Jenifer Lewis is revealing that she experienced a devastating fall, after which she couldn’t move and thought she might die, during a trip to the Serengeti in Tanzania.
Lewis recalled, in a preview of a sit-down interview with Robin Roberts that aired on Good Morning America, that in 2022, she planned to retire and travel after Black-ish wrapped and she released a book. But in November of that year, an adventurous vacation went awry when she fell off of her hotel balcony.
During her first day at her resort in the Serengeti, Lewis was escorted to her room but she “wasn’t given a tour.” She wanted to get a closer look at the infinity pool out on the hotel balcony at night. “I went out, I was just taking in the fact that I was back in the Serengeti once again and I’m walking. … All of a sudden,...
Lewis recalled, in a preview of a sit-down interview with Robin Roberts that aired on Good Morning America, that in 2022, she planned to retire and travel after Black-ish wrapped and she released a book. But in November of that year, an adventurous vacation went awry when she fell off of her hotel balcony.
During her first day at her resort in the Serengeti, Lewis was escorted to her room but she “wasn’t given a tour.” She wanted to get a closer look at the infinity pool out on the hotel balcony at night. “I went out, I was just taking in the fact that I was back in the Serengeti once again and I’m walking. … All of a sudden,...
- 3/12/2024
- by Tatiana Tenreyro
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
From the time she entered Bollywood in 2007 with "Saawariya", Sonam Kapoor Ahuja mostly courted the limelight as a fashionista and a highly-opinionated person rather than with her acting skills -- till "Neerja" in 2016 changed that opinion for many. While the actress is happy with her career graph, she now wishes to be part of horror and action films.
"I haven't done any action and horror films, so these are the two genres I would love to explore. It would be so different and exciting for me because I haven't done anything on the action. So, one of these two genres would be interesting to try out," Sonam, who looks forward to working with filmmakers Vishal Bhardwaj and Shoojit Sircar, told a publication.
Starting her career as an assistant director in the film "Black" under the mentorship of filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Sonam is philosophical recalling her initial days when "Saawariya...
"I haven't done any action and horror films, so these are the two genres I would love to explore. It would be so different and exciting for me because I haven't done anything on the action. So, one of these two genres would be interesting to try out," Sonam, who looks forward to working with filmmakers Vishal Bhardwaj and Shoojit Sircar, told a publication.
Starting her career as an assistant director in the film "Black" under the mentorship of filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Sonam is philosophical recalling her initial days when "Saawariya...
- 10/3/2019
- GlamSham
Exclusive: The Black List and Women In Film Los Angeles (Wif La) has unveiled the participants for their episodic lab, which is in its fourth year.
The program is an effort between The Black List and Wif La that provides mentorship and career opportunities to six rising women television writers. Beginning October 1, the Lab will run twice weekly for four weeks for an entire year and will consist of script development, peer workshopping sessions, and Master Classes with established writers and industry executives.
The writers’ final pilots will be read by agencies and networks. This year’s advisors and Master Class teachers include Monica Beletsky (Parenthood), Carly Wray (Westworld), Sono Patel (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend), Glen Mazzara (The Dark Tower) and others.
Read the participants’ bios and their projects for this year’s Lab.
Kim Garland
“The Resurrected” – When a dead body comes back to life and then escapes from a Manhattan funeral home,...
The program is an effort between The Black List and Wif La that provides mentorship and career opportunities to six rising women television writers. Beginning October 1, the Lab will run twice weekly for four weeks for an entire year and will consist of script development, peer workshopping sessions, and Master Classes with established writers and industry executives.
The writers’ final pilots will be read by agencies and networks. This year’s advisors and Master Class teachers include Monica Beletsky (Parenthood), Carly Wray (Westworld), Sono Patel (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend), Glen Mazzara (The Dark Tower) and others.
Read the participants’ bios and their projects for this year’s Lab.
Kim Garland
“The Resurrected” – When a dead body comes back to life and then escapes from a Manhattan funeral home,...
- 10/1/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
If you were to draft up a list of qualities of typically 'Belgian' films, you likely would end up with the description of something an entire world away from Adil El Arbi and Bilal Fallah's international breakout hit Black, which is almost crtainly as the duo intended. Essentially Romeo And Juliet remodelled as a bold and brash, youthful gangster tale amongst Belgium's immigrant communities, Black - the duo's second film - found great success on the international festival circuit, where it was considered a calling card for a forceful pair of new talents. And now El Arbi and Fallah are poised to return with their third effort, the simply titled Gangsta and they look poised to deliver exactly what the title promises: Not the serious...
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- 11/23/2017
- Screen Anarchy
Louisa Mellor Nov 21, 2017
The Westworld creators talk imagery, metaphor and nerdy details in season one’s Blu ray special features…
This feature contains Westworld season one spoilers.
See related Shane Black: a career retrospective Zack Snyder interview: Batman V Superman
While it aired, the first season of Westworld could hardly have been more closely scrutinised for clues, twists and Easter Eggs. Between sites like this one and lengthy Reddit threads, fans went through Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy’s sci-fi drama with a fine-toothed comb.
The result of that careful work by fans meant that by the game-changing finale, most of Westworld’s secrets had been laid bare. Many fan theories had been proved correct. Nods to the 1973 film and to Michael Crichton’s other famous theme park story had all been exposed. When the DVD and Blu-ray release arrived at the start of this month then, very few...
The Westworld creators talk imagery, metaphor and nerdy details in season one’s Blu ray special features…
This feature contains Westworld season one spoilers.
See related Shane Black: a career retrospective Zack Snyder interview: Batman V Superman
While it aired, the first season of Westworld could hardly have been more closely scrutinised for clues, twists and Easter Eggs. Between sites like this one and lengthy Reddit threads, fans went through Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy’s sci-fi drama with a fine-toothed comb.
The result of that careful work by fans meant that by the game-changing finale, most of Westworld’s secrets had been laid bare. Many fan theories had been proved correct. Nods to the 1973 film and to Michael Crichton’s other famous theme park story had all been exposed. When the DVD and Blu-ray release arrived at the start of this month then, very few...
- 11/20/2017
- Den of Geek
Amy Winehouse‘s father says this year has been one of the toughest since his daughter’s life was cut short.
Six years have passed since the late singer died from accidental alcohol poisoning in her London home. Yet she will never stray from the thoughts of her parents, Mitch Winehouse, 67, and Janice Winehouse-Collins, 61.
“We think about her every day,” Mitch tells People at the gala dinner of the Amy Winehouse Foundation at the Dorchester Hotel on Thursday. “In fact, we think about her every minute of the day.”
“I don’t know why but this year her birthday hit me very hard,...
Six years have passed since the late singer died from accidental alcohol poisoning in her London home. Yet she will never stray from the thoughts of her parents, Mitch Winehouse, 67, and Janice Winehouse-Collins, 61.
