Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.
The Animal Kingdom (Thomas Cailley)
In The Animal Kingdom, an Un Certain Regard-selected science-fiction romp from France, human-animal mutations are the new norm. Director Thomas Cailley begins things in media res with a familiar disaster-movie scene: François (Romain Duris) and Émile (Paul Kircher)––father and son, respectively––are stuck in traffic, making chit-chat, when something slowly begins capturing the attention of other drivers. An ambulance across the way begins to rumble. Then a man with a large winged arm bursts out, causing some damage before scurrying down a tunnel. Only mildly ruffled, François exchanges a jaded aphorism with another driver over: “Strange times.” – Rory O. (full review)
Where to Stream: VOD
Dream Scenario (Kristoffer Borgli)
The ever-evolving nature of fame and infamy gets examined in Dream Scenario,...
The Animal Kingdom (Thomas Cailley)
In The Animal Kingdom, an Un Certain Regard-selected science-fiction romp from France, human-animal mutations are the new norm. Director Thomas Cailley begins things in media res with a familiar disaster-movie scene: François (Romain Duris) and Émile (Paul Kircher)––father and son, respectively––are stuck in traffic, making chit-chat, when something slowly begins capturing the attention of other drivers. An ambulance across the way begins to rumble. Then a man with a large winged arm bursts out, causing some damage before scurrying down a tunnel. Only mildly ruffled, François exchanges a jaded aphorism with another driver over: “Strange times.” – Rory O. (full review)
Where to Stream: VOD
Dream Scenario (Kristoffer Borgli)
The ever-evolving nature of fame and infamy gets examined in Dream Scenario,...
- 3/15/2024
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Exclusive: Bruce Weber’s Academy Award-nominated documentary Let’s Get Lost has received a 4k restoration, which will debut at this year’s Lumiere Film Festival.
Thirty-five years after it won the Critics Prize at the Venice Film Festival, Weber will be present at Lumiere in Lyon, France, to discuss the film’s legacy as well as the restoration process.
HanWay Films will represent the film for worldwide sales as part of a deal negotiated by Marta Ravani, Sales Director of HanWay The Collections. The deal includes a selection of Bruce Weber’s back catalogue of films including, Broken Noses (1987), Nice Girls Don’t Stay For Breakfast (2018), A Letter to True (2004), and The Treasure Of His Youth: The Photographs Of Paolo Di Paolo (2022). Current confirmed partners for The Bruce Weber Collection are Kino Lorber in North America, The Jokers in France, Longride in Japan, IWonder Pictures in Italy, and FilmIn in Spain.
Thirty-five years after it won the Critics Prize at the Venice Film Festival, Weber will be present at Lumiere in Lyon, France, to discuss the film’s legacy as well as the restoration process.
HanWay Films will represent the film for worldwide sales as part of a deal negotiated by Marta Ravani, Sales Director of HanWay The Collections. The deal includes a selection of Bruce Weber’s back catalogue of films including, Broken Noses (1987), Nice Girls Don’t Stay For Breakfast (2018), A Letter to True (2004), and The Treasure Of His Youth: The Photographs Of Paolo Di Paolo (2022). Current confirmed partners for The Bruce Weber Collection are Kino Lorber in North America, The Jokers in France, Longride in Japan, IWonder Pictures in Italy, and FilmIn in Spain.
- 10/12/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Following her feature documentary Film About a Father Who, director Lynne Sachs has set her sights on a market and playground in Elmhurst, Queens with her new short Swerve, inspired by former poet laureate of Queens, Paolo Javier, and his Original Brown Boy poems, and fittingly world-premiering at NYC’s BAMcinemaFest later this month. We’re pleased to exclusively premiere the first trailer.
Wearing the tell-tale masks of our daunting now, five New York City performers (Emmy Catedral, ray ferriera, Paolo Javier, Jeff Preiss, Inney Prakash, and Juliana Sass) search for a meal at the Hong Kong Food Court while speaking in verse. The film itself transforms into an ars poetica/ cinematica, a meditation on writing and making images in the liminal space between a global pandemic and what might come next.
The film was inspired by Sachs’ reading of Paolo Javier’s sonnets in his new 2021 book O.B.
Wearing the tell-tale masks of our daunting now, five New York City performers (Emmy Catedral, ray ferriera, Paolo Javier, Jeff Preiss, Inney Prakash, and Juliana Sass) search for a meal at the Hong Kong Food Court while speaking in verse. The film itself transforms into an ars poetica/ cinematica, a meditation on writing and making images in the liminal space between a global pandemic and what might come next.
The film was inspired by Sachs’ reading of Paolo Javier’s sonnets in his new 2021 book O.B.
- 6/2/2022
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Low Down
Written by Topper Lilien and Amy Albany
Directed by Jeff Preiss
USA
Jazz can be vivacious and alive, but it can also get down real low. It becomes reserved, intimate, raw and wholly adult. Bebop demands a refined ear and a patient listener, and good music challenges you to listen closely and find the blues and pain within.
Low Down is a sharply jazzy, bleak and vital character drama based on the memoir of Amy-Jo Albany and her famous, piano-playing father and jazz musician Joe Albany. It’s less a music biopic and more a coming-of-age story about growing up real fast and learning to face the music all too soon.
Director Jeff Preiss sets Amy-Jo (Elle Fanning) up for disappointment right out the gate, with her father (John Hawkes) being arrested for failing to stay clean from his heroin addiction and breaking his parole. She speaks in...
Written by Topper Lilien and Amy Albany
Directed by Jeff Preiss
USA
Jazz can be vivacious and alive, but it can also get down real low. It becomes reserved, intimate, raw and wholly adult. Bebop demands a refined ear and a patient listener, and good music challenges you to listen closely and find the blues and pain within.
Low Down is a sharply jazzy, bleak and vital character drama based on the memoir of Amy-Jo Albany and her famous, piano-playing father and jazz musician Joe Albany. It’s less a music biopic and more a coming-of-age story about growing up real fast and learning to face the music all too soon.
Director Jeff Preiss sets Amy-Jo (Elle Fanning) up for disappointment right out the gate, with her father (John Hawkes) being arrested for failing to stay clean from his heroin addiction and breaking his parole. She speaks in...
- 10/25/2014
- by Brian Welk
- SoundOnSight
A.J. (Amy-Jo) Albany’s memoir Low Down: Junk, Jazz, and Other Fairy Tales From Childhood is a tender, spiky, beautifully evocative series of linked vignettes about her cruelly impoverished childhood as the daughter of a brilliant jazz pianist and junkie, Joe Albany, and a mean, self-centered mother (once the lover of Allen Ginsberg before he turned conclusively gay) who left them early and slid into terminal alcoholism. Amy and Topper Lilien have turned the book into a movie directed by Jeff Preiss, best known as the cinematographer of Bruce Weber’s extraordinary documentaries Broken Noses and Let’s Get Lost. Preiss brings a moody, lingering, be-bop touch to material that would be better in places with more zip, but if the film’s not as entertaining as the book, it’s pretty damn good, anyway. It has an immersive mood — a dim, junk-infused gloom from which there’s almost no escape.
