The Los Angeles Greek Film Festival, an annual showcase that brings films and filmmakers from Greece, Cyprus and other countries in the region to the United States, announced the winners of its 2023 Orpheus Awards at a ceremony on Sunday night at the Silver Screen Theatre in the Pacific Design Center.
Toplining the honors: “Listen,” directed by Maria Douza, which won for best fiction feature film. “Iman,” helmed Corina Avramidou and Kyriakos Tofarides, took home the special jury award for best film, and Panos Koutras won the best director award for “Dodo.”
Spiros Jacovides won an honorable mention for best director for “Black Stone,” and Efthalia Papacosta was awarded the best performance trophy for “Listen.” “Black Stone” also won the audience award for feature film, and an honorable mention for best performance went to Stephanie Atala for “Iman.”
“Listen” centers on a 16-year-old deaf girl forced to leave her progressive Athens...
Toplining the honors: “Listen,” directed by Maria Douza, which won for best fiction feature film. “Iman,” helmed Corina Avramidou and Kyriakos Tofarides, took home the special jury award for best film, and Panos Koutras won the best director award for “Dodo.”
Spiros Jacovides won an honorable mention for best director for “Black Stone,” and Efthalia Papacosta was awarded the best performance trophy for “Listen.” “Black Stone” also won the audience award for feature film, and an honorable mention for best performance went to Stephanie Atala for “Iman.”
“Listen” centers on a 16-year-old deaf girl forced to leave her progressive Athens...
- 6/12/2023
- by Peter Caranicas
- Variety Film + TV
Tatiana Maslany has been cast in “Invitation to a Bonfire,” AMC’s upcoming series from Rachel Caris Love inspired by the co-dependent marriage of Vladimir and Vera Nabokov. She will also executive produce the project, which is set to debut in 2023.
Maslany’s casting was announced during AMC’s presentation at the 2022 Television Critics Association summer press tour. She joins previously announced cast members Freya Mavor, Pilou Asbæk and Ngozi Anyanwu.
Based on the novel by Adrienne Celt and set at an all-girls boarding school in the 1930s, “Invitation to a Bonfire” follows Zoya (Mavor), a young Russian immigrant and groundskeeper, who is drawn into a lethal love triangle with the school’s newest faculty member Leo (Asbæk) — an enigmatic novelist — and the bewitching Vera (Maslany), who is Leo’s wife, his editor and his everything. Season 1 will run for six episodes.
Maslany is best known for starring in several...
Maslany’s casting was announced during AMC’s presentation at the 2022 Television Critics Association summer press tour. She joins previously announced cast members Freya Mavor, Pilou Asbæk and Ngozi Anyanwu.
Based on the novel by Adrienne Celt and set at an all-girls boarding school in the 1930s, “Invitation to a Bonfire” follows Zoya (Mavor), a young Russian immigrant and groundskeeper, who is drawn into a lethal love triangle with the school’s newest faculty member Leo (Asbæk) — an enigmatic novelist — and the bewitching Vera (Maslany), who is Leo’s wife, his editor and his everything. Season 1 will run for six episodes.
Maslany is best known for starring in several...
- 8/10/2022
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
The Blind Storytellers
2014 | 85min | Non-Fiction
Li Shouwang is the leader of a blind storytellers team, learned storytelling at the age of 19. His children are living hard in other cities. Li’s money almost goes to his children’s pockets every year. But with urbanization, the storytellers have lost almost all their audience. As the conflict between the storytelling team and the village team intensified, his son, who was far away from home, became the only spiritual sustains… When he was excited that his son would be taking his family home for Chinese New Year, what’s await is a sigh.
The Other Half
2006 | 111min | Fiction
Xiao Fen works as a clerk in a law firm, all day with her pen recording all kinds of women encountered in this southwestern city. And Xiaofen’s own life also does not have a sense of security: the boyfriend of cohabitation disappeared suddenly,...
2014 | 85min | Non-Fiction
Li Shouwang is the leader of a blind storytellers team, learned storytelling at the age of 19. His children are living hard in other cities. Li’s money almost goes to his children’s pockets every year. But with urbanization, the storytellers have lost almost all their audience. As the conflict between the storytelling team and the village team intensified, his son, who was far away from home, became the only spiritual sustains… When he was excited that his son would be taking his family home for Chinese New Year, what’s await is a sigh.
The Other Half
2006 | 111min | Fiction
Xiao Fen works as a clerk in a law firm, all day with her pen recording all kinds of women encountered in this southwestern city. And Xiaofen’s own life also does not have a sense of security: the boyfriend of cohabitation disappeared suddenly,...
- 8/7/2021
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
David Miller, a veteran Canadian film publicist, producer and distributor who led an Oscar-winning animated short film campaign for the National Film Board of Canada in 2004, has died. He was 47.
Miller died on April 6 due to pre-existing health conditions. His award-winning producing and executive producing credits included work on two movies by director Richie Mehta, Amal, which was shot on a tight budget in India in 2007, and Siddarth; Jason Buxton’s Blackbird; the Henry Rollins starrer He Never Died, directed by Jason Krawczyk; Michael Melski’s The Child Remains; and Joey Klein’s The Other Half, which starred Tatiana Maslany....
Miller died on April 6 due to pre-existing health conditions. His award-winning producing and executive producing credits included work on two movies by director Richie Mehta, Amal, which was shot on a tight budget in India in 2007, and Siddarth; Jason Buxton’s Blackbird; the Henry Rollins starrer He Never Died, directed by Jason Krawczyk; Michael Melski’s The Child Remains; and Joey Klein’s The Other Half, which starred Tatiana Maslany....
- 4/16/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
David Miller, a veteran Canadian film publicist, producer and distributor who led an Oscar-winning animated short film campaign for the National Film Board of Canada in 2004, has died. He was 47.
Miller died on April 6 due to pre-existing health conditions. His award-winning producing and executive producing credits included work on two movies by director Richie Mehta, Amal, which was shot on a tight budget in India in 2007, and Siddarth; Jason Buxton’s Blackbird; the Henry Rollins starrer He Never Died, directed by Jason Krawczyk; Michael Melski’s The Child Remains; and Joey Klein’s The Other Half, which starred Tatiana Maslany....
Miller died on April 6 due to pre-existing health conditions. His award-winning producing and executive producing credits included work on two movies by director Richie Mehta, Amal, which was shot on a tight budget in India in 2007, and Siddarth; Jason Buxton’s Blackbird; the Henry Rollins starrer He Never Died, directed by Jason Krawczyk; Michael Melski’s The Child Remains; and Joey Klein’s The Other Half, which starred Tatiana Maslany....
- 4/16/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
An email written by Amber Heard intended for Johnny Depp, detailing his alleged “Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde” persona during their relationship, has been read out in court during The Pirates Of The Caribbean actor’s explosive libel battle with British newspaper The Sun.
Heard penned the email in June 2013 but never sent it to her former husband. In it, she details her struggles with his alleged drug and alcohol consumption, and accuses him of assault. “You have hit me repeated. Something you should Never have done. What a f****** man you are,” she wrote in the email, the full text of which is below.
The message was read out during the High Court hearing by The Sun’s attorney Sasha Wass, as the tabloid attempts to defend its description of Depp as a “wife-beater” in an article written by executive editor, Dan Wootton, in April 2018. Depp, who has spent...
