Image: Zeitgeist Films/Kino Lorber
With 15 films and two Palme d’Or wins, Ken Loach is the surprise answer to the trivia question about the record-holder for the director having the most individual efforts screened in the main competition at Cannes.
The workhorse British filmmaker has made a career largely...
With 15 films and two Palme d’Or wins, Ken Loach is the surprise answer to the trivia question about the record-holder for the director having the most individual efforts screened in the main competition at Cannes.
The workhorse British filmmaker has made a career largely...
- 4/4/2024
- by Brent Simon
- avclub.com
Camerimage, the cinematography-oriented film festival, will bestow its Lifetime Achievement Award on auteur director Krzysztof Zanussi.
Born in Warsaw in 1939, Zanussi studied at the National Film School in Lodz, Poland, but even before enrolling he was making amateur films, winning awards at various festivals.
His directorial debut, “The Death of a Provincial” (1966), with cinematography by Jan Hesse, foreshadowed the central themes of his work – the juxtaposition of the sacred and the profane, youth and old age, life and death.
After making several medium-length and documentary films, Zanussi directed his first feature, “The Structure of Crystal” (1969), with Stefan Matyjaszkiewicz as Dp. The picture is considered part of the so-called third wave in Polish cinema, which combines asceticism, lack of a traditional plot and a profound sense of realism, reflected in the cinematography – all defining characteristics of the director’s early work.
In the 1970s, Zanussi created a series of films that...
Born in Warsaw in 1939, Zanussi studied at the National Film School in Lodz, Poland, but even before enrolling he was making amateur films, winning awards at various festivals.
His directorial debut, “The Death of a Provincial” (1966), with cinematography by Jan Hesse, foreshadowed the central themes of his work – the juxtaposition of the sacred and the profane, youth and old age, life and death.
After making several medium-length and documentary films, Zanussi directed his first feature, “The Structure of Crystal” (1969), with Stefan Matyjaszkiewicz as Dp. The picture is considered part of the so-called third wave in Polish cinema, which combines asceticism, lack of a traditional plot and a profound sense of realism, reflected in the cinematography – all defining characteristics of the director’s early work.
In the 1970s, Zanussi created a series of films that...
- 10/18/2023
- by Peter Caranicas
- Variety Film + TV
The Europe-Latin American Co-Production Forum and Wip Latam industry events are showcasing a wealth of new projects.
The Europe-Latin American Co-Production Forum and Wip Latam industry events are showcasing a selection of upcoming projects from Latin America to potential international partners at San Sebastian this month. Regional trends and financing models will also be in the spotlight.
Fifteen titles are in the Forum - from 222 submissions - and six films will showing a first cut in the Wip section. Both sections will take place from September 25-27.
There is a strong showing from Argentina in the Forum, despite the country’s long-running instability,...
The Europe-Latin American Co-Production Forum and Wip Latam industry events are showcasing a selection of upcoming projects from Latin America to potential international partners at San Sebastian this month. Regional trends and financing models will also be in the spotlight.
Fifteen titles are in the Forum - from 222 submissions - and six films will showing a first cut in the Wip section. Both sections will take place from September 25-27.
There is a strong showing from Argentina in the Forum, despite the country’s long-running instability,...
- 9/22/2023
- by Emilio Mayorga
- ScreenDaily
The 10th edition of the Venice Gap-Financing Market, organized as part of the Venice Film Festival’s industry program Venice Production Bridge, has selected 62 projects in the final stages of development and funding.
Filmmakers taking projects to Venice include Jim Sheridan, an Oscar nominee with “In America,” “In the Name of the Father” and “My Left Foot”; Annemarie Jacir, whose credits include Cannes’ “Salt of This Sea,” Berlin’s “When I Saw You” and Locarno’s “Wajib”; Aisling Walsh, who directed “Maudie” with Sally Hawkins and Ethan Hawke, and “Elizabeth Is Missing” with Glenda Jackson; and Kim Mordaunt, who won best debut at Berlin with “The Rocket.”
Also selected are Roberto Minervini, who directed Cannes’ “The Other Side” and Venice’s “What You Gonna Do When the World’s on Fire?”; Laurynas Bareisa, who won the Venice Horizons Award for “Pilgrims”; Måns Månsson, who was in Berlin competition with “The Real Estate”; György Pálfi,...
Filmmakers taking projects to Venice include Jim Sheridan, an Oscar nominee with “In America,” “In the Name of the Father” and “My Left Foot”; Annemarie Jacir, whose credits include Cannes’ “Salt of This Sea,” Berlin’s “When I Saw You” and Locarno’s “Wajib”; Aisling Walsh, who directed “Maudie” with Sally Hawkins and Ethan Hawke, and “Elizabeth Is Missing” with Glenda Jackson; and Kim Mordaunt, who won best debut at Berlin with “The Rocket.”
Also selected are Roberto Minervini, who directed Cannes’ “The Other Side” and Venice’s “What You Gonna Do When the World’s on Fire?”; Laurynas Bareisa, who won the Venice Horizons Award for “Pilgrims”; Måns Månsson, who was in Berlin competition with “The Real Estate”; György Pálfi,...
- 7/3/2023
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Top Chilean fiction house Parox, producer of “Invisible Heroes,” has kick-started principal photography on international co-production “Los mil días de Allende”, a historical drama mini-series about the last three years in the life of Chilean President Salvador Allende.
Alfredo Castro – one of Latin America’s most respected actors and a Pablo Larraín regular, star of films such as “Karnawal” and “El Club” – leads the mini-series cast as Allende; Benjamín Vicuña plays Cuban dictator Fidel Castro.
The four-episode, 55-minute fiction drama shoot is taking place entirely in Chile, lensing from May 15 for two months, under “Besieged” and “Inés of My Soul” director Nicolás Acuña.
Leonora González and Sergio Gándara, Parox co-founders, are respectively the mini-series’ showrunner and producer.
A Chile-Spain-Argentina co-production, “Allende, the Thousand Days” teams Spain’s Mediterráneo Media Entertainment and Argentine companies Aleph, Mente Colectiva and HD Argentina.
Chilean public broadcaster Tvn, Spanish nationwide group Rtve and Argentina’s...
Alfredo Castro – one of Latin America’s most respected actors and a Pablo Larraín regular, star of films such as “Karnawal” and “El Club” – leads the mini-series cast as Allende; Benjamín Vicuña plays Cuban dictator Fidel Castro.
The four-episode, 55-minute fiction drama shoot is taking place entirely in Chile, lensing from May 15 for two months, under “Besieged” and “Inés of My Soul” director Nicolás Acuña.
Leonora González and Sergio Gándara, Parox co-founders, are respectively the mini-series’ showrunner and producer.
A Chile-Spain-Argentina co-production, “Allende, the Thousand Days” teams Spain’s Mediterráneo Media Entertainment and Argentine companies Aleph, Mente Colectiva and HD Argentina.
Chilean public broadcaster Tvn, Spanish nationwide group Rtve and Argentina’s...
- 5/17/2023
- by Emiliano De Pablos
- Variety Film + TV
The music behind Netflix’s revisionist Western film The Harder They Fall, co-produced by Jay-Z, is getting a special spotlight during Thursday’s (Dec. 2) Netflix Playlist showcase.
Jeymes Samuel, a British singer/songwriter known as The Bullitts and the film’s director/co-writer, provides commentary in a live performance video explaining how five songs from the film came together. Four of those tracks are featured on The Harder They Fall (The Motion Picture Soundtrack), which peaked at No. 11 on Billboard‘s Soundtracks chart last month — “No Turning Around” by Samuel, “Three and Thirty Years” by South African operatic soprano Pretty Yende, “Wednesday’s Child” by jazz and blues singer Alice ...
