Production scheduled to start in Toronto next week.
Atom Egoyan will direct Amanda Seyfried in Seven Veils, which the project’s co-financier XYZ Films will introduce to worldwide buyers at the EFM next week.
Production is scheduled to start in Toronto next week on the feature that sees Seyfried star as an earnest theatre director tasked with remounting her former mentor’s most famous work, the opera Salome, as she struggles with repressed trauma.
Seven Veils reunites XYZ Films with Ipr.Vc and Rhombus Media after their collaboration on the upcoming Berlin world premiere BlackBerry.
The project announcement also dovetails with...
Atom Egoyan will direct Amanda Seyfried in Seven Veils, which the project’s co-financier XYZ Films will introduce to worldwide buyers at the EFM next week.
Production is scheduled to start in Toronto next week on the feature that sees Seyfried star as an earnest theatre director tasked with remounting her former mentor’s most famous work, the opera Salome, as she struggles with repressed trauma.
Seven Veils reunites XYZ Films with Ipr.Vc and Rhombus Media after their collaboration on the upcoming Berlin world premiere BlackBerry.
The project announcement also dovetails with...
- 2/7/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Production scheduled to start in Toronto next week.
Atom Egoyan will direct Amanda Seyfried in Seven Veils, which the project’s co-financier XYZ Films will introduce to worldwide buyers at the EFM next week.
Production is scheduled to start in Toronto next week on the feature that sees Seyfried star as an earnest theatre director tasked with remounting her former mentor’s most famous work, the opera Salome, as she struggles with repressed trauma.
Seven Veils reunites XYZ Films with Ipr.Vc and Rhombus Media after their collaboration on the upcoming Berlin world premiere BlackBerry.
The project announcement also dovetails with...
Atom Egoyan will direct Amanda Seyfried in Seven Veils, which the project’s co-financier XYZ Films will introduce to worldwide buyers at the EFM next week.
Production is scheduled to start in Toronto next week on the feature that sees Seyfried star as an earnest theatre director tasked with remounting her former mentor’s most famous work, the opera Salome, as she struggles with repressed trauma.
Seven Veils reunites XYZ Films with Ipr.Vc and Rhombus Media after their collaboration on the upcoming Berlin world premiere BlackBerry.
The project announcement also dovetails with...
- 2/7/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Atom Egoyan's They Will Take My Island collaboration with Mary Kouyoumdjian to have a digital première. Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
The MetLiveArts will host the world première of Atom Egoyan and composer Mary Kouyoumdjian’s film They Will Take My Island on Armenian American abstract painter Arshile Gorky on Tuesday, January 26 at 7:00pm (Est).
Kouyoumdjian’s score is performed by the Jack Quartet and the Silvana Quartet with interviews of Saskia Spender, President of the Arshile Gorky Foundation and granddaughter of Arshile Gorky, Parker Field, Managing Director of the Arshile Gorky Foundation, and Michael Taylor, Chief Curator and Deputy Director of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. They Will Take My Island includes original short films by Egoyan and never before seen scenes from his films.
The event is supported by the Nazar and Artemis Nazarian, the Armenian...
The MetLiveArts will host the world première of Atom Egoyan and composer Mary Kouyoumdjian’s film They Will Take My Island on Armenian American abstract painter Arshile Gorky on Tuesday, January 26 at 7:00pm (Est).
Kouyoumdjian’s score is performed by the Jack Quartet and the Silvana Quartet with interviews of Saskia Spender, President of the Arshile Gorky Foundation and granddaughter of Arshile Gorky, Parker Field, Managing Director of the Arshile Gorky Foundation, and Michael Taylor, Chief Curator and Deputy Director of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. They Will Take My Island includes original short films by Egoyan and never before seen scenes from his films.
The event is supported by the Nazar and Artemis Nazarian, the Armenian...
- 1/22/2021
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Guest Of Honour director and rabbit competition winner Atom Egoyan with Anne-Katrin Titze’s Steiff Dürer Bunny at the Seven Grams Caffe in New York Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
At the Canada Now Opening Night U.S. premiere on February 13, of Atom Egoyan’s Guest Of Honour, starring David Thewlis and Laysla De Oliveira with Luke Wilson and Arsinée Khanjian, 99 Records founder Ed Bahlman asked Atom about his work with longtime composer Mychael Danna and Shannon Graham.
Guest Of Honour China poster from Atom Egoyan’s phone Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Ed Bahlman: Atom, it’s a beautiful score. Can you talk a little bit how you worked with the composer?
Atom Egoyan: The composer is someone I’ve been working with since Family Viewing, Mychael Danna. He’s a very brilliant composer. Because of the relationship, a lot of the visual composing...