“We think about her every day,” Mitch tells People at the gala dinner of the Amy Winehouse Foundation at the Dorchester Hotel on Thursday. “In fact, we think about her every minute of the day.”
“I don’t know why but this year her birthday hit me very hard,...
- 10/6/2017
- by Phil Boucher
- PEOPLE.com
These days, comic book adaptations are as commonplace on the small screen as they are on the big. Whether it’s on Netflix, ABC, The CW or FX, your remote control doesn’t need to travel far to see your favorite (and more obscure, for that matter) characters come to life. That tradition will continue on Wgn America, as they’re gearing up a pilot based on Vertigo Comics’ Scalped, and while details remain slim, we now know who’ll direct. Those duties belong to Bilall Fallah and Adil El Arbi, best known for helming 2015’s well-received crime drama Black.
Based on Jason Aaron and R.M. Guera’s acclaimed graphic novel series of the same name, Scalped remained in various stages of development for years and only recently started to come together. It follows a power struggle fought by the Native American community, led by Chief Lincoln Red Crow.
Based on Jason Aaron and R.M. Guera’s acclaimed graphic novel series of the same name, Scalped remained in various stages of development for years and only recently started to come together. It follows a power struggle fought by the Native American community, led by Chief Lincoln Red Crow.
- 2/12/2017
- by Will Ashton
- We Got This Covered
Bilall Fallah and Adil El Arbi, the Belgian writer-directing duo best known for their edgy drama Black, which won the Discovery Award at the 2015 Toronto Film Festival last year, are set to direct Wgn America’s drama pilot Scalped. The project, which will feature a predominantly Native American cast, was written by Doug Jung (Banshee) based on the DC graphic novel series written by Jason Aaron and illustrated by R.M. Guéra. A modern-day crime story set in the world of a…...
- 2/10/2017
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: Drug gang drama to be directed by Belgian directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah.
Ambitious Amsterdam-based Dutch Features Global Entertainment, headed by CEO Pim van Collem, is to begin world sales at the Afm on Patser, the new feature from L.A. and Brussels based Belgian directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah.
El Arbi and Fallah are also attached to direct Beverly Hills Cop 4, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer for Paramount Pictures, and have recently directed the first two episodes for the series Snowfall for FX Networks. Their previous feature, teen gang movie, Black (2015) won the Dropbox Discovery Award at Tiff and became a media phenomenon after provoking riots in a Brussels cinema.
Patser tells the tale of four ne’er-do-wells from the neighbourhood ‘t Kiel’ in Antwerp, aspiring to become gangster legends. They foolishly get involved in high-profile drug affairs, and start a war between gangs from Antwerp, Amsterdam and even...
Ambitious Amsterdam-based Dutch Features Global Entertainment, headed by CEO Pim van Collem, is to begin world sales at the Afm on Patser, the new feature from L.A. and Brussels based Belgian directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah.
El Arbi and Fallah are also attached to direct Beverly Hills Cop 4, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer for Paramount Pictures, and have recently directed the first two episodes for the series Snowfall for FX Networks. Their previous feature, teen gang movie, Black (2015) won the Dropbox Discovery Award at Tiff and became a media phenomenon after provoking riots in a Brussels cinema.
Patser tells the tale of four ne’er-do-wells from the neighbourhood ‘t Kiel’ in Antwerp, aspiring to become gangster legends. They foolishly get involved in high-profile drug affairs, and start a war between gangs from Antwerp, Amsterdam and even...
- 11/4/2016
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
FX has announced a new series, Snowfall, ordered to series, and it sounds at first glance like something right in the network’s wheelhouse.
Snowfall — Pictured: Damson Idris as Franklin Saint. Cr: Michael Yarish/FX. Copyright 2016, FX Networks. All rights reserved.
A show that focuses on the infancy of the cocaine epidemic in Los Angeles during the early ’80s is probably enough to raise interest, but this telling mixes in some very interesting characters as our entry into this world. From a young street entrepreneur looking for power (Damson Idris), to a Mexican wrestler who finds himself at odds with a crime family (Sergio Peris-Mencheta), to a CIA operative with a lot of problems bearing down on him (Carter Hudson), this isn’t going to be your normal take on looking at a new drug problem.
The show is executive produced by an eclectic group with some big wins behind them (Justified,...
Snowfall — Pictured: Damson Idris as Franklin Saint. Cr: Michael Yarish/FX. Copyright 2016, FX Networks. All rights reserved.
A show that focuses on the infancy of the cocaine epidemic in Los Angeles during the early ’80s is probably enough to raise interest, but this telling mixes in some very interesting characters as our entry into this world. From a young street entrepreneur looking for power (Damson Idris), to a Mexican wrestler who finds himself at odds with a crime family (Sergio Peris-Mencheta), to a CIA operative with a lot of problems bearing down on him (Carter Hudson), this isn’t going to be your normal take on looking at a new drug problem.
The show is executive produced by an eclectic group with some big wins behind them (Justified,...
- 9/30/2016
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
A facile riff on Romeo & Juliet amongst Brussels gangs. Banal, clichéd, and treats its teenage-girl protagonist in a spectacularly disgusting way. I’m “biast” (pro): desperate for stories about women
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Here we go again. The writing-directing team of Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah had made only one small movie in their native Belgium when they took Black to the Toronto Film Festival last year… and it was on the supposed strengths of the film that Eddie Murphy and Jerry Bruckheimer handed them the keys to the upcoming big-budget action comedy Beverly Hills Cop 4. (Indie male filmmakers with no track records getting scooped up by Hollywood for major projects while successful female filmmakers can’t get work is an ongoing problem.) So, what’s special about Black? Absolutely nothing: it’s a facile...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Here we go again. The writing-directing team of Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah had made only one small movie in their native Belgium when they took Black to the Toronto Film Festival last year… and it was on the supposed strengths of the film that Eddie Murphy and Jerry Bruckheimer handed them the keys to the upcoming big-budget action comedy Beverly Hills Cop 4. (Indie male filmmakers with no track records getting scooped up by Hollywood for major projects while successful female filmmakers can’t get work is an ongoing problem.) So, what’s special about Black? Absolutely nothing: it’s a facile...
- 8/19/2016
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
The cinematically unexplored mean streets of Brussels is the setting for this tale of star-crossed lovers whose union exacerbates the already fraught relationship between two warring gangs. An adaptation of two popular Ya novels from prolific Flemish author Dirk Bracke, Black is the robust and confident second feature from Belgium filmmakers Adil El Arbi and […]
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- 8/19/2016
- by Adam Lowes
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
★★★☆☆ The now infamous Brussels municipality of Molenbeek provides the polemical backdrop to Black, a brutal modern retelling of Romeo and Juliet by directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah. A place name tragically familiar, the urban area has become synonymous with Isis and Europe's struggle with terrorism. There is no allusion to fundamentalism here but from its opening frames the headline-grabbing setting bears witness to virulent, violent conflicts that are no less pertinent: immigration, integration, the denigration of women, and gang violence. Though they've opted for the the shimmer of streetlights and a sombre, foreboding colour palette over monochrome, comparisons to Mathieu Kassozitz's La Haine are not undue and the filmmakers have achieved a comparably gritty aesthetic.
