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Apple has picked up a surprise TV Plus Oscar nomination, with Brian Tyree Henry in the running for best supporting actor for his role in Causeway, its feature film starring Jennifer Lawrence. Causeway, directed by Lila Neugebauer, is a drama starring the already-Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence as Lynsey, a military engineer to returns from tour on Afghanistan after suffering a terrible, debilitating brain injury caused by an IED explosion. The story follows Lynsey as she learns to walk and remember things, and…

Jennifer Lawrence was not in the mood to hold back when it came to discussing toxic masculinity and her experiences in working with male directors in the industry. The Hunger Games actor made sure everyone knew that she had worked with her X- Men director Bryan Singer so she knows a thing or two about ‘emotional men’ who throw ‘hissy fits’. (Also read: Jennifer Lawrence says she lost sense of control post Hunger Games success)Jennifer Lawrence has starred in three of Bryan Singer’s X-Men films, First Class (2011), Days…

Oscar-nominated production designer Jack Fisk has a famous wife in Sissy Spacek, and a filmmaking father-in-law in David Lynch, plus Alejandro Inarritu on speed dial. Having worked with The Revenant director, as well as Paul Thomas Anderson for There Will Be Blood, it is fair to say Fisk comes with experience. For his latest collaboration with director Lila Neugebauer and star Jennifer Lawrence, he embarked on a character-driven voyage of discovery in Causeway, an Apple original film which already has significant Oscar…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeFor Brian Tyree Henry, it’s in the dead of night that the cogs start to turn. Good sleep is hard to come by for the star of Atlanta and Bullet Train. That’s when he starts tossing and turning and asking himself questions. When the only thing separating him from the answers he’s looking for is the glow of his phone and the often-fruitless scroll of a Google search. Take last night. A…

Jennifer Lawrence and Viola Davis sat down to talk about their respective performances in Causeway and The Woman King, and bonded over how motherhood has changed the way they look at their work. Viola Davis also opened up about a stressful incident when she was scared about her child, when Jennifer recounted the anxieties she has been experiencing as a new mother. (Also read: Kate Winslet recalls how her agent got demeaning calls when she was a young actor: ‘How’s her weight?’)The two Academy Award-winning actors sat…

“Bathrooms can be dangerous,” says the kindly physiotherapist who is charged with patching up the shattered motor skills of former US soldier Lynsey (Jennifer Lawrence). Lynsey was, until recently, serving in Afghanistan, so she knows a thing or two about danger. But following a brain injury, her immediate challenges are no longer IEDs but the threat of slipping in the shower. It’s a lot to take on board for a fiercely independent woman who had chosen her army career partly for the distance it afforded her from her home,…

Disability in cinema often comes with an Oscar promise attached, as actors automatically jockey for recognition of their work. Rarely is that performance stripped back to its bare bones to reveal the person beneath dealing quietly with their struggle instead of on a cinematic soapbox. Thankfully, Lila Neugebauer’s Causeway achieves just that aided in no small measure by Jennifer Lawrence on solid form.   Pictured in close-up as a car sits out of focus, Neugebauer introduces the audience to Lynsey (Jennifer Lawrence) in…

Causeway is now streaming on Apple TV Plus.The film, which stars Academy Award-winner Jennifer Lawrence, is "an intimate portrait of a soldier struggling to adjust to her life after returning home to New Orleans." The film also stars Emmy Award nominee Brian Tyree Henry, best known for his role on Atlanta.Lawrence is pretty much a household name at this point. The actress has graced the screen in several huge movies including Don’t Look Up, Silver Linings Playbook, American Hustle, and a range of X-Men movies.She will be…

x https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-iIkeMqXXE It was this time last month that we first got a glimpse of Jennifer Lawrence‘s Oscar campaign, namely in the form of the first trailer for A24’s Causeway. Now, with the heartfelt, heartbreaking psychological drama film set to land on its permanent home of Apple TV Plus tomorrow, the momentum is back on with the film’s second trailer, offering a closer glimpse of what could be in store for Lawrence and co-star Brian Tyree Henry. The feature film debut of director Lila…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeDir: Lila Neugebauer. Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Brian Tyree Henry, Linda Emond, Jayne Houdyshell, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Russell Harvard. 15, 94 minutes.Causeway isn’t about the actor Jennifer Lawrence. But in its own strange way it serves as a metaphor for Lawrence herself. It’s about a young woman who blows up – albeit in a war rather than Hollywood – and then has to pick up…