"What if I told the police where you buried Barcelo?" Netflix has revealed the official trailer for a French action-thriller titled Restless, also known as Sans répit, arriving on Netflix later this month. Another of these French films about a sketchy cop getting into trouble. After going to extremes to cover up an accident, a corrupt cop's life spirals out of control when he starts receiving threats from a mysterious witness. When the investigation of the missing person is given to one of his colleagues, and an anonymous witness tries to blackmail him, things start to get really out of hand. Franck Gastambide stars, with Simon Abkarian, Michael Abiteboul, Tracy Gotoas, Jemima West, & Serge Hazanavicius. Damn this looks intense! When the French want to go big on action, they go all out with all kinds of explosive action. Check this out. Here's the official US trailer (+ poster) for Régis Blondeau's Restless,...
- 2/6/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
On the surface, it sounds like one of those true-life, triumph-over-adversity tearjerkers that Hollywood spoon-feeds folks with numbing frequency. But thankfully, Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot approaches the cliff of sentiment without going over the edge. Based on the 1989 memoir by Portland, Oregon cartoonist John Callahan, the film traces what happens when this party-hard, skirt-chasing boozehound is rendered a wheelchair-bound quadriplegic by an alcohol-fueled car accident. His journey from wallowing in despair to becoming a successful satirical cartoonist makes the usual stops at physical therapy sessions and work-the-program meetings,...
- 7/12/2018
- by Peter Travers
- Rollingstone.com
Winners include Dusan Milic’s latest feature Darkling and Hans Lukas Hansen’s ‘docu-fantasy’ The Quest For Tonewood.
Source: Facebook/Katja Goljat, Matjaz Rust
When East Meets West 2018 prize presentation
Projects from Serbia, Norway and the Czech Republic were among the winners at the 8th edition of the When East Meets West (Wemw) co-production forum held during this week’s Trieste Film Festival.
The three-day event ended on Tuesday evening with the presentation of Cannes Producers Network Award of free accreditation for Serbian writer-director Dusan Milic’s latest feature Darkling, which he describes as “arthouse with a touch of psychological horror”, and for Norwegian documentary filmmaker Hans Lukas Hansen’s “docu-fantasy” The Quest For Tonewood about the quest for the magical wood to make the finest violins in the world.
In addition, a Hot Docs Industry Pass was awarded to award-winning Serbian documentary filmmaker Srdjan Sarenac for his new project Prison Beauty Contest, which follows the staging...
Source: Facebook/Katja Goljat, Matjaz Rust
When East Meets West 2018 prize presentation
Projects from Serbia, Norway and the Czech Republic were among the winners at the 8th edition of the When East Meets West (Wemw) co-production forum held during this week’s Trieste Film Festival.
The three-day event ended on Tuesday evening with the presentation of Cannes Producers Network Award of free accreditation for Serbian writer-director Dusan Milic’s latest feature Darkling, which he describes as “arthouse with a touch of psychological horror”, and for Norwegian documentary filmmaker Hans Lukas Hansen’s “docu-fantasy” The Quest For Tonewood about the quest for the magical wood to make the finest violins in the world.
In addition, a Hot Docs Industry Pass was awarded to award-winning Serbian documentary filmmaker Srdjan Sarenac for his new project Prison Beauty Contest, which follows the staging...
- 1/24/2018
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
Young and the Restless fans are so caught up in so many story lines right now it’s hard to figure out where things are going, who is where, and what is going on to be honest. With that said, we’ve decided we want to focus on Dr. Harris and Chloe for the moment. When she and Kevin escape from the good doctor and his bad news, we are going to find out that there is a big situation going on. Dr. Harris makes a call almost immediately to Victor and he finds them. It takes no time. They actually make
Young and the Restless Spoilers: Dr. Harris and Victor Locate Chloe and Kevin...
Young and the Restless Spoilers: Dr. Harris and Victor Locate Chloe and Kevin...
- 7/21/2017
- by Tiffany Raiford
- TVovermind.com
Young and the Restless spoilers are a little bit heavy on Kevin today. We know that Dr. Harris is not happy with his presence in his home, and that he is not happy to have him there ruining all he’s worked for with Victor. So we know now that Harris is planning on turning against Kevin to plot against him. We don’t know if he plans on killing Kevin or if he merely plans on making his enemy go away. We don’t know, but we do know that there is a chance someone is getting hurt here. That’s not
The Young and the Restless Spoilers: Kevin’s Life is In Danger...
The Young and the Restless Spoilers: Kevin’s Life is In Danger...
- 7/3/2017
- by Tiffany Raiford
- TVovermind.com
Young and the Restless fans are dying to know what Dr. Harris is doing. He’s got so much going on, and we can’t figure it out. With Kevin and Chloe standing there pointing guns in his face and arguing with him, it’s amazing to us he didn’t just let them run off and deal with Victor later. They are coming up with a plan, and we hear said plan involves Kevin bringing Bella to the doctor’s house to live with Chloe in secret while he treats her. The plan is to say nothing to Victor about any of it –
Young and the Restless: Whose Side is Dr. Harris On?...
Young and the Restless: Whose Side is Dr. Harris On?...
- 6/14/2017
- by Tiffany Raiford
- TVovermind.com
Mark Harrison Jan 6, 2017
Viola Davis, John Goodman, Bryce Dallas Howard and more, in our rundown of 2016's underrated movie acting work.
This article contains minor spoilers for Pete's Dragon, Suicide Squad and Warcraft: The Beginning.
Nobody is likely to look back on 2016 fondly, whether because of global political instability, celebrity deaths or the rejection of Boaty McBoatface as a suitable name for a research vessel. In the world of film, we note that a lot of the contenders in this year's awards season haven't even been released in UK cinemas yet, and it was hardly a banner year for blockbuster cinema either.
On the plus side, there were some exemplary smaller films, of the kind that awards bodies tend to overlook, released in the last 12 months. Without any apparent genre contenders, like The Martian or Mad Max: Fury Road in 2015, this is a year in which performers are more likely...
Viola Davis, John Goodman, Bryce Dallas Howard and more, in our rundown of 2016's underrated movie acting work.
This article contains minor spoilers for Pete's Dragon, Suicide Squad and Warcraft: The Beginning.
Nobody is likely to look back on 2016 fondly, whether because of global political instability, celebrity deaths or the rejection of Boaty McBoatface as a suitable name for a research vessel. In the world of film, we note that a lot of the contenders in this year's awards season haven't even been released in UK cinemas yet, and it was hardly a banner year for blockbuster cinema either.
On the plus side, there were some exemplary smaller films, of the kind that awards bodies tend to overlook, released in the last 12 months. Without any apparent genre contenders, like The Martian or Mad Max: Fury Road in 2015, this is a year in which performers are more likely...
- 1/4/2017
- Den of Geek
I have a back file of reader notes asking for a Blu-ray for John Huston’s Moby Dick, and more pointedly, wondering what will be done with its strange color scheme. I wasn’t expecting miracles, but this new Twilight Time disc should make the purists happy – it has approximated the film’s original, heavily muted color scheme.
