You Hurt My Feelings.At a Friday-night showing of Nicole Holofcener’s latest film You Hurt My Feelings (2023), I noticed several people who had come with their moms. Holofcener makes great films to watch with your mom, if her definition of a great film is something that will make her laugh but won't treat her like an idiot. Holofcener’s stories are smart, funny and heartwarming, a little bit sad in the right places, sophisticated but palatable. Invariably, a great actress plays the lead—Catherine Keener, for the most part, though Julia Louis-Dreyfus stars both in Enough Said (2013) and You Hurt My Feelings. In the film, Beth (Louis-Dreyfus), a writer, overhears Don (Tobias Menzies) telling her brother-in-law that he doesn't like her latest novel. It hurts her feelings. She dry retches on the sidewalk, sobs to her sister, and swears she will never look at her husband the same way again.
- 10/3/2023
- MUBI
This week’s streaming releases bring a heavy hitter in the form of a perennial Oscar contender who has been severely under-recognized over the years. Her new movie is a must-see that’s well worth the premium VOD price.
The contender to watch this week: “You Hurt My Feelings“
Nicole Holofcener should have several Best Original Screenplay nominations by now — for “Walking and Talking” and “Enough Said” in particular. She shared an adapted-screenplay nom with Jeff Whitty for “Can You Ever Forgive Me?,” but “You Hurt My Feelings” gives Holofcener another shot at her first solo recognition. It stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus as a novelist whose mild personal crises balloon when she overhears her husband (Tobias Menzies) saying he dislikes her new book. It’s a wise, funny, humanistic gem, like all of Holofcener’s work, and it features a euphorically good performance from Louis-Dreyfus. Rent it on VOD.
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The contender to watch this week: “You Hurt My Feelings“
Nicole Holofcener should have several Best Original Screenplay nominations by now — for “Walking and Talking” and “Enough Said” in particular. She shared an adapted-screenplay nom with Jeff Whitty for “Can You Ever Forgive Me?,” but “You Hurt My Feelings” gives Holofcener another shot at her first solo recognition. It stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus as a novelist whose mild personal crises balloon when she overhears her husband (Tobias Menzies) saying he dislikes her new book. It’s a wise, funny, humanistic gem, like all of Holofcener’s work, and it features a euphorically good performance from Louis-Dreyfus. Rent it on VOD.
Other contenders:...
- 6/24/2023
- by Matthew Jacobs
- Gold Derby
“It was a contributor to the specialty box office, and I hope it will be again,” says Laemmle CEO Greg Laemmle of MoviePass, the subscription service that unsurprisingly went bankrupt in early 2020 after offering a movie a day for ten bucks a month.
A co-founder Stacy Spikes, who was pushed out amid strategic differences with new owners, including the $9.95 plan, acquired the assets out of bankruptcy in 2021. He relaunched MoviePass yesterday after months of beta testing. The movie-a-day-plan, which left the service subsidizing most tickets, “was never going to work,” Sikes tells Deadline. AMC had actually threatened to sue, saying the plan wasn’t sustainable and set consumers up “for ultimate disappointment down the road.” Its bankruptcy filing listed more than 12,000 subscribers it may have owned money to.
The new MoviePass has four tiers from $10 for 1-3 movies, to a limited availability $40 plan with 30 movies a month. Each plan also...
A co-founder Stacy Spikes, who was pushed out amid strategic differences with new owners, including the $9.95 plan, acquired the assets out of bankruptcy in 2021. He relaunched MoviePass yesterday after months of beta testing. The movie-a-day-plan, which left the service subsidizing most tickets, “was never going to work,” Sikes tells Deadline. AMC had actually threatened to sue, saying the plan wasn’t sustainable and set consumers up “for ultimate disappointment down the road.” Its bankruptcy filing listed more than 12,000 subscribers it may have owned money to.
The new MoviePass has four tiers from $10 for 1-3 movies, to a limited availability $40 plan with 30 movies a month. Each plan also...
- 5/26/2023
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
British actor Tobias Menzies, Emmy winner for Netflix’s “The Crown,” will next be seen in A24’s “You Hurt My Feelings,” directed by Nicole Holofcener.
In the film, which bowed at Sundance earlier this year, Menzies plays Don, a psychologist whose long-standing happy marriage to author Beth (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) is upended when she overhears his honest reaction to her latest book.
Menzies says that the initial brief provided by Holofcener was about a key aspect of his character – his insecurities about his looks and ageing. Going into the project, both Menzies and Holofcener, whose credits include comedy-drama films “Walking and Talking” (1996), “Friends with Money” (2006) and “Enough Said” (2013), were already keen to work with each other. The director cast the London-born star after watching “This Way Up,” the BAFTA-winning British television comedy in which he played straight man to stand-up comic Aisling Bea.
“I just really responded to the [‘You Hurt My Feelings’] script...
In the film, which bowed at Sundance earlier this year, Menzies plays Don, a psychologist whose long-standing happy marriage to author Beth (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) is upended when she overhears his honest reaction to her latest book.
Menzies says that the initial brief provided by Holofcener was about a key aspect of his character – his insecurities about his looks and ageing. Going into the project, both Menzies and Holofcener, whose credits include comedy-drama films “Walking and Talking” (1996), “Friends with Money” (2006) and “Enough Said” (2013), were already keen to work with each other. The director cast the London-born star after watching “This Way Up,” the BAFTA-winning British television comedy in which he played straight man to stand-up comic Aisling Bea.
“I just really responded to the [‘You Hurt My Feelings’] script...
- 5/25/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
“Isn’t it weird that I keep making my plots revolve around this?” Nicole Holofcener asks with a laugh. We’re talking about her new film “You Hurt My Feelings” (in theaters Friday), but we’re also talking about her very first feature, the wonderful “Walking and Talking,” in which a key moment of emotional turmoil occurs when a character accidentally overhears what another character really thinks of them. Now, in “You Hurt My Feelings,” the character is writer Beth (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), who has been struggling with her latest novel; she overhears her husband Don (Tobias Menzies) confessing to a friend that, despite his assurances to the contrary to Beth, he thinks the book is terrible.
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Continue reading ‘You Hurt My Feelings’: Julia Louis-Dreyfus & Director Nicole Holofcener Talk Their Comedy About Overhearing Hard Truths [Interview] at The Playlist.
- 5/24/2023
- by The Playlist
- The Playlist
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Tobias Menzies in You Hurt My FeelingsPhoto: A24
You Hurt My Feelings stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus as a writer named Beth sent into an existential tailspin over a negative response to her latest work. There is, however, a twist. The pan does not come from a stranger in an online pop culture journal,...
You Hurt My Feelings stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus as a writer named Beth sent into an existential tailspin over a negative response to her latest work. There is, however, a twist. The pan does not come from a stranger in an online pop culture journal,...
- 5/24/2023
- by Jordan Hoffman
- avclub.com
There’s a comfort witnessing characters in a Nicole Holofcener film discuss banal, everyday topics—ones largely absent in cinema. In her latest, You Hurt My Feelings, sisters Beth (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) and Sarah (Michaela Watkins) discuss throwing out old underwear: one does, one doesn’t. Sarah’s husband Mark (Succession’s Arian Moayed) obsesses over moisture-wicking socks. And when Sarah and Beth find themselves stuck standing next to actor Josh Pais (playing himself) after a play, Beth asks how he commutes to the theater each night—turns out he Ubers.