Heard penned the email in June 2013 but never sent it to her former husband. In it, she details her struggles with his alleged drug and alcohol consumption, and accuses him of assault. “You have hit me repeated. Something you should Never have done. What a f****** man you are,” she wrote in the email, the full text of which is below.
The message was read out during the High Court hearing by The Sun’s attorney Sasha Wass, as the tabloid attempts to defend its description of Depp as a “wife-beater” in an article written by executive editor, Dan Wootton, in April 2018. Depp, who has spent...
- 7/8/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Castle in the Ground, directed and penned by Joey Klein (The Other Half), is an uncompromising narrative that centers on Henry (Alex Wolff), a teenager who is understandably shaken by his mother’s (Neve Campbell) passing.
Filled with grief, Henry becomes addicted to his mother’s pills and his addiction is exacerbated when he gets caught up in [...]
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Filled with grief, Henry becomes addicted to his mother’s pills and his addiction is exacerbated when he gets caught up in [...]
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- 5/17/2020
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
In movies as in life, there is a familiar exasperation that often comes with witnessing people personally (rather than professionally) involved with addicts, as they try to make excuses for manipulative, mercurial behavior, chasing the user’s “new leaf” promises like a carrot on a stick. Fervently hoping for positive change, their desire to help can curdle into unintentional enabling. Plus, as engrossing as addiction may be from the inside, when viewed externally it sure can be monotonous.
Those are problems “Castle in the Ground” can’t quite escape in dramatic terms, as this well-acted second feature from actor-turned-director Joey Klein charts a grieving youth’s terrible choice of succor in the company of his junkie neighbor. Part gritty portrait of a mutually destructive drug-based relationship à la “Crush” or “Panic in Needle Park,” part crime thriller, the film never quite grips enough on either plane. The result is an earnest,...
Those are problems “Castle in the Ground” can’t quite escape in dramatic terms, as this well-acted second feature from actor-turned-director Joey Klein charts a grieving youth’s terrible choice of succor in the company of his junkie neighbor. Part gritty portrait of a mutually destructive drug-based relationship à la “Crush” or “Panic in Needle Park,” part crime thriller, the film never quite grips enough on either plane. The result is an earnest,...
- 5/13/2020
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
Castle in the Ground Starring Alex Wolff, Neve Campbell and Imogen Poots and from writer/director Joey Klein (The Other Half), the drama, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, will be available on demand on May 15th. Check out the new trailer:
A grieving teenager (Alex Wolff) befriends his charismatic but troubled next-door neighbor (Imogen Poots), only to become ensnared in a world of addiction and violence as the opioid epidemic takes hold of their small town.
Castle In The Ground is Written & Directed by Joey Klein and stars Alex Wolff, Imogen Poots, Tom Cullen, with Keir Gilchrist and Neve Campbell.
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A grieving teenager (Alex Wolff) befriends his charismatic but troubled next-door neighbor (Imogen Poots), only to become ensnared in a world of addiction and violence as the opioid epidemic takes hold of their small town.
Castle In The Ground is Written & Directed by Joey Klein and stars Alex Wolff, Imogen Poots, Tom Cullen, with Keir Gilchrist and Neve Campbell.
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- 4/23/2020
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Hamilton Leithauser gets a haircut from Maggie Rogers in the teaser for “Isabella.” The singer-songwriter also announced a new album, The Loves of Your Life, out April 10th via Glassnote Records.
The clip follows the video for “Here They Come,” in which Leithauser took a brutal beating from Ethan Hawke after playing the actor his new song. He shows up to meet Maggie Rogers with a bandage across his face from the altercation. “As I was already on my way to play my song ‘Isabella’ for my writer-musician friend who happens to be pretty stylish,...
The clip follows the video for “Here They Come,” in which Leithauser took a brutal beating from Ethan Hawke after playing the actor his new song. He shows up to meet Maggie Rogers with a bandage across his face from the altercation. “As I was already on my way to play my song ‘Isabella’ for my writer-musician friend who happens to be pretty stylish,...
- 3/6/2020
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Ying Liang graduated from the Department of Directing at the Chongqing Film Academy and Beijing Normal University. He made several successful short films before directing his first feature, “Taking Father Home” (2005). In 2006, he made “The Other Half”, which was supported by the Hubert Bals Fund of Iffr. In 2010, his short film “Condolences” won a Tiger Award for Short Films in Rotterdam. “When Night Falls” (2012) won prizes for best directing and best leading actress in Locarno.
On the occasion of “I Have Nothing to Say“, screening at International Film Festival Rotterdam, we speak with him about the film and his personal connection with it, teaching, the sociopolitical situation of China and Hong, and many other topics.
To what extent do you feel your time spent teaching filmmaking has had an influence on your own filmmaking?
The good thing about teaching is that it makes me become more conscious, while learning a lot about film production,...
On the occasion of “I Have Nothing to Say“, screening at International Film Festival Rotterdam, we speak with him about the film and his personal connection with it, teaching, the sociopolitical situation of China and Hong, and many other topics.
To what extent do you feel your time spent teaching filmmaking has had an influence on your own filmmaking?
The good thing about teaching is that it makes me become more conscious, while learning a lot about film production,...
- 1/11/2020
- by Andrew Thayne
- AsianMoviePulse
Exclusive: Judy & Liza & Robert & Freddie & David & Sue & Me, the memoir written by Judy Garland’s manager and female power agent Stevie Phillips, is being adapted into a ‘Mad Men’-style television series.
Athena Pictures, the new banner set up by Andra Gordon and Sarena Khan, and American Entertainment Investors, which has backed feature films including Hotel Mumbai, are developing the project.
Stevie, written by Gordon, who worked on Tatiana Maslany-fronted feature The Other Half, will tell the story of Phillips’ rise from secretary to tour manager to agent to producer in a pre-MeToo era.
Having started as a secretary, working for McA’s Freddie Fields and David Begelman, under the glare of Lew Wasserman, she moved with the pair to Creative Management Associates, where she became Judy Garland’s “shadow”. Phillips went on to manage Garland’s daughter Liza Minnelli as well as Robert Redford, Paul Newman, Henry Fonda,...
Athena Pictures, the new banner set up by Andra Gordon and Sarena Khan, and American Entertainment Investors, which has backed feature films including Hotel Mumbai, are developing the project.
Stevie, written by Gordon, who worked on Tatiana Maslany-fronted feature The Other Half, will tell the story of Phillips’ rise from secretary to tour manager to agent to producer in a pre-MeToo era.
Having started as a secretary, working for McA’s Freddie Fields and David Begelman, under the glare of Lew Wasserman, she moved with the pair to Creative Management Associates, where she became Judy Garland’s “shadow”. Phillips went on to manage Garland’s daughter Liza Minnelli as well as Robert Redford, Paul Newman, Henry Fonda,...
- 11/13/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Boys & Girls Clubs of America (Bgca) will hold the annual Pacific Youth of the Year Gala on May 9, 2019 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills.
Club alumnus Mario Lopez will be presented with the Champion of Youth Award, and one teen will be named the 2019 Pacific Youth of the Year. The evening fundraiser features special youth performances from Boys & Girls Clubs of Venice, Boys & Girls Clubs of Burbank, and Boys & Girls clubs of Conejo Valley. General Manager of the San Francisco 49ers John Lynch, Principal and Co-Founder of Lba Realty Steve Layton, and Chairman and CEO of Roth Capital Partners Byron Roth will co-chair this year’s celebration. Honduran-American television and radio personality and model Rosci Diaz will emcee.
