Stop Making Sense, the remastered concert film that sowed delight at TIFF, opens on 300 Imax screens in the U.S., Canada, U.K. and Ireland. Locations Stateside number 260 ahead of a nationwide release next week.
The 1984 Talking Heads extravaganza from Jonathan Demme is presented in its new iteration by A24 — meaning the decades-old movie can now extend its reach to a new, younger audience that is A24’s core fan base. Opening numbers are hard to gauge since there aren’t many comps but there are parties, discos, stars and sellouts with film looking at about $1.5 million, including Thursday previews.
A 40th anniversary large-format special premiere screening at the Toronto Film Festival earlier this month had people dancing in the aisles and broke Imax records. It was the company’s highest grossing live event, earning $640.8k and selling out 25 screens across 165 Imax locations in North America and the BFI Imax in London.
The 1984 Talking Heads extravaganza from Jonathan Demme is presented in its new iteration by A24 — meaning the decades-old movie can now extend its reach to a new, younger audience that is A24’s core fan base. Opening numbers are hard to gauge since there aren’t many comps but there are parties, discos, stars and sellouts with film looking at about $1.5 million, including Thursday previews.
A 40th anniversary large-format special premiere screening at the Toronto Film Festival earlier this month had people dancing in the aisles and broke Imax records. It was the company’s highest grossing live event, earning $640.8k and selling out 25 screens across 165 Imax locations in North America and the BFI Imax in London.
- 9/22/2023
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
The 2019 Sarasota Film Festival has just recently begun down in Florida, and already they have a noteworthy effort to put forth into the cinematic world. The work in question is Feral, an independent drama that offers up a lot of unique things that should keep you incredibly intrigued. Festivals without A-list films need to showcase art at its most cutting edge, and this is an example of that. It could be a bit too unusual for some, but the acting and filmmaking demand that attention be paid. A look at homelessness with no easy answers and no judgment, it’s oddly captivating and manages to put a lot on your plate in under 80 minutes. This movie is an indie drama about a girl on the streets, looking to survive as a blizzard slowly moves towards the city. Yazmine (Annapurna Sriram) does what she can to get by, which includes lying,...
- 4/8/2019
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
The following essay was produced as part of the 2017 Locarno Critics Academy, a workshop for aspiring film critics that took place during the 70th edition of the Locarno Film Festival.
The term “independent film” is vaguer than ever, but film festivals are the best place to look for its evolving definition. While American independent film has developed a unique identity thanks to Sundance and other North American showcases, it takes on a very different profile when these films travel abroad.
The Locarno Film Festival has developed something of a reputation for enabling European festival-goers to discover the best of American independent film, its visitors relying on the festival’s programmers to delve through the material sold as independent to find the films that deserve the label. Here’s a look at four highlights from this year’s lineup that were well-received by the festival’s audiences.
“Good Time”
Though it...
The term “independent film” is vaguer than ever, but film festivals are the best place to look for its evolving definition. While American independent film has developed a unique identity thanks to Sundance and other North American showcases, it takes on a very different profile when these films travel abroad.
The Locarno Film Festival has developed something of a reputation for enabling European festival-goers to discover the best of American independent film, its visitors relying on the festival’s programmers to delve through the material sold as independent to find the films that deserve the label. Here’s a look at four highlights from this year’s lineup that were well-received by the festival’s audiences.
“Good Time”
Though it...
- 8/23/2017
- by Matt Turner
- Indiewire
Expanded from the quirky short of the same name, Person to Person is an effortless riff on a specific indie vibe. Crafted lovingly and naturally by director Dustin Guy Defa, Person to Person moves from his initial concept, following the quest of hippie record collector Bene (Bene Coopersmith) to purchase a rare LP, to other characters who occupy the screen as their small dramas play out over a brisk autumnal day. These other New Yorkers include Phil (Michael Cera) and Claire (Abbi Jacobson), an investigative journalist boss and first-time reporter, respectively. The powerplay, awkwardness and anxiety between them plays out with surprisingly varied results as they piece together a potential murder. Most of their banter takes place in Phil’s car, where he mansplains and tries to...
