After winning his first Golden Globe for his performance in “Mozart in the Jungle,” Gael García Bernal is set to direct his first episode for the Amazon series. The Tracking Board reports that the actor will direct the third season finale.
Inspired by oboist Blair Tindall’s memoir “Mozart in the Jungle: Sex, Drugs, and Classical Music,” Season 3 will continue the story of the talented musicians who perform under the baton of the brilliant New York Symphony conductor Rodrigo (García Bernal), and follow them as they take a trip to Europe. The second season took a look at labor relations and questioned whether classical music was dead and, if not, what was its future.
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Earlier this year, “Mozart in the Jungle” also took home its first Golden Globe for Best Television Series – Comedy.
Inspired by oboist Blair Tindall’s memoir “Mozart in the Jungle: Sex, Drugs, and Classical Music,” Season 3 will continue the story of the talented musicians who perform under the baton of the brilliant New York Symphony conductor Rodrigo (García Bernal), and follow them as they take a trip to Europe. The second season took a look at labor relations and questioned whether classical music was dead and, if not, what was its future.
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Earlier this year, “Mozart in the Jungle” also took home its first Golden Globe for Best Television Series – Comedy.
- 8/9/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
Not your run-of-the-mill future film festival selection, filmmakers Gael García Bernal (Déficit), Anurag Kashyap (Gangs of Wasseypur), Sebastián Silva (Nasty Baby), Shion Sono (Suicide Club), Natasha Khan and actress Mia Wasikowska each supplied a short supply with one overriding thematic that was commissioned by MTV World. While Madly doesn’t “scream” Sundance, we can’t help but think that the curious mix of filmmakers (including Park City habituals Silva and Bernal) adds enough clout to warrant a possible inclusion.
Gist: This is a global anthology film featuring innovative love stories from the some of the world’s most visionary directors.
Production Co./Producers: Eric Mahoney. Executive producer: Nusrat Durrani.
Prediction: World Dramatic Comp.
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available. Tbd (domestic). Tbd (international)
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Gist: This is a global anthology film featuring innovative love stories from the some of the world’s most visionary directors.
Production Co./Producers: Eric Mahoney. Executive producer: Nusrat Durrani.
Prediction: World Dramatic Comp.
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available. Tbd (domestic). Tbd (international)
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- 11/25/2015
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
With one directorial feature under his belt, 2007's "Déficit," Gael García Bernal is ready for a second. Screen Daily reports that he's eyeing to mount his next movie, "Chicuarotes," in early 2016. “The film will follow a group of kids — around 14, 15 years old — who live by the lake. They’re economically poor but not miserable or unhappy, basically living in paradise," Bernal told the trade. “The narrative of the film follows their dreams of moving up economically and socially. They want to stop working and make lots of money. I can’t tell you now how they attempt to do this but it’s a comedy — a very dark comedy.” Speaking of comedy, "Napoleon Dynamite" helmer Jared Hess has been assigned Disney's "Overnight at 42nd Street.” Penned by Oren Uziel ("22 Jump Street"), Variety reports that the movie, not unlike "Home Alone," follows a father and son who spend all night in a toy store.
- 3/11/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Mexico City-set dark comedy Chicuarotes revolves around teenagers living on the edge of a tourist lake.
Mexican actor, director and producer Gael Garcia Bernal is hoping to shoot his second feature Chicuarotes early next year about a group of teenagers growing up by Xochimilco Lake in Mexico City.
Speaking to ScreenDaily, Bernal said: “The film will follow a group of kids - around 14, 15 years-old - who live by the lake. They’re economically poor but not miserable or unhappy, basically living in paradise.
“The narrative of the film follows their dreams of moving up economically and socially. They want to stop working and make lots of money. I can’t tell you now how they attempt to do this but it’s a comedy - a very dark comedy.”
Bernal spoke to Screen on the fringes of the Doha Film Institute’s inaugural Qumra meeting, aimed at nurturing projects by filmmakers in Qatar, across the Middle...
Mexican actor, director and producer Gael Garcia Bernal is hoping to shoot his second feature Chicuarotes early next year about a group of teenagers growing up by Xochimilco Lake in Mexico City.
Speaking to ScreenDaily, Bernal said: “The film will follow a group of kids - around 14, 15 years-old - who live by the lake. They’re economically poor but not miserable or unhappy, basically living in paradise.
“The narrative of the film follows their dreams of moving up economically and socially. They want to stop working and make lots of money. I can’t tell you now how they attempt to do this but it’s a comedy - a very dark comedy.”
