Paris-based sales agent Indie Sales has boarded “Maya, Give Me a Title,” a stop-motion project directed by Michel Gondry (“Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”) and narrated by Pierre Niney (“The Count of Monte Cristo”).
The film revolves around Gondry’s long-distance relationship with his daughter. As they live in two different countries, Gondry asks his daughter every evening, “Maya, give me a title.” Based on her answer, he creates a short animated reply in which Maya is the hero. Gondry’s long-time partner, Georges Bermann at Partizan Films, is producing, while The Jokers Films will release it in France.
Besides “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” Gondry’s well known films also include “The Science of Sleep,” “Be Kind Rewind” and more recently “The Book of Solutions.”
Stop-motion has been a personal trademark of the director since his early music videos such as Björk’s “Human Behaviour” and The...
The film revolves around Gondry’s long-distance relationship with his daughter. As they live in two different countries, Gondry asks his daughter every evening, “Maya, give me a title.” Based on her answer, he creates a short animated reply in which Maya is the hero. Gondry’s long-time partner, Georges Bermann at Partizan Films, is producing, while The Jokers Films will release it in France.
Besides “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” Gondry’s well known films also include “The Science of Sleep,” “Be Kind Rewind” and more recently “The Book of Solutions.”
Stop-motion has been a personal trademark of the director since his early music videos such as Björk’s “Human Behaviour” and The...
- 10/31/2024
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Maika Monroe is reteaming with Watcher director Chloe Okuno on the feminist horror film Brides, which FilmNation and UTA Independent Film Group are launching at AFM.
Likely Story’s Anthony Bregman and Stefanie Azpiazu are producing the 1960’s, Italy-set tale, which is in pre-production and scheduled to start shooting in spring 2025.
Fresh off the independent horror smash Longlegs, Monroe will star in the feminist take on the Dracula myth as Sally Bishop, who travels with her husband to a remote villa in the wake of Sally’s nervous breakdown.
The villa’s owner, a mysterious count, takes a peculiar interest in Sally.
Likely Story’s Anthony Bregman and Stefanie Azpiazu are producing the 1960’s, Italy-set tale, which is in pre-production and scheduled to start shooting in spring 2025.
Fresh off the independent horror smash Longlegs, Monroe will star in the feminist take on the Dracula myth as Sally Bishop, who travels with her husband to a remote villa in the wake of Sally’s nervous breakdown.
The villa’s owner, a mysterious count, takes a peculiar interest in Sally.
- 10/30/2024
- ScreenDaily
Psychonaut begins with a concise definition of its titular concept — a person who explores altered states of consciousness within the human mindscape — only to infinitely double-down on the idea’s most terrifying consequences. Yes, a psychonaut explores altered consciousness, but they’re also subjected to the many dangerous and destructive impulses that flood the human mind and strike when someone is at their most vulnerable. Psychonaut turns the brain into a labyrinthine house of horrors where escape isn’t as simple as just finding the door. What follows is a claustrophobic and alienating experience that’s as surreal as it is scary. It’s a compelling calling card for Dutch indie filmmaker Thijs Meuwese that highlights the atmospheric skills of a visionary genre storyteller, but occasionally feels too scatterbrained
Psychonaut is a meditation on mind-altering technology that infiltrates and violates memories. Maxime (Julia Batelaan) submits to an experimental treatment that...
Psychonaut is a meditation on mind-altering technology that infiltrates and violates memories. Maxime (Julia Batelaan) submits to an experimental treatment that...
- 10/28/2024
- by Daniel Kurland
- bloody-disgusting.com
Within the context of film discourse, the quote ‘every frame a painting’ is a figurative saying that refers to the fact that a movie is stunningly photographed to the point that each still image in isolation could stand as an artwork in and of itself. However, in the breathtaking work of Polish directors, Dk and Hugh Welchman, this takes a more literal meaning, as every frame of their films is indeed an oil painting handcrafted by a crew of around a hundred artists.
The Welchmans first used this arduous but incredibly rewarding animation technique in their previous film, the Oscar-nominated “Loving Vincent” (2017), which paid tribute to van Gogh by emulating his own brushwork, with the added difference of movement. Moreover, the color palette used for the film also resembled that found in the work of the late artist—different tonalities of blues, yellows, and greens. This time around, the filmmakers...
The Welchmans first used this arduous but incredibly rewarding animation technique in their previous film, the Oscar-nominated “Loving Vincent” (2017), which paid tribute to van Gogh by emulating his own brushwork, with the added difference of movement. Moreover, the color palette used for the film also resembled that found in the work of the late artist—different tonalities of blues, yellows, and greens. This time around, the filmmakers...
- 10/23/2024
- by Edgar Batres
- High on Films
Years ago, Kate Winslet may have aced her performance as the gorgeous Rose in the fan-favorite Titanic – which she will eternally be remembered for, but perhaps nothing surpasses her performance in the Mare of Easttown saga. Not only is she seen bare-faced – yes, with pretty much little to no make-up – in the show but the actress also refused to mess with her weight for the role.
Kate Winslet. | Credits: Mare of Easttown/HBO.
While her onscreen portrayal of Detective Sergeant Mare Sheehan in the HBO miniseries was perfect in itself, what caught fans off-guard was how she decided to keep her weight on while shooting it. Unsurprisingly enough, her weight factor was blown out of proportion among fans, who considered this move of hers brave. But this didn’t sit well with Winslet.
Kate Winslet was Bothered by Her Weight Getting Attention in Mare of Easttown
In Mare of Easttown,...
Kate Winslet. | Credits: Mare of Easttown/HBO.
While her onscreen portrayal of Detective Sergeant Mare Sheehan in the HBO miniseries was perfect in itself, what caught fans off-guard was how she decided to keep her weight on while shooting it. Unsurprisingly enough, her weight factor was blown out of proportion among fans, who considered this move of hers brave. But this didn’t sit well with Winslet.
Kate Winslet was Bothered by Her Weight Getting Attention in Mare of Easttown
In Mare of Easttown,...
- 10/22/2024
- by Mahin Sultan
- FandomWire
“Ctrl” is “Black Mirror” crossed with “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.” That is the obligatory single-line take, which would be paraded around as an opinion of the movie rather than what it actually is—a pitch. I suppose with regards to how deep or volatile an exploration could be regarding social media usage as well as the proliferation of the internet within one’s life, it depends on which aspects of that idea screenwriters Motwane and Avinash Sampath would like to focus all their creative energies upon.
That decision alone would also entail casting the protagonist—Anaya Panday, who has now carved out a niche for herself due to the characters modeled around her personality, with a few degrees removed from herself. It could be criticized, except Panday is genuinely good at it. In an interview while promoting the film, Motwane would remark how the idea of casting Panday...
That decision alone would also entail casting the protagonist—Anaya Panday, who has now carved out a niche for herself due to the characters modeled around her personality, with a few degrees removed from herself. It could be criticized, except Panday is genuinely good at it. In an interview while promoting the film, Motwane would remark how the idea of casting Panday...
- 10/4/2024
- by Amartya Acharya
- High on Films
Kate Winslet in Lee
In Lee, cinematographer and director Ellen Kuras explores a short yet significant chapter in the life of American model, photographer and war correspondent Lee Miller. Beginning in the 1930s sunlit France, Kuras and screenwriters Liz Hannah, Marion Hume and John Collee, focus on Miller's (Kate Winslet) experiences as a correspondent in Europe during World War II. She would capture some of the strongest images of the conflict, including the horrors of the concentration camps, and she would even pose for a photo in Hitler's private bathtub.
As a cinematographer, Kuras has shot Michel Gondry's Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind and Be Kind Rewind, Alan Rickman's directorial feature A Little Chaos and Sam Mendes' Away We Go, as well as the Fran Lebowitz documentary Public Speaking for Martin Scorsese, and the miniseries Pretend It's A City, featuring Lebowitz and Scorsese. Her work as a director includes the.
In Lee, cinematographer and director Ellen Kuras explores a short yet significant chapter in the life of American model, photographer and war correspondent Lee Miller. Beginning in the 1930s sunlit France, Kuras and screenwriters Liz Hannah, Marion Hume and John Collee, focus on Miller's (Kate Winslet) experiences as a correspondent in Europe during World War II. She would capture some of the strongest images of the conflict, including the horrors of the concentration camps, and she would even pose for a photo in Hitler's private bathtub.
