Licorice Pizza Trailer Debuts
Director Paul Thomas Anderson finally makes his long awaited big screen return with Licorice Pizza, a coming of age tale of messy young love set against the backdrop of the backdrop of LA’s San Fernando Valley in 1973.
Written, direct and produced by Anderson, the film marks the screen debut of Cooper Hoffman, the son of Anderson’s veteran collaborator, the lat Phillip Seymour Hoffman. The son of the Oscar winning star plays Gary Valentine, a young actor falling hopelessly in love with a girl called Alana Kane (Haim’s Alana Haim) only to discover just how turbulent and troublesome adolescent romance is.
Bradley Cooper, Ben Stiller, Maya Rudolph, Sean Penn and John C. Reilly round out Anderson’s typically stellar ensemble all-star cast. Though the trailer below makes it very clear just how much of the film hangs on the seemingly capable shoulders of it’s young newcomers.
Drenched in a captivating soundtrack and boasting gloriously vintage visual charms the trailer gives a stunning indication of just how special this new projct could prove for a director already responsible for a glut of classic films.
Judge for yourself below:
New Don’t Look Up Clip Arrives
Netflix have released a new clip from Director Adam Mckay’s apocalyptic comedy Don’t Look Up.
The much anticipated cinematic treat stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence as a pair of astronomers who become aware of a comet heading straight for Earth. Unfortunately as reveled in this latest glimpse their dire warning about the literal end of the world aren’t particularly well received by Meryl Streep’s president and Jonah Hill’s chief of staff.
The truly impressive all star ensemble cast also includes Cate Blanchett, Mark Rylance, Ron Perlman, Tyler Perry and Timothée Chalamet. Making this one potential end of life as we know it you probably won’t want to miss…
Belfast Wins TIFF People’s Choice Award 2021
Kenenth Branagh’s crowd pleasing Belfast was officially unveiled as the winner of the top People’s Choice award at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. With Scarborough and jane’ Campoion’s western drama The Power of the Dog among the noted runners up.
In the 13 years since “Slumdog Millionaire” won in 2008, the TIFF winner has gone on to be nominated for the Best Picture Oscar 12 times and has won that award five times, including “Nomadland” last year.
Alongside Belfast The Rescue won in the documentary category whilst Titane collected the top honour in the Midnight Madness selection.
The Awards result in full:
People’s Choice Award: “Belfast,” Kenneth Branagh
First Runner-up: “Scarborough,” Shasha Nakhai and Rich Williamson
Second Runner-up: “The Power of the Dog,” Jane Campion
People’s Choice Documentary Award: “The Rescue,” E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin
First Runner-up: “Dionne Warwick: Don’t Make Me Over,” Dave Wooley and David Heilbroner
Second Runner-up: “Flee,” Jonas Poher Rasmussen
Midnight Madness People’s Choice Award: “Titane,” Julia Ducournau
First Runner-up: “You Are Not My Mother,” Kate Dolan
Second Runner-up: “DASHCAM,” Rob Savage
Platform Jury Prize: “Yuni,” Kamila Andini
Honorable Mention: “Mlungu Wam” (“Good Madam”), Janna Cato Bass
Shawn Mendes Foundation Changemaker Award: “Scarborough”
Amplify Voices Award for Best Canadian Feature Film: “Ste. Anne,” Rhayne Vermette
Special Mention: “Scarborough”
Amplify Voices Award: “The Gravedigger’s Wife,” Khadar Ayderus Ahmed
Amplify Voices Award: “A Night of Knowing Nothing,” Payal Kapadia
IMDbPro Short Cuts Award for Best Film: “Displaced,: Samir Karahoda
Honorable Mention: “Trumpets in the Sky,” Rakan Mayasi
IMDbPro Short Cuts Award for Best Canadian Film: “Angakusajaujuq – The Shaman’s Apprentice,” Zacharias Kunuk
Honorable Mention: “Nuisance Bear,” Jack Weisman, Gabriela Osio Vanden
IMDbPro Short Cuts Share Her Journey Award: “ASTEL,” Ramata-Toulaye Sy
Honorable Mention: “Love, Dad,” Diana Cam Van Nguyen
NETPAC Award: “Costa Brava, Lebanon”
FIPRESCI Prize: “Anatolian Leopard”
TIFF Tribute Awards 2021 Winners
The TIFF Tribute Awards, originally introduced in 2019 to honour actors and filmmakers for distinguished achievements over the course of their careers, unveiled this year’s winners in a televised ceremony on 18th September.
The first two honorees announced were Alanis Obomsawin as the recipient of the Jeff Skoll Award in Impact Media and Denis Villeneuve as the winner of the Ebert Director Award. Villeneuve’s adaptation of science fiction classic Dune was showcased at the festival but ineligible for competing for the main People’s choice award on technical grounds,
Jessica Chastain and Benedict Cumberbatch were subsequently announced as the recipients of the Actor Awards. Cumberbatch also had both The Power Of The Dog and The Electrical Life Of Louis Wain featured in this year’s festival line up. With The Power of The Dog in particular earning considerable early awards buzz for the British star.
Dionne Warwick received the special tribute award, filmmaker Danis Goulet was named the recipient of the Emerging Talent Award and cinematographer Ari Wegner received the Variety Artisan Award
The festival also separately held the annual People’s Choice Awards via public voting, with Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast securing the top prize at this year’s festival.
The Matrix Resurrections First Official Trailer Released
The long-awaited trailer for the fourth Matrix installment is finally here alongside the film’s official title: The Matrix: Resurrections. The trailer for Resurrections was first previewed at a CinemaCon presentation from Warner Bros. Pictures on Tuesday, August 24th, in Las Vegas before being released online today.
The trailer features the return of Neo (Keanu Reeves) and Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) alongside a host of new cast members including Neil Patrick Harris, Jonathan Groff and Yahaya Adbull-Mateen II.
The brief trailer is packed with nostalgic references to the much beloved original film whilst also setting the stage for a new imagining of the franchises familiar philosophical themes and iconic action packed visuals, as the franchise relaunches itself for a whole new generation of fans.
The film is due to arrive in cinemas and on HBO Max on 22nd December. Giving fans their long awaited red pill. Till then check out the trailer below.