It's Knives Out For Rian Johnson at Fantastic Fest

The Last Jedi director's latest to close fest

"...Lee Curtis, plus Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson, and you've got Knives Out, the new closing..."

Aug. 20, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

No Knives Out for Rian Johnson

Talking whodunnits, character actors, and $2 bills

"...Last Jedi, there were still some question marks about Rian Johnson making a murder mystery. He said, "When I..."

Dec. 14, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Spike Lee, Rian Johnson, and Chelsea Manning for SXSW

Plus major tech names, Westworld panel, and more added

"...the announcement that Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson and his longtime producer Ram Bergman will be..."

Jan. 30, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Show and Tell With Rian Johnson

Revisiting the high school noir ‘Brick’ at AFF

"...of the conversation at Friday morning’s Script-to-Screen discussion with Rian Johnson about his first film, Brick, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt...."

Oct. 26, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

FF2012: Rian Johnson Throws Us for a 'Looper'

Director at Fantastic Fest on time travel and the Summer of Joe

"...the rules, straight from the noir-fueled brain of writer-director Rian Johnson. "Noir gives you an opportunity to bring out..."

Sept. 28, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Knives Out

Cunning if slight murder mystery revives the whodunit

"...Directed by: Rian Johnson. Starring: Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Jamie Lee Curtis,..."

Nov. 29, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Looper

Crackerjack thrills, time travel, violence, humor, and action: Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis are characters who share the same morally conflicted core.

"...Directed by: Rian Johnson. Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, Jeff..."

Sept. 28, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Hammett Meets Hughes

Writer-director Rian Johnson on high school noir and Austin Film Festival highlight 'Brick'

"...it's a matter of life and death, and worse. Rian Johnson's debut feature, Brick, is set in that universe,..."

Oct. 21, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

A stellar entry into the beloved franchise

"...Directed by: Rian Johnson. Starring: John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Laura Dern, Adam..."

Dec. 15, 2017 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Brick

Brick transfers Dashiell Hammett’s hard-boiled universe to the modern high school campus with nary a clue that more than a half-century has passed since the Continental Op’s heyday.

"...Directed by: Rian Johnson. Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Lukas Haas, Nora Zehetner, Noah..."

April 7, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Brothers Bloom

Adrien Brody and Mark Ruffalo are cast as the best con men in the world whose current swindle involves an eccentric heiress (Rachel Weisz) in this sophomore effort by the writer/director of Brick.

"...Directed by: Rian Johnson. Starring: Rachel Weisz, Adrien Brody, Mark Ruffalo, Rinko..."

May 29, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Austin Film Festival Review: Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Rain Johnson brings back Benoit Blanc for a deliciously tart sequel

"...Rian Johnson is a big fanboy. It’s a facet of..."

Nov. 4, 2022 Screens Post by Trace Sauveur

Don't Let Go

Sci-fi crime drama gives a cop a chance at redemption

"...Oyelowo, Storm Reid, Byron Mann, Mykelti Williamson, Alfred Molina, Brian Tyree Henry and Shinelle Azoroh...."

Aug. 30, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Benoit Blanc returns with a twisting, celebrity-packed island mystery

"...Directed by: Rian Johnson. Starring: Daniel Craig, Edward Norton, Janelle Monáe, Kathryn..."

Nov. 25, 2022 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

The Long Con

After kicking around for months, The Brothers Bloom finally makes its mark

"...part of the Alamo Drafthouse's annual Fantastic Fest, writer/director Rian Johnson screened his new film, The Brothers Bloom. It's..."

May 22, 2009 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Austin Film Festival: '2 Face' Script Reading

Oct. 27, 2013. 12 photos.

"...Rian Johnson..."

Oct. 28, 2013 Photo Gallery

In the Blue Corner: Austin Film Festival

The festival dedicated to every part of storytelling on screen is back for its 20th anniversary

"...2) Script-to-Screen: Brick: We loved Rian Johnson long before he directed some of the most..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Screens Feature by Monica Riese

SXSW Film Recap: The Director and the Jedi Q&A

Mark Hamill and Rian Johnson on their different Skywalkers

"...away from the kind but thorny relationship between writer/director Rian Johnson and Hamill – a creative divergence that has..."

March 12, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

The saga ends … in fan service

"...after the Resistance was eviscerated at the end of Rian Johnson’s The Last Jedi, and what’s left of the..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Gets 'Looper' For Second Wave

Stage two sees newbie Joseph Gordon-Levitt join FF veterans

"...Looper (2012) D: Rian Johnson, 118 min In the futuristic action thriller Looper,..."

Aug. 16, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

See How They Run

Playful whodunit spoofs the greatest mystery in theatre

Sept. 16, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Kimberley Jones’ Top 10 Films of 2019

"...Halpern, Sarah Haskins, Susanna Fogel, and Katie Silberman (Booksmart), Rian Johnson (Knives Out) Best Adapted Screenplay..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Gemini Man

It's Will Smith vs. a younger Will Smith

"...no matter which direction the filmmakers took Junior. If Rian Johnson can get us to accept Joseph Gordon-Levitt in..."

Oct. 11, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Fantastic Fest Honors Japanese Film Master Takashi Miike

Third wave includes special tribute to the J-horror innovator

"...Having already unleashed two waves, including Rian Johnson's eagerly-awaited murder-mystery Knives Out and Taika Waititi's anti-bigotry..."

Sept. 11, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Critics Association Announces Year-End Awards

'Zero Dark Thirty' named Best Film of 2012

"...Best Original Screenplay: Rian Johnson, Looper..."

Dec. 21, 2012 Screens Feature

FF2012: Now It's Your Turn For Fantastic Fest Features

'Combat Girls,' 'Vanishing Waves' acquired, more get release dates

"...Urban here, and our long chat with Looper writer/director Rian Johnson here...."

Sept. 30, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest 2012 Awards

Big winners include 'I Declare War,' 'Flicker,' and 'Vanishing Waves' Interviews (Rian Johnson! Karl Urban!), reviews, and photo galleries galore

"...of Fantastic Fest – including interviews with Looper director Rian Johnson, Dredd screenwriter Alex Garland and star Karl Urban,..."

Sept. 28, 2012 Screens Feature

The Haunting of Molly Hartley

A frighteningly dull updating of The Omen and Rosemary's Baby for the Gossip Girl set.

"...Molly Hartley turns out to be. (Check out Brick, Rian Johnson's teen-angst updating of the classic film noir genre,..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Cinema's Labyrinth

The year in film, 2006

"...6. Brick – Rian Johnson's directorial debut fused classic film noir existentialism to..."

Jan. 5, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

AFF Announces a Few More Names for the Marquee

Will Farrell, Linda Cardellini, and Susan Sarandon join the festival

"...• Fans of Gilligan and Rian Johnson's previous collaborations will be pleased to learn the..."

Oct. 8, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

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