Bernal spoke to Screen on the fringes of the Doha Film Institute’s inaugural Qumra meeting, aimed at nurturing projects by filmmakers in Qatar, across the Middle...
- 3/10/2015
- ScreenDaily
Mexico City-set dark comedy revolves around teenagers living on the edge of a tourist lake.
Mexican actor, director and producer Gael Garcia Bernal is hoping to shoot his second feature Chicuarotes early next year about a group of teenagers growing up by Xochimilco Lake in Mexico City.
Speaking to ScreenDaily, Bernal said: “The film will follow a group of kids - around 14, 15 years-old - who live by the lake. They’re economically poor but not miserable or unhappy, basically living in paradise.
“The narrative of the film follows their dreams of moving up economically and socially. They want to stop working and make lots of money. I can’t tell you now how they attempt to do this but it’s a comedy - a very dark comedy.”
Bernal spoke to Screen on the fringes of the Doha Film Institute’s inaugural Qumra meeting, aimed at nurturing projects by filmmakers in Qatar, across the Middle...
Mexican actor, director and producer Gael Garcia Bernal is hoping to shoot his second feature Chicuarotes early next year about a group of teenagers growing up by Xochimilco Lake in Mexico City.
Speaking to ScreenDaily, Bernal said: “The film will follow a group of kids - around 14, 15 years-old - who live by the lake. They’re economically poor but not miserable or unhappy, basically living in paradise.
“The narrative of the film follows their dreams of moving up economically and socially. They want to stop working and make lots of money. I can’t tell you now how they attempt to do this but it’s a comedy - a very dark comedy.”
Bernal spoke to Screen on the fringes of the Doha Film Institute’s inaugural Qumra meeting, aimed at nurturing projects by filmmakers in Qatar, across the Middle...
- 3/10/2015
- ScreenDaily
Critics' Week has already begun celebrating its 50th anniversary by posting 50 video interviews with directors and actors who've seen their work debut in this section at Cannes. We're celebrating, too. In association with the 4+1 Film Festival, Mubi is presenting a retrospective of some of the greatest films first seen in Critics' Week over the past half-century. And even though the first 1000 views of each of the films will be free to you, the viewer, the rights holders will carry on receiving their duly earned revenue.
The retrospective encompasses over 100 titles in all, but please do keep in mind that rights issues can get complicated and not every film can be available in every country. That said, here's a quick overview of just some of the highlights:
Over in the Garage, a La Semaine Blogathon is already on the roll, starting with Kj Farrington's entry on Miranda July's Me and You and Everyone We Know,...
The retrospective encompasses over 100 titles in all, but please do keep in mind that rights issues can get complicated and not every film can be available in every country. That said, here's a quick overview of just some of the highlights:
Over in the Garage, a La Semaine Blogathon is already on the roll, starting with Kj Farrington's entry on Miranda July's Me and You and Everyone We Know,...
- 5/14/2011
- MUBI
- He'll be inevitably compared in both his acting and now, directing career to Y tu mamá también/Rudo Y Cursi counterpart Gael Garcia Bernal. Bernal who made his social class structure, pool yard debut with Déficit, has since fallen back to playing in front of the camera, while Diego Luna's film schooling has included Julian Schnabel, Julie Taymor, Steven Spielberg, Harmony Korine, the Cuaron brothers and most recently, Gus Van Sant (who coincidentally is also in the headlines for a studio project). At this point we aren't sure of Luna will also play in front of the camera, but Variety reports that Jose Maria Yazpik will star in Abel - a family drama told from child's perspective. Canana Films, the Bernal/Luna production house are teaming on the low budget Mexico-shot indie with producer Pablo Cruz, and Abel will be co-produced by Malkovich's Mr. Mudd banner. Yazpik has
- 8/24/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
For Gael García Bernal, an actor in search of challenges, drama trumps looks. The hope is that after shouting "Viva la Mexico!" across a crowded Main Street during the Sundance Film Festival actor Gael García Bernal, producers Alfonso Cuarón and Guillermo del Toro and director Carlos Cuarón, the creative entourage behind the Mexican soccer comedy “Rudo y Cursi,” would turn and greet the grinning journalist they have all met before. The reality of deafening street noise means the sidewalk reunion never takes place. The brief "Have we met before?" conversation occurs later just after a festival screening in front of a capacity audience. At a prior festival, during an unseasonably warm September afternoon for Toronto, Bernal - a native of Gudalajara, Mexico - sits surrounded by friends and colleagues in an upper-floor hotel bedroom. He is friendly, low-key but quickly perks up once we started talking about his acting career,...
