The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the winners of the 2017 International Emmy Awards on Monday, awarding “Wallander” star Kenneth Branagh and “Marcella’s” Anna Friel in the top acting categories. The awards ceremony was held at the New York Hilton on Monday night and was hosted by comedian Maz Jobrani. Among the 12 awards handed out on Monday was the International Emmy Directorate Award, which went to Grupo Televisa President, CEO and Chairman Emilio Azcárraga Jean. Other winners included the Steve Coogan’s “Alan Partridge’s Scissored Isle,” the Norwegian crime drama “Mammon II” and the documentary “Exodus: Our Journey to Europe.
- 11/21/2017
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon are teaming up again in “The Trip to Spain,” and a new trailer teases more of the same pithy conversations fans love. The duo reunited with director Michael Winterbottom for the series, which will air in the UK, and the subsequent feature-length edit that’s headed to America, set to premiere at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. “Spain” is the third entry in the series, following 2010’s “The Trip” and 2014’s “The Trip to Italy.”
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Coogan recently spoke to UK publication The Version about how growing older is a central theme in “Spain.”
“There are a lot of universal issues,” he said. “If it were just about Rob and me it wouldn’t be as strong. It has to mean something to other people, so yes it...
Read More: Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon’s ‘The Trip To Spain’ To Be Sold At Cannes
Coogan recently spoke to UK publication The Version about how growing older is a central theme in “Spain.”
“There are a lot of universal issues,” he said. “If it were just about Rob and me it wouldn’t be as strong. It has to mean something to other people, so yes it...
- 3/19/2017
- by William Earl
- Indiewire
The Berlin Film Festival begins this Thursday, February 9, and will feature such premieres as Aki Kurasami’s “The Other Side of Hope,” Sally Potter’s “The Party” and Oren Moverman’s new psychological thriller “The Dinner,” about a claustrophobic double date gone completely awry.
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The film follows Stan Lohman (Richard Gere), a well-known politician, who invites his brother Paul (Steve Coogan) and his wife Claire (Laura Linney) out to dinner at a hip restaurant. Though Paul reluctantly agrees to go, he’s stunned by Stan’s insistence that they air their dirty laundry, particularly a horrific crime their children have committed but has yet to surface. It co-stars Chloë Sevigny (“The Last Days of Disco”), Rebecca Hall (“Christine”), Charlie Plummer (“King Jack”) and Adepero Oduye (“Pariah”). Watch a trailer for the film below via EW.
This is Moverman’s fourth feature film,...
Read More: 5 Exciting Films in the 2017 Berlin Film Festival Competition Lineup
The film follows Stan Lohman (Richard Gere), a well-known politician, who invites his brother Paul (Steve Coogan) and his wife Claire (Laura Linney) out to dinner at a hip restaurant. Though Paul reluctantly agrees to go, he’s stunned by Stan’s insistence that they air their dirty laundry, particularly a horrific crime their children have committed but has yet to surface. It co-stars Chloë Sevigny (“The Last Days of Disco”), Rebecca Hall (“Christine”), Charlie Plummer (“King Jack”) and Adepero Oduye (“Pariah”). Watch a trailer for the film below via EW.
This is Moverman’s fourth feature film,...
- 2/7/2017
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
As bad years go, 2016 was more than just a flesh wound. To help close it out on a lighthearted note, Buzzfeed and Seeso are partnering to live-stream “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” on the former’s Facebook page today at 7 p.m. Est, aka a few moments after this article goes live. If you can make it past the Knights of Ni, head over there to watch the film now.
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Sweetening the pot further is the fact that Eric Idle and John Cleese will be providing a live commentary track in the form of Facebook comments as the film plays. Seeso, if you hadn’t heard, is a comedy-centric streaming service that launched in January; today’s live-stream is one of the company’s more high-profile showings to date.
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Read More: Monty Python Stars Sing ‘F*ck Selfies’ Song on ‘Conan’ — Watch
Sweetening the pot further is the fact that Eric Idle and John Cleese will be providing a live commentary track in the form of Facebook comments as the film plays. Seeso, if you hadn’t heard, is a comedy-centric streaming service that launched in January; today’s live-stream is one of the company’s more high-profile showings to date.
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- 12/8/2016
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
In the golden age of television, the New York Television Festival is quickly becoming the place to find the next crown jewel. Now in its 12th year, the festival continues to grow each year both in scope and prestige, boasting a record number of submissions, artists, and industry participation.
“It’s taken us a couple of years to get to this point, but we’re hitting our stride at a time where there is great creativity in TV and digital,” said Nytvf Founder and Executive Director Terence Gray, surveying the room bustling with pitch meetings on plush couches. “It’s fun, you see these incredibly talented people that are being given a shot to sit down with agents and managers and executives.”
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Grey founded Nytvf twelve years ago, shrewdly filling an opening for a Sundance-like festival for independent television creators.
“It’s taken us a couple of years to get to this point, but we’re hitting our stride at a time where there is great creativity in TV and digital,” said Nytvf Founder and Executive Director Terence Gray, surveying the room bustling with pitch meetings on plush couches. “It’s fun, you see these incredibly talented people that are being given a shot to sit down with agents and managers and executives.”
Read More: ‘Arrested Development’ Creator Mitch Hurwitz’s Pitching Secret: Make ‘Em Laugh
Grey founded Nytvf twelve years ago, shrewdly filling an opening for a Sundance-like festival for independent television creators.
- 10/30/2016
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
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