Del director de ‘Corpus Christi’ y el guionista de ‘El Padre’.
Según The Hollywood Reporter, August Diehl y Andrea Riseborough protagonizarán “The Noise of Time”, del director Jan Komasa (“Corpus Christi”) y el guionista Christopher Hampton (“El Padre”).
Basada en el libro homónimo de Julian Barnes, la película es un drama sobre la vida del compositor ruso Dimitri Shostakovich y su esposa Nina. La película recorrerá la trayectoria de la vida y la carrera de Shostakóvich, comenzando en 1936, cuando el compositor de 30 años se enfrenta por primera vez a la ira de Stalin después de que una de sus óperas sea condenada como contrarrevolucionaria. Escapa a la ejecución, pero durante décadas Shostakovich se ve obligado a ser un representante cultural del Estado soviético, y lucha por mantener la integridad de su música.
El proyecto se presentará a los compradores en el mercado cinematográfico de Cannes esta semana.
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Según The Hollywood Reporter, August Diehl y Andrea Riseborough protagonizarán “The Noise of Time”, del director Jan Komasa (“Corpus Christi”) y el guionista Christopher Hampton (“El Padre”).
Basada en el libro homónimo de Julian Barnes, la película es un drama sobre la vida del compositor ruso Dimitri Shostakovich y su esposa Nina. La película recorrerá la trayectoria de la vida y la carrera de Shostakóvich, comenzando en 1936, cuando el compositor de 30 años se enfrenta por primera vez a la ira de Stalin después de que una de sus óperas sea condenada como contrarrevolucionaria. Escapa a la ejecución, pero durante décadas Shostakovich se ve obligado a ser un representante cultural del Estado soviético, y lucha por mantener la integridad de su música.
El proyecto se presentará a los compradores en el mercado cinematográfico de Cannes esta semana.
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- 5/14/2024
- by Marta Medina
- mundoCine
German star August Diehl (Inglourious Basterds, A Hidden Life) and Oscar-nominated actress Andrea Riseborough (Birdman, To Leslie) have signed on to star in The Noise of Time, a new drama about the life of Russian composer Dimitri Shostakovich and his wife Nina, adapted from Julian Barnes’ book of the same name.
Two-time Oscar-winning screenwriter Christopher Hampton (The Father, Dangerous Liaisons) is adapting Barnes’ novel for the screen, with Polish director Jan Komasa (the Oscar-nominated Corpus Christi) attached to direct.
The film will trace the trajectory of Shostakovich’s life and career, beginning in 1936 when the 30-year-old composer first faced Stalin’s wrath after one of his operas is condemned as counter-revolutionary. He escapes execution but for decades Shostakovich is forced to be a cultural representative of the Soviet state, and struggles to maintain the integrity of his music.
Beta Cinema is handling world sales on the film and will be...
Two-time Oscar-winning screenwriter Christopher Hampton (The Father, Dangerous Liaisons) is adapting Barnes’ novel for the screen, with Polish director Jan Komasa (the Oscar-nominated Corpus Christi) attached to direct.
The film will trace the trajectory of Shostakovich’s life and career, beginning in 1936 when the 30-year-old composer first faced Stalin’s wrath after one of his operas is condemned as counter-revolutionary. He escapes execution but for decades Shostakovich is forced to be a cultural representative of the Soviet state, and struggles to maintain the integrity of his music.
Beta Cinema is handling world sales on the film and will be...
- 5/14/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Beta Cinema is launching pre-sales at Cannes on a big-screen version of Julian Barnes’ novel The Noise Of Time that is being adapted by two- time Academy Award winner Christopher Hampton and will star August Diehl and Andrea Riseborough.
Polish filmmaker Jan Komasa, who was Oscar nominated for his 2019 feature Corpus Christi, is lined up to direct the fictionalised account of the life of composer Dimitri Shostakovich in Stalinist Russia.
Diehl will star as Shostakovich, while Riseborough will play his wife Nita, Shostakovich’s wife and intellectual equal.
The story follows the trajectory of the Russian composer’s life and career,...
Polish filmmaker Jan Komasa, who was Oscar nominated for his 2019 feature Corpus Christi, is lined up to direct the fictionalised account of the life of composer Dimitri Shostakovich in Stalinist Russia.
Diehl will star as Shostakovich, while Riseborough will play his wife Nita, Shostakovich’s wife and intellectual equal.
The story follows the trajectory of the Russian composer’s life and career,...
- 5/14/2024
- ScreenDaily
Beta Cinema is launching pre-sales at Cannes on a big-screen version of Julian Barnes’ novel The Noise Of Time that is being adapted by two- time Academy Award winner Christopher Hampton and will star August Diehl and Andrea Riseborough.
Polish filmmaker Jan Komasa, who was Oscar nominated for his 2019 feature Corpus Christi, is lined up to direct the fictionalised account of the life of composer Dimitri Shostakovich in Stalinist Russia.
Diehl will star as Shostakovich, while Riseborough will play his wife Nita, Shostakovich’s wife and intellectual equal.
The story follows the trajectory of the Russian composer’s life and career,...
Polish filmmaker Jan Komasa, who was Oscar nominated for his 2019 feature Corpus Christi, is lined up to direct the fictionalised account of the life of composer Dimitri Shostakovich in Stalinist Russia.
Diehl will star as Shostakovich, while Riseborough will play his wife Nita, Shostakovich’s wife and intellectual equal.
The story follows the trajectory of the Russian composer’s life and career,...
- 5/14/2024
- ScreenDaily
Serving the entertainment industry for more than two decades is a big deal, and Christopher Nolan has been doing it flawlessly. But there are several filmmakers, who played a major role in Nolan’s success. One such inspiration is Terrence Malick, who has unknowingly influenced Nolan’s works to such an extent, that today the Tenet director has turned into one of the most celebrated filmmakers.
Christopher Nolan on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Although the visionary director, Terrence Malick has been overlooked by the Academy Awards for years, his works have reached out to people and fans like Christopher Nolan. Hailed for his truly epic, and humanitarian films like Badlands, The Thin Red Line, and The Tree of Life, Malick’s works have transcended boundaries.
Christopher Nolan is a Fan of Terrence Malick’s Work
Often taking inspiration from incredible movies that common people aren’t even aware of,...
