Kevin Bacon Returns To ‘Footloose’ High School On Film’s 40th Anniversary Following Student Campaign
It’s been 40 years since Footloose was released, and Kevin Bacon returned to the high school where the musical drama was filmed.
“Go Lions! Here we are on this beautiful, beautiful spot on this beautiful, beautiful day,” Bacon said, according to ABC4. “It’s been a long time – 40 years – that just blows my mind, you know. Things look a little different around here. I’d say the thing that looks the most different is me.”
Payson High School in Utah was one of the film locations of Footloose, and Bacon made an appearance on Saturday after the students campaigned for the actor to attend their prom.
“You were all just tireless. Unrelenting … You talked me into it,” Bacon said. “I think it’s great to see that kind of commitment to anything. I also think that it’s amazing the power that this movie has had to just kind of bring people together,...
“Go Lions! Here we are on this beautiful, beautiful spot on this beautiful, beautiful day,” Bacon said, according to ABC4. “It’s been a long time – 40 years – that just blows my mind, you know. Things look a little different around here. I’d say the thing that looks the most different is me.”
Payson High School in Utah was one of the film locations of Footloose, and Bacon made an appearance on Saturday after the students campaigned for the actor to attend their prom.
“You were all just tireless. Unrelenting … You talked me into it,” Bacon said. “I think it’s great to see that kind of commitment to anything. I also think that it’s amazing the power that this movie has had to just kind of bring people together,...
- 4/21/2024
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
Kevin Bacon, dancing away, in 4K? Footloose is coming to 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray in the UK, it’s been confirmed.
Paramount Pictures is wasting little time sorting new catalogue releases for the 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray format in 2024, with the news that the 1980s hit Footloose is heading to the format.
Already confirmed in America, a UK release has now been earmarked for February 12th 2024, and the film has gone up for order now. You can find it here.
Initially, it’s only available as a Steelbook release, although it’s expected that a regular 4K disc package isn’t far away. It’s the original film, incidentally, that’s getting the release, and not the remake.
Update: The regular, cheaper release is now confirmed for 13th May 2024. You can find it here.
Kevin Bacon, Lori Singer, Dianne Wiest and John Lithgow thus take the lead roles here, with Herbert Ross behind the camera.
Paramount Pictures is wasting little time sorting new catalogue releases for the 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray format in 2024, with the news that the 1980s hit Footloose is heading to the format.
Already confirmed in America, a UK release has now been earmarked for February 12th 2024, and the film has gone up for order now. You can find it here.
Initially, it’s only available as a Steelbook release, although it’s expected that a regular 4K disc package isn’t far away. It’s the original film, incidentally, that’s getting the release, and not the remake.
Update: The regular, cheaper release is now confirmed for 13th May 2024. You can find it here.
Kevin Bacon, Lori Singer, Dianne Wiest and John Lithgow thus take the lead roles here, with Herbert Ross behind the camera.
- 4/17/2024
- by Simon Brew
- Film Stories
Kevin Bacon shot to stardom with the 1984 movie Footloose, marking a pivotal moment in his career. The film, which remains one of his most celebrated works, revolves around a teenager in a small town determined to challenge a strict ban on dancing. With Lori Singer in the movie, Footloose is more than just a mere movie; it’s a captivating journey that effortlessly transports its audience back to the lively atmosphere of the eighties.
A still from Footloose (1984)
Despite initially garnering mixed reviews from critics, Footloose has since solidified its place as a timeless cult classic. However, the movie almost escaped the door of being banned for one specific reason. In an interview with The Daily Beast, Singer narrated what led to that stage.
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A still from Footloose (1984)
Despite initially garnering mixed reviews from critics, Footloose has since solidified its place as a timeless cult classic. However, the movie almost escaped the door of being banned for one specific reason. In an interview with The Daily Beast, Singer narrated what led to that stage.
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- 3/4/2024
- by Prantik Prabal Roy
- FandomWire
Lori Singer made her breakthrough role as Ariel Moore in the 1984 musical film Footloose. A young Kevin Bacon also turned in a star-making performance in the film. The film was the decade-defining musical of the 80s with its foot-tapping dance numbers and amazing soundtrack still etched into people’s minds.
Kevin Bacon and Lori Singer in Footloose
The film has stood the test of time and continues to be celebrated to this day. Singer recently reflected on the relevance of the film and her experience making the film. Singer committed herself to some daredevil stunts and even got slapped on her face during an intense scene.
Lori Singer Got Slapped By John Lithgow for an Intense Scene in Footloose
Lori Singer’s Ariel Moore has an intense relationship with her father in Footloose
1984’s Footloose led by Kevin Bacon and Lori Singer was a smash hit in the 80s. In...
Kevin Bacon and Lori Singer in Footloose
The film has stood the test of time and continues to be celebrated to this day. Singer recently reflected on the relevance of the film and her experience making the film. Singer committed herself to some daredevil stunts and even got slapped on her face during an intense scene.
Lori Singer Got Slapped By John Lithgow for an Intense Scene in Footloose
Lori Singer’s Ariel Moore has an intense relationship with her father in Footloose
1984’s Footloose led by Kevin Bacon and Lori Singer was a smash hit in the 80s. In...
- 3/4/2024
- by Rahul Thokchom
- FandomWire
Footloose focuses on a teenager living in a small town hell-bent on overturning the oppressive ban on dancing. Starring Lori Singer, the film is a cinematic masterpiece that holds the power of teleporting its viewers to the vibrant era of the eighties. While the film received mixed reviews from critics, it is now considered to be amongst some of the best cult classics of all time.
A still from Footloose (1984)
Undoubtedly, Footloose holds a lot of nostalgia for the actors who had the privilege of being a part of the film, including Lori Singer. However, there was one incident that the actress would probably want erased from her memory – the time when she risked her life hanging out of a moving car.
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A still from Footloose (1984)
Undoubtedly, Footloose holds a lot of nostalgia for the actors who had the privilege of being a part of the film, including Lori Singer. However, there was one incident that the actress would probably want erased from her memory – the time when she risked her life hanging out of a moving car.
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- 3/3/2024
- by Mishkaat
- FandomWire
Kevin Bacon and Lori Singer’s 1984 smash hit Footloose is still etched into the minds of people. The incredible soundtrack of the film including Kenny Loggins’ title track and Bonnie Tyler’s Holding Out for a Hero created a sensation in those days. Bacon became a big movie star and it was also a breakthrough film for Singer who played Ariel Moore.
Kevin Bacon and Lori Singer in 1984’s Footloose
The film had a scene where Ariel dodges an incoming train as Bacon’s Ren pushes her out of the way. Singer was supposed to dodge the train a little earlier. However, Singer wanted the scene to feel more authentic and dangerous and thus proposed a different approach which the stunt people didn’t like.
Lori Singer Did Her Own Stunt in Footloose‘s Most Dangerous Scene Lori Singer played Ariel Moore in Footloose
Kevin Bacon’s Footloose is celebrated...
Kevin Bacon and Lori Singer in 1984’s Footloose
The film had a scene where Ariel dodges an incoming train as Bacon’s Ren pushes her out of the way. Singer was supposed to dodge the train a little earlier. However, Singer wanted the scene to feel more authentic and dangerous and thus proposed a different approach which the stunt people didn’t like.
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Kevin Bacon’s Footloose is celebrated...
- 3/3/2024
- by Rahul Thokchom
- FandomWire
Lori Singer and Kevin Bacon have "joked" about an idea for a sequel to 'Footloose'.As the iconic 1984 musical drama - which was helmed by Herbert Ross - turns 40 this year, the 66-year-old actress has revealed her plot for a follow-up movie, that would see Ren McCormack (Kevin), a teenager from Chicago who moves to a small town, reunited with his childhood crush Ariel Moore (Lori).She told People: "I don't know if Kevin even remembers this, but I actually had sort of an idea where Ariel grows up and goes to New York where she wanted to be, and Kevin stays there. “Kevin stays in the town, and he becomes a bigger deal in the town. That's where he becomes the town lawyer or whatever.”She recalled how the pair would be reunited in their hometown, Bomont, after her father becomes seriously unwell.Lori continued: “She comes back because her father's sick.
