“The Last Animal,” the award-winning bestselling novel from Ramona Ausubel, has been snatched up for film adaptation by production companies Walden Media and Big Beach.
Ry Russo-Young has been set to direct the feature based on the emotionally resonant story. Published in April 2023 by Riverhead Books at Penguin Random House, Ausubel’s work was named best book of the year by NPR, Kirkus Reviews and Oprah Daily, among others. A distributor has not yet been set.
“Last Animal” follows teenaged sisters Eve and Vera, unexpectedly spending summer vacation on their mother’s scientific expedition. Fooling around in the permafrost, the sisters accidentally uncover a perfectly preserved, four-thousand-year-old baby mammoth. The discovery sends mother and daughters from the slopes of Siberia to the shores of Iceland to an exotic animal farm in Italy, resulting in the birth of a creature that could change the world — or at least their family.
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Ry Russo-Young has been set to direct the feature based on the emotionally resonant story. Published in April 2023 by Riverhead Books at Penguin Random House, Ausubel’s work was named best book of the year by NPR, Kirkus Reviews and Oprah Daily, among others. A distributor has not yet been set.
“Last Animal” follows teenaged sisters Eve and Vera, unexpectedly spending summer vacation on their mother’s scientific expedition. Fooling around in the permafrost, the sisters accidentally uncover a perfectly preserved, four-thousand-year-old baby mammoth. The discovery sends mother and daughters from the slopes of Siberia to the shores of Iceland to an exotic animal farm in Italy, resulting in the birth of a creature that could change the world — or at least their family.
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- 3/1/2024
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
It’s the most spookiest time of the year, and you’ll find a smorgasbord of creepy content on the Hulu streaming service in October! Not only has the streamer secured recent theatrical releases like Cobweb and Slotherhouse for you, but Huluween is here again to make sure things go bump in the night.
Huluween highlights this year include the first season of Living for the Dead, which comes from the creators of Netflix’s popular Queer Eye. Join five queer ghost hunters – Alex Le May, Juju Bae, Ken Boggle, Logan Taylor and Roz Hernandez – as they travel to a range of the world’s most haunted locations in an attempt to help the living by healing the dead.
Hulu will also premiere Monster Inside: America’s Most Extreme Haunted House from director Andrew Renzi. The new documentary follows the story of “Navy Veteran turned master of horror” Russ McKamey. His home,...
Huluween highlights this year include the first season of Living for the Dead, which comes from the creators of Netflix’s popular Queer Eye. Join five queer ghost hunters – Alex Le May, Juju Bae, Ken Boggle, Logan Taylor and Roz Hernandez – as they travel to a range of the world’s most haunted locations in an attempt to help the living by healing the dead.
Hulu will also premiere Monster Inside: America’s Most Extreme Haunted House from director Andrew Renzi. The new documentary follows the story of “Navy Veteran turned master of horror” Russ McKamey. His home,...
- 10/1/2023
- by Kirsten Howard
- Den of Geek
It’s the most wonderful time of the year for Hulu! Oct. 1 kicks off the streamer’s annual Huluween offerings with dozens of spine-tingling series and films added to the platform, from horror classics like Stephen King’s “It” to new Hulu Originals like “Appendage.”
If you on the squeamish side, Hulu hasn’t forgotten you and will be adding dozens more titles this month and streaming major season premieres the day after they air, including new season of “The Simpsons,” “Bob's Burgers,” and more.
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Hulu’s latest original horror film “Appendage” joins the platform on Oct. 2 after its SXSW debut earlier this year. In it, Hannah, a young fashion designer who seems fine on the surface but secretly struggles with debilitating self-doubt begins to see her health decline...
If you on the squeamish side, Hulu hasn’t forgotten you and will be adding dozens more titles this month and streaming major season premieres the day after they air, including new season of “The Simpsons,” “Bob's Burgers,” and more.
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Hulu’s latest original horror film “Appendage” joins the platform on Oct. 2 after its SXSW debut earlier this year. In it, Hannah, a young fashion designer who seems fine on the surface but secretly struggles with debilitating self-doubt begins to see her health decline...
- 9/29/2023
- by Ashley Steves
- The Streamable
Catch a young Keanu Reeve in “Point Break” next month on Plex. A few bank robbers in California are notable for their disguises: They wear masks of modern ex-Presidents Reagan, Carton, Nixon, and Johnson. A suspicious FBI thinks they are actually surfers and sends an agent (Reeves) to investigate. Patrick Swayze and Gary Busey co-star. Kathryn Bigelow, who won the Oscar for “The Hurt Locker” directs.
Watch the “Point Break” trailer
Also the neo-noir “L.A. Confidential” stars Russell Crowe and Guy Pearce as detectives in 1950s Los Angeles investigating a murder case. Based on the James Ellroy novel, the film explores corruption, racism, and sexual obsession. Plus, the production value is first-rate.
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Watch the “Point Break” trailer
Also the neo-noir “L.A. Confidential” stars Russell Crowe and Guy Pearce as detectives in 1950s Los Angeles investigating a murder case. Based on the James Ellroy novel, the film explores corruption, racism, and sexual obsession. Plus, the production value is first-rate.
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- 6/29/2023
- by Fern Siegel
- The Streamable
Jane Levy is an American actress. She is best known for her roles in Shameless, Suburgatory, Don’t Breathe and A Little Prayer.
Jane Levy Biography: Age, Early Life, Family, Education
Jane Levy was born on December 29, 1989 (Jane Levy: age 33) in Los Angeles, California to Mary Tilbury and Lester Levy. She was raised in San Anselmo, California where she graduated from the Sir Francis Drake High School.
Levy went on to graduate from the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in New York City.
Jane Levy Biography: Career
Levy began her acting career for the show Shameless in 2011 but left after the first season. She then got her first lead role in the show Suburgatory as Tessa Altman, the teenage daughter of George Altman (Jeremy Sisto) who hates that they had to move to the suburbs.
Levy then took to the big screen in 2012 with her roles in Nobody Walks and Fun Size.
Jane Levy Biography: Age, Early Life, Family, Education
Jane Levy was born on December 29, 1989 (Jane Levy: age 33) in Los Angeles, California to Mary Tilbury and Lester Levy. She was raised in San Anselmo, California where she graduated from the Sir Francis Drake High School.
Levy went on to graduate from the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in New York City.
Jane Levy Biography: Career
Levy began her acting career for the show Shameless in 2011 but left after the first season. She then got her first lead role in the show Suburgatory as Tessa Altman, the teenage daughter of George Altman (Jeremy Sisto) who hates that they had to move to the suburbs.
Levy then took to the big screen in 2012 with her roles in Nobody Walks and Fun Size.
- 3/12/2023
- by Hailey Schipper
- Uinterview
Time is running out to stream films like “Lincoln,” “The Fisher King” and “He Got Game” on HBO Max. Below is the complete list of everything leaving HBO and HBO Max in January 2022, which includes some classic “Planet of the Apes” films, Ben Affleck’s Oscar-winning “Argo” and 1988’s “Married to the Mob,” among others. Most of these titles leave the streaming service on Jan. 31, but departing HBO and HBO Max on Jan. 20 is a behind-the-scenes look at Guillermo del Toro’s new film “Nightmare Alley,” which is exclusively in theaters now.
