Based on the 2010 short story -30- by award-winning author Laird Barron, They Remain explores the evolving relationship between Keith and Jessica, two scientists who are employed by a vast, impersonal corporation to investigate an unspeakable horror that took place at the remote encampment of a mysterious cult…
Directed by Phillip Gelatt and starring William Jackson Harper (Paterson, True Story) and Rebecca Henderson (Mistress America), They Remain will has its world premiere at the H.P. Lovecraft Festival on October 7th in Portland; with a Us theatrical release commencing in the Fall.
Working and living in a state-of-the-art, high tech environment that is completely at odds with their surroundings, they spend their days gathering physical evidence, analyzing it, and reporting on their findings. The intensity of their work, and their extreme isolation, bring the pair closer. But, when Jessica discovers a mysterious artifact of unknown origin, the dynamic between them changes: secrets are kept,...
Directed by Phillip Gelatt and starring William Jackson Harper (Paterson, True Story) and Rebecca Henderson (Mistress America), They Remain will has its world premiere at the H.P. Lovecraft Festival on October 7th in Portland; with a Us theatrical release commencing in the Fall.
Working and living in a state-of-the-art, high tech environment that is completely at odds with their surroundings, they spend their days gathering physical evidence, analyzing it, and reporting on their findings. The intensity of their work, and their extreme isolation, bring the pair closer. But, when Jessica discovers a mysterious artifact of unknown origin, the dynamic between them changes: secrets are kept,...
- 10/2/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
The Performer | Sarah Paulson
The Show | American Horror Story: Cult
The Episode | “Election Night” (Sept. 5, 2017)
The Performance | Going into Cult’s premiere, we so expected another fine performance from Paulson, a four-time Emmy nominee for her work in past Ahs seasons, that we didn’t really anticipate being surprised. We’ve seen her play scared before, after all — a lot. But Ryan Murphy’s muse managed to not only impress but stun us with the intensity of the fear that she was able to conjure up.
In fact, we’d only just met her new character Ally, a married lesbian mom and coulrophobia sufferer,...
The Show | American Horror Story: Cult
The Episode | “Election Night” (Sept. 5, 2017)
The Performance | Going into Cult’s premiere, we so expected another fine performance from Paulson, a four-time Emmy nominee for her work in past Ahs seasons, that we didn’t really anticipate being surprised. We’ve seen her play scared before, after all — a lot. But Ryan Murphy’s muse managed to not only impress but stun us with the intensity of the fear that she was able to conjure up.
In fact, we’d only just met her new character Ally, a married lesbian mom and coulrophobia sufferer,...
- 9/9/2017
- TVLine.com
We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about shows including Twin Peaks, Preacher, Casual and Arrow!
But first, some Qs coming out of San Diego Comic-Con:
1 | Does anyone not think that that Morgan saying “I don’t die” in The Walking Dead’s trailer dooms him?
2 | Kansas performing “Carry on Wayward Son” in Hall H: Peak Supernatural moment? Like, how do they even come close to topping that next year?
3 | Who would you award Miss/Mister Congeniality, of the many who passed through TVLine’s video suite?...
But first, some Qs coming out of San Diego Comic-Con:
1 | Does anyone not think that that Morgan saying “I don’t die” in The Walking Dead’s trailer dooms him?
2 | Kansas performing “Carry on Wayward Son” in Hall H: Peak Supernatural moment? Like, how do they even come close to topping that next year?
3 | Who would you award Miss/Mister Congeniality, of the many who passed through TVLine’s video suite?...
- 7/28/2017
- TVLine.com
I know what you’re thinking. A movie where Jessica Chastain snuggles adorable animals and manages a zoo. The Zookeeper’s Wife is a surefire feel-good critter drama – Oh My God, A Saving Private Ryan Scene Recreated With Animals. Bring me back to Chastain nuzzling a lion cub, please. It couldn’t possibly get – oh, nope. Ok. Cue Holocaust depression brought on by Warsaw’s Jewish ghetto, and a heavy German presence in WWII Poland. Granted, those of you who’ve read Diane Ackerman’s bestselling novel already know the story of Antonina Zabinski and her family’s Jewish refugee smuggling. Don’t expect director Niki Caro to take it easy on her audience. The Warsaw Zoo initiative helped save almost 3,000 lives from extermination, but not without sacrifice. This is how.
Jessica Chastain plays the titular zookeeper’s wife, Antonia. Before Germany’s invasion, she and husband Jan (Johan Heldenbergh...
Jessica Chastain plays the titular zookeeper’s wife, Antonia. Before Germany’s invasion, she and husband Jan (Johan Heldenbergh...
- 3/29/2017
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
The Film Society of Lincoln Center has today announced the fourth edition of Art of the Real, their essential showcase for boundary-pushing nonfiction film, scheduled to take place April 20 – May 2. Billed as “a survey of the most vital and innovative voices in nonfiction and hybrid filmmaking,” this year’s showcase features an eclectic, globe-spanning host of discoveries, including seven North American premieres and eight U.S. premieres.
“In our fourth year we’ve put an emphasis on placing works by first-time and emerging filmmakers alongside established names, with the aim to highlight the experimentation happening across generations, and to trace a new trajectory of documentary art that points to its promising future,” said Film Society of Lincoln Center Programmer at Large Rachael Rakes, who organized the festival with Director of Programming Dennis Lim.
The Opening Night selection is the New York premiere of Theo Anthony’s “Rat Film,” which has...
“In our fourth year we’ve put an emphasis on placing works by first-time and emerging filmmakers alongside established names, with the aim to highlight the experimentation happening across generations, and to trace a new trajectory of documentary art that points to its promising future,” said Film Society of Lincoln Center Programmer at Large Rachael Rakes, who organized the festival with Director of Programming Dennis Lim.
The Opening Night selection is the New York premiere of Theo Anthony’s “Rat Film,” which has...
- 3/20/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Tom Keen’s family on The Blacklist: Redemption is expanding.
Lost alum Terry O’Quinn will recur on the spinoff series as Howard Hargrave, the father of Ryan Eggold’s character, EW.com reports.
RelatedEx-Castle Boss Tapped as Blacklist Spinoff Showrunner
Howard shares a complex relationship with his wife of many years, Scottie (Famke Janssen), and has suffered profound personal tragedies. He is the founder of Halcyon Aegis, the international private military contracting firm for which undercover operative Tom works.
The Blacklist: Redemption premieres Thursday, Feb. 23 at 10/9c on NBC.
Ready for more of today’s newsy nuggets? Well…
* ABC...
Lost alum Terry O’Quinn will recur on the spinoff series as Howard Hargrave, the father of Ryan Eggold’s character, EW.com reports.
RelatedEx-Castle Boss Tapped as Blacklist Spinoff Showrunner
Howard shares a complex relationship with his wife of many years, Scottie (Famke Janssen), and has suffered profound personal tragedies. He is the founder of Halcyon Aegis, the international private military contracting firm for which undercover operative Tom works.
