This article contains Killers of the Flower Moon spoilers.
Silence greets Ernest Burkhart when he enters a meeting with the business leaders of Osage County, Oklahoma. This late into Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, Ernest (Leonardo DiCaprio) has proven to be easily pliable, to the point that his uncle William “King” Hale (Robert De Niro) can convince him to poison his beloved wife Mollie (Lily Gladstone). But he can be pushed only so far. If the leaders do not want Ernest to testify against his uncle, they must be subtle.
Thus the quiet when Ernest enters the room, which Scorsese and his cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto shoot like a baroque painting. The low mumble of their conversation fades as each withered white face turns from the shadows to face Ernest, who nods in a suggestion of understanding.
But the quiet breaks when W.S. Hamilton, the lawyer for Hale and Ernest,...
Silence greets Ernest Burkhart when he enters a meeting with the business leaders of Osage County, Oklahoma. This late into Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, Ernest (Leonardo DiCaprio) has proven to be easily pliable, to the point that his uncle William “King” Hale (Robert De Niro) can convince him to poison his beloved wife Mollie (Lily Gladstone). But he can be pushed only so far. If the leaders do not want Ernest to testify against his uncle, they must be subtle.
Thus the quiet when Ernest enters the room, which Scorsese and his cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto shoot like a baroque painting. The low mumble of their conversation fades as each withered white face turns from the shadows to face Ernest, who nods in a suggestion of understanding.
But the quiet breaks when W.S. Hamilton, the lawyer for Hale and Ernest,...
- 1/18/2024
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
Cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto and costume designer Jacqueline West take audiences to 1920s Oklahoma in Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon.” This is three-time Oscar nominee Prieto’s fourth collaboration with Scorsese after “The Wolf of Wall Street,” “Silence,” and “The Irishman,” and the Eric Roth-written drama about the Osage nation standing up to systematic murder by white settlers marks Jacqueline West’s first pairing with Scorsese.
IndieWire celebrated the craft behind the Apple Original Films awards contender with a panel on Friday, January 12, moderated by Jim Hemphill, IndieWire’s Crafts and Special Projects Features Writer, and led by Prieto and West. The event took place at NeueHouse Hollywood and brought the crafts community together for an evening honoring Scorsese’s film; both Prieto and West have been nominated for awards by their respective guilds. Watch the video below.
“One of the first things that I remember we...
IndieWire celebrated the craft behind the Apple Original Films awards contender with a panel on Friday, January 12, moderated by Jim Hemphill, IndieWire’s Crafts and Special Projects Features Writer, and led by Prieto and West. The event took place at NeueHouse Hollywood and brought the crafts community together for an evening honoring Scorsese’s film; both Prieto and West have been nominated for awards by their respective guilds. Watch the video below.
“One of the first things that I remember we...
- 1/13/2024
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Since Jack Dawson made him a top global star in Titanic, Leonardo DiCaprio has largely avoided the straight hero route in favor of shaded, conflicted characters in films from The Revenant to The Departed, The Aviator, Gangs of New York, The Wolf Of Wall Street, Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood, and others. But he’d never gone to the degree he did on Killers of the Flower Moon. The first version of the film had almost everything going for it: the David Grann bestseller bought for a shocking $5 million by Imperative Entertainment, a script Eric Roth wrote, and the first teaming of Martin Scorsese, DiCaprio and Robert De Niro, the latter going mano a mano for the first time since This Boy’s Life established a teenaged DiCaprio as the young actor to watch.
A green lit script that had DiCaprio playing the incorruptible Texas Ranger-turned FBI agent Tom White...
A green lit script that had DiCaprio playing the incorruptible Texas Ranger-turned FBI agent Tom White...
- 1/13/2024
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
This article contains Killers of the Flower Moon spoilers.
Few filmmakers in the annals of cinema have earned the right to take a bow like Martin Scorsese. For nearly 60 years, the maverick storyteller has pushed the limits of his art form and found new ways to leave an indelible mark on the audiences who still show up. So for more than a handful of critics who clapped at my screening when the maestro materialized at the end of Killers of the Flower Moon, it must have seemed like a well-earned mic drop; a chance for Scorsese to take visible ownership of a passion project he’s been shepherding to the screen for the better part of a decade.
Yet my personal reaction to the moment was initial bafflement and a curious melancholy. Staring directly into the camera, the director of Raging Bull and Goodfellas, Taxi Driver and Gangs of New York,...
Few filmmakers in the annals of cinema have earned the right to take a bow like Martin Scorsese. For nearly 60 years, the maverick storyteller has pushed the limits of his art form and found new ways to leave an indelible mark on the audiences who still show up. So for more than a handful of critics who clapped at my screening when the maestro materialized at the end of Killers of the Flower Moon, it must have seemed like a well-earned mic drop; a chance for Scorsese to take visible ownership of a passion project he’s been shepherding to the screen for the better part of a decade.
Yet my personal reaction to the moment was initial bafflement and a curious melancholy. Staring directly into the camera, the director of Raging Bull and Goodfellas, Taxi Driver and Gangs of New York,...
- 1/13/2024
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
“Nimona,” Netflix’s sci-fi fantasy about a disgraced knight and a shape-shifting teenager, led the features category of the 51st Annie Awards nominations with nine, including best feature, director, character animation, character design, production design, storyboarding, voice acting, writing and editorial.
In the feature race, “Nimona,” produced by Annapurna Animation for Netflix, will go up against critical darling “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” from Sony Pictures Animation, Japanese fantasy-adventure “Suzume” from CoMix Wave Films and Story and distributed by Crunchyroll/Sony Pictures, Paramount and Nickelodeon’s “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” and newly minted Golden Globe winner “The Boy and the Heron,” the first feature from auteur Hayao Miyazaki in a decade, out of Studio Ghibli and distributed by Gkids.
“Blue Eye Samurai,” also a Netflix project, topped the field in the TV/media categories, picking up seven noms. It was followed closely by Disney TV Animation’s “Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur...
In the feature race, “Nimona,” produced by Annapurna Animation for Netflix, will go up against critical darling “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” from Sony Pictures Animation, Japanese fantasy-adventure “Suzume” from CoMix Wave Films and Story and distributed by Crunchyroll/Sony Pictures, Paramount and Nickelodeon’s “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” and newly minted Golden Globe winner “The Boy and the Heron,” the first feature from auteur Hayao Miyazaki in a decade, out of Studio Ghibli and distributed by Gkids.
“Blue Eye Samurai,” also a Netflix project, topped the field in the TV/media categories, picking up seven noms. It was followed closely by Disney TV Animation’s “Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur...
- 1/11/2024
- by Terry Flores
- Variety Film + TV
Director Martin Scorsese has long been known for his rigorous dedication to authenticity, and “Killers of the Flower Moon” is quite possibly his densest film yet in terms of journalistic detail. Working closely with Osage advisers who vetted every line of Scorsese and Eric Roth’s screenplay, researcher Marianne Bower compiled thousands of pages of research material and visual references that she made available to all of the department heads as resources to tell their tragic story. The result is one of the most fully realized historical epics ever put on screen, a film in which each gesture, fabric, prop, and camera movement builds to create an immersive emotional experience for the audience.
The demand for verisimilitude placed extreme demands on Scorsese’s collaborators, all of whom felt a deep sense of responsibility to the Osage people. “It was important to [Scorsese] that it be truthful and fair,” production designer Jack Fisk told IndieWire,...
The demand for verisimilitude placed extreme demands on Scorsese’s collaborators, all of whom felt a deep sense of responsibility to the Osage people. “It was important to [Scorsese] that it be truthful and fair,” production designer Jack Fisk told IndieWire,...
