 Click on the picture above to watch The Descendants movie trailer |
The new film from Alexander Payne (Election, Sideways) is set to open December 16th. Starring George Clooney, and a largely unknown cast otherwise, The Descendants is the sort of film that cineastes most look forward to — a well-written, well-acted prestige drama, the sort of Oscar bait film that provides end-of-the-year counterpoint to the cinematic fluff that has flooded our cineplexes for the first eleven months of the year.
From time to time, VanRamblings will post trailers of worthy upcoming films we might all look forward to.
In the meantime, this week sees the release of the new film by Kelly Reichardt, Meek’s Cutoff (Old Joy, Wendy and Lucy) — starring Michelle Williams, Bruce Greenwood, Paul Dano, Will Patton, Shirley Henderson and Zoe Kazan — currently sitting at 86% on Rotten Tomatoes, about which the Washington Post’s Ann Hornaday writes, “a mesmerizing cinematic journey,” the consensus positive. Opens tomorrow at Tinseltown Cinemas.
