Click here to read the full article.
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Venice, Toronto
Laura Poitras’ sublime Golden Lion-winning doc chronicles photographer Nan Goldin’s mission to hold the Sacklers responsible for the opioid crisis perpetrated by their company Purdue Pharma. It’s also a portrait of the artist, an intimate look at grassroots political action and a devastating story about family. — Sheri Linden
The Banshees of Inisherin
Venice, Toronto
Martin McDonagh’s superb dark comedy about the abrupt breakup of lifelong friends (a never-better Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson) evolves steadily into an unexpectedly poignant account of a bond severed, though never erased. It’s the writer-director’s most deeply and distinctly Irish work for the screen to date, and also one of his best. — David Rooney
Bones and All
Venice, Telluride
Luca Guadagnino’s affecting account of first love between two cannibal drifters in 1980s Middle America...
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Venice, Toronto
Laura Poitras’ sublime Golden Lion-winning doc chronicles photographer Nan Goldin’s mission to hold the Sacklers responsible for the opioid crisis perpetrated by their company Purdue Pharma. It’s also a portrait of the artist, an intimate look at grassroots political action and a devastating story about family. — Sheri Linden
The Banshees of Inisherin
Venice, Toronto
Martin McDonagh’s superb dark comedy about the abrupt breakup of lifelong friends (a never-better Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson) evolves steadily into an unexpectedly poignant account of a bond severed, though never erased. It’s the writer-director’s most deeply and distinctly Irish work for the screen to date, and also one of his best. — David Rooney
Bones and All
Venice, Telluride
Luca Guadagnino’s affecting account of first love between two cannibal drifters in 1980s Middle America...
- 9/17/2022
- by David Rooney, Sheri Linden, Jon Frosch, Lovia Gyarkye, John DeFore and Stephen Farber
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Three movies into his film career, Harry Styles’ ability as an actor continues to improve with each of his outings. Beginning as a young soldier in Christopher Nolan’s “Dunkirk” (2017), he returns to the silver screen with two films this year. In the first, he’s the charming husband to Florence Pugh in “Don’t Worry Darling,” with the press tour that keeps on giving. In the second, he portrays a closeted gay police officer in Michael Grandage’s drama “My Policeman” from Amazon Studios, featuring his strongest turn yet as an actor. But is an Oscar nomination in his future?
Singers-turned-actors have had an inconsistent road to the Academy Awards. While there are successes such as Cher (“Moonstruck”) and Jennifer Hudson (“Dreamgirls”), Academy voters sometimes make actors prove themselves for a while to show they’re the real deal. Known as a “pretty boy,” Styles’ celebrity status does present an...
Singers-turned-actors have had an inconsistent road to the Academy Awards. While there are successes such as Cher (“Moonstruck”) and Jennifer Hudson (“Dreamgirls”), Academy voters sometimes make actors prove themselves for a while to show they’re the real deal. Known as a “pretty boy,” Styles’ celebrity status does present an...
- 9/12/2022
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
My Policeman, which had its world premiere today at the Toronto Film Festival, has its roots in a novel by Bethan Roberts which was actually based on a complicated love relationship between famed novelist E.M. Forster; his male lover of 40 years, a policeman named Bob Buckingham; and Buckingham’s wife May Hockey, who slowly came to realize her husband had a long-standing affair with Forster, but even after he had suffered a series of strokes took care of the author in his later life so deep was their friendship. Roberts changed the names and fictionalized it all for her book, which is now the basis of Ron Nyswaner’s (Philadelphia) screenplay that explores the love triangle of three freewheeling friends in 1957 who each was hobbled by the mores of the time, repressing rather than expressing their own sexuality, even as the...
- 9/12/2022
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Michael Grandage gathered the cast of My Policeman for two weeks of rehearsals prior to the start of principal photography. The sessions included choreographing intimate moments involving actors Harry Styles (Don’t Worry Darling), Emma Corrin (Lady Chatterley’s Lover) and David Dawson (The Last Kingdom), and Linus Roache (Homeland ), Gina McKee (Notting Hill) and Rupert Everett (The Happy Prince) who were playing the older versions of the younger actors.
Grandage brought on choreographer Ben Wright, a frequent collaborator on Grandage’s theater productions, as intimacy coordinator. He told him he wanted the scenes to reflect something that he felt was “an absolute key theme of the film.” Which, he said, “is about the sensuality of touch, of whether it’s that first touch on the neck between Harry and David, whether it’s the ritual washing as Gina does with Rupert, whether it’s the touch of high levels of...
Grandage brought on choreographer Ben Wright, a frequent collaborator on Grandage’s theater productions, as intimacy coordinator. He told him he wanted the scenes to reflect something that he felt was “an absolute key theme of the film.” Which, he said, “is about the sensuality of touch, of whether it’s that first touch on the neck between Harry and David, whether it’s the ritual washing as Gina does with Rupert, whether it’s the touch of high levels of...
- 9/10/2022
- by Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
Click here to read the full article.
Although director Michael Grandage had a pretty good idea of Harry Styles’ star power when he first cast him in My Policeman — his sophomore feature and adapted from Bethan Roberts’ 2012 romance novel — it only really hit home once rumors of the musician’s involvement in the film became public.
“When it started to get out, sales of the book just went through the roof. It was abso- lutely berserk,” says the Brit, a celebrated and multi-award-win- ning theater director who marked his first turn as filmmaker with 2016’s Berlinale-bowing Genius. “This poor, lovely author who had just been ambling along mind- ing her own business suddenly became a best-selling writer literally overnight. And I thought, ‘Oh my God, I see, that’s the power of this boy.’”
A story of forbidden love in 1950s Britain when same-sex relationships were illegal, My Policeman, which...
Although director Michael Grandage had a pretty good idea of Harry Styles’ star power when he first cast him in My Policeman — his sophomore feature and adapted from Bethan Roberts’ 2012 romance novel — it only really hit home once rumors of the musician’s involvement in the film became public.
“When it started to get out, sales of the book just went through the roof. It was abso- lutely berserk,” says the Brit, a celebrated and multi-award-win- ning theater director who marked his first turn as filmmaker with 2016’s Berlinale-bowing Genius. “This poor, lovely author who had just been ambling along mind- ing her own business suddenly became a best-selling writer literally overnight. And I thought, ‘Oh my God, I see, that’s the power of this boy.’”
A story of forbidden love in 1950s Britain when same-sex relationships were illegal, My Policeman, which...
- 9/10/2022
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: The ensemble cast of Kevin Costner’s Civil War western, Horizon, continues to grow with Dickinson and star of recent Telluride world premiere, Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Ella Hunt, joining the cast.
That big cast now includes Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington, Jamie Campbell Bower, Luke Wilson, Thomas Haden Church, Jena Malone, Alejandro Edda, Tatanka Means, Michael Rooker and Isabelle Fuhrman.
Costner is producing through his Territory Pictures, and is directing, starring and co-wrote the movie which returns him to the Civil War era, his first in the time period since the multi-Oscar winning Dances With Wolves. Jon Baird co-wrote the Warner Bros./New Line project. Costner returns to directing after his 2003 critically acclaimed western, Open Range.
Horizon chronicles a multi-faceted 15-year span of pre-and post-Civil War expansion and settlement of the American west. Experienced through the eyes of many, the epic journey is fraught with peril and intrigue from the constant onslaught of natural elements,...
That big cast now includes Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington, Jamie Campbell Bower, Luke Wilson, Thomas Haden Church, Jena Malone, Alejandro Edda, Tatanka Means, Michael Rooker and Isabelle Fuhrman.
Costner is producing through his Territory Pictures, and is directing, starring and co-wrote the movie which returns him to the Civil War era, his first in the time period since the multi-Oscar winning Dances With Wolves. Jon Baird co-wrote the Warner Bros./New Line project. Costner returns to directing after his 2003 critically acclaimed western, Open Range.
Horizon chronicles a multi-faceted 15-year span of pre-and post-Civil War expansion and settlement of the American west. Experienced through the eyes of many, the epic journey is fraught with peril and intrigue from the constant onslaught of natural elements,...
- 9/9/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
The Telluride Film Festival wrapped on Labor Day, with many of the season’s mystery films getting a first look from critics, journalists and festivalgoers. But what did we learn from the four-day fest? Do we have an Oscar frontrunner?
Four narrative films world premiered in the Colorado mountains – “Women Talking” from MGM/Uar, “Empire of Light” from Searchlight Pictures and “Lady Chatterley’s Lover” and “The Wonder” from Netflix. Other Venice titles also made their North American debuts such as Netflix’s “Bardo” and Focus Features’ “Tar.”
Here are five things we learned at Telluride.
Polley Want an Oscar?
Writer, actor and director Sarah Polley received a tribute at the top of the festival, with her film “Women Talking” making its debut. Clips of her acting performances were part of the montage. Featured more prominently were her three films as a director – the documentary “Stories We Tell” and her two indie gems,...
Four narrative films world premiered in the Colorado mountains – “Women Talking” from MGM/Uar, “Empire of Light” from Searchlight Pictures and “Lady Chatterley’s Lover” and “The Wonder” from Netflix. Other Venice titles also made their North American debuts such as Netflix’s “Bardo” and Focus Features’ “Tar.”
Here are five things we learned at Telluride.
Polley Want an Oscar?
Writer, actor and director Sarah Polley received a tribute at the top of the festival, with her film “Women Talking” making its debut. Clips of her acting performances were part of the montage. Featured more prominently were her three films as a director – the documentary “Stories We Tell” and her two indie gems,...
- 9/8/2022
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Click here to read the full article.
The setting and subject of Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre’s second film couldn’t be more different from those of her first. But the contemporary drama The Mustang and the director’s interpretation of D.H. Lawrence’s century-old novel share a sensuous physicality, an appreciation for skin and muscle — how bodies move, how they spar, how they intertwine. In the 2019 film, the beautiful bodies belong to Matthias Schoenaerts and a wild horse; in Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Emma Corrin and Jack O’Connell steam up the screen as kindred spirits ignited by carnal passion.
