If one of the most singular functions of film is the preservation and reanimation of things that no longer exist, then Basma Al-Sharif’s work is now among the more urgent expressions of the medium in recent memory. This year’s edition of the Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival (Bfmaf) dedicated a significant portion of its programming to the Palestinian-American visual artist, exhibiting several selections of her older shorts dating back almost 10 years, as well as her 2017 feature-length essay film/process piece Ouroboros.
A significant chunk of the latter effort takes place in Gaza, and though the project’s inception and filming predated the recent escalation of the Middle Eastern conflict, it’s difficult not to compare its documenting of shelled, dilapidated urban scenery to the newer images of unprecedented devastation leaking out through social media channels on a daily basis. In an impassioned and surprisingly frank Q&a, Al-Sharif...
A significant chunk of the latter effort takes place in Gaza, and though the project’s inception and filming predated the recent escalation of the Middle Eastern conflict, it’s difficult not to compare its documenting of shelled, dilapidated urban scenery to the newer images of unprecedented devastation leaking out through social media channels on a daily basis. In an impassioned and surprisingly frank Q&a, Al-Sharif...
- 3/19/2024
- by David Robb
- Slant Magazine
Editor’s Note: This review originally premiered at the 2024 Locarno Film Festival. Mubi will release it in theaters on March 22, 2024.
It takes flair to concoct visual-gag-after-visual-gag within episodic riffs on the raw deals suffered by the gig-economy-classes in modern day Bucharest. Radu Jude blends absurdist humor with keen social integrity, like a sharper Romanian riposte to Ruben Östlund, as the trials of a dangerously overworked production assistant named Ange builds to a 40-minute final shot in which tragicomedy is heaped upon tragicomedy to unbearably brilliant effect.
Observing a nation’s shortcomings is not typically this fun. Yet — unlike latter-day miserabilist works by the likes of Ken Loach — Jude’s “Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World” and its barbs stick entirely because Jude trusts his audience to appreciate tonal scope.
Ange also trusts her audience to correctly interpret a character she performs to a growing online following.
It takes flair to concoct visual-gag-after-visual-gag within episodic riffs on the raw deals suffered by the gig-economy-classes in modern day Bucharest. Radu Jude blends absurdist humor with keen social integrity, like a sharper Romanian riposte to Ruben Östlund, as the trials of a dangerously overworked production assistant named Ange builds to a 40-minute final shot in which tragicomedy is heaped upon tragicomedy to unbearably brilliant effect.
Observing a nation’s shortcomings is not typically this fun. Yet — unlike latter-day miserabilist works by the likes of Ken Loach — Jude’s “Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World” and its barbs stick entirely because Jude trusts his audience to appreciate tonal scope.
Ange also trusts her audience to correctly interpret a character she performs to a growing online following.
- 8/4/2023
- by Sophie Monks Kaufman
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Peacock is developing Triggered, a single-camera comedy from the 9Jkl team of writer-producer Dana Klein, Wendi Trilling’s TrillTV and Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment.
Written by Klein, in Triggered, frustrated by her inefficacy, a rule-following therapist starts to break the rules of her profession, and, eventually, the law, and soon becomes a vigilante therapist who helps people… using whatever means necessary.
Klein executive produces with Trilling of TrillTV and Kaplan of Kapital. The series is a co-production between Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, and CBS Studios.
Triggered stems from the producer partnership former longtime CBS head of comedy Trilling and her TrillTV have with Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment. The first project under that partnership to go to series, multi-camera CBS comedy 9Jkl, was co-created, executive produced and showrun by Klein.
This is Klein’s second project with TrillTV and Kapital currently in development. She is...
Written by Klein, in Triggered, frustrated by her inefficacy, a rule-following therapist starts to break the rules of her profession, and, eventually, the law, and soon becomes a vigilante therapist who helps people… using whatever means necessary.
Klein executive produces with Trilling of TrillTV and Kaplan of Kapital. The series is a co-production between Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, and CBS Studios.