- 10/24/2014
- by David Edelstein
- Vulture
Kicking off her weekend a bit early, Elle Fanning showed up at the premiere of her new movie “Lowdown” in Hollywood on Thursday night (October 23).
Still sporting a darker brunette coif, the “We Bought a Zoo” star posed with director Jeff Preiss and Red Hot Chili Peppers rocker Flea outside the Arclight Hollywood Cinemas ahead of the screening.
And Elle looked gorgeous in a drool-worthy Marchesa nude off-shoulder silk tulle gown with floral accents and a fishtail train.
Also starring Taryn Manning, Peter Dinklage, Lena Heady, Glenn Close and Tim Daly, “Lowdown” is slated to hit theaters in limited release today (October 24).
Still sporting a darker brunette coif, the “We Bought a Zoo” star posed with director Jeff Preiss and Red Hot Chili Peppers rocker Flea outside the Arclight Hollywood Cinemas ahead of the screening.
And Elle looked gorgeous in a drool-worthy Marchesa nude off-shoulder silk tulle gown with floral accents and a fishtail train.
Also starring Taryn Manning, Peter Dinklage, Lena Heady, Glenn Close and Tim Daly, “Lowdown” is slated to hit theaters in limited release today (October 24).
- 10/24/2014
- GossipCenter
Groovin’ High: Hawkes Nuanced Performance Elevates Albany Memoir
Despite taking home the best cinematography prize for Christopher Blauvet (who also provided superb camerawork on Kelly Reichardt’s 2013 title Night Moves) after its premiere at Sundance and snagging Elle Fanning a Best Actress award at the Karlovy Film Festival, Low Down is otherwise a rather unremarkable treatment of a slipping down life, bright lights dimmed by the self-induced depravity of drugs and alcohol. Told from the perspective of the teenage daughter of jazz pianist Joe Albany, the film is the first time feature from Jeff Preiss, heretofore a music video director (Mariah Carey’s “Emotions”) and a documentary cinematographer. Perhaps this explains why much of the film feels concerned with superficial detailing of a vintage time and era rather than it does as a chapter in a young woman’s life growing up with troubled yet notable parental figures.
In 1974 Hollywood,...
Despite taking home the best cinematography prize for Christopher Blauvet (who also provided superb camerawork on Kelly Reichardt’s 2013 title Night Moves) after its premiere at Sundance and snagging Elle Fanning a Best Actress award at the Karlovy Film Festival, Low Down is otherwise a rather unremarkable treatment of a slipping down life, bright lights dimmed by the self-induced depravity of drugs and alcohol. Told from the perspective of the teenage daughter of jazz pianist Joe Albany, the film is the first time feature from Jeff Preiss, heretofore a music video director (Mariah Carey’s “Emotions”) and a documentary cinematographer. Perhaps this explains why much of the film feels concerned with superficial detailing of a vintage time and era rather than it does as a chapter in a young woman’s life growing up with troubled yet notable parental figures.
In 1974 Hollywood,...
- 10/24/2014
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Adapted from Amy-Jo Albany's memoir about growing up with her father, Joe, the jazz pianist best known for playing with Charlie Parker, Low Down stars John Hawkes and Elle Fanning as a father-daughter duo with a lot of love and even more problems. A charming, gifted musician with a heroin problem, Joe does his utmost to shield Aj from the darker shades of their life — random visits from his parole officer, junkie friends whose addictions are even worse than his — but he's too much of a mess to maintain the illusion, and she's too smart to believe it anyway. Jeff Preiss evokes early-1970s Los Angeles with an initial nostalgia that slowly turns grim. The back-and-forth tonal shifts could certainly be described as jazzy, and every individual player has ...
- 10/22/2014
- Village Voice
On this, my last day of the festival, I saw two films that didn’t make me smile but made me glad I was there. Both The Look of Silence and Low Down proved to be among my favorites, this despite the fact that they are bleak, hard to watch, and provocative pieces of filmmaking.
The Look of Silence was first in a somewhat emptier theater than I had expected (I mean, who doesn’t love watching documentaries about genocide at 3:45 on a Saturday?), but the entire crowd in attendance raised their hand when asked and affirmed they had seen Joshua Oppenheimer’s previous film The Act of Killing. This film truly is a sequel to that groundbreaking first feature. It requires an understanding of why these men, why these killers, are so open and candid about their brutal acts of violence such that now we can appropriately hold their feet to the fire.
The Look of Silence was first in a somewhat emptier theater than I had expected (I mean, who doesn’t love watching documentaries about genocide at 3:45 on a Saturday?), but the entire crowd in attendance raised their hand when asked and affirmed they had seen Joshua Oppenheimer’s previous film The Act of Killing. This film truly is a sequel to that groundbreaking first feature. It requires an understanding of why these men, why these killers, are so open and candid about their brutal acts of violence such that now we can appropriately hold their feet to the fire.
- 10/19/2014
- by Brian Welk
- SoundOnSight
Today we have the trailer for "Low Down," which is based on the memoir of Amy-Jo Albany and stars John Hawkes, Elle Fanning, Glenn Close, Taryn Manning, Flea, Lena Headey, and Peter Dinklage. Check it out below. Plot: A compassionate, tender look at the complex relationship between Amy-Jo (Fanning) and her father Joe (Hawkes), a man torn between his musical ambition, his devotion to his teenage daughter, and his suffocating heroin addiction. The new movie is directed by Jeff Preiss and is set to hit theaters in New York on October 24th, in Los Angeles on October 31st, and will then expand wider in November. Trailer:...
- 9/20/2014
- WorstPreviews.com
During the jazz scene of the 1960’s and 1970’s, pianist Joe Albany struggled with drug addiction. His struggle was then captured by the memoir of his daughter, Amy-Jo Albany.
Now, Jeff Preiss is capturing it all on film. Starring John Hawkes as Joe and Elle Fanning as Amy-Jo, Low Down tells the pianist’s story through the eyes of his daughter. The film also stars Glenn Close, Lena Headey, Peter Dinklage, and more.
Low Down hits theaters Oct. 24.
Now, Jeff Preiss is capturing it all on film. Starring John Hawkes as Joe and Elle Fanning as Amy-Jo, Low Down tells the pianist’s story through the eyes of his daughter. The film also stars Glenn Close, Lena Headey, Peter Dinklage, and more.
Low Down hits theaters Oct. 24.
- 9/19/2014
- by Samantha Highfill
- EW - Inside Movies
Oscilloscope Laboratories has released the trailer for Jeff Preiss’ drama “Low Down,” which stars John Hawkes as legendary pianist Joe Albany and Elle Fanning as his daughter. “Low Down” premiered earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival, where it won the award for Best Cinematography. While “Low Down” earned strong reviews at the festival, Preiss decided to tweak the film slightly, so it has been re-edited for theatrical release. Also read: Elle Fanning's Winnie Hatches Plan to Save Eggs From Ben Kingley's Evil Snatcher in ‘Boxtrolls’ Trailer (Video) Glenn Close and Flea co-star alongside “Game of Thrones” actors Lena Headey and Peter Dinklage.