Christopher Nolan on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Although the visionary director, Terrence Malick has been overlooked by the Academy Awards for years, his works have reached out to people and fans like Christopher Nolan. Hailed for his truly epic, and humanitarian films like Badlands, The Thin Red Line, and The Tree of Life, Malick’s works have transcended boundaries.
Christopher Nolan is a Fan of Terrence Malick’s Work
Often taking inspiration from incredible movies that common people aren’t even aware of,...
- 2/21/2024
- by Krittika Mukherjee
- FandomWire
Just days after the Russian blockbuster “The Master and Margarita” surged to the top of the domestic box office, Kremlin cronies, pro-war propagandists and an army of online trolls have waged a campaign to discredit the film and its director, Michael Lockshin, a U.S. citizen who was raised in the Soviet Union and has been outspoken in his opposition to the war in Ukraine.
A source close to the film, who asked not to be named out of fear of potential repercussions, tells Variety that the movie’s staggering success and pointed critique of authoritarian rule has struck a nerve in right-wing circles at a time when Russian President Vladimir Putin has cracked down on any form of dissent.
“The propagandists are both envious and also hateful that a movie with an anti-censorship, anti-totalitarian, anti-war message is getting so much popularity, that they have doubled down,” the source said.
A source close to the film, who asked not to be named out of fear of potential repercussions, tells Variety that the movie’s staggering success and pointed critique of authoritarian rule has struck a nerve in right-wing circles at a time when Russian President Vladimir Putin has cracked down on any form of dissent.
“The propagandists are both envious and also hateful that a movie with an anti-censorship, anti-totalitarian, anti-war message is getting so much popularity, that they have doubled down,” the source said.
- 2/2/2024
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
[Editor’s Note: The following story contains spoilers for “Passages.”]
Franz Rogowski’s intense and offbeat appeal gets its purest expression in the despairing polycule at the center of Ira Sachs’ “Passages.” In the Euro-chic romantic drama that recalls Mike Nichols’ “Closer” through the unsentimental lens of a Maurice Pialat film, the German dancer-turned-actor plays solipsistic, emotionally arrested filmmaker Tomas Freibur. On the eve of wrapping his latest film, he strays from his taciturn husband Martin (Ben Whishaw) and into the arms of Agathe (Adèle Exarchopoulos), who, when Tomas later tells her he’s in love with her, replies, “You must say that a lot.”
Rogowski is a physically striking performer, here in great shape in this film after withering as a gay prisoner post-World War II for his European Film Award-nominated turn in 2021’s “Great Freedom.” His filmography has acquainted him closely with the world’s great filmmakers, from Michael Haneke to Terrence Malick (“A Hidden Life”) and Christian Petzold...
Franz Rogowski’s intense and offbeat appeal gets its purest expression in the despairing polycule at the center of Ira Sachs’ “Passages.” In the Euro-chic romantic drama that recalls Mike Nichols’ “Closer” through the unsentimental lens of a Maurice Pialat film, the German dancer-turned-actor plays solipsistic, emotionally arrested filmmaker Tomas Freibur. On the eve of wrapping his latest film, he strays from his taciturn husband Martin (Ben Whishaw) and into the arms of Agathe (Adèle Exarchopoulos), who, when Tomas later tells her he’s in love with her, replies, “You must say that a lot.”
Rogowski is a physically striking performer, here in great shape in this film after withering as a gay prisoner post-World War II for his European Film Award-nominated turn in 2021’s “Great Freedom.” His filmography has acquainted him closely with the world’s great filmmakers, from Michael Haneke to Terrence Malick (“A Hidden Life”) and Christian Petzold...
- 12/28/2023
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
‘Hajjan’ director Abu Bakr Shawky and ‘Theeb’ producer’ Bassel Ghandour on initial clint roster.
Untamed Talent, a new management and production company led by former Mister Smith Entertainment executive Antone Saliba, has launched with the backing of Dubai-based Front Row Productions and unveiled its first roster of clients.
The firm will represent filmmakers from the established Middle East industry hubs of Egypt and Saudi as well as promoting talent from more underrepresented countries in South West Asia and North Africa such as Jordan, Morocco, Syria, Afghanistan, Turkey, and Iran.
Front Row Productions, a joint venture of leading Middle East distribution...
Untamed Talent, a new management and production company led by former Mister Smith Entertainment executive Antone Saliba, has launched with the backing of Dubai-based Front Row Productions and unveiled its first roster of clients.
The firm will represent filmmakers from the established Middle East industry hubs of Egypt and Saudi as well as promoting talent from more underrepresented countries in South West Asia and North Africa such as Jordan, Morocco, Syria, Afghanistan, Turkey, and Iran.
Front Row Productions, a joint venture of leading Middle East distribution...
- 12/1/2023
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Bombay Berlin Film Productions (Bbfp) has revealed that August Diehl has been cast to play the role of German Olympic athlete Otto Peltzer in upcoming biopic The Distant Near.
Polish-uk filmmaker Rafael Kapelinski is set to direct the project, which has been selected for the Co-production Market of India’s Film Bazaar, currently taking place in Goa (November 20-24). The screenplay is written by UK writer James Pout with support from the Nipkow program of Medienboard.
Peltzer had an extraordinary life – an Olympic middle distance runner and former world record holder, he was persecuted by the Nazis for being gay and spent time in Mauthausen concentration camp. On his release, he moved to India to avoid further persecution, later becoming a coach for the Indian athletics team and inspiring them to victory over a visiting German team.
Diehl’s credits include Phillip Noyce’s Salt, alongside Angelina Jolie, Terrence...
Polish-uk filmmaker Rafael Kapelinski is set to direct the project, which has been selected for the Co-production Market of India’s Film Bazaar, currently taking place in Goa (November 20-24). The screenplay is written by UK writer James Pout with support from the Nipkow program of Medienboard.
Peltzer had an extraordinary life – an Olympic middle distance runner and former world record holder, he was persecuted by the Nazis for being gay and spent time in Mauthausen concentration camp. On his release, he moved to India to avoid further persecution, later becoming a coach for the Indian athletics team and inspiring them to victory over a visiting German team.
Diehl’s credits include Phillip Noyce’s Salt, alongside Angelina Jolie, Terrence...
- 11/21/2023
- by Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
Natural habitat: Michel Ciment asks a question during a press conference for Terrence Malick's A Hidden Life at the 72nd edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, on 20 May, 2019. Photo: Laurent Emmanuel / Afp) © Laurent Emmanuel / Afp
A doyen of French film criticism, the chief editor of Positif magazine and a regular attendee at the Cannes Film Festival, Michel Ciment has died at the age of 85.
