Iconic French fashion house La Maison is to be spotlighted in an Apple TV+ drama series starring seven-time César Award nominee Lambert Wilson.
La Maison will take a behind-the-curtain look at how a family dynasty of an iconic fashion house is thrown into scandal and reinvention by a viral video featuring star designer Vincent LeDu (Wilson), leaving his family’s legendary haute couture house hanging by a thread. Perle Foster (Amira Casar), Vincent’s former muse who is still in his shadow, teams up with next-generation, visionary designer Paloma Castel (Zita Hanrot) to save and recreate the century-old Maison Ledu, claiming their rightful place in both the LeDu family and the fashion world.
Related: 2023 Apple TV+ Pilots & Series Orders
Wilson, who played The Merovingian in The Matrix trilogy and is this year’s Locarno Jury President, leads a cast featuring Carole Bouquet (En Thérapie), Zita Hanrot (Fatima), Pierre Deladonchamps (Stranger by the Lake...
La Maison will take a behind-the-curtain look at how a family dynasty of an iconic fashion house is thrown into scandal and reinvention by a viral video featuring star designer Vincent LeDu (Wilson), leaving his family’s legendary haute couture house hanging by a thread. Perle Foster (Amira Casar), Vincent’s former muse who is still in his shadow, teams up with next-generation, visionary designer Paloma Castel (Zita Hanrot) to save and recreate the century-old Maison Ledu, claiming their rightful place in both the LeDu family and the fashion world.
Related: 2023 Apple TV+ Pilots & Series Orders
Wilson, who played The Merovingian in The Matrix trilogy and is this year’s Locarno Jury President, leads a cast featuring Carole Bouquet (En Thérapie), Zita Hanrot (Fatima), Pierre Deladonchamps (Stranger by the Lake...
- 7/20/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Cécile Bois in ‘Gloria’ on MHz Choice. Courtesy of MHz Choice
“Gloria” is a six-episode subtitled miniseries from French TV, featuring a justifiably frazzled woman suddenly facing chaos on many fronts. Gloria (Cecile Bois) is a lawyer about to return from maternity leave after eight months at home with her third child. Her loving husband David (Michael Cohen) is also a partner in their firm. When he drives off to court one morning, she has no reason to feel anything but joy over their stable, successful life together.
But David vanishes. Accident? Foul play? Another woman? All possibilities are bounced around as Cecile’s efforts to find out what happened spiral ever deeper down the proverbial rabbit hole. Old losses and grudges start emerging as her marriage, career, children and extended family either unravel or become threatened. Or both. Gloria is smart and resourceful but soon finds herself swamped from...
“Gloria” is a six-episode subtitled miniseries from French TV, featuring a justifiably frazzled woman suddenly facing chaos on many fronts. Gloria (Cecile Bois) is a lawyer about to return from maternity leave after eight months at home with her third child. Her loving husband David (Michael Cohen) is also a partner in their firm. When he drives off to court one morning, she has no reason to feel anything but joy over their stable, successful life together.
But David vanishes. Accident? Foul play? Another woman? All possibilities are bounced around as Cecile’s efforts to find out what happened spiral ever deeper down the proverbial rabbit hole. Old losses and grudges start emerging as her marriage, career, children and extended family either unravel or become threatened. Or both. Gloria is smart and resourceful but soon finds herself swamped from...
- 6/21/2022
- by Mark Glass
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
"I saw you following me." "Were you with him?" Strand Releasing has debuted an official US trailer for the Spanish dramatic thriller Madre, from acclaimed filmmaker Rodrigo Sorogoyen. This first premiered at the Venice Film Festival last year, where it won the Venice Horizons Award for Best Actress. It also stopped by the Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival, Seville European Film Festival, and Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival last year. Ten years have passed since Elena's son, then six years old, has disappeared. Today Elena lives and works at a seaside restaurant until she meets a French teenager who reminds her of her missing son. Marta Nieto stars as Elena, with an indie cast including Jules Porier, Alex Brendemühl, Anne Consigny, Frédéric Pierrot, and Guillaume Arnault. This looks very mysterious and suspenseful, with powerful atmospheric cinematography that makes it even more tense to watch. It's definitely worth a look. Here's the...
- 10/5/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
There are two kinds of “what if” story. One plunges viewers into an immediate, all-too-imaginable situation, and invites them to consider how they might act and react; the other casts us into realms of uncanny uncertainty, inviting us to consider the world as we don’t quite know it. Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s Oscar-nominated 2017 short “Madre” was an expert example of the former, placing us inside the head of a single mother freaking out over a phone call from her young son, who’s abandoned and imperiled on an unidentified beach neither she nor he can pinpoint. A parent’s worst nightmare of the most tightly wound order, it seemed an obvious candidate for feature treatment very much in the other “what if” camp — what was a palpitating mystery gives way to a kind of metaphysical love story, eliding the roles of parent, child and lover.
Only select distributors and audiences...
Only select distributors and audiences...
- 9/1/2019
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
The William Shatner hosted and produced eight-episode series The UnXplained will premiere on the History channel on July 19th. Also in today's Highlights: The Returned Season 2 and Landing Lake release details.
History Channel's The Unxplained Release Details: Press Release: "History will premiere the nonfiction series “The UnXplained,” hosted and executive produced by Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning actor William Shatner on Friday, July 19 at 10 p.m. Et/Pt. The eight-episode, one-hour anthology series will tackle subjects that have mystified mankind for centuries, from mysterious structures and cursed ancient cities to extraterrestrial sightings and bizarre rituals.
“I’m thrilled to be hosting and producing the new History series ‘The UnXplained” said Shatner. “It’s an intriguing show that will offer viewers credible answers to questions about mysterious phenomena, while also leaving other theories left unexplained.”
From Executive Producer Kevin Burns, the creator, and producer of History’s most popular series, including...
History Channel's The Unxplained Release Details: Press Release: "History will premiere the nonfiction series “The UnXplained,” hosted and executive produced by Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning actor William Shatner on Friday, July 19 at 10 p.m. Et/Pt. The eight-episode, one-hour anthology series will tackle subjects that have mystified mankind for centuries, from mysterious structures and cursed ancient cities to extraterrestrial sightings and bizarre rituals.
“I’m thrilled to be hosting and producing the new History series ‘The UnXplained” said Shatner. “It’s an intriguing show that will offer viewers credible answers to questions about mysterious phenomena, while also leaving other theories left unexplained.”
From Executive Producer Kevin Burns, the creator, and producer of History’s most popular series, including...
- 6/14/2019
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Stars: Willem Dafoe, Rupert Friend, Oscar Isaac, Mads Mikkelsen, Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Niels Arestrup, Anne Consigny, Amira Casar, Vincent Perez, Lolita Chammah | Written by Jean-Claude Carrière, Louise Kugelberg | Directed by Julian Schnabel
Famed but tormented artist Vincent van Gogh spends his final years in Arles, France, painting masterworks of the natural world that surrounds him.
Julian Schnabel’s At Eternity’s Gate may just be the biggest surprise masterpiece of the year. In a compelling and spectacular piece of avant-garde filmmaking that is outrageously marvellous in every frame. Not having seen something shot this beautifully or aesthetically thoughtful in terms of emotionally engaging style since a partnership of director Terrence Malick and cinematography of Emmanuel Lubezki. To simplify, Schnabel’s film is a stunning composition of visual art that both mends and breaks one’s heart in the same poetic breath.
The cinematography and artistic flair from cinematographer Benoît Delhomme is genius,...
Famed but tormented artist Vincent van Gogh spends his final years in Arles, France, painting masterworks of the natural world that surrounds him.
Julian Schnabel’s At Eternity’s Gate may just be the biggest surprise masterpiece of the year. In a compelling and spectacular piece of avant-garde filmmaking that is outrageously marvellous in every frame. Not having seen something shot this beautifully or aesthetically thoughtful in terms of emotionally engaging style since a partnership of director Terrence Malick and cinematography of Emmanuel Lubezki. To simplify, Schnabel’s film is a stunning composition of visual art that both mends and breaks one’s heart in the same poetic breath.
The cinematography and artistic flair from cinematographer Benoît Delhomme is genius,...