These trademark Holofcener moments are peppered throughout a narrative kicked off when Beth is sent spiraling after she overhears her husband Don (Tobias Menzies) reveal that he doesn’t like her new novel. This news threatens to derail an otherwise loving marriage—a marriage so loving, their son Eliot (Owen Teague) wonders aloud why he often feels like a “third wheel” when with them.
These trademark Holofcener moments are peppered throughout a narrative kicked off when Beth is sent spiraling after she overhears her husband Don (Tobias Menzies) reveal that he doesn’t like her new novel. This news threatens to derail an otherwise loving marriage—a marriage so loving, their son Eliot (Owen Teague) wonders aloud why he often feels like a “third wheel” when with them.
- 5/23/2023
- by Caleb Hammond
- The Film Stage
Writer-director Nicole Holofcener is back with what appears to be another finely-observed comedy-drama about the contours of human relationships with “You Hurt My Feelings.” The picture stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who led Holofcener’s 2013 outing “Enough Said” opposite James Gandolfini. The new one swaps the first’s Los Angeles setting for New York City, offering classic Woody Allen vibes to this tale of aging intellectual urbanites dealing with a list of existential crises.
Louis-Dreyfus is a novelist whose work hasn’t been selling lately. She vents to her mother, played by Jeannie Berlin, that life would have been better for her if her father were physically abusive, not just verbally abusive. Her husband, played by Tobias Menzies, is a therapist who clearly is having trouble pretending to care about the mundane squabbles of his patients. While the couple puts up a front of support for one another, there are clearly cracks.
Louis-Dreyfus is a novelist whose work hasn’t been selling lately. She vents to her mother, played by Jeannie Berlin, that life would have been better for her if her father were physically abusive, not just verbally abusive. Her husband, played by Tobias Menzies, is a therapist who clearly is having trouble pretending to care about the mundane squabbles of his patients. While the couple puts up a front of support for one another, there are clearly cracks.
- 3/21/2023
- by Jordan Hoffman
- Gold Derby
Every year it’s a depressing ritual: Who is the Academy going to fail to recognize in their annual In Memoriam segment? Once again, during the live ceremony, more stars who passed away in the last year were left out.
Anne Heche, Paul Sorvino, Tom Sizemore, Leslie Jordan, and “Triangle of Sadness” star Charlbi Dean were not included in the tribute. “Walking and Talking” star Heche died in August 2022 after a car crash; she was in a coma before being taken off of life support.
Sizemore similarly died in March 2023 after being taken off of life support following a ruptured brain aneurysm. Jordan died after suffering a medical emergency behind the wheel and crashed his car in October 2022.
“Triangle of Sadness” actress Charlbi Dean passed away in August 2022 of a lung infection at age 32.
Palme d’Or winning director Ruben Östlund shared a tribute to Dean, writing, “Charlbi’s sudden...
Anne Heche, Paul Sorvino, Tom Sizemore, Leslie Jordan, and “Triangle of Sadness” star Charlbi Dean were not included in the tribute. “Walking and Talking” star Heche died in August 2022 after a car crash; she was in a coma before being taken off of life support.
Sizemore similarly died in March 2023 after being taken off of life support following a ruptured brain aneurysm. Jordan died after suffering a medical emergency behind the wheel and crashed his car in October 2022.
“Triangle of Sadness” actress Charlbi Dean passed away in August 2022 of a lung infection at age 32.
Palme d’Or winning director Ruben Östlund shared a tribute to Dean, writing, “Charlbi’s sudden...
- 3/13/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Paramount+ is not just the home of the Taylor Sheridan universe, it has also quietly assembled one of the best film libraries of any of the streaming services. Look no further than the list of what’s new on Paramount+ in March, which includes prestige dramas like “12 Years a Slave” and “Last of the Mohicans,” iconic thrillers like “The Sixth Sense,” “The Rock” and “Crimson Tide,” delightful rom-coms like “Kate & Leopold” and “Bridget Jones’ Diary” and other classics like “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” “Sunset Boulevard” and “Galaxy Quest.”
And that’s not to mention the new originals premiering in March: Kiefer Sutherland plays a corporate espionage operative framed for murder in “Rabbit Hole,” while “School Spirits” follows a high school teen who suddenly discovers she’s dead and still haunting her school.
Check out the full list of what’s new on Paramount+ in March 2023 below.
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And that’s not to mention the new originals premiering in March: Kiefer Sutherland plays a corporate espionage operative framed for murder in “Rabbit Hole,” while “School Spirits” follows a high school teen who suddenly discovers she’s dead and still haunting her school.
Check out the full list of what’s new on Paramount+ in March 2023 below.
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- 3/4/2023
- by Adam Chitwood
- The Wrap
After the final credits rolled and Nicole Holofcener had taken her place on stage inside Park City’s Eccles Theatre alongside stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Tobias Menzies, the veteran filmmaker had a specific vision for how to frame what came next. Much like her films.
She made a point of calling herself “old school” by skipping an iPhone scroll and instead reading off sheets of white paper filled with the names of her collaborators who worked on the Sundance Film Festival selection You Hurt My Feelings. After all the shout-outs had been graciously delivered — she even quipped, “Did I hurt anybody’s feelings yet?” in case anyone got left out — Holofcener hoped they would all sit on the stage with legs dangling over the edge like they used to do back in the day.
While Louis-Dreyfus declined that piece of direction, she grabbed the first question tossed her way and...
She made a point of calling herself “old school” by skipping an iPhone scroll and instead reading off sheets of white paper filled with the names of her collaborators who worked on the Sundance Film Festival selection You Hurt My Feelings. After all the shout-outs had been graciously delivered — she even quipped, “Did I hurt anybody’s feelings yet?” in case anyone got left out — Holofcener hoped they would all sit on the stage with legs dangling over the edge like they used to do back in the day.
While Louis-Dreyfus declined that piece of direction, she grabbed the first question tossed her way and...
- 1/23/2023
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
No, she’s not playing a superhero (unless you are a lifelong Tanglewood member) but Cate Blanchett is heard describing how she can stop time in the new, strange trailer for “TÁR,” the mysterious upcoming feature from Todd Field.
It’s been 16 years since Field’s last film, “Little Children,” for which Kate Winslet received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress, as did Jackie Earle Haley for Best Supporting Actor and Field himself, shared with Tom Perrotta for Best Adapted Screenplay. Prior to “Little Children” was 2001’s “In The Bedroom,” which accrued five Oscar nominations: Sissy Spacek for Best Actress, Tom Wilkinson for Best Actor, Marisa Tomei for Best Supporting Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay for Field and Robert Festinger, and Best Picture.
Field has spent the years since his awards-heavy films not-quite-getting projects off the ground, like a television adaptation of Jonathan Franzen’s “Purity” and a movie version of Cormac McCarthy’s “Blood Meridian.
It’s been 16 years since Field’s last film, “Little Children,” for which Kate Winslet received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress, as did Jackie Earle Haley for Best Supporting Actor and Field himself, shared with Tom Perrotta for Best Adapted Screenplay. Prior to “Little Children” was 2001’s “In The Bedroom,” which accrued five Oscar nominations: Sissy Spacek for Best Actress, Tom Wilkinson for Best Actor, Marisa Tomei for Best Supporting Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay for Field and Robert Festinger, and Best Picture.
Field has spent the years since his awards-heavy films not-quite-getting projects off the ground, like a television adaptation of Jonathan Franzen’s “Purity” and a movie version of Cormac McCarthy’s “Blood Meridian.
