In 2013, writer-director Dan Krauss decided to make a documentary about the Maywand district murders during the war in Afghanistan. The atrocity had taken place during the early months of 2010, wherein a group of U.S. Army soldiers — who called themselves The Kill Team — murdered three Afghan civilians in cold blood and claimed the mutilated body parts as trophies. Krauss' documentary, titled "The Kill Team," dives into the psychological makeup of soldiers at war, the specific socio-cultural factors that contribute to callous aggression and violence, and how this brand of sociopathy culminates in tragedies like Mayward.
The documentary is, first and foremost, an exposé of the rot that grips young military men, who often delude themselves into feeling invulnerable while committing heinous crimes. However, not everyone in the platoon responsible for the Maywand murders was willing to cover up the crimes, including 21-year-old Adam Winfield, who informed his father of the first murder,...
The documentary is, first and foremost, an exposé of the rot that grips young military men, who often delude themselves into feeling invulnerable while committing heinous crimes. However, not everyone in the platoon responsible for the Maywand murders was willing to cover up the crimes, including 21-year-old Adam Winfield, who informed his father of the first murder,...
- 11/4/2023
- by Debopriyaa Dutta
- Slash Film
Netflix has snapped up “The Anthrax Attacks” from BBC Studios, a feature-length doc about the 2001 anthrax threat that paralyzed the U.S. in the wake of 9/11 and sparked one of the largest FBI investigations in history.
The doc will star Marvel’s Clark Gregg (“Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D”) in scripted scenes recreating some of the events that took place.
Oscar-nominated Dan Krauss (“Extremis”) will direct the doc, which is set to premiere globally on Thursday, Sept. 8. It is produced by BBC Studios’ science unit.
One week after 9/11 the U.S. suffered one of its worst ever biological attacks, resulting in the deaths of five people, while at least 17 more were injured.
“Unfolding across America and beyond, the documentary follows the incredible scientific tale of deadly poison, obsession, and paranoia, all told against the backdrop of the American war on terror,” reads the longline.
“The Anthrax Attacks” combines interviews and dramatic scenes...
The doc will star Marvel’s Clark Gregg (“Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D”) in scripted scenes recreating some of the events that took place.
Oscar-nominated Dan Krauss (“Extremis”) will direct the doc, which is set to premiere globally on Thursday, Sept. 8. It is produced by BBC Studios’ science unit.
One week after 9/11 the U.S. suffered one of its worst ever biological attacks, resulting in the deaths of five people, while at least 17 more were injured.
“Unfolding across America and beyond, the documentary follows the incredible scientific tale of deadly poison, obsession, and paranoia, all told against the backdrop of the American war on terror,” reads the longline.
“The Anthrax Attacks” combines interviews and dramatic scenes...
- 9/5/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Two-time Oscar-nominated director Dan Krauss is creating a Netflix documentary on the 2001 U.S. anthrax attacks featuring Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D star Clark Gregg performing scripted monologues. Scroll down for the trailer.
The Anthrax Attacks from The Surgeon’s Cut producer BBC Studios Science Unit will tell the story of the one of the largest and most complex FBI investigations in the history of American law enforcement.
Gregg, who plays Agent Phil Coulson in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D and numerous Marvel films, is Dr Bruce Ivins in scripted scenes and to-camera monologues drawn from Ivin’s own words, creating a psychological portrait of a man slowly coming apart.
Launching next week, the show will begin one week after the September 11 terrorist attacks, when five people were killed and at least 17 fell ill in what became one of the worst biological attacks in U.S. history.
The Anthrax Attacks will use a combination...
The Anthrax Attacks from The Surgeon’s Cut producer BBC Studios Science Unit will tell the story of the one of the largest and most complex FBI investigations in the history of American law enforcement.
Gregg, who plays Agent Phil Coulson in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D and numerous Marvel films, is Dr Bruce Ivins in scripted scenes and to-camera monologues drawn from Ivin’s own words, creating a psychological portrait of a man slowly coming apart.
Launching next week, the show will begin one week after the September 11 terrorist attacks, when five people were killed and at least 17 fell ill in what became one of the worst biological attacks in U.S. history.
The Anthrax Attacks will use a combination...
- 9/5/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
After the September 11, 2001 attacks, the United States was, understandably, on edge. The sudden, terrible scenes of destruction and death rocked the country and made us all realize that no matter what we want to tell ourselves, we are not safe. Of course, that was always true — life is random and often quite cruel. But the attacks opened our eyes in ways we didn't expect, and had us looking over our shoulders for more terrorist boogeymen.
And almost immediately after 9/11, starting on September 18, 2001, a new catalyst for fear arrived. Someone, somewhere, began mailing letters containing anthrax. Targets included several news organizations as well as Senators Tom Daschle and Patrick Leahy. Ultimately, five people died and 17 others were infected. With this all starting just a week after the 9/11 attacks, it was a good bet that they were related — that the people who planned 9/11 had moved on to a new form of terrorism.
And almost immediately after 9/11, starting on September 18, 2001, a new catalyst for fear arrived. Someone, somewhere, began mailing letters containing anthrax. Targets included several news organizations as well as Senators Tom Daschle and Patrick Leahy. Ultimately, five people died and 17 others were infected. With this all starting just a week after the 9/11 attacks, it was a good bet that they were related — that the people who planned 9/11 had moved on to a new form of terrorism.
- 8/31/2022
- by Chris Evangelista
- Slash Film
Netflix’s September 2022 lineup of new films includes the much anticipated drama Blonde starring Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe, and Allison Janney channeling her inner action hero in Lou.
September’s lineup also includes The Umbrella Academy‘s Tom Hopper teaming up with The Vampire Diaries‘ Kat Graham for Love in the Villa, a romantic comedy set in Italy. Queen Latifah and Ludacris headline the action thriller End of the Road, and Riverdale‘s Camila Mendes and Stranger Things‘ Maya Hawke combine forces in Do Revenge.
Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe in ‘Blonde’ (Photo Credit: Netflix © 2022)
September 2022 Releases
Sept. 1
Love in the Villa
Genre: Rom-com
Logline: A young woman (Kat Graham) takes a trip to romantic Verona, Italy, after a breakup, only to find that the villa she reserved was double-booked, and she’ll have to share her vacation with a cynical and very good-looking British man (Tom Hopper).
Cast: Kat Graham,...
September’s lineup also includes The Umbrella Academy‘s Tom Hopper teaming up with The Vampire Diaries‘ Kat Graham for Love in the Villa, a romantic comedy set in Italy. Queen Latifah and Ludacris headline the action thriller End of the Road, and Riverdale‘s Camila Mendes and Stranger Things‘ Maya Hawke combine forces in Do Revenge.
Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe in ‘Blonde’ (Photo Credit: Netflix © 2022)
September 2022 Releases
Sept. 1
Love in the Villa
Genre: Rom-com
Logline: A young woman (Kat Graham) takes a trip to romantic Verona, Italy, after a breakup, only to find that the villa she reserved was double-booked, and she’ll have to share her vacation with a cynical and very good-looking British man (Tom Hopper).