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- 8/16/2017
- Screen Anarchy
Dustin Guy Defa is on the cusp of big changes. The filmmaker’s second feature film, Person To Person, opens tomorrow. In it, Defa delicately interweaves multiple stories taking place over one day in the lives of New Yorkers portrayed by an ensemble of legendary performers (Phillip Baker Hall, Isiah Whitlock Jr.), name actors (Michael Cera), newcomers (Abbi Jacobson, Tavi Gerivson, George Sample III), and so-called “non-actors” (Bene Coopersmith). It’s a bighearted, hilarious and impressive display of Defa’s directorial skills and the kind of film that can jump start a career. The road to getting it made is a bit unusual. […]...
- 7/27/2017
- by Peter Rinaldi
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Person To Person Review Person to Person (2017) Film Review, a movie directed by Dustin Guy Defa, and starring Michael Cera, Abbi Jacobson, Philip Baker Hall, Michaela Watkins, Tavi Gevinson, Olivia Luccardi, Craig Butta, Ben Rosenfeld, Hunter Zimmy, Bene Coopersmith, George Semple III, Buddy Duress, [...]
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- 7/22/2017
- by Reggie Peralta
- Film-Book
"Terrible things happen every day in this city." Magnolia Pictures has debuted the first official trailer for an ensemble indie drama titled Person to Person, which first premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. The film follows different characters "from person to person" in New York City, handing off the narrative to each one as it continues on. The full cast of quirky characters includes Michael Cera, Abbi Jacobson, Tavi Gevinson, Isiah Whitlock, Michaela Watkins, Olivia Lucciardi, Ben Rosenfield, Buddy Durress, Bene Coopersmith, George Sample III, and Philip Baker Hall. This looks like a nice slice of life in New York City, showing the mix of people and all the interesting things going on. Enjoy. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Dustin Guy Defa's Person to Person, direct from YouTube: During a single day in New York City, a variety of characters grapple with the mundane, the unexpected, and the larger questions permeating their lives. An investigative reporter ...
- 6/22/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
‘Person to Person’ Trailer: Michael Cera Stars In A Summer Indie That Evokes the Best of Woody Allen
Dustin Guy Defa has been making a name for himself on the indie circuit with acclaimed short films like “Review” and his 2011 feature “Bad Fever,” but his profile is about to get a huge boost with the release of “Person to Person.” The movie was a Sundance highlight earlier this year and finds the writer-director evoking the best of Woody Allen’s scrappy New York City days.
Read More: ‘Person To Person’ Review: Tavi Gevinson And Philip Baker Hall Shine In This Charming New York City Mosaic
“Person to Person” is set during a single day in New York City and follows a disparate group of characters all facing various emotional obstacles. Abbi Jacobson plays an investigative reporter trying to get through her first day on the job with help from her misguided boss (Michael Cera). Tavi Gevinson plays a rebellious teen attempting to balance her feminist ideals with other desires. Other story threads follow a young man seeking to reconcile with his ex-girlfriend and an avid music lover searching for a rare vinyl.
In his B+ review out of Sundance, IndieWire senior film critic David Ehrlich said, “Dustin Guy Defa’s ‘Person to Person’ is a gentle summer breeze of a movie that’s set during an early fall day. Amiably unstuck in time without feeling anachronistic, Defa’s second feature pulls off the trick of offering an analog version of New York in a digital age.”
The “Person to Person” ensemble includes Isiah Whitlock, Michaela Watkins, Olivia Lucciardi, Ben Rosenfield, Buddy Durress, Bene Coopersmith, George Sample III and Philip Baker Hall.
Magnolia Pictures will release “Person to Person” in theaters, on iTunes, OnDemand and Amazon Video July 28. Watch the trailer below.
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Read More: ‘Person To Person’ Review: Tavi Gevinson And Philip Baker Hall Shine In This Charming New York City Mosaic
“Person to Person” is set during a single day in New York City and follows a disparate group of characters all facing various emotional obstacles. Abbi Jacobson plays an investigative reporter trying to get through her first day on the job with help from her misguided boss (Michael Cera). Tavi Gevinson plays a rebellious teen attempting to balance her feminist ideals with other desires. Other story threads follow a young man seeking to reconcile with his ex-girlfriend and an avid music lover searching for a rare vinyl.
