Knott’s Berry Farm is draggin’ Disneyland.
The SoCal theme park took a potshot at its rival down the 5 Freeway during a show tied to its annual “Knott’s Scary Farm” event ahead of Halloween. While castmembers of “The Hanging: Uncanceled” worked the stage, a giant dragon in the background “caught fire” — an obvious dig at the accident that closed Disneyland’s popular Fantasmic! show in the spring.
See the guest-shot video below.
In it, a man onstage yells, “Oh, f*ck me!” as flames erupt from the dragon’s head. He adds, “Where did you guys get this thing from — Anaheim?” After a while, we hear, “Don’t worry, I’ll put out the fire.” Then, a narrator says, “Walt Disney presents” and a chorus adds, “the wonderful world of water,” an unveiled swipe at Disneyland World of Color water show.
It’s a pretty sharp elbow to the...
The SoCal theme park took a potshot at its rival down the 5 Freeway during a show tied to its annual “Knott’s Scary Farm” event ahead of Halloween. While castmembers of “The Hanging: Uncanceled” worked the stage, a giant dragon in the background “caught fire” — an obvious dig at the accident that closed Disneyland’s popular Fantasmic! show in the spring.
See the guest-shot video below.
In it, a man onstage yells, “Oh, f*ck me!” as flames erupt from the dragon’s head. He adds, “Where did you guys get this thing from — Anaheim?” After a while, we hear, “Don’t worry, I’ll put out the fire.” Then, a narrator says, “Walt Disney presents” and a chorus adds, “the wonderful world of water,” an unveiled swipe at Disneyland World of Color water show.
It’s a pretty sharp elbow to the...
- 9/24/2023
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield-led romantic drama “We Live in Time” has sold into Canada’s Sphere Films.
The Montreal- and Toronto-based company has picked up Canadian rights to the drama directed by “Brooklyn” helmer John Crowley, who also directed Garfield in his breakout role in “Boy A.” The film is currently in production in London and specific plot details are being kept closely under wraps. All that’s known so far is that the pic is an immersive love story.
“We Live in Time” is scripted by playwright and screenwriter Nick Payne with Benedict Cumberbatch on board as executive producer. The project is developed and produced by Studiocanal with partners at SunnyMarch including Leah Clarke, Adam Ackland and Guy Heeley. It is co-financed by Film4 and Studiocanal. International sales are handled by Studiocanal while the U.S. distribution rights have been acquired by A24.
Elsewhere, Sphere Films also...
The Montreal- and Toronto-based company has picked up Canadian rights to the drama directed by “Brooklyn” helmer John Crowley, who also directed Garfield in his breakout role in “Boy A.” The film is currently in production in London and specific plot details are being kept closely under wraps. All that’s known so far is that the pic is an immersive love story.
“We Live in Time” is scripted by playwright and screenwriter Nick Payne with Benedict Cumberbatch on board as executive producer. The project is developed and produced by Studiocanal with partners at SunnyMarch including Leah Clarke, Adam Ackland and Guy Heeley. It is co-financed by Film4 and Studiocanal. International sales are handled by Studiocanal while the U.S. distribution rights have been acquired by A24.
Elsewhere, Sphere Films also...
- 5/16/2023
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
“We Live in Time,” an original romantic drama starring Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh, will be distributed theatrically in North America courtesy of A24, TheWrap confirmed. The indie powerhouse, whose “Everything Everywhere All at Once” just won a slew of Oscars including Best Picture, nabbed rights to the StudioCanal production which is currently filming in London. Helmed by John Crowley and penned by Nick Payne, plot details are currently shrouded in mystery.
Film4 is co-financing with StudioCanal, who will produce the picture with Sunny March. EVP Global Production Ron Halpern and SVP Global Production Joe Naftalin are overseeing for StudioCanal.
Crowley directed Saoirse Ronan’s Oscar-nominated epic “Brooklyn” in 2015 and helmed the Ansel Elgort-starring adaptation of “The Goldfinch” in 2019. He directed “Boy A” in 2007, which would feature Garfield in the actor’s breakout role; they both won BAFTAs for their effort. Garfield went on to star in films like “The Social Network,...
Film4 is co-financing with StudioCanal, who will produce the picture with Sunny March. EVP Global Production Ron Halpern and SVP Global Production Joe Naftalin are overseeing for StudioCanal.
Crowley directed Saoirse Ronan’s Oscar-nominated epic “Brooklyn” in 2015 and helmed the Ansel Elgort-starring adaptation of “The Goldfinch” in 2019. He directed “Boy A” in 2007, which would feature Garfield in the actor’s breakout role; they both won BAFTAs for their effort. Garfield went on to star in films like “The Social Network,...
- 5/12/2023
- by Scott Mendelson
- The Wrap
“Bath County,” the latest single from Asheville, North Carolina indie rock outfit Wednesday, drifts along a strange stream of consciousness. Biblical allusions and Dollywood, kids drinking “piss colored bright yellow Fanta,” a morbid scene in a Planet Fitness parking lot, and a sudden revival with Narcan. Over ragged guitar riffs, Wednesday frontwoman Karly Hartzman narrates it all in a voice that feels weary yet cut through with an anxiety that finally bursts as she screams, “You’ll be my baby til my body’s in the ground.”
Off Wednesday’s upcoming album,...
Off Wednesday’s upcoming album,...
- 2/23/2023
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
How Do You Hide a 255-Foot Superyacht? If you’re Putin crony and sanctioned-billionaire Viktor Vekselberg, the answer is relatively straightforward: pay someone else to do it for you. Unfortunately for Vekselberg, the men he delegated the task to fell short of expectations, causing his 90 million superyacht, Tango, to become one in a series of Russian-owned luxury vessels seized by federal authorities back in April.
Superyachts are conspicuous by design, hard enough to conceal from the insatiable readers to SuperyachtFan.com, let alone the U.S. government. But the yacht itself...
Superyachts are conspicuous by design, hard enough to conceal from the insatiable readers to SuperyachtFan.com, let alone the U.S. government. But the yacht itself...
- 1/24/2023
- by Tessa Stuart
- Rollingstone.com
"What's the plan for the next life?" BBC has launched a full trailer for a series arriving next week titled Life After Life, adapted from the novel of the same name by Kate Atkinson. The series explores the afterlife, but it also explores the meaning of life. It's directed by the acclaimed filmmaker John Crowley, director of the films Intermission, Boy A, Brooklyn, and The Goldfinch. If you could live your life time and again, would you ever get it right? Ursula dies and is reborn, living through turbulent times - but why does she need to stay alive? A young woman is reborn in 1910 over & over. "At the heart of the series lies a list of important questions: what is it that Ursula so desperately needs to stay alive for? Can a perfect life ever be lived? And can she change the course of history – in doing so, save...
- 4/14/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Disney+ To Launch In 42 Countries
Disney+ has moved to the next stage of its rapid international rollout and will launch in 42 countries and 11 territories this summer. Major countries in which the Mouse House’s streamer will launch include South Africa, Turkey, Poland and the United Arab Emirates. Disney+ is also moving to Israel, Egypt, Poland and the Vatican City, amongst others. The streamer, which has grown rapidly since opening in the U.S. just before the start of the pandemic, is already in established Emea areas such as the UK, Scandinavia, France and Germany. It is ramping up international original commissioning by targeting 60 original productions over the next two years.
Channel 4 Orders ‘The Bridge’ Series Two; Moves to Vietnam
Channel 4 and HBO Max have recommissioned a second series of hit Spanish format The Bridge, with the show moving from Wales to Vietnam and Strictly Come Dancing star Aj Odudu joining as host.
