Michael Shannon has honored his late co-star, Sam Shepard, by recording the audiobook to Shepard’s final work of fiction. On December 5, Knopf Doubleday will release “Spy of the First Person,” the story of a nearly-immobilized man who looks back on his life while undergoing medical testing.
Shepard died of Als complications in July at age 73, leaving behind a legacy that includes more than 60 film roles and 55 penned plays. “Buried Child” won him the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1979; five years later, Shepard earned a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for “The Right Stuff.”
Read More: Sam Shepard, Rip: 5 Essential Performances That Illustrate His Genius
Shannon, himself a two-time Oscar nominee in that category, appeared with Shepard in films such as “Mud” and “Midnight Special.” In addition, the “Shape of Water” actor performed as several Shepard-created characters onstage. This year alone, Shannon participated in a June reading of “Curse of the Starving Class...
Shepard died of Als complications in July at age 73, leaving behind a legacy that includes more than 60 film roles and 55 penned plays. “Buried Child” won him the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1979; five years later, Shepard earned a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for “The Right Stuff.”
Read More: Sam Shepard, Rip: 5 Essential Performances That Illustrate His Genius
Shannon, himself a two-time Oscar nominee in that category, appeared with Shepard in films such as “Mud” and “Midnight Special.” In addition, the “Shape of Water” actor performed as several Shepard-created characters onstage. This year alone, Shannon participated in a June reading of “Curse of the Starving Class...
- 12/4/2017
- by Jenna Marotta
- Indiewire
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The Walking Dead's Robert Kirkman and Colossal director Nacho Vigalondo will team to adapt time travel comic Comeback...
In extremely exciting news for film and comic book geeks alike, multimedia maestro Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead) will soon join filmmaker Nacho Vigalondo, director of such projects as Timecrimes and Colossal, to adapt Ed Brisson’s time-bending Image Comics title, Comeback.
See related 26 new TV shows to watch in 2017
With Sony Pictures holding the rights to Comeback, THR reports that Kirkman, a perennial presence for Image Comics, will join the film adaptation as a producer, via his Skybound Entertainment banner, with Nacho Vigalondo tapped as the primary visionary to write and direct.
The story of Image’s Comeback comic centres on a duo of time agents, named Seth and Mark, who work for a company, called Reconnect, that will – for an exorbitant cost – go back...
The Walking Dead's Robert Kirkman and Colossal director Nacho Vigalondo will team to adapt time travel comic Comeback...
In extremely exciting news for film and comic book geeks alike, multimedia maestro Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead) will soon join filmmaker Nacho Vigalondo, director of such projects as Timecrimes and Colossal, to adapt Ed Brisson’s time-bending Image Comics title, Comeback.
See related 26 new TV shows to watch in 2017
With Sony Pictures holding the rights to Comeback, THR reports that Kirkman, a perennial presence for Image Comics, will join the film adaptation as a producer, via his Skybound Entertainment banner, with Nacho Vigalondo tapped as the primary visionary to write and direct.
The story of Image’s Comeback comic centres on a duo of time agents, named Seth and Mark, who work for a company, called Reconnect, that will – for an exorbitant cost – go back...
- 11/9/2017
- Den of Geek
It's time to return to the zombie apocalypse!
The Walking Dead's 100th episode, which also happens to be the AMC drama's season eight premiere, will crawl onto our screens this Sunday, Oct. 22, with an action-packed episode that is sure to have everyone on social media buzzing.
The undead drama is (by far!) the deadliest series in television history and we've said a grueling goodbye to more than 50 key players over the course of 100 episodes.
So to help you get prepared for this season's inevitable onslaught of chaos and surprising kills, we're taking a look back at eight of The Walking Dead's most gut-wrenching and gruesome deaths that we totally forgot about -- and we bet you did too!
More: Norman Reedus Reveals the Surprising Way He'd Like Daryl Dixon to Die on 'The Walking Dead'
R.I.P. Sophia
Death Date: Season 2, Ep. 7 "Pretty Much Dead Already"
How She Died: After searching for a missing...
The Walking Dead's 100th episode, which also happens to be the AMC drama's season eight premiere, will crawl onto our screens this Sunday, Oct. 22, with an action-packed episode that is sure to have everyone on social media buzzing.
The undead drama is (by far!) the deadliest series in television history and we've said a grueling goodbye to more than 50 key players over the course of 100 episodes.
So to help you get prepared for this season's inevitable onslaught of chaos and surprising kills, we're taking a look back at eight of The Walking Dead's most gut-wrenching and gruesome deaths that we totally forgot about -- and we bet you did too!
More: Norman Reedus Reveals the Surprising Way He'd Like Daryl Dixon to Die on 'The Walking Dead'
R.I.P. Sophia
Death Date: Season 2, Ep. 7 "Pretty Much Dead Already"
How She Died: After searching for a missing...
- 10/20/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Netflix debuted “The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson” on Oct. 6, but filmmaker Reina Gossett claims that the documentary’s director, David France, appropriated her idea and research for the project.
“David got inspired to make this film from a grant application video that Sasha [Wortzel] and I made and sent to Kalamazoo/Arcus Foundation social justice center while he was visiting,” Gossett wrote in a statement, shared today on Twitter by author and activist Janet Mock. “He told the people who worked there — I shit you not — that he should be the one to do this film.”
She then alleged that to make his film and secure a grant from the Sundance Institute and the Arcus Foundation, France pilfered her contacts as well as her work on advocacy group Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries. Additionally, Gossett wrote that France convinced Vimeo to take down a video she’d uploaded of...
“David got inspired to make this film from a grant application video that Sasha [Wortzel] and I made and sent to Kalamazoo/Arcus Foundation social justice center while he was visiting,” Gossett wrote in a statement, shared today on Twitter by author and activist Janet Mock. “He told the people who worked there — I shit you not — that he should be the one to do this film.”
She then alleged that to make his film and secure a grant from the Sundance Institute and the Arcus Foundation, France pilfered her contacts as well as her work on advocacy group Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries. Additionally, Gossett wrote that France convinced Vimeo to take down a video she’d uploaded of...
- 10/7/2017
- by Jenna Marotta
- Indiewire
The competition on Dancing With Stars is heating up!
The 11 remaining contestants will take the floor once again on Monday night, performing dances inspired by their ultimate guilty pleasures, a brand new theme for the dance competition show.
But before the stars and their pro partners show off their skills, Et's breaking down everything you need to know about what to expect in the ballroom!
Who's on top of the leaderboard?
1. Frankie Muniz & Witney Carson: 25/30
2. Tie! Jordan Fisher & Lindsay Arnold, Lindsey Stirling & Mark Ballas: 24/30
3. Vanessa Lachey & Maksim Chmerkovskiy: 23/30
Watch: Nikki Bella Dishes On Her & John Cena's Real-Life 'Red Room' Ahead of 'DWTS' Guilty Pleasures Night
Who's in danger of elimination?
Nikki Bella & Artem Chigvintsev received the lowest score from the judges last Tuesday, 18/30. They were followed closely behind with a three-way tie between Derek Fisher & Sharna Burgess, Terrell Owens & Cheryl Burke and Nick Lachey & Peta Murgatroyd, who all received...
The 11 remaining contestants will take the floor once again on Monday night, performing dances inspired by their ultimate guilty pleasures, a brand new theme for the dance competition show.
But before the stars and their pro partners show off their skills, Et's breaking down everything you need to know about what to expect in the ballroom!
Who's on top of the leaderboard?
1. Frankie Muniz & Witney Carson: 25/30
2. Tie! Jordan Fisher & Lindsay Arnold, Lindsey Stirling & Mark Ballas: 24/30
3. Vanessa Lachey & Maksim Chmerkovskiy: 23/30
Watch: Nikki Bella Dishes On Her & John Cena's Real-Life 'Red Room' Ahead of 'DWTS' Guilty Pleasures Night
Who's in danger of elimination?
Nikki Bella & Artem Chigvintsev received the lowest score from the judges last Tuesday, 18/30. They were followed closely behind with a three-way tie between Derek Fisher & Sharna Burgess, Terrell Owens & Cheryl Burke and Nick Lachey & Peta Murgatroyd, who all received...
- 10/2/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Plenty of big names are channeling their inner Beyoncé in honor of the superstar singer’s 36th birthday on Monday — including Michelle Obama.
The former first lady and 17 other women united for a special tribute on Beyoncé’s official website, with each woman recreating the same iconic look from the singer’s “Formation” music video.
