Vertical Entertainment has landed North American and U.K. rights to “We Broke Up,” a romantic comedy starring William Jackson Harper of “The Good Place” fame and “You’re the Worst” actor Aya Cash.
The movie, written and directed by Jeff Rosenberg, is slated to premiere in theaters and on demand on April 23.
“We’re thrilled to have found such a passionate partner for ‘We Broke Up in Vertical,’ whose enthusiasm for the film was apparent from the moment they watched it,” said Rosenberg. “We can’t wait for the world to see this smart, subversive romantic comedy, and the inspired performances by William Jackson Harper and Aya Cash.”
“We Broke Up” centers on Lori (Cash) and Doug (Jackson Harper), who have been together for 10 years. When Lori reacts poorly to Doug’s surprise proposal just before her little sister’s wedding, he breaks up with her. Not wanting to steal the spotlight from her sister,...
The movie, written and directed by Jeff Rosenberg, is slated to premiere in theaters and on demand on April 23.
“We’re thrilled to have found such a passionate partner for ‘We Broke Up in Vertical,’ whose enthusiasm for the film was apparent from the moment they watched it,” said Rosenberg. “We can’t wait for the world to see this smart, subversive romantic comedy, and the inspired performances by William Jackson Harper and Aya Cash.”
“We Broke Up” centers on Lori (Cash) and Doug (Jackson Harper), who have been together for 10 years. When Lori reacts poorly to Doug’s surprise proposal just before her little sister’s wedding, he breaks up with her. Not wanting to steal the spotlight from her sister,...
- 3/18/2021
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
“You’re not dying. You just can’t think of anything good to do.”
-Matthew Broderick in “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” (1986)
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences can be a forgetful group. While their tastes have undoubtedly expanded and matured over the years, they still need to be reminded about the best films and performances that didn’t open right before voting. Under the Covid-19 pandemic, and as studios explore the VOD and streaming platform for their releases, Academy members may be watching more movies than ever. On the other hand, they, like many of us, are desperately trying to cure themselves of cabin fever and Zoom fatigue, both of which could be making it difficult to pop in a screener.
In a standard awards coverage year, we would be focusing on the January to June slate of movies that have been released, focusing on box office numbers,...
-Matthew Broderick in “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” (1986)
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences can be a forgetful group. While their tastes have undoubtedly expanded and matured over the years, they still need to be reminded about the best films and performances that didn’t open right before voting. Under the Covid-19 pandemic, and as studios explore the VOD and streaming platform for their releases, Academy members may be watching more movies than ever. On the other hand, they, like many of us, are desperately trying to cure themselves of cabin fever and Zoom fatigue, both of which could be making it difficult to pop in a screener.
In a standard awards coverage year, we would be focusing on the January to June slate of movies that have been released, focusing on box office numbers,...
- 9/11/2020
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Aya Cash, from FX’s You’re the Worst and Fosse/Verdon, and William Jackson Harper, who just wrapped his four-season run on NBC’s The Good Place, will topline We Broke Up, an indie comedy directed by Jeff Rosenberg.
Additional cast includes Sarah Bolger (Mayans M.C.), Tony Cavalero (School of Rock), Peri Gilpin (Frasier), Kobi Libii (The Opposition with Jordan Klepper), Azita Ghanizada (Good Trouble), Zak Steiner (Euphoria), Eduardo Franco (Booksmart), Larisa Oleynik (The Healing Powers of Dude) and Emily Pendergast (Veep).
Rosenberg co-wrote the screenplay with Laura Jacqmin. The story centers on Lori and Doug (Cash and Harper), a longtime couple who break up just days before Lori’s little sister Bea’s (Bolger) wedding to Jayson (Cavalero). In order to not disrupt the fun, the couple decides to pretend they’re still together until the weekend is over. But pretending isn’t as easy as they think it’ll be.
Additional cast includes Sarah Bolger (Mayans M.C.), Tony Cavalero (School of Rock), Peri Gilpin (Frasier), Kobi Libii (The Opposition with Jordan Klepper), Azita Ghanizada (Good Trouble), Zak Steiner (Euphoria), Eduardo Franco (Booksmart), Larisa Oleynik (The Healing Powers of Dude) and Emily Pendergast (Veep).