Over the decades he lived and breathed cinema either as host of the programme Projection Privée on France Culture (until 2016), or as a lecturer at the University of Paris-V11.
He spent more than 50 years as radio critic for the programme Le Masque Et La Plume on the station France Inter.
In his element at the Arras Film Festival in northern France where he was accorded a Carte Blanche in 2018 in gratitude for his support over the years Photo: Léa Rener
As a member...
A doyen of French film criticism, the chief editor of Positif magazine and a regular attendee at the Cannes Film Festival, Michel Ciment has died at the age of 85.
Over the decades he lived and breathed cinema either as host of the programme Projection Privée on France Culture (until 2016), or as a lecturer at the University of Paris-V11.
He spent more than 50 years as radio critic for the programme Le Masque Et La Plume on the station France Inter.
In his element at the Arras Film Festival in northern France where he was accorded a Carte Blanche in 2018 in gratitude for his support over the years Photo: Léa Rener
As a member...
- 11/14/2023
- by Richard Mowe
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings.
Museum of the Moving Image
Reverse Shot celebrates its 20th anniversary with a months-long programming run, continuing this weekend with The Tree of Life, Everyone Else, and 35 Shots on Rum on 35mm, while A Hidden Life also screens; James and the Giant Peach plays in a Roald Dahl series with Matilda; a print of Bringing Up Baby shows on 35mm this Friday and Sunday.
Film Forum
“50 from the ’50s” continues with films by Welles, Kazan, Kubrick, and many more, while “Hitchcock’s ’50s” runs through arguably the director’s greatest decade.
Bam
“Cinema, Surrealism, Marxism” offers films from Buñuel, Glauber Rocha, Chris Marker, and more.
Anthology Film Archives
Yugoslav Black Wave icon Želimir Žilnik is subject of a new retrospective.
IFC Center
An extensive William Friedkin series continues, while The Holy Mountain, Gamer, and Exorcist III play late; Oldboy screens in a new restoration.
Museum of the Moving Image
Reverse Shot celebrates its 20th anniversary with a months-long programming run, continuing this weekend with The Tree of Life, Everyone Else, and 35 Shots on Rum on 35mm, while A Hidden Life also screens; James and the Giant Peach plays in a Roald Dahl series with Matilda; a print of Bringing Up Baby shows on 35mm this Friday and Sunday.
Film Forum
“50 from the ’50s” continues with films by Welles, Kazan, Kubrick, and many more, while “Hitchcock’s ’50s” runs through arguably the director’s greatest decade.
Bam
“Cinema, Surrealism, Marxism” offers films from Buñuel, Glauber Rocha, Chris Marker, and more.
Anthology Film Archives
Yugoslav Black Wave icon Želimir Žilnik is subject of a new retrospective.
IFC Center
An extensive William Friedkin series continues, while The Holy Mountain, Gamer, and Exorcist III play late; Oldboy screens in a new restoration.
- 11/9/2023
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
“Sidonie in Japan” will travel far and wide, as international agent Indie Sales has posted a raft of new sales out of Rome’s Mia Market. Starring Isabelle Huppert and directed by Elise Girard, the wistful romance world premiered out of Venice’s independent, auteur-oriented sidebar Venice Days last month.
The Paris-based sales company has altogether secured distribution deals for Australia/New Zealand (Sharmill Films), the Baltics (Next Episode Sl), Brazil (Imovision), the Cis (Arthouse), Germany (Majestic), Italy (Academy 2), India and subcontinent (BookMyShow), Spain (Surtsey) and Switzerland (Outside the Box), while negotiations are still ongoing with partners in Belgium and China. Gallic distributor Art House will handle the film’s domestic release early next year.
Led by Huppert and co-starring August Diehl and Tsuyoshi Ihara (“Letters from Iwo Jima”) the bittersweet film follows a widowed French author who accepts an invitation to Kyoto, only to find her husband’s ghost waiting for her there.
The Paris-based sales company has altogether secured distribution deals for Australia/New Zealand (Sharmill Films), the Baltics (Next Episode Sl), Brazil (Imovision), the Cis (Arthouse), Germany (Majestic), Italy (Academy 2), India and subcontinent (BookMyShow), Spain (Surtsey) and Switzerland (Outside the Box), while negotiations are still ongoing with partners in Belgium and China. Gallic distributor Art House will handle the film’s domestic release early next year.
Led by Huppert and co-starring August Diehl and Tsuyoshi Ihara (“Letters from Iwo Jima”) the bittersweet film follows a widowed French author who accepts an invitation to Kyoto, only to find her husband’s ghost waiting for her there.
- 10/13/2023
- by Ben Croll
- Variety Film + TV
Right from its opening moments, Austrian director Elisabeth Scharang’s Woodland is visually arresting, commanding one’s attention. Which is fortunate as the film is light on dialogue and primarily concerns the isolating experience of a woman living alone in wooded country. Through jagged memories that pierce the placid exterior of the film and our protagonist, we uncover the buried traumas and demons she is running away from. Or running towards, as it turns out. In her native hometown, a reckoning awaits her, that just might set her free.
Adapted from Doris Knecht’s novel Wald and inspired by Scharang’s personal experience, Woodland charts Marian’s (Brigitte Hobmeier) return to the small agrarian town she grew up in. She sets up camp in her abandoned family home––cobwebbed, without electricity, and freezing––and only occasionally charges her cell phone at the local pub. Her desire to disconnect from the world seems paramount.
Adapted from Doris Knecht’s novel Wald and inspired by Scharang’s personal experience, Woodland charts Marian’s (Brigitte Hobmeier) return to the small agrarian town she grew up in. She sets up camp in her abandoned family home––cobwebbed, without electricity, and freezing––and only occasionally charges her cell phone at the local pub. Her desire to disconnect from the world seems paramount.
- 9/25/2023
- by Ankit Jhunjhunwala
- The Film Stage
By Abe Friedtanzer
There’s a reason that there are so many films about the Holocaust. The attempted conquest of Europe and the whole world by the Nazis resulted in millions of innocent lives lost and countless others irreversibly altered. Fortunately, there were more than a few people who made the brave decision to stand up for those who couldn’t advocate or fight for themselves. These stories typically make for poignant cinematic tales. The latest is Irena’s Vow, which stars Sophie Nélisse as a Polish nurse who risked her life to safeguard a group of Jews…
Like La Rafle, The Zookeeper’s Wife, and A Hidden Life, this film centers on someone who was not Jewish but who found herself significantly disenfranchised when the Nazis invaded her country...
