Movies that take their title from a female protagonist’s name — from Mildred Pierce and Stella Dallas through Norma Rae to Vera Drake and Jackie Brown — instantly claim that woman’s rightful place at the heart of a story, often depicting struggle and sacrifice but also resilience and strength of character. The same applies to Jacques Audiard’s bracingly original crime musical Emilia Pérez, even if the woman herself doesn’t show up until some way in, when she emerges from the unlikeliest of cocoons.
The French director has always shown an adventurous spirit, switching genres with nimble assurance, and he continues to surprise in his ballsy tenth feature. Very loosely adapted by Audiard from journalist and author Boris Razon’s 2018 novel Écoute, the film dexterously spans many styles. The baseline is a drama of criminality and redemption, but then there’s an unforced current of Almodóvarian humor, along with moments of melodrama,...
The French director has always shown an adventurous spirit, switching genres with nimble assurance, and he continues to surprise in his ballsy tenth feature. Very loosely adapted by Audiard from journalist and author Boris Razon’s 2018 novel Écoute, the film dexterously spans many styles. The baseline is a drama of criminality and redemption, but then there’s an unforced current of Almodóvarian humor, along with moments of melodrama,...
- 5/18/2024
- by David Rooney
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Dabney Coleman, the popular comic actor from 9 to 5, Tootsie and Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman whose many redeeming qualities including a knack for portraying characters who had none, has died. He was 92.
Coleman died Thursday at his home in Santa Monica, his daughter, singer Quincy Coleman, told The Hollywood Reporter.
“My father crafted his time here on Earth with a curious mind, a generous heart and a soul on fire with passion, desire and humor that tickled the funny bone of humanity,” she said. “As he lived, he moved through this final act of his life with elegance, excellence and mastery.
“A teacher, a hero and a king, Dabney Coleman is a gift and blessing in life and in death as his spirit will shine through his work, his loved ones and his legacy … eternally.”
The Emmy-winning actor also portrayed an irascible talk show host in upstate New York on NBC’s Buffalo Bill,...
Coleman died Thursday at his home in Santa Monica, his daughter, singer Quincy Coleman, told The Hollywood Reporter.
“My father crafted his time here on Earth with a curious mind, a generous heart and a soul on fire with passion, desire and humor that tickled the funny bone of humanity,” she said. “As he lived, he moved through this final act of his life with elegance, excellence and mastery.
“A teacher, a hero and a king, Dabney Coleman is a gift and blessing in life and in death as his spirit will shine through his work, his loved ones and his legacy … eternally.”
The Emmy-winning actor also portrayed an irascible talk show host in upstate New York on NBC’s Buffalo Bill,...
- 5/17/2024
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Universal TV continues to develop a 'reimagining' of the 1969 Rod Sterling horror/supernatural anthology TV series "Night Gallery", from Jeff Davis ("Teen Wolf") and Universal Cable Productions:
"...the new series will explore the dangers of social media and modern nightmares in the digital age..."
The original "Night Gallery" aired 1969-1973, featuring stories of horror and the macabre, with Rod Serling of "Twilight Zone" fame as both on-air host and major contributor of scripts.
Serling appeared in an art gallery setting and introduced the macabre tales that made up each episode by unveiling paintings that depicted the stories. His intro usually was:
"Good evening, and welcome to a private showing of three paintings, displayed here for the first time.
"Each is a collector's item in its own way—not because of any special artistic quality, but because each captures on a canvas, suspended in time and space, a frozen moment of a nightmare.
"...the new series will explore the dangers of social media and modern nightmares in the digital age..."
The original "Night Gallery" aired 1969-1973, featuring stories of horror and the macabre, with Rod Serling of "Twilight Zone" fame as both on-air host and major contributor of scripts.
Serling appeared in an art gallery setting and introduced the macabre tales that made up each episode by unveiling paintings that depicted the stories. His intro usually was:
"Good evening, and welcome to a private showing of three paintings, displayed here for the first time.
"Each is a collector's item in its own way—not because of any special artistic quality, but because each captures on a canvas, suspended in time and space, a frozen moment of a nightmare.
- 3/14/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Kate Winslet, the celebrated British actress renowned for her exceptional talent and brilliant performances, has earned widespread acclaim throughout her extensive career. Over the years, Winslet has made an enduring impact on the film industry, captivating audiences with her authenticity and depth. However, there has been a noticeable shift in her career trajectory in recent times.
Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet in a still from Titanic
Lately, Winslet’s foray into television has been particularly remarkable. From her compelling portrayal of Mare Sheehan in Mare of Easttown to her gripping performance in Mildred Pierce and her recent role in The Regime, Winslet continues to enchant audiences with her genuine and profound acting. In a recent interview, Winslet provided an update on whether she will be involved in the second season of Mare of Easttown.
Suggested“I love doing television”: Kate Winslet Might Never Return to the Big Screen with...
Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet in a still from Titanic
Lately, Winslet’s foray into television has been particularly remarkable. From her compelling portrayal of Mare Sheehan in Mare of Easttown to her gripping performance in Mildred Pierce and her recent role in The Regime, Winslet continues to enchant audiences with her genuine and profound acting. In a recent interview, Winslet provided an update on whether she will be involved in the second season of Mare of Easttown.
Suggested“I love doing television”: Kate Winslet Might Never Return to the Big Screen with...
- 3/5/2024
- by Prantik Prabal Roy
- FandomWire
Kate Winslet, a renowned British actress known for her exceptional talent and captivating performances on screen, has garnered widespread acclaim. With a career spanning decades, Winslet has left an indelible mark on cinema, captivating audiences with her depth and authenticity.
However, in recent years, there has been a notable shift in Winslet’s career trajectory.
Kate Winslet in a still from The Regime
Despite her previous success on the big screen, the acclaimed actress has found a newfound sense of joy and freedom in the realm of television. This transition has been marked by her decision to focus more on television projects rather than traditional cinematic endeavors.
As an Academy Award winner, Winslet’s involvement in her recently released series The Regime solidified her reputation as a formidable talent in both film and television.
Kate Winslet Reimagined Her Path by Embracing TV Series Over Films
Kate Winslet in Contagion
Kate...
However, in recent years, there has been a notable shift in Winslet’s career trajectory.
Kate Winslet in a still from The Regime
Despite her previous success on the big screen, the acclaimed actress has found a newfound sense of joy and freedom in the realm of television. This transition has been marked by her decision to focus more on television projects rather than traditional cinematic endeavors.
As an Academy Award winner, Winslet’s involvement in her recently released series The Regime solidified her reputation as a formidable talent in both film and television.
Kate Winslet Reimagined Her Path by Embracing TV Series Over Films
Kate Winslet in Contagion
Kate...
- 3/4/2024
- by Pritha Roy
- FandomWire
[Warning: The following contains Major spoilers for The Regime series premiere.] With the Emmy-winning Mildred Pierce and Mare of Easttown under her belt, Kate Winslet has delivered memorable characters for HBO. She gives us her third and wackiest yet in The Regime, which debuted Sunday, March 3 in the network’s coveted 9/8c spot. The series has received mix reviews from critics, but all agree that Winslet’s performance is one to watch. Part of what makes it so watchable is just how downright weird the central tyrant, Chancellor Elena Vernham, is. When the series, created by Succession and The Menu‘s Will Tracy, begins several years after Elena came into power. The addition of the violent and troubled Herbert Zubak (Matthias Schoenaerts in a Rasputin-type role) sends the ridiculously paranoid autocrat into a romantic fling that could bring her regime toppling down (which likely would be a good thing for all but Elena and her few supporters...
