Following Main Slate and Spotlight, the 61st New York Film Festival has unveiled its Revivals lineup, featuring new restorations of classic and overlooked films. Highlights include Manoel de Oliveira’s Abraham’s Valley, Jean Renoir‘s The Woman on the Beach, Bahram Beyzaie’s The Stranger and the Fog, Abel Gance’s La Roue, Paul Vecchiali’s The Strangler, Lee Grant’s Tell Me a Riddle, Nancy Savoca’s Household Saints, Horace Ové’s Pressure, and more.
“This year’s edition of Revivals is a thrilling showcase of cinema history, packed with groundbreaking discoveries and long unseen classics alike, all in outstanding restorations,” said Florence Almozini, Senior Director of Programming at Film at Lincoln Center and NYFF Revivals Programmer. “We never cease to be amazed at the lasting influence of these cinematic gems on our collective sense of cinema, with the way they have tackled cultural, societal, or political issues with such modernity and artistry.
“This year’s edition of Revivals is a thrilling showcase of cinema history, packed with groundbreaking discoveries and long unseen classics alike, all in outstanding restorations,” said Florence Almozini, Senior Director of Programming at Film at Lincoln Center and NYFF Revivals Programmer. “We never cease to be amazed at the lasting influence of these cinematic gems on our collective sense of cinema, with the way they have tackled cultural, societal, or political issues with such modernity and artistry.
- 8/21/2023
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
Disabled workers and disability activists in Hollywood are speaking out in support of expanded employment opportunities in the industry. The Thursday, March 23 open letter, signed by stars such as Ali Stroker, Chris Cooper and Marianne Leone, Daniel Durant, Jason Katims, Krista Vernoff, Lauren Ridloff, Marlee Matlin, Paul Feig, Ramy Youssef, and Siân Heder, was created with the Inevitable Foundation to encourage the TV and film industry to hire disabled creatives in writing, producing, directing, and more positions, not just disability consultants. The Inevitable Foundation is a non-profit “working to close the disability representation gap in film and television. Currently, disabled people make up over 20 percent of the U.S. population but represent only two percent of characters on screen and less than one percent of film and TV writers,” the org said in the Thursday press release. “By funding and mentoring mid-career disabled screenwriters, Inevitable Foundation is creating a world...
- 3/23/2023
- TV Insider
Marlee Matlin, Ramy Youssef, Lauren Ridloff, Ryan O’Connell and Ali Stroker are among the Hollywood names supporting the Inevitable Foundation’s open letter calling on the industry to shift away from relying on disability consultants and instead hire creatives with disabilities on film and TV projects.
A total of 35 deaf, disabled and allied writers, actors, showrunners and producers signed their names to the letter written and published by the Inevitable Foundation’s co-founders Marisa Torelli-Pedevska and Richie Siegel as part of their new Hire Disabled Writers, Not Just A Disability Consultant initiative.
Paul Feig, Jason Katims, Sian Heder, Liz Tigelaar, Krista Vernoff, Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz, Josh Feldman, Shoshannah Stern and Timothy Omundson also backed the open letter, pledging to, in their own creative capacities, put more disabled creatives in positions of power and move away from the consultant model. It’s a system frequently used “instead of — not...
A total of 35 deaf, disabled and allied writers, actors, showrunners and producers signed their names to the letter written and published by the Inevitable Foundation’s co-founders Marisa Torelli-Pedevska and Richie Siegel as part of their new Hire Disabled Writers, Not Just A Disability Consultant initiative.
Paul Feig, Jason Katims, Sian Heder, Liz Tigelaar, Krista Vernoff, Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz, Josh Feldman, Shoshannah Stern and Timothy Omundson also backed the open letter, pledging to, in their own creative capacities, put more disabled creatives in positions of power and move away from the consultant model. It’s a system frequently used “instead of — not...
- 3/23/2023
- by Abbey White
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
As Hollywood events return to full force in New York and Los Angeles amid the coronavirus pandemic, here’s a look at the week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings, including red carpets for The Batman, Winning Time, Turning Red, The Adam Project and Fresh.
The Adam Project world premiere
After a special screening in Los Angeles last week, Ryan Reynolds premiered his Netflix sci-fi flick at New York City’s Lincoln Center on Monday, where he was joined by director Shawn Levy and stars Jennifer Garner, Mark Ruffalo, Zoe Saldaña and Walker Scobell.
The Batman world premiere
Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Paul Dano, Jeffrey Wright, John Turturro, Peter Sarsgaard, Andy Serkis and Colin Farrell premiered their highly anticipated film in New York City on Tuesday. Pattinson joked to THR on the carpet that if could describe his take on the caped crusader in three words it would be “crazy,...
The Adam Project world premiere
After a special screening in Los Angeles last week, Ryan Reynolds premiered his Netflix sci-fi flick at New York City’s Lincoln Center on Monday, where he was joined by director Shawn Levy and stars Jennifer Garner, Mark Ruffalo, Zoe Saldaña and Walker Scobell.
