Watch out for William Oldroyd’s “Eileen.” The film stars Anne Hathaway and Thomasin McKenzie and is said to revolve around “a woman's friendship with a new co-worker at the prison facility where she works. Then things takes a sinister turn.” [via Jason]
One of the year's most promising titles W/O distribution and likely to be released in 2022 (think I TONYA) is EILEEN starring Anne Hathaway and Thomasin McKenzie. William Oldroyd's follow-up to Lady Macbeth and from the My Year of Rest and Relaxation author is gaining LOTS of buzz
I was won over with Oldroyd’s debut feature, 2017’s “Lady Macbeth,” so much so that I decided to interview him during that fall’s TIFF. I was also correct in my assessment that we need to “get ready for star-in-the-making Florence Pugh.” It’s just a very undervalued film and Oldroyd’s latest has just climbed up on my fall must-see list. I didn’t even know it was shot.
In my Lady Macbeth review, I wrote:
“Oldroyd has reinvented the genre by injecting a much needed dosage of adrenaline. “Lady Macbeth” is a thriller masquerading as a period piece The critics were unanimous in their praise and Roadside quickly snatched it up not too long after. You’re in for a real treat.”
It gives me no pleasure to report that this is one of the worst films of Schrader’s career. Wooden acting, Jack Huston and Sofia Boutella are badly miscast, the script is dull, the photography is flat; nothing works.