Jeymes Samuel, a British singer/songwriter known as The Bullitts and the film’s director/co-writer, provides commentary in a live performance video explaining how five songs from the film came together. Four of those tracks are featured on The Harder They Fall (The Motion Picture Soundtrack), which peaked at No. 11 on Billboard‘s Soundtracks chart last month — “No Turning Around” by Samuel, “Three and Thirty Years” by South African operatic soprano Pretty Yende, “Wednesday’s Child” by jazz and blues singer Alice ...
- 12/2/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The music behind Netflix’s revisionist Western film The Harder They Fall, co-produced by Jay-Z, is getting a special spotlight during Thursday’s (Dec. 2) Netflix Playlist showcase.
Jeymes Samuel, a British singer/songwriter known as The Bullitts and the film’s director/co-writer, provides commentary in a live performance video explaining how five songs from the film came together. Four of those tracks are featured on The Harder They Fall (The Motion Picture Soundtrack), which peaked at No. 11 on Billboard‘s Soundtracks chart last month — “No Turning Around” by Samuel, “Three and Thirty Years” by South African operatic soprano Pretty Yende, “Wednesday’s Child” by jazz and blues singer Alice ...
Jeymes Samuel, a British singer/songwriter known as The Bullitts and the film’s director/co-writer, provides commentary in a live performance video explaining how five songs from the film came together. Four of those tracks are featured on The Harder They Fall (The Motion Picture Soundtrack), which peaked at No. 11 on Billboard‘s Soundtracks chart last month — “No Turning Around” by Samuel, “Three and Thirty Years” by South African operatic soprano Pretty Yende, “Wednesday’s Child” by jazz and blues singer Alice ...
- 12/2/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Above: Poster by Frank Stella for the 9th New York Film Festival.Compared to the 32 films in the main slate of this year’s New York Film Festival, not to mention the seemingly hundreds of others playing in sidebars, the 1971 edition of the NYFF, half a century ago, was a lean affair. With only 18 films, down from 78 just four years earlier, the ninth edition of the NYFF was, according to its director Richard Roud, a “belt-tightening festival, a year of consolidation.” In fact, the financially strapped festival almost didn’t take place that year. A New York Times article published midway through the event mentions that “outside the 984-seat Vivian Beaumont Theater, there is only one poster announcing the festival [one assumes it was the beautiful Frank Stella poster above] that is quietly and modestly taking place inside.” A far cry from the glorious phalanx of digital billboards currently beaming outside Alice Tully Hall and the Elinor Bunin Center.The...
- 10/6/2021
- MUBI
Above: Us one sheet for Kes.With Ken Loach’s Sorry We Missed You opening in the U.S. next week, I thought it would be as good as time as ever to look back over the posters for one of Britain’s greatest living filmmakers. Starting in 1965 with a celebrated series of docudramas for the BBC, Loach, now 83, has been making films for over half a century and has won the Palme d’Or not once but twice. Between Poor Cow in 1967 and Sorry We Missed You in 2019 he has directed 25 feature films, mostly concerned with the lives and labors of the British working class. But the problem with going through Loach’s impressive filmography in posters is that, for the most part, the posters for his later films just aren’t that interesting. There is something about Loach’s urgent, low-key social realism that doesn’t really lend itself to particularly interesting design.
- 2/27/2020
- MUBI
New York-based sales company Visit Films has acquired worldwide rights for Mexican feature “Summer White,” world premiering in Sundance’s World Cinema Dramatic Competition on Sunday Jan. 26. Visit will also be screening the film at Berlinale’s European Film, Market.
Now a key North American sales company for Latin American films, Visit’s catalog includes other major Sundance titles such as Lucía Garibaldi’s World Cinema Directing Award-winner “The Sharks,” World Cinema Jury Prize-winners “The Queen of Fear” from Valeria Bertuccelli and Fabiana Tiscornia and “Time Share” from Sebastián Hofmann, and Cristián Jiménez and Alicia Scherson’s “Family Life.”
From debut director Rodrigo Ruiz Patterson, “Summer White” features newcomer Adrián Rossi as 13-year-old Rodrigo, a lonesome teenager living on the outskirts of Mexico City who has an unhealthily close relationship with his mother Valeria, played by Mexican Academy Ariel Award-nominated actress Sophie Alexander-Katz (“The Darkest Days of Us”).
When Valeria...
Now a key North American sales company for Latin American films, Visit’s catalog includes other major Sundance titles such as Lucía Garibaldi’s World Cinema Directing Award-winner “The Sharks,” World Cinema Jury Prize-winners “The Queen of Fear” from Valeria Bertuccelli and Fabiana Tiscornia and “Time Share” from Sebastián Hofmann, and Cristián Jiménez and Alicia Scherson’s “Family Life.”
From debut director Rodrigo Ruiz Patterson, “Summer White” features newcomer Adrián Rossi as 13-year-old Rodrigo, a lonesome teenager living on the outskirts of Mexico City who has an unhealthily close relationship with his mother Valeria, played by Mexican Academy Ariel Award-nominated actress Sophie Alexander-Katz (“The Darkest Days of Us”).
When Valeria...
- 1/21/2020
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Garnett also worked on Earth Girls Are Easy and seminal TV drama Cathy Come Home.
Tony Garnett, the film and television producer behind Ken Loach’s breakthrough features, has died aged 83.
The British producer collaborated with Loach from 1965 to 1979 on films including Kes, Family Life and Black Jack as well as seminal TV drama Cathy Come Home.
World Productions, the company he co-founded in 1990, said in a statement: “After a short illness, Tony Garnett, the legendary TV and film producer… died around midday on January 12. Tony was a great man and an inspirational producer who will be sorely missed by everyone who knew him.
Tony Garnett, the film and television producer behind Ken Loach’s breakthrough features, has died aged 83.
The British producer collaborated with Loach from 1965 to 1979 on films including Kes, Family Life and Black Jack as well as seminal TV drama Cathy Come Home.
World Productions, the company he co-founded in 1990, said in a statement: “After a short illness, Tony Garnett, the legendary TV and film producer… died around midday on January 12. Tony was a great man and an inspirational producer who will be sorely missed by everyone who knew him.
- 1/13/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
EtherAs he approaches his 80th birthday, distinguished Polish filmmaker Krzysztof Zanussi shows little sign of letting up. Although his reputation in wider cinephile culture has diminished somewhat since a remarkably febrile period in the 1970s and 80s (several films from which were seen in last year’s retrospective on Mubi), Zanussi remains an ambassador for his nation’s cinema internationally, in an esteemed triumvirate alongside dearly departed colleagues Krzysztof Kieslowśki and Andrzej Wajda.Zanussi’s latest film, pre-First World War drama Ether, premiered at the Rome Film Festival in October and continues the director’s recent interest in examining the structures of power and our relationship to religion. In something of a warping of the stereotypical “Zanussoid” protagonists for which he originally became famous—young, scientifically-inclined men searching for meaning, often in a hostile world—Ether follows a doctor using morally questionable means to pursue his studies into the oppressive potential of the eponymous chemical.
- 4/18/2019
- MUBI
Chile’s Parox, one of the country’s foremost TV companies, is teaming with France’s Rouge Intl. to develop “Evasion” (Escape), the latest feature film from Cristian Jiménez, director of 2011’s Cannes-selected “Bonsai” and co-director of 2017 Sundance player “Family Life.”
Parox founder-producer Sergio Gándara is attending Guadalajara Festival’s Co-production Meeting to seek a co-producer from Mexico or North America.
“For us, it’s very important that one of the stars is a recognized name in the biggest industry in the world,” he commented.
Jiménez, Parox and Rouge Intl. are at an exploratory phase, considering the use of a hybrid style mixing live-action, animation and documentary, Gandara added.
