Don Cheadle’s “Miles Ahead” follows legendary trumpeter, bandleader, and composer Miles Davis (played by Cheadle himself), one of 20th century music’s creative geniuses. In the midst of a prolific career, Davis disappears from public view in the late 1970’s. Living in isolation, he struggles with chronic pain from a deteriorating hip, a voice inhibited by drugs and alcohol, and traumatic memories from his troubled past. One day, music reporter Dave Braden (Ewan McGregor) forces his way into Davis’ house and the two men embark on an adventure to recover a stolen tape recording of Davis’ most recent compositions. The film also stars Emayatzy Corinealdi (“Middle of Nowhere”), Michael Stuhlbarg (“A Serious Man”) Keith Stanfield (“Selma”), Austin Lyon (“The Diary of a Teenage Girl”), and more. Watch an exclusive behind-the-scenes featurette from the film below that discusses Cheadle’s commitment to the role.
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- 7/19/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
"Pledges gotta go through hell, otherwise what's the point?" Paramount has debuted a trailer for the indie drama Goat, directed by Andrew Neel, about the hell young pledges must go through to join a fraternity in college. Ben Schnetzer stars as one of the new recruits at a fraternity called "Phi Sigma Mu"; this also stars Nick Jonas, James Franco, Danny Flaherty, Virginia Gardner, Austin Lyon. The film played at Sundance but received mostly mediocre reviews. It looks like the kind of bros-on-bros, overly-masculine, totally-messed-up film I love to hate. Not for me, I'll be staying away. But anyone else intrigued, take a look. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Andrew Neel's Goat, direct from MTV's YouTube: Reeling from a terrifying assault, a 19 year-old boy enrolls into college with his brother and pledges the same fraternity. What happens there, in the name of "brotherhood" tests the boy and...
- 7/7/2016
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Title: Miles Ahead Director: Don Cheadle Starring: Don Cheadle, Emayatzy Corinealdi, Ewan McGregor, Michael Stuhlbarg, Keith Stanfield and Austin Lyon. The story of one of the most influential and innovative jazz musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis, lands on the silver screen. ‘Miles Ahead’ is the result of a script written by Don Cheadle (also directing and playing Miles Davis), with Steven Baigelman, focusing on the decline of a legend. In the midst of a dazzling and prolific career at the forefront of modern jazz innovation, Miles Davis (Don Cheadle) virtually disappears from public view for a period of five years in the late 1970s. Alone and holed up [ Read More ]
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- 3/30/2016
- by Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi
- ShockYa
Read: Sundance: Why 'Goat' Star Nick Jonas and Director Andrew Neel Want to Change Modern Masculinity After making a bold impression at Sundance last month, Andrew Neel's fraternity psychodrama "Goat" is now targeting you with a symbolic teaser poster. Starring Ben Schnetzer and Nick Jonas, the film centers around a 19-year-old college student who joins the same fraternity that his older brother has pledged, only to realize that the nights of debauchery, the lack of responsibility and the manipulative hazing might be too much for him to handle. Neel also wrote the screenplay along with Mike Roberts, after an earlier pass by indie stalwart David Gordon Green. Virginia Gardner, Danny Flaherty and Austin Lyon co-star. In a positive review out of Sundance, Indiewire Chief Film Critic Eric Kohn raved, "Slickly directed by Neel, the dreary movie scrutinizes the nature of that animalistic [frat] behavior and unsurprisingly discovers a pathetic.
- 2/3/2016
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Nearly 10 years had passed since Miles Davis' nephew Vince Wilburn declared that Don Cheadle was the only actor who could play the late jazz legend, but it wasn't until Tuesday — when Sony Pictures Classics dropped the first trailer for Miles Ahead — that the rest of the world got a firsthand look at what Wilburn had in mind. Cheadle didn't merely agree to star in the movie, but co-wrote and directed the film, with the initial peek promising a biopic every bit as reckless and singular as its subject. As...