- 9/19/2014
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
Elle Fanning plays a girl who remains supportive of her father in spite of a chaotic upbringing, as seen in the first trailer for Jeff Preiss‘ 1970s-set “Low Down.” Based on the 2003 memoir by Amy-Jo Albany (who also co-wrote the script alongside Topper Lilien), “Low Down” depicts the story of legendary jazz pianist Joe Albany (Hawkes) from the perspective of the troubled adolescent life of his aforementioned teenage daughter (Fanning), who had to grow up in a household with a heroin-addicted father and alcoholic mother (Lena Headey). The film originally debuted at the Sundance Film Festival back in January. [...]
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- 9/19/2014
- by Alfonso Espina
- UpandComers
Corn Island wins Crystal Globe at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival; Elle Fanning wins best actress prize.
George Ovashvili’s Corn Island, a mostly silent portrait of an old man and his granddaughter attempting to grow crops on a small patch of land in the middle of a river, has picked up the Crystal Globe at the 49th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (July 4-12).
The prize, awarded on the closing night of the festival in the Czech spa town, included $25,000 to be shared between director Ovashvili and the film’s producer.
Earlier in the day, it was announced that Corn Island had won the Ecumenical Jury Award.
Gyorgy Palfi’s Free Fall, which tells the stories of characters over several floors of an apartment building, picked up several awards including the Special Jury Prize worth $15,000.
The Hungary-France-South Korea co-production also won Palfi the Best Director Award and the Europa Cinemas Label Award for the best...
George Ovashvili’s Corn Island, a mostly silent portrait of an old man and his granddaughter attempting to grow crops on a small patch of land in the middle of a river, has picked up the Crystal Globe at the 49th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (July 4-12).
The prize, awarded on the closing night of the festival in the Czech spa town, included $25,000 to be shared between director Ovashvili and the film’s producer.
Earlier in the day, it was announced that Corn Island had won the Ecumenical Jury Award.
Gyorgy Palfi’s Free Fall, which tells the stories of characters over several floors of an apartment building, picked up several awards including the Special Jury Prize worth $15,000.
The Hungary-France-South Korea co-production also won Palfi the Best Director Award and the Europa Cinemas Label Award for the best...
- 7/12/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Kviff), taking place from July 4-12 in the Czech city, has revealed its lineup, which includes seven world premieres and five international premieres, according to Variety. Some of the international highlights include Georgian director George Ovashvili's latest picture "Corn Island," the Russian comedy "Welkome Home" by Angelina Nikonova and Jeff Preiss' "Low Down," an American biopic about pianist Joe Albany that premiered at Sundance and stars John Hawkes and Elle Fanning. Read More: How I Shot That: Going Hand-Held in Sundance Drama 'Low Down'"This year's selection of competing films offers an exciting mixture of outstanding films whose completion has been eagerly anticipated. Many of the filmmakers, who explore less frequently trodden paths of cinematic expression, come from the countries of the former Eastern Bloc, which the Kviff has long focused on," Karel Och, the festival's artistic director, said. Check.
- 6/3/2014
- by Eric Eidelstein
- Indiewire
Seven world premieres and five international premieres include an animated movie for the first time in competition; Us drama Low Down starring John Hawkes and Elle Fanning; and Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurdsson’s follow-up to Either Way.
The 49th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (July 4-12) has revealed the line-ups for its Official Selection Competition, East of the West Competition, Documentary Films Competition and Forum of Independents Competition.
Kv artistic director Karel Och said: “This year’s selection of competing films offers an exciting mixture of outstanding films whose completion has been eagerly anticipated.
“Many of the filmmakers, who explore less frequently trodden paths of cinematic expression, come from the countries of the former Eastern Bloc, which the Kviff has long focused on.”
In the main festival section, renowned Georgian filmmaker George Ovashvili (The Other Bank) will introduce his long-anticipated film Corn Island, a psychological drama that uses captivating imagery and visuals to present a highly topical subject...
The 49th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (July 4-12) has revealed the line-ups for its Official Selection Competition, East of the West Competition, Documentary Films Competition and Forum of Independents Competition.
Kv artistic director Karel Och said: “This year’s selection of competing films offers an exciting mixture of outstanding films whose completion has been eagerly anticipated.
“Many of the filmmakers, who explore less frequently trodden paths of cinematic expression, come from the countries of the former Eastern Bloc, which the Kviff has long focused on.”
In the main festival section, renowned Georgian filmmaker George Ovashvili (The Other Bank) will introduce his long-anticipated film Corn Island, a psychological drama that uses captivating imagery and visuals to present a highly topical subject...
- 6/3/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Oscilloscope Laboratories has scooped up North American rights to director Jeff Preiss' jazz biopic-of-sorts "Low Down," starring John Hawkes, Elle Fanning, Glenn Close and Peter Dinklage. In this winner of the Sundance Film Festival's Best Cinematography award, Hawkes plays modern American jazz pianist Joe Albany. "Low Down" unfolds through the eyes of his daughter Amy-Joe, played by Elle Fanning, as she watches her father succumb to heroin addiction amid the emerging jazz scene of the '60s and '70s. Notably, Amy-Jo Albany (also an Ep) cowrote the screenplay with Topper Lilien. "Low Down" was produced by Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa of Bona Fide Productions, and Mindy Goldberg of Epoch Films. The film is heading to New York's BAMcinemafest in New York in June. Reviews are split, but comparisons have been drawn to "Requiem for a Dream" as a harrowing portrayal of addiction. The cast, alone, should make this a must-see.
- 5/7/2014
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired North American rights to Jeff Preiss' drama "Low Down," starring John Hawkes and Elle Fanning as father-daughter. The film world premiered in the Narrative Competition at this year's Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Best Cinematography award. Glenn Close and Peter Dinklage also co-star. Read More: Elle Fanning on How She Stays Grounded and Working With Angelina Jolie on 'Maleficent' In the true story, Fanning embodies Amy Albany (whose memoir the film is based on), a girl forced to cope with her drug addicted father, pianist Joe Albany (Hawkes), while coming of age during the '60s and '70s. Close plays her stern but loving grandmother. No release date has been announced as of yet.
- 5/7/2014
- by Nigel M Smith
- Indiewire
Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired North American rights to Jeff Preiss’ drama “Low Down,” which stars John Hawkes, Elle Fanning, Glenn Close, Peter Dinklage, Lena Headey and Flea, as well as Caleb Landry Jones, Tim Daly and Taryn Manning, the company announced Wednesday. The film, an early cut of which premiered in January at the Sundance Film Festival (where it won the Best Cinematography award), examines the life of Amy-Jo Albany and her relationship with her father, legendary jazz pianist Joe Albany. Oscilloscope will continue to play the film at festivals.