As a cinematographer, Kuras has shot Michel Gondry's Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind and Be Kind Rewind, Alan Rickman's directorial feature A Little Chaos and Sam Mendes' Away We Go, as well as the Fran Lebowitz documentary Public Speaking for Martin Scorsese, and the miniseries Pretend It's A City, featuring Lebowitz and Scorsese. Her work as a director includes the.
- 10/3/2024
- by Paul Risker
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
First, we threw a 50th anniversary bash for movies released in 1974. Then, a 40th fete for movies from 1984 and a 30th for 1994 films. And now, as this year gets closer to its own last call, we’re embarking on a 20th anniversary tour back to the 2000s.
That’s right, it’s time for the fourth edition of Netflix’s 2024 Milestone Movies: The Anniversary Collection, this time celebrating films that were released in 2004.
Milestone Movies first launched in January to celebrate films marking major anniversaries this year — award winners, guilty pleasures, and cult classics among them. The films now streaming in the US include Before Sunset, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Million Dollar Baby, The Notebook, and Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy.
The first round of Milestone Movies, highlighting films released in 1974, included Blazing Saddles, Chinatown,and The Conversation. Then the clock rolled forward to 1984...
That’s right, it’s time for the fourth edition of Netflix’s 2024 Milestone Movies: The Anniversary Collection, this time celebrating films that were released in 2004.
Milestone Movies first launched in January to celebrate films marking major anniversaries this year — award winners, guilty pleasures, and cult classics among them. The films now streaming in the US include Before Sunset, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Million Dollar Baby, The Notebook, and Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy.
The first round of Milestone Movies, highlighting films released in 1974, included Blazing Saddles, Chinatown,and The Conversation. Then the clock rolled forward to 1984...
- 9/30/2024
- by Jessica Derschowitz
- Tudum - Netflix
Oscar winner Kate Winslet hates to “burst a bubble,” but the Lee star had to admit to audiences that the iconic door scene in Titanic was filmed in a “waist-height” tank.
“Well that was quite an awkward tank, that one,” she began on a recent episode of Josh Horowitz’s Happy Sad Confused podcast. “To burst a bubble, it was waist-height, that tank. So first of all, I was regularly like, ‘Ugh, can I just go for a pee,’ and then I’d get up, get off the door, walk to the edge of the tank that was sort of 20 feet away, and I’d literally have to fling my leg over and climb out the tank and go for a pee and then come back and crawl on the door again.”
The veteran actress joked, “It’s terrible to admit these things … Leo is, I’m afraid, kneeling down...
“Well that was quite an awkward tank, that one,” she began on a recent episode of Josh Horowitz’s Happy Sad Confused podcast. “To burst a bubble, it was waist-height, that tank. So first of all, I was regularly like, ‘Ugh, can I just go for a pee,’ and then I’d get up, get off the door, walk to the edge of the tank that was sort of 20 feet away, and I’d literally have to fling my leg over and climb out the tank and go for a pee and then come back and crawl on the door again.”
The veteran actress joked, “It’s terrible to admit these things … Leo is, I’m afraid, kneeling down...
- 9/29/2024
- by Natalie Oganesyan
- Deadline Film + TV
Kate Winslet represents the third generation of actors in her family. Her grandparents ran a repertory theater in England and her father struggled for many years as an actor himself while working other jobs to support his family. Winslet however found incredible success quite early in her career and by the time she turned 30, she had already received four Oscar nominations and played the female lead in the biggest box office blockbuster Hollywood had ever seen, “Titanic.”
While success in films came easy for Winslet, the one thing that did seem to elude her for a long time was recognition from the Academy. She would have to wait through five Oscar losses before the award would finally come her away for the 2008 movie “The Reader.” She would lampoon her Oscar troubles (and ironically receive an Emmy nomination) on an episode of the Ricky Gervais comedy “Extras.” On that show Winslet...
While success in films came easy for Winslet, the one thing that did seem to elude her for a long time was recognition from the Academy. She would have to wait through five Oscar losses before the award would finally come her away for the 2008 movie “The Reader.” She would lampoon her Oscar troubles (and ironically receive an Emmy nomination) on an episode of the Ricky Gervais comedy “Extras.” On that show Winslet...
- 9/28/2024
- by Misty Holland, Robert Pius and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
When she first rolled up her sleeves to tell the story of Lee Miller, star and first-time producer Kate Winslet was surprised that a major movie about the pioneering American war correspondent and photographer who covered World War II for British Vogue hadn’t been made before.
“Her life was incredibly rich and full,” Winslet told IndieWire while promoting the film. “She lived many different versions of that life in her gigantic chapter.” But to Winslet, the decade her film trails is when Lee became Lee. “She went to war as a flawed, complicated, and determined middle-aged woman,” Winslet said. “She redefines femininity for me to mean resilience, courage, compassion, and strength.”
More staggering to Winslet, who plays Miller with physical and emotional vigor and sensitivity, was how this significant woman was in danger of being defined through the male gaze in history.
“If you were to Google her in...
“Her life was incredibly rich and full,” Winslet told IndieWire while promoting the film. “She lived many different versions of that life in her gigantic chapter.” But to Winslet, the decade her film trails is when Lee became Lee. “She went to war as a flawed, complicated, and determined middle-aged woman,” Winslet said. “She redefines femininity for me to mean resilience, courage, compassion, and strength.”
More staggering to Winslet, who plays Miller with physical and emotional vigor and sensitivity, was how this significant woman was in danger of being defined through the male gaze in history.
“If you were to Google her in...
- 9/27/2024
- by Tomris Laffly
- Indiewire
Kate Winslet says losing several Oscars never added pressure to her career to deliver an award-worthy performance. Winslet was always a bridesmaid and never a bride at the Academy Awards for a large chunk of her career, earning five Oscar nominations over a decade and never winning the prize. She finally landed her best actress statue in 2009 for “The Reader,” but even then she wasn’t feeling the pressure.
During an interview on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast, host Josh Horowitz asked if Winslet ever felt pressure to win the Oscar after missing out for so long. As Winslet said: “Nominated a few times, never won.”
“No, it’s not a weight on the shoulders at all,” Winslet answered. “I still today can’t believe I get to do this job and have this career and met some extraordinary people and still continue to learn.”
Winslet stressed that the real...
During an interview on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast, host Josh Horowitz asked if Winslet ever felt pressure to win the Oscar after missing out for so long. As Winslet said: “Nominated a few times, never won.”
“No, it’s not a weight on the shoulders at all,” Winslet answered. “I still today can’t believe I get to do this job and have this career and met some extraordinary people and still continue to learn.”
Winslet stressed that the real...
- 9/27/2024
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
Kate Winslet has been in several significant films over the years. From starring in the Avatar franchise to Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Reader, and even Divergent, these films have certainly added to her image as a talented actress. However, none have been as culturally significant and iconic as 1997’s Titanic.
A still from Titanic | Credits: 20th Century Fox
The film brought her into a completely new light, making her one of the most well-known names in Hollywood and establishing her as one of the greats. Considering how much this film affected her life, it is quite surprising to know that the actress ended up missing both premieres of the film.
However, the reason why she was unable to attend is extremely heartbreaking.
Kate Winslet’s First Time Watching Titanic
During a recent interview with Josh Horowitz on the Happy, Sad, Confused podcast, Kate Winslet was asked about...
A still from Titanic | Credits: 20th Century Fox
The film brought her into a completely new light, making her one of the most well-known names in Hollywood and establishing her as one of the greats. Considering how much this film affected her life, it is quite surprising to know that the actress ended up missing both premieres of the film.
However, the reason why she was unable to attend is extremely heartbreaking.
Kate Winslet’s First Time Watching Titanic
During a recent interview with Josh Horowitz on the Happy, Sad, Confused podcast, Kate Winslet was asked about...
- 9/26/2024
- by Ananya Godboley
- FandomWire
Kate Winslet is opening up about her son’s experience with watching Titanic for the first time.