- 2/2/2016
- Rollingstone.com
Read: Sundance Review: Nick Jonas Gets Sick of Frat Life in 'Goat' Paramount Home Video and MTV Films have secured worldwide distribution rights for the Sundance smash "Goat" for a little under $3 million. This will be the second deal Paramount Home Video has made at the festival following yesterday's deal for Clea DuVall's relationship comedy "The Intervention." The Andrew Neel-directed psychodrama introduces a 19-year-old college student who joins the same fraternity that his older brother has pledged, only to realize that the nights of debauchery, the lack of responsibility and the culpability might be too much for him to handle. "King Kelly" director Neel also wrote the screenplay, along with Mike Roberts and David Gordon Green. The college drama stars Ben Schnetzer in the leading role. Virginia Gardner, Danny Flaherty, Austin Lyon and Nick Jonas co-star. Under the distribution deal, Paramount Home Video will give the college.
- 1/29/2016
- by Riyad Mammadyarov
- Indiewire
Goat (2016) Film Review from the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, a movie directed by Andrew Neel, starring Nick Jonas, Ben Schnetzer, Virginia Gardner, Danny Flaherty, and Austin Lyon. Goat is one of those films that, like its main character, Brad (Ben Schnetzer, who’s fantastic in a vulnerable performance), doesn’t quite know what it wants or how to obtain it; it is, in all […]...
- 1/25/2016
- by Drew Stelter
- Film-Book
"Brutal and harrowing as it is, there is something deeply sympathetic and sorrowful at work in director Andrew Neel’s frat hazing drama Goat," finds Vanity Fair's Richard Lawson. "Neel illustrates a world of homosocial bonding that is fueled by insecurity and anger, but he weaves in an affecting thread of pathos—we feel sorry for these boys as much as we revile them." The new feature starring Ben Schnetzer, Nick Jonas, Gus Halper, Danny Flaherty, Virginia Gardner, Jake Picking, Brock Yurich, Will Pullen, Austin Lyon, Eric Staves, Jamar Jackson and producer James Franco, is competing at Sundance—and we're gathering reviews. » - David Hudson...
- 1/25/2016
- Keyframe
"Brutal and harrowing as it is, there is something deeply sympathetic and sorrowful at work in director Andrew Neel’s frat hazing drama Goat," finds Vanity Fair's Richard Lawson. "Neel illustrates a world of homosocial bonding that is fueled by insecurity and anger, but he weaves in an affecting thread of pathos—we feel sorry for these boys as much as we revile them." The new feature starring Ben Schnetzer, Nick Jonas, Gus Halper, Danny Flaherty, Virginia Gardner, Jake Picking, Brock Yurich, Will Pullen, Austin Lyon, Eric Staves, Jamar Jackson and producer James Franco, is competing at Sundance—and we're gathering reviews. » - David Hudson...
- 1/25/2016
- Fandor: Keyframe
From Judd Apatow graciously posing for selfies the morning after attending daughter Maude’s opening night turn in “Other People,” Nick Jonas making the suite rounds with his castmates, and autograph hounds staked out at the Salt Lake City airport, Sundance is already well under way. Also Read: Sundance Deals: What Sold So Far, From 'Tallulah' to 'Under The Shadow' The Wme | Img Lounge, Jan. 22 (Mikey Glazer) Nick Jonas – The Early “Goats” “Goat” cast: Austin Lyon, Nick Jonas, Ben Schnetzer and Gus Halper at the Eddie Bauer Adventure House on Jan. 22 (Randy Shropshire/Getty Images for Eddie Bauer) Nick Jonas...
- 1/23/2016
- by Mikey Glazer
- The Wrap
Don Cheadle’s Miles Davies’ biopic to get international premiere.
The Berlin International Film Festival (Feb 11-21) has unveiled the eight-strong line-up for its Berlinale Special strand, which includes recent works by contemporary filmmakers and biopics of renowned personalities.
The programme includes the world premiere of Terence Davies’ drama biopic A Quiet Passion, which stars Sex and the City’s Cynthia Nixon as the celebrated American poet Emily Dickinson, charting her life from her early days as a young schoolgirl to her later years as a reclusive artist. Jennifer Ehle (Fifty Shades Of Grey) and Keith Carradine (Nashville) co-star.