Lawrence was dismissed as a pornographer by many, and his oft-adapted 1928 novel, his last, was for years banned as obscene in several countries. Then it became part of the English-lit canon. Eventually it would be dissed by Susan Sontag as reactionary. Even in this telling, where the intelligence of Corrin’s character...
The setting and subject of Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre’s second film couldn’t be more different from those of her first. But the contemporary drama The Mustang and the director’s interpretation of D.H. Lawrence’s century-old novel share a sensuous physicality, an appreciation for skin and muscle — how bodies move, how they spar, how they intertwine. In the 2019 film, the beautiful bodies belong to Matthias Schoenaerts and a wild horse; in Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Emma Corrin and Jack O’Connell steam up the screen as kindred spirits ignited by carnal passion.
Lawrence was dismissed as a pornographer by many, and his oft-adapted 1928 novel, his last, was for years banned as obscene in several countries. Then it became part of the English-lit canon. Eventually it would be dissed by Susan Sontag as reactionary. Even in this telling, where the intelligence of Corrin’s character...
- 9/8/2022
- by Sheri Linden
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
As the 49th annual Telluride Film Festival comes to a close on this Labor Day holiday, it again could be a fest that ignites the Oscar chances of a number of films that have either had their world premieres or North American premieres this weekend. As part of the so-called Fall Festival Trifecta of Venice/Telluride/Toronto (the latter beginning Thursday), this is where the six-month-plus awards season officially starts, even if the even longer Emmy season doesn’t conclude until a week from today.
Already in Venice, which has been running simultaneously with Telluride, we have seen lots of serious, and justified, Oscar buzz for several films that have premiered there including Sunday night’s The Whale, which has led to serious Oscar talk for its star Brendan Fraser in a comeback role as a 600-pound man ruminating on his life. Today’s world premiere of Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees of Inisherin reportedly drew a 15-minute standing ovation — the longest so far at Venice — and raves and buzz for star Colin Farrell, who could receive his first Oscar nomination. Having seen that film in Los Angeles a couple of weeks ago, I can almost guarantee that will happen, as well as supporting possibilities for Brendan Gleeson and actress Kerry Condon. And still to come there are world premieres of The Son and Blonde, among others.
Some films like Bardo, Tár and Bones and All played Venice, and then hightailed it to Telluride almost immediately where the buzz machine was also working overtime, both positively and negatively. I just caught Luca Guadagnino’s horror love story about two tender cannibal young people on the road. Not your typical Telluride fare, so I am still chewing on its Oscar prospects, but Guadagnino is a true master filmmaker who also had a terrific docu, Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams playing here, and it was one of the top docus I have seen all year.
Some pundits pounced on the chances going forward for Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s three-hour and very personal Bardo after it got a mixed reaction in Venice, but Netflix points out that they have heard great things from his fellow filmmakers including Chloé Zhao who moderated a Q&a with the five-time Oscar winner in Telluride and was deep in conversation with him at the Netflix late night party in honor of the film, and there is no doubt, based on street conversations that the film has its fans here – and detractors. The jury is out how far it can go, but when you have that many Oscars already the knives in the sorry world of film twitter will always be out for you. On the downside, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic scores are unusually low for a Best Picture hopeful. It definitely should be Mexico’s front runner for submission to the International Film race at the very least. Oscar season is a marathon, not a sprint so let’s see where it goes.
As in Venice, the Best Actress talk with a possible third Oscar for Cate Blanchett in her towering performance in Tar was pretty deafening in Colorado, just as it instantly was in Venice. She was awarded her first award of the season as she was given the fest’s Silver Medallion at a special tribute to her (actually twice as she had to attend two of them). She is a lock for a nomination, but she will have competition as the Telluride World Premiere of Sam Mendes’ terrific, and also very personal, film Empire of Light proved in Telluride where it was unveiled on Saturday to very good reaction in general, particularly for star Olivia Colman who seems bound for her fourth nomination in just five years (she is a past winner for The Favourite). Things are looking up in this race as another near-certain lock Michelle Yeoh for Everything Everywhere All At Once also made the scene at Telluride, not for that film but a special showing of her 2000 classic Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Her lilting presence here did not go unnoticed, certainly among the many Oscar voters who attend this festival, and that fact was reinforced as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences was back after a two-year absence due to the pandemic. They sponsored their packed reception on Saturday and it was a good place to be seen if you are just starting a campaign.
Brand-new AMPAS President Janet Yang made the scene, and many stops, in Telluride commenting at a lunch for the steamy new Netflix film, Lady Chatterley’s Lover which sports an awards-worthy turn from Emma Corrin, as well as later at a dinner for The Wonder with Florence Pugh, that this is turning out to be a great year for women. It is indeed and if you had any doubt just check out another major World Premiere here, Orion/MGM’s magnificent new film from writer/director Sarah Polley, Women Talking. This powerful film has sparked Oscar talk from the minute it debuted in town on Friday, not just for Polley who becomes a major contender in both directing and adapted screenplay but for an ensemble cast that almost certainly becomes the frontrunner for the SAG Outstanding Cast award, but could fill Best Supporting Actress in all five slots. Veterans Judith Ivey and Sheila McCarthy, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, and Rooney Mara are all viable. How do you choose? They are all great.
Will MGM perhaps try to separate Mara into the increasingly crowded Best Actress race? If ever there was an argument for creating an Ensemble category at the Oscars it is this film. I suggested it to new AMPAS CEO Bill Kramer when I ran into him at the Searchlight party for Empire of Light. “You are the third person to say that to me today,” he laughed. Could it be a category where the Oscar goes to the casting director, and maybe some kind of special certificate or award to the cast? Get going Academy. At any rate with a little luck, we could see three nominees in Supporting Actress at least, and that would be for the first time since Tom Jones did it in 1963. They canceled themselves out and Margaret Rutherford won instead for The V.I.P.s
Reaction has been nearly universally positive for Women Talking, and emotional. MGM plans to open it in early December but if ever there was a film that should be released Before the midterms it is this one that shows the true power of women, and their vote. In fact, there is a scene the Democrats should grab which talks about the power of the women’s vote, and the studio should give it to them and cross-promote their film at the same time. Just sayin’. This is one powerful movie about a group of Mennonite women in a compound where the men rule and sexual assault has occurred. They have to vote on whether to stay or try to leave when they have an opening. It is compelling indeed.
Of the premieres in Telluride, I would say that film, and Mendes’ look back at the people who work in a seaside movie theatre circa 1980, Empire of Light have the best chance to land in the Best Picture race. But again, it is early and there is much to come at other fests and beyond.
Besides Tod Field’s Tar, which in addition to Blanchett and her great German co-star Nina Hoss (although Supporting Actress is killer – see above), might land in some key categories. Focus also had their Cannes competition film (it won no prizes there sadly), James Gray’s excellent Armageddon Time here with stars Jeremy Strong and Anne Hathaway all over the place and at the packed screenings for the movie which is fighting for attention against the newer toys on display. At the opening Friday Patrons Brunch high up in the mountains, Strong ran into Iñárritu and geeked out on him. “I would walk through fire for you,” he told the director who laughed and replied, “be careful what you wish for”. Focus will be campaigning for both films in the coming months.
A24 started their domestic campaign for their very affecting Cannes Grand Prize winner, Close here with director Lukas Dhont taking in the praise for the much acclaimed Belgian contender which is waiting to hear (on September 16) if it is to become Belgium’s official entry for the International Film Oscar race. It deserves to be, and in other categories too, but this has been a great year for the country and another of their excellent films, the Dardenne Brothers’ Tori And Lokita, another prize winner at Cannes, was here as well. Mia Hansen Love’s Directors Fortnight prize winner, One Fine Morning was loved here just as it was in Cannes and she and star Lea Seydoux were soaking up the praise. It could – and should – be France’s entry but who knows?
A Sundance entry even made it here, and finally to a big screen, and that is Sony Classics’ terrific Living and its iconic British star Bill Nighy charmed everyone as he hit Telluride with the movie SPC plans to launch a Best Actor campaign for, and they definitely could find their way into a crowded race with his luminous performance and a chance for a first nomination.
As I noted in my Telluride announcement story on Thursday that there were an unusually high number of docus in Telluride this year and they almost cannibalized each other (sorry Bones And All), but top of the list of those I caught have to be Amazon and Amblin’s heartfelt Good Night Oppy, plus Robert Downey Jr.’s and Chris Smith’s terrific homage to Downey’s dad, Sr. Matthew Heineman’s strong Afghanistan docu, Retrograde is also one to watch, and so is the right to die docu from MTV Documentary Films called Last Flight Home which is a must-see, plus many more that our docu beat report Matt Carey has been, and will continue to track.
This is an ever-changing story, but the race is on. Now I will be heading this week to Toronto.
Already in Venice, which has been running simultaneously with Telluride, we have seen lots of serious, and justified, Oscar buzz for several films that have premiered there including Sunday night’s The Whale, which has led to serious Oscar talk for its star Brendan Fraser in a comeback role as a 600-pound man ruminating on his life. Today’s world premiere of Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees of Inisherin reportedly drew a 15-minute standing ovation — the longest so far at Venice — and raves and buzz for star Colin Farrell, who could receive his first Oscar nomination. Having seen that film in Los Angeles a couple of weeks ago, I can almost guarantee that will happen, as well as supporting possibilities for Brendan Gleeson and actress Kerry Condon. And still to come there are world premieres of The Son and Blonde, among others.
Some films like Bardo, Tár and Bones and All played Venice, and then hightailed it to Telluride almost immediately where the buzz machine was also working overtime, both positively and negatively. I just caught Luca Guadagnino’s horror love story about two tender cannibal young people on the road. Not your typical Telluride fare, so I am still chewing on its Oscar prospects, but Guadagnino is a true master filmmaker who also had a terrific docu, Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams playing here, and it was one of the top docus I have seen all year.
