If one daydreams about what film, music, Hollywood, London and all ports in between felt like in the ’60s and ’70s, writer-director Andrew Birkin’s new memoir, “Pov: A Life in Pictures,” is a dreamscape of glorious days and nights and legendary personalities. Starring Birkin’s famous model-actress-singer sister, Jane Birkin, along with her famous husbands, plus filmmakers from Walt Disney to Stanley Kubrick (for whom he worked for two years) and festooned with pop stars such as the Beatles and Slade as well as Hitler’s architect Albert Speer thrown in for good measure, the tome is a swirling kaleidoscope that Birkin paints with vivid colors. Here are a few edited entries that should give the reader a feel for what the era hath wrought, courtesy of Birkin’s sharp eye on the swinging times all those years ago.
What follows are some excerpted scenes from the book.
By...
What follows are some excerpted scenes from the book.
By...
- 3/17/2022
- by Andrew Birkin
- Variety Film + TV
Celebrity fitness expert Shaun T has been open about his dark past, revealing in his explosive new memoir T Is for Transformation that he was sexually molested as a young boy.
They were demons that the 39-year-old began confronting well over a decade ago in therapy, as he was building his brand as a world-famous motivator, choreographer and creator of fitness phenomenons Insanity, Hip Hop Abs and Cize.
And now, as he preps to become a dad for the first time (he and husband Scott Blokker have twins on the way via surrogate), Shaun T is reflecting on how his...
They were demons that the 39-year-old began confronting well over a decade ago in therapy, as he was building his brand as a world-famous motivator, choreographer and creator of fitness phenomenons Insanity, Hip Hop Abs and Cize.
And now, as he preps to become a dad for the first time (he and husband Scott Blokker have twins on the way via surrogate), Shaun T is reflecting on how his...
- 11/7/2017
- by Dave Quinn
- PEOPLE.com
The root of evil in “The Blackcoat’s Daughter” isn’t particularly original or deep, but the movie’s twisty plot and eerie atmosphere makes it deeply unsettling anyway. A chilling package of muted performances, disquieting sound design and isolated locations, the directorial debut of Osgood Perkins is a competent exercise in style dripping with tidbits of gothic horror that don’t entirely coalesce into a satisfying whole, but offer plenty of frightening possibilities along the way. For fans of the genre, it’s a juicy melange of the right stuff.
Initially called “February” when it surfaced on the festival circuit in late 2015, “The Blackcoat’s Daughter” arrives months after Perkins’ Netflix-released sophomore effort, the moody haunted house thriller “I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House,” and together they illustrate the stirrings of a strong genre director searching for the ideal vessel.
The bulk of “The Blackcoat...
Initially called “February” when it surfaced on the festival circuit in late 2015, “The Blackcoat’s Daughter” arrives months after Perkins’ Netflix-released sophomore effort, the moody haunted house thriller “I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House,” and together they illustrate the stirrings of a strong genre director searching for the ideal vessel.
The bulk of “The Blackcoat...
- 3/29/2017
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Series finales can go one of two ways: They can limp to the finish line, or they can be a satisfying affair that brings a series full circle in a natural way.
Thankfully, The Vampire Diaries Season 8 Episode 16 was a beautiful ending to a series that has struggled creatively for the past few seasons.
Let's talk about Stefan's sacrifice first. It made sense. There was no way Stefan was going to be able to apologize for the things he did in the past, so the best way to do so was to sacrifice his happiness to allow everyone else their own.
Giving Damon the cure and taking Katherine to the bitter end of her existence was his way of atoning for everything he has done over the years. The battle he had with Damon over who was going to die solidified the Salvatore brothers' strong bond.
Neither of them wanted to see the other die,...
Thankfully, The Vampire Diaries Season 8 Episode 16 was a beautiful ending to a series that has struggled creatively for the past few seasons.
Let's talk about Stefan's sacrifice first. It made sense. There was no way Stefan was going to be able to apologize for the things he did in the past, so the best way to do so was to sacrifice his happiness to allow everyone else their own.
Giving Damon the cure and taking Katherine to the bitter end of her existence was his way of atoning for everything he has done over the years. The battle he had with Damon over who was going to die solidified the Salvatore brothers' strong bond.
Neither of them wanted to see the other die,...
- 3/11/2017
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Polly Cooper is missing on Riverdale Season 1 Episode 7.
The troubled and misunderstood Cooper made a run for it. But her escape doesn't look like it will last long...
Based on these preview photos, Betty's search party to find her missing sister looks to be a success. Polly and Betty are reunited...for now. But what exactly caused the eldest sister to go hiding in the woods?
Check out the photos below from "Chapter Seven: In a Lonely Place", which airs Thursday, March 9 on The CW.
And don't forget, you can watch Riverdale online via TV Fanatic to get caught up on all the drama.
1. Hiding In The Woods - Riverdale Season 1 Episode 7 The woods are a dark and dangerous place. What evidence will our search party find hiding away in the trees? 2. The Search Party Commences - Riverdale Season 1 Episode 7 The whole group, as well as some Riverdale High classmates,...
The troubled and misunderstood Cooper made a run for it. But her escape doesn't look like it will last long...
Based on these preview photos, Betty's search party to find her missing sister looks to be a success. Polly and Betty are reunited...for now. But what exactly caused the eldest sister to go hiding in the woods?
Check out the photos below from "Chapter Seven: In a Lonely Place", which airs Thursday, March 9 on The CW.
And don't forget, you can watch Riverdale online via TV Fanatic to get caught up on all the drama.
1. Hiding In The Woods - Riverdale Season 1 Episode 7 The woods are a dark and dangerous place. What evidence will our search party find hiding away in the trees? 2. The Search Party Commences - Riverdale Season 1 Episode 7 The whole group, as well as some Riverdale High classmates,...
- 3/8/2017
- by Justin Carreiro
- TVfanatic
Adela King joined the cast of Ladies of London for Season 3 — and has made regular appearances as a friend of Caroline Stanbury. With Caroline now living in Dubai, it wouldn’t come as a surprise if Adela joined the elite circle of ladies as a main cast member for Season 4. But who is she? According to Caroline, she has the following traits: “Bright, sparkly, big boobs, big hair.” But there’s a lot more to Adela King than that. Adela is an international woman, having lived in Hong Kong and Singapore as a child, before attending Heathfield Boarding School in the UK. She has...read more...
