Transgender representation is already rare in the media, let alone femme-to-masculine (Ftm) transgender folks – and, even more than that, gay Ftm individuals. This year at Sundance, however, Jules Rosskam and his acting leads Theo Germaine and Aden Hakimi premiered “Desire Lines,” a hybrid docu-fiction on gay Ftm individuals.
“It is kind of a taboo subject, an open secret [within the trans Ftm] community. Every year, I was waiting for someone else to make a film about it. And then every year, I'd look at the festival circuit and be like ‘nope, nope, nope,” laughed director Rosskam. “In 2019, I was finally like, ‘Okay, I guess I'm making this film.'”
Like its peers in the Next program, “Desire Lines” is not typical in structure. It weaves together interviews with Ftm individuals, re-enactments of Grindr conversations, and a narrative storyline where Ahmed (played by Hakimi), a middle-aged Iranian American trans man, peruses the archive of trans...
“It is kind of a taboo subject, an open secret [within the trans Ftm] community. Every year, I was waiting for someone else to make a film about it. And then every year, I'd look at the festival circuit and be like ‘nope, nope, nope,” laughed director Rosskam. “In 2019, I was finally like, ‘Okay, I guess I'm making this film.'”
Like its peers in the Next program, “Desire Lines” is not typical in structure. It weaves together interviews with Ftm individuals, re-enactments of Grindr conversations, and a narrative storyline where Ahmed (played by Hakimi), a middle-aged Iranian American trans man, peruses the archive of trans...
- 2/15/2024
- by Grace Han
- AsianMoviePulse
"Was I always destined to be interested in men?" Full Spectrum Features has unveiled an official trailer for a film titled Desire Lines, which just premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival a few weeks ago. This hybrid doc film played in the "Next" section, for innovative & unique films that break the mold. It "pushes against binaries—fiction vs non-fiction, reality vs fantasy, public vs private—in order to highlight the fallacy of 'purity' that undergirds colonialist notions of discrete categories of being (or genre)." A trans man travels back in time to an LGBTQ+ archive to understand his sexuality. He encounters his past and present selves during an erotic journey of self-discovery. This hybrid documentary is a tender love letter to the gay trans-masculine community and the legacy that Lou Sullivan, and many unnamed others like him, left behind. Featuring Theo Germaine, Aden Hakimi, and Em Modaff. "Desire Lines is...
- 2/4/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The 2024 Sundance Film Festival awards were announced today at The Ray Theatre in Park City, Utah.
See the list of 2024 winners below, and congrats to all the winners.
Festival Favorite Award
Daughters (USA) – Angela Patton and Natalie Rae
U.S. Dramatic Competition
Grand Jury Prize
In the Summers (USA) – Alessandra Lacorazza
Directing Award
In the Summers (USA) – Alessandra Lacorazza
The Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award
A Real Pain – Jesse Eisenberg
Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Performance
Suncoast (USA) – Nico Parker
Special Jury Award for Best Ensemble
Dìdi – Sean Wang
Audience Award
Dìdi – Sean Wang
U.S. Documentary Competition
Grand Jury Prize
Porcelain War – Brendan Bellomo and Slava Leontyev
Directing Award
Sugarcane – Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie
Special Jury Award for Sound
Gaucho Gaucho (USA, Argentina) – Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw
Special Jury Award for The Art of Change
Union (USA) – Stephen Maing and Brett Story
Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award
Frida...
See the list of 2024 winners below, and congrats to all the winners.
Festival Favorite Award
Daughters (USA) – Angela Patton and Natalie Rae
U.S. Dramatic Competition
Grand Jury Prize
In the Summers (USA) – Alessandra Lacorazza
Directing Award
In the Summers (USA) – Alessandra Lacorazza
The Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award
A Real Pain – Jesse Eisenberg
Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Performance
Suncoast (USA) – Nico Parker
Special Jury Award for Best Ensemble
Dìdi – Sean Wang
Audience Award
Dìdi – Sean Wang
U.S. Documentary Competition
Grand Jury Prize
Porcelain War – Brendan Bellomo and Slava Leontyev
Directing Award
Sugarcane – Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie
Special Jury Award for Sound
Gaucho Gaucho (USA, Argentina) – Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw
Special Jury Award for The Art of Change
Union (USA) – Stephen Maing and Brett Story
Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award
Frida...
- 1/26/2024
- by Prem
- Talking Films
Exclusive: Nina Bloomgarden (The Resort), James Tupper (Big Little Lies), Theo Germaine (They/Them) and Paige Collins (Big House) have signed on to star alongside Mary Beth Barrone in the indie erotic thriller Good Girl, which Lauren Garroni is directing, in her feature debut. No details on their roles have been disclosed.
The film currently shooting in Los Angeles watches as an enterprising Sugar Baby, offered ten grand to move in with her Sugar Daddy, comes to discover the dark secrets trapped within his home. Pic is described as part biting dark comedy, part erotic thriller — but above all, a story about sex work through a feminist and queer lens.
Kelly Parker’s Mary Ellen Moffat is producing the film based on Bree Essirig and Garroni’s script. Exec producers include Barrone, Garroni, Essrig, Simon Brook and Brook Productions.
Bloomgarden was part of the core cast of Peacock’s darkly...
The film currently shooting in Los Angeles watches as an enterprising Sugar Baby, offered ten grand to move in with her Sugar Daddy, comes to discover the dark secrets trapped within his home. Pic is described as part biting dark comedy, part erotic thriller — but above all, a story about sex work through a feminist and queer lens.
Kelly Parker’s Mary Ellen Moffat is producing the film based on Bree Essirig and Garroni’s script. Exec producers include Barrone, Garroni, Essrig, Simon Brook and Brook Productions.
Bloomgarden was part of the core cast of Peacock’s darkly...
- 4/28/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
The 2022 American slasher film They/Them, written and directed by John Logan, in his feature directorial debut, and produced by Jason Blum, hit theaters last July 24 and had its premiere on the streaming platform Peacock last August 5. It stars Theo Germaine, Carrie Preston, Anna Chlumsky, Austin Crute, Quei Tann, Anna Lore, Cooper Koch, Monique Kim, Darwin del Fabro, Hayley Griffith, Boone Platt, Mark Ashworth, and Kevin Bacon. The film centers on a group of Lbtq+ teens joining a week-long program in a conversion camp. Aside from being subjected to unsettling conversion methods, the teens face danger as a
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- 8/19/2022
- by A.E. Oats
- TVovermind.com
They/Them Review — They/Them (2022) Film Review, a movie written and directed by John Logan and starring Kevin Bacon, Theo Germaine, Anna Chlumsky, Carrie Preston, Quei Tann, Austin Crute, Anna Lore, Monique Kim, Cooper Koch, Darwin del Fabro, Hayley Griffith, Boone Platt, Mark Ashworth, Brooke Jaye Taylor, Steven Anthony Washington, Destiny Danielle Freeman and [...]
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- 8/14/2022
- by Thomas Duffy
- Film-Book
Stars: Theo Germaine, Kevin Bacon, Quei Tann, Austin Crute, Monique Kim | Written and Directed by John Logan
Campers at an LGBTQ+ conversion camp endure unsettling psychological techniques while the campsite is stalked by a mysterious killer.
John Logan‘s They/Them is absolutely one of the weirdest slasher films in years. First thing’s first – why did this movie get dumped straight to streaming when it stars Kevin Bacon aka one of the most recognizable actors in the world? Number two, what’s up with that abysmally awful poster? And number three, why does this movie feel like it has no direction and why does it save everything interesting until the end?
Long story short, They/Them is a bad movie. It actually had an interesting setup which was why the first twenty minutes had me a little hooked. A group of queer kids attend Whistler Camp, run by a man named Owen Whistler.
Campers at an LGBTQ+ conversion camp endure unsettling psychological techniques while the campsite is stalked by a mysterious killer.
John Logan‘s They/Them is absolutely one of the weirdest slasher films in years. First thing’s first – why did this movie get dumped straight to streaming when it stars Kevin Bacon aka one of the most recognizable actors in the world? Number two, what’s up with that abysmally awful poster? And number three, why does this movie feel like it has no direction and why does it save everything interesting until the end?
Long story short, They/Them is a bad movie. It actually had an interesting setup which was why the first twenty minutes had me a little hooked. A group of queer kids attend Whistler Camp, run by a man named Owen Whistler.
- 8/11/2022
- by Caillou Pettis
- Nerdly
Click here to read the full article.
[This story contains spoilers for They/Them.]
