With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’ve taken it upon ourselves to highlight the titles that have recently hit platforms. Every week, one will be able to see the cream of the crop (or perhaps some simply interesting picks) of streaming titles (new and old) across platforms such as Netflix, iTunes, Amazon, and more (note: U.S. only). Check out our rundown for this week’s selections below.
Allure (Carlos Sanchez and Jason Sanchez)
Capturing the complexity of abuse is tough to accomplish when mainstream audiences clamor for black and white delineations between predator and prey. Some go the horror route for metaphorical terror focusing on the pursuer while others go dramatic for the helplessness of a victim unable to break free. Writer/directors (and photographers) Carlos Sanchez and Jason Sanchez chose to throw out convention, using...
Allure (Carlos Sanchez and Jason Sanchez)
Capturing the complexity of abuse is tough to accomplish when mainstream audiences clamor for black and white delineations between predator and prey. Some go the horror route for metaphorical terror focusing on the pursuer while others go dramatic for the helplessness of a victim unable to break free. Writer/directors (and photographers) Carlos Sanchez and Jason Sanchez chose to throw out convention, using...
- 3/16/2018
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Movies about sexual predators tend to follow a pattern but Carlos and Jason Sanchez's Allure (review), tackles the subject matter from a different perspective.
Previously known as A Worthy Companion, Allure stars Evan Rachel Wood as Laura, a young woman with substance abuse issues who, when she's capable of it, works for her father's cleaning company (played by the great Denis O'Hare). While out on a job, she meets Eva (Julia Sarah Stone), an overprotected teenage girl craving attention which Laura is more than happy to provide. When Eva has a falling out with her mom, Laura steps in and convinces Eva to leave home and move in with her.
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Previously known as A Worthy Companion, Allure stars Evan Rachel Wood as Laura, a young woman with substance abuse issues who, when she's capable of it, works for her father's cleaning company (played by the great Denis O'Hare). While out on a job, she meets Eva (Julia Sarah Stone), an overprotected teenage girl craving attention which Laura is more than happy to provide. When Eva has a falling out with her mom, Laura steps in and convinces Eva to leave home and move in with her.
What beg [Continued ...]...
- 1/24/2018
- QuietEarth.us
"What kind of trouble have you gotten yourself into?" Samuel Goldwyn Films has released an official trailer for an indie drama titled Allure, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival last fall. The indie drama is the feature directorial debut of filmmaking brothers Carlos Sanchez and Jason Sanchez, and stars Evan Rachel Wood as a woman who has experienced abuse in her past, now working as a house cleaner for her father's company. She meets another young woman named Eva, played by Julia Sarah Stone, and they make a deep connection that helps them both move forward. The film received some strong reviews, mostly praising Evan Rachel Wood and her performance as "frighteningly good." The main cast includes Denis O'Hare and Maxim Roy. This looks like a very important, emotional drama that will mean a lot to women. Here's the first official trailer Carlos Sanchez & Jason Sanchez's Allure, direct from...
- 1/13/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
From her early breakout in Catherine Hardwicke’s “Thirteen,” to a recent television comeback on HBO’s “Westworld,” Evan Rachel Wood has built her career out of complicated roles and dark projects. Leading a taut directorial debut from Montreal-based photographers Carlos and Jason Sanchez, Wood takes “troubled” to a whole new level. The newly released first trailer teases plenty of Wood at her manipulative best, serving up goth chic with a side of crazy eyes.
Read More:‘A Worthy Companion’ Review: Evan Rachel Wood Is a Manipulative Lesbian With a Mommy Complex in This Taut Debut — Tiff
Previously titled “A Worthy Companion” for its Toronto International Film Festival premiere, “Allure” follows disturbed Laura (Wood) as she befriends and seduces the 16-year-old Eva (Julia Sarah Stone). Adrift and flailing, Laura works for a cleaning service run by her estranged father (Denis O’Hare). Their relationship is mysteriously fraught, and Laura goes...