Some pundits pounced on the chances going forward for Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s three-hour and very personal Bardo after it got a mixed reaction in Venice, but Netflix points out that they have heard great things from his fellow filmmakers including Chloé Zhao who moderated a Q&a with the five-time Oscar winner in Telluride and was deep in conversation with him at the Netflix late night party in honor of the film, and there is no doubt, based on street conversations that the film has its fans here – and detractors. The jury is out how far it can go, but when you have that many Oscars already the knives in the sorry world of film twitter will always be out for you. On the downside, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic scores are unusually low for a Best Picture hopeful. It definitely should be Mexico’s front runner for submission to the International Film race at the very least. Oscar season is a marathon, not a sprint so let’s see where it goes.
As in Venice, the Best Actress talk with a possible third Oscar for Cate Blanchett in her towering performance in Tar was pretty deafening in Colorado, just as it instantly was in Venice. She was awarded her first award of the season as she was given the fest’s Silver Medallion at a special tribute to her (actually twice as she had to attend two of them). She is a lock for a nomination, but she will have competition as the Telluride World Premiere of Sam Mendes’ terrific, and also very personal, film Empire of Light proved in Telluride where it was unveiled on Saturday to very good reaction in general, particularly for star Olivia Colman who seems bound for her fourth nomination in just five years (she is a past winner for The Favourite). Things are looking up in this race as another near-certain lock Michelle Yeoh for Everything Everywhere All At Once also made the scene at Telluride, not for that film but a special showing of her 2000 classic Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Her lilting presence here did not go unnoticed, certainly among the many Oscar voters who attend this festival, and that fact was reinforced as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences was back after a two-year absence due to the pandemic. They sponsored their packed reception on Saturday and it was a good place to be seen if you are just starting a campaign.
Brand-new AMPAS President Janet Yang made the scene, and many stops, in Telluride commenting at a lunch for the steamy new Netflix film, Lady Chatterley’s Lover which sports an awards-worthy turn from Emma Corrin, as well as later at a dinner for The Wonder with Florence Pugh, that this is turning out to be a great year for women. It is indeed and if you had any doubt just check out another major World Premiere here, Orion/MGM’s magnificent new film from writer/director Sarah Polley, Women Talking. This powerful film has sparked Oscar talk from the minute it debuted in town on Friday, not just for Polley who becomes a major contender in both directing and adapted screenplay but for an ensemble cast that almost certainly becomes the frontrunner for the SAG Outstanding Cast award, but could fill Best Supporting Actress in all five slots. Veterans Judith Ivey and Sheila McCarthy, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, and Rooney Mara are all viable. How do you choose? They are all great.
Will MGM perhaps try to separate Mara into the increasingly crowded Best Actress race? If ever there was an argument for creating an Ensemble category at the Oscars it is this film. I suggested it to new AMPAS CEO Bill Kramer when I ran into him at the Searchlight party for Empire of Light. “You are the third person to say that to me today,” he laughed. Could it be a category where the Oscar goes to the casting director, and maybe some kind of special certificate or award to the cast? Get going Academy. At any rate with a little luck, we could see three nominees in Supporting Actress at least, and that would be for the first time since Tom Jones did it in 1963. They canceled themselves out and Margaret Rutherford won instead for The V.I.P.s
Reaction has been nearly universally positive for Women Talking, and emotional. MGM plans to open it in early December but if ever there was a film that should be released Before the midterms it is this one that shows the true power of women, and their vote. In fact, there is a scene the Democrats should grab which talks about the power of the women’s vote, and the studio should give it to them and cross-promote their film at the same time. Just sayin’. This is one powerful movie about a group of Mennonite women in a compound where the men rule and sexual assault has occurred. They have to vote on whether to stay or try to leave when they have an opening. It is compelling indeed.
Of the premieres in Telluride, I would say that film, and Mendes’ look back at the people who work in a seaside movie theatre circa 1980, Empire of Light have the best chance to land in the Best Picture race. But again, it is early and there is much to come at other fests and beyond.
Besides Tod Field’s Tar, which in addition to Blanchett and her great German co-star Nina Hoss (although Supporting Actress is killer – see above), might land in some key categories. Focus also had their Cannes competition film (it won no prizes there sadly), James Gray’s excellent Armageddon Time here with stars Jeremy Strong and Anne Hathaway all over the place and at the packed screenings for the movie which is fighting for attention against the newer toys on display. At the opening Friday Patrons Brunch high up in the mountains, Strong ran into Iñárritu and geeked out on him. “I would walk through fire for you,” he told the director who laughed and replied, “be careful what you wish for”. Focus will be campaigning for both films in the coming months.
A24 started their domestic campaign for their very affecting Cannes Grand Prize winner, Close here with director Lukas Dhont taking in the praise for the much acclaimed Belgian contender which is waiting to hear (on September 16) if it is to become Belgium’s official entry for the International Film Oscar race. It deserves to be, and in other categories too, but this has been a great year for the country and another of their excellent films, the Dardenne Brothers’ Tori And Lokita, another prize winner at Cannes, was here as well. Mia Hansen Love’s Directors Fortnight prize winner, One Fine Morning was loved here just as it was in Cannes and she and star Lea Seydoux were soaking up the praise. It could – and should – be France’s entry but who knows?
A Sundance entry even made it here, and finally to a big screen, and that is Sony Classics’ terrific Living and its iconic British star Bill Nighy charmed everyone as he hit Telluride with the movie SPC plans to launch a Best Actor campaign for, and they definitely could find their way into a crowded race with his luminous performance and a chance for a first nomination.
As I noted in my Telluride announcement story on Thursday that there were an unusually high number of docus in Telluride this year and they almost cannibalized each other (sorry Bones And All), but top of the list of those I caught have to be Amazon and Amblin’s heartfelt Good Night Oppy, plus Robert Downey Jr.’s and Chris Smith’s terrific homage to Downey’s dad, Sr. Matthew Heineman’s strong Afghanistan docu, Retrograde is also one to watch, and so is the right to die docu from MTV Documentary Films called Last Flight Home which is a must-see, plus many more that our docu beat report Matt Carey has been, and will continue to track.
This is an ever-changing story, but the race is on. Now I will be heading this week to Toronto.
- 9/5/2022
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
"Lady Chatterley's Lover", the notorious 1928 novel by English author D. H. Lawrence , exploring a woman's affair with a gamekeeper on her husband's estate, will be adapted by Netflix, to be directed by Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre ("The Mustang") for 3000 Pictures, starring Emma Corrin ("The Crown"):
"..'Constance Reid', aka 'Lady Chatterley' (Corrin), is married to rich, upper-class ''Sir Clifford Chatterley', who is disabled from the waist down because of an injury during the 'Great War'.
"In addition to Clifford's physical limitations, his emotional neglect of Constance forces distance between the couple.
"Her emotional frustration leads her into a 'steamy affair'...
"...with the estate gamekeeper, 'Oliver Mellors'. ...
"..'Constance Reid', aka 'Lady Chatterley' (Corrin), is married to rich, upper-class ''Sir Clifford Chatterley', who is disabled from the waist down because of an injury during the 'Great War'.
"In addition to Clifford's physical limitations, his emotional neglect of Constance forces distance between the couple.
"Her emotional frustration leads her into a 'steamy affair'...
"...with the estate gamekeeper, 'Oliver Mellors'. ...
- 9/4/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
You have to wonder whether Holliday Grainger misses the corsets. It’s been five years since the star of Strike last wore the punishing vintage garment; an eternity really, given that she spent the better part of a decade bound into one playing frothy aristocrats in shows such as The Borgias and haughty royalty in films like Anna Karenina. “I’ve worn so many I think my bloody liver is bruised,” she cackles, a trace of her native Manchester accent peeping through the negative space of her vowels. The short answer, then, is no. She does not miss the corsets.
These days, Grainger is about comfort. The actor calls me from bed one afternoon, her hair pulled back from her high-boned, full-moon face, which is bare. Not celebrity bare (meaning concealer and mascara) but actually bare. She’s in workout clothes and her rosy cheeks are rosier than usual. I...
These days, Grainger is about comfort. The actor calls me from bed one afternoon, her hair pulled back from her high-boned, full-moon face, which is bare. Not celebrity bare (meaning concealer and mascara) but actually bare. She’s in workout clothes and her rosy cheeks are rosier than usual. I...
- 9/4/2022
- by Annabel Nugent
- The Independent - TV
From the moment it was published in 1928, D.H. Lawrence’s steamy romance of a commoner and artistocratic wife has met with outrage and enduring popularity. It was so scandalous an unexpurgated version never appeared until an obscenity trial in Britain in 1960 was won by the publisher of the uncut version, leading to 3 million more in sales — not to mention the several film and TV versions that have been tried throughout the years including a 1955 film that itself was subject to cries for censorship. Now French actress and filmmaker Laure deClermont-Tonnerre has given it a new whirl in an uninhibited and sexy, but quite respectable, version starring Emma Corrin (The Crown) as Connie, who marries happily into England’s upper crust only to have a raging affair with her husband’s new gameskeeper Oliver Mellors, played by Jack O’Connell. This thing, without the right and convincing chemistry between the two lovers,...
- 9/3/2022
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
When D.H. Lawrence’s final novel “Lady Chatterley’s Lover” was widely published for the first time in 1960 (other versions circulated in 1928 and 1929), the book ignited a firestorm that eventually led to an obscenity trial (won by its publisher) and massive sales. Decades later, the novel remains a source of titillation for many (including those who turned it into dozens of R- and X-rated films and TV series), even if its reputation has generally faded into “It’s smutty, right?” It is, of course, so much more.
When Penguin Books was prosecuted under the UK’s Obscene Publications Act 1959, it wasn’t just the book’s language (including the repeated use of many “unprintable” four-letter words) or the explicit sex scenes. Lawrence’s also lovers dared to cross class lines in a time when that was a shocking act of its own. In this latest adaptation, , much of that drama has been flattened.