Moby Dick
Blu-ray
Twilight Time
1956 / Color / 1:66 widescreen / 116 min. / Street Date November 15, 2016 / Available from the Twilight Time Movies Store 29.95
Starring Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Leo Genn, James Robertson Justice,
Harry Andrews, Orson Welles, Bernard Miles, Mervyn Johns, Noel Purcell, Frederick Ledebur
Cinematography Oswald Morris
Art Direction Ralph W. Brinton
Film Editor Russell Lloyd
Original Music Philip Sainton
Writing credits Ray Bradbury and John Huston
Produced and Directed by John Huston
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Talk about a picture with a renewed reputation… in its day John Huston’s Moby Dick was not considered a success,...
Moby Dick
Blu-ray
Twilight Time
1956 / Color / 1:66 widescreen / 116 min. / Street Date November 15, 2016 / Available from the Twilight Time Movies Store 29.95
Starring Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Leo Genn, James Robertson Justice,
Harry Andrews, Orson Welles, Bernard Miles, Mervyn Johns, Noel Purcell, Frederick Ledebur
Cinematography Oswald Morris
Art Direction Ralph W. Brinton
Film Editor Russell Lloyd
Original Music Philip Sainton
Writing credits Ray Bradbury and John Huston
Produced and Directed by John Huston
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Talk about a picture with a renewed reputation… in its day John Huston’s Moby Dick was not considered a success,...
- 11/26/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Gus Van Sant’s last few movies haven’t been met with especially warm receptions: “Sea of Trees” was perhaps the most derided film to premiere at Cannes last year, and neither “Promised Land” nor “Restless” fared especially well either. For his next effort, he’s moving to the small screen with “When We Rise,” a docudrama miniseries coming to ABC next year. Watch its first trailer below.
Read More: Why A24 Picked Up Gus Van Sant’s Critical Dud ‘The Sea of Trees’
Van Sant will direct the first two hours of the seven-part series, with Dee Rees, Thomas Schlamme and Dustin Lance Black (who also wrote and created) also onboard as directors. “When We Rise” begins in 1971, just two years after the Stonewall riots — whose most recent cinematic depiction came courtesy of Roland Emmerich and wasn’t any more well received than “Sea of Trees” — and continues from there.
Read More: Why A24 Picked Up Gus Van Sant’s Critical Dud ‘The Sea of Trees’
Van Sant will direct the first two hours of the seven-part series, with Dee Rees, Thomas Schlamme and Dustin Lance Black (who also wrote and created) also onboard as directors. “When We Rise” begins in 1971, just two years after the Stonewall riots — whose most recent cinematic depiction came courtesy of Roland Emmerich and wasn’t any more well received than “Sea of Trees” — and continues from there.
- 11/21/2016
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
This is a reprint of our review from the 2016 Sundance Film Festival.
Actor and writer Jason Lew, the screenwriter behind Gus Van Sant‘s “Restless,” makes his feature directorial debut with “The Free World,” a sometimes-curious picture that takes on a big story with an intimate execution. “Curious” only because “The Free World” ends up in a place vastly different from where it starts, genre-hopping and taking unexpected turns.
Continue reading Despite Some Missteps, ‘The Free World’ Starring Elisabeth Moss & Boyd Holbrook Is An Admirable Indie Drama [Review] at The Playlist.
Actor and writer Jason Lew, the screenwriter behind Gus Van Sant‘s “Restless,” makes his feature directorial debut with “The Free World,” a sometimes-curious picture that takes on a big story with an intimate execution. “Curious” only because “The Free World” ends up in a place vastly different from where it starts, genre-hopping and taking unexpected turns.
Continue reading Despite Some Missteps, ‘The Free World’ Starring Elisabeth Moss & Boyd Holbrook Is An Admirable Indie Drama [Review] at The Playlist.
- 9/23/2016
- by Katie Walsh
- The Playlist
Two weeks out from its bow in select theaters, IFC Films has dropped the first trailer for Jason Lew’s (Restless) poignant drama The Free World, which sees Elisabeth Moss and Boyd Holbrook fighting two very different forms of abuse.
Holbrook, for instance, plays ex-con Mo who takes the defining first steps towards starting a new life by working in an animal shelter, overseeing the protection of wounded or stray pets under the guidance of Octavia Spencer’s character. Meanwhile, Doris (Elisabeth Moss) has her own cross to carry, symbolizing a pain that so often originates from her abusive relationship with her hothead police officer of a husband.
Those two paths cross when Doris pays a visit to Mo’s animal shelter, but will their budding friendship help or hinder each respective predicament? Today’s first trailer hints that it could well be the latter.
Jason Lew will beckon viewers...
Holbrook, for instance, plays ex-con Mo who takes the defining first steps towards starting a new life by working in an animal shelter, overseeing the protection of wounded or stray pets under the guidance of Octavia Spencer’s character. Meanwhile, Doris (Elisabeth Moss) has her own cross to carry, symbolizing a pain that so often originates from her abusive relationship with her hothead police officer of a husband.
Those two paths cross when Doris pays a visit to Mo’s animal shelter, but will their budding friendship help or hinder each respective predicament? Today’s first trailer hints that it could well be the latter.
Jason Lew will beckon viewers...
- 9/13/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Premiering at Sundance earlier this year, The Free World marks the directorial debut from Jason Lew (Restless), and IFC Films has now released the first trailer. The film begins as a study of rehabilitation as ex-con Mo (Boyd Holbrook) works at an animal shelter under the tutelage of Linda (Octavia Spencer), clearing cages and shows a tender care for the battered animals brought in. One day, Doris (Elisabeth Moss) brings in her dog Charlie, seemingly beaten by her aggressive hothead police officer husband. Things then start to spiral downhill for our characters from there.
I said in my review, “The greatest southern gothic tales feature richly detailed atmosphere dripping with a strong sense of location. Night of the Hunter and other classics certainly fit the category, and the fairly recent Sundance drama Ain’t Them Bodies Saints was a fine example, featuring characters that, whether in a doomed romance or not,...
I said in my review, “The greatest southern gothic tales feature richly detailed atmosphere dripping with a strong sense of location. Night of the Hunter and other classics certainly fit the category, and the fairly recent Sundance drama Ain’t Them Bodies Saints was a fine example, featuring characters that, whether in a doomed romance or not,...
- 9/12/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Matthew McConaughey and Ken Watanabe Search ‘The Sea of Trees’ In New Trailer for Gus Van Sant Drama
Every couple of weeks, I’ll wonder what happened to Gus Van Sant, that thought process always along the lines of, “So there was Restless in 2010, Promised Land in 2012, and nothing since then? What could he be doing?” And then I remember The Sea of Trees, the cause celebre (read: laughingstock) of last year’s Cannes Film Festival, and suddenly grow a bit sadder.
