For those who believe rags-to-riches stories are the stuff of fairy tales, Sash Simpson’s life will make them wake up and dig into the caviar. It is ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ played out in real life. And it will bring back memories of ‘Lion’, the Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman-starrer based on the amazing story of Saroo Brierley and his search from Melbourne for his original home in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh.
The story of Sash Simpson, an orphan found off the streets of Coimbatore who’s now one of Toronto’s top chefs, is the subject of a documentary, ‘Born Hungry’, by Canadian filmmaker Barry Avrich, which was just premiered at the Palm Springs International Film Festival and then picked up by Priyanka Chopra Jonas’s company, Purple Pebble Pictures.
In the words of ‘The New York Times’, “Sash Simpson made his name as a chef for Canada’s rich, preparing...
The story of Sash Simpson, an orphan found off the streets of Coimbatore who’s now one of Toronto’s top chefs, is the subject of a documentary, ‘Born Hungry’, by Canadian filmmaker Barry Avrich, which was just premiered at the Palm Springs International Film Festival and then picked up by Priyanka Chopra Jonas’s company, Purple Pebble Pictures.
In the words of ‘The New York Times’, “Sash Simpson made his name as a chef for Canada’s rich, preparing...
- 4/6/2024
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Exclusive: CAA has signed Luke Davies, the decorated Australian screenwriter, novelist and poet best known for his work on the 2016 Dev Patel drama, Lion.
Marking the feature directorial debut of Garth Davis, who’s currently back in theaters with the Amazon sci-fi thriller Foe, Lion is based on the true story of Saroo Brierley (Patel), who, against incredible odds, sought to reunite with his lost family after being separated from them by thousands of miles, over a period of 25 years. Davies won a BAFTA and was nominated for an Academy Award for his adaptation of Brierley’s 2013 book, A Long Way Home. Nicole Kidman also starred in the pic, which launched out of the Toronto Film Festival and went on to claim a total of six Oscar noms, including Best Picture, also grossing an impressive $140M+ worldwide.
Davies is also known for teaming with filmmaker Paul Greengrass to script his...
Marking the feature directorial debut of Garth Davis, who’s currently back in theaters with the Amazon sci-fi thriller Foe, Lion is based on the true story of Saroo Brierley (Patel), who, against incredible odds, sought to reunite with his lost family after being separated from them by thousands of miles, over a period of 25 years. Davies won a BAFTA and was nominated for an Academy Award for his adaptation of Brierley’s 2013 book, A Long Way Home. Nicole Kidman also starred in the pic, which launched out of the Toronto Film Festival and went on to claim a total of six Oscar noms, including Best Picture, also grossing an impressive $140M+ worldwide.
Davies is also known for teaming with filmmaker Paul Greengrass to script his...
- 10/10/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Amazon Studios has debuted the first trailer for its upcoming sci-fi thriller “Foe,” starring Paul Mescal and Saorise Ronan.
Based on the novel of the same name, the latest feature from director Garth Davis stars Mescal and Ronan as Junior and Henrietta, a husband and wife who live about 40 years in the future on a secluded farm. The couple is offered an unexpected proposition by a stranger named Terrance (Aaron Pierre), who proposes that Junior go to space for several years to assist in the piloting of a program that helps transition humanity away from living on the deteriorating Earth. This proposition also comes with a “Black Mirror”-esque twist involving a robot version of Junior staying and watching over Henrietta in his absence. Like the sci-fi Netflix series, things quickly go badly after Junior blasts off to space and Henrietta is left with his lookalike android.
Davis is best...
Based on the novel of the same name, the latest feature from director Garth Davis stars Mescal and Ronan as Junior and Henrietta, a husband and wife who live about 40 years in the future on a secluded farm. The couple is offered an unexpected proposition by a stranger named Terrance (Aaron Pierre), who proposes that Junior go to space for several years to assist in the piloting of a program that helps transition humanity away from living on the deteriorating Earth. This proposition also comes with a “Black Mirror”-esque twist involving a robot version of Junior staying and watching over Henrietta in his absence. Like the sci-fi Netflix series, things quickly go badly after Junior blasts off to space and Henrietta is left with his lookalike android.
Davis is best...
- 8/24/2023
- by Jaden Thompson
- Variety Film + TV
Felix van Groeningen's Beautiful Boy co-screenwriter Luke Davies: "Amy Ryan and Maura Tierney, mother and stepmother. I wish we had more for the women because they're amazing in the film." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
In the final instalment of my conversation with Luke Davies on Beautiful Boy we discuss the family dynamics between the roles Steve Carell (David Sheff), Maura Tierney (Karen Barbour) and Amy Ryan (Vicki Sheff) play in the life of Timothée Chalamet (Nic Sheff), the "experimenting" done by Felix van Groeningen with his longtime editor Nico Leunen, and how the Oscar-nominated screenwriter (for his adaptation of Saroo Brierley's A Long Way Home for Garth Davis's Lion), enjoys dealing with parent-child relationships.
Karen Barbour (Maura Tierney) with her husband David Sheff (Steve Carell): "For the first time this alpha male who is a high achiever comes up against that thing that he not only...
In the final instalment of my conversation with Luke Davies on Beautiful Boy we discuss the family dynamics between the roles Steve Carell (David Sheff), Maura Tierney (Karen Barbour) and Amy Ryan (Vicki Sheff) play in the life of Timothée Chalamet (Nic Sheff), the "experimenting" done by Felix van Groeningen with his longtime editor Nico Leunen, and how the Oscar-nominated screenwriter (for his adaptation of Saroo Brierley's A Long Way Home for Garth Davis's Lion), enjoys dealing with parent-child relationships.
Karen Barbour (Maura Tierney) with her husband David Sheff (Steve Carell): "For the first time this alpha male who is a high achiever comes up against that thing that he not only...
- 1/6/2019
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Dev Patel has come a long way since starring in ‘Slumdog Million’, the British born actor is about to make his directorial debut with the revenge thriller ‘Monkey Man’.
Patel, who also co-wrote the script with Paul Angunawela and John Collee will also star in the film in the leading role. He will also produce the film.
The film centres on the Kid (Patel), who emerges from prison to grapple with a world marred by “corporate greed and eroding spiritual values.” Whilst further plot details are vague the film is said to be set in modern-day India, but also deals with mythology.
Also in news – Seth Rogen and Michael Keaton set for anti-virus kingpin John McAfee biopic ‘King of the Jungle’
Basil Iwanyk of Thunder Road is producing, along with Xeitgeist’s Joe Thomas, Samarth Sahni alongside Patel. We could also be in for some high-octane fight sequences on the...
Patel, who also co-wrote the script with Paul Angunawela and John Collee will also star in the film in the leading role. He will also produce the film.
The film centres on the Kid (Patel), who emerges from prison to grapple with a world marred by “corporate greed and eroding spiritual values.” Whilst further plot details are vague the film is said to be set in modern-day India, but also deals with mythology.
Also in news – Seth Rogen and Michael Keaton set for anti-virus kingpin John McAfee biopic ‘King of the Jungle’
Basil Iwanyk of Thunder Road is producing, along with Xeitgeist’s Joe Thomas, Samarth Sahni alongside Patel. We could also be in for some high-octane fight sequences on the...
- 10/30/2018
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Felix van Groeningen's Beautiful Boy co-screenwriter Luke Davies with Anne-Katrin Titze at the Crosby Street Hotel screening room
Two-time Oscar-winning producers Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, hosted a preview screening and reception for Felix van Groeningen's Beautiful Boy, starring Steve Carell, Timothée Chalamet, Maura Tierney and Amy Ryan.
His latest is based on David Sheff's book Beautiful Boy and his son, Nic Sheff's, Tweak. Co-written with Luke Davies, Beautiful Boy is a relentless look at addiction and the collateral damage inflicted upon a family. Luke received an Oscar nomination this year for his adaptation of Saroo Brierley's memoir A Long Way Home for Garth Davis's Lion, starring Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman, and Rooney Mara.
Beautiful Boy's Steve Carell, Timothée Chalamet, Maura Tierney, Oakley Bull and Christian Convery
Felix van Groeningen directed Belgica and the Oscar-nominated The Broken Circle...
Two-time Oscar-winning producers Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, hosted a preview screening and reception for Felix van Groeningen's Beautiful Boy, starring Steve Carell, Timothée Chalamet, Maura Tierney and Amy Ryan.
His latest is based on David Sheff's book Beautiful Boy and his son, Nic Sheff's, Tweak. Co-written with Luke Davies, Beautiful Boy is a relentless look at addiction and the collateral damage inflicted upon a family. Luke received an Oscar nomination this year for his adaptation of Saroo Brierley's memoir A Long Way Home for Garth Davis's Lion, starring Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman, and Rooney Mara.
Beautiful Boy's Steve Carell, Timothée Chalamet, Maura Tierney, Oakley Bull and Christian Convery
Felix van Groeningen directed Belgica and the Oscar-nominated The Broken Circle...