In his B+ review out of Sundance, IndieWire senior film critic David Ehrlich said, “Dustin Guy Defa’s ‘Person to Person’ is a gentle summer breeze of a movie that’s set during an early fall day. Amiably unstuck in time without feeling anachronistic, Defa’s second feature pulls off the trick of offering an analog version of New York in a digital age.”
The “Person to Person” ensemble includes Isiah Whitlock, Michaela Watkins, Olivia Lucciardi, Ben Rosenfield, Buddy Durress, Bene Coopersmith, George Sample III and Philip Baker Hall.
Magnolia Pictures will release “Person to Person” in theaters, on iTunes, OnDemand and Amazon Video July 28. Watch the trailer below.
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- 6/22/2017
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Paris-based company to launch sales on Sundance title during Cannes.
Paris-based Celluloid Dreams has taken on world sales of writer-director Dustin Guy Defa’s off-beat comedy Person To Person following a number of New Yorkers over the course of one day.
Described as a love letter to New York, the film follows four slice-of-life stories set in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens, involving a record collector, his heartbroken room-mate, a teenager accompanying a friend on a date and a rookie reporter sent to cover a murder case.
The ensemble cast features Michael Cera, Abbi Jacobson, Philip Baker Hall, Michaela Watkins, Tavi Gevinson, Olivia Luccardi, Ben Rosenfield, George Sample III, and newcomer Bene Coopersmith.
It is Defa’s second film after his 2012 work Bad Fever.
The new work grew out a short film of the same name which premiered at Sundance in 2014 and also screened at SXSW, AFI Fest and the Berlin Film Festivals, where it won...
Paris-based Celluloid Dreams has taken on world sales of writer-director Dustin Guy Defa’s off-beat comedy Person To Person following a number of New Yorkers over the course of one day.
Described as a love letter to New York, the film follows four slice-of-life stories set in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens, involving a record collector, his heartbroken room-mate, a teenager accompanying a friend on a date and a rookie reporter sent to cover a murder case.
The ensemble cast features Michael Cera, Abbi Jacobson, Philip Baker Hall, Michaela Watkins, Tavi Gevinson, Olivia Luccardi, Ben Rosenfield, George Sample III, and newcomer Bene Coopersmith.
It is Defa’s second film after his 2012 work Bad Fever.
The new work grew out a short film of the same name which premiered at Sundance in 2014 and also screened at SXSW, AFI Fest and the Berlin Film Festivals, where it won...
- 4/5/2017
- ScreenDaily
Keep up with the wild and wooly world of indie film acquisitions with our weekly Rundown of everything that’s been picked up around the globe. Check out last week’s Rundown here.
– Fox Searchlight will acquire the U.S., Canada and U.K. rights to to “The Old Man And The Gun,” Deadline reports. Director David Lowery’s drama stars Robert Redford, Casey Affleck, Sissy Spacek and Danny Glover and begins shooting on April 3.
Based on a true story, the film centers on bank robber and 17-time prison escapee Forrest Tucker (Redford). Affleck plays a detective obsessed with bringing Tucker to justice while Spacek plays Tucker’s love interest. The film is produced by Conde Nast Entertainment Wildwood Enterprises and Identity Films.
Read More: Film Acquisition Rundown: Neon Picks Up Errol Morris’ ‘The B-Side,’ FilmRise Gets Two Sundance Premieres and More
– Grasshopper Film has acquired the U.S. rights...
– Fox Searchlight will acquire the U.S., Canada and U.K. rights to to “The Old Man And The Gun,” Deadline reports. Director David Lowery’s drama stars Robert Redford, Casey Affleck, Sissy Spacek and Danny Glover and begins shooting on April 3.
Based on a true story, the film centers on bank robber and 17-time prison escapee Forrest Tucker (Redford). Affleck plays a detective obsessed with bringing Tucker to justice while Spacek plays Tucker’s love interest. The film is produced by Conde Nast Entertainment Wildwood Enterprises and Identity Films.