In John Logan’s directorial debut, Peacock summer camp slasher They/Them, a group of LGBTQ young people find themselves at a conversion therapy camp — places banned in many U.S. states that allege they can “change,” “repair” or even “cure” someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity.
Run by Kevin Bacon’s Owen Whistler and designed to appear like a typical summer camp, Whistler lures the campers into a sense of trust with an oddly warm, inclusionary and unthreatening welcome before unleashing his and his family’s violent and discriminatory torture on the group. All there for different reasons, the group must band together to survive the psychological and physical abuse they experience.
But as the campers fight off a variety of queerphobic and transphobic camp counselors — including members of their own community — they soon discover that there’s another threat walking among them in the woods,...
[This story contains spoilers for They/Them.]
In John Logan’s directorial debut, Peacock summer camp slasher They/Them, a group of LGBTQ young people find themselves at a conversion therapy camp — places banned in many U.S. states that allege they can “change,” “repair” or even “cure” someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity.
Run by Kevin Bacon’s Owen Whistler and designed to appear like a typical summer camp, Whistler lures the campers into a sense of trust with an oddly warm, inclusionary and unthreatening welcome before unleashing his and his family’s violent and discriminatory torture on the group. All there for different reasons, the group must band together to survive the psychological and physical abuse they experience.
But as the campers fight off a variety of queerphobic and transphobic camp counselors — including members of their own community — they soon discover that there’s another threat walking among them in the woods,...
- 8/10/2022
- by Abbey White
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
John Logan's conversion camp horror movie "They/Them" hit Peacock this week, and the divisive buzz around the movie has fizzled into a somewhat baffled discourse as viewers finally get to see what all the fuss is about. The latest queer horror offering makes some bold choices, but not the ones anyone was expecting. After all, who would've guessed this seemingly serious movie about the inhumanity of anti-lgbtq+ conversion practices would feature a spontaneous "Glee"-like sing-a-long to P!nk's "Perfect"?
That's just one of many odd things going on in this movie, which follows a group of young adult attendees -- led by non-binary camper Jordan (Theo Germaine)...
The post They/Them Ending Explained: A Conversion Camp Killer Unmasked appeared first on /Film.
That's just one of many odd things going on in this movie, which follows a group of young adult attendees -- led by non-binary camper Jordan (Theo Germaine)...
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- 8/7/2022
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
Horror film “They/Them” (pronounced “They Slash Them”), from producers Jason Blum and Michael Aguilar, finally slashes its way onto screens in the first week of August.
Written, directed and executive produced by John Logan and executive produced by Kevin Bacon, Scott Turner Schofield, Howie Young and Michael Aguilar, the movie features Lgbtqia+ youth attending and a gay conversion camp.
The fear-based film marks gay playwright John Logan’s directorial debut. Logan has previously written Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator,” as well as Tim Butron’s “Sweeney Todd” and Martin Scorsese’s “Hugo.” He also created Showtime’s “Penny Dreadful.” “The/Them” premiered at the 40th Los Angeles Outfest Film Festival in early July.
TheWrap has rounded up all the details regarding how to watch “They/Them” below.
Also Read:
Kevin Bacon Promises ‘A Safe Space’ in LGBTQ+ Horror Movie ‘They/Them’ Trailer (Video) Will “They/Them” Be Streaming?
After premiering on the closing night...
Written, directed and executive produced by John Logan and executive produced by Kevin Bacon, Scott Turner Schofield, Howie Young and Michael Aguilar, the movie features Lgbtqia+ youth attending and a gay conversion camp.
The fear-based film marks gay playwright John Logan’s directorial debut. Logan has previously written Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator,” as well as Tim Butron’s “Sweeney Todd” and Martin Scorsese’s “Hugo.” He also created Showtime’s “Penny Dreadful.” “The/Them” premiered at the 40th Los Angeles Outfest Film Festival in early July.
TheWrap has rounded up all the details regarding how to watch “They/Them” below.
Also Read:
Kevin Bacon Promises ‘A Safe Space’ in LGBTQ+ Horror Movie ‘They/Them’ Trailer (Video) Will “They/Them” Be Streaming?
After premiering on the closing night...
- 8/5/2022
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
“We’ve come a long way, baby,” says Kevin Bacon with a laugh, when asked about starring in a new summer camp slasher movie more than four decades after launching his career with the definitive summer camp slasher movie, the original Friday the 13th.
The new one is called They/Them, and it’s from Hollywood horror factory supreme Blumhouse, but it’s got an exceptionally modern twist (thanks to writer-director John Logan) on what quickly became a stale formula after Friday the 13th initially changed the game back in 1980.
Bacon stars as Owen Whistler, who welcomes a new group of LGBTQ+ “campers” to his conversion camp with the promise that he’s not out to change any of them, their sexual preferences, or how they identify. Of course that’s not the truth at all, as Whistler and his counselors inflict increasingly abusive psychological torment on the teens. Meanwhile, someone...
The new one is called They/Them, and it’s from Hollywood horror factory supreme Blumhouse, but it’s got an exceptionally modern twist (thanks to writer-director John Logan) on what quickly became a stale formula after Friday the 13th initially changed the game back in 1980.
Bacon stars as Owen Whistler, who welcomes a new group of LGBTQ+ “campers” to his conversion camp with the promise that he’s not out to change any of them, their sexual preferences, or how they identify. Of course that’s not the truth at all, as Whistler and his counselors inflict increasingly abusive psychological torment on the teens. Meanwhile, someone...
- 8/5/2022
- by Don Kaye
- Den of Geek
Click here to read the full article.
Kevin Bacon says that he and his wife and fellow actor Kyra Sedgwick tried their best to support their now-adult children as they were figuring out their identity, including their sexuality.
The award-winning actor spoke to Yahoo Entertainment ahead of the release of his latest movie, Peacock horror-thriller They/Them, discussing one of the key themes behind the film’s conversion therapy camp setting: accepting one’s children for who they are.
Bacon “struggles with the idea of other parents rejecting their children” who may identify and express sexualities within the LGBTQ+ spectrum, according to Yahoo.
“With our kids, we really tried our best to say, ‘Ok, you can do your own thing and figure it out,'” he says. “That’s worked out for our kids, but it’s tough.”
While he tried to create an open and accepting home for his kids,...
Kevin Bacon says that he and his wife and fellow actor Kyra Sedgwick tried their best to support their now-adult children as they were figuring out their identity, including their sexuality.
The award-winning actor spoke to Yahoo Entertainment ahead of the release of his latest movie, Peacock horror-thriller They/Them, discussing one of the key themes behind the film’s conversion therapy camp setting: accepting one’s children for who they are.
Bacon “struggles with the idea of other parents rejecting their children” who may identify and express sexualities within the LGBTQ+ spectrum, according to Yahoo.
“With our kids, we really tried our best to say, ‘Ok, you can do your own thing and figure it out,'” he says. “That’s worked out for our kids, but it’s tough.”
While he tried to create an open and accepting home for his kids,...
- 8/4/2022
- by Abbey White
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Click here to read the full article.
Respect, Renew, Rejoice. These are the three words that greet visitors entering Whilster Camp, the fictional conversion therapy program at the center of John Logan’s sinister directorial debut They/Them. From a distance, the camp and its surrounding acreage resemble any other: Log cabins dot the premise, the waters of the serene lake glisten in the sun, the sky is a clear blue. The counselors beam and recite banal motivations. But the camp is a menacing place — a site where Owen Whilster (a brilliant Kevin Bacon), its director, runs a week-long program to turn gay young adults straight.
Conversion therapy — a delusional concept — dates back to at least the 19th century, when Albert von Schrenck-Notzing, a German psychiatrist, convinced a crowd that he had turned a gay man straight through hypnosis. His experiment set an alarming precedent and birthed an entire field — now...
Respect, Renew, Rejoice. These are the three words that greet visitors entering Whilster Camp, the fictional conversion therapy program at the center of John Logan’s sinister directorial debut They/Them. From a distance, the camp and its surrounding acreage resemble any other: Log cabins dot the premise, the waters of the serene lake glisten in the sun, the sky is a clear blue. The counselors beam and recite banal motivations. But the camp is a menacing place — a site where Owen Whilster (a brilliant Kevin Bacon), its director, runs a week-long program to turn gay young adults straight.
Conversion therapy — a delusional concept — dates back to at least the 19th century, when Albert von Schrenck-Notzing, a German psychiatrist, convinced a crowd that he had turned a gay man straight through hypnosis. His experiment set an alarming precedent and birthed an entire field — now...
