Oscar-winning director Sebastián Lelio has wrapped production and released first images on his new musical film The Wave (La Ola), inspired by the protests and university rallies that took place in Chile during the so-called “feminist May” in 2018.
The film, which stars newcomers Daniela López, Avril Aurora, Lola Bravo and Paulina Cortés, shot on location in Chile for nine weeks.
It centres on Julia, a dedicated music student, who gets involved in the growing feminist movement on her university campus to protest widespread harassment and abuse suffered by many of their peers. Julia joins her friends in dancing and singing,...
The film, which stars newcomers Daniela López, Avril Aurora, Lola Bravo and Paulina Cortés, shot on location in Chile for nine weeks.
It centres on Julia, a dedicated music student, who gets involved in the growing feminist movement on her university campus to protest widespread harassment and abuse suffered by many of their peers. Julia joins her friends in dancing and singing,...
- 4/10/2024
- ScreenDaily
Chilean director Sebastián Lelio has revealed details of his new film, The Wave, a Spanish-language production the director of The Wonder and A Fantastic Woman has shot under the radar in Chile over the past nine weeks.
A musical, The Wave was inspired by the mass demonstrations protesting violence against women that swept Chile in 2018, galvanizing the feminist movement in the country and leading to constitutional reform on the rights of women.
The film follows Julia (newcomer Daniela López), a Chilean music student who gets involved in the growing feminist movement on her university campus. While joining her friends in dancing and singing as part of the protests against gender-based violence, Julia revisits her own experiences of mistreatment. She unexpectedly becomes a central figure in the movement that is pushing for change in a society that is resistant to it. Produced by Juan de Dios Larraín, Pablo Larraín, Rocío Jadue and Lelio,...
A musical, The Wave was inspired by the mass demonstrations protesting violence against women that swept Chile in 2018, galvanizing the feminist movement in the country and leading to constitutional reform on the rights of women.
The film follows Julia (newcomer Daniela López), a Chilean music student who gets involved in the growing feminist movement on her university campus. While joining her friends in dancing and singing as part of the protests against gender-based violence, Julia revisits her own experiences of mistreatment. She unexpectedly becomes a central figure in the movement that is pushing for change in a society that is resistant to it. Produced by Juan de Dios Larraín, Pablo Larraín, Rocío Jadue and Lelio,...
- 4/10/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Fabula, the production company of internationally renowned brother filmmakers Pablo Larraín and Juan de Dios Larraín, has appointed Yira Vilaro as Vice President Of Film And Television, Deadline has learned.
Vilaro joins from Anonymous Content, where she worked as VP Film & TV for a year and a half. Previously, she held roles as a development executive at Amazon Studios, and as Director of Development at Macro, prior to that working at companies like Imagine Entertainment, Jerry Bruckheimer Films and WME, among others.
In her new role, Vilaro will focus on Fabula’s growing slate of English-language features and series. She reports to Andrew Hevia, Head of Fabula North America, and will work out of the company’s Los Angeles office. News of her hiring comes on the heels of an ASC Award nomination for Ed Lachman, cinematographer of Fabula’s El Conde, as well as the naming of the...
Vilaro joins from Anonymous Content, where she worked as VP Film & TV for a year and a half. Previously, she held roles as a development executive at Amazon Studios, and as Director of Development at Macro, prior to that working at companies like Imagine Entertainment, Jerry Bruckheimer Films and WME, among others.
In her new role, Vilaro will focus on Fabula’s growing slate of English-language features and series. She reports to Andrew Hevia, Head of Fabula North America, and will work out of the company’s Los Angeles office. News of her hiring comes on the heels of an ASC Award nomination for Ed Lachman, cinematographer of Fabula’s El Conde, as well as the naming of the...
- 1/20/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla, Cailee Spaeny with her Elvis, Jacob Elordi at the 61st New York Film Festival press conference Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
The press conference for Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla, a portrait of Elvis Presley’s (Jacob Elordi) wife, born Priscilla Ann Wagner (Cailee Spaeny), was attended by the two stars, plus producer Youree Henley, production designer Tamara Deverell, and Coppola’s longtime costume designer Stacey Battat (Somewhere; The Bling Ring; The Beguiled; On the Rocks). Stacey also worked with Jason Schwartzman, Roman Coppola, and Alex Timbers on Mozart In The Jungle; Wash Westmoreland and Richard Glatzer on Still Alice; Scott McGehee and David Siegel on What Maisie Knew, and Sebastián Lelio on Gloria Bell.
Yuree Henley reading Sofia Coppola’s letter with Cailee Spaeny Jacob Elordi, Stacey Battat and Tamara Deverell Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
“I am honoured to be back at the New York Film Festival with my...
The press conference for Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla, a portrait of Elvis Presley’s (Jacob Elordi) wife, born Priscilla Ann Wagner (Cailee Spaeny), was attended by the two stars, plus producer Youree Henley, production designer Tamara Deverell, and Coppola’s longtime costume designer Stacey Battat (Somewhere; The Bling Ring; The Beguiled; On the Rocks). Stacey also worked with Jason Schwartzman, Roman Coppola, and Alex Timbers on Mozart In The Jungle; Wash Westmoreland and Richard Glatzer on Still Alice; Scott McGehee and David Siegel on What Maisie Knew, and Sebastián Lelio on Gloria Bell.
Yuree Henley reading Sofia Coppola’s letter with Cailee Spaeny Jacob Elordi, Stacey Battat and Tamara Deverell Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
“I am honoured to be back at the New York Film Festival with my...
- 10/10/2023
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
July brings new channels to Pluto TV, including the Godzilla Channel, which features 30 films, such as “Godzilla Vs. King Chidorah” and “Godzilla vs. Biollante,” as well as the 1998-2000 animated adventure “Godzilla: The Series.” The Hollywood Squares Channel is also debuting. Celebrities in nine separate tic-tac-toe boxes provide right — and wrong — answers to contestants longing to hear “circle gets the square!”
July continues the streamer’s Summer Popcorn Movies with the “Mission Impossible” franchise starring Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt, an agent of the Impossible Missions Force (Imf). Cruise has played the super-fit spy since 1996, as well as produced the series. The seventh iteration, “Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part 1,” has a theatrical release date of July 12.
Check out the first “Mission Impossible” trailer
“The Soldier’s Story,” a gripping 1984 drama nominated for three Academy Awards, is a jarring mystery about the death of a black sergeant stationed at a...
July continues the streamer’s Summer Popcorn Movies with the “Mission Impossible” franchise starring Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt, an agent of the Impossible Missions Force (Imf). Cruise has played the super-fit spy since 1996, as well as produced the series. The seventh iteration, “Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part 1,” has a theatrical release date of July 12.
Check out the first “Mission Impossible” trailer
“The Soldier’s Story,” a gripping 1984 drama nominated for three Academy Awards, is a jarring mystery about the death of a black sergeant stationed at a...
- 6/30/2023
- by Fern Siegel
- The Streamable
With longer days and—at some more progressive places of employment—Summer Fridays in full effect, daily agendas are now suddenly awash with temporal real estate. Should you use these extra hours to reconnect with family, go to museums or explore the natural world in all its holy wonders? No! You should be watching movies, and lots of ’em! Luckily, June is a rock-solid month with plenty of great Don’t-Miss Indies titles to enjoy.
Padre Pio
When You Can Watch: Now
Where You Can Watch: Theaters (Limited)
Director: Abel Ferrara
Cast: Shia Labeouf, Cristina Chiriac, Marco Leonardi
Why We’re Excited: A two-time Film Independent Spirit Award nominee for Bad Lieutenant (1992) and The Funeral (1996), indie veteran Abel Ferrara’s new biographical drama is based on the Irl story of Italian Franciscan Capuchin friar and priest Francesco Forgione, who was venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church in 1999. It...
Padre Pio
When You Can Watch: Now
Where You Can Watch: Theaters (Limited)
Director: Abel Ferrara
Cast: Shia Labeouf, Cristina Chiriac, Marco Leonardi
Why We’re Excited: A two-time Film Independent Spirit Award nominee for Bad Lieutenant (1992) and The Funeral (1996), indie veteran Abel Ferrara’s new biographical drama is based on the Irl story of Italian Franciscan Capuchin friar and priest Francesco Forgione, who was venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church in 1999. It...
- 6/5/2023
- by Su Fang Tham
- Film Independent News & More
Rev up your DeLorean and check that old flux capacitor because Cannes 2023 is looking like a trip back to the future.