Cast: Kat Graham,...
- 8/30/2022
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
We have a major update from Netflix to share today, as the streaming service has announced their Fall 2022 Movie Preview, unveiling release dates through the end of the year! The fall movie fun begins this Thursday, September 1st, and the line-up includes Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths, Blonde, Descendant, Enola Holmes 2, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, The Good Nurse, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, Luckiest Girl Alive, Mr. Harrigan’s Phone, My Father’s Dragon, The Redeem Team, Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical, The Pale Blue Eye, The School for Good and Evil, Slumberland, The Swimmers, Wendell & Wild, and White Noise.
The full list can be seen below. Let’s break it down by month:
September
September 1: Fenced In
Genre: Comedy
Logline: Walter is stressed and collapses. Following medical advice, he abandons the urban rhythm and seeks peace in a small town, surrounded by nature. But...
The full list can be seen below. Let’s break it down by month:
September
September 1: Fenced In
Genre: Comedy
Logline: Walter is stressed and collapses. Following medical advice, he abandons the urban rhythm and seeks peace in a small town, surrounded by nature. But...
- 8/30/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
"The person we were pursuing – was one of us." Netflix has unveiled an official trailer for a documentary film titled The Anthrax Attacks, from doc filmmaker Dan Krauss investigating what really happened and the implications. Most Americans will remember this since it was major news - just a week after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, letters containing fatal anthrax spores were sent to offices of democrats in Washington DC and media offices in New York City. This scary biological weapon re-ignited panic and tragedy in the US, right at a time when everyone was already deeply affected by the September 11 attacks. This film examines everything about the anthrax attacks, which were supposedly perpetrated by a scientist at the government's biodefense labs at Fort Detrick. It also follows the subsequent FBI investigation, and it features recreations starring Clark Gregg as. Dr. Bruce Ivins, who killed himself before he could be brought to trial.
- 8/23/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Five-day showcase runs in New York and online from October 15-20.
A drive-in screening of Ari Aster’s horror film Midsommar starring Florence Pugh will kick off the 6th annual Nordic International Film Festival, the largest Nordic film festival outside Europe.
The screening of the out of competition film on October 15 at Brooklyn Army Terminal in New York is followed a day later by a drive-in presentation of Dan Krauss’s war thriller The Kill Team starring Alexander Skarsgård.
The five-day showcase of Nordic cinema including the Faroe Islands runs October 15-20 and is in partnership with A24 and Rooftop Films.
A drive-in screening of Ari Aster’s horror film Midsommar starring Florence Pugh will kick off the 6th annual Nordic International Film Festival, the largest Nordic film festival outside Europe.
The screening of the out of competition film on October 15 at Brooklyn Army Terminal in New York is followed a day later by a drive-in presentation of Dan Krauss’s war thriller The Kill Team starring Alexander Skarsgård.
The five-day showcase of Nordic cinema including the Faroe Islands runs October 15-20 and is in partnership with A24 and Rooftop Films.
- 10/2/2020
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Director Greg Barker doesn’t quite have the track record or the mystique of Werner Herzog, but he enters Herzogian territory with “Sergio,” his drama about United Nations diplomat Sergio Vieira de Mello that premieres on Netflix on Friday.
Barker’s new “Sergio,” which stars “Narcos” star Wagner Moura as the celebrated Brazilian who worked for peace around the world for more than 30 years, is the second “Sergio” that the director has made, the first being his 2009 documentary. That puts Barker in the company of a small group of directors who’ve made a documentary about a subject, and then later adapted the same story into a narrative feature – among them Herzog with his 1997 documentary “Little Dieter Needs to Fly,” about Vietnam War Pow Dieter Dengler, and his 2006 feature “Rescue Dawn, which starred Christian Bale as Dengler; Dan Krauss with the 2013 doc and 2019 narrative features “The Kill Team”; and Fenton Bailey...
Barker’s new “Sergio,” which stars “Narcos” star Wagner Moura as the celebrated Brazilian who worked for peace around the world for more than 30 years, is the second “Sergio” that the director has made, the first being his 2009 documentary. That puts Barker in the company of a small group of directors who’ve made a documentary about a subject, and then later adapted the same story into a narrative feature – among them Herzog with his 1997 documentary “Little Dieter Needs to Fly,” about Vietnam War Pow Dieter Dengler, and his 2006 feature “Rescue Dawn, which starred Christian Bale as Dengler; Dan Krauss with the 2013 doc and 2019 narrative features “The Kill Team”; and Fenton Bailey...
- 4/15/2020
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Ruth Wilson and Matt Bomer are set to star in a feature film drama based on the true story of 1980s AIDS activist Ruth Coker Burks, an individual with knowledge of the project tells TheWrap.
Tony Award-nominee Michael Arden will make his feature directorial debut on the film that is being presented to buyers at this week’s European Film Market in Berlin. Arden will direct from a screenplay by Rebecca Pollock and Kas Graham.
Coker Burks, also known as the Cemetery Angel, is a former caregiver for AIDS victims and activist for AIDS awareness from Arkansas who during the height of the crisis in the 1980s gave up her salary in order to house and even bury those who suffered from the disease. “The Book of Ruth” will be set during 1983 and center on how a woman devoted to her work, her faith and her family comes to educate...
Tony Award-nominee Michael Arden will make his feature directorial debut on the film that is being presented to buyers at this week’s European Film Market in Berlin. Arden will direct from a screenplay by Rebecca Pollock and Kas Graham.
Coker Burks, also known as the Cemetery Angel, is a former caregiver for AIDS victims and activist for AIDS awareness from Arkansas who during the height of the crisis in the 1980s gave up her salary in order to house and even bury those who suffered from the disease. “The Book of Ruth” will be set during 1983 and center on how a woman devoted to her work, her faith and her family comes to educate...
- 2/18/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Be prepared to join the frontlines in this thrilling true story, The Kill Team, arriving on Blu-ray (plus Digital), and DVD on December 24 from Lionsgate.
Alexander Skarsgard in the film “The Kill Team.”
Check out this thrilling trailer:
A thrilling film, based on a true story, comes home when The Kill Team arrives on Blu-ray (plus Digital) and DVD December 24 from Lionsgate. The film is available on Digital and On Demand from A24 now. Boasting an all-star cast, The Kill Team stars Golden Globe® and Primetime Emmy® winner Alexander Skarsgård, Nat Wolff, Adam Long, Jonathan Whitesell, and Golden Globe® and Primetime Emmy® nominee Rob Morrow. Directed, executive produced, and written by Academy Award® nominee Dan Krauss, The Kill Team will be available on Blu-ray and DVD for the suggested retail price of $21.99 and $19.98, respectively.
Alexander Skarsgard in the film “The Kill Team.”
Based on a true story, The Kill Team...
Alexander Skarsgard in the film “The Kill Team.”
