Last year, Anna Kendrick starred in Mary Nighy’s disquieting drama of abuse Alice, Darling. The actress played a woman undone by her partner’s psychological manipulations, pulling from her own experiences in an abusive relationship to shape the character. Her performance — sensitive, gripping — sustained the film’s atmosphere of dread.
In Woman of the Hour, Kendrick builds on the work she started in Alice, Darling — but now she is also behind the camera for this unnerving dramatization of serial killer Rodney Alcala’s appearance on a dating game show while in the midst of his murder spree. Woman of the Hour, which premiered at TIFF before its Netflix acquisition, is an ambitious attempt to subvert true-crime genre expectations by giving voice to the survivors and victims of Alcala’s rampage.
The film experiments with time jumps and perspective shifts to create an impressionistic portrait of the murders. Its action kicks off in 1977 with Rodney,...
In Woman of the Hour, Kendrick builds on the work she started in Alice, Darling — but now she is also behind the camera for this unnerving dramatization of serial killer Rodney Alcala’s appearance on a dating game show while in the midst of his murder spree. Woman of the Hour, which premiered at TIFF before its Netflix acquisition, is an ambitious attempt to subvert true-crime genre expectations by giving voice to the survivors and victims of Alcala’s rampage.
The film experiments with time jumps and perspective shifts to create an impressionistic portrait of the murders. Its action kicks off in 1977 with Rodney,...
- 9/12/2023
- by Lovia Gyarkye
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A new study by UCLA Center for Scholars & Storytellers shows systemic discrimination and limited access to opportunities exist against first-time directors, with only 23.4% working on major feature films in the last 12 years.
Commissioned by Lionsgate and its commitment to the inclusive content space, the study examines some of the persistent biases hindering the industry’s progress toward achieving its stated diversity and inclusion goals.
Compiled from a list of the top 100 films per year from 2010-2021 (based on domestic box office for each year; 1200 films total), the study also shows that while more women and people of color have been hired as directors recently, the rate of overall hiring in the experienced director pool continues.
“The mission of the Lionsgate Inclusive Content team is to help the Motion Picture Group release a more diverse and inclusive film slate, because the data shows that more inclusive content is more commercial content,...
Commissioned by Lionsgate and its commitment to the inclusive content space, the study examines some of the persistent biases hindering the industry’s progress toward achieving its stated diversity and inclusion goals.
Compiled from a list of the top 100 films per year from 2010-2021 (based on domestic box office for each year; 1200 films total), the study also shows that while more women and people of color have been hired as directors recently, the rate of overall hiring in the experienced director pool continues.
“The mission of the Lionsgate Inclusive Content team is to help the Motion Picture Group release a more diverse and inclusive film slate, because the data shows that more inclusive content is more commercial content,...
- 5/1/2023
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
(Welcome to Under the Radar, a column where we spotlight specific movies, shows, trends, performances, or scenes that caught our eye and deserved more attention ... but otherwise flew under the radar. In this edition: "Glorious" serves up Lovecraftian ick with a side of cheese, Anna Kendrick shines in "Alice, Darling," and appreciating the downbeat joys of HBO's "Perry Mason.")
March is sort of a weird, in-between period in the moviegoing calendar. With Oscars season thankfully behind us but the summer blockbuster season not quite in gear just yet, we're left with an odd mix of theatrical offerings: a handful of immensely successful franchise sequels, some notable bombs, and possibly some reason to hope. But don't let that fool you into thinking that there wasn't much else worth your time throughout the last few weeks. It just takes a little bit of digging to fully appreciate the hidden gems.
March alone...
March is sort of a weird, in-between period in the moviegoing calendar. With Oscars season thankfully behind us but the summer blockbuster season not quite in gear just yet, we're left with an odd mix of theatrical offerings: a handful of immensely successful franchise sequels, some notable bombs, and possibly some reason to hope. But don't let that fool you into thinking that there wasn't much else worth your time throughout the last few weeks. It just takes a little bit of digging to fully appreciate the hidden gems.
March alone...
- 3/31/2023
- by Jeremy Mathai
- Slash Film
Way back in 1980, Bill Nighy, 72, started dating English actress Diana Quick. The two never married but through their 28 years of being together, Nighy would often refer to her as his wife. Four years after their relationship started, the couple welcomed their daughter, Mary Nighy, into the family.
But Nighy can be described as fussy, explaining in interviews how he doesn’t celebrate Christmas because he doesn’t enjoy ‘scheduled fun’ and how he must always look sharply dressed in public. This, along with a past history of drug use and his sudden rise to fame, seem to be what made Quick call it quits in 2008.
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After being single for seven years, rumors started to fly when Nighy was spotted with Vogue editor Anna Wintour, 73, at several restaurants, fashion shows and theaters.
The two became even closer after Wintour split from her long-time...
But Nighy can be described as fussy, explaining in interviews how he doesn’t celebrate Christmas because he doesn’t enjoy ‘scheduled fun’ and how he must always look sharply dressed in public. This, along with a past history of drug use and his sudden rise to fame, seem to be what made Quick call it quits in 2008.
In Memoriam 2022: 100 Great Celebrities Who Died In 2022
After being single for seven years, rumors started to fly when Nighy was spotted with Vogue editor Anna Wintour, 73, at several restaurants, fashion shows and theaters.
The two became even closer after Wintour split from her long-time...
- 3/11/2023
- by Hailey Schipper
- Uinterview
Each year, IndieWire curates a list of the top female filmmakers to watch over the next 12 months, and the women ushering in the next generation of cinema makes for a truly exciting 2023.
This International Women’s Day, IndieWire invites audiences to celebrate the rising directors, especially coming off of a history-making 2023 Sundance where first-time filmmaker A.V. Rockwell was awarded the top prize for “A Thousand and One.” Rockwell is the third Black woman to win the Grand Jury Prize for the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the festival, following Nikyatu Jusu’s 2022 win for surreal thriller “Nanny.”
“I think of Black women filmmakers and there are still not many doing it at the highest level,” Rockwell told IndieWire’s Eric Kohn of breaking barriers, “but I think that going from making one or two if they’re lucky theatrical movies to now being able to consistently make movies into our seventies or eighties,...
This International Women’s Day, IndieWire invites audiences to celebrate the rising directors, especially coming off of a history-making 2023 Sundance where first-time filmmaker A.V. Rockwell was awarded the top prize for “A Thousand and One.” Rockwell is the third Black woman to win the Grand Jury Prize for the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the festival, following Nikyatu Jusu’s 2022 win for surreal thriller “Nanny.”
“I think of Black women filmmakers and there are still not many doing it at the highest level,” Rockwell told IndieWire’s Eric Kohn of breaking barriers, “but I think that going from making one or two if they’re lucky theatrical movies to now being able to consistently make movies into our seventies or eighties,...
- 3/7/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
In "Alice, Darling," Academy Award-nominee Anna Kendrick ("Up in the Air") plays Alice, a woman dealing with a psychologically abusive boyfriend named Simon (Charlie Carrick). Things come to a head when she heads off on a secret vacation with her girlfriends (Kaniehtiio Horn and Wunmi Mosaku), who don't know about her relationship. As Alice slowly begins to fall apart free of Simon's manipulative efforts, her friends attempt to break through the walls she's built around her.
Then Simon shows up without warning.
It's a harrowing story and one that is all too familiar for so many people. Anna Kendrick is perhaps more well-known for her comedic and musical roles in films like "Pitch Perfect," "Into the Woods," and "Trolls," so this might seem like a bit of a departure. It certainly did to "Hot Ones" host Sean Evans who asked her about it when she appeared on the show. If...
