Project based on novel about Russia infiltrating Swedish politics.
Sweden’s Jens Jonsson will direct The Doctrine, a political thriller series adapted from Magnus Montelius’ novel Eight Months.
Jonsson has credits including series Young Wallander and Blinded, and films Easy Money III and Sundance award-winner The King Of Ping Pong.
The novel, published in 2019, presented a then-far-fetched idea that Sweden would join NATO; given world events, the premise is now eerily contemporary.
Erik Magnusson of Anagram Sweden produces.
Backers are TV4/Cmore, Anagram, Film i Väst, Aurora Studios and Beside Productions. With investment from Finnish Impact Film Fund and support from Nordic Film&tv Fund.
Sweden’s Jens Jonsson will direct The Doctrine, a political thriller series adapted from Magnus Montelius’ novel Eight Months.
Jonsson has credits including series Young Wallander and Blinded, and films Easy Money III and Sundance award-winner The King Of Ping Pong.
The novel, published in 2019, presented a then-far-fetched idea that Sweden would join NATO; given world events, the premise is now eerily contemporary.
Erik Magnusson of Anagram Sweden produces.
Backers are TV4/Cmore, Anagram, Film i Väst, Aurora Studios and Beside Productions. With investment from Finnish Impact Film Fund and support from Nordic Film&tv Fund.
- 2/21/2023
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
The new thriller, Our Kind of Traitor, is worth the visit. Just the right amount of action, adventure, and intrigue. The dynamic cast was spot on and is sure to please.
The story starts out with Perry (Ewan McGregor) and his girlfriend Gail (Naomie Harris) in a bit of a tumultuous relationship with Perry having to try and make amends after a sorted affair he had some time back. As chance would have it, Gail storms off in a restaurant while on holiday, leaving Perry open to befriend a member of the Russian mafia, the very charismatic Dima, played by Stellan Skasgard. He is extremely boisterous, full of life, and in great need. We come to learn that Dima is in trouble and is petrified of the mafia putting a new man in charge, “The Prince” (Grigoriy Dobrygin), who is going to kill his family. Dima enlists Perry to get...
The story starts out with Perry (Ewan McGregor) and his girlfriend Gail (Naomie Harris) in a bit of a tumultuous relationship with Perry having to try and make amends after a sorted affair he had some time back. As chance would have it, Gail storms off in a restaurant while on holiday, leaving Perry open to befriend a member of the Russian mafia, the very charismatic Dima, played by Stellan Skasgard. He is extremely boisterous, full of life, and in great need. We come to learn that Dima is in trouble and is petrified of the mafia putting a new man in charge, “The Prince” (Grigoriy Dobrygin), who is going to kill his family. Dima enlists Perry to get...
- 7/4/2016
- by Betsy Russo
- CinemaNerdz
Veteran screen adapter Hossein Amini (The Two Faces of January, Drive) teams up with famed author John le Carré for yet another big screen espionage thriller joint with Our Kind of Traitor. Le Carré, who serves as executive producer, brings his typical granular approach to Government and institutional betrayal his novels are famed for. The focus is on Dima (Stellan Skarsgård), a career criminal for the Russian mob who has decided to betray his comrades when he learns that his financial know-how of the business has put him and his family in the cross-hairs of Prince (Grigoriy Dobrygin) his ruthless leader. When a chance encounter in Morocco with the unhappily married British couple Perry and Gail (Ewan McGregor and Naomie Harris) gives Dima the chance...
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- 7/1/2016
- Screen Anarchy
Black Sea is a gripping adventure that takes audiences to the depths of human greed in a suspenseful underwater search for sunken treasure that becomes a fight for survival. Directed by Academy Award winner Kevin Macdonald (One Day in September, The Last King of Scotland) and starring two-time Academy Award nominee Jude Law (The Talented Mr. Ripley, Cold Mountain), the suspenseful Focus Features thriller debuts on Digital HD on April 21, 2015 and on Blu-ray Combo Pack and DVD as well as On Demand May 5, 2015 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.
Black Sea centers on a rogue submarine captain (Jude Law) who, after being laid off from a salvage company, pulls together a misfit crew to go after a sunken treasure rumored to be lost in the depths of the Black Sea. As the captain and his crew embark on their expedition, greed and desperation take control on board their claustrophobic vessel...
Black Sea centers on a rogue submarine captain (Jude Law) who, after being laid off from a salvage company, pulls together a misfit crew to go after a sunken treasure rumored to be lost in the depths of the Black Sea. As the captain and his crew embark on their expedition, greed and desperation take control on board their claustrophobic vessel...
- 3/30/2015
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Chicago – I’m on board with Jude Law leading a film and neutral about submarine movies as a genre. My primary pre-screening interest in the quietly marketed thriller “Black Sea” was what Oscar-winning director Kevin Macdonald would do with this material following his hit with the hard-hitting drama “The Last King of Scotland”.
As it turns out, Jude Law as a desperate, angry and greedy skipper is not nearly as impactful as Forest Whitaker’s brutal Ugandan dictator. And “Black Sea,” which dives down to oceanic hull break point, isn’t propelled by nearly as deep of a story as the Oscar-winning Whitaker film.
Rating: 2.5/5.0
As for standing the test of time, “Black Sea” won’t. The film will not appear on favorite submarine film lists in the company of greats including “The Hunt for Red October,” “Crimson Tide,” “U-571,” “K-19: The Widow Maker,” “The Abyss” and “20,000 Leagues Under...
As it turns out, Jude Law as a desperate, angry and greedy skipper is not nearly as impactful as Forest Whitaker’s brutal Ugandan dictator. And “Black Sea,” which dives down to oceanic hull break point, isn’t propelled by nearly as deep of a story as the Oscar-winning Whitaker film.
Rating: 2.5/5.0
As for standing the test of time, “Black Sea” won’t. The film will not appear on favorite submarine film lists in the company of greats including “The Hunt for Red October,” “Crimson Tide,” “U-571,” “K-19: The Widow Maker,” “The Abyss” and “20,000 Leagues Under...
- 2/1/2015
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Scottish director Kevin Macdonald found some early success and notoriety with his first narrative feature The Last King of Scotland, which ended up earning Forest Whittaker an Oscar. Since then films such as State of Play and The Eagle haven't played so well, though his 2013 feature, How I Live Now, managed to turn some heads, even if it wasn't released on a very wide basis. Known at the beginning of his career as a documentary filmmaker, he's continued on that track here and there, most recently with Marley, but now he comes to the table with his latest fictional feature, a submarine thriller titled Black Sea starring Jude Law as a submarine captain in search of lost Nazi gold. While Black Sea has something of an Indiana Jones-sounding plotline, it's far more serious than that. To go along with the search for sunken gold off the coast of Georgia, there's...
- 1/28/2015
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Scottish director Kevin Macdonald found some early success and notoriety with his first narrative feature The Last King of Scotland, which ended up earning Forest Whittaker an Oscar. Since then films such as State of Play and The Eagle haven't played so well, though his 2013 feature, How I Live Now, managed to turn some heads, even if it wasn't released on a very wide basis. Known at the beginning of his career as a documentary filmmaker, he's continued on that track here and there, most recently with Marley, but now he comes to the table with his latest fictional feature, a submarine thriller titled Black Sea starring Jude Law as a submarine captain in search of lost Nazi gold. While Black Sea has something of an Indiana Jones-sounding plotline, it's far more serious than that. To go along with the search for sunken gold off the coast of Georgia, there's...