We already got a glimpse of the film ahead of its Japanese release; now the French opening has offered another preview. (Roadside Attractions will bring it to the U.S., but no word yet on when that might be.) While I’m willing to believe the reaction was overcooked and liked what’s shown herein — Matthew McConaughey! Naomi Watts! Ken Watanabe! beautiful locations! — that reaction also connects to our review in a rather uncomfortable way. As we said, “The genuinely captivating ambiguity of these early moments...
We already got a glimpse of the film ahead of its Japanese release; now the French opening has offered another preview. (Roadside Attractions will bring it to the U.S., but no word yet on when that might be.) While I’m willing to believe the reaction was overcooked and liked what’s shown herein — Matthew McConaughey! Naomi Watts! Ken Watanabe! beautiful locations! — that reaction also connects to our review in a rather uncomfortable way. As we said, “The genuinely captivating ambiguity of these early moments...
- 3/29/2016
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
The greatest southern gothic tales feature richly detailed atmosphere dripping with a strong sense of location. Night of the Hunter and other classics certainly fit the category, and the fairly recent Sundance drama Ain’t Them Bodies Saints was a fine example, featuring characters that, whether in a doomed romance or not, feel destined for one another. On paper, The Free World seemingly has all the necessary ingredients, yet the drama stumbles out of the gate with cliche after cliche, even when it tries to change things up with a sharp dramatic turn.
Beginning as a study of rehabilitation, Mo (Boyd Holbrook) recently got out of a prison stint in which he became defined as the toughest inmate, earning the nickname “Cyclops.” Working at an animal shelter under the tutelage of Linda (Octavia Spencer), he cleans cages and shows a tender care for the battered animals brought in. One day,...
Beginning as a study of rehabilitation, Mo (Boyd Holbrook) recently got out of a prison stint in which he became defined as the toughest inmate, earning the nickname “Cyclops.” Working at an animal shelter under the tutelage of Linda (Octavia Spencer), he cleans cages and shows a tender care for the battered animals brought in. One day,...
- 1/23/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Actor and writer Jason Lew, the screenwriter behind Gus Van Sant's "Restless," makes his feature directorial debut with “The Free World,” a sometimes-curious picture that takes on a big story with an intimate execution. “Curious” only because “The Free World” ends up in a place vastly different from where it starts, genre-hopping and taking unexpected turns. At times it feels as though the story might exceed the scope of the film, but it manages to stretch to contain it, and pushes the boundaries of what a “Sundance film” might be. The film opens with a look inside the very small world of Mo (Boyd Holbrook). He’s a recently released felon working in an animal shelter for Linda (Octavia Spencer), who seems to have knowledge of “the inside” as well. He has a sparse life, an apartment with no furniture and no car. As we come to find out through snippets of conversation,...
- 1/22/2016
- by Katie Walsh
- The Playlist
Comprising a considerable amount of our top 50 films of last year, Sundance Film Festival has proven to yield the first genuine look at what the year in cinema will bring. Now in its 38th iteration, we’ll be heading back to Park City this week, but before we do, it’s time to highlight the films we’re most looking forward to, including documentaries and narrative features from all around the world.
While much of the joy found in the festival comes from surprises throughout the event, below one will find our 25 most-anticipated titles off the bat, which doesn’t include some of the ones we’ve already seen and admired, notably Cemetery of Splendour, The Lobster and Rams. Check out everything below and for updates straight from the festival, make sure to follow us on Twitter (@TheFilmStage, @jpraup, @djmecca and @DanSchindel), and stay tuned to all of our coverage here.
While much of the joy found in the festival comes from surprises throughout the event, below one will find our 25 most-anticipated titles off the bat, which doesn’t include some of the ones we’ve already seen and admired, notably Cemetery of Splendour, The Lobster and Rams. Check out everything below and for updates straight from the festival, make sure to follow us on Twitter (@TheFilmStage, @jpraup, @djmecca and @DanSchindel), and stay tuned to all of our coverage here.
- 1/18/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Best known as the writer for the Gus Van Sant directed Restless back in 2011 and he also moonlights as an actor, Jason Lew originally mounted this directorial debut with major starlets in Cillian Murphy and Bryce Dallas Howard but it ended up being American indie players Boyd Holbrook and Elizabeth Moss who would transition into the roles of Mo and Doris. A film of broken spirits and strays (this includes a pooch) with criminal backgrounds, production on The Free World began this past July in New Orleans.
Gist: Mo (Holbrook) has finished serving his time for a brutal crime he did not commit—the murder of two young girls. In prison, his fellow inmates named him “The Cyclops” for his violent behaviour he called himself Mohamed, in homage to the prophet. Not entirely prepared for his new freedom and under constant suspicion by the small town community, he finds solace...
Gist: Mo (Holbrook) has finished serving his time for a brutal crime he did not commit—the murder of two young girls. In prison, his fellow inmates named him “The Cyclops” for his violent behaviour he called himself Mohamed, in homage to the prophet. Not entirely prepared for his new freedom and under constant suspicion by the small town community, he finds solace...
- 11/24/2015
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Another day, another new face added to the burgeoning cast of Independence Day 2 – today brings word that Chin Han, the up-and-comer who appeared in Netflix’s Marco Polo and had a small part in The Dark Knight, has joined the blockbuster sci-fi sequel in a key role.
Han, who worked with ID2 director Roland Emmerich on disaster epic 2012, will play the leader of the Chinese Space Squadron, an invaluable asset in combatting a new extraterrestrial threat. His other projects have included Contagion, Restless and IFC’s The Spoils Before Dying.
The actor joins a cast that currently includes franchise newbies Maika Monroe (The Guest, It Follows), Jessie Usher (Starz’s Survivor’s Remorse), Liam Hemsworth (The Hunger Games), Sela Ward (The Day After Tomorrow), Travis Tope (The Town That Dreaded Sundown), Garrett Wareing (Boychoir), William Fichtner (Drive Angry) and Charlotte Gainsbourg (Nymphomaniac) alongside returning actors Judd Hirsch, Bill Pullman, Vivica A. Fox and Jeff Goldblum.
Han, who worked with ID2 director Roland Emmerich on disaster epic 2012, will play the leader of the Chinese Space Squadron, an invaluable asset in combatting a new extraterrestrial threat. His other projects have included Contagion, Restless and IFC’s The Spoils Before Dying.
The actor joins a cast that currently includes franchise newbies Maika Monroe (The Guest, It Follows), Jessie Usher (Starz’s Survivor’s Remorse), Liam Hemsworth (The Hunger Games), Sela Ward (The Day After Tomorrow), Travis Tope (The Town That Dreaded Sundown), Garrett Wareing (Boychoir), William Fichtner (Drive Angry) and Charlotte Gainsbourg (Nymphomaniac) alongside returning actors Judd Hirsch, Bill Pullman, Vivica A. Fox and Jeff Goldblum.