When Penguin Books was prosecuted under the UK’s Obscene Publications Act 1959, it wasn’t just the book’s language (including the repeated use of many “unprintable” four-letter words) or the explicit sex scenes. Lawrence’s also lovers dared to cross class lines in a time when that was a shocking act of its own. In this latest adaptation, , much of that drama has been flattened.
- 9/3/2022
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
These days, with rappers singing about “wet-ass pussy” and Ana de Armas simulating a presidential blow job in “Blonde,” it’s hard to imagine a world in which a couple four-letter words are enough to get a book banned. In the case of D.H. Lawrence’s notorious 1928 novel “Lady Chatterley’s Lover,” it was more than just the sex talk that riled the censors (the 1955 French film version was banned because it “promoted adultery”), although the book certainly seems tame by the standards of “Fifty Shades of Grey” and whatever gynecological surprises an un-Safe Google search might turn up.
How then to approach Lawrence’s controversial classic today, when audiences have seemingly seen it all, but still find themselves surfing for titillation on Netflix (judging by the streamer’s T&a-skewing Top 10 lists)? In an admirable bid to make “Lady Chatterley’s Lover” at once respectable and arousing, French director Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre...
How then to approach Lawrence’s controversial classic today, when audiences have seemingly seen it all, but still find themselves surfing for titillation on Netflix (judging by the streamer’s T&a-skewing Top 10 lists)? In an admirable bid to make “Lady Chatterley’s Lover” at once respectable and arousing, French director Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre...
- 9/3/2022
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Telluride – Almost a century after its initial publication, D.H. Lawrence’s “Lady Chatterley’s Lover” is still captivating enough on the page to spur new cinematic and episodic adaptations every few years. In fact, there have been at least seven film versions in multiple languages (some more faithful than others) and two separate BBC incarnations created for the small screen alone. But for a novel banned for decades across the globe due to its sexual content, it’s never spurred a seminal film adaptation.
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- 9/3/2022
- by Gregory Ellwood
- The Playlist
The US festival runs from September 2-5,
Telluride Film Festival (Tff) has unveiled the programme for its 49th edition, with the US festival running from tomorrow (September 2) to September 5.
Ahead of its play at Toronto and BFI London Film Festival, Sam Mendes’ Empire Of Light will world premiere. Set in an English seaside town during the 1980s, the film follows a love story and an old cinema. Olivia Colman and Colin Firth star, alongside Screen Star of Tomorrow 2020 Micheal Ward, Toby Jones, Tanya Moodie, Tom Brooke and Crystal Clarke. It is produced by Mendes and Pippa Harris’ Neal Street Productions in association with Searchlight.
Telluride Film Festival (Tff) has unveiled the programme for its 49th edition, with the US festival running from tomorrow (September 2) to September 5.
Ahead of its play at Toronto and BFI London Film Festival, Sam Mendes’ Empire Of Light will world premiere. Set in an English seaside town during the 1980s, the film follows a love story and an old cinema. Olivia Colman and Colin Firth star, alongside Screen Star of Tomorrow 2020 Micheal Ward, Toby Jones, Tanya Moodie, Tom Brooke and Crystal Clarke. It is produced by Mendes and Pippa Harris’ Neal Street Productions in association with Searchlight.
- 9/1/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
The 49th Telluride Film Festival opens Friday in a much-awaited edition that is set to feature world premieres of Searchlight’s Oscar hopeful Empire of Light from director Sam Mendes, starring Olivia Coleman and Colin Firth; Women Talking from director Sarah Polley, starring Rooney Mara and Frances McDormand in the ensemble; Sebastian Lelio’s The Wonder, starring Florence Pugh; and Sony/Netflix’s sizzling new version of D.H. Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover with Emma Corrin and Jack O’Connell; among other films.
Considered a must stop on the awards circuit, Telluride also will feature Silver Medallion tributes to Cate Blanchett, docu filmmaker Mark Cousins and Polley. Netflix, Searchlight, Sony Pictures Classics, Amazon and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences are among those also throwing dinners and parties over the Labor Day weekend event, which runs September 2-5 in the Colorado Rockies town.
In addition to the world premieres,...
Considered a must stop on the awards circuit, Telluride also will feature Silver Medallion tributes to Cate Blanchett, docu filmmaker Mark Cousins and Polley. Netflix, Searchlight, Sony Pictures Classics, Amazon and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences are among those also throwing dinners and parties over the Labor Day weekend event, which runs September 2-5 in the Colorado Rockies town.
In addition to the world premieres,...
- 9/1/2022
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
Telluride Film Festival’s official 2022 lineup has been announced, revealing world premieres of Sam Mendes’ “Empire of Light,” Sarah Polley’s “Women Talking,” Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre’s “Lady Chatterley’s Lover” and Sebastián Lelio’s “The Wonder.”
In its 49th year, the festival will pay tribute to two-time Oscar-winner Cate Blanchett, whose new film “TÁR,” from director Todd Field, will debut stateside after premiering at the Venice Film Festival.
In addition, the festival will also tribute Academy Award nominee Polley (adapted screenplay for 2006’s “Away from Her”) and acclaimed documentarian Marc Cousins, who has two films dropping at the fest. One is “My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock,” which is based on a fictional monologue between Cousins and the master of suspense. The other is “The March on Rome,” depicting the ascent of fascism in Europe during the 1930s.
Other Venice bows heading over to the Colorado Mountains are Luca Guadagnino’s...
In its 49th year, the festival will pay tribute to two-time Oscar-winner Cate Blanchett, whose new film “TÁR,” from director Todd Field, will debut stateside after premiering at the Venice Film Festival.
In addition, the festival will also tribute Academy Award nominee Polley (adapted screenplay for 2006’s “Away from Her”) and acclaimed documentarian Marc Cousins, who has two films dropping at the fest. One is “My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock,” which is based on a fictional monologue between Cousins and the master of suspense. The other is “The March on Rome,” depicting the ascent of fascism in Europe during the 1930s.
Other Venice bows heading over to the Colorado Mountains are Luca Guadagnino’s...
- 9/1/2022
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Executive’s development credits include Martin McDonagh’s Venice and TIFF selection The Banshees Of Inisherin.
Former Blueprint Pictures development executive Katie Sinclair has been appointed head of development at Jude Law’s Riff Raff Entertainment.
At Blueprint Pictures Sinclair’s credits include Martin McDonagh’s Venice and TIFF selection The Banshees Of Inisherin, Andrew Haigh’s Strangers, and Thea Sharrock’s The Beautiful Game. She also worked closely in production on Lady Chatterley’s Lover for Sony 3000 and Netflix.
Prior to Blueprint, she worked for Rose Garnett and Eva Yates at BBC Film, and previously worked in production and development for BBC Studios,...
Former Blueprint Pictures development executive Katie Sinclair has been appointed head of development at Jude Law’s Riff Raff Entertainment.
At Blueprint Pictures Sinclair’s credits include Martin McDonagh’s Venice and TIFF selection The Banshees Of Inisherin, Andrew Haigh’s Strangers, and Thea Sharrock’s The Beautiful Game. She also worked closely in production on Lady Chatterley’s Lover for Sony 3000 and Netflix.
Prior to Blueprint, she worked for Rose Garnett and Eva Yates at BBC Film, and previously worked in production and development for BBC Studios,...
- 8/30/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Netflix has announced its full fall movie slate, including release dates for a number of films that will be opening in select theaters before they’re on the streaming service.
That includes Oscar-winning “Birdman” and “The Revenant” director Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s new film “Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths.” Described as an “epic, visually stunning and immersive experience” the film stars Daniel Giménez Cacho as a renowned Mexican journalist and documentary filmmaker living in Los Angeles, who, after being named the recipient of a prestigious international award, is compelled to return to his native country, unaware that this simple trip will push him to an existential limit.
Highly anticipated titles like “Blonde,” starring Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe, and Noah Baumbach’s “White Noise” are coming to the streaming service as they make their way around the festival circuit. Just as long-awaited are sequels “Enola Holmes 2...
That includes Oscar-winning “Birdman” and “The Revenant” director Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s new film “Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths.” Described as an “epic, visually stunning and immersive experience” the film stars Daniel Giménez Cacho as a renowned Mexican journalist and documentary filmmaker living in Los Angeles, who, after being named the recipient of a prestigious international award, is compelled to return to his native country, unaware that this simple trip will push him to an existential limit.
Highly anticipated titles like “Blonde,” starring Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe, and Noah Baumbach’s “White Noise” are coming to the streaming service as they make their way around the festival circuit. Just as long-awaited are sequels “Enola Holmes 2...
- 8/30/2022
- by Adam Chitwood and Harper Lambert
- The Wrap
The actor, who is about to star opposite Nicola Walker in new BBC drama Marriage, talks about chemistry, crying and being killed off
Sean Bean used to be known as an action hero – a gritty Hollywood hard man who usually died before the credits rolled. Yet the past decade has seen him become one of our most reliably excellent dramatic actors: a tender, terrific performer with multiple awards to show for it.
Now 63, he trained as a welder in his home city of Sheffield before discovering acting, winning a scholarship to Rada in London and becoming a member of the RSC in 1986. He found mainstream fame in the 90s as the swashbuckling hero of ITV’s period action romp Sharpe. His film roles have included a terrorist in Patriot Games, a James Bond villain in GoldenEye and Boromir in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. On TV he has starred...
Sean Bean used to be known as an action hero – a gritty Hollywood hard man who usually died before the credits rolled. Yet the past decade has seen him become one of our most reliably excellent dramatic actors: a tender, terrific performer with multiple awards to show for it.
Now 63, he trained as a welder in his home city of Sheffield before discovering acting, winning a scholarship to Rada in London and becoming a member of the RSC in 1986. He found mainstream fame in the 90s as the swashbuckling hero of ITV’s period action romp Sharpe. His film roles have included a terrorist in Patriot Games, a James Bond villain in GoldenEye and Boromir in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. On TV he has starred...
- 8/14/2022
- by Michael Hogan
- The Guardian - Film News
Sean Bean isn’t all that thrilled by the increasing presence of intimacy coordinators on film and television sets. According to the “Game of Thrones” actor, these professionals actually have the ability to “ruin” the art of a sex scene.
