Hengameh Panahi, the celebrated French-Iranian producer who founded Celluloid Dreams and forged long-standing bonds with auteurs around the world, has died. She was 67.
Panahi, who worked with the likes of Jafar Panahi, Jacques Audiard, Hirokazu Kore-eda and Jia Zhangke, died on Nov. 5 after battling a long illness, according to a statement sent by a film publicist who worked with Panahi for many years.
Panahi was born in Iran and lived in Belgium from the age of 12 before moving to France in 1993. That’s where she founded the sales company Celluloid Dreams and played a major role in co-producing, co-financing and selling international rights to a number of politically minded films, such as Panahi’s Berlinale Golden Bear-winning “Taxi Tehran”; Audiard’s “A Prophet” and his Palme d’Or winning “Dheepan”; Ramin Mohseni’s ”From Afar”; Marjane Satrapi’s “Persepolis” and “Chicken With Plums”; and Iranian master Abbas Kiarostami’s “Where...
Panahi, who worked with the likes of Jafar Panahi, Jacques Audiard, Hirokazu Kore-eda and Jia Zhangke, died on Nov. 5 after battling a long illness, according to a statement sent by a film publicist who worked with Panahi for many years.
Panahi was born in Iran and lived in Belgium from the age of 12 before moving to France in 1993. That’s where she founded the sales company Celluloid Dreams and played a major role in co-producing, co-financing and selling international rights to a number of politically minded films, such as Panahi’s Berlinale Golden Bear-winning “Taxi Tehran”; Audiard’s “A Prophet” and his Palme d’Or winning “Dheepan”; Ramin Mohseni’s ”From Afar”; Marjane Satrapi’s “Persepolis” and “Chicken With Plums”; and Iranian master Abbas Kiarostami’s “Where...
- 11/9/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Chicago – First Tuesday for the Midwest Film Festival (Mff) is on September 6th, 2022, presenting the short “Prairie Girls” (Benett Holgerson) and feature “Provo” (Emma Thatcher) at the Gene Siskel Film Center. For ticket info, click Mff Sept First Tuesday.
“Prairie Girls” is a kaleidoscope of time travel, fantasy, animation and interactive relationships that follow the title characters from their time to modern times, using distinct weaponry and the discovery of where everyone needs to be. Cast includes Bennet’s sister Abby Holgerson and Claire Reed as the Prairie Girls, in addition to Tarathorn Boonngamanong, Arbit Rushiti, Sofia Marichal and Henry Barford. The original score is by Richard Orofino and animation is by Jasmine Soompholphakdy.
‘Prairie Girls,’ Written/Directed by Benett Holgerson
Photo credit: MidwestFilm.com
In “Provo,” writer/director Emma Thatcher portrays Liz, an aimless underemployed ne’er-do-well in Chicago who finds out that her estranged father is dying in Provo,...
“Prairie Girls” is a kaleidoscope of time travel, fantasy, animation and interactive relationships that follow the title characters from their time to modern times, using distinct weaponry and the discovery of where everyone needs to be. Cast includes Bennet’s sister Abby Holgerson and Claire Reed as the Prairie Girls, in addition to Tarathorn Boonngamanong, Arbit Rushiti, Sofia Marichal and Henry Barford. The original score is by Richard Orofino and animation is by Jasmine Soompholphakdy.
‘Prairie Girls,’ Written/Directed by Benett Holgerson
Photo credit: MidwestFilm.com
In “Provo,” writer/director Emma Thatcher portrays Liz, an aimless underemployed ne’er-do-well in Chicago who finds out that her estranged father is dying in Provo,...
- 9/4/2022
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
HGTV is dusting off an old format for a new collectibles series. The Discovery-owned cable net has greenlighted six new episodes of Cash in the Attic, hosted by Courtney Tezeno. The series will premiere later in 2021.
Tezeno, who co-hosted Quibi’s Close Up by E! News, is a passionate collector. She teams on Cash in the Attic with of expert appraisers including Elyse Luray, Jean David Michel and Marvin Jules to sort through homes looking for classic toys, vintage comics, original video games and other valuable pop culture treasures. Once the items are sold for top dollar at auction, the homeowners will use the money to fund life-changing dreams, such as a downpayment on a new house or a dream vacation.