At the Canada Now Opening Night U.S. premiere on February 13, of Atom Egoyan’s Guest Of Honour, starring David Thewlis and Laysla De Oliveira with Luke Wilson and Arsinée Khanjian, 99 Records founder Ed Bahlman asked Atom about his work with longtime composer Mychael Danna and Shannon Graham.
Guest Of Honour China poster from Atom Egoyan’s phone Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Ed Bahlman: Atom, it’s a beautiful score. Can you talk a little bit how you worked with the composer?
Atom Egoyan: The composer is someone I’ve been working with since Family Viewing, Mychael Danna. He’s a very brilliant composer. Because of the relationship, a lot of the visual composing...
- 3/19/2020
- by Anne-Katrin Titze and Ed Bahlman
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
[Editor's Note: This post is presented in partnership with Time Warner Cable Movies On Demand in support of Indie Film Month. Today's pick, "The Captive," is available now On Demand. This interview originally ran during the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.] Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan has been a fixture on La Croisette since his 1994 breakout feature "Exotica," which took the Fipresci prize. "The Sweet Hereafter" won that same award in addition to the Grand Prix honor in 1997. The filmmaker's career has by no means taken a nosedive since, but to many, he hasn't lived up to the promise set by his earlier efforts (save for "Felicia's Journey," which featured a great performance by the late Bob Hoskins). "Where the Truth Lies," "Adoration" and "Chloe" were all met with mixed reviews, while his latest to open in theaters, the West Memphis Three drama "Devil's Knot," was his worst...
- 1/19/2015
- by Nigel M Smith
- Indiewire
In May, Canadian director Atom Egoyan's latest film "The Captive" bowed as part of the prestigious Official Selection at the Cannes Film Festival. Charitably it can be said reception of the film was mixed, with some stinging vitriol levelled at Egoyan.
"The Captive" is a challenging, dark film that echoes many themes prominent in Egoyan's other works. The loss of a child, the bleak snowy landscapes and emotionally charged performances from the likes of Rosario Dawson and Ryan Reynolds make for a unique kind of thriller that may well find more receptive audiences outside of the festival bubble.
Moviefone Canada spoke to Atom Egoyan in Toronto at the end of August, as he was preparing to host a sneak preview of his film to a local audience.
Moviefone Canada: You've lived with the film a little bit [since Cannes]. How's your reaction to your baby changed now that you have a bit of distance?...
"The Captive" is a challenging, dark film that echoes many themes prominent in Egoyan's other works. The loss of a child, the bleak snowy landscapes and emotionally charged performances from the likes of Rosario Dawson and Ryan Reynolds make for a unique kind of thriller that may well find more receptive audiences outside of the festival bubble.
Moviefone Canada spoke to Atom Egoyan in Toronto at the end of August, as he was preparing to host a sneak preview of his film to a local audience.
Moviefone Canada: You've lived with the film a little bit [since Cannes]. How's your reaction to your baby changed now that you have a bit of distance?...
- 9/5/2014
- by Jason Gorber
- Moviefone
Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan has been a fixture on La Croisette since his 1994 breakout feature "Exotica," which took the Fipresci prize. "The Sweet Hereafter" won that same award in addition to the Grand Prix honor in 1997. The filmmaker's career has by no means taken a nosedive since, but to many, he hasn't lived up to the promise set by his earlier efforts (save for "Felicia's Journey," which featured a great performance by the late Bob Hoskins). "Where the Truth Lies," "Adoration" and "Chloe" were all met with mixed reviews, while his latest to open in theaters, the West Memphis Three drama "Devil's Knot," was his worst reviewed effort to date. His last two films ("Chloe" and "Devil's Knot") weren't given a Cannes berth, so early signs pointed to "The Captive" being a likely comeback for Egoyan. Unfortunately, according to the majority of critics in the room for today's world premiere at Cannes,...
- 5/16/2014
- by Nigel M Smith
- Indiewire
Can Atom Egoyan get his groove back? It has been a while since the director showcased the skill he brought to films like "The Sweet Hereafter" or "Felicia's Journey," and last weekend's "Devil's Knot" was another in a string of recent pictures that were tepidly received by both critics and the public. But "The Captive" finds him in Competition at the Cannes Film Festival and the first clip is here highlighting the drama to come. Starring Ryan Reynolds, Scott Speedman, Mireille Enos, Rosario Dawson, Kevin Durand, Alexia Fast and Bruce Greenwood, the film tells the story of Matthew, a father who is convinced eight years after his daughter’s abduction, thanks to a series of new clues, that she's still alive. And in this first clip from the movie, we see the father and daughter in happier times, picking up dinner, though with weather providing an ominous backdrop against which...