In a recent interview with the UK’s Times, Bean reflected on the graphic sex scenes in the BBC’s 1993 series “Lady Chatterley,” based on the book “Lady Chatterley’s Lover,” saying that, had an intimacy coordinator been present on that set, his performance would’ve suffered.
“It would inhibit me more because it’s drawing attention to things. Somebody saying, ‘Do this, put your hand there, while you touch his thing…’” he explained. “I think the natural way lovers behave would be ruined by someone bringing it right down to a technical exercise.”
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In a recent interview with the UK’s Times, Bean reflected on the graphic sex scenes in the BBC’s 1993 series “Lady Chatterley,” based on the book “Lady Chatterley’s Lover,” saying that, had an intimacy coordinator been present on that set, his performance would’ve suffered.
“It would inhibit me more because it’s drawing attention to things. Somebody saying, ‘Do this, put your hand there, while you touch his thing…’” he explained. “I think the natural way lovers behave would be ruined by someone bringing it right down to a technical exercise.”
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- 8/8/2022
- by Andi Ortiz
- The Wrap
Actors to be feted at in-person awards gala on September 11.
The cast of upcoming TIFF world premiere My Policeman – Harry Styles, Emma Corrin, Gina McKee, Linus Roache, David Dawson, and Rupert Everett – are the first film ensemble to receive the festival’s TIFF Tribute Award for Performance.
Now in its fourth year, the award will return to an in-person gala fundraiser during the 47th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival on September 11 at Fairmont Royal York Hotel.
Michael Grandage directed for Prime Video from Ron Nyswaner’s adapted screenplay based on Bethan Roberts’ novel of the same name. The...
The cast of upcoming TIFF world premiere My Policeman – Harry Styles, Emma Corrin, Gina McKee, Linus Roache, David Dawson, and Rupert Everett – are the first film ensemble to receive the festival’s TIFF Tribute Award for Performance.
Now in its fourth year, the award will return to an in-person gala fundraiser during the 47th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival on September 11 at Fairmont Royal York Hotel.
Michael Grandage directed for Prime Video from Ron Nyswaner’s adapted screenplay based on Bethan Roberts’ novel of the same name. The...
- 8/8/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Michael Mann’s upcoming race car drama Ferrari is building on its already stacked ensemble as sources tell Deadline, Jack O’Connell, Patrick Dempsey and Sarah Gadon have rounded out the cast. Adam Driver, Penélope Cruz, Shailene Woodley and Gabriel Leone are already set to star. Dempsey will play Piero Taruffi and O’Connell will play Peter Collins with Gadon playing Linda Christian. Mann is directing with production set to start on August 1 in Italy.
The film is set during the summer of 1957. Ex-racecar driver, Ferrari (Driver), is in crisis. Bankruptcy stalks the company he and his wife, Laura (Woodley), built from nothing ten years earlier. Their tempestuous marriage struggles with the mourning for one son and the acknowledgement of another. He decides to counter his losses by rolling the dice on one race – 1,000 miles across Italy, the iconic Mille Miglia.
Troy Kennedy Martin co-wrote the script with Mann, which is...
The film is set during the summer of 1957. Ex-racecar driver, Ferrari (Driver), is in crisis. Bankruptcy stalks the company he and his wife, Laura (Woodley), built from nothing ten years earlier. Their tempestuous marriage struggles with the mourning for one son and the acknowledgement of another. He decides to counter his losses by rolling the dice on one race – 1,000 miles across Italy, the iconic Mille Miglia.
Troy Kennedy Martin co-wrote the script with Mann, which is...
- 7/28/2022
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
"Lady Chatterley's Lover", the notorious 1928 novel by English author D. H. Lawrence , exploring a woman's affair with a gamekeeper on her husband's estate, will be adapted by Netflix, to be directed by Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre ("The Mustang") for 3000 Pictures, starring Emma Corrin ("The Crown"):
"..'Constance Reid', aka 'Lady Chatterley' (Corrin), is married to rich, upper-class ''Sir Clifford Chatterley', who is disabled from the waist down because of an injury during the 'Great War'.
"In addition to Clifford's physical limitations, his emotional neglect of Constance forces distance between the couple.
"Her emotional frustration leads her into a 'steamy affair'...
"...with the estate gamekeeper, 'Oliver Mellors'. ...
"..'Constance Reid', aka 'Lady Chatterley' (Corrin), is married to rich, upper-class ''Sir Clifford Chatterley', who is disabled from the waist down because of an injury during the 'Great War'.
"In addition to Clifford's physical limitations, his emotional neglect of Constance forces distance between the couple.
"Her emotional frustration leads her into a 'steamy affair'...
"...with the estate gamekeeper, 'Oliver Mellors'. ...
- 7/6/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Energetic Italian sales agent Open Reel has closed world sales rights to Valentin Merz’s “De noche los gatos son pardos,” which will world premiere in this year’s Locarno Festival International Competition.
One of two first features in Locarno’s main competitive section, “De noche los gatos son pardos” (“At Night All Cats Are Black”) returns to Europe’s largest mid-Summer film event after winning the biggest prize last year at its First Look pix-in-post showcase focused on Swiss movies.
That prize went to the section’s boldest entry, a genre mashup of film shoot drama and comedic procedural which proves an ode to sexuality in its multiple manifestations, as well as to love and filmmaking.
Shot through with a meta conscience, “De noche…” turns on a highly disparate crew and cast shooting a sexually-souped costume drama in wooded hills. Suddenly, its director, Valentin disappears. Clodhopping local cops interview the crew,...
One of two first features in Locarno’s main competitive section, “De noche los gatos son pardos” (“At Night All Cats Are Black”) returns to Europe’s largest mid-Summer film event after winning the biggest prize last year at its First Look pix-in-post showcase focused on Swiss movies.
That prize went to the section’s boldest entry, a genre mashup of film shoot drama and comedic procedural which proves an ode to sexuality in its multiple manifestations, as well as to love and filmmaking.
Shot through with a meta conscience, “De noche…” turns on a highly disparate crew and cast shooting a sexually-souped costume drama in wooded hills. Suddenly, its director, Valentin disappears. Clodhopping local cops interview the crew,...
- 7/6/2022
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Amazon Studios has unveiled a teaser trailer for “My Policeman,” which finds Harry Styles caught between a forbidden romance with a male museum curator and a more socially acceptable relationship with a female teacher.
Split between two timelines, the drama follows the trio of Tom (Styles), Patrick (David Dawson) and Marion (Emma Corrin) in 1950s Britain as they navigate the contours of a homosexual affair. Forty years later, they are given a chance to confront the past when an older Patrick (Rupert Everett) pays a visit to the home of Tom (Linus Roache) and Marion (Gina McKee).
The trailer begins with Tom and Patrick standing side by side, gazing at a painting of a stormy ocean. When Patrick asks how it makes him feel, Tom replies, “You can sense the waves… you know how strong they are… like swimming in rough surf.”.tpd-featured-video.youtube{position:relative;overflow:hidden;width:100;padding-top:56.25}.tpd-featured-video.youtube...
Split between two timelines, the drama follows the trio of Tom (Styles), Patrick (David Dawson) and Marion (Emma Corrin) in 1950s Britain as they navigate the contours of a homosexual affair. Forty years later, they are given a chance to confront the past when an older Patrick (Rupert Everett) pays a visit to the home of Tom (Linus Roache) and Marion (Gina McKee).
The trailer begins with Tom and Patrick standing side by side, gazing at a painting of a stormy ocean. When Patrick asks how it makes him feel, Tom replies, “You can sense the waves… you know how strong they are… like swimming in rough surf.”.tpd-featured-video.youtube{position:relative;overflow:hidden;width:100;padding-top:56.25}.tpd-featured-video.youtube...
- 6/15/2022
- by Harper Lambert
- The Wrap
Beryl Vertue, the acclaimed UK TV exec behind Sherlock and Men Behaving Badly, has died aged 90.
Vertue’s daughters Sue Vertue and Debbie Vertue said in a joint statement: “It’s with the heaviest of hearts that we have to share the sad news that mum passed away peacefully last night. It wasn’t Covid, it was just her nearly 91-year-old body saying enough is enough.”
They described her as “our best friend, our mentor, our adviser, our role model, our holiday companion, our giggle-maker and our boss,” adding: “She was more than a mother to us – she was also a friend. To many in the industry she was more than a friend – she was often a mother.”
Multiple UK TV figures paid tribute to Vertue, who set up and steered successful independent drama company Hartswood Films in 1979. Both Sue Vertue and Debbie Vertue now work for Hartswood and Sue...
Vertue’s daughters Sue Vertue and Debbie Vertue said in a joint statement: “It’s with the heaviest of hearts that we have to share the sad news that mum passed away peacefully last night. It wasn’t Covid, it was just her nearly 91-year-old body saying enough is enough.”
They described her as “our best friend, our mentor, our adviser, our role model, our holiday companion, our giggle-maker and our boss,” adding: “She was more than a mother to us – she was also a friend. To many in the industry she was more than a friend – she was often a mother.”
Multiple UK TV figures paid tribute to Vertue, who set up and steered successful independent drama company Hartswood Films in 1979. Both Sue Vertue and Debbie Vertue now work for Hartswood and Sue...
- 2/13/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Maybe you’ve been patiently waiting two years for director Rian Johnson’s “Knives Out” sequel. It could be the team-up of Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans and Ana de Armas in “The Gray Man” that strikes your fancy. Perhaps “The Bubble,” Maria Bakalova’s first film since “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,” has you grabbing for popcorn. Whatever your taste, Netflix will be unveiling a smorgasbord of entertainment options in 2022.
The streaming service has announced plans to debut no less than 68 movies in the new year, making good on its promise to launch at least one film per week over the next 12 months.
Netflix’s genre-spanning slate includes musicals, action spectacles, romantic comedies and spooky thrillers, with projects on schedule from Ryan Reynolds, Halle Berry, Judd Apatow, Jamie Foxx, Greta Gerwig, Eddie Murphy, Jennifer Lopez, Jordan Peele, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and other A-listers.