- 8/4/2022
- by Lovia Gyarkye
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Of the many positive trends “Get Out” ushered forth — the highbrow-ification of horror, irrefutable proof that Black stories can rock the box office — there’s also been a proliferation of socially conscious horror with somewhat mixed results. Studios began to shove political commentary into every horror movie, whether it was “The Forever Purge” pitting Mexican immigrants against gun-toting Maga gangs, or the latest “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” turning Leatherface into a displaced victim of tech gentrification. Horror fans can sense when films force satire into a bloodbath and it’s annoying: They’re being sold a market trend and usually all they want is good clean bloody fun.
Leading that charge is Jason Blum’s Blumhouse Prods., the prolific banner behind some of the most successful horror franchises of the last decade, including “Paranormal Activity” and “The Purge” as well as “Get Out” and “Us.” But in its rapid expansion, Blumhouse...
Leading that charge is Jason Blum’s Blumhouse Prods., the prolific banner behind some of the most successful horror franchises of the last decade, including “Paranormal Activity” and “The Purge” as well as “Get Out” and “Us.” But in its rapid expansion, Blumhouse...
- 8/4/2022
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
John Logan, the Oscar-nominated writer behind “Gladiator,” “Skyfall,” “The Aviator” and more, says his biggest challenge upon making the horror movie “They/Them,” his directorial debut, had little to do with the actual filming but in the meticulous casting of its LGBTQ+ leads.
While “They/Them” is top-billed by Kevin Bacon as the head of a sinister gay conversion therapy camp, the film centers around seven different campers that each represent “different parts of the queer experience,” including nonbinary actor Theo Germaine and trans actress Quei Tann portraying two of the leads, Jordan and Alexandra, respectively. And Logan, who is neither nonbinary nor trans, says he leaned on conversations with those actors and others in creating each character and finding their authentic voice.
“I knew those seven campers were going to be the heart of the film. So we took a long time casting,” Logan told TheWrap, adding that part of that...
While “They/Them” is top-billed by Kevin Bacon as the head of a sinister gay conversion therapy camp, the film centers around seven different campers that each represent “different parts of the queer experience,” including nonbinary actor Theo Germaine and trans actress Quei Tann portraying two of the leads, Jordan and Alexandra, respectively. And Logan, who is neither nonbinary nor trans, says he leaned on conversations with those actors and others in creating each character and finding their authentic voice.
“I knew those seven campers were going to be the heart of the film. So we took a long time casting,” Logan told TheWrap, adding that part of that...
- 8/4/2022
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Veteran screenwriter John Logan makes his directorial debut with “They/Them,” a Blumhouse horror movie set in a gay conversion camp, and his formidable screenwriting prowess is what really sets this picture apart from others in the horror genre.
Logan is more interested in psychological horror than in the typical slice-and-dice of slasher movies, and in several scenes here he achieves a remarkable intensity.
Looking at Logan’s distinguished list of credits as a screenwriter – including “Any Given Sunday,” “Gladiator,” “The Aviator” and “Skyfall” – it is not too apparent that he would be the first choice for material like this. But writers should be free to write about whatever they want, of course, and it feels clear in “They/Them” that Logan is smart, informed and insightful about the most complicated contemporary gender issues.
Also Read:
Kevin Bacon Promises ‘A Safe Space’ in LGBTQ+ Horror Movie ‘They/Them’ Trailer (Video)
Kevin Bacon excels here as Owen Whistler,...
Logan is more interested in psychological horror than in the typical slice-and-dice of slasher movies, and in several scenes here he achieves a remarkable intensity.
Looking at Logan’s distinguished list of credits as a screenwriter – including “Any Given Sunday,” “Gladiator,” “The Aviator” and “Skyfall” – it is not too apparent that he would be the first choice for material like this. But writers should be free to write about whatever they want, of course, and it feels clear in “They/Them” that Logan is smart, informed and insightful about the most complicated contemporary gender issues.
Also Read:
Kevin Bacon Promises ‘A Safe Space’ in LGBTQ+ Horror Movie ‘They/Them’ Trailer (Video)
Kevin Bacon excels here as Owen Whistler,...
- 8/2/2022
- by Dan Callahan
- The Wrap
“They/Them,” a new Blumhouse slasher that promises a queer take on the horror genre, is set to go straight to streaming on Peacock next month. But before that, the film received a full in-person theatrical screening, as the closing night premiere of Los Angeles queer film festival Outfest.
“This is the perfect place,” Kevin Bacon, who plays the film’s chief villain Owen Whistler, told Variety on the red carpet.
“They/Them” is a slasher horror film set in a gay conversion therapy camp. “When we learned we were going to be in Outfest, let alone the closing night, we were absolutely thrilled,” Bacon said. “I don’t generally get to see my films with an audience, especially these days. When they’re made for a platform, you don’t get a chance to see how it plays. So this is really exciting.”
Joining Bacon at the Ace Hotel on Sunday...
“This is the perfect place,” Kevin Bacon, who plays the film’s chief villain Owen Whistler, told Variety on the red carpet.
“They/Them” is a slasher horror film set in a gay conversion therapy camp. “When we learned we were going to be in Outfest, let alone the closing night, we were absolutely thrilled,” Bacon said. “I don’t generally get to see my films with an audience, especially these days. When they’re made for a platform, you don’t get a chance to see how it plays. So this is really exciting.”
Joining Bacon at the Ace Hotel on Sunday...
- 7/27/2022
- by Wilson Chapman
- Variety Film + TV
Outfest has announced the award winners of its 40th Anniversary Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ+ Film Festival.
Top prizes went to Amanda Kramer’s Please Baby Please, starring Andrea Riseborough, Henry Melling, Karl Glusman and Demi Moore, for Outstanding North American Narrative Feature; Gabriel Martins’ Brazilian family drama Mars One took the Grand Jury Prize for Outstanding International Narrative Feature, and the newly-named Paul D. Lerner and Stephen Reis Grand Jury Prize for Outstanding Documentary Feature went to Rita Baghdadi’s Sirens, about the Lebanese female thrash metal band Slave to Sirens. The Academy Award-qualifying festival’s two Grand Jury prizes for Narrative shorts went to April Maxey’s Work (Outstanding U.S. Narrative Short) and Dania Bedir’s Warsha, both of which are now Oscar eligible. Outstanding Documentary Short went to Brydie O’Connor’s Love, Barbara.
Audience awards went to Juan Felipe Zuleta’s crowd-pleasing Unidentified Objects, and documentary feature...
Top prizes went to Amanda Kramer’s Please Baby Please, starring Andrea Riseborough, Henry Melling, Karl Glusman and Demi Moore, for Outstanding North American Narrative Feature; Gabriel Martins’ Brazilian family drama Mars One took the Grand Jury Prize for Outstanding International Narrative Feature, and the newly-named Paul D. Lerner and Stephen Reis Grand Jury Prize for Outstanding Documentary Feature went to Rita Baghdadi’s Sirens, about the Lebanese female thrash metal band Slave to Sirens. The Academy Award-qualifying festival’s two Grand Jury prizes for Narrative shorts went to April Maxey’s Work (Outstanding U.S. Narrative Short) and Dania Bedir’s Warsha, both of which are now Oscar eligible. Outstanding Documentary Short went to Brydie O’Connor’s Love, Barbara.
Audience awards went to Juan Felipe Zuleta’s crowd-pleasing Unidentified Objects, and documentary feature...
- 7/27/2022
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
The 40th edition of the Outfest LGBTQ+ film festival in Los Angeles is in the books after the closing night world premiere of Peacock’s horror film They/Them (pronounced They-Slash-Them).
Kevin Bacon and Carrie Preston star as a couple who run a Christian-oriented ‘gay conversion therapy’ camp in a remote, wooded area, preaching a contradictory philosophy of self-acceptance and what amounts to self-denial. A fresh busload of LGBT and non-binary youths show up for ‘treatment,’ most of them dispatched by their families hoping they will learn to conform to societal norms.
Bacon and his wife Kyra Sedgwick attended the premiere, along with most of the cast and filmmaker John Logan, one of Hollywood’s top screenwriters and a three-time Oscar nominee who makes his directorial debut with They/Them.
Logan, introducing his film at The Theater at the Ace Hotel, noted, “I wrote my first play 40 years ago and I’ve...
