Posts by Mark Horton
Cinesky snaps up ‘JUNIPER’, the compelling new drama from screen icon Charlotte Rampling
‘Juniper’ is well-made and affecting, and positively thrilling when Rampling is on screen.
Read MoreThe singing Cornish fishermen are back!!
Based on an unbelievable true story!
Read MoreCinesky snags the new Beatles drama ‘Midas Man’
On Thursday November 9th 1961, a man named Brian Epstein descended the stairs of a cellar in Liverpool and changed the world forever!
Read MoreDirector Florian Zeller on his film ‘The Father’: ‘Anthony Hopkins took me in his arms. We knew the miracle had happened’
The French director and dramatist reveals how he pushed Hopkins into giving one of the most wrenching performances of his career
Read MoreViggo Mortensen’s ‘Falling’ wows at Sundance!
“Falling” is unpretentious and perfectly accessible to mainstream audiences. Mortensen’s patience, his way with actors and his trust in our intelligence are not unlike late-career Eastwood, which isn’t a bad place to be so early in one’s directing career.
Read MoreSebastian Stan and all-star cast elevate the heroism of ‘The Last Full Measure’
Though Pitsenbarger’s heroism and personal sacrifice was immense, what the film truly reveals is the deep shame and trauma vets contend with as survivors who did their best under extreme violence and duress and have to live with those choices
Read MoreFirst look: Liam Neeson in ‘Made In Italy’
AFM Update: there have been a raft of sales for James D’Arcy’s feature directing debut Made In Italy
Read More‘The Burnt Orange Heresy,’ with Mick Jagger and Donald Sutherland, to close Venice Film Festival
Kudos for another Cinesky title – this time from the Venice Film Festival
Read MoreThree titles from Cinesky are chosen for Gala Presentations at TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival)
A World Premiere Gala Presentation at TIFF is a major coup for any film and is a good sign of success in the future
Read MoreRon Howard’s ‘Pavarotti’ documentary gets wow reception at early CAA Screening
‘Pavarotti’ has real Oscar possibilities
Read MoreMichelle Monaghan heads a strong cast in a timely true story about an Afghani woman seeking U.S asylum
Monaghan’s modest, energetic performance makes Saint Judy — which might have been a dry textbook lesson — engaging and moving
Read MoreKiera Knightley wows Sundance in the political thriller ‘Official Secrets’
Official Secrets is an ace-level piece about pressure, courage & hard political elbows from ‘Eye in the Sky’ director Gavin Hood
Read MoreDESTROYER REVIEW : The pulpy cop thriller is pure Nicole Kidman unleashed
This is a movie star who knows how to stay the course, no matter how twisty, tangled or down and dirty it gets. She’s dynamite!
Read MoreVariety Film Review : A PRIVATE WAR
In a peak performance, Rosamund Pike reveals what drove, traumatized, and ultimately killed war reporter Marie Colvin in documentary director Matthew Heineman’s astonishing narrative debut.
Read MoreRED JOAN : Judi Dench and Sophie Cookson take turns playing a communist agent who plied her trade for over 40 years
The hook here is the juxtaposition of the sweet old granny protagonist with a plot which juggles scientific secrets and sex scandals
Read MoreThe unknown legend of ‘Blaze’
“Blaze,” has been well-received by the musicians who’ve seen it…“That’s the thing I’m most happy about,” the director Ethan Hawke said.
Read MoreFirst Look: Nicole Kidman’s Stunning Transformation in Karyn Kusama’s ‘Destroyer’
Playing an L.A.P.D. cop haunted by her past, Kidman digs deep into a woman who “wears her ugliness on the outside.”
Read MoreNew York Times award ‘Ideal Home’ a Critics Pick!
“Ideal Home” is genuinely funny, and the poignant and pithy script is aided by the chemistry between its stars.
Read MoreJessica Chastain Talks Immigration, Time’s Up at ‘Woman Walks Ahead’ Premiere
“Every day I’m reading about children getting separated from their families and it breaks my heart because that’s exactly what happened to indigenous people.”
Read MoreJessica Chastain Leads The Path In A ‘Woman Walks Ahead’
The always reliable Jessica Chastain gives another strong performance
Read MoreGroundbreaking fashion designer Alexander McQueen is profiled in this thrilling documentary
Like McQueen’s designs, it is thrilling, troubling and tinged with tragedy.
Read MoreAnnette Bening scores another triumph in ‘The Seagull’
Excellent performances grace this fast-paced, lucid screen version
Read More‘HOSTILES’ gets an amazing review from “Rolling Stone” magazine
Bale, in a piercing, quietly devastating performance, holds the film’s center with commanding authority.
Read MoreStellar reaction to ‘JOURNEYS END’ at the Toronto Film Festival
There isn’t a weak link in a pitch perfct ensemble cast.
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