- 3/4/2024
- TV Insider
Heaven (or its opposite) knows these turbulent times are ripe for mining dark humor from politics, but The Regime is so overripe it often feels like too much and too little at the same time. This rare HBO misfire from Will Tracy is so heavy-handed and cynically predictable, it fails to jolt or surprise as political satire, and it’s too silly to resonate as an allegory of dangerously despotic government. Luckily, this fictional Regime is ruled by Kate Winslet, who won two Emmys for previous HBO projects (Mildred Pierce and Mare of Easttown). She’s ravishing and thoroughly committed to the gag even when asserting, “I am very much not ridiculous” while she’s being absolutely bonkers. And she’s so over-the-top from the start, there’s almost nowhere for her flamboyantly frenetic character of delusional Chancellor Elena Vernham to go. This painfully arch series’ idea of absurdist humor...
- 3/2/2024
- TV Insider
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Though 2024 has gotten off to a slow start, especially on the movies front, March seems determined to correct that. The year’s first real blockbuster, Dune: Part Two, debuts on the first of the month in theaters. Jake Gyllenhaal steps into Patrick Swayze’s shoes in the Road House remake on Prime Video. And, on the returning front, we’re getting a chance to see Pixar’s charming...
Though 2024 has gotten off to a slow start, especially on the movies front, March seems determined to correct that. The year’s first real blockbuster, Dune: Part Two, debuts on the first of the month in theaters. Jake Gyllenhaal steps into Patrick Swayze’s shoes in the Road House remake on Prime Video. And, on the returning front, we’re getting a chance to see Pixar’s charming...
- 3/1/2024
- by Keith Phipps
- Rollingstone.com
HBO is giving viewers a fresh look at The Regime, the latest limited series project starring Kate Winslet who previously appeared in the premium cabler’s Mare of Easttown and Mildred Pierce. Officially set to premiere Sunday, March 3 on HBO and Max, the six-episode series written by Will Tracy and directed by Stephen Frears and Jessica Hobbs unveiled an official trailer teasing Winslet’s rule as Chancellor. Per the show’s logline, The Regime tells the story of one year within the walls of a palace housing a modern European regime as it begins to unravel. Watch the full, newly-released trailer above. (Credit: Miya Mizuno/HBO) In the previously released teaser trailer, below, Winslet’s authority figure greets her people with a bold statement, saying, “Since I became your Chancellor, we have grown considerably as a country. It is time, to show America and the world precisely what we are worth.
- 2/8/2024
- TV Insider
Kate Winslet learns that it’s lonely at the top in the official teaser trailer for The Regime. The HBO limited series, premiering March 3, finds the actress in the role of an English chancellor whose metaphorical crown is slipping. Her political positioning leaves her feeling somewhat paranoid, and the only person she believes she can trust is a man who has been stripped of his personal identity.
“You’re here because you’re a nobody. You’re not anybody,” Winslet’s character tells the one soldier she keeps close (portrayed...
“You’re here because you’re a nobody. You’re not anybody,” Winslet’s character tells the one soldier she keeps close (portrayed...
- 12/20/2023
- by Larisha Paul
- Rollingstone.com
NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings.
Film Forum
The new 4K Days of Heaven restoration is now playing (read our interview with Brooke Adams) while Michael Powell’s career-killing masterwork Peeping Tom continues and Bertrand Tavernier’s Coup de Torchon screens; Home Alone plays this Sunday.
Roxy Cinema
Heaven Knows What plays on 35mm; Mondo New York and The Soldier’s Tale play in new restorations; Children of Men screens this Sunday.
Anthology Film Archives
The films of Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project are screening, while a retrospective of Jesus onscreen includes Night of the Hunter, Buñuel’s The Milky Way, and (of course) The Passion of the Christ.
Museum of the Moving Image
A career-spanning Todd Haynes retrospective continues with Velvet Goldmine, Mildred Pierce, and early works; The Matrix plays on 35mm Friday night; Keaton’s Our Hospitality and The Philadelphia Story play Saturday and Sunday,...
Film Forum
The new 4K Days of Heaven restoration is now playing (read our interview with Brooke Adams) while Michael Powell’s career-killing masterwork Peeping Tom continues and Bertrand Tavernier’s Coup de Torchon screens; Home Alone plays this Sunday.
Roxy Cinema
Heaven Knows What plays on 35mm; Mondo New York and The Soldier’s Tale play in new restorations; Children of Men screens this Sunday.
Anthology Film Archives
The films of Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project are screening, while a retrospective of Jesus onscreen includes Night of the Hunter, Buñuel’s The Milky Way, and (of course) The Passion of the Christ.
Museum of the Moving Image
A career-spanning Todd Haynes retrospective continues with Velvet Goldmine, Mildred Pierce, and early works; The Matrix plays on 35mm Friday night; Keaton’s Our Hospitality and The Philadelphia Story play Saturday and Sunday,...
- 12/8/2023
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Speaking to the press after a screening of May December, Todd Haynes identified himself primarily as an interpreter, both of cinematic forms of the past and of the pre-existing material from which his work is often adapted. That characterization certainly tracks through his filmography, from metacinematic homages to kaleidoscopic renderings of pop idols to his contemporary readings on midcentury fiction.
Loosely based on the ’90s tabloid scandal of Mary Kay Letourneau, who at age 35 served a prison sentence for rape when her sexual relationship with a 12-year-old boy was made public, May December is perhaps the slipperiest entry in that interpretive project to date. Written by Samy Burch, the film examines real-world events through the lens of mass media with a wry humor that masks profoundly complex and painful undercurrents of emotion.
May December centers on two star turns that complement each other with a rare sensitivity: Julianne Moore as LeTourneau stand-in Gracie Atherton-Yoo,...
Loosely based on the ’90s tabloid scandal of Mary Kay Letourneau, who at age 35 served a prison sentence for rape when her sexual relationship with a 12-year-old boy was made public, May December is perhaps the slipperiest entry in that interpretive project to date. Written by Samy Burch, the film examines real-world events through the lens of mass media with a wry humor that masks profoundly complex and painful undercurrents of emotion.
May December centers on two star turns that complement each other with a rare sensitivity: Julianne Moore as LeTourneau stand-in Gracie Atherton-Yoo,...
- 10/1/2023
- by Brad Hanford
- Slant Magazine
While at the Deauville American Film Festival to present “May December,” Todd Haynes spoke to Variety, during a one-on-one interview at the Royal Hotel, about bringing Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore together in a film for the first time, provoking audiences and pushing against American conservatism. Haynes, who is attending Deauville with his producers Christine Vachon and Sophie Mas, also teased his next directorial effort starring Joaquin Phoenix, a “sexually explicit” movie telling a “love story between two men set in the 30s.”
Loosely based on the story of Mary Kay Letourneau, the teacher who had an affair with her 6th grade student, “May December” has already earned awards buzz since world premiering in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, where it was bought by Netflix. In France, the movie will be released by Arp Selection in January.
What’s your next project with Joaquin Phoenix about?
It’s a...
Loosely based on the story of Mary Kay Letourneau, the teacher who had an affair with her 6th grade student, “May December” has already earned awards buzz since world premiering in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, where it was bought by Netflix. In France, the movie will be released by Arp Selection in January.
What’s your next project with Joaquin Phoenix about?
It’s a...
- 9/9/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
It doesn't matter how popular a TV series is: If it costs money, the network is going to try to save money. Sometimes that means turning the second season finale of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" into a god awful clip show. Sometimes that means making the whole fourth season of the helicopter action/adventure series "Airwolf" without the original cast... or the helicopter.
In the case of the classic series "The Twilight Zone" — a critically acclaimed, Emmy-winning sci-fi/fantasy/horror anthology created by one of the most celebrated writers working in television, Rod Serling — there was no continuity, and therefore no clip show. There was no regular cast, so no regular cast to cut.