- 12/12/2018
- by Jak-Luke Sharp
- Nerdly
At Eternity's Gate with Louise Kugelberg, Jean-Claude Carrière, Julian Schnabel, Willem Dafoe, Oscar Isaac, and Rupert Friend at the 56th New York Film Festival Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Julian Schnabel’s At Eternity’s Gate, shot by Benoît Delhomme, co-written with Louise Kugelberg and Jean-Claude Carrière (seen in Margarethe von Trotta's Searching For Ingmar Bergman) and starring Willem Dafoe as Vincent van Gogh, with Oscar Isaac as Gauguin, Rupert Friend as Theo, Mathieu Amalric as Dr. Gachet, Emmanuelle Seigner as Madame Ginoux, Anne Consigny as the Teacher, Mads Mikkelsen as the Priest, and Niels Arestrup as the Madman, is the Closing Night selection of the 56th New York Film Festival.
Willem Dafoe At Eternity's Gate press conference Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Mathieu Amalric emailed me from Belgium the morning after the première: "Impossible to leave Brussels. Shooting every single day in Etgar Keret and Shira Geffen mini-series for Arte". As Dr.
Julian Schnabel’s At Eternity’s Gate, shot by Benoît Delhomme, co-written with Louise Kugelberg and Jean-Claude Carrière (seen in Margarethe von Trotta's Searching For Ingmar Bergman) and starring Willem Dafoe as Vincent van Gogh, with Oscar Isaac as Gauguin, Rupert Friend as Theo, Mathieu Amalric as Dr. Gachet, Emmanuelle Seigner as Madame Ginoux, Anne Consigny as the Teacher, Mads Mikkelsen as the Priest, and Niels Arestrup as the Madman, is the Closing Night selection of the 56th New York Film Festival.
Willem Dafoe At Eternity's Gate press conference Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Mathieu Amalric emailed me from Belgium the morning after the première: "Impossible to leave Brussels. Shooting every single day in Etgar Keret and Shira Geffen mini-series for Arte". As Dr.
- 10/14/2018
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Title: At Eternity’s Gate Director: Julian Schnabel Cast: Willem Dafoe, Rupert Friend, Oscar Isaac, Mads Mikkelsen, Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Niels Arestrup, Anne Consigny, Amira Casar, Vincent Perez, Lolita Chammah, Stella Schnabel, Vladimir Consigny, Arthur Jacqui, Solar Forte, Vincent Grass, Clément Lhuaire, Alan Aubert-Carlin, Laurent Bateau, Franck Molinaro, Montassar Alaia, Didier Jarre, Thierry Menez, Johan […]
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- 9/5/2018
- by Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi
- ShockYa
Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Laurent Lafitte, Anne Consigny, Charles Berling, Virginie Efira, Judith Magre, Christian Berkel, Jonas Bloquet, Alice Isaaz, Vimala Pons | Written by David Birke | Directed by Paul Verhoeven
When you hear the name Paul Verhoeven you can’t help but think of Showgirls. Then of course he has other, beloved (some would say classic) movies like Basic Instinct, RoboCop, and Total Recall. Elle is quite a jump from these movies, but the question that will be asked is, is it a Basic Instinct or a Showgirls? The answer is something very, very, different.
When Michèle Leblanc (Isabelle Huppert) is attacked in her own home, she surprisingly carries on like nothing has happened. The head of a successful video game company, she treats her life and relationships as ruthlessly as she does her business deals. When her attacker continues to goad her though it isn’t long before her obsession with him,...
When you hear the name Paul Verhoeven you can’t help but think of Showgirls. Then of course he has other, beloved (some would say classic) movies like Basic Instinct, RoboCop, and Total Recall. Elle is quite a jump from these movies, but the question that will be asked is, is it a Basic Instinct or a Showgirls? The answer is something very, very, different.
When Michèle Leblanc (Isabelle Huppert) is attacked in her own home, she surprisingly carries on like nothing has happened. The head of a successful video game company, she treats her life and relationships as ruthlessly as she does her business deals. When her attacker continues to goad her though it isn’t long before her obsession with him,...
- 7/13/2017
- by Paul Metcalf
- Nerdly
Elle
Blu-ray
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
2017 / Color / 2.40:1 widescreen / Street Date March 14, 2017
Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Laurent Lafitte, Anne Consigny, Charles Berling.
Cinematography: Stéphane Fontaine
Film Editor: Job Ter Burg
Written by David Birke
Produced by Saïd Ben Saïd and Michel Merkt
Directed by Paul Verhoeven
Michèle Leblanc, glamorous entrepreneur of a successful video game company, is the calm at the center of many storms. Her son’s girlfriend has given birth to another man’s child, an employee is stalking her with anime porn and her botox-ridden mother is betrothed to a male prostitute.
In the face of all this outrageous fortune, Michèle remains cool, calm and collected, even in the aftermath of her own harrowing sexual assault.
Elle, the new film from the Dutch provocateur Paul Verhoeven, begins with that already infamous assault, our heroine struggling under the weight of her attacker while an unblinking cat perches nearby, watching.
Blu-ray
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
2017 / Color / 2.40:1 widescreen / Street Date March 14, 2017
Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Laurent Lafitte, Anne Consigny, Charles Berling.
Cinematography: Stéphane Fontaine
Film Editor: Job Ter Burg
Written by David Birke
Produced by Saïd Ben Saïd and Michel Merkt
Directed by Paul Verhoeven
Michèle Leblanc, glamorous entrepreneur of a successful video game company, is the calm at the center of many storms. Her son’s girlfriend has given birth to another man’s child, an employee is stalking her with anime porn and her botox-ridden mother is betrothed to a male prostitute.
In the face of all this outrageous fortune, Michèle remains cool, calm and collected, even in the aftermath of her own harrowing sexual assault.
Elle, the new film from the Dutch provocateur Paul Verhoeven, begins with that already infamous assault, our heroine struggling under the weight of her attacker while an unblinking cat perches nearby, watching.
- 3/27/2017
- by Charlie Largent
- Trailers from Hell
“Shame isn’t a strong enough emotion to stop us from doing anything at all. Believe me.”
The Golden Globe winner for Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language and Certified Fresh (89% on Rotten Tomatoes), Sony Pictures Classics’ Elle debuts on Blu-ray, DVD and digital March 14 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Acclaimed international actress Isabelle Huppert also won a Golden Globe (Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama) for her role in the film, one of the best of her career. Directed by Paul Verhoeven (Total Recall, Basic Instinct), Elle is the compelling story of Michèle (Huppert), a woman who brings the same ruthless attitude to her love life as to her business. After an unknown assailant attacks her in her home, Michèle’s life changes forever. Consumed with the need for revenge, she hunts down her assailant drawing both into a curious and thrilling game that may, at any moment,...
The Golden Globe winner for Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language and Certified Fresh (89% on Rotten Tomatoes), Sony Pictures Classics’ Elle debuts on Blu-ray, DVD and digital March 14 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Acclaimed international actress Isabelle Huppert also won a Golden Globe (Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama) for her role in the film, one of the best of her career. Directed by Paul Verhoeven (Total Recall, Basic Instinct), Elle is the compelling story of Michèle (Huppert), a woman who brings the same ruthless attitude to her love life as to her business. After an unknown assailant attacks her in her home, Michèle’s life changes forever. Consumed with the need for revenge, she hunts down her assailant drawing both into a curious and thrilling game that may, at any moment,...
- 3/9/2017
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
This is the Pure Movies review of Elle, starring Isabelle Huppert, Michèle Leblanc, Laurent Lafitte, Anne Consigny, Charles Berling and Virginie Efira, and directed by Paul Verhoeven. Written by Joshua Glenn. For all of his exploitative tendencies, Verhoeven is not interested in mounting some pseudo-feminist wish-fulfilment ‘fantasy’ a la I Spit on Your Grave. Instead, he takes one of society’s sickest and most disturbing problems and uses it to explore how we construct and consume ideas of femininity, sexuality and victimhood. His approach is typically brash and confrontational, but there’s a beating conscience beneath the bravado that is, ultimately, transcendental. Audacious, challenging and deceptively affirming, Elle is absolutely essential cinema.
- 2/26/2017
- by Joshua Glenn
- Pure Movies
Before Hollywood takes the spotlight this weekend, the film world turns its eyes to France for the annual Cesar Awards. Presented by the French Academy, this year’s nominees represent a distinct blend of international favorites, festival standouts and homegrown hits.
Paul Verhoeven’s “Elle” led this year’s nominees, scoring 11 nominations for Verhoeven as Best Director, lead actress Isabelle Huppert, Best Adapted Screenplay and a trio of other acting awards.