- 2/19/2024
- by Lizzie Baker
- Bang Showbiz
Celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2024, the beloved classic Footloose arrives for the first time ever on 4K Ultra HD™ February 13, 2024 from Paramount Home Entertainment. Originally released on February 17, 1984, Footloose thrilled audiences with its spirited dancing, electrifying soundtrack, and inspiring story. Kevin Bacon gives a star-making performance as a city boy whose rebellious love for music and dancing shakes up a small town. Directed by Herbert Ross and written by composer and writer Dean Pitchford, Footloose was a massive success, earning $80 million at the domestic box office. The film features an exceptional supporting cast, including Lori Singer, Dianne Wiest, John Lithgow, Sarah Jessica ... Read more...
- 12/11/2023
- by Thomas Miller
- Seat42F
Kevin Bacon is showing his excitement for the 118-day actors strike ending with some memorable dance moves.
On Thursday, the actor shared a video of him in what appears to be an empty barn, re-creating his iconic dance from the 1984 film Footloose as Moving Pictures’ song “Never” plays in the background. The clip was joined with the caption “Strike over! @sagaftra.”
The scene he references is when his character, angst-ridden Ren McCormack, punch-dances around an abandoned warehouse in the Oscar-nominated movie.
Strike over! @sagaftra pic.twitter.com/BshR7GIwGZ
— Kevin Bacon (@kevinbacon) November 10, 2023
Bacon follows in the footsteps of several other stars, including Mandy Moore, Alec Baldwin, Octavia Spencer and Noah Schnapp, who took to social media to celebrate after it was announced that SAG-AFTRA had officially reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year contract with studios and streamers. The deal came after weeks of renewed negotiations between the...
On Thursday, the actor shared a video of him in what appears to be an empty barn, re-creating his iconic dance from the 1984 film Footloose as Moving Pictures’ song “Never” plays in the background. The clip was joined with the caption “Strike over! @sagaftra.”
The scene he references is when his character, angst-ridden Ren McCormack, punch-dances around an abandoned warehouse in the Oscar-nominated movie.
Strike over! @sagaftra pic.twitter.com/BshR7GIwGZ
— Kevin Bacon (@kevinbacon) November 10, 2023
Bacon follows in the footsteps of several other stars, including Mandy Moore, Alec Baldwin, Octavia Spencer and Noah Schnapp, who took to social media to celebrate after it was announced that SAG-AFTRA had officially reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year contract with studios and streamers. The deal came after weeks of renewed negotiations between the...
- 11/10/2023
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Despite how prevalent they are in spooky media, you’d be surprised at how rare it used to be for traditionally recognizable witches to be the main antagonists in scary movies. Sure, we got the eerie crones of the pseudo-documentary Haxan and even a dancing coven in Suspiria, but for the longest time, witches were relegated to humorous stereotypes akin to the Sanderson Sisters rather than anything truly terrifying. It’s only recently that modern classics like The Witch and Gretel and Hansel have made potions and broomsticks scary again, revisiting the disturbing origins of these myths in ways that genre films of the 20th century simply couldn’t handle.
There are a few exceptions to this rule, however, and one of my favorites just so happens to be a bizarre trilogy that dared to ask what would happen if a potion-brewing maniac from the early days of America found himself transported to modern times.
There are a few exceptions to this rule, however, and one of my favorites just so happens to be a bizarre trilogy that dared to ask what would happen if a potion-brewing maniac from the early days of America found himself transported to modern times.
- 10/23/2023
- by Luiz H. C.
- bloody-disgusting.com
From the eight-time Oscar nominee “The Imitation Game” to the Korean revenge thriller “I Saw the Devil,” free streaming service Plex is giving audiences new and varied reasons to keep coming back to its library of over 50,000 titles.
As we ring in October, check out The Streamable’s top picks and build your to-watch list from all of the titles coming to the streamer this month!
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The gripping biopic “Experimenter” arrives to Plex to start the month. Based on the true story of social psychologist Stanley Milgram, the film focuses on the 1961 behavior experiments at Yale University that tested the willingness of ordinary humans to obey an authority figure while administering electric shocks to strangers, as well as the aftermath of the experiments and the public outcry of their ethics.
As we ring in October, check out The Streamable’s top picks and build your to-watch list from all of the titles coming to the streamer this month!
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The gripping biopic “Experimenter” arrives to Plex to start the month. Based on the true story of social psychologist Stanley Milgram, the film focuses on the 1961 behavior experiments at Yale University that tested the willingness of ordinary humans to obey an authority figure while administering electric shocks to strangers, as well as the aftermath of the experiments and the public outcry of their ethics.
- 9/29/2023
- by Ashley Steves
- The Streamable
Kevin Bacon is opening up about Footloose, the movie that launched his career, and how he struggled with fame following the film’s success.
During a recent episode of Podcrushed, the actor told hosts Penn Badgley, Nava Kavelin and Sophie Ansari that he saw himself as more of a serious actor and didn’t want to only be known for his dancing role as Ren McCormack in the 1984 film.
“When I became a pop star, the last thing I wanted to be was a pop star,” he said. “I had already moved into, you know, ‘I want to be Dustin Hoffman or Meryl [Streep] or John Cazale or [Robert] De Niro. I want to work with [Martin] Scorsese. I want to do Chekhov.’ You know what I mean?”
Bacon continued, “I was so into what my idea of a serious actor was, and all of a sudden I was given this thing [tt0087277 autoFootloose...
During a recent episode of Podcrushed, the actor told hosts Penn Badgley, Nava Kavelin and Sophie Ansari that he saw himself as more of a serious actor and didn’t want to only be known for his dancing role as Ren McCormack in the 1984 film.
“When I became a pop star, the last thing I wanted to be was a pop star,” he said. “I had already moved into, you know, ‘I want to be Dustin Hoffman or Meryl [Streep] or John Cazale or [Robert] De Niro. I want to work with [Martin] Scorsese. I want to do Chekhov.’ You know what I mean?”
Bacon continued, “I was so into what my idea of a serious actor was, and all of a sudden I was given this thing [tt0087277 autoFootloose...
- 9/28/2023
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“I remember seeing a film that became really formative for me called ‘Ruby in Paradise.’ It was a film about a young woman finding herself. It’s a simple film. A beautiful film. And I thought, ‘Wow. I didn’t know a film could be like this.’ I’d never seen anything like this before.”
That was director Ava DuVernay in the documentary “Only in Theaters” talking about “Ruby in Paradise,” winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 1993 Sundance Film Festival and one of several exquisitely crafted dramas from Florida writer-director Victor Nunez. Since his feature debut “Gal Young Un” in 1979, Nunez has slowly, quietly, and consistently built one of the American independent cinema’s most vital bodies of work, one centered around complex regional character studies like “Ruby” and its follow-up “Ulee’s Gold,” for which Peter Fonda was nominated for an Oscar.
These films, along with Nunez’s 1984 masterpiece “A Flash of Green,...
That was director Ava DuVernay in the documentary “Only in Theaters” talking about “Ruby in Paradise,” winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 1993 Sundance Film Festival and one of several exquisitely crafted dramas from Florida writer-director Victor Nunez. Since his feature debut “Gal Young Un” in 1979, Nunez has slowly, quietly, and consistently built one of the American independent cinema’s most vital bodies of work, one centered around complex regional character studies like “Ruby” and its follow-up “Ulee’s Gold,” for which Peter Fonda was nominated for an Oscar.
These films, along with Nunez’s 1984 masterpiece “A Flash of Green,...