In “Escape,” Miguel, a combatant against Augusto Pinochet’s bloody dictatorship, plans an escape from jail with other political prisoners while imagining a film with a Hollywood star made in the future about his feat.
30 years later, Miguel remembers his past as Michael,...
Parox founder-producer Sergio Gándara is attending Guadalajara Festival’s Co-production Meeting to seek a co-producer from Mexico or North America.
“For us, it’s very important that one of the stars is a recognized name in the biggest industry in the world,” he commented.
Jiménez, Parox and Rouge Intl. are at an exploratory phase, considering the use of a hybrid style mixing live-action, animation and documentary, Gandara added.
In “Escape,” Miguel, a combatant against Augusto Pinochet’s bloody dictatorship, plans an escape from jail with other political prisoners while imagining a film with a Hollywood star made in the future about his feat.
30 years later, Miguel remembers his past as Michael,...
- 3/11/2019
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Lleida, Spain — The feature directorial debut of producer Sebastián Perillo “Amateur” scooped both best feature and director at the 24th Lleida Catalonia Latin America Festival, hosted by the city known by gourmets as the Mecca of grilled snails.
Internationally sold by Switzerland-based Kafilms, “Amateur” is an erotic thriller produced by Argentina’s Rispo Films, Amada Films and Tecno Films, and world-premiered at Mar del Plata festival where it took the best original music award.
“Amateur” follows Martin (Esteban Lamothe), a solitary TV director who becomes obsessed with his neighbor and boss’ wife Isabel (Jazmín Stuart), when he finds a porno in which she appears. The jury described Perillo’s debut as “a surprising genre feature made with courage, and without prejudices.”
Best screenplay was granted to “Family Life,” co-helmed by Alicia Scherson (“Il futuro”) and Alejandro Zambra (co-writer of Cristián Jiménez’s “Bonsái”). International sales on “Family Life” are handled...
Internationally sold by Switzerland-based Kafilms, “Amateur” is an erotic thriller produced by Argentina’s Rispo Films, Amada Films and Tecno Films, and world-premiered at Mar del Plata festival where it took the best original music award.
“Amateur” follows Martin (Esteban Lamothe), a solitary TV director who becomes obsessed with his neighbor and boss’ wife Isabel (Jazmín Stuart), when he finds a porno in which she appears. The jury described Perillo’s debut as “a surprising genre feature made with courage, and without prejudices.”
Best screenplay was granted to “Family Life,” co-helmed by Alicia Scherson (“Il futuro”) and Alejandro Zambra (co-writer of Cristián Jiménez’s “Bonsái”). International sales on “Family Life” are handled...
- 4/28/2018
- by Emilio Mayorga
- Variety Film + TV
Berlin rounds out Panorama line-up.
Source: Studiocanal
Yardie
The Berlin Film Festival’s Panorama line-up will feature a total of 47 films from 40 countries, with 37 world premieres and 16 directorial debuts.
Scroll down for full line-up
20 films will be screened in the scope of Panorama Dokumente, while 27 fiction features are shown in Panorama Special as well as the main programme.
Wolfgang Fischer’s Styx will open Panorama Special on February 16 at Zoo Palast. Nearly dialogue-free, the film tells the story of a female doctor on a sailing holiday gone unexpectedly sour somewhere between Europe and Africa. The main programme will open on the evening before with the previously announced feature River’s Edge.
A Czech production opens Panorama Dokumente. Jan Gebert’s Až přijde válka (When the War Comes) treats the global trend of a rising political nationalism using the example of the young Slovak paramilitary organisation Slovenski Branci. Meanwhile, Árpád Bogdán’s feature film Genezis (Genesis) takes up the series...
Source: Studiocanal
Yardie
The Berlin Film Festival’s Panorama line-up will feature a total of 47 films from 40 countries, with 37 world premieres and 16 directorial debuts.
Scroll down for full line-up
20 films will be screened in the scope of Panorama Dokumente, while 27 fiction features are shown in Panorama Special as well as the main programme.
Wolfgang Fischer’s Styx will open Panorama Special on February 16 at Zoo Palast. Nearly dialogue-free, the film tells the story of a female doctor on a sailing holiday gone unexpectedly sour somewhere between Europe and Africa. The main programme will open on the evening before with the previously announced feature River’s Edge.
A Czech production opens Panorama Dokumente. Jan Gebert’s Až přijde válka (When the War Comes) treats the global trend of a rising political nationalism using the example of the young Slovak paramilitary organisation Slovenski Branci. Meanwhile, Árpád Bogdán’s feature film Genezis (Genesis) takes up the series...
- 1/25/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- ScreenDaily
Berlin rounds out Panorama line-up.
Source: Studiocanal
Yardie
The Berlin Film Festival has rounded out its 2018 Panorama line-up which will feature a total of 47 films from 40 countries, with 37 world premieres and 16 directorial debuts.
20 films will be screened in the scope of Panorama Dokumente, while 27 fiction features are shown in Panorama Special as well as the main programme.
Wolfgang Fischer’s Styx will open Panorama Special on February 16 at Zoo Palast. Nearly dialogue-free, the film tells the story of a female doctor on a sailing holiday gone unexpectedly sour somewhere between Europe and Africa. The main programme will open on the evening before with the previously announced feature River’s Edge.
A Czech production opens Panorama Dokumente. Jan Gebert’s Až přijde válka (When the War Comes) treats the global trend of a rising political nationalism using the example of the young Slovak paramilitary organisation Slovenski Branci. Meanwhile, Árpád Bogdán’s feature film Genezis (Genesis) takes up the series...
Source: Studiocanal
Yardie
The Berlin Film Festival has rounded out its 2018 Panorama line-up which will feature a total of 47 films from 40 countries, with 37 world premieres and 16 directorial debuts.
20 films will be screened in the scope of Panorama Dokumente, while 27 fiction features are shown in Panorama Special as well as the main programme.
Wolfgang Fischer’s Styx will open Panorama Special on February 16 at Zoo Palast. Nearly dialogue-free, the film tells the story of a female doctor on a sailing holiday gone unexpectedly sour somewhere between Europe and Africa. The main programme will open on the evening before with the previously announced feature River’s Edge.
A Czech production opens Panorama Dokumente. Jan Gebert’s Až přijde válka (When the War Comes) treats the global trend of a rising political nationalism using the example of the young Slovak paramilitary organisation Slovenski Branci. Meanwhile, Árpád Bogdán’s feature film Genezis (Genesis) takes up the series...
- 1/25/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- ScreenDaily
Mubi's retrospective The Films of Krzysztof Zanussi is showing from January 18 - March 23 in most countries in the world.Krzysztof Zanussi"[T]he test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function." —F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Crack-Up "Many know much, but do not know themselves." —Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, The Meditations Despite not being an immediately recognizable name to many modern filmgoers, Krzysztof Zanussi is one of the most important Polish filmmakers. He gave a speech with Andrzej Wajda at the Filmmakers Forum in Gdańsk in 1975 that paved the way for the famous ‘cinema of moral anxiety.’ Although he is often overlooked by modern cinephiles—particularly in comparison to contemporaries like Kieślowski or Wajda—he is a fascinating director whose vast cinematic output followed a degree in philosophy and a PhD in physics.
- 1/18/2018
- MUBI
The first day Patty Jenkins and Gal Gadot met, they slipped into a sushi restaurant and didn't stop talking for four hours. "Both of us were so passionate about so many topics," says Gadot. "Family life, World War II, the Holocaust, humans, race, politics. We were upset and we were happy and we were thrilled." That conversation is still ongoing. Months after their film, Wonder Woman, became the summer's biggest hit, the pair continue to fizz with chemistry, so much that…...
- 12/13/2017
- Deadline
Everything Thomas Rhett needs to know he “Learned It From the Radio” — except for maybe how to burp a baby.