- 9/16/2018
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
A discussion about the unique burdens and rewards of adapting material for the screen gave way to sweeping commentary on the future of Hollywood at the Tropfest panel Adaptation: Bringing Stories to Life at Western Sydney University in Parramatta, Australia, on Feb. 16.
Screen Time host Chris Taylor led the discussion with Susan Sarandon, Lion author and subject Saroo Brierley, Lion producer Angie Fielder, Balibo director Robert Connolly, and Australian Film, Television and Radio School lecturer Marty Murphy that centered on the challenges of refashioning both fictional and non-fictional subjects for film and TV.
Sarandon, who is serving as head juror at the Tropfest short film festival, attributed Hollywood’s...
Screen Time host Chris Taylor led the discussion with Susan Sarandon, Lion author and subject Saroo Brierley, Lion producer Angie Fielder, Balibo director Robert Connolly, and Australian Film, Television and Radio School lecturer Marty Murphy that centered on the challenges of refashioning both fictional and non-fictional subjects for film and TV.
Sarandon, who is serving as head juror at the Tropfest short film festival, attributed Hollywood’s...
- 2/17/2018
- by Ashley Spencer
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Every week, IndieWire asks a select handful of film critics two questions and publishes the results on Monday. (The answer to the second, “What is the best film in theaters right now?”, can be found at the end of this post.)
This week’s question: In honor of Greta Gerwig’s “Lady Bird,” what is the best coming-of-age movie ever made?
Siddhant Adlakha (@SidizenKane), Birth.Movies.Death.
While it may not fit the western paradigm of a traditional coming of age film (neither a high school setting nor teenage angst or confusion find themselves the focus), “Lion” holds the distinction of being a rare modern movie that gets to the root of key questions of dual identity, questions that will only become more prominent in the age of globalism. It’s the most extreme version of having your feet in two cultures; Saroo Brierley (Sunny Pawar, Dev Patel) finds himself...
This week’s question: In honor of Greta Gerwig’s “Lady Bird,” what is the best coming-of-age movie ever made?
Siddhant Adlakha (@SidizenKane), Birth.Movies.Death.
While it may not fit the western paradigm of a traditional coming of age film (neither a high school setting nor teenage angst or confusion find themselves the focus), “Lion” holds the distinction of being a rare modern movie that gets to the root of key questions of dual identity, questions that will only become more prominent in the age of globalism. It’s the most extreme version of having your feet in two cultures; Saroo Brierley (Sunny Pawar, Dev Patel) finds himself...
- 11/6/2017
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
'Patient 71' by Julie Randall..
When Sydney woman Julie Randall was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer and told she did not have long to live just days after celebrating her 50th birthday, she embarked on the fight of her life.
Her remarkable story of survival against the odds is chronicled in her book Patient 71, published this week by Hachette.
Sunstar Entertainment.s Andrew Fraser and Shahen Mekertichian, the executive producers of Lion, have optioned the book and are highly encouraged by the initial responses to the project from Hollywood studios, producers, agents and financiers.
.A story like Julie.s needs to be told,. said Fraser, who engineered the publishing deal with Hachette and has collaborated with 60 Minutes reporter Allison Langdon for a segment which will air on the Nine Network on July 2.
Fraser has a close relationship with Hachette, which published Sunstar client Jessica Watson.s best-selling book True Spirit, the...
When Sydney woman Julie Randall was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer and told she did not have long to live just days after celebrating her 50th birthday, she embarked on the fight of her life.
Her remarkable story of survival against the odds is chronicled in her book Patient 71, published this week by Hachette.
Sunstar Entertainment.s Andrew Fraser and Shahen Mekertichian, the executive producers of Lion, have optioned the book and are highly encouraged by the initial responses to the project from Hollywood studios, producers, agents and financiers.
.A story like Julie.s needs to be told,. said Fraser, who engineered the publishing deal with Hachette and has collaborated with 60 Minutes reporter Allison Langdon for a segment which will air on the Nine Network on July 2.
Fraser has a close relationship with Hachette, which published Sunstar client Jessica Watson.s best-selling book True Spirit, the...
- 6/25/2017
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Netflix has announced the list of films that will be available to stream in July. The list includes new never-before-seen original films, as well as documentaries, comedies, animated titles and some classic movies. Check out some of our favorite new offerings below, along with the complete list of all the new additions.
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1. “To the Bone” (available July 14)
Marti Noxon’s feature directorial debut was a hit out of Sundance, where the Lily Collins-starring drama about eating disorders won over audiences for its nimble ability to tell a compelling dramatic story interspersed with well-earned humor. Sketched from Noxon’s own experiences with anorexia and bolstered by a star turn from the always-reliable Collins, the film is both important and entertaining, and it should be able to reach a very wide audience on the streaming platform. Do not miss it.
2. “Punch-Drunk Love” (available July 1)
Paul Thomas Anderson’s lauded 2002 romantic dramedy features Adam Sandler in one of his few “hey, this guy can really act!” roles and includes some of the auteur’s most indelible shots and richest observations about life and love. It’s a modern classic, and now it can be piped right into your home. I’m lookin’ at your Netflix queue and I just wanna smash it. I just wanna fuckin’ smash it with a sledgehammer and squeeze it. It’s so pretty.
3. “Chasing Coral” (available July 14)
Jeff Orlowski won the U.S. Documentary Audience Award at Sundance earlier this year for his newest feature, a stunning documentary about the fight to protect coral reefs from becoming extinct. Featuring breathtaking and distressing underwater footage, the movie puts into perspective just how endangered coral reefs are and tracks the effort to save them.
4. “Lion” (available July 9)
This heart-wrenching true story was an awards season juggernaut earlier this year, featuring stellar turns from Nicole Kidman and Dev Patel. Based on the unbelievable life of young Saroo Brierley, the feature follows his separation from his family and his startling trip back to them many years later, aided by — for real — Google Maps and his own indomitable heart. Bring tissues.
5. “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” (available July 18)
The very first standalone “Star Wars” spinoff follows a motley crew of rogues, criminals, rebels, and scallawags as they attempt to steal the plans to the monstrous Death Star in a bid to really just totally stick it to the Empire and Darth Vader. Knowing how it ends — they get them! and…some other stuff, too! — doesn’t dilute its tension and creativity, and it features a banger of an ensemble cast. Let this one tide you over before the next entry in the rapidly expanding movie universe.
6. “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” (available July 1)
The early part of the month is heavy on kid-leaning classics, from “Free Willy” to “The Mighty Ducks,” but it’s hard to top the potency of Steven Spielberg’s 1982 classic. Gather the whole family around the TV and get heavy on the Reese’s Pieces, and enjoy one of the best films ever made about childhood, friendship, and letting go.
Here are the rest of the incoming films for this July:
Available July 1
Titanic
Free Willy
Disney’s The Mighty Ducks
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
The Truth Is in the Stars
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Zip & Zap and the Marble Gang
The Invisible Guest (Contratiempo)
Albion: The Enchanted Stallion
Liar’s Dice
Boat Trip
Mixed Signals
Delicatessen
Caramel
Unriddle II
Unriddle
Emma
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Last Night
Out of Thin Air
The Longest Yard
Jackass: Number Two
Punch-Drunk Love
Are We There Yet?
Are We Done Yet?
The Land Before Time Dad
The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure
The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving
Here Alone
Spawn: The Movie
Code Name: The Cleaner
The Astronaut Farmer
Best in Show
Proof of Life
Matchstick Men
Taking Lives
Police Academy
Available July 3
Diamond Cartel
Extraordinary: The Stan Romanek Story
Available July 6
Speech & Debate
The Void
Butter
Available July 7
1 Mile to You (Life At These Speeds)
Available July 8
Bad Santa 2
Horse Dancer
Available July 9
Lion
Available July 14
To the Bone, Netflix Original
Chasing Coral, Netflix Original
Buddy Thunderstruck: The Maybe Pile, Netflix Original
Available July 17
Uncertain Glory
A Cowgirl’s Story
Available July 18
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Available July 22
Railroad Tigers
Available July 24
Victor
Available July 28
The Incredible Jessica James, Netflix Original
Available July 31
After The Reality
Checkpoint
Dark Night
Taking Earth
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1. “To the Bone” (available July 14)
Marti Noxon’s feature directorial debut was a hit out of Sundance, where the Lily Collins-starring drama about eating disorders won over audiences for its nimble ability to tell a compelling dramatic story interspersed with well-earned humor. Sketched from Noxon’s own experiences with anorexia and bolstered by a star turn from the always-reliable Collins, the film is both important and entertaining, and it should be able to reach a very wide audience on the streaming platform. Do not miss it.
