Jamie Fraser’s (Sam Heughan) onscreen family is expanding as Mary & George‘s Tony Curran joins Outlander: Blood of My Blood as Lord Lovat, Jamie’s grandfather. According to Deadline, Curran joins the Outlander spinoff as a series regular alongside previously announced cast members Harriet Slater, Jamie Roy, Hermione Corfield, and Jeremy Irvine who are set to play Jamie’s parents Ellen and Brian as well as Claire’s (Caitriona Balfe) parents, Julia and Henry. Curran in Mary & George (Credit: Starz) Production for the series recently began in Scotland where the flagship series based on Diana Gabaldon‘s novels is also filmed. Lord Lovat has been mentioned previously in the original show as having had Brian Fraser out of wedlock with a maid at Castle Downie. While Curran will play a role as the character in the series, Blood of My Blood‘s story primarily revolves around the...
- 2/15/2024
- TV Insider
Brittany Snow will make one killer transplant in the thriller The Hunting Wives.
The actress will star opposite Malin Åkerman in the upcoming Starz drama, TVLine has learned. She will portray Sophie O’Neil, whose family relocates from the East Coast to East Texas, where she falls under socialite Margo Bank’s (Åkerman) charms and sees her life consumed by obsession, seduction and murder.
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The actress will star opposite Malin Åkerman in the upcoming Starz drama, TVLine has learned. She will portray Sophie O’Neil, whose family relocates from the East Coast to East Texas, where she falls under socialite Margo Bank’s (Åkerman) charms and sees her life consumed by obsession, seduction and murder.
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- 2/14/2024
- by Keisha Hatchett
- TVLine.com
Exclusive: Clan Fraser continues to grow in numbers as Tony Curran has joined the Starz prequel series Outlander: Blood of My Blood as Lord Lovat, Jamie Fraser’s grandfather, in a series regular role.
Production recently kicked off on the new series, a prequel of the Starz hit period drama Outlander, in Scotland. The original series stars Caitríona Balfe as Claire Fraser and Sam Heughan as her husband, Jamie Fraser. The franchise is inspired by the work of Diana Gabaldon, who serves as a consulting producer on both shows.
Blood of My Blood will explore the lives and relationships of Jamie’s parents, Ellen MacKenzie (Harriet Slater) and Brian Fraser (Jamie Roy) and Claire’s parents, Julia Moriston (Hermione Corfield) and Henry Beauchamp (Jeremy Irvine). The 10-episode series will center on the two parallel love stories set in two different time periods, with Jamie’s parents in...
Production recently kicked off on the new series, a prequel of the Starz hit period drama Outlander, in Scotland. The original series stars Caitríona Balfe as Claire Fraser and Sam Heughan as her husband, Jamie Fraser. The franchise is inspired by the work of Diana Gabaldon, who serves as a consulting producer on both shows.
Blood of My Blood will explore the lives and relationships of Jamie’s parents, Ellen MacKenzie (Harriet Slater) and Brian Fraser (Jamie Roy) and Claire’s parents, Julia Moriston (Hermione Corfield) and Henry Beauchamp (Jeremy Irvine). The 10-episode series will center on the two parallel love stories set in two different time periods, with Jamie’s parents in...
- 2/14/2024
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Starz has revealed new details about the upcoming Outlander prequel, including the show’s core cast.
Jamie Roy will play Jamie Fraser’s father Brian Fraser in Outlander: Blood of My Blood. Harriet Slater will play his mother, Ellen Mackenzie. The show’s focus has also shifted a bit. While it was originally set to focus on Jamie’s parents, the Outlander prequel will now also explore the story of Claire Fraser’s mother and father. They’ll be played by Jeremy Irvine and Hermione Corfield.
“So excited!!! What a cast!!” Outlander star Sam Heughan commented on Instagram after the news was announced.
Meet the ‘Outlander: Blood of My Blood’ cast [L-r]: Harriet Slater, Jamie Roy, Hermione Corfield, Jeremy Irvine | Gerry McCabe/Kristia Knowles/Starz
Scottish actor Jamie Roy will play Jamie Fraser’s father Brian in the Outlander spinoff. He grew up in Glasgow and has previously been seen in Condor’s Nest,...