The country star, 27, got a “dad lesson” during a stop on his Home Team Tour as seen on Instagram Friday. Rhett’s bandmate, Josh Reedy, showed the father of two how to make his 9-week-old daughter Ada James belch after a feeding.
“Is she supposed to burp or spit up?” Rhett can be heard asking in the footage, which also featured his wife Lauren Akins.
In addition, the Life Changes hitmaker discovered his youngest child enjoys side-to-side motion as he...
The country star, 27, got a “dad lesson” during a stop on his Home Team Tour as seen on Instagram Friday. Rhett’s bandmate, Josh Reedy, showed the father of two how to make his 9-week-old daughter Ada James belch after a feeding.
“Is she supposed to burp or spit up?” Rhett can be heard asking in the footage, which also featured his wife Lauren Akins.
In addition, the Life Changes hitmaker discovered his youngest child enjoys side-to-side motion as he...
- 10/14/2017
- by Karen Mizoguchi
- PEOPLE.com
Daisy Josephine is 1!
The younger child of engaged actors Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis rang in her first full year Wednesday — fittingly, on International Day of the Girl.
“My curious, courageous one, I promise we’ll work hard to make this place better for you and your sisters everywhere,” Wilde, 33, captioned a photo of an intrigued-looking Daisy gazing out a window. “We’ve taken some hits recently, but I believe we are even more determined because of it.”
“We dream of a time when you won’t have to apologize for your brilliance, or sacrifice your self-respect to prove your worthiness,...
The younger child of engaged actors Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis rang in her first full year Wednesday — fittingly, on International Day of the Girl.
“My curious, courageous one, I promise we’ll work hard to make this place better for you and your sisters everywhere,” Wilde, 33, captioned a photo of an intrigued-looking Daisy gazing out a window. “We’ve taken some hits recently, but I believe we are even more determined because of it.”
“We dream of a time when you won’t have to apologize for your brilliance, or sacrifice your self-respect to prove your worthiness,...
- 10/11/2017
- by Jen Juneau
- PEOPLE.com
John F. Kennedy Jr. may not have been the most dedicated college student, but mom Jackie Kennedy did her best to ensure that his years at Brown University were successful.
According to documents published by Page Six, Jackie filled out her son’s 1978 application to the school while he was in Kenya and even kept in touch with his professors to see that he stayed focused on making the grade in his classes.
For the application, the former first lady listed her late husband President John F. Kennedy’s occupation as “government” and downplayed her son’s famous family ties in the autobiography section.
According to documents published by Page Six, Jackie filled out her son’s 1978 application to the school while he was in Kenya and even kept in touch with his professors to see that he stayed focused on making the grade in his classes.
For the application, the former first lady listed her late husband President John F. Kennedy’s occupation as “government” and downplayed her son’s famous family ties in the autobiography section.
- 10/9/2017
- by Stephanie Petit
- PEOPLE.com
Lauren Akins has a new assistant for when she goes to the salon!
The mother of two — and wife of country star Thomas Rhett — debuted her new short haircut on Instagram Tuesday, along with photograph featuring 22-month-old daughter Willa Gray.
“Willa Gray got into my scissors this morning,” Akins, 27, jokingly wrote along with a flushed face emoji. “We just had a day date at @thedryhousenashville and Ali chopped over a Foot off my hair #mamaneededlesshair #ifeelfreeeeeee,” she continued, adding that she will be donating her tresses to Pantene’s Beautiful Lengths campaign to create real-hair wigs for women with cancer.
The mother of two — and wife of country star Thomas Rhett — debuted her new short haircut on Instagram Tuesday, along with photograph featuring 22-month-old daughter Willa Gray.
“Willa Gray got into my scissors this morning,” Akins, 27, jokingly wrote along with a flushed face emoji. “We just had a day date at @thedryhousenashville and Ali chopped over a Foot off my hair #mamaneededlesshair #ifeelfreeeeeee,” she continued, adding that she will be donating her tresses to Pantene’s Beautiful Lengths campaign to create real-hair wigs for women with cancer.
- 9/20/2017
- by Karen Mizoguchi
- PEOPLE.com
Every new parent needs a date night!
Baseball star Derek Jeter and his wife, Hannah, stepped out for an evening in New York City on Monday.
Watch: Derek Jeter and Wife Hannah Welcome Baby Girl -- Find Out Her Sweet Name
Holding hands, the cute couple was spotted leaving Italian hot spot Carbone in their first public sighting together since welcoming their daughter, Bella Raine.
Hannah, 27, looked fabulous in a navy blouse and jeans, while the 43-year-old retired baseball pro rocked black pants and a plaid, black-and-blue shirt.
Photo: Backgrid
The couple tied the knot in July 2016 and announced they were expecting their first child in February.
Shortly after sharing the joyous news, Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Hannah told Et that she wasn’t too concerned about body changes caused by the pregnancy.
Exclusive: Hannah Jeter Talks Family Life With Husband Derek, Says She 'Wouldn't Pose Visibly Pregnant'
"I'm just so happy right now,” she said. “I'm...
Baseball star Derek Jeter and his wife, Hannah, stepped out for an evening in New York City on Monday.
Watch: Derek Jeter and Wife Hannah Welcome Baby Girl -- Find Out Her Sweet Name
Holding hands, the cute couple was spotted leaving Italian hot spot Carbone in their first public sighting together since welcoming their daughter, Bella Raine.
Hannah, 27, looked fabulous in a navy blouse and jeans, while the 43-year-old retired baseball pro rocked black pants and a plaid, black-and-blue shirt.
Photo: Backgrid
The couple tied the knot in July 2016 and announced they were expecting their first child in February.
Shortly after sharing the joyous news, Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Hannah told Et that she wasn’t too concerned about body changes caused by the pregnancy.
Exclusive: Hannah Jeter Talks Family Life With Husband Derek, Says She 'Wouldn't Pose Visibly Pregnant'
"I'm just so happy right now,” she said. “I'm...
- 9/12/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
It’s one week until Thomas Rhett‘s new album drops, and the singer has a problem that only another musician parent could understand: How do you rock the country scene with your record release while still helping out with diaper duty and bedtime routines?
“The moment we look at our calendars, it really does stress us out,” the singer tells People in this week’s issue of balancing family time with the grueling promo schedule on the horizon for his upcoming album, aptly titled Life Changes. “But if Luke Bryan and Jason Aldean can do it, we can do it!
“The moment we look at our calendars, it really does stress us out,” the singer tells People in this week’s issue of balancing family time with the grueling promo schedule on the horizon for his upcoming album, aptly titled Life Changes. “But if Luke Bryan and Jason Aldean can do it, we can do it!
- 9/1/2017
- by Eileen Finan
- PEOPLE.com
Cuddling together on a bed, their newborn between them and their 21-month-old in constant movement — over, around and on top of them — Thomas Rhett and Lauren Akins are marveling at their long journey toward becoming a family of four.
The country star and his wife had been shuttling back and forth to Uganda for a year trying to adopt Willa Gray before finally bringing the toddler home to Nashville, Tennessee, in May
“I didn’t think she would ever come home,” Lauren tells People in this week’s issue. “It was so exhausting, so defeating. Emotionally, it would wreck me sometimes.
The country star and his wife had been shuttling back and forth to Uganda for a year trying to adopt Willa Gray before finally bringing the toddler home to Nashville, Tennessee, in May
“I didn’t think she would ever come home,” Lauren tells People in this week’s issue. “It was so exhausting, so defeating. Emotionally, it would wreck me sometimes.
- 8/31/2017
- by Eileen Finan
- PEOPLE.com
Lauren Akins was having a pray-to-Jesus kind of morning: repairmen were ringing the doorbell, the dogs were barking, her newborn was hungry and crying, the TV wasn’t working, her husband was out and her toddler was screaming because she couldn’t watch Aristocats.