The 48-yera-old actress spoke about her youngest child, Bear, 10, whom she shares with husband Edward Abel Smith, finally seeing the film.
“My youngest has seen Titanic, he saw it last year,” she told E! News.
“He cried a lot, and he kept having to pause it, and he was very upset.”
Keep reading to find out more…
While she said her children have “certainly not” seen her entire filmography, there is one movie that her two oldest children, Mia and Joe—whom she shares with exes Jim Threapleton and Sam Mendes, respectively—love in particular.
“My older two, who are nearly 24 and 21 they love Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Yeah, that’s a big favorite for them,” she said.
“They’ll just sort of say, ‘Oh, I saw Eternal Sunshine the other day,...
The 48-yera-old actress spoke about her youngest child, Bear, 10, whom she shares with husband Edward Abel Smith, finally seeing the film.
“My youngest has seen Titanic, he saw it last year,” she told E! News.
“He cried a lot, and he kept having to pause it, and he was very upset.”
Keep reading to find out more…
While she said her children have “certainly not” seen her entire filmography, there is one movie that her two oldest children, Mia and Joe—whom she shares with exes Jim Threapleton and Sam Mendes, respectively—love in particular.
“My older two, who are nearly 24 and 21 they love Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Yeah, that’s a big favorite for them,” she said.
“They’ll just sort of say, ‘Oh, I saw Eternal Sunshine the other day,...
- 9/26/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Da’Vine Joy Randolph has already brought her vocal chops to “Rustin,” “High Fidelity,” and the upcoming Pharrell Williams biopic, but the Academy Award winner is ready to fully showcase her opera background onscreen.
Randolph told IndieWire while attending the “Through Her Lens” cocktail reception, hosted by Tribeca and Chanel, that Pablo Larraín’s buzzy Maria Callas film “Maria” has opened the door for opera biopics — and Randolph is more than ready to bring history-making Leontyne Price’s story to the screen.
“It’s ironic because Angelina Jolie has the Maria Callas biopic [‘Maria’] coming up,” Randolph said. “I’m a classically trained opera singer. I want to do a biopic of an opera singer.”
Leontyne Price is celebrated as one of the great modern vocalists — she played title roles in both “Porgy and Bess” and “Aida.” If a success, “Maria” — and Randolph — could be what ultimately ushers Price’s legacy into movie theaters.
Randolph told IndieWire while attending the “Through Her Lens” cocktail reception, hosted by Tribeca and Chanel, that Pablo Larraín’s buzzy Maria Callas film “Maria” has opened the door for opera biopics — and Randolph is more than ready to bring history-making Leontyne Price’s story to the screen.
“It’s ironic because Angelina Jolie has the Maria Callas biopic [‘Maria’] coming up,” Randolph said. “I’m a classically trained opera singer. I want to do a biopic of an opera singer.”
Leontyne Price is celebrated as one of the great modern vocalists — she played title roles in both “Porgy and Bess” and “Aida.” If a success, “Maria” — and Randolph — could be what ultimately ushers Price’s legacy into movie theaters.
- 9/23/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Gotham is expanding in “The Penguin” and that means a lot of familiar names, but new faces. In some cases, it means new names too.
Premiering on HBO on Thursday, September 19, “The Penguin” takes place just a few weeks after the events of “The Batman,” but centers on crime boss Oz Cobb — better known as the Penguin. With Gotham effectively in ruins, it’s a race to see who can control the streets, and he thinks his time has come.
That becomes a bit harder, though, when Sofia Falcone, daughter of Carmine Falcone, unexpectedly returns from Arkham Asylum.
We won’t spoil anything, but here are the major players you’ll need to keep up with.
“The Penguin” (Max) Oz Cobb (Colin Farrell)
He makes a total hair and makeup transformation for the role, but yes, that’s Colin Farrell as Oz Cobb, a.k.a The Penguin. The Oscar-nominated...
Premiering on HBO on Thursday, September 19, “The Penguin” takes place just a few weeks after the events of “The Batman,” but centers on crime boss Oz Cobb — better known as the Penguin. With Gotham effectively in ruins, it’s a race to see who can control the streets, and he thinks his time has come.
That becomes a bit harder, though, when Sofia Falcone, daughter of Carmine Falcone, unexpectedly returns from Arkham Asylum.
We won’t spoil anything, but here are the major players you’ll need to keep up with.
“The Penguin” (Max) Oz Cobb (Colin Farrell)
He makes a total hair and makeup transformation for the role, but yes, that’s Colin Farrell as Oz Cobb, a.k.a The Penguin. The Oscar-nominated...
- 9/20/2024
- by Andi Ortiz
- The Wrap
Winslet powerfully conveys Miller’s tough-broad magnetism in this sobering, visually striking drama by cinematographer turned director Ellen Kuras
More than most people, the American photographer Lee Miller – played here by a fierce and committed Kate Winslet – understood the vulnerability of being a woman in front of a camera. A model since childhood, Miller learned about photography from both sides of the lens. She knew from experience that taking a picture can be a kind of theft, a one-way transaction in which the subject gives a part of themselves but receives very little in return.
This sobering, serious-minded partial biopic, which focuses on Miller’s stint as a war correspondent during the second world war, makes a case that her insight into the power dynamics of photography contributed to the extraordinary potency of her work. Her status as both a victim and a survivor brought her an unusual empathy with her subjects.
More than most people, the American photographer Lee Miller – played here by a fierce and committed Kate Winslet – understood the vulnerability of being a woman in front of a camera. A model since childhood, Miller learned about photography from both sides of the lens. She knew from experience that taking a picture can be a kind of theft, a one-way transaction in which the subject gives a part of themselves but receives very little in return.
This sobering, serious-minded partial biopic, which focuses on Miller’s stint as a war correspondent during the second world war, makes a case that her insight into the power dynamics of photography contributed to the extraordinary potency of her work. Her status as both a victim and a survivor brought her an unusual empathy with her subjects.
- 9/15/2024
- by Wendy Ide
- The Guardian - Film News
A busy weekend at the UK and Ireland box office this weekend as Prima Facie, Lee, Speak No Evil and The Critic all launch in 550+ cinemas.
National Theatre Live’s re-release of Prima Facie is in 679 locations. The theatre production starring Jodie Comer first played in cinemas in July 2022 in 662 venues, making £1.5m in a single day.
It became the highest-grossing event cinema release at the time, ending just shy of £5m and overtaken only by Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour which made £12m on its run.
Prima Facie opened in cinemas Thursday (September 12). The one-woman play surrounds a female...
National Theatre Live’s re-release of Prima Facie is in 679 locations. The theatre production starring Jodie Comer first played in cinemas in July 2022 in 662 venues, making £1.5m in a single day.
It became the highest-grossing event cinema release at the time, ending just shy of £5m and overtaken only by Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour which made £12m on its run.
Prima Facie opened in cinemas Thursday (September 12). The one-woman play surrounds a female...
- 9/13/2024
- ScreenDaily
To celebrate the anticipated release of Lee, the new biopic/drama starring Oscar Winner Kate Winslet, we had the pleasure of chatting with some of the cast and filmmakers of the film to find out all about this timely historical story of the world’s foremost photographer.
Lee tells the story of Lee Miller (Winslet), American photographer. Determined to document the truth of the Nazi regime, and in spite of the odds stacked against female correspondents, Lee captured some of the most important images of World War II, but they came at an enormous personal price.
Related: Our red carpet interviews with Kate Winslet & more from the Lee UK Premiere
Chatting to Alexander Sarsgaard, Andy Samberg, and Andrea Riseborough, we discuss their parts in Miller’s extraordinary life, the lure of working with Winslet and how easy it was to say yes, playing real people and, for Samberg, the challenges...
Lee tells the story of Lee Miller (Winslet), American photographer. Determined to document the truth of the Nazi regime, and in spite of the odds stacked against female correspondents, Lee captured some of the most important images of World War II, but they came at an enormous personal price.
Related: Our red carpet interviews with Kate Winslet & more from the Lee UK Premiere
Chatting to Alexander Sarsgaard, Andy Samberg, and Andrea Riseborough, we discuss their parts in Miller’s extraordinary life, the lure of working with Winslet and how easy it was to say yes, playing real people and, for Samberg, the challenges...
