Another day. Another cancellation. Surprisingly, it isn’t from Netflix. This time, it’s under Apple TV, which has confirmed that The Mosquito Coast will not return for a third season. The Mosquito Coast starred Justin Theroux, Melissa George, Logan Polish, and Gabriel Bateman. This series was loosely based on Paul Theroux’s best-selling 1981 novel. The official Mosquito Coast synopsis is about an idealist that uproots his family to a remote Caribbean island. This gets him away from the consumerism he feels is negatively
Apple TV+ Cancels The Mosquito Coast After Two Seasons...
Apple TV+ Cancels The Mosquito Coast After Two Seasons...
- 2/6/2023
- by Jeffrey Bowie Jr.
- TVovermind.com
Given all the noise around Force of Nature, it’s hard to get at the movie itself, which on the surface is no more than a routine crime thriller set in San Juan, Puerto Rico during a Category 5 hurricane. What’s not routine is the tweetstorm of controversy ignited by the casting of Mel Gibson and Emile Hirsch, both actors with assault charges on their records, as white cops battling “Rican” villains against the carnage of Hurricane Maria. To say that a real-life tragedy deserves more respect than simply being...
- 6/30/2020
- by Peter Travers
- Rollingstone.com
"What do you think these guys want?" "I might have a pretty good idea." Lionsgate has released an official trailer for Force of Nature, an action thriller from filmmaker Michael Polish, launching directly onto VOD services in June this summer. Yet another movie set during a Category 5 hurricane, but this time not a horror (like Crawl). A gang of thieves plan a heist during a hurricane and encounter trouble when a cop tries to force everyone in the big apartment building to evacuate. Emile Hirsch stars with Mel Gibson, Kate Bosworth, David Zayas, Stephanie Cayo, William Catlett, Tyler Jon Olson, Swen Temmel, & Rey Hernandez. The hurricane in this looks so incredibly fake, and the rest of it just looks so mediocre. Might be worth skipping. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Michael Polish's Force of Nature, from Lionsgate's YouTube: An edge-of-your-seat action-thriller that explodes during ...
- 5/19/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Twenty years and 12 features down the line, it’s still hard to peg the directorial sensibility of Michael Polish, with or without the presence of brother Mark as frequent co-writer and actor. His output has been all over the place, from early Lynchian quirkfests to the very middle-of-the-road inspirational dramedy “The Astronaut Farmer,” not to mention mediocre genre exercises, a B&W Parisian romance (“For Lovers Only”). a good movie about Jack Kerouac (“Big Sur”), and one about manure salesmen that’s about as good as that sounds (“The Smell of Success”). It remains a puzzle whether his thematic interests are more laudably diverse than they are simply arbitrary.
“Nona” is yet another departure, a primarily Spanish-language feature shot on location in Central America, touching on issues of illegal immigration and human trafficking. The narrative’s picaresque road-trip majority doesn’t properly set up a late turn towards seriousness, draining...
“Nona” is yet another departure, a primarily Spanish-language feature shot on location in Central America, touching on issues of illegal immigration and human trafficking. The narrative’s picaresque road-trip majority doesn’t properly set up a late turn towards seriousness, draining...
- 12/15/2018
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
If you thought faith-based movies were just a brief trend, movies attended by a niche audience outside the mainstream, guess again. Hollywood has seen the light are big stars are starting to gravitate towards films with a wholesome message, and this fall will bring two of them. Kate Mara and David Oyelowo are the starry window dressing on the forthcoming "Captive," and now there's "90 Minutes In Heaven," which features Hayden Christensen and Kate Bosworth, and perhaps most surprisingly, Michael Polish at the helm. Indie fans will recall that Polish was one half of the sibling filmmaking team that made waves with "Twin Falls Idaho" and "Northfork," before striking out on his own, delivering recent, very distinctive and lo-fi movies with "For Lovers Only" and the (very underrated) "Big Sur." Anyway, he's doing...this...which is based on a book which is apparently a true story, if you believe in this sort of thing.
- 7/8/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Here’s a first look at Dianna Agron (‘Glee’) in writer/director Mark Polish’s Headlock starring Oscar Nominee Andy Garcia, Justin Bartha (The Hangover Trilogy) and Mark Polish (For Lovers Only).