2. “Punch-Drunk Love” (available July 1)
Paul Thomas Anderson’s lauded 2002 romantic dramedy features Adam Sandler in one of his few “hey, this guy can really act!” roles and includes some of the auteur’s most indelible shots and richest observations about life and love. It’s a modern classic, and now it can be piped right into your home. I’m lookin’ at your Netflix queue and I just wanna smash it. I just wanna fuckin’ smash it with a sledgehammer and squeeze it. It’s so pretty.
3. “Chasing Coral” (available July 14)
Jeff Orlowski won the U.S. Documentary Audience Award at Sundance earlier this year for his newest feature, a stunning documentary about the fight to protect coral reefs from becoming extinct. Featuring breathtaking and distressing underwater footage, the movie puts into perspective just how endangered coral reefs are and tracks the effort to save them.
4. “Lion” (available July 9)
This heart-wrenching true story was an awards season juggernaut earlier this year, featuring stellar turns from Nicole Kidman and Dev Patel. Based on the unbelievable life of young Saroo Brierley, the feature follows his separation from his family and his startling trip back to them many years later, aided by — for real — Google Maps and his own indomitable heart. Bring tissues.
5. “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” (available July 18)
The very first standalone “Star Wars” spinoff follows a motley crew of rogues, criminals, rebels, and scallawags as they attempt to steal the plans to the monstrous Death Star in a bid to really just totally stick it to the Empire and Darth Vader. Knowing how it ends — they get them! and…some other stuff, too! — doesn’t dilute its tension and creativity, and it features a banger of an ensemble cast. Let this one tide you over before the next entry in the rapidly expanding movie universe.
6. “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” (available July 1)
The early part of the month is heavy on kid-leaning classics, from “Free Willy” to “The Mighty Ducks,” but it’s hard to top the potency of Steven Spielberg’s 1982 classic. Gather the whole family around the TV and get heavy on the Reese’s Pieces, and enjoy one of the best films ever made about childhood, friendship, and letting go.
Here are the rest of the incoming films for this July:
Available July 1
Titanic
Free Willy
Disney’s The Mighty Ducks
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
The Truth Is in the Stars
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Zip & Zap and the Marble Gang
The Invisible Guest (Contratiempo)
Albion: The Enchanted Stallion
Liar’s Dice
Boat Trip
Mixed Signals
Delicatessen
Caramel
Unriddle II
Unriddle
Emma
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Last Night
Out of Thin Air
The Longest Yard
Jackass: Number Two
Punch-Drunk Love
Are We There Yet?
Are We Done Yet?
The Land Before Time Dad
The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure
The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving
Here Alone
Spawn: The Movie
Code Name: The Cleaner
The Astronaut Farmer
Best in Show
Proof of Life
Matchstick Men
Taking Lives
Police Academy
Available July 3
Diamond Cartel
Extraordinary: The Stan Romanek Story
Available July 6
Speech & Debate
The Void
Butter
Available July 7
1 Mile to You (Life At These Speeds)
Available July 8
Bad Santa 2
Horse Dancer
Available July 9
Lion
Available July 14
To the Bone, Netflix Original
Chasing Coral, Netflix Original
Buddy Thunderstruck: The Maybe Pile, Netflix Original
Available July 17
Uncertain Glory
A Cowgirl’s Story
Available July 18
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Available July 22
Railroad Tigers
Available July 24
Victor
Available July 28
The Incredible Jessica James, Netflix Original
Available July 31
After The Reality
Checkpoint
Dark Night
Taking Earth
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- 6/21/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Hounds of Love..
In a David and Goliath battle, the screenplays for Ben Young.s debut feature Hounds of Love and Mel Gibson.s Hacksaw Ridge will compete for the original feature film prize at this year.s Awgie Awards.
That pits a low-budgeted film scripted by Young, which has grossed $125,000 in three weeks at six Australian cinemas, against the $US40 million WW2 drama written by Andrew Knight with Robert Schenkkan, which has amassed $US175.3 million worldwide.
There is only one nomination for the feature film adaptation category so the winner almost certainly will be Luke Davies for Lion, based on Saroo Brierley.s memoir.
The 50th Annual Awgie Awards presented by the Australian Writers. Guild will be handed out in Sydney on Friday August 25.
Individual category winners will be eligible for the Major Award, given to the most outstanding script of the year. Past winners have included the writers...
In a David and Goliath battle, the screenplays for Ben Young.s debut feature Hounds of Love and Mel Gibson.s Hacksaw Ridge will compete for the original feature film prize at this year.s Awgie Awards.
That pits a low-budgeted film scripted by Young, which has grossed $125,000 in three weeks at six Australian cinemas, against the $US40 million WW2 drama written by Andrew Knight with Robert Schenkkan, which has amassed $US175.3 million worldwide.
There is only one nomination for the feature film adaptation category so the winner almost certainly will be Luke Davies for Lion, based on Saroo Brierley.s memoir.
The 50th Annual Awgie Awards presented by the Australian Writers. Guild will be handed out in Sydney on Friday August 25.
Individual category winners will be eligible for the Major Award, given to the most outstanding script of the year. Past winners have included the writers...
- 6/20/2017
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Sunny Pawar is extraordinary as a child lost abroad in the heartbreaking Lion, while Mel Gibson typically makes a bloody mess of Hacksaw Ridge
There are films against which one’s head puts up a fight until, finally, the heart simply wants what it wants. Lion (eOne, PG) is one. This sweeping, sun-baked account of a life fatefully divided in childhood between two countries and families risks applying a glib National Geographic gloss to a unique existential crisis, until its sheer blunt force of feeling takes hold and the tear ducts are unlocked. Its opening stages, vividly conveying young Saroo Brierley’s accidental separation from his Indian family and subsequent Australian adoption, are unimprovable, its terror and compromised relief written in the extraordinary gaze of eight-year-old Sunny Pawar.
Weighed down by a half-cocked romance, the adult Brierley’s story of self-rediscovery never regains that specific, sensory urgency as the more...
There are films against which one’s head puts up a fight until, finally, the heart simply wants what it wants. Lion (eOne, PG) is one. This sweeping, sun-baked account of a life fatefully divided in childhood between two countries and families risks applying a glib National Geographic gloss to a unique existential crisis, until its sheer blunt force of feeling takes hold and the tear ducts are unlocked. Its opening stages, vividly conveying young Saroo Brierley’s accidental separation from his Indian family and subsequent Australian adoption, are unimprovable, its terror and compromised relief written in the extraordinary gaze of eight-year-old Sunny Pawar.
Weighed down by a half-cocked romance, the adult Brierley’s story of self-rediscovery never regains that specific, sensory urgency as the more...
- 5/21/2017
- by Guy Lodge
- The Guardian - Film News
There were few feel-good films released in 2016 as emotionally potent as Lion, the story of a five-year-old Indian boy who gets separated from his family and attempts to find his way home 20 years later. Based on the autobiography A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley, Lion is a study of family, resiliency, and people’s ability to find and […]
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- 5/3/2017
- by Jacob Kaye
- Uinterview
[Editor’s Note: This post is presented in partnership with Movies on Demand. Catch up on the latest films On Demand here.]
Movies on Demand continues to add a wide variety of audience favorites, even as the 2016 awards season is firmly in the rear view. Check out four of our favorite films from the upcoming month below, as well as the full list of great movies available throughout April.
1) “Paterson” (Available April 4)
Making a film about a poet is difficult, but Jim Jarmusch’s modest portrait of a modest Jersey bus driver finds something profound in simplicity. The week-in-the-life approach that Jarmusch takes with his script gives Adam Driver a career-expanding performance filled with warmth and empathy. Toss in one of the most adorable dogs in all of cinema and you have a film from a director returning to form.
2) “Lion” (Available April 11)
Based on Saroo Brierley’s real-life, Google-Earth-aided quest to find his birth family, Garth Davis’ film spans countries with a grace and respect that similar adoption stories rarely have.
Movies on Demand continues to add a wide variety of audience favorites, even as the 2016 awards season is firmly in the rear view. Check out four of our favorite films from the upcoming month below, as well as the full list of great movies available throughout April.
1) “Paterson” (Available April 4)
Making a film about a poet is difficult, but Jim Jarmusch’s modest portrait of a modest Jersey bus driver finds something profound in simplicity. The week-in-the-life approach that Jarmusch takes with his script gives Adam Driver a career-expanding performance filled with warmth and empathy. Toss in one of the most adorable dogs in all of cinema and you have a film from a director returning to form.
2) “Lion” (Available April 11)
Based on Saroo Brierley’s real-life, Google-Earth-aided quest to find his birth family, Garth Davis’ film spans countries with a grace and respect that similar adoption stories rarely have.
- 3/31/2017
- by Indiewire Staff
- Indiewire
Angie Fielder, Luke Davies, star Dev Patel, Garth Davis and Dp Greig Fraser.
Oscar heavyweight Lion has earned more at the Aussie box office than all of last year.s local films combined — not bad for a filmmaker making his feature debut..
Garth Davis was approached about the project by See-Saw Films. Iain Canning and Emile Sherman at the Sundance Film Festival, where the trio were premiering the first season of.Top of the Lake.