“That was my moment of, ‘Oh, sweet, sweet Jesus, just give me some help!’ ” Lauren says with a laugh in this week’s issue of People. “There are moments where I’m definitely like, ‘Well, this isn’t pretty.’ ”
And yet, as chaotic as life is these days for Lauren and her country star husband Thomas Rhett,...
“That was my moment of, ‘Oh, sweet, sweet Jesus, just give me some help!’ ” Lauren says with a laugh in this week’s issue of People. “There are moments where I’m definitely like, ‘Well, this isn’t pretty.’ ”
And yet, as chaotic as life is these days for Lauren and her country star husband Thomas Rhett,...
- 8/30/2017
- by Eileen Finan
- PEOPLE.com
Country star Thomas Rhett is pretty excited about fatherhood.
The 27-year-old “Unforgettable” singer and his wife Lauren welcomed their second daughter, Ada James, on Aug. 12 — and the couple couldn’t be happier (or busier).
“It’s pretty intense because I feel like when one of them goes to sleep, the other one wakes up and vice versa,” Thomas Rhett told Entertainment Tonight Wednesday at the Acm Honors in Nashville, Tennessee, of his two daughters: Ada and 21-month-old Willa Gray, whom the pair adopted from Uganda in May after meeting her through their work with 147 Million Orphans.
“We’re figuring it out as we go,...
The 27-year-old “Unforgettable” singer and his wife Lauren welcomed their second daughter, Ada James, on Aug. 12 — and the couple couldn’t be happier (or busier).
“It’s pretty intense because I feel like when one of them goes to sleep, the other one wakes up and vice versa,” Thomas Rhett told Entertainment Tonight Wednesday at the Acm Honors in Nashville, Tennessee, of his two daughters: Ada and 21-month-old Willa Gray, whom the pair adopted from Uganda in May after meeting her through their work with 147 Million Orphans.
“We’re figuring it out as we go,...
- 8/24/2017
- by Yvonne Juris
- PEOPLE.com
Following a run on the festival circuit at festivals like Rotterdam and even Sundance, Family Life is nearing the end of its theatrical run, and in honor of its pending VOD debut, we have the honor to premiere and exclusive clip from this captivating drama.
Family Life tells the story of Martin, a middle aged man who is asked to house sit for a married couple as they move to France. Martin has little prospects in life, as he’s a 40 year old bloke with no family and no job to speak of. Finding himself falling for the idea of “family life” as he falls into a routine in this new home, that is, until the family’s cat goes missing. While on the hunt for “Misisipi,” he meets and falls head over heels for a beautiful woman named Pachi, and the viewer becomes privy to the growth of this pseudo-family,...
Family Life tells the story of Martin, a middle aged man who is asked to house sit for a married couple as they move to France. Martin has little prospects in life, as he’s a 40 year old bloke with no family and no job to speak of. Finding himself falling for the idea of “family life” as he falls into a routine in this new home, that is, until the family’s cat goes missing. While on the hunt for “Misisipi,” he meets and falls head over heels for a beautiful woman named Pachi, and the viewer becomes privy to the growth of this pseudo-family,...
- 7/6/2017
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
It’s hard to deny that Blake Lively lives a pretty charmed life. Aside from the international fame and string of hugely successful films, there’s also her enviable collection of red carpet couture gowns (and the stunning multi-million dollar mega carat jewels that go with them), not to mentioned her equally A-list husband Ryan Reynolds, and their two small daughters, all of which makes a serious case for women having it all. But even though Blake may be living her best possible life, that doesn’t mean she never falls victim to the same small, human foibles as the rest of us.
- 6/9/2017
- by Emily Kirkpatrick
- PEOPLE.com
The Cannes Film Festival is typically where Blake Lively thrives. While there’s no red carpet the actress hasn’t met and conquered with aplomb, there’s something about those Riviera breezes and the pomp and circumstance of the French affair that brings out her diamond-encrusted sartorial best. But this year, the mother of two skipped the grand black tie affair, giving the next generation of supermodels a chance to shine and show off their finest evening wear jorts. Instead, Blake saved up all of that Old Hollywood elegance she usually reserves for the occasion, delivering it instead on the...
- 5/23/2017
- by Emily Kirkpatrick
- PEOPLE.com
Excusive: Ira prison break drama to get private screening on Croisette.
Visit Films heads to Cannes with a sales slate that includes Ira thriller Maze, SXSW selections M.F.A. and Flesh And Blood, and Us coming-of-age drama Cold November.
Ryan Kampe will also be talking up recent Sundance and Rotterdam selections Family Life and Columbus, and Sundance and Berlinale selection Dayveon.
Kampe has scheduled a private buyers’ screening for Maze starring Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Barry Ward, and Martin McCann. Lionsgate will distributes in the UK and a number of territories are pre-sold.
The thriller chronicles the mass break-out in 1983 of 38 prisoners from the Maze high security prison.
The film focuses on Larry Marley, the chief architect of the escape, who strikes up a complex friendship with Gordon, a prison warden.
Stephen Burke directs and Jane Doolan of Mammoth Films and Brendan J. Byrne of Cyprus Avenue Films serve as producers. The Irish Film Board, Film Väst, Rte...
Visit Films heads to Cannes with a sales slate that includes Ira thriller Maze, SXSW selections M.F.A. and Flesh And Blood, and Us coming-of-age drama Cold November.
Ryan Kampe will also be talking up recent Sundance and Rotterdam selections Family Life and Columbus, and Sundance and Berlinale selection Dayveon.
Kampe has scheduled a private buyers’ screening for Maze starring Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Barry Ward, and Martin McCann. Lionsgate will distributes in the UK and a number of territories are pre-sold.
The thriller chronicles the mass break-out in 1983 of 38 prisoners from the Maze high security prison.
The film focuses on Larry Marley, the chief architect of the escape, who strikes up a complex friendship with Gordon, a prison warden.
Stephen Burke directs and Jane Doolan of Mammoth Films and Brendan J. Byrne of Cyprus Avenue Films serve as producers. The Irish Film Board, Film Väst, Rte...
- 5/12/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Although there’s no shortage of regional film festivals throughout the year, few — if any — are better curated than the Maryland Film Festival. With a slate organized by Director of Programming Eric Allen Hatch, the downtown Baltimore festival, which takes place from May 3-7, offers the finest in independent and international cinema of the past year, as well as some of our most-anticipated world premieres.
Now in its 19th year, we’re pleased to debut the full line-up for the 6-screen festival, and can exclusively reveal that Brett Haley‘s The Hero (one of our favorite films from Sundance) will be the Closing Night film. World premiering at the festival is Stephen Cone‘s Princess Cyd, his follow-up to one of last year’s finest films, Henry Gamble’s Birthday Party, along with Josh Crockett‘s Dr. Brinks & Dr. Brinks.
We can also exclusively reveal the Opening Night Shorts — 5 short...
Now in its 19th year, we’re pleased to debut the full line-up for the 6-screen festival, and can exclusively reveal that Brett Haley‘s The Hero (one of our favorite films from Sundance) will be the Closing Night film. World premiering at the festival is Stephen Cone‘s Princess Cyd, his follow-up to one of last year’s finest films, Henry Gamble’s Birthday Party, along with Josh Crockett‘s Dr. Brinks & Dr. Brinks.
We can also exclusively reveal the Opening Night Shorts — 5 short...
- 4/21/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Keep up with the always-hopping film festival world with our weekly Film Festival Roundup column. Check out last week’s Roundup right here.
Lineup Announcements
– Sundance Institute and Picturehouse have announced that the 2017 Sundance Film Festival: London will open with the European premiere of “Beatriz at Dinner.”