Disney+ has moved to the next stage of its rapid international rollout and will launch in 42 countries and 11 territories this summer. Major countries in which the Mouse House’s streamer will launch include South Africa, Turkey, Poland and the United Arab Emirates. Disney+ is also moving to Israel, Egypt, Poland and the Vatican City, amongst others. The streamer, which has grown rapidly since opening in the U.S. just before the start of the pandemic, is already in established Emea areas such as the UK, Scandinavia, France and Germany. It is ramping up international original commissioning by targeting 60 original productions over the next two years.
Channel 4 Orders ‘The Bridge’ Series Two; Moves to Vietnam
Channel 4 and HBO Max have recommissioned a second series of hit Spanish format The Bridge, with the show moving from Wales to Vietnam and Strictly Come Dancing star Aj Odudu joining as host.
- 1/26/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Andrew Garfield is currently enjoying the record-breaking success of “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” which marks the third time the Oscar-nominated actor has played the web-slinger on the big screen. Had Garfield’s career gone has he intended, “Spider-Man” wouldn’t have been the only major Hollywood franchise under his belt. The actor recently told Entertainment Tonight that he was “desperate” to join Disney’s “Chronicles of Narnia” franchise as Prince Caspian when he was starting out in Hollywood, but the casting team allegedly thought Garfield just didn’t have the right look.
“I remember I was so desperate. I auditioned for Prince Caspian in ‘The Chronicles of Narnia’ and I thought, ‘This could be it, this could be it,'” Garfield said. “And that handsome, brilliant actor Ben Barnes ended up getting the role. I think it was down to me and him, and I remember I was obsessed.”
Garfield...
“I remember I was so desperate. I auditioned for Prince Caspian in ‘The Chronicles of Narnia’ and I thought, ‘This could be it, this could be it,'” Garfield said. “And that handsome, brilliant actor Ben Barnes ended up getting the role. I think it was down to me and him, and I remember I was obsessed.”
Garfield...
- 1/11/2022
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
The BBC has commissioned a four-part adaptation of Kate Atkinson’s bestselling novel “Life After Life” from House Productions.
The story centers on Ursula Todd who dies one night in 1910 before she can draw her first breath. On that same night in 1910, Ursula is born and survives. She finds herself time and again, living and dying in different circumstances only to be reborn into a new, alternative iteration of life once more. Ursula navigates her way through a critical era which spans two world wars, an encounter with Hitler and major life events.
The drama is adapted by playwright and screenwriter Bash Doran and will be directed by BAFTA-winning director John Crowley. Kate Ogborn (“The End of the F***ing World”) will produce. Doran and Crowley will be executive producers, as will Atkinson.
The novel was published in 2013 and won the Costa Book Award.
House Productions is the production company set...
The story centers on Ursula Todd who dies one night in 1910 before she can draw her first breath. On that same night in 1910, Ursula is born and survives. She finds herself time and again, living and dying in different circumstances only to be reborn into a new, alternative iteration of life once more. Ursula navigates her way through a critical era which spans two world wars, an encounter with Hitler and major life events.
The drama is adapted by playwright and screenwriter Bash Doran and will be directed by BAFTA-winning director John Crowley. Kate Ogborn (“The End of the F***ing World”) will produce. Doran and Crowley will be executive producers, as will Atkinson.
The novel was published in 2013 and won the Costa Book Award.
House Productions is the production company set...
- 12/16/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
A second spike of coronavirus cases and new national lockdowns in Europe aren’t yet stopping film and television productions abroad, as new precautions to keep casts and crew in quarantine bubbles have been largely successful.
Last spring, cameras stopped rolling almost everywhere during the first Covid-19 lockdown, since much was unknown about safeguarding sets from the virus that has caused 1.2 million deaths worldwide. But this winter, shoots in France, Italy, Germany and the U.K. are largely carrying on — even as restrictions are presenting fresh headaches and soaring costs.
Since France emerged from a three-month lockdown in May, the volume of shoots has skyrocketed, especially in June after the government launched a $116 million indemnity fund covering producers in case of Covid-19-related postponements or cancellations.
“In Paris, the number of shoots for films, TV series and commercials has exploded; we’ve never had so many shoots in the city,...
Last spring, cameras stopped rolling almost everywhere during the first Covid-19 lockdown, since much was unknown about safeguarding sets from the virus that has caused 1.2 million deaths worldwide. But this winter, shoots in France, Italy, Germany and the U.K. are largely carrying on — even as restrictions are presenting fresh headaches and soaring costs.
Since France emerged from a three-month lockdown in May, the volume of shoots has skyrocketed, especially in June after the government launched a $116 million indemnity fund covering producers in case of Covid-19-related postponements or cancellations.
“In Paris, the number of shoots for films, TV series and commercials has exploded; we’ve never had so many shoots in the city,...
- 11/3/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
The Irish romantic drama “Normal People” premiered on Hulu on April 29. It didn’t have as high a profile as the streaming service’s other limited series, “Little Fires Everywhere” with its starry cast led by Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington. But it became one of the spring’s most acclaimed shows with lots of buzz generated by its mature handling of its frank sexuality. Now it could be a dark horse Emmy contender for Best Limited Series.
See‘The Great’ reviews: Is Hulu’s royal comedy the critics’ favourite new show?
Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal play star-crossed lovers in the 12-part drama: she’s affluent but an outcast, he’s working-class but a popular jock. It currently ranks among the top 10 contenders in our odds, which are based on the combined predictions of thousands of Gold Derby users. Among those betting on the series to be nominated as...
See‘The Great’ reviews: Is Hulu’s royal comedy the critics’ favourite new show?
Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal play star-crossed lovers in the 12-part drama: she’s affluent but an outcast, he’s working-class but a popular jock. It currently ranks among the top 10 contenders in our odds, which are based on the combined predictions of thousands of Gold Derby users. Among those betting on the series to be nominated as...
- 5/29/2020
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
On August 20, 2019, Andrew Garfield will celebrate his 36th birthday. The young actor has been able to amass an impressive list of films and theatrical appearances in his relatively short 14-year career.
After training at a British drama school, the actor embarked on a stage career in London gaining notice for a number of appearances in classical and contemporary plays. Those appearances would lead to him getting noticed by British television audiences in several television films. He would win a BAFTA in 2008 for his appearance in the television film “Boy A.”
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After a few small films he would gain huge attention in “The Social Network,” a film about the story of the creation of Facebook which was a huge Oscar player in 2010. His success with that film led to him taking over the role of Spider-Man from Tobey Maguire in the reboot of that franchise.
After training at a British drama school, the actor embarked on a stage career in London gaining notice for a number of appearances in classical and contemporary plays. Those appearances would lead to him getting noticed by British television audiences in several television films. He would win a BAFTA in 2008 for his appearance in the television film “Boy A.”
SEEMel Gibson movies: 12 greatest films ranked from worst to best
After a few small films he would gain huge attention in “The Social Network,” a film about the story of the creation of Facebook which was a huge Oscar player in 2010. His success with that film led to him taking over the role of Spider-Man from Tobey Maguire in the reboot of that franchise.
- 8/20/2019
- by Robert Pius and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
On August 20, 2019, Andrew Garfield will celebrate his 36th birthday. The young actor has been able to amass an impressive list of films and theatrical appearances in his relatively short 14-year career.
After training at a British drama school, the actor embarked on a stage career in London gaining notice for a number of appearances in classical and contemporary plays. Those appearances would lead to him getting noticed by British television audiences in several television films. He would win a BAFTA in 2008 for his appearance in the television film “Boy A.”
After a few small films he would gain huge attention in “The Social Network,” a film about the story of the creation of Facebook which was a huge Oscar player in 2010. His success with that film led to him taking over the role of Spider-Man from Tobey Maguire in the reboot of that franchise. While Garfield brought a darker more intellectual take for the role,...
After training at a British drama school, the actor embarked on a stage career in London gaining notice for a number of appearances in classical and contemporary plays. Those appearances would lead to him getting noticed by British television audiences in several television films. He would win a BAFTA in 2008 for his appearance in the television film “Boy A.”
