Indiewire Browse the indiewire network

The Playlist

The obsessives' guide to contemporary cinema via film discussion, news, reviews, features, nostalgia, movie music, soundtracks, DVDs and more.

Interviews

Actors

Directors

Archives

The Playlist

'Argo,' 'Rust And Bone,' 'Amour' & More Head To BFI London Film Festival

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
  • |
  • September 5, 2012 7:58 AM
  • |
  • 0 Comments
News
Telluride is wrapped, Venice heads into its final days and TIFF is just about to gear up, but the festival season is far from over. The BFI London Film Festival has dropped their slate this morning and not only is it pulling titles from all those fests, it has nabbed the best of Sundance and Cannes as well for what is a greatest hits package of sorts for cinephiles.
Read More »
More: BFI London Film Festival, Rust And Bone, Amour, Argo, Laurence Anyways, The Sessions, Compliance, Beyond The Hills, Post Tenebras Lux, End of Watch, Seven Psychopaths, Lore

Fall Movie Preview: 15 Films We've Already Seen

  • By The Playlist Staff
  • |
  • August 28, 2012 11:55 AM
  • |
  • 5 Comments
Features
There are certain advantages to working for a film website. Aside from all the fortune (translation: payment in expired Amazon vouchers), fame (translation: getting death threats on Twitter from "Wrath of the Titans" fans) and sex (translation: desperately awkward attempts at flirting during roundtable interviews), the main one is that sometimes you get to see films a little bit early.
Read More »
More: Features, TIFF, New York Film Festival, The Master, Rust And Bone, On The Road, The Sessions

Watch: John Hawkes Nervously Meets His Sex Surrogate In New Clip From 'The Sessions'

  • By Simon Dang
  • |
  • August 28, 2012 11:39 AM
  • |
  • 2 Comments
News
After the debut of a hearty and warm trailer for Ben Lewin's "The Sessions," we now have a new clip from the Sundance sensation, which stars John Hawkes as real-life figure Mark O'Brien, a man afflicted by polio who was confined to an iron lung for the most of his life, who embarks on a journey to lose his virginity.
Read More »
More: The Sessions, Ben Lewin, John Hawkes, Helen Hunt

Watch: Warm & Funny Trailer For 'The Sessions' Starring John Hawkes (Formerly Known As 'The Surrogate')

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
  • |
  • June 28, 2012 3:48 PM
  • |
  • 2 Comments
News
On the face of it, a movie about a 38-year-old man crippled by polio who seeks a chance to lose his virginity doesn't exactly seem like the stuff of comedy or even feel-good drama. But premiering earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival to strong reviews, with whispers of Oscar, it looks like "The Sessions" (formerly known as "The Surrogate") accomplishes just that.
Read More »
More: John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, The Sessions, Film Trailers

Follow Us

Email Updates

What's Poppin'

Latest Tweets

  • seancom103

    @ThePlaylist it looks eh but kind of fun at the same time

    Posted 52 seconds ago
  • TmorgRn

    RT @ThePlaylist: Guys, Spielberg likes movies that are unlike his own. Chill already and stop making him out to be a robot.

    Posted 1 minute ago
  • eug

    RT @ThePlaylist: Guys, Spielberg likes movies that are unlike his own. Chill already and stop making him out to be a robot.

    Posted 2 minutes ago
  • jalonsodelinaje

    RT @ThePlaylist: Guys, Spielberg likes movies that are unlike his own. Chill already and stop making him out to be a robot.

    Posted 2 minutes ago
Follow us

Recent Comments

Blog Roll

Around The Network

the network

indiewire

categories