- 2/7/2017
- by Kathryn Tucker
- Monsters and Critics
There is little quite as decisive as education. And state-side, there is certainly a weariness related to boarding schools and their outdated traditions, antiquated ideologies, and general eliteness that, at the moment, has reached a near-pariah state (at least outside of the North East). This makes it plausible that American audiences might sit down to the new Irish documentary “In Loco Parentis” expecting a validation of some preconceived notions. But, as it turns out, “In Loco Parentis” adds a vital perspective on a particular form of education, highlighting most notably that with the right educators and the right environment, it can — and should be — a joyous, mind-opening experience.
Continue reading Boarding School Doc ‘In Loco Parentis’ Is An Immersive Look At The Transformative Power Of Education [Sundance Review] at The Playlist.
Continue reading Boarding School Doc ‘In Loco Parentis’ Is An Immersive Look At The Transformative Power Of Education [Sundance Review] at The Playlist.
- 1/21/2017
- by Gary Garrison
- The Playlist
Humanity runs through all of Greta Gerwig’s roles. And that’s the element she’s most excited about in what is shaping up to be a crowded awards race.
“They’re movies made by people, about people,” Gerwig said of some of the year’s biggest contenders. “And that seems political and important even just by itself. And, well, I’m just happy to be part of it.”
No, really.
“I live for this shit,” Gerwig said. “If I didn’t get to act and write and direct, I would do as I do know, which is go [to the movies]. My status as a fangirl has, in some ways, only grown. I just love being around it.”
It’s a sentiment that is often tossed around during awards season – “it’s such an honor to even be nominated!” – but the star of “20th Century Women” and “Jackie” means it. “When beautiful...
“They’re movies made by people, about people,” Gerwig said of some of the year’s biggest contenders. “And that seems political and important even just by itself. And, well, I’m just happy to be part of it.”
No, really.
“I live for this shit,” Gerwig said. “If I didn’t get to act and write and direct, I would do as I do know, which is go [to the movies]. My status as a fangirl has, in some ways, only grown. I just love being around it.”
It’s a sentiment that is often tossed around during awards season – “it’s such an honor to even be nominated!” – but the star of “20th Century Women” and “Jackie” means it. “When beautiful...
- 12/8/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Im Global has acquired international rights to Boaz Yakin horror thriller Boarding School produced by Maven Pictures' co-founders (and prolific filmmakers) Trudie Styler and Celine Rattray and also produced by Scott Lochmus (The Joneses) and Jason Orans (Goodbye Solo). Currently in post, the film stars Will Patton (Remember the Titans), Samantha Mathis (American Psycho), Sterling Jerins (The Conjuring series), Luke Prael (Boy in a Backpack), and Tammy Blanchard (The Good S…...
- 11/4/2016
- Deadline
Exclusive: Stuart Ford's Im Global has added two new titles to its already robust American Film Market roster as the global-minded company continues to demonstrate a strong appetite for domestic and international fare. Joining the slate are Emily Ratajkowski-starrer Lying And Stealing and the Samantha Mathis thriller Boarding School, both of which Im Global will be selling in Santa Monica during a busy week for the sales and finance outfit. Those titles join Im Global at…...
- 11/3/2016
- Deadline
53rd Antalya International Film Festival in Turkey Announces Winners of its Golden Orange Award“Clair-Obscur” by Turkish director Yeşim Ustaoğlu wins International Competition for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actress. In the National Competition, it wins Best Actress while “Blue Bicycle” wins for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay. “My Father’s Wings” Wins Audience Award for Best Film and National Competition Awards for Best First Feature, Best Actor and the Dr. Avni Tolunay Special Jury Award for Sound Design.
The 53rd International Antalya Film Festival, co-hosted by the Mayor of Antalya Metropolitan Municipality and Festival President, Menderes Türel, and Elif Dağdeviren, the Festival’s Director, is a festival which is weathering the storms hitting Turkey. Just months after an attempted government coup, Turkey is a country increasingly involved in the long war in neighboring Syria; it has been the target of several recent terrorist attacks which scare...
The 53rd International Antalya Film Festival, co-hosted by the Mayor of Antalya Metropolitan Municipality and Festival President, Menderes Türel, and Elif Dağdeviren, the Festival’s Director, is a festival which is weathering the storms hitting Turkey. Just months after an attempted government coup, Turkey is a country increasingly involved in the long war in neighboring Syria; it has been the target of several recent terrorist attacks which scare...
- 10/24/2016
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
“I felt like I was reading about someone who understand me. Not Huck Finn, not Tom Sawyer, but Holden Caulfield,” says Alex Wolff’s character Jamie Schwartz in the new trailer for “Coming Through the Rye.”
Written and directed by James Sadwith, who based the film on his own real life experience with J.D. Salinger, the drama is set in 1969 and follows the 16-year-old outcast who finds solace in “The Catcher In The Rye” and deeply identifies with its protagonist. He decides to adapt the book into a play but before moving forward seeks the approval of the author himself, who is portrayed by Chris Cooper.
Read More: ‘Coming Through The Rye’ Exclusive Clip: An Alienated Teen Leaves Boarding School To Find J.D. Salinger
The film made its debut last year at the Austin Film Festival and was recently picked up by Samuel Goldwyn Films and Eammon Films, who will...
Written and directed by James Sadwith, who based the film on his own real life experience with J.D. Salinger, the drama is set in 1969 and follows the 16-year-old outcast who finds solace in “The Catcher In The Rye” and deeply identifies with its protagonist. He decides to adapt the book into a play but before moving forward seeks the approval of the author himself, who is portrayed by Chris Cooper.
Read More: ‘Coming Through The Rye’ Exclusive Clip: An Alienated Teen Leaves Boarding School To Find J.D. Salinger
The film made its debut last year at the Austin Film Festival and was recently picked up by Samuel Goldwyn Films and Eammon Films, who will...
- 9/22/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
He's handsome, royal and looks like Harry Styles's Scandinavian cousin: Meet Prince Nikolai. To mark his 17th birthday on August 28, Denmark's royal palace released two new portraits of the young prince relaxing in a rural setting: one photo depicts him alone, the other with his 14-year-old brother, Prince Felix. Nikolai was born in 1999 to Prince Joachim, 47, and his former wife Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg, 52. The couple married in 1995 and divorced 10 years later. Prince Nikolai, Queen Margrethe's eldest grandson, is seventh in line to the Danish throne. • Want to keep up with the latest royals coverage? Click here to subscribe to the Royals Newsletter.
- 8/29/2016
- by Caris Davis, @cd123
- PEOPLE.com
Promising projects from Europe, South America, Asia and the Middle East will be showcased for international co-production opportunities.
The Cannes Film Festival (May 11-22) has unveiled this year’s Cinefoundation Atelier selection, comprising 15 projects in development from upcoming director talent.