- 5/7/2014
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
Title: Low Down Director: Jeff Preiss Starring: John Hawkes, Elle Fanning, Glenn Close, Peter Dinklage, Lena Headey, Flea There are innumerable films about young girls with sweet-natured fathers whose addictions prevent them from fully being the parent their child always wanted them to be. Such stories are commonplace, and they’re distinguishable by the reason for the father’s tendencies and the daughter’s ability to survive and thrive despite everything. In Low Down, Amy (Elle Fanning) is the daughter of jazz pianist Joe Albany (John Hawkes), who certainly has talent and has played with the greats. This true story is mostly familiar, and while its performers do their best to make it [ Read More ]
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- 1/28/2014
- by abe
- ShockYa
Photo by Dvrosa
It was another great year at the Sundance Film Festival! There were so many fantastic movies shown, and I still have a couple more to go. I'm really happy to say that Miles Teller and J.K. Simmon's film Whiplash took home the top two prizes, winning the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award. This was my number one favorite film from the festival, and it seems like everyone else at the festival loved it too, so it doesn't surprise me that it won.
Here's the full list of winners:
Sundance Institute this evening announced the Jury, Audience and other special awards of the 2014 Sundance Film Festival at the feature film Awards Ceremony, hosted by Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally, in Park City, Utah. Video of the ceremony in its entirety is available at www.sundance.org/live.
The U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary was...
It was another great year at the Sundance Film Festival! There were so many fantastic movies shown, and I still have a couple more to go. I'm really happy to say that Miles Teller and J.K. Simmon's film Whiplash took home the top two prizes, winning the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award. This was my number one favorite film from the festival, and it seems like everyone else at the festival loved it too, so it doesn't surprise me that it won.
Here's the full list of winners:
Sundance Institute this evening announced the Jury, Audience and other special awards of the 2014 Sundance Film Festival at the feature film Awards Ceremony, hosted by Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally, in Park City, Utah. Video of the ceremony in its entirety is available at www.sundance.org/live.
The U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary was...
- 1/26/2014
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Damien Chazelle’s Whiplash was Day 1 feel good buzz title of the fest that ultimately served as a measuring stick for the other competing 15 titles in the section and as predicted below had a good chance at doing what last year’s Fruitvale did: when both major awards of its category. Now that I’ve completed a 15 hour nap, I can watch the ceremony below – and you can spoil the suspense by simply going over the other award winners in the multiple categories below. Next week we’ll be publishing our interviews with several of the filmmakers mentioned below. Congrats to the winners and non-winners.
Park City, Ut — Sundance Institute this evening announced the Jury, Audience and other special awards of the 2014 Sundance Film Festival at the feature film Awards Ceremony, hosted by Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally, in Park City, Utah. Video of the ceremony in its entirety is available at www.
Park City, Ut — Sundance Institute this evening announced the Jury, Audience and other special awards of the 2014 Sundance Film Festival at the feature film Awards Ceremony, hosted by Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally, in Park City, Utah. Video of the ceremony in its entirety is available at www.
- 1/26/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
‘Whiplash’: Sundance Film Festival Awards’ rare double winner (photo: Miles Teller in ‘Whiplash’) Directed by Damien Chazelle — and acquired for domestic distribution by Sony Pictures Classics — Whiplash won the 2014 Sundance Film Festival U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize and the U.S. Dramatic Audience Award. The story of a young, ambitious 19-year-old drummer (played by 26-year-old Miles Teller) under the tutelage of a ruthless teacher (J.K. Simmons), Whiplash also features Melissa Benoist, Paul Reiser, Austin Stowell, Nate Lang, Chris Mulkey, and Damon Gupton. Whiplash‘s double Sundance Film Festival win is quite rare. Previous such instances in Sundance’s three-decade history include Tony Bui’s Three Seasons in 1999, Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland’s Quinceañera in 2006, Lee Daniels’ Precious in 2009, and Ryan Coogler’s Fruitvale Station last year. Of these, Precious is — somewhat surprisingly — the only Sundance double winner to have succeeded both at the domestic box office and during awards season,...
- 1/26/2014
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
‘Camp X-Ray’: Kristen Stewart and Peyman Moaadi praised, but mixed reviews for Sundance 2014 political drama (photo: Kristen Stewart in ‘Camp X-Ray’) The Guardian‘s Xan Brooks wasn’t too crazy about first-time feature film director Peter Sattler’s Camp X-Ray, screened at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival last week, though he did appreciate the acting of stars Kristen Stewart (Twilight, On the Road) and Peyman Moaadi (the male lead in Asghar Farhadi’s 2011 Best Foreign Language Film Oscar winner A Separation). In Camp X-Ray, Stewart plays a U.S. army private sent to Guantanamo, where she befriends one of the inmates, Ali (Moaadi), who claims to be an innocent man trapped in the American gulag and who also happens to be a devout follower of both the Koran and the Harry Potter books. Xan Brooks wrote: "Nestled somewhere deep inside Camp X-Ray — possibly in handcuffs, conceivably hooded — is a decent,...
- 1/22/2014
- by C. Vernon
- Alt Film Guide
Cinematographer Christopher Blauvelt's work shows up in a lot of recent projects, including "The Bling Ring," "Night Moves," "Meets Cutoff" and "The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby." "Low Down" is Jeff Preiss' Sundance 2014 American drama (starring Elle Fanning) about jazz pianist Joe Albany and his daughter's tumultuous life in his world. Which camera and lens did you use? Arri 416 Super 16mm, Hawk V-Lite Super 16mm Anamorphic lenses. What was the most difficult shot on your movie, and how did you pull it off? We shot the whole movie hand-held and would try and choreograph the scenes with as few cuts as possible. We were taking Elle and Peter Dinklage down into "Alain's" (Peter's character) very makeshift basement. It became really hard to maintain a good composition without hitting the lights hanging from the ceiling or tripping over the steps and small openings. It's upsetting to blow a take while...
- 1/22/2014
- by Taylor Lindsay
- Indiewire
She may just be months away from turning sweet 16, but make no mistake about it, Elle Fanning is an actress to contend with. At the 2014 Sundance Film Festival with two very different works, the futuristic western "Young Ones" and Jeff Preiss' devastating character study "Low Down," Fanning proves her formidable range. "Low Down" serves as bigger showcase for the actress. In the true story, Fanning embodies Amy Albany (whose memoir the film is based on), a girl forced to cope with her drug addicted father, pianist Joe Albany (John Hawkes), while coming of age during the '60s and '70s. Glenn Close co-stars as her stern but loving grandmother. Indiewire sat down with Fanning in Park City to discuss the challenging role, her upcoming performance as Princess Aurora in Disney's "Maleficent," and how she stays grounded. Amy is portrayed as a bit of a hermit in "Low Down.
