Cary Fukunaga

Although the achievements of director Cary Joji Fukunaga in the first season of True Detective have never been widely disputed, the disastrous second season, produced without Fukunaga at the helm, made his contribution all the more apparent. The astonishing six-minute tracking shot midway through season one was an obvious high point, but Fukunaga embedded visual information throughout the season which brought the setting and characters to life. Beyond the convoluted plot, season two missed these sorts of details, leaving a bland detective show without enough aesthetic idiosyncrasies to make it compelling.

Cary Fukunaga’s Beasts of No Nation showcases a bombardment of graphic imagery that is excruciating, chilling and hard to digest. Still, for all the cringe-inducing brutality, the engrossing material engages on a fundamental level with empathy that is not present in most glorified war epics.

It seems like the director of True Detective is moving on from yet another project. The Wrap reported on Monday that Cary Fukunaga, known for directing the entire first season of the acclaimed HBO crime series, is out as the director of an adaptation of author Stephen King’s It. The film was supposed to begin …

For the second year running and for its final season, Breaking Bad won Outstanding Drama Series at the 66th Annual Emmy Awards. It virtually swept the awards in an especially stacked year, also picking up awards for Best Actor Bryan Cranston, Best Supporting Actress Anna Gunn, Best Supporting Actor Aaron Paul, and Best Writing for …

Rust and Marty close in on the man with the scars, revealing their true natures and how they’ve changed in the process, in a strong finish to an excellent first season.

The investigation into the murder of Dora Lang and similar cases moves completely into 2012, as the viewers learn how time has changed Rust and Marty.

With just two episodes left in the first season, “Haunted Houses” is the most straightforward instalment in the series so far. This sixth episode is the one that felt the most like a cop show, complete with with a nard-nosed police sergeant drilling his two detectives and demanding that Cohle hand over his gun and badge, and a hot tempered officer (Marty) beating two prisoners who were caught sleeping with his daughter. We find out exactly why Hart and Cohle had a falling out in 2002, and exactly why Marty’s marriage finally fell apart. “Haunted Houses” is the weakest of the bunch but don’t’ worry, next week is a vast improvement.

True Detective, Season 1, Episode 5: “The Secret Fate of All Life” Written by Nic Pizzolatto Directed by Cary Fukunaga Airs Sundays at 9pm ET on HBO The climax of episode 4 of True Detective, titled “Who Goes There’” is a feat of technical mastery that would sit proudly along side the work of a …

True Detective, Season 1, Episode 4: “Who Goes There” Written by Nic Pizzolatto Directed by Cary Fukunaga Airs Sundays at 9pm ET on HBO – Given that I am not your standard True Detective recapper (Ricky D is on The Walking Dead duty this week), it seems worthwhile, now that the first series is half …

True Detective, Season 1: Episode 3 – “The Locked Room” Written by Nick Pizzolatto Directed by Cary Fukunaga Airs Sunday nights at 9 on HBO Hart and Cohle finally uncover some solid leads and possible suspects in the investigation into Dora Lange’s murder. This week’s episode, the title of which refers to what Cohle dubs …

True Detective, Season 1: Episode 1 – “The Long Bright Dark” Written by Nick Pizzolatto Directed by Cary Fukunaga Airs Sunday nights at 9 on HBO – Midway through the 2013 TV fall season, seven new shows glamorizing serial killers were added by various networks, bringing the total to 20. HBO seems a little late …

6. The Spoils of Babylon The Spoils of Babylon is an upcoming American comedy miniseries by Saturday Night Live veterans Andrew Steele and Matt Piedmont, directed by Piedmont (Casa de Mi Padre), and starring Tobey Maguire, Kristen Wiig, Tim Robbins, Jessica Alba, Val Kilmer, Haley Joel Osment, Michael Sheen, and Will Ferrell. It’s doubtful that any …

Focus Features has tapped Cary Fukunaga (Jane Eyre, Sin Hombre ) to direct its Civil War-centered heist film No Blood, No Guts, No Glory. Variety reports that Fukunaga is writing the screenplay with Chase Palmer (“Dune”), whose original script appeared on the 2009 Black List and has been described as “The Dirty Dozen” set during …

Jane Eyre Directed by Cary Fukunaga Written by Moira Buffini UK, 2011 A curious meld of influences both classical and contemporary, this umpteenth film adaptation of Charlotte Brontë’s iconic novel amps the story’s gloom and doom for maximum visual splendor, while offering a strictly face-value approach to its evocations of grief, sexual repression, and class, …