The line-up also includes the international premiere of Miles Ahead, Don Cheadle’s directorial debut in which he also stars as jazz pioneer Miles Davis in late 1970s Manhattan, dealing with sycophants, industry executives, career highs and lows and memories of the love of his life, Frances Taylor.
Pernilla August’s A Serious Game will also world premiere...
The Berlin International Film Festival (Feb 11-21) has unveiled the eight-strong line-up for its Berlinale Special strand, which includes recent works by contemporary filmmakers and biopics of renowned personalities.
The programme includes the world premiere of Terence Davies’ drama biopic A Quiet Passion, which stars Sex and the City’s Cynthia Nixon as the celebrated American poet Emily Dickinson, charting her life from her early days as a young schoolgirl to her later years as a reclusive artist. Jennifer Ehle (Fifty Shades Of Grey) and Keith Carradine (Nashville) co-star.
The line-up also includes the international premiere of Miles Ahead, Don Cheadle’s directorial debut in which he also stars as jazz pioneer Miles Davis in late 1970s Manhattan, dealing with sycophants, industry executives, career highs and lows and memories of the love of his life, Frances Taylor.
Pernilla August’s A Serious Game will also world premiere...
- 1/18/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Stars: Bel Powley, Alexander Skarsgard, Kristen Wiig, Abby Wait, Miranda Bailey, Carson D. Mell, John Parsons, Madeleine Waters, Austin Lyon, Quinn Nagle | Written and Directed by Marielle Heller
Adapted from American comic artist/novelist Phoebe Gloeckner’s edgy ‘graphic’ graphic novel of the same name, The Diary Of A Teenage Girl is a dark, often comedic, reminder that early seventies San Francisco’s free love and drugs post-hippy burnout was a confused time for America’s infantilised alt. culture adults and the youth they spawned. When viewed through the optimistic, naïve eyes of 15 year old Minnie (British actor Bel Powley) as she fast tracks herself into adulthood, it soon becomes clear that screenwriter/director Marielle Heller’s vision is to give you a movie that’s honest and uncompromising. Be warned dreamers this is no cosy fairy tale about sexual and narcotic awakenings. It’s full of unpleasant people and...
Adapted from American comic artist/novelist Phoebe Gloeckner’s edgy ‘graphic’ graphic novel of the same name, The Diary Of A Teenage Girl is a dark, often comedic, reminder that early seventies San Francisco’s free love and drugs post-hippy burnout was a confused time for America’s infantilised alt. culture adults and the youth they spawned. When viewed through the optimistic, naïve eyes of 15 year old Minnie (British actor Bel Powley) as she fast tracks herself into adulthood, it soon becomes clear that screenwriter/director Marielle Heller’s vision is to give you a movie that’s honest and uncompromising. Be warned dreamers this is no cosy fairy tale about sexual and narcotic awakenings. It’s full of unpleasant people and...
- 1/5/2016
- by Stuart Wright
- Nerdly
Kate Plays ChristineThe lineup for the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, taking place between January 21 -31, has been announced.U.S. Dramatic COMPETITIONAs You Are (Miles Joris-Peyrafitte, USA): As You Are is the telling and retelling of a relationship between three teenagers as it traces the course of their friendship through a construction of disparate memories prompted by a police investigation. Cast: Owen Campbell, Charlie Heaton, Amandla Stenberg, John Scurti, Scott Cohen, Mary Stuart Masterson. World Premiere The Birth of a Nation (Nate Parker, USA): Set against the antebellum South, this story follows Nat Turner, a literate slave and preacher whose financially strained owner, Samuel Turner, accepts an offer to use Nat’s preaching to subdue unruly slaves. After witnessing countless atrocities against fellow slaves, Nat devises a plan to lead his people to freedom. Cast: Nate Parker, Armie Hammer, Aja Naomi King, Jackie Earle Haley, Gabrielle Union, Mark Boone Jr. World PremiereChristine (Antonio Campos,...
