France’s Les Film d’Ici and Netherlands’ Submarine have boarded “They Shot the Piano Player,” the much-awaited new animated project from Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal after their 2012 Oscar-nominated “Chico & Rita.” The producers join existing producers Trueba PC, Mariscal Studios and Peru’s Tondero production team.
Sold internationally by Films Constellation, the animated feature is a celebratory evocation of the eruption of world-renowned Latino musical movement Bossa Nova in the ’60s and ’70s through the personal story of a young Brazilian piano virtuoso, Tenorio Jr, whose disappearance is being researched by a journalist – Jeff Goldblum attached to voice.
“Fernando and Javier have developed a powerful and moving film combining a unique artistic, political and humanistic approach. It is an important story, given the film’s many layers that will entertain audiences worldwide,” Serge Lalou at Les Films D’ici told Variety.
The French company – always stimulated by genre hybridization,...
Sold internationally by Films Constellation, the animated feature is a celebratory evocation of the eruption of world-renowned Latino musical movement Bossa Nova in the ’60s and ’70s through the personal story of a young Brazilian piano virtuoso, Tenorio Jr, whose disappearance is being researched by a journalist – Jeff Goldblum attached to voice.
“Fernando and Javier have developed a powerful and moving film combining a unique artistic, political and humanistic approach. It is an important story, given the film’s many layers that will entertain audiences worldwide,” Serge Lalou at Les Films D’ici told Variety.
The French company – always stimulated by genre hybridization,...
- 9/24/2021
- by Emilio Mayorga
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: ChaiFlicks, which bills itself as the first streaming service devoted to Jewish and Israeli entertainment, is launching in North America on Wednesday.
The platform was founded by Neil Friedman and Heidi Bogin Oshin, who run Menemsha Films, and Bill Weiner, a former senior executive at New Regency.
Menemsha’s recent releases have included The Women’s Balcony, Gloomy Sunday, Dough, The Rape of Europa and 1945. They’re among the 150 films, documentaries, shorts and series available on ChaiFlicks, which costs $6 a month or $66 a year, with a 14-day free trial. It will be available on Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple iOS, Apple TV, Android and Android TV.
In an interview with Deadline, Friedman said the shifts in the industry had been pointing toward streaming for a while, but the fate of 1945 sealed the company’s plans to create its own service.
After successfully selling other films to Netflix, Menemsha...
The platform was founded by Neil Friedman and Heidi Bogin Oshin, who run Menemsha Films, and Bill Weiner, a former senior executive at New Regency.
Menemsha’s recent releases have included The Women’s Balcony, Gloomy Sunday, Dough, The Rape of Europa and 1945. They’re among the 150 films, documentaries, shorts and series available on ChaiFlicks, which costs $6 a month or $66 a year, with a 14-day free trial. It will be available on Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple iOS, Apple TV, Android and Android TV.
In an interview with Deadline, Friedman said the shifts in the industry had been pointing toward streaming for a while, but the fate of 1945 sealed the company’s plans to create its own service.
After successfully selling other films to Netflix, Menemsha...
- 8/11/2020
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
New projects from Fernando Trueba, ‘Loving Vincent’ filmmakers and a ”Nordic Sex Education”.
Screen has been on the ground at animation pitching event Cartoon Movie in Bordeaux this week, hearing about 66 feature film projects at various stages of concept, development and production.
Here are five which generated particular buzz among attendees:
Calamity, a Childhood of Martha Jane Cannary (Fr-Den)
With Cartoon Movie tracking the attendance of its delegates to each pitch, the most popular – by a decent 10% margin – was this France-Denmark co-production with 316 audience members from the 800 people at the event. The second feature from French director Rémi Chayé, it...
Screen has been on the ground at animation pitching event Cartoon Movie in Bordeaux this week, hearing about 66 feature film projects at various stages of concept, development and production.
Here are five which generated particular buzz among attendees:
Calamity, a Childhood of Martha Jane Cannary (Fr-Den)
With Cartoon Movie tracking the attendance of its delegates to each pitch, the most popular – by a decent 10% margin – was this France-Denmark co-production with 316 audience members from the 800 people at the event. The second feature from French director Rémi Chayé, it...
- 3/6/2020
- by 1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦
- ScreenDaily
(Spoiler alert: Do not read this post if you want to remain in the dark on who won Season 2 of NBC’s “America’s Got Talent: The Champions.)
Season 2 of NBC’s “America’s Got Talent: The Champions” is in the books. The champion of “The Champions” is V.Unbeatable.
