Horror film “The Voices of Our Mother,” headlined by Sheila McCarthy (“Women Talking”), has wrapped principal photography.
The film is written and directed by Mark O’Brien, who is also an actor, with his most recent credit being Atom Egoyan’s Toronto and Berlinale selection “Seven Veils.” It tells the story of a family who is brought together when their matriarch falls ill, only to find that their lineage is connected by more than blood. The film was shot in Hamilton, Ontario.
The cast also includes Georgina Reilly (“Quantum Leap”), O’Brien, Carolina Bartzcak (“Painkiller”), Alex Ozerov-Meyer (“The Americans”), Anna Ferguson (“Lost Girl”) and Shawn Doyle (“Star Trek: Discovery”).
The film is produced by Canada’s Vortex Productions, a subsidiary of boutique distributor Vortex Media. This marks the second collaboration between O’Brien and Vortex Media who helped to finance and distribute the filmmaker’s Fantasia and Grimmfest-winning feature directorial debut “The Righteous.
The film is written and directed by Mark O’Brien, who is also an actor, with his most recent credit being Atom Egoyan’s Toronto and Berlinale selection “Seven Veils.” It tells the story of a family who is brought together when their matriarch falls ill, only to find that their lineage is connected by more than blood. The film was shot in Hamilton, Ontario.
The cast also includes Georgina Reilly (“Quantum Leap”), O’Brien, Carolina Bartzcak (“Painkiller”), Alex Ozerov-Meyer (“The Americans”), Anna Ferguson (“Lost Girl”) and Shawn Doyle (“Star Trek: Discovery”).
The film is produced by Canada’s Vortex Productions, a subsidiary of boutique distributor Vortex Media. This marks the second collaboration between O’Brien and Vortex Media who helped to finance and distribute the filmmaker’s Fantasia and Grimmfest-winning feature directorial debut “The Righteous.
- 2/26/2024
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
On the 8th day of Creepmas, we’re celebrating the Victorian holiday tradition of sharing ghost stories. Telling ghost stories during winter was a folk custom that dated back centuries but slowly faded over time. Any tradition that involves scaring each other with horror stories feels like one worth reviving, so today’s Creepmas festivities embrace holiday horror movies that center around ghosts and hauntings. The eight titles below run the gamut from inducing warm holiday feels to ghostly insanity to chilling terror.
The 12 Days of Creepmas continues on Bloody Disgusting, this time with 8 Christmas ghosts to haunt your holiday season.
Keep track of the 12 Days of Creepmas here.
Anything for Jackson
Sheila McCarthy and Julian Richings star as Audrey and Henry Walsh, a well-to-do couple mourning their young grandson’s tragic loss. Still deep in the denial stage of grief, they turn to Satanism. The couple kidnaps a pregnant...
The 12 Days of Creepmas continues on Bloody Disgusting, this time with 8 Christmas ghosts to haunt your holiday season.
Keep track of the 12 Days of Creepmas here.
Anything for Jackson
Sheila McCarthy and Julian Richings star as Audrey and Henry Walsh, a well-to-do couple mourning their young grandson’s tragic loss. Still deep in the denial stage of grief, they turn to Satanism. The couple kidnaps a pregnant...
- 12/18/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Exclusive: XYZ Films has taken global distribution rights, excluding Canada, on the eco-thriller The Well, the first narrative feature by Academy Award-nominated documentary director Hubert Davis.
Recently filmed in Hamilton, Canada, The Well features a Canadian cast, including veterans such as Sheila McCarthy (Women Talking) and Arnold Pinnock (The Porter), who also executive produce. Shailyn Pierre-Dixon (Book of Negros) and Idrissa Sanogo (Robin Hood) also star. The ensemble, working outside of SAG jurisdiction, is rounded out by Joanne Boland (Handmaid’s Tale), Noah Lamanna (Dream Scenario), Natasha Mumba (The Last of Us), and Steven McCarthy (Mary Kills People).
Film’s synopsis reads: In a world where environmental collapse has left survivors to fight for the precious resources needed to survive, a young woman’s (Shailyn Pierre-Dixon) loyalties are tested by the arrival of a wounded man. When he discovers her family has a secret supply of fresh water it puts...
Recently filmed in Hamilton, Canada, The Well features a Canadian cast, including veterans such as Sheila McCarthy (Women Talking) and Arnold Pinnock (The Porter), who also executive produce. Shailyn Pierre-Dixon (Book of Negros) and Idrissa Sanogo (Robin Hood) also star. The ensemble, working outside of SAG jurisdiction, is rounded out by Joanne Boland (Handmaid’s Tale), Noah Lamanna (Dream Scenario), Natasha Mumba (The Last of Us), and Steven McCarthy (Mary Kills People).
Film’s synopsis reads: In a world where environmental collapse has left survivors to fight for the precious resources needed to survive, a young woman’s (Shailyn Pierre-Dixon) loyalties are tested by the arrival of a wounded man. When he discovers her family has a secret supply of fresh water it puts...
- 11/7/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
The thriller Love Is the Monster has received a SAG-AFTRA Interim Agreement, so production is now underway in Canada with Madeline Zima of Californication and Twin Peaks: The Return and Leonardo Nam of Westworld and Werewolf by Night in the lead roles.
Directed by Alex Noyer (Sound of Violence), who also wrote the screenplay with Hannu Aukia and Blair Bathory, Love Is the Monster follows a couple, Ana (Zima) and Justin (Nam) who, rocked by infidelity, attend an exclusive couples retreat in Finland, under the golden rays of the summer’s midnight sun. They join other couples from other parts of the world to experience the transformative teachings of the shaman and healer, Tiina, inspired by the ancient Finnish goddess of love and fertility, Lempo. But the idyllic setting soon takes a turn…
Deadline reports that Zima and Nam are joined in the cast by Moe Jeudy-Lamour (Ted Lasso...
Directed by Alex Noyer (Sound of Violence), who also wrote the screenplay with Hannu Aukia and Blair Bathory, Love Is the Monster follows a couple, Ana (Zima) and Justin (Nam) who, rocked by infidelity, attend an exclusive couples retreat in Finland, under the golden rays of the summer’s midnight sun. They join other couples from other parts of the world to experience the transformative teachings of the shaman and healer, Tiina, inspired by the ancient Finnish goddess of love and fertility, Lempo. But the idyllic setting soon takes a turn…
Deadline reports that Zima and Nam are joined in the cast by Moe Jeudy-Lamour (Ted Lasso...
- 8/18/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Up next from Sound of Violence filmmaker Alex Noyer is Love is the Monster, a new thriller that draws on Finnish mythology Deadline reports today.
Madeline Zima and Leonardo Nam star, and production is currently underway through a SAG-AFTRA Interim Agreement.
Love Is the Monster centers on “a couple, Ana (Zima) and Justin (Nam) who, rocked by infidelity, attend an exclusive couples retreat in Finland, under the golden rays of the summer’s midnight sun. They join other couples from other parts of the world to experience the transformative teachings of the shaman and healer, Tiina, inspired by the ancient Finnish goddess of love and fertility, Lempo. But the idyllic setting soon takes a turn….”
Intriguingly, Wikipedia offers this description about the goddess Lempo: “After Christianity came to Finland, the reputation of Lempo worsened: it is portrayed in the folklore usually as an erratic spirit, as love can be capricious,...
Madeline Zima and Leonardo Nam star, and production is currently underway through a SAG-AFTRA Interim Agreement.
Love Is the Monster centers on “a couple, Ana (Zima) and Justin (Nam) who, rocked by infidelity, attend an exclusive couples retreat in Finland, under the golden rays of the summer’s midnight sun. They join other couples from other parts of the world to experience the transformative teachings of the shaman and healer, Tiina, inspired by the ancient Finnish goddess of love and fertility, Lempo. But the idyllic setting soon takes a turn….”
Intriguingly, Wikipedia offers this description about the goddess Lempo: “After Christianity came to Finland, the reputation of Lempo worsened: it is portrayed in the folklore usually as an erratic spirit, as love can be capricious,...
