Gleich zwei Ralf-Husmann-Drehbücher haben es in den diesjährigen Komödien-Sommer des Zdf geschafft, der im Juli in der Mediathek beginnt und im September linear verlängert wird.
Bastian Pastewka ist mit „Alles gelogen“ dabei (Credit: Zdf/Stephan Rabold / [M] Oscar Jacobson)
Das Zdf macht wieder einen Komödien-Sommer, der dieses Jahr ab dem 4. Juli in der Mediathek startet. Zu den Werken zählen „Alles gelogen“ mit Bastian Pastekwa und Katrin Wichmann, Lars Jessens „Alle nicht ganz dicht“ ein neuer „Merz gegen Merz“-Spielfilm und „Überväter“ mit Fritz Karl. Die vier Filme laufen dann – wahrscheinlich wegen Olympia in Paris – erst im September donnerstags in der Primetime.
Die Komödie „Alles gelogen“ mit Allroundtalent Bastian Pastewka und „Sörensen“-Star Katrin Wichmann nach einem Drehbuch von Ralf Husmann über einen lügenden Autoverkäufer startet am 4. Juli in der Zdf-Mediathek und kommt am 5. September in die Zdf-Primetime. MadeFor Film ist Produzent.
„Überväter“ nach einem Buch von Florian Vey und Dominik Moser,...
Bastian Pastewka ist mit „Alles gelogen“ dabei (Credit: Zdf/Stephan Rabold / [M] Oscar Jacobson)
Das Zdf macht wieder einen Komödien-Sommer, der dieses Jahr ab dem 4. Juli in der Mediathek startet. Zu den Werken zählen „Alles gelogen“ mit Bastian Pastekwa und Katrin Wichmann, Lars Jessens „Alle nicht ganz dicht“ ein neuer „Merz gegen Merz“-Spielfilm und „Überväter“ mit Fritz Karl. Die vier Filme laufen dann – wahrscheinlich wegen Olympia in Paris – erst im September donnerstags in der Primetime.
Die Komödie „Alles gelogen“ mit Allroundtalent Bastian Pastewka und „Sörensen“-Star Katrin Wichmann nach einem Drehbuch von Ralf Husmann über einen lügenden Autoverkäufer startet am 4. Juli in der Zdf-Mediathek und kommt am 5. September in die Zdf-Primetime. MadeFor Film ist Produzent.
„Überväter“ nach einem Buch von Florian Vey und Dominik Moser,...
- 5/23/2024
- by Michael Müller
- Spot - Media & Film
Beta Cinema has added Andres Veiel’s upcoming documentary film “Riefenstahl,” about controversial filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl, to its Cannes lineup.
The film is an exploration of Riefenstahl’s legacy, delving deep into her complex relationship with the Nazi regime. With unprecedented access to Riefenstahl’s 700-box personal archive, the documentary navigates between her sanitized narrative and incriminating evidence regarding her knowledge of the regime’s atrocities.
Veiel is a multi-award-winning writer and director of both narrative feature films and documentaries. His documentary about the aftermath of the Raf campaign of terror, “Black Box Germany,” was honored with the German Film Award and the European Film Award in 2002. In 2011, he presented the feature film “If Not Us, Who?” in competition at the Berlin Film Festival, winning the Alfred Bauer Award. The film was also nominated for five German Film Awards and brought Sevilla’s best actor award to August Diehl for his leading performance.
The film is an exploration of Riefenstahl’s legacy, delving deep into her complex relationship with the Nazi regime. With unprecedented access to Riefenstahl’s 700-box personal archive, the documentary navigates between her sanitized narrative and incriminating evidence regarding her knowledge of the regime’s atrocities.
Veiel is a multi-award-winning writer and director of both narrative feature films and documentaries. His documentary about the aftermath of the Raf campaign of terror, “Black Box Germany,” was honored with the German Film Award and the European Film Award in 2002. In 2011, he presented the feature film “If Not Us, Who?” in competition at the Berlin Film Festival, winning the Alfred Bauer Award. The film was also nominated for five German Film Awards and brought Sevilla’s best actor award to August Diehl for his leading performance.
- 4/29/2024
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
From Rocky Balboa fights to cornfield baseball games, virtually every mainstream sport has received a few moments in the Hollywood spotlight. But it’s hard to think of a sport more intrinsically intertwined with cinema than bodybuilding. Football fans might enjoy watching “Remember the Titans” on an offseason afternoon, but cinematic recreations are unlikely to scratch the same itch as live games on an NFL Sunday. Bodybuilding, on the other hand, has enjoyed a symbiotic relationship with Hollywood ever since a certain Austrian named Arnold Schwarzenegger set foot in California. For the past half century, documentaries about the sport have often drawn more mainstream attention than any live broadcast of an actual competition.
In many fans’ eyes, the sport of bodybuilding first gained mainstream legitimacy with the release of “Pumping Iron,” George Butler and Robert Fiore’s landmark 1977 documentary about Schwarzenegger’s preparations for the Mr. Olympia competition. In addition...
In many fans’ eyes, the sport of bodybuilding first gained mainstream legitimacy with the release of “Pumping Iron,” George Butler and Robert Fiore’s landmark 1977 documentary about Schwarzenegger’s preparations for the Mr. Olympia competition. In addition...
- 3/26/2024
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
Arnold Schwarzenegger is an influential figure in the world of fitness and the world of bodybuilding Before becoming a highly successful Hollywood actor, Schwarzenegger was a reigning figure in bodybuilding, earning various prestigious titles multiple times. He has won the Mr. Universe title four times and went on to earn the prestigious Mr. Olympia title seven times.
As seen in his documentary Arnold, Arnold Schwarzenegger was a defining force in the bodybuilding world
Before he started his Mr. Olympia win streak, Sergio Oliva was reigning supreme with three consecutive Mr. Olympia wins from 1967-1969. This was the time when Schwarzenegger was aiming for the title and the two were hugely competitive. While he lost to Oliva in 1969, he used a psychological trick to win against Oliva in 1970.
Arnold Schwarzenegger Psychologically Manipulated His Rival to Nab Mr. Olympia Arnold Schwarzenegger managed to defeat Sergio Oliva in 1970
In 1969, Arnold Schwarzenegger was coming out of winning the Mr.