The Blacklist: Redemption premieres Thursday, Feb. 23 at 10/9c on NBC.
Ready for more of today’s newsy nuggets? Well…
* ABC...
- 12/12/2016
- TVLine.com
A true tale of heroism during WWII comes to life in the first trailer for “The Zookeeper’s Wife” starring Jessica Chastain, Jonah Heldenbergh and Daniel Bruhl. Based on the international bestselling novel, Chastain stars as Antonina Zabinski, co-caretaker of Poland’s Warsaw Zoo alongside her husband, Jan. When war breaks out in 1939, the Zabinskis worked […]...
- 11/17/2016
- by Rachel West
- ET Canada
We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about shows including Zoo, Girl Meets World, Stranger Things, UnREAL and Little Liars!
1 | In Episode 2 of Netflix’s Stranger Things: Assuming that upon leaving her sleepover at Pete’s, Nancy took the same route home (by foot or, like, hitched a ride), wouldn’t she have seen that Barb’s car was still parked down the road? Also, were you shouting at the screen for Joyce to make the The Martian set up a Christmas light alphabet?...
1 | In Episode 2 of Netflix’s Stranger Things: Assuming that upon leaving her sleepover at Pete’s, Nancy took the same route home (by foot or, like, hitched a ride), wouldn’t she have seen that Barb’s car was still parked down the road? Also, were you shouting at the screen for Joyce to make the The Martian set up a Christmas light alphabet?...
- 7/22/2016
- TVLine.com
If the ideas of angels among us comes as a comfort, then you haven’t been watching Syfy’s Dominion.
Don’t worry — this exclusive first look at the series’ Season 2 trailer will bring you up to sacred speed faster than you can say “what a wingspan!”
Related Summer TV Calendar: Hannibal, Liars, Mistresses and 105+ Other Dates to Save
Upcoming episodes of the post-apocalyptic series, which returns on Thursday, July 9 (10/9c), will see a continuation of Gabriel and Michael’s ongoing angelic battle at the same time that Claire and David find themselves on opposite sides of a human civil war brewing in Vega.
Don’t worry — this exclusive first look at the series’ Season 2 trailer will bring you up to sacred speed faster than you can say “what a wingspan!”
Related Summer TV Calendar: Hannibal, Liars, Mistresses and 105+ Other Dates to Save
Upcoming episodes of the post-apocalyptic series, which returns on Thursday, July 9 (10/9c), will see a continuation of Gabriel and Michael’s ongoing angelic battle at the same time that Claire and David find themselves on opposite sides of a human civil war brewing in Vega.
- 5/28/2015
- TVLine.com
Films gods be damned. After guesstimating its eventual arrival on the film fest circuit and tracking it since it first went into production back in 2012, I’m inclined to think that the shot in state of Washington production either hit a rough patch, needed a longer production schedule due to seasonal shifts in backdrops or, my latest theory: Robinson Devor concurrently worked on not one, but two projects: the other being Pow Wow, his latest documentary project. Devor began editing the film at the start of the year and as part of Park City fabric in the naughts with successive releases of The Woman Chaser (2000), Police Beat (2005) and Zoo (2007) – we may see the filmmaker double up his presence with You Can’t Win finally cutting the finish line ribbon. Cast includes Jeremy Allen White, Charles Baker, Julia Garner, Will Patton, Hannah Marks and Louisa Krause (look out for her perf...
- 11/14/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
With 2007′s off-kilter Zoo, Sundance Film Fest habitual Robinson Devor showed his true colors. His unrestricted creativity in storytelling means that his future slate includes mutations in both the fiction and the non-fiction field. With a recent installation showing at MoMA, a docu-portrait on Sarah Jane (the woman who came within inches of assassinating President Gerald R. Ford) in the works, and a feature film that saw the passing of the seasons (a book to film adaptation of 1920′s Americana in You Can’t Win) Robinson with help from oft creative collaborator Charles Mudede have been working on a new docu-project that stitches dual narratives that are a century apart in Pow Wow. The docu, which received successful rounds of crowdfunding earlier in the year, appears to eerily underline a strong set of similarities despite an obvious gap in time.
Gist: This uses modern day desert characters to echo and...
Gist: This uses modern day desert characters to echo and...
- 11/13/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
"Brooklyn Nine-Nine" is back with a new season, and on a new night. I have a review of the season premiere coming up just as soon as I arrest a perp named Joe Uterus... When "Parks and Rec" returned for its second season, it was with "Pawnee Zoo," an episode that would probably not wind up on a list of that series' 10 greatest episodes, but that nonetheless signaled that the show had significantly changed for the better. By virtue of having a much longer first season, "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" has already gone through the growing pains "Parks" did in its first year, and long ago figured out how to take all its great raw material and turn it into a strong series. So an episode like "Undercover" is less surprising than it is comforting: a solid, often funny reminder that Schur, Goor and company didn't forget how to make this show in the off-season.
- 9/29/2014
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
As Jonah From Tonga arrives on BBC Three, we salute the meticulously observed characters of Australian comic Chris Lilley…
Feature
A sixteen year old Queen Bee, a disruptive Tongan teen, a juvenile offenders’ officer in her sixties, feckless teenage twins, a flamboyant drama teacher, a pushy Japanese mother… Chris Lilley puts on a wig, an outfit (and sometimes, a controversial bit of face paint) and becomes them all.
Watch him in costume and there’s no sense that Lilley is anyone but the character he’s playing. Other comedy drag acts - Little Britain’s Emily and Florence, for instance - might trade on the physical disconnect between the actor and persona, but Lilley is no pantomime dame. In his glossy brunette wig and school dress, the thirty-nine year old man disappears and he simply is hair-flicking, doe-eyed teen Ja’mie King. Change the wig, accent and mannerisms, and he becomes a naughty,...
Feature
A sixteen year old Queen Bee, a disruptive Tongan teen, a juvenile offenders’ officer in her sixties, feckless teenage twins, a flamboyant drama teacher, a pushy Japanese mother… Chris Lilley puts on a wig, an outfit (and sometimes, a controversial bit of face paint) and becomes them all.
Watch him in costume and there’s no sense that Lilley is anyone but the character he’s playing. Other comedy drag acts - Little Britain’s Emily and Florence, for instance - might trade on the physical disconnect between the actor and persona, but Lilley is no pantomime dame. In his glossy brunette wig and school dress, the thirty-nine year old man disappears and he simply is hair-flicking, doe-eyed teen Ja’mie King. Change the wig, accent and mannerisms, and he becomes a naughty,...
- 5/7/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Hovering around the twenty-one to twenty-four feature film mark with at least a quarter of those films belonging to first time filmmakers, the Quinzaine des Realisateurs (a.k.a Directors’ Fortnight) has in the past couple of years, counted on a healthy supply of French, Spanish and Belgium produced film items, and has been geared towards the offbeat genre items as with last year’s edition curated by Edouard Waintrop and co. To be unveiled on the 22nd, as we attempted with our Critics’ Week predix, Blake Williams, Nicholas Bell and I (Eric Lavallee) are thinking out loud and hedging our bets on what the section might look like or what the programmers might be looking at for 2014. Here is our predictions overview:
Alleluia
Six years after presenting Vinyan at the Venice Film Festival, Fabrice Du Welz finally returns with potentially not one, but a pair of works for the ’14 campaign.