As a result, when the second season of "The Twilight Zone" turned out to be very, very expensive, the producers made a decision that barely saved any money, artistically hindered the program, and left us...
In the case of the classic series "The Twilight Zone" — a critically acclaimed, Emmy-winning sci-fi/fantasy/horror anthology created by one of the most celebrated writers working in television, Rod Serling — there was no continuity, and therefore no clip show. There was no regular cast, so no regular cast to cut.
As a result, when the second season of "The Twilight Zone" turned out to be very, very expensive, the producers made a decision that barely saved any money, artistically hindered the program, and left us...
- 8/29/2023
- by William Bibbiani
- Slash Film
“You kind of grow with the show after all the years of being in it,” says makeup artist Patricia Regan, reflecting on her five season with “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” She and hair stylist Kimberley Spiteri came together to discuss how they transformed the characters on the Amazon series over time. The pair are Emmy nominated in the Period and/or Character Makeup and Hairstyling categories, respectively. Watch the exclusive video interview above.
“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” began its life in the 1950s, and moved the action into the 60s in later seasons. So the concept of “evolution” is nothing new to Regan and Spiteri when it comes to style. With several years of the series under their belts, the pair grew accustomed to constant research for period-accurate looks, and always kept an eye out for new colors or textures that might inspire them. “I feel like it almost became second nature,...
“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” began its life in the 1950s, and moved the action into the 60s in later seasons. So the concept of “evolution” is nothing new to Regan and Spiteri when it comes to style. With several years of the series under their belts, the pair grew accustomed to constant research for period-accurate looks, and always kept an eye out for new colors or textures that might inspire them. “I feel like it almost became second nature,...
- 8/11/2023
- by Sam Eckmann
- Gold Derby
Actress and director Robin Wright will be honored with the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival’s President’s Award, a lifetime achievement honor, during the event’s closing ceremony next month, organizers said on Tuesday. They also unveiled that Bobby Farrelly’s Champions, starring Woody Harrelson, would close the festival’s 57th edition and that it would pay homage to legendary independent film producer Christine Vachon.
This year’s edition of the Czech festival runs Friday, June 30-Saturday, July 8.
“Robin Wright is an award-winning actress and philanthropist who is carving an indelible mark in Hollywood,” the festival said. “She recently directed, and starred in, her first feature film, Land, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Shortly after the release of Land, she directed several episodes of the award-winning drama series Ozark and Tell Me Lies. Wright found her love of directing on the hit Netflix series House of Cards,...
This year’s edition of the Czech festival runs Friday, June 30-Saturday, July 8.
“Robin Wright is an award-winning actress and philanthropist who is carving an indelible mark in Hollywood,” the festival said. “She recently directed, and starred in, her first feature film, Land, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Shortly after the release of Land, she directed several episodes of the award-winning drama series Ozark and Tell Me Lies. Wright found her love of directing on the hit Netflix series House of Cards,...
- 6/20/2023
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars” season 8 continued on June 9 with the sixth episode streaming on Paramount+. For the first time ever, RuPaul Charles announced a “second way to win” in addition to earning the coveted crown and $200,000 prize given to the traditional winner. One of the eliminated queens will also be named Queen of the Fame Games and earn a $50,000 cash prize.
The queens still in the running at the start of episode 6 were: Alexis Michelle, Jaymes Mansfield, Jessica Wild, Jimbo, Kahanna Montrese, Kandy Muse, and Lala Ri.
Check out our full recap of episode 6 below to find out what happened when the queens got rid of all the wire hangers in “Joan: The Unauthorized Rusical”:
Relieved that Ru saved Kahanna Montrese and Jessica Wild from possible elimination, the queens returned to the Werk Room in high spirits to congratulate the two bottom queens on having another chance to prove themselves.
The queens still in the running at the start of episode 6 were: Alexis Michelle, Jaymes Mansfield, Jessica Wild, Jimbo, Kahanna Montrese, Kandy Muse, and Lala Ri.
Check out our full recap of episode 6 below to find out what happened when the queens got rid of all the wire hangers in “Joan: The Unauthorized Rusical”:
Relieved that Ru saved Kahanna Montrese and Jessica Wild from possible elimination, the queens returned to the Werk Room in high spirits to congratulate the two bottom queens on having another chance to prove themselves.
- 6/9/2023
- by John Benutty
- Gold Derby
In the article series Sound and Vision we take a look at music videos from notable directors. This week we look at Sonic Youth's Disappearer, directed by Todd Haynes. The love affair of Todd Haynes with Sonic Youth is a long one. Before his feature length debut, Poison, but after his seminal short film Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story, Haynes directed a music video for Disappearer. It was one of many videos made for the album Goo, which, surprisingly for that time, had music videos for almost every single song. Curiously enough, other music videos for that album include ones called Tunic (A Song for Karen) which was about Karen Carpenter, and one called Mildred Pierce. Did Sonic Youth seek out Todd Haynes on the...
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- 6/5/2023
- Screen Anarchy
eOne and Crime Story Media have partnered with LAist 89.3, Los Angeles’ number one NPR station and podcast company Acast to present the original podcast series, Night Raid. Night Raid tells the story of a chaotic 2014 Swat raid on a home in San Gabriel that resulted in the death of Pomona Police Officer Shaun Diamond and the incarceration of David Martinez.
While the critical moments in the operation occurred in a matter of seconds, the story spans decades - from a contentious relationship between the Atf and a motorcycle club in the the 70’s to two explosive murder trials in 2019 and 2022.
Each week, the series unpacks aspects of that story using interviews, testimony reenactments, and jailhouse and police recordings.
The series is hosted by Molly Miller, who wrote the CrimeStory.com series, “Mongol – The Trial of David Martinez,” upon which the podcast is based. Crime Story Media’s Publisher and Editor,...
While the critical moments in the operation occurred in a matter of seconds, the story spans decades - from a contentious relationship between the Atf and a motorcycle club in the the 70’s to two explosive murder trials in 2019 and 2022.
Each week, the series unpacks aspects of that story using interviews, testimony reenactments, and jailhouse and police recordings.
The series is hosted by Molly Miller, who wrote the CrimeStory.com series, “Mongol – The Trial of David Martinez,” upon which the podcast is based. Crime Story Media’s Publisher and Editor,...
- 5/4/2023
- Podnews.net
Kate Winslet is power-hungry and desperate to demand control — in a funny way.
HBO dark comedy “The Regime” stars the “Mare of Easttown” Emmy winner as an authoritarian leader who struggles to hold onto her kingdom as her regime begins to unravel. Taking place over the course of one year, “The Regime,” formerly known as “The Palace,” is executive produced by Winslet, and created by “Succession” producer and scribe Will Tracy, who also executive produces the series.
Oscar nominee Stephen Frears (“The Queen”) will executive produce and direct “The Regime,” marking Winslet’s fourth collaboration with HBO.
Joining the previously announced cast of Winslet, Matthias Schoenaerts, Guillaume Gallienne, Andrea Riseborough, Martha Plimpton and Hugh Grant, the newly announced cast members include Danny Webb, David Bamber, Henry Goodman, Stanley Townsend, Louie Mynett, Rory Keenan, Karl Markovics, and Pippa Haywood.
Will Tracy serves as writer, executive producer, and showrunner. Executive producers are Winslet,...
HBO dark comedy “The Regime” stars the “Mare of Easttown” Emmy winner as an authoritarian leader who struggles to hold onto her kingdom as her regime begins to unravel. Taking place over the course of one year, “The Regime,” formerly known as “The Palace,” is executive produced by Winslet, and created by “Succession” producer and scribe Will Tracy, who also executive produces the series.