Rosenberg co-wrote the screenplay with Laura Jacqmin. The story centers on Lori and Doug (Cash and Harper), a longtime couple who break up just days before Lori’s little sister Bea’s (Bolger) wedding to Jayson (Cavalero). In order to not disrupt the fun, the couple decides to pretend they’re still together until the weekend is over. But pretending isn’t as easy as they think it’ll be.
- 3/3/2020
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options—not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves–each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit platforms. Check out this week’s selections below and an archive of past round-ups here.
By the Grace of God (François Ozon)
French director François Ozon has delivered one of the best films of his eclectic career with By the Grace of God, a drama whose seriousness and sincerity marks a tonal shift for a filmmaker typically famous for sexual and sensual provocation. Instead, this chronicle of a real-life grassroots campaign to out Catholic priests who committed and covered up of historic sexual abuse is unsensational and methodical, immaculately written through a script that radically tells three different stories that slide seamlessly together. – Ed F. (full review)
Where to Stream: Amazon, iTunes, Google
Dark Waters (Todd Haynes)
Legal dramas lionize those...
By the Grace of God (François Ozon)
French director François Ozon has delivered one of the best films of his eclectic career with By the Grace of God, a drama whose seriousness and sincerity marks a tonal shift for a filmmaker typically famous for sexual and sensual provocation. Instead, this chronicle of a real-life grassroots campaign to out Catholic priests who committed and covered up of historic sexual abuse is unsensational and methodical, immaculately written through a script that radically tells three different stories that slide seamlessly together. – Ed F. (full review)
Where to Stream: Amazon, iTunes, Google
Dark Waters (Todd Haynes)
Legal dramas lionize those...
- 2/21/2020
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Coming of age is always a lot less fun when you’re already grown up, a truth astutely understood in “Standing Up, Falling Down.”
Chronicling a stand-up comedian’s disgraceful return home after failing to make waves in Hollywood, director Matt Ratner targets the humiliation, disappointment and awkwardness of failing at a youthful dream while suggesting that those feelings only keep going — and only incrementally get easier — no matter how old you get. Ben Schwartz and Billy Crystal make a solid pair of intergenerational pals in this pleasantly diverting comedy-drama.
Schwartz (“Sonic the Hedgehog”) plays Scott, a comedian we first see halfheartedly warming up a crowd next to the bathroom in a coffee shop. Like too many other dreamers, he headed West hoping to stake a claim as the next great stand-up, but now he’s moving back to live with his parents in Long Island, tail tucked between his...
Chronicling a stand-up comedian’s disgraceful return home after failing to make waves in Hollywood, director Matt Ratner targets the humiliation, disappointment and awkwardness of failing at a youthful dream while suggesting that those feelings only keep going — and only incrementally get easier — no matter how old you get. Ben Schwartz and Billy Crystal make a solid pair of intergenerational pals in this pleasantly diverting comedy-drama.
Schwartz (“Sonic the Hedgehog”) plays Scott, a comedian we first see halfheartedly warming up a crowd next to the bathroom in a coffee shop. Like too many other dreamers, he headed West hoping to stake a claim as the next great stand-up, but now he’s moving back to live with his parents in Long Island, tail tucked between his...
- 2/21/2020
- by Todd Gilchrist
- The Wrap
Sometimes your dream isn’t much of a dream at all. Maybe reality sets in after you’re already well along the path taken in error. Perhaps the epiphany arrives before you’ve sacrificed the correct choice in order to choose wrong. Ask Scott Rollins (Ben Schwartz) and he’ll probably tell you it can even be both at once if you happen to have two dreams vying for your attention. For him it was a career in stand-up comedy and the woman (Eloise Mumford’s Becky) he saw himself building a life beside. The former invigorated him while the latter instilled a debilitating fear. So what did he do? Packed up a suitcase, flew to Los Angeles, and left everything else behind in New York. And now, four years later, he’s back.
