Las sorprendentes primerísimas imágenes de ‘The Bride’.
Se ha revelado el primer vistazo a la película “The Bride” de Maggie Gyllenhaal. El jueves, la guionista y directora, compartió en redes sociales un primer vistazo a su próxima película para Warner Bros con el comentario «Conozcan a la novia y a Frank». Las imágenes muestran a Christian Bale (“El Caballero Oscuro”) como el monstruo de Frankenstein y a Jessie Buckley (“Estoy Pensando en Dejarlo”) como la novia.
Además de Buckley y Bale, el elenco de estrellas también incluye a Annette Bening (“American Beauty”), Penélope Cruz (“Vicky Cristina Barcelona”) y Peter Sarsgaard (“El Precio de la Verdad”).
En la película, un solitario Frankenstein viaja al Chicago de los años 30 en busca de la ayuda del Dr. Euphronius para crear una compañera para sí mismo. Los dos revigorizan a una joven asesinada y nace la Novia. Ella va más allá de lo que ninguno de los dos pretendía,...
Se ha revelado el primer vistazo a la película “The Bride” de Maggie Gyllenhaal. El jueves, la guionista y directora, compartió en redes sociales un primer vistazo a su próxima película para Warner Bros con el comentario «Conozcan a la novia y a Frank». Las imágenes muestran a Christian Bale (“El Caballero Oscuro”) como el monstruo de Frankenstein y a Jessie Buckley (“Estoy Pensando en Dejarlo”) como la novia.
Además de Buckley y Bale, el elenco de estrellas también incluye a Annette Bening (“American Beauty”), Penélope Cruz (“Vicky Cristina Barcelona”) y Peter Sarsgaard (“El Precio de la Verdad”).
En la película, un solitario Frankenstein viaja al Chicago de los años 30 en busca de la ayuda del Dr. Euphronius para crear una compañera para sí mismo. Los dos revigorizan a una joven asesinada y nace la Novia. Ella va más allá de lo que ninguno de los dos pretendía,...
- 4/5/2024
- by Marta Medina
- mundoCine
The Misfit of Demon King Academy is a very popular fantasy adventure novel series written by Shu. The original series has been ongoing since 2017, with the light novel series currently consisting of 14 volumes illustrated by Yoshinori Shizuma. It has also been adapted into an ongoing anime series, whose first season ran from July 4 to September 26, 2020. A second season was announced, consisting of two non-consecutive cours. The first one, containing 12 episodes, aired from January 8 to September 24, 2023, and was plagued by issues and delays. Still, the second cour of Silver Link’s anime series is on track to premiere on April 13, 2024, and we now have yet another trailer for the upcoming series ahead of the premiere.
As far as the official plot is concerned, here is how The Misfit of Demon King Academy has been described officially:
Tired of ceaseless war destroying humans, spirits, and demons alike, the Demon King of Tyranny,...
As far as the official plot is concerned, here is how The Misfit of Demon King Academy has been described officially:
Tired of ceaseless war destroying humans, spirits, and demons alike, the Demon King of Tyranny,...
- 3/25/2024
- by Arthur S. Poe
- Fiction Horizon
Written/directed by Ramaa Mosley (The Brass Teapot) along with producer/writer Tim Macy, The Lost Child stars Hunger Games and True Detective alum Leven Rambin and follows an army veteran, Fern, who returns home in order to look for her brother, only to discover an abandoned boy lurking in the woods behind her childhood home. After […]
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- 8/26/2018
- by Mike Sprague
- DreadCentral.com
True Story, The End of the Tour, Philomena and now Spotlight: when will film-makers stop shoehorning journalists into the middle of their screenplays?
Exactly two years ago, Philomena was nominated for four Oscars. It already had as many Bafta nods, and the tally kept rising. But now Stephen Frears’s drama has another claim to fame. Looking over the past year’s releases, it seems Frears, along with writers Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope, set a trend for non-fiction films with a new, topsy-turvy perspective.
The film is inspired by Martin Sixsmith’s book, The Lost Child of Philomena Lee. But Frears and his collaborators didn’t solely focus on Philomena Lee (Judi Dench) and her search for her son, 50 years after he was taken from her by nuns. They also addressed whether a disgraced journalist (Coogan) could redeem himself by helping her. There’s no doubt that the interaction...
Exactly two years ago, Philomena was nominated for four Oscars. It already had as many Bafta nods, and the tally kept rising. But now Stephen Frears’s drama has another claim to fame. Looking over the past year’s releases, it seems Frears, along with writers Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope, set a trend for non-fiction films with a new, topsy-turvy perspective.
The film is inspired by Martin Sixsmith’s book, The Lost Child of Philomena Lee. But Frears and his collaborators didn’t solely focus on Philomena Lee (Judi Dench) and her search for her son, 50 years after he was taken from her by nuns. They also addressed whether a disgraced journalist (Coogan) could redeem himself by helping her. There’s no doubt that the interaction...
- 1/15/2016
- by Nicholas Barber
- The Guardian - Film News
Some great films were released on the same day as such recent hits as The Dark Knight Rises and Frozen. Here are a few of them...
Odd List
The 3rd July 2013 saw the release of Disney's The Lone Ranger, its larger-than-life western starring Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer. Its theatrical debut marked the end of a lengthy and difficult production, stories from which had been hungrily served up by the media - the previous summer was dominated by news stories of its spiralling budget, which was thought to have crossed $250m. Nevertheless, the 2013 blockbuster season should, in theory, have marked a fresh start for Disney, as it spent a reported $150m on marketing The Lone Ranger. But the House of Mouse hadn't counted on the popularity of another film launched on that exact same day in July: Universal's animated sequel, Despicable Me 2.
The Lone Ranger, a film with an...
Odd List
The 3rd July 2013 saw the release of Disney's The Lone Ranger, its larger-than-life western starring Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer. Its theatrical debut marked the end of a lengthy and difficult production, stories from which had been hungrily served up by the media - the previous summer was dominated by news stories of its spiralling budget, which was thought to have crossed $250m. Nevertheless, the 2013 blockbuster season should, in theory, have marked a fresh start for Disney, as it spent a reported $150m on marketing The Lone Ranger. But the House of Mouse hadn't counted on the popularity of another film launched on that exact same day in July: Universal's animated sequel, Despicable Me 2.
The Lone Ranger, a film with an...
- 7/8/2014
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Philomena is as surprising in its existence as it is in its ability to transform a story that ought to be cliche syrup into something real and moving. The film’s ability to deliver honest emotion may be more surprising, given the synopsis, but the existence question may need some explanation.
Steve Coogan, of Alan Partridge and other comedic efforts fame, isn’t a name you immediately associate with not only starring in a venture like this, but also co-writing it and becoming something of a driving force behind the production. Moreover, it’s rare to get anyone behind a film that is taking a pretty serious shot at the Catholic Church, much less big names like Judi Dench and Stephen Frears. And, speaking of Stephen Frears, though he manages a lot of variety in his films, ranging from Dangerous Liasions, and Liam, to High Fidelity, and Tamara Drewe, a biopic exploration of hope,...
Steve Coogan, of Alan Partridge and other comedic efforts fame, isn’t a name you immediately associate with not only starring in a venture like this, but also co-writing it and becoming something of a driving force behind the production. Moreover, it’s rare to get anyone behind a film that is taking a pretty serious shot at the Catholic Church, much less big names like Judi Dench and Stephen Frears. And, speaking of Stephen Frears, though he manages a lot of variety in his films, ranging from Dangerous Liasions, and Liam, to High Fidelity, and Tamara Drewe, a biopic exploration of hope,...