“Mario Lopez has been tireless in his support of Bgca for more than two decades. He has volunteered in Clubs, hosted signature events, and raised awareness and funds for Bgca.
Club alumnus Mario Lopez will be presented with the Champion of Youth Award, and one teen will be named the 2019 Pacific Youth of the Year. The evening fundraiser features special youth performances from Boys & Girls Clubs of Venice, Boys & Girls Clubs of Burbank, and Boys & Girls clubs of Conejo Valley. General Manager of the San Francisco 49ers John Lynch, Principal and Co-Founder of Lba Realty Steve Layton, and Chairman and CEO of Roth Capital Partners Byron Roth will co-chair this year’s celebration. Honduran-American television and radio personality and model Rosci Diaz will emcee.
“Mario Lopez has been tireless in his support of Bgca for more than two decades. He has volunteered in Clubs, hosted signature events, and raised awareness and funds for Bgca.
- 4/24/2019
- Look to the Stars
Neve Campbell, Downton Abbey actor Tom Cullen, and Atypical star Keir Gilchrist have joined Alex Wolff and Imogen Poots in the indie crime drama Castle in the Ground from writer/director Joey Klein.
It follows Henry who, after the untimely death of his mother, befriends his charismatic but troubled next-door neighbor Ana, who embroils Henry in a world of addiction and violence just as the opioid epidemic takes hold of their small town.
William Woods of Woods Entertainment and Michael Solomon of Band With Pictures are producing the film, which is financed by Line 200, Ontario Creates, Nohfc and Telefilm. Executive producers are Andra Gordon of American Entertainment Investors, Tom Spriggs, Rob McGillivray, Ben Stranahan, George Stranahan, John Hansen, Mark Gingras, and John Laing.
Campbell, best known for roles like Julia Salinger on Party of Five and Sidney Prescott from the Scream franchise, most recently starred opposite Dwayne Johnson in Universal’s thriller Skyscraper.
It follows Henry who, after the untimely death of his mother, befriends his charismatic but troubled next-door neighbor Ana, who embroils Henry in a world of addiction and violence just as the opioid epidemic takes hold of their small town.
William Woods of Woods Entertainment and Michael Solomon of Band With Pictures are producing the film, which is financed by Line 200, Ontario Creates, Nohfc and Telefilm. Executive producers are Andra Gordon of American Entertainment Investors, Tom Spriggs, Rob McGillivray, Ben Stranahan, George Stranahan, John Hansen, Mark Gingras, and John Laing.
Campbell, best known for roles like Julia Salinger on Party of Five and Sidney Prescott from the Scream franchise, most recently starred opposite Dwayne Johnson in Universal’s thriller Skyscraper.
- 3/26/2019
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Line 200, Ontario Creates, Nohfc, and Telefilm financing.
Hereditary star Alex Wolff and Imogen Poots will star in Joey Klein’s (The Other Half) upcoming crime drama Castle In The Ground, which is currently shooting in Sudbury, Canada.
William Woods will produce via his Toronto-based Woods Entertainment alongside Michael Solomon under Band With Pictures. Andra Gordon of American Entertainment Investors developed the project with Woods and Solomon and serves as executive producer alongside Tom Spriggs, Rob McGillivray, Ben Stranahan, George Stranahan, John Hansen, Mark Gingras, and John Laing.
Line 200 makes it financing debut on Castle In The Ground alongside Ontario Creates,...
Hereditary star Alex Wolff and Imogen Poots will star in Joey Klein’s (The Other Half) upcoming crime drama Castle In The Ground, which is currently shooting in Sudbury, Canada.
William Woods will produce via his Toronto-based Woods Entertainment alongside Michael Solomon under Band With Pictures. Andra Gordon of American Entertainment Investors developed the project with Woods and Solomon and serves as executive producer alongside Tom Spriggs, Rob McGillivray, Ben Stranahan, George Stranahan, John Hansen, Mark Gingras, and John Laing.
Line 200 makes it financing debut on Castle In The Ground alongside Ontario Creates,...
- 3/11/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Tom Cullen scored a save-the-date for close friend Kit Harington‘s wedding to Game of Thrones costar Rose Leslie — and he admits seeing his mate from drama school back in London propose “absolutely” has him thinking about popping to question to longtime girlfriend Tatiana Maslany.
“I’m just waiting for her to put a ring on it,” he quips of the Emmy-winning Orphan Black actress in this week’s issue of People, on stands Friday. “I mean, I don’t know what she’s waiting for.”
Cullen and Maslany, both 32, met and fell in love filming a miniseries in 2011 and have been together ever since.
“I’m just waiting for her to put a ring on it,” he quips of the Emmy-winning Orphan Black actress in this week’s issue of People, on stands Friday. “I mean, I don’t know what she’s waiting for.”
Cullen and Maslany, both 32, met and fell in love filming a miniseries in 2011 and have been together ever since.
- 12/8/2017
- by Michele Corriston
- PEOPLE.com
Tom Cullen and Tatiana Maslany on ‘The Other Half’ by Uinterview Tatiana Maslany is a Canadian actress, who is best known for her roles on Orphan Black. This Tatiana Maslany bio will let the actress tell her story in her own words. Tatiana Maslany Bio: Age, Family, Early Life Tatina Maslany was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, on […]
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- 5/13/2017
- by Catherine Valdez
- Uinterview
Tom Cullen and Tatiana Maslany on ‘The Other Half’ by Uinterview Tom Cullen is a Welsh actor best known for his roles in Weekend and in hit TV series Downton Abbey. This Tom Cullen bio will let the actor tell his story in his own words. Tom Cullen Bio: Age, Early Life Tom Culllen was […]
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- 4/14/2017
- by Catherine Valdez
- Uinterview
Being able to naturally understand what other people are experiencing is the best way to truly connect with them, particularly during a heightened emotional state. Filmmaker Joey Klein, who made his feature film writing, directing and producing debuts on the new romantic drama, ‘The Other Half,’ transitioned to working behind the camera from an acting […]
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- 3/26/2017
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
The Clone Club has gone Hollywood. (Okay, maybe only Crystal did.)
The cast and creators of “Orphan Black” hit PaleyFest on Thursday night at Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre for its first ever panel to look back on the past four seasons and hint at the fifth and final season. The night kicked off with more than just a hint though. The Paley audience was given an exclusive early screening of the Season 5 premiere.
Read More: ‘Funny or Die’ Skit: Watch ‘Orphan Black’ Star Tatiana Maslany Promote the Sexual Assault Survivor Utility Belt
It was the best 44 minutes of Helena scarfing down food that we’ve ever seen. We’re kidding, of course, but we’d totally watch that. In the interests of not spoiling the fifth season, we’ll just say that the premiere picks up where Season 4 left off. When last we left the sestras, Rachel (Tatiana Maslany) was...
The cast and creators of “Orphan Black” hit PaleyFest on Thursday night at Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre for its first ever panel to look back on the past four seasons and hint at the fifth and final season. The night kicked off with more than just a hint though. The Paley audience was given an exclusive early screening of the Season 5 premiere.