Read More: Film Acquisition Rundown: Neon Picks Up Errol Morris’ ‘The B-Side,’ FilmRise Gets Two Sundance Premieres and More
– Grasshopper Film has acquired the U.S. rights...
- 3/24/2017
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
The Museum of Modern Art and the Film Society of Lincoln Center has today announces their complete lineup for the 46th annual New Directors/New Films (Nd/Nf), running March 15 – 26. Dedicated to the discovery of new works by emerging and dynamic filmmaking talent, this year’s festival will screen 29 features and nine short films. This year’s lineup boasts nine North American premieres, seven U.S. premieres, and two world premieres, with features and shorts from 32 countries across five continents.
The opening, centerpiece, and closing night selections showcase three exciting new voices in American independent cinema that all recently debuted at Sundance: Geremy Jasper’s “Patti Cake$” is the opening night pick, while Eliza Hittman’s “Beach Rats” is the centerpiece selection and Dustin Guy Defa will close the festival with “Person to Person.” Other standouts include “Menashe,” “My Happy Family,” “Quest” and “The Wound.”
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The opening, centerpiece, and closing night selections showcase three exciting new voices in American independent cinema that all recently debuted at Sundance: Geremy Jasper’s “Patti Cake$” is the opening night pick, while Eliza Hittman’s “Beach Rats” is the centerpiece selection and Dustin Guy Defa will close the festival with “Person to Person.” Other standouts include “Menashe,” “My Happy Family,” “Quest” and “The Wound.”
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- 2/15/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Generally speaking, this year’s Sundance Film Festival was a very healthy marketplace that guaranteed many of its highlights will make it to audiences beyond the festival circuit soon. From heavy hitters like “The Big Sick” and “Mudbound” to discoveries like “Thoroughbred,” there was plenty of buyer interest spread throughout the lineup. As usual, though, plenty of worthy titles ended the festival with uncertain futures.
Read More: The 2017 IndieWire Sundance Bible: Every Review, Interview and News Item Posted During the Festival
Here are a few memorable ones that deserve distribution.
“Bitch”
There are plenty of stories about domestic housewives who grow tired of their oppressive routines, but none quite like Marianna Palka’s vicious feminist satire “Bitch,” in which the writer-director-star plays a woman who assumes the identity of a wild dog. It’s a blunt metaphor, but Palka transforms the absurd premise into a chilling look at the destruction...
Read More: The 2017 IndieWire Sundance Bible: Every Review, Interview and News Item Posted During the Festival
Here are a few memorable ones that deserve distribution.
“Bitch”
There are plenty of stories about domestic housewives who grow tired of their oppressive routines, but none quite like Marianna Palka’s vicious feminist satire “Bitch,” in which the writer-director-star plays a woman who assumes the identity of a wild dog. It’s a blunt metaphor, but Palka transforms the absurd premise into a chilling look at the destruction...
- 1/31/2017
- by David Ehrlich, Eric Kohn and Jude Dry
- Indiewire
There are plenty of characters and there is plenty of New York City in writer/director Dustin Guy Defa‘s Person To Person, but the whole thing meanders all over without ever really settling somewhere that matters. Amongst the pack, we’ve got rag newspaper reporter Phil (Michael Cera) and temp Claire (Abbi Jacobson) awkwardly getting to know each other while they follow up on a potential murder case, involving a rich widow (a criminally-wasted Michaela Watkins).
Meanwhile, a couple of old-timers (including Isiah Whitlock Jr.) hang out at a timepiece repair shop owned by Jimmy (Philip Baker Hall, understated and wonderful); a man named Bene (Bene Coopersmith) hunts down a rare Charlie Parker album while worrying about his new shirt while his best friend Ray (George Sample III) hides out at his apartment after posting nude photos online of his ex-girlfriend (Marsha Stephanie Blake); a quartet of teenagers (Tavi Gevinson,...