- 1/28/2015
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Chicago – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 75 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the new thriller “Black Sea” starring Jude Law from Oscar-winning director Kevin Macdonald (“The Last King of Scotland”)!
“Black Sea,” which opens in Chicago on Jan. 30, 2015 and is rated “R,” also stars Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn, Jodie Whittaker, Tobias Menzies, Grigoriy Dobrygin, Michael Smiley, Karl Davies, Konstantin Khabenskiy and Daniel Ryan from director Kevin Macdonald and writer Dennis Kelly. Note: You must be 17+ to enter and win this “R”-rated Hookup.
To win your free “Black Sea” passes courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just get interactive with our social media widget below. That’s it! This screening is on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015 at 7 p.m. in downtown Chicago. The more social actions you complete, the more points you score and the higher yours odds of winning! Completing these social actions only increases your...
“Black Sea,” which opens in Chicago on Jan. 30, 2015 and is rated “R,” also stars Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn, Jodie Whittaker, Tobias Menzies, Grigoriy Dobrygin, Michael Smiley, Karl Davies, Konstantin Khabenskiy and Daniel Ryan from director Kevin Macdonald and writer Dennis Kelly. Note: You must be 17+ to enter and win this “R”-rated Hookup.
To win your free “Black Sea” passes courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just get interactive with our social media widget below. That’s it! This screening is on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015 at 7 p.m. in downtown Chicago. The more social actions you complete, the more points you score and the higher yours odds of winning! Completing these social actions only increases your...
- 1/28/2015
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Outside a submarine thousands of leagues under the sea lies a dark, cold death. Inside the sub lies a crew on a mission that could salvage their lives…Mining full-speed-ahead tension from a fathoms-deep treasure hunt, Black Sea is a suspenseful adventure thriller directed by Academy Award winner Kevin Macdonald.
Robinson (two-time Academy Award nominee Jude Law) is a submarine captain, and the sea calls him at the expense of all else: his nearly 30 years of voyages have cost him the love of his wife Chrissy (Jodie Whittaker) and child. When the salvage company for whom he has toiled over 11 years abruptly lays him off, this working-class ex-Navy man finds himself adrift.
But after hearing the tale of a German U-boat full of WWII-era gold sitting on a bed in the Georgian depths of the Black Sea, the captain feels he can prove himself anew. He jumps at a funding...
Robinson (two-time Academy Award nominee Jude Law) is a submarine captain, and the sea calls him at the expense of all else: his nearly 30 years of voyages have cost him the love of his wife Chrissy (Jodie Whittaker) and child. When the salvage company for whom he has toiled over 11 years abruptly lays him off, this working-class ex-Navy man finds himself adrift.
But after hearing the tale of a German U-boat full of WWII-era gold sitting on a bed in the Georgian depths of the Black Sea, the captain feels he can prove himself anew. He jumps at a funding...
- 1/26/2015
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
★★★☆☆ In the wake of terrorism, governments have been left to wonder how they missed crucial signs, what preventative measures need to be taken and what can effectively stamp out the destructive actions of a few. A Most Wanted Man (2014) is set in a post-9/11 Hamburg, Germany: on high-alert after allowing plotters involved in the New York attack to work right under its nose. Adapted from John le Carré's novel of the same name, the film seeks to explore the war on terror from a new perspective and contemplates just what toll espionage takes on those who are caught in its web. Chechen Muslim Issa Karpov's (Grigoriy Dobrygin) arrival in Hamburg is an ominous one.
- 1/24/2015
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Heist movies are universally loved yet rarely reinvented, as they typically assemble a band of misfits who work towards a collective criminal goal involving immense riches. Most of the time you’ll see a bank being robbed, or there’s the Ocean’s gang infiltrating casinos, and we can’t forget when those Fast & Furious boys/gals stole an entire vault – but we haven’t seen that many underwater heist films.
Sure, Black Sea isn’t a straightforward smash-and-grab story, but Kevin Macdonald’s latest film is an unconventional heist movie at its core. There’s a rag-tag team, their treacherous submersible journey, and a buttload of Nazi gold hidden deep inside a sunken German U-Boat – there just happens to be a little more drama involved thanks to the creaky Russian submarine used to navigate Jordanian/Russian waters. Don’t expect a quirky seafaring adventure from this lot of gold-digging sailors,...
Sure, Black Sea isn’t a straightforward smash-and-grab story, but Kevin Macdonald’s latest film is an unconventional heist movie at its core. There’s a rag-tag team, their treacherous submersible journey, and a buttload of Nazi gold hidden deep inside a sunken German U-Boat – there just happens to be a little more drama involved thanks to the creaky Russian submarine used to navigate Jordanian/Russian waters. Don’t expect a quirky seafaring adventure from this lot of gold-digging sailors,...
- 1/19/2015
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
Stars: Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Grigoriy Dobrygin, Rachel McAdams, Willem Dafoe, Robin Wright, Daniel Brühl, Nina Hoss, Homayoun Ershadi, Vicky Krieps, Mehdi Dehbi, Kostja Ullmann, Martin Wuttke, Rainer Bock | Written by Andrew Bovell | Directed by Anton Corbijn
Gunther Bachman (Phillip Seymour Hoffman) is a German espionage agent stationed in Hamburg to head up a covert anti-terrorist unit tasked infiltrating and gaining intelligence from the local Muslim community. In particular, Bachmann is interested in Dr Abdullah, a local philanthropist who has some shady financial practices. He also learns of Issa Karpov (Grigoriy Dobrygin), a half-Chechen half-Russian illegal immigrant that was found by Russian intelligence to be linked to terrorism after extensive ‘interrogation’. As he learns more about Karpov’s reasons for being in Hamburg, Bachmann sees an opportunity to finally nail his target.
I’ve got to say, A Most Wanted Man made time pass at double speed. The combination of a...
Gunther Bachman (Phillip Seymour Hoffman) is a German espionage agent stationed in Hamburg to head up a covert anti-terrorist unit tasked infiltrating and gaining intelligence from the local Muslim community. In particular, Bachmann is interested in Dr Abdullah, a local philanthropist who has some shady financial practices. He also learns of Issa Karpov (Grigoriy Dobrygin), a half-Chechen half-Russian illegal immigrant that was found by Russian intelligence to be linked to terrorism after extensive ‘interrogation’. As he learns more about Karpov’s reasons for being in Hamburg, Bachmann sees an opportunity to finally nail his target.
I’ve got to say, A Most Wanted Man made time pass at double speed. The combination of a...
- 1/14/2015
- by Nicky Johnson
- Nerdly
New Riga Meetings platform welcomes projects including two projects by Finnish film-maker Aku Louhimies.
Janis Nords’ second feature Mother I Love You and Juris Kursietis’ debut Modris were the big winners at the ¨Great Christopher¨ (¨Lielais Kristaps¨) National Film Competition held during the first edition of the Riga International Film Festival (December 2-12).
Nords, who graduated in film directing from the UK’s Nfts, received the top honour of best film as well as the trophy for best feature film director and best actress (for Vita Varpina’s performance as the single mother trying to make ends meet).
On presenting the direction prize to Nords, the competition jury’s chairman, veteran film director Janis Streics, said that he saw “a bright future ahead for Latvian cinema” on the strength of the line-up for this edition of the national film awards.
Mother I Love You, which is handled internationally by New Europe Film Sales, premiered at the...