Read More: ‘Funny or Die’ Skit: Watch ‘Orphan Black’ Star Tatiana Maslany Promote the Sexual Assault Survivor Utility Belt
It was the best 44 minutes of Helena scarfing down food that we’ve ever seen. We’re kidding, of course, but we’d totally watch that. In the interests of not spoiling the fifth season, we’ll just say that the premiere picks up where Season 4 left off. When last we left the sestras, Rachel (Tatiana Maslany) was...
- 3/24/2017
- by Hanh Nguyen
- Indiewire
In this day and age, it seems as though sometimes the best way to put the absurd elements of our society into perspective is to humorously satirize them. That kind of social criticism is once again made humorous in a recent “Funny or Die” skit, which takes the form of an old, cheesy informercial in order to sell its product: the sexual assault toolbelt. You can watch the full video below.
Tatiana Maslany (“Orphan Black”) assumes the role of the product’s spokesperson, proving to her friend that this item will help her manage the complicated legal process following her sexual assault.
Read More: ‘Orphan Black’ Will Premiere Its Final Season This Summer, But Too Late for Emmy Consideration
The skit bounces between the hilarity and depressing nature of the situation, as the video takes on the form of an after school commercial as a way of talking down to...
Tatiana Maslany (“Orphan Black”) assumes the role of the product’s spokesperson, proving to her friend that this item will help her manage the complicated legal process following her sexual assault.
Read More: ‘Orphan Black’ Will Premiere Its Final Season This Summer, But Too Late for Emmy Consideration
The skit bounces between the hilarity and depressing nature of the situation, as the video takes on the form of an after school commercial as a way of talking down to...
- 3/23/2017
- by Michael Gonzalez
- Indiewire
One year ago, the post-Oscar specialized rebound began with the release of “Eye in the Sky” and “Hello, My Name Is Doris.” Each opened with per-theater averages over $20,000; then, with support from older audiences all across the country, made $19 million and $14 million, respectively.
This year it’s “Personal Shopper,” with the French film starring Kristen Stewart showing unexpected interest. “Raw” (Focus) and “A Sense of the Ending” (Lionsgate) also managed PTAs over $10,000, indicating some chance for future success.
Ahead of any other new release in PTA was a single theater, premiere-event boosted initial date for “A Very Sordid Wedding” in Palm Springs. This week also saw the very limited opening of “Burning Sands,” the second film in the Sundance 2017 U.S. dramatic competition to find its home on Netflix. As usual, no gross for this, which is sort of beside the point.
Opening
Personal Shopper (IFC) – Metacritic: 77; Festivals include: Cannes,...
This year it’s “Personal Shopper,” with the French film starring Kristen Stewart showing unexpected interest. “Raw” (Focus) and “A Sense of the Ending” (Lionsgate) also managed PTAs over $10,000, indicating some chance for future success.
Ahead of any other new release in PTA was a single theater, premiere-event boosted initial date for “A Very Sordid Wedding” in Palm Springs. This week also saw the very limited opening of “Burning Sands,” the second film in the Sundance 2017 U.S. dramatic competition to find its home on Netflix. As usual, no gross for this, which is sort of beside the point.
Opening
Personal Shopper (IFC) – Metacritic: 77; Festivals include: Cannes,...
- 3/12/2017
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
“Betting on Zero” is not here to make you a believer. In fact, if there’s anything that Ted Braun’s examination of the meteoric, global rise of Herbalife shows, it’s that belief in other individuals is a dangerous task, whether that person is promising financial windfall, long-term stability or thorough justice. It may not be entirely inspiring, but “Betting on Zero” captures the everyone-for-themselves desperation that would make any wronged individual furious, be they jilted employee or frustrated stockholder.
Ever since the prevalence of Amway, multi-level marketing (Mlm) firms have long been the subject of alternating popularity and concern. Companies that base their economic model on recruitment, rather than the maintenance and consumption of inventory, leave in their wake a bevy of unsatisfied former employees, some of whom are highlighted in the “Betting on Zero” clips used in a popular segment last fall on “Last Week Tonight.”
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Ever since the prevalence of Amway, multi-level marketing (Mlm) firms have long been the subject of alternating popularity and concern. Companies that base their economic model on recruitment, rather than the maintenance and consumption of inventory, leave in their wake a bevy of unsatisfied former employees, some of whom are highlighted in the “Betting on Zero” clips used in a popular segment last fall on “Last Week Tonight.”
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- 3/9/2017
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
“The Other Half” is a film built on withholding. Whether it’s writer/director Joey Klein’s general approach to dispensing key character details or the information that two lovers choose to keep hidden from each other, there’s a pervasive kind of obfuscation that can be at turns refreshing and frustrating. It’s a series of preludes and aftermaths, following an arc of persistent loss and newfound love. But when Klein trusts his actors and leans on the strength of the genuine moments they’re able to create together, the story of Emily (Tatiana Maslany) and Nickie (Tom Cullen) moves beyond the usual constraints of characters with similar pasts.
True to form with the rest of the film’s strongest elements, Nickie and Emily’s relationship has a simple beginning. After making eyes at each other across the room at the café where Nickie works, the two strike up a relationship.
True to form with the rest of the film’s strongest elements, Nickie and Emily’s relationship has a simple beginning. After making eyes at each other across the room at the café where Nickie works, the two strike up a relationship.
- 3/9/2017
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
A limp and lifeless historical melodrama that aspires to be the “Pearl Harbor” of the preamble to World War I and still falls well short of that ignoble goal, Joseph Ruben’s “The Ottoman Lieutenant” tries to snatch a love triangle from out beneath the Armenian Genocide but fails to get any of the angles right. Beginning in a Philadelphia hospital circa 1914 (Prague plays the city well), the film is tawdry from the very top, taking the same reckless approach to clichés that pre-war doctors took to general hygiene.
You can hear the trouble before you can see it, our wide-eyed heroine introducing herself via such startlingly trite voiceover that she’s a lost cause by the time she first appears on screen. “I thought I was going to change the world,” she says, “but of course it was the world that changed me.” Get comfortable, it’s going to be a bumpy night.
You can hear the trouble before you can see it, our wide-eyed heroine introducing herself via such startlingly trite voiceover that she’s a lost cause by the time she first appears on screen. “I thought I was going to change the world,” she says, “but of course it was the world that changed me.” Get comfortable, it’s going to be a bumpy night.
- 3/9/2017
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Tom Cullen and Tatiana Maslany on ‘The Other Half’ by Uinterview Tatiana Maslany and Tom Cullen play a couple in their new film, The Other Half — and they are also a romantic pair in real life as well. The two have dated for the last five years, after meeting on the set of TV series World Without End. […]
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- 3/8/2017
- by Kate Chia
- Uinterview
Welcome back to the Weekend Warrior, your weekly look at the new movies hitting theaters this weekend, as well as other cool events and things to check out….but mostly movies.
This Past Weekend:
It was absolutely no surprise that Hugh Jackman’s last Wolverine movie Logan would top the box office, but it actually ended up doing even better than my prediction when actual numbers came in, grossing $88.3 million over the weekend. That makes it the fourth highest X-Movie opening (including Deadpool) but also the biggest R-rated opening for March, defeating 300’s once-impressive $70 million opening. It’s also the fourth highest R-rated opening of all time after Deadpool, The Matrix Reloaded and American Sniper.