Oscar nominee Stephen Frears (“The Queen”) will executive produce and direct “The Regime,” marking Winslet’s fourth collaboration with HBO.
Joining the previously announced cast of Winslet, Matthias Schoenaerts, Guillaume Gallienne, Andrea Riseborough, Martha Plimpton and Hugh Grant, the newly announced cast members include Danny Webb, David Bamber, Henry Goodman, Stanley Townsend, Louie Mynett, Rory Keenan, Karl Markovics, and Pippa Haywood.
Will Tracy serves as writer, executive producer, and showrunner. Executive producers are Winslet,...
- 4/12/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Oscar winner Adrien Brody (The Pianist), Oscar nominee Felicity Jones (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story), Emmy winner Guy Pearce (Mare of Easttown) and Conversations With Friends and The Favourite star Joe Alwyn are among cast confirmed for Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist.
Principal photography began in recent weeks in Hungary with cast also comprising Raffey Cassidy (White Noise), Isaach De Bankolé (Casino Royale), Alessandro Nivola (The Many Saints Of Newark), Stacy Martin (Nymphomaniac Vol I), Jonathan Hyde (Titanic), and Peter Polycarpou (Evita).
Word has been seeping out on social media and on blogs (including our friends at World Of Reel) about some of the rumoured casting but this is the first official confirmation from the production about the new configuration of the project we first revealed three years ago.
Co-written by Vox Lux and Childhood Of A Leader filmmaker Corbet with partner Mona Fastvold (The World To Come...
Principal photography began in recent weeks in Hungary with cast also comprising Raffey Cassidy (White Noise), Isaach De Bankolé (Casino Royale), Alessandro Nivola (The Many Saints Of Newark), Stacy Martin (Nymphomaniac Vol I), Jonathan Hyde (Titanic), and Peter Polycarpou (Evita).
Word has been seeping out on social media and on blogs (including our friends at World Of Reel) about some of the rumoured casting but this is the first official confirmation from the production about the new configuration of the project we first revealed three years ago.
Co-written by Vox Lux and Childhood Of A Leader filmmaker Corbet with partner Mona Fastvold (The World To Come...
- 4/11/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Warner Bros. today celebrates its centennial milestone as April 4, 2023, marks 100 years of its iconic contribution to film and television.
Its rich heritage stretches back to the four brothers, Harry, Albert, Sam, and Jack Warner, born to Polish-Jewish immigrants, who founded the studio in 1923 and became mavericks of the film industry. They not only created some of Hollywood’s greatest movies and film stars, but they also were pioneers behind the innovative technology of the Vitaphone that synchronized sound and put them in the forefront as major players in Hollywood.
Related: Warner Bros. Top-Secret Archives: Treasure Trove Of Film Memorabilia From ‘The Matrix’, ‘Batman’, ‘My Fair Lady’ & Dozens More
Sam Warner spearheaded the movement by applying the technology with sound effects and music, but no dialogue, in the 1926 film Don Juan, and then in two scenes from one of the first “talkies,” 1927’s The Jazz Singer, starring Al Jolson, that featured...
Its rich heritage stretches back to the four brothers, Harry, Albert, Sam, and Jack Warner, born to Polish-Jewish immigrants, who founded the studio in 1923 and became mavericks of the film industry. They not only created some of Hollywood’s greatest movies and film stars, but they also were pioneers behind the innovative technology of the Vitaphone that synchronized sound and put them in the forefront as major players in Hollywood.
Related: Warner Bros. Top-Secret Archives: Treasure Trove Of Film Memorabilia From ‘The Matrix’, ‘Batman’, ‘My Fair Lady’ & Dozens More
Sam Warner spearheaded the movement by applying the technology with sound effects and music, but no dialogue, in the 1926 film Don Juan, and then in two scenes from one of the first “talkies,” 1927’s The Jazz Singer, starring Al Jolson, that featured...
- 4/4/2023
- by Robert Lang
- Deadline Film + TV
The French Alps in VistaVision and Technicolor really sell this inspirational thriller. Spencer Tracy stars is the utterly ethical mountaineer, and young Robert Wagner his venal, verminous, just plain no damn good younger brother. Make that Much younger. Edward Dmytryk directs for big dimensions and strong emotions, and Paramount’s remaster makes the special effects of the mountain climb look good again. It’s a morality tale pitched at grade school level, and one of Tracy’s better late-career pictures. With Anna Kashfi as a plane crash victim deserving of rescue, and William Demarest as a French priest with a Preston Sturges accent.
The Mountain
Region Free Blu-ray
Viavision [Imprint] #198
1956 / Color / 1:78 widescreen (VistaVision) / 105 min. / Street Date February 22, 2023 / Available from [Imprint] / Aud 34.98
Starring: Spencer Tracy, Robert Wagner, Claire Trevor, William Demarest, Barbara Darrow, Richard Arlen, E.G. Marshall, Anna Kashfi, Richard Garrick, Harry Townes.
Cinematography: Franz Planer
Costume Designer: Edith Head
Art Director: Hal Pereira,...
The Mountain
Region Free Blu-ray
Viavision [Imprint] #198
1956 / Color / 1:78 widescreen (VistaVision) / 105 min. / Street Date February 22, 2023 / Available from [Imprint] / Aud 34.98
Starring: Spencer Tracy, Robert Wagner, Claire Trevor, William Demarest, Barbara Darrow, Richard Arlen, E.G. Marshall, Anna Kashfi, Richard Garrick, Harry Townes.
Cinematography: Franz Planer
Costume Designer: Edith Head
Art Director: Hal Pereira,...
- 2/28/2023
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
“Parsing the difference between movies, TV and streamers – it’s becoming really difficult.”
Producers should make the most of collapsing boundaries between feature film and television content, according to Killer Films producer Christine Vachon, speaking today (February 18) in Berlin.
Speaking on a European Film Market industry sessions talk titled ‘Producers Embracing New Horizons’, Vachon said, “To start parsing the difference between movies, TV and streamers – it’s becoming really difficult. I don’t know what makes something television anymore.”
Vachon has produced two films at this year’s Berlinale – Rebecca Miller’s opening title She Came To Me, and Celine Song...
Producers should make the most of collapsing boundaries between feature film and television content, according to Killer Films producer Christine Vachon, speaking today (February 18) in Berlin.
Speaking on a European Film Market industry sessions talk titled ‘Producers Embracing New Horizons’, Vachon said, “To start parsing the difference between movies, TV and streamers – it’s becoming really difficult. I don’t know what makes something television anymore.”
Vachon has produced two films at this year’s Berlinale – Rebecca Miller’s opening title She Came To Me, and Celine Song...
- 2/18/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Evan Rachel Wood, Josh Gad and Anthony Carrigan will star in “The Adults,” a new crime drama from Alex Winter.
“The Adults” follows a sister and brother, Megan and Nathan (Wood and Gad), whose lives are completely upended when they discover a dead body, long buried in their parent’s basement. That revelation sends them on an odyssey of crime and murder.
“I’m thrilled to be working with Evan, Josh and Anthony on this darkly comic crime drama, which takes a sly look at the challenges we all face today, trying to survive in the modern world,” Winter said.
CAA Media Finance, which is arranging financing for the film, will represent the domestic sale, while Rocket Science will launch international sales at the upcoming European Film Market (EFM) in Berlin.
The film is being produced by Winter, Scott Kroopf of Many Rivers Productions, and Russell Hollander. It is executive produced by Connie Tavel.