- 8/26/2022
- by Jordan Hoffman
- Gold Derby
Sixteen years since his last film “Little Children” peeled back the malaise and psychosexual dysfunction of suburbia, director Todd Field is back on the film festival stage with “TÁR.” Field has paddled around a suite of projects over the years, from a 20-hour Showtime limited series take on Jonathan Franzen’s tome “Purity” with Daniel Craig and David Hare, to a likely-never-to-happen adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s unfilmable western “Blood Meridian.” After adapting fiction for his last two films — Tom Perrotta’s novel “Little Children” and the Andre Dubus short story “Killings” for his debut feature “In the Bedroom” — Field returns to writing his own material.
“TÁR” is set to make waves at the fall festivals with stops at Venice and NYFF before Focus Features releases the whopping two-hour-and-40-minute film on October 7 stateside. Cate Blanchett stars as renowned (and highly fictional) composer Lydia Tár, in the film regarded as...
“TÁR” is set to make waves at the fall festivals with stops at Venice and NYFF before Focus Features releases the whopping two-hour-and-40-minute film on October 7 stateside. Cate Blanchett stars as renowned (and highly fictional) composer Lydia Tár, in the film regarded as...
- 8/25/2022
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Anne Heche, the award-winning star of “Six Days Seven Nights” and “Walking and Talking,” died Aug. 14 at the age of 53 after being involved in a car crash in Los Angeles. Her life and career were often overshadowed by tabloid coverage of her three-year relationship with Ellen DeGeneres, a union that helped usher in a new era of gay representation in media, but one that came at the expense of Heche’s privacy.
Heche never recaptured the level of stardom she had achieved in the late 1990s, but she worked at a high level on television, film and Broadway. One of her final completed features, “What Remains,” a murder mystery that co-stars Kellan Lutz and Cress Williams, wrapped in late 2021. Its director, Nathan Scoggins, shares an emotional tribute to Heche in which he praises her talent, kindness and resilience.
Anne Heche gave me her very best, and I’m forever grateful.
Heche never recaptured the level of stardom she had achieved in the late 1990s, but she worked at a high level on television, film and Broadway. One of her final completed features, “What Remains,” a murder mystery that co-stars Kellan Lutz and Cress Williams, wrapped in late 2021. Its director, Nathan Scoggins, shares an emotional tribute to Heche in which he praises her talent, kindness and resilience.
Anne Heche gave me her very best, and I’m forever grateful.
- 8/19/2022
- by Nathan Scoggins
- Variety Film + TV
Anne Heche, the versatile yet troubled performer who appeared in TV shows including “Another World” and “Men in Trees” and in films such as “Donnie Brasco,” “Psycho” and “Wag the Dog,” was taken off of life support on Sunday after being involved in a car crash in Los Angeles on Aug. 5, her rep confirmed. She was 53.
Heche crashed after speeding through the Mar Vista neighborhood of West Los Angeles, where she first hit a garage and then continued until colliding with a house, where her car caught fire. She was severely burned before being pulled from the car.
Heche was declared legally dead in the state of California on Friday, but she remained on life support until she was determined as a match for organ donation.
Heche had a string of significant movie roles in the 1990s and then starred in several TV series, including “Everwood,” “Hung,” “Save Me,” “Aftermath,...
Heche crashed after speeding through the Mar Vista neighborhood of West Los Angeles, where she first hit a garage and then continued until colliding with a house, where her car caught fire. She was severely burned before being pulled from the car.
Heche was declared legally dead in the state of California on Friday, but she remained on life support until she was determined as a match for organ donation.
Heche had a string of significant movie roles in the 1990s and then starred in several TV series, including “Everwood,” “Hung,” “Save Me,” “Aftermath,...
- 8/15/2022
- by Pat Saperstein
- Variety Film + TV
Anne Heche, the star of Six Days Seven Nights Donnie Brasco, Wag the Dog and a Daytime Emmy-winning TV actress who was equally comfortable in everything from heavy dramas to sitcoms to romantic comedies, has been taken off life support. She was 53.
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Declared brain dead several days ago, following her Aug. 5 fiery car crash in Los Angeles, Heche had been left on a ventilator with her heart beating so she could be evaluated for organ donation. Multiple organs were scheduled to be recovered on Sunday.
“Anne Heche has been peacefully taken off life support,” a rep for the actor said Sunday evening.
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Heche sustained severe injuries when her car jumped a curb and careened into a house in West L.A., where it burst into flames. She was rushed to the hospital in critical condition.
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Declared brain dead several days ago, following her Aug. 5 fiery car crash in Los Angeles, Heche had been left on a ventilator with her heart beating so she could be evaluated for organ donation. Multiple organs were scheduled to be recovered on Sunday.
“Anne Heche has been peacefully taken off life support,” a rep for the actor said Sunday evening.
Ellen DeGeneres, James Tupper, Others Pay Tribute To Anne Heche
Heche sustained severe injuries when her car jumped a curb and careened into a house in West L.A., where it burst into flames. She was rushed to the hospital in critical condition.
- 8/15/2022
- by Tom Tapp and Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
On Friday, August 5, actress Anne Heche crashed her Mini Cooper into a private residence in Los Angeles’ Mar Vista neighborhood. The vehicle erupted in flames and destroyed the occupant’s rented home and a lifetime’s worth of possessions. Extricated from the wreck, Heche was taken to the Grossman Burn Center at West Hills Hospital, where she was initially stated to have suffered severe burns and was intubated but was thought to be in stable condition.
The days ahead featured rampant speculation about the events leading up to the crash and what its fallout would be: Was Heche drunk or on narcotics? (A blood test taken post-accident indicated the presence of cocaine.) Would she face felony DUI? (The LAPD was indeed investigating this with that charge in mind.) Less frequently discussed was Heche’s current condition: How severe were her injuries? Would she survive? What would the impact be on her two sons,...
The days ahead featured rampant speculation about the events leading up to the crash and what its fallout would be: Was Heche drunk or on narcotics? (A blood test taken post-accident indicated the presence of cocaine.) Would she face felony DUI? (The LAPD was indeed investigating this with that charge in mind.) Less frequently discussed was Heche’s current condition: How severe were her injuries? Would she survive? What would the impact be on her two sons,...
- 8/12/2022
- by Christian Blauvelt and Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Anne Heche began acting in dinner theater at age 12 and enjoyed a prolific career in TV and film for the past 30 years. From playing separated-at-birth twins on Another World and fronting Men in Trees to starring in features including Six Days Seven Nights, Psycho and Volcano, she became a familiar face and beloved actress.
Scroll through a photo gallery of her long career by clicking on the image above.
Ellen DeGeneres, James Tupper, Others Pay Tribute To Anne Heche
Heche has been adept at comedy and drama, lead and supporting roles and big or small screens. After breaking out on Another World in the late 1980s — in a Daytime Emmy-winning dual role still revered by soap opera fans — she did supporting turns opposite A-list stars in such early-’90s features as I’ll Do Anything and Milk Money before landing a lead opposite Josh Charles in 1995’s Pie in the Sky.
Scroll through a photo gallery of her long career by clicking on the image above.
Ellen DeGeneres, James Tupper, Others Pay Tribute To Anne Heche
Heche has been adept at comedy and drama, lead and supporting roles and big or small screens. After breaking out on Another World in the late 1980s — in a Daytime Emmy-winning dual role still revered by soap opera fans — she did supporting turns opposite A-list stars in such early-’90s features as I’ll Do Anything and Milk Money before landing a lead opposite Josh Charles in 1995’s Pie in the Sky.
- 8/12/2022
- by Erik Pedersen and Robert Lang
- Deadline Film + TV
A24 acquired U.S. rights to Nicole Holofcener’s new comedy “Beth & Don,” starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus, at AFM.