Janis Nords’ second feature Mother I Love You and Juris Kursietis’ debut Modris were the big winners at the ¨Great Christopher¨ (¨Lielais Kristaps¨) National Film Competition held during the first edition of the Riga International Film Festival (December 2-12).
Nords, who graduated in film directing from the UK’s Nfts, received the top honour of best film as well as the trophy for best feature film director and best actress (for Vita Varpina’s performance as the single mother trying to make ends meet).
On presenting the direction prize to Nords, the competition jury’s chairman, veteran film director Janis Streics, said that he saw “a bright future ahead for Latvian cinema” on the strength of the line-up for this edition of the national film awards.
Mother I Love You, which is handled internationally by New Europe Film Sales, premiered at the...
- 12/12/2014
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
An underwater heist of Nazi loot? Awesome. Submarine movies don’t get much better than this intensely suspenseful popcorn adventure. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
An underwater heist of Nazi loot. Does a submarine movie get better than this? How about some rage against the 1 percent thrown in for fun? Jude Law’s (Dom Hemingway, Rise of the Guardians) Robinson is a veteran of the British navy who’s been working in marine salvage until he gets an unceremonious boot from his job: nothing wrong with his work, just changin’ times, and don’t let the door hit your ass on the way out. He puts together a team of similarly hopeless men who’ve given their lives to the same dangerous, demanding work and have been discarded with nothing but flipping burgers as a career option.
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
An underwater heist of Nazi loot. Does a submarine movie get better than this? How about some rage against the 1 percent thrown in for fun? Jude Law’s (Dom Hemingway, Rise of the Guardians) Robinson is a veteran of the British navy who’s been working in marine salvage until he gets an unceremonious boot from his job: nothing wrong with his work, just changin’ times, and don’t let the door hit your ass on the way out. He puts together a team of similarly hopeless men who’ve given their lives to the same dangerous, demanding work and have been discarded with nothing but flipping burgers as a career option.
- 12/5/2014
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Director: Kevin Macdonald; Screenwriter: Dennis Kelly; Starring: Jude Law, Scoot McNairy, Karl Davies, Ben Mendelsohn, Konstantin Khabensky, Grigoriy Dobrygin; Running time: 115 mins; Certificate: 15
Here's a submarine thriller that delivers on tension but doesn't get too deep, which is surprising when you consider that director Kevin Macdonald is also the man behind The Last King of Scotland and State of Play. Still, there is some meat for Jude Law to chew on as the captain of an undersea mission to recover a stash of gold and he proves himself a sturdy anchor.
Apart from an impressive Scottish accent, the actor shows some serious grit as Captain Robinson, who is laid off after years of loyal service to a salvage company. For a while it looks as though Macdonald is venturing into a socialist diatribe against big business as Robinson and his colleagues gather at the pub to fuel their anger. The...
Here's a submarine thriller that delivers on tension but doesn't get too deep, which is surprising when you consider that director Kevin Macdonald is also the man behind The Last King of Scotland and State of Play. Still, there is some meat for Jude Law to chew on as the captain of an undersea mission to recover a stash of gold and he proves himself a sturdy anchor.
Apart from an impressive Scottish accent, the actor shows some serious grit as Captain Robinson, who is laid off after years of loyal service to a salvage company. For a while it looks as though Macdonald is venturing into a socialist diatribe against big business as Robinson and his colleagues gather at the pub to fuel their anger. The...
- 12/3/2014
- Digital Spy
A Most Wanted Man
Written for the screen by Andrew Bovell
Directed by Anton Corbijn
USA/UK/Germany, 2014
In Anton Corbijn’s foreign espionage thriller A Most Wanted Man, the late Philip Seymour Hoffman lends his take on an unconventional looking German intelligence agent, one without the usual dashing attributes associated with cinematic spies. Although sprinkled with cerebral-minded intrigue and conducting its atmospheric tension in methodical fashion, A Most Wanted Man feels relentlessly sluggish in its execution to live up to its labored political-coated drama. This low-energy, plodding spy showcase has its isolated highlights in sleek suspense, but fails to drive home any genuine revelations about its touchy subject matter regarding counter-intelligence suspicion and terrorist paranoia. Despite solid and committed performances, it’s a slow burn of a thriller that simply lingers without fortifying any convincing punch.
Corbijn’s intelligence operative narrative is based upon a John le Carré novel.
Written for the screen by Andrew Bovell
Directed by Anton Corbijn
USA/UK/Germany, 2014
In Anton Corbijn’s foreign espionage thriller A Most Wanted Man, the late Philip Seymour Hoffman lends his take on an unconventional looking German intelligence agent, one without the usual dashing attributes associated with cinematic spies. Although sprinkled with cerebral-minded intrigue and conducting its atmospheric tension in methodical fashion, A Most Wanted Man feels relentlessly sluggish in its execution to live up to its labored political-coated drama. This low-energy, plodding spy showcase has its isolated highlights in sleek suspense, but fails to drive home any genuine revelations about its touchy subject matter regarding counter-intelligence suspicion and terrorist paranoia. Despite solid and committed performances, it’s a slow burn of a thriller that simply lingers without fortifying any convincing punch.
Corbijn’s intelligence operative narrative is based upon a John le Carré novel.
- 12/1/2014
- by Frank Ochieng
- SoundOnSight
Sneak Peek footage from director Kevin Macdonald's 'submarine thriller' "Black Sea", starring Jude Law, Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn, Michael Smiley, David Threlfall, Grigoriy Dobrygin, Konstantin Khabenskiy, Sergey Kolesnikov, Sergey Puskepalis and Jodie Whitaker, opening January 23, 2015:
"...a rogue submarine captain pulls together a misfit crew to go after a sunken treasure of Third Reich gold, rumored to be lost in the depths of the 'Black Sea'.
"As greed and desperation take control onboard their claustrophobic vessel, the increasing uncertainty of the mission causes the men to turn on each other to fight for their own survival..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Black Sea"...
"...a rogue submarine captain pulls together a misfit crew to go after a sunken treasure of Third Reich gold, rumored to be lost in the depths of the 'Black Sea'.
"As greed and desperation take control onboard their claustrophobic vessel, the increasing uncertainty of the mission causes the men to turn on each other to fight for their own survival..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Black Sea"...
- 11/19/2014
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
It may well be Philip Seymour Hoffman’s ‘superb swansong’, but no amount of dressing up will disguise the spy thriller cliches and utter lack of suspense
• Most overrated films
My most depressing film experience of all time? Watching A Most Wanted Man in Screen 1 at the Odeon Cinema, on Panton Street off London’s Leicester Square – a small, cold, dingy space in which rose-scented air freshener only thinly disguised the smell from the gents next door. I remember it was Monday night – last Monday, in fact, but it calls for some distance – and there were only three other people in the room. The setting wouldn’t have seemed out of place in the film itself as another gloomy, fetid place into which its German spymaster Günther Bachmann (played by Philip Seymour Hoffman) lumbers, wheezing, and lights up a fag.
Not even a second viewing could convince me that Anton Corbijn...
• Most overrated films
My most depressing film experience of all time? Watching A Most Wanted Man in Screen 1 at the Odeon Cinema, on Panton Street off London’s Leicester Square – a small, cold, dingy space in which rose-scented air freshener only thinly disguised the smell from the gents next door. I remember it was Monday night – last Monday, in fact, but it calls for some distance – and there were only three other people in the room. The setting wouldn’t have seemed out of place in the film itself as another gloomy, fetid place into which its German spymaster Günther Bachmann (played by Philip Seymour Hoffman) lumbers, wheezing, and lights up a fag.