As seen in his documentary Arnold, Arnold Schwarzenegger was a defining force in the bodybuilding world
Before he started his Mr. Olympia win streak, Sergio Oliva was reigning supreme with three consecutive Mr. Olympia wins from 1967-1969. This was the time when Schwarzenegger was aiming for the title and the two were hugely competitive. While he lost to Oliva in 1969, he used a psychological trick to win against Oliva in 1970.
Arnold Schwarzenegger Psychologically Manipulated His Rival to Nab Mr. Olympia Arnold Schwarzenegger managed to defeat Sergio Oliva in 1970
In 1969, Arnold Schwarzenegger was coming out of winning the Mr.
- 3/3/2024
- by Rahul Thokchom
- FandomWire
Along with his remarkable work in movies like The Terminator and Predator, Arnold Schwarzenegger also boasts a legacy in bodybuilding. Winning three Mr. Universe titles and the professional Mr. Olympia title six years in a row from 1970 to 1975, along with a seventh win in 1980, the actor has become a legendary figure in the world of bodybuilding.
Arnold Schwarzenegger won 7 Mr. Olympia titles
However, Schwarzenegger’s seventh win along with the subsequent win of his close friend Franco Columbu in 1981 have sparked debates over fairness, prompting three legendary bodybuilding icons to boycott the competition.
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Mr. Olympia Dominance Sparked Outcry in Bodybuilding Community
The 1980 and 1981 Mr. Olympia competition faced unprecedented disruption and scrutiny with the allegations of unfair judgment. Arnold Schwarzenegger, also known as the Austrian Oak in the bodybuilding world, won the title of Mr. Olympia for the seventh time following a five-year hiatus in 1980.
Arnold Schwarzenegger in...
Arnold Schwarzenegger won 7 Mr. Olympia titles
However, Schwarzenegger’s seventh win along with the subsequent win of his close friend Franco Columbu in 1981 have sparked debates over fairness, prompting three legendary bodybuilding icons to boycott the competition.
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Mr. Olympia Dominance Sparked Outcry in Bodybuilding Community
The 1980 and 1981 Mr. Olympia competition faced unprecedented disruption and scrutiny with the allegations of unfair judgment. Arnold Schwarzenegger, also known as the Austrian Oak in the bodybuilding world, won the title of Mr. Olympia for the seventh time following a five-year hiatus in 1980.
Arnold Schwarzenegger in...
- 2/27/2024
- by Laxmi Rajput
- FandomWire
Joseph Baena, the youngest of Arnold Schwarzenegger‘s five children, struck a series of classic bodybuilding poses to show off a dedication to fitness comparable to that of his famous father.
Baena, 26, positioned himself slightly sideways and flexed his muscles to show off his physique. He donned skimpy black shorts, reminiscent of the attire worn by bodybuilders at competitions.
He captioned the post “Another day in the office,” in reference to his completion of a workout at Gold’s Gym in Venice Beach.
This gym holds significance for Baena as it is the same establishment that Schwarzenegger helped popularize when he worked as a bodybuilder.
Baena has posted frequently emulating his father’s classic poses.
Schwarzenegger, 76, began to train with weights as a teenager around 1960 and achieved notable victories within a short period. In 1965, he won the Junior Mr. Europe contest, followed by the Mr. Universe contest as an amateur the next year.
Baena, 26, positioned himself slightly sideways and flexed his muscles to show off his physique. He donned skimpy black shorts, reminiscent of the attire worn by bodybuilders at competitions.
He captioned the post “Another day in the office,” in reference to his completion of a workout at Gold’s Gym in Venice Beach.
This gym holds significance for Baena as it is the same establishment that Schwarzenegger helped popularize when he worked as a bodybuilder.
Baena has posted frequently emulating his father’s classic poses.
Schwarzenegger, 76, began to train with weights as a teenager around 1960 and achieved notable victories within a short period. In 1965, he won the Junior Mr. Europe contest, followed by the Mr. Universe contest as an amateur the next year.
- 12/3/2023
- by Baila Eve Zisman
- Uinterview
Hollywood star Arnold Schwarzenegger was recently seen lifting weights at the gym in Los Angeles just weeks before he celebrates his 76th birthday.
However, it’s clear to see he is still exercising like he’s training for Mr. Universe. He even got his exercise on his way to work riding his bike, reports mirror.co.uk.
The former governor of California was working out his arms as he sat on a workout bench using a workout machine. He paid no attention to other gym goers as he wore all black –a black t-shirt, black shorts, black slip-on trainers, and black calf-length socks.
In typical Terminator fashion, he also wore tinted sunglasses the entire time.
While biking, Arnold wore a blue zip-up jacket with an orange, red, and white emblem. He also seems to be keeping his hair a brunette colour while his beard and moustache seem to be naturally white.
However, it’s clear to see he is still exercising like he’s training for Mr. Universe. He even got his exercise on his way to work riding his bike, reports mirror.co.uk.
The former governor of California was working out his arms as he sat on a workout bench using a workout machine. He paid no attention to other gym goers as he wore all black –a black t-shirt, black shorts, black slip-on trainers, and black calf-length socks.
In typical Terminator fashion, he also wore tinted sunglasses the entire time.
While biking, Arnold wore a blue zip-up jacket with an orange, red, and white emblem. He also seems to be keeping his hair a brunette colour while his beard and moustache seem to be naturally white.
- 7/12/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
“That’s not art. A striptease isn’t art. It’s too direct. It’s more direct than art.”
That line from Akira Kurosawa’s “Ikiru” sums up a lot of feelings people seem to have about nudity in film. The history of painting and sculpture is full of nude portraiture, which is regularly and comfortably classified as art. But the nude scene in movies is rarely discussed alongside a Canova marble statue or Manet’s “Olympia.” Movies blur the boundaries between “real life” and artistic indirection so thoroughly that people discuss nude scenes in movies as practically everything but art. It’s “content” that deserves an “advisory,” or something akin to “porn,” however the Supreme Court is classifying that these days.
As many have noted, the very nature of the actor’s job demands the audience look at them. So when nudity enters the (literal) picture, it complicates the relationship between viewer and viewed.
That line from Akira Kurosawa’s “Ikiru” sums up a lot of feelings people seem to have about nudity in film. The history of painting and sculpture is full of nude portraiture, which is regularly and comfortably classified as art. But the nude scene in movies is rarely discussed alongside a Canova marble statue or Manet’s “Olympia.” Movies blur the boundaries between “real life” and artistic indirection so thoroughly that people discuss nude scenes in movies as practically everything but art. It’s “content” that deserves an “advisory,” or something akin to “porn,” however the Supreme Court is classifying that these days.