Read More: ‘Elle,’ Isabelle Huppert, Xavier Dolan Nominated in France’s Cesar Awards
The evening’s winners at Paris’ Salle Pleyel featured a variety of upsets and sure things. Huppert, going into a busy weekend in the States, won her category. In a pair of surprises, Xavier Dolan and Gaspard Ulliel both won their respective categories for Dolan’s “It’s Only the End of the World.” Houda Benyamina’s debut feature “Divines” also won big, taking home prizes for Best First Film,...
Paul Verhoeven’s “Elle” led this year’s nominees, scoring 11 nominations for Verhoeven as Best Director, lead actress Isabelle Huppert, Best Adapted Screenplay and a trio of other acting awards.
Read More: ‘Elle,’ Isabelle Huppert, Xavier Dolan Nominated in France’s Cesar Awards
The evening’s winners at Paris’ Salle Pleyel featured a variety of upsets and sure things. Huppert, going into a busy weekend in the States, won her category. In a pair of surprises, Xavier Dolan and Gaspard Ulliel both won their respective categories for Dolan’s “It’s Only the End of the World.” Houda Benyamina’s debut feature “Divines” also won big, taking home prizes for Best First Film,...
- 2/24/2017
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Damien Chazelle given Carte Blanche to present influential French film.
Colcoa and the Franco-American Cultural Fund also announced the Focus on a Filmmaker programme in addition to a line up of French classics consisting of predominantly digitally restored films.
The programme will take place at the DGA in Hollywood from April 24-May 2 as part of Colcoa’s 21st anniversary.
Oscar contender and La La Land director Damien Chazelle [pictured] has selected Leo Carax’s The Lovers On The Bridge (1991) starring Juliette Binoche and Denis Lavant as an influential film.
This Carte Blanche screening will be presented in association with Rialto Pictures, with the support of the French Embassy in the Us and l’Institut Francais.
Colcoa will honour writer-director Stéphane Brizé on April 27, with a special presentation of Not Here To Be Loved (2005) starring Patrick Chesnais, Anne Consigny, and George Wilson.
The Festival will also host the West Coast premiere of Brizé’s new film A Woman’s Life...
Colcoa and the Franco-American Cultural Fund also announced the Focus on a Filmmaker programme in addition to a line up of French classics consisting of predominantly digitally restored films.
The programme will take place at the DGA in Hollywood from April 24-May 2 as part of Colcoa’s 21st anniversary.
Oscar contender and La La Land director Damien Chazelle [pictured] has selected Leo Carax’s The Lovers On The Bridge (1991) starring Juliette Binoche and Denis Lavant as an influential film.
This Carte Blanche screening will be presented in association with Rialto Pictures, with the support of the French Embassy in the Us and l’Institut Francais.
Colcoa will honour writer-director Stéphane Brizé on April 27, with a special presentation of Not Here To Be Loved (2005) starring Patrick Chesnais, Anne Consigny, and George Wilson.
The Festival will also host the West Coast premiere of Brizé’s new film A Woman’s Life...
- 2/23/2017
- ScreenDaily
Witness Paul Verhoeven’s (Total Recall, Robocop, Starship Troopers) direction and writing, along with Isabelle Huppert’s Golden Globe-winning performance, for yourself in Elle, set to be released on Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital on March 14th from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
Press Release: Culver City, Calif. (January 31, 2017) – The Golden Globe® winner for Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language and Certified Fresh (89% on Rotten Tomatoes), Sony Pictures Classics’ Elle debuts on Blu-ray™, DVD and digital March 14 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Acclaimed international actress Isabelle Huppert also won a Golden Globe (Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama) for her role in the film, one of the best of her career. Directed by Paul Verhoeven (Total Recall, Basic Instinct), Elle is the compelling story of Michèle (Huppert), a woman who brings the same ruthless attitude to her love life as to her business. After an unknown assailant attacks her in her home,...
Press Release: Culver City, Calif. (January 31, 2017) – The Golden Globe® winner for Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language and Certified Fresh (89% on Rotten Tomatoes), Sony Pictures Classics’ Elle debuts on Blu-ray™, DVD and digital March 14 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Acclaimed international actress Isabelle Huppert also won a Golden Globe (Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama) for her role in the film, one of the best of her career. Directed by Paul Verhoeven (Total Recall, Basic Instinct), Elle is the compelling story of Michèle (Huppert), a woman who brings the same ruthless attitude to her love life as to her business. After an unknown assailant attacks her in her home,...
- 2/2/2017
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
France’s film community congratulated Isabelle Huppert on her Oscar nomination, adding yet another to her growing list of accolades for her performance in “Elle.” The French Academy announced its nominees for what Americans call the “French Oscars” on Wednesday morning. “Elle” received 11 nominations in total, including best film and best director for Paul Verhoeven.
Following in a close send was Francois Ozon’s “Frantz,” which garnered 10 nominations, and Bruno Dumont’s “Slack Bay,” which received nine. Xavier Dolan received a best director nomination for “It’s Only the End of the World.” Actors Vincent Cassel, Gaspard Ulliel, and Nathalie Baye were all nominated for their work in Dolan’s film as well.
Read More: Oscars 2017 Surprises and Snubs: Amy Adams and ‘Weiner’ Out, Mel Gibson and ‘Passengers’ In
The Cesars have little import on the Oscars, though there is often some crossover. The French Academy did recognize Kenneth Lonergan...
Following in a close send was Francois Ozon’s “Frantz,” which garnered 10 nominations, and Bruno Dumont’s “Slack Bay,” which received nine. Xavier Dolan received a best director nomination for “It’s Only the End of the World.” Actors Vincent Cassel, Gaspard Ulliel, and Nathalie Baye were all nominated for their work in Dolan’s film as well.
Read More: Oscars 2017 Surprises and Snubs: Amy Adams and ‘Weiner’ Out, Mel Gibson and ‘Passengers’ In
The Cesars have little import on the Oscars, though there is often some crossover. The French Academy did recognize Kenneth Lonergan...
- 1/25/2017
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Isabelle Huppert as Michèle, in Paul Verhoeven’s Elle.
Photo by Guy Ferrandis/ Sbs Productions, Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics (c)
Revenge, cleverly achieved by a woman, is the theme of the twisty, sometimes disturbing, and often darkly humorous French thriller Elle. Audiences expecting art house fare may be surprised to find director Paul Verhoeven’s film so entertaining, particularly since it is about a woman avenging a rape. But many things are surprising about Elle – its complexity, its family drama, its compassion, and most of all, its complicated heroine Michele LeBlanc, played by Isabelle Huppert in an Oscar-worthy performance.
Elle opens with a shocking scene, of a rape, but what happens afterwards is shocking too. The scene is presented in a detached manner but we are surprised by the woman’s reaction after her assailant departs. She scolds her cat, who is the sole witness to the attack, for not protecting her,...
Photo by Guy Ferrandis/ Sbs Productions, Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics (c)
Revenge, cleverly achieved by a woman, is the theme of the twisty, sometimes disturbing, and often darkly humorous French thriller Elle. Audiences expecting art house fare may be surprised to find director Paul Verhoeven’s film so entertaining, particularly since it is about a woman avenging a rape. But many things are surprising about Elle – its complexity, its family drama, its compassion, and most of all, its complicated heroine Michele LeBlanc, played by Isabelle Huppert in an Oscar-worthy performance.
Elle opens with a shocking scene, of a rape, but what happens afterwards is shocking too. The scene is presented in a detached manner but we are surprised by the woman’s reaction after her assailant departs. She scolds her cat, who is the sole witness to the attack, for not protecting her,...
- 12/23/2016
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
I’m guessing that you, just like most of us, have always had seasonal favorites when it comes to movies that attempt to address and evoke the spirit of Christmas. Like most from my generation, when I was a kid I learned the pleasures of perennial anticipation of Christmastime as interpreted by TV through a series of holiday specials, like How the Grinch Stole Christmas, A Charlie Brown Christmas, Santa Claus is Coming to Town and even musical variety hours where the likes of Bing Crosby and Andy Williams and Dean Martin et al would sit around sets elaborately designed to represent the ideal Christmas-decorated living room, drinking “wassail” (I’m sure that’s what was in those cups) and crooning classics of the season alongside a dazzling array of guests. (We knew we were moving into a new world of holiday cheer when David Bowie joined Bing Crosby for...
- 12/20/2016
- by Dennis Cozzalio
- Trailers from Hell
10 awards contenders you must watch for 201610 awards contenders you must watch for 2016Adriana Floridia12/12/2016 2:50:00 Pm
It's the end of the year, meaning awards season is in full force and everywhere, everyone is talking about the big buzz-worthy movies of 2016. As many of these movies haven't been out for very long, it's hard to know what's a must-see and what's a long shot! Luckily for you, we have a good sense of which movies you'll want to see so that you can be a part of the conversation, and we're sharing our picks with you!