Check out this thrilling trailer:
A thrilling film, based on a true story, comes home when The Kill Team arrives on Blu-ray (plus Digital) and DVD December 24 from Lionsgate. The film is available on Digital and On Demand from A24 now. Boasting an all-star cast, The Kill Team stars Golden Globe® and Primetime Emmy® winner Alexander Skarsgård, Nat Wolff, Adam Long, Jonathan Whitesell, and Golden Globe® and Primetime Emmy® nominee Rob Morrow. Directed, executive produced, and written by Academy Award® nominee Dan Krauss, The Kill Team will be available on Blu-ray and DVD for the suggested retail price of $21.99 and $19.98, respectively.
Alexander Skarsgard in the film “The Kill Team.”
Based on a true story, The Kill Team...
- 12/19/2019
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
A version of this story about Jackson Browne and “5B” first appeared in The Race Begins issue of TheWrap’s Oscar magazine.
Originally, veteran singer-songwriter Jackson Browne turned down the idea of writing a song for “5B,” the documentary by Paul Haggis and Dan Krauss about the nurses and doctors who served in the first AIDS ward in San Francisco in the 1980s.
“I initially said I didn’t have the time to do this, and normally I don’t willingly sign on to something like this,” he said. “I’ve written songs for movies before, and it can be a very long process for me to get something I like. So I pretty much said no, and he said, ‘Well, I’ll be hoping your time opens up. You’re still my first choice.”
But Browne found the film very moving — “it fills in so much about our humanity,...
Originally, veteran singer-songwriter Jackson Browne turned down the idea of writing a song for “5B,” the documentary by Paul Haggis and Dan Krauss about the nurses and doctors who served in the first AIDS ward in San Francisco in the 1980s.
“I initially said I didn’t have the time to do this, and normally I don’t willingly sign on to something like this,” he said. “I’ve written songs for movies before, and it can be a very long process for me to get something I like. So I pretty much said no, and he said, ‘Well, I’ll be hoping your time opens up. You’re still my first choice.”
But Browne found the film very moving — “it fills in so much about our humanity,...
- 11/21/2019
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Academy-award nominated filmmaker Dan Krauss returned to Tribeca this year with The Kill Team, based on his documentary of the same name (a 2013 Tribeca award-winner). This narrative re-telling of true events explores how and why a group of American soldiers murdered Afghan civilians in the Kandahar Valley. Spinning a subjective take on an already compelling reality, Krauss takes a deep dive into moral fragility and the horrors engendered by toxic masculinity. Although there have been many Iraq war films, this one feels especially timely in the way it depicts characters—both manipulators and manipulated—with a great deal of empathy.
Nat Wolff stars as Andrew, the squad’s moral compass and audience conduit, whose hard-fought resistance to war crimes conflicts with his desire to fit in.…...
Nat Wolff stars as Andrew, the squad’s moral compass and audience conduit, whose hard-fought resistance to war crimes conflicts with his desire to fit in.…...
- 10/24/2019
- by Dylan Kai Dempsey
- IONCINEMA.com
Andrew Briggman (Nat Wolff) is ready to go into the army. In his spare time, the young man works out and moves around his room as if avoiding enemy fire. He’s still boyish in these moments — hitting his head on a toy basketball hoop in his room and using his skateboard as a stand-in rifle. He thinks he’s ready for war and to follow in his father’s footsteps into service. However, Dan Krauss’ sobering drama “The Kill Team” shows that there’s nothing to prepare a young soldier for when your commander leads you and your brothers-in-arms astray.
That sense of Andrew’s promising energy fades quickly once the story shifts to Afghanistan in 2009. The cinematography imagines a color-drained horizon, a place where everything is dusty and the brightest pop of color is the overhanging pale sky. The War on Terror is still claiming lives on both sides,...
That sense of Andrew’s promising energy fades quickly once the story shifts to Afghanistan in 2009. The cinematography imagines a color-drained horizon, a place where everything is dusty and the brightest pop of color is the overhanging pale sky. The War on Terror is still claiming lives on both sides,...
- 10/23/2019
- by Monica Castillo
- The Wrap
In 2001, the United States began to wage the endless War in Afghanistan. In 2006, the U.S. Army retired the most enduring slogan it had ever used — “Be All that You Can Be” — and replaced it with “Army of One.” It didn’t take. So the marketing team went back to the drawing board and came back with a tagline so popular that it would be in active service for the next 12 years: “Army Strong.”
It was short, it was aspirational, and — unlike the two previous slogans — it shifted focus away from the soldier. “Army Strong” wasn’t about self-improvement or individual power, even if it subtly promised to confer those things on all who heeded the call. It was saying, in brute terms, that the Army is strength. That must have been a difficult message to internalize for the soldiers who were sent halfway across the world just to flex their country’s muscles.
It was short, it was aspirational, and — unlike the two previous slogans — it shifted focus away from the soldier. “Army Strong” wasn’t about self-improvement or individual power, even if it subtly promised to confer those things on all who heeded the call. It was saying, in brute terms, that the Army is strength. That must have been a difficult message to internalize for the soldiers who were sent halfway across the world just to flex their country’s muscles.
- 10/23/2019
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
‘The Kill Team’: Dan Krauss’ War Film Spotlights Moral Questions Instead Of Non-Stop Action [Review]
In his latest film “The Kill Team,” director Dan Krauss aims to tell a true story about a man of exemplary courage; a man who disclosed the killing of innocent Arabs in Afghanistan. Whether or not you side with Andrew Briggman in the film is beside the point. The point is that we are nothing without morals, though not all morals are created equal. And ‘Kill Team’ proves that it is a gallant war film that puts the audience in the middle of a ethical debate with no clear answers.
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- 10/23/2019
- by Asher Luberto
- The Playlist
Now in its 18th year, the San Diego Intl. Film Festival, produced by the nonprofit San Diego Film Foundation, once again steals the movie glamour spotlight from its neighbor to the north, combining major regional premieres with a focus on social and environmental issues.
Running Oct. 15-20, the festival received more than 3,000 submissions from 68 countries, including feature films, shorts and documentaries. The result is a lineup that includes 107 films, with five in the narrative spotlight competition, 20 in the narrative contest, nine in the doc competition and 66 short films, says Tonya Mantooth, CEO and artistic director.
Opening night at the historic Balboa Theatre will see the premiere of “Jojo Rabbit,” a World War II black comedy written and directed by Taika Waititi. Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman,” starring Robert De Niro, opens the screenings at the ArcLight Cinema La Jolla on Oct. 17. “A Hidden Life,” a drama set during WWII, written and directed by Terrence Malick,...
Running Oct. 15-20, the festival received more than 3,000 submissions from 68 countries, including feature films, shorts and documentaries. The result is a lineup that includes 107 films, with five in the narrative spotlight competition, 20 in the narrative contest, nine in the doc competition and 66 short films, says Tonya Mantooth, CEO and artistic director.
Opening night at the historic Balboa Theatre will see the premiere of “Jojo Rabbit,” a World War II black comedy written and directed by Taika Waititi. Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman,” starring Robert De Niro, opens the screenings at the ArcLight Cinema La Jolla on Oct. 17. “A Hidden Life,” a drama set during WWII, written and directed by Terrence Malick,...