After new CIA recruit, Kelley Chandler (Polish) is seriously injured during a mission, surviving only on life support, his wife Tess (Agron), a former CIA operative, becomes determined to find out what happened to her husband. As the details of Kelley’s last mission unravel, showing that his accident was an inside job, Tess puts everything on the line to keep Kelley out of harm’s way, even if that comes with dangerous consequences.
The film is produced by Michael Benaroya (Margin Call, Kill Your Darlings) for Benaroya Pictures and Janet Du Bois (Stay Cool), with Tim Christian, Ryan Johnson and Ben Sachs executive producing.
International Film Trust is handing international rights.
The post First Look Photo Of...
After new CIA recruit, Kelley Chandler (Polish) is seriously injured during a mission, surviving only on life support, his wife Tess (Agron), a former CIA operative, becomes determined to find out what happened to her husband. As the details of Kelley’s last mission unravel, showing that his accident was an inside job, Tess puts everything on the line to keep Kelley out of harm’s way, even if that comes with dangerous consequences.
The film is produced by Michael Benaroya (Margin Call, Kill Your Darlings) for Benaroya Pictures and Janet Du Bois (Stay Cool), with Tim Christian, Ryan Johnson and Ben Sachs executive producing.
International Film Trust is handing international rights.
The post First Look Photo Of...
- 9/9/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The actor Stana Katic, best known as Castle's detective Kate Beckett, on the weird world of La artist Alex Gross, the rebel's voice of King Krule and the joys of living in a Mongolia yurt
Born in Canada, Stana Katic's early career on television saw her appear in sci-fi drama Heroes and play information broker Collette Stenger in season five of 24. She landed the role of was in the 2007 film Feast of Love before playing Corinne Veneau in the 2008 Bond film, Quantum of Solace. A year later, she landed the role for which she has become best known: playing NYPD detective Kate Beckett in the ABC crime drama, Castle. Katic has also launched her own production company, Sine Timore Productions, and founded The Alternative Travel Project, which encourages people to go car-free for a day. Having starred in his 2011 film, For Lovers Only, Katic reunited with director Michael Polish...
Born in Canada, Stana Katic's early career on television saw her appear in sci-fi drama Heroes and play information broker Collette Stenger in season five of 24. She landed the role of was in the 2007 film Feast of Love before playing Corinne Veneau in the 2008 Bond film, Quantum of Solace. A year later, she landed the role for which she has become best known: playing NYPD detective Kate Beckett in the ABC crime drama, Castle. Katic has also launched her own production company, Sine Timore Productions, and founded The Alternative Travel Project, which encourages people to go car-free for a day. Having starred in his 2011 film, For Lovers Only, Katic reunited with director Michael Polish...
- 1/5/2014
- by Leah Harper, Pearl Lowe
- The Guardian - Film News
According to Deadline Hollywood, Evan Rachel Wood is now attached to 18 Wheel Butterfly, the forthcoming throwback film from director Michael Polish (The Astronaut Farmer, For Lovers Only). The film was written by newcomer Christian Divine and tells the 1977-set story of a female truck driver named Rainbeaux who is wrongfully accused of a crime which forces her on a highway chase away from Smokey and some fellow truckers. The project, headed by Aaron Magnani at Water Bear Productions is looking for financing. It’s definitely got a unique tilt to it as well as some magnetic talent, although it’s curious why both Polish Brothers aren’t working together on this or on Michael’s forthcoming Big Sur. If the money gets its budget and becomes a success, it’s easy to imagine studios following suit with movies about women truckers or figuring out what 1977 titles are in their libraries for the remaking. At...
- 8/31/2012
- by Cole Abaius
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Michael Polish (Twin Falls Idaho, Northfork) has attached himself to direct. Evan Rachel Wood is in talks to star as the lead character, a female trucker named “Rainbeaux” 18 Wheel Butterfly by Christian Divine is a colorful road movie. An adorable gear-grindin’ female trucker is accused of a crime that she did not commit and must outrace the law, brother truckers, feds and bounty hunters in the in the Texas bubble gum, redneck chic summer of 1977. Compared to a throwback to Smokey & The Bandit, Convoy, Sugerland Express, Thelma & Louise. 18 Wheel Butterfly will be produced by Aaron Magnani under his Water Bear/Aaron Magnani Productions Banner along with A Polish Brothers Construction. Magnani and producers are currently seeking financing. Michael Polish directed and recently released, For Lovers Only, and the upcoming Big Sur based on 1962 novel by Jack Kerouac. Wood will be seen in the upcoming, “A Case of You” with Vince Vaughn...