Davis heard the story and raced off to his lodge to read up on the extraordinary case of Saroo Brierley, a small boy adopted by an Australian couple after falling asleep on a train and waking up on the other side of India, unable to find his way home.
To map out Brierley.s story, the producers turned to screenwriter Luke Davies, an old collaborator.
Davies had worked on Candy, based on his own autobiographical novel,...
Oscar heavyweight Lion has earned more at the Aussie box office than all of last year.s local films combined — not bad for a filmmaker making his feature debut..
Garth Davis was approached about the project by See-Saw Films. Iain Canning and Emile Sherman at the Sundance Film Festival, where the trio were premiering the first season of.Top of the Lake.
Davis heard the story and raced off to his lodge to read up on the extraordinary case of Saroo Brierley, a small boy adopted by an Australian couple after falling asleep on a train and waking up on the other side of India, unable to find his way home.
To map out Brierley.s story, the producers turned to screenwriter Luke Davies, an old collaborator.
Davies had worked on Candy, based on his own autobiographical novel,...
- 3/30/2017
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
The true story behind the powerful Oscar hopeful Lion is universally captivating — but resonates particularly with mothers and children, says star Nicole Kidman.
Speaking to Robin Roberts during ABC’s official Academy Award pre-show on Sunday, the actress opened up about starring alongside Dev Patel as Saroo Brierley‘s adoptive mom, Sue, a role which earned her a nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.
“I think it’s a love story from mothers to children, because I think it’s about finding home,” said Kidman, 49. “Sometimes you find mothering in many different places: birth mothers, adopted mothers, foster mothers,...
Speaking to Robin Roberts during ABC’s official Academy Award pre-show on Sunday, the actress opened up about starring alongside Dev Patel as Saroo Brierley‘s adoptive mom, Sue, a role which earned her a nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.
“I think it’s a love story from mothers to children, because I think it’s about finding home,” said Kidman, 49. “Sometimes you find mothering in many different places: birth mothers, adopted mothers, foster mothers,...
- 2/27/2017
- by Aurelie Corinthios
- PEOPLE.com
From the streets of India to the Oscars Red Carpet.
Lion‘s Saroo Brierley, whose real-life story became the focus of the Oscar-nominated film, is “over the moon” to be recognized.
“We’re collectively amazed,” he says during the E! red carpet show. “We never thought something like this would ever come around, so we’re just over the moon.”
“We feel like we have a chance because our film has been received everywhere in such a wonderful way,” his mother, Sue, adds.
Lion is inspired by Saroo’s memoir, which documents the years after he was separated from his...
Lion‘s Saroo Brierley, whose real-life story became the focus of the Oscar-nominated film, is “over the moon” to be recognized.
“We’re collectively amazed,” he says during the E! red carpet show. “We never thought something like this would ever come around, so we’re just over the moon.”
“We feel like we have a chance because our film has been received everywhere in such a wonderful way,” his mother, Sue, adds.
Lion is inspired by Saroo’s memoir, which documents the years after he was separated from his...
- 2/26/2017
- by Julie Mazziotta
- PEOPLE.com
Lion star Sunny Pawar continues to steal everyone’s hearts this award season.
The 8-year-old actor gave a thumbs-up on the 2017 Academy Awards red carpet, looking adorable in his black suit and colorful sneakers with yellow lace sneakers.
Pawar took full advantage of his time in the spotlight as he hammed it up for photographers by adjusting his black bow tie, flashing a peace sign and giving a cute wave.
Watch the People & EW Red Carpet Live Oscars pre-show on Feb. 26 at 5 p.m. Et/2 p.m. Pt on the People/Entertainment Weekly Network (Pen). Go to People.com/Pen,...
The 8-year-old actor gave a thumbs-up on the 2017 Academy Awards red carpet, looking adorable in his black suit and colorful sneakers with yellow lace sneakers.
Pawar took full advantage of his time in the spotlight as he hammed it up for photographers by adjusting his black bow tie, flashing a peace sign and giving a cute wave.
Watch the People & EW Red Carpet Live Oscars pre-show on Feb. 26 at 5 p.m. Et/2 p.m. Pt on the People/Entertainment Weekly Network (Pen). Go to People.com/Pen,...
- 2/26/2017
- by Karen Mizoguchi
- PEOPLE.com
When he was five, he fell asleep on a train and ended up 1,000 miles from home. His journey from Indian street-child to adopted Australian is now the subject of an Oscar-tipped film. Here he and his biological mother talk about their reunion
Saroo Brierley is fresh off the plane, sitting in a movie studio office overlooking Beverly Hills, once again adapting to an alien environment. The Academy Awards are on Sunday, and Los Angeles is in full Oscars mode, with limousines ferrying stars, executives and other film folk through the winter sunshine to receptions and cocktail parties.
The mood is febrile. Some nominees starve themselves in order to fit into tuxes and gowns. Others get last-minute Botox injections. Soothsayers stake reputations on whether Moonlight will spoil La La Land’s expected sweep, or whether Denzel Washington will pip Casey Affleck. The Hollywood Reporter has published an article headlined: “Nervous about the Oscars?...
Saroo Brierley is fresh off the plane, sitting in a movie studio office overlooking Beverly Hills, once again adapting to an alien environment. The Academy Awards are on Sunday, and Los Angeles is in full Oscars mode, with limousines ferrying stars, executives and other film folk through the winter sunshine to receptions and cocktail parties.
The mood is febrile. Some nominees starve themselves in order to fit into tuxes and gowns. Others get last-minute Botox injections. Soothsayers stake reputations on whether Moonlight will spoil La La Land’s expected sweep, or whether Denzel Washington will pip Casey Affleck. The Hollywood Reporter has published an article headlined: “Nervous about the Oscars?...
- 2/24/2017
- by Rory Carroll
- The Guardian - Film News
Lion's journey will now continue into China.
Wanda has taken an equity stake in the Garth Davis-directed feature from The Weinstein Co., with a commitment to release the film in China.
This is not the first partnership for Wanda and Weinstein. In 2014, the companies co-produced the boxing movie Southpaw.
Lion has grossed $38 million at the domestic box office, and $77 million worldwide. A Chinese release with the world's largest movie theater operator would prove very lucrative for the the best picture contender.
Dev Patel stars in the true story of Saroo Brierley, an Australian of Indian descent who was...
Wanda has taken an equity stake in the Garth Davis-directed feature from The Weinstein Co., with a commitment to release the film in China.
This is not the first partnership for Wanda and Weinstein. In 2014, the companies co-produced the boxing movie Southpaw.
Lion has grossed $38 million at the domestic box office, and $77 million worldwide. A Chinese release with the world's largest movie theater operator would prove very lucrative for the the best picture contender.
Dev Patel stars in the true story of Saroo Brierley, an Australian of Indian descent who was...
- 2/24/2017
- by Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Sue Brierley with Saroo Brierley on Nicole Kidman in Lion: "It is a really powerful portrayal." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Lion, directed by Garth Davis with a screenplay by BAFTA winner Luke Davies, based on Saroo Brierley's memoir A Long Way Home, has been nominated for six Academy Awards - Best Picture, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography by Greig Fraser, Original Score by Volker Bertelmann and Dustin O'Halloran, and Best Supporting nods to BAFTA winner Dev Patel and Nicole Kidman.
Sunny Pawar as Saroo Brierley: "It goes quite well in chronological order, the way that it started."
Sue Brierley, with her son Saroo Brierley, joined me for a conversation that led us to memories of their first meeting, creating a bond, Lion the film, adoption laws in Australia, and Saroo meeting his biological mother after 25 years of separation.
Anne-Katrin Titze: Did you actually wear a Tasmania T-shirt when you arrived...
Lion, directed by Garth Davis with a screenplay by BAFTA winner Luke Davies, based on Saroo Brierley's memoir A Long Way Home, has been nominated for six Academy Awards - Best Picture, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography by Greig Fraser, Original Score by Volker Bertelmann and Dustin O'Halloran, and Best Supporting nods to BAFTA winner Dev Patel and Nicole Kidman.
Sunny Pawar as Saroo Brierley: "It goes quite well in chronological order, the way that it started."
Sue Brierley, with her son Saroo Brierley, joined me for a conversation that led us to memories of their first meeting, creating a bond, Lion the film, adoption laws in Australia, and Saroo meeting his biological mother after 25 years of separation.
Anne-Katrin Titze: Did you actually wear a Tasmania T-shirt when you arrived...
- 2/22/2017
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Sunny Pawar may have a date at the Oscars this weekend, but his biggest dream already came true — and it has nothing to do with a golden statue.
The 8-year-old actor fulfilled his wish of attending a WWE match when he went to Monday’s Raw event at the Staples Center in L.A. with his dad. Pawar had previously told People that the only thing he wanted to do before going back to Mumbai, India was attend a WWE match — and he was so excited to hang out backstage, that he kept asking his dad to pinch him to...
