She made her name in I, Daniel Blake – Ken Loach’s searing indictment of the welfare state. Now Hayley Squires is stealing the show in the BBC’s adaptation of The Miniaturist. But there are a few things she wants to get off her chest first
A couple of years ago, Hayley Squires decided to get a new tattoo. “I’d been romantically involved with somebody for a little while, and it had driven me a bit nuts,” she explains. “Then he was out of my life, and it was coming up to my birthday.” She kept thinking up various symbols and signs that might mean something, but nothing rang true. Then she remembered this line. It’s a quote from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and it’s tucked nearly underneath the crook of her left arm. It reads: “And though she be but little, she is fierce.”
Why...
A couple of years ago, Hayley Squires decided to get a new tattoo. “I’d been romantically involved with somebody for a little while, and it had driven me a bit nuts,” she explains. “Then he was out of my life, and it was coming up to my birthday.” She kept thinking up various symbols and signs that might mean something, but nothing rang true. Then she remembered this line. It’s a quote from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and it’s tucked nearly underneath the crook of her left arm. It reads: “And though she be but little, she is fierce.”
Why...
- 12/17/2017
- by Rebecca Nicholson
- The Guardian - Film News
Martin Scorsese is no stranger to The Criterion Collection, but that doesn’t make the announcement that his period drama “The Age of Innocence” will be officially joining the club in March 2018 any less exciting. Scorsese’s 1993 adaptation of Edith Wharton’s seminal novel will join other Scorsese films like “The Last Temptation of Christ” in the Collection.
Read More:‘Silence of the Lambs,’ ‘Night of the Living Dead,’ and More Join Criterion Collection in February 2018
“Innocence” is one of six new movies coming to Criterion in March 2018. Other new additions include Carl Theodor Dreyer’s silent masterpiece “The Passion of Joan of Arc” and Volker Schlöndorff’s largely-unseen “Baal.” You can head over to The Criterion Collection website to pre-order the titles now. Check out all the new additions below. Synopses provided by Criterion.
“Elevator to the Gallows”
For his feature debut, twenty-four-year-old Louis Malle brought together a mesmerizing performance by Jeanne Moreau,...
Read More:‘Silence of the Lambs,’ ‘Night of the Living Dead,’ and More Join Criterion Collection in February 2018
“Innocence” is one of six new movies coming to Criterion in March 2018. Other new additions include Carl Theodor Dreyer’s silent masterpiece “The Passion of Joan of Arc” and Volker Schlöndorff’s largely-unseen “Baal.” You can head over to The Criterion Collection website to pre-order the titles now. Check out all the new additions below. Synopses provided by Criterion.
“Elevator to the Gallows”
For his feature debut, twenty-four-year-old Louis Malle brought together a mesmerizing performance by Jeanne Moreau,...
- 12/15/2017
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
The Criterion Collection will be paying its respects to the late Jonathan Demme and George A. Romero in February 2018 by finally making “The Silence of the Lambs” and “Night of the Living Dead” members of its prestigious library. The two horror classics are joining famous titles from Kon Ichikawa, Satyajit Ray, and Tony Richardson as February additions to the Criterion Collection.
Read More:The Criterion Collection Announces January 2018 Titles, Including ‘The Breakfast Club’ and ‘I, Daniel Blake’
Criterion will release a new 4K digital restoration of “The Silence of the Lambs,” which has been approved by the movie’s cinematographer Tak Fujimoto. Included on the DVD and Blu-ray sets are 35 minutes of deleted scenes and audio commentary from 1994 featuring Demme, Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, screenwriter Ted Tally, and former FBI agent John Douglas. “Night of the Living Dead” will also be released in 4K, with never-before-seen 16mm dailies included as a bonus feature.
Read More:The Criterion Collection Announces January 2018 Titles, Including ‘The Breakfast Club’ and ‘I, Daniel Blake’
Criterion will release a new 4K digital restoration of “The Silence of the Lambs,” which has been approved by the movie’s cinematographer Tak Fujimoto. Included on the DVD and Blu-ray sets are 35 minutes of deleted scenes and audio commentary from 1994 featuring Demme, Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, screenwriter Ted Tally, and former FBI agent John Douglas. “Night of the Living Dead” will also be released in 4K, with never-before-seen 16mm dailies included as a bonus feature.
- 11/15/2017
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
A brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess, and a criminal are all joining the Criterion Collection in 2018. “The Breakfast Club” is getting the Criterion treatment next January, as are a new edition of “Young Mr. Lincoln,” “I, Daniel Blake,” “Westfront 1918,” “Kameradschaft,” and four films by Claude Autant-Lara.
More information — and, as always, cover art — below.
Read More:Criterion Collection Announces December Titles, Including ‘Election’ and ‘Monterey Pop’
“The Breakfast Club”
“What happens when you put five strangers in Saturday detention? Badass posturing, gleeful misbehavior, and a potent dose of angst. With this exuberant film, writer-director John Hughes established himself as the bard of American youth, vividly and empathetically capturing how teenagers hang out, act up, and goof off. ‘The Breakfast Club’ brings together an assortment of adolescent archetypes — the uptight prom queen (Molly Ringwald), the stoic jock (Emilio Estevez), the foul-mouthed rebel (Judd Nelson), the virginal bookworm (Anthony Michael Hall...
More information — and, as always, cover art — below.
Read More:Criterion Collection Announces December Titles, Including ‘Election’ and ‘Monterey Pop’
“The Breakfast Club”
“What happens when you put five strangers in Saturday detention? Badass posturing, gleeful misbehavior, and a potent dose of angst. With this exuberant film, writer-director John Hughes established himself as the bard of American youth, vividly and empathetically capturing how teenagers hang out, act up, and goof off. ‘The Breakfast Club’ brings together an assortment of adolescent archetypes — the uptight prom queen (Molly Ringwald), the stoic jock (Emilio Estevez), the foul-mouthed rebel (Judd Nelson), the virginal bookworm (Anthony Michael Hall...
- 10/16/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Louisa Mellor Oct 1, 2017
Timothy Spall gives a moving performance in Electric Dreams’ strongest and most emotionally satisfying story yet…
This review contains spoilers.
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At the centre of The Commuter is one of those truths that, like the inevitability of death, or how much salt they put in Kellogg’s Corn flakes, most of us prefer not to acknowledge. In a different life without our kids, we might be happier. We’d have fewer wrinkles, a tidier house and a better sex-life. The people we love aren’t always good for us.
The more uplifting side of that truth is that most of us choose them anyway. Whatever the hardship, our family is ours and no other option—even if it’s easier—can replace them.
Timothy Spall gives a moving performance in Electric Dreams’ strongest and most emotionally satisfying story yet…
This review contains spoilers.
See related Bunny And The Bull interview with Paul King, Simon Farnaby and Edward Hogg Brendan Gleeson interview: The Guard, Don Cheadle, Crocodile Dundee and more
At the centre of The Commuter is one of those truths that, like the inevitability of death, or how much salt they put in Kellogg’s Corn flakes, most of us prefer not to acknowledge. In a different life without our kids, we might be happier. We’d have fewer wrinkles, a tidier house and a better sex-life. The people we love aren’t always good for us.
The more uplifting side of that truth is that most of us choose them anyway. Whatever the hardship, our family is ours and no other option—even if it’s easier—can replace them.
- 9/29/2017
- Den of Geek
As we march toward awards season, let.s take a look back at the best movies of 2017 so far. Guess what? Thrillers take the cake! Take a look at my favorite films of the year.so far.
Here are the runners-up (in no particular order):
Colossal
The Beguiled
It Comes at Night
Spider-Man: Homecoming
The Lego Batman Movie
I, Daniel Blake
John Wick: Chapter 2
My Scientology Movie
Okja
The Lovers
A United Kingdom
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
Risk
The Wedding Plan
Megan Leavey
What about the worst?
These films all have a common denominator . interesting premise but faltered at the end. From .Transformers: The Last Knight. to .Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales,. the movies mentioned below showed some promise but then we all walked out of the theatres feeling empty! And I Really Hate That Feeling!!!!
Transformers: The Last Knight
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales...