After a few small films he would gain huge attention in “The Social Network,” a film about the story of the creation of Facebook which was a huge Oscar player in 2010. His success with that film led to him taking over the role of Spider-Man from Tobey Maguire in the reboot of that franchise. While Garfield brought a darker more intellectual take for the role,...
- 8/20/2019
- by Robert Pius, Misty Holland and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
It’s not that Donna Tartt’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 2014 novel “The Goldfinch” is unfilmable, but it’s more a question of, well, who would want to? Tartt’s time- and place-spanning epic ostensibly follows one spectacularly ill-fated boy (or is he?) across a tragic childhood and into an adulthood marked by love, loss, and a little bit of classic art theft. It’s wonderful on the page, but it’s also meaty, dense, twisty, and complicated. In short, tough stuff for a 120-minute runtime.
And yet “Brooklyn” and “Boy A” filmmaker John Crowley took on the task of turning it into a feature film, another complex adaptation for a director who excels at them. Bolstered by a script from Peter Straughan and featuring a stacked cast that includes Ansel Elgort as lead Theo, Oakes Fegley as the younger version of him, Sarah Paulson, Nicole Kidman, Finn Wolfhard, Luke Wilson, Aneurin Barnard,...
And yet “Brooklyn” and “Boy A” filmmaker John Crowley took on the task of turning it into a feature film, another complex adaptation for a director who excels at them. Bolstered by a script from Peter Straughan and featuring a stacked cast that includes Ansel Elgort as lead Theo, Oakes Fegley as the younger version of him, Sarah Paulson, Nicole Kidman, Finn Wolfhard, Luke Wilson, Aneurin Barnard,...
- 4/3/2019
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
McMafia producer Cuba Pictures is developing a TV adaptation of The Rumour, a story loosely based on the real-life case of British child killer Mary Kill, after optioning Lesley Kara’s debut novel.
The company, which has produced feature films including Boy A and Broken and is part of BBC Studios-backed Original Talent, acquired the rights to the book from Emily Hayward-Whitlock at The Artists Partnership on behalf of Amanda Preston at Lba Books.
The book, which is set to be published in December, starts when single mum Joanna hears a rumour at the school gates that a notorious child killer is living under a new identity, in their sleepy little town of Flinstead-on-Sea. Although she never intends to pass it on, one casual comment leads to another and now there’s no going back. It follows Sally McGowan, who was just ten years old when she stabbed Robbie...
The company, which has produced feature films including Boy A and Broken and is part of BBC Studios-backed Original Talent, acquired the rights to the book from Emily Hayward-Whitlock at The Artists Partnership on behalf of Amanda Preston at Lba Books.
The book, which is set to be published in December, starts when single mum Joanna hears a rumour at the school gates that a notorious child killer is living under a new identity, in their sleepy little town of Flinstead-on-Sea. Although she never intends to pass it on, one casual comment leads to another and now there’s no going back. It follows Sally McGowan, who was just ten years old when she stabbed Robbie...
- 11/1/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
“Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover” is a proverb whose simple existence proves the fact impressionable souls will do so without fail. This monthly column focuses on the film industry’s willingness to capitalize on this truth, releasing one-sheets to serve as not representations of what audiences are to expect, but as propaganda to fill seats. Oftentimes they fail miserably.
The critics group selections for best of everything “Cinema 2017” are here and the major players involved are arriving in limited release so audiences can play along. Big city living should provide ample opportunities to see what the hullabaloo is about and choose your own faves within it.
Not only are studios dropping their contenders all at once to ensure their yuletide cheer is tempered by box office receipts, though. They’re also not disappointing us with posters that can’t do their movies justice. I had to leave...
The critics group selections for best of everything “Cinema 2017” are here and the major players involved are arriving in limited release so audiences can play along. Big city living should provide ample opportunities to see what the hullabaloo is about and choose your own faves within it.
Not only are studios dropping their contenders all at once to ensure their yuletide cheer is tempered by box office receipts, though. They’re also not disappointing us with posters that can’t do their movies justice. I had to leave...
- 12/4/2017
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
Need to catch up? Check out the previous American Gods recap.
We meet a new god — who, ironically, isn’t a New God — in this week’s American Gods, and he’s seriously gunning for Shadow and Wednesday.
Sure, at first glance, Vulcan seems like your average gregarious, friendly bullet-factory owner. But there’s more to his ammunition than you might think, and he’s just as slippery as the molten metal flowing through his foundry.
Elsewhere in America, Laura “Dead Wife” Moon and Mad “Unlucky Charms” Sweeney run into someone new to them (but not to us). Read on...
We meet a new god — who, ironically, isn’t a New God — in this week’s American Gods, and he’s seriously gunning for Shadow and Wednesday.
Sure, at first glance, Vulcan seems like your average gregarious, friendly bullet-factory owner. But there’s more to his ammunition than you might think, and he’s just as slippery as the molten metal flowing through his foundry.
Elsewhere in America, Laura “Dead Wife” Moon and Mad “Unlucky Charms” Sweeney run into someone new to them (but not to us). Read on...
- 6/5/2017
- TVLine.com
Screen considers potential runners and riders.
The BBC is likely to announce its new head of film within the next two weeks, according to sources close to the process.
Scroll down for potential candidates and the original job spec
That timetable should come as a relief to those under consideration for the role and to wider industry who will want to begin building or growing their relationship with the new boss.
The job, which is considered one of the UK’s most prestigious posts, became vacant in autumn 2016 following the departure of long-time chief Christine Langan. BBC Films veteran Joe Oppenheimer has been serving as acting head of film since then.
The incoming head of film is expected to have an annual war chest of around £12m for production, cementing BBC Films’ position as one the three mainstays of public funding in the UK along with the BFI and Film4.
The organisation advertised the position (as ‘director...
The BBC is likely to announce its new head of film within the next two weeks, according to sources close to the process.
Scroll down for potential candidates and the original job spec
That timetable should come as a relief to those under consideration for the role and to wider industry who will want to begin building or growing their relationship with the new boss.
The job, which is considered one of the UK’s most prestigious posts, became vacant in autumn 2016 following the departure of long-time chief Christine Langan. BBC Films veteran Joe Oppenheimer has been serving as acting head of film since then.
The incoming head of film is expected to have an annual war chest of around £12m for production, cementing BBC Films’ position as one the three mainstays of public funding in the UK along with the BFI and Film4.
The organisation advertised the position (as ‘director...
- 2/15/2017
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Protagonist to handle sales and Element secures distribution rights to Parallel Films production backed by IFB and BFI.
The Delinquent Season, the directorial debut of Mark O’Rowe that stars Andrew Scott (Sherlock) and Cillian Murphy (The Dark Knight), has secured worldwide and UK deals.
Protagonist Pictures will handle worldwide sales for the project, a character-driven drama set in suburban Dublin, while Element Pictures Distribution will release in the UK and Ireland.
The film, supported by the Irish Film Board, RTE and the BFI, centers on two couples whose apparently solid marriages come under strain. Catherine Walker (Critical) and Eva Birthistle (Brooklyn) co-star.
Director O’Rowe is well-known for his stage plays, including Our Few and Evil Days and screenplays including Irish crime drama Intermission, starring Murphy and Colin Farrell, crime drama Perrier’s Bounty, with Murphy and Brendan Gleeson and Boy A, starring Andrew Garfield.
Murphy is a regular collaborator with O’Rowe, having starred...
The Delinquent Season, the directorial debut of Mark O’Rowe that stars Andrew Scott (Sherlock) and Cillian Murphy (The Dark Knight), has secured worldwide and UK deals.
Protagonist Pictures will handle worldwide sales for the project, a character-driven drama set in suburban Dublin, while Element Pictures Distribution will release in the UK and Ireland.