Alleluia
Six years after presenting Vinyan at the Venice Film Festival, Fabrice Du Welz finally returns with potentially not one, but a pair of works for the ’14 campaign.
- 4/16/2014
- by IONCINEMA.com Contributing Writers
- IONCINEMA.com
You Can’t Win
Director: Robinson Devor
Writers: Robinson Devor, Michael Pitt, Barry Gifford and Charles Mudede
Producers: Robert Scarff, Zach Sebastian, Michael Pitt
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Jeremy Allen White, Michael Pitt, Charles Baker, Julia Garner, Will Patton, Hannah Marks, Louisa Krause
If the movie gods were fair to us, they’d unveil Robinson Devor (The Woman Chaser (2000), Police Beat (2005) and Zoo (2007)) in the year that ends in ’14.
Gist: Scripted by Devor, Pitt, , this is an adaptation of adventurer Jack Black’s 1926 autobiographical novel of the same name which tells of his experiences in the hobo underworld, freight-hopping around the still Wild West of the United States and Canada while he explores the topics of crime, addiction, criminal justice and human folly from various viewpoints. The drama is centered on the unusual friendship between Black (Pitt) and a young prostitute (Marks).
Release Date: Cannes if hopefully it’s first “pitt” stop.
Director: Robinson Devor
Writers: Robinson Devor, Michael Pitt, Barry Gifford and Charles Mudede
Producers: Robert Scarff, Zach Sebastian, Michael Pitt
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Jeremy Allen White, Michael Pitt, Charles Baker, Julia Garner, Will Patton, Hannah Marks, Louisa Krause
If the movie gods were fair to us, they’d unveil Robinson Devor (The Woman Chaser (2000), Police Beat (2005) and Zoo (2007)) in the year that ends in ’14.
Gist: Scripted by Devor, Pitt, , this is an adaptation of adventurer Jack Black’s 1926 autobiographical novel of the same name which tells of his experiences in the hobo underworld, freight-hopping around the still Wild West of the United States and Canada while he explores the topics of crime, addiction, criminal justice and human folly from various viewpoints. The drama is centered on the unusual friendship between Black (Pitt) and a young prostitute (Marks).
Release Date: Cannes if hopefully it’s first “pitt” stop.
- 2/26/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
"I don't want to be a bitch, but you guys are really boring."
Private school girl Ja'mie King, the deliciously bitchy comedy creation of Aussie mockumentary genius Chris Lilley, returns to British TV screens this week.
Last seen in the 2007 cult classic Summer Heights High, Ja'mie has left "the povos" behind and is back on her own stomping ground as the school captain for Hillford Girls Grammar School.
Digital Spy spoke with Lilley in Australia to find out what we can expect and what else he has in store for 2014.
Chris on whether he will ever be too old to play Ja'mie...
Even in Summer Heights High, I thought, 'Should you be doing this character? Is it not too late? Are you not too old now?' And then I thought, 'It was too late when I started playing this character in my 30s, it's never been appropriate'.
I don't...
Private school girl Ja'mie King, the deliciously bitchy comedy creation of Aussie mockumentary genius Chris Lilley, returns to British TV screens this week.
Last seen in the 2007 cult classic Summer Heights High, Ja'mie has left "the povos" behind and is back on her own stomping ground as the school captain for Hillford Girls Grammar School.
Digital Spy spoke with Lilley in Australia to find out what we can expect and what else he has in store for 2014.
Chris on whether he will ever be too old to play Ja'mie...
Even in Summer Heights High, I thought, 'Should you be doing this character? Is it not too late? Are you not too old now?' And then I thought, 'It was too late when I started playing this character in my 30s, it's never been appropriate'.
I don't...
- 2/3/2014
- Digital Spy
Growing up, I had the best of both worlds when it came to stories. I had Dr. Seuss and P.D. Eastman books being read to me, and I had some of the greatest animated films ever made on VHS — The Lion King, The Fox and the Hound, The Little Mermaid, etc. If I’m being honest, I (and everyone my age) was spoiled. We were surrounded by quality entertainment, something I feel isn’t as present for today’s youth.
I admit that this could be me partaking in the classic “Back in my day” speech, but I honestly don...
I admit that this could be me partaking in the classic “Back in my day” speech, but I honestly don...
- 1/16/2014
- by Samantha Highfill
- EW.com - PopWatch
A return visitor at the festival for all three of his feature films The Woman Chaser (2000), Police Beat (2005) and Zoo (2007), I’m feeling good about the chances of seeing Robinson Devor make it a four-peat. A period film that was shot over a pair of seasons, we’ve been anticipating this passion project for a while now. You Can’t Win stars Michael Pitt, Jeremy Allen White, Will Patton, Hannah Marks, Louisa Krause and Julia Garner.
Gist: Scripted by Devor, Pitt, Barry Gifford and Charles Mudede, this is an adaptation of adventurer Jack Black’s 1926 autobiographical novel of the same name which tells of his experiences in the hobo underworld, freight-hopping around the still Wild West of the United States and Canada while he explores the topics of crime, addiction, criminal justice and human folly from various viewpoints. The drama is centered on the unusual friendship between Black (Pitt) and...
Gist: Scripted by Devor, Pitt, Barry Gifford and Charles Mudede, this is an adaptation of adventurer Jack Black’s 1926 autobiographical novel of the same name which tells of his experiences in the hobo underworld, freight-hopping around the still Wild West of the United States and Canada while he explores the topics of crime, addiction, criminal justice and human folly from various viewpoints. The drama is centered on the unusual friendship between Black (Pitt) and...
- 11/22/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
The Invisible Woman will close the Halifax-based festival.
Over 180 films are to feature at the 33rd annual Atlantic Film Festival (Aff), running September 12-19, in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Joining the Festival’s Gala program is the Atlantic Gala, Gia Milani’s All the Wrong Reasons, a locally produced drama in which four troubled young adults deal with post-traumatic experiences.
The Invisible Woman [pictured] has been unveiled as the festival’s Closing Gala presentation. Directed by and starring Ralph Fiennes, The Invisible Woman tells the story of a secret love affair between Charles Dickens and Nelly Ternan.
The 2013 Rogers Special Presentations will feature ten of the newest and most anticipated films of year. Newly announced additions include civil war drama Copperhead; Jason Priestly’s directorial feature debut Cas & Dylan; and Jonathan Sobol’s heist film, The Art of the Steal, starring Kurt Russell and Jay Baruchel.
Also selected are Joseph Gordon Levitt’s Don Jon; Parkland, which looks at...