Triggered stems from the producer partnership former longtime CBS head of comedy Trilling and her TrillTV have with Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment. The first project under that partnership to go to series, multi-camera CBS comedy 9Jkl, was co-created, executive produced and showrun by Klein.
This is Klein’s second project with TrillTV and Kapital currently in development. She is...
- 1/7/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Former ABC head of drama Brian Morewitz and former ABC Signature head of comedy Melanie Frankel have joined Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment as Heads Of Creative. Morewitz and Frankel will both run the creative and work across comedy and drama, spearheading projects from inception through on-air run as executive producers.
The duo will lead Kapital’s development team, which includes the company’s creative executives Jessie Abbott and Kevin Marco — both of whom have been promoted to VP — as well as Evan Terrell who has joined Kapital as creative executive.
Additionally, Kapital has brought in Matt Conner as VP of Production, reporting to the company’ head of production Michael Lohmann, and has promoted Sean Richards, who works for Kapital’s head of business affairs Sandra Ortiz, to VP of Business Affairs.
The slew of hires and promotions come as Kapital kicks off 2022 with four new series premieres this...
The duo will lead Kapital’s development team, which includes the company’s creative executives Jessie Abbott and Kevin Marco — both of whom have been promoted to VP — as well as Evan Terrell who has joined Kapital as creative executive.
Additionally, Kapital has brought in Matt Conner as VP of Production, reporting to the company’ head of production Michael Lohmann, and has promoted Sean Richards, who works for Kapital’s head of business affairs Sandra Ortiz, to VP of Business Affairs.
The slew of hires and promotions come as Kapital kicks off 2022 with four new series premieres this...
- 1/4/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: CBS is developing The Monroes & Tony, a multi-camera family comedy from The Neighborhood team of writer and actor Malik S., star/executive producer Cedric The Entertainer, production companies Kapital Entertainment and TrillTV, and studio, CBS Studios.
Written by Malik, The Monroes & Tony revolves around an ambitious but everyday guy who creates a blended family between his 9-year-old stepson, new wife, and her superstar ex-husband who, despite his fame and wealth, misses the connection of family.
Malik executive produces with Kaplan via Kapital Entertainment, Trilling via her TrillTV, Cedric and Eric Rhone for Bird and a Bear Entertainment, and Peter Principato and Kevin Parker for Artists First. It is too early to tell whether Malik will act in the show.
Malik currently is producer on CBS’ hit comedy The Neighborhood, on which he also recurs in the role of Trey. His previous writing credits include #BlackAF and Cedric’s The Soul Man,...
Written by Malik, The Monroes & Tony revolves around an ambitious but everyday guy who creates a blended family between his 9-year-old stepson, new wife, and her superstar ex-husband who, despite his fame and wealth, misses the connection of family.
Malik executive produces with Kaplan via Kapital Entertainment, Trilling via her TrillTV, Cedric and Eric Rhone for Bird and a Bear Entertainment, and Peter Principato and Kevin Parker for Artists First. It is too early to tell whether Malik will act in the show.
Malik currently is producer on CBS’ hit comedy The Neighborhood, on which he also recurs in the role of Trey. His previous writing credits include #BlackAF and Cedric’s The Soul Man,...
- 12/18/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
“America’s Got Talent” came back home to a warm welcome in the 8 o’clock hour on Tuesday, following time spent hanging out at 10 p.m. to make way for the Olympic trials on NBC. And at 10, Peyton Manning’s “Capital One College Bowl” premiere enjoyed the “AGT” lead-in. NBC was first in ratings with a 0.7 rating in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic and second in total viewers with an average of 5.3 million, according to preliminary numbers. From 8-10 p.m., “America’s Got Talent” scored a 0.8 and 6.6 million viewers. At 10, the premiere of “Capital One College Bowl” landed a 0.5 and 2.8 million viewers. Fox was second ratings with a 0.4 rating and fourth in total viewers with an average of 1.3 million. At 8, “Lego Masters” had a 0.5 and 1.6 million viewers. “Mental Samurai” at 9 received a 0.3 and 1.1 million viewers. CBS was third ratings with a 0.3 rating and second in total viewers with an average of 3.4 million.