- 8/17/2016
- by CineVue
- CineVue
The gang romance set in Brussels’ most notorious neighbourhood has earned comparisons to the 1995 French classic – and opened Hollywood’s doors for its Moroccan-Belgian directors
When Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah first read Dirk Bracke’s novel Black, they sarcastically joked that it would be their “ticket to Hollywood”, never imagining that such a thing was possible. As second-generation Moroccan-Belgians, they found that Black and its sequel – a sort of West Side Story set in the immigrant suburbs of Brussels – spoke to them. But as Arab teenagers seeking to break into Belgium’s tiny, overwhelmingly white film industry, the odds were stacked against them. Especially as it turned out someone else was already making a film of the book. Added to which, at the time, El Arbi and Fallah were in their first year at film school, which they duly flunked.
And yet, 10 years later, here they are, on...
When Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah first read Dirk Bracke’s novel Black, they sarcastically joked that it would be their “ticket to Hollywood”, never imagining that such a thing was possible. As second-generation Moroccan-Belgians, they found that Black and its sequel – a sort of West Side Story set in the immigrant suburbs of Brussels – spoke to them. But as Arab teenagers seeking to break into Belgium’s tiny, overwhelmingly white film industry, the odds were stacked against them. Especially as it turned out someone else was already making a film of the book. Added to which, at the time, El Arbi and Fallah were in their first year at film school, which they duly flunked.
And yet, 10 years later, here they are, on...
- 8/11/2016
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Paramount Pictures and producer Jerry Bruckheimer have been trying to get a fourth Beverly Hills Cop movie into production for years. It's been over 20 years since the third film was released, and they are banking on the fans wanting to see Eddie Murphy back in the role of Axel Foley.
It's been a long time since Murphy has made a film that has actually been good. The guy used to be so freakin' funny, and it would be great to see him back doing those fun edgy films again. Maybe Beverly Hills Cop 4 can bring that funny Murphy that we all love back again.
According to Variety, the studio has hired Belgian directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah to direct the film. I'm not familiar with these two guys at all, but they directed an award-winning drama called Black. Hey! They've gotta be better than Brett Ratner, who was attached to the project early on in development.
Their film Black centers on "a 15-year-old girl in a gang in Brussels who must choose between loyalty and love when she falls for a Moroccan boy from a rival gang." Even though it in no way resembles an action/comedy film, it was good enough to win an award and get them the directing gig.
When Ratner was on board to direct from a script by Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), the story revolved around Axel Foley returning to his native Detroit during the coldest winter on record. There's no word on if that's the general plotline they are going to go with, but it sounds fun.
Beverly Hills Cop was some of the funniest stuff that Murphy did, and I really hope that in this next installment the actor brings that hilarity back.
It's been a long time since Murphy has made a film that has actually been good. The guy used to be so freakin' funny, and it would be great to see him back doing those fun edgy films again. Maybe Beverly Hills Cop 4 can bring that funny Murphy that we all love back again.
According to Variety, the studio has hired Belgian directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah to direct the film. I'm not familiar with these two guys at all, but they directed an award-winning drama called Black. Hey! They've gotta be better than Brett Ratner, who was attached to the project early on in development.
Their film Black centers on "a 15-year-old girl in a gang in Brussels who must choose between loyalty and love when she falls for a Moroccan boy from a rival gang." Even though it in no way resembles an action/comedy film, it was good enough to win an award and get them the directing gig.
When Ratner was on board to direct from a script by Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), the story revolved around Axel Foley returning to his native Detroit during the coldest winter on record. There's no word on if that's the general plotline they are going to go with, but it sounds fun.
Beverly Hills Cop was some of the funniest stuff that Murphy did, and I really hope that in this next installment the actor brings that hilarity back.
- 6/15/2016
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Axel Foley will return! A fourth Beverly Hills Cop movie has been in various stages of development for years. First as a movie with Brett Ratner that never happened, then as a TV show with Axel Foley's son that wasn't picked up. Then back to a big-screen sequel a few years ago, with piece by piece slowly being filled. After bringing on the writers of Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol and the latest Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Movie, Josh Appelbaum & Andre Nemec, Eddie Murphy and producer Jerry Bruckheimer have handed the franchise's directorial reigns to newcomers Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, a Belgian duo whose recent film Black did relatively well on the festival circuit last year. No release date set, but they're aiming to start production later this...
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- 6/15/2016
- by Erik Davis
- Movies.com
Gotta love Hollywood, where certain projects never die. It's been 22 years since Beverly Hill Cops III hit the big screen, and since then, rumors of a fourth one have been non-stop, albeit fruitless. A couple years ago, they went so far as to create a TV pilot that starred Eddie Murphy, but at the end of the day, the network felt that unless Murphy's role was recurring, they weren't going to follow through with a full series.
"They had this little knob that you turn [during test screenings] if you like it or you don’t like it," Murphy told Playboy last year. "So when Axel shows up in the pilot, some people turned the knob so much, they broke it. So the network decided 'if he isn’t recurring, then this isn’t gonna happen.' So it didn’t happen."
So in one fell swoop, the TV show disappeared. But it seems like they haven't given up on a fourth film, and have even gone so far as to hire a directing duo, Deadline reports.
According to the outlet, Paramount has hired Belgian directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, who are best known for their film Black. The pair had met with Eddie Murphy and producer Jerry Bruckheimer, and had a youthful energy Murphy and Bruckheimer felt the fourth film in a franchise needed. Arbi and Fallah will be directing a script written by Josh Appelbaum & Andre Nemec, which promises to bring back Murphy's character Axel Foley and be as gritty and irreverent as the original.
While this film is sure to be a big step up from the directors in terms of budget, it's worth checking out the trailer to Black just to see what they're capable of. Have a look below!
What do you think? Do the directors have what it takes to help turn Beverly Hills Cop IV into a memorable and fun film? Let us know your thoughts down below!
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"They had this little knob that you turn [during test screenings] if you like it or you don’t like it," Murphy told Playboy last year. "So when Axel shows up in the pilot, some people turned the knob so much, they broke it. So the network decided 'if he isn’t recurring, then this isn’t gonna happen.' So it didn’t happen."
So in one fell swoop, the TV show disappeared. But it seems like they haven't given up on a fourth film, and have even gone so far as to hire a directing duo, Deadline reports.
According to the outlet, Paramount has hired Belgian directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, who are best known for their film Black. The pair had met with Eddie Murphy and producer Jerry Bruckheimer, and had a youthful energy Murphy and Bruckheimer felt the fourth film in a franchise needed. Arbi and Fallah will be directing a script written by Josh Appelbaum & Andre Nemec, which promises to bring back Murphy's character Axel Foley and be as gritty and irreverent as the original.