Kevin Bacon and Carrie Preston star as a couple who run a Christian-oriented ‘gay conversion therapy’ camp in a remote, wooded area, preaching a contradictory philosophy of self-acceptance and what amounts to self-denial. A fresh busload of LGBT and non-binary youths show up for ‘treatment,’ most of them dispatched by their families hoping they will learn to conform to societal norms.
Bacon and his wife Kyra Sedgwick attended the premiere, along with most of the cast and filmmaker John Logan, one of Hollywood’s top screenwriters and a three-time Oscar nominee who makes his directorial debut with They/Them.
Logan, introducing his film at The Theater at the Ace Hotel, noted, “I wrote my first play 40 years ago and I’ve...
- 7/26/2022
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Pronouns matter more than gore or suspense in “They/Them,” a tepid flip-the-script horror movie whose title doubles as its logline when you say the “slash” out loud. Set at a janky gay conversion camp, this Blumhouse-produced, Peacock-released LGBT empowerment exercise presents itself as a cross between “Friday the 13th” and “But I’m a Cheerleader.” Alas, it’s so committed to affirmational messages about queer identity not being a choice, a condition or a legitimate motive to get axed by a deranged serial killer, that the movie all but forgets to be scary — although enlisting Kevin Bacon as too-genial-to-be-trusted camp overseer Owen Whistler nearly makes it work.
“I wanted my favorite genre to celebrate who I was, so I wrote this movie,” openly gay writer-director John Logan told the closing-night crowd of Outfest — the first audience to see his well-intentioned feature directing debut. Fine, but since when does horror celebrate anything?...
“I wanted my favorite genre to celebrate who I was, so I wrote this movie,” openly gay writer-director John Logan told the closing-night crowd of Outfest — the first audience to see his well-intentioned feature directing debut. Fine, but since when does horror celebrate anything?...
- 7/25/2022
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
"Just enjoy the sunshine and work on your tan." Peacock has unveiled the full official trailer for the horror comedy slasher They/Them, a reference to the "they/them" pronounces from the LGBTQ community. This film marks the directorial debut of a screenwriter named John Logan, with Jason Blum of Blumhouse producing. They/Them is an empowering slasher film featuring an ensemble cast: Carrie Preston, Anna Chlumsky, Theo Germaine, Quei Tann, Anna Lore, Monique Kim, Darwin del Fabro, Cooper Koch, and Austin Crute. Plus, of course, Kevin Bacon as the camp counselor. When a group of LGBTQ+ campers arrives at Whistler Camp, a religious conversion camp, a mysterious killer starts claiming victims, and they must reclaim their power if they're going to survive the horrors of the camp. The very specific pronunciation of the title "they slash them" makes me think it's going to be... they are slashing them ...
- 7/20/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Peacock is upping the stakes with They/Them, a new original movie from Blumhouse, premiering Friday, August 5.
The flick has a stellar cast, and the official trailer certainly leaves you wanting more.
"Kevin Bacon plays Owen Whistler in this slasher horror film set at an Lgbtqia+ conversion camp," reads the logline for the horror movie.
The logline continues:
Several queer and trans campers join Whistler for a week of programming intended to “help them find a new sense of freedom”.
As the camp’s methods become increasingly more psychologically unsettling, the campers must work together to protect themselves.
When a mysterious killer starts claiming victims, things get even more dangerous.
Carrie Preston is also on board as Owen's wife Cora, a therapist who is in charge of the campers' therapy sessions.
Bacon plays Owen Whistler, the conversion camp director who runs Whistler Camp alongside several counselors.
Anna Chlumsky plays Molly,...
The flick has a stellar cast, and the official trailer certainly leaves you wanting more.
"Kevin Bacon plays Owen Whistler in this slasher horror film set at an Lgbtqia+ conversion camp," reads the logline for the horror movie.
The logline continues:
Several queer and trans campers join Whistler for a week of programming intended to “help them find a new sense of freedom”.
As the camp’s methods become increasingly more psychologically unsettling, the campers must work together to protect themselves.
When a mysterious killer starts claiming victims, things get even more dangerous.
Carrie Preston is also on board as Owen's wife Cora, a therapist who is in charge of the campers' therapy sessions.
Bacon plays Owen Whistler, the conversion camp director who runs Whistler Camp alongside several counselors.
Anna Chlumsky plays Molly,...
- 7/20/2022
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
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Kevin Bacon is the devilish head of a LGBTQ+ conversion program that has campers fighting for their lives in the latest trailer for They/Them, the queer empowerment slasher-horror pic from Blumhouse that’s set to debut on Peacock on Aug. 5.
“It’s a great day to be alive, isn’t it?” Bacon, who plays camp leader Owen Whistler, says as he welcomes a ragtag group of wary queer and trans campers for a week of programming. Carrie Preston plays Cora Whistler, a creepy therapist, and Anna Chlumsky is Molly, the camp’s medic and newest employee.
“Where’s my killer?” Bacon’s character asks at one point as campers begin to reach the breaking point. When a mysterious killer with a scarecrow-like mask begins a slashing spree, events get even more dangerous at Whistler Camp.
They/Them (pronounced “They-Slash-Them”) is written and directed...
Kevin Bacon is the devilish head of a LGBTQ+ conversion program that has campers fighting for their lives in the latest trailer for They/Them, the queer empowerment slasher-horror pic from Blumhouse that’s set to debut on Peacock on Aug. 5.
“It’s a great day to be alive, isn’t it?” Bacon, who plays camp leader Owen Whistler, says as he welcomes a ragtag group of wary queer and trans campers for a week of programming. Carrie Preston plays Cora Whistler, a creepy therapist, and Anna Chlumsky is Molly, the camp’s medic and newest employee.
“Where’s my killer?” Bacon’s character asks at one point as campers begin to reach the breaking point. When a mysterious killer with a scarecrow-like mask begins a slashing spree, events get even more dangerous at Whistler Camp.
They/Them (pronounced “They-Slash-Them”) is written and directed...
- 7/20/2022
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“They Fear Them” in the new trailer for They/Them, a Peacock original from prolific horror flick producers Blumhouse, premiering Friday, August 5.
Written/directed by John Logan (Skyfall) and produced by Jason Blum (Get Out) and Michael Aguilar (Penny Dreadful), the streaming movie stars Kevin Bacon as Owen Whistler, the director of an Lgbtqia+ conversion camp.
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Written/directed by John Logan (Skyfall) and produced by Jason Blum (Get Out) and Michael Aguilar (Penny Dreadful), the streaming movie stars Kevin Bacon as Owen Whistler, the director of an Lgbtqia+ conversion camp.
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- 7/20/2022
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
They/Them Trailer — John Logan‘s They/Them (2022) movie trailer has been released by Peacock. The They/Them trailer stars Kevin Bacon, Anna Chlumsky, Theo Germaine, Carrie Preston, Quei Tann, Austin Crute, Monique Kim, Anna Lore, Cooper Koch, and Darwin del Fabro. Crew • Executive Producers: Kevin Bacon, [...]
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- 6/22/2022
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
"This is a safe space... for everyone." Peacock has revealed the first teaser trailer for a new horror comedy slasher film called They/Them, a reference to the "they/them" pronounces from the LGBTQ community. This film marks the directorial debut of an acclaimed screenwriter named John Logan, with Jason Blum of Blumhouse producing. They/Them is an empowering slasher film starring an ensemble cast with Carrie Preston, Anna Chlumsky, Theo Germaine, Quei Tann, Anna Lore, Monique Kim, Darwin del Fabro, Cooper Koch, and Austin Crute. Plus, of course, Kevin Bacon as the camp counselor. When a group of LGBTQ+ campers arrives at Whistler Camp, a religious conversion camp, a mysterious killer starts claiming victims, and they must reclaim their power if they're going to survive the horrors of the camp. I dig the literal slash in this slasher teaser trailer - all this footage got my attention... Curious ...
- 6/22/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Forget Camp Crystal Lake — it’s Whistler Camp that truly is the stuff of nightmares.
The Blumhouse-produced horror film “They/Them” debuts Friday, August 5 on Peacock and centers on conversion camp Whistler, run by charismatic camp director Owen Whistler played by Kevin Bacon, who also executive produces the film. Licensed therapist and Owen’s wife Cora Whistler co-runs the program and is portrayed by Bacon’s “Space Oddity” co-star Carrie Preston. “Veep” and “Inventing Anna” star Anna Chlumsky plays Molly, the camp’s medic and newest employee.
“They/Them” marks Oscar-nominated screenwriter John Logan’s directorial debut after penning Academy Award winners “The Aviator,” “Gladiator,” and “Skyfall.” Logan wrote the script and serves as an executive producer for “They/Them.”