- 6/23/2021
- by Jennifer Maas and Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Federation Entertainment is developing “Carlos Ghosn, The Fugitive,” a thriller mini-series starring Francois Cluzet as Ghosn, once one of the most powerful figures in the global car industry who is now an international fugitive.
“Carlos Ghosn, The Fugitive” will be directed by Frederic Jardin, whose credits include the hit crime series “Spiral” and “Braquo,” as well as the thriller “Nuit Blanche.”
The six-part series was created by Stéphane Osmont, whose screenwriting credits include Costa-Gavras’ “Le Capital” and Dan France’s “La vie devant elles.” The script of the series is loosely based on Régis Arnaud and Yann Rousseau’s book “Le Fugitif,” published by Stock in 2020.
Fanny Riedberger and Pascal Breton at Federation Entertainment are producing the event mini-series, which will chart the rise and fall of Ghosn, the former highly respected chief executive of Nissan who fled Japan to Lebanon in Dec. 2019 after facing a trial over allegations of financial misconduct.
“Carlos Ghosn, The Fugitive” will be directed by Frederic Jardin, whose credits include the hit crime series “Spiral” and “Braquo,” as well as the thriller “Nuit Blanche.”
The six-part series was created by Stéphane Osmont, whose screenwriting credits include Costa-Gavras’ “Le Capital” and Dan France’s “La vie devant elles.” The script of the series is loosely based on Régis Arnaud and Yann Rousseau’s book “Le Fugitif,” published by Stock in 2020.
Fanny Riedberger and Pascal Breton at Federation Entertainment are producing the event mini-series, which will chart the rise and fall of Ghosn, the former highly respected chief executive of Nissan who fled Japan to Lebanon in Dec. 2019 after facing a trial over allegations of financial misconduct.
- 4/27/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Fox is developing a crime drama procedural based on the true-life experiences of professional medium Tina Powers. It comes from Michael Alaimo, Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment and Tracy Katsky;s KatCo.
Written by Alaimo, the untitled project is described as a breezy procedural, in which a quirky TV news crime reporter starts listening to the voices she hears from beyond the grave in order to help Miami’s finest solve crimes.
Alaimo executive produces with Kaplan and Dana Honor for Kapital Entertainment and Katsky for KatCo. Powers & Jenni Pulos serve as produces. Kapital is the studio.
Powers is a former news anchor and reporter at a CBS affiliate station in Arizona who now works as a professional medium. Below a video, in which she introduces herself and talks about some of her cases.
Alaimo most recently he was a co-executive producer on AMC’s Fear the Walking Dead.
Written by Alaimo, the untitled project is described as a breezy procedural, in which a quirky TV news crime reporter starts listening to the voices she hears from beyond the grave in order to help Miami’s finest solve crimes.
Alaimo executive produces with Kaplan and Dana Honor for Kapital Entertainment and Katsky for KatCo. Powers & Jenni Pulos serve as produces. Kapital is the studio.
Powers is a former news anchor and reporter at a CBS affiliate station in Arizona who now works as a professional medium. Below a video, in which she introduces herself and talks about some of her cases.
Alaimo most recently he was a co-executive producer on AMC’s Fear the Walking Dead.
- 11/23/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: It’s been said that some movies aren’t necessarily born, rather they fight their way to life.
A lot of that responsibility falls on the shoulders of a film’s producer, who well after the cameras have turned off, and the set striked, sees a movie through to its endgame. That person in the case of 101 Studios and Brookdale Studios’ family comedy The War With Grandpa was Marvin Peart, who made certain that the movie, first pitched to him by his young son Tre Peart, would be realized on the big screen — and a pandemic nor a studio going out of business wasn’t going to stop it.
The War With Grandpa is expected to hit an interesting milestone at the domestic box office, crossing $20M ultimately fueled by the Thanksgiving holiday stretch. With the threshold of success being different for movies during the pandemic with the second largest exhibitor Regal closed,...