While this film is sure to be a big step up from the directors in terms of budget, it's worth checking out the trailer to Black just to see what they're capable of. Have a look below!
What do you think? Do the directors have what it takes to help turn Beverly Hills Cop IV into a memorable and fun film? Let us know your thoughts down below!
Don't forget to share this post on your Facebook wall and with your Twitter followers! Just hit the buttons on the top of this page.
Sources: Deadline, Playboy
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- 6/15/2016
- by Joseph Medina
- LRMonline.com
Axel Foley is headed back to Detroit, it seems. Deadline is reporting today that Beverly Hills Cop 4 is officially back on again at Paramount, after electing new directors in Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah.
It’s certainly the most promising news to emerge from the action-comedy sequel in some time, particularly after it was delayed indefinitely at the studio last year. Now, Paramount has pumped fresh blood into the dormant Beverly Hills Cop series, entrusting relative newcomers Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah with the keys to the cult franchise.
And we do mean newcomers. As Deadline notes, the Belgian writer-directors broke onto the scene with Image and later edgy thriller Black, the latter of which bagged El Arbi and Fallah the Discovery Award at last year’s Toronto Film Festival.
It was enough to pique the attention of both Eddie Murphy and longtime producer Jerry Bruckheimer, who reportedly showered praise on Black when it premiered late last year. Despite some early apprehension, Murphy is on board to reprise his role as the gun-toting, irreverent Axel Foley, and by plucking El Arbi and Fallah, the actor has ensured the up-and-coming Belgian filmmakers are headed straight into big-budget production with Beverly Hills Cop 4. But will it prove to be a gamble that pays off?
So, there you have it: Beverly Hills Cop 4 has recruited new Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah to pump a healthy dose of “youthful energy” into its dormant actioner. There’s currently no mention of when the sequel will step before the cameras, but we’ll let you know when we hear more.
It’s certainly the most promising news to emerge from the action-comedy sequel in some time, particularly after it was delayed indefinitely at the studio last year. Now, Paramount has pumped fresh blood into the dormant Beverly Hills Cop series, entrusting relative newcomers Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah with the keys to the cult franchise.
And we do mean newcomers. As Deadline notes, the Belgian writer-directors broke onto the scene with Image and later edgy thriller Black, the latter of which bagged El Arbi and Fallah the Discovery Award at last year’s Toronto Film Festival.
It was enough to pique the attention of both Eddie Murphy and longtime producer Jerry Bruckheimer, who reportedly showered praise on Black when it premiered late last year. Despite some early apprehension, Murphy is on board to reprise his role as the gun-toting, irreverent Axel Foley, and by plucking El Arbi and Fallah, the actor has ensured the up-and-coming Belgian filmmakers are headed straight into big-budget production with Beverly Hills Cop 4. But will it prove to be a gamble that pays off?
So, there you have it: Beverly Hills Cop 4 has recruited new Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah to pump a healthy dose of “youthful energy” into its dormant actioner. There’s currently no mention of when the sequel will step before the cameras, but we’ll let you know when we hear more.
- 6/14/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Their gritty indie thriller Black won the Discovery Award at the 2015 Toronto Film Festival
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- 6/14/2016
- by Max Evry
- Comingsoon.net
Belgian filmmakers Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah ("Black") have been set to direct the long-awaited fourth installment of the "Beverly Hills Cop" action film series at Paramount Pictures.
Murphy and producer Jerry Bruckheimer have been taking time diligently getting the project together and setting things carefully in place including this pair who will direct from a script by writers Josh Appelbaum & Andre Nemec.
The story will bring Eddie Murphy's street smart cop character Axel Foley back to his Detroit origins. The film is said to have a "gritty with an irreverent humor" tone.
The first three films in the series have grossed over $735 million in global box office.
Source: Deadline...
Murphy and producer Jerry Bruckheimer have been taking time diligently getting the project together and setting things carefully in place including this pair who will direct from a script by writers Josh Appelbaum & Andre Nemec.
The story will bring Eddie Murphy's street smart cop character Axel Foley back to his Detroit origins. The film is said to have a "gritty with an irreverent humor" tone.
The first three films in the series have grossed over $735 million in global box office.
Source: Deadline...
- 6/14/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Exclusive: Paramount has set Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah to direct its long awaited fourth installment of the Beverly Hills Cop series. The Belgian writer-directors are best known for their edgy drama Black, which won the Discovery Award at the Toronto Film Festival last year. The studio, producer Jerry Bruckheimer and Eddie Murphy have been working diligently to get the script and elements right for a film that had been once been slated to be released this year. They…...
- 6/14/2016
- Deadline
Exclusive: Hard-hitting TV drama will recount the crack cocaine epidemic of 1980s La.
Their last movie caused riots in Belgian cinemas. Now, hip young Belgian auteurs Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah are to direct a new, hard-hitting TV drama about the crack cocaine epidemic in La in the early 1980s. The new drama, Snowfall, has been co-written by John Singleton (Boyz n The Hood).
It has been confirmed in Cannes that El Arbi and Fallah (directors of gang movie Black, which was partially set in the notorious Molenbeek area of Brussels) are to work together on the pilot of Snowfall for the FX network.
Set in Los Angeles in 1981, the Snowfall pilot will show how the crack cocaine epidemic first took hold.
The drama follows Franklin Saint, a young street entrepreneur on a quest for power; Gustavo Zapata, a Mexican wrestler turned gangster in search of his American dream; and CIA agent Teddy McDonald.
In a statement...
Their last movie caused riots in Belgian cinemas. Now, hip young Belgian auteurs Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah are to direct a new, hard-hitting TV drama about the crack cocaine epidemic in La in the early 1980s. The new drama, Snowfall, has been co-written by John Singleton (Boyz n The Hood).
It has been confirmed in Cannes that El Arbi and Fallah (directors of gang movie Black, which was partially set in the notorious Molenbeek area of Brussels) are to work together on the pilot of Snowfall for the FX network.
Set in Los Angeles in 1981, the Snowfall pilot will show how the crack cocaine epidemic first took hold.
The drama follows Franklin Saint, a young street entrepreneur on a quest for power; Gustavo Zapata, a Mexican wrestler turned gangster in search of his American dream; and CIA agent Teddy McDonald.
In a statement...
- 5/11/2016
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Fox and Chernin Entertainment have set Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah — Brussels-born directors of the Toronto premiere Black — to direct The Big Fix, the working title of a film based on the match-fixing scandal that plagued soccer and involved bribes of refs, players and even coaches. Chernin is producing, and the film idea originated in Brett Forrest’s Espn The Magazine article “All The World Is Staged.” Fox and Chernin will quickly set new writers to work…...
