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Spirit Awards 2020: ‘The Farewell’ Wins Best Feature [Full Winners List]

February 8, 2020 4:53 pm

The 2020 Film Independent Spirit Awards were handed out in a ceremony Saturday afternoon in Santa Monica, Ca. Hosted for the second year in a row by Aubrey Plaza, who began the night with a hilarious yet poig...

‘Tommaso’ Trailer: Abel Ferrara & Willem Dafoe Collaborate Once Again In This Drama From Last Year’s Cannes

Charles Barfield

January 31, 2020 2:32 pm

News, Trailers

Filmmaker Abel Ferrara and actor Willem Dafoe have a bit of an ongoing working relationship. For decades now, the filmmaker and actor have collaborated on a number of films including “New Rose Hotel,” “Go Go T...

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Production Has Begun On Guillermo Del Toro’s ‘Nightmare Alley’ Starring Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett & More

Charles Barfield

January 30, 2020 12:36 pm

News

Believe it or not, outside of one lull between “Hellboy II” and “Pacific Rim,” filmmaker Guillermo del Toro has consistently released a new film every couple of years. But it’s already been over two years sinc...

Paul Schrader Confirms Oscar Isaac, Willem Dafoe & Tiffany Haddish For New Poker Drama

Charles Barfield

January 30, 2020 10:25 am

News

Like many filmmakers from the '70s/'80s heyday of American cinema, Paul Schrader has had a bit of a rough go of it in the new millennium. While he's definitely one of the most respected writers and directors t...

Dee Rees’ ‘The Last Thing He Wanted’ Is A Messy But Admirable Adaptation [Sundance Review]

Jason Bailey

January 28, 2020 9:53 am

Features, News, Reviews

“Some real things have happened lately,” growls Elena McMahon (Anne Hathaway) early – and late – in Dee Rees’s adaptation of Joan Didion’s “The Last Thing He Wanted,” and perhaps an advisory is in or...

‘The Last Thing He Wanted’ Trailer: Anne Hathaway Stars In Dee Rees’ New Sundance-Bound Contra Conspiracy Thriller

Edward Davis

January 23, 2020 9:41 am

News, Trailers

The first Black woman nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Adapted Screenplay category, for her highly acclaimed film "Mudbound" (2017), Dee Rees' "The Last Thing He Wanted," is something we've been look...

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Paul Schrader Chooses His Own ‘First Reformed’ As The Best Film Of The Past Decade

Charles Barfield

January 8, 2020 12:16 pm

News

Even before he wrote and directed one of 2018’s best films with “First Reformed,” filmmaker Paul Schrader had already established himself as a legend in Hollywood. Sure, he may not be the person most likely to ...

‘Togo’: Ericson Core On Willem Dafoe, Sled Dogs & Crafting A Tearjerker [Interview]

Gregory Ellwood

December 20, 2019 10:00 am

Awards Campaign, Interviews, News, Television

There is a movie debuting this weekend that will fundamentally surprise you. That will make you question how you could so fundamentally prejudge a genre. No, it's not the blockbuster fan-fiction mess of "Star...

The Best Performances Of 2019

Jessica Kiang

December 19, 2019 2:53 pm

Features, News

There are a few strange quirks about the year 2019 in feature film performance. Unusually — and it will be interesting to see how this translates to the Oscars — it feels like the men had the edge in terms of t...

The Best Film Performances Of The Decade [2010s]

The Playlist Staff

December 13, 2019 4:03 pm

Features, News

As this maddening list attests—one that nearly broke us trying to order "properly"—putting together a Best of Decade list is dangerous work. There's just a million factors to consider, a million people and look...

‘The Lighthouse’ Exclusive Featurette: Robert Pattinson Is Compared To Buster Keaton In New Look At Robert Eggers’ Film

Charles Barfield

December 10, 2019 11:00 am

News, Video

If you didn’t already know this about the actor, “The Lighthouse” is proof that Robert Pattinson is very much the real deal and one of the best performers on the planet. While his roles in films like “Good Time...

‘Togo’ Trailer: Willem Dafoe Stars In New Disney+ Film About A Dog Saving The Day

Charles Barfield

December 4, 2019 10:20 am

News, Trailers

Disney+ is here, and people love it. Since the streaming service debuted last month, people have been obsessing over the selection of TV series and films that have been available to watch, including “The Mandal...

‘Aquaman’ Actor Willem Dafoe Says Superhero Films Are “Overshot” & He Finds Them “Too Long And Too Noisy”

Charles Barfield

November 18, 2019 1:59 pm

News

Willem Dafoe has a long history with comic book films. Back before Robert Downey, Jr. made it cool for big actors to take on superhero roles, Dafoe had already starred in one of the biggest superhero films of a...

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Willem Dafoe Talks ‘Motherless Brooklyn,’ ‘The Lighthouse’ & The Mysteries Of Performance [Interview]

Griffin Schiller

November 17, 2019 11:26 am

Interviews, News, Podcasts

With over a hundred acting credits to his name, you'd be hard-pressed to find a more productive actor in the business than Willem Dafoe. From superhero blockbusters to prestige pictures, to anime adaptations, t...

Robert Pattinson Is Loving The Love For ‘The Lighthouse’ [Interview]

Gregory Ellwood

October 28, 2019 10:30 am

Awards, Awards Campaign, Features, News

As actors see their notoriety grow it's often natural for them to become less forthcoming with the media who helped hype them in the first place. Perhaps their responses are a bit more of the talking points var...

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