A lot of that responsibility falls on the shoulders of a film’s producer, who well after the cameras have turned off, and the set striked, sees a movie through to its endgame. That person in the case of 101 Studios and Brookdale Studios’ family comedy The War With Grandpa was Marvin Peart, who made certain that the movie, first pitched to him by his young son Tre Peart, would be realized on the big screen — and a pandemic nor a studio going out of business wasn’t going to stop it.
The War With Grandpa is expected to hit an interesting milestone at the domestic box office, crossing $20M ultimately fueled by the Thanksgiving holiday stretch. With the threshold of success being different for movies during the pandemic with the second largest exhibitor Regal closed,...
- 11/17/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: ABC has put in development a single-camera comedy from Peter Ackerman, Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment and Wendi Trilling’s Kapital-based TrillTV. 20th Television is the studio.
Written by Ackerman, the untitled project is based on his life. In it, after a man’s college girlfriend comes out to him, they remain friends through the ages, complicating and enriching their current marriages and family lives.
Ackerman executive produces with Kapital’s Aaron Kaplan and Dana Honor and TrillTV’s Trilling.
At ABC, Kapital has another untitled single-camera comedy in development, also through 20th TV. Written by Chad Gervich based on personal experience, with Perfect Harmony creator/executive producer Lesley Wake Webster supervising, it is about two parents trying to navigate parenthood in L.A. raising a non-binary, gender-fluid child.
Ackerman co-wrote animated boxoffice hit Ice Age and trequel Ice Age: Dawn of The Dinosaurs.
Written by Ackerman, the untitled project is based on his life. In it, after a man’s college girlfriend comes out to him, they remain friends through the ages, complicating and enriching their current marriages and family lives.
Ackerman executive produces with Kapital’s Aaron Kaplan and Dana Honor and TrillTV’s Trilling.
At ABC, Kapital has another untitled single-camera comedy in development, also through 20th TV. Written by Chad Gervich based on personal experience, with Perfect Harmony creator/executive producer Lesley Wake Webster supervising, it is about two parents trying to navigate parenthood in L.A. raising a non-binary, gender-fluid child.
Ackerman co-wrote animated boxoffice hit Ice Age and trequel Ice Age: Dawn of The Dinosaurs.
- 10/9/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Do you know what the average life expectancy was in the 18th century? It was 17. (You read that right.) No, this wasn’t just about the fact that human beings back then tended to live less long. It was about the staggering inequality that society was built on. In Europe, the majority of people were hand-to-mouth laborers who drifted from place to place, lacking the benefits of being landed servants. (Not that being a landed servant was any picnic.) They existed in poverty, without health care or schooling or much of anything else. Their lives, in effect, were a death sentence.
That stark reality is the taking-off point for “Capital in the Twenty-First Century,” a nimble and eye-opening documentary that puts you in the revelatory position of looking back over the last 300 years — where we’ve been and where we’re going — from a God’s-eye economic view. That may sound dry as dust,...
That stark reality is the taking-off point for “Capital in the Twenty-First Century,” a nimble and eye-opening documentary that puts you in the revelatory position of looking back over the last 300 years — where we’ve been and where we’re going — from a God’s-eye economic view. That may sound dry as dust,...
- 5/2/2020
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: UTA has signed filmmaker Diane Paragas for worldwide representation in all areas.
Most recently, Paragas directed, wrote and produced her narrative feature debut, Yellow Rose. The musical drama was acquired by Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions and will be released by Spwa’s film production label Stage 6 later in 2020.
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The film premiered at the 2019 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, where it won the grand jury award for best narrative feature. Since then, it has won multiple grand jury and audience awards at North American film festivals.
The feature focuses on the trials and tribulations of a 17 year old Filipina girl who longs to be...
Most recently, Paragas directed, wrote and produced her narrative feature debut, Yellow Rose. The musical drama was acquired by Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions and will be released by Spwa’s film production label Stage 6 later in 2020.
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The film premiered at the 2019 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, where it won the grand jury award for best narrative feature. Since then, it has won multiple grand jury and audience awards at North American film festivals.