- 6/2/2015
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
A film that explores the suicide theme might have become the first Croisette casualty, hara-kiri style. He has had a lengthy, healthy career moving between micro indie and studio projects, Sea of Trees follows in the footsteps of Milk, Restless (Un Certain Regard selection) and Promised Land. Palme d’Or winner back in 2003 for Elephant, Gus Van Sant‘s fourth film to appear in the Main Competition got an early screening the day before, and the response is reminiscent of how Even Cowgirls Get the Blues was critically received. Starring Matthew McConaughey who plays an American who travels to Japan’s “suicide forest” after the death of his wife (Naomi Watts) this also features Ken Watanabe.
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- 5/16/2015
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Read More: The Indiewire 2015 Cannes Bible Many people — Indiewire included — came to the 2015 Cannes Film Festival hoping for a major comeback from Gus Van Sant, who is in competition for this year's Palme d'Or for his drama "The Sea of Trees," written by "Buried" scribe Chris Sparling. Van Sant, an indie icon and Palme d'Or winner for 2003's "Elephant," has in recent years misfired with the tepidly received dramas "Restless" and "Promised Land." Unfortunately, as Indiewire's Eric Kohn put it bluntly in his scathing review following last night's first screening, "The Sea of Trees" is the filmmaker's "worst" yet. Kohn is not alone; the solemn drama was met with the first loud boos of the festival. (This writer sat next to a man who hissed as the credits rolled!) "Anyone has as much right to boo as they do to ovate," said "Sea of Trees" star...
- 5/16/2015
- by Nigel M Smith
- Indiewire
Reviewing The Sea of Trees, with Matthew McConaughey, Ken Watanabe and Naomi Watts, for Time Out, Guy Lodge notes that Gus Van Sant "has long exhibited a curiously split directorial personality, producing one dripping barrel of schmaltz like Restless for every Elephant-style study in austere severity. Still, he may never have made a film quite as banal as this life-after-near-death drama, which resembles one of Japanese auteur Naomi Kawase's spiritualist tone poems brutally hijacked in the editing suite by M. Night Shyamalan." We're collecting more pans, one defense and a clip. » - David Hudson...
- 5/16/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
Reviewing The Sea of Trees, with Matthew McConaughey, Ken Watanabe and Naomi Watts, for Time Out, Guy Lodge notes that Gus Van Sant "has long exhibited a curiously split directorial personality, producing one dripping barrel of schmaltz like Restless for every Elephant-style study in austere severity. Still, he may never have made a film quite as banal as this life-after-near-death drama, which resembles one of Japanese auteur Naomi Kawase's spiritualist tone poems brutally hijacked in the editing suite by M. Night Shyamalan." We're collecting more pans, one defense and a clip. » - David Hudson...
- 5/16/2015
- Keyframe
Gus Van Sant’s sticky, gooey side — previously on display in the likes of Finding Forrester and especially in the 2011 Restless — oozes out once more in the woefully sentimental and maudlin The Sea of Trees. What happens to the more tough-minded and adventurous sides of the director’s personality on such ventures is a mystery, as they are entirely absent in this theoretically promising tale of two distraught men, an American and a Japanese, who meet while venturing into Japan’s infamous “suicide forest” to kill themselves. This pre-Cannes Roadside Attractions acquisition officially ends Matthew McConaughey’s exceptional recent run
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- 5/15/2015
- by Todd McCarthy
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
There appear to be two Gus Van Sants. There's the groundbreaking indie/arthouse guy, who kicked off his career with "Drugstore Cowboy" and "My Own Private Idaho," directed the enormously entertaining "To Die For," and won the Palme D'Or at Cannes for "Elephant," one of a quartet of fascinating experimental pictures. This guy even got a major studio to finance a shot-for-shot remake of "Psycho" that was basically an art project. Then there's the other one. The mainstream Gus Van Sant, who got started with the Oscar-winning "Good Will Hunting," and has since made, to increasingly diminishing returns, films like "Finding Forrester," "Milk," "Restless," and "Promised Land," movies that could have come from just about anyone — more Ron Howard than Gregg Araki. Read More: First Look At Matthew McConaughey And Ken Watanabe In Gus Van Sant's 'Sea Of Trees' His latest, "The...
- 5/15/2015
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
Director Gus Van Sant’s has had great experiences at the at the Cannes Film Festival, winning the Palme d'Or in 2003 for his drama “Elephant," and not so great experiences — 2011’s “Restless” was not so warmly received. He’s been on the Croisette several times, and he’ll be In Competition once again for his upcoming film, “Sea Of Trees.” But which Van Sant will show up? The filmmaker obviously vacillates from the commercial (“Milk”) to the more esoteric and introspective (his entire “Gerry” through "Paranoid Park" run, which went from 2002 to 2007 and includes four films, so it'll be interesting to see what flavor we get here). Well, despite the starry cast of Mathew McConaughey, Ken Watanabe (“Inception”), and Naomi Watts, it sounds like the artier Van Sant will appear at Cannes. “Sea Of Trees” sounds like more of an existentialist, minimalist effort, and it follows two strangers who meet...
- 5/7/2015
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
Gazing into the crystal ball, Screen rounds up its Cannes predictions.
With the unveiling of Cannes Film Festival’s Official Selection now exactly three weeks away buzz over the titles that Thierry Fremaux and his team will select for the 68th edition is hitting fever pitch.
Official teaser announcements have started to roll this week, led by the confirmation on Wednesday that George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road would premiere in an Out of Competition screening on May 14.
Earlier the week, Cannes unveiled its poster featuring Ingrid Bergman to mark the centenary of the late big screen’s birth and it was announced that Stig Bjorkman’s documentary Ingrid Bergman – In Her Own Words would show in Cannes Classics as part of the commemorations.
For the rest of the Official Selection, except perhaps the opening film which is traditionally revealed in advance, Cannes watchers will have to wait for the announcement press conference in Paris on April...
With the unveiling of Cannes Film Festival’s Official Selection now exactly three weeks away buzz over the titles that Thierry Fremaux and his team will select for the 68th edition is hitting fever pitch.
Official teaser announcements have started to roll this week, led by the confirmation on Wednesday that George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road would premiere in an Out of Competition screening on May 14.
Earlier the week, Cannes unveiled its poster featuring Ingrid Bergman to mark the centenary of the late big screen’s birth and it was announced that Stig Bjorkman’s documentary Ingrid Bergman – In Her Own Words would show in Cannes Classics as part of the commemorations.
For the rest of the Official Selection, except perhaps the opening film which is traditionally revealed in advance, Cannes watchers will have to wait for the announcement press conference in Paris on April...
- 3/26/2015
- ScreenDaily
"Death Note" would have been a very strange Shane Black movie. That alone seems like a reason to have been excited about the possibility of seeing it, but in the grand scheme of things, it seems like a better fit for Shane Black to move on to a new "Predator" movie. Besides, the notion of seeing Gus Van Sant direct a new take on this highly-acclaimed and very strange title is fairly provocative in a different way, and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't excited to see what he does with it. The original manga series was by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata, and it tells the story of a high school student who finds a notebook that grants whoever owns it the ability to kill anyone simply by writing their name in the notebook. By using it, he draws the attention of the Shinigami, a disturbing race of inter-dimensional death gods.
