CANNES, France — It's been a long wait for Bennett Miller's Foxcatcher, which seemed a sure-thing award contender in 2013 before it was dramatically rescheduled for a post-awards spring 2014 release. There were speculative whispers that Miller's
Enervated to the point of somnolence, Bennett Miller's Foxcatcher squanders inherently intriguing material—the murder of Olympic gold medalist David Schultz by eccentric scion John E. du Pont—by sapping it of any dramatic or satiric potential in
CANNES, France — It's been a long wait for Bennett Miller's Foxcatcher, which seemed a sure-thing award contender in 2013 before it was dramatically rescheduled for a post-awards spring 2014 release. There were speculative whispers that Miller's
Miller's latest film, "Foxcatcher," which debuted Monday in competition at the Festival de Cannes with an unrecognizable Steve Carell, Channing Tatum and Mark Ruffalo in the starring roles, is in many ways his most ambitious and most successful work.
Its rare that a film can land two lead actor Oscar nominations. Its been 30 years since it last happened. But with Foxcatcher, Sony Pictures Classics may be aiming to break that streak.