- 4/22/2014
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
Just when you thought that Stephen Frears’ latest film, Philomena, would be yet another questionable exercise from the once generally revered auteur, (judging from a recent string of misfires that resulted in his career worst with 2012’s unfathomably awful Lay the Favorite), he switches it up with his best work since The Queen. Presented at the Toronto Int. FIlm Festival, the Academy Award and BAFTA award-nominated crowd pleaser, to be sure, but despite its unavoidable pretense as an awards darling (of which there are bound to be several), a disavowal to wallow in chintzy schmaltz at least makes it deserving of praise in that it’s intelligently written (and based on a true story! Oh my!) and genuinely performed, even if the film is rather visually banal.
The Lost Child of Philomena Lee, a 2009 book by BBC correspondent Martin Sixsmith, here portrayed by Steve Coogan, provides the basis for Stephen Frears’ treatment,...
The Lost Child of Philomena Lee, a 2009 book by BBC correspondent Martin Sixsmith, here portrayed by Steve Coogan, provides the basis for Stephen Frears’ treatment,...
- 4/15/2014
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Anchor Bay Entertainment and The Weinstein Company have announced the home entertainment release of the critically acclaimed comedy/drama starring Judi Dench and Steve Coogan, Philomena. Directed by Stephen Frears and co-written by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope, Philomena will be available for digital download on April 4, 2014 before heading to DVD and Blu-Ray™ with Digital HD UltraViolet™ on April 15, 2014.
Philomena premiered in the main competition section at the 2013 Venice Film Festival where it took home the prize for Best Screenplay. Later, the film won the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature at the Hamptons International Film Festival. The Weinstein Company released the powerful film theatrically on November 22, 2013 where it has grossed over $34 million dollars to date. The film accolades continued with a 2014 Screen Actor’s Guild nomination for Judi Dench for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role and 2014 Golden Globe nominations for Judi Dench for Best...
Philomena premiered in the main competition section at the 2013 Venice Film Festival where it took home the prize for Best Screenplay. Later, the film won the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature at the Hamptons International Film Festival. The Weinstein Company released the powerful film theatrically on November 22, 2013 where it has grossed over $34 million dollars to date. The film accolades continued with a 2014 Screen Actor’s Guild nomination for Judi Dench for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role and 2014 Golden Globe nominations for Judi Dench for Best...
- 3/4/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
3D space disaster movie wins six awards at Royal Opera House, including best director and best British film
It was a contest between two wildly different films – a 3D space disaster movie and an unflinching portrayal of 19th-century American slavery – and on paper it was the former, Gravity, which emerged as the biggest winner at the 2014 Bafta ceremony.
It won six awards, including best director and best British film. But 12 Years a Slave unquestionably picked up the biggest prize, best film, with Chiwetel Ejiofor named as best actor.
In a year when no one film swept the board, American Hustle also came away with three prizes.
Alfonso Cuarón was named best director and said you would not know it from his accent but he considered himself a part of the British film industry. He has lived in London for 13 years and joked: "I make a very good case for curbing immigration.
It was a contest between two wildly different films – a 3D space disaster movie and an unflinching portrayal of 19th-century American slavery – and on paper it was the former, Gravity, which emerged as the biggest winner at the 2014 Bafta ceremony.
It won six awards, including best director and best British film. But 12 Years a Slave unquestionably picked up the biggest prize, best film, with Chiwetel Ejiofor named as best actor.
In a year when no one film swept the board, American Hustle also came away with three prizes.
Alfonso Cuarón was named best director and said you would not know it from his accent but he considered himself a part of the British film industry. He has lived in London for 13 years and joked: "I make a very good case for curbing immigration.
- 2/17/2014
- by Mark Brown
- The Guardian - Film News
Philomena Lee, whose search for the son sold for adoption by nuns was turned into a film, has met Pope Francis in Rome
• Lee and Coogan on meeting the pope: 'Those nuns would be jealous now'
Philomena Lee, whose young son was sold for adoption by nuns in 1955, has met with Pope Francis in Rome.
Lee, 80, was accompanied by her daughter, Jane Libbteron, and by Steve Coogan, the star, co-writer and producer of Philomena, the Oscar-nominated film based on her case. The contingent were representing The Philomena Project, a campaign which calls on the Irish government to enact legislation to open up adoption records and reunite mothers separated from their children as a result of forced adoption.
They attended mass in St Peter's Square before the audience with the Pope. A screening of the film is expected to take place in the Vatican this afternoon, before a press conference on Thursday morning.
• Lee and Coogan on meeting the pope: 'Those nuns would be jealous now'
Philomena Lee, whose young son was sold for adoption by nuns in 1955, has met with Pope Francis in Rome.
Lee, 80, was accompanied by her daughter, Jane Libbteron, and by Steve Coogan, the star, co-writer and producer of Philomena, the Oscar-nominated film based on her case. The contingent were representing The Philomena Project, a campaign which calls on the Irish government to enact legislation to open up adoption records and reunite mothers separated from their children as a result of forced adoption.
They attended mass in St Peter's Square before the audience with the Pope. A screening of the film is expected to take place in the Vatican this afternoon, before a press conference on Thursday morning.
- 2/6/2014
- by Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
Carroll Cartwright and Nancy Doyne – screenwriters, and Henry James – author of the novel of the same name (What Maisie Knew) Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope – screenwriters, and Martin Sixsmith – author...
- 1/9/2014
- by Ryan Adams
- AwardsDaily.com
On Tuesday morning actor/writer Steve Coogan and director Stephen Frears appeared on CBS This Morning to talk about the emotionally moving Philomena.
In limited release now, this fantastic film is beating box office expectations, and generating some well-deserved Golden Globe and Oscar buzz.
The movie stars Judi Dench as an unwed Irish woman forced to give up her toddler 50 years earlier, and Steve Coogan, the reporter who decided to tell her story.
Coogan obtained the rights to the best-selling book, “The Lost Child of Philomena Lee” by Martin Sixsmith and adapted the script with Jeff Pope. Coogan portrays Sixsmith who aided Mrs. Lee in her spiritually triumphant and emotionally charged quest.
He told the co-hosts that it is based on a true story, one he read in the paper one day that moved him to tears.
“It made me cry,” Coogan said. “I was compelled to tell it because,...
In limited release now, this fantastic film is beating box office expectations, and generating some well-deserved Golden Globe and Oscar buzz.
The movie stars Judi Dench as an unwed Irish woman forced to give up her toddler 50 years earlier, and Steve Coogan, the reporter who decided to tell her story.
Coogan obtained the rights to the best-selling book, “The Lost Child of Philomena Lee” by Martin Sixsmith and adapted the script with Jeff Pope. Coogan portrays Sixsmith who aided Mrs. Lee in her spiritually triumphant and emotionally charged quest.
He told the co-hosts that it is based on a true story, one he read in the paper one day that moved him to tears.
“It made me cry,” Coogan said. “I was compelled to tell it because,...