After the disruption and near devastation brought on by the Covid pandemic, and concerns that the rising tide of global streamers would wash away the business model of independent film distributors worldwide, buyers and sellers arrive on the Croisette this year on a wave of good (ish) news on the return of the theatrical business and a bumper crop of big movies, both blockbuster-y and arthouse-esque, up for sale at the Marché.
“The box office in North America is back up pretty close [to pre-pandemic levels],” notes Rob Carney, vp of sales at FilmNation, referencing first-quarter figures that showed domestic revenues of $1.8 billion, just 25 percent off the record highs of 2019. Gross box office in the European Union (EU) and the U.K. last year, as reported by the European Audiovisual Observatory, was up 70 percent from the 2021 figures,...
After the disruption and near devastation brought on by the Covid pandemic, and concerns that the rising tide of global streamers would wash away the business model of independent film distributors worldwide, buyers and sellers arrive on the Croisette this year on a wave of good (ish) news on the return of the theatrical business and a bumper crop of big movies, both blockbuster-y and arthouse-esque, up for sale at the Marché.
“The box office in North America is back up pretty close [to pre-pandemic levels],” notes Rob Carney, vp of sales at FilmNation, referencing first-quarter figures that showed domestic revenues of $1.8 billion, just 25 percent off the record highs of 2019. Gross box office in the European Union (EU) and the U.K. last year, as reported by the European Audiovisual Observatory, was up 70 percent from the 2021 figures,...
- 5/16/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
On Feb. 18, Utah Jazz legend Karl Malone will be a judge during the Slam Dunk Contest at NBA All-Star Weekend in Salt Lake City. On the surface, an all-time great participating in All-Star festivities in their former team’s home city makes sense; the league is banking on most fans summing up his presence that way. But in reality, having him there overlooks a past full of abhorrent behavior.
In 1983 a then 20-year-old Malone impregnated his “girlfriend,” 13-year-old Gloria Bell, while playing basketball at Louisiana Tech University. According to Bell,...
In 1983 a then 20-year-old Malone impregnated his “girlfriend,” 13-year-old Gloria Bell, while playing basketball at Louisiana Tech University. According to Bell,...
- 2/18/2023
- by Andre Gee
- Rollingstone.com
One of the greatest powers that films have is the ability to generate empathy. Even if we have a hard time understanding the issues that other people are dealing with, a great movie can open us up to someone else's experience. While some people go to the movies simply for escapism, films can be a tool for healing and learning.
Divorce is a topic that cinema has flirted with since the golden age of Hollywood, and classic films bravely took on these topics. Comedies like "His Girl Friday" and "The Awful Truth" dealt with non-traditional relationships, in which the couple has to consider the vows they want to make to each other. Although the 1970s saw many serious dramas about the legal proceedings of divorce, such as "Scenes From A Marriage" and "An Unmarried Woman," there have also been more humorous interpretations like "Something's Gotta Give" and "It's Complicated."
Here...
Divorce is a topic that cinema has flirted with since the golden age of Hollywood, and classic films bravely took on these topics. Comedies like "His Girl Friday" and "The Awful Truth" dealt with non-traditional relationships, in which the couple has to consider the vows they want to make to each other. Although the 1970s saw many serious dramas about the legal proceedings of divorce, such as "Scenes From A Marriage" and "An Unmarried Woman," there have also been more humorous interpretations like "Something's Gotta Give" and "It's Complicated."
Here...
- 12/3/2022
- by Liam Gaughan
- Slash Film
By a strange quirk of timing, I happened to finally catch Don’t Worry Darling, Florence Pugh and Olivia Wilde’s high-concept psychological thriller run into the ground by gossipy drama. I managed to watch it only the night before Pugh’s lesser-known 2022 project, The Wonder. As to little surprise, Don’t Worry Darling was not nearly good enough to withstand any whisper of scandal, but what shocked me was how The Wonder hits almost all of the same beats—motherhood and sexuality, grief and belief, rituals of self-delusion—and does them so much better. There’s even a more incisive commentary on building false houses around ourselves! To wit:
The opening shot of Sebastián Lelio’s period drama at first resembles Nathan Fielder’s intensely awkward, unflinchingly meta HBO series, The Rehearsal: a warehouse containing a movie set. Though The Wonder is meant to be focused on the 1862 Irish home of the O’Donnell family,...
The opening shot of Sebastián Lelio’s period drama at first resembles Nathan Fielder’s intensely awkward, unflinchingly meta HBO series, The Rehearsal: a warehouse containing a movie set. Though The Wonder is meant to be focused on the 1862 Irish home of the O’Donnell family,...
- 11/18/2022
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
Florence Pugh has established herself as one of our most compelling actresses in a relatively short period of time, with awards-worthy performances in movies like "Little Women" and "Midsommar." But it's not just "Don't Worry Darling" that will give Pugh the spotlight this year as she is also headlining "The Wonder" for Netflix, which looks to be an atmospheric, mystery-filled thriller set in the 1800s just to add to the whole thing.
What happens when a nurse is brought in to investigate a young girl who won't eat during a time when people are generally hyper-religious and not far removed from famine? Things get creepy. Let's have a look.
The Wonder Trailer Brings The Mysterious, Creepy Vibes
Having not seen the film, the vibes I'm getting ring closer to "The Witch" or perhaps something like "It Comes at Night." Atmospheric horror/thriller vibes, rather than something packed with jump scares.
What happens when a nurse is brought in to investigate a young girl who won't eat during a time when people are generally hyper-religious and not far removed from famine? Things get creepy. Let's have a look.
The Wonder Trailer Brings The Mysterious, Creepy Vibes
Having not seen the film, the vibes I'm getting ring closer to "The Witch" or perhaps something like "It Comes at Night." Atmospheric horror/thriller vibes, rather than something packed with jump scares.
- 10/4/2022
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
Twenty-six years after making “I Shot Andy Warhol,” filmmaker Mary Harron returns to the late ’60s/early ’70s New York art world with “Dalíland,” this time with greater mastery and style. Ben Kingsley stars as Salvador Dalí, the eccentric Spanish surrealist artist who paraded around sporting a handlebar mustache and dressed like a 16th-century conquistador in the glam-rock era.
Harron dabbles in her own take on surrealism by converging Dalí’s romantic headspace and the ever-present decadent party scene. Her invocation of surrealism isn’t at all in Dalí’s style, which would be one way to approach the subject. But this definitely feels like her most layered and fully realized vision.
Like “I Shot Andy Warhol,” “Dalíland,” which premiered as the closing-night attraction at the Toronto International Film Festival, centers not on the artist himself but rather on someone peripheral in his circle. The film opens in 1985, as James...
Harron dabbles in her own take on surrealism by converging Dalí’s romantic headspace and the ever-present decadent party scene. Her invocation of surrealism isn’t at all in Dalí’s style, which would be one way to approach the subject. But this definitely feels like her most layered and fully realized vision.
Like “I Shot Andy Warhol,” “Dalíland,” which premiered as the closing-night attraction at the Toronto International Film Festival, centers not on the artist himself but rather on someone peripheral in his circle. The film opens in 1985, as James...
- 9/18/2022
- by Martin Tsai
- The Wrap
In a flagship deal for the Spanish-speaking world’s ever more global industry, Gonzalo Maza, co-writer of Sebastián Lelio’s Academy Award-winning “A Fantastic Woman,” has been tapped by production powerhouse El Estudio to adapt “Macario,” a novella written by the legendary B. Traven.
Traven’s 1927 novel, “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre,” was given a big screen makeover by John Huston in the 1948 film of the same name, starring Humphrey Bogart, which won three Academy Awards and is often described as Huston and Bogart’s finest work.
The announcement of the new film project was made by El Estudio on the eve of Mexico’s Day of the Dead. That seems no coincidence when it comes to “Macario,” a title which is a Mexico-set literary classic reflecting the pervasive presence of death in Mexican culture.
Coming after El Estudio has acquired the rights to “Macario” from the Traven estate,...
Traven’s 1927 novel, “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre,” was given a big screen makeover by John Huston in the 1948 film of the same name, starring Humphrey Bogart, which won three Academy Awards and is often described as Huston and Bogart’s finest work.
The announcement of the new film project was made by El Estudio on the eve of Mexico’s Day of the Dead. That seems no coincidence when it comes to “Macario,” a title which is a Mexico-set literary classic reflecting the pervasive presence of death in Mexican culture.