Jamie Roy will play Jamie Fraser’s father Brian Fraser in Outlander: Blood of My Blood. Harriet Slater will play his mother, Ellen Mackenzie. The show’s focus has also shifted a bit. While it was originally set to focus on Jamie’s parents, the Outlander prequel will now also explore the story of Claire Fraser’s mother and father. They’ll be played by Jeremy Irvine and Hermione Corfield.
“So excited!!! What a cast!!” Outlander star Sam Heughan commented on Instagram after the news was announced.
Meet the ‘Outlander: Blood of My Blood’ cast [L-r]: Harriet Slater, Jamie Roy, Hermione Corfield, Jeremy Irvine | Gerry McCabe/Kristia Knowles/Starz
Scottish actor Jamie Roy will play Jamie Fraser’s father Brian in the Outlander spinoff. He grew up in Glasgow and has previously been seen in Condor’s Nest,...
- 2/5/2024
- by Megan Elliott
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Plans have been in development for a prequel series to the Starz hit, Outlander, and as the show got the season eight renewal, the network would almost simultaneously greenlight the prequel show. Now, Blood of My Blood is announcing its new cast of actors. The premium movie network has confirmed that the prequel will follow the parents of both Jamie and Claire. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Blood of My Blood has started filming in Scotland.
The main cast that have been announced include Harriet Slater, seen in Pennyworth, and Jamie Roy, known for Lifetime’s Your Boyfriend Is Mine), who will play Ellen MacKenzie and Brian Fraser, and will eventually become Jamie’s parents in 18th century Scotland. Additionally, Hermione Corfield, whose credits include We Hunt Together, and Jeremy Irvine who was featured in Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, are on board to play Julia Moriston and Henry Beauchamp,...
The main cast that have been announced include Harriet Slater, seen in Pennyworth, and Jamie Roy, known for Lifetime’s Your Boyfriend Is Mine), who will play Ellen MacKenzie and Brian Fraser, and will eventually become Jamie’s parents in 18th century Scotland. Additionally, Hermione Corfield, whose credits include We Hunt Together, and Jeremy Irvine who was featured in Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, are on board to play Julia Moriston and Henry Beauchamp,...
- 2/5/2024
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
The “Outlander” prequel series at Starz has cast its four lead roles.
In addition, Starz has announced that production is now underway in Scotland on the 10-episode series, which is officially titled “Outlander: Blood of My Blood.”
Harriet Slater, Jamie Roy, Hermione Corfield, and Jeremy Irvine have all been cast in the series.
The series will examine the lives of Jamie’s parents, Ellen MacKenzie (Slater) and Brian Fraser (Roy), as well as the origin story of Claire’s parents, Julia Moriston (Corfield) and Henry Beauchamp (Irvine). Per the official description, “The series will center on these two parallel love stories set in two different time periods, with Jamie’s parents in the early 18th century Scottish Highlands and Claire’s parents in WWI England.”
“We’re thrilled to be telling the stories of these two couples,” said Matthew B. Roberts, showrunner, executive producer and writer on both “Outlander” and “Outlander: Blood of My Blood.
In addition, Starz has announced that production is now underway in Scotland on the 10-episode series, which is officially titled “Outlander: Blood of My Blood.”
Harriet Slater, Jamie Roy, Hermione Corfield, and Jeremy Irvine have all been cast in the series.
The series will examine the lives of Jamie’s parents, Ellen MacKenzie (Slater) and Brian Fraser (Roy), as well as the origin story of Claire’s parents, Julia Moriston (Corfield) and Henry Beauchamp (Irvine). Per the official description, “The series will center on these two parallel love stories set in two different time periods, with Jamie’s parents in the early 18th century Scottish Highlands and Claire’s parents in WWI England.”
“We’re thrilled to be telling the stories of these two couples,” said Matthew B. Roberts, showrunner, executive producer and writer on both “Outlander” and “Outlander: Blood of My Blood.
