As the format continues to slowly gain traction – here’s our regularly-updated list of upcoming 4K UK disc releases.
Sitting alongside our list of upcoming DVD and Blu-ray releases (that you can find here), we’re also keeping a calendar for those who support the 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray disc format. As we learn of new UK releases, we’ll add them to this list.
We have started adding shopping links too. We’d be obliged if you clicked on them, as it really helps us in our quest to make the Film Stories project of magazines, website and podcast profitable. We’re a 100% independent publisher, and we quite like drinking coffee. It’d be lovely to afford some more.
Without further ado, here are the titles we know about…
Out now
6th May: Night Swim
10th May: Queen Rock Montreal + Live Aid
13th May: Once Upon A Time In The West...
Sitting alongside our list of upcoming DVD and Blu-ray releases (that you can find here), we’re also keeping a calendar for those who support the 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray disc format. As we learn of new UK releases, we’ll add them to this list.
We have started adding shopping links too. We’d be obliged if you clicked on them, as it really helps us in our quest to make the Film Stories project of magazines, website and podcast profitable. We’re a 100% independent publisher, and we quite like drinking coffee. It’d be lovely to afford some more.
Without further ado, here are the titles we know about…
Out now
6th May: Night Swim
10th May: Queen Rock Montreal + Live Aid
13th May: Once Upon A Time In The West...
- 6/8/2024
- by Simon Brew
- Film Stories
Lucy Liu was honored with the Legend award at the third annual Gold House Gold Gala on Saturday in Los Angeles.
Liu delivered a passionate speech after accepting the award from Regina King. “What I love about Regina is that she always makes choices that are for her,” Liu told the audience. “When I started over 30 years ago, there weren’t a lot of choices that I could make for myself.”
Liu — whose credits include “Ally McBeal,” “Elementary,” “Kill Bill Vol. 1,” “Charlie’s Angels” and Steven Soderbergh’s “Presence” — talked about having to make casting decisions “because of limitations.” She said, “I love that we are all here tonight because there is no ceiling, and I’ve never seen that for myself. I want us to all collectively understand how special this moment is that we are together as a community. I share this award with you because you have lifted me up,...
Liu delivered a passionate speech after accepting the award from Regina King. “What I love about Regina is that she always makes choices that are for her,” Liu told the audience. “When I started over 30 years ago, there weren’t a lot of choices that I could make for myself.”
Liu — whose credits include “Ally McBeal,” “Elementary,” “Kill Bill Vol. 1,” “Charlie’s Angels” and Steven Soderbergh’s “Presence” — talked about having to make casting decisions “because of limitations.” She said, “I love that we are all here tonight because there is no ceiling, and I’ve never seen that for myself. I want us to all collectively understand how special this moment is that we are together as a community. I share this award with you because you have lifted me up,...
- 5/12/2024
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Actor Denzel Washington and filmmaker Spike Lee have been known to work together on films like Malcolm X and Inside Man. Their frequent collaborations helped form a close bond between the two. But there’s another well-known actor who Lee feels he’s bonded with on a slightly similar level.
Spike Lee compared his bond with Denzel Washington to this other actor Spike Lee and Denzel Washington | Kevin Mazur/Getty Images
Washington and Lee have one of cinema’s most notable actor-director relationships. The pair first came together in the 1990 film Mo’ Better Blues. Lee immediately pictured Washington in the lead role of the film after seeing how women responded to the Oscar-winner.
“Before I wrote one word of Mo’ Better Blues, I knew I wanted Denzel Washington to play the lead,” Washington once told Entertainment Weekly. “In the fall of ’88, Denzel was starring on Broadway in Checkmates with Ruby Dee and Paul Winfield.
Spike Lee compared his bond with Denzel Washington to this other actor Spike Lee and Denzel Washington | Kevin Mazur/Getty Images
Washington and Lee have one of cinema’s most notable actor-director relationships. The pair first came together in the 1990 film Mo’ Better Blues. Lee immediately pictured Washington in the lead role of the film after seeing how women responded to the Oscar-winner.
“Before I wrote one word of Mo’ Better Blues, I knew I wanted Denzel Washington to play the lead,” Washington once told Entertainment Weekly. “In the fall of ’88, Denzel was starring on Broadway in Checkmates with Ruby Dee and Paul Winfield.
- 5/8/2024
- by Antonio Stallings
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
It’s a Saturday afternoon in February and Spike Lee and Giancarlo Esposito are sitting side-by-side in a golf cart on a studio lot in Los Angeles. The two, friends for 40 years, have worked together many times over the years on such Lee joints as 1988’s School Daze, 1989’s Do the Right Thing, 1990’s Mo’ Better Blues and 1992’s Malcolm X. They are back together and collaborating once again, this time for Fiat on behalf of the Italian automaker’s brand new, all-electric Fiat 500e.
Lee directs and stars in the “Italy in America” spot opposite his Emmy-nominated friend in what marks their first national advertising campaign together. As the story goes, Esposito helps Lee find his inner Italian as they discover how their urban commute becomes more “dolce” in the 2024 Fiat 500e. “The all-electric Fiat 500e captures the essence of the Italian lifestyle. This new campaign brings together an iconic duo of diverse heritage,...
Lee directs and stars in the “Italy in America” spot opposite his Emmy-nominated friend in what marks their first national advertising campaign together. As the story goes, Esposito helps Lee find his inner Italian as they discover how their urban commute becomes more “dolce” in the 2024 Fiat 500e. “The all-electric Fiat 500e captures the essence of the Italian lifestyle. This new campaign brings together an iconic duo of diverse heritage,...
- 5/5/2024
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In Challengers, everyone is obsessed with Zendaya. Or, at least, her character Tashi Duncan. “She’s gonna turn her whole family into millionaires,” says Josh O’Connor’s young tennis champ Patrick Zweig, to old friend and doubles partner Art Donaldson (Mike Faist). “She’ll have a fashion line, a foundation.” It’s easy to see why they’re in awe. Duncan is a world-class player, brand ambassador, and the object of both their affections. And with regards to ambition, ability, and enormous success at a young age, they could just as easily be talking about Zendaya herself – a star who, over the past few years, has been executing her own Tashi-esque world domination. So far, she’s moved from kids’ TV star to being a part of some of the biggest movies on the planet. With Challengers, though, she’s taking things to a whole other level.
Like Tashi...
Like Tashi...
- 4/25/2024
- by Sophie Butcher
- Empire - Movies
Zendaya has become one of the most interesting actresses of her generation and has already amassed an impressive filmography up to this point. From her early days as a Disney protege to starring in big movies in the MCU and Dune, she has also managed to diversify his work with character-driven drams like Euphoria, and Malcolm and Marie.
Zendaya and John David Washington in Malcolm and Marie
She is currently starring in the new romantic sports drama Challengers. People have been intrigued and interested in the film since the release of the trailer months ago mainly due to a steamy scene involving her, Josh O’Connor, and Mike Faist. However, Zendaya poked fun at people’s fantasies after they saw that scene and revealed how the film played with the audience’s expectations.
Zendaya Points Out The Sexy Appeal of Challengers Without Having Any S*x Scenes
Audiences went gaga by...
Zendaya and John David Washington in Malcolm and Marie
She is currently starring in the new romantic sports drama Challengers. People have been intrigued and interested in the film since the release of the trailer months ago mainly due to a steamy scene involving her, Josh O’Connor, and Mike Faist. However, Zendaya poked fun at people’s fantasies after they saw that scene and revealed how the film played with the audience’s expectations.
Zendaya Points Out The Sexy Appeal of Challengers Without Having Any S*x Scenes
Audiences went gaga by...
- 4/18/2024
- by Rahul Thokchom
- FandomWire
Actor Frankie Muniz may be known for his role as the titular character in Agent Cody Banks or for his open-wheel racing career. However, his most popular role has to be his seven-season stint on the Fox sitcom Malcolm in the Middle. The show, which also featured Bryan Cranston was extremely popular throughout its run.
With many shows receiving a revival or a reboot, fans of Malcolm in the Middle are also clamoring for new material from the beloved show. While a revival of the show has been teased by the cast multiple times, Muniz revealed that the process was closer to reality than usual and that the revival might just happen soon.
Frankie Muniz Hints At A Malcolm In The Middle Revival Frankie Muniz in Malcolm in the Middle
Frankie Muniz became one of the biggest child stars in Hollywood when he starred as the boy genius Malcolm in...
With many shows receiving a revival or a reboot, fans of Malcolm in the Middle are also clamoring for new material from the beloved show. While a revival of the show has been teased by the cast multiple times, Muniz revealed that the process was closer to reality than usual and that the revival might just happen soon.
Frankie Muniz Hints At A Malcolm In The Middle Revival Frankie Muniz in Malcolm in the Middle
Frankie Muniz became one of the biggest child stars in Hollywood when he starred as the boy genius Malcolm in...
- 4/2/2024
- by Nishanth A
- FandomWire
Malcolm in the Middle is a cult classic coming-of-age sitcom that has left a permanent mark on early 2000s television. Created by Linwood Boomer, the series originally ran from January 9, 2000, to May 14, 2006, spanning seven seasons and 151 episodes. Even though the story ended, Malcolm in the Middle has remained a major part of television history and it is, even today, considered to have raised a whole generation of children and teenagers who devotedly watched Malcolm and his family over the years.
Now, it’s been almost 20 years since the final episode aired, but there have been talks – for a while now – that a reboot with the original cast is in the works. The project is supposedly headed by Bryan Cranston, who played Malcolm’s dad, Hal, in the original series, but nothing official has been announced.
Recently, Frankie Muniz, the show’s star, was a guest on Mayim Bialik’s Breakdown,...