- 8/17/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Exclusive: Madeline Zima (Californication) and Leonardo Nam (Westworld) are currently in production in Canada on Love Is the Monster, a new thriller they’re leading for filmmaker Alex Noyer (Sound of Violence) that has landed a SAG-AFTRA Interim Agreement. Others set to star include Moe Jeudy-Lamour (Ted Lasso), Kimberly-Sue Murray (Trader), Kristina Tonteri-Young (Warrior Nun), Milla Puolakanaho (Omerta), Tatu Sinisalo (Sisu) and Sheila Mccarthy (Women Talking).
Written bv Noyer, Hannu Aukia and Blair Bathory, Love Is the Monster centers on a couple, Ana (Zima) and Justin (Nam) who, rocked by infidelity, attend an exclusive couples retreat in Finland, under the golden rays of the summer’s midnight sun. They join other couples from other parts of the world to experience the transformative teachings of the shaman and healer, Tiina, inspired by the ancient Finnish goddess of love and fertility, Lempo. But the idyllic setting soon takes a turn….
Drawing on...
Written bv Noyer, Hannu Aukia and Blair Bathory, Love Is the Monster centers on a couple, Ana (Zima) and Justin (Nam) who, rocked by infidelity, attend an exclusive couples retreat in Finland, under the golden rays of the summer’s midnight sun. They join other couples from other parts of the world to experience the transformative teachings of the shaman and healer, Tiina, inspired by the ancient Finnish goddess of love and fertility, Lempo. But the idyllic setting soon takes a turn….
Drawing on...
- 8/17/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Academy Award winner Sarah Polley is in talks to direct a live-action adaptation of the Disney animated classic Bambi. The project is in early development at the House of Mouse, with Polley poised to roll cameras for her most significant undertaking yet. Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Lindsey Beer were named the project’s writers in 2020, but that was a while ago, and the ongoing WGA writers’ strike could hamper their participation.
Released in 1942 as the fifth feature film from Walt Disney Productions, Bambi tells the story of a fawn who makes friends with other animals in a serene yet dangerous forest. When Bambi’s mother is shot and killed by a human hunter, Bambi depends on his friends to carry him through the pain of loss and help him become the leader his mother always intended. Disney’s version adapts Felix Salten’s 1923 novel Bambi, a Life in the Woods.
Directed...
Released in 1942 as the fifth feature film from Walt Disney Productions, Bambi tells the story of a fawn who makes friends with other animals in a serene yet dangerous forest. When Bambi’s mother is shot and killed by a human hunter, Bambi depends on his friends to carry him through the pain of loss and help him become the leader his mother always intended. Disney’s version adapts Felix Salten’s 1923 novel Bambi, a Life in the Woods.
Directed...
- 6/13/2023
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Wif kicked off Oscar weekend with its highly-anticipated cocktail party presented by sponsors Johnnie Walker, Max Mara, and Mercedes-Benz.
Malala Yousafzai attends the 16th Annual Wif Oscar® Party Presented By Johnnie Walker, Max Mara, And Mercedes-Benz
Credit/Copyright: Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for Wif
The party honored all 65 women, in front of and behind the camera, who have been nominated for an Academy Award this year, and is the only event throughout awards season that celebrates all the women nominated for Oscars. Since 2007, the annual event has celebrated the belief that collaboration between women, behind and in front of the camera, is the best way to ensure more films are made by and for women. Co-hosted by Oscar-winning producer and Wif Board President Emerita Cathy Schulman, Oscar-winning actor Marlee Matlin and director and Oscar®-winning screenwriter Siân Heder, the event was held at NeueHouse Hollywood.
Nominated attendees included Anne Alvergue,...
Malala Yousafzai attends the 16th Annual Wif Oscar® Party Presented By Johnnie Walker, Max Mara, And Mercedes-Benz
Credit/Copyright: Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for Wif
The party honored all 65 women, in front of and behind the camera, who have been nominated for an Academy Award this year, and is the only event throughout awards season that celebrates all the women nominated for Oscars. Since 2007, the annual event has celebrated the belief that collaboration between women, behind and in front of the camera, is the best way to ensure more films are made by and for women. Co-hosted by Oscar-winning producer and Wif Board President Emerita Cathy Schulman, Oscar-winning actor Marlee Matlin and director and Oscar®-winning screenwriter Siân Heder, the event was held at NeueHouse Hollywood.
Nominated attendees included Anne Alvergue,...
- 3/15/2023
- Look to the Stars
Vanity Fair’s annual Oscar party took place Sunday at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills. I have all the details from inside the event, which as usual attracted the most elite of the Hollywood set who poured in after watching Everything Everywhere All at Once score seven Oscar trophies including Best Picture.
We managed to get our hands on the guest list for the event, held in a 3,000-square-foot indoor reception area, with additional courtyards and other outdoor lounge spaces. The main bar, a prime gathering spot, was 40 feet long. The guests danced into the early-morning hours.
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We managed to get our hands on the guest list for the event, held in a 3,000-square-foot indoor reception area, with additional courtyards and other outdoor lounge spaces. The main bar, a prime gathering spot, was 40 feet long. The guests danced into the early-morning hours.
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- 3/13/2023
- by Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
Sarah Polley won her first Oscar for her Women Talking.
“First of all, just want to thank the Academy for not being mortally offended by the words women and talking with so close together like that,” she said as her film won the award for Writing (Adapted Screenplay).
“Miriam Toews wrote an essential novel about a radical democracy in which people who don’t agree on every single issue managed to sit together in a room and carve out a way forward together free of violence. They do so not just by talking but also by listening,” she added.
Related: ‘Women Talking’: Read The Screenplay By Sarah Polley That Takes On Remaking “A Broken World”
Women Talking, which came from Orion Pictures/United Artists Releasing, beat All Quiet on the Western Front, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Living and Top Gun: Maverick in the category.
The win prevented...
“First of all, just want to thank the Academy for not being mortally offended by the words women and talking with so close together like that,” she said as her film won the award for Writing (Adapted Screenplay).
“Miriam Toews wrote an essential novel about a radical democracy in which people who don’t agree on every single issue managed to sit together in a room and carve out a way forward together free of violence. They do so not just by talking but also by listening,” she added.
Related: ‘Women Talking’: Read The Screenplay By Sarah Polley That Takes On Remaking “A Broken World”
Women Talking, which came from Orion Pictures/United Artists Releasing, beat All Quiet on the Western Front, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Living and Top Gun: Maverick in the category.
The win prevented...
- 3/13/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Zaib Shaikh, Canada’s Consul General to Los Angeles, hosted the country’s annual Canada at the Oscars soiree Thursday at his official residence in Hancock Park.
The event was the first stop of the night for many Oscar-nominated Canadians including “Women Talking’s” Sarah Polley, Sheila McCarthy and Kate Hallet. Polley was headed to the Macro party. Other attendees were going to the Oscar Wilde Awards or the South Asian Excellence Pre-Oscars Celebration.
Also in attendance were “Turning Red’s” Domee Shi, who landed an Oscar for best animated feature, Brendan Fraser and “The Whale” prosthetics makeup designer Adrien Morot.
The night celebrated Canadian Oscar winners and nominees, past and present.
Last year’s nominated makeup artist for “Dune,” Donald Mowat, spoke with Variety about his upcoming work with frequent collaborator Jake Gyllenhaal. On the TV series, “Presumed Innocent,” Mowat said, “He gets to be a heartbroken lawyer with...
The event was the first stop of the night for many Oscar-nominated Canadians including “Women Talking’s” Sarah Polley, Sheila McCarthy and Kate Hallet. Polley was headed to the Macro party. Other attendees were going to the Oscar Wilde Awards or the South Asian Excellence Pre-Oscars Celebration.
Also in attendance were “Turning Red’s” Domee Shi, who landed an Oscar for best animated feature, Brendan Fraser and “The Whale” prosthetics makeup designer Adrien Morot.
The night celebrated Canadian Oscar winners and nominees, past and present.