If you’re looking for noteworthy titles to add to your watchlist before they depart, “Lincoln” is one of Steven Spielberg’s best, “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” is a handsome and nail-biting spy thriller and “The Fisher King” is a great two-hander with Jeff Bridges and Robin Williams.
Check out the full list of what’s leaving HBO Max in January 2022 below.
If you’re looking for noteworthy titles to add to your watchlist before they depart, “Lincoln” is one of Steven Spielberg’s best, “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” is a handsome and nail-biting spy thriller and “The Fisher King” is a great two-hander with Jeff Bridges and Robin Williams.
Check out the full list of what’s leaving HBO Max in January 2022 below.
- 1/4/2022
- by Adam Chitwood
- The Wrap
Back when WarnerMedia (which technically no longer exists in the same form) announced that it would be premiering its entire slate of 2021 films on HBO Max, this is the kind of month they likely had in mind. For HBO Max’s list of new releases in August 2021 is highlighted by an honest-to-goodness blockbuster.
The Suicide Squad is set to premiere Aug. 5 on HBO Max. This film featuring some of DC Comics’ most curious villains borrows its name, format, and many of its characters from the David Ayers-directed 2016 film Suicide Squad. This time around, the rogues gallery is directing by James Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy) and his colorful disposition. In addition to The Suicide Squad, August sees the arrival of the Hugh Jackman-starring Reminiscence on Aug. 20.
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The Suicide Squad is set to premiere Aug. 5 on HBO Max. This film featuring some of DC Comics’ most curious villains borrows its name, format, and many of its characters from the David Ayers-directed 2016 film Suicide Squad. This time around, the rogues gallery is directing by James Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy) and his colorful disposition. In addition to The Suicide Squad, August sees the arrival of the Hugh Jackman-starring Reminiscence on Aug. 20.
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- 8/1/2021
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
HBO Max will arguably debut its biggest Warner Bros. release yet on August 5, when James Gunn’s take on “The Suicide Squad” makes its day-and-date premiere on the streaming platform (the comic book blockbuster is also coming out in theaters nationwide).
But beyond “The Suicide Squad,” film fans will find a copious amount of features on HBO Max in August 2021, including a new Hugh Jackman movie, plus classic ‘90s favorites like “Basic Instinct,” “The Birdcage,” “The Fugitive,” “Deep Cover,” “Malcolm X,” and “The Shawshank Redemption.”
Ahead, every new movie and series coming to HBO Max in August 2021, plus the top titles leaving the service before September 1.
New on HBO Max in August 2021
August 1
2 Days in the Valley, 1996 (HBO)
9/11: Fifteen Years Later, 2016
A Mighty Wind, 2003 (HBO)
A Walk Among the Tombstones, 2014 (HBO)
The Accidental Spy, 2002 (HBO)
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl, 2005 (HBO)
Americano, 2017 (HBO)
Anna to the Infinite Power,...
But beyond “The Suicide Squad,” film fans will find a copious amount of features on HBO Max in August 2021, including a new Hugh Jackman movie, plus classic ‘90s favorites like “Basic Instinct,” “The Birdcage,” “The Fugitive,” “Deep Cover,” “Malcolm X,” and “The Shawshank Redemption.”
Ahead, every new movie and series coming to HBO Max in August 2021, plus the top titles leaving the service before September 1.
New on HBO Max in August 2021
August 1
2 Days in the Valley, 1996 (HBO)
9/11: Fifteen Years Later, 2016
A Mighty Wind, 2003 (HBO)
A Walk Among the Tombstones, 2014 (HBO)
The Accidental Spy, 2002 (HBO)
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl, 2005 (HBO)
Americano, 2017 (HBO)
Anna to the Infinite Power,...
- 7/31/2021
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
Ucp is developing Bad Girls, an anthology series based on Ann Shen’s book Bad Girls Throughout History: 100 Remarkable Women Who Changed the World, with writer Liz Hannah (The Post) and Echo Lake Entertainment. Ry Russo-Young (The Sun Is Also A Star) is set to direct the pilot and executive produce. Ucp is currently shopping the project to networks and streamers.
Written by Hannah, Bad Girls is eyed as an anthology series with each episode featuring a different influential woman throughout history. From Ada Lovelace to Rosa Parks; Mata Hari to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, each episode will be written, directed, and starring a different female team.
“Ann Shen’s book is all that needs to be said about the ambitions of this show,” said Hannah. “To depict women throughout history as they are: complex, funny, dark and everywhere in between. As a longtime admirer of Ry’s work, I’m...
Written by Hannah, Bad Girls is eyed as an anthology series with each episode featuring a different influential woman throughout history. From Ada Lovelace to Rosa Parks; Mata Hari to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, each episode will be written, directed, and starring a different female team.
“Ann Shen’s book is all that needs to be said about the ambitions of this show,” said Hannah. “To depict women throughout history as they are: complex, funny, dark and everywhere in between. As a longtime admirer of Ry’s work, I’m...
- 8/21/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Universal Content Productions (Ucp) is developing an anthology series based on Ann Shen’s book “Bad Girls Throughout History: 100 Remarkable Women Who Changed the World.”
The project will be titled “Bad Girls,” with each episode featuring a different influential woman throughout history, including famous figures like Ada Lovelace, Rosa Parks, Mata Hari, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Each episode will feature a different female team onscreen as well as those writing and directing. Ucp is shopping the project to networks and streaming services.
Liz Hannah will write the pilot with Ry Russo-Young directing. Both will also executive produce the series along with Brittany Kahan Ward and Graciella Sanchez for Echo Lake.
Hannah previously co-wrote and co-produced the critically-acclaimed Steven Spielberg film “The Post,” for which she received a Golden Globe nomination in 2018. She also recently worked as a writer and producer on the Netflix series “Mindhunter” and co-wrote the screenplay for the comedy film “Long Shot.
The project will be titled “Bad Girls,” with each episode featuring a different influential woman throughout history, including famous figures like Ada Lovelace, Rosa Parks, Mata Hari, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Each episode will feature a different female team onscreen as well as those writing and directing. Ucp is shopping the project to networks and streaming services.
Liz Hannah will write the pilot with Ry Russo-Young directing. Both will also executive produce the series along with Brittany Kahan Ward and Graciella Sanchez for Echo Lake.
Hannah previously co-wrote and co-produced the critically-acclaimed Steven Spielberg film “The Post,” for which she received a Golden Globe nomination in 2018. She also recently worked as a writer and producer on the Netflix series “Mindhunter” and co-wrote the screenplay for the comedy film “Long Shot.
- 8/21/2019
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
When Ry Russo-Young arrived at Sundance in January 2017, the festival regular — she had previously debuted films in both the New Frontiers and Competition sections — returned to the annual Park City event with a surprising new feature: an adaptation of “Before I Fall,” based on Lauren Oliver’s Ya novel of the same name, a teenage spin on “Groundhog Day” with a dramatic bite. Featuring a breakout performance from rising star Zoey Deutch, the film pulled in mixed reviews, though nearly every critic singled out Russo-Young’s strong direction and ability to add new dimensions to a story audiences might have thought they already knew.