There’s a reason that there are so many films about the Holocaust. The attempted conquest of Europe and the whole world by the Nazis resulted in millions of innocent lives lost and countless others irreversibly altered. Fortunately, there were more than a few people who made the brave decision to stand up for those who couldn’t advocate or fight for themselves. These stories typically make for poignant cinematic tales. The latest is Irena’s Vow, which stars Sophie Nélisse as a Polish nurse who risked her life to safeguard a group of Jews…
Like La Rafle, The Zookeeper’s Wife, and A Hidden Life, this film centers on someone who was not Jewish but who found herself significantly disenfranchised when the Nazis invaded her country...
- 9/10/2023
- by Abe Friedtanzer
- FilmExperience
Variety has partnered with brand and culture consultancy Bsbp to curate a series of exclusive Q&a screenings in London of some of the industry’s most anticipated films. The screenings, which are targeted at BAFTA and AMPAS voters as well as key players in the showbiz community in the U.K., will take place at London’s The Cinema at Selfridges.
Variety and Bsbp have teamed with film distributor, global streaming service and production company Mubi for the first screening in the series, which will be for “Passages,” written and directed by Ira Sachs. The screening will be accompanied by a Q&a conducted by Variety critic Guy Lodge with Sachs and leading actor Franz Rogowski.
The sexually frank relationship drama, about a polysexual Parisian love triangle, also stars Ben Whishaw and Adele Exarchopoulos, and premiered to great acclaim at the Sundance Film Festival, also playing at the Berlinale.
Variety and Bsbp have teamed with film distributor, global streaming service and production company Mubi for the first screening in the series, which will be for “Passages,” written and directed by Ira Sachs. The screening will be accompanied by a Q&a conducted by Variety critic Guy Lodge with Sachs and leading actor Franz Rogowski.
The sexually frank relationship drama, about a polysexual Parisian love triangle, also stars Ben Whishaw and Adele Exarchopoulos, and premiered to great acclaim at the Sundance Film Festival, also playing at the Berlinale.
- 8/24/2023
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
It’s been years since we heard about Terrence Malick’s The Way of the Wind––as it so happens our 2020 reveal that it had changed titles from The Last Planet might be the most recent info of note. Even by his meticulous and secretive standards has the film, which shot in 2019, seemed less and less likely to ever emerge, making it a relief that some update’s arrived courtesy producer Alex Boden, who told Variety the project is “very much in the edit room.”
Not that it goes much deeper (we said some update), as Boden seems to be reporting secondhand, saying “Terry is very happy with what he is working on so far is the word.” The shooting-to-premiere rate on recent films has tended to be three years so Wind‘s four-year gap with a pandemic in-between leaves certain wiggle room, if not the gnawing knowledge that every...
Not that it goes much deeper (we said some update), as Boden seems to be reporting secondhand, saying “Terry is very happy with what he is working on so far is the word.” The shooting-to-premiere rate on recent films has tended to be three years so Wind‘s four-year gap with a pandemic in-between leaves certain wiggle room, if not the gnawing knowledge that every...
- 8/11/2023
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Filmmakers Sergei Spirin and Andrei Beresnev’s spiritual drama Iyov follows a lone individual named Job who, in the aftermath of a profound loss, searches for meaning as he battles depression. Visually, the co-directors evoke the work of Emmanuel Lubezki, whose awe-inspiring wide-lensed work with Terrence Malick and Alejandro Iñárritu similarly draws upon profound philosophical themes, with characters negotiating their place amongst immense environments. Spirin and Beresnev’s tale sees Job’s journey throughout several stunning locations across Georgia, highlighting the beauty of the world he struggles to remain a part of. Dn is delighted to premiere Iyov on our pages today and joined Spirin and Beresnev for a comprehensive conversation about their journey creating the film, covering the personal story of loss that inspired it, the inspiration of Lubezki and Malick, and their working approach to creating beautiful cinematography.
What drew you to tell this story of a man...
What drew you to tell this story of a man...
- 6/5/2023
- by James Maitre
- Directors Notes
“Tiger Stripes,” the debut feature of Malaysian director Amanda Nell Eu, won the Grand Prize at Cannes’ Critics’ Week, the Cannes sidebar dedicated to first or second films. The prize was awarded by a jury presided over by Audrey Diwan, the Venice prizewinning director of “Happening.”
The French Touch Jury Award went to Belgian director Paloma Sermon-Daï’s “It’s Raining in the House,” a film about adolescence, while the Revelation prize from the Louis Roederer Foundation was handed out to Jovan Ginic, the actor of Vladimir Perisic’s “Lost Country.” The Sacd prize, meanwhile, went to “The Rapture” by Iris Kaltenbäck.
“Tiger Stripes” tells the story of Zaffan, a 12 year-old girl who discovers a terrifying secret about her body. Ostracized by her community, Zaffan fights back, learning that in order to be free she must embrace the body she feared, emerging as a proud, strong woman.
The film stars Zafreen Zairizal,...
The French Touch Jury Award went to Belgian director Paloma Sermon-Daï’s “It’s Raining in the House,” a film about adolescence, while the Revelation prize from the Louis Roederer Foundation was handed out to Jovan Ginic, the actor of Vladimir Perisic’s “Lost Country.” The Sacd prize, meanwhile, went to “The Rapture” by Iris Kaltenbäck.
“Tiger Stripes” tells the story of Zaffan, a 12 year-old girl who discovers a terrifying secret about her body. Ostracized by her community, Zaffan fights back, learning that in order to be free she must embrace the body she feared, emerging as a proud, strong woman.
The film stars Zafreen Zairizal,...
- 5/24/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
The 2023 Cannes Critics Week lineup has officially been unveiled.
Hot off of the world premiere of first-time filmmaker Charlotte Wells’ Oscar-nominated “Aftersun,” this year’s Critics Week marks seven highly-anticipated feature debuts from directors like Amanda Nell (“Tiger Stripes”) and Jason Yu (“Jam”).
