After she won the 2021 Palme d’Or for Titane, in a which a sociopathic stripper becomes a serial killer and has sex with muscle cars, Julia Ducournau was effusive in her gratitude to the Cannes Film Festival. “Thank you for calling for more diversity in our experiences of film and our lives,” she said. “Thank you for letting in the monsters.”
Titane was only her second movie; the first, Raw, made its humble debut in Critics’ Week, but it was recognizably the work of the same artist, being a tender coming of age story about a veterinary student who discovers that she comes from a long line of cannibals.
Although Cannes has a long way to go in terms of gender parity, the festival has been quick to tap into the new wave of female-directed horror that has sprung up in the wake of Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook 10 years ago.
Titane was only her second movie; the first, Raw, made its humble debut in Critics’ Week, but it was recognizably the work of the same artist, being a tender coming of age story about a veterinary student who discovers that she comes from a long line of cannibals.
Although Cannes has a long way to go in terms of gender parity, the festival has been quick to tap into the new wave of female-directed horror that has sprung up in the wake of Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook 10 years ago.
- 5/15/2024
- by Damon Wise
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: London-based Alliance Media Partners (Amp) has hired Anthony Buckner as Head of Sales, Acquisitions and Distribution in the run up to the Cannes market.
Former Icon and Kaleidoscope exec Buckner will be overseeing the company’s Cannes slate of genre titles and will be tasked with expansion. He is taking over from longtime Amp partner and sales vet James Norrie who has exited the company.
Amp, founded in 2017 as a production, financing and sales company, is the media arm of Alliance Capital Partners group, a private asset management and finance company based in Dubai. Current titles include The Morrigan with Toby Stephens and sci fi thriller New Life.
Buckner has sold movies including The Passion of the Christ, Apocalypto, How I Spent My summer Vacation, Coriolanus, Prevenge, Hurricane and Creation Stories.
He spent 15 years at Icon before stints at Magnolia Pictures, Red Bull’s Terra Mater Factual Studios, Kaleidoscope,...
Former Icon and Kaleidoscope exec Buckner will be overseeing the company’s Cannes slate of genre titles and will be tasked with expansion. He is taking over from longtime Amp partner and sales vet James Norrie who has exited the company.
Amp, founded in 2017 as a production, financing and sales company, is the media arm of Alliance Capital Partners group, a private asset management and finance company based in Dubai. Current titles include The Morrigan with Toby Stephens and sci fi thriller New Life.
Buckner has sold movies including The Passion of the Christ, Apocalypto, How I Spent My summer Vacation, Coriolanus, Prevenge, Hurricane and Creation Stories.
He spent 15 years at Icon before stints at Magnolia Pictures, Red Bull’s Terra Mater Factual Studios, Kaleidoscope,...
- 4/25/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
These ten horror films, helmed by talented women directors, offer a diverse range of storytelling and filmmaking styles, proving that the horror genre is enriched by their unique perspectives and creative vision.
The Babadook (2014) – Directed by Jennifer Kent: This Australian psychological horror film follows a single mother and her son who are haunted by a sinister presence that emerges from a mysterious children’s book. Jennifer Kent’s masterful direction creates a chilling atmosphere and explores themes of grief and motherhood. American Psycho (2000) – Directed by Mary Harron: Based on the controversial novel by Bret Easton Ellis, “American Psycho” is a satirical horror film that delves into the mind of a wealthy investment banker with psychopathic tendencies. Mary Harron’s direction infuses the film with dark humour and unsettling tension. Near Dark (1987) – Directed by Kathryn Bigelow: Kathryn Bigelow’s stylish and unconventional take on the vampire genre is a cult classic.
The Babadook (2014) – Directed by Jennifer Kent: This Australian psychological horror film follows a single mother and her son who are haunted by a sinister presence that emerges from a mysterious children’s book. Jennifer Kent’s masterful direction creates a chilling atmosphere and explores themes of grief and motherhood. American Psycho (2000) – Directed by Mary Harron: Based on the controversial novel by Bret Easton Ellis, “American Psycho” is a satirical horror film that delves into the mind of a wealthy investment banker with psychopathic tendencies. Mary Harron’s direction infuses the film with dark humour and unsettling tension. Near Dark (1987) – Directed by Kathryn Bigelow: Kathryn Bigelow’s stylish and unconventional take on the vampire genre is a cult classic.
- 4/9/2024
- by George P Thomas
- Nerdly
As an actress, writer and director, Alice Lowe has never much cared if you like the characters she’s penned for herself. From the tourist who develops a taste for murder on her road trip with her boyfriend in Ben Wheatley’s “Sightseers” to a mother-to-be whose baby inspires far more violence than just kicking around in her belly in her own directorial debut, “Prevenge,” Lowe has sacrificed audience approval for the license to explore darker corners of the female experience. However, that might make Agnes the most deliciously miserable of her creations, as someone in desperate need of love, commencing a grimly amusing search for the perfect partner across centuries in “Timestalker.”
If comedy is tragedy plus time, there is plenty of it in Lowe’s latest film. Starting in Scotland in the late 1600s, Agnes can’t escape her attraction to the wrong guy (Aneurin Barnard) and is...
If comedy is tragedy plus time, there is plenty of it in Lowe’s latest film. Starting in Scotland in the late 1600s, Agnes can’t escape her attraction to the wrong guy (Aneurin Barnard) and is...
- 3/16/2024
- by Stephen Saito
- Variety Film + TV
Love never dies, but a lot of people do in Alice Lowe’s gloriously bloody valentine to the romantic comedy. Spanning so much time that it practically goes back to the beginning of it, Timestalker is an ambitious project that not only works, it coheres in a way that cements Lowe as a genuine and quite visionary comedic talent. It recalls classic Monty Python — it’s often very, very stupid and the same time very, very clever — but most of all it’s an idea of what might have been if that all-male team had ever had a woman or two in its core lineup.
Lowe set out her stall in 2016 with Prevenge, a horror comedy in which a bereaved pregnant woman is driven to avenge her late husband, incited to murder by her unborn baby. Timestalker doesn’t fall far from that tree, being another satirical comment on how...
Lowe set out her stall in 2016 with Prevenge, a horror comedy in which a bereaved pregnant woman is driven to avenge her late husband, incited to murder by her unborn baby. Timestalker doesn’t fall far from that tree, being another satirical comment on how...
- 3/8/2024
- by Damon Wise
- Deadline Film + TV
Even in 1688, there were fuckboys. Such is the first and best lesson of Alice Lowe’s “Timestalker,” even if it’s one our leading lady Agnes has to learn over and over and over and over. That’s the gimmick of Lowe’s second feature film — a winning follow-up to her bloody good 2016 feature directorial debut “Prevenge” — which is billed as a “reincarnation rom com.” Mostly, the feature serves as a stellar reminder of the elasticity of genre and Lowe’s ability to stretch any apparent limits however she sees fit.
Consider Lowe’s sophomore film a canny, slightly sweeter companion to Bertrand Bonello’s similarly plotted “The Beast”: Both films follow a pair of star-crossed lovers who continue to meet in different times, places, and stations, only to fuck it up each time. In Lowe’s version, however, her Agnes is the only one aware of what’s actually unspooling here.
Consider Lowe’s sophomore film a canny, slightly sweeter companion to Bertrand Bonello’s similarly plotted “The Beast”: Both films follow a pair of star-crossed lovers who continue to meet in different times, places, and stations, only to fuck it up each time. In Lowe’s version, however, her Agnes is the only one aware of what’s actually unspooling here.
