Review: ‘The Power of the Dog’ is a sublime gothic Western
3 years, 1 month ago

Review: ‘The Power of the Dog’ is a sublime gothic Western

Associated Press  

Tracking shots of a solitary figure striding across a Western plain, seen from within the darkened interiors of a home, bookend Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog.” As the man walks, with wrinkled foothills behind him, the camera glides through the house. “The Power of the Dog” is Campion’s first film since her luminous 2009 John Keats drama “Bright Star"; in the interim she made the series “Top of the Lake,” the vivid New Zealand mystery. Adapted by Campion from Thomas Savage’s 1967 novel, “The Power of the Dog” is less a return to form for Campion than a big-screen reminder of her virtuosity. But just what Phil can and can’t see is at the heart of “The Power of the Dog,” a film that, like the novel, takes its name from a Psalm.

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The Power of the Dog: Director Jane Campion calls Sam Elliot a ‘bit of a b****’ over criticism
2 years, 9 months ago

The Power of the Dog: Director Jane Campion calls Sam Elliot a ‘bit of a b****’ over criticism

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Jane Campion has called Sam Elliott a “b****” after he criticised …

Jane Campion rejects Sam Elliott’s ‘Power of the Dog’ complaints: ‘He’s not a cowboy’
2 years, 9 months ago

Jane Campion rejects Sam Elliott’s ‘Power of the Dog’ complaints: ‘He’s not a cowboy’

LA Times  

“The Power of the Dog” writer and director Jane Campion has responded to actor Sam Elliott’s derogatory comments about her Oscar-nominated western drama. And I think he sees me as a woman or something less, at first, and I don’t appreciate that.” Campion isn’t the first person from “Power of the Dog” to challenge Elliott’s statements about the movie, which …

‘The Power of the Dog’ wins best picture at UK’s BAFTAs
2 years, 9 months ago

‘The Power of the Dog’ wins best picture at UK’s BAFTAs

LA Times  

Ariana Debose holds her Supporting Actress award for her role in the film ‘West Side Story’ at the 75th British Academy Film Awards in London. New Zealand filmmaker Jane Campion was named best director for “The Power of the Dog,” becoming only the third woman to win the prize in the awards’ 75-year history. Lead acting trophies went to Hollywood …

Benedict Cumberbatch had the politest response to Sam Elliott’s ‘Power of the Dog’ dig
2 years, 9 months ago

Benedict Cumberbatch had the politest response to Sam Elliott’s ‘Power of the Dog’ dig

LA Times  

Benedict Cumberbatch is reacting in a very British manner to American actor Sam Elliott calling his movie “The Power of the Dog” “that piece of s—.” Without naming names, the best actor Oscar nominee called Elliott’s reaction “very odd.” “Someone. Elliott, who stars in the Paramount+ streaming series “1883” and has sealed his place in the canon of the western …

The Power of the Dog: Veteran actor Sam Elliott calls Jane Campion’s Oscar-nominated film a ‘piece of s***’
2 years, 9 months ago

The Power of the Dog: Veteran actor Sam Elliott calls Jane Campion’s Oscar-nominated film a ‘piece of s***’

The Independent  

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Sam Elliott has made a scathing criticism …

Benedict Cumberbatch on ‘Power of the Dog’: ‘I bared my soul and my ass as well’
2 years, 9 months ago

Benedict Cumberbatch on ‘Power of the Dog’: ‘I bared my soul and my ass as well’

LA Times  

Benedict Cumberbatch knows you have questions about that “Power of the Dog” ending. Benedict Cumberbatch and Kodi Smit-McPhee in ‘The Power of the Dog’ “I’m feeling the whiff of a popularity contest in the reaction,” Cumberbatch tells me over a lunch conversation not long ago. I think people better watch out for Peter.” Cumberbatch dips a fry into ketchup and …

'The Power of the Dog' receives the most Oscar nods
2 years, 10 months ago

'The Power of the Dog' receives the most Oscar nods

NPR  

'The Power of the Dog' receives the most Oscar nods Movie box offices may not be booming yet, but that won't keep Hollywood from throwing itself a big party. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Movie box offices may not be booming yet, but that's not going to keep Hollywood from throwing itself a big party. SHAPIRO: Let's talk about the top contender, …