Here are the runners-up (in no particular order):
Colossal
The Beguiled
It Comes at Night
Spider-Man: Homecoming
The Lego Batman Movie
I, Daniel Blake
John Wick: Chapter 2
My Scientology Movie
Okja
The Lovers
A United Kingdom
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
Risk
The Wedding Plan
Megan Leavey
What about the worst?
These films all have a common denominator . interesting premise but faltered at the end. From .Transformers: The Last Knight. to .Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales,. the movies mentioned below showed some promise but then we all walked out of the theatres feeling empty! And I Really Hate That Feeling!!!!
Transformers: The Last Knight
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales...
- 8/25/2017
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’ve taken it upon ourselves to highlight the titles that have recently hit platforms. Every week, one will be able to see the cream of the crop (or perhaps some simply interesting picks) of streaming titles (new and old) across platforms such as Netflix, iTunes, Amazon, and more (note: U.S. only). Check out our rundown for this week’s selections below.
All These Sleepless Nights (Michal Marczak)
Blurring the line between documentary and fiction like few films before it, Michal Marczak‘s All These Sleepless Nights is a music-filled ode to the ever-shifting bliss and angst of youth set mostly in the wee hours of the day in Warsaw, Poland. Marczak himself, who also plays cinematographer, is wary to delineate the line between narrative and nonfiction, and part of the...
All These Sleepless Nights (Michal Marczak)
Blurring the line between documentary and fiction like few films before it, Michal Marczak‘s All These Sleepless Nights is a music-filled ode to the ever-shifting bliss and angst of youth set mostly in the wee hours of the day in Warsaw, Poland. Marczak himself, who also plays cinematographer, is wary to delineate the line between narrative and nonfiction, and part of the...
- 8/18/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
I’m not sure if Netflix is trolling Tiff, but while organizers of the festival unveiled the rest of their massive lineup, the streaming service has dropped a teaser trailer for one movie you won’t see in Toronto: Noah Baumbach‘s “The Meyerowitz Stories.” And the talent behind the movie is pretty stacked.
Read More: The Essentials: The Films Of Noah Baumbach
Starring Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman, Elizabeth Marvel, Grace Van Patten, and Emma Thompson, with a score by Randy Newman and cinematography by Robbie Ryan (“American Honey,” “Ginger & Rosa,” “I, Daniel Blake“), the film tells the story of adult siblings contending with the influence of their aging father.
Continue reading ‘The Meyerowitz Stories’ Trailer: Adam Sandler Sings In Noah Baumbach’s Latest at The Playlist.
Read More: The Essentials: The Films Of Noah Baumbach
Starring Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman, Elizabeth Marvel, Grace Van Patten, and Emma Thompson, with a score by Randy Newman and cinematography by Robbie Ryan (“American Honey,” “Ginger & Rosa,” “I, Daniel Blake“), the film tells the story of adult siblings contending with the influence of their aging father.
Continue reading ‘The Meyerowitz Stories’ Trailer: Adam Sandler Sings In Noah Baumbach’s Latest at The Playlist.
- 8/15/2017
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
From I, Daniel Blake to King Arthur.
Guy Ritchie is set to receive the Raindance Film Festival's annual auteur award, following in the footsteps of Ken Loach, who was honored by the U.K. independent film festival last year.
The director, who premiered his debut hit Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels at Raindance in 1999 and went on to helm Snatch, RocknRolla, the Sherlock Holmes franchise, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and this year's box-office disappointment King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, is currently prepping Disney's live-action Aladdin, to be shot at Pinewood later this year.
"Guy has always been a great...
Guy Ritchie is set to receive the Raindance Film Festival's annual auteur award, following in the footsteps of Ken Loach, who was honored by the U.K. independent film festival last year.
The director, who premiered his debut hit Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels at Raindance in 1999 and went on to helm Snatch, RocknRolla, the Sherlock Holmes franchise, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and this year's box-office disappointment King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, is currently prepping Disney's live-action Aladdin, to be shot at Pinewood later this year.
"Guy has always been a great...
- 8/10/2017
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Dear Board of Governors and members of the Academy,
Let’s face it!
Actors are the face of Oscar. Every year, I’m struck by how many more worthy performances there are than films. We often find more problems in movies we like — plot points not resolved, length issues — than we do with performances, which are more consistently flawless.
In other words, great performances are in more abundance than great films.
So why should the number of acting nominees be limited to five, rather than up to ten, as the maximum current Best Picture rules allow? I propose increasing the number of acting nominees in all four categories, to be selected by the Entire membership, with the number of acting nominations equaling the number of Best Picture nominees.
All of the many Academy members I canvassed, including members of the Acting branch, Oscar-winners and former Governors, agreed with this proposal.
Let’s face it!
Actors are the face of Oscar. Every year, I’m struck by how many more worthy performances there are than films. We often find more problems in movies we like — plot points not resolved, length issues — than we do with performances, which are more consistently flawless.
In other words, great performances are in more abundance than great films.
So why should the number of acting nominees be limited to five, rather than up to ten, as the maximum current Best Picture rules allow? I propose increasing the number of acting nominees in all four categories, to be selected by the Entire membership, with the number of acting nominations equaling the number of Best Picture nominees.
All of the many Academy members I canvassed, including members of the Acting branch, Oscar-winners and former Governors, agreed with this proposal.
- 8/3/2017
- by Mike Kaplan
- Indiewire
“Nocturama” will soon open in theaters, but its journey hasn’t been easy.
A story about a group of Parisian teenagers who plot and pull off a deadly terrorist attack, Bertrand Bonello’s icy thriller had the misfortune of being completed after the November 2015 Paris attacks. Now the “House of Tolerance” and “Saint Laurent” director has opened up in a new piece for Artforum to discuss how “Cannes didn’t want the film” and the ways in which “haters” online hurt its chances of success.
Read More‘Nocturama’ Is ‘Elephant’ For The The Age Of Isis — Tiff Review
Bonello has premiered several films on the Croisette, making “Nocturama” conspicuous in its absence at last year’s edition of the festival; many suspected the film’s subject matter was the reason for its exclusion. “It was very difficult for people to see this kind of narrative,” writes Bonello, who admits that...
A story about a group of Parisian teenagers who plot and pull off a deadly terrorist attack, Bertrand Bonello’s icy thriller had the misfortune of being completed after the November 2015 Paris attacks. Now the “House of Tolerance” and “Saint Laurent” director has opened up in a new piece for Artforum to discuss how “Cannes didn’t want the film” and the ways in which “haters” online hurt its chances of success.
Read More‘Nocturama’ Is ‘Elephant’ For The The Age Of Isis — Tiff Review
Bonello has premiered several films on the Croisette, making “Nocturama” conspicuous in its absence at last year’s edition of the festival; many suspected the film’s subject matter was the reason for its exclusion. “It was very difficult for people to see this kind of narrative,” writes Bonello, who admits that...
- 7/29/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Every penny that comes from the sale of I Daniel Blake to Israeli distributors will go to grassroots Palestinian organisations, write Paul Laverty, Ken Loach and Rebecca O’Brien from Sixteen Films. Plus Sharon Lukom cautions against boycotts
We fully support the aims of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement as an expression of the grassroots call in Palestine for solidarity against the Israeli state’s breach of international law (Ken Loach at centre of new storm over Israel boycott, 15 July). Omar Barghouti, co-founder of the Bds movement, said: “Inspired by the cultural boycott of apartheid South Africa, Bds expects and appeals to conscientious artists to refrain from performing in Israel or participating in events that are sponsored by Israel or by entities that are complicit in Israel’s egregious human rights violations until it meets its obligations under international law.”
We have always respected this appeal and have encouraged...
We fully support the aims of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement as an expression of the grassroots call in Palestine for solidarity against the Israeli state’s breach of international law (Ken Loach at centre of new storm over Israel boycott, 15 July). Omar Barghouti, co-founder of the Bds movement, said: “Inspired by the cultural boycott of apartheid South Africa, Bds expects and appeals to conscientious artists to refrain from performing in Israel or participating in events that are sponsored by Israel or by entities that are complicit in Israel’s egregious human rights violations until it meets its obligations under international law.”
We have always respected this appeal and have encouraged...
