Further openers are Sony’s ’Equalizer 3’, Mub’s ’Passages’ and Lionsgate’s ‘Cobweb’ .
Seventeen new films launch into UK-Ireland cinemas this weekend in a sign of the release schedule returning to its pre-pandemic state; as exhibitors look for a post-Barbenheimer success, and to capitalise on this year’s National Cinema Day, on Saturday, September 2.
Tickets for all films are available for £3 at over 630 cinemas across the UK and Ireland; last year’s National Cinema Day brought in 1.46m admissions.
Angel Studios is releasing Alejandro Monteverde’s biographical drama Sound Of Freedom, about a government agent-turned-vigilante who aims to rescue children from sex traffickers,...
Seventeen new films launch into UK-Ireland cinemas this weekend in a sign of the release schedule returning to its pre-pandemic state; as exhibitors look for a post-Barbenheimer success, and to capitalise on this year’s National Cinema Day, on Saturday, September 2.
Tickets for all films are available for £3 at over 630 cinemas across the UK and Ireland; last year’s National Cinema Day brought in 1.46m admissions.
Angel Studios is releasing Alejandro Monteverde’s biographical drama Sound Of Freedom, about a government agent-turned-vigilante who aims to rescue children from sex traffickers,...
- 9/1/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Two brothers drive to Alaska to sell a haul of stolen drugs and gain a higher price – if they don’t neck them all on the way
There are definitely irksome components in this microbudget drama set largely inside a creaking Cadillac, but there are redeeming features as well. In the debit column, there are way too many vaguely admiring montages that show the sibling central characters Jake and John ingesting a pharmacopeia of drugs, from “roxy” to heroin. Likewise, a lot of the naturalistic dialogue is a tad repetitive, like the long debates over whether they should sell all the drugs they have stolen (currently hidden in teddy bears in the trunk of the Caddy) in Los Angeles or Anchorage, Alaska. In the latter city, their illicit haul would fetch a much higher price – but only if they don’t neck it all first on the way.
A lot...
There are definitely irksome components in this microbudget drama set largely inside a creaking Cadillac, but there are redeeming features as well. In the debit column, there are way too many vaguely admiring montages that show the sibling central characters Jake and John ingesting a pharmacopeia of drugs, from “roxy” to heroin. Likewise, a lot of the naturalistic dialogue is a tad repetitive, like the long debates over whether they should sell all the drugs they have stolen (currently hidden in teddy bears in the trunk of the Caddy) in Los Angeles or Anchorage, Alaska. In the latter city, their illicit haul would fetch a much higher price – but only if they don’t neck it all first on the way.
A lot...
- 8/28/2023
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Guardian - Film News
Screen Media has picked up North American rights to Anchorage, a drug-fueled road trip thriller from first-time director Scott Monahan. The Mise En Scéne Company, which is handling worldwide sales on the film, also signed a deal with Bulldog for U.K. rights.
Anchorage premiered at the Oldenburg International Film Festival, where it won the German independence award for best film, as well as the best actor nod for co-star Dakota Loesch, who also wrote the screenplay.
In the film, Loesch and Monahan play brothers Jacob and John who attempt to drive a trunk full of stolen opioids from Florida to Alaska to cash in big. But a split-second act of violence in the California desert derails their plans and sets them on a crash course with tragedy. Since its Oldenburg premiere, the film has traveled the festival circuit, building up word-of-mouth and winning numerous awards.
“Anchorage is a true...
Anchorage premiered at the Oldenburg International Film Festival, where it won the German independence award for best film, as well as the best actor nod for co-star Dakota Loesch, who also wrote the screenplay.
In the film, Loesch and Monahan play brothers Jacob and John who attempt to drive a trunk full of stolen opioids from Florida to Alaska to cash in big. But a split-second act of violence in the California desert derails their plans and sets them on a crash course with tragedy. Since its Oldenburg premiere, the film has traveled the festival circuit, building up word-of-mouth and winning numerous awards.
“Anchorage is a true...
- 5/17/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Anchorage, Scott Monahan’s dark drama about two brothers who take off on an ill-advised drug-running mission to Alaska, has won the 2021 Oldenburg International Film Festival, taking the German Independence Award for best film.