- 6/30/2023
- by Jim Hemphill
- Indiewire
When he made his first feature, Gal Young ‘Un, in 1979, director Victor Nuñez was a pioneer in an American independent film movement still in its early stages. Over the next several decades, Nuñez continued to work on personal projects on his home turf of northern Florida. He worked rewardingly with gifted actors like Ed Harris in A Flash of Green and launched Ashley Judd’s acting career with Ruby in Paradise in 1993. Peter Fonda earned his only Oscar nomination as an actor when he starred in Nuñez’s Ulee’s Gold in 1997.
But Nuñez has not directed a film in over a decade. He returns to the screen with Rachel Hendrix and helps to revitalize the acting career of Lori Singer, still best known for her starring role opposite Kevin Bacon in 1984’s Footloose. Singer, also an accomplished classical musician, had a few other notable acting credits, in Alan Rudolph’s...
But Nuñez has not directed a film in over a decade. He returns to the screen with Rachel Hendrix and helps to revitalize the acting career of Lori Singer, still best known for her starring role opposite Kevin Bacon in 1984’s Footloose. Singer, also an accomplished classical musician, had a few other notable acting credits, in Alan Rudolph’s...
- 2/27/2023
- by Stephen Farber
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Actor Julian Sands went missing while hiking on Mount Baldy in Southern California earlier this month, and while we continue to hope that he’ll be located safe and sound, The Arrow in the Head Show hosts John “The Arrow” Fallon and Lance Vlcek have decided to show their support for Sands by watching the movie he may be best known for: the 1989 film Warlock (watch it Here). To find out what The Arrow and Lance had to say about Warlock and Sands’ performance in it, check out the video embedded above.
Directed by Steve Miner from a screenplay by David Twohy, Warlock has the following synopsis: In 17th-century New England, witch hunter Giles Redferne captures an evil warlock, but the conjurer eludes death with supernatural help. Flung into the future, the warlock winds up in the 1980s and plans to bring about the end of the world. Redferne follows...
Directed by Steve Miner from a screenplay by David Twohy, Warlock has the following synopsis: In 17th-century New England, witch hunter Giles Redferne captures an evil warlock, but the conjurer eludes death with supernatural help. Flung into the future, the warlock winds up in the 1980s and plans to bring about the end of the world. Redferne follows...
- 1/28/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
British actor Julian Sands has been identified as the hiker who went missing in the California mountains last week.
The 65-year-old, known for his role in the Oscar-nominated 1985 film A Room with a View, has been missing in the Mount Baldy area since Friday 13 January, according to authorities.
He was reported missing by his wife, writer Evgenia Citkowitz, on Friday evening and was thought to have been somewhere on the popular Baldy Bowl Trail in the San Gabriel Mountains. Mount Baldy is a 10,000ft peak located northeast of Los Angeles, in the Angeles National Forest.
Sands is a keen hiker and mountain-climber who once described his happiest moment as “close to a mountain summit on a glorious cold morning”.
Search and rescue crews were on the mountain looking for Sands, but had to suspend the search because of severe weather and avalanche threat, department spokesperson Gloria Huerta told CNN.
Drones...
The 65-year-old, known for his role in the Oscar-nominated 1985 film A Room with a View, has been missing in the Mount Baldy area since Friday 13 January, according to authorities.
He was reported missing by his wife, writer Evgenia Citkowitz, on Friday evening and was thought to have been somewhere on the popular Baldy Bowl Trail in the San Gabriel Mountains. Mount Baldy is a 10,000ft peak located northeast of Los Angeles, in the Angeles National Forest.
Sands is a keen hiker and mountain-climber who once described his happiest moment as “close to a mountain summit on a glorious cold morning”.
Search and rescue crews were on the mountain looking for Sands, but had to suspend the search because of severe weather and avalanche threat, department spokesperson Gloria Huerta told CNN.
Drones...
- 1/19/2023
- by Graeme Massie and Roisin O'Connor
- The Independent - Film
Sometimes even when you win, you lose. For Dianne Wiest, that might just be the case. The Academy Award-winning actor says that winning an Oscar wasn't the career boon she thought it would be. Despite flashing impressive range in roles that netted three Best Supporting Actress nominations and two wins, Wiest says she's been boxed in by playing the same character in nearly every movie she's offered.
When you think about Wiest, you might think of Vi, the mother of the rebellious Ariel in "Footloose." Or maybe you think of the struggling divorced mom Helen in "Parenthood." Or perhaps Peg, the mother-like figure for Edward in "Edward Scissorhands." Maybe Joan, the matriarch of the Short family in the CBS sitcom "Life in Pieces?" And of course, there's Lucy, mother of the vampire-fighting Emerson brothers in "The Lost Boys."
And that's Wiest's point. Despite her acting chops, authenticated by the two...
When you think about Wiest, you might think of Vi, the mother of the rebellious Ariel in "Footloose." Or maybe you think of the struggling divorced mom Helen in "Parenthood." Or perhaps Peg, the mother-like figure for Edward in "Edward Scissorhands." Maybe Joan, the matriarch of the Short family in the CBS sitcom "Life in Pieces?" And of course, there's Lucy, mother of the vampire-fighting Emerson brothers in "The Lost Boys."
And that's Wiest's point. Despite her acting chops, authenticated by the two...
- 9/23/2022
- by Travis Yates
- Slash Film
Annie Ross, the legendary Jazz singer who was part of the trio Lambert, Hendricks & Ross died in the early morning hours of July 22 at her home in New York City. She was 89. Ross’ former manager, Jim Coleman, confirmed the cause of death to be emphysema and heart disease.
Her nephew Domenick Allen wrote on his Facebook page, “My Aunt, Annie Ross, passed today at 2:00est in NYC. She was a Force of Nature, both in her music and in her life. I stood onstage next to her many times, and she truly was a Powerhouse. Her Jazz/standard hit was Twisted, but she was Straight Ahead all the way…I know she’ll be swinging somewhere in the Universe…”
Born Annabelle Allan Short in 1930, in Surrey, England, Ross moved to the U.S. with her Vaudeville actor parents, John and Mary Short, when she was four. She would grow...
Her nephew Domenick Allen wrote on his Facebook page, “My Aunt, Annie Ross, passed today at 2:00est in NYC. She was a Force of Nature, both in her music and in her life. I stood onstage next to her many times, and she truly was a Powerhouse. Her Jazz/standard hit was Twisted, but she was Straight Ahead all the way…I know she’ll be swinging somewhere in the Universe…”
Born Annabelle Allan Short in 1930, in Surrey, England, Ross moved to the U.S. with her Vaudeville actor parents, John and Mary Short, when she was four. She would grow...
- 7/22/2020
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Updated, 2:25 Pm: PBS has set October 15 at 10 Pm for the national broadcast of feature documentary God Knows Where I Am, marking the directorial debut of Jedd Wider and Todd Wider and narrated by Lori Singer.
“We are very excited for the broadcast of God Knows Where I Am on PBS,” said the Widers. “Public television allows most people to see the film, thereby enabling the widest audience possible to confront our society’s tragic battle with mental health and homelessness. I hope the film moves people as much as Linda Bishop’s story moved us as filmmakers and human beings.”
The broadcast will be followed by a panel discussion with the Widers and Dr. Carol Bernstein, past President of Apa and current Professor, Psychiatry and Neurology, New York University School of Medicine. Hari Sreenivasan will moderate .
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“We are very excited for the broadcast of God Knows Where I Am on PBS,” said the Widers. “Public television allows most people to see the film, thereby enabling the widest audience possible to confront our society’s tragic battle with mental health and homelessness. I hope the film moves people as much as Linda Bishop’s story moved us as filmmakers and human beings.”
The broadcast will be followed by a panel discussion with the Widers and Dr. Carol Bernstein, past President of Apa and current Professor, Psychiatry and Neurology, New York University School of Medicine. Hari Sreenivasan will moderate .
Previous Exclusive, December 4, 2017: PBS has picked up the critically acclaimed and truly...