The Batman world premiere
Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Paul Dano, Jeffrey Wright, John Turturro, Peter Sarsgaard, Andy Serkis and Colin Farrell premiered their highly anticipated film in New York City on Tuesday. Pattinson joked to THR on the carpet that if could describe his take on the caped crusader in three words it would be “crazy,...
- 3/4/2022
- by Kirsten Chuba
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Producers Celine Rattray and Trudie Styler weren’t in a unique position when Covid-19 hit. Like others who were working on film sets, they were left without a way to continue their job — at least in person.
So they got innovative. Rattray and Styler, whose combined producing credits include “The Kids Are All Right,” “American Honey” and “Still Alice,” enlisted some famous friends — including Julianne Moore, Don Cheadle, Rosie Perez, Justina Machado and Chris Cooper — to capture how much everyone’s lives had changed during darkest days of the pandemic. The final product is “With/In,” an anthology of 13 short films, some satire, some comical and some all-too-real about the confinement and isolation that resulted from lockdown. The made-at-home series premiered at this year’s Tribeca Festival.
Between April and July of 2020, the filmmaking team shipped equipment between different families (and aided them with at least seven hours of technical training...
So they got innovative. Rattray and Styler, whose combined producing credits include “The Kids Are All Right,” “American Honey” and “Still Alice,” enlisted some famous friends — including Julianne Moore, Don Cheadle, Rosie Perez, Justina Machado and Chris Cooper — to capture how much everyone’s lives had changed during darkest days of the pandemic. The final product is “With/In,” an anthology of 13 short films, some satire, some comical and some all-too-real about the confinement and isolation that resulted from lockdown. The made-at-home series premiered at this year’s Tribeca Festival.
Between April and July of 2020, the filmmaking team shipped equipment between different families (and aided them with at least seven hours of technical training...
- 6/18/2021
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Julianne Moore, Don Cheadle, Sanaa Lathan, Rebecca Hall, Chris Cooper, Alessandro Nivola, Emily Mortimer, Rosie Perez and Debra Winger are among the all-star cast of innovative feature With/In, a made-at-home anthology film revolving around themes of confinement and isolation.
Trudie Styler and Celine Rattray’s newly rebranded Maven Screen Media (American Honey) is in production on the two-hour feature, which is a collection of short films made during lockdown by a slew of top actors and directors. Scroll down for the full list of participants.
The project was initiated when Maven and Emmy-winning writer-producer Margaret Nagle (Boardwalk Empire) asked actor-director families and friends to come up with stories about life stuck inside. Storylines include a couple stuck together after a one night stand, kids scheming to run away from their paranoid dad, a divorced couple isolating together for the sake of their dog, and a widow dealing with her grief.
Trudie Styler and Celine Rattray’s newly rebranded Maven Screen Media (American Honey) is in production on the two-hour feature, which is a collection of short films made during lockdown by a slew of top actors and directors. Scroll down for the full list of participants.
The project was initiated when Maven and Emmy-winning writer-producer Margaret Nagle (Boardwalk Empire) asked actor-director families and friends to come up with stories about life stuck inside. Storylines include a couple stuck together after a one night stand, kids scheming to run away from their paranoid dad, a divorced couple isolating together for the sake of their dog, and a widow dealing with her grief.
- 7/30/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Actor Chris Cooper and his wife Marianne Leone know first-hand the profound, positive impact inclusive education and training can have on the lives of the differently abled and their loved ones.
The Oscar winner and actress/author became champions for kids with special needs, after fighting for their son Jesse, who had cerebral palsy and epilepsy, to attend public school.
Thanks to their efforts, Jesse attended public high school in Massachusetts where he was an honor student. Jesse died suddenly from a seizure at age 17 in 2005, but the Coopers continue their advocacy for the differently abled, knowing the positive impact...
The Oscar winner and actress/author became champions for kids with special needs, after fighting for their son Jesse, who had cerebral palsy and epilepsy, to attend public school.
Thanks to their efforts, Jesse attended public high school in Massachusetts where he was an honor student. Jesse died suddenly from a seizure at age 17 in 2005, but the Coopers continue their advocacy for the differently abled, knowing the positive impact...
- 10/26/2019
- by Kara Warner
- PEOPLE.com
Amy Poehler learned the hard way that it's easy to make a bad first impression when your job is making fun of people.
The former Saturday Night Live star emphasized her "shame" over inadvertently mocking Anastasia and Alba Somoza, twins born with cerebral palsy, in an SNL skit from 2008.
Delivering a speech at Wednesday's Somoza Palooza, which honored the Somoza sisters and their family, Poehler admitted that the gaffe occurred when, "Without me quite knowing the correct context of what I was doing and saying, I ended up making a joke about a project that was based on her life...
The former Saturday Night Live star emphasized her "shame" over inadvertently mocking Anastasia and Alba Somoza, twins born with cerebral palsy, in an SNL skit from 2008.