“‘They/Them’ has been germinating within me my whole life,” Logan said in a press statement. “I’ve loved horror movies as long as I can remember, I think because...
The Blumhouse-produced horror film “They/Them” debuts Friday, August 5 on Peacock and centers on conversion camp Whistler, run by charismatic camp director Owen Whistler played by Kevin Bacon, who also executive produces the film. Licensed therapist and Owen’s wife Cora Whistler co-runs the program and is portrayed by Bacon’s “Space Oddity” co-star Carrie Preston. “Veep” and “Inventing Anna” star Anna Chlumsky plays Molly, the camp’s medic and newest employee.
“They/Them” marks Oscar-nominated screenwriter John Logan’s directorial debut after penning Academy Award winners “The Aviator,” “Gladiator,” and “Skyfall.” Logan wrote the script and serves as an executive producer for “They/Them.”
“‘They/Them’ has been germinating within me my whole life,” Logan said in a press statement. “I’ve loved horror movies as long as I can remember, I think because...
- 6/22/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Bigotry is the real horror in the first teaser for “They/Them,” a new slasher film about conversion therapy starring Kevin Bacon and Theo Germaine.
Written and directed by John Logan, “They/Them” stars Bacon as Owen Whistler, the director of a conversion therapy camp dedicated to “curing” LGBTQ+ teenagers of their sexual and gender identities. Over the course of a week-long session at the camp, Whistler butts heads with Jordan (played by Germaine), a trans and nonbinary teen who made a deal with their parents to legally emancipate themself after attending the camp. As Jordan and their fellow campers rebel against Whistler and his staff’s cruel methods of “treatment,” a mysterious string of murders begins piling up, forcing Jordan to investigate into the camp’s secrets.
In addition to Bacon and Germaine, Carrie Preston also stars in the film as Whistler’s wife and camp therapist Cora, while...
Written and directed by John Logan, “They/Them” stars Bacon as Owen Whistler, the director of a conversion therapy camp dedicated to “curing” LGBTQ+ teenagers of their sexual and gender identities. Over the course of a week-long session at the camp, Whistler butts heads with Jordan (played by Germaine), a trans and nonbinary teen who made a deal with their parents to legally emancipate themself after attending the camp. As Jordan and their fellow campers rebel against Whistler and his staff’s cruel methods of “treatment,” a mysterious string of murders begins piling up, forcing Jordan to investigate into the camp’s secrets.
In addition to Bacon and Germaine, Carrie Preston also stars in the film as Whistler’s wife and camp therapist Cora, while...
- 6/22/2022
- by Wilson Chapman
- Variety Film + TV
When Kevin Bacon in the trailer for “They/Them” welcomes a group of queer teens to a gay conversion camp and promises them “a safe space” that will be inclusive for everyone, “safe” hardly means that you won’t be murdered.
“They/Them” is an LGBTQ+ horror thriller from writer and director John Logan and the team at Blumhouse Productions, and the title itself even has fun with some pronouns, as it’s pronounced “They Slash Them,” as in a slasher movie.
But the story actually comes from a personal place for Logan, the writer of “Skyfall,” “The Aviator” and “Gladiator” who is making his directorial debut on the film.
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“’They/Them’ has been germinating within me my whole life. I’ve loved horror movies as long as I can remember, I think...
“They/Them” is an LGBTQ+ horror thriller from writer and director John Logan and the team at Blumhouse Productions, and the title itself even has fun with some pronouns, as it’s pronounced “They Slash Them,” as in a slasher movie.
But the story actually comes from a personal place for Logan, the writer of “Skyfall,” “The Aviator” and “Gladiator” who is making his directorial debut on the film.
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- 6/22/2022
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Outfest has announced the complete lineup for its 40th-anniversary Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ+ Film Festival, which will take place from July 14-24 at multiple locations throughout Los Angeles.
More than 200 films, representing 29 countries, will screen as part of this year’s lineup. 42 will make their world premieres, including the doc Stay on Board: The Leo Baker Story from Drew Barrymore’s Flower Films and Pulse Films; the UK feature Phea, starring Sherika Sherard; Mercedes Kane’s Art and Pep; and Scout Durwood’s Youtopia.
Outfest Los Angeles’ Episodics section will also feature a host of world premieres, including advanced looks at at Shudder’s forthcoming docuseries Queer for Fear; the comedy special Queer Riot, headlined by Margaret Cho; and writer-producer Des Moran’s series halfsies, as well as a free sneak peek screening of the upcoming Prime Video series A League of Their Own, starring Abbi Jacobson.
The fest’s Platinum section,...
More than 200 films, representing 29 countries, will screen as part of this year’s lineup. 42 will make their world premieres, including the doc Stay on Board: The Leo Baker Story from Drew Barrymore’s Flower Films and Pulse Films; the UK feature Phea, starring Sherika Sherard; Mercedes Kane’s Art and Pep; and Scout Durwood’s Youtopia.
Outfest Los Angeles’ Episodics section will also feature a host of world premieres, including advanced looks at at Shudder’s forthcoming docuseries Queer for Fear; the comedy special Queer Riot, headlined by Margaret Cho; and writer-producer Des Moran’s series halfsies, as well as a free sneak peek screening of the upcoming Prime Video series A League of Their Own, starring Abbi Jacobson.
The fest’s Platinum section,...
- 6/22/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Queer representation on the small screen has certainly come a long way over the past two decades, not only in terms of quality but also quantity. Back when I was a baby queer in the early 2000s, “The L Word” was pretty much all I had to see parts of my experience on TV, save for the rare gay subplots of popular teen shows — never forget Marissa’s brief but extremely hot dalliance with Olivia Wilde on “The O.C.” The stereotyped gays of “Sex and the City” and “Will and Grace” were replaced over the years by more fleshed out and nuanced queer characters across the LGBTQ+ spectrum, and, finally, we’ve seen some actually well-written trans characters played by trans performers. Its mostly been in the latter half of the 2010s and early 2020s that we’ve really seen a rise in more dynamic and diverse LGBTQ+ storytelling, with...
- 6/16/2022
- by Oliver Whitney
- Indiewire
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Outfest is prepping to roll out the red carpet for a milestone 40th annual event next month, setting Billy Porter’s directorial debut Anything’s Possible to open, horror film They/Them to close, and appearances by Kevin Bacon, Theo Germaine, Julianne Moore, Todd Haynes, Clive Barker, Big Freedia and Christine Vachon, among others.
Presented by Warner Bros. Discover and IMDb, the fest runs July 14-24 at various Los Angeles venues. Opening night, held at Downtown L.A.’s historic Orpheum Theatre, will feature Porter’s Anything’s Possible from Prime Video Original. The high school set pic follows a young trans student and her love interest as they navigate a romance during their senior year and it stars Eva Reign, Abubakr Ali, Simone Joy Jones, Kelly Lamor Wilson and Broadway star Renée Elise Goldsberry.
Opening night is shaping up to be a big evening for Porter,...
Outfest is prepping to roll out the red carpet for a milestone 40th annual event next month, setting Billy Porter’s directorial debut Anything’s Possible to open, horror film They/Them to close, and appearances by Kevin Bacon, Theo Germaine, Julianne Moore, Todd Haynes, Clive Barker, Big Freedia and Christine Vachon, among others.
Presented by Warner Bros. Discover and IMDb, the fest runs July 14-24 at various Los Angeles venues. Opening night, held at Downtown L.A.’s historic Orpheum Theatre, will feature Porter’s Anything’s Possible from Prime Video Original. The high school set pic follows a young trans student and her love interest as they navigate a romance during their senior year and it stars Eva Reign, Abubakr Ali, Simone Joy Jones, Kelly Lamor Wilson and Broadway star Renée Elise Goldsberry.
Opening night is shaping up to be a big evening for Porter,...
- 6/9/2022
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ+ Film Festival today announced a star-studded lineup of galas and centerpiece events that will punctuate its 40th anniversary, which will be celebrated from July 14-24 in venues around Los Angeles.
The 11-day festival will kick off at downtown L.A.’s Orpheum Theatre with the world premiere of Grammy-, Emmy- and Tony Award-winning artist Billy Porter’s directorial debut, Anything’s Possible. The Prime Video Original is an uplifting teenage romance about an unflappable trans girl and a charming cis boy navigating a senior year relationship. Porter will be present at the event to receive the 2022 Outfest Annual Achievement Award.
