Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.
Astrakan (David Depesseville)
Astrakhan fur is unique: dark, beautiful, and stripped exclusively from newborn lambs, even ones killed in their mother’s womb. (Stella McCarthy once said it’s like wearing a fetus.) That ruthlessness—a sense of lost innocence; blood sacrifice—runs deep in Astrakan, a new film from France and one of the better in Locarno this year; and if that title isn’t enough to give pause, plenty else in the opening exchanges will. The first act is a procession of flags, both red and false: at the opening the protagonist, Samuel, lightly goads a snake in the reptile house of a zoo; moments later a rabbit is hung and skinned in his kitchen with all the ceremony of...
Astrakan (David Depesseville)
Astrakhan fur is unique: dark, beautiful, and stripped exclusively from newborn lambs, even ones killed in their mother’s womb. (Stella McCarthy once said it’s like wearing a fetus.) That ruthlessness—a sense of lost innocence; blood sacrifice—runs deep in Astrakan, a new film from France and one of the better in Locarno this year; and if that title isn’t enough to give pause, plenty else in the opening exchanges will. The first act is a procession of flags, both red and false: at the opening the protagonist, Samuel, lightly goads a snake in the reptile house of a zoo; moments later a rabbit is hung and skinned in his kitchen with all the ceremony of...
- 4/5/2024
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
British cinematographer and filmmaker Molly Manning Walker had quite the year in 2023. She was the cinematographer for Charlotte Regan’s Scrapper, a British drama focusing on a broken relationship between a Father and Daughter. Most notably, she released her feature directorial debut ‘How to Have Sex’. This follows three teenage gal pals going on a rite-of-passage girl’s holiday to Malia, where they plan to drink, club and hook up to their heart’s content. What should be the best summer of their lives turns sour, when lead Tara experiences a shocking encounter with a guy they’ve buddied up with on their trip. Exploring the topic of consent in a heart-breaking yet honest way, How to Have Sex is an important slice of realism that showcases excellent direction, tremendous performances and tells a story worth telling.
En route to Malia, the girls are chatty and excited. The main topic...
En route to Malia, the girls are chatty and excited. The main topic...
- 2/6/2024
- by Becca Johnson
- Talking Films
After winning the Un Certain Regard prize at Cannes last year, Molly Manning Walker’s singular debut How to Have Sex has been racking up BAFTA nominations and widespread acclaim to nobody’s surprise. The film is much more than a fresh look at female adolescence and early sexual experiences (read: hurtful disappointments), shining bright with actress Mia McKenna-Bruce’s lead performance as Tara, a bubbly teen eager to lose her V-card. What better place to do so than a Greek seaside resort where most of the things you can find on public display begin with a b, like: Brits, booze, and blowjobs. Tara, Skye (Lara Peake), and Em (Enva Lewis) are done with exams and embrace their first summer getaway far from home by partying alongside a pretty-boy type named Paddy (Samuel Bottomley) and his wisecracker friend, Badger (Shaun Thomas), to see where this can go.
Molly Manning Walker...
Molly Manning Walker...
- 2/5/2024
- by Savina Petkova
- The Film Stage
It’s quiet but Poor Things and American Fiction are selling tickets.
The Yorgos Lanthimos film starring Emma Stone enters the weekend at just over $26 million on 1,950 screens, continuing a strong theatrical run for a movie some have called bonkers but is zipping along. American Fiction adds a few hundred screens this weekend in the latest leg of a carefully orchestrated platform release that has really worked for this film.
A24’s Zone Of Interest, Jonathan Glazer’s landmark Holocaust film, is expanding. New specialty openings include Magnolia Pictures’ The Promised Land, Mubi’s How To Have Sex and Kino Lorber’s Skin Deep.
It’s a weekend with just one studio wide release that may have petered out. Some recent weeks have had zero new wide release. That’s been helping specialty films.
Poor Things’ screen count is down from about 2,400 last week, which was the widest since a Dec.
The Yorgos Lanthimos film starring Emma Stone enters the weekend at just over $26 million on 1,950 screens, continuing a strong theatrical run for a movie some have called bonkers but is zipping along. American Fiction adds a few hundred screens this weekend in the latest leg of a carefully orchestrated platform release that has really worked for this film.
A24’s Zone Of Interest, Jonathan Glazer’s landmark Holocaust film, is expanding. New specialty openings include Magnolia Pictures’ The Promised Land, Mubi’s How To Have Sex and Kino Lorber’s Skin Deep.
It’s a weekend with just one studio wide release that may have petered out. Some recent weeks have had zero new wide release. That’s been helping specialty films.
Poor Things’ screen count is down from about 2,400 last week, which was the widest since a Dec.
- 2/3/2024
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Pro-tip: as our current leap year turns the page into February, it’s a good idea to stock up on artificial tears at the Cvs. Why? Because this is an exceptionally intense month for movie-watching. In addition to your 2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards screeners, there’s also an exciting collection of Don’t-Miss Indies hitting theaters and streamers, from combat-heavy martial arts action sagas to gentle culinary dramas. So put on some more tea, snuggle up with your kitty, puppy, snake or waifu body pillow of choice, and get to watchin’!
True Detective: Night Country
When You Can Watch: Now
Where You Can Watch: HBO, Max
Director: Issa López
Cast: Jodie Foster, Kali Reis, Fiona Shaw
Why We’re Excited: The fourth season of HBO’s anthology crime drama is the first one for which creator Nic Pizzolatto does not serve as the showrunner or writer; those responsibilities now fall to Mexican filmmaker Issa López,...
True Detective: Night Country
When You Can Watch: Now
Where You Can Watch: HBO, Max
Director: Issa López
Cast: Jodie Foster, Kali Reis, Fiona Shaw
Why We’re Excited: The fourth season of HBO’s anthology crime drama is the first one for which creator Nic Pizzolatto does not serve as the showrunner or writer; those responsibilities now fall to Mexican filmmaker Issa López,...
- 2/2/2024
- by Su Fang Tham
- Film Independent News & More
Mia McKenna-Bruce as Tara in How To Have Sex. Image: Film4
How To Have Sex made a big splash last May at the Cannes Film Festival, winning the Un Certain Regard prize at the prestigious event. Since then the film has been making the rounds on the festival circuit—including...
How To Have Sex made a big splash last May at the Cannes Film Festival, winning the Un Certain Regard prize at the prestigious event. Since then the film has been making the rounds on the festival circuit—including...
- 2/1/2024
- by Murtada Elfadl
- avclub.com
All Tara (Mia McKenna-Bruce) wants to do is get to the coastal Greek town of Malia, get some quality time with her BFFs — Em (Enva Lewis) and Skye (Lara Peake) — and spend the next few days getting royally fucked up. This unholy trinity of 16-year-olds have just finished their final exams back in London, and now they’re heading to one of those sunbaked Mediterranean resorts favored by British teens looking to blow off steam. The plan is to use “party” as a verb as much as possible, and the...
- 1/30/2024
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
The title of Molly Manning Walker’s feature-length directorial debut seems to promise a self-help guide to navigating the knotty ins and outs of physical desire. And given how it starts, with ready-to-party besties Tara (Mia McKenna-Bruce), Skye (Lara Peake), and Em (Enva Lewis) touching down in the coastal town of Malia in Crete, Greece, for their first holiday abroad, one might also anticipate that a redux of Harmony Korine’s Spring Breakers is afoot.
Writer-director Manning Walker, though, has cooked up something far less ironic and fragmentary with How to Have Sex, though like Korine’s film, it’s interested in how the prospect of hardcore partying doesn’t transform from fantasy into nightmare in a flash. Rather, it oscillates from one to the other simultaneously, creating a gradual, narcotizing effect that makes sorting out one’s emotions, especially when they’re being newly felt, next to impossible.
Above all,...
Writer-director Manning Walker, though, has cooked up something far less ironic and fragmentary with How to Have Sex, though like Korine’s film, it’s interested in how the prospect of hardcore partying doesn’t transform from fantasy into nightmare in a flash. Rather, it oscillates from one to the other simultaneously, creating a gradual, narcotizing effect that makes sorting out one’s emotions, especially when they’re being newly felt, next to impossible.
Above all,...