- 12/7/2015
- by Notebook
- MUBI
The Sundance Film institute has released the line-up of film for the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. Going to Sundance is one of my favorite events of the year. I love going because you never know what kind of movies you're going to see. Sometimes they are great films that amaze and entertain, other times they completely suck ass, but that's all part of the fun of going to the festival. It's an awesome experience for any hardcore movie geek, and if you ever get a chance to go, you need to.
The event takes place in Park City, Utah next year from January 21st to the 31st. It looks like there's a great line-up of movies at next year's event. My favorite portion of the event is the Midnight section because it deals more with geeky genre type movies, but I also enjoy the various sections of other line-ups.
Some of...
The event takes place in Park City, Utah next year from January 21st to the 31st. It looks like there's a great line-up of movies at next year's event. My favorite portion of the event is the Midnight section because it deals more with geeky genre type movies, but I also enjoy the various sections of other line-ups.
Some of...
- 12/6/2015
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
The Sundance Film Festival has today revealed the 65 films which are going to make up the 2016 Us and World Cinema Competition Dramatic and Documentary categories, along with those which make up the out-of-competition Next slate. This is a very diverse and interesting list, and one which Sundance Institute executive director Keri Putnam is clearly very excited to show off next year.
“At a time when big-budget blockbusters and free online content are ubiquitous, independent filmmakers continue to be extraordinarily creative, artful and inventive.”
Sundance 2016 will run from January 21st – 31st in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah. Check out the full list of movies below and let us know which of these you’re most looking forward to seeing (even if some will inevitably fail to ever reach cinemas).
U.S. Dramatic Competition
Presenting the world premieres of 16 narrative feature films, the Dramatic Competition offers Festivalgoers a...
“At a time when big-budget blockbusters and free online content are ubiquitous, independent filmmakers continue to be extraordinarily creative, artful and inventive.”
Sundance 2016 will run from January 21st – 31st in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah. Check out the full list of movies below and let us know which of these you’re most looking forward to seeing (even if some will inevitably fail to ever reach cinemas).
U.S. Dramatic Competition
Presenting the world premieres of 16 narrative feature films, the Dramatic Competition offers Festivalgoers a...
- 12/2/2015
- by Josh Wilding
- We Got This Covered
In last year’s selection of sixteen U.S. Dramatic Competition offerings, it was Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s Me & Earl & the Dying Girl that landed both U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic and Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic awards, it was Rick Famuyiwa’s Dope who landed the richest deal ($7 million range), it was Patrick Brice’s The Overnight that had the most post festival momentum, it was Marielle Heller’s The Diary of a Teenage Girl that received a longer term accolades (Bel Powley won Best Actress at the Gothams) and it might be Robert Eggers’ The Witch that becomes the cult item we reference back in a decade from now. This year we accurately predicted ten of the sixteen items below. Among the more familiar folk, we have established names such as Antonio Campos (Christine – see pic of Rebecca Hall above) and So Yong Kim (Lovesong). We have second...
- 12/2/2015
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
After unexpectedly unveiling their Midnight line-up first, the 2016 Sundance Film Festival have now revealed the 65 films selected for the U.S. Competition, World Competition and out-of-competition Next category. “From diverse backgrounds, places and perspectives, these independent artists are united by the power of their stories and vision. Their films will soon launch onto the global stage, beginning their journeys through our culture. A new year in independent film will start right here—on the mountain—in January,” Robert Redford says.
This year, 120 feature-length films were selected, representing 37 countries and 48 first-time filmmakers, including 28 in competition. These films were selected from 12,793 submissions, including 4,081 feature-length films and 8,712 short films. Of the feature film submissions, 1,972 were from the U.S. and 2,109 were international. 98 feature films at the Festival will be world premieres. Check out the line-up below along with images.
U.S. Dramatic Competition
Presenting the world premieres of 16 narrative feature films, the Dramatic...