- 3/8/2024
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
World premiering at this year’s SXSW, writer-director-star Alice Lowe’s sophomore feature Timestalker certainly feels like it’s been a long time coming. Arriving eight years after Prevenge, her 2016 debut that she shot and starred in just weeks before giving birth to her eldest daughter, Lowe’s latest was stalled for a slew of reasons—motherhood, Covid, involvement in other projects—but Timestalker’s extended development served to sharpen Lowe’s filmic instinct while shooting, resulting in an ambitious, blood-spattered time loop rom-com more aesthetically and thematically assured than its 22-day shoot may have initially allowed for. Lowe stars as Agnes, an ordinary woman who we […]
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- 3/8/2024
- by Natalia Keogan
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
World premiering at this year’s SXSW, writer-director-star Alice Lowe’s sophomore feature Timestalker certainly feels like it’s been a long time coming. Arriving eight years after Prevenge, her 2016 debut that she shot and starred in just weeks before giving birth to her eldest daughter, Lowe’s latest was stalled for a slew of reasons—motherhood, Covid, involvement in other projects—but Timestalker’s extended development served to sharpen Lowe’s filmic instinct while shooting, resulting in an ambitious, blood-spattered time loop rom-com more aesthetically and thematically assured than its 22-day shoot may have initially allowed for. Lowe stars as Agnes, an ordinary woman who we […]
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- 3/8/2024
- by Natalia Keogan
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
This article appears in the SXSW 2024 issue of Den of Geek magazine. Check out all of our SXSW coverage here.
Seven years in the making, spanning centuries in the telling, Alice Lowe’s latest feature, Timestalker, is a strange beast. A dark comedy, a romance through the ages, a violent sci-fi, and an existential musing on the self, it’s an ambitious romp dressed in spandex and crinoline.
“When you make an independent film, you know there’s a chance you may never make one again,” says Lowe. “Any time one happens, it’s like a miracle. And I really just thought, God, if this was the last film that I ever get to make, what would I want to put in it? It’s like my gravestone in a film.”
What she’s put in it are fabulous costumes, wigs, animals, an ensemble cast playing multiple roles, music, Easter eggs,...
Seven years in the making, spanning centuries in the telling, Alice Lowe’s latest feature, Timestalker, is a strange beast. A dark comedy, a romance through the ages, a violent sci-fi, and an existential musing on the self, it’s an ambitious romp dressed in spandex and crinoline.
“When you make an independent film, you know there’s a chance you may never make one again,” says Lowe. “Any time one happens, it’s like a miracle. And I really just thought, God, if this was the last film that I ever get to make, what would I want to put in it? It’s like my gravestone in a film.”
What she’s put in it are fabulous costumes, wigs, animals, an ensemble cast playing multiple roles, music, Easter eggs,...
- 3/8/2024
- by Rosie Fletcher
- Den of Geek
The SXSW Film Festival announced today 50 new films, Xr projects and television programs that complete the 2024 SXSW Film & TV Festival lineup. Among the world premieres are the latest from The Voyeurs director Michael Mohan, who reunites with star Sydney Sweeney in Immaculate; Dev Patel’s action thriller Monkey Man; Alice Lowe’s followup to her Prevenge, Timestalker; and a new film from The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby director Ned Benson, The Greatest Hits. Festival favorites traveling from Park City to Austin include Didi, Black Box Diaries, Love Machina, Ghostlight and I Saw the TV Glow. Of particular interest to […]
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- 2/7/2024
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
The SXSW Film Festival announced today 50 new films, Xr projects and television programs that complete the 2024 SXSW Film & TV Festival lineup. Among the world premieres are the latest from The Voyeurs director Michael Mohan, who reunites with star Sydney Sweeney in Immaculate; Dev Patel’s action thriller Monkey Man; Alice Lowe’s followup to her Prevenge, Timestalker; and a new film from The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby director Ned Benson, The Greatest Hits. Festival favorites traveling from Park City to Austin include Didi, Black Box Diaries, Love Machina, Ghostlight and I Saw the TV Glow. Of particular interest to […]
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- 2/7/2024
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
The eagerly-awaited second directorial outing from Alice Lowe is nearly ready – and more details have popped up.
Alice Lowe’s proven herself not just terrific in front of the camera, but thanks to 2016’s horror Prevenge, she’s a dab hand behind it too. Lowe wrote and directed the film, and for some time had been working towards her second movie as director.
That film is Timestalker, an ambitious-sounding science fiction movie that once again she’s written and directed, and will also be starring in. It looks as thought the film might be completed too, as a couple of fresh details have popped up online.
There’s a synopsis for a start, that I don’t recall seeing before. It reads as follows…
From the creative team behind Prevenge comes… Timestalker, a romantic comedy about the eternal humiliation that is the search for love, spanning the most romantic epochs...
Alice Lowe’s proven herself not just terrific in front of the camera, but thanks to 2016’s horror Prevenge, she’s a dab hand behind it too. Lowe wrote and directed the film, and for some time had been working towards her second movie as director.
That film is Timestalker, an ambitious-sounding science fiction movie that once again she’s written and directed, and will also be starring in. It looks as thought the film might be completed too, as a couple of fresh details have popped up online.
There’s a synopsis for a start, that I don’t recall seeing before. It reads as follows…
From the creative team behind Prevenge comes… Timestalker, a romantic comedy about the eternal humiliation that is the search for love, spanning the most romantic epochs...
- 1/4/2024
- by Simon Brew
- Film Stories
UK crew members feel they have been abandoned.
As the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike nears the 100-day mark, leading UK film and TV technicians and suppliers are continuing to speak out about the extreme financial hardship and uncertainty they and their colleagues are facing due to the hard production stop caused by the strike.
Although the WGA strike is now resolved, the UK industry remains in crisis mode. There is a working assumption that even if SAG-AFTRA struck a deal with Amtmp today, production would not restart in full in the UK until January, thanks to Thanksgiving and Christmas. Industry leaders...
As the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike nears the 100-day mark, leading UK film and TV technicians and suppliers are continuing to speak out about the extreme financial hardship and uncertainty they and their colleagues are facing due to the hard production stop caused by the strike.
Although the WGA strike is now resolved, the UK industry remains in crisis mode. There is a working assumption that even if SAG-AFTRA struck a deal with Amtmp today, production would not restart in full in the UK until January, thanks to Thanksgiving and Christmas. Industry leaders...
- 10/18/2023
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
Horrornews.net and legendary former Fangoria magazine editor Tony Timpone have formed a partnership to create the Screamings Screening Series, providing free advance showings of upcoming horror films and TV series in multiple cities. This new venture will give the horror genre a theatrical presence like never before, boasting celebrity appearances and highlighting films from the major studios to independent companies to streaming services.
For over 25 years, Timpone has previewed 200+ genre films from Universal, Columbia, Warners, Fox, Blumhouse, Lionsgate, IFC, Magnolia, Cinedigm, Gravitas Ventures, Screen Media and more. He forged some incredible horror memories with showings of Trick R Treat, 28 Weeks Later, Land of the Dead, It Follows, The Host, Hostel Part III, The Descent, Insidious: Chapter 3, Night of the Demons, Prevenge and American Zombie, just to name a few. Special in-person appearances included memorable directors and popular stars. The legacy will continue with Hnn!
“Nothing beats seeing...
