WONDERSTRUCK Director: Todd Haynes Starring: Oakes Fegley, Millicent Simmonds, Julianne Moore, Jaden Michael, Tom Noonan, Michelle Williams, Cory Michael Smith, Damian Young Director Todd Haynes» previous films have tackled some heavy adult subjects involving identity and sexuality in the 1950s (Carol, Far From Heaven), rock icons (I'm Not There, Velvet Goldmine, Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story), and a remake of a Joan Crawford classic (Mildred Pierce).
Not exact matches
Following up Carol and I'm Not There, the American
director is returning this year with
Wonderstruck, for which a spellbinding first trailer has just been released.
Composer Carter Burwell,
director Todd Haynes and producers Christine Vachon and John Sloss attend Roadside Attractions» «
Wonderstruck» at the Los Angeles Theatre on October 17, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.
Wonderstruck (Todd Haynes,
director) This film, based on Brian Selznick's illustrated novel, has a magical, almost fairy - tale quality.
The Cannes Film Festival is in full - swing and acclaimed
director Todd Haynes» (Carol, Far From Heaven) highly - anticipated adaptation of Brian Selznick's YA novel
Wonderstruck was one of the first films screened at the fest — and it was met with reviews that ranged from raves to lukewarm.
You could easily find good and bad examples of both kinds this year, but writer -
director Terence Davies» witty,
wonderstruck look at the life and work of Emily Dickinson was a good reminder that this genre's usual - route world was not conclusion (or consigned to endless cradle - to - grave repetition).
A new trailer and poster arrive for Carol and Velvet Goldmine
director Todd Haynes» adaptation of the Brian Selznick novel
Wonderstruck.
· MASTER CLASS ADVISORS: writer /
director Amma Asante MBE (Belle, A United Kingdom, Where Hands Touch), actor Dakota Fanning («The Alienist,» Brimstone, The Runaways), producer Donna Gigliotti (Hidden Figures, Silver Linings Playbook, Shakespeare in Love), composer Laura Karpman (Paris Can Wait, Underground), producer Riva Marker (Stronger, Beasts of No Nation), and costume designer Sandy Powell (
Wonderstruck, Carol, The Aviator).
Another longtime collaboration with an adult - skewing
director yields far more innocent and magical results as Burwell scores the first child - friendly film by Todd Haynes («Mildred Pierce,» «Carol») with «
Wonderstruck.»
Yet whoever Todd Haynes's playful and visually swooning «
Wonderstruck» is for, it still feels like a film from the
director who made the brilliant 1950s romance «Carol» and the dazzlingly original Bob Dylan biopic «I'm Not There».
Amazon is already doing business with all three entities — it's about to unveil «
Wonderstruck» (Killer) and «The Only Living Boy in New York» (Bona Fide) at Cannes — and the news is yet another sign that the company will continue to finance high - quality independent filmmaking from some of the most revered American
directors out there.
«
Wonderstruck» Release Date: TBD
Director: Todd Haynes Starring: Michelle Williams, Julianne Moore, Cory Michael Smith and Tom Noonan Synopsis: The story of a young boy in the Midwest is told simultaneously with a tale about a young girl in New York from fifty years ago as they both seek the same mysterious connection.
At the moment,
Wonderstruck is still my # 1 for Best Picture and Best
Director but some of the mixed and negative reviews sent some of the Gold Rush Gang into a frenzy of predictions updates and where
Wonderstruck stood at # 1 in both of those categories at the beginning of the month, it's now at # 3 as of this writing, proving that awards predicting can be a fickle mistress.
Director Todd Haynes»
Wonderstruck is whimsical and enchanting.
2017 DECEMBER — WONDER WHEEL DECEMBER — ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD DECEMBER — HOSTILES DECEMBER — PADDINGTON 2 DECEMBER — DOWNSIZING NOVEMBER — THE MAN WHO INVENTED CHRISTMAS NOVEMBER — LAST FLAG FLYING NOVEMBER — DARKEST HOUR NOVEMBER — COCO NOVEMBER — THE SQUARE OCTOBER — GOODBYE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN OCTOBER —
WONDERSTRUCK OCTOBER — LUCKY SEPTEMBER — STRONGER with Jeff Bauman and Jake Gyllenhaal in attendance SEPTEMBER — BATTLE OF THE SEXES SEPTEMBER — MANOLO: THE BOY WHO MADE SHOES FOR LIZARDS SEPTEMBER — VICTORIA & ABDUL SEPTEMBER — REBEL IN THE RYE SEPTEMBER — CALIFORNIA TYPEWRITER SEPTEMBER — YEAR BY THE SEA AUGUST — Opening Day screening of BRIGSBY BEAR with writer / actor Kyle Mooney in attendance AUGUST — THE ONLY LIVING BOY IN NEW YORK AUGUST — AN INCONVENIENT SEQUEL: TRUTH TO POWER with filmmakers Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk in attendance JULY — LADY MACBETH JULY — CITY OF GHOSTS JUNE — THE BOOK OF HENRY with
director Colin Trevorrow in attendance JUNE — THE BIG SICK JUNE — 75th Anniversary screening of MRS. MINIVER MAY — DEAN MAY — EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING APRIL — 47th Annual USA Film Festival (Free programs for Members) MARCH — DONALD CRIED MARCH — THE OTTOMAN LIEUTENANT MARCH — THE SENSE OF AN ENDING FEBRUARY — A UNITED KINGDOM JANUARY — Free KidFilm screenings for Members
Wonderstruck, from
director Todd Haynes, will be given a limited release on October 20th and will go wider throughout November.