- 1/21/2014
- by Nigel M Smith
- Indiewire
An immersion in the crippling drugs-and-jazz lifestyle in the dregs of 1970s Hollywood, rather than a strongly shaped drama, Low Down pungently and, at its best, gently evokes a very down period in the life of jazz pianist Joe Albany. This first feature from longtime experimental filmmaker and cinematographer Jeff Preiss places great hope in the notion that mere observation will be enough, and he does get major boosts from a first-rate cast led by John Hawkes and Elle Fanning. But as the wages of addiction are awfully familiar, as well as sadly tedious to watch, there
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- 1/21/2014
- by Todd McCarthy
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Director Jeff Preiss’ Low Down is based on Amy Albany’s memoir about growing up in La with a single, troubled dad who was involved in the 1970s jazz scene. The two, along with Elle Fanning, Glenn Close, Flea, and Tim Daly, chatted with EW’s Nicole Sperling about the personal nature of the film and what working with Albany on set was like. Watch the clip below:...
- 1/21/2014
- by EW staff
- EW - Inside Movies
The Sundance Film Festival is a mecca for independent cinema and a pool of fresh filmmaking talent. But with nearly 200 films selected for exhibition, it can be a dizzying game of catch up. So this year, The Hollywood Reporter decided to do a bit of prep work for you: Here's the who/what/where/when/why on a film worth putting on your radar. There are many different paths directors have taken to get to Sundance, but this year, none has been more winding and unintentional than that of Jeff Preiss. Associated more with the New York City art world, experimental filmmaking and commercials,
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- 1/16/2014
- by Chris O'Falt
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jeff Preiss' feature film "Low Down" takes its audience through the harrowing examination of a father-daughter relationship. Starring John Hawkes and Elle Fanning, the seedy family drama portrays the arduous journey in which the immeasurable power of love struggles against the fierce power of one man's tragic drug addiction. What It's About: "Low Down" is about a kid growing up in Hollywood during the 1970s, being raised by a jazz musician father who struggles with a chronic heroin addiction. And So It's Really About: The film is based on A.J. Albany's memoir (Low Down: Junk, Jazz and Other Fairytales from Childhood) and as such, aspires to be about the intangible spirit of memory, depicting a coming-of-age story from a decidedly subjective point of view. But at the film's heart, I think it's about how the push-pull contradictions of parenting can be grounded in love despite inexcusable selfishness and hardship.
- 1/13/2014
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
About the Sundance U.S. Dramatic Competition: “Presenting the world premieres of 16 narrative feature films, the Dramatic Competition offers Festivalgoers a first look at groundbreaking new voices in American independent film.”
Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig in “The Skeleton Twins”
The Skeleton Twins
Directed by Craig Johnson
Written by Craig Johnson and Mark Heyman
Saturday Night Live alumni Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig headline a drama as twins reconnecting with each other and life. The plot seems vaguely reminiscent of The Savages, which starred Laura Linney and Phillip Seymour Hoffman as siblings bonding over the slow death of their father. However, with these characters focusing solely on one another, the built-in chemistry Hader and Wiig have together will no doubt factor heavily into the audience’s enjoyment, especially if viewers are already fans. They played a couple in charge of an amusement park in the 2009 comedy Adventureland and have a...
Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig in “The Skeleton Twins”
The Skeleton Twins
Directed by Craig Johnson
Written by Craig Johnson and Mark Heyman
Saturday Night Live alumni Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig headline a drama as twins reconnecting with each other and life. The plot seems vaguely reminiscent of The Savages, which starred Laura Linney and Phillip Seymour Hoffman as siblings bonding over the slow death of their father. However, with these characters focusing solely on one another, the built-in chemistry Hader and Wiig have together will no doubt factor heavily into the audience’s enjoyment, especially if viewers are already fans. They played a couple in charge of an amusement park in the 2009 comedy Adventureland and have a...
- 1/13/2014
- by Lane Scarberry
- SoundOnSight
This story first appeared in OscarWrap: Nominations Preview. Just after 10 a.m. on Dec. 4, the National Board of Review named Alexander Payne’s “Nebraska” one of the year’s 10 best movies and its stars Bruce Dern and Will Forte the best actor and supporting actor of 2013. About two hours later, the Sundance Film Festival announced that Jeff Preiss’ “Low Down” had landed a coveted slot in the festival’s prestigious U.S. Dramatic Competition. Both were cause for celebration at the modest office of Bona Fide Productions in West Hollywood, where producers Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa had fought for a.
- 1/7/2014
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Originally released in 1989 – at which time the dirt on the West Coast “cool” jazz trumpeter, Chet Baker’s (born Chesney Henry Baker Jr.) grave was still relatively fresh (Baker died in Amsterdam in May 1988) – Bruce Weber’s documentary goes to exasperating lengths to legitimize the legend of Baker’s natural musical talent and iconically hip ba-da-be-bop coolness. Let’s Get Lost also chooses to focus on Baker's soft and subtle singing voice that is awkwardly affected by a slurring lisp and tendency to slide ever-so-slightly off-key. In comparison to the maestria of his pitch-perfect trumpeting, it is compelling to me that so many people (including Weber) consider Baker’s vocal performances as equally important as his trumpeting. By no means a traditional biography, Weber creates a visual poem set to a soundtrack of Baker’s tunes. Weber’s highly artistic and severely contrasted black and white footage (skillfully lensed by...
- 12/20/2013
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
The Sundance Institute hierarchy announced on December 12 the nine films from the 2014 Sundance Film Festival that will screen in independent theatres across the country on January 30.
“Year-round audiences and arthouse theatres are vital parts of the independent film community, and our Sundance Film Festival USA initiative allows us to extend the energy and excitement of the festival to them,” said Sundance Film Festival director John Cooper.
All films are Us. The 2014 Sundance Film Festival USA selections are:
Infinitely Polar Bear, dir Maya Forbes
Ann Arbor, Michigan — The Michigan Theatren
Whitey: United States Of America V. James J Bulger, dir Joe Berlinger
Boston, Massachusetts — Coolidge Corner Theatre
Happy Christmas, dir Joe Swanberg
Chicago, Illinois — Music Box Theatre
Cold In July, dir Jim Mickle
Houston, Texas — Sundance Cinemas Houston
Low Down, dir Jeff Preiss
Nashville, Tennessee — Belcourt Theatre
Little Accidents, dir Sara Colangelo
Orlando, Florida — Enzian Theater
Camp X-Ray, dir Peter Sattler
San Francisco, California — Sundance...
“Year-round audiences and arthouse theatres are vital parts of the independent film community, and our Sundance Film Festival USA initiative allows us to extend the energy and excitement of the festival to them,” said Sundance Film Festival director John Cooper.