Meanwhile, a couple of old-timers (including Isiah Whitlock Jr.) hang out at a timepiece repair shop owned by Jimmy (Philip Baker Hall, understated and wonderful); a man named Bene (Bene Coopersmith) hunts down a rare Charlie Parker album while worrying about his new shirt while his best friend Ray (George Sample III) hides out at his apartment after posting nude photos online of his ex-girlfriend (Marsha Stephanie Blake); a quartet of teenagers (Tavi Gevinson,...
- 1/31/2017
- by Dan Mecca
- The Film Stage
I’ve mapped it out, and best as I can say, there are five discrete narratives in writer/director/editor Dustin Guy Defa’s Person to Person. Some of them overlap, some do not. They bolster one another through opposition, the way each shows very different ways of relating to other people. It’s a light comedy involving murder, fraud, and betrayal after all. Contrasts are its driving force.
In one thread, newspaper editor Phil (Michael Cera) is training new reporter Claire (Abbi Jacobson) by taking her around to investigate a woman (Michaela Watkins) suspected of murdering her husband. That woman has taken a broken watch, which may or may not be key to the case, to a shop run by Jimmy (Philip Baker Hall) for repair. In a separate thread, Bene (Bene Coopersmith) is trying to acquire a rare Charlie Parker record, chasing its possible seller all over town once their deal complicates; meanwhile,...
In one thread, newspaper editor Phil (Michael Cera) is training new reporter Claire (Abbi Jacobson) by taking her around to investigate a woman (Michaela Watkins) suspected of murdering her husband. That woman has taken a broken watch, which may or may not be key to the case, to a shop run by Jimmy (Philip Baker Hall) for repair. In a separate thread, Bene (Bene Coopersmith) is trying to acquire a rare Charlie Parker record, chasing its possible seller all over town once their deal complicates; meanwhile,...
- 1/28/2017
- by Scott Nye
- CriterionCast
by Peter Belsito
This is a series of parallel stories and groups of characters, who mostly do not meet or interact, set in upper middle class (meaning money is near) New York City.
The interwoven tales of young and older, male and female characters struggling with unexpected situations, conflicts and some unusual compulsions are typical but unique as well and quite affecting. The NYC setting just perfect for such a group.
During a single day in New York City, a variety of characters grapple with the mundane, the unexpected, and the larger questions permeating their lives.
A confused and naive investigative reporter for a sensationalist rag of a newspaper, she is really just an intern trying to get ahead, struggles with her first day on the job, despite too much odd and finally suspicious help from her misguided boss. What begins as a search for leads into a suspicious death...
This is a series of parallel stories and groups of characters, who mostly do not meet or interact, set in upper middle class (meaning money is near) New York City.
The interwoven tales of young and older, male and female characters struggling with unexpected situations, conflicts and some unusual compulsions are typical but unique as well and quite affecting. The NYC setting just perfect for such a group.
During a single day in New York City, a variety of characters grapple with the mundane, the unexpected, and the larger questions permeating their lives.
A confused and naive investigative reporter for a sensationalist rag of a newspaper, she is really just an intern trying to get ahead, struggles with her first day on the job, despite too much odd and finally suspicious help from her misguided boss. What begins as a search for leads into a suspicious death...
- 1/28/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
As in the past few years, the 2017 Sundance Film Festival kicked off with a sampling of six movies from the different sections, but the movie that probably had the most interest right off the bat was the premiere of An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power.
Ten years after Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth was blowing minds about global warming from its 2006 Sundance premiere to winning the Oscar, he’s back with an update that offers at least some hope for the future of the earth, but tempered with a warning that the United States could end up backtracking under the leadership of a vocal denier of climate change.
The previous movie was essentially Gore’s slide show presentation of graphs and charts showing how the build-up of carbon gases in the atmosphere has created unstable climate and weather, being responsible for the increase in the deadliest typhoons and hurricanes. At first,...
Ten years after Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth was blowing minds about global warming from its 2006 Sundance premiere to winning the Oscar, he’s back with an update that offers at least some hope for the future of the earth, but tempered with a warning that the United States could end up backtracking under the leadership of a vocal denier of climate change.
The previous movie was essentially Gore’s slide show presentation of graphs and charts showing how the build-up of carbon gases in the atmosphere has created unstable climate and weather, being responsible for the increase in the deadliest typhoons and hurricanes. At first,...