For over 25 years, Timpone has previewed 200+ genre films from Universal, Columbia, Warners, Fox, Blumhouse, Lionsgate, IFC, Magnolia, Cinedigm, Gravitas Ventures, Screen Media and more. He forged some incredible horror memories with showings of Trick R Treat, 28 Weeks Later, Land of the Dead, It Follows, The Host, Hostel Part III, The Descent, Insidious: Chapter 3, Night of the Demons, Prevenge and American Zombie, just to name a few. Special in-person appearances included memorable directors and popular stars. The legacy will continue with Hnn!
“Nothing beats seeing...
- 2/28/2023
- by Michael Joy
- Horror Asylum
HanWay is selling the title at the European Film Market (EFM).
Alice Lowe directs and leads time-travelling romantic comedy, Timestalker – a tale of one woman’s unrequited love, played out across several centuries. She is joined by Nick Frost, Jacob Anderson, Aneurin Barnard and Tanya Reynolds.
Screen can exclusively reveal a first look at the project.
The UK feature is produced by Western Edge Pictures, in co-production with Popcorn Group. Funding came from the BFI, Head Gear Films, Popcorn Group and Ffilm Cymru Wales with funding from the National Lottery and Welsh Government via Creative Wales. UK sales outfit HanWay represents world sales.
Alice Lowe directs and leads time-travelling romantic comedy, Timestalker – a tale of one woman’s unrequited love, played out across several centuries. She is joined by Nick Frost, Jacob Anderson, Aneurin Barnard and Tanya Reynolds.
Screen can exclusively reveal a first look at the project.
The UK feature is produced by Western Edge Pictures, in co-production with Popcorn Group. Funding came from the BFI, Head Gear Films, Popcorn Group and Ffilm Cymru Wales with funding from the National Lottery and Welsh Government via Creative Wales. UK sales outfit HanWay represents world sales.
- 2/17/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Well, I was not expecting this: Orphan: First Kill, a prequel to 2009’s horror mystery Orphan, is better than its progenitor. No, scratch that: First Kill is, rather, not quite as bad as the previous movie. Still, this is a rare cinematic occurrence, and one to be commended, no matter how qualified.
The thing about the 2009 movie is that it played like a parody of horror movies, and, alas, not a knowing one. It had little beyond overbaked tropes of the genre: the “scary” music, the “menacing” camera angles, the telegraphing of every boo. Its big twist — look away now if you don’t want a 13-year-old movie spoiled — is that its central “sinister child,” the orphan of the title, is not, in fact, nine years old but actually an adult with a pituitary disorder that leaves her perpetually childlike in body. Though not childlike in mind: she’s cunning and devious,...
The thing about the 2009 movie is that it played like a parody of horror movies, and, alas, not a knowing one. It had little beyond overbaked tropes of the genre: the “scary” music, the “menacing” camera angles, the telegraphing of every boo. Its big twist — look away now if you don’t want a 13-year-old movie spoiled — is that its central “sinister child,” the orphan of the title, is not, in fact, nine years old but actually an adult with a pituitary disorder that leaves her perpetually childlike in body. Though not childlike in mind: she’s cunning and devious,...
- 8/17/2022
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
After the 2000s seemingly kickstarted a new wave of independent horror, the 2010s (and beyond) were an exceptional time for new and emerging, as well as established, filmmakers to leave their own mark on the landscape of genre storytelling. One of the most notable aspects, or even trends, that I noticed while doing research for this entire series of retrospectives is how out of all of the decades, it feels like the 2010s was one of the best times for female filmmakers to get the opportunity to take the helm in comparison to other decades. The 1980s had a handful of women directors working in independent horror, but during both the ’90s and ’00s, it felt like the industry as a whole had taken a few steps backwards in providing female filmmakers the opportunity to tell the stories they wanted to tell.
Thankfully, though, the door swung back open in...
Thankfully, though, the door swung back open in...
- 4/30/2022
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Bailey-Bond wins the award for feature debut ’Censor’.
UK director Prano Bailey-Bond has won the Screen FrightFest Genre Rising Star award for 2021 for her debut feature Censor.
Bailey-Bond received the award in person on Monday, August 30 at the Cineworld Leicester Square in London. The psychological horror is set in 1985 and follows a film censor who, after viewing a familiar video nasty, sets out to solve the past mystery of her sister’s disappearance.
The film had its world premiere this year at the Sundance Film Festival and screened at the Berlinale 2021 as well as at the Sarajevo Film Festival earlier this month,...
UK director Prano Bailey-Bond has won the Screen FrightFest Genre Rising Star award for 2021 for her debut feature Censor.
Bailey-Bond received the award in person on Monday, August 30 at the Cineworld Leicester Square in London. The psychological horror is set in 1985 and follows a film censor who, after viewing a familiar video nasty, sets out to solve the past mystery of her sister’s disappearance.
The film had its world premiere this year at the Sundance Film Festival and screened at the Berlinale 2021 as well as at the Sarajevo Film Festival earlier this month,...
- 8/31/2021
- by Melissa Kasule
- ScreenDaily
Nominees include ‘Censor’ director Prano Bailey-Bond.
UK genre festival FrightFest has chosen three directors and two actors on the shortlist for its 2021 Genre Rising Star award, presented by Screen.
This year’s shortlist includes writer-director Prano Bailey-Bond for her debut feature Censor, about a film censor who gets lost between fiction and reality. Bailey-Bond was named a Screen Star of Tomorrow in 2018, and met fellow Star Niamh Algar at an event for the selection, going on to cast her as the lead in Censor.
Also nominated for the FrightFest award is Leroy Kincaide for debut feature The Last Rite, which he wrote,...
UK genre festival FrightFest has chosen three directors and two actors on the shortlist for its 2021 Genre Rising Star award, presented by Screen.
This year’s shortlist includes writer-director Prano Bailey-Bond for her debut feature Censor, about a film censor who gets lost between fiction and reality. Bailey-Bond was named a Screen Star of Tomorrow in 2018, and met fellow Star Niamh Algar at an event for the selection, going on to cast her as the lead in Censor.
Also nominated for the FrightFest award is Leroy Kincaide for debut feature The Last Rite, which he wrote,...
- 8/9/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
SXSW: British Black Comedy ‘Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break’ Picked Up By Concourse Media (Exclusive)
Belstone Pictures has inked a worldwide sales deal with Concourse Media on hot SXSW title “Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break.”
Concourse will handle all international and domestic sales for the title, and Belstone Pictures will co-represent in the U.K. The black comedy, directed by Nick Gillespie (“Tank 432”), will have its world premiere at SXSW this week in the narrative spotlight section.
The film follows Paul, a charity shop worker who when his chances of winning a national talent competition are ruined and his dreams of fame are slashed, plans a deathly revenge mission. The cast includes a raft of British talent, including BAFTA nominee Tom Meeten (“The Ghoul”) as Paul Dood, alongside Katherine Parkinson (“Doc Martin”), Kris Marshall (“Love Actually”), Alice Lowe (“Prevenge”), Pippa Haywood (“Bridgerton”), Steve Oram (“The End of the F***ing World”), Mandeep Dhillon (“After Life”), June Watson (“Chernobyl”), Johnny Vegas (“Home From Home”) and Kevin Bishop...
Concourse will handle all international and domestic sales for the title, and Belstone Pictures will co-represent in the U.K. The black comedy, directed by Nick Gillespie (“Tank 432”), will have its world premiere at SXSW this week in the narrative spotlight section.
The film follows Paul, a charity shop worker who when his chances of winning a national talent competition are ruined and his dreams of fame are slashed, plans a deathly revenge mission. The cast includes a raft of British talent, including BAFTA nominee Tom Meeten (“The Ghoul”) as Paul Dood, alongside Katherine Parkinson (“Doc Martin”), Kris Marshall (“Love Actually”), Alice Lowe (“Prevenge”), Pippa Haywood (“Bridgerton”), Steve Oram (“The End of the F***ing World”), Mandeep Dhillon (“After Life”), June Watson (“Chernobyl”), Johnny Vegas (“Home From Home”) and Kevin Bishop...