Tennis star (and new mom) Serena Williams and Beyoncé’s former Destiny’s Child bandmates Michelle Williams and Kelly Rowland also participated in the tribute, as did Beyoncé’s daughter Blue Ivy Carter, mom Tina Knowles Lawson, husband Jay-Z’s mom, Gloria Carter, and his grandmother,...
The former first lady and 17 other women united for a special tribute on Beyoncé’s official website, with each woman recreating the same iconic look from the singer’s “Formation” music video.
Tennis star (and new mom) Serena Williams and Beyoncé’s former Destiny’s Child bandmates Michelle Williams and Kelly Rowland also participated in the tribute, as did Beyoncé’s daughter Blue Ivy Carter, mom Tina Knowles Lawson, husband Jay-Z’s mom, Gloria Carter, and his grandmother,...
- 9/4/2017
- by Tierney McAfee
- PEOPLE.com
Steven Soderbergh’s directing career started with “Sex, Lies and Videotape,” a massive breakout that not only launched his career — it changed the industry of independent filmmaking in America. While struggling to find his footing after becoming a household name at age 26, Soderbergh never let himself become frozen by his early success or some preconceived notion of what his career would be. Instead, he dogmatically followed any story that piqued his interest, regardless if it was building the slick “Ocean’s Eleven” franchise or an experimental film he shot in his hometown with friends (“Schizopolis”).
He has been careful to build a career that was commercially viable so as to maximize his ability to be constantly creating and experimenting with films that were sometimes aggressively uncommercial. Along the way, he has fought to be as efficient a filmmaker as possible – constantly trying different approaches and new technology to make and...
He has been careful to build a career that was commercially viable so as to maximize his ability to be constantly creating and experimenting with films that were sometimes aggressively uncommercial. Along the way, he has fought to be as efficient a filmmaker as possible – constantly trying different approaches and new technology to make and...
- 8/14/2017
- by David Ehrlich and Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
Sam Shepard was a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright whose contributions to the theater world spanned decades; by the time he started acting in movies, his career had already taken off. As such, even as he landed an Oscar nomination for “The Right Stuff” and continued to be a regular presence in front of the camera, the multi-talented writer-performer remained primarily associated with the stage. Nevertheless, Shepard remained a major figure in American cinema for 40 years in more ways that one: It’s his tender screenplay that makes Wim Wenders’ “Paris, Texas” such an emotional powerhouse, and he even directed two features, but it’s Shepard’s acting credits speak to his astonishing range — and the way he continued to evolve his skills as the decades wore on. Here are five standouts from a career so rich with talent that we can only begin to explore it with this limited sampling (sorry,...
- 7/31/2017
- by Eric Kohn, Michael Nordine, Ben Travers and David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Sam Shepard has died, leaving behind a remarkable body of work both on the page and on the screen. An Academy Award–nominated actor and Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright, Shepard also leaves behind many friends, peers, and colleagues who now find themselves mourning his loss. Tributes have already come pouring in on social media; apropos of Shepard himself, many are especially eloquent.
Read MoreSam Shepard, Lauded Director, Playwright, and Actor, Dies at 73
Sam Shepard is one of the greats. These eyes saw so much, and he wrote of what he saw with fearless, timeless honesty. Rip maestro. pic.twitter.com/pIY4FWxXtZ
— Beau Willimon (@BeauWillimon) July 31, 2017
Rip Sam Shepard. Ride on, genius.
— marc maron (@marcmaron) July 31, 2017
Sam Shepherd. A playwright’s playwright. R.I.P.
— Jeff Daniels (@Jeff_Daniels) July 31, 2017
Sam Shepard. Whenever he came on-screen, you knew you were in good hands. A frame from “Days of Heaven.” May he rest in love.
Read MoreSam Shepard, Lauded Director, Playwright, and Actor, Dies at 73
Sam Shepard is one of the greats. These eyes saw so much, and he wrote of what he saw with fearless, timeless honesty. Rip maestro. pic.twitter.com/pIY4FWxXtZ
— Beau Willimon (@BeauWillimon) July 31, 2017
Rip Sam Shepard. Ride on, genius.
— marc maron (@marcmaron) July 31, 2017
Sam Shepherd. A playwright’s playwright. R.I.P.
— Jeff Daniels (@Jeff_Daniels) July 31, 2017
Sam Shepard. Whenever he came on-screen, you knew you were in good hands. A frame from “Days of Heaven.” May he rest in love.
- 7/31/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
The stars were out to celebrate Dave Chapelle!
On Monday, Kanye West, Kendall Jenner, Stevie Wonder, Tobey McGuire and more came out to support Chapelle, who hosted an exclusive live stand up show celebrating his newly-released comedy specials presented by Netflix & Live Nation, at The h.wood Group's Peppermint Club, in West Hollywood, California.
Jenner sat with a group of friends at her own table next to West's table in the front row. Wonder, however, chilled backstage in the Virginia Black VIP Green Room while listening to Chapelle. The music legend even played the harmonica on the side, until Chapelle's band leader brought him out on stage.
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During a quick visit to New York City on Wednesday, Bachelor winner and Canada native Vanessa Grimaldi, introduced fiancé, Nick Viall, to her favorite Canadian staple: Tim Hortons donuts and coffee.
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Jenni 'J Woww' Farley celebrated her 31st birthday with her husband Roger Matthews and daughter...
On Monday, Kanye West, Kendall Jenner, Stevie Wonder, Tobey McGuire and more came out to support Chapelle, who hosted an exclusive live stand up show celebrating his newly-released comedy specials presented by Netflix & Live Nation, at The h.wood Group's Peppermint Club, in West Hollywood, California.
Jenner sat with a group of friends at her own table next to West's table in the front row. Wonder, however, chilled backstage in the Virginia Black VIP Green Room while listening to Chapelle. The music legend even played the harmonica on the side, until Chapelle's band leader brought him out on stage.
Mathieu Bitton
During a quick visit to New York City on Wednesday, Bachelor winner and Canada native Vanessa Grimaldi, introduced fiancé, Nick Viall, to her favorite Canadian staple: Tim Hortons donuts and coffee.
Michael Simon/ StarTrakPhotos.com
Jenni 'J Woww' Farley celebrated her 31st birthday with her husband Roger Matthews and daughter...
- 3/24/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Extolling Beyoncé as Queen of the GRAMMYs isn't an opinion -- it's an objective fact. With 53 previous nominations, she is the most-nominated female artist in history. And considering the nine nominations she earned this year, including Lemonade for Album of the Year and "Formation" for Record and Song of the Year, and Yonce need not worry about anyone usurping that title anytime soon.
And that's just nominations! Ahead of Sunday's Grammy Awards, look back on Bey's reign over music's most prestigious awards show, including her 20 wins, her best performances and the history she's made along the way.
Watch: Becoming Beyoncé: 20 Things You Don't About Know the Singer's Journey to Superstardom
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2001: Destiny's Child earned their first Grammy nomination the year prior, but Beyoncé's first ever win was the award for Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group for "Say My Name." (Destiny's Child also won Best R&B Song that...
And that's just nominations! Ahead of Sunday's Grammy Awards, look back on Bey's reign over music's most prestigious awards show, including her 20 wins, her best performances and the history she's made along the way.
Watch: Becoming Beyoncé: 20 Things You Don't About Know the Singer's Journey to Superstardom
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2001: Destiny's Child earned their first Grammy nomination the year prior, but Beyoncé's first ever win was the award for Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group for "Say My Name." (Destiny's Child also won Best R&B Song that...
- 2/12/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
As the world of indie films continues to grow, we enter a realm where a given year might see the same actors in biggest efforts of the year and the craziest… the zaniest… the goofiest. With a writer/director you don’t know, Nacho Vigalondo (Open Windows), a relatively tiny budget, and a story that is so bonkers that you’ll think the whole project is made up if given the synopsis, Colossal nevertheless has Anne Hathaway, Jason Sudeikis, Dan Stevens, and Tim Blake Nelson on board.
Gloria (Hathaway) is currently unemployed and her boyfriend kicks her out of her apartment, which forces her to leave New York and move back to her hometown. This happens just as a giant monster shows up to start destroying Seoul, South Korea. Two events couldn’t be less related, right?
But, as time goes on (and you’ll get this in the trailer...
Gloria (Hathaway) is currently unemployed and her boyfriend kicks her out of her apartment, which forces her to leave New York and move back to her hometown. This happens just as a giant monster shows up to start destroying Seoul, South Korea. Two events couldn’t be less related, right?
But, as time goes on (and you’ll get this in the trailer...
- 1/23/2017
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
This post originally appeared on Entertainment Weekly.
