Andy Serkis and Woody Harrelson have signed on to star in The Man with the Miraculous Hands, a WWII psychological thriller from Rampart and The Messenger filmmaker Oren Moverman.
Based on a true story, the film is set in 1939 and features Harrelson as Felix Kersten, a renowned, apolitical medical masseuse who becomes the personal physician to Heinrich Himmler (Serkis), the head of Hitler’s SS and one of the chief architects of the Holocaust. As the war rages and Himmler’s health declines while his authority continues grows, Kersten finds himself in a unique position to influence decision making on the highest level inside the Third Reich. He begins to play a dangerous game, using his medical skills as a weapon to influence Himmler, turn him against Hitler, and bring an end to the war.
French outfit Vendôme Group (Oscar-winner Coda) is producing the feature together with Jerico Films and Snd.
Based on a true story, the film is set in 1939 and features Harrelson as Felix Kersten, a renowned, apolitical medical masseuse who becomes the personal physician to Heinrich Himmler (Serkis), the head of Hitler’s SS and one of the chief architects of the Holocaust. As the war rages and Himmler’s health declines while his authority continues grows, Kersten finds himself in a unique position to influence decision making on the highest level inside the Third Reich. He begins to play a dangerous game, using his medical skills as a weapon to influence Himmler, turn him against Hitler, and bring an end to the war.
French outfit Vendôme Group (Oscar-winner Coda) is producing the feature together with Jerico Films and Snd.
- 5/10/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Anne Heche's tragic death following a car crash earlier this month left many with questions.
Now, we have some clarity.
The death of the Men in Trees star at 53 has officially been ruled an accident.
The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner released a report on Wednesday confirming as much.
Heche's cause of death is listed as inhalation and thermal injuries from a fiery car crash earlier this month.
What's more, the report states that it was an accident.
It says that Heche suffered a "sternal fracture due to blunt trauma" from the car crash.
Sternal fractures typically occur after the chest strikes the steering wheel in motor vehicle collisions.
Heche was behind the wheel of her Mini Cooper when she crashed into a home in the Mar Vista area of Los Angeles.
The car and the home caught fire.
It was so severe that it took 59 firefighters over an hour to control.
Now, we have some clarity.
The death of the Men in Trees star at 53 has officially been ruled an accident.
The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner released a report on Wednesday confirming as much.
Heche's cause of death is listed as inhalation and thermal injuries from a fiery car crash earlier this month.
What's more, the report states that it was an accident.
It says that Heche suffered a "sternal fracture due to blunt trauma" from the car crash.
Sternal fractures typically occur after the chest strikes the steering wheel in motor vehicle collisions.
Heche was behind the wheel of her Mini Cooper when she crashed into a home in the Mar Vista area of Los Angeles.
The car and the home caught fire.
It was so severe that it took 59 firefighters over an hour to control.
- 8/18/2022
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Anne Heche has died.
The veteran actress, who was caught up in a fiery car crash on August 5, has died.
She was 53.
News of her passing comes shortly after her family released a statement saying the star was not expected to survive after suffering a severe anoxic brain injury.
At the time of the statement, it was revealed Heche was being kept on life support as doctors determined if any of her organs were viable for donation.
"Unfortunately, due to her accident, Anne suffered a severe anoxic brain injury and remains in a coma, in critical condition," the statement, released on August 11, reads.
"She is not expected to survive."
"It has long been her choice to donate her organs and she's being kept on life support to determine if any are viable," the statement continues.
"We want to thank everyone for their kind wishes and prayers for Anne's recovery and...
The veteran actress, who was caught up in a fiery car crash on August 5, has died.
She was 53.
News of her passing comes shortly after her family released a statement saying the star was not expected to survive after suffering a severe anoxic brain injury.
At the time of the statement, it was revealed Heche was being kept on life support as doctors determined if any of her organs were viable for donation.
"Unfortunately, due to her accident, Anne suffered a severe anoxic brain injury and remains in a coma, in critical condition," the statement, released on August 11, reads.
"She is not expected to survive."
"It has long been her choice to donate her organs and she's being kept on life support to determine if any are viable," the statement continues.
"We want to thank everyone for their kind wishes and prayers for Anne's recovery and...
- 8/12/2022
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
No news is good news. That couldn’t be more true for Apex Legends right now, at least, which is currently cruising through its third season. The relative silence certainly speaks volumes for developer Respawn, which, having struggled to find its feet in the battle royale’s first few months, finally appears to have hit its stride in providing regular (and well-received) content updates.
The well-publicized spat between the studio and Apex‘s player base over Season 2’s controversial Iron Crown Collection event remains the most recent black mark on an otherwise spotless record as far as overall satisfaction goes, and Season 3, so far, at least, has been a resounding success. Introduced last month, new map World’s Edge and hero Crypto have gone down a treat with fans, but with the novelty of both gradually beginning to wear off, minds are beginning to wander ahead in anticipation of what’s next.
The well-publicized spat between the studio and Apex‘s player base over Season 2’s controversial Iron Crown Collection event remains the most recent black mark on an otherwise spotless record as far as overall satisfaction goes, and Season 3, so far, at least, has been a resounding success. Introduced last month, new map World’s Edge and hero Crypto have gone down a treat with fans, but with the novelty of both gradually beginning to wear off, minds are beginning to wander ahead in anticipation of what’s next.
- 11/18/2019
- by Joe Pring
- We Got This Covered
The cast of The Batman might be on the verge of becoming even more star-studded. According to our sources – the same ones who were the first to confirm that Robert Pattinson would be playing the Dark Knight, that Viola Davis was returning for The Suicide Squad and that Black Mask will be gay in Birds of Prey – Woody Harrelson is currently being eyed to take on an unknown role in the flick. While this doesn’t mean he’ll 100% get the part, it’s certainly something that fans are going to want to see, as adding an actor of such a high caliber to any project instantly makes it better.
Harrelson’s prolific career has spanned over three decades, with his breakout role coming in 1985 as bartender Woody Boyd in the iconic television sitcom Cheers. The portrayal earned him five Emmy nominations, though he was never able to walk away with the statue.
Harrelson’s prolific career has spanned over three decades, with his breakout role coming in 1985 as bartender Woody Boyd in the iconic television sitcom Cheers. The portrayal earned him five Emmy nominations, though he was never able to walk away with the statue.
- 8/29/2019
- by Evan Lewis
- We Got This Covered
Audra McDonald has a few words for a theatergoer who took a photo of her naked on a Broadway stage.
The six-time Tony Award-winning actress, 49, shared her thoughts on Twitter Sunday in which she wrote, “To whoever it was in the audience that took a flash photo during our nude scene today: Not cool. Not cool at all.”
McDonald stars as Frankie in the Terrence McNally play Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, opposite Michael Shannon, who plays Johnny.
The play opens with a graphic scene depicting sex between a couple.
Taking photographs during Broadway shows is prohibited.
The six-time Tony Award-winning actress, 49, shared her thoughts on Twitter Sunday in which she wrote, “To whoever it was in the audience that took a flash photo during our nude scene today: Not cool. Not cool at all.”
McDonald stars as Frankie in the Terrence McNally play Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, opposite Michael Shannon, who plays Johnny.
The play opens with a graphic scene depicting sex between a couple.
Taking photographs during Broadway shows is prohibited.
- 7/22/2019
- by Alexia Fernandez
- PEOPLE.com
Woody Harrelson has joined Mary Elizabeth Winstead on Netflix’s upcoming assassin thriller Kate.