The 12th edition of the showcase will give the invited directors and their producers access to potential funding partners during the festival in a bid to accelerate completion of the films. The titles include:
Abou Leila Amin Sidi-Boumediène (Algeria)La Cordillera Santiago Mitre (Argentina)Tantas Almas Nicolás Rincón Gille (Colombia)Ni dieux ni maîtres Eric Cherrière (France)Memories and My Mother Aditya Vikram Sengupta (India)Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts Mouly Surya (Indonesia)Daoud’s Winter Koutaiba Al Janabi (Iraq)Death In Bed David Volach (Israel)Sow The Wind Danilo Caputo (Italy)Femme Fatale Kyoko Miyake (Japan)The Whole-Timers Bibhusan Basnet & Pooja Gurung (Nepal)Animas José Ortuño (Spain)My Favorite Fabric Gaya Jiji (Syria)Iguana Tokyo Kaan Müjdeci...
The Cannes Film Festival (May 11-22) has unveiled this year’s Cinefoundation Atelier selection, comprising 15 projects in development from upcoming director talent.
The 12th edition of the showcase will give the invited directors and their producers access to potential funding partners during the festival in a bid to accelerate completion of the films. The titles include:
Abou Leila Amin Sidi-Boumediène (Algeria)La Cordillera Santiago Mitre (Argentina)Tantas Almas Nicolás Rincón Gille (Colombia)Ni dieux ni maîtres Eric Cherrière (France)Memories and My Mother Aditya Vikram Sengupta (India)Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts Mouly Surya (Indonesia)Daoud’s Winter Koutaiba Al Janabi (Iraq)Death In Bed David Volach (Israel)Sow The Wind Danilo Caputo (Italy)Femme Fatale Kyoko Miyake (Japan)The Whole-Timers Bibhusan Basnet & Pooja Gurung (Nepal)Animas José Ortuño (Spain)My Favorite Fabric Gaya Jiji (Syria)Iguana Tokyo Kaan Müjdeci...
- 3/7/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
The 52nd International Antalya Film Festival this year was a case of “The Show Must Go On”. In spite of several setbacks which made Turkey quite unstable and put it on the U.S. State Department’s Alert List, it took place in the beautiful Turkish seaside site of the recent G20 Conference. It rivals Cannes for its Croisette; its boulevards exceed any street in Cannes. Organized by the Antalya Metropolitan Municipality whose Mayor Menderes Türel, recently reelected for a five year term, is supporting this festival in a major way and directed by Elif Dağdeviren, the Festival’s Closing Night was an extravaganza of special effects as it announced its winners and handed out its Golden Orange 35 times.
The Festival’s industry component, the one year old, Antalya Film Forum (Aff), was directed by filmmaker Zeynep Özbatur Atakan. Industry guests included, among others, Jim Stark and his partner Nicolas Celis whom I had just recently written about. Idfa’s Ally Derks, Tiff’s Piers Handling, International sales agent Catherine Le Clef, BaseWerx for Film’s Claudia Landsberger, and Producer Linda Beath who all attended in spite of warnings of terrorism in Turkey. I also had the good fortune to meet the Bosnian Dp Mirsad Herović who seems to be working non-stop in Turkey these days, on his film “Iftarlik Gazoz/Pop A Revolution”.
At the ceremony I sat next to Alin Tasciyan, President of Fipresci who was also responsible for the international press in attendance. Days later, we went to a fabulous restaurant in Istanbul and talked more about the state of the industry and Turkey in general. This evening was one of the highlights of the trip and deserves an article of its own.
The jury was presided over by the elegant Ömer Vargi, known as the director who revitalized the Turkish cinema and who is also the head of the Istanbul Film Studios. The jury members included the award winning screenwriter Tarik Tufan and L.A.’s own James Ulmer, the entertainment journalist who created a ranking list of actors, known as "The Ulmer Scale" and who wrote the books James Ulmer's Hollywood Hot List -- The Complete Guide to Star Ranking and Directors Hot List, which measure the global value of stars and directors in a variety of areas including bankability, career management, professionalism, promotion, risk factors and talent. We again shared an evening together in Istanbul where we stayed at the same boutique hotel recommend to us by Israel’s Dan and Edna Fainaru , who unfortunately broke her foot at the festival.
The most notable film was “Ivy” which won four awards: National Competition for Best Movie -- plus 100.000 Turkish Lira (3Tl = 1Us$) and whose director-writer Tolga Karaçelik won the National Competition for Best Screenplay and for Best Director (for which he also won 1 million travel miles by Turkish Airlines) and whose actor Nadir Sarıbacak won the Best Actor Award of the National Competition.
“Ivy” is Tolga Karaçelik’s second film and previously played at Sundance 2015, Tiff 2015 Contemporary World Cinema, Thessaloniki, Istanbul and Karlovy Vary Film Festivals in 2015. The story is about a ship sailing to Egypt to load goods bound for Angola. The crew is forbidden to go to shore when a lien is put on the ship because the ship’s owner has gone bankrupt leaving the crew with no salaries paid which puts them into a nasty mood. While in anchorage, supplies run out, the crew fractures into parts, small arguments escalate into major conflicts and the ship becomes a battlefield.
“The Cold of Kalander” also won four prizes: the Dr. Avni Tolunay Jury Special Award, National Competition for Best Music to François Couturier, International Competition Best Actor to Haydar Şişman and National Competition to Nuray Yeşilaraz for Best Actress.
Winning three prizes, “Memories of the Wind," about an intellectual of Armenian origin hiding from Turkish militia by the Georgian border during WWII who falls in love with the wife of the farmer offering shelter, received a great round of applause with its Audience Award in International Competition, International Award for Best Music by Eleonore Fourning and Best Visual Director Award going to Andreas Sinanos. International sales by Arizona Flms.
“For Love of the Neighborhood” won the Special Jury Award, Best Art Direction Award and Best Editing Award. “The Apprentice” won for Best First Movie, and the Best Supporting Actress Award went to Çiğdem Selışık.
Elif Dağdeviren on the state of the festival and its mission today says,
"Our aim was and will continue to be a respected film festival on a par with all the important film festivals around the world. We choose all the films, events, national and international guests according to this mission and vision.
During the first 50 years, the festival served a very important purpose to support the cinema of Turkey locally. This was at a time when there were no other festivals and very few theatres in Turkey.
Antayla opened many doors for other successful local festivals and then needed to renew itself by becoming a meeting point of both the local and the world cinema sector. And it needed to modernize itself according to the technological innovations taking place worldwide. The first two years have proven that this is not a dream but a possible reality."
