Trailers
Trailer Watch: It’s Not Easy (But It Sure Looks Like Fun) “To Be Takei”
In his 77 years, George Takei has lived many lives: Star Trek actor, radio announcer, (heterosexual) sex symbol, Japanese-American activist, LGBT activist, social-media icon, and, at long last,...
Trailer Watch: Gugu Mbatha-Raw is a Troubled Pop Star in Gina Prince-Bythewood’s Beyond the Lights
After starring in Amma Asante’s Austenesque romance Belle, Gugu Mbatha-Raw will next be seen as a troubled pop star in Gina Prince-Bythewood’s Beyond the Lights. At the Los Angeles Film...
Trailer Watch: Maggie Gyllenhaal is a British Arms Dealer in The Honorable Woman
Maggie Gyllenhaal has joined the mass migration of prestige film actresses to television. The Dark Knight and Crazy Heart co-star has finally found a role worthy of her considerable talents in...
Trailer Watch: Abigail Breslin is the Final Girl
The Final Girl — the purehearted stock character who turns the tables on the killer by the end of the horror movie — has become so famous she’s gotten her own movie. A blonde Abigail...
Trailer Watch: Chloe Grace Moretz Wavers Between Life and Death in New If I Stay Trailer
Life-or-death situations are rarely as literal as the one teenage Mia (Chloe Grace Moretz) faces: Should she live or die? A new trailer has been released for the big-screen adaptation of Gayle...
Trailer Watch: Dakota Fanning and Elizabeth Olsen Stop Being ‘Very Good Girls’
Following on the heels of Elizabeth Olsen’s Godzilla and Dakota Fanning’s Night Moves is the directorial debut of veteran screenwriter Naomi Foner. Very Good Girls, also penned by Foner, stars...
Trailer Watch: Robin Wright Animates Herself in The Congress
Actresses of a certain age will take any number of drastic measures to stop the march of time, but few are probably brave enough to undergo the extreme procedure Robin Wright volunteers for in The...
Trailer Watch: Juliette Binoche and Kristen Stewart in Clouds of Sils Maria
A tangle of jealousy, co-dependency and desire draws together Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart, and Chloe Grace Moretz in French director Olivier Assayas’ Palme d’Or contender Clouds of...
Trailer Watch: Jennifer Jason Leigh Stars in Jane Weinstock’s The Moment
The trailer has been released for psychological drama The Moment, which stars Jennifer Jason Leigh as a woman questioning reality — and whether or not she’s a murderer. The film is directed...
Trailer Watch: Melissa McCarthy Is a Fugitive From Justice in Tammy
Melissa McCarthy’s much anticipated summer comedy Tammy will focus on a broke woman who discovers that her husband is cheating on her. She then embarks on an eventful and ill-fated road trip to...
Trailer Watch: Extended Spot for The Fault in Our Stars
An extended trailer has been released for The Fault in Our Stars, and it goes a long way in translating to a three-minute format one of the chief pleasures of John Green’s YA novel: the book’s...
Trailer Watch: Marion Cotillard in The Immigrant
Eastern European immigrant Ewa (Marion Cotillard) arrives at Ellis Island and is promptly separated from her ailing sister Magda (Angela Sarafyan). Stranded in a new land with no one to turn to, she...
Tribeca Women Directors: Meet Eva von Schweinitz (A Film Is a Film Is a Film)
Eva von Schweinitz is a Brooklyn based interdisciplinary artist, working in theater, film, and interactive media. Holding a B.A. in screenwriting, she has expanded her interest in storytelling into...
Trailer Watch: Diane Kurys’ For a Woman + Exclusive Artwork
In Oscar-nominated director Diane Kurys’ (Entre Nous) latest film, a love triangle forms between a man, his wife, and his brother. Michel (Benoit Magimel) and Jean (Nicolas Duvauchelle) believed...
Trailer Watch: A Young Woman Searches for Her Real Identity in Ida
A teenage nun (Agata Trzebuchowska) on the verge of pleging herself to the Catholic Church discovers the truth about her family origins in Ida. Set in 1960s Poland, the Rebecca Lenkiewicz-penned...
Trailer Watch: Chloe Grace Moretz in If I Stay
Life-or-death situations are rarely as literal as the one teenage Mia (Chloe Grace Moretz) faces: Should she live or die? In this big-screen adaptation of Gayle Forman’s YA novel If I Stay, Mia,...