When it hit theaters two months later, the Open Road production made a tidy $19 million on a $5 million budget, making it the filmmaker’s biggest moneymaker yet in a career that had already seen the release of three earlier features. Moving to a teen-centric movie after...
When it hit theaters two months later, the Open Road production made a tidy $19 million on a $5 million budget, making it the filmmaker’s biggest moneymaker yet in a career that had already seen the release of three earlier features. Moving to a teen-centric movie after...
- 5/14/2019
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
This week, IndieWire will be rolling out our annual Summer Preview, including offerings that span genres, niche offerings for dedicated fans, a closer look at festival favorites finally headed to a theater near you, and plenty of special attention to all the new movies you need to get through a jam-packed summer movie-going season.
Check back throughout the week for a new look at the best the season has to offer, and clear your schedule, because we’re going to fill it right up.
From documentaries about real-life heroines to first-time features involving the kind of high schoolers anyone would hope to be no matter their age, this summer’s selection of films that just so happen to be directed by women is as rich and varied as ever. Bolstered by offerings from Olivia Wilde, Lynn Shelton, Jennifer Kent, Gurinder Chadha, and more, there’s more than enough to pick through,...
Check back throughout the week for a new look at the best the season has to offer, and clear your schedule, because we’re going to fill it right up.
From documentaries about real-life heroines to first-time features involving the kind of high schoolers anyone would hope to be no matter their age, this summer’s selection of films that just so happen to be directed by women is as rich and varied as ever. Bolstered by offerings from Olivia Wilde, Lynn Shelton, Jennifer Kent, Gurinder Chadha, and more, there’s more than enough to pick through,...
- 4/11/2019
- by Kate Erbland, Eric Kohn, Anne Thompson, David Ehrlich and Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
"What if I told you I could get you to fall in love with me...?" Warner Bros has debuted the first trailer for a romantic drama titled The Sun Is Also a Star, the latest from director Ry Russo-Young. Adapted from the novel of the same name, the film is about a young woman who falls for a sweet-talking charmer on the day before she is to be deported back to her native country of Jamaica. Set in New York City, Yara Shahidi (from "Black-ish" and "Grown-ish") stars as Natasha, and Charles Melton as Daniel Bae, the guy who woos her. Also starring John Leguizamo, Hill Harper, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Camrus Johnson, Jake Choi, Keong Sim, and Cathy Shim. This looks like a gorgeous film, and I dig all the nerdy science and space talk in this. Might just be a winner based on the footage in here. Take a look.
- 2/6/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Following the critical success of “Before I Fall,” Ry Russo-Young definitely earned herself some recognition among Ya fans. The American director, who once distinguished as a prominent indie auteur at Sundance, seems to feel pretty comfortable in this genre, with her new feature, “The Sun Is Also a Star,” coming up soon.
Continue reading ‘The Sun Is Also a Star’ Trailer: Ry Russo-Young Keeps Reinventing Young Adult Fiction at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘The Sun Is Also a Star’ Trailer: Ry Russo-Young Keeps Reinventing Young Adult Fiction at The Playlist.
- 2/6/2019
- by Carlos Cruz Salido
- The Playlist
“Girls” may be gone, but Lena Dunham is not. Variety reports that the actress and filmmaker is adapting “A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea: One Refugee’s Incredible Story of Love, Loss, and Survival” for a project being co-produced by Steven Spielberg and J.J. Abrams. One imagines that the movie based on Melissa Fleming’s nonfiction account of a Syrian refugee lost at sea will have a somewhat shorter title by the time it’s complete.
Fleming, who serves as chief spokesperson for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (Unhcr), wrote her book about Dooa Al Zamel, who fled Egypt via boat along with hundreds of other refugees (including her husband) en route to Sweden. After being shipwrecked and watching many of her fellow passengers die, she survived by cradling her two small children in her arms for days with the help of an inflatable ring.
Prior to...
Fleming, who serves as chief spokesperson for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (Unhcr), wrote her book about Dooa Al Zamel, who fled Egypt via boat along with hundreds of other refugees (including her husband) en route to Sweden. After being shipwrecked and watching many of her fellow passengers die, she survived by cradling her two small children in her arms for days with the help of an inflatable ring.
Prior to...
- 10/29/2018
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Emma Dumont, who stars in Fox’s X-Men based series, The Gifted, has been tapped as the eponymous lead in Razor, a film from director Rob Cohen, which he adapted from the comic book series of the name by Everett Hartsoe. The Crow producer Jeff Most will produce Razor with Grant Cramer (Lone Survivor), Anna Wang, Christopher Milburn (Hunter’s Prayer), and Philip Lee (The Dark Knight).
Dumont will star as Nicole Mitchell, a young woman who, as a ten-year-old, witnesses her cop father’s murder by a gang of upwardly mobile crime figures who seek to thwart his investigation into their nefarious activities. The trauma lands her in a sanitarium for a decade in which time she develops a complex plan of revenge on the murderers.
In the comics, Nicole, in an effort to rid the evil in Chinatown, becomes the superheroine Razor, characterized...
Dumont will star as Nicole Mitchell, a young woman who, as a ten-year-old, witnesses her cop father’s murder by a gang of upwardly mobile crime figures who seek to thwart his investigation into their nefarious activities. The trauma lands her in a sanitarium for a decade in which time she develops a complex plan of revenge on the murderers.
In the comics, Nicole, in an effort to rid the evil in Chinatown, becomes the superheroine Razor, characterized...
- 6/25/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Director Ry Russo-Young forgot to feel the pressure. The Sundance ingénue's latest feature, Before I Fall, is an adaptation of the best-selling Y.A. novel about a somewhat reluctant high school mean girl, Samantha (Zoey Deutch), who meets her early demise in a car wreck, only to wake up the next day...and the next day and the next day on a seemingly endless loop.
Despite tween fans' rabid protection of their most beloved books and the fact that they can live in her Twitter mentions for the rest of time, Russo-Young isn't fazed -- or wasn't. "Uhh, you're freaking me out!" she joked during a recent call with Et, before explaining, "I actually took great comfort in the fact that I could look online and see what fans connected to about the book, what lines they were holding dear to their hearts, what moved them. Then those things, to me, were like, 'I...
Despite tween fans' rabid protection of their most beloved books and the fact that they can live in her Twitter mentions for the rest of time, Russo-Young isn't fazed -- or wasn't. "Uhh, you're freaking me out!" she joked during a recent call with Et, before explaining, "I actually took great comfort in the fact that I could look online and see what fans connected to about the book, what lines they were holding dear to their hearts, what moved them. Then those things, to me, were like, 'I...
- 3/3/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
It’s not déjà vu. You have seen this movie before. Once upon a time, it went by the name Groundhog Day and starred Bill Murray as a weatherman stuck repeating the same day over and over and over again. It had jokes. Really good ones. You have probably seen this movie again since. Three years ago, it featured Tom Cruise dying a lot. And there was that time when it was a teen sex comedy. (You probably didn’t watch it that time. Very few did.) This week, it goes by a new title, borrowed—along with its new plot, which is really just the old plot but for teenagers—from a Ya novel. Before I Fall, directed by Ry Russo-Young (Nobody Walks), doesn’t have many jokes. It sure as hell doesn’t have Bill Murray. All it really does have is the answer to a question few...
