A small but spirited 1954-set drama about a group of “delinquent” teenage girls who plan a daring escape from the one-dock New Zealand island where they’ve been sent for institutional Christianization, Māori filmmaker Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu’s “We Were Dangerous” does its best to remain upbeat as the agents of colonization try to assert their control over its characters’ bodies. It’s a promising debut that does its best to remain upbeat as the agents of colonization try to assert their control over its characters’ bodies, as Stewart-Te Whiu skillfully combines the pluck of “A Little Princess” with the irreverence of executive producer Taika Waititi’s “Hunt for the Wilderpeople.”
Light on its feet even in the face of forced sterilization, Stewart-Te Whiu’s debut wields its upbeat tone as a rousing show of defiance unto itself; if that means whittling this story down to its 82-minute skeleton in...
Light on its feet even in the face of forced sterilization, Stewart-Te Whiu’s debut wields its upbeat tone as a rousing show of defiance unto itself; if that means whittling this story down to its 82-minute skeleton in...
- 3/8/2024
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Steven Weisberg, who edited films for directors like Alfonso Cuarón, Barry Sonnenfeld, Rodrigo García and others, has died at the age of 68.
Weisberg died on Oct. 16 at the Motion Picture and Television County House and Hospital. His ex-wife, Susan Ellicott, announced his death to The Hollywood Reporter. He was living at the Woodland Hills facility, receiving treatment for the last five years for early onset Alzheimer’s. He received that diagnosis at the age of 55.
Born in New York City on Jan. 16, 1955, Steven Charles Weisberg attended Syracuse University and Binghamton University. He began working as an editor in the 1980s, receiving his first credit as an associate editor on “Gaby: A True Story” in 1987.
He would work with Cuarón on “A Little Princess” in 1995, “Great Expectations” in 1998 and “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” in 2004. Along with those films, he cut Barry Sonnenfeld’s Fox pilot for a live-action...
Weisberg died on Oct. 16 at the Motion Picture and Television County House and Hospital. His ex-wife, Susan Ellicott, announced his death to The Hollywood Reporter. He was living at the Woodland Hills facility, receiving treatment for the last five years for early onset Alzheimer’s. He received that diagnosis at the age of 55.
Born in New York City on Jan. 16, 1955, Steven Charles Weisberg attended Syracuse University and Binghamton University. He began working as an editor in the 1980s, receiving his first credit as an associate editor on “Gaby: A True Story” in 1987.
He would work with Cuarón on “A Little Princess” in 1995, “Great Expectations” in 1998 and “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” in 2004. Along with those films, he cut Barry Sonnenfeld’s Fox pilot for a live-action...
- 10/24/2023
- by Scott Mendelson
- The Wrap
Steven Weisberg, a film editor who cut features for directors Alfonso Cuarón, Barry Sonnenfeld, Rodrigo García and others, has died. He was 68.
Weisberg died Oct. 16 at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills after five years of care for early onset Alzheimer’s, his ex-wife, Susan Ellicott, announced. He was diagnosed when he was 55, she said.
Weisberg collaborated with Cuarón on A Little Princess (1995), Great Expectations (1998) and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004); with Sonnenfeld on the 2001 Fox pilot for The Tick, Big Trouble (2002) and Men in Black II (2002); and with García on Mother and Child (2009) and Albert Nobbs (2011).
Born in New York City on Jan. 16, 1955, Steven Charles Weisberg attended the State University of New York at Binghamton and Syracuse University and received an associate editor credit on Gaby: A True Story (1987).
His résumé also included The Cable Guy (1996), Permanent Midnight (1998), Nurse Betty (2000), I Am David...
Weisberg died Oct. 16 at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills after five years of care for early onset Alzheimer’s, his ex-wife, Susan Ellicott, announced. He was diagnosed when he was 55, she said.
Weisberg collaborated with Cuarón on A Little Princess (1995), Great Expectations (1998) and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004); with Sonnenfeld on the 2001 Fox pilot for The Tick, Big Trouble (2002) and Men in Black II (2002); and with García on Mother and Child (2009) and Albert Nobbs (2011).
Born in New York City on Jan. 16, 1955, Steven Charles Weisberg attended the State University of New York at Binghamton and Syracuse University and received an associate editor credit on Gaby: A True Story (1987).
His résumé also included The Cable Guy (1996), Permanent Midnight (1998), Nurse Betty (2000), I Am David...
- 10/24/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Steven Weisberg, a film editor whose career through the ’90s onward led him to collaborations with directors like Alfonso Cuarón, Barry Sonnenfeld and Barry Levinson, died Oct. 16 at the Motion Picture & Television Fund hospital in Woodland Hills, Calif. after several years of care for early onset Alzheimer’s. He was 68.
Weisberg’s death was confirmed by his ex-wife, Susan Ellicott.
Two of Cuarón’s early films, “Great Expectations” and “A Little Princess,” were edited by Weisberg. The two reunited for a foray into franchise filmmaking, “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.”
Weisberg also had a knack for editing studio comedies, with his first major feature credit being Ben Stiller’s directorial debut, the 1996 thriller “The Cable Guy.” Other notable credits include a string of Barry Sonnenfeld projects — the short-lived 2001 live-action series “The Tick” and his features “Big Trouble” and “Men in Black II” — as well as “Permanent Midnight,...
Weisberg’s death was confirmed by his ex-wife, Susan Ellicott.
Two of Cuarón’s early films, “Great Expectations” and “A Little Princess,” were edited by Weisberg. The two reunited for a foray into franchise filmmaking, “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.”
Weisberg also had a knack for editing studio comedies, with his first major feature credit being Ben Stiller’s directorial debut, the 1996 thriller “The Cable Guy.” Other notable credits include a string of Barry Sonnenfeld projects — the short-lived 2001 live-action series “The Tick” and his features “Big Trouble” and “Men in Black II” — as well as “Permanent Midnight,...
- 10/24/2023
- by J. Kim Murphy
- Variety Film + TV
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was a transitional film for the franchise. The young cast, including Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint, were getting older, and the kid’s movie style of the first two movies would have to be abandoned to reflect an aging cast and fanbase. It helped that J.K Rowling’s book, which introduced fan favorite Sirius Black (to be played by Gary Oldman), was notably darker than the previous volumes.
To that end, Chris Columbus stepped aside as director, and Warner Bros brought in Alfonso Cuarón. While he’s nearly a household name now, at the time, Cuaron was only known for the well-regarded family film A Little Princess and Y tu mamá también. In the end, he proved to be an inspired choice, with many lauding the film as one of the franchise’s best instalments and a high watermark for the movies to follow.
To that end, Chris Columbus stepped aside as director, and Warner Bros brought in Alfonso Cuarón. While he’s nearly a household name now, at the time, Cuaron was only known for the well-regarded family film A Little Princess and Y tu mamá también. In the end, he proved to be an inspired choice, with many lauding the film as one of the franchise’s best instalments and a high watermark for the movies to follow.
- 9/21/2023
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
For a movie that fits firmly in the dystopian sci-fi genre, Alfonso Cuarón's 2006 film "Children of Men" makes for one of the most truly terrifying films ever. In a world where infertility has been the law of the land for eighteen years and resources have dwindled, humanity has turned on itself. It's like the grimmest of '70s science fiction films, only made by a master filmmaker at the peak of his powers. While it might have taken a tragedy for him to become committed to the film, his passion is evident in every frame.
More than anything out of the ordinary, the movie's vision of London looks distressingly normal, with office workers attending to business as usual despite chaos and bombings. As a television PSA seen early on notes, "Only Britain Soldiers On." The movie opens with the death of an 18-year-old, the world's youngest person. And things...
More than anything out of the ordinary, the movie's vision of London looks distressingly normal, with office workers attending to business as usual despite chaos and bombings. As a television PSA seen early on notes, "Only Britain Soldiers On." The movie opens with the death of an 18-year-old, the world's youngest person. And things...