- 8/27/2018
- by Anita Busch
- Deadline Film + TV
Looks like it got a little loose on the Footloose set.
Former actress Elizabeth Gorcey, who played Wendy Jo in the hit 1984 movie, revealed in a recent interview that one of the actresses on the film lost their virginity during filming.
“I can’t give names, but somebody lost their virginity on set. Not myself! But one of the other actresses,” Gorcey told Fox News.
Gorcey was one of five actresses on the main cast, with Lori Singer, Sarah Jessica Parker, Dianne Wiest and Frances Lee McCain rounding out the list.
Gorcey said the cast was shunned by the town...
Former actress Elizabeth Gorcey, who played Wendy Jo in the hit 1984 movie, revealed in a recent interview that one of the actresses on the film lost their virginity during filming.
“I can’t give names, but somebody lost their virginity on set. Not myself! But one of the other actresses,” Gorcey told Fox News.
Gorcey was one of five actresses on the main cast, with Lori Singer, Sarah Jessica Parker, Dianne Wiest and Frances Lee McCain rounding out the list.
Gorcey said the cast was shunned by the town...
- 6/26/2018
- by Ale Russian
- PEOPLE.com
Choose Me. Courtesy of Everett Collection via the Quad.Alan Rudolph makes a compelling case in defense of sentimentality, in defense of the love-sick and amorous. He believes in the beauty and rejuvenating power of art, and of love. Rarely sanguine or saccharine, but unapologetically emotional, his films understand that love is a painful, often arduous affair, that it is messy and confusing and ultimately ineffable, best captured in glances rather than words. Though there is a certain look, a certain feeling, that defines an Alan Rudolph film, his formal dexterity is varied, his repertoire of visual tricks assured. His swooning camera traces the boundaries of scenes like an outsider gazing longingly in, drifting dreamily, lingering like a voyeur. Choose Me (1984) begins with a voluptuous three-minute long take, starting with a closeup of the luminescent “E” of a neon sign that reads “Eve’s Lounge,” swooping down to show an...
- 5/1/2018
- MUBI
Exclusive: PBS has picked the critically acclaimed and truly heartbreaking documentary God Knows Where I Am, narrated by actress Lori Singer. It marks the directorial debut of Emmy- and Peabody-winning and Oscar-nominated Jedd Wider and Todd Wider. PBS acquires very few full-length feature documentaries per year, so this is significant. God Knows Where I Am, about the mystery surrounding a woman’s death in an old farmhouse, will air on PBS in 2018. Thirteen/Wnet New York…...
- 12/4/2017
- Deadline TV
Valerie Bertinelli nearly landed the role of Kevin Bacon's love interest, Ariel, in the 1984 movie Footloose, but there was one problem.
The 57-year-old actress appeared on Wednesday's Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen and revealed that she went out for the leading lady role in the beloved dance film.
"It was between me, Lori Singer and Jennifer Jason Leigh," she shared. The part ultimately went to Singer.
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As for why she ended up not landing the role, Bertinelli admitted, "I can't dance."
Bacon's real-life wife, Kyra Sedgwick, also made a shocking confession when she appeared on Wwhl last November.
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The 52-year-old actress disclosed that as a teenager, she had an on and off relationship with Ferris Bueller himself, Matthew Broderick!
Check out the...
The 57-year-old actress appeared on Wednesday's Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen and revealed that she went out for the leading lady role in the beloved dance film.
"It was between me, Lori Singer and Jennifer Jason Leigh," she shared. The part ultimately went to Singer.
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As for why she ended up not landing the role, Bertinelli admitted, "I can't dance."
Bacon's real-life wife, Kyra Sedgwick, also made a shocking confession when she appeared on Wwhl last November.
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The 52-year-old actress disclosed that as a teenager, she had an on and off relationship with Ferris Bueller himself, Matthew Broderick!
Check out the...
- 10/19/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
When filmmaker Todd Wider read about the story of Joan Bishop in a New Yorker article, he knew he wanted to make a film about it. “God Knows Where I Am,” the resulting documentary, takes the viewer inside the New Hampshire woman’s final days via the diary discovered next to her body in the abandoned house where she died.
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Though the film starts out mysteriously, it does not tell the story of a murder or even a suicide — it tells the story of how Bishop’s mental illness led directly to her death, and raises questions about mental health care in the U.S. and what could have been done to prevent it.
After a screening of the film at the International Documentary Association’s annual screening series in Los Angeles,...
Read More:‘God Knows Where I Am’: Why The Documentary Shot on Film To Capture The Subject’s Mental Illness
Though the film starts out mysteriously, it does not tell the story of a murder or even a suicide — it tells the story of how Bishop’s mental illness led directly to her death, and raises questions about mental health care in the U.S. and what could have been done to prevent it.
After a screening of the film at the International Documentary Association’s annual screening series in Los Angeles,...
- 10/13/2017
- by Jean Bentley
- Indiewire
Horror was in a weird place in the early 1990s. Most of the big franchises of the ’80s had more or less run their course, and in their place were a handful of new “icons” that would be turned into franchises whether it was warranted or not: the Child’s Play movies continued to be a growing concern, as did Candyman and Hellraiser and Leprechaun. One attempt to launch a new franchise that never quite took was 1991’s Warlock, which inspired two sequels of varying quality before calling it quits. All three films are now gathered together on Blu-ray for the first time as part of the Warlock Collection, the latest in the Vestron Video Collector’s Series from Lionsgate.
The original Warlock is genuinely something special—maybe not a new classic, but certainly a really good version of what it is. It’s a film with an impressive...
The original Warlock is genuinely something special—maybe not a new classic, but certainly a really good version of what it is. It’s a film with an impressive...
- 9/14/2017
- by Patrick Bromley
- DailyDead
Warlock Collection Blu-ray Review Warlock (1989) Blu-Ray Review, a movie directed by Steve Miner, starring Julian Sands, Lori Singer, and Richard E. Grant. Release Date: July 25, 2017 Plot “A warlock flees from the 17th to the 20th century, with a witch-hunter in hot pursuit.” Disc Specifications Run Time: 103 Minutes Format: Blu-Ray Resolution: 1080p Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Language: English 2.0 Stereo Audio (DTS-hd Master [...]
Continue reading: Blu-ray Review: Warlock Collection (1989, 1993, 1999): Fun But Campy Fantasy Films...
Continue reading: Blu-ray Review: Warlock Collection (1989, 1993, 1999): Fun But Campy Fantasy Films...
- 8/7/2017
- by Kyle Steininger
- Film-Book
MaryAnn’s quick take… A meditative, enormously sad, and sometimes angry-making portrait; provides a stark peek into a mind mentally ill yet remarkably confident and determined. I’m “biast” (pro): I’m desperate for movies about women
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
In May 2008, the body of a middle-aged woman was discovered in an empty New Hampshire farmhouse, after one of the coldest and snowiest winters on record. She had been dead for some months. Her identity was not a mystery: she left a note with her name, date of birth, social security number, and other information, including where she would like to be buried. Did she commit suicide? If so, why, and why here, in a house she did not own and that was not fit for human habitation? If not, why did she think her death was a certainty?...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
In May 2008, the body of a middle-aged woman was discovered in an empty New Hampshire farmhouse, after one of the coldest and snowiest winters on record. She had been dead for some months. Her identity was not a mystery: she left a note with her name, date of birth, social security number, and other information, including where she would like to be buried. Did she commit suicide? If so, why, and why here, in a house she did not own and that was not fit for human habitation? If not, why did she think her death was a certainty?...
- 4/10/2017
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Starting today, horror fans can check into The Institute at theaters and on VOD via Momentum Pictures, and we caught up with co-director Pamela Romanowsky to discuss collaborating with co-director James Franco, the movie's unique filming location, and much more.
Thanks for taking the time to answer some questions for us, Pamela. What attracted you to telling this story by Adam and Matt Rager?