- 1/7/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
“Philomena,” – based on the 2009 investigative book by BBC correspondent Martin Sixsmith, “The Lost Child of Philomena Lee” – is looking like a winner at the box office. The independent feature, starring Judi Dench and Steve Coogan, has raked in nearly $20 million domestically, while taking in another $17 million overseas, according to Box Office Mojo. The film is also garnering Oscar buzz, picking up a Golden Globe nomination for Best Picture, as well as Dench grabbing a nomination for Best Actress. “Our exit polls were as high as anything we’ve had, including "The Artist" and "The King’s Speech,"" Erik Lomis, president of distribution and home entertainment for The Weinstein Company, told Deadline.com. “Philomena” focuses on the efforts of Philomena Lee (Dench), mother to a boy conceived out of wedlock — something her Irish-Catholic community didn’t have the highest opinion of — and given away for adoption in the United States. In following church doctrine,...
- 1/6/2014
- backstage.com
While its title is as simple and unremarkable as the lifeless posters advertising it, Philomena has a lot more going on than some other awards horses coming out the gate this time of year. On the surface, it’s a featherweight film about a cynical man helping a little old lady reunite with her long lost son, one that leans into the age and class gap separating the central partnership for all it’s worth, and then some. Looking to do more though, Philomena works to achieve dramatic balance and comedic tilt out of conflicts between faith and skepticism, wealth and modesty, pomp and practicality, as well as all manner of other unlikely pairings.
The most engaging of its comparisons is the one drawn between fact and truth, and how personal history becomes a narrative when seen from the outside. Martin Sixsmith no doubt wrestled with this distinction when writing...
The most engaging of its comparisons is the one drawn between fact and truth, and how personal history becomes a narrative when seen from the outside. Martin Sixsmith no doubt wrestled with this distinction when writing...
- 11/28/2013
- by Sam Woolf
- We Got This Covered
Subject of Stephen Frears's drama about a women forcibly separated from her child takes on critic who says film is 'hateful' attack on Catholics
• Tom Shone: Judi Dench re-introduces herself to America as comedian of Philomena
• Philomena: Weinsteins win MPAA appeal against R rating
Philomena Lee, the real life subject of the acclaimed forced-adoption drama Philomena, has issued a letter defending the film against accusations that it is "anti-Catholic".
Responding specifically to a review in the New York Post that called the film "hateful and boring", the letter published by Deadline replied directly to the Post's critic, Kyle Smith. "Your review of the movie paints its story as being a condemnation of Catholicism and conservative views. It states that the relationship depicted between Mr Martin Sixsmith and myself comes across as contrived and trite, and funny for all the wrong reasons. Forgive me for saying so, Kyle, but you are incorrect.
• Tom Shone: Judi Dench re-introduces herself to America as comedian of Philomena
• Philomena: Weinsteins win MPAA appeal against R rating
Philomena Lee, the real life subject of the acclaimed forced-adoption drama Philomena, has issued a letter defending the film against accusations that it is "anti-Catholic".
Responding specifically to a review in the New York Post that called the film "hateful and boring", the letter published by Deadline replied directly to the Post's critic, Kyle Smith. "Your review of the movie paints its story as being a condemnation of Catholicism and conservative views. It states that the relationship depicted between Mr Martin Sixsmith and myself comes across as contrived and trite, and funny for all the wrong reasons. Forgive me for saying so, Kyle, but you are incorrect.
- 11/28/2013
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
Philomena is the joyful movie of 2013.
The emotional story is inspired by true events, tinged with both tragedy and comedy, about two very different people who join forces for a remarkable road trip. They are seeking to uncover the truth behind a heartbreaking story that has remained a mystery for half a century.
Philomena Lee, an Irishwoman in her 70’s, became pregnant as a teenager in 1952. Her family abandoned her out of shame and sent her to a convent in Roscrea, Co. Tipperary, where, along with other young girls in the same predicament, she was regarded as ‘a fallen woman’. In compensation for the nuns taking her in and looking after her during childbirth she was made to work in the laundry there and only allowed access to her young son, Anthony, for an hour a day. When he was only three Anthony was taken from the convent against her...
The emotional story is inspired by true events, tinged with both tragedy and comedy, about two very different people who join forces for a remarkable road trip. They are seeking to uncover the truth behind a heartbreaking story that has remained a mystery for half a century.
Philomena Lee, an Irishwoman in her 70’s, became pregnant as a teenager in 1952. Her family abandoned her out of shame and sent her to a convent in Roscrea, Co. Tipperary, where, along with other young girls in the same predicament, she was regarded as ‘a fallen woman’. In compensation for the nuns taking her in and looking after her during childbirth she was made to work in the laundry there and only allowed access to her young son, Anthony, for an hour a day. When he was only three Anthony was taken from the convent against her...
- 11/27/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Some aspects of Philomena can be the stuff of films that critics loathe: It's a crowd pleaser, the central characters are borderline cinematic clichés, they form an unlikely friendship (I wish there were more films about unlikely animosities), and the story's morality isn't complicated.
But thanks to a smart, funny script, a likeable vibe, direction by the esteemed Stephen Frears and superb performances by Judi Dench and Steve Coogan, Philomena avoids all these potential pitfalls. It's a great movie that may be a hit with audiences for all the right reasons.
Based on the book The Lost Child of Philomena Lee, the film is based on the true story of the titular Philomena (Dench), an Irish woman who spends nearly 50 years wondering what became of her long-lost son. As a teenager in 1952, she becomes pregnant and, like many "fallen" girls and women in Catholic-dominated Ireland, is sent away to a convent.
But thanks to a smart, funny script, a likeable vibe, direction by the esteemed Stephen Frears and superb performances by Judi Dench and Steve Coogan, Philomena avoids all these potential pitfalls. It's a great movie that may be a hit with audiences for all the right reasons.
Based on the book The Lost Child of Philomena Lee, the film is based on the true story of the titular Philomena (Dench), an Irish woman who spends nearly 50 years wondering what became of her long-lost son. As a teenager in 1952, she becomes pregnant and, like many "fallen" girls and women in Catholic-dominated Ireland, is sent away to a convent.
- 11/26/2013
- by Don Clinchy
- Slackerwood
The Weinstein Company opened “Philomena,” the Stephen Frears-directed drama starring Judi Dench, in four theaters in New York and Los Angeles this weekend and it took in $133,716 for a strong $33,429 per-location average. Dench plays Philomena Lee, an Irish woman who searches for her son that she was forced to give up for adoption as a teenager. The film is based on BBC correspondent Martin Sixsmith’s “The Lost Child of Philomena Lee.” British comedian Steve Coogan co-stars in the film, which he co-wrote with Jeff Pope, as a journalist who helps Lee search for her child. Also read: ‘Hunger Games: Catching.
- 11/24/2013
- by Todd Cunningham
- The Wrap
The amiable and quietly infuriating Philomena is, appropriately enough, cut from the same cloth as its reality-based main character, Philomena Lee: discontent to wallow in its own grief, it opts instead for a positive outlook. Considering the injustices and insults suffered by Lee and our tendency as onlookers to jump to our feet in righteous indignation, this is no small accomplishment, making for one of the most unexpectedly moving movies of the season.
Philomena tells the true tale of Lee (Judi Dench), a mild-mannered Irish biddy who, though comfortably nestled in retirement in her small rural town, decides to come clean with a long-held secret: when just a girl, she had a child out of wedlock. Though she had no idea what was going on with her body (her mother was dead and the nuns at her school did not teach sex education), her humiliated father dropped her off at...
Philomena tells the true tale of Lee (Judi Dench), a mild-mannered Irish biddy who, though comfortably nestled in retirement in her small rural town, decides to come clean with a long-held secret: when just a girl, she had a child out of wedlock. Though she had no idea what was going on with her body (her mother was dead and the nuns at her school did not teach sex education), her humiliated father dropped her off at...