The 8-year-old actor fulfilled his wish of attending a WWE match when he went to Monday’s Raw event at the Staples Center in L.A. with his dad. Pawar had previously told People that the only thing he wanted to do before going back to Mumbai, India was attend a WWE match — and he was so excited to hang out backstage, that he kept asking his dad to pinch him to...
- 2/22/2017
- by Ale Russian
- PEOPLE.com
Despite seeing Lion around 20 times, the real-life Saroo Brierley still gets emotional when he sees the Oscar-nominated film based on his epic journey to find his family.
The response to the film of Brierley’s story - how he was separated from his family in India at age 5, was adopted by an Australian couple, and embarked on an epic search to find his birth family 25 years later - has been amazing, he says. “It's another level of my story to the news reports and the book but the intensity is so much greater,” the 35-year old tells THR.
The...
The response to the film of Brierley’s story - how he was separated from his family in India at age 5, was adopted by an Australian couple, and embarked on an epic search to find his birth family 25 years later - has been amazing, he says. “It's another level of my story to the news reports and the book but the intensity is so much greater,” the 35-year old tells THR.
The...
- 2/17/2017
- by Pip Bulbek
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
BAFTA wins for Dev Patel and Luke Davies - Lion at The Paris Theatre Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Luke Davies, the screenwriter of Lion (based on Saroo Brierley's memoir A Long Way Home) was a BAFTA Adapted Screenplay nominee along with Tom Ford (Nocturnal Animals) Theodore Melfi and Allison Schroeder (Hidden Figures); Eric Heisserer (Arrival); and Robert Schenkkan and Andrew Knight (Hacksaw Ridge). On Sunday night, it was announced that he and Dev Patel (Best Supporting Actor) for his portrayal of Saroo Brierley were honoured with BAFTAs.
During our conversation, Luke Davies gave me some insight on Sue Brierley and Nicole Kidman, Burt Lancaster in John Frankenheimer's The Train, Anton Corbijn, looking forward to Gianfranco Rosi's Boatman, his work on Felix Van Groeningen's upcoming Beautiful Boy starring Steve Carell for Jeremy Kleiner of Brad Pitt's Plan B, and what he learned at the World Premiere of Lion in New York.
Luke Davies, the screenwriter of Lion (based on Saroo Brierley's memoir A Long Way Home) was a BAFTA Adapted Screenplay nominee along with Tom Ford (Nocturnal Animals) Theodore Melfi and Allison Schroeder (Hidden Figures); Eric Heisserer (Arrival); and Robert Schenkkan and Andrew Knight (Hacksaw Ridge). On Sunday night, it was announced that he and Dev Patel (Best Supporting Actor) for his portrayal of Saroo Brierley were honoured with BAFTAs.
During our conversation, Luke Davies gave me some insight on Sue Brierley and Nicole Kidman, Burt Lancaster in John Frankenheimer's The Train, Anton Corbijn, looking forward to Gianfranco Rosi's Boatman, his work on Felix Van Groeningen's upcoming Beautiful Boy starring Steve Carell for Jeremy Kleiner of Brad Pitt's Plan B, and what he learned at the World Premiere of Lion in New York.
- 2/15/2017
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Lion, has acquired Butler's life rights for a biopic titled The Secondary. Levin's instincts have been sound: He obtained Lion subject Saroo Brierley's rights after reading about him in Vanity Fair, and now the movie is up for six Oscars. Likewise, he saw promise in the story of an undrafted Butler, who just three years ago was running the fryolator at a Popeyes chicken joint when his agent, Derek Simpson, secured...
- 2/15/2017
- by Tatiana Siegel
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It is the heartwarming film that friends and critics alike have fallen in love with and told you to go see. It has earned Best Picture nominations at the Golden Globes and the Critics’ Choice Awards, as well as two nominations at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. And yet, Lion, which is now in theaters, hasn't taken home a trophy at any of these high-profile award shows. Now up for six Academy Awards later this month, including a nomination for Best Picture, the film may still go home empty-handed, despite critical acclaim and standout performances by Dev Patel and Nicole Kidman.
So why is Lion the film that everybody can’t stop talking about? For starters, it’s a heart-wrenching true story based on Saroo Brierley's memoir A Long Way Home. It follows Saroo (Patel), who was adopted by an Australian couple (Kidman and David Wenham) after getting separated from his family at age 5. Two decades...
So why is Lion the film that everybody can’t stop talking about? For starters, it’s a heart-wrenching true story based on Saroo Brierley's memoir A Long Way Home. It follows Saroo (Patel), who was adopted by an Australian couple (Kidman and David Wenham) after getting separated from his family at age 5. Two decades...
- 2/13/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Don’t abandon hope, “Moonlight” lovers.
On Sunday, the BAFTAs shut out “Moonlight,” which had four nominations. Among them, writer-director Barry Jenkins competed in the Original Screenplay category against eventual BAFTA winner Kenneth Lonergan (“Manchester By the Sea”). These two also compete at the Writers Guild. On Oscar night February 26th, when “Moonlight” has eight chances to win, it should take home at least one Oscar in another category, Best Adapted Screenplay.
The BAFTA for Adapted Screenplay went to Australian writer Luke Davies for “Lion.” But at Saturday’s USC Scripter Awards, which have accurately predicted the adapted category for the last six years, “Moonlight” beat “Lion.” On Oscar night, “Moonlight” should do that again.
Here’s how the Adapted Screenplay Oscar race shakes out.
Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney (“Moonlight”)
The Academy moved two scripts, “Moonlight” and “Loving,” from Original to Adapted. Technically, the play Jenkins adapted with McCraney,...
On Sunday, the BAFTAs shut out “Moonlight,” which had four nominations. Among them, writer-director Barry Jenkins competed in the Original Screenplay category against eventual BAFTA winner Kenneth Lonergan (“Manchester By the Sea”). These two also compete at the Writers Guild. On Oscar night February 26th, when “Moonlight” has eight chances to win, it should take home at least one Oscar in another category, Best Adapted Screenplay.
The BAFTA for Adapted Screenplay went to Australian writer Luke Davies for “Lion.” But at Saturday’s USC Scripter Awards, which have accurately predicted the adapted category for the last six years, “Moonlight” beat “Lion.” On Oscar night, “Moonlight” should do that again.
Here’s how the Adapted Screenplay Oscar race shakes out.
Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney (“Moonlight”)
The Academy moved two scripts, “Moonlight” and “Loving,” from Original to Adapted. Technically, the play Jenkins adapted with McCraney,...
- 2/13/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Don’t abandon hope, “Moonlight” lovers.
On Sunday, the BAFTAs shut out “Moonlight,” which had four nominations. Among them, writer-director Barry Jenkins competed in the Original Screenplay category against eventual BAFTA winner Kenneth Lonergan (“Manchester By the Sea”). These two also compete at the Writers Guild. On Oscar night February 26th, when “Moonlight” has eight chances to win, it should take home at least one Oscar in another category, Best Adapted Screenplay.
The BAFTA for Adapted Screenplay went to Australian writer Luke Davies for “Lion.” But at Saturday’s USC Scripter Awards, which have accurately predicted the adapted category for the last six years, “Moonlight” beat “Lion.” On Oscar night, “Moonlight” should do that again.
Here’s how the Adapted Screenplay Oscar race shakes out.
Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney (“Moonlight”)
The Academy moved two scripts, “Moonlight” and “Loving,” from Original to Adapted. Technically, the play Jenkins adapted with McCraney,...
On Sunday, the BAFTAs shut out “Moonlight,” which had four nominations. Among them, writer-director Barry Jenkins competed in the Original Screenplay category against eventual BAFTA winner Kenneth Lonergan (“Manchester By the Sea”). These two also compete at the Writers Guild. On Oscar night February 26th, when “Moonlight” has eight chances to win, it should take home at least one Oscar in another category, Best Adapted Screenplay.
The BAFTA for Adapted Screenplay went to Australian writer Luke Davies for “Lion.” But at Saturday’s USC Scripter Awards, which have accurately predicted the adapted category for the last six years, “Moonlight” beat “Lion.” On Oscar night, “Moonlight” should do that again.
Here’s how the Adapted Screenplay Oscar race shakes out.
Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney (“Moonlight”)
The Academy moved two scripts, “Moonlight” and “Loving,” from Original to Adapted. Technically, the play Jenkins adapted with McCraney,...
- 2/13/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
In 1986, a five-year-old boy made the mistake of falling asleep in a rural Indian train station. When he woke up, he’d lost sight of his brother, and would soon lose sight of his home. Setting out to find them, he began an epic journey that led him first to Kolkata and then to a new life in Australia, before he found his way back to his village a quarter-century later.
It’s a big story, the stuff of legend, not to mention countless newspaper articles and a best-selling book, A Long Way Home, written by that one-time boy, Saroo Brierley,...
