It’s not easy for Rachel McAdams & Rachel Weisz in Disobedience, where they play women whose love would be vigorously condemned by the Orthdox Jewish community they come from. The movie is based on Naomi Alderman’s novel, with Sebastian Lelio directing. The lesbian-themed movie premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival to pretty good review, which praised the acting and how heartfelt the somewhat melancholic movie is.
Here’s the synopsis: ‘Happily single and living a rich life as a photographer in New York, Ronit (Rachel Weisz) is very much the black sheep of her London-based Orthodox Jewish family. When her revered rabbi father dies, Ronit returns home to pay her respects and liquidate her inheritance. But surprises await, chief among them the news that Dovid (Alessandro Nivola) — the heir apparent to Ronit’s father and very much the son he never had — has married Ronit’s childhood friend Esti (Rachel McAdams). While Dovid prepares to take over the hallowed place at the synagogue, Ronit and Esti become reacquainted. An old flame is reignited — one that could torch everything this family most cherishes.’
Disobedience is due out in the US in April. An August UK release is currently set, but take a look at the trailer below. [Read more…]
Synopsis: ‘Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams star as Max and Annie, whose weekly couples game night gets kicked up a notch when Max’s charismatic brother, Brooks (Kyle Chandler), arranges a murder mystery party, complete with fake thugs and faux federal agents. So when Brooks gets kidnapped, it’s all part of the game…right? But as the six uber-competitive gamers set out to solve the case and win, they begin to discover that neither this “game”—nor Brooks—are what they seem to be.
Amongst the myriad film awards given out at this time of year, GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics’s Dorian Awards has grown into one of the most distinct, both in terms of the diversity of its recipients and its unique categories (and I’m not just saying that because I’m a member). This year’s award winners have been announced, and it is not too surprising that Call Me By Your Name took both Film Of The Year and LGBTQ Film Of The Year (although it was a strong year for the latter).
Much to the ire of LGBTQ Harry Potter fans around the globe, Fantastic Beasts: The Crime Of Grindelwald director David Yates has revealed that the upcoming magical movie won’t be ‘explicitly’ dealing with Albus Dumbledore’s sexuality. Many had hoped that after both the Harry Potter books and films sidestepped the fact Dumbledore is gay – despite JK Rowling confirming this – it would be more apparent in the Fantastic Beast sequel, where a younger version of the future Hogwarts headmaster will be played by Jude Law.
It’s a busy year for Marvel, as they have Black Panther out in a couple of weeks, followed by Avengers: Infinity War in early way. Normally two movies in a year is enough, but they’re also preparing Ant-Man And The Wasp for an August release.
Synopsis: ‘Submergence is a love story that takes us into the extremely different worlds of our two protagonists, Danielle Flinders (Alicia Vikander) and James More (James McAvoy). They meet by chance in a remote hotel in Normandy where they both prepare for a dangerous mission. They fall in love almost against their will, but soon recognize in each other the love of their lives. When they have to separate, we find out that James works for the British Secret Service.
Before he went off to make Warcraft: The Beginning, Duncan Jones was working on Mute. Now we’re finally getting that film, which is heading to Netflix in a few weeks time.
Steven Soderbergh came back from his self-imposed retirement last year with Logan Lucky. Now he’s lining up his next movie, and this time he’s decided that rather than expensive cameras, he was going to shoot the entire thing on an iPhone. He’s not the first to do it as other movies, most notably the award-winning Tangerine, have done it before, but the Ocean’s 11 helmer is certainly the highest profile director to go down that route.
One of the best reviewed movies coming out of this year’s Sundance Film Festival is undoubtedly The Miseducation Of Cameron Post, and last night it picked yp the festival’s top award, the Grand Jury Prize. Set in 1993, the film stars Chloe Moretz as a teenager who ‘is caught having a sexual encounter with the prom queen. Cameron is then forced into a gay conversion therapy center by her conservative aunt and uncle, who are her legal guardians.’
Although the Oscar-nominated, gay-themed film, Call Me By Your Name, seems like a self-contained movie, director Luca Guadagnino has been talking about the possibility of turning it into a series of films, possibly made over several decades. Now he’s been talking about what the first of those follow-up movies may be, and where the story may go after Elio (Timothee Chalamet) and Oliver’s (Armie Hammer) romantic summer in Northern Italy in 1983.