Then Simon shows up without warning.
It's a harrowing story and one that is all too familiar for so many people. Anna Kendrick is perhaps more well-known for her comedic and musical roles in films like "Pitch Perfect," "Into the Woods," and "Trolls," so this might seem like a bit of a departure. It certainly did to "Hot Ones" host Sean Evans who asked her about it when she appeared on the show. If...
- 2/10/2023
- by Jenna Busch
- Slash Film
To celebrate the release of Alice Darling, we spoke with actress Wunmi Mosaku about her role as Sophie.
Starring Anna Kendrick, and directed by Mary Nighy, Alice Darling revolves around a young woman in an emotionally controlling and abusive relationship. On a retreat, escaping her partner, Alice tries to reconnect with herself and her old friends in hopes to escape and survive.
We spoke with Wunmi about bringing a calm and loving presence to Sophie and developing a kinship with the other actresses and the director Mary Nighy.
Wunmi Mosaku on Alice Darling
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Starring Anna Kendrick, and directed by Mary Nighy, Alice Darling revolves around a young woman in an emotionally controlling and abusive relationship. On a retreat, escaping her partner, Alice tries to reconnect with herself and her old friends in hopes to escape and survive.
We spoke with Wunmi about bringing a calm and loving presence to Sophie and developing a kinship with the other actresses and the director Mary Nighy.
Wunmi Mosaku on Alice Darling
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- 2/8/2023
- by Sarah Cook
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
There is no one correct way to direct a movie. Most filmmakers nowadays shoot loads of coverage -- i.e. all of the footage necessary to effectively cut the movie together in post-production. This approach gives directors a variety of options in the edit to shape each scene to their liking. Other filmmakers know precisely what they want each day they show up on set, and shoot only what they need to piece together the scene as they've imagined it (typically via storyboard).
Edgar Wright falls fairly solidly into the latter category. He's a master stylist who frames and cuts with purpose. His editing rhythms are uniquely, invigoratingly musical; from the Queen-scored set piece at the Winchester in "Shaun of the Dead" to the percussive "Tequila" gunfight in "Baby Driver," he has most of the movie mapped out in his mind. He's not fanatically anti-coverage like one of his filmmaking heroes,...
Edgar Wright falls fairly solidly into the latter category. He's a master stylist who frames and cuts with purpose. His editing rhythms are uniquely, invigoratingly musical; from the Queen-scored set piece at the Winchester in "Shaun of the Dead" to the percussive "Tequila" gunfight in "Baby Driver," he has most of the movie mapped out in his mind. He's not fanatically anti-coverage like one of his filmmaking heroes,...
- 2/6/2023
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
From first-time director Mary Nighy and starring Anna Kendrick, Kaniehtiio Horn, and Wunmi Mosaku, Alice, Darling arrives March 14 on Blu-ray™ + Digital and DVD from Lionsgate. The psychological thriller follows a woman trapped in an abusive relationship who becomes the unwitting participant in an intervention staged by her two closest friends. The initial press …
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- 2/6/2023
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
Alice, Darling is a film directed by Mary Nighy and starring Anna Kendrick.
Anna Kendrick stars in this movie which is a great acting treat for any dramatic actress. She exhibits all her talent which is indisputable in this drama about abuse.
About the Movie Alice, Cariño (2022)
Fancy a drama about male abuse? Here you have one called “Alice, Darling”, a movie written by Alanna Francis which, thanks to a good screenplay, the goals of the movie are reached in an intelligent manner… that is also manipulative (as the plot reveals to us).
This is a story about psychological abuse that is well narrated and is also a “social denouncement” and you need to be prepared for this. A drama and a denouncement featuring three women who defend themselves and a friend.
Technically this has a very good screenplay that goes shaping and offering the keys to the story very...
Anna Kendrick stars in this movie which is a great acting treat for any dramatic actress. She exhibits all her talent which is indisputable in this drama about abuse.
About the Movie Alice, Cariño (2022)
Fancy a drama about male abuse? Here you have one called “Alice, Darling”, a movie written by Alanna Francis which, thanks to a good screenplay, the goals of the movie are reached in an intelligent manner… that is also manipulative (as the plot reveals to us).
This is a story about psychological abuse that is well narrated and is also a “social denouncement” and you need to be prepared for this. A drama and a denouncement featuring three women who defend themselves and a friend.
Technically this has a very good screenplay that goes shaping and offering the keys to the story very...
- 2/3/2023
- by Martin Cid
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.
Alice, Darling (Mary Nighy)
Everything you need to know about Alice’s (Anna Kendrick) state of mind concerning the abuse inflicted by her boyfriend Simon (Charlie Carrick) are the words “it’s not like he hurts me.” We feel Sophie’s (Wunmi Mosaku) wince in our bones—”hurt” doesn’t only become noteworthy when wrought by a physical altercation. Alice is glued to her phone to ensure she doesn’t miss a call or text. She wakes up super early to apply make-up and style her hair to Simon’s preference. Parrots all the soundbites he uses to police her eating habits about the toxicity of sugar. And literally pulls her hair out of her head whenever she has a spare second...
Alice, Darling (Mary Nighy)
Everything you need to know about Alice’s (Anna Kendrick) state of mind concerning the abuse inflicted by her boyfriend Simon (Charlie Carrick) are the words “it’s not like he hurts me.” We feel Sophie’s (Wunmi Mosaku) wince in our bones—”hurt” doesn’t only become noteworthy when wrought by a physical altercation. Alice is glued to her phone to ensure she doesn’t miss a call or text. She wakes up super early to apply make-up and style her hair to Simon’s preference. Parrots all the soundbites he uses to police her eating habits about the toxicity of sugar. And literally pulls her hair out of her head whenever she has a spare second...
- 2/3/2023
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Anna Kendrick‘s recent project sees her take on a more dramatic path in her acting career, portraying a woman experiencing emotional and psychological abuse. The 37-year-old said she tapped into her own experience of psychological abuse to bring her character in Alice, Darling to life.
The internet has been going wild since the revelation, trying to figure out which one of Kendrick’s ex-boyfriends was involved in this trauma.
Anna Kendrick is a woman in love with her abuser in ‘Alice, Darling’
Kendrick is a versatile actor whose latest project proves as much. The actor takes on the role of Alice, a woman in a psychologically abusive relationship with her boyfriend. Alice doesn’t see the abusive nature of her relationship until her friends step in to help.
They take her away on a weekend trip and point out the toxicity, helping her see her boyfriend for who he really is.
The internet has been going wild since the revelation, trying to figure out which one of Kendrick’s ex-boyfriends was involved in this trauma.
Anna Kendrick is a woman in love with her abuser in ‘Alice, Darling’
Kendrick is a versatile actor whose latest project proves as much. The actor takes on the role of Alice, a woman in a psychologically abusive relationship with her boyfriend. Alice doesn’t see the abusive nature of her relationship until her friends step in to help.
They take her away on a weekend trip and point out the toxicity, helping her see her boyfriend for who he really is.
- 1/31/2023
- by Produced by Digital Editors
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
2023 has been, several weeks in, very encouraging as far as the overall picture at the box office is concerned. We've had hit horror films "M3GAN" and "Skinamarink" in the mix, while "Avatar: The Way of Water" and "Puss in Boots: The Last Wish" have done gangbusters business as holdovers from late 2022. Unfortunately, though, it does seem like adult-skewing, original dramas are still a tough nut to crack. Case in point, Hugh Jackman's latest effort, "The Son," debuted this past weekend and landed with a barely audible whimper. Though, if recent history is any indication, it may not be dead in the water just yet.