- 9/4/2023
- by Anthony Crislip
- Slash Film
Former Warner Bros. president of production Courtenay Valenti may have lined up her next gig. The executive is in talks to join Amazon Studios in an unspecified high-ranking role with the company’s film division, an individual with knowledge of the matter tells TheWrap.
Representatives for Amazon Studios didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment from TheWrap.
Valenti stepped down from her position with Warner Bros. last fall after being with the company for over three decades. During her tenure, she oversaw the development of numerous successful projects like Nora Ephron’s “You’ve Got Mail,” Alfonso Cuaron’s “A Little Princess,” just to name a few.
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Representatives for Amazon Studios didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment from TheWrap.
Valenti stepped down from her position with Warner Bros. last fall after being with the company for over three decades. During her tenure, she oversaw the development of numerous successful projects like Nora Ephron’s “You’ve Got Mail,” Alfonso Cuaron’s “A Little Princess,” just to name a few.
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- 2/1/2023
- by Joshua Vinson and Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
While there are many new movies and shows coming to Netflix in December to look forward to, the streamer unfortunately has to cut some great films this month as well. Stanley Kubrick’s “A Clockwork Orange” along with “A Little Princess” will be leaving this month, among many others.
Oscar-winner “Blue Jasmine” starring Cate Blanchette will also depart in December. The “Men in Black” and “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” franchise films have a ticking clock as well, not to mention “A Cinderella Story” starring Hillary Duff, Chad Michael Murray and Jennifer Coolidge. Though Daniel Craig’s reprisal of Benoit Blanc in Rian Johnson’s “Glass Onion” arrives on Netflix on Dec. 23, one of Craig’s five James Bond films, “Casino Royale” will leave Netflix on Dec. 31.
Here’s a full list of what’s leaving Netflix in December 2022:
December 9
“The Shack”
December 10
“Fast Color”
December 11
“Manhunt: Unabomber”
December 14
“Black...
Oscar-winner “Blue Jasmine” starring Cate Blanchette will also depart in December. The “Men in Black” and “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” franchise films have a ticking clock as well, not to mention “A Cinderella Story” starring Hillary Duff, Chad Michael Murray and Jennifer Coolidge. Though Daniel Craig’s reprisal of Benoit Blanc in Rian Johnson’s “Glass Onion” arrives on Netflix on Dec. 23, one of Craig’s five James Bond films, “Casino Royale” will leave Netflix on Dec. 31.
Here’s a full list of what’s leaving Netflix in December 2022:
December 9
“The Shack”
December 10
“Fast Color”
December 11
“Manhunt: Unabomber”
December 14
“Black...
- 12/2/2022
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
Infrequent as they are, a new film from Oscar-winning director Alfonso Cuaron is always worth the wait. Let’s take a look back at all eight of Cuaron’s movies, ranked worst to best.
Born in Mexico City in 1961, Cuaron made his directorial debut when he was just 30-years-old with the Spanish-language farce “Solo con Tu Pareja” (1991). He was soon drafted by Hollywood to helm the children’s film “A Little Princess” (1995) and the modern day Charles Dickens adaptation “Great Expectations” (1998).
It was with “Y Tu Mama Tambien” (2001), a sexy road trip comedy shot in Mexico, that Cuaron reaped his first Oscar nomination in Best Original Screenplay. He returned to America shortly thereafter to direct the third installment in the “Harry Potter” franchise, “The Prisoner of Azkaban” (2004).
Oscar voters took notice of the filmmaker once again with the dystopian future drama “Children of Men” (2006), for which he received Best Adapted...
Born in Mexico City in 1961, Cuaron made his directorial debut when he was just 30-years-old with the Spanish-language farce “Solo con Tu Pareja” (1991). He was soon drafted by Hollywood to helm the children’s film “A Little Princess” (1995) and the modern day Charles Dickens adaptation “Great Expectations” (1998).
It was with “Y Tu Mama Tambien” (2001), a sexy road trip comedy shot in Mexico, that Cuaron reaped his first Oscar nomination in Best Original Screenplay. He returned to America shortly thereafter to direct the third installment in the “Harry Potter” franchise, “The Prisoner of Azkaban” (2004).
Oscar voters took notice of the filmmaker once again with the dystopian future drama “Children of Men” (2006), for which he received Best Adapted...
- 11/25/2022
- by Zach Laws and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Friday, we hear, is Courtenay Valenti’s last day as Warner Bros President of Production and Development after we told you first last month that she was exiting the Burbank, CA lot after a 33-year run.
Valenti is a free agent, with no strings attached to Warner Bros iscovery, I hear, and given her development track record in the thick of such Warner Bros Oscar movies like Argo, A Star Is Born and Mad Max Fury Road, she is a production boss whose talents will be prized wherever she lands. We’ve heard for some time that she had some sit-downs at Netflix and Amazon’s MGM for a key production job, with the former being buzzed to have the greater edge. Others tell us no offers are being papered, but it won’t be shocking to hear that Valenti makes a great landing in the near future.
She has...
Valenti is a free agent, with no strings attached to Warner Bros iscovery, I hear, and given her development track record in the thick of such Warner Bros Oscar movies like Argo, A Star Is Born and Mad Max Fury Road, she is a production boss whose talents will be prized wherever she lands. We’ve heard for some time that she had some sit-downs at Netflix and Amazon’s MGM for a key production job, with the former being buzzed to have the greater edge. Others tell us no offers are being papered, but it won’t be shocking to hear that Valenti makes a great landing in the near future.
She has...
- 10/28/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
As the back-to-school rush arrives, Netflix has dropped a perfect mix of new titles and classic flicks right in time to procrastinate homework, work and whatever else life has in store.
This month, the streaming service will serve up a dark comedy featuring Camila Mendes, Ana de Armas’ rendition of Marilyn Monroe and a highly anticipated reunion episode of “Love is Blind.”
As far as library titles, “A Little Princess,” “Clueless,” “If Beale Street Could Talk,” “The Notebook” and “This Is 40” will find a home on Netflix. The streaming service will also add parts of beloved film series, including “Despicable Me,” “Austin Powers” and “Resident Evil.”
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Check out the complete list of what’s coming to Netflix this month:
Sept. 1
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Love in the Villa
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This month, the streaming service will serve up a dark comedy featuring Camila Mendes, Ana de Armas’ rendition of Marilyn Monroe and a highly anticipated reunion episode of “Love is Blind.”
As far as library titles, “A Little Princess,” “Clueless,” “If Beale Street Could Talk,” “The Notebook” and “This Is 40” will find a home on Netflix. The streaming service will also add parts of beloved film series, including “Despicable Me,” “Austin Powers” and “Resident Evil.”
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- 9/16/2022
- by Loree Seitz
- The Wrap
Courtenay Valenti, president of production and development for Warner Bros. Pictures, will depart from the studio after 33 years. Valenti will carry out her role until the end of October.
As president of production and development, Valenti oversaw Warner Bros. Pictures’ live-action and animated development teams and budget, shepherding recent and upcoming films including “Elvis,” “Barbie,” “Furiosa,” “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore” and “The Color Purple.”
“We’ve known Courtenay and been admirers of her work for many years,” said Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy, co-chairs and CEOs of Warner Bros. Pictures Group, in a joint statement provided to Variety. “She’s been an integral part of Warner Bros. Pictures’ success for over three decades and has had a hand in guiding some of the studio’s most popular and successful films. She’s well-respected across the creative community, she’s beloved here on the lot, and she will be greatly missed.
As president of production and development, Valenti oversaw Warner Bros. Pictures’ live-action and animated development teams and budget, shepherding recent and upcoming films including “Elvis,” “Barbie,” “Furiosa,” “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore” and “The Color Purple.”
“We’ve known Courtenay and been admirers of her work for many years,” said Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy, co-chairs and CEOs of Warner Bros. Pictures Group, in a joint statement provided to Variety. “She’s been an integral part of Warner Bros. Pictures’ success for over three decades and has had a hand in guiding some of the studio’s most popular and successful films. She’s well-respected across the creative community, she’s beloved here on the lot, and she will be greatly missed.
