Sofia Coppola movies are defined by desolate landscapes, lonely characters, a wry sense of humor, and painterly compositions. For fans of this aesthetic, it’s pretty hard to get it wrong, and Coppola’s nearly 20-year track record attests to the consistency of her talent. From her feature-length debut “The Virgin Suicides” through her latest endeavor, “The Beguiled,” Coppola’s dreamlike visuals and deadpan tone have remained a distinctive voice in American cinema, one filled with gentle, forlorn faces and a world that always seems as though it’s on on the verge of devouring them whole. (If there isn’t already a Reddit forum theorizing that all Coppola movies exist in a single universe governed by the laws of sadness, someone should kick it up.)
While Coppola’s career was set in motion to some degree by the influence of a very famous father, her filmmaking capabilities are hardly dictated by Francis’ accomplishments.
While Coppola’s career was set in motion to some degree by the influence of a very famous father, her filmmaking capabilities are hardly dictated by Francis’ accomplishments.
- 6/19/2017
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Sofia Coppola quickly emerged from the shadow of her filmmaker father Francis Ford Coppola by making her own brand of distinctly independent movies. From her short film Lick the Star to her feature debut The Virgin Suicides to her melancholy follow-up Lost in Translation to the splendid offbeat period piece Marie Antoinette to her touching character drama Somewhere to her sprightly crime flick The Bling Ring, Coppola has always brought her own personality and worldview to her work. She endeavored to make a new version of The Little Mermaid before creative differences arose in 2015. She cowrote and directed Bill Murray in A Very Murray Christmas and then moved on to a new version of The Beguiled, based on Thomas P. Cullinan's novel. A 1971 movie version starred Clint...
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- 4/20/2017
- by Peter Martin
- Movies.com
Sofia Coppola quickly emerged from the shadow of her filmmaker father Francis Ford Coppola by making her own brand of distinctly independent movies. From her short film Lick the Star to her feature debut The Virgin Suicides to her melancholy follow-up Lost in Translation to the splendid offbeat period piece Marie Antoinette to her touching character drama Somewhere to her sprightly crime flick The Bling Ring, Coppola has always brought her own personality and worldview to her work. She...
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- 4/20/2017
- by [email protected]
- Fandango
Though Robert Schwartzman is arguably best known for being the lead vocalist in the rock band Rooney, he’s recently made his directorial debut with the comedy-drama “Dreamland,” which had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival this past April. The film follows Monty Fagan (Johnny Simmons), a down-on-his luck musician who lives in his girlfriend’s mother’s house and listlessly plays piano in a swanky hotel bar. Monty soon begins an affair with Olivia (Amy Landecker), a wealthy older woman looking for a little excitement, but eventually Monty begins to lose his sense of self amidst the romance. It boasts an all-star supporting cast, including Jason Schwartzman (“Rushmore”), Noël Wells (“Master of None”), Alan Ruck (“Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”), Beverly D’Angelo (“Coal Miner’s Daughter”), Talia Shire (“Rocky”) and more. Watch an exclusive behind-the-scenes featurette below that delves into the making of the film.
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- 11/23/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
Sofia Coppola is set to make her “Bling Ring” followup with a remake of 1971’s Clint Eastwood–starring “The Beguiled,” and she appears to have found her lead. Variety reports that Colin Farrell is in talks to star in the role originated by Eastwood. Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst and Elle Fanning are already onboard.
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Dunst starred in Coppola’s “Marie Antoinette” and Fanning in “Somewhere,” though Kidman and Farrell have yet to work with the writer/director who first broke through with “The Virgin Suicides” and won an Academy Award for her “Lost in Translation” screenplay. Based on a novel by Thomas Cullinan, “The Beguiled” concerns a wounded Union soldier who is rescued by a girl from an all-girl boarding school in Mississippi. Once there, jealousy and deception set in.
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Read More: Watch: Sofia Coppola’s First Film ‘Lick the Star’ Flirts With Cliques, Punk Music and Growing Up
Dunst starred in Coppola’s “Marie Antoinette” and Fanning in “Somewhere,” though Kidman and Farrell have yet to work with the writer/director who first broke through with “The Virgin Suicides” and won an Academy Award for her “Lost in Translation” screenplay. Based on a novel by Thomas Cullinan, “The Beguiled” concerns a wounded Union soldier who is rescued by a girl from an all-girl boarding school in Mississippi. Once there, jealousy and deception set in.
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- 7/14/2016
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
One year before “The Virgin Suicides” and four before “Lost in Translation,” Sofia Coppola moved away from an acting career she never wanted to have to telling her first stories as a director. Her 1998 film “Lick the Star” shows off the type of visual storytelling Coppola would come to make for herself: The slow-motion jump cuts, stylized performances and pitch-perfect choice of punk music.
