New on DVD & Blu-ray: MUDBOUND (2017) - Criterion Collection

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Product Description: In the Mississippi Delta of the 1940s, two farming families—one of white landholders, one of Black tenant farmers—are bound by the unforgiving soil they share as they struggle to survive amid the upheavals of World War II and the poisonous hatred of the Jim Crow South. Each family sends a young man off to battle; when they return home, scarred, and find a common bond, the community is ripped apart. Writer-director Dee Rees, with cowriter Virgil Williams, crafts a uniquely American tragedy, imbuing bitter historical realities with a timeless weight. Featuring bone-deep performances from Rees’s ensemble cast—including Carey Mulligan, Mary J. Blige, Jason Mitchell, Rob Morgan, Garrett Hedlund, Jason Clarke, and Jonathan Banks—and backed by Rachel Morrison’s darkly burnished cinematography, Mudbound is a searing humanist study of inheritance, based upon Hillary Jordan’s novel.

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THE LAST THING HE WANTED Trailer, Featurette, Images and Poster

"The Last Thing He Wanted" is a political thriller directed by Dee Rees ("Mudbound") from a script co-written by Rees and Marco Villalobos based on the novel of the same name by Joan Didion.

Anne Hathaway stars as a veteran D.C. journalist who loses the thread of her own narrative when a guilt-propelled errand for her father thrusts her from byline to unwitting subject in the very story she's trying to break. Ben Affleck, Rosie Perez, Willem Dafoe and Toby Jones co-star.

"The Last Thing He Wanted" premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and it was released on February 21, 2020 by Netflix.

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Anne Hathaway in Talks to Star in Political Thriller THE LAST THING HE WANTED

Oscar winner Anne Hathaway is in talks to star in the political thriller "The Last Thing He Wanted" based on the book of the same name written by Joan Didion. The film will be directed by Dee Rees ("Mudbound") from a script written by Marco Villalobos, and produced by Cassian Elwes ("Dallas Buyers Club"), Marc Godfrey ("Silence") and Robert Jones ("The Usual Suspects").

Hathaway would star as Elena McMahon, a woman who finds herself on dangerous ground as the Iran Contra Affair's arms for drugs plot reaches its tipping point. The producers describe the film as the "thrilling story of one woman, alone and unrelenting in a race against time". The film is currently in pre-production.

Hathaway can also be seen this year in the upcoming "Ocean's 8" (June 8), the drama "Serenity" (September 28) alongside Matthew McConaughey, and the comedy "The Hustle" (June 29).

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MUDBOUND Trailers, Clip, Featurette, Images and Posters

Co-written and directed by Dee Rees ("Pariah"), the period drama "Mudbound" is set in 1939 and depicts the racial climate in the rural American South during World War II through the story of two families pitted against one another by a ruthless social hierarchy, yet bound together by the shared farmland of the Mississippi Delta.

The cast features Garrett Hedlund, Jason Mitchell, Carey Mulligan, Jonathan Bankis, Jason Clarke, Mary J. Blige, Rob Morgan and Kerry Cahill.

"Mudbound" premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was acquired for distribution by Netflix. The film was released on the streaming platform and in select theaters on November 17th, 2017. Critics universally praised the film for its detailed portrayal of a turbulent moment in history and its flawless casting.

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