- 9/2/2022
- by Ethan Shanfeld
- Variety Film + TV
Warner Bros. Film’s head of production and development Courtenay Valenti is stepping down after more than three decades with the studio.
Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy, co-chairs and CEOs of Warner Bros. Pictures Group, announced that the executive will depart at the end of October.
“Leaving WB after 33 years was not an easy decision to make,” Valenti said. “Reflecting on my time at
Warner Bros., I feel extraordinary pride in what my colleagues and I have contributed to the studio and
to the big screen. And tremendous gratitude for the time spent with them and some of the most dynamic and creative icons of cinema.”
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Valenti continued, “I want to thank David Zaslav, Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy for their support as I begin my next chapter. They are passionate about storytelling,...
Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy, co-chairs and CEOs of Warner Bros. Pictures Group, announced that the executive will depart at the end of October.
“Leaving WB after 33 years was not an easy decision to make,” Valenti said. “Reflecting on my time at
Warner Bros., I feel extraordinary pride in what my colleagues and I have contributed to the studio and
to the big screen. And tremendous gratitude for the time spent with them and some of the most dynamic and creative icons of cinema.”
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Valenti continued, “I want to thank David Zaslav, Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy for their support as I begin my next chapter. They are passionate about storytelling,...
- 9/2/2022
- by Harper Lambert
- The Wrap
Exclusive: After a 33-year run at Warner Bros Pictures, and lots of hits including the Lego franchise, the last four Harry Potter films, multi-Oscar winner Mad Max: Fury Road and this summer’s hit Elvis, Courtenay Valenti, the studio’s President, Production and Development, has decided to leave.
While’s there been a lot of news about cuts at Warner Bros Discovery, Valenti’s departure is not that. This is a highly respected studio executive with a great streak who is looking to move on with what’s next in life. Valenti will depart at the end of October, and leaves behind a keen production staff in Kevin McCormick, Jesse Ehrman, Sheila Walcott, Cate Adams and Peter Dodd under Warner Bros Pictures Group co-chairs and CEOs, Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy.
Recent and upcoming pics Valenti was taking charge of included Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis, which brought older adults back to cinemas,...
While’s there been a lot of news about cuts at Warner Bros Discovery, Valenti’s departure is not that. This is a highly respected studio executive with a great streak who is looking to move on with what’s next in life. Valenti will depart at the end of October, and leaves behind a keen production staff in Kevin McCormick, Jesse Ehrman, Sheila Walcott, Cate Adams and Peter Dodd under Warner Bros Pictures Group co-chairs and CEOs, Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy.
Recent and upcoming pics Valenti was taking charge of included Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis, which brought older adults back to cinemas,...
- 9/2/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Another summer of content has come and gone in the streaming world. And to celebrate the arrival of fall, Netflix is filling its list of new releases for September 2022 with, what else? More content!
Netflix is never shy about loading up its servers each month but September 2022 is a particularly packed time for the streamer, particularly when it comes to movies. The list of prominent Netflix original movies includes: road trip thriller End of the Road (Sept. 9), Maya Hawke and Camila Mendes-starring dark comedy Do Revenge (Sept. 16), and the Marilyn Monroe epic biopic Blonde (Sept. 28).
That’s not even to mention the usual arrival of new library titles, which are particularly juicy this fall. September 1 sees the arrival of A Clockwork Orange, Clueless, Scarface, and more. Meanwhile This is the End is set to roll on Sept. 16.
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Netflix is never shy about loading up its servers each month but September 2022 is a particularly packed time for the streamer, particularly when it comes to movies. The list of prominent Netflix original movies includes: road trip thriller End of the Road (Sept. 9), Maya Hawke and Camila Mendes-starring dark comedy Do Revenge (Sept. 16), and the Marilyn Monroe epic biopic Blonde (Sept. 28).
That’s not even to mention the usual arrival of new library titles, which are particularly juicy this fall. September 1 sees the arrival of A Clockwork Orange, Clueless, Scarface, and more. Meanwhile This is the End is set to roll on Sept. 16.
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- 9/1/2022
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Six top TV production designers will reveal secrets behind their projects when they join Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Experts” Q&a event with 2022 Emmy Awards nominees. They will participate in two video discussions to premiere on Thursday, August 11, at 4:00 p.m. Pt; 7:00 p.m. Et. We’ll have a one-on-one with our senior editor Daniel Montgomery and a roundtable chat with all of the group together.
RSVP today to our entire ongoing Emmy contenders panel series by clicking here to book your free reservation. We’ll send you a reminder a few minutes before the start of the show.
This “Meet the Experts” panel welcomes the following 2022 nominees:
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Synopsis: A royal woman living in rural Russia during the 18th century is forced to choose between her own personal happiness and the future of Russia, when she marries an Emperor.
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This “Meet the Experts” panel welcomes the following 2022 nominees:
The Great (Hulu)
Synopsis: A royal woman living in rural Russia during the 18th century is forced to choose between her own personal happiness and the future of Russia, when she marries an Emperor.
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- 8/4/2022
- by Chris Beachum and Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Mexican director Alfonso Cuarón has managed to carve himself a place among Hollywood's all-star directors with movies such as "A Little Princess," "Children of Men," and "Roma". He made history multiple times at the Academy Awards with his movies: He was the first Mexico-born director to win best director for his sci-fi epic "Gravity" in 2014, and he won Mexico its first best foreign language film Oscar, as well as another best director trophy, for his intimate memoir "Roma" in 2019.
Whether they're science fiction adventures, fairytale-like fantasies, or epic family dramas, Cuarón makes unique films with deeply human stories that take place in ambitious,...
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- 9/14/2021
- by Billie Gagné-LeBel
- Slash Film
“When you’re 13 everything is life or death,” says Maya Erskine, the star, co-creator and co-writer of Hulu’s Emmy-nominated comedy “PEN15.” “It is so extreme. What’s a way to show that can be funny, but can also be heartbreaking? I love this age because it was such a turning point for me. I had so many traumatic moments. I was very ashamed of those things that I felt like I was the only one going through, yet I found that so many people can relate to it.” Watch the exclusive video interview above.
Erskine and Anna Konkle are both 34 years old, but play middle-schoolers dealing with the cringeworthy moments that teenagers face on a daily basis. “If you actually had a 13-year old doing the things we were going through, I don’t think it would be funny,” Erskine explains. “I think it would be heartbreaking the whole time.
Erskine and Anna Konkle are both 34 years old, but play middle-schoolers dealing with the cringeworthy moments that teenagers face on a daily basis. “If you actually had a 13-year old doing the things we were going through, I don’t think it would be funny,” Erskine explains. “I think it would be heartbreaking the whole time.
- 6/8/2021
- by Denton Davidson
- Gold Derby
Israeli-produced espionage thriller “Tehran,” created by “Fauda” writer Moshe Zonder and “Magpie” writer Omri Shenhar, has been renewed for a second season on Apple TV Plus after being hailed by critics following its global premiere. “Tehran” was the first non-English language series to be released on Apple’s streaming service in September after it bought international distribution rights shortly after the show’s original debut in Israel in June 2020. The Hebrew and Persian-language geopolitical thriller tells the story of Mossad agent Tamar Rabinyan (Niv Sultan), who goes undercover on a mission in the titular Iranian capital. Sultan is joined by cast members Shaun Toub, Navid Negahban, Shervin Alenabi, Liraz Charhi and Menashe Noy. Dana Eden and Maor Kohn are series creators alongside Zonder, as well as director Daniel Skyrkin and writer Shenhar. “Tehran” is executive produced by Eden and Shula Spiegel for Donna and Shula Productions, Alon Aranya for Paper Plane Productions,...