Now, it’s been almost 20 years since the final episode aired, but there have been talks – for a while now – that a reboot with the original cast is in the works. The project is supposedly headed by Bryan Cranston, who played Malcolm’s dad, Hal, in the original series, but nothing official has been announced.
Recently, Frankie Muniz, the show’s star, was a guest on Mayim Bialik’s Breakdown,...
- 3/28/2024
- by Arthur S. Poe
- Fiction Horizon
Robert Downey Jr. won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as Lewis Strauss in Christopher Nolan’s Oscar-winning film Oppenheimer. It was Downey Jr.’s third Oscar nomination after being previously nominated for Chaplin in 1993 and Tropic Thunder in 2009. As the actor finally won his much-deserved Oscar after three decades since his first nomination, fans look back at the 1993 Oscar nominees.
Robert Downey Jr. won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as Lewis Strauss in Oppenheimer
Downey Jr. put forth an incredible performance as Charlie Chaplin in the 1992 film, Chaplin. In any other year, the Iron Man actor could have easily won the Best Actor Award for his role. However, 1992 was a year that produced several gems of performances in cinema history.
Robert Downey Jr.’s Contenders At 1993 Oscars Show Why He Had To Wait 3 Decades To Win Al Pacino won the 1993 Best Actor Oscar...
Robert Downey Jr. won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as Lewis Strauss in Oppenheimer
Downey Jr. put forth an incredible performance as Charlie Chaplin in the 1992 film, Chaplin. In any other year, the Iron Man actor could have easily won the Best Actor Award for his role. However, 1992 was a year that produced several gems of performances in cinema history.
Robert Downey Jr.’s Contenders At 1993 Oscars Show Why He Had To Wait 3 Decades To Win Al Pacino won the 1993 Best Actor Oscar...
- 3/11/2024
- by Hashim Asraff
- FandomWire
Pageantry. Screw ups. Touching tributes. Private beefs made public. There are plenty of reasons to watch the Oscars. But they all amount to partaking in, witnessing, movie history in its many forms — the high art, the gossip, the record-breaking moments when an arthouse director becomes a household name.
However, there are a lot of ways to set a record. There are big moments like Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King tying the record with 11 trophies or Bong Joon-Ho’s Parasite becoming the first film not in English (or silent) to win Best Picture. And then, beyond those sit the oddities and records that are nearly impossible to break. Give me records like Walter Brennan winning three Best Supporting Actor awards because, as a former extra, he was popular with the Union of Film Extras, who were allowed to vote. At least, the story goes, they were allowed...
However, there are a lot of ways to set a record. There are big moments like Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King tying the record with 11 trophies or Bong Joon-Ho’s Parasite becoming the first film not in English (or silent) to win Best Picture. And then, beyond those sit the oddities and records that are nearly impossible to break. Give me records like Walter Brennan winning three Best Supporting Actor awards because, as a former extra, he was popular with the Union of Film Extras, who were allowed to vote. At least, the story goes, they were allowed...
- 3/10/2024
- by John Saavedra
- Den of Geek
The American Society of Cinematographers has done the right thing.
The group said today that Oscar-winning filmmaker Spike Lee will receive its Board of Governors Award next month.
“Spike Lee is one of the most brilliant filmmakers of our time, and the social impact of his work is immeasurable,” ASC President Shelly Johnson said. “This award celebrates his respect for the partnership between director and cinematographer and how two people unite to tell a visual story in a way that can only be recognized as that of collaboration.”
The Brooklyn-raised Lee began his storied career in the 1980s as a writer-director of such films as She’s Gotta Have It, School Daze and Do the Right Thing, for which he earned a Best Original Screenplay Oscar nomination. Many more celebrated films would follow, including Malcolm X, Mo’ Better Blues, Jungle Fever, Crooklyn, Clockers, He Got Game, Summer of Sam, Girl 6,...
The group said today that Oscar-winning filmmaker Spike Lee will receive its Board of Governors Award next month.
“Spike Lee is one of the most brilliant filmmakers of our time, and the social impact of his work is immeasurable,” ASC President Shelly Johnson said. “This award celebrates his respect for the partnership between director and cinematographer and how two people unite to tell a visual story in a way that can only be recognized as that of collaboration.”
The Brooklyn-raised Lee began his storied career in the 1980s as a writer-director of such films as She’s Gotta Have It, School Daze and Do the Right Thing, for which he earned a Best Original Screenplay Oscar nomination. Many more celebrated films would follow, including Malcolm X, Mo’ Better Blues, Jungle Fever, Crooklyn, Clockers, He Got Game, Summer of Sam, Girl 6,...
- 2/6/2024
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
The new season of award-winning dramatic docuseries “Genius” focuses on ‘Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’ (Kelvin Harrison Jr.) and ‘Malcolm X’ (Aaron Pierre), streaming February 1, 2024 on Hulu and Disney+: ‘…’Genius: MLK/X’ explores the formative years, when these men were both molded by strong fathers, traumatic experiences and rich, parallel stories…
‘…as they shaped their identities and became the change they wished to see in the world.
“The docuseries offers an intimate look into their complex lives as husbands, fathers, brothers and sons, with their formidable wives, ‘Coretta Scott King’ (Weruche Opia) and ‘Betty Shabazz’ (Jayme Lawson), leading by their sides, ‘King’ and ‘X’ are two visionaries who ultimately rose to pioneer a movement…"
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‘…as they shaped their identities and became the change they wished to see in the world.
“The docuseries offers an intimate look into their complex lives as husbands, fathers, brothers and sons, with their formidable wives, ‘Coretta Scott King’ (Weruche Opia) and ‘Betty Shabazz’ (Jayme Lawson), leading by their sides, ‘King’ and ‘X’ are two visionaries who ultimately rose to pioneer a movement…"
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- 1/28/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Jude Chehab’s feature directorial debut explores a secretive religious sect in Syria.
Pan-Arab distributor Front Row Filmed Entertainment has acquired Middle East and North African rights to award-winning religious sect documentary Q.
The film marks the feature directorial debut of Lebanese-us cinematographer and filmmaker Jude Chehab and premiered at last year’s Tribeca, where it won the Albert Maysles Award for best new documentary director.
The story follows Chehab’s mother Hiba, a devout Muslim academic who wears a white hijab, teaches the Quran, and was once a member of a secretive matriarchal Muslim order called Qubaysiyat led by the mysterious Anisa.
Pan-Arab distributor Front Row Filmed Entertainment has acquired Middle East and North African rights to award-winning religious sect documentary Q.
The film marks the feature directorial debut of Lebanese-us cinematographer and filmmaker Jude Chehab and premiered at last year’s Tribeca, where it won the Albert Maysles Award for best new documentary director.
The story follows Chehab’s mother Hiba, a devout Muslim academic who wears a white hijab, teaches the Quran, and was once a member of a secretive matriarchal Muslim order called Qubaysiyat led by the mysterious Anisa.
- 1/11/2024
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
For years, both casual and devoted soap opera viewers tuned into to the Daytime Emmy Awards each year to see if Susan Lucci would finally win the coveted golden girl for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her role as the indomitable Erica Kane on All My Children. That moment came after 19 nods in 1999 when Lucci’s name was read as the victor by presenter Shemar Moore. On Friday night, Lucci and Moore will reunite when the S.W.A.T. star presents the actress with her bookend statuette as she is the Lifetime Achievement Daytime Emmy Award recipient. TV Insider sat down with Lucci to chat about her honor, how she handled the focus being on her winning for so many years, and if she’s open to reprising Erica Kane for a visit to General Hospital, ABC’s remaining soap opera. Congratulations on your Daytime Emmy Lifetime Achievement award!
- 12/14/2023
- TV Insider
The 24th annual Black Reel Awards have set this year’s list of honorees for special recognition.
For a third year in a row, the Black Reel Awards will fete a slate of special honorees, awarding the Oscar Micheaux Memorial, Sidney Poitier Trailblazer, Ruby Dee Humanitarian and its Vanguard Award among others. The latter will now be known as the Chadwick Boseman Vanguard Award to honor both the recipient and memory of the prolific Boseman, who died of cancer in 2020 at age 43.
The first Chadwick Boseman Vanguard Award recipient is Colman Domingo, who this year can be seen portraying civil rights leader Bayard Rustin in the Netflix film Rustin and as Mister in the movie musical The Color Purple.
The Black Reel awards committee also this year created the Diahann Carroll Icon Award to recognize outstanding work in television, and will give the inaugural Diahann Carroll Executive Award to Shonda Rhimes.
For a third year in a row, the Black Reel Awards will fete a slate of special honorees, awarding the Oscar Micheaux Memorial, Sidney Poitier Trailblazer, Ruby Dee Humanitarian and its Vanguard Award among others. The latter will now be known as the Chadwick Boseman Vanguard Award to honor both the recipient and memory of the prolific Boseman, who died of cancer in 2020 at age 43.
The first Chadwick Boseman Vanguard Award recipient is Colman Domingo, who this year can be seen portraying civil rights leader Bayard Rustin in the Netflix film Rustin and as Mister in the movie musical The Color Purple.
The Black Reel awards committee also this year created the Diahann Carroll Icon Award to recognize outstanding work in television, and will give the inaugural Diahann Carroll Executive Award to Shonda Rhimes.
- 12/4/2023
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
Elizabeth Olsen’s hit show WandaVision experimented with Marvel’s formula a bit to offer a new take on the superhero sub-genre. Olsen also had a good time preparing for the limited series, as it required watching quite a few television classics.
Elizabeth Olsen once shared how she felt doing ‘WandaVision’ Elizabeth Olsen | Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
WandaVision came as a huge and unexpected surprise for Olsen. Marvel producer Kevin Feige brought the program to Olsen’s attention, who was both thrilled and a bit nervous to star in it.