All films are Us. The 2014 Sundance Film Festival USA selections are:
Infinitely Polar Bear, dir Maya Forbes
Ann Arbor, Michigan — The Michigan Theatren
Whitey: United States Of America V. James J Bulger, dir Joe Berlinger
Boston, Massachusetts — Coolidge Corner Theatre
Happy Christmas, dir Joe Swanberg
Chicago, Illinois — Music Box Theatre
Cold In July, dir Jim Mickle
Houston, Texas — Sundance Cinemas Houston
Low Down, dir Jeff Preiss
Nashville, Tennessee — Belcourt Theatre
Little Accidents, dir Sara Colangelo
Orlando, Florida — Enzian Theater
Camp X-Ray, dir Peter Sattler
San Francisco, California — Sundance...
- 12/12/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The Sundance Institute hierarchy announced on December 12 the nine films from the 2014 Sundance Film Festival that will screen in independent theatres across the country on January 30.
“Year-round audiences and arthouse theatres are vital parts of the independent film community, and our Sundance Film Festival USA initiative allows us to extend the energy and excitement of the festival to them,” said Sundance Film Festival director John Cooper.
All films are Us. The 2014 Sundance Film Festival USA selections are:
Infinitely Polar Bear, dir Maya Forbes
Ann Arbor, Michigan — The Michigan Theatren
Whitey: United States Of America V. James J Bulger, dir Joe Berlinger
Boston, Massachusetts — Coolidge Corner Theatre
Happy Christmas, dir Joe Swanberg
Chicago, Illinois — Music Box Theatre
Cold In July, dir Jim Mickle
Houston, Texas — Sundance Cinemas Houston
Low Down, dir Jeff Preiss
Nashville, Tennessee — Belcourt Theatre
Little Accidents, dir Sara Colangelo
Orlando, Florida — Enzian Theater
Camp X-Ray, dir Peter Sattler
San Francisco, California — Sundance...
“Year-round audiences and arthouse theatres are vital parts of the independent film community, and our Sundance Film Festival USA initiative allows us to extend the energy and excitement of the festival to them,” said Sundance Film Festival director John Cooper.
All films are Us. The 2014 Sundance Film Festival USA selections are:
Infinitely Polar Bear, dir Maya Forbes
Ann Arbor, Michigan — The Michigan Theatren
Whitey: United States Of America V. James J Bulger, dir Joe Berlinger
Boston, Massachusetts — Coolidge Corner Theatre
Happy Christmas, dir Joe Swanberg
Chicago, Illinois — Music Box Theatre
Cold In July, dir Jim Mickle
Houston, Texas — Sundance Cinemas Houston
Low Down, dir Jeff Preiss
Nashville, Tennessee — Belcourt Theatre
Little Accidents, dir Sara Colangelo
Orlando, Florida — Enzian Theater
Camp X-Ray, dir Peter Sattler
San Francisco, California — Sundance...
- 12/12/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The 2014 Sundance Film Festival is right around the corner, and the Sundance Institute has released the full line-up for the competition films that will be premiering!
This year there were 12,218 total submissions, and 117 films were accepted from 37 countries around the world. It looks like there's a lot of good selection of films this year.
The Sundance Film Festival 2014 runs from January 16th to the 26th, and the GeekTyrant team will be there to cover as many movies as we possibly can.
U.S. Dramatic Competition
The 16 films in this section are world premieres and, unless otherwise noted, are from the U.S.
“Camp X-Ray” — Directed and written by Peter Sattler. A young female guard at Guantanamo Bay forms an unlikely friendship with one of the detainees. Cast: Kristen Stewart, Payman Maadi, Lane Garrison, J.J. Soria, John Carroll Lynch.
“Cold in July” — Directed by Jim Mickle, written by Nick Damici.
This year there were 12,218 total submissions, and 117 films were accepted from 37 countries around the world. It looks like there's a lot of good selection of films this year.
The Sundance Film Festival 2014 runs from January 16th to the 26th, and the GeekTyrant team will be there to cover as many movies as we possibly can.
U.S. Dramatic Competition
The 16 films in this section are world premieres and, unless otherwise noted, are from the U.S.
“Camp X-Ray” — Directed and written by Peter Sattler. A young female guard at Guantanamo Bay forms an unlikely friendship with one of the detainees. Cast: Kristen Stewart, Payman Maadi, Lane Garrison, J.J. Soria, John Carroll Lynch.
“Cold in July” — Directed by Jim Mickle, written by Nick Damici.
- 12/5/2013
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Sundance Film Festival continues to be one of the most popular, and arguably one of the most important, events on the industry calendar, launching as it does some of the most prominent independent films at the start of each year.
This year will be no different, with Sundance announcing last night the initial line-up of films screening in competition, led by Song One, starring Anne Hathaway; Camp X-Ray, starring Kristen Stewart; Infinitely Polar Bear, with Mark Ruffalo and Zoe Saldana; Joe Swanberg’s Happy Christmas, starring Anna Kendrick, Melanie Lynskey, Mark Webber, Lena Dunham, and Swanberg himself; The Skeleton Twins, with Bill Hader, Kristen Wiig, Luke Wilson, and Ty Burrell; Life After Beth, with Aubrey Plaza, Dane DeHaan, and John C. Reilly; Listen Up Philip, with Jason Schwartzman and Elisabeth Moss; Whiplash, starring Miles Teller and J.K. Simmons; and many, many more.
U.S. Dramatic Competition
Presenting the world premieres of 16 narrative feature films,...
This year will be no different, with Sundance announcing last night the initial line-up of films screening in competition, led by Song One, starring Anne Hathaway; Camp X-Ray, starring Kristen Stewart; Infinitely Polar Bear, with Mark Ruffalo and Zoe Saldana; Joe Swanberg’s Happy Christmas, starring Anna Kendrick, Melanie Lynskey, Mark Webber, Lena Dunham, and Swanberg himself; The Skeleton Twins, with Bill Hader, Kristen Wiig, Luke Wilson, and Ty Burrell; Life After Beth, with Aubrey Plaza, Dane DeHaan, and John C. Reilly; Listen Up Philip, with Jason Schwartzman and Elisabeth Moss; Whiplash, starring Miles Teller and J.K. Simmons; and many, many more.
U.S. Dramatic Competition
Presenting the world premieres of 16 narrative feature films,...
- 12/5/2013
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The 2014 Sundance Film Festival is coming up in January and today, the Sundance Institute has named the films that will be in the U.S. and world competitions as well as Next, which is an oddly-named showcase for “Pure, bold works distinguished by an innovative, forward-thinking approach to storytelling.”
There will be 67 films competing across five different competition categories. That may sound like a lot, but that’s only the first half of the film announcements. Later on they will be announcing the remaining lineup of films being shown outside these competitions.
Overall, it’s an impressive batch of entries, with several surprises and a handful of very promising movies. Check out the full list below and let us know what you think in the comments section.
U.S. Dramatic Competition
Camp X-Ray / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Peter Sattler) — A young woman is stationed as a guard in Guantanamo Bay,...
There will be 67 films competing across five different competition categories. That may sound like a lot, but that’s only the first half of the film announcements. Later on they will be announcing the remaining lineup of films being shown outside these competitions.