Debuting in 554 theaters from Sony Pictures Classics, "The Son" earned a mere 239,855. Director Florian Zeller's follow-up to "The Father," which landed Anthony Hopkins a Best Actor Oscar, netted just 432 per screen in the U.S, an absolutely abysmal start. There's simply no way to...
Debuting in 554 theaters from Sony Pictures Classics, "The Son" earned a mere 239,855. Director Florian Zeller's follow-up to "The Father," which landed Anthony Hopkins a Best Actor Oscar, netted just 432 per screen in the U.S, an absolutely abysmal start. There's simply no way to...
- 1/23/2023
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
‘Babylon’ lands third overall in UK-Ireland box office chart.
RankFilm (distributor)Three-day gross (Jan 20-22)Total gross to date Week 1. Avatar: The Way Of Water (Disney) £2.8m £67.6m 6 2. M3GAN (Universal) £1.4m £4.7m 2 3. Babylon (Paramount) £1.32m £1.32m 1 4. Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Sony) £766,097 £9.6m 4 5. Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical (Sony) £661,279 £25.8m 9
Gbp to Usd conversion rate: 1.24
This weekend’s highest-grossing new opener at the UK-Ireland box office is Damien Chazelle’s Babylon, taking £1.32m for Paramount, and landing third in the weekend’s overall chart.
La La Land and Whiplash filmmaker Chazelle depicts the hedonistic days of the pre-sound film industry,...
RankFilm (distributor)Three-day gross (Jan 20-22)Total gross to date Week 1. Avatar: The Way Of Water (Disney) £2.8m £67.6m 6 2. M3GAN (Universal) £1.4m £4.7m 2 3. Babylon (Paramount) £1.32m £1.32m 1 4. Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Sony) £766,097 £9.6m 4 5. Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical (Sony) £661,279 £25.8m 9
Gbp to Usd conversion rate: 1.24
This weekend’s highest-grossing new opener at the UK-Ireland box office is Damien Chazelle’s Babylon, taking £1.32m for Paramount, and landing third in the weekend’s overall chart.
La La Land and Whiplash filmmaker Chazelle depicts the hedonistic days of the pre-sound film industry,...
- 1/23/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Alice, Darling Review — Alice, Darling (2022) Film Review, a movie directed by Mary Nighy, written by Alanna Francis and starring Anna Kendrick, Kaniehtiio Horn, Charlie Carrick, Wunmi Mosaku, Mark Winnick, Daniel Stolfi, Carolyn Fe, Gordon Harper, Mairi Babb, Susan Applewhaite, Ethan Mitchell, James M. Jenkinson, Lindsay Leese, Toni Ellwand and Deborah Grover. Mary Nighy’s [...]
Continue reading: Film Review: Alice, Darling (2022): Mary Nighy’s Movie is Powerful and Moving with Anna Kendrick in Top Form...
Continue reading: Film Review: Alice, Darling (2022): Mary Nighy’s Movie is Powerful and Moving with Anna Kendrick in Top Form...
- 1/22/2023
- by Thomas Duffy
- Film-Book
The new film starring Anna Kendrick is one of the few visual narratives to deftly handle the insidious effects of an emotionally abusive relationship
If not guided by an ominous score and a remarkable lead performance of brittle, jittery anxiety, it might take you a third of Alice, Darling, a new film starring Anna Kendrick as a woman in an emotionally abusive relationship, to realize something is wrong. Alice’s relationship with Simon (Charlie Carrick), a thirtysomething Toronto-based artist with a suave British accent, could seem innocuous on a clue-by-clue basis. In isolation, a “thinking of me?” text with a kissing face emoji, or the way he drapes his arm over her like a cape, or his chiding to raise her professional ambitions, could seem like affection. The tell is in Alice’s frayed hair – barrel-curled into, as her friend Tess (Kaniehtiio Horn) puts it, an outdated Gossip Girl coif and,...
If not guided by an ominous score and a remarkable lead performance of brittle, jittery anxiety, it might take you a third of Alice, Darling, a new film starring Anna Kendrick as a woman in an emotionally abusive relationship, to realize something is wrong. Alice’s relationship with Simon (Charlie Carrick), a thirtysomething Toronto-based artist with a suave British accent, could seem innocuous on a clue-by-clue basis. In isolation, a “thinking of me?” text with a kissing face emoji, or the way he drapes his arm over her like a cape, or his chiding to raise her professional ambitions, could seem like affection. The tell is in Alice’s frayed hair – barrel-curled into, as her friend Tess (Kaniehtiio Horn) puts it, an outdated Gossip Girl coif and,...
- 1/22/2023
- by Adrian Horton
- The Guardian - Film News
Sony Pictures Classics present Florian Zeller’s The Son on 554 screens, an emotional family drama that folllows the director’s 2020 Oscar-winning The Father. As with that film, The Son is adapted from Zeller’s own stage play along with Christopher Hampton. Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern, Vanessa Kirby, Zen McGrath and Anthony Hopkins star in the cautionary tale of a family struggling to reunite,
Jackman is Peter, whose hectic life with new baby and new partner Beth (Kirby) is upended when ex-wife Kate (Dern) appears to discuss their troubled teenage son Nicholas (McGrath). Peter strives to care for Nicholas and be the father he would have liked but discovers that by reaching for the past to correct mistakes, he loses sight of how to hold onto Nicholas in the present. The Son received a ten-minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival where it premiered. Deadline review here.
The latest crop...
Jackman is Peter, whose hectic life with new baby and new partner Beth (Kirby) is upended when ex-wife Kate (Dern) appears to discuss their troubled teenage son Nicholas (McGrath). Peter strives to care for Nicholas and be the father he would have liked but discovers that by reaching for the past to correct mistakes, he loses sight of how to hold onto Nicholas in the present. The Son received a ten-minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival where it premiered. Deadline review here.
The latest crop...
- 1/20/2023
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Often, films that cover domestic abuse will solely show the brutality of the situation without diving into the psychological and emotional aspects at play. Seldom are scripts bold enough to ask and answer the question: Why does she stay? In these fictional depictions, the decision to leave a romantic partner who treats their significant other poorly seems like the most obvious choice in the world. Gone is the nail-biting and second-guessing mentality that comes with years of being told you're wrong, you're ungrateful.
No, we don't see suggestive smirks, positive interactions, or glimmers of flirtation between the abused and abuser that blur the lines between affection and controlling tactics. The men are bad news, and this spectacle-like take on domestic abuse disempowers the women characters in these relationships, chalking their situation up to poor judgment calls. Anyone who has experienced intimate partner abuse knows things don't start at level 11 — there are incremental degrees of manipulation,...
No, we don't see suggestive smirks, positive interactions, or glimmers of flirtation between the abused and abuser that blur the lines between affection and controlling tactics. The men are bad news, and this spectacle-like take on domestic abuse disempowers the women characters in these relationships, chalking their situation up to poor judgment calls. Anyone who has experienced intimate partner abuse knows things don't start at level 11 — there are incremental degrees of manipulation,...
- 1/20/2023
- by Cass Clarke
- Slash Film
Also out this weekend: ’Holy Spider’, ’Alice, Darling’ and ’Dreaming Walls’.
Damien Chazelle’s Babylon is the widest new release at the UK-Ireland box office this weekend, playing at 631 sites for Paramount, and hoping to make a dent on Avatar: The Way Of Water’s box office dominance, after five weeks atop the chart for Disney.
It is Chazelle’s widest release in the territory – beating his Oscar-winning musical La La Land, which opened at 606 sites in 2017 for Lionsgate, and took £5.6m at the box office in its opening weekend, plus £943,751 in previews.