- 8/28/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Matt Dentler is leaving Cinetic Rights Management's FilmBuff to join iTunes, where he'll oversee partnerships with independent film partners. As head of programming at FilmBuff, Dentler managed the VOD releases of titles like the Polish Bros. title "For Lovers Only" and Ed Burns' "Nice Guy Johnny," both of which were also success stories for the iTunes platform. Dentler is a graduate of Ut Austin's film program; he began working for SXSW in 2000 (his freshman year) as an intern; eventually, he became the head of the festival. He joined FilmBuff in 2008. Currently based in New York, Dentler will relocate to Los Angeles this month. ...
- 2/2/2012
- Indiewire
As "Castle" fans or anyone whose seen James Bond's "Quantum of Solace" can attest, Stana Katic is something of a head-turner. So it was really only a matter of time before the 33-year-old actress found a part that involved her canoodling on a French beach.
"For Lovers Only," which has enjoyed a fruitful domestic release on iTunes and continues to appear in many festivals abroad, was filmed over just 12 days with only three people: Katic, co-star and writer Mark Polish and director Michael Polish.
The intimate circumstances made for many happy accidents, including Katic unconsciously paying homage to Deborah Kerr and Burt Lancaster's famous scene in "From Here to Eternity."
"It was a script that Mark and Michael had sitting around for awhile," Katic recently told Zap2it on the "Castle" set." They had various renditions of it that they'd been playing with for years, and then I think...
"For Lovers Only," which has enjoyed a fruitful domestic release on iTunes and continues to appear in many festivals abroad, was filmed over just 12 days with only three people: Katic, co-star and writer Mark Polish and director Michael Polish.
The intimate circumstances made for many happy accidents, including Katic unconsciously paying homage to Deborah Kerr and Burt Lancaster's famous scene in "From Here to Eternity."
"It was a script that Mark and Michael had sitting around for awhile," Katic recently told Zap2it on the "Castle" set." They had various renditions of it that they'd been playing with for years, and then I think...
- 10/7/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
London, Sep 29: Singer Joe Jonas has been accused of stealing ideas for his new video 'Just in Love' from a 2010 indie film.
Writer-actor Mark Polish and his director brother Michael says that 'Just in Love', directed by Jaci Judelson, includes scenes which are nearly identical to shots from their film 'For Lovers Only'.
'It's very disheartening that a fellow director would go to those lengths to copy 'For Lovers Only' and not credit us. If they had said our film was their inspiration, we would have been flattered.
'But.
Writer-actor Mark Polish and his director brother Michael says that 'Just in Love', directed by Jaci Judelson, includes scenes which are nearly identical to shots from their film 'For Lovers Only'.
'It's very disheartening that a fellow director would go to those lengths to copy 'For Lovers Only' and not credit us. If they had said our film was their inspiration, we would have been flattered.
'But.
- 9/29/2011
- by Lohit Reddy
- RealBollywood.com
Oops. It seems that Joe Jonas may have hired the wrong director to helm his latest music video, "Just In Love." Mark Polish, the director of a low-budget French film called "For Lovers Only" also starring "Castle's" Stana Katic, has accused video director Jaci Judelson of stealing his shots.
TheWrap reports that Jonas's video, which features him "cavorting" in Paris with French model Angele Sassy, is nearly identical to the film.
"It's very disheartening that a fellow director would go to those lengths to copy 'For Lovers Only' and not credit us," Polish tells the site. "If they had said our film was their inspiration, we would have been flattered, but nowhere in any of their materials do they say that we were an influence on them, which is upsetting to us as artists. And it makes this feel like plagiarism."
According to TheWrap, Polish and his brother,...
TheWrap reports that Jonas's video, which features him "cavorting" in Paris with French model Angele Sassy, is nearly identical to the film.
"It's very disheartening that a fellow director would go to those lengths to copy 'For Lovers Only' and not credit us," Polish tells the site. "If they had said our film was their inspiration, we would have been flattered, but nowhere in any of their materials do they say that we were an influence on them, which is upsetting to us as artists. And it makes this feel like plagiarism."
According to TheWrap, Polish and his brother,...
- 9/28/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Drake Doremus‘ Sundance Grand Prize winner Like Crazy will be the opening night film for the 7th annual Film Independent Forum, according to the non-profit.
