Double Review: The Peanut Butter Falcon & Brittany Runs a Marathon

Two comedy-dramas, with straight-forward titles and from first-time directors. Both feature characters walking by foot, in trying to find themselves, and the effect they have on the people they meet. One takes place down on the bayou, the other in the city that never sleeps.

Cinema Spotlight VII - Andrés Muschietti (Part 3): "It: Chapter Two"

The general consensus with the It mini-series is that Part Two isn't as good as Part One. The less said about that spider, the better. With the same team, lead by Andy Muschietti, can they bring the same quality from Chapter One and greatly improve in the second chapter of the Losers club?

Cinema Spotlight VII - Andrés Muschietti (Part 2): "It"

Two weeks before production on It began, the movie's original director, Emmy-award winner Cary Fukunaga (Beasts of No Nation & True Detective) left the project due to creative differences and studio disagreements. When news reached Andy Muschietti, he immediately jumped in for the opportunity, having been a lifelong Stephen King fan and read It in his early teens. The studio gave him five days to come with a pitch, and in those five days he re-read the novel, utilized Fukunaga's script, presented his pitch, and the rest was history.

Cinema Spotlight VII - Andrés Muschietti (Part 1): Mama

Jessica Chastain as Annabel 

Early in his career, Andy Muschietti made commercials in his home country of Argentina with his real passion being cinema. He snagged some odd jobs in show business from public relations to assistant director; one in particular was as a set production assistant on the Madonna musical Evita. He moved to Spain and collaborated with his sister Barbara Muschietti in advertisement; still looking for the chance to make his motion picture break.