Collaboration adds extra depth and layers to the creative process, often presenting something new and exciting that otherwise wouldn't have been thought of. Alex Garland, most known for his sci-fi oriented films "Ex-Machina" and "Annihilation," has often spoken about how he finds the filmmaking process, by its very nature, to be a collaborative process. As he explained in a discussion at the National Film and Television School (Nfts), the collaboration in filmmaking is what makes the process exciting for him compared to the isolating nature of writing novels (which is how he began his career). It's that approach that has followed Garland throughout the entirety of his directorial career.
Collaboration was a vital element behind his most recently released film, "Men." A horror folktale with a focus on the age-old dynamics between men and women, "Men" follows a young woman (Jessie Buckley) taking some time to herself in the British countryside.
Collaboration was a vital element behind his most recently released film, "Men." A horror folktale with a focus on the age-old dynamics between men and women, "Men" follows a young woman (Jessie Buckley) taking some time to herself in the British countryside.
- 9/11/2022
- by Sarah Musnicky
- Slash Film
Outside the secret Devs research facility, the world of writer/director Alex Garland’s FX limited series (aptly titled “Devs”) is a recognizable, present-day Bay Area. In the pilot, we follow Segei (Karl Glusman) and Lily (Sonoya Mizuno) from their San Francisco apartment to the fictional Silicon Valley tech giant Amaya where they work.
At the center of the Google-like Amaya campus, buried in the Redwoods, is the windowless Devs complex, which houses the science fiction and mystery of Garland’s story. When Sergei becomes one of the few select employees granted the special security clearance to enter Devs, we finally get to see inside the vacuum-sealed building to discover a pulsing gold metal interior that houses a quantum computer, the beating heart at its core.
“There’s the idea that the scientific heart of the space is also the most magical and lyrical and sort of poetic area within the story,...
At the center of the Google-like Amaya campus, buried in the Redwoods, is the windowless Devs complex, which houses the science fiction and mystery of Garland’s story. When Sergei becomes one of the few select employees granted the special security clearance to enter Devs, we finally get to see inside the vacuum-sealed building to discover a pulsing gold metal interior that houses a quantum computer, the beating heart at its core.
“There’s the idea that the scientific heart of the space is also the most magical and lyrical and sort of poetic area within the story,...
- 8/30/2020
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
“My little three year old and one year old were crawling around trashing the living room and it was almost bath time,” recalls cinematographer Rob Hardy Bsc on the day he found out he had just received his first ever Emmy nomination for his the ambitious work of the FX on Hulu sci-fi limited series “Devs.” He adds tongue-in-cheek, “I got a text from my agents saying congratulations and I said ‘for what? For managing to get through another day?… It was a big surprise!” Watch our exclusive video interview with Hardy above.
See the 2020 Gold Derby TV Awards nominations complete list
“Devs” is writer and director Alex Garland‘s first foray into series television after his acclaimed sci-fi films “Ex Machina” and “Annihilation.” It follows a young software engineer (Sonoya Mizuno) who believes that the secretive ‘Devs’ division of the Amaya corporation where she works is behind the murder...
See the 2020 Gold Derby TV Awards nominations complete list
“Devs” is writer and director Alex Garland‘s first foray into series television after his acclaimed sci-fi films “Ex Machina” and “Annihilation.” It follows a young software engineer (Sonoya Mizuno) who believes that the secretive ‘Devs’ division of the Amaya corporation where she works is behind the murder...
- 8/18/2020
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
The limited series “Devs” aired its eight episodes from March 5 to April 16, 2020 as part of the “FX on Hulu” cross-promotion (Disney owns both companies since the Mouse House bought 20th Century Fox). But will the mind-bending sci-fi thriller appeal to Emmy voters? Scroll down for our exclusive video interviews with top awards contenders from the show.
See‘Devs’ reviews: Critics say the trippy sci-fi limited series from Alex Garland is ‘daring’ and ‘stunningly ambitious’
FX has done exceedingly well in longform races at the Emmys with “The People v. O.J. Simpson” and “The Assassination of Gianni Versace” both winning Best Limited Series and multiple seasons of “American Horror Story” earning nominations. Hulu has been making inroads too; “The Looming Tower” earned multiple bids in 2019, and “The Act” won for Patricia Arquette‘s supporting performance, so “Devs” is certainly on a platform voters are well acquainted with.
And “Devs” has an impressive pedigree.
See‘Devs’ reviews: Critics say the trippy sci-fi limited series from Alex Garland is ‘daring’ and ‘stunningly ambitious’
FX has done exceedingly well in longform races at the Emmys with “The People v. O.J. Simpson” and “The Assassination of Gianni Versace” both winning Best Limited Series and multiple seasons of “American Horror Story” earning nominations. Hulu has been making inroads too; “The Looming Tower” earned multiple bids in 2019, and “The Act” won for Patricia Arquette‘s supporting performance, so “Devs” is certainly on a platform voters are well acquainted with.
And “Devs” has an impressive pedigree.
- 7/10/2020
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
“It was just a joyful experience to come to work every single day,” admits Alison Pill about working on the acclaimed psychological sci-fi drama “Devs,” in which she plays a mysterious scientist that has discovered a machine that will change humanity. “Everything about it was perfect.” Watch our exclusive video interview with Pill above.
See Alex Garland Interview: ‘Devs’ showrunner
“Devs” is writer and director Alex Garland‘s first foray into series television after his sci-fi films “Ex Machina” and “Annihilation.” It follows a young software engineer (Sonoya Mizuno) who believes that the secretive ‘Devs’ division of the Amaya corporation, a Silicon Valley quantum physics company where she works, is behind the murder of her boyfriend Sergei (Karl Glusman). Devs is the passion project of Amaya’s CEO Forest (Nick Offerman) and quantum physicist Katie (Pill), both of who we learn have developed a machine that can see literally backwards and forwards in time.
See Alex Garland Interview: ‘Devs’ showrunner
“Devs” is writer and director Alex Garland‘s first foray into series television after his sci-fi films “Ex Machina” and “Annihilation.” It follows a young software engineer (Sonoya Mizuno) who believes that the secretive ‘Devs’ division of the Amaya corporation, a Silicon Valley quantum physics company where she works, is behind the murder of her boyfriend Sergei (Karl Glusman). Devs is the passion project of Amaya’s CEO Forest (Nick Offerman) and quantum physicist Katie (Pill), both of who we learn have developed a machine that can see literally backwards and forwards in time.
- 6/29/2020
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
“As designers we are really always here to back up the drama and not overshadow it,” declares production designer Mark Digby, who alongside set decorator Michelle Day designed the ambitious look and feel of the FX on Hulu sci-fi drama series “Devs.”
“To have people responding to that, in addition to responding to the drama is a great thing for us,” he says. “It’s a wonderful present at the end of what we do.” Watch our exclusive video interview with Digby above.
See Alex Garland Interview: ‘Devs’ creator
“Devs” is writer and director Alex Garland‘s first foray into series television after his sci-fi films “Ex Machina” and “Annihilation.” It follows a young software engineer (Sonoya Mizuno) who believes that the secretive ‘Devs’ division of the Amaya corporation, a Silicon Valley quantum physics company where she works, is behind the murder of her boyfriend Sergei (Karl Glusman). Devs is...
“To have people responding to that, in addition to responding to the drama is a great thing for us,” he says. “It’s a wonderful present at the end of what we do.” Watch our exclusive video interview with Digby above.
See Alex Garland Interview: ‘Devs’ creator
“Devs” is writer and director Alex Garland‘s first foray into series television after his sci-fi films “Ex Machina” and “Annihilation.” It follows a young software engineer (Sonoya Mizuno) who believes that the secretive ‘Devs’ division of the Amaya corporation, a Silicon Valley quantum physics company where she works, is behind the murder of her boyfriend Sergei (Karl Glusman). Devs is...