Cedric Nicolas-Troyan (The Huntsman: Winter’s War) directs from a screenplay by Umair Aleem about an underworld killer who has less than one day to hunt down her enemies after she is fatally poisoned, and in the process bonds with the daughter of one of her past victims.
Bryan Unkeless, Kelly McCormick, and Patrick Newall (The Old Man And The Gun) serve as producers on the feature, with David Leitch...
Cedric Nicolas-Troyan (The Huntsman: Winter’s War) directs from a screenplay by Umair Aleem about an underworld killer who has less than one day to hunt down her enemies after she is fatally poisoned, and in the process bonds with the daughter of one of her past victims.
Bryan Unkeless, Kelly McCormick, and Patrick Newall (The Old Man And The Gun) serve as producers on the feature, with David Leitch...
- 7/11/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Kristen Stewart, Ben Foster and Tom Glynn-Carney have signed on to star in an untitled drama about Beat Generation writer William S. Burroughs with Foster making his directorial debut on the project.
The film explores an unusual love triangle between Burroughs, portrayed by Foster; his charismatic, common-law muse, Joan Vollmer, played by Stewart; and a straight-laced American expatriate portrayed Glynn-Carney, who upends their lives to the extreme. Foster will direct from a script he’s co-written with Oren Moverman, based on Burroughs’ early works.
Burroughs, a heroin addict, killed Vollmer in a 1951 shooting accident in Mexico City. He achieved success two years later with his first novel, “Junkie.” He’s best known for his 1959 novel “Naked Lunch.”
Celluloid Dreams has acquired the international sales rights to the project and will be selling it at the Cannes Film Festival, which opens May 14. UTA Independent Film Group will handle sales for the United States and Canada.
The film explores an unusual love triangle between Burroughs, portrayed by Foster; his charismatic, common-law muse, Joan Vollmer, played by Stewart; and a straight-laced American expatriate portrayed Glynn-Carney, who upends their lives to the extreme. Foster will direct from a script he’s co-written with Oren Moverman, based on Burroughs’ early works.
Burroughs, a heroin addict, killed Vollmer in a 1951 shooting accident in Mexico City. He achieved success two years later with his first novel, “Junkie.” He’s best known for his 1959 novel “Naked Lunch.”
Celluloid Dreams has acquired the international sales rights to the project and will be selling it at the Cannes Film Festival, which opens May 14. UTA Independent Film Group will handle sales for the United States and Canada.
- 5/9/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Kristen Stewart, Hell Or High Water star Ben Foster and Dunkirk actor Tom Glynn-Carney are to lead cast in a movie inspired by the early works and letters of iconic U.S. writer William Burroughs. This will be a hot one at the Cannes Film market next week.
Foster will make his directorial debut on the film and has also penned the script with Oren Moverman (Time Out Of Mind). The project explores the unusual love triangle between Burroughs (Foster), his unsung, brilliant, charismatic, common-law muse, Joan Vollmer (Stewart), and a young, straight-laced American ex-pat named Allerton (Glynn-Carney) who upends their lives to the extreme.
Foster will make his directorial debut on the film and has also penned the script with Oren Moverman (Time Out Of Mind). The project explores the unusual love triangle between Burroughs (Foster), his unsung, brilliant, charismatic, common-law muse, Joan Vollmer (Stewart), and a young, straight-laced American ex-pat named Allerton (Glynn-Carney) who upends their lives to the extreme.
- 5/9/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
by Nathaniel R
Ben Foster discussing "Leave No Trace" last summer when it openedWhen I first met Ben Foster he was promoting Rampart (2011), a hard and angry movie about corrupt cops in which the acting was (unsurprisingly) terrific, he would barely speak about himself. Time has mellowed him, or at least made him more lighthearted about his own intensity. He ended our last interview begging for a screen comedy but sadly that project has never materialized. In person he's friendly and thoughtful and funny, never as impenetrable or scary or tragically sad as he has been is in his famous roles. In fact he's a happy new father, having had a daughter with his wife, the actress Laura Prepon, just over a year ago.
We met last month to discuss Debra Granik's award-winning drama Leave No Trace. He plays Will, a former soldier who has shut himself off from...
Ben Foster discussing "Leave No Trace" last summer when it openedWhen I first met Ben Foster he was promoting Rampart (2011), a hard and angry movie about corrupt cops in which the acting was (unsurprisingly) terrific, he would barely speak about himself. Time has mellowed him, or at least made him more lighthearted about his own intensity. He ended our last interview begging for a screen comedy but sadly that project has never materialized. In person he's friendly and thoughtful and funny, never as impenetrable or scary or tragically sad as he has been is in his famous roles. In fact he's a happy new father, having had a daughter with his wife, the actress Laura Prepon, just over a year ago.
We met last month to discuss Debra Granik's award-winning drama Leave No Trace. He plays Will, a former soldier who has shut himself off from...
- 1/10/2019
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Netflix has dropped an amazing trailer for Kingdom, a new Korean zombie series set against a historical setting. The trailer is not only epic, but the filmmaking is sumptuous and bold and reminiscent of last year's period zombie film Rampart.
Kingdom stars Ju Ji-hoon, Ryu Seung-ryong and Bae Doona.
Synopsis:
The deceased king rises and a mysterious plague begins to spread. The prince must face a new breed of enemies to unveil the evil and save his people.
Kingdom arrives on Netflix January 25.
Check out the trailer below.
Recommended Rele...
Kingdom stars Ju Ji-hoon, Ryu Seung-ryong and Bae Doona.
Synopsis:
The deceased king rises and a mysterious plague begins to spread. The prince must face a new breed of enemies to unveil the evil and save his people.
Kingdom arrives on Netflix January 25.
Check out the trailer below.
Recommended Rele...
- 1/4/2019
- QuietEarth.us
Sigourney Weaver celebrates her 69th birthday on October 8, 2018. The three-time Oscar nominee has proven herself a capable leading lady in a variety of genres, including science fiction, fantasy, comedy, horror, and drama. In honor of her birthday, let’s take a look back at 15 of her greatest films, ranked worst to best.
Weaver made her film debut with a walk-on role as Woody Allen‘s girlfriend in “Annie Hall” (1977). Her breakthrough came just two years later for Ridley Scott‘s landmark sci-fi thriller “Alien” (1979). As Ripley, the lone survivor aboard a spacecraft besieged by a snarling, ferocious extra-terrestrial, Weaver broke down barriers for female action stars and helped launch a franchise that led to three sequels: James Cameron‘s “Aliens” (1986), David Fincher‘s “Alien 3” (1992), and Jean-Pierre Jeunet‘s “Alien: Resurrection” (1997).
“Aliens” brought Weaver her first Oscar nomination as Best Actress, a rarity for the genre. Not to be typecast, she...
Weaver made her film debut with a walk-on role as Woody Allen‘s girlfriend in “Annie Hall” (1977). Her breakthrough came just two years later for Ridley Scott‘s landmark sci-fi thriller “Alien” (1979). As Ripley, the lone survivor aboard a spacecraft besieged by a snarling, ferocious extra-terrestrial, Weaver broke down barriers for female action stars and helped launch a franchise that led to three sequels: James Cameron‘s “Aliens” (1986), David Fincher‘s “Alien 3” (1992), and Jean-Pierre Jeunet‘s “Alien: Resurrection” (1997).
“Aliens” brought Weaver her first Oscar nomination as Best Actress, a rarity for the genre. Not to be typecast, she...