- 7/9/2014
- by Drew McWeeny
- Hitfix
"Echo Park" is Amanda Marsalis' first feature film. She collaborated with cinematographer Jason McCormick, who was first Ad to Harris Savides on films such as "The Bling Ring," "Restless," "Somewhere," "Greenberg" and "Zodiac." [Editor's Note: Indiewire reached out to filmmakers with films playing at the 20th La Film Festival (June 11-19) to ask them about how they shot their indie, and what advice they had for other filmmakers. We'll be posting their responses throughout the run of the festival. Go Here for the master list.] What camera and lens did you use? Jason says: We used a Red Epic and an old set of spherical lenses from Panavision I really love. What was the most difficult shoot on your movie and how did you pull it off? I would just say always get a permit if at all possible. Jason says: The shoot wasn't really ever difficult in terms of technical challenges. Just logistically working through such a tight schedule with limited resources was really the biggest task....
- 6/18/2014
- by Oliver MacMahon
- Indiewire
Hard to believe that the Cannes Film Festival is just a month away -- before you know it, people will be cranking up the Oscar conversation again. The full lineup will be announced in Paris on April 17, but another nugget was revealed this morning. The opening film of the theoretically secondary, but increasingly prestigious, Un Certain Regard competition will be a French title: "Party Girl," the joint directorial debut of Marie Amacoukeli, Claire Burger and Samuel Theis. In recent years, Cannes has sometimes kicked off Ucr with a big-name auteur title: Gus Van Sant's "Restless" and, last year, Sofia Coppola's "The Bling Ring" both took the slot, as a kind of compensation for the directors being demoted from the main Competition. The more left-field selection of "Party Girl," says the festival, is indicative of the section's mission to expose fresh talent. The film is a mix of fact and fiction,...
- 4/10/2014
- by Guy Lodge
- Hitfix
A painfully funny odyssey of personal ineffectualness that is bitterly wonderful in how it revels in the decrepit horror of the everyday world. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
I have not read the source material
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
I had been so looking forward to Terry Gilliam’s new film The Zero Theorem at last year’s London Film Festival, and it turned out to be a crushing disappointment. (I haven’t reviewed it yet. Maybe I’ll do so when it comes to DVD.) And then, literally immediately afterward — I stepped from one screening room to the one next door — I walked into Richard Ayoade’s second feature film The Double, and by the time I walked out, I was thinking: Now that was the Gilliam film I was hoping to see!
I saw The Double for a second time recently,...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
I have not read the source material
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
I had been so looking forward to Terry Gilliam’s new film The Zero Theorem at last year’s London Film Festival, and it turned out to be a crushing disappointment. (I haven’t reviewed it yet. Maybe I’ll do so when it comes to DVD.) And then, literally immediately afterward — I stepped from one screening room to the one next door — I walked into Richard Ayoade’s second feature film The Double, and by the time I walked out, I was thinking: Now that was the Gilliam film I was hoping to see!
I saw The Double for a second time recently,...
- 4/4/2014
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
The Free World
Cillian Murphy is set to co-star with Bryce Dallas Howard in "Restless" scribe Jason Lew's directorial debut "The Free World". Filming begins this Fall.
Murphy will play a man trying to re-adjust to civilian life after a brutal twenty-year prison stint. His world collides witha mysterious woman (Howard) with a violent past. [Source: Screen]
Home
Topher Grace will star and Patricia Clarkson is in negotiations to co-star in Dennis Iliadis' supernatural thriller "Home" for Blumhouse Productions and Universal Pictures. Leonardo DiCaprio. Jennifer Killoran, Jason Blum and Graham King will produce.
Adam Alleca's script follows a man (Grace), recently released from a mental institute, who inherits a mansion after his parents die. After a series of disturbing events, he comes to believe it is haunted. [Source: Heat Vision]
Time Out Of Mind
Richard Gere will produce and star in Oren Moverman's "Time Out Of Mind". Moverman has adapted the...
Cillian Murphy is set to co-star with Bryce Dallas Howard in "Restless" scribe Jason Lew's directorial debut "The Free World". Filming begins this Fall.
Murphy will play a man trying to re-adjust to civilian life after a brutal twenty-year prison stint. His world collides witha mysterious woman (Howard) with a violent past. [Source: Screen]
Home
Topher Grace will star and Patricia Clarkson is in negotiations to co-star in Dennis Iliadis' supernatural thriller "Home" for Blumhouse Productions and Universal Pictures. Leonardo DiCaprio. Jennifer Killoran, Jason Blum and Graham King will produce.
Adam Alleca's script follows a man (Grace), recently released from a mental institute, who inherits a mansion after his parents die. After a series of disturbing events, he comes to believe it is haunted. [Source: Heat Vision]
Time Out Of Mind
Richard Gere will produce and star in Oren Moverman's "Time Out Of Mind". Moverman has adapted the...
- 1/30/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Memento Films International has picked-up international rights to scribe Jason Lew’s directorial debut The Free World.
BAFTA and Golden Globe nominee Cillian Murphy (Inception; upcoming Transcendence; as well as Ron Howard’s Heart Of The Sea), joins Golden Globe nominee Bryce Dallas Howard (The Help, and soon to be seen in Jurassic World) to top line the film.
Lew previously wrote Gus Van Sant’s Restless which opened the 2011 Festival de Cannes’ Un Certain Regard.
The Free World is the story of Mohamed “Mo” Lundy (Murphy), a man attempting to adjust to civilian life after a brutal 20-year stretch in prison for crimes he did not commit. His world collides with Doris Lamb (Howard), a tragic and mysterious woman with a violent past, for whom he will come to risk everything, including his new found freedom.
Untitled Entertainment’s Laura Rister will produce the project. She has produced and...
BAFTA and Golden Globe nominee Cillian Murphy (Inception; upcoming Transcendence; as well as Ron Howard’s Heart Of The Sea), joins Golden Globe nominee Bryce Dallas Howard (The Help, and soon to be seen in Jurassic World) to top line the film.
Lew previously wrote Gus Van Sant’s Restless which opened the 2011 Festival de Cannes’ Un Certain Regard.
The Free World is the story of Mohamed “Mo” Lundy (Murphy), a man attempting to adjust to civilian life after a brutal 20-year stretch in prison for crimes he did not commit. His world collides with Doris Lamb (Howard), a tragic and mysterious woman with a violent past, for whom he will come to risk everything, including his new found freedom.
Untitled Entertainment’s Laura Rister will produce the project. She has produced and...
- 1/29/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Exclusive: Cillian Murphy to co-star opposite Bryce Dallas Howard in thriller.
Memento Films International (Mfi) has acquired international rights to Jason Lew’s directorial debut The Free World.
Actor and writer Lew previously wrote the screenplay for Gus Van Sant’s Restless, about the relationship between a terminally ill girl and a boy obsessed with death, which opened Cannes’ Un Certain Regard in 2011.