In a new sizzle reel released Thursday, Netflix showcased first...
The streaming service has announced plans to debut no less than 68 movies in the new year, making good on its promise to launch at least one film per week over the next 12 months.
Netflix’s genre-spanning slate includes musicals, action spectacles, romantic comedies and spooky thrillers, with projects on schedule from Ryan Reynolds, Halle Berry, Judd Apatow, Jamie Foxx, Greta Gerwig, Eddie Murphy, Jennifer Lopez, Jordan Peele, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and other A-listers.
In a new sizzle reel released Thursday, Netflix showcased first...
- 2/3/2022
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Upwards of 85 new films will launch (or have already arrived) on Netflix this year. A few movies made their grand debuts in January, and quite a few more are set to launch at the beginning of this month, but the streaming service is touting its 2022 slate with new movies every week and a robust lineup of actors and filmmakers.
Standout tiles include Shawn Levy’s time-traveling tale, “The Adam Project,” with a cast led by Ryan Reynolds, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Garner and Zoe Saldaña, as well as a new adaptation of Jane Austen’s “Persuasion,” starring Dakota Johnson and Henry Golding. Regina King will embody trailblazing politician Shirley Chisholm in a biopic titled “Shirley.” Stop-motion and horror maestros Henry Selick and Jordan Peele are teaming up for the animated pic “Wendell & Wild.” “The Gray Man” stars both Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans in a CIA/spy/global manhunt film alongside Ana de Armas.
Standout tiles include Shawn Levy’s time-traveling tale, “The Adam Project,” with a cast led by Ryan Reynolds, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Garner and Zoe Saldaña, as well as a new adaptation of Jane Austen’s “Persuasion,” starring Dakota Johnson and Henry Golding. Regina King will embody trailblazing politician Shirley Chisholm in a biopic titled “Shirley.” Stop-motion and horror maestros Henry Selick and Jordan Peele are teaming up for the animated pic “Wendell & Wild.” “The Gray Man” stars both Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans in a CIA/spy/global manhunt film alongside Ana de Armas.
- 2/3/2022
- by Dessi Gomez and Harper Lambert
- The Wrap
Fresh off her stint playing Diana, Princess of Wales, in Netflix’s period drama “The Crown,” Emma Corrin is gearing up to portray another high-society woman. The actor in talks to star in “Lady Chatterley’s Lover,” a romance drama about the scandalous affair between star-crossed lovers.
Based on D.H. Lawrence’s novel, the story follows the wealthy and privileged Lady Chatterley, who finds herself married to a man she doesn’t love and engages in a torrid affair with a gamekeeper on their English estate. The book was originally published in Italy and France in the 1920s, but it wasn’t printed in the United States until 1959 due to obscenity.
Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, whose credits include “The Mustang,” “Mrs. America” and “The Act,” will direct the film. “Life of Pi” screenwriter David Magee is set to pen the script, and 3000 Pictures, the production company founded by Elizabeth Gabler, is backing the big-screen adaptation.
Based on D.H. Lawrence’s novel, the story follows the wealthy and privileged Lady Chatterley, who finds herself married to a man she doesn’t love and engages in a torrid affair with a gamekeeper on their English estate. The book was originally published in Italy and France in the 1920s, but it wasn’t printed in the United States until 1959 due to obscenity.
Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, whose credits include “The Mustang,” “Mrs. America” and “The Act,” will direct the film. “Life of Pi” screenwriter David Magee is set to pen the script, and 3000 Pictures, the production company founded by Elizabeth Gabler, is backing the big-screen adaptation.
- 3/8/2021
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Kiell Smith-Bynoe isn’t much of a Christmas person. “I don’t like the whole build-up and I despise the idea of people putting up their Christmas trees on the 1st of November. I’m horribly against it!” he tells Den of Geek over the phone. “If that makes some people happy then fine, but no, I’m not really a Christmas guy at all.”
That didn’t stop him from feeling a touch of the Christmas spirit when filming the Ghosts special in February this year. “That actually felt very festive. It really had that Christmas feel. As well as the decorations, they added in some scents that made the set smell really Christmassy.” Even the most tinsel-averse can be turned by a cinnamon and gingerbread candle.
It won’t have just been about the fragrance. The Ghosts special, which follows the goings-on in a haunted manor house populated...
That didn’t stop him from feeling a touch of the Christmas spirit when filming the Ghosts special in February this year. “That actually felt very festive. It really had that Christmas feel. As well as the decorations, they added in some scents that made the set smell really Christmassy.” Even the most tinsel-averse can be turned by a cinnamon and gingerbread candle.
It won’t have just been about the fragrance. The Ghosts special, which follows the goings-on in a haunted manor house populated...
- 12/21/2020
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Paris-based Lincoln TV is set to reunite with the creative team behind “Mirage” on a period series about the turbulent life of Sylvia Kristel, the 1970’s sex symbol and star of the erotic film trilogy “Emmanuelle.”
Titled “Sylvia,” the six-part series will be based on Kristel’s 2006 autobiography “Nue” (“Naked”), in which the late actress chronicles her rise and tragic downfall.
Currently at the script stage, the series is being created and penned by Bénédicte Charles and Olivier Pouponneau, who previously wrote “Mirage” with Franck Philippon. Lincoln TV, the well-established banner founded by veteran producers Christine de Bourbon-Busset and Marc Missonnier, has acquired the audiovisual rights to Kristel’s autobiography from the publishing house Cherche-Midi.
The project is currently being shopped to key French channels and Lincoln TV is aiming to partner up with a Flemish co-producer.
“We think the story of Sylvia will strike a chord in the post-MeToo era.
Titled “Sylvia,” the six-part series will be based on Kristel’s 2006 autobiography “Nue” (“Naked”), in which the late actress chronicles her rise and tragic downfall.
Currently at the script stage, the series is being created and penned by Bénédicte Charles and Olivier Pouponneau, who previously wrote “Mirage” with Franck Philippon. Lincoln TV, the well-established banner founded by veteran producers Christine de Bourbon-Busset and Marc Missonnier, has acquired the audiovisual rights to Kristel’s autobiography from the publishing house Cherche-Midi.
The project is currently being shopped to key French channels and Lincoln TV is aiming to partner up with a Flemish co-producer.
“We think the story of Sylvia will strike a chord in the post-MeToo era.
- 6/30/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
“You fool! You can not stop me! I am the ninja! No one, nothing can stop me!.”
BearManor Media has published The Cannon Film Guide, a Trilogy of Books About the Movies Released By the Legendary 1980s B-Movie Studio, Cannon Films. Order The Cannon Film Guide Here
Volume One Available Now: Over 500 Pages Covering the Company’s First Five Years under the Leadership of B-Movie Icons Golan and Globus
From 1980 until 1994, The Cannon Group was responsible for the production of more than 200 films. Quantity, rather than quality, was the key to Cannon’s game: their output included many of the 1980s’ most beloved (and notorious) b-movies. Along the way they dipped their toes into every imaginable genre of movies, made stars out of Chuck Norris and Michael Dudikoff, kicked off the ninja and breakdancing crazes, and kept Charles Bronson working into the twilight of his career. While it’s rare...
BearManor Media has published The Cannon Film Guide, a Trilogy of Books About the Movies Released By the Legendary 1980s B-Movie Studio, Cannon Films. Order The Cannon Film Guide Here
Volume One Available Now: Over 500 Pages Covering the Company’s First Five Years under the Leadership of B-Movie Icons Golan and Globus
From 1980 until 1994, The Cannon Group was responsible for the production of more than 200 films. Quantity, rather than quality, was the key to Cannon’s game: their output included many of the 1980s’ most beloved (and notorious) b-movies. Along the way they dipped their toes into every imaginable genre of movies, made stars out of Chuck Norris and Michael Dudikoff, kicked off the ninja and breakdancing crazes, and kept Charles Bronson working into the twilight of his career. While it’s rare...
- 6/26/2020
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
If you watched an action, sci-fi, or horror movie in the 1980s, there was a good chance it was produced by Cannon Films. The studio — perhaps the last great home of B-movie and exploitation classics — was founded in 1967 but hit its apex between 1979 and 1987, releasing scores of films that (mostly) no one would call high cinema but which delivered thrills, chills and plenty of blood, action, and fire on a budget.
Tapping into the massive market for both high and low concept fare — the 1980s equivalent of drive-in double bill fillers — Cannon, under the leadership of Israeli cousins Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus, were perhaps best known for churning out chintzy crowdpleasers like the Chuck Norris-starring Missing in Action and The Delta Force along with a slew of Death Wish sequels.
But the company also produced titillating titles like Lady Chatterley’s Lover, slasher fare such as Schizoid and New Year’s Evil,...
Tapping into the massive market for both high and low concept fare — the 1980s equivalent of drive-in double bill fillers — Cannon, under the leadership of Israeli cousins Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus, were perhaps best known for churning out chintzy crowdpleasers like the Chuck Norris-starring Missing in Action and The Delta Force along with a slew of Death Wish sequels.
But the company also produced titillating titles like Lady Chatterley’s Lover, slasher fare such as Schizoid and New Year’s Evil,...
- 6/23/2020
- by Don Kaye
- Den of Geek
I came of age (whatever that means) in the ’80s, so I’m always very interested in what Severin Films re-releases from that era; some I’ve seen and some I haven’t, and others I’ve never even heard of before. The two new releases from Severin I’ll be looking at today fit in that middle category—ones I know of very well, but yet remained unseen. Until now, that is; Severin has seen fit to load up the fantasy/actioner/softcore Gwendoline (1984) and the harrowingly violent The Boys Next Door (1985) with everything a viewer could want to know.
Gwendoline (1984): Otherwise known as The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik Yak, this film is goofy, immature, leering, and has stunning set design. Yes, it’s French; how’d you guess? Writer/director Just Jaeckin (Lady Chatterley’s Lover) has concocted an almost unwieldy mix of Raiders of the Lost Ark,...