Pamela Romanowsky: Well, the first question for me was “why a horror film?” I like films across lots of genres, but I’m not a horror buff, so this was a first for me. The horror films I do love are genre blending, movies that are character-based and explore things that are dark but still based in reality, and in the dark corners of human psychology. I’ve never really been scared of the supernatural, but people are certainly capable of terrifying and very dark things.
Thanks for taking the time to answer some questions for us, Pamela. What attracted you to telling this story by Adam and Matt Rager?
Pamela Romanowsky: Well, the first question for me was “why a horror film?” I like films across lots of genres, but I’m not a horror buff, so this was a first for me. The horror films I do love are genre blending, movies that are character-based and explore things that are dark but still based in reality, and in the dark corners of human psychology. I’ve never really been scared of the supernatural, but people are certainly capable of terrifying and very dark things.
- 3/3/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
As Isabel in The Institute, Allie Gallerani experiences unconventional treatments at the hands of Dr. Cairn (James Franco). With Momentum Pictures releasing The Institute in theaters and on VOD this Friday, March 3rd, we caught up with Gallerani for our latest Q&A feature to discuss working with Franco, the influence of Penny Dreadful, and much more.
Thanks for taking the time to answer some questions for us, Allie. What attracted you to playing the role of Isabel Porter in The Institute?
Allie Gallerani: I was drawn to Isabel’s strength, intelligence, and curiosity. These traits were not valued in Victorian society, so she feels like a bit of an outsider. I love playing characters who are a little bit stubborn and challenge accepted norms. As an actor, I’m always intrigued by a character’s transformation and Isabel’s is monumental.
Did any other films or performances inspire...
Thanks for taking the time to answer some questions for us, Allie. What attracted you to playing the role of Isabel Porter in The Institute?
Allie Gallerani: I was drawn to Isabel’s strength, intelligence, and curiosity. These traits were not valued in Victorian society, so she feels like a bit of an outsider. I love playing characters who are a little bit stubborn and challenge accepted norms. As an actor, I’m always intrigued by a character’s transformation and Isabel’s is monumental.
Did any other films or performances inspire...
- 3/2/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Beginning March 3rd, Momentum Pictures will introduce viewers to unsettling and unconventional treatments in The Institute, and with the film's theatrical release list now revealed, you can see if the devious doctors of the movie will be paying your town a visit...
Synopsis: "Subjected to bizarre and increasingly violent pseudo-scientific experiments in personality modification, brainwashing and mind control, Isabel Porter must escape the clutches of the Rosewood Institute and exact her revenge, or else be forever lost."
Directed by James Franco and Pamela Romanowsky from a screenplay by Adam and Matt Rager, The Institute stars James Franco, Allie Gallerani, Tim Blake Nelson, Lori Singer, Eric Roberts, and Scott Haze. Momentum Pictures will release The Institute on March 3rd on digital and VOD platforms as well as theatrically in the following cities:
Los Angeles - The Ricardo Montalban Theatre (1615 Vine St, Los Angeles, CA 90028) Atlanta – AMC Southlake Pavilion 24 (7065 Mt Zion Cir,...
Synopsis: "Subjected to bizarre and increasingly violent pseudo-scientific experiments in personality modification, brainwashing and mind control, Isabel Porter must escape the clutches of the Rosewood Institute and exact her revenge, or else be forever lost."
Directed by James Franco and Pamela Romanowsky from a screenplay by Adam and Matt Rager, The Institute stars James Franco, Allie Gallerani, Tim Blake Nelson, Lori Singer, Eric Roberts, and Scott Haze. Momentum Pictures will release The Institute on March 3rd on digital and VOD platforms as well as theatrically in the following cities:
Los Angeles - The Ricardo Montalban Theatre (1615 Vine St, Los Angeles, CA 90028) Atlanta – AMC Southlake Pavilion 24 (7065 Mt Zion Cir,...
- 2/23/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
James Franco’s Dr. Cairn has some unsettling and unconventional treatments in store for his patients in the trailer for The Institute.
Synopsis: “Subjected to bizarre and increasingly violent pseudo-scientific experiments in personality modification, brainwashing and mind control, Isabel Porter must escape the clutches of the Rosewood Institute and exact her revenge, or else be forever lost.”
Directed by James Franco and Pamela Romanowsky from a screenplay by Adam and Matt Rager, The Institute stars James Franco, Allie Gallerani, Tim Blake Nelson, Lori Singer, Eric Roberts, and Scott Haze. Momentum Pictures will release The Institute on March 3rd.
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Synopsis: “Subjected to bizarre and increasingly violent pseudo-scientific experiments in personality modification, brainwashing and mind control, Isabel Porter must escape the clutches of the Rosewood Institute and exact her revenge, or else be forever lost.”
Directed by James Franco and Pamela Romanowsky from a screenplay by Adam and Matt Rager, The Institute stars James Franco, Allie Gallerani, Tim Blake Nelson, Lori Singer, Eric Roberts, and Scott Haze. Momentum Pictures will release The Institute on March 3rd.
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- 2/8/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
"I assure you, our dear Isabella is in safe hands." Momentum Pictures has debuted the first trailer for a thriller titled The Institute, co-directed by James Franco and Pamela Romanowsky. Franco also stars in the film as one of the doctors at the "institute". Set in the 19th century, the story is about a young girl who checks into the Rosewood Institute, only to discover their methods for curing patients are totally twisted and violent. In addition to Franco, the film stars Allie Gallerani, Lori Singer, Tim Blake Nelson, Eric Roberts, Josh Duhamel, Topher Grace, Pamela Anderson, Beth Grant, and Dominic Rains. I'm intrigued to see Franco directing a 19th century thriller, but this just looks instantly forgettable. Take a look. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Franco & Romanowsky's The Institute, originally from EW: In 19th century Baltimore, a girl stricken with grief from her parents' untimely death, voluntarily...
- 2/8/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The ever-busy James Franco has taken on a darker role in his latest film, “The Institute.” Co-directed by Franco and Pamela Romanowsky, the movie is a period psychological thriller set in 19th century Baltimore. Now, ahead of its March release, Entertainment Weekly has unveiled the first trailer.
“The Institute” centers on Isabel Porter, a young woman (Allie Gallerani) who, after the untimely death of her parents, checks herself into the mental hospital Rosewood Institute. While there, she encounters Dr. Cairnes (Franco) who subjects her to unconventional bizarre, pseudo-scientific experiments in brainwashing and mind control.
“I can give you the freedom you desire,” he says in the clip, “but you will need to trust my methods — unorthodox though they may seem.”
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“The Institute” also co-stars Josh Duhamel, Pamela Anderson, Topher Grace, Joe Pease, Scott Haze,...
“The Institute” centers on Isabel Porter, a young woman (Allie Gallerani) who, after the untimely death of her parents, checks herself into the mental hospital Rosewood Institute. While there, she encounters Dr. Cairnes (Franco) who subjects her to unconventional bizarre, pseudo-scientific experiments in brainwashing and mind control.
“I can give you the freedom you desire,” he says in the clip, “but you will need to trust my methods — unorthodox though they may seem.”
Read More: James Franco to Star In and Executive Produce ‘High School Lover,’ His Second Lifetime Movie
“The Institute” also co-stars Josh Duhamel, Pamela Anderson, Topher Grace, Joe Pease, Scott Haze,...
- 2/7/2017
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
Geez, you go out for groceries, and what do you know, James Franco has another movie on the way. In the case of “The Institute,” it’s a picture he not only stars in, but co-directs with Pamela Romanowsky (who he’s previously worked with on “The Adderall Diaries“), and the results are ropey as per anything Franco-related that arrives seemingly out of nowhere.
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Co-starring Allie Gallerani, Joe Pease, Scott Haze, Lori Singer, Tim Blake Nelson, and Josh Duhamel, the film is set in 19th-century Baltimore, where a young woman becomes subject of the bizarre and dangerous workings of the titular building.