Watch the momentous announcement for the dance group, which hails from India, via the video above. Pretty cool moment.
Monday also featured quite a lineup of guest performers, including a few “Agt” alums. Kiss, Travis Barker (with Agt: Champions finalists V. Unbeatable), Lindsey Stirling (with Agt: Champions finalist the Silhouettes), Kodi Lee, Shin Lim and Colin Cloud, and Kseniya Simonova (with Agt: Champions finalists Angelina Jordan and Tyler Butler Figueroa) were all on the season finale’s set list.
Also Read: Watch Filipino Singer Marcelito Pomoy Perform a Duet - by Himself - for 'Agt: The Champions' Semifinals (Video)
Season 2’s Top 10 acts were:
V.
Season 2 of NBC’s “America’s Got Talent: The Champions” is in the books. The champion of “The Champions” is V.Unbeatable.
Watch the momentous announcement for the dance group, which hails from India, via the video above. Pretty cool moment.
Monday also featured quite a lineup of guest performers, including a few “Agt” alums. Kiss, Travis Barker (with Agt: Champions finalists V. Unbeatable), Lindsey Stirling (with Agt: Champions finalist the Silhouettes), Kodi Lee, Shin Lim and Colin Cloud, and Kseniya Simonova (with Agt: Champions finalists Angelina Jordan and Tyler Butler Figueroa) were all on the season finale’s set list.
Also Read: Watch Filipino Singer Marcelito Pomoy Perform a Duet - by Himself - for 'Agt: The Champions' Semifinals (Video)
Season 2’s Top 10 acts were:
V.
- 2/18/2020
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Bordeaux-based animation event to showcase 66 international projects.
They Shot The Piano Player, the new animation from Spanish director Fernando Trueba and artist Javier Mariscal, who previously collaborated on the Oscar-nominated Chico & Rita, is one of the projects being showcased at Cartoon Movie 2020, the annual European feature animation co-production forum.
It will take place in Bordeaux, France, from March 3-5.
Cartoon Movie will showcase 66 animated feature films in the works to some 900 potential buyers and partners. They are comprised of six in production, 27 in development and 28 in concept. There will also be sneak previews of five completed films.
They Shot...
They Shot The Piano Player, the new animation from Spanish director Fernando Trueba and artist Javier Mariscal, who previously collaborated on the Oscar-nominated Chico & Rita, is one of the projects being showcased at Cartoon Movie 2020, the annual European feature animation co-production forum.
It will take place in Bordeaux, France, from March 3-5.
Cartoon Movie will showcase 66 animated feature films in the works to some 900 potential buyers and partners. They are comprised of six in production, 27 in development and 28 in concept. There will also be sneak previews of five completed films.
They Shot...
- 1/28/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
X-Men’s Famke Janssen has been added to the cast of Danis Tanovic’s ‘The Postcard Killings’ alongside Jeffrey Dean Morgan.
The film is a chilling crime story, following Jacob Kanon (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), a hardened New York Detective, in search of the person responsible for the murder of his only daughter. Across Europe, newlywed couples are being targeted in a string of bizarre homicides that leave the young victims’ bodies looking like they have been staged.
Janssen takes on the role of Valerie Kanon, the mother of their now deceased daughter.
Joining Janssen and Morgan on the cast are Denis O’Hare, Naomi Battrick (Jamestown, A Very English Scandal), Ruairi O’Connor and Cush Jumbo.
The film’s cross-country focus is also highlighted by an extended cast that includes Sallie Harmsen, Eva Röse and Joachim Król.
Also in news – Josh Gad to lead ‘Honey I Shrunk The...
The film is a chilling crime story, following Jacob Kanon (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), a hardened New York Detective, in search of the person responsible for the murder of his only daughter. Across Europe, newlywed couples are being targeted in a string of bizarre homicides that leave the young victims’ bodies looking like they have been staged.
Janssen takes on the role of Valerie Kanon, the mother of their now deceased daughter.
Joining Janssen and Morgan on the cast are Denis O’Hare, Naomi Battrick (Jamestown, A Very English Scandal), Ruairi O’Connor and Cush Jumbo.
The film’s cross-country focus is also highlighted by an extended cast that includes Sallie Harmsen, Eva Röse and Joachim Król.
Also in news – Josh Gad to lead ‘Honey I Shrunk The...
- 5/16/2019
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Famke Janssen has joined Jeffrey Dean Morgan in the cast of crime thriller “The Postcard Killings.” Variety has been given the first-look image from the movie.