- 6/25/2020
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
“It’s utterly transformative,” declares Oscar-winning visual effects artist Andrew Whitehurst about how visual effects can make or break a show like sci-fi drama “Devs.” “When you’re using visual effects as a method of completing your work, it is the thing that finally pushes the audience through, into this idealized environment.” Watch our exclusive video interview with Whitehurst above.
SEEAlex Garland Interview: ‘Devs’ creator
“Devs” is writer/director Alex Garland‘s first foray into series television after sci-fi films “Ex Machina” and “Annihilation.” It follows a young software engineer (Sonoya Mizuno) who investigates the secretive development division of the Amaya corporation, a cutting-edge Silicon Valley tech company where she works, which she believes is behind the murder of her boyfriend Sergei (Karl Glusman). Amaya and its secretive ‘Devs’ division is run by a mysterious CEO Forest (Nick Offerman) and his ambiguous offsider Katie (Alison Pill), both of who we...
SEEAlex Garland Interview: ‘Devs’ creator
“Devs” is writer/director Alex Garland‘s first foray into series television after sci-fi films “Ex Machina” and “Annihilation.” It follows a young software engineer (Sonoya Mizuno) who investigates the secretive development division of the Amaya corporation, a cutting-edge Silicon Valley tech company where she works, which she believes is behind the murder of her boyfriend Sergei (Karl Glusman). Amaya and its secretive ‘Devs’ division is run by a mysterious CEO Forest (Nick Offerman) and his ambiguous offsider Katie (Alison Pill), both of who we...
- 6/24/2020
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
According to Oscar nominee Alex Garland (“Ex Machina”), his FX psychological sci-fi drama “Devs” might ultimately be “about love,” he reveals. “What it is that matters to us, whether we have free will or not. Who do we love? Why do we love them? Do we stop loving them?” Watch our exclusive video interview with Garland above.
See Nick Offerman Interview: ‘Devs’
“Devs” is the writer and director’s first foray into series television after his acclaimed sci-fi dramas “Ex Machina” and “Annihilation.” It follows a young software engineer (Sonoya Mizuno) who investigates the secretive development division of the Amaya corporation, a cutting-edge Silicon Valley tech company where she works, which she believes is behind the murder of her boyfriend Sergei (Karl Glusman). Amaya and its secretive ‘Devs’ division is run by mysterious CEO Forest (Nick Offerman) and his ambiguous offsider Katie (Alison Pill), both of who we learn have...
See Nick Offerman Interview: ‘Devs’
“Devs” is the writer and director’s first foray into series television after his acclaimed sci-fi dramas “Ex Machina” and “Annihilation.” It follows a young software engineer (Sonoya Mizuno) who investigates the secretive development division of the Amaya corporation, a cutting-edge Silicon Valley tech company where she works, which she believes is behind the murder of her boyfriend Sergei (Karl Glusman). Amaya and its secretive ‘Devs’ division is run by mysterious CEO Forest (Nick Offerman) and his ambiguous offsider Katie (Alison Pill), both of who we learn have...
- 6/23/2020
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
Alex Garland’s limited series “Devs” begins with Lily (Sonoya Mizuno) looking into the mysterious disappearance of her boyfriend (Karl Glusman), who had just begun work on an equally mysterious tech project with their employer Forest (Nick Offerman). By the season finale, the secrets of what Forest is doing, and their larger implications for humanity, come to light for Lily and she confronts the false prophet. The result is a tense-turned-terrifying elevator ride in what is essentially a glass box. Because Stewart (Stephen McKinley Henderson) turns off the electromagnetic field that normally carries the elevator safely, it turns on its side and plummets to the ground, shattering its walls on impact. Lily and Forest manage to survive for a few moments, but ultimately their fate is to live on within Forest’s system, which is a simulation of an afterlife that allows them to pick up before they lost their loved ones.
- 6/17/2020
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
Owing to Netflix’s staggeringly bad synopsis, I put off watching this movie for some time. And oh my goodness, what a mistake that was! Adapted and directed by Alex Garland from the novel written by Jeff VanderMeer, Annihilation is a shimmering star in the quagmire of recent cliché-ridden sci-fi movies.
It begins with Lena Kerans (Natalie Portman), a cellular-biology professor struggling to rebuild her life after her military hubby went Mia twelve months earlier. When he mysteriously shows up at her door in a near-catatonic state and collapses, a squad of Special Ops soldiers kidnap the couple and take them to a secret military base. Whilst there, the cause of his illness is revealed to Lena: a dome of energy coined the ‘Shimmer’ has grown over a huge area, mutating the land. The cause of the Shimmer is unknown. It could be an act of god, an extraterrestrial event,...
It begins with Lena Kerans (Natalie Portman), a cellular-biology professor struggling to rebuild her life after her military hubby went Mia twelve months earlier. When he mysteriously shows up at her door in a near-catatonic state and collapses, a squad of Special Ops soldiers kidnap the couple and take them to a secret military base. Whilst there, the cause of his illness is revealed to Lena: a dome of energy coined the ‘Shimmer’ has grown over a huge area, mutating the land. The cause of the Shimmer is unknown. It could be an act of god, an extraterrestrial event,...
- 9/20/2019
- by L Steed
- The Cultural Post
Could “Annihilation” be an early contender for the 2019 Oscars? The mind-bending sci-fi film, about a team of scientists who investigate a strange energy field known as “the Shimmer,” was acclaimed when it opened on February 23, but will it be remembered by awards voters in a few months? “Get Out” proved it’s possible: it was a February 2017 release that earned a Best Picture nomination and won Best Original Screenplay more than a year after it opened. Or for another example you could just look at “Annihilation” director Alex Garland‘s last Oscar winning film, “Ex Machina.”
“Ex Machina” was Garland’s directorial debut. It was released in April 2015 and starred Oscar Isaac as a scientist who created a sentient android (Alicia Vikander). Its unsettling tone, sci-fi subject matter and spring release date didn’t indicate a likely Oscar contender. But critics championed it (78 on MetaCritic, 92% freshness on Rotten Tomatoes), and...
“Ex Machina” was Garland’s directorial debut. It was released in April 2015 and starred Oscar Isaac as a scientist who created a sentient android (Alicia Vikander). Its unsettling tone, sci-fi subject matter and spring release date didn’t indicate a likely Oscar contender. But critics championed it (78 on MetaCritic, 92% freshness on Rotten Tomatoes), and...
- 3/7/2018
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
If you haven’t seen “Annihilation,” remedy that misstep at your earliest convenience. If you have seen “Annihilation,” you’re likely still unsettled by the bear-like creature that moans in the voice of its victims and is the centerpiece of the film’s gnarliest scene. For insights into how that nameless beast and the rest of the Shimmer were designed, Vulture spoke to production designer Mark Digby, who’s responsible for its unforgettable look.
“I think the starting point for that was a damaged creature, but we wanted it to be powerful, as well, and threatening,” says Digby, who also collaborated with writer/director Alex Garland on “Ex Machina.” “We didn’t want it to be a bear. We wanted it to have that general shape, but then we forged in these other images and that sad-looking physiology, with some of its face disappearing. It had been destroyed and changed.
“I think the starting point for that was a damaged creature, but we wanted it to be powerful, as well, and threatening,” says Digby, who also collaborated with writer/director Alex Garland on “Ex Machina.” “We didn’t want it to be a bear. We wanted it to have that general shape, but then we forged in these other images and that sad-looking physiology, with some of its face disappearing. It had been destroyed and changed.
- 2/24/2018
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
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It’s hard not to see this as best-film-news-of-the-year material: Cohen Media Group have acquired and will restore & release ten Jacques Rivette films — along with a trio of early shorts that recently screened at this year’s New York Film Festival — theatrically and on Blu-ray. This is a major moment for appreciation of French cinema. [Variety]
Along with an extended interview with Pedro Almodóvar that’s embedded below, read Little White Lies‘ rundown of his early works. [Empire]
Seyfolah Samadian, an associate of Abbas Kiarostami‘s, is planning a documentary about the recently deceased director’s 20 years of visits to the Cannes Film Festival. [Variety]
Watch Memory Box, a new sci-fi...