Wonderstruck, from Todd Haynes, could be his Oscar redemption after being snubbed in Best Picture and Best
Director for Carol and with Amazon behind it, we know they can do wonders with a campaign and have tons of cash to throw at it.
The big films of Cannes» second day are Todd Haynes's
Wonderstruck, and Loveless from Russian
director Andrei Zvyagintsev
Adapted from a young - adult novel by Hugo author Brian Selznick,
Wonderstruck is an all - ages enchantment, entirely true to
director Todd Haynes's sensibility: an intelligent, deeply personal, and lovingly intricate tribute to the power of obsession.
Adapted from a young - adult novel by TheInvention of Hugo Cabret author Brian Selznick,
Wonderstruck is an all - ages enchantment, entirely true to
director Todd Haynes's sensibility: an intelligent, deeply personal, and lovingly intricate tribute to the power of obsession.
«An Evening with Todd Haynes» • The
director of «
Wonderstruck» will sit for an onstage interview with producer and longtime collaborator Christine Vachon in an event that will include his early work, including a recently restored gem.
San Francisco Examiner critics Jeff Anderson and Anita Katz's varied top 10 lists both include «Detroit,»
director Kathryn Bigelow's account of the siege of the Algiers Motel during 1967 riots in that city; «Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,» writer -
director Martin McDonagh's dark comedy about maternal revenge; and «
Wonderstruck,»
director Todd Haynes» film (based on a young adult novel) about parallel tales of fearless, curious 12 - year - olds — in 1977 and 1927.
Director Todd Haynes attends the premiere of Roadside Attractions» «
Wonderstruck» at Los Angeles Theatre on October 17, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.
Director Todd Haynes attends the 55th New York Film Festival «
Wonderstruck» premiere at Alice Tully Hall on October 7, 2017 in New York City.
Instead, festivalgoers queued up amid heightened security for the first screenings of Todd Haynes» «
Wonderstruck,» which premiered in the main competition, and Claire Denis» «Let the Sunshine In» («Un Beau Soleil Intérieur»), which opened the parallel
Directors» Fortnight sidebar.
Honoree,
director Todd Haynes attends the screening of «
Wonderstruck» at the Mill Valley Film Festival at Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center on October 13, 2017 in San Rafael, California.
Director Todd Haynes arrives at the premiere of Roadside Attractions» «
Wonderstruck» at the Los Angeles Theatre on October 17, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.
The
Wonderstruck actress was joined by Fan Bing Bing, Chloe Sevigny, Romee Strijd,
director Benicio Del Toro, Tallia Storm, Georgia May Jagger, and Chantel Jeffries.
After it opens with French
director Arnaud Desplechin's Ismael's Ghosts, Cannes will premiere films from streaming companies Amazon (Todd Haynes's
Wonderstruck and Lynne Ramsay's You Were Never Really Here) and Netflix (Bong Joon - ho's Okja and Noah Baumbach's The Meyerowitz Stories); debut TV series from Showtime (David Lynch's Twin Peaks revival) and SundanceTV Jane Campion's Top of the Lake); and host a virtual - reality art installation created by Alejandro Inarritu.
Watching Todd Haynes's seventh feature,
Wonderstruck, it's hard not to think about certain hallmarks of the
director's previous films: the sense of yearning and isolation found in Safe and Far from Heaven; the fixation on personal and historical past as characters come to terms with being outsiders in Velvet Goldmine; even the use of Barbie dolls as stand - ins for real people in Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story.
In the quietly luminous adventure «
Wonderstruck,»
director Todd Haynes precisely details not one moment in time but two, telling stories of children separated by 50 years but united by curiosity and circumstance.