Irish actor Cillian Murphy, soon to be seen in Transcendence and Ron Howard’s Heart of the Sea, is set to co-star opposite Bryce Dallas Howard in the thriller. Howard’s upcoming credits include Jurassic World.
Murphy will play Mohamed “Mo” Lundy, a man trying to re-adjust to civilian life after a brutal 20-year stretch for crimes he did not commit.
His world collides with Doris Lamb (Howard), a mysterious woman with a violent past. Mo will do anything for this woman include risking his newfound freedom.
The film is...
Memento Films International (Mfi) has acquired international rights to Jason Lew’s directorial debut The Free World.
Actor and writer Lew previously wrote the screenplay for Gus Van Sant’s Restless, about the relationship between a terminally ill girl and a boy obsessed with death, which opened Cannes’ Un Certain Regard in 2011.
Irish actor Cillian Murphy, soon to be seen in Transcendence and Ron Howard’s Heart of the Sea, is set to co-star opposite Bryce Dallas Howard in the thriller. Howard’s upcoming credits include Jurassic World.
Murphy will play Mohamed “Mo” Lundy, a man trying to re-adjust to civilian life after a brutal 20-year stretch for crimes he did not commit.
His world collides with Doris Lamb (Howard), a mysterious woman with a violent past. Mo will do anything for this woman include risking his newfound freedom.
The film is...
- 1/29/2014
- ScreenDaily
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Only Lovers Left Alive
Jim Jarmusch? Check. Tilda Swinton? Check. Tom Hiddleston? Check. That's three of our favourite things already and we haven't even mentioned that this is a vampire story featuring underground rock. Plenty to get your fangs into with this surprise crowd-wower on its first airing at the tail end of Cannes 2013.
Out in the UK on 21 February and the Us on 11 April
Fault in Our Stars
Remember Restless, Gus van Sant's strangely awful drama about a funeral crasher and a girl with a terminal illness? This sounds ever so slightly similar: two quirky outsiders, one toting an oxygen tank, the other a prosthetic leg,...
• 2014 movie preview: comedy
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• 2014 movie preview: drama
• 2014 movie preview: Oscar essentials
Next week stay tuned for five more 2014 movie previews
Only Lovers Left Alive
Jim Jarmusch? Check. Tilda Swinton? Check. Tom Hiddleston? Check. That's three of our favourite things already and we haven't even mentioned that this is a vampire story featuring underground rock. Plenty to get your fangs into with this surprise crowd-wower on its first airing at the tail end of Cannes 2013.
Out in the UK on 21 February and the Us on 11 April
Fault in Our Stars
Remember Restless, Gus van Sant's strangely awful drama about a funeral crasher and a girl with a terminal illness? This sounds ever so slightly similar: two quirky outsiders, one toting an oxygen tank, the other a prosthetic leg,...
- 12/27/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
Erica Huggins has been promoted to president of Imagine Entertainment, chairmen Brian Grazer and Ron Howard announced with co-chairman Michael Rosenberg on Monday. Rosenberg was president until being upped to co-chair last month. Huggins has worked at Imagine since 2004, working on films such as “J. Edgar,” “Rush” and “Restless.” She became co-president of production in 2010, and is currently producing the James Brown biopic “Get on Up” and executive producing Howard’s next directorial effort, “The Heart of the Sea.” “For nearly 10 years Erica has proven to have true talent as a filmmaker,” Grazer said in a statement. “She has been.
- 12/9/2013
- by Lucas Shaw
- The Wrap
Breaking: Longtime Imagine Entertainment executive Erica Huggins has been promoted to president of the production company by chairman and co-founders Brian Grazer and Ron Howard and co-chairman Michael Rosenberg. This comes while Huggins is producing Get On Up, the James Brown biopic at Universal that stars Chadwick Boseman with Tate Taylor directing, and she is exec producing the Howard-directed The Heart Of The Sea at Warner Bros with Chris Hemsworth leading the cast. Kim Roth becomes sole president of production. Huggins joined Imagine in 2004 as Svp of Motion Pictures. Two years later she became Evp and in 2010 became co-president of production. Over that time she has worked on such films as J. Edgar, Restless, Rush, and Flightplan, among others, as well as the Howard-directed music docu Made In America and Katy Perry: Part Of Me 3-D. She also works with Jason Katims on the NBC series Parenthood and has been...
- 12/9/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Welcome back to another recap of The X Factor! Or as Paulina Rubio likes to call it, “Where am I? Who am I? And why is there a camera in my face?”
Too mean? Oh well. I mean, yeah, PowPow (as I affectionately think of her) managed to correctly identify all three of her contestants tonight for the first time, but her total butchey of the universally recognized moniker “Mick Jagger” (aka “Meek Yaggar!”) means she’ll continue to play the role of human piñata in this recap zone. (Side note: Why is nothing in my apartment filled with Candy?...
Too mean? Oh well. I mean, yeah, PowPow (as I affectionately think of her) managed to correctly identify all three of her contestants tonight for the first time, but her total butchey of the universally recognized moniker “Mick Jagger” (aka “Meek Yaggar!”) means she’ll continue to play the role of human piñata in this recap zone. (Side note: Why is nothing in my apartment filled with Candy?...
- 11/21/2013
- by Michael Slezak
- TVLine.com
The top 10 contestants on the ‘X Factor’ brought us to the U.K. tonight with all-British songs — and which contestant had the challenge of singing ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’? Keep reading for all the details!
The X Factor‘s final 10 contestants channeled The Beatles, Queen and more on the competition show’s Nov. 20 episode. Read on for HollywoodLife.com‘s take on the evening, including our favorite acts!
‘The X Factor’: Top 10 Perform British Hits Josh Levi Sings 'Sweet Dreams' On 'The X Factor'
Tonight’s show started on an exciting note, since Jeff Gutt was tasked with singing the ultra-hard “Bohemian Rhapsody.” He’s always been so-so as a performer to me, but he did well tonight — because I thought the arrangement was adjusted a little to fit his voice range. However, Demi Lovato thought it was his best performance ever!
Tim Olstad‘s performance of “Sorry Seems...
The X Factor‘s final 10 contestants channeled The Beatles, Queen and more on the competition show’s Nov. 20 episode. Read on for HollywoodLife.com‘s take on the evening, including our favorite acts!
‘The X Factor’: Top 10 Perform British Hits Josh Levi Sings 'Sweet Dreams' On 'The X Factor'
Tonight’s show started on an exciting note, since Jeff Gutt was tasked with singing the ultra-hard “Bohemian Rhapsody.” He’s always been so-so as a performer to me, but he did well tonight — because I thought the arrangement was adjusted a little to fit his voice range. However, Demi Lovato thought it was his best performance ever!
Tim Olstad‘s performance of “Sorry Seems...