It’s hard not to see this as best-film-news-of-the-year material: Cohen Media Group have acquired and will restore & release ten Jacques Rivette films — along with a trio of early shorts that recently screened at this year’s New York Film Festival — theatrically and on Blu-ray. This is a major moment for appreciation of French cinema. [Variety]
Along with an extended interview with Pedro Almodóvar that’s embedded below, read Little White Lies‘ rundown of his early works. [Empire]
Seyfolah Samadian, an associate of Abbas Kiarostami‘s, is planning a documentary about the recently deceased director’s 20 years of visits to the Cannes Film Festival. [Variety]
Watch Memory Box, a new sci-fi...
- 10/13/2016
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
A striking contrast in the outset: an abundance of glass walls and virtual images (monitors, mobile screens) in a modern office building is cut to an aerial shot of solid, glacial mountains. Immediately after arriving at the main location where Caleb (Domhnall Gleeson) meets his hi-tech tycoon employer Nathan (Oscar Isaac), Ex Machina's production designer Mark Digby sets the tone for what follows in a series of spatial and design contrasts between virtual and real, organic and artificial. Every window in the film, whether an architectural one or a computer window, opens to new images, to landscapes, physical and mental. Set almost entirely in one house, in Ex Machina the space of the film is also a parallel narrative supporting the main storyline. This is, among other things, a post-digital variation on the theme of “mad scientist.” There’s the eventual dysfunction of the scientist's over-designed laboratory, his competition with God,...
- 10/3/2016
- MUBI
Bridge Of Spies
Nominees for the Art Directors Guild (Adg, Iatse Local 800) 20th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards in 11 categories of Production Design for theatrical motion pictures, television, commercials and music videos were announced by Adg Council Chair Marcia Hinds and Awards Producer Thomas Wilkins.
The 20th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards presented by Dxv by American Standard, will take place on Sunday, January 31, 2016 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel with comedian Owen Benjamin serving as host.
The Art Directors Guild (Iatse Local 800) represents 2,300 members who work throughout the United States, Canada and the rest of the world in film, television and theater as Production Designers, Art Directors, Assistant Art Directors; Scenic, Title and Graphic Artists; Illustrators and Matte Artists; Set Designers and Model Makers; and Previs Artists.
The Nominees For Excellence In Production Design For A Feature Film In 2015 Are:
1. Period Film
Bridge Of Spies
Production Designer: Adam Stockhausen...
Nominees for the Art Directors Guild (Adg, Iatse Local 800) 20th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards in 11 categories of Production Design for theatrical motion pictures, television, commercials and music videos were announced by Adg Council Chair Marcia Hinds and Awards Producer Thomas Wilkins.
The 20th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards presented by Dxv by American Standard, will take place on Sunday, January 31, 2016 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel with comedian Owen Benjamin serving as host.
The Art Directors Guild (Iatse Local 800) represents 2,300 members who work throughout the United States, Canada and the rest of the world in film, television and theater as Production Designers, Art Directors, Assistant Art Directors; Scenic, Title and Graphic Artists; Illustrators and Matte Artists; Set Designers and Model Makers; and Previs Artists.
The Nominees For Excellence In Production Design For A Feature Film In 2015 Are:
1. Period Film
Bridge Of Spies
Production Designer: Adam Stockhausen...
- 1/6/2016
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The Art Directors Guild has unveiled the nominees of its 20th anual Excellence in Production Design Awards and "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" is one of the contenders in the Contemporary Feature Film category. But it may be hard for the force to beat the magical "Cinderella!"
And as a big Madonna fan, yup I'm a Rebel Heart, it's heartwarming to see the icon as one of the nominees in the Short Format category for her "Ghosttown" music video! The only music video nominated!
Winners will be announced on January 31. Here's the full list of nominees of the Art Directors Guild Awards:
Excellence In Production Design For A Feature Film In 2015
Period Film
Bridge Of Spies
Production Designer: Adam Stockhausen
Crimson Peak
Production Designer: Thomas E. Sanders
The Danish Girl
Production Designer: Eve Stewart
The Revenant
Production Designer: Jack Fisk
Trumbo
Production Designer: Mark Ricker
Fantasy Film
Cinderella
Production Designer:...
And as a big Madonna fan, yup I'm a Rebel Heart, it's heartwarming to see the icon as one of the nominees in the Short Format category for her "Ghosttown" music video! The only music video nominated!
Winners will be announced on January 31. Here's the full list of nominees of the Art Directors Guild Awards:
Excellence In Production Design For A Feature Film In 2015
Period Film
Bridge Of Spies
Production Designer: Adam Stockhausen
Crimson Peak
Production Designer: Thomas E. Sanders
The Danish Girl
Production Designer: Eve Stewart
The Revenant
Production Designer: Jack Fisk
Trumbo
Production Designer: Mark Ricker
Fantasy Film
Cinderella
Production Designer:...
- 1/5/2016
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
The 2015 British Independent Film Awards nominations have been announced and "The Lobster,"Macbeth," and "45 Years" led the pack! But where's Eddie Redmayne who is soooo good in "The Danish Girl?" At least his co-star, Alicia Vikander, received a nod for Best Actress.
Winners will be announced on December 6th. Here's the complete list of nominees of The Moët British Independent Film Awards
Best British Independent Film
.Amy.
.Ex Machina.
.45 Years.
.The Lobster.
.Macbeth.
Best Director
Asif Kapadia, .Amy.
Alex Garland, .Ex Machina.
Andrew Haigh, .45 Years.
Yorgos Lanthimos, .The Lobster.
Justin Kurzel, .Macbeth.
Best Actor
Tom Courtenay, .45 Years.
Colin Farrell, .The Lobster.
Michael Fassbender, .Macbeth.
Tom Hardy, .Legend.
Tom Hiddleston, .High-Rise.
Best Actress
Marion Cotillard, .Macbeth.
Carey Mulligan, .Suffragette.
Charlotte Rampling, .45 Years.
Saoirse Ronan, .Brooklyn.
Alicia Vikander, .The Danish Girl.
Best Supporting Actor
Luke Evans, .High-Rise.
Brendan Gleeson, .Suffragette.
Domhnall Gleeson, .Brooklyn.
Sean Harris, .Macbeth.
Ben Whishaw, .The Lobster.
Best Supporting Actress
Helena Bonham Carter,...
Winners will be announced on December 6th. Here's the complete list of nominees of The Moët British Independent Film Awards
Best British Independent Film
.Amy.
.Ex Machina.
.45 Years.
.The Lobster.
.Macbeth.
Best Director
Asif Kapadia, .Amy.
Alex Garland, .Ex Machina.
Andrew Haigh, .45 Years.
Yorgos Lanthimos, .The Lobster.
Justin Kurzel, .Macbeth.
Best Actor
Tom Courtenay, .45 Years.
Colin Farrell, .The Lobster.
Michael Fassbender, .Macbeth.
Tom Hardy, .Legend.
Tom Hiddleston, .High-Rise.
Best Actress
Marion Cotillard, .Macbeth.
Carey Mulligan, .Suffragette.
Charlotte Rampling, .45 Years.
Saoirse Ronan, .Brooklyn.
Alicia Vikander, .The Danish Girl.
Best Supporting Actor
Luke Evans, .High-Rise.
Brendan Gleeson, .Suffragette.
Domhnall Gleeson, .Brooklyn.
Sean Harris, .Macbeth.
Ben Whishaw, .The Lobster.
Best Supporting Actress
Helena Bonham Carter,...
- 11/17/2015
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Film4 has received a total of 41 nominations for the films it has backed at this year.s British Independent Film Awards, including six for Justin Kurzel's Macbeth.
Macbeth is in contention for best British independent film, best director, lead actor Michael Fassbender, lead actress Marion Cotillard, support actor Sean Harris and cinematographer Adam Arkapaw.