The feature focuses on the trials and tribulations of a 17 year old Filipina girl who longs to be...
- 3/18/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Reality TV personality Caitlyn Jenner wants her daughter Kendall and One Direction band star Harry Styles to be back together.
Kendall and Harry dated in 2013 and rekindled their relationship in 2016. Now, Kendall's mother Caityln would be happy if the two dated again, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
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On Capital Breakfast show, Caitlyn said: "I only met him one time at an event with Kendall and he seemed like a gentleman. I hear he plays golf, that's good."
She added: "She (Kendall) always speaks very highly of him, and, yeah, I think they did (have a good connection). I don't know whatever happened, but yeah," Caitlyn added.
Kendall and Harry dated in 2013 and rekindled their relationship in 2016. Now, Kendall's mother Caityln would be happy if the two dated again, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
Also Read:?Here's how Harry Styles inspired Adam Lambert
On Capital Breakfast show, Caitlyn said: "I only met him one time at an event with Kendall and he seemed like a gentleman. I hear he plays golf, that's good."
She added: "She (Kendall) always speaks very highly of him, and, yeah, I think they did (have a good connection). I don't know whatever happened, but yeah," Caitlyn added.
- 1/25/2020
- GlamSham
She played Harry Potter‘s Hermione Granger in London and on Broadway, and now Noma Dumezweni has been tapped for a series regular role in HBO Max’s Made For Love, opposite Ray Romano in the half-hour series adaptation of Alissa Nutting’s dark, absurd and cynically poignant novel of divorce and revenge.
Dumezweni will play the role of ‘Fiffany,’ described as a lovestruck marine biologist who supplies the brains behind the Made For Love technology. She joins the previously cast Romano and Christin Milioti. Patrick Somerville (Netflix’s Maniac) is the showrunner for Made for Love.
In addition to originating the Hermione role for London’s and Broadway’s award winning Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Dumezweni won an Olivier Award for her West End performance in A Raisin in the Sun, and played the title role in Linda at the Royal Court, among many other productions.
Recent...
Dumezweni will play the role of ‘Fiffany,’ described as a lovestruck marine biologist who supplies the brains behind the Made For Love technology. She joins the previously cast Romano and Christin Milioti. Patrick Somerville (Netflix’s Maniac) is the showrunner for Made for Love.
In addition to originating the Hermione role for London’s and Broadway’s award winning Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Dumezweni won an Olivier Award for her West End performance in A Raisin in the Sun, and played the title role in Linda at the Royal Court, among many other productions.
Recent...
- 10/28/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Costra-Gavras will receive the Donostia Award on September 21 Photo: Courtesy of San Sebastian Film Festival French filmmaker Costa-Gavras is to receive a Donostia Award at San Sebastian Film Festival next month.
The Greek-born writer/director, whose films include Z, Capital, Eden Is West and The Axe, was last at the festival when Capital competed for the Golden Shell in 2012.
He will collect the award on September 21 at a gala screening of his latest feature film, Adults In The Room, an adaptation of of the memoir of the former Greek finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis.
The film, which will have its world premiere in Venice - where Costa-Gavras will receive the Glory to the Filmmaker Award - was published after Varoufakis’s brief term of office in 2015, at the height of Greek’s financial crisis. The cast includes Christos Loulis, Alexandros Bourdoumis, Josiane Pinson and Valeria Golino.
Adults In The Room Photo:...
The Greek-born writer/director, whose films include Z, Capital, Eden Is West and The Axe, was last at the festival when Capital competed for the Golden Shell in 2012.
He will collect the award on September 21 at a gala screening of his latest feature film, Adults In The Room, an adaptation of of the memoir of the former Greek finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis.
The film, which will have its world premiere in Venice - where Costa-Gavras will receive the Glory to the Filmmaker Award - was published after Varoufakis’s brief term of office in 2015, at the height of Greek’s financial crisis. The cast includes Christos Loulis, Alexandros Bourdoumis, Josiane Pinson and Valeria Golino.