Which was the mistake, though? Pursuing success? Or saying goodbye—itself a metaphor considering he didn...
Which was the mistake, though? Pursuing success? Or saying goodbye—itself a metaphor considering he didn...
- 2/19/2020
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
Directed by Matt Ratner, Standing Up, Falling Down centers on Scott Rollins (Ben Schwartz), a struggling comedian who leaves Los Angeles and moves back home with his parents. Scott’s unlikely friendship with a dermatologist (Billy Crystal) helps give him a bit of clarity regarding his own life and career. Eloise Mumford [...]
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- 2/18/2020
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
Ultimately pleasant if slight, “Standing Up, Falling Down” arrives at that modest impact despite the fact that the major characters here insist on behaving in ways that are meant to be funny, but too often land more in the “obnoxious” zone. This seriocomedy, with Ben Schwartz as a failed comedian and Billy Crystal as a wacky dermatologist he befriends, is actually stronger in its middleweight dramatic departments than it is in convincing us that these newly-met buddies are really good-hearted charmers — as opposed to tactless misanthropes who’ve quite understandably alienated most of those around them.
A different movie might have actually explored that second, rather bleak reality. But “Standing Up” wants to be cute and heartwarming. That it eventually succeeds, more or less, pays testament to producer turned first-time feature helmer Matt Ratner’s adept handling, and a cast that does their considerable best with iffy material. The screenplay...
A different movie might have actually explored that second, rather bleak reality. But “Standing Up” wants to be cute and heartwarming. That it eventually succeeds, more or less, pays testament to producer turned first-time feature helmer Matt Ratner’s adept handling, and a cast that does their considerable best with iffy material. The screenplay...
- 1/11/2020
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
"I don't really have a life..." Shout Factory has debuted a trailer for an indie dramedy titled Standing Up, Falling Down, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival last year. The film is described as a comedy about the unlikely friendship that kindles between a struggling stand-up comedian from Los Angeles, forced to move back home to Long Island with his tail between his legs, and a tragically flawed, but charming and charismatic, alcoholic dermatologist. Discovering to be kindred spirits, each helps the other find healing, in addition to the confidence to face the "failures" in their lives. Ben Schwartz co-stars with Billy Crystal, they're joined by Eloise Mumford, Grace Gummer, Nate Corddry, Debra Monk, and Kevin Dunn. This looks like your typical cliche indie, with lost loves and all the usual struggles everyone deals with in life. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Matt Ratner's Standing Up, Falling Down,...
- 1/8/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
With a focus on Italian films accompanying a large selection of international features, most of which are competing for Oscars, the 31st annual Palm Springs Intl. Film Festival will run Jan. 3-12.
“An Almost Ordinary Summer,” directed by Simone Godano, will kick off the festival on Jan. 3. Other Italian films to unspool are “The Champion,” “Simple Women,” “The Disappearance of My Mother,” “A Soul Journey,” “Martin Eden,” “Sole” and “The Traitor.”
The festival will close Jan. 12 with “Military Wives,” directed by Peter Cattaneo.
Last year, Psiff attracted more than 136,000 attendees and festival organizers anticipate just as many in 2020.
“Some of our guests get a chance to see 40 movies in 10 days,” says festival chairman Harold Matzner. “I don’t know how they do it, but they do, and it’s an incredible cultural experience.”
For her inaugural year, artistic director Lili Rodriguez added big awards season contenders including “Pain and Glory,...
“An Almost Ordinary Summer,” directed by Simone Godano, will kick off the festival on Jan. 3. Other Italian films to unspool are “The Champion,” “Simple Women,” “The Disappearance of My Mother,” “A Soul Journey,” “Martin Eden,” “Sole” and “The Traitor.”
The festival will close Jan. 12 with “Military Wives,” directed by Peter Cattaneo.
Last year, Psiff attracted more than 136,000 attendees and festival organizers anticipate just as many in 2020.
“Some of our guests get a chance to see 40 movies in 10 days,” says festival chairman Harold Matzner. “I don’t know how they do it, but they do, and it’s an incredible cultural experience.”