- 9/10/2024
- by Scott Davis
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
One moment, award-winning chef Almut (Florence Pugh) is waking her beloved Tobias (Andrew Garfield) and asking him to sample her latest concoction, the next, it’s the middle of the night, and now-pregnant Almut is parked on the toilet while he times her contractions.
Effective love stories are composed of moments large and small. In “We Live in Time,” John Crowley has made what’s meant to be a greatest-hits version of your typical romantic comedy, serving up all the key scenes from Almut and Tobias’ relationship — meeting one another’s families, the marriage proposal, parenthood, divorce, cancer diagnoses and so on — just not in that order.
It’s a klutzy way to tell a story, but Crowley is confident that the chemistry between Pugh and Garfield is so compelling, people will want to watch his movie again and again, at which point, Almut and Tobias’ memories will have become our memories,...
Effective love stories are composed of moments large and small. In “We Live in Time,” John Crowley has made what’s meant to be a greatest-hits version of your typical romantic comedy, serving up all the key scenes from Almut and Tobias’ relationship — meeting one another’s families, the marriage proposal, parenthood, divorce, cancer diagnoses and so on — just not in that order.
It’s a klutzy way to tell a story, but Crowley is confident that the chemistry between Pugh and Garfield is so compelling, people will want to watch his movie again and again, at which point, Almut and Tobias’ memories will have become our memories,...
- 9/7/2024
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
If you dreamed up a movie defined by empty creative choice after empty creative choice that completely collapses in on itself, it would probably look a lot like “Daniela Forever.”
Some of this is by design as it’s a film that sets out to challenge the foundations of its own premise, which involves a man enrolling in a treatment that allows him to have lucid dreams. When he then uses this to create a fake version of his girlfriend who has recently passed away, it initially plays as a derivative ripoff of the enduring “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” only in reverse. This is only the beginning as it gets much worse from there, becoming like the woeful recent misfire “The Greatest Hits” crossed with a far less imaginative, more insufferable version of “Inception.”
In addition to “Daniela Forever” ringing agonizingly hollow in the directions it takes us,...
Some of this is by design as it’s a film that sets out to challenge the foundations of its own premise, which involves a man enrolling in a treatment that allows him to have lucid dreams. When he then uses this to create a fake version of his girlfriend who has recently passed away, it initially plays as a derivative ripoff of the enduring “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” only in reverse. This is only the beginning as it gets much worse from there, becoming like the woeful recent misfire “The Greatest Hits” crossed with a far less imaginative, more insufferable version of “Inception.”
In addition to “Daniela Forever” ringing agonizingly hollow in the directions it takes us,...
- 9/6/2024
- by Chase Hutchinson
- The Wrap
A scripted adaptation of Jeff Keating and Jim Roberts’s iHeart podcast Fight Night, Peacock’s Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist begins in Atlanta on the night of October 26, 1970, as Muhammed Ali (Dexter Darden) makes his return to the ring following a three-year suspension. A local hustler known as the Chicken Man (Kevin Hart) decides to throw a glitzy post-fight party for some of the country’s most prestigious crime lords, hoping that this event might prove to be his big break. But when a group of masked gunmen barge through the door, this new beginning looks like it might turn into an untimely end.
Concluding just as the robbers arrive on the scene, the first episode of The Million Dollar Heist makes for a slick little crime story. The eight-episode miniseries relishes the chance to recreate its setting, imagining ’70s Atlanta as a sea of brightly colored suits and perfectly rounded Afros,...
Concluding just as the robbers arrive on the scene, the first episode of The Million Dollar Heist makes for a slick little crime story. The eight-episode miniseries relishes the chance to recreate its setting, imagining ’70s Atlanta as a sea of brightly colored suits and perfectly rounded Afros,...
- 9/5/2024
- by Ross McIndoe
- Slant Magazine
Henry Golding is just like us: When he sees a film directed by the wonderfully inventive Spanish filmmaker Nacho Vigalondo, he’s all in. And, nearly a decade after being floored by Vigalondo’s big breakout, the Anne Hathaway-starring “Colossal,” Golding finally got to join the “kooky” filmmaker in his latest venture. As he tells us in his first interview in support of the film, the experience did not at all disappoint.
Vigalondo’s latest, “Daniela Forever,” will premiere this week at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival, where it will open the Platform lineup. The film, which stars Golding and “The White Lotus” breakout Beatrice Grannò, is a sci-fi love story that blends together beloved films like “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” “The Science of Sleep,” and even a bit of “Inception.” But, being a Vigalondo joint, the film is also very much its own thing.
That’s...
Vigalondo’s latest, “Daniela Forever,” will premiere this week at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival, where it will open the Platform lineup. The film, which stars Golding and “The White Lotus” breakout Beatrice Grannò, is a sci-fi love story that blends together beloved films like “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” “The Science of Sleep,” and even a bit of “Inception.” But, being a Vigalondo joint, the film is also very much its own thing.
That’s...
- 9/4/2024
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
At the height of her fame in the nineties and noughties, veteran actress Winona Ryder said she missed out on “a lot of parts,” including a starring role in the Charlie Kaufman cerebral romantic drama Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (which went to Kate Winslet), due to excessive tabloid and paparazzi attention.
“It was such a brilliant script and [director Michel Gondry and I] were at this little restaurant and people kept coming up to me and there was a random paparazzi guy outside, which was kind of unusual for me, but I just remember [Gondry’s] face, and trying to convince him that this isn’t normal, and I know it’s not normal,” she said in a recent cover story with Esquire.
The casting meeting was just one of many opportunities the two-time Oscar nominee said she lost out on because of a media circus surrounding her personal life, including her romantic relationships,...
“It was such a brilliant script and [director Michel Gondry and I] were at this little restaurant and people kept coming up to me and there was a random paparazzi guy outside, which was kind of unusual for me, but I just remember [Gondry’s] face, and trying to convince him that this isn’t normal, and I know it’s not normal,” she said in a recent cover story with Esquire.
The casting meeting was just one of many opportunities the two-time Oscar nominee said she lost out on because of a media circus surrounding her personal life, including her romantic relationships,...
- 9/1/2024
- by Natalie Oganesyan
- Deadline Film + TV
Pharrell Williams and Michel Gondry’s coming-of-age musical film now has name and a theatrical release date: Atlantis, and it’s out on May 9, 2025.
Variety revealed the release date for the film on Thursday, several months after breaking the news that Missy Elliott is also tied to the project. The Universal Pictures film is set to feature a massive, star-studded cast that also includes Halle Bailey and Da’Vine Joy Randolph in lead roles. Anderson .Paak, Janelle Monáe, Tim Meadows, Jayson Brian Tyree Henry, Jaboukie Young-White, and Kelvin Harrison Jr will also appear in the film.
Variety revealed the release date for the film on Thursday, several months after breaking the news that Missy Elliott is also tied to the project. The Universal Pictures film is set to feature a massive, star-studded cast that also includes Halle Bailey and Da’Vine Joy Randolph in lead roles. Anderson .Paak, Janelle Monáe, Tim Meadows, Jayson Brian Tyree Henry, Jaboukie Young-White, and Kelvin Harrison Jr will also appear in the film.
- 8/29/2024
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
Michel Gondry and Pharrell Williams are headed for Atlantis.
That’s the official title of their upcoming high-profile musical for Universal that will theaters on May 9, 2025, the studio revealed Thursday.
Universal also announced that the film will feature songs by Williams and by the Tony-, Oscar- and Grammy-winning team of Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (The Greatest Showman, La La Land).
The coming-of-age story is set in Virginia Beach during the summer of 1977 and is inspired by the Atlantis Apartments, the neighborhood where Williams grew up. Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Science of Sleep) is directing from a script by Martin Hynes and Steven Levenson.
The previously revealed star-studded cast includes Janelle Monáe, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Halle Bailey, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Brian Tyree Henry, Missy Elliott, Tim Meadows, Jayson Lee, Anderson .Paak, HeJayson Lee, Jamilah Rosemond and Jaboukie Young-White.
Atlantis is produced by Williams, Emmy winner Mimi Valdés (Hidden Figures,...