The film will soon be available on Amazon Prime Video in an exclusive streaming deal negotiated by the Us distributor, the Weinstein Co. According to one report that deal is worth $US4 million.. Macbeth opens in limited theatrical release in the Us on December 4.
Another film co-produced by See-Saw Films, Slow West, scored a nomination for John Maclean as best debut director.
Yorgos Lanthimos.s The Lobster tops the list with seven nominations. Andrew Haigh.s 45 Years and Macbeth each received six while. Alex Garland.s Ex Machina and Asif Kapadia.s Amy garnered five each.
Macbeth is in contention for best British independent film, best director, lead actor Michael Fassbender, lead actress Marion Cotillard, support actor Sean Harris and cinematographer Adam Arkapaw.
The film will soon be available on Amazon Prime Video in an exclusive streaming deal negotiated by the Us distributor, the Weinstein Co. According to one report that deal is worth $US4 million.. Macbeth opens in limited theatrical release in the Us on December 4.
Another film co-produced by See-Saw Films, Slow West, scored a nomination for John Maclean as best debut director.
Yorgos Lanthimos.s The Lobster tops the list with seven nominations. Andrew Haigh.s 45 Years and Macbeth each received six while. Alex Garland.s Ex Machina and Asif Kapadia.s Amy garnered five each.
- 11/3/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Greek helmer Yorgos Lanthimos’ purest and painful reminder that love reigns is measuring off against Justin Kurzel’s paranoia bliss and Andrew Haigh’s in it for the long term portrait received the most nominations for the upcoming 2015 British Independent Film Awards. Mysteriously, Rachel Weisz failed to nab a nom in the Best Actress category, but The Lobster has a wide-spread reach in all major categories with seven nominations. 45 Years, the favorite in both acting categories and Macbeth are one shy with six noms apiece. Apart from the Best Picture category, we’re keeping tabs for a surprise win in the Best Screenplay and the Best Supporting Actor race should be a hoot as both Gleesons in Brendan and Domhnall will be competing against each other. The award show technically kicks off award season on December 6th.
Best British Independent Film
“Amy”
“Ex Machina”
“45 Years”
“The Lobster”
“Macbeth”
Best Director
Asif Kapadia,...
Best British Independent Film
“Amy”
“Ex Machina”
“45 Years”
“The Lobster”
“Macbeth”
Best Director
Asif Kapadia,...
- 11/3/2015
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
While we’ll be hearing about the Oscar race ad nauseam for the next many months, there are a few awards ceremony that actually highlight films that might slip under the radar. Like the recently unveiled Gotham award nominations, the British Independent Film Awards do a splendid job of taking a look at some of the year’s overlooked films, and today brings their nominations.
Topping the list is Yorgos Lanthimos‘ The Lobster (which we quite liked at Cannes, and will be released next spring in the U.S.), earning seven nominations, including Best Film and Director. Also in the same major categories, but earning six overall, were 45 Years and Macbeth, which we also praised, and will arrive in the U.S next month. Notably, the documentary Amy snuck into the Best Film category, proving just how much a hit it was in the U.K. as well.
Ahead of the December 6th ceremony,...
Topping the list is Yorgos Lanthimos‘ The Lobster (which we quite liked at Cannes, and will be released next spring in the U.S.), earning seven nominations, including Best Film and Director. Also in the same major categories, but earning six overall, were 45 Years and Macbeth, which we also praised, and will arrive in the U.S next month. Notably, the documentary Amy snuck into the Best Film category, proving just how much a hit it was in the U.K. as well.
Ahead of the December 6th ceremony,...
- 11/3/2015
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The Lobster received seven nominations; 45 Years and Macbeth received six each.
Yorgos Lanthimos’s The Lobster topped this year’s Moet British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) nominations, which were presented in London this morning (Nov 3) by Gemma Chan and Thomas Brodie-Sangster.
The film garnered seven nods including Best British Independent Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Producer of the Year.
Andrew Haigh’s 45 Years and Justin Kurzel’s Macbeth both received six nominations each, receiving acting nods for stars Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay for the former, and Marion Cotillard and Michael Fassbender for the latter.
Asif Kapadi’s documentary Amy, which told the story of the late singer Amy Winehouse, received five nominations, as did John Crowley’s period drama Brooklyn.
Ben Wheatley’s High-Rise and Sarah Gavron’s Suffragette each received four nominations.
Alongside The Lobster, the titles also nominated for Best British Indepedent Film were: 45 Years, Amy, Ex Machina and [link...
Yorgos Lanthimos’s The Lobster topped this year’s Moet British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) nominations, which were presented in London this morning (Nov 3) by Gemma Chan and Thomas Brodie-Sangster.
The film garnered seven nods including Best British Independent Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Producer of the Year.
Andrew Haigh’s 45 Years and Justin Kurzel’s Macbeth both received six nominations each, receiving acting nods for stars Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay for the former, and Marion Cotillard and Michael Fassbender for the latter.
Asif Kapadi’s documentary Amy, which told the story of the late singer Amy Winehouse, received five nominations, as did John Crowley’s period drama Brooklyn.
Ben Wheatley’s High-Rise and Sarah Gavron’s Suffragette each received four nominations.
Alongside The Lobster, the titles also nominated for Best British Indepedent Film were: 45 Years, Amy, Ex Machina and [link...
- 11/3/2015
- ScreenDaily
While “Avengers: Age of Ultron” sent Hollywood’s box office through the roof on opening weekend, don’t be too quick to hang all that success on superhero mania. There’s a deeper theme in “Ultron” that will surface in numerous forthcoming film, TV and streaming projects: artificial intelligence gone awry. AI, to use its shorthand, is cropping up with increasing frequency across genres, tapping into a larger cultural anxiety not just over cartoonish super-robots but the seemingly harmless machines that assist us in everyday life as well. “It’s prevalent, perhaps, because the intelligent technology is a lot closer a day-to-day believability,...
- 5/6/2015
- by Matt Donnelly
- The Wrap
In the 1950s, Alan Turing developed the Turing Test, a series of questions designed to determine whether an unseen artificial entity was conscious; the goal being to convince the interviewer that with whom they were communicating was indistinguishable from human. Suffice to say, it can be argued, the test is yet to be passed. Then in the 1960s, sci-fi author Isaac Asimov developed his Three Laws of Robotics, dictating how an artificially intelligent being could exist while basically remaining subservient to humankind.
Now, as we journey deeper into the 21st century, the idea of someone actually creating an artificially intelligent consciousness feels more and more like an actual inevitability. From Deep Blue to Watson to the increasing influence of AI in popular culture, we are becoming more aware of the reality of it every day. But should we be concerned about artificial intelligence beyond mere consciousness and subservience? Alex Garland...
Now, as we journey deeper into the 21st century, the idea of someone actually creating an artificially intelligent consciousness feels more and more like an actual inevitability. From Deep Blue to Watson to the increasing influence of AI in popular culture, we are becoming more aware of the reality of it every day. But should we be concerned about artificial intelligence beyond mere consciousness and subservience? Alex Garland...
- 4/21/2015
- by Liam Dunn
- We Got This Covered
Cast already includes Colin Firth, Jude Law, Nicole Kidman and Laura Linney.
Guy Pearce and Dominic West have joined the cast of Michael Grandage’s Genius, announced today by Desert Wolf Productions and the Michael Grandage Company.
It bolsters an already strong cast that includes Colin Firth, Jude Law, Nicole Kidman and Laura Linney.
Pearce, best known for roles in Memento and more recently Iron Man 3, will play the role of F. Scott Fitzgerald alongside The Wire star Dominic West, currently seen in Pride, as Ernest Hemmingway.
The film makes the debut feature of celebrated theatre director Grandage and shooting will commence this October at Shepperton Studios and on location in the UK.
Adapted by playwright and screenwriter John Logan (Skyfall) from A. Scott Berg’s book, Genius tells the true story of the complex relationship between literary giant Thomas Wolfe and Scribner’s iconic editor Max Perkins.