- 3/2/2017
- by A.A. Dowd
- avclub.com
With “Logan,” 20th Century Fox seems to have done it again. The new Wolverine sequel is the second Marvel project with an R-rating — and, like Fox’s 2016 Marvel hit “Deadpool,” it will be the first blockbuster opener of the year.
“Logan,” starring Hugh Jackman in his most familiar role as the X-Men character, premiered at the recent Berlin Film Festival, received excellent reviews (currently 93% on Rotten Tomatoes), and is directed by James Mangold. In addition to directing “Wolverine” in 2013, Mangold came out of the indie world (his 1995 debut, “Heavy,” premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was acquired by Miramax) and later directed best-actress Oscar winners in “Girl, Interrupted” and “Walk the Line.”
The two most recent “X-Men” films opened on a Memorial Day weekend, to $91 million (2014) and $66 million (2016). The first and second standalone “Wolverine” movies had initial weekends of $85 million (2009) and $53 million (2013), respectively. All had the then-standard PG-13 rating for Marvel Comics films.
“Logan,” starring Hugh Jackman in his most familiar role as the X-Men character, premiered at the recent Berlin Film Festival, received excellent reviews (currently 93% on Rotten Tomatoes), and is directed by James Mangold. In addition to directing “Wolverine” in 2013, Mangold came out of the indie world (his 1995 debut, “Heavy,” premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was acquired by Miramax) and later directed best-actress Oscar winners in “Girl, Interrupted” and “Walk the Line.”
The two most recent “X-Men” films opened on a Memorial Day weekend, to $91 million (2014) and $66 million (2016). The first and second standalone “Wolverine” movies had initial weekends of $85 million (2009) and $53 million (2013), respectively. All had the then-standard PG-13 rating for Marvel Comics films.
- 3/2/2017
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
For many years, filmmaker Ry Russo-Young was hustling on the indie circuit both as an actor and as a writer/director with her well-received second movie You Won’t Miss Me famously not being released until nearly two years after it premiered at Sundance. Its release was predicated on by winning the less-than-coveted Gotham Award for “Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You.” (It actually beat La La Land director Damian Chazelle’s first movie for that award, too!)
Her fourth movie Before I Fall, adapted from Lauren Oliver’s popular young adult novel, is a giant step forward for Russo-Young in terms of tackling someone else’s material and a movie she didn’t write.
It stars Zoey Deutch (Everybody Wants Some) as Samantha Kingston, a typical high school student who hangs out with the popular girls, who are constantly tormenting a strange classmate named Juliet Sykes...
Her fourth movie Before I Fall, adapted from Lauren Oliver’s popular young adult novel, is a giant step forward for Russo-Young in terms of tackling someone else’s material and a movie she didn’t write.
It stars Zoey Deutch (Everybody Wants Some) as Samantha Kingston, a typical high school student who hangs out with the popular girls, who are constantly tormenting a strange classmate named Juliet Sykes...
- 3/1/2017
- by Edward Douglas
- LRMonline.com
It would be easy to write off Before I Fall as the Groundhog Day of teen weepies – but something raw keeps breaking through the formula to pull us in. In adapting Lauren Oliver's Ya bestseller, director Ry Russo-Young (Nobody Walks), working from a script by Maria Maggenti, lets glints of honest feeling break through the brick wall of teen formula. Zoey Deutch (Everybody Wants Some!!) excels as Sam Kingston, a high-school mean girl who dies in a car accident. Then she gets up the next morning to repeat the...
- 2/28/2017
- Rollingstone.com
by Peter Belsito
Zoey Deutch Halston, Sage Logan Miller in “Before I Fall” by Ry Russo-Young
To begin about this film is to say it is a ‘Ground Hog Day’ story.
The lead character, a popular high school girl, has an unremarkable — if a bit troubling — life, including difficult friends, challenging social life, some boy / sex issues and some big questions for her as to “what’s it all about?”
But why? Toward what end? How to resolve?
As the story begins Sam is one lucky teenager. She’s beautiful, rich, and popular, with the hottest boyfriend and the most loyal friends.
But she and her posse can be cruel and heartless; since elementary school they’ve relentlessly bullied one of their unfortunate female classmates.
On Friday, February 12th, driving home from a party, Sam is in a dramatic car crash.
This mysterious car wreck at the end of her day leads to her — what?...
Zoey Deutch Halston, Sage Logan Miller in “Before I Fall” by Ry Russo-Young
To begin about this film is to say it is a ‘Ground Hog Day’ story.
The lead character, a popular high school girl, has an unremarkable — if a bit troubling — life, including difficult friends, challenging social life, some boy / sex issues and some big questions for her as to “what’s it all about?”
But why? Toward what end? How to resolve?
As the story begins Sam is one lucky teenager. She’s beautiful, rich, and popular, with the hottest boyfriend and the most loyal friends.
But she and her posse can be cruel and heartless; since elementary school they’ve relentlessly bullied one of their unfortunate female classmates.
On Friday, February 12th, driving home from a party, Sam is in a dramatic car crash.
This mysterious car wreck at the end of her day leads to her — what?...
- 1/27/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Ry Russo-Young was doing breathing exercises with me and her star Zoey Deutch before we sat down to chat about “Before I Fall,” her third film in a row to bow at the Sundance Film Festival. She was calm enough before she started breathing in and out in big, slow puffs, and she was positively beaming when we were done — with good reason.
Russo-Young may be a Sundance mainstay, but she’s never hit the festival with a film quite like “Before I Fall” – that is to say, a film that already has not only a well-regarded distributor (in this case, Open Road), but a set release date just a few weeks out. That’s one way to take the pressure off of the experience, but it’s understandable that the filmmaker would want to take a moment just to collect herself in the midst of the usual festival madness.
Russo-Young may be a Sundance mainstay, but she’s never hit the festival with a film quite like “Before I Fall” – that is to say, a film that already has not only a well-regarded distributor (in this case, Open Road), but a set release date just a few weeks out. That’s one way to take the pressure off of the experience, but it’s understandable that the filmmaker would want to take a moment just to collect herself in the midst of the usual festival madness.
- 1/26/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Adapted from Lauren Oliver’s successful Ya novel of the same name, director Ry Russo-Young’s fourth feature Before I Fall sees the indie director (Nobody Walks, You Wont Miss Me, Orphans) successfully transitioning to mainstream filmmaking. The story of a popular high school senior (Zoey Deutch, from Dirty Grandpa) caught in a time loop that forces her to relive a crucial day in her life over and over, this neatly written Heathers-meets-Groundhog Day high-concept package delivers both technical polish and a toothsome yet likeable cast. Better still, it has just enough tragic edge to draw young adults, and young-at-heart adults, with...