Last year’s nominated makeup artist for “Dune,” Donald Mowat, spoke with Variety about his upcoming work with frequent collaborator Jake Gyllenhaal. On the TV series, “Presumed Innocent,” Mowat said, “He gets to be a heartbroken lawyer with...
- 3/10/2023
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Everything Everywhere All at Once won big at this year’s Independent Spirit Awards, taking home seven awards out of eight nominations. The only award it didn’t win was, interestingly enough, one it did win, as Ke Huy Quan beat Jamie Lee Curtis in the Best Supporting Performance category.
Here are the winners of winners of the 38th Independent Spirit Awards:
Movies:
Best Feature:
Bones and All
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Our Father, The Devil
Tár
Women Talking
Best Director:
Todd Field, Tár
Kogonada, After Yang
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Sarah Polley, Women Talking
Halina Reijn, Bodies Bodies Bodies
Best First Feature:
Aftersun
Emily the Criminal
The Inspection
Murina
Palm Trees and Power Lines
Best Lead Performance:
Cate Blanchett, Tár
Dale Dickey, A Love Song
Mia Goth, Pearl
Regina Hall, Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
Paul Mescal, Aftersun
Aubrey Plaza, Emily the Criminal
Jeremy Pope,...
Here are the winners of winners of the 38th Independent Spirit Awards:
Movies:
Best Feature:
Bones and All
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Our Father, The Devil
Tár
Women Talking
Best Director:
Todd Field, Tár
Kogonada, After Yang
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Sarah Polley, Women Talking
Halina Reijn, Bodies Bodies Bodies
Best First Feature:
Aftersun
Emily the Criminal
The Inspection
Murina
Palm Trees and Power Lines
Best Lead Performance:
Cate Blanchett, Tár
Dale Dickey, A Love Song
Mia Goth, Pearl
Regina Hall, Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
Paul Mescal, Aftersun
Aubrey Plaza, Emily the Criminal
Jeremy Pope,...
- 3/5/2023
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
The Film Independent Spirit Awards selected A24’s Everything Everywhere All at Once as its Best Feature on Saturday to culminate its 38th edition, one of seven wins for the metaverse-set pic that solidifies its frontrunner status in one of the last major awards stops ahead of March 12’s Academy Awards.
Everything, which had a leading eight nominations coming into daytime ceremony on the beach at the Santa Monica Pier, also scored wins for Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan and Stephanie Hsu in the awards’ inaugural gender-neutral performance categories across film and TV. The film also won for The Daniels’ directing and screenplay, and for Paul Rogers’ editing.
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Everything, which had a leading eight nominations coming into daytime ceremony on the beach at the Santa Monica Pier, also scored wins for Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan and Stephanie Hsu in the awards’ inaugural gender-neutral performance categories across film and TV. The film also won for The Daniels’ directing and screenplay, and for Paul Rogers’ editing.
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- 3/5/2023
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Stephanie Hsu, Michelle Yeoh, and Ke Huy Quan in ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ (Photo Credit: Allyson Riggs / A24)
Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan became the first Asian actress and actor to win Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role/Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. Everything Everywhere All at Once also scored wins in the Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role (Jamie Lee Curtis) and Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture categories.
SAG members spread out the wins in the television categories, with The White Lotus the only nominee to earn multiple awards. Additional 29th Annual SAG Awards television winners included Abbott Elementary, 1883, The Bear, Hacks, George & Tammy, and Ozark.
This year’s SAG Awards took place in Los Angeles and streamed live on YouTube on February...
Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan became the first Asian actress and actor to win Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role/Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. Everything Everywhere All at Once also scored wins in the Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role (Jamie Lee Curtis) and Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture categories.
SAG members spread out the wins in the television categories, with The White Lotus the only nominee to earn multiple awards. Additional 29th Annual SAG Awards television winners included Abbott Elementary, 1883, The Bear, Hacks, George & Tammy, and Ozark.
This year’s SAG Awards took place in Los Angeles and streamed live on YouTube on February...
- 2/27/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Polley calls this scene the turning point of the film, where Buckley’s Mariche acquiesces to leave the colony with the other women in hopes of escaping their violent male counterparts. “It’s the moment where she finally receives an apology from her mother, and from her community, in terms of their complicity in her specific abuse, which is what allows her heart to soften enough that she can take a breath and have a real conversation.”
Women Talking
Humor was a crucial component of Toews’ original text: “I always like to ask an author before I start adapting their work: ‘If there’s one thing that’s most important to you about this adaptation, what is it?’ And [Toews’] response, without pausing, was ‘the laughter,’ ” Polley says. Consequently, her film pulses with surprisingly light moments: “I, personally, have never experienced tragedy without laughing my head off. It’s an impulse to do with survival,...
Women Talking
Humor was a crucial component of Toews’ original text: “I always like to ask an author before I start adapting their work: ‘If there’s one thing that’s most important to you about this adaptation, what is it?’ And [Toews’] response, without pausing, was ‘the laughter,’ ” Polley says. Consequently, her film pulses with surprisingly light moments: “I, personally, have never experienced tragedy without laughing my head off. It’s an impulse to do with survival,...
- 2/21/2023
- by Hilton Dresden
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Writer-director Sarah Polley and producer Dede Gardner joined Deadline’s Contenders Film: The Nominees to discuss Women Talking, their film that is nominated for a pair of Oscars, for Best Picture and Polley’s adapted screenplay.
The all-star cast includes Frances McDormand, Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley and Ben Whishaw. Plan B Entertainment, MGM’s Orion Pictures and hear/say produced the pic, which was released by United Artists Releasing.
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Women Talking follows the women of an isolated religious colony who reveal a shocking secret about the colony’s men: for years, the men have occasionally drugged the women and raped them.
The all-star cast includes Frances McDormand, Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley and Ben Whishaw. Plan B Entertainment, MGM’s Orion Pictures and hear/say produced the pic, which was released by United Artists Releasing.
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Women Talking follows the women of an isolated religious colony who reveal a shocking secret about the colony’s men: for years, the men have occasionally drugged the women and raped them.
- 2/18/2023
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
Growing up, I knew Sarah Polley as both Beverly Cleary's lively, imaginative heroine, Ramona Geraldine Quimby in the 1980s "Ramona" TV series, and then as the equally spirited Sara Stanley on the '90s Canadian (and Disney Channel) TV period drama staple, "Road to Avonlea." Nowadays, of course, Polley is better known for her celebrated efforts as a writer-director on the relationship dramas "Away from Her" and "Take This Waltz." Her latest venture behind the camera, "Women Talking," has even secured a Best Picture nod at the 2023 Academy Awards ceremony, in addition to landing Polly a nomination for her adapted screenplay.
Based on Miriam Toews' 2018 novel of the same name (which was itself inspired by horrifying real-life events), "Women Talking" takes place in an isolated Mennonite colony circa 2010. When it's discovered the men have been drugging and sexually assaulting the community's women in their sleep, the local authorities intervene,...
Based on Miriam Toews' 2018 novel of the same name (which was itself inspired by horrifying real-life events), "Women Talking" takes place in an isolated Mennonite colony circa 2010. When it's discovered the men have been drugging and sexually assaulting the community's women in their sleep, the local authorities intervene,...
- 2/16/2023
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
Sheila McCarthy on Jessie Buckley Jessie Buckley; Sheila McCarthy
I first met Jessie Buckley over an email while I was watching her in her extraordinary film Wild Rose. I will never forget her in that. Raw, funny, moving — everything. I tried to be very cool and nonchalant when we first started shooting Women Talking together, but I was fan-girling inside. She is artistry in motion as an actor. I relied on her entirely to help me get to the dark places in our hayloft. Mother to daughter. We held hands and I was a goner. Then we peed in the fields together and laughed our guts out, which made us pee even more. Our “wild wees,” she called them. Wild indeed, she is.
Colin Farrell on Brendan Gleeson Colin Farrell; Brendan Gleeson
The very nature of film, and any theatrical endeavor, is the nature of collaboration. With that in mind,...