- 1/18/2024
- by Clayton Dillard
- Slant Magazine
If you've been anticipating the online arrival of Molly Manning Walker's stark, affecting drama :a[How To Have Sex]{href='https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/how-to-have-sex/' }, we bring good news… Mubi has announced that the film will land on its streaming service on 29 December.
Mia McKenna-Bruce stars as Tara, who hops on a plane in search of sun, shots and her sexual awakening with friends Skye (Lara Peake) and Em (Enva Lewis). The trio make friends with hotel neighbours Badger (Shaun Thomas), Paddy (Samuel Bottomley) and Paige (Laura Ambler), and embark on an exploration of the Grecian nightlife, partying all night and figuring out their futures, friendships and feelings as they go.
We were very taken with the film — in fact, it made our :a[Best Films Of 2023 list]{href='https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/best-movies-2023/' } — and so we're excited for more people to get the chance to see it.
Mia McKenna-Bruce stars as Tara, who hops on a plane in search of sun, shots and her sexual awakening with friends Skye (Lara Peake) and Em (Enva Lewis). The trio make friends with hotel neighbours Badger (Shaun Thomas), Paddy (Samuel Bottomley) and Paige (Laura Ambler), and embark on an exploration of the Grecian nightlife, partying all night and figuring out their futures, friendships and feelings as they go.
We were very taken with the film — in fact, it made our :a[Best Films Of 2023 list]{href='https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/best-movies-2023/' } — and so we're excited for more people to get the chance to see it.
- 12/11/2023
- by James White
- Empire - Movies
"The year's breakout film." Is it really? Mubi has unveiled another official trailer for the British party film titled How to Have Sex, now opening in US theaters in February. Marking the feature directorial debut of cinematographer Molly Manning Walker, this premiered at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival where it won the top prize in the Un Certain Regard section. It has made stops at other fests with a European debut on Mubi this fall. Three British teen girls go on a rites-of-passage holiday – drinking, clubbing, hooking up, in what should be the best summer of their lives. But it turns into a cautionary tale about the pressures of sex, consent, and self-discovery. More of a film about how not to have sex, which is the whole point. Breakout star Mia McKenna-Bruce plays Tara, starring with Samuel Bottomly, Lara Peake, Shaun Thomas, and newcomers Enva Lewis and Laura Ambler. The film...
- 12/6/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
To celebrate the release of How To Have Sex, which opens in UK cinemas next month, we had the pleasure of chatting with the cast and writer/director to find out more.
Three British teenage girls go on a rites-of-passage holiday, drinking, clubbing, and hooking up in what should be the best summer of their lives. As they dance their way across the sun-drenched streets of Malia, they find themselves navigating the complexities of sex, consent, and self-discovery. Captured with luminous visuals and a pitch-perfect soundtrack, Manning Walker’s directorial debut paints a painfully familiar portrait of young adulthood, and how first sexual experiences should – or shouldn’t – play out. How To Have Sex stars Screen Stars of Tomorrow 2023 Mia McKenna-Bruce and BAFTA-nominated Samuel Bottomley, alongside Lara Peake, Shaun Thomas, and newcomers Enva Lewis and Laura Ambler.
Chatting with writer/director Walker and her stars, we chat about the success...
Three British teenage girls go on a rites-of-passage holiday, drinking, clubbing, and hooking up in what should be the best summer of their lives. As they dance their way across the sun-drenched streets of Malia, they find themselves navigating the complexities of sex, consent, and self-discovery. Captured with luminous visuals and a pitch-perfect soundtrack, Manning Walker’s directorial debut paints a painfully familiar portrait of young adulthood, and how first sexual experiences should – or shouldn’t – play out. How To Have Sex stars Screen Stars of Tomorrow 2023 Mia McKenna-Bruce and BAFTA-nominated Samuel Bottomley, alongside Lara Peake, Shaun Thomas, and newcomers Enva Lewis and Laura Ambler.
Chatting with writer/director Walker and her stars, we chat about the success...
- 10/30/2023
- by Scott Davis
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
How to have a memorable spring break? Set out to lose your virginity…cautiously.
Molly Manning Walker’s Cannes breakout film “How to Have Sex” is a twisted coming-of-age story about a group of 16-year-old British girls who go on a vacation to Greece with the mission to help their shyest pal finally go all the way. “Scrapper” cinematographer Walker writes and directs her feature debut, which won the Un Certain Regard prize at Cannes this year.
It’s supposed to be the best summer ever. Tara, Skye, and Em touch down on the Greek party resort of Malia for the vacation to end all vacations, the girls trip every British teenager ticks off at the cusp of adulthood. Tara, the last remaining virgin, is on a mission to change that: and her best friends are causing chaos right alongside her. The 16-year-old drinks and dances her way through the...
Molly Manning Walker’s Cannes breakout film “How to Have Sex” is a twisted coming-of-age story about a group of 16-year-old British girls who go on a vacation to Greece with the mission to help their shyest pal finally go all the way. “Scrapper” cinematographer Walker writes and directs her feature debut, which won the Un Certain Regard prize at Cannes this year.
It’s supposed to be the best summer ever. Tara, Skye, and Em touch down on the Greek party resort of Malia for the vacation to end all vacations, the girls trip every British teenager ticks off at the cusp of adulthood. Tara, the last remaining virgin, is on a mission to change that: and her best friends are causing chaos right alongside her. The 16-year-old drinks and dances her way through the...
- 10/10/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
"Best holiday ever!" Mubi has revealed a trailer for the film with a provocative title - How to Have Sex. Marking the feature directorial debut of cinematographer Molly Manning Walker, this premiered at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival where it won the top prize in the Un Certain Regard section. Three British teen girls go on a rites-of-passage holiday – drinking, clubbing, hooking up, in what should be the best summer of their lives. But it turns into a cautionary tale about the pressures of sex, consent, and self-discovery. More of a film about how not to have sex, which is the whole point. Breakout star Mia McKenna-Bruce plays Tara, starring with Samuel Bottomly, Lara Peake, Shaun Thomas, and newcomers Enva Lewis and Laura Ambler. While many critics seem to be a fan, I'm not – I wrote a scathing review in Cannes about how empty it is... It's one big party movie...
- 10/9/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Mubi has released the full-length UK and Irish trailer for Molly Manning Walker’s hugely anticipated, Cannes Award-winning debut, ‘How To Have Sex.’
Three British teenage girls go on a rites-of-passage holiday, drinking, clubbing and hooking up in what should be the best summer of their lives. As they dance their way across the sun-drenched streets of Malia, they find themselves navigating the complexities of sex, consent and self-discovery. Captured with luminous visuals and a pitch-perfect soundtrack, Manning Walker’s directorial debut paints a painfully familiar portrait of young adulthood, and how first sexual experiences should – or shouldn’t – play out.
The movie is said to be a vibrant and authentic depiction of the agonies, ecstasies and ride-or-die glory of young female friendship, from rising British filmmaker Molly Manning Walker, who wrote and directed the film.
Screen Stars of Tomorrow 2023 Mia McKenna-Bruce (Persuasion, Kindling) and BAFTA-nominated Samuel Bottomley (Somewhere Boy,...
Three British teenage girls go on a rites-of-passage holiday, drinking, clubbing and hooking up in what should be the best summer of their lives. As they dance their way across the sun-drenched streets of Malia, they find themselves navigating the complexities of sex, consent and self-discovery. Captured with luminous visuals and a pitch-perfect soundtrack, Manning Walker’s directorial debut paints a painfully familiar portrait of young adulthood, and how first sexual experiences should – or shouldn’t – play out.
The movie is said to be a vibrant and authentic depiction of the agonies, ecstasies and ride-or-die glory of young female friendship, from rising British filmmaker Molly Manning Walker, who wrote and directed the film.
Screen Stars of Tomorrow 2023 Mia McKenna-Bruce (Persuasion, Kindling) and BAFTA-nominated Samuel Bottomley (Somewhere Boy,...