- 1/26/2021
- by Mónica Marie Zorrilla
- Variety Film + TV
Liam Cunningham reveals in the new “Game of Thrones” oral history book “Fire Cannot Kill a Dragon” that he pushed back against the creative team’s pitch to have his character, Ser Davos Seaworth, crush on Missandei of Naath (via Insider). The two characters come face to face in the series’ seventh season. According to Cunningham, an idea was floated around to have Davos attempt to be romantic with Nathalie Emmanuel’s character. Cunningham would’ve been around 56 years old at the time, while Emmanuel was 28.
“There’s a streak in Benioff that’s willful,” Cunningham said. “He likes to stir the shit. When we first meet Daenerys, Benioff and [director Mark Mylod] wanted Davos to have a crush on Missandei. And I fought them. I’m not fucking doing it. It’s the only thing I ever stood up to them on. The woman is a goddess, but with Davos...
“There’s a streak in Benioff that’s willful,” Cunningham said. “He likes to stir the shit. When we first meet Daenerys, Benioff and [director Mark Mylod] wanted Davos to have a crush on Missandei. And I fought them. I’m not fucking doing it. It’s the only thing I ever stood up to them on. The woman is a goddess, but with Davos...
- 10/13/2020
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
With readers turning to their home viewing options more than ever, this daily feature provides one new movie each day worth checking out on a major streaming platform.
Even Frances Hodgson Burnett’s happy endings come with a price. The beloved British author responsible for two of children literature’s most enduring classics was never precious about meting out “happily ever after” endings with some serious asterisks. Burnett didn’t dislike a happy ending so much as understand that even the most fantastical of plot twists — the long-missing father returns, compassion is cool, the savior was living next door the entire time — should exist in both a fairy tale world and one that looks very similar to the real one.
After all, Burnett’s heroes are mostly children who are skin-of-their-teeth survivors, young stars who overcome through both sheer force of will and the power of their big imaginations. There...
Even Frances Hodgson Burnett’s happy endings come with a price. The beloved British author responsible for two of children literature’s most enduring classics was never precious about meting out “happily ever after” endings with some serious asterisks. Burnett didn’t dislike a happy ending so much as understand that even the most fantastical of plot twists — the long-missing father returns, compassion is cool, the savior was living next door the entire time — should exist in both a fairy tale world and one that looks very similar to the real one.
After all, Burnett’s heroes are mostly children who are skin-of-their-teeth survivors, young stars who overcome through both sheer force of will and the power of their big imaginations. There...
- 8/3/2020
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
The Disciple (Marathi), directed by Chaitanya Tamhane has been selected as one of only 50 titles in the Official Selection of the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival, after being selected to have its historic World Premiere at the 77th Venice International Film Festival as the first Indian film since 2001 to be in competition.
The Disciple Synopsis:
Sharad Nerulkar has devoted his life to becoming an Indian classical music vocalist, diligently following the traditions and discipline of old masters, his guru, and his father. But as years go by, Sharad starts to wonder whether it’s really possible to achieve the excellence he’s striving for. A journey of devotion, passion, and searching for the absolute in contemporary Mumbai.
Now, 4-time Oscar-winning filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón is set as Executive Producer on The Disciple, the movie written and directed by Chaitanya Tamhane and produced by Vivek Gomber of Zoo Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
Noted filmmaker...
The Disciple Synopsis:
Sharad Nerulkar has devoted his life to becoming an Indian classical music vocalist, diligently following the traditions and discipline of old masters, his guru, and his father. But as years go by, Sharad starts to wonder whether it’s really possible to achieve the excellence he’s striving for. A journey of devotion, passion, and searching for the absolute in contemporary Mumbai.
Now, 4-time Oscar-winning filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón is set as Executive Producer on The Disciple, the movie written and directed by Chaitanya Tamhane and produced by Vivek Gomber of Zoo Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
Noted filmmaker...
- 8/1/2020
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
Netflix has had a really good month, adding tons of great new content that has led to high customer satisfaction. Unfortunately, however, as with every month, those new additions also come with the loss of plenty of other fantastic content. Yes, all good things must end, so let’s take a look at everything leaving Netflix near the end of this week.
Leaving April 30th:
A Cinderella Story
A Little Princess
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Blade Runner: The Final Cut
The Craft
Crash
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
The Dirty Dozen
Dirty Harry
Driving Miss Daisy
Friday the 13th
Good Burger
GoodFellas
The Hangover
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events
Police Academy
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
Police Academy 3: Back in Training
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach
Police Academy 6:...
Leaving April 30th:
A Cinderella Story
A Little Princess
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Blade Runner: The Final Cut
The Craft
Crash
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
The Dirty Dozen
Dirty Harry
Driving Miss Daisy
Friday the 13th
Good Burger
GoodFellas
The Hangover
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events
Police Academy
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
Police Academy 3: Back in Training
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach
Police Academy 6:...
- 4/29/2020
- by Billy Givens
- We Got This Covered
Netflix giveth and Netflix taketh away. Everyone who uses streaming services will know that as rights deals expire, movies come and go from various platforms. However, May looks to be an especially tough month for Netflix, with a lot of amazing films departing. This includes classics like Goodfellas, The Dirty Dozen, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and Blade Runner: The Final Cut.
But surely the most missed will be Frank Darabont’s beloved The Shawshank Redemption. The pic is comfortably at the top of the IMDb Top 250 and its story of being confined and dreaming of escape has to appeal to viewers stuck inside due to Coronavirus lockdown.
Here’s the full list of what’s leaving:
A Cinderella Story (2004)
A Little Princess (1995)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
American Experience: The Circus (2018)
Blade Runner: The Final Cut (1982)
Boys Over Flowers (TV Series)
Crash (2004)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
Dirty Harry (1971)
Driving Miss Daisy...
But surely the most missed will be Frank Darabont’s beloved The Shawshank Redemption. The pic is comfortably at the top of the IMDb Top 250 and its story of being confined and dreaming of escape has to appeal to viewers stuck inside due to Coronavirus lockdown.
Here’s the full list of what’s leaving:
A Cinderella Story (2004)
A Little Princess (1995)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
American Experience: The Circus (2018)
Blade Runner: The Final Cut (1982)
Boys Over Flowers (TV Series)
Crash (2004)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
Dirty Harry (1971)
Driving Miss Daisy...
- 4/13/2020
- by David James
- We Got This Covered
Netflix has announced the television shows and movies that will be leaving their streaming service in April 2020.
Some of the biggest titles departing include 90’s mega-hits like The Shawshank Redemption and Goodfellas, popular comedies such as Step Brothers and The Hangover, and Nicolas Cage’s adventure flick National Treasure. Perhaps most unfortunate for many families will be the loss of the Looney Toons and basketball mashup Space Jam, which has recently been one of Netflix’s most watched films.
With so many people being forced inside during the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak, it’s a shame any titles have to leave the service at all. But it should be noted that many of these could return in the future since Netflix has a tendency to add and remove the same movies and shows as licensing rights get purchased, expired, and renewed. So, maybe you won’t have to wait too long...
Some of the biggest titles departing include 90’s mega-hits like The Shawshank Redemption and Goodfellas, popular comedies such as Step Brothers and The Hangover, and Nicolas Cage’s adventure flick National Treasure. Perhaps most unfortunate for many families will be the loss of the Looney Toons and basketball mashup Space Jam, which has recently been one of Netflix’s most watched films.
With so many people being forced inside during the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak, it’s a shame any titles have to leave the service at all. But it should be noted that many of these could return in the future since Netflix has a tendency to add and remove the same movies and shows as licensing rights get purchased, expired, and renewed. So, maybe you won’t have to wait too long...
- 3/23/2020
- by Billy Givens
- We Got This Covered
Emmanuel Lubezki is finalizing his return to movies as the cinematographer of David O. Russell’s next directorial project, Deadline confirms. Russell’s film is untitled but is set up at New Regency and has already tapped Christian Bale, Michael B. Jordan, and Margot Robbie to star. Plot details are remaining under wraps. The movie will reunite Russell with Bale after “The Fighter” and “American Hustle,” the former of which won Bale the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. The project will mark the first collaborations between Russell and Robbie, Jordan, and Lubezki.
