Little White Lies: “LIFE Directed by Anton Corbijn Released 25 September, 2015 We still shiver when recollecting the luscious monochrome of Corbijn’s Ian Curtis pic, Control. Interim efforts may not have packed so intense a punch but the legacy of his debut lives on. The Dutch photographer created the effect of characters moving through a world so textured that it seemed to have its own pulse. For Life — the story of a photographer and his relationship with James Dean, Dane DeHaan plays the original rebel without a cause opposite reformed heartthrob, Robert Pattinson. Let’s see what he makes of them.” DAZED (Films to Watch out for in 2015): “LIFE Ex-photographer and Control helmer Anton Corbijn seems like the perfect person to direct Life. That’s basically because it’s based on the real-life bromance between Life magazine photographer Dennis Stock and icon of cool James Dean. Robert Pattinson plays Stock, Dane DeHaan is James Dean, and they head up a cast that includes Ben Kingsley as tough-talking studio head Jack Warner, and Joel Edgerton as picture editor/photography pioneer John G Morris. Expect this one to clean up when awards season comes around in 2016. TBC, 2015″ Film School Rejects (52 Most Anticipated Movies 2015): 48. Maps to the Stars (Release: 2/27/2015) The Pitch: David Cronenberg taking a bite out of Hollywood culture is a welcome puncture wound. Now in his fourth or fifth or sixth creative incarnation, the director has recently been aggressive in lampooning modernity (see Cosmopolis, A Dangerous Method). He pairs here with Julianne Moore, Mia Wasikowska, John Cusack and more.” Ministry of Truth Film Ratings (My 25 Most Anticipated Films of 2015): “Queen of the Desert Directed and Written by Werner Herzog, Starring Nicole Kidman, James Franco and Robert Pattinson Synopsis- A chronicle of Gertrude Bell’s life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attaché for the British Empire at the dawn of the twentieth century. #1 Reason I’m Excited – In Herzog I trust, but it’s particularly interesting that his collaboration with Kidman has led to Herzog’s great regret over not working with more lead actresses in the past. Favorite Herzog Film – Aguirre, the Wrath of God” The Star (12 Reasons to Go to the Movies this Year): “Life (fall/winter): Anton Corbijn rose to fame as the legend-making photographer of such bands as U2 and Joy Division, so he’d have a natural affinity for this 1955-set drama, penned by Candy’s Luke Davies, of a Life magazine photog (Robert Pattinson) who is assigned to cover rising star James Dean (Dane DeHaan). The two set out on a cross-country road trip, in a film that sounds like it could be the thoughtful buddy pic that On the Road (starring Corbijn find Sam Riley) failed to be.” Fandor/Keyframe (Daily | Most Anticipated Films of 2015): “On Tom Shone‘s list (These Violent Delights): Life (no distributor) — dir. Anton Corbijn w/ Robert Pattinson Dane DeHaan Ben Kingsley, Joel Edgerton Anton Corbijn’s Life, based on the friendship between Life photographer Dennis Stock (Robert Pattison) and James Dean (Dane DeHaan).” and “Werner Herzog‘s Queen of the Desert. Robert Pattinson plays T.E. Lawrence, who, Herzog says, “is a supporting character. He meets the main character in my film, Gertrude Bell, an adventurous geographer of the early 20th century performed by Nicole Kidman. This is an epic film with much happening in the Arabian desert.” The Music (50 Films You Will Want to See in 2015): “27. Life Director: Anton Corbijn Cast: Robert Pattinson, Dane DeHaan, Ben Kingsley, Joel Edgerton Life scans as sure prestige picture: its based-on-a-true-story tale chronicling the budding friendship between a Life magazine photographer (Pattinson) sent on an assignment to shoot James Dean (DeHaan). Ther’s an extra wrinkle of interest given how close-to-home it is for Corbijn, the legendary rock-photographer now four films (Control, The American, A Most Wanted Man) into his directorial career.” “35. Queen Of The Desert Director: Werner Herzog Cast: Nicole Kidman, James Franco, Damian Lewis, Robert Pattinson Ahhh, Werner. He’s the greatest. His latest fiction film (his first since 2009’s oddball procedural My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?) is a biopic portrait of early-20th-century adventurer Gertrude Bell, who explored and mapped the Middle East for the British empire. It was originally intended to star Naomi Watts, but when she dropped out she was replaced by Nicole Kidman, because the pair are interchangeable.” Ciak Magazine (Top 100 Films of 2015) Ripe Movies (Most Anticipated Biography Movies of 2015) “4. Queen of the Desert (13th August 2015 ) The movie is a biography based on Gertrude Bell’s life who was a traveler, a writer, an archaeologist, an explorer, a cartographer and a political attache for the British Empire at the dawn of the twentieth century.
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