- 1/23/2017
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A filmmaker known largely for 2012’s Nobody Walks—a 2012 Grand Jury Prize nominee starring Olivia Thirlby and John Krasinski—filmmaker Ry-Russo Young is back at Sundance in 2017 with Before I Fall, a young adult drama based on Lauren Oliver’s bestselling novel. Set for distribution by Open Road Films for a March 3 release, Before I Fall follows a day in the life of Sam (Zoey Deutch), a popular high schooler with everything going for her who gets into a fatal car accident…...
- 1/22/2017
- Deadline
“Maybe for you there’s a tomorrow – maybe there are 1,000 – but for some of us, there’s only today.” Time travel, and the concept of reliving one defining moment over and over again ad nauseam, is something that’s been a fixture of the film world since Groundhog Day. That’s not to say Harold Ramis’ seminal comedy-drama was the first to dump its protagonist in a mind-bending time loop, but it’s certainly one of the more accomplished examples, and few movies have come close ever since.
And though it’s not strictly speaking apples to apples, Open Road Films and director Ry Russo-Young (Nobody Walks) are prepping Before I Fall for its premiere at this weekend’s Sundance Film Festival. It incorporates many of the same storytelling devices seen in Groundhog Day – the endless time loop, a protagonist in need of a life lesson – but instead favors teen drama over existential angst.
And though it’s not strictly speaking apples to apples, Open Road Films and director Ry Russo-Young (Nobody Walks) are prepping Before I Fall for its premiere at this weekend’s Sundance Film Festival. It incorporates many of the same storytelling devices seen in Groundhog Day – the endless time loop, a protagonist in need of a life lesson – but instead favors teen drama over existential angst.
- 1/19/2017
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Edge of Tomorrow, Groundhogs Day, two examples of how living the same day over and over make for a great film. And now we have our first look at a new installment that looks to be a great film.
The Sundance Film Festival is home every year to countless amazing films. It's an event I hope to one day cover. This year is no exception. With so many incredible films already announced to debut, Before I Fall is on a lot of critics watch lists. Directed by Ry Russo-Young (Nobody Walks) brings to life the best selling young adult novel of the same name, written by Lauren Oliver.
Vampire Academy and Everybody Wants Some!! breakout star Zoey Deutch stars as the films lead Samantha Kingston who is stuck reliving the same terrible day over and over. A story point we've seen before, but if used properly makes for a very...
The Sundance Film Festival is home every year to countless amazing films. It's an event I hope to one day cover. This year is no exception. With so many incredible films already announced to debut, Before I Fall is on a lot of critics watch lists. Directed by Ry Russo-Young (Nobody Walks) brings to life the best selling young adult novel of the same name, written by Lauren Oliver.
Vampire Academy and Everybody Wants Some!! breakout star Zoey Deutch stars as the films lead Samantha Kingston who is stuck reliving the same terrible day over and over. A story point we've seen before, but if used properly makes for a very...
- 1/18/2017
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (B.C.)
- Cinelinx
“Groundhog Day” remains the shining cinematic example of the (comedic) horror of living the same day over and over and over again. But for teenagers, where each twenty-four hours can play out like dramatic epic, the idea of reliving a heightened twenty-fours might seem terrifying, but that’s what “Before I Fall” dives into.
Based on the book by Lauren Oliver, this is a Ya movie bringing a slightly different flavor, with indie director Ry Russo-Young (“You Won’t Miss Me,” “Nobody Walks”) behind the camera for the story that follows Sam who relives the day she dies, over and over.
Continue reading It’s Ya ‘Groundhog Day’ In New Trailer For Ry Russo-Young’s ‘Before I Fall’ Starring Zoey Deutch & Halston Sage at The Playlist.
Based on the book by Lauren Oliver, this is a Ya movie bringing a slightly different flavor, with indie director Ry Russo-Young (“You Won’t Miss Me,” “Nobody Walks”) behind the camera for the story that follows Sam who relives the day she dies, over and over.
Continue reading It’s Ya ‘Groundhog Day’ In New Trailer For Ry Russo-Young’s ‘Before I Fall’ Starring Zoey Deutch & Halston Sage at The Playlist.
- 1/18/2017
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Jesse Shapiro's debut feature concerns two young friends spending a day aimlessly wandering the streets of Los Angeles. A veritable love letter to the city in which it's set, Nobody Walks in La feels like a more mobile and less intellectual variation on My Dinner With Andre. But despite its decidedly modest nature, the film — as aimless as the pair's wanderings — has its charms, thanks in large part to the appealing performances by its two leads.
The central characters are longtime friends Miles (Adam Shapiro) and Becca (Kim Shaw), each facing life crises. Miles has just suffered a...
The central characters are longtime friends Miles (Adam Shapiro) and Becca (Kim Shaw), each facing life crises. Miles has just suffered a...
- 11/21/2016
- by Frank Scheck
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Samantha Kingston has it all, the lucky sod; fast approaching the end of her high school years, she’s able to surround herself with the perfect friends, along with the near-perfect boyfriend, as she prepares to make that defining step into adulthood. A final blowout is on the cards, then, but it’s here that Samantha’s life is quite literally turned on its head, after her and her friends experience a severe car accident.
Just when you think it’s all over for Zoey Deutch’s character, she’s inexplicably whisked back to relive the same day over, and over, and over again in a fashion not too dissimilar to Groundhog Day. That is, in a nutshell, the core premise of Before I Fall, Ry Russo-Young’s (Nobody Walks) big-screen take on Lauren Oliver’s eponymous best-seller. What’s interesting here is that Oliver’s novel boasts a passionate built-in fanbase,...
Just when you think it’s all over for Zoey Deutch’s character, she’s inexplicably whisked back to relive the same day over, and over, and over again in a fashion not too dissimilar to Groundhog Day. That is, in a nutshell, the core premise of Before I Fall, Ry Russo-Young’s (Nobody Walks) big-screen take on Lauren Oliver’s eponymous best-seller. What’s interesting here is that Oliver’s novel boasts a passionate built-in fanbase,...
- 11/18/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Kayti Burt Nov 21, 2016
Here's the trailer for Before I Fall, an adaptation of the young adult novel of the same name...
It's Groundhog Day meets If I Stay in the new trailer for Before I Fall, the feature film adaptation of Lauren Oliver's bestselling young adult novel that sees protagonist Samantha Kingston forced to relive the same high school day over and over again. Nightmare, right?
Well, it's more complicated than that. Samantha isn't your typical young adult protagonist outsider. She is part of a mean girl-type clique of girls with lots of lessons to learn about their effect on those around them. It's a pretty cool twist on many genres: time travel, high school coming-of-age, and teen romance.
The film is directed by Ry Russo-Young (Nobody Walks) and stars Zoey Deutch in its lead role, which is a major point in its favour. Deutch carried the Vampire Academy...
Here's the trailer for Before I Fall, an adaptation of the young adult novel of the same name...
It's Groundhog Day meets If I Stay in the new trailer for Before I Fall, the feature film adaptation of Lauren Oliver's bestselling young adult novel that sees protagonist Samantha Kingston forced to relive the same high school day over and over again. Nightmare, right?
Well, it's more complicated than that. Samantha isn't your typical young adult protagonist outsider. She is part of a mean girl-type clique of girls with lots of lessons to learn about their effect on those around them. It's a pretty cool twist on many genres: time travel, high school coming-of-age, and teen romance.