Morgan plays Jacob Kanon, the New York detective intent on capturing his daughter’s murderer. Janssen plays Valerie Kanon, the mother of their now deceased daughter.
Across Europe, newlywed couples are being targeted in a string of bizarre killings that leave the young victims’ bodies looking like the murders have been staged.
Bosnian filmmaker Danis Tanovic, who won an Oscar for “No Man’s Land,” and Berlin Grand Jury winner “Death in Sarajevo,” directs the pic.
The film is an adaptation of James Patterson and Liza Marklund bestselling novel. It is produced by Good Films Collective, and is being sold in Cannes by Christian Mercuri’s Capstone.
As well as Morgan and Janssen, the film features Denis O’Hare, Naomi Battrick, Ruairi O’Connor and Cush Jumbo.
Morgan plays Jacob Kanon, the New York detective intent on capturing his daughter’s murderer. Janssen plays Valerie Kanon, the mother of their now deceased daughter.
Across Europe, newlywed couples are being targeted in a string of bizarre killings that leave the young victims’ bodies looking like the murders have been staged.
Bosnian filmmaker Danis Tanovic, who won an Oscar for “No Man’s Land,” and Berlin Grand Jury winner “Death in Sarajevo,” directs the pic.
The film is an adaptation of James Patterson and Liza Marklund bestselling novel. It is produced by Good Films Collective, and is being sold in Cannes by Christian Mercuri’s Capstone.
As well as Morgan and Janssen, the film features Denis O’Hare, Naomi Battrick, Ruairi O’Connor and Cush Jumbo.
- 5/16/2019
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Wartime drama wins best foreign film at Michael Moore’s Traverse City Film Festival.
Us-based specialty distributor Menemsha Films is targeting its fifth $1m-plus Jewish-themed release as Hungarian black and white drama 1945 cruised past $800,000 last week.
The wartime drama, which just beat Oscar winner A Fantastic Woman and The Square to win the Best Foreign Fiction Film Founders Award at Michael Moore’s Traverse City Film Festival in Michigan (pictured), will join an elite club that includes Menemsha titles Gloomy Sunday, The Rape Of Europa, Dough starring Jonathan Pryce, and Israeli hit The Women’s Balcony.
Ferenc Torok directed 1945, which...
Us-based specialty distributor Menemsha Films is targeting its fifth $1m-plus Jewish-themed release as Hungarian black and white drama 1945 cruised past $800,000 last week.
The wartime drama, which just beat Oscar winner A Fantastic Woman and The Square to win the Best Foreign Fiction Film Founders Award at Michael Moore’s Traverse City Film Festival in Michigan (pictured), will join an elite club that includes Menemsha titles Gloomy Sunday, The Rape Of Europa, Dough starring Jonathan Pryce, and Israeli hit The Women’s Balcony.
Ferenc Torok directed 1945, which...
- 8/6/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Okay, it's time for me to stop trying to listen to more 2016 albums and just wrap up this list. In the past I would split my jazz list into a new releases part dedicated to current recordings and a historical part combining first releases of archival material with reissues. This year I'm skipping reissues, partly because some projects were so gargantuan that little guys like me weren't serviced with them, partly because the vinyl renaissance means everything is being reissued at once, and partly because so much stuff is just rehashing the same material in new packaging, with or without a gimmick or a little additional material added. So first releases of archival material are lumped in here. Maybe that's not entirely fair to the current guys, but on the other hand I don't include many archival items on my list.
1. Matthew Shipp & Bobby Kapp: Cactus (Northern Spy)
Two generations...
1. Matthew Shipp & Bobby Kapp: Cactus (Northern Spy)
Two generations...
- 2/9/2017
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
“How are you not a big damn star?” This was the question I most itching to ask German actress Diane Kruger when we sat down to discuss her curious career and her latest lauded film, Alice Winocour’s surreal thriller “Disorder.”
A striking beauty with regal cheekbones, the tri-lingual Kruger has been awing audiences for years, thanks to turns in French prestige pictures like Benoît Jacquot’s “Farewell, My Queen” and bold American movies like Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds.” Yet somehow, Kruger’s path has not led her to A-list status. Retracing her steps from ballerina to model to internationally acclaimed thespian, we explored the whys and why bother of it all.
Read More: Watch: New Trailer For Thriller ‘Disorder’ Starring Matthias Schoenaerts And Diane Kruger
Kruger’s earliest artistic ambition was ballet, which she studied at the Royal Academy in London. “I didn’t know it then,” she told IndieWire,...