- 3/15/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Reincarnation romantic comedy to also star Sam Riley, Natasia Demetriou and Jacob Anderson.
HanWay Films has acquired world sales rights to Alice Lowe’s upcoming reincarnation romantic comedy Timestalker, in which she will star alongside Sam Riley, Natasia Demetriou and Jacob Anderson.
The London-based sales company will begin discussing the project with buyers during the virtual European Film Market (EFM), set to run March 1-5.
Filming is due to start this summer in the UK and marks the first feature from writer-director Lowe since dark serial killer comedy Prevenge, which debuted at the Venice Film Festival in 2016.
Lowe will play...
HanWay Films has acquired world sales rights to Alice Lowe’s upcoming reincarnation romantic comedy Timestalker, in which she will star alongside Sam Riley, Natasia Demetriou and Jacob Anderson.
The London-based sales company will begin discussing the project with buyers during the virtual European Film Market (EFM), set to run March 1-5.
Filming is due to start this summer in the UK and marks the first feature from writer-director Lowe since dark serial killer comedy Prevenge, which debuted at the Venice Film Festival in 2016.
Lowe will play...
- 2/19/2021
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Sam Riley has boarded the cast of Alice Lowe’s Timestalker, starring alongside Lowe, Natasia Demetriou and Jacob Anderson in the romantic comedy chronicling one woman’s unrequited love across several centuries.
This is Lowe’s second feature after 2016’s Prevenge, which was at Venice. Vaughan Sivell is producing for Western Edge Pictures. HanWay Films has picked up worldwide sales ahead of the European Film Market (March 1-5).
In the movie, each cast member will recur throughout each historical period, from 1680s Western Scotland to the apocalyptic 22nd Century.
“It’s so exciting to be working on a grander scale on Timestalker – but with the same crafting of script and comedy improv and brilliant actors,” said Lowe. “This film is my homage to the most romantic epics. Lavish, lush and overflowing with emotion. This film is going to be shameless. All blusher and petticoats and suicidal lovers. The romantic era...
This is Lowe’s second feature after 2016’s Prevenge, which was at Venice. Vaughan Sivell is producing for Western Edge Pictures. HanWay Films has picked up worldwide sales ahead of the European Film Market (March 1-5).
In the movie, each cast member will recur throughout each historical period, from 1680s Western Scotland to the apocalyptic 22nd Century.
“It’s so exciting to be working on a grander scale on Timestalker – but with the same crafting of script and comedy improv and brilliant actors,” said Lowe. “This film is my homage to the most romantic epics. Lavish, lush and overflowing with emotion. This film is going to be shameless. All blusher and petticoats and suicidal lovers. The romantic era...
- 2/19/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
HanWay Films has picked up worldwide rights to Alice Lowe’s reincarnation rom com “Timestalker.”
The film, which will be shopped to buyers at next month’s European Film Market, follows the “Prevenge” director and star through time as she repeatedly falls for the wrong guy, dies a grim death and gets reincarnated a century later, before meeting him again and starting the cycle anew.
Lowe stars in the film, which she has written and directed. Production is set to start this summer in the U.K. Other cast includes Sam Riley, Natasia Demetriou and actor and singer-songwriter Jacob Anderson (“Game of Thrones”), who is known in the music world as “Raleigh Ritchie”.
The cast will recur throughout each historical period depicted in the romantic comedy, which includes 1680s Western Scotland, 1790s Rural England, 1980s Manhattan and an apocalyptic 22nd Century.
Lowe said, “It’s so exciting to be working...
The film, which will be shopped to buyers at next month’s European Film Market, follows the “Prevenge” director and star through time as she repeatedly falls for the wrong guy, dies a grim death and gets reincarnated a century later, before meeting him again and starting the cycle anew.
Lowe stars in the film, which she has written and directed. Production is set to start this summer in the U.K. Other cast includes Sam Riley, Natasia Demetriou and actor and singer-songwriter Jacob Anderson (“Game of Thrones”), who is known in the music world as “Raleigh Ritchie”.
The cast will recur throughout each historical period depicted in the romantic comedy, which includes 1680s Western Scotland, 1790s Rural England, 1980s Manhattan and an apocalyptic 22nd Century.
Lowe said, “It’s so exciting to be working...
- 2/19/2021
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
While hardly a new topic within the genre, the horror of pregnancy has been tackled from major Hollywood productions “Rosemary’s Baby” and “The Seventh Sign” to indie fare like “Devil’s Due” and “Prevenge.” Even efforts from around the world, like the French “Inside” or Australian “The Clinic” have tackled the issue, which opens the door for Indonesia to go head-long into the subject matter with first-timer Ook Budiyono’s new feature “Fetus.”
In the early stages of pregnancy, young mother Dinar (Jill Gladys) and her husband Randu (Reuben Elishama Hadju) are ecstatic to learn all’s going well and to carry on with their lives as the day approaches. As she begins to get stressed out, thinking something’s wrong with her, he decides to hire live-in nurse Susan (Rhesa Putri) to help care for her only for the attacks to continue and intensify. At his wits’ end, he comes...
In the early stages of pregnancy, young mother Dinar (Jill Gladys) and her husband Randu (Reuben Elishama Hadju) are ecstatic to learn all’s going well and to carry on with their lives as the day approaches. As she begins to get stressed out, thinking something’s wrong with her, he decides to hire live-in nurse Susan (Rhesa Putri) to help care for her only for the attacks to continue and intensify. At his wits’ end, he comes...
- 12/11/2020
- by Don Anelli
- AsianMoviePulse
It has been a few months since our last rundown of new books exploring the world of cinema (and a little beyond), and the pile is growing with noteworthy texts. We have a memoir from Oliver Stone and a deep dive into the work of Kelly Reichardt, among others, but let’s start with the best film book of 2020, from the great critic Glenn Kenny.
(Note that another column is set to follow in a few weeks featuring even more recent gems, including Adam Nayman’s Paul Thomas Anderson: Masterworks and J. W. Rinzler’s The Making of Aliens.)
Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas by Glenn Kenny (Hanover Square Press)
Martin Scorsese has earned his share of explorative texts, but most look at his entire career arc. So, it is safe to say there has never been a single-film study of Scorsese as enlightening, as sharp, and as utterly...
(Note that another column is set to follow in a few weeks featuring even more recent gems, including Adam Nayman’s Paul Thomas Anderson: Masterworks and J. W. Rinzler’s The Making of Aliens.)
Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas by Glenn Kenny (Hanover Square Press)
Martin Scorsese has earned his share of explorative texts, but most look at his entire career arc. So, it is safe to say there has never been a single-film study of Scorsese as enlightening, as sharp, and as utterly...
- 10/15/2020
- by Christopher Schobert
- The Film Stage
Screen Star of Tomorrow 2020 Tom Wood produces with Vaughan Sivell, Will Kane.
The UK’s Western Edge Pictures has wrapped principal photography on Sampson Collins’ feature documentary Gazza, about the life and career of English football star Paul Gascoigne.
The documentary is made of archive footage, including previously unseen material. Contributors include family members, former teammates, close friends, and journalists – including some convicted of phone hacking from the latter group.