Continue reading New Trailer Brings You To ‘The Institute’ Starring James Franco, Tim Blake Nelson & Josh Duhamel at The Playlist.
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Co-starring Allie Gallerani, Joe Pease, Scott Haze, Lori Singer, Tim Blake Nelson, and Josh Duhamel, the film is set in 19th-century Baltimore, where a young woman becomes subject of the bizarre and dangerous workings of the titular building.
Continue reading New Trailer Brings You To ‘The Institute’ Starring James Franco, Tim Blake Nelson & Josh Duhamel at The Playlist.
- 2/7/2017
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
James Franco's The Institute has gotten a release date via Momentum. The period psychological thriller will hit theaters and on VOD on March 3.
Set in 19th century Baltimore, the feature is based on true events and centers on a young woman (Allie Gallerani) who, due to grief following the untimely death of her parents, voluntarily checks herself into a mental institute. While there she is subjected to bizarre, pseudo-scientific experiments in personality modification, brainwashing and mind control.
Josh Duhamel also stars, along with Joe Pease, Scott Haze, Lori Singer and Tim Blake Nelson.
The ever-busy Franco produced the project through his RabbitBandini Productions, and co-directed with...
Set in 19th century Baltimore, the feature is based on true events and centers on a young woman (Allie Gallerani) who, due to grief following the untimely death of her parents, voluntarily checks herself into a mental institute. While there she is subjected to bizarre, pseudo-scientific experiments in personality modification, brainwashing and mind control.
Josh Duhamel also stars, along with Joe Pease, Scott Haze, Lori Singer and Tim Blake Nelson.
The ever-busy Franco produced the project through his RabbitBandini Productions, and co-directed with...
- 1/31/2017
- by Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Success in the ’90s gave Robert Altman the opportunity to experiment once again. Several short stories by Raymond Carver interlock in a mosaic of Los Angeles populated by scores of actors in ensemble mode. Clocking in at three hours, Altman’s epic has all the time and space it needs.
Short Cuts
Blu-ray
The Criterion Collection 265
1993 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 187 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date October 18, 2016 / 39.95
Starring Andie MacDowell, Bruce Davison, Jack Lemmon, Julianne Moore,
Matthew Modine, Anne Archer, Fred Ward, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Chris Penn, Lili Taylor, Robert Downey Jr., Madeleine Stowe, Tim Robbins, Lily Tomlin, Tom Waits, Frances McDormand, Peter Gallagher, Annie Ross, Lori Singer, Lyle Lovett, Buck Henry, Huey Lewis, Margery Bond, Robert DoQui.
Cinematography Walt Lloyd
Production Designer Stephen Altman
Art Direction Jerry Fleming
Film Editors Suzy Elmiger, Geraldine Peroni
Original Music Gavin Friday, Mark Isham
Written by Robert Altman, Frank Barhydt from writings...
Short Cuts
Blu-ray
The Criterion Collection 265
1993 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 187 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date October 18, 2016 / 39.95
Starring Andie MacDowell, Bruce Davison, Jack Lemmon, Julianne Moore,
Matthew Modine, Anne Archer, Fred Ward, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Chris Penn, Lili Taylor, Robert Downey Jr., Madeleine Stowe, Tim Robbins, Lily Tomlin, Tom Waits, Frances McDormand, Peter Gallagher, Annie Ross, Lori Singer, Lyle Lovett, Buck Henry, Huey Lewis, Margery Bond, Robert DoQui.
Cinematography Walt Lloyd
Production Designer Stephen Altman
Art Direction Jerry Fleming
Film Editors Suzy Elmiger, Geraldine Peroni
Original Music Gavin Friday, Mark Isham
Written by Robert Altman, Frank Barhydt from writings...
- 12/10/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Winona Ryder and Peter Sarsgaard in Experimenter
Michael Almereyda's thought-provoking and entertaining inquiry into the human condition, Experimenter, had its World Premiere at the Sundance Film Festival and was a selection in the main slate of the New York Film Festival. It stars Peter Sarsgaard as social psychologist Stanley Milgram and Winona Ryder as his wife Sasha, with Jim Gaffigan, John Leguizamo, Taryn Manning, Ned Eisenberg, Anton Yelchin, Dennis Haysbert, Lori Singer, Harley Ware, Tom Farrell, Emily Tremaine and Anthony Edwards. Milgram student Harold Takooshian was invited to join the cast, becoming a "Familiar Stranger".
Peter Sarsgaard as Stanley Milgram
No stranger to me, Harold met me at Lincoln Center, to discuss his role in the film and as Science Advisor to Michael Almereyda. On Tuesday, November 10, a public forum on Stanley Milgram: the Experimenter, will be hosted by Fordham University, in cooperation with the Manhattan Psychological Association, and Apa Division of Social Issues.
Michael Almereyda's thought-provoking and entertaining inquiry into the human condition, Experimenter, had its World Premiere at the Sundance Film Festival and was a selection in the main slate of the New York Film Festival. It stars Peter Sarsgaard as social psychologist Stanley Milgram and Winona Ryder as his wife Sasha, with Jim Gaffigan, John Leguizamo, Taryn Manning, Ned Eisenberg, Anton Yelchin, Dennis Haysbert, Lori Singer, Harley Ware, Tom Farrell, Emily Tremaine and Anthony Edwards. Milgram student Harold Takooshian was invited to join the cast, becoming a "Familiar Stranger".
Peter Sarsgaard as Stanley Milgram
No stranger to me, Harold met me at Lincoln Center, to discuss his role in the film and as Science Advisor to Michael Almereyda. On Tuesday, November 10, a public forum on Stanley Milgram: the Experimenter, will be hosted by Fordham University, in cooperation with the Manhattan Psychological Association, and Apa Division of Social Issues.
- 11/9/2015
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Experiment This: Almereyda Revisits Classic Social Psych Progenitor
American filmmaker Michael Almereyda brings to the screen a pseudo-biopic on one of the more famous social psychologists, Stanley Milgram, whose name should, at the very least, rumble through the memory bank of anyone who has ever taken a Psychology course. But Experimenter, much like academia, is concerned mostly with Milgram’s famed early 1960s obedience experiments, which yielded disturbing results about easily conditioned human beings that society at large was not quite ready to accept, leading to Milgram being treated as something of a pariah within his own academic community. Filmed with a desaturated palette and utilizing props and set backdrops to inflect rather than convey period, Almereyda’s created a cold, clinical portrait of a man whose own familial background informed his timely social experiment, one that’s been referenced and recreated as a tenet of understanding unnerving truths as concerns human behavior.
American filmmaker Michael Almereyda brings to the screen a pseudo-biopic on one of the more famous social psychologists, Stanley Milgram, whose name should, at the very least, rumble through the memory bank of anyone who has ever taken a Psychology course. But Experimenter, much like academia, is concerned mostly with Milgram’s famed early 1960s obedience experiments, which yielded disturbing results about easily conditioned human beings that society at large was not quite ready to accept, leading to Milgram being treated as something of a pariah within his own academic community. Filmed with a desaturated palette and utilizing props and set backdrops to inflect rather than convey period, Almereyda’s created a cold, clinical portrait of a man whose own familial background informed his timely social experiment, one that’s been referenced and recreated as a tenet of understanding unnerving truths as concerns human behavior.
- 10/12/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Peter Sarsgaard is Stanley Milgram in Michael Almereyda's Experimenter Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
At the Dream Hotel Midtown on the Ph-d Terrace for the Magnolia Pictures, Montblanc and Cinema Society reception, Jim Gaffigan, John Leguizamo with Justine Maurer, Taryn Manning, Lori Singer, Emily Tremaine, John Palladino, Anthony Edwards, Bob McDonough, Winona Ryder and Peter Sarsgaard with Maggie Gyllenhaal turned out before the New York Film Festival première of Michael Almereyda's Experimenter at Alice Tully Hall.
When I arrived, Michael and I spoke about the great loss of Chantal Akerman.