- 1/28/2016
- Deadline
It made its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival last fall, and is now set to open in France on March 16, 2016, although no USA pick up at this time (and, quite frankly, I wouldn't expect one; although maybe a film festival or two near you will select and screen it). From co-directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah - Brussels-based filmmakers of Moroccan descent - comes "Black," a feature film that's based on the novel of the same name by Dutch author Dirk Bracke, which tells the story of Mavela, a 15-year-old member of a gang called the Black Bronx. She falls madly in love with Marwan, a charismatic member of a rival gang, known as the 1080s,...
- 1/27/2016
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
European Film Promotion (Efp) has today revealed the gifted young actors selected as the 2016 European Shooting Stars. Chosen by a jury of industry experts, the ten talents will be presented to the film world during the opening weekend of the 66th Berlin International Film Festival (February 11-21). Of note, given this blog's interests, is, from Belgium, actress Martha Canga Antonio (photo above). Her breakout role came this year, when she starred in a feature film titled "Black" from co-directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah - Brussels-based filmmakers of Moroccan descent. The feature film that's based on the novel of the same name by Dutch...
- 12/15/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
The young acting talent will be revealed during the opening weekend of next year’s Berlinale.
The European Film Promotion (Efp) has revealed the ten young actors that it has selected for the 2016 European Shooting Stars.
The list includes María Valverde, who had a role in Ridley Scott’s epic Exodus: Gods And Kings and has been cast in Asif Kapadia’s forthcoming romantic drama Ali And Nino.
Jella Hasse, who starred in Germany box office smash Fack Ju Göhte 2 and Atli Óskar Fjalarsson, who played a part in Rúnar Rúnarsson’s San Sebastian-winning Sparrows are also both on the list.
As is Kacey Mottet Klein, who plays the lead in Guillame Senez’s Keeper, which came away with the joint jury prize and best actress award at the 15th Marrakech International Film Festival on Saturday.
The selected group will be now be presented during the opening weekend of the 66th Berlin International Film Festival (February...
The European Film Promotion (Efp) has revealed the ten young actors that it has selected for the 2016 European Shooting Stars.
The list includes María Valverde, who had a role in Ridley Scott’s epic Exodus: Gods And Kings and has been cast in Asif Kapadia’s forthcoming romantic drama Ali And Nino.
Jella Hasse, who starred in Germany box office smash Fack Ju Göhte 2 and Atli Óskar Fjalarsson, who played a part in Rúnar Rúnarsson’s San Sebastian-winning Sparrows are also both on the list.
As is Kacey Mottet Klein, who plays the lead in Guillame Senez’s Keeper, which came away with the joint jury prize and best actress award at the 15th Marrakech International Film Festival on Saturday.
The selected group will be now be presented during the opening weekend of the 66th Berlin International Film Festival (February...
- 12/15/2015
- ScreenDaily
The producers of The Throne have returned their $10,600 prize, citing a desire to help the festival’s growth.
The team behind The Throne, which won Best Film at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (Nov 13-29) last week, have returned their $10,600 (€10,000) prize to the festival.
Production company Tiger Pictures and director Lee Joon-ik stated that they were impressed with the festival and they wished to donate their grant to help Black Nights become “a new European hub to create cinematic joy and fun.”
The Throne, which is South Korea’s Oscar submission for 2015, follows an 18th-century Korean ruling family. It also took the Best Music prize during the festival’s award ceremony on Nov 27.
The film’s screenwriter and producer, Cho Chul-hyun—who accepted the awards on behalf of Lee and music director Bang Jun-seok who were both absent—left a handwritten letter on Dec 1 to Festival Director Tiina Lokk explaining what Lee and Tiger Pictures wanted...
The team behind The Throne, which won Best Film at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (Nov 13-29) last week, have returned their $10,600 (€10,000) prize to the festival.
Production company Tiger Pictures and director Lee Joon-ik stated that they were impressed with the festival and they wished to donate their grant to help Black Nights become “a new European hub to create cinematic joy and fun.”
The Throne, which is South Korea’s Oscar submission for 2015, follows an 18th-century Korean ruling family. It also took the Best Music prize during the festival’s award ceremony on Nov 27.
The film’s screenwriter and producer, Cho Chul-hyun—who accepted the awards on behalf of Lee and music director Bang Jun-seok who were both absent—left a handwritten letter on Dec 1 to Festival Director Tiina Lokk explaining what Lee and Tiger Pictures wanted...
- 12/2/2015
- ScreenDaily
Two screenings in Brussels of the Toronto award-winner cancelled over age-rating dispute.
Amid turbulent scenes on Wednesday night in Belgium, Kinepolis Brussels had to cancel two screenings of controversial new Belgian movie Black because of rioting.
The film, which won the Discovery Award at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, is based on a children’s book and directed by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah.
It tells the story of a 15-year-old girl in a gang in Brussels who must choose between loyalty and her heart when she falls for a Moroccan boy from a rival group.
The much-hyped movie, which opened in Belgium on Wednesday, has a 16 certificate. This meant that teenagers desperate to see the movie could not gain admission.
What many did was to buy tickets for other films and then attempt to slip into the auditoriums that were showing Black. But these screenings were already completely sold out and the youngseter...
Amid turbulent scenes on Wednesday night in Belgium, Kinepolis Brussels had to cancel two screenings of controversial new Belgian movie Black because of rioting.
The film, which won the Discovery Award at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, is based on a children’s book and directed by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah.
It tells the story of a 15-year-old girl in a gang in Brussels who must choose between loyalty and her heart when she falls for a Moroccan boy from a rival group.
The much-hyped movie, which opened in Belgium on Wednesday, has a 16 certificate. This meant that teenagers desperate to see the movie could not gain admission.
What many did was to buy tickets for other films and then attempt to slip into the auditoriums that were showing Black. But these screenings were already completely sold out and the youngseter...
- 11/13/2015
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
Line-up includes seven world premieres and Oscar submissions from the Netherlands, South Korea and Kazakhstan.Scroll down for full list
Estonia’s Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (Nov 13-29) has revealed the international competition line-up for its 19th edition.
The festival will screen 18 titles in competition, comprising seven world premieres, three international premieres and eight European premieres.
Among them is Vitaliy Manskiy’s North Korea documentary Under The Sun, which reveals a simultaneously absurd and sinister portrayal of life under the nation’s regime.
The line-up also includes three submissions for this year’s Best Foreign-Language Film Oscar.
The Paradise Suite, The Netherlands’ submission, intertwines multiple storylines to highlight the trials and tribulations of modern day immigrants trying to survive in Amsterdam.
The Throne, South Korea’s entry, is an 18th-century historical drama about internal struggles within Korea’s royal family.
Stranger, Kazakhstan’s submission to the Academy, follows a nomad living out a meagre existence in the...
Estonia’s Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (Nov 13-29) has revealed the international competition line-up for its 19th edition.
The festival will screen 18 titles in competition, comprising seven world premieres, three international premieres and eight European premieres.
Among them is Vitaliy Manskiy’s North Korea documentary Under The Sun, which reveals a simultaneously absurd and sinister portrayal of life under the nation’s regime.