- 11/21/2013
- by Ivy Jacobson
- HollywoodLife
As we eagerly wait for the Cannes Film Festival to reveal its full 2013 lineup tomorrow, the Festival previewed a small but significant piece of information on twitter Wednesday: Sofia Coppola’s The Bling Ring will open Un Certain Regard on May 16. Qu’est que c’est?
The Bling Ring, latest movie by Sofia Coppola with Emma Waston will open Un Certain Regard 2013. The trailer: bit.ly/13iCzpI
— Festival de Cannes (@FdC_officiel) April 17, 2013
Un Certain Regard is part of the official Cannes lineup, but it’s separate from the official competition for the coveted Palm D’Or. It’s been...
The Bling Ring, latest movie by Sofia Coppola with Emma Waston will open Un Certain Regard 2013. The trailer: bit.ly/13iCzpI
— Festival de Cannes (@FdC_officiel) April 17, 2013
Un Certain Regard is part of the official Cannes lineup, but it’s separate from the official competition for the coveted Palm D’Or. It’s been...
- 4/17/2013
- by Lindsey Bahr
- EW - Inside Movies
The Tribeca Film Festival have announced the juries for each category of competition. A host of actors, directors and journalists have been selected that include Evan Rachel Wood, Paul Haggis, Josh Radnor, Eva Longoria and Bryce Dallas Howard.
The members selected will be judging the films that fall within their respective categories, and you can check out the list below. Make sure to check back with us for all the latest from Tribeca including reviews, interviews and more! The festival runs from April 17th – April 28th in New York City.
World Competition Categories
The jurors for the 2013 World Narrative Competition are:
Kenny Lonergan: Academy Award®-nominated playwright, filmmaker and screenwriter. Credits include You Can Count On Me,Gangs of New York, and Margaret. His stage credits include Lobby Hero, The Waverly Gallery and This is Our Youth. He is a member of the Naked Angels Theater Company in New York.
The members selected will be judging the films that fall within their respective categories, and you can check out the list below. Make sure to check back with us for all the latest from Tribeca including reviews, interviews and more! The festival runs from April 17th – April 28th in New York City.
World Competition Categories
The jurors for the 2013 World Narrative Competition are:
Kenny Lonergan: Academy Award®-nominated playwright, filmmaker and screenwriter. Credits include You Can Count On Me,Gangs of New York, and Margaret. His stage credits include Lobby Hero, The Waverly Gallery and This is Our Youth. He is a member of the Naked Angels Theater Company in New York.
- 4/15/2013
- by Damen Norton
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The Tribeca Film Festival announced today that it has selected 42 jurors for this year’s festival. The jurors include members of the filmmaking community — including Bryce Dallas Howard, Whoopi Goldberg, Paul Haggis, Taraji P. Henson, Kenneth Lonergan, Eva Longoria, Josh Radnor, and Evan Rachel Wood — as well as policy makers and entertainment business leaders.
According to a press release, the seven juries will award $180,000 in cash and prizes during the Festival (April 17-28). Tribeca All Access (Taa) Creative Promise Awards will award an additional $20,000 — $10,000 for narrative and $10,000 for documentary. All winners will also receive a work of original art by...
According to a press release, the seven juries will award $180,000 in cash and prizes during the Festival (April 17-28). Tribeca All Access (Taa) Creative Promise Awards will award an additional $20,000 — $10,000 for narrative and $10,000 for documentary. All winners will also receive a work of original art by...
- 4/10/2013
- by Lanford Beard
- EW - Inside Movies
Long rumored for the movie, last month the trades reported that both "The Descendants" star Shailene Woodley and "True Grit" breakout Hailee Steinfeld were in the mix to take the lead in "The Fault In Our Stars." But it seems it was really Woodley's to lose all along, and the actress has now landed the part. Deadline reports that she's in negotiations for the movie, adding to an already very busy schedule. Based on John Green’s book “The Fault in Our Stars,” and adapted by “(500) Days of Summer” and “The Spectacular Now” (also starring Woodley) writers Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, the story follows Gus and Hazel, two teens stricken with terminal cancer who fall in love. Bring Kleenex. The book was a best seller and this sounds primed to rip at your heartstrings, but let's just hope it's better than similarly themed "Restless" by Gus Van Sant,...
- 3/19/2013
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Blu-ray, DVD, Digital, VOD Release Date: April 23, 2013
Price: DVD $29.98, Blu-ray $34.98
Studio: Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Matt Damon (Good Will Hunting) and Frances McDormand (Moonrise Kingdom) are at odds over the environment in Promised Land.
Based on a story by David Eggers (Where the Wild Things Are), the drama movie brought Damon back to writing and partnered him with The Office‘s John Krasinski on screenplay duties.
Both also star in the film. Damon plays corporate salesman Steve Butler who’s a former farm boy turned big-time player. He’s tested, however, when he goes back to his hometown with partner Sue Thomason (McDormand) to offer the residents some much needed economic relief. They want to buy drilling rights, but the job is complicated by a respected schoolteacher (Hal Holbrook, The Firm), a slick environmentalist (Krasinski) and Butler’s interest in a local woman (Rosemarie DeWitt, Your Sister’s Sister).
Directed...
Price: DVD $29.98, Blu-ray $34.98
Studio: Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Matt Damon (Good Will Hunting) and Frances McDormand (Moonrise Kingdom) are at odds over the environment in Promised Land.
Based on a story by David Eggers (Where the Wild Things Are), the drama movie brought Damon back to writing and partnered him with The Office‘s John Krasinski on screenplay duties.
Both also star in the film. Damon plays corporate salesman Steve Butler who’s a former farm boy turned big-time player. He’s tested, however, when he goes back to his hometown with partner Sue Thomason (McDormand) to offer the residents some much needed economic relief. They want to buy drilling rights, but the job is complicated by a respected schoolteacher (Hal Holbrook, The Firm), a slick environmentalist (Krasinski) and Butler’s interest in a local woman (Rosemarie DeWitt, Your Sister’s Sister).
Directed...
- 2/26/2013
- by Sam
- Disc Dish
Gus Van Sant's fracking drama pits Matt Damon's energy executive against John Krasinski's eco-dreamboat in a battle for the minds of backwater farmers and the heart of Rosemarie DeWitt's moony schoolma'am
Here is an entertaining anti-corporate thriller directed by Gus Van Sant, very much in the mainstream-activist mode that gave us Milk and Good Will Hunting (rather than, say, the avant-gardist who directed Gerry and Paranoid Park, or the fey trendoid who brought us Restless or Last Days). The star is Matt Damon, who of course gained rather more than simply acting chops by co-scripting and producing Good Will Hunting (along with Ben Affleck, and look where he's ended up). Damon has produced this one too, and was apparently scheduled to direct, before dropping out and calling in Van Sant.
Promised Land hones in on a controversy du jour: fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, the process of...
Here is an entertaining anti-corporate thriller directed by Gus Van Sant, very much in the mainstream-activist mode that gave us Milk and Good Will Hunting (rather than, say, the avant-gardist who directed Gerry and Paranoid Park, or the fey trendoid who brought us Restless or Last Days). The star is Matt Damon, who of course gained rather more than simply acting chops by co-scripting and producing Good Will Hunting (along with Ben Affleck, and look where he's ended up). Damon has produced this one too, and was apparently scheduled to direct, before dropping out and calling in Van Sant.