“The Adults” follows a sister and brother, Megan and Nathan (Wood and Gad), whose lives are completely upended when they discover a dead body, long buried in their parent’s basement. That revelation sends them on an odyssey of crime and murder.
“I’m thrilled to be working with Evan, Josh and Anthony on this darkly comic crime drama, which takes a sly look at the challenges we all face today, trying to survive in the modern world,” Winter said.
CAA Media Finance, which is arranging financing for the film, will represent the domestic sale, while Rocket Science will launch international sales at the upcoming European Film Market (EFM) in Berlin.
The film is being produced by Winter, Scott Kroopf of Many Rivers Productions, and Russell Hollander. It is executive produced by Connie Tavel.
- 2/6/2023
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Uzo Aduba is trading in an orange jumpsuit for a magnifying glass in a new murder-mystery drama from Netflix.
The Orange is the New Black vet will play a detective in the whodunnit series The Residence, from production company Shondaland. The eight-episode series will utilize the book The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House by journalist Kate Andersen Brower, as inspiration for the show’s premise.
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The Orange is the New Black vet will play a detective in the whodunnit series The Residence, from production company Shondaland. The eight-episode series will utilize the book The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House by journalist Kate Andersen Brower, as inspiration for the show’s premise.
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- 2/1/2023
- by Erianne Lewis
- TVLine.com
The Criterion Collection Announce March Lineup: Inland Empire, Mildred Pierce in 4K, John Woo & More
March is for women in trouble. So Criterion decided when they slotted Inland Empire, which follows this year’s major repertory run with a dazzlingly stacked set, while Mildred Pierce gets a 4K upgrade from 2017’s release. The latter’s black-and-white images will surely dazzle at 3,160 pixels; though the former is only Blu-ray, we expect it’ll respect David Lynch’s intent and looks like complete fucking shit. Above all the inclusion of Lynch’s 75-minute deleted-scenes collection More Things That Happened and 2007 short Ballerina do plenty to contextualize this point in the director’s career, as do a pair making-of docs. But consider me especially intrigued by a new conversation between Laura Dern and Kyle Maclachlan.
John Woo makes his long-overdue entrance—and just as fortuitously continues Criterion’s recent spate of Hong Kong cinema—with his early feature Last Hurrah for Chivalry. I’ll also consider this opportunity...
John Woo makes his long-overdue entrance—and just as fortuitously continues Criterion’s recent spate of Hong Kong cinema—with his early feature Last Hurrah for Chivalry. I’ll also consider this opportunity...
- 12/15/2022
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Did we really need another Zaz-style spoof of Oscar-chasing music biopics after Jake Kasdan's glorious "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story?" Probably not, but Eric Appel's "Weird: The Al Yankovic Story" at least comes at the shopworn formula from a semi-novel angle: this is the life of one of the nicest, most genuine people in show business amplified beyond recognition.
If you know his career, the song spoofer's unlikely rise to Top 40 radio stardom, starting with novelty-song kingpin Dr. Demento discovering him at the age of 16, starts off as an amusingly exaggerated parody of the facts. But once Yankovic hits the big time, the movie turns into a nutzoid document of 1980s excess that has more in common with "Scarface" than "Coal Miner's Daughter."
Appel and his collaborators are smart enough to know that they can't stick to the "Walk Hard" route, so you can't begrudge them...
If you know his career, the song spoofer's unlikely rise to Top 40 radio stardom, starting with novelty-song kingpin Dr. Demento discovering him at the age of 16, starts off as an amusingly exaggerated parody of the facts. But once Yankovic hits the big time, the movie turns into a nutzoid document of 1980s excess that has more in common with "Scarface" than "Coal Miner's Daughter."
Appel and his collaborators are smart enough to know that they can't stick to the "Walk Hard" route, so you can't begrudge them...
- 11/1/2022
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
Burbank, Calif., September 13, 2022 – Celebrating the 80th anniversary of its 1942 release, the legendary Warner Bros. film Casablanca will be released on Ultra HD Blu-ray Combo Pack and Digital on November 8, it was announced today by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. Starring Academy Award winners Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, critic Leonard Maltin calls Casablanca “the best Hollywood movie of all time.”
The winner of three Academy Awards® including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay, Casablanca was directed by Michael Curtiz from a screenplay by Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, and Howard Koch. The screenplay is based on “Everybody Comes to Rick’s”, an unproduced stage play by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison. The film was produced by Hal B. Wallis.
The cast also features Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, and Dooley Wilson.
Casablanca was voted the screen’s greatest love story and the #3 film of...
The winner of three Academy Awards® including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay, Casablanca was directed by Michael Curtiz from a screenplay by Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, and Howard Koch. The screenplay is based on “Everybody Comes to Rick’s”, an unproduced stage play by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison. The film was produced by Hal B. Wallis.
The cast also features Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, and Dooley Wilson.
Casablanca was voted the screen’s greatest love story and the #3 film of...
- 9/14/2022
- by ComicMix Staff
- Comicmix.com
Kate Winslet has found her latest HBO limited series.
The Mare of Easttown star will star in and exec produce The Palace, a series that tells the story of one year within the walls of the palace of an authoritarian regime as it begins to unravel.
The limited drama, which has been ordered to series by the Warner Bros. Discovery-owned network, comes from Succession duo Will Tracy and Frank Rich and The Queen director Stephen Frears.
Tracy, a writer and producer on the Brian Cox-fronted HBO drama, will serve as showrunner, writer and exec producer.
Frears, who has recently directed series such as BBC/Amazon co-pro A Very English Scandal and ITV/Sundance co-pro Quiz, will direct and exec produce.
Remarkably, it marks the first time that the two Brits – Winslet and Frears – have worked together.
Frank Rich, who has been a longtime creative consultant for HBO and...
The Mare of Easttown star will star in and exec produce The Palace, a series that tells the story of one year within the walls of the palace of an authoritarian regime as it begins to unravel.
The limited drama, which has been ordered to series by the Warner Bros. Discovery-owned network, comes from Succession duo Will Tracy and Frank Rich and The Queen director Stephen Frears.
Tracy, a writer and producer on the Brian Cox-fronted HBO drama, will serve as showrunner, writer and exec producer.
Frears, who has recently directed series such as BBC/Amazon co-pro A Very English Scandal and ITV/Sundance co-pro Quiz, will direct and exec produce.
Remarkably, it marks the first time that the two Brits – Winslet and Frears – have worked together.
Frank Rich, who has been a longtime creative consultant for HBO and...
- 7/26/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Kate Winslet and HBO are reteaming for another Emmy-bait project.
The actress — who previously headlined Mare of Easttown and Mildred Pierce for the premium cabler — is attached to star in and executive-produce the limited series Trust, which is in development at HBO, per The Hollywood Reporter.
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The drama, based on Hernan Diaz’s novel,...
The actress — who previously headlined Mare of Easttown and Mildred Pierce for the premium cabler — is attached to star in and executive-produce the limited series Trust, which is in development at HBO, per The Hollywood Reporter.
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The drama, based on Hernan Diaz’s novel,...
- 6/29/2022
- by Vlada Gelman
- TVLine.com
Kate Winslet is currently in first place in our early Emmy odds to win Best Limited/TV Movie Actress for “Mare of Easttown.” It would be her second Emmy and second win in the category — a perfect 10 years after her first.
The Oscar winner took home her first statuette for her performance on Todd Haynes‘ HBO miniseries “Mildred Pierce,” her first collaboration with the network. She beat out Taraji P. Henson (“Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story”), Diane Lane (“Cinema Verite”), Jean Marsh (“Upstairs Downstairs”) and Elizabeth McGovern (“Downton Abbey”). Remember when “Downton” competed as a miniseries? Good times. That’s how long ago this was.
