Robert Pattinson #HighLife exclusive screenings in Sydney and Melbourne

Madman Entertaiment unleashed the Official Australian poster for #HighLife this evening and quite obviously we love it.

In case you haven’t realised, tickets went on sale this morning for the Sydney Film Festival High Life screenings:

• 10 June 2019 at The State Theatre – 8.45pm ;
• 14 June 2019 at The Ritz Cinema, Randwick – 8.45pm ; and
• 15 June 2019 at The State Theatre – 8.45pm.

The film will also have an exclusive run at Cinema Nova in Melbourne from 6 June 2019. You can check out tickets at the hyperlinks above or you can head on over to Madman’s High Life page too.

Sydney Film Festival also shared this great review from Dr Bruce Isaacs,
Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at The University of Sydney – “this atmospheric film presents rich material for Dr Isaacs’s expertise in film aesthetics and style, science fiction, popular culture and critical approaches to film production.” I loved hearing his take on the film.

Wildbunch released the long awaited trailer for #HighLife and here are some of the initial reactions:

Geek Tyrant “Robert Pattinson is on a Spacecraft Full of Convicts and Death Row Inmates in The Trailer For HIGH LIFE”

Robert Pattinson has a new sci-fi space thriller coming out called High Life and it actually looks pretty damn good. The movie doesn’t look anything like I expected it to be and that’s a good thing. It looks better, darker, and more insane.

Refinery 29 “Robert Pattinson’s Trippy High Life Takes You Out Of This World”

The trailer feels like a high-octane psychological thriller, but infused with the eroticism Denis became known for in previous movies such as Chocolat. Though the film is science fiction, it appears to remain grounded in exploring the depths of the human condition more so than the depths of space.

Consequence of Sound “André 3000 and Robert Pattinson get sucked into a black hole in first trailer for High Life”

One of our favorite films out of this year’s Toronto International Film Festival was Claire Denis’ surreal sci-fi stunner, High Life. Starring Robert Pattinson, who’s on an impeccable run of indie darlings (see: Good Time, The Lost City of Z, and Damsel), the film follows a bunch of convicts enlisting in an experimental voyage that goes straight into a black hole. Sounds fun, huh?

“orgasmic brilliance in deepest space with Robert Pattinson” Charles Bramesco, The Guardian

Below is our review roundup and/or reactions to Rob’s performance in High Life.  If a review doesn’t mention Rob’s performance (which surprisingly happens at times), then I will post what they thought about the film overall.  I have also created a new category WTF Did I Just Watch – this will contain both good and bad.  I will try to avoid spoilers, although I have a feeling it will be pretty much next to impossible with this film given initial reactions at TIFF which you can read HERE.  This post will cover all future releases and I will collate together under each festival or country of release and will of course will be updated frequently.  Here’s the first batch from TIFF…

The Cool

Screen Daily (TIFF18)

“[Pattinson] is the most engaging human element in an intriguing, playfully provocative Denis piece that has us in search of a depth and meaning that simply may not be there.”

The Playlist (TIFF18)

(this, by the way, is yet another scorching Pattinson performance; he plays the character’s menace and rebellion with brio, but look at his face the first time he sees the baby).

New Still of Robert Pattinson as Samuel Alabaster in #DAMSEL

 

THR Day 1 Berlinale Daily also gave us a great new still from Damsel featuring Rob.  The edition also contained a review (see below) which contains many spoilers and is not positive other than saying it shows Rob “in a favourable new light”.

****SPOILER ALERT****

   

 Comprehensive roundup of Damsel reviews from film festivals and releases

He’s now pulled a 180 with a hilariously oddball performance in the western comedy “Damsel,” The New York Post

Pattinson quickly (and firmly) establishes himself as the star of the movie., Geek Girl Authority

“Pattinson is a stand-out”, Mr Will Wong

Below will be a roundup of media reviews which will focus on Rob’s performance in Damsel.  In the event that the reviewer fails to mention Rob (because surprisingly that sometimes happens), I will provide an extract of their opinion of the film.  Let’s get started with what to me seems like a positive reaction to Rob’s portrayal of Samuel Alabaster at Damsel’s Sundance world premiere.  Note:  This post will update as the film premieres at film festivals, special screenings and worldwide releases.  I will try my best to denote SPOILERS so I apologise in advance if I inadvertently miss letting you know.  

SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL (JANUARY 2018)

If you want to check out initial reactions at Sundance click HERE

VARIETY (SPOILER WARNING)

The movie that surrounds them unfolds with an invisible wink, yet the pace is so stately and deliberate that at moments one is tempted to call it glacial. The rhythm is no accident; the Zellners know just what they’re doing. (They must be fans of Jim Jarmusch’s “Dead Man.”) Yet “Damsel,” if I’m going to be honest about it, is droll and touching and amusing and a little boring, all at the same time. …

Yet they know how to use a star cast. Robert Pattinson, with a gold tooth where his right incisor should be, hits the perfect drawling note of flaked-out cheer as Samuel Alabaster … Pattinson’s performance is clever enough that we have no problem accepting him as the shambling-dude version of a classic good guy, and then, when the film’s plot turns around on him, that same friendly cracker-barrel face suddenly looks like the image of a man who may have a screw loose.

Sean P Means @moviecricket

#Sundance18 review: “Damsel” (Premieres) ⭐⭐⭐ – The Zellner brothers’ offbeat Western starts in one direction, with Robert Pattinson’s city slicker trying to save his love (Mia Wasikowska), but jumps into something far crazier. The tone shifts are jarring, but rewarding.

SCREEN DAILY

His performance in Damsel isn’t as striking as the ones he delivered in Good Time or Cosmopolis, but he clearly enjoys himself playing a gallant pioneer who may not have the mettle required to thrive in the Old West. Pattinson is very smart playing a not-very-bright guy, never letting the portrayal become one-note.

Robert Pattinson stars in Bom Comportamento #GoodTime

 

From Google translate:

Neo-noir film has tension and psychological outlines

Connie (Robert Pattinson) is a slippery character who takes his mentally challenged brother (Nick, played by co-director Benny Safdie) and tells him to do something stupid: robbing a bank. The brother fell behind; for Connie, it becomes a matter of honor to fix folly. When he discovers that Nick has been beaten in prison and is in a hospital, he improvises a plan to enter the room and kidnap him. The film takes place during the 24 hours of a day, with growing tension, a style of the brothers Safdie (Love, Drugs and New York). Their cinema is prodigious in portraying a universe of lost people entangled in strange and dangerous circumstances, which are both naturalistic and surreal. It is intriguing how filmmakers transform New York into a labyrinth as wild and tortuous as the protagonist’s mind.   4 stars

Thanks Posh.