- 10/8/2018
- by Zach Laws and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Grey Matter Productions and Topic Studios are set to produce a new television drama series based on Mary Kubica’s novel “The Good Girl,” with Oren Moverman adapting. Topic Studios’ Adam Pincus and Lisa Leingang will executive produce with Grey Matter’s Lawrence Grey and Ben Everard. Grey Matter’s Seana Diemer Iwanyk sourced the project.
“The Good Girl” tells the story of the kidnapping-gone-wrong of Mia Dennett, the perfect daughter of a prominent Chicago judge. When she is abducted as part of a wild extortion plot, her kidnapper unexpectedly decides to hide her in a remote cabin for months, evading both the police and the criminals who want to use her to get to her father. Alternating timelines and the shifting points of view of Mia’s mother, her kidnapper, and the detective tasked with finding her, constantly circle the question of what really happened to Mia and how,...
“The Good Girl” tells the story of the kidnapping-gone-wrong of Mia Dennett, the perfect daughter of a prominent Chicago judge. When she is abducted as part of a wild extortion plot, her kidnapper unexpectedly decides to hide her in a remote cabin for months, evading both the police and the criminals who want to use her to get to her father. Alternating timelines and the shifting points of view of Mia’s mother, her kidnapper, and the detective tasked with finding her, constantly circle the question of what really happened to Mia and how,...
- 9/13/2018
- by Daniel Holloway
- Variety Film + TV
Mary Kubica’s source material centres on botched abduction.
Oren Moverman will adapt and direct the TV series The Good Girl for Topic Studios and Grey Matter Productions.
Based on Mary Kubica’s debut novel, the story tells of the botched kidnapping of a prominent Chicago judge.
Topic Studios’ Adam Pincus and Lisa Leingang, along with Grey Matter’s Lawrence Grey and Ben Everard, will serve as executive producers. Grey Matter’s Seana Diemer Iwanyk sourced the material.
Moverman earned a 2019 best original screenplay nod for The Messenger. His directing credits include Rampart and The Dinner.
“Oren Moverman is one...
Oren Moverman will adapt and direct the TV series The Good Girl for Topic Studios and Grey Matter Productions.
Based on Mary Kubica’s debut novel, the story tells of the botched kidnapping of a prominent Chicago judge.
Topic Studios’ Adam Pincus and Lisa Leingang, along with Grey Matter’s Lawrence Grey and Ben Everard, will serve as executive producers. Grey Matter’s Seana Diemer Iwanyk sourced the material.
Moverman earned a 2019 best original screenplay nod for The Messenger. His directing credits include Rampart and The Dinner.
“Oren Moverman is one...
- 9/13/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
J.B.J Film and Elevated Films announced today that acclaimed actor Ben Foster has been cast as the lead in director Petr Jákl’s historical action drama Medieval. Jákl wrote the screenplay and will produce alongside Cassian Elwes. The film will be produced with the support of private investors and many Czech state institutions and regions, including the Czech Film Fund, the Prague Film Fund, Creative Europe – Media and others. Principal photography is scheduled to begin this fall in Prague and the surrounding Czech countryside.
The film is inspired by the origin story of the legendary 14th century warlord Jan Zizka of Trocnov (Foster), who along with his band of mercenaries became entangled with an heiress and battled a rival King in a struggle for equality for the Czech people.
Foster is best known for his roles in Hell Or High Water, 3:10 To Yuma, The Messenger and Alpha Dog.
The film is inspired by the origin story of the legendary 14th century warlord Jan Zizka of Trocnov (Foster), who along with his band of mercenaries became entangled with an heiress and battled a rival King in a struggle for equality for the Czech people.
Foster is best known for his roles in Hell Or High Water, 3:10 To Yuma, The Messenger and Alpha Dog.
- 8/23/2018
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Fear the Walking Dead alum Kim Dickens has been tapped to star opposite Lily Mae Harrington In Queen Fur, Showtime’s drama pilot from writer Eileen Myers (Masters of Sex). Michael Mosley (Seven Seconds), Jon Foster (Like Father), Joshua Mikel (The Walking Dead), Keith Machekanyanga (Timeless) and Spencer Howell (Ithaca) also have been cast as regulars should the pilot go to series.
Created, written and executive produced by Myers, Queen Fur is set in a small town in Central Florida – a place where beauty pageants, gun culture, Cuban revolutionaries and Southern hospitality co-exist and collide. And at the center of it all is Macy Dunleavy (Harrington) – a curvy, sexy, unapologetic high school dropout who is finding her womanhood and is ready to seize a big opportunity.
Dickens will play Macy’s mom, a former local beauty queen.
Mosley will play Todd, a local gun salesman. Mikel is Ryan, an associate of Todd.
Created, written and executive produced by Myers, Queen Fur is set in a small town in Central Florida – a place where beauty pageants, gun culture, Cuban revolutionaries and Southern hospitality co-exist and collide. And at the center of it all is Macy Dunleavy (Harrington) – a curvy, sexy, unapologetic high school dropout who is finding her womanhood and is ready to seize a big opportunity.
Dickens will play Macy’s mom, a former local beauty queen.
Mosley will play Todd, a local gun salesman. Mikel is Ryan, an associate of Todd.
- 8/22/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Comprising a considerable amount of our top 50 films of last year, Sundance Film Festival has proven to yield the first genuine look at what the year in cinema will bring. Now in its 40th iteration, we’ll be heading back to Park City this week, but before we do, it’s time to highlight the films we’re most looking forward to, including documentaries and narrative features from all around the world.
While much of the joy found in the festival comes from surprises throughout the event, below one will find our 16 most-anticipated titles. Check out everything below and for updates straight from the festival, make sure to follow us on Twitter (@TheFilmStage, @jpraup, @djmecca and @DanSchindel), and stay tuned to all of our coverage here. One can also see a trailer round-up of Sundance 2018 premieres here.
16. Puzzle (Marc Turtletaub)
Catching our eye due to the peculiarity of the logline,...
While much of the joy found in the festival comes from surprises throughout the event, below one will find our 16 most-anticipated titles. Check out everything below and for updates straight from the festival, make sure to follow us on Twitter (@TheFilmStage, @jpraup, @djmecca and @DanSchindel), and stay tuned to all of our coverage here. One can also see a trailer round-up of Sundance 2018 premieres here.
16. Puzzle (Marc Turtletaub)
Catching our eye due to the peculiarity of the logline,...
- 1/15/2018
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
When he isn’t acting or promoting “Rampart,” Woody Harrelson has been known to partake in marijuana every now and again. One such occasion came 15 years ago, when the “Lbj” star found himself at a dinner party whose guest list also included Donald Trump. Harrelson found the experience so trying that he eventually “had to walk out halfway through to smoke a joint just to like steel myself from the rest of it.”
Read More:‘Lbj’ Trailer: Woody Harrelson Completely Transforms For Rob Reiner’s Presidential Biopic
The actor told the story on “Real Time with Bill Maher” last night, explaining that he’d been invited to said gathering by one Jesse Ventura, who at that time was the Governor of Minnesota — and, apparently, being courted by Trump to serve as his running mate in the 2004 election (as a Democrat, no less). “I went and it was brutal. I never met a more narcissistic man,...