Whether he’s reading to kids at the White House, hitting up local bookstores on Black Friday, or giving recommendations to his daughters, President Barack Obama may as well be known as the Commander in Books.
Potus is an avid reader and recently spoke to the New York Times about the significant, informative and inspirational role literature has played in his presidency, crediting books for allowing him to “slow down and get perspective.” With his presidency coming to an end this Friday, EW looked back at Obama’s lit picks over the years...
Whether he’s reading to kids at the White House, hitting up local bookstores on Black Friday, or giving recommendations to his daughters, President Barack Obama may as well be known as the Commander in Books.
Potus is an avid reader and recently spoke to the New York Times about the significant, informative and inspirational role literature has played in his presidency, crediting books for allowing him to “slow down and get perspective.” With his presidency coming to an end this Friday, EW looked back at Obama’s lit picks over the years...
- 1/19/2017
- by Mark Marino
- PEOPLE.com
First lady Michelle Obama sat down with Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday's Tonight Show, and opened up about how her family's departure from the White House has hit them all harder than expected.
"It has been surprisingly emotional for all of us in ways we didn't expect," she revealed after reminiscing with Fallon about the sketches her family has filmed on The Tonight Show, and the many initiatives the late-night host has helped her promote over the past eight years.
The two also discussed President Barack Obama's touching farewell address, where many in the audience -- including the couple's eldest daughter, Malia -- were brought to tears, while Michelle managed to remain composed and tear-free.
"You kept it together, but I lost it," Fallon admitted. "I was crying on my wife's shoulder. I was like, 'He's just the best man in the whole wide world.'"
Watch: President Barack Obama Delivers Emotional Farewell Address -- Celebs React with...
"It has been surprisingly emotional for all of us in ways we didn't expect," she revealed after reminiscing with Fallon about the sketches her family has filmed on The Tonight Show, and the many initiatives the late-night host has helped her promote over the past eight years.
The two also discussed President Barack Obama's touching farewell address, where many in the audience -- including the couple's eldest daughter, Malia -- were brought to tears, while Michelle managed to remain composed and tear-free.
"You kept it together, but I lost it," Fallon admitted. "I was crying on my wife's shoulder. I was like, 'He's just the best man in the whole wide world.'"
Watch: President Barack Obama Delivers Emotional Farewell Address -- Celebs React with...
- 1/12/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Kanye West's fans would really like to know how he actually feels about Donald Trump.
The Life of Pablo rapper was booed at his San Jose, California, concert on Thursday night, after he said in a rant, "I told y’all I didn’t vote, right? But if I were to vote, I would have voted on Trump."
Watch: Kanye West Tells Concertgoers He Would Have Voted for Donald Trump, Talks His 2020 Campaign
"I just said that I would have voted for Donald Trump and then I did a song and y’all sang it at the top of your lungs," he noted. "That doesn’t mean that you’re a Trump supporter. That just means you Ok with a celebrity having their own opinion. Or that someone else is Ok to have their own opinion. That might not be your opinion but you can still like that person or still like that person’s music...
The Life of Pablo rapper was booed at his San Jose, California, concert on Thursday night, after he said in a rant, "I told y’all I didn’t vote, right? But if I were to vote, I would have voted on Trump."
Watch: Kanye West Tells Concertgoers He Would Have Voted for Donald Trump, Talks His 2020 Campaign
"I just said that I would have voted for Donald Trump and then I did a song and y’all sang it at the top of your lungs," he noted. "That doesn’t mean that you’re a Trump supporter. That just means you Ok with a celebrity having their own opinion. Or that someone else is Ok to have their own opinion. That might not be your opinion but you can still like that person or still like that person’s music...
- 11/18/2016
- Entertainment Tonight
Dancing With the Stars semifinals, you couldn’t have come at a better time.
In the wake of last Tuesday’s divisive presidential election, there was no form of entertainment more welcome than quasi-celebrities telling inspirational stories and dancing for a shiny trophy. Uplifting? Yes. A bit mindless? Yes. A much-needed distraction from politics? Abso-lute-ly.
It’s hard to believe that just a few weeks ago, we were watching through our fingers as Jake T. Austin stumbled through his first Dancing routine, or cringing as Rick Perry was essentially dragged around the ballroom by Emma Slater.
Now, with just a...
In the wake of last Tuesday’s divisive presidential election, there was no form of entertainment more welcome than quasi-celebrities telling inspirational stories and dancing for a shiny trophy. Uplifting? Yes. A bit mindless? Yes. A much-needed distraction from politics? Abso-lute-ly.
It’s hard to believe that just a few weeks ago, we were watching through our fingers as Jake T. Austin stumbled through his first Dancing routine, or cringing as Rick Perry was essentially dragged around the ballroom by Emma Slater.
Now, with just a...
- 11/15/2016
- TVLine.com
Adding to what is already an extremely crowded animation season— at least 26 entries are vying for the five Oscar slots— a few strong indie contenders will arrive this fall.
Ever since Cannes, leading the indie pack is Studio Ghibli’s “The Red Turtle” (November 18, Sony Pictures Classics), the exquisite and compelling 2D castaway drama from Michael Dudok De Wit, director of the Oscar-winning “Father and Daughter” short. It starts screening September 8 at the Toronto Film Festival.
A man shipwrecked on a lush tropical island inhabited by crabs, turtles and birds tries to escape by building and rebuilding a raft, continually wrecked by a mysterious red turtle, which transforms into a beautiful red-headed woman who becomes his companion and soul mate. The two have a son and live happily together as a family.
“The film tells the story in a both linear and circular manner,” De Wit said in an interview with “Positif’s” Bernard Genin.
Ever since Cannes, leading the indie pack is Studio Ghibli’s “The Red Turtle” (November 18, Sony Pictures Classics), the exquisite and compelling 2D castaway drama from Michael Dudok De Wit, director of the Oscar-winning “Father and Daughter” short. It starts screening September 8 at the Toronto Film Festival.
A man shipwrecked on a lush tropical island inhabited by crabs, turtles and birds tries to escape by building and rebuilding a raft, continually wrecked by a mysterious red turtle, which transforms into a beautiful red-headed woman who becomes his companion and soul mate. The two have a son and live happily together as a family.
“The film tells the story in a both linear and circular manner,” De Wit said in an interview with “Positif’s” Bernard Genin.
- 9/8/2016
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Reviewed by Jesse Miller,
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Synopsis: Three tortured young women seek revenge against their predator.
From the mind of Sandy Chukhadarian (who worked on such material like Entourage and Rome) comes the nasty little horror film Psychos, a revenge story that’s got its focus on the minds of its victims and their journey through hell.
The film opens with a pair of officers investigating the bloody remains in a house. Something has gone horribly wrong here and this In Media Res cold opening is quite effective, as it sets up a neat little hook for the rest of the film to dive into.
From there on, we meet three distinctly different ladies. You have Norma (Melissa Elena Jones), Jj (Deniele Cloutier) and Sasha (Angelica Chitwood), all tied together by their horrific past in which they were tortured as young girls.
We find them drifting through society – Norma as a socially inept teacher,...
MoreHorror.com
Synopsis: Three tortured young women seek revenge against their predator.
From the mind of Sandy Chukhadarian (who worked on such material like Entourage and Rome) comes the nasty little horror film Psychos, a revenge story that’s got its focus on the minds of its victims and their journey through hell.
The film opens with a pair of officers investigating the bloody remains in a house. Something has gone horribly wrong here and this In Media Res cold opening is quite effective, as it sets up a neat little hook for the rest of the film to dive into.
From there on, we meet three distinctly different ladies. You have Norma (Melissa Elena Jones), Jj (Deniele Cloutier) and Sasha (Angelica Chitwood), all tied together by their horrific past in which they were tortured as young girls.
We find them drifting through society – Norma as a socially inept teacher,...
- 8/24/2016
- by admin
- MoreHorror
This week on TNT’s The Last Ship, both the Nathan James and the White House were targeted by traitors. Who was behind the double-cross, and why?
RelatedTNT’s The Last Ship Renewed for Season 4
Racing against time to track down Peng’s arsenal of anti-cure payloads, the Nathan James was led to the island of Paraiso, a long-abandoned military base. There, they were met by… a jaunty fellow in tennis whites. The local insisted that all was idyllic on the isle, that Peng leaves them be, while their meager sewing factory manufactures jeans and what not. But nothing smells quite right in “Paradise,...
RelatedTNT’s The Last Ship Renewed for Season 4
Racing against time to track down Peng’s arsenal of anti-cure payloads, the Nathan James was led to the island of Paraiso, a long-abandoned military base. There, they were met by… a jaunty fellow in tennis whites. The local insisted that all was idyllic on the isle, that Peng leaves them be, while their meager sewing factory manufactures jeans and what not. But nothing smells quite right in “Paradise,...