Overall, it’s an impressive batch of entries, with several surprises and a handful of very promising movies. Check out the full list below and let us know what you think in the comments section.
U.S. Dramatic Competition
Camp X-Ray / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Peter Sattler) — A young woman is stationed as a guard in Guantanamo Bay,...
- 12/5/2013
- by Jeremy Clymer
- We Got This Covered
God’S Pocket
Sundance Institute announced today the films selected for the U.S. and World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary Competitions and the out-of-competition section of the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, January 16-26 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah.
Robert Redford, President & Founder of Sundance Institute said, “That the Festival has evolved and grown as it has over the past 30 years is a credit to both our audiences and our artists, who continue to find ways to take risks and open our minds to the power of story. This year’s films and artists promise to do the same.”
For the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, 118 feature-length films were selected, representing 37 countries and 54 first-time filmmakers, including 34 in competition. These films were selected from 12,218 submissions (72 more than for 2013), including 4,057 feature-length films and 8,161 short films. Of the feature film submissions, 2,014 were from the U.S. and 2,043 were international. 97 feature films at...
Sundance Institute announced today the films selected for the U.S. and World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary Competitions and the out-of-competition section of the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, January 16-26 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah.
Robert Redford, President & Founder of Sundance Institute said, “That the Festival has evolved and grown as it has over the past 30 years is a credit to both our audiences and our artists, who continue to find ways to take risks and open our minds to the power of story. This year’s films and artists promise to do the same.”
For the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, 118 feature-length films were selected, representing 37 countries and 54 first-time filmmakers, including 34 in competition. These films were selected from 12,218 submissions (72 more than for 2013), including 4,057 feature-length films and 8,161 short films. Of the feature film submissions, 2,014 were from the U.S. and 2,043 were international. 97 feature films at...
- 12/5/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Two music-based/centered movies on the way to Sundance, featuring a couple actresses we really dig. Onwards... Anne Hathaway goes indie with "Song One," which features music written by former Rilo Kiley frontwoman and solo artist Jenny Lewis alongside her boyfriend Johnathan Rice. Johnny Flynn, Mary Steenburgen and Ben Rosenfield co-star in the Kate Barker-Froyland directed film. Synopsis below: When an accident leaves her brother comatose, a woman sets out to retrace his life as an aspiring musician, leading to an unexpected relationship against the backdrop of Brooklyn’s music scene. Meanwhile, Elle Fanning will go jazz in "Low Down" alongside John Hawkes, Glenn Close, Lena Headey, Peter Dinklage and Flea (what a cast, nice work Jeff Preiss). Official synopsis: This adaptation of Albany’s memoir explores her journey to adulthood while being raised by her troubled father, bebop pianist Joe Albany.
- 12/4/2013
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
As I had predicted here, names such as Cutter Hodierne, Kat Candler, Maya Forbes, Mona Fastvold and Damien Chazelle would be among the invited guests at the ’14 edition of the Sundance Film Festival. It was such a strong year that even some items that I thought would be dark horse/long shots and might be looking at a fest berth from the sidelines are considered definite dramatic comp material, while some that was fully expecting to break the line-up have been passed up.
Horror “labeled” directors Carter Smith (Jamie Marks Is Dead) and Jim Mickle (Cold in July) broke into the line-up that is usually reserved for the newbie type of director and are coming in with perhaps different genre material. We’re glad to see Justin Simien’s Dear White People break into the 16 – it also acts as the long awaited return of Duly Noted producer Effie Brown. Actor...
Horror “labeled” directors Carter Smith (Jamie Marks Is Dead) and Jim Mickle (Cold in July) broke into the line-up that is usually reserved for the newbie type of director and are coming in with perhaps different genre material. We’re glad to see Justin Simien’s Dear White People break into the 16 – it also acts as the long awaited return of Duly Noted producer Effie Brown. Actor...
- 12/4/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
The U.S. and World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary Competition lineups for the 2014 Sundance Film Festival were announced today and just below I have featured pictures from the 16 films that will be competing in the U.S. Dramatic competition and they feature a lot of names you're going to recognize. The titles begin with Camp X-Ray, which stars Kristen Stewart as a guard in Guantanamo Bay, where she forms an unlikely friendship with one of the detainees. Jim Mickle made an impact earlier this year with We Are What We Are and he returns with Michael C. Hall with Cold in July. Fishing Without Nets looks to tell a story similar to that of Captain Phillips, only this time from the Somali side of things; God's Pocket is "Mad Men" star John Slattery's writing and directorial debut and he's lined up an impressive cast including Philip Seymour Hoffman, Richard Jenkins,...
- 12/4/2013
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
The elusive “Golden Ticket”. Beginning next Wednesday (December 4th) in a wave of four announcements, is when the official word comes out. Plenty of filmmakers are already in the know, but some will find out over the course of this Thanksgiving weekend. Having covered the festival and fest circuit for some time now, we’re already aware that worthy films that were indeed submitted will be excluded from the ’14 edition. Thousands of filmmakers won’t get the phone call, and while it can bruise dreams, this is not a rejection of quality…but rather, a preference from a programmer/programming team which reflects a larger mandate. John Cooper, Trevor Groth et al. have a difficult job and the way I see it, it’s the equivalent to draft day for a major professional sport – where a team in a given turn doesn’t go for the consensus pick, but instead...
- 11/29/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
While 2013 gave us Inside Llewyn Davis, 2014 will give us Low Down. I’m thinking that photographer/ethnographic documentarian/commercials and video director Jeff Preiss’ debut film will be something of an event. Taking the shape of a biographic tale not surprisingly related to American music scene, the drama should be ready for show – as it was filmed in March of this year. Lena Headey, Taryn Manning, Peter Dinklage, Elle Fanning, Burn Gorman, Caleb Landry Jones, Glenn Close, Tim Daly and John Hawkes who’ll take center stage once again.
Gist: Written by Topper Lilien and Amy Albany (based on Amy Albany’s memoir), this is a look at the life of pianist Joe Albany from the perspective of his young daughter, as she watches him contend with his drug addiction during the 1960s and ’70s jazz scene.
Production Co./Producers: Bona Fide Productions’ Albert Berger & Ron Yerxa (Nebraska), Epoch Films’ Mindy Goldberg (Junebug)
Prediction: U.
Gist: Written by Topper Lilien and Amy Albany (based on Amy Albany’s memoir), this is a look at the life of pianist Joe Albany from the perspective of his young daughter, as she watches him contend with his drug addiction during the 1960s and ’70s jazz scene.
Production Co./Producers: Bona Fide Productions’ Albert Berger & Ron Yerxa (Nebraska), Epoch Films’ Mindy Goldberg (Junebug)
Prediction: U.