The film, supported by the Irish Film Board, RTE and the BFI, centers on two couples whose apparently solid marriages come under strain. Catherine Walker (Critical) and Eva Birthistle (Brooklyn) co-star.
Director O’Rowe is well-known for his stage plays, including Our Few and Evil Days and screenplays including Irish crime drama Intermission, starring Murphy and Colin Farrell, crime drama Perrier’s Bounty, with Murphy and Brendan Gleeson and Boy A, starring Andrew Garfield.
Murphy is a regular collaborator with O’Rowe, having starred...
- 1/11/2017
- ScreenDaily
As Mel Gibson’s “Hacksaw Ridge” opens around the country, a movie that is playing well for critics and audiences is tainted by a gifted filmmaker with a sticky scandal.
The deja vu is fresh, after “The Birth of a Nation” director-star Nate Parker tried to promote his movie while being shadowed by his 1999 rape trial, and the surprise news that the accuser committed suicide in 2012. After a rapturous response at Sundance and at the Toronto International Film Festival, the movie made a lackluster opening in October. His Oscar hopes? Over.
See More‘The Birth of a Nation’ Premieres in Toronto, and Audiences Give Nate Parker a Second Chance
However, that’s not Gibson. Nor is he a celebrity bad boy whom people secretly admire for rascally behavior (pot-smoker Robert Mitchum), or an addict who gains warm support when he goes straight (Robert Downey, Jr.), or an Oscar-winning director (Elia Kazan...
The deja vu is fresh, after “The Birth of a Nation” director-star Nate Parker tried to promote his movie while being shadowed by his 1999 rape trial, and the surprise news that the accuser committed suicide in 2012. After a rapturous response at Sundance and at the Toronto International Film Festival, the movie made a lackluster opening in October. His Oscar hopes? Over.
See More‘The Birth of a Nation’ Premieres in Toronto, and Audiences Give Nate Parker a Second Chance
However, that’s not Gibson. Nor is he a celebrity bad boy whom people secretly admire for rascally behavior (pot-smoker Robert Mitchum), or an addict who gains warm support when he goes straight (Robert Downey, Jr.), or an Oscar-winning director (Elia Kazan...
- 11/3/2016
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
As Mel Gibson’s “Hacksaw Ridge” opens around the country, a movie that is playing well for critics and audiences is tainted by a gifted filmmaker with a sticky scandal.
The deja vu is fresh, after “The Birth of a Nation” director-star Nate Parker tried to promote his movie while being shadowed by his 1999 rape trial, and the surprise news that the accuser committed suicide in 2012. After a rapturous response at Sundance and at the Toronto International Film Festival, the movie made a lackluster opening in October. His Oscar hopes? Over.
See More‘The Birth of a Nation’ Premieres in Toronto, and Audiences Give Nate Parker a Second Chance
However, that’s not Gibson. Nor is he a celebrity bad boy whom people secretly admire for rascally behavior (pot-smoker Robert Mitchum), or an addict who gains warm support when he goes straight (Robert Downey, Jr.), or an Oscar-winning director (Elia Kazan...
The deja vu is fresh, after “The Birth of a Nation” director-star Nate Parker tried to promote his movie while being shadowed by his 1999 rape trial, and the surprise news that the accuser committed suicide in 2012. After a rapturous response at Sundance and at the Toronto International Film Festival, the movie made a lackluster opening in October. His Oscar hopes? Over.
See More‘The Birth of a Nation’ Premieres in Toronto, and Audiences Give Nate Parker a Second Chance
However, that’s not Gibson. Nor is he a celebrity bad boy whom people secretly admire for rascally behavior (pot-smoker Robert Mitchum), or an addict who gains warm support when he goes straight (Robert Downey, Jr.), or an Oscar-winning director (Elia Kazan...
- 11/3/2016
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
The Irish Film Board backs production funding for the directoral debut from the Intermission and Boy A writer.
The directional debut from writer Mark O’Rowe (Intermission, Boy A) is among a number of projects backed by the Irish Film Board in its latest round of funding decisions.
O’Rowe will direct his own screenplay for relationship drama The Delinquent Season, which has been granted $707,220 (€650,000) in production funding. Parallel Films will produce.
The Delinquent Season received the largest single commitment from the Ifb in one of several projects backed by the board for production funding.
They include The Man Who Invented Christmas which will be directed by Barhat Nalluri (Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day) and scripted by Susan Coyne, which was given funding of $163,200 (€150,000). Parallel Films is producing.
Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos’s latest film The Killing of a Sacred Deer, which recently wrapped filming in Cincinnati and stars Colin Farrell and Nicole Kidman, was awarded...
The directional debut from writer Mark O’Rowe (Intermission, Boy A) is among a number of projects backed by the Irish Film Board in its latest round of funding decisions.
O’Rowe will direct his own screenplay for relationship drama The Delinquent Season, which has been granted $707,220 (€650,000) in production funding. Parallel Films will produce.
The Delinquent Season received the largest single commitment from the Ifb in one of several projects backed by the board for production funding.
They include The Man Who Invented Christmas which will be directed by Barhat Nalluri (Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day) and scripted by Susan Coyne, which was given funding of $163,200 (€150,000). Parallel Films is producing.
Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos’s latest film The Killing of a Sacred Deer, which recently wrapped filming in Cincinnati and stars Colin Farrell and Nicole Kidman, was awarded...
- 10/24/2016
- ScreenDaily
Hot off a successful awards season run with his latest stirring period piece, “Brooklyn” director John Crowley has been tapped to direct a big screen version of Donna Tartt’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “The Goldfinch.” It’s a gig that the “Intermission” and “Closed Circuit” filmmaker, certainly no stranger to literary adaptations, has apparently been chasing for quite awhile — so he’s likely passionate about the project — and it’s also one that his talents are perfectly suited for.
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When IndieWire spoke to Crowley at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival in support of his “Brooklyn,” the filmmaker summed up his aims when crafting a film pretty succinctly: “I don’t trust earnestness in storytelling, I try to avoid it.” For a director who has often helmed extremely emotion-driven films — from the wonderfully human “Brooklyn” to...
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When IndieWire spoke to Crowley at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival in support of his “Brooklyn,” the filmmaker summed up his aims when crafting a film pretty succinctly: “I don’t trust earnestness in storytelling, I try to avoid it.” For a director who has often helmed extremely emotion-driven films — from the wonderfully human “Brooklyn” to...
- 7/20/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
John Crowley set to enter the big league with Donna Tartt’s Pulitzer prize-winning novel and a screenplay from the writer of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Brooklyn director John Crowley is nearing a deal to follow-up his Oscar-nominated drama with an adaptation of Donna Tartt’s Pulitzer prize-winning novel The Goldfinch.
For Crowley, the Warner Bros film would mark his highest-profile project to date. Before making Brooklyn, which netted three Oscar nominations, including best picture and best actress for Saoirse Ronan, the Irish film-maker was best known for helming the small-scale dramas Intermission and Boy A. The latter won Crowley the Bafta for best director in 2007.
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Brooklyn director John Crowley is nearing a deal to follow-up his Oscar-nominated drama with an adaptation of Donna Tartt’s Pulitzer prize-winning novel The Goldfinch.
For Crowley, the Warner Bros film would mark his highest-profile project to date. Before making Brooklyn, which netted three Oscar nominations, including best picture and best actress for Saoirse Ronan, the Irish film-maker was best known for helming the small-scale dramas Intermission and Boy A. The latter won Crowley the Bafta for best director in 2007.
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- 7/20/2016
- by Nigel M Smith
- The Guardian - Film News
John Crowley is set to bring another acclaimed New York novel to the silver screen. Deadline reports that the “Brooklyn” director has been hired to helm the adaptation of Donna Tartt’s “The Goldfinch,” a bestseller that won the Pulitzer Prize two years ago. RatPat Entertainment and Warner Bros. are developing the project with a script by “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” screenwriter Peter Straughan.