- 8/15/2016
- TVLine.com
Thomas Gibson, who on Friday was fired from veteran CBS procedural Criminal Minds following an on-set altercation, is looking to file suit against the show’s producers.
RelatedCriminal Minds Fires Thomas Gibson: Will Hotch Die? Quit? Or Be Recast?
Per The Hollywood Reporter, Gibson has hired Los Angeles-based litigators Skip Miller and Sasha Frid to mull over whether it would be in his best interests to pursue legal action after he was dismissed for allegedly kicking writer Virgil Williams during a heated dispute over creative differences. Williams is said to have filed a complaint with human resources, forcing Gibson,...
RelatedCriminal Minds Fires Thomas Gibson: Will Hotch Die? Quit? Or Be Recast?
Per The Hollywood Reporter, Gibson has hired Los Angeles-based litigators Skip Miller and Sasha Frid to mull over whether it would be in his best interests to pursue legal action after he was dismissed for allegedly kicking writer Virgil Williams during a heated dispute over creative differences. Williams is said to have filed a complaint with human resources, forcing Gibson,...
- 8/14/2016
- TVLine.com
You know it when you see it. A star on the rise.
Casting “Magic Mike,” Steven Soderbergh saw an audition tape for then-22-year-old model-actress Riley Keough—whose genetic blessings from grandfather Elvis Presley and mother Lisa Marie are self evident—and hired her sight unseen for a small role as stripper Nora, where she learned all about “underwear and spray tans,” she told me in our video interview. She first met Soderbergh at a “Magic Mike” staff dinner with her co-stars Channing Tatum, Matthew McConaughey and her romantic interest Alex Pettyfer, to whom she was briefly engaged.
Five years later, “The Girlfriend Experience” producer Soderbergh cast Keough to carry the 13-part Starz half-hour series “The Girlfriend Experience,” now adapted from his 2009 film by indie writer-directors, Amy Seimetz (“Sun Don’t Shine”) and Lodge Kerrigan (“Claire Dolan”). Reviews and Emmy buzz are strong.
Keough had some discomfort after reading the...
Casting “Magic Mike,” Steven Soderbergh saw an audition tape for then-22-year-old model-actress Riley Keough—whose genetic blessings from grandfather Elvis Presley and mother Lisa Marie are self evident—and hired her sight unseen for a small role as stripper Nora, where she learned all about “underwear and spray tans,” she told me in our video interview. She first met Soderbergh at a “Magic Mike” staff dinner with her co-stars Channing Tatum, Matthew McConaughey and her romantic interest Alex Pettyfer, to whom she was briefly engaged.
Five years later, “The Girlfriend Experience” producer Soderbergh cast Keough to carry the 13-part Starz half-hour series “The Girlfriend Experience,” now adapted from his 2009 film by indie writer-directors, Amy Seimetz (“Sun Don’t Shine”) and Lodge Kerrigan (“Claire Dolan”). Reviews and Emmy buzz are strong.
Keough had some discomfort after reading the...
- 7/11/2016
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
You know it when you see it. A star on the rise.
Casting “Magic Mike,” Steven Soderbergh saw an audition tape for then-22-year-old model-actress Riley Keough—whose genetic blessings from grandfather Elvis Presley and mother Lisa Marie are self evident—and hired her sight unseen for a small role as stripper Nora, where she learned all about “underwear and spray tans,” she told me in our video interview. She first met Soderbergh at a “Magic Mike” staff dinner with her co-stars Channing Tatum, Matthew McConaughey and her romantic interest Alex Pettyfer, to whom she was briefly engaged.
Five years later, “The Girlfriend Experience” producer Soderbergh cast Keough to carry the 13-part Starz half-hour series “The Girlfriend Experience,” now adapted from his 2009 film by indie writer-directors, Amy Seimetz (“Sun Don’t Shine”) and Lodge Kerrigan (“Claire Dolan”). Reviews and Emmy buzz are strong.
Keough had some discomfort after reading the...
Casting “Magic Mike,” Steven Soderbergh saw an audition tape for then-22-year-old model-actress Riley Keough—whose genetic blessings from grandfather Elvis Presley and mother Lisa Marie are self evident—and hired her sight unseen for a small role as stripper Nora, where she learned all about “underwear and spray tans,” she told me in our video interview. She first met Soderbergh at a “Magic Mike” staff dinner with her co-stars Channing Tatum, Matthew McConaughey and her romantic interest Alex Pettyfer, to whom she was briefly engaged.
Five years later, “The Girlfriend Experience” producer Soderbergh cast Keough to carry the 13-part Starz half-hour series “The Girlfriend Experience,” now adapted from his 2009 film by indie writer-directors, Amy Seimetz (“Sun Don’t Shine”) and Lodge Kerrigan (“Claire Dolan”). Reviews and Emmy buzz are strong.
Keough had some discomfort after reading the...
- 7/11/2016
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
A version of this story on Riley Keough first appeared in the print edition of TheWrap Magazine’s Miniseries/Movies Emmy Issue. Swagger — that’s what Riley Keough has in “The Girlfriend Experience,” Starz’s limited series based on the Steven Soderbergh movie from 2009. As Christine, a student-turned-prostitute who enjoys her work, the 27-year-old actress embraced the role taken by Sasha Grey in the original film, of a strong, sexual woman unapologetic about her career. “She’s happy with her choices,” said Keough, who also happens to be the granddaughter of Elvis Presley. “I don’t think she needs other people to make her feel.
- 6/17/2016
- by Tim Appelo
- The Wrap
There is something refreshing about teenage drama cum neo-Bechdel test, Bang Gang. The film seems to be on a conscious mission to smash any and all notions of how these films are done. From John Hughes' The Breakfast Club with its easily codified characters, to Larry Clark's Kids with its bombast of cruel sex and and bad behaviour, and Dazed & Confused or American Graffiti on the spectrum in between, there is a lot of territory to cover. At the beginning of a particularly hot and humid summer in a suburb in southern France, four teens, Alex, George, Laetitia and Nikita, find themselves bored, and horny (a combination of watching women's tennis and Sasha Grey) and in possession of an empty house while Alex's mother is off...
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- 6/16/2016
- Screen Anarchy
There is something refreshing about teenage drama cum neo-Bechdel test, Bang Gang. The film seems to be on a conscious mission to smash any and all notions of how these films are done. From John Hughes' The Breakfast Club with its easily codified characters, to Larry Clark's Kids with its bombast of cruel sex and and bad behaviour, and Dazed & Confused or American Graffiti on the spectrum in between, there is a lot of territory to cover. At the beginning of a particularly hot and humid summer in a suburb in southern France, four teens, Alex, George, Laetitia and Nikita, find themselves bored, and horny (a combination of watching women's tennis and Sasha Grey) and in possession of an empty house while Alex's mother is off...
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- 6/16/2016
- Screen Anarchy
Welcome to every parent’s worst nightmare. A fully erect middle finger to the idea of abstinence-only education, Eva Husson’s “Bang Gang: A Love Story” is the opposite of a cautionary tale — it’s a salaciously soft-core movie about the upside of indiscriminate teen sex. Opening with a permissive Carl Jung quote that speaks to the trajectory of self-improvement (“One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious”), Husson’s directorial debut is too derivative of forebears like “Kids” and “The Rules of Attraction” to earn a spot alongside them, but it nevertheless moves along on the strength of its slyly transgressive undertow.
Here is a rare new entry in that smallest of sub-genres: Movies that don’t punish teens for fucking their brains out (surprise surprise: it’s French). Which isn’t to say that the kids get off without any consequences, but rather that their libidos don’t sentence them to an after-school special. Kids, if you value the freedom to make your own mistakes, do everything in your power to prevent your parents from seeing this film.
“Bang Gang” (more on that title later) begins with a flash-forward that’s hard to shake, the camera tracking through an airy house in the affluent coastal city of Biarritz as dozens of naked teenagers hump each other in all manner of positions; the scene is like the orgy sequence from “Eyes Wide Shut” as it might have been shot by Terry Richardson.
But Husson doesn’t let you gawp at all the lithe young bodies for long, as the film soon begins to feel the weight of some unknown heaviness. “It was the year no one could forget,” an anonymous voiceover solemnly intones, genuflecting on some past trauma with the same wistful sense of wisdom with which Leonardo DiCaprio remembered his time on a remote Thai beach.