Sasha Milgram chats with Michael Almereyda Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
In the elevator with me going up to the reception was Sasha Milgram. Later on, after we talked a little, she asked me "Where is Michael?" I went to fetch the director, who was very happy to speak with her. Sasha was a great advisor to get all the details right about her husband,...
At the Dream Hotel Midtown on the Ph-d Terrace for the Magnolia Pictures, Montblanc and Cinema Society reception, Jim Gaffigan, John Leguizamo with Justine Maurer, Taryn Manning, Lori Singer, Emily Tremaine, John Palladino, Anthony Edwards, Bob McDonough, Winona Ryder and Peter Sarsgaard with Maggie Gyllenhaal turned out before the New York Film Festival première of Michael Almereyda's Experimenter at Alice Tully Hall.
When I arrived, Michael and I spoke about the great loss of Chantal Akerman.
Sasha Milgram chats with Michael Almereyda Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
In the elevator with me going up to the reception was Sasha Milgram. Later on, after we talked a little, she asked me "Where is Michael?" I went to fetch the director, who was very happy to speak with her. Sasha was a great advisor to get all the details right about her husband,...
- 10/7/2015
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The Blue Room director Mathieu Amalric stars in The Forbidden Room and Arnaud Desplechin's The Golden Days Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Michael Almereyda's Experimenter stars Peter Sarsgaard and Winona Ryder with Jim Gaffigan, John Leguizamo, Lori Singer, Taryn Manning, Kellan Lutz, Anton Yelchin, Josh Hamilton, Dennis Haysbert and Ned Eisenberg supporting the research. Margherita Buy, Giulia Lazzarini, Beatrice Mancini and John Turturro in Nanni Moretti's Mia Madre (My Mother) explore private emotions and public movie work. Guy Maddin and Evan Johnson's The Forbidden Room will haunt your dreams and submarines with Louis Negin, Charlotte Rampling, Udo Kier, Roy Dupuis, André Wilms, Geraldine Chaplin, Adèle Haenel, Maria de Medeiros and Mathieu Amalric. Hou Hsiao-hsien's The Assassin (Nie Yin Niang) engages blow by blow with Shu Qi, Chang Chen, Sheu Fang-yi and Hsieh Hsin-ying.
Here are four early highlights of the 53rd New York Film Festival that dazzle with their superb ensemble casts.
Michael Almereyda's Experimenter stars Peter Sarsgaard and Winona Ryder with Jim Gaffigan, John Leguizamo, Lori Singer, Taryn Manning, Kellan Lutz, Anton Yelchin, Josh Hamilton, Dennis Haysbert and Ned Eisenberg supporting the research. Margherita Buy, Giulia Lazzarini, Beatrice Mancini and John Turturro in Nanni Moretti's Mia Madre (My Mother) explore private emotions and public movie work. Guy Maddin and Evan Johnson's The Forbidden Room will haunt your dreams and submarines with Louis Negin, Charlotte Rampling, Udo Kier, Roy Dupuis, André Wilms, Geraldine Chaplin, Adèle Haenel, Maria de Medeiros and Mathieu Amalric. Hou Hsiao-hsien's The Assassin (Nie Yin Niang) engages blow by blow with Shu Qi, Chang Chen, Sheu Fang-yi and Hsieh Hsin-ying.
Here are four early highlights of the 53rd New York Film Festival that dazzle with their superb ensemble casts.
- 9/9/2015
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Are you ready to rediscover Fame? Lifetime is developing a reboot of the iconic hit 1980 movie and TV series Fame, E! News has confirmed. The new Fame will be a reimagining of the classic '80s series, which starred Debbie Allen, Gene Anthony Ray, Carlo Imperato and Lori Singer, and was created by Christopher Gore. Like the film and series before it, the new show will center on a group of adults struggling to balance their pressure of life at their performing arts college with the trials of their everyday lives. Set to recreate Fame for Lifetime? So You Think You Can Dance and American Idol's Nigel Lythgoe, with Gossip Girl and Smash's Josh Safran set to write the script. The...
- 6/9/2015
- E! Online
'San Andreas' movie with Dwayne Johnson. 'San Andreas' movie box office: $100 million domestic milestone today As the old saying (sort of) goes: If you build it, they will come. Warner Bros. built a gigantic video game, called it San Andreas, and They have come to check out Dwayne Johnson perform miraculous deeds not seen since ... George Miller's Mad Max: Fury Road, released two weeks earlier. Embraced by moviegoers, hungry for quality, original storylines and well-delineated characters – and with the assistance of 3D surcharges – the San Andreas movie debuted with $54.58 million from 3,777 theaters on its first weekend out (May 29-31) in North America. Down a perfectly acceptable 52 percent on its second weekend (June 5-7), the special effects-laden actioner collected an extra $25.83 million, trailing only the Melissa McCarthy-Jason Statham comedy Spy, (with $29.08 million) as found at Box Office Mojo.* And that's how this original movie – it's not officially a remake,...
- 6/9/2015
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
Exclusive: The La-based company will kick off international sales in Cannes on the Sundance drama starring Peter Sarsgaard and Winona Ryder.
Bleiberg Entertainment will screen Michael Almereyda’s Experimenter in the market and the plan is to secure international festival slots throughout the summer.
Magnolia Pictures pounced on North American rights in Park City and plans a theatrical release this year.
The film chronicles Yale psychologist Stanley Milgram’s 1961 ‘obedience experiments’ on subjects who were made to believe they were administering electric shocks to people who unbeknown to them were actors.
The cast includes Jim Gaffigan, Taryn Manning, Anton Yelchin, Kellan Lutz, Dennis Haysbert, John Leguizamo, Anthony Edwards, Danny A Abeckaser, Eduardo Ballerini, Josh Hamilton, Lori Singer and Vondie Curtis-Hall.
Uri Singer produced with Fabio Golombek, Isen Robbins, Aimee Schoof, Abeckaser and Per Melita.
Bleiberg Entertainment will screen Michael Almereyda’s Experimenter in the market and the plan is to secure international festival slots throughout the summer.
Magnolia Pictures pounced on North American rights in Park City and plans a theatrical release this year.
The film chronicles Yale psychologist Stanley Milgram’s 1961 ‘obedience experiments’ on subjects who were made to believe they were administering electric shocks to people who unbeknown to them were actors.
The cast includes Jim Gaffigan, Taryn Manning, Anton Yelchin, Kellan Lutz, Dennis Haysbert, John Leguizamo, Anthony Edwards, Danny A Abeckaser, Eduardo Ballerini, Josh Hamilton, Lori Singer and Vondie Curtis-Hall.
Uri Singer produced with Fabio Golombek, Isen Robbins, Aimee Schoof, Abeckaser and Per Melita.
- 5/6/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: The La-based company will kick off international sales in Cannes on the Sundance drama starring Peter Sarsgaard and Winona Ryder.
Bleiberg Entertainment will screen Michael Almereyda’s film in the market and the plan is to secure international festival slots throughout the summer.
Magnolia Pictures pounced on North American rights to Experimenter in Park City and plans a theatrical release this year.
The film chronicles Yale psychologist Stanley Milgram’s 1961 ‘obedience experiments’ on subjects who were made to believe they were administering electric shocks to people who unbeknown to them were actors.
The cast includes Jim Gaffigan, Taryn Manning, Anton Yelchin, Kellan Lutz, Dennis Haysbert, John Leguizamo, Anthony Edwards, Danny A Abeckaser, Eduardo Ballerini, Josh Hamilton, Lori Singer and Vondie Curtis-Hall.
Uri Singer produced with Fabio Golombek, Isen Robbins, Aimee Schoof, Abeckaser and Per Melita.
Bleiberg Entertainment will screen Michael Almereyda’s film in the market and the plan is to secure international festival slots throughout the summer.
Magnolia Pictures pounced on North American rights to Experimenter in Park City and plans a theatrical release this year.