Read More: Donna Tartt, Annie Baker Win Pulitzers
James Packer will serve as executive producer, with Color Force’s Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson producing alongside RatPac co-founder Brett Ratner. Crowley, who’s worked extensively in theater on both sides of the Atlantic, also directed “Boy A,” “Closed Circuit” and an episode from the underrated second season of “True Detective.” “Brooklyn” received three Oscar nominations: Best Actress for Saoirse Ronan, Best Adapted Screenplay for Nick Hornby and Best Picture.
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Read More: Donna Tartt, Annie Baker Win Pulitzers
James Packer will serve as executive producer, with Color Force’s Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson producing alongside RatPac co-founder Brett Ratner. Crowley, who’s worked extensively in theater on both sides of the Atlantic, also directed “Boy A,” “Closed Circuit” and an episode from the underrated second season of “True Detective.” “Brooklyn” received three Oscar nominations: Best Actress for Saoirse Ronan, Best Adapted Screenplay for Nick Hornby and Best Picture.
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- 7/20/2016
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
The pleasures of "Brooklyn" are many, and as well-wrought as the film directed by John Crowley are—he helped to break out Irish star Colin Farrell in "Intermission" and Andrew Garfield in "Boy A"—the succulent juices of the story come from novelist Colm Tóibín and author-turned-Hollywood screenwriting pro Nick Hornby, who wrote the books-that-were-turned-into-movies "About a Boy" and "High Fidelity," and the movie adaptations of Cheryl Strayed's "Wild" and Lynn Barber's "An Education," which earned him an Oscar nomination. Another one is in the offing for "Brooklyn" (Fox Searchlight), which was a long slog labor of love for Hornby, surviving various aborted incarnations. By the time the movie was ready to roll, Irish actress Saoirse Ronan had grown up, and as Hornby says, it's hard to imagine anyone else playing her. She's a young woman with limited hopes in her...
- 11/23/2015
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Photo by Kerry Brown. © 2015 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation All Rights Reserved
By Cate Marquis
On the surface, Brooklyn is about a young Irish woman in the 1950s moving to American to start a new life, but it is also about anyone growing up and moving away from home, whether that is going away to college or moving away to a new city for a job. The film deals with the loneliness, the homesickness, and the strangeness of being somewhere new, and all the adjustments and changes that brings. It also deals with how it feels to go back home after that. It is a story that will make anyone who has experienced that ache with remembered things. It is a meditation on identity, self-discovery and life-choices, full of nuances and shadings, set in a lovely nostalgic landscape.
Beautifully photographed and beautifully acted as well, Brooklyn is a lovely film...
By Cate Marquis
On the surface, Brooklyn is about a young Irish woman in the 1950s moving to American to start a new life, but it is also about anyone growing up and moving away from home, whether that is going away to college or moving away to a new city for a job. The film deals with the loneliness, the homesickness, and the strangeness of being somewhere new, and all the adjustments and changes that brings. It also deals with how it feels to go back home after that. It is a story that will make anyone who has experienced that ache with remembered things. It is a meditation on identity, self-discovery and life-choices, full of nuances and shadings, set in a lovely nostalgic landscape.
Beautifully photographed and beautifully acted as well, Brooklyn is a lovely film...
- 11/20/2015
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
“Home is home.”
Brooklyn tells the profoundly moving story of Eilis Lacey (Saoirse Ronan), a young Irish immigrant navigating her way through 1950s Brooklyn. Lured by the promise of America, Eilis departs Ireland and the comfort of her mother’s home for the shores of New York City. The initial shackles of homesickness quickly diminish as a fresh romance sweeps Eilis into the intoxicating charm of love. But soon, her new vivacity is disrupted by her past, and Eilis must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within.
Colm Tóibín’s 2009 novel Brooklyn, one of the most acclaimed novels of the last decade, is adapted by screenwriter Nick Hornby (Wild, An Education) and director John Crowley (Boy A).
Starring Saoirse Ronan, Domhnall Gleeson, Emory Cohen with Jim Broadbent and Julie Walters, Brooklyn opens in St. Louis on November 20, 2015.
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Brooklyn tells the profoundly moving story of Eilis Lacey (Saoirse Ronan), a young Irish immigrant navigating her way through 1950s Brooklyn. Lured by the promise of America, Eilis departs Ireland and the comfort of her mother’s home for the shores of New York City. The initial shackles of homesickness quickly diminish as a fresh romance sweeps Eilis into the intoxicating charm of love. But soon, her new vivacity is disrupted by her past, and Eilis must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within.
Colm Tóibín’s 2009 novel Brooklyn, one of the most acclaimed novels of the last decade, is adapted by screenwriter Nick Hornby (Wild, An Education) and director John Crowley (Boy A).
Starring Saoirse Ronan, Domhnall Gleeson, Emory Cohen with Jim Broadbent and Julie Walters, Brooklyn opens in St. Louis on November 20, 2015.
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- 11/10/2015
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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Fancy checking out one of the best films of the year? Here's our review of Brooklyn, starring Saiorse Ronan.
In amongst the showier performance-led movies to come this awards season, it's reassuring to see an unassuming coming-of-age story like Brooklyn receiving its fair share of plaudits too. Based on Colm Tóibín's novel of the same name, Brooklyn follows an immigrant's trans-Atlantic love song, set between south-east Ireland and New York City.
In the 1950s, Eilis Lacey (Saiorse Ronan) is a young Irish woman living in Enniscorthy who gets the opportunity of a lifetime when kindly priest Father Flood (Jim Broadbent) arranges for her to travel to Brooklyn and take up a job at a department store. Of course, Eilis jumps at the chance, but leaves behind her elder sister Rose (Fiona Glascott) and her mother Mary (Jane Brennan) for the glamour of America.
She becomes desperately homesick,...
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Fancy checking out one of the best films of the year? Here's our review of Brooklyn, starring Saiorse Ronan.
In amongst the showier performance-led movies to come this awards season, it's reassuring to see an unassuming coming-of-age story like Brooklyn receiving its fair share of plaudits too. Based on Colm Tóibín's novel of the same name, Brooklyn follows an immigrant's trans-Atlantic love song, set between south-east Ireland and New York City.
In the 1950s, Eilis Lacey (Saiorse Ronan) is a young Irish woman living in Enniscorthy who gets the opportunity of a lifetime when kindly priest Father Flood (Jim Broadbent) arranges for her to travel to Brooklyn and take up a job at a department store. Of course, Eilis jumps at the chance, but leaves behind her elder sister Rose (Fiona Glascott) and her mother Mary (Jane Brennan) for the glamour of America.
She becomes desperately homesick,...
- 11/9/2015
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
A Brooklyn Baby: Crowley’s Simple Immigration Tale Buoyed by Strong Emotional Core
Director John Crowley returns with Brooklyn, his strongest film in years, based on the well-received novel by Colm Toibin, and adapted by the respected pen of Nick Hornby. Recalling the emotional prowess of his 2007 film, Boy A, which similarly focused on the perspective of a lone protagonist, Crowley captures an expressive and emotional performance from Saoirse Ronan, weathering the simplicity of the sturdy narrative like a dependable, all-purpose frock. A host of well-known supporting players enhance the crowd pleasing tendencies, though sometimes in its lighter moments the films jumps the rails and slams into overdone sentiment or desperate humor. But the moments are fleeting, and quite forgivable considering the poise with which the film navigates the emotional arc of its lead character.
In 1950s Ireland, Eilis Lacey (Ronan) is able to secure a placement in a boarding...