Read More:‘A Worthy Companion’ Review: Evan Rachel Wood Is a Manipulative Lesbian With a Mommy Complex in This Taut Debut — Tiff
Previously titled “A Worthy Companion” for its Toronto International Film Festival premiere, “Allure” follows disturbed Laura (Wood) as she befriends and seduces the 16-year-old Eva (Julia Sarah Stone). Adrift and flailing, Laura works for a cleaning service run by her estranged father (Denis O’Hare). Their relationship is mysteriously fraught, and Laura goes...
- 1/12/2018
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
As always, we can’t see it all at the Toronto International Film Festival, and Evan Rachel Wood‘s “A Worthy Companion” was a movie that didn’t fit into our schedule. We’ll get a chance to catch up, as the picture, now titled “Allure,” is headed to cinemas with a new trailer paving the way.
Click here for our complete coverage from the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival
Directed by Carlos and Jason Sanchez, and co-starring Julia Sarah Stone, Denis O’Hare, and Maxim Roy, the story follows a house cleaner whose involvement with her employer’s daughter takes a very dark turn.
Continue reading ‘Allure’ Trailer: Evan Rachel Wood’s Obsession Is Deadly at The Playlist.
Click here for our complete coverage from the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival
Directed by Carlos and Jason Sanchez, and co-starring Julia Sarah Stone, Denis O’Hare, and Maxim Roy, the story follows a house cleaner whose involvement with her employer’s daughter takes a very dark turn.
Continue reading ‘Allure’ Trailer: Evan Rachel Wood’s Obsession Is Deadly at The Playlist.
- 1/12/2018
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
[Pictured above: a promo image of The Last Movie Star, with Burt Reynolds and Ariel Winter.] The Oxford Film Festival in Oxford, Mississippi has revealed the film schedule for its 15th edition today. The line up includes Adam Rifkin's latest, The Last Movie Star, which features Burt Reynolds as an aging star who faces the reality that his glory days are behind him. The film also stars Ariel Winter and Chevy Chase. Mad To Be Normal is the closing night film, directed by Robert Mullan. Starring David Tennent, Elisabeth Moss, Gabriel Byrne, Michael Gambon, this film is about a renegade psychiatrist in the 1960s who courts controversy and fosters a unique environment for his patients. Directed by Carlos and Jason Sanchez, Allure is about an abused woman plagued...
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- 1/8/2018
- Screen Anarchy
Evan Rachel Wood is not one to shy away from difficult performances and subject matter and A Worthy Companion is only the latest in a string of roles which continues to cement the young actress as one to watch.
The debut feature from writer/directors Carlos and Jason Sanchez, A Worthy Companion stars Wood as Laura, a beautiful young woman with relationship issues. The movie opens with a sexual encounter gone wrong but it's not until we see Laura speaking with William, her boss, that it becomes clear there's more to her story than simply kinky sex.
The story really begins to take shape when Laura meets Eva, a bright 16-year-old girl caught in the middle of a fallout with her mom. Laura steps in to offer comfort and advice and what begins as a casual friendship quick [Continued ...]...
The debut feature from writer/directors Carlos and Jason Sanchez, A Worthy Companion stars Wood as Laura, a beautiful young woman with relationship issues. The movie opens with a sexual encounter gone wrong but it's not until we see Laura speaking with William, her boss, that it becomes clear there's more to her story than simply kinky sex.
The story really begins to take shape when Laura meets Eva, a bright 16-year-old girl caught in the middle of a fallout with her mom. Laura steps in to offer comfort and advice and what begins as a casual friendship quick [Continued ...]...
- 12/5/2017
- QuietEarth.us
A Worthy Companion, starring Westworld's Evan Rachel Wood, dominated prize-giving at the Whistler Film Festival on Sunday.
The lesbian-obsession thriller, which marks the feature-length debut of Montreal-based photographers Carlos and Jason Sanchez, sees Wood playing a troubled woman who forges a dangerously close bond with a teenage girl. A Worthy Companion earned the actress the best performance prize at the fest, and the movie came away with the best cinematography award and shared the top Borsos competition prize with Ian Lagarde's All You Can Eat Buddha. The pic bowed at the Toronto International Film Festival in September.
