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There are dozens of reasons to be excited for Justin Kurzel’s upcoming drama, “Nitram,” the artful filmmaker himself and the terrific supporting cast that includes Judy Davis, Anthony LaPaglia, Essie Davis, and more. But the main selling point is likely the scorching lead performance by Caleb Landry Jones which earned him the Best Actor Prize at the 2021 Cannes International Film Festival where the film premiered to outstanding critical reception.

One glance at the recent filmography from director Justin Kurzel shows the filmmaker’s penchant for switching up genres with nearly every project. From “Macbeth” to “Assassin’s Creed” to “True History of the Kelly Gang” to last year’s “Nitram,” Kurzel is unafraid to change things up with each and every new feature.

Benedict Cumberbatch and Laura Dern have signed on to star in a new sci-fi drama movie, according to Deadline.

One glance at the recent filmography from director Justin Kurzel shows the filmmaker’s penchant for switching up genres with nearly every project. From “Macbeth” to “Assassin’s Creed” to “True History of the Kelly Gang” to last year’s “Nitram,” Kurzel is unafraid to change things up with each and every new feature.

K.J. Yossman Benedict Cumberbatch, Laura Dern and Noah Jupe are set to star in “Morning,” an upcoming feature from “Assassin’s Creed” director Justin Kurzel.Dern (“Marriage Story”) and Jupe (“A Quiet Place”) will lead while “Doctor Strange” star Cumberbatch appears in a supporting role.Kurzel’s last feature, “Nitram,” was nominated for a Palme d’Or.Set in the near future, “Morning” is set in a society that has evolved beyond the need to sleep thanks to a new pill and artificial sun.

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a strong one for the virtual EFM market. Oscar and BAFTA winner Laura Dern (Big Little Lies), A Quiet Place star Noah Jupe and Oscar nominee Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game) have been set to star in new Justin Kurzel (Nitram) project Morning, which HanWay is launching.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaIFC Films has acquired Justin Kurzel’s “Nitram,” a searing drama about a mass killing that debuted at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, where it won a best actor prize for Caleb Landry Jones.The film will have a hybrid release. It will premiere in theaters on March 30, 2022, while also debuting day and date on AMC Plus, AMC Networks’ streaming service.

The Australian Academy Of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) has crowned its winners for 2021, with Justin Kurzel’s Nitram scooping the Best Film award among eight total prizes.

The BFI London Film Festival has confirmed an eight-strong lineup for its Official Competition this year. The movies are:

Though “Nitram” never depicts the unspoken horrific massacre that its protagonist commits, the entire film queasily pulses in the anxious anticipation of the unspeakable event. It’s not an easy film to watch, knowing what’s coming but remaining completely powerless, not unlike watching a car crash in motion and being unable to stop it.

As the Cannes Film Festival draws near to a close, Justin Kurzel sat down to field a series of questions about his Palme d’Or contender Nitram, a deeply disturbing retelling of the events leading up to the 1996 Port Arthur Massacre in Tasmania, Australia.

A decade after making a strong impression with his debut feature, The Snowtown Murders, Australian director Justin Kurzel has turned up at the Cannes Film Festival with another arresting mass-murder drama in Nitram. The subject is the worst lone-gunman mass killing in the country’s history, and the film disturbingly teases out the misfit’s unstable personality, along with the ease with which he assembled a massive collection of artillery.

Filmmaker Justin Kurzel hit a little bit of a speed bump in his rise as a filmmaker when his first major blockbuster, “Assassin’s Creed,” failed to live up to expectations. However, the filmmaker rebounded quite well a couple of years later with “True History of the Kelly Gang,” which showed Kurzel’s true style and talent once again.

It was ten years ago that Justin Kurzel’s debut feature Snowtown became one of the most talked about films at the Cannes Film Festival when it played in Critics’ Week that year. Critics and buyers alike praised the Australian filmmaker’s distinct, hard-to-watch psychological thriller based on infamous serial killer John Bunting, a story starkly familiar with Australians but one that many international audiences had only just been introduced to.

EXCLUSIVE: Daybreak Pictures founders David Aukin and Hal Vogel have exited the Tinopolis Group scripted producer, with the latter launching a new venture with Ringside Media, the investment vehicle backed by France’s Newen.