Director John Crowley returns with Brooklyn, his strongest film in years, based on the well-received novel by Colm Toibin, and adapted by the respected pen of Nick Hornby. Recalling the emotional prowess of his 2007 film, Boy A, which similarly focused on the perspective of a lone protagonist, Crowley captures an expressive and emotional performance from Saoirse Ronan, weathering the simplicity of the sturdy narrative like a dependable, all-purpose frock. A host of well-known supporting players enhance the crowd pleasing tendencies, though sometimes in its lighter moments the films jumps the rails and slams into overdone sentiment or desperate humor. But the moments are fleeting, and quite forgivable considering the poise with which the film navigates the emotional arc of its lead character.
In 1950s Ireland, Eilis Lacey (Ronan) is able to secure a placement in a boarding...
- 11/4/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Even when its manipulations segue from button-pushing to two-fisted button-mashing, “Brooklyn” weaves an old-fashioned tale that’s well nigh impossible to resist. As the child of immigrants myself, I could feel my strings being plucked by this tale of a fair Colleen from Ireland finding love and fulfillment in the New World, and it’s certainly a compliment to director John Crowley (“Boy A”) and screenwriter Nick Hornby (adapting the novel by Colm Tóibín) that the film calls to mind Steven Spielberg and even John Ford in its willingness to commit to the grand gesture. This is sweet, sentimental filmmaking of the old.
- 11/4/2015
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
From performances in Trainspotting, Top of the Lake, Tyrannosaur, Red Riding, War Horse, Boy A, Children of Men, and more to directorial work like Neds and The Magdalene Sisters, Peter Mullan has crafted out a distinct career with a distinct voice. As a fitting birthday present for the actor (who turns 56 today), we have the first trailer for his next feature, Hector.
The directorial debut of Jake Gavin, it follows Mullan’s character as a homeless man who embarks on a journey from Scotland to London and reconnects to those in his storied life along the way. While there’s no U.S. distribution set yet, it’ll arrive next month in the U.K. and looks to have another great performance from Mullan.
Check out the the trailer below (with a hat tip to Screen Relish) for the film also starring Sarah Solemani, Keith Allen, Stephen Tompkinson, Natalie Gavin and Sharon Rooney.
The directorial debut of Jake Gavin, it follows Mullan’s character as a homeless man who embarks on a journey from Scotland to London and reconnects to those in his storied life along the way. While there’s no U.S. distribution set yet, it’ll arrive next month in the U.K. and looks to have another great performance from Mullan.
Check out the the trailer below (with a hat tip to Screen Relish) for the film also starring Sarah Solemani, Keith Allen, Stephen Tompkinson, Natalie Gavin and Sharon Rooney.
- 11/2/2015
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
This year's Denver Film Festival has a diverse lineup of killer films both small and large. To select just ten meant I had to strain out promising titles like Lucifer, shot on tondoscope and directed by the provocative Gus Van Den Berghe, or special presentations like Mia Madre by Italian director Nanni Morreti. You should see those and all the films on this list, and more -- the roster's dense. You can view the 38th Denver Film Festival schedule in its entirety here. The Festival will run from November 4th to the 15th.
Mustang - Following a village scolded scandal, 5 Turkish sisters face intense constraints in their conservative home. This imprisonment takes hold at the start of their sexual development, exacerbating the stunt, and catalyzing a rebellion into motion.
Saturday, November 14th, 9:15 @ United Artists Pavillion
Sunday, November 15th, 12pm @ United Artists Pavillion
Stinking Heaven- Filmed with the gnarly...
Mustang - Following a village scolded scandal, 5 Turkish sisters face intense constraints in their conservative home. This imprisonment takes hold at the start of their sexual development, exacerbating the stunt, and catalyzing a rebellion into motion.
Saturday, November 14th, 9:15 @ United Artists Pavillion
Sunday, November 15th, 12pm @ United Artists Pavillion
Stinking Heaven- Filmed with the gnarly...
- 10/31/2015
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Aaron Hunt)
- Cinelinx
Although she’s only 21, Saoirse Ronan has carved out quite a career working with Wes Anderson, Studio Ghibli, Peter Weir, Neil Jordan, Joe Wright, Peter Jackson, Andrew Niccol, and more. So, while it might seem a bit early for a career-spanning conversation, she had much to discuss when she came to the London Film Festival for a screening of Brooklyn, featuring perhaps her most acclaimed performance.
Adapted from Colm Toibin‘s novel by Nick Hornby with direction by John Crowley (Boy A, Closed Circuit), the period drama Brooklyn was one of our favorite films from this year’s Sundance. Ronan leads the story about a young woman’s emigration from Ireland to America in the fifties, caught in the middle of two romances (between Domhnall Gleeson and Emory Cohen). We also have a new U.K. trailer for the film tied to its BFI premiere.
We said in our review,...
Adapted from Colm Toibin‘s novel by Nick Hornby with direction by John Crowley (Boy A, Closed Circuit), the period drama Brooklyn was one of our favorite films from this year’s Sundance. Ronan leads the story about a young woman’s emigration from Ireland to America in the fifties, caught in the middle of two romances (between Domhnall Gleeson and Emory Cohen). We also have a new U.K. trailer for the film tied to its BFI premiere.
We said in our review,...
- 10/15/2015
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Nick Hornby is poised to bring another novel to the big screen, this time travelling to the 1950s to do so.
Titled Brooklyn, Hornby adapts the screenplay from the 2009 novel by Colm Tóibín. The film is directed by Boy A helmer John Crowley, and stars Saoirse Ronan, Domhnall Gleeson, Emory Cohen, and Julie Christie.
The film’s synopsis is as follows.
In 1950s Ireland and New York, young Ellis Lacey has to choose between two men and two countries.
This is Ronan’s second leading role this year, following her turn in the Sundance and Lifetime film Stockholm, Pennsylvania. While Hornby has adapted other works for the screen before, this will be his first time adapting someone else’s novel, as his last two adaptations, An Education and Wild, both saw him working with memoirs.
Brooklyn made its debut at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival before playing at the 2015 Toronto International...
Titled Brooklyn, Hornby adapts the screenplay from the 2009 novel by Colm Tóibín. The film is directed by Boy A helmer John Crowley, and stars Saoirse Ronan, Domhnall Gleeson, Emory Cohen, and Julie Christie.
The film’s synopsis is as follows.
In 1950s Ireland and New York, young Ellis Lacey has to choose between two men and two countries.
This is Ronan’s second leading role this year, following her turn in the Sundance and Lifetime film Stockholm, Pennsylvania. While Hornby has adapted other works for the screen before, this will be his first time adapting someone else’s novel, as his last two adaptations, An Education and Wild, both saw him working with memoirs.
Brooklyn made its debut at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival before playing at the 2015 Toronto International...
- 10/13/2015
- by Deepayan Sengupta
- SoundOnSight
How many controllers and keyboards have been destroyed in the pursuit of besting Super Meat Boy? How many people completed it for that matter? Super Meat Boy staked ratings and sales numbers on cutthroat, sadistic platforming, and Xbox 360 owners flocked to it. Some fans even purchased the game again when it arrived on PCs. Will those enthusiasts invest in the recent PlayStation versions? Five years is a long time for Sony loyalists to be left out in the cold, and several acclaimed platformers have emerged in the months since. The good news, though, is that Super Meat Boy’s pure and responsive 2D gameplay complements the PlayStation Vita exquisitely.
Only a couple changes separate the Vita and PS4 renditions of Super Meat Boy from previous iterations. People that braved Meat Boy’s “out of the frying pan, into the fire” journey will have a leg up on newcomers, knowing full...
Only a couple changes separate the Vita and PS4 renditions of Super Meat Boy from previous iterations. People that braved Meat Boy’s “out of the frying pan, into the fire” journey will have a leg up on newcomers, knowing full...