Taking place Oct. 21-23 at the Director Guild of America in L.A., Like Crazy (which Paramount Vantage opens on Oct. 28) will kick off the the three-day forum for emerging and established independent filmmakers that covers production, distribution, documentary and new media.
Speakers for the 2011 Film Independent Forum include:
Sara Bernstein, HBO Documentary Films
Laura Bickford, producer, Duplicity, Che
Josh Braun, Submarine
Lisa Callif, Donaldson & Callif, Llp
Juan Devis, Kcet Public Media
Arthur Dong, director, Hollywood Chinese
Jennifer Dubin, producer, The Perfect Family, Good Dick
Craig Emanuel, Loeb & Loeb
Christian Gaines, withoutabox.com and imdb.com
Matthew Greenfield, Fox Searchlight
Azazel Jacobs, director, Terri
Patty Jenkins, director, Monster, The Killing
Gina Kwon, producer, The Future
Greg Laemmle, Laemmle Theatres
Lisa Leeman, director, One Lucky Elephant
David Magdael,...
Taking place Oct. 21-23 at the Director Guild of America in L.A., Like Crazy (which Paramount Vantage opens on Oct. 28) will kick off the the three-day forum for emerging and established independent filmmakers that covers production, distribution, documentary and new media.
Speakers for the 2011 Film Independent Forum include:
Sara Bernstein, HBO Documentary Films
Laura Bickford, producer, Duplicity, Che
Josh Braun, Submarine
Lisa Callif, Donaldson & Callif, Llp
Juan Devis, Kcet Public Media
Arthur Dong, director, Hollywood Chinese
Jennifer Dubin, producer, The Perfect Family, Good Dick
Craig Emanuel, Loeb & Loeb
Christian Gaines, withoutabox.com and imdb.com
Matthew Greenfield, Fox Searchlight
Azazel Jacobs, director, Terri
Patty Jenkins, director, Monster, The Killing
Gina Kwon, producer, The Future
Greg Laemmle, Laemmle Theatres
Lisa Leeman, director, One Lucky Elephant
David Magdael,...
- 9/14/2011
- by Jason Guerrasio
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
In our last post Anna Rebek briefly touched on one very important aspect of sacrifice when it comes to making microbudget films…crew. I think we often have to get past the feeling of incredible guilt in pre-production when asking friends and family to come along on yet another microbudget adventure. However, we learn to compensate with understanding, attention and compassion, making micro budget a unique testing ground for new methods. No matter what happens after these films are made, we are left with lessons that some big-budget filmmakers have never had to learn. Perhaps instead of wondering when to give up, we should be taking this time learning how to prepare for the future. Layton Matthews is here to discuss the merits of treating your crew right…and while you’re at it, why not pay them something.
Let’s say you have written a script and decided to make a micro-budget feature film.
Let’s say you have written a script and decided to make a micro-budget feature film.
- 9/13/2011
- by John Yost
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
[1] Back in 2009, the Polish Brothers, Mark and Michael, released two films on the festival circuit: The Smell of Success premiered at Sundance, while Stay Cool opened at Tribeca. Now, two years later, both films are finally getting released in theaters. The Smell of Success just got a very limited opening [2] this month, and Stay Cool will be hitting theaters September 16. A new trailer's just been released for the latter, and... well, I can see why no one was in a hurry to rush this out. Stay Cool follows a successful writer named Henry McCarthy (Mark Polish) who returns to his high school as a commencement speaker at the request of Principal Marshall (Chevy Chase). Once Henry arrives, Marshall encourages him to "connect" with the graduating class, which apparently means sitting in on classes and passing notes with students. (I don't know about you, but I have never had a commencement speaker that did this.
- 8/30/2011
- by Angie Han
- Slash Film
Now Available On VOD, iTUNES, Amazon, Playstation, Xbox, Vudu, And Cable
For Lovers Only is a story of a Man and a Woman in love. After seeing each other for the first time in years while on separate work assignments in Paris, the Lovers flee together and travel by train, car and motorcycle, as their love affair takes them across France.from Normandy to St. Tropez. Throughout their trip, both characters experience long periods of carefree bliss and unrepentant joy punctuated by brief moments of guilt and confusion. The final outcome of the affair is left open to interpretation.