The lineup kicks off with opening night film “Ama Gloria,” directed by French filmmaker Marie Amachoukeli, who previously won Cannes’ Camera d’Or for 2014’s “Party Girl” which Amachoukeli co-directed with Claire Burger and Samuel Theis. (Critics Week allows for both first and second films in its lineup.) “Ama Gloria” centers on six-year-old girl Cléo who copes with her nanny Gloria leaving to return to Cape Verde.
The closing night film is Erwan le Duc’s “La fille de son père,” billed as a “bittersweet comedy about paternity and filiation with a poetic and off-beat angle.” Le Duc previously helmed “Perdrix”; Nahuel Perez Biscayart and Céleste Brunnquell star as father and daughter.
Hot off of the world premiere of first-time filmmaker Charlotte Wells’ Oscar-nominated “Aftersun,” this year’s Critics Week marks seven highly-anticipated feature debuts from directors like Amanda Nell (“Tiger Stripes”) and Jason Yu (“Jam”).
The lineup kicks off with opening night film “Ama Gloria,” directed by French filmmaker Marie Amachoukeli, who previously won Cannes’ Camera d’Or for 2014’s “Party Girl” which Amachoukeli co-directed with Claire Burger and Samuel Theis. (Critics Week allows for both first and second films in its lineup.) “Ama Gloria” centers on six-year-old girl Cléo who copes with her nanny Gloria leaving to return to Cape Verde.
The closing night film is Erwan le Duc’s “La fille de son père,” billed as a “bittersweet comedy about paternity and filiation with a poetic and off-beat angle.” Le Duc previously helmed “Perdrix”; Nahuel Perez Biscayart and Céleste Brunnquell star as father and daughter.
- 4/17/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Rolling off a successful edition that premiered Charlotte Wells’ celebrated film “Aftersun” with Paul Mescal, Cannes Critics’ Week is back with an international lineup spanning South Korea and Malaysia to France and Jordan, among others.
The Critics’ Week sidebar runs parallel to the Cannes Film Festival, and focuses on first and second films. Under the leadership of artistic director Ava Cahen since last year, the lineup will boast 11 feature films chosen from 1,000 submitted movies.
Out of these 11 movies, seven are feature debuts and six are directed by women. Among them is the opening night film, “Ama Gloria,” directed by French helmer Marie Amachoukeli, who previously won Cannes’ Golden Camera for “Party Girl” which she co-directed with Claire Burger and Samuel Theis.
“Ama Gloria” tells the story of Cléo, a six-year old girl who sees her beloved nanny, Gloria, leave town to return to Cape Verde.
This 62nd edition will wrap...
The Critics’ Week sidebar runs parallel to the Cannes Film Festival, and focuses on first and second films. Under the leadership of artistic director Ava Cahen since last year, the lineup will boast 11 feature films chosen from 1,000 submitted movies.
Out of these 11 movies, seven are feature debuts and six are directed by women. Among them is the opening night film, “Ama Gloria,” directed by French helmer Marie Amachoukeli, who previously won Cannes’ Golden Camera for “Party Girl” which she co-directed with Claire Burger and Samuel Theis.
“Ama Gloria” tells the story of Cléo, a six-year old girl who sees her beloved nanny, Gloria, leave town to return to Cape Verde.
This 62nd edition will wrap...
- 4/17/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Audrey Diwan, director of the 2021 Venice Golden Lion winner “Happening,” has been named jury president of the 62nd annual Critics Week.
The jury members include Portuguese director of photography Rui Poças; German actor, choreographer and dancer Franz Rogowski (“A Hidden Life”); Indian journalist, curator and Berlinale programming advisor Meenakshi Shedde; and Sundance programming director Kim Yutani.
The Critics Week sidebar runs parallel to the Cannes Film Festival, and focuses on first and second films. Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania (“The Man who Sold his Skin”) served as last year’s jury president.
Diwan, a former journalist, made her debut with “Losing It” in 2019. Two years later, the filmmaker took home the Venice Film Festival’s top prize for her sophomore feature, the searing 2021 abortion drama “Happening,” which was snapped up for distribution by IFC Films. She became only the second woman (after 2020’s “Nomadland” helmer Chloe Zhao) to win the Golden Lion since Agnès Varda,...
The jury members include Portuguese director of photography Rui Poças; German actor, choreographer and dancer Franz Rogowski (“A Hidden Life”); Indian journalist, curator and Berlinale programming advisor Meenakshi Shedde; and Sundance programming director Kim Yutani.
The Critics Week sidebar runs parallel to the Cannes Film Festival, and focuses on first and second films. Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania (“The Man who Sold his Skin”) served as last year’s jury president.
Diwan, a former journalist, made her debut with “Losing It” in 2019. Two years later, the filmmaker took home the Venice Film Festival’s top prize for her sophomore feature, the searing 2021 abortion drama “Happening,” which was snapped up for distribution by IFC Films. She became only the second woman (after 2020’s “Nomadland” helmer Chloe Zhao) to win the Golden Lion since Agnès Varda,...
- 4/12/2023
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
French director and writer Audrey Diwan, who won the Venice Golden Lion in 2021 for her second feature Happening, has been announced as jury president for this year’s edition of Cannes Critics’ Week.
The parallel Cannes section devoted to emerging talents and first and second features will unfold from May 17 to 25 this year.
“Born in 1980, she belongs to this new generation of female filmmakers whose sharpness and formal freedom are reinventing the codes and redefining the boundaries of international cinema,” Cannes Critics’ Week said of the director.
Diwan will be joined on the jury by Portuguese director of photography Rui Poças (Tabu, Zama, Will-o’-the-Wisp), German actor, choreographer and dancer Franz Rogowski (A Hidden Life, Undine, Disco Boy).
Further jury members comprise Indian journalist, curator and advisor to the programming of the Berlin Film Festival, Meenakshi Shedde as well as American film programmer Kim Yutani, Sundance’s Film Festival programming director.
The parallel Cannes section devoted to emerging talents and first and second features will unfold from May 17 to 25 this year.
“Born in 1980, she belongs to this new generation of female filmmakers whose sharpness and formal freedom are reinventing the codes and redefining the boundaries of international cinema,” Cannes Critics’ Week said of the director.
Diwan will be joined on the jury by Portuguese director of photography Rui Poças (Tabu, Zama, Will-o’-the-Wisp), German actor, choreographer and dancer Franz Rogowski (A Hidden Life, Undine, Disco Boy).
