla Rising, The Road
Up In The Air (Jason Reitman, USA)
Reitman has turned the tables yet again, proving he can venture far away from his previous projects and head into more ...
[TIFF] The Informant!, Fish Tank, Nymph
The Informant! (Steven Soderbergh, USA)
Very few directors can say they released two feature films in one year, and even fewer can stand behind two masterw...
[TIFF] Perrier’s Bounty, Daybreakers, Trash Humpers
Perrier's Bounty (Ian FitzGibbon, Ireland/UK)
Ian FitzGibbon’s new film joins Cillian Murphy, Jim Broadbent, and Brendan Gleeson together in one hell of a...
[TIFF] An Education, Antichrist, Jennifer’s Body
The Toronto International Film Festival has officially kicked off. Over the next 10 days I will try and report on as many films as possible. For each film I'll ...
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Jordan Raup is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Film Stage and a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic. Track his obsessive film-watching on Letterboxd.