It’s a big story, the stuff of legend, not to mention countless newspaper articles and a best-selling book, A Long Way Home, written by that one-time boy, Saroo Brierley,...
- 2/13/2017
- by Stephen Galloway
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The USC Scripter Literary Achievement Awards often get handed out just as a bunch of nominees are flying to London for the BAFTA Awards. The Scripters go to adapted scripts — 80 were eligible this year — as well as the original writers. And the last six winners have won the Oscar.
“Moonlight” writer-director Barry Jenkins sent his video acceptance from London; he’s the frontrunner for the Adapted Screenplay Oscar. (Oddly, he’s competing in the Original category for the Writers Guild Award.) He and playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney beat out adapted screenplays for “Arrival,” “Hidden Figures,” “Fences” and “Lion,” which is based on the memoir by Saroo Brierley, who told me that the movie of his story was often hard for him to watch.
Read More: How To Watch the BAFTAs: Live Stream Online
The winners are selected by some 40 critics, screenwriters and film professionals, including me, wrangled by USC professor...
“Moonlight” writer-director Barry Jenkins sent his video acceptance from London; he’s the frontrunner for the Adapted Screenplay Oscar. (Oddly, he’s competing in the Original category for the Writers Guild Award.) He and playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney beat out adapted screenplays for “Arrival,” “Hidden Figures,” “Fences” and “Lion,” which is based on the memoir by Saroo Brierley, who told me that the movie of his story was often hard for him to watch.
Read More: How To Watch the BAFTAs: Live Stream Online
The winners are selected by some 40 critics, screenwriters and film professionals, including me, wrangled by USC professor...
- 2/12/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
The USC Scripter Literary Achievement Awards often get handed out just as a bunch of nominees are flying to London for the BAFTA Awards. The Scripters go to adapted scripts — 80 were eligible this year — as well as the original writers. And the last six winners have won the Oscar.
“Moonlight” writer-director Barry Jenkins sent his video acceptance from London; he’s the frontrunner for the Adapted Screenplay Oscar. (Oddly, he’s competing in the Original category for the Writers Guild Award.) He and playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney beat out adapted screenplays for “Arrival,” “Hidden Figures,” “Fences” and “Lion,” which is based on the memoir by Saroo Brierley, who told me that the movie of his story was often hard for him to watch.
Read More: How To Watch the BAFTAs: Live Stream Online
The winners are selected by some 40 critics, screenwriters and film professionals, including me, wrangled by USC professor...
“Moonlight” writer-director Barry Jenkins sent his video acceptance from London; he’s the frontrunner for the Adapted Screenplay Oscar. (Oddly, he’s competing in the Original category for the Writers Guild Award.) He and playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney beat out adapted screenplays for “Arrival,” “Hidden Figures,” “Fences” and “Lion,” which is based on the memoir by Saroo Brierley, who told me that the movie of his story was often hard for him to watch.
Read More: How To Watch the BAFTAs: Live Stream Online
The winners are selected by some 40 critics, screenwriters and film professionals, including me, wrangled by USC professor...
- 2/12/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Saroo and Sue Brierley on Adoption, Syrian… by Uinterview Saroo Brierley, an Indian-born businessman who was separated at age 5 from his birth mother, was later adopted by an Australian couple, Sue Brierley and her husband. He wasn’t reunited with his birth mother until 25 years later. The tale of his arduous journey to search […]
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- 2/12/2017
- by Kate Chia
- Uinterview
By Jose Solís.
David Wenham with the real Saroo and Sue Brierley whose story is told in "Lion"
If I didn’t already know Nicole Kidman is a genius, I would’ve been convinced after meeting Sue Brierley, the real life woman who inspired the character she plays in Lion. As I sat down to speak with Mrs. Brierley and her son Saroo (played by Dev Patel in the film), I was first struck by how Nicole perfectly captured her cadence, her soft voice and her piercing look, but then I was completely disarmed by her warmth. Watching her sit next to her son, and look at him with tenderness - she caressed his back, held his hand, and smiled constantly - perfectly encapsulates why the film is so successful. Their story simply needed to be told.
Jose: Was it surreal to see your story on the big screen?
Saroo Brierley: Yeah definitely,...
David Wenham with the real Saroo and Sue Brierley whose story is told in "Lion"
If I didn’t already know Nicole Kidman is a genius, I would’ve been convinced after meeting Sue Brierley, the real life woman who inspired the character she plays in Lion. As I sat down to speak with Mrs. Brierley and her son Saroo (played by Dev Patel in the film), I was first struck by how Nicole perfectly captured her cadence, her soft voice and her piercing look, but then I was completely disarmed by her warmth. Watching her sit next to her son, and look at him with tenderness - she caressed his back, held his hand, and smiled constantly - perfectly encapsulates why the film is so successful. Their story simply needed to be told.
Jose: Was it surreal to see your story on the big screen?
Saroo Brierley: Yeah definitely,...
- 2/12/2017
- by Jose
- FilmExperience
Luke Davies, Oscar nominated screenwriter for Lion with Anne-Katrin Titze Photo: Susan Engel
Meeting up with novelist, essayist, film critic, and very famous poet, Luke Davies, to discuss his latest screenplay, based on Saroo Brierley's memoir A Long Way Home for Lion, directed by Garth Davis, starring Nicole Kidman, Dev Patel, Rooney Mara, David Wenham and Sunny Pawar, we talked about the Proust moment, Hans Christian Andersen's Little Match Girl, Anton Corbijn, John Frankenheimer's The Train, Felix Van Groeningen's Beautiful Boy starring Steve Carell, Gianfranco Rosi's Boatman, Australian adoption laws, butterflies, and visual cues.
In Lion, memories are the only tools available to the hero for regaining a sense of origin. Luke Davies attaches us firmly to little five-year-old Saroo (Sunny Pawar) who gets lost on a dangerous, life-altering adventure.
Saroo (Sunny Pawar): "He describes this hedge that was filled with butterflies."
Salvation does...
Meeting up with novelist, essayist, film critic, and very famous poet, Luke Davies, to discuss his latest screenplay, based on Saroo Brierley's memoir A Long Way Home for Lion, directed by Garth Davis, starring Nicole Kidman, Dev Patel, Rooney Mara, David Wenham and Sunny Pawar, we talked about the Proust moment, Hans Christian Andersen's Little Match Girl, Anton Corbijn, John Frankenheimer's The Train, Felix Van Groeningen's Beautiful Boy starring Steve Carell, Gianfranco Rosi's Boatman, Australian adoption laws, butterflies, and visual cues.
In Lion, memories are the only tools available to the hero for regaining a sense of origin. Luke Davies attaches us firmly to little five-year-old Saroo (Sunny Pawar) who gets lost on a dangerous, life-altering adventure.
Saroo (Sunny Pawar): "He describes this hedge that was filled with butterflies."
Salvation does...
- 2/9/2017
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
As the Hollywood guilds lay out their winners, a clear frontrunner has emerged in the Supporting Actor category. We dig into the final five contenders, listed in order of likelihood to win the Oscar:
Mahershala Ali popped out at Telluride and Toronto from Barry Jenkins’ “Moonlight” (A24) ensemble in the beating-heart role of the Cuban-born drug-dealer who nurtures the young boy “Little.” Ali stood out in part because he was better-known than the film’s other actors, enjoying a breakout year as a swath of projects hit screens.
Dauntingly, he shot three of them at the same time. In New York, he was violent New York gangster Cottonmouth on Marvel’s Netflix series “Luke Cage.” In Baltimore, he continued the fourth (and, voluntarily, his last) season of his Emmy-nominated role as Remy Danton, the slick former communications director for Frank Underwood, in “House of Cards.” And in Miami, on three successive weekends,...
Mahershala Ali popped out at Telluride and Toronto from Barry Jenkins’ “Moonlight” (A24) ensemble in the beating-heart role of the Cuban-born drug-dealer who nurtures the young boy “Little.” Ali stood out in part because he was better-known than the film’s other actors, enjoying a breakout year as a swath of projects hit screens.
Dauntingly, he shot three of them at the same time. In New York, he was violent New York gangster Cottonmouth on Marvel’s Netflix series “Luke Cage.” In Baltimore, he continued the fourth (and, voluntarily, his last) season of his Emmy-nominated role as Remy Danton, the slick former communications director for Frank Underwood, in “House of Cards.” And in Miami, on three successive weekends,...
- 2/6/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
As the Hollywood guilds lay out their winners, a clear frontrunner has emerged in the Supporting Actor category. We dig into the final five contenders, listed in order of likelihood to win the Oscar:
Mahershala Ali popped out at Telluride and Toronto from Barry Jenkins’ “Moonlight” (A24) ensemble in the beating-heart role of the Cuban-born drug-dealer who nurtures the young boy “Little.” Ali stood out in part because he was better-known than the film’s other actors, enjoying a breakout year as a swath of projects hit screens.