The line-up also includes three submissions for this year’s Best Foreign-Language Film Oscar.
The Paradise Suite, The Netherlands’ submission, intertwines multiple storylines to highlight the trials and tribulations of modern day immigrants trying to survive in Amsterdam.
The Throne, South Korea’s entry, is an 18th-century historical drama about internal struggles within Korea’s royal family.
Stranger, Kazakhstan’s submission to the Academy, follows a nomad living out a meagre existence in the...
- 10/26/2015
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: CAA has signed hot talents Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah. The Belgian writer-directors’ Black premiered at this year's Toronto International Film Festival and won the Discovery award. The film is about a 15-year-old girl in a black gang in Brussels who must choose between loyalty and love when she falls for a Moroccan boy from a rival gang. El Arbi is a Brussels-based filmmaker of Moroccan heritage. He studied at the Luca School of Arts in Brussels. He…...
- 10/8/2015
- Deadline
Exclusive: Management 360 has inked rep deals with a trio of directors who made waves at the just-wrapped Toronto Film Festival: Bilall Fallah and Adil El Arbi, who co-helmed the Belgian drama Black in the Discovery section, and Turkey-born Deniz Gamze Erguven whose debut feature Mustang screened in the Special Presentations section after bowing at Cannes. All three are repped by CAA. Fallah and El Arbi, of Moroccan decent and based in Belgium, also co-wrote Black with…...
- 10/1/2015
- Deadline
When a few hundred films stop by the 40th Toronto International Film Festival (289, to be exact), it’s certainly impossible to cover everything, but we were able to catch about 90 features (along with dozens of shorts) — and, with that, it’s time to conclude our experience.
We’ve rounded up our top ten films screened during the festival, followed by a list of the complete coverage, and stay tuned over the next months (or years) as we bring updates on features as they make their way to screens. One can also click here for a link to all of our coverage, including news, trailers, reviews and much more. As always, thanks for reading, and let us know what you’re most looking forward to in the comments below.
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What has set cinema back — both from the perspective of those who make, and those who write about it...
We’ve rounded up our top ten films screened during the festival, followed by a list of the complete coverage, and stay tuned over the next months (or years) as we bring updates on features as they make their way to screens. One can also click here for a link to all of our coverage, including news, trailers, reviews and much more. As always, thanks for reading, and let us know what you’re most looking forward to in the comments below.
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What has set cinema back — both from the perspective of those who make, and those who write about it...
- 9/21/2015
- by TFS Staff
- The Film Stage
A big congrats to Lenny Abrahamson's "Room" for winning the Grolsch's People's Choice Awards at the recently concluded 40th Toronto International Film Festival! It's safe to say that "Room" will see a future at the Academy Awards. Previous winners that went on to grab the Best Picture Oscar were "Slumdog Millionaire," "The King's Speech," and "12 Years A Slave."
Here's the complete winners and press release from Tiff:
The Toronto International Film Festival® today announced award winners from the 40th Festival, which wraps up this evening. See a free screening of Room, the winner of the Grolsch People's Choice Award, Sunday, September 20 at 8pm.
The short film awards below were selected by a jury comprised of the head of the shorts program and creations unit at Canal+ France, Pascale Faure, film writer John Anderson (The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times), and actor Rizwan Manji (Outsourced, The Wolf of Wall Street...
Here's the complete winners and press release from Tiff:
The Toronto International Film Festival® today announced award winners from the 40th Festival, which wraps up this evening. See a free screening of Room, the winner of the Grolsch People's Choice Award, Sunday, September 20 at 8pm.
The short film awards below were selected by a jury comprised of the head of the shorts program and creations unit at Canal+ France, Pascale Faure, film writer John Anderson (The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times), and actor Rizwan Manji (Outsourced, The Wolf of Wall Street...
- 9/21/2015
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
As the Toronto International Film Festival wraps up its 40th incarnation, the winners of the festival’s 2015 event have now been announced. Previous winners at the festival have included Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave, Gareth Evans’ The Raid, and Xavier Dolan’s Laurence Anyways. Thus, many film fans have looked at the awards as an indicator of what to look out for in subsequent months when theatrical and VOD release dates get announced. The winners of Tiff 2015 are as follows.
Grolsch People’s Choice Award: Room, directed by Lenny Abrahamson.
Grolsch People’s Choice Midnight Madness Award: Hardcore, directed by Ilya Naishuller.
Grolsch People’s Choice Documentary Award: Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight For Freedom, directed by Evgeny Afineevsky.
Short Cuts Award for Best Canadian Short Film: Overpass, directed by Patrice Laliberté.
Short Cuts Award for Best Short Film: Maman(s), directed by Maïmouna Doucouré.
City of Toronto...
Grolsch People’s Choice Award: Room, directed by Lenny Abrahamson.
Grolsch People’s Choice Midnight Madness Award: Hardcore, directed by Ilya Naishuller.
Grolsch People’s Choice Documentary Award: Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight For Freedom, directed by Evgeny Afineevsky.
Short Cuts Award for Best Canadian Short Film: Overpass, directed by Patrice Laliberté.
Short Cuts Award for Best Short Film: Maman(s), directed by Maïmouna Doucouré.
City of Toronto...
- 9/21/2015
- by Deepayan Sengupta
- SoundOnSight
Toronto: Lenny Abrahamson’s acclaimed drama starring Brie Larson has won Toronto’s People’s Choice Award in what is likely to further boost its awards season prospects.
In recent years, The King’s Speech and 12 Years A Slave have won the Toronto audience award en route to best picture Academy Award glory.
Room was one of the few films to emerge from this year’s festival selection with wide acclaim and awards buzz, in particular for Larson.
Toronto winners announced on Sunday:
Shorts Cuts Award For Best Canadian Short Film
Patrice Laliberté, Overpass.
Short Cuts Award For Best Short Film
Maïmouna Doucouré, Maman(s).
Honourable mention: Fyzal Boulifa, Rate Me.
City Of Toronto Award For Best Canadian First Feature Film
Andrew Cividino, Sleeping Giant
Canada Goose Award For Best Canadian Feature Film
Stephen Dunn, Closet Monster.
Honourable mention: Philippe Falardeau, My Internship In Canada
The Prizes Of The International Federation Of Film Critics (Fipresci Prizes)
Discovery...
In recent years, The King’s Speech and 12 Years A Slave have won the Toronto audience award en route to best picture Academy Award glory.
Room was one of the few films to emerge from this year’s festival selection with wide acclaim and awards buzz, in particular for Larson.
Toronto winners announced on Sunday:
Shorts Cuts Award For Best Canadian Short Film
Patrice Laliberté, Overpass.
Short Cuts Award For Best Short Film
Maïmouna Doucouré, Maman(s).
Honourable mention: Fyzal Boulifa, Rate Me.
City Of Toronto Award For Best Canadian First Feature Film
Andrew Cividino, Sleeping Giant
Canada Goose Award For Best Canadian Feature Film
Stephen Dunn, Closet Monster.
