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in Editor, InterviewsInterview: Oscar Winner Kirk Baxter Talks Working with David Fincher and Editing ‘Mank’
You don’t win two Academy Awards without being pretty great at your job. So, it’s not a stretch to call Kirk Baxter an ace editor. His work, not just alongside Angus Wall, but with director David Fincher, has produced some impeccably edited films. The Social Network, along with The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, won […] More
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David Fincher and Michael Fassbender Take Aim at ‘The Killer’
David Fincher, hot off awards contender Mank, is finally getting The Killer off the ground. The adaptation of the French graphic novel has been in the works for nearly 15 years, first set up at Paramount in 2007, and then picked up by Netflix after being put into turnaround. The film is being written by […] More
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Interview: Erik Messerschmidt Chats About David Fincher and ‘Mank’
A David Fincher film has a number of hallmarks to it, but one guarantee is some top-notch cinematography. His latest movie, Mank, is certainly another example of this. Fincher’s cinematographer here is Erik Messerschmidt, who is quickly becoming a major name in the business. Messerschmidt is a terrific up and coming DP, one who is […] More
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The Curious Cynicism of David Fincher
It certainly is a curious case (of Benjamin Button) that the latest film from revered auteur David Fincher should be one that directly flies in the face of auteur theory. Mank, which will be streaming on Netflix by the time you read this, is concerned with the authorship of one of the great auteur vehicles […] More
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Awards Radar Podcast #10: Joey, Myles, Ryan, and Steve Talk Best Actress, David Fincher, and More!
Welcome back to the Awards Radar Podcast. In each episode, Editor Joey Magidson (that’s me!) will be joined by some of the staff of Awards Radar to talk about the latest in film, television, and entertainment in general. The show will obviously have an awards season slant to it, but we won’t forget about other […] More
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Film Review: David Fincher’s Perfectionism Makes ‘Mank’ a True Technical Achievement
Bringing the craftsmanship of David Fincher to Old Hollywood is a match made in cinematic heaven. While Fincher is thought of as a cutting-edge filmmaker (and he is), a number of his movies have been set in the past. With Mank, this is not just one of his most overt period pieces, it’s a wild […] More
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‘Mank’ Reactions Suggest a Big Awards Player
Despite everything that’s going on, there is still an Oscar season, and, even though the awards ceremony has been pushed back to April and the Academy has extended the eligibility window to February 28, the general consensus is the majority of movies that will be competing for the Oscars have already been released or have […] More
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A Bigger Picture of ‘Mank’ Emerges with the Official Trailer
Netflix has unveiled the full trailer for Mank two weeks after dropping a teaser, which we discussed briefly on the second Awards Radar podcast. This black-and-white film tells the story of the making of one of Hollywood’s most famous movies, Citizen Kane. Two-time Oscar nominee David Fincher (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Social […] More
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Teaser Trailer for ‘Mank’ Transports Us to 1930s Hollywood
Netflix dropped the first teaser trailer for Mank, the studio’s eagerly awaited David Fincher film about the making of Citizen Kane, today. Mank stars Gary Oldman as Herman J. Mankiewicz, the screenwriter for the iconic cinema masterpiece and Tom Burke plays Orson Welles, the 26-year-old auteur who fought for control of every aspect of the production, including the […] More
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‘Mank’ Eyes a Prime 2020 Release Date
A day after the teaser trailer for Paul Greengrass’ Tom Hanks Western, News of the World dropped, another major awards contender that is still holding onto 2020 confirmed its release date today. As noted by other publications like Collider and SlashFilm. Mank, the highly-anticipated biopic from David Fincher, will be released in select theaters in November, and begin […] More
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First Look at David Fincher’s Upcoming Netflix Drama, ‘Mank’
It finally arrived. The moment we’ve all been waiting for! The first images just dropped of David Fincher’s upcoming Netflix drama, Mank. Mank follows screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz’s tumultuous development of Orson Welles’ iconic masterpiece Citizen Kane (1941). Since the beginning of 2020, Mank has been considered the frontrunner for Best Picture for the 93rd Academy Awards. So […] More