- 1/9/2024
- by Jim Hemphill
- Indiewire
The article contains spoilers for "Killers of the Flower Moon."
Plenty of people have thought about spanking Leonardo DiCaprio. That's just a fact. And we're not here to kink shame. But only one person was able to make that a reality, at least on the big screen, and that's Robert De Niro.
In Martin Scorsese's stirring drama "Killers of the Flower Moon," the legendary "Taxi Driver" star plays the sinister and scheming King Willam Hale, who has been unfolding a plot to take land and money from the people of the Osage nation by marrying wealthy members of the community and methodically killing them off. As part of this plan, he recruits his nephew Ernest Burkhart (DiCaprio) to marry Mollie Kyle, an Osage woman of means. But beyond that, Hale also gets Burkhart involved in other parts of his plan. One such task finds Hale ordering Ernest to murder Henry Roan,...
Plenty of people have thought about spanking Leonardo DiCaprio. That's just a fact. And we're not here to kink shame. But only one person was able to make that a reality, at least on the big screen, and that's Robert De Niro.
In Martin Scorsese's stirring drama "Killers of the Flower Moon," the legendary "Taxi Driver" star plays the sinister and scheming King Willam Hale, who has been unfolding a plot to take land and money from the people of the Osage nation by marrying wealthy members of the community and methodically killing them off. As part of this plan, he recruits his nephew Ernest Burkhart (DiCaprio) to marry Mollie Kyle, an Osage woman of means. But beyond that, Hale also gets Burkhart involved in other parts of his plan. One such task finds Hale ordering Ernest to murder Henry Roan,...
- 1/6/2024
- by Ethan Anderton
- Slash Film
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- 1/4/2024
- by Ben Travis
- Empire - Movies
Martin Scorsese’s latest epic, Killers of the Flower Moon, will available to stream on Apple TV+ beginning on Friday, January 12th.
Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone, and Robert De Niro, Killers of the Flower Moon is based on the non-fiction book of the same name by David Grann. It chronicles the murders of native Osage peoples in Oklahoma in the 1920s after oil deposits were discovered on their land, in a saga that came to be called the Reign of Terror.
DiCaprio and Gladstone star in the film as Ernest and Mollie Burkhart, a married couple living in Oklahoma at the time of the murders. De Niro portrays Ernest’s uncle, William Hale, a prominent cattle raiser on the Osage reservation.
The film’s cast also includes Jesse Plemons, Brendan Fraser, John Lithgow, Tantoo Cardinal, Cara Jade Myers, JaNae Collins, and Jillian Dion, along with musicians Jack White, Jason Isbell,...
Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone, and Robert De Niro, Killers of the Flower Moon is based on the non-fiction book of the same name by David Grann. It chronicles the murders of native Osage peoples in Oklahoma in the 1920s after oil deposits were discovered on their land, in a saga that came to be called the Reign of Terror.
DiCaprio and Gladstone star in the film as Ernest and Mollie Burkhart, a married couple living in Oklahoma at the time of the murders. De Niro portrays Ernest’s uncle, William Hale, a prominent cattle raiser on the Osage reservation.
The film’s cast also includes Jesse Plemons, Brendan Fraser, John Lithgow, Tantoo Cardinal, Cara Jade Myers, JaNae Collins, and Jillian Dion, along with musicians Jack White, Jason Isbell,...
- 1/4/2024
- by Scoop Harrison
- Consequence - Film News
Henry Willson’s behavior was protected by other powerful players in the entertainment industry who depended on him for a steady stream of fresh, young talent.
In episode 3 of “Variety Confidential,” host Tracy Pattin and co-host Matt Donnelly, Variety’s senior entertainment and media writer, unearth the story of Willson, an aggressive, midcentury Hollywood talent agent and manager who succeeded in both spotting and taking advantage of young actors within whom he saw potential for fame.
Willson, a closeted gay man, would lure dozens of handsome young men, or “beefcakes” as they would come to be known, to his Los Angeles home after wining and dining them and promising fame. “He seems to have insinuated himself into their lives,” Pattin explains. “He became their friend, the parent, the protector, and in many cases, their lover.”
Willson prioritized on-screen sex appeal over acting ability, which was key to landing roles for...
In episode 3 of “Variety Confidential,” host Tracy Pattin and co-host Matt Donnelly, Variety’s senior entertainment and media writer, unearth the story of Willson, an aggressive, midcentury Hollywood talent agent and manager who succeeded in both spotting and taking advantage of young actors within whom he saw potential for fame.
Willson, a closeted gay man, would lure dozens of handsome young men, or “beefcakes” as they would come to be known, to his Los Angeles home after wining and dining them and promising fame. “He seems to have insinuated himself into their lives,” Pattin explains. “He became their friend, the parent, the protector, and in many cases, their lover.”
Willson prioritized on-screen sex appeal over acting ability, which was key to landing roles for...
- 1/3/2024
- by Lauren Ames
- Variety Film + TV
Killers of the Flower Moon star Lily Gladstone has opened up about how using she/they pronouns is connected to the performer’s Indigenous background and “partly a way of decolonizing gender.”
In a new interview with People, Gladstone — who was raised on the Blackfeet Nation reservation in Montana by a father of Blackfeet and Nimiipuu heritage and a white mother — says that “in most Native languages, most Indigenous languages, Blackfeet included, there are no gendered pronouns. There is no he/she, there’s only they.”
And within the Blackfeet community specifically, Gladstone says, “we don’t have gendered pronouns, but our gender is implied in our name.”
“Even that’s not binary,” Gladstone adds, explaining how a grandfather had a Blackfeet name that meant “Iron Woman.”
“He had a name that had a woman’s name in it,” Gladstone says. “I’d never met my grandfather. I wouldn’t...
In a new interview with People, Gladstone — who was raised on the Blackfeet Nation reservation in Montana by a father of Blackfeet and Nimiipuu heritage and a white mother — says that “in most Native languages, most Indigenous languages, Blackfeet included, there are no gendered pronouns. There is no he/she, there’s only they.”
And within the Blackfeet community specifically, Gladstone says, “we don’t have gendered pronouns, but our gender is implied in our name.”
“Even that’s not binary,” Gladstone adds, explaining how a grandfather had a Blackfeet name that meant “Iron Woman.”
“He had a name that had a woman’s name in it,” Gladstone says. “I’d never met my grandfather. I wouldn’t...
- 12/31/2023
- by Hilary Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Killers of the Flower Moon: Paul Schrader says DiCaprio should have played the cop and not the idiot
Paul Schrader, the writer behind Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, and Bringing Out the Dead, has something he’d like to get off his chest about Scorsese’s latest film, Killers of the Flower Moon. Speaking with France’s Le Monde, Schrader says he would have approached the lengthy epic differently, especially regarding casting. While Schrader thinks Killers of the Flower Moon is a “good movie,” he thinks Leonardo DiCaprio should have played the FBI agent investigating the Osage murders. This part eventually went to Jesse Plemons.
“Marty compares me to a Flemish miniaturist. He would be more the type who paints Renaissance frescoes,” Schrader said. “Give him $200 million, a good film will inevitably come out of it. That said, I would have preferred Leonardo DiCaprio to play the role of the cop in ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ rather than the role of the idiot. Spending three-and-a-half...
“Marty compares me to a Flemish miniaturist. He would be more the type who paints Renaissance frescoes,” Schrader said. “Give him $200 million, a good film will inevitably come out of it. That said, I would have preferred Leonardo DiCaprio to play the role of the cop in ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ rather than the role of the idiot. Spending three-and-a-half...