We're getting a head start this year, as we've made our bets on the ten must-see films of the season just as the Golden Globes have dropped their nominations. So far, the following ten films have picked up accolades from critics groups and film boards. We're pretty confident we'll hear these films called all throughout the awards race,...
It's the end of the year, meaning awards season is in full force and everywhere, everyone is talking about the big buzz-worthy movies of 2016. As many of these movies haven't been out for very long, it's hard to know what's a must-see and what's a long shot! Luckily for you, we have a good sense of which movies you'll want to see so that you can be a part of the conversation, and we're sharing our picks with you!
We're getting a head start this year, as we've made our bets on the ten must-see films of the season just as the Golden Globes have dropped their nominations. So far, the following ten films have picked up accolades from critics groups and film boards. We're pretty confident we'll hear these films called all throughout the awards race,...
- 12/12/2016
- by Adriana Floridia
- Cineplex
If you were alive in the ‘80s or ‘90s, it was impossible to avoid the ever-presence of Dutch filmmaker Paul Verhoeven, whether it was science fiction hits Robocop, Total Recall and Starship Troopers or his erotic thriller Basic Instinct. His 1995 film Showgirls has alternately been cited as a campy classic and one of the worst films ever made.
After 2000’s Hollow Man, Verhoeven turned his back on Hollywood, in a sense, by returning to Holland to make the World War II film Black Book with Carice Van Houten (Game of Thrones), but now Verhoeven is back with Elle, a French revenge thriller starring French femme fatale Isabelle Huppert as a woman raped in her home who decides to get revenge in a rather unconventional way.
Lrm sat down with the veteran filmmaker to talk about his new film—and there’s a mild Spoiler Warning here, since he does allude...
After 2000’s Hollow Man, Verhoeven turned his back on Hollywood, in a sense, by returning to Holland to make the World War II film Black Book with Carice Van Houten (Game of Thrones), but now Verhoeven is back with Elle, a French revenge thriller starring French femme fatale Isabelle Huppert as a woman raped in her home who decides to get revenge in a rather unconventional way.
Lrm sat down with the veteran filmmaker to talk about his new film—and there’s a mild Spoiler Warning here, since he does allude...
- 11/28/2016
- by Edward Douglas
- LRMonline.com
Title: Elle Director: Paul Verhoeven Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Christian Berkel, Anne Consigny, Virginie Efira, Laurent Lafitte, Charles Berling, Alice Isaaz, Judith Magre, Vimala Pons, Jonas Bloquet, Lucas Prisor and Raphaël Lenglet ‘Elle’ is a bizarre psychological thriller that stands on the formidable shoulders of the extraordinary French actress Isabelle Huppert. The movie directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by David Birke, based on the novel ‘Oh…’ by Philippe Djian, premiered in competition for the Palme d’Or at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival where it received critical acclaim, and was subsequently selected as the French entry for the Best Foreign Language film at the 89th Academy Awards. The story is all [ Read More ]
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- 11/20/2016
- by Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi
- ShockYa
Paul Verhoeven Discusses How Isabelle Huppert Carries ‘Elle,’ the Reception of ‘Showgirls,’ and More
Likely to launch a thousand angered think-pieces, Elle is the latest film (and first French production) from master director Paul Verhoeven. Led by Isabelle Huppert in possibly one of her very best performances (read our interview with her here), it’s bracingly politically incorrect but undeniably refreshing in a time of watered-down multiplex entertainments. Since this writer’s been an immense fan of Verhoeven since near the dawn of his cinephilia, the opportunity to speak with him, if all too briefly, was an extreme honor. Highlighted by the fact that our interview took place the day after an American election result that seemed like something out of one of his films, there was the sense that the fire still burned for the 78-year-old classicist provocateur.
The Film Stage: It’s very well known that there was a failed attempt to make Elle in America. That opens up the question, what...
The Film Stage: It’s very well known that there was a failed attempt to make Elle in America. That opens up the question, what...
- 11/14/2016
- by Ethan Vestby
- The Film Stage
Director Paul Verhoeven, that eternal Dutch wild child (even though he's 78), delivers a perverse kick whether his films are terrific (Spetters, Robocop, Black Book) or just terrific trash (Basic Instinct, Showgirls, Starship Troopers). His new surprise package, Elle, is a dark comedy about ... rape. Like I said, the dude is a button pusher.
"No American actress would ever take on such an amoral movie," Verhoeven has stated. So the great French actress Isabelle Huppert steps into the role of Michele Leblanc, the divorced CEO of a Paris-based video-game company that...
"No American actress would ever take on such an amoral movie," Verhoeven has stated. So the great French actress Isabelle Huppert steps into the role of Michele Leblanc, the divorced CEO of a Paris-based video-game company that...
- 11/9/2016
- Rollingstone.com
Elle Sony Pictures Classics Reviewed by: Harvey Karten, Shockya Grade: B+ Director: Paul Verhoeven Written by: David Birke from Philippe Djian’s novel “Oh…” Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Laurent Lafitte, Anne Consigny, Charles Berling Screened at: Sony, NYC, 11/3/16 Opens: November 10, 2016 There’s a reason that stories with revenge themes are so popular no matter how many times they’re repeated on the page and on the screen. We all harbor memories of people we would like to hurt because they hurt us–today, last year, a few decades ago. When we see a hero getting violent revenge on the bad guys, we cheer, perhaps more readily than we would for any other [ Read More ]
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- 11/7/2016
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
We present our red carpet interviews from the premiere of Paul Verhoeven’s Elle from the 2016 London Film Festival (LFF2016) in the Embankment Gardens Cinema. The screening was attended by director Paul Verhoeven and Isabelle Huppert. Huppert leads the film, which has a fine ensemble cast comprising Laurent Lafitte, Anne Consigny, Charles Berling, Virginie Efira, […]
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- 10/8/2016
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Paul Verhoeven’s latest film “Elle,” his first in ten years, divided critics after its world premiere at this year’s Cannes Film Festival due to its provocative subject matter. The film follows Michèle LeBlanc (Isabelle Huppert), head of a successful video game company, who is raped in her home by an unknown assailant and soon stalks and becomes obsessed with her attacker.
IndieWire’s own Eric Kohn describes it as a “lighthearted comedy about rape” and says that “Verhoeven has crafted a defiant tale about the ultimate antidote for fear lying in the ability to turn it into something else.” The film has been making the festival rounds before its U.S. release date in November. Watch an exclusive clip from the film below.
Read More: ‘Elle’ Trailer: Isabelle Huppert Prepares For Revenge in Paul Verhoeven’s Psychological Thriller
Based on Philippe Djian’s 2012 novel, “Oh…,” the film also...
IndieWire’s own Eric Kohn describes it as a “lighthearted comedy about rape” and says that “Verhoeven has crafted a defiant tale about the ultimate antidote for fear lying in the ability to turn it into something else.” The film has been making the festival rounds before its U.S. release date in November. Watch an exclusive clip from the film below.
Read More: ‘Elle’ Trailer: Isabelle Huppert Prepares For Revenge in Paul Verhoeven’s Psychological Thriller
Based on Philippe Djian’s 2012 novel, “Oh…,” the film also...
- 9/8/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
John Waters, a big fan of Isabelle Huppert, star of Valley Of Love, Elle and Things To Come Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Cristian Mungiu's (Beyond The Hills and 4 Months, 3 Weeks And 2 Days)Graduation (Bacalaureat) with Adrian Titieni, Maria-Victoria Dragus, Lia Bugnar and Malina Manovici; Ken Loach's I, Daniel Blake, starring Dave Johns and Hayley Squires; Isabelle Huppert in Paul Verhoeven's Elle and Mia Hansen-Løve's (Goodbye First Love and Eden) Things To Come (L’Avenir) are four early highlights of the 54th New York Film Festival.
In Elle, shot by Stéphane Fontaine (Jacques Audiard's A Prophet and Rust And Bone written by Thomas Bidegain), Anne Consigny, Laurent Lafitte, Judith Magre, and Charles Berling make up a smashing ensemble cast. Things to Come features Edith Scob, André Marcon, and Roman Kolinka with costumes by Rachèle Raoult (Jalil Lespert's Yves Saint Laurent and Léos Carax's Holy Motors) filmed...