This year, 120 feature-length films were selected, representing 37 countries and 48 first-time filmmakers, including 28 in competition. These films were selected from 12,793 submissions, including 4,081 feature-length films and 8,712 short films. Of the feature film submissions, 1,972 were from the U.S. and 2,109 were international. 98 feature films at the Festival will be world premieres. Check out the line-up below along with images.
U.S. Dramatic Competition
Presenting the world premieres of 16 narrative feature films, the Dramatic...
- 12/2/2015
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
Titles include Tallulah starring Ellen Page and Allison Janney, and Chad Hartigan’s Morris From America (pictured); Next strand also announced.Scroll down for full list
Sundance Institute has announced the 65 films selected for the Us Competition, World Competition and out-of-competition Next categories set to screen at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival (Jan 21-31) in Park City.
Us Dramatic Competition selections include Sian Heder’s Tallulah with Ellen Page and Allison Janney; Antonio Campos’ Christine; Clea DuVall’s feature directorial debut The Intervention; and Richard Tanne’s Southside With You, about Barack Obama’s first date with the First Lady.
Among the Us Documentary Competition selections are: Holy Hell by undisclosed; Jeff Feuerzeig’s Author: The Jt LeRoy Story; and Sara Jordenö’s Kiki.
The World Cinema Dramatic Competition entries include: Belgica (Belgium-France-Netherlands), Felix van Groeningen’s follow-up to The Broken Circle Breakdown; Manolo Cruz and Carlos del Castillo’s Between Sea And Land (Colombia); and Nicolette Krebitz’s Wild...
Sundance Institute has announced the 65 films selected for the Us Competition, World Competition and out-of-competition Next categories set to screen at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival (Jan 21-31) in Park City.
Us Dramatic Competition selections include Sian Heder’s Tallulah with Ellen Page and Allison Janney; Antonio Campos’ Christine; Clea DuVall’s feature directorial debut The Intervention; and Richard Tanne’s Southside With You, about Barack Obama’s first date with the First Lady.
Among the Us Documentary Competition selections are: Holy Hell by undisclosed; Jeff Feuerzeig’s Author: The Jt LeRoy Story; and Sara Jordenö’s Kiki.
The World Cinema Dramatic Competition entries include: Belgica (Belgium-France-Netherlands), Felix van Groeningen’s follow-up to The Broken Circle Breakdown; Manolo Cruz and Carlos del Castillo’s Between Sea And Land (Colombia); and Nicolette Krebitz’s Wild...
- 12/2/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Alexander Skarsgard, is that really you under there?
The True Blood star was unrecognisable as he arrived in full drag to the premiere of his new movie The Diary of a Teenage Girl in San Francisco last night (August 4).
The actor was giving it Farrah Fawcett glamour in a blonde feathered wig, which he teamed with a floor-length gold gown.
It's believed Skarsgard - who is reportedly dating Alexa Chung - was paying tribute to co-star and drag performer Joshua Grannell, who plays a transvestite in Marielle Heller's controversial movie.
The film adapts Phoebe Gloeckner's graphic novel The Diary of a Teenage Girl: An Account in Words and Pictures, and centres around a young artist (Bel Powley) living in San Francisco in the '70s, who is having an affair with her mother's boyfriend.
Skarsgard plays Monroe, the 35-year-old boyfriend having the affair unbeknown to his girlfriend...
The True Blood star was unrecognisable as he arrived in full drag to the premiere of his new movie The Diary of a Teenage Girl in San Francisco last night (August 4).
The actor was giving it Farrah Fawcett glamour in a blonde feathered wig, which he teamed with a floor-length gold gown.
It's believed Skarsgard - who is reportedly dating Alexa Chung - was paying tribute to co-star and drag performer Joshua Grannell, who plays a transvestite in Marielle Heller's controversial movie.
The film adapts Phoebe Gloeckner's graphic novel The Diary of a Teenage Girl: An Account in Words and Pictures, and centres around a young artist (Bel Powley) living in San Francisco in the '70s, who is having an affair with her mother's boyfriend.
Skarsgard plays Monroe, the 35-year-old boyfriend having the affair unbeknown to his girlfriend...