- 12/29/2023
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Paul Schrader has a casting quibble with the latest Martin Scorsese picture.
It’s by now the stuff of “Killers of the Flower Moon” lore that Jesse Plemons and Leonardo DiCaprio eventually swapped roles for Scorsese’s epic about the systemic killing of Osage people in 1920s Oklahoma. Plemons plays Bureau of Investigation agent Thomas Bruce White Sr., who shows up in the film’s last third, while DiCaprio plays Ernest Burkhart, a dimwitted pawn in the murders and the husband of Mollie Burkhart (Lily Gladstone). Eric Roth originally wrote the role of White for DiCaprio, who instead pushed to play Ernest, nephew of the film’s primary villain, William King Hale (Robert De Niro).
In a recent interview in Le Monde, ever-candid “First Reformed” director and “Taxi Driver” screenwriter Schrader said he would’ve preferred the casting’s original configuration. “Marty compares me to a Flemish miniaturist. He would...
It’s by now the stuff of “Killers of the Flower Moon” lore that Jesse Plemons and Leonardo DiCaprio eventually swapped roles for Scorsese’s epic about the systemic killing of Osage people in 1920s Oklahoma. Plemons plays Bureau of Investigation agent Thomas Bruce White Sr., who shows up in the film’s last third, while DiCaprio plays Ernest Burkhart, a dimwitted pawn in the murders and the husband of Mollie Burkhart (Lily Gladstone). Eric Roth originally wrote the role of White for DiCaprio, who instead pushed to play Ernest, nephew of the film’s primary villain, William King Hale (Robert De Niro).
In a recent interview in Le Monde, ever-candid “First Reformed” director and “Taxi Driver” screenwriter Schrader said he would’ve preferred the casting’s original configuration. “Marty compares me to a Flemish miniaturist. He would...
- 12/29/2023
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Paul Schrader wrote Martin Scorsese’s “Taxi Driver” and “Raging Bull,” and it appears he would’ve handled things differently had he been the one to pen “Killers of the Flower Moon.” In a recent interview with France’s Le Monde, Schrader called “Flower Moon” a “good movie” but one that could’ve been better had DiCaprio been playing the FBI agent investigating the Osage murders.
“Marty compares me to a Flemish miniaturist. He would be more the type who paints Renaissance frescoes,” Schrader said. “Give him $200 million, a good film will inevitably come out of it. That said, I would have preferred Leonardo DiCaprio to play the role of the cop in ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ rather than the role of the idiot. Spending three-and-a-half hours in the company of an idiot is a long time.”
Scorsese originally intended for DiCaprio to play FBI agent Tom White in “Killers of the Flower Moon.
“Marty compares me to a Flemish miniaturist. He would be more the type who paints Renaissance frescoes,” Schrader said. “Give him $200 million, a good film will inevitably come out of it. That said, I would have preferred Leonardo DiCaprio to play the role of the cop in ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ rather than the role of the idiot. Spending three-and-a-half hours in the company of an idiot is a long time.”
Scorsese originally intended for DiCaprio to play FBI agent Tom White in “Killers of the Flower Moon.
- 12/29/2023
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
Casting director Ellen Lewis and head of Indigenous casting Rene Haynes came to Killers of the Flower Moon from very different backgrounds. The former had worked with Martin Scorsese for many years, beginning with Goodfellas. The latter had been at the forefront of casting Indigenous actors in everything from the Twilight series to the HBO film Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, which earned her an Emmy nom. When Killers came around, says Lewis, “I contacted Rene immediately because I had met her on [the Netflix series] Godless and knew that I was going to want her with me on this journey.”
Haynes was first hired to cast extras for War Party (1988). Production brought her to the Seven Reservations of Montana, where she says she “developed this strong attachment to [the Indigenous] community.” Soon thereafter was Dances With Wolves (1990), which she says “heralded a realization that Native characters should be played by Native actors.
Haynes was first hired to cast extras for War Party (1988). Production brought her to the Seven Reservations of Montana, where she says she “developed this strong attachment to [the Indigenous] community.” Soon thereafter was Dances With Wolves (1990), which she says “heralded a realization that Native characters should be played by Native actors.
- 12/28/2023
- by Hilton Dresden
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It’s that time of year again. The chestnuts are roasting, the eggnog is nogging, and some of us are getting ready for a house full of people that will turn this holiday season into a stressful one. So what do you do when you want to get into that merry spirit but also feel a slight bit of homicidal rage at your mother-in-law who just won’t shut up?
You put on some violent, blood-drenched action films that still capture that yuletide spirit. While others may embrace the holiday season with hilarious comedy, a hearty drama, a romantic rendezvous, or even Ernest, you can sit back and partake in one or all of the movies we here at JoBlo deem the top 10 best Christmas action movies.
10. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service:
Yes, a James Bond movie took place at Christmas, and it’s a doozy. Arguably the greatest James Bond film,...
You put on some violent, blood-drenched action films that still capture that yuletide spirit. While others may embrace the holiday season with hilarious comedy, a hearty drama, a romantic rendezvous, or even Ernest, you can sit back and partake in one or all of the movies we here at JoBlo deem the top 10 best Christmas action movies.
10. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service:
Yes, a James Bond movie took place at Christmas, and it’s a doozy. Arguably the greatest James Bond film,...
- 12/25/2023
- by Brad Hamerly
- JoBlo.com
Around the holidays, nothing is better than kicking back with your family and laughing until your stomach hurts. Holiday Cheer is real. With the stress of Christmas shopping, it can be hard to remember why we do it all. One surefire way is to put on a fun comedy and let yourself be drawn into the spirit of the season. To enjoy your holiday to the maximum, let’s go over the best Christmas comedies.
The Night Before (2015)
This fun holiday film centers on three friends with an annual tradition of getting together on Christmas Eve and spending the night getting into as much debauchery as possible. Seth Rogen, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Anthony Mackie star as the three friends. When they realize that their adult lives are making it harder and harder to keep the tradition going, they decide to make this year’s reunion the best one they have ever had.
The Night Before (2015)
This fun holiday film centers on three friends with an annual tradition of getting together on Christmas Eve and spending the night getting into as much debauchery as possible. Seth Rogen, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Anthony Mackie star as the three friends. When they realize that their adult lives are making it harder and harder to keep the tradition going, they decide to make this year’s reunion the best one they have ever had.
- 12/24/2023
- by Bryan Wolford
- JoBlo.com
From angry confrontations to romantic reunions, Guardian writers pick the big-screen moments that have stayed with them the most
Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon is frequently enthralling over the course of its three-and-a-half-hour runtime, sinking into the depths of American shame as it follows William Hale (Robert De Niro) and his unofficial lieutenant Ernest Burkhart (Leonardo DiCaprio) as they grasp for the money and land controlled by the Osage tribe in 1920s Oklahoma, which involves slowly poisoning Ernest’s wife Mollie (Lily Gladstone) as they kill off members of her family and community. But just when it seems like the story’s final dominoes are tumbling over with inevitability, Scorsese jumps ahead for his final scene – maybe the most audacious in American movies this year. Rather than a series of solemn title cards explaining what happened to the people whose lives we’ve seen dramatized, the movie...
Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon is frequently enthralling over the course of its three-and-a-half-hour runtime, sinking into the depths of American shame as it follows William Hale (Robert De Niro) and his unofficial lieutenant Ernest Burkhart (Leonardo DiCaprio) as they grasp for the money and land controlled by the Osage tribe in 1920s Oklahoma, which involves slowly poisoning Ernest’s wife Mollie (Lily Gladstone) as they kill off members of her family and community. But just when it seems like the story’s final dominoes are tumbling over with inevitability, Scorsese jumps ahead for his final scene – maybe the most audacious in American movies this year. Rather than a series of solemn title cards explaining what happened to the people whose lives we’ve seen dramatized, the movie...