- 5/7/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
- Back when Gael Garcia Bernal and his new production co. (Canana Films) announced that Bernal would commence his directorial debut - my first thought was : with the type of film school he has been to I'd give the director's chair a try. The young actor has had the fortune of working with such directors as Iñárritu, Almodóvar, Salles, Gondry and Cuarón. I was interested in seeing Déficit at Cannes but balked at the idea of fighting off hundreds of ticket holders to get into a mini theater - my bet was right on there was too much commotion for a film. Fast forward to September and I caught it at Tiff. Low budget and somewhat experimental - for a first film it has spurts of interest and some social commentary about class system but I'll quickly forget the film - but no before I publish the review...that comes to you shortly.
- 9/28/2007
- IONCINEMA.com
- Yesterday’s day of coverage began by a morning chat/interview with filmmaker Ramin Bahrani – who was in Toronto to present the North American premiere of Chop Shop - a film that I was very fond and discovered at Cannes (read review here). A pleasurable sit down (the sort that could begin with a glass of vino and finish with 2 polished off bottles). For me its always interesting to discuss the form, structure, narrative strategy and of course all the behind the scenes process of the filmmaking process. Unfortunately, moments after the completion of the interview I realized that (and this is where I have that sick to my stomach feeling) I only had a portion of the interview recorded. That feeling falls somewhere between my dog ate my homework and probably how Lodge Kerrigan felt when he lost an entire film in a processing lab disaster. A real
- 9/11/2007
- IONCINEMA.com
Two documentaries, including a look at the 20-year history of innovative rap group Public Enemy, will make their world premiere at this year's AFI Fest, set for Nov. 1-11 in Los Angeles.
Public Enemy: Welcome to the Terrordome, directed by Robert Patton-Spruill, gives a rare insight into the group and features interviews with musicians Henry Rollins and Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello. Meanwhile, director Andrea Kreuzhage's documentary 1000 Journals focuses on the social/art project initiated by San Francisco-based artist "Someguy".
Two foreign films will make their U.S. debut at the festival: the Canadian drama The Tracey Fragments, directed by Bruce McDonald, and With Your Permission, an entry from Denmark directed by Paprika Steen.
Another 11 films playing at the Toronto International Film Festival also will screen, including 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days directed by Cristian Mungiu; Eran Kolirin's The Band's Visit; Stefan Ruzowitzky's The Counterfeiter; Gael Garcia Bernal's Deficit; Julian Schnabel's The Diving Bell and the Butterfly; Hao Hsiao-hsien's Flight of the Red Balloon; Etgar Keret and Shira Geffen's Jellyfish; Jason Reitman's Juno; Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud's Persepolis; Tamara Jenkins' The Savages; and Lee Chang-dong's Secret Sunshine.
Passes are on sale through the festival's Web site at AFI.com, or by phone, (866) AFI-FEST.
Public Enemy: Welcome to the Terrordome, directed by Robert Patton-Spruill, gives a rare insight into the group and features interviews with musicians Henry Rollins and Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello. Meanwhile, director Andrea Kreuzhage's documentary 1000 Journals focuses on the social/art project initiated by San Francisco-based artist "Someguy".
Two foreign films will make their U.S. debut at the festival: the Canadian drama The Tracey Fragments, directed by Bruce McDonald, and With Your Permission, an entry from Denmark directed by Paprika Steen.
Another 11 films playing at the Toronto International Film Festival also will screen, including 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days directed by Cristian Mungiu; Eran Kolirin's The Band's Visit; Stefan Ruzowitzky's The Counterfeiter; Gael Garcia Bernal's Deficit; Julian Schnabel's The Diving Bell and the Butterfly; Hao Hsiao-hsien's Flight of the Red Balloon; Etgar Keret and Shira Geffen's Jellyfish; Jason Reitman's Juno; Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud's Persepolis; Tamara Jenkins' The Savages; and Lee Chang-dong's Secret Sunshine.
Passes are on sale through the festival's Web site at AFI.com, or by phone, (866) AFI-FEST.