Lubezki has remained largely out of the spotlight since an unprecedented run between 2013 and 2015 in which he won three Oscars for Best Cinematography thanks to his work on “Gravity,” “Birdman,” and “The Revenant.” The Dp’s last feature film was Terrence Malick’s “Song to Song” in 2017, one of several collaborations with the auteur that also include “The New World,...
Lubezki has remained largely out of the spotlight since an unprecedented run between 2013 and 2015 in which he won three Oscars for Best Cinematography thanks to his work on “Gravity,” “Birdman,” and “The Revenant.” The Dp’s last feature film was Terrence Malick’s “Song to Song” in 2017, one of several collaborations with the auteur that also include “The New World,...
- 3/3/2020
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
The Florence Korea Film Festival is back on the 19th of March 2020. Now in its 18th edition, it’s a moment of well-deserved celebration and recognition for South Korean cinema which – as every year – is presented with the usual enthusiasm and pride.
Guest of honor is the star Cho Jin-woong, an extraordinary interpreter with one of the most formidable careers of his generation to his credit. From a terrible “bad guy” in numerous thriller films, in recent years he has explored more dramatic and intimate roles with unchanged talent. A retrospective and a master class will be dedicated to him. Cho Jin-woong is also the protagonist of the opening film “Black Money” by Master Chung Ji-young.
“Parasite” is scheduled as an event out of competition: an opportunity to watch, or watch again, on the big screen a film that has already entered the history of cinema.
The most successful films...
Guest of honor is the star Cho Jin-woong, an extraordinary interpreter with one of the most formidable careers of his generation to his credit. From a terrible “bad guy” in numerous thriller films, in recent years he has explored more dramatic and intimate roles with unchanged talent. A retrospective and a master class will be dedicated to him. Cho Jin-woong is also the protagonist of the opening film “Black Money” by Master Chung Ji-young.
“Parasite” is scheduled as an event out of competition: an opportunity to watch, or watch again, on the big screen a film that has already entered the history of cinema.
The most successful films...
- 2/29/2020
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
There’s no shortage of great movies coming to Netflix in February 2020, as the streaming giant’s typically eclectic release slate runs the gamut from recent favorites like “Good Time” and “Anna Karenina” to unimpeachable ’90s classics like “Jerry Maguire” and “Starship Troopers.” And while Netflix’s library of older films continues to dry up, the addition of must-see ’80s movies like “Blade Runner” and “Purple Rain” might help to ease the pain, or at least keep you busy while you figure out what to watch next on The Criterion Channel.
This month will also see the release of a recent Sundance premiere (Jeff Baena’s “Horse Girl”) along with a few highly anticipated Netflix originals such as “To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You” and of course “A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon,” and at this point we can only assume that Lana Condor and Aardman Animations won’t let us down.
This month will also see the release of a recent Sundance premiere (Jeff Baena’s “Horse Girl”) along with a few highly anticipated Netflix originals such as “To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You” and of course “A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon,” and at this point we can only assume that Lana Condor and Aardman Animations won’t let us down.
- 2/6/2020
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Netflix has confirmed that 38 new original series, movies and specials will be debuting on the streaming service in February. Leading off the lineup is the first season of the fantasy horror series “Locke & Key,” which is inspired by the comic series crafted by Stephen King’s son, Joe Hill. Among other shows launching their first seasons in the shortest month of the year are “Gentefied” and “Unstoppable.”
Also on tap is the sophomore editions of the sci-fi series “Altered Carbon” and the crime drama “Narcos: Mexico.” And look for the long-awaited sequel “To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You,” which continues the story from the teen romantic comedy that was one of the most streamed films of 2018.
Below is the full schedule of everything that is coming and leaving Netflix in February 2020.
Available February 1
A Bad Moms Christmas
A Little Princess
Back to the Future Part III...
Also on tap is the sophomore editions of the sci-fi series “Altered Carbon” and the crime drama “Narcos: Mexico.” And look for the long-awaited sequel “To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You,” which continues the story from the teen romantic comedy that was one of the most streamed films of 2018.
Below is the full schedule of everything that is coming and leaving Netflix in February 2020.
Available February 1
A Bad Moms Christmas
A Little Princess
Back to the Future Part III...
- 2/1/2020
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
There’s no better way to start the romantic month than to binge watch all your favorite romantic films and series coming to Netflix this February. Valentine’s Day is approaching quickly, but Netflix has got it covered when it comes to finding the perfect film or show to get viewers in the mood. Get ready to grab the tissues because the sequel to “All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” is making its way to the streaming service on Feb. 12 along with other romantic films and series like “Dear John,” “Love Jacked,” “My Holo Love,” a new Korean sci-fi romance series, and “Love Is Blind,” a new dating show.
If romance isn’t in the stars in February, no worries: The streaming platform has got major classics on deck including “Starship Troopers,” “Dirty Harry” and “Purple Rain.” Or viewers can have a laugh with “Scary Movie 2,” coming Feb.
If romance isn’t in the stars in February, no worries: The streaming platform has got major classics on deck including “Starship Troopers,” “Dirty Harry” and “Purple Rain.” Or viewers can have a laugh with “Scary Movie 2,” coming Feb.
- 1/29/2020
- by Klaritza Rico
- Variety Film + TV
It may be the shortest month of the year – even in 2020, given the leap year and all that – but February sees a truckload of fresh content releasing via Netflix.
Subscribers have come to expect an assortment of Netflix originals, age-old classics, and binge-worthy TV dramas, and February 2020 is no different. From Blade Runner to Dirty Harry to the second season of Altered Carbon, there’s truly something for everyone.
Eager to indulge in a little nostalgia? Then allow us to point you in the direction of Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution, the long-anticipated remake of the 1998 classic, in which Ash Ketchum, Misty, and Brock uncover a dangerous ploy to clone Pokémon. Look for that one to premiere via Netflix on February 27th.
Closer to home, we have the entire Police Academy franchise, and the recently-released A Bad Moms Christmas (though exactly why Netflix has waited until February to drop...
Subscribers have come to expect an assortment of Netflix originals, age-old classics, and binge-worthy TV dramas, and February 2020 is no different. From Blade Runner to Dirty Harry to the second season of Altered Carbon, there’s truly something for everyone.
Eager to indulge in a little nostalgia? Then allow us to point you in the direction of Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution, the long-anticipated remake of the 1998 classic, in which Ash Ketchum, Misty, and Brock uncover a dangerous ploy to clone Pokémon. Look for that one to premiere via Netflix on February 27th.
Closer to home, we have the entire Police Academy franchise, and the recently-released A Bad Moms Christmas (though exactly why Netflix has waited until February to drop...
- 1/22/2020
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Netflix is out with its list of every new movie and TV show being added to the streaming service, and everything we have to say goodbye to in February.
Highlights include “To All The Boys: P.S. I Still Love You,” the sequel to last year’s smash-hit, “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” starring Noah Centineo and Lana Condor. That’s out Feb. 12.
“Horse Girl,” starring Alison Brie as the titular socially-awkward equine enthusiast, is out Feb. 7. That same day, “Locke & Key” makes its series debut, following three siblings and their mother who return to their ancestral home after their father is murdered under mysterious circumstances.
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“Gentefied” from America Ferrera and Wilmer Valderrama arrives Feb. 21, and follows a Boyle Heights family trying to save their father’s taco shop.
Highlights include “To All The Boys: P.S. I Still Love You,” the sequel to last year’s smash-hit, “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” starring Noah Centineo and Lana Condor. That’s out Feb. 12.
“Horse Girl,” starring Alison Brie as the titular socially-awkward equine enthusiast, is out Feb. 7. That same day, “Locke & Key” makes its series debut, following three siblings and their mother who return to their ancestral home after their father is murdered under mysterious circumstances.