Dauntingly, he shot three of them at the same time. In New York, he was violent New York gangster Cottonmouth on Marvel’s Netflix series “Luke Cage.” In Baltimore, he continued the fourth (and, voluntarily, his last) season of his Emmy-nominated role as Remy Danton, the slick former communications director for Frank Underwood, in “House of Cards.” And in Miami, on three successive weekends,...
Mahershala Ali popped out at Telluride and Toronto from Barry Jenkins’ “Moonlight” (A24) ensemble in the beating-heart role of the Cuban-born drug-dealer who nurtures the young boy “Little.” Ali stood out in part because he was better-known than the film’s other actors, enjoying a breakout year as a swath of projects hit screens.
Dauntingly, he shot three of them at the same time. In New York, he was violent New York gangster Cottonmouth on Marvel’s Netflix series “Luke Cage.” In Baltimore, he continued the fourth (and, voluntarily, his last) season of his Emmy-nominated role as Remy Danton, the slick former communications director for Frank Underwood, in “House of Cards.” And in Miami, on three successive weekends,...
- 2/6/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
While Damien Chazelle predictably took the DGA Award for “La La Land” on Saturday night, the ASC rejected the self-reverential Hollywood musical in favor of the more dramatic and politically impactful “Lion,” honoring Australian cinematographer Greig Fraser. “Lion” director Garth Davis took home Best First Director at the DGAs.
However, “La La Land’s” cinematographer, Linus Sandgren, still remains the Oscar favorite, despite the fact that, in the last 20 years, the ASC winner has taken the Academy Award 11 times.
With “Lion,” the incredibly true story of Saroo Brierley (Dev Patel), the Indian who used Google Earth to locate his birth family several decades after his separation and adoption in Australia, Fraser essentially made two movies in one. Fortunately, the top Camerimage prize winner had previous experience shooting in India.
“Trying to capture the essence of India is almost like trying to bottle magic, which is hard to do because India...
However, “La La Land’s” cinematographer, Linus Sandgren, still remains the Oscar favorite, despite the fact that, in the last 20 years, the ASC winner has taken the Academy Award 11 times.
With “Lion,” the incredibly true story of Saroo Brierley (Dev Patel), the Indian who used Google Earth to locate his birth family several decades after his separation and adoption in Australia, Fraser essentially made two movies in one. Fortunately, the top Camerimage prize winner had previous experience shooting in India.
“Trying to capture the essence of India is almost like trying to bottle magic, which is hard to do because India...
- 2/5/2017
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
While “La La Land” remains the obvious favorite in the cinematography race — thanks to Linus Sandgren’s sumptuous imagery — there are four other great movies in contention (“Arrival,” “Lion,” “Moonlight,” and “Silence”). So it’s entirely possible that one of the Best-Picture Oscar contenders (“Arrival,” “Lion,” or “Moonlight”) could pull off an upset.
Read More: How ‘La La Land’ Cinematographer Linus Sandgren Taught His Cameras to Dance
We’ll get a better gauge for how this plays out at the Asc Awards on Saturday. In the last 20 years, the Asc winner has earned the Oscar 11 times — and this year the same five are in contention for the fifth time in the last three decades.
“La La Land”
If Damien Chazelle’s rapturous love letter to the Hollywood musical is primed for Best Picture glory, then logic dictates that Sandgren’s acclaimed work should be honored as well. New to the musical,...
Read More: How ‘La La Land’ Cinematographer Linus Sandgren Taught His Cameras to Dance
We’ll get a better gauge for how this plays out at the Asc Awards on Saturday. In the last 20 years, the Asc winner has earned the Oscar 11 times — and this year the same five are in contention for the fifth time in the last three decades.
“La La Land”
If Damien Chazelle’s rapturous love letter to the Hollywood musical is primed for Best Picture glory, then logic dictates that Sandgren’s acclaimed work should be honored as well. New to the musical,...
- 2/2/2017
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
The Screen Actors Guild held the 23izd SAG Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017. Here is a complete list of all the winners and nominees.
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Casey Affleck / Lee Chandler – “Manchester By The Sea” (Amazon Studios and Roadside Attractions)
Andrew Garfield / Desmond Doss – “Hacksaw Ridge” (Lionsgate)
Ryan Gosling / Sebastian –“La La Land” (Lionsgate)
Viggo Mortensen / Ben – “Captain Fantastic” (Bleecker Street)
Denzel Washington / Troy Maxson – “Fences” (Paramount Pictures) – Winner
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Amy Adams / Louise Banks – “Arrival” (Paramount Pictures)
Emily Blunt / Rachel – “The Girl On The Train” (Universal Pictures)
Natalie Portman / Jackie Kennedy – “Jackie” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Emma Stone / Mia – “La La Land” (Lionsgate) – Winner
Meryl Streep / Florence Foster Jenkins – “Florence Foster Jenkins” (Paramount Pictures)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Mahershala Ali / Juan – “Moonlight” (A24) – Winner
Jeff Bridges / Marcus...
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Casey Affleck / Lee Chandler – “Manchester By The Sea” (Amazon Studios and Roadside Attractions)
Andrew Garfield / Desmond Doss – “Hacksaw Ridge” (Lionsgate)
Ryan Gosling / Sebastian –“La La Land” (Lionsgate)
Viggo Mortensen / Ben – “Captain Fantastic” (Bleecker Street)
Denzel Washington / Troy Maxson – “Fences” (Paramount Pictures) – Winner
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Amy Adams / Louise Banks – “Arrival” (Paramount Pictures)
Emily Blunt / Rachel – “The Girl On The Train” (Universal Pictures)
Natalie Portman / Jackie Kennedy – “Jackie” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Emma Stone / Mia – “La La Land” (Lionsgate) – Winner
Meryl Streep / Florence Foster Jenkins – “Florence Foster Jenkins” (Paramount Pictures)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Mahershala Ali / Juan – “Moonlight” (A24) – Winner
Jeff Bridges / Marcus...
- 1/30/2017
- by Gregory Ellwood
- The Playlist
Dev Patel has spoken out about President Donald Trump‘s refugee ban at from the 2017 Screen Actors Guild Awards.
“I just flew in from India a day ago. When I heard the news, it was utterly devastating,” the actor said during People and Entertainment Weekly‘s red carpet show.
Speaking on the international impact, Lion, Patel described the emotional resonance of his SAG-nominated film.
“It’s so important, it’s a story about identity and roots, a love that transcends continents” he said. “A story I want to represent in cinema … about sensitive, soulful human beings.”
People and Entertainment Weekly...
“I just flew in from India a day ago. When I heard the news, it was utterly devastating,” the actor said during People and Entertainment Weekly‘s red carpet show.
Speaking on the international impact, Lion, Patel described the emotional resonance of his SAG-nominated film.
“It’s so important, it’s a story about identity and roots, a love that transcends continents” he said. “A story I want to represent in cinema … about sensitive, soulful human beings.”
People and Entertainment Weekly...
- 1/30/2017
- by Karen Mizoguchi
- PEOPLE.com
This story originally appeared on realsimple.com.
1. Hidden Figures, by Margot Lee Shetterly
Fun fact: the film adaptation of this New York Times-bestseller began shooting even before the book was released in September. And it’s not hard to see why: Shetterly’s meticulously-researched, inspiring story jumps off the page. The book celebrates Dorothy Vaughn, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden, the black female mathematicians who worked as “human computers” at the Langley memorial Aeronautical Laboratory in Hampton, Virginia during World War II, tabulating the calculations that would send man into space. The movie is nominated for Best Picture,...
1. Hidden Figures, by Margot Lee Shetterly
Fun fact: the film adaptation of this New York Times-bestseller began shooting even before the book was released in September. And it’s not hard to see why: Shetterly’s meticulously-researched, inspiring story jumps off the page. The book celebrates Dorothy Vaughn, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden, the black female mathematicians who worked as “human computers” at the Langley memorial Aeronautical Laboratory in Hampton, Virginia during World War II, tabulating the calculations that would send man into space. The movie is nominated for Best Picture,...
- 1/24/2017
- by samgillettetimeinc
- PEOPLE.com
The true story of Saroo Brierley, lost as a child and reunited with his family 25 years later, is told in Garth Davis’s affecting feature debut
There’s something unbearably potent about the image of a tiny, fragile child alone in a vast empty space. The audience fills the frame with dangers of our own making, crowding in on the little lost figure at the centre of the shot. From the moment director Garth Davis places his camera high above a desolate railway station to capture five-year-old Saroo (the remarkable Sunny Pawar), vulnerable and separated from his older brother, we are emotionally snared by this story.
Davis, a first-time feature director with a background in commercials and television (Top of the Lake), delivers a confident debut. This adaptation of the true story of Saroo Brierley – lost as a child and adopted by an Australian couple, he retraced his Indian family...