List of winners:
International Competition Awards
Audience Award: “Memories of the Wind” (Director: Ozcan Alper, Producers: Soner Alper, Mustafa Oğuz, Ali Bayraktar – Turkey)
Best Music Award: Eleni Karaindrou and Irena Popoviç (“Enclave” –Serbia/Germany)
Best Actor: Haydar Şişman (“The Cold of Kalandar” - Turkey)
Best Actress: Alba Rohrwacher (“Sworn Virgin” -Italy/ Switzerland/ Germany/ Albania/ Kosovo/ France)
Best Screenplay: Alexandra-Therese Keining (“Girls Lost” - Sweden)
Best Director: Hany Abu Assad (“The Idol” – U.K./ Palestine/ Netherlands/ United Arab Emirates)
Jury Mansion Award: “Pioneer Heroes” (Director: Natalya Kudryashova, Producer: Sergey Selyanov - Russia)
Best Movie: “Memories on Stone” (Director: Shawkat Amin Korki, Producer: Mehmet Aktaş - Germany/ Iraq)
Antalya Film Forum Awards:
DigiFlame Color and Digital Effect Award: “Goodness” (Producer: Sevil Demirci / Director: Özgür Sevimli) Aff Villa Kult Berlin Artistic Residency Award: “Dormitory” (Producer: Evrim Sanal / Director: Nehir Tuna) Documentary Pitching Jury Special Award : “The Memories of Antoine Köpe” (Producer: Elsa Ginoux / Director: Nefin Dinç) Documentary Pitching Platform Award: “Mr. Gay Syria” (Producer: Cem Doruk / Director: Ayşe Toprak) with 30,000 Tl, “The Olympiad” (Producer: Tuğçe Taçkın / Director: Efe Öztezdoğan) with 30,000 Tl Fiction Pitching Jury Special Award: “Death of the Black Horses” (Producer: Gülistan Acet / Director: Ferit Karahan) Fiction Pitching Award: “Butterflies” (Producer-Director: Tolga Karaçelik) with 30,000 Tl, “The Boarding School” (Producer: Bilge Elif Özköse / Director: Rezan Yeşilbaş) with 30,000 Tl Work in Progress Award: “Rauf” (Producer: Soner Caner, Burak Ozan / Director: Barış Kaya, Soner Caner) with 100,000 Tl Honorary and Lifetime Achivement Awards:
Golden Orange Labor Award : Sonay Kanat
Honarary Award: Kathleen Turner
Lifetime Achievement Award: Catherine Deneuve
Lifetime Achievement Award: Jeremy Irons
Lifetime Achievement Award: Franco Nero
Lifetime Achievement Award: Vanessa Redgrave
Honarary Award: Aysen Gruda
Honarary Award: Erden Kıral
Honarary Award: Kayhan Yıldızoğlu
Honarary Award: Tijen Par
National Competition Awards:
Antalya Film Support Fund Award: “Snow“, Emre Erdoğdu with 100.000Tl
Documentary Audience Award : “Zerk” (Director: İnan Erbil, Producer: Doğacan Aktaş)
Short Film Audience Award: “Zilan” (Director: Mehmet Mahsum Akyel, Producer: Doğacan Aktaş)
National Competition Audience Award: “The Coop” (Director: Ufuk Bayraktar, Producer, Ufuk Bayraktar, Ali Adnan Özgür)
Behlül Dal Jury Special Award (Young Talented Actor): Yağız Can Konyalı (The Team: “For the Love of the Neighborhood”)
Dr. Avni Tolunay Jury Special Award: “ The Cold of Kalandar “(Director: Mustafa Kara, Producer: Nermin Aytekin))
Best Editing: Emre Şahin (The Team: “For the Love of the Neighborhood”)
Best Production Designer: Uykura Bayyurt (The Team: “For the Love of the Neighborhood”)
Best Cinematography: Andreas Sinanos (“Memories of the Wind”)
Best Music: François Couturier (“Memories of The Wind“), Eleonore Fourniau (“The Cold of Kalandar“)
Best Supporting Actor: Kaan Çakır (“Muna“)
Best Supporting Actress: Cigdem Selisik (“The Apprentice“)
Best Actor: Nadir Sarıbacak (“Ivy“)
Best Actress: Nuray Yeşilaraz (“The Cold of Kalandar“)
Best First Movie: “The Apprentice“ (Director: Emre Konuk)
Film-yön Best Director: Selim Evci (“Saklı“)
Best Screenplay: Tolga Karacelik (“Ivy“)
Best Director: Tolga Karacelik (“Ivy“), 1 million Turkish Arlines travel miles
Best Movie: “Ivy” (Producer: Bilge Elif Turhan, Tolga Karacelik) 100.000 Tl award...
The Festival’s industry component, the one year old, Antalya Film Forum (Aff), was directed by filmmaker Zeynep Özbatur Atakan. Industry guests included, among others, Jim Stark and his partner Nicolas Celis whom I had just recently written about. Idfa’s Ally Derks, Tiff’s Piers Handling, International sales agent Catherine Le Clef, BaseWerx for Film’s Claudia Landsberger, and Producer Linda Beath who all attended in spite of warnings of terrorism in Turkey. I also had the good fortune to meet the Bosnian Dp Mirsad Herović who seems to be working non-stop in Turkey these days, on his film “Iftarlik Gazoz/Pop A Revolution”.
At the ceremony I sat next to Alin Tasciyan, President of Fipresci who was also responsible for the international press in attendance. Days later, we went to a fabulous restaurant in Istanbul and talked more about the state of the industry and Turkey in general. This evening was one of the highlights of the trip and deserves an article of its own.
The jury was presided over by the elegant Ömer Vargi, known as the director who revitalized the Turkish cinema and who is also the head of the Istanbul Film Studios. The jury members included the award winning screenwriter Tarik Tufan and L.A.’s own James Ulmer, the entertainment journalist who created a ranking list of actors, known as "The Ulmer Scale" and who wrote the books James Ulmer's Hollywood Hot List -- The Complete Guide to Star Ranking and Directors Hot List, which measure the global value of stars and directors in a variety of areas including bankability, career management, professionalism, promotion, risk factors and talent. We again shared an evening together in Istanbul where we stayed at the same boutique hotel recommend to us by Israel’s Dan and Edna Fainaru , who unfortunately broke her foot at the festival.
The most notable film was “Ivy” which won four awards: National Competition for Best Movie -- plus 100.000 Turkish Lira (3Tl = 1Us$) and whose director-writer Tolga Karaçelik won the National Competition for Best Screenplay and for Best Director (for which he also won 1 million travel miles by Turkish Airlines) and whose actor Nadir Sarıbacak won the Best Actor Award of the National Competition.
