Vittorio Brahm Archives - The Playlist https://theplaylist.net/tag/vittorio-brahm/ Wed, 11 Nov 2020 04:59:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.4 https://cdn.theplaylist.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/14214807/cropped-cropped-media-47-1-32x32.png Vittorio Brahm Archives - The Playlist https://theplaylist.net/tag/vittorio-brahm/ 32 32 Trailer: The ‘Vicious Kind’ Hits Theaters December 11 https://staging2.theplaylist.net/trailer-vicious-kind-hits-theaters-20091204/ https://staging2.theplaylist.net/trailer-vicious-kind-hits-theaters-20091204/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:42:00 +0000 http://theplaylist.wpengine.com/?p=5343 We’ve been meaning to write a feature for a while called, “Distribute This,” essentially an advocate post for a film we’ve seen this year at a film festival that hasn’t come out. One film that unfortunately passed us by, and we’re still a bit ashamed and bummed we never got around to writing about ,was the worthy and weary-hearted, “That Evening Sun,” a hickory-smoked Southern indie tale directed by Scott Teems featuring exceptional performances by Hal Holbrook and Mia Wasikowska.

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]]> https://staging2.theplaylist.net/trailer-vicious-kind-hits-theaters-20091204/feed/ 3 IFFBoston Review: ‘The Vicious Kind’: Misogyny, Love Triangles & Wounded Souls In This Low-Key, But Exceptional Family Drama https://staging2.theplaylist.net/vicious-kind-20090429/ https://staging2.theplaylist.net/vicious-kind-20090429/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:15:00 +0000 http://theplaylist.wpengine.com/?p=7694 With all his recent small, but excellent supporting turns, you knew Adam Scott (“Eastbound & Down,” “Step Brothers,” “Knocked-Up”) was about to get a juicy leading role.

Written and directed by precocious Lee Toland Krieger (he’s 24-years-old and this is his second feature-length film!), is an imperfect, but wholly engaging family drama and love triangle from the perspective of wounded soul. Krieger worked under the aegis of Neil LaBute (he executive-produced this former interns film) and “The Vicious Kind” does evince traces of his mordant characters (the title, obviously), but the younger director grabs from other sources as well and the final feature gives off traces of “Friday Night Lights,” hometown airs and whiffs of David Gordon Green in the use of music and cinematography.

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