Anchorage screenwriter Dakota Loesch, who stars alongside Monahan in the indie drama, took Oldenburg’s best actor honor, the Seymour Cassel Award. Best actress went to Eaindra Kyaw Zin for her portrayal of a desperately ill woman who finds solace, and love, in another terminally-ill patient in the Myanmar melodrama What Happened to the Wolf? from director Na Gyi. Na Gyi remains in hiding with What Happened to the Wolf? star Paing ...
Anchorage screenwriter Dakota Loesch, who stars alongside Monahan in the indie drama, took Oldenburg’s best actor honor, the Seymour Cassel Award. Best actress went to Eaindra Kyaw Zin for her portrayal of a desperately ill woman who finds solace, and love, in another terminally-ill patient in the Myanmar melodrama What Happened to the Wolf? from director Na Gyi. Na Gyi remains in hiding with What Happened to the Wolf? star Paing ...
- 9/21/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Anchorage, Scott Monahan’s dark drama about two brothers who take off on an ill-advised drug-running mission to Alaska, has won the 2021 Oldenburg International Film Festival, taking the German Independence Award for best film.
Anchorage screenwriter Dakota Loesch, who stars alongside Monahan in the indie drama, took Oldenburg’s best actor honor, the Seymour Cassel Award. Best actress went to Eaindra Kyaw Zin for her portrayal of a desperately ill woman who finds solace, and love, in another terminally-ill patient in the Myanmar melodrama What Happened to the Wolf? from director Na Gyi. Na Gyi remains in hiding with What Happened to the Wolf? star Paing ...
Anchorage screenwriter Dakota Loesch, who stars alongside Monahan in the indie drama, took Oldenburg’s best actor honor, the Seymour Cassel Award. Best actress went to Eaindra Kyaw Zin for her portrayal of a desperately ill woman who finds solace, and love, in another terminally-ill patient in the Myanmar melodrama What Happened to the Wolf? from director Na Gyi. Na Gyi remains in hiding with What Happened to the Wolf? star Paing ...
- 9/21/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
An intense road trip that engages and sometimes entertains even as it heads toward very dark places, Scott Monahan’s Anchorage refuses to dismiss its two fringe-dwelling protagonists (played by Monahan and screenwriter Dakota Loesch) as soulless or dumb. The brothers, headed north on an ill-conceived drug-running mission, may harbor antisocial tendencies, but conversational wit balances their dumber moments, and a bond of grief has turned brotherly love into fuel for a plan that’s more desperate than they seem to realize. Though it holds little commercial promise under current theatrical conditions, the pic is more than alive enough to fuel interest in ...
- 9/16/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
An intense road trip that engages and sometimes entertains even as it heads toward very dark places, Scott Monahan’s Anchorage refuses to dismiss its two fringe-dwelling protagonists (played by Monahan and screenwriter Dakota Loesch) as soulless or dumb. The brothers, headed north on an ill-conceived drug-running mission, may harbor antisocial tendencies, but conversational wit balances their dumber moments, and a bond of grief has turned brotherly love into fuel for a plan that’s more desperate than they seem to realize. Though it holds little commercial promise under current theatrical conditions, the pic is more than alive enough to fuel interest in ...
- 9/16/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In today’s Global Bulletin, BAFTA prepares online sessions for several top 2021 TV nominees; Modern Films picks up global rights to “Lady Boss”; Mise En Scéne Company adds “Anchorage” to its Marché du Film slate; Abacus Media Rights will distribute “The Masked Dancer U.K.” abroad; Amazon launches miniTV in India and sets “Sherni” premiere date; Head Gear and Big Wave Productions make key hires in the U.K.; Kaiser Chiefs frontman Ricky Wilson gets animated in Sky Kids’ “Dodo”; Strawberry Blond opens offices in Glasgow; and MTV U.K. partners with The Open University on a digital series for promising alumni.
Awards
Jodie Comer, Steve McQueen, Hayley Squires and Waleed Zuaiter are a few of the stars headlining BAFTA’s The Television Sessions 2021, an annual event series — held online for the second year in a row — featuring BAFTA-nominated shows and talent. Taking place May 18 through June 4, the five panels...
Awards
Jodie Comer, Steve McQueen, Hayley Squires and Waleed Zuaiter are a few of the stars headlining BAFTA’s The Television Sessions 2021, an annual event series — held online for the second year in a row — featuring BAFTA-nominated shows and talent. Taking place May 18 through June 4, the five panels...
- 5/17/2021
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
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