“Ivy” is Tolga Karaçelik’s second film and previously played at Sundance 2015, Tiff 2015 Contemporary World Cinema, Thessaloniki, Istanbul and Karlovy Vary Film Festivals in 2015. The story is about a ship sailing to Egypt to load goods bound for Angola. The crew is forbidden to go to shore when a lien is put on the ship because the ship’s owner has gone bankrupt leaving the crew with no salaries paid which puts them into a nasty mood. While in anchorage, supplies run out, the crew fractures into parts, small arguments escalate into major conflicts and the ship becomes a battlefield.
“The Cold of Kalander” also won four prizes: the Dr. Avni Tolunay Jury Special Award, National Competition for Best Music to François Couturier, International Competition Best Actor to Haydar Şişman and National Competition to Nuray Yeşilaraz for Best Actress.
Winning three prizes, “Memories of the Wind," about an intellectual of Armenian origin hiding from Turkish militia by the Georgian border during WWII who falls in love with the wife of the farmer offering shelter, received a great round of applause with its Audience Award in International Competition, International Award for Best Music by Eleonore Fourning and Best Visual Director Award going to Andreas Sinanos. International sales by Arizona Flms.
“For Love of the Neighborhood” won the Special Jury Award, Best Art Direction Award and Best Editing Award. “The Apprentice” won for Best First Movie, and the Best Supporting Actress Award went to Çiğdem Selışık.
Elif Dağdeviren on the state of the festival and its mission today says,
"Our aim was and will continue to be a respected film festival on a par with all the important film festivals around the world. We choose all the films, events, national and international guests according to this mission and vision.
During the first 50 years, the festival served a very important purpose to support the cinema of Turkey locally. This was at a time when there were no other festivals and very few theatres in Turkey.
Antayla opened many doors for other successful local festivals and then needed to renew itself by becoming a meeting point of both the local and the world cinema sector. And it needed to modernize itself according to the technological innovations taking place worldwide. The first two years have proven that this is not a dream but a possible reality."
List of winners:
International Competition Awards
Audience Award: “Memories of the Wind” (Director: Ozcan Alper, Producers: Soner Alper, Mustafa Oğuz, Ali Bayraktar – Turkey)
Best Music Award: Eleni Karaindrou and Irena Popoviç (“Enclave” –Serbia/Germany)
Best Actor: Haydar Şişman (“The Cold of Kalandar” - Turkey)
Best Actress: Alba Rohrwacher (“Sworn Virgin” -Italy/ Switzerland/ Germany/ Albania/ Kosovo/ France)
Best Screenplay: Alexandra-Therese Keining (“Girls Lost” - Sweden)
Best Director: Hany Abu Assad (“The Idol” – U.K./ Palestine/ Netherlands/ United Arab Emirates)
Jury Mansion Award: “Pioneer Heroes” (Director: Natalya Kudryashova, Producer: Sergey Selyanov - Russia)
Best Movie: “Memories on Stone” (Director: Shawkat Amin Korki, Producer: Mehmet Aktaş - Germany/ Iraq)
Antalya Film Forum Awards:
DigiFlame Color and Digital Effect Award: “Goodness” (Producer: Sevil Demirci / Director: Özgür Sevimli) Aff Villa Kult Berlin Artistic Residency Award: “Dormitory” (Producer: Evrim Sanal / Director: Nehir Tuna) Documentary Pitching Jury Special Award : “The Memories of Antoine Köpe” (Producer: Elsa Ginoux / Director: Nefin Dinç) Documentary Pitching Platform Award: “Mr. Gay Syria” (Producer: Cem Doruk / Director: Ayşe Toprak) with 30,000 Tl, “The Olympiad” (Producer: Tuğçe Taçkın / Director: Efe Öztezdoğan) with 30,000 Tl Fiction Pitching Jury Special Award: “Death of the Black Horses” (Producer: Gülistan Acet / Director: Ferit Karahan) Fiction Pitching Award: “Butterflies” (Producer-Director: Tolga Karaçelik) with 30,000 Tl, “The Boarding School” (Producer: Bilge Elif Özköse / Director: Rezan Yeşilbaş) with 30,000 Tl Work in Progress Award: “Rauf” (Producer: Soner Caner, Burak Ozan / Director: Barış Kaya, Soner Caner) with 100,000 Tl Honorary and Lifetime Achivement Awards:
Golden Orange Labor Award : Sonay Kanat
Honarary Award: Kathleen Turner
Lifetime Achievement Award: Catherine Deneuve
Lifetime Achievement Award: Jeremy Irons
Lifetime Achievement Award: Franco Nero
Lifetime Achievement Award: Vanessa Redgrave
Honarary Award: Aysen Gruda
Honarary Award: Erden Kıral
Honarary Award: Kayhan Yıldızoğlu
Honarary Award: Tijen Par
National Competition Awards:
Antalya Film Support Fund Award: “Snow“, Emre Erdoğdu with 100.000Tl
Documentary Audience Award : “Zerk” (Director: İnan Erbil, Producer: Doğacan Aktaş)
Short Film Audience Award: “Zilan” (Director: Mehmet Mahsum Akyel, Producer: Doğacan Aktaş)
National Competition Audience Award: “The Coop” (Director: Ufuk Bayraktar, Producer, Ufuk Bayraktar, Ali Adnan Özgür)
Behlül Dal Jury Special Award (Young Talented Actor): Yağız Can Konyalı (The Team: “For the Love of the Neighborhood”)
Dr. Avni Tolunay Jury Special Award: “ The Cold of Kalandar “(Director: Mustafa Kara, Producer: Nermin Aytekin))
Best Editing: Emre Şahin (The Team: “For the Love of the Neighborhood”)
Best Production Designer: Uykura Bayyurt (The Team: “For the Love of the Neighborhood”)
Best Cinematography: Andreas Sinanos (“Memories of the Wind”)
Best Music: François Couturier (“Memories of The Wind“), Eleonore Fourniau (“The Cold of Kalandar“)
Best Supporting Actor: Kaan Çakır (“Muna“)
Best Supporting Actress: Cigdem Selisik (“The Apprentice“)
Best Actor: Nadir Sarıbacak (“Ivy“)
Best Actress: Nuray Yeşilaraz (“The Cold of Kalandar“)
Best First Movie: “The Apprentice“ (Director: Emre Konuk)
Film-yön Best Director: Selim Evci (“Saklı“)
Best Screenplay: Tolga Karacelik (“Ivy“)
Best Director: Tolga Karacelik (“Ivy“), 1 million Turkish Arlines travel miles
Best Movie: “Ivy” (Producer: Bilge Elif Turhan, Tolga Karacelik) 100.000 Tl award...