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“Gentefied” from America Ferrera and Wilmer Valderrama arrives Feb. 21, and follows a Boyle Heights family trying to save their father’s taco shop.
- 1/22/2020
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
Clear your schedules: February is going to be a Netflix and chill inside where it’s nice and warm kind of month.
On Wednesday, Netflix announced all the movies and shows coming to the streaming service next month, including the highly anticipated sequel to the 2018 hit rom-com To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before starring Lana Condor and Noah Centineo. To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You premieres Feb. 12, just in time for Valentine’s Day.
Other highlights include Horse Girl, a psychological thriller starring Alison Brie as a socially isolated arts and crafts store employee who...
On Wednesday, Netflix announced all the movies and shows coming to the streaming service next month, including the highly anticipated sequel to the 2018 hit rom-com To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before starring Lana Condor and Noah Centineo. To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You premieres Feb. 12, just in time for Valentine’s Day.
Other highlights include Horse Girl, a psychological thriller starring Alison Brie as a socially isolated arts and crafts store employee who...
- 1/22/2020
- by Aurelie Corinthios
- PEOPLE.com
For the fourth consecutive weekend, “Frozen 2” remained as the box office champion in South Korea. The Walt Disney release earned $6.55 million from 896,000 admissions between Friday and Sunday and accounted for 42% of the total weekend box office.
It has now earned a total of $85.9 million from 12.1 million admissions after four weekends on release. The animated feature is currently the fourth biggest release of the year in the country, behind “Extreme Job” and two other Disney releases: “Avengers: Endgame” and “Aladdin.”
Opening on Wednesday, “Jumanji: The Next Level” landed in second. The Sony release earned $5.77 million from 803,000 admissions over five days, including $4.42 million over the weekend. The fantasy adventure film accounted for 28% of the country’s total weekend grosses.
“Ford v Ferrari,” “Knives Out” and “A Little Princess” each slipped by one place from the previous weekend’s second, third and fourth spots, respectively. Disney’s “Ford V Ferrari” earned $1.88 million between...
It has now earned a total of $85.9 million from 12.1 million admissions after four weekends on release. The animated feature is currently the fourth biggest release of the year in the country, behind “Extreme Job” and two other Disney releases: “Avengers: Endgame” and “Aladdin.”
Opening on Wednesday, “Jumanji: The Next Level” landed in second. The Sony release earned $5.77 million from 803,000 admissions over five days, including $4.42 million over the weekend. The fantasy adventure film accounted for 28% of the country’s total weekend grosses.
“Ford v Ferrari,” “Knives Out” and “A Little Princess” each slipped by one place from the previous weekend’s second, third and fourth spots, respectively. Disney’s “Ford V Ferrari” earned $1.88 million between...
- 12/16/2019
- by Sonia Kil
- Variety Film + TV
I must admit, I adore veteran actress Na Moon-hee! Time and again, the 77-year-old has proved to be a scene-stealer in a career spanning more than five decades, whether it be in her supporting roles in films such as “The Quiet Family” and “You are my Sunshine”, or her recent leading roles in “Miss Granny” and “I Can Speak“. Like “Miss Granny”, her latest film “A Little Princess” once again sees her team up with a much younger actress to much comedic effect.
Synopsis
Mature young girl and immature old granny? The most bizarre cohabitation ever!
Mal-soon is a tough granny in a shanty town in Busan. In front of her, 12-year-old Gong-ju appears with her baby sister Jin-ju on her back. Gong-ju claims that she is the daughter of Mal-soon’s runaway daughter. Mal-soon’s peaceful life becomes a mess with these little strangers, but Mal-soon doesn’t feel bad living with them.
Synopsis
Mature young girl and immature old granny? The most bizarre cohabitation ever!
Mal-soon is a tough granny in a shanty town in Busan. In front of her, 12-year-old Gong-ju appears with her baby sister Jin-ju on her back. Gong-ju claims that she is the daughter of Mal-soon’s runaway daughter. Mal-soon’s peaceful life becomes a mess with these little strangers, but Mal-soon doesn’t feel bad living with them.
- 10/26/2019
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
Exclusive: Internationally bestselling author Amy Ephron is turning her soon-to-be-released book, The Other Side of the Wall, into a live-action feature film. Ephron has teamed with Oscar-nominated Toy Story screenwriter Alec Sokolow to adapt the screenplay. Ephron and Sokolow will also produce the pic with Nice Media Studios’ Sam Sokolow, the two-time Emmy nominated executive producer of the National Geographic series, Genius.
The Other Side of the Wall, set to be released October 15 via Philomel Books, is the third book in Ephron’s The Other Side series following The Castle in the Mist and Carnival Magic. Set in London at Christmastime, the story follows the adventures of Tess and her younger brother Max, as they navigate magical hidden worlds around England.
“It feels like a present to me,” said Ephron, “to work with the multi-talented, insightful Alec Sokolow and the razor-sharp, distinguished Sam Sokolow on a live-action version of Tess and Max’s story.
The Other Side of the Wall, set to be released October 15 via Philomel Books, is the third book in Ephron’s The Other Side series following The Castle in the Mist and Carnival Magic. Set in London at Christmastime, the story follows the adventures of Tess and her younger brother Max, as they navigate magical hidden worlds around England.
“It feels like a present to me,” said Ephron, “to work with the multi-talented, insightful Alec Sokolow and the razor-sharp, distinguished Sam Sokolow on a live-action version of Tess and Max’s story.
- 8/16/2019
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’re highlighting the noteworthy titles that have recently hit platforms. Check out this week’s selections below and an archive of past round-ups here.
Alita: Battle Angel (Robert Rodriguez)
Alita lives and dies by its eponymous creation, and to the credit of director Robert Rodriguez, producers James Cameron and Jon Landau, and the visual effects house Weta Digital, the character represents an impressive technical feat. More so than the Na’vi in Avatar, which always had extraterrestrial origins as an out for any inhuman qualities, Alita’s humanoid nature requires a certain 1:1 realism, a sustained suspension of any and all disbelief. Alita’s eyes might be affectedly large in a manga sort of way, but they persuasively project a young person’s earnestness and vulnerability, which is no easy feat.
Alita: Battle Angel (Robert Rodriguez)
Alita lives and dies by its eponymous creation, and to the credit of director Robert Rodriguez, producers James Cameron and Jon Landau, and the visual effects house Weta Digital, the character represents an impressive technical feat. More so than the Na’vi in Avatar, which always had extraterrestrial origins as an out for any inhuman qualities, Alita’s humanoid nature requires a certain 1:1 realism, a sustained suspension of any and all disbelief. Alita’s eyes might be affectedly large in a manga sort of way, but they persuasively project a young person’s earnestness and vulnerability, which is no easy feat.
- 7/12/2019
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
This story about the production design of “A Series of Unfortunate Events” first appeared in a special section, “The Look,” in the Comedy/Drama/Actors issue of TheWrap’s Emmy Magazine.
Veteran production designer Bo Welch, whose résumé includes three films with Tim Burton and Oscar nominations for “The Color Purple,” “A Little Princess,” “The Birdcage” and “Men in Black,” had never done television when director Barry Sonnenfeld approached him about the Netflix series based on Lemony Snicket’s blackly comic “A Series of Unfortunate Events” novels. But Welch loved working with Sonnenfeld on the “Men in Black” movies — and besides, he said, “I don’t even know what ‘television’ means any more. It might have a slight stigma, but that’s where all the good stuff is today.”
So he embraced the job of bringing to life the richly twisted world of Snicket (a playful nom de plume for...
Veteran production designer Bo Welch, whose résumé includes three films with Tim Burton and Oscar nominations for “The Color Purple,” “A Little Princess,” “The Birdcage” and “Men in Black,” had never done television when director Barry Sonnenfeld approached him about the Netflix series based on Lemony Snicket’s blackly comic “A Series of Unfortunate Events” novels. But Welch loved working with Sonnenfeld on the “Men in Black” movies — and besides, he said, “I don’t even know what ‘television’ means any more. It might have a slight stigma, but that’s where all the good stuff is today.”