- 5/12/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Welcome back to Cannes Check, In Contention's annual preview of the films in Competition at next month's Cannes Film Festival, which kicks off on May 14. Taking on different selections every day, we'll be examining what they're about, who's involved and what their chances are of snagging an award from Jane Campion's jury. Next up, the third Canadian director in the lineup: Atom Egoyan's "The Captive." The director: Atom Egoyan (Canadian, 53 years old). There was a time when Egoyan looked to be as estimable a festival fixture as his compatriot David Cronenberg, but his career hasn't moved in the direction many thought it would after he won big at Cannes (and scooped a surprise Best Director Oscar nod) for 1997's critical peak “The Sweet Hereafter.” Born in Cairo to Armenian-Egyptian parents – a heritage he'd later explore in his 2002 film “Ararat” – Egoyan largely grew up in British Columbia and studied...
- 5/3/2014
- by Guy Lodge
- Hitfix
Elaine Cassidy, Hoskins' co-star in Felicia's Journey, has paid tribute to the late actor, while Hoskins' daughter posts online 11 life lessons from her father
Peter Bradshaw: Felicia's Journey was Hoskins' finest hour
Bob Hoskins' co-star on one of the late actor's most celebrated films has paid tribute to the British cinema icon as a "brilliant, beautiful kind man who wanted more than anything to be with his family".
Irish actor Elaine Cassidy, who worked with Hoskins on Felicia's Journey, said she was "shocked, speechless and of course saddened" to hear of the actor's death from pneumonia at the age of 71.
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Peter Bradshaw: Felicia's Journey was Hoskins' finest hour
Bob Hoskins' co-star on one of the late actor's most celebrated films has paid tribute to the British cinema icon as a "brilliant, beautiful kind man who wanted more than anything to be with his family".
Irish actor Elaine Cassidy, who worked with Hoskins on Felicia's Journey, said she was "shocked, speechless and of course saddened" to hear of the actor's death from pneumonia at the age of 71.
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- 5/1/2014
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
Director Atom Egoyan has a number of acclaimed films under his belt — "The Sweet Hereafter," "Felicia's Journey," "Exotica" — but it should also be noted, that when he stumbles, he misses hard. His last two films in particular didn't hit the mark, with the campy sexytimes "Chloe" and the West Memphis Three drama "Devil's Knot" finding the director off his game. And while we wait to see how his Cannes entry "The Captive" turns out, he's already lining up his next pic. Veterans Christopher Plummer, Martin Landau and Bruno Ganz along with "Breaking Bad" fave Dean Norris have been slated to star in "Remember." The film is said to be a thriller "in which the darkest chapter of modern history collides with a contemporary mission of revenge." Okay, then....any guesses? It's hard not to like this cast, and the logline has us intrigued, but let's just hope this finds Egoyan...
- 4/30/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Actor associated with tough guy roles, but capable of playing the poodle as well as the pitbull
Bob Hoskins: Xan Brooks pays tribute
Bob Hoskins: a career in pictures
Plenty of better-looking performers than Bob Hoskins, who has died aged 71, have found themselves consigned to a life of bit parts. Short, bullet-headed, lacking any noticeable neck, but with a mutable face that could switch from snarling to sparkling in the time it took him to drop an aitch, Hoskins was far from conventional leading-man material. In his moments of on-screen rage, he resembled a pink grenade. But he was defined from the outset by a mix of the tough and the tender that served him well throughout his career.
As the beleaguered, optimistic sheet-music salesman in the BBC series Pennies from Heaven (1978), written by Dennis Potter, he was sweetly galumphing and sincere. Playing an ambitious East End gangster...
Bob Hoskins: Xan Brooks pays tribute
Bob Hoskins: a career in pictures
Plenty of better-looking performers than Bob Hoskins, who has died aged 71, have found themselves consigned to a life of bit parts. Short, bullet-headed, lacking any noticeable neck, but with a mutable face that could switch from snarling to sparkling in the time it took him to drop an aitch, Hoskins was far from conventional leading-man material. In his moments of on-screen rage, he resembled a pink grenade. But he was defined from the outset by a mix of the tough and the tender that served him well throughout his career.
As the beleaguered, optimistic sheet-music salesman in the BBC series Pennies from Heaven (1978), written by Dennis Potter, he was sweetly galumphing and sincere. Playing an ambitious East End gangster...