Adults In The Room Photo:...
- 8/19/2019
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Exclusive: Film4 backs development of Haigh’s 45 Years follow-up; Tristan Goligher to produce.
Andrew Haigh is to write and direct an adaptation of Willy Vlautin’s acclaimed novel Lean on Pete as his next film project.
Haigh will reunite with his usual producer Tristan Goligher of The Bureau. Film4 has supported development and the film is set to shoot later in 2016.
Lean on Pete is about Charley Thompson, a 15-year-old who has no stability in his life and ends up homeless in Portland, Oregon, where his best friend is a failing racehorse named Lean on Pete. He sets off an a perilous journey to find his only known relative who once lived 1,000 miles away in Wyoming.
Haigh, a former Screen International Star of Tomorrow, told Screen: “When reading the novel you can not help but care for Charley. Whatever he is faced with he keeps moving forward; he keeps running, working, driving...
Andrew Haigh is to write and direct an adaptation of Willy Vlautin’s acclaimed novel Lean on Pete as his next film project.
Haigh will reunite with his usual producer Tristan Goligher of The Bureau. Film4 has supported development and the film is set to shoot later in 2016.
Lean on Pete is about Charley Thompson, a 15-year-old who has no stability in his life and ends up homeless in Portland, Oregon, where his best friend is a failing racehorse named Lean on Pete. He sets off an a perilous journey to find his only known relative who once lived 1,000 miles away in Wyoming.
Haigh, a former Screen International Star of Tomorrow, told Screen: “When reading the novel you can not help but care for Charley. Whatever he is faced with he keeps moving forward; he keeps running, working, driving...
- 5/21/2015
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
The name of Costa-Gavras is synonymous with politically-dosed narratives – we often cite Z and Missing as seminal films within the genre and the filmmaker’s body of work. Feted at the ’13 editions of Mumbai and Mill Valley, just this past weekend [Cohen Media Group 10.25] , the filmmaker continued the thematic streak with Capital, a financial thriller that was featured at Tiff 2012 and features an international flavored cast of Gad Elmaleh, Gabriel Byrne and Liya Kebede (Lord of War). We were provided with an exclusive clip (see below) :
Based on the book Le Capital by Stéphane Osmont, and written by Costa-Gavras, Jean-Claude Grumberg and Karim Boukercha, when the CEO of France’s Phenix Bank collapses on the golf course, Machiavellian young executive Marc Tourneuil (Gad Elmaleh) is crowned as his replacement. A whirlwind of ruthless ambition, power struggles, greed and deception ensues as Tourneuil’s brutal ascent is jeopardized by a hostile takeover attempt...
Based on the book Le Capital by Stéphane Osmont, and written by Costa-Gavras, Jean-Claude Grumberg and Karim Boukercha, when the CEO of France’s Phenix Bank collapses on the golf course, Machiavellian young executive Marc Tourneuil (Gad Elmaleh) is crowned as his replacement. A whirlwind of ruthless ambition, power struggles, greed and deception ensues as Tourneuil’s brutal ascent is jeopardized by a hostile takeover attempt...
- 10/28/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Since they figured out how make pictures move, filmmakers have long been fond of using one of the seven deadly sins—greed—as the thematic driving force of their films. From Erich Von Stronheim's compromised masterpiece "Greed" to the slimy dealings of Gordon Gecko in two "Wall Street" movies and beyond, there has been no shortage of characters corrupted by currency. But with the worldwide economy in a more precarious state than ever, and as the term "too big too fail" becomes a rich irony, never before has such subject matter carried so much dramatic potential. And yet despite recent solid entries like "Margin Call" and "Too Big To Fail," we're yet to see the first great contemporary movie about the country and the world's economic woes. Unfortunately Costa-Gavras' "Le Capital" doesn't remedy that situation. Constructed partly from fiction and partly from fact—the film is based on the...
- 10/24/2013
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
The 15th Mumbai Film Festival (Mff) presented by Reliance Entertainment and organized by the Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (Mami) scheduled between 17th-24th October is all set to showcase the best of contemporary French cinema and welcome artists for the 6th edition of the Rendez-vous with French Cinema co-organized with The French Embassy in India, Institut Français en Inde and Unifrance films.