- 11/20/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Lionsgate has upped Taryn Manning to a series regular for the second season of its Netflix series Orange Is The New Black. Netflix last month ordered a second season of the prison dramedy, in which Manning plays Tiffany ‘Pennsatucky’ Doggett on the show – a meth addict who is the youngest of six children born to drug and alcohol addicted parents in rural Virginia. Manning, who’s repped by Apa, Oren Segal of Radius Entertainment, and Felker Toczek Gellman Suddleson Llp, recently completed shooting Low Down, from writer/producer Jeff Preiss, opposite John Hawkes, Elle Fanning, Ezra Miller, Glenn Close, Tim Daly, Peter Dinklage and Flea. Credits for Manning include guest gigs on Hawaii Five-o and Sons Of Anarchy; film-wise, her credits include Love Ranch, Hustle & Flow, Cold Mountain, 8 Mile, A Lot Like Love, White Oleander, Crazy/Beautiful and Crossroads.
- 7/18/2013
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Glenn Close, Taryn Manning and Flea have been confirmed for Low Down.
The trio will join John Hawkes, Elle Fanning and Game of Thrones actor Peter Dinklage on the indie drama, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The Jeff Preiss-directed film centres around a 1960s jazz pianist (Hawkes) who plays with the greats, but also struggles with heroin addiction. The action is seen through the eyes of his daughter (Fanning).
Manning will play a failed actress and sometime junkie who struggles to care for her son. Close and Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea's roles have not been revealed.
Ron Yerxa and Albert Berger will produce the film, with Mark Ruffalo signed on as an executive producer.
Manning was recently seen alongside Helen Mirren and Joe Pesci in Love Ranch. He lately completed shooting the latest season of Netflix's new series Orange is the New Black.
Close, meanwhile, has been...
The trio will join John Hawkes, Elle Fanning and Game of Thrones actor Peter Dinklage on the indie drama, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The Jeff Preiss-directed film centres around a 1960s jazz pianist (Hawkes) who plays with the greats, but also struggles with heroin addiction. The action is seen through the eyes of his daughter (Fanning).
Manning will play a failed actress and sometime junkie who struggles to care for her son. Close and Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea's roles have not been revealed.
Ron Yerxa and Albert Berger will produce the film, with Mark Ruffalo signed on as an executive producer.
Manning was recently seen alongside Helen Mirren and Joe Pesci in Love Ranch. He lately completed shooting the latest season of Netflix's new series Orange is the New Black.
Close, meanwhile, has been...
- 5/13/2013
- Digital Spy
• If Jon Favreau’s Chef was ever in danger of receiving adequate financing, he can probably breathe easy now. Robert Downey Jr. has signed on to join the independent comedy. Downey Jr. and Favreau have worked together for years on the Iron Man franchise. Favreau plays the role of Happy Hogan, and also directed the first two films. In Chef, which Favreau wrote — and will direct and star in — a recently fired chef tries to regain control of his craft by opening a food truck. Modern Family’s Sofia Vergara is also set to star. [Deadline]
• Kate Winslet will star in the period film,...
• Kate Winslet will star in the period film,...
- 5/11/2013
- by Lindsey Bahr
- EW - Inside Movies
1.) James Wan (Saw, Insidious) is in negotiations to direct the MacGyver movie for New Line. The film is obviously based on the resourceful '80s TV detective played by Richard Dean Anderson, from a script by Jason Richman (Bangkok Dangerous). Not much else is known about the project right now, but I'll bet you anything it's going to be "dark" and "gritty." THR 2.) Sean Penn is looking to start his own Bourne-esque franchise with an adaptation of Jean-Patrick Manchette's novel "amazon asin="0872864022" text="Prone Gunman"". The Oscar-winner would star in the action thriller as an international operative who is betrayed by the organization he works for, resulting in a relentless game of cat-and-mouse across Europe. See, I told you it was very Bourne-ish. THR 3.) John Hawkes, a likely Oscar nominee for his role in The Sessions, will play legendary jazz pianist Joe Albany in Low Down. Based on a memoir by Albany's daughter Amy,...
- 11/13/2012
- by Kevin Blumeyer
- Rope of Silicon
Low Down
John Hawkes ("Winter's Bone," "The Sessions") will play legendary jazz pianist Joe Albany in Jeff Preiss' indie drama "Low Down" at Epoch Films.
Mark Ruffalo was previously signed on but was forced to drop out due to scheduling issues after production was pushed. [Source: Variety]
Robopocalypse
Anne Hathaway has confirmed her rumored involvement in Steven Spielberg's upcoming sci-fi disaster epic "Robopocalypse".
“I believe it’s quite real, though you never want to hang your hat on anything" says Hathaway. [Source: Empire]
You're Not You
Loretta Devine, Ernie Hudson, Frances Fisher, Marcia Gay Harden, Ali Larter, Jason Ritter, Julian McMahon and Andrea Savage have all joined George C. Wolfe's adaptation "You’re Not You". Shooting kicks off this week in Los Angeles.
Michelle Wildgen's novel centers on an aimless and self-absorbed college student (Emmy Rossum) whose life is changed when she takes a part-time job caring for a woman (Hilary Swank) with Als.
John Hawkes ("Winter's Bone," "The Sessions") will play legendary jazz pianist Joe Albany in Jeff Preiss' indie drama "Low Down" at Epoch Films.
Mark Ruffalo was previously signed on but was forced to drop out due to scheduling issues after production was pushed. [Source: Variety]
Robopocalypse
Anne Hathaway has confirmed her rumored involvement in Steven Spielberg's upcoming sci-fi disaster epic "Robopocalypse".
“I believe it’s quite real, though you never want to hang your hat on anything" says Hathaway. [Source: Empire]
You're Not You
Loretta Devine, Ernie Hudson, Frances Fisher, Marcia Gay Harden, Ali Larter, Jason Ritter, Julian McMahon and Andrea Savage have all joined George C. Wolfe's adaptation "You’re Not You". Shooting kicks off this week in Los Angeles.
Michelle Wildgen's novel centers on an aimless and self-absorbed college student (Emmy Rossum) whose life is changed when she takes a part-time job caring for a woman (Hilary Swank) with Als.
- 11/13/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Casting Net: Sean Penn eyeing thriller 'Prone Gunman.' Plus: John Hawkes, George Clooney, Ty Burrell
• Sean Penn is in talks to star in the action thriller Prone Gunman, based on the novel by the late French author Jean-Patrick Manchette about an international assassin who runs afoul of the organization that hires him after he says he wants out of the business. (Silly assassin; shadowy global organizations are never keen on quiet retirement.) Peter Travis adapted the screenplay; there is no director yet attached. [THR]
• John Hawkes, lately winning Oscar buzz for The Sessions, has signed on for Low Down, a biopic of jazz pianist Joe Albany. He replaces Mark Ruffalo, who had originally been attached to...
• John Hawkes, lately winning Oscar buzz for The Sessions, has signed on for Low Down, a biopic of jazz pianist Joe Albany. He replaces Mark Ruffalo, who had originally been attached to...
- 11/13/2012
- by Adam B. Vary
- EW - Inside Movies
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