Law stars as Wolfe opposite Firth as Perkins...
Guy Pearce and Dominic West have joined the cast of Michael Grandage’s Genius, announced today by Desert Wolf Productions and the Michael Grandage Company.
It bolsters an already strong cast that includes Colin Firth, Jude Law, Nicole Kidman and Laura Linney.
Pearce, best known for roles in Memento and more recently Iron Man 3, will play the role of F. Scott Fitzgerald alongside The Wire star Dominic West, currently seen in Pride, as Ernest Hemmingway.
The film makes the debut feature of celebrated theatre director Grandage and shooting will commence this October at Shepperton Studios and on location in the UK.
Adapted by playwright and screenwriter John Logan (Skyfall) from A. Scott Berg’s book, Genius tells the true story of the complex relationship between literary giant Thomas Wolfe and Scribner’s iconic editor Max Perkins.
Law stars as Wolfe opposite Firth as Perkins...
- 9/26/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Cast already includes Colin Firth, Jude Law, Nicole Kidman and Laura Linney.
Guy Pearce and Dominic West have joined the cast of Michael Grandage’s Genius, announced today by Desert Wolf Productions and the Michael Grandage Company.
It bolsters an already strong cast that includes Colin Firth, Jude Law, Nicole Kidman and Laura Linney.
Pearce, best known for roles in Memento and more recently Iron Man 3, will play the role of F. Scott Fitzgerald alongside The Wire star Dominic West, currently seen in Pride, as Ernest Hemmingway.
The film makes the debut feature of celebrated theatre director Grandage and shooting will commence this October at Shepperton Studios and on location in the UK.
Adapted by playwright and screenwriter John Logan (Skyfall) from A. Scott Berg’s book, Genius tells the true story of the complex relationship between literary giant Thomas Wolfe and Scribner’s iconic editor Max Perkins.
Law stars as Wolfe opposite Firth as Perkins...
Guy Pearce and Dominic West have joined the cast of Michael Grandage’s Genius, announced today by Desert Wolf Productions and the Michael Grandage Company.
It bolsters an already strong cast that includes Colin Firth, Jude Law, Nicole Kidman and Laura Linney.
Pearce, best known for roles in Memento and more recently Iron Man 3, will play the role of F. Scott Fitzgerald alongside The Wire star Dominic West, currently seen in Pride, as Ernest Hemmingway.
The film makes the debut feature of celebrated theatre director Grandage and shooting will commence this October at Shepperton Studios and on location in the UK.
Adapted by playwright and screenwriter John Logan (Skyfall) from A. Scott Berg’s book, Genius tells the true story of the complex relationship between literary giant Thomas Wolfe and Scribner’s iconic editor Max Perkins.
Law stars as Wolfe opposite Firth as Perkins...
- 9/26/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
What leaps to mind when you think "British film"? Is it all tea and crumpets, Jane Austen costume dramas, and genteel swearing by the King? With maybe some Cockney gangsters thrown in for spice? Not that there isn’t some of that, but: look. You’re probably not even aware of all the British film you’re seeing. "Gravity" had studio backing but is basically a British production. Ditto "Les Misérables," "World War Z," "Fast & Furious 6," and the tragically underappreciated Formula 1 action drama "Rush." On the screen you might be looking at Hollywood money, but you’re also looking at British talent: "Rush," for instance, replicated global settings shooting mostly in the U.K., and it was British cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle and British production designer Mark Digby who made the film look like a hundred million bucks instead of its relatively paltry budget of $38 million. And "Gravity" would...
- 2/20/2014
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- Indiewire
The International Press Academy has announced its nominations for the 18th annual Satellite Awards and Alfonso Cuaron's "Gravity," David O. Russell's "American Hustle," and Steve McQueen's "12 Years a Slave" led the pack.
Winners will be announced on March 9, 2014 at a ceremony in Los Angeles. Here's the complete nominations:
Motion Pictures
Actress in a Motion Picture
Amy Adams American Hustle (Sony)
Cate Blanchett Blue Jasmine (Sony Pictures Classics)
Sandra Bullock Gravity (Warner Bros.)
Judi Dench Philomena (The Weinstein Company)
Adèle Exarchopoulos Blue Is the Warmest Color (Sundance)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Enough Said (Fox Searchlight)
Meryl Streep August: Osage County (The Weinstein Company)
Emma Thompson Saving Mr. Banks (Disney)
Actor in a Motion Picture
Christian Bale American Hustle (Sony)
Bruce Dern Nebraska (Paramount)
Leonardo DiCaprio The Wolf of Wall Street (Paramount)
Chiwetel Ejiofor 12 Years a Slave (Fox Searchlight)
Tom Hanks Captain Phillips (Sony)
Matthew McConaughey Dallas Buyers Club (Focus Features...
Winners will be announced on March 9, 2014 at a ceremony in Los Angeles. Here's the complete nominations:
Motion Pictures
Actress in a Motion Picture
Amy Adams American Hustle (Sony)
Cate Blanchett Blue Jasmine (Sony Pictures Classics)
Sandra Bullock Gravity (Warner Bros.)
Judi Dench Philomena (The Weinstein Company)
Adèle Exarchopoulos Blue Is the Warmest Color (Sundance)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Enough Said (Fox Searchlight)
Meryl Streep August: Osage County (The Weinstein Company)
Emma Thompson Saving Mr. Banks (Disney)
Actor in a Motion Picture
Christian Bale American Hustle (Sony)
Bruce Dern Nebraska (Paramount)
Leonardo DiCaprio The Wolf of Wall Street (Paramount)
Chiwetel Ejiofor 12 Years a Slave (Fox Searchlight)
Tom Hanks Captain Phillips (Sony)
Matthew McConaughey Dallas Buyers Club (Focus Features...
- 12/16/2013
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
12 Years a Slave continues to be the leader in the clubhouse when it comes to nominations. After leading the Spirit Award nominations it now leads the International Press Academy's (Ipa) 2013 Satellite Award nominations with a total of ten noms, followed by American Hustle and Gravity, each with eight nominations. The top five nominees were rounded out by Rush with seven nominations and Inside Llewyn Davis and Saving Mr. Banks with six nominations each. The Satellites, however, are an interesting bunch. As you can see there are several nominations in each category, leaving pretty much no stone unturned. I guess you could say no nomination for Octavia Spencer (Fruitvale Station) is a surprise and, in my personal opinion, with such a large field of nominees I'd like to see Joaquin Phoenix (Her) get a nomination, but that certainly isn't going to be a film for everyone even though Arcade Fire was...
- 12/2/2013
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Given that both the gasoline-powered internal combustion engine and the motion picture camera came to be at almost the same time, and given that both cars and movies have gone on to hold such special places in American culture, it’s no wonder that Hollywood has had a long love affair with automobiles and racing. From the silent film Racing Hearts (1922), to Disney’s Herbie franchise, to the late Tony Scott’s Days of Thunder (1990), to Universal’s Fast & Furious series, almost as long as there have been movies, there have been movies about cars. Now, award-winning director Ron Howard has entered the automotive film waters with Rush, a biographical action-drama about the 1976 Formula One season and the rivalry between drivers James Hunt and Niki Lauda. Rush is a very good movie, and definitely one to keep an eye on as we head into awards season.
After they first meet...
After they first meet...
- 9/29/2013
- by Timothy Monforton
- CinemaNerdz
Given that both the gasoline-powered internal combustion engine and the motion picture camera came to be at almost the same time, and given that both cars and movies have gone on to hold such special places in American culture, it’s no wonder that Hollywood has had a long love affair with automobiles and racing. From the silent film Racing Hearts (1922), to Disney’s Herbie franchise, to the late Tony Scott’s Days of Thunder (1990), to Universal’s Fast & Furious series, almost as long as there have been movies, there have been movies about cars. Now, award-winning director Ron Howard has entered the automotive film waters with Rush, a biographical action-drama about the 1976 Formula One season and the rivalry between drivers James Hunt and Niki Lauda. Rush is a very good movie, and definitely one to keep an eye on as we head into awards season.