Further jury members comprise Indian journalist, curator and advisor to the programming of the Berlin Film Festival, Meenakshi Shedde as well as American film programmer Kim Yutani, Sundance’s Film Festival programming director.
- 4/12/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Indie Sales has acquired “Sidonie in Japan,” Elise Girard’s romance-laced ghost movie starring Oscar-nominated Isabelle Huppert (“Elle”) and August Diehl (“A Hidden Life”).
Huppert stars Sidonie Perceval, an established French writer who mourns her deceased husband. Invited to Japan for the reedition of her first book, she is welcomed by her local editor who takes her to Kyoto, As they travel together through the Japanese spring blossoms, she slowly opens up to him. But the ghost of her husband follows Sidonie. She will have to finally let go of the past to let herself love again
Indie Sales will be introducing “Sidonie in Japan” to buyers at the European Film Market. Now in post, the movie will be completed in the Spring. Art House Films will handle the French release.
“Sidonie in Japan” was produced by Sébastien Haguenauer through his Paris-based outfit 10:15! Productions, in co-production with Lupa Film GmbH,...
Huppert stars Sidonie Perceval, an established French writer who mourns her deceased husband. Invited to Japan for the reedition of her first book, she is welcomed by her local editor who takes her to Kyoto, As they travel together through the Japanese spring blossoms, she slowly opens up to him. But the ghost of her husband follows Sidonie. She will have to finally let go of the past to let herself love again
Indie Sales will be introducing “Sidonie in Japan” to buyers at the European Film Market. Now in post, the movie will be completed in the Spring. Art House Films will handle the French release.
“Sidonie in Japan” was produced by Sébastien Haguenauer through his Paris-based outfit 10:15! Productions, in co-production with Lupa Film GmbH,...
- 2/7/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Jonas Dassler (The Golden Glove) has been tapped to play German pastor and theologian-turned-spy Dietrich Bonhoeffer in the thriller God’s Spy, based on a true story.
Others set for the pic written and directed by Sully scribe Todd Komarnicki include Flula Borg (The Suicide Squad), David Jonsson (Industry), August Diehl (A Hidden Life), Moritz Bleibtreu (World War Z) and BAFTA Award nominee Clarke Peters (The Wire).
The film currently in production is set in Berlin during the time of the Third Reich, examining Bonhoeffer’s determination to live his life with uncompromising political and spiritual courage, while speaking truth to power, in his attempt to save countless Jewish lives. Bonhoeffer was among only a few clergy who were early to recognize the danger of Hitler’s anti-Semitic rhetoric, and while the German church acquiesced to Hitler, Bonhoeffer took him on. First, from the pulpit — and then from the front lines.
Others set for the pic written and directed by Sully scribe Todd Komarnicki include Flula Borg (The Suicide Squad), David Jonsson (Industry), August Diehl (A Hidden Life), Moritz Bleibtreu (World War Z) and BAFTA Award nominee Clarke Peters (The Wire).
The film currently in production is set in Berlin during the time of the Third Reich, examining Bonhoeffer’s determination to live his life with uncompromising political and spiritual courage, while speaking truth to power, in his attempt to save countless Jewish lives. Bonhoeffer was among only a few clergy who were early to recognize the danger of Hitler’s anti-Semitic rhetoric, and while the German church acquiesced to Hitler, Bonhoeffer took him on. First, from the pulpit — and then from the front lines.
- 1/12/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
As a sector grows, it adds more specialist infrastructure. Taking place Oct. 20-21 and organised by the Feria de Valladolid and Spain Film Commission, Spain’s Shooting Locations Marketplace is a case in point and part of Spain’s drive to consolidate as one of the world’s foremost big shoot locales.
“The Spain Film Commission’s policy is to target specific industry segments, beginning with location managers,” Spain Film Commission president Carlos Rosado said at Valladolid.
The Marketplace is a case in point, coming as the value of locations has grown to become a basic consideration in a highly competitive new content scene. “There’s an exponential increase of productions that has raised the need to set each story in a unique location which meets both producers and directors criteria,” Rosado added. Following, seven takeaways:
A Unique Event
Few events on Europe’s big shoot scene are more specialist...
“The Spain Film Commission’s policy is to target specific industry segments, beginning with location managers,” Spain Film Commission president Carlos Rosado said at Valladolid.
The Marketplace is a case in point, coming as the value of locations has grown to become a basic consideration in a highly competitive new content scene. “There’s an exponential increase of productions that has raised the need to set each story in a unique location which meets both producers and directors criteria,” Rosado added. Following, seven takeaways:
A Unique Event
Few events on Europe’s big shoot scene are more specialist...
- 12/8/2022
- by Pablo Sandoval
- Variety Film + TV
What if Terrence Malick started making commercials for corporations instead of feature films? We now have an actual answer to that question. There's a short ad video from overpriced fashion brand Louis Vuitton called Towards A Dream in the USA that was released a few months ago. It turns out this was shot by the acclaimed American filmmaker Terrence Malick, who hasn't made a new feature since last directing A Hidden Life in 2019. It's not that good, but now we know who made this. "Actually shot about a year ago but only released this fall, the project found Malick reteaming with cinematographer Alexis Zabé, and uses a piece from Michael Nyman's stirring score for The Piano." It's not an exciting film - just a bunch of kids interacting with an ugly Louis Vuitton trunk. I kind of hate this short - there's nothing unique or interesting about it, Malick...
- 11/27/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Three years have passed since Terrence Malick released his most recent film, the Germany-set World War II period piece “A Hidden Life.” And while the director has been hard at work on his upcoming Biblical epic “The Way of the Wind,” a reimagining of key scenes from the life of Jesus that notably stars Mark Rylance as Satan, the scope of that project has caused it to be delayed several times.
But while Malick’s fans wait for that passion project to see the light of day, the director has completed a new project featuring his unique visual style. Malick has directed a new Louis Vuitton commercial that weaves together dreamlike shots of various locations throughout the United States.
The official synopsis for the collaboration between Malick and the legendary fashion house reads: “As part of an enduring journey exploring dreamlike landscapes around the globe, Louis Vuitton lands in the...
But while Malick’s fans wait for that passion project to see the light of day, the director has completed a new project featuring his unique visual style. Malick has directed a new Louis Vuitton commercial that weaves together dreamlike shots of various locations throughout the United States.
The official synopsis for the collaboration between Malick and the legendary fashion house reads: “As part of an enduring journey exploring dreamlike landscapes around the globe, Louis Vuitton lands in the...