- 1/23/2017
- by Edward Douglas
- LRMonline.com
Plot: The lives of a crime reporter (Michael Cera), his intern (Abbi Jacobson), a watch-maker (Philip Baker Hall), a record collector (Bene Coopersmith) and more intersect over the course of a casual New York City day. Review: There are some movies that, within the first five minutes, you can just sense won’t be for you. It doesn’t mean these are legitimately bad films, but... Read More...
- 1/22/2017
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
Dustin Guy Defa’s “Person to Person” is a gentle summer breeze of a movie that’s set during an early fall day. Amiably unstuck in time without feeling anachronistic, Defa’s second feature pulls off the trick of offering an analog version of New York in a digital age. Threading together enough vignettes to compete with a young Paul Thomas Anderson, Defa bounces between a motley crew of characters, all of whom are living together on their own time. On their own, they don’t add up to much, but play them together and they cohere into the cinematic equivalent of vinyl.
Dusting off a title that Defa previously used for a beloved 2014 short, the feature-length version of “Person to Person” isn’t an adaptation of that earlier work so much as a shaggy expansion pack. In fact, the two films might seem entirely unrelated if not for their one shared character,...
Dusting off a title that Defa previously used for a beloved 2014 short, the feature-length version of “Person to Person” isn’t an adaptation of that earlier work so much as a shaggy expansion pack. In fact, the two films might seem entirely unrelated if not for their one shared character,...
- 1/22/2017
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Dustin Guy Defa makes his Sundance Film Festival feature debut with “Person to Person,” and he doesn’t know what to expect. He’s had a lot of disappointments in his life, ranging from being the kind of penniless artist whose survival demands long-term couch surfing to overcoming a nightmare family of origin. (It yielded his 2011 Sundance short, “Family Nightmare.”)
However, “Person To Person” also gives real weight to the time-worn trope that values the journey over the destination. With a cast that includes names like Michael Cera and”Broad City” star Abbi Jacobson as well as indie filmmaking stalwarts like David Zellner and Benny Safdie, it reflects the success he’s had building his place in independent filmmaking and the joy he brings with it. “It comes through loud and clear in his work,” said filmmaker David Lowery, a longtime Defa fan. “It’s the reason why his movies...
However, “Person To Person” also gives real weight to the time-worn trope that values the journey over the destination. With a cast that includes names like Michael Cera and”Broad City” star Abbi Jacobson as well as indie filmmaking stalwarts like David Zellner and Benny Safdie, it reflects the success he’s had building his place in independent filmmaking and the joy he brings with it. “It comes through loud and clear in his work,” said filmmaker David Lowery, a longtime Defa fan. “It’s the reason why his movies...
- 1/20/2017
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
By Peter Belsito
“Person to Person” starring Michael Cera and Abbi Jacobson
This very interesting New York City deals with mostly youthful characters struggling with identity, career and some unusual compulsions. Their struggles are typical but unique also and quite affecting.
The NYC setting just perfect for such a group. During a single day in New York City, a variety of characters grapples with the mundane, the unexpected, and the larger questions permeating their lives.
An investigative reporter struggles with her first day on the job, despite help from her misguided boss; a rebellious teen attempts to balance her feminist ideals with other desires; and a young man seeks to reconcile with his ex-girlfriend, even as her brother threatens revenge.
Meanwhile, an avid music lover traverses the city in search of a rare record for his vinyl collection.
Shot entirely in 16mm, “Person to Person” effortlessly humanizes its characters, invoking...
“Person to Person” starring Michael Cera and Abbi Jacobson
This very interesting New York City deals with mostly youthful characters struggling with identity, career and some unusual compulsions. Their struggles are typical but unique also and quite affecting.
The NYC setting just perfect for such a group. During a single day in New York City, a variety of characters grapples with the mundane, the unexpected, and the larger questions permeating their lives.
An investigative reporter struggles with her first day on the job, despite help from her misguided boss; a rebellious teen attempts to balance her feminist ideals with other desires; and a young man seeks to reconcile with his ex-girlfriend, even as her brother threatens revenge.