- 4/30/2014
- by Ryan Gilbey
- The Guardian - Film News
I'm hugely saddened to report that Oscar-nominated British actor Bob Hoskins -- the quintessential Cockney gent of latter-day cinema -- has passed away. Aged 71, he died in hospital following a bout of pneumonia. His wife, Linda, and four children issued a statement clarifying that the Londoner "died peacefully at hospital last night surrounded by family," and thanked well-wishers for their "messages of love and support." Hoskins' health had been declining for some time: he retired from acting in 2012 after being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. His last screen role was in "Snow White and the Huntsman." After supporting roles in such films as "Zulu Dawn" and a BAFTA-nominated turn in Dennis Potter's TV landmark "Pennies From Heaven," Hoskins' film breakthrough came in his late thirties with the role of conflicted East End crime boss Harold Shand in the 1980 gangster classic "The Long Good Friday," which earned him another BAFTA nod.
- 4/30/2014
- by Guy Lodge
- Hitfix
Bob Hoskins in The Long Good Friday
The much loved actor Bob Hoskins has died at the age of 71, according to his agent. Hoskins, though sometimes typecast as a cheeky Cockney chappie, was an actor whose talent shone through in the great diversity of roles he played, from Who Framed Roger Rabbit's hapless detective to the taxi driver out of his depth in Mona Lisa and the sinister, obsessive catering manager in Felicia's Journey. Despite failing health, he recently appeared in Snow White And The Huntsman.
The actor's career path was an unusual one. Coming from a working class background and leaving school with only one O-level, he worked as a window cleaner and got into theatre by accident after being mistaken for a professional actor. He was immediately acclaimed for his remarkable natural talent.
Hoskins also did some notable work on television, appearing in an acclaimed production of...
The much loved actor Bob Hoskins has died at the age of 71, according to his agent. Hoskins, though sometimes typecast as a cheeky Cockney chappie, was an actor whose talent shone through in the great diversity of roles he played, from Who Framed Roger Rabbit's hapless detective to the taxi driver out of his depth in Mona Lisa and the sinister, obsessive catering manager in Felicia's Journey. Despite failing health, he recently appeared in Snow White And The Huntsman.
The actor's career path was an unusual one. Coming from a working class background and leaving school with only one O-level, he worked as a window cleaner and got into theatre by accident after being mistaken for a professional actor. He was immediately acclaimed for his remarkable natural talent.
Hoskins also did some notable work on television, appearing in an acclaimed production of...
- 4/30/2014
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The much loved actor Bob Hoskins is to retire after a 40 year career, it was announced today. The decision follows his diagnosis with Parkinson's disease last Autumn.
"He wishes to thank all the great and brilliant people he has worked with over the years, and all of his fans who have supported him during a wonderful career," said a statement released by his agent today. "Bob is now looking forward to his retirement with his family."
Hoskins, 69, is a Golden Globe winner who has won widespread acclaim for his work. As well as starring in family comedies like Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, he is known for thrillers like Mona Lisa and The Long Good Friday and challenging indie projects like Felicia's Journey. He recently appeared in Snow White And The Huntsman....
"He wishes to thank all the great and brilliant people he has worked with over the years, and all of his fans who have supported him during a wonderful career," said a statement released by his agent today. "Bob is now looking forward to his retirement with his family."
Hoskins, 69, is a Golden Globe winner who has won widespread acclaim for his work. As well as starring in family comedies like Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, he is known for thrillers like Mona Lisa and The Long Good Friday and challenging indie projects like Felicia's Journey. He recently appeared in Snow White And The Huntsman....
- 8/7/2012
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
A chance to speak face to face, and at length, with Atom Egoyan, was both intoxicating and liberating offering the chance for rich dialogue but passing by all too quickly. Seldom have I spoken to filmmaker who seemed this invested in the hearts and minds of his characters and audience. And seldom have a felt more frustrated not to have more time. This in spite of a full half an hour with the man. Gregarious, thoughtful and genuinely interested in his work he also manages to evoke that passion with a peace that speaks directly to the heart of his work.
Dave: You know, when I first started writing about film I was accidently sent a copy of Felicia's Journey by Lionsgate and I fell completely in love with it. It was one of the big reasons I pursued this interview so aggressively. The film had a point of view...
Dave: You know, when I first started writing about film I was accidently sent a copy of Felicia's Journey by Lionsgate and I fell completely in love with it. It was one of the big reasons I pursued this interview so aggressively. The film had a point of view...