For her inaugural year, artistic director Lili Rodriguez added big awards season contenders including “Pain and Glory,...
- 12/20/2019
- by Nick Clement
- Variety Film + TV
Shout! Studios has acquired all North American rights to comedy feature “Standing Up, Falling Down,” starring Billy Crystal, Ben Schwartz and Eloise Mumford. The theatrical release for the film, which debuted at Tribeca Film Festival, is slated for early next year.
Schwartz, whose credits include “Parks & Recreation” and “Blue Iguana,” voices the title character in Paramount Pictures’ upcoming “Sonic the Hedgehog” movie.
“Standing Up, Falling Down,” directed by Matt Ratner and written by Peter Hoare, follows standup comedian Scott (Schwartz), whose career has crashed and burned after four years of chasing his dream in Los Angeles. Left with little money, he has no choice but return to his parents’ house in Long Island.
While trying to figure out what to do next, Scott pines after his ex, Becky (Mumford), a successful photographer who has since married a former mutual friend. On a night out at the bar, Scott strikes up...
Schwartz, whose credits include “Parks & Recreation” and “Blue Iguana,” voices the title character in Paramount Pictures’ upcoming “Sonic the Hedgehog” movie.
“Standing Up, Falling Down,” directed by Matt Ratner and written by Peter Hoare, follows standup comedian Scott (Schwartz), whose career has crashed and burned after four years of chasing his dream in Los Angeles. Left with little money, he has no choice but return to his parents’ house in Long Island.
While trying to figure out what to do next, Scott pines after his ex, Becky (Mumford), a successful photographer who has since married a former mutual friend. On a night out at the bar, Scott strikes up...
- 9/17/2019
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Chis Hemsworth (Photo credit Gage Skidmore via Flickr).
Paramount Pictures has won a bidding war for Down Under Cover, a mismatched buddy cop comedy that will star Avengers: Endgame‘s Chris Hemsworth and Girls Trip‘s Tiffany Haddish.
The studio acquired worldwide rights in the auction conducted by CAA and FilmNation Entertainment in Cannes, topping offers from Lionsgate, Sony, Netflix, Miramax and Stx.
Deadline valued the deal – hailed as the biggest ever by a Us major at Cannes – at close to $50 million while Variety’s estimate was $40 million.
Scripted by Peter Hoare, the project was developed by Thematic Entertainment, the production company launched last year by Hemsworth and Aussie producers John Finemore, James Hoppe and Ben Grayson.
Shooting is due to start in Australia in February, produced by The Avengers directors Joe and Anthony Russo and Mike Larocca under their Agbo banner, the Thematic trio and Haddish. The director is yet to be named.
Paramount Pictures has won a bidding war for Down Under Cover, a mismatched buddy cop comedy that will star Avengers: Endgame‘s Chris Hemsworth and Girls Trip‘s Tiffany Haddish.
The studio acquired worldwide rights in the auction conducted by CAA and FilmNation Entertainment in Cannes, topping offers from Lionsgate, Sony, Netflix, Miramax and Stx.
Deadline valued the deal – hailed as the biggest ever by a Us major at Cannes – at close to $50 million while Variety’s estimate was $40 million.
Scripted by Peter Hoare, the project was developed by Thematic Entertainment, the production company launched last year by Hemsworth and Aussie producers John Finemore, James Hoppe and Ben Grayson.
Shooting is due to start in Australia in February, produced by The Avengers directors Joe and Anthony Russo and Mike Larocca under their Agbo banner, the Thematic trio and Haddish. The director is yet to be named.
- 5/19/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Matt Ratner’s feature directorial debut appeared at Tribeca.
Blue Fox Entertainment has added the Billy Crystal and Ben Schwartz (Parks And Recreation) Tribeca Film Festival comedy Standing Up, Falling Down to its Cannes international sales slate.