“It was so terrifying because I got very comfortable taking up my little space, my little lane, in these ensemble films. The pressure of leading one only hit me when we were doing press for it, not when we were making it. It definitely feels different than how I started out,” Olsen said in a 2022 interview with Empire.
Preparing WandaVision would...
Elizabeth Olsen once shared how she felt doing ‘WandaVision’ Elizabeth Olsen | Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
WandaVision came as a huge and unexpected surprise for Olsen. Marvel producer Kevin Feige brought the program to Olsen’s attention, who was both thrilled and a bit nervous to star in it.
“It was so terrifying because I got very comfortable taking up my little space, my little lane, in these ensemble films. The pressure of leading one only hit me when we were doing press for it, not when we were making it. It definitely feels different than how I started out,” Olsen said in a 2022 interview with Empire.
Preparing WandaVision would...
- 11/29/2023
- by Antonio Stallings
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
A thick fog hung over Torun, Poland, this evening as the 31st edition of the city’s EnergaCamerimage Film Festival cruised into gear with a lengthy opening ceremony at the stylish Jordanki Culture Centre.
As always at Camerimage, proceedings on the eve began with a series of speeches from local politicians and dignitaries. These scripted interventions were followed by an emotional tribute to the late cinematographer and former Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president, John Bailey, who died Friday in Los Angeles. He was 81.
As a cinematographer, Bailey’s credits included the Oscar Best Picture-winning Ordinary People and The Big Chill. Bailey’s resume also included Silverado, The Accidental Tourist, Groundhog Day, In the Line of Fire, As Good as It Gets, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, and Must Love Dogs across a five-decade career.
Camerimage festival director Marek Zydowicz led tributes to Bailey,...
As always at Camerimage, proceedings on the eve began with a series of speeches from local politicians and dignitaries. These scripted interventions were followed by an emotional tribute to the late cinematographer and former Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president, John Bailey, who died Friday in Los Angeles. He was 81.
As a cinematographer, Bailey’s credits included the Oscar Best Picture-winning Ordinary People and The Big Chill. Bailey’s resume also included Silverado, The Accidental Tourist, Groundhog Day, In the Line of Fire, As Good as It Gets, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, and Must Love Dogs across a five-decade career.
Camerimage festival director Marek Zydowicz led tributes to Bailey,...
- 11/11/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
John David Washington first appeared on screen in two of his father’s films – Malcolm X and Devil in a Blue Dress. However, these were background roles and the latter was also uncredited. As he entered adulthood, John set his sights on becoming a leading man. Despite being the son of iconic actor, Denzel Washington, John David Washington has managed to carve out his own entry point and showcased himself as a solid leading man. To that, he was worked with some of cinema’s greatest filmmakers, including Spike Lee, Christopher Nolan, and Sam Levinson. After starring in critically acclaimed movies...
- 11/11/2023
- by Matthew C. F
- TVovermind.com
Oscar winner Spike Lee has shared some thoughts about two of the highest-profile movies of 2023, Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer and Martin Scorsese’s upcoming Killers of the Flower Moon.
The Do the Right Thing filmmaker listed the two titles when he was asked during a Washington Post interview what recent movies are inspiring him.
“That’s my guy,” Lee said of Scorsese, calling his latest, Killers of the Flower Moon, “a great film.” An Academy member, Lee singled out the performance of the movie’s breakout star, Lily Gladstone, who could become the first Native American actress to win a Lead Actress Oscar.
“Lily Gladstone, she’s winning an Oscar,” Lee said. “She’s got my vote.”
Lee also called Oppenheimer a “great film” and Nolan “a massive filmmaker,” revealing that he showed Nolan’s World War II epic Dunkirk in the class he teaches at NYU.
With the caveat...
The Do the Right Thing filmmaker listed the two titles when he was asked during a Washington Post interview what recent movies are inspiring him.
“That’s my guy,” Lee said of Scorsese, calling his latest, Killers of the Flower Moon, “a great film.” An Academy member, Lee singled out the performance of the movie’s breakout star, Lily Gladstone, who could become the first Native American actress to win a Lead Actress Oscar.
“Lily Gladstone, she’s winning an Oscar,” Lee said. “She’s got my vote.”
Lee also called Oppenheimer a “great film” and Nolan “a massive filmmaker,” revealing that he showed Nolan’s World War II epic Dunkirk in the class he teaches at NYU.
With the caveat...
- 10/7/2023
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Fair Play is an erotical thriller film written and directed by Chloe Domont. The Netflix film revolves around the relationship of Emily and Luke, which begins to deteriorate after an unexpected promotion at work. Fair Play stars Phoebe Dynevor and Alden Ehrenreich in the lead roles and if you loved Domont’s directorial debut here are some similar movies you could watch next.
Damage (Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Majestic Films International
Synopsis: Dr. Stephen Fleming (Jeremy Irons) is a British cabinet minister, who lives a pleasant life with his wife Ingrid (Miranda Richardson) and young daughter Sally (Gemma Clarke). At a party one evening he meets his son’s fiancé Anna (Juliet Binoche), who he is instantly attracted to. They embark on an affair behind their partners backs, gradually becoming more adventurous in their secret meetings. They are eventually discovered, and must deal with the damage. Based on the novel by Josephine Hart.
Damage (Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Majestic Films International
Synopsis: Dr. Stephen Fleming (Jeremy Irons) is a British cabinet minister, who lives a pleasant life with his wife Ingrid (Miranda Richardson) and young daughter Sally (Gemma Clarke). At a party one evening he meets his son’s fiancé Anna (Juliet Binoche), who he is instantly attracted to. They embark on an affair behind their partners backs, gradually becoming more adventurous in their secret meetings. They are eventually discovered, and must deal with the damage. Based on the novel by Josephine Hart.
- 10/6/2023
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
Evening will honour Angela Bassett, Mel Brooks, Carol Littleton, Michelle Satter.
The Academy is steering clear of the ongoing dual Hollywood strikes and has moved the 14th Governors Awards from November 18 to January 9, 2024.
The rescheduled event will present honorary awards to Angela Bassett, Mel Brooks and editor Carol Littleton, with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award going to Michelle Satter of Sundance Institute.
The honorary award is an Oscar statuette recognising “extraordinary distinction in lifetime achievement, exceptional contributions to the state of motion picture arts and sciences, or for outstanding service to the Academy”.
The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award is also...
The Academy is steering clear of the ongoing dual Hollywood strikes and has moved the 14th Governors Awards from November 18 to January 9, 2024.
The rescheduled event will present honorary awards to Angela Bassett, Mel Brooks and editor Carol Littleton, with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award going to Michelle Satter of Sundance Institute.
The honorary award is an Oscar statuette recognising “extraordinary distinction in lifetime achievement, exceptional contributions to the state of motion picture arts and sciences, or for outstanding service to the Academy”.
The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award is also...
- 9/6/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Evening will honour Angela Bassett, Mel Brooks, Carol Littleton, Michelle Satter.
The Academy is steering clear of the ongoing dual Hollywood strikes and has moved the 14th Governors Awards from November 18 to January 9, 2024.
The rescheduled event will present honorary awards to Angela Bassett, Mel Brooks and editor Carol Littleton, with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award going to Michelle Satter of Sundance Institute.
The honorary award is an Oscar statuette recognising “extraordinary distinction in lifetime achievement, exceptional contributions to the state of motion picture arts and sciences, or for outstanding service to the Academy”.
The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award is also...
The Academy is steering clear of the ongoing dual Hollywood strikes and has moved the 14th Governors Awards from November 18 to January 9, 2024.
The rescheduled event will present honorary awards to Angela Bassett, Mel Brooks and editor Carol Littleton, with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award going to Michelle Satter of Sundance Institute.
The honorary award is an Oscar statuette recognising “extraordinary distinction in lifetime achievement, exceptional contributions to the state of motion picture arts and sciences, or for outstanding service to the Academy”.
The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award is also...
- 9/6/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
We’re a bit over halfway through the year and 2023 has had its share of great movies already. Festivals like Sundance and SXSW kicked things off early with several strong new films, and the summer movie season has offered its fair share of Best of the Year contenders.
But what makes a movie one of the best? It’s a strange alchemy, from actors to script to story, and of course, taste is subjective. But TheWrap’s film team feels these following 21 films are some of the cream of the crop, with justification for why each should be in any conversation about the “best films of 2023.”
Behold, some of our favorite movies of 2023 so far.
Searchlight Pictures
“Chevalier” (Searchlight Pictures)
“Chevalier” came and went so quickly early in 2023 that it’s only now, revisiting it on Hulu where it’s streaming, that more people are actually taking it in. The...
But what makes a movie one of the best? It’s a strange alchemy, from actors to script to story, and of course, taste is subjective. But TheWrap’s film team feels these following 21 films are some of the cream of the crop, with justification for why each should be in any conversation about the “best films of 2023.”
Behold, some of our favorite movies of 2023 so far.
Searchlight Pictures
“Chevalier” (Searchlight Pictures)
“Chevalier” came and went so quickly early in 2023 that it’s only now, revisiting it on Hulu where it’s streaming, that more people are actually taking it in. The...
- 8/9/2023
- by Kristen Lopez
- The Wrap
When Spike Lee won his long overdue first competitive Oscar at the 2019 Academy Awards, he literally jumped into presenter Samuel L. Jackson’s arms for a hug. But there was a moment when the longtime friends probably couldn’t have imagined they’d share such a public embrace.
In a new interview with Vulture, Jackson – who appeared in early Lee films like “School Daze,” “Do the Right Thing,” “Mo Better Blues,” and “Jungle Fever” – explained he had a falling out with the filmmaker over “Malcolm X.”