Over 180 films are to feature at the 33rd annual Atlantic Film Festival (Aff), running September 12-19, in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Joining the Festival’s Gala program is the Atlantic Gala, Gia Milani’s All the Wrong Reasons, a locally produced drama in which four troubled young adults deal with post-traumatic experiences.
The Invisible Woman [pictured] has been unveiled as the festival’s Closing Gala presentation. Directed by and starring Ralph Fiennes, The Invisible Woman tells the story of a secret love affair between Charles Dickens and Nelly Ternan.
The 2013 Rogers Special Presentations will feature ten of the newest and most anticipated films of year. Newly announced additions include civil war drama Copperhead; Jason Priestly’s directorial feature debut Cas & Dylan; and Jonathan Sobol’s heist film, The Art of the Steal, starring Kurt Russell and Jay Baruchel.
Also selected are Joseph Gordon Levitt’s Don Jon; Parkland, which looks at...
- 8/20/2013
- ScreenDaily
If you were too busy showering your mom with roses, chocolate, long-form poetry or however else you celebrated Mother's Day, we'll understand if you didn't keep up with the Kardashians this weekend. Not to worry. We did. 5. Honoring the Women Who Raised Us in Our Living Rooms Generation after generation, we've come of age with guidance from plenty of strong, inspiring women. And this time we're not talking about our moms (or our cats). We asked you to tell us about your favorite TV moms, and then we ranked your answers. From Modern Family's Gloria to the late, great Lucille Ball,...
- 5/13/2013
- by Alison Schwartz
- PEOPLE.com
You Can’t Win
Director: Robinson Devor
Writer(s): Devor, Barry Gifford and Michael Pitt
Producer(s): Parts & Labor’s Lars Knudsen and Jay Van Hoy, Robert Scarff, Zach Sebastian, Michael Pitt.
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Michael Pitt, Jeremy Allen White, Will Patton, Hannah Marks, Louisa Krause, Julia Garner
With such a strong filmography to date in The Woman Chaser, Police Beat, and Zoo, Robinson Devor’s fourth feature is certainly his most challenging endeavor yet. You Can’t Win includes the heavy participation from its lead actor in Michael Pitt and it takes on what is referenced as “one of the most influential books in the American literary underground.” Could be a great indie surprise that didn’t debut in Park City.
Gist: Scripted by Devor, Pitt, Barry Gifford and Charles Mudede, this is an adaptation of adventurer (Pitt) Jack Black’s 1926 autobiographical novel of...
Director: Robinson Devor
Writer(s): Devor, Barry Gifford and Michael Pitt
Producer(s): Parts & Labor’s Lars Knudsen and Jay Van Hoy, Robert Scarff, Zach Sebastian, Michael Pitt.
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Michael Pitt, Jeremy Allen White, Will Patton, Hannah Marks, Louisa Krause, Julia Garner
With such a strong filmography to date in The Woman Chaser, Police Beat, and Zoo, Robinson Devor’s fourth feature is certainly his most challenging endeavor yet. You Can’t Win includes the heavy participation from its lead actor in Michael Pitt and it takes on what is referenced as “one of the most influential books in the American literary underground.” Could be a great indie surprise that didn’t debut in Park City.
Gist: Scripted by Devor, Pitt, Barry Gifford and Charles Mudede, this is an adaptation of adventurer (Pitt) Jack Black’s 1926 autobiographical novel of...
- 1/14/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Jay Leno's contract is up in 2014, and reports say that NBC is considering moving Jimmy Fallon to the earlier slot, and has put out feelers for a new "Fallon." While I wish Jimmy all the success in the world, I love his goofy show and would hate to see the changes required for the earlier audience.
Are you ready for Modern Family themed nail polish with colors like ”What’s the Mitch-uation?” Because it's happening, and we can't do anything to stop it.
Forbes has released their annual 30 Under 30 list of the most powerful celebrities under 30. Several gay-interest folks made the list, like Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Ke$ha, and Chris Colfer clocked in at #18.
The $60 billion Hurricane Sandy Relief Bill is being packed with so much pork it could solve the upcoming bacon crisis.
A who's-who of media companies have sent a letter to the Romney campaign questioning...
Are you ready for Modern Family themed nail polish with colors like ”What’s the Mitch-uation?” Because it's happening, and we can't do anything to stop it.
Forbes has released their annual 30 Under 30 list of the most powerful celebrities under 30. Several gay-interest folks made the list, like Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Ke$ha, and Chris Colfer clocked in at #18.
The $60 billion Hurricane Sandy Relief Bill is being packed with so much pork it could solve the upcoming bacon crisis.
A who's-who of media companies have sent a letter to the Romney campaign questioning...
- 12/18/2012
- by lostinmiami
- The Backlot
Tons of notable entries from established auteurs, documentarians and the next generation of filmmakers to watch out for are the make-up of Sundance’s 2013 Short Film program. A total of 65 short films were selected from a whopping 8000 plus entries and among the notable names/shorts to look out for we find The Captain – from the Blue Tongue Films gang of Nash Edgerton and Spencer Susser (Hesher) a project penned with Taika Waititi (Eagle vs Shark), Goran Dukic who brought The Wristcutters to the fest several years back, brings us What Do We Have in Our Pockets?, while Damien Chazelle who directed the feature Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench, brings us Whiplash and Guillermo Arriaga (The Burning Plain) let’s us feast on Broken Night.
Andrew Renzi makes it back to back years at the fest, he was invited last year for The Fort (here’s our interview with him) returns with Karaoke!
Andrew Renzi makes it back to back years at the fest, he was invited last year for The Fort (here’s our interview with him) returns with Karaoke!
- 12/4/2012
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Naturally, helmer Robinson Devor is a great fit for Park City – a former lab participant, his entire filmography in The Woman Chaser (Sundance ’00), Police Beat (Sundance ’05) and Zoo (Sundance ’07) have been presented at the fest: For his fourth feature, Devor took on the weighty task of adapting what is referenced as “one of the most influential books in the American literary underground.” Unless there are seasonal inserts to be added, we consider You Can’t Win to be full prepped as filming began in Devor’s backyard (state of Washington) in April/May of this year (set pics here). Worth noting is that Michael Pitt makes a return of sorts to the big screen — not since 2007′s Funny Games U.S. had he been on film and its appears to be a passion project for the thesp who is credited as a contributing writer and producer. Cast along his side is...
- 11/22/2012
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
The 11th annual Lausanne Underground Film Festival is packed to the gills with outrageous cinema from all over the world, featuring several filmmaker retrospectives and movies screening in competition at several locations on Oct. 17-21.
The big guest of honor this year is the legendary John Waters, who will be attending the fest with several of his own classics, such as Pink Flamingos, Female Trouble and Desperate Living, as well as showing some of his favorite B-movie inspirations, such as William Girdler’s blaxploitation demonic possession flick Abby, Armando Bo’s Argentinian sexploitation Fuego, Robinson Devor’s controversial bestiality doc Zoo and more. Plus, Waters will perform his acclaimed “This Filthy World” one-man show.