Chazelle’s latest paints a hedonistic portrait of 1920s and 1930s Hollywood,...
Damien Chazelle’s Babylon is the widest new release at the UK-Ireland box office this weekend, playing at 631 sites for Paramount, and hoping to make a dent on Avatar: The Way Of Water’s box office dominance, after five weeks atop the chart for Disney.
It is Chazelle’s widest release in the territory – beating his Oscar-winning musical La La Land, which opened at 606 sites in 2017 for Lionsgate, and took £5.6m at the box office in its opening weekend, plus £943,751 in previews.
Chazelle’s latest paints a hedonistic portrait of 1920s and 1930s Hollywood,...
- 1/20/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
As the child of Bill Nighy and Diana Quick, she would be plonked in a rehearsal room after school – so it’s no surprise she’s stepping behind the camera. The film-maker talks about her extraordinary debut feature, Alice, Darling
When Mary Nighy was a young actor, an unhealthy number of scripts landed in her inbox featuring a character that went something like: “18-year-old-girl, naked, dead.” “Sexual abuse or violence is often just used as a plot device. It’s a catalyst for drama,” she says. “It doesn’t really tell you much about the experience of being abused. Or how you emerge from it.”
Now, with her first feature film as a director, she has made a film that does exactly that: exploring what it might feel like to be trapped inside a coercive, controlling and psychologically abusive relationship. Alice, Darling is the story of an accidental intervention, after...
When Mary Nighy was a young actor, an unhealthy number of scripts landed in her inbox featuring a character that went something like: “18-year-old-girl, naked, dead.” “Sexual abuse or violence is often just used as a plot device. It’s a catalyst for drama,” she says. “It doesn’t really tell you much about the experience of being abused. Or how you emerge from it.”
Now, with her first feature film as a director, she has made a film that does exactly that: exploring what it might feel like to be trapped inside a coercive, controlling and psychologically abusive relationship. Alice, Darling is the story of an accidental intervention, after...
- 1/20/2023
- by Cath Clarke
- The Guardian - Film News
So, a couple of weeks ago we saw the “Mr. Nice-Guy” of the movies, Tom Hanks channel his inner grump as A Man Called Otto. And now a new release has another actor “pushing” out of their cinema “comfort zone”, though maybe not as jarring as Mr. H. For the last few years she’s made her “name” in bouncy musicals (even a music franchise) and frothy, but usually witty, “rom-coms”. From this film’s title, many moviegoers may think this effort falls in the latter category. And they would be mistaken. Granted it concerns modern relationships and a romance that, to put it lightly, has taken a turn. As you might guess, today’s tech “amps up” the problems. Perhaps that’s why there’s more than a touch of irony in its title, along with general menace, with what should be a phrase of endearment, Alice, Darling.
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- 1/20/2023
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Tightly wound, the film comes back again and again to hair. The management thereof, the removal, the curling, even eyeliner is an act to offset lashes. Hair in showers, hair in lakes, hair in spirals, hair in hands. Camouflage and signal, sword and shield, of the body and off, not quite alive and not yet dead. A boundary. One of many.
A début feature for Mary Nighy, some shorts, some TV, some roles in front of the camera to her credit. A credible and compelling work, buoyed by strong performances from its cast but given further strength by several choices that ground this. Written by Alanna Francis, working with Mark Van De Ven as story editor as she did for 2019's similarly relationship focused The Rest Of Us, the film is a story sufficiently solid that at times I felt it might have been a stage play.
That's not because it's.
A début feature for Mary Nighy, some shorts, some TV, some roles in front of the camera to her credit. A credible and compelling work, buoyed by strong performances from its cast but given further strength by several choices that ground this. Written by Alanna Francis, working with Mark Van De Ven as story editor as she did for 2019's similarly relationship focused The Rest Of Us, the film is a story sufficiently solid that at times I felt it might have been a stage play.
That's not because it's.
- 1/19/2023
- by Andrew Robertson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Alice (Anna Kendrick) doesn’t see herself as a victim of abuse. In fact, she insists she isn’t. Why then when Alice and her friends (played by Kaniehtiio Horn and Wunmi Mosaku) come across a poster for a missing girl presumed to have been killed by someone close to her, can she not shake off the spectral feeling of connection to this total stranger’s tragedy? After all, she says to her friends and herself, it’s not like her boyfriend (Charlie Carrick) “hurts me or anything”.
What Alice can’t yet see – and what forms the core revelation of the understated but poignant Alice, Darling – is that abuse is not always a single action. It lives and breathes within her relationship with Simon. It is the ever-present, sickly dread that resides in the pit of Alice’s stomach, which dictates that she must cater to Simon’s every...
What Alice can’t yet see – and what forms the core revelation of the understated but poignant Alice, Darling – is that abuse is not always a single action. It lives and breathes within her relationship with Simon. It is the ever-present, sickly dread that resides in the pit of Alice’s stomach, which dictates that she must cater to Simon’s every...
- 1/19/2023
- by Clarisse Loughrey
- The Independent - Film
Kendrick impresses as a woman being deprived of emotional oxygen by a toxic boyfriend, though Mary Nighy’s film gets distracted by a subplot
Anna Kendrick gives a vehement, self-aware lead performance in this Gaslight-style suspense drama about a young woman trapped in a coercive, abusive relationship from screenwriter Alanna Francis and debut feature director Mary Nighy. There are some edge-of-the-seat moments and interestingly subtle tonal inflexions, though the story spends time on a contrived subplot about a missing girl, time that might have been better devoted to developing the central thriller storyline.
Alice (Kendrick) is in a toxic relationship with Simon (Charlie Carrick), an arrogant, controlling man with an uncertain career as an artist, in constant need of reassurance and always tracking Alice’s movements. When Alice is allowed out for a rare evening at a bar with her two best friends Tess (Kaniehtiio Horn) and Sophie (Wunmi Mosaku...
Anna Kendrick gives a vehement, self-aware lead performance in this Gaslight-style suspense drama about a young woman trapped in a coercive, abusive relationship from screenwriter Alanna Francis and debut feature director Mary Nighy. There are some edge-of-the-seat moments and interestingly subtle tonal inflexions, though the story spends time on a contrived subplot about a missing girl, time that might have been better devoted to developing the central thriller storyline.
Alice (Kendrick) is in a toxic relationship with Simon (Charlie Carrick), an arrogant, controlling man with an uncertain career as an artist, in constant need of reassurance and always tracking Alice’s movements. When Alice is allowed out for a rare evening at a bar with her two best friends Tess (Kaniehtiio Horn) and Sophie (Wunmi Mosaku...
- 1/19/2023
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Oscar nominee Anna Kendrick has been in news since September, when her film “Alice, Darling” made its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.
In a recent interview with People, Kendrick disclosed the reason as why she can connect with the film so much, which revolves around the story of a woman compelled to deal with a problematic relationship.
Kendrick told the magazine that her “personal experience with emotional abuse” was the prime reason behind her doing the film which she also executive produced.
Read More: Anna Kendrick Recalls Confronting Her Cheating Ex And The Other Woman
Now, in a recent interview with IndieWire, Kendrick expressed her regret for her “Alice, Darling” press tour and her decision to be so candid about her personal experience. When asked about her experience with emotional abuse, Kendrick recalled the feeling and termed it “shi–y.”
“People have asked me, ‘Was it challenging to shoot the movie?...
In a recent interview with People, Kendrick disclosed the reason as why she can connect with the film so much, which revolves around the story of a woman compelled to deal with a problematic relationship.
Kendrick told the magazine that her “personal experience with emotional abuse” was the prime reason behind her doing the film which she also executive produced.
