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“Women Talking” Trailers, Images, Featurette and Poster

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Based upon the book by Miriam Toews and screenplay by Sarah Polley and directed by Polley, the Women Talking took place in 2010. The women of an isolated religious community grapple with reconciling their reality with their faith.

According to Polley, the women disagree on essential things and have a conversation to figure out how they might move forward together to build a better world for themselves and their children.

“Though the backstory behind the events in Women Talking is violent, the film is not. We never see the violence that the women have experienced. We see only short glimpses of the aftermath. Instead, we watch a community of women come together as they must decide, in a very short space of time, what their collective response will be.

Rooney Mara stars as Ona in director Sarah Polley’s film WOMEN TALKING An Orion Pictures Release Photo credit: Michael Gibson © 2022 Orion Releasing LLC. All Rights Reserved.

“When I read Miriam Toews’ book, it sunk deep into me, raising questions and thoughts about the world I live in that I had never articulated. Questions about forgiveness, faith, systems of power, trauma, healing, culpability, community, and self-determination. It also left me bewilderingly hopeful.” 

Toews’s book was The New York Times book of the year, so naturally, it should become a film. However, according to producer Dede Gardner from Plan B, Brad Pitt’s production studio, the film departs from the book on many levels.

(l-r.) Ben Whishaw stars as August, Rooney Mara as Ona and Claire Foy as Salome in director Sarah Polley’s film WOMEN TALKING An Orion Pictures Release Photo credit: Michael Gibson © 2022 Orion Releasing LLC. All Rights Reserved.

From the book to the screen, the movie became much bigger. “The book is extraordinary and full of life and humor and wickedness and pithiness,” Gardner said. “Yet, two families of women in a hayloft making a decision for the duration is not an obvious idea for a film. At the same time, I could see its cinematic structure. The thing that the book and the movie really share is that despite all the things that they discuss, there’s a real sense of movement and a victory at the end of it.”

“Amsterdam,” Huge Cast Depicting Social Ills of the 1930s

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David O. Russell directs an all-star cast about a story in the 1930s. Three friends witness a murder and are framed for doing it. While trying to clear themselves, they stumble upon an unbelievable plot in American history.

“My Policeman,” Stellar Direction and Cast

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Watch the trailer, and you’ll see a beautifully crafted story of forbidden love and changing social conventions.

Based on the book by Bethan Roberts, Michael Grandage directs My Policeman. The story follows three young people: policeman Tom, played by Harry Styles, teacher Marion, played by Emma Corrin, and museum curator Patrick, played by David Dawson.

They embark on an emotional journey during the 1950s in Britain. Flashing forward to the 1990s, Tom, now played by Linus Roache, Marion, played by Gina McKee, and Patrick, played by Rupert Everett, are still reeling with longing and regret. 

But now they have one last chance to repair the damage of the past. 

GINA MCKEE and RUPERT EVERETT star in MY POLICEMAN Photo: PARISA TAGHIZADEH © AMAZON CONTENT SERVICES LLC

Grandage sculpts a visually transporting, heart-stopping depiction of three people caught up in the shifting tides of history, liberty and forgiveness.

Chazelle’s “Babylon,” 1920s Hollywood, Trailers and Poster

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Damien Chazelle, who directed Whiplash, La La Land, now brings us another side of Hollywood, Babylon.

Margot Robbie plays Nellie LaRoy in Babylon from Paramount Pictures.

It’s an original epic set in 1920s Los Angeles led by Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie and Diego Calva, including an ensemble cast: Jovan Adepo, Li Jun Li and Jean Smart.

Jovan Adepo plays Sidney Palmer in Babylon from Paramount Pictures.

A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess traces the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of unbridled decadence and depravity in early Hollywood.

“The Banshees of Inisherin,” Trailers and Images

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Set on a fictional, remote island off the west coast of Ireland, The Banshees of Inisherin follows lifelong friends Pádraic, played by Colin Farrell and Colm, played by Brendan Gleeson. 

They find themselves at an impasse when Colm unexpectedly ends their long-term friendship. A stunned Pádraic, aided by his sister Siobhán, played by Kerry Condon, and troubled young islander Dominic, played by Barry Keoghan, endeavors to repair the relationship, refusing to take no for an answer. 