The film world premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, USA, and will be introduced to London audiences by director Miguel Arteta, screenwriter Mike White, and lead actress Salma Hayek on June 1 at Picturehouse Central.
– The American Pavilion has announced its 2017 lineup for the American Pavilion Emerging Filmmaker Showcase. The impressive program features 25 short documentary and narrative films by up-and-coming filmmakers from the U.S. and around the world, all of which will screen at The American Pavilion during the Cannes Film Festival. More information about the showcase and links to view the films’ trailers are available at its official site.
Lineup Announcements
– Sundance Institute and Picturehouse have announced that the 2017 Sundance Film Festival: London will open with the European premiere of “Beatriz at Dinner.”
The film world premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, USA, and will be introduced to London audiences by director Miguel Arteta, screenwriter Mike White, and lead actress Salma Hayek on June 1 at Picturehouse Central.
– The American Pavilion has announced its 2017 lineup for the American Pavilion Emerging Filmmaker Showcase. The impressive program features 25 short documentary and narrative films by up-and-coming filmmakers from the U.S. and around the world, all of which will screen at The American Pavilion during the Cannes Film Festival. More information about the showcase and links to view the films’ trailers are available at its official site.
- 4/20/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Keep up with the always-hopping film festival world with our weekly Film Festival Roundup column. Check out last week’s Roundup right here.
Lineup Announcements
– Exclusive: The 12th Annual Sunscreen Film Festival announced its official selections for the 2017 event featuring films with Alec Baldwin, Dylan McDermott, John Cleese, Daphne Zuniga and more. Opening night will feature Michael Mailer’s newest film, “Blind,” a romantic-drama, starring Alec Baldwin, Demi Moore and Dylan McDermott. Closing night will wrap up the festival with “Albion: The Enchanted Stallion,” a family fantasy adventure, starring John Cleese, Debra Messing, Jennifer Morrison and Stephen Dorff.
Retrospective Screenings will include Daphne Zuniga appearance at the festival honoring the 30th anniversary of “Spaceballs.” Also in this category will be “The Greatest Show on Earth,” from 1952 directed by Cecile B. DeMille, which won the Oscar for Best Pictures and Best Writing in 1953. The screening will honor the closing of the Ringling Bros.
Lineup Announcements
– Exclusive: The 12th Annual Sunscreen Film Festival announced its official selections for the 2017 event featuring films with Alec Baldwin, Dylan McDermott, John Cleese, Daphne Zuniga and more. Opening night will feature Michael Mailer’s newest film, “Blind,” a romantic-drama, starring Alec Baldwin, Demi Moore and Dylan McDermott. Closing night will wrap up the festival with “Albion: The Enchanted Stallion,” a family fantasy adventure, starring John Cleese, Debra Messing, Jennifer Morrison and Stephen Dorff.
Retrospective Screenings will include Daphne Zuniga appearance at the festival honoring the 30th anniversary of “Spaceballs.” Also in this category will be “The Greatest Show on Earth,” from 1952 directed by Cecile B. DeMille, which won the Oscar for Best Pictures and Best Writing in 1953. The screening will honor the closing of the Ringling Bros.
- 3/30/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Ryan Kampe and his team have closed multiple territories on a raft of recent festival picks.
Shanghai Jushi Films has acquired Chinese rights to Sundance and Rotterdam selection Columbus, Sundance and Berlinale selection Dayveon, SXSW and Rotterdam documentary Rat Film, Rotterdam and Toronto selection X500, and Tribeca award winner Kicks.
Kogonda’s comedy Columbus starring John Cho, Parker Posey, and Haley Lu Richardson, has also gone to Front Row for the Middle East, while FilmRise has picked up North American rights to Amman Abbasi’s Arkansas-set rites-of-passage drama Dayveon.
Binci / Lemon Tree Media has acquired Chinese rights to a slew of titles, including Sundance and Rotterdam selection Family Life directed by Alicia Scherson and Cristián Jiménez, and SXSW and Champs-Élysées award winner From Nowhere by Matthew Newton.
The distributor has also picked up two titles in post-production: Ira prison escape drama Maze starring Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Barry Ward, and Martin McCann, and thriller...
Shanghai Jushi Films has acquired Chinese rights to Sundance and Rotterdam selection Columbus, Sundance and Berlinale selection Dayveon, SXSW and Rotterdam documentary Rat Film, Rotterdam and Toronto selection X500, and Tribeca award winner Kicks.
Kogonda’s comedy Columbus starring John Cho, Parker Posey, and Haley Lu Richardson, has also gone to Front Row for the Middle East, while FilmRise has picked up North American rights to Amman Abbasi’s Arkansas-set rites-of-passage drama Dayveon.
Binci / Lemon Tree Media has acquired Chinese rights to a slew of titles, including Sundance and Rotterdam selection Family Life directed by Alicia Scherson and Cristián Jiménez, and SXSW and Champs-Élysées award winner From Nowhere by Matthew Newton.
The distributor has also picked up two titles in post-production: Ira prison escape drama Maze starring Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Barry Ward, and Martin McCann, and thriller...
- 3/20/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
THR amazing casting news: the great Patricia Clarkson will play Amy Adams estranged mother in HBO's Sharp Objects. Both roles are so juicy. Filming starts soon but we're talking next summer's Emmy nomination's not 2017's. Speaking of...
Decider Joe Reid's already thinking of the Lead Actress in a Miniseries Emmy race: 10 women, only 6 slots
/Film original Ghost in the Shell actors will dub the new film for Japanese relates
Salon looks back at memorable Russian villains in movies and on TV
All Things Considered wonders if you can make a King Kong movie without perpetuating racial undertones
Variety winners for the Miami Film Festival: Family Life and Maria (and Everybody Else)
Awards Daily 77 films about women on the way. That sounds like a lot, so, yay!
The Sun a couple of more pictures from the set of Mary Poppins Returns. A polka dot bowtie on Mary!
Decider Girls found...
Decider Joe Reid's already thinking of the Lead Actress in a Miniseries Emmy race: 10 women, only 6 slots
/Film original Ghost in the Shell actors will dub the new film for Japanese relates
Salon looks back at memorable Russian villains in movies and on TV
All Things Considered wonders if you can make a King Kong movie without perpetuating racial undertones
Variety winners for the Miami Film Festival: Family Life and Maria (and Everybody Else)
Awards Daily 77 films about women on the way. That sounds like a lot, so, yay!
The Sun a couple of more pictures from the set of Mary Poppins Returns. A polka dot bowtie on Mary!
Decider Girls found...
- 3/13/2017
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
What a surprising city Rotterdam is and the Festival and Cinemart are full of surprises too.
Being in The Netherlands is like a homecoming for me. My first major job in the film industry was with 20th Century Fox International and City Fox Films in Amsterdam in 1975 which is when I first attended the International Film Festival of Rotterdam, three years after its founding by Huub Bals. It was much smaller then. Iffr’s logo is a tiger, loosely based on the M.G.M. lion as an alternative. From the beginning, the festival has profiled itself as a promoter of alternative, innovative and non-commercial films, with an emphasis on the Far East and developing countries. It has become one of the most important events in the film world, an integral part of the winter circuit of Sundance, Rotterdam and Berlin Film Festivals.
“Fox and HIs Friends”
Except for my...
Being in The Netherlands is like a homecoming for me. My first major job in the film industry was with 20th Century Fox International and City Fox Films in Amsterdam in 1975 which is when I first attended the International Film Festival of Rotterdam, three years after its founding by Huub Bals. It was much smaller then. Iffr’s logo is a tiger, loosely based on the M.G.M. lion as an alternative. From the beginning, the festival has profiled itself as a promoter of alternative, innovative and non-commercial films, with an emphasis on the Far East and developing countries. It has become one of the most important events in the film world, an integral part of the winter circuit of Sundance, Rotterdam and Berlin Film Festivals.
