Julian, a drug-smuggler thriving in Bangkok's criminal underworld, sees his life get even more complicated when his mother compels him to find and kill whoever is responsible for his brother's recent death.
Director:
Nicolas Winding Refn
Stars:
Ryan Gosling,
Kristin Scott Thomas,
Vithaya Pansringarm
A young Scottish man travels across America in pursuit of the woman he loves, attracting the attention of an outlaw who is willing to serve as a guide.
Director:
John Maclean
Stars:
Kodi Smit-McPhee,
Michael Fassbender,
Ben Mendelsohn
In the Iranian ghost-town Bad City, a place that reeks of death and loneliness, the townspeople are unaware they are being stalked by a lonesome vampire.
A jaded Japanese woman discovers a hidden copy of Fargo (1996) on VHS, believing it to be a treasure map indicating the location of a large case of money.
Director:
David Zellner
Stars:
Rinko Kikuchi,
Nobuyuki Katsube,
Shirley Venard
"Lost River" is a dark fairy tale about love, family and the fight for survival in the face of danger. In the virtually abandoned city of Lost River, Billy (Christina Hendricks), a single mother of two, is led into a macabre underworld in her quest to save her childhood home and hold her family together. Her teenage son Bones (Iain De Casestecker) discovers a mystery about the origins of Lost River that triggers his curiosity and sets into motion an unexpected journey that will test his limits and the limits of those he loves. Written by
Warner Bros Home Entertainment
Ryan Gosling got the idea to shoot in Detroit, having filmed _The Ides of March_ there. See more »
Goofs
Bones tries to sell copper tubing he scrapped from a house to a scrap metal collector for $100. Copper only goes for about $2.00 a pound so he really wouldn't have gotten much more than that. See more »
Quotes
Billy:
What's this?
Dave:
It's the job.
Billy:
And where is that?
Dave:
Well, it's... close and somewhere over the rainbow, let's put it that way. I think you'll like it.
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First let me say, I love Ryan Gosling. I think he's one of the best actor's going around today and his name on this film is pretty much the only reason I gave it a try.
Unfortunately, for me, this hasn't worked. It seems that Ryan was so intent on stepping out of his comfort zone that he's leaped into the dream of someone on hard illicit drugs. I guess he wanted to enter the directorial world with a bang and really stamp some of his personality onto the film. He is obviously heavily influenced by directors he has worked with in the past. The problem is, in making it quirky, artsy, original, whatever you want to call it, the film has just been lost.
The film consists of three stories that tenuously connect to each other, but none of which are particularly interesting. The mom is behind on mortgage payments, so she takes a job at some weird fetish club. The son steals metal to try and get some money, meanwhile finding a road that goes into the town reservoir. And Saoirse Ronan lives nearby with a grandmother who doesn't talk. I know that synopsis sounds like it was written by an infant, but to be honest, I still don't know what the hell the film is about! Slight positives were Saoirse Ronan putting in a decent performance, and some of the cinematography did work. However, for Gosling to really get amongst the elites of the directing world, he needs to concentrate on the film being good first. It's fine to have your own style, all good directors do. But ensure the film has the subject matter on a basic level to captivate an audience before worrying about little idiosyncrasies you can include to make it your own.
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First let me say, I love Ryan Gosling. I think he's one of the best actor's going around today and his name on this film is pretty much the only reason I gave it a try.
Unfortunately, for me, this hasn't worked. It seems that Ryan was so intent on stepping out of his comfort zone that he's leaped into the dream of someone on hard illicit drugs. I guess he wanted to enter the directorial world with a bang and really stamp some of his personality onto the film. He is obviously heavily influenced by directors he has worked with in the past. The problem is, in making it quirky, artsy, original, whatever you want to call it, the film has just been lost.
The film consists of three stories that tenuously connect to each other, but none of which are particularly interesting. The mom is behind on mortgage payments, so she takes a job at some weird fetish club. The son steals metal to try and get some money, meanwhile finding a road that goes into the town reservoir. And Saoirse Ronan lives nearby with a grandmother who doesn't talk. I know that synopsis sounds like it was written by an infant, but to be honest, I still don't know what the hell the film is about! Slight positives were Saoirse Ronan putting in a decent performance, and some of the cinematography did work. However, for Gosling to really get amongst the elites of the directing world, he needs to concentrate on the film being good first. It's fine to have your own style, all good directors do. But ensure the film has the subject matter on a basic level to captivate an audience before worrying about little idiosyncrasies you can include to make it your own.