After they first meet...
After they first meet...
- 9/27/2013
- by Timothy Monforton
- CinemaNerdz
Principal photography has begun on the artificial intelligence thriller starring Domhnall Gleeson, Oscar Isaac and Alicia Vikander.
Universal Pictures International (Upi) and Film4 have announced the start of principal photography on DNA production Ex Machina.
Written and directed by Alex Garland, the film is produced by DNA’s Andrew Macdonald and Allon Reich with Scott Rudin and Eli Bush and Film4’s Tessa Ross as executive producers.
The psychological thriller stars Domhnall Gleeson (About Time), Oscar Isaac (Inside Llewyn Davis) and Alicia Vikander (A Royal Affair).
The film is fully financed by Universal Pictures International and Film4 with Universal distributing worldwide. Filming will take place at Pinewood Studios in London and on location in Norway.
The story centres on Caleb, a young coder at the world’s largest internet company, who wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company.
But when Caleb...
Universal Pictures International (Upi) and Film4 have announced the start of principal photography on DNA production Ex Machina.
Written and directed by Alex Garland, the film is produced by DNA’s Andrew Macdonald and Allon Reich with Scott Rudin and Eli Bush and Film4’s Tessa Ross as executive producers.
The psychological thriller stars Domhnall Gleeson (About Time), Oscar Isaac (Inside Llewyn Davis) and Alicia Vikander (A Royal Affair).
The film is fully financed by Universal Pictures International and Film4 with Universal distributing worldwide. Filming will take place at Pinewood Studios in London and on location in Norway.
The story centres on Caleb, a young coder at the world’s largest internet company, who wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company.
But when Caleb...
- 8/8/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
This is a Pure Movies competition for Never Let Me Go. Kathy (BAFTA winner and Oscar nominee Carey Mulligan, An Education), Tommy (Andrew Garfield, Spider-man, Boy A, Red Riding) and Ruth (Oscar nominee Keira Knightley, Pride & Prejudice, Atonement) spend their childhood at Hailsham, a seemingly idyllic English boarding school where they discover a dark and haunting secret about their future. As they leave the shelter of the school behind and draw inexorably closer to the devastating fate that awaits them as adults, they must also confront the deep feelings of love, jealousy and betrayal that threaten to pull them apart. The creative team includes director of photography Adam Kimmel Asc (Lars And The Real Girl), production designer Mark Digby (Slumdog Millionaire), editor Barney Pilling (An Education), music by Rachel Portman (Emma), music supervisors Randall Poster (Fantastic Mr. Fox) and George Drakoulias (Margot At The Wedding); and costume designers Rachael Fleming...
- 2/2/2011
- by Dan Higgins
- Pure Movies
A press release from Focus Features has announced that shooting has begun in Italy on The American: Anton Corbijn's second film as director (after the brilliant Control), starring George Clooney.It's based on Martin Booth's 2005 novel A Very Private Gentleman: a languid, introspective thriller about an ageing manufacturer of intricate and unusual bespoke weapons, hiding out in the Italian Appenines, posing as a painter of butterflies when his past comes back to haunt him. The screenplay has been adapted by Roland's son Rowan Joffe (co-writer of 28 Weeks Later and the upcoming new version of Brighton Rock). Grant Heslov, who was with Clooney for Goodnight and Good Luck and The Men Who Stare At Goats, is among the producers. Costume and production design is by the Slumdog Millionaire team of Suttirat Larlarb and Mark Digby, and Corbijn's editor and cinematographer from Control, Martin Ruhe and Andrew Hulme, are also on board.
- 9/29/2009
- EmpireOnline
Academy Award winner and jack of all trades actor George Clooney is going back in front of the camera once again starring in Anton Corbijn’s “The American”. Focus Features’ most recent suspecnse thriller begins filming in Italy, which is actually based off of a novel called A Very Private Gentlemen.
Alone among assassins, Jack (played by Mr. Clooney) is a master craftsman. When a job in Sweden ends more harshly than expected for this American abroad, he vows to his contact Larry (Bruce Altman of this fall’s Peter and Vandy) that his next assignment will be his last. Jack reports to the Italian countryside, where he holes up in a small town and relishes being away from death for a spell. The assignment, as specified by a Belgian woman, Mathilde (Thekla Reuten of Focus’ award-winning In Bruges), is in the offing as a weapon is constructed. Surprising himself,...
Alone among assassins, Jack (played by Mr. Clooney) is a master craftsman. When a job in Sweden ends more harshly than expected for this American abroad, he vows to his contact Larry (Bruce Altman of this fall’s Peter and Vandy) that his next assignment will be his last. Jack reports to the Italian countryside, where he holes up in a small town and relishes being away from death for a spell. The assignment, as specified by a Belgian woman, Mathilde (Thekla Reuten of Focus’ award-winning In Bruges), is in the offing as a weapon is constructed. Surprising himself,...
- 9/28/2009
- by Melissa Molina
- Atomic Popcorn
This Slumdog can hunt. With just a week until the Oscars, Slumdog Millionaire's momentum continued unchecked, picking up the top prizes Sunday from the American Society of Cinematographers, American Cinema Editors and Art Directors Guild. Director of photography Anthony Dod Mantle, editor Chris Dickens and production designer Mark Digby are now positioned as the Academy Award favorites after topping Oscar-caliber competition at the respective ceremonies. Dod Mantle beat fellow camera-wielders from The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Revolutionary Road, The Reader and The Dark Knight for Asc's highest honor on a night where Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan received the Board Governors Award...
- 2/16/2009
- E! Online
British movie Hunger has scooped top prize at the London Evening Standard Film Awards - with Oscar favourite Slumdog Millionaire missing out on all the major gongs. The picture, which tells the story of Irish Republican Army hunger-striker Bobby Sands, won the Best Film honour at the event in the U.K. capital on Sunday.
Danny Boyle, who helmed Slumdog Millionaire, lost out to The Reader's Stephen Daldry in the Best Director category, while Tilda Swinton scooped Best Actress for her role in Julia.
The Best Actor award was shared by Pat Shortt, for his part in Garage, and Michael Sheen, for Frost/Nixon.
Filmmaker Mike Leigh was given the Alexander Walker Special Award for his contribution to the British film industry, and Sally Hawkins - who stars in Leigh's Happy-Go-Lucky - won the Peter Sellers award for comedy.
Martin McDonagh took Best Screenplay for In Bruges, and director Joanna Hogg was named most promising newcomer for Unrelated.
Mark Digby, production designer on Slumdog Millionaire - which is tipped for a host of honours at the upcoming Academy Awards including Best Picture - won the technical achievement gong.
Danny Boyle, who helmed Slumdog Millionaire, lost out to The Reader's Stephen Daldry in the Best Director category, while Tilda Swinton scooped Best Actress for her role in Julia.
The Best Actor award was shared by Pat Shortt, for his part in Garage, and Michael Sheen, for Frost/Nixon.
Filmmaker Mike Leigh was given the Alexander Walker Special Award for his contribution to the British film industry, and Sally Hawkins - who stars in Leigh's Happy-Go-Lucky - won the Peter Sellers award for comedy.
Martin McDonagh took Best Screenplay for In Bruges, and director Joanna Hogg was named most promising newcomer for Unrelated.
Mark Digby, production designer on Slumdog Millionaire - which is tipped for a host of honours at the upcoming Academy Awards including Best Picture - won the technical achievement gong.
- 2/2/2009
- WENN
Trophies of the 2009 Evening Standard British Film Awards have been handed out on Sunday, February 1. In a private dinner hosted by Standard editor Veronica Wadley, Steve McQueen's dramatisation of Ira hunger striker Bobby Sands' last days, "Hunger", has been hailed as Best Film, beating out "Frost/Nixon" and "Unrelated".