The bigger surprise was how well Jordan Peele’s thriller Get Out held up in its second weekend, not only because it was going up against Logan, but also because high-profile horror films tend...
This Past Weekend:
It was absolutely no surprise that Hugh Jackman’s last Wolverine movie Logan would top the box office, but it actually ended up doing even better than my prediction when actual numbers came in, grossing $88.3 million over the weekend. That makes it the fourth highest X-Movie opening (including Deadpool) but also the biggest R-rated opening for March, defeating 300’s once-impressive $70 million opening. It’s also the fourth highest R-rated opening of all time after Deadpool, The Matrix Reloaded and American Sniper.
The bigger surprise was how well Jordan Peele’s thriller Get Out held up in its second weekend, not only because it was going up against Logan, but also because high-profile horror films tend...
- 3/8/2017
- by Edward Douglas
- LRMonline.com
A year after first premiering at South by Southwest, “The Other Half” is due in theaters this month. Starring real-life couple Tatiana Maslany (“Orphan Black”) and Tom Cullen (“Downton Abbey,” “Weekend”), the romantic drama concerns the bond that forms between a man in the throes of grief and a woman living with bipolar disorder. Watch an exclusive clip below.
Read More: ‘Orphan Black’ Will Premiere Its Final Season This Summer, But Too Late for Emmy Consideration
In it, Maslany and Cullen’s characters lie on the grass in a park and have a half-serious, half-joking conversation: “So is this just what you do?” she asks him. “Go from girl to girl to girl?” They begin to embrace as our field of vision gets blurred, an intimate moment that gets interrupted by a lewd question from a man nearby.
Read More: Tatiana Maslany Wins Emmy For Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Diana Bentley,...
Read More: ‘Orphan Black’ Will Premiere Its Final Season This Summer, But Too Late for Emmy Consideration
In it, Maslany and Cullen’s characters lie on the grass in a park and have a half-serious, half-joking conversation: “So is this just what you do?” she asks him. “Go from girl to girl to girl?” They begin to embrace as our field of vision gets blurred, an intimate moment that gets interrupted by a lewd question from a man nearby.
Read More: Tatiana Maslany Wins Emmy For Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Diana Bentley,...
- 3/2/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
It's Only the End of the World and Operation Avalanche recognized among the 2017 Canadian Screen Award NominationsIt's Only the End of the World and Operation Avalanche recognized among the 2017 Canadian Screen Award NominationsAdriana Floridia1/17/2017 2:50:00 Pm
This morning the Canadian Screen Awards announced their 2017 nominations, recognizing the best of last year's Canadian films.
The awards are given out by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. This year's nominees boast a diverse line up of films that tell stories not just in English and French, but also Mandarin, Atikamekw and Inuktiut.
The most high-profile of the bunch would have to be Xavier Dolan's It's Only the End of the World, which is a likely contender at the Oscars this year in the Best Foreign Language Film category. It made the shortlist of nine films that will be considered at the Oscars, which also includes Germany's Toni Erdmann and Chile's Neruda.
This morning the Canadian Screen Awards announced their 2017 nominations, recognizing the best of last year's Canadian films.
The awards are given out by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. This year's nominees boast a diverse line up of films that tell stories not just in English and French, but also Mandarin, Atikamekw and Inuktiut.
The most high-profile of the bunch would have to be Xavier Dolan's It's Only the End of the World, which is a likely contender at the Oscars this year in the Best Foreign Language Film category. It made the shortlist of nine films that will be considered at the Oscars, which also includes Germany's Toni Erdmann and Chile's Neruda.
- 1/17/2017
- by Adriana Floridia
- Cineplex
HBO has acquired Evgeny Afineevsky’s Sundance selection and follow-up to Winter On Fire: Ukraine’s Fight For Freedom in a deal with executive producer David Dinerstein.
Cries From Syria chronicles the Middle East country’s civil war and draws on hundreds of hours of war footage as well as testimony from child protestors, human rights activists, citizens and high-ranking army generals who have defected from the Army.
The film receives its world premiere in Park City this month in the Documentary Premieres strand and will debut on HBO on March 13.
Annapurna Television is partnering with the Coen Brothers on Western anthology The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs. Annapurna issued a press release saying it intended to pursue “an innovative television and theatrical integrated approach” without elaborating. Joel and Ethen Coen wrote the script and will direct and produce through their Mike Zoss Productions label. Ellison and Annapurna Television president of television Sue Naegle are executive producers. UTA represents...
Cries From Syria chronicles the Middle East country’s civil war and draws on hundreds of hours of war footage as well as testimony from child protestors, human rights activists, citizens and high-ranking army generals who have defected from the Army.
The film receives its world premiere in Park City this month in the Documentary Premieres strand and will debut on HBO on March 13.
Annapurna Television is partnering with the Coen Brothers on Western anthology The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs. Annapurna issued a press release saying it intended to pursue “an innovative television and theatrical integrated approach” without elaborating. Joel and Ethen Coen wrote the script and will direct and produce through their Mike Zoss Productions label. Ellison and Annapurna Television president of television Sue Naegle are executive producers. UTA represents...
- 1/10/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Actor-turned-director Joey Klein has spoken to Monsters and Critics about working with real-life couple Tatiana Maslany and Tom Cullen on his first film The Other Half. The pair star in together in the movie which tells the story of bipolor Emily (Maslany) and grief-stricken Nickie (Cullen), who is mourning the disappearance of his younger brother, as they fall for each other and attempt to forge a simple life together. Klein told Monsters and Critics how working with the pair was a joy thanks to their off-screen relationship. He said: “I never ever worried about ‘could they do it’, and would there be...read more...
- 12/2/2016
- by Anne Brodie
- Monsters and Critics
Tatiana Maslany and Tom Cullen fall in love in Exclusive first trailer for The Other HalfTatiana Maslany and Tom Cullen fall in love in Exclusive first trailer for The Other HalfAdriana Floridia11/8/2016 1:38:00 Pm
We're super excited to see Tatiana Maslany on the big screen again.
We all knew that the "Orphan Black" star would soon transition to movies, as she's simply one of the most gifted actresses of her generation. Earlier this year she starred alongside Dane Dehaan in Two Lovers and a Bear, and this December, she's back in another indie romance entitled The Other Half.
We're happy to share the world premiere of the trailer below, which has Maslany as a bipolar woman who meets a grief-stricken man (played by Tom Cullen, who is best known for his role in Andrew Haigh's Weekend), and the two try to lead a simpler life together. However, once...
We're super excited to see Tatiana Maslany on the big screen again.
We all knew that the "Orphan Black" star would soon transition to movies, as she's simply one of the most gifted actresses of her generation. Earlier this year she starred alongside Dane Dehaan in Two Lovers and a Bear, and this December, she's back in another indie romance entitled The Other Half.
We're happy to share the world premiere of the trailer below, which has Maslany as a bipolar woman who meets a grief-stricken man (played by Tom Cullen, who is best known for his role in Andrew Haigh's Weekend), and the two try to lead a simpler life together. However, once...
- 11/8/2016
- by Adriana Floridia
- Cineplex
Amat Escalante’s The Untamed (pictured) and Andrea Arnold’s American Honey will compete for the Cinemax Award for the best competition film at the Mexican festival, set to run from November 9-13.