- 2/5/2024
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
The Traitor director Marco Bellocchio on Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese: “Unlike the great tradition of American Mafia movies and their use of imagery, here all characters are true characters and events that actually happened that we then manipulated or re-elaborated.” Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Marco Bellocchio’s The Traitor (Il Traditore), co-written with Valia Santella, Ludovica Rampoldi, Francesco Piccolo, and Francesco La Licata, produced by Simone Gattoni and Giuseppe Caschetto, and starring Pierfrancesco Favino as Tommaso Buscetta, received four European Film Award nominations. Best Film, Best Director (won by Yorgos Lanthimos), Best Screenwriter (won by Céline Sciamma for Portrait Of A Lady On Fire), and Best Actor (won by Antonio Banderas in Pedro Almodóvar’s Pain And Glory).
Alba Rohrwacher (in Dormant Beauty) on Marco Bellocchio: “I can say he is one of my masters. He taught me a lot.”
Before The Wonders: Alice and Alba Rohrwacher retrospective...
Marco Bellocchio’s The Traitor (Il Traditore), co-written with Valia Santella, Ludovica Rampoldi, Francesco Piccolo, and Francesco La Licata, produced by Simone Gattoni and Giuseppe Caschetto, and starring Pierfrancesco Favino as Tommaso Buscetta, received four European Film Award nominations. Best Film, Best Director (won by Yorgos Lanthimos), Best Screenwriter (won by Céline Sciamma for Portrait Of A Lady On Fire), and Best Actor (won by Antonio Banderas in Pedro Almodóvar’s Pain And Glory).
Alba Rohrwacher (in Dormant Beauty) on Marco Bellocchio: “I can say he is one of my masters. He taught me a lot.”
Before The Wonders: Alice and Alba Rohrwacher retrospective...
- 12/9/2019
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
I know I'm in the minority, but even after the atrocities that occurred on Outlander Season 4 Episode 8, Brianna and Roger win my heart over Jamie and Claire in the love department. They're a more traditional romance couple, and much more exciting than Bree's parents.
Jamie and Claire's love is so ridiculously even-keeled, I can't connect with it. I've never had a love with as few inside challenges. I can get on board with all the obstacles Brianna and Roger toss into their own way.
It didn't take long for the two to reconnect once they were both in Wilmington, and the majority of the episode proved why they could be featured a lot more often and viewers wouldn't lose interest.
Roger: You'll marry me?
Brianna: How can I say no to a man who followed me for 200 years?...
I know I'm in the minority, but even after the atrocities that occurred on Outlander Season 4 Episode 8, Brianna and Roger win my heart over Jamie and Claire in the love department. They're a more traditional romance couple, and much more exciting than Bree's parents.
Jamie and Claire's love is so ridiculously even-keeled, I can't connect with it. I've never had a love with as few inside challenges. I can get on board with all the obstacles Brianna and Roger toss into their own way.
It didn't take long for the two to reconnect once they were both in Wilmington, and the majority of the episode proved why they could be featured a lot more often and viewers wouldn't lose interest.
Roger: You'll marry me?
Brianna: How can I say no to a man who followed me for 200 years?...
- 12/24/2018
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
I guess the odds are pretty good that two people traveling through the stones at different times will wind up with two of the worst characters we know.
Outlander Season 4 Episode 7 detoured a bit from the novel from what I gather after watching and doing a quick bit of research.
To be honest, the coincidences felt like too much.
There are a lot of things that seemed highly unlikely when it came to "Down the Rabbit Hole," but maybe that's why it was named after a fairy tale.
Why was Brianna wandering through the middle of a snowy mountaintop when we caught our first glance of her? Was a map going to help her in that particular location, or should she have maybe stuck to the nearby road that she walked to a bit later?
That was odd.
Related: Outlander Season 4 Episode 6 Review: Blood of My Blood
Tumbling down a ravine,...
Outlander Season 4 Episode 7 detoured a bit from the novel from what I gather after watching and doing a quick bit of research.
To be honest, the coincidences felt like too much.
There are a lot of things that seemed highly unlikely when it came to "Down the Rabbit Hole," but maybe that's why it was named after a fairy tale.
Why was Brianna wandering through the middle of a snowy mountaintop when we caught our first glance of her? Was a map going to help her in that particular location, or should she have maybe stuck to the nearby road that she walked to a bit later?
That was odd.
Related: Outlander Season 4 Episode 6 Review: Blood of My Blood
Tumbling down a ravine,...
