Cory Finley on
Thoroughbreds 2017
Finley's first feature, adapted from his own two-hander play; started with the image of a euthanized horse before the characters arrived.
The Big Picture · Interview
Cory Finley Breaks From the Stage with 'Thoroughbreds'
March 9, 2018/ 26 min/ Sean Fennessey
Playwright-turned-director Cory Finley on making Thoroughbreds, his debut about two Connecticut teenagers plotting a stepfather's murder.
7 films across 1 segment.
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In conversation
Cory Finley on
The Shining 1980
A touchstone with the DP for making a claustrophobic space feel huge.
Cory Finley on
The Witch 2015
The only Anya Taylor-Joy performance Finley had seen when he cast her.
Cory Finley on
Dunkirk 2017
Finley points to a Nolan interview on suspense as the film's visual language.
Also mentioned raised along the way
In the outro A Wrinkle in Time
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