Not that it matters much, but we’ll later learn that the voice belongs to Alex (the English-born Finnegan Oldfield), a lanky high school senior whose only discernible quality is a general disregard for other people’s feelings. He and his clownish best friend Nikita (Fred Hotier, one of the film’s numerous first-time actors) can often be found smoking a blunt somewhere and streaming videos of porn star Sasha Grey in action. These two boys own several of the opening scenes, but Husson’s attention seems anchored to the first girls with whom we see Alex and Nikita fool around: Laetitia (Daisy Broom) is a virginal brunette with a strict father. George (potential breakout star Marilyn Lima) is a compact blonde who looks like an Olsen twin by way of Vanessa Paradis.
Their roles seem codified by the color of their hair, especially when George and Alex have sex while their two comparatively demure friends watch from the sidelines, but Husson is itching to test your assumptions, and the dynamic between these characters is soon twisted beyond recognition with the introduction of a shy, curly-haired fifth wheel named Gabriel (Lorenzo Lefebvre).
Read More: Two Teens Discuss an Awkward Encounter in Exclusive Clip from ‘Bang Gang: A Love Story’
Betrayal! Anger! Jealousy! All of it shot with the dreamy poeticism of Andrea Arnold and glazed with a blissed-out electronic score by M83 collaborator White Sea. Alex doesn’t care about George — she’s a conquest, and he disposes of her as soon as she’s reaffirmed his self-worth. But George has an idea to ease her pain, an inclusive plan for all their friends that will allow her to view people as interchangeably as Alex does: She calls them “bang gangs,” but they’re basically orgies. Games of truth or dare in which “truth” isn’t an option. These kids are ready to maul each other to begin with, but sprinkle in some throbbing house music and a flurry of cocaine and you’re off to the races.
Each of these characters threaten to make this their movie at some point, and while that lack of focus prevents them from achieving even the slightest whiff of depth, it also endows Husson’s story with the mutability of teenage friendships, which tend to shift with the tides. To some extent, these kids become as interchangeable to us as they are to each other. As the film’s latter half descends into an overlong blur of bang gangs, the anonymity of all that sex increasingly begins to seem like the point, as George and her friends eagerly reduce their bodies to dildos and vessels because they all just want to feel wanted, no matter the cost.
You’ve never seen a high school movie with such a conspicuous absence of body shaming, as these horny teens give each other a satisfaction that they can’t give themselves. “We all have superpowers,” George declares to the camera before getting railed by a half-dozen dudes off-screen (Husson only shows enough of the action to make viewers believe in what’s happening behind closed doors, and her camera ogles the male cast members almost as much as it does the girls). But maybe they shouldn’t be quite so eager to record the sexcapades on their phones — welcome to the age of Chekhov’s YouTube video.
Storm clouds are clearly forming on the horizon from the start, as Husson repeatedly interlaces scenes with radio reports of a gruesome train derailment. It’s a clumsy attempt at illustrating the myopia of her characters, and one that doesn’t work without the sociopolitical heft that “A Bigger Splash” recently used to anchor the same technique. These boys and girls are clearly sticking their heads into the ground (or whatever holes they can find), but their broad tunnel-vision is spread too thin to maintain much of its taste. “Bang Gang” may have a bit more sizzle than Mia Hansen-Løve’s similarly themed “Goodbye, First Love,” but it desperately misses that film’s wonderful sensitivity.
But Husson, to her credit, does succeed in “making the darkness conscious” for these thirsty young fuck buddies. Their story is so whitewashed that it flirts with irresponsibility — there’s no violence, and any STDs contracted can be cured with a pill.
At one point, a girl refers to the simplicity of her abortion as “a modern day fairytale,” and the same description could be applied to the whole film. But if “Bang Gang” climaxes a bit too cleanly, its moral rings true all the same: Kids have to be kids before they can become adults.
Grade: B
“Bang Gang: A Love Story” opens in theaters on Friday.
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Here is a rare new entry in that smallest of sub-genres: Movies that don’t punish teens for fucking their brains out (surprise surprise: it’s French). Which isn’t to say that the kids get off without any consequences, but rather that their libidos don’t sentence them to an after-school special. Kids, if you value the freedom to make your own mistakes, do everything in your power to prevent your parents from seeing this film.
“Bang Gang” (more on that title later) begins with a flash-forward that’s hard to shake, the camera tracking through an airy house in the affluent coastal city of Biarritz as dozens of naked teenagers hump each other in all manner of positions; the scene is like the orgy sequence from “Eyes Wide Shut” as it might have been shot by Terry Richardson.
But Husson doesn’t let you gawp at all the lithe young bodies for long, as the film soon begins to feel the weight of some unknown heaviness. “It was the year no one could forget,” an anonymous voiceover solemnly intones, genuflecting on some past trauma with the same wistful sense of wisdom with which Leonardo DiCaprio remembered his time on a remote Thai beach.
Not that it matters much, but we’ll later learn that the voice belongs to Alex (the English-born Finnegan Oldfield), a lanky high school senior whose only discernible quality is a general disregard for other people’s feelings. He and his clownish best friend Nikita (Fred Hotier, one of the film’s numerous first-time actors) can often be found smoking a blunt somewhere and streaming videos of porn star Sasha Grey in action. These two boys own several of the opening scenes, but Husson’s attention seems anchored to the first girls with whom we see Alex and Nikita fool around: Laetitia (Daisy Broom) is a virginal brunette with a strict father. George (potential breakout star Marilyn Lima) is a compact blonde who looks like an Olsen twin by way of Vanessa Paradis.
Their roles seem codified by the color of their hair, especially when George and Alex have sex while their two comparatively demure friends watch from the sidelines, but Husson is itching to test your assumptions, and the dynamic between these characters is soon twisted beyond recognition with the introduction of a shy, curly-haired fifth wheel named Gabriel (Lorenzo Lefebvre).
Read More: Two Teens Discuss an Awkward Encounter in Exclusive Clip from ‘Bang Gang: A Love Story’
Betrayal! Anger! Jealousy! All of it shot with the dreamy poeticism of Andrea Arnold and glazed with a blissed-out electronic score by M83 collaborator White Sea. Alex doesn’t care about George — she’s a conquest, and he disposes of her as soon as she’s reaffirmed his self-worth. But George has an idea to ease her pain, an inclusive plan for all their friends that will allow her to view people as interchangeably as Alex does: She calls them “bang gangs,” but they’re basically orgies. Games of truth or dare in which “truth” isn’t an option. These kids are ready to maul each other to begin with, but sprinkle in some throbbing house music and a flurry of cocaine and you’re off to the races.
Each of these characters threaten to make this their movie at some point, and while that lack of focus prevents them from achieving even the slightest whiff of depth, it also endows Husson’s story with the mutability of teenage friendships, which tend to shift with the tides. To some extent, these kids become as interchangeable to us as they are to each other. As the film’s latter half descends into an overlong blur of bang gangs, the anonymity of all that sex increasingly begins to seem like the point, as George and her friends eagerly reduce their bodies to dildos and vessels because they all just want to feel wanted, no matter the cost.
You’ve never seen a high school movie with such a conspicuous absence of body shaming, as these horny teens give each other a satisfaction that they can’t give themselves. “We all have superpowers,” George declares to the camera before getting railed by a half-dozen dudes off-screen (Husson only shows enough of the action to make viewers believe in what’s happening behind closed doors, and her camera ogles the male cast members almost as much as it does the girls). But maybe they shouldn’t be quite so eager to record the sexcapades on their phones — welcome to the age of Chekhov’s YouTube video.
Storm clouds are clearly forming on the horizon from the start, as Husson repeatedly interlaces scenes with radio reports of a gruesome train derailment. It’s a clumsy attempt at illustrating the myopia of her characters, and one that doesn’t work without the sociopolitical heft that “A Bigger Splash” recently used to anchor the same technique. These boys and girls are clearly sticking their heads into the ground (or whatever holes they can find), but their broad tunnel-vision is spread too thin to maintain much of its taste. “Bang Gang” may have a bit more sizzle than Mia Hansen-Løve’s similarly themed “Goodbye, First Love,” but it desperately misses that film’s wonderful sensitivity.
But Husson, to her credit, does succeed in “making the darkness conscious” for these thirsty young fuck buddies. Their story is so whitewashed that it flirts with irresponsibility — there’s no violence, and any STDs contracted can be cured with a pill.
At one point, a girl refers to the simplicity of her abortion as “a modern day fairytale,” and the same description could be applied to the whole film. But if “Bang Gang” climaxes a bit too cleanly, its moral rings true all the same: Kids have to be kids before they can become adults.