- 12/24/2023
- by Jesse Hassenger, Adrian Horton, Owen Myers, Charles Bramesco, Radheyan Simonpillai, Alaina Demopoulos, Benjamin Lee, Veronica Esposito,Catherine Shoard, Scott Tobias and Andrew Lawrence
- The Guardian - Film News
Ever since his CMA Awards performance with Morgan Wallen and Hardy, Post Malone has seemingly been bopping around Nashville. He was spotted at Duke’s bar in East Nashville earlier this month and is reportedly holed up somewhere in town working on his long-anticipated country project. He also collaborated with Wallen in the studio during CMAs week, at least according to a photo that Nashville songwriter Ernest posted of himself with Posty and Wallen.
Early Friday morning, Wallen dropped a snippet of what seems to be that collab. Wallen captioned...
Early Friday morning, Wallen dropped a snippet of what seems to be that collab. Wallen captioned...
- 12/22/2023
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Her performance in Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon has made her an Oscar favourite. She talks about nerves, Native American representation and bonding over cigarettes with DiCaprio
Were you at all fazed by working with legends such as Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro?
I don’t know that I was fazed, but I was definitely intimidated at first. With a role as big as Molly, you’ve just got to get through that quickly. But my hands were shaking the first day with Leo, and the same with Robert.
Is there anything you did to break the ice with DiCaprio, your on-screen husband?
He invited me over to dinner. We were sitting outside at his place with a fire going, and just talking. He pulled out a packet of cigarettes, and I hadn’t brought mine with me. So I was like: “Oh, I’m sorry.
Were you at all fazed by working with legends such as Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro?
I don’t know that I was fazed, but I was definitely intimidated at first. With a role as big as Molly, you’ve just got to get through that quickly. But my hands were shaking the first day with Leo, and the same with Robert.
Is there anything you did to break the ice with DiCaprio, your on-screen husband?
He invited me over to dinner. We were sitting outside at his place with a fire going, and just talking. He pulled out a packet of cigarettes, and I hadn’t brought mine with me. So I was like: “Oh, I’m sorry.
- 12/20/2023
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
If it seems like Lily Gladstone is winning Best Actress prizes for her acclaimed performance in “Killers of the Flower Moon” multiple times per week, that’s because it’s true. Since the New York Film Critics Circle announced Gladstone as the group’s Best Actress prizewinner on November 30, the 37-year-old star has been awarded Best Actress by the National Board of Review, Boston Society of Film Critics, and Chicago Film Critics Association, and earned Best Actress nominations from the Golden Globe Awards and Critics’ Choice Awards.
“It feels like a lot,” Gladstone tells Gold Derby in an exclusive video interview when asked about her early success during awards season. “It’s really exciting. It’s been a little bit rapid-fire this last week, so I kind of have been joking that I get this news and I intellectualize it and I know it’s going to be waiting down...
“It feels like a lot,” Gladstone tells Gold Derby in an exclusive video interview when asked about her early success during awards season. “It’s really exciting. It’s been a little bit rapid-fire this last week, so I kind of have been joking that I get this news and I intellectualize it and I know it’s going to be waiting down...
- 12/14/2023
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
Prequel story ‘Wonka’ leads the box office in 32 out of 37 first-wave territories.
Worldwide box office Dec 8-10 Rank Film (distributor) 3-day (world) Cume (world) 3-day (int’l) Cume (int’l) Territories 1. Wonka (Warner Bros)
$43.2m $43.2m $43.2m $43.2m 37 2. The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes (Lionsgate)
$20.4m $279m $11m $143.3m 88 3. Napolean (Sony) $20.3m $170.8m $16.1m $117.7m 65 4. Animal (various) $18.4m $84.6m $16.1m $73m 35 5. Wish (Disney) $17.4m $105.5m $12.1m $56.1m 38 6. The Boy And The Heron (various) $15.3m $114.2m $2.5m $101.4m 22 7. 12:12 The Day (Seoul Spring) (various) $12.6m $47m $12.6m $46.4m 4 8. The Invisible Guest (various) $12.5m $12.7m $12.5m $12.7m 1 9. Godzilla Minus One...
Worldwide box office Dec 8-10 Rank Film (distributor) 3-day (world) Cume (world) 3-day (int’l) Cume (int’l) Territories 1. Wonka (Warner Bros)
$43.2m $43.2m $43.2m $43.2m 37 2. The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes (Lionsgate)
$20.4m $279m $11m $143.3m 88 3. Napolean (Sony) $20.3m $170.8m $16.1m $117.7m 65 4. Animal (various) $18.4m $84.6m $16.1m $73m 35 5. Wish (Disney) $17.4m $105.5m $12.1m $56.1m 38 6. The Boy And The Heron (various) $15.3m $114.2m $2.5m $101.4m 22 7. 12:12 The Day (Seoul Spring) (various) $12.6m $47m $12.6m $46.4m 4 8. The Invisible Guest (various) $12.5m $12.7m $12.5m $12.7m 1 9. Godzilla Minus One...
- 12/11/2023
- by Charles Gant
- ScreenDaily
“Wonka,” a look at how the famous chocolatier Willy Wonka honed his ability to satisfy a sweet tooth, opened to $43.2 million to top the international box office. The fantasy film stars Timothée Chalamet in the title role and opens domestically next weekend.
The Warner Bros. release got off to a hot start overseas, debuting in 37 markets, including Spain, Germany, Mexico, Japan and the U.K. — “Wonka’s” $11.1 million start in the latter country is the studio’s second-biggest opening of the year, ranking just behind “Barbie.” Like many recent Hollywood films, “Wonka” struggled in China, earning a measly $3.2 million. The studio noted that outbreaks of the flu and a cold front across much of the country may have depressed ticket sales. In addition to the U.S., the film will debut in 40 more international markets next weekend.
Illumination and Universal’s “Migration” opened to $6.5 million from its first 18 markets, including...
The Warner Bros. release got off to a hot start overseas, debuting in 37 markets, including Spain, Germany, Mexico, Japan and the U.K. — “Wonka’s” $11.1 million start in the latter country is the studio’s second-biggest opening of the year, ranking just behind “Barbie.” Like many recent Hollywood films, “Wonka” struggled in China, earning a measly $3.2 million. The studio noted that outbreaks of the flu and a cold front across much of the country may have depressed ticket sales. In addition to the U.S., the film will debut in 40 more international markets next weekend.
Illumination and Universal’s “Migration” opened to $6.5 million from its first 18 markets, including...
- 12/10/2023
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Morgan Wallen’s One Night At A Time Tour has ended for the year, but fans will have a chance to see him again because new dates have been added to continue the tour in 2024.
“Been one of the best years for me and my music so we’re gonna run it back… same tour name, staying on this album and many more cities to visit,” Wallen wrote in his announcement.
Beginning in April, the 30-year-old country singer will go back on stage for the One Night At A Time tour in Indianapolis, Indiana, and is scheduled to perform his final show for the tour on August 9 in Las Vegas.
Throughout his tour, Wallen will also be joined by Bailey Zimmerman, Nate Smith, Lauren Watkins and Ernest, among others.
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2024 One Night At a Time Tour Dates:
04-04 Indianapolis, In — Lucas Oil Stadium
04-05 Indianapolis,...
“Been one of the best years for me and my music so we’re gonna run it back… same tour name, staying on this album and many more cities to visit,” Wallen wrote in his announcement.