Coming after El Estudio has acquired the rights to “Macario” from the Traven estate,...
- 11/1/2021
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Scarlett Johansson will star in “Bride,” the next film from the Chilean director of “Gloria Bell” Sebastián Lelio, that will be set up at A24 as part of the studio’s partnership with Apple Original Films.
“Bride” is described as a genre-bending story that stars Johansson as a woman who is created and designed by a brilliant entrepreneur to be the ideal wife. But when she rejects her creator and is forced to flee her confined existence, she’s confronted with a world that sees her as a monster. While on the run, she discovers her true identity, some surprising power and the strength to remake herself as her own creation.
Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo, both writers on “Orange Is the New Black” and the upcoming “Wolfman” movie, will write the screenplay with Lelio, who will direct. A24 will serve as the studio.
Johansson will also produce “Bride...
“Bride” is described as a genre-bending story that stars Johansson as a woman who is created and designed by a brilliant entrepreneur to be the ideal wife. But when she rejects her creator and is forced to flee her confined existence, she’s confronted with a world that sees her as a monster. While on the run, she discovers her true identity, some surprising power and the strength to remake herself as her own creation.
Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo, both writers on “Orange Is the New Black” and the upcoming “Wolfman” movie, will write the screenplay with Lelio, who will direct. A24 will serve as the studio.
Johansson will also produce “Bride...
- 10/22/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
From guest contributor Matt St Clair...
Oscar Winner Julianne Moore stars in the latest entry of what’s suddenly become the Gloria Cinematic Universe. Mrs America starring Rose Byrne as Gloria Steinem is still fresh in the memory (and competing at the Emmys on Sunday). And after playing the titular heroine in Gloria Bell, Moore now plays the iconic Gloria Steinem in the upcoming biopic The Glorias, which once again has Moore playing a Gloria in glasses, and has a “glorious” new trailer. Let’s give this preview the Yes No Maybe So treatment and see whether you think it’s bound for “glory.” (Sorry)
The official IMDb synopsis:
The story of feminist icon Gloria Steinem's itinerant childhood's influence on her life as a writer, activist and organizer for women's rights worldwide.”...
Oscar Winner Julianne Moore stars in the latest entry of what’s suddenly become the Gloria Cinematic Universe. Mrs America starring Rose Byrne as Gloria Steinem is still fresh in the memory (and competing at the Emmys on Sunday). And after playing the titular heroine in Gloria Bell, Moore now plays the iconic Gloria Steinem in the upcoming biopic The Glorias, which once again has Moore playing a Gloria in glasses, and has a “glorious” new trailer. Let’s give this preview the Yes No Maybe So treatment and see whether you think it’s bound for “glory.” (Sorry)
The official IMDb synopsis:
The story of feminist icon Gloria Steinem's itinerant childhood's influence on her life as a writer, activist and organizer for women's rights worldwide.”...
- 9/18/2020
- by Matt St.Clair
- FilmExperience
Caren Pistorius in ‘Unhinged.’
Caren Pistorius was working part-time in a fabrics shop in Sydney last year when her Rgm agent suggested she audition for the lead female role opposite Russell Crowe in a US road rage thriller.
The South African-born, New Zealand-raised actress did a self-tape but felt it was too rushed and didn’t expect it to lead anywhere.
The following day her agent told her the producers wanted her to fly to New Orleans the next day to audition with Crowe.
“I turned up in that room after almost no sleep, feeling delirious,” she tells If on the line from New Zealand, where she is spending lockdown with her family. The next morning director Derrick Borte rang to tell her she’d won the role in Unhinged.
Caren plays a single mother named Rachel in the Solstice Studios production which opened in Australia yesterday via Studiocanal and...
Caren Pistorius was working part-time in a fabrics shop in Sydney last year when her Rgm agent suggested she audition for the lead female role opposite Russell Crowe in a US road rage thriller.
The South African-born, New Zealand-raised actress did a self-tape but felt it was too rushed and didn’t expect it to lead anywhere.
The following day her agent told her the producers wanted her to fly to New Orleans the next day to audition with Crowe.
“I turned up in that room after almost no sleep, feeling delirious,” she tells If on the line from New Zealand, where she is spending lockdown with her family. The next morning director Derrick Borte rang to tell her she’d won the role in Unhinged.
Caren plays a single mother named Rachel in the Solstice Studios production which opened in Australia yesterday via Studiocanal and...
- 7/30/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
In the past few months during quarantine, we’ve seen filmmakers creating a number of different short-form projects and self-releasing them on their own channels. Now, the biggest project yet is arriving from Netflix as they’ve teamed with nearly 20 filmmakers who each made their own new short. They will now be released next week as part of the anthology film Homemade.
Featuring films by Pablo Larraín and Kristen Stewart (who will team together for their next film) as well as Ana Lily Amirpour, Antonio Campos, Rachel Morrison, Naomi Kawase, David Mackenzie, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Paolo Sorrentino, and more, it’s an eclectic batch of work from all over the world.
“For once in our careers, this wasn’t about money, agencies, lawyers or the Hollywood structure,” producer Juan de Dios Larrain tells Variety. “This was a simple idea of [conveying] one message in five to seven minutes, and the idea was...
Featuring films by Pablo Larraín and Kristen Stewart (who will team together for their next film) as well as Ana Lily Amirpour, Antonio Campos, Rachel Morrison, Naomi Kawase, David Mackenzie, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Paolo Sorrentino, and more, it’s an eclectic batch of work from all over the world.
“For once in our careers, this wasn’t about money, agencies, lawyers or the Hollywood structure,” producer Juan de Dios Larrain tells Variety. “This was a simple idea of [conveying] one message in five to seven minutes, and the idea was...
- 6/23/2020
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
Natasha Braier has worked on a wide variety of films, from Claudia Llosa’s intense 2009 drama The Milk of Sorrow / La Teta Asustada to Nicolas Winding Refn’s ice-cold 2016 feature The Neon Demon. In 2018 she shot Gloria Bell, Sebastián Lelio’s English-language remake of his earlier movie Gloria. Last year she was director of cinematography on Alma Har’el’s feature debut Honey Boy. Braier’s work is distinguished not only by her vivid imagery but also by her acute psychological insight into characters and narrative. Braier was in preproduction on Don’t Worry Darling, director Olivia Wilde’s follow-up to Booksmart, when the […]...
- 4/29/2020
- by Daniel Eagan
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Natasha Braier has worked on a wide variety of films, from Claudia Llosa’s intense 2009 drama The Milk of Sorrow / La Teta Asustada to Nicolas Winding Refn’s ice-cold 2016 feature The Neon Demon. In 2018 she shot Gloria Bell, Sebastián Lelio’s English-language remake of his earlier movie Gloria. Last year she was director of cinematography on Alma Har’el’s feature debut Honey Boy. Braier’s work is distinguished not only by her vivid imagery but also by her acute psychological insight into characters and narrative. Braier was in preproduction on Don’t Worry Darling, director Olivia Wilde’s follow-up to Booksmart, when the […]...
- 4/29/2020
- by Daniel Eagan
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Fremantle and Fabula have dropped the first trailer of eight-part series “La Jauría” (“The Pack”), showrun by Lucía Puenzo (“The German Doctor”), one of Latin America’s most prominent film and TV writer-directors, and starring Daniela Vega, the lead in the Academy Award winning “A Fantastic Woman.”
Set up at Chile’s Fabula, run by writer-director Pablo Larraín (“Jacky”) and brother Juan de Díos Larraín, “Gloria Bell”), “La Jauría”
Amazon’s first-ever locally-produced Amazon Original in Chile will be available to stream exclusively on Prime Video in Latin America, Caribbean and Spain.
It also marks the first international series from Fabula.
Brought onto the market at February’s Fremantle Screenings in London and now the Series Mania-MipTV virtual marketplace, “La Jauría” is also first fruit of a Fabula-Fremantle multi-year first-look production-distribution alliance. Fremantle is its global distributor.
Co-written by Puenzo, and set at a posh private Catholic school in Santiago de Chile,...
Set up at Chile’s Fabula, run by writer-director Pablo Larraín (“Jacky”) and brother Juan de Díos Larraín, “Gloria Bell”), “La Jauría”
Amazon’s first-ever locally-produced Amazon Original in Chile will be available to stream exclusively on Prime Video in Latin America, Caribbean and Spain.
It also marks the first international series from Fabula.