- 8/4/2015
- Digital Spy
Alexander Skarsgard, is that really you under there?
The True Blood star was unrecognisable as he arrived in full drag to the premiere of his new movie The Diary of a Teenage Girl in San Francisco last night (August 4).
The actor was giving it Farrah Fawcett glamour in a blonde feathered wig, which he teamed with a floor-length gold gown.
It's believed Skarsgard - who is reportedly dating Alexa Chung - was paying tribute to co-star and drag performer Joshua Grannell, who plays a transvestite in Marielle Heller's controversial movie.
The film adapts Phoebe Gloeckner's graphic novel The Diary of a Teenage Girl: An Account in Words and Pictures, and centres around a young artist (Bel Powley) living in San Francisco in the '70s, who is having an affair with her mother's boyfriend.
Skarsgard plays Monroe, the 35-year-old boyfriend having the affair unbeknown to his girlfriend...
The True Blood star was unrecognisable as he arrived in full drag to the premiere of his new movie The Diary of a Teenage Girl in San Francisco last night (August 4).
The actor was giving it Farrah Fawcett glamour in a blonde feathered wig, which he teamed with a floor-length gold gown.
It's believed Skarsgard - who is reportedly dating Alexa Chung - was paying tribute to co-star and drag performer Joshua Grannell, who plays a transvestite in Marielle Heller's controversial movie.
The film adapts Phoebe Gloeckner's graphic novel The Diary of a Teenage Girl: An Account in Words and Pictures, and centres around a young artist (Bel Powley) living in San Francisco in the '70s, who is having an affair with her mother's boyfriend.
Skarsgard plays Monroe, the 35-year-old boyfriend having the affair unbeknown to his girlfriend...
- 8/4/2015
- Digital Spy
Love is extremely complicated for Bel Powley, Kristen Wiig and Alexander Skarsgård in a trailer for The Diary of a Teenage Girl.
Phoebe Gloeckner's graphic novel about the sexual awakening of a teenager named Minnie Goetze (Powley) is being adapted for the screen by filmmaker Marielle Heller.
Rather than the sentimental portrayals of first love, Diary of a Teenage Girl is a frank and bitingly comic portrayal of the highs and lows of lust.
Diary of a Teenage Girl was shot on location early last year in San Francisco with a cast that also includes Christopher Meloni (True Blood) and Austin Lyon (Marvel's Agents of Shield).
The comedy premiered earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival, and also won the Grand Prix of Generation 14plus at the Berlin International Film Festival.
The Diary of a Teenage Girl opens in Us cinemas on August 7. A UK release is yet to be set.
Phoebe Gloeckner's graphic novel about the sexual awakening of a teenager named Minnie Goetze (Powley) is being adapted for the screen by filmmaker Marielle Heller.
Rather than the sentimental portrayals of first love, Diary of a Teenage Girl is a frank and bitingly comic portrayal of the highs and lows of lust.
Diary of a Teenage Girl was shot on location early last year in San Francisco with a cast that also includes Christopher Meloni (True Blood) and Austin Lyon (Marvel's Agents of Shield).
The comedy premiered earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival, and also won the Grand Prix of Generation 14plus at the Berlin International Film Festival.
The Diary of a Teenage Girl opens in Us cinemas on August 7. A UK release is yet to be set.
- 7/3/2015
- Digital Spy
So, here we are. One episode away from the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season finale. It’s been a long road, a long TV season, and just like Grant Ward, we’re not exactly the same people that we were when the series first started last fall.
But everyone has to start somewhere, right? And so in an episode that centered around what made Grant Ward the person he is, we start our story in Plymouth, Ma, at a juvenile security unit. This is where 15 years ago, a young and troubled Grant Ward was visited by a man named John Garrett,...
But everyone has to start somewhere, right? And so in an episode that centered around what made Grant Ward the person he is, we start our story in Plymouth, Ma, at a juvenile security unit. This is where 15 years ago, a young and troubled Grant Ward was visited by a man named John Garrett,...
- 5/7/2014
- by Andrea Towers
- EW.com - PopWatch
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