Read More:‘Lbj’ Trailer: Woody Harrelson Completely Transforms For Rob Reiner’s Presidential Biopic
The actor told the story on “Real Time with Bill Maher” last night, explaining that he’d been invited to said gathering by one Jesse Ventura, who at that time was the Governor of Minnesota — and, apparently, being courted by Trump to serve as his running mate in the 2004 election (as a Democrat, no less). “I went and it was brutal. I never met a more narcissistic man,...
- 10/28/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Every breakout independent filmmaker faces the same challenge: Now what? You could stick to your own taste and never make money on your movies; that requires a second career as a professor, screenwriter, commercial, music video, or TV director (see: Kelly Reichardt, Alex Ross Perry, Zal Batmanglij, Errol Morris).
Or, you can walk another tightrope: Try to build your cred without selling out, and parlay that surge of attention into a sustainable career. Destin Daniel Cretton chose that path, and Lionsgate’s “The Glass Castle” starring Brie Larson is the result.
Read More:Brie Larson On the Kind of Roles She Never Wants: ‘I Won’t Take the Job If It’s Like That’
After the Hawaiian writer-director’s first feature, “I am Not a Hipster,” debuted at Sundance 2012, his agent sent him on the usual round of meetings. But it was his SXSW 2013 competition-winning gritty rehab drama, “Short Term 12,...
Or, you can walk another tightrope: Try to build your cred without selling out, and parlay that surge of attention into a sustainable career. Destin Daniel Cretton chose that path, and Lionsgate’s “The Glass Castle” starring Brie Larson is the result.
Read More:Brie Larson On the Kind of Roles She Never Wants: ‘I Won’t Take the Job If It’s Like That’
After the Hawaiian writer-director’s first feature, “I am Not a Hipster,” debuted at Sundance 2012, his agent sent him on the usual round of meetings. But it was his SXSW 2013 competition-winning gritty rehab drama, “Short Term 12,...
- 8/10/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Every breakout independent filmmaker faces the same challenge: Now what? You could stick to your own taste and never make money on your movies; that requires a second career as a professor, screenwriter, commercial, music video, or TV director (see: Kelly Reichardt, Alex Ross Perry, Zal Batmanglij, Errol Morris).
Or, you can walk another tightrope: Try to build your cred without selling out, and parlay that surge of attention into a sustainable career. Destin Daniel Cretton chose that path, and Lionsgate’s “The Glass Castle” starring Brie Larson is the result.
Read More:Brie Larson On the Kind of Roles She Never Wants: ‘I Won’t Take the Job If It’s Like That’
After the Hawaiian writer-director’s first feature, “I am Not a Hipster,” debuted at Sundance 2012, his agent sent him on the usual round of meetings. But it was his SXSW 2013 competition-winning gritty rehab drama, “Short Term 12,...
Or, you can walk another tightrope: Try to build your cred without selling out, and parlay that surge of attention into a sustainable career. Destin Daniel Cretton chose that path, and Lionsgate’s “The Glass Castle” starring Brie Larson is the result.
Read More:Brie Larson On the Kind of Roles She Never Wants: ‘I Won’t Take the Job If It’s Like That’
After the Hawaiian writer-director’s first feature, “I am Not a Hipster,” debuted at Sundance 2012, his agent sent him on the usual round of meetings. But it was his SXSW 2013 competition-winning gritty rehab drama, “Short Term 12,...
- 8/10/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Author: Scott Davis
Woody Harrelson is perhaps one of Hollywood’s most underrated actors of the past few decades – with countless fantastic performances across his career, you’d think the actor would have become one of the biggest in the world such is his immeasurable talents. But the former Cheers star has always been on the periphery which still beggars belief if you look through his catalogue of roles – whether it’s in True Detective, Rampart, White Men Can’t Jump or Natural Born Killers, Harrelson truly is one of the greats. And his new film, the acerbic comedy Wilson, only proves it further.
Harrelson stars as the titular anti-hero, a middle-aged loner who has become increasingly disillusioned with the modern society that has arisen around him – people not talking to people, more interested in their computer screens, social media and anything else that stops them having to have real conversations.
Woody Harrelson is perhaps one of Hollywood’s most underrated actors of the past few decades – with countless fantastic performances across his career, you’d think the actor would have become one of the biggest in the world such is his immeasurable talents. But the former Cheers star has always been on the periphery which still beggars belief if you look through his catalogue of roles – whether it’s in True Detective, Rampart, White Men Can’t Jump or Natural Born Killers, Harrelson truly is one of the greats. And his new film, the acerbic comedy Wilson, only proves it further.
Harrelson stars as the titular anti-hero, a middle-aged loner who has become increasingly disillusioned with the modern society that has arisen around him – people not talking to people, more interested in their computer screens, social media and anything else that stops them having to have real conversations.
- 6/9/2017
- by Scott Davis
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Writer/director Oren Moverman (“The Messenger,” “Rampart,” “Time Out Of Mind“) doesn’t do formulaic cinema. His latest movie, “The Dinner,” is no exception. The challenging film, with difficult characters, uncomfortable dialogue, and an intricate narrative structure, makes for an ambitious monster of a movie.
Richard Gere plays Stan Lohman, a controversial politician whose political life keeps being sidetracked by his clinically depressed brother Paul (Steve Coogan).
Continue reading Oren Moverman Talks ‘The Dinner’ & Wanting To Make A Bruce Springsteen Biopic [Interview] at The Playlist.
Richard Gere plays Stan Lohman, a controversial politician whose political life keeps being sidetracked by his clinically depressed brother Paul (Steve Coogan).
Continue reading Oren Moverman Talks ‘The Dinner’ & Wanting To Make A Bruce Springsteen Biopic [Interview] at The Playlist.
- 5/11/2017
- by Jordan Ruimy
- The Playlist
Oren Moverman doesn't make movies so much as set traps. His films as writer and director – the military-vet drama The Messenger, the bad-cop character study Rampart, the incredible portrait-of-a-homeless-man Time Out of Mind – are built to detonate. And when the explosion comes, the dust never really clears; you're left with shards that keep digging in, provocations you can't get out of your head. The Dinner, the latest missile from this brilliant Israeli-American filmmaker, is no exception. Based on the 2009 global bestseller by Dutch author Herman Koch, the movie follows the...
- 5/3/2017
- Rollingstone.com
Filmmaker Oren Moverman has never shied away from tackling difficult, seemingly impossible material to adapt to film with some of his writing work including the screenplays for Todd Haynes’ I’m Not There and the equally intriguing Brian Wilson biopic, Love and Mercy.
As a director and producer he’s followed suit with his 2nd film Rampart starring Woody Harrelson as an L.A. police officer with questionable motives, followed by a meditative look at homelessness with Richard Gere in Time Out of Mind.
For his latest movie, The Dinner, Moverman adapts Dutch author Herman Koch’s novel, which on the surface is about a dinner between two related couples with all the requisite food porn. As it progresses, it explores a variety of topics including mental illness and the battle of Gettysburg.
At the core of the film is Steve Coogan and Richard Gere playing brothers, the former a history professor,...
As a director and producer he’s followed suit with his 2nd film Rampart starring Woody Harrelson as an L.A. police officer with questionable motives, followed by a meditative look at homelessness with Richard Gere in Time Out of Mind.
For his latest movie, The Dinner, Moverman adapts Dutch author Herman Koch’s novel, which on the surface is about a dinner between two related couples with all the requisite food porn. As it progresses, it explores a variety of topics including mental illness and the battle of Gettysburg.
At the core of the film is Steve Coogan and Richard Gere playing brothers, the former a history professor,...