So he embraced the job of bringing to life the richly twisted world of Snicket (a playful nom de plume for...
- 6/20/2019
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
It should be no surprise to anyone who cares about the state of Hollywood-produced movies that the tight-knit trio of Mexican-born filmmakers known fondly as the Three Amigos is pretty much setting the standard for the art of cinema these days. Alfonso Cuaron, Alejandro G. Inarittu and Guillermo del Toro all have been rewarded handsomely for their efforts with a shared bounty of Oscar gold as their films have gathered 22 wins and 81 nominations to be exact.
Cuaron, 57, just added significantly to that last count this week when his ground-breaking “Roma” tied with “The Favourite” for the 2018 movie with the most Academy Award nominations with 10 each.
But the most important number is four. That is how many times the trio have scooped up Oscar gold in the directing category this decade. Cuaron, who is up for a second time, is already a favorite, with 12 out of 15 Gold Derby Experts putting him at No.
Cuaron, 57, just added significantly to that last count this week when his ground-breaking “Roma” tied with “The Favourite” for the 2018 movie with the most Academy Award nominations with 10 each.
But the most important number is four. That is how many times the trio have scooped up Oscar gold in the directing category this decade. Cuaron, who is up for a second time, is already a favorite, with 12 out of 15 Gold Derby Experts putting him at No.
- 1/24/2019
- by Susan Wloszczyna
- Gold Derby
Proshoon Rahmaan comes back as a director with the movie “The Birth Land”. He is currently working on a trilogy but still manages to present this new movie, that went out at the end of 2018 in Bangladesh. The feature starts its festival adventure in January, at the Dhaka International Film Festival.
Sophyiaa, 23 years old and 6 months pregnant, is living in a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh. She fled Myanmar after her husband was killed and her house was burnt down to ashes. She wants to go back and give birth in her home country. She asks for the help of Manik, 25 years old. The latest has been living in the camp for over 15 years and founded a place for children and parents that got separated to meet again. Manik takes care of the young widow. Both their (internal) journey allows viewers to have a glimpse at life on the refugee camp.
Sophyiaa, 23 years old and 6 months pregnant, is living in a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh. She fled Myanmar after her husband was killed and her house was burnt down to ashes. She wants to go back and give birth in her home country. She asks for the help of Manik, 25 years old. The latest has been living in the camp for over 15 years and founded a place for children and parents that got separated to meet again. Manik takes care of the young widow. Both their (internal) journey allows viewers to have a glimpse at life on the refugee camp.
- 1/4/2019
- by Oriana Virone
- AsianMoviePulse
“Tell me, why do we require a trip to Mount Everest in order to perceive one moment of reality?” asks Wallace Shawn in “My Dinner with Andre.” “I think if you could become fully aware of what existed in the cigar store next to this restaurant, I think it would just blow your brains out!”
There are no cigar stores in Alfonso Cuarón’s “Roma,” but after zipping us through a future dystopia in “Children of Men” and all of outer space in “Gravity,” the director takes us through a far more quotidian version of reality in his gorgeous new film. And it did, admittedly, blow my brains out.
Shot in 65mm black-and-white — please, Netflix, let audiences see this movie projected in 70mm before it hits your streaming service — the film remains mostly housebound to tell us the story of a bourgeois family in Mexico City in the 1970s, mostly as viewed by their housekeeper,...
There are no cigar stores in Alfonso Cuarón’s “Roma,” but after zipping us through a future dystopia in “Children of Men” and all of outer space in “Gravity,” the director takes us through a far more quotidian version of reality in his gorgeous new film. And it did, admittedly, blow my brains out.
Shot in 65mm black-and-white — please, Netflix, let audiences see this movie projected in 70mm before it hits your streaming service — the film remains mostly housebound to tell us the story of a bourgeois family in Mexico City in the 1970s, mostly as viewed by their housekeeper,...
- 12/13/2018
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
Chicago – In one of the most arresting and beautiful films of the year, writer/director Alfonso Cuarón transports us back to 1970s Mexico City, to his childhood and his appreciation of memory. He also creates a human story around all the nostalgia, that all takes place in the neighborhood of “Roma.”
Rating: 5.0/5.0
The film is connectively expressive, from its hard look at domestic breakdown, its moments of relatable life emotions and its scenes of street fighting/anarchy. It was set in a time of difficult attitude and change, and the characters reflect that evolution. But the centerpiece is a domestic maid named Cleo, who slaves away for an upper middle class couple while at the same time embedding herself into that family. The understanding that Cuarón – who is known for his dramas, fantasy and Oscar recognized films (“Gravity”) – is interpreting his inner consciousness, and that conjures the same feeling as...
Rating: 5.0/5.0
The film is connectively expressive, from its hard look at domestic breakdown, its moments of relatable life emotions and its scenes of street fighting/anarchy. It was set in a time of difficult attitude and change, and the characters reflect that evolution. But the centerpiece is a domestic maid named Cleo, who slaves away for an upper middle class couple while at the same time embedding herself into that family. The understanding that Cuarón – who is known for his dramas, fantasy and Oscar recognized films (“Gravity”) – is interpreting his inner consciousness, and that conjures the same feeling as...
- 12/6/2018
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Two stoical women divided by class are the heart and soul of the Oscar-winning director’s most personal film yet
“No matter what they tell you – women, we are always alone.” That’s a cry that echoes through writer/director Alfonso Cuarón’s gently sweeping, awards-tipped epic, his first Mexican-based movie since 2001’s Y Tu Mamá También. Inspired by memories of his childhood in Mexico City, and bristling with historical upheavals that mirror the domestic traumas (the Corpus Christi massacre of 1971 is shockingly restaged), it’s a bravura evocation of time and place, as richly detailed as the artfully designed worlds of Children of Men or A Little Princess. But at its heart are two women – both embattled yet resilient, and from very different backgrounds – who are left to clean up the mess after being abandoned or betrayed by the men in their lives.
Newcomer Yalitza Aparicio makes an astonishingly natural debut as Cleo,...
“No matter what they tell you – women, we are always alone.” That’s a cry that echoes through writer/director Alfonso Cuarón’s gently sweeping, awards-tipped epic, his first Mexican-based movie since 2001’s Y Tu Mamá También. Inspired by memories of his childhood in Mexico City, and bristling with historical upheavals that mirror the domestic traumas (the Corpus Christi massacre of 1971 is shockingly restaged), it’s a bravura evocation of time and place, as richly detailed as the artfully designed worlds of Children of Men or A Little Princess. But at its heart are two women – both embattled yet resilient, and from very different backgrounds – who are left to clean up the mess after being abandoned or betrayed by the men in their lives.
Newcomer Yalitza Aparicio makes an astonishingly natural debut as Cleo,...
- 12/2/2018
- by Mark Kermode, Observer filim critic
- The Guardian - Film News
Alfonso Cuaron celebrates his 57th birthday on November 28, 2018. The Oscar-winning director could find himself back in the awards race this year with his latest work, “Roma.” But how does this one rank with the rest of his filmography? In honor of his birthday, let’s take a look back at all eight of Cuaron’s movies, ranked worst to best.
Born in Mexico City in 1961, Cuaron made his directorial debut when he was just 30-years-old with the Spanish-language farce “Solo con Tu Pareja” (1991). He was soon drafted by Hollywood to helm the children’s film “A Little Princess” (1995) and the modern day Charles Dickens adaptation “Great Expectations” (1998).
See‘Roma’ trailer: Will it make Oscar history for Netflix and Latin American film? [Watch]
It was with “Y Tu Mama Tambien” (2001), a sexy road trip comedy shot in Mexico, that Cuaron reaped his first Oscar nomination in Best Original Screenplay. He returned to...