“We expect a wide audience to tune in for Cash in the Attic because they appreciate the nostalgic value of sports memorabilia or Beanie Babies and they may...
Tezeno, who co-hosted Quibi’s Close Up by E! News, is a passionate collector. She teams on Cash in the Attic with of expert appraisers including Elyse Luray, Jean David Michel and Marvin Jules to sort through homes looking for classic toys, vintage comics, original video games and other valuable pop culture treasures. Once the items are sold for top dollar at auction, the homeowners will use the money to fund life-changing dreams, such as a downpayment on a new house or a dream vacation.
“We expect a wide audience to tune in for Cash in the Attic because they appreciate the nostalgic value of sports memorabilia or Beanie Babies and they may...
- 5/19/2021
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Ramin Bahrani, Oscar-nominated writer/director of The White Tiger, discusses a few of his favorite movies with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante.
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
The White Tiger (2021)
Man Push Cart (2005)
Chop Shop (2007)
99 Homes (2015)
The Boys From Fengkuei (1983)
The Time To Live And The Time To Die (1985)
The Killing Of A Chinese Bookie (1976)
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
La Terra Trema (1948)
Umberto D (1952)
Where Is The Friend’s Home? (1987)
Nomadland (2020)
The Runner (1984)
Bashu, the Little Stranger (1989)
A Moment Of Innocence a.k.a. Bread And Flower Pot (1996)
The House Is Black (1963)
The Conversation (1974)
Mean Streets (1973)
Nashville (1975)
Aguirre, The Wrath Of God (1972)
The Enigma Of Kaspar Hauser (1974)
Paris, Texas (1984)
Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962)
Vagabond (1985)
Luzzu (2021)
Bait (2019)
Sweet Sixteen (2002)
Abigail’s Party (1977)
Meantime (1983)
Fish Tank (2009)
Do The Right Thing (1989)
Malcolm X (1992)
Nothing But A Man (1964)
Goodbye Solo (2008)
The Spook Who Sat By The Door (1973)
Dekalog (1989)
The Double Life Of Veronique...
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
The White Tiger (2021)
Man Push Cart (2005)
Chop Shop (2007)
99 Homes (2015)
The Boys From Fengkuei (1983)
The Time To Live And The Time To Die (1985)
The Killing Of A Chinese Bookie (1976)
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
La Terra Trema (1948)
Umberto D (1952)
Where Is The Friend’s Home? (1987)
Nomadland (2020)
The Runner (1984)
Bashu, the Little Stranger (1989)
A Moment Of Innocence a.k.a. Bread And Flower Pot (1996)
The House Is Black (1963)
The Conversation (1974)
Mean Streets (1973)
Nashville (1975)
Aguirre, The Wrath Of God (1972)
The Enigma Of Kaspar Hauser (1974)
Paris, Texas (1984)
Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962)
Vagabond (1985)
Luzzu (2021)
Bait (2019)
Sweet Sixteen (2002)
Abigail’s Party (1977)
Meantime (1983)
Fish Tank (2009)
Do The Right Thing (1989)
Malcolm X (1992)
Nothing But A Man (1964)
Goodbye Solo (2008)
The Spook Who Sat By The Door (1973)
Dekalog (1989)
The Double Life Of Veronique...
- 4/20/2021
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
Scottish actor John Fraser has died at the age of 89 after a battle with cancer, his family has said.
Richard E. Grant was among those to pay tribute to The Dam Busters and El Cid actor today, posting on twitter:
My friend John Fraser has died at 89. All of us, lucky enough to know him, have benefitted from his Life enhancing generosity, kindness and gift for finding humour in every situation. pic.twitter.com/DPBjWH6cYB
— Richard E. Grant (@RichardEGrant) November 11, 2020
Mark Gatiss also posted a tribute:
A very fine actor, a blistering Bosie, an outrageous memoirist and a beautiful, beautiful man. Rip John Fraser pic.twitter.com/8z4COAAQpY
— Mark Gatiss (@Markgatiss) November 7, 2020
Born in Glasgow in 1931, Fraser broke into film in the early 1950s, playing Flight Lieutenant John Hopgood in the 1955 British classic The Dam Busters, and appearing in the 1957 film adaptation of J. B. Priestley’s The Good Companions,...