Beginning in April, the 30-year-old country singer will go back on stage for the One Night At A Time tour in Indianapolis, Indiana, and is scheduled to perform his final show for the tour on August 9 in Las Vegas.
Throughout his tour, Wallen will also be joined by Bailey Zimmerman, Nate Smith, Lauren Watkins and Ernest, among others.
>Get Morgan Wallen Concert Tickets Now!
2024 One Night At a Time Tour Dates:
04-04 Indianapolis, In — Lucas Oil Stadium
04-05 Indianapolis,...
- 12/8/2023
- by Rose Anne Cox-Peralta
- Uinterview
A broad range of titles, animation styles and plenty of music define this season’s animated feature race, with some expected contenders still to debut.
For instance, as the studio celebrates its centennial, Walt Disney Animation Studios hopes to grab one of the five nomination slots with its Nov. 22 musical Wish, which tells the story of how Disney’s wishing star came to be. Its voice cast is led by Ariana DeBose as young protagonist Asha and Chris Pine as villainous King Magnifico. The cast performs a collection of original songs from Julia Michaels and Benjamin Rice, including “This Wish,” “I’m a Star” and “This Is the Thanks I Get.” Oscar winner Chris Buck (Frozen) and Fawn Veerasunthorn direct, and Disney Animation chief creative officer and Oscar winner Jennifer Lee is a writer and executive producer.
This title joins an already crowded field. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse — the bold...
For instance, as the studio celebrates its centennial, Walt Disney Animation Studios hopes to grab one of the five nomination slots with its Nov. 22 musical Wish, which tells the story of how Disney’s wishing star came to be. Its voice cast is led by Ariana DeBose as young protagonist Asha and Chris Pine as villainous King Magnifico. The cast performs a collection of original songs from Julia Michaels and Benjamin Rice, including “This Wish,” “I’m a Star” and “This Is the Thanks I Get.” Oscar winner Chris Buck (Frozen) and Fawn Veerasunthorn direct, and Disney Animation chief creative officer and Oscar winner Jennifer Lee is a writer and executive producer.
This title joins an already crowded field. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse — the bold...
- 12/4/2023
- by Carolyn Giardina
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Movie stars are a thing of the past, a relic of an era of Hollywood that simply no longer exists. But there are still a few performers who have the draw and the talent to be considered as such. Leonardo DiCaprio is one of them, and his list of achievements looks to grow yet again following the release of his latest project, “Killers of the Flower Moon.”
The engrossing film, which is based on David Grann’s 2017 non-fiction book of the same name, details a series of murders during the 1920s after oil was discovered on Osage land. DiCaprio stars as Ernest Burkhart, the permanently frowning nephew of Robert De Niro’s William Hale, a crime lord masquerading as a friend of the Osage who pulls Ernest into his murderous scheme to steal Osage headrights by having him marry Lily Gladstone’s Mollie Kyle.
The film marks DiCaprio’s sixth...
The engrossing film, which is based on David Grann’s 2017 non-fiction book of the same name, details a series of murders during the 1920s after oil was discovered on Osage land. DiCaprio stars as Ernest Burkhart, the permanently frowning nephew of Robert De Niro’s William Hale, a crime lord masquerading as a friend of the Osage who pulls Ernest into his murderous scheme to steal Osage headrights by having him marry Lily Gladstone’s Mollie Kyle.
The film marks DiCaprio’s sixth...
- 11/26/2023
- by Kaitlin Thomas
- Gold Derby
Warning: this post contains spoilers for the end of "Killers of the Flower Moon."
Martin Scorsese's latest film "Killers of the Flower Moon" was based on the 2017 nonfiction book by David Grann, and tells a fictionalized version of the notorious Osage murders committed by William King Hale through the mid-1920s. Hale, motivated by greed and a terrifyingly innate sense of white supremacy, swept into the Osage nation specifically to direct Osage wealth into the pockets of white men. Hale arranged himself as a community hero, and the Osage people trusted him, but he was secretly arranging their deaths and stealing their wealth. Inheritance schemes and outright murders kept Hale on top of the community's business interests.
This, Scorsese argues, is the real foundation of American exceptionalism.
In Scorsese's film, Hale is played by Robert De Niro and the film's main character is a soulless little turd named Ernest...
Martin Scorsese's latest film "Killers of the Flower Moon" was based on the 2017 nonfiction book by David Grann, and tells a fictionalized version of the notorious Osage murders committed by William King Hale through the mid-1920s. Hale, motivated by greed and a terrifyingly innate sense of white supremacy, swept into the Osage nation specifically to direct Osage wealth into the pockets of white men. Hale arranged himself as a community hero, and the Osage people trusted him, but he was secretly arranging their deaths and stealing their wealth. Inheritance schemes and outright murders kept Hale on top of the community's business interests.
This, Scorsese argues, is the real foundation of American exceptionalism.
In Scorsese's film, Hale is played by Robert De Niro and the film's main character is a soulless little turd named Ernest...
- 11/25/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
MSNBC host Rachel Maddow’s new book, “Prequel,” delves into the dangerous rise of fascism here in the United States in the Thirties and Forties. Picking up the story from her hit podcast “Ultra,” Maddow explores the forgotten history of what amounted to a fifth column on the home front. The book is essential reading in our perilous political moment. As Maddow recently told “Rolling Stone”: “Trump is saying immigrants are ‘poisoning the blood’ of America. He’s saying my political opponents are ‘vermin.’ He’s saying, I want...
- 11/25/2023
- by Rachel Maddow
- Rollingstone.com
“Killers of the Flower Moon” will receive the Gotham Historical Icon and Creator Tribute at the 2023 Gotham Awards. The 33rd annual ceremony will take place on Monday at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.
The Historical Icon and Creator Tribute recognizes significant historical moments and honors the filmmaker and cast who brought the story to life authentically. Lily Gladstone and the cast will receive the tribute at the Gotham Awards Ceremony, with Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro present as well.
“Authentically and carefully crafted by one of our greatest filmmakers with respect and integrity, ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ is a powerful examination of the history of violence bestowed upon the Osage Nation,” Jeffrey Sharp, executive director of The Gotham Film and Media Institute, said in a statement. “At the center of the brilliant writing, impeccable set design, and extraordinary cast, Lily Gladstone delivers a tour de force as Mollie Kyle.
The Historical Icon and Creator Tribute recognizes significant historical moments and honors the filmmaker and cast who brought the story to life authentically. Lily Gladstone and the cast will receive the tribute at the Gotham Awards Ceremony, with Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro present as well.
“Authentically and carefully crafted by one of our greatest filmmakers with respect and integrity, ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ is a powerful examination of the history of violence bestowed upon the Osage Nation,” Jeffrey Sharp, executive director of The Gotham Film and Media Institute, said in a statement. “At the center of the brilliant writing, impeccable set design, and extraordinary cast, Lily Gladstone delivers a tour de force as Mollie Kyle.
- 11/22/2023
- by Caroline Brew
- Variety Film + TV
Killers of the Flower Moon.Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, by its own admission, is ultimately a failure, but that’s also where the film is at its most provocative. Taking on an infinite scroll-like structure also found in Silence (2016) and The Irishman (2019), Scorsese's latest historical epic windingly adapts itself to his troubled reflections and their offshoots. In the film's contours, the 81-year-old filmmaker endeavors to explore one of America’s darkest chapters in order to comprehend its nature, and every attempt to understand points back to failure and its sundry manifestations in relation to justice, humanity, and even the artist’s chosen medium itself. It’s a gargantuan feat, one that finds Scorsese descending into a bottomless pit. A cinematic lamentation, Scorsese paints a historical epic of the Osage Indian murders, a series of killings that took place from the 1910s through the 1930s in Eastern Oklahoma.