- 10/15/2019
- by Iain Blair
- Variety Film + TV
When Paul Haggis and Dan Krauss set out to make their documentary “5B,” about the first AIDS ward at San Francisco General Hospital, they originally wanted to tell a story about nursing in 2019. Their mandate for the film, which was financed by Johnson & Johnson, was to tell a story about nursing.
Krauss told the audience at the International Documentary Association’s (Ida) annual screening series that, initially, he thought he’d be traveling to a far-flung location — not one 10 miles from his home in the San Francisco Bay Area.
“We had a vision of traveling to global hotspots and following nurses in Haiti and more contemporary, frontline nursing stories,” Krauss said. “I wish I could take credit for discovering the story, but all credit really belongs to the researchers who were heading the work of finding our story. They came to me one day and said, ‘You know about...
Krauss told the audience at the International Documentary Association’s (Ida) annual screening series that, initially, he thought he’d be traveling to a far-flung location — not one 10 miles from his home in the San Francisco Bay Area.
“We had a vision of traveling to global hotspots and following nurses in Haiti and more contemporary, frontline nursing stories,” Krauss said. “I wish I could take credit for discovering the story, but all credit really belongs to the researchers who were heading the work of finding our story. They came to me one day and said, ‘You know about...
- 9/27/2019
- by Jean Bentley
- Indiewire
Festival celebrating Us cinema unveils full line-up of 45th edition.
The Deauville American Festival has unveiled a female-focused programme spotlighting women behind and in front of the camera for its 45th edition.
The festival, unfolding in the luxury northern French resort of Deauville Sept 6-15, courted controversy earlier in the week when it announced it was opening with Woody Allen’s A Rainy Day in New York.
It will be the feature’s biggest festival screening after backers Amazon cancelled its release after its 2017 shoot when molestation allegations by the director’s adopted daughter Dylan Farrow resurfaced amid the rise...
The Deauville American Festival has unveiled a female-focused programme spotlighting women behind and in front of the camera for its 45th edition.
The festival, unfolding in the luxury northern French resort of Deauville Sept 6-15, courted controversy earlier in the week when it announced it was opening with Woody Allen’s A Rainy Day in New York.
It will be the feature’s biggest festival screening after backers Amazon cancelled its release after its 2017 shoot when molestation allegations by the director’s adopted daughter Dylan Farrow resurfaced amid the rise...
- 8/23/2019
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
‘The Australian Dream’.
This year’s Melbourne International Film Festival (Miff) opener – director Daniel Gordon’s The Australian Dream – has proved an audience favourite, winning the Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature.
The film, which was also nominated for an Aacta Award earlier this week, explores race, identity and belonging from the perspective of former Sydney Swans captain and Australian of the Year, Adam Goodes. Written by Stan Grant, it opened at Miff to a seven minute standing ovation.
The winner of the Best Narrative Feature went to Celine Sciamma’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire, which depicts a romance between a painter and her subject. It won Best Screenplay and the Queer Palm in Cannes earlier this year.
John Sheedy’s debut feature H is For Happiness, which stars Daisy Axon, Wesley Patten,, Richard Roxburgh, Emma Booth, Miriam Margolyes, Joel Jackson and Deborah Mailman, was the runner up in the narrative awards.
This year’s Melbourne International Film Festival (Miff) opener – director Daniel Gordon’s The Australian Dream – has proved an audience favourite, winning the Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature.
The film, which was also nominated for an Aacta Award earlier this week, explores race, identity and belonging from the perspective of former Sydney Swans captain and Australian of the Year, Adam Goodes. Written by Stan Grant, it opened at Miff to a seven minute standing ovation.
The winner of the Best Narrative Feature went to Celine Sciamma’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire, which depicts a romance between a painter and her subject. It won Best Screenplay and the Queer Palm in Cannes earlier this year.
John Sheedy’s debut feature H is For Happiness, which stars Daisy Axon, Wesley Patten,, Richard Roxburgh, Emma Booth, Miriam Margolyes, Joel Jackson and Deborah Mailman, was the runner up in the narrative awards.
- 8/23/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Saoirse Ronan and Timothée Chalamet star in Greta Gerwig's adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's novel Little Women, along with Meryl Streep, Florence Pugh and Emma Watson, while Emilia Clarke and Henry Golding lead Paul Feig's romantic comedy, Last Christmas.
James Franco directs and stars in Zeroville, along with Seth Rogen, Joey King and Megan Fox. Eddie Murphy returns for Netflix's Dolemite Is My Name, directed by Craig Brewer and featuring Wesley Snipes and Keegan-Michael Key. Alexander Skarsgård, Nat Wolff and Adam Long star in The Kill Team, directed by Dan Krauss. Terrence Malick's new film A Hidden ...
James Franco directs and stars in Zeroville, along with Seth Rogen, Joey King and Megan Fox. Eddie Murphy returns for Netflix's Dolemite Is My Name, directed by Craig Brewer and featuring Wesley Snipes and Keegan-Michael Key. Alexander Skarsgård, Nat Wolff and Adam Long star in The Kill Team, directed by Dan Krauss. Terrence Malick's new film A Hidden ...
- 8/18/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Saoirse Ronan and Timothée Chalamet star in Greta Gerwig's adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's novel Little Women, along with Meryl Streep, Florence Pugh and Emma Watson, while Emilia Clarke and Henry Golding lead Paul Feig's romantic comedy, Last Christmas.
James Franco directs and stars in Zeroville, along with Seth Rogen, Joey King and Megan Fox. Eddie Murphy returns for Netflix's Dolemite Is My Name, directed by Craig Brewer and featuring Wesley Snipes and Keegan-Michael Key. Alexander Skarsgård, Nat Wolff and Adam Long star in The Kill Team, directed by Dan Krauss. Terrence Malick's new film A Hidden ...
James Franco directs and stars in Zeroville, along with Seth Rogen, Joey King and Megan Fox. Eddie Murphy returns for Netflix's Dolemite Is My Name, directed by Craig Brewer and featuring Wesley Snipes and Keegan-Michael Key. Alexander Skarsgård, Nat Wolff and Adam Long star in The Kill Team, directed by Dan Krauss. Terrence Malick's new film A Hidden ...
- 8/18/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A24 has released a new trailer for filmmaker Dan Krauss’ ‘The Kill Team’, an adaptation of his award-winning 2013 documentary.
The feature, which is directed by Krauss, focuses on Andrew Briggman, a young soldier in the Us invasion of Afghanistan who witnesses other recruits killing innocent civilians under the direction of a sadistic leader.
The film stars Nat Wolff, Alexander Skarsgard, Adam Long, Jonathan Whitesell, Brian Marc, Osy Ikhile, Anna Francolini, and Rob Morrow.
Also in trailers – Emilia Clarke and Henry Golding star in first trailer for ‘Last Christmas’
The film is released in the Us in Autumn.