Not even a second viewing could convince me that Anton Corbijn...
- 11/18/2014
- by Nick Shave
- The Guardian - Film News
A smart, classy, slow-burn thriller made up of the stuff of authentic spy work and plenty of bitter irony about modern geopolitics. I’m “biast” (pro): love Philip Seymour Hoffman (and the rest of the fab cast)
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
I have not read the source material
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Oh. For some reason I thought this tale of weary intelligence officers was set in East Berlin in the 1970s. Maybe it was the profusion of cheap suits and the grimy colors of the trailer. Maybe it was the fact that it’s based on a John le Carré novel. (I always associate him with Cold War spies, but this book was published in 2008.) Anyway, though director Anton Corbijn’s (The American) production does feel — in a deliciously thrilling way — more like one of those slow-burn spy dramas set decades ago,...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
I have not read the source material
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Oh. For some reason I thought this tale of weary intelligence officers was set in East Berlin in the 1970s. Maybe it was the profusion of cheap suits and the grimy colors of the trailer. Maybe it was the fact that it’s based on a John le Carré novel. (I always associate him with Cold War spies, but this book was published in 2008.) Anyway, though director Anton Corbijn’s (The American) production does feel — in a deliciously thrilling way — more like one of those slow-burn spy dramas set decades ago,...
- 11/6/2014
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Had a film the caliber of A Most Wanted Man been made in the late '60s or early '70s, with a name such as Jean-Pierre Melville or Alan J. Pakula, directing it would already be a part of the Criterion Collection, celebrated for the last 40 years as a classic. Whether it will stand so tall 40 years from now is a mystery, but digging into a film of this nature in the midst of today's modern cinematic age is pure joy for cinema lovers, and it's the third film in a row from director Anton Corbijn (Control, The American) deserving of such lofty praise. Adapted from John le Carre's novel of the same name by screenwriter Andrew Bovell (Edge of Darkness), A Most Wanted Man is a slow burn, spy thriller examining a post 9/11 world wherein the idea of friend or foe is a blurry, political mess and the...
- 10/28/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Exclusive: “Russia’s Brad Pitt” to star in Alexey Uchitel’s period drama.
Danila Kozlovsky, known as Russia’s Brad Pitt, is to star in Alexey Uchitel’s historical drama-thriller Mathilde (working title) - set to be the biggest Russian production to be filmed this year.
The $30m production by Rock Films and the single purpose company Mathilda Ltd., with backing from the Russian Cinema Fund, centres on the love affair between the last Russian Tsar Nicholas II and the legendary ballerina Mathilde Kshesinskaya.
Speaking exclusively to ScreenDaily last week in St Petersburg, producer Kira Saksanganskaya explained that Kozlovsky, who was the lead in last year’s box-office hit Legend No 17 and made inroads into a Hollywood career with a part in Vampire Academy, plays a rival to Tsar Nicholas II, played by German actor Lars Eidinger (Clouds of Sils Maria)
Other Russian actors in the cast include Evgeny Mironov, Grigory Dobrygin, [link...
Danila Kozlovsky, known as Russia’s Brad Pitt, is to star in Alexey Uchitel’s historical drama-thriller Mathilde (working title) - set to be the biggest Russian production to be filmed this year.
The $30m production by Rock Films and the single purpose company Mathilda Ltd., with backing from the Russian Cinema Fund, centres on the love affair between the last Russian Tsar Nicholas II and the legendary ballerina Mathilde Kshesinskaya.
Speaking exclusively to ScreenDaily last week in St Petersburg, producer Kira Saksanganskaya explained that Kozlovsky, who was the lead in last year’s box-office hit Legend No 17 and made inroads into a Hollywood career with a part in Vampire Academy, plays a rival to Tsar Nicholas II, played by German actor Lars Eidinger (Clouds of Sils Maria)
Other Russian actors in the cast include Evgeny Mironov, Grigory Dobrygin, [link...
- 10/14/2014
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Kevin McDonald’s upcoming submarine actioner, Black Sea, has been coasting on the waves for some time now. If you haven’t yet heard of the movie, that’s not unlikely. The film went into production last August, and it’s been a year since we were first granted a still from the movie. Following on from the news in July revealing a release date, Universal Pictures have delivered the first trailer for their underwater adventure thriller.
Black Sea enlists Jude Law as Captain Robinson, who leads a murky treasure hunt. Sent to commandeer a half-British, half-Russian crew tasked with salvaging a lost sunken submarine full of gold, one of Hitler’s u-boats crammed with $582 million in gold, Robinson finds more in store than he bargained for.
There’s plenty to get excited about judging by this first footage. From director Kevin MacDonald (The Last King Of Scotland, How I Live Now...
Black Sea enlists Jude Law as Captain Robinson, who leads a murky treasure hunt. Sent to commandeer a half-British, half-Russian crew tasked with salvaging a lost sunken submarine full of gold, one of Hitler’s u-boats crammed with $582 million in gold, Robinson finds more in store than he bargained for.
There’s plenty to get excited about judging by this first footage. From director Kevin MacDonald (The Last King Of Scotland, How I Live Now...
- 10/2/2014
- by Gem Seddon
- We Got This Covered
"Black Sea" centers on a rogue submarine captain (Law) who, after being laid off from a salvage company, pulls together a misfit crew to go after a sunken treasure rumored to be lost in the depths of the Black Sea. As greed and desperation take control onboard their claustrophobic vessel, the increasing uncertainty of the mission causes the men to turn on each other to fight for their own survival.Law's international costars include Grigoriy Dobrygin, Konstantin Khabenskiy ("Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"), Scoot McNairy ("Argo"), Ben Mendelsohn ("The Place Beyond the Pines"), Michael Smiley ("Kill List") and David Threlfall ("Nowhere Boy"). Macdonald previously directed Channing Tatum in "The Eagle" (2011), Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams and Helen Mirren in "State of Play" (2009) and Forest Whitaker in "The Last King of Scotland," whose performance as Idi Amin won him an Oscar...
- 10/2/2014
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
Kevin Macdonald’s oceanbed-set Black Sea sends Jude Law and a crew of desperate, sweaty men into the murky depths in pursuit of sunken treasure. The film lands with us this December and has a first trailer to reveal some of its treasures.A bit boy’s own adventure, a little desperate-treasure-hunt thriller, Black Sea’s storyline has shades of The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre meets Das Boot with a rogue’s gallery of double-crossers-in-waiting types. Law’s hired crew is an uneasy mix of Russian and English sailors, played by the likes of Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn, David Threlfall, Night Watch’s Konstantin Khabenskiy, A Most Wanted Man’s Grigoriy Dobrygin and Michael Smiley, each less trustworthy than the last, each thirsting for booty. No, not that kind.Leading this salty dozen is Jude Law’s captain, a man under pressure after losing his job at a salvage company.
- 10/2/2014
- EmpireOnline
Name and focus changes for every section, which are now all competitive, resulting in the festival’s structure being “slimmer’.
The ninth Rome Film Festival (Oct 16-25) has revealed a diverse line-up including the Italian premieres for potential awards contenders including David Fincher’s Gone Girl. the world premiere of Takashi Miike’s As the Gods Will and Burhan Qurbani’s We are Young, We are Strong and European premiere of Oren Moverman’s Time Out of Mind, Toronto hit Still Alice and Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet.
This year for the first time the award-winners in each section of the programme will be decided by the audience on the basis of votes cast after the screenings.