TV: Trailer Watch: Orange is the New Black Season 2
At last, at last. Netflix has released a trailer for the second season of Orange is the New Black, and it seems the red-envelope suits have gotten the memo: this isn’t just Piper’s show. We...
Trailer Watch: Gone Girl Asks, Where’s Amy?
The very first trailer for Gone Girl has been released, and it essentially introduces novelist Gillian Flynn’s story to newbies. While Nick (Ben Affleck) searches for his missing wife Amy...
TV: Trailer Watch: New Preview for Season 2
The Orphan Black team has released a second trailer for the upcoming season. This new cut of last month’s teaser is arguably more newbie-friendly. It explains Orphan Black’s premise: “We’re...
Trailer Watch: Gia Coppola Makes Her Directorial Debut with Palo Alto
Gia Coppola, granddaughter of Francis Ford Coppola and niece of Sofia Coppola, makes her directorial debut with Palo Alto, a loose adaptation of James Franco’s short-story collection. Franco...
Trailer Watch: Scarlett Johnasson Has Superpowers in Lucy
Lucy is the film we’ve been waiting for. At the very least, it certainly looks like the film we’ve been waiting for, an action flick about a badass with superpowers with an original premise,...
Trailer Watch: Kelly Reichardt’s Night Moves
A French trailer has been released for Kelly Reichardt’s fifth feature, the eco-thriller Night Moves. Dakota Fanning, Jesse Eisenberg, and Peter Sarsgaard star as a trio of extreme...
Trailer Watch: Angelina Jolie Sprouts Wings in New Maleficent Spot
While previous trailers for Maleficent focused on the surrogate mother-daughter relationship between the titular sorceress (Angelina Jolie) and Princess Aurora (Elle Fanning), the newest video for...
Trailer Watch: Julia Louis-Dreyfus in Veep Season 3
In the third season of HBO’s Veep, Selina Meyer (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) will run to become the first female president of the United States of America. If you think there’s anything remotely...
Trailer Watch: Mia Wasikowska in New Tracks Video
The Aussie travel-by-camel adventure Tracks still hasn’t found a U.S. release date, but it does have going for it a newly cut trailer. Everyting we previously wrote about the film still holds...
Trailer Watch: Nicole Kidman as Grace of Monaco
If there’s one thing Game of Thrones has taught us, it’s that being a princess really, really sucks. Grace of Monaco makes the same point with a drama set in an era closer to our own time. The...
Trailer Watch: Juliette Binoche in A Thousand Times Goodnight
Emotional detachment is a career advantage for journalists and photographers, but less welcome within the demanding confines of domestic life. That’s what war photographer Rebecca (Juliette...
TV: Trailer Watch: Tatiana Maslany in Orphan Black Season 2
The clone drama Orphan Black, starring Golden Globe nominee Tatiana Maslany as seven different women (and counting!), helped put BBC America on the must-see map. Maslany plays seven...
Trailer Watch: Eliza Hittman’s It Felt Like Love
Girls and women begin their sexual lives in as many ways as there are girls and women, so any filmic depiction of burgeoning female sexuality that doesn’t take place in a softly lit...
Trailer Watch: Divergent Finally Looks Amazing
Divergent, out March 21, doesn’t seem to be garnering as much interest or as excitement as it should. The film adaptation of the first installment of Veronica Roth’s best-selling YA trilogy is...
Trailer Watch: The Fault in Our Stars
Is there a way to tell a romance involving a teenage cancer patient that isn’t cheesy, exploitative, or politically regressive? Author John Green certainly tried to find a way with his...
Trailer Watch: Walk of Shame
On TV’s 30 Rock, Elizabeth Banks was a revelation as Avery Jessup, a Megyn Kelly-like conservative news anchor. Now the movies are finally giving Banks a chance to prove her comedic chops after...
Trailer Watch: Veronica Mars’ Theatrical Preview
The official trailer has been released for the much anticipated Veronica Mars movie. Thankfully, it turns away from the “choosing boyfriends” theme of the previously released “first look” to...
Trailer Watch: The Wachowskis’ Jupiter Ascending
The Wachowski siblings are back with a new film, Jupiter Ascending, that looks much more conventional in form than their last project, the time-shifting Cloud Atlas. Mila Kunis plays Jupiter Jones,...