Brought onto the market at February’s Fremantle Screenings in London and now the Series Mania-MipTV virtual marketplace, “La Jauría” is also first fruit of a Fabula-Fremantle multi-year first-look production-distribution alliance. Fremantle is its global distributor.
Co-written by Puenzo, and set at a posh private Catholic school in Santiago de Chile,...
- 3/30/2020
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
The Film Bitch Awards are nearly wrapped with the "Best Scenes" page finished (only cameo/limited performances remain). Check the new page out for the choices for Best Kiss, Best Sex Scene, Best Credit Sequence, Best Openings, Best Endings and more. Do you share the love of these particular moments from Gloria Bell, Little Women, MidSommar, Knives Out, Pain and Glory, Parasite, Us and more? The medals will be announced soon. ...
- 2/22/2020
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Exclusive: Jeanne Tripplehorn has been tapped for a major recurring role in The Gilded Age, Julian Fellowes’ upcoming period drama series at HBO. The project is a co-production between HBO and Universal TV.
Created, written and executive produced by Fellowes, The Gilded Age begins in 1882 – introducing young Marian Brook (Louisa Jacobson), the orphaned daughter of a Southern general who moves into the home of her rigidly conventional aunts in New York City. Accompanied by the mysterious Peggy Scott (Denée Benton), an African-American woman masquerading as her maid, Marian gets caught up in the dazzling lives of her stupendously rich neighbors, led by a ruthless railroad tycoon and his ambitious wife struggling for acceptance by the Astor and Vanderbilt set.
Tripplehorn will play Sylvia Chamberlain, a tall and beautiful enigmatic figure. A genuine expert in the creative arts and a great art collector, she is entirely excluded from high society because...
Created, written and executive produced by Fellowes, The Gilded Age begins in 1882 – introducing young Marian Brook (Louisa Jacobson), the orphaned daughter of a Southern general who moves into the home of her rigidly conventional aunts in New York City. Accompanied by the mysterious Peggy Scott (Denée Benton), an African-American woman masquerading as her maid, Marian gets caught up in the dazzling lives of her stupendously rich neighbors, led by a ruthless railroad tycoon and his ambitious wife struggling for acceptance by the Astor and Vanderbilt set.
Tripplehorn will play Sylvia Chamberlain, a tall and beautiful enigmatic figure. A genuine expert in the creative arts and a great art collector, she is entirely excluded from high society because...
- 2/4/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
The media’s most-discussed Oscar story this year is the lack of diversity. But in fact, awards are the worst gauge of Hollywood’s commitment to inclusion, because the results are always kept secret, and because we’re talking about voters’ tastes (which may or may not involve the need to Make A Statement with their votes). The real yardstick should be Hollywood hiring — and every year at Oscar time, film-industry decision-makers should be held accountable and prove how much they’ve done to improve matters, beyond the vacant promise of “we’re committed to inclusion.”
Despite the hand-wringing and the finger-pointing, this has been the best awards season ever for women and people of color. They did not get the hoped-for (and deserved) nominations for Oscar, Golden Globes and BAFTA. But there were a lot of films in the conversation, and that’s a dramatic change in only five years.
Despite the hand-wringing and the finger-pointing, this has been the best awards season ever for women and people of color. They did not get the hoped-for (and deserved) nominations for Oscar, Golden Globes and BAFTA. But there were a lot of films in the conversation, and that’s a dramatic change in only five years.
- 2/3/2020
- by Tim Gray
- Variety Film + TV
Madrid — Adding a new dimension to strong women action series, London-based global drama producer-distributor Fremantle is teaming with Fabula, headed by director Pablo Larrain (“Jackie”) and producer Juan de Dios Larraín (“Gloria Bell”), to produce “Talitha Kum.”
Directed by Marialy Rivas, the high octane Mexico-set action series promises to deliver a original genre twist to the scenario of valiant women pushing back against toxic masculinity with its bad ass young ninja nuns battling mano a mano with lethal sex traffickers.
“Talitha Kum” marks the second collaboration between Fabula and Fremantle as part of a multi-year first look deal between the partners, following on buzzed-up sexual abuse psychological thriller “La Jauría” (“The Pack”), showrun by Lucía Puenzo (“The German Doctor”), whose Ep. 1 premiered at September’s Zurich Festival to acclaim. As on “La Jauría,” Fremantle is co-producing “Talitha Kum” with Fabula and will handle international sales.
Fabula and Fremantle will introduce...
Directed by Marialy Rivas, the high octane Mexico-set action series promises to deliver a original genre twist to the scenario of valiant women pushing back against toxic masculinity with its bad ass young ninja nuns battling mano a mano with lethal sex traffickers.
“Talitha Kum” marks the second collaboration between Fabula and Fremantle as part of a multi-year first look deal between the partners, following on buzzed-up sexual abuse psychological thriller “La Jauría” (“The Pack”), showrun by Lucía Puenzo (“The German Doctor”), whose Ep. 1 premiered at September’s Zurich Festival to acclaim. As on “La Jauría,” Fremantle is co-producing “Talitha Kum” with Fabula and will handle international sales.
Fabula and Fremantle will introduce...
- 1/17/2020
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Nominees for the 2020 Guild of Music Supervisors (Gms) Awards were announced today. The annual event is scheduled for Feb. 6 at the Wiltern Theater and coincides with the tenth anniversary of the Gms.
Films up for awards include “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood,” “Frozen II,” “Aladdin,” “Ford v Ferrari,” “The Irishman,” “Hustlers” and “Wild Rose,” among others.
Television shows nominated include “Euphoria”; “Pose,” supervised by the dynamo trio of Amanda Krieg Thomas, Alexis Martin Woodall and Ryan Murphy; and “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” an Emmy winner in the music supervision category, although the Gms lists only Robin Urdang, where the Television academy awarded showrunners Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino.
Among the songs recognized are: “Spirit” from “The Lion King,” “Into The Unknown” from “Frozen II,” “Don’t Call Me Angel” from “Charlie’s Angels,” “Invisible Ink” from “This Is Us,” “Jenny of Oldstrones” from “Game of Thrones” and “On a Roll” from “Black Mirror.
Films up for awards include “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood,” “Frozen II,” “Aladdin,” “Ford v Ferrari,” “The Irishman,” “Hustlers” and “Wild Rose,” among others.
Television shows nominated include “Euphoria”; “Pose,” supervised by the dynamo trio of Amanda Krieg Thomas, Alexis Martin Woodall and Ryan Murphy; and “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” an Emmy winner in the music supervision category, although the Gms lists only Robin Urdang, where the Television academy awarded showrunners Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino.
Among the songs recognized are: “Spirit” from “The Lion King,” “Into The Unknown” from “Frozen II,” “Don’t Call Me Angel” from “Charlie’s Angels,” “Invisible Ink” from “This Is Us,” “Jenny of Oldstrones” from “Game of Thrones” and “On a Roll” from “Black Mirror.
- 1/9/2020
- by Shirley Halperin
- Variety Film + TV
South Korean director Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite” nabbed five wins, including Film of the Year, Director, Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Foreign-Language Film at the Dorian Awards, Galeca: The Society of Lgbtq Entertainment Critics announced on Wednesday.
Renée Zellweger won the Best Actress Award for “Judy,” with Antonio Banderas winning Best Actor for “Pain and Glory.” “Little Women’s” Florence Pugh won The Rising Star of the Year, Jennifer Lopez won Best Supporting Actress for “Hustlers,” “Booksmart” won Unsung Film of the Year, and “Cats” won Campy Film of the Year.
“Galeca members strive to determine the best cinematic experiences through the distinct Lgbtq lens, and this year was particularly rich in options,” said Galeca President Diane Anderson-Minshall in a statement. “Yet when director Bong Joon-ho’s ‘Parasite’ practically swept our awards roster with five wins, I was not surprised. The dynamic, darkly comic drama about a poor...
Renée Zellweger won the Best Actress Award for “Judy,” with Antonio Banderas winning Best Actor for “Pain and Glory.” “Little Women’s” Florence Pugh won The Rising Star of the Year, Jennifer Lopez won Best Supporting Actress for “Hustlers,” “Booksmart” won Unsung Film of the Year, and “Cats” won Campy Film of the Year.
“Galeca members strive to determine the best cinematic experiences through the distinct Lgbtq lens, and this year was particularly rich in options,” said Galeca President Diane Anderson-Minshall in a statement. “Yet when director Bong Joon-ho’s ‘Parasite’ practically swept our awards roster with five wins, I was not surprised. The dynamic, darkly comic drama about a poor...