The film is directed by Ry Russo-Young (Nobody Walks) and stars Zoey Deutch in its lead role, which is a major point in its favour. Deutch carried the Vampire Academy...
- 11/18/2016
- Den of Geek
While Groundhog Day set the time-loop standard in Hollywood, we’ve seen some sci-fi movies (Edge of Tomorrow and Source Code) take on the concept. Now it’s time for a Ya adaptation to see what it can do in the scenario. Based on Lauren Oliver‘s book, Before I Fall has up-and-coming director Ry Russo-Young (Nobody Walks) behind it and the first trailer has landed today.
The drama follows Everybody Wants Some!! star Zoey Deutch as high school is nearly over. One night after she gets into a car accident, she wakes up reliving the same day again. With the directorial talent behind this one, hopefully it sets itself apart from other Ya fare. Also starring Halston Sage, Logan Miller, Kian Lawley, Elena Kampouris, Diego Boneta, Jennifer Beals, Cynthy Wu, and Medalion Rahimi, check out the trailer below.
What if you had only one day to change absolutely everything?...
The drama follows Everybody Wants Some!! star Zoey Deutch as high school is nearly over. One night after she gets into a car accident, she wakes up reliving the same day again. With the directorial talent behind this one, hopefully it sets itself apart from other Ya fare. Also starring Halston Sage, Logan Miller, Kian Lawley, Elena Kampouris, Diego Boneta, Jennifer Beals, Cynthy Wu, and Medalion Rahimi, check out the trailer below.
What if you had only one day to change absolutely everything?...
- 11/17/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Ry Russo-Young came to the attention of cinephiles with her distinctly independent features “You Won’t Miss Me” and “Nobody Walks,” which is why it’s a bit surprising to see her behind the camera for a movie based on a young adult property. But if she can bring her indie sensibilities to this particular genre and create something special, then “Before I Fall” will definitely be worth paying attention to.
Continue reading First Trailer For Ry Russo-Young’s Young Adult Drama ‘Before I Fall’ Starring Zoey Deutch & Halston Sage at The Playlist.
Continue reading First Trailer For Ry Russo-Young’s Young Adult Drama ‘Before I Fall’ Starring Zoey Deutch & Halston Sage at The Playlist.
- 11/17/2016
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Claire Carré’s Embers scooped best feature film in the juried awards as the southern California festival came to an end.
Carré was also named best director, while George Kosuros won best actor for American Wrestler: The Lizard. Best documentary went to Off The Rails by Adam Irving.
In the audience awards, Jeremy Profe’s The Lennon Report and Jesse Shapiro’s Nobody Walks In La took the feature film prize.
Zack Bennett and Kevin Schlanser prevailed in the documentary category for The Ataxian, while Dmitry Meskhiev’s Battalion (Russia) was named best foreign film.
The Outstanding achievement in filmmaking: feature film award went to Alex Ranarivelo for American Wrestler: The Wizard, and The Violin Teacher director Sergio Machado and The Innocents director Anne Fontaine collected the corresponding prize for foreign film.
Bob Yari took the directing honours for Papa: Hemingway In Cuba, while Dev Patel and Evanna Lynch were named best actors for The Man Who Knew Infinity and My Name Is Emily...
Carré was also named best director, while George Kosuros won best actor for American Wrestler: The Lizard. Best documentary went to Off The Rails by Adam Irving.
In the audience awards, Jeremy Profe’s The Lennon Report and Jesse Shapiro’s Nobody Walks In La took the feature film prize.
Zack Bennett and Kevin Schlanser prevailed in the documentary category for The Ataxian, while Dmitry Meskhiev’s Battalion (Russia) was named best foreign film.
The Outstanding achievement in filmmaking: feature film award went to Alex Ranarivelo for American Wrestler: The Wizard, and The Violin Teacher director Sergio Machado and The Innocents director Anne Fontaine collected the corresponding prize for foreign film.
Bob Yari took the directing honours for Papa: Hemingway In Cuba, while Dev Patel and Evanna Lynch were named best actors for The Man Who Knew Infinity and My Name Is Emily...
- 5/2/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Some young actors go for the brass ring immediately after getting a hit. Others just care about the material and doing good work. It may not always please their agent, but it creates a staying-true-to-your-sensibilities career path that’s filled with a palpable authenticity. Outside of “Dredd,” talented 29-year-old Olivia Thirlby has hardly ever starred in big-budget studio films. She burst onto the screen with magnetic charisma in David Gordon Green’s “Snow Angels,” and before that, she had a small but memorable role in Paul Greengrass’ “United 93.” She also turned heads with an unforgettable role in Jason Reitman’s “Juno,” as the perfect object of affection in Sundance hit “The Wackness,” as one half of a crumbling relationship in "Red Knot," and with quiet presence and sexual power in Ry Russo-Young’s deeply underrated “Nobody Walks.” Not all of these films are particularly big hits, but they are...
- 4/20/2016
- by Rodrigo Perez
- The Playlist
With each new month comes the same old lesson about catching all your favorite movies before they leave Netflix. If you haven’t watched The Naked Gun yet, you should do that is what I’m saying. But what do you get in return? A lot actually! We get the original series Fuller House and Judd Apatow’s Love. They’re also adding the final season of Mad Men, the first season of Better Call Saul, and one of the most popular teen movies of all time, Cruel Intentions.
On the Amazon Prime front, check out below to see what you’ll be able to stream for free and what’s going to have a cost. Let’s watch!
All Title Dates are Subject to Change
Netflix U.S. Release Dates Only
Available 2/1/16
A Picture of You (2014)
Armageddon (1998)
Better Call Saul: Season 1
Charlie’s Angels (2000)
Collateral Damage (2002)
Cruel Intentions (1999)
A Faster Horse...
On the Amazon Prime front, check out below to see what you’ll be able to stream for free and what’s going to have a cost. Let’s watch!
All Title Dates are Subject to Change
Netflix U.S. Release Dates Only
Available 2/1/16
A Picture of You (2014)
Armageddon (1998)
Better Call Saul: Season 1
Charlie’s Angels (2000)
Collateral Damage (2002)
Cruel Intentions (1999)
A Faster Horse...
- 2/1/2016
- by Graham McMorrow
- City of Films
Among the many films leaving Netflix in February 2016 are Oscar Best Picture winners "The Hurt Locker," "Rain Man," and "Terms of Endearment." It's also your last chance to see Cuba Gooding Jr. starring as surgeon-turned-presidential candidate Ben Carson in 2009's "Gifted Hands."
Also disappearing (alas!), Seasons 1-8 of "Doctor Who and seasons 1-18 of "Classic Doctor Who."
Here's the complete list of what's being yanked from Netflix in February. You can also check out all the movies and TV shows new on Netflix in February 2016 over yonder.