While "Hunger" won the top prize, "Slumdog Millionaire" director Danny Boyle and actress Kate Winslet were shunned away from the kudo they were up for. Boyle, who was named Best Director by the Directors Guild of America on Saturday, January 31, lost to "The Reader" director Stephen Daldry, and Winslet, who won two Golden Globes earlier this year for her performances in "The Reader" and "Revolutionary Road" has to see the Best Actress title go to "Julia" star, Tilda Swinton.
Other winners for this year's Evening Standard British Film Awards included Michael Sheen of "Frost/Nixon" and Pat Shortt of "Garage...
While "Hunger" won the top prize, "Slumdog Millionaire" director Danny Boyle and actress Kate Winslet were shunned away from the kudo they were up for. Boyle, who was named Best Director by the Directors Guild of America on Saturday, January 31, lost to "The Reader" director Stephen Daldry, and Winslet, who won two Golden Globes earlier this year for her performances in "The Reader" and "Revolutionary Road" has to see the Best Actress title go to "Julia" star, Tilda Swinton.
Other winners for this year's Evening Standard British Film Awards included Michael Sheen of "Frost/Nixon" and Pat Shortt of "Garage...
- 2/2/2009
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
As predicted, "Slumdog Millionaire" leads the pack of nominees for the BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) Awards. The Danny Boyle-directed film has 11 nominations total.
The BAFTA Film Awards 2009 will be held on February 8th at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London. Click Read More to see the complete list of nominees:
Best film
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire
Best British film
Hunger
In Bruges
Mamma Mia!
Man On Wire
Slumdog Millionaire
Leading actor
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire
Sean Penn - Milk
Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
Leading actress
Angelina Jolie - Changeling
Kristen Scott Thomas - I've Loved You So Long
Meryl Streep - Doubt
Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road
Kate Winslet - The Reader
Supporting actor
Robert Downey Jr -...
The BAFTA Film Awards 2009 will be held on February 8th at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London. Click Read More to see the complete list of nominees:
Best film
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire
Best British film
Hunger
In Bruges
Mamma Mia!
Man On Wire
Slumdog Millionaire
Leading actor
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire
Sean Penn - Milk
Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
Leading actress
Angelina Jolie - Changeling
Kristen Scott Thomas - I've Loved You So Long
Meryl Streep - Doubt
Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road
Kate Winslet - The Reader
Supporting actor
Robert Downey Jr -...
- 1/15/2009
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
The 2009 BAFTA Award nominees have been announced and Slumdog Millionaire, along with The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, leads the way with 11 nominations with The Dark Knight close behind with nine. However, at the top of the pile it is immediately noticeable that The Dark Knight did not get a Best Film nomination as all the usual suspects are there, but The Reader is added to the pack as one of its five nominations. Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire) is considered a lead actor at the BAFTAs and earns a nomination in the category while he is competing Stateside for a Supporting nom. I believe he is more of a lead actor than a supporting, but Fox Searchlight obviously sees the supporting category as the easier place to get him a nomination and has pushed him in the category as a result. Other than that, the usuals are there with Brad Pitt earning a nomination,...
- 1/15/2009
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Hot on the heels of the 66th Golden Globe Awards celebration last Sunday, January 11, British newspaper Evening Standard announced the nominations of the 2009 Evening Standard British Film Awards. On Tuesday, January 13, it was made public that "Frost/Nixon", "Slumdog Millionaire", "Hunger" and "The Reader" are among those vying for the awards.
"Frost/Nixon" and "Hunger" were both up for the Best Film title along with Joanna Hogg-directed "Unrelated". The two had also secured a nod for Best Actor category, Michael Sheen for "Frost/Nixon" and Michael Fassbender for "Hunger". "Frost/Nixon", in addition, had collected a Best Screenplay gong for its scribbler Peter Morgan, while "Hunger" gave its editor Joe Walker a chance to win an award in the Technical Achievement field.
"Slumdog" and "The Reader", on the other hand, were competing against each other and against "Garage" for the Best Director prize. Other than that, "Slumdog" also got two other counts,...
"Frost/Nixon" and "Hunger" were both up for the Best Film title along with Joanna Hogg-directed "Unrelated". The two had also secured a nod for Best Actor category, Michael Sheen for "Frost/Nixon" and Michael Fassbender for "Hunger". "Frost/Nixon", in addition, had collected a Best Screenplay gong for its scribbler Peter Morgan, while "Hunger" gave its editor Joe Walker a chance to win an award in the Technical Achievement field.
"Slumdog" and "The Reader", on the other hand, were competing against each other and against "Garage" for the Best Director prize. Other than that, "Slumdog" also got two other counts,...
- 1/14/2009
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Director Danny Boyle's new movie Slumdog Millionaire is continuing to win over critics - he's picked up three nominations at the Evening Standard British Film Awards.
Fresh from his quadruple Golden Globes triumph in Los Angeles at the weekend - where the Indian-based film took home awards for Best Motion Picture - Drama, Best Director for Boyle, Best Screenplay and Best Original Score - Slumdog Millionaire has received recognition for Best Director for Boyle and Most Promising Newcomer for actor Dev Patel.
Its third nomination is for technical achievement for production designer Mark Digby.
Actress Kate Winslet, who won double gold at the Hollywood ceremony, is up for the Best Actress category twice - one for her role in Revolutionary Road, and another for The Reader. She will compete with Samantha Morton (Mister Lonely) and Tilda Swinton (Julia).
The Best Actor award will be fought out between Michael Fassbender for Hunger, Michael Sheen for Frost/Nixon, and Pat Shortt in Garage.
Another Golden Globe winner, actress Sally Hawkins, will go up against her Happy-Go-Lucky co-star Eddie Marsan for the Peter Sellers Award for Comedy, while the winner of the Best Film category will be between Frost/Nixon, Hunger, and Unrelated.
The awards will be handed out at a ceremony in London on 2 February.
Fresh from his quadruple Golden Globes triumph in Los Angeles at the weekend - where the Indian-based film took home awards for Best Motion Picture - Drama, Best Director for Boyle, Best Screenplay and Best Original Score - Slumdog Millionaire has received recognition for Best Director for Boyle and Most Promising Newcomer for actor Dev Patel.
Its third nomination is for technical achievement for production designer Mark Digby.
Actress Kate Winslet, who won double gold at the Hollywood ceremony, is up for the Best Actress category twice - one for her role in Revolutionary Road, and another for The Reader. She will compete with Samantha Morton (Mister Lonely) and Tilda Swinton (Julia).
The Best Actor award will be fought out between Michael Fassbender for Hunger, Michael Sheen for Frost/Nixon, and Pat Shortt in Garage.
Another Golden Globe winner, actress Sally Hawkins, will go up against her Happy-Go-Lucky co-star Eddie Marsan for the Peter Sellers Award for Comedy, while the winner of the Best Film category will be between Frost/Nixon, Hunger, and Unrelated.
The awards will be handed out at a ceremony in London on 2 February.
- 1/13/2009
- WENN
The Art Directors Guild announced its nominees for the 2008 Excellence in Production Design Awards. The much beloved "The Dark Knight" is one of the nominees in the Fantasy film category.
Adg members will vote for the winners by Feb. 12th, and the awards gala will be a Valentine for the top dogs for it will be held Feb. 14th at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
Click Read More to see the complete list of nominees for the best Production Design in 2008.
13th Annual Art Directors Guild Excellence in Production Design Awards
Nominations
Period Films
Changeling
Production Designer: James J. Murakami
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Production Designer: Donald Graham Burt
Doubt
Production Designer: David Gropman
Frost/Nixon
Production Designer: Michael Corenblith
Milk
Production Designer: Bill Groom
Fantasy Films
The Dark Knight
Production Designer: Nathan Crowley
Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull
Production Designer: Guy Hendrix Dyas
Iron Man...
Adg members will vote for the winners by Feb. 12th, and the awards gala will be a Valentine for the top dogs for it will be held Feb. 14th at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
Click Read More to see the complete list of nominees for the best Production Design in 2008.