A striking beauty with regal cheekbones, the tri-lingual Kruger has been awing audiences for years, thanks to turns in French prestige pictures like Benoît Jacquot’s “Farewell, My Queen” and bold American movies like Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds.” Yet somehow, Kruger’s path has not led her to A-list status. Retracing her steps from ballerina to model to internationally acclaimed thespian, we explored the whys and why bother of it all.
Read More: Watch: New Trailer For Thriller ‘Disorder’ Starring Matthias Schoenaerts And Diane Kruger
Kruger’s earliest artistic ambition was ballet, which she studied at the Royal Academy in London. “I didn’t know it then,” she told IndieWire,...
- 8/12/2016
- by Kristy Puchko
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Both titles debuted at Berlinale where United States of Love won a Silver Bear.
Polish drama United States Of Love (Zjednoczone stany miłości) has been snapped up by a further three territories following its world premiere in Competition at the Berlin Film Festival, where it won director/writer Tomasz Wasilewski the Silver Bear for best script.
Jan Naszewski’s Warsaw-based sales company New Europe Film Sales has sold the film to Denmark (Angel), Hungary (Vertigo) and Romania (Transilvania Film) with further offers pending from German-speaking Europe.
It follows previous sales across Europe and Asia including the UK, France and South Korea during the Efm. Set in Poland in 1990 – the country’s first year of freedom following the fall of communism - the film tells a story of four women of different ages, who decide it is time to change their lives.
New Europe has also scored deals for Tobias Nölle’s Aloys, which won the...
Polish drama United States Of Love (Zjednoczone stany miłości) has been snapped up by a further three territories following its world premiere in Competition at the Berlin Film Festival, where it won director/writer Tomasz Wasilewski the Silver Bear for best script.
Jan Naszewski’s Warsaw-based sales company New Europe Film Sales has sold the film to Denmark (Angel), Hungary (Vertigo) and Romania (Transilvania Film) with further offers pending from German-speaking Europe.
It follows previous sales across Europe and Asia including the UK, France and South Korea during the Efm. Set in Poland in 1990 – the country’s first year of freedom following the fall of communism - the film tells a story of four women of different ages, who decide it is time to change their lives.
New Europe has also scored deals for Tobias Nölle’s Aloys, which won the...
- 5/6/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Swiss drama received world premiere at Berlinale.
Tobias Nölle’s Aloys, which received its world premiere in Berlinale’s Panorama strand on Saturday (Feb 13), has scored a brace of distribution deals.
Jan Naszewski’s Warsaw-based sales outlet New Europe Film Sales has sold the film to Taiwan (Flash Forward) and Benelux (Contact). The Swiss distributor is Outside the Box.
Austria’s Georg Friedrich (The Piano Player, Faust) stars as a lonely private investigator who is contacted by a mysterious woman. She pulls him into a mind game known as ‘telephone walking’. Fascinated by her voice, he discovers an imaginary universe that allows him to break out of his isolation.
Cast also includes Tilde von Overbeck, Kamil Krejci, Yufei Lee and Koi Lee.
First-time director Nölle, who studied film at NYC’s School of Visual Arts, previously completed the award winning short Rene in 2008, which won multiple awards on the international festival circuit including a Golden Leopard...
Tobias Nölle’s Aloys, which received its world premiere in Berlinale’s Panorama strand on Saturday (Feb 13), has scored a brace of distribution deals.
Jan Naszewski’s Warsaw-based sales outlet New Europe Film Sales has sold the film to Taiwan (Flash Forward) and Benelux (Contact). The Swiss distributor is Outside the Box.
Austria’s Georg Friedrich (The Piano Player, Faust) stars as a lonely private investigator who is contacted by a mysterious woman. She pulls him into a mind game known as ‘telephone walking’. Fascinated by her voice, he discovers an imaginary universe that allows him to break out of his isolation.
Cast also includes Tilde von Overbeck, Kamil Krejci, Yufei Lee and Koi Lee.
First-time director Nölle, who studied film at NYC’s School of Visual Arts, previously completed the award winning short Rene in 2008, which won multiple awards on the international festival circuit including a Golden Leopard...
- 2/17/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Now that Miss Robichaux’s Academy is closed for business after a season which played out like the bastard offspring of Dennis Wheatley and Jacqueline Susann, American Horror Story fanatics are already filled with a giddy sense of anticipation at what demented devilry the show’s creators will serve up when the fourth season rolls around in the fall.