- 10/11/2015
- by Joshua Kowbel
- We Got This Covered
The first season of True Detective was helmed solely by Cary Fukunaga (Beasts of No Nation), but with him and series creator/writer Nic Pizzolatto parting ways over what has been rumoured to be a pretty major falling out, a number of different film and television directors were brought in for season two. Many are names you likely will have never heard of, but some – Justin Lin (Fast Five) and John Crowley (Boy A) for example – definitely stood out.
However, it turns out that season two of the HBO drama could have attracted an even bigger name had things panned out a little differently.
While the likes of William Friedkin and Andrew Dominik were rumoured, it has now been revealed by David Cronenberg (A History of Violence, The Fly) that he was at one point approached as well. However, his reason for saying no is sure to resonate with anyone...
However, it turns out that season two of the HBO drama could have attracted an even bigger name had things panned out a little differently.
While the likes of William Friedkin and Andrew Dominik were rumoured, it has now been revealed by David Cronenberg (A History of Violence, The Fly) that he was at one point approached as well. However, his reason for saying no is sure to resonate with anyone...
- 10/1/2015
- by Josh Wilding
- We Got This Covered
While the first season of "True Detective" was guided entirely by director Cary Fukunaga, the second season (which he hasn't seen, by the way), dropped the practice of having one director at the helm and instead went through a roster of filmmakers, with the most notable perhaps being Justin Lin ("Fast Five," "Star Trek Beyond") and John Crowley ("Boy A," "Brooklyn"). Others were rumored, including William Friedkin and Andrew Dominik, but those directors didn't end up taking the gig. Now another director explains fairly bluntly why he declined working on the series. "The heat is in TV," David Cronenberg said at the Reykjavik International Film Festival where he received a Lifetime Achievement Award (via Indiewire). "Last year I was approached to direct the first episode of the second season of 'True Detective,' I considered it but I thought that the script was bad, so I didn’t do it.
- 10/1/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Steven Spielberg’s Bridge of Spies, starring Tom Hanks, will make its World Premiere at the 53rd New York International Film Festival, running from September 25 to October 11. The film was one of 26 announced as part of the festival’s main slate, along with one of four World Premieres.
Some of the main slate highlights include Todd Haynes’s Carol, featuring Cannes Best Actress Winner Rooney Mara alongside Cate Blanchett, Miguel Gomes’s three part saga Arabian Nights, Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s The Assassin, the Us premiere of Michael Moore’s latest Where to Invade Next, Michel Gondry’s French film Microbe et Gasoil, and the World Premiere of the documentary Don’t Blink: Robert Frank, about the life of the fames photographer and filmmaker.
Previously announced films include the World Premiere of The Walk, Robert Zemeckis’s Philippe Petit biopic serving as the opening night film, the World Premiere of...
Some of the main slate highlights include Todd Haynes’s Carol, featuring Cannes Best Actress Winner Rooney Mara alongside Cate Blanchett, Miguel Gomes’s three part saga Arabian Nights, Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s The Assassin, the Us premiere of Michael Moore’s latest Where to Invade Next, Michel Gondry’s French film Microbe et Gasoil, and the World Premiere of the documentary Don’t Blink: Robert Frank, about the life of the fames photographer and filmmaker.
Previously announced films include the World Premiere of The Walk, Robert Zemeckis’s Philippe Petit biopic serving as the opening night film, the World Premiere of...
- 8/13/2015
- by Brian Welk
- SoundOnSight
Industry veteran to take executive producer and producer duties at new firm.
Chris Moll, who stepped down as head of film at Creative England in April, has resurfaced at burgeoning film and TV production company Catalyst Global Media.
Moll has been hired to takes on both executive producer and producer duties at the London-based firm, which launched in May.
Reporting to Catalyst co-founder and CEO Charlotte Walls, Moll will be charged with sourcing high-quality, commercially viable projects for Catalyst’s development and production slate.
He will also be responsible for expanding the company’s national and international partnerships with key talent, producers, agents, publishers and financiers, and identifying new opportunities for collaboration across film, television, digital and music.
Walls said: “Chris brings tremendous strength as an award-winning film producer and seasoned entertainment executive with passion and vision for current projects and the future of Catalyst.”
Moll said he would help build “a slate focused on both creative...
Chris Moll, who stepped down as head of film at Creative England in April, has resurfaced at burgeoning film and TV production company Catalyst Global Media.
Moll has been hired to takes on both executive producer and producer duties at the London-based firm, which launched in May.
Reporting to Catalyst co-founder and CEO Charlotte Walls, Moll will be charged with sourcing high-quality, commercially viable projects for Catalyst’s development and production slate.
He will also be responsible for expanding the company’s national and international partnerships with key talent, producers, agents, publishers and financiers, and identifying new opportunities for collaboration across film, television, digital and music.
Walls said: “Chris brings tremendous strength as an award-winning film producer and seasoned entertainment executive with passion and vision for current projects and the future of Catalyst.”
Moll said he would help build “a slate focused on both creative...
- 8/12/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Riveting, terrifying, and unafraid to confront its own quiet horror. One of the most important movies ever about nuclear weapons and modern governance. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Over the weekend of the 70th anniversary of the first — and so far only — use of atomic bombs in anger, cinemagoers in and around London will have an opportunity to see one of the most extraordinary movies about nuclear warfare ever made. (And then it will air on the BBC next week.) There are no mushroom clouds in War Book. There are no screams of fear or pain. There are no ticking countdowns that may or may not be defused in the nick of time. There is no disaster porn. No stock footage of test blasts from the 1950s is deployed. There are just civil servants...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Over the weekend of the 70th anniversary of the first — and so far only — use of atomic bombs in anger, cinemagoers in and around London will have an opportunity to see one of the most extraordinary movies about nuclear warfare ever made. (And then it will air on the BBC next week.) There are no mushroom clouds in War Book. There are no screams of fear or pain. There are no ticking countdowns that may or may not be defused in the nick of time. There is no disaster porn. No stock footage of test blasts from the 1950s is deployed. There are just civil servants...
- 8/5/2015
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
It’s been 66 days since the shootout in Vinci that killed Ledo Armarilla and scores of innocent bystanders. 66 days and the team of true detectives has scattered to the wind. And 66 days is about as long as it takes before they can no longer stay away from this mystery. The title of “True Detective” season 2, episode 5, “Other Lives,” refers to the what ifs, the what could have beens, and the yearning for something else for which our central four characters ache. Irish helmer John Crowley, known for “Boy A” and the upcoming Sundance fave “Brooklyn” is behind the camera this episode, but there’s only room for one auteur in Vinci. This is a Nic Pizzolatto joint, make no doubt about it. No matter which director steps in, there will be aerial freeway shots, there will be amazing and ridiculous dialogue, and there will be a maudlin hipster chick strumming a guitar.
- 7/20/2015
- by Katie Walsh
- The Playlist
If you needed more proof of Saoirse Ronan’s great acting talent, there’s that and more in the first trailer for Brooklyn. Directed by John Crowley (Boy A) and written by Nick Hornby (An Education and the novel About a Boy), the film follows Saoirse Ronan’s character, Eilis, as she leaves her home in Ireland to find a new one in Brooklyn. Here’s the synopsis:
Brooklyn tells the profoundly moving story of Eilis Lacey (Saoirse Ronan), a young Irish immigrant navigating her way through 1950s Brooklyn. Lured by the promise of America, Eilis departs Ireland and the comfort of her mother’s home for the shores of New York City. The initial shackles of homesickness quickly diminish as a fresh romance sweeps Eilis into the intoxicating charm of love. But soon, her new vivacity is disrupted by her past, and she must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within.
Brooklyn tells the profoundly moving story of Eilis Lacey (Saoirse Ronan), a young Irish immigrant navigating her way through 1950s Brooklyn. Lured by the promise of America, Eilis departs Ireland and the comfort of her mother’s home for the shores of New York City. The initial shackles of homesickness quickly diminish as a fresh romance sweeps Eilis into the intoxicating charm of love. But soon, her new vivacity is disrupted by her past, and she must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within.