Cristian Mungiu's (Beyond The Hills and 4 Months, 3 Weeks And 2 Days)Graduation (Bacalaureat) with Adrian Titieni, Maria-Victoria Dragus, Lia Bugnar and Malina Manovici; Ken Loach's I, Daniel Blake, starring Dave Johns and Hayley Squires; Isabelle Huppert in Paul Verhoeven's Elle and Mia Hansen-Løve's (Goodbye First Love and Eden) Things To Come (L’Avenir) are four early highlights of the 54th New York Film Festival.
In Elle, shot by Stéphane Fontaine (Jacques Audiard's A Prophet and Rust And Bone written by Thomas Bidegain), Anne Consigny, Laurent Lafitte, Judith Magre, and Charles Berling make up a smashing ensemble cast. Things to Come features Edith Scob, André Marcon, and Roman Kolinka with costumes by Rachèle Raoult (Jalil Lespert's Yves Saint Laurent and Léos Carax's Holy Motors) filmed...
- 9/4/2016
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Wgtc Trailer Roundup #3 - Westworld, Supergirl, Stranger Things And More 1 of 38
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Welcome to the second edition of Wgtc's weekly Trailer Roundup, where we'll be bringing you all the hottest movie and television trailers, clips, TV spots and more!
In this edition, we cover Stranger Things, Westworld, Sully and The Magnificent Seven among others. Take a look through and check back next week for more.
When The Bough Breaks "Decent Proposal" Clip
Release Date: September 9th, 2016
Cast: Morris Chestnut, Regina Hall, Theo Rossi
Luke Cage "Haven't Heard" Clip
Release Date: September 30th, 2016
Cast: Mahershala Ali, Mike Colter, Frankie Faison
Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children “Wish That You Were Here" TV Spot
Release Date: September 30th, 2016
Cast: Eva Green, Samuel L. Jackson, Allison Janney
Storks "Always Deliver" Clip
Release Date: September 23rd, 2016
Cast: Jennifer Anniston, Andy Samberg, Ty Burrell
Supergirl Season 2 "Watch Her...
Click to skip Welcome to Wgtc's Trailer Roundup!
Welcome to the second edition of Wgtc's weekly Trailer Roundup, where we'll be bringing you all the hottest movie and television trailers, clips, TV spots and more!
In this edition, we cover Stranger Things, Westworld, Sully and The Magnificent Seven among others. Take a look through and check back next week for more.
When The Bough Breaks "Decent Proposal" Clip
Release Date: September 9th, 2016
Cast: Morris Chestnut, Regina Hall, Theo Rossi
Luke Cage "Haven't Heard" Clip
Release Date: September 30th, 2016
Cast: Mahershala Ali, Mike Colter, Frankie Faison
Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children “Wish That You Were Here" TV Spot
Release Date: September 30th, 2016
Cast: Eva Green, Samuel L. Jackson, Allison Janney
Storks "Always Deliver" Clip
Release Date: September 23rd, 2016
Cast: Jennifer Anniston, Andy Samberg, Ty Burrell
Supergirl Season 2 "Watch Her...
- 9/2/2016
- by Josh Wilding
- We Got This Covered
"Nutjobs, I can handle. My specialty." Sony Classics has debuted an official Us trailer for Paul Verhoeven's latest film, a shocking but remarkable thriller called Elle, starring French actress Isabelle Huppert as the head of a video game company. The plot, and I'm not even exaggerating, involves her being raped in her own home by a masked intruder. She tries to figure out who it was and hunt him down, in return, and teach him a lesson. Also featuring Laurent Lafitte, Anne Consigny, Charles Berling, Virginie Efira, Judith Magre and Christian Berkel. I saw this film at the Cannes Film Festival when it first premiered and it's fantastic - dark and devious and kind of messed up, but actually really fun and funny. Huppert is totally amazing and kicks ass in this role. It's sure to spark some controversy, but it's also a damn fine film. Enjoy. Here's the...
- 8/31/2016
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Isabelle Huppert stars on stage in Phaedra(s) and films - Elle and Things to Come Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Guillaume Nicloux's bewitching Valley Of Love star Isabelle Huppert in 2013 presented Abuse Of Weakness with Catherine Breillat at the New York Film Festival. This year she has two films - Paul Verhoeven's Elle with Laurent Lafitte and Anne Consigny, based on the novel by Philippe Djian with a screenplay by David Birke, and also Mia Hansen-Løve's Things To Come (L’Avenir) with André Marcon and Edith Scob.
Isabelle Huppert in Phaedra(s)
In 2014, Isabelle Huppert performed on stage with Cate Blanchett and Elizabeth Debicki in New York during the Lincoln Center Festival in the Sydney Theater Company production of Jean Genet's The Maids, directed by Benedict Andrews at City Center.
This year she will star in Phaedra(s), directed by Krzysztof Warlikowski with text composed of excerpts...
Guillaume Nicloux's bewitching Valley Of Love star Isabelle Huppert in 2013 presented Abuse Of Weakness with Catherine Breillat at the New York Film Festival. This year she has two films - Paul Verhoeven's Elle with Laurent Lafitte and Anne Consigny, based on the novel by Philippe Djian with a screenplay by David Birke, and also Mia Hansen-Løve's Things To Come (L’Avenir) with André Marcon and Edith Scob.
Isabelle Huppert in Phaedra(s)
In 2014, Isabelle Huppert performed on stage with Cate Blanchett and Elizabeth Debicki in New York during the Lincoln Center Festival in the Sydney Theater Company production of Jean Genet's The Maids, directed by Benedict Andrews at City Center.
This year she will star in Phaedra(s), directed by Krzysztof Warlikowski with text composed of excerpts...
- 8/18/2016
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Exclusive: UK/Ireland release date set for drama starring Isabelle Huppert.
Picturehouse Entertainment has acquired UK rights to Paul Verhoeven’s psychological noir thriller Elle from Sbs Productions.
In the film, Isabelle Huppert plays a businesswoman who enters a game of cat and mouse as she tracks down the man who raped her. The cast also includes Laurent Lafitte, Anne Consigny, Charles Berling, Virginie Efira, Judith Magre, Christian Berkel, Jonas Bloquet, Alice Isaaz and Vimala Pons.
Elle received its world premiere at Cannes in May, where it played in Competition. Dutch filmmaker Verhoeven is best known for Us hits Starship Troopers, Robocop and Basic Instinct but has returned to making films in Europe since Black Book in 2006.
Clare Binns, director of programming and acquisition at Picturehouse, described Verhoeven as “a master filmmaker who has always made provocative and exciting work without compromise - Elle is no exception.”
Binns added: “This gripping, multilayered thriller...
Picturehouse Entertainment has acquired UK rights to Paul Verhoeven’s psychological noir thriller Elle from Sbs Productions.
In the film, Isabelle Huppert plays a businesswoman who enters a game of cat and mouse as she tracks down the man who raped her. The cast also includes Laurent Lafitte, Anne Consigny, Charles Berling, Virginie Efira, Judith Magre, Christian Berkel, Jonas Bloquet, Alice Isaaz and Vimala Pons.
Elle received its world premiere at Cannes in May, where it played in Competition. Dutch filmmaker Verhoeven is best known for Us hits Starship Troopers, Robocop and Basic Instinct but has returned to making films in Europe since Black Book in 2006.
Clare Binns, director of programming and acquisition at Picturehouse, described Verhoeven as “a master filmmaker who has always made provocative and exciting work without compromise - Elle is no exception.”
Binns added: “This gripping, multilayered thriller...
- 8/12/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
The dysfunctional family has been an ever-present image in popular culture for decades: the battling husband and wife flanked by their bratty children are perhaps most frequently employed on garishly trite television sitcoms. In the movies, the gloves are ripped away and the reality shines on what is more often than not left unexposed in the darkness. What’s revealed seems to irrefutably prove that Tolstoy was absolutely correct when he wrote: “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”
Now playing in select theaters is Little Men, the newest film from director Ira Sachs, with whom we recently spoke to about its making. The plot follows two teenage boys in Brooklyn, NY who develop a budding friendship, despite the feuding of their parents over the lease of a local dress shop. The film is already receiving raves from critics, including our own review...
Now playing in select theaters is Little Men, the newest film from director Ira Sachs, with whom we recently spoke to about its making. The plot follows two teenage boys in Brooklyn, NY who develop a budding friendship, despite the feuding of their parents over the lease of a local dress shop. The film is already receiving raves from critics, including our own review...