Born in Mexico City in 1961, Cuaron made his directorial debut when he was just 30-years-old with the Spanish-language farce “Solo con Tu Pareja” (1991). He was soon drafted by Hollywood to helm the children’s film “A Little Princess” (1995) and the modern day Charles Dickens adaptation “Great Expectations” (1998).
See‘Roma’ trailer: Will it make Oscar history for Netflix and Latin American film? [Watch]
It was with “Y Tu Mama Tambien” (2001), a sexy road trip comedy shot in Mexico, that Cuaron reaped his first Oscar nomination in Best Original Screenplay. He returned to...
- 11/28/2018
- by Zach Laws and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
The Palm Springs International Film Festival will present director Alfonso Cuarón with the Sonny Bono Visionary Award for his work on “Roma.”
The honor will be presented at the festival’s awards gala on Jan. 3 at the Palm Springs Convention Center. The festival is in its 30th year and runs from Jan. 3 to Jan. 14.
“Alfonso Cuarón’s latest feature, ‘Roma,’ is a masterful achievement in filmmaking,” said festival chairman Harold Matzner. “Drawing upon his childhood memories, Cuarón has created an emotionally driven story about a family growing up in 1970s Mexico City. A film he not only directed, but also was a writer, producer, cinematographer and editor. For his ability to take on many roles and for his expert storytelling of this subject matter, the festival is proud to present Alfonso Cuarón with the Sonny Bono Visionary Award.”
The award is named after the festival’s founder and former Palm Springs mayor,...
The honor will be presented at the festival’s awards gala on Jan. 3 at the Palm Springs Convention Center. The festival is in its 30th year and runs from Jan. 3 to Jan. 14.
“Alfonso Cuarón’s latest feature, ‘Roma,’ is a masterful achievement in filmmaking,” said festival chairman Harold Matzner. “Drawing upon his childhood memories, Cuarón has created an emotionally driven story about a family growing up in 1970s Mexico City. A film he not only directed, but also was a writer, producer, cinematographer and editor. For his ability to take on many roles and for his expert storytelling of this subject matter, the festival is proud to present Alfonso Cuarón with the Sonny Bono Visionary Award.”
The award is named after the festival’s founder and former Palm Springs mayor,...
- 11/26/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
If a thing of beauty is a joy forever, as John Keats famously said, then the surpassing loveliness and bracing brilliance of Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma will never pass into nothingness. Not as long as there are film lovers or a Netflix, the streaming service that stepped up to bring the movie (fully financed by Participant Media) to theaters for a limited run. (Its worldwide subscriber base, numbering over 137 million, will have the chance to see it starting Dec. 14th.) In other words, Cuarón’s semi-autobiographical memory piece about his 1970’s childhood in Mexico,...
- 11/19/2018
- by Peter Travers
- Rollingstone.com
More than a decade ago, shortly after wrapping his 2006 dystopian drama “Children of Men,” director Alfonso Cuarón seized upon the idea of making an autobiographical film based on his childhood. Previously, he had worked on various screenplays that obliquely dealt with his upbringing through stories of families falling apart or the absence of a father — tribulations that he himself had endured at a young age. But it took some time before the specificity of his memories would finally coalesce in his latest movie, “Roma,” re-created with painstaking emotion, detail and precision.
“I think I wanted to understand, to put the pieces together,” Cuarón says, speaking to Variety on a whirlwind day of promoting the film ahead of its New York Film Festival premiere. “[Jorge Luis] Borges talks about how memory is an opaque, shattered mirror, but I see it more as a crack in the wall. The crack is whatever pain happened in the past.
“I think I wanted to understand, to put the pieces together,” Cuarón says, speaking to Variety on a whirlwind day of promoting the film ahead of its New York Film Festival premiere. “[Jorge Luis] Borges talks about how memory is an opaque, shattered mirror, but I see it more as a crack in the wall. The crack is whatever pain happened in the past.
- 10/23/2018
- by Kristopher Tapley
- Variety Film + TV
Samantha Bee’s Wednesday opener for “Full Frontal” did not shy away from decrying Donald Trump’s new executive order to remedy his “policy-not-a-policy” on separating families at the border.
She kicked her monologue off by commiserating with her audience, offering that “if like most people you’ve been feeling a little uncomfortable this week with our new Pre-k prisons, good news. The President has fixed it with the next worst thing.”
Exasperated with how the crisis at the border indeed feels like it has gone on for 60 years, rather than Trump’s statement that “nobody’s taken care of criminally charging adults that cross the border” for that long, Bee condemned his executive order to end his policy of family separations by keeping families together in various shelters. “No more baby internment camps, just regular internment camps. That’s what we call a 2018 win,” she said.
Insisting that “mommy...
She kicked her monologue off by commiserating with her audience, offering that “if like most people you’ve been feeling a little uncomfortable this week with our new Pre-k prisons, good news. The President has fixed it with the next worst thing.”
Exasperated with how the crisis at the border indeed feels like it has gone on for 60 years, rather than Trump’s statement that “nobody’s taken care of criminally charging adults that cross the border” for that long, Bee condemned his executive order to end his policy of family separations by keeping families together in various shelters. “No more baby internment camps, just regular internment camps. That’s what we call a 2018 win,” she said.
Insisting that “mommy...
- 6/21/2018
- by Tara Bitran
- Variety Film + TV
Collectively known as the Three Amigos, Mexican directors Alfonso Cuarón, Alejandro González Iñárritu and Guillermo del Toro are now the Three Oscar-winning Amigos. On Sunday’s telecast, Guillermo del Toro, the genre filmmaker who prefers to tell stories about soulful monsters and monstrous villains, walked away with two of his film’s four Oscars, Best Director and Best Picture. For a filmmaker whose work is more personal than commercial or prestigious, joining his compadres in the winner’s circle was a symbolic win for Latinos so often left outside of Hollywood.
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Like the new Hollywood of the ‘70s that gave us legends like Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola and Steven Spielberg, the Three Amigos’ careers benefited from their collective presence. They each began their road to Hollywood in Mexico with a wave of stylish and poignant movies,...
See More:Oscars 2018, Inside the Show: Jordan Peele, Guillermo Del Toro, and PTA Get Candid About Awards
Like the new Hollywood of the ‘70s that gave us legends like Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola and Steven Spielberg, the Three Amigos’ careers benefited from their collective presence. They each began their road to Hollywood in Mexico with a wave of stylish and poignant movies,...
- 3/7/2018
- by Monica Castillo
- Indiewire
We might not see Trixie on screen often, but when we do, she has our full attention.
Lucifer might have an aversion to her, but we sure don't. She's the cutest thing we've ever seen on TV.
Maybe Lucifer just needs a little more time, but we think he secretly adores her. And we can't wait to see more of them together.
How many times has Trixie stolen our hearts with her cuteness? Check below to find out!
If you haven't seen Trixie yet, you can watch Lucifer online to see all of her cuteness in action!
1. The New Doll Trixie definitely has some diabolical undertones like when she destroyed her doll in hopes of getting a new one. Chloe didn't find it amusing even though Dan and Lucifer did. And we have to admit...so did we! 2. President of Mars Trixie didn't want to be a princess for Halloween like her mom thought.
Lucifer might have an aversion to her, but we sure don't. She's the cutest thing we've ever seen on TV.
Maybe Lucifer just needs a little more time, but we think he secretly adores her. And we can't wait to see more of them together.
How many times has Trixie stolen our hearts with her cuteness? Check below to find out!
If you haven't seen Trixie yet, you can watch Lucifer online to see all of her cuteness in action!
1. The New Doll Trixie definitely has some diabolical undertones like when she destroyed her doll in hopes of getting a new one. Chloe didn't find it amusing even though Dan and Lucifer did. And we have to admit...so did we! 2. President of Mars Trixie didn't want to be a princess for Halloween like her mom thought.
- 3/13/2017
- by Lisa Babick
- TVfanatic
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