Trailer Watch: Mia Wasikowska Seeks Adventure and Meaning in ‘Tracks’
Few actresses can get me as instantly excited about a film as Aussie actress Mia Wasikowska. I’ll see almost anything she’s in, though I’ll admit to being turned off her...
Trailer Watch: Divergent
Teenage girls of the future continue to get the raw deal in Divergent, the big-screen adaptation of Veronica Roth’s best-selling YA trilogy. Shailene Woodley plays Tris, a “divergent” who...
Trailer Watch: Angelina Jolie as Maleficent
Angelina Jolie is all cheekbones and horns in the new teaser trailer for Disney’s Maleficent. The film follows the Wicked template of lending sympathy for the evil queen/stepmother/middle-aged...
Trailer Watch: ‘Veronica Mars’ Looks like ‘Choosing Boyfriends: The Movie’
VeronicaMars is one of the best female characters to arrive on the pop culturallandscape in the past decade. Played with indelible humor by Kristen Bell,Veronica was a too-smart-to-be-cynical teen...
International Trailer Watch: The Book Thief
The Book Thief, based on Marcus Zusak’s bestselling novel, just released an international trailer for the upcoming film. The film follows a young girl Liesel (Sophie Nelisse) who lives in Nazi...
Trailer Watch: Gloria
Gloria, which screened at TIFF last month and has been riding high since its premiere in Berlin, is Chile’s submission for the Best Foreign Language Film for the upcoming Academy Awards. The...
Trailer Watch: Sweet Dreams — Directed by Lisa Fruchtman and Rob Fruchtman
Award winning documentary filmmakers Lisa Fruchtman and Rob Fruchtman have a new documentary being released, Sweet Dreams. The film has already received many critical accolades including being a top...
Trailer Watch: The Invisible Woman
The Invisible Woman, starring Felicity Jones, follows the life of Charles Dickens’ longtime mistress. Jones plays Nelly Ternan, who was Dickens’ mistress for 13 years up until his death. Ralph...
New Trailer: Diana — Starring Naomi Watts
Here is the first domestic trailer for Diana, starring Naomi Watts. The film covers the period during the last two years of Diana’s life while she was dating surgeon Hasnat Khan (Naveen Andrews)...
Trailer Watch: New Trailer for Philomena — Starring Judi Dench
Philomena, starring Judi Dench, has taken the festival circuit by storm — receiving critical praise at Toronto and nabbing the Best Screenplay award at Venice. Dench plays Philomena, a woman...
Trailer Watch: Full Trailer for Black Nativity — Directed by Kasi Lemmons
Kasi Lemmons’ Black Nativity is based on Langston Hughes’ infamous retelling of the Nativity story with an all black cast. In this contemporary and musical setting, the film follows Langston...
Trailer Watch: Sunlight Jr. — Written and Directed by Laurie Collyer
Laurie Collyer’s Sunlight Jr. is her latest film following up 2006’s Sherrybaby starring Maggie Gyllenhaal. Written and directed by Collyer, the film follows Melissa (Naomi Watts) and her...
TV Trailer Watch: Homeland Season 3
The official trailer for season 3 of Homeland has been released just in time for the season premiere. The new season focuses on the repercussions of the CIA headquarters bombing. Carrie (Claire...
Trailer Watch: New Trailer for How I Live Now — Co-Written by Penelope Skinner
How I Live Now, co-written by Penelope Skinner and starring Saoirse Ronan, premiered at TIFF earlier this month. The film, which is adapted from Meg Rosoff’s novel, follows Daisy (Ronan) an...
TIFF Trailer: English Vinglish Directed by Gauri Shinde
The film captures a modern day struggle experienced all too often by the un-American elite trying to make it in America: the language barrier. Sridevi’s character, Shashi, is made to feel insecure...
New Trailer: Middle of Nowhere — Written and Directed by Ava Duvernay
MIDDLE OF NOWHERE | In theaters October 12, 2012 Synopsis: Winner of the Best Director Award at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, MIDDLE OF NOWHERE follows Ruby, a bright medical student who sets...
Trailer Watch: Jack and Diane
Film will open in the US on November 2. Synopsis: Jack and Diane, two teenage girls, meet in New York City and spend the night kissing ferociously. Diane’s charming innocence quickly begins to...