“I actually read with most of the people who auditioned for ‘Malcolm X.’ I was supposed to be the guy that turned Malcolm X on to Islam in prison. I forget who played that role,” Jackson revealed. Albert Hall played the role of Baines in the film and turned in an indelible performance in the part. He later appeared in Lee’s film “Get on the Bus.
In a new interview with Vulture, Jackson – who appeared in early Lee films like “School Daze,” “Do the Right Thing,” “Mo Better Blues,” and “Jungle Fever” – explained he had a falling out with the filmmaker over “Malcolm X.”
“I actually read with most of the people who auditioned for ‘Malcolm X.’ I was supposed to be the guy that turned Malcolm X on to Islam in prison. I forget who played that role,” Jackson revealed. Albert Hall played the role of Baines in the film and turned in an indelible performance in the part. He later appeared in Lee’s film “Get on the Bus.
- 7/21/2023
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
The well-liked film critic is fondly remembered as a passionate supporter of arthouse films.
Figures from the UK and international industry have been paying tribute to the beloved former Guardian, Screen International and Evening Standard film critic Derek Malcolm, who died aged 91 at the weekend.
“Derek Malcolm was a great critic and a true friend of the Venice Film Festival. Even at the Lido he exercised his great curiosity and sensitivity towards global cinema. It’s a big loss for film culture,” Alberto Barbera, artistic director of the Vernice Film Festival, told Screen.
Legendary US documentary maker Fred Wiseman reminisced...
Figures from the UK and international industry have been paying tribute to the beloved former Guardian, Screen International and Evening Standard film critic Derek Malcolm, who died aged 91 at the weekend.
“Derek Malcolm was a great critic and a true friend of the Venice Film Festival. Even at the Lido he exercised his great curiosity and sensitivity towards global cinema. It’s a big loss for film culture,” Alberto Barbera, artistic director of the Vernice Film Festival, told Screen.
Legendary US documentary maker Fred Wiseman reminisced...
- 7/18/2023
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
Bryan Cranston has a plan for his Hollywood career to come to a brief end in 2026 so that he can spend more time with his wife, Robin Dearden. The Emmy winner announced the plan in a new GQ UK interview, saying he will take at least six months off from Hollywood and move to France in 2026.
As reported by GQ: “In 2026, one of the greatest actors of this era will retire – at least temporarily. Cranston is planning to shut down his production company, sell his half of Dos Hombres, and abscond with Dearden to a foreign country, probably France, for a minimum of six months.”
On Friday, he posted an Instagram clarifying that although some publications had characterized his break as retiring from acting, he did not mean permanently.
“Some news came out that wasn’t entirely clear…even to me. So I wanted to set the record straight.
As reported by GQ: “In 2026, one of the greatest actors of this era will retire – at least temporarily. Cranston is planning to shut down his production company, sell his half of Dos Hombres, and abscond with Dearden to a foreign country, probably France, for a minimum of six months.”
On Friday, he posted an Instagram clarifying that although some publications had characterized his break as retiring from acting, he did not mean permanently.
“Some news came out that wasn’t entirely clear…even to me. So I wanted to set the record straight.
- 6/8/2023
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
Tubi opens June with an intense WWII drama “Inglourious Basterds.” Allied officer Lt. Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) assembles a team of five tough Jewish soldiers to spread fear throughout the Third Reich. They have one assignment: assassinate Nazi leaders. Quentin Tarantino wrote and directed the unconventional war drama. Eli Roth, Melanie Laurent, and Christopher Walz co-star.
Watch the trailer of “Inglourious Basterds”:
The network is also streaming the original documentary “Mystery Unsolved: The Adnan Syed Story” on June 7. The murder of teenager Hae Min Lee was the focal point of a “Serial” podcast, which questioned if boyfriend Syed was her killer. After serving 22 years in prison, Syed was released, still proclaiming his innocence. Now, he may return.
Another streamer original, “Magic Carpet Rides,” arrives June 14. It centers on a social influencer torn between sharing her budding romance or honoring her boyfriend’s request to keep their life private.
Check...
Watch the trailer of “Inglourious Basterds”:
The network is also streaming the original documentary “Mystery Unsolved: The Adnan Syed Story” on June 7. The murder of teenager Hae Min Lee was the focal point of a “Serial” podcast, which questioned if boyfriend Syed was her killer. After serving 22 years in prison, Syed was released, still proclaiming his innocence. Now, he may return.
Another streamer original, “Magic Carpet Rides,” arrives June 14. It centers on a social influencer torn between sharing her budding romance or honoring her boyfriend’s request to keep their life private.
Check...
- 5/31/2023
- by Fern Siegel
- The Streamable
Douglas C. Hart, an assistant camera operator on more than 50 feature films including Kramer vs. Kramer and such Woody Allen movies as Manhattan, Hannah and Her Sisters, The Purple Rose of Cairo and Zelig, died Tuesday while under hospice care at an assisted living facility in New York City. He was 73.
His death was announced by the Cinematographers Guild, IATSE Local 600. No official cause was given, but Hart suffered a brain aneurism last year and another crippling health event this week. His family said he died peacefully with his brother Randy and close friend, Gabor Kover, by his side
“As a member of the camera local, Doug was one of our finest camera technicians, working with many of the best camera crews in our business on over 50 feature films, many commercials and several documentaries,” the guild wrote. “Perhaps most notably, he was the ‘A’ Camera First Assistant on ten...
His death was announced by the Cinematographers Guild, IATSE Local 600. No official cause was given, but Hart suffered a brain aneurism last year and another crippling health event this week. His family said he died peacefully with his brother Randy and close friend, Gabor Kover, by his side
“As a member of the camera local, Doug was one of our finest camera technicians, working with many of the best camera crews in our business on over 50 feature films, many commercials and several documentaries,” the guild wrote. “Perhaps most notably, he was the ‘A’ Camera First Assistant on ten...
- 5/17/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Projects include ‘Orange World’, the latest from ’Sunlight’ filmmaker Claire Dix.
Katie Holly’s Irish production company Blinder Films, the outfit behind Extra Ordinary, Mr Malcolm’s List, Love And Friendship and Dublin premiere Sunlight, has re-launched as Keeper Pictures, with an expanded team and a bustling slate of development projects.
Long-standing Keeper Pictures producer Yvonne Donohoe has been promoted to a newly created role, head of creative. Evan Horan, who was associate producer on Mr Malcolm’s List, has been promoted to producer. Amy Carroll has joined as development executive, previously working at South of the River and Kudos,...
Katie Holly’s Irish production company Blinder Films, the outfit behind Extra Ordinary, Mr Malcolm’s List, Love And Friendship and Dublin premiere Sunlight, has re-launched as Keeper Pictures, with an expanded team and a bustling slate of development projects.
Long-standing Keeper Pictures producer Yvonne Donohoe has been promoted to a newly created role, head of creative. Evan Horan, who was associate producer on Mr Malcolm’s List, has been promoted to producer. Amy Carroll has joined as development executive, previously working at South of the River and Kudos,...
- 4/5/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
This year is shaping up to be a big one on the big screen for Zendaya.
The Euphoria Emmy Award winner has been selected to receive a CinemaCon Star of the Year award during the Big Screen Achievement Awards on April 27. The ceremony, held at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, will close out the National Association of Theatre Owners’ official convention.
The honor comes to Zendaya ahead of the release of MGM’s Luca Guadagnino-directed romantic sports drama Challengers, in which she stars opposite Mike Faist and Josh O’Connor, on Aug. 11, and Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures’ blockbuster sequel from Denis Villeneuve, Dune: Part Two, on Nov. 3.
“In just a few short years, Zendaya has captured audiences’ attention with her compassionate performance on the small screen as Rue in Euphoria and has drawn audiences in on the big screen with her performances in Spider-Man: Far From Home,...
The Euphoria Emmy Award winner has been selected to receive a CinemaCon Star of the Year award during the Big Screen Achievement Awards on April 27. The ceremony, held at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, will close out the National Association of Theatre Owners’ official convention.
The honor comes to Zendaya ahead of the release of MGM’s Luca Guadagnino-directed romantic sports drama Challengers, in which she stars opposite Mike Faist and Josh O’Connor, on Aug. 11, and Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures’ blockbuster sequel from Denis Villeneuve, Dune: Part Two, on Nov. 3.
“In just a few short years, Zendaya has captured audiences’ attention with her compassionate performance on the small screen as Rue in Euphoria and has drawn audiences in on the big screen with her performances in Spider-Man: Far From Home,...
- 3/28/2023
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
On March 12, 2023, Ruth E. Carter won her second Academy Award for her work on the costumes of "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever." It was Carter's second Oscar win after 2018's "Black Panther," making her the first costumer in history to win Academy Awards for a movie and its sequel. Her wins are both well-deserved. Extrapolating from the fictional country originally found in the pages of Marvel Comics, "Wakanda Forever" constructed the clothes and uniforms worn by the citizens of a high-tech central African nation that, thanks to their access to a rare miracle metal and an equally rare super-powered flower, allowed them to advance centuries beyond the rest of the world. Carter designed the clothes for Wakandan royalty, the royal guard, and the country's civilians. She also had to evoke Wakandan funerary rights, as the film opens with the funeral of the original Black Panther. Carter has said that Wakandan dress...
- 3/13/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Bryan Cranston is now best known for portraying Walter White in Breaking Bad but before the AMC series he was the wacky father on Malcolm in the Middle. The comedy has been rumored to be getting a film treatment and Cranston said he would only be down to join “if it was a great idea.”
“It’s a possibility,” Cranston told The Independent about a film based on the Fox comedy saying that he had recently talked to the show’s creator Linwood Boomer. “He said he would think about it, and he got his writers together. If they can come up with a great idea, a legitimate idea, then he’ll pursue it. But if not, then nah.”