Last week, Variety exclusively revealed that Louis-Dreyfus and Holofcener would reunite for the movie after their 2013 hit “Enough Said.”
Louis-Dreyfus stars as Beth, a New York novelist in an unbelievably happy marriage to Don, who loves her and supports her in every way. According to the official longline, the film’s plot kicks off when, one day, Beth overhears Don admitting that he hasn’t liked her writing in years and it threatens to undo all that’s good in their lives. Written and directed by Holofcener, “Beth & Don” is set to begin shooting in early 2022.
The 11-time Emmy winner will also produce the film alongside Likely Story’s Anthony Bregman and Stefanie Azpiazu, who produced “Enough Said” and are longtime collaborators with both Holofcener and Louis-Dreyfus.
UTA Independent Film Group negotiated the sale of the U.
Last week, Variety exclusively revealed that Louis-Dreyfus and Holofcener would reunite for the movie after their 2013 hit “Enough Said.”
Louis-Dreyfus stars as Beth, a New York novelist in an unbelievably happy marriage to Don, who loves her and supports her in every way. According to the official longline, the film’s plot kicks off when, one day, Beth overhears Don admitting that he hasn’t liked her writing in years and it threatens to undo all that’s good in their lives. Written and directed by Holofcener, “Beth & Don” is set to begin shooting in early 2022.
The 11-time Emmy winner will also produce the film alongside Likely Story’s Anthony Bregman and Stefanie Azpiazu, who produced “Enough Said” and are longtime collaborators with both Holofcener and Louis-Dreyfus.
UTA Independent Film Group negotiated the sale of the U.
- 11/5/2021
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Nicole Holofcener will reunite on “Beth and Don,” a new comedy about a novelist whose marriage starts to deteriorate after she overhears her husband offering up a frank assessment of her work.
The pair previously teamed to much acclaim on 2013’s “Enough Said.” Louis-Dreyfus will produce, as well as star in the picture, with Holofcener writing the script in addition to directing it. Likely Story’s Anthony Bregman and Stefanie Azpiazu, long-time collaborators of the writer and director, will produce the film. FilmNation Entertainment is launching international sales at the upcoming American Film Market. UTA Independent Film Group will handle the U.S. sale and repped the deal with FilmNation Entertainment on behalf of the filmmakers.
Here’s the official logline: “Beth is a New York novelist in an unbelievably happy marriage to Don, who loves her and supports her in every way. One day, when Beth...
The pair previously teamed to much acclaim on 2013’s “Enough Said.” Louis-Dreyfus will produce, as well as star in the picture, with Holofcener writing the script in addition to directing it. Likely Story’s Anthony Bregman and Stefanie Azpiazu, long-time collaborators of the writer and director, will produce the film. FilmNation Entertainment is launching international sales at the upcoming American Film Market. UTA Independent Film Group will handle the U.S. sale and repped the deal with FilmNation Entertainment on behalf of the filmmakers.
Here’s the official logline: “Beth is a New York novelist in an unbelievably happy marriage to Don, who loves her and supports her in every way. One day, when Beth...
- 10/26/2021
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Ridley Scott’s upcoming 14th century drama “The Last Duel” marks Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s first screenplay together since “Good Will Hunting,” which won them the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. But Damon and Affleck aren’t the only ones with “Last Duel” screenplay credit. The duo wrote the script with Nicole Holofcener, an Oscar nominee for co-writing “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” and the writer-director of “Walking and Talking,” “Friends with Money,” and “Enough Said.” While Affleck, Damon, and Holofcener are a surprising trio, the narrative structure of “The Last Duel” allowed the writers to work on different parts of the script.
“The Last Duel” takes a page from Akira Kurosawa’s “Rashomon” in telling the same event from three varying perspectives. The story centers around a duel between Jean de Carrouges (Matt Damon) and Jacques Le Gris (Adam Driver) after the former accuses the latter of raping his wife,...
“The Last Duel” takes a page from Akira Kurosawa’s “Rashomon” in telling the same event from three varying perspectives. The story centers around a duel between Jean de Carrouges (Matt Damon) and Jacques Le Gris (Adam Driver) after the former accuses the latter of raping his wife,...
- 7/26/2021
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
I once posited there’s no Greta Gerwig and “Ladybird” without writer/director Nicole Holofcener, and I still believe that to be true. For three decades, Holofcener, the indie filmmaker behind cult feminist comedic indies like 1996’s breakthrough film “Walking And Talking,” 2001’s “Lovely & Amazing, 2006’s “Friends With Money”—featuring a semi-rare indie acting turn for Jennifer Aniston— and many more, has been delivering sharply observed, bitingly hilarious, empathic, complex comedies about the human condition, family, and life’s ordinary struggles.
Continue reading Nicole Holofcener Talks The Struggle Of Selfishness Vs. Selflessness In Her Hilarious, Humane Comedies [Interview] at The Playlist.
Continue reading Nicole Holofcener Talks The Struggle Of Selfishness Vs. Selflessness In Her Hilarious, Humane Comedies [Interview] at The Playlist.
- 6/12/2020
- by Rodrigo Perez
- The Playlist
HBO Max has a major job on its hands to justify its approximately $15 a month subscription fee, especially given the strong competition out there from established names like Netflix and Amazon Prime. Disney Plus faced a similar challenge last year in arriving onto an already-saturated streaming marketplace, but at least had the advantage of major series like The Mandalorian to promote. While HBO Max will eventually be home to the Snyder cut of Justice League, and has some originals for its first week of availability, the big draw right now is its enormous back-catalogue of movies.
Given the various corporate elements that are going into HBO Max, including the Warner Bros. library, owners AT&T will be hoping that the combination of brand recognition for HBO programming, and a deep bench of movies, will convince people to add a new subscription to their list. To this end, HBO Max have added 122 films today,...
Given the various corporate elements that are going into HBO Max, including the Warner Bros. library, owners AT&T will be hoping that the combination of brand recognition for HBO programming, and a deep bench of movies, will convince people to add a new subscription to their list. To this end, HBO Max have added 122 films today,...
- 6/1/2020
- by Jessica James
- We Got This Covered
To help you anticipate and navigate all that HBO Max has to offer, TVLine presents this comprehensive list of all the TV series, movies, documentaries and specials making their debut on the new streaming service this month — all as a 100-percent free supplement to our daily and handy What to Watch and weekly TVLine-Up columns, and our monthly New on Netflix roundup.
Among Max Originals coming in June are a new Adventure Time special, Doom Patrol Season 2 and Search Party Season 3. You’ll also be able to stream the most recent episodes of HBO original series, including Insecure, I Know This Much Is True...
Among Max Originals coming in June are a new Adventure Time special, Doom Patrol Season 2 and Search Party Season 3. You’ll also be able to stream the most recent episodes of HBO original series, including Insecure, I Know This Much Is True...
- 5/28/2020
- TVLine.com
Welcome to the HBO Max era! WarnerMedia’s streaming giant arrived on May 27 and is absolutely bursting with Warner movies, TV shows, and other titles. But time waits for no man or streaming service and each new month HBO Max will be expected to bring new content to the table. Things get started in June 2020 with the first batch of HBO Max new releases.
To be clear, the majority of the original series coming to HBO Max actually belongs to HBO. Shows like I May Destroy You (June 7), Perry Mason (June 21), and I’ll Be Gone in the Dark (June 28) all belong to HBO…which now just happens to be a part of HBO Max. Confusing stuff, we know, but rest assured that if you have HBO Max you’ll get these shows…and if you only have HBO, you can go ahead and just get HBO Max for the same price anyway.