- 7/18/2017
- by Letters
- The Guardian - Film News
The summer movie season may start winding down by early August, but for cinephiles, that’s when the real fun begins. While the fall season festivals — epitomized by the trio of awards season influencers Telluride, Toronto and New York — are a massive platform for major prestige titles at the end of the year, the Locarno Film Festival has the jump on all of them, and provides the most diverse range of cinema you’ll see anywhere in the world.
The 70th edition, announced this week, provides the latest example. No festival embodies the “something for everyone” philosophy better than Locarno, which complements its cinephile-oriented sections with another one exclusively designed for wider audiences. That would be the Piazza Grande, where 16 features screen outdoors for an audience of 8,000 people. But rather than simply showcasing the same summer blockbusters that have dominated the box office, the Piazza features international efforts well suited to pleasing massive crowds,...
The 70th edition, announced this week, provides the latest example. No festival embodies the “something for everyone” philosophy better than Locarno, which complements its cinephile-oriented sections with another one exclusively designed for wider audiences. That would be the Piazza Grande, where 16 features screen outdoors for an audience of 8,000 people. But rather than simply showcasing the same summer blockbusters that have dominated the box office, the Piazza features international efforts well suited to pleasing massive crowds,...
- 7/15/2017
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Films by the director, a vocal critic of artists who perform in Israel, have been widely shown in the country
Ken Loach has been accused of seeing himself as exempt from the cultural boycott of Israel that he promotes, after claims that he allowed his films to be distributed in the country without objection.
Loach has vocally condemned artists who perform in Israel as supporting an “apartheid regime” and his long-standing producer insisted it was down to a “mistake” that the Palme d’Or winning I, Daniel Blake is currently showing in Israeli cinemas.
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Ken Loach has been accused of seeing himself as exempt from the cultural boycott of Israel that he promotes, after claims that he allowed his films to be distributed in the country without objection.
Loach has vocally condemned artists who perform in Israel as supporting an “apartheid regime” and his long-standing producer insisted it was down to a “mistake” that the Palme d’Or winning I, Daniel Blake is currently showing in Israeli cinemas.
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- 7/14/2017
- by Peter Beaumont in Jerusalem and Hannah Ellis-Petersen
- The Guardian - Film News
Four UK companies get Creative Europe development backing; total UK investment revealed for 2014-16.
The latest results from Creative Europe’s Slate Funding scheme have been published with 69 production companies receiving more than €12m towards film and TV development in 2017.
Overall, 163 applications were submitted from 24 countries.
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Four UK companies secured funding: Aardman Animations, Number 9 Films, Lupus Films and Spring Films.
Carol and Colette producers Number 9 were among fifteen companies to receive a maximum grant of €210,000. Other companies to receive the same amount included Germany’s Senator, Denmark’s Zentropa and Italy’s Indigo Film.
As the UK heads towards Brexit, UK companies are seeking more money from the EU. UK submissions for funding increased from 15 last year to 22 this year.
The UK submitted the second-most number of applications behind France’s 33 and also asked for the second-highest amount of total funding (€3.6m) but its grant success rate was the lowest of all...
The latest results from Creative Europe’s Slate Funding scheme have been published with 69 production companies receiving more than €12m towards film and TV development in 2017.
Overall, 163 applications were submitted from 24 countries.
Scroll down for full list
Four UK companies secured funding: Aardman Animations, Number 9 Films, Lupus Films and Spring Films.
Carol and Colette producers Number 9 were among fifteen companies to receive a maximum grant of €210,000. Other companies to receive the same amount included Germany’s Senator, Denmark’s Zentropa and Italy’s Indigo Film.
As the UK heads towards Brexit, UK companies are seeking more money from the EU. UK submissions for funding increased from 15 last year to 22 this year.
The UK submitted the second-most number of applications behind France’s 33 and also asked for the second-highest amount of total funding (€3.6m) but its grant success rate was the lowest of all...
- 7/13/2017
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Filmmaker Ken Loach, whose films have twice won the Palme d’Or at Cannes, has called upon Radiohead and Thom Yorke to “join the cultural boycott of Israel” and cancel a July 19th concert in Tel Aviv. Loach joins other artists and activists supporting Bds (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions), a Palestinian-led movement which calls for the complete cultural boycott of Israel until the end of the Israeli occupation.
Read More: Cannes Review: Why ‘I, Daniel Blake’ is Ken Loach’s Best Movie in Years
“Playing in a country isn’t the same as endorsing its government,” Yorke responded via Twitter. “We’ve played in Israel for over 20 years through a succession of governments, some more liberal than others. As we have in America. We don’t endorse [Israeli Prime Minister] Netanyahu any more than Trump, but we still play in America. Music, art and academia is about crossing borders not building them, about open minds not closed ones,...
Read More: Cannes Review: Why ‘I, Daniel Blake’ is Ken Loach’s Best Movie in Years
“Playing in a country isn’t the same as endorsing its government,” Yorke responded via Twitter. “We’ve played in Israel for over 20 years through a succession of governments, some more liberal than others. As we have in America. We don’t endorse [Israeli Prime Minister] Netanyahu any more than Trump, but we still play in America. Music, art and academia is about crossing borders not building them, about open minds not closed ones,...
- 7/12/2017
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Hello and welcome back to our roundup of what’s happening on stage and screen! Loach on Brexit.It’s not unlike the veteran film director Ken Loach to be political. His films have mapped the mood of the nation on key issues such as homelessness in “Cathy Come Home” and working class culture and ambition in “Kes”. Most recently, his Palme d’Or-winning “I, Daniel Blake” stared the bureaucratic cruelty of austerity straight in the eye. Loach frequently side steps the camera and speaks out in public, especially against successive Conservative governments, the BBC, and the wider film and TV industry. In 2016 he called light historical drama programmes such as “Downton Abbey” a “rosy vision of the past” and said that “TV drama is like the picture on the Quality Street tin, but with with less quality and nothing of the street.” Last week, Ken used an interview with...
- 7/11/2017
- backstage.com
The actor on a book of ancient wisdom, the effortless cool of Fat White Family, hurling, asparagus and Ken Loach’s I, Daniel Blake
Born in Alvaston, Derby, in 1990, Jack O’Connell made his film debut in 2006 as reluctant neo-Nazi Pukey in Shane Meadows’s This Is England, before landing the part of Cook in Skins. Following turns in Starred Up and Harry Brown – for which Michael Caine labelled him a “star of the future” – he was cast as the lead in Angelina Jolie’s 2014 film Unbroken, about a second world war bombardier and Olympic athlete who ends up in a prisoner-of-war camp. In 2015 he won the Ee rising star award at the Baftas, and the following year appeared in Jodie Foster’s Money Monster. O’Connell stars opposite Sienna Miller in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at London’s Apollo theatre from 13 July.
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Born in Alvaston, Derby, in 1990, Jack O’Connell made his film debut in 2006 as reluctant neo-Nazi Pukey in Shane Meadows’s This Is England, before landing the part of Cook in Skins. Following turns in Starred Up and Harry Brown – for which Michael Caine labelled him a “star of the future” – he was cast as the lead in Angelina Jolie’s 2014 film Unbroken, about a second world war bombardier and Olympic athlete who ends up in a prisoner-of-war camp. In 2015 he won the Ee rising star award at the Baftas, and the following year appeared in Jodie Foster’s Money Monster. O’Connell stars opposite Sienna Miller in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at London’s Apollo theatre from 13 July.
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- 7/9/2017
- by Kathryn Bromwich
- The Guardian - Film News
British film-making will suffer if Brexit puts obstacles in the way of European nationals working in UK, says director
Award-winning film director Ken Loach has said that Brexit will “throw a spanner in the works” of the British film industry.
The I, Daniel Blake director said any bureaucracy created by the end of freedom of movement between the UK and the European Union will stall co-productions with EU nations.
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Award-winning film director Ken Loach has said that Brexit will “throw a spanner in the works” of the British film industry.
The I, Daniel Blake director said any bureaucracy created by the end of freedom of movement between the UK and the European Union will stall co-productions with EU nations.