As many have noted, the very nature of the actor’s job demands the audience look at them. So when nudity enters the (literal) picture, it complicates the relationship between viewer and viewed.
- 6/28/2023
- by Alison Foreman and Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
Over the past few years, Netflix has introduced subscribers to an overwhelming amount of original content. But one of the most popular Netflix original movies was the 2018 romantic comedy To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before. Now one of the stars of that movie – and its two sequels – returns for the upcoming spinoff series Xo, Kitty. But what is star Anna Cathcart’s age as she leads the new show?
Anna Cathcart headlines the new ‘To All the Boys’ spinoff series, ‘Xo, Kitty’ Anna Cathcart as Kitty Song Covey in episode 102 of ‘Xo, Kitty.’ | Park Young-Sol/Netflix
Based on the novel by Jenny Han, To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before stars Lana Condor as Lara Jean Covey, who faces a personal crisis when her secret love letters go public after her younger sister mails them. The film became such a success that Netflix reunited the cast for two sequels,...
Anna Cathcart headlines the new ‘To All the Boys’ spinoff series, ‘Xo, Kitty’ Anna Cathcart as Kitty Song Covey in episode 102 of ‘Xo, Kitty.’ | Park Young-Sol/Netflix
Based on the novel by Jenny Han, To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before stars Lana Condor as Lara Jean Covey, who faces a personal crisis when her secret love letters go public after her younger sister mails them. The film became such a success that Netflix reunited the cast for two sequels,...
- 4/3/2023
- by Robert Yaniz Jr.
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Leading executives from the Japanese firm outline their strategy for the year ahead.
Gaga Corporation has secured Japan rights to Max and Sam Eggers’ upcoming psychological horror The Front Room from A24.
It marks the feature directorial debut of the Eggers Brothers, whose sibling Robert Eggers has worked with A24 on The Witch and The Lighthouse. Max, who co-wrote The Lighthouse, and Sam, who co-wrote Olympia, adapted the screenplay from Susan Hill’s short story of the same name and the feature is in post-production.
The pre-buy builds on previous deals between Gaga and A24 that have included Everything Everywhere All At Once,...
Gaga Corporation has secured Japan rights to Max and Sam Eggers’ upcoming psychological horror The Front Room from A24.
It marks the feature directorial debut of the Eggers Brothers, whose sibling Robert Eggers has worked with A24 on The Witch and The Lighthouse. Max, who co-wrote The Lighthouse, and Sam, who co-wrote Olympia, adapted the screenplay from Susan Hill’s short story of the same name and the feature is in post-production.
The pre-buy builds on previous deals between Gaga and A24 that have included Everything Everywhere All At Once,...
- 2/17/2023
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
U.S. Dramatic Competition
This unexpected film, which if anything might be a contemporary version of ‘Pumping Iron’ in which bodybuilding and celebrity-to-be meets Travis Bickle of ‘Taxi Driver’, shows a restraint and rechanneling of psychopathological leanings which redeem the film and its hero, a sweet but uncontrollable and, in the end, an invincible dreamer.
Director Elijah Bynum. Courtesy of Sundance Institute
Surely the producer Jennifer Fox felt an affinity to this project. Much of Fox’s work deals with understanding trauma. The emotional depth of the filmic concerns her in both her docs and fiction features. Jennifer Fox and In 2018, Jennifer Fox directed the film The Tale (2018), inspired by her own experience as a survivor of child sexual abuse. Unlike her previous works, the film is not a documentary but a narrative film. That film featured Academy Award-winning actress Laura Dern and premiered at the Sundance film Festival in 2018 and was picked up there by HBO. The plot of the film directly references Fox’s own experience of recognizing and grappling with her own abuse history. While writing the script, Fox developed the idea of “issue-based fiction,” in which she is able to use storytelling to “dive into issues that people could learn from and experience.” Borrowing from her documentary filmmaking, Fox collaborated extensively on the production of the film, outreaching to mental health advocates, lawyers, sexual abuse survivors, and women’s lived experiences to transform narrative into a tool for change. Along with HBO, Fox was able to develop a resource website and viewing guides to accompany the film to be used in educating and opening up the conversation about childhood sexual abuse, the effects of trauma, and memory.[*] In films like The Tale and Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman, trauma is examined in relation to memory and womanhood. In both films Fox is interested in how past trauma is able to shape one’s life and memory. In this film, this same element of a trauma-based life and memory is crucial to understandng the character of Killian Maddox, an obsessive bodybuilder who strives to win the Mr. Olympia contest and to be featured on the cover of body-building magazines.
Jonathan Majors in ‘Magazine Dreams’. Courtesy of Sundance Institute, photo by Glen WilsonJennifer Fox. Photo by George Pimentel — © 2019 George Pimentel — Image courtesy gettyimages.com
Surely the producer Jennifer Fox felt an affinity to this project. Much of Fox’s work deals with understanding trauma. The emotional depth of the filmic concerns her in both her docs and fiction features. Jennifer Fox and In 2018, Jennifer Fox directed the film The Tale (2018), inspired by her own experience as a survivor of child sexual abuse. Unlike her previous works, the film is not a documentary but a narrative film. That film featured Academy Award-winning actress Laura Dern and premiered at the Sundance film Festival in 2018 and was picked up there by HBO. The plot of the film directly references Fox’s own experience of recognizing and grappling with her own abuse history. While writing the script, Fox developed the idea of “issue-based fiction,” in which she is able to use storytelling to “dive into issues that people could learn from and experience.” Borrowing from her documentary filmmaking, Fox collaborated extensively on the production of the film, outreaching to mental health advocates, lawyers, sexual abuse survivors, and women’s lived experiences to transform narrative into a tool for change. Along with HBO, Fox was able to develop a resource website and viewing guides to accompany the film to be used in educating and opening up the conversation about childhood sexual abuse, the effects of trauma, and memory.[*] In films like The Tale and Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman, trauma is examined in relation to memory and womanhood. In both films Fox is interested in how past trauma is able to shape one’s life and memory. In this film, this same element of a trauma-based life and memory is crucial to understandng the character of Killian Maddox, an obsessive bodybuilder who strives to win the Mr. Olympia contest and to be featured on the cover of body-building magazines.