- 11/27/2022
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
Len Blavatnik and Ruben Dishdishyan producing.
An Media has reported a strong response to its AFM action thriller Mira with multiple territory sales led by the US, Germany, Australia and South Korea in the latest example of the longer deal-making tail at markets.
Germany-based Capelight Pictures has acquired rights for the US, Germany and Australia, while Korea Screen will distribute in South Korea and Cine Y Video in Latin America. An Media is continuing talks for other territories.
Dmitry Kiselev (Spacewalker) directs Mira, which centres on Lera, the 15-year-old daughter of an astronaut, Arabov, who left many years ago on...
An Media has reported a strong response to its AFM action thriller Mira with multiple territory sales led by the US, Germany, Australia and South Korea in the latest example of the longer deal-making tail at markets.
Germany-based Capelight Pictures has acquired rights for the US, Germany and Australia, while Korea Screen will distribute in South Korea and Cine Y Video in Latin America. An Media is continuing talks for other territories.
Dmitry Kiselev (Spacewalker) directs Mira, which centres on Lera, the 15-year-old daughter of an astronaut, Arabov, who left many years ago on...
- 11/15/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Len Blavatnik and Ruben Dishdishyan producing.
An Media has reported a strong response to its AFM action thriller Mira with multiple territory sales led by the US, Germany, Australia and South Korea in the latest example of the longer deal-making tail at markets.
Germany-based Capelight Pictures has acquired rights for the US, Germany and Australia, while Korea Screen will distribute in South Korea and Cine Y Video in Latin America. An Media is continuing talks for other territories.
Dmitry Kiselev (Spacewalker) directs Mira, which centres on Lera, the 15-year-old daughter of an astronaut, Arabov, who left many years ago on...
An Media has reported a strong response to its AFM action thriller Mira with multiple territory sales led by the US, Germany, Australia and South Korea in the latest example of the longer deal-making tail at markets.
Germany-based Capelight Pictures has acquired rights for the US, Germany and Australia, while Korea Screen will distribute in South Korea and Cine Y Video in Latin America. An Media is continuing talks for other territories.
Dmitry Kiselev (Spacewalker) directs Mira, which centres on Lera, the 15-year-old daughter of an astronaut, Arabov, who left many years ago on...
- 11/14/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Sarah Polley’s “Women Talking” is based on a 2018 Miriam Toews novel inspired by a Bolivian religious colony’s epidemic of sexual violence. It primarily takes place inside a hayloft, where three generations of Mennonite women convene to discuss their future in the colony. True to its title, the film has a dense script. It also boasts a number of incredible performances that are sure to be recognized by awards bodies all season long.
“Women Talking” is Gold Derby’s projected Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar winner and is currently ranked third in the odds for Best Film Ensemble at the SAG Awards. Both Claire Foy and Jessie Buckley appear to be locks for Best Supporting Actress nominations, and Ben Whishaw has recently risen in Best Supporting Supporting Actor. As of now, he occupies third place. Furthermore, Polley is behind only Steven Spielberg in Best Director. While the movie also deserves top-five status in Best Cinematography,...
“Women Talking” is Gold Derby’s projected Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar winner and is currently ranked third in the odds for Best Film Ensemble at the SAG Awards. Both Claire Foy and Jessie Buckley appear to be locks for Best Supporting Actress nominations, and Ben Whishaw has recently risen in Best Supporting Supporting Actor. As of now, he occupies third place. Furthermore, Polley is behind only Steven Spielberg in Best Director. While the movie also deserves top-five status in Best Cinematography,...
- 11/8/2022
- by Ronald Meyer
- Gold Derby
August Diehl (“A Hidden Life”) is set to star in Russian filmmaker Kirill Serebrennikov‘s film adaptation of the best-selling French novel “The Disappearance of Josef Mengele” which will start shooting in early June.
Produced by Charles Gillibert at CG Cinema (“Annette”) and Ilya Stewart at Hype Studios (“Tchaikovsky’s Wife”), the film will star Diehl as Mengele, the notorious Nazi doctor who found refuge in South America at the end of WWII and was never captured. He died in Brazil in 1979 without having been judged for his crimes. The novel, penned by Olivier Guez, won the prestigious Renaudot Prize in 2017 in France and was published in more than 30 countries.
The long-gestating project will mark Serebrennikov‘s follow up to his upcoming movie “Limonov,” as well as “Tchaikovsky’s Wife” and “Leto,” both of which competed at the Cannes Film Festival in 2022 and 2018.
A popular German actor, Diehl previously worked...
Produced by Charles Gillibert at CG Cinema (“Annette”) and Ilya Stewart at Hype Studios (“Tchaikovsky’s Wife”), the film will star Diehl as Mengele, the notorious Nazi doctor who found refuge in South America at the end of WWII and was never captured. He died in Brazil in 1979 without having been judged for his crimes. The novel, penned by Olivier Guez, won the prestigious Renaudot Prize in 2017 in France and was published in more than 30 countries.
The long-gestating project will mark Serebrennikov‘s follow up to his upcoming movie “Limonov,” as well as “Tchaikovsky’s Wife” and “Leto,” both of which competed at the Cannes Film Festival in 2022 and 2018.
A popular German actor, Diehl previously worked...
- 10/18/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Prime Video has dropped the official trailer for The English, their upcoming Western drama starring Emily Blunt and Chaske Spencer. The six-episode limited series finds Blunt playing Lady Cornelia Locke, an aristocratic English woman who teams up with Pawnee ex-cavalry scout Eli Whipp (Spencer) as they cross the violent landscape of the American West in 1890.
As a Western fan, I’ve been thrilled that we’ve been seeing more of the genre in recent years, and The English looks like it could be a lot of fun. The series comes from writer/director Hugo Blick (The Honourable Woman) and will tackle the core themes of “identity and revenge to tell a uniquely compelling parable on race, power, and love.” In addition to Emily Blunt and Chaske Spencer, The English also stars Rafe Spall, Ciarán Hinds, Tim Hughes, Toby Jones, Stephen Rea, Valerie Pachner, and more. Emily Blunt will next be...