- 10/9/2023
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
"Best holiday ever!" Mubi has unveiled a quick teaser trailer for How to Have Sex, the acclaimed British film marking the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Molly Manning Walker. This first premiered at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival earlier this year, winning the Best Film top prize within the Un Certain Regard section; it's also playing at TIFF and London this fall before the release. Molly Manning Walker's "vibrant depiction of the agonies and ecstasies of young adulthood." Three British teens go on a rites-of-passage trip to Greece – drinking, clubbing and hooking up, in what should be the best summer. It turns into a social parable about a young woman dealing with peer pressure, making bad decisions about losing her virginity. Mia McKenna-Bruce stars as Tara, with Shaun Thomas, Lara Peake, Enva Lewis, Laura Ambler, & Samuel Bottomley. I wrote a scathing review of this at Cannes, as I think it's just another party movie.
- 9/13/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
We’ve had the pleasure of seeing some incredible feature debuts on the big screen over the past year or so, particularly from female directors – Charlotte Wells’ Aftersun, Celine Song’s Past Lives, Raine Allen-Miller’s Rye Lane, and Charlotte Regan’s Scrapper, to name a few. That trend is set to continue with Molly Manning Walker’s How To Have Sex, a Cannes award-winning drama following three teen girls as they go on their first major holiday abroad to Malia.
Mia McKenna-Bruce stars as Tara, who hops on a plane in search of sun, shots and her sexual awakening with friends Skye (Lara Peake) and Em (Enva Lewis). The trio make friends with hotel neighbours Badger (Shaun Thomas), Paddy (Samuel Bottomley) and Paige (Laura Ambler), and embark on an exploration of the Grecian nightlife, partying all night and figuring out their futures, friendships and feelings as they go. Watch...
Mia McKenna-Bruce stars as Tara, who hops on a plane in search of sun, shots and her sexual awakening with friends Skye (Lara Peake) and Em (Enva Lewis). The trio make friends with hotel neighbours Badger (Shaun Thomas), Paddy (Samuel Bottomley) and Paige (Laura Ambler), and embark on an exploration of the Grecian nightlife, partying all night and figuring out their futures, friendships and feelings as they go. Watch...
- 9/13/2023
- by Sophie Butcher
- Empire - Movies
Other winners included ’Hounds’, ’The Mother Of All Lies’, ’Goodbye Julia’ and ’The Buriti Flower’.
Molly Manning Walker’s debut feature How To Have Sex has won the top prize in the Un Certain Regard section of this year’s Cannes Film Festival (May 16-27).
The film follows a group of teenage girls on a rite-of-passage clubbing holiday, and was shot in Greece with a cast including Mia McKenna-Bruce, Lara Peake and Samuel Bottomley. It is produced by Wild Swim Films and co-producer Heretic, with backing by Film4, BFI and mk2 Films, with Mubi releasing in the UK, North America and other key territories.
Molly Manning Walker’s debut feature How To Have Sex has won the top prize in the Un Certain Regard section of this year’s Cannes Film Festival (May 16-27).
The film follows a group of teenage girls on a rite-of-passage clubbing holiday, and was shot in Greece with a cast including Mia McKenna-Bruce, Lara Peake and Samuel Bottomley. It is produced by Wild Swim Films and co-producer Heretic, with backing by Film4, BFI and mk2 Films, with Mubi releasing in the UK, North America and other key territories.
- 5/26/2023
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
Touching down in Heraklion, on the Greek island of Crete, marks the beginning of summer holidays for Tara (Mia McKenna-Bruce), Skye (Lara Peake), and Em (Enva Lewis), a trio of best friends who have just taken their A-levels and for whom school is the last thing on their mind. The first thing is… well, the title gives it away. British teens on holiday at a Greek resort means booze, booze, and more booze, but Molly Manning Walker’s debut film has the power to take these prosaic cultural archetypes and use them as tools to tell a poignant story about the ambivalences of growing up, female friendships, and consent.
Amidst a lot of vodka, “never have I ever,” and pool parties, the girls form their own gravitational center and stick to it. Yet their friendship is not without complications: underneath the surface of jokes and banter lies a layer of teen-girl angst,...
Amidst a lot of vodka, “never have I ever,” and pool parties, the girls form their own gravitational center and stick to it. Yet their friendship is not without complications: underneath the surface of jokes and banter lies a layer of teen-girl angst,...
- 5/23/2023
- by Savina Petkova
- The Film Stage
Since the dawn of time, women have capitulated to men. Men have been manipulating and breaking women for their pleasure and their gain as long as there has been pleasure, and as long as there has been anything to gain. In Molly Manning Walker's absolutely essential directorial debut "How To Have Sex," we come face to face with the realities of those impulses, and how men still betray women in this way, even those who have yet to surrender their bright, wide-eyed innocence. The writer-director expertly captures both a sense of beautiful, optimistic whimsy young people have as they start to embark on their coming of age, and the dark prison of isolation that comes when an unexpected tragedy sets fire to the hope that lives inside them.
"How To Have Sex" follows Mia McKenna-Bruce's Tara, a 16-year-old Southern English girl who takes a trip to Greece in a rite-of-passage pilgrimage to party.
"How To Have Sex" follows Mia McKenna-Bruce's Tara, a 16-year-old Southern English girl who takes a trip to Greece in a rite-of-passage pilgrimage to party.
- 5/23/2023
- by Lex Briscuso
- Slash Film
Anyone seeking to describe “How to Have Sex” for potential American viewers is liable to land on the term “spring break” in the process: It is, after all, a story about hard-partying teenagers heading to a sunny coastal resort for several nights of boozy, horny, wholly unsupervised antics. Yet the teens here are British, the destination one of those grisly Mediterranean club hubs geared entirely toward British tourists, and the partying so distinctly British in its aims and etiquette that the translation hardly applies. The vacation presented here is as much like a quintessential spring break as Molly Manning Walker’s fresh, head-turning debut feature is like Harmony Korine’s “Spring Breakers” — superficially similar in its pile-driving social chaos and eye-searing fluorescent visuals, but with a very different, damaged heart beating underneath it all.
“How to Have Sex” is equally likely to endure comparisons to Charlotte Wells’ “Aftersun,” last year...
“How to Have Sex” is equally likely to endure comparisons to Charlotte Wells’ “Aftersun,” last year...
- 5/20/2023
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
It could have been just another teen coming of age tale but debut British filmmaker Molly Manning Walker manages to give a fresh spin on territory that has been frequently explored.
She manages to evoke the true bonds of friendship between her female protagonists who arrive on a Greek island after just having graduated from school and before they embark on University career.
Their main aim is to have fun and sex - and Mia McKenna Bruce, Lara Peake and Enya Lewis give the trio a real sense of complicity and chemistry as they splash on the shore, lie on the beach and eye up the talent.
The film captures the hedonistic atmosphere of young people bent on partying all day and night. They hook up with Shaun Thomas, Sam Bottomley and Laura Ambler who are older and more experienced.
As the relationships intertwine Manning Walker introduces the undercurrents that cut through what seemed.
She manages to evoke the true bonds of friendship between her female protagonists who arrive on a Greek island after just having graduated from school and before they embark on University career.
Their main aim is to have fun and sex - and Mia McKenna Bruce, Lara Peake and Enya Lewis give the trio a real sense of complicity and chemistry as they splash on the shore, lie on the beach and eye up the talent.
The film captures the hedonistic atmosphere of young people bent on partying all day and night. They hook up with Shaun Thomas, Sam Bottomley and Laura Ambler who are older and more experienced.
As the relationships intertwine Manning Walker introduces the undercurrents that cut through what seemed.
- 5/19/2023
- by Richard Mowe
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Less an instructional film than a sloppy-drunk after school special about a girls trip gone wrong, Molly Manning Walker’s “How to Have Sex” folds a nuanced look at the pressures and permissiveness of teenage friendships inside a frustratingly didactic story about the vagaries of consent. Needless to say, that’s not the movie Walker’s three 16-year-old heroines were hoping to be in when they arrived on the Greek island of Malia for the kind of boot-and-rally bacchanalia that British kids have turned into a rite of passage. They signed up for “Spring Breakers,” only to find themselves stranded in something closer to an episode of “Skins.”
It’s not their fault. Best friends Tara, Em, and Skye have no way of knowing they’ve walked into a trap. They can’t hear the muted soundscape that Walker creates for them as they arrive on their first beach; they...
