Review: Nicolas Cage finds no Southern comfort in grim, grimy 'Joe'

Posted by · 7:08 am · August 30th, 2013

David Gordon Green’s latest comes as a disappointment after ‘Prince Avalanche.’

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Venice preview, part four: 'The Zero Theorem,' 'Joe,' 'Tracks,' 'Via Castellana Bandiera,' 'Sacro GRA'

Posted by · 4:35 am · August 26th, 2013

Casting an eye another five Golden Lion contenders.

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'Prince Avalanche' trailer puts Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch at each other's throats

Posted by · 12:35 pm · June 24th, 2013

Magnolia will release the film in theaters and on VOD August 9

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Al Pacino signs on for David Gordon Green's 'Manglehorn'

Posted by · 11:26 am · May 14th, 2013

When that fake list of Cannes titles went up a few weeks back, just a day or two before the official line-up was unveiled, I was hoping one particular title was true: David Gordon Green’s “Joe.” Alas, it wasn’t. The film stars Nicolas Cage and Tye Sheridan (hot of an amazing performance in “Mud,” directed by Green’s former North Carolina school mate Jeff Nichols) and it’s part of what I feel is a new period for Green as an artist, taking what he’s learned (and the relationships he’s built up) to date and finding more fertile creative territory. His next film sure seems to be an extension of that.

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Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch are at odds (or just odd) in 'Prince Avalanche' teaser

Posted by · 4:37 pm · April 26th, 2013

One-minute glimpse plays up the film’s quirky comedy.

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David Gordon Green's 'Prince Avalanche' gets a poster and a teaser for a teaser

Posted by · 11:05 am · April 25th, 2013

A new poster and six-second teaser for the upcoming trailer launch of “Prince Avalanche” has been released.

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Sofia Coppola's 'Bling Ring' to open Un Certain Regard at Cannes, as full lineup looms

Posted by · 2:30 pm · April 17th, 2013

Thomas Vinterberg tapped to head Un Certain Regard jury.

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Roundup: 'Rise of the Guardians' to be rewarded in Rome

Posted by · 4:46 am · October 3rd, 2012

Also: Ford on dressing Bond, and ‘Looper’ for Best Picture

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Review: 'Mud' brings Jeff Nichols' moodiness to the mainstream

Posted by · 10:02 am · May 26th, 2012

The Cannes competition drew to a close today with “Mud,” an affecting but over-familiar coming-of-age tale from “Take Shelter” director Jeff Nichols.

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Round-up: Enough about Max von Sydow's burst of applause, already!

Posted by · 7:34 am · February 9th, 2012

In today’s round-up, yet another journalist gloms onto the amount of applause for Max von Sydow at Monday’s Nominees Luncheon as an indicator of something, Todd McCarthy critiques the year in movie music and some are declaring David Gordon Green “back” with that “Halftime in America” Super Bowl spot.

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