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- 7/5/2017
- by Press Association
- The Guardian - Film News
Ken Loach meets the fans outside the Grand Hotel Pupp at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Photo: Film Servis Kviff Ken Loach and Paul Laverty received a rapturous welcome at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Photo: Film Service Kviff Rarely can a film festival and two filmmakers seem such a perfect match as the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival with its egalitarian approach and a preoccupation with social issues and director Ken Loach and his writing collaborator Paul Laverty who share the same values.
The match was celebrated when Loach and Laverty (Cannes Palme d’Or winner I, Daniel Blake, Bread And Roses, The Wind That Shakes The Barley, Carla’s Song among many), were given an ecstatic welcome by audiences when they received Crystal Globes for Outstanding Contributions to World Cinema, while Land And Freedom and Sweet Sixteen were screened in a section that marked 30 Years of the European Film Academy.
The match was celebrated when Loach and Laverty (Cannes Palme d’Or winner I, Daniel Blake, Bread And Roses, The Wind That Shakes The Barley, Carla’s Song among many), were given an ecstatic welcome by audiences when they received Crystal Globes for Outstanding Contributions to World Cinema, while Land And Freedom and Sweet Sixteen were screened in a section that marked 30 Years of the European Film Academy.
- 7/5/2017
- by Richard Mowe
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Here are my favorite movies of the year, so far! What.s yours? Here.s my list (in no particular order):
Wonder Woman
Colossal
Logan
Get Out
The Beguiled
It Comes at Night
Baby Driver
Spider-Man: Homecoming
War for the Planet of the Apes
The Lego Batman Movie
The Big Sick
I, Daniel Blake
John Wick: Chapter 2
The Lost City of Z
My Scientology Movie
Okja
The Lovers
A United Kingdom
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
Risk
The Wedding Plan
Megan Leavey...
Wonder Woman
Colossal
Logan
Get Out
The Beguiled
It Comes at Night
Baby Driver
Spider-Man: Homecoming
War for the Planet of the Apes
The Lego Batman Movie
The Big Sick
I, Daniel Blake
John Wick: Chapter 2
The Lost City of Z
My Scientology Movie
Okja
The Lovers
A United Kingdom
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
Risk
The Wedding Plan
Megan Leavey...
- 6/30/2017
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Palme d'Or winner 'The Square' with Claes Bang: 'Gobsmackingly weird' Cannes Film Festival favorite may have a tough time landing a Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award nomination. Ruben Östlund's comedy-drama is totally unrelated to Jehane Noujaim's 2013 Oscar-nominated political documentary of the same title, which refers to downtown Cairo's Tahrir Square. Cannes' Palme d'Or winner 'The Square' & other Official Competition favorites' Oscar chances Screenwriter-director Ruben Östlund's The Square was the Palme d'Or winner at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival, which wrapped up on May 28. (See list of Palme d'Or and other 2017 Cannes winners further below.) Clocking in at about 2 hours and 20 minutes, Östlund's unusual comedy-drama revolving around the chaotic p.r. campaign to promote the opening of the titular installation – a symbolic square of light – at a contemporary art museum in Stockholm has been generally well-received by critics. In the opinion of The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw,...
- 6/21/2017
- by Steph Mont.
- Alt Film Guide
Executives worked on key titles including Boyhood, Personal Shopper, 45 Years.
IFC Films has promoted Mark Boxer and Lauren Schwartz, co-presidents Jonathan Sehring and Lisa Schwartz announced on Wednesday (14).
Boxer is named executive vice-president of sales and distribution, while Lauren Schwartz has been promoted to senior vice-president of publicity and promotions.
Long-time IFC Films executive Boxer oversees theatrical, non-theatrical and Canadian distribution of all IFC Films, as well as titles distributed under the Sundance Selects and IFC Midnight distribution labels.
He has been the chief architect behind the distribution strategy and release of such films as Wakefield starring Bryan Cranston, Personal Shopper with Kristen Stewart, Richard Linklater’s Boyhood, and Michael Winterbottom’s The Trip series.
Boxer worked closely with Sehring and Schwartz to pioneer the day-and-date release model. Prior to joining IFC Films, he worked for Artisan Entertainment covering Central and East Coast film distribution and sales for more than 50 markets.
As head of...
IFC Films has promoted Mark Boxer and Lauren Schwartz, co-presidents Jonathan Sehring and Lisa Schwartz announced on Wednesday (14).
Boxer is named executive vice-president of sales and distribution, while Lauren Schwartz has been promoted to senior vice-president of publicity and promotions.
Long-time IFC Films executive Boxer oversees theatrical, non-theatrical and Canadian distribution of all IFC Films, as well as titles distributed under the Sundance Selects and IFC Midnight distribution labels.
He has been the chief architect behind the distribution strategy and release of such films as Wakefield starring Bryan Cranston, Personal Shopper with Kristen Stewart, Richard Linklater’s Boyhood, and Michael Winterbottom’s The Trip series.
Boxer worked closely with Sehring and Schwartz to pioneer the day-and-date release model. Prior to joining IFC Films, he worked for Artisan Entertainment covering Central and East Coast film distribution and sales for more than 50 markets.
As head of...
- 6/14/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Argentinian filmmaker also wins best director prize.
Rodrigo Grande’s At The End Of The Tunnel claimed the Golden Space Needle Award for best film as the Seattle International Film Festival (Siff) came to a close on Sunday.
Argentinian filmmaker Grande (pictured) also won best director, while Peter Bratt’s Dolores won best documentary and David Jons (I, Daniel Blake) and Lene Cecilia Sparrok (Sami Blood) claimed the acting prizes.
The Winter (El Invierno) by Emiliano Torres won the Ibero-American competition grand jury prize, while Canada’s Chloé Robichaud won the New Directors Competition for Boundaries (Pays), and Sj Chiro’s Lane 1974 won the New American Cinema Competition.
Interim artistic director Beth Barrett said: “This year at Siff, we celebrated extraordinary cinema from 80 countries over a marathon 25 days bringing to our audiences more than 750 screenings and events and introducing them to over 350 filmmakers and industry guests.
“Executive director Sarah Wilke and I were thrilled to present...
Rodrigo Grande’s At The End Of The Tunnel claimed the Golden Space Needle Award for best film as the Seattle International Film Festival (Siff) came to a close on Sunday.
Argentinian filmmaker Grande (pictured) also won best director, while Peter Bratt’s Dolores won best documentary and David Jons (I, Daniel Blake) and Lene Cecilia Sparrok (Sami Blood) claimed the acting prizes.
The Winter (El Invierno) by Emiliano Torres won the Ibero-American competition grand jury prize, while Canada’s Chloé Robichaud won the New Directors Competition for Boundaries (Pays), and Sj Chiro’s Lane 1974 won the New American Cinema Competition.
Interim artistic director Beth Barrett said: “This year at Siff, we celebrated extraordinary cinema from 80 countries over a marathon 25 days bringing to our audiences more than 750 screenings and events and introducing them to over 350 filmmakers and industry guests.
“Executive director Sarah Wilke and I were thrilled to present...
- 6/11/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Fox Searchlight pushed Rachel Weisz melodrama “My Cousin Rachel” into national release this prime summer weekend, which boasts only one new wide studio opening. But the romantic mystery thriller failed to click with audiences.
On the other hand, Roadside Attractions kept Miguel Arteta’s Sundance hit “Beatriz at Dinner” in limited dates, where the edgy and compelling story of a mismatched dinner at a Southern California estate thrived in its first limited run. With a $30,000+ per theater average and a potential appeal beyond core art house audiences, this Salma Hayek starrer could make a significant impact in upcoming weeks.
Eleanor Coppola’s romance “Paris Can Wait” continues to lead wider releases, at a decent level for its theater break but significantly below such top 2016 crossover performers as “Love and Friendship” and “The Lobster” at this time.
Opening
My Cousin Rachel (Fox Searchlight) – Metacritic: 63
$954,000 in 523 theaters; PTA (per theater average):...
On the other hand, Roadside Attractions kept Miguel Arteta’s Sundance hit “Beatriz at Dinner” in limited dates, where the edgy and compelling story of a mismatched dinner at a Southern California estate thrived in its first limited run. With a $30,000+ per theater average and a potential appeal beyond core art house audiences, this Salma Hayek starrer could make a significant impact in upcoming weeks.