- 12/20/2015
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
John Green's first young adult novel is finally getting the big screen treatment! Paramount Pictures' Looking for Alaska, based on Green's 2005 book of the same name, will begin filming in Michigan this fall, the Michigan Film Office announced Thursday. This will be the third movie based on a Green novel: The Fault in Our Stars came out in 2014, and Paper Towns just hit theaters July 24. The book Looking for Alaska tells the story of Miles "Pudge" Halter, who leaves behind his familiar life in Florida to attend Culver Creek Boarding School in Alabama. It's there that he meets Alaska Young, a beautiful, quirky girl who changes his life forever. The film adaptation of Looking for Alaska...
- 8/7/2015
- E! Online
Exclusive: Paramount Pictures is negotiating with Rebecca Thomas to direct Looking For Alaska, an adaptation of the John Green novel that has been adapted by The Fault in Our Stars scribes Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber for Temple Hill’s Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen, who are producing with Mark Waters and Jessica Tuchinsky. The protagonist of the novel is Miles "Pudge" Halter, who leaves his boring life behind, heads off to the Culver Creek Boarding School, and finds…...
- 6/25/2015
- Deadline
From Suspiria to Pig Blood Blues to The Woods, boarding school-set horror often immediately captures our attention and imagination. It could be the out-in-the-wilderness atmosphere of the young characters, vulnerable and isolated to whatever supernatural shenanigans are afoot. So it’s with anticipation we look to The Silenced, a Korean horror film out this June overseas…
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- 5/18/2015
- by Samuel Zimmerman
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Few names are on the tips of more Hollywood execs’ tongues right now than John Green, the bestselling author behind The Fault in Our Stars. After that tearjerking novel became a cross-platform hit, landing atop bestseller charts and birthing a film adaptation that exploded at the box office, attention turned swiftly to Green’s other books. Now, Temple Hill Entertainment has recruited Fault screenwriters Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber to pen the adaptation of Looking for Alaska, with Fault producers Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen producing.
The teen romance centers on Miles, who attends boarding school for his junior year of high school, only to fall for a mysterious student named Alaska. The full synopsis for the novel is as follows:
Before. Miles “Pudge” Halter is done with his safe life at home. His whole life has been one big non-event, and his obsession with famous last words has...
The teen romance centers on Miles, who attends boarding school for his junior year of high school, only to fall for a mysterious student named Alaska. The full synopsis for the novel is as follows:
Before. Miles “Pudge” Halter is done with his safe life at home. His whole life has been one big non-event, and his obsession with famous last words has...
- 2/27/2015
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
What was the last great boarding school horror film? While not great, I’d count Lucky McKee’s The Woods as certianly overlooked. And while more dramatic, Antonio Campos’ Afterschool is an anxious, upsetting affair. It’s entirely too bad Mary Harron’s The Moth Diaries was a disappointment. Boarding School Horror feels like a beloved (likely thanks to…
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- 2/26/2015
- by Samuel Zimmerman
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Stephenie Meyer is heading into horror with her next film project - and Lionsgate is getting on board. The studio has acquired "Down a Dark Hall," a film adaptation of the 1974 Lois Duncan novel that the "Twilight" scribe is producing, it was announced today. The book centers on teenage protagonist Kit Gordy as she enters the exclusive Blackwood Boarding School, only to come up against supernatural forces within its walls that could ultimately destroy her. Director Rodrigo Cortés ("Red Lights") is set to helm the project from a script by his "Buried" screenwriter Chris Sparling, who will work off a previous draft by Michael Goldbach ("Daydream Nation"). Meyer's previous producing credits include the last two "Twilight" installments as well as "The Host," an adaptation of her sci-fi novel of the same name that suffered from withering reviews and lackluster box office when it was released last March. A number of...
- 7/30/2014
- by Chris Eggertsen
- Hitfix
Lionsgate and Buried director Rodrigo Cortés are joining up once again for a big screen adaptation of Lois Duncan’s 1974 young-adult novel Down a Dark Hall. Read on for the first details.
According to THR, the studio will adapt the book with Twilight author Stephenie Meyer producing. Cortés is set to direct. Meyer and Meghan Hibbett, who will also produce, optioned the supernatural novel through their Fickle Fish Films last year.
The story follows Kit Gordy, a new student at the exclusive Blackwood Boarding School who confronts the school's supernatural occurrences and dark powers of its headmistress.
Michael Goldbach was brought on by Meyer and Hibbett to write the original draft of the screenplay. Chris Sparling, who wrote Gus Van Sant's upcoming Sea of Trees and the thriller Buried, will do additional writing on the script.
Duncan's novels have previously been adapted into films including 1997's slasher film I Know What You Did Last Summer...
According to THR, the studio will adapt the book with Twilight author Stephenie Meyer producing. Cortés is set to direct. Meyer and Meghan Hibbett, who will also produce, optioned the supernatural novel through their Fickle Fish Films last year.
The story follows Kit Gordy, a new student at the exclusive Blackwood Boarding School who confronts the school's supernatural occurrences and dark powers of its headmistress.
Michael Goldbach was brought on by Meyer and Hibbett to write the original draft of the screenplay. Chris Sparling, who wrote Gus Van Sant's upcoming Sea of Trees and the thriller Buried, will do additional writing on the script.
Duncan's novels have previously been adapted into films including 1997's slasher film I Know What You Did Last Summer...
- 7/30/2014
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
After making an auspicous debut with the claustrophobic Ryan Reynolds thriller Buried, Rodrigo Cortés delivered a wholly disappointing follow-up in the form of Red Lights, a weak alien invasion pic that completely fell apart in its final act. Here’s hoping that the director’s next effort gets him back in our good graces – Lionsgate announced today that it has set Cortés to helm Down a Dark Hall, based on the 1974 Ya novel from I Know What You Did Last Summer author Lois Duncan.
The book, which was initially scripted by Michael Goldbach and is now getting a rewrite by Chris Sparling, is Duncan’s only supernatural thriller. It follows a girl named Kit, who begins to attend the exclusive Blackwood Boarding School but is immediately disturbed by a sense of evil that pervades the place. Quickly, she gets drawn into the supernatural happenings inside Blackwood as she is exposed...
The book, which was initially scripted by Michael Goldbach and is now getting a rewrite by Chris Sparling, is Duncan’s only supernatural thriller. It follows a girl named Kit, who begins to attend the exclusive Blackwood Boarding School but is immediately disturbed by a sense of evil that pervades the place. Quickly, she gets drawn into the supernatural happenings inside Blackwood as she is exposed...