To be clear, the majority of the original series coming to HBO Max actually belongs to HBO. Shows like I May Destroy You (June 7), Perry Mason (June 21), and I’ll Be Gone in the Dark (June 28) all belong to HBO…which now just happens to be a part of HBO Max. Confusing stuff, we know, but rest assured that if you have HBO Max you’ll get these shows…and if you only have HBO, you can go ahead and just get HBO Max for the same price anyway.
- 5/27/2020
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
HBO Max launches May 27 with a whole lot of content ready to stream immediately. But throughout the nascent streamer’s first month, even more titles will be added, from HBO Max originals like “Adventure Time: Distant Lands Bmo,” to old favorites like “Amelie,” “Black Beauty” and “The Bucket List.”
Other brand-new HBO Max originals include the third season of comedy “Search Party,” and the second seasons of “Doom Patrol,” and “Esme & Roy,” all coming June 25, and on June 18, the second season of “Summer Camp Island” and the series premiere kids competition series “Karma.”
For a list of everything that will be available on launch day, look here.
Below is the full list of everything new coming to HBO Max in June.
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June 1
4th & Forever: Muck City, Season One
Adventures In Babysitting, 1987 (HBO)
Amelie, 2001 (HBO)
An American Werewolf in London,...
Other brand-new HBO Max originals include the third season of comedy “Search Party,” and the second seasons of “Doom Patrol,” and “Esme & Roy,” all coming June 25, and on June 18, the second season of “Summer Camp Island” and the series premiere kids competition series “Karma.”
For a list of everything that will be available on launch day, look here.
Below is the full list of everything new coming to HBO Max in June.
Also Read: Chelsea Handler Sets First Standup Comedy Special in 6 Years at HBO Max
June 1
4th & Forever: Muck City, Season One
Adventures In Babysitting, 1987 (HBO)
Amelie, 2001 (HBO)
An American Werewolf in London,...
- 5/26/2020
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
Lynn Cohen, a veteran stage and screen actor who played Magda on “Sex and the City,” died Friday. She was 86.
Magda was Miranda Hobbe’s (Cynthia Nixon) housekeeper and eventually her nanny, and Cohen also appeared in both film adaptations of the show.
She talked to Cosmopolitan about her role in 2018. “It showed a woman of a different age who was smart as the devil, very bossy, and also understood sexuality, and they needed that. It enlarged the canvas on which they were working, that they would not have a typical old lady molding away in some retirement home somewhere, but a woman who worked, and didn’t suffer fools,” she said.
On the big screen, Cohen played Golda Meir in in Steven Spielberg’s “Munich” and Mags in “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.” She also appeared in “Eagle Eye,” “Across the Universe,” “Vanya on 42nd Street,” “The Station Agent,...
Magda was Miranda Hobbe’s (Cynthia Nixon) housekeeper and eventually her nanny, and Cohen also appeared in both film adaptations of the show.
She talked to Cosmopolitan about her role in 2018. “It showed a woman of a different age who was smart as the devil, very bossy, and also understood sexuality, and they needed that. It enlarged the canvas on which they were working, that they would not have a typical old lady molding away in some retirement home somewhere, but a woman who worked, and didn’t suffer fools,” she said.
On the big screen, Cohen played Golda Meir in in Steven Spielberg’s “Munich” and Mags in “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.” She also appeared in “Eagle Eye,” “Across the Universe,” “Vanya on 42nd Street,” “The Station Agent,...
- 2/15/2020
- by Pat Saperstein
- Variety Film + TV
Prickly, disgruntled, bitingly witty — these aren’t traits you typically find in female film characters, who are most often written to be sympathetic and inviting. Yet this is exactly the type of character that Nicole Holofcener, the writer-director behind favorites like “Friends with Money” and “Enough Said,” has devoted her career to creating. Generally off-putting yet still strangely alluring, Holofcener’s characters are real and multidimensional, the type of person prone to lying and stealing and lashing out. But even when the rest of these characters’ worlds are crumbling around them, they often cling to their friendships with fierce loyalty and love.
Holofcener’s newest, “The Land of Steady Habits,” now available on Netflix, finds her turning her perceptive lens for the first time ever onto a male character: a divorced ex-banker named Anders Hill (Ben Mendelsohn). Like many of her previous protagonists, Anders is irritable and aimless, having recently...
Holofcener’s newest, “The Land of Steady Habits,” now available on Netflix, finds her turning her perceptive lens for the first time ever onto a male character: a divorced ex-banker named Anders Hill (Ben Mendelsohn). Like many of her previous protagonists, Anders is irritable and aimless, having recently...
- 9/18/2018
- by Indiewire Staff
- Indiewire
Throughout the course of her steadily exceptional career, writer-director Nicole Holofcener has established herself as a peerless master of observation, exquisitely attuned to human foibles and frailty.
“The Land of Steady Habits,” which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival this week and debuts on Netflix Sept. 14, shifts away from her usual Pov — compulsively self-sabotaging women — and offers instead the perspective of, well, compulsively self-sabotaging men.
Her approach, however, remains the same: both minutely unsparing and generously empathetic.
Also Read: James Gandolfini's Last Director on His Death: 'I Wanted to Make Him Proud'
Holofcener has deftly adapted Ted Thompson’s 2014 novel about Anders Hill, a finance guy living in mega-wealthy Westport, Connecticut. As seen here, Westport is the kind of place where wives in Range Rovers gather at the train station every night at 7 p.m., to pick up husbands who have just enough time to eat and sleep before heading back to banking.
“The Land of Steady Habits,” which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival this week and debuts on Netflix Sept. 14, shifts away from her usual Pov — compulsively self-sabotaging women — and offers instead the perspective of, well, compulsively self-sabotaging men.
Her approach, however, remains the same: both minutely unsparing and generously empathetic.
Also Read: James Gandolfini's Last Director on His Death: 'I Wanted to Make Him Proud'
Holofcener has deftly adapted Ted Thompson’s 2014 novel about Anders Hill, a finance guy living in mega-wealthy Westport, Connecticut. As seen here, Westport is the kind of place where wives in Range Rovers gather at the train station every night at 7 p.m., to pick up husbands who have just enough time to eat and sleep before heading back to banking.
- 9/13/2018
- by Elizabeth Weitzman
- The Wrap
Netflix has released the first trailer for a new film they are releasing called The Land of Steady Habits. The film stars Ben Mendelsohn and Edie Falco as husband and wife and Mendelsohn's character, Anders Hill, ends up leaving his wife and quitting his job in an attempt to find happiness. As you might imagine, things just get more miserable for him. So he set off on "a clumsy, heartbreaking quest to reassemble the pieces of his fractured life."
This film looks like it tells a heavy story that is filled with some brutally honest wisdom. Here's the full synopsis:
Feeling trapped in the stifling, wealthy enclave of Westport, Connecticut, Anders Hill (Ben Mendelsohn) retires from his job in finance and leaves his wife (Edie Falco) in the hopes that it will renew his lust for life. However, he's quickly faced with the startling reality of his choices; he spends...
This film looks like it tells a heavy story that is filled with some brutally honest wisdom. Here's the full synopsis:
Feeling trapped in the stifling, wealthy enclave of Westport, Connecticut, Anders Hill (Ben Mendelsohn) retires from his job in finance and leaves his wife (Edie Falco) in the hopes that it will renew his lust for life. However, he's quickly faced with the startling reality of his choices; he spends...