Richard E. Grant was among those to pay tribute to The Dam Busters and El Cid actor today, posting on twitter:
My friend John Fraser has died at 89. All of us, lucky enough to know him, have benefitted from his Life enhancing generosity, kindness and gift for finding humour in every situation. pic.twitter.com/DPBjWH6cYB
— Richard E. Grant (@RichardEGrant) November 11, 2020
Mark Gatiss also posted a tribute:
A very fine actor, a blistering Bosie, an outrageous memoirist and a beautiful, beautiful man. Rip John Fraser pic.twitter.com/8z4COAAQpY
— Mark Gatiss (@Markgatiss) November 7, 2020
Born in Glasgow in 1931, Fraser broke into film in the early 1950s, playing Flight Lieutenant John Hopgood in the 1955 British classic The Dam Busters, and appearing in the 1957 film adaptation of J. B. Priestley’s The Good Companions,...
- 11/11/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Shaquille O'Neal is continuing to mourn the death of his friend and former Los Angeles Lakers teammate Kobe Bryant. The NBA champ opened up about the late basketball legend on Quibi's Close Up by E! News, telling co-hosts Will Marfuggi and Courtney Tezeno, "All the memories are good." "We were the most enigmatic, dominate one-two punch ever created," Shaq added before making a plea to viewers. "If you have anything to say to somebody, you should just say it. Because you never gonna know what's gonna happen." He continued, noting that Kobe isn't the only person he's recently lost: "I've been stabbed twice this year. One day I...
- 9/25/2020
- E! Online
Beyoncé is on another level. In this clip from Quibi's Close Up by E! News, the A-list performer's stylist Zerina Akers opened up about being on the superstar singer's team. As E! readers may recall, Akers served as the stylist for Beyoncé's 2020 musical film, Black Is King. And, from what Akers shared with co-hosts Will Marfuggi and Courtney Tezeno, she's honored to have been a part of something so iconic. Marfuggi kicked off the conversation by asking, "In documentaries, the level of detail and work ethic that Beyoncé puts into her work, what is it like to be a part of that team?" Per the celebrity stylist, working with the pop culture icon has been...
- 9/18/2020
- E! Online
Close Up with family in quarantine. 2020 has been all about social distancing, quarantine and isolation—all due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic—and while most of us have been trapped at home, TikTok star Drea Okeke found herself stuck on a whole different continent! The social media maven, who has nearly 5 million followers on TikTok alone, spilled the details on her predicament on Quibi's Close Up by E! News. "I was quarantined in Nigeria," Okeke, better known as Drea KnowsBest, revealed. "I went back in March to go visit my parents and then I got stuck there because the flights—all international flights—were cancelled." How...
- 8/7/2020
- E! Online
Even Evelyn Lozada has been catfished. The Basketball Wives star revealed this to be true during a fun game of "Never Have I Ever" during her appearance on Quibi's Close Up by E! News. "Ok, ladies! We're gonna play never have I ever," co-host Will Marfuggi stated. "What you're gonna do is hold up 10 fingers and then, for each one that you've done, you're gonna drop a finger." Even though Evelyn quipped that she was "scared" at the start of the segment, she and daughter Shaniece Hairston boldly shared their secrets, including a surprising one about the reality star's personal life. "Have you ever catfished someone?" Will...
- 8/3/2020
- E! Online
Nia Sioux is not afraid to share her opinions. Today, the Dance Moms star stopped by Quibi's Close Up by E! News and played a round of "I Stan or Not a Fan" with co-hosts Will Marfuggi and Courtney Tezeno. "We're gonna have a series of pop culture topics that we talk about and you let us know whether you stan or you're not a fan," Courtney said at the top of the segment. During this fun game, the reality TV veteran revealed how she really feels about Kourtney Kardashian and Addison Rae's friendship. And her answer may surprise you! Courtney continued, "She's a 41-year-old mom of three and she's recently been spotted with TikTok star Addison Rae. Now, you...