Other Luff special guests include Christoph Schlingensief, the confrontational German filmmaker of 100 Years of Adolf Hitler, The German Chainsaw Massacre, The 120 Days of Bottrop and more; Richard Stanley, the South African genre filmmaker of the cult...
The big guest of honor this year is the legendary John Waters, who will be attending the fest with several of his own classics, such as Pink Flamingos, Female Trouble and Desperate Living, as well as showing some of his favorite B-movie inspirations, such as William Girdler’s blaxploitation demonic possession flick Abby, Armando Bo’s Argentinian sexploitation Fuego, Robinson Devor’s controversial bestiality doc Zoo and more. Plus, Waters will perform his acclaimed “This Filthy World” one-man show.
Other Luff special guests include Christoph Schlingensief, the confrontational German filmmaker of 100 Years of Adolf Hitler, The German Chainsaw Massacre, The 120 Days of Bottrop and more; Richard Stanley, the South African genre filmmaker of the cult...
- 10/18/2012
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
We are now a week into the three week long Fantasia Film Festival, and while we admittedly have been a little behind due to some technical issues with our website, we still managed to get a dozen film reviews published. Keep coming back to our site as we promise twice the amount of articles by the end of week two. In the meantime, here is a round-up of what we’ve seen and written about so far.
Black Pond
Directed by Tom Kingsley and Will Sharpe
Written by Will Sharpe
U.K., 2011
Comedy, in its nature and its presentation, has morphed dramatically over the past decade or so, both in North America and in Europe, in particular the United Kingdom. From the more overt, on the nose comedy of yesteryear we have now live in an era in which the comedy is delivered with a completely different version of wit.
Black Pond
Directed by Tom Kingsley and Will Sharpe
Written by Will Sharpe
U.K., 2011
Comedy, in its nature and its presentation, has morphed dramatically over the past decade or so, both in North America and in Europe, in particular the United Kingdom. From the more overt, on the nose comedy of yesteryear we have now live in an era in which the comedy is delivered with a completely different version of wit.
- 7/28/2012
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
I love documentaries. Next to martial arts flicks and monster movies, they’re my favorite form of cinematic entertainment. Not surprisingly, the more disturbing the subject matter, the better. Much to the horror of my co-workers at the time, I watched director Robinson Devor’s 2007 documentary “Zoo”, a film that explores the sexual relationship that sometimes exists between a man and his horse. I find films that deal with the dark side of the human condition, particularly when they’re true. It’s pretty safe to say that I’m kind of a sick individual. Enter producer Tyler Chandler and director Daryl Stoneage’s “Donkey Love”, a motion picture that explores the little-known Colombian tradition which encourages young men to have sex with donkeys. You know, to get them ready for the “real thing”. Here the problem: Sometimes the guys prefer to the companionship of donkeys over their wives. Yikes.
- 6/15/2012
- by Todd Rigney
- Beyond Hollywood
A five year absence from the silver screen can generally kill one's career but we guess it's testament to HBO and cable television nowadays that former "Boardwalk Empire" star Michael Pitt can walk right back into the game to produce and star in his own indie project, an adaptation of Jack Black (the adventurer, not the actor) autobiography "You Can't Win."
Pitt has now found a leading lady with up and comer Hannah Marks ("The Runaways," "The Amazing Spider-Man") joining the project, which follows Black's experiences in the hobo underworld and the shenanigins he gets up to around the Western U.S. and Canada in the 1800's including becoming a highwayman and member of the yegg (criminal) brotherhood, getting hooked on opium, doing stints in jail or escaping, often with the assistance of crooked cops or judges.
Marks plays tomboy-turned-prostitute who forms an unusual friendship with Black who, in turn,...
Pitt has now found a leading lady with up and comer Hannah Marks ("The Runaways," "The Amazing Spider-Man") joining the project, which follows Black's experiences in the hobo underworld and the shenanigins he gets up to around the Western U.S. and Canada in the 1800's including becoming a highwayman and member of the yegg (criminal) brotherhood, getting hooked on opium, doing stints in jail or escaping, often with the assistance of crooked cops or judges.
Marks plays tomboy-turned-prostitute who forms an unusual friendship with Black who, in turn,...
- 4/27/2012
- by Simon Dang
- The Playlist
Three weeks after landing their first lead, THR informs us that Warners’ Hidden have nabbed Andrea Riseborough (Oblivion, Never Let Me Go) to take a leading role next to Alexander Skarsgård. In Ross and Matt Duffer‘s “elevated horror-thriller,” the both of them will play the heads of a family forced to go underground after some mysterious disease breaks out. (We can presume conflict will ensue.)
That’s all we’ve really got — and what we’ve got isn’t a lot, if you’ll allow me to briefly rhyme — but we’ve already been given a good duo for what, otherwise, could have been a disposable studio thriller. Consider me more and more interested with each passing development.
Meanwhile, Variety reports that Hannah Marks (The Amazing Spider-Man, The Runaways) will be starring alongside Michael Pitt on his next project, You Can’t Win. Starring, co-written, and produced by the young actor,...
That’s all we’ve really got — and what we’ve got isn’t a lot, if you’ll allow me to briefly rhyme — but we’ve already been given a good duo for what, otherwise, could have been a disposable studio thriller. Consider me more and more interested with each passing development.
Meanwhile, Variety reports that Hannah Marks (The Amazing Spider-Man, The Runaways) will be starring alongside Michael Pitt on his next project, You Can’t Win. Starring, co-written, and produced by the young actor,...
- 4/25/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Remember Michael Pitt's big screen career? No? Well, okay, we forgive you. It seems like a distant memory since we last saw him in "Silk" and "Funny Games U.S.," and that's kinda because it really was a long time ago. A whole five years in fact. Since then Pitt has only appeared in a couple of shorts, and some TV show that you may or may not have heard of -- it goes by the name of "Boardwalk Empire."
Of course we joke, that show's a pretty big deal, but that's still only accounted for two seasons of television (24 episodes) since 2010, and doesn't really explain his complete absence from cinema over the last five years. Who knows what he's been doing to keep himself so busy off-screen (and if you do know, please let us know), but all that's about to change as Pitt has managed to put some...
Of course we joke, that show's a pretty big deal, but that's still only accounted for two seasons of television (24 episodes) since 2010, and doesn't really explain his complete absence from cinema over the last five years. Who knows what he's been doing to keep himself so busy off-screen (and if you do know, please let us know), but all that's about to change as Pitt has managed to put some...
- 4/20/2012
- by Joe Cunningham
- The Playlist
Exclusive: Megan Griffiths, whose abduction thriller Eden won the audience award last month at SXSW, has signed with Wme and Caliber Media. Griffiths also directed The Off Hours, which played Sundance last year, was acquired by Film Movement, and landed an Indie Spirit Award nomination for cinematography. She also is co-producing the upcoming Lynn Shelton film Your Sister’s Sister starring Emily Blunt and Rosemarie DeWitt and produced the Robinson Devor documentary Zoo.