It’s not their fault. Best friends Tara, Em, and Skye have no way of knowing they’ve walked into a trap. They can’t hear the muted soundscape that Walker creates for them as they arrive on their first beach; they...
- 5/19/2023
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
“Why’s the world so tough? It’s like walking through meat in high heels.” This line comes from Alan Clarke’s 1987 TV movie Road, an adaptation of Jim Cartwright’s stage play, and it goes some way towards explaining the visceral and sensory experience that is Molly Manning Walker’s quite exceptional debut How to Have Sex.
In British cinema, working-class stories lost a major advocate when Clarke died soon after, in 1990, but Walker recovers some of that lost ground with her Cannes Film Festival Un Certain Regard entry, a subtle but powerful deconstruction of teenage dreams and desires that explores class and culture in a similarly human way.
Walker’s sterling work as a Dp — notably in the upcoming Sundance London opener Scrapper — proved she certainly has an eye, but her feature debut proves she also has a very distinct and confident voice. For a vague comparison, you...
In British cinema, working-class stories lost a major advocate when Clarke died soon after, in 1990, but Walker recovers some of that lost ground with her Cannes Film Festival Un Certain Regard entry, a subtle but powerful deconstruction of teenage dreams and desires that explores class and culture in a similarly human way.
Walker’s sterling work as a Dp — notably in the upcoming Sundance London opener Scrapper — proved she certainly has an eye, but her feature debut proves she also has a very distinct and confident voice. For a vague comparison, you...
- 5/19/2023
- by Damon Wise
- Deadline Film + TV
Tara and her friends decamp to a garish holiday resort on the lookout for her first sexual experience in Molly Manning Walker’s strong debut feature
Full-on energy, likable performances and uncompromisingly daft jokes turbocharge this debut feature from British film-maker Molly Manning Walker, about three teenage girls up for the holiday of a lifetime in the party town of Malia in Crete, and trying not to think about the exam results which their parents could tactlessly text them at any moment.
The film delivers an intriguingly sympathetic, complex and even mysterious performance from Mia McKenna-Bruce as the shyest of the trio: Tara, whose face in closeup registers subtly shifting moods. For her, the quest for sex means more than for the others. She has still not had experience. Manning Walker herself coolly manages the film’s own mood, drifting towards crisis and retreating from it.
Tara, or Taz, and...
Full-on energy, likable performances and uncompromisingly daft jokes turbocharge this debut feature from British film-maker Molly Manning Walker, about three teenage girls up for the holiday of a lifetime in the party town of Malia in Crete, and trying not to think about the exam results which their parents could tactlessly text them at any moment.
The film delivers an intriguingly sympathetic, complex and even mysterious performance from Mia McKenna-Bruce as the shyest of the trio: Tara, whose face in closeup registers subtly shifting moods. For her, the quest for sex means more than for the others. She has still not had experience. Manning Walker herself coolly manages the film’s own mood, drifting towards crisis and retreating from it.
Tara, or Taz, and...
- 5/19/2023
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
It’s already been a good year for the English cinematographer turned writer-director Molly Manning Walker. A film that she shot, “Scrapper,” won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, as well as praise for her vibrant lensing. Now, her first feature, the intimate, near-anthropological “How to Have Sex,” premieres as part of Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section. And to top it off, Mubi has already acquired the title for major territories.
“How to Have Sex” follows three female teens on a summer holiday in the loud, hectic party town of Malia, Crete. Having just completed their Gcse exams, the English trio are ready to let off steam by drinking, dancing and getting laid. This latter goal ranks as the most sensitive for petite Tara (Mia McKenna-Bruce), who still retains her virginity. The film shows how having sex as a teenager is complicated and the role that peer pressure and consent...
“How to Have Sex” follows three female teens on a summer holiday in the loud, hectic party town of Malia, Crete. Having just completed their Gcse exams, the English trio are ready to let off steam by drinking, dancing and getting laid. This latter goal ranks as the most sensitive for petite Tara (Mia McKenna-Bruce), who still retains her virginity. The film shows how having sex as a teenager is complicated and the role that peer pressure and consent...
- 5/18/2023
- by Alissa Simon
- Variety Film + TV
Streamer Disney+ has revealed a power packed British cast who will join the previously announced David Tennant, Alex Hassell, Aidan Turner and Danny Dyer on the series adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s steamy novel “Rivals.”
Joining the eight-part saga are Annabel Scholey (“The Split”), Maggie Steed (“Ten Percent”), David Calder (“Motherland”), Antony Byrne (‘”The Witcher”), Denise Black (“Queer as Folk”), Bryony Hannah (“Call The Midwife”), Olivia Poulet (“Back”) and Brendan Patricks (“Downton Abbey”).
“Rivals” is part of Cooper’s bestselling “Rutshire Chronicles,” set in affluent 1980s England where two powerful men and neigbors – Olympian turned politician Rupert Campbell-Black and television exec Tony Baddingham – have a longstanding rivalry that finally comes to a head.
Scholey plays Beattie Johnson, a ruthless Fleet Street journalist who will do anything for a story. Steed plays Lady Gosling, the steely no-nonsense chair of Independent Broadcasters Association. Calder plays Lady Gosling’s dogmatic right-hand man, Fergus Penney,...
Joining the eight-part saga are Annabel Scholey (“The Split”), Maggie Steed (“Ten Percent”), David Calder (“Motherland”), Antony Byrne (‘”The Witcher”), Denise Black (“Queer as Folk”), Bryony Hannah (“Call The Midwife”), Olivia Poulet (“Back”) and Brendan Patricks (“Downton Abbey”).
“Rivals” is part of Cooper’s bestselling “Rutshire Chronicles,” set in affluent 1980s England where two powerful men and neigbors – Olympian turned politician Rupert Campbell-Black and television exec Tony Baddingham – have a longstanding rivalry that finally comes to a head.
Scholey plays Beattie Johnson, a ruthless Fleet Street journalist who will do anything for a story. Steed plays Lady Gosling, the steely no-nonsense chair of Independent Broadcasters Association. Calder plays Lady Gosling’s dogmatic right-hand man, Fergus Penney,...
- 5/15/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Mubi has acquired all rights for Molly Manning Walker’s directorial debut “How to Have Sex” for major territories.
The deal covers North America, U.K., Ireland, Italy, Latin America, Turkey and Benelux ahead of the movie’s world premiere at Cannes in the Un Certain Regard section.
Theatrical releases are planned for key territories, including the U.S. and U.K. In Benelux, the film will be released theatrically in partnership with Imagine Film Distribution. Following theatrical releases, the film will premier exclusively on Mubi in all territories acquired.
Written and directed by Manning Walker, “How to Have Sex” stars Mia McKenna-Bruce (“Persuasion”) alongside Lara Peake (“Mood”), Shaun Thomas (“Ali & Ava”), Samuel Bottomley (“Somewhere Boy”), and newcomers Enva Lewis and Laura Ambler. The film was shot by Nicolas Canniccioni.
In the film, three British teenage girls go on a rites-of-passage holiday – drinking, clubbing and hooking up, in what should...
The deal covers North America, U.K., Ireland, Italy, Latin America, Turkey and Benelux ahead of the movie’s world premiere at Cannes in the Un Certain Regard section.
Theatrical releases are planned for key territories, including the U.S. and U.K. In Benelux, the film will be released theatrically in partnership with Imagine Film Distribution. Following theatrical releases, the film will premier exclusively on Mubi in all territories acquired.
Written and directed by Manning Walker, “How to Have Sex” stars Mia McKenna-Bruce (“Persuasion”) alongside Lara Peake (“Mood”), Shaun Thomas (“Ali & Ava”), Samuel Bottomley (“Somewhere Boy”), and newcomers Enva Lewis and Laura Ambler. The film was shot by Nicolas Canniccioni.
In the film, three British teenage girls go on a rites-of-passage holiday – drinking, clubbing and hooking up, in what should...
- 4/27/2023
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Mubi has acquired British filmmaker Molly Manning Walker’s debut feature How to Have Sex, which is set to debut in Un Certain Regard at the forthcoming Cannes Film Festival.
