Kubrick’s Successor?

The latest Hollywood release by Kapiti-grown, LA-resident writer-director Andrew Niccol (The Truman Show, Gattaca) is Lord of War. Described by the Guardian as “a moral fable treated with a surface realism,” Lord of War tells the dual stories of a Ukrainian-American gunrunner (Nicholas Cage) and the Interpol agent (Ethan Hawke) determined to bring him down. Hawke had this to say of Niccol in an Australian Vogue interview: “I really believe in him. Andrew thinks differently from anybody else making movies. I feel he could really wind up being the Kubrick of our generation.”


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Mysterious Ways Set for N American Release

Mysterious Ways Set for N American Release

Specialty distributor Ariztical Entertainment has acquired the North American rights to New Zealand-set wholesome gay love story Mysterious Ways,  with a multi-platform digital release in 2024, Patrick Frater reports for Variety. Written…