- 4/19/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Now that a more open schedule is at his advantage, Michael Pitt has decided to aim a little higher than we may have anticipated. As Variety reports, the actor is becoming a multi-hyphenate for You Can’t Win, which he will lead, produce, and co-write with director Robinson Devor (Zoo), Barry Gifford (Lost Highway), and Charles Mudede.
That trio is working with a 1926 autobiography of Jack Black (different guy, natch), a “burgler, safe-cracker, highwayman and petty thief” who traveled across the United States and Canada’s hobo underworld in the early part of the 20th century. That’s not all since, in the course of this memoir, Black also takes multiple perspectives to investigate aspects such as “crime, addiction, criminal justice and human folly.” (Whether these other vantage points will be utilized hasn’t been made clear.)
That could make for something at least vaguely unique and interesting — especially if...
That trio is working with a 1926 autobiography of Jack Black (different guy, natch), a “burgler, safe-cracker, highwayman and petty thief” who traveled across the United States and Canada’s hobo underworld in the early part of the 20th century. That’s not all since, in the course of this memoir, Black also takes multiple perspectives to investigate aspects such as “crime, addiction, criminal justice and human folly.” (Whether these other vantage points will be utilized hasn’t been made clear.)
That could make for something at least vaguely unique and interesting — especially if...
- 4/18/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Important news! Jack Black has discovered time travel, warped back to 1926 and written a book all about his adventures journeying around America. Or not. But there was a Jack Black at the time, he did write an autobiographical novel called You Can’t Win about his travels, and now Boardwalk Empire’s Michael Pitt has made a deal to star in and produce a film based on the tome.Black’s bestseller chronicles his experiences in the tramp underworld of the time, hopping freight trains to journey around the Us and Canada way back when. Among his themes are crime, justice, addiction and human foibles.Pitt has teamed up with Zoo director Robinson Devor for the movie, and the pair worked on the script along with Barry Gifford and Charles Mudede. They’ve drummed up a thrifty budget to get the film made and will start shooting later this month in Seattle.
- 4/18/2012
- EmpireOnline
The Opening Credits: It’S Back Ohhh, Who Are These Cute New Guys? Giant Racist PR*Cks? Perfect. I Dare Geraldo To Tweet About This. I. Dare. Him. Hair Draper: Our First Shot Of Don Is Shirtless. Also Never Forget That His Chest Hair Is Shaped In The Exact Size, Shape And Form Of E.T. Meanwhile My How Sally Has Grown!! (Into Gwyneth Paltrow From The Royal Tenenbaums.) Keep a box of issues handy. First Ass-crack Sighting Of The Episode: Who… The Hell… Are These Kids??? Sally I recognize. But who is that other boy? And the little one??? I’m going to assume Jason Sudeikis is the father. No, no, no facts necessary. I know what I know. Ok Kids! Fun Time Is Over. Time To Take You Back To Your Mom’S House. At The Bates Motel “Daddy, How Many Episodes Will I Last For?” ” Maaaaaybe Two.” Bobby...
- 3/26/2012
- by Michelle Collins
- BestWeekEver
For those of you who quickly Googled the French song from the Mad Men Season 5 premiere which Megan performed to maximum hotkward effect, here’s the original recording of the song “Zou Bisou Bisou” performed by Gillian Hills in 1962 (and later by Sophia Loren). Just looking at this embed has gotten the song stuck back in your head for another 24 hours, so you might as well go ahead and watch it. For the record, if you Googled the song phonetically by typing in “Zubee Zubee Zoo,” the first result was this awesome website about Zubee The Zuffalo. He doesn’t actually come up on Mad Men until episode 3 of this season, when Roger takes credit for Pete landing Zubee The Zuffalo as a client. Re-experience the super-catchy tune and Don’s eternal workplace pain below:...
- 3/26/2012
- by Dan Hopper
- BestWeekEver
AMC Scene from “Mad Men” with Jon Hamm as Don Draper and Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olson.
Editor’s note: Every Sunday after the newest episode of “Mad Men,” lawyer and Supreme Court advocate Walter Dellinger will host an online dialogue about the show. The participants include Columbia University history professor Alan Brinkley, Stanford Law Professor Pam Karlan, and Columbia theater and television professor Evangeline Morphos. Dellinger will post his thoughts shortly after each episode ends at 11 p.m., and...
Editor’s note: Every Sunday after the newest episode of “Mad Men,” lawyer and Supreme Court advocate Walter Dellinger will host an online dialogue about the show. The participants include Columbia University history professor Alan Brinkley, Stanford Law Professor Pam Karlan, and Columbia theater and television professor Evangeline Morphos. Dellinger will post his thoughts shortly after each episode ends at 11 p.m., and...
- 3/26/2012
- by Walter Dellinger
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
I was not familiar with the name Megan Griffiths until now, but it appears that I've been watching her work for years. She produced two of Todd Rohal's films, she co-produced the outstanding "Your Sister's Sister" which I saw this year at Sundance, and she also helped produce the documentary "Zoo," which is a terribly disturbing film. I did not see her previous films, but "The Off Hours" was at Sundance last year, and I know a few people who liked it. I will definitely catch up with it, because I thought her new film, "Eden," was a strong, simple presentation...
- 3/15/2012
- by Drew McWeeny
- Hitfix
The New York Times loves Matt Doyle in Private Romeo, which it says is "as indebted to shirtlessness as to iambic pentameter." I've been meaning to get a screener for this movie for months and never have taken the time to track it down. Bad Ed.
Bart Simpson is going high fashion next week at Jeremy Scott's fashion show. I've seen some of Scott's work, which is a bit edgy for Springfield – this could be interesting.
The analysis of the new bill that Virginia just passed allowing adoption agencies to discriminate for basically any reason they say conflicts with their beliefs shows a broad, poorly formed bill. Quakers could discriminate against military parents. Sure, we all know that the main purpose was to allow Catholic Charities to discriminate with taxpayer dollars, but cheers to unintended consequences!
How your cat is making you crazy – with science to back me up.
Bart Simpson is going high fashion next week at Jeremy Scott's fashion show. I've seen some of Scott's work, which is a bit edgy for Springfield – this could be interesting.
The analysis of the new bill that Virginia just passed allowing adoption agencies to discriminate for basically any reason they say conflicts with their beliefs shows a broad, poorly formed bill. Quakers could discriminate against military parents. Sure, we all know that the main purpose was to allow Catholic Charities to discriminate with taxpayer dollars, but cheers to unintended consequences!
How your cat is making you crazy – with science to back me up.
- 2/10/2012
- by lostinmiami
- The Backlot
Once she has finished buying a Zoo and assembling the Avengers, Scarlett Johansson plans to make her directorial debut from a lost Truman Capote novella that only just resurfaced. Capote wrote .Summer Crossing. in the 1940s, but ignored it and left it to only be unearthed and published in 2005. It retells an oft-told story of a teenage girl . in this case, Grady McNeil -- discovering her sexual independence as she fights to break free from her stifling New York family. Capote set his story against the backdrop of a nation emerging from the horrors of World War II, but stands apart from the pack for its bleak, depressing ending (no spoilers here). Variety says Oscar winner Barry Spikings (The Deer Hunter) will produce Johansson.s film, which New York playwright Tristine Skyler will adapt from Capote.s retrieved novel. There.s no timetable in the trade story, and Johansson.s...