- 11/22/2013
- by Brian Juergens
- The Backlot
What does it mean for a movie to be “based on a true story”? In the case of Philomena, it means borrowing real events and people and reworking them to fit a thematic narrative. Often that infusion of fiction and dramatization brings about a greater truth, and in this new release that greater truth being communicated is that there is still room for sincerity and love in this cynical, post-modern world. Adapted from Martin Sixsmith‘s nonfiction book The Lost Child of Philomena Lee — or really just adapted from the epilogue — Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope’s award-winning script takes great artistic license with its source material, and that’s okay. The movie, directed by Stephen Frears (The Queen), is an intelligent, funny, well-acted and honest, if not always factually accurate, account of a journalist (Coogan, as Sixsmith) and an older woman (Dame Judi Dench) investigating what became of the son that was taken from her 50 years...
- 11/22/2013
- by Nonfics.com
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
A cry-till-you-laugh-dramedy about seeking lost family and finding new purpose; Judi Dench and Steve Coogan are fantastic. Seriously, though: bring Kleenex. I’m “biast” (pro): love Coogan and Dench
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
I have not read the source material
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Oh, this is an angry-making film. This is one small true story within the inhuman real-life horror of the so-called Magdalene laundries run by the Catholic Church in Ireland, which imprisoned and enslaved teenaged girls and young women for the “crimes” of having sex, for being sexually abused or raped, or sometimes even for merely being too pretty. (Asylums for “fallen women” weren’t unique to Ireland, but Ireland turned them into brutal prisons in which women served long terms, and didn’t close the last one until 1996.) There’s little awareness of this other Church abuse scandal...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
I have not read the source material
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Oh, this is an angry-making film. This is one small true story within the inhuman real-life horror of the so-called Magdalene laundries run by the Catholic Church in Ireland, which imprisoned and enslaved teenaged girls and young women for the “crimes” of having sex, for being sexually abused or raped, or sometimes even for merely being too pretty. (Asylums for “fallen women” weren’t unique to Ireland, but Ireland turned them into brutal prisons in which women served long terms, and didn’t close the last one until 1996.) There’s little awareness of this other Church abuse scandal...
- 11/20/2013
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Steve Coogan is perhaps best known in the UK for his character Alan Partridge, a goofy DJ and TV personality billed as "Norwich's favourite chat show host" on the BBC. Fans of artier film fare will recognize him as the star of Michael Winterbottom's antic-filled biopics "24 Hour Party People" and "The Look of Love," or from the acerbic comedy "The Trip" with Rob Brydon. He's also been in and out of the gossip pages here and in the UK over the years, and was one of many high-profile people whose voicemails were hacked by the "News of the World."
Coogan's latest film, "Philomena," is a radical departure from previous ventures. It's a heartwarming movie about an older Irish woman with a 50-year-old secret; she'd gotten pregnant as a teen and been sent to live in a convent along with other "fallen" girls, where she worked in the convent's laundry...
Coogan's latest film, "Philomena," is a radical departure from previous ventures. It's a heartwarming movie about an older Irish woman with a 50-year-old secret; she'd gotten pregnant as a teen and been sent to live in a convent along with other "fallen" girls, where she worked in the convent's laundry...
- 11/20/2013
- by Jenni Miller
- Moviefone
Editor's note: A version of this essay was originally published last weekend through Indiewire's partnership with USA Today. One of the significant new releases coming out this week deals with the plight of an innocent woman fighting against the restrictions of a society that has forced her to reckon with terrible circumstances. Many moviegoers undoubtedly associate this description with "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire," the latest blockbuster adaptation of Suzanne Collins' young adult science-fiction series, in which Jennifer Lawrence plays an impromptu warrior forced to battle her peers in a dystopian civilization. However, it's not only new adaptation to delve into the aforementioned subject matter: In "Philomena" (which opens in limited release Friday), director Stephen Frears' chronicle of journalist Martin Sixsmith's experience writing the non-fiction tome "The Lost Child of Philomena Lee," Steve Coogan portrays Sixsmith as he uncovers the history of a woman separated from her.
- 11/19/2013
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Director Stephen Frears’ latest feature film, Philomena, follows a woman’s search for her son, who was “sold off” by the Irish Catholic church 50 years earlier. Starring Judi Dench and Steve Coogan, the heartbreaking twists and turns of Philomena’s journey are even more jaw-dropping as we learn the story is based on the 2009 nonfiction book The Lost Child of Philomena Lee, by BBC correspondent Martin Sixsmith....
- 11/19/2013
- Pastemagazine.com
It's no surprise that the Weinstein Co. is releasing "Philomena," which is one of those movies aimed squarely at the Academy middle. It took a while for writer-producer-star Steve Coogan--who seems to be trying to perform some kind of career rehab by playing a softer-hearted creature than his usual persona--to persuade Stephen Frears to do the directing honors. This relatable true story of a woman forced to join other unwed mothers at a Catholic convent in a state of servitude should be heart-wrenching and often is, thanks to a naturalistic unshowy performance by Judi Dench that deserves awards kudos. It's based on the 2009 investigative book by BBC correspondent Martin Sixsmith, "The Lost Child of Philomena Lee."But something about this movie rubbed me the wrong way--maybe it's the constant flashbacks, or the sense that the filmmakers are manipulating our emotions at every turn, rubbing us in the wrenching facts...
- 11/18/2013
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Co-star Steve Coogan pledges to do what he can to help campaigners in Ireland as film reignites controversy
Philomena is a small film that is defying box-office conventions; the audience keeps on growing while other, bigger titles fade. The emotional story starring Steve Coogan and Dame Judi Dench of the brutal separation of an Irish mother and her child has become a word-of-mouth hit, beating even action blockbuster Thor: The Dark World at the UK box office one day last week.
Now Philomena's trenchant message is having an impact on the personal lives of many families in Ireland; families who believe that they were also the victims of church dogma – their babies taken away because their unmarried mothers were judged immoral.
The performance by Dench, who has become internationally famous playing James Bond's steely boss M, is expected to win nominations for a string of acting prizes in the coming awards season.
Philomena is a small film that is defying box-office conventions; the audience keeps on growing while other, bigger titles fade. The emotional story starring Steve Coogan and Dame Judi Dench of the brutal separation of an Irish mother and her child has become a word-of-mouth hit, beating even action blockbuster Thor: The Dark World at the UK box office one day last week.
Now Philomena's trenchant message is having an impact on the personal lives of many families in Ireland; families who believe that they were also the victims of church dogma – their babies taken away because their unmarried mothers were judged immoral.
The performance by Dench, who has become internationally famous playing James Bond's steely boss M, is expected to win nominations for a string of acting prizes in the coming awards season.
- 11/18/2013
- by Henry McDonald
- The Guardian - Film News
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Steve Coogan will be in attendance and participating in a Q&A following this screening!
“Philomena,” which is rated “PG-13” and opens on Nov. 27, 2013, also stars Sophie Kennedy Clark, Mare Winningham, Charlie Murphy, Simone Lahbib, Charles Edwards and Sean Mahon from director Stephen Frears and writers Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope.
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Steve Coogan will be in attendance and participating in a Q&A following this screening!
“Philomena,” which is rated “PG-13” and opens on Nov. 27, 2013, also stars Sophie Kennedy Clark, Mare Winningham, Charlie Murphy, Simone Lahbib, Charles Edwards and Sean Mahon from director Stephen Frears and writers Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope.