After a pandemic-induced delay of 14 months, cinema is returning to la Croisette. The 74th Festival de Cannes will finally take place this July, and we now know what films will join the previously announced titles “The French Dispatch,” “Annette,” and “Benedetta.” And if you’re fans of filmmakers such as Andrea Arnold, Sean Baker, Asghar Farhadi, François Ozon, Mia Hanson-Love, Justin Kurzel, Jacques Audiard, and Apichatpong Weerasethakul, you should be very excited.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe selection of the Justin Kurzel-directed film “Nitram” for main competition at the Cannes Film Festival is guaranteed to strike a raw nerve in Australia.On one hand, “Nitram” is to be celebrated as the first Australian movie in the prestigious main section for six years.

MAIN COMPETITION“Ahed’s Knee,” Nadav Lapid“Annette,” Leos Carax“Benedetta,” Paul Verhoeven“Bergman Island,” Mia Hansen-Love“Drive My Car,” Ryusuke Hamaguchi“Flag Day,” Sean Penn“The French Dispatch,” Wes Anderson“Haut et Fort” (“Casablanca Beats”), Nabil Ayouch“A Hero,” Asghar Farhadi“Hytti Nro 6” (“Compartment No.

After a pandemic-induced delay of 14 months, cinema is returning to la Croisette. This July the 74th Festival de Cannes will finally take place and we now know what films will join the previously announced titles “The French Dispatch,” “Annette” and “Benedetta.” And if you’re fans of filmmakers such as Andrea Arnold, Sean Baker, Asghar Farhadi, François Ozon, Mia Hanson-Love, Justin Kurzel, Jacques Audiard, and Apichatpong Weerasethakul you should be very excited.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefJustin Kurzel has assembled a high-profile cast to shoot “Nitram,” a feature film about a mass murder. He has also reteamed with writer Shawn Grant, who previously delivered the screenplay for Kurzel’s incendiary feature debut, 2011’s “The Snowtown Murders.”The picture is now shooting and will play in theaters and screen as an original show for local streamer Stan in 2021.

With “The True History of the Kelly Gang” impressing folks earlier this year, people are eagerly anticipating whatever is next for filmmaker Justin Kurzel.

True History Of The Kelly Gang and Snowtown filmmaker Justin Kurzel has set cast for his next feature, Nitram, which will focus on the 1996 Port Arthur massacre on Tasmania.

No one seems to have cracked the code of the video game movie. Take “Assassin’s Creed,” from Ubisoft.

Following in the horseshoe prints of Warwick Thornton's Sweet Country and Justin Kurzel's True History of the Kelly Gang, debuting feature writer-director Roderick MacKay continues to mine the classic archetypes and tropes of the Western to explore the complex cross-cultural historical threads of Australian identity in The Furnace.

True History of the Kelly Gang.Mackay, who portrays Australian outlaw Ned Kelly in the crime drama, told NME how the pair first joined forces after director Justin Kurzel asked them to perform as part of a bonding exercise.“Justin [Kurzel] was just like ‘I see those boys in a punk band and I want you to form a band before rehearsals'”, Mackay said.“We had four weeks before we were all together for the shoot and he just said ‘I’ve booked you a gig in a bar in Melbourne.

Porchlight Films, the award-winning Australian production company that has produced three of David Michôd's four features, is set to cease operations.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefAustralian production firm Porchlight Films will cease operations after 23 years of making features that include Justin Kurzel’s “True History of the Kelly Gang,” and Garth Davis’ “Mary Magdalene.” The company also produced David Michod’s 2010 Australian “Animal Kingdom” feature that sparked a successful U.S. TV series.The three founding partners Vincent Sheehan, Liz Watts and Anita Sheehan will move on to pursue new opportunities individually.

Framing world premieres of “Maragall i la Lluna” and “Wishlist,” plus new movies from Justin Kurzel, Marjane Satrapi, Matteo Garrone and Caroline Link, Barcelona’s BCN Film Fest aims to become one of the first festivals in Europe to stage a live on-site edition, running June 25 to July 2.

We’ve just received some release information for one of my favourite movies of the year so far, True History of the Kelly Gang which premiered at last year’s TIFF [read our review here].

Actress Essie Davis struggled to film sex scenes with Charlie Hunnam in front of her husband.

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Sometimes, old can be new again. It isn’t always what story being told, but how it’s being told.

The trailer for George MacKay‘s new movie has been released!

One of the best-known figures in Australian history, Ned Kelly is often described as their equivalent of Robin Hood. The 19th-century outlaw and gang leader who earned his place in legend for wearing a bulletproof iron suit during his final shootout with the police, he’s now the subject of True History Of The Kelly Gang, based on the book of the same name by Peter Carey.

The adaptation of Gregory David Roberts' 2003 novel is set to star Charlie Hunnam