This picture is a study and meditation on two Lovers. A picture that practices restraint and embraces limitation.that allows the viewer to hold no judgement on the Lovers behavior, but to accept these two and their passion for one another as something beautiful and rare.
Snippets of information begin to reveal who these two are,...
For Lovers Only is a story of a Man and a Woman in love. After seeing each other for the first time in years while on separate work assignments in Paris, the Lovers flee together and travel by train, car and motorcycle, as their love affair takes them across France.from Normandy to St. Tropez. Throughout their trip, both characters experience long periods of carefree bliss and unrepentant joy punctuated by brief moments of guilt and confusion. The final outcome of the affair is left open to interpretation.
This picture is a study and meditation on two Lovers. A picture that practices restraint and embraces limitation.that allows the viewer to hold no judgement on the Lovers behavior, but to accept these two and their passion for one another as something beautiful and rare.
Snippets of information begin to reveal who these two are,...
- 8/17/2011
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Exclusive "For Lovers Only," an intimate romance made in luminous black-and-white by twin auteur filmmakers Michael and Mark Polish, is a wildly successful experiment in New Hollywood Math. Production budget: $0 Marketing and advertising budget: $0 Profits that begin at dollar one: priceless. As of Monday afternoon, the film, which stars Mark Polish with "Castle's" Stana Katic, sat at the No. 2 spot on the iTunes romance chart, the four-spot on its independent films chart and the Top 100 in all movie rental and downloads. (Find it here.) That's for a movie that they self-released on...
- 7/14/2011
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
As the technology to make films becomes ever cheaper, and avenues of distribution for indie projects expands, it seems likely that movie fans will encounter an increasing number of movies made well outside the Hollywood system. We’ve seen under-the-radar hits in recent years – from Robert Rodriguez’s El Mariachi to The Blair Witch Project on to recent sensation Paranormal Activity – but those films still eventually had studio involvement before they hit it big. Such is not the case with For Lovers Only. The film, which was helmed by twin filmmakers Michael and Mark Polish, had a production budget of $0 and an advertising budget to match. The title, which is a black- and-white tale of old lovers reconnecting in Paris, was shot with two actors (one was...
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- 7/14/2011
- by Movies.com
- Movies.com
As the technology to make films becomes ever cheaper, and avenues of distribution for indie projects expands, it seems likely that movie fans will encounter an increasing number of movies made well outside the Hollywood system. We’ve seen under-the-radar hits in recent years – from Robert Rodriguez’s El Mariachi to The Blair Witch Project on to recent sensation Paranormal Activity – but those films still eventually had studio involvement before they hit it big. Such is not the case with For Lovers Only. The film, which was helmed by twin filmmakers Michael and Mark Polish, had a production budget of $0 and an advertising budget to match. The title, which is a black- and-white tale of old lovers reconnecting in Paris, was shot with two actors (one was...
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- 7/14/2011
- by Movies.com
- Movies.com - Celebrity Gossip
One of the most interesting things about Warner Bros.' gestating "Akira" is that ever since director Albert Hughes bailed on the film at the end of May, there hasn't been a word about it. No shortlist of directors, no new names being tossed around for the lead. Nothing. Which is what makes this next morsel of info somewhat compelling. Buried in an extensive interview and profile with twin brother filmmakers Mark and Michael Polish in The Wrap about their new direct-to-vod film "For Lovers Only" that is doing some strong business (more on that in moment) is a little tidbit…...
- 7/14/2011
- The Playlist
How many movies based on the Wizard of Oz mythology will you tolerate in the next few years? Right now I'm counting at least six in development, including this new, out-of-nowhwere project from Mark and Michael Polish (The Astronaut Farmer), simply titled Oz. Nobody seems to have had heard about this faithful-looking version of L. Frank Baum's stories until a teaser was posted to YouTube yesterday (and tweeted by Film Threat's Chris Gore) with a caption claiming that it comes to us from the Polish brothers and it's set to hit theaters in 2011. As for the content of the video, all it shows us is a young Dorothy and a hardly anthropomorphic Cowardly Lion walking slowly and curiously down a hall in an apparently deserted place.
Coming from someone who appreciates -- and would watch in marathon form right now if I had the time -- every Baum adaptation...
Coming from someone who appreciates -- and would watch in marathon form right now if I had the time -- every Baum adaptation...
- 6/16/2010
- by Christopher Campbell
- Cinematical
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