The streamer has taken all rights for North America, the UK, Ireland, Italy, Latin America, Turkey, and Benelux. Announcing the deal, Mubi said theatrical releases are planned for “key territories,” including the US and UK, while a theatrical release in the Benelux will be hosted in partnership with Imagine Film Distribution. Following theatrical releases, the film will debut on Mubi in all territories acquired.
Written and directed by Walker, the pic stars Mia McKenna-Bruce alongside Lara Peake, Shaun Thomas, Samuel Bottomley, and newcomers Enva Lewis and Laura Ambler. The film was shot by Nicolas Canniccioni.
Billed as an “exuberant, nuanced and painfully honest” tale...
The streamer has taken all rights for North America, the UK, Ireland, Italy, Latin America, Turkey, and Benelux. Announcing the deal, Mubi said theatrical releases are planned for “key territories,” including the US and UK, while a theatrical release in the Benelux will be hosted in partnership with Imagine Film Distribution. Following theatrical releases, the film will debut on Mubi in all territories acquired.
Written and directed by Walker, the pic stars Mia McKenna-Bruce alongside Lara Peake, Shaun Thomas, Samuel Bottomley, and newcomers Enva Lewis and Laura Ambler. The film was shot by Nicolas Canniccioni.
Billed as an “exuberant, nuanced and painfully honest” tale...
- 4/27/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Film is the debut from Screen Star of Tomorrow Molly Manning Walker, sold by mk2 Films.
Global film distributor Mubi has acquired all rights for UK filmmaker Molly Manning Walker’s How To Have Sex for North America, UK, Ireland, Italy, Latin America, Turkey, and Benelux ahead of its world premiere next month in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section.
Mubi picked up the title from France’s mk2 Films.
Theatrical releases are planned for key territories, including the US and UK. In Benelux the film will be released theatrically in partnership with Imagine Film Distribution. Following theatrical releases, the film...
Global film distributor Mubi has acquired all rights for UK filmmaker Molly Manning Walker’s How To Have Sex for North America, UK, Ireland, Italy, Latin America, Turkey, and Benelux ahead of its world premiere next month in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section.
Mubi picked up the title from France’s mk2 Films.
Theatrical releases are planned for key territories, including the US and UK. In Benelux the film will be released theatrically in partnership with Imagine Film Distribution. Following theatrical releases, the film...
- 4/27/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
How to Have Sex
Winner of the 2021 Next Step Critics’ Week prize, Molly Manning Walker moved into a November shoot late last year for the shot in Greece How to Have Sex – which was project supported by Film4, BFI and MK2. A cinematographer for the past decade (recent works include the Sundance 2023 feature Scrapper and a Radiohead video), the British filmmaker enlisted Mia McKenna-Bruce, Lara Peake, Shaun Thomas, Sam Bottomley and newcomers Enva Lewis and Laura Ambler for the project. Her first short Good Thanks, You? premiered in the Critics’ Week section.
Gist: This follows a group of teenage girls as they navigate early sexual encounters on a rite of passage clubbing holiday.…...
Winner of the 2021 Next Step Critics’ Week prize, Molly Manning Walker moved into a November shoot late last year for the shot in Greece How to Have Sex – which was project supported by Film4, BFI and MK2. A cinematographer for the past decade (recent works include the Sundance 2023 feature Scrapper and a Radiohead video), the British filmmaker enlisted Mia McKenna-Bruce, Lara Peake, Shaun Thomas, Sam Bottomley and newcomers Enva Lewis and Laura Ambler for the project. Her first short Good Thanks, You? premiered in the Critics’ Week section.
Gist: This follows a group of teenage girls as they navigate early sexual encounters on a rite of passage clubbing holiday.…...
- 1/9/2023
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
It might be tempting to dismiss passionate singer Sasha (creator Nicôle Lecky) as she spirals out of control and leaves her family, ex-boyfriend, and home in the dust. Tempestuous and desperate to become famous enough to achieve her dreams, Sasha is introduced to her audience in flashes of messy nights out, blurry memories of bad decisions past, careening camera angles and sporadic song breaks as her imagination runs wild and reveals glimpses into her psyche.
As based on Lecky’s 2019 monologue “Superhoe” (a great title sadly lost in translation) and directed by Stroma Cairns and Dawn Shadforth, “Mood” appears to tell the story of a woman determined to burn her life to the ground. Instead, the BBC show (premiering Nov. 6 on BBC America and AMC+) becomes something else — and then something else, and something else, and something else. One after the other, Lecky’s shrewd scripts peel off layers of...
As based on Lecky’s 2019 monologue “Superhoe” (a great title sadly lost in translation) and directed by Stroma Cairns and Dawn Shadforth, “Mood” appears to tell the story of a woman determined to burn her life to the ground. Instead, the BBC show (premiering Nov. 6 on BBC America and AMC+) becomes something else — and then something else, and something else, and something else. One after the other, Lecky’s shrewd scripts peel off layers of...
- 11/4/2022
- by Caroline Framke
- Variety Film + TV
Click here to read the full article.
The musical drama Mood arrives on BBC America having followed a one-woman-show-to-tv-series pipeline similar to the one that previously yielded Chewing Gum and Fleabag.
Does that mean Mood creator/star Nicôle Lecky is the next Michaela Coel or Phoebe Waller-Bridge? That’s a high and fairly unreasonable bar to expect any relative newcomer to reach, but based on this series, it’s obvious that Lecky is a charismatic and versatile performer with a distinctive writing voice and some provocative, if maybe not revelatory, things on her mind.
At only six episodes of 45-ish minutes apiece, Mood is worth watching as Lecky’s breakout, regardless of whether or not she follows in the sprawling footsteps of those recent generational talents.
Lecky plays Sasha, a largely directionless 20-something living with her mom (Jessica Hynes), stepdad (Paul Kaye) and bratty teenage half-sister (Mia Jenkins) in East London.
The musical drama Mood arrives on BBC America having followed a one-woman-show-to-tv-series pipeline similar to the one that previously yielded Chewing Gum and Fleabag.
Does that mean Mood creator/star Nicôle Lecky is the next Michaela Coel or Phoebe Waller-Bridge? That’s a high and fairly unreasonable bar to expect any relative newcomer to reach, but based on this series, it’s obvious that Lecky is a charismatic and versatile performer with a distinctive writing voice and some provocative, if maybe not revelatory, things on her mind.
At only six episodes of 45-ish minutes apiece, Mood is worth watching as Lecky’s breakout, regardless of whether or not she follows in the sprawling footsteps of those recent generational talents.
Lecky plays Sasha, a largely directionless 20-something living with her mom (Jessica Hynes), stepdad (Paul Kaye) and bratty teenage half-sister (Mia Jenkins) in East London.
- 11/4/2022
- by Daniel Fienberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: The Worst Person In The World and Portrait Of A Lady On Fire outfit MK2 has joined UK feature How To Have Sex, which is currently shooting in Greece.
Directed by emerging UK filmmaker Molly Manning Walker (pictured above right), How to Have Sex follows a group of teenage girls as they navigate early sexual encounters on a rite of passage clubbing holiday.
Cast includes Persuasion and Vampire Academy actress Mia McKenna-Bruce (pictured above left) and Lara Peake (Mood) alongside Shaun Thomas (Ali and Ava) and Sam Bottomley (Somewhere Boy), with newcomers Enva Lewis and Laura Ambler.
Film4 and the BFI developed the project and are financing the production, alongside Paris-based MK2 Films, which is handling international sales and will be teasing the project to buyers in coming months. Film4 retains TV and on-demand rights in the UK/Ireland.
Wild Swim Films’ Ivana MacKinnon and Emily Leo are producing alongside Heretic’s Konstantinos Kontrovrakis.
Directed by emerging UK filmmaker Molly Manning Walker (pictured above right), How to Have Sex follows a group of teenage girls as they navigate early sexual encounters on a rite of passage clubbing holiday.
Cast includes Persuasion and Vampire Academy actress Mia McKenna-Bruce (pictured above left) and Lara Peake (Mood) alongside Shaun Thomas (Ali and Ava) and Sam Bottomley (Somewhere Boy), with newcomers Enva Lewis and Laura Ambler.
Film4 and the BFI developed the project and are financing the production, alongside Paris-based MK2 Films, which is handling international sales and will be teasing the project to buyers in coming months. Film4 retains TV and on-demand rights in the UK/Ireland.