I first met Jessie Buckley over an email while I was watching her in her extraordinary film Wild Rose. I will never forget her in that. Raw, funny, moving — everything. I tried to be very cool and nonchalant when we first started shooting Women Talking together, but I was fan-girling inside. She is artistry in motion as an actor. I relied on her entirely to help me get to the dark places in our hayloft. Mother to daughter. We held hands and I was a goner. Then we peed in the fields together and laughed our guts out, which made us pee even more. Our “wild wees,” she called them. Wild indeed, she is.
Colin Farrell on Brendan Gleeson Colin Farrell; Brendan Gleeson
The very nature of film, and any theatrical endeavor, is the nature of collaboration. With that in mind,...
- 2/13/2023
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Teenage FaceTime detectives, talking shells and a donkey: February is an eclectic, not to mention eccentric, month for cinema.
Throughout the year, there is a near-constant deluge of new releases arriving – on the big screen and small – and it’s hard to know which to prioritise. This new column will pick out the five best films for you to move to the top of your watch list each month.
In February, there are plenty of surefire blockbusters on the way – from acclaimed Puss in Boots sequel The Last Wish and new M Night Shyamalan thriller Knock at the Cabin (both 3 February), to Marvel’s wordily titled Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (17 February). Smaller indies, like Saint Omer, Blue Jean and Joyland, will also be arriving on the 3, 10 and 24 February, respectively.
Meanwhile, James Cameron will engage in a box office battle with himself after Avatar: The Way of Water became the...
Throughout the year, there is a near-constant deluge of new releases arriving – on the big screen and small – and it’s hard to know which to prioritise. This new column will pick out the five best films for you to move to the top of your watch list each month.
In February, there are plenty of surefire blockbusters on the way – from acclaimed Puss in Boots sequel The Last Wish and new M Night Shyamalan thriller Knock at the Cabin (both 3 February), to Marvel’s wordily titled Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (17 February). Smaller indies, like Saint Omer, Blue Jean and Joyland, will also be arriving on the 3, 10 and 24 February, respectively.
Meanwhile, James Cameron will engage in a box office battle with himself after Avatar: The Way of Water became the...
- 2/4/2023
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - Film
The 2023 Screen Actors Guild Award nominations were announced on January 11 in film and television, as voted on by members of the SAG-AFTRA Foundation. What will prevail in the category of Best Film Ensemble during Netflix’s YouTube ceremony on Sunday, February 26? This year’s five nominated movie casts are “Babylon,” “The Banshees of Inisherin,” “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” “The Fabelmans” and “Women Talking.”
Scroll down to see Gold Derby’s 2023 SAG Awards Predictions for Best Film Ensemble, listed in order of their racetrack odds. Our SAG Awards odds are based on the combined forecasts of thousands of readers, including Experts we’ve polled from major media outlets, Editors who cover awards year-round for this website, Top 24 Users who did the best predicting the winners last time, All-Star Users who had the best prediction scores over the last two years, and the mass of Users who make up our biggest predictions bloc.
Scroll down to see Gold Derby’s 2023 SAG Awards Predictions for Best Film Ensemble, listed in order of their racetrack odds. Our SAG Awards odds are based on the combined forecasts of thousands of readers, including Experts we’ve polled from major media outlets, Editors who cover awards year-round for this website, Top 24 Users who did the best predicting the winners last time, All-Star Users who had the best prediction scores over the last two years, and the mass of Users who make up our biggest predictions bloc.
- 2/2/2023
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Even in the darkest times, there can still be laughter and joy. That's one of the lessons of Sarah Polley's "Women Talking," which used a sprawling ensemble cast to tell the story of Mennonite women who try to move forward together in the face of unbelievable trauma. The movie is nominated for three Oscars, including best picture. Three of the ensemble's younger members - Michelle McLeod, who plays Mejal; Kate Hallett, who plays Autje; and Liv McNeil, who plays Nietje - spoke to Popsugar about their experiences on set and why keeping laughter at the center of the weighty film was so important.
The movie, which went into wide release Jan. 20, has an all-star cast that includes Frances McDormand, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Rooney Mara, Ben Whishaw, Judith Ivey, and Sheila McCarthy. Hallett confesses that working with so many legendary actors was "incredibly intimidating." But, she adds, "I was...
The movie, which went into wide release Jan. 20, has an all-star cast that includes Frances McDormand, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Rooney Mara, Ben Whishaw, Judith Ivey, and Sheila McCarthy. Hallett confesses that working with so many legendary actors was "incredibly intimidating." But, she adds, "I was...
- 2/1/2023
- by Victoria Edel
- Popsugar.com
Exclusive: Sheila McCarthy, who can currently be seen in Sarah Polley’s Oscar-nominated film Women Talking, has signed with Atlas Artists for management.
McCarthy appears opposite Frances McDormand, Claire Foy, Judith Ivey, Rooney Mara, Jessie Buckley, and Ben Whishaw in Women Talking, nominated for two Oscar nominations including Best Picture. For her role as Greta, McCarthy was awarded the Career Achievement Award at the 2022 Denver Film Festival and shares in the Film Independent Spirit Awards’ Robert Altman Award, given to one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast.
Over a four-decade career, the Toronto-born McCarthy is a two-time Canadian Screen Award winner for I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing and Lotus Eaters. She also received two Canadian Television Awards for Sesame Street and Emily Of New Moon, among other honors.
McCarthy recently wrapped her first short film in the director’s chair, Russet Season, and starred in Little Black Dress,...
McCarthy appears opposite Frances McDormand, Claire Foy, Judith Ivey, Rooney Mara, Jessie Buckley, and Ben Whishaw in Women Talking, nominated for two Oscar nominations including Best Picture. For her role as Greta, McCarthy was awarded the Career Achievement Award at the 2022 Denver Film Festival and shares in the Film Independent Spirit Awards’ Robert Altman Award, given to one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast.
Over a four-decade career, the Toronto-born McCarthy is a two-time Canadian Screen Award winner for I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing and Lotus Eaters. She also received two Canadian Television Awards for Sesame Street and Emily Of New Moon, among other honors.
McCarthy recently wrapped her first short film in the director’s chair, Russet Season, and starred in Little Black Dress,...
- 1/27/2023
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
When it comes to the Academy's not-so-inclusive history and the lack of love for a movie titled "Women Talking," the joke feels a little too obvious.
Don't let the Oscar nominations fool you — the wider awards season has reflected yet another banner year for female filmmakers. Gina Prince-Bythewood blew audiences away with the Viola Davis-starring stunner, "The Woman King," first-time feature filmmaker Charlotte Wells debuted "Aftersun" to massive critical acclaim, Chinonye Chukwu has been widely praised for the profound emotion of "Till" and both Maria Schrader's "She Said" and Sarah Polley's "Women Talking" dared to elevate the conversation around post-Me-Too era movies. Yet, as the nominees for the Best Director category filled in, I was utterly unsurprised to see the names of six men, once again shutting women out of the category entirely. Then a little later, I was shocked to see Sarah Polley's "Women Talking" get...
Don't let the Oscar nominations fool you — the wider awards season has reflected yet another banner year for female filmmakers. Gina Prince-Bythewood blew audiences away with the Viola Davis-starring stunner, "The Woman King," first-time feature filmmaker Charlotte Wells debuted "Aftersun" to massive critical acclaim, Chinonye Chukwu has been widely praised for the profound emotion of "Till" and both Maria Schrader's "She Said" and Sarah Polley's "Women Talking" dared to elevate the conversation around post-Me-Too era movies. Yet, as the nominees for the Best Director category filled in, I was utterly unsurprised to see the names of six men, once again shutting women out of the category entirely. Then a little later, I was shocked to see Sarah Polley's "Women Talking" get...
- 1/24/2023
- by Shania Russell
- Slash Film
(l-r) Rooney Mara stars as Ona, Claire Foy as Salome, Judith Ivey as Agata, Sheila McCarthy as Greta, Michelle McLeod as Mejal and Jessie Buckley as Mariche, in director Sarah Polley’s film Women Talking. An Orion Pictures Release. Photo credit: Michael Gibson. © 2022 Orion Releasing LLC. All Rights Reserved.