- 7/9/2015
- by Sarah Pearce Lord
- SoundOnSight
Adapted from Colm Toibin‘s novel by Nick Hornby with direction by John Crowley (Boy A, Closed Circuit), the period drama Brooklyn was one of our favorite films from this year’s Sundance. Saoirse Ronan leads the story about a young woman’s emigration from Ireland to America in the fifties, caught in the middle of two romances (between Domhnall Gleeson and Emory Cohen). […]...
- 7/9/2015
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
"America's Got Talent" was on fire Tuesday night, with several auditions held outdoors to showcase major stunts. There was Damone Rippy, the 16-year-old flyboarder who got the girls squealing, the Metal Mulisha freestyle motocross team performing "Kiss of Death," and Wally Glen -- who calls himself Pyro Boy, despite seeming closer to senior citizen than senior in high school.
For his act, Pyro Boy covers his body in fireworks, dances around, and explodes on stage. Hearing this, judge Howard Stern announced, "I feel like I've been institutionalized and we're all in one crazy house together, 'cause this sounds nuts to me. I mean, do women get excited by this when they see you covered in fireworks?" Pyro Boy: "They find it hot." Haha. Ba dum dum. But seriously, sometimes they should consider changing the name of the show to "America's Got Issues."
Pyro Boy's audition was set to "Also sprach Zarathustra,...
For his act, Pyro Boy covers his body in fireworks, dances around, and explodes on stage. Hearing this, judge Howard Stern announced, "I feel like I've been institutionalized and we're all in one crazy house together, 'cause this sounds nuts to me. I mean, do women get excited by this when they see you covered in fireworks?" Pyro Boy: "They find it hot." Haha. Ba dum dum. But seriously, sometimes they should consider changing the name of the show to "America's Got Issues."
Pyro Boy's audition was set to "Also sprach Zarathustra,...
- 6/17/2015
- by Gina Carbone
- Moviefone
Set in the near future, Mad Max portrays a dystopia on the brink of total collapse. Biker gangs do as they please and the "Halls of Justice" are quite literally crumbling. Yet, small pockets of a peaceful society still exist. People still go to restaurants and nightclubs and an attempt at order, of a sort, is maintained by the Main Force Patrol (Mfp), though the line between good and bad is slowly beginning to blur. Working with a tiny budget, director and co-writer George Miller uses the open road as his visual effect, bringing the action as close to the asphalt as we can get. Tires screech and eyes bug out of their head as a story of a society on the verge of being overrun by savages evolves into a story of revenge as the film's title character slowly earns his nickname. With a mixture of chaos, soon-to-be memorable moments of iconography and comedy,...
- 5/12/2015
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
UK company to produce two bestselling novels Pomegranate Soup and Genus as first feature projects
Former Matador Pictures producer Charlotte Walls has launched a new independent film and TV development, finance, production and sales outfit, Catalyst Global Media.
The London-based firm will make high-end, mainstream films and TV series for the global marketplace. Walls, who most recently produced and financed Netflix acquisition Residue, is co-founder of Catalyst and will run the company as its CEO.
Al Hardiman and Gideon Lyons are co-founders and serve as principal partners. Hardiman, a musician who provided arrangements for Notes On A Scandal, will be president of Catalyst’s music division.
A statement from the company said it aims to produce “commercially viable projects for the studios, networks, digital platforms and major independent distributors worldwide”.
Backed by private equity sources out of London, Cgm will develop, finance and produce four to six projects a year across feature films and digital/TV series...
Former Matador Pictures producer Charlotte Walls has launched a new independent film and TV development, finance, production and sales outfit, Catalyst Global Media.
The London-based firm will make high-end, mainstream films and TV series for the global marketplace. Walls, who most recently produced and financed Netflix acquisition Residue, is co-founder of Catalyst and will run the company as its CEO.
Al Hardiman and Gideon Lyons are co-founders and serve as principal partners. Hardiman, a musician who provided arrangements for Notes On A Scandal, will be president of Catalyst’s music division.
A statement from the company said it aims to produce “commercially viable projects for the studios, networks, digital platforms and major independent distributors worldwide”.
Backed by private equity sources out of London, Cgm will develop, finance and produce four to six projects a year across feature films and digital/TV series...
- 5/1/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Park City — Sometimes the elements of a movie just gel together so well and you find yourself enjoying the ride so much that you instantly forgive the material for any of its inherent limitations. Case in point: John Crowley's new drama "Brooklyn," which premiered Monday night at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. After 20 minutes I'd written the not-so positive words "earnest" and "cutesy" in my notebook. Almost an hour and a half later I was so moved by what had transpired I was fighting back the tears. The picture isn't the achievement expected festival grand prize jury winner "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl" is, but it's a damn good movie on its own terms. "Brooklyn" is based on the popular novel by Colm Tóibín and was adapted by another celebrated author, Nick Hornby ("About a Boy"). It begins in the early 1950s where Eilis Lacey (Saoirse Ronan) doesn't see...
- 1/27/2015
- by Gregory Ellwood
- Hitfix
The mystery is solved: Peter Capaldi is a hit as the Doctor.
See video: ‘Doctor Who’ Peter Capaldi Sends Autistic Boy a Comforting Message of Hope (Video)
The first season of “Doctor Who” with Peter Capaldi in the title role wound up being the highest-rated season of the series on BBC America, the network said Monday. Overall, the season, which featured Jenna Coleman guest-starring, averaged 2.035 million viewers in Live + 3 Day ratings, which take into account viewers who tuned in for the original telecast and over the next three days.
This year’s Christmas special, “Doctor Who: Last Christmas,” also fared well,...
See video: ‘Doctor Who’ Peter Capaldi Sends Autistic Boy a Comforting Message of Hope (Video)
The first season of “Doctor Who” with Peter Capaldi in the title role wound up being the highest-rated season of the series on BBC America, the network said Monday. Overall, the season, which featured Jenna Coleman guest-starring, averaged 2.035 million viewers in Live + 3 Day ratings, which take into account viewers who tuned in for the original telecast and over the next three days.
This year’s Christmas special, “Doctor Who: Last Christmas,” also fared well,...
- 1/5/2015
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
UK cinema in 2015 has plenty to recommend it. Here are 36 UK films of all genres to look forward to this year…
Dig past the litterfall of Kray Brothers biopics and tales of nubile teens on camping trips gone wrong, and you’ll unearth plenty for the UK film industry to boast about in 2015. From sci-fi romps and thrillers like Robot Overlords and Ex Machina to dramas like High-Rise, comedies like War On Everyone, spy flicks like Spectre and kids’ films like Bill, there’s no shortage of inventive, highly promising cinema coming from these isles.
We’ve included a few choice co-productions in 2015’s pick of the year’s most interesting-looking pictures, which bolsters our list in both size and breadth (and mostly means we Brits can claim partial credit for ace-sounding dystopian flick The Lobster).
In alphabetical order then, here are the 36 UK (or UK-ish) movies we’re excited about seeing this year…...
Dig past the litterfall of Kray Brothers biopics and tales of nubile teens on camping trips gone wrong, and you’ll unearth plenty for the UK film industry to boast about in 2015. From sci-fi romps and thrillers like Robot Overlords and Ex Machina to dramas like High-Rise, comedies like War On Everyone, spy flicks like Spectre and kids’ films like Bill, there’s no shortage of inventive, highly promising cinema coming from these isles.
We’ve included a few choice co-productions in 2015’s pick of the year’s most interesting-looking pictures, which bolsters our list in both size and breadth (and mostly means we Brits can claim partial credit for ace-sounding dystopian flick The Lobster).
In alphabetical order then, here are the 36 UK (or UK-ish) movies we’re excited about seeing this year…...
- 1/5/2015
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
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