- 8/24/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
"You are the one who wanted out, so get out." Netflix has debuted the trailer for the indie drama The Land of Steady Habits, the latest film made by acclaimed indie filmmaker Nicole Holofcener. This is premiering at the Toronto Film Festival just before it hits Netflix, so there isn't much of a wait if you're interested in watching. The Land of Steady Habits stars Ben Mendelsohn and Edie Falco as a married couple. Anders decides to leave his wife and retire from his work to find happiness, instead he ends up even more miserable, setting him on "a clumsy, heartbreaking quest to reassemble the pieces of his fractured life." The cast includes Natalie Gold, Connie Britton, Charlie Tahan, Thomas Mann, Elizabeth Marvel, Josh Pais, and Michael Gaston. This looks like a worthwhile drama with some brutally honest wisdom, even though it seems a bit dreary at times. Here's the...
- 8/23/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
This week, IndieWire is rolling out our annual fall preview, including the very best indie movies coming out this year, all the awards contenders you need to know about, and even some blockbuster fare that will please the most discerning viewers. Check back every day for a new look at the best the season has to offer. Be sure to check out our list of indie gems and festival favorites to see this season, plus our look at blockbusters worth your movie-going buck and the films destined to impact the awards conversation.
“I Think We’re Alone Now” (September 14)
“Game of Thrones” fan (and critic) favorite Peter Dinklage shares the small screen with one of TV’s biggest casts. Besides an international company of actors, his scene partners include dragons, giants, and manticores. So for her sophomore feature — and the first from screenwriter Mike Makowsky — director/cinematographer Reed Morano (“Meadowland...
“I Think We’re Alone Now” (September 14)
“Game of Thrones” fan (and critic) favorite Peter Dinklage shares the small screen with one of TV’s biggest casts. Besides an international company of actors, his scene partners include dragons, giants, and manticores. So for her sophomore feature — and the first from screenwriter Mike Makowsky — director/cinematographer Reed Morano (“Meadowland...
- 8/17/2018
- by Kate Erbland, Eric Kohn and Jenna Marotta
- Indiewire
Sophie Brooks’s debut film makes up for some flimsy characterisation by wearing its heart on its sleeve
Starring Zosia Mamet as Diana, a shopgirl and aspiring author, this feature debut by writer-director Sophie Brooks will no doubt be compared to Lena Dunham’s TV series Girls (in which Mamet also featured). In fact, it has more in common with the films of Nicole Holofcener, whose Walking and Talking seems like a reference point.
Having moved back to New York after three years in London, Diana lands an unrealistically dreamy sublet in a tasteful Brooklyn brownstone, only to find that her ex-boyfriend, Ben (Noah Baumbach regular Matthew Shear), is – as the film’s title warns – the boy who lives downstairs. Cutting between flashbacks of their relationship as it buds, blossoms and eventually wilts, and their present-day awkwardness, it offers a valuable insight into how young women can be just as bumbling,...
Starring Zosia Mamet as Diana, a shopgirl and aspiring author, this feature debut by writer-director Sophie Brooks will no doubt be compared to Lena Dunham’s TV series Girls (in which Mamet also featured). In fact, it has more in common with the films of Nicole Holofcener, whose Walking and Talking seems like a reference point.
Having moved back to New York after three years in London, Diana lands an unrealistically dreamy sublet in a tasteful Brooklyn brownstone, only to find that her ex-boyfriend, Ben (Noah Baumbach regular Matthew Shear), is – as the film’s title warns – the boy who lives downstairs. Cutting between flashbacks of their relationship as it buds, blossoms and eventually wilts, and their present-day awkwardness, it offers a valuable insight into how young women can be just as bumbling,...
- 6/10/2018
- by Simran Hans
- The Guardian - Film News
She has been a fixture as a creative advisor, panelist and helmer who up until Toronto preemed Enough Said (2013) saw every single one of her films preem at the fest from her 1991 short film Angry to 2010’s Please Give with Walking and Talking (Sundance ’96), Lovely & Amazing (Sundance ’01) to Friends with Money (Sundance ’06).
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- 11/15/2017
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
Editor’s Note: This article is presented in partnership with FilmStruck. Developed and managed by Turner Classic Movies (TCM) in collaboration with the Criterion Collection. FilmStruck features the largest streaming library of contemporary and classic arthouse, indie, foreign and cult films as well as extensive bonus content, filmmaker interviews and rare footage. Learn more here. Agnes Varda
At age 88, the indomitable and highly influential Varda shows zero sign of slowing down when it comes to churning out art told through continually experimental means (she’s also remained committed to supporting her work in person, recently popping up at both the French Institute Alliance Française for a career-spanning chat and this year’s Rendezvous With French Cinema series with a brand new exhibit; we should all be so lucky to be as vital and involved when we’re half Varda’s age). Varda’s contributions to cinema and feminism have been...
At age 88, the indomitable and highly influential Varda shows zero sign of slowing down when it comes to churning out art told through continually experimental means (she’s also remained committed to supporting her work in person, recently popping up at both the French Institute Alliance Française for a career-spanning chat and this year’s Rendezvous With French Cinema series with a brand new exhibit; we should all be so lucky to be as vital and involved when we’re half Varda’s age). Varda’s contributions to cinema and feminism have been...
- 4/18/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
by Daniel Crooke
Any film fan knows that when they’re feeling under the weather, there’s at least one silver lining to spending the day in bed: the opportunity to put on a movie in the middle of the day. Just like the definitive cure for the common cold, it’s up for debate how to maximize your debilitated duration. Is this the ideal time to finally begin binge-watching The Americans? Should you opt for the comfort food route, watch old favorites, and boost your health with the warm and fuzzies? Or is this a golden opportunity to burn through your Netflix queue and finally watch the Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner and Melanie Lynskey starring vehicle I Don’t Feel At Home In This World Anymore?
Now that the seasons are changing it’s that time of the year when coughs and sneezes materialize so ubiquitously around you...
Any film fan knows that when they’re feeling under the weather, there’s at least one silver lining to spending the day in bed: the opportunity to put on a movie in the middle of the day. Just like the definitive cure for the common cold, it’s up for debate how to maximize your debilitated duration. Is this the ideal time to finally begin binge-watching The Americans? Should you opt for the comfort food route, watch old favorites, and boost your health with the warm and fuzzies? Or is this a golden opportunity to burn through your Netflix queue and finally watch the Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner and Melanie Lynskey starring vehicle I Don’t Feel At Home In This World Anymore?
Now that the seasons are changing it’s that time of the year when coughs and sneezes materialize so ubiquitously around you...
- 3/9/2017
- by Daniel Crooke
- FilmExperience
One week a month, Watch This offers movie recommendations inspired by the week’s new releases or premieres. This week: With Sundance in full swing, we’re looking back at some of the best directorial debuts that premiered at the festival.
Walking And Talking (1996)
In the mid-’90s there was a boomlet of independent movies about young-ish, usually urban-dwelling neurotic types making small talk, cracking wise, and often making pop-culture references. Two of the very best of this batch had the misfortune to come out within about a year of each other with extremely similar titles: Noah Baumbach’s Kicking And Screaming and Nicole Holofcener’s Walking And Talking. Holofcener’s first film premiered at the 1996 Sundance Film Festival, in a terrific class that included Welcome To The Dollhouse, Citizen Ruth, and Big Night.
Holofcener, a smart and perceptive writer, would go on to tell more complex stories ...