“On every street in every city in this country, there’s a nobody who dreams of being a somebody.” So says the tagline for Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver. Killian Maddox is such a nobody. Occupying a small space in the film, it is revealed that his uncontrollable temper stems from past abuse and trauma which includes the murder of his mother by his father and his father’s suicide in front of his own childish eyes. That shapes his chaotic and antisocial vision of the world and at the film’s climax is re-experienced.
Killian Maddox lives with his ailing veteran grandfather, obsessively working out between court-mandated therapy sessions and part-time shifts at a grocery store where he has developed a crush on a friendly cashier. Killian struggles to read social cues and to maintain control of his volatile temper. He senses his disconnection in a hostile world, but pours his passion into a dream of bodybuilding superstardom.
The film has you squirming in your seat as he veers toward destruction but, just as you wonder, what good can come out of his journey. As Killian’s behavior becomes more obsessive and erratic, he still looks after his unconditionally loving grandfather. And as his delusions of destruction escalate, he faces his own trauma and breaks down into tears as he embraces his grandfather. This is the turning point for him. Killian sees success in bodybuilding as the link to acceptance and emotional connection. As our pathetic though physically stunning hero googles answers to “How do you make people like you?” and “How do you make a mark upon the world?” (or something like that) he finds the answer he needs in order to keep living.
Jonathan Majors
Jonathan Majors’ has created an alarmingly single-minded body building character with a soft-spoken shyness alternating with indomitable fury, a multisided black man living in perpetual mental chaos. Majors’ eclectic collection of roles show his huge dramatic range. For his role as Montgomery Allen in The Last Black Man in San Francisco, Majors was nominated for a Gotham Award in the category of “Breakthrough Actor” and an Independent Spirit Award for “Best Supporting Male.” From The Last Black Man to a fighter pilot in the recent Devotion, to the western The Harder They Fall and soon a villain in the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, his choices reveal a huge dramatic range which will reap fans for a long time to come. Born September 7, 1989 in Lompoc, California, Majors is a graduate from the Yale School of Drama and is a recipient of the National Society of Arts and Letters (Nsal), National Drama Competition. He made his screen debut starring in the ABC miniseries When We Rise and has since landed strong roles, cementing him as a Hollywood actor to watch.
For more insight into Jonathan Majors and his work, read the interview with The Hollywood Reporter November 30, 2022 on the subject of Devotion.
Majors is executive producing under his Tall Street production banner along with Nightcrawler producers Jennifer Fox, Dan Gilroy and Jeffrey Soros and Simon Horsman. CAA Media Finance arranged financing through the Los Angeles Media Fund and is repping the film for both domestic and international distribution. Los Angeles Media Fund (Jeffrey Soros, Luke Rogers III, Simon Horsman and Andrew Blau) fully financed the film. They are currently working on The Color of Cola, a documentary based on a book by Stephanie Capparell, The Real Pepsi Challenge: How One Pioneering Company Broke Color Barriers in 1940s American Business, which shares the experience of the all-Black sales team at Pepsi, directed by Stanley Nelson and Jacqueline Olive.
This unexpected film, which if anything might be a contemporary version of ‘Pumping Iron’ in which bodybuilding and celebrity-to-be meets Travis Bickle of ‘Taxi Driver’, shows a restraint and rechanneling of psychopathological leanings which redeem the film and its hero, a sweet but uncontrollable and, in the end, an invincible dreamer.
Director Elijah Bynum. Courtesy of Sundance Institute
Surely the producer Jennifer Fox felt an affinity to this project. Much of Fox’s work deals with understanding trauma. The emotional depth of the filmic concerns her in both her docs and fiction features. Jennifer Fox and In 2018, Jennifer Fox directed the film The Tale (2018), inspired by her own experience as a survivor of child sexual abuse. Unlike her previous works, the film is not a documentary but a narrative film. That film featured Academy Award-winning actress Laura Dern and premiered at the Sundance film Festival in 2018 and was picked up there by HBO. The plot of the film directly references Fox’s own experience of recognizing and grappling with her own abuse history. While writing the script, Fox developed the idea of “issue-based fiction,” in which she is able to use storytelling to “dive into issues that people could learn from and experience.” Borrowing from her documentary filmmaking, Fox collaborated extensively on the production of the film, outreaching to mental health advocates, lawyers, sexual abuse survivors, and women’s lived experiences to transform narrative into a tool for change. Along with HBO, Fox was able to develop a resource website and viewing guides to accompany the film to be used in educating and opening up the conversation about childhood sexual abuse, the effects of trauma, and memory.[*] In films like The Tale and Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman, trauma is examined in relation to memory and womanhood. In both films Fox is interested in how past trauma is able to shape one’s life and memory. In this film, this same element of a trauma-based life and memory is crucial to understandng the character of Killian Maddox, an obsessive bodybuilder who strives to win the Mr. Olympia contest and to be featured on the cover of body-building magazines.
Jonathan Majors in ‘Magazine Dreams’. Courtesy of Sundance Institute, photo by Glen WilsonJennifer Fox. Photo by George Pimentel — © 2019 George Pimentel — Image courtesy gettyimages.com
Surely the producer Jennifer Fox felt an affinity to this project. Much of Fox’s work deals with understanding trauma. The emotional depth of the filmic concerns her in both her docs and fiction features. Jennifer Fox and In 2018, Jennifer Fox directed the film The Tale (2018), inspired by her own experience as a survivor of child sexual abuse. Unlike her previous works, the film is not a documentary but a narrative film. That film featured Academy Award-winning actress Laura Dern and premiered at the Sundance film Festival in 2018 and was picked up there by HBO. The plot of the film directly references Fox’s own experience of recognizing and grappling with her own abuse history. While writing the script, Fox developed the idea of “issue-based fiction,” in which she is able to use storytelling to “dive into issues that people could learn from and experience.” Borrowing from her documentary filmmaking, Fox collaborated extensively on the production of the film, outreaching to mental health advocates, lawyers, sexual abuse survivors, and women’s lived experiences to transform narrative into a tool for change. Along with HBO, Fox was able to develop a resource website and viewing guides to accompany the film to be used in educating and opening up the conversation about childhood sexual abuse, the effects of trauma, and memory.[*] In films like The Tale and Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman, trauma is examined in relation to memory and womanhood. In both films Fox is interested in how past trauma is able to shape one’s life and memory. In this film, this same element of a trauma-based life and memory is crucial to understandng the character of Killian Maddox, an obsessive bodybuilder who strives to win the Mr. Olympia contest and to be featured on the cover of body-building magazines.