- 1/9/2020
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Galeca: The Society of Lgbtq Entertainment Critics announced its annual television and film nominations for its Dorian Awards on Friday. Lesbian drama “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” and Korean film “Parasite” led the film nominations with six apiece. “Portrait” was nominated as both Film of the Year and Lgbt Film of the Year.
In all, the nominees in 26 categories represent Galeca’s choices for the finest in 2019’s film and television accessible in the U.S., across a variety of categories, from general to Lgbt-centric.
Among the films Galeca nominated for Film of the Year are “Hustlers,” “Little Women,” “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” “Pain and Glory,” “Parasite,” and “Portrait of a Lady on Fire.”
Also Read: Lgbtq Series-Regular Characters Hit Record High on Broadcast TV, GLAAD Report Says
“Chernobyl,” “Euphoria,” “Pose,” “Succession,” and “Unbelievable” rank among the group’ss best TV dramas.
All Dorian Award winners, including...
In all, the nominees in 26 categories represent Galeca’s choices for the finest in 2019’s film and television accessible in the U.S., across a variety of categories, from general to Lgbt-centric.
Among the films Galeca nominated for Film of the Year are “Hustlers,” “Little Women,” “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” “Pain and Glory,” “Parasite,” and “Portrait of a Lady on Fire.”
Also Read: Lgbtq Series-Regular Characters Hit Record High on Broadcast TV, GLAAD Report Says
“Chernobyl,” “Euphoria,” “Pose,” “Succession,” and “Unbelievable” rank among the group’ss best TV dramas.
All Dorian Award winners, including...
- 1/4/2020
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Chicago – An entire decade is biting the dust in the switch from 2019 to 2020, with an America that can experience the anarchy of our current times reflected in the movies. What better time to unleash the 10 Best Films of 2019, as selected by Über Critic Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com.
I begin (switching now to first person), by ranking the 25th best film through the 11th, with the option to click on the highlighted titles for reviews or associated interviews… 25th - Midway (A WW2 film that was inside the cockpit), 24th - Toy Story 4, 23rd - The Kingmaker (a cautionary tale of power), 22nd - The Current War, 21st - Where’D You Go, Bernadette (a misunderstood tale of lost genius), 20th - Dolemite Is My Name (a hilarious and heart filled comeback for Eddie Murphy), 19th - Wild Rose (three chords and the truth), 18th - Clemency (multi-layered death row...
I begin (switching now to first person), by ranking the 25th best film through the 11th, with the option to click on the highlighted titles for reviews or associated interviews… 25th - Midway (A WW2 film that was inside the cockpit), 24th - Toy Story 4, 23rd - The Kingmaker (a cautionary tale of power), 22nd - The Current War, 21st - Where’D You Go, Bernadette (a misunderstood tale of lost genius), 20th - Dolemite Is My Name (a hilarious and heart filled comeback for Eddie Murphy), 19th - Wild Rose (three chords and the truth), 18th - Clemency (multi-layered death row...
- 12/31/2019
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Over the course of a single year, the staff of IndieWire consumes a dizzying amount of films, thanks to packed film festival slates, stuffed streaming offerings, and regular old theatrical releases. Along the way, we find plenty of films to love, and closing out another year at the movies gives us a chance to keep spreading the good word of the year’s best (at least in our eyes).
For those of you obsessed with numbers, IndieWire’s overall top five film picks likely don’t surprise: Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite” was the clear favorite, but it was followed by an array of darlings, including Celine Sciamma’s “Portrait of a Lady on Fire,” the Safdie brothers’ “Uncut Gems,” Greta Gerwig’s “Little Women,” and Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman.” And while those top favorites appeared on a number of lists, a few films only appeared on one, including...
For those of you obsessed with numbers, IndieWire’s overall top five film picks likely don’t surprise: Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite” was the clear favorite, but it was followed by an array of darlings, including Celine Sciamma’s “Portrait of a Lady on Fire,” the Safdie brothers’ “Uncut Gems,” Greta Gerwig’s “Little Women,” and Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman.” And while those top favorites appeared on a number of lists, a few films only appeared on one, including...
- 12/23/2019
- by IndieWire Staff
- Indiewire
The Detroit Film Critics Society is pleased to announce the Best of 2019 winners in twelve categories. The Detroit Film Critics Society was founded in Spring 2007 and consists of a group of 19 film critics from Michigan who write or broadcast in the metro-Detroit area as well as other major cities including Ann Arbor; Grand Rapids; and Toledo, Ohio.
Each critic submitted their top five (5) picks in the following twelve (12) categories: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Ensemble, and Breakthrough in any category, Best Screenplay, Best Documentary, Best Animated Feature, and Best Use of Music.
From these submissions, each entry was given a point value and the top five entries in each category were placed on the final ballot. In the event of a tie, more than five entries were placed on the ballot. The final ballots were then given to each critic to rank in order.
Each critic submitted their top five (5) picks in the following twelve (12) categories: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Ensemble, and Breakthrough in any category, Best Screenplay, Best Documentary, Best Animated Feature, and Best Use of Music.
From these submissions, each entry was given a point value and the top five entries in each category were placed on the final ballot. In the event of a tie, more than five entries were placed on the ballot. The final ballots were then given to each critic to rank in order.
- 12/9/2019
- by Mike Tyrkus
- CinemaNerdz
Buenos Aires – Ventana Sur’s Opening Windows conference series welcomed an esteemed line-up of women in film to Buenos Aires’ Uca campus on Wednesday afternoon for a panel that sought to familiarize the audience with the enormous weight of breaking into a male-dominated industry throughout the years.
Among the panelists was Argentine Producer Lita Stantic, who has been in the industry since she swapped out her career as a journalist in the ‘60s. She recalls, “I was 20 years old, and there were no women in cinema, and I studied journalism because I wanted to be, let’s say, I thought that the only way to be near cinema was to write film criticism.” She then went on to regale the audience with her inspiring foray into film that began when she started creating short films, continuing to have an illustrious career as a producer, working on films like “La Ciénaga,...
Among the panelists was Argentine Producer Lita Stantic, who has been in the industry since she swapped out her career as a journalist in the ‘60s. She recalls, “I was 20 years old, and there were no women in cinema, and I studied journalism because I wanted to be, let’s say, I thought that the only way to be near cinema was to write film criticism.” She then went on to regale the audience with her inspiring foray into film that began when she started creating short films, continuing to have an illustrious career as a producer, working on films like “La Ciénaga,...
- 12/7/2019
- by Holly Jones
- Variety Film + TV
The Detroit Film Critics Society is pleased to announce the Best of 2019 nominees in twelve categories. The winners will be announced on Monday, December 9, 2019. The Detroit Film Critics Society was founded in the Spring of 2007 and consists of a group of 19 film critics with a Michigan connection who write or broadcast in the Detroit area as well as other major cities including Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Lansing, and Flint, Michigan; and Toledo, Ohio.
Each critic submitted their top five (5) picks in the following categories: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Ensemble, and Breakthrough in any category, Best Screenplay, Best Documentary, Best Animated Feature, and Best Use of Music.
From these submissions, each entry was given a point value and the top five entries in each category were placed on the final ballot.
The final ballots will now be given to...
Each critic submitted their top five (5) picks in the following categories: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Ensemble, and Breakthrough in any category, Best Screenplay, Best Documentary, Best Animated Feature, and Best Use of Music.
From these submissions, each entry was given a point value and the top five entries in each category were placed on the final ballot.
The final ballots will now be given to...
- 12/6/2019
- by Mike Tyrkus
- CinemaNerdz
Oscars, schmoscars. Unlike so many awards voters, I actually see the movies. And then I see them again on a DVD screener or a link. And I actually have taste. So, without further ado, here are my choices for the best and worst filmgoing experiences of 2019.
Best Actors
Antonio Banderas, “Pain & Glory”
Joaquin Phoenix, “Joker”
Jonathan Pryce, “The Two Popes”
Best Actresses
Scarlett Johansson, “Marriage Story”
Julianne Moore, “Gloria Bell”
Mary Kay Place, “Diane”
Alfre Woodard, “Clemency”
Best Supporting Actors
Alan Alda, “Marriage Story”
Al Pacino, “The Irishman”
Brad Pitt and Bruce Dern, “Once Upon A Time…in Hollywood”
Wesley Snipes, “Dolemite Is My Name”
Archie Yates, “Jojo Rabbit”
Best Supporting Actresses
Annette Bening, “The Report”
Laura Dern, “Marriage Story”
Whoever played Kimberly Guilfoyle in “Bombshell”
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Worst Thriller: (tie) “Greta,” “Ma”
They were horrors all right.