The other selections in the Competencia Los Cabos main competition strand are: Antonio Campos’ Christine, Kristopher Avedisian’s Donald Cried, Matt Johnson’s Operation Avalanche, Gabe Klinger’s Porto, Rafi Pitts’ Soy Nero, Joey Klein’s The Other Half and Kim Nguyen’s Two Lovers And A Bear.
Competing for top honours in Mexico Primero are: Maria José Cuevas’ Beauties Of The Night, Sebastián Hiriart’s Carroña, Rodrigo Cervantes’ Los Paisages, Lucía Carreras’ Tamara y La Catarina, Ricardo Silva and Omar Guzmán’s William, The New Judo Master, and Juan Andrés Arango’s X500.
Festival heads said most of the Mexico Primero entries came through the festival’s Gabriel Figueroa Film Fund.
The winners of the Cinemax Award for best film in the Competencia...
The other selections in the Competencia Los Cabos main competition strand are: Antonio Campos’ Christine, Kristopher Avedisian’s Donald Cried, Matt Johnson’s Operation Avalanche, Gabe Klinger’s Porto, Rafi Pitts’ Soy Nero, Joey Klein’s The Other Half and Kim Nguyen’s Two Lovers And A Bear.
Competing for top honours in Mexico Primero are: Maria José Cuevas’ Beauties Of The Night, Sebastián Hiriart’s Carroña, Rodrigo Cervantes’ Los Paisages, Lucía Carreras’ Tamara y La Catarina, Ricardo Silva and Omar Guzmán’s William, The New Judo Master, and Juan Andrés Arango’s X500.
Festival heads said most of the Mexico Primero entries came through the festival’s Gabriel Figueroa Film Fund.
The winners of the Cinemax Award for best film in the Competencia...
- 10/11/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The Vancouver International Film Festival (Viff) has today announced 22 additional Canadian feature films in two series, Canadian Images and Future//Present. These films join 10 British Columbia-produced features announced previously to create one of the largest annual showcases of Canadian cinema in the world. Standouts include Nathan Morlando’s Cannes premiere “Mean Dreams,” Johnny Ma’s “Old Stone” and Bruce McDonald’s “Weirdos.”
The longstanding Canadian Images series will once again feature some of the country’s best narrative films and documentaries, while the new Future//Present series highlights the work of emerging independent filmmakers from across the country. Future//Present promises to “bring together the most talented, bold and distinct voices in Canadian film.”
Read More: Tiff Adds New Round of Titles, Including ‘It’s Only the End of the World,’ ‘Mean Dreams’ and More
As part of its commitment to Canadian filmmakers, Viff offers three cash awards to celebrate...
The longstanding Canadian Images series will once again feature some of the country’s best narrative films and documentaries, while the new Future//Present series highlights the work of emerging independent filmmakers from across the country. Future//Present promises to “bring together the most talented, bold and distinct voices in Canadian film.”
Read More: Tiff Adds New Round of Titles, Including ‘It’s Only the End of the World,’ ‘Mean Dreams’ and More
As part of its commitment to Canadian filmmakers, Viff offers three cash awards to celebrate...
- 8/22/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Alumni on film and TV programme include producers of The Lunchbox, Bullhead and The Book Of Negroes.
Film and TV drama co-production training programme Trans Atlantic Partners (Tap) has revelaed its 2016 line-up of 25 producers from across Europe, Canada, and the USA as well as India and South Africa.
Experts taking part in the scheme include producer René Bastian (Cold In July), Matthias Nitschke, senior vice president of business & legal affairs, Studiocanal, Germany, and producer Ilann Girard (Lebanon).
Tap provides case studies of successful trans-Atlantic projects, market intelligence, legal framework and information on sales and distribution. The programme is directed at producers at career mid-level who have produced at least one feature film or TV series.
The two training modules take place in Munich (June 24 – 29) and Halifax, Canada (September 12– 18) where Tap producers will also participate in the Atlantic Film Festival’s Strategic Partners international co-production market.
Previous alumni of the scheme include Guneet Monga (The Lunchbox), [link...
Film and TV drama co-production training programme Trans Atlantic Partners (Tap) has revelaed its 2016 line-up of 25 producers from across Europe, Canada, and the USA as well as India and South Africa.
Experts taking part in the scheme include producer René Bastian (Cold In July), Matthias Nitschke, senior vice president of business & legal affairs, Studiocanal, Germany, and producer Ilann Girard (Lebanon).
Tap provides case studies of successful trans-Atlantic projects, market intelligence, legal framework and information on sales and distribution. The programme is directed at producers at career mid-level who have produced at least one feature film or TV series.
The two training modules take place in Munich (June 24 – 29) and Halifax, Canada (September 12– 18) where Tap producers will also participate in the Atlantic Film Festival’s Strategic Partners international co-production market.
Previous alumni of the scheme include Guneet Monga (The Lunchbox), [link...
- 6/22/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
The phrase “working actress” takes on a new dimension when discussing Tatiana Maslany. As the star of USA’s “Orphan Black,” Maslany plays her not only her character, but up to nine clones of her at a time. So imagine her relief to shoot the indie drama “The Other Half,” which premiered in SXSW’s 2016 film block. Maslany and her real-life partner, Tom Cullen, star as a bi-polar woman and a long-grieving, self-destructive man who attempt a normal life. Also Read: Watch Keegan-Michael Key, Gillian Jacobs and Mike Birbiglia Play Musical Chairs (Video) The actors and their director Joey Klein visited TheWrap’s Austin,...
- 3/18/2016
- by Matt Donnelly
- The Wrap
We know the grave is nowhere near cold yet, but talk of a Downton Abbey movie started way before the series came to an end. Tom Cullen, who played Lady Mary's suitor Lord Gillingham on the show, says he thinks a big screen Downton is a big possiblity. "If they really want to do that, they should definitely do that," Cullen told me at BaseCamp bar and restaurant in Austin, where he and Tatiana Maslany were promoting their new indie drama The Other Half at SXSW. "I think people would be up for it, people would watch it," he said. "And I think it would be a very nice way to finish it off." However, he believes the cast and crew "want a little time before they jump back...
- 3/15/2016
- E! Online
The night before the SXSW Film Festival got under way, Michael Barker, co-president of Sony Pictures Classics, defended his communal love of film in theaters. "In pursuing the new future, we cannot decimate the past," he said in his acceptance speech as one of the honorees at the Texas Film Awards, the annual benefit for Richard Linklater's now 30-year-old Austin Film Society.
Watching the Sony Classics reel, the crucial art films I grew up on over the decades sped past. From Truffaut's "The Last Metro" and Merchant/Ivory's "Howards End" to more recent Oscar-winners "Blue Jasmine," "Alice" and "Son of Saul," I felt a twinge of loss. SXSW is all about change, and forward motion. But in our rush toward digital immediacy, we lose something too.
While Barker and partner Tom Bernard's Sony Classics remains the very model of a theatrically driven and adaptive studio specialty subsidiary, the world is changing around them. 35 mm is no longer a viable exhibition format, directors have to fight to shoot with celluloid, and distributors are increasingly challenged to lure consumers away from mobile and home-viewing options in favor of a theater.
Also fighting the good fight is Linklater. He announced construction on the Austin Film Society's new two-screen theatre, "showing repertory, international and arthouse films every day of the week," which will boast a 35 mm projector. Meanwhile, more local exhibitors are turning to alternative content like TCM Classic Movies to grab their customers—most of whom are well over 30, if not 60.