- 7/30/2014
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
Lionsgate is going Down a Dark Hall. The studio will adapt Lois Duncan's 1974 young-adult novel for the big screen, with Twilight author Stephenie Meyer producing. Rodrigo Cortés is set to direct. Photos Teenage Dreams: The Most Popular Ya Properties Adapted for TV and Film Meyer and Meghan Hibbett, who will also produce, optioned the supernatural novel through their Fickle Fish Films last year. It follows Kit Gordy, a new student at the exclusive Blackwood Boarding School who confronts the school's supernatural occurrences and dark powers of its headmistress. Michael Goldbach was brought on by Meyer and Hibbett to write the original
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- 7/30/2014
- by Austin Siegemund-Broka
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Lionsgate has acquired the rights to young adult thriller novel “Down a Dark Hall” and set Rodrigo Cortés to direct the big-screen adaptation, the studio announced Wednesday. The film is based on the 1974 young adult best-seller from author Lois Duncan, who also wrote “I Know What You Did Last Summer.” Screenwriter Michael Goldbach wrote the original adaptation, and Chris Sparling is now doing a rewrite. Also read: ‘Pretty Little Liars’ Creator to Adapt Horror Novel for Lionsgate The story follows Kit Gordy, a new student at the exclusive Blackwood Boarding School. It is the opportunity of a lifetime, but Kit quickly realizes something.
- 7/30/2014
- by Linda Ge
- The Wrap
Spain’s top production company has created 14,000 hours of TV programming on both the scripted and unscripted sides and its formats or shows air in more than 145 countries. In Spain, the company produces top series including The Red Eagle (Águila Roja), The Boarding School (El Internado) and The Boat (El Barco), which are also being distributed in other territories. On the film side, its titles include A Night In Old México starring Robert Duvall, which played at SXSW this year and was released stateside by Phase 4 Films. The plan is for CAA to further expand Globomedia‘s opportunities worldwide […]...
- 7/7/2014
- Deadline
Paris Jackson posted an Instagram selfie on Jan. 2, looking relaxed and happy in a bikini. Maybe she’s reminiscing about her time spent in Hawaii over the holidays?
We’re so glad that Paris Jackson, 15, seems to be doing better after her alleged suicide attempt in June 2013. After spending the holidays in Hawaii with her family, according to The Daily Mail, Paris posted this playful pic to her Instagram account. We think she looks really cute in her bikini top and nautical-inspired boyshort bikini bottoms!
Paris Jackson Posts Bikini Pic To Instagram
It’s fantastic to see Paris looking happy and healthy after spending some quality time with her family in Hawaii. She’s had a tough year; after her alleged suicide attempt, she was sent to the Diamond Ranch Academy in Hurricane, Utah, “a premier Youth Residential Treatment Center for struggling teens 12-18,” according to their website.
The time...
We’re so glad that Paris Jackson, 15, seems to be doing better after her alleged suicide attempt in June 2013. After spending the holidays in Hawaii with her family, according to The Daily Mail, Paris posted this playful pic to her Instagram account. We think she looks really cute in her bikini top and nautical-inspired boyshort bikini bottoms!
Paris Jackson Posts Bikini Pic To Instagram
It’s fantastic to see Paris looking happy and healthy after spending some quality time with her family in Hawaii. She’s had a tough year; after her alleged suicide attempt, she was sent to the Diamond Ranch Academy in Hurricane, Utah, “a premier Youth Residential Treatment Center for struggling teens 12-18,” according to their website.
The time...
- 1/3/2014
- by HL Intern
- HollywoodLife
Shubhashish Bhutiani at Venice Film Festival
S hubhashish Bhutiani has every reason to celebrate. His diploma film at the School of Visual Arts in New York won the Orizzonti award for Best Short Film at the prestigious Venice Film Festival this year. It was the only film to represent India besides Venice veterans Amit Dutta and Shekhar Kapoor who were invited to make a 1-minute short film on the festival’s 70th anniversary.
Bhutiani talks to DearCinema about his film Kush.
What is Kush about?
Kush is inspired by a true story. In 1984, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her two Sikh bodyguards, causing anti-Sikh riots to erupt throughout the country. A teacher travelling back from a field trip with her class of 10-year-old students struggles to protect Kush, the only Sikh student in the class, from the growing violence around him.
What inspired you to make a...
S hubhashish Bhutiani has every reason to celebrate. His diploma film at the School of Visual Arts in New York won the Orizzonti award for Best Short Film at the prestigious Venice Film Festival this year. It was the only film to represent India besides Venice veterans Amit Dutta and Shekhar Kapoor who were invited to make a 1-minute short film on the festival’s 70th anniversary.
Bhutiani talks to DearCinema about his film Kush.
What is Kush about?
Kush is inspired by a true story. In 1984, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her two Sikh bodyguards, causing anti-Sikh riots to erupt throughout the country. A teacher travelling back from a field trip with her class of 10-year-old students struggles to protect Kush, the only Sikh student in the class, from the growing violence around him.
What inspired you to make a...
- 9/30/2013
- by Nandita Dutta
- DearCinema.com
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are giving their newborn all the love and attention in the world — but they’re also planning for his future. The most pressing concern is making sure that the little prince gets a chance at a normal childhood — even if he’s already one high profile little guy!
Prince George‘s life is going to be anything but typical — after all, he came into the world amidst international excitement and he made his television debut at a press conference mere hours after he was born. But his parents Prince William and Kate Middleton want to keep his childhood as close to normal as possible.
Royal Baby School Plans: No Boarding School In George’s Future
“Both William and Kate are against boarding school. That has been ruled out,” a source close to the couple tells Us Weekly. William went off to boarding school in...
Prince George‘s life is going to be anything but typical — after all, he came into the world amidst international excitement and he made his television debut at a press conference mere hours after he was born. But his parents Prince William and Kate Middleton want to keep his childhood as close to normal as possible.
Royal Baby School Plans: No Boarding School In George’s Future
“Both William and Kate are against boarding school. That has been ruled out,” a source close to the couple tells Us Weekly. William went off to boarding school in...
- 8/1/2013
- by Kristine Hope Kowalski
- HollywoodLife
New Horizons Studio’s Best Pitch prize has been awarded to Aleksandra Terpinska for documentary comedy project Czech Swan.
Terpinska is a student of directing at the University of Silesia in Katowice. A special mention was made by the jury of La Femis graduate Sylvain Coisne for his feature debut Cockfest.