“Fox and HIs Friends”
Except for my...
- 3/8/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Even after Season 1, it was clear “The Detour” was a deceptive title. Though Nate Parker’s seemingly impulsive but truly diabolical decision to drive (rather than fly) the family from Syracuse, New York to Florida pushed the exceedingly wild story forward, the altered route wasn’t really the focus of a family comedy unraveling more mysteries than most soap operas. Week after week as the Parkers made their lengthy journey south, and new secrets were unveiled about Nate (Jason Jones), Robin (Natalie Zea), and their two kids, Delilah (Ashley Gerasimovich) and Jared (Liam Carroll).
But the titular detour wasn’t the road trip itself, nor was it what was uncovered because of it. “The Detour’s” larger purpose was to take us on a trip out of our comfort zone. The TBS original is built to deconstruct our understanding of family comedies and family dynamics in general. Doing so while...
But the titular detour wasn’t the road trip itself, nor was it what was uncovered because of it. “The Detour’s” larger purpose was to take us on a trip out of our comfort zone. The TBS original is built to deconstruct our understanding of family comedies and family dynamics in general. Doing so while...
- 2/22/2017
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Hannah Jeter is proudly showing off her baby bump!
The 26-year-old model -- who is expecting her first child with husband Derek Jeter -- put her burgeoning belly on display during the second day of the Vibes by Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2017 launch festival in Houston, Texas, on Saturday. Hannah confidently walked the red carpet in a very sheer black crochet dress, which she paired with black undergarments and matching strappy sandals.
Rick Kern/Getty Images for Sports Illustrated
Exclusive: Hannah Jeter Talks Family Life With Husband Derek, Says She 'Wouldn't Pose Visibly Pregnant'
The mom-to-be was joined by many of her fellow 2017 Sports Illustrated models at the event. Lovely ladies like Ashley Graham, Nina Agdal, Hailey Clauson, Mia Kang and Myla Dalbesio all showed off their enviable figures in sexy minis and low-cut LBDs.
Rick Kern/Getty Images for Sports Illustrated
Hannah clearly isn't about to ditch her sexy style during her pregnancy. One day earlier...
The 26-year-old model -- who is expecting her first child with husband Derek Jeter -- put her burgeoning belly on display during the second day of the Vibes by Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2017 launch festival in Houston, Texas, on Saturday. Hannah confidently walked the red carpet in a very sheer black crochet dress, which she paired with black undergarments and matching strappy sandals.
Rick Kern/Getty Images for Sports Illustrated
Exclusive: Hannah Jeter Talks Family Life With Husband Derek, Says She 'Wouldn't Pose Visibly Pregnant'
The mom-to-be was joined by many of her fellow 2017 Sports Illustrated models at the event. Lovely ladies like Ashley Graham, Nina Agdal, Hailey Clauson, Mia Kang and Myla Dalbesio all showed off their enviable figures in sexy minis and low-cut LBDs.
Rick Kern/Getty Images for Sports Illustrated
Hannah clearly isn't about to ditch her sexy style during her pregnancy. One day earlier...
- 2/19/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Why Sundance Goers, and Audiences at Every Festival, Should Embrace World Cinema Over Popular Main-Slate Titles“God’s Own Country”
Eager to brave the extreme amounts of snow piling on every sidewalk and road in Park City, scores of freezing, malnourished, and often overworked film journalists and industry professionals line up hours in advance in order to secure a satisfying seat to that star-studded, Oscar-friendly, English-language stunner people have been raving about at every party or bus top around town. It’s understandable, they are desperate to become conquerors and be the first to plant their flag on the year’s big discovery. Trendsetting is a currency that in film criticism, like in many other occupations, is vital to acquire a certain level of recognition and validation.
However, even though being able to predict the future and to see the merits of a film before the crowd has sunk their...
Eager to brave the extreme amounts of snow piling on every sidewalk and road in Park City, scores of freezing, malnourished, and often overworked film journalists and industry professionals line up hours in advance in order to secure a satisfying seat to that star-studded, Oscar-friendly, English-language stunner people have been raving about at every party or bus top around town. It’s understandable, they are desperate to become conquerors and be the first to plant their flag on the year’s big discovery. Trendsetting is a currency that in film criticism, like in many other occupations, is vital to acquire a certain level of recognition and validation.
However, even though being able to predict the future and to see the merits of a film before the crowd has sunk their...
- 2/17/2017
- by Carlos Aguilar
- Sydney's Buzz
Exclusive: Ryan Kampe arrives at the Efm with a sales roster that includes Sundance premieres Family Life and Columbus, Rotterdam entries X500 and Rat Film, and Oscar-nominated Tanna.
Kevin Ford, Smriti Keshari, and Eric Schlosser’s Berlinale Special selection documentary the bomb screens on Friday and explores the power and fascination of nuclear weapons. the bomb premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival last year as a multimedia installation.
Amman Abbasi’s feature directorial debut Dayveon premiered at Sundance last month and screens in Forum on Friday. Newcomer Devin Blackmon plays the eponymous 13-year-old grieving the loss of his older brother who falls in with a local gang. FilmRise acquired North American rights after the premiere in Park City.
Alicia Scherson and Cristián Jiménez’s Family Life premiered at Sundance before going to the Rotterdam Film Festival. Jorge Becker, Gabriela Arancibia, Blanca Lewin and Cristián Carvajal star in the story of a lonely fabulist who concocts a tale...
Kevin Ford, Smriti Keshari, and Eric Schlosser’s Berlinale Special selection documentary the bomb screens on Friday and explores the power and fascination of nuclear weapons. the bomb premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival last year as a multimedia installation.
Amman Abbasi’s feature directorial debut Dayveon premiered at Sundance last month and screens in Forum on Friday. Newcomer Devin Blackmon plays the eponymous 13-year-old grieving the loss of his older brother who falls in with a local gang. FilmRise acquired North American rights after the premiere in Park City.
Alicia Scherson and Cristián Jiménez’s Family Life premiered at Sundance before going to the Rotterdam Film Festival. Jorge Becker, Gabriela Arancibia, Blanca Lewin and Cristián Carvajal star in the story of a lonely fabulist who concocts a tale...
- 2/8/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Films and projects travel from Sundance to Rotterdam and Rotterdam’s love affair with Latin America becomes apparent.
Making their way from Sundance to Rotterdam, “Lemon” was Opening Night in the International Film Festival Rotterdam, Sloan Prize Winner “Marjorie Prime” played in Voices while director Michael Almereyda was on the Jury of the Hivos Tiger Competition. His documentary, “Escapes” also played in the Regained section of the festival.
“Marjorie Prime”: Director Michael Almereyda, Lois Smith and Jon Hamm
“Chile’s “Family Life” by Alicia Scherson and Cristian Jimenez, Singapore’s “Pop Aye”, “Lady Macbeth” and “Sami Blood” all screened here after premiering in Sundance as well.
Pop Aye director Kirsten Tan won the Big Screen Competition and in addition to the cash prize may also count on a guaranteed release in Dutch cinemas and on TV.
“The Wound” by John Trengove has even longer legs, reaching from Sundance World...
Making their way from Sundance to Rotterdam, “Lemon” was Opening Night in the International Film Festival Rotterdam, Sloan Prize Winner “Marjorie Prime” played in Voices while director Michael Almereyda was on the Jury of the Hivos Tiger Competition. His documentary, “Escapes” also played in the Regained section of the festival.
“Marjorie Prime”: Director Michael Almereyda, Lois Smith and Jon Hamm
“Chile’s “Family Life” by Alicia Scherson and Cristian Jimenez, Singapore’s “Pop Aye”, “Lady Macbeth” and “Sami Blood” all screened here after premiering in Sundance as well.