The Kill Team Synopsis
When Andrew Briggman (Nat Wolff), a young soldier in the Us invasion of Afghanistan, witnesses other recruits killing innocent civilians under the direction of a sadistic leader, Sergeant Deeks (Alexander Skarsgård), he considers reporting them to higher-ups but the heavily-armed, increasingly violent platoon becomes suspicious that someone in their ranks has turned on them,...
The feature, which is directed by Krauss, focuses on Andrew Briggman, a young soldier in the Us invasion of Afghanistan who witnesses other recruits killing innocent civilians under the direction of a sadistic leader.
The film stars Nat Wolff, Alexander Skarsgard, Adam Long, Jonathan Whitesell, Brian Marc, Osy Ikhile, Anna Francolini, and Rob Morrow.
Also in trailers – Emilia Clarke and Henry Golding star in first trailer for ‘Last Christmas’
The film is released in the Us in Autumn.
The Kill Team Synopsis
When Andrew Briggman (Nat Wolff), a young soldier in the Us invasion of Afghanistan, witnesses other recruits killing innocent civilians under the direction of a sadistic leader, Sergeant Deeks (Alexander Skarsgård), he considers reporting them to higher-ups but the heavily-armed, increasingly violent platoon becomes suspicious that someone in their ranks has turned on them,...
- 8/14/2019
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
An official selection at Tribeca, A24 has unveiled the intense first trailer for Dan Krauss’s The Kill Team, set to be released October 25. Inspired by Krauss’s documentary of the same name, The Kill Team conveys the trajectory of Andrew Briggman (Nat Wolff), a young soldier unaccustomed to active combat, having to circumvent an active war zone while also having to confront his superior officer Sergeant Deeks (Alexander Skarsgård), who manipulates his men to turn a blind eye to his various war atrocities as it is revealed that the sergeant is more than willing to kill the enemy for sport.
In his review, John Fink says, “The Kill Team is a psychological thriller with a large scope, exploring both “relationship building” and the battle for “hearts and minds” as much as “shock and awe.” Briggmann, like Winfield, is confronted with difficult decisions, deciding to turn on the killing machines...
In his review, John Fink says, “The Kill Team is a psychological thriller with a large scope, exploring both “relationship building” and the battle for “hearts and minds” as much as “shock and awe.” Briggmann, like Winfield, is confronted with difficult decisions, deciding to turn on the killing machines...
- 8/13/2019
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
The Kill Team Trailer Dan Krauss‘ The Kill Team (2019) movie trailer has been released by A24 and stars Alexander Skarsgård, Nat Wolff, Adam Long, Jonathan Whitesell, and Brian Marc. Plot Synopsis The Kill Team‘s plot synopsis: “the film is based on the 2014 documentary of the same name about a private in the Us [...]
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Continue reading: The Kill Team (2019) Movie Trailer: Nat Wolff Tries to Expose Alexander Skarsgård’s War Crimes in Dan Krauss’ Film...
- 8/13/2019
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
‘The Kill Team': Alexander Skarsgard Tests Moral Limits in Trailer for Afghanistan War Story (Video)
In A24’s “The Kill Team,” Alexander Skarsgård plays a morally corrupt commanding officer during the Afghanistan War who leads one of his soldiers, played by Nat Wolff, to question his sense of duty and challenge authority despite the fear of his own life.
It’s all based on a true story and even a documentary by the same name. Dan Krauss is the writer and director of both “The Kill Team” and the 2013 documentary, which was selected as one of the year’s top five documentaries by the National Board of Review.
The film specifically follows Andrew Briggman (Wolff), a young soldier in the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in 2009 who witnesses other recruits killing innocent civilians under the direction of their sadistic leader, Sgt. Deeks (Skarsgård). He considers reporting them to higher-ups — but the heavily-armed, increasingly violent platoon becomes suspicious that someone in their ranks has turned on them,...
It’s all based on a true story and even a documentary by the same name. Dan Krauss is the writer and director of both “The Kill Team” and the 2013 documentary, which was selected as one of the year’s top five documentaries by the National Board of Review.
The film specifically follows Andrew Briggman (Wolff), a young soldier in the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in 2009 who witnesses other recruits killing innocent civilians under the direction of their sadistic leader, Sgt. Deeks (Skarsgård). He considers reporting them to higher-ups — but the heavily-armed, increasingly violent platoon becomes suspicious that someone in their ranks has turned on them,...
- 8/13/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
A24 released the trailer for Dan Krauss’s The Kill Team Tuesday. The film stars Nat Wolff and Alexander Skarsgård and is based on the real events that inspired Krauss’s 2013 documentary of the same name. The film premieres in theaters and on demand October 25th.
Wolff stars as Andrew Briggman, a young U.S. soldier who’s sent to Afghanistan in 2009 and witnesses the killing of innocent civilians under the direction of Sergeant Deeks (Skarsgård). When Andrew considers reporting the killings to higher-ups, he feels his own team and...
Wolff stars as Andrew Briggman, a young U.S. soldier who’s sent to Afghanistan in 2009 and witnesses the killing of innocent civilians under the direction of Sergeant Deeks (Skarsgård). When Andrew considers reporting the killings to higher-ups, he feels his own team and...
- 8/13/2019
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
Filmmaker Dan Krauss, who is also a cinematographer joins the ranks of a few select directors this year in directing a version of a movie they’ve already made. Krauss directed the award-winning documentary “The Kill Team” in 2013. We reviewed it positively and everything. Now, he’s made the dramatic version of this story for A24 starring actors like Alexander Skarsgård and Natt Wolff. The film made its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year and now it finally has a trailer.
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- 8/13/2019
- by The Playlist
- The Playlist
When Andrew Briggman (Nat Wolff), a young soldier in the Us invasion of Afghanistan, witnesses other recruits killing innocent civilians under the direction of a sadistic leader, Sergeant Deeks (Alexander Skarsgård), he considers reporting them to higher-ups — but the heavily-armed, increasingly violent platoon becomes suspicious that someone in their ranks has turned on them, and Andrew begins to fear that he’ll be the next target.
From writer-director Dan Krauss, and based on the same events that inspired his award-winning 2013 documentary of the same name, The Kill Team is an urgent and explosive recounting of one of the darkest incidents in the not-so-distant history of American military exploits.
From A24, watch the brand new trailer now.
The Kill Team opens in theaters and On Demand October 25, 2019.
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From writer-director Dan Krauss, and based on the same events that inspired his award-winning 2013 documentary of the same name, The Kill Team is an urgent and explosive recounting of one of the darkest incidents in the not-so-distant history of American military exploits.
From A24, watch the brand new trailer now.
The Kill Team opens in theaters and On Demand October 25, 2019.