- 12/17/2018
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
During the Dec. 9 episode of Outlander, appropriately titled "Blood of My Blood," Jamie (Sam Heughan) welcomes a couple of unexpected visitors at Fraser's Ridge, which leads to a number of poignant, emotional scenes - scenes that Heughan told Popsugar that he was particularly excited to film in season four. Read on to find out exactly what went down and Heughan's interpretation of the events, but be warned: spoilers ahead for episode six and light spoilers from the books.
Related: Outlander's Caitriona Balfe on That Conversation With Lord John Grey: "It's Heartbreaking"
In "Blood of My Blood," Lord John Grey (David Berry) makes a stop at Jamie and Claire's homestead on his way to Lynchburg, Va, bringing his adopted son, William (Oliver Finnegan) with him. Of course, John, Claire, Jamie, and the viewers all know that William's biological father is Jamie himself, from when young Geneva Dunsany (Hannah James) blackmailed...
Related: Outlander's Caitriona Balfe on That Conversation With Lord John Grey: "It's Heartbreaking"
In "Blood of My Blood," Lord John Grey (David Berry) makes a stop at Jamie and Claire's homestead on his way to Lynchburg, Va, bringing his adopted son, William (Oliver Finnegan) with him. Of course, John, Claire, Jamie, and the viewers all know that William's biological father is Jamie himself, from when young Geneva Dunsany (Hannah James) blackmailed...
- 12/16/2018
- by Andrea Reiher
- Popsugar.com
Outlander Blood of My Blood Review Starz’s Outlander: Season 4, Episode 6: Blood of My Blood is an episode of reunion, one of many for this season of Outlander. James “Jamie” MacKenzie Fraser (Sam Heughan) has had many suitors since Outlander began, both men and women. Through [...]
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Continue reading: TV Review: Outlander: Season 4, Episode 6: Blood of My Blood [Starz]...
- 12/13/2018
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Warning: spoilers ahead for the latest episode of Outlander!
Unexpected house guests have a tendency to make things awkward, especially when they carry so many secrets. Sunday's episode of Outlander, which is (fittingly) titled "Blood of My Blood," welcomes Lord John Grey (David Berry) - aka the guy who is so in love with Sam Heughan's Jamie that he'll cross an ocean for him - to the wilds of Fraser's Ridge, along with his petulant ward, William (Oliver Finnegan), who is actually Jamie's son.
While this does solve the mystery of whether Jamie would ever see Willie again, the episode also offers a chance for the kind of good, old-fashioned dirty laundry airing that happens when mortality may be approaching. When Lord John is suddenly taken ill with measles, Claire (Caitriona Balfe) sends Jamie and Willie off for some unexpected, secret father-son bonding. Then, she and John have a...
Unexpected house guests have a tendency to make things awkward, especially when they carry so many secrets. Sunday's episode of Outlander, which is (fittingly) titled "Blood of My Blood," welcomes Lord John Grey (David Berry) - aka the guy who is so in love with Sam Heughan's Jamie that he'll cross an ocean for him - to the wilds of Fraser's Ridge, along with his petulant ward, William (Oliver Finnegan), who is actually Jamie's son.
While this does solve the mystery of whether Jamie would ever see Willie again, the episode also offers a chance for the kind of good, old-fashioned dirty laundry airing that happens when mortality may be approaching. When Lord John is suddenly taken ill with measles, Claire (Caitriona Balfe) sends Jamie and Willie off for some unexpected, secret father-son bonding. Then, she and John have a...
- 12/12/2018
- by Whitney Friedlander
- Popsugar.com
Need to catch up? Check out the previous Outlander recap here.
Welcome to North Carolina, Lord John Grey! Glad to have you here. Make sure to take in the vista from the ridge. Watch out for snakes in the privy. And before you head home, may we suggest stopping by the gift shop? There’s a buy-one-get-one deal on the “I Went to the New World and All I Got Was the Measles and an Emotionally Bareknuckled Brawl With the Vindictive Wife of My True Love” T-shirt.
This week’s Outlander marks the return of the second son of Viscount Melton,...
Welcome to North Carolina, Lord John Grey! Glad to have you here. Make sure to take in the vista from the ridge. Watch out for snakes in the privy. And before you head home, may we suggest stopping by the gift shop? There’s a buy-one-get-one deal on the “I Went to the New World and All I Got Was the Measles and an Emotionally Bareknuckled Brawl With the Vindictive Wife of My True Love” T-shirt.