Grade: B
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- 6/15/2016
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
On April 20, Limp Bizkit was supposed to give a concert at a Sunoco in Dayton, Ohio. At least, according to Facebook. "We come all the way from West Milton to see Limp Bizkit. Live action," said fan Randy Ray, just one of the 8,9000 confirmed attendees (on Facebook) who showed up, ultimately just to be disappointed, according to Wrgt. Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst issued a statement on Twitter declaring the concert a hoax, but it didn't stop fans from showing up - many were simply there for the fun of it, although a few were hoping for a last-minute surprise: "Where you at?...
- 5/10/2016
- by Alex Heigl, @alex_heigl
- PEOPLE.com
A few short weeks from now, when Paige VanZant or Wanyá Morris or Nyle Dimarco hoist that Mirrorball trophy in the air, Monday’s Switch-Up edition of Dancing With the Stars likely won’t be one of the Season 22 memories flashing before their eyes.
Although the traditional partner swap has worked wonders in past seasons, most of Monday’s mixed-up duos suffered from lack of chemistry, communication or — in a few disconcerting cases — proper choreography. (When TVLine compiles its year-end Best and Worst lists, you can expect to see Keo and Len’s Viennese Waltz debate somewhere in the “Most Cringeworthy Moments” section.
Although the traditional partner swap has worked wonders in past seasons, most of Monday’s mixed-up duos suffered from lack of chemistry, communication or — in a few disconcerting cases — proper choreography. (When TVLine compiles its year-end Best and Worst lists, you can expect to see Keo and Len’s Viennese Waltz debate somewhere in the “Most Cringeworthy Moments” section.
- 4/19/2016
- TVLine.com
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Its protagonist may be a beautiful college student exploring the addictive business of “transactional sex,” but there’s no heat between the sheets of The Girlfriend Experience. That’s by design. This expansion of the Steven Soderbergh film about a Manhattan call girl (played by real adult actress Sasha Grey) is as compelling as it is icy cool, a show that observes the fallacies and fantasies of human desire through the eyes of a woman so single-mindedly careerist that she chooses to commodify her own carnal appetites, reworking pleasure as business with shrewd detachment.
If that sounds alienating, that’s because the series’ ostensibly salacious premise – girl meets world, world pimps out girl, girl finds that this is to her liking – is one of its many acts of narrative subterfuge. Writer-directors Lodge Kerrigan and Amy Seimetz, each taking the reins from Soderbergh to...
Its protagonist may be a beautiful college student exploring the addictive business of “transactional sex,” but there’s no heat between the sheets of The Girlfriend Experience. That’s by design. This expansion of the Steven Soderbergh film about a Manhattan call girl (played by real adult actress Sasha Grey) is as compelling as it is icy cool, a show that observes the fallacies and fantasies of human desire through the eyes of a woman so single-mindedly careerist that she chooses to commodify her own carnal appetites, reworking pleasure as business with shrewd detachment.
If that sounds alienating, that’s because the series’ ostensibly salacious premise – girl meets world, world pimps out girl, girl finds that this is to her liking – is one of its many acts of narrative subterfuge. Writer-directors Lodge Kerrigan and Amy Seimetz, each taking the reins from Soderbergh to...
- 4/9/2016
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
She's probably one of those girls you talk shit about," says Riley Keough. The 26-year-old actress is huddled on a couch in a Soho hotel room, a coat spread across her lap and a cup of tea nearby to stave off some overenthusiastic air conditioning. She's thinking about how she would have reacted to Christine — the character she plays on Starz's half-hour drama The Girlfriend Experience — if they'd met as teenagers. "She's the type of girl that you go to school with that you're threatened by their sexuality and ability to steal your man.
- 4/7/2016
- Rollingstone.com
Kim Fields' performance for Monday's Dancing with the Stars "Most Memorable Year" week was a trip back in time - way back, to her Facts of Life days. And even Mrs. Garrett (Charlotte Rae) was watching in the audience to cheer her on! Fields, 46, performed a sitcom-flavored foxtrot dressed in her Eastland best, accompanied by a cover of the classic theme song. As judge Carrie Ann Inaba gushed afterward, she could hardly tell any time had passed: "Why do you look exactly the same?" she jokingly asked Fields. "The idea of foxtrotting to the Facts of Life theme song...
- 4/5/2016
- by Adam Carlson, @acarlson91
- PEOPLE.com
Kim Fields' performance for Monday's Dancing with the Stars "Most Memorable Year" week was a trip back in time - way back, to her Facts of Life days. And even Mrs. Garrett (Charlotte Rae) was watching in the audience to cheer her on! Fields, 46, performed a sitcom-flavored foxtrot dressed in her Eastland best, accompanied by a cover of the classic theme song. As judge Carrie Ann Inaba gushed afterward, she could hardly tell any time had passed: "Why do you look exactly the same?" she jokingly asked Fields. "The idea of foxtrotting to the Facts of Life theme song...
- 4/5/2016
- by Adam Carlson, @acarlson91
- PEOPLE.com
Steven Soderbergh’s cult 2009 escort drama The Girlfriend Experience is about to get a second life of its own, with Starz now mere weeks away from unveiling its provocative new series.
Spun out from Soderberg’s racy feature film, Tge has recruited Riley Keough (Magic Mike) in its journey from one medium to another, who headlines the drama as curious law student Christine Reade. Living life on her own terms, Reade dabbles with the promiscuous lifestyle of a high-end escort.
Torn between school life and striking up sexual relationships with strangers, Reade’s innocent indulgence fast becomes an addition thanks to its intoxicating freedom, seeding a fascinating second life rife with moral and ethical implications. All 13 episodes of The Girlfriend Experience were written and directed by Lodge Kerrigan and Amy Seimetz. Speaking to Variety, the former touched base on the nature of their conflicted lead.
“Christine is intoxicated by her life as a Gfe.
Spun out from Soderberg’s racy feature film, Tge has recruited Riley Keough (Magic Mike) in its journey from one medium to another, who headlines the drama as curious law student Christine Reade. Living life on her own terms, Reade dabbles with the promiscuous lifestyle of a high-end escort.
Torn between school life and striking up sexual relationships with strangers, Reade’s innocent indulgence fast becomes an addition thanks to its intoxicating freedom, seeding a fascinating second life rife with moral and ethical implications. All 13 episodes of The Girlfriend Experience were written and directed by Lodge Kerrigan and Amy Seimetz. Speaking to Variety, the former touched base on the nature of their conflicted lead.
“Christine is intoxicated by her life as a Gfe.
- 3/17/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
… or When Life Gives you Zombies, Make Pink Cookies. The pantry may be bare, Walking Dead fans, but Carol’s baking prowess knows no bounds. Alexandria needs cookies, and cookies they shall have! With a little foraging and ingenuity, she puts Betty Crocker to shame and delivers her acorn and beet wares to those awaiting the return of Rick and the rest. The Rv pulls up, and Rick informs Sasha and Aaron that they have procured enough provisions to stock the pantry for a month. This is the good news. Next, he asks that a meeting in the church be arranged. … Continue reading →
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- 3/7/2016
- by Kimberly Thies
- ChannelGuideMag
Six Entertainment
It’s apt that the horror genre is only a step up from pornography in the minds of critics, because whenever a porn star attempts to carve out a “mainstream” career, they usually end up in horror pictures.
You could explain that in several ways. You could side with the critics and say it’s because both genres wallow in the same gutter, and seguing from one exploitation movie to another isn’t really much of an achievement. Or you could say that it’s because horror is the most liberal genre, and therefore the most welcoming to performers who would elsewhere be held up to ridicule.
Each view has something going for it, depending on the movie you’re talking about. The nicest thing that can be said about Evil Breed: The Legend Of Samhain (2003), which features Ginger Lynn, Chasey Lain and Jenna Jameson, is that the girls all look good.
It’s apt that the horror genre is only a step up from pornography in the minds of critics, because whenever a porn star attempts to carve out a “mainstream” career, they usually end up in horror pictures.
You could explain that in several ways. You could side with the critics and say it’s because both genres wallow in the same gutter, and seguing from one exploitation movie to another isn’t really much of an achievement. Or you could say that it’s because horror is the most liberal genre, and therefore the most welcoming to performers who would elsewhere be held up to ridicule.
Each view has something going for it, depending on the movie you’re talking about. The nicest thing that can be said about Evil Breed: The Legend Of Samhain (2003), which features Ginger Lynn, Chasey Lain and Jenna Jameson, is that the girls all look good.