There is a lot of talk about Women Talking – awards talk. The title of this electrifying ensemble drama may suggest something tame but the fiery Women Talking is no polite, quiet chat but a deep, sarcastic, no-holds-barred, even funny, and thought-provoking discussion among a group of Mennonite women who are meeting secretly in a barn to talk about what to do after a series of brutal attacks on them.
Women in the colony have been waking up beaten, bloody and in pain, with no memory of what had happened. The men tell them they are being attacked by the devil, or...
There is a lot of talk about Women Talking – awards talk. The title of this electrifying ensemble drama may suggest something tame but the fiery Women Talking is no polite, quiet chat but a deep, sarcastic, no-holds-barred, even funny, and thought-provoking discussion among a group of Mennonite women who are meeting secretly in a barn to talk about what to do after a series of brutal attacks on them.
Women in the colony have been waking up beaten, bloody and in pain, with no memory of what had happened. The men tell them they are being attacked by the devil, or...
- 1/20/2023
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Orion Pictures has released two new clips from the new film from writer/director Sarah Polley entitled Women Talking. Check them out below, along with a statement from the director herself.
In this first clip, from Women Talking, Claire Foy (as Salome) advocates to fight back alongside Sheila McCarthy (as Greta) and Judith Ivey (as Agata).
This second clip, from Women Talking, features Rooney Mara (as Ona) and Ben Whishaw (as August).
The following is a statement from writer/director Sarah Polley:
“In Women Talking, a group of women, many of whom disagree on essential things, have a conversation to figure out how they might move forward together to build a better world for themselves and their children.
“Though the backstory behind the events in Women Talking is violent, the film is not. We never see the violence that the women have experienced. We see only short glimpses of the aftermath.
In this first clip, from Women Talking, Claire Foy (as Salome) advocates to fight back alongside Sheila McCarthy (as Greta) and Judith Ivey (as Agata).
This second clip, from Women Talking, features Rooney Mara (as Ona) and Ben Whishaw (as August).
The following is a statement from writer/director Sarah Polley:
“In Women Talking, a group of women, many of whom disagree on essential things, have a conversation to figure out how they might move forward together to build a better world for themselves and their children.
“Though the backstory behind the events in Women Talking is violent, the film is not. We never see the violence that the women have experienced. We see only short glimpses of the aftermath.
- 1/16/2023
- by Editor
- CinemaNerdz
Content warning: This article contains references to widespread sexual assault depicted in the film "Women Talking."
Do nothing. Stay and fight. Or leave. Those are the three choices the women of "Women Talking" are faced with. Based on a true story, the new film by writer and director Sarah Polley tells the story of women in a fictional Mennonite colony who learn that some of the men in the community have been secretly drugging them and assaulting them during the night for years. When a woman would wake up confused, in pain, or bleeding, the men would tell them they'd been attacked by devils or demons. At the beginning of the movie, the women finally learn the truth. Police arrest the eight men responsible, and when almost all the colony's men head to town to bail them out, the women have to decide what to do, leaving them with the three choices.
Do nothing. Stay and fight. Or leave. Those are the three choices the women of "Women Talking" are faced with. Based on a true story, the new film by writer and director Sarah Polley tells the story of women in a fictional Mennonite colony who learn that some of the men in the community have been secretly drugging them and assaulting them during the night for years. When a woman would wake up confused, in pain, or bleeding, the men would tell them they'd been attacked by devils or demons. At the beginning of the movie, the women finally learn the truth. Police arrest the eight men responsible, and when almost all the colony's men head to town to bail them out, the women have to decide what to do, leaving them with the three choices.
- 1/12/2023
- by Victoria Edel
- Popsugar.com
Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson in ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ (Photo Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures © 2022 20th Century Studios)
The love for The Banshees of Inisherin and Everything Everywhere All at Once has spread to the Screen Actors Guild. Nominations for the 29th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards have been announced and Banshees and Everything Everywhere topped the list on the film side, earning five SAG Awards nominations each.
The final season of Ozark led the TV nominations, picking up four nominations.
Winners will be announced on Sunday, February 26, 2023 at 5pm Pt/8pm Et. This year marks the first time the SAG Awards will be broadcast live on Netflix’s YouTube channel. Beginning in 2024, the awards show will stream live on Netflix.
The 2023 SAG Awards recognize the best performances of 2022 in television and movies.
SAG Awards Motion Picture Nominees:
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Austin Butler...
The love for The Banshees of Inisherin and Everything Everywhere All at Once has spread to the Screen Actors Guild. Nominations for the 29th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards have been announced and Banshees and Everything Everywhere topped the list on the film side, earning five SAG Awards nominations each.
The final season of Ozark led the TV nominations, picking up four nominations.
Winners will be announced on Sunday, February 26, 2023 at 5pm Pt/8pm Et. This year marks the first time the SAG Awards will be broadcast live on Netflix’s YouTube channel. Beginning in 2024, the awards show will stream live on Netflix.
The 2023 SAG Awards recognize the best performances of 2022 in television and movies.
SAG Awards Motion Picture Nominees:
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Austin Butler...
- 1/11/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
The Screen Actors Guild unveiled nominations Wednesday for its 29th annual SAG Awards as the movie awards season arrives full-steam, coming the same week as last night’s Golden Globes and Sunday’s Critics Choice Awards.
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The marquee ensemble film award category this year features Paramount’s Babylon, Searchlight’s The Banshees of Inisherin, A24’s Everything Everywhere All at Once, Universal’s The Fabelmans and United Artists’ Women Talking. Banshees and Fabelmans are having a good week, having taken the top film prizes at last night’s Globes.
Banshees and Everything Everywhere led all films with five nominations apiece in today’s noms announcement.
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The marquee ensemble film award category this year features Paramount’s Babylon, Searchlight’s The Banshees of Inisherin, A24’s Everything Everywhere All at Once, Universal’s The Fabelmans and United Artists’ Women Talking. Banshees and Fabelmans are having a good week, having taken the top film prizes at last night’s Globes.
Banshees and Everything Everywhere led all films with five nominations apiece in today’s noms announcement.
- 1/11/2023
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Screenwriter and director Sarah Polley’s latest feature film is Women Talking. Based on the best-selling novel by Miriam Toews, Women Talking follows a group of women in an isolated religious colony as they struggle to reconcile their faith with a series of sexual assaults committed by the colony’s men.
Starring Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Judith Ivey, Sheila McCarthy, with Ben Whishaw and Frances McDormand, see Women Talking In Theaters Everywhere January 20.
Advance Screening is Wednesday, January 18, 7:00pm at Landmark’s Plaza Frontenac.
The screening will be filled on a first come first served basis, so we encourage you to arrive early. Seats will not be guaranteed.
Enter at the link below.
Sweepstakes Link: http://uareleasingscreenings.com/main/sweepstakes/fcJLl89106
Winners will be selected and notified next Friday.
PG-13 for mature thematic content including sexual assault, bloody images, and some strong language
Purchase your tickets for select theaters* today!
Starring Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Judith Ivey, Sheila McCarthy, with Ben Whishaw and Frances McDormand, see Women Talking In Theaters Everywhere January 20.
Advance Screening is Wednesday, January 18, 7:00pm at Landmark’s Plaza Frontenac.
The screening will be filled on a first come first served basis, so we encourage you to arrive early. Seats will not be guaranteed.
Enter at the link below.
Sweepstakes Link: http://uareleasingscreenings.com/main/sweepstakes/fcJLl89106
Winners will be selected and notified next Friday.
PG-13 for mature thematic content including sexual assault, bloody images, and some strong language
Purchase your tickets for select theaters* today!
- 1/6/2023
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Alcarràs, winner of the Golden Bear in Berlin, opens on five screens in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, presented by Mubi; Quiver Distribution releases Candy Land in nine theaters; and Sony’s Tom Hanks-starring A Man Called Otto, Uar’s Women Talking and IFC Films’ Corsage move into moderate expansions as the broader specialty market barrels into Oscar nominations and a new year of reckoning with adult audiences.