Cranston continued, “I don’t need a job. I’ve got plenty of jobs. I don’t need it, but I’d want it if it was a great idea.”
The...
“It’s a possibility,” Cranston told The Independent about a film based on the Fox comedy saying that he had recently talked to the show’s creator Linwood Boomer. “He said he would think about it, and he got his writers together. If they can come up with a great idea, a legitimate idea, then he’ll pursue it. But if not, then nah.”
Cranston continued, “I don’t need a job. I’ve got plenty of jobs. I don’t need it, but I’d want it if it was a great idea.”
The...
- 2/14/2023
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
Bryan Cranston would love to star in a music biopic, and has identified the country music legend he wants to play onscreen.
“Willie Nelson comes to mind,” Cranston told NME when asked if there was a particular musician he’d like to portray in a biopic.
“The hair and the beard. I think there’s some physical resemblance,” Cranston observed. “He’s very old and wrinkled, and I can relate to that [laughs]. So I wouldn’t have to wear a lot of makeup.”
Read More: Watch Bryan Cranston Become ‘Breaking Bad”s Walter White In Less Than 60 Seconds
Beyond the physical resemblance, Cranston is a huge admirer of Shotgun Willie.
“Willie’s had a fascinating career — as a writer and as a performer, and as a free speech person, being anti-war and on the forefront of hemp [culture],” Cranston pointed out, admitting he’s not a big weed smoker himself.
“That...
“Willie Nelson comes to mind,” Cranston told NME when asked if there was a particular musician he’d like to portray in a biopic.
“The hair and the beard. I think there’s some physical resemblance,” Cranston observed. “He’s very old and wrinkled, and I can relate to that [laughs]. So I wouldn’t have to wear a lot of makeup.”
Read More: Watch Bryan Cranston Become ‘Breaking Bad”s Walter White In Less Than 60 Seconds
Beyond the physical resemblance, Cranston is a huge admirer of Shotgun Willie.
“Willie’s had a fascinating career — as a writer and as a performer, and as a free speech person, being anti-war and on the forefront of hemp [culture],” Cranston pointed out, admitting he’s not a big weed smoker himself.
“That...
- 2/12/2023
- by Brent Furdyk
- ET Canada
You Season 4 picks up in the aftermath of Joe Goldberg faking his death. The last fans saw of Joe, he was living in Paris, searching for Marienne. However, season 4 takes place in London, with Joe working as a professor. Luckily the new season explained Joe’s move and how he got hired to teach.
[Warning: This article contains spoilers for You Season 4 Part 1.]
Penn Badgley as Joe Goldberg and Stephen Hagan as Malcolm ‘You’ Season 4 | Netflix Joe Goldberg teaches at a university in ‘You’ Season 4
You Season 4 Part 1 picks up with Joe Goldberg working in London as a professor under the name Jonathan Moore. Joe’s new look and career path suit him. Though he never went to college himself, Joe is incredibly well-read and smart enough to know when to let his students carry the class discussion.
He also assigns literature that is different than the “usual canonical, vaguely racist men that drink,” as his student Nadia puts it.
[Warning: This article contains spoilers for You Season 4 Part 1.]
Penn Badgley as Joe Goldberg and Stephen Hagan as Malcolm ‘You’ Season 4 | Netflix Joe Goldberg teaches at a university in ‘You’ Season 4
You Season 4 Part 1 picks up with Joe Goldberg working in London as a professor under the name Jonathan Moore. Joe’s new look and career path suit him. Though he never went to college himself, Joe is incredibly well-read and smart enough to know when to let his students carry the class discussion.
He also assigns literature that is different than the “usual canonical, vaguely racist men that drink,” as his student Nadia puts it.
- 2/11/2023
- by Erica Scassellati
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Bryan Cranston is showing me his Breaking Bad tattoo. Asking an actor about their most famous role can be risky – especially if that role is a decade old, and in that decade they’ve gone on to earn Tony awards, Oscar nods, and do any number of interesting things. Cranston is happy to oblige, though. Thrilled even. “Here it is!” He splays out his fingers so they straddle the camera. On the inside of his ring finger is the tattoo he got on his last day filming the 16-time Emmy-winning series that changed his life. The ink is faded now and the letters bleed into one another, but the symbols are instantly recognisable: Br. Ba.
“This will be 10 years old in another month,” sighs Cranston. He hikes up his eyebrows as if to say, Can you believe it? Cranston is that rare ageless actor, seemingly born into middle age and never growing a day older.
“This will be 10 years old in another month,” sighs Cranston. He hikes up his eyebrows as if to say, Can you believe it? Cranston is that rare ageless actor, seemingly born into middle age and never growing a day older.
- 2/11/2023
- by Annabel Nugent
- The Independent - TV
La La Land is set to be adapted into a stage musical.
The Oscar-winning 2017 musical film starred Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone as a jazz musician and aspiring actor who embark on a turbulent love affair.
Justin Hurwitz wrote the music for the film, while Benj Pasek and Justin Paul penned the lyrics. All three men will be working on the stage adaptation.
Marc Platt, one of the film’s producers, describes the Broadway production as “the next exciting chapter in [La La Land’s] evolution”.
“We’ve assembled a world-class team to create a musical that will delight La La Land’s millions of current fans and introduce the property to a whole new audience,” he said.
Among the songs featured in the original film were “Another Day of Sun” and “City of Stars”, the latter of which won the award for Best Original Song at the Oscars and the Golden Globes.
The Oscar-winning 2017 musical film starred Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone as a jazz musician and aspiring actor who embark on a turbulent love affair.
Justin Hurwitz wrote the music for the film, while Benj Pasek and Justin Paul penned the lyrics. All three men will be working on the stage adaptation.
Marc Platt, one of the film’s producers, describes the Broadway production as “the next exciting chapter in [La La Land’s] evolution”.
“We’ve assembled a world-class team to create a musical that will delight La La Land’s millions of current fans and introduce the property to a whole new audience,” he said.
Among the songs featured in the original film were “Another Day of Sun” and “City of Stars”, the latter of which won the award for Best Original Song at the Oscars and the Golden Globes.
- 2/7/2023
- by Louis Chilton
- The Independent - Film
Daniel Scheinert, one of the directors of Everything Everywhere All at Once, has been criticised for describing Malcolm X as a “crime movie”.
The 1992 film, directed by Spike Lee, followed the life of civil rights activist Malcolm X, from his childhood through to his assassination in 1965.
Together with fellow director Daniel Kwan, Scheinert forms half of the filmmaking duo known as the Daniels, whose 2022 hit Everything Everywhere is currently the frontrunner for Best Picture at this year’s Academy Awards.
The Daniels recently appeared on Criterion’s “Closet Picks” webseries, in which celebrities are invited into a room full of DVDs and Blu Rays and allowed to pick out items to take home, explaining their choices on camera.
In the video, Scheinert can be seen selecting Malcolm X, telling the camera: “Malcolm X is such a riveting crime saga. Maybe my favourite crime movie? It just blew my mind when...
The 1992 film, directed by Spike Lee, followed the life of civil rights activist Malcolm X, from his childhood through to his assassination in 1965.
Together with fellow director Daniel Kwan, Scheinert forms half of the filmmaking duo known as the Daniels, whose 2022 hit Everything Everywhere is currently the frontrunner for Best Picture at this year’s Academy Awards.
The Daniels recently appeared on Criterion’s “Closet Picks” webseries, in which celebrities are invited into a room full of DVDs and Blu Rays and allowed to pick out items to take home, explaining their choices on camera.
In the video, Scheinert can be seen selecting Malcolm X, telling the camera: “Malcolm X is such a riveting crime saga. Maybe my favourite crime movie? It just blew my mind when...
- 2/7/2023
- by Louis Chilton
- The Independent - Film
Oscar Qualifying Run of Award-Winning Feature Doc ‘Oleg’ at Regency Agoura Hills Stadium 8 — Nov. 4 - Nov. 10Interview with the Director Nadia TassOleg, an award-winning documentary feature about the quest for freedom by a famous Soviet Russian cinema heartthrob Oleg Vidov, from award-winning Australian director Nadia Tass. Produced by Joan Borsten, the doc’s narration is provided by Emmy-Award winner Brian Cox (‘Succession’) and Russian-born actor Costa Ronin (‘Homeland’, ‘The Americans’).
Oleg will have an exclusive week-long FYC award-qualifying run at the Regency Agoura Hills Stadium 8 cinema from November 4 to November 10. For tickets and screening times: https://bit.ly/OlegFYCTix.
Trailer Link: https://bit.ly/OlegTrailer
Official Movie Site: www.olegvidovfilm.com
‘Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story’ premiered in April 2021 at the Moscow International Film Festival, the spiritual home of this great actor, once called the Robert Redford of the Ussr. The 95-minute documentary which memorializes his rise to fame, his ill-fated marriage into the inner circles of the Brezhnev family, and his desperate escape to the West by illegally crossing a border was directed by Nadia Tass and produced by Joan Borsten.
The producer Joan Borsten, Oleg’s widow, once a prominent American journalist who reported for the Los Angeles Times and the Jerusalem Post before becoming a producer, spent almost three years bringing this intense documentary to the screen.
Directed by Nadia Tass, one of Australia’s most prominent directors (Amy, Malcolm, Matching Jack) who also served as executive producer and about whom Joan says,
I chose Nadia Tass to direct not only because she has helmed so many award-winning films, or because she knew Oleg personally but because she had one foot in each world; her own grandparents escaped from the Bolshevik Revolution to Greece and raised her reciting Russian poetry and acting out Russian plays. These factors gave her the sensitivity to carve out of Oleg’s big life a compelling story about one man’s search for freedom.