- 8/11/2016
- by Tony Hinds
- The Film Stage
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired the rights to Paul Verhoeven‘s new drama “Elle,” the studio announced Wednesday. The film was written by David Birke based on Phillipe Djian’s novel “Oh…” It will screen in competition at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. The film stars Isabelle Huppert, Laurent Lafitte, Charles Berling, Virginie Efira and Anne Consigny. It is produced by Saïd Ben Saïd of Sbs Productions and Michel Merkt, and co-produced by France 2 Cinémas. Sbs International is handling sales. Also Read: Johnny Depp, Brett Ratner Teaming on 'The Libertine,' Movie Inspired by Dominique Strauss-Kahn Scandal Michèle (Huppert) seems indestructible.
- 5/11/2016
- by Joe Otterson
- The Wrap
Early in the market, in one of the first major deals for a competition title, Sony Pictures Classics has swooped to acquire Paul Verhoeven’s Elle.
Spc has taken rights for North America, Latin America, Australia, New Zealand, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe (excluding Russia) and Asia (excluding China and Japan) to the film.
Elle screens late in the festival but which is already generating considerable buzz and controversy, both for its rape scene and for a performance by Isabelle Huppert that is said to be remarkable.
The film stars Huppert, Laurent Lafitte, Charles Berling, Virginie Efira and Anne Consigny. It is produced by Saïd Ben Saïd of Sbs Productions, Michel Merkt and co-produced by France 2 Cinémas. Sbs International is handling sales.
Michèle (Huppert) seems indestructible. Head of a leading video game company, she brings the same ruthless attitude to her love life as to business. Being attacked in her home by an unknown assailant changes Michèle’s life...
Spc has taken rights for North America, Latin America, Australia, New Zealand, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe (excluding Russia) and Asia (excluding China and Japan) to the film.
Elle screens late in the festival but which is already generating considerable buzz and controversy, both for its rape scene and for a performance by Isabelle Huppert that is said to be remarkable.
The film stars Huppert, Laurent Lafitte, Charles Berling, Virginie Efira and Anne Consigny. It is produced by Saïd Ben Saïd of Sbs Productions, Michel Merkt and co-produced by France 2 Cinémas. Sbs International is handling sales.
Michèle (Huppert) seems indestructible. Head of a leading video game company, she brings the same ruthless attitude to her love life as to business. Being attacked in her home by an unknown assailant changes Michèle’s life...
- 5/11/2016
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired rights in North America and other key territories to Paul Verhoeven’s Elle. Written by David Birke and based on Philippe Djian’s novel Oh ..., the film will screen in competition at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. Sony Pictures Classics also picked up Latin America, Australia, New Zealand, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe (excluding Russia) and Asia (excluding China and Japan) to the film that stars Isabelle Huppert, Laurent Lafitte, Charles Berling, Virginie Efira and Anne Consigny. The Elle deal marks the second significant domestic deal of the festival, following Amazon Studios scooping up North American rights to Mike
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- 5/11/2016
- by Tatiana Siegel
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Returning to his more genre-based roots for the first time in nearly two decades, Paul Verhoeven is finally back this year. Teaming with one of the finest actresses in cinema, Isabelle Huppert, Elle follows a successful businesswoman who is attacked and then enacts revenge in a cat-and-mouse game. While it won’t get a release in France until September, and currently has no U.S. distribution, today brings the first trailer.
“I had a strong feeling with this one that I was doing something that I’d never done before, which applied when I made RoboCop,” the director said last year. He added that it’s “a mystery story. Part of the film consists in Isabelle Huppert’s character finding out if the rapist is somebody she knows. But there are other elements in the story, about her mother and father, her son, her lover, her best friend.”
Also starring Laurent Lafitte and Anne Consigny,...
“I had a strong feeling with this one that I was doing something that I’d never done before, which applied when I made RoboCop,” the director said last year. He added that it’s “a mystery story. Part of the film consists in Isabelle Huppert’s character finding out if the rapist is somebody she knows. But there are other elements in the story, about her mother and father, her son, her lover, her best friend.”
Also starring Laurent Lafitte and Anne Consigny,...
- 1/16/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The haunting small town mystery of "The Returned" is back for an even eerier second season, and we've got an exclusive clip featuring a meeting between two men at a wry and lonely diner -- one of the few still left in town that is still open, but doesn't have much to offer. While the meeting and conversation between the two men seems fairly casual, tensions and stakes are high, as the conversation steers more towards an interview, or interrogation. With an ominous feeling of suspense in the air, the scene is just as perplexing and mystifying as the diner the two men are sitting down in. "The Returned" is directed by Frabrice Gobert, starring Anne Consigny, Frédéric Pierrot and Céline Sallete. The second season premieres Saturday, October 31 at 10pm on SundanceTV. Read More: Toronto Review: With Season 2 of 'The Returned,' the Best Mystery on TV is Back...
- 10/26/2015
- by Glen Yi
- Indiewire
Warning: This article contains spoilers that some readers may prefer to avoid.
Good news - The Returned is back, with its beautiful people, Gallic drama and Mogwai chords. Bad news - the first series aired in 2013 and, two years on, all we can remember is "the Lake Pub".
Great news - Digital Spy has prepared a handy guide, for anyone looking to refresh their memories ahead of tonight's (superb) series two premiere:
The basics
The dead have begun returning to life in a small French mountain town. But these are no flesh-chomping zombies - beyond a ferocious appetite, the 'Returned' appear perfectly healthy and normal.
The town, though, is plagued by other strange phenomena - power outages, the reservoir's water level dropping dramatically and strange marks appearing on the bodies of both the living and dead.
What happened in series one's finale?
Remember Toni (Grégory Gadebois), manager of the Lake Pub?...
Good news - The Returned is back, with its beautiful people, Gallic drama and Mogwai chords. Bad news - the first series aired in 2013 and, two years on, all we can remember is "the Lake Pub".
Great news - Digital Spy has prepared a handy guide, for anyone looking to refresh their memories ahead of tonight's (superb) series two premiere:
The basics
The dead have begun returning to life in a small French mountain town. But these are no flesh-chomping zombies - beyond a ferocious appetite, the 'Returned' appear perfectly healthy and normal.
The town, though, is plagued by other strange phenomena - power outages, the reservoir's water level dropping dramatically and strange marks appearing on the bodies of both the living and dead.
What happened in series one's finale?
Remember Toni (Grégory Gadebois), manager of the Lake Pub?...
- 10/16/2015
- Digital Spy
While the dead returning to life has traditionally been the foray of the horror genre, a number of movies and tv shows over the years have used the premise to tell different kinds of stories. Among the latter group is the French television series The Returned. Also known as Les Revenants, the show made its debut in 2012, growing its fans in ensuing years, with many eagerly anticipating the second season.
Following the airing of the second season premiere and second episode at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, a premiere date has now been announced. The second season will once again air on SundanceTV, beginning on October 31st at 10 pm Et. The second season synopsis is as follows.
The second season picks up six months after the deceased disappeared into the mountains with Simon (Pierre Perrier), Camille (Yara Pilartz), her mother, Claire (Anne Consigny), Julie (Céline Sallette) and the mysterious youngster Victor (Swann Nambotin). Since then,...
Following the airing of the second season premiere and second episode at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, a premiere date has now been announced. The second season will once again air on SundanceTV, beginning on October 31st at 10 pm Et. The second season synopsis is as follows.
The second season picks up six months after the deceased disappeared into the mountains with Simon (Pierre Perrier), Camille (Yara Pilartz), her mother, Claire (Anne Consigny), Julie (Céline Sallette) and the mysterious youngster Victor (Swann Nambotin). Since then,...
- 10/2/2015
- by Deepayan Sengupta
- SoundOnSight
"The dead are back." That's the chilling message at the heart of this trailer for The Returned's second series.
The Lake Pub is back open for business on Friday, October 16 at 9pm.
The series will also be moving from Channel 4 to More4.
The Returned centres on a small French town where many of the deceased rise from the dead, seemingly fine and normal.
Series two picks up six months later, with Adele (Clotilde Hesme) about to give birth to Simon's (Pierre Perrier) child.
Lena (Jenna Thiam) and her father Jerome (Frederic Pierrot) are still searching for Claire (Anne Consigny) and Camille (Yara Pilartz), while a mysterious man named Berg (Laurent Lucas) pays a visit to the town, appearing to know more than he actually claims.
The second run is getting a Halloween premiere in the Us, launching October 31 on SundanceTV.