Honourable mention: Philippe Falardeau, My Internship In Canada
The Prizes Of The International Federation Of Film Critics (Fipresci Prizes)
Discovery...
- 9/20/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Toronto: Lenny Abrahamson’s acclaimed drama starring Brie Larson has won the Grolsch People’s Choice Award in what is likely to further boost its awards season prospects.
In recent years The King’s Speech and 12 Years A Slave have won the Toronto audience award en route to best picture Academy Award glory.
Room was one of the few films to emerge from this year’s festival selection with wide acclaim and awards buzz, in particular for Larson.
Toronto winners announced on Sunday:
Shorts Cuts Award For Best Canadian Short Film
Patrice Laliberté, Overpass.
Short Cuts Award For Best Short Film
Maïmouna Doucouré, Maman(s).
Honourable mention: Fyzal Boulifa, Rate Me.
City Of Toronto Award For Best Canadian First Feature Film
Andrew Cividino, Sleeping Giant
Canada Goose Award For Best Canadian Feature Film
Stephen Dunn, Closet Monster.
Honourable mention: Philippe Falardeau, My Internship In Canada
The Prizes Of The International Federation Of Film Critics (Fipresci Prizes)
Discovery...
In recent years The King’s Speech and 12 Years A Slave have won the Toronto audience award en route to best picture Academy Award glory.
Room was one of the few films to emerge from this year’s festival selection with wide acclaim and awards buzz, in particular for Larson.
Toronto winners announced on Sunday:
Shorts Cuts Award For Best Canadian Short Film
Patrice Laliberté, Overpass.
Short Cuts Award For Best Short Film
Maïmouna Doucouré, Maman(s).
Honourable mention: Fyzal Boulifa, Rate Me.
City Of Toronto Award For Best Canadian First Feature Film
Andrew Cividino, Sleeping Giant
Canada Goose Award For Best Canadian Feature Film
Stephen Dunn, Closet Monster.
Honourable mention: Philippe Falardeau, My Internship In Canada
The Prizes Of The International Federation Of Film Critics (Fipresci Prizes)
Discovery...
- 9/20/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Toronto: Lenny Abrahamson’s acclaimed drama starring Brie Larson has won the Grolsch People’s Choice Award in what is likely to further boost its awards season prospects.
In recent years The King’s Speech and 12 Years A Slave have won the Toronto audience award en route to best picture Academy Award glory.
Room was one of the few films to emerge from this year’s festival selection with wide acclaim and awards buzz, in partocular for star Brie Larson.
Toronto winners announced on Sunday:
Shorts Cuts Award For Best Canadian Short Film
Patrice Laliberté, Overpass.
Short Cuts Award For Best Short Film
Maïmouna Doucouré, Maman(s).
Honourable mention: Fyzal Boulifa, Rate Me.
City Of Toronto Award For Best Canadian First Feature Film
Andrew Cividino, Sleeping Giant
Canada Goose Award For Best Canadian Feature Film
Stephen Dunn, Closet Monster.
Honourable mention: Philippe Falardeau, My Internship In Canada
The Prizes Of The International Federation Of Film Critics (Fipresci...
In recent years The King’s Speech and 12 Years A Slave have won the Toronto audience award en route to best picture Academy Award glory.
Room was one of the few films to emerge from this year’s festival selection with wide acclaim and awards buzz, in partocular for star Brie Larson.
Toronto winners announced on Sunday:
Shorts Cuts Award For Best Canadian Short Film
Patrice Laliberté, Overpass.
Short Cuts Award For Best Short Film
Maïmouna Doucouré, Maman(s).
Honourable mention: Fyzal Boulifa, Rate Me.
City Of Toronto Award For Best Canadian First Feature Film
Andrew Cividino, Sleeping Giant
Canada Goose Award For Best Canadian Feature Film
Stephen Dunn, Closet Monster.
Honourable mention: Philippe Falardeau, My Internship In Canada
The Prizes Of The International Federation Of Film Critics (Fipresci...
- 9/20/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
While Tiff festival programmers naturally like to boast, and some in the biz certainly consider the fest’s People’s Choice Award as a good luck charm for Best Picture Oscar winner gold, the top ticket stub collecting nod certainly augments the prospects of a given film title and the A24 folks must be feeling pretty good about the title they invested in on early. With terrific buzz coming out from Telluride, Lenny Abrahamson’s Room appears to be covered in magic fairy dust. The Brie Larson starring imprisonment family drama would have not been crowned with the top Tiff Award if it weren’t for a last minute screening addition to replace the canceled public screening of Mathew Cullen’s London Fields. That Friday night showing cemented the win over Pan Nalin’s Indian film Angry Indian Goddesses (First Runner Up) and Tom McCarthy’s Spotlight (Second Runner Up).
In other Tiff award news,...
In other Tiff award news,...
- 9/20/2015
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Read More: The Breakouts: 9 Up-and-Coming Actors to Watch For at the Toronto International Film Festival Featuring a buzzed-about performance by newbie actress Martha Canga Antonio and a modified and modernized spin on the classic Romeo and Juliet story, Adil El Abri and Bilall Fallah's Toronto International Film Festival premiere "Black" has now been announced as the winner of the inaugural Dropbox Discovery Programme Filmmakers Award. Of the announcement, the jury commented, "We are delighted to announce the winner of the Dropbox Discovery Programme Filmmakers Award is 'Black.' With this award we celebrate a clear cinematic vision, creatively and audaciously realised. Directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah have made a powerful impression upon cinema, with their arresting visual and sonic sensibility placing the loyalties and threats of gang life into sharp relief. A discovery indeed." This year’s jury members included Pia...
- 9/20/2015
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
This week sees the red carpet rolling into the centre of the Ontario capital for the fortieth edition of the Toronto Film Festival. Giving a headache to keen festival-goers everywhere the anniversary line-up boasts a staggering 289 feature titles including a whopping 132 world premières. Bookending the festival will be Jean-Marc Vallée's Demolition, which kicks things off on Thursday 10 September, and Paco Cabezas' Mr. Right, which draws proceedings to a close ten days later. The latter is a murderous rom-com starring Anna Kendrick and Sam Rockwell, the former stars Jack Gyllenhaal, grief-stricken and prone to random acts of destruction. But with such an enormous roster of films to choose from, it doesn't all hinge on the star-studded awards vehicles that may or not make their bow.
While the likes of Ridley Scott's The Martian, Stephen Frears' The Program and recent Venice bows such as The Danish Girl and...
While the likes of Ridley Scott's The Martian, Stephen Frears' The Program and recent Venice bows such as The Danish Girl and...