And in fact, neither the Ussr nor Russia were enigmas to any of the key team I assembled to make the documentary. For none of them was there a massive learning curve when it came to an inscrutable country which threatened western civilization for 70 years and then unexpectedly collapsed. Italy’s Andrea Guerra (‘Hotel Rwanda’) who composed the original music, the editor, Leonard Feinstein (‘Darfur Now’), and the writer/editor, the late Cory Taylor(‘JFK: A President Betrayed’) all share some connection to Russia, as do the narrator Brian Cox and Costa Ronin, the voice of Oleg.
Nadia Tass
Interviewing Nadia Tass in Melbourne, Australia gives insight into this doc as well as into her own directing methods which were honed in the newest fashion as she shot long distance using the latest technology during the time of Covid.
You have directed 18 projects (film, TV movies and one short) since your breakout film Malcolm in 1986 but never before a documentary. How was it shooting a doc?
I started a American doc about water called Bottle This. We are still working on it but when the producer’s husband fell ill, we put it on hold. But really my first doc was Oleg.
It is quite different creating the narrative but it was very exciting because the material for the narrative as already there. We had interviewed many people around the world from so many different cultures. It was like fitting pieces of a puzzle together.
The actual techniques and my sense of narrative and visual storytelling that I have developed over the years were quite useful.
Very visually exciting was the shot of the car at the Yugoslavian border.
The difficulty was Covid. For instance, I could not actually go to the Yugoslavian border to shoot. It was really tough to be in Australia, working in my room during lockdown. I had to rely on technology, playmaker, Zoom, Skype to communicate with my crew in Slovenia.
Even the casting, wardrobe and of course looking at the footage was reliant on technology. In interviews online, I found crew in appropriate countries.
I had three cameras going at the same time and three screens around me plus Skype to stay close to the first assistant director who was there. It was very complicated. Covid has truncated so many areas and also has opened up other channels of communication.
Having worked as a director for a long time however, I was able to use that knowledge and that is what is in the film.
How was it working the the producer, Joan Borsten?
I would cross the world to work wth her again. She was such a leader and at the same time a great collaborator.
Were you drawn to this project because of Oleg?
Partially the privilege of knowing Oleg attracted me to it, but also I was drawn to the human being being so persecuted.
Can you speak more about your connection to the man, Oleg himself?
Historically our heritage is Russian. Part of my father’s side was from Russia and I always wanted to be connected but it was very, very far away. The connective tissue between me and Oleg was art and culture. As a very young child I wanted to direct and to know about theater, TV and movies, how to communicate through them. The visual arts also always attracted me. That was a part of my heritage. Oleg and I, and sometimes Joan when when she was around, would talk about our mutual love for the Russian culture and I am still so grateful for our being connected by that.
And today?
I am appalled absolutely appalled with the system there and the way that system treats people in Russia. It is the very thing that drove Oleg out of there. It hasn’t changed. Putin is yet another autocrat who with his megalomania has become completely evil. Oleg had to escape for his life because of the poltical system.
I would love to see the world supporting Ukraine and to put an end to this megalomaniac’s actions destroying so many peoples’ lives.
Would you work on a doc again?
Absolutely! I need to choose carefully. I must be in love with the iea. Like with Bottle This, I fell in love with water. It is a right of every human being to have water, and there are so many people who are deprived of this rights. I feel really passionate in my connection to that!
I notice in IMDb that since 2020 you seem to have a lot of films going, starting with the short Isolation Restaurant, going on to Oleg and now The Amazing Mr. Z and Feather.
Yes, and I have just been offered a film in Norway — and I don’t even have to go there. Technology avails me of it. In Italy, The Curfew is in pre pre-production and will shoot in the spring.
David Parker, my partner in Cascade here in Australia and I have three project we are now lining up.
I am also meeting on theater again (my big passion)…two plays, written in America that i am very passionate about are waiting on scheduling. Theater has just come back in the last four months and there is a backlog.
I love waking up to a full day of talking, negotiating, developing and planning projects!
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Celebrated as one of the Soviet Union’s biggest movie stars, no amount of fame could save Oleg Vidov from a system that tried to control his life. Born in Moscow during World War II, the film traces Oleg’s spectacular rise to stardom in the Ussr and his three decades in Hollywood as an actor and producer following his defection from the Soviet Union. The film also documents the hidden side of the prolific Soviet film industry and gives a rare, first-hand look at the privilege and corruption of the Soviet Communist regime.
Oleg managed to escape to the west in 1985, receiving immediate political asylum from the US Embassy in Rome. Once in Hollywood, Oleg turned to reinventing himself. He continued his film career starring in such films as Red Heat with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Wild Orchid with Mickey Rourke and Thirteen Days with Kevin Costner. Sadly, Oleg passed unexpectedly in May 2017.
‘Red Heat’ with Arnold Schwarzenegger
To read more about Joan Borsten and Oleg Vidov, click here.
Oleg will have an exclusive week-long FYC award-qualifying run at the Regency Agoura Hills Stadium 8 cinema from November 4 to November 10. For tickets and screening times: https://bit.ly/OlegFYCTix.
Trailer Link: https://bit.ly/OlegTrailer
Official Movie Site: www.olegvidovfilm.com
‘Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story’ premiered in April 2021 at the Moscow International Film Festival, the spiritual home of this great actor, once called the Robert Redford of the Ussr. The 95-minute documentary which memorializes his rise to fame, his ill-fated marriage into the inner circles of the Brezhnev family, and his desperate escape to the West by illegally crossing a border was directed by Nadia Tass and produced by Joan Borsten.
The producer Joan Borsten, Oleg’s widow, once a prominent American journalist who reported for the Los Angeles Times and the Jerusalem Post before becoming a producer, spent almost three years bringing this intense documentary to the screen.
Directed by Nadia Tass, one of Australia’s most prominent directors (Amy, Malcolm, Matching Jack) who also served as executive producer and about whom Joan says,
I chose Nadia Tass to direct not only because she has helmed so many award-winning films, or because she knew Oleg personally but because she had one foot in each world; her own grandparents escaped from the Bolshevik Revolution to Greece and raised her reciting Russian poetry and acting out Russian plays. These factors gave her the sensitivity to carve out of Oleg’s big life a compelling story about one man’s search for freedom.
And in fact, neither the Ussr nor Russia were enigmas to any of the key team I assembled to make the documentary. For none of them was there a massive learning curve when it came to an inscrutable country which threatened western civilization for 70 years and then unexpectedly collapsed. Italy’s Andrea Guerra (‘Hotel Rwanda’) who composed the original music, the editor, Leonard Feinstein (‘Darfur Now’), and the writer/editor, the late Cory Taylor(‘JFK: A President Betrayed’) all share some connection to Russia, as do the narrator Brian Cox and Costa Ronin, the voice of Oleg.
Nadia Tass
Interviewing Nadia Tass in Melbourne, Australia gives insight into this doc as well as into her own directing methods which were honed in the newest fashion as she shot long distance using the latest technology during the time of Covid.
You have directed 18 projects (film, TV movies and one short) since your breakout film Malcolm in 1986 but never before a documentary. How was it shooting a doc?
I started a American doc about water called Bottle This. We are still working on it but when the producer’s husband fell ill, we put it on hold. But really my first doc was Oleg.
It is quite different creating the narrative but it was very exciting because the material for the narrative as already there. We had interviewed many people around the world from so many different cultures. It was like fitting pieces of a puzzle together.
The actual techniques and my sense of narrative and visual storytelling that I have developed over the years were quite useful.
Very visually exciting was the shot of the car at the Yugoslavian border.
The difficulty was Covid. For instance, I could not actually go to the Yugoslavian border to shoot. It was really tough to be in Australia, working in my room during lockdown. I had to rely on technology, playmaker, Zoom, Skype to communicate with my crew in Slovenia.
Even the casting, wardrobe and of course looking at the footage was reliant on technology. In interviews online, I found crew in appropriate countries.
I had three cameras going at the same time and three screens around me plus Skype to stay close to the first assistant director who was there. It was very complicated. Covid has truncated so many areas and also has opened up other channels of communication.
Having worked as a director for a long time however, I was able to use that knowledge and that is what is in the film.
How was it working the the producer, Joan Borsten?
I would cross the world to work wth her again. She was such a leader and at the same time a great collaborator.
Were you drawn to this project because of Oleg?
Partially the privilege of knowing Oleg attracted me to it, but also I was drawn to the human being being so persecuted.
Can you speak more about your connection to the man, Oleg himself?
Historically our heritage is Russian. Part of my father’s side was from Russia and I always wanted to be connected but it was very, very far away. The connective tissue between me and Oleg was art and culture. As a very young child I wanted to direct and to know about theater, TV and movies, how to communicate through them. The visual arts also always attracted me. That was a part of my heritage. Oleg and I, and sometimes Joan when when she was around, would talk about our mutual love for the Russian culture and I am still so grateful for our being connected by that.
And today?
I am appalled absolutely appalled with the system there and the way that system treats people in Russia. It is the very thing that drove Oleg out of there. It hasn’t changed. Putin is yet another autocrat who with his megalomania has become completely evil. Oleg had to escape for his life because of the poltical system.
I would love to see the world supporting Ukraine and to put an end to this megalomaniac’s actions destroying so many peoples’ lives.
Would you work on a doc again?
Absolutely! I need to choose carefully. I must be in love with the iea. Like with Bottle This, I fell in love with water. It is a right of every human being to have water, and there are so many people who are deprived of this rights. I feel really passionate in my connection to that!
I notice in IMDb that since 2020 you seem to have a lot of films going, starting with the short Isolation Restaurant, going on to Oleg and now The Amazing Mr. Z and Feather.