- 5/2/2017
- by Edward Douglas
- LRMonline.com
It’s a little bit of an understatement to say that filmmaker Ben Wheatley has not made mainstream movies so far. His films are niche items, albeit sometimes incredibly compelling ones. This week, he makes what might be his most mainstream flick possibly, an action comedy of sorts in Free Fire. Although still decidedly independent, this is like the Mexican standoff sequence in Reservoir Dogs, but if that was an entire 90 minute movie. It’s a riot of a film. A literal blast, if you will. Helping to lead the charge is Brie Larson, who seems incapable of not turning in very solid work when the camera starts rolling. She’s just dynamite. The movie centers around an arms deal gone bad. Taking place in Boston in 1978, two gangs meet in an abandoned warehouse, ostensibly to buy/sell some guns. Set in motion by middle man Ord (Armie Hammer) one...
- 4/20/2017
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
In celebration of a dope master thespian.
History is cyclical, because the natural world consists of circles and spheres rather than straight lines, which I think is a sufficiently cosmological way to address the career of Woody Harrelson. The public conception of Harrelson as a space cadet (now allegedly in the past; et tu, Woody?) tends to cast a shadow over his reputation as an actor, which leads to the — at this point clockwork-like — regular intervals of reviews of new Woody Harrelson performances hailing his latest as his “best work yet” and dazed realizations that “wow, Woody Harrelson can act!” I am not going to cite specific examples, because shaming fellow critics isn’t the point here, and because I’m not the first person to point this out. I’m part of the same cycle. But that’s not the point either. The point is: Woody Harrelson is dope.
I...
History is cyclical, because the natural world consists of circles and spheres rather than straight lines, which I think is a sufficiently cosmological way to address the career of Woody Harrelson. The public conception of Harrelson as a space cadet (now allegedly in the past; et tu, Woody?) tends to cast a shadow over his reputation as an actor, which leads to the — at this point clockwork-like — regular intervals of reviews of new Woody Harrelson performances hailing his latest as his “best work yet” and dazed realizations that “wow, Woody Harrelson can act!” I am not going to cite specific examples, because shaming fellow critics isn’t the point here, and because I’m not the first person to point this out. I’m part of the same cycle. But that’s not the point either. The point is: Woody Harrelson is dope.
I...
- 3/21/2017
- by Danny Bowes
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Jeff Lemire’s graphic novel tells of an underwater welder who has a supernatural encounter at the bottom of the sea.
Ryan Gosling, Ken Kao’s Waypoint and Anonymous Content will produce the film.
Lemire, Top Shelf editor-in-chief Chris Staros and Idw Publishing CEO Ted Adams are attached as executive producers.
Gosling was recently nominated for a best lead actor Oscar for La La Land and won the musical or comedy Golden Globe for the role.
He is in pre-production on Neil Armstrong drama The First Man with La La Land director Damien Chazelle and will next be seen in Blade Runner 2049 in October.
Kao backs Bloom Media and produced Rampart and the upcoming Hostiles, The Outsider and The Glass Castle, among others.
Anonymous Content’s credits include Spotlight, The Revenant, Mr. Robot and True Detective.
Ryan Gosling, Ken Kao’s Waypoint and Anonymous Content will produce the film.
Lemire, Top Shelf editor-in-chief Chris Staros and Idw Publishing CEO Ted Adams are attached as executive producers.
Gosling was recently nominated for a best lead actor Oscar for La La Land and won the musical or comedy Golden Globe for the role.
He is in pre-production on Neil Armstrong drama The First Man with La La Land director Damien Chazelle and will next be seen in Blade Runner 2049 in October.
Kao backs Bloom Media and produced Rampart and the upcoming Hostiles, The Outsider and The Glass Castle, among others.
Anonymous Content’s credits include Spotlight, The Revenant, Mr. Robot and True Detective.
- 3/3/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Oren Moverman is a hell of a storyteller. Love & Mercy, The Messenger, Rampart, and I’m Not There are movies fueled by beauty and pain. The emotions are almost always palpable in his stories. The Academy Award-nominated screenwriter has directed another film, The Dinner, which reunites him with his Time Out of Mind star, Richard Gere. Below, watch The Dinner trailer. Gere plays Stan Lohman, a congressman running […]
The post ‘The Dinner’ Trailer: A Not-So-Light Meal with the Family appeared first on /Film.
The post ‘The Dinner’ Trailer: A Not-So-Light Meal with the Family appeared first on /Film.
- 3/1/2017
- by Jack Giroux
- Slash Film
Oren Moverman is responsible for two of the most impressive American screenplays of the past 10 years, “I’m Not There.” and “Love & Mercy,” both of which turn ambitious approaches to personal stories into surprisingly accessible dramas. As a director, Moverman has shown a rougher edge.
His first two features, “The Messenger” and “Rampart,” were gritty, intimate stories of angry men screwed by the system that employs them (the military and the police force, respectively), while 2014’s “Time Out of Mind” took a similar approach to a man rejected by the system altogether (Richard Gere, playing a decrepit homeless man in New York). Moverman assembles these rickety dramas in piecemeal, gradually developing psychological tension out from the moments that form their lives, like a series of sparklers ignited one by one until they form a blazing whole.
His latest effort, “The Dinner,” is a firecracker from the start. While hobbled by...
His first two features, “The Messenger” and “Rampart,” were gritty, intimate stories of angry men screwed by the system that employs them (the military and the police force, respectively), while 2014’s “Time Out of Mind” took a similar approach to a man rejected by the system altogether (Richard Gere, playing a decrepit homeless man in New York). Moverman assembles these rickety dramas in piecemeal, gradually developing psychological tension out from the moments that form their lives, like a series of sparklers ignited one by one until they form a blazing whole.
His latest effort, “The Dinner,” is a firecracker from the start. While hobbled by...
- 2/10/2017
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Oren Moverman’s films — the military drama The Messenger, Rampart, about police corruption, or Time Out of Mind, an examination of the plight of the homeless in New York — are steadfastly, though never overtly, political. They have proven a tough sell in an industry that can favor escapism over realism and easy thrills over complexity (though The Messenger earned the Israel-born, New York-based director and screenwriter an Oscar nomination for best original screenplay in 2010).
In the Trump era, however, political activism is back in fashion. Moverman’s new film — The Dinner, which premieres in competition in...
In the Trump era, however, political activism is back in fashion. Moverman’s new film — The Dinner, which premieres in competition in...
- 2/10/2017
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
What is the line between family and business? How far would you go to protect your child? These seem to be some of the questions boiling at the surface in the first trailer for the mystery thriller, The Dinner. An adaptation of the international best-selling novel by Herman Koch, the film focuses on the titular event wherein things get messy fast (no, sadly, it’s not a food fight).
Starring Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Steve Coogan, and Rebecca Hall as the four diners, they all must debate the morality of the mysterious situation at hand. Helmed by acclaimed director Oren Moverman (The Messenger, Rampart), The Dinner looks to weave a tangled web of cover-ups and hard truths. See the trailer below, with a nod to Entertainment Weekly, for the film that also stars Chloë Sevigny and will premiere at Berlinale shortly.
A look at how far parents will go to protect their children.
Starring Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Steve Coogan, and Rebecca Hall as the four diners, they all must debate the morality of the mysterious situation at hand. Helmed by acclaimed director Oren Moverman (The Messenger, Rampart), The Dinner looks to weave a tangled web of cover-ups and hard truths. See the trailer below, with a nod to Entertainment Weekly, for the film that also stars Chloë Sevigny and will premiere at Berlinale shortly.
