Written and Directed by Rose Glass.
Starring Morfydd Clark, Jennifer Ehle, Lily Knight, Lily Frazer, Turlough Convery, Rosie Sansom, and Marcus Hutton.
SYNOPSIS:
Saint Maud follows a pious nurse who becomes dangerously obsessed with saving the soul of her dying patient.
Death is oftentimes uneventful. It’s what Jennifer Ehle’s Amanda, who is slowly dying from spinal lymphoma, tells her live-in nurse, the eponymous Saint Maud (a breakout role for Morfydd Clark so revolutionary it might as well be ripped from the Book of Revelations). Now, it would be wrong and disingenuous to say that Maud has always been a religious fanatic, as the extent of those origins are left unexplored and not necessarily relevant.
Robocop remake: Joel Kinnaman on where the film went wrong
January 25, 2021 by:
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ROBOCOP is one hell of a movie, so any attempt to remake it would naturally be met with skepticism, and that s exactly what MGM received when they announced that they would be reimagining the film. Despite a cast that included Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton, and Samuel L. Jackson, the 2014
Robocop remake never really stood a chance as it wound up being released to mixed reviews.
While speaking on The Playlist Podcast, Joel Kinnaman looked back on the experience of making
Robocop, which was his first big movie. I had to quell all my instincts for everything over the course of that film, Kinnaman said. I’m like, ‘Why am I wearing a black suit? That doesn’t make any sense at all. Kinnaman added that he got into trouble with the studio right after he was cast as Alex Murphy/Robocop.
Saint Maud. In a bold marketing move, the production company behind
Saint Maud, A24, created a screening series that paired two of the most iconic religious horror movies in cinema history to the theatrical premiere of an eerie offering out of the U.K. As writer/director Rose Glass feature debut,
Saint Maud seemed destined to earn its place beside the William Friedkin and Roman Polanski classics. The frightening film earned rave reviews on the festival circuit and was gearing up for a fresh wave of critical praise as it readied for its March 2020 bow. Then, the pandemic hit.
With movie theaters shuttering around the world, the future of
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This year s Sundance is shorter, virtual, national instead of local and has a new director for the first time in years. But what has not changed is that Sundance remains one of the best marketplaces for independent films. This year s lineup even has some hopeful Oscar contenders such as Robin Wright s Land and Judas and the Black Messiah from Warner Bros., and we ve already seen a few titles such as Together Together, The World to Come and The Most Beautiful Boy in the World find homes. But while there may be fewer films overall and without the in-person wheeling an
Our 15 Most-Anticipated Sundance 2021 Premieres
January 25, 2021
The 2021 Sundance Film Festival, beginning Thursday, will look quite different. Forging ahead during the pandemic, they’ve to continue offering some of the year’s finest independent discoveries, with a new online platform, drive-ins, screenings at independent arthouses around the country, and more.
We’ll have extensive coverage from the festival (which one can follow here or on Twitter). Before reviews arrive, we’re counting down our most-anticipated films. If you’re interested in experiencing Sundance from home, one can see available tickets here.
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We’re All Going to the World’s Fair (Jane Schoenbrun)