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“Lick the Star” tells the story of a group of girls planning a scheme on some boys (it involves arsenic, an idea they took from “Flowers in the Attic”). The central character, Kate, returns to school after a few days in the hospital and finds herself in an ever-shifting environment where seventh grade queen bee Chloe is getting in with her friends… until an unfortunate game of telephone ostracizes Chloe and...
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“Lick the Star” tells the story of a group of girls planning a scheme on some boys (it involves arsenic, an idea they took from “Flowers in the Attic”). The central character, Kate, returns to school after a few days in the hospital and finds herself in an ever-shifting environment where seventh grade queen bee Chloe is getting in with her friends… until an unfortunate game of telephone ostracizes Chloe and...
- 6/28/2016
- by Russell Goldman
- Indiewire
Though her examination of the Hollywood Hills burglaries, The Bling Ring, was a major disappointment in terms of its inability to explore the motivations of its subjects, director Sofia Coppola is still an undeniably interesting and talented filmmaker – her films Lost in Translation and Somewhere are considered modern classics for a reason. Now, Coppola is gearing up for her next project, working on the script for an adaptation of Alysia Abbott’s Fairyland: A Memoir Of My Father.
American Zoetrope Productions, which is owned by Coppola’s father, Francis Ford Coppola, has snagged the rights to Fairyland and set Coppola to co-write the screenplay with Andrew Durham. The pair previously worked together on Coppola’s short film debut, Lick the Star.
Coppola will also produce alongside her brother Roman Coppola, who co-wrote the script for Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom.
Fairyland focuses on the relationship between a daughter and her...
American Zoetrope Productions, which is owned by Coppola’s father, Francis Ford Coppola, has snagged the rights to Fairyland and set Coppola to co-write the screenplay with Andrew Durham. The pair previously worked together on Coppola’s short film debut, Lick the Star.
Coppola will also produce alongside her brother Roman Coppola, who co-wrote the script for Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom.
Fairyland focuses on the relationship between a daughter and her...
- 12/16/2013
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
A young woman coming of age, the culture of celebrity and art.... it's all very familiar territory for Sofia Coppola so perhaps it's no surprise she's gravitating to a new gig with just those elements. Her Dad's American Zoetrope production has snapped up the rights to Alysia Abbott's "Fairyland: A Memoir Of My Father," with Coppola co-writing the script with Andrew Durham (who produced her debut short "Lick The Star"), and co-producing with Roman Coppola. Published this past the summer, the book is true account of daughter and her bisexual father in San Francisco, their relationship and the onset of the AIDS crisis. Here's the Amazon synopsis of the book: After his wife dies in a car accident, bisexual writer and activist Steve Abbott moves in with his two-year-old daughter to San Francisco. There they discover a city in the midst of revolution, bustling with gay men in search of...
- 12/16/2013
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Today’s film is the 1998 short Lick The Star. The film stars Christina Turley, Zoe Cassavetes, and Peter Bogdanovich, and is written by Stephanie Hayman and Sofia Coppola, the latter of whom also directs. Coppola turned a lot of heads in the critical film community with her 1999 feature film debut The Virgin Suicides, with her follow-up feature Lost In Translation netting her an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. Her newest film, titled The Bling Ring, opened in wide release in American theatres this weekend.
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- 6/23/2013
- by Deepayan Sengupta
- SoundOnSight
As the daughter of an already acclaimed filmmaker, Sofia Coppola was faced with a fairly big challenge establishing her own identity as a director, when she first started making feature films back in 1999. Since then, she has not only successfully emerged from the shadow of her father, but also become a strong, female auteur with a great body of work. With her 2010 film Somewhere, she became the first American woman to win the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. As one of the few prominent female directors in Hollywood, her films are ripe with beautiful heroines, interesting, often pale colour palettes, cool clothes and even cooler soundtracks. Her films certainly share her well-known quiet demeanor, as her less-is-more approach to filmmaking subtly leaves distinct marks on audiences. Her filmmaking style is very distinct and focuses on mood and atmosphere instead of heavy plot and dialogue.
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- 6/22/2013
- by Guest Guest
- SoundOnSight
We doubt that it’ll be as populated as Sundance was, but if this year’s Cannes Film Festival should be remembered for anything, it will surely be noted as one of the most female friendly lineups in years, surpassing even that glorious 2009 program. Since that year, however, a female presence has been largely absent, particularly from the main competition. Announced almost to prophesize this year’s lineup was the earlier briefing that director Jane Campion, who will be serving as president of this year’s Cinefondation and the short film jury at the festival, will also be awarded the Carrosse d’Or, to be presented during the opening ceremony of the 45th Directors’ Fortnight. Campion is still the only woman to win the coveted Palme D’or (The Piano, 1993), and the third to claim the Carrosse d’Or since 2002 (Agnes Varda was the first to receive it back in...
- 4/17/2013
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
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