A look at how far parents will go to protect their children.
- 2/8/2017
- by Mike Mazzanti
- The Film Stage
The Orchard has revealed the first official trailer for an indie drama titled The Dinner, which is premiering at the Berlin Film Festival starting this week. The Dinner is the latest film from director Oren Moverman (The Messenger, Rampart, Time Out of Mind), adapted from the novel by Herman Koch. The film is about two couples that meet at a restaurant for dinner, discussing a situation involving their children. It's a look at how far parents will go to protect their children. The two couples are: Richard Gere & Rebecca Hall and Steve Coogan & Laura Linney. Also featuring Chloë Sevigny, Charlie Plummer, Adepero Oduye and Joel Bissonnette. There is obviously more going on here than just a dinner, I'm curious to see this. Here's the first official trailer for Oren Moverman's The Dinner, originally from EW (on YouTube): While dining together at a restaurant, two couples (Richard Gere & Rebecca Hall...
- 2/8/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
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.
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,...
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
If you put Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Steve Coogan, and Rebecca Hall around a table — real or cinematic — we’d gladly break bread with them. And the cast alone, coupled with the talented Oren Moverman (“The Messenger,” “Rampart“) behind the camera, make “The Dinner” one we’re keen to see.
Continue reading Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Steve Coogan & Rebecca Hall Break Bread In First Trailer For Oren Moverman’s ‘The Dinner’ at The Playlist.
Continue reading Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Steve Coogan & Rebecca Hall Break Bread In First Trailer For Oren Moverman’s ‘The Dinner’ at The Playlist.
- 2/7/2017
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Ryan Lambie Jan 23, 2017
Woody Harrelson definitely has a role in the forthcoming Han Solo movie, and he may have revealed the nature of it...
Update: We've already had official confirmation that Woody Harrelson's joining the cast of next year's Han Solo Star Wars spin-off, which immediately poses another question: what role might he play in this story of the scruffy smuggler's early years?
See related Star Wars: Rogue One review Star Wars: Rogue One - what did you think?
Rumours have been circulating for a while that Harrelson's playing a mentor to Han - a story that was doing the rounds long before the actor's casting was formally announced. And in an interview with Variety, held at the Sundance Film Festival, Harrelson appears to confirm this.
To the actor's evident discomfort, a Variety journalist asks whether he's playing the mentor in the Han Solo movie, to which he replies,...
Woody Harrelson definitely has a role in the forthcoming Han Solo movie, and he may have revealed the nature of it...
Update: We've already had official confirmation that Woody Harrelson's joining the cast of next year's Han Solo Star Wars spin-off, which immediately poses another question: what role might he play in this story of the scruffy smuggler's early years?
See related Star Wars: Rogue One review Star Wars: Rogue One - what did you think?
Rumours have been circulating for a while that Harrelson's playing a mentor to Han - a story that was doing the rounds long before the actor's casting was formally announced. And in an interview with Variety, held at the Sundance Film Festival, Harrelson appears to confirm this.
To the actor's evident discomfort, a Variety journalist asks whether he's playing the mentor in the Han Solo movie, to which he replies,...
- 1/4/2017
- Den of Geek
Comfortably wedged between Sundance and Cannes in every respect, the Berlin Film Festival is a massive orgy of world cinema that’s come to be known for the unrivaled variety of its programming. Best illustrated by its adventurous sidebars, the festival’s exotic tastes — unusual for such a glitzy and commercialized culture event — often spill over into the more prestigious Competition section, which has served as a launching pad for several of the current decade’s very best films (many of which, like Mia Hansen-Løve’s “Things to Come,” might have slipped through the cracks if not for such a prominent spotlight). And, in stark contrast to Cannes, the festival’s recent winners have been as worthy as they have been unexpected, ranging from a frigid Chinese neo-noir (“Black Coal, Thin Ice”) to a crushingly intimate documentary about Europe’s ongoing migrant crisis (“Fire at Sea”).
The first portion of...
The first portion of...
- 12/15/2016
- by David Ehrlich and Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
After Sundance Film Festival concludes in late January, the next big cinematic event on the globe is the Berlin International Film Festival. With Paul Verhoeven serving as jury president for the 67th edition of the festival, they’ve now announced their first line-up of titles, including Aki Kaurismäki‘s The Other Side of Hope (pictured above), Oren Moverman‘s Richard Gere-led The Dinner, Sally Potter‘s The Party (pictured below), and Agnieszka Holland‘s Spoor, as well as a restoration of a Rainer Werner Fassbinder TV show.
Check out the first titles below, and return for our coverage from the festival.
Competition
A teströl és a lélekröl (On Body and Soul)
Hungary
By Ildiko Enyedi (My 20th Century, Simon the Magician)
With Géza Morcsányi, Alexandra Borbély, Zoltán Schneider
World premiere
Ana, mon amour
Romania/Germany/France
By Călin Peter Netzer (Child‘s Pose, Maria)
With Mircea Postelnicu, Diana Cavallioti,...
Check out the first titles below, and return for our coverage from the festival.
Competition
A teströl és a lélekröl (On Body and Soul)
Hungary
By Ildiko Enyedi (My 20th Century, Simon the Magician)
With Géza Morcsányi, Alexandra Borbély, Zoltán Schneider
World premiere
Ana, mon amour
Romania/Germany/France
By Călin Peter Netzer (Child‘s Pose, Maria)
With Mircea Postelnicu, Diana Cavallioti,...
- 12/15/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Aki Kaurismäki, Oren Moverman, Agnieszka Holland, Sally Potter among competition lineup.
The first 14 films have been announced for the Competition and Berlinale Special sections of the 67th Berlin International Film Festival.
Among directors with movies in competition are Aki Kaurismäki, Oren Moverman, Agnieszka Holland, Andres Veiel, Sebastián Lelio and Sally Potter.
Moverman’s (The Messenger) mystery-drama The Dinner stars Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Steve Coogan, Rebecca Hall and Chloë Sevigny.
Fernando Trueba’s comedy-drama The Queen of Spain, starring Penelope Cruz, will get its international premiere in the Berlinale Special strand.
More to follow…
Competition
A teströl és a lélekröl (On Body and Soul) (Hungary)
By Ildiko Enyedi (My 20th Century, Simon the Magician)
With Géza Morcsányi, Alexandra Borbély, Zoltán Schneider
World premiere
Ana, mon amour (Romania / Germany / France)
By Călin Peter Netzer (Child‘s Pose, Maria)
With Mircea Postelnicu, Diana Cavallioti, Carmen Tănase, Adrian Titieni, Vlad Ivanov
World premiere
Beuys - Documentary (Germany)
By Andres Veiel ([link...
The first 14 films have been announced for the Competition and Berlinale Special sections of the 67th Berlin International Film Festival.
Among directors with movies in competition are Aki Kaurismäki, Oren Moverman, Agnieszka Holland, Andres Veiel, Sebastián Lelio and Sally Potter.
Moverman’s (The Messenger) mystery-drama The Dinner stars Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Steve Coogan, Rebecca Hall and Chloë Sevigny.
Fernando Trueba’s comedy-drama The Queen of Spain, starring Penelope Cruz, will get its international premiere in the Berlinale Special strand.