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- 8/13/2019
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
"Do I do the right thing and put myself in danger?" A24 has debuted the first trailer for an indie war drama titled The Kill Team, the narrative feature directorial debut of filmmaker Dan Krauss (who also directed the documentary 5B this year). This is based on the same events that inspired his own 2013 documentary also titled The Kill Team, about a young American soldier in Afghanistan is disturbed by his commanding officer's behavior and is faced with a moral dilemma. Described as "an urgent and explosive recounting of one of the darkest incidents in the not-so-distant history of American military exploits." Nat Wolff co-stars with Alexander Skarsgård, plus Adam Long, Jonathan Whitesell, Brian Marc, Osy Ikhile, Rob Morrow, Anna Francolini, and Oliver Ritchie. It's intriguing to see a film addressing the darker side of the American military, and how they often crossed the line in Afghanistan. This looks better than expected.
- 8/13/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Actor Miles Teller’s uncle Brian has been a quadriplegic since he was a teenager, going in and out of nursing facilities and dealing with numerous caretakers over the years, something Teller says has always been a challenge.
But after seeing the new AIDS documentary “5B” — which depicts the hospital wing in San Francisco that was the first to care for AIDS patients at the height of the crisis — Teller said he was moved by the film and now hopes for better care and attention from nurses in all parts of healthcare.
“I know firsthand how it goes in there and how much bureaucracy is involved, and also when he has good nurses and good caretakers how much higher his quality of life is,” Teller told TheWrap. “And when he was in bad facilities, when he was getting bad treatment, when he’s been neglected, it’s been terrible for him.
But after seeing the new AIDS documentary “5B” — which depicts the hospital wing in San Francisco that was the first to care for AIDS patients at the height of the crisis — Teller said he was moved by the film and now hopes for better care and attention from nurses in all parts of healthcare.
“I know firsthand how it goes in there and how much bureaucracy is involved, and also when he has good nurses and good caretakers how much higher his quality of life is,” Teller told TheWrap. “And when he was in bad facilities, when he was getting bad treatment, when he’s been neglected, it’s been terrible for him.
- 6/13/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
"We Have to do something." Ryot has revealed a second trailer for the documentary known as 5B, made by filmmakers Paul Haggis & Dan Krauss. The title 5B is a reference to the very first AIDS ward at a San Francisco hospital that opened in 1983. During the terrifying early days of the AIDS outbreak, a war rages among the nurses, doctors, and staff charged with caring for the infected. Described in THR's review as "a stirring assembly of first-person oral history and extensive archival footage that honors the pioneering work carried out in that ward, which opened in 1983 at San Francisco General Hospital in direct response to a state of emergency still being widely ignored." The accalimed film just played at the Cannes Film Festival, and is opening in select theaters starting this week. Looks like a must-see doc that shows us how much of a difference compassion makes. "An...
- 6/13/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Attendees at a May 16 screening of 5B at the Cannes Film Festival got a surprise at the end of the movie: Paul Haggis' name on the credits.
None of the press materials hinted at the fact that the 66-year-old Oscar-winning Crash writer-director — accused last January of rape and sexual misconduct, which he denied — had co-directed and produced the AIDS documentary with Dan Krauss.
A spokesperson for the festival says, “Paul Haggis’ name wasn’t credited in the production notes that were given to us by the production.”
As for why the 5B team expunged Haggis from ...
None of the press materials hinted at the fact that the 66-year-old Oscar-winning Crash writer-director — accused last January of rape and sexual misconduct, which he denied — had co-directed and produced the AIDS documentary with Dan Krauss.
A spokesperson for the festival says, “Paul Haggis’ name wasn’t credited in the production notes that were given to us by the production.”
As for why the 5B team expunged Haggis from ...
- 5/28/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Attendees at a May 16 screening of 5B at the Cannes Film Festival got a surprise at the end of the movie: Paul Haggis' name on the credits.
None of the press materials hinted at the fact that the 66-year-old Oscar-winning Crash writer-director — accused last January of rape and sexual misconduct, which he denied — had co-directed and produced the AIDS documentary with Dan Krauss.
A spokesperson for the festival says, “Paul Haggis’ name wasn’t credited in the production notes that were given to us by the production.”
As for why the 5B team expunged Haggis from ...
None of the press materials hinted at the fact that the 66-year-old Oscar-winning Crash writer-director — accused last January of rape and sexual misconduct, which he denied — had co-directed and produced the AIDS documentary with Dan Krauss.
A spokesperson for the festival says, “Paul Haggis’ name wasn’t credited in the production notes that were given to us by the production.”
As for why the 5B team expunged Haggis from ...
- 5/28/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
"We have to do something." Ryot has debuted an official trailer for an indie documentary titled 5B, made by filmmakers Paul Haggis & Dan Krauss. This premiered last year at Doc Stories and just stopped by the Cannes Film Festival as a Special Screening. 5B is a reference to the first AIDS ward at a San Francisco hospital that opened in 1983. During the terrifying early days of the AIDS outbreak, a war rages among the nurses, doctors, and staff charged with caring for the infected. The doc features newly-unearthed archival footage. Described in THR's review as "a stirring assembly of first-person oral history and extensive archival footage that honors the pioneering work carried out in that ward, which opened in 1983 at San Francisco General Hospital in direct response to a state of emergency still being widely ignored." This looks powerful. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Paul Haggis & Dan Krauss' documentary 5B,...
- 5/24/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The ravages of the AIDS crisis, the stigmatization of its victims and the shameful prolonged indifference of the Ronald Reagan government have been widely chronicled in both narrative and nonfiction features. But the heroism of the nurses and volunteer caregivers manning the frontlines is a largely overlooked aspect that's worth remembering. Co-directors Dan Krauss and Paul Haggis set out to do just that in 5B, a stirring assembly of first-person oral history and extensive archival footage that honors the pioneering work carried out in that ward, which opened in 1983 at San Francisco General Hospital in direct response to a ...
- 5/18/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The ravages of the AIDS crisis, the stigmatization of its victims and the shameful prolonged indifference of the Ronald Reagan government have been widely chronicled in both narrative and nonfiction features. But the heroism of the nurses and volunteer caregivers manning the frontlines is a largely overlooked aspect that's worth remembering. Co-directors Dan Krauss and Paul Haggis set out to do just that in 5B, a stirring assembly of first-person oral history and extensive archival footage that honors the pioneering work carried out in that ward, which opened in 1983 at San Francisco General Hospital in direct response to a ...
- 5/18/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
“It was a wonderful place where you could go to die — but it doesn’t take away from the fact that they died.” This is how one interviewee describes 5B, the trailblazing San Francisco hospital ward that pioneered a more humane method of nursing AIDS sufferers during the epidemic’s paranoid 1980s zenith, affording terminal patients the care, understanding and even affection often denied them in a bigoted outside world. It’s a quote that sums up the approach of Dan Krauss and Paul Haggis’s straight-for-the-tear-ducts documentary “5B,” which seeks first-hand inspiration and optimism amid the wreckage of an unavoidably bleak chapter in recent American history. Interviewing nurses, survivors and even one of the ward’s most viciously homophobic detractors to evoke the frenzied us-against-them mentality that once defined a now-manageable disease, it’s conventional, occasionally maudlin docmaking that nonetheless grips the heart exactly when it needs to.