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The lesbian-obsession thriller, which marks the feature-length debut of Montreal-based photographers Carlos and Jason Sanchez, sees Wood playing a troubled woman who forges a dangerously close bond with a teenage girl. A Worthy Companion earned the actress the best performance prize at the fest, and the movie came away with the best cinematography award and shared the top Borsos competition prize with Ian Lagarde's All You Can Eat Buddha. The pic bowed at the Toronto International Film Festival in September.
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- 12/3/2017
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Starring Evan Rachel Wood as a damaged woman who takes a docile teenage girl (Julia Sarah Stone) under her wing, into her bed and way over the line, A Worthy Companion gives a pulpy lesbian-obsession thriller premise the full arthouse treatment. Warning: You may miss the pulp.
By straining to play their lurid story for psychological realism, Montreal-based photographers and brothers Carlos and Jason Sanchez, making their feature-length debut, have instead drained it of life: Sluggish and somber, with nary a wink, chuckle or sigh of relief to mitigate the misery, the film is a slog. That's unfortunate, because the writer-directors...
By straining to play their lurid story for psychological realism, Montreal-based photographers and brothers Carlos and Jason Sanchez, making their feature-length debut, have instead drained it of life: Sluggish and somber, with nary a wink, chuckle or sigh of relief to mitigate the misery, the film is a slog. That's unfortunate, because the writer-directors...
- 9/13/2017
- by Jon Frosch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
For a long time, female characters had to earn the tedious badge of “likable.” In the last decade, however, actresses like Charlize Theron in “Monster” or Charlotte Gainsbourg in “Nymphomaniac” have paved the way for more complicated women to take center stage — flaws and all. Evan Rachel Wood’s frighteningly troubled character in “A Worthy Companion” is the next welcome addition to this messy bunch.
An unnerving portrait of a kinetically adrift sociopath, “A Worthy Companion” is the feature filmmaking debut from Montreal-based photographers Carlos and Jason Sanchez. Sporting shortly cropped hair and a serious choker, Wood’s disquieting Laura uses extreme manipulation tactics to get the attention and affection she craves. Tightly written and sensitively rendered, the devastating film is propelled by masterful performances, led by a bewitching Wood in the role she was born to play.
Read More:‘The Third Murder’ Review: Legal Thriller Is a Rare Misfire...
An unnerving portrait of a kinetically adrift sociopath, “A Worthy Companion” is the feature filmmaking debut from Montreal-based photographers Carlos and Jason Sanchez. Sporting shortly cropped hair and a serious choker, Wood’s disquieting Laura uses extreme manipulation tactics to get the attention and affection she craves. Tightly written and sensitively rendered, the devastating film is propelled by masterful performances, led by a bewitching Wood in the role she was born to play.
Read More:‘The Third Murder’ Review: Legal Thriller Is a Rare Misfire...
- 9/13/2017
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Capturing the complexity of abuse is tough to accomplish when mainstream audiences clamor for black and white delineations between predator and prey. Some go the horror route for metaphorical terror focusing on the pursuer while others go dramatic for the helplessness of a victim unable to break free. Writer/directors (and photographers) Carlos Sanchez and Jason Sanchez chose to throw out convention, using their feature debut as a vehicle to explain how easy boxes don’t exist for the devastation wrought by abusive relationships built on love. Way too often the abused becomes abuser, leading to a continuous chain of violence and psychological torment spanning generations. A Worthy Companion seeks to get to the heart of how these tortured souls must impossibly reconcile love, hate, jealousy, and rage at once.
At the center is Laura Drake (Evan Rachel Wood), a woman who finds it difficult to separate romance and sex...
At the center is Laura Drake (Evan Rachel Wood), a woman who finds it difficult to separate romance and sex...
- 9/13/2017
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
Sandra Oh, Sarah Polley and Sarah Gadon among the talent in our top 5 Canadian picks for #TIFF17Sandra Oh, Sarah Polley and Sarah Gadon among the talent in our top 5 Canadian picks for #TIFF17Adriana Floridia8/9/2017 11:27:00 Am
As Canada's biggest film festival, #TIFF17 always manages to feature a stellar line-up of Canadian features.