The conversation about what ails the arthouse market is still treading water. Some major arthouses are Mia in a key market. With rare exceptions, audiences are failing to embrace indie titles with the gusto they’ve shown in the past. Everything Everywhere All At Once cleaned up but that’s feelgood, versus downbeat, which an emotionally exhausted moviegoing public may be avoiding. It’s not clear awards kudos will change that.
“The marketplace needs to listen to...
The conversation about what ails the arthouse market is still treading water. Some major arthouses are Mia in a key market. With rare exceptions, audiences are failing to embrace indie titles with the gusto they’ve shown in the past. Everything Everywhere All At Once cleaned up but that’s feelgood, versus downbeat, which an emotionally exhausted moviegoing public may be avoiding. It’s not clear awards kudos will change that.
“The marketplace needs to listen to...
- 1/6/2023
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Sarah Polley’s Women Talking features a large ensemble of accomplished and award-winning actresses, so it would not have been a surprise to see one (or several) take the stage Thursday at the Palm Springs Film Awards, where Polley was honored with a director of the year prize.
But instead it was Eric Idle, the Monty Python star, who presented Polley with her award. His appearance was especially profound for Polley as it provided a public reunion for the two co-stars from Terry Gilliam’s The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. “About 34 years ago, I was on the set of a movie in Rome and I said farewell to a little girl of 8 who starred in the movie,” Idle said. “We had all been scarred on this movie … going on nine months before we’d been able to escape.” Idle called some of the scenes “life-threatening.”
It has come to light...
But instead it was Eric Idle, the Monty Python star, who presented Polley with her award. His appearance was especially profound for Polley as it provided a public reunion for the two co-stars from Terry Gilliam’s The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. “About 34 years ago, I was on the set of a movie in Rome and I said farewell to a little girl of 8 who starred in the movie,” Idle said. “We had all been scarred on this movie … going on nine months before we’d been able to escape.” Idle called some of the scenes “life-threatening.”
It has come to light...
- 1/6/2023
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Coming out of the darkest days of the pandemic, Sheila McCarthy thought she might be done with acting in television and movies. “I do a lot of teaching and directing in theater,” says the award-winning Canadian acto, “and maybe I’d gotten a little bit lazy about learning lines.”
Then she had a conversation with Sarah Polley, whom McCarthy had acted with occasionally, even playing her mom in a film three decades earlier. Polley was considering McCarthy for her new film, “Women Talking,” a powerful meditation on what happens when women who have been kept isolated and been abused find their collective voice and take action.
“I’ve admired Sheila since I was a child,” Polley says via email. “She has always had a screen presence unlike anyone else. A fairy, a clown, a sage.”
McCarthy, who is 66, says Polley was concerned that she looked too young for the role of Greta,...
Then she had a conversation with Sarah Polley, whom McCarthy had acted with occasionally, even playing her mom in a film three decades earlier. Polley was considering McCarthy for her new film, “Women Talking,” a powerful meditation on what happens when women who have been kept isolated and been abused find their collective voice and take action.
“I’ve admired Sheila since I was a child,” Polley says via email. “She has always had a screen presence unlike anyone else. A fairy, a clown, a sage.”
McCarthy, who is 66, says Polley was concerned that she looked too young for the role of Greta,...
- 1/5/2023
- by Stuart Miller
- Variety Film + TV
MGM’s Orion Pictures and Audible Theater have partnered for “Women Talking: An Evening of Wild Female Imagination,” a one night only special theatrical event at Audible’s off-Broadway Minetta Lane Theatre in New York City. The Jan. 9 event will feature director Sarah Polley and cast members Jessie Buckley, Sheila McCarthy, Michelle McLeod, Liv McNeil, August Winter and Kate Hallett for an evening showcasing three new works inspired by the film.
Playwrights Sandra Delgado, Ruth Tang and Brittany Allen have written pieces inspired by the film centered around the idea of women coming together to decide what’s best for their community. The evening will also include a conversation with Polley and the playwrights, led by Tony Award nominee and Pulitzer Prize finalist Heidi Schreck. Zoe Chao is also part of the program, performing a monologue by Brtittany Allen. Two-time Tony nominee Eva Noblezada will perform Billie Eilish’s “My Future.
Playwrights Sandra Delgado, Ruth Tang and Brittany Allen have written pieces inspired by the film centered around the idea of women coming together to decide what’s best for their community. The evening will also include a conversation with Polley and the playwrights, led by Tony Award nominee and Pulitzer Prize finalist Heidi Schreck. Zoe Chao is also part of the program, performing a monologue by Brtittany Allen. Two-time Tony nominee Eva Noblezada will perform Billie Eilish’s “My Future.
- 1/5/2023
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
This story about “Women Talking” first appeared in the Below-the-Line issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.
On the surface, Sarah Polley’s “Women Talking” is one of the ultimate examples of a 2022 film that largely takes place in a single location. Polley adapted the novel by Miriam Toews, which was itself based on the true story of a Mennonite clan in Bolivia that was rampant with sexual abuse, and the action rarely leaves the hayloft of a barn in an isolated community.
In that loft, a group of women has been deputized to decide for all of the community’s female members, who must choose whether they should flee the men who have been systematically drugging and raping them or stay in the only place many of them have known.
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‘Women Talking’ Film Review: Sarah Polley’s Searing Drama Contemplates Revenge and Forgiveness
“It was a really fun challenge,...
On the surface, Sarah Polley’s “Women Talking” is one of the ultimate examples of a 2022 film that largely takes place in a single location. Polley adapted the novel by Miriam Toews, which was itself based on the true story of a Mennonite clan in Bolivia that was rampant with sexual abuse, and the action rarely leaves the hayloft of a barn in an isolated community.
In that loft, a group of women has been deputized to decide for all of the community’s female members, who must choose whether they should flee the men who have been systematically drugging and raping them or stay in the only place many of them have known.
Also Read:
‘Women Talking’ Film Review: Sarah Polley’s Searing Drama Contemplates Revenge and Forgiveness
“It was a really fun challenge,...
- 12/28/2022
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
‘Corsage’ And Its Trend-Setting Empress In Vogue At New York Theatrical Debut – Specialty Box Office
Updated with latest grosses, more on Women Talking: New Yorkers braved the cold this weekend for Corsage at two theaters as Marie Kreutzer’s biopic of Empress Elisabeth of Austria starring Vicky Krieps grossed an estimated 32,500 over the three-day weekend for a robust 16,250k per screen average.
The four-day estimate for the IFC Films biopic of Empress Elisabeth of Austria – known as Sisi — is 37k, a PSA of 18.5k.
“We are so proud of the journey Corsage has been on as it continues to find support with critics and audiences alike as they respond to a bold tour-de-force performance from Vicky Krieps and impeccable direction by Marie Kreutzer,” said Arianna Bocco, President of IFC Films.
The movie “has been resonating on a global scale since its premiere at Cannes and has set the stage for a timely pop-cultural moment with the real-life story of...
The four-day estimate for the IFC Films biopic of Empress Elisabeth of Austria – known as Sisi — is 37k, a PSA of 18.5k.
“We are so proud of the journey Corsage has been on as it continues to find support with critics and audiences alike as they respond to a bold tour-de-force performance from Vicky Krieps and impeccable direction by Marie Kreutzer,” said Arianna Bocco, President of IFC Films.
The movie “has been resonating on a global scale since its premiere at Cannes and has set the stage for a timely pop-cultural moment with the real-life story of...
- 12/25/2022
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
When Sarah Polley has flown from her home in Toronto to the U.S. this year for the release of her film “Women Talking”, she’s had conversations with customs officials that usually go something like this:
“What are you here for?”
“I’m screening a film.”
“What’s the name of the film?”
“Women Talking”.
