Lifetime has unveiled the premiere dates for their robust slate of winter movies. From music icons to deadly cheerleaders to the daughter of a notorious mob boss, the network isn’t holding back when it comes to the drama — some based on true stories, some not — for 2019.
Highlights of their slate include Love You to Death (January 26) starring Marcia Gay Harden, which is based on the true story of a mother and daughter who are nothing like they seem, their tumultuous relationship ending in a brutal murder. Also based on a true story is Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story (January 19) starring Christina Ricci. The movie is inspired by Nellie Bly’s undercover stay at the impenetrable Women’s Lunatic Asylum. For something a little lighter, there’s Olivia Newton-John: Hopelessly Devoted to You (February 16) which follows the personal and professional journey of the titular Grease icon. Lifetime...
Highlights of their slate include Love You to Death (January 26) starring Marcia Gay Harden, which is based on the true story of a mother and daughter who are nothing like they seem, their tumultuous relationship ending in a brutal murder. Also based on a true story is Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story (January 19) starring Christina Ricci. The movie is inspired by Nellie Bly’s undercover stay at the impenetrable Women’s Lunatic Asylum. For something a little lighter, there’s Olivia Newton-John: Hopelessly Devoted to You (February 16) which follows the personal and professional journey of the titular Grease icon. Lifetime...
- 12/4/2018
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
David Sigal's entertaining documentary "Florent: Queen of the Meat Market," chronicles the history and final days of New York's legendary all-night diner. Below find an Email interview with Sigal. The film hits select theaters Friday, May 20. Let Julianne Moore, Isaac Mizrahi, Michael Musto and other famous (and infamous) faces take you on a fantastic voyage to New York City's legendary Florent diner. For 23 years, the all-night eatery in ...
- 5/20/2011
- Indiewire
David Sigal's entertaining documentary "Florent: Queen of the Meat Market," chronicles the history and final days of New York's legendary all-night diner. Below find an Email interview with Sigal. The film hits select theaters Friday, May 20. Let Julianne Moore, Isaac Mizrahi, Michael Musto and other famous (and infamous) faces take you on a fantastic voyage to New York City's legendary Florent diner. For 23 years, the all-night eatery in ...
- 5/20/2011
- indieWIRE - People
Jeez, this is one hell of a restaurant.
Restaurant Florent, to be exact, a funky diner-slash-brasserie-slash-bistro in New York's Meatpacking District. Owned and operated by French transplant Florent Morellet since the mid-1980s, the place was a haven for artists, eccentrics, outsiders, and regular neighborhood folks for several decades. As the documentary "Florent: Queen of the Meat Market" opens, all sorts of celebrities and cultural elites pay homage to the place, many of them standing right in front of the restaurant. That's where we see the stencil on the window: "Serving 24/7 until the bitter(sweet) end: June 29." And then below it in all capital letters: "Au Revoir." So we know this movie does not have a happy ending.
The story of "Florent" is a story of New York City; in other words, a story of change. When Morellet moved to the Meatpacking District it was still a working meat market.
Restaurant Florent, to be exact, a funky diner-slash-brasserie-slash-bistro in New York's Meatpacking District. Owned and operated by French transplant Florent Morellet since the mid-1980s, the place was a haven for artists, eccentrics, outsiders, and regular neighborhood folks for several decades. As the documentary "Florent: Queen of the Meat Market" opens, all sorts of celebrities and cultural elites pay homage to the place, many of them standing right in front of the restaurant. That's where we see the stencil on the window: "Serving 24/7 until the bitter(sweet) end: June 29." And then below it in all capital letters: "Au Revoir." So we know this movie does not have a happy ending.
The story of "Florent" is a story of New York City; in other words, a story of change. When Morellet moved to the Meatpacking District it was still a working meat market.
- 5/19/2011
- by Matt Singer
- ifc.com
Director David Sigal's Florent: Queen of the Meat Market is a bio doc about the life and times of... a restaurant. In 1985, charismatic Frenchman Florent Morellet had a vision, planting a diner/bistro in the middle of what was then a somewhat seedy, industrial neighborhood just west and north of the quaint West Village. Restaurant Florent quickly became a 24-hour-a-day haven for a soup-to-nuts collection of New Yorkers: from little old ladies to flamboyant drag queens, from neighborhood families to transvestite prostitutes - with a few celebrities thrown in for good measure - everyone was welcome at Florent. Over the next 23 years, change happened: to Florent, the man, who learned he was HIV-positive; to the neighborhood, which turned into the ultra-chic Meatpacking District (if you build it, they will come); and to New York itself, whose economic roller coasters and gentrification projects have turned the city on its head.
- 5/19/2011
- TribecaFilm.com
David Sigal’s documentary 'Florent: Queen of the Meat Market' tells the entertaining New York tale of the restaurant Florent and its owner/founder Florent Morellet. The 24-hour eatery opened in 1985 in the Meat Packing District and was an oasis for late-night dining back when Florent was the only feasting choice in the ‘hood. Through old photos, home-movie footage and interviews, the film paints a colorful picture of the now fabulous neighborhood and its evolution from 25 years ago, when the businesses in the area consisted of the meat industry, leather bars and the Florent diner. Patrons, staff and Florent himself share their anecdotes of the personalities, big events and favorite moments that made dining at Florent a memorable occasion. The restaurant’s presence started a rebirth, turning this once undesirable zone into the It-District, now home to boutique hotels, a thriving art scene, condos and fashion houses.
But the star of the documentary is Florent,...
But the star of the documentary is Florent,...
- 9/18/2010
- by mrpingpong
- Examiner Movies Channel
Last night, director David Sigal's documentary "Florent: Queen of the Meat Market" debuted in Chelsea as part of the fourth annual New York City Food Film Festival. A nostalgic ode to restauranteur Florent Morellet and the idiosyncratic French diner he ran for 23 years (until his landlord drastically increased his rent), the film features interviews with not only long-time employees and patrons, but also some of Morellet's celebrity friends, including Julianne Moore.
- 6/25/2010
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Director (The Look) and producer (the upcoming Valerie Plame story pic, Fair Game) David Sigal has made a documentary about Florent, the legendary and now shuttered New York meatpacking district restaurant. Scheduled to premiere at the New York Food Film Festival in June, Florent: Queen of the Meat Market is previewed at Nowness, which writes: Until its closure in June 2008, New York bistro Florent was that rare place where you could simultaneously eat a burger, catch a drag act and—if you were lucky—glimpse Calvin Klein. Named after its owner, the indefatigably flamboyant Florent Morellet, during its 23-year existence the 24-hour restaurant attracted hordes of celebrities, scenesters and fashionistas to the Meatpacking District, its...
- 6/1/2010
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
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