From the first moments of Goodbye to All That, when Otto Wall (Paul Schneider) is jogging past vibrant autumn foliage to the strains of a Haydn piano concerto, Angus MacLachlan's directorial debut feels like a 1980s Alan Alda dramedy (The Four Seasons, A New Life). Otto is a comfortably oblivious white-collar suburban dad who's unaware that tween daughter Edie (Audrey Scott) worries about his safety — or that his wife, Annie (Melanie Lynskey), is filing divorce papers. "Why do these things always happen to Daddy?" Edie asks after an Atv accident hobbles the marathon runner. "He doesn't pay attention," answers the weary Annie, and that's as insightful as MacLachlan's script gets. Otto's inattention is manifested in clumsiness and bad luck. Oth...
- 12/17/2014
- Village Voice
IFC Films has acquired North American rights to writer/director Angus MacLachlan’s Goodbye to All That, starring Paul Schneider and Anna Camp, which premiered at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, where Schneider was named best actor. Michael Chernus, Heather Graham, Ashley Hinshaw, Heather Lawless, Melanie Lynskey, Audrey Scott, Amy Sedaris and Celia Weston also appear in the film, which looks at marriage, fatherhood and life in the Internet age. The film was produced by Mindy Goldberg and Anne Carey and executive produced by Mark Clein, Ethan Leder and MacLachlan. Read more IFC Renews Marc Maron Comedy for Third Season IFC is planning
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- 9/30/2014
- by Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The distributor has acquired North American rights to Angus MacLachlan’s Tribeca ensemble drama starring Paul Schneider, Heather Graham, Melanie Lynskey and Amy Sedaris.
MacLachlan write the screenplay about a suburban man and father whose marriage falls apart and is thrust into the world of dating.
Schneider won the best actor in a narrative feature award at Tribeca.
Anna Camp, Audrey Scott, Michael Chernus, Ashley Hinshaw, Heather Lawless and Celia Weston also star.
Mindy Goldberg produced with Anne Carey and Mark Clein, Ethan Leder and MacLachlan served as executive producers.
IFC negotiated the deal with ICM Partners on behalf of the filmmakers and has set a December day-and-date release.
MacLachlan write the screenplay about a suburban man and father whose marriage falls apart and is thrust into the world of dating.
Schneider won the best actor in a narrative feature award at Tribeca.
Anna Camp, Audrey Scott, Michael Chernus, Ashley Hinshaw, Heather Lawless and Celia Weston also star.
Mindy Goldberg produced with Anne Carey and Mark Clein, Ethan Leder and MacLachlan served as executive producers.
IFC negotiated the deal with ICM Partners on behalf of the filmmakers and has set a December day-and-date release.
- 9/29/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Indiewire's Eric Kohn got the chance to sit down with Angus MacLachlan, Paul Schneider, Melanie Lynskey and Audrey Scott of the Tribeca romance "Goodbye to All That." The talk is part of the "Meet the Filmmaker" series and takes place at the SoHo Apple Store In New York. Read More: Tribeca Review: Tired of Formulaic Hollywood Romantic Comedies? 'Goodbye to All That' Is a Welcome Alternative "Goodbye to All That," directed by "Junebug" screenwriter Angus MacLachlan, follows Paul Schneider as a recently divorced man who tries to reconnect with his daughter while finding love again. Sitting with MacLachlan and members of the cast, Kohn had the opportunity to ask actress Melanie Lynskey, who's probably most known for her role in "Two and a Half Men" about working on indies. "It's also a weird thing because I do feel like I live in two different worlds," Lynskey said. She also joked...