That’s the official title of their upcoming high-profile musical for Universal that will theaters on May 9, 2025, the studio revealed Thursday.
Universal also announced that the film will feature songs by Williams and by the Tony-, Oscar- and Grammy-winning team of Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (The Greatest Showman, La La Land).
The coming-of-age story is set in Virginia Beach during the summer of 1977 and is inspired by the Atlantis Apartments, the neighborhood where Williams grew up. Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Science of Sleep) is directing from a script by Martin Hynes and Steven Levenson.
The previously revealed star-studded cast includes Janelle Monáe, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Halle Bailey, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Brian Tyree Henry, Missy Elliott, Tim Meadows, Jayson Lee, Anderson .Paak, HeJayson Lee, Jamilah Rosemond and Jaboukie Young-White.
Atlantis is produced by Williams, Emmy winner Mimi Valdés (Hidden Figures,...
- 8/29/2024
- by Pamela McClintock
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Pharrell Williams and Michel Gondry’s star-studded musical film now has its title and release date. Universal Pictures will release “Atlantis” wide on May 9, 2025.
While plot details remain under wraps, the film is described as an expedition into the summer of 1977 in the Virginia Beach neighborhood inspired by the Atlantis Apartments of Williams’ childhood.
The all-star cast includes Kelvin Harrison Jr., Halle Bailey, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Brian Tyree Henry, Quinta Brunson, Anderson .Paak, Janelle Monáe, Tim Meadows, Jayson Lee, Jamilah Rosemond, Jaboukie Young-White and Missy Elliott.
Academy Award-winning “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” and “The Science of Sleep” filmmaker Gondry directs a screenplay by Martin Hynes (“Toy Story 4″) and Steven Levenson.
The coming-of-age film features songs by Williams and the decorated musical duo Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. “Atlantis” is produced by Williams, Mimi Valdés and Gil Netter.
The film is executive produced by Matthew Hirsch, Raffi Adlan, Jennie Lee,...
While plot details remain under wraps, the film is described as an expedition into the summer of 1977 in the Virginia Beach neighborhood inspired by the Atlantis Apartments of Williams’ childhood.
The all-star cast includes Kelvin Harrison Jr., Halle Bailey, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Brian Tyree Henry, Quinta Brunson, Anderson .Paak, Janelle Monáe, Tim Meadows, Jayson Lee, Jamilah Rosemond, Jaboukie Young-White and Missy Elliott.
Academy Award-winning “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” and “The Science of Sleep” filmmaker Gondry directs a screenplay by Martin Hynes (“Toy Story 4″) and Steven Levenson.
The coming-of-age film features songs by Williams and the decorated musical duo Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. “Atlantis” is produced by Williams, Mimi Valdés and Gil Netter.
The film is executive produced by Matthew Hirsch, Raffi Adlan, Jennie Lee,...
- 8/29/2024
- by Katcy Stephan
- Variety Film + TV
While some actors have been unhappily swept up in the franchise machine, Winona Ryder has consistently been choosy in the parts she's accepted throughout her career. This ability to say "no" was hard won, however, especially when the actor was in her twenties and just coming off of films like Beetlejuice and Heathers.
- 8/29/2024
- by Emma Keates
- avclub.com
Kate Winslet is set to star in The Spot, a drama from screenwriter Ed Solomon and A24 ordered straight to series by Hulu.
The show, also from 20th Television, centers on a successful surgeon and her schoolteacher husband starting to suspect she may be responsible for a child’s hit-and-run death. Their quest for truth only spirals into a web of mounting suspicion and dark secrets, testing their resolve and their relationship as they confront the possibility of hidden guilt and betrayal.
Solomon created, wrote and will showrun The Spot, while also executive producing along with Winslet and her Juggle Productions banner and A24. Winslet, best known as a movie actor since breaking out in Peter Jackson’s Heavenly Creatures in 1994, has earned two Emmys for Mildred Pierce and Mare of Easttown.
She also starred alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in Titanic and has other movie credits like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,...
The show, also from 20th Television, centers on a successful surgeon and her schoolteacher husband starting to suspect she may be responsible for a child’s hit-and-run death. Their quest for truth only spirals into a web of mounting suspicion and dark secrets, testing their resolve and their relationship as they confront the possibility of hidden guilt and betrayal.
Solomon created, wrote and will showrun The Spot, while also executive producing along with Winslet and her Juggle Productions banner and A24. Winslet, best known as a movie actor since breaking out in Peter Jackson’s Heavenly Creatures in 1994, has earned two Emmys for Mildred Pierce and Mare of Easttown.
She also starred alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in Titanic and has other movie credits like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,...
- 8/26/2024
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Kate Winslet will star in and executive produce a new crime drama series for Hulu, titled “The Spot.”
The new series, which hails from creator and showrunner Ed Solomon, received a straight-to-series order from the Disney-owned streamer in a competitive situation.
Solomon will serve as creator, showrunner and writer and will executive produce the series alongside Winslet, who EPs for Juggle Productions, and A24, which is the lead studio. “The Spot” is also a coproduction with 20th Television.
The official logline for “The Spot” is as follows: “When a successful surgeon and her schoolteacher husband begin to suspect that she may be responsible for a child’s hit-and-run death, their quest for truth spirals into a web of mounting suspicion and dark secrets, testing their resolve and their relationship as they confront the possibility of hidden guilt and betrayal.”
Winslet recently starred as Chancellor Elena Vernham in HBO’s “The Regime,...
The new series, which hails from creator and showrunner Ed Solomon, received a straight-to-series order from the Disney-owned streamer in a competitive situation.
Solomon will serve as creator, showrunner and writer and will executive produce the series alongside Winslet, who EPs for Juggle Productions, and A24, which is the lead studio. “The Spot” is also a coproduction with 20th Television.
The official logline for “The Spot” is as follows: “When a successful surgeon and her schoolteacher husband begin to suspect that she may be responsible for a child’s hit-and-run death, their quest for truth spirals into a web of mounting suspicion and dark secrets, testing their resolve and their relationship as they confront the possibility of hidden guilt and betrayal.”
Winslet recently starred as Chancellor Elena Vernham in HBO’s “The Regime,...
- 8/26/2024
- by Loree Seitz
- The Wrap
It's amazing that Stephen King finds time to read and watch movies with what a busy writer he is, but he does it. The author frequently shares book, film, and TV recommendations on social media (he loves the Kurt Russell Western "Bone Tomahawk.") King also makes the time to film cameos in movies and TV, both adaptations of his work and, in 2010, the "Sons of Anarchy" episode "Caregiver." (King played a laconic "cleaner" named Bachman after his old pen name Richard Bachman.)
King loves "Sons of Anarchy," but he has room in his heart for more than one prestige TV crime thriller. In a 2014 interview with Rolling Stone, King was asked what the best TV show of the past 15 years is. He answered "Breaking Bad," saying he saw its greatness from the very first scene, where Walter White (Bryan Cranston) scrambles in the desert wearing tighty-whities.
"I knew it was...
King loves "Sons of Anarchy," but he has room in his heart for more than one prestige TV crime thriller. In a 2014 interview with Rolling Stone, King was asked what the best TV show of the past 15 years is. He answered "Breaking Bad," saying he saw its greatness from the very first scene, where Walter White (Bryan Cranston) scrambles in the desert wearing tighty-whities.
"I knew it was...
- 8/25/2024
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
Movie critic Roger Ebert was a legend. Until his death in 2013, Ebert was a tireless champion for film, urging his audience to expand their horizons beyond blockbusters. On his website's “Great Movies” page, you’ll find films that Ebert singled out for special honors. If you’re tired of the same old movies, scroll through this list and choose any of them. You’re sure to find something amazing.
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2000s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind March 19, 2004
Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realizes that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his mistake.
This is one of Jim Carrey’s best films. He pulls back his manic energy to reveal a fragile soul,...
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2000s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind March 19, 2004
Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realizes that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his mistake.
This is one of Jim Carrey’s best films. He pulls back his manic energy to reveal a fragile soul,...
- 8/19/2024
- by Ben Bowman
- The Streamable
Aging is a sensitive issue in the entertainment industry, since actors have to be preened continuously to appear as ‘perfect’ onscreen. Hiding natural age-lines and enhancing one’s appearance with the use of new scientific developments is a normal occurrence now.