Gwendoline (1984): Otherwise known as The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik Yak, this film is goofy, immature, leering, and has stunning set design. Yes, it’s French; how’d you guess? Writer/director Just Jaeckin (Lady Chatterley’s Lover) has concocted an almost unwieldy mix of Raiders of the Lost Ark,...
- 1/13/2020
- by Scott Drebit
- DailyDead
Joan Collins in 'The Bitch': Sex tale based on younger sister Jackie Collins' novel. Author Jackie Collins dead at 77: Surprisingly few film and TV adaptations of her bestselling novels Jackie Collins, best known for a series of bestsellers about the dysfunctional sex lives of the rich and famous and for being the younger sister of film and TV star Joan Collins, died of breast cancer on Sept. 19, '15, in Los Angeles. The London-born (Oct. 4, 1937) Collins was 77. Collins' tawdry, female-centered novels – much like those of Danielle Steel and Judith Krantz – were/are immensely popular. According to her website, they have sold more than 500 million copies in 40 countries. And if the increasingly tabloidy BBC is to be believed (nowadays, Wikipedia has become a key source, apparently), every single one of them – 32 in all – appeared on the New York Times' bestseller list. (Collins' own site claims that a mere 30 were included.) Sex...
- 9/22/2015
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
UK TV ratings roundup - data supplied by Barb
The X Factor enjoyed a more successful second Sunday episode in the ratings this series, according to overnight figures.
The fourth auditions compilation attracted an average audience of 6.68 million (29.6%) viewers at 8pm on ITV, with an added 393,000 (1.8%) on +1. This is lower than its Saturday edition by around 500,000 viewers, but is up by almost 700,000 from last Sunday.
X Factor episode four review: Isn't this whole show a contestant farm?
Later, ITV2's Xtra Factor follow-up entertained 517k (2.4%) at 9pm (119k/0.8% on +1).
Elsewhere, BBC One's one-off new version of Lady Chatterley's Lover spiced up the homes of 4.86m (24.2%) people at 9pm.
Earlier, Countryfile appealed to 5.63m (30.1%) at 7pm, followed by Antiques Roadshow with 5.31m (23.2%) at 8pm.
On BBC Two, Dragons' Den brought in 1.92m (8.4%) at 8pm, while Special Forces: Ultimate Hell Week was seen by 1.32m (6.2%) at 9pm.
Channel 4's Time...
The X Factor enjoyed a more successful second Sunday episode in the ratings this series, according to overnight figures.
The fourth auditions compilation attracted an average audience of 6.68 million (29.6%) viewers at 8pm on ITV, with an added 393,000 (1.8%) on +1. This is lower than its Saturday edition by around 500,000 viewers, but is up by almost 700,000 from last Sunday.
X Factor episode four review: Isn't this whole show a contestant farm?
Later, ITV2's Xtra Factor follow-up entertained 517k (2.4%) at 9pm (119k/0.8% on +1).
Elsewhere, BBC One's one-off new version of Lady Chatterley's Lover spiced up the homes of 4.86m (24.2%) people at 9pm.
Earlier, Countryfile appealed to 5.63m (30.1%) at 7pm, followed by Antiques Roadshow with 5.31m (23.2%) at 8pm.
On BBC Two, Dragons' Den brought in 1.92m (8.4%) at 8pm, while Special Forces: Ultimate Hell Week was seen by 1.32m (6.2%) at 9pm.
Channel 4's Time...
- 9/7/2015
- Digital Spy
Prithee, my lord, loosen our corsets and unbutton our breeches. This week has seen a new wave of period drama steam, from Natalie Dormer's BBC film The Scandalous Lady W to the furore about the 'pornographic' new adaptation of Lady Chatterley's Lover.
But they're hardly the first shows to bare historical breasts and bottoms. Here's our 9 favourite saucy costume dramas...
Pride and Prejudice
Ooh, Mr Darcy. We'll ease you in gently with the BBC's iconic 1995 Pride and Prejudice miniseries, fondly remembered for the scene in which Colin Firth's dashing hero takes a dip in the Pemberley lake and emerges to greet his unexpected guests, dripping like a dolphin in a wet T-shirt contest.
While it may have shocked your grandma, this is pretty tame stuff.
Tipping the Velvet
Classic 19th century literature isn't known for its portrayal of lesbian love but Sarah Waters set out to right this...
But they're hardly the first shows to bare historical breasts and bottoms. Here's our 9 favourite saucy costume dramas...
Pride and Prejudice
Ooh, Mr Darcy. We'll ease you in gently with the BBC's iconic 1995 Pride and Prejudice miniseries, fondly remembered for the scene in which Colin Firth's dashing hero takes a dip in the Pemberley lake and emerges to greet his unexpected guests, dripping like a dolphin in a wet T-shirt contest.
While it may have shocked your grandma, this is pretty tame stuff.
Tipping the Velvet
Classic 19th century literature isn't known for its portrayal of lesbian love but Sarah Waters set out to right this...
- 8/21/2015
- Digital Spy
Samantha Morton will star in BBC One's Cider with Rosie.
The Golden Globe-winning actress has been cast as Annie Lee in the adaptation of Laurie Lee's 1959 book.
Morton said: "I am thrilled to have taken on the role of Annie Lee in BBC One's adaptation of Cider with Rosie as it is one of my favourite books."
W1A's Jessica Hynes will feature as Miss Crabby, while June Whitfield will play the role of Granny Wallon.
Annette Crosbie and Billy Howle also appear, and will be joined by newcomers Archie Cox as Laurie/Lol, Ruby Ashbourne Serkis as Rosie and Emma Curtis as Maj.
Cider with Rosie follows a young Laurie Lee during and after the First World War, and follows the ups and downs of his family and first love.
The adaptation will air on BBC One in 2015, as part of the channel's classic 20th Century literature season.
The Golden Globe-winning actress has been cast as Annie Lee in the adaptation of Laurie Lee's 1959 book.
Morton said: "I am thrilled to have taken on the role of Annie Lee in BBC One's adaptation of Cider with Rosie as it is one of my favourite books."
W1A's Jessica Hynes will feature as Miss Crabby, while June Whitfield will play the role of Granny Wallon.
Annette Crosbie and Billy Howle also appear, and will be joined by newcomers Archie Cox as Laurie/Lol, Ruby Ashbourne Serkis as Rosie and Emma Curtis as Maj.
Cider with Rosie follows a young Laurie Lee during and after the First World War, and follows the ups and downs of his family and first love.
The adaptation will air on BBC One in 2015, as part of the channel's classic 20th Century literature season.
- 10/14/2014
- Digital Spy
The rise and fall of Cannon Films is told in Mark Hartley's wildly entertaining documentary, Electric Boogaloo. Here's Ryan's review...
Producers Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus were famous (or infamous) for many things, but a stringent approach to quality filmmaking was hardly one of them. At the height of their success in the 1980s, the Israeli cousins, and their company Cannon Films, were synonymous with cheap B-movies of just about every kind: Chuck Norris action flicks, sex comedies, ninja martial arts epics, dance movies and tawdry slasher horrors.
Their films frequently horrified critics, but became a staple of video rental stores: with Cannon Films cranking out as many as 50 or so pictures a year at its peak, the company's distinctive logo and self-explanatory film titles (New Year's Evil, Avenging Force, Enter The Ninja) were ubiquitous throughout the 80s and early 90s. The company was eventually brought down by its fast-and-loose approach to film production,...
Producers Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus were famous (or infamous) for many things, but a stringent approach to quality filmmaking was hardly one of them. At the height of their success in the 1980s, the Israeli cousins, and their company Cannon Films, were synonymous with cheap B-movies of just about every kind: Chuck Norris action flicks, sex comedies, ninja martial arts epics, dance movies and tawdry slasher horrors.
Their films frequently horrified critics, but became a staple of video rental stores: with Cannon Films cranking out as many as 50 or so pictures a year at its peak, the company's distinctive logo and self-explanatory film titles (New Year's Evil, Avenging Force, Enter The Ninja) were ubiquitous throughout the 80s and early 90s. The company was eventually brought down by its fast-and-loose approach to film production,...
- 9/29/2014
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Rob Stark himself, "Game of Thrones" star Richard Madden, will play gamekeeper Oliver Mellors in a TV movie adaptation of D.H. Lawrence's "Lady Chatterley's Lover" for BBC1. Jed Mercurio ("Line of Duty") helms the project which will come from "Sherlock" producer Hartswood Films
Madden joins Holliday Grainger ("The Borgias") as Lady Chatterley and James Norton ("Happy Valley") as her war-wounded husband Sir Clifford Chatterley. [Source: The Guardian]
Queen of Earth
Michelle Dockery ("Downton Abbey") has joined the cast of Alex Ross Perry's indie psychological thriller "Queen of Earth". Joe Swanberg is producing.
Dockery and Elisabeth Moss play two women who retreat to a beach house to get a break from the pressures of the outside world. Although they grew up as best friends, they soon realize how disconnected from each other they have become. [Source: THR]
Operator
Ving Rhames has joined the cast of Obin and Amariah Olson's indie action-thriller "Operator". Mischa Barton,...
Rob Stark himself, "Game of Thrones" star Richard Madden, will play gamekeeper Oliver Mellors in a TV movie adaptation of D.H. Lawrence's "Lady Chatterley's Lover" for BBC1. Jed Mercurio ("Line of Duty") helms the project which will come from "Sherlock" producer Hartswood Films
Madden joins Holliday Grainger ("The Borgias") as Lady Chatterley and James Norton ("Happy Valley") as her war-wounded husband Sir Clifford Chatterley. [Source: The Guardian]
Queen of Earth
Michelle Dockery ("Downton Abbey") has joined the cast of Alex Ross Perry's indie psychological thriller "Queen of Earth". Joe Swanberg is producing.