- Today’s Tiff Vanguard section add-ons are primarily comprised of Cannes selections, directorial debuts (girls watch out for a certain Mexican actor turned director) and international fair that defy easy categorization and have reaped some awards along the way. Also added to the Midnight Madness section are the highly awaited films from Dario Argento and Takashi Miike – both titles will be high up on the Ioncinema coverage list. Here are the added titles along with descriptions. Vanguard Titlesparanoid Park Gus Van Sant, FranceAlex (Gabe Nevins), a teenaged skateboarder, is at the centre of a criminal investigation after a security guard is killed near a skate park. Through non-linear fragments of action, voiced memories, skating scenes and Alex's inner conflict, his connection to the case is made clear. Like Van Sant's recent trilogy (Gerry, Elephant and Last Days) the sophisticated Paranoid Park, based on the novel by Blake Nelson, is
- 7/31/2007
- IONCINEMA.com
Gael Garcia Bernal, Danny Glover and Alice Braga are set to join Fernando Meirelles' apocalyptic drama Blindness for Focus Features International.
Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo already have joined the project, which is based on Jose Saramago's acclaimed novel that is set in motion when an epidemic of blindness sweeps through a contemporary city and pushes society to the brink of breakdown. Bernal will play the King of Ward 3, and Glover will narrate the story. Braga will portray the girl with the dark glasses.
Potboiler Prods., Rhombus Media, Bee Vine Pictures and Meirelles' shingle 02 Filmes are producing.
Shooting is scheduled to begin in early July in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and Toronto.
Pathe picked up U.K. and French rights to Blindness last week (HR 6/7). Focus is handling additional foreign territories for the film, which does not yet have a U.S. distribution deal.
Niv Fichman, Simon Channing-Williams and Gail Egan are producing.
Bernal, whose recent credits include Babel and The King, recently made his directorial debut with the Spanish-language Deficit, which unspooled at the Festival de Cannes in May.
Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo already have joined the project, which is based on Jose Saramago's acclaimed novel that is set in motion when an epidemic of blindness sweeps through a contemporary city and pushes society to the brink of breakdown. Bernal will play the King of Ward 3, and Glover will narrate the story. Braga will portray the girl with the dark glasses.
Potboiler Prods., Rhombus Media, Bee Vine Pictures and Meirelles' shingle 02 Filmes are producing.
Shooting is scheduled to begin in early July in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and Toronto.
Pathe picked up U.K. and French rights to Blindness last week (HR 6/7). Focus is handling additional foreign territories for the film, which does not yet have a U.S. distribution deal.
Niv Fichman, Simon Channing-Williams and Gail Egan are producing.
Bernal, whose recent credits include Babel and The King, recently made his directorial debut with the Spanish-language Deficit, which unspooled at the Festival de Cannes in May.
- 6/12/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
- He has pretty much made it his home away from home – after presenting 2004's The Motorcycle Diaries and Bad Education, The King in 2005 and Babel in 2006, and to show he hasn’t worn out his welcome, Gael Garcia Bernal has been picked as ambassador of the Critics Week sidebar at Cannes. The final selection for the Critics Week lineup will be announced April 26. Garcia Bernal will present his directorial debut, Déficit - written by Kyzza Terrazas, this is an adaptation of a television episode of Ruta 32 which focuses on class differences in Mexico. A bit of trivia: Amores Perros was the section's winner that year. ...
- 4/13/2007
- IONCINEMA.com
PARIS -- Mexican actor Gael Garcia Bernal has been picked as ambassador of the Critics Week sidebar at May's Festival de Cannes, organizers said Thursday.
Garcia Bernal will present his directorial debut, Deficit, a drama based on the popular TV series Ruta 32. The film, which explores social differences in Mexico, is produced by Mexico's Canana Films and also stars Garcia Bernal.
The actor is no stranger to Critics Week after rising to international stardom in 2000 with Amores Perros (Love's a Bitch), the section's winner that year.
He has been a frequent visitor to the festival since then, with starring roles in 2004's The Motorcycle Diaries and Bad Education, The King in 2005 and Babel in 2006.
Garcia Bernal follows last year's Critics Week rep Gaspard Noe. Final selection for the Critics Week lineup will be announced April 26.
Garcia Bernal will present his directorial debut, Deficit, a drama based on the popular TV series Ruta 32. The film, which explores social differences in Mexico, is produced by Mexico's Canana Films and also stars Garcia Bernal.
The actor is no stranger to Critics Week after rising to international stardom in 2000 with Amores Perros (Love's a Bitch), the section's winner that year.
He has been a frequent visitor to the festival since then, with starring roles in 2004's The Motorcycle Diaries and Bad Education, The King in 2005 and Babel in 2006.
Garcia Bernal follows last year's Critics Week rep Gaspard Noe. Final selection for the Critics Week lineup will be announced April 26.
- 4/13/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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