But there are actors who do not mind other’s opinions of their bodies, mainly actresses are the one harassed to ‘hide their age’. The Titanic actress Kate Winslet belongs to the circle of seasoned Hollywood ladies who refuse to ‘get work done’. The actress is quite vocal about her view on body positivity and fans have applauded her bravery.
Kate Winslet is embracing nature’s course
An alarming trend in the acting industry is the array of plastic surgeries, botox, and alterations that many actors go through to defeat their natural age. It is a big issue which has given rise to body image concerns and has negatively...
But there are actors who do not mind other’s opinions of their bodies, mainly actresses are the one harassed to ‘hide their age’. The Titanic actress Kate Winslet belongs to the circle of seasoned Hollywood ladies who refuse to ‘get work done’. The actress is quite vocal about her view on body positivity and fans have applauded her bravery.
Kate Winslet is embracing nature’s course
An alarming trend in the acting industry is the array of plastic surgeries, botox, and alterations that many actors go through to defeat their natural age. It is a big issue which has given rise to body image concerns and has negatively...
- 8/7/2024
- by Shruti Pathak
- FandomWire
Kate Winslet is to be honored at the Zurich Film Festival, which runs Oct. 3 – 13. On Oct. 7, Winslet will accept the festival’s Golden Icon Award and present her latest film, “Lee.”
Winslet stars as the war photographer Lee Miller in the film, and also acts as a co-producer. Miller’s son, Antony Penrose, and the film’s co-producer, Kate Solomon, will also attend the screening.
The film, directed by Ellen Kuras, tells the story of Miller, who made a name for herself as a correspondent for British Vogue during World War II. Winslet embodies the fearless Lee–one of the most important female war photographers of the 20th century–on her mission to reveal the hidden truths of the Third Reich.
Winslet plays alongside Andy Samberg, Andrea Riseborough, Alexander Skarsgård, Josh O’Connor and Marion Cotillard.
Winslet said: “Thank you to the Zurich Film Festival for this wonderful honor and for recognizing ‘Lee,...
Winslet stars as the war photographer Lee Miller in the film, and also acts as a co-producer. Miller’s son, Antony Penrose, and the film’s co-producer, Kate Solomon, will also attend the screening.
The film, directed by Ellen Kuras, tells the story of Miller, who made a name for herself as a correspondent for British Vogue during World War II. Winslet embodies the fearless Lee–one of the most important female war photographers of the 20th century–on her mission to reveal the hidden truths of the Third Reich.
Winslet plays alongside Andy Samberg, Andrea Riseborough, Alexander Skarsgård, Josh O’Connor and Marion Cotillard.
Winslet said: “Thank you to the Zurich Film Festival for this wonderful honor and for recognizing ‘Lee,...
- 8/7/2024
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Kate Winslet will be feted with the Zurich Film Festival’s Golden Icon Award at its upcoming 20th edition running from October 3 to 13.
Winslet will receive the award – paying tribute to her stellar career and filmography spanning films such Titanic to Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, The Reader, Sense and Sensibility and Avatar: The Way of Water – on October 7.
The ceremony will be followed by a screening of Ellen Kuras’s bio-pic Lee, in which Winslet stars as the war photographer Lee Miller, and acts as a co-producer.
Lee Miller’s son, Antony Penrose, and Lee co-producer Kate Solomon will also be in attendance.
“Kate Winslet is a true icon of cinema and shines through her versatility in big studio blockbusters as well as small indie productions. Her multifaceted choice of roles and her long Hollywood career make her a favourite with audiences of multiple generations,” said Zff Artistic Director Christian Jungen.
Winslet will receive the award – paying tribute to her stellar career and filmography spanning films such Titanic to Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, The Reader, Sense and Sensibility and Avatar: The Way of Water – on October 7.
The ceremony will be followed by a screening of Ellen Kuras’s bio-pic Lee, in which Winslet stars as the war photographer Lee Miller, and acts as a co-producer.
Lee Miller’s son, Antony Penrose, and Lee co-producer Kate Solomon will also be in attendance.
“Kate Winslet is a true icon of cinema and shines through her versatility in big studio blockbusters as well as small indie productions. Her multifaceted choice of roles and her long Hollywood career make her a favourite with audiences of multiple generations,” said Zff Artistic Director Christian Jungen.
- 8/7/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Kate Winslet is one of the actresses who received her breakthrough with the highly successful James Cameron film Titanic where she starred alongside Leonardo DiCaprio. The actress had already proved her mettle as an actress with films like Heavenly Creatures and Sense and Sensibility.
Kate Winslet as Marianne Dashwood in Sense and Sensibility | Sony Pictures Releasing
While most of her films up to that point were set in a certain period, 2004’s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was set in contemporary times and her performance was beloved by fans and critics. However, she won the Oscar for The Reader where she played a woman revealed to be a Nazi guard. Fans believed she should have won for the former instead of her controversial role in the latter.
Fans Believe Kate Winslet Should Have Won Her First Oscar For Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Kate Winslet won the Oscar...
Kate Winslet as Marianne Dashwood in Sense and Sensibility | Sony Pictures Releasing
While most of her films up to that point were set in a certain period, 2004’s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was set in contemporary times and her performance was beloved by fans and critics. However, she won the Oscar for The Reader where she played a woman revealed to be a Nazi guard. Fans believed she should have won for the former instead of her controversial role in the latter.
Fans Believe Kate Winslet Should Have Won Her First Oscar For Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Kate Winslet won the Oscar...
- 8/1/2024
- by Rahul Thokchom
- FandomWire
As Twisters blows into cinemas worldwide, this week’s film quiz includes some questions about weather on film…
In summer 2024, UK weather has been as unpredictable as ever, which is a fine hook for a Twisters-adjacent quiz about movie weather. As well as seeing if you know your Little Miss Sunshine from your Rain Man, this week’s batch of 30 questions covers subjects such as movie-star parents, awards-worthy performances, and film-to-tv spin-offs. Thinking cap and quizzing trousers are a must, but dress for all weather as usual!
Once you’ve completed all three rounds, you’ll find a link to a separate post with the correct answers at the bottom of this post. As always, this is all just for fun, but please let us know how you did in the comments (scores out of 30 this week!) and give us any other lovely feedback. Come rain or shine, we...
In summer 2024, UK weather has been as unpredictable as ever, which is a fine hook for a Twisters-adjacent quiz about movie weather. As well as seeing if you know your Little Miss Sunshine from your Rain Man, this week’s batch of 30 questions covers subjects such as movie-star parents, awards-worthy performances, and film-to-tv spin-offs. Thinking cap and quizzing trousers are a must, but dress for all weather as usual!
Once you’ve completed all three rounds, you’ll find a link to a separate post with the correct answers at the bottom of this post. As always, this is all just for fun, but please let us know how you did in the comments (scores out of 30 this week!) and give us any other lovely feedback. Come rain or shine, we...
- 7/19/2024
- by Mark Harrison
- Film Stories
Cinematographer Ellen Kuras makes her stunning debut with Lee, a powerful depiction of war journalism and one woman’s fight to fulfill her duty as someone hoping to make a difference while telling the stories of heroes and villains in a world overrun with hatred and desperation. Roadside Attractions and Vertical unveiled today’s Lee trailer, previewing Kruas’s powerful film starring Kate Winslet as Lee Miller, a woman whose groundbreaking work in the field gave a voice to the voiceless.
Here’s the official synopsis for Lee:
Lee, the directorial feature from award-winning Cinematographer Ellen Kuras, portrays a pivotal decade in the life of American war correspondent and photographer Lee Miller (Kate Winslet). Miller’s singular talent and unbridled tenacity resulted in some of the 20th century’s most indelible images of war, including an iconic photo of Miller herself, posing defiantly in Hitler’s private bathtub.
Miller had...
Here’s the official synopsis for Lee:
Lee, the directorial feature from award-winning Cinematographer Ellen Kuras, portrays a pivotal decade in the life of American war correspondent and photographer Lee Miller (Kate Winslet). Miller’s singular talent and unbridled tenacity resulted in some of the 20th century’s most indelible images of war, including an iconic photo of Miller herself, posing defiantly in Hitler’s private bathtub.