But Pádraic’s repeated efforts only strengthen his former friend’s resolve, and when Colm delivers a desperate request, events swiftly escalate, with shocking consequences.

Written and directed by Martin McDonagh, who has worked with Farrell and Gleeson several times, he is a well-known Irish playwright and screenwriter. 

Colin Farrell in the film THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN. Photo by Jonathan Hession. Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures. © 2022 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.

“One of the things I love about Martin’s writing is that it lacks malice,” continues Farrell. “Some of the characters he presents to the audience can be incredibly malicious and cruel, and some of the events can be beyond the pale in regards to the macabre, but I never detect any maliciousness from the writer, the voice, the creator of it.”

Farrell and Gleeson worked together in the film In Bruges, which McDonagh wrote and directed. The movie permitted Farrell and Gleeson to develop a shorthand, and McDonagh wanted to bring them back together again. 

Martin McDonagh and Colin Farrell are on the set for the film THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN. Photo by Jonathan Hession. Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures. © 2022 20th Century Studios All Rights Reserved.

Along came The Banshees of Inisherin, written especially in mind for Farrell and Gleeson to star. “As an actor, you’re looking for someone who has a unique voice, an original way of articulating thoughts and feelings and creating characters and whole worlds. It’s lovely when you come across a writer that establishes a world that has its own kind of order and sense of aesthetic (sic). Martin’s voice can be extraordinary.” Gleeson describes McDonagh as fearless. “He goes into these awful places finally, armed with compassion and empathy.”

Spielberg’s “The Fabelmans” Trailer and Poster

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Steven Spielberg directed this coming-of-age drama from a screenplay he co-wrote with Tony Kushner. The semi-autobiographical story follows Sammy Fabelmen, played by Gabriel LaBelle. Sammy is a yearning filmmaker based on Spielberg himself.

Michelle Williams plays the mother, and Paul Dano plays the father.

“Armageddon Time,” Gray Directs Hathaway and Hopkins

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Acclaimed filmmaker James Gray directed Armageddon Time, a deeply personal story of the strength of family.

Like most of Gray’s films, the movie is about the complexity of friendship and the generational pursuit of the American Dream.

Jaylin Webb stars as Johnny Crocker, and Michael Banks Repeta stars as Paul Graff in director James Gray’s ARMAGEDDON TIME. A Focus Features release. Courtesy of Focus Features.

The film presents a strong cast, including Anthony Hopkins, Anne Hathaway and Jeremy Strong.

“Empire of Light” Trailers, Clips, Poster and Images

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Set in an English seaside town in the early 1980s and directed by Sam Mendes, Empire of Light is a tale about human connection.

Watch the trailer. Hopefully, you’ll notice how powerful and poignant the story is about the magic of cinema — the illusion of life.

The movie stars Olivia Coleman, Colin Firth, Michael Ward and Toby Jones.

“Three Thousand Years of Longing,” Plot, Trailer, Clips, Featurettes and Images

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Based on the short story “The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye” by A. S. Byatt and co-written and directed by George Miller for the screen, Dr. Alithea Binnie, played by Tilda Swinton, is an academic. She’s content with life and a creature of reason.

While in Istanbul attending a conference, she encounters a Djinn, played by Idris Elba, who offers her three wishes for his freedom. This presents two problems. First, she doubts he is real; second, because she is a scholar of story and mythology, she knows all the cautionary tales of wishes have gone wrong.

The Djinn pleads his case by telling her fantastical stories of his past. Eventually, she submits and makes a wish that surprises them both.

“The Good House,” Starring Weaver and Kline

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Co-written and directed by Maya Forbes and Wally Wolodarsky, The Good House follows Hildy Good, played by Sigourney Weaver. Hildy is a wry New England realtor and descendant of the Salem witches.

Thomas Bezucha also co-wrote the script with the directors. Bezucha’s credits include writing and directing Let Him Go and six episodes of the Secret Invasion mini-series. 

 She loves her wine and secrets, yet her compartmentalized life unravels as she rekindles a romance with her old high-school flame, Frank Getchell, played by Kevin Kline. She becomes dangerously entwined in one person’s reckless behavior. 

The situations ignite long-buried emotions and family secrets, propelling Hildy toward a reckoning with the one person she’s been avoiding for decades — herself.

The Good House additionally stars Morena Baccarin and Rob Delaney.