Eloise Mumford, Grace Gummer, Nate Corddry and with Debra Monk also star in Matt Ratner’s feature directorial debut about a 34-year old aspiring comedian (Schwartz) who returns to his parents’ home and strikes up a mutually supportive friendship with an eccentric dermatologist (Crystal). Peter Hoare wrote the screenplay.
CAA handling Us rights on Standing Up, Falling Down, which marks the feature directorial...
Blue Fox Entertainment has added the Billy Crystal and Ben Schwartz (Parks And Recreation) Tribeca Film Festival comedy Standing Up, Falling Down to its Cannes international sales slate.
Eloise Mumford, Grace Gummer, Nate Corddry and with Debra Monk also star in Matt Ratner’s feature directorial debut about a 34-year old aspiring comedian (Schwartz) who returns to his parents’ home and strikes up a mutually supportive friendship with an eccentric dermatologist (Crystal). Peter Hoare wrote the screenplay.
CAA handling Us rights on Standing Up, Falling Down, which marks the feature directorial...
- 5/14/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Chris Hemsworth.
The world’s hottest directors, Avengers: Endgame’s Joe and Anthony Russo, have agreed to co-produce Down Under Cover, a buddy cop action comedy that will star Chris Hemsworth and Girls Trip‘s Tiffany Haddish.
Scripted by Peter Hoare, the project was developed by Thematic Entertainment, the production company launched last year by Hemsworth and Australian producers John Finemore and James Hoppe.
Hemsworth will play a detective who goes undercover to crack a series of casino heists in which the prime suspects are a troupe of Australian male erotic dancers. He’s forced to take the partner no one else will — Haddish’s character, a lone wolf who does things only one way, hers.
FilmNation Entertainment is launching international sales at the Cannes film market with CAA handling Us rights. According to Deadline there are already four offers on the table for domestic rights.
The Russos and Mike Larocca...
The world’s hottest directors, Avengers: Endgame’s Joe and Anthony Russo, have agreed to co-produce Down Under Cover, a buddy cop action comedy that will star Chris Hemsworth and Girls Trip‘s Tiffany Haddish.
Scripted by Peter Hoare, the project was developed by Thematic Entertainment, the production company launched last year by Hemsworth and Australian producers John Finemore and James Hoppe.
Hemsworth will play a detective who goes undercover to crack a series of casino heists in which the prime suspects are a troupe of Australian male erotic dancers. He’s forced to take the partner no one else will — Haddish’s character, a lone wolf who does things only one way, hers.
FilmNation Entertainment is launching international sales at the Cannes film market with CAA handling Us rights. According to Deadline there are already four offers on the table for domestic rights.
The Russos and Mike Larocca...
- 5/13/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
At the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival, a legend got his due. Yes, Billy Crystal, at long last, has a role worthy of his talents. He’s certainly been terrific in the past, but it’s been more than a hot minute since we’ve seen that on the big screen. That changes here. Standing Up, Falling Down blesses Crystal with a compelling and three dimensional character play, one that’s equal parts empathetic and hilarious. One of Tribeca’s most enjoyable works this year, Crystal is brilliant worthy of some awards consideration for this role. Yes, he’s just that good here. This is one to definitely look out for, beyond the festival circuit. The movie is a comedy as well as a bit of a coming of age tale. Scott (Ben Schwartz) is a struggling stand-up comic who has been forced by failure to move back home to the eastern...
- 5/8/2019
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Exclusive: Grace Gummer (Mr. Robot), Kevin Dunn (Veep), Debra Monk (Mozart in the Jungle), and Jill Hennessy (Shots Fired) have joined the ensemble cast of the Matt Ratner-directed film We Are Unsatisfied, toplined by Billy Crystal and Ben Schwartz. John Behlmann and Caitlin McGee will also co-star in the film, written by Peter Hoare, which begins production in New York later this month. It centers on the friendship between a struggling L.A. comedian (Schwartz) who’s…...
- 11/8/2017
- Deadline
David Castaneda is joining the Billy Crystal/Ben Schwartz comedy We are Unsatisfied.
The feature, from first-time director Matt Ratner, is about the unlikely friendship between a struggling stand-up comedian from L.A. (Schwartz), who is forced to move back home to Eastern Long Island, and charismatic, alcoholic dermatologist (Crystal).