Collins’ credits include the 2015 cricket documentary Death Of A Gentleman. Tom Wood (recently named a Screen Star of Tomorrow 2020) produces for Western Edge alongside Will Kane and the company’s CEO Vaughan Sivell.
The UK’s Western Edge Pictures has wrapped principal photography on Sampson Collins’ feature documentary Gazza, about the life and career of English football star Paul Gascoigne.
The documentary is made of archive footage, including previously unseen material. Contributors include family members, former teammates, close friends, and journalists – including some convicted of phone hacking from the latter group.
Collins’ credits include the 2015 cricket documentary Death Of A Gentleman. Tom Wood (recently named a Screen Star of Tomorrow 2020) produces for Western Edge alongside Will Kane and the company’s CEO Vaughan Sivell.
- 10/8/2020
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
From women scorned to spandex-clad vigilante justice; the avenging fury has had many different faces, but few have proven quite as refreshing and timely as Katja Herbers’ titular columnist, in Ivo van Aart’s hugely twisted and shamelessly cathartic Dutch black comedy. As scathingly funny as it is deeply unsettling, The Columnist is one of cinema’s most fully-formed takes on internet trolling to date, and both its killer lead and powerful central debate on freedom of speech are destined to stick with you for long after its dynamite final frame.
Taking its lead from the casually perverse side of mainstream social media, van Aart’s film follows much derided journalist Femke Boot (Herbers), who finds her writing career somewhat scuppered when her obsession with Twitter trolls takes over her ability to focus. Lost in an online labyrinth of all-too-real ‘reply-guys’, calling her everything from an unfit mother to a straight-up pedophile,...
Taking its lead from the casually perverse side of mainstream social media, van Aart’s film follows much derided journalist Femke Boot (Herbers), who finds her writing career somewhat scuppered when her obsession with Twitter trolls takes over her ability to focus. Lost in an online labyrinth of all-too-real ‘reply-guys’, calling her everything from an unfit mother to a straight-up pedophile,...
- 9/2/2020
- by Ben Robins
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
With the dog days of summer still upon us, here are a bunch of new home releases coming out this week that should help keep you entertained from the comfort of your own home. Arrow Video is doing the lord’s work this Tuesday, with a handful of killer collections that genre fans are going to want to pick up, including Flash Gordon in 4K, The Last House on the Left, Pitch Black and Gamera: The Complete Collection.
Scream Factory is also unleashing Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell this week, Cursed Films is being released by Rlje Films, and Alice Lowe’s Prevenge is finally coming home on both Blu and DVD. Other notable releases for August 18th include Open 24 Hours, The Barge People, Cannibal Corpse Killers, and Paramount has put together a Thrills & Chills 4 pack of movies which includes Pet Sematary (2019), A Quiet Place, Overlord and Crawl.
Scream Factory is also unleashing Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell this week, Cursed Films is being released by Rlje Films, and Alice Lowe’s Prevenge is finally coming home on both Blu and DVD. Other notable releases for August 18th include Open 24 Hours, The Barge People, Cannibal Corpse Killers, and Paramount has put together a Thrills & Chills 4 pack of movies which includes Pet Sematary (2019), A Quiet Place, Overlord and Crawl.
- 8/17/2020
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
While it originally saw a festival run in three years ago, Alice Lowe's critically acclaimed Prevenge (review) is now getting a home video release.
Not satisfied to simply write and direct the feature, Lowe also stars as Ruth, a pregnant woman, dealing with the loss of her husband. Heavily pregnant and suffering through depression brought on by the loss, Ruth begins to listen to her unborn baby who is coaching and coaxing her to kill, starting with the other climbers who were with her husband when he died.
Brilliantly acted by Lowe, and co-starring Gemma Whelan, Kate Dickie, and Jo Hartley, Prevenge finds a great balance between horror and comedy to deliver a wildly entertaining film.
Not satisfied to simply write and direct the feature, Lowe also stars as Ruth, a pregnant woman, dealing with the loss of her husband. Heavily pregnant and suffering through depression brought on by the loss, Ruth begins to listen to her unborn baby who is coaching and coaxing her to kill, starting with the other climbers who were with her husband when he died.
Brilliantly acted by Lowe, and co-starring Gemma Whelan, Kate Dickie, and Jo Hartley, Prevenge finds a great balance between horror and comedy to deliver a wildly entertaining film.
- 8/13/2020
- QuietEarth.us
Alice Lowe's 2016 horror comedy Prevenge will finally be released on Digital HD, DVD and Blu-ray in the U.S. on August 18, 2020. Rlje Films is handling the release after acquiring Lowe's film from their AMC countepart Shudder. Screen Anarchy has three (3) copies of Prevenge to give away to our readers in the U.S. In Prevenge, Ruth’s misanthropic unborn baby speaks to her from the womb, coaching her to lure and ultimately kill her unsuspecting victims. Struggling with her conscience, loneliness, and a strange strain of prepartum madness, Ruth must ultimately choose between redemption and destruction at the moment of motherhood. You know the drill. We have a fact finding mission for you to complete. When you find the answer email...
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- 8/10/2020
- Screen Anarchy
"I'm on the dark side." Rlje Films has debuted another trailer for the imminent US release of Prevenge, the pregnancy black comedy from filmmaker Alice Lowe. This horror film originally premiered in 2016 at the Venice Film Festival, played on the festival circuit for a year, opened in the UK in 2017, streaming on Shudder in 2018, and is finally getting a full DVD/VOD release in the US in 2020. Whew. (The filmmakers already have another film in the works - Timestalker.) Described as a "pitch black, wryly British comedy", the film follows Ruth, played by Lowe, a woman seven months pregnant who listens to what her baby tells her and takes out anyone who stands in her way. Also stars Kate Dickie, Gemma Whelan, Jo Hartley, Kayvan Novak and Eileen Davies. Before the film was released, Lowe gave birth to a baby girl, Della, who was able to portray Ruth’s newborn in the film,...
- 7/22/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Craig Roberts’ “Eternal Beauty,” a romantic drama with Oscar-nominee Sally Hawkins, has sold North American rights to Samuel Goldwyn Films. The indie label will release the film on-demand this fall, an increasingly popular option at a time when many movie theaters are closed due to coronavirus.
Roberts, a writer, director, and actor, who has appeared on screen in the likes of “Red Oaks” and “Submarine,” and slid behind the camera on “Just Jim,” penned the script for “Eternal Beauty.” In addition to Hawkins, who scored Oscar nods for “The Shape of Water” and “Blue Jasmine,” the accomplished ensemble includes David Thewlis (“Harry Potter” franchise) Alice Lowe (“Prevenge”), Billie Piper (“Doctor Who”), and Penelope Wilton (“Zoo”).
“I’m delighted that Samuel Goldwyn are releasing our picture and that people will finally get to meet our real-life superhero. I’m incredibly proud of the team’s work on ‘Eternal Beauty’ and I...
Roberts, a writer, director, and actor, who has appeared on screen in the likes of “Red Oaks” and “Submarine,” and slid behind the camera on “Just Jim,” penned the script for “Eternal Beauty.” In addition to Hawkins, who scored Oscar nods for “The Shape of Water” and “Blue Jasmine,” the accomplished ensemble includes David Thewlis (“Harry Potter” franchise) Alice Lowe (“Prevenge”), Billie Piper (“Doctor Who”), and Penelope Wilton (“Zoo”).
“I’m delighted that Samuel Goldwyn are releasing our picture and that people will finally get to meet our real-life superhero. I’m incredibly proud of the team’s work on ‘Eternal Beauty’ and I...