Leaving Feb. 1, 2016
"Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein" (1999)
"Asylum" (2005)
"Bad Santa" (2003)
"Benny and Joon" (1993)
"Big Fish" (2003)
"Blue Crush" (2002)
"Classic Doctor Who: Collections 1-18"
"Crocodile Dundee 2" (1988)
"The Dancer Upstairs" (2003)
"Daylight" (1996)
"Doctor Who," Seasons 1-8
"The Firm" (1993)
"Fletch" (1985)
"Gifted Hands" (2009)
"Gothika" (2003)
"The Hurt Locker" (2008)
"The Naked Gun" (1988)
"Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult" (1994)
"Rain Man" (1988)
"Ray" (2004)
"Secrets and Lies," Season 1
"Sorority Row" (2009)
"The Terminator" (1984)
"Terms of Endearment" (1983)
Leaving Feb.
Also disappearing (alas!), Seasons 1-8 of "Doctor Who and seasons 1-18 of "Classic Doctor Who."
Here's the complete list of what's being yanked from Netflix in February. You can also check out all the movies and TV shows new on Netflix in February 2016 over yonder.
Leaving Feb. 1, 2016
"Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein" (1999)
"Asylum" (2005)
"Bad Santa" (2003)
"Benny and Joon" (1993)
"Big Fish" (2003)
"Blue Crush" (2002)
"Classic Doctor Who: Collections 1-18"
"Crocodile Dundee 2" (1988)
"The Dancer Upstairs" (2003)
"Daylight" (1996)
"Doctor Who," Seasons 1-8
"The Firm" (1993)
"Fletch" (1985)
"Gifted Hands" (2009)
"Gothika" (2003)
"The Hurt Locker" (2008)
"The Naked Gun" (1988)
"Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult" (1994)
"Rain Man" (1988)
"Ray" (2004)
"Secrets and Lies," Season 1
"Sorority Row" (2009)
"The Terminator" (1984)
"Terms of Endearment" (1983)
Leaving Feb.
- 1/25/2016
- by Sharon Knolle
- Moviefone
“Tracking Shot” is a top of month featurette here on Ioncinema.com that looks at the projects that are moments away from lensing. This November, we’ve got a fivesome of projects that we feel are worth signaling out, but before we put the focus on those, the previous month was a rather fruitful one for mostly indiewood film productions. Films that we’ll be seeing in 2016 and which are for the most part still filming include: Mark Williams‘ workplace drama The Headhunter’s Calling (with Alison Brie, Gretchen Mol, Gerard Butler, Willem Dafoe, Alfred Molina), Philippe Falardeau‘s bio boxing drama The Bleeder (with Liev Schreiber, Naomi Watts, Elisabeth Moss), Taron Lexton’s coming-of-ager In Search of Fellini (with Ksenia Solo, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Maria Bello), Kevin Tent‘s Black List scripted rom-com (with Domhnall Gleeson, Christina Applegate, Thomas Haden Church, Nina Dobrev), Sophie Brooks‘ NYC set Euro-fizzled comedy,...
- 11/2/2015
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Halston Sage (“Neighbors”), Logan Miller (“Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse”), Kian Lawley (“Shovel Buddies”), Diego Boneta (“Rock of Ages”) and Elena Kampouris (“Men, Women & Children”) will join Zoey Deutch in Awesomeness Films’ upcoming feature “Before I Fall,” it was announced Tuesday. Ry Russo-Young (“Nobody Walks”) will direct the film, which is based on Lauren Oliver’s bestselling novel of the same name. “Before I Fall” follows Samantha Kingston (Deutch), a high school senior who has it all — the crush-worthy boyfriend, amazing best friends and gorgeous looks. February 12 is just another charmed day in Sam’s life until she is.
- 10/27/2015
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
The winning filmmaker will become a candidate for September Project of the Month. That winner will be in the running for Project of the Year. The four projects up for this week's Project of the Week are listed below (with descriptions courtesy of the filmmakers). You can vote at the bottom of the page. Slow Burn: A feature-length documentary about the shifting urban landscape of Austin, Texas through the lens of one of its oldest institutions: barbecue. Nobody Walks in La: The story of two old friends who, faced with decisions that cannot wait, put their lives on pause for a day and do the unthinkable…walk around Los Angeles. Moonshot: A world-weary homeless woman is given an opportunity to leave her violent life behind when a cocksure mechanic devises a risky plan to send her to a colony on the Moon. The Ability Exchange: A documentary about an...
- 10/2/2015
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
Here's your daily dose of an indie film, web series, TV pilot, what-have-you in progress -- at the end of the week, you'll have the chance to vote for your favorite. In the meantime: Is this a project you’d want to see? Tell us in the comments. Nobody Walks in La Logline: "Nobody Walks in La" is the story of two old friends who, faced with decisions that cannot wait, put their lives on pause for a day and do the unthinkable…walk around Los Angeles. Elevator Pitch: Becca is called over to Miles’ parents house to snap him out of a shattered relationship. Inspired by the first day they met in high school, they abandon cell phones and cars, and walk, Metro, bus, and bike through the neighborhoods of Los Angeles. Midway through the journey, Miles and Becca each reveal they had crushes on each other in high school – just at different times.
- 9/29/2015
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
If you're a regular reader of the site, you'll know that we've long sung the praises of Fall On Your Sword. The always busy music collective have notched "Another Earth," "Nobody Walks," "28 Hotel Rooms," and "Lola Versus" on their belts, and, more recently, the drama "X/Y." And today we have an exclusive cut from their work on the latter picture. Written and directed by Ryan Piers Williams, the film stars America Ferrera, Melonie Diaz, Amber Tamblyn, Common, Dree Hemingway, and more to tell the story of four friends living in New York and their interactions as they search for a sense of balance. This "End Titles" cut, featured in the trailer for the movie as well as during the end credits, provides a nice pulsating finish to the drama. "X/Y" is now playing in limited release. Listen below.
- 3/10/2015
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
Guess who’s turning 10? Joe Swanberg has had a “fire” in his belly for, give or take a decade, and his latest in the interpersonal thread was shot in April and appears ripe for another double-billing in January-set Sundance and March SXSW fests. It may also be, his most sophisticated film to date. Moving from the Sundance featured, shot on 16mm Happy Christmas, Swanberg adds to his nucleus of players and reteams with cinematographer Ben Richardson for Digging for Fire. Shot on handsomely old-school 35mm, Swanberg has built himself an all-star team here with first line players Jake Johnson (who co-writes and produces) and Rosemarie DeWitt with a spoonful of supporting and minor bits from the likes of Sam Rockwell, Brie Larson, Anna Kendrick, Orlando Bloom, Jenny Slate, Mike Birbiglia, Chris Messina, Sam Elliott, Ron Livingston, Jane Adams and Tom Bower.
Gist: Co-written by Swanberg and Johnson, this is a...
Gist: Co-written by Swanberg and Johnson, this is a...
- 11/12/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
The One I Love director Charlie McDowell with Elisabeth Moss and Mark Duplass in New York: "So we met at a party and it was magic." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
RADiUS-twc co-president Jason Janego presented a special screening of The One I Love with director Charlie McDowell, Mark Duplass, Elisabeth Moss, screenwriter Justin Lader and producer Mel Eslyn at New York's Crosby Street Hotel. Mary Steenburgen, Imogen Poots, The Book Of Mormon's Rory O'Malley, Nobody Walks director Ry Russo-Young, Obvious Child's Jake Lacy, Michael Mailer, Stephanie Lacava, Tara Subkoff, Between Bedford director Lenay Dunn, Jeremy Kost and Nanette Lepore were among those attending on a beautiful Tuesday night in August.