Miller had...
- 7/15/2024
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Actress Kirsten Dunst, aka 'Mary Jane Watson' in Sam Raimi's "Spider-Man" trilogy and star of the new feature “Civil War”, poses for the latest issue of the “Violet Book”, photographed by Emma Summerton:
At the age of twelve, Dunst gained widespread recognition as vampire 'Claudia' in 'Interview with the Vampire' (1994), a role for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. She appeared in "Little Women" the same year and in "Jumanji" the following year.
After a recurring role in the NBC medical drama "ER" (1996–97) as 'Charlie Chemingo' and co-starring in films such as "Wag the Dog" (1997), "Small Soldiers" (1998) and "The Virgin Suicides" (1999), Dunst transitioned into romantic comedies and comedy-dramas, starring in "Drop Dead Gorgeous" (1999), "Bring It On" (2000), "Get Over It" and "Crazy/Beautiful" (2001).
Following her work in Raimi's "Spider-Man" trilogy (2002–07), her films have included the romantic comedy "Wimbledon" (2004), the...
At the age of twelve, Dunst gained widespread recognition as vampire 'Claudia' in 'Interview with the Vampire' (1994), a role for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. She appeared in "Little Women" the same year and in "Jumanji" the following year.
After a recurring role in the NBC medical drama "ER" (1996–97) as 'Charlie Chemingo' and co-starring in films such as "Wag the Dog" (1997), "Small Soldiers" (1998) and "The Virgin Suicides" (1999), Dunst transitioned into romantic comedies and comedy-dramas, starring in "Drop Dead Gorgeous" (1999), "Bring It On" (2000), "Get Over It" and "Crazy/Beautiful" (2001).
Following her work in Raimi's "Spider-Man" trilogy (2002–07), her films have included the romantic comedy "Wimbledon" (2004), the...
- 7/14/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Kate Winslet insists it is still "hard to make films as a woman" and "about women".The 48-year-old actress stars in and co-produced upcoming biographical drama 'Lee', about the life of model and war photographer Lee Miller.Winslet was attached to the project for eight years and after taking on producing duties she hired cinematographer Ellen Kuras - who she had worked with on 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' - to make her directorial debut on the movie.Appearing at the European premiere of 'Lee' at the Munich International Film Festival, Kate spoke about how the film's lengthy journey to the screen proves why it is still difficult to tell important stories about women on screen.She said: "We chose to delay the release of 'Lee' because of the strike and because I wanted to be able to talk about the real true labour of love that...
- 7/4/2024
- by Philip Hamilton
- Bang Showbiz
MovieVersaries is celebrating a 20th birthday, for Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind. The podcast episode is here.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind turns 20 years old this year, so celebrate its MovieVersary with host Bo Nicholson and special guest Baz Greenland, author and podcaster behind The Tardis Crew.
Follow MovieVersaries on social media: https://x.com/MovieVersPod https://www.instagram.com/movieversaries.pod/
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind turns 20 years old this year, so celebrate its MovieVersary with host Bo Nicholson and special guest Baz Greenland, author and podcaster behind The Tardis Crew.
Follow MovieVersaries on social media: https://x.com/MovieVersPod https://www.instagram.com/movieversaries.pod/
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- 6/25/2024
- by A J Black
- Film Stories
Ranker is a popular place on the Internet where people can rank whatever they want, however, they want, and whenever they want. This is always a fan-focused ranking system, and it is never officially tied to the people behind the projects in question. Recently, a large survey was organized on Ranker, whose goal was to determine the best actresses of all time. The list includes more than 300 names, but in our report, we have decided to list the top ten actresses from the site to provide you with better insight, combined with our original comments and opinions, which will add flavor to the whole report.
Of course, since this is indeed an important list, we have decided to report on it, so we are going to bring you the results by listing the top 10 actresses on this list, from 10th to first place. We hope you’ll enjoy it!
10. Cate Blanchett...
Of course, since this is indeed an important list, we have decided to report on it, so we are going to bring you the results by listing the top 10 actresses on this list, from 10th to first place. We hope you’ll enjoy it!
10. Cate Blanchett...
- 6/17/2024
- by Arthur S. Poe
- Fiction Horizon
It’s been three months since Ariana Grande released her seventh studio album, eternal sunshine. In support of the LP, she stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Thursday night to perform the song “the boy is mine.” She followed that up on Friday morning by releasing a music video for the song.
Outfitted in a billowy black dress and a mask with cat ears reminiscent of her My Everything era, Grande gave a sleek performance showing off her massive pipes. After it was over, Fallon was characteristically over the moon. Watch a replay below.
In addition to being the musical guest, Grande sat opposite Fallon for a chat about eternal sunshine and expressed excitement for her role as Glinda in the upcoming film adaptation of Wicked, which will premiere on November 27th.
Watch a replay of Grande’s performance and check out portions of her conversation with Fallon below.
Outfitted in a billowy black dress and a mask with cat ears reminiscent of her My Everything era, Grande gave a sleek performance showing off her massive pipes. After it was over, Fallon was characteristically over the moon. Watch a replay below.
In addition to being the musical guest, Grande sat opposite Fallon for a chat about eternal sunshine and expressed excitement for her role as Glinda in the upcoming film adaptation of Wicked, which will premiere on November 27th.
Watch a replay of Grande’s performance and check out portions of her conversation with Fallon below.
- 6/7/2024
- by Jo Vito
- Consequence - Music
Actress Kate Winslet is synonymous with the character of Rose from James Cameron’s disaster epic Titanic. The film saw her paired up with Leonardo DiCaprio in the doomed romance set aboard the ‘unsinkable’ Titanic in 1912. The film garnered her a Best Actress nomination at the Oscars and the film was the highest-grossing movie of all time then.
Despite earning billions, Titanic remains one of the many in Winslet’s amazing filmography. Though she is best known for her role in Cameron’s film, she has delivered far superior and mature performances since the big blockbuster. Here are three performances from Kate Winslet’s extensive filmography that are far better than Titanic.
1. Little Children (2006) Kate Winslet in Little Children | Credits: Bona Fide/Standard Film Company/New Line Cinema
Directed by Todd Field of Tár fame, Kate Winslet plays a housewife who has an affair with her neighbor played by Patrick Wilson.
Despite earning billions, Titanic remains one of the many in Winslet’s amazing filmography. Though she is best known for her role in Cameron’s film, she has delivered far superior and mature performances since the big blockbuster. Here are three performances from Kate Winslet’s extensive filmography that are far better than Titanic.
1. Little Children (2006) Kate Winslet in Little Children | Credits: Bona Fide/Standard Film Company/New Line Cinema
Directed by Todd Field of Tár fame, Kate Winslet plays a housewife who has an affair with her neighbor played by Patrick Wilson.
- 6/3/2024
- by Nishanth A
- FandomWire
Ariana Grande debuted an unsettling teaser Monday for “The Boy is Mine,” the eighth track on her latest album Eternal Sunshine.
In the 10-second clip posted to Instagram, a man turns on a faucet and plunges his face in the sink, as a grisly hand with opaque claws pries open the door. The full music video, expected to be released on June 7, comes after music videos for “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)” and hit track “Yes, And?” came out earlier this year. All three tracks are off her seventh album,...
In the 10-second clip posted to Instagram, a man turns on a faucet and plunges his face in the sink, as a grisly hand with opaque claws pries open the door. The full music video, expected to be released on June 7, comes after music videos for “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)” and hit track “Yes, And?” came out earlier this year. All three tracks are off her seventh album,...
- 5/27/2024
- by Kalia Richardson
- Rollingstone.com
Actress Kate Winslet (“The Regime”) poses for the Longines “Mini DolceVita” watch collection campaign:
Winslet has earned numerous acting awards including an ‘Oscar’, ‘Grammy’, two ‘Primetime Emmy’s’, five ‘BAFTA Awards’ and five ‘Golden Globe Awards’.
She was appointed ‘Commander of the Order of the British Empire’ (‘Cbe’) in 2012.
