


The story is set in an affluent New York where Sofia’s distinct sense of detail creates a flavorsome evocation of place.” ‘On The Rocks’ introduces lead Rashida Jones as Laura, smart, vulnerable, loving, and confronting the possibility of her husband Dean’s infidelity. “The genre of rom-com is new to Sofia and she adapts it to her personal style like she might a shirt, buttoned up and worn loose. I love this clever, entertaining film that carries its seriousness so lightly it’s hard to see,” Jane Campion told Variety about Coppola’s father-daughter dramedy. “The exceptional Sofia Coppola has kicked about a rom-com and calmly, quietly, weaponized it.

Jane Campion on “On the Rocks” (Apple TV+).Like the shot of Daniel Day-Lewis baptizing a baby with oil, making ‘There Will Be Blood’ an instant new classic.” There are specific shots that went directly through my skull, like a bullet spreading particles of my brain on my walls. Anderson’s “Blood” is considered by many fans to be the director’s magnum opus, and it earned Anderson his first Oscar nomination for Best Director after only scoring screenplay nominations for “Boogie Nights” and “Magnolia.” Villeneuve had this to say about “There Will Be Blood” in his NYT interview: “I’m driven by the impact these movies had on me then, and still today. Denis Villeneuve on “There Will Be Blood” (Netflix)ĭenis Villeneuve named the Coen Brothers’ “No Country for Old Men” and Paul Thomas Anderson’s “There Will Be Blood” the best films of the 21st century in a 2017 interview with The New York Times.I think with this film, she’s really taken the time to show us at least a glimpse of who these people are.” I’ve had a few conversations, but I’ve never really taken the time to try to understand who they are. I’ve been at the gas station and looked over and seen them. So I’ve passed people like the people in this film. I’ve driven from Florida to southwest Colorado. Jenkins continued, “I work at the Telluride Film Festival, and so I’ve done that drive. I think there’s this idea of things just happening, but there’s also the craft involved in knowing a place, getting there, understanding the light, and then creating an environment for your actors to just do this wonderful thing they do.” “But I know what it takes to get this framing and that framing. I think people watch her work, and they first assume, ‘Oh, they just showed up and things just happened,’” the “Moonlight” director wrote. Barry Jenkins lauded Chloe Zhao’s Best Picture winner “Nomadland” in a heartfelt essay for Variety, “There’s a meticulousness to her craft, and yet it also feels kind of free.