Eleanor Coppola’s romance “Paris Can Wait” continues to lead wider releases, at a decent level for its theater break but significantly below such top 2016 crossover performers as “Love and Friendship” and “The Lobster” at this time.
Opening
My Cousin Rachel (Fox Searchlight) – Metacritic: 63
$954,000 in 523 theaters; PTA (per theater average):...
- 6/11/2017
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
I, Daniel Blake director spoke to Screen following the election result.
Veteran left-wing filmmaker Ken Loach has told Screen that today’s surprise election outcome came as a result of people being “revolted by the Tories’ politics”.
The I, Daniel Blake director, who like many was up late into the night watching the drama on TV, told Screen:
“[Labour leader] Jeremy Corbyn and [Shadow Chancellor] John McDonnell did surprisingly well given that they were fighting the election in the teeth of a gale from a deeply hostile press and media. They showed the extent to which people are concerned with ‘real life’ issue such as health, housing and schooling, in contrast to the commentators who had their eyes firmly fixed on Brexit.”
“Of course, it’s a pity that Labour didn’t win but just think that if Labour MPs hadn’t spent the last two years trying to undermine Corbyn they should have won,” he commented...
Veteran left-wing filmmaker Ken Loach has told Screen that today’s surprise election outcome came as a result of people being “revolted by the Tories’ politics”.
The I, Daniel Blake director, who like many was up late into the night watching the drama on TV, told Screen:
“[Labour leader] Jeremy Corbyn and [Shadow Chancellor] John McDonnell did surprisingly well given that they were fighting the election in the teeth of a gale from a deeply hostile press and media. They showed the extent to which people are concerned with ‘real life’ issue such as health, housing and schooling, in contrast to the commentators who had their eyes firmly fixed on Brexit.”
“Of course, it’s a pity that Labour didn’t win but just think that if Labour MPs hadn’t spent the last two years trying to undermine Corbyn they should have won,” he commented...
- 6/9/2017
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Yes, we’re knee-deep in bombastic Summer blockbusters, but that doesn’t mean film goers can’t grab a breath and take in a thought-provoking, very relevant, drama that was honored with lots of awards and critical praise during the last months of 2016. It even stirred up some political debate across the pond. There have been lots of articles about the smooth-running government social services in England (particularly the health care system). Well, veteran film maker Ken Loach (The Wind That Shakes The Barley) begs to differ. In his latest film to finally reach our shores, he takes dead aim at the public assistance bureaucracy by presenting the story of one determined, beleaguered “every man”, a bloke who’s tired of being just another case number. He makes a very strong declaration with I, Daniel Blake.
We first hear Mr. Blake (Dave Johns) as he is pelted with the same...
We first hear Mr. Blake (Dave Johns) as he is pelted with the same...
- 6/9/2017
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Exclusive: Further cast attached to soccer drama include Gary Lewis, Michael Socha and Chloe Harris.
UK-Germany co-pro Trautmann, a biopic of legendary German goalkeeper Bert Trautmann, has rounded out its cast and begun filming in Northern Ireland.
Joining the recently announced John Henshaw (Looking For Eric) and Dervla Kirwan (Ballykissangel) are: Dave Johns (I, Daniel Blake), Harry Melling (Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 1), Gary Lewis (Billy Elliot), Michael Socha (Being Human), Mikey Collins (Dunkirk), Chloe Harris (Call The Midwife) and Barbara Young (Coronation Street).
Germany’s David Kross plays Trautmann and 2013 UK Star of Tomorrow Freya Mavor is the love of his life, Margaret, who was the daughter of his English coach.
The film tells the story of Bert Trautmann, the former Nazi paratrooper who became a goalkeeping legend at Manchester City, making 545 appearances and famously playing in the Fa Cup final with a broken neck.
The first image has also been released (see above...
UK-Germany co-pro Trautmann, a biopic of legendary German goalkeeper Bert Trautmann, has rounded out its cast and begun filming in Northern Ireland.
Joining the recently announced John Henshaw (Looking For Eric) and Dervla Kirwan (Ballykissangel) are: Dave Johns (I, Daniel Blake), Harry Melling (Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 1), Gary Lewis (Billy Elliot), Michael Socha (Being Human), Mikey Collins (Dunkirk), Chloe Harris (Call The Midwife) and Barbara Young (Coronation Street).
Germany’s David Kross plays Trautmann and 2013 UK Star of Tomorrow Freya Mavor is the love of his life, Margaret, who was the daughter of his English coach.
The film tells the story of Bert Trautmann, the former Nazi paratrooper who became a goalkeeping legend at Manchester City, making 545 appearances and famously playing in the Fa Cup final with a broken neck.
The first image has also been released (see above...
- 6/8/2017
- by orlando.parfitt@screendaily.com (Orlando Parfitt)
- ScreenDaily
As the star-studded Cannes 70th anniversary gala dinner wrapped up on May 23, a mariachi band came out to play “Cielito lindo,” “México lindo y querido,” and the Spanish version of “Happy Birthday” turning this year’s Cannes Film Festival into a celebration of #MexiCannes.2017 Cannes.. Photograph by Justin Bishop. Salma Hayek wears Yves Saint Laurent and a Boucheron necklace. Francois-Henri Pinault wears Gucci.Read more in Remezcla here. In a few red-tinted videos, Salma Hayek, Guillermo del Toro, Emmanuel Lubezki, Alfonso Cuarón, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, and BFFs Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal can be seen gathering around Table 46 to sing along with the mariachis. They also attracted other celebrities like Isabelle Huppert and quickly became the center of attention. As they loudly sang, a larger group surrounded them and recorded them on their phones. And with GdT giving the performance of a lifetime, it’s hard to blame onlookers.
- 6/5/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
“Wonder Woman” captured the weekend zeitgeist with reviews as good as any new adult-appeal specialized opener — and gobbled up potential audience. But that’s not the sole reason the specialty box office went to hell this weekend.
“Churchill” (Cohen), with the pedigree of an arthouse crossover winner, went nationally in top theaters but failed to capture more than desultory business. A trio of niche releases showed some mid-level interest in New York and Los Angeles — “The Exception”(A24), “Letters from Baghdad” (Vitagraph), and “Band Aid”(IFC) — but none looks likely to cross over beyond the big-city arthouse market.
The scariest weekend news: the total lack of response to Ken Loach’s Cannes 2016 Palme d’Or-winner “I, Daniel Blake.” While it’s been a long wait after a year-end qualifying run, it’s shocking that the well-reviewed BAFTA-winner met with near total disinterest.
Last weekend’s top opener “Long Strange Trip...
“Churchill” (Cohen), with the pedigree of an arthouse crossover winner, went nationally in top theaters but failed to capture more than desultory business. A trio of niche releases showed some mid-level interest in New York and Los Angeles — “The Exception”(A24), “Letters from Baghdad” (Vitagraph), and “Band Aid”(IFC) — but none looks likely to cross over beyond the big-city arthouse market.
The scariest weekend news: the total lack of response to Ken Loach’s Cannes 2016 Palme d’Or-winner “I, Daniel Blake.” While it’s been a long wait after a year-end qualifying run, it’s shocking that the well-reviewed BAFTA-winner met with near total disinterest.
Last weekend’s top opener “Long Strange Trip...
- 6/4/2017
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
[Editor’s Note: This post is presented in partnership with Movies on Demand. Catch up on the latest films On Demand here.]
It’s another month of new quality films available on Movies on Demand, including some of the top international titles of the past year. Check out four of our favorite films from the upcoming month below, as well as the full list of great movies available throughout June.
1) “I, Daniel Blake” (Available June 2)
Last year’s surprise Palme D’or winner is a quiet look at life in working-class Britain. Directed by Ken Loach (“The Wind That Shakes the Barley”), the film also features a breakout performance from Hayley Squires.
2) “John Wick: Chapter 2” (Available June 13)
Keanu Reeves’ instant-classic hero is back for more revenge and more adorable pups. An international pursuit with global contract killers sets the stage for another addition to action film’s most exciting budding franchise. (Did we mention the dogs?)