Walking And Talking (1996)
In the mid-’90s there was a boomlet of independent movies about young-ish, usually urban-dwelling neurotic types making small talk, cracking wise, and often making pop-culture references. Two of the very best of this batch had the misfortune to come out within about a year of each other with extremely similar titles: Noah Baumbach’s Kicking And Screaming and Nicole Holofcener’s Walking And Talking. Holofcener’s first film premiered at the 1996 Sundance Film Festival, in a terrific class that included Welcome To The Dollhouse, Citizen Ruth, and Big Night.
Holofcener, a smart and perceptive writer, would go on to tell more complex stories ...
- 1/24/2017
- by Jesse Hassenger
- avclub.com
You know the adage “Good artists borrow, great artists steal?” So does Nicole Holofcener, who is unafraid to detail the extensive influence of Mike Leigh’s films on her own work.
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We chatted with Holofcener about Leigh’s 1988 “High Hopes,” a social comedy of clashing cultures, generations, and belief systems. It’s a grounded, honest portrait of day-to-day existence that Holofcener’s channelled in films like “Walking and Talking” to her most recent feature “Enough Said.”
(“High Hopes” is just one of a half-dozen Mike Leigh titles available on FilmStruck, including “Naked” and “Happy-Go-Lucky.”)
This conversation is part of our “Movies That Inspire Me” series, which features talks with Sundance Film Festival directors about their favorite FilmStruck titles from the Turner Classic Movies and Criterion Collection, will continue regularly throughout...
Read More: Watch: ‘Jackie’ Director Pablo Larraín Discusses ‘Movies That Inspire Me’ in New IndieWire Video Series Presented by FilmStruck
We chatted with Holofcener about Leigh’s 1988 “High Hopes,” a social comedy of clashing cultures, generations, and belief systems. It’s a grounded, honest portrait of day-to-day existence that Holofcener’s channelled in films like “Walking and Talking” to her most recent feature “Enough Said.”
(“High Hopes” is just one of a half-dozen Mike Leigh titles available on FilmStruck, including “Naked” and “Happy-Go-Lucky.”)
This conversation is part of our “Movies That Inspire Me” series, which features talks with Sundance Film Festival directors about their favorite FilmStruck titles from the Turner Classic Movies and Criterion Collection, will continue regularly throughout...
- 12/10/2016
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Today we’re launching a new video series of which we’re extremely proud: It’s “Movies That Inspire Me,” presented by FilmStruck. We’ve interviewed a host of great directors, all of whom have taken films to the Sundance Film Festival, about their favorite classic films streaming on FilmStruck from the Turner Classic Movies and Criterion Collection. And the conversations we’ve had are surprising as well as, yes, inspiring.
First up is Pablo Larraín. Currently the director of Oscar contenders “Jackie” and “Neruda,” he brought “No” to Sundance in 2012. His first inspiration is John Cassavetes’ “A Woman Under The Influence” (which you can watch on FilmStruck here.)
Upcoming is Larraín talking about the music of Krzysztof Kieslowski’s “Three Colors: Blue,” as well as appearances by Jody Hill (“The Foot Fist Way,” “Eastbound & Down”), who talks about his love for the Maysles’ Bros. “Gimme Shelter” and Roman Polanski...
First up is Pablo Larraín. Currently the director of Oscar contenders “Jackie” and “Neruda,” he brought “No” to Sundance in 2012. His first inspiration is John Cassavetes’ “A Woman Under The Influence” (which you can watch on FilmStruck here.)
Upcoming is Larraín talking about the music of Krzysztof Kieslowski’s “Three Colors: Blue,” as well as appearances by Jody Hill (“The Foot Fist Way,” “Eastbound & Down”), who talks about his love for the Maysles’ Bros. “Gimme Shelter” and Roman Polanski...
- 12/5/2016
- by Dana Harris
- Indiewire
Ryan Lambie Dec 2, 2016
After a decade away from the camera, Boiler Room director Ben Younger's back with Bleed For This. Ryan charts his extraordinary return...
Ask director Ben Younger about his new film, Bleed For This, and he glows with enthusiasm: eyes flashing behind his large glasses, he'll talk eagerly about the energy among the cast and the stress of shooting a period boxing drama on such a tight budget. Ask him about his first movie, the 2000 crime drama Boiler Room, and the words flow less easily. There's a hint of regret in his voice, a pause or two as he thinks about exactly the right response: not because the movie wasn't any good - far from it, in fact - but because, he suggests, its success came a little too early and easily.
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After a decade away from the camera, Boiler Room director Ben Younger's back with Bleed For This. Ryan charts his extraordinary return...
Ask director Ben Younger about his new film, Bleed For This, and he glows with enthusiasm: eyes flashing behind his large glasses, he'll talk eagerly about the energy among the cast and the stress of shooting a period boxing drama on such a tight budget. Ask him about his first movie, the 2000 crime drama Boiler Room, and the words flow less easily. There's a hint of regret in his voice, a pause or two as he thinks about exactly the right response: not because the movie wasn't any good - far from it, in fact - but because, he suggests, its success came a little too early and easily.
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- 11/28/2016
- Den of Geek
Girl Talk is a weekly look at women in film — past, present, and future.
IndieWire recently published a pair of lists that singled out 25 working female filmmakers that we deemed “ready” to make a blockbuster. From many readers, we got this response: “But do they even want to?”
It seemed like a strange question: Has anyone ever wondered, much less asked, if male directors were interested in big-budget movies? Nevertheless, we reached out to the filmmakers on our lists, and the response was nearly unanimous: Yes, of course they do.
That said, it wasn’t the first time they’d been asked. And, as it turns out, there are a number of reasons that might make them decide to steer clear.
“That Dream Is Not Gendered”
“Most filmmakers dream of breaking into Hollywood with a short film or indie feature and then getting recruited by the studios to make bigger movies,...
IndieWire recently published a pair of lists that singled out 25 working female filmmakers that we deemed “ready” to make a blockbuster. From many readers, we got this response: “But do they even want to?”
It seemed like a strange question: Has anyone ever wondered, much less asked, if male directors were interested in big-budget movies? Nevertheless, we reached out to the filmmakers on our lists, and the response was nearly unanimous: Yes, of course they do.
That said, it wasn’t the first time they’d been asked. And, as it turns out, there are a number of reasons that might make them decide to steer clear.
“That Dream Is Not Gendered”
“Most filmmakers dream of breaking into Hollywood with a short film or indie feature and then getting recruited by the studios to make bigger movies,...
- 8/11/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Canadian writer Carol Shields wrote numerous novels, short stories, and plays throughout her lifetime. She won many awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for her 1993 novel “The Stone Diaries.” Now, her final novel “Unless” has been adapted into a film starring Catherine Keener. Written and directed by Alan Gilsenan, the film follows Reta (Keener), a successful writer who struggles with her daughter Norah’s (Hannah Gross) decision to drop out of college and live on the streets as a mute in some form of protest. “Unless” also stars Brendan Coyle (“Downton Abbey”), Matt Craven (“X-Men: First Class”), Chloe Rose (“The Lesser Blessed”), Hanna Schygulla (“Berlin Alexanderplatz”), and more. Watch the trailer for the film below.
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Catherine Keener has appeared in a wide variety of films throughout her career that have garnered critical acclaim. She’s been nominated...
Read More: Catherine Keener To Fight to Keep Her Home in Little Pink House
Catherine Keener has appeared in a wide variety of films throughout her career that have garnered critical acclaim. She’s been nominated...