Pop Aye director Kirsten Tan won the Big Screen Competition and in addition to the cash prize may also count on a guaranteed release in Dutch cinemas and on TV.
“The Wound” by John Trengove has even longer legs, reaching from Sundance World...
- 2/8/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
IndieWire reached out to the filmmakers behind the feature-length narrative and documentary films premiering this week to find out what cameras they used and why they chose them. Here are their responses.
Read More: The 2017 IndieWire Sundance Bible – Every Review, Interview and News Item Posted During the Festival
Dramatic Competition & Next
Cory Finley, “Thoroughbred”
Arri Alexa Mini. Panavision G-Series lenses.
The Dp, Lyle Vincent, was very particular about getting a hold of both. They gave us flexibility in shooting and helped create the very precise, high-contrast, and slightly dreamy look we were going for.
Gillian Robespierre, “Landline”
Arri Alexa with some vintage lenses
“Landline” takes place in 1990’s Manhattan. My Dp Chris Teague and I talked a lot about what shooting a period movie from a recent period would look and feel like. Unfortunately, we were not able to shoot on film, and added a texture of LiveGrain during color...
Read More: The 2017 IndieWire Sundance Bible – Every Review, Interview and News Item Posted During the Festival
Dramatic Competition & Next
Cory Finley, “Thoroughbred”
Arri Alexa Mini. Panavision G-Series lenses.
The Dp, Lyle Vincent, was very particular about getting a hold of both. They gave us flexibility in shooting and helped create the very precise, high-contrast, and slightly dreamy look we were going for.
Gillian Robespierre, “Landline”
Arri Alexa with some vintage lenses
“Landline” takes place in 1990’s Manhattan. My Dp Chris Teague and I talked a lot about what shooting a period movie from a recent period would look and feel like. Unfortunately, we were not able to shoot on film, and added a texture of LiveGrain during color...
- 1/25/2017
- by Annakeara Stinson and Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
There is a recognizable tradition of arthouse home invasion movies, one that includes Pier Paolo Pasolini’s “Theorem” or more recently, 2013 Cannes Competition entry “Borgman.” Chilean helmers Alicia Scherson and Cristián Jiménez collaborate in their riff on this sub-genre with the beguiling “Family Life,” part of the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival.
Continue reading ‘Family Life’ Is A Strange, Caustic & Funny Chilean Cinema Discovery [Sundance Review] at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Family Life’ Is A Strange, Caustic & Funny Chilean Cinema Discovery [Sundance Review] at The Playlist.
- 1/23/2017
- by Bradley Warren
- The Playlist
Strangers When We Meet: Scherson and Jimenez Present Sibling Identity Exercise
Two members of Chile’s contemporary cinema scene join forces in co-directing Family Life, an ambiguous portrait of familial ties teasing the taken-for-grantedness of believing people are who they say they are purely on face value.
Continue reading...
Two members of Chile’s contemporary cinema scene join forces in co-directing Family Life, an ambiguous portrait of familial ties teasing the taken-for-grantedness of believing people are who they say they are purely on face value.
Continue reading...
- 1/21/2017
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Abandoning the relatively large scale of earlier outings, festival-friendly Chilean directors Alicia Scherson and Cristian Jimenez return to the smaller canvas with Family Life, a witty and poignant drama about an emotionally damaged man who tries to set up a virtual family life in another family’s home. Rippling playfully into themes of solitude, love, companionship and the multiple dangers of male insecurity, this is quietly intriguing fare that rolls up wryness, poignancy and intimacy into a minor-key but memorable whole. Its high concept and universal themes suggest that as with helmers' previous work, happy future cohabitation with the festival circuit is...
- 1/20/2017
- by Jonathan Holland
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The journey to Sundance is an all-consuming endeavor and most filmmakers don’t lift their heads until they land in Park City with their Dcp in hand.
For some filmmakers, this year was different. The election of Donald Trump, which snapped so many into a new reality they hadn’t imagined, came just two weeks before most Sundance directors received their golden ticket to the festival. So we asked this year’s directors: Did the election change how you thought about your film, and your career as a filmmaker?
Read More: The 2017 IndieWire Sundance Bible – Every Review, Interview and News Item Posted During the Festival
John Trengove, “The Wound:” The Us election was a big reason why we chose to premiere in Sundance. With race and Lgbt rights being such heated issues in the Us, we thought it would be meaningful to bring a queer film from South Africa, together...
For some filmmakers, this year was different. The election of Donald Trump, which snapped so many into a new reality they hadn’t imagined, came just two weeks before most Sundance directors received their golden ticket to the festival. So we asked this year’s directors: Did the election change how you thought about your film, and your career as a filmmaker?
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John Trengove, “The Wound:” The Us election was a big reason why we chose to premiere in Sundance. With race and Lgbt rights being such heated issues in the Us, we thought it would be meaningful to bring a queer film from South Africa, together...
- 1/20/2017
- by Annakeara Stinson and Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
Could this be the new frontier for Jason Momoa? Underneath his tough exterior and towering presence -- he stands tall at 6-foot-4 and is literally built like a monster truck -- is a family man unafraid of being frank and refreshingly real about his place in Hollywood.
Momoa has had his share of stardom over the years (he was Khal Drogo on Game of Thrones, after all), but it’s a Canadian drama that’s breathing new life into the model-turned-actor. In Netflix’s Frontier, available on Friday, Jan. 20, Momoa plays Irish-Native American outlaw Declan Harp, who violently campaigns to breach the Hudson Bay Company’s monopoly on the fur trade in Canada.
For the 37-year-old Hawaii native, Declan remains “the hardest” role he’s ever played in his career (and that includes Aquaman). Not the most physically challenging per se, the character’s troubled past and tragic family sacrifice was emotionally taxing for Momoa, who is stepfather...
Momoa has had his share of stardom over the years (he was Khal Drogo on Game of Thrones, after all), but it’s a Canadian drama that’s breathing new life into the model-turned-actor. In Netflix’s Frontier, available on Friday, Jan. 20, Momoa plays Irish-Native American outlaw Declan Harp, who violently campaigns to breach the Hudson Bay Company’s monopoly on the fur trade in Canada.
For the 37-year-old Hawaii native, Declan remains “the hardest” role he’s ever played in his career (and that includes Aquaman). Not the most physically challenging per se, the character’s troubled past and tragic family sacrifice was emotionally taxing for Momoa, who is stepfather...
- 1/20/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Families bring together people from different backgrounds, with different stories, all forming into a cohesive unit. But what happens when one person has built their new life around a series of lies? That’s the basis of the Chilean film “Family Life,” which heads to the Sundance Film Festival for its World Premiere.
Directed by Alicia Scherson and Cristián Jiménez, and starring Jorge Becker, Gabriela Arancibia, Cristián Carvajal, and Blanca Lewin, the story revolves around the aimless Martin, who is asked to housesit for his cousin who is taking his family to France for a few months.
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Directed by Alicia Scherson and Cristián Jiménez, and starring Jorge Becker, Gabriela Arancibia, Cristián Carvajal, and Blanca Lewin, the story revolves around the aimless Martin, who is asked to housesit for his cousin who is taking his family to France for a few months.
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- 1/18/2017
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
We might as well accept that emojis are the language of the future, considering most of us don’t even text in full, intelligible sentences anymore, preferring to swap out even a simple “sure” for the oh-so convenient thumbs-up emoji. Even the official Oxford Dictionary word of 2015 wasn’t a word at all, but instead the most popular of the iconic icons: the laugh-cry emoji. So, of course, we should have known sooner or later we would start seeing them pop up on all of our favorite celebs’ apparel, and leave it to Blake Lively to make wearing what is...
- 12/21/2016
- by Emily Kirkpatrick
- PEOPLE.com
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