- 11/20/2023
- MUBI
Welcome to our weekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week, André 3000 picks up his flute for a strange yet pleasant pivot; Drake gives Taylor Swift a shoutout; and Tate McRae gets spiteful with her exes. Plus, new music from Madi Diaz, Kacey Musgraves, Boygenius, and Dolly Parton.
André 3000, “I swear, I Really Wanted To Make A ‘Rap’ Album But This Is Literally The Way The Wind Blew Me This Time” (YouTube)
Drake, “Red Button” (YouTube)
Tate McRae,...
André 3000, “I swear, I Really Wanted To Make A ‘Rap’ Album But This Is Literally The Way The Wind Blew Me This Time” (YouTube)
Drake, “Red Button” (YouTube)
Tate McRae,...
- 11/17/2023
- by Rolling Stone
- Rollingstone.com
Steve Aoki has been a household name for the last two decades, but that hasn’t stopped him from perpetually experimenting — bounding from one sound to the next — and challenging how his music is consumed, understood, and memorialized.
“There’s no one doing what I’m doing,” he tells Rolling Stone when reflecting on HiROQUEST 2: Double Helix, an expansive 23-track album released Friday. The ambitious project simultaneously spans country, latin, and dance — building on Aoki’s early roots while embracing today’s appetite for genre-breaking music. Paris Hilton, Akon,...
“There’s no one doing what I’m doing,” he tells Rolling Stone when reflecting on HiROQUEST 2: Double Helix, an expansive 23-track album released Friday. The ambitious project simultaneously spans country, latin, and dance — building on Aoki’s early roots while embracing today’s appetite for genre-breaking music. Paris Hilton, Akon,...
- 11/17/2023
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
There’s a story Lily Gladstone likes to tell about a Blackfeet man and a flower.
“He pulled it from the ground and shook the dirt off. He exposed the root system,” she says. “And he said, ‘This is like a story. If this flower is a story, then all of these roots are the different versions. They twist around each other; they go off in opposite directions. But that’s what gives it its strength. That’s what makes it hard to uproot. That’s what keeps the story going.”
The man was speaking to 20th-century historian James Willard Schultz, who was struggling to make sense of the varying ways Blackfeet people had told him the same stories. In an oral tradition, Gladstone emphasizes, there’s no one way of seeing things; each person’s narrative is the truth.
Gladstone returns to the Blackfeet man and the flower, to its roots,...
“He pulled it from the ground and shook the dirt off. He exposed the root system,” she says. “And he said, ‘This is like a story. If this flower is a story, then all of these roots are the different versions. They twist around each other; they go off in opposite directions. But that’s what gives it its strength. That’s what makes it hard to uproot. That’s what keeps the story going.”
The man was speaking to 20th-century historian James Willard Schultz, who was struggling to make sense of the varying ways Blackfeet people had told him the same stories. In an oral tradition, Gladstone emphasizes, there’s no one way of seeing things; each person’s narrative is the truth.
Gladstone returns to the Blackfeet man and the flower, to its roots,...
- 11/16/2023
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
Martin Scorsese is breaking down exactly why Killers of the Flower Moon ended up being so focused on the villainous Ernest Burkhart, played by Leonardo DiCaprio.
The director spoke about the topic following some criticism the film has received from the Indigenous community. During a virtual press event Wednesday, Scorsese was joined by stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone, Robert De Niro and Jesse Plemons.
The Apple TV+ film tells the real-life tragedy of the 1920s murders of Osage Nation members after oil was found on their Oklahoma land. It has garnered considerable acclaim from critics. But some members of the Indigenous community have said the story should have focused more on the character Mollie Burkhart (Gladstone) and other Osage impacted by the murders. There has also been criticism that DiCaprio’s Ernest was made to seem overly sympathetic, and shouldn’t have been the film’s main focus. Questions for...
The director spoke about the topic following some criticism the film has received from the Indigenous community. During a virtual press event Wednesday, Scorsese was joined by stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone, Robert De Niro and Jesse Plemons.
The Apple TV+ film tells the real-life tragedy of the 1920s murders of Osage Nation members after oil was found on their Oklahoma land. It has garnered considerable acclaim from critics. But some members of the Indigenous community have said the story should have focused more on the character Mollie Burkhart (Gladstone) and other Osage impacted by the murders. There has also been criticism that DiCaprio’s Ernest was made to seem overly sympathetic, and shouldn’t have been the film’s main focus. Questions for...
- 11/15/2023
- by James Hibberd
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Martin Scorsese‘s “Killers of the Flower Moon” opens with a flurry of images and incidents that quickly establish the world and era of the film. Moving from an Osage pipe ceremony to a slow-motion shot of characters dancing in gushing oil and then a newsreel recreation that acclimates the viewer to the historical context, Scorsese and co-screenwriter Eric Roth create one of the most immediately involving openings in recent movies. Yet according to Scorsese, a completely different prologue was initially planned.
“Eric and I originally had the idea that we should do the Oklahoma land rush,” Scorsese told IndieWire. “He had written a five- or seven-page description with beautiful vignettes, and I was going to shoot it all in one take. We had it all worked out that it would take another month with a separate unit.” Shooting the sprawling action sequence would have allowed Scorsese to pay tribute...
“Eric and I originally had the idea that we should do the Oklahoma land rush,” Scorsese told IndieWire. “He had written a five- or seven-page description with beautiful vignettes, and I was going to shoot it all in one take. We had it all worked out that it would take another month with a separate unit.” Shooting the sprawling action sequence would have allowed Scorsese to pay tribute...
- 11/15/2023
- by Jim Hemphill
- Indiewire
Elizabeth Banks and Kumail Nanjiani lend their voices to Illumination’s latest animated comedy Migration, the story of a duck family who break out of their everyday lives and take off to Jamaica. The new trailer shows the Mallard family setting out on an incredible adventure and encountering a steady stream of wacky problems.
The voice cast also includes Caspar Jennings, Tresi Gazal, Awkwafina, Keegan-Michael Key, David Mitchell, Carol Kane, and Danny DeVito. Emmy winner Mike White (The White Lotus) wrote the screenplay, with Oscar nominee Benjamin Renner (Ernest & Celestine) directing and Guylo Homsy (Head of Layout and Cinematography for Sing and Sing 2) co-directing.
A scene from ‘Migration’ (Photo © 2023 Illumination Entertainment and Universal Studios)
Illumination offered this plot description:
“This holiday season, Illumination, creators of the blockbuster Minions, Despicable Me, Sing, and The Secret Life of Pets comedies, invites you to take flight into the thrill of the unknown with a funny,...
The voice cast also includes Caspar Jennings, Tresi Gazal, Awkwafina, Keegan-Michael Key, David Mitchell, Carol Kane, and Danny DeVito. Emmy winner Mike White (The White Lotus) wrote the screenplay, with Oscar nominee Benjamin Renner (Ernest & Celestine) directing and Guylo Homsy (Head of Layout and Cinematography for Sing and Sing 2) co-directing.
A scene from ‘Migration’ (Photo © 2023 Illumination Entertainment and Universal Studios)
Illumination offered this plot description:
“This holiday season, Illumination, creators of the blockbuster Minions, Despicable Me, Sing, and The Secret Life of Pets comedies, invites you to take flight into the thrill of the unknown with a funny,...
- 11/14/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
This holiday season, Illumination, creators of the blockbuster Minions, Despicable Me, Sing and The Secret Life of Pets comedies, invites you to take flight into the thrill of the unknown with a funny, feathered family vacation like no other in the action-packed new original comedy, Migration.