“Then I get either the biggest eyeroll you’ve ever seen or I get something openly confrontational like, ‘I’ve had enough of that in my life. I’m not going to see that movie,’” Polley says. “Then I have to decide whether to take the bait and risk not getting into the country.”
Sometimes, she does take the bait. The title, she notes, isn’t “Women Shouting” or “Women Berating”. And yet she’s found it’s often received like a confrontation.
“One guy I asked: ‘So if I told you there was...
“What are you here for?”
“I’m screening a film.”
“What’s the name of the film?”
“Women Talking”.
“Then I get either the biggest eyeroll you’ve ever seen or I get something openly confrontational like, ‘I’ve had enough of that in my life. I’m not going to see that movie,’” Polley says. “Then I have to decide whether to take the bait and risk not getting into the country.”
Sometimes, she does take the bait. The title, she notes, isn’t “Women Shouting” or “Women Berating”. And yet she’s found it’s often received like a confrontation.
“One guy I asked: ‘So if I told you there was...
- 12/24/2022
- by Melissa Romualdi
- ET Canada
Patti Smith hosted a New York screening of Corsage last week, one of many showings since the Oscar-shortlisted Best International Feature contender premiered to a warm welcome in Cannes, where it won Best Performance, Un Certain Regard, for star Vicky Krieps as the Empress Elisabeth of Austria, Sisi for short. It’s fitting that Smith, royalty of the avant-garde, came out to support a film about an iconoclastic princess.
The musician, poet and artist, “has been a fan of Vicky since Phantom Thread” — Krieps’ 2017 breakout role as muse to a haute couture designer played by Daniel Day-Lewis. “She even has a Phantom Thread club. She saw the [Corsage] trailer and kind of fell for it,” says Corsage writer-director Marie Kreutzer.
In her film, Krieps is muse to an empire as the stunning, slightly off-kilter, fashion-forward wife of Emperor Franz Joseph I in the latter 1800s. She died in 1898, remaining one...
The musician, poet and artist, “has been a fan of Vicky since Phantom Thread” — Krieps’ 2017 breakout role as muse to a haute couture designer played by Daniel Day-Lewis. “She even has a Phantom Thread club. She saw the [Corsage] trailer and kind of fell for it,” says Corsage writer-director Marie Kreutzer.
In her film, Krieps is muse to an empire as the stunning, slightly off-kilter, fashion-forward wife of Emperor Franz Joseph I in the latter 1800s. She died in 1898, remaining one...
- 12/23/2022
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
“I know what your next movie is.”
It was a member of Sarah Polley’s book club who first approached her with the statement: “I know what your next movie is.” But that was followed by some conditions. Recalls Polley: “She took me into the kitchen and said, ‘When I tell you what the background of the story is, you’re not going to want to make the film. So just bear with me.’ She told me the backstory and I said, ‘I don’t want to make that into a film.’”
The book in question was Miriam Toews’ “Women Talking,” the story of women in a Mennonite community who learn that several men have been drugging and raping them for years, blaming demons for their injuries. Toews wrote the 2018 novel after learning about a case in Bolivia in which seven men were put on trial for such a crime...
It was a member of Sarah Polley’s book club who first approached her with the statement: “I know what your next movie is.” But that was followed by some conditions. Recalls Polley: “She took me into the kitchen and said, ‘When I tell you what the background of the story is, you’re not going to want to make the film. So just bear with me.’ She told me the backstory and I said, ‘I don’t want to make that into a film.’”
The book in question was Miriam Toews’ “Women Talking,” the story of women in a Mennonite community who learn that several men have been drugging and raping them for years, blaming demons for their injuries. Toews wrote the 2018 novel after learning about a case in Bolivia in which seven men were put on trial for such a crime...
- 12/23/2022
- by Jenelle Riley
- Variety Film + TV
Some want to stand their ground and fight — after all, this is their home, too. Many want to leave and start anew. There’s an option to vote for doing nothing, but really, the days of simply enduring and ignoring are long gone. The choices that a group of women face in Sarah Polley’s Women Talking, her adaptation of Miriam Toews’ book, basically boil down to: Should they stay or should they go?
What has brought the various female members of a Mennonite community to this point is an epidemic.
What has brought the various female members of a Mennonite community to this point is an epidemic.
- 12/23/2022
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
Click here to read the full article.
In Sarah Polley’s Women Talking, Jessie Buckley and Sheila McCarthy play a daughter and mother who have both been raped by the men of their Mennonite community. Buckley’s character, Mariche, is obstinate. As the women of her enclave are debating their future, she is tied to the past, frustrated with the potential for change. McCarthy’s Greta is comparatively serene. She finds metaphors in her beloved horses, Ruth and Cheryl, who might know a way forward.
It’s heavy material, but when Buckley and McCarthy get on a Zoom call one Saturday evening, they are giggly and joyful. It’s a reflection of the experience of making the film, balancing the upsetting circumstances of what they were portraying with a jovial camaraderie. “None of us went back to our trailers,” McCarthy says. “We were always in these big communal rooms … for the whole time.
In Sarah Polley’s Women Talking, Jessie Buckley and Sheila McCarthy play a daughter and mother who have both been raped by the men of their Mennonite community. Buckley’s character, Mariche, is obstinate. As the women of her enclave are debating their future, she is tied to the past, frustrated with the potential for change. McCarthy’s Greta is comparatively serene. She finds metaphors in her beloved horses, Ruth and Cheryl, who might know a way forward.
It’s heavy material, but when Buckley and McCarthy get on a Zoom call one Saturday evening, they are giggly and joyful. It’s a reflection of the experience of making the film, balancing the upsetting circumstances of what they were portraying with a jovial camaraderie. “None of us went back to our trailers,” McCarthy says. “We were always in these big communal rooms … for the whole time.
- 12/20/2022
- by Esther Zuckerman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The ten best films of 2022, in five double features:
10. “Benediction” and 9. “Bros”
How does one become a fully integrated member of society — an artist, a lover, a participant in the marketplace of ideas — when that society constantly rejects your very presence and participation? Two of this year’s best took very different looks at gay creatives looking for love and fulfillment, about a century apart; “Benediction,” Terence Davies’ haunting biopic of WWI poet Siegfried Sassoon (Jack Lowden) takes a much different path than the raucous rom-com starring and co-written by Billy Eichner, but both films followed men seeking their heart’s desire in a world that judges that desire. (The exceptional LGBTQ films “Fire Island” and “The Inspection” fit this category as well.)
8. “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” and 7. “Women Talking”
Laura Poitras’ searing documentary about artist Nan Goldin and Sarah Polley’s screen adaptation of the novel by...
10. “Benediction” and 9. “Bros”
How does one become a fully integrated member of society — an artist, a lover, a participant in the marketplace of ideas — when that society constantly rejects your very presence and participation? Two of this year’s best took very different looks at gay creatives looking for love and fulfillment, about a century apart; “Benediction,” Terence Davies’ haunting biopic of WWI poet Siegfried Sassoon (Jack Lowden) takes a much different path than the raucous rom-com starring and co-written by Billy Eichner, but both films followed men seeking their heart’s desire in a world that judges that desire. (The exceptional LGBTQ films “Fire Island” and “The Inspection” fit this category as well.)
8. “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” and 7. “Women Talking”
Laura Poitras’ searing documentary about artist Nan Goldin and Sarah Polley’s screen adaptation of the novel by...
- 12/20/2022
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
Women Talking Trailer 2 — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and United Artists has released the second movie trailer for Women Talking (2022). View here the first Women Talking movie trailer. Crew Sarah Polley‘s Women Talking stars Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Ben Whishaw, Frances McDormand, Judith Ivey, Sheila McCarthy, and Michelle McLeod. Sarah Polley wrote the [...]
Continue reading: Women Talking (2022) Movie Trailer 2: Women in a Violent Religious Community Decide to Stay & Fight, or Leave...
Continue reading: Women Talking (2022) Movie Trailer 2: Women in a Violent Religious Community Decide to Stay & Fight, or Leave...