- 7/20/2020
- E! Online
Beautiful inside and out. Today, model Jasmine Sanders stopped by Quibi's Close Up by E! News and shared with co-host Will Marfuggi her unconventional approach to preparing for this year's Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue. Sanders, who was a Si Swimsuit rookie in 2019, recalled that she was "very strict" about dieting the first time she shot for the famed magazine. "I was like, 'Look, I've been on this tight diet, trying to make sure that my body looks the best that I can get it to look,'" she said of her first shoot. "Not even a diet, I cut out things that are a little more toxic, alcohol, Coca Cola—which I love to drink all the time—just things like...
- 7/17/2020
- E! Online
Freeform is switching things up with its latest TV series.
Deadline is reporting that the Jessica Biel-produced thriller Last Summer, which the cabler ordered last year, has been re-titled Cruel Summer.
It sounds considerably more ominous, right?
To sweeten the deal, Olivia Holt has snagged the lead role in a recasting.
The series hails from Bert V. Royal, Jessica Biel, and eOne, with Cloak & Dagger grad Holt added as one of the two lead characters, Kate, "the embodiment of teenage perfection whose life is one to be envied until she mysteriously disappears.”
Mika Abdalla took on the role in the show’s pilot episode.
Cruel Summer takes place over three summers–’93, ’94, ’95–in a small Texas town when a beautiful popular teen, Kate, is abducted and, seemingly unrelated, a girl, Jeanette, goes from being a sweet, awkward outlier to the most popular girl in town and, by ’95, the most despised person in America.
Deadline is reporting that the Jessica Biel-produced thriller Last Summer, which the cabler ordered last year, has been re-titled Cruel Summer.
It sounds considerably more ominous, right?
To sweeten the deal, Olivia Holt has snagged the lead role in a recasting.
The series hails from Bert V. Royal, Jessica Biel, and eOne, with Cloak & Dagger grad Holt added as one of the two lead characters, Kate, "the embodiment of teenage perfection whose life is one to be envied until she mysteriously disappears.”
Mika Abdalla took on the role in the show’s pilot episode.
Cruel Summer takes place over three summers–’93, ’94, ’95–in a small Texas town when a beautiful popular teen, Kate, is abducted and, seemingly unrelated, a girl, Jeanette, goes from being a sweet, awkward outlier to the most popular girl in town and, by ’95, the most despised person in America.
- 5/18/2020
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Exclusive: Freeform has passed on Close Up, the hourlong suspense drama pilot executive produced by How to Get Away With Murder creator Peter Nowalk and Mary Rohlich (Atypical). The series was set up at ABC Signature, which is part of Disney TV Studios, as part of Nowalk’s overall deal at ABC Studios and its cable/streaming division ABC Signature.
Written by Keith Staskiewicz, the series was set in Centreville, NJ, a suburban town just like any other … at least on the surface. Centreville high school student Rachel Guyer is on a mission to expose the truth about her seemingly normal hometown and turn her community inside out.
The pilot was shot late last year in Vancouver, with Natalie Chaidez serving as showrunner. Close Up starred Fivel Stewart with Millicent Simmonds, Anthony Keyvan, Karin Konoval, Yaani King Mondschein, Sean Blakemore, Jennifer Spence, Megan Charpentier, newcomer Alexander Grant and Van Crosby...
Written by Keith Staskiewicz, the series was set in Centreville, NJ, a suburban town just like any other … at least on the surface. Centreville high school student Rachel Guyer is on a mission to expose the truth about her seemingly normal hometown and turn her community inside out.
The pilot was shot late last year in Vancouver, with Natalie Chaidez serving as showrunner. Close Up starred Fivel Stewart with Millicent Simmonds, Anthony Keyvan, Karin Konoval, Yaani King Mondschein, Sean Blakemore, Jennifer Spence, Megan Charpentier, newcomer Alexander Grant and Van Crosby...