The Lake Pub is back open for business on Friday, October 16 at 9pm.
The series will also be moving from Channel 4 to More4.
The Returned centres on a small French town where many of the deceased rise from the dead, seemingly fine and normal.
Series two picks up six months later, with Adele (Clotilde Hesme) about to give birth to Simon's (Pierre Perrier) child.
Lena (Jenna Thiam) and her father Jerome (Frederic Pierrot) are still searching for Claire (Anne Consigny) and Camille (Yara Pilartz), while a mysterious man named Berg (Laurent Lucas) pays a visit to the town, appearing to know more than he actually claims.
The second run is getting a Halloween premiere in the Us, launching October 31 on SundanceTV.
- 9/30/2015
- Digital Spy
The Returned will finally be back on our screens this autumn - but the spooky French thriller is shifting channels.
The unorthodox zombie series is moving from Channel 4 to More4 for its second series.
It's been two years since The Returned gripped the nation with its tale of deceased French folk coming back from the dead.
Set six months on from the events of the first series, series two will see Adele (Clotilde Hesme) about to give birth to Simon's (Pierre Perrier) child.
Meanwhile Lena (Jenna Thiam) and her father Jerome (Frederic Pierrot) search desperately for Claire (Anne Consigny) and Camille (Yara Pilartz).
Matters are complicated further when a stranger named Berg (Laurent Lucas) - who knows more than he claims - arrives into town. Worse still, a new wave of resurrections could be about to occur.
Channel 4 is yet to confirm when new episodes will air on...
The unorthodox zombie series is moving from Channel 4 to More4 for its second series.
It's been two years since The Returned gripped the nation with its tale of deceased French folk coming back from the dead.
Set six months on from the events of the first series, series two will see Adele (Clotilde Hesme) about to give birth to Simon's (Pierre Perrier) child.
Meanwhile Lena (Jenna Thiam) and her father Jerome (Frederic Pierrot) search desperately for Claire (Anne Consigny) and Camille (Yara Pilartz).
Matters are complicated further when a stranger named Berg (Laurent Lucas) - who knows more than he claims - arrives into town. Worse still, a new wave of resurrections could be about to occur.
Channel 4 is yet to confirm when new episodes will air on...
- 9/28/2015
- Digital Spy
The French resurrection drama Les Revenants, also known as The Returned, is set to return for a second season later this year.
While a formal return date has not been announced, the series’ second season has been now announced for a fall return, with the season’s first teaser now released. Anne Consigny, Clotilde Hesme, and Pierre Perrier are among those who are set to reprise their roles for the show’s second season.
The show revolves around a group of previously dead people who begin reappearing in a small French town, with no previous connection outside of their demise. The show’s second season will pick up six months after the end of the first season and will also consist of eight episodes, like the show’s first season.
This marks the series’ return after three years off the air, due to writing delays that pushed back shooting, as...
While a formal return date has not been announced, the series’ second season has been now announced for a fall return, with the season’s first teaser now released. Anne Consigny, Clotilde Hesme, and Pierre Perrier are among those who are set to reprise their roles for the show’s second season.
The show revolves around a group of previously dead people who begin reappearing in a small French town, with no previous connection outside of their demise. The show’s second season will pick up six months after the end of the first season and will also consist of eight episodes, like the show’s first season.
This marks the series’ return after three years off the air, due to writing delays that pushed back shooting, as...
- 8/20/2015
- by Deepayan Sengupta
- SoundOnSight
The Returned is returning - as Channel 4 confirms the series will be back on UK screens soon.
The second series of the paranormal French thriller will air this autumn.
Its UK premiere will come shortly after new episodes air on Canal+ in France.
It's been two years since The Returned gripped the nation with its tale of deceased French folk coming back from the dead.
Set six months on from the events of the first series, series two will see Adele (Clotilde Hesme) about to give birth to Simon's (Pierre Perrier) child.
Meanwhile Lena (Jenna Thiam) and her father Jerome (Frederic Pierrot) search desperately for Claire (Anne Consigny) and Camille (Yara Pilartz).
Matters are complicated further when a stranger named Berg (Laurent Lucas) - who knows more than he claims - arrives into town. Worse still, a new wave of resurrections could be about to occur.
Us network A...
The second series of the paranormal French thriller will air this autumn.
Its UK premiere will come shortly after new episodes air on Canal+ in France.
It's been two years since The Returned gripped the nation with its tale of deceased French folk coming back from the dead.
Set six months on from the events of the first series, series two will see Adele (Clotilde Hesme) about to give birth to Simon's (Pierre Perrier) child.
Meanwhile Lena (Jenna Thiam) and her father Jerome (Frederic Pierrot) search desperately for Claire (Anne Consigny) and Camille (Yara Pilartz).
Matters are complicated further when a stranger named Berg (Laurent Lucas) - who knows more than he claims - arrives into town. Worse still, a new wave of resurrections could be about to occur.
Us network A...
- 8/17/2015
- Digital Spy
Toronto brass on Thursday paid homage to arguably the most dynamic and provocative content format in entertainment, announcing the festival’s inaugural slate of six TV projects from the likes of Baltasar Kormákur, Jason Reitman and Lucía Puenzo.
The selections highlight what Tiff director and CEO Piers Handling called a “cross-pollination” of the film and TV worlds from international storytellers, broadcasters and streaming services.
The six selections appear below. All are world premieres except The Returned, which is an international premiere.
Casual (Us), created by Zander Lehmann and directed by Jason Reitman.
Episodes 1 and 2 of the comedy from Hulu and Lionsgate that follows a dating site entrepreneur and his therapist sister who move in together after the latter’s recent divorce.
Starring Tommy Dewey, Michaela Watkins and Tara Lynne Barr.
Cromo (Argentina), created by Lucía Puenzo and Nicolás Puenzo.
Episodes 1, 2 and 8 of the eco-thriller from directors Lucía Puenzo (Xxy, Wakolda), Pablo Fendrik (Blood Appears, El Ardor) and Nicolás Puenzo...
The selections highlight what Tiff director and CEO Piers Handling called a “cross-pollination” of the film and TV worlds from international storytellers, broadcasters and streaming services.
The six selections appear below. All are world premieres except The Returned, which is an international premiere.
Casual (Us), created by Zander Lehmann and directed by Jason Reitman.
Episodes 1 and 2 of the comedy from Hulu and Lionsgate that follows a dating site entrepreneur and his therapist sister who move in together after the latter’s recent divorce.
Starring Tommy Dewey, Michaela Watkins and Tara Lynne Barr.
Cromo (Argentina), created by Lucía Puenzo and Nicolás Puenzo.
Episodes 1, 2 and 8 of the eco-thriller from directors Lucía Puenzo (Xxy, Wakolda), Pablo Fendrik (Blood Appears, El Ardor) and Nicolás Puenzo...
- 8/13/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Toronto brass on Thursday paid homage to arguably the most dynamic and provocative content format in entertainment, announcing the festival’s inaugural slate of six TV projects from the likes of Baltasar Kormákur, Jason Reitman and Lucía Puenzo.
The selections highlight what Tiff director and CEO Piers Handling called a “cross-pollination” of the film and TV worlds from international storytellers, broadcasters and streaming services.
The six selections appear below. All are world premieres except The Returned, which is an international premiere.
Casual (Us), created by Zander Lehmann and directed by Jason Reitman.
Episodes 1 and 2 of the comedy from Hulu and Lionsgate that follows a dating site entrepreneur and his therapist sister who move in together after the latter’s recent divorce.
Starring Tommy Dewey, Michaela Watkins and Tara Lynne Barr.
Cromo (Argentina), created by Lucía Puenzo and Nicolás Puenzo.
Episodes 1, 2 and 8 of the eco-thriller from directors Lucía Puenzo (Xxy, Wakolda), Pablo Fendrik (Blood Appears, El Ardor) and Nicolás Puenzo...
The selections highlight what Tiff director and CEO Piers Handling called a “cross-pollination” of the film and TV worlds from international storytellers, broadcasters and streaming services.
The six selections appear below. All are world premieres except The Returned, which is an international premiere.
Casual (Us), created by Zander Lehmann and directed by Jason Reitman.
Episodes 1 and 2 of the comedy from Hulu and Lionsgate that follows a dating site entrepreneur and his therapist sister who move in together after the latter’s recent divorce.
Starring Tommy Dewey, Michaela Watkins and Tara Lynne Barr.
Cromo (Argentina), created by Lucía Puenzo and Nicolás Puenzo.