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- 11/17/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Ahead of it’s debut this Sunday (November 17) at the St. Louis International Film Festival, The Weinstein Company has released a new featurette for their upcoming film Philomena.
The real-life characters, Philomena Lee and Martin Sixsmith, are played by two actors at the very summit of their respective careers: the legendary Oscar-winning actress Dame Judi Dench (Skyfall, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Shakespeare In Love) and Steve Coogan (The Look Of Love, 24 Hour Party People), one of Britain’s leading comics and creator of the legendary TV and radio ‘personality’ Alan Partridge.
Based on the 2009 investigative book by BBC correspondent Martin Sixsmith, The Lost Child of Philomena Lee, Philomena focuses on the efforts of Philomena Lee (Dench), mother to a boy conceived out of wedlock — something her Irish-Catholic community didn’t have the highest opinion of — and given away for adoption in the United States. In following church doctrine, she...
The real-life characters, Philomena Lee and Martin Sixsmith, are played by two actors at the very summit of their respective careers: the legendary Oscar-winning actress Dame Judi Dench (Skyfall, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Shakespeare In Love) and Steve Coogan (The Look Of Love, 24 Hour Party People), one of Britain’s leading comics and creator of the legendary TV and radio ‘personality’ Alan Partridge.
Based on the 2009 investigative book by BBC correspondent Martin Sixsmith, The Lost Child of Philomena Lee, Philomena focuses on the efforts of Philomena Lee (Dench), mother to a boy conceived out of wedlock — something her Irish-Catholic community didn’t have the highest opinion of — and given away for adoption in the United States. In following church doctrine, she...
- 11/15/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Based on the 2009 investigative book by BBC correspondent Martin Sixsmith, The Lost Child of Philomena Lee, Philomena focuses on the efforts of Philomena Lee (Judi Dench), mother to a boy conceived out of wedlock — something her Irish-Catholic community didn’t have the highest opinion of — and given away for adoption in the United States.
In following church doctrine, she was forced to sign a contract that wouldn’t allow for any sort of inquiry into the son’s whereabouts. After starting a family years later in England and, for the most part, moving on with her life, Lee meets Sixsmith (Steve Coogan), a BBC reporter with whom she decides to discover her long-lost son.
The film also features Sophie Kennedy Clark, Maxwell Martin, Ruth McCabe, Barbara Jefford, Kate Fleetwood, Peter Hermann, Marie Winningham, and Michelle Fairley.
From director Stephen Frears, Philomena opens nationwide Wednesday, November 27th!
Wamg invites you to...
In following church doctrine, she was forced to sign a contract that wouldn’t allow for any sort of inquiry into the son’s whereabouts. After starting a family years later in England and, for the most part, moving on with her life, Lee meets Sixsmith (Steve Coogan), a BBC reporter with whom she decides to discover her long-lost son.
The film also features Sophie Kennedy Clark, Maxwell Martin, Ruth McCabe, Barbara Jefford, Kate Fleetwood, Peter Hermann, Marie Winningham, and Michelle Fairley.
From director Stephen Frears, Philomena opens nationwide Wednesday, November 27th!
Wamg invites you to...
- 11/15/2013
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
James Bond spoof helps to rescue ‘Philomena’ from the evil claws of the Motion Picture Association of America (Judi Dench as M in Funny or Die James Bond video) James Bond, savior of the Free World, was just recently back, fighting the forces of undemocratic darkness. No, not in a new movie featuring communists and/or terrorists, but in a Funny or Die video, with Steve Coogan as a shoot-first-ask-questions-later James Bond (Adam Sandler better watch out) and Judi Dench as Bond’s boss M. See video below: Here’s the story: The publicity-savvy The Weinstein Company and the prudish censorship board of the Motion Picture Association of America were at it again, doing the best they can to ensure that: TWC movies get lots of free buzz (particularly important as awards season is here). In recent years, think Bully, Blue Valentine, The King’s Speech. The MPAA ratings look as arbitrary,...
- 11/14/2013
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Steve Coogan: 'You have to reach a climax, a crescendo' Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze The first snowflakes fell in Manhattan this season as we were chatting with Steve Coogan about Jane Russell, Jesus and other sons in his film Philomena at the Crosby Street Hotel. "One of the touchstones was the film Missing [directed by Costa-Gavras in 1982] with Sissy Spacek and Jack Lemmon - they go on a journey looking for a missing son," he said and explained the complex tone of the movie he co-wrote, produced and stars in.
Directed by Stephen Frears and based on the book The Lost Child of Philomena Lee by BBC correspondent Martin Sixsmith, the movie Philomena chronicles the journey Sixsmith (Coogan) and Philomena (played by Judi Dench and Sophie Kennedy Clark in the flashbacks) took together to find her son who had been adopted by an American couple as a toddler.
Sophie Kennedy Clark also joined...
Directed by Stephen Frears and based on the book The Lost Child of Philomena Lee by BBC correspondent Martin Sixsmith, the movie Philomena chronicles the journey Sixsmith (Coogan) and Philomena (played by Judi Dench and Sophie Kennedy Clark in the flashbacks) took together to find her son who had been adopted by an American couple as a toddler.
Sophie Kennedy Clark also joined...
- 11/14/2013
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Judi Dench in ‘Philomena’ movie: The one British Independent Film Award nominee surely to get BAFTA, Academy Award nominations Among the 2013 British Independent Film Award nominees, only one has a truly good chance of being shortlisted for both the BAFTAs and the Academy Awards. That’s Best Actress Bifa nominee Judi Dench for Stephen Frears’ "based on a true story" drama Philomena, in which Dench plays a woman whose son was taken away from her after she was sent to a convent. For the record, Dench has four previous Best Actress Oscar nominations (Mrs. Brown, Iris, Mrs. Henderson Presents, Notes on a Scandal), in addition to one win and a nomination as Best Supporting Actress (win: Shakespeare in Love; nomination: Chocolat). (Photo: Judi Dench as Philomena Lee in Philomena.) Needless to say, the British Independent Film Awards have little influence on North America’s awards-season favorites. There are a number of reasons for that — e.
- 11/14/2013
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
The MPAA has had a change of heart, and we have James Bond to thank.
The Motion Picture Association of American originally gave the new Stephen Frears-directed film Philomena, starring Judi Dench and Steve Coogan, an R rating because more than one “harsher, sexually-derived word” was used as an expletive in the film. The Weinstein Company, which produced the film, argued the rating should be changed to PG-13 based on the subject matter and context.
“We felt the MPAA had made the wrong decision in handing the film, which has no violence or lewd material and the bare minimum of adult language,...
The Motion Picture Association of American originally gave the new Stephen Frears-directed film Philomena, starring Judi Dench and Steve Coogan, an R rating because more than one “harsher, sexually-derived word” was used as an expletive in the film. The Weinstein Company, which produced the film, argued the rating should be changed to PG-13 based on the subject matter and context.
“We felt the MPAA had made the wrong decision in handing the film, which has no violence or lewd material and the bare minimum of adult language,...
- 11/13/2013
- by Jake Perlman
- EW - Inside Movies
Catholic Kisses: Frears’ Returns with a Loveable Crowd Pleaser
Just when you thought that Stephen Frears’ latest film, Philomena, would be yet another questionable exercise from the once generally revered auteur, (judging from a recent string of misfires that resulted in his career worst with 2012’s unfathomably awful Lay the Favorite), he switches it up with his best work since The Queen. A crowd pleaser, to be sure, but despite its unavoidable pretense as an awards darling (of which there are bound to be several), a disavowal to wallow in chintzy schmaltz at least makes it deserving of praise in that it’s intelligently written (and based on a true story! Oh my!) and genuinely performed, even if the film is rather visually banal.