Castaneda will play Ruis, the friendly security guard/aspiring police officer boyfriend of Schwartz's onscreen sister.
Kevin Can Wait writer Peter Hoare wrote the feature that will be produced by Ratner, Chris Mangano and Rick Rosenthal. Matt Bronson, Matt Jacobs, Bert Kern, Alexander R. Madorsky and Nick Morton will executive produce.
The movie is set to go in...
The feature, from first-time director Matt Ratner, is about the unlikely friendship between a struggling stand-up comedian from L.A. (Schwartz), who is forced to move back home to Eastern Long Island, and charismatic, alcoholic dermatologist (Crystal).
Castaneda will play Ruis, the friendly security guard/aspiring police officer boyfriend of Schwartz's onscreen sister.
Kevin Can Wait writer Peter Hoare wrote the feature that will be produced by Ratner, Chris Mangano and Rick Rosenthal. Matt Bronson, Matt Jacobs, Bert Kern, Alexander R. Madorsky and Nick Morton will executive produce.
The movie is set to go in...
- 11/6/2017
- by Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Eloise Mumford, who has appeared in both Fifty Shades Of Grey films, will join Billy Crystal and Ben Schwartz in the comedy We Are Unsatisfied, Matt Ratner’s directorial debut film. It’s about a struggling L.A. comedian (Schwartz) who's forced to move back home to Long Island and finds an unlikely kindred spirit in his alcoholic dermatologist (Crystal). Mumford will play Becky, a successful photographer who remained in her hometown after her ex-boyfriend, Schwartz’s…...
- 11/4/2017
- Deadline
We Are Unsatisfied: Billy Crystal (above) and Ben Schwartz (TV's House of Lies) will star in We Are Unsatisfied. The comedy revolves around a struggling comedian (Schwartz) who must move home to New York, where he makes a new friend in his alcoholic dermatologist (Crystal). Matt Ratner will make his directorial debut. [Deadline] The Addams Family: Conrad Vernon, who codirected the raunchy animated comedy Sausage Party (above), has been tapped to helm The Addams Family. Based on illustrations by cartoonist Charles Addams, Pamela Pettler (Corpse Bride) and Matt Lieberman wrote the screenplay for the new animated feature. [THR] Call Me By Your Name Clip: In a new clip from Call Me By Your Name, Armie Hammer dances up a storm. Hammer plays a graduate...
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- 10/13/2017
- by Peter Martin
- Movies.com
We Are Unsatisfied: Billy Crystal (above) and Ben Schwartz (TV's House of Lies) will star in We Are Unsatisfied. The comedy revolves around a struggling comedian (Schwartz) who must move home to New York, where he makes a new friend in his alcoholic dermatologist (Crystal). Matt Ratner will make his directorial debut. [Deadline] The Addams Family: Conrad Vernon, who codirected the raunchy animated comedy Sausage Party (above), has been tapped to helm The Addams Family....
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- 10/13/2017
- by affiliates@fandango.com
- Fandango
Exclusive: Comedy giant Billy Crystal and Ben Schwartz have signed on to star in We Are Unsatisfied, a comedy being helmed by first-time director Matt Ratner. Written by Peter Hoare (CBS’ Kevin Can Wait), the film follows the unlikely friendship between a struggling L.A. comedian (Schwartz) who’s forced to move back home to Long Island and finds an unlikely kindred spirit in his alcoholic dermatologist (Crystal). The project will go before cameras next month in New York…...
- 10/12/2017
- Deadline
Exclusive: Nearly six years after Punching The Clown won Best Narrative Feature at the Slamdance Film Festival, a sequel is in the works. Henry Phillips returns to star in Still Punching The Clown, which he again co-wrote with director Gregori Viens. David Permut, Matt Ratner and Rick Rosenthal are producing the pic, which also stars J.K. Simmons, Sarah Silverman, Mike Judge, Jim Jefferies, Derek Waters, Ellen Ratner, Ginger Gonzaga and stand-up comedians Tig Notaro, Nikki Glaser and Doug Stanhope.
