Atom Egoyan

Atom Egoyan’s forthcoming movie about the West Memphis Three has been in the works for quite some time, but it hasn’t had an actor in the cast. Now Deadline is reporting that Reese Witherspoon has role in The Devil’s Knot, a film that will be based on reporter Mara Leveritt‘s 2003 nonfiction book which chronicled the 1994 trials that put two teenagers in prison for life and another on death row for the murder of three eight-year-old boys, despite a lack of physical evidence. The trial of The...Read Full Story

Last week Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley Jr. aka The West Memphis Three were all released from jail after 18 years. Their story inspired the documentary titled Paradise Lost in 1996. That film told of how the three young men had been tried and convicted for the murders of three 8-year old boys in 1993, despite a lack of any physical evidence. In the past the three were convicted because they were supposedly connected to Satanist leanings and interests in metal and the...Read Full Story

This year’s Cannes Film Festival is fast approaching its already been announced that Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood is the opening film on 12th May before rolling out to cinemas across the world. Tim Burton is heading the jury this year and the official selection list is being put out by Thierry Fremaux and Gilles Jacob next Thursday (15th). Joining the judges panel are ace French filmmaker Claire Denis and Canadian auteur Atom Egoyan. Denis is presiding over the ‘un certain regard’ prize, while...Read Full Story

What Krapp's Last Tape might tell us about Beckett as an artistJohn Hurt in Samuel Beckett's  Krapp's Last Tape (dir. Atom Egoyan)Mark Kerstetter reflects on John Hurt's performance in Samuel Beckett's Krapp's Last Tape. Using the psychoanalytic ideas of Morris Berman, Kerstetter goes on to suggest a series of fundamental artistic differences between the playwright and one of his most famous characters:Beckett is the Type IIb artist, keenly self-aware, and attuned to the dangers of illusion...Read Full Story

Globe and MailAtom Egoyan's erotic melodramaChicago Sun-TimesAtom Egoyan often makes erotic melodramas. There was a time when audiences perked up at the prospect of, oh, you know, sex and nudity and stuff, but these days moviegoers seem strangely neutered. ...'Chloe' creates an odd triangle on and off-screenLos Angeles TimesChloe (2009)New York TimesSide Dishes: Neeson 'heroic' for filming 'Chloe' after death of wifeNew York Daily NewsSan Francisco Chronicle -Entertainment Weekly -Us...Read Full Story