- 3/4/2016
- by Ian Watson
- Obsessed with Film
Unveiled at Sundance and inspired by the Steven Soderbergh movie of the same name, the Starz TV show is preachy and chilly rather than slick and sexy
In the second episode of The Girlfriend Experience, a drama on Starz, to be screened from 10 April, which premiered this week at the Sundance film festival, law student turned sex worker Christine moves out of the crappy digs she was sharing with an ex-boyfriend and into a snazzy new two-bedroom that is partially being paid for by her madam. Her new apartment is exactly like the show: sleek, modern, expensive – and ultimately pretty empty.
Based on the 2009 Stephen Soderbergh movie which starred former porn star Sasha Grey, the series was written by Amy Seimetz and Lodge Kerrigan (who also direct the first two episodes) and concerns Christine’s descent into prostitution to pay her tuition fees, but also for other murky personal reasons...
In the second episode of The Girlfriend Experience, a drama on Starz, to be screened from 10 April, which premiered this week at the Sundance film festival, law student turned sex worker Christine moves out of the crappy digs she was sharing with an ex-boyfriend and into a snazzy new two-bedroom that is partially being paid for by her madam. Her new apartment is exactly like the show: sleek, modern, expensive – and ultimately pretty empty.
Based on the 2009 Stephen Soderbergh movie which starred former porn star Sasha Grey, the series was written by Amy Seimetz and Lodge Kerrigan (who also direct the first two episodes) and concerns Christine’s descent into prostitution to pay her tuition fees, but also for other murky personal reasons...
- 1/27/2016
- by Brian Moylan
- The Guardian - Film News
With a premiere set for this weekend’s Sundance Film Festival, Starz has rolled out the latest trailer for The Girlfriend Experience, showcasing Magic Mike star Riley Keough indulging in the titular, promiscuous lifestyle.
Pitched as an anthology series spun out from Steven Soderbergh’s 2009 drama of the same name, Lodge Kerrigan and Amy Seimetz wrote and directed all 13 episodes of the upcoming drama, which will hope to follow in the successful footsteps of fellow Soderberg’s fellow miniseries, The Knick.
For The Girlfriend Experience, though, today’s new slice of footage is yet more evidence that Kerrigan and Seimetz are serving up a much more complex and nuanced portrayal of its central character. Forget Sasha Grey’s call girl, Starz’s new drama orbits around Christine Reade (Keough), a character who prides herself on her ability to balance a law internship at a prestigious school and indulging in brief and fleeting sexual relationships.
Pitched as an anthology series spun out from Steven Soderbergh’s 2009 drama of the same name, Lodge Kerrigan and Amy Seimetz wrote and directed all 13 episodes of the upcoming drama, which will hope to follow in the successful footsteps of fellow Soderberg’s fellow miniseries, The Knick.
For The Girlfriend Experience, though, today’s new slice of footage is yet more evidence that Kerrigan and Seimetz are serving up a much more complex and nuanced portrayal of its central character. Forget Sasha Grey’s call girl, Starz’s new drama orbits around Christine Reade (Keough), a character who prides herself on her ability to balance a law internship at a prestigious school and indulging in brief and fleeting sexual relationships.
- 1/22/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Director Steven Soderbergh once shook things up in the film world by working with adult film star Sasha Grey for his experimental drama The Girlfriend Experience. The film followed the life of a call girl moving from client to client in New York City during the days leading up the 2008 presidential election. Now Soderbergh […]
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- 1/22/2016
- by Ethan Anderton
- Slash Film
Years in the making, Steven Soderbergh's TV version of his 2009 film, The Girlfriend Experience, is finally coming to Starz on April 10. While the film starred Sasha Grey as a very professional high-end call girl, the TV version follows Riley Keough as a law student who's just starting out in the world's oldest profession. The limited series looks to be a little more polished and structured than the movie, which was shot quickly with amateur actors, though there will still be plenty of sleek, Fifty Shades of Grey–style corporate hookups. A four-episode run of the show, which will air in 13 half-hour chunks on Starz, is screening at Sundance this week.
- 1/22/2016
- by Jackson McHenry
- Vulture
"The Girlfriend Experience" is a name that may sound familiar. In 2009, director Steven Soderbergh made a film by the same name that starred former adult film star Sasha Grey. The film followed a call girl and her attempts to juggle her normal and professional life, which consisted of her offering the girlfriend experience, which is, in essence, intimacy for hire.
Soderbergh apparently felt "The Girlfriend Experience" was a premise fit to expand, so he's done exactly that in this Starz series of the same name.
The series will be making its Sundance FIlm Festival debut on January 23, but you can check out the trailer below right now:
This particular iteration of the story follows a second-year law school student named Christine and her foray into offering GFEs once a classmate introduces it to her. Of course, the act of juggling two very different lifestyles has its price. The series stars Riley Keough,...
Soderbergh apparently felt "The Girlfriend Experience" was a premise fit to expand, so he's done exactly that in this Starz series of the same name.
The series will be making its Sundance FIlm Festival debut on January 23, but you can check out the trailer below right now:
This particular iteration of the story follows a second-year law school student named Christine and her foray into offering GFEs once a classmate introduces it to her. Of course, the act of juggling two very different lifestyles has its price. The series stars Riley Keough,...
- 1/21/2016
- by Joseph Medina
- LRMonline.com
Honestly, if you weren’t skeptical of Ruby Rose‘s credentials when the Orange is the New Black star revealed that she was also a DJ last year then you must be new to electronic music. With everyone from Shaq to Sasha Grey trying to capitalize on the Edm movement’s momentum in recent years it’s easy to be disenchanted by the prospect of random on-camera celebrities taking up the craft.
Thankfully, we’re here to tell you that liking Rose’s Diplo & Friends debut will in no way penalize your street cred.
The mix opens with “Let’s Go Dancing” by Tiga and Audion (not to be confused with Tyga or Audien, in case you really are new here) and continues in a vein of proper deep house that puts to rest any suspicions that Rose launched her DJ career out of sheer opportunism.
While it then segues...
Thankfully, we’re here to tell you that liking Rose’s Diplo & Friends debut will in no way penalize your street cred.
The mix opens with “Let’s Go Dancing” by Tiga and Audion (not to be confused with Tyga or Audien, in case you really are new here) and continues in a vein of proper deep house that puts to rest any suspicions that Rose launched her DJ career out of sheer opportunism.
While it then segues...
- 1/11/2016
- by John Cameron
- We Got This Covered
In his latest small-screen endeavour the film-maker revisits his 2009 film The Girlfriend Experience – but it marks a radical departure from its source material
Steven Soderbergh, who recently made the transition to television with the critically lauded period medical thriller The Knick, is hoping to strike gold again with his latest major small screen foray, The Girlfriend Experience. Unlike The Knick, the new Starz show finds the director mining his past for inspiration – in this case his 2009 film of the same name.
The feature was more concerned with slyly commenting on the 2008 financial crisis than offering a complex portrayal of its high-end escort heroine, played by porn star Sasha Grey. The show differs by attempting to provide an in-depth character study centered on law student Christine Reade (Riley Keough), who shifts her focus to the world of transactional relationships after being introduced to the trade through a friend. Soderbergh and Keough...
Steven Soderbergh, who recently made the transition to television with the critically lauded period medical thriller The Knick, is hoping to strike gold again with his latest major small screen foray, The Girlfriend Experience. Unlike The Knick, the new Starz show finds the director mining his past for inspiration – in this case his 2009 film of the same name.
The feature was more concerned with slyly commenting on the 2008 financial crisis than offering a complex portrayal of its high-end escort heroine, played by porn star Sasha Grey. The show differs by attempting to provide an in-depth character study centered on law student Christine Reade (Riley Keough), who shifts her focus to the world of transactional relationships after being introduced to the trade through a friend. Soderbergh and Keough...
- 1/8/2016
- by Nigel M Smith in Los Angeles
- The Guardian - Film News
The Sundance Film institute has released the line-up of film for the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. Going to Sundance is one of my favorite events of the year. I love going because you never know what kind of movies you're going to see. Sometimes they are great films that amaze and entertain, other times they completely suck ass, but that's all part of the fun of going to the festival. It's an awesome experience for any hardcore movie geek, and if you ever get a chance to go, you need to.
The event takes place in Park City, Utah next year from January 21st to the 31st. It looks like there's a great line-up of movies at next year's event. My favorite portion of the event is the Midnight section because it deals more with geeky genre type movies, but I also enjoy the various sections of other line-ups.
Some of...
The event takes place in Park City, Utah next year from January 21st to the 31st. It looks like there's a great line-up of movies at next year's event. My favorite portion of the event is the Midnight section because it deals more with geeky genre type movies, but I also enjoy the various sections of other line-ups.