Among the hustle and bustle of all of the big Hollywood titles and celebrities that make up most of Tiff's impressively large lineup, there's a lot of homegrown talent to be found as well, and that's something that we as Canadian film lovers should consider when making our selections at the festival. It's a truly special experience to see a Canadian filmmaker, new or old, premiere their new film in a place they call home. This year, we are highlighting five Canadian entries that you should be sure to keep on your radar at this year's festival.
As Canada's biggest film festival, #TIFF17 always manages to feature a stellar line-up of Canadian features.
Among the hustle and bustle of all of the big Hollywood titles and celebrities that make up most of Tiff's impressively large lineup, there's a lot of homegrown talent to be found as well, and that's something that we as Canadian film lovers should consider when making our selections at the festival. It's a truly special experience to see a Canadian filmmaker, new or old, premiere their new film in a place they call home. This year, we are highlighting five Canadian entries that you should be sure to keep on your radar at this year's festival.
- 8/9/2017
- by Adriana Floridia
- Cineplex
Festival brass unveil Rising Stars, Telefilm Canada Pitch This! finallists, and more.
Mary Harron, Kim Nguyen (both pictured above), Ingrid Veninger, and Denis Côté are among the familiar names in the 26-strong Canadian Features slate that Toronto International Film Festival programmers unveiled on Wednesday.
The selection comprises the highest number of feature directorial debutants and films from Western Canada in recent years. More than 30% of the titles are by first-time feature directors.
Festival brass also announced Short Cuts, Tiff Cinematheque, Rising Stars, Telefilm Canada Pitch This! finallists, and the recipient of the 2017 Len Blum Residency.
The 42nd Toronto International Film Festival runs from September 7-17.
Canadian Features
“It is exciting to see a new wave of Canadian first-time feature directors play with genres and take risks,” Tiff senior programmer Steve Gravestock said. “This year’s line-up has a truly international feel to it, too, with a number of features shot all over the globe — something that also...
Mary Harron, Kim Nguyen (both pictured above), Ingrid Veninger, and Denis Côté are among the familiar names in the 26-strong Canadian Features slate that Toronto International Film Festival programmers unveiled on Wednesday.
The selection comprises the highest number of feature directorial debutants and films from Western Canada in recent years. More than 30% of the titles are by first-time feature directors.
Festival brass also announced Short Cuts, Tiff Cinematheque, Rising Stars, Telefilm Canada Pitch This! finallists, and the recipient of the 2017 Len Blum Residency.
The 42nd Toronto International Film Festival runs from September 7-17.
Canadian Features
“It is exciting to see a new wave of Canadian first-time feature directors play with genres and take risks,” Tiff senior programmer Steve Gravestock said. “This year’s line-up has a truly international feel to it, too, with a number of features shot all over the globe — something that also...
- 8/9/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
At this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, the annual event will pay tribute to its home country with a number of options that span the past, present, and future of Canadian creativity. Per usual, the fest has unveiled a slew of titles that will make up its Canadian feature slate — 26 in all — with an eye towards advancing not only established Canadian filmmakers, but rising stars as well.
This year’s Canadian lineup boasts one of the highest numbers of feature directorial debuts ever, as well as one of the highest numbers of films from Western Canada in recent years. Over 30% of the titles have a first-time feature director, while seven out of nine are Tiff alumni.
Read More:tiff’s Platform Selection: How the Festival’s Buzziest Slate is Pivoting After Launching ‘Moonlight’
“It is exciting to see a new wave of Canadian first-time feature directors play with genres and take risks,...
This year’s Canadian lineup boasts one of the highest numbers of feature directorial debuts ever, as well as one of the highest numbers of films from Western Canada in recent years. Over 30% of the titles have a first-time feature director, while seven out of nine are Tiff alumni.
Read More:tiff’s Platform Selection: How the Festival’s Buzziest Slate is Pivoting After Launching ‘Moonlight’
“It is exciting to see a new wave of Canadian first-time feature directors play with genres and take risks,...
- 8/9/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
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