- 7/21/2020
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
In his latest podcast host and screenwriter Stuart Wright talks with Seventh Row Executive Editor Orla Smith about 5 Themes In Feminist Horror.
Female Monsters: Carrie / Thelma Final Girl(S): The Slumber Party Massacre / Black Christmas Motherhood: The Babadook / Prevenge Housewives Revolting: Bitch / Swallow Gaslighting: Unsane / The Invisible Man
Beyond Empowerment: Feminist Horror And The Struggle For Female Agency is out now as an ebook from Seventh Row.
Female Monsters: Carrie / Thelma Final Girl(S): The Slumber Party Massacre / Black Christmas Motherhood: The Babadook / Prevenge Housewives Revolting: Bitch / Swallow Gaslighting: Unsane / The Invisible Man
Beyond Empowerment: Feminist Horror And The Struggle For Female Agency is out now as an ebook from Seventh Row.
- 5/8/2020
- by Stuart Wright
- Nerdly
Hello, dear readers! As we head into another weekend, I thought I’d put together a list of movies that are currently streaming across a variety of platforms—Shudder, Netflix, Hulu, Tubi TV, Vudu, Crackle, Pluto TV, Amazon Prime, and YouTube—that celebrate some of the most fierce and fearsome female characters of both the horror and sci-fi genres. Whether you’d consider them heroes or villains, without a doubt, this compilation of more than 80 different movies showcase decades of compelling women who have left an indelible mark on the vast landscape of genre, and genre-adjacent, storytelling.
Stay Safe and Happy Streaming!
A Simple Favor (Streaming on Amazon Prime)
A Simple Favor, directed by Paul Feig, centers around Stephanie (Anna Kendrick), a mommy vlogger who seeks to uncover the truth behind her best friend Emily’s (Blake Lively) disappearance.
Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II (Streaming on Vudu & Pluto TV...
Stay Safe and Happy Streaming!
A Simple Favor (Streaming on Amazon Prime)
A Simple Favor, directed by Paul Feig, centers around Stephanie (Anna Kendrick), a mommy vlogger who seeks to uncover the truth behind her best friend Emily’s (Blake Lively) disappearance.
Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II (Streaming on Vudu & Pluto TV...
- 4/24/2020
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Exclusive: Frontieres, the industry initiative for genre film professionals, has named an 11-strong lineup for its 2020 Financing & Packaging Forum.
Frontieres runs three events throughout the year: the Forum, which this year will be held in Sweden in February, the Frontières Platform at the Marché du Film which is held during the Cannes festival in May, and finally the International Co-Production Market at Montreal’s Fantastia festival in July.
The year’s Forum relocates from Helsinki to Karlskrona, Sweden, and will run February 27-29. It is co-organized with The Carl International Film Festival and Nordic Factory, and marks the first collaboration between Frontieres, the Swedish Film Institute and Norwegian Film Institute, and a returning collaboration with the Nordisk Film & TV Fond.
This year’s slate features a majority of women directors as participants. Jen Handorf, whose credits as a producer include Alice Lowe’s Prevenge and Ben Parker’s The Chamber,...
Frontieres runs three events throughout the year: the Forum, which this year will be held in Sweden in February, the Frontières Platform at the Marché du Film which is held during the Cannes festival in May, and finally the International Co-Production Market at Montreal’s Fantastia festival in July.
The year’s Forum relocates from Helsinki to Karlskrona, Sweden, and will run February 27-29. It is co-organized with The Carl International Film Festival and Nordic Factory, and marks the first collaboration between Frontieres, the Swedish Film Institute and Norwegian Film Institute, and a returning collaboration with the Nordisk Film & TV Fond.
This year’s slate features a majority of women directors as participants. Jen Handorf, whose credits as a producer include Alice Lowe’s Prevenge and Ben Parker’s The Chamber,...
- 1/30/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
The actor, writer and Prevenge director on demonic possession and the cathartic possibilities of Scrabble
Alice Lowe has starred in Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace, The Mighty Boosh, Hot Fuzz and Ben Wheatley’s Sightseers, which she co-wrote. In 2016 she wrote, directed and starred in Prevenge, and last year appeared in Black Mirror: Bandersnatch. Next she stars alongside Bill Nighy and Sam Riley in Sometimes Always Never, a film written by Frank Cottrell Boyce about a Scrabble-loving family coping with a loss, to be released in cinemas on 14 June.
What attracted you to the project?
Frank Cottrell Boyce is on my list of people I’d say yes to, even if he asked me to play a paper bag. And when I found out Bill Nighy was involved, I was over the moon. It’s a really warm comedy, without being soppy or cheesy – it’s wry and witty, with lots of surprising humour.
Alice Lowe has starred in Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace, The Mighty Boosh, Hot Fuzz and Ben Wheatley’s Sightseers, which she co-wrote. In 2016 she wrote, directed and starred in Prevenge, and last year appeared in Black Mirror: Bandersnatch. Next she stars alongside Bill Nighy and Sam Riley in Sometimes Always Never, a film written by Frank Cottrell Boyce about a Scrabble-loving family coping with a loss, to be released in cinemas on 14 June.
What attracted you to the project?
Frank Cottrell Boyce is on my list of people I’d say yes to, even if he asked me to play a paper bag. And when I found out Bill Nighy was involved, I was over the moon. It’s a really warm comedy, without being soppy or cheesy – it’s wry and witty, with lots of surprising humour.
- 6/8/2019
- by Kathryn Bromwich
- The Guardian - Film News
Exclusive: Get your crucifix and be ready to recite a bunch of Hail Marys because New Line’s The Nun is coming back and screenwriter Akela Cooper has been tapped to write the script for the next installment of the series which will take us deeper into the hellishly sacred world of The Conjuring universe.
To date, the Conjuring universe has scared up $1.57 billion at the global box office. The Nun alone is the highest grossing film in the series earning more than $365 million worldwide so its no question that they would get back into the habit to frighten us all.
Cooper is no stranger to the thriller and horror genre. In addition to working on the Netflix Marvel series Luke Cage, she was a writer on the Lionsgate/CBS film Hell Fest and penned the screenplay for the upcoming A.I. doll thriller M3gan from Conjuring Godfather James Wan and Atomic Monster.
To date, the Conjuring universe has scared up $1.57 billion at the global box office. The Nun alone is the highest grossing film in the series earning more than $365 million worldwide so its no question that they would get back into the habit to frighten us all.
Cooper is no stranger to the thriller and horror genre. In addition to working on the Netflix Marvel series Luke Cage, she was a writer on the Lionsgate/CBS film Hell Fest and penned the screenplay for the upcoming A.I. doll thriller M3gan from Conjuring Godfather James Wan and Atomic Monster.
- 4/15/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
The next installment of Charlie Brooker’s “Black Mirror” mind-bending tech-dystopia franchise hits Netflix this Friday with a special interactive movie.
The streamer released the trailer for “Black Mirror: Bandersnatch” (watch above or at this link), which premieres Friday, Dec. 28, on Netflix worldwide. It’s expected to be a choose-your-own-adventure style movie, with reports that “Bandersnatch” includes 312 minutes of material (just over five hours) to explore.
According to Netflix’s description of the special, “Black Mirror: Bandersnatch” is set in 1984, when a young programmer (Fionn Whitehead) begins to question reality as he adapts a sprawling fantasy novel called “Bandersnatch” — written by a mad genius who allegedly cut off his wife’s head — into an adventure video game. Our code-jockey hero soon faces “a mind-mangling challenge.”
“Black Mirror: Bandersnatch” stars Whitehead (“Dunkirk”), Asim Chaudhry (“People Just Do Nothing”), Will Poulter (“The Maze Runner”) and Alice Lowe (“Prevenge”).