The kind of creative risks and innovative storytelling displayed in American Horror Story might well have proven the kiss of death for a show in less capable hands. Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk cunningly side-stepped this by utilizing an anything-goes format and taking a familiar core concept (i.e. haunted house, institution, witches coven) in a refreshingly bold direction where nothing is outside the realm of possibility (and in many instances: of plausibility) and absolutely nothing is sacred.
So it begs the question: where will they go next? We know that...
The kind of creative risks and innovative storytelling displayed in American Horror Story might well have proven the kiss of death for a show in less capable hands. Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk cunningly side-stepped this by utilizing an anything-goes format and taking a familiar core concept (i.e. haunted house, institution, witches coven) in a refreshingly bold direction where nothing is outside the realm of possibility (and in many instances: of plausibility) and absolutely nothing is sacred.
So it begs the question: where will they go next? We know that...
- 2/20/2014
- by Alan Kelly
- FEARnet
I am not saying that all German films are gloomy – there are a lot of very successful and beloved comedies emerging from the German film industry, but whenever German cinema does doom and gloom, they are very very good at it and do not hold back in portraying the dark side of life. I will never deny that I love gloomy films. They paradoxically cheer me up whereas rom-coms make me yearn for a razor blade.
I am a self confessed Teutonophile. I studied German formally for nine years. I find everything German fascinating. I think that a lot of the depression in German films can be related to the country’s troubled past – Nazism, the Holocaust, partition, reunification. I think Germany has really struggled with unpleasant memories – they seem burned onto the national consciousness. This has affected the German film industry’s world view and how they handle different subjects.
I am a self confessed Teutonophile. I studied German formally for nine years. I find everything German fascinating. I think that a lot of the depression in German films can be related to the country’s troubled past – Nazism, the Holocaust, partition, reunification. I think Germany has really struggled with unpleasant memories – they seem burned onto the national consciousness. This has affected the German film industry’s world view and how they handle different subjects.
- 6/7/2013
- by Clare Simpson
- Obsessed with Film
Michelle took off again during the season final of "Bunheads." The last time she did that after macing the dance class and the girls feared they may never see her again. So it was no surprise that they followed her this time. Where they found her was in an audition for a Broadway show.
The girls had a lot of fun sneaking around the church where the auditions were being held -- barely escaping getting caught on several occasions -- and even slipped in for some rehearsal time with the auditioning dancers. But mostly they held their breath and wished the best for Michelle. Even though they loved her and she was their teacher, they knew this would make her happy.
Unfortunately, the auditions turned out to be a sham. The piano player, Seth, explained it all to Michelle. "This choreographer hires the same girls no matter what," he said.
The girls had a lot of fun sneaking around the church where the auditions were being held -- barely escaping getting caught on several occasions -- and even slipped in for some rehearsal time with the auditioning dancers. But mostly they held their breath and wished the best for Michelle. Even though they loved her and she was their teacher, they knew this would make her happy.
Unfortunately, the auditions turned out to be a sham. The piano player, Seth, explained it all to Michelle. "This choreographer hires the same girls no matter what," he said.
- 2/26/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
We open this week with a lovely tracking shot up the length of Dev's naked body, glowing in the early morning light as he sleeps off the rest of last night's drunk.
He opens his eyes and, after a moment's confusion at his surroundings, clearly thinks to himself, “What the hell did I get myself into last night?” He rolls over and spots just what the hell he got himself into last night. Mornin' Ivy!
Cut to Karen backstage walking with Jessica, who is incredulous upon learning that Derek had sex with Rebecca. Cut to Derek, who waves good morning. Back to the ladies, where Karen frets about her fight with Dev. She's been texting and texting and he hasn't responded. Oh Karen, what's the worst that could have happened?
Jessica asks to borrow Karen's phone to call Ivy, who isn't yet at rehearsal. She dials and one of two...
He opens his eyes and, after a moment's confusion at his surroundings, clearly thinks to himself, “What the hell did I get myself into last night?” He rolls over and spots just what the hell he got himself into last night. Mornin' Ivy!
Cut to Karen backstage walking with Jessica, who is incredulous upon learning that Derek had sex with Rebecca. Cut to Derek, who waves good morning. Back to the ladies, where Karen frets about her fight with Dev. She's been texting and texting and he hasn't responded. Oh Karen, what's the worst that could have happened?
Jessica asks to borrow Karen's phone to call Ivy, who isn't yet at rehearsal. She dials and one of two...