Kodi Smit-McPhee is ‘grateful’ for not fitting in
2 years, 10 months ago

Kodi Smit-McPhee is ‘grateful’ for not fitting in

LA Times  

Kodi Smit-McPhee from “The Power of the Dog.” “The Power of the Dog,” Jane Campion’s transfixing Montana-set western, is a film about masculinity as performance, with two central figures who enact very different responses to deep-seated trauma. Speaking from the passenger seat of his car in Melbourne, Australia, McPhee explained how his collaboration with Campion revealed Peter as a “proud, …

‘The Power of the Dog’ movie review: A complex meditation on what it means to be a man
3 years ago

‘The Power of the Dog’ movie review: A complex meditation on what it means to be a man

The Hindu  

Rudyard Kipling has written a lovely poem called ‘The Power of the Dog.’ All dog lovers will surely nod in agreement at “The fourteen years which Nature permits,” while swallowing a lump or blinking errant tears away. However, The Power of the Dog, written and directed by Jane Campion based on Thomas Savage’s eponymous 1967 novel, is not about a …

The Power of the Dog movie review: Benedict Cumberbatch-led Western brims with foreboding and erotic tension
3 years ago

The Power of the Dog movie review: Benedict Cumberbatch-led Western brims with foreboding and erotic tension

Hindustan Times  

Jane Campion’s repressed protagonists wrestle with desire that assumes transgressive power usually due to societal mores and circumstances. Campion’s latest film, The Power of the Dog has all these elements, except for one crucial difference. These parts reminded me of Campion’s first film Sweetie, in which the eponymous half-crazy heroine drove her sibling mad and kept the entire family on …

The Power of the Dog and the films tackling the toxic cowboy
3 years ago

The Power of the Dog and the films tackling the toxic cowboy

BBC  

The Power of the Dog and the films tackling the toxic cowboy Netflix Jane Campion's awards-tipped Western is one of several 21st Century films taking on the Old West and its troubled legacy, writes Laura Venning. As Helen O'Hara, author of Women vs Hollywood, tells BBC Culture: "These female-made Westerns are really tackling toxic masculinity and the ways in which …

Benedict Cumberbatch and Kirsten Dunst refused to speak to each other on set of The Power of the Dog
3 years, 1 month ago

Benedict Cumberbatch and Kirsten Dunst refused to speak to each other on set of The Power of the Dog

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Benedict Cumberbatch has claimed that he and Kirsten Dunst refused to …

Review: ‘Power of the Dog’ reasserts Jane Campion’s mastery and reveals a new side of Benedict Cumberbatch
3 years, 1 month ago

Review: ‘Power of the Dog’ reasserts Jane Campion’s mastery and reveals a new side of Benedict Cumberbatch

LA Times  

The Times is committed to reviewing theatrical film releases during the COVID-19 pandemic. Phil replies, “Not if you can’t see it, there ain’t.” The mystery of the seen and unseen lies at the heart of “The Power of the Dog,” Jane Campion’s brilliantly acted, insidiously gripping adaptation of Thomas Savage’s 1967 novel. Kirsten Dunst in the movie “The Power of …

Benedict Cumberbatch cuts a sharp figure at The Power Of The Dog premiere in Toronto
3 years, 3 months ago

Benedict Cumberbatch cuts a sharp figure at The Power Of The Dog premiere in Toronto

Daily Mail  

Benedict Cumberbatch cut a sharp figure as he attended The Power Of The Dog premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on Friday. Looking good: Benedict Cumberbatch cut a sharp figure as he attended The Power Of The Dog premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on Friday The Sherlock star appeared in good spirits as he struck a pose …

The Power of the Dog: A five-star 'brooding melodrama'
3 years, 3 months ago

The Power of the Dog: A five-star 'brooding melodrama'

BBC  

The Power of the Dog: A five-star 'brooding melodrama' Kirsty Griffin/ Netflix The latest film from Jane Campion is "a slow-burning gothic melodrama" which features one of Benedict Cumberbatch's "most remarkable transformations", writes Nicholas Barber. It's been 28 years since the release of Jane Campion's Palme d'Or- and Oscar-winning masterpiece, The Piano, but you can hear its echoes ringing through …

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