In this week’s episode of The Discourse, host Mike DeAngelo finds redemption in “The Convert.” The film follows a preacher sent to British-occupied New Zealand in the 1830s and caught up in the middle of a Maori tribal war. The Lee Tamahori (“Mulholland Falls,” “Along Came a Spider,” “The Devil’s Double”) film stars Guy Pearce, Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne, Jacqueline McKenzie, Lawrence Makoare, Antonio Te Maioha, and more. 

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Grief is rotting Karsh’s (Vincent Cassel) teeth. It’s been four years since he lost his wife, the beautiful Becca (Diane Kruger), to a violent form of bone cancer that ate away at her body until her brittle frame could no longer sustain life. The loss changed Karsh’s life in more ways than one, the former producer of vaguely described industrial videos taking a sharp turn to become the sleek-looking CEO of the aptly named high-tech burial company GraveTech. 

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2022 marked a big screen comeback for David Cronenberg with “Crimes Of The Future,” his first movie since 2014’s “Maps To The Stars.” And in the build-up to his 2022 film’s Cannes premiere, Cronenberg already had his next project lined up for bidders. Now it’s time for “The Shrouds” to hit the festival circuit this year. There’s no news about a premiere date yet, but Bloody Disgusting reports that Cahiers du Cinéma has a first-look image for the film, so maybe another debut on the Croisette is in the works?

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They may be of the same generation of actors, but Tim Roth and Guy Pearce have never shared the screen together. That’ll change soon, as Deadline reports the pair will star with DeWanda Wise in “Killing Faith,” a supernatural thriller. Sales for the film launch at AFM, going on now.

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So what’s “Killing Faith” about?

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New Zealand-born director Lee Tamahori has dabbled in big-budget Hollywood film-making (“Die Another Day,” “XXX: State of the Union”) as well as more intimately-scaled films exploring his Māori heritage (“Once Were Warriors,” “Mahana”). So he brings both skills to bear in his sweeping, early 19th-century period drama about Māori conflict— ostensibly crafting a founding myth for New Zealand. 

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The Family, also known as the Santiniketan Park Association and the Great White Brotherhood, was an Australian New Age cult led by Anne Hamilton-Byrne, one of few women to ever lead a cult. Elements of this story inspired J. P. Pomare’s novel “In the Clearing,” which in turn is the basis for the new Hulu limited series “The Clearing,” co-created by Matt Cameron (“Baron”) and Elise McCredie (“Stateless”), with additional writing from Osamah Sami (“Ali’s Wedding”).

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Deadline reports that Brady Corbet‘s “The Brutalist” is finally in production in Hungary after a couple of years of delays. That’s great news, but Corbet had to overhaul his starring cast due to scheduling conflicts with original cast members. So while it’s not an entirely new ensemble for Corbet’s follow-up to 2018’s “Vox Lux,” four new actors are in the film’s central roles.

READ MORE: ‘The Brutalist’: Marion Cotillard, Joel Edgerton, Vanessa Kirby, Sebastian Stan & More Join Brady Corbert’s New Film

And who might they be?  Adrian Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, and Joe Alwyn are the new main stars of “The Brutalist.” The foursome replaces Joel Edgerton, Marion Cotillard, Mark Rylance, and Sebastian Stan in the film, who were originally announced as cast members in September 2020.  Vanessa Kirby is also no longer part of the cast.

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David Cronenberg returned to filmmaking after an eight-year hiatus with “Crimes Of The Future” last year. And the body horror maestro, now 80, hasn’t lost a step, with critics loving the film at its world premiere at Cannes. Now the director gears up for his next project. Deadline reports that Cronenberg is ready to start shooting “The Shrouds,” his next feature, this May, and he has his central cast lined up for the movie, too (but with a new leading lady).

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You should never talk about politics, religion, or sex in polite company, advised Emily Post in “Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics, and at Home.” Released in 1922, the guide by the American author and socialite sought to give readers the tools to navigate any social situation. The upper echelon of British society has its own rules and customs, and MGM+’s new six-part espionage limited series “A Spy Among Friends” is as much about what happens when someone steps outside of class hierarchy as it is about Cold War subterfuge.

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“Memory” opens with a grisly murder. Disguised in scrubs and a facemask, contract killer Alex Lewis (Liam Neeson, looking thinner and greyer than usual) walks into a hospital and garrottes a guy who’s visiting his ailing mamita. Alex is an old-timer, and he bumps off his targets with a perfunctory cool. But for all his muscle-tearing arm cranks and head-slamming combo moves, he really is too old for this shit, so much so that he has to write out his short-term memory on his forearm—names, places, phone, and hotel room numbers.

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What is Australia, if not a hellish island desert of gorgeous people and insane deadly creatures, or oddball ones, most of which could kill you in a second? Australia and its colorful wildlife appear to be the focus of “Back To The Outback,” a new animated adventure comedy starring a who’s who of famous Aussie actors including Isla Fisher, Tim Minchin, Eric Bana, Guy Pearce, Miranda Tapsell, Angus Imrie, Keith Urban, and Jacki Weaver.

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Featuring a sedate Guy Pearce, Andrew Baird’s directorial debut “Blade-Runner” -lite “Zone 414” wastes a compelling premise on an overly-long neo-noir that teases a post-technocratic society in which androids and humans are segregated and only interact within the titular Zone. While riffing off almost every film about androids that came before it — “A.I.,” “Ex Machina,” etc.

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Released almost 25 years ago, “L.A. Confidential” earned rave reviews and ended up landing 9 Oscar nominations (winning two). The film features an incredible cast and is a great detective noir. And it appears the Oscar-winning writer of the first film, Brian Helgeland, had a great idea for a sequel a few years ago, including some A-list cast members like Chadwick Boseman, but the studio turned him down.