Still Punching The Clown follows Phillips’ misadventures as a stand-up comic attempting to make a name for himself amid myriad trials and tribulations as he tries to balance success with artistic integrity. Watch the trailer for the original 2009 pic above.
The film is a co-production of Permut Presentations, Tilted Windmill Productions and Whitewater Films, in association with Tunnel Post, Kandoo Films and Lola’s Productions. It’s the second teaming of Permut,...
Still Punching The Clown follows Phillips’ misadventures as a stand-up comic attempting to make a name for himself amid myriad trials and tribulations as he tries to balance success with artistic integrity. Watch the trailer for the original 2009 pic above.
The film is a co-production of Permut Presentations, Tilted Windmill Productions and Whitewater Films, in association with Tunnel Post, Kandoo Films and Lola’s Productions. It’s the second teaming of Permut,...
- 12/12/2014
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline
Patrick Stewart is a tour de force in Stephen Belber’s “Match,” and it only takes a two-minute trailer to see it. The writer and director adapted his Broadway play for the screen, pitting Stewart against Matthew Lillard and Carla Gugino. It quickly becomes clear in the trailer for the film that this is a project with passion, heart and very strong performances.
A veteran of stage and screen, the 74-year-old Stewart flits from manic and delighted to morose and even menacing at times. This is a complicated role in a complicated story, and yet he appears to have mastered its subtle nuances.
A veteran of stage and screen, the 74-year-old Stewart flits from manic and delighted to morose and even menacing at times. This is a complicated role in a complicated story, and yet he appears to have mastered its subtle nuances.
- 12/10/2014
- by Wrap TV Team and Wrap Film Team
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Oscar winner Christine Lahti is joining James Brolin and Jason Ritter in The Steps, an indie drama from director-producer Andrew Currie (Fido). The pic follows down-on-his-luck Jeff (Ritter), who accepts his father’s invitation to spend the weekend at his lake house to meet his new wife (Lahti) and family. Robyn Harding scripted. Mary Waterhouse is also producing with Currie. Lahti recently shot indie Safelight with Juno Temple and Evan Peters and Mania Days with Katie Holmes. She recurs on Netflix’s Grace And Frankie opposite Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin.
Cory Hardrict, Jesse Metcalfe, Margot Bingham (Boardwalk Empire), Zulay Henao (Fighting), Rob Riley, Jason Dohring, Mo McRae, Hill Harper (CSI NY), and Lala Anthony (Think Like A Man Too) have joined the cast of Destined for director Qasim “Q” Basir and producer Tommy Oliver’s Confluential Films. Oliver (The Perfect Guy) is producing with Whitewater Films’ Rick Rosenthal...
Cory Hardrict, Jesse Metcalfe, Margot Bingham (Boardwalk Empire), Zulay Henao (Fighting), Rob Riley, Jason Dohring, Mo McRae, Hill Harper (CSI NY), and Lala Anthony (Think Like A Man Too) have joined the cast of Destined for director Qasim “Q” Basir and producer Tommy Oliver’s Confluential Films. Oliver (The Perfect Guy) is producing with Whitewater Films’ Rick Rosenthal...
- 11/15/2014
- by Jen Yamato
- Deadline
Premiere Entertainment Group has acquired international sales on the Whitewater Films duo Match and 7 Minutes.
Stephen Belber wrote and directed Match (pictured), which stars Patrick Stewart, Carla Gugino and Matthew Lillard.
Premiere will start sales in Toronto this week on the comedic drama about a Seattle couple who travel to New York to interview a reclusive ballet instructor in a situation that turns into something unexpected.
Producers are David Permut, Matt Ratner and Rick Rosenthal, with David P Beitchman on board as executive producer alongside Adam Brawer, Lawrence M Kopelkin, Chris Mangano and Nick Morton.
ICM negotiated the deal for the filmmakers. Match premiered at Tribeca and IFC Films holds Us rights.