There’s something unbearably potent about the image of a tiny, fragile child alone in a vast empty space. The audience fills the frame with dangers of our own making, crowding in on the little lost figure at the centre of the shot. From the moment director Garth Davis places his camera high above a desolate railway station to capture five-year-old Saroo (the remarkable Sunny Pawar), vulnerable and separated from his older brother, we are emotionally snared by this story.
Davis, a first-time feature director with a background in commercials and television (Top of the Lake), delivers a confident debut. This adaptation of the true story of Saroo Brierley – lost as a child and adopted by an Australian couple, he retraced his Indian family...
- 1/22/2017
- by Wendy Ide
- The Guardian - Film News
Ahead of Inauguration Day, Hollywood’s newest charmer Sunny Pawar headed to the White House, scoring a handshake with President Obama in a dapper (and tiny!) suit and bowtie.
The 8-year-old Lion actor won hearts (dethroning Jacob Tremblay?) after introducing his film at the Golden Globes. Co-star Dev Patel, who joined him onstage, boosted his young co-star to the microphone to exclaim, “This is our movie, Lion.”
Lion follows Saroo Brierley, who, at 5 years old, got lost far from his hometown and was adopted by an Australian couple, played by Nicole Kidman and David Wenham. Twenty years later, he began...
The 8-year-old Lion actor won hearts (dethroning Jacob Tremblay?) after introducing his film at the Golden Globes. Co-star Dev Patel, who joined him onstage, boosted his young co-star to the microphone to exclaim, “This is our movie, Lion.”
Lion follows Saroo Brierley, who, at 5 years old, got lost far from his hometown and was adopted by an Australian couple, played by Nicole Kidman and David Wenham. Twenty years later, he began...
- 1/17/2017
- by Katherine Richter
- PEOPLE.com
The star of Slumdog Millionaire on his journey from star-struck wannabe to playing Nicole Kidman’s son in his new film, Lion
After appearing in the TV series Skins, aged 16, Dev Patel, has not looked back. He starred in the Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire, The Second Best Marigold Hotel (as a super-keen hotel manager) and The Man Who Knew Infinity (as the great Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan). Now he stars in Lion, based on the true story of Saroo Brierley, an Indian street boy who got lost 1,000 miles from home, was put in an orphanage and sent to Australia for adoption. Twenty-five years on, Saroo started to search for his mother, using Google maps.
Congratulations on your Golden Globe nomination for Lion. Is Saroo the most demanding role you’ve played?
I’m 26 and, like most actors my age, hungry to show emotional range. This role enabled me to play a character suffering real pain,...
After appearing in the TV series Skins, aged 16, Dev Patel, has not looked back. He starred in the Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire, The Second Best Marigold Hotel (as a super-keen hotel manager) and The Man Who Knew Infinity (as the great Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan). Now he stars in Lion, based on the true story of Saroo Brierley, an Indian street boy who got lost 1,000 miles from home, was put in an orphanage and sent to Australia for adoption. Twenty-five years on, Saroo started to search for his mother, using Google maps.
Congratulations on your Golden Globe nomination for Lion. Is Saroo the most demanding role you’ve played?
I’m 26 and, like most actors my age, hungry to show emotional range. This role enabled me to play a character suffering real pain,...
- 1/15/2017
- by Interview by Kate Kellaway
- The Guardian - Film News
Lion, the 2016 drama film directed by Garth Davis, is based on the non-fiction book A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley. The film tells the story Brierley, who, at the age of five, fell asleep in a train in rural India, while waiting for his brother to fetch him. Upon awaking, he was thousands of […]
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- 1/14/2017
- by Kate Chia
- Uinterview
Someone tell Jacob Tremblay to watch out — 8-year-old Sunny Pawar is here and ready to steal his place as awards season’s cutest star!
The little boy with the big smile stole hearts when he appeared onstage with costar Dev Patel at the Golden Globe to introduce their nominated drama, Lion — with a boost from Patel in order to reach the mic.
The real-life story of a 5-year-old Indian boy who got separated from his family and as an adult tried to find them again with the help of Google Earth, Lion has been racking up awards attention, including a...
The little boy with the big smile stole hearts when he appeared onstage with costar Dev Patel at the Golden Globe to introduce their nominated drama, Lion — with a boost from Patel in order to reach the mic.
The real-life story of a 5-year-old Indian boy who got separated from his family and as an adult tried to find them again with the help of Google Earth, Lion has been racking up awards attention, including a...
- 1/13/2017
- by russiale93
- PEOPLE.com
After seeing the film Lion, a true story about an adopted boy’s journey to reconnect with his biological family, Kristin Chenoweth was moved to pen an essay about her own experience with adoption.
“It’s hardly a secret that I was adopted as a baby and quite frankly, there’s absolutely no reason it should be,” writes the actress in an op-ed published on the Huffington Post.
“As I’ve grown, I’ve watched the conversation and perceptions about adopted kids and families shift, but nothing has quite captured the truth, both the good and the ugly, of adoption like the film Lion.
“It’s hardly a secret that I was adopted as a baby and quite frankly, there’s absolutely no reason it should be,” writes the actress in an op-ed published on the Huffington Post.
“As I’ve grown, I’ve watched the conversation and perceptions about adopted kids and families shift, but nothing has quite captured the truth, both the good and the ugly, of adoption like the film Lion.
- 1/12/2017
- by m34miller
- PEOPLE.com
Remember the name: Sunny Pawar.
The 8-year-old actor, who’s presumably this award season’s Jacob Tremblay, stole the show at the Golden Globe Awards with his adorable charm when he introduced his nominated drama, Lion, on stage with costar Dev Patel.
Patel began by explaining the film’s extraordinary true story about a man who reunites with his long-lost family in India using Google Earth. Then to adorably end the segment, the 26-year-old actor lifted the tiny star, who played the younger version of his character, to exclaim: “This is our movie, Lion.”
Based on the memoir A Long Way Home,...
The 8-year-old actor, who’s presumably this award season’s Jacob Tremblay, stole the show at the Golden Globe Awards with his adorable charm when he introduced his nominated drama, Lion, on stage with costar Dev Patel.
Patel began by explaining the film’s extraordinary true story about a man who reunites with his long-lost family in India using Google Earth. Then to adorably end the segment, the 26-year-old actor lifted the tiny star, who played the younger version of his character, to exclaim: “This is our movie, Lion.”
Based on the memoir A Long Way Home,...
- 1/9/2017
- by karenmizoguchi
- PEOPLE.com
Chicago – “Lion” is the kind of inspirational-triumph-over-insurmountable-odds and adversity stories that’s bound to appeal to grandmothers and Academy voters, and it does offer plenty of material to tug at the heartstrings. But it’s a movie that only gets the job half done, and unfortunately loses its way once Nicole Kidman comes into the picture.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
The film is based on the true story of a young boy in India named Saroo (played as a boy by Sunny Pawar). We meet him on the streets with his brother scrounging scraps and stealing coal to buy enough food to support their family. Their mother works as a laborer moving rocks, but can’t read or write – she gives her children love, but can’t give much more. Desperate to find any work to feed their family, Saroo tags along when his older brother tries to find some night labor.
Saroo...
Rating: 3.5/5.0
The film is based on the true story of a young boy in India named Saroo (played as a boy by Sunny Pawar). We meet him on the streets with his brother scrounging scraps and stealing coal to buy enough food to support their family. Their mother works as a laborer moving rocks, but can’t read or write – she gives her children love, but can’t give much more. Desperate to find any work to feed their family, Saroo tags along when his older brother tries to find some night labor.
Saroo...
- 12/30/2016
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Nicole Kidman in ‘Lion’ (Courtesy: Mark Rogers/Long Way Productions)
By: Carson Blackwelder
Managing Editor
Nothing is ever certain when it comes to predicting how the Oscars will shape up, but it seems as though Nicole Kidman is a slam dunk in this year’s race. The Lion star has already been nominated three times in the past — even snagging one win in the process — across categories and it seems as though a fourth is on the way. How often does this happen in the best actress and best supporting actress categories?
The reason a fourth nomination for Kidman seems inevitable is because the 49-year-old Australian-American has been nominated for a Critics’ Choice Award and a Satellite Award (losing both) as well as a Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award (awaiting results). With those in the bag, an Oscar nomination is right around the corner — and this site’s namesake,...
By: Carson Blackwelder
Managing Editor
Nothing is ever certain when it comes to predicting how the Oscars will shape up, but it seems as though Nicole Kidman is a slam dunk in this year’s race. The Lion star has already been nominated three times in the past — even snagging one win in the process — across categories and it seems as though a fourth is on the way. How often does this happen in the best actress and best supporting actress categories?
The reason a fourth nomination for Kidman seems inevitable is because the 49-year-old Australian-American has been nominated for a Critics’ Choice Award and a Satellite Award (losing both) as well as a Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award (awaiting results). With those in the bag, an Oscar nomination is right around the corner — and this site’s namesake,...
- 12/29/2016
- by Carson Blackwelder
- Scott Feinberg
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