From writer/director Francis Lee, the biographical drama Ammonite tells the story of palaeontologist Mary Anning (Kate Winslet), whose solitary work hunting and preserving fossils on the brutal Southern English coastline of Lyme Regis during the 1840s leads to a meeting with a young woman sent to convalesce by the sea. Charlotte (Saoirse Ronan), who is recovering from a personal tragedy that has left her feeling both lonely and disconnected from her husband, develops an intense relationship with Mary that makes them both feel less alone. During this 1-on-1 phone interview with Collider, Saoirse Ronan talked about what …

On paper, Francis Lee’s Ammonite seems like the kind of film for those who enjoyed last year’s exquisite Portrait of a Lady on Fire. It’s about the love affair between two women who can’t live their romance openly but feel a burning passion that can only end with bittersweet melancholy. And yet whereas Portrait of a Lady on Fire is one of the best love stories in cinema, Ammonite is a cold, dry picture that goes through the motions without ever pushing deeper into its characters’ psyches or their relationship. It’s a film that manages …

Two Oscar calibur actresses are looking amazing together in new trailer.

NEON has released the trailer for Francis Lee’s upcoming drama Ammonite. Set in 1840s England, the story follows fossil hunter Mary Anning (Kate Winslet), who takes a melancholy young woman (Saoirse Ronan) as an apprentice and the two begin to fall for each other. In a different year, it would be interesting to see how this played in the awards landscape. Ammonite still plans to make the rounds at Telluride and TIFF after being selected for Cannes, but it’s hard to build buzz for your movie when the physical festival has been largely obliterated. Would the film fare …

The Telluride Film Festival has unveiled the lineup for its now-cancelled 2020 event, which was scheduled to take place over Labor Day weekend before the COVID-19 pandemic forced studios to reassess the fall festival season. Representing 25 countries, the festival’s program includes 29 new narrative and documentary feature films and 23 shorts. In addition, the festival also bestowed its Silver Medallion Award upon three distinguished artists representing its highest-profile films -- Ammonite, The Father and Nomadland. “Though we aren’t able to present our program in-person as planned, we still want to announce the lineup to …