This week’s Outlander marks the return of the second son of Viscount Melton,...
- 12/10/2018
- TVLine.com
At the Primetime Emmys telecast on September 17 we weren’t expecting “Game of Thrones” to win any of its five categories, but it surprised us twice, and they were pretty big surprises: it claimed Best Drama Series for the third time and also Best Drama Supporting Actor for Peter Dinklage for the third time. That brings the show’s total awards for the year to 9 and its all-time total to 47, which is by far the most awards for a primetime drama or comedy in a single year.
It’s hard to imagine a behemoth like “Game of Thrones” being considered an underdog anywhere, especially at the Emmys where it earned the most nominations of any program this year (22), but most of our users thought last year’s winner, “The Handmaid’s Tale,” would carry its momentum for another year. However, “Handmaid’s” ended up shut out entirely at the telecast,...
It’s hard to imagine a behemoth like “Game of Thrones” being considered an underdog anywhere, especially at the Emmys where it earned the most nominations of any program this year (22), but most of our users thought last year’s winner, “The Handmaid’s Tale,” would carry its momentum for another year. However, “Handmaid’s” ended up shut out entirely at the telecast,...
- 9/18/2018
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Vivo Film, Italian indie known for recent standout titles such as “Nico, 1988” and “Daughter of Mine,” has boarded Abel Ferrara’s long-gestating “Siberia” as its main producer.
The Rome-based shingle headed by Marta Donzelli and Gregorio Paonessa also has several pics by emerging Italian directors in the pipeline including “Dafne,” a drama centered around a young woman who suffers from Down syndrome which will start shooting in Tuscany in June.
Ferrara announced “Siberia” in Cannes three years ago calling it an exploration of the language of dreams and a vehicle for Willem Dafoe. It’s about the introspective voyage of a man who lives in an isolated cabin on a snow-capped mountain. Since then “Siberia” long languished, but Vivo Film has teamed up with German producer Philipp Kreuzer’s Maze Pictures to co-produce the pic and The Match Factory has taken world sales. They are also in talks with Sundance...
The Rome-based shingle headed by Marta Donzelli and Gregorio Paonessa also has several pics by emerging Italian directors in the pipeline including “Dafne,” a drama centered around a young woman who suffers from Down syndrome which will start shooting in Tuscany in June.
Ferrara announced “Siberia” in Cannes three years ago calling it an exploration of the language of dreams and a vehicle for Willem Dafoe. It’s about the introspective voyage of a man who lives in an isolated cabin on a snow-capped mountain. Since then “Siberia” long languished, but Vivo Film has teamed up with German producer Philipp Kreuzer’s Maze Pictures to co-produce the pic and The Match Factory has taken world sales. They are also in talks with Sundance...
- 5/21/2018
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
The American Film Institute announced today the films that will screen in the World Cinema, Breakthrough, Midnight, Shorts and Cinema’s Legacy programs at AFI Fest 2015 presented by Audi.
AFI Fest will take place November 5 – 12, 2015, in the heart of Hollywood. Screenings, Galas and events will be held at the historic Tcl Chinese Theatre, the Tcl Chinese 6 Theatres, Dolby Theatre, the Lloyd E. Rigler Theatre at the Egyptian, the El Capitan Theatre and The Hollywood Roosevelt.
World Cinema showcases the most acclaimed international films of the year; Breakthrough highlights true discoveries of the programming process; Midnight selections will grip audiences with terror; and Cinema’s Legacy highlights classic movies and films about cinema. World Cinema and Breakthrough selections are among the films eligible for Audience Awards. Shorts selections are eligible for the Grand Jury Prize, which qualifies the winner for Academy Award®consideration. This year’s Shorts jury features filmmaker Janicza Bravo,...
AFI Fest will take place November 5 – 12, 2015, in the heart of Hollywood. Screenings, Galas and events will be held at the historic Tcl Chinese Theatre, the Tcl Chinese 6 Theatres, Dolby Theatre, the Lloyd E. Rigler Theatre at the Egyptian, the El Capitan Theatre and The Hollywood Roosevelt.