“On every street in every city in this country, there’s a nobody who dreams of being a somebody.” So says the tagline for Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver. Killian Maddox is such a nobody. Occupying a small space in the film, it is revealed that his uncontrollable temper stems from past abuse and trauma which includes the murder of his mother by his father and his father’s suicide in front of his own childish eyes. That shapes his chaotic and antisocial vision of the world and at the film’s climax is re-experienced.
Killian Maddox lives with his ailing veteran grandfather, obsessively working out between court-mandated therapy sessions and part-time shifts at a grocery store where he has developed a crush on a friendly cashier. Killian struggles to read social cues and to maintain control of his volatile temper. He senses his disconnection in a hostile world, but pours his passion into a dream of bodybuilding superstardom.
The film has you squirming in your seat as he veers toward destruction but, just as you wonder, what good can come out of his journey. As Killian’s behavior becomes more obsessive and erratic, he still looks after his unconditionally loving grandfather. And as his delusions of destruction escalate, he faces his own trauma and breaks down into tears as he embraces his grandfather. This is the turning point for him. Killian sees success in bodybuilding as the link to acceptance and emotional connection. As our pathetic though physically stunning hero googles answers to “How do you make people like you?” and “How do you make a mark upon the world?” (or something like that) he finds the answer he needs in order to keep living.
Jonathan Majors
Jonathan Majors’ has created an alarmingly single-minded body building character with a soft-spoken shyness alternating with indomitable fury, a multisided black man living in perpetual mental chaos. Majors’ eclectic collection of roles show his huge dramatic range. For his role as Montgomery Allen in The Last Black Man in San Francisco, Majors was nominated for a Gotham Award in the category of “Breakthrough Actor” and an Independent Spirit Award for “Best Supporting Male.” From The Last Black Man to a fighter pilot in the recent Devotion, to the western The Harder They Fall and soon a villain in the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, his choices reveal a huge dramatic range which will reap fans for a long time to come. Born September 7, 1989 in Lompoc, California, Majors is a graduate from the Yale School of Drama and is a recipient of the National Society of Arts and Letters (Nsal), National Drama Competition. He made his screen debut starring in the ABC miniseries When We Rise and has since landed strong roles, cementing him as a Hollywood actor to watch.
For more insight into Jonathan Majors and his work, read the interview with The Hollywood Reporter November 30, 2022 on the subject of Devotion.
Majors is executive producing under his Tall Street production banner along with Nightcrawler producers Jennifer Fox, Dan Gilroy and Jeffrey Soros and Simon Horsman. CAA Media Finance arranged financing through the Los Angeles Media Fund and is repping the film for both domestic and international distribution. Los Angeles Media Fund (Jeffrey Soros, Luke Rogers III, Simon Horsman and Andrew Blau) fully financed the film. They are currently working on The Color of Cola, a documentary based on a book by Stephanie Capparell, The Real Pepsi Challenge: How One Pioneering Company Broke Color Barriers in 1940s American Business, which shares the experience of the all-Black sales team at Pepsi, directed by Stanley Nelson and Jacqueline Olive.
- 1/25/2023
- by Sydney
- Sydney's Buzz
Serena Williams's children's book is almost here. In a Sept. 14 interview on "Good Morning America," the tennis icon spoke about "The Adventures of Qai Qai," her children's book based on her daughter Olympia's doll of the same name.
Williams said that the book, which she conceptualized "during Covid," is "really just about using her imagination because kids have such an amazing imagination."
"We just wanted to really just put in people's minds that we can't forget how important it is to just use your imagination and play and also believe in yourself," she said. "So there's some really cool hidden messages in there about self-confidence and that you can do it and also just going back to the art of just being a kid."
The art, which was created by artist Yesenia Moises, was also intentional. "When I saw the illustration, I said, 'Listen, I really want it to represent a Black girl,...
Williams said that the book, which she conceptualized "during Covid," is "really just about using her imagination because kids have such an amazing imagination."
"We just wanted to really just put in people's minds that we can't forget how important it is to just use your imagination and play and also believe in yourself," she said. "So there's some really cool hidden messages in there about self-confidence and that you can do it and also just going back to the art of just being a kid."
The art, which was created by artist Yesenia Moises, was also intentional. "When I saw the illustration, I said, 'Listen, I really want it to represent a Black girl,...
- 9/14/2022
- by Eden Arielle Gordon
- Popsugar.com
Now, at the venerable age of 90, Venice is the oldest major film festival in the world. Founded in 1932, the event is still held on the balmy, beach-filled island of the Lido and has a faded elegance that other events such as Cannes and Berlin simply can’t emulate. In the 1930s, the controversies tended to be political. The main award was called The Mussolini Cup. There were furious rows over movies like Jean Renoir’s Grand Illusion, later banned in Italy for being too left wing, and German director Leni Riefenstahl’s Olympia, which many saw as Nazi propaganda.
The 2022 edition has had plenty of talking points, too, but this time not to do with fascism. Olivia Wilde’s Don’t Look Now, which landed on the Lido midway through the festival like some dangerous UFO with Harry Styles inside, provoked a media feeding frenzy thanks to all the lurid advance...
The 2022 edition has had plenty of talking points, too, but this time not to do with fascism. Olivia Wilde’s Don’t Look Now, which landed on the Lido midway through the festival like some dangerous UFO with Harry Styles inside, provoked a media feeding frenzy thanks to all the lurid advance...
- 9/11/2022
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- The Independent - Film
The Northman director Robert Eggers worked with production company / distributor A24 on his first two features, The Witch and The Lighthouse. And now his younger brothers Max and Sam Eggers are following in his footsteps. Max and Sam are writing and directing a psychological horror film called The Front Room for A24, and Variety reports that Brandy Norwood will be starring in the film.
Based on a short story by Susan Hill, The Front Room centers on
a young, newly pregnant couple forced to take in an ailing stepmother who has long been estranged from the family.
Norwood is joined in the cast by Kathryn Hunter (The Tragedy of Macbeth), Andrew Burnap (WeCrashed), and Neal Huff (Spotlight).
Production begins on new horror The Front Room, The Eggers Brothers' feature debut starring Brandy Norwood (The Brandy), Kathryn Hunter, and Andrew Burnap. pic.twitter.com/iF5brnJqkb
— A24 (@A24) August 25, 2022
The Front Room...
Based on a short story by Susan Hill, The Front Room centers on
a young, newly pregnant couple forced to take in an ailing stepmother who has long been estranged from the family.