- 3/22/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Atom Egoyan's erotic thriller, Chloe, starring Julianne Moore, Liam Neeson and Amanda Seyfried will be getting a limited North America theatrical release on March 26. Chloe is a young escort hired by Catherine (Moore) to seduce her husband (Neeson) and uncover the reasons behind his physical and emotional absence. When Chloe is successful and shares the stories with Catherine, she becomes obsessed with the accounts and tangled in a web of sexual desire that places everything, including her family, at risk. While the most memorable thing about the recent trailers is probably a kissing scene between Moore and Seyfried, the clip's end features a tense moment in which Seyfried catches her breath and, with tears in her eyes, lifts her gaze and stares directly into the camera. This is something the Armenian-Canadian director has done before in other films, and is certainly not something new to cinema.
For someone like Egoyan,...
For someone like Egoyan,...
- 3/1/2010
- by Alison Nastasi
- Cinematical
In the late 90s, Atom Egoyan seemed to be entering the mainstream with the striking The Sweet Hereafter and the creepy Felicia's Journey. But this movie, set in Toronto and starring his wife and muse, Arsinée Khanjian, as a batty schoolteacher, is a ludicrously convoluted tale that deals with the Holocaust, terrorism and several of his recurrent obsessions (appearance and reality, the influence of new technologies and so on) but gets nowhere.
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- 1/31/2010
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
One minute he's making uneasy arthouse films, the next he's a Hollywood gun for hire, shooting the likes of Liam Neeson. Can auteur Atom Egoyan really cope with a dip in the mainstream?
A year is a long time in the movies. Fifteen months ago, I met the Canadian film-maker Atom Egoyan as he brought his low-key indie Adoration to the London film festival. The venue was an anonymous hotel cafe. At the festival's next edition, Egoyan returns with a new film, Chloe; this one stars Julianne Moore, Liam Neeson and Amanda Seyfried, and Egoyan is holding forth in a suite at Claridge's in central London. Things have clearly gone well for him.
At our first enconter, in the cafe, Egoyan was nursing a hangover that made him pleasantly effusive. He wasn't what I expected. Even his actors can be confused; before starting work on Adoration, one of its leads,...
A year is a long time in the movies. Fifteen months ago, I met the Canadian film-maker Atom Egoyan as he brought his low-key indie Adoration to the London film festival. The venue was an anonymous hotel cafe. At the festival's next edition, Egoyan returns with a new film, Chloe; this one stars Julianne Moore, Liam Neeson and Amanda Seyfried, and Egoyan is holding forth in a suite at Claridge's in central London. Things have clearly gone well for him.
At our first enconter, in the cafe, Egoyan was nursing a hangover that made him pleasantly effusive. He wasn't what I expected. Even his actors can be confused; before starting work on Adoration, one of its leads,...
- 1/21/2010
- by Cath Clarke
- The Guardian - Film News
Cologne, Germany -- Canadian auteur Atom Egoyan will be honored with this year's Master of Cinema lifetime achievement award at the 58th Mannheim-Heidelberg film festival.
Egoyan won Mannheim's Golden Ducat award for "Next of Kin" in 1984. He will accept the honor in person Nov. 6. Previous Master of Cinema winners include Aleksandr Sokurov, Wim Wenders, Raoul Ruiz, Theo Angelopoulos and Zhang Yimou.
Mannheim will also screen a retrospective of Egoyan's films -- including "Next of Kin," Oscar-nominated "The Sweet Hereafter" (1997), "Felicia's Journey" (1999), "Ararat" (2002) and "Adoration" (2008).
The 58th Mannheim-Heidelberg festival runs Nov. 5-15.
Egoyan won Mannheim's Golden Ducat award for "Next of Kin" in 1984. He will accept the honor in person Nov. 6. Previous Master of Cinema winners include Aleksandr Sokurov, Wim Wenders, Raoul Ruiz, Theo Angelopoulos and Zhang Yimou.
Mannheim will also screen a retrospective of Egoyan's films -- including "Next of Kin," Oscar-nominated "The Sweet Hereafter" (1997), "Felicia's Journey" (1999), "Ararat" (2002) and "Adoration" (2008).
The 58th Mannheim-Heidelberg festival runs Nov. 5-15.
- 10/7/2009
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NEW YORK -- Producer Robert Lantos' Serendipity Point Films banner said Monday that it has signed Kevin Bacon and Colin Firth to play the lead roles in writer-helmer Atom Egoyan's upcoming feature Somebody Loves You. The film noir project is based on the Rupert Holmes novel Where the Truth Lies and explores the "underbelly of fame, fortune and the mores of sexual convention," according to its producers. Lantos and Egoyan have teamed on such films as Ararat, Felicia's Journey, The Sweet Hereafter and Exotica.
- 6/22/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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