Yes, and I have just been offered a film in Norway — and I don’t even have to go there. Technology avails me of it. In Italy, The Curfew is in pre pre-production and will shoot in the spring.
David Parker, my partner in Cascade here in Australia and I have three project we are now lining up.
I am also meeting on theater again (my big passion)…two plays, written in America that i am very passionate about are waiting on scheduling. Theater has just come back in the last four months and there is a backlog.
I love waking up to a full day of talking, negotiating, developing and planning projects!
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Celebrated as one of the Soviet Union’s biggest movie stars, no amount of fame could save Oleg Vidov from a system that tried to control his life. Born in Moscow during World War II, the film traces Oleg’s spectacular rise to stardom in the Ussr and his three decades in Hollywood as an actor and producer following his defection from the Soviet Union. The film also documents the hidden side of the prolific Soviet film industry and gives a rare, first-hand look at the privilege and corruption of the Soviet Communist regime.
Oleg managed to escape to the west in 1985, receiving immediate political asylum from the US Embassy in Rome. Once in Hollywood, Oleg turned to reinventing himself. He continued his film career starring in such films as Red Heat with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Wild Orchid with Mickey Rourke and Thirteen Days with Kevin Costner. Sadly, Oleg passed unexpectedly in May 2017.
‘Red Heat’ with Arnold Schwarzenegger
To read more about Joan Borsten and Oleg Vidov, click here.
- 12/18/2022
- by Sydney
- Sydney's Buzz
Back in September, actor and former Malcolm in the Middle star Frankie Muniz graciously (weirdly?) offered himself up to Lizzo as an accessory. “I can be a purse… put a chain around me and I’ll hold your stuff for you… just sayin.”
It’s unclear whether Lizzo seriously considered this generous (weird) offer, although on Sunday she seemed to dash Muniz’s hopes when she showed up to the American Music Awards with an even less functional bag — a Valentino purse that looked about the same size as a walnut.
It’s unclear whether Lizzo seriously considered this generous (weird) offer, although on Sunday she seemed to dash Muniz’s hopes when she showed up to the American Music Awards with an even less functional bag — a Valentino purse that looked about the same size as a walnut.
- 11/25/2019
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Written by Chris King | Art by Jesus Hervas | Published by Titan Comics
Well that went fast. We have reached the final issue of the first story arc somehow. If I have any criticism at all, and I have enjoyed this series far too much to do more than slightly nit-pick, it is that Chris King has packed in perhaps too much too soon. He clearly has a ton of great ideas that are just spilling out, and maybe a more slow and steady approach may have paid off more down the line. But that’s a talk between Chris and his editor methinks. I’ve enjoyed it all plenty, thank you very much, just don’t run out of ideas any time soon.
A recap of what’s gone before would just take too long, so here’s the quick version. Way back in Ancient Egypt Belial was in love with Amunet,...
Well that went fast. We have reached the final issue of the first story arc somehow. If I have any criticism at all, and I have enjoyed this series far too much to do more than slightly nit-pick, it is that Chris King has packed in perhaps too much too soon. He clearly has a ton of great ideas that are just spilling out, and maybe a more slow and steady approach may have paid off more down the line. But that’s a talk between Chris and his editor methinks. I’ve enjoyed it all plenty, thank you very much, just don’t run out of ideas any time soon.
A recap of what’s gone before would just take too long, so here’s the quick version. Way back in Ancient Egypt Belial was in love with Amunet,...
- 7/14/2017
- by Dean Fuller
- Nerdly
Craig Carter..
One of Australia.s most respected sound designers, Craig Carter, has died in Melbourne.
The multiple AFI award winner had a heart attack last Friday, aged 60. The sound designer, editor, and recordist worked on more than 100 productions in a career spanning 34 years..
He was working with producer Tait Brady on Clayton Jacobson.s film Sibling Rivalry, now three weeks into production..
Brady, who first collaborated with Carter on Craig Monahan.s Healing, told If: .It.s incredibly sad. .Craig was such a great guy, gentle, thoughtful, so good natured and generous. A perfectionist who always went the extra mile and a very smart, sensitive sound designer who was also a musician and had a great musical ear, which fed into his work..
One of his last projects, PACmen, Luke Walker.s documentary on the inside workings of the controversial Political Action Committees which raise millions to support Us political candidates and causes,...
One of Australia.s most respected sound designers, Craig Carter, has died in Melbourne.
The multiple AFI award winner had a heart attack last Friday, aged 60. The sound designer, editor, and recordist worked on more than 100 productions in a career spanning 34 years..
He was working with producer Tait Brady on Clayton Jacobson.s film Sibling Rivalry, now three weeks into production..
Brady, who first collaborated with Carter on Craig Monahan.s Healing, told If: .It.s incredibly sad. .Craig was such a great guy, gentle, thoughtful, so good natured and generous. A perfectionist who always went the extra mile and a very smart, sensitive sound designer who was also a musician and had a great musical ear, which fed into his work..
One of his last projects, PACmen, Luke Walker.s documentary on the inside workings of the controversial Political Action Committees which raise millions to support Us political candidates and causes,...
- 6/4/2017
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Left-of-centre comedy The Menkoff Method marks a return to film directing for veteran David Parker — he last directed 1997's.Diana and Me.
Parker is best known for his extensive cinematography work and for penning the likes of Malcolm and The Big Steal, both of which were directed by his wife and frequent collaborator Nadia Tass. .
He was drawn back to the director.s chair by the "crazy premise" of the.The Menkoff Method.s script, written by Zac Gillam.
.I read a lot of stuff. I actually laughed out loud when I read this, which is really unusual,. he told If. .
Described as .comedy of human resources., The Menkoff Method follows a quiet-mannered data processer David Cork (Lachlan Woods) whose true passion is drawing manga.
That passion is thwarted when Russian Hr consultant Max Menkoff (Noah Taylor) arrives to reform the office through unorthodox means, and it.s up to...
Parker is best known for his extensive cinematography work and for penning the likes of Malcolm and The Big Steal, both of which were directed by his wife and frequent collaborator Nadia Tass. .
He was drawn back to the director.s chair by the "crazy premise" of the.The Menkoff Method.s script, written by Zac Gillam.
.I read a lot of stuff. I actually laughed out loud when I read this, which is really unusual,. he told If. .
Described as .comedy of human resources., The Menkoff Method follows a quiet-mannered data processer David Cork (Lachlan Woods) whose true passion is drawing manga.
That passion is thwarted when Russian Hr consultant Max Menkoff (Noah Taylor) arrives to reform the office through unorthodox means, and it.s up to...
- 12/1/2016
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
At a loss for what to watch this week? From new DVDs and Blu-rays, to what's new on Netflix and TV, we've got you covered.
New on DVD and Blu-ray
"Ride Along 2"
Are you ready for another ride with Kevin Hart and Ice Cube? In "Ride Along 2," the comedy duo return as partners (and brothers-in-law-to-be) to tackle a new crime in Miami. The movie comes out on Blu-ray, DVD, and On Demand on Tuesday, April 26. The DVD and Blu-ray both include deleted scenes, a gag reel, feature commentary, and several featurettes; the Blu-ray also includes five other special features.
Watch this funny exclusive behind-the-scenes clip illustrating the real-life odd couple dynamic between Kevin Hart and Ice Cube:
"Jane Got a Gun"
This film has a rather labored history to the big screen, but you can see the results for yourself on DVD/Blu-ray April 26. Natalie Portman plays...
New on DVD and Blu-ray
"Ride Along 2"
Are you ready for another ride with Kevin Hart and Ice Cube? In "Ride Along 2," the comedy duo return as partners (and brothers-in-law-to-be) to tackle a new crime in Miami. The movie comes out on Blu-ray, DVD, and On Demand on Tuesday, April 26. The DVD and Blu-ray both include deleted scenes, a gag reel, feature commentary, and several featurettes; the Blu-ray also includes five other special features.
Watch this funny exclusive behind-the-scenes clip illustrating the real-life odd couple dynamic between Kevin Hart and Ice Cube:
"Jane Got a Gun"
This film has a rather labored history to the big screen, but you can see the results for yourself on DVD/Blu-ray April 26. Natalie Portman plays...
- 4/25/2016
- by Gina Carbone
- Moviefone
A scene from winning film Paper Planes..
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Robert Connolly.s family feature Paper Planes has taken out Australia.s richest film prize of $100,000 at the seventh annual CinéfestOZ Film Festival on Saturday night..
Paper Planes follows 11-year old Dylan (Ed Oxenbould) whose life changes after winning a place in the regional paper planes competition in Sydney. This achievement takes him far from his country home and depressed father (Sam Worthington), all the way to the World Paper Plane Championships in Japan.
The film beat out five other contenders; Matt Saville.s Felony, Stephen Lance.s My Mistress, Julius Avery.s Son of a Gun, John V Soto.s The Reckoning and Russell Vines. documentary The Waler . Australia.s Great War Horse. (All finalist synopses listed below).
.I.m so, so happy,. Connolly said of his win. .I.m really excited because we are planning for a Christmas/January release and...
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Robert Connolly.s family feature Paper Planes has taken out Australia.s richest film prize of $100,000 at the seventh annual CinéfestOZ Film Festival on Saturday night..
Paper Planes follows 11-year old Dylan (Ed Oxenbould) whose life changes after winning a place in the regional paper planes competition in Sydney. This achievement takes him far from his country home and depressed father (Sam Worthington), all the way to the World Paper Plane Championships in Japan.
The film beat out five other contenders; Matt Saville.s Felony, Stephen Lance.s My Mistress, Julius Avery.s Son of a Gun, John V Soto.s The Reckoning and Russell Vines. documentary The Waler . Australia.s Great War Horse. (All finalist synopses listed below).