- 5/14/2020
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
From Sophie Turner to Zac Efron, many of Hollywood's biggest stars are heading to Quibi—so it's only right that E! News is joining them. That's right! When the new, mobile-only streaming service launches on Monday, April 6, so will a brand-new pop culture and celebrity daily series produced by the NBCUniversal Digital Lab: Close Up by E! News. Like everything else on Quibi, all of the show's episodes will be 10 minutes or less. You'll never be out of the loop again! And it'll all be thanks to the hosts of Close Up by E! News, Will Marfuggi and Courtney Tezeno. Marfuggi is an Emmy-nominated E! News correspondent based in Los Angeles. He's been...
- 4/4/2020
- E! Online
Check back for updates … The 2019-20 TV season has been shaken up by the coronavirus pandemic, which shut down all production, cut short current seasons and delayed new ones. Mandated to remain indoors, a larger-than-usual viewing public is turning to the small screen for entertainment and escapism amid the health crisis.
For those waiting for something new on those screens, here’s our annual list of spring premiere dates for new and returning series. It covers more than 150 broadcast, cable and streaming programs debuting between April 1 and May 31 in all dayparts. It does not include movies or specials.
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Shows whose premieres have been delayed amid the Covid-19 crisis...
For those waiting for something new on those screens, here’s our annual list of spring premiere dates for new and returning series. It covers more than 150 broadcast, cable and streaming programs debuting between April 1 and May 31 in all dayparts. It does not include movies or specials.
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Shows whose premieres have been delayed amid the Covid-19 crisis...
- 3/31/2020
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Freeform has picked up Jessica Biel-produced thriller Last Summer to series.
This comes after the Disney-owned network piloted the project, which is written by Easy A’s Bert V. Royal, last year.
The announcement was made by Tom Ascheim, president, Freeform at the Winter TCA press tour.
The show comes from eOne and exec producers Biel and Michelle Purple from Iron Ocean Productions and Royal. Jungeland’s Max Winkler directed and exec produced the pilot, which was filmed in Texas.
The series stars Chiara Aurelia (Tell Me Your Secret), Mika Abdalla (Project Mc2), Michael Landes (The Liberator), Froy Gutierrez (Teen Wolf), Harley Quinn Smith (Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood), Allius Barnes (Unbelievable), Blake Lee (Fam), Nathaniel Ashton (Mr. Mercedes) and Brooklyn Sudano (Taken).
Last Summer is an unconventional thriller that takes place over three summers — 1993-95 — in a small Texas town when a beautiful popular teen, Kate (Abdalla), is abducted and,...
This comes after the Disney-owned network piloted the project, which is written by Easy A’s Bert V. Royal, last year.
The announcement was made by Tom Ascheim, president, Freeform at the Winter TCA press tour.
The show comes from eOne and exec producers Biel and Michelle Purple from Iron Ocean Productions and Royal. Jungeland’s Max Winkler directed and exec produced the pilot, which was filmed in Texas.
The series stars Chiara Aurelia (Tell Me Your Secret), Mika Abdalla (Project Mc2), Michael Landes (The Liberator), Froy Gutierrez (Teen Wolf), Harley Quinn Smith (Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood), Allius Barnes (Unbelievable), Blake Lee (Fam), Nathaniel Ashton (Mr. Mercedes) and Brooklyn Sudano (Taken).
Last Summer is an unconventional thriller that takes place over three summers — 1993-95 — in a small Texas town when a beautiful popular teen, Kate (Abdalla), is abducted and,...
- 1/17/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Films like Close-Up and Certified Copy travel across a thin line of identity separating laborer from director, lover from stranger
The first thing I did after I was a woman for the very first time was to watch a movie by Abbas Kiarostami. The movie was Close-Up, and it spoke in so many ways to exactly what I was trying to understand about myself that night. It felt like fate, or divine intervention, that I got to watch that movie at that exact moment.
I was assigned male at birth, and all throughout my life I had felt intense desires to be female. I didn’t always recognize them as such, because I was into my 30s before I really knew what transgender was or that “normal” people could change gender. For most of my life, I just thought I felt a perverted desire to wear women’s clothes, so...