Worst Movie I Walked Out Of: “Her Smell,...
Best Actors
Antonio Banderas, “Pain & Glory”
Joaquin Phoenix, “Joker”
Jonathan Pryce, “The Two Popes”
Best Actresses
Scarlett Johansson, “Marriage Story”
Julianne Moore, “Gloria Bell”
Mary Kay Place, “Diane”
Alfre Woodard, “Clemency”
Best Supporting Actors
Alan Alda, “Marriage Story”
Al Pacino, “The Irishman”
Brad Pitt and Bruce Dern, “Once Upon A Time…in Hollywood”
Wesley Snipes, “Dolemite Is My Name”
Archie Yates, “Jojo Rabbit”
Best Supporting Actresses
Annette Bening, “The Report”
Laura Dern, “Marriage Story”
Whoever played Kimberly Guilfoyle in “Bombshell”
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Worst Thriller: (tie) “Greta,” “Ma”
They were horrors all right.
Worst Movie I Walked Out Of: “Her Smell,...
- 12/5/2019
- by Michael Musto
- Gold Derby
Aarp has raised the curtain on the nominations for its 19th annual Movies for Grownups Awards, with Netflix’s The Two Popes leading with seven mentions, followed by the streamer’s The Irishman and Sony’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood with six each.
Sony’s A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood and Little Women and Netflix’s Marriage Story snagged five noms each, with Lionsgate’s Bombshell netting four. All of the above will vie in the marquee Best Picture/Best Movie for Grownups category, along with A24’s The Farewell, which scored three noms overall.
The Aarp also set Tony Danza to host the January 11 ceremony at the Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills. Earlier this month, the group set Annette Bening to receive its Aarp Movies for Grownups Career Achievement Award.
Here are the nominees for the 19th annual Aarp Movies for Grownups Awards:
Best Picture/Best...
Sony’s A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood and Little Women and Netflix’s Marriage Story snagged five noms each, with Lionsgate’s Bombshell netting four. All of the above will vie in the marquee Best Picture/Best Movie for Grownups category, along with A24’s The Farewell, which scored three noms overall.
The Aarp also set Tony Danza to host the January 11 ceremony at the Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills. Earlier this month, the group set Annette Bening to receive its Aarp Movies for Grownups Career Achievement Award.
Here are the nominees for the 19th annual Aarp Movies for Grownups Awards:
Best Picture/Best...
- 11/26/2019
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
“The Batman” has added another high-profile player to its impressive cast. Director Matt Reeves announced via Twitter today that John Turturro will star in the upcoming superhero tentpole as Mafia capo Carmine Falcone. See the tweet below.
Nicknamed The Roman, Falcone is an enemy of Batman but a friend to the Wayne family, with command over Gotham City’s underground, organized crime syndicate. In the TV series “Gotham,” Falcone was played by John Doman, and in “Batman Begins,” he was played by Tom Wilkinson.
This is the first foray into the DC world for John Turturro, iconic as bowling legend Jesus Quintana in “The Big Lebowski,” as disheveled lawyer John Stone in the HBO miniseries “The Night Of” (which earned him an Emmy nomination), and a Cannes Film Festival Best Actor winner for the Coen Brothers’ “Barton Fink.”
He will reprise his role as The Jesus from “Big Lebowski” in the upcoming “The Jesus Rolls,...
Nicknamed The Roman, Falcone is an enemy of Batman but a friend to the Wayne family, with command over Gotham City’s underground, organized crime syndicate. In the TV series “Gotham,” Falcone was played by John Doman, and in “Batman Begins,” he was played by Tom Wilkinson.
This is the first foray into the DC world for John Turturro, iconic as bowling legend Jesus Quintana in “The Big Lebowski,” as disheveled lawyer John Stone in the HBO miniseries “The Night Of” (which earned him an Emmy nomination), and a Cannes Film Festival Best Actor winner for the Coen Brothers’ “Barton Fink.”
He will reprise his role as The Jesus from “Big Lebowski” in the upcoming “The Jesus Rolls,...
- 11/23/2019
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
John Turturro will star as Carmine Falcone in Matt Reeves’ “The Batman,” the director announced on Twitter on Friday.
Carmine Falcone first appeared in “Batman Begins” played by English actor Tom Wilkinson. The character made its debut in the comic books in the four-part story “Batman: Year One,” written by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli in 1987. In the comics, Carmine Falcone is a powerful mafia boss nicknamed “The Roman.”
Robert Pattinson is set to star as the Dark Knight. Reeves took over the directing gig after Ben Affleck stepped away from the role. Affleck was also expected to play Batman again but then said he would be hanging up the cape for good. Reeves has since described the film as a “defining” and “very personal” story about the Dark Knight, rather than an origin story in the vein of Frank Miller’s beloved “Year One” series.
Also Read: Andy Serkis...
Carmine Falcone first appeared in “Batman Begins” played by English actor Tom Wilkinson. The character made its debut in the comic books in the four-part story “Batman: Year One,” written by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli in 1987. In the comics, Carmine Falcone is a powerful mafia boss nicknamed “The Roman.”
Robert Pattinson is set to star as the Dark Knight. Reeves took over the directing gig after Ben Affleck stepped away from the role. Affleck was also expected to play Batman again but then said he would be hanging up the cape for good. Reeves has since described the film as a “defining” and “very personal” story about the Dark Knight, rather than an origin story in the vein of Frank Miller’s beloved “Year One” series.
Also Read: Andy Serkis...
- 11/22/2019
- by Beatrice Verhoeven and Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Argentinian cinematographer Natasha Braier has emerged as one of the most exciting talents working in movies today thanks to her collaborations with David Michôd (“The Rover”), Nicolas Winding Refn (“The Neon Demon”), and Sebastián Lelio (“Gloria Bell”). Braier is currently in theaters earning rave reviews for her work on Alma Har’el’s “Honey Boy.” During an interview with The Film Stage to promote the Shia Labeouf Sundance drama, Braier took a remote to express a degree of sadness over the U.S. reception of Refn’s “Neon Demon.”
“The Neon Demon” stars Elle Fanning as an aspiring model in Los Angeles whose youthful beauty ignites a disturbing fever of obsession and jealousy within the fashion industry. Backed by Amazon Studios, “Neon Demon” debuted to both rapturous applause and boos at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. The divisive response to the film was nothing knew for Refn, but the reaction failed to generate interest in the project.
“The Neon Demon” stars Elle Fanning as an aspiring model in Los Angeles whose youthful beauty ignites a disturbing fever of obsession and jealousy within the fashion industry. Backed by Amazon Studios, “Neon Demon” debuted to both rapturous applause and boos at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. The divisive response to the film was nothing knew for Refn, but the reaction failed to generate interest in the project.
- 11/15/2019
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Few working DPs can boast as muscular an interplay between feature films, commercials, and music videos as Natasha Braier, whose art-house creds run from the exalted (In the City of Sylvia) to the debated (The Neon Demon), whose more mainstream endeavors don’t even slightly ring as sell-out gigs, and whose shorter-form works pair her with some of the biggest brands and most-respected major-label artists. It is, frankly, exhausting to weigh, and a conversation with her appropriately expands and contracts from moment to moment.
Present at this year’s EnergaCAMERIMAGE as head of their music-video jury, Braier leads one of the festival’s most in-demand events. We sat down for an interview on the nature of shooting videos, commercials, films, and why putting anything–people or forms–into boxes only breeds trouble.
Tell me about the prep process on a video vs. prep process on a film, and how the compression of time affects you.
Present at this year’s EnergaCAMERIMAGE as head of their music-video jury, Braier leads one of the festival’s most in-demand events. We sat down for an interview on the nature of shooting videos, commercials, films, and why putting anything–people or forms–into boxes only breeds trouble.
Tell me about the prep process on a video vs. prep process on a film, and how the compression of time affects you.
- 11/15/2019
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Natasha Braier is the cinematographer you call when you want a bold and visually ambitious look on an indie budget. From the fashion photography-meets-noir of Nicolas Winding Refn’s “Neon Demon,” to the strong colors in Sebastián Lelio’s “Gloria Bell,” to the hypnotic black-and-white water imagery of Lynne Ramsay’s short “Swimmer,” Braier finds a way to paint with the kinds of stylized strokes associated with films at 10 times the budget.