The film chronicles Yale psychologist Stanley Milgram’s 1961 ‘obedience experiments’ on subjects who were made to believe they were administering electric shocks to people who unbeknown to them were actors.
The cast includes Jim Gaffigan, Taryn Manning, Anton Yelchin, Kellan Lutz, Dennis Haysbert, John Leguizamo, Anthony Edwards, Danny A Abeckaser, Eduardo Ballerini, Josh Hamilton, Lori Singer and Vondie Curtis-Hall.
Uri Singer produced with Fabio Golombek, Isen Robbins, Aimee Schoof, Abeckaser and Per Melita.
- 5/6/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The North American deal follows the film’s world premiere at Sundance in January and sets up a theatrical release later this year.
Michael Almereyda directed the story starring Peter Saarsgard as Stanley Milgram, who rocked the world in the 1960s with his infamous Yale study on obedience to authority.
Rounding out the key Experimenter cast are Winona Ryder, Jim Gaffigan, Taryn Manning, Anton Yelchin, Kellan Lutz, John Leguizamo, Anthony Edwards, Josh Hamilton, Lori Singer, Vondie Curtis-Hall and Dennis Haysbert.
Uri Singer, Fabio Golombek, Isen Robbins and Aimee Schoof produced.
Magnolia brokered the deal with Cinetic Media for the film-makers.
Michael Almereyda directed the story starring Peter Saarsgard as Stanley Milgram, who rocked the world in the 1960s with his infamous Yale study on obedience to authority.
Rounding out the key Experimenter cast are Winona Ryder, Jim Gaffigan, Taryn Manning, Anton Yelchin, Kellan Lutz, John Leguizamo, Anthony Edwards, Josh Hamilton, Lori Singer, Vondie Curtis-Hall and Dennis Haysbert.
Uri Singer, Fabio Golombek, Isen Robbins and Aimee Schoof produced.
Magnolia brokered the deal with Cinetic Media for the film-makers.
- 3/26/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Ahead of the film's Closing Night screening at the Sf International Film Festival, the psychological drama "Experimenter" has been acquired by Magnolia Pictures, which plans a 2015 theatrical release. Directed by Michael Almereyda (2000's brainy Shakespeare update "Hamlet"), the film stars Peter Sarsgaard as social psychologist Stanley Milgram whose 1961 "obedience" experiments at Yale asked participants to send harmful electric shocks to strangers in order to test their will toward authority. Read More: Sf Film Fest Gets 3 Films From Sundance and SXSW The rest of the cast includes Winona Ryder, Jim Gaffigan, Taryn Manning, Anton Yelchin, Kellan Lutz, John Leguizamo, Anthony Edwards, Josh Hamilton, Lori Singer, Vondie Curtis-Hall and Dennis Haysbert. "Experimenter" was produced by Uri Singer, Fabio Golombek, Isen Robbins and Aimee Schoof. Sundance reviews were mostly positive. Variety wrote: "Michael Almereyda dissects the...
- 3/26/2015
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
It is a momentous day for Sex and the City fans around the world as Sarah Jessica Parker celebrates her 50th birthday. While the role of Carrie Bradshaw made Sarah a fashion icon and a superstar, she has starred in a wide variety of films and television shows over four decades. Parker began her career as a child star on the stage in Annie, and has gone on to become an enduring fixture in pop culture.
Her movie career was launched with supporting roles in '80s teen comedies Footloose and Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, but soon she grew into a leading lady with memorable roles in a string of early 1990s comedies. Parker might be best known for romantic comedies these days, but over the last 30 years she's impressed critics in roles as diverse a mystical witch, an egotistical talkshow host and the embodiment of a single woman of the 2000s.
Her movie career was launched with supporting roles in '80s teen comedies Footloose and Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, but soon she grew into a leading lady with memorable roles in a string of early 1990s comedies. Parker might be best known for romantic comedies these days, but over the last 30 years she's impressed critics in roles as diverse a mystical witch, an egotistical talkshow host and the embodiment of a single woman of the 2000s.
- 3/25/2015
- Digital Spy
Whether you are a filmmaker, or one of the Sundance programmers whose task it is to identify the films that make up a line-up, it is indeed the most wonderful, panic-filled and nerve racking time of the year. The 31st edition of the Sundance Film Festival kicks off on January 22nd with Park City and Salt Lake City playing host to some of the more innovative, thought-provoking narrative and non-fiction films of 2015. Last year, a Jenga tall order of 4,057 features and 8,161 shorts were submitted. Now let’s think about those numbers for a second.
Twenty years ago, Terry Zwigoff’s Crumb claimed the Grand Jury Prize Documentary award, Living in Oblivion‘s Tom Dicillo was honored with the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award, and Edward Burns’ micro-budgeted The Brothers McMullen (there is a read-worthy, lively, eleventh hour account on how it was submitted to the fest in Ted Hope’s “Hope...
Twenty years ago, Terry Zwigoff’s Crumb claimed the Grand Jury Prize Documentary award, Living in Oblivion‘s Tom Dicillo was honored with the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award, and Edward Burns’ micro-budgeted The Brothers McMullen (there is a read-worthy, lively, eleventh hour account on how it was submitted to the fest in Ted Hope’s “Hope...
- 11/17/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Oscar 2015: Craig Zadan and Neil Meron will return as Oscar show producers (photo: Craig Zadan and Neil Meron) Craig Zadan and Neil Meron will be back as producers of the 2015 Oscar ceremony, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president Cheryl Boone Isaacs announced yesterday, April 21, 2014. This will mark Zadan and Meron’s third consecutive year as Oscar producers. In the United States, the 87th Academy Awards ceremony will air live on ABC on Oscar Sunday, February 22, 2015. Last March 2, the Zadan- and Meron-produced 2014 Oscar telecast brought back Ellen DeGeneres, whose performance as Oscar host drew mixed reviews — some loved the pizza; others hated it. Besides pizza delivery, the Oscar telecast also featured the presence of veterans Kim Novak and Sidney Poitier; musical performances by U2, Pharrell Williams, and Idina Menzel (aka "Adele Nazeem," as per John Travolta); in addition to a tribute to The Wizard of Oz performed by...
- 4/23/2014
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
Reviewed by Kevin Scott, MoreHorror.com
House Hunting (2013) Review
Directed by: Eric Hurt
Written by: Eric Hurt
Cast: Marc Singer (Charlie Hays), Art Lafleur (Don Thompson), Hayley DuMond (Susan Hays), Janey Gioiosa (Emmy Hays), Paul McGill (Jason Thompson), Rebekah Kennedy (Hanna)
Moving can be a real pain. Finding that perfect house can be an even bigger inconvenience. Well, if I ever had any sort of informal education from horror movies, I’ve learned two fundamental truths. There’s gonna be trouble if hooking up with a beautiful woman is effortlessly easy, or if you run across a seemingly sweet real estate property at a ridiculously low price. I’ll go a bit further and say that said real estate property is probably going to be a murder house inhabited by a vengeful spirit with some serious emotional baggage. I would almost bet the farm on it.
Speaking of farms, Charlie...
House Hunting (2013) Review
Directed by: Eric Hurt
Written by: Eric Hurt
Cast: Marc Singer (Charlie Hays), Art Lafleur (Don Thompson), Hayley DuMond (Susan Hays), Janey Gioiosa (Emmy Hays), Paul McGill (Jason Thompson), Rebekah Kennedy (Hanna)
Moving can be a real pain. Finding that perfect house can be an even bigger inconvenience. Well, if I ever had any sort of informal education from horror movies, I’ve learned two fundamental truths. There’s gonna be trouble if hooking up with a beautiful woman is effortlessly easy, or if you run across a seemingly sweet real estate property at a ridiculously low price. I’ll go a bit further and say that said real estate property is probably going to be a murder house inhabited by a vengeful spirit with some serious emotional baggage. I would almost bet the farm on it.
Speaking of farms, Charlie...
- 3/7/2014
- by admin
- MoreHorror
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