- 5/8/2012
- by fakename
- The Backlot
On arriving at a party on New Year’s Eve 2010, it rapidly became apparent that I had been the only person not to receive the ‘fancy dress’ memo. I felt like the kid in school uniform on non-uniform day. None too pleasant. That was until my friend Jack handed me a lifeline – “Have you come as the lead singer of Hurts?”- my immediate response being “who?” – but a few taps on the iPhone, and lo, Google could declare that yes, I had, somewhat inadvertently, arrived as Theo Hutchcraft. Ignorance Is bliss.
So having used this well dressed fellow’s name to blag my way through what could have been an otherwise awkward evening, I felt obliged to download their debut album (legally) and give them a listen. And I am not ashamed to say, step aside Neil Tennant, Theo is my new electro-pop hero. Yes the album’s glossy.
So having used this well dressed fellow’s name to blag my way through what could have been an otherwise awkward evening, I felt obliged to download their debut album (legally) and give them a listen. And I am not ashamed to say, step aside Neil Tennant, Theo is my new electro-pop hero. Yes the album’s glossy.
- 11/11/2011
- by Adam Berry
- Obsessed with Film
Below you will find a list of movie that Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz director Edgar Wright has never seen. Not long ago Wright went out and asked his friends and fans to recommend some movies they thought he may have missed over the last thirty years of his life. He got recommendations from Quentin Tarantino, Daniel Waters, Bill Hader, John Landis, Guillermo Del Toro, Joe Dante, Judd Apatow, Joss Whedon, Greg Mottola, Schwartzman, Doug Benson, Rian Johnson, Larry Karaszeski, Josh Olson, Harry Knowles and hundreds of fans on this blog.
From these recommendations, Wright created a master list of recommended films that were frequently mentioned. The director now wants the fans to choose which of the films on the list he should watch on the big screen.
Wright is holding a film event at the New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles called Films Edgar Has Never Seen.
From these recommendations, Wright created a master list of recommended films that were frequently mentioned. The director now wants the fans to choose which of the films on the list he should watch on the big screen.
Wright is holding a film event at the New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles called Films Edgar Has Never Seen.
- 10/18/2011
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
Edgar Wright's latest epic project [1] has him partnering with Quentin Tarantino, Judd Apatow, Joss Whedon, Bill Hader, Guillermo Del Toro, Joe Dante, Greg Mottola, Harry Knowles, Rian Johnson and, probably, several of you. Like all of us, Wright has a bunch of classic and cult films he's never seen. Unlike all of us, he has the means to see them for the first time on the big screen and will do just that in December [2] at the New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles during Films Edgar Has Never Seen. The director of Shaun of the Dead and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World asked both his famous friends (some of which are listed above) and fans to send in their personal must see lists and, from those titles, Wright came up with one mega list from which he'll pick a few movies to watch December 9-16. After the jump check...
- 10/18/2011
- by Germain Lussier
- Slash Film
The city of dreams is set to host a month-long European Films Festival, where works of greats like French-Swiss director Jean-Luc Godard and Swiss master Daniel Schmid will be showcased. The event starting Friday is curated by Taj Enlighten Film Society and supported by the Consulate of Switzerland. 'The exhibition of masters like Godard to an Indian audience places these works out of their 'Art House' comfort zone and instead engages with a cinema of experienced time,' Pranav Ashar, chairman, Taj Enlighten, said in a statement. 'Bed & Board', 'Army of Shadows', 'Le Petit Soldat', 'Oh Woe is Me' and 'Shoot The Piano Player', among others, will be showcased at the festival which will go on till June 26. Bollywood filmmaker Amole Gupte, who will inaugurate the festival, said: 'European films stand for the superior-most quality, both in terms of both narrative as well as detailing.
- 5/30/2011
- Filmicafe
Cannes wouldn’t be Cannes without movies built to shock. Usually there’s (yawn) sex involved — bonjour, Brown Bunny! Antichrist-like degradation is also nice and will suffice. This year, for his first feature, Austrian casting director-turned filmmaker Markus Schleinzer methodically, balefully observes a 35-year-old pedophile (Michael Fuith) who gives the movie its title, and Michael’s victim, 10-year-old Wolfgang (David Rauschenberger), imprisoned in Michael’s basement. This is no Silence of the Lambs voluptuous horror show; it’s a matter-of-fact, daily-life horror show of “normality.” Michael goes to his regular job at an insurance company, interacts with colleagues, comes home to a tidy house,...