3) “Personal Shopper” (Available June 27)
Olivier Assayas’ latest film is a ghost story unlike any other.
It’s another month of new quality films available on Movies on Demand, including some of the top international titles of the past year. Check out four of our favorite films from the upcoming month below, as well as the full list of great movies available throughout June.
1) “I, Daniel Blake” (Available June 2)
Last year’s surprise Palme D’or winner is a quiet look at life in working-class Britain. Directed by Ken Loach (“The Wind That Shakes the Barley”), the film also features a breakout performance from Hayley Squires.
2) “John Wick: Chapter 2” (Available June 13)
Keanu Reeves’ instant-classic hero is back for more revenge and more adorable pups. An international pursuit with global contract killers sets the stage for another addition to action film’s most exciting budding franchise. (Did we mention the dogs?)
3) “Personal Shopper” (Available June 27)
Olivier Assayas’ latest film is a ghost story unlike any other.
- 6/2/2017
- by Indiewire Staff
- Indiewire
Standout performances highlight Loach’s occasionally heavy-handed but moving study of working-class struggles British director Ken Loach came out of retirement and returned to Cannes in 2016, where he’s been 19 times and where his latest piece of low-key but urgent social criticism won cheers from the audience at its first press screening. “I, Daniel Blake” comes a decade after Loach won the Palme d’Or for “The Wind That Shakes the Barley” and only two years after he was at Cannes with “Jimmy’s Hall.” That means his “retirement” was barely a retirement at all — just a brief respite for a man.
- 6/1/2017
- by Brian Flood
- The Wrap
May kicked off the summer movie season, but June brings some studio tentpoles actually worth seeing (yes, we didn’t like that one everyone else did last month). Along with popcorn entertainment, there’s some of the finest independent films of the year, ranging from a long-delayed final feature from a late master to Sundance favorites and more. We should also note that, despite getting a release last year, IFC seems to be putting the Palme d’Or-winning I, Daniel Blake back in theaters this week, and we recommend seeking it out if you missed it.
Matinees to See: Past Life (6/2), Band Aid (6/2), My Cousin Rachel (6/9), Megan Leavey (6/9), Score: A Film Music Documentary (6/16), Maudie (6/16), Harmonium (6/16), The Journey (6/16), All Eyez on Me (6/16), Lost in Paris (6/16), Pop Aye (6/28), The House (6/30), and The Little Hours (6/30).
15. It’s Only the End of the World (Xavier Dolan; June 30)
Synopsis: It would have been a lovely family dinner.
Matinees to See: Past Life (6/2), Band Aid (6/2), My Cousin Rachel (6/9), Megan Leavey (6/9), Score: A Film Music Documentary (6/16), Maudie (6/16), Harmonium (6/16), The Journey (6/16), All Eyez on Me (6/16), Lost in Paris (6/16), Pop Aye (6/28), The House (6/30), and The Little Hours (6/30).
15. It’s Only the End of the World (Xavier Dolan; June 30)
Synopsis: It would have been a lovely family dinner.
- 6/1/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Opening Friday, June 9th at the Tivoli Theater in St. Louis is I, Daniel Blake.
Winner of the Palme d’Or at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, the latest from legendary director Ken Loach is a gripping, human tale about the impact one man can make.
Gruff but goodhearted, Daniel Blake (Dave Johns) is a man out of time: a widowed woodworker who’s never owned a computer, he lives according to his own common sense moral code. But after a heart attack leaves him unable to work and the state welfare system fails him, the stubbornly self-reliant Daniel must stand up and fight for his dignity, leading a one-man crusade for compassion that will transform the lives of a struggling single mother (Hayley Squires) and her two children.
Graced with humor and heart, I, Daniel Blake is a moving, much-needed reminder of the power of empathy from one of the world’s greatest living filmmakers.
Winner of the Palme d’Or at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, the latest from legendary director Ken Loach is a gripping, human tale about the impact one man can make.
Gruff but goodhearted, Daniel Blake (Dave Johns) is a man out of time: a widowed woodworker who’s never owned a computer, he lives according to his own common sense moral code. But after a heart attack leaves him unable to work and the state welfare system fails him, the stubbornly self-reliant Daniel must stand up and fight for his dignity, leading a one-man crusade for compassion that will transform the lives of a struggling single mother (Hayley Squires) and her two children.
Graced with humor and heart, I, Daniel Blake is a moving, much-needed reminder of the power of empathy from one of the world’s greatest living filmmakers.
- 5/31/2017
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Exclusive: Stephen Graham, Dave Johns, Jill Halfpenny star in wrestling comedy; first look.
Stephen Graham (Boardwalk Empire), Dave Johns (I, Daniel Blake) and Jill Halfpenny (Humans) have been set for comedy Walk Like A Panther, which is now underway in the Yorkshire, England for Fox International Productions.
Screen can reveal the first look at the project, on which British director Dan Cadan makes his feature debut from his own original screenplay.
The ensemble British cast also includes Sue Johnston (Downton Abbey), Lindsey Coulson (EastEnders), Julian Sands (The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo), Jason Flemyng (Snatch), Stephen Tompkinson (Wild At Heart), Michael Socha (This Is England) and hip hop artist/poet Scroobius Pip (Taboo).
The story revolves around a group of ‘80s wrestlers who are forced to don the lycra one last time when their beloved local pub is threatened by closure.
Led by father-son duo, Mark (Graham) and Trevor Bolton (Johns), the unlikely bunch of underdog heroes...
Stephen Graham (Boardwalk Empire), Dave Johns (I, Daniel Blake) and Jill Halfpenny (Humans) have been set for comedy Walk Like A Panther, which is now underway in the Yorkshire, England for Fox International Productions.
Screen can reveal the first look at the project, on which British director Dan Cadan makes his feature debut from his own original screenplay.
The ensemble British cast also includes Sue Johnston (Downton Abbey), Lindsey Coulson (EastEnders), Julian Sands (The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo), Jason Flemyng (Snatch), Stephen Tompkinson (Wild At Heart), Michael Socha (This Is England) and hip hop artist/poet Scroobius Pip (Taboo).
The story revolves around a group of ‘80s wrestlers who are forced to don the lycra one last time when their beloved local pub is threatened by closure.
Led by father-son duo, Mark (Graham) and Trevor Bolton (Johns), the unlikely bunch of underdog heroes...
- 5/31/2017
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Our resident VOD expert tells you what's new to rent and/or own this week via various Digital HD providers such as cable Movies On Demand, Amazon, iTunes, Vudu, Google Play and, of course, Netflix. Cable Movies On Demand: Same-day-as-disc releases, older titles and pretheatrical Before I Fall (thriller-mystery; Zoey Deutch, Halston Sage, Logan Miller; rated PG-13) Fist Fight (comedy; Ice Cube, Charlie Day, Tracy Morgan, Jillian Bell; rated R) The Exception (drama-thriller; Christopher Plummer, Lily James; available 5/30 on cable Mod and in theaters; rated R) Collide (action-thriller; Nicholas Hoult, Felicity Jones; rated PG-13) The Drowning (drama; Josh Charles, Julia Stiles; available 6/1; not rated) I, Daniel Blake (drama; Dave Johns, Hayley Squires...
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- 5/30/2017
- by Robert B. DeSalvo
- Movies.com
For the third year in a row, Cannes’s Main Competition jury — this year comprised of jury president Pedro Almodóvar, German filmmaker Maren Ade, and several celebrity industry professionals whose tastes in cinema had never previously been of much concern to anyone — awarded the Palme d’Or to a movie I didn’t much like. Considered by some to be True Cinema’s answer to the Oscars, the medium’s actual most prestigious prize has suffered some blows to its reputation in the last two years after being handed to mediocre films (Dheepan in 2015 and I, Daniel Blake last year) that weren’t […]...
- 5/30/2017
- by Blake Williams
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
After 10 days in which a jury watched 19 competition films, the 70th edition of the Cannes Film Festival came down to seven prizes for six of them. It didn’t take long for the jury to make it clear that they couldn’t settle on just one of many options. Announcing a tie for the screenplay award, jury president Pedro Almodovar said, “We have our first surprise.”
