At one point, The Dinner was going to be Cate Blanchett’s feature directorial debut, with Oren Moverman on scripting duties. However, she moved on and the adaptation of Herman Koch’s novel saw Moverman shift into the director’s chair. He’s an interesting choice, having written movies such as I’m Not There and directed The Messenger and Rampart.
In The Dinner, ‘Paul has no desire to go out to dinner with his brother Stan, a well-known politician, and his sister-in-law Barbara. But his wife Claire insists on him accompanying her. The couples meet at a hip restaurant but, in between each exquisite course, dark family secrets are brought out onto the table. The couples’ sons are responsible for a terrible crime — as yet undiscovered — and their parents must now decide how to deal with the situation. An argument soon ensues, since public disclosure would change the lives of each of them forever.’
Richard Gere, Steve Coogan, Laura Linney and Rebecca Hall play the movie’s main quartet. You can take a look at the trailer below. It’ll be in US cinemas in May. No UK date is currently set. [Read more…]
Over the years there have been a few cases where someone has committed suicide live on air. The most famous cases are probably Bud Dwyer and Christine Chubbuck. Antonio Campos (Simon Killer) has taken on the latter story with Christine, which got tremendous reviews when it debuted as Sundance earlier this year.
While he’s gotten close, Jason Sudeikis hasn’t quite broken out as a fullon movie star yet, but he’s certainly got the potential. Now he’s heading into rom-com territory for Tumbledown, alongside Rebecca Hall. Now they trailer has arrived, which you can take a look at below.