- 11/18/2011
- cinemablend.com
Because you demanded it, true beli– no wait, that’s the other guys.
But we’re here with the solicitations for DC Comics for Novemeber, coming soon to a Previews catalog near you. The New 52 keep rolling along, and we have the Sergio Aragones version of Batman immortalized in a statue.
So let’s take a look!
Details? Yes, we have details…
Justice League #5
Written by Geoff Johns
Art and cover by Jim Lee and Scott Williams
1:25 Variant cover by Eric Basaldua
1:200 B&W Variant cover by Jim Lee
On sale January 18 • 40 pg, Fc, $3.99 Us • Rated T
Combo pack edition: $4.99 Us
Retailers: This issue will ship with three covers. Please see the order form for more information.
Now, with the teenaged powerhouse Cyborg at their side, this group of individual heroes must somehow put their differences aside to face the terror of Darkseid!
This issue is also offered...
But we’re here with the solicitations for DC Comics for Novemeber, coming soon to a Previews catalog near you. The New 52 keep rolling along, and we have the Sergio Aragones version of Batman immortalized in a statue.
So let’s take a look!
Details? Yes, we have details…
Justice League #5
Written by Geoff Johns
Art and cover by Jim Lee and Scott Williams
1:25 Variant cover by Eric Basaldua
1:200 B&W Variant cover by Jim Lee
On sale January 18 • 40 pg, Fc, $3.99 Us • Rated T
Combo pack edition: $4.99 Us
Retailers: This issue will ship with three covers. Please see the order form for more information.
Now, with the teenaged powerhouse Cyborg at their side, this group of individual heroes must somehow put their differences aside to face the terror of Darkseid!
This issue is also offered...
- 10/17/2011
- by Glenn Hauman
- Comicmix.com
Victoria Beckham took her place sitting in the grass alongside the other moms to watch her sons Romeo and Brooklyn play soccer in Carson, CA on Saturday. The Home Depot center is usually where David takes the field with the La Galaxy, but for the afternoon it was all about the kids. Later in the evening it was David's turn to play, but the game against DC United ended on a sour note with a controversial referee call. He spoke out about the incident saying, "Even my 6-year would know not to call that a penalty." Yesterday it was back to family fun when Victoria brought her boys to the La Zoo. Pregnant Posh was spotted sipping on a Diet Coke, even though David recently is a new spokesperson for Pepsi and recently shot an ad with Sofia Vergara in a swimsuit. Victoria shared impressive behind-the-scenes footage of Beckham's ball...
- 4/11/2011
- by Molly Goodson
- Popsugar.com
A month ago, novelist Andrew Klavan wrote a wild-eyed editorial at the La Times claiming that "Toy Story 3" was a "rebuke, not perhaps to the Obama White House specifically but to its underlying ideas." A major foundation of his argument was the point that Sunnyside Daycare Center stood in for a socialist society.
At the time, I wrote that "you'd be hard pressed to find another human being, American or otherwise, with any kind of interpretation of the film in the same ballpark as the one offered by Klavan." Well, allow me to eat those words, as The Stranger's Charles Mudede (who, incidentally, co-wrote the films "Zoo" and "Police Beat") offers a similar read on the film, this time as a complaint:
Things go dark almost immediately. The socialist utopia is not even given one chance to shine. A door opens and a bunch of noisy, dirty, ugly kids...
At the time, I wrote that "you'd be hard pressed to find another human being, American or otherwise, with any kind of interpretation of the film in the same ballpark as the one offered by Klavan." Well, allow me to eat those words, as The Stranger's Charles Mudede (who, incidentally, co-wrote the films "Zoo" and "Police Beat") offers a similar read on the film, this time as a complaint:
Things go dark almost immediately. The socialist utopia is not even given one chance to shine. A door opens and a bunch of noisy, dirty, ugly kids...
- 12/2/2010
- by Alison Willmore
- ifc.com
Here it comes, Syfy fans, the big list of premiere dates.
Unscripted Programming
Ghost Hunters – Returns Wednesday, August 25, at 9Pm – The fall season of Jason, Grant and the rest of The Atlantic Paranormal Society will feature some of the team’s most thrilling locales, including cases at the famous Philadelphia Zoo and the Baseball Hall of Fame. The crew kicks it off with an investigation at the historic Otesaga Hotel in Cooperstown, New York, where they come away with stunning video evidence of paranormal activity. In addition, the crew will host a trio of special guest investigators at Atlanta’s Rhodes Hall: Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Atlanta’s Sheree Whitfield, NeNe Leakes and Kim Zolciak. Ghost Hunters is produced in association with Craig Piligian’s Pilgrim Films and Television (Dirty Jobs, The Ultimate Fighter, My Fair Wedding). Piligian and Thomas Thayer, along with Rob Katz and Alan David,...
Unscripted Programming
Ghost Hunters – Returns Wednesday, August 25, at 9Pm – The fall season of Jason, Grant and the rest of The Atlantic Paranormal Society will feature some of the team’s most thrilling locales, including cases at the famous Philadelphia Zoo and the Baseball Hall of Fame. The crew kicks it off with an investigation at the historic Otesaga Hotel in Cooperstown, New York, where they come away with stunning video evidence of paranormal activity. In addition, the crew will host a trio of special guest investigators at Atlanta’s Rhodes Hall: Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Atlanta’s Sheree Whitfield, NeNe Leakes and Kim Zolciak. Ghost Hunters is produced in association with Craig Piligian’s Pilgrim Films and Television (Dirty Jobs, The Ultimate Fighter, My Fair Wedding). Piligian and Thomas Thayer, along with Rob Katz and Alan David,...
- 8/18/2010
- by Jon Lachonis
- TVovermind.com
The Ifp's Independent Film Week (September 19-23rd) perfectly fits into the fall schedule of busy film activity sliding in after the Toronto Int. Film Festival and a focal point of the week is of course, the Project Forum. This year, Ifp has named a whopping 150 feature film and documentary film projects in all stages of development. I'd pay close attention to the crazy list below - I see a lot of future Sundancers and SXSWers. Here are a few that grabbed my attention: Among the feature scripts in development, we have Joan Stein's Beauty on the Vine - the project to be produced by Anne Chaisson has Olivia Wilde and David Straithairn attached. Lance Edmands' Bluebird and his producer Kyle Martin were both feature in our American New Wave 25 profiles - as is the case for Dash Shaw who is working on The Ruined Cast. Actor Ryan...
- 8/13/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
In honor of Canada Day, we are republishing this post -- Ranylt's first on the site -- from Canada Day 2007.