The Mallard family is in a bit of rut. While dad Mack is content to keep his family safe paddling around their New England pond forever, mom Pam is eager to shake things up and show their kids—teen son Dax and duckling daughter Gwen—the whole wide world. After a migrating duck family alights on their pond with thrilling tales of far-flung places, Pam persuades Mack to embark on a family trip, via New York City, to tropical Jamaica.
As the Mallards make their way South for the winter, their well-laid plans quickly go awry. The experience will inspire them to expand their horizons,...
The Mallard family is in a bit of rut. While dad Mack is content to keep his family safe paddling around their New England pond forever, mom Pam is eager to shake things up and show their kids—teen son Dax and duckling daughter Gwen—the whole wide world. After a migrating duck family alights on their pond with thrilling tales of far-flung places, Pam persuades Mack to embark on a family trip, via New York City, to tropical Jamaica.
As the Mallards make their way South for the winter, their well-laid plans quickly go awry. The experience will inspire them to expand their horizons,...
- 11/14/2023
- by Kristyn Clarke
- Age of the Nerd
Fall is in full swing, and before you know it, winter will arrive and flocks of birds will embark on their journey south for their migration. Illumination Studios is following up their Minions series and the new video game adaptation smash hit, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, with the particular story of a mallard flock who get side-tracked on their venture to Jamaica and find themselves fish out of water, so to speak, in the big city amongst a bunch of strange birds. The new trailer has just been released and gives audiences more of a peek at the plot.
The official synopsis from Illumination reads,
The Mallard family is in a bit of rut. While dad Mack is content to keep his family safe paddling around their New England pond forever, mom Pam is eager to shake things up and show their kids—teen son Dax and duckling daughter Gwen—the whole wide world.
The official synopsis from Illumination reads,
The Mallard family is in a bit of rut. While dad Mack is content to keep his family safe paddling around their New England pond forever, mom Pam is eager to shake things up and show their kids—teen son Dax and duckling daughter Gwen—the whole wide world.
- 11/14/2023
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
"This isn't about migration, it's about adventure!" Illumination debuted yet another trailer for Migration, making this the fourth trailer (including the teaser) though they've officially labeled it as trailer #3. It's set to open in December and it seems they're really hoping it will be a big hit with families this holiday season. A family of ducks convince their overprotective father to go on the vacation of a lifetime. As the Mallard Family makes their way South for the winter, their well-laid plans quickly go awry. The new experience will inspire them to expand their horizons, open up to new friends and accomplish more than they ever thought possible. The voice cast features Kumail Nanjiani, Elizabeth Banks, Awkwafina, Keegan-Michael Key, David Mitchell, Carol Kane, Caspar Jennings, Tresi Gazal, and Danny DeVito. It's written by Mike White, yes of "White Lotus" and School of Rock, and is directed by the acclaimed French animation filmmaker Benjamin Renner,...
- 11/14/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Veteran cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto’s versatility could not be more evident than in his most recent work, which called for filming a 1920s Osage Nation in Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon and shooting the candy-colored Barbie Land of Greta Gerwig’s Barbie. Born in Mexico City to a bicultural family (his mom is an American from Montana), Prieto caught the cinematography world’s attention in 2000 when he won the Camerimage Golden Frog for Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Amores Perros. Since moving to the U.S., he continued lensing for Iñárritu while also collaborating with Pedro Almodóvar, Oliver Stone, Ben Affleck (on the Oscar best picture winner Argo) and Ang Lee, whose Brokeback Mountain delivered the Dp the first of his three Academy Award nominations. Pietro, who is also this month’s THR Titan, has also earned Oscar noms for two Scorsese movies (Killers is their fourth collaboration). The filmmaker calls Prieto,...
- 11/11/2023
- by Carolyn Giardina
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon,” Brendan Fraser first appears in the third act, but his outsized performance as lawyer W.S. Hamilton leaves a massive impression. The performance has gotten mixed online reactions, but the director himself has nothing but praise for it.
In a recent interview with LADBible (via Entertainment Weekly), Scorsese defended Fraser’s performance against online criticism. Since the film’s theatrical release on October 27, some online commentators have criticized it as over-the-top or too exaggerated. In his interview, Scorsese said that Fraser was “perfect” for the role, particularly praising him for his work in scenes opposite lead Leonardo DiCaprio.
“We thought he’d be great for the lawyer, and I admired his work over the years,” Scorsese said. “He actually came in for I think a couple of weeks on the picture, particularly when it was in our later shoot. We had a really good time working together,...
In a recent interview with LADBible (via Entertainment Weekly), Scorsese defended Fraser’s performance against online criticism. Since the film’s theatrical release on October 27, some online commentators have criticized it as over-the-top or too exaggerated. In his interview, Scorsese said that Fraser was “perfect” for the role, particularly praising him for his work in scenes opposite lead Leonardo DiCaprio.
“We thought he’d be great for the lawyer, and I admired his work over the years,” Scorsese said. “He actually came in for I think a couple of weeks on the picture, particularly when it was in our later shoot. We had a really good time working together,...
- 11/4/2023
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
There’s only one thing that comes to mind when you think of Elvira: franchise! And that’s exactly what Cassandra Peterson – portrayer of everyone’s favorite horror hostess – wanted following the release of Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, aiming to have the sort of success of Ernest P. Worrell. Knowwhatimean, Uncle Vinnie?
Unfortunately for Cassandra Peterson, she ran into some serious issues with a sequel to 1988’s Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (which was a box office bomb anyway) when the planned studio, Carolco Pictures, went bankrupt. But Peterson had plenty in the arsenal. As she told Dread Central, “I had a ton of [ideas] that were so awesome. I had this one called Elvira Goes to Hell, and it was like a buddy picture, and I really liked that one. It was really funny. It revolved around Halloween a little bit more and I would’ve gone more...
Unfortunately for Cassandra Peterson, she ran into some serious issues with a sequel to 1988’s Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (which was a box office bomb anyway) when the planned studio, Carolco Pictures, went bankrupt. But Peterson had plenty in the arsenal. As she told Dread Central, “I had a ton of [ideas] that were so awesome. I had this one called Elvira Goes to Hell, and it was like a buddy picture, and I really liked that one. It was really funny. It revolved around Halloween a little bit more and I would’ve gone more...
- 11/4/2023
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
Rodrigo Prieto has been on quite a journey over the past year. In 2022, he spent months on the plains of Oklahoma working in blistering hot weather with Martin Scorsese as Dp of “Killers of the Flower Moon,” a dark retelling of murder and racism from the early 20th century.
Then, immediately after, he flew off to London to help Greta Gerwig create the colorful world of “Barbie.” Making such wildly different films requires differing approaches, but Prieto told TheWrap that his philosophy as a cinematographer connected the two films together.
“As a cinematographer, I tap into my own psyche, into my own inner worlds,” he said. “For ‘Killers of the Flower Moon, it was certainly an exploration of my own darkness, my own conflicts, and then I try to put that on the screen and try to understand what of these characters is in me as well.”
“In the same...
Then, immediately after, he flew off to London to help Greta Gerwig create the colorful world of “Barbie.” Making such wildly different films requires differing approaches, but Prieto told TheWrap that his philosophy as a cinematographer connected the two films together.
“As a cinematographer, I tap into my own psyche, into my own inner worlds,” he said. “For ‘Killers of the Flower Moon, it was certainly an exploration of my own darkness, my own conflicts, and then I try to put that on the screen and try to understand what of these characters is in me as well.”
“In the same...