Norwood is joined in the cast by Kathryn Hunter (The Tragedy of Macbeth), Andrew Burnap (WeCrashed), and Neal Huff (Spotlight).
Production begins on new horror The Front Room, The Eggers Brothers' feature debut starring Brandy Norwood (The Brandy), Kathryn Hunter, and Andrew Burnap. pic.twitter.com/iF5brnJqkb
— A24 (@A24) August 25, 2022
The Front Room...
- 8/25/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
A24 is teaming up with filmmakers Max Eggers (The Lighthouse) and Sam Eggers (Olympia) — otherwise known as The Eggers Brothers — on their feature directorial debut The Front Room, a psychological horror pic that will star Brandy Norwood (Queens), Kathryn Hunter (The Tragedy of Macbeth), Andrew Burnap (Snow White) and Neal Huff (Waves).
The film based on Susan Hill’s short story follows a young, newly pregnant couple forced to take in an ailing stepmother who has long been estranged from the family.
The Eggers Brothers will direct from their own script, with A24 producing alongside Lucan Toh, Babak Anvari and Bryan Sonderman of Two & Two Pictures, and Julia Oh and David Hinojosa of 2Am. A24 is also financing the film and handling global distribution.
Norwood is a Grammy-winning musician and actress who stars in the ABC series Queens, and has also been seen on shows like Star, Zoe Ever After,...
The film based on Susan Hill’s short story follows a young, newly pregnant couple forced to take in an ailing stepmother who has long been estranged from the family.
The Eggers Brothers will direct from their own script, with A24 producing alongside Lucan Toh, Babak Anvari and Bryan Sonderman of Two & Two Pictures, and Julia Oh and David Hinojosa of 2Am. A24 is also financing the film and handling global distribution.
Norwood is a Grammy-winning musician and actress who stars in the ABC series Queens, and has also been seen on shows like Star, Zoe Ever After,...
- 8/25/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Brandy Norwood is set to star in A24’s “The Front Room,” a psychological horror film from directors Max and Sam Eggers.
The Eggers brothers, whose older sibling Robert Eggers has collaborated with A24 on “The Witch” and “The Lighthouse,” will be directing in their feature filmmaking debut. They adapted the screenplay from Susan Hill’s short story of the same name.
“The Front Room” follows a young, newly pregnant couple forced to take in an ailing stepmother who has long been estranged from the family.
Along with Norwood, the ’90s music icon who is also of “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” “Moesha” and Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Cinderella” fame, is co-starring alongside Kathryn Hunter (“The Tragedy of Macbeth”), Andrew Burnap and Neal Huff (“Spotlight”).
Norwood later shared the news on Instagram, telling audiences “ can’t wait for ya’ll to see this.”
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The Eggers brothers, whose older sibling Robert Eggers has collaborated with A24 on “The Witch” and “The Lighthouse,” will be directing in their feature filmmaking debut. They adapted the screenplay from Susan Hill’s short story of the same name.
“The Front Room” follows a young, newly pregnant couple forced to take in an ailing stepmother who has long been estranged from the family.
Along with Norwood, the ’90s music icon who is also of “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” “Moesha” and Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Cinderella” fame, is co-starring alongside Kathryn Hunter (“The Tragedy of Macbeth”), Andrew Burnap and Neal Huff (“Spotlight”).
Norwood later shared the news on Instagram, telling audiences “ can’t wait for ya’ll to see this.”
View this post on Instagram...
- 8/25/2022
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Brandy, Andrew Burnap and Kathryn Hunter to Star in ‘The Front Room’ for The Eggers Brothers and A24
A24 has tapped Brandy Norwood, Andrew Burnap and Kathryn Hunter to star in the “The Front Room,” with Neal Huff also joining the cast.
The Eggers Brothers – consisting of director Robert Eggers’ twin younger brothers Max and Sam – will make their directorial debut with the psychological horror film. They will also write the screenplay.
Adapted from Susan Hill’s short story of the same name, “The Front Room” revolves around a young, newly pregnant couple who is forced to take in a sickly stepmother who has long been estranged from the family.
Also Read:
Phoebe Bridgers, Fred Durst and Lindsey Jordan of Snail Mail to Appear in A24 Horror Movie ‘I Saw the TV Glow’
A24 is set to produce and handle the film’s global release. Lucan Toh, Babak Anvari and Bryan Sonderman of Two & Two Pictures and Julia Oh and David Hinojosa of 2Am will also produce.
The Eggers Brothers – consisting of director Robert Eggers’ twin younger brothers Max and Sam – will make their directorial debut with the psychological horror film. They will also write the screenplay.
Adapted from Susan Hill’s short story of the same name, “The Front Room” revolves around a young, newly pregnant couple who is forced to take in a sickly stepmother who has long been estranged from the family.
Also Read:
Phoebe Bridgers, Fred Durst and Lindsey Jordan of Snail Mail to Appear in A24 Horror Movie ‘I Saw the TV Glow’
A24 is set to produce and handle the film’s global release. Lucan Toh, Babak Anvari and Bryan Sonderman of Two & Two Pictures and Julia Oh and David Hinojosa of 2Am will also produce.
- 8/25/2022
- by Harper Lambert
- The Wrap
Jeff Seid is a young man who has done more for the world of bodybuilding than just about anything else. Within a year of his first competition, he was competing for national titles and winning them. He is a Mr. Olympia winner. This allowed the young man to take on a world that he never thought he’d take on, but he doesn’t allow his failures to slow him down. Instead, he uses them to motivate him, and now he’s taking over the bodybuilding industry with vigor. 1. He is Young He’s not 30 yet. He was born on January 12,
10 Things You Didn’t Know about Jeff Seid...
10 Things You Didn’t Know about Jeff Seid...
- 5/8/2022
- by Tiffany Raiford
- TVovermind.com
“Pig” helmer Michael Sarnoski is in negotiations to direct the next installment of Paramount’s “A Quiet Place” franchise, Variety has confirmed.
“Take Shelter” director Jeff Nichols was previously attached to write and direct the untitled film, but is now taking time to focus on his new project, an untitled sci-fi movie also set at Paramount.
The next “A Quiet Place” film — which is being described as more of a spinoff than a threequel — is based on an original idea from John Krasinksi, who wrote, directed and starred in the franchise’s first two installments. Plot details are being kept under wraps for now.