Read More: Anna Kendrick Recalls Confronting Her Cheating Ex And The Other Woman
Now, in a recent interview with IndieWire, Kendrick expressed her regret for her “Alice, Darling” press tour and her decision to be so candid about her personal experience. When asked about her experience with emotional abuse, Kendrick recalled the feeling and termed it “shi–y.”
“People have asked me, ‘Was it challenging to shoot the movie?...
- 1/18/2023
- by Aashna Shah
- ET Canada
After a couple decent weekends at the box office, we’re getting two weekends with a mixed bag of releases, this one offering two new semi-thrillers in wide release and a few others, but nothing too exciting. Read on for Gold Derby’s box office preview.
In 2018, Aneesh Chaganty’s “Searching” premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, and it was released by Sony/Screen Gems later that year to make 26 million. Now, Screen Gems is releasing “Missing,” the thematic sequel starring Nia Long and Stormy Reid. It was not directed by Chaganty, who is a producer on this one, but rather, two of his editors from “Searching,” Nick Johnson and Will Merrick.
“Missing” has received decent early reviews, but it’s also been fairly low-key compared to some of the month’s other releases even if it will be released in 3,000 theaters, which is a thousand more theaters than “Searching” ever got.
In 2018, Aneesh Chaganty’s “Searching” premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, and it was released by Sony/Screen Gems later that year to make 26 million. Now, Screen Gems is releasing “Missing,” the thematic sequel starring Nia Long and Stormy Reid. It was not directed by Chaganty, who is a producer on this one, but rather, two of his editors from “Searching,” Nick Johnson and Will Merrick.
“Missing” has received decent early reviews, but it’s also been fairly low-key compared to some of the month’s other releases even if it will be released in 3,000 theaters, which is a thousand more theaters than “Searching” ever got.
- 1/18/2023
- by Edward Douglas
- Gold Derby
First-time director Mary Nighy and writer Alanna Francis’s (The Rest of Us) multi-layered, thought-provoking psychological thriller, Alice, Darling, opens with the title character (Anna Kendrick) floating in the murky waters of an unnamed lake, seemingly caught in a decisive moment that will determine her future with or without her longtime boyfriend, Simon (Charles Carrick). Alice, Darling returns to that moment more than once, adding necessary backstory and context along the way, turning Alice’s predicament into a character study of a woman caught in an abusive relationship, her identity, friendships, and even her personal safety determined by the question hanging over Alice, Darling from the opening moments: Should she stay or should she go? When we first meet Alice, she’s on the way to a girls’...
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- 1/18/2023
- Screen Anarchy
Anna Kendrick isn’t letting anything stay up in the air when it comes to her personal life.
The Oscar-nominated actress and star of “Alice, Darling,” which she also executive produces, has been quite transparent about her emotional connection with the new drama, which spotlights a psychologically abusive romantic relationship. Kendrick plays the titular Alice, who untangles herself from toxic partner Simon (Charlie Carrick) while on a weekend trip away with her friends (Kaniehtiio Horn and Wunmi Mosaku). Mary Nighy (“Industry”) makes her directorial debut with the feature, which premiered at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival before hitting theaters this week.
Kendrick started the “Alice, Darling” press tour by detailing her own experience with emotional and psychological abuse by a former partner. The “Up in the Air” and “Pitch Perfect” alum credited “Alice, Darling” for helping her “normalize” the experience and act as a therapeutic way to process her grief and recovery.
The Oscar-nominated actress and star of “Alice, Darling,” which she also executive produces, has been quite transparent about her emotional connection with the new drama, which spotlights a psychologically abusive romantic relationship. Kendrick plays the titular Alice, who untangles herself from toxic partner Simon (Charlie Carrick) while on a weekend trip away with her friends (Kaniehtiio Horn and Wunmi Mosaku). Mary Nighy (“Industry”) makes her directorial debut with the feature, which premiered at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival before hitting theaters this week.
Kendrick started the “Alice, Darling” press tour by detailing her own experience with emotional and psychological abuse by a former partner. The “Up in the Air” and “Pitch Perfect” alum credited “Alice, Darling” for helping her “normalize” the experience and act as a therapeutic way to process her grief and recovery.
- 1/18/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Anna Kendrick is tearing up. Only two months ago, her father passed away following a long battle with liver disease. And now, the Oscar-nominated actress is in the throes of promoting the most personal film of her career — one that’s required her to revisit the past “emotionally and psychologically abusive” relationship it mirrors, over and over again.
“It’s… kind of tense,” she says, her voice cracking. “But I also think it’s possible that knowing my dad isn’t here to hear it is actually helpful. Is that weird?...
“It’s… kind of tense,” she says, her voice cracking. “But I also think it’s possible that knowing my dad isn’t here to hear it is actually helpful. Is that weird?...
- 1/18/2023
- by Marlow Stern
- Rollingstone.com
Emotional and verbal abuse can often be silent evils — affecting people, maybe even some that we love, in stealth and threatening their emotional well-being and daily functionality in ways we can't even begin to understand. Mary Nighy's directorial debut "Alice Darling" takes us into the life of someone affected by this insidious demand for power at all costs, and it does so through the intricacies of the life pulled apart by incessant abuse. The little habits, the things one remembers to do, the things they don't. How do all of those things keep the peace in your relationship?
The film stars Anna Kendrick, whose ease at slipping into more quiet dramatic roles is an asset to the story because it hinges so much on the little things. "Alice Darling" doesn't pull punches when it comes to non-physical abuse, and a marriage of solid direction, writing, and performance gives it...
The film stars Anna Kendrick, whose ease at slipping into more quiet dramatic roles is an asset to the story because it hinges so much on the little things. "Alice Darling" doesn't pull punches when it comes to non-physical abuse, and a marriage of solid direction, writing, and performance gives it...
- 1/16/2023
- by Lex Briscuso
- Slash Film
Photo: 'Alice, Darling'
Anna Kendrick has been well-known for playing quirky characters and for playing a hopeless romantic in rom-coms who gets herself in uncomfortable situations in order for her character to find true love. She earned her stardom by playing Bella’s friend Jessica in ‘Twilight,’ and she has often reappeared in other ‘Twilight Films.’ After that, she received other film roles and eventually starred with George Clooney and Vera Farmiga in the movie ‘Up in the Air,’ and received her Oscar nomination for the supporting character of Natalie Keener, a woman who fires people over the internet while Clooney played as the protagonist who fires them in person. However, she still ended up playing rom-com roles in movies such as ‘Pitch Perfect’ where she played Beca. However, Mary Nighy’s powerful directorial debut ‘Alice, Darling’ will make executive producers think twice about casting Anna Kendrick in romantic comedies.
Anna Kendrick has been well-known for playing quirky characters and for playing a hopeless romantic in rom-coms who gets herself in uncomfortable situations in order for her character to find true love. She earned her stardom by playing Bella’s friend Jessica in ‘Twilight,’ and she has often reappeared in other ‘Twilight Films.’ After that, she received other film roles and eventually starred with George Clooney and Vera Farmiga in the movie ‘Up in the Air,’ and received her Oscar nomination for the supporting character of Natalie Keener, a woman who fires people over the internet while Clooney played as the protagonist who fires them in person. However, she still ended up playing rom-com roles in movies such as ‘Pitch Perfect’ where she played Beca. However, Mary Nighy’s powerful directorial debut ‘Alice, Darling’ will make executive producers think twice about casting Anna Kendrick in romantic comedies.