The first thing I did after I was a woman for the very first time was to watch a movie by Abbas Kiarostami. The movie was Close-Up, and it spoke in so many ways to exactly what I was trying to understand about myself that night. It felt like fate, or divine intervention, that I got to watch that movie at that exact moment.
I was assigned male at birth, and all throughout my life I had felt intense desires to be female. I didn’t always recognize them as such, because I was into my 30s before I really knew what transgender was or that “normal” people could change gender. For most of my life, I just thought I felt a perverted desire to wear women’s clothes, so...
- 8/3/2019
- by Veronica Esposito
- The Guardian - Film News
Three years after Palme d’Or-winning Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami passed away at the age of 76, Janus Films is rolling out a wide-ranging and lovingly designed touring retrospective of some of his seminal works. The new retrospective includes restorations of The Koker Trilogy, plus features like “Close-Up,” “Taste of Cherry,” “Shirin,” “24 Frames,” “ABC Africa,” “The Wind Will Carry Us,” “Ten,” and “Five.”
The new restorations were undertaken by the Criterion Collection and mk2 with contributions by Kiarostami’s son, Ahmad Kiarostami.
Born in 1940 in Tehran, the filmmaker first studied painting at the University of Tehran; later, he worked as a graphic designer and commercial director. Kiarostami credited a job in the film department at Kanun (the Centre for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults) for shaping him into a filmmaker.
He made his first feature, “The Report,” in 1977, just two years before the 1979 revolution that saw so...
The new restorations were undertaken by the Criterion Collection and mk2 with contributions by Kiarostami’s son, Ahmad Kiarostami.
Born in 1940 in Tehran, the filmmaker first studied painting at the University of Tehran; later, he worked as a graphic designer and commercial director. Kiarostami credited a job in the film department at Kanun (the Centre for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults) for shaping him into a filmmaker.
He made his first feature, “The Report,” in 1977, just two years before the 1979 revolution that saw so...
- 7/24/2019
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
“I always wonder to what extent the artist aims to depict the reality of a scene.”
When Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami died in Paris in 2016, he left behind one of the greatest bodies of work of modern cinema. Works such as “Taste of Cherry”, “The Wind Will Carry Us” or “Close-Up” have made an undeniable impression on the works of many filmmakers and defined how the world perceives Iranian cinema.
In the last years of his life he dedicated most of his time to a project which would ultimately be “24 Frames”. Even though authors such as Bilge Ebiri state how the director turned to minimalism late in his life, many of his films show signs of this search for new ways of cinematic expression. “Taste of Cherry” (1997) is based on a very minimalist premise, which takes place mostly in the car of the protagonist. The ending, which breaks the fourth wall,...
When Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami died in Paris in 2016, he left behind one of the greatest bodies of work of modern cinema. Works such as “Taste of Cherry”, “The Wind Will Carry Us” or “Close-Up” have made an undeniable impression on the works of many filmmakers and defined how the world perceives Iranian cinema.
In the last years of his life he dedicated most of his time to a project which would ultimately be “24 Frames”. Even though authors such as Bilge Ebiri state how the director turned to minimalism late in his life, many of his films show signs of this search for new ways of cinematic expression. “Taste of Cherry” (1997) is based on a very minimalist premise, which takes place mostly in the car of the protagonist. The ending, which breaks the fourth wall,...
- 3/13/2019
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.NEWSThe controversial production of Russian director Ilya Khrzhanovskiy's Dau has come to an end, and there is now a trailer and a promotional website to prove it. The film was rumored to have taken nearly twelve years, recruiting a cast and crew of thousands in an isolated town that recreated life in the 1950s Soviet Union. Dau will likely be released as multiple films and a television series, but the new trailer presents it as primarily an "experiment." As Siddhant Adlakha says in his 2017 dissection of the film, "the remaining details, both factual and emotional, are still speculation that falls in the realm of audience interpretation." Professor and Kubrick expert Nathan Abrams has discovered the presumably lost screenplay to Kubrick's Burning Secret, an adaptation of a 1913 novella by Viennese writer Stefan Zweig. Long...