A “bandersnatch” is a...
The streamer released the trailer for “Black Mirror: Bandersnatch” (watch above or at this link), which premieres Friday, Dec. 28, on Netflix worldwide. It’s expected to be a choose-your-own-adventure style movie, with reports that “Bandersnatch” includes 312 minutes of material (just over five hours) to explore.
According to Netflix’s description of the special, “Black Mirror: Bandersnatch” is set in 1984, when a young programmer (Fionn Whitehead) begins to question reality as he adapts a sprawling fantasy novel called “Bandersnatch” — written by a mad genius who allegedly cut off his wife’s head — into an adventure video game. Our code-jockey hero soon faces “a mind-mangling challenge.”
“Black Mirror: Bandersnatch” stars Whitehead (“Dunkirk”), Asim Chaudhry (“People Just Do Nothing”), Will Poulter (“The Maze Runner”) and Alice Lowe (“Prevenge”).
A “bandersnatch” is a...
- 12/27/2018
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
Iwan Rheon also stars in feature from Western Edge Pictures.
Ryan Andrew Hooper’s feature debut The Toll, starring Michael Smiley and Annes Elwy, has wrapped after shooting on location in Wales.
Produced by Vaughan Sivell and Mark Hopkins for Western Edge Pictures through the Ffilm Cymru Wales’ Cinematic scheme, the thriller features Smiley as a man working solo shifts in the quietest toll booth in Wales, hiding from a criminal past where nobody would ever look. Elwy plays a traffic cop who heads to the booth at exactly the wrong time. It is written by Matt Redd.
Smiley’s...
Ryan Andrew Hooper’s feature debut The Toll, starring Michael Smiley and Annes Elwy, has wrapped after shooting on location in Wales.
Produced by Vaughan Sivell and Mark Hopkins for Western Edge Pictures through the Ffilm Cymru Wales’ Cinematic scheme, the thriller features Smiley as a man working solo shifts in the quietest toll booth in Wales, hiding from a criminal past where nobody would ever look. Elwy plays a traffic cop who heads to the booth at exactly the wrong time. It is written by Matt Redd.
Smiley’s...
- 12/10/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Though it originally ran for just six episodes in 2004, the U.K. TV series “Garth Merenghi’s Darkplace” — an inspired spoof of supernatural anthology shows, among other things — has acquired a still-growing cult following. Its principal collaborators have all forged interesting careers since, with two recently making their feature writing-directing debuts. Released last year, cast member Alice Lowe’s “Prevenge” was a macabre piece about a unbalanced woman who starts believing her unborn child is ordering her to kill. “Darkplace” co-creator/star Matthew Holness’ new “Possum” is also about madness, being a psychological horror in which nearly all the terrors (both seen and unseen) may simply be figments of a severely withdrawn protagonist’s haunted imagination.
In script terms, Holness straddles the line between “minimalist” and “underdeveloped.” There are times when it feels like “Possum” (named after a creepy children’s rhyme much recited here) would have had its slender...
In script terms, Holness straddles the line between “minimalist” and “underdeveloped.” There are times when it feels like “Possum” (named after a creepy children’s rhyme much recited here) would have had its slender...
- 11/2/2018
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
Western Edge Pictures credits include Prevenge, The Canal.
Billie Piper’s directorial debut ‘anti rom-com’ Rare Beasts has begun principal photography for London and Wales-based production outfit Western Edge Pictures.
The cast has also been announced. Piper stars as Mandy alongside Leo Bill, who has Peterloo and In Fabric at Tiff, as well as David Thewlis, Kerry Fox, and newcomer Toby Woolf.
Rare Beasts takes place against the backdrop of the modern feminism movement and centres on a single mother in crisis, writing about a love that no longer exists, who falls for a traditionalist religious man in search of sense-worth.
Billie Piper’s directorial debut ‘anti rom-com’ Rare Beasts has begun principal photography for London and Wales-based production outfit Western Edge Pictures.
The cast has also been announced. Piper stars as Mandy alongside Leo Bill, who has Peterloo and In Fabric at Tiff, as well as David Thewlis, Kerry Fox, and newcomer Toby Woolf.
Rare Beasts takes place against the backdrop of the modern feminism movement and centres on a single mother in crisis, writing about a love that no longer exists, who falls for a traditionalist religious man in search of sense-worth.
- 9/11/2018
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
Western Edge Pictures credits include Prevenge, The Canal.
Billie Piper’s directorial debut ‘ anti rom-com’ Rare Beasts has begun principal photography for London and Wales-based production outfit Western Edge Pictures.
Piper stars as Mandy alongside Leo Bill, who has Peterloo and In Fabric at Tiff, as well as David Thewlis, Kerry Fox, and newcomer Toby Woolf.
Rare Beasts takes place against the backdrop of the modern feminism movement and centres on a single mother in crisis, writing about a love that no longer exists, who falls for a traditionalist religious man in search of sense-worth.
“Rare Beasts is a cautionary tale,...
Billie Piper’s directorial debut ‘ anti rom-com’ Rare Beasts has begun principal photography for London and Wales-based production outfit Western Edge Pictures.
Piper stars as Mandy alongside Leo Bill, who has Peterloo and In Fabric at Tiff, as well as David Thewlis, Kerry Fox, and newcomer Toby Woolf.
Rare Beasts takes place against the backdrop of the modern feminism movement and centres on a single mother in crisis, writing about a love that no longer exists, who falls for a traditionalist religious man in search of sense-worth.
“Rare Beasts is a cautionary tale,...
- 9/11/2018
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
The actress receives the third annual Genre Rising Star award.
Ella Hunt, the star of Christmas zombie musical Anna And The Apocalypse, has been named the Screen International Frightfest Genre Rising Star 2018 at a ceremony held at Arrow Video FrightFest on Monday August 27.
Previous winners of the award are Danny Morgan, writer and star of Double Date, in 2017, and Alice Lowe, director/writer/star of Prevenge, in 2016.
Hunt takes the central role in John McPhail’s Anna And The Apocalypse, which sees a sleepy Scottish town being besieged by zombies in the run-up to Christmas. Anna and her friends dance,...
Ella Hunt, the star of Christmas zombie musical Anna And The Apocalypse, has been named the Screen International Frightfest Genre Rising Star 2018 at a ceremony held at Arrow Video FrightFest on Monday August 27.
Previous winners of the award are Danny Morgan, writer and star of Double Date, in 2017, and Alice Lowe, director/writer/star of Prevenge, in 2016.
Hunt takes the central role in John McPhail’s Anna And The Apocalypse, which sees a sleepy Scottish town being besieged by zombies in the run-up to Christmas. Anna and her friends dance,...
- 8/28/2018
- by Nikki Baughan
- ScreenDaily
Rising multi-hyphenate Craig Roberts has beefed up the British cast for his upcoming second feature, Eternal Beauty, now in production in Wales.
Alongside the already announced -- and new Oscar nominee -- Sally Hawkins (The Shape of Water, Paddington), Billie Piper (Yerma, Doctor Who), Penelope Wilton (Downton Abbey), Alice Lowe (Prevenge, Sightseers) and David Thewlis (Fargo, Wonder Woman) have also joined the film.
Other cast members include Bob Pugh (Master and Commander), Rob Aramayo (Game of Thrones), Morfydd Clark (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies) and Paul Hilton (Lady Macbeth).
Roberts’ second directorial feature after 2015’s BAFTA-nominated Just Jim, Eternal Beauty will tell the ...