Each section has changed name and focus for 2014 and are all competitive, resulting in the festival’s structure being “slimmer’.
Italian comedies Soap Opera and Andiamo a Quel Paese bookend the line-up.
Full line-up
Cinema D’Oggi
World premiere
• Angely...
The ninth Rome Film Festival (Oct 16-25) has revealed a diverse line-up including the Italian premieres for potential awards contenders including David Fincher’s Gone Girl. the world premiere of Takashi Miike’s As the Gods Will and Burhan Qurbani’s We are Young, We are Strong and European premiere of Oren Moverman’s Time Out of Mind, Toronto hit Still Alice and Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet.
This year for the first time the award-winners in each section of the programme will be decided by the audience on the basis of votes cast after the screenings.
Each section has changed name and focus for 2014 and are all competitive, resulting in the festival’s structure being “slimmer’.
Italian comedies Soap Opera and Andiamo a Quel Paese bookend the line-up.
Full line-up
Cinema D’Oggi
World premiere
• Angely...
- 9/29/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
★★★☆☆Dutch visual artist Anton Corbijn compiles an all-star cast for his much-anticipated film adaptation of John le Carré's bestselling novel A Most Wanted Man (2014). Starring the late Philip Seymour Hoffman alongside Daniel Brühl, Willem Dafoe, Nina Hoss and Rachel McAdams, Corbijn's gritty espionage thriller effortlessly translates le Carré's prose to the big screen. A Most Wanted Man opens on an individual pulling himself up from a drain shaft. The boy is Issa (Grigoriy Dobrygin), a half-Chechen, half-Russian immigrant entering Hamburg and attempting to infiltrate the city's underground Islamic community. He's come to lay clam to his father's fortune, but what could an illegal migrant want with so much money?...
- 9/14/2014
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Based on John La Carré's novel of the same name, A Most Wanted Man sees Anton Corbijn (The American, Control) craft a slick and engrossing espionage thriller, tackling the War on Terror with a deft and cynical touch. Hamburg is our setting, and the story kicks off when Issa Karpov (Grigory Dobrygin), a Chechen refugee sneaks into the city illegally, immediately coming to the attention of a covert anti-terror group, led by Gunther Bachman (Philip Seymour Hoffman). With Issa believed to be a dangerous terrorist, Bachman's investigates, leading him to believe the young refugee can lead him to a bigger threat. A Most Wanted Man unspools slowly, ratcheting up the tension from the opening frame. The movie is a wonderful slow burn, and the bleak atmosphere envelops you completely as the story takes its time with setting up all the characters and motivations. It plays fast and loose with your expectations,...
- 9/13/2014
- by noreply@blogger.com (Tom White)
- www.themoviebit.com
Director: Anton Corbijn; Screenwriter: Andrew Bovell; Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams, Robin Wright, Willem Dafoe, Grigoriy Dobrygin, Daniel Brühl; Running time: 122 mins; Certificate: 15
Philip Seymour Hoffman's still has two more appearances in The Hunger Games finale Mockingjay before he's gone from our screens forever, but his last starring role is this John le Carré adaptation about a German intelligence agent tracking a Chechen illegal immigrant in the port city of Hamburg.
Hoffman's Günther Bachmann is a man operating in the shadows and, like George Smiley (played superbly by Gary Oldman in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), he can be low-key to the point of anonymity. Issa Karpov (Grigoriy Dobrygin) is the refugee who arrives through the city docks and into the crosshairs of Bachmann, who believes he could be a terror threat.
Of course, this being a le Carré yarn, the web of intrigue spins out far and wide,...
Philip Seymour Hoffman's still has two more appearances in The Hunger Games finale Mockingjay before he's gone from our screens forever, but his last starring role is this John le Carré adaptation about a German intelligence agent tracking a Chechen illegal immigrant in the port city of Hamburg.
Hoffman's Günther Bachmann is a man operating in the shadows and, like George Smiley (played superbly by Gary Oldman in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), he can be low-key to the point of anonymity. Issa Karpov (Grigoriy Dobrygin) is the refugee who arrives through the city docks and into the crosshairs of Bachmann, who believes he could be a terror threat.
Of course, this being a le Carré yarn, the web of intrigue spins out far and wide,...
- 9/9/2014
- Digital Spy
Michael Cusumano here to check in with my weekly review.
Anton Corbijn’s film of John le Carré's A Most Wanted Man builds to a single moment where the main character, Günther Bachmann, head of a modern day German counter-terrorism spy ring, comes face to face with a devastating realization. Corbijn fixes the camera on him and lets the moment hang there wordlessly. You can practically see the ramifications shake the character to the core of who he is and what he believed about his place in the world
To let the whole movie live or die on a single moment like that is a high risk/high reward gambit. The fact that Gunther is played by Philip Seymour Hoffman should give you a clue as to why the filmmaker was confident his lead actor could drive it home with the power it required. After Hoffman’s heartbreaking death...
Anton Corbijn’s film of John le Carré's A Most Wanted Man builds to a single moment where the main character, Günther Bachmann, head of a modern day German counter-terrorism spy ring, comes face to face with a devastating realization. Corbijn fixes the camera on him and lets the moment hang there wordlessly. You can practically see the ramifications shake the character to the core of who he is and what he believed about his place in the world
To let the whole movie live or die on a single moment like that is a high risk/high reward gambit. The fact that Gunther is played by Philip Seymour Hoffman should give you a clue as to why the filmmaker was confident his lead actor could drive it home with the power it required. After Hoffman’s heartbreaking death...
- 8/1/2014
- by Michael C.
- FilmExperience
A Most Wanted Man
Written for the screen by Andrew Bovell
Directed by Anton Corbijn
USA/UK/Germany, 2014
Throughout the beginning of Anton Corbijn’s A Most Wanted Man, it is hard to ignore that there are only a handful of upcoming performances left from Philip Seymour Hoffman in this world. The actor’s untimely death earlier this year left a hole in the world of cinema, one that will not be filled anytime soon. Hoffman was a character actor who managed to become an A-lister, without ever losing his chameleon-like ability to channel whatever or whomever he wanted.
Günther Bachmann is more down-to-earth than other prototypical spy genre leading men, likely to flash a quick grin after a disparaging comment rather than take down an army of terrorists single-handedly. As Bachmann, Hoffman affects a German accent and an unwillingness to look anyone in the eye. Whether this gesture is...
Written for the screen by Andrew Bovell
Directed by Anton Corbijn
USA/UK/Germany, 2014
Throughout the beginning of Anton Corbijn’s A Most Wanted Man, it is hard to ignore that there are only a handful of upcoming performances left from Philip Seymour Hoffman in this world. The actor’s untimely death earlier this year left a hole in the world of cinema, one that will not be filled anytime soon. Hoffman was a character actor who managed to become an A-lister, without ever losing his chameleon-like ability to channel whatever or whomever he wanted.
Günther Bachmann is more down-to-earth than other prototypical spy genre leading men, likely to flash a quick grin after a disparaging comment rather than take down an army of terrorists single-handedly. As Bachmann, Hoffman affects a German accent and an unwillingness to look anyone in the eye. Whether this gesture is...