Director Alma Har’el wanted that for “Honey Boy,” but she also wanted the freedom that she had when shooting her documentaries “Bombay Beach” and “LoveTrue.”
“Alma really wanted me to bring my lighting approach, which is always quite moody, and driven by emotion, and somewhat poetic,” said Braier. “She also wanted me [to light] for 360 degrees, so that they are free and they can do whatever. So she wanted the best of both worlds. She was like, ‘I want them to be free.
Director Alma Har’el wanted that for “Honey Boy,” but she also wanted the freedom that she had when shooting her documentaries “Bombay Beach” and “LoveTrue.”
“Alma really wanted me to bring my lighting approach, which is always quite moody, and driven by emotion, and somewhat poetic,” said Braier. “She also wanted me [to light] for 360 degrees, so that they are free and they can do whatever. So she wanted the best of both worlds. She was like, ‘I want them to be free.
- 11/1/2019
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
You are invited to attend our Q&a discussion with four of film’s top cinematographers who now compete for Oscars and more. Our event is on Thursday, November 7, at 7:00 p.m. at the Landmark Theater at 10850 W. Pico Blvd. in Los Angeles. Admission and parking are free. Academy and guild members will get priority seating.
To RSVP, make your reservation here: https://goldderbycinematographypanel.splashthat.com/
Gold Derby managing editor Joyce Eng will moderate this “Meet the Film Experts” panel with the following contenders for 2019/2020 awards consideration:
Todd Banhazl represents Stx for “Hustlers”
Banhazl has been known for his work on several shorts, music videos and documentaries. Films have included “Braids,” “Blow the Man Down” and the upcoming “Thor: Love and Thunder.”
Natasha Braier represents Amazon for “Honey Boy”
Braier was nominated for several awards for her work on “The Neon Demon” and “The Rover.” She has also been...
To RSVP, make your reservation here: https://goldderbycinematographypanel.splashthat.com/
Gold Derby managing editor Joyce Eng will moderate this “Meet the Film Experts” panel with the following contenders for 2019/2020 awards consideration:
Todd Banhazl represents Stx for “Hustlers”
Banhazl has been known for his work on several shorts, music videos and documentaries. Films have included “Braids,” “Blow the Man Down” and the upcoming “Thor: Love and Thunder.”
Natasha Braier represents Amazon for “Honey Boy”
Braier was nominated for several awards for her work on “The Neon Demon” and “The Rover.” She has also been...
- 10/29/2019
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
One of the big questions about the 2020 Oscars is whether or not there will be a split between the winners of Best Picture and Best Director, as we’ve seen in three of the last four years. Before the academy reintroduced the preferential ballot for Best Picture in 2010, such divides were fairly rare. Now, they are the rule rather than the exception at the Academy Awards. (Scroll down for the most up-to-date 2020 Oscars predictions for Best Director.)
Why is this?
Unlike every other Oscar category, which are decided by a popular vote, the winner of the Best Picture award is determined by a weighted ballot. Voters rank their choices from first to last. If one nominee garners more than 50% of the first place vote, it automatically wins. If, however, no nominee can meet that threshold, the film with the fewest first place votes gets eliminated, with its ballot getting reapportioned to the second place choice.
Why is this?
Unlike every other Oscar category, which are decided by a popular vote, the winner of the Best Picture award is determined by a weighted ballot. Voters rank their choices from first to last. If one nominee garners more than 50% of the first place vote, it automatically wins. If, however, no nominee can meet that threshold, the film with the fewest first place votes gets eliminated, with its ballot getting reapportioned to the second place choice.
- 10/7/2019
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
What do Brad Pitt, Scarlett Johansson, Robert De Niro, Antonio Banderas, Julianne Moore, Robert Pattinson, Timothee Chalamet, Ian McKellen and Elisabeth Moss have in common in this year’s Oscar race? All these actors could pull off a stunt that hasn’t been achieved in 12 years — scoring both a lead and a supporting nomination in the same year.
First, some history. Back when Oscar was just a baby, performers could be nominated multiple times in the same category. That is how George Arliss (“Disraeli” and “The Green Goddess”), Greta Garbo (“Anna Christie” and “Romance”) and Norma Shearer (“The Divorcee” and ‘Their Own Desire”) all received two berths during the 1929/30 race. Garbo would win for “The Divorcee” and Arliss was rewarded for “Disraeli,” but that all changed when the supporting actor and actress categories were added in 1936.
A glitch in the system was exposed, however, when Barry Fitzgerald‘s performance as...
First, some history. Back when Oscar was just a baby, performers could be nominated multiple times in the same category. That is how George Arliss (“Disraeli” and “The Green Goddess”), Greta Garbo (“Anna Christie” and “Romance”) and Norma Shearer (“The Divorcee” and ‘Their Own Desire”) all received two berths during the 1929/30 race. Garbo would win for “The Divorcee” and Arliss was rewarded for “Disraeli,” but that all changed when the supporting actor and actress categories were added in 1936.
A glitch in the system was exposed, however, when Barry Fitzgerald‘s performance as...
- 9/26/2019
- by Susan Wloszczyna
- Gold Derby
Actress Laura Dern and FilmNation Entertainment CEO Glen Basner are set to receive tributes at the upcoming Ifp Gotham Awards, the Independent Filmmaker Project announced Thursday.
Dern will receive the Actress Tribute, and Basner will receive the Industry Tribute from the awards ceremony that takes place on Dec. 2 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York. They join Ava DuVernay and Sam Rockwell as the previously announced honorees, who are receiving the Director and Actor tributes.
“We are thrilled to be honoring the extraordinary talents of one of our most beloved actors, Laura Dern, with this year’s Actress Tribute. From her early roles in ‘Blue Velvet’ and ‘Jurassic Park’ to her more recent performances in ‘Big Little Lies,’ ‘Little Women’ and ‘Marriage Story.’ Laura transcends the screen and imbues each and every one of her characters with a deep intelligence and warmth,” Jeff Sharp, executive director of Ifp and the Made in NY Media Center,...
Dern will receive the Actress Tribute, and Basner will receive the Industry Tribute from the awards ceremony that takes place on Dec. 2 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York. They join Ava DuVernay and Sam Rockwell as the previously announced honorees, who are receiving the Director and Actor tributes.
“We are thrilled to be honoring the extraordinary talents of one of our most beloved actors, Laura Dern, with this year’s Actress Tribute. From her early roles in ‘Blue Velvet’ and ‘Jurassic Park’ to her more recent performances in ‘Big Little Lies,’ ‘Little Women’ and ‘Marriage Story.’ Laura transcends the screen and imbues each and every one of her characters with a deep intelligence and warmth,” Jeff Sharp, executive director of Ifp and the Made in NY Media Center,...
- 9/26/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
A24 has tapped up-and-coming filmmaker Chloe Okuno to direct the horror movie “Bodies Bodies Bodies.”
The project was originally written by “Cat Person” author Kristen Roupenian, in the company’s first purchase of a spec script. Okuno is the director of the award-winning AFI short film “Slut,” centered on a naive young girl becoming the target of a murderous sociopath when she attempts to reinvent herself to impress the boys in her small Texas town. She is currently writing the reboot of “Audrey Rose” for Orion Pictures and Platinum Dunes.
“Bodies Bodies Bodies” is Roupenian’s foray into the screenwriting space. A24 said the story infuses a “fresh, incisive perspective” into the horror genre, mixing together elements of shrewd character study, mystery and deep-seeded scares.
Ropuenian is the author of the popular New Yorker article “Cat Person.” After being published in December, “Cat Person,” which follows a downhill relationship and...
The project was originally written by “Cat Person” author Kristen Roupenian, in the company’s first purchase of a spec script. Okuno is the director of the award-winning AFI short film “Slut,” centered on a naive young girl becoming the target of a murderous sociopath when she attempts to reinvent herself to impress the boys in her small Texas town. She is currently writing the reboot of “Audrey Rose” for Orion Pictures and Platinum Dunes.
“Bodies Bodies Bodies” is Roupenian’s foray into the screenwriting space. A24 said the story infuses a “fresh, incisive perspective” into the horror genre, mixing together elements of shrewd character study, mystery and deep-seeded scares.
Ropuenian is the author of the popular New Yorker article “Cat Person.” After being published in December, “Cat Person,” which follows a downhill relationship and...