But the truth was that, in a wildly unpredictable year, everything felt like a surprise. Over the course of the 2017 festival, no single feature emerged as a definite frontrunner for the Palme d’Or, and the outcome of this year’s ceremony reflects the sheer range of options — all of which stand out as explicit challenges to safe commercial bets.
See More2017 Cannes Winners: ‘The Square’ Wins the Palme D’or, Sofia Coppola and Joaquin Phoenix Also Honored
It started with that screenplay award.
But the truth was that, in a wildly unpredictable year, everything felt like a surprise. Over the course of the 2017 festival, no single feature emerged as a definite frontrunner for the Palme d’Or, and the outcome of this year’s ceremony reflects the sheer range of options — all of which stand out as explicit challenges to safe commercial bets.
See More2017 Cannes Winners: ‘The Square’ Wins the Palme D’or, Sofia Coppola and Joaquin Phoenix Also Honored
It started with that screenplay award.
- 5/28/2017
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
The 2017 Cannes Film Festival comes to an end today as Pedro Almodóvar’s Competition Jury announces this years winners in categories such as Best Actor, Best Director, Best Screenplay and more. The 71st Palme d’Or winner in the festival’s history will also be revealed. Last year’s big winners included “I, Daniel Blake,” “American Honey” and “The Salesman.”
Read More: Watch The 2017 Cannes Awards: Live Stream Who Won The Palme D’Or
This year’s competition included Todd Haynes’ “Wonderstruck,” Sofia Coppola’s “The Beguiled,” Yorgos Lanthimos’ “The Killing of a Sacred Deer” and Lynne Ramsay’s “You Were Never Really Here,” among others. Acclaimed foreign titled “Loveless” and “Bpm (Beats Per Minute)” are most likely to take the Palme, according to IndieWire’s official predictions page.
The awards ceremony can be live streamed here beginning at 1:15pm Et. Refresh the page during the ceremony for the updated winners list below.
Read More: Watch The 2017 Cannes Awards: Live Stream Who Won The Palme D’Or
This year’s competition included Todd Haynes’ “Wonderstruck,” Sofia Coppola’s “The Beguiled,” Yorgos Lanthimos’ “The Killing of a Sacred Deer” and Lynne Ramsay’s “You Were Never Really Here,” among others. Acclaimed foreign titled “Loveless” and “Bpm (Beats Per Minute)” are most likely to take the Palme, according to IndieWire’s official predictions page.
The awards ceremony can be live streamed here beginning at 1:15pm Et. Refresh the page during the ceremony for the updated winners list below.
- 5/28/2017
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
I was having some trouble figuring out how to assess my role on a jury at the greatest film festival in the world, so I asked someone with experience in the matter: George Miller.
At a dinner celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, I ran into the “Mad Max” director, who served as president of the venerated Official Competition a year earlier, and picked his brain for advice.
To be fair, Miller’s jury experience was considerably different from my own: He was responsible for choosing the Palme d’Or. I faced a considerably less daunting task as a member of the jury for Critics’ Week, a sidebar featuring first and second features from around the world. When an audience disagrees with a Palme d’Or winner, it can result in infamous moments as when Quentin Tarantino was heckled as he took the stage for “Pulp Fiction...
At a dinner celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, I ran into the “Mad Max” director, who served as president of the venerated Official Competition a year earlier, and picked his brain for advice.
To be fair, Miller’s jury experience was considerably different from my own: He was responsible for choosing the Palme d’Or. I faced a considerably less daunting task as a member of the jury for Critics’ Week, a sidebar featuring first and second features from around the world. When an audience disagrees with a Palme d’Or winner, it can result in infamous moments as when Quentin Tarantino was heckled as he took the stage for “Pulp Fiction...
- 5/27/2017
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
The Cannes Film Festival is wrapping up this weekend, and as such, that means the announcement of its awards is forthcoming. Which movie will join recent winners of the prestigious Palme d’Or like I, Daniel Blake, Dheepan, Winter Sleep, Blue is the Warmest Color, Amour, and The Tree of Life? Your guess is obviously as good as mine, but today I’ll be trying to make my picks for the festival winners here in 2017. It has seemed like a year without a clear Cannes frontrunner, so that could make the jury, which includes Maren Ade, Pedro Almodovar, Jessica Chastain, Will Smith, and Park Chan-wook, prime to go in a potentially unique direction. This time around at Cannes, there are 19 films battling for the Palme d’Or. The notable movies on this list include 120 Beats per Minute from Robin Campillo, The Beguiled from Sofia Coppola, The Day After from Hong Sangsoo,...
- 5/26/2017
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
In recent years, the Cannes film festival has been uniquely receptive to films about innocent saps falling into bureaucratic black holes. Directors like Cristi Puiu and Ken Loach tapped that very formula for their respective Un Certain Regard and Palme d’Or winners “The Death of Mr. Lazarescu” and “I, Daniel Blake.” And if Sergei Loznitsa’s “A Gentle Creature” offers another riff on a familiar nightmare, it does so with a dream-like approach and a feverish style that makes the subject feel bracingly vital. Actress Vasilina Makovtseva is that titular creature, an unnamed woman with a husband in prison and a.
- 5/24/2017
- by Ben Croll
- The Wrap
Sundance Selects, the division of IFC Films known for distributing critically acclaimed foreign-language films, has acquired Italian filmmaker Jonas Carpignano’s drama “A Ciambra.” The film premiered Friday in the Cannes Film Festival’s Director’s Fortnight section, and marks the first film to be produced under Martin Scorsese’s new fund to help emerging filmmakers.
Read More: Cannes: The Orchard Buys Palme d’Or Contender ‘Bpm (Beats Per Minute)’
“A Ciambra” is set in a small Romani community in Calabria, Italy, where 14-year-old Pio Amato is desperate to grow up fast. He follows his older brother Cosimo everywhere, learning the necessary skills for life on the streets, but when Cosimo disappears and things start to go wrong, Pio sets out to prove he’s ready to step into his big brother’s shoes.
“Shot with a vérité intimacy that physicalizes Pio’s ability to float between worlds — a trait...
Read More: Cannes: The Orchard Buys Palme d’Or Contender ‘Bpm (Beats Per Minute)’
“A Ciambra” is set in a small Romani community in Calabria, Italy, where 14-year-old Pio Amato is desperate to grow up fast. He follows his older brother Cosimo everywhere, learning the necessary skills for life on the streets, but when Cosimo disappears and things start to go wrong, Pio sets out to prove he’s ready to step into his big brother’s shoes.
“Shot with a vérité intimacy that physicalizes Pio’s ability to float between worlds — a trait...
- 5/23/2017
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Frasier actor teams up with Sebastian Foucan for Bharal.
Fledgling UK production outfit BB88 is in Cannes to talk up a slate of movies including revenge drama drama Bharal, which is due to star former Frasier star Kelsey Grammer and parkour pioneer Sebastian Foucan.
Jake L Reid’s (The Antwerp Dolls) feature, due to start in early 2018, charts the story of an African refugee who arrives in London to search for his missing sister.
When he uncovers an immigrant sex trade he becomes both a media sensation and a target for a crime syndicate, along with the immigrant community that has taken him in.
Bharal is being lined up as a co-production between BB88, Reid’s Liberal Region Productions and Compos Mentis productions.
Also new to the slate is Gate Crash, which will be directed by Laurence Gough (Dr Who). The cast includes Marc Warren (Snatch) and Anton Lesser from Game Of Thrones.
Projects already...
Fledgling UK production outfit BB88 is in Cannes to talk up a slate of movies including revenge drama drama Bharal, which is due to star former Frasier star Kelsey Grammer and parkour pioneer Sebastian Foucan.
Jake L Reid’s (The Antwerp Dolls) feature, due to start in early 2018, charts the story of an African refugee who arrives in London to search for his missing sister.
When he uncovers an immigrant sex trade he becomes both a media sensation and a target for a crime syndicate, along with the immigrant community that has taken him in.
Bharal is being lined up as a co-production between BB88, Reid’s Liberal Region Productions and Compos Mentis productions.
Also new to the slate is Gate Crash, which will be directed by Laurence Gough (Dr Who). The cast includes Marc Warren (Snatch) and Anton Lesser from Game Of Thrones.