Linklater has enjoyed an enviably idiosyncratic career since his pre-sxsw 1991 Sundance breakout "Slacker" (picked up by Barker and Bernard). He's moved through a wide range of budgets and subjects, from animated "Waking Life" and the walking and talking "Before Sunrise" series to "Dazed and Confused," which Alphaville's Sean Daniel and Jim Jacks made with Universal chairman Tom Pollock. Universal couldn't figure out how to sell a Texas coming of age film with a young indie filmmaker and no-name cast (including Ben Affleck and Matthew "all right, all right" McConaughey) at the box office; "Dazed and Confused" eventually emerged as a cult homevideo classic.
After Linklater made commercial hit "School of Rock" in 2003 at Paramount, the studio developed the 1980 Austin film that became "Everybody Wants Some!!" And, as he said at his New York pre-sxsw party, it was still tough to get it made. The film took a decade to go into production, just as "Boyhood" hit big and headed for awards contention. However, it may be deja vu all over again: Cast with unknowns, the movie is hugely entertaining, shot with the same "Dazed and Confused" aesthetic (and many of the same crew, including long-time Linklater editor Sandra Adair), and Paramount is hedging its bets: "Everybody Wants Some!!" will go out via platform release April 1.
It's a struggle that speaks to why, these days, emerging film directors tend to find more work in television, from SXSW stars the Duplass brothers, who keep their film budgets low, to director-actress Amy Seimetz ("The Killing," "The Girlfriend Experience") and Lena Dunham, whose HBO series "Girls" launched SXSW Film's move into television premieres. These are now major draws, from "Broad City" panels to the outdoor preview exhibit “Welcome to Annville," which ties to AMC’s supernatural comic-book drama, "Preacher" (November) starring Dominic Cooper (from executive producers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg); that will premiere at SXSW March 14.
As for the movies at SXSW, buzz has started as film buffs spread the word on opening-night titles like Joey Klein's bleak romance "The Other Half," starring real-life couple Tatiana Maslany and Tom Cullen. But it can be tough for the film side of SXSW to grab attention from the rest of the festival — even after President Obama had left town.
At SXSW 2016, everyone hovers on street corners searching for their Uber or Lyft drivers. Downtown Austin resembles San Diego's Comic-Con with its countless showrooms, meet-up tables, and brand marketing opportunities like the "Mr. Robot" ferris wheel, Capital One House, and pedicabs bedecked with HBO's "Game of Thrones.
As at Comic-Con and Sundance, the noise of the corporate world trying to nab a piece of the smart digital-driven demo at SXSW has gotten a lot louder. Interactive was SXSW's growth engine for four years, but attendance stabilized in 2015 and 2016 (2015 attendance included 30,000 music, 33,000 interactive and 20,000 film participants). "'Twas the night before SXSW and all through this hotel lobby bar there are Interactive nerds drinking wine talking about Macs and Minecraft," tweeted The Daily Beast's @jenyamato.
SXSW attendees lined up around the block to get into fashion and lifestyle site Refinery29's opening night high-school-themed "The School of Self Expression" party, serving miniaturized high school snacks on molded cafeteria trays to guests including Kate Bosworth.
"SXSW is about youth and the future," eight-year SXSW veteran and Refinery29 cofounder Philippe von Borries told me. "It's forward looking, but it's a dude-centric world. SXSW events used to attract diehard geeks who love technology. It then became about big marketing events, as brands started coming in. That's blown up in the last few years. Now there’s a much larger female presence, more style, more creativity in the air."
Targeted to millennial women, Refinery29 lures 150 million visitors a month with content ranging from horoscopes to in-depth interviews with Hillary Clinton, pushed out via social platforms like Facebook and Instagram. "It's about self-expression and empowering women, bringing content from incredible female voices from around the world: style, fashion, beauty, global issues, health, wellness," said Von Borries.
And it may be companies like Refinery29 that will shape the future of SXSW. Video is driving Refinery29's next evolution; at Sundance, it announced the "Shatterbox Anthology," a 12-part series of shorts directed by women. Produced by Killer Films' Christine Vachon and Pam Koffler, it will debut this spring with "Kitty," the directing debut of actress Chloe Sevigne. And Von Borries is proud of Jill Soloway's darkly irreverent six-part comedy series "The Skinny," about a young woman with an eating disorder, which "goes to places other media companies are not going."...
Watching the Sony Classics reel, the crucial art films I grew up on over the decades sped past. From Truffaut's "The Last Metro" and Merchant/Ivory's "Howards End" to more recent Oscar-winners "Blue Jasmine," "Alice" and "Son of Saul," I felt a twinge of loss. SXSW is all about change, and forward motion. But in our rush toward digital immediacy, we lose something too.
While Barker and partner Tom Bernard's Sony Classics remains the very model of a theatrically driven and adaptive studio specialty subsidiary, the world is changing around them. 35 mm is no longer a viable exhibition format, directors have to fight to shoot with celluloid, and distributors are increasingly challenged to lure consumers away from mobile and home-viewing options in favor of a theater.
Also fighting the good fight is Linklater. He announced construction on the Austin Film Society's new two-screen theatre, "showing repertory, international and arthouse films every day of the week," which will boast a 35 mm projector. Meanwhile, more local exhibitors are turning to alternative content like TCM Classic Movies to grab their customers—most of whom are well over 30, if not 60.
Linklater has enjoyed an enviably idiosyncratic career since his pre-sxsw 1991 Sundance breakout "Slacker" (picked up by Barker and Bernard). He's moved through a wide range of budgets and subjects, from animated "Waking Life" and the walking and talking "Before Sunrise" series to "Dazed and Confused," which Alphaville's Sean Daniel and Jim Jacks made with Universal chairman Tom Pollock. Universal couldn't figure out how to sell a Texas coming of age film with a young indie filmmaker and no-name cast (including Ben Affleck and Matthew "all right, all right" McConaughey) at the box office; "Dazed and Confused" eventually emerged as a cult homevideo classic.
After Linklater made commercial hit "School of Rock" in 2003 at Paramount, the studio developed the 1980 Austin film that became "Everybody Wants Some!!" And, as he said at his New York pre-sxsw party, it was still tough to get it made. The film took a decade to go into production, just as "Boyhood" hit big and headed for awards contention. However, it may be deja vu all over again: Cast with unknowns, the movie is hugely entertaining, shot with the same "Dazed and Confused" aesthetic (and many of the same crew, including long-time Linklater editor Sandra Adair), and Paramount is hedging its bets: "Everybody Wants Some!!" will go out via platform release April 1.
It's a struggle that speaks to why, these days, emerging film directors tend to find more work in television, from SXSW stars the Duplass brothers, who keep their film budgets low, to director-actress Amy Seimetz ("The Killing," "The Girlfriend Experience") and Lena Dunham, whose HBO series "Girls" launched SXSW Film's move into television premieres. These are now major draws, from "Broad City" panels to the outdoor preview exhibit “Welcome to Annville," which ties to AMC’s supernatural comic-book drama, "Preacher" (November) starring Dominic Cooper (from executive producers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg); that will premiere at SXSW March 14.