- 9/24/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Alanna Ubach is set for a recurring role in Fox’s high-profile new drama series Filthy Rich starring Kim Cattrall, from The Help writer-director Tate Taylor, Imagine Television and 20th Century Fox TV.
Filthy Rich is a southern Gothic family drama in which wealth, power and religion collide – with outrageously soapy results. When the patriarch of a mega-rich Southern family, famed for creating a wildly successful Christian television network, dies in a plane crash, his wife and family are stunned to learn that he fathered three illegitimate children, all of whom are written into his will, threatening their family name and fortune.
Ubach will play Yopi, Antonio’s (Benjamin Levy Aguilar) mother. She’s a fighter who knows how to win and a career gambler who’s always willing to take a chance.
Filthy Rich is produced by 20th Century Fox Television, Imagine Television and Fox Entertainment.
Filthy Rich is a southern Gothic family drama in which wealth, power and religion collide – with outrageously soapy results. When the patriarch of a mega-rich Southern family, famed for creating a wildly successful Christian television network, dies in a plane crash, his wife and family are stunned to learn that he fathered three illegitimate children, all of whom are written into his will, threatening their family name and fortune.
Ubach will play Yopi, Antonio’s (Benjamin Levy Aguilar) mother. She’s a fighter who knows how to win and a career gambler who’s always willing to take a chance.
Filthy Rich is produced by 20th Century Fox Television, Imagine Television and Fox Entertainment.
- 9/20/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options—not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves–each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit platforms. Check out this week’s selections below and an archive of past round-ups here.
The Sound of Silence (Michael Tyburski)
What if our happiness wasn’t solely predicated on our fruitful relationships, career success, or spiritual fulfillment, but rather the sounds around us? It’s this idea that drives music theorist and self-proclaimed house tuner Peter (Peter Sarsgaard) to the point of maddening obsession in The Sound of Silence. The directorial debut of Michael Tyburski has a compelling hook as we go on this journey of aural perfection, but the follow-through leaves something to be desired. In terms of its thematic predecessors, The Conversation and Blow Out set an impossibly high bar, but even the narrative propulsion of those classics...
The Sound of Silence (Michael Tyburski)
What if our happiness wasn’t solely predicated on our fruitful relationships, career success, or spiritual fulfillment, but rather the sounds around us? It’s this idea that drives music theorist and self-proclaimed house tuner Peter (Peter Sarsgaard) to the point of maddening obsession in The Sound of Silence. The directorial debut of Michael Tyburski has a compelling hook as we go on this journey of aural perfection, but the follow-through leaves something to be desired. In terms of its thematic predecessors, The Conversation and Blow Out set an impossibly high bar, but even the narrative propulsion of those classics...
- 9/13/2019
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The award is given in memory of UK cinematographer Sue Gibson.
Jakob Ihre has won the National Film and Television School (Nfts)’s third annual Sue Gibson cinematography award for his work on HBO/Sky series Chernobyl.
The award goes to an Nfts cinematography alumnus who has advanced the profession in a significant way.
It is given in honour of cinematographer Gibson, who died in 2016. She was an award-winning Nfts alumna and also the first female president of the British Society of Cinematographers (Bsc). Her credits include Alien v Predator, The Holiday and Poirot.
The other nominees this year were...
Jakob Ihre has won the National Film and Television School (Nfts)’s third annual Sue Gibson cinematography award for his work on HBO/Sky series Chernobyl.
The award goes to an Nfts cinematography alumnus who has advanced the profession in a significant way.
It is given in honour of cinematographer Gibson, who died in 2016. She was an award-winning Nfts alumna and also the first female president of the British Society of Cinematographers (Bsc). Her credits include Alien v Predator, The Holiday and Poirot.
The other nominees this year were...
- 9/6/2019
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Glen Basner lives to make deals.
Be it Toronto or Cannes, Sundance or Afm, you’ll find the FilmNation founder in the throes of negotiations over pricing and marketing plans, schmoozing and working every angle to nail the best pact. Director Armando Iannucci, who worked with FilmNation on the upcoming “The Personal History of David Copperfield,” recalls seeing Basner in action after he presented the Charles Dickens adaptation to potential buyers at the 2018 Berlin Film Festival.
“He was running from booth to booth, having all these conversations, and he just kind of lit up with this infectious smile,” says Iannucci. “Fundamentally, all of the things he’s doing on the business side are borne out of a love of film. That what makes him so good at what he does.”
Basner will be on hand at the Toronto Intl. Film Festival for the world premiere of “David Copperfield,” with Dev Patel in the title role,...
Be it Toronto or Cannes, Sundance or Afm, you’ll find the FilmNation founder in the throes of negotiations over pricing and marketing plans, schmoozing and working every angle to nail the best pact. Director Armando Iannucci, who worked with FilmNation on the upcoming “The Personal History of David Copperfield,” recalls seeing Basner in action after he presented the Charles Dickens adaptation to potential buyers at the 2018 Berlin Film Festival.
“He was running from booth to booth, having all these conversations, and he just kind of lit up with this infectious smile,” says Iannucci. “Fundamentally, all of the things he’s doing on the business side are borne out of a love of film. That what makes him so good at what he does.”
Basner will be on hand at the Toronto Intl. Film Festival for the world premiere of “David Copperfield,” with Dev Patel in the title role,...
- 9/4/2019
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Jill Soloway will direct and adapt the upcoming memoir “Mothertrucker” for Makeready. The film unites the “Transparent” creator with Julianne Moore, who will take the showy starring role.
The deal was inked two years before “Mothertrucker” hits store shelves. The book by Amy Butcher chronicles her friendship with Joy Mothertrucker (Moore), an Instagram celebrity and female ice road trucker. Focus Features will release the movie — its parent company, Universal, has a first-look deal with Makeready.
Soloway will also produce the project alongside Andrea Sperling through Topple Productions. Moore will be a producer as well with Bart Freundlich executive producing through their Fortysixty Productions. Makeready head of film, Pam Abdy, and executive Natalie Williams will oversee for the studio.
“I’m honored to tell this deeply resonant story about two women finding meaning and strength as they face an epic challenge in one of the most punishing and beautiful landscapes on the planet,...
The deal was inked two years before “Mothertrucker” hits store shelves. The book by Amy Butcher chronicles her friendship with Joy Mothertrucker (Moore), an Instagram celebrity and female ice road trucker. Focus Features will release the movie — its parent company, Universal, has a first-look deal with Makeready.
Soloway will also produce the project alongside Andrea Sperling through Topple Productions. Moore will be a producer as well with Bart Freundlich executive producing through their Fortysixty Productions. Makeready head of film, Pam Abdy, and executive Natalie Williams will oversee for the studio.
“I’m honored to tell this deeply resonant story about two women finding meaning and strength as they face an epic challenge in one of the most punishing and beautiful landscapes on the planet,...
- 8/28/2019
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Cut off Russell Crowe in traffic at your own peril!
That’s the takeaway from the first look at “Unhinged,” an upcoming thriller that stars the Oscar-winning “Gladiator” actor as a man who takes road rage to frightening new levels. Crowe appears in the Solstice Studios release alongside Caren Pistorius, who portrays Rachel, a mother who hits the horn at the exact wrong moment. In the first look image, Crowe smolders with the fury of a thousand Maximuses.
“The mark of a great film is one that both entertains and sparks conversation,” director Derrick Borte said. “I believe, in a very terrifying way, ‘Unhinged’ does exactly that.”
Production on the film wraps on Sunday in New Orleans. “Unhinged,” planned for a third quarter 2020 release, marks Solstice Studios’ first production since launching last October. The studio aims to produce between three and five movies per year, with most films carrying budgets between $20 million and $80 million.
That’s the takeaway from the first look at “Unhinged,” an upcoming thriller that stars the Oscar-winning “Gladiator” actor as a man who takes road rage to frightening new levels. Crowe appears in the Solstice Studios release alongside Caren Pistorius, who portrays Rachel, a mother who hits the horn at the exact wrong moment. In the first look image, Crowe smolders with the fury of a thousand Maximuses.
“The mark of a great film is one that both entertains and sparks conversation,” director Derrick Borte said. “I believe, in a very terrifying way, ‘Unhinged’ does exactly that.”
Production on the film wraps on Sunday in New Orleans. “Unhinged,” planned for a third quarter 2020 release, marks Solstice Studios’ first production since launching last October. The studio aims to produce between three and five movies per year, with most films carrying budgets between $20 million and $80 million.
- 8/23/2019
- by Variety Staff
- Variety Film + TV
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