The Lost Child of Philomena Lee, a 2009 book by BBC correspondent Martin Sixsmith, here portrayed by Steve Coogan, provides the basis for Stephen Frears’ treatment, scripted by Coogan and Jeff Pope.
Just when you thought that Stephen Frears’ latest film, Philomena, would be yet another questionable exercise from the once generally revered auteur, (judging from a recent string of misfires that resulted in his career worst with 2012’s unfathomably awful Lay the Favorite), he switches it up with his best work since The Queen. A crowd pleaser, to be sure, but despite its unavoidable pretense as an awards darling (of which there are bound to be several), a disavowal to wallow in chintzy schmaltz at least makes it deserving of praise in that it’s intelligently written (and based on a true story! Oh my!) and genuinely performed, even if the film is rather visually banal.
The Lost Child of Philomena Lee, a 2009 book by BBC correspondent Martin Sixsmith, here portrayed by Steve Coogan, provides the basis for Stephen Frears’ treatment, scripted by Coogan and Jeff Pope.
- 11/13/2013
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Steve Coogan and Judi Dench make a terrific odd couple in this gripping account of the search for a long-lost child
Steve Coogan has long been a bruiser. But lately he's become a crusader. Watch him go into battle on Question Time or Newsnight, or at the Leveson inquiry, or in the papers, and the figure he cuts is not light entertainer but lay preacher – a fireball with bristles, angry and unabashed.
And just as his stomach for action has strengthened, so the tone of his work has changed. A few years ago he optioned a biography of Soho mogul Paul Raymond, which became The Look of Love – whose clear message was that we mustn't mistake free love for moral laxity, nor measure a man's nobility in threesomes alone. Even Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa was a cautionary tale about insufficient regulation of media conglomerates.
These twin indignations – sexual hypocrisy and...
Steve Coogan has long been a bruiser. But lately he's become a crusader. Watch him go into battle on Question Time or Newsnight, or at the Leveson inquiry, or in the papers, and the figure he cuts is not light entertainer but lay preacher – a fireball with bristles, angry and unabashed.
And just as his stomach for action has strengthened, so the tone of his work has changed. A few years ago he optioned a biography of Soho mogul Paul Raymond, which became The Look of Love – whose clear message was that we mustn't mistake free love for moral laxity, nor measure a man's nobility in threesomes alone. Even Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa was a cautionary tale about insufficient regulation of media conglomerates.
These twin indignations – sexual hypocrisy and...
- 11/3/2013
- by Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
The American Film Institute (AFI) today announced additional Centerpiece Galas and Special Screenings – comprised of a world premiere, award season contenders and highly anticipated independent and international films of the fall – for AFI Fest 2013 presented by Audi.
There will be a red carpet Gala each night of the festival.
The additional Centerpiece Galas are August: Osage County (Dir John Wells) on Friday, November 8; The Last Emperor 3D (Dir Bernardo Bertolucci) on Sunday, November 10; and the World Premiere of Lone Survivor (Dir Peter Berg) on Tuesday, November 12.
All Galas will be presented in the historic Tcl Chinese Theatre.
August: Osage County
AFI Fest’s Special Screenings are Her (Dir Spike Jonze); The Invisible Woman (Dir Ralph Fiennes); Jodorowsky’S Dune (Dir Frank Pavich); Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom (Dir Justin Chadwick); The Past (Le PASSÉ) (Dir Asghar Farhadi); Philomena (Dir Stephen Frears); and The Unknown Known: The Life And Times...
There will be a red carpet Gala each night of the festival.
The additional Centerpiece Galas are August: Osage County (Dir John Wells) on Friday, November 8; The Last Emperor 3D (Dir Bernardo Bertolucci) on Sunday, November 10; and the World Premiere of Lone Survivor (Dir Peter Berg) on Tuesday, November 12.
All Galas will be presented in the historic Tcl Chinese Theatre.
August: Osage County
AFI Fest’s Special Screenings are Her (Dir Spike Jonze); The Invisible Woman (Dir Ralph Fiennes); Jodorowsky’S Dune (Dir Frank Pavich); Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom (Dir Justin Chadwick); The Past (Le PASSÉ) (Dir Asghar Farhadi); Philomena (Dir Stephen Frears); and The Unknown Known: The Life And Times...
- 10/17/2013
- by Melissa Thompson
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
One of the most anticipated films coming to the Lff this year is Philomena, Stephen Frears’ heart-rending story of long lost love adapted from the book The Lost Child of Philomena Lee written by one time BBC correspondent Martin Sixsmith.
Steve Coogan won an award at Venice, where the film made its debut, for the screenplay he wrote with Jeff Pope and it is a film Coogan is passionate about. The film also presents the actor with his greatest opportunity to escape the clutches of the broad characters which made him famous.
The film is a very impressive one and Dench and Coogan excel at skimming the surface of the deep, troubled waters with a wit and charm that elevates the film to great, audience-pleasing heights.
Adam Lowes spoke to the director and cast of the film at the premiere last night,
Steve Coogan
Stephen Frears
Jeff Pope
Sophie Kennedy Clark...
Steve Coogan won an award at Venice, where the film made its debut, for the screenplay he wrote with Jeff Pope and it is a film Coogan is passionate about. The film also presents the actor with his greatest opportunity to escape the clutches of the broad characters which made him famous.
The film is a very impressive one and Dench and Coogan excel at skimming the surface of the deep, troubled waters with a wit and charm that elevates the film to great, audience-pleasing heights.
Adam Lowes spoke to the director and cast of the film at the premiere last night,
Steve Coogan
Stephen Frears
Jeff Pope
Sophie Kennedy Clark...
- 10/17/2013
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
If Stephen Frears' Philomena is set to catapult Steve Coogan into the Serious Actor With Proper Awards Credentials bracket, fear not, there's still plenty of the star we know and love in the real-life drama. "It's strange because it's not a comedy, but it's a lot funnier than a lot of supposed comedies," Coogan told the Toronto Film Festival. "We wanted humor in there because we knew it was a tough story. I wanted it to be enjoyable to watch."There a new Judi Dench on display too, with the sparky comic chemistry between the pair illuminating this new clip from the film. Click below to watch them in action. Based on Martin Sixsmith's novel The Lost Child Of Philomena Lee, Philomena is the tragic true story of how Lee (Dench) became pregnant in 1950s Ireland and ended up giving birth at Sean Ross Abbey, a Catholic home for unmarried mothers in Tipperary.
- 10/16/2013
- EmpireOnline
Director: Stephen Frears; Screenwriters: Steve Coogan, Jeff Pope; Starring: Judi Dench, Steve Coogan, Michelle Fairley, Anna Maxwell Martin, Sophie Kennedy Clark; Running time: 98 mins; Certificate: 12A
"F**king Catholics," exclaims Steve Coogan's Martin Sixsmith at a crucial juncture in Stephen Frears's latest film Philomena. Judi Dench's title character, on a mission with Sixsmith to track down the son nuns forced her to give up 50 years earlier, has just reminisced about the fairground tryst that led her to fall pregnant and then get taken into virtual slave labour by a Roscrea convent ("I didn't even know I had a clitoris, Martin."). On reflection, Sixsmith's outburst encapsulates all that's good about Frears's film in one clear moment: funny, condemning of religious doctrine and shining a light on the contrasting world views of its two lead characters.