Wild Swim Films’ Ivana MacKinnon and Emily Leo are producing alongside Heretic’s Konstantinos Kontrovrakis.
- 10/21/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Mood is coming to BBC America and AMC+ next month. The cable channel has revealed the new six episode series' premiere date with the release of a trailer. Starring Nicôle Lecky, the musical drama series is based on the actor, writer, and singer-songwriter's play, Superhoe. The rest of the cast includes Lara Peake, Jessica Hynes, Paul Kaye, Mia Jenkins, Jordan Duvigneau, Flo Wilson, Jorden Myrie, Jason York, Chantelle Alle, Mohammad Moses Dalmar, Sai Bennett, Tom Moutchi, Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Tom Stourton, Renee Bailey, and Jade Thirlwall.
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- 10/14/2022
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
"Mood", the new BBC produced sex 'n drugs TV series, starring Jordan Duvigneau, Jessica Hynes, Paul Kaye , Mia Jenkins, Lara Peake, Flo Wilson, Jordan Myrie, Chantelle Alle, Ebony Aboagye and Mohammad Dalmar, premieres on BBC America November 6, 2022, with the first two episodes available to stream on AMC+ the same day:
"...'Sasha' wants to be a major recording artist, but right now, she's a bedroom artist: spending her days smoking weed and stalking her ex-boyfriend on 'Instagram' and avoiding her mum, her stepdad, and sister Megan.
"When she is kicked out of her family home, Sasha is forced to fend for herself, sofa-surfing with local dealer 'Saleem'until she moves in with party girl 'Carly', who introduces her to the exciting world of social media influencing.
"But as the gap between her online presence and her dream of being a singer continues to grow, Sasha finds herself struggling to escape a world...
"...'Sasha' wants to be a major recording artist, but right now, she's a bedroom artist: spending her days smoking weed and stalking her ex-boyfriend on 'Instagram' and avoiding her mum, her stepdad, and sister Megan.
"When she is kicked out of her family home, Sasha is forced to fend for herself, sofa-surfing with local dealer 'Saleem'until she moves in with party girl 'Carly', who introduces her to the exciting world of social media influencing.
"But as the gap between her online presence and her dream of being a singer continues to grow, Sasha finds herself struggling to escape a world...
- 10/14/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
What started as a one-woman play in London is now a series coming to BBC America and AMC+ in the United States. AMC Networks’ BBC America has joined as a co-producer of Mood, the drama series from actor, writer, and singer-songwriter Nicôle Lecky, based on her Royal Court Theatre play and produced by Bonafide Films for BBC Three in the U.K. Check out a first look photo above. Mood follows Lecky’s Sasha Clayton, a 25-year-old wannabe singer. She spends her days smoking weed, stalking her ex-boyfriend (Jordan Duvigneau) on Instagram, and avoiding her mother (Jessica Hynes), stepfather (Paul Kaye), and sister Megan (Mia Jenkins). After she’s kicked out of her family’s house, she must fend for herself by sofa-surfing with local dealer Saleem (Mohammad Dalmar) before moving in with party girl Carly (Lara Peake), who introduces her to the world of social media influencing. But as...
- 2/10/2022
- TV Insider
Uncork'd Entertainment is releasing Justin Edgar's crime chiller The Marker on digital platforms on August 14th. We have been asked to premiere the poster, which you will see to your left, our right, and the trailer below. In The Marker, A criminal (Schmidt) seeks redemption by connecting with the daughter of the woman he killed. Along the way he is haunted by his guilt in the guise of the woman's ghost. Supergirl’s Frederick Schmidt and familiar face John Hannah lead a cast which includes Ana Ularu (Siberia), Cathy Tyson (The Serpent and the Rainbow) and Lara Peake (Final Score). ...
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- 6/21/2019
- Screen Anarchy
As we seem to be in the middle of a disaster-movie revival (the Rock alone has topped neuvo variations on “Earthquake” and “The Towering Inferno”), it seems sensible enough that someone should blow the dust off 1977’s lesser-remembered 1976 “Two-Minute Warning,” in which a sniper terrorized an American football stadium. (The “disaster” part was really the panicked crowd stampede at the end.) Though actually what “Final Score” is most like, as the press materials duly note, is “‘Die Hard’ in a football stadium.”
If you think that sounds fun, you’d be right: Park your brain cells in the lobby, and this U.K. production about a terrorist attack on a London soccer stadium — with Dave Bautista as Bruce Willis plus 100 or so extra pounds of muscle — is an entertainingly over-the-top ride that doesn’t even try to be “credible.” It’s not quite daft or otherwise distinctive enough to be memorable.
If you think that sounds fun, you’d be right: Park your brain cells in the lobby, and this U.K. production about a terrorist attack on a London soccer stadium — with Dave Bautista as Bruce Willis plus 100 or so extra pounds of muscle — is an entertainingly over-the-top ride that doesn’t even try to be “credible.” It’s not quite daft or otherwise distinctive enough to be memorable.
- 9/10/2018
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
Stars: Dave Bautista, Pierce Brosnan, Ray Stevenson, Amit Shah, Martyn Ford, Kamil Lemieszewski, Ralph Brown, Lara Peake, Lucy Gaskell, Alexandra Dinu | Written by Jonathan Frank | Directed by Scott Mann
Dave Bautista’s solo action career continues its hot streak (see also: Bushwick) with Final Score, a ludicrous-but-fun Die Hard homage that sees the big man taking on terrorists at a football match in London. The film might have its flaws, but it delivers enough action-packed entertainment to ensure Bautista won’t be facing relegation anytime soon.
As established – albeit to outlandish extremes – in the Guardians of the Galaxy movies, Bautista’s screen persona is essentially strong-but-sensitive, and he sticks closely to that template for his portrayal of Us military specialist Michael Knox, who arrives in London to visit the widow (Lucy Gaskell) and teenage daughter of his fellow soldier and best friend, who’s recently been killed in action.
With...
Dave Bautista’s solo action career continues its hot streak (see also: Bushwick) with Final Score, a ludicrous-but-fun Die Hard homage that sees the big man taking on terrorists at a football match in London. The film might have its flaws, but it delivers enough action-packed entertainment to ensure Bautista won’t be facing relegation anytime soon.
As established – albeit to outlandish extremes – in the Guardians of the Galaxy movies, Bautista’s screen persona is essentially strong-but-sensitive, and he sticks closely to that template for his portrayal of Us military specialist Michael Knox, who arrives in London to visit the widow (Lucy Gaskell) and teenage daughter of his fellow soldier and best friend, who’s recently been killed in action.
With...
- 9/7/2018
- by Matthew Turner
- Nerdly
Last night, Guardians of the Galaxy star Dave Bautista was in London town for the premiere of his brand new movie Final Score which hits both cinemas and Sky Cinema 7th September.
Joining Dave on the red (football pitch) carpet were co-stars Amit Shah, Lara Peake, Martyn Ford and Director Scott Mann who previously worked with Bautista on their movie Heist.
During the interviews, the cast talk about what it was like working with such a wonderful man as Dave Bautista while Dave talks about working with 007 himself Pearce Brosnan in the movie.
Check out our interviews below and be sure to catch the movie in both cinemas and on Sky Cinema 7th September. The interviews were conducted by the awesome Scott Davis while Colin Hart was on camera duty (and got a bad neck while trying to film the absolutely huge Martyn Ford!).
A group of heavily armed criminals...
Joining Dave on the red (football pitch) carpet were co-stars Amit Shah, Lara Peake, Martyn Ford and Director Scott Mann who previously worked with Bautista on their movie Heist.
During the interviews, the cast talk about what it was like working with such a wonderful man as Dave Bautista while Dave talks about working with 007 himself Pearce Brosnan in the movie.
Check out our interviews below and be sure to catch the movie in both cinemas and on Sky Cinema 7th September. The interviews were conducted by the awesome Scott Davis while Colin Hart was on camera duty (and got a bad neck while trying to film the absolutely huge Martyn Ford!).
A group of heavily armed criminals...
- 8/31/2018
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
35,000 lives. 90 minutes. No extra time.