Meanwhile, an avid music lover traverses the city in search of a rare record for his vinyl collection.
Shot entirely in 16mm, “Person to Person” effortlessly humanizes its characters, invoking...
- 1/6/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
…and so it begins. With the first wave of titles for the 2017 Sundance Film Festival arriving today, it means that we’re already looking to the year of movies to come. And it seems there will be a lot to get excited about.
Premiering in the Next Section at Park City will be Dustin Guy Defa‘s “Person To Person.” Rounding up an ensemble that includes Abbi Jacobson, Michael Cera, Tavi Gevinson, Isiah Whitlock, Michaela Watkins, Olivia Luccardi, Ben Rosenfield, Buddy Durress, Bene Coopersmith, George Sample III and Philip Baker Hall, the story follows a record collector who hustles for a big score while his heartbroken roommate tries to erase a terrible mistake, a teenager bears witness to her best friend’s new relationship, and a rookie reporter, alongside her demanding supervisor, chases the clues of a murder case involving a life-weary clock shop owner.
Continue reading Sundance First Look:...
Premiering in the Next Section at Park City will be Dustin Guy Defa‘s “Person To Person.” Rounding up an ensemble that includes Abbi Jacobson, Michael Cera, Tavi Gevinson, Isiah Whitlock, Michaela Watkins, Olivia Luccardi, Ben Rosenfield, Buddy Durress, Bene Coopersmith, George Sample III and Philip Baker Hall, the story follows a record collector who hustles for a big score while his heartbroken roommate tries to erase a terrible mistake, a teenager bears witness to her best friend’s new relationship, and a rookie reporter, alongside her demanding supervisor, chases the clues of a murder case involving a life-weary clock shop owner.
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- 11/30/2016
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Plus: Human People begins NYC shoot and Nas to producer soundtrack to Sundance entry The Land
FilmNation has acquired worldwide rights and will fully finance the comedy that Judd Apatow and Barry Mendel will produce through Apatow Productions.
Stand-up comedian and actor Kumail Nanjiani will star in the film that he co-wrote with his wife Emily V Gordon based on true events in their lives. Michael Showalter will direct. UTA Independent Film Group packaged the film and represents Us rights.
Production is underway in New York City on Human People, an ensemble story about a day in the life of a group of New Yorkers starring Abbi Jacobson, Michael Cera, Tavi Gevinson, Isiah Whitlock, Michaela Watkins, Ben Rosenfield, Buddy Durress, George Sample III, Bene Coopersmith and Philip Baker Hall. Dustin Guy Defa directs and Joe Swanberg is among the executive producers. UTA helped arrange financing and will handle sales rights alongside Gray Krauss Stratford Sandler Des Rochers Llp.Nas...
FilmNation has acquired worldwide rights and will fully finance the comedy that Judd Apatow and Barry Mendel will produce through Apatow Productions.
Stand-up comedian and actor Kumail Nanjiani will star in the film that he co-wrote with his wife Emily V Gordon based on true events in their lives. Michael Showalter will direct. UTA Independent Film Group packaged the film and represents Us rights.
Production is underway in New York City on Human People, an ensemble story about a day in the life of a group of New Yorkers starring Abbi Jacobson, Michael Cera, Tavi Gevinson, Isiah Whitlock, Michaela Watkins, Ben Rosenfield, Buddy Durress, George Sample III, Bene Coopersmith and Philip Baker Hall. Dustin Guy Defa directs and Joe Swanberg is among the executive producers. UTA helped arrange financing and will handle sales rights alongside Gray Krauss Stratford Sandler Des Rochers Llp.Nas...
- 12/4/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
With it having been about five years since Aki Kaurismäki‘s last picture — the great and greater-than-you-remember Le Havre — we’ve been hoping to hear something, anything about what the Finnish helmer’s been planning. Today, then, is a welcome one: while speaking to TV-Maalima (via Cineuropa), it was revealed that he’ll next take on Refugee, a spiritual successor to Le Havre and the second installment in his “trilogy focusing on port cities.”