As for the movies at SXSW, buzz has started as film buffs spread the word on opening-night titles like Joey Klein's bleak romance "The Other Half," starring real-life couple Tatiana Maslany and Tom Cullen. But it can be tough for the film side of SXSW to grab attention from the rest of the festival — even after President Obama had left town.
At SXSW 2016, everyone hovers on street corners searching for their Uber or Lyft drivers. Downtown Austin resembles San Diego's Comic-Con with its countless showrooms, meet-up tables, and brand marketing opportunities like the "Mr. Robot" ferris wheel, Capital One House, and pedicabs bedecked with HBO's "Game of Thrones.
As at Comic-Con and Sundance, the noise of the corporate world trying to nab a piece of the smart digital-driven demo at SXSW has gotten a lot louder. Interactive was SXSW's growth engine for four years, but attendance stabilized in 2015 and 2016 (2015 attendance included 30,000 music, 33,000 interactive and 20,000 film participants). "'Twas the night before SXSW and all through this hotel lobby bar there are Interactive nerds drinking wine talking about Macs and Minecraft," tweeted The Daily Beast's @jenyamato.
SXSW attendees lined up around the block to get into fashion and lifestyle site Refinery29's opening night high-school-themed "The School of Self Expression" party, serving miniaturized high school snacks on molded cafeteria trays to guests including Kate Bosworth.
"SXSW is about youth and the future," eight-year SXSW veteran and Refinery29 cofounder Philippe von Borries told me. "It's forward looking, but it's a dude-centric world. SXSW events used to attract diehard geeks who love technology. It then became about big marketing events, as brands started coming in. That's blown up in the last few years. Now there’s a much larger female presence, more style, more creativity in the air."
Targeted to millennial women, Refinery29 lures 150 million visitors a month with content ranging from horoscopes to in-depth interviews with Hillary Clinton, pushed out via social platforms like Facebook and Instagram. "It's about self-expression and empowering women, bringing content from incredible female voices from around the world: style, fashion, beauty, global issues, health, wellness," said Von Borries.
And it may be companies like Refinery29 that will shape the future of SXSW. Video is driving Refinery29's next evolution; at Sundance, it announced the "Shatterbox Anthology," a 12-part series of shorts directed by women. Produced by Killer Films' Christine Vachon and Pam Koffler, it will debut this spring with "Kitty," the directing debut of actress Chloe Sevigne. And Von Borries is proud of Jill Soloway's darkly irreverent six-part comedy series "The Skinny," about a young woman with an eating disorder, which "goes to places other media companies are not going."...
- 3/13/2016
- by Anne Thompson
- Sydney's Buzz
SXSW is upon us, and for most people from Austin that means traffic, overexposure to branding, and possibly a celebrity sighting. For those who are film lovers though, it’s a whole other beast. There are films with your favorite talent attending, wicked cool swag for upcoming films and television series, and (for the horror fan at least) lots and lots of great, scary movies.
My first day of SXSW wasn’t too movie heavy, and the single movie I chose wasn’t even remotely horrific (The Other Half). The day began with ramen (Daruma off of 6th has a chicken-based broth, but add a chili bomb and it’s to die for), rain, and a ride on the Mr. Robot Ferris wheel.
Surprisingly, the line for the Ferris wheel was more or less nonexistent, so of course that means I went on it twice. The real line for Mr. Robot...
My first day of SXSW wasn’t too movie heavy, and the single movie I chose wasn’t even remotely horrific (The Other Half). The day began with ramen (Daruma off of 6th has a chicken-based broth, but add a chili bomb and it’s to die for), rain, and a ride on the Mr. Robot Ferris wheel.
Surprisingly, the line for the Ferris wheel was more or less nonexistent, so of course that means I went on it twice. The real line for Mr. Robot...
- 3/12/2016
- by Jenny Nulf
- DailyDead
Simply put, the SXSW Film, Music and Interactive Festival is one of the biggest, most prestigious events in the media calendar. Taking place annually in Austin, Texas, it is beloved by film fans and filmmakers from all over the world, and has reached such heights by building a reputation for showcasing excellent content. This results in a high level of competition, with the Narrative Feature category alone having received 1442 submissions this year, and the documentary feature category having received 1,013.
The 2016 event looks to be particularly exciting, with many world premieres and feature debuts already announced. The Narrative Feature category will include Julia Hart’s Miss Stevens, Debra Eisenstadt’s Before The Sun Explodes, Joey Klein’s The Other Half, and Musa Syeed’s A Stray, among others, while the Headliner category will feature Richard Linklater’s Everybody Wants Some.
The Narrative Spotlight category includes 9 Rides by Matthew A. Cherry; The Waiting...
The 2016 event looks to be particularly exciting, with many world premieres and feature debuts already announced. The Narrative Feature category will include Julia Hart’s Miss Stevens, Debra Eisenstadt’s Before The Sun Explodes, Joey Klein’s The Other Half, and Musa Syeed’s A Stray, among others, while the Headliner category will feature Richard Linklater’s Everybody Wants Some.
The Narrative Spotlight category includes 9 Rides by Matthew A. Cherry; The Waiting...
- 2/10/2016
- by Sarah Myles
- We Got This Covered
Plus: Telefilm Canada announces 12 Cfff productions; and Arielle Boisvert on the rise at Brightlight Entertainment
Zag has joined forces with Chris Columbus’ 1492 Pictures and Ocean Blue Entertainment on the live-action-animation hybrid 12/24.
Matt Lieberman wrote the screenplay from an original idea by David Guggenheim, who will produce with Madhouse Entertainment. Columbus, Michael Barnathan and Mark Radcliffe will produce for 1492 Pictures.
12/24 (pictured) follows two brothers who try to prove the existence of Father Christmas and set an elaborate trap on Christmas Eve.
Telefilm Canada has raised more than C$8m (Usd 5.9m) to produce 12 english-language films through its Canada Feature Film Fund (Cfff), writes Angela Lee. The films are: Martine Blue’s Hunting Pignut; Aising Walsh’s Maudie; Bruce McDonald’s nineteenseventysomething; Jay Baruchel’s Goon: Last Of The Enforcers; Nathan Morlando’s Mean Dreams; Barnet Bain’s Milton’s Secret; Erik Canuel’s Operation Insanity; Joey Klein’s The Other Half; Jeremy Torrie’s Juliana And The Medicine Fish; [link...
Zag has joined forces with Chris Columbus’ 1492 Pictures and Ocean Blue Entertainment on the live-action-animation hybrid 12/24.
Matt Lieberman wrote the screenplay from an original idea by David Guggenheim, who will produce with Madhouse Entertainment. Columbus, Michael Barnathan and Mark Radcliffe will produce for 1492 Pictures.
12/24 (pictured) follows two brothers who try to prove the existence of Father Christmas and set an elaborate trap on Christmas Eve.
Telefilm Canada has raised more than C$8m (Usd 5.9m) to produce 12 english-language films through its Canada Feature Film Fund (Cfff), writes Angela Lee. The films are: Martine Blue’s Hunting Pignut; Aising Walsh’s Maudie; Bruce McDonald’s nineteenseventysomething; Jay Baruchel’s Goon: Last Of The Enforcers; Nathan Morlando’s Mean Dreams; Barnet Bain’s Milton’s Secret; Erik Canuel’s Operation Insanity; Joey Klein’s The Other Half; Jeremy Torrie’s Juliana And The Medicine Fish; [link...
- 12/1/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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