- 1/13/2023
- by Marco Castaneda
- Hollywood Insider - Substance & Meaningful Entertainment
Photo: 'Alice, Darling' Anna Kendrick has been well-known for playing quirky characters and for playing a hopeless romantic in rom-coms who gets herself in uncomfortable situations in order for her character to find true love. She earned her stardom by playing Bella’s friend Jessica in ‘Twilight,’ and she has often reappeared in other ‘Twilight Films.’ After that, she received other film roles and eventually starred with George Clooney and Vera Farmiga in the movie ‘Up in the Air,’ and received her Oscar nomination for the supporting character of Natalie Keener, a woman who fires people over the internet while Clooney played as the protagonist who fires them in person. However, she still ended up playing rom-com roles in movies such as ‘Pitch Perfect’ where she played Beca. However, Mary Nighy’s powerful directorial debut ‘Alice, Darling’ will make executive producers think twice about casting Anna Kendrick in romantic comedies.
- 1/13/2023
- by Marco Castaneda
- Hollywood Insider - Substance & Meaningful Entertainment
A whole new year has begun – and it’s going to be a belter for brand new movies. 2023 brings with it all kinds of cinematic treats to look forward to – epic blockbusters, long-awaited returns from auteur directors, eye-popping animation, soul-stirring dramas, major awards contenders, and schlocky blasts that you won’t want to miss on the big screen. It’s going to be the year of Indiana Jones’ comeback, of fresh films from both Spielberg_ – a film about a bear, high on cocaine. Cinema is alive and well!
Empire’s epic 2023 preview is your guide to the best films hitting UK screens in the next 12 months – from Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny, to Greta Gerwig’s Barbie movie, to Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, and beyond. Prepare for eye-popping horror, adrenaline-pumping action, heartwarming romance, dazzling sci-fi and much more. See you at the movies, everyone!
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Empire’s epic 2023 preview is your guide to the best films hitting UK screens in the next 12 months – from Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny, to Greta Gerwig’s Barbie movie, to Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, and beyond. Prepare for eye-popping horror, adrenaline-pumping action, heartwarming romance, dazzling sci-fi and much more. See you at the movies, everyone!
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- 1/13/2023
- by Ben Travis, James White
- Empire - Movies
As you catch up with the films featured in our best-of-2022 coverage, it’s time we turn our sights to January. While the first month of the year usually isn’t a treasure trove, there are plenty of worthwhile offerings if one digs deep enough. Featuring some 2022 awards qualifiers finally getting a proper release, a few genre delights, and more, check out our recommendations below.
11. When You Finish Saving the World (Jesse Eisenberg; Jan. 27)
In capturing tangled family dynamics, one wouldn’t be surprised if Eisenberg looked towards The Squid and the Whale, another one of his Sundance selections (albeit from some two decades ago), for inspiration. While there’s a similar lived-in feel courtesy Benjamin Loeb’s warm 16mm cinematography and a keen sense for awkward, fraught drama––including throwing around profanities at the family table––the script isn’t as polished or piercing as Noah Baumbach’s divorce drama.
11. When You Finish Saving the World (Jesse Eisenberg; Jan. 27)
In capturing tangled family dynamics, one wouldn’t be surprised if Eisenberg looked towards The Squid and the Whale, another one of his Sundance selections (albeit from some two decades ago), for inspiration. While there’s a similar lived-in feel courtesy Benjamin Loeb’s warm 16mm cinematography and a keen sense for awkward, fraught drama––including throwing around profanities at the family table––the script isn’t as polished or piercing as Noah Baumbach’s divorce drama.
- 1/3/2023
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Despite the unpredictability of the last few years, both in Hollywood and beyond, recent years have proven fruitful for female filmmakers. From winning the top awards at the starriest festivals to notching back to back Best Director Oscar winners (for the first time ever for Zhao and Jane Campion) and churning out big-time box office hits, women have been unquestionably on the rise.
Until, perhaps, now. As we do every year, IndieWire is looking ahead at the next two years of studio features directed by women to get a sense of who Hollywood is elevating in still-rarefied spaces. Getting the chance to helm a studio feature is, of course, not the golden ticket for any director.
But it’s hard to deny the power and prestige of directing a big-time movie released by a major studio, even in a world where streaming platforms are making significant inroads into the “blockbuster” space.
Until, perhaps, now. As we do every year, IndieWire is looking ahead at the next two years of studio features directed by women to get a sense of who Hollywood is elevating in still-rarefied spaces. Getting the chance to helm a studio feature is, of course, not the golden ticket for any director.
But it’s hard to deny the power and prestige of directing a big-time movie released by a major studio, even in a world where streaming platforms are making significant inroads into the “blockbuster” space.
- 1/2/2023
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
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Anna Kendrick is opening up more about how her personal experience in an abusive relationship affected her lead role in the new movie Alice, Darling, now playing in theaters in New York and Los Angeles ahead of a wider theatrical release on Jan. 20.
Kendrick previously told People that the project directed by Mary Nighy in her feature directorial debut and written by Alanna Francis, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival, “resonated” with her because she “was coming out of a personal experience with emotional abuse and psychological abuse.”
“I was in a situation where I loved and trusted this person more than I trusted myself,” Kendrick told People of her past relationship while declining to name the former boyfriend she says was abusive. “So when that person is telling you that you have a distorted sense of reality and that you are...
Anna Kendrick is opening up more about how her personal experience in an abusive relationship affected her lead role in the new movie Alice, Darling, now playing in theaters in New York and Los Angeles ahead of a wider theatrical release on Jan. 20.
Kendrick previously told People that the project directed by Mary Nighy in her feature directorial debut and written by Alanna Francis, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival, “resonated” with her because she “was coming out of a personal experience with emotional abuse and psychological abuse.”
“I was in a situation where I loved and trusted this person more than I trusted myself,” Kendrick told People of her past relationship while declining to name the former boyfriend she says was abusive. “So when that person is telling you that you have a distorted sense of reality and that you are...
- 12/31/2022
- by Hilary Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Specialty film closes the book on a mixed 2022 this weekend with the limited release by Sony of Tom Hanks-starring A Man Called Otto; a literary doc by Lizzie Gottlieb from Sony Pictures Classics and Hirokazu Kore-eda’s latest from Neon via Cannes.
Otto, by Mark Forster, is a remake of a Swedish film based on a New York Times bestseller. It debuts on four screens in NY and LA. Sony had some early shows starting at 2pm Thursday. The film opens wide Jan. 13.
Otto’s screenplay is by David Magee. Also stars Mariana Treviño, Rachel Keller, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Truman Hanks and Mike Birbiglia. Hanks plays Otto Anderson, a grump who no longer sees purpose in his life following the loss of his wife. He’s ready to end it all but turns it around when a lively young family moves in next door.
Otto, by Mark Forster, is a remake of a Swedish film based on a New York Times bestseller. It debuts on four screens in NY and LA. Sony had some early shows starting at 2pm Thursday. The film opens wide Jan. 13.
Otto’s screenplay is by David Magee. Also stars Mariana Treviño, Rachel Keller, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Truman Hanks and Mike Birbiglia. Hanks plays Otto Anderson, a grump who no longer sees purpose in his life following the loss of his wife. He’s ready to end it all but turns it around when a lively young family moves in next door.
- 12/30/2022
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
A few minutes into “Alice, Darling,” audiences may be reminded of how 2020’s “The Invisible Man” opened: Anna Kendrick creeps out of bed at dawn, taking pains not to wake the partner we briefly assume she’s about to flee. But whereas that Elisabeth Moss vehicle was a monster movie given heft by its abusive-boyfriend backstory, director Mary Nighy’s feature debut puts a woman’s difficult exit from a dangerous relationship front and center. This is a quietly powerful drama about psychological manipulation and damage, receiving a year-end qualifying run at the AMC Sunset 5 in West Hollywood on Dec. 30 before expanding to AMC theaters nationwide on Jan. 20.