Sarnoski most recently directed “Pig,” starring Nicolas Cage. He has also helmed episodes of TV series “Olympia” and “Fight Night Legacy.” “Pig” has received critical acclaim and awards attention, with Variety‘s Michael Nordine calling it an “intimate character study” and commending Cage’s performance as...
“Take Shelter” director Jeff Nichols was previously attached to write and direct the untitled film, but is now taking time to focus on his new project, an untitled sci-fi movie also set at Paramount.
The next “A Quiet Place” film — which is being described as more of a spinoff than a threequel — is based on an original idea from John Krasinksi, who wrote, directed and starred in the franchise’s first two installments. Plot details are being kept under wraps for now.
Sarnoski most recently directed “Pig,” starring Nicolas Cage. He has also helmed episodes of TV series “Olympia” and “Fight Night Legacy.” “Pig” has received critical acclaim and awards attention, with Variety‘s Michael Nordine calling it an “intimate character study” and commending Cage’s performance as...
- 1/11/2022
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
The Sundance Institute, the nonprofit arm of the organization that puts on the annual Sundance Film Festival, has announced the recipients of its 2021 Women at Sundance Adobe Fellowship.
The annual program will spotlight eight artists working across disciplines, and was designed to support women doing bold work in film and media. The fellowship prioritizes filmmakers from underrepresented communities.
“We’re excited to announce our new group of cross-disciplinary artists, supporting storytellers working in documentary, fiction and episodic formats. This year-long fellowship will provide bespoke professional and creative development designed to advance their singular projects and burgeoning careers,” said Michelle Satter, founding senior director of artist programs at the institute.
The fellowship offers a year of mentorship from the Sundance Institute and Adobe executives, as well as workshops, coaching, a $6,250 cash grant and a one-year subscription to Adobe Creative Cloud.
Fellows will also receive introductions to industry contacts and advisers, referrals...
The annual program will spotlight eight artists working across disciplines, and was designed to support women doing bold work in film and media. The fellowship prioritizes filmmakers from underrepresented communities.
“We’re excited to announce our new group of cross-disciplinary artists, supporting storytellers working in documentary, fiction and episodic formats. This year-long fellowship will provide bespoke professional and creative development designed to advance their singular projects and burgeoning careers,” said Michelle Satter, founding senior director of artist programs at the institute.
The fellowship offers a year of mentorship from the Sundance Institute and Adobe executives, as well as workshops, coaching, a $6,250 cash grant and a one-year subscription to Adobe Creative Cloud.
Fellows will also receive introductions to industry contacts and advisers, referrals...
- 11/1/2021
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
Neon has released the trailer for “Pig,” which follows Nicolas Cage on a rescue mission to find his swine friend.
Cage’s character, Rob, is a truffle hunter who lives alone in the Oregonian wilderness and enlists the help of a truffle salesman (Alex Wolff) to search for his beloved foraging pig after she is kidnapped.
While speaking to Variety’s Marc Malkin on the “Just for Variety” podcast, Wolff said that Cage became one of his “best friends” and “one of the most loyal people in my life” after working on “Pig” together.
“We talk almost every few days,” he said. “We text all day and he FaceTimed me like two days ago, and we really support each other and help each other with things. We started making the movie when we were both going through very similar personal things in our life and we bonded over it immediately...
Cage’s character, Rob, is a truffle hunter who lives alone in the Oregonian wilderness and enlists the help of a truffle salesman (Alex Wolff) to search for his beloved foraging pig after she is kidnapped.
While speaking to Variety’s Marc Malkin on the “Just for Variety” podcast, Wolff said that Cage became one of his “best friends” and “one of the most loyal people in my life” after working on “Pig” together.
“We talk almost every few days,” he said. “We text all day and he FaceTimed me like two days ago, and we really support each other and help each other with things. We started making the movie when we were both going through very similar personal things in our life and we bonded over it immediately...
- 6/17/2021
- by Antonio Ferme
- Variety Film + TV
Chicago – I will never forget meeting Olympia Dukakis. It was in Chicago in 2009, and among all the pomp and sequins of a Greek American awards night. it was Dukakis who was, by her natural presence, the movie star. Oh yeah, and she was slightly tipsy. Ms. Dukakis passed away in New York City on May 1st, 2021, age 89.
She was known for her high level of performance on stage and screen, and resided in both for over 60 years. She won a Golden Globe and Academy Award (Best Supporting Actress) for “Moonstruck” (1987), and garnered two Obies (Off Broadway Theater Awards) for her work in outer circle and independent theater. She also was a prominent acting instructor, a political activist (her cousin was 1988 Presidential candidate Michael Dukakis) and wrote her memoir in 2003 entitled “Ask Me Again Tomorrow: A Life in Progress.”
Olympia Dukakis in Chicago, circa 2009
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.
She was known for her high level of performance on stage and screen, and resided in both for over 60 years. She won a Golden Globe and Academy Award (Best Supporting Actress) for “Moonstruck” (1987), and garnered two Obies (Off Broadway Theater Awards) for her work in outer circle and independent theater. She also was a prominent acting instructor, a political activist (her cousin was 1988 Presidential candidate Michael Dukakis) and wrote her memoir in 2003 entitled “Ask Me Again Tomorrow: A Life in Progress.”
Olympia Dukakis in Chicago, circa 2009
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.
- 5/2/2021
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Stage and screen actress Olympia Dukakis, who won an Oscar for her turn in 1988’s Moonstruck, has passed away. She was 89.
Dukakis died Saturday morning, with news of her passing shared by her brother, Apollo Dukakis, on Facebook. “My beloved sister, Olympia Dukakis, passed away this morning in New York City,” he wrote. “After many months of failing health she is finally at peace and with her Louis.”
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Dukakis died Saturday morning, with news of her passing shared by her brother, Apollo Dukakis, on Facebook. “My beloved sister, Olympia Dukakis, passed away this morning in New York City,” he wrote. “After many months of failing health she is finally at peace and with her Louis.”
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- 5/1/2021
- by Nick Caruso
- TVLine.com
On Hole’s 1994 breakthrough album, Live Through This, frontwoman Courtney Love presented a gruesome prophecy: “If you live through this with me/I swear that I will die for you,” she sings on the hypnotic, rumbling “Asking for It.” Love belts the line with more restraint than she usually displays: a disarming moment of vulnerability from the world’s then-most cataclysmic woman.