More to follow…
Competition
A teströl és a lélekröl (On Body and Soul) (Hungary)
By Ildiko Enyedi (My 20th Century, Simon the Magician)
With Géza Morcsányi, Alexandra Borbély, Zoltán Schneider
World premiere
Ana, mon amour (Romania / Germany / France)
By Călin Peter Netzer (Child‘s Pose, Maria)
With Mircea Postelnicu, Diana Cavallioti, Carmen Tănase, Adrian Titieni, Vlad Ivanov
World premiere
Beuys - Documentary (Germany)
By Andres Veiel ([link...
- 12/15/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Cover art and release details have been revealed for John La Tier’s The Tell-Tale Heart. Based on Edgar Allan Poe’s classic tale of a man haunted by his heinous crime, The Tell-Tale Heart will be released on DVD and VOD on April 5th.
Press Release: Los Angeles, CA (March 23, 2016) — Alchemy is proud to announce the home entertainment release of the haunting, The Tell-tale Heart, directed by John La Tier. Starring Rose McGowan (Charmed, Scream, Grindhouse, Jawbreaker, The Blac), Patrick John Flueger (The 4400, The Princess Diaries, NBC’s Chicago P.D.), Academy Award® nominee Peter Bogdanovich (The Last Picture Show, HBO’s The Sopranos), Jacob Vargas (Next Friday, Selena, Traffic, Jarhead), and Damon Whitake. The Tell-tale Heart has a running time of 82 minutes and is not rated. The Tell-tale Heart is available on DVD and VOD April 5th, 2016.
A haunting account of a tormented man, haunted by the heart of a man he murdered,...
Press Release: Los Angeles, CA (March 23, 2016) — Alchemy is proud to announce the home entertainment release of the haunting, The Tell-tale Heart, directed by John La Tier. Starring Rose McGowan (Charmed, Scream, Grindhouse, Jawbreaker, The Blac), Patrick John Flueger (The 4400, The Princess Diaries, NBC’s Chicago P.D.), Academy Award® nominee Peter Bogdanovich (The Last Picture Show, HBO’s The Sopranos), Jacob Vargas (Next Friday, Selena, Traffic, Jarhead), and Damon Whitake. The Tell-tale Heart has a running time of 82 minutes and is not rated. The Tell-tale Heart is available on DVD and VOD April 5th, 2016.
A haunting account of a tormented man, haunted by the heart of a man he murdered,...
- 3/24/2016
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
★★★★☆ When Bob Dylan released his thirtieth studio album in 1997, critics claimed that the ominous atmosphere created by producer Daniel Lanois was palpable, but also almost drowned the singer's vocals. It's interesting then that New York-based director Oren Moverman - who co-wrote Todd Haynes' Dylan pseudo-biopic I'm Not There, as well as helming dramas The Messenger and Rampart - chooses to use the same title for his film concerning a homeless man adrift and voiceless in New York. Time Out of Mind is the director's third feature and the latest in an ongoing exploration of institutional failure - this time, in supporting those members of society who can't support themselves.
- 3/8/2016
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
A dense, believable drama about the plight of a drifter on the streets of New York
“I’m just a fuck up, and I need to sleep.” Last week, The Benefactor gave us Richard Gere as a millionaire philanthropist with homes to give away. This week, this 2014 movies finds him on altogether more convincing ground as an itinerant New Yorker who wakes up in a bath, gets thrown out onto the street, and gradually comes to the awful realisation that he is homeless. Wandering through the hospitals and homeless shelters of NYC, Gere’s George is consistently spied at a distance, cinematographer Bobby Bukowski’s long lenses viewing him through bars, through windows, across crowded streets, engulfed by his environment. Meanwhile, co-writer/director Oren Moverman (The Messenger, Rampart) and his sound team build up a heavily layered montage of other people talking, laughing, shouting, screaming and singing, a cacophony in...
“I’m just a fuck up, and I need to sleep.” Last week, The Benefactor gave us Richard Gere as a millionaire philanthropist with homes to give away. This week, this 2014 movies finds him on altogether more convincing ground as an itinerant New Yorker who wakes up in a bath, gets thrown out onto the street, and gradually comes to the awful realisation that he is homeless. Wandering through the hospitals and homeless shelters of NYC, Gere’s George is consistently spied at a distance, cinematographer Bobby Bukowski’s long lenses viewing him through bars, through windows, across crowded streets, engulfed by his environment. Meanwhile, co-writer/director Oren Moverman (The Messenger, Rampart) and his sound team build up a heavily layered montage of other people talking, laughing, shouting, screaming and singing, a cacophony in...
- 3/6/2016
- by Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
- The Guardian - Film News
Israeli directors win both top awards; runners-up include Steve Coogan’s Shepherds And Butchers and Madonna dancer documentary Strike A Pose.Scroll down for full list of winners
At the Berlinale, the 18th Panorama Audience Awards are to be presented to Junction 48 by Udi Aloni for best fiction film and Who’s Gonna Love Me Now? by Tomer and Barak Heymann for best documentary. Both films were made by Israeli directors.
Aloni has presented all of his films at the festival since 2003 and Junction 48 marked his sixth production to premiere in the Panorama section.
It is his first feature since Art/Violence, which premiered at the festival in 2013 and won the Cinema Fairbindet Prize.
Junction 48 follows two young hip-hop artists who use their music to battle the oppression they encounter in Israeli society. Israeli-American director Oren Moverman (Rampart, The Messenger) co-wrote the screenplay with Tamer Nafar. Sales are handled by The Match Factory.
Documentary...
At the Berlinale, the 18th Panorama Audience Awards are to be presented to Junction 48 by Udi Aloni for best fiction film and Who’s Gonna Love Me Now? by Tomer and Barak Heymann for best documentary. Both films were made by Israeli directors.
Aloni has presented all of his films at the festival since 2003 and Junction 48 marked his sixth production to premiere in the Panorama section.
It is his first feature since Art/Violence, which premiered at the festival in 2013 and won the Cinema Fairbindet Prize.
Junction 48 follows two young hip-hop artists who use their music to battle the oppression they encounter in Israeli society. Israeli-American director Oren Moverman (Rampart, The Messenger) co-wrote the screenplay with Tamer Nafar. Sales are handled by The Match Factory.
Documentary...
- 2/20/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Protagonist will introduce to buyers to the Oren Moverman-directed film at Efm next month.
Richard Gere, Steve Coogan, Laura Linney, Rebecca Hall and Chloë Sevigny are to star in The Dinner, a film based on the bestselling novel by Herman Koch, which will start shooting in New York on Jan 21.
Oren Moverman, whose last film Time Out Of Mind also starred Gere, has adapted the novel and will direct.
Cotty Chubb, Lawrence Inglee, Eddie Vaisman and Julia Lebedev are the producers of the film, which is a Code Red, ChubbCo and Blackbird production. Code Red is fully financing and Protagonist Pictures is handling international sales and will introduce the title to buyers at the European Film Market (Efm) in Berlin next month.
Executive producers are Leonid Lebedev, Angel Lopez, Olga Segura and Eva Daniels.
The Dinner begins as Paul and Claire Lohman (Coogan, Linney) get ready for a dinner with Paul’s politician brother Stan (Gere...
Richard Gere, Steve Coogan, Laura Linney, Rebecca Hall and Chloë Sevigny are to star in The Dinner, a film based on the bestselling novel by Herman Koch, which will start shooting in New York on Jan 21.
Oren Moverman, whose last film Time Out Of Mind also starred Gere, has adapted the novel and will direct.