In a new and original way, Charlie McDowell's debut feature, The One I Love, written by Justin Lader, tackles questions of identity, what it means to "know" somebody, and why beachy hair is just so darn attractive on Mark Duplass.
RADiUS-twc co-president Jason Janego presented a special screening of The One I Love with director Charlie McDowell, Mark Duplass, Elisabeth Moss, screenwriter Justin Lader and producer Mel Eslyn at New York's Crosby Street Hotel. Mary Steenburgen, Imogen Poots, The Book Of Mormon's Rory O'Malley, Nobody Walks director Ry Russo-Young, Obvious Child's Jake Lacy, Michael Mailer, Stephanie Lacava, Tara Subkoff, Between Bedford director Lenay Dunn, Jeremy Kost and Nanette Lepore were among those attending on a beautiful Tuesday night in August.
In a new and original way, Charlie McDowell's debut feature, The One I Love, written by Justin Lader, tackles questions of identity, what it means to "know" somebody, and why beachy hair is just so darn attractive on Mark Duplass.
- 8/7/2014
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Comic-Con 2014 is officially underway. This year though I wanted to get a different perspective from a special contributor who is both battle hardened and bad ass.
Enter Mystery Creative
Mystery Creative has been working professionally in film, TV and videogames for 30 years.
He's seen a million faces and rocked at least 25% of them. He's been attending Sdcc almost as long as he's been working in the entertainment biz. This is a love/hate diary of his adventures in the belly of the beast, circa 2014.
Do not expect panel reports, Hall H exclusives, or any of that shit. This is what it's like to be a working professional at Sdcc. Drunken warts and all. Behind the pleasant interview quotes. Behind the facade and pretense. Expect profanity ahead...
He's part of the #MysteriousHollywood posse, and his twitter feed can be found at @mysterycr8tve on the Twitter where he swears even more.
Enter Mystery Creative
Mystery Creative has been working professionally in film, TV and videogames for 30 years.
He's seen a million faces and rocked at least 25% of them. He's been attending Sdcc almost as long as he's been working in the entertainment biz. This is a love/hate diary of his adventures in the belly of the beast, circa 2014.
Do not expect panel reports, Hall H exclusives, or any of that shit. This is what it's like to be a working professional at Sdcc. Drunken warts and all. Behind the pleasant interview quotes. Behind the facade and pretense. Expect profanity ahead...
He's part of the #MysteriousHollywood posse, and his twitter feed can be found at @mysterycr8tve on the Twitter where he swears even more.
- 7/24/2014
- by El Mayimbe
- LRMonline.com
Title: Echo Park Director: Amanda Marsalis Starring: Mamie Gummer, Tony Okungbowa, Maurice Compte, Ricky Rico, Gale Harold, Helen Slater Indie film “Echo Park” is named for the Los Angeles neighborhood where, historically, actors who can’t afford the Hollywood Hills’ rents live alongside other arty types and a cross-section of blue-collar Latino families. It also speaks, however, to a certain type of sun-drenched SoCal independent cinema inclusive of other bohemian enclaves like Silverlake — little mesmeric arthouse baubles like Ry Russo-Young’s “Nobody Walks,” Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland’s “Quinceañera,” Jill Soloway’s “Afternoon Delight” and more that typically assess issues of gentrification, thirtysomething ennui and/or commingled culture. Characteristically light on plot but steeped in a [ Read More ]
The post Echo Park Movie Review appeared first on Shockya.com.
The post Echo Park Movie Review appeared first on Shockya.com.
- 7/13/2014
- by bsimon
- ShockYa
When you're a hit web series looking to draw in even more viewers, what do you do? The same thing the networks do: get some big names to guest star. "F to 7th" is entering its second season after premiering to rave reviews last year, and the creators have cast Olympia Dukakis, Janeane Garofalo, and director Ry Russo-Young ("Nobody Walks," "Hannah Takes the Stairs") to help get the word out. Created, directed, and written by Ingrid Jungermann, who also stars, "F to 7th" follows Ingrid's "descent into pre-middle age." "The humor in this season is a bit more wicked than the last," Jungermann said. "It explores how fragile your self-worth is when it comes to family, and how easy it is to regress into the child you used to be. I believe the best comedy comes from exposing your darkest secrets and inviting an audience to laugh along with you.
- 5/1/2014
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
For the last few year, music collective Fall On Your Sword has been building up an impressive resumé of film scoring gigs. The group counts "Another Earth," "Nobody Walks," "28 Hotel Rooms" and "Lola Versus" among their credits, and the Tribeca Film Festival presents another movie this year with their distinctive work on it. From writer/director Ryan Piers Williams, "X/Y" brings together an ensemble including America Ferrera, Melonie Diaz, Amber Tamblyn, Common, Dree Hemingway and more to tell the story of four friends living in New York and their interactions as they search for a sense of balance. This exclusive track from Fall On Your Sword,"Alive, Safe And Happy" is both rollicking and uneasy, pulsating and unnerving, likely capturing the journey of these characters as they navigate their lives and each other. "X/Y" premieres on Saturday, April 19th at Bmcc Tribeca Pac. Listen below.
- 4/18/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Rhys Wakefield has signed with ICM Partners. The Australian actor is onscreen in Endless Love, and his other credits include The Purge, Nobody Walks and The Black Balloon, for which he earned Best Actor noms from the Australian Film Institute and the Film Critics Circle of Australia. He is managed by Anonymous Content. Gina Wendkos has signed with Apa. Her feature writing credits include The Perfect Man, Coyote Ugly, Jersey Girl and the Princess Diaries films along with the telepic Do No Harm. Wendkos is scripting Carnival for CBS Films and Kabul Beauty School, which is in development at Columbia. She is additionally repped by The Gotham Group.
- 2/21/2014
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
The crown jewel of Universal Studio's Orlando's Halloween Horror Nights 23 seems to be their haunted maze based on "An American Werewolf in London." The horror classic is a movie the creative team has been trying to base a maze on for years, and now that's it's happened it's with the input of director John Landis.
To celebrate the event's opening, Landis spoke with a few members of the media to discuss the maze and what makes it so special. "I've watched people go through and it's very fun to watch them scream," he says. After months of plotting out the attraction, and working with the creators behind it, the scares have almost become a science.
Unfortunately, most who go through are so scared, they miss out on things because they're to busy running away, screaming. "What I find frustrating is they speed up," he jokes. "I mean, they went to so much trouble.
To celebrate the event's opening, Landis spoke with a few members of the media to discuss the maze and what makes it so special. "I've watched people go through and it's very fun to watch them scream," he says. After months of plotting out the attraction, and working with the creators behind it, the scares have almost become a science.
Unfortunately, most who go through are so scared, they miss out on things because they're to busy running away, screaming. "What I find frustrating is they speed up," he jokes. "I mean, they went to so much trouble.
- 9/26/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
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