- 7/18/2018
- MUBI
Premiere episode screenings of FX’s Snowfall and TV Land’s Younger, retro-dives into creepy classics Twin Peaks and The Outer Limits, and in-person conversations with David Costabile of Showtime’s Billions and Jeffrey Wright of HBO’s Westworld are among the highlights announced today for the second annual Split Screens television festival in New York.
Running May 30 to June 3, the fest will also honor Sandra Oh with its Vanguard Award and a special episode screening of the actress’ BBC America series Killing Eve. Oh will be in attendance.
See the entire festival line-up below.
Produced and presented by Manhattan’s IFC Center, and curated for the second year by New York Magazine TV critic Matt Zoller Seitz, Split Screen kicks off Wednesday, May 30, with a big-screen showing of The Americans‘ series finale and an audience discussion about the series moderated by Zoller Seitz. On June 1, The Americans showrunners Joe...
Running May 30 to June 3, the fest will also honor Sandra Oh with its Vanguard Award and a special episode screening of the actress’ BBC America series Killing Eve. Oh will be in attendance.
See the entire festival line-up below.
Produced and presented by Manhattan’s IFC Center, and curated for the second year by New York Magazine TV critic Matt Zoller Seitz, Split Screen kicks off Wednesday, May 30, with a big-screen showing of The Americans‘ series finale and an audience discussion about the series moderated by Zoller Seitz. On June 1, The Americans showrunners Joe...
- 5/11/2018
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Clint Eastwood’s fact-based thriller The 15:17 to Paris lets servicemen play themselves – the latest film to pick authenticity over auditioning
Last week, New York’s Quad Cinema completed the run of a repertory screening series titled That’s Me Up There: The Singular Art of Playing Yourself, a collection of films featuring real-life figures portraying varyingly fictionalized versions of themselves. An eclectic array of selections posed tricky theoretical questions and interrogated the boundaries between artifice and reality; the late Iranian master Abbas Kiarostami’s Close-Up takes a cerebral approach to the camera’s relationship to its subjects, and the cuckoo surrealism of Being John Malkovich digs deeper into the subconscious rather than film form.
Related: The friends who foiled a gunman - and are now playing themselves in a Clint Eastwood movie...
Last week, New York’s Quad Cinema completed the run of a repertory screening series titled That’s Me Up There: The Singular Art of Playing Yourself, a collection of films featuring real-life figures portraying varyingly fictionalized versions of themselves. An eclectic array of selections posed tricky theoretical questions and interrogated the boundaries between artifice and reality; the late Iranian master Abbas Kiarostami’s Close-Up takes a cerebral approach to the camera’s relationship to its subjects, and the cuckoo surrealism of Being John Malkovich digs deeper into the subconscious rather than film form.
Related: The friends who foiled a gunman - and are now playing themselves in a Clint Eastwood movie...
- 2/6/2018
- by Charles Bramesco
- The Guardian - Film News
Abbas Kiarostami was famous for pushing the boundaries of cinematic narrative in films like “Close-Up,” “Taste of Cherry,” and “Certified Copy,” among many other titles, so it’s only fitting that his final movie is perhaps his greatest movie experiment. “24 Frames” is the last project Kiarostami finished before he passed away in July 2016, and Janus Films will be bringing it to theaters this year.
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The official synopsis reads: “The final film from Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami is a wordless series of sketches elaborating on his lifelong fascination with photography. Consisting of 24 four-and-a-half minute sketches—each a digitally manipulated, fixed-frame view of a scene from nature—’24 Frames’ allows the late Kiarostami to evoke the moments before and after a still image has been captured, and to explore the thin line between natural and artificial beauty.”
The films begins...
Read More:Abbas Kiarostami’s ’24 Frames’ Is A Moving Farewell From A Legendary Filmmaker
The official synopsis reads: “The final film from Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami is a wordless series of sketches elaborating on his lifelong fascination with photography. Consisting of 24 four-and-a-half minute sketches—each a digitally manipulated, fixed-frame view of a scene from nature—’24 Frames’ allows the late Kiarostami to evoke the moments before and after a still image has been captured, and to explore the thin line between natural and artificial beauty.”