July 1 is Canada Day, so while my compatriots are busy painting themselves red and perfecting their Maenadic howls in time for tonight's fireworks, I've been tasked with offering up a list of ten nifty Canadian films that are mostly off the radar outside of this country (and I throw my arms around you in delight if you're a foreigner who's actually seen any of these--French kisses for anyone who appreciates them, to boot).
Many readers seem familiar with Atom Egoyan's The Sweet Hereafter and Denys Arcand's The Decline of the American Empire. And David Cronenberg's body of work needs no introduction thanks to The Fly, Naked Lunch, Scanners, Crash (the other Crash!) and Videodrome. As unnatural as it is to omit Egoyan, Arcand and Cronenberg from a Canadian film overview,...
July 1 is Canada Day, so while my compatriots are busy painting themselves red and perfecting their Maenadic howls in time for tonight's fireworks, I've been tasked with offering up a list of ten nifty Canadian films that are mostly off the radar outside of this country (and I throw my arms around you in delight if you're a foreigner who's actually seen any of these--French kisses for anyone who appreciates them, to boot).
Many readers seem familiar with Atom Egoyan's The Sweet Hereafter and Denys Arcand's The Decline of the American Empire. And David Cronenberg's body of work needs no introduction thanks to The Fly, Naked Lunch, Scanners, Crash (the other Crash!) and Videodrome. As unnatural as it is to omit Egoyan, Arcand and Cronenberg from a Canadian film overview,...
- 7/1/2010
- by Dustin Rowles
The British Fantasy Society have announced the nominees for the 2010 British Fantasy Awards. Highlight include a nomination for actress Axelle Carolyn (Centurion) for her book It Lives Again!, nominations for both Fables and Locke & Key in the comics category, and a Best Magazine nomination for Cemetery Dance and Murky Depths.
Best Novel
Best Served Cold, Joe Abercrombie (Gollancz) Futile Flame, Sam Stone (House of Murky Depths) One, Conrad Williams (Virgin) The Naming Of The Beasts, Mike Carey (Orbit) Under The Dome, Stephen King (Hodder & Stoughton)
Best Novella
Old Man Scratch, Rio Youers (Ps) Roadkill, Rob Shearman, from Roadkill/Siren Beat (Twelfth Planet) and Love Songs for the Shy and Cynical (Big Finish) The Language Of Dying, Sarah Pinborough (Ps) The Witnesses Are Gone, Joel Lane (Ps) Vardoger, Stephen Volk (Gray Friar)
Best Short Story
Careful What You Wish For, Justin Carroll, in Dragontales: Short Stories of Flame, Tooth and Scale,...
Best Novel
Best Served Cold, Joe Abercrombie (Gollancz) Futile Flame, Sam Stone (House of Murky Depths) One, Conrad Williams (Virgin) The Naming Of The Beasts, Mike Carey (Orbit) Under The Dome, Stephen King (Hodder & Stoughton)
Best Novella
Old Man Scratch, Rio Youers (Ps) Roadkill, Rob Shearman, from Roadkill/Siren Beat (Twelfth Planet) and Love Songs for the Shy and Cynical (Big Finish) The Language Of Dying, Sarah Pinborough (Ps) The Witnesses Are Gone, Joel Lane (Ps) Vardoger, Stephen Volk (Gray Friar)
Best Short Story
Careful What You Wish For, Justin Carroll, in Dragontales: Short Stories of Flame, Tooth and Scale,...
- 6/12/2010
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Lucy Mangan on the people hitting the headlines this week
Cross at the lights
Tony Fuller
Let the Greeks continue their vulgar riots. Here in Britain we do things differently. We press buttons. We press buttons that slow down traffic, and let that be a lesson to all of you.
Goaded beyond endurance by the increasing thunder of lorries along the A35, which cuts through the otherwise picturesque village of Chideock, Dorset, Tony Fuller and his friends marched to the pedestrian crossing and took it in turns to press the button, walk across the road and back again, bringing vehicles to a standstill for an hour.
Not for the first time I find myself weeping for the country, though whether with pride or despair I cannot tell.
Tardissing
Terry Pratchett
The Discworld author caused nerd meltdown this week when he came out strongly not against Labour or the Lib Dems...
Cross at the lights
Tony Fuller
Let the Greeks continue their vulgar riots. Here in Britain we do things differently. We press buttons. We press buttons that slow down traffic, and let that be a lesson to all of you.
Goaded beyond endurance by the increasing thunder of lorries along the A35, which cuts through the otherwise picturesque village of Chideock, Dorset, Tony Fuller and his friends marched to the pedestrian crossing and took it in turns to press the button, walk across the road and back again, bringing vehicles to a standstill for an hour.
Not for the first time I find myself weeping for the country, though whether with pride or despair I cannot tell.
Tardissing
Terry Pratchett
The Discworld author caused nerd meltdown this week when he came out strongly not against Labour or the Lib Dems...
- 5/7/2010
- by Lucy Mangan
- The Guardian - Film News
It's a wrap! The Martin Gropius Bau is empty and the final pickups follow. This is a work in progress and readers are invited and welcome to contribute. Presales have returned in reaction to the reduced number of finished films on offer over the past two markets. Presales applies across the board from Us to French and even Italian films. English language films are increasingly coming out of the major non English language territories but local product is impacting sales on Us films internationally. Business was quickly wrapped up but it was done with a healthy number of buys reported. Lower prices have become accepted but the market must have product as this event proved.
Adriana Chiesa has licensed Federico Moccia’s teen trilogy to Savor to Spain. The first title, Sorry If I Love You (Scusa Ma Ti Chiamo Amore) grossed $27m when released by Medusa on 600 prints in Italy.
Adriana Chiesa has licensed Federico Moccia’s teen trilogy to Savor to Spain. The first title, Sorry If I Love You (Scusa Ma Ti Chiamo Amore) grossed $27m when released by Medusa on 600 prints in Italy.
- 3/9/2010
- by Sydney
- Sydney's Buzz
In a press release sent out this week, director Robinson Devor (Police Beat, Zoo, which scored on Filmmaker's Top 25 of the Decade list) is currently underway in San Francisco on a documentary on Sara Jane Moore, who attempted to assassinate President Gerald Ford in September 1975 outside the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco. Written by Devor, Charles Mudede and shot by d.p. Sean Kirby, Moore (pictured), now 80 and currently on parole after thirty years in prison, returns to San Francisco for the first time since the assassination attempt to be interviewed. The film also chronicles the lead up to the attempt, following Moore as a suburban wife to being involved with Marxist radicals to even being a narc for the FBI. "Like Man on a...
- 1/8/2010
- by Jason Guerrasio
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Zookepers in the Us have discovered that a tortoise they thought was female for over half a century is actually male. Cleveland Metroparks Zoo spokesman Tom O'Konowitz confirmed that the creature, previously known as Mary, has now been renamed Terry, The Chronicle-Telegram reports O'Konowitz said: "This is definitely a first for us. It came as something of a surprise to finally figure out Mary's true identity. It took us 55 years to finally say she's a boy. "With some species like elephants, gorillas (more)...
- 11/23/2009
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
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