- 12/17/2022
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Compromise and community are key to building a better future in the latest trailer for Sarah Polley’s Women Talking. The film, an adaptation of Miriam Toews’ novel of the same name, centers on an isolated religious community where the women there find that they are each other’s only support system in the aftermath of violent sexual assault committed by the men in their colony.
Speaking out or taking action against the men’s transgressions could lead to dire consequences, including unforgivable implications regarding the women’s religious future.
Speaking out or taking action against the men’s transgressions could lead to dire consequences, including unforgivable implications regarding the women’s religious future.
- 12/14/2022
- by Larisha Paul
- Rollingstone.com
The following article includes references to domestic abuse and sexual assault. Please proceed with caution.
Sarah Polley has consistently been one of the most outspoken activists in Hollywood, and her directorial work often reflects her tireless dedication to justice. Her latest film, "Women Talking," is a confident, oftentimes difficult-to-watch drama about a group of Mennonite women in an isolated colony who are struggling with their faith and dedication to their religious practices after learning that they have all been repeatedly drugged and raped by the men in their community. Based on Miriam Toews' 2018 novel of the same name, "Women Talking" is tragically, loosely based on real-life events that took place at the Manitoba Colony in Bolivia. "Women Talking" has been buzzing since the early casting announcements of France McDormand, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, and Rooney Mara, but MGM has released a new trailer ahead of the film's release that should certainly keep everyone talking.
Sarah Polley has consistently been one of the most outspoken activists in Hollywood, and her directorial work often reflects her tireless dedication to justice. Her latest film, "Women Talking," is a confident, oftentimes difficult-to-watch drama about a group of Mennonite women in an isolated colony who are struggling with their faith and dedication to their religious practices after learning that they have all been repeatedly drugged and raped by the men in their community. Based on Miriam Toews' 2018 novel of the same name, "Women Talking" is tragically, loosely based on real-life events that took place at the Manitoba Colony in Bolivia. "Women Talking" has been buzzing since the early casting announcements of France McDormand, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, and Rooney Mara, but MGM has released a new trailer ahead of the film's release that should certainly keep everyone talking.
- 12/14/2022
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
"We hardly knew how to read o to write, but that day, we learned how to vote." MGM / UA have unveiled a second official trailer for Women Talking, the acclaimed new film from writer / director Sarah Polley. After premiering at fall festivals and earning many awards nominations so far, it's opening in select theaters this December - before a wide release in January. Based on the book of the same name, this is about a group of women from an isolated religious community who come together to discuss their situation and grapple with their faith. "Do nothing. Stay and fight. Or leave." These are are the three choices they must debate and decide upon together. The film stars Rooney Mara as Ona, Claire Foy as Salome, Jessie Buckley as Mariche, Ben Whishaw as Augus, Frances McDormand as Scarface Janz, Judith Ivey as Agata, Sheila McCarthy as Greta, and Michelle McLeod as Mejal.
- 12/14/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
A version of this story about the “Women Talking” first appeared in the Guilds & Critics Awards / Documentaries issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.
“Women Talking,” author Miriam Toews’s 2018 novel, was inspired by a serial sexual assault case in Bolivia, where more than a hundred Mennonite women were tranquilized and raped by men in their secluded community. Hearing the gruesome real-life details, it’s easy to imagine the kind of true-crime sensation that the story might have made in lurid docuseries form.
But that was not what motivated actor-turned-director Sarah Polley (Away From Her) to helm this movie adaptation. “It’s not a film that’s detailing graphic sexual assault,” Polley said. “It’s about the impact on the women who have survived and how they want to move forward. It felt to me more like an epic story of hope, almost like a fable. The conversation in the film...
“Women Talking,” author Miriam Toews’s 2018 novel, was inspired by a serial sexual assault case in Bolivia, where more than a hundred Mennonite women were tranquilized and raped by men in their secluded community. Hearing the gruesome real-life details, it’s easy to imagine the kind of true-crime sensation that the story might have made in lurid docuseries form.
But that was not what motivated actor-turned-director Sarah Polley (Away From Her) to helm this movie adaptation. “It’s not a film that’s detailing graphic sexual assault,” Polley said. “It’s about the impact on the women who have survived and how they want to move forward. It felt to me more like an epic story of hope, almost like a fable. The conversation in the film...
- 12/1/2022
- by Joe McGovern
- The Wrap
Ever since her incredible performance in I’ve Heard The Mermaids Singing 35 years ago, Sheila McCarthy has been one of Canada’s most hardworking and reliable actors in theater, television, and film on both sides of the border. In her latest project, she joins a “murderers’ row” lineup of actresses like Judith Ivey, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Frances McDormand, and Rooney Mara in Sarah Polley’s powerful new film Women Talking. On this episode, she talks about how the production was both daunting and exhilarating, why it felt like the “acting olympics,” what having this “extraordinarily ordinary” powerhouse director at the helm […]
The post “It Was the Acting Olympics”: Women Talking Star Sheila McCarthy (Back To One: Episode 230) first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
The post “It Was the Acting Olympics”: Women Talking Star Sheila McCarthy (Back To One: Episode 230) first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 11/29/2022
- by Peter Rinaldi
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Ever since her incredible performance in I’ve Heard The Mermaids Singing 35 years ago, Sheila McCarthy has been one of Canada’s most hardworking and reliable actors in theater, television, and film on both sides of the border. In her latest project, she joins a “murderers’ row” lineup of actresses like Judith Ivey, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Frances McDormand, and Rooney Mara in Sarah Polley’s powerful new film Women Talking. On this episode, she talks about how the production was both daunting and exhilarating, why it felt like the “acting olympics,” what having this “extraordinarily ordinary” powerhouse director at the helm […]
The post “It Was the Acting Olympics”: Women Talking Star Sheila McCarthy (Back To One: Episode 230) first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
The post “It Was the Acting Olympics”: Women Talking Star Sheila McCarthy (Back To One: Episode 230) first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 11/29/2022
- by Peter Rinaldi
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
“Stories We Tell” filmmaker Sarah Polley assembled such a stellar ensemble for “Women Talking” that it’s tempting to throw them all into the Oscar race. It’s easy to see why the Indie Spirits gave the cast its Robert Altman Ensemble award. And the SAG Awards may well join the fray.
While long-overdue Rooney Mara (two nominations) is contending for Best Actress, her costars Jessie Buckley, Claire Foy, Judith Ivey, Sheila McCarthy, and Frances McDormand are all deserving of a Supporting nomination. But that’s not how it’s going to go. The most likely scenario has Buckley landing a slot, with Emmy-winner Claire Foy (“The Crown”) a possible second for “Women Talking.”
Out of this extraordinary group of actresses, here’s why Buckley pops. “Women Talking” assembles eight farm women in a hayloft during two days when their men have all gone to town and the clock is...
While long-overdue Rooney Mara (two nominations) is contending for Best Actress, her costars Jessie Buckley, Claire Foy, Judith Ivey, Sheila McCarthy, and Frances McDormand are all deserving of a Supporting nomination. But that’s not how it’s going to go. The most likely scenario has Buckley landing a slot, with Emmy-winner Claire Foy (“The Crown”) a possible second for “Women Talking.”
Out of this extraordinary group of actresses, here’s why Buckley pops. “Women Talking” assembles eight farm women in a hayloft during two days when their men have all gone to town and the clock is...
- 11/29/2022
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Women Talking Review — Women Talking (2022) Film Review, a movie directed by Sarah Polley, written by Miriam Toews and Sarah Polley and starring Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Ben Whishaw, Frances McDormand, Judith Ivey, Emily Mitchell, Kate Hallett, Liv McNeil, Sheila McCarthy, Michelle McLeod, Kira Guloien, Shayla Brown, Vivien Endicott Douglas, August [...]
Continue reading: Film Review: Women Talking (2022): Sarah Polley’s Film is an Artistic Triumph That Tackles Difficult Subject Matter...
Continue reading: Film Review: Women Talking (2022): Sarah Polley’s Film is an Artistic Triumph That Tackles Difficult Subject Matter...
- 11/23/2022
- by Thomas Duffy
- Film-Book
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