Saban Films has released the full trailer for their upcoming action movie Final Score. The film stars Dave Bautista, Pierce Brosnan, and Ray Stevenson. It definitely looks like a badass action thriller worth checking out!
The movie is set in a football stadium in England. When a group of heavily armed criminals takes control of the stadium while it's packed with 35,000 spectators, ex-soldier Michael Knox (Bautista) is forced to use skills from his military background and everything at his disposal to save the hostages, including the life of a fallen comrade's daughter.
The film was directed by Scott Mann and written by Jonathan Frank, and brothers David T. Lynch and Keith Lynch.
The movie also stars Lucy Gaskell, Julian Cheung, Lara Peake, Alexandra Dinu, and Ralph Brown.
The film will hit theaters and on September 14th, 2018.
Saban Films has released the full trailer for their upcoming action movie Final Score. The film stars Dave Bautista, Pierce Brosnan, and Ray Stevenson. It definitely looks like a badass action thriller worth checking out!
The movie is set in a football stadium in England. When a group of heavily armed criminals takes control of the stadium while it's packed with 35,000 spectators, ex-soldier Michael Knox (Bautista) is forced to use skills from his military background and everything at his disposal to save the hostages, including the life of a fallen comrade's daughter.
The film was directed by Scott Mann and written by Jonathan Frank, and brothers David T. Lynch and Keith Lynch.
The movie also stars Lucy Gaskell, Julian Cheung, Lara Peake, Alexandra Dinu, and Ralph Brown.
The film will hit theaters and on September 14th, 2018.
- 7/26/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Exclusive: 45 Years producer Tristan Goligher on roster.
Breaking Glass Pictures has acquired North American rights to former Screen International Star Of Tomorrow Alex Taylor’s directorial debut, Spaceship.
The distributor is planning a limited theatrical release in November, followed by DVD and VoD, for the film that had its world premiere at SXSW.
Spaceship centres on teenage cyber-goth Lucidia, whose mother died mysteriously seven years ago in the family swimming pool. Her father, Gabriel, is an archaeologist who can’t move on.
When Lucidia disappears in an apparent alien abduction, Gabriel is forced to confront her strange outsider friends and meets Tegan, a girl obsessed with unicorns and black holes. The story is told from multiple points of view, both teenage and adult.
Alexa Davies, Tallulah Haddon, Lara Peake, Lucian Charles Collier, Antti Reini, and singer-songwriter Annabel Allum star.
Spaceship was developed, financed and produced under Creative England’s iFeatures banner, supported by [link...
Breaking Glass Pictures has acquired North American rights to former Screen International Star Of Tomorrow Alex Taylor’s directorial debut, Spaceship.
The distributor is planning a limited theatrical release in November, followed by DVD and VoD, for the film that had its world premiere at SXSW.
Spaceship centres on teenage cyber-goth Lucidia, whose mother died mysteriously seven years ago in the family swimming pool. Her father, Gabriel, is an archaeologist who can’t move on.
When Lucidia disappears in an apparent alien abduction, Gabriel is forced to confront her strange outsider friends and meets Tegan, a girl obsessed with unicorns and black holes. The story is told from multiple points of view, both teenage and adult.
Alexa Davies, Tallulah Haddon, Lara Peake, Lucian Charles Collier, Antti Reini, and singer-songwriter Annabel Allum star.
Spaceship was developed, financed and produced under Creative England’s iFeatures banner, supported by [link...
- 6/29/2017
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Kaleidoscope picks up Justin Edgar-directed movie.
Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment (Khe) has taken all UK rights to writer-director Justin Edgar’s thriller The Marker and plan to release across all formats later in the year.
The dark thriller charts the story of a criminal who seeks redemption by tracking down the daughter of the woman he killed.
Cast includes Frederick Schmidt (Starred Up), Ana Uluru (Inferno) and John Hannah (The Mummy).
Supporting cast includes Cosmo Jarvis (Lady Macbeth), Struan Rodger (Kill List), Cathy Tyson (Mona Lisa), Lara Peake (How to Talk to Girls at Parties), Ian Sharp (Pleasure Island...
Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment (Khe) has taken all UK rights to writer-director Justin Edgar’s thriller The Marker and plan to release across all formats later in the year.
The dark thriller charts the story of a criminal who seeks redemption by tracking down the daughter of the woman he killed.
Cast includes Frederick Schmidt (Starred Up), Ana Uluru (Inferno) and John Hannah (The Mummy).
Supporting cast includes Cosmo Jarvis (Lady Macbeth), Struan Rodger (Kill List), Cathy Tyson (Mona Lisa), Lara Peake (How to Talk to Girls at Parties), Ian Sharp (Pleasure Island...
- 6/21/2017
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Author: Zehra Phelan
With outings at last year’s London Film Festival and its exultant reception at SXSW, writer/director Alex Taylor’s feature length debut, Spaceship, is obviously very close to his heart. A journey of a neon psychedelic haze of teenage confusion of the unconventional kind, Taylor’s coming of age story kicks the selfie-loving social media crazy teenage population to one side to give those classed as outsiders their time in the spotlight. Along with unicorns and black holes.
Somewhat experimental, the outcry of attention-seeking and a longing to find where these weird cluster of teenagers belong in this world lay heavy on the narrative. It is a fresh, fragmented flurry which flits between a father frantically looking for his missing daughter whilst being sucked into the abyss of her friends’ bizarre, out of this world, mist of delirium. Thrown in for good measure, Taylor uses clips...
With outings at last year’s London Film Festival and its exultant reception at SXSW, writer/director Alex Taylor’s feature length debut, Spaceship, is obviously very close to his heart. A journey of a neon psychedelic haze of teenage confusion of the unconventional kind, Taylor’s coming of age story kicks the selfie-loving social media crazy teenage population to one side to give those classed as outsiders their time in the spotlight. Along with unicorns and black holes.
Somewhat experimental, the outcry of attention-seeking and a longing to find where these weird cluster of teenagers belong in this world lay heavy on the narrative. It is a fresh, fragmented flurry which flits between a father frantically looking for his missing daughter whilst being sucked into the abyss of her friends’ bizarre, out of this world, mist of delirium. Thrown in for good measure, Taylor uses clips...
- 5/18/2017
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Author: Zehra Phelan
Writer/Director Alex Taylor is about to see his first feature length production, Spaceship, which has been backed by the BFI, hits cinemas on May 19th. Taylor makes his transition from short films to embark on his hallucinogenic cinematic journey with an experimental unconventional coming of age story.
A story of teenage troubles, far from those Hollywood loves to portray but from those teenagers who are classed as outsiders in our modern society, ones that want to be unicorns and aliens and, to most, are just plain weird. Spaceship centers on Lucidia (Alexa Davies) as she fakes her own alien abduction, leaving her father to delve into her strange teenage world of neon dream-like visions.
We spoke with Alex Taylor at length to take us into his world of creating Spaceship, its musical connection and its triumphant reception at SXSW.
Spaceship is your feature debut; it’s...
Writer/Director Alex Taylor is about to see his first feature length production, Spaceship, which has been backed by the BFI, hits cinemas on May 19th. Taylor makes his transition from short films to embark on his hallucinogenic cinematic journey with an experimental unconventional coming of age story.
A story of teenage troubles, far from those Hollywood loves to portray but from those teenagers who are classed as outsiders in our modern society, ones that want to be unicorns and aliens and, to most, are just plain weird. Spaceship centers on Lucidia (Alexa Davies) as she fakes her own alien abduction, leaving her father to delve into her strange teenage world of neon dream-like visions.
We spoke with Alex Taylor at length to take us into his world of creating Spaceship, its musical connection and its triumphant reception at SXSW.
Spaceship is your feature debut; it’s...
- 5/17/2017
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Author: Zehra Phelan
If you like your coming-of-age stories with a twist of psychedelia and completely bonkers the upcoming film Spaceship, judging from the trailer could be right up your street.
Related: Take a look at all our British Film articles here.
From the trailer, without even reading the synopsis, you would have no idea whatsoever what to expect or what the film is about. A bunch of teenage outsiders prance around as if they have just overdone that bong sitting in the corner while donning fluorescent make-up all whilst dreaming of being abducted by aliens and disappearing through black holes while riding on unicorns. Come on – what’s not to be completely intrigued by from that?