Dockery and Elisabeth Moss play two women who retreat to a beach house to get a break from the pressures of the outside world. Although they grew up as best friends, they soon realize how disconnected from each other they have become. [Source: THR]
Operator
Ving Rhames has joined the cast of Obin and Amariah Olson's indie action-thriller "Operator". Mischa Barton,...
- 8/22/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Holliday Grainger and Richard Madden are set to star in Jed Mercurio’s adaptation of Dh Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover for BBC One.The 90-minute drama which will be directed by Mercurio to air on BBC One as part of its ambitious season of classic 20th century literature next year.Holliday Grainger (represented by Troika) will play Lady Chatterley with James Norton as her war-wounded husband Sir Clifford Chatterley. Holliday played Estella in the film adaptation of Great Expectations and will shortly be seen in The Riot Club, the film adaptation of the West End play Posh, and as an ugly sister in Kenneth Branagh's Cinderella.Game of Thrones star Richard Madden (also represented by Troika) will play gamekeeper Oliver Mellors. He has also recently wrapped on Kenneth Branagh's Cinderella in which he plays Prince Charming.
Jed Mercurio, writer and director, says: “I'm hugely flattered that...
Jed Mercurio, writer and director, says: “I'm hugely flattered that...
- 8/22/2014
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
Joanna Vanderham has been cast in BBC One's The Go-Between , which will form part of its season of classic 20th century literature.
Vanderham, who has appeared in The Paradise, Dancing On The Edge and Banished, will play Marian Maudsley in the film. She will be joined by Stephen Campbell Moore (The History Boys) as Trimingham, Ben Batt (Shameless) as Ted Burgess and Maleficent's Lesley Manville as Mrs Maudsley.
Jack Hollington will play Leo Colston, the young protagonist of the 90-minute adaptation of LP Hartley's novel.
The Go-Between follows Colston as an elderly man as he pieces together his childhood memories. He does this with the help of his diary from 1900, which he wrote at the age of 13. The film then paints a picture of British life and social hierarchy at the beginning of the 20th century.
Vanderham said of her role: "I am so excited to have been...
Vanderham, who has appeared in The Paradise, Dancing On The Edge and Banished, will play Marian Maudsley in the film. She will be joined by Stephen Campbell Moore (The History Boys) as Trimingham, Ben Batt (Shameless) as Ted Burgess and Maleficent's Lesley Manville as Mrs Maudsley.
Jack Hollington will play Leo Colston, the young protagonist of the 90-minute adaptation of LP Hartley's novel.
The Go-Between follows Colston as an elderly man as he pieces together his childhood memories. He does this with the help of his diary from 1900, which he wrote at the age of 13. The film then paints a picture of British life and social hierarchy at the beginning of the 20th century.
Vanderham said of her role: "I am so excited to have been...
- 8/18/2014
- Digital Spy
Andrew counts down some of the best roles of Sean Bean's career, from the ones you'll know to the ones you probably won't...
Top 10
Sean Bean.
Love him, fear him, smell him: the man breathes fire. And acting.
But what is Sean Bean? Well, adhering to a skeptical epistemology, we simply don't know, but for the purposes of this article he's the bloke who played Errol Partridge in Equilibrium, still to this day his defining role in Equilibrium.
While everyone at Den of Geek loves Equilibrium slightly more than they love each other, Sean Bean is only in it but for a moment. Unfortunately he mistakenly believes that holding up a book in front of his face will stop a bullet, when all he had to do to stop Christian Bale from shooting him was impersonate a puppy. Really, it's hard to argue that the film wouldn't be considerably...
Top 10
Sean Bean.
Love him, fear him, smell him: the man breathes fire. And acting.
But what is Sean Bean? Well, adhering to a skeptical epistemology, we simply don't know, but for the purposes of this article he's the bloke who played Errol Partridge in Equilibrium, still to this day his defining role in Equilibrium.
While everyone at Den of Geek loves Equilibrium slightly more than they love each other, Sean Bean is only in it but for a moment. Unfortunately he mistakenly believes that holding up a book in front of his face will stop a bullet, when all he had to do to stop Christian Bale from shooting him was impersonate a puppy. Really, it's hard to argue that the film wouldn't be considerably...
- 5/30/2014
- by sarahd
- Den of Geek
Star of 1974 film about bored housewife who embarks on voyage of sexual discovery dies after cancer battle and stroke
Sylvia Kristel, the Dutch-born actor who brought sex to the multiplex, has died at the age of 60. She had been battling cancer and suffered a debilitating stroke in June of this year. "She died during the night during her sleep," her agent, Marieke Verharen, told the Afp news agency.
Having initially worked as a model, Kristel rose to stardom in Emmanuelle, the 1974 tale of a bored, beautiful housewife who embarks on a journey of sexual discovery. Directed by Just Jaeckin, the softcore drama sent Kristel's character through an endless whirl of skinny dipping, masturbation and the leg-over antics of the Mile High Club. But Emmanuelle's hedonistic worldview struck a chord with mainstream 70s audiences. It went on to become one of the most successful French productions ever, earning upwards of...
Sylvia Kristel, the Dutch-born actor who brought sex to the multiplex, has died at the age of 60. She had been battling cancer and suffered a debilitating stroke in June of this year. "She died during the night during her sleep," her agent, Marieke Verharen, told the Afp news agency.
Having initially worked as a model, Kristel rose to stardom in Emmanuelle, the 1974 tale of a bored, beautiful housewife who embarks on a journey of sexual discovery. Directed by Just Jaeckin, the softcore drama sent Kristel's character through an endless whirl of skinny dipping, masturbation and the leg-over antics of the Mile High Club. But Emmanuelle's hedonistic worldview struck a chord with mainstream 70s audiences. It went on to become one of the most successful French productions ever, earning upwards of...
- 10/18/2012
- by Xan Brooks
- The Guardian - Film News
Her film career was dominated by her role as Emmanuelle
There can be few film actors so closely associated with one role as was Sylvia Kristel, who has died of cancer aged 60. The title role of the sexually adventurous housewife in Emmanuelle (1974) became a reference for every part she played subsequently. This was not surprising, as the Dutch star did play a character called Emmanuelle, with few variations, many times over.
In the original film, Kristel portrayed the bored wife of a French embassy official in Bangkok, urged by her libertine husband to explore all the possibilities of sex. Thereupon, she finds herself in bed with, among others, a lesbian archaeologist and an elderly roué. Directed with some grace by Just Jaeckin, this glossy soft-porn package, dressed up as art-house erotica, was a huge international hit, becoming the first X-rated film to be released in the Us. Lushly photographed and...
There can be few film actors so closely associated with one role as was Sylvia Kristel, who has died of cancer aged 60. The title role of the sexually adventurous housewife in Emmanuelle (1974) became a reference for every part she played subsequently. This was not surprising, as the Dutch star did play a character called Emmanuelle, with few variations, many times over.
In the original film, Kristel portrayed the bored wife of a French embassy official in Bangkok, urged by her libertine husband to explore all the possibilities of sex. Thereupon, she finds herself in bed with, among others, a lesbian archaeologist and an elderly roué. Directed with some grace by Just Jaeckin, this glossy soft-porn package, dressed up as art-house erotica, was a huge international hit, becoming the first X-rated film to be released in the Us. Lushly photographed and...
- 10/18/2012
- by Ronald Bergan
- The Guardian - Film News
Sylvia Kristel will always be associated with her starring role in the 1974 softcore classic Emmanuelle. The Dutch model-turned-actress would never repeat the success and went on to play parts capitalising on the role, most notably in a 1981 adaptation of Lady Chatterley's Lover and the nudity-filled biopic of the World War I spy Mata Hari. She was born the daughter of innkeepers in Utrecht (she claimed she was sexually abused by a guest) and worked as a barmaid and petrol station attendant before modelling when she was 17, winning the Miss TV Europe contest in 1973.
- 10/18/2012
- Sky Movies
The Hague, Netherlands -- Actress Sylvia Kristel, the Dutch star of the hit 1970s erotic movie "Emmanuelle," has died of cancer at age 60.
Her agent, Features Creative Management, said in a statement Thursday that Kristel died in her sleep Wednesday night. Kristel, a model who turned to acting in the 1970s, had been fighting cancer for several years.
Her breakthrough came in "Emmanuelle," a 1974 erotic tale directed by Frenchman Just Jaeckin, about the sexual adventures of a man and his beautiful young wife, played by Kristel, in Thailand.
She went on to star in several sequels to "Emmanuelle," as well as in Hollywood movies including "Private Lessons" in 1981.
In Hollywood, she sank into a world of drink and drugs. "I wish I could have skipped that part of my life, she said in a 2005 interview with Dutch newspaper De Volkkrant.
Her agent described her as one of the Netherlands' biggest movie stars,...
Her agent, Features Creative Management, said in a statement Thursday that Kristel died in her sleep Wednesday night. Kristel, a model who turned to acting in the 1970s, had been fighting cancer for several years.
Her breakthrough came in "Emmanuelle," a 1974 erotic tale directed by Frenchman Just Jaeckin, about the sexual adventures of a man and his beautiful young wife, played by Kristel, in Thailand.
She went on to star in several sequels to "Emmanuelle," as well as in Hollywood movies including "Private Lessons" in 1981.
In Hollywood, she sank into a world of drink and drugs. "I wish I could have skipped that part of my life, she said in a 2005 interview with Dutch newspaper De Volkkrant.
Her agent described her as one of the Netherlands' biggest movie stars,...
- 10/18/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Sylvia Kristel who starred in the 1974 erotic film Emmanuelle, has died from cancer at the age of 60. According to The Huffington Post, Kristel's agent Features Creative Management said in a statement Thursday that Kristel had died in her sleep last night after battling cancel for a few years. Just Jaeckin's Emmanuelle marked her breakthrough, which she followed with a sequel, and numerous TV movies. The actresses other roles included 1981's Lady Chatterley's Lover as Lady Constance Chatterley, alongside Shane Briant, Nicholas Clay and Anne Mitchell. In the same year, she starred in Alan Myerson's Private Lessons comedy with Howard Hesseman and Eric Brown.
- 10/18/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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