- 11/3/2023
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Martin Scorsese recently said at a press conference (via LADbible) that Brendan Fraser is “perfect” in “Killers of the Flower Moon.” The actor, who won the Oscar this year for his performance in “The Whale,” has been panned by some viewers, claiming his over-the-top acting feels largely out of place in the film. Fraser has a brief supporting turn as W. S. Hamilton, the boisterous attorney for William Hale (Robert De Niro).
“We thought he’d be great for the lawyer and I admired his work over the years,” Scorsese said when asked about casting Fraser in the film. “He actually came in for I think a couple of weeks on the picture, particularly when it was in our later shoot. We had a really good time working together, particularly with Leo. Particularly in the scene where he says, ‘They’re putting a noose around your neck, he’s saving you dumb boy.
“We thought he’d be great for the lawyer and I admired his work over the years,” Scorsese said when asked about casting Fraser in the film. “He actually came in for I think a couple of weeks on the picture, particularly when it was in our later shoot. We had a really good time working together, particularly with Leo. Particularly in the scene where he says, ‘They’re putting a noose around your neck, he’s saving you dumb boy.
- 11/2/2023
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
Around the halfway mark of Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, Ernest Burkhurt and his uncle, William Hale, drive around the town of Fairfax, which looks exceptionally lit on a seemingly normal evening. Yellow string lights are hanging outside every single Osage house, implying that it is the time of festivities. Unfortunately, though, it is rather the opposite. A series of horrific deaths have severely impacted the community. The lights are, in fact, a desperate attempt by the Osage people to keep evil at bay. Of course, the audience is aware that Ernest and Hale are the “evils” here. Technically, it is all Hale, as Ernest is basically a spineless puppet who does his uncle’s bidding. The roles of the uncle and nephew are played by two of the most widely popular actors you could possibly imagine: Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio. But they are not...
- 10/29/2023
- by Rohitavra Majumdar
- Film Fugitives
A movie’s central character needn’t be someone we admire, but he should probably be someone we’re drawn to, someone we vibe with in sympathetic fascination, who we feel we know and understand even as he crosses over to the dark side. Few movies have lived out that dynamic more cathartically than the underworld dramas of Martin Scorsese.
“Mean Streets,” the tale of low-rung Little Italy mobsters that Scorsese made 50 years ago (I think it’s still his greatest film), is about Harvey Keitel’s ladder-climbing numbers runner, but the most explosive character is Robert De Niro’s Johnny Boy, a self-destructive firecracker who doesn’t “give two shits about you, or nobody else,” a quality that would make him repellent if he weren’t so hypnotic. In “Taxi Driver,” De Niro’s Travis Bickle is a loner who can’t connect, but he connects with the audience in every frame.
“Mean Streets,” the tale of low-rung Little Italy mobsters that Scorsese made 50 years ago (I think it’s still his greatest film), is about Harvey Keitel’s ladder-climbing numbers runner, but the most explosive character is Robert De Niro’s Johnny Boy, a self-destructive firecracker who doesn’t “give two shits about you, or nobody else,” a quality that would make him repellent if he weren’t so hypnotic. In “Taxi Driver,” De Niro’s Travis Bickle is a loner who can’t connect, but he connects with the audience in every frame.
- 10/29/2023
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Hocus Pocus is not the kind of movie that needs particularly deep lore; nevertheless, the writer of the next sequel promises the backstory we didn’t know we wanted.
“Jen D’Angelo, the writer of Hocus Pocus 2… has now—now that the WGA writers strike is over—made it clear that the already-promised Hocus Pocus 3 is well on its way toward answering all these black flame candle-based burning questions, promising that its already announced sequel, while still in the story phase, is trucking along, and that “We’ve only scratched the surface of Hannah Waddingham’s mother witch.”
Read more at The A.V. Club
Leonardo DiCaprio is being heaped with praise for his role in Killers of the Flower Moon, reminding us that the actor is at his best when he’s playing a scumbag.
“Ernest is such a thoroughly unlikable and actively ugly person, yet DiCaprio still makes him...
“Jen D’Angelo, the writer of Hocus Pocus 2… has now—now that the WGA writers strike is over—made it clear that the already-promised Hocus Pocus 3 is well on its way toward answering all these black flame candle-based burning questions, promising that its already announced sequel, while still in the story phase, is trucking along, and that “We’ve only scratched the surface of Hannah Waddingham’s mother witch.”
Read more at The A.V. Club
Leonardo DiCaprio is being heaped with praise for his role in Killers of the Flower Moon, reminding us that the actor is at his best when he’s playing a scumbag.
“Ernest is such a thoroughly unlikable and actively ugly person, yet DiCaprio still makes him...
- 10/27/2023
- by Michael Ahr
- Den of Geek
It’s testament to the sheer, unrivalled brilliance of the venerable storyteller Martin Scorsese, than while depicting a film that has one of the most shocking, compelling narratives of any film this year, coupled with a small handful of some of the year’s very best performances – that what we’re still talking about most, is the craft of which this story has been presented.
There can’t be much higher praise here than to merely cite this as a proper Scorsese flick; it has all the familiar tropes and sensibilities we associate to his canon of work, and yet killers of the Flower Moon remains original, and near-impossible to second guess. Which, coincidentally, is one of the aforementioned tropes.
Killers of the Flower Moon is a true-crime epic, that transports the viewer back to 1920s Oklahoma, where the discovery of oil has created an enviable affluence amongst the Osage people,...
There can’t be much higher praise here than to merely cite this as a proper Scorsese flick; it has all the familiar tropes and sensibilities we associate to his canon of work, and yet killers of the Flower Moon remains original, and near-impossible to second guess. Which, coincidentally, is one of the aforementioned tropes.
Killers of the Flower Moon is a true-crime epic, that transports the viewer back to 1920s Oklahoma, where the discovery of oil has created an enviable affluence amongst the Osage people,...
- 10/26/2023
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ and Why Native Stories Should Be Told by Native Filmmakers (Commentary)
Martin Scorsese is a master and his latest film, “Killers of the Flower Moon,” tells the story of the Osage murders of the 1920s. It’s an incredible piece of cinema in many ways, but Scorsese’s talent and craftsmanship can only take this story so far. At the end of the day, “Killers of the Flower Moon” captures a tragic chapter of Native American history on the Osage Nation involving Osage people, but is still told by white men, from the perspective of white men, instead of from Natives.
While this is arguably a positive step in the right direction — that this harrowing story was picked up by an iconic director who is giving it mainstream attention at all is noteworthy — the next step needs to be Native storytellers telling our stories and presenting them to global audiences with an equitable platform.
When Scorsese took on this project in...
While this is arguably a positive step in the right direction — that this harrowing story was picked up by an iconic director who is giving it mainstream attention at all is noteworthy — the next step needs to be Native storytellers telling our stories and presenting them to global audiences with an equitable platform.
When Scorsese took on this project in...
- 10/25/2023
- by Laura Clark
- The Wrap
Reservation Dogs star Devery Jacobs is getting candid about her reaction to Martin Scorsese‘s buzzy new flick Killers of the Flower Moon, which examines the Osage murders that occurred in Oklahoma in the 1920s. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Lily Gladstone as Ernest and Mollie Burkhart, a couple who is drawn together by sinister intentions as Ernest’s uncle William King Hill (Robert De Niro) pushes him to marry a Native American after returning to the States from the Great War. One by one, William, Ernest, and their fellow white Oklahomans begin eliminating the Osage Native Americans with the intent of inheriting their oil-based wealth. For Mollie, this includes her direct family, primarily her sisters who are targeted without remorse, alongside herself. When the FBI steps in to try and solve these murders, the dark conspiracy is brought to light. Jacobs took to social media about the film.
- 10/24/2023
- TV Insider
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