13th Annual Art Directors Guild Excellence in Production Design Awards
Nominations
Period Films
Changeling
Production Designer: James J. Murakami
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Production Designer: Donald Graham Burt
Doubt
Production Designer: David Gropman
Frost/Nixon
Production Designer: Michael Corenblith
Milk
Production Designer: Bill Groom
Fantasy Films
The Dark Knight
Production Designer: Nathan Crowley
Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull
Production Designer: Guy Hendrix Dyas
Iron Man...
- 1/11/2009
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Honoring the excellence in production design, the Art Directors Guild announced its nominees for the 2008 Excellence in Production Design Awards on Friday, January 9. Among those in the awards' shortlist are Gus Van Sant's gay icon biopic "Milk", Christopher Nolan's superhero film "The Dark Knight" and Danny Boyle's rag-to-riches drama "Slumdog Millionaire".
"Milk" received the nod for the period film category. It will be up against "Changeling", "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", "Doubt" and "Frost/Nixon". "Dark Knight", on the other hand, is on the run for best production design for a fantasy film alongside "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull", "Iron Man", "The Spiderwick Chronicles" and "Wall-e".
"Slumdog Millionaire", in addition, is vying in the category of contemporary film. It is placed in competition with other strong contenders, Coen brothers' dark comedy "Burn After Reading", Clint Eastwood's drama "Gran Torino", Marc Forster...
"Milk" received the nod for the period film category. It will be up against "Changeling", "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", "Doubt" and "Frost/Nixon". "Dark Knight", on the other hand, is on the run for best production design for a fantasy film alongside "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull", "Iron Man", "The Spiderwick Chronicles" and "Wall-e".
"Slumdog Millionaire", in addition, is vying in the category of contemporary film. It is placed in competition with other strong contenders, Coen brothers' dark comedy "Burn After Reading", Clint Eastwood's drama "Gran Torino", Marc Forster...
- 1/10/2009
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
LOCARNO -- Be careful what you wish for is a maxim explored smartly by photographer and publisher Rankin and his co-director Chris Cottam in their well measured little fable The Lives of the Saints, set on the criminal streets of northeast London.
When a swift-moving courier known as the Roadrunner (Daon Broni), who delivers everything from drugs to lottery tickets, stumbles over an unwashed and wide-eyed youngster (Sam MacLintock) in the park, the lives of several people start to change in the most unexpected way: Yhey begin to get what they want.
Mixing elements of the supernatural with street crime and aspects of religion, the film, debuting in competition at the Locarno International Film Festival, delivers a tidy punch and with the right support it could find an appreciative mainstream audience.
The Roadrunner, whose relentless need to be on the move is given gentle pause by his encounter with the child, drops him off at the home of Othello (David Leon), a slick young man who is prince to the local crime king Mr. Karva (James Cosmo).
While his live-in girlfriend Tina (Emma Pierson) sees the strange boy as just a kid, Othello interprets the youngster's oblique mutterings as words of prophecy. In writing down the unrelated letters the boy utters, he sees the names of the winners of horse and dog races, and is soon making a fortune in gambling.
The boy's gaze appears to entrance a chosen few including a waitress, Christella (Gillian Kearney), and the local priest, Father Daniel Marc Warren). By appearing to unleash their secret desires, the boy seems to prove that he is a benign oracle or, as some believe, an angel.
But with his riches, Othello grows independent of Karva, a colorful brute of a man, who views his own declining fortune with alarm. He seeks the child in order to return life to what he sees as its natural order, with him as its glowering ruler. So he employs Othello's dim sidekick, Emilio (Bronson Webb), to do his dirty work. Karva and Emilio have hidden wishes too, however, and when the child grants them, the results complicate all their lives.
Rankin and Cottam employ Tony Grisoni's economical screenplay to great effect and the acting is outstanding. MacLintock is well cast as the wondrously calm boy with the haunting eyes and Cosmo makes a lively impression as the larger-than-life crime king. The film's humor is sly and inventive as the granted wishes take darkly comic and ultimately deadly turns.
Director of photography Baz Irvine, production designer Mark Digby and editor Chris Gill deserve praise for their contributions to an entertaining film that pleases with its look and pace as much as its content.
THE LIVES OF THE SAINTS
Dazed Film & TV
Credits:
Directors: Rankin, Chris Cottam
Writer: Tony Grisoni
Producer: Laura Hastings-Smith
Executive producer: Augusto Romano
Director of photography: Baz Irvine
Production designer: Mark Digby
Music: Rob Lane
Editor: Chris Gill.
Cast: Othello: David Leon
The child: Sam MacLintock
Roadrunner: Daon Broni
Mr. Karva: James Cosmo
Tina: Emma Pierson
Emilio: Bronson Webb
Christella: Gillian Kearney
Father Daniel: Marc Warren
Mark Digby: James Holmes
Mad Turk: Peter Rnic
Drunk/Michali: Paddy Fletcher
Granny: Stella Quilley
Maqsood Junior: Raj Ghatak
Maqsood Senior: Reny Senta
No MPAA rating
Running time -- 100 minutes...
When a swift-moving courier known as the Roadrunner (Daon Broni), who delivers everything from drugs to lottery tickets, stumbles over an unwashed and wide-eyed youngster (Sam MacLintock) in the park, the lives of several people start to change in the most unexpected way: Yhey begin to get what they want.
Mixing elements of the supernatural with street crime and aspects of religion, the film, debuting in competition at the Locarno International Film Festival, delivers a tidy punch and with the right support it could find an appreciative mainstream audience.
The Roadrunner, whose relentless need to be on the move is given gentle pause by his encounter with the child, drops him off at the home of Othello (David Leon), a slick young man who is prince to the local crime king Mr. Karva (James Cosmo).
While his live-in girlfriend Tina (Emma Pierson) sees the strange boy as just a kid, Othello interprets the youngster's oblique mutterings as words of prophecy. In writing down the unrelated letters the boy utters, he sees the names of the winners of horse and dog races, and is soon making a fortune in gambling.
The boy's gaze appears to entrance a chosen few including a waitress, Christella (Gillian Kearney), and the local priest, Father Daniel Marc Warren). By appearing to unleash their secret desires, the boy seems to prove that he is a benign oracle or, as some believe, an angel.
But with his riches, Othello grows independent of Karva, a colorful brute of a man, who views his own declining fortune with alarm. He seeks the child in order to return life to what he sees as its natural order, with him as its glowering ruler. So he employs Othello's dim sidekick, Emilio (Bronson Webb), to do his dirty work. Karva and Emilio have hidden wishes too, however, and when the child grants them, the results complicate all their lives.
Rankin and Cottam employ Tony Grisoni's economical screenplay to great effect and the acting is outstanding. MacLintock is well cast as the wondrously calm boy with the haunting eyes and Cosmo makes a lively impression as the larger-than-life crime king. The film's humor is sly and inventive as the granted wishes take darkly comic and ultimately deadly turns.
Director of photography Baz Irvine, production designer Mark Digby and editor Chris Gill deserve praise for their contributions to an entertaining film that pleases with its look and pace as much as its content.
THE LIVES OF THE SAINTS
Dazed Film & TV
Credits:
Directors: Rankin, Chris Cottam
Writer: Tony Grisoni
Producer: Laura Hastings-Smith
Executive producer: Augusto Romano
Director of photography: Baz Irvine
Production designer: Mark Digby
Music: Rob Lane
Editor: Chris Gill.
Cast: Othello: David Leon
The child: Sam MacLintock
Roadrunner: Daon Broni
Mr. Karva: James Cosmo
Tina: Emma Pierson
Emilio: Bronson Webb
Christella: Gillian Kearney
Father Daniel: Marc Warren
Mark Digby: James Holmes
Mad Turk: Peter Rnic
Drunk/Michali: Paddy Fletcher
Granny: Stella Quilley
Maqsood Junior: Raj Ghatak
Maqsood Senior: Reny Senta
No MPAA rating
Running time -- 100 minutes...
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