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- 1/30/2018
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Stanley Tucci, Catherine Deneuve dramas join competition; TV dramas and Oleg Sentsov doc set to get world premiere.
The Berlin International Film Festival has finalised its competition and Berlinale Special strands.
Joining the festival in Out Of Competition berths are Stanley Tucci-directed Final Portrait and Catherine Deneuve drama Sage Femme.
James Gray’s The Lost City Of Z will have its interntional premiere while documentary The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg Sentsov will have its world premiere.
Among TV world premieres are Amazon’s Patriot and BBC One’s SS-gb.
In total, 18 of the 24 films selected for Competitionwill be competing for the Golden and the Silver Bears. 22 of the films will have their world premieres at the festival.
For the third time, Berlinale Special Series will present a selection of TV series in the official programme. Six German and international productions will have their world premieres at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele this year...
The Berlin International Film Festival has finalised its competition and Berlinale Special strands.
Joining the festival in Out Of Competition berths are Stanley Tucci-directed Final Portrait and Catherine Deneuve drama Sage Femme.
James Gray’s The Lost City Of Z will have its interntional premiere while documentary The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg Sentsov will have its world premiere.
Among TV world premieres are Amazon’s Patriot and BBC One’s SS-gb.
In total, 18 of the 24 films selected for Competitionwill be competing for the Golden and the Silver Bears. 22 of the films will have their world premieres at the festival.
For the third time, Berlinale Special Series will present a selection of TV series in the official programme. Six German and international productions will have their world premieres at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele this year...
- 1/20/2017
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Stanley Tucci, Catherine Deneuve dramas join competition; TV dramas and Oleg Sentsov doc set to get world premiere.
The Berlin International Film Festival has finalised its competition and Berlinale Special strands.
Joining the competition are
18 of the 24 films selected for Competition will be competing for the Golden and the Silver Bears. 22 of the films will have their world premieres at the festival.
The Berlinale Special will present recent works by contemporary filmmakers, documentaries, and extraordinary formats, as well as brand new series from around the world.
Berlinale Special Galas will be held at the Friedrichstadt-Palast and Zoo Palast. Other Special premieres will take place at the Kino International. Moderated discussions will follow the screenings at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele.
For the third time, Berlinale Special Series will present a selection of TV series in the official programme. Six German and international productions will have their world premieres at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele this year. Audiences...
The Berlin International Film Festival has finalised its competition and Berlinale Special strands.
Joining the competition are
18 of the 24 films selected for Competition will be competing for the Golden and the Silver Bears. 22 of the films will have their world premieres at the festival.
The Berlinale Special will present recent works by contemporary filmmakers, documentaries, and extraordinary formats, as well as brand new series from around the world.
Berlinale Special Galas will be held at the Friedrichstadt-Palast and Zoo Palast. Other Special premieres will take place at the Kino International. Moderated discussions will follow the screenings at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele.
For the third time, Berlinale Special Series will present a selection of TV series in the official programme. Six German and international productions will have their world premieres at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele this year. Audiences...
- 1/20/2017
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Nema-ye Nazdik / Close-up (1990) Direction and Screenplay: Abbas Kiarostami Cast: Hossain Sabzian, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Abbas Kiarostami Abbas Kiarostami's Close-Up By Dan Schneider of Cosmoetica: Abbas Kiarostami is one of those "name" non-American directors who is looked to as a god. The low-budget Nema-ye Nazdik / Close-Up is the second Kiarostami effort I have seen and it is an excellent film. [Note: spoilers ahead] Close-Up is a pseudo-documentary — not a mockumentary, even though it has been labeled as such. Written and directed by Kiarostami between the making of two bigger-budgeted projects, Close-Up shows what pouncing upon something that just happens can do for an artist. Sometimes it’s not the force of creation, but the moment of recognition that defines when a piece of good art is wrought. Everyone in the film plays themselves, as the tale is putatively based upon real events. I should add that there is some dispute over [...]...
- 4/4/2011
- by Dan Schneider
- Alt Film Guide
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