- 7/26/2014
- by Colin Biggs
- SoundOnSight
The new film based on John le Carré’s novel A Most Wanted Man features the last significant Philip Seymour Hoffman performance (there are still two Hunger Games movies in the pipeline), and part of me wishes I could report that he was at low ebb, at the end of his talent as well as his tether: It would make his loss easier to bear from an artistic (if not a human) standpoint. But what’s on display here is a great actor at his absolute peak — damn it all.Hoffman plays German spymaster Gunther Bachmann — a post–Cold War, post–9/11 George Smiley figure who understands espionage more deeply than his superiors or the hovering CIA agents. The setting is Hamburg, where an escaped Turkish prisoner named Issa Karpov (Grigoriy Dobrygin) — the devout Muslim son of a corrupt Russian general and a Chechen woman — arrives to secure a vast inheritance...
- 7/25/2014
- by David Edelstein
- Vulture
A Most Wanted Man director Anton Corbijn on Philip Seymour Hoffman getting it right: "When we had done a take and he wasn't sure he didn't want to look at the monitor, he would just listen." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Anton Corbijn's A Most Wanted Man, with a script by Andrew Bovell, stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams, Willem Dafoe, Robin Wright, Nina Hoss (star of Christian Petzold's Barbara) and Grigoriy Dobrygin. Anton and I spoke about his supporting cast: Bernhard Schütz, terrific in Frauke Finsterwalder's Finsterworld, Martin Wuttke, Adolf Hitler in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds, and Herbert Grönemeyer, who played Ian Curtis's doctor in Corbijn's debut feature Control and is the composer for The American and Anton's latest. Homayoun Ershadi, known for his work with Abbas Kiarostami rounds out the superb cast. We also discussed Wim Wenders' The American Friend and the character of Hamburg.
Anton Corbijn's A Most Wanted Man, with a script by Andrew Bovell, stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams, Willem Dafoe, Robin Wright, Nina Hoss (star of Christian Petzold's Barbara) and Grigoriy Dobrygin. Anton and I spoke about his supporting cast: Bernhard Schütz, terrific in Frauke Finsterwalder's Finsterworld, Martin Wuttke, Adolf Hitler in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds, and Herbert Grönemeyer, who played Ian Curtis's doctor in Corbijn's debut feature Control and is the composer for The American and Anton's latest. Homayoun Ershadi, known for his work with Abbas Kiarostami rounds out the superb cast. We also discussed Wim Wenders' The American Friend and the character of Hamburg.
- 7/24/2014
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
A Most Wanted Man Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions Reviewed for Shockya by Harvey Karten. Data-based on Rotten Tomatoes Grade: A- Director: Anton Corbijn Screenplay: Andrew Bovell, from John le Carré’s novel Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams, Grigoriy Dobrygin, Willem Dafoe, Robin Wright Screened at: Dolby88, NYC, 7/10/14 Opens: July 25, 2014 What is it like to be a spy? Some cynics say that it’s a game indulged by its proponents; that our spies know their spies and vice versa, and the groups, however hostile their countries to each other, simply exchange information freely, thereby keeping their jobs. Others, less cynical and more naive, think that spies are like 007, licensed to [ Read More ]
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- 7/21/2014
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
Russian actor Sergey Puskepalis is to make his directorial debut and has cast Alexey Serebryakov, star of Cannes winner Leviathan.
Clinch is billed as a drama with tragicomic elements starring Serebryakov, who headlined Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Leviathan, winner of best screenplay at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
Clinch, which is being produced by Ruben Dishdishyan’s Mars Media Entertainment, also features the actress Asya Domskaya in her first screen role.
Speaking to Ria-Novosti, Puskepalis explained that the film’s story, which he had developed for the past five years, focuses on “the clinch of relations between the ‘next’ generations and people of my age”.
“We are not very good at understanding the kids who are around 20-22 years-old. And there’s an essential difference between us – they are citizens of Russia and we are all still from the Ussr,” he added.
Puskepalis and his co-star Grigory Dobrygin shared a Silver Bear at the 2010 Berlinale for their...
Clinch is billed as a drama with tragicomic elements starring Serebryakov, who headlined Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Leviathan, winner of best screenplay at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
Clinch, which is being produced by Ruben Dishdishyan’s Mars Media Entertainment, also features the actress Asya Domskaya in her first screen role.
Speaking to Ria-Novosti, Puskepalis explained that the film’s story, which he had developed for the past five years, focuses on “the clinch of relations between the ‘next’ generations and people of my age”.
“We are not very good at understanding the kids who are around 20-22 years-old. And there’s an essential difference between us – they are citizens of Russia and we are all still from the Ussr,” he added.
Puskepalis and his co-star Grigory Dobrygin shared a Silver Bear at the 2010 Berlinale for their...
- 7/11/2014
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
A new trailer for the late Philip Seymour Hoffman's terrorism-themed film A Most Wanted Man has debuted.
The actor - who died in February - plays the leader of a German anti-terrorism unit that is tasked with the capture of a Chechen (Grigoriy Dobrygin) who has shown up in Hamburg.
Gunter Bachmann (Hoffman) is aided by his loyal crew, but the true motives of the Chechen and an attorney (Rachel McAdams) who is protecting him become increasingly unclear.
Andrew Bovell adapted the screenplay for A Most Wanted Man from a novel by acclaimed Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy author John le Carré.
Anton Corbijn directs the thriller, following his recent success in the genre with The American.
Hoffman's final screen appearances will be in the upcoming Hunger Games sequels Mockingjay - Part 1 and Part 2.
A Most Wanted Man opens on July 25 in the Us and on September 5 in the UK.
The actor - who died in February - plays the leader of a German anti-terrorism unit that is tasked with the capture of a Chechen (Grigoriy Dobrygin) who has shown up in Hamburg.
Gunter Bachmann (Hoffman) is aided by his loyal crew, but the true motives of the Chechen and an attorney (Rachel McAdams) who is protecting him become increasingly unclear.
Andrew Bovell adapted the screenplay for A Most Wanted Man from a novel by acclaimed Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy author John le Carré.
Anton Corbijn directs the thriller, following his recent success in the genre with The American.
Hoffman's final screen appearances will be in the upcoming Hunger Games sequels Mockingjay - Part 1 and Part 2.
A Most Wanted Man opens on July 25 in the Us and on September 5 in the UK.
- 7/6/2014
- Digital Spy
After a couple of trailers have teased us with the possibility that Anton Corbijn’s Le Carré adaptation A Most Wanted Man might actually make it over to the UK, we now have a confirmed release date with the latest promo. Check it out below… A Most Wanted Man finds Philip Seymour Hoffman playing rogue German counter-terrorism expert Gunter Bachmann. He’s trying to track down half-Chechen, half-Russian immigrant Issa Karpov (Grigoriy Dobrygin), who may or may not be part a militant jihadist group in post-9/11 Hamburg.Issa has access to a very private bank account containing a legacy of dubious origin and it's not long before British, German and American intelligence agencies are paying close attention. To try to find his man, Gunter kidnaps and interrogates human rights lawyer Annabel Richter (Rachel McAdams), and things just get more complicated from there.The film boasts a frankly fantastic cast that also includes Willem Dafoe,...
- 6/30/2014
- EmpireOnline
Director: Anton Corbijn; Screenwriter: Andrew Bovell; Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams, Grigoriy Dobrygin, Willem Dafoe, Robin Wright, Daniel Brühl; Running time: 121 mins; Certificate: Tbc
The tragic loss of Philip Seymour Hoffman resonates through Anton Corbijn's challenging but ultimately rewarding thriller. He delivers a complex and fascinating performance that overpowers the movie's flaws and propels John le Carré's tale to a formidable conclusion.