In an unnamed city, Alice (Kendrick) arrives late and departs early from an overdue night out with best friends Sophia (Wunmi Mosaku) and Tess (Kaniehtiio Horn). We can tell she’s distracted, even fearful, sneaking away to the bathroom to tear her...
In an unnamed city, Alice (Kendrick) arrives late and departs early from an overdue night out with best friends Sophia (Wunmi Mosaku) and Tess (Kaniehtiio Horn). We can tell she’s distracted, even fearful, sneaking away to the bathroom to tear her...
- 12/30/2022
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
Alice, the titular protagonist of “Alice, Darling,” cannot think of lying to her boyfriend, Simon, without throwing up. Yet she insists to her friends, who have noticed her gradual withdrawal, that everything is fine. They love each other.
Sure, Simon makes her feel awful about everything: her friends, her eating habits, her job. He regularly guilts her into sex and sexting. He’s winnowed her life down to the essential, arduous project of stroking his ego. But he doesn’t hit her, rarely yells at her. So what does she have to complain about?
“Alice, Darling,” the debut feature from director Mary Nighy, picks at these common ideas — that abuse only looks a certain way, that mental scars cannot be as serious as physical ones — until they unravel. Alanna Francis (“The Rest of Us”) has written a tastefully subtle story of intimate partner violence. As Alice, Anna Kendrick hits her notes well.
Sure, Simon makes her feel awful about everything: her friends, her eating habits, her job. He regularly guilts her into sex and sexting. He’s winnowed her life down to the essential, arduous project of stroking his ego. But he doesn’t hit her, rarely yells at her. So what does she have to complain about?
“Alice, Darling,” the debut feature from director Mary Nighy, picks at these common ideas — that abuse only looks a certain way, that mental scars cannot be as serious as physical ones — until they unravel. Alanna Francis (“The Rest of Us”) has written a tastefully subtle story of intimate partner violence. As Alice, Anna Kendrick hits her notes well.
- 12/29/2022
- by Lena Wilson
- The Wrap
Anna Kendrick has opened up about how making her forthcoming film Alice, Darling helped her recover from her own difficult relationship.
The process of filming the thriller, which deals with psychological and emotional abuse, was a “cathartic” experience for the actor.
“The movie was so personal, there was a point where I was like ‘Oh, I don’t know if this is too soon to be doing this role,” the 37-year-old said during an appearance on The Kelly Clarkson Show.
The Pitch Perfect star told Clarkson on Monday (19 December) that the film discusses “the power of friendship in the way that you can get through things if you have the right people in your corner”.
“I know that’s how I got out and how I started my recovery,” Kendrick added.
Alice, Darling, directed by Mary Nighy and written by Alanna Francis, is scheduled to be released in cinemas on...
The process of filming the thriller, which deals with psychological and emotional abuse, was a “cathartic” experience for the actor.
“The movie was so personal, there was a point where I was like ‘Oh, I don’t know if this is too soon to be doing this role,” the 37-year-old said during an appearance on The Kelly Clarkson Show.
The Pitch Perfect star told Clarkson on Monday (19 December) that the film discusses “the power of friendship in the way that you can get through things if you have the right people in your corner”.
“I know that’s how I got out and how I started my recovery,” Kendrick added.
Alice, Darling, directed by Mary Nighy and written by Alanna Francis, is scheduled to be released in cinemas on...
- 12/20/2022
- by Ella Kipling
- The Independent - Film
One of the highlights of TIFF this past fall was Mary Nighy’s thriller Alice, Darling, which finds Anna Kendrick giving one of the best performances of his career. Quickly picked up by Lionsgate for an awards-qualifying run and January release, the Alanna Francis-scripted film follows the actor as a woman pushed to the breaking point by her psychologically abusive boyfriend, Simon. While on vacation with two close girlfriends, Alice rediscovers the essence of herself and gains some much-needed perspective. Slowly, she starts to fray the cords of codependency that bind her. But Simon’s vengeance is as inevitable as it is shattering––and, once unleashed, it tests Alice’s strength, her courage, and the bonds of her deep-rooted friendships. Ahead of the release, the first trailer has now arrived.
Jared Mobarak said in his review, “None of it truly works without Kendrick delivering one of the best performances of her career.
Jared Mobarak said in his review, “None of it truly works without Kendrick delivering one of the best performances of her career.
- 12/8/2022
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
Directed by Mary Nighy from a screenplay by Alanna Francis, the psychological thriller Alice, Darling (starring and executive produced by Anna Kendrick) will be released theatrically in Los Angeles on December 30th before coming to AMC theaters throughout the US on January 20th, and we now have a look at the official trailer ahead of its release.
Alice, Darling stars Anna Kendrick, Kaniehtiio Horn, Charlie Carrick, and Wunmi Mosaku:
In the taut thriller Alice, Darling, Oscar® nominee Anna Kendrick stars as a woman pushed to the breaking point by her psychologically abusive boyfriend, Simon. While on vacation with two close girlfriends, Alice rediscovers the essence of herself and gains some much-needed perspective. Slowly, she starts to fray the cords of codependency that bind her. But Simon’s vengeance is as inevitable as it is shattering – and, once unleashed, it tests Alice’s strength, her courage, and the bonds of her deep-rooted friendships.
Alice, Darling stars Anna Kendrick, Kaniehtiio Horn, Charlie Carrick, and Wunmi Mosaku:
In the taut thriller Alice, Darling, Oscar® nominee Anna Kendrick stars as a woman pushed to the breaking point by her psychologically abusive boyfriend, Simon. While on vacation with two close girlfriends, Alice rediscovers the essence of herself and gains some much-needed perspective. Slowly, she starts to fray the cords of codependency that bind her. But Simon’s vengeance is as inevitable as it is shattering – and, once unleashed, it tests Alice’s strength, her courage, and the bonds of her deep-rooted friendships.
- 12/8/2022
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Oscar nominee Anna Kendrick (Up in the Air) stars as a young woman who’s stuck in an abusive relationship in the thriller Alice, Darling. Lionsgate just released the official trailer ahead of the film’s limited release in Los Angeles – to qualify for awards – on December 30, 2022.
In a recent interview with Newsweek, Anna Kendrick discussed the subject matter and Alice, Darling‘s appeal. “It’s funny, I feel like I’ve really opened myself up, mainly in the way that it all relates to this movie,” said Kendrick. “The reason that we all decided to sign on to it, I was frankly astonished by [the fact] that almost to a person, everybody I talked to on that first day was bringing in their own experience.”
Kendrick added: “That was kind of the reason that every person from every department had decided to take on the job and was really pouring their heart and themselves into it.
In a recent interview with Newsweek, Anna Kendrick discussed the subject matter and Alice, Darling‘s appeal. “It’s funny, I feel like I’ve really opened myself up, mainly in the way that it all relates to this movie,” said Kendrick. “The reason that we all decided to sign on to it, I was frankly astonished by [the fact] that almost to a person, everybody I talked to on that first day was bringing in their own experience.”
Kendrick added: “That was kind of the reason that every person from every department had decided to take on the job and was really pouring their heart and themselves into it.
- 12/7/2022
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Lionsgate has released the official trailer and poster for the new film Alice, Darling, starring Anna Kendrick.