Cotty Chubb, Lawrence Inglee, Eddie Vaisman and Julia Lebedev are the producers of the film, which is a Code Red, ChubbCo and Blackbird production. Code Red is fully financing and Protagonist Pictures is handling international sales and will introduce the title to buyers at the European Film Market (Efm) in Berlin next month.
Executive producers are Leonid Lebedev, Angel Lopez, Olga Segura and Eva Daniels.
The Dinner begins as Paul and Claire Lohman (Coogan, Linney) get ready for a dinner with Paul’s politician brother Stan (Gere...
- 1/18/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
He’s never gone away — he’s been working consistently in the movies since the early 1990s, often as a headliner — but the recent resurgence of Woody Harrelson has been something of a joy to see. Showing enormous longevity for an actor who first turned heads as the dim-witted Woody on “Cheers,” Harrelson’s starred in a diverse range of classics, from “White Men Can’t Jump” through “Wag The Dog” and “No Country For Old Men,” but he’s had a hell of a run in the last five or six years. Beginning with the surprise success of “Zombieland” in the same year that he picked up his second Oscar nod for “The Messenger,” Harrelson’s been on fire, with highlights including a scorching performance in “Rampart,” being the moral center of the giant “Hunger Games” franchise, and of course, his acclaimed turn in the first season of “True Detective.
- 9/15/2015
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
Richard Gere is one of the last of what appears to be a dying breed. One of Hollywood’s last great Movie Stars, Gere is the type of thespian that comes around once a generation. Screaming Old Hollywood as one of film’s great, dashing leading men, Gere came to the big screen seemingly fully formed, giving one of his best performances as his first, in Terence Malick’s Days Of Heaven. With alluring eyes, an ageless swagger and a charisma that would define his generation, Gere has always been one of the most interesting Hollywood actors on the big screen.
However, few could have expected this recent turn in his career. While you’ll see moments of headiness throughout his career, even from the outset in working with Terence Malick, Gere has become best known for his leading man performances in numerous big budget Hollywood pictures. So who better...
However, few could have expected this recent turn in his career. While you’ll see moments of headiness throughout his career, even from the outset in working with Terence Malick, Gere has become best known for his leading man performances in numerous big budget Hollywood pictures. So who better...
- 9/11/2015
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
The films of Oren Moverman have tended to focus on fractured men, pushed to psychological, emotional, or physical breaking points. His collaborations with Woody Harrelson resulted in the powerful portraits “The Messenger” and “Rampart,” and this summer he’s had a hand in two more terrific, tender, and observational chronicles of men in different kinds of exile. The Brian Wilson biopic, “Love & Mercy,” co-written by Moverman, details the artist’s tumble back into his own mind during his rise to fame. And opening this week is the excellent “Time Out Of Mind,” in which the writer/director guides Richard Gere in a transformative performance as a homeless man trying to survive on the streets of New York City. Read More: Review: Oren Moverman's 'Time Out Of Mind' Starring Richard Gere Is A Humanist Triumph However, while Moverman has found a particular milieu of characters and drama in which to excel,...
- 9/11/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
One of the big Tiff world premieres is “The Program,” Stephen Frears’ movie about a journalist’s bid to bring down inspirational cycling champion/dishonest drugs cheat Lance Armstrong, and we’ve been excited about it because it gives a rare lead role to the always excellent, often undervalued Ben Foster. Since his earliest appearances in films like “Liberty Heights” and “Get Over It,” Foster’s always been an unexpectedly intense and dedicated young actor, and he’s been behind a host of terrific performances, including in “The Messenger,” “Rampart,” “3:10 To Yuma,” and “Ain’t Them Bodies Saints.” But he’s taken his method dedication — which included living on the streets for a tiny role in “Rampart” and eating dirt for “Lone Survivor” — to new heights, telling The Guardian that he actually took performance-enhancing drugs to play Armstrong. “I don’t want to talk about the names of the drugs I took,...
- 9/11/2015
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
It’s easy for a film released at this time of year to get overlooked — half the world’s film critics are away at festivals for one — and doubly easy when it’s a subtle, finely-wrought film from a director whose work has been consistently undervalued. We sincerely hope that doesn’t happen to “Time Out Of Mind,” the new film from “The Messenger” and “Rampart” director Oren Moverman. Read More: Oren Moverman Talks 'Time Out Of Mind,' The Process Of Storytelling And More Premiered at last year’s Tiff, the film stars Richard Gere as a hard-drinking homeless man in Manhattan, who’s attempting to find shelter as he looks to reconnect with his daughter (Jena Malone). We called the film, in our review, “a film of tremendous patience and pace,” with a “remarkable” performance from Gere, who’s gathering awards buzz for it, and with the film hitting theaters today,...
- 9/11/2015
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
How do you get inside the mind of cycling’s greatest drug cheat? For actor Ben
Foster, finding the character meant taking the drugs himself
When Ben Foster admits to using performance-enhancing drugs in preparation for his latest film, he says it so casually that it takes a moment to register the confession. “I don’t want to talk about the names of the drugs I took,” he explains, sitting across from me in blue jeans and white shirt in a Paris hotel suite. “Even discussing it feels tricky because it isn’t something I’d recommend to fellow actors. These are very serious chemicals and they affect your body in real ways. For my own investigation it was important for me privately to understand it. And they work.”
Foster – who is 34, with short, blond hair that stands upright, an incipient beard and moustache, and the belligerent handsomeness of Kirk Douglas...
Foster, finding the character meant taking the drugs himself
When Ben Foster admits to using performance-enhancing drugs in preparation for his latest film, he says it so casually that it takes a moment to register the confession. “I don’t want to talk about the names of the drugs I took,” he explains, sitting across from me in blue jeans and white shirt in a Paris hotel suite. “Even discussing it feels tricky because it isn’t something I’d recommend to fellow actors. These are very serious chemicals and they affect your body in real ways. For my own investigation it was important for me privately to understand it. And they work.”
Foster – who is 34, with short, blond hair that stands upright, an incipient beard and moustache, and the belligerent handsomeness of Kirk Douglas...
- 9/10/2015
- by Ryan Gilbey
- The Guardian - Film News
How do you get inside the mind of cycling’s greatest drug cheat? For actor Ben
Foster, finding the character meant taking the drugs himself
When Ben Foster admits to using performance-enhancing drugs in preparation for his latest film, he says it so casually that it takes a moment to register the confession. “I don’t want to talk about the names of the drugs I took,” he explains, sitting across from me in blue jeans and white shirt in a Paris hotel suite. “Even discussing it feels tricky because it isn’t something I’d recommend to fellow actors. These are very serious chemicals and they affect your body in real ways. For my own investigation it was important for me privately to understand it. And they work.”
Foster – who is 34, with short, blond hair that stands upright, an incipient beard and moustache, and the belligerent handsomeness of Kirk Douglas...
Foster, finding the character meant taking the drugs himself
When Ben Foster admits to using performance-enhancing drugs in preparation for his latest film, he says it so casually that it takes a moment to register the confession. “I don’t want to talk about the names of the drugs I took,” he explains, sitting across from me in blue jeans and white shirt in a Paris hotel suite. “Even discussing it feels tricky because it isn’t something I’d recommend to fellow actors. These are very serious chemicals and they affect your body in real ways. For my own investigation it was important for me privately to understand it. And they work.”
Foster – who is 34, with short, blond hair that stands upright, an incipient beard and moustache, and the belligerent handsomeness of Kirk Douglas...
- 9/10/2015
- by Ryan Gilbey
- The Guardian - Film News
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