- 9/10/2015
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
The Toronto International Film Festival kicks off in 2 days (September 10), so for the rest of the week, I'll be highlighting the African diaspora titles that are scheduled to screen there this year... continuing with this one... From co-directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah - Brussels-based filmmakers of Moroccan descent - comes "Black," a feature film that's based on the novel of the same name by Dutch author Dirk Bracke, which tells the story of Mavela, a 15-year-old member of a notorious gang called the Black Bronx. She falls madly in love with Marwan, an extremely charismatic member of a rival gang, known as the 1080s, and the young couple is forced to make...
- 9/8/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Read More: Toronto International Film Festival Adds New Galas and Special Presentations, Including 'Mr. Right,' 'I Saw the Light,' 'Our Brand is Crisis' and 'Equals' In what looks to be a visually stunning and potentially disturbing tale of star crossed lovers, "Black", the second feature from directors Adil El Arbi and Bilal Fillah, is set to play at the Toronto International Film Festival this month. The film will also play at the 42nd Film Festival Gent this October. The film comes from Caviar, who also produced the indie darling "The Diary of a Teenage Girl," with Bert Hamelinck, Frank Van Passel and Ivy Vanhaecke all producing the feature. The official synopsis reads, "Worlds collide when Mavela, a teenage girl with ties to Brussels' Black Bronx gang, meets Marwan, a member of a rival Moroccan gang, at a police station. Keenly aware of the consequences of...
- 9/4/2015
- by Aubrey Page
- Indiewire
Love across rival gangs is a story as old as time. It's also the subject of Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah's Black, premiering in Discovery at Tiff next week. We've got the first look at the stylish poster for you now! But first, here's the synopsis. Mavela, a 15 year-old black teenager, didn't fit in. That was until she encountered the Black Bronx, a well-known gang of young Africans. She feels at home in the gang, accepted. She has friends now, who get her mixed up in street life. For the very first time, Mavela feels like she belongs. In return, she quickly learns that Black Bronx is a lifetime commitment: Once a gang member, always a gang member. And she has no intention...
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- 9/4/2015
- Screen Anarchy
Directors Adil El Arbi and Billal Farrah are returning to the streets of Brussels for their newest feature.
Titled Black, the film now has a festival trailer. This is the second feature from the directorial duo, both of whom also worked on the screenplay alongside Nele Meirhaeghe and Hans Herbots, adapting it from Dirk Bracke’s Black/Black. Martha Canga Antonio and Aboubakr Bensaihi take on the lead roles, with a supporting cast that includes Emmanuel Tahon, Simon Frey, and Axel Massudi.
The film’s synopsis is as follows.
A 15-year-old girl in a black gang in Brussels must choose between loyalty and love when she falls for a Moroccan boy from a rival gang.
This film marks the fourth collaboration between El Arbi and Farrah, who have previously worked together on short films and tv shows as well as features. El Arbi and Farrah also take on editing duties for the film,...
Titled Black, the film now has a festival trailer. This is the second feature from the directorial duo, both of whom also worked on the screenplay alongside Nele Meirhaeghe and Hans Herbots, adapting it from Dirk Bracke’s Black/Black. Martha Canga Antonio and Aboubakr Bensaihi take on the lead roles, with a supporting cast that includes Emmanuel Tahon, Simon Frey, and Axel Massudi.
The film’s synopsis is as follows.
A 15-year-old girl in a black gang in Brussels must choose between loyalty and love when she falls for a Moroccan boy from a rival gang.
This film marks the fourth collaboration between El Arbi and Farrah, who have previously worked together on short films and tv shows as well as features. El Arbi and Farrah also take on editing duties for the film,...
- 8/31/2015
- by Deepayan Sengupta
- SoundOnSight
While the Toronto International Film Festival looks around the world and in all genres to find features for its annual incarnation, one area that receives focus is films aimed at children. With the understanding both that quality cinema is not dependent on its target audience, and that cinephiles can begin at any age, the festival’s Kids Programme highlights such features.
The Discovery Programme, on the other hand, brings together films from first and second time directors, with an eye on emerging talent. The festival has now announced the lineups for both Programmes in the 2015 incarnation of the event, along with further additions to the Cinematheque and Vanguard lineup. The Discovery lineup joins previously announced Canadian features. The films, with their official synopses, can be seen below.
Tiff Kids
The Boy and the Beast, directed by Mamoru Hosoda, making its International Premiere
A young boy in modern-day Tokyo stumbles into...
The Discovery Programme, on the other hand, brings together films from first and second time directors, with an eye on emerging talent. The festival has now announced the lineups for both Programmes in the 2015 incarnation of the event, along with further additions to the Cinematheque and Vanguard lineup. The Discovery lineup joins previously announced Canadian features. The films, with their official synopses, can be seen below.
Tiff Kids
The Boy and the Beast, directed by Mamoru Hosoda, making its International Premiere
A young boy in modern-day Tokyo stumbles into...
- 8/26/2015
- by Deepayan Sengupta
- SoundOnSight
With about two weeks left until the ’15 edition kicks off, the festival heads at Tiff have made the final announcements to their upcoming edition with the unveiling of the Discovery programme. With thirty offerings from several first time filmmakers, the section is populated by items that have preemed elsewhere in the awards tipped, Sundance sensation James White from Josh Mond, to the Cannes debuted Les Cowboys from scribe and now director Thomas Bidegain, to the world premiere of Maris Curran’s Five Nights in Maine starring David Oyelowo, Dianne Wiest and Rosie Perez. Here are the offerings:
Discovery
“The Ardennes” Robin Pront, Belgium
“Beast” Tom McKeith, Sam McKeith, Australia/Philippines
“Black” Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah, Belgium
“Born to Dance” Tammy Davis, New Zealand
“Dégradé” Arab Nasser, Tarzan Nasser, Palestine/France/Qatar
“Desde Allá” Lorenzo Vigas, Venezuela
“Downriver” Grant Scicluna, Australia
“Eva Nová” Marko Škop, Slovakia
“Five Nights in Maine” Maris Curran,...
Discovery
“The Ardennes” Robin Pront, Belgium
“Beast” Tom McKeith, Sam McKeith, Australia/Philippines
“Black” Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah, Belgium
“Born to Dance” Tammy Davis, New Zealand
“Dégradé” Arab Nasser, Tarzan Nasser, Palestine/France/Qatar
“Desde Allá” Lorenzo Vigas, Venezuela
“Downriver” Grant Scicluna, Australia
“Eva Nová” Marko Škop, Slovakia
“Five Nights in Maine” Maris Curran,...
- 8/25/2015
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
What's this? An ultra slick youth-gang romantic drama from Belgium? That may not be the first thing you think of when the European nation is mentioned by directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallahare delivering exactly that with their adaptation of Dirk Bracke's novel Back/Black.When Mavela, part of the notorious Black Bronx youth gang, falls head over heels in love with a boy from a rival gang, she is forced to make the difficult choice between loyalty and love - a choice that could have radical consequences...There are some definite Romeo and Juliet overtones to the story of cross racial love but what's mostly going to stick with you from the recently released teaser are the sense of style and slick visuals. Check it out...
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- 4/11/2015
- Screen Anarchy
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