Projects already...
- 5/22/2017
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Given 2016’s stellar pack of canine stars — including Paterson’s British bulldog, I, Daniel Blake’s three-legged mongrel and the fart-propelled corgis of The Bfg — it was always going be difficult for this year’s Cannes to maintain the same cinematic pedigree.
Indeed, as the festival reaches its midpoint, the four-legged frontrunners for the coveted Palm Dog award appear to be muzzled, with considerably less fetching performances on offer on the Croisette.
That said, The Hollywood Reporter’s critics have singled out a “magnificent” greyhound that is photographed by Isabelle Huppert in Hong Sang-soo’s Claire’s Camera, plus an “adorable grey whippet” in Ruben...
Indeed, as the festival reaches its midpoint, the four-legged frontrunners for the coveted Palm Dog award appear to be muzzled, with considerably less fetching performances on offer on the Croisette.
That said, The Hollywood Reporter’s critics have singled out a “magnificent” greyhound that is photographed by Isabelle Huppert in Hong Sang-soo’s Claire’s Camera, plus an “adorable grey whippet” in Ruben...
- 5/21/2017
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Sundance Selects, the division of IFC Films known for distributing critically acclaimed foreign-language films, has acquired the North American rights to Claire Denis’ “Let the Sunshine In,” Variety reports. The dramedy screened in the Cannes Film Festival’s Director’s Fortnight sidebar and follows a single mom and divorced artist named Isabelle (Juliete Binoche) who is looking for love.
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Written by Denis and Christine Angot, “Let the Sunshine In” co-stars Gérard Depardieu, Xavier Beauvois, Josiane Balasko, Philippe Katerine and Nicolas Duvauchelle.
“We absolutely loved Claire’s touching and funny take on finding love and are thrilled to be back in business with her, Juliette Binoche and our friends at Film Distribution,” IFC Films/Sundance Selects co-presidents Jonathan Sehring and Lisa Schwartz said in a statement.
Cannes: Neon and Vice Buy U.S. Rights...
Cannes: Bong Joon Ho’s ‘Okja’ Booed During Technical Glitch and Netflix Logo at First Press Screening
Written by Denis and Christine Angot, “Let the Sunshine In” co-stars Gérard Depardieu, Xavier Beauvois, Josiane Balasko, Philippe Katerine and Nicolas Duvauchelle.
“We absolutely loved Claire’s touching and funny take on finding love and are thrilled to be back in business with her, Juliette Binoche and our friends at Film Distribution,” IFC Films/Sundance Selects co-presidents Jonathan Sehring and Lisa Schwartz said in a statement.
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- 5/19/2017
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
The Cannes Film Festival jury is usually a mishmash of high-profile actors and directors; the 70th edition is no exception. Headed by Pedro Almodovar, the jury also includes A-listers Will Smith and Jessica Chastain alongside the likes of “Toni Erdmann” director Maren Ade and “Oldboy” director Park Chan-wook. Considering the range of work they produce, it’s hard to imagine all of these filmmakers at the same table, much less choosing the same film for the industry’s most prestigious award. But one way or another, it’s going to happen on Sunday, May 28, 2017, when the jury convenes on the last day of the festival to hand out the Palme d’Or.
Read More: 2017 Cannes Jury Revealed: Park Chan-wook, Will Smith and More Joining Pedro Almodovar
Last year, the winner of the Palme was Ken Loach’s “I, Daniel Blake,” which was the second time in a decade that...
Read More: 2017 Cannes Jury Revealed: Park Chan-wook, Will Smith and More Joining Pedro Almodovar
Last year, the winner of the Palme was Ken Loach’s “I, Daniel Blake,” which was the second time in a decade that...
- 5/19/2017
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Nicole Kidman and Tilda Swinton head for the red carpet as Vanessa Redgrave unveils her directorial debut – and virtual reality arrives on the Croisette
The Cannes film festival kicks off on Wednesday with a familiar mix of big-name auteurs, a sprinkling of Hollywood glamour, and little-known hopefuls aiming to make an impact on one of the biggest stages in world cinema. New films from the likes of Michael Haneke, Sofia Coppola and Lynne Ramsay will be jostling for the festival’s top prize, the Palme d’Or – which last year went to Britain’s Ken Loach for I, Daniel Blake – while the likes of Nicole Kidman, Tilda Swinton and Joaquin Phoenix will be walking the famous red carpet outside the giant Lumiere cinema in front of an army of paparazzi.
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The Cannes film festival kicks off on Wednesday with a familiar mix of big-name auteurs, a sprinkling of Hollywood glamour, and little-known hopefuls aiming to make an impact on one of the biggest stages in world cinema. New films from the likes of Michael Haneke, Sofia Coppola and Lynne Ramsay will be jostling for the festival’s top prize, the Palme d’Or – which last year went to Britain’s Ken Loach for I, Daniel Blake – while the likes of Nicole Kidman, Tilda Swinton and Joaquin Phoenix will be walking the famous red carpet outside the giant Lumiere cinema in front of an army of paparazzi.
Related: Nicole Kidman in Cannes: her tortuous journey to Queen of the Croisette
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- 5/17/2017
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
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The 2017 Cannes Film Festival is about to begin, so what better way to celebrate than with last year’s breakout darling? “I, Daniel Blake” may have won the Palme d’Or, but Maren Ade’s “Toni Erdmann” was the undisputed hit of the festival, earning multiple mid-screening applauses and rave reviews across the board. The movie would go on to be nominated for the Best Foreign Language Oscar, and now it’s On Demand just in time to bring a piece of the Cannes Film Festival to your television or computer.
Peter Simonischek and Sandra Hüller star as a father and daughter whose cordial relationship comes to a head when he drops in on her in Bucharest for an unannounced extended visit. His affinity for practical jokes wears on her more straitlaced sensibilities,...
The 2017 Cannes Film Festival is about to begin, so what better way to celebrate than with last year’s breakout darling? “I, Daniel Blake” may have won the Palme d’Or, but Maren Ade’s “Toni Erdmann” was the undisputed hit of the festival, earning multiple mid-screening applauses and rave reviews across the board. The movie would go on to be nominated for the Best Foreign Language Oscar, and now it’s On Demand just in time to bring a piece of the Cannes Film Festival to your television or computer.
Peter Simonischek and Sandra Hüller star as a father and daughter whose cordial relationship comes to a head when he drops in on her in Bucharest for an unannounced extended visit. His affinity for practical jokes wears on her more straitlaced sensibilities,...
- 5/16/2017
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Cannes 2017: The Competition Has a Higher Percentage of Female Filmmakers, But It’s Still Pretty Bad
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This year’s Cannes Film Festival comes with a statistic that’s inspiring and disheartening in equal measure: The competition lineup includes more work from female filmmakers than almost any other year of the aughts… but that still shakes out to under 16% of the total competition slate. This year’s 19-film competition lineup includes just three female filmmakers, all of whom have screened their work at the festival before, putting Palme d’Or contenders at a 15.8% female-directed rate.
Sofia Coppola will compete with her Civil War-era drama “The Beguiled;” previously, the festival premiered her “Marie Antoinette” (2006, in competition) and “The Bling Ring” (2013, Un Certain Regard). She’ll be joined by frequent Cannes attendee Naomi Kawase, bowing her “Radiance,” her seventh film to debut at the festival (she won the Camera d’Or in 1997).
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This year’s Cannes Film Festival comes with a statistic that’s inspiring and disheartening in equal measure: The competition lineup includes more work from female filmmakers than almost any other year of the aughts… but that still shakes out to under 16% of the total competition slate. This year’s 19-film competition lineup includes just three female filmmakers, all of whom have screened their work at the festival before, putting Palme d’Or contenders at a 15.8% female-directed rate.
Sofia Coppola will compete with her Civil War-era drama “The Beguiled;” previously, the festival premiered her “Marie Antoinette” (2006, in competition) and “The Bling Ring” (2013, Un Certain Regard). She’ll be joined by frequent Cannes attendee Naomi Kawase, bowing her “Radiance,” her seventh film to debut at the festival (she won the Camera d’Or in 1997).
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- 5/12/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
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