- 8/10/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
With just a little more than a month to go until The Sundance Film Festival, the festival has announced additions to the lineup, including the premiere of Douglas McGrath’s documentary Becoming Mike Nichols and three “From the Collection” archival screenings. Becoming Mike Nichols is slated to air on HBO on Feb. 22. Also on the program is a new Special Event featuring Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused along with live commentary from the filmmaker and his pal Jason Reitman. The archival screenings include John Sayles’ City of Hope, Kelly Reichardt’s River of Grass and Nicole Holofcener’s Walking and Talking. The festival runs January 21-31, 2016. Below are the […]...
- 12/17/2015
- by Paula Bernstein
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
With just a little more than a month to go until The Sundance Film Festival, the festival has announced additions to the lineup, including the premiere of Douglas McGrath’s documentary Becoming Mike Nichols and three “From the Collection” archival screenings. Becoming Mike Nichols is slated to air on HBO on Feb. 22. Also on the program is a new Special Event featuring Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused along with live commentary from the filmmaker and his pal Jason Reitman. The archival screenings include John Sayles’ City of Hope, Kelly Reichardt’s River of Grass and Nicole Holofcener’s Walking and Talking. The festival runs January 21-31, 2016. Below are the […]...
- 12/17/2015
- by Paula Bernstein
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
The Sundance Film Festival's announced that it's adding a few titles to its 2016 lineup, including a documentary on Mike Nichols, a screening of Dazed and Confused with live commentary by Richard Linklater and Jason Reitman, and revival screenings of John Sayles's City of Hope, Kelly Reichardt's River of Grass and Nicole Holofcener's Walking and Talking. Robert Redford, T Bone Burnett and Jack White will discuss Bernard MacMahon's American Epic and David Farrier and Dylan Reeve's Tickled, a doc about a mysterious tickling competition, will see its world premiere. » - David Hudson...
- 12/17/2015
- Keyframe
The Sundance Film Festival's announced that it's adding a few titles to its 2016 lineup, including a documentary on Mike Nichols, a screening of Dazed and Confused with live commentary by Richard Linklater and Jason Reitman, and revival screenings of John Sayles's City of Hope, Kelly Reichardt's River of Grass and Nicole Holofcener's Walking and Talking. Robert Redford, T Bone Burnett and Jack White will discuss Bernard MacMahon's American Epic and David Farrier and Dylan Reeve's Tickled, a doc about a mysterious tickling competition, will see its world premiere. » - David Hudson...
- 12/17/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
Organisers at the Park City jamboree have added a documentary from New Zealand, a profile of Mike Nichols and a presentation of Dazed And Confused with live commentary by Richard Linklater and Jason Reitman.
New additions include three archive films from The Sundance Collection at UCLA, a film preservation programme established in 1997.
The late arrivals mean the 2016 festival will present 123 features representing 37 countries and 49 first-time filmmakers, including 30 in competition.
These films were selected from 12,793 submissions, including 4,081 features and 8,712 shorts. Of the feature submissions, 1,972 were from the Us and 2,109 were international. A total of 103 features at the festival will be world premieres.
The 2016 Sundance Film Festival is scheduled to run from January 21-31 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah. The synopses below were provided by the festival.
World Cinema Documentary Competition
Tickled (New Zealand)
Dirs: David Farrier, Dylan Reeve
A journalist stumbles upon a mysterious tickling competition. As he delves...
New additions include three archive films from The Sundance Collection at UCLA, a film preservation programme established in 1997.
The late arrivals mean the 2016 festival will present 123 features representing 37 countries and 49 first-time filmmakers, including 30 in competition.
These films were selected from 12,793 submissions, including 4,081 features and 8,712 shorts. Of the feature submissions, 1,972 were from the Us and 2,109 were international. A total of 103 features at the festival will be world premieres.
The 2016 Sundance Film Festival is scheduled to run from January 21-31 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah. The synopses below were provided by the festival.
World Cinema Documentary Competition
Tickled (New Zealand)
Dirs: David Farrier, Dylan Reeve
A journalist stumbles upon a mysterious tickling competition. As he delves...
- 12/17/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Whether you are a filmmaker, or one of the Sundance programmers whose task it is to identify the films that make up a line-up, it is indeed the most wonderful time of the year. The 32nd edition of the Sundance Film Festival kicks off on January 21st with Park City and Salt Lake City. Two decades back, Steven Ascher and Jeanne Jordan’s Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern was the Grand Jury Prize winner in the Documentary section while Todd Solondz’s Welcome to the Dollhouse beat out the likes of Nicole Holofcener’s Walking and Talking, Stanley Tucci and Campbell Scott’s Big Night, Mary Harron’s I Shot Andy Warhol and Alexander Payne’s Citizen Ruth for the Grand Jury Prize dramatic.
As per our tradition here on the site and as we all get ready for the festival, we like to propose an overview of the films we...
As per our tradition here on the site and as we all get ready for the festival, we like to propose an overview of the films we...
- 11/23/2015
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
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In a hardly-surprising piece of news, AMC has ordered season 7 of The Walking Dead and renewed The Talking Dead...
This may not come as a huge surprise, but we thought you'd like to know anyway - AMC has ordered season 7 of The Walking Dead, and renewed its companion talk show The Talking Dead.
AMC's big chief Charlie Collier released this statement:
"Thank goodness someone had a Magic 8-Ball with them in our many long internal meetings about these renewals. When, on the third shake, ‘without a doubt’ filled the murky blue screen, we knew we had to proceed with new seasons of The Walking Dead and Talking Dead. All joking aside, we are so proud to share these shows with fans who have been so passionate, communicative and engaged. We are grateful for and continually impressed by the talent, effort and excellence on continuous display by Robert Kirkman,...
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In a hardly-surprising piece of news, AMC has ordered season 7 of The Walking Dead and renewed The Talking Dead...
This may not come as a huge surprise, but we thought you'd like to know anyway - AMC has ordered season 7 of The Walking Dead, and renewed its companion talk show The Talking Dead.
AMC's big chief Charlie Collier released this statement:
"Thank goodness someone had a Magic 8-Ball with them in our many long internal meetings about these renewals. When, on the third shake, ‘without a doubt’ filled the murky blue screen, we knew we had to proceed with new seasons of The Walking Dead and Talking Dead. All joking aside, we are so proud to share these shows with fans who have been so passionate, communicative and engaged. We are grateful for and continually impressed by the talent, effort and excellence on continuous display by Robert Kirkman,...
- 11/2/2015
- by rleane
- Den of Geek
It’s only been back on the airwaves for a mere two weeks, but already AMC has secured the immediate future of The Walking Dead after confirming plans to bring back the widely popular zombie series for season 7 in 2016.
For the past three years, The Walking Dead has remained atop the charts as the number one show among the 18-49 demographic, and the network isn’t about to let that record slip anytime soon. In tandem with the renewal, there was also news of Chris Hardwick’s ever-popular Talking Dead making a return, which is hardly surprising considering the growing popularity of the live reaction series.
In an official statement released today, President of AMC, SundanceTV and AMC Studios Charlie Collier welcomed The Walking Dead back with open arms, stating that he can’t wait to collaborate with Scott Gimple, Robert Kirkman and the like for season 7.
“Thank goodness someone...
For the past three years, The Walking Dead has remained atop the charts as the number one show among the 18-49 demographic, and the network isn’t about to let that record slip anytime soon. In tandem with the renewal, there was also news of Chris Hardwick’s ever-popular Talking Dead making a return, which is hardly surprising considering the growing popularity of the live reaction series.
In an official statement released today, President of AMC, SundanceTV and AMC Studios Charlie Collier welcomed The Walking Dead back with open arms, stating that he can’t wait to collaborate with Scott Gimple, Robert Kirkman and the like for season 7.
“Thank goodness someone...
- 10/30/2015
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
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