Set to hit U.
Set to hit U.
- 5/17/2019
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
If the Cannes Market’s Doc Corner, a hub for feature documentary filmmakers and executives, feels more crowded this year, it may have to do with the strong theatrical performance of features docs such as “Free Solo” and “Amazing Grace,” and the slew of U.S. and international titles acquired or admired at Sundance, SXSW (“For Sama”) and Tribeca (“The Apollo”). The combination of the box office and quality product is stoking a competitive marketplace not just in acquisitions but, increasingly, in pre-production involvement.
“With a clear acceleration this decade, feature docs have imposed themselves as a major, indispensable part of the film industry, generating business and revenues, and enabling a strong ecosystem to structure itself, with specialized festivals playing a major role,” says Pierre-Alexis Chevit, project manager of Doc Corner and its conference-style Doc Day on May 21.
Chevit says one of the major talking points in the sector is “inclusion and diversity,...
“With a clear acceleration this decade, feature docs have imposed themselves as a major, indispensable part of the film industry, generating business and revenues, and enabling a strong ecosystem to structure itself, with specialized festivals playing a major role,” says Pierre-Alexis Chevit, project manager of Doc Corner and its conference-style Doc Day on May 21.
Chevit says one of the major talking points in the sector is “inclusion and diversity,...
- 5/16/2019
- by Jennie Punter
- Variety Film + TV
Film Bridge International has entered into a two-picture production deal with Dublin-based Merlin Films headed by Kieran Corrigan and Deliverance director, John Boorman. Film Bridge founder and CEO Ellen Wander will partner with Corrigan and Boorman to produce two features, heist thriller Underground and gritty action thriller Assassins Club. Boorman, whose latest work as director was 2015’s Queen & Country, will helm the former with Stephen Saint Leger (Vikings) on the latter. Worldwide sales will be handled by Wander in Cannes. Underground is set in Boston where an Irish mob family is struggling to get out of the business, but is tempted by the discovery of an abandoned tunnel beneath Tiffany & Co. Assassins Club centers on a man offered a contract to kill seven people from around the globe. The targets, in turn, are also assassins with contracts to kill him. The only way out is to leave a...
- 5/14/2019
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Quentin Tarantino is officially returning to the Cannes Film Festival with the world premiere of his ninth feature film “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.” The title was not announced during the official Cannes lineup reveal April 18, as Tarantino has been busy in the editing room trying to get the film ready for both a May premiere on the Croisette and its July theatrical release. Returning to Cannes this year was on Tarantino’s wish list as the 2019 event marks the 25th anniversary of his “Pulp Fiction” winning the Palme d’Or.
“We were afraid the film would not be ready, as it wouldn’t be released until late July, but Quentin Tarantino, who has not left the editing room in four months, is a real, loyal and punctual child of Cannes,” Cannes executive Thierry Frémaux said in a statement announcing “Hollywood’s” late inclusion. “Like for ‘Inglourious Basterds,’ he...
“We were afraid the film would not be ready, as it wouldn’t be released until late July, but Quentin Tarantino, who has not left the editing room in four months, is a real, loyal and punctual child of Cannes,” Cannes executive Thierry Frémaux said in a statement announcing “Hollywood’s” late inclusion. “Like for ‘Inglourious Basterds,’ he...
- 5/2/2019
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” has been added to the competition lineup of this month’s Cannes Film Festival, general delegate Thierry Frémaux announced Thursday.
“We were afraid the film would not be ready, as it wouldn’t be released until late July, but Quentin Tarantino, who has not left the editing room in four months, is a real, loyal and punctual child of Cannes!” Fremaux said in a statement.
“Like for ‘Inglourious Basterds,’ he’ll definitely be there — 25 years after the Palme d’or for ‘Pulp Fiction’ — with a finished film screened in 35mm and his cast in tow. His film is a love letter to the Hollywood of his childhood, a rock music tour of 1969, and an ode to cinema as a whole.”
Also Read: Tarantino's 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' Teaser Drops Timely Clues It Goes Back Way Before the Manson Murders...
“We were afraid the film would not be ready, as it wouldn’t be released until late July, but Quentin Tarantino, who has not left the editing room in four months, is a real, loyal and punctual child of Cannes!” Fremaux said in a statement.
“Like for ‘Inglourious Basterds,’ he’ll definitely be there — 25 years after the Palme d’or for ‘Pulp Fiction’ — with a finished film screened in 35mm and his cast in tow. His film is a love letter to the Hollywood of his childhood, a rock music tour of 1969, and an ode to cinema as a whole.”
Also Read: Tarantino's 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' Teaser Drops Timely Clues It Goes Back Way Before the Manson Murders...
- 5/2/2019
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
Mektoub, My Love: Intermezzo, a 50-minute Gaspar Noé among titles to film join Once Upon A Time In Hollywood in Official Selection.
The Cannes Film Festival has announced a batch of additional titles for the 2019 Official Selection, including new films by Quentin Tarantino, Abdellatif Kechiche and Gaspar Noé.
As Screen exclusively revealed, Tarantino’s hotly anticipated Once Upon A Time In Hollywood will be ready in time and appear in Competition.
Also as has been rumoured, Abdellatif Kechiche’s Mektoub, My Love: Intermezzo – the follow-up to his Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno has been selected for the Competition. Kechiche won...
The Cannes Film Festival has announced a batch of additional titles for the 2019 Official Selection, including new films by Quentin Tarantino, Abdellatif Kechiche and Gaspar Noé.
As Screen exclusively revealed, Tarantino’s hotly anticipated Once Upon A Time In Hollywood will be ready in time and appear in Competition.
Also as has been rumoured, Abdellatif Kechiche’s Mektoub, My Love: Intermezzo – the follow-up to his Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno has been selected for the Competition. Kechiche won...
- 5/2/2019
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time In Hollywood will play in Cannes after all. Hallelujah!
The film will have its world premiere at the festival and will play in competition. This comes after the feature was not in the original batch of pictures unveiled last month. The festival has also added Mektoub, My Love: Intermezzo by Abdellatif Kechiche to its competition lineup and additional titles to other strands.
This year’s edition marks 25 years since Tarantino’s iconic Pulp Fiction screened on the Croisette. The director has a long-held affinity for Cannes and was keen that his latest film play at the event.
General Delegate Thierry Frémaux said of the film’s late inclusion, “We were afraid the film would not be ready, as it wouldn’t be released until late July, but Quentin Tarantino, who has not left the editing room in four months, is a real, loyal and punctual child of Cannes.
The film will have its world premiere at the festival and will play in competition. This comes after the feature was not in the original batch of pictures unveiled last month. The festival has also added Mektoub, My Love: Intermezzo by Abdellatif Kechiche to its competition lineup and additional titles to other strands.
This year’s edition marks 25 years since Tarantino’s iconic Pulp Fiction screened on the Croisette. The director has a long-held affinity for Cannes and was keen that his latest film play at the event.