Promised Land hones in on a controversy du jour: fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, the process of...
- 2/8/2013
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
The latest edition of the Indie Spotlight contains all of the recent independent horror news sent our way. This week’s feature includes a new trailer for Girls Against Boys, first photos from Slamdance films Ghost Team One and Jug Face, a review of Bradley Scott Sullivan’s I Didn’t Come Here to Die, and much more:
New Trailer for Girls Against Boys: “When Shae (Danielle Panabaker), a naïve college student, is tormented by several men in a matter of days, she reaches her breaking point, and is drawn into coworker Lu’s (Nicole Laliberte) twisted plan for revenge. Together, the two embark on a gruesome killing spree, terrorizing and brutally murdering not just their attackers, but any man who gets in their way. However, after a wild weekend of retaliation, the friendship between the girls shifts into a dangerous obsession, and their perverse game becomes a desperate...
New Trailer for Girls Against Boys: “When Shae (Danielle Panabaker), a naïve college student, is tormented by several men in a matter of days, she reaches her breaking point, and is drawn into coworker Lu’s (Nicole Laliberte) twisted plan for revenge. Together, the two embark on a gruesome killing spree, terrorizing and brutally murdering not just their attackers, but any man who gets in their way. However, after a wild weekend of retaliation, the friendship between the girls shifts into a dangerous obsession, and their perverse game becomes a desperate...
- 1/13/2013
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Gus Van Sant has been fairly quiet in the past few years, with his only directorial feature being Restless, which was pretty big flop. Recently though, with the hype building for Promised Land, it seems that Van Sant may again be as relevant as he once was. To follow up Promised Land, he has an interesting project in the works: a martial arts superhero film.
Movie Line reports the director is currently working on the script of a Stephen Chow (Kung Fu Hustle) inspired film. From what we know, the story focuses on a group of normal citizens who develop the skills to take on crime.
The story has an extremely specific location, Hollywood Boulevard and Gower, near the Pep Boys sign, which is where Van Sant says he got the inspiration for the film. He was standing next to a frail old woman holding an armful of bags, when he had the following thoughts.
Movie Line reports the director is currently working on the script of a Stephen Chow (Kung Fu Hustle) inspired film. From what we know, the story focuses on a group of normal citizens who develop the skills to take on crime.
The story has an extremely specific location, Hollywood Boulevard and Gower, near the Pep Boys sign, which is where Van Sant says he got the inspiration for the film. He was standing next to a frail old woman holding an armful of bags, when he had the following thoughts.
- 11/29/2012
- by Alex Lowe
- We Got This Covered
Cinematographer at the forefront of digital experimentation and celebrated for his avant-garde work with Gus van Sant
The cinematographer Harris Savides, who has died of brain cancer aged 55, brought an evocative aesthetic to films made by some of the world's most adventurous directors. His goal was to capture what he called a "heightened reality" through a visual style that was understated to the point of being subliminal: "I don't think you can ever make a movie that looks amazing when you're trying to make it look amazing," he said.
Savides shot six features for Gus van Sant and collaborated with David Fincher, Sofia Coppola and Noah Baumbach. While directors frequently turned to him for a visual style redolent of 1970s American and European auteur cinema, Savides was at the forefront of digital experimentation. He shot Fincher's Zodiac (2007), the fastidiously detailed story of the real-life hunt for a serial killer...
The cinematographer Harris Savides, who has died of brain cancer aged 55, brought an evocative aesthetic to films made by some of the world's most adventurous directors. His goal was to capture what he called a "heightened reality" through a visual style that was understated to the point of being subliminal: "I don't think you can ever make a movie that looks amazing when you're trying to make it look amazing," he said.
Savides shot six features for Gus van Sant and collaborated with David Fincher, Sofia Coppola and Noah Baumbach. While directors frequently turned to him for a visual style redolent of 1970s American and European auteur cinema, Savides was at the forefront of digital experimentation. He shot Fincher's Zodiac (2007), the fastidiously detailed story of the real-life hunt for a serial killer...
- 10/12/2012
- by Ryan Gilbey
- The Guardian - Film News
Harris Savides, the cinematographer behind some of the most visually striking films and music videos of the last 20 years, passed away today. He was 55.
A native New Yorker, Savides started out his career as a fashion photographer. Moving into music videos, he collaborated with director Mark Romanek on his iconic videos for Madonna’s “Rain” (for which Savides won a Video Music Award), Nine Inch Nails’ “Closer,” Michael and Janet Jackson’s “Scream,” and Fiona Apple’s ”Criminal” – giving each video its own sleek, burnished cinematic bearing.
Harris also worked on music videos and commercials with David Fincher and Gus Van Sant,...
A native New Yorker, Savides started out his career as a fashion photographer. Moving into music videos, he collaborated with director Mark Romanek on his iconic videos for Madonna’s “Rain” (for which Savides won a Video Music Award), Nine Inch Nails’ “Closer,” Michael and Janet Jackson’s “Scream,” and Fiona Apple’s ”Criminal” – giving each video its own sleek, burnished cinematic bearing.
Harris also worked on music videos and commercials with David Fincher and Gus Van Sant,...
- 10/11/2012
- by Adam B. Vary
- EW - Inside Movies
Harris Savides, the dynamic cinematographer behind such films as Zodiac, Elephant and American Gangster, died Thursday at the age of 55, a source confirms to THR. No further details were given. Savides' wide-ranging film credits include David Fincher's Zodiac and The Game as well as the Gus Van Sant-directed Elephant and Milk, for which Sean Penn won the best actor Oscar. Savides worked on six films with Van Sant, most recently 2011's Restless featuring Mia Wasikowska. Although Savides never received an Academy Award nomination, his work earned the respect of other top auteur directors besides Fincher and Gus
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- 10/11/2012
- by Erin Carlson
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Cinematographer Harris Savides, who worked with directors David Fincher, Gus Van Sant, Woody Allen and Noah Baumbach, has passed away. The cause of death is not yet known. He was 55 years old. Though he worked on Fincher’s breakthrough “Se7en,” Savides nabbed his first solo Dp gig on the 1996 thriller “Heaven’s Prisoners,” directed by Phil Joanou. He went on to shoot “The Game” and “Zodiac” for Fincher; “Finding Forrester,” “Gerry,” “Elephant,” “Last Days,” “Milk” and “Restless” for Van Sant; “Margot at the Wedding” and “Greenberg” for Baumbach; “The Yards” for James Gray; “American Gangster” for Ridley Scott; “Whatever Works” for Woody Allen; “Somewhere” for Sofia Coppola; and others. He last shot Coppola’s crime drama “The Bling Ring,” which has yet to be...
- 10/11/2012
- by Jay A. Fernandez
- Indiewire
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