The festival will close at The Theater at the Ace Hotel on July 24 with the world premiere of Oscar-nominated screenwriter John Logan’s directorial debut, They/Them. The Blumhouse Production, to be released by Peacock, is a horror film set at an Lgbtqia+ conversion camp, in which...
The 11-day festival will kick off at downtown L.A.’s Orpheum Theatre with the world premiere of Grammy-, Emmy- and Tony Award-winning artist Billy Porter’s directorial debut, Anything’s Possible. The Prime Video Original is an uplifting teenage romance about an unflappable trans girl and a charming cis boy navigating a senior year relationship. Porter will be present at the event to receive the 2022 Outfest Annual Achievement Award.
The festival will close at The Theater at the Ace Hotel on July 24 with the world premiere of Oscar-nominated screenwriter John Logan’s directorial debut, They/Them. The Blumhouse Production, to be released by Peacock, is a horror film set at an Lgbtqia+ conversion camp, in which...
- 6/9/2022
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
‘They/Them’: John Logan’s Blumhouse Horror Film Starring Kevin Bacon Heading To Peacock – First Look
Peacock today unveiled They/Them, a new Blumhouse pic starring Kevin Bacon (City on a Hill), Anna Chlumsky (Inventing Anna), Carrie Preston (Claws), Theo Germaine (4400), Austin Crute (Call Your Mother), Monique Kim (What/If), Anna Lore (All American), Cooper Koch (Power Book II: Ghost) and Darwin del Fabro (Dangerous Liaisons), which will debut on the streamer on August 5th.
The Lgbtqia+ slasher, formerly known as Whistler Camp, marks the directorial debut of three-time Oscar-nominated screenwriter John Logan (Skyfall). It’s a queer empowerment story set at a gay conversion camp that follows camp director Owen Whistler (Bacon), who is joined by several queer and trans campers for a week of programming intended to “help them find a new sense of freedom.” As the camp’s methods become increasingly more psychologically unsettling, the campers must work together to protect themselves. And when a mysterious killer starts claiming victims, things get even more dangerous.
The Lgbtqia+ slasher, formerly known as Whistler Camp, marks the directorial debut of three-time Oscar-nominated screenwriter John Logan (Skyfall). It’s a queer empowerment story set at a gay conversion camp that follows camp director Owen Whistler (Bacon), who is joined by several queer and trans campers for a week of programming intended to “help them find a new sense of freedom.” As the camp’s methods become increasingly more psychologically unsettling, the campers must work together to protect themselves. And when a mysterious killer starts claiming victims, things get even more dangerous.
- 5/12/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
A new horror film about the terrors of conversion therapy is coming to Peacock. “They/Them,” a horror film produced by venerable production studio Blumhouse and starring Kevin Bacon, will be hitting the streamer Aug. 5.
Bacon stars in the film as Owen Whistler, the director of a conversion therapy camp named Whistler Camp, which attempts to “turn” LGBTQ+ teenagers straight and cisgender. Set over a week-long session at the camp, the film focuses on the various campers, led by trans and nonbinary Jordan (Theo Germaine), as they undergo psychological torment from the camp’s programming. When an unidentified killer begins claiming victims, the kids must team up to protect each other, both from the killer and from the camp staff.
Anna Chlumsky and Carrie Preston join Bacon in the film as Camp Whistler staff members. Quei Tann, Austin Crute, Monique Kim, Anna Lore, Cooper Koch and Darwin del Fabro portray...
Bacon stars in the film as Owen Whistler, the director of a conversion therapy camp named Whistler Camp, which attempts to “turn” LGBTQ+ teenagers straight and cisgender. Set over a week-long session at the camp, the film focuses on the various campers, led by trans and nonbinary Jordan (Theo Germaine), as they undergo psychological torment from the camp’s programming. When an unidentified killer begins claiming victims, the kids must team up to protect each other, both from the killer and from the camp staff.
Anna Chlumsky and Carrie Preston join Bacon in the film as Camp Whistler staff members. Quei Tann, Austin Crute, Monique Kim, Anna Lore, Cooper Koch and Darwin del Fabro portray...
- 5/12/2022
- by Wilson Chapman
- Variety Film + TV
Night’s End – Photo Credit: Shudder
What happens when a person tries to get rid of evil spirits, and their own personal demons, without inviting new ones in? The result is the new film on Shudder, Night’S End.
Starring Geno Walker, Kate Arington, Michael Shannon, Isaac Dees, Felonious Munk, Daniel Kyri, Theo Germaine, director Jennifer Reeder provides fans a true mix of fun and horror in the story of an anxious shut-in who unwittingly moves into a haunted apartment and hires a mysterious stranger to perform an exorcism that in the end takes an unfortunate horrific turn.
Meant to be a character study of a man choosing to live a claustrophobic life in isolation, his new occupation as a YouTube wanna-be sensation goes south and quickly. Trying to emulate paranormal channel “Dark Corners”, Ken Barber (Walker) transforms his fledgling channel from “Ken’s Lawn Life Tips” to one filled with spooky videos,...
What happens when a person tries to get rid of evil spirits, and their own personal demons, without inviting new ones in? The result is the new film on Shudder, Night’S End.
Starring Geno Walker, Kate Arington, Michael Shannon, Isaac Dees, Felonious Munk, Daniel Kyri, Theo Germaine, director Jennifer Reeder provides fans a true mix of fun and horror in the story of an anxious shut-in who unwittingly moves into a haunted apartment and hires a mysterious stranger to perform an exorcism that in the end takes an unfortunate horrific turn.
Meant to be a character study of a man choosing to live a claustrophobic life in isolation, his new occupation as a YouTube wanna-be sensation goes south and quickly. Trying to emulate paranormal channel “Dark Corners”, Ken Barber (Walker) transforms his fledgling channel from “Ken’s Lawn Life Tips” to one filled with spooky videos,...
- 4/5/2022
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Stars: Geno Walker, Kate Arrington, Felonius Munk, Michael Shannon, Daniel Kyri, Theo Germaine, Morgan S. Reesh, Lawrence Grimm | Written by Brett Neveu | Directed by Jennifer Reeder
Jennifer Reeder, director of the highly-regarded Knives + Skin, is back behind the camera for Night’s End, a film that feels very apt given the past few years – featuring a character who spends his time online, working from home (aren’t we all?). With the film’s plot playing out in a series of Zoom-like calls, given the lead characters apparent agoraphobia.
The film tells the story of Ken Barber, an anxious shut-in, who moves into a new apartment. He spends his time making self-help YouTube videos and experimenting in amateur taxidermy. However, Ken’s life is turned upside down by the apparent haunting of his new home. Eventually he contacts Colin Albertson, a paranormal author, to perform an exorcism which quickly takes a horrific turn…...
Jennifer Reeder, director of the highly-regarded Knives + Skin, is back behind the camera for Night’s End, a film that feels very apt given the past few years – featuring a character who spends his time online, working from home (aren’t we all?). With the film’s plot playing out in a series of Zoom-like calls, given the lead characters apparent agoraphobia.
The film tells the story of Ken Barber, an anxious shut-in, who moves into a new apartment. He spends his time making self-help YouTube videos and experimenting in amateur taxidermy. However, Ken’s life is turned upside down by the apparent haunting of his new home. Eventually he contacts Colin Albertson, a paranormal author, to perform an exorcism which quickly takes a horrific turn…...
- 3/30/2022
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
"It's really happening. None of it is fake." Shudder has unveiled the official trailer for an indie horror film titled Night's End, the latest from director Jennifer Reeder. It's playing on Shudder at the end of March. An anxious shut-in moves into a haunted apartment, hiring a stranger to perform an exorcism which quickly takes a horrific turn. Pretty vague description. This seems to be another pandemic thriller, focusing on one man alone in his apartment while everyone else connects with him digitally. A realistic take on Zoom horror with "what if this was really happening to him?" The film stars Geno Walker, with Michael Shannon, Kate Arrington, Daniel Kyri, Theo Germaine, Lawrence Grimm, Morgan S. Reesh, and also Felonious Munk. This looks quite creepy! Some nice horror vibes. Here's the official US trailer (+ poster) for Jennifer Reeder's Night's End, direct from YouTube: In Night's End, an anxious shut-in...
- 3/3/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
"Peter Williams, an American priest working in Mexico, is considered a saint by many local parishioners. However, due to a botched exorcism, he carries a dark secret that's eating him alive until he gets an opportunity to face his own demon one final time."