Love wrote the song after a 1991 show in Glasgow, after Hole wrapped up a European tour with Mudhoney. In one fleeting moment of punk rock abandon, Love stage-dived...
Love wrote the song after a 1991 show in Glasgow, after Hole wrapped up a European tour with Mudhoney. In one fleeting moment of punk rock abandon, Love stage-dived...
- 4/12/2019
- by Brittany Spanos
- Rollingstone.com
The Montclair Film Festival will hold the world premiere of the restoration of the 1959 movie “The Diary of Anne Frank,” Variety has learned exclusively.
The black-and-white film, directed by George Stevens, has been restored by Twentieth Century Fox and the Film Foundation. The holocaust drama was nominated for eight Academy Awards and won three, including best supporting actress for Shelly Winters.
The festival, now in its eighth year, will take place May 3-12 in Montclair, N.J., and features more than 150 films, events, discussions and parties. The festival had previously announced that it would open with a screening of Tom Harper’s “Wild Rose,” with star Jessie Buckley attending for a post-screening Q&A.
This year’s Storyteller Series will include A Conversation with Mindy Kaling, moderated by Stephen Colbert, taking place May 4 and A Conversation with Ben Stiller, moderated by Colbert, on May 5. Olympia Dukakis will attend for a...
The black-and-white film, directed by George Stevens, has been restored by Twentieth Century Fox and the Film Foundation. The holocaust drama was nominated for eight Academy Awards and won three, including best supporting actress for Shelly Winters.
The festival, now in its eighth year, will take place May 3-12 in Montclair, N.J., and features more than 150 films, events, discussions and parties. The festival had previously announced that it would open with a screening of Tom Harper’s “Wild Rose,” with star Jessie Buckley attending for a post-screening Q&A.
This year’s Storyteller Series will include A Conversation with Mindy Kaling, moderated by Stephen Colbert, taking place May 4 and A Conversation with Ben Stiller, moderated by Colbert, on May 5. Olympia Dukakis will attend for a...
- 4/5/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
If you’re a fan of Xena: Warrior Princess and you’re looking for new stories to enjoy with the character, Dynamite has announced a new comic book series!
The new story will return to Ancient Greece, and this is the description that was shared:
"Take up your swords and chakrams to follow the newest adventures of the cult classic TV phenomenon and her trusted companion Gabrielle. As they will first have to investigate a mysterious village where children are miraculously strong. Could the infamously petty Greek Gods be involved, and if not how long before they stick their meddlesome hands in?
Xena: Warrior Princess is written by Vita Ayala, with art by newcomer Olympia Sweetman, colors by Rebecca Nalty, and letters by Ariana Maher.
Editor Nate Cosby describes the series as, “Bounding adventures! Amazing episodes that build to a huge overall story! Every action sequence motivated by strong characters and deep emotion!
The new story will return to Ancient Greece, and this is the description that was shared:
"Take up your swords and chakrams to follow the newest adventures of the cult classic TV phenomenon and her trusted companion Gabrielle. As they will first have to investigate a mysterious village where children are miraculously strong. Could the infamously petty Greek Gods be involved, and if not how long before they stick their meddlesome hands in?
Xena: Warrior Princess is written by Vita Ayala, with art by newcomer Olympia Sweetman, colors by Rebecca Nalty, and letters by Ariana Maher.
Editor Nate Cosby describes the series as, “Bounding adventures! Amazing episodes that build to a huge overall story! Every action sequence motivated by strong characters and deep emotion!
- 1/22/2019
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Chicago – As each generation transitions to adulthood, the overwhelming changes that occur in employment, relationships and loss become their drama. Director Gregory Dixon and writer McKenzie Chinn teamed up to create a film that addresses that drama, in the made-in-Chicago “Olympia.” The film is screening at the 54th Chicago International Film Festival on Monday, October 15th, 2018 (5:30pm). For details and tickets, click here.
’Olympia,’ Directed by Gregory Dixon
Photo credit: Chicago International Film Festival/Cow Lamp Films
Olympia Welles (Chinn) is a Chicago artist in adulthood transition. Her best friend is moving to New York City, her job situation is in flux and her boyfriend Felix (Charles Andrew Gardner) wants more from her. At the same time, her mother is suffering from cancer, and her worsening condition is her greatest concern. All these circumstances start to force decisions from Olympia, and not all of them are good.
In a...
’Olympia,’ Directed by Gregory Dixon
Photo credit: Chicago International Film Festival/Cow Lamp Films
Olympia Welles (Chinn) is a Chicago artist in adulthood transition. Her best friend is moving to New York City, her job situation is in flux and her boyfriend Felix (Charles Andrew Gardner) wants more from her. At the same time, her mother is suffering from cancer, and her worsening condition is her greatest concern. All these circumstances start to force decisions from Olympia, and not all of them are good.
In a...
- 10/15/2018
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Chicago – Day Six of the 54th Chicago International Film Festival (Ciff) on Monday, October 15th, 2018, features a tribute to the Chicago-born director William Friedkin, two made-in-Chicago films and four films vying in the International Competition.
’Friedkin Uncut’ on Day Six of the 54th Chicago International Film Festival
Photo credit: Chicago International Film Festival/Wanted Cinema
Events It took an Italian director, Francesco Zippel, to do a proper documentary on an American director icon, the Chicago-born William Friedkin. The film is entitled “Friedkin Uncut,” and will be featured along with a Red Carpet event and appearance by the maverick filmmaker himself – who also directed the notable “Socerer” (1977), “Cruising” (1980) and the recent “Killer Joe” (2011) – in a “Tribute to William Friedkin” on Monday. (click here for details).
There will also be a Red Carpet event for the film “What They Had” (see below), with director Elizabeth Chomko and actor Robert Forster.
Film Of...
’Friedkin Uncut’ on Day Six of the 54th Chicago International Film Festival
Photo credit: Chicago International Film Festival/Wanted Cinema
Events It took an Italian director, Francesco Zippel, to do a proper documentary on an American director icon, the Chicago-born William Friedkin. The film is entitled “Friedkin Uncut,” and will be featured along with a Red Carpet event and appearance by the maverick filmmaker himself – who also directed the notable “Socerer” (1977), “Cruising” (1980) and the recent “Killer Joe” (2011) – in a “Tribute to William Friedkin” on Monday. (click here for details).
There will also be a Red Carpet event for the film “What They Had” (see below), with director Elizabeth Chomko and actor Robert Forster.
Film Of...
- 10/15/2018
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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