Episodes 1, 2 and 8 of the eco-thriller from directors Lucía Puenzo (Xxy, Wakolda), Pablo Fendrik (Blood Appears, El Ardor) and Nicolás Puenzo...
- 8/13/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Elle
Director: Paul Verhoeven // Writer: David Birke
One cannot overlook the plentiful cinematic contributions of Dutch auteur Paul Verhoeven, who made waves back in 1973 with Turkish Delight and helmed a handful of notable collaborations starring Rutger Hauer, though they parted ways indefinitely after Verhoeven’s 1985 English language debut, Flesh+Blood. Of course, Verhoeven’s Us big-budget genre work, such as RoboCop (1987) and Total Recall (1990), both spawning recent lackluster remakes, and pulpy neo-noir Basic Instinct (1992) were overshadowed by the debacle that would come to be Showgirls (1995), now celebrated as one of the best worst films ever made. Twenty years after that, with only a few more features since, including 1997’s Starship Troopers, the maligned Hollow Man (2000) and a welcomed return to his native Holland for Black Book (2006), Verhoeven has been mostly an absent figure. In 2012, a mid-length film graced the lineup at the Rome Film Festival, while his long-gestating Jesus of...
Director: Paul Verhoeven // Writer: David Birke
One cannot overlook the plentiful cinematic contributions of Dutch auteur Paul Verhoeven, who made waves back in 1973 with Turkish Delight and helmed a handful of notable collaborations starring Rutger Hauer, though they parted ways indefinitely after Verhoeven’s 1985 English language debut, Flesh+Blood. Of course, Verhoeven’s Us big-budget genre work, such as RoboCop (1987) and Total Recall (1990), both spawning recent lackluster remakes, and pulpy neo-noir Basic Instinct (1992) were overshadowed by the debacle that would come to be Showgirls (1995), now celebrated as one of the best worst films ever made. Twenty years after that, with only a few more features since, including 1997’s Starship Troopers, the maligned Hollow Man (2000) and a welcomed return to his native Holland for Black Book (2006), Verhoeven has been mostly an absent figure. In 2012, a mid-length film graced the lineup at the Rome Film Festival, while his long-gestating Jesus of...
- 1/9/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
The Returned has begun filming its second series.
The supernatural thriller - known as Les Revenants in its native France - started shooting earlier this week and will continue until March 20, 2015.
All of the original cast will return for eight new episodes, with actor Laurent Lucas also joining for series two.
Set six months after the conclusion of the first run, the new episodes will see Adele (Clotilde Hesme) about to give birth to Simon's (Pierre Perrier) child, while Lena (Jenna Thiam) and her father Jerome (Frederic Pierrot) search desperately for Claire (Anne Consigny) and Camille (Yara Pilartz).
Matters are complicated further when a stranger named Berg - who knows more than he claims - arrives into town. Worse still, a new wave of resurrections could be about to occur.
The show will return to Canal+ in late 2015. Channel 4 has confirmed that it will air series two in the UK,...
The supernatural thriller - known as Les Revenants in its native France - started shooting earlier this week and will continue until March 20, 2015.
All of the original cast will return for eight new episodes, with actor Laurent Lucas also joining for series two.
Set six months after the conclusion of the first run, the new episodes will see Adele (Clotilde Hesme) about to give birth to Simon's (Pierre Perrier) child, while Lena (Jenna Thiam) and her father Jerome (Frederic Pierrot) search desperately for Claire (Anne Consigny) and Camille (Yara Pilartz).
Matters are complicated further when a stranger named Berg - who knows more than he claims - arrives into town. Worse still, a new wave of resurrections could be about to occur.
The show will return to Canal+ in late 2015. Channel 4 has confirmed that it will air series two in the UK,...
- 10/1/2014
- Digital Spy
Films from notables Nick Cave, Kevin Smith and Terry Gilliam, and another featuring Downton Abbey vet Dan Stevens are helping fill this weekend’s box office, despite studio blockbuster debuts for The Maze Runner and This Is Where I Leave You.
In all, 14 specialty films are debuting this weekend, at the front edge of awards season and the time of year when “serious” films hit the screens left and right. We have The Guest, with Stevens; The Zero Theorem by Gilliam; Smith’s Tusk; Tracks, the latest from the producers of The King’s Speech; and Cave’s doc 20,000 Days On Earth.
And, like a TV informercial, there’s more: the doc Pump, boundary-jumper Stop The Pounding Heart; and Swim Little Fish Swim. Just to fill out the marquees, we also have Tribeca-winning doc Keep On Keepin’ On; Flamenco, Flamenco; Hector And The Search For Happiness; Iceman; Hollidaysburg; and Not Cool.
In all, 14 specialty films are debuting this weekend, at the front edge of awards season and the time of year when “serious” films hit the screens left and right. We have The Guest, with Stevens; The Zero Theorem by Gilliam; Smith’s Tusk; Tracks, the latest from the producers of The King’s Speech; and Cave’s doc 20,000 Days On Earth.
And, like a TV informercial, there’s more: the doc Pump, boundary-jumper Stop The Pounding Heart; and Swim Little Fish Swim. Just to fill out the marquees, we also have Tribeca-winning doc Keep On Keepin’ On; Flamenco, Flamenco; Hector And The Search For Happiness; Iceman; Hollidaysburg; and Not Cool.
- 9/19/2014
- by Brian Brooks
- Deadline
Exclusive: Mongrel International has added a late addition to its Toronto slate in the form of History’s Future from installations artist Fiona Tan.
The Family Affair Films and Rohfilm project is a part-fiction, part-documentary essay about the world and stars Mark O’Halloran, Denis Lavant and Anne Consigny
History’s Future focuses on a man as he embarks on a trans-European voyage after losing his memory in a violent assault and ultimately learns how to survive contemporary life.
The project is currently shooting in various European locations and the producers have earmarked a September 15 end of principal photography.
“We are thrilled that the producers have entrusted us the sales of History’s Future,” said Mongrel International president Charlotte Mickie. “Fiona Tan is a very impressive artist and promises to be an equally impressive feature filmmaker. Her themes of identity, dislocation and connectedness are both urgent and affecting.”
“Both Mongrel and Charlotte have a history of involvement...
The Family Affair Films and Rohfilm project is a part-fiction, part-documentary essay about the world and stars Mark O’Halloran, Denis Lavant and Anne Consigny
History’s Future focuses on a man as he embarks on a trans-European voyage after losing his memory in a violent assault and ultimately learns how to survive contemporary life.
The project is currently shooting in various European locations and the producers have earmarked a September 15 end of principal photography.
“We are thrilled that the producers have entrusted us the sales of History’s Future,” said Mongrel International president Charlotte Mickie. “Fiona Tan is a very impressive artist and promises to be an equally impressive feature filmmaker. Her themes of identity, dislocation and connectedness are both urgent and affecting.”
“Both Mongrel and Charlotte have a history of involvement...
- 9/5/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The Returned (original French title: Les Revenants)
Written by Fabrice Gobert, Emmannuelle Carrère, Fabien Adda, Nathalie Saugeon
Directed by Fabrice Gobert (episodes 1-4) and Frédéric Mermoud (episodes 5-8)
Premiered on November 26th 2012 on Canal+
Satisfying the hunger of movie and television consumers in dire need of original content grows more difficult with each and every passing year. Not only do the people who produce content want to release more of the same, but the very fact of the matter is that nearly every story has already been told. What bold, creative new ideas can emerge in this early 21st century, where the quantity of the content grows exponentially at a dizzying rate? Making a television show that looks, sounds, and most importantly feels like no other is no small order. One option is to genre mash; that is, splicing two or more disparate genres together to make something that, while familiar,...
Written by Fabrice Gobert, Emmannuelle Carrère, Fabien Adda, Nathalie Saugeon
Directed by Fabrice Gobert (episodes 1-4) and Frédéric Mermoud (episodes 5-8)
Premiered on November 26th 2012 on Canal+
Satisfying the hunger of movie and television consumers in dire need of original content grows more difficult with each and every passing year. Not only do the people who produce content want to release more of the same, but the very fact of the matter is that nearly every story has already been told. What bold, creative new ideas can emerge in this early 21st century, where the quantity of the content grows exponentially at a dizzying rate? Making a television show that looks, sounds, and most importantly feels like no other is no small order. One option is to genre mash; that is, splicing two or more disparate genres together to make something that, while familiar,...
- 6/12/2014
- by Edgar Chaput
- SoundOnSight
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