In Alice, Darling, Oscar® nominee Anna Kendrick (Up in the Air) is Alice in this taut thriller about a woman pushed to the breaking point by her psychologically abusive boyfriend, Simon. While on vacation with two close girlfriends, Alice rediscovers the essence of herself and gains some much-needed perspective. Slowly, she starts to fray the cords of codependency that bind her. But Simon’s vengeance is as inevitable as it is shattering – and, once unleashed, it tests Alice’s strength, her courage, and the bonds of her deep-rooted friendships.
About The Film Genre: Cast: Anna Kendrick, Kaniehtiio Horn, Charlie Carrick, and Wunmi Mosaku Director: Mary Nighy Screenplay: Alanna Francis Producer:
Alice, Darling opens in Los Angeles on December 30, 2023
and nationwide at AMC Theatres on January 20, 2023!
For More Information, Please Visit:
Official Site / Facebook...
In Alice, Darling, Oscar® nominee Anna Kendrick (Up in the Air) is Alice in this taut thriller about a woman pushed to the breaking point by her psychologically abusive boyfriend, Simon. While on vacation with two close girlfriends, Alice rediscovers the essence of herself and gains some much-needed perspective. Slowly, she starts to fray the cords of codependency that bind her. But Simon’s vengeance is as inevitable as it is shattering – and, once unleashed, it tests Alice’s strength, her courage, and the bonds of her deep-rooted friendships.
About The Film Genre: Cast: Anna Kendrick, Kaniehtiio Horn, Charlie Carrick, and Wunmi Mosaku Director: Mary Nighy Screenplay: Alanna Francis Producer:
Alice, Darling opens in Los Angeles on December 30, 2023
and nationwide at AMC Theatres on January 20, 2023!
For More Information, Please Visit:
Official Site / Facebook...
- 12/7/2022
- by Editor
- CinemaNerdz
"Alice, Darling" is the new 'psychological thriller', directed by Mary Nighy, from a screenplay by Alanna Francis. starring Anna Kendrick, Kaniehtiio Horn, Charlie Carrick and Wunmi Mosaku, in limited release December 30, 2022 and wide release January 20, 2023:
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"...a young woman trapped in an abusive relationship...
"...becomes the unwitting participant in an intervention staged by her two closest friends..."
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- 12/7/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
A year and a half has gone by since we heard that filming was underway on the psychological thriller Alice, Darling, which had Anna Kendrick (Stowaway) in the lead and director Mary Nighy at the helm, making her feature directorial debut. Now we’re very close to the film’s theatrical release date: Alice, Darling will reach theatres in Los Angeles on December 30th, with a nationwide release – exclusively in AMC theatres – to follow on January 20th. With those dates just weeks away, a trailer for Alice, Darling has arrived online. You can check that out in the embed above. Along with the trailer comes the unveiling of a poster, which you can see at the bottom of this article.
Kendrick is joined in the cast by Wunmi Mosaku (His House), Kaniehtiio Horn (Possessor), and Charlie Carrick (Trench 11). Scripted by Alanna Francis (The Rest of Us), Alice, Darling centers on...
Kendrick is joined in the cast by Wunmi Mosaku (His House), Kaniehtiio Horn (Possessor), and Charlie Carrick (Trench 11). Scripted by Alanna Francis (The Rest of Us), Alice, Darling centers on...
- 12/7/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
‘Alice, Darling’ Trailer – Anna Kendrick Is Trapped in an Abusive Relationship in Lionsgate Thriller
From director Mary Nighy, the upcoming Lionsgate thriller Alice, Darling stars Anna Kendrick and is first coming to theaters in Los Angeles on December 30, 2022. The film will then be released nationwide in theaters, exclusively at AMC Theatres, on January 20, 2023.
Watch the Alice, Darling official trailer down below.
“In the taut thriller, Oscar® nominee Anna Kendrick stars as a woman pushed to the breaking point by her psychologically abusive boyfriend, Simon. While on vacation with two close girlfriends, Alice rediscovers the essence of herself and gains some much-needed perspective.
“Slowly, she starts to fray the cords of codependency that bind her. But Simon’s vengeance is as inevitable as it is shattering – and, once unleashed, it tests Alice’s strength, her courage, and the bonds of her deep-rooted friendships.”
Kaniehtiio Horn, Charlie Carrick and Wunmi Mosaku star alongside Kendrick.
Alanna Francis wrote the script.
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Watch the Alice, Darling official trailer down below.
“In the taut thriller, Oscar® nominee Anna Kendrick stars as a woman pushed to the breaking point by her psychologically abusive boyfriend, Simon. While on vacation with two close girlfriends, Alice rediscovers the essence of herself and gains some much-needed perspective.
“Slowly, she starts to fray the cords of codependency that bind her. But Simon’s vengeance is as inevitable as it is shattering – and, once unleashed, it tests Alice’s strength, her courage, and the bonds of her deep-rooted friendships.”
Kaniehtiio Horn, Charlie Carrick and Wunmi Mosaku star alongside Kendrick.
Alanna Francis wrote the script.
The post ‘Alice, Darling’ Trailer – Anna Kendrick...
- 12/7/2022
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
How do you move on from an abusive relationship? The upcoming film “Alice, Darling” confronts issues that many face escaping these dangerous conditions. Its protagonist, Alice, begins to question her current situation while on vacation with friends. What follows reveals consequences that are as emotionally taxing as they are physically imposing. The project hails from director Mary Nighy and “The Rest of Us” screenwriter Alanna Francis.
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- 12/7/2022
- by Valerie Thompson
- The Playlist
Lionsgate has debuted the first trailer for the Anna Kendrick starter ‘Alice, Darling.’
Anna Kendrick is Alice in this taut thriller about a woman pushed to the breaking point by her psychologically abusive boyfriend, Simon. While on vacation with two close girlfriends, Alice rediscovers the essence of herself and gains some much-needed perspective. Slowly, she starts to fray the cords of codependency that bind her. But Simon’s vengeance is as inevitable as it is shattering – and, once unleashed, it tests Alice’s strength, her courage, and the bonds of her deep-rooted friendships.
Directed by Mary Nighy, the film stars Anna Kendrick, Kaniehtiio Horn, Charlie Carrick and Wunmi Mosaku.
Also in trailers – Trailer ‘The Witcher: Blood Origin’
Exclusively in LA theaters on December 30th and expands nationally on January 20th.
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Anna Kendrick is Alice in this taut thriller about a woman pushed to the breaking point by her psychologically abusive boyfriend, Simon. While on vacation with two close girlfriends, Alice rediscovers the essence of herself and gains some much-needed perspective. Slowly, she starts to fray the cords of codependency that bind her. But Simon’s vengeance is as inevitable as it is shattering – and, once unleashed, it tests Alice’s strength, her courage, and the bonds of her deep-rooted friendships.
Directed by Mary Nighy, the film stars Anna Kendrick, Kaniehtiio Horn, Charlie Carrick and Wunmi Mosaku.
Also in trailers – Trailer ‘The Witcher: Blood Origin’
Exclusively in LA theaters on December 30th and expands nationally on January 20th.
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- 12/7/2022
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Alice, Darling (2022) Movie Trailer: Anna Kendrick has an Abusive Boyfriend in Mary Nighy’s Thriller
Alice Darling Trailer — Mary Nighy‘s Alice Darling (2022) movie trailer has been released by Lionsgate. The Alice Darling trailer stars Anna Kendrick, Wunmi Mosaku, Kaniehtiio Horn, Charlie Carrick, Markjan Winnick, and Daniel Stolfi. Crew Alanna Francis and Mark Van de Ven wrote the screenplay for Film Title. Owen Pallett created the music for the [...]
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Continue reading: Alice, Darling (2022) Movie Trailer: Anna Kendrick has an Abusive Boyfriend in Mary Nighy’s Thriller...
- 12/7/2022
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
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