“Oh, I didn’t think we were gonna win anything. Oh, look, I really did win it!” Winslet exclaimed upon accepting the trophy (watch above). “This means such a great deal to all of us because this really, I feel like, had nothing to do with me.
The Oscar winner took home her first statuette for her performance on Todd Haynes‘ HBO miniseries “Mildred Pierce,” her first collaboration with the network. She beat out Taraji P. Henson (“Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story”), Diane Lane (“Cinema Verite”), Jean Marsh (“Upstairs Downstairs”) and Elizabeth McGovern (“Downton Abbey”). Remember when “Downton” competed as a miniseries? Good times. That’s how long ago this was.
“Oh, I didn’t think we were gonna win anything. Oh, look, I really did win it!” Winslet exclaimed upon accepting the trophy (watch above). “This means such a great deal to all of us because this really, I feel like, had nothing to do with me.
- 7/21/2021
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
A prime specimen of the classic Hollywood Golden Age studio system firing on all cylinders. A beloved romantic comedy presented in a definitive edition for the enjoyment of longtime fans that also sets it up for discovery by a new generation. The crucial hit that restored Katharine Hepburn’s faltering career and launched her into legendary status as one of the greatest movie stars of all time. A fascinating story that weaves themes of social class, gender roles, media sensationalism and relationship tensions with timeless wit and flawless delivery. There are many angles by which a viewer can approach The Philadelphia Story and come away with heartfelt appreciation of this new release by the Criterion Collection.
For those unfamiliar with the plot, as the title implies, The Philadelphia Story is set in a wealthy suburban enclave on the outskirts of that city. Tracy Lord, the oldest daughter of a high-society...
For those unfamiliar with the plot, as the title implies, The Philadelphia Story is set in a wealthy suburban enclave on the outskirts of that city. Tracy Lord, the oldest daughter of a high-society...
- 11/13/2017
- by David Blakeslee
- CriterionCast
Nicole Kidman and cinematographer Ed Lachman will be honored with tributes at the 2017 IFP Gotham Awards, the IFP said today.
The tributes are an annual feature of the Gotham Awards. This year’s roster also includes the previously announced Al Gore (Humanitarian Tribute) and Blumhouse Productions founder Jason Blum (Industry Tribute).
Additional 2017 tributes will be announced in the coming weeks.
Kidman will be presented with the Actress Tribute. “She has consistently sought out roles of complex characters and delivered them with unforgettable, iconic performances that have unequivocally placed her amongst one of the greatest actresses of our lifetime,” said Joana Vicente, Executive Director of IFP and the Made in NY Media Center.
About Lachman, who will receive the Cinematographer Tribute, Vicente said, “His creative contributions to independent films along with his collaborations with countless filmmakers are legendary. His talent to transform what viewers see on screen is one of a kind and worthy of recognition.
The tributes are an annual feature of the Gotham Awards. This year’s roster also includes the previously announced Al Gore (Humanitarian Tribute) and Blumhouse Productions founder Jason Blum (Industry Tribute).
Additional 2017 tributes will be announced in the coming weeks.
Kidman will be presented with the Actress Tribute. “She has consistently sought out roles of complex characters and delivered them with unforgettable, iconic performances that have unequivocally placed her amongst one of the greatest actresses of our lifetime,” said Joana Vicente, Executive Director of IFP and the Made in NY Media Center.
About Lachman, who will receive the Cinematographer Tribute, Vicente said, “His creative contributions to independent films along with his collaborations with countless filmmakers are legendary. His talent to transform what viewers see on screen is one of a kind and worthy of recognition.
- 9/13/2017
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Aaron is joined by Doug McCambridge and Jackie Carlson and they discuss female filmmakers in the collection, take the deep dive into David Lynch and Coppola’s Rumble Fish. Most importantly, Doug is ridiculed for failing to live up to his promise to get the trial.
Episode Notes
6:30 – Aaron and his TV problems
14:50 – Female Filmmakers
33:10 – David Lynch
47:00 – Rumble Fish
54:30 – Short Takes (Canoa, Mildred Pierce, David Lynch Shorts, Touki Bouki)
1:03:40 – FilmStruck
Episode Links Frameline – Desert Hearts The Agnès Varda Blu-ray Collection What Did Five Woody Woodpecker Dolls Do to Upset David Lynch? Janus Films – Fire Walk With Me Episode Credits Aaron West: Twitter | Website | Letterboxd Doug McCambridge: Twitter | Website Jackie Carlson: Instagram | Letterboxd Criterion Now: Twitter | Facebook Group Criterion Cast: Facebook | Twitter
Music for the show is from Fatboy Roberts’ Geek Remixed project.
Episode Notes
6:30 – Aaron and his TV problems
14:50 – Female Filmmakers
33:10 – David Lynch
47:00 – Rumble Fish
54:30 – Short Takes (Canoa, Mildred Pierce, David Lynch Shorts, Touki Bouki)
1:03:40 – FilmStruck
Episode Links Frameline – Desert Hearts The Agnès Varda Blu-ray Collection What Did Five Woody Woodpecker Dolls Do to Upset David Lynch? Janus Films – Fire Walk With Me Episode Credits Aaron West: Twitter | Website | Letterboxd Doug McCambridge: Twitter | Website Jackie Carlson: Instagram | Letterboxd Criterion Now: Twitter | Facebook Group Criterion Cast: Facebook | Twitter
Music for the show is from Fatboy Roberts’ Geek Remixed project.
- 6/5/2017
- by Aaron West
- CriterionCast
Aaron is joined by Doug McCambridge and Jamieson McGonigle. Jamieson talks about his Jesse James revival screenings and makes the case for a Criterion release. We go further into the Before Trilogy, touching on Before Sunset, and we explore Curtiz’s Mildred Pierce, which is sort of a noir and sort of not, and we get into a number of rumors about potential releases.
Episode Notes
4:10 – The Assassination of Jesse James
18:25 – Robert Osborne Tribute
23:00 – The Criterion Wall
28:35 – Mildred Pierce
33:20 – Before Sunset
42:15 – Agnes Varda
45:20 – The Lodger
48:20 – Godard’s King Lear
50:30 – Phil Rosenthal Closet Video
53:00 – Short Takes (Design for Living, The Piano, Carnival of Souls)
60:00 – FilmStruck
Episode Links The Playlist – Criterion Not Interested in Assassination of Jesse James New York Times – Robert Osborne Tribute TCM – Robert Osborne Tribute Aaron’s Before Sunset Photo Album Tweet about visiting the Criterion Collection Agnes Varda...
Episode Notes
4:10 – The Assassination of Jesse James
18:25 – Robert Osborne Tribute
23:00 – The Criterion Wall
28:35 – Mildred Pierce
33:20 – Before Sunset
42:15 – Agnes Varda
45:20 – The Lodger
48:20 – Godard’s King Lear
50:30 – Phil Rosenthal Closet Video
53:00 – Short Takes (Design for Living, The Piano, Carnival of Souls)
60:00 – FilmStruck
Episode Links The Playlist – Criterion Not Interested in Assassination of Jesse James New York Times – Robert Osborne Tribute TCM – Robert Osborne Tribute Aaron’s Before Sunset Photo Album Tweet about visiting the Criterion Collection Agnes Varda...
- 3/15/2017
- by Aaron West
- CriterionCast
Every week we dive into the cream of the crop when it comes to home releases, including Blu-ray and DVDs, as well as recommended deals of the week. Check out our rundown below and return every Tuesday for the best (or most interesting) films one can take home. Note that if you’re looking to support the site, every purchase you make through the links below helps us and is greatly appreciated.