.I.m so, so happy,. Connolly said of his win. .I.m really excited because we are planning for a Christmas/January release and...
- 8/23/2014
- by Emily Blatchford
- IF.com.au
A crime caper replete with kooky contraptions, this endearing film's hero is a man who moves to his own mechanically engineered beat
Its clear from the beginning of director Nadia Tasss 1986 oddball comedy Malcolm that its protagonist, a reclusive simpleton played by Colin Friels, is a bit out of the ordinary. A tram-obsessed employee of the Metropolitan Transport Authority, which operated Victorias trains, trams and buses in the 1980s, the film opens when the sun goes down and Malcolm knocks off work.
With a big grin stamped across his face, Malcolm sneaks out and rides his most prized invention a mini tram-like invention that seats only him down the streets of Melbourne. Its a wonderfully weird scene setter that introduces that first of many kooky contraptions.
Continue reading...
Its clear from the beginning of director Nadia Tasss 1986 oddball comedy Malcolm that its protagonist, a reclusive simpleton played by Colin Friels, is a bit out of the ordinary. A tram-obsessed employee of the Metropolitan Transport Authority, which operated Victorias trains, trams and buses in the 1980s, the film opens when the sun goes down and Malcolm knocks off work.
With a big grin stamped across his face, Malcolm sneaks out and rides his most prized invention a mini tram-like invention that seats only him down the streets of Melbourne. Its a wonderfully weird scene setter that introduces that first of many kooky contraptions.
Continue reading...
- 4/25/2014
- by Luke Buckmaster
- The Guardian - Film News
The "American Idol" Season 13 live shows have started and, well, the Top 10 girls gave us some serious pause about the talent this season. We know these girls can sing -- we've seen it in audition and Hollywood Week clips. But you wouldn't know it by Tuesday's (Feb. 18) performances.
Thankfully (spoiler alert) the boys do a better job.
1. Caleb Johnson, "Stay With Me," Rod Stewart
Well, this is already 1000 percent better than the women were. Great song choice, solid use of the whole stage and he sounds good. It's not the most vocally demanding song ever, but you also gotta build on this show. It's a marathon, not a sprint, so he can work his way up to the bigger stuff. Plus, Caleb really nailed the ending. Terrific.
2. C.J. Harris, "Shelter," Ray Lamontagne
Interesting song choice. We're enjoying this immensely but is it too obscure for the voting "Idol" viewers? If...
Thankfully (spoiler alert) the boys do a better job.
1. Caleb Johnson, "Stay With Me," Rod Stewart
Well, this is already 1000 percent better than the women were. Great song choice, solid use of the whole stage and he sounds good. It's not the most vocally demanding song ever, but you also gotta build on this show. It's a marathon, not a sprint, so he can work his way up to the bigger stuff. Plus, Caleb really nailed the ending. Terrific.
2. C.J. Harris, "Shelter," Ray Lamontagne
Interesting song choice. We're enjoying this immensely but is it too obscure for the voting "Idol" viewers? If...
- 2/20/2014
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Director David Parker will start shooting The Menkoff Method, billed as a quirky .comedy of human resources,. in Melbourne on September 9.
The screenplay is by first-timer Zac Gillam. It.s the debut feature from White Hot Productions, the production arm of the White Hot Group. The producers are David Lee, Jan Bladier and John Kearney, with Ian Kirk as executive producer.
The plot follows David Cork, a young, introverted bank worker who.s more interested in drawing his comic book than his tedious job in the bank.s data processing centre. All that changes when an enigmatic Russian Hr consultant, Max Menkoff, introduces sweeping reforms with devastating effects.
Menkoff.s unorthodox management techniques take on a dark and sinister turn, forcing Cork and the beautiful and formidable Ruby Jackson from the bank.s head office to try to save their colleagues from a fate worse than death.
The cast will be announced soon.
The screenplay is by first-timer Zac Gillam. It.s the debut feature from White Hot Productions, the production arm of the White Hot Group. The producers are David Lee, Jan Bladier and John Kearney, with Ian Kirk as executive producer.
The plot follows David Cork, a young, introverted bank worker who.s more interested in drawing his comic book than his tedious job in the bank.s data processing centre. All that changes when an enigmatic Russian Hr consultant, Max Menkoff, introduces sweeping reforms with devastating effects.
Menkoff.s unorthodox management techniques take on a dark and sinister turn, forcing Cork and the beautiful and formidable Ruby Jackson from the bank.s head office to try to save their colleagues from a fate worse than death.
The cast will be announced soon.
- 8/28/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Exclusive: 40 Canadian and international producer teams selected for Omdc’s eighth annual Toronto co-financing market.
New films by Donald Petrie, Timo Vuorensola, Baltasar Kormakur [pictured], Nick Broomfield, Gillies Mackinnon are some of the 40 selections for the eighth Omdc’s International Financing Forum. (Full list below)
The Ontario Media Development Corporation’s feature film co-financing market will be held Sept 8-9, running concurrently to Tiff.
The two-day event includes one-on-one producer meetings, a top-level panel discussion, roundtable meetings, a networking luncheon, and a networking reception.
The initiative focuses on English language feature film projects being developed by international and Canadian producers, who meet with executives including sales agents, financiers, distributors, agents and executive producers – from companies including Beta Cinema, Big Beach, Cinetic, eOne, Film4, Film Nation, TF1, Wild Bunch and William Morris Endeavor.
The Canadian-produced projects selected this year include Nick Broomfield’s fiction feature film debut The Catastrophist to star Freida Pinto and John C Reilly and to...
New films by Donald Petrie, Timo Vuorensola, Baltasar Kormakur [pictured], Nick Broomfield, Gillies Mackinnon are some of the 40 selections for the eighth Omdc’s International Financing Forum. (Full list below)
The Ontario Media Development Corporation’s feature film co-financing market will be held Sept 8-9, running concurrently to Tiff.
The two-day event includes one-on-one producer meetings, a top-level panel discussion, roundtable meetings, a networking luncheon, and a networking reception.
The initiative focuses on English language feature film projects being developed by international and Canadian producers, who meet with executives including sales agents, financiers, distributors, agents and executive producers – from companies including Beta Cinema, Big Beach, Cinetic, eOne, Film4, Film Nation, TF1, Wild Bunch and William Morris Endeavor.
The Canadian-produced projects selected this year include Nick Broomfield’s fiction feature film debut The Catastrophist to star Freida Pinto and John C Reilly and to...
- 8/27/2013
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Conrad Rothmann..
The film business was saddened to receive the news of the passing of SFX impresario and creator of illusions, Conrad Rothman on 21 June 2013 - the winter solstice. Conrad died of a heart attack on his way to a hospital in Sydney. An American import into our film industry in the 1970.s, Conrad was perhaps one of the first SFX men to hit our shores, and he was most welcome. .He was thought of as the .stunt-glass-kid. of Australia..no one did glass like Conrad., ex-wife and dear friend Natalie Hammond said of him. Conrad went to film school with Steven Spielberg and Richard Franklin. He worked often with the latter and wished he had with the former!
His final years were spent working out of Fox in Sydney in an office and workroom with Aet, where he was known as Corny. Conrad was the genuine eccentric and much loved by everyone.
The film business was saddened to receive the news of the passing of SFX impresario and creator of illusions, Conrad Rothman on 21 June 2013 - the winter solstice. Conrad died of a heart attack on his way to a hospital in Sydney. An American import into our film industry in the 1970.s, Conrad was perhaps one of the first SFX men to hit our shores, and he was most welcome. .He was thought of as the .stunt-glass-kid. of Australia..no one did glass like Conrad., ex-wife and dear friend Natalie Hammond said of him. Conrad went to film school with Steven Spielberg and Richard Franklin. He worked often with the latter and wished he had with the former!
His final years were spent working out of Fox in Sydney in an office and workroom with Aet, where he was known as Corny. Conrad was the genuine eccentric and much loved by everyone.
- 7/15/2013
- by Pattie Wright
- IF.com.au
Paul 'Clackers' Clark..
The Australian film industry was saddened to hear the news of the death of sound recordist extraordinaire Paul Clark on 5 July 2013, in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Paul was on location shooting with Living Films, on a Canadian production, when he became unwell. Determinedly he completed the scene they were shooting before he left the set. Initially, he had complained of a sore foot. A blood infection followed by diabetic and heart complications ensued and Paul passed away peacefully. Friend and producer Chris Lowenstein was at Paul.s side until the end at Chiang Mai Ram Private Hospital at 6.00am local time. Friend and fellow sound recordist, Gary Wilkins, Paul.s Thai friends and workmates arranged a Buddhist funeral days later. Paul.s two sons, Simon and Sam were able to attend the ceremony. Gary Wilkins said, .We had made an agreement for Paul to return here, to his beloved Chiang Mai,...
The Australian film industry was saddened to hear the news of the death of sound recordist extraordinaire Paul Clark on 5 July 2013, in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Paul was on location shooting with Living Films, on a Canadian production, when he became unwell. Determinedly he completed the scene they were shooting before he left the set. Initially, he had complained of a sore foot. A blood infection followed by diabetic and heart complications ensued and Paul passed away peacefully. Friend and producer Chris Lowenstein was at Paul.s side until the end at Chiang Mai Ram Private Hospital at 6.00am local time. Friend and fellow sound recordist, Gary Wilkins, Paul.s Thai friends and workmates arranged a Buddhist funeral days later. Paul.s two sons, Simon and Sam were able to attend the ceremony. Gary Wilkins said, .We had made an agreement for Paul to return here, to his beloved Chiang Mai,...
- 7/15/2013
- by Pattie Wright
- IF.com.au
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