Starring: Joseph Marcell, María Gabriela de Faría, Will Beinbrink, Hector Kotsifakis, Irán Castillo
Written By: Santiago Fernández Calvete, Alejandro Hidalgo
Directed By: Alejandro Hidalgo
In Theaters, On Demand and Digital March 11, 2022
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Night’S End: "Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural announced today the release for Jennifer Reeder’s upcoming film Night’s End starring Geno Walker, Kate Arrington, Felonious Munk and Michael Shannon. A Shudder Original Film, Night’s End is set for release in North America, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and Ireland on Thursday, March 31.
“Jennifer Reeder is an exciting and bold filmmaker who was an...
Starring: Joseph Marcell, María Gabriela de Faría, Will Beinbrink, Hector Kotsifakis, Irán Castillo
Written By: Santiago Fernández Calvete, Alejandro Hidalgo
Directed By: Alejandro Hidalgo
In Theaters, On Demand and Digital March 11, 2022
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Night’S End: "Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural announced today the release for Jennifer Reeder’s upcoming film Night’s End starring Geno Walker, Kate Arrington, Felonious Munk and Michael Shannon. A Shudder Original Film, Night’s End is set for release in North America, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and Ireland on Thursday, March 31.
“Jennifer Reeder is an exciting and bold filmmaker who was an...
- 2/3/2022
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Both “Black Monday” and “Work in Progress” have been canceled at Showtime.
“Black Monday” aired its third season on Showtime from May to August 2021. The dark comedy series followed a group of Wall Street traders in the late 1980s into the early 1990s. It starred Don Cheadle, Andrew Rannells, Regina Hall, Paul Scheer, and Casey Wilson.
Scheer had revealed the news on the Twitch show “Thursdays with Rob & Paul,” saying “I guess we haven’t said it. Let’s say ‘Black Monday’ was not renewed.”
“Black Monday” was created by David Caspe and Jordan Caham, with both serving as showrunners and executive producers. Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg also executive produced along with Cheadle. Rannells and Hall produced. Showtime and Sony Pictures Television co-produced the series.
“We can confirm that ‘Black Monday’ will not be moving forward with a fourth season,” Showtime said in a statement. “Don Cheadle, Regina Hall,...
“Black Monday” aired its third season on Showtime from May to August 2021. The dark comedy series followed a group of Wall Street traders in the late 1980s into the early 1990s. It starred Don Cheadle, Andrew Rannells, Regina Hall, Paul Scheer, and Casey Wilson.
Scheer had revealed the news on the Twitch show “Thursdays with Rob & Paul,” saying “I guess we haven’t said it. Let’s say ‘Black Monday’ was not renewed.”
“Black Monday” was created by David Caspe and Jordan Caham, with both serving as showrunners and executive producers. Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg also executive produced along with Cheadle. Rannells and Hall produced. Showtime and Sony Pictures Television co-produced the series.
“We can confirm that ‘Black Monday’ will not be moving forward with a fourth season,” Showtime said in a statement. “Don Cheadle, Regina Hall,...
- 1/27/2022
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Updated with statements from Showtime: Comedies Black Monday and Work in Progress will not be moving forward at Showtime, becoming the latest titles to get the chop from the premium cable network.
On Thursday, Work in Progress showrunner Lilly Wachowski revealed on Twitter that the series from co-creator and star Abby McEnany had not been renewed for a third season.
“Right before the Thanksgiving holiday, I got the extremely disappointing news from execs at Showtime that Work in Progress was not going to be picked up for a third season,” Wachowski shared in a lengthy Twitter thread. “It was a major bummer.”
Season 2 of Work in Progress, which debuted in August 2021, picked up from the previous chapter, with Abby (McEnany) coping with her break from Chris (Theo Germaine) and adjusting to life with best friend-turned-roommate, Campbell (Celeste Pechous). The series hailed from McEnany and Tim Mason, with Wachowski co-writing.
“We...
On Thursday, Work in Progress showrunner Lilly Wachowski revealed on Twitter that the series from co-creator and star Abby McEnany had not been renewed for a third season.
“Right before the Thanksgiving holiday, I got the extremely disappointing news from execs at Showtime that Work in Progress was not going to be picked up for a third season,” Wachowski shared in a lengthy Twitter thread. “It was a major bummer.”
Season 2 of Work in Progress, which debuted in August 2021, picked up from the previous chapter, with Abby (McEnany) coping with her break from Chris (Theo Germaine) and adjusting to life with best friend-turned-roommate, Campbell (Celeste Pechous). The series hailed from McEnany and Tim Mason, with Wachowski co-writing.
“We...
- 1/27/2022
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
It's all about harnessing your power.
On 4400 Season 1 Episode 2, the Reverend makes a power play, but can he pull it off? Will his past come back to haunt him?
Despite what they're capable of, the returnees remain under the control of the government -- but maybe not for much longer.
4400 is a show that moves fast. Scenes clip alone -- no time is wasted. Though occasionally it would nice to linger on some character moments a bit more, generally, the pace keeps it engaging and dynamic.
So, because Shanice escaped, everyone is now forced to wear a Gps ankle bracelet? It seems like overkill, but then again, it's typical to see the government over-spend on law-enforcement equipment rather than put funds towards fixing the systems that cause incarceration.
These security guards do not let up with their power-tripping, though. Someone needs to call Hr on these guys. Everything's...
On 4400 Season 1 Episode 2, the Reverend makes a power play, but can he pull it off? Will his past come back to haunt him?
Despite what they're capable of, the returnees remain under the control of the government -- but maybe not for much longer.
4400 is a show that moves fast. Scenes clip alone -- no time is wasted. Though occasionally it would nice to linger on some character moments a bit more, generally, the pace keeps it engaging and dynamic.
So, because Shanice escaped, everyone is now forced to wear a Gps ankle bracelet? It seems like overkill, but then again, it's typical to see the government over-spend on law-enforcement equipment rather than put funds towards fixing the systems that cause incarceration.
These security guards do not let up with their power-tripping, though. Someone needs to call Hr on these guys. Everything's...
- 11/2/2021
- by Mary Littlejohn
- TVfanatic
Exclusive: Kausar Mohammed (The Syed Family Xmas Eve Game Night), Wilder Yari (The L Word: Generation Q) and Theo Germaine (The Politician) are set for heavily recurring roles in 4400, the CW’s reimagining of the 2004-07 USA Network sci-fi drama series.
Based on the original TV series created by Scott Peters and Renee Echevarria, 4400 hails from Riverdale co-executive producer Ariana Jackson, who wrote the pilot; Sunil Nayar; and Anna Fricke and Laura Terry of Pursued By a Bear.
2021-22 The CW New Series
In 4400, over the last century at least 4,400 people who were overlooked, undervalued, or otherwise marginalized vanished without a trace off the face of the planet. Last night, inexplicably, they were all returned in an instant to Detroit having not aged a day and with no memory of what happened to them. As the government races to understand the phenomenon, analyze the potential threat and contain the story,...
Based on the original TV series created by Scott Peters and Renee Echevarria, 4400 hails from Riverdale co-executive producer Ariana Jackson, who wrote the pilot; Sunil Nayar; and Anna Fricke and Laura Terry of Pursued By a Bear.
2021-22 The CW New Series
In 4400, over the last century at least 4,400 people who were overlooked, undervalued, or otherwise marginalized vanished without a trace off the face of the planet. Last night, inexplicably, they were all returned in an instant to Detroit having not aged a day and with no memory of what happened to them. As the government races to understand the phenomenon, analyze the potential threat and contain the story,...
- 10/14/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
[Editor’s Note: The following interview contains spoilers for “Work in Progress” Season 2.]
The second season of Showtime’s “Work in Progress,” overseen Abby McEnany and collaborator Lilly Wachowski, not only grows on what the show planted in its first season, but also deepens the roots of what came before. The series, which revolutionized the types of queer stories that TV can tell, focuses on the character of Abby (played by McEnany), a fat, queer dyke (her words!), her circle of friends, her tumultuous love life, her ongoing psychological struggles, and in Season 2, a global pandemic.
Last season saw Abby in the throes of a new relationship with Chris (Theo Germaine), a young trans man several years her junior. Their love story ends disastrously, with Abby committing an unforgivable sin that Chris — and Abby herself — cannot forgive.
But before audiences could even have the opportunity to see how Abby would process this development in Season 2, McEnany and Wachowski would have to,...