- 4/23/2014
- by Eric Eidelstein
- Indiewire
Indiewire has once again partnered with Apple to host the "Meet the Filmmaker Tribeca Talks Series," in partnership with the 2014 edition of the festival. The talks, running from April 19-26 at the Apple Store in SoHo, will feature in-depth conversations with leading filmmakers, producers and actors. Participants this year include Emma Roberts, Jon Favreau, America Ferrera, and Paul Schneider. All events are free and seating is available on a first come, first served basis. Guests are invited to arrive early at the Apple Store SoHo (103 Prince Street, New York). Check out the lineup below (descriptions courtesy of Tribeca). Angus MacLachlan, Paul Schneider, Melanie Lynskey, Ashley Henshaw, and Audrey Scott, Goodbye to All That Saturday, April 19th 5:00 p.m. Join Director Angus MacLachlan, and actors Paul Schneider, Melanie Lynskey, Ashley Henshaw, and Audrey Scott for a discussion about their romantic comedy moderated by Indiewire's Eric Kohn. Otto...
- 4/15/2014
- by Nigel M Smith
- Indiewire
Amid the desolate Las Vegas skyline, a young single mother must decide what sacrifices need to be made in order for the survival of herself and child in writer/director Bryan Wizemann's feature-length debut film About Sunny, which Austin Film Society will screen Thursday at 7:30 pm in the Afs Screening Room as part of its Best of the Fests series.
The drama, which premiered on the festival circuit under the less emotional and more unfocused title Think of Me, is based on Wizemann's childhood experiences with his single mother in Las Vegas.
As a child of a single mother myself, I was drawn to the relationship between Angela (Lauren Ambrose) and her eight-year-old daughter Sunny, played by newcomer and Texan Audrey P. Scott. The duo's interactions with each other involve relatively little dialogue, and when they are having a conversation it feels trite and one-sided, making it apparent...
The drama, which premiered on the festival circuit under the less emotional and more unfocused title Think of Me, is based on Wizemann's childhood experiences with his single mother in Las Vegas.
As a child of a single mother myself, I was drawn to the relationship between Angela (Lauren Ambrose) and her eight-year-old daughter Sunny, played by newcomer and Texan Audrey P. Scott. The duo's interactions with each other involve relatively little dialogue, and when they are having a conversation it feels trite and one-sided, making it apparent...
- 7/8/2013
- by Jordan Gass-Poore'
- Slackerwood
Chicago – In the annals of bad parenting portrayed on film, the heroine of Bryan Wizemann’s 2011 indie drama is a special case indeed. Though we watch helplessly as she makes countless bad decisions guaranteed to send her young daughter to intensive therapy, we don’t regard her a sinister figure on the order of Monique’s monstrous matriarch in “Precious.” Our gaze is one of empathy.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
That’s because Wizemann’s film is remarkably observant in its exploration of the factors that led this single mother, Angela, to commit such desperate acts. She embodies the anxiety and rage of a working class that feels utterly abandoned by its own country. It’s difficult to be a nurturing parent when you’re living from paycheck to paycheck while struggling to keep your head above water in a society consistently at odds with your needs. Yet instead of transforming the tale into a political polemic,...
Rating: 3.5/5.0
That’s because Wizemann’s film is remarkably observant in its exploration of the factors that led this single mother, Angela, to commit such desperate acts. She embodies the anxiety and rage of a working class that feels utterly abandoned by its own country. It’s difficult to be a nurturing parent when you’re living from paycheck to paycheck while struggling to keep your head above water in a society consistently at odds with your needs. Yet instead of transforming the tale into a political polemic,...
- 5/24/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
By Lee Pfeiffer
Ernest Borgnine's final film, The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vincente Fernandez has been released on Blu-ray on the Indican video label. The following is my review of the film's recent theatrical release:
The independent production is a modestly-budgeted family comedy/drama that presents the legendary Oscar-winner with the kind of showcase role that actors in their nineties almost never have. Borgnine makes the most of it, too, giving a terrific and moving performance that earned him the Best Actor award at last year's Newport Film Festival. Written and produced by Elia Petridis, Fernandez centers on Rex Page (Borgnine), a cantankerous old coot given to griping about every aspect of life. He seems oblivious to the fact that he has an adoring wife (June Squibb), a devoted middle-aged daughter (Dale Dickey) and and a worshipful granddaughter (Audrey P. Scott). Rex is frustrated by his failure...