Fireworks Wednesday (Asghar Farhadi)
After a festival tour back in 2006, Asghar Farhadi’s Fireworks Wednesday was theatrically re-released by the newly established Grasshopper Films, and now it’s arriving on DVD. The drama is another precisely calibrated, culturally specific demonstration of Farhadi’s skills in constructing empathy machines. Further in line with the director’s filmography, this story has a nesting-doll structure that combines ingrained social hierarchies, domestic drama, and a tragic intersection of misunderstandings. And while it...
Fireworks Wednesday (Asghar Farhadi)
After a festival tour back in 2006, Asghar Farhadi’s Fireworks Wednesday was theatrically re-released by the newly established Grasshopper Films, and now it’s arriving on DVD. The drama is another precisely calibrated, culturally specific demonstration of Farhadi’s skills in constructing empathy machines. Further in line with the director’s filmography, this story has a nesting-doll structure that combines ingrained social hierarchies, domestic drama, and a tragic intersection of misunderstandings. And while it...
- 2/21/2017
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Whoever said beach houses are only for the summer clearly hasn't met Ryan Murphy. Fans may know the prestigious writer for his work on hit shows like American Horror Story, Glee and Scream Queens. But when not delivering hit after hit on the small screen, the Emmy winner can likely be found perfecting his beach house in Orange County. Thanks to Architectural Digest, viewers are getting an inside look at the Laguna Beach home that will have you craving summer. At the same time, we're getting a new sense of how much Ryan loves the beauty of design and decorating. "The house has been a cream-and-black-leather tribute to Scarface, then a cozy beach shack inspired by Mildred Pierce, then, after a...
- 1/4/2017
- E! Online
“A cream-and-black-leather tribute to Scarface, then a cozy beach shack inspired by Mildred Pierce, then, after a trip to Asia, a textural Balinese home, then a blue-and-white homage to Bel Air.”
Ryan Murphy, 51, could easily be speaking about the sets of his successful TV shows and movies. But, as the director reveals in the February issue of Architectural Digest, these are actually the many incarnations of his beloved Laguna Beach home, which he has decorated and redecorated countless times over the last 13 years.
It’s an ambitious feat for any amateur interiors enthusiast, but perhaps not a surprising one for...
Ryan Murphy, 51, could easily be speaking about the sets of his successful TV shows and movies. But, as the director reveals in the February issue of Architectural Digest, these are actually the many incarnations of his beloved Laguna Beach home, which he has decorated and redecorated countless times over the last 13 years.
It’s an ambitious feat for any amateur interiors enthusiast, but perhaps not a surprising one for...
- 1/4/2017
- by Mackenzie Schmidt
- PEOPLE.com
Christmas has come a little early to anyone hoping to score some Criterion Collection deals on Amazon today. While Amazon has been running a pretty good sale on a handful of discs throughout December, they’ve lowered the prices on lots of Blu-rays today, including a few pre-orders for next year.
Amazon doesn’t usually announce when an impromptu sale like this will end, so don’t hesitate. And don’t forget that you can lock in the pre-order price for some of the upcoming titles as well, but Amazon won’t charge you until they ship.
You can currently pre-order The Before Trilogy for $52.47 (48% off)
The following Blu-rays are currently (as of December 23rd at 10:30pm Pacific) down below $21 each.
The Asphalt Jungle Boyhood The Complete Lady Snowblood The Devil’s Backbone Diabolique Easy Rider The Executioner F for Fake The Game Harakiri Harold and Maude Hidden Fortress...
Amazon doesn’t usually announce when an impromptu sale like this will end, so don’t hesitate. And don’t forget that you can lock in the pre-order price for some of the upcoming titles as well, but Amazon won’t charge you until they ship.
You can currently pre-order The Before Trilogy for $52.47 (48% off)
The following Blu-rays are currently (as of December 23rd at 10:30pm Pacific) down below $21 each.
The Asphalt Jungle Boyhood The Complete Lady Snowblood The Devil’s Backbone Diabolique Easy Rider The Executioner F for Fake The Game Harakiri Harold and Maude Hidden Fortress...
- 12/24/2016
- by Ryan Gallagher
- CriterionCast
Lav Diaz’s Golden Lion winner from this year’s Venice Film Festival feels like something of a surprise because, for all its extended shots, luminous black-and-white photography, and socio-historical weight, The Woman Who Left is ultimately an unostentatious work. Compared to, say, Norte, The End of History’s remarkably grim ending, with its reaches into fantasy / metaphysics (don’t forget that Tarkovsky-esque levitation), there doesn’t seem to be quite the same need to impress or belabor the point.
At a relatively brisk runtime for Diaz (only 228 minutes) there still, with such length, feels some kind of need to prescribe a lumbering weight to this project. It’s set in 1997, the political context of the Philippines at the time established from radio broadcasts throughout. That year’s hand-over of Hong Kong from Britain to China still casts a shadow over the poor country as rich Filipino-Chinese citizens are repeatedly...
At a relatively brisk runtime for Diaz (only 228 minutes) there still, with such length, feels some kind of need to prescribe a lumbering weight to this project. It’s set in 1997, the political context of the Philippines at the time established from radio broadcasts throughout. That year’s hand-over of Hong Kong from Britain to China still casts a shadow over the poor country as rich Filipino-Chinese citizens are repeatedly...
- 9/15/2016
- by Ethan Vestby
- The Film Stage
Indigo Film crime series, Vr firsts, Sally Potter multimedia musical and Dilma Rousseff drama among projects heading to the Lido.
As Venice seeks to ramp up its industry profile, the festival’s market head Pascal Diot has revealed further details of how this year’s inaugural ‘Venice Production Bridge’ (September 1-5) will work.
Extra funds have been set aside by the Biennale for the initiative which, as reported earlier this year, will incorproate the existing market strands, among them Final Cut and the Gap Financing Programme.
“What we want to do with the Production Bridge is to offer as many services as possible to producers,” Diot explained. “(Paolo) Baratta [president of la Biennale di Venezia] was keen on the market. He has been a great support. That’s why when, for the 5th anniversary, we decided to propose something more, he said ‘yes’ right away.
More than 1700 accredited industry delegates are due to attend the festival. High-profile Us delegates...
As Venice seeks to ramp up its industry profile, the festival’s market head Pascal Diot has revealed further details of how this year’s inaugural ‘Venice Production Bridge’ (September 1-5) will work.
Extra funds have been set aside by the Biennale for the initiative which, as reported earlier this year, will incorproate the existing market strands, among them Final Cut and the Gap Financing Programme.
“What we want to do with the Production Bridge is to offer as many services as possible to producers,” Diot explained. “(Paolo) Baratta [president of la Biennale di Venezia] was keen on the market. He has been a great support. That’s why when, for the 5th anniversary, we decided to propose something more, he said ‘yes’ right away.
More than 1700 accredited industry delegates are due to attend the festival. High-profile Us delegates...
- 8/31/2016
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
The best picture doesn’t always win Best Picture. Sometimes the best film of the year gets robbed. Cinelinx looks at the movies which should have won Best Picture but didn’t.
Whenever the Best Picture winner is announced at the Oscars, sometimes we say, “Yeah, that deserved to win,” but then again, sometimes we say, “Huh? Are they kidding me?!” There are a lot of backstage politics and extenuating factors in Hollywood that can determine which film wins the big trophy. The worthiest film doesn’t always take the statue home. Going back over the 88-year history of the Academy Awards, we look at which films didn’t really deserve to win and the ones which rightfully should have won.
The Best Pictures and the Better Pictures:
1927-8: The Winner-Wings
What should have won: Sunrise (Sunrise was given a special award for Artistic Quality of Production, but it...