World Cinema showcases the most acclaimed international films of the year; Breakthrough highlights true discoveries of the programming process; Midnight selections will grip audiences with terror; and Cinema’s Legacy highlights classic movies and films about cinema. World Cinema and Breakthrough selections are among the films eligible for Audience Awards. Shorts selections are eligible for the Grand Jury Prize, which qualifies the winner for Academy Award®consideration. This year’s Shorts jury features filmmaker Janicza Bravo,...
- 10/22/2015
- by Melissa Thompson
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Earlier today Italy's National Association of Cinematographic and Audiovisual Industries (Anica) announced a shortlist of nine films that are being considered to become the country's official Oscar entry in the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 88th Academy Awards. A selection committee made of industry professional including directors, journalist, and even composers, will meet on Monday September 28th to make their final decision.
Here are the 9 shortlisted films:
"Anna" (Per amor vostro)
Dir. Giuseppe M. Gaudino
PC: Minerva Pictures Group
U.S. Distributor: None Yet
"Blood of My Blood" (Sangue del mio sangue)
Dir. Marco Bellocchio
PC: Kavac Film
U.S. Distributor: None Yet
"Don't Be Bad" (Non essere cattivo)
Dir. Claudio Caligari
Isa: Kimerafilm
U.S. Distributor: None Yet
"Latin Lover"
Dir. Cristina Comencini
Isa: Rai Com
U.S. Distributor: None Yet
"Leopardi" (Il giovane favoloso)
Dir. Mario Martone
Isa: Rai Com
U.S. Distributor: None Yet
"My Mother" (Mia Madre)
Dir. Nanni Moretti
Isa: Films Distribution
U.S. Distributor: Alchemy
"Sworn Virgin" (Vergine giurata)
Dir. Laura Bispuri
Isa: The Match Factory
U.S. Distributor: Strand Releasing
"The Wait" (L'attesa)
Dir. Piero Messina
Isa: Pathe International
U.S. Distributor: None Yet
"You Can't Save Yourself Alone" (Nessuno si salva da solo)
Dir. Sergio Castellitto
Isa: Beta Cinema
U.S. Distributor: None Yet
The shortlisted films include the apparent frontrunner, "My Mother," which premiered at Cannes, and well as several titles that just premiered at the Venice Film Festival: "Blood of My Blood" by revered auteur Marco Bellocchio; "Anna," which won the Best Actress award; "The Wait," starring Juliette Binoche, and "Don'd Be Bad." The list also features older festival favorites like "Sworn Virgin," set in Albani, and biopic "Leopardi." While Moretti seems like a safe bet, this is such a strong group of titles, there is still room for an unexpected surprise.
Italy has the distinction of being the country with the most awards in the category, the country's most recent win came in 2014 with Paolo Sorrentino's "The Great Beauty." ...
Here are the 9 shortlisted films:
"Anna" (Per amor vostro)
Dir. Giuseppe M. Gaudino
PC: Minerva Pictures Group
U.S. Distributor: None Yet
"Blood of My Blood" (Sangue del mio sangue)
Dir. Marco Bellocchio
PC: Kavac Film
U.S. Distributor: None Yet
"Don't Be Bad" (Non essere cattivo)
Dir. Claudio Caligari
Isa: Kimerafilm
U.S. Distributor: None Yet
"Latin Lover"
Dir. Cristina Comencini
Isa: Rai Com
U.S. Distributor: None Yet
"Leopardi" (Il giovane favoloso)
Dir. Mario Martone
Isa: Rai Com
U.S. Distributor: None Yet
"My Mother" (Mia Madre)
Dir. Nanni Moretti
Isa: Films Distribution
U.S. Distributor: Alchemy
"Sworn Virgin" (Vergine giurata)
Dir. Laura Bispuri
Isa: The Match Factory
U.S. Distributor: Strand Releasing
"The Wait" (L'attesa)
Dir. Piero Messina
Isa: Pathe International
U.S. Distributor: None Yet
"You Can't Save Yourself Alone" (Nessuno si salva da solo)
Dir. Sergio Castellitto
Isa: Beta Cinema
U.S. Distributor: None Yet
The shortlisted films include the apparent frontrunner, "My Mother," which premiered at Cannes, and well as several titles that just premiered at the Venice Film Festival: "Blood of My Blood" by revered auteur Marco Bellocchio; "Anna," which won the Best Actress award; "The Wait," starring Juliette Binoche, and "Don'd Be Bad." The list also features older festival favorites like "Sworn Virgin," set in Albani, and biopic "Leopardi." While Moretti seems like a safe bet, this is such a strong group of titles, there is still room for an unexpected surprise.