The late actor's ability to inhabit a character (rather than simply play them) is embodied in his portrayal of Hamburg-based anti-terrorist agent Gunter Bachmann, a man under intense pressure to find out whether battered and bedraggled 26-year-old immigrant Issa Karpov (Grigoriy Dobrygin) is a militant jihadist or an innocent victim of brutality. The stakes are very high given that Mohammed Atta used the German port city to plot his horrific 9/11 attacks.
Hoffman takes you under Gunther's sweaty, nicotine-stained skin to reveal a man governed by...
The tragic loss of Philip Seymour Hoffman resonates through Anton Corbijn's challenging but ultimately rewarding thriller. He delivers a complex and fascinating performance that overpowers the movie's flaws and propels John le Carré's tale to a formidable conclusion.
The late actor's ability to inhabit a character (rather than simply play them) is embodied in his portrayal of Hamburg-based anti-terrorist agent Gunter Bachmann, a man under intense pressure to find out whether battered and bedraggled 26-year-old immigrant Issa Karpov (Grigoriy Dobrygin) is a militant jihadist or an innocent victim of brutality. The stakes are very high given that Mohammed Atta used the German port city to plot his horrific 9/11 attacks.
Hoffman takes you under Gunther's sweaty, nicotine-stained skin to reveal a man governed by...
- 6/26/2014
- Digital Spy
Alexander Kott’s love story [pictured] awarded the Grand Prix and the prize for best cinematography.
Alexander Kott’s Test was the big winner at this year’s Kinotavr Open Russian Film Festival at the Black Sea resort of Sochi.
The jury headed by Cannes prize-winner Andrey Zvyagintsev awarded its Grand Prix “for the realisation of the dream” and the prize for best cinematography to Kott’s love story, set against the first hydrogen bomb tests in the Kazakh Steppe at the beginning of the 50s.
In addition, Kott’s film received the Elephant Trophy from the Guild of Film Critics and Film Scholars.
Test is handled internationally by Anton Mazurov’s fledgling Russian sales company Ant!pode Sales & Distribution, which saw its other three new titles by four women directors coming away from this year’s Kinotavr with trophies and diplomas in their luggage:
Anna Melikian’s Star received the prizes for best direction and best actress...
Alexander Kott’s Test was the big winner at this year’s Kinotavr Open Russian Film Festival at the Black Sea resort of Sochi.
The jury headed by Cannes prize-winner Andrey Zvyagintsev awarded its Grand Prix “for the realisation of the dream” and the prize for best cinematography to Kott’s love story, set against the first hydrogen bomb tests in the Kazakh Steppe at the beginning of the 50s.
In addition, Kott’s film received the Elephant Trophy from the Guild of Film Critics and Film Scholars.
Test is handled internationally by Anton Mazurov’s fledgling Russian sales company Ant!pode Sales & Distribution, which saw its other three new titles by four women directors coming away from this year’s Kinotavr with trophies and diplomas in their luggage:
Anna Melikian’s Star received the prizes for best direction and best actress...
- 6/9/2014
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions have premiered the first poster for Anton Corbijn's A Most Wanted Man, which is set to hit theaters on July 25. Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams, Willem Dafoe and Robin Wright, the film is an adaptation of the John Le Carre novel set in Hamburg, Germany. A mysterious, tortured and near-dead half-Chechen, half-Russian man on the run (Grigoriy Dobrygin) arrives in the city's Islamic community desperate for help and looking to recover his late Russian father's ill-gotten fortune. Nothing about this young man seems to add up; is he a victim or a thief or, worse still, an extremist intent on destructionc Drawn into this web of intrigue are a banker (Dafoe) and a young female lawyer (McAdams) who is determined to defend the defenseless. All the while, they are being watched by the brilliant, roguish chief of a covert German spy unit (Hoffman), who...
- 5/15/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
It’s been three months since Philip Seymour Hoffman died of a drug overdose, and though Hunger Games fans can still look forward to his scenes as Plutarch Heavensbee in the next two Mockingjay movies, the Oscar winner’s final leading-man role is in A Most Wanted Man, which opens in theaters on July 25.
Hoffman plays Günther Bachmann, a German intelligence agent in Hamberg torn between locking up an Islamic immigrant suspected of terrorist ties (Grigoriy Dobrygin) and manipulating him to entrap an even bigger potential threat. All the while, he has to deal with department rivals, a U.S.
Hoffman plays Günther Bachmann, a German intelligence agent in Hamberg torn between locking up an Islamic immigrant suspected of terrorist ties (Grigoriy Dobrygin) and manipulating him to entrap an even bigger potential threat. All the while, he has to deal with department rivals, a U.S.
- 5/15/2014
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside Movies
Based on master story-teller John le Carré’s worldwide bestselling book, A Most Wanted Man is a cerebral tale of intrigue in the vein of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Contemporary and deeply human, it touches themes in love, rivalry and politics we live with every day. Hamburg, Germany: 2012. A mysterious, tortured and near-dead half-Chechen, half-Russian man on the run (Grigoriy Dobrygin) arrives in the city’s Islamic community desperate for help and looking to recover his late Russian father’s ill-gotten fortune. Nothing about this young man seems to add up; is he a victim or a thief or, worse still, an extremist intent on destruction? Drawn into this web of intrigue are a banker (Dafoe) and a young female lawyer (McAdams) who is determined to defend the defenseless. All the while, they...
- 5/15/2014
- by Pietro Filipponi
- The Daily BLAM!
Here is the first trailer for director Anton Corbijn’s (The American) latest spy thriller A Most Wanted Man. The movie is based on the John le Carre (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) novel of the same name and stars the great Philip Seymour Hoffman in one of his final roles.
Hoffman plays a German intelligence operative working to track down terrorists abroad. The movie looks to be exactly like what one of the critics quotes says, a “slow burn”. That’s not necessarily a bad thing when you have a great cast and script to back up a story that would otherwise be left something to read on a long flight.
The movie also stars Robin Wright, Rachel McAdams, Willem Dafoe, and Grigoriy Dobrygin.
A Most Wanted Man opens July 25th, read the synopsis and watch the trailer below:...
Hoffman plays a German intelligence operative working to track down terrorists abroad. The movie looks to be exactly like what one of the critics quotes says, a “slow burn”. That’s not necessarily a bad thing when you have a great cast and script to back up a story that would otherwise be left something to read on a long flight.
The movie also stars Robin Wright, Rachel McAdams, Willem Dafoe, and Grigoriy Dobrygin.
A Most Wanted Man opens July 25th, read the synopsis and watch the trailer below:...
- 4/14/2014
- by Graham McMorrow
- City of Films
In theaters July 25, watch the trailer for A Most Wanted Man.
The film is based on master story-teller John le Carré’s worldwide bestselling book. Anton Corbijn (The American) directs this modern day thriller with Academy Award-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams, Robin Wright and two-time Academy Award nominee Willem Dafoe toplining an ensemble cast.
Hamburg, Germany: 2012. A mysterious, tortured and near-dead half-Chechen, half-Russian man on the run (Grigoriy Dobrygin) arrives in the city’s Islamic community desperate for help and looking to recover his late Russian father’s ill-gotten fortune. Nothing about this young man seems to add up; is he a victim or a thief or, worse still, an extremist intent on destruction? Drawn into this web of intrigue are a banker (Dafoe) and a young female lawyer (McAdams) who is determined to defend the defenseless. All the while, they are being watched by the brilliant, roguish...