As part of the festival highlights, Costa Gavras will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award during the opening ceremony in the presence of His Excellency Mr François Richier, Ambassador of France to India who will grace us with his presence especially for this occasion. Among others, Nathalie Baye, jury member of the international section, Mahamat Saleh Haroun, director of the film “Grigris”, Guillaume Brac, director of the film “Tonnerre” (Competition) and Leos Carax, well known film maker who will be conducting a masters class.
The special section “Rendez-vous...
As part of the festival highlights, Costa Gavras will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award during the opening ceremony in the presence of His Excellency Mr François Richier, Ambassador of France to India who will grace us with his presence especially for this occasion. Among others, Nathalie Baye, jury member of the international section, Mahamat Saleh Haroun, director of the film “Grigris”, Guillaume Brac, director of the film “Tonnerre” (Competition) and Leos Carax, well known film maker who will be conducting a masters class.
The special section “Rendez-vous...
- 10/18/2013
- by Pooja Rao
- Bollyspice
Turkish director Erdem Tepegöz’s social drama The Particle (Zerre) has won the Golden George for Best Film at the 35th Moscow International Film Festival (Miff).
The film’s lead actress, Jale Arikan, also picked up the Best Actress Silver George for her performance as Zeynep, trying to make ends meet in the dusty and dim atmosphere of abandoned apartments evacuated for clearance.
The International Jury under the presidency of Iranian film-maker Mohsen Makhmalbaf awarded the Silver George for Best Director to South Korea’s Jung Young-Heon for Lebanon Emotion (Le-Ba-Non Kam-Jeong).
The Best Actor prize went to Russia’s Alexey Shevchenkov for his title role as Judas in Andrey Bogatyryov’s Judas (Iuda).
The Special Jury award went to The Ravine Of Goodbye (Sayonara Keikoku) by Japan’s Tatsushi Omori.
The Documentary Competition jury - which included Claas Danielsen, director of Dok Leipzig - gave its award to Poland’s Pawel Lozinski for Father And Son (Ojciec...
The film’s lead actress, Jale Arikan, also picked up the Best Actress Silver George for her performance as Zeynep, trying to make ends meet in the dusty and dim atmosphere of abandoned apartments evacuated for clearance.
The International Jury under the presidency of Iranian film-maker Mohsen Makhmalbaf awarded the Silver George for Best Director to South Korea’s Jung Young-Heon for Lebanon Emotion (Le-Ba-Non Kam-Jeong).
The Best Actor prize went to Russia’s Alexey Shevchenkov for his title role as Judas in Andrey Bogatyryov’s Judas (Iuda).
The Special Jury award went to The Ravine Of Goodbye (Sayonara Keikoku) by Japan’s Tatsushi Omori.
The Documentary Competition jury - which included Claas Danielsen, director of Dok Leipzig - gave its award to Poland’s Pawel Lozinski for Father And Son (Ojciec...
- 7/1/2013
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Le Capital
Directed by Costa Gavras
Written by Jean-Claude Grumberg and Costa Garvas
France, 2012
“Le Capital”, Greek-French filmmaker Costa Gavras’ latest work has a motley assortment of problems, bespeckled with intermittent charisma which proves insufficient to masque the utter ridiculousness that makes up large swathes of the film. It stars Gad Elmaleh (a dismal choice) as Marc Tourneuil, an uppity upper-middle class banker who incidentally rises to the top position of the bank he works for. While the old guard at the bank consider him more of a puppet placeholder that would be easily manipulated, Elmaleh’s character has other ideas: by ostensibly acquiescing to an American fund bent on taking over control of the bank, which includes orchestrating a 10% lay-off of the bank’s global workforce, Tourneuil starts on an ambitious course of consolidating his grip on power and earning himself tens of millions in legal and illegal bonuses.