Ernest Borgnine's final film, The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vincente Fernandez has been released on Blu-ray on the Indican video label. The following is my review of the film's recent theatrical release:
The independent production is a modestly-budgeted family comedy/drama that presents the legendary Oscar-winner with the kind of showcase role that actors in their nineties almost never have. Borgnine makes the most of it, too, giving a terrific and moving performance that earned him the Best Actor award at last year's Newport Film Festival. Written and produced by Elia Petridis, Fernandez centers on Rex Page (Borgnine), a cantankerous old coot given to griping about every aspect of life. He seems oblivious to the fact that he has an adoring wife (June Squibb), a devoted middle-aged daughter (Dale Dickey) and and a worshipful granddaughter (Audrey P. Scott). Rex is frustrated by his failure...
- 5/23/2013
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
By Lee Pfeiffer
Ernest Borgnine's final film, The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vincente Fernandez, opens theatrically with a one-week run at the Laemmle Encino Town Center Theater beginning today. The independent production is a modestly-budgeted family comedy/drama that presents the legendary Oscar-winner with the kind of showcase role that actors in their nineties almost never have. Borgnine makes the most of it, too, giving a terrific and moving performance that earned him the Best Actor award at this year's Newport Film Festival. Written and produced by Elia Petridis, Fernandez centers on Rex Page (Borgnine), a cantankerous old coot given to griping about every aspect of life. He seems oblivious to the fact that he has an adoring wife (June Squibb), a devoted middle-aged daughter (Dale Dickey) and and a worshipful granddaughter (Audrey P. Scott). Rex is frustrated by his failure to fulfill his dream of becoming...
Ernest Borgnine's final film, The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vincente Fernandez, opens theatrically with a one-week run at the Laemmle Encino Town Center Theater beginning today. The independent production is a modestly-budgeted family comedy/drama that presents the legendary Oscar-winner with the kind of showcase role that actors in their nineties almost never have. Borgnine makes the most of it, too, giving a terrific and moving performance that earned him the Best Actor award at this year's Newport Film Festival. Written and produced by Elia Petridis, Fernandez centers on Rex Page (Borgnine), a cantankerous old coot given to griping about every aspect of life. He seems oblivious to the fact that he has an adoring wife (June Squibb), a devoted middle-aged daughter (Dale Dickey) and and a worshipful granddaughter (Audrey P. Scott). Rex is frustrated by his failure to fulfill his dream of becoming...
- 12/8/2012
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Universal Soldier is being rebooted, remade into a TV Show. The Universal Soldier TV series is being penned by Damian Kindler and is being brought to the small screen by Fremantle Media. Allen Shapiro and Craig Baumgarten, both of whom produced the original 1992 Universal Soldier film – directed by Roland Emmerich - will executive produce the TV series.
I found this story strange since John Hyams is currently making Universal Soldier: A New Dimension with Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren, Scott Adkins, Rus Blackwell, Mariah Bonner, Audrey P. Scott, David Jensen, Adam Sibley, James DuMont, Roy Jones Jr., Christopher Severio, Juli Erickson, and David Lee Valle. The film has not even been released yet. I thought Michael Jai White was starring in the film as well, reported here: Universal Soldier: A New Dimension: Michael Jai White joins Damme, Lundgren, but a quick check of his IMDb page and the Universal Soldier: A New Dimension...
I found this story strange since John Hyams is currently making Universal Soldier: A New Dimension with Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren, Scott Adkins, Rus Blackwell, Mariah Bonner, Audrey P. Scott, David Jensen, Adam Sibley, James DuMont, Roy Jones Jr., Christopher Severio, Juli Erickson, and David Lee Valle. The film has not even been released yet. I thought Michael Jai White was starring in the film as well, reported here: Universal Soldier: A New Dimension: Michael Jai White joins Damme, Lundgren, but a quick check of his IMDb page and the Universal Soldier: A New Dimension...