- 5/15/2011
- by Lisa Schwarzbaum
- EW - Inside Movies
One of Netflix CEO Reed Hastings' favorite films is Gloomy Sunday, a dark and melancholic movie about the fragility of life and love, set in 1930s Budapest. But at Netflix headquarters in sunny Los Gatos, California, on Wednesday, the atmosphere and mood was anything but gloomy and depressed.
The streaming company trumped Wall Street fears, with quarterly profit rising 52% to $47.1 million, and revenue increasing by 34% to $595.9 million. Most impressively, Netflix added 3.1 million subscriptions during the quarter, and boasts more than 20 million subscribers--more than the total subscribers of premium channels Starz and Showtime, which have 17.3 million and 18.2 million subscribers, respectively.
Is HBO next on Netflix's radar?
The streaming and DVD-by-mail service estimates it will expand to as many as 22.8 million subscribers in the coming quarter, a possible uptick of 14%. Meanwhile, the subscriber base for HBO, which ended its last quarter with 28.55 million subscribers, fell to its lowest levels in four years,...
The streaming company trumped Wall Street fears, with quarterly profit rising 52% to $47.1 million, and revenue increasing by 34% to $595.9 million. Most impressively, Netflix added 3.1 million subscriptions during the quarter, and boasts more than 20 million subscribers--more than the total subscribers of premium channels Starz and Showtime, which have 17.3 million and 18.2 million subscribers, respectively.
Is HBO next on Netflix's radar?
The streaming and DVD-by-mail service estimates it will expand to as many as 22.8 million subscribers in the coming quarter, a possible uptick of 14%. Meanwhile, the subscriber base for HBO, which ended its last quarter with 28.55 million subscribers, fell to its lowest levels in four years,...
- 1/27/2011
- by Austin Carr
- Fast Company
Perhaps, in the early 1980s, while still in film school, Danish director Lars von Trier saw one of the Us’ highest grossing feel-good comedies, like Risky Business or Mr. Mom. And then decided to make exact opposite of that film for the rest of his life. If such a thing did happen, he’s kept his promise, churning out movies that are best accompanied by a barbiturate overdose while Gloomy Sunday plays on a phonograph. His latest project, Antichrist, is no exception. It tells the story of a couple who, after losing their son, travel to a secluded cabin, where the wife deals with her grief and guilt by masturbating in front of Satanic Bambi extras and mutilating her husband’s crotch. Tonight, Sound and Sight takes a look at von Trier’s controversial new film, as well as 1984’s The Element of Crime, the director’s debut feature.
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- 11/11/2010
- by admin
- SoundOnSight
The fashion elite descended on St. Paul's Cathedral in London Monday (Sept. 20) to pay their respects to Alexander McQueen.
The always fashionable little black dress was sadly never more appropriate as Naomi Campbell, Kate Moss, and Sarah Jessica Parker, gathered with over 1,000 close friends to say their final goodbyes.
McQueen who took his own life seven months ago, was one of the world's most celebrated and intriguing designers. His career had pushed the envelope for over 18 years, and created a cult-like following along the way.
Anna Wintour eloquently spoke at the service while draped in a vintage McQueen coat. Of McQueen Anna said: "He showed us everything was possible; dreams could become reality. But he has left us with an even more exceptional legacy, a talent that soared like the birds of his childhood above us all."
Bjork serenaded the somber cathedral with her rendition of "Gloomy Sunday" while wearing a pair of Angel Wings.
The always fashionable little black dress was sadly never more appropriate as Naomi Campbell, Kate Moss, and Sarah Jessica Parker, gathered with over 1,000 close friends to say their final goodbyes.
McQueen who took his own life seven months ago, was one of the world's most celebrated and intriguing designers. His career had pushed the envelope for over 18 years, and created a cult-like following along the way.
Anna Wintour eloquently spoke at the service while draped in a vintage McQueen coat. Of McQueen Anna said: "He showed us everything was possible; dreams could become reality. But he has left us with an even more exceptional legacy, a talent that soared like the birds of his childhood above us all."
Bjork serenaded the somber cathedral with her rendition of "Gloomy Sunday" while wearing a pair of Angel Wings.
- 9/20/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Must Be The Music star Emma Alkazraji has spoken out about her heroin addiction and time in prison. Alkazraji, who is one half of finalists Pepper & Piano, was given a two-and-a-half year jail sentence in 2007 for drug offences. The piano player also revealed that her parents and friends feared for her life after she started taking drugs at the age of 16. Speaking to The Sun, the songwriter said: "I first took heroin after a close friend died and I wanted to numb the pain. I was hooked in a week. It's horrible to be addicted. You can't think of anything else. "My (more)...