Jay Martin wrote and directed the crime thriller 7 Minutes starring Luke Mitchell, Jason Ritter, Kris Kristofferson, Leven Rambin and Zane Holtz.
The story centres on three friends forced to commit to an ill-fated robbery. Jacob Aaron Estes, Jacob Mosler and Rosenthal produce and Nick Morton and Jim Hart...
Stephen Belber wrote and directed Match (pictured), which stars Patrick Stewart, Carla Gugino and Matthew Lillard.
Premiere will start sales in Toronto this week on the comedic drama about a Seattle couple who travel to New York to interview a reclusive ballet instructor in a situation that turns into something unexpected.
Producers are David Permut, Matt Ratner and Rick Rosenthal, with David P Beitchman on board as executive producer alongside Adam Brawer, Lawrence M Kopelkin, Chris Mangano and Nick Morton.
ICM negotiated the deal for the filmmakers. Match premiered at Tribeca and IFC Films holds Us rights.
Jay Martin wrote and directed the crime thriller 7 Minutes starring Luke Mitchell, Jason Ritter, Kris Kristofferson, Leven Rambin and Zane Holtz.
The story centres on three friends forced to commit to an ill-fated robbery. Jacob Aaron Estes, Jacob Mosler and Rosenthal produce and Nick Morton and Jim Hart...
- 9/2/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
War Story
Director: Mark Jackson
Writers: Kristin Gore, Mark Jackson
Producers: Kristin Gore, Catherine Keener, Matt Ratner, Shona Tuckman
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Catherine Keener, Hafsia Herzi, Ben Kingsley
A simmering indie gem that the international film fest circuit and indie industry folk championed, Mark Jackson’s psychologically twisted, stylistically polished Without might just be the perfect bedfellow for the Sundance preemed sophomore film. Working from a stunning, murky photographed palette, War Story is lead by a Catherine Keener who exquisitely deciphers the knee-deep psychotropic post-war affects in isolating, alienating, trenches.
Gist: Lee (Keener) is a war photographer who has spent her adult life in the world’s most treacherous conflict zones, documenting the catastrophes of others. When we meet her, she has recently experienced her own horror after being taken hostage and brutalized in Libya. Instead of returning to New York where her concerned colleagues and loved ones anxiously await her,...
Director: Mark Jackson
Writers: Kristin Gore, Mark Jackson
Producers: Kristin Gore, Catherine Keener, Matt Ratner, Shona Tuckman
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Catherine Keener, Hafsia Herzi, Ben Kingsley
A simmering indie gem that the international film fest circuit and indie industry folk championed, Mark Jackson’s psychologically twisted, stylistically polished Without might just be the perfect bedfellow for the Sundance preemed sophomore film. Working from a stunning, murky photographed palette, War Story is lead by a Catherine Keener who exquisitely deciphers the knee-deep psychotropic post-war affects in isolating, alienating, trenches.
Gist: Lee (Keener) is a war photographer who has spent her adult life in the world’s most treacherous conflict zones, documenting the catastrophes of others. When we meet her, she has recently experienced her own horror after being taken hostage and brutalized in Libya. Instead of returning to New York where her concerned colleagues and loved ones anxiously await her,...
- 2/26/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
His brilliant feature debut Without, broke out in Park City….but at the neighboring, competing fest. From Slamdance onwards (BFI London, Deauville, Chicago, Locarno Film Fests) with indie cred nominations for Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You (Gotham Awards) and Someone to Watch (Film Independent Spirit Awards) Mark Jackson firmly planted a flag pole for his brand of indie. And one of the most anticipated American indie films for ’14 isn’t shot on the west coast like he did with his debut, but of all places Sicily. Supported by the Cinereach folks, War Story will count as Kristin Gore’s first official screenwriting cred (Nailed is collecting dust) and Jackson managed to lasso Catherine Keener, Hafsia Herzi and Ben Kingsley as his main trio, works once again with musical whizkid Dave Eggar and cinematographer/Park City habitual Reed Morano.
Gist: Lee (Keener) is a war photographer who...
Gist: Lee (Keener) is a war photographer who...
- 11/22/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
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