The film is based on master story-teller John le Carré’s worldwide bestselling book. Anton Corbijn (The American) directs this modern day thriller with Academy Award-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams, Robin Wright and two-time Academy Award nominee Willem Dafoe toplining an ensemble cast.
Hamburg, Germany: 2012. A mysterious, tortured and near-dead half-Chechen, half-Russian man on the run (Grigoriy Dobrygin) arrives in the city’s Islamic community desperate for help and looking to recover his late Russian father’s ill-gotten fortune. Nothing about this young man seems to add up; is he a victim or a thief or, worse still, an extremist intent on destruction? Drawn into this web of intrigue are a banker (Dafoe) and a young female lawyer (McAdams) who is determined to defend the defenseless. All the while, they are being watched by the brilliant, roguish...
- 4/13/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
We saw the first clip from Anton Corbijn’s John Le Carré adaptation, A Most Wanted Man, back in January. Here comes the full trailer for the film, which has a long shadow cast over it by the death of Philip Seymour Hoffman. From the looks of it, however, this will be a fine addition to his acting legacy.A Most Wanted Man finds Hoffman playing rogue German counter-terrorism expert Gunter Bachmann. He’s trying to track down half-Chechen, half-Russian immigrant Issa Karpov (Grigoriy Dobrygin), who may or may not be part a militant jihadist group in post-9/11 Hamburg.Issa has access to a very private bank account containing a legacy of dubious origin and it's not long before British, German and American intelligence agencies are paying close attention. To try to find his man, Gunter kidnaps and interrogates human rights lawyer Annabel Richter (Rachel McAdams), and things just get more complicated from there.
- 4/13/2014
- EmpireOnline
Philip Seymour Hoffman is a ruthless German spy devoted to nothing but national security in a new trailer for “A Most Wanted Man.” The recently deceased actor's character even resorts to kidnapping a lawyer (Rachel McAdams) when he is tasked with tracking down her client, a half-Chechen, half-Russian terror suspect (Grigoriy Dobrygin) on the run who arrives in Hamburg's Islamic community looking to recover his late Russian father's ill-gotten fortune. See video: Philip Seymour Hoffman Death: 10 of His Finest Movie Moments Robin Wright and Willem Dafoe co-star in the upcoming thriller from director Anton Corbijn (“The American”), who adap Also...
- 4/11/2014
- by Greg Gilman
- The Wrap
One of the late Philip Seymour Hoffman's final films is Anton Corbijn's spy thriller "A Most Wanted Man," adapted from the John Le Carre bestseller, which debuted at this past Sundance. A first trailer has arrived; watch below. Hoffman plays a razor-smart German spy chief who's keeping close tabs on a young lawyer (Rachel McAdams) and a banker (Willem Dafoe) as they try to unravel a mystery surrounding a bruised and battered immigrant. The trades gave it positive reviews upon its Park City bow, with the Hollywood Reporter calling it "a jigsaw puzzle of which all the pieces are of an indistinguishable grey, making fitting them together a tricky matter," while Variety applauded director Corbijn ("The American") for "his attention to detail and nuance... [it] so fully complements that of the German operatives at the story's core." Here's the official synopsis:Hamburg, Germany: 2012. A mysterious, tortured and near-dead half-Chechen, half-Russian...
- 4/11/2014
- by Beth Hanna
- Thompson on Hollywood
Roadside Attractions has released the trailer for Anton Corbijn’s John le Carré adaptation of the dramatic spy thriller, A Most Wanted Man, which stars the late Philip Seymour Hoffman in one of his final performances.
The film also stars Rachel McAdams, Robin Wright and two-time Academy Award nominee Willem Dafoe.
A Most Wanted Man is set in Hamburg, Germany: 2012. A mysterious, tortured and near-dead half-Chechen, half-Russian man on the run (Grigoriy Dobrygin) arrives in the city’s Islamic community desperate for help and looking to recover his late Russian father’s ill-gotten fortune. Nothing about this young man seems to add up; is he a victim or a thief or, worse still, an extremist intent on destruction? Drawn into this web of intrigue are a banker (Dafoe) and a young female lawyer (McAdams) who is determined to defend the defenseless.
All the while, they are being watched by the brilliant,...
The film also stars Rachel McAdams, Robin Wright and two-time Academy Award nominee Willem Dafoe.
A Most Wanted Man is set in Hamburg, Germany: 2012. A mysterious, tortured and near-dead half-Chechen, half-Russian man on the run (Grigoriy Dobrygin) arrives in the city’s Islamic community desperate for help and looking to recover his late Russian father’s ill-gotten fortune. Nothing about this young man seems to add up; is he a victim or a thief or, worse still, an extremist intent on destruction? Drawn into this web of intrigue are a banker (Dafoe) and a young female lawyer (McAdams) who is determined to defend the defenseless.
All the while, they are being watched by the brilliant,...
- 4/11/2014
- by Kellvin Chavez
- LRMonline.com
Philip Seymour Hoffman’s death was a tragedy for his family and friends, but it was also a tragedy for cinema, who lost one of its finest and most varied actors. While his final performance will be his appearances in The Hunger Games finale films, Hoffman’s last leading role was in A Most Wanted Man.
The first trailer for the spy thriller has hit the web today and it showcases the actor in his pivotal part as the head of an anti-terrorist team. For those who don’t know, A Most Wanted Man is based on the book by John Le Carre and centers on a Hamburg-based terrorist cell and its involvement in the 9/11 attacks. At the head of the anti-terrorist team is Gunter Bachmann (Hoffman), who sends his people out in search of sources within the Islamic community that will lead them, hopefully, to center of the cell.
The first trailer for the spy thriller has hit the web today and it showcases the actor in his pivotal part as the head of an anti-terrorist team. For those who don’t know, A Most Wanted Man is based on the book by John Le Carre and centers on a Hamburg-based terrorist cell and its involvement in the 9/11 attacks. At the head of the anti-terrorist team is Gunter Bachmann (Hoffman), who sends his people out in search of sources within the Islamic community that will lead them, hopefully, to center of the cell.
- 4/11/2014
- by Lauren Humphries-Brooks
- We Got This Covered
Rachel McAdams, Grigoriy Dobrygin and Daniel Bruhl share a screen that is dominated by the presence of the late Philip Seymour Hoffman as seen in the first trailer for Anton Corbijn‘s “A Most Wanted Man.” Based on the 2008 best-seller by John Le Carre, “A Most Wanted Man” follows a Chechen-Russian immigrant named Issa Karpov (Dobrygin) who becomes a person of interest by both German and U.S. security after he moves into Hamburg’s Islamic community and makes a claim for his late military officer father’s account in a private German bank. Despite being aided with the help of human rights [...]
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- 4/11/2014
- by Alfonso Espina
- UpandComers
Adapted from the John le Carre novel of the same name, A Most Wanted Man had its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year where reviews seemed rather muted. Directed by Anton Corbijn and featuring one of the final onscreen performances from the late Philip Seymour Hoffman, the film centers on a Chechen Muslim who illegally immigrates to Hamburg, where he gets caught up in the international war on terror. amz asin="B001FA0H3E" size="small"Joining Hoffman is an impressive cast that includes Rachel McAdams, Willem Dafoe, Robin Wright and Daniel Bruhl and Roadside has set a July 25 release for the film. Today the first domestic trailer premiered giving us a new look at what to expect. Check it out below and let me know what you think. This one was among my most anticipated of 2014, but I have to admit, the less than enthusiastic...
- 4/11/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
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