Some of...
- 12/6/2015
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Titles include Tallulah starring Ellen Page and Allison Janney, and Chad Hartigan’s Morris From America (pictured); Next strand also announced.Scroll down for full list
Sundance Institute has announced the 65 films selected for the Us Competition, World Competition and out-of-competition Next categories set to screen at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival (Jan 21-31) in Park City.
Us Dramatic Competition selections include Sian Heder’s Tallulah with Ellen Page and Allison Janney; Antonio Campos’ Christine; Clea DuVall’s feature directorial debut The Intervention; and Richard Tanne’s Southside With You, about Barack Obama’s first date with the First Lady.
Among the Us Documentary Competition selections are: Holy Hell by undisclosed; Jeff Feuerzeig’s Author: The Jt LeRoy Story; and Sara Jordenö’s Kiki.
The World Cinema Dramatic Competition entries include: Belgica (Belgium-France-Netherlands), Felix van Groeningen’s follow-up to The Broken Circle Breakdown; Manolo Cruz and Carlos del Castillo’s Between Sea And Land (Colombia); and Nicolette Krebitz’s Wild...
Sundance Institute has announced the 65 films selected for the Us Competition, World Competition and out-of-competition Next categories set to screen at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival (Jan 21-31) in Park City.
Us Dramatic Competition selections include Sian Heder’s Tallulah with Ellen Page and Allison Janney; Antonio Campos’ Christine; Clea DuVall’s feature directorial debut The Intervention; and Richard Tanne’s Southside With You, about Barack Obama’s first date with the First Lady.
Among the Us Documentary Competition selections are: Holy Hell by undisclosed; Jeff Feuerzeig’s Author: The Jt LeRoy Story; and Sara Jordenö’s Kiki.
The World Cinema Dramatic Competition entries include: Belgica (Belgium-France-Netherlands), Felix van Groeningen’s follow-up to The Broken Circle Breakdown; Manolo Cruz and Carlos del Castillo’s Between Sea And Land (Colombia); and Nicolette Krebitz’s Wild...
- 12/2/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Chris Hemsworth talked about family, fatherhood, and leaving La in a revealing new interview with Australia's Daily Life on Sunday. The actor, who has his hands full with 3-year-old daughter India and 1-year-old twin boys, Sasha and Tristan, has had plenty of cute family moments over the years. In addition to being quite the awesome dad, he also has the support of his gorgeous partner-in-crime, Elsa Pataky, but parenthood isn't all rainbows and sunshine. Keep scrolling for his latest quotes, then check out his hottest red carpet moments ever. On the kind of love his kids introduced him to: "They're nonstop, active kids. The biggest thing I've learned by having kids is that now I know what love is. I know what frustration is. I know the full gamut of emotions, good and bad. I feel I had just scratched the surface prior." On what it feels like having more...
- 11/16/2015
- by Ryan Roschke
- Popsugar.com
Sneak Peek new footage from the upcoming Starz, 13-part anthology TV series "The Girlfriend Experience" in 2016, based on director Steven Soderbergh's 2009 feature "The Girlfriend Experience", that starred adult film performer Sasha Grey:
Soderbergh ("The Knick") and Philip Fleishman executive produce the new series, to be written and directed by Lodge Kerrigan and Amy Seimetz.
"We’re in an exciting period of auteur-driven television right now," said Soderbergh.
"When Philip floated the idea of a 'Girlfriend Experience'-inspired television show, I thought: 'Let’s make it a different woman in a different city, let’s pair two independent writer/directors, one male and one female, and let them do the whole thing.'
"I’ve known Lodge for 20 years and I became a fan of Amy’s when I saw her first feature last summer. We went to Chris Albrecht because he and I have been trying to find something...
Soderbergh ("The Knick") and Philip Fleishman executive produce the new series, to be written and directed by Lodge Kerrigan and Amy Seimetz.
"We’re in an exciting period of auteur-driven television right now," said Soderbergh.
"When Philip floated the idea of a 'Girlfriend Experience'-inspired television show, I thought: 'Let’s make it a different woman in a different city, let’s pair two independent writer/directors, one male and one female, and let them do the whole thing.'
"I’ve known Lodge for 20 years and I became a fan of Amy’s when I saw her first feature last summer. We went to Chris Albrecht because he and I have been trying to find something...
- 11/10/2015
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Judging from the cool palette and clean lines of the first trailer for "The Girlfriend Experience," Steven Soderbergh's new Starz TV series may prove to be an improvement on his original 2009 movie, starring escort-turned-actress Sasha Grey as a Manhattan call girl. This time Riley Keough ("Mad Max: Fury Road") plays Christine Reade, a second-year student at Chicago-Burnham Law School who starts an internship at posh law firm Kirkland & Allen. But she is distracted by a brave new world: transactional relationships. She becomes a "Gfe" who provides “The Girlfriend Experience” for a high price, attracted by the rush of control and intimacy. Read More: "How Steven Soderbergh Made 'The Knick' Must-See TV, and More" For the Starz series, executive producer Soderbergh links up two indie filmmakers as writer-director "co-creators," Lodge Kerrigan and Amy Seimetz, who wrote and directed all 13 episodes. Between them they have...
- 11/6/2015
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Starz earned some cultural relevance by bringing Sam Raimi's Ash vs. Evil Dead to life, and now the network is in business with another auteur filmmaker. Steven Soderbergh is turning his 2009 film The Girlfriend Experience (which starred adult film star Sasha Grey) into a Starz TV show, and since he's busy with his own Cinemax show The Knick, he's executive producing this one and handing most of the creative control to indie filmmakers Amy Seimetz and Lodge Kerrigan.
The show stars Riley Keough and dives into the secret world of women who provide high-cost GFEs (Girlfriend Experiences). It's set to debut on Starz sometime next year, and this new trailer does a pretty good job of setting the vibe of what we can expect. Check it out below and let us know what you think.
Christine Reade (Riley Keough) is a second year student at Chicago-Burnham Law School and...
The show stars Riley Keough and dives into the secret world of women who provide high-cost GFEs (Girlfriend Experiences). It's set to debut on Starz sometime next year, and this new trailer does a pretty good job of setting the vibe of what we can expect. Check it out below and let us know what you think.
Christine Reade (Riley Keough) is a second year student at Chicago-Burnham Law School and...
- 11/4/2015
- by Ben Pearson
- GeekTyrant
When "The Girlfriend Experience" arrived in 2009, it was part of Steven Soderbergh's run of low budget, "experimental" movies. While it boasted the attention-grabbing casting of porn actress Sasha Grey in the lead role,the movie stuck with Soderbergh's approach in every other regard, which didn't involve holding the audiences hand, so to speak. However, in adapting the show for TV, Soderbergh changed up how to tackle the material. "The series is tightly scripted. It's very different than what I did on the movie, but the approach is very much an auteur approach," he told THR last month. "We're used to the writer-producer being the ultimate Oz figure on a show, but not here. Here it's the directors' vision. You feel it right away, in the choices with the writing and directing, the difference between this and regular television. No fucking executive would [normally] ever let this pass. I am as...
- 11/4/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Meet some of the best directors working today, who haven't gone down the blockbuster movie route...
Ever find it a bit lame when the same big name directors get kicked around for every high profile project? Christopher Nolan, Jj Abrams, maybe the Russo Brothers? With so much focus on blockbuster films these days, getting a major franchise job seems like the main acknowledgement of success for a filmmaker. And yes, both the financial and creative rewards can be great. But there are plenty of other directors out there, doing their own thing, from art house auteurs to Dtv action specialists.
Here are 25 examples.
Lee Hardcastle
Even if you don’t know his name, you’ve probably seen Lee Hardcastle’s ultraviolent claymations shared on social media. He first started getting noticed for his two-minute remake of The Thing, starring the famous stop motion penguin Pingu. Far from just a cheap one-joke mash-up,...
Ever find it a bit lame when the same big name directors get kicked around for every high profile project? Christopher Nolan, Jj Abrams, maybe the Russo Brothers? With so much focus on blockbuster films these days, getting a major franchise job seems like the main acknowledgement of success for a filmmaker. And yes, both the financial and creative rewards can be great. But there are plenty of other directors out there, doing their own thing, from art house auteurs to Dtv action specialists.
Here are 25 examples.
Lee Hardcastle
Even if you don’t know his name, you’ve probably seen Lee Hardcastle’s ultraviolent claymations shared on social media. He first started getting noticed for his two-minute remake of The Thing, starring the famous stop motion penguin Pingu. Far from just a cheap one-joke mash-up,...
- 9/30/2015
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
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