- 9/3/2010
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
Michael Haneke.s disturbing new film The White Ribbon is, on its surface, about how a group of villagers respond to a series of suspicious accidents in their German town in the days leading up to World War I. However, anyone familiar with Haneke.s earlier films (Cache, The Piano Player) should know that the devil is in the details and that what’s on the surface is only one layer of Haneke.s seductive, hypnotic masterpiece. A cold and somber affair with no musical score, The White Ribbon doesn.t initially grab the viewer but instead slowly pulls them in and while Haneke.s direction is controlled and precise, his story is filled with secrets and conspiracies that ultimately provide more questions than answers. It.s a tribute to Haneke.s abilities as a storyteller that The White Ribbon is so absorbing and satisfying even while its mysteries go apparently unsolved.
- 2/26/2010
- by Tom
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Nominate Sound On Sight Today! Perhaps, in the early 1980s, while still in film school, Danish director Lars von Trier saw one of the Us’ highest grossing feel-good comedies, like Risky Business or Mr. Mom. And then decided to make exact opposite of that film for the rest of his life. If such a thing did happen, he’s kept his promise, churning out movies that are best accompanied by a barbiturate overdose while Gloomy Sunday plays on a phonograph. His latest project, Antichrist, is no exception. It tells the story of a couple who, after losing their son, travel to a secluded cabin, where the wife deals with her grief and guilt by masturbating in front of Satanic Bambi extras and mutilating her husband’s crotch. Tonight, Sound and Sight takes a look at von Trier’s controversial new film, as well as 1984’s The Element of Crime, the director’s debut feature.
- 10/13/2009
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Whatever you think of Milk, there’s no denying that the Oscar-nominated biopic is putting a long-overdue spotlight on the life of Harvey Milk, allowing much of the mainstream audience to learn about his singular achievements for the very first time.
But why stop there? Now that Milk has proven that stirring gay life stories can appeal to more than just a gay audience, Hollywood should think about making movies about the following legends. We’ll even help them decide which to make first by throwing in a rating of 1-5 Harveys for each story’s eventual Oscar bait-ability. That should help land some big name stars.
Montgomery Clift
Who he was: Gorgeous leading man of the 1950s (From Here to Eternity [1953], A Place in the Sun [1951]) who led a torturously closeted existence in Hollywood. Survived a somewhat disfiguring car accident during the filming of Raintree County (1957) opposite Elizabeth Taylor,...
But why stop there? Now that Milk has proven that stirring gay life stories can appeal to more than just a gay audience, Hollywood should think about making movies about the following legends. We’ll even help them decide which to make first by throwing in a rating of 1-5 Harveys for each story’s eventual Oscar bait-ability. That should help land some big name stars.
Montgomery Clift
Who he was: Gorgeous leading man of the 1950s (From Here to Eternity [1953], A Place in the Sun [1951]) who led a torturously closeted existence in Hollywood. Survived a somewhat disfiguring car accident during the filming of Raintree County (1957) opposite Elizabeth Taylor,...
- 2/5/2009
- by dennis
- The Backlot
One of the interesting things about David Goodis’s career, Steve Seid mentioned by way of introduction to François Truffaut’s Tirez sur le pianiste (Shoot the Piano Player, 1960), is that—even though Goodis’s first connection to filmmaking occurred in 1947 with Dark Passage and The Unfaithful—attempts to adapt his work have continued to the present day; Seid recently met someone working with Goodis’s 1951 novel Cassidy’s Girl. Along the way, going all the way back to 1954-1955, the French have been particularly attracted to Goodis’s novels and—of the twelve existing feature adaptations—eight have their roots in French filmmaking.
The earliest was Pierre Chenals’ Section des disparus made in Argentina during the mid-50s, continuing on with Henri Verneuil’s Le Casse (The Burglars, 1971), René Clement’s La Course du Lièvre à Travers Les Champs (And Hope To Die, 1972), Jean-Jacques Beineix’s La Lune Dans...
The earliest was Pierre Chenals’ Section des disparus made in Argentina during the mid-50s, continuing on with Henri Verneuil’s Le Casse (The Burglars, 1971), René Clement’s La Course du Lièvre à Travers Les Champs (And Hope To Die, 1972), Jean-Jacques Beineix’s La Lune Dans...
- 8/6/2008
- by Michael Guillen
- Screen Anarchy
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