Directed by Costa Gavras
Written by Jean-Claude Grumberg and Costa Garvas
France, 2012
“Le Capital”, Greek-French filmmaker Costa Gavras’ latest work has a motley assortment of problems, bespeckled with intermittent charisma which proves insufficient to masque the utter ridiculousness that makes up large swathes of the film. It stars Gad Elmaleh (a dismal choice) as Marc Tourneuil, an uppity upper-middle class banker who incidentally rises to the top position of the bank he works for. While the old guard at the bank consider him more of a puppet placeholder that would be easily manipulated, Elmaleh’s character has other ideas: by ostensibly acquiescing to an American fund bent on taking over control of the bank, which includes orchestrating a 10% lay-off of the bank’s global workforce, Tourneuil starts on an ambitious course of consolidating his grip on power and earning himself tens of millions in legal and illegal bonuses.
- 12/10/2012
- by Zornitsa
- SoundOnSight
The Cohen Media Group has acquired the political suspense thriller, "Capital" for U.S. distribution, ahead of its Toronto International Film Festival screening, the company confirmed to TheWrap on Tuesday. Directed by Costa-Gavras, "Capital," stars Gabriel Byrne in this adaptation of Stephane Osmont's best-selling novel, "Le Capital," which takes a scathing look at the world of international finance. The book was published in 2004. The film adaptation follows the head of a giant European investment bank desperately clinging to power, when an American hedge fund company tries to buy them out. The film will...
- 9/5/2012
- by Liza Foreman
- The Wrap
First pegged for Vincent Cassel, then lined up for Mathieu Kassovitz, director Costa-Gavras continues to tinker with his lead for "Le Capital," and this might be the most intriguing change yet. French comic acting star Gad Elmaleh -- likely best known to U.S. audiences as the detective in "Midnight In Paris" or for Ben Salaad in "The Adventures Of Tintin" -- will take the lead in "Le Capital," joining the long attached Gabriel Byrne. Based on the novel by Stéphane Osmont -- with further inspiration from the essay "Total Capitalism" by former Credit Lyonnais president Jean Peyrelevade -- the film is a harsh look at the banking system with Elmaleh set to play Marc Tourneuil, the head of Europe's Phoenix Bank who is facing a hostile takeover from U.S. hedge fund companies, while making a play to acquire a debt-laden Japanese bank. It's a rare dramatic turn for...
- 1/17/2012
- The Playlist
Gad Elmaleh took part in two of last year’s more pleasurable films — The Adventures of Tintin and Midnight in Paris, unless you were in the Jack and Jill camp — yet I never even noticed that he was in either. No longer will he go unnoticed, however; Variety reports that the fellow will take the lead in Capital, a political thriller from writer and director Costa-Gravas.
Based on Stephane Osmont‘s Le Capital — which has been adapted for the screen by Gavras, Karim Boukercha, and Jean-Claude Grunberg — this “scathing look at international finance” is centered on “Marc Tourneuil (Elmaleh), the new head of Europe’s biggest investment bank, who desperately clings to power when an American hedge fund company tries to buy them out.” That could add up to be compelling stuff; I’d be game for a good thriller centered on the world of politics and finance.
Gabriel Byrne will also star,...
Based on Stephane Osmont‘s Le Capital — which has been adapted for the screen by Gavras, Karim Boukercha, and Jean-Claude Grunberg — this “scathing look at international finance” is centered on “Marc Tourneuil (Elmaleh), the new head of Europe’s biggest investment bank, who desperately clings to power when an American hedge fund company tries to buy them out.” That could add up to be compelling stuff; I’d be game for a good thriller centered on the world of politics and finance.
Gabriel Byrne will also star,...
- 1/17/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
It has been confirmed that Irish actor Gabriel Byrne (In Treatment, The Usual Suspects) is in talks to join the cast of Oscar-winning director Costa Gavras latest film 'Le Capital'. Based on Stéphane Osmont's novel of the same name, 'Le Capital' tells the story of the head of a giant European investment bank who desperately clings to power when an American hedge fund company tries to buy them out.
- 6/8/2011
- IFTN
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