Frears and Coogan (producing and co-scripting with Jeff Pope) use Sixsmith's book The Lost Child...
"F**king Catholics," exclaims Steve Coogan's Martin Sixsmith at a crucial juncture in Stephen Frears's latest film Philomena. Judi Dench's title character, on a mission with Sixsmith to track down the son nuns forced her to give up 50 years earlier, has just reminisced about the fairground tryst that led her to fall pregnant and then get taken into virtual slave labour by a Roscrea convent ("I didn't even know I had a clitoris, Martin."). On reflection, Sixsmith's outburst encapsulates all that's good about Frears's film in one clear moment: funny, condemning of religious doctrine and shining a light on the contrasting world views of its two lead characters.
Frears and Coogan (producing and co-scripting with Jeff Pope) use Sixsmith's book The Lost Child...
- 10/16/2013
- Digital Spy
★★★☆☆ The Queen director Stephen Frears' latest offering Philomena (2013), one of a plethora of Oscar hopefuls at this year's BFI London Film Festival, is a heartfelt and nicely poised dramatisation following the true story of Philomena Lee. Its further bolstered by two classy performances from the ever-reliable, but utterly brilliant Judi Dench as the titular heroine, and an effectively restrained turn from Steve Coogan as former BBC reporter Martin Sixsmith. In 1952, Philomena was sent to a Rosecrea convent after falling pregnant. Here, she would give birth to her son, Anthony, who was cared for by the nuns while she worked off her debts.
The convent's nuns subsequently gave away the child to an American couple, whilst Philomena would keep her son's existence a secret for fifty years. The story finally came out when Sixsmith, a disgraced spin doctor, took up the slack and published his 2009 book The Lost Child of Philomena Lee.
The convent's nuns subsequently gave away the child to an American couple, whilst Philomena would keep her son's existence a secret for fifty years. The story finally came out when Sixsmith, a disgraced spin doctor, took up the slack and published his 2009 book The Lost Child of Philomena Lee.
- 10/15/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
One of the highly anticipated Galas playing this week at the 57th BFI London Film Festival, here’s the new trailer for director Stephen Frears’ Philomena.
Based on the 2009 investigative book by BBC correspondent Martin Sixsmith, The Lost Child of Philomena Lee, Philomena focuses on the efforts of Philomena Lee (Dench), mother to a boy conceived out of wedlock – something her Irish-Catholic community didn’t have the highest opinion of – and given away for adoption in the United States. In following church doctrine, she was forced to sign a contract that wouldn’t allow for any sort of inquiry into the son’s whereabouts.
After starting a family years later in England and, for the most part, moving on with her life, Lee meets Sixsmith (Coogan), a BBC reporter with whom she decides to discover her long-lost son.
The film also stars Michelle Fairley, Barbara Jefford, Anna Maxwell Martin and Mare Winningham.
Based on the 2009 investigative book by BBC correspondent Martin Sixsmith, The Lost Child of Philomena Lee, Philomena focuses on the efforts of Philomena Lee (Dench), mother to a boy conceived out of wedlock – something her Irish-Catholic community didn’t have the highest opinion of – and given away for adoption in the United States. In following church doctrine, she was forced to sign a contract that wouldn’t allow for any sort of inquiry into the son’s whereabouts.
After starting a family years later in England and, for the most part, moving on with her life, Lee meets Sixsmith (Coogan), a BBC reporter with whom she decides to discover her long-lost son.
The film also stars Michelle Fairley, Barbara Jefford, Anna Maxwell Martin and Mare Winningham.
- 10/8/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Check out the second poster for the award-winning drama Philomena, starring Steve Coogen and Judy Dench. The Weinstein Company distributes the film directed by Stephen Frears (The Queen, Mrs. Henderson Presents), finding U.S. release on November 27th, 2013. Mare Winningham, Anna Maxwell Martin, Simone Lahbib and Charles Edwards co-star in the film also known as The Lost Child of Philomena Lee. The true-life story tells of Lee, a woman who was forced to give up her son by the Catholic church, and sold him for adoption.
- 10/3/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Philomena has released a Us trailer.
The film stars Dame Judi Dench and Steve Coogan in the true story of a woman's search for her lost son.
Coogan portrays former BBC journalist Martin Sixsmith, who is convinced to go against character and take on a human interest story.
He meets Philomena Lee (Dench), an Irish woman who was forcibly parted from her illegitimate son years before. He agrees to join her on a trip to the Us to find her child.
Director Stephen Frears's film also features Michelle Fairley, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Mare Winningham and Charles Edwards.
The movie was adapted from Sixsmith's book The Lost Child of Philomena Lee.
Dench was last seen in Skyfall. Coogan recently reprised his most famous role in Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa.
Philomena will open in UK cinemas on November 1 and arrive in the Us on December 25.
The film stars Dame Judi Dench and Steve Coogan in the true story of a woman's search for her lost son.
Coogan portrays former BBC journalist Martin Sixsmith, who is convinced to go against character and take on a human interest story.
He meets Philomena Lee (Dench), an Irish woman who was forcibly parted from her illegitimate son years before. He agrees to join her on a trip to the Us to find her child.
Director Stephen Frears's film also features Michelle Fairley, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Mare Winningham and Charles Edwards.
The movie was adapted from Sixsmith's book The Lost Child of Philomena Lee.
Dench was last seen in Skyfall. Coogan recently reprised his most famous role in Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa.
Philomena will open in UK cinemas on November 1 and arrive in the Us on December 25.
- 9/30/2013
- Digital Spy
Stephen Frears, winner of two awards at the Berlin International Film Festival, hopes to move audiences again, this time with Judi Dench and Steve Coogan relaying the story of the 2009 book, “The Lost Child Of Philomena Lee,” in Philomena.
Coogan plays a semi-disgraced journalist, Martin Sixsmith, who once worked as a BBC correspondent in Moscow, but isn’t on anyone’s short list these days. He stumbles into a story, though he isn’t a fan of “public interest” journalism, and meets Philomena (Dench). She’s looking for her son, who was given up for adoption by nuns some fifty years ago.
The Philomena trailer showcases a rare charm that both Dench and Coogan pull off, and if we’re getting an accurate look at their chemistry, this one is going to be a treat.
True stories have a special place in the hearts of fans, but seeing “based on a true story,...
Coogan plays a semi-disgraced journalist, Martin Sixsmith, who once worked as a BBC correspondent in Moscow, but isn’t on anyone’s short list these days. He stumbles into a story, though he isn’t a fan of “public interest” journalism, and meets Philomena (Dench). She’s looking for her son, who was given up for adoption by nuns some fifty years ago.
The Philomena trailer showcases a rare charm that both Dench and Coogan pull off, and if we’re getting an accurate look at their chemistry, this one is going to be a treat.
True stories have a special place in the hearts of fans, but seeing “based on a true story,...
- 9/11/2013
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
Check out the very first clip from the upcoming British drama Philomena, which stars legendary Judi Dench as an Irish woman seeking the illegitimate son she was forced to put up for adoption. Still nothing about the official U.S. release date, but I guess we’ll pretty soon have that info. In the meanwhile, head inside to find the latest video & let us know what you think! Stephen Frears directed the whole thing from a script written by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope, which is based on the 2009 investigative book by BBC correspondent Martin Sixsmith titled The Lost Child of Philomena Lee. As we...