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“Doing something great is overrated,” a cynical and embittered Mare Sheehan says at a crucial moment in HBO’s “Mare Of Easttown,” an outstanding and deeply human drama and crime procedural. “Because people expect that from you…all the time.” Played to resentful, unapologetically cantankerous perfection by Kate Winslet, Mare, a small-town Pennsylvania police detective, is making the apt summation of her crummy life—the expectations that have haunted her and the burden of an early glory that has long faded but still defines her.

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Ever since “The Exorcist” scared the hell out of people decades ago, Hollywood has been obsessed with the idea of possession in horror films. We’ve seen all sorts of takes on the “exorcist walks into a room”-type of film. And the latest is the new horror film, “The Seventh Day.”

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As seen in the trailer for the film, “The Seventh Day” follows the story of a young Priest that is recruited to learn the ways of exorcism from the best exorcist around, played by Guy Pearce.

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With the stigma of movie actors on TV long gone—though arguably, it was Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon on “Big Little Lies” in 2017 that really sent that message home for female actors—the floodgates have really opened for huge stars to be on TV. Returning to the medium, arguably a forerunner to this trend, is Academy Award, Emmy, and Golden Globe-winner Kate Winslet, who starred in Todd Haynes’ 2011 HBO mini-series adaptation of “Mildred Pierce.” That series was so ahead of the curve in terms of the era of peak TV and peak Streaming; it really wasn’t an event that was watched—at least not to the degree shows of this ilk normally are.

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Guy Pearce has racked up a fair share of iconic film characters since at least the ‘90s, but one role he isn’t able to escape? The amnesiac Leonard Shelby in Christopher Nolan’s “Memento.” Twenty years after the release of the film, Pearce looks back at how the iconic script made him question his own memory.

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In a video interview with GQ, Guy Pearce talks about how his agent sent him the script with a note that the story moved backwards, which prepared him a bit to tackle the character.

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The upcoming post-WWII thriller “The Last Vermeer” (formerly titled “Lyrebird“) aims to put a different spin on the typical film in this subgenre. Instead of just focusing on the crimes of the Nazis during WWII, the new film instead turns the focus on a piece of art and how the Nazis gained control of it.

READ MORE: ‘The Painted Bird’ Trailer: Director Vaclav Marhoul Tells A Story Of Hope In The Face Of The Holocaust

“The Last Vermeer,” as the title suggests, follows the true story of a painting discovered by a soldier who is going through the artifacts left by the Nazis.

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When you look at the filmography of actor Guy Pearce, you see classics like “L.A. Confidential” and “Memento” beside box office and critical duds like “Factory Girl” and “Seeking Justice.” Active since before 1990, Pearce has worked with great directors, impressive co-actors, and played a plethora of roles. Continually, he veers back in the direction of films surrounding law enforcement and the spheres that circle this section of the world. 

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Over the decades, we’ve seen dozens of different iterations of Charles Dickens’ classic story “A Christmas Carol.” There’s been animated versions, adult comedy versions, and musicals. But BBC and FX have a new take on the source material for their upcoming limited series “A Christmas Carol.” The networks are going full-on dark and scary.

READ MORE: Will Ferrell & Ryan Reynolds Are Set To Star In The Upcoming Musical Adaptation Of ‘A Christmas Carol’

As seen in the first trailer for “A Christmas Carol,” the series follows the same story you’re likely familiar with.

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“I had a lot of problems in financing [the film]. I never experienced such a horrible movie set. A large part of our team has not even been paid yet by the Danish producers. The film is finished and ready to go out, but I have no idea what its future will hold, it is currently in the hands of the producers. This was my first experience in Denmark and most likely my last.” These are the words of director Brian De Palma, nearly a full year before this week’s release of “Domino.” There are few directors that cinephiles are aching to return to form more than Brian De Palma, but unfortunately, his string of misfires continues with this picture.

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The process of bringing “Domino” to the theaters has been difficult and well-documented. While the film has seemingly sat on the shelf for a while, with filmmaker Brian De Palma sharing some harsh words about the working conditions, the upcoming terrorist thriller is finally arriving on the big screen later this month. And no matter what, more De Palma is always a good thing.

READ MORE: Summer Movie Preview: 35 Films You Shouldn’t Miss

In honor of the film’s impending release, we are happy to bring our readers an exclusive look at a clip from “Domino.” For those that haven’t been following the progress of the film, “Domino” is written by Petter Skavlan and directed by the aforementioned De Palma.

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Who would have thought that shape-shifting would be such a bummer? In the new Netflix series “The Innocents,” two teens run away to be together, but when one of the teens finds out she has the ability to shape-shift and become other people, all hell breaks loose.

Seriously, being able to shape-shift really must be the worst. The trailer for the series shows that June, the shape-shifting teen, is struggling to keep control of her abilities.

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Much like when accusers came forward about Bill Cosby and Harvey Weinstein, the stories about Kevin Spacey’s alleged incidents have been steadily coming in since actor Anthony Rapp claimed Spacey had sexually assaulted him in the ‘80s. Since then, many who have worked with Spacey in the past have come forward with their stories of strange behavior and difficult working conditions with the award-winning actor. The latest to come forward is Guy Pearce, who worked with Spacy on “L.A.

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As evident in the first trailer for the upcoming series “The Innocents” from Netflix, the British sci-fi drama looks like yet another must-binge for the streaming service.

“The Innocents” is an eight-episode series that follows two teens who runaway from their homes. Everything is going about as good as can be expected until one of the teens realizes she has the power to shape-shift.

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