Whenever the Best Picture winner is announced at the Oscars, sometimes we say, “Yeah, that deserved to win,” but then again, sometimes we say, “Huh? Are they kidding me?!” There are a lot of backstage politics and extenuating factors in Hollywood that can determine which film wins the big trophy. The worthiest film doesn’t always take the statue home. Going back over the 88-year history of the Academy Awards, we look at which films didn’t really deserve to win and the ones which rightfully should have won.
The Best Pictures and the Better Pictures:
1927-8: The Winner-Wings
What should have won: Sunrise (Sunrise was given a special award for Artistic Quality of Production, but it...
- 2/19/2016
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Rob Young)
- Cinelinx
Fox 2000 Pictures served up their new biography/drama movie, "Joy," into theaters today, December 25th, 2015, and all of the major,top movie critics chimed in with their movie review opinions. And after all was said and done, the results were mixed with an overall 56 score out of a possible 100 across 39 reviews at the Metacritic.com site. The film stars: Bradley Cooper, Dascha Polanco, Diane Ladd, Édgar Ramírez, Isabella Rossellini, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Susan Lucci and Virginia Madsen. We've posted comments from a couple of the critics, below. Sheila O'Malley from RogerEbert.com, gave it an decent 75 score. She said: "Joy doesn’t work entirely, and the structure set up so clearly in the opening sequence is dropped early on for no apparent reason, but I’ll be damned if I didn’t get carried away at the story of a mop sweeping the nation. It’s a lunatic “Mildred Pierce,...
- 12/25/2015
- by Andre Braddox
- OnTheFlix
Despite so few films in his résumé before an untimely death, James Dean was immortalized as one of Hollywood’s most iconic actors, and this December will bring another look at a more intimate aspect of his life. As scripted by Luke Davies and directed by Anton Corbijn, Life centers on the relationship between Dean (Dane DeHaan) and Life Magazine‘s Dennis Stock (Robert Pattinson), the latter of whom had been tasked with capturing the up-and-coming actor less than a year before his rise to stardom and tragic death.
We said in our review from Berlin, “Corbijn has successfully offset script weaknesses with striking aesthetics in the past, but this time his characteristic visual flair is surprisingly lacking. Conventionally shot — and with props and production design much too pristine to appear genuine — Life has the look of a period piece made for television (in fact, TV series such as Mad...
We said in our review from Berlin, “Corbijn has successfully offset script weaknesses with striking aesthetics in the past, but this time his characteristic visual flair is surprisingly lacking. Conventionally shot — and with props and production design much too pristine to appear genuine — Life has the look of a period piece made for television (in fact, TV series such as Mad...
- 11/16/2015
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
The filmmaker, in awards contention this upcoming season for Carol, will receive the Director Tribute at the 25th Annual Ifp Gotham Independent Film Awards in New York on November 30.
Organisers at the Independent Filmmaker Project (Ifp) present the award to “a veteran filmmaker with unique vision who has made a significant contribution to the motion picture industry.”
Haynes made his directorial debut in 1987 with the short Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story, in which he used Barbie dolls to portray the life and death of the singer.
Poison marked his feature debut in 1991 and won the grand jury prize at Sundance and ushered in New Queer Cinema.
He followed that up with Safe, Velvet Goldmine, Far From Heaven, I’m Not There, mini-series Mildred Pierce and the recent Cannes world premiere Carol, where Rooney Mara was awarded the prize for Best Actress.
The film also stars Cate Blanchett and is scheduled to open via The Weinstein Company in November...
Organisers at the Independent Filmmaker Project (Ifp) present the award to “a veteran filmmaker with unique vision who has made a significant contribution to the motion picture industry.”
Haynes made his directorial debut in 1987 with the short Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story, in which he used Barbie dolls to portray the life and death of the singer.
Poison marked his feature debut in 1991 and won the grand jury prize at Sundance and ushered in New Queer Cinema.
He followed that up with Safe, Velvet Goldmine, Far From Heaven, I’m Not There, mini-series Mildred Pierce and the recent Cannes world premiere Carol, where Rooney Mara was awarded the prize for Best Actress.
The film also stars Cate Blanchett and is scheduled to open via The Weinstein Company in November...
- 8/6/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Dearest Todd,
Never ever under any circumstances take another 8 year break from the cinema. The reviews for Carol (2015) read at times like an ecstatic mirage, dehydrated desert critics stumbling upon a Haynes-flavored pool. Its weird ½ an actress prize at Cannes, for the unexpected ½ at that, feels somehow fitting given the prismatic way you like to view identity (Velvet Goldmine, I'm Not There, etc).
I can't tell you the joy I felt this morning waking up to the news that you've added a third project (!!!) to your upcoming slate after so much hibernation. Of the two we already knew about a TV series set in a 1970s commune sounds the most promising; it's an underexplored rich topic in terms of time period and political content -- you're counter culture enough to do it justice. The other project, the Untitled Peggy Lee Biopic is a swell idea, too. You're the one filmmaker...
Never ever under any circumstances take another 8 year break from the cinema. The reviews for Carol (2015) read at times like an ecstatic mirage, dehydrated desert critics stumbling upon a Haynes-flavored pool. Its weird ½ an actress prize at Cannes, for the unexpected ½ at that, feels somehow fitting given the prismatic way you like to view identity (Velvet Goldmine, I'm Not There, etc).
I can't tell you the joy I felt this morning waking up to the news that you've added a third project (!!!) to your upcoming slate after so much hibernation. Of the two we already knew about a TV series set in a 1970s commune sounds the most promising; it's an underexplored rich topic in terms of time period and political content -- you're counter culture enough to do it justice. The other project, the Untitled Peggy Lee Biopic is a swell idea, too. You're the one filmmaker...
- 5/26/2015
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Nik Wallenda’s Chicago skyscraper tightrope walk airs live Sunday with a 10-second delay Discovery Channel has contingency plans in place, and if anything goes wrong, “nothing that is insensitive or inappropriate” will appear on their TV or online networks,” Discovery execs tell the NY Times. The newspaper notes that “the high-wire act illustrates the extreme risks some television networks are taking to attract lucrative, live audiences in the age of fragmented, on-demand viewing. Beyond sports and major pop culture events, luring mass live viewership is a challenge. Discovery is finding that extreme stunts — some so daring that there is a chance a person could die — are the exception." NBC gets Uma Thurman to romance “Gossip Girl’s” Penn Badgley on “The Slap” Thurman replaces Mary-Louise Parker on the NBC miniseries. Parker had to bow out as she recovers from pneumonia. Billy Crystal dresses as “Breaking Bad’s” Walter...
- 11/1/2014
- by Norman Weiss
- Hitfix
Noir is a “challenge to dominant values,” according to critic Peter Labuza in this concise visual essay on one of cinephiles’ favorite “modes.” Bridging The Classical Hollywood Cinema with the writings of Linda Williams, Labuza considers film noir as a method of subverting the building blocks of melodrama, thus imbuing its viewers with a “feeling of displacement.” Perhaps most disorienting is that in everything from Mildred Pierce to My Name is Julia Ross, there is no weepy sense of satisfaction for the taking.
- 10/20/2014
- by Sarah Salovaara
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Noir is a “challenge to dominant values,” according to critic Peter Labuza in this concise visual essay on one of cinephiles’ favorite “modes.” Bridging The Classical Hollywood Cinema with the writings of Linda Williams, Labuza considers film noir as a method of subverting the building blocks of melodrama, thus imbuing its viewers with a “feeling of displacement.” Perhaps most disorienting is that in everything from Mildred Pierce to My Name is Julia Ross, there is no weepy sense of satisfaction for the taking.
- 10/20/2014
- by Sarah Salovaara
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
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