Click to read original and full article: Watch: First Philomena Clip With Judi Dench & Steve Coogan on http://www.filmofilia.com...
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- 9/2/2013
- by Jeanne Standal
- Filmofilia
Steve Coogan has spoken about his new film Philomena.
The comedian said he wanted to do "more" than make people laugh, the London Evening Standard reports.
He wrote and produced the film and stars as journalist Martin Sixsmith alongside Judi Dench's title character.
The film follows Philomena Lee's search for her son who nuns forced her to put up for adoption, with Coogan's Sixsmith assisting her in her search.
Sixsmith's book The Lost Child of Philomena Lee helped other Irish children reunite with their mothers following its publication in 2001.
Coogan said: "You get strait-jacketed. I love doing comedy but I've done it. You get hungry for something more.
"This [project] touched me and spoke to me, with regards to my own background as a Catholic. And I thought the story was very universal."
He added that he felt "dwarfed" by Dench's presence on set.
"There were one or two times...
The comedian said he wanted to do "more" than make people laugh, the London Evening Standard reports.
He wrote and produced the film and stars as journalist Martin Sixsmith alongside Judi Dench's title character.
The film follows Philomena Lee's search for her son who nuns forced her to put up for adoption, with Coogan's Sixsmith assisting her in her search.
Sixsmith's book The Lost Child of Philomena Lee helped other Irish children reunite with their mothers following its publication in 2001.
Coogan said: "You get strait-jacketed. I love doing comedy but I've done it. You get hungry for something more.
"This [project] touched me and spoke to me, with regards to my own background as a Catholic. And I thought the story was very universal."
He added that he felt "dwarfed" by Dench's presence on set.
"There were one or two times...
- 9/1/2013
- Digital Spy
We already shared the official trailer and the first image from Stephen Frears‘ upcoming drama Philomena, so I’m sure you all remember that we’re talking about a movie inspired by the true story of a search for a lost son, right? Ok then, head inside to check out the very first (and very yellow) poster with Judi Dench and Steve Coogan. They look surprisingly happy, don’t you think? Let us once again remind you that Frears directed the whole thing from a script written by Coogan and Jeff Pope, but the movie is actually based on the 2009 novel The Lost Child of Philomena Lee...
Click to read original and full article: Check Out: First Poster For Philomena, Starring Judi Dench & Steve Coogan on http://www.filmofilia.com...
Click to read original and full article: Check Out: First Poster For Philomena, Starring Judi Dench & Steve Coogan on http://www.filmofilia.com...
- 9/1/2013
- by Jeanne Standal
- Filmofilia
Stars Judi Dench and Steve Coogan expected to attend gala screening.
The 57th BFI London Film Festival (Oct 9-20) has announced that the festival’s American Express Gala will be the UK premiere of Stephen Frears’ Philomena.
The gala will take place on Oct 16 at the Odeon Leicester Square, ahead of Pathé’s UK release date of Nov 1. The film receives its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival tomorrow [Aug 31] before going on to play at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sept 8/9.
Based on true events, Judi Dench plays the title role alongside Steve Coogan as journalist Martin Sixsmith. The screenplay was written by Coogan and Jeff Pope, based on the book The Lost Child of Philomena Lee by Martin Sixsmith.
Dench plays an Irish woman seeking the son she was forced to give up for adoption 50 years ago. Coogan plays the reporter who helps her.
Frears, best known for directing The Queen, High Fidelity and Dangerous...
The 57th BFI London Film Festival (Oct 9-20) has announced that the festival’s American Express Gala will be the UK premiere of Stephen Frears’ Philomena.
The gala will take place on Oct 16 at the Odeon Leicester Square, ahead of Pathé’s UK release date of Nov 1. The film receives its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival tomorrow [Aug 31] before going on to play at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sept 8/9.
Based on true events, Judi Dench plays the title role alongside Steve Coogan as journalist Martin Sixsmith. The screenplay was written by Coogan and Jeff Pope, based on the book The Lost Child of Philomena Lee by Martin Sixsmith.
Dench plays an Irish woman seeking the son she was forced to give up for adoption 50 years ago. Coogan plays the reporter who helps her.
Frears, best known for directing The Queen, High Fidelity and Dangerous...
- 8/30/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Stars Judi Dench and Steve Coogan expected to attend gala screening.
The 57th BFI London Film Festival (Oct 9-20) has announced that the festival’s American Express Gala will be the UK premiere of Stephen Frears’ Philomena.
The gala will take place on Oct 16 at the Odeon Leicester Square, ahead of Pathé’s UK release date of Nov 1. The film receives its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival tomorrow [Aug 31] before going on to play at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sept 8/9.
Based on true events, Judi Dench plays the title role alongside Steve Coogan as journalist Martin Sixsmith. The screenplay was written by Coogan and Jeff Pope, based on the book The Lost Child of Philomena Lee by Martin Sixsmith.
Dench plays an Irish woman seeking the son she was forced to give up for adoption 50 years ago. Coogan plays the reporter who helps her.
Frears, best known for directing The Queen, High Fidelity and Dangerous...
The 57th BFI London Film Festival (Oct 9-20) has announced that the festival’s American Express Gala will be the UK premiere of Stephen Frears’ Philomena.
The gala will take place on Oct 16 at the Odeon Leicester Square, ahead of Pathé’s UK release date of Nov 1. The film receives its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival tomorrow [Aug 31] before going on to play at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sept 8/9.
Based on true events, Judi Dench plays the title role alongside Steve Coogan as journalist Martin Sixsmith. The screenplay was written by Coogan and Jeff Pope, based on the book The Lost Child of Philomena Lee by Martin Sixsmith.
Dench plays an Irish woman seeking the son she was forced to give up for adoption 50 years ago. Coogan plays the reporter who helps her.
Frears, best known for directing The Queen, High Fidelity and Dangerous...
- 8/30/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Stars Judi Dench and Steve Coogan expected to attend gala screening.
The 57th BFI London Film Festival (Oct 9-20) has announced that the festival’s American Express Gala will be the UK premiere of Stephen Frears’ Philomena.
The gala will take place on Oct 16 at the Odeon Leicester Square, ahead of Pathé’s UK release date of Nov 1. The film receives its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival tomorrow [Aug 31] before going on to play at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sept 8/9.
Based on true events, Judi Dench plays the title role alongside Steve Coogan as journalist Martin Sixsmith. The screenplay was written by Coogan and Jeff Pope, based on the book The Lost Child of Philomena Lee by Martin Sixsmith.
Dench plays an Irish woman seeking the son she was forced to give up for adoption 50 years ago. Coogan plays the reporter who helps her.
Frears, best known for directing The Queen, High Fidelity and Dangerous...
The 57th BFI London Film Festival (Oct 9-20) has announced that the festival’s American Express Gala will be the UK premiere of Stephen Frears’ Philomena.
The gala will take place on Oct 16 at the Odeon Leicester Square, ahead of Pathé’s UK release date of Nov 1. The film receives its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival tomorrow [Aug 31] before going on to play at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sept 8/9.
Based on true events, Judi Dench plays the title role alongside Steve Coogan as journalist Martin Sixsmith. The screenplay was written by Coogan and Jeff Pope, based on the book The Lost Child of Philomena Lee by Martin Sixsmith.
Dench plays an Irish woman seeking the son she was forced to give up for adoption 50 years ago. Coogan plays the reporter who helps her.
Frears, best known for directing The Queen, High Fidelity and Dangerous...
- 8/30/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
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