Delivering a speech at Wednesday's Somoza Palooza, which honored the Somoza sisters and their family, Poehler admitted that the gaffe occurred when, "Without me quite knowing the correct context of what I was doing and saying, I ended up making a joke about a project that was based on her life...
- 5/8/2015
- by Maggie Parker
- People.com - TV Watch
Cape Rep Theatre's Summer Starlight An Evening With Ellen and Dermot Mulroney benefitting Cape Rep Theatre on July 15 was a sold out success raising over 16,000 for the Brewster theatre. Guests included actors Chris Cooper and his wife Marianne Leone Cooper, gubernatorial candidate Dan Wolf, and many other prominent leaders from the arts and business communities from Cape Cod, Boston and the South Shore. Scroll down for a photo of Dermot and Ellen onstage...
- 7/18/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Title: Loosies Directed By: Michael Corrente Starring: Peter Facinelli, Jaimie Alexander, Vincent Gallo, Michael Madsen, Joe Pantoliano, William Forsythe, Marianne Leone Having never watched Nurse Jackie, for the past few years, Peter Facinelli has been Carlisle Cullen and Carlisle Cullen alone. However, thanks to Facinelli’s itch to write, we get Loosies and even though Facinelli’s writing is average, it really shows he’s an incredibly talented actor. He seems to have some ability in the writing department, but now I’m more excited for The Twilight Saga to come to a close so Facinelli can sink his teeth into some meatier roles. Bobby (Facinelli) may look like a stockbroker, but the suit...
- 1/12/2012
- by Perri Nemiroff
- ShockYa
Oscar winner Chris Cooper hopes his new movie Hurricane Mary gives belief to all parents of disabled kids - because it shows that doctors don't always know best.
Written by the Adaptation star's wife Marianne Leone and based on the real-life battle of a mother who refused to listen to doctors, Cooper feels the film could be the feel-good movie of the year.
And it's a personal triumph for the actor and his wife.
Their son, Jesse, died of causes related to his cerebral palsy battle in 2005. The twins in Leone's movie battle the disease.
Cooper says, "We met Mary (Somosa) through our mutual paediatrician and her twin daughters had varying degrees of cerebral palsy, as did my son (Jesse).
"The film deals with the medical system, who we had to prove wrong. Early on we were told, 'Your son's cortically blind. Are you thinking about having another child?' That suggested, 'Get one that works' to me.
"It also deals with an educational system which doesn't want to deal with children with disabilities... There are all sorts of tricks and I want to expose what the state of New York did to Mary Somosa and her family."
The story has a very happy ending - Somosa's disabled daughters are set to graduate from Georgetown University.
Cooper beams, "One of them is going to be a disabilities lawyer now. They are bilingual, with IQs of 130.
"If Mary Somosa and my wife had taken to heart what the medical establishment thought was gonna be the outturn of these children then their potential would've been destroyed.
"How many children live in a very aware mind trapped in a body, and are just dying to express themselves and they've been given this prediction that this child is of virtually no worth so why invest anything in it."...
Written by the Adaptation star's wife Marianne Leone and based on the real-life battle of a mother who refused to listen to doctors, Cooper feels the film could be the feel-good movie of the year.
And it's a personal triumph for the actor and his wife.
Their son, Jesse, died of causes related to his cerebral palsy battle in 2005. The twins in Leone's movie battle the disease.
Cooper says, "We met Mary (Somosa) through our mutual paediatrician and her twin daughters had varying degrees of cerebral palsy, as did my son (Jesse).
"The film deals with the medical system, who we had to prove wrong. Early on we were told, 'Your son's cortically blind. Are you thinking about having another child?' That suggested, 'Get one that works' to me.
"It also deals with an educational system which doesn't want to deal with children with disabilities... There are all sorts of tricks and I want to expose what the state of New York did to Mary Somosa and her family."
The story has a very happy ending - Somosa's disabled daughters are set to graduate from Georgetown University.
Cooper beams, "One of them is going to be a disabilities lawyer now. They are bilingual, with IQs of 130.
"If Mary Somosa and my wife had taken to heart what the medical establishment thought was gonna be the outturn of these children then their potential would've been destroyed.
"How many children live in a very aware mind trapped in a body, and are just dying to express themselves and they've been given this prediction that this child is of virtually no worth so why invest anything in it."...
- 3/14/2008
- WENN
Actor Chris Cooper was in mourning yesterday following the death of his 17-year-old son Jesse from causes relating to cerebral palsy. Cooper and his offspring's actress mother Marianne Leone have been tireless advocates for special needs kids in the Boston area of Massachusetts since moving there in 1994, believing the state had more progressive educational opportunities for children with cerebral palsy. Jesse's condition was so severe, his parents had to prepare him special meals, employ tutors and therapists, and attend to him several times during the course of a night. In response to the tragic news, family spokeswoman Cara Tripicchio says, "They are fantastic people and our hearts go out to them. It's very, very unfortunate." At the time of Jesse's death, the couple were in pre-production on Conquistadora, a film written by Leone about the brain disorder.
- 1/6/2005
- WENN
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