The film’s ensemble cast includes Alexa Davies (A Brilliant Young Mind, Raised by Wolves) who was nominated for the Evening Standard New West End Company Award for Best Actress for her role in the film,...
If you like your coming-of-age stories with a twist of psychedelia and completely bonkers the upcoming film Spaceship, judging from the trailer could be right up your street.
Related: Take a look at all our British Film articles here.
From the trailer, without even reading the synopsis, you would have no idea whatsoever what to expect or what the film is about. A bunch of teenage outsiders prance around as if they have just overdone that bong sitting in the corner while donning fluorescent make-up all whilst dreaming of being abducted by aliens and disappearing through black holes while riding on unicorns. Come on – what’s not to be completely intrigued by from that?
The film’s ensemble cast includes Alexa Davies (A Brilliant Young Mind, Raised by Wolves) who was nominated for the Evening Standard New West End Company Award for Best Actress for her role in the film,...
- 4/20/2017
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
19 year old Alexa Davies leads the cast in Spaceship, which has just started shooting in Farnborough and Guildford, Surrey.
Written and directed by Alex Taylor, Spaceship tells the story of a father's search for his daughter after an apparent alien abduction.
Alexa plays Lucidia, alongside Finish actor Antti Reini as Gabriel. Alexa (represented by Bwh), one of Screenterrier's Faces to Watch 2014 will next be seen alongside Asa Butterfield in up coming feature X + Y, and has just completed filming on the first series of the Caitlin Moran family comedy series Raised By Wolves.
The film also stars Lara Peake (represented by Hamilton Hodell) as Tegan. Lara can currently be seen alongside George Mackay in Duane Hopkins feature Bypass.
They are joined by two newcomers, 20 year old Lucian Charles Collier (represented by Bananafish Management) from Leeds as Luke, and Tallulah Haddon from London.
“The story has gripped us all in a...
Written and directed by Alex Taylor, Spaceship tells the story of a father's search for his daughter after an apparent alien abduction.
Alexa plays Lucidia, alongside Finish actor Antti Reini as Gabriel. Alexa (represented by Bwh), one of Screenterrier's Faces to Watch 2014 will next be seen alongside Asa Butterfield in up coming feature X + Y, and has just completed filming on the first series of the Caitlin Moran family comedy series Raised By Wolves.
The film also stars Lara Peake (represented by Hamilton Hodell) as Tegan. Lara can currently be seen alongside George Mackay in Duane Hopkins feature Bypass.
They are joined by two newcomers, 20 year old Lucian Charles Collier (represented by Bananafish Management) from Leeds as Luke, and Tallulah Haddon from London.
“The story has gripped us all in a...
- 10/31/2014
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
New films on Screenbase this week include sci-fi film The Call Up, Talulah Riley’s Scottish Mussel, and iFeatures’ Spaceship.
UK action sci-fi The Call Up is set to begin shooting Nov 10 in Birmingham, UK.
The Charles Barker film follows a group of online gamers who are invited to trial a state-of-the-art virtual reality game, but what starts out like a dream encounter takes a turn for the sinister when the stakes are fatally raised.
Max Deacon (Into the Storm, Hatfields & McCoys) takes the lead role and is joined by a cast of up-and-comers including Morfydd Clark (Madame Bovary), Ali Cook (The Anomaly), and Parker Sawyers (Monsters: Dark Continent).
Directed by Charles Barker from his own Brit List screenplay, the film is produced by Matthew James Wilkinson (Stigma Films), John Giwa-Amu (Red&Black Films) with Alan Martin (The Machine) to exec produce.
Talulah Riley’s directorial debut
Shooting is underway in Glasgow on ‘eco-rom com’ Scottish Mussel...
UK action sci-fi The Call Up is set to begin shooting Nov 10 in Birmingham, UK.
The Charles Barker film follows a group of online gamers who are invited to trial a state-of-the-art virtual reality game, but what starts out like a dream encounter takes a turn for the sinister when the stakes are fatally raised.
Max Deacon (Into the Storm, Hatfields & McCoys) takes the lead role and is joined by a cast of up-and-comers including Morfydd Clark (Madame Bovary), Ali Cook (The Anomaly), and Parker Sawyers (Monsters: Dark Continent).
Directed by Charles Barker from his own Brit List screenplay, the film is produced by Matthew James Wilkinson (Stigma Films), John Giwa-Amu (Red&Black Films) with Alan Martin (The Machine) to exec produce.
Talulah Riley’s directorial debut
Shooting is underway in Glasgow on ‘eco-rom com’ Scottish Mussel...
- 10/31/2014
- ScreenDaily
New films on Screenbase this week include sci-fi film The Call Up, Talulah Riley’s Scottish Mussel, and iFeatures’ Spaceship.
UK action sci-fi The Call Up is set to begin shooting Nov 10 in Birmingham, UK.
The Charles Barker film follows a group of online gamers who are invited to trial a state-of-the-art virtual reality game, but what starts out like a dream encounter takes a turn for the sinister when the stakes are fatally raised.
Max Deacon (Into the Storm, Hatfields & McCoys) takes the lead role and is joined by a cast of up-and-comers including Morfydd Clark (Madame Bovary), Ali Cook (The Anomaly), and Parker Sawyers (Monsters: Dark Continent).
Directed by Charles Barker from his own Brit List screenplay, the film is produced by Matthew James Wilkinson (Stigma Films), John Giwa-Amu (Red&Black Films) with Alan Martin (The Machine) to exec produce.
Talulah Riley’s directorial debut
Shooting is underway in Glasgow on ‘eco-rom com’ Scottish Mussel...
UK action sci-fi The Call Up is set to begin shooting Nov 10 in Birmingham, UK.
The Charles Barker film follows a group of online gamers who are invited to trial a state-of-the-art virtual reality game, but what starts out like a dream encounter takes a turn for the sinister when the stakes are fatally raised.
Max Deacon (Into the Storm, Hatfields & McCoys) takes the lead role and is joined by a cast of up-and-comers including Morfydd Clark (Madame Bovary), Ali Cook (The Anomaly), and Parker Sawyers (Monsters: Dark Continent).
Directed by Charles Barker from his own Brit List screenplay, the film is produced by Matthew James Wilkinson (Stigma Films), John Giwa-Amu (Red&Black Films) with Alan Martin (The Machine) to exec produce.
Talulah Riley’s directorial debut
Shooting is underway in Glasgow on ‘eco-rom com’ Scottish Mussel...
- 10/31/2014
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Principal production begins in Surrey on iFeatures’ latest venture.
Writer and director Alex Taylor’s Spaceship begins principal photography this week in Farnborough and Guilford, Surrey.
Produced by Nicola Bowen and Olivier Kaempfer with Belly Productions and Parkville Pictures, Spaceship tells the story of Gabriel’s search for his daughter after an apparent alien abduction.
“The story has gripped us all in a collective dream of what it is to be different and to want our own personal world in which we can be who we want,” said Taylor.
The film stars Antti Reini (The Man Without a Past), Alexa Davies (X+Y), Lara Peake (Bypass), Lucian Charles Collier (The Only One Who Knows You’re Afraid) and Tallulah Haddon.
The film was developed through IFeatures, Creative England’s flagship low budge feature film initiative, which runs in partnership with the BFI Film Fund, BBC Films and Creative Skillset.
“iFeatures is all...
Writer and director Alex Taylor’s Spaceship begins principal photography this week in Farnborough and Guilford, Surrey.
Produced by Nicola Bowen and Olivier Kaempfer with Belly Productions and Parkville Pictures, Spaceship tells the story of Gabriel’s search for his daughter after an apparent alien abduction.
“The story has gripped us all in a collective dream of what it is to be different and to want our own personal world in which we can be who we want,” said Taylor.
The film stars Antti Reini (The Man Without a Past), Alexa Davies (X+Y), Lara Peake (Bypass), Lucian Charles Collier (The Only One Who Knows You’re Afraid) and Tallulah Haddon.
The film was developed through IFeatures, Creative England’s flagship low budge feature film initiative, which runs in partnership with the BFI Film Fund, BBC Films and Creative Skillset.
“iFeatures is all...
- 10/30/2014
- ScreenDaily
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