Little is known, except that Kaurismäki has very recently been sparked by the migrant crisis developing in Tornio, Finland. From these events, he’s shaped a tale concerning a young refugee (to be played by an actor of Syrian or Iraqi descent) and, as portrayed by regular collaborator Sakari Kuosmanen, “a former travelling salesman who has become a poker player and now a restaurateur.” Compare this to Le Havre, which followed an African refugee and an...
Little is known, except that Kaurismäki has very recently been sparked by the migrant crisis developing in Tornio, Finland. From these events, he’s shaped a tale concerning a young refugee (to be played by an actor of Syrian or Iraqi descent) and, as portrayed by regular collaborator Sakari Kuosmanen, “a former travelling salesman who has become a poker player and now a restaurateur.” Compare this to Le Havre, which followed an African refugee and an...
- 12/4/2015
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Thank You For Your Service
Beulah Koale ("Shortland Street," "Harry") will join Miles Teller and Haley Bennett in the Ptsd drama "Thank You For Your Service" at DreamWorks. Jason Hall ("American Sniper") is penning and will direct the project which Jon Kilik will produce.
David Finkel's nonfiction book follows a group of U.S. soldiers who return from Iraq and struggle to integrate back into their civilian lives. Koale will play a Samoan American soldier raised on the streets who feels indebted to the military for making his life better. [Source: Variety]
Get Out
Catherine Keener has scored a key role in comedian Jordan Peele's thriller feature "Get Out" for QC Entertainment and Blumhouse Productions. Peele penned and will direct the story which centers on a young African-American man who visits his white girlfriend's family estate. Allison Williams and Daniel Kaluuya also star. [Source: Deadline]
Human People
Michael Cera, Tavi Gevinson, and...
Beulah Koale ("Shortland Street," "Harry") will join Miles Teller and Haley Bennett in the Ptsd drama "Thank You For Your Service" at DreamWorks. Jason Hall ("American Sniper") is penning and will direct the project which Jon Kilik will produce.
David Finkel's nonfiction book follows a group of U.S. soldiers who return from Iraq and struggle to integrate back into their civilian lives. Koale will play a Samoan American soldier raised on the streets who feels indebted to the military for making his life better. [Source: Variety]
Get Out
Catherine Keener has scored a key role in comedian Jordan Peele's thriller feature "Get Out" for QC Entertainment and Blumhouse Productions. Peele penned and will direct the story which centers on a young African-American man who visits his white girlfriend's family estate. Allison Williams and Daniel Kaluuya also star. [Source: Deadline]
Human People
Michael Cera, Tavi Gevinson, and...
- 12/4/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
In move that collapses all the indie movies you have to know about to seem cool into one Captain Planet-like super movie, Deadline reports that your close friends and spirit animals Abbi Jacobson, Tavi Gevinso, and Michael Cera will star in Human People, an ensemble film from Dustin Guy Defa (Bad Fever). In a plot that was hopefully pitched as "artisanal Love Actually," Human People follows a group of New Yorkers (a.k.a. people living a life like yours, who just happen to be funnier than you and live in nicer apartments) who navigate relationship drama (just like you have) over the course of a single day (you've also made it through a single day recently, good work!). Your other buddies Michaela Watkins, Isiah Whitlock, Ben Rosenfield, Buddy Durress, George Sample III, Bene Coopersmith and Philip Baker Hall round out the cast.
- 12/4/2015
- by Jackson McHenry
- Vulture
Michael Cera, Abbi Jacobson and Tavi Gevinson are set to lead the ensemble cast of “Human People,” an indie movie from director Dustin Guy Defa, it was announced Thursday. The film also stars Isiah Whitlock (“25th Hour”), Michaela Watkins (Hulu’s “Casual”), Ben Rosenfield (“6 Years”), Buddy Durress (“Heaven Knows What”), George Sample III (“Cronies”), Bene Coopersmith (Defa’s “Person to Person”) and Philip Baker Hall (“Magnolia”). “Human People” follows a variety of New York characters as they navigate personal relationships and unexpected problems over the course of one day. Also Read: Mel Brooks, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Cera, Lead Voice Cast of 'Blazing.
- 12/3/2015
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
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