Her first screen appearance, at age 15, was in the Brit TV series “Dark Season” (1991). She made her feature film debut in “Heavenly Creatures” (1994), and went on to win a ‘BAFTA’ Award for playing ‘Marianne Dashwood’ in “Sense and Sensibility” (1995).
Global stardom followed with her leading role in James Cameron's romance “Titanic” (1997).
She followed this with roles in “Quills” (2000), “Iris” (2001), “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” (2004), “Finding Neverland” (2004), “Little Children” (2006), “Revolutionary Road” (2008), and “The Reader” (2008).
Winslet's portrayal of ‘Joanna Hoffman’ in the biopic “Steve Jobs” (2015) won her another ‘BAFTA’mAward, and she received two ‘Primetime Emmy Awards’ for her performances in...
Winslet has earned numerous acting awards including an ‘Oscar’, ‘Grammy’, two ‘Primetime Emmy’s’, five ‘BAFTA Awards’ and five ‘Golden Globe Awards’.
She was appointed ‘Commander of the Order of the British Empire’ (‘Cbe’) in 2012.
Her first screen appearance, at age 15, was in the Brit TV series “Dark Season” (1991). She made her feature film debut in “Heavenly Creatures” (1994), and went on to win a ‘BAFTA’ Award for playing ‘Marianne Dashwood’ in “Sense and Sensibility” (1995).
Global stardom followed with her leading role in James Cameron's romance “Titanic” (1997).
She followed this with roles in “Quills” (2000), “Iris” (2001), “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” (2004), “Finding Neverland” (2004), “Little Children” (2006), “Revolutionary Road” (2008), and “The Reader” (2008).
Winslet's portrayal of ‘Joanna Hoffman’ in the biopic “Steve Jobs” (2015) won her another ‘BAFTA’mAward, and she received two ‘Primetime Emmy Awards’ for her performances in...
- 5/19/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Twenty years ago, Troy and its cast made its mark on epic filmmaking. Director Wolfgang Petersen’s take on Homer’s Iliad featured an ensemble cast led by Brad Pitt and created a wildly entertaining, if not entirely accurate, movie.
Working from a script by future Games of Thrones showrunner David Benioff, the Troy cast brought to life legends like Achilles, Helen of Troy, and Hector. Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom, and Diane Kruger were among those who joined Pitt in the impressive cast. While many of the actors haven’t made another film on Troy‘s scale, they continue to perform in blockbuster movies 20 years later.
Brad Pitt Brad Pitt | Toni Anne Barson/WireImage (L); Rudy Carezzevoli/Getty Images (R)
Brad Pitt starred as the de facto lead of the Troy cast as the hero Achilles. However, as Pitt admitted in 2019, he didn’t want any part of Troy.
“I...
Working from a script by future Games of Thrones showrunner David Benioff, the Troy cast brought to life legends like Achilles, Helen of Troy, and Hector. Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom, and Diane Kruger were among those who joined Pitt in the impressive cast. While many of the actors haven’t made another film on Troy‘s scale, they continue to perform in blockbuster movies 20 years later.
Brad Pitt Brad Pitt | Toni Anne Barson/WireImage (L); Rudy Carezzevoli/Getty Images (R)
Brad Pitt starred as the de facto lead of the Troy cast as the hero Achilles. However, as Pitt admitted in 2019, he didn’t want any part of Troy.
“I...
- 5/14/2024
- by Matt Moore
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Catalan titles will be in no short supply at this year’s Cannes Festival and Marché du Film. Below, a near dozen titles that hope to impress at this year’s event.
“Blue Sun Palace,” (Constance Tsang)
Tsang’s debut feature, shot in New York, world premieres at this year’s Critics’ Week. Field Trip Media and Big Buddha Prods. produce this film about two migrants who work at a massage parlor in Queens. Co- produced by Catalonia’s Marta Cruañas (“Creature”).
Sales: Charades
“Daniela Forever,” (Nacho Vigalondo)
Vigalondo helms this English language romantic drama about loss and memory, reminiscent of “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.” Producers include Mediacrest, Sayaka, XYZ Films, Wrong Men and Señor & Señora.
Sales: XYZ Films
“Misericordia,” (Alain Guiraudie)
French director Guiraudie, behind 2013 Queer Palm winner “Stranger by the Lake,” will bow his latest film in the Cannes Premiere section. This French-Catalan co-production received...
“Blue Sun Palace,” (Constance Tsang)
Tsang’s debut feature, shot in New York, world premieres at this year’s Critics’ Week. Field Trip Media and Big Buddha Prods. produce this film about two migrants who work at a massage parlor in Queens. Co- produced by Catalonia’s Marta Cruañas (“Creature”).
Sales: Charades
“Daniela Forever,” (Nacho Vigalondo)
Vigalondo helms this English language romantic drama about loss and memory, reminiscent of “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.” Producers include Mediacrest, Sayaka, XYZ Films, Wrong Men and Señor & Señora.
Sales: XYZ Films
“Misericordia,” (Alain Guiraudie)
French director Guiraudie, behind 2013 Queer Palm winner “Stranger by the Lake,” will bow his latest film in the Cannes Premiere section. This French-Catalan co-production received...
- 5/14/2024
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Take a look at actress Kirsten Dunst, aka 'Mary Jane Watson' in director Sam Raimi's "Spider-Man" trilogy and the star of the new feature “Civil War”, posing for the Spring 2024 edition of “S” magazine, photographed by Danielle Levitt:
"I live in pieces that make me feel good," said the former child actress (“Interview With The Vampire”).
At the age of twelve, Dunst gained widespread recognition as vampire 'Claudia' in 'Interview with the Vampire' (1994), a role for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. She appeared in "Little Women" the same year and in "Jumanji" the following year.
After a recurring role in the NBC medical drama "ER" (1996–97) as 'Charlie Chemingo' and co-starring in films such as "Wag the Dog" (1997), "Small Soldiers" (1998) and "The Virgin Suicides" (1999), Dunst transitioned into romantic comedies and comedy-dramas, starring in "Drop Dead Gorgeous" (1999), "Bring It On...
"I live in pieces that make me feel good," said the former child actress (“Interview With The Vampire”).
At the age of twelve, Dunst gained widespread recognition as vampire 'Claudia' in 'Interview with the Vampire' (1994), a role for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. She appeared in "Little Women" the same year and in "Jumanji" the following year.
After a recurring role in the NBC medical drama "ER" (1996–97) as 'Charlie Chemingo' and co-starring in films such as "Wag the Dog" (1997), "Small Soldiers" (1998) and "The Virgin Suicides" (1999), Dunst transitioned into romantic comedies and comedy-dramas, starring in "Drop Dead Gorgeous" (1999), "Bring It On...
- 5/8/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Kate Winslet will be honored with the Munich International Film Festival’s CineMerit Award. The Oscar winner’s movie Lee will also have its European premiere at the Festival.
Winslet joins the Jessica Lange, as previously announced, in receiving the Cinemerit accolade this year.
Lee tells the story of war correspondent and photographer Lee Miller. Winslet plays Lee and was also a producer on the film, which was the feature directorial debut of cinematographer Ellen Kuras (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind). The movie had its world premiere at Toronto. The cast includes Marion Cotillard, Andrea Riseborough, Josh O’Connor and Andy Samberg.
In its review of the movie, Deadline said it is a “thoughtful attempt to step back from what Miller actually did and to focus on the way she actually did it, usually with little encouragement and hardly any gratitude.”
“We’re delighted that Kate Winslet will be celebrating...
Winslet joins the Jessica Lange, as previously announced, in receiving the Cinemerit accolade this year.
Lee tells the story of war correspondent and photographer Lee Miller. Winslet plays Lee and was also a producer on the film, which was the feature directorial debut of cinematographer Ellen Kuras (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind). The movie had its world premiere at Toronto. The cast includes Marion Cotillard, Andrea Riseborough, Josh O’Connor and Andy Samberg.
In its review of the movie, Deadline said it is a “thoughtful attempt to step back from what Miller actually did and to focus on the way she actually did it, usually with little encouragement and hardly any gratitude.”
“We’re delighted that Kate Winslet will be celebrating...
- 5/8/2024
- by Stewart Clarke
- Deadline Film + TV
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