- 10/5/2011
- by filmbook
- Film-Book
Set in a city landscape far removed from the artificial glamour of Las Vegas (ground heavily treaded in other indie films), Think of Me attempts to understand a would be Casey Anthony-type of mother. However, perhaps like Anthony – Lauren Ambrose’s Angela is a child herself. Making the best of having a child, writer/director Bryan Wizemann’s camera is observant, following in the traditions of neorealism. Much of the seediest behavior is implied and perhaps our imagination can be far worse.
The film works as well as it does due to a tour de force performance by Lauren Ambrose who first came on my radar as Chicklet in Psycho Beach Party. Similar to Chicklet, it takes a smart person to play someone with a certain set of real world knowledge, while lacking a total understanding of her surroundings. Her performance is masterful. When in the presence of her daughter...
The film works as well as it does due to a tour de force performance by Lauren Ambrose who first came on my radar as Chicklet in Psycho Beach Party. Similar to Chicklet, it takes a smart person to play someone with a certain set of real world knowledge, while lacking a total understanding of her surroundings. Her performance is masterful. When in the presence of her daughter...
- 9/22/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
We are now four days into the Toronto International Film Festival which runs a total of ten days so I felt it would be best to look back at some of the coverage we’ve posted thus far. Admittedly we are all a bit behind but we do intend on catching up before the fest if over. So far this year the festival hasn’t been as exciting for me as compared to previous years. Most of my time is spent running around from one cinema to the next, networking and trying to find some time to maintain the site and do some writing. The first day is usually a write off spent picking up tickets, finding a place to stay and meeting up with some old friends, so unfortunately my movie watching only began on Friday evening. So I’ve decided that in the future, I will arrive in...
- 9/12/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Into the Abyss
Directed by Werner Herzog
USA, 2011
In the context of a documentary that’s been billed as being about death row, “Tell me about an encounter with a squirrel” might seem like an entirely nonsensical interview demand. Yet, for the inimitably disarming Werner Herzog, it works like a charm, and succeeds in eliciting one of the many poignant moments that punctuate Into the Abyss. Actually less about death row than the general, fascinating fallout of a staggeringly senseless triple homicide, the film addresses all aspects of the event, from the initial investigation to the eventual execution of one of the young perpetrators, who is interviewed just days before he is scheduled to die. Herzog, certainly, is anti-capital punishment, but Into the Abyss is far from an “issue documentary” in the Michael Moore vein, and achieves a sensitive balance. This sensitivity, in turn, combined with Herzog’s ability to...
Directed by Werner Herzog
USA, 2011
In the context of a documentary that’s been billed as being about death row, “Tell me about an encounter with a squirrel” might seem like an entirely nonsensical interview demand. Yet, for the inimitably disarming Werner Herzog, it works like a charm, and succeeds in eliciting one of the many poignant moments that punctuate Into the Abyss. Actually less about death row than the general, fascinating fallout of a staggeringly senseless triple homicide, the film addresses all aspects of the event, from the initial investigation to the eventual execution of one of the young perpetrators, who is interviewed just days before he is scheduled to die. Herzog, certainly, is anti-capital punishment, but Into the Abyss is far from an “issue documentary” in the Michael Moore vein, and achieves a sensitive balance. This sensitivity, in turn, combined with Herzog’s ability to...
- 9/10/2011
- by Julian
- SoundOnSight
Ah, Facebook. How you satisfy my Jcvd fix. New behind-the-scenes pics from the set of John Hyams’ Universal Soldier: A New Dimension featuring Van Damme. Still, we don’t know what the film is about, but it’ll be in 3D. Dolph Lundgren, Micheal Jai White, Scott Adkins, and co-stars Rus Blackwell, Mariah Bonner, Beau Brasso, David Jensen, James DuMont, Audrey P. Scott, Glen Warner, Robert Douthat, Juli Erickson, Kristopher Van Varenberg and Adam Sibley.
We will keep you updated on more Universal Soldier: A New Dimension.
We will keep you updated on more Universal Soldier: A New Dimension.
- 7/28/2011
- by Jon Peters
- Killer Films
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