General Delegate Thierry Frémaux said of the film’s late inclusion, “We were afraid the film would not be ready, as it wouldn’t be released until late July, but Quentin Tarantino, who has not left the editing room in four months, is a real, loyal and punctual child of Cannes.
- 5/2/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
The suspense is over: Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” will indeed have its world premiere and compete at the Cannes Film Festival, the fest announced Thursday.
“Intermezzo” from Abdellatif Kechiche, the Palme d’Or-winning director of “Blue Is the Warmest Color,” has also been added to the competition slate.
The star-studded movie has been widely anticipated as a festival highlight but wasn’t included in Cannes’ official selection announcement on April 18. Artistic director Thierry Fremaux told journalists several times that day that he hoped for post-production on Tarantino’s film to be completed in time for the film to be shown at the festival. Fremaux said Tarantino was eager to be back at Cannes and was working hard to finish the film by May, which was a challenge because it was shot in 35mm, which takes longer to edit than digital film, and is slated for a July release.
“Intermezzo” from Abdellatif Kechiche, the Palme d’Or-winning director of “Blue Is the Warmest Color,” has also been added to the competition slate.
The star-studded movie has been widely anticipated as a festival highlight but wasn’t included in Cannes’ official selection announcement on April 18. Artistic director Thierry Fremaux told journalists several times that day that he hoped for post-production on Tarantino’s film to be completed in time for the film to be shown at the festival. Fremaux said Tarantino was eager to be back at Cannes and was working hard to finish the film by May, which was a challenge because it was shot in 35mm, which takes longer to edit than digital film, and is slated for a July release.
- 5/2/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Tarantino heading back to Cannes.
Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie, has been added to the Cannes Film Festival Official Selection line-up, Screen has learned.
The film will play in Competition, the festival has confirmed.
It has been touch and go as to whether Tarantino, who has a long relationship with the Cannes Film Festival, would complete the feature in time.
In a statement, Cannes General Delegate Thierry Frémaux said: ”We were afraid the film would not be ready, as it wouldn’t be ready until late July, but Quentin Tarantino,...
Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie, has been added to the Cannes Film Festival Official Selection line-up, Screen has learned.
The film will play in Competition, the festival has confirmed.
It has been touch and go as to whether Tarantino, who has a long relationship with the Cannes Film Festival, would complete the feature in time.
In a statement, Cannes General Delegate Thierry Frémaux said: ”We were afraid the film would not be ready, as it wouldn’t be ready until late July, but Quentin Tarantino,...
- 5/2/2019
- by Melanie Goodfellow & Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
Atrocities don’t exist in a vacuum, and “The Kill Team” is most valuable — and chillingly effective — as an exposé of the means by which honorable young military men grow comfortable with perpetrating heinous crimes. Based on his 2013 documentary of the same name, writer-director Dan Krauss’ narrative retelling depicts the methodical murderous inculcation of a young American soldier in 2010 Afghanistan, led by a committed performance from Nat Wolff and a scarily sociopathic Alexander Skarsgård. Those star turns should help make the difficult film an easier sell to mainstream audiences when, after its Tribeca Film Festival premiere, it receives a theatrical release courtesy of A24.
As with the earlier nonfiction version, Krauss’ film concerns the Maywand District murders, in which a “kill team” of U.S. soldiers stationed in the Kandahar Valley executed a number of Afghan civilians and then covered up their crimes by staging the scenes to look like attacks.
As with the earlier nonfiction version, Krauss’ film concerns the Maywand District murders, in which a “kill team” of U.S. soldiers stationed in the Kandahar Valley executed a number of Afghan civilians and then covered up their crimes by staging the scenes to look like attacks.
- 5/2/2019
- by Nick Schager
- Variety Film + TV
Adapted from his 2013 documentary of the same title, Dan Krauss’ The Kill Team is an alarming look at the culture of toxic masculinity, turning a documentary about a family’s struggle in the military justice system into a white knuckle war thriller. Nat Wolff stars as Andrew Briggmann, inspired by the real story of Adam Winfield (chronicled in the documentary), an 18-year-old kid sent to Afghanistan where soldiers had a hard time seeing exactly what the point of their deployment was while working a checkpoint. When their commanding officer, a believer in hearts and minds, is blown up by a landmine right in front of his command they’re sent a charmingly charismatic killer Sergeant Deeks (chillingly played by Alexander Skarsgård) who primes his young team, including Briggmann, with the precision of a child molester, building trust, prying on his victims, and employing them to keep their mouths shut.
Deeks...
Deeks...
- 5/1/2019
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
Verizon Media, with the help of Oscar-winner Julianne Moore, announced during its Newfront event late Tuesday in New York that it has acquired and plans to release the HIV/AIDS crisis documentary “5B.”
The film focuses on the uplifting story of a small collection of nurses and caregivers in San Francisco General Hospital’s ward 5B, who banded together to provide courage and compassion to those devastated by the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the early ’80s. It’s directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Dan Krauss (“Extremis”).
Moore, who has been a long-time activist for the HIV/AIDS cause, watched “5B” and was moved by the nurses and caregivers, and the compassion and bravery they showcased during the time of Ward 5B. She took the stage during the event alongside the nurses and caregivers from the film to announce the project.
“We believe in empowering and bringing communities together, and elevating voices that deserve to be heard,...
The film focuses on the uplifting story of a small collection of nurses and caregivers in San Francisco General Hospital’s ward 5B, who banded together to provide courage and compassion to those devastated by the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the early ’80s. It’s directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Dan Krauss (“Extremis”).
Moore, who has been a long-time activist for the HIV/AIDS cause, watched “5B” and was moved by the nurses and caregivers, and the compassion and bravery they showcased during the time of Ward 5B. She took the stage during the event alongside the nurses and caregivers from the film to announce the project.
“We believe in empowering and bringing communities together, and elevating voices that deserve to be heard,...
- 4/30/2019
- by Trey Williams
- The Wrap
The 18th Tribeca Film Festival launches this Wednesday 24th April at New York’s iconic Apollo Theater with the world premiere of Oscar-winner Roger Ross Williams’s documentary The Apollo, which focuses on the history and legacy of that very venue. Before the 2019 edition of the festival closes on Sunday, the 5th of May with the world premiere of Danny Boyle’s comedy Yesterday, Tribeca audiences will be treated to a vast array of TV, short film, online work, narrative feature and documentary screenings, plus special musical performances, onstage talks, anniversary screenings and reunions, as well as podcasts, video games and Vr experiences.
Our man in Manhattan James Kleinmann will be at Tribeca once again for HeyUGuys and here he takes a look at this year’s full documentary and narrative feature film lineup. For the full festival schedule and to buy tickets head to the official Tribeca website.
Spotlight...
Our man in Manhattan James Kleinmann will be at Tribeca once again for HeyUGuys and here he takes a look at this year’s full documentary and narrative feature film lineup. For the full festival schedule and to buy tickets head to the official Tribeca website.
Spotlight...
- 4/23/2019
- by James Kleinmann
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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