Alongside the already announced -- and new Oscar nominee -- Sally Hawkins (The Shape of Water, Paddington), Billie Piper (Yerma, Doctor Who), Penelope Wilton (Downton Abbey), Alice Lowe (Prevenge, Sightseers) and David Thewlis (Fargo, Wonder Woman) have also joined the film.
Other cast members include Bob Pugh (Master and Commander), Rob Aramayo (Game of Thrones), Morfydd Clark (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies) and Paul Hilton (Lady Macbeth).
Roberts’ second directorial feature after 2015’s BAFTA-nominated Just Jim, Eternal Beauty will tell the ...
- 6/26/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Rising multi-hyphenate Craig Roberts has beefed up the British cast for his upcoming second feature, Eternal Beauty, now in production in Wales.
Alongside the already announced -- and new Oscar nominee -- Sally Hawkins (The Shape of Water, Paddington), Billie Piper (Yerma, Doctor Who), Penelope Wilton (Downton Abbey), Alice Lowe (Prevenge, Sightseers) and David Thewlis (Fargo, Wonder Woman) have also joined the film.
Other cast members include Bob Pugh (Master and Commander), Rob Aramayo (Game of Thrones), Morfydd Clark (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies) and Paul Hilton (Lady Macbeth).
Roberts’ second directorial feature after 2015’s BAFTA-nominated Just Jim, Eternal Beauty will tell the ...
Alongside the already announced -- and new Oscar nominee -- Sally Hawkins (The Shape of Water, Paddington), Billie Piper (Yerma, Doctor Who), Penelope Wilton (Downton Abbey), Alice Lowe (Prevenge, Sightseers) and David Thewlis (Fargo, Wonder Woman) have also joined the film.
Other cast members include Bob Pugh (Master and Commander), Rob Aramayo (Game of Thrones), Morfydd Clark (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies) and Paul Hilton (Lady Macbeth).
Roberts’ second directorial feature after 2015’s BAFTA-nominated Just Jim, Eternal Beauty will tell the ...
- 6/26/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Greenlit means a project is officially a go, so all you have to do is follow these leads to stay up to date. You never know where you’ll find an opportunity to land an audition! “Eternal Beauty” After bagging stars Sally Hawkins, Alice Lowe, and David Thewlis, Craig Roberts’ upcoming feature “Eternal Beauty” has now brought on casting director Karen Lindsay-Stewart to complete the ensemble. Hawkins plays June, a rejected former model who has spiraled into a chaotic episode of schizophrenia lasting 20 years. Things change when she begins a darkly comic romance with Mike (Thewlis), a failed musician and fellow lost soul. Production begins in June on location in Wales. “Rare Beasts”Actor Billie Piper announced she is writing, directing, and starring in her first feature called “Rare Beasts.” The “anti–rom-com” sees Piper as a career-driven single mother who falls in love with a charming, traditionalist man. Produced by Vaughan Sivell,...
- 5/21/2018
- backstage.com
Modern horror has been killing it recently. From 2016 frighteners Raw, The Ghoul and knocked-up knock out Prevenge to last year’s tension builder It Comes At Night and throwback mega-hit It, the horror genre has been riding a wave of smart, challenging and most importantly – really good – films that cater to both mainstream and die-hard indie audiences alike. What’s more, this wave of goodness shows no sign of slowing. Just this week we’ve been treated to Andy Nyman and Jeremy Dyson’s cryptic chiller Ghost Stories and John Krasinski’s critically praised terror A Quiet Place and we’re barely four months into 2018.
Could this resurgence result in the horror genre being taken a bit more seriously? It’s a thought so appealing you almost don’t dare utter it out loud. If the release of Jordan Peele’s surprise hit Get Out last year is anything to go by,...
Could this resurgence result in the horror genre being taken a bit more seriously? It’s a thought so appealing you almost don’t dare utter it out loud. If the release of Jordan Peele’s surprise hit Get Out last year is anything to go by,...
- 4/9/2018
- by Simon Bland
- Nerdly
Film journalist turned filmmaker Neville Pierce is gearing up for his feature directorial debut, but before making that jump, he’s prepped a trio of brand-new short films that show off his unique style and various genre obsessions. This first batch from Pierce includes “Ghosted,” a Valentine’s Day-appropriate (well, kind of) offering starring “Prevenge” filmmaker and star Alice Lowe.
“After 15 years or so of reviewing films and interviewing filmmakers and actors, the shorts were my attempt to put what I’d learned into action,” said Pierce in an official statement. “With ‘Ghosted,’ we wanted to make a romantic comedy with a little bit of a riptide. It’s about trying to get over any kind of loss…Hopefully the shorts show a bit of range – we had great crews and it was a thrill to work with such a talented group of actors.”
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“After 15 years or so of reviewing films and interviewing filmmakers and actors, the shorts were my attempt to put what I’d learned into action,” said Pierce in an official statement. “With ‘Ghosted,’ we wanted to make a romantic comedy with a little bit of a riptide. It’s about trying to get over any kind of loss…Hopefully the shorts show a bit of range – we had great crews and it was a thrill to work with such a talented group of actors.”
Read More:How a Pregnant Actress Overcame...
- 2/4/2018
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Ben Mortimer Nov 8, 2017
Simon Farnaby chats to us about writing Paddington 2, appearing in Rogue One, and making Yonderland...
Simon Farnaby is a man already keenly admired around these parts for being part of the Horrible Histories, Yonderland and Bill ensemble. But he's also the man who co-penned the script to the incoming Paddington 2, which seemed like a good enough excuse for a chat to us. Here's how it went...
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How did you end up joining Paul King [director/co-writer] on writing duties this time round?
Paul and I are friends, and we met many, many years ago in the comedy fringes, shall we say. We met and got on, and we did a one man show; we co-wrote a show, which I was acting in, and Paul directed for Battersea arts centre, this was 2004, or something.
Simon Farnaby chats to us about writing Paddington 2, appearing in Rogue One, and making Yonderland...
Simon Farnaby is a man already keenly admired around these parts for being part of the Horrible Histories, Yonderland and Bill ensemble. But he's also the man who co-penned the script to the incoming Paddington 2, which seemed like a good enough excuse for a chat to us. Here's how it went...
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How did you end up joining Paul King [director/co-writer] on writing duties this time round?
Paul and I are friends, and we met many, many years ago in the comedy fringes, shall we say. We met and got on, and we did a one man show; we co-wrote a show, which I was acting in, and Paul directed for Battersea arts centre, this was 2004, or something.
- 11/7/2017
- Den of Geek
When Greta Gerwig’s already-lauded “Lady Bird” hits limited release later this week, the actress-writer-director will join a long line of other female filmmakers who used their directorial debut (this one is Gerwig’s solo directorial debut, just for clarity’s sake) to not only launch their careers, but make a huge mark while doing it. Gerwig’s Saoirse Ronan-starring coming-of-age tale is an instant classic, and one that shouldn’t come as much of a surprise to anyone who has enjoyed Gerwig’s charming work as a screenwriter in recent years, bolstered by her ear for dialogue and her love of complicated and complex leading ladies.
While Hollywood still lags when it comes to offering up opportunities to its most talented female filmmakers, many of them have overcome the dismal stats to deliver compelling, interesting, and unique first features. In short, they’re good filmmakers who made good movies,...
While Hollywood still lags when it comes to offering up opportunities to its most talented female filmmakers, many of them have overcome the dismal stats to deliver compelling, interesting, and unique first features. In short, they’re good filmmakers who made good movies,...
- 11/1/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
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