Terpinska and Coisne were among the participants of the fourth edition of the Wroclaw’s training programme, which included workshops on pitching, production, distribution and promotion.
It comprised 18 young Polish film-makers and nine from countries including Portugal, Romania, Switzerland and France.
Studio line-up
This year’s Studio line-up included Romania’s Iulia Rugina, whose debut feature - the low budget Love Building - premiered at the Transilvania International Film Festival last month and will open in Romanian cinemas on September 13.
Also included was Polish producer Maria Golos ,who is now in final preparations for Michal Rogalski’s Summer Solstice (Sommerwende), structured as a Polish-German co-production with Berlin...
Terpinska is a student of directing at the University of Silesia in Katowice. A special mention was made by the jury of La Femis graduate Sylvain Coisne for his feature debut Cockfest.
Terpinska and Coisne were among the participants of the fourth edition of the Wroclaw’s training programme, which included workshops on pitching, production, distribution and promotion.
It comprised 18 young Polish film-makers and nine from countries including Portugal, Romania, Switzerland and France.
Studio line-up
This year’s Studio line-up included Romania’s Iulia Rugina, whose debut feature - the low budget Love Building - premiered at the Transilvania International Film Festival last month and will open in Romanian cinemas on September 13.
Also included was Polish producer Maria Golos ,who is now in final preparations for Michal Rogalski’s Summer Solstice (Sommerwende), structured as a Polish-German co-production with Berlin...
- 7/25/2013
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Tags: The KillingAMCtelevisionTV recapsIMDb
This week’s episode of The Killing, picks up right where we left it; looking at the haunting image of Kallie on screen, sitting on a bed in a dingy room. Except it’s not just Holder and Linden watching the video. Bullet is there, called in by the cops to help look for clues. Bullet recognizes the backdrop – it’s the seedy Queens Motel. Kallie is also wearing the ring Bullet stole for Lyric. That means the video can only be a couple of days old. The Seattle Pd spring into action, getting a warrant and raiding the hotel. While questioning Mrs. Dips, the owner, Linden notices her acting shady (well more than usual), eyeballing a buzzer behind her desk. Linden and Holder bust through the door and discover a false panel, hiding a room set up with lights and a wooden box containing handcuffs,...
This week’s episode of The Killing, picks up right where we left it; looking at the haunting image of Kallie on screen, sitting on a bed in a dingy room. Except it’s not just Holder and Linden watching the video. Bullet is there, called in by the cops to help look for clues. Bullet recognizes the backdrop – it’s the seedy Queens Motel. Kallie is also wearing the ring Bullet stole for Lyric. That means the video can only be a couple of days old. The Seattle Pd spring into action, getting a warrant and raiding the hotel. While questioning Mrs. Dips, the owner, Linden notices her acting shady (well more than usual), eyeballing a buzzer behind her desk. Linden and Holder bust through the door and discover a false panel, hiding a room set up with lights and a wooden box containing handcuffs,...
- 6/17/2013
- by DanaPiccoli
- AfterEllen.com
Tags: The Moth DiariesTanner HallMachden in UniformLost & DeliriousAll I Wanna DoIMDb
Boarding schools seem to be a hotbed of sexual experimentation, at least that's how it seems from watching them on film. Interestingly, it's a trend that doesn't seem to be going away anytime soon. We've seen all-girls dormitories as a plot device since the 1930s, and yet there have been three released in the last year alone. Is it a coincidence that four out of eight of our Best Lesbian Boarding School Movies are directed and/or written by out women, two of which are said to be based on real life stories? Seems as if boarding schools might not be punishment as much as they are places to find your first love.
Mädchen in Uniform
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Based her own real life story, playwright Christa Winsloe penned the play-turned-film about a 14-year-old pupil with a crush on her female teacher.
Boarding schools seem to be a hotbed of sexual experimentation, at least that's how it seems from watching them on film. Interestingly, it's a trend that doesn't seem to be going away anytime soon. We've seen all-girls dormitories as a plot device since the 1930s, and yet there have been three released in the last year alone. Is it a coincidence that four out of eight of our Best Lesbian Boarding School Movies are directed and/or written by out women, two of which are said to be based on real life stories? Seems as if boarding schools might not be punishment as much as they are places to find your first love.
Mädchen in Uniform
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Based her own real life story, playwright Christa Winsloe penned the play-turned-film about a 14-year-old pupil with a crush on her female teacher.
- 10/3/2012
- by trishbendix
- AfterEllen.com
The extremist terrorist group is relying on kids to be their next weapons -- chaining them to beds and brainwashing them to launch attacks against the West. Read on for the terrifying details. Al Qaeda is kidnapping young children in Somalia and training them to become soldiers. The kids, some as young as 7, are brainwashed into believing that by launching suicide bombings, they can achieve paradise. Terror investigator Neil Doyle and authorities carried out a raid on a school in Mogadishu, and discovered kids chained to beds and an extreme terrorism-based curriculum. The classes, carried out at an Islamic Boarding School, were being taught by the terrorist group Al Shabaab, an Al Qaeda-inspired Somali terrorist group. Most of the children's parents were unaware they were there. This particular raid, sanctioned by the government, was one of a number in recent months, and led to the arrest of 200 people. "The images...
- 8/13/2012
- by Christina Stiehl
- HollywoodLife
It's no surprise that almost every movie site on the Internet is utterly infatuated with the Alamo Drafthouse. Gordon and the Whale is no exception. When it was announced that they would form a distribution company, appropriately titled Drafthouse Films, movie nerds collectively messed themselves with excitement.
Read more on Blu-ray Details for Bullhead and The Fp from Drafthouse Films...
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- 4/26/2012
- by Brad McHargue
- GordonandtheWhale
Alison hasn't appeared to one of the girls in a dream in a while, so what better way to start the episode? Ali talks with Spencer and tells her that everything she needs is right in front of her and that the girls are getting warmer. Before she leaves, Ali takes a few pain pills "for the road" and ironically, Spencer wakes up the next day to an open medicine bottle and an open door. Did she just forget to close the bottle and did the door just happen to open by itself? Or was Alison really there?!
The girls keep stumbling upon clue after clue and eventually they take a trip to the doll shop in Brookhaven. The lady who works there doesn't seem to know very much, but the little kid, Seth, can't seem to shut up. He knows that Alison (with dark hair) was at the doll hospital, that a man and...
The girls keep stumbling upon clue after clue and eventually they take a trip to the doll shop in Brookhaven. The lady who works there doesn't seem to know very much, but the little kid, Seth, can't seem to shut up. He knows that Alison (with dark hair) was at the doll hospital, that a man and...
- 3/13/2012
- TheInsider.com
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