Italy has the distinction of being the country with the most awards in the category, the country's most recent win came in 2014 with Paolo Sorrentino's "The Great Beauty." ...
- 9/21/2015
- by Carlos Aguilar
- Sydney's Buzz
Tom Hooper’s The Danish Girl wins Queer Lion
Veteran director Marco Bellocchio’s Blood Of My Blood (Sangue Del Mio Sangue) has won the Fipresci Award at the 72nd Venice Film Festival (Sept 2-12).
The film is a vampire-themed period drama starring Alba Rohrwacher, who won last year’s Volpi prize for best actress with her performance in Hungry Hearts, as a 17th-century noblewoman who becomes a nun and seduces a young army officer and his twin brother. The film is sold by The Match Factory.
Venice’s ‘Collateral Awards’ - prizes assigned independently by film critics and cultural associations - also saw the Queer Lion Award go to Tom Hooper’s The Danish Girl, starring Eddie Redmayne as Danish artist Lili Elbe, one of the first known recipients of sexual reassignment surgery.
The film, which receives its North American premiere at Toronto tonight (Sept 12), is a hot contender for the upcoming awards season.
Fipresci AwardBest...
Veteran director Marco Bellocchio’s Blood Of My Blood (Sangue Del Mio Sangue) has won the Fipresci Award at the 72nd Venice Film Festival (Sept 2-12).
The film is a vampire-themed period drama starring Alba Rohrwacher, who won last year’s Volpi prize for best actress with her performance in Hungry Hearts, as a 17th-century noblewoman who becomes a nun and seduces a young army officer and his twin brother. The film is sold by The Match Factory.
Venice’s ‘Collateral Awards’ - prizes assigned independently by film critics and cultural associations - also saw the Queer Lion Award go to Tom Hooper’s The Danish Girl, starring Eddie Redmayne as Danish artist Lili Elbe, one of the first known recipients of sexual reassignment surgery.
The film, which receives its North American premiere at Toronto tonight (Sept 12), is a hot contender for the upcoming awards season.
Fipresci AwardBest...
- 9/12/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
La Monaca (La Prigione di Bobbio)
Director: Marco Bellocchio
Writer: Marco Bellocchio
Producer: Simone Gattoni
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Ambra Angiolini, Pier Giorgio Bellocchio, Lidiya Liberman, Alberto Bellocchio
Bellocchio-ian themes of the church, the state and politics appear will likely all be sewn into a project that the Italian helmer has been trying to get off the ground for some time now and the reasoning for this is that after a glossed biopic-truth story of Bella addormentata, Marco Bellocchio is, according to Variety, working in “the free-flowing spirit” of Sorelle Mai (a rare experimental film in his filmography) and uses a mix of both professional and non-pro actors. In terms of incarcerated or held against their will female figures, look for La Monaca to be definitely be less-polished than Vincere.
Gist: Based on the true tale of a 17th century noblewoman forced to become a nun, but whose...
Director: Marco Bellocchio
Writer: Marco Bellocchio
Producer: Simone Gattoni
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Ambra Angiolini, Pier Giorgio Bellocchio, Lidiya Liberman, Alberto Bellocchio
Bellocchio-ian themes of the church, the state and politics appear will likely all be sewn into a project that the Italian helmer has been trying to get off the ground for some time now and the reasoning for this is that after a glossed biopic-truth story of Bella addormentata, Marco Bellocchio is, according to Variety, working in “the free-flowing spirit” of Sorelle Mai (a rare experimental film in his filmography) and uses a mix of both professional and non-pro actors. In terms of incarcerated or held against their will female figures, look for La Monaca to be definitely be less-polished than Vincere.
Gist: Based on the true tale of a 17th century noblewoman forced to become a nun, but whose...
- 2/25/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
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