The second season of Showtime’s “Work in Progress,” overseen Abby McEnany and collaborator Lilly Wachowski, not only grows on what the show planted in its first season, but also deepens the roots of what came before. The series, which revolutionized the types of queer stories that TV can tell, focuses on the character of Abby (played by McEnany), a fat, queer dyke (her words!), her circle of friends, her tumultuous love life, her ongoing psychological struggles, and in Season 2, a global pandemic.
Last season saw Abby in the throes of a new relationship with Chris (Theo Germaine), a young trans man several years her junior. Their love story ends disastrously, with Abby committing an unforgivable sin that Chris — and Abby herself — cannot forgive.
But before audiences could even have the opportunity to see how Abby would process this development in Season 2, McEnany and Wachowski would have to,...
- 10/12/2021
- by Libby Hill
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Carrie Preston has boarded John Logan’s untitled feature directorial debut at Blumhouse, which has been billed as a Lgbtqia+ empowerment movie set at a gay conversion camp. The project from the three-time Oscar nominee was previously known as Whistler Camp.
Preston joins the already cast Theo Germaine and Kevin Bacon, the latter who is also serving as executive producer. Jason Blum and Michael Aguilar are producing. Scott Turner Schofield is also serving as EP.
For seven seasons, Preston starred as Arlene Fowler, the sassy red-headed waitress on the hit HBO series True Blood. She won an Emmy playing Elsbeth Tascioni on CBS’ The Good Wife and recurred in the same role on its spinoff The Good Fight. She also recurred for five years on CBS’ Person of Interest playing Grace, the love interest to her real-life husband, Michael Emerson.
Preston can now be seen on TNT’s series Claws as Polly.
Preston joins the already cast Theo Germaine and Kevin Bacon, the latter who is also serving as executive producer. Jason Blum and Michael Aguilar are producing. Scott Turner Schofield is also serving as EP.
For seven seasons, Preston starred as Arlene Fowler, the sassy red-headed waitress on the hit HBO series True Blood. She won an Emmy playing Elsbeth Tascioni on CBS’ The Good Wife and recurred in the same role on its spinoff The Good Fight. She also recurred for five years on CBS’ Person of Interest playing Grace, the love interest to her real-life husband, Michael Emerson.
Preston can now be seen on TNT’s series Claws as Polly.
- 9/27/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Kevin Bacon is joining John Logan’s untitled horror project at Blumhouse and will also serve as an executive producer alongside executive producer Scott Turner Schofield. The movie is a Lgbtqia+ empowerment tale set at a gay conversion camp and stars Theo Germaine. The role marks a return for Bacon to the horror genre, a space he appeared in early on in his career with Friday the 13th.
Three-time Oscar nominee, Logan will make his feature directorial debut with the film he also wrote. Jason Blum and Michael Aguilar are producing. Bacon will serve as an EP, alongside Scott Turner Schofield.
Golden Globe winner and Primetime Emmy nominee Bacon recently starred in season 2 of Showtime’s hit series City on a Hill which was renewed for a third season. We reported over the summer that Bacon is joining his wife Kyra Sedgwick’s second feature directorial Space Oddity.
Three-time Oscar nominee, Logan will make his feature directorial debut with the film he also wrote. Jason Blum and Michael Aguilar are producing. Bacon will serve as an EP, alongside Scott Turner Schofield.
Golden Globe winner and Primetime Emmy nominee Bacon recently starred in season 2 of Showtime’s hit series City on a Hill which was renewed for a third season. We reported over the summer that Bacon is joining his wife Kyra Sedgwick’s second feature directorial Space Oddity.
- 9/22/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Theo Germaine will star in John Logan’s untitled feature directorial debut, a new horror film for Blumhouse, formerly known as Whistler Camp.
The movie is an Lgbtqia+ empowerment story set at a gay conversion camp.
Germaine is best known for playing James Sullivan in Ryan Murphy’s The Politician on Netflix, as well as in Abby McEnany’s Work in Progress executive produced by Lilly Wachowski for Showtime. They also starred in Rhys Ernst’s feature Adam which made its world premiere at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.
A three-time Oscar nominee, Logan is also writing the Blumhouse title which Jason Blum and Michael Aguilar are producing.
Ryan Turek is the creative executive overseeing the film for Blumhouse.
Germaine is represented by Gray Talent Group, Avalon Management and Frankfurt Kumit Klein & Selz.
The movie is an Lgbtqia+ empowerment story set at a gay conversion camp.
Germaine is best known for playing James Sullivan in Ryan Murphy’s The Politician on Netflix, as well as in Abby McEnany’s Work in Progress executive produced by Lilly Wachowski for Showtime. They also starred in Rhys Ernst’s feature Adam which made its world premiere at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.
A three-time Oscar nominee, Logan is also writing the Blumhouse title which Jason Blum and Michael Aguilar are producing.
Ryan Turek is the creative executive overseeing the film for Blumhouse.
Germaine is represented by Gray Talent Group, Avalon Management and Frankfurt Kumit Klein & Selz.
- 9/20/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Showtime’s Work In Progress, like its main character, has experienced its own growth since Season 1. During Showtime’s TCA panel on Wednesday, Work In Progress star and co-creator Abby Mcenany chatted about the differences between the comedy’s first season and its newly-launched second.
“I had a trailer, you guys. It was a big deal,” McEnany joked.
Season 2 of Work In Progress, which debuted on August 22, picks up from its previous chapter with Abby (McEnany) coping with her break from Chris (Theo Germaine) and adjusting to life with best friend-turned-roommate Campbell. Upon returning for Season 2, McEnany said she felt more confident going into creative process and production.
“Last year was my first real professional job in the front of the camera and everything was brand new,” she reflected. “Coming into this season…I definitely understand more. To be able to bring in other folks to share the writing – the...
“I had a trailer, you guys. It was a big deal,” McEnany joked.
Season 2 of Work In Progress, which debuted on August 22, picks up from its previous chapter with Abby (McEnany) coping with her break from Chris (Theo Germaine) and adjusting to life with best friend-turned-roommate Campbell. Upon returning for Season 2, McEnany said she felt more confident going into creative process and production.
“Last year was my first real professional job in the front of the camera and everything was brand new,” she reflected. “Coming into this season…I definitely understand more. To be able to bring in other folks to share the writing – the...
- 8/25/2021
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
How will Abby make it through the second season of the Work In Progress TV show on Showtime? As we all know, the Nielsen ratings typically play a big role in determining whether a TV show like Work In Progress is cancelled or renewed for season three. Unfortunately, most of us do not live in Nielsen households. Because many viewers feel frustration when their viewing habits and opinions aren't considered, we invite you to rate all of the second season episodes of Work In Progress here.
A Showtime comedy series, Work in Progress stars Abby McEnany, Celeste Pechous, Armand Fields, Karin Anglin, Bruce Jarchow, Theo Germaine, and Julia Sweeney. Abby McEnany (as a fictionalized version of herself) is a 45-year-old self-identified fat, queer dyke whose misfortune and despair unexpectedly led her to a vibrantly transformative relationship. A finely crafted cocktail of...
A Showtime comedy series, Work in Progress stars Abby McEnany, Celeste Pechous, Armand Fields, Karin Anglin, Bruce Jarchow, Theo Germaine, and Julia Sweeney. Abby McEnany (as a fictionalized version of herself) is a 45-year-old self-identified fat, queer dyke whose misfortune and despair unexpectedly led her to a vibrantly transformative relationship. A finely crafted cocktail of...
- 8/25/2021
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
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What's This TV Show About?
Airing on the Showtime cable channel, Work in Progress stars Abby McEnany, Celeste Pechous, Armand Fields, Karin Anglin, Bruce Jarchow, Theo Germaine, and Julia Sweeney. Abby McEnany (as a fictionalized version of herself) is a 45-year-old self-identified fat, queer dyke whose misfortune and despair unexpectedly led her to a vibrantly transformative relationship. A finely crafted cocktail of depression, Ocd, queerness, and anxiety,...
How will Abby cope with what's coming her way? Has the Work In Progress TV show been cancelled or renewed for a third season on Showtime? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of Work In Progress, season three. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you?
What's This TV Show About?
Airing on the Showtime cable channel, Work in Progress stars Abby McEnany, Celeste Pechous, Armand Fields, Karin Anglin, Bruce Jarchow, Theo Germaine, and Julia Sweeney. Abby McEnany (as a fictionalized version of herself) is a 45-year-old self-identified fat, queer dyke whose misfortune and despair unexpectedly led her to a vibrantly transformative relationship. A finely crafted cocktail of depression, Ocd, queerness, and anxiety,...
- 8/24/2021
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
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