As a Western fan, I’ve been thrilled that we’ve been seeing more of the genre in recent years, and The English looks like it could be a lot of fun. The series comes from writer/director Hugo Blick (The Honourable Woman) and will tackle the core themes of “identity and revenge to tell a uniquely compelling parable on race, power, and love.” In addition to Emily Blunt and Chaske Spencer, The English also stars Rafe Spall, Ciarán Hinds, Tim Hughes, Toby Jones, Stephen Rea, Valerie Pachner, and more. Emily Blunt will next be...
- 10/14/2022
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
The English Credit: Diego Lopez Calvin/Drama Republic/BBC/Amazon Studios Description: Emily Blunt Prime Video debuted the official trailer for the upcoming Western drama series The English, starring Emily Blunt and Chaske Spencer. All six episodes of the limited series will premiere on November 11 exclusively in the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the Nordics on Prime Video, following its November 10 UK premiere on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer. Additionally, The English will make its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival as their series special presentation on Saturday, October 15. The series is a co-production with Amazon Studios and BBC, in association with All3Media International who handled international sales. The English is an epic chase Western, from award-winning writer and director Hugo Blick. The series takes the core themes of identity and revenge to tell a uniquely compelling parable on race, power, and love. An aristocratic Englishwoman,...
- 10/13/2022
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
Emily Blunt is on a journey of revenge in the latest trailer for the Prime Video original series The English.
The Western drama series The English stars Blunt and Chaske Spencer.
All six episodes of the limited series will premiere on November 11 exclusively in the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the Nordics on Prime Video, following its November 10 UK premiere on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer.
Additionally, the series will make its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival as their series special presentation on Saturday, October 15.
The series is a co-production with Amazon Studios and BBC, in association with All3Media International who handled international sales.
The streaming service describes the show as "an epic chase Western," from award-winning writer and director Hugo Blick.
The series takes the core themes of identity and revenge to tell a uniquely compelling parable on race, power, and love.
"An aristocratic Englishwoman,...
The Western drama series The English stars Blunt and Chaske Spencer.
All six episodes of the limited series will premiere on November 11 exclusively in the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the Nordics on Prime Video, following its November 10 UK premiere on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer.
Additionally, the series will make its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival as their series special presentation on Saturday, October 15.
The series is a co-production with Amazon Studios and BBC, in association with All3Media International who handled international sales.
The streaming service describes the show as "an epic chase Western," from award-winning writer and director Hugo Blick.
The series takes the core themes of identity and revenge to tell a uniquely compelling parable on race, power, and love.
"An aristocratic Englishwoman,...
- 10/13/2022
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Prime Video has debuted the teaser trailer for the upcoming Western drama series The English, starring Emily Blunt and Chaske Spencer, along with its premiere date
All six episodes of the limited series will premiere on November 11 exclusively in the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the Nordics on Prime Video, following its November 10 UK premiere on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer.
Additionally, The English will make its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival as their series special presentation on Sunday, October 15. The series is a co-production with Amazon Studios and BBC, in association with All3Media International who handled international sales.
The English is an epic chase Western, from award-winning writer and director Hugo Blick. The series takes the core themes of identity and revenge to tell a uniquely compelling parable on race, power, and love. An aristocratic Englishwoman, Lady Cornelia Locke (Blunt), and a Pawnee ex-cavalry scout,...
All six episodes of the limited series will premiere on November 11 exclusively in the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the Nordics on Prime Video, following its November 10 UK premiere on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer.
Additionally, The English will make its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival as their series special presentation on Sunday, October 15. The series is a co-production with Amazon Studios and BBC, in association with All3Media International who handled international sales.
The English is an epic chase Western, from award-winning writer and director Hugo Blick. The series takes the core themes of identity and revenge to tell a uniquely compelling parable on race, power, and love. An aristocratic Englishwoman, Lady Cornelia Locke (Blunt), and a Pawnee ex-cavalry scout,...
- 9/5/2022
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Critics Choice Awards winner Emily Blunt and Chaske Spencer (Banshee) lead the cast of Prime Video’s The English, a new Western series that just launched its first teaser trailer. The six-episode limited series, set in the late 19th century, will debut on November 11, 2022 (Nov. 10th in the UK) with the release of the full season.
Hugo Blick (The Honourable Woman) created the series and serves as writer, director, and executive producer. In addition to Blunt and Spencer, The English stars Stephen Rea (The Shadow Line), Valerie Pachner (A Hidden Life), Rafe Spall (The Salisbury Poisonings), Tom Hughes (A Discovery of Witches), Toby Jones (Marvellous), and Ciarán Hinds (The Terror).
The series is a co-production of Amazon Studios and BBC, with Drama Republic Ltd and Eight Rooks Ltd. producing. Series star Emily Blunt executive produces along with Drama Republics’ Greg Brenman.
“The chance to make a Western with Emily Blunt...
Hugo Blick (The Honourable Woman) created the series and serves as writer, director, and executive producer. In addition to Blunt and Spencer, The English stars Stephen Rea (The Shadow Line), Valerie Pachner (A Hidden Life), Rafe Spall (The Salisbury Poisonings), Tom Hughes (A Discovery of Witches), Toby Jones (Marvellous), and Ciarán Hinds (The Terror).
The series is a co-production of Amazon Studios and BBC, with Drama Republic Ltd and Eight Rooks Ltd. producing. Series star Emily Blunt executive produces along with Drama Republics’ Greg Brenman.
“The chance to make a Western with Emily Blunt...
- 9/1/2022
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Missing 1883?
Prime Video might have the series for you!
The streaming service debuted the teaser trailer and art for the upcoming Western drama series The English, starring Emily Blunt and Chaske Spencer.
All six episodes of the limited series will premiere on November 11 exclusively in the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the Nordics on Prime Video, following its November 10 UK premiere on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer.
The English will make its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival as their series special presentation on Sunday, October 15.
The series is a co-production with Amazon Studios and BBC, in association with All3Media International who handled international sales.
The English is an epic chase Western, from award-winning writer and director Hugo Blick.
"The series takes the core themes of identity and revenge to tell a uniquely compelling parable on race, power, and love," according to the streaming service.
"An aristocratic Englishwoman,...
Prime Video might have the series for you!
The streaming service debuted the teaser trailer and art for the upcoming Western drama series The English, starring Emily Blunt and Chaske Spencer.
All six episodes of the limited series will premiere on November 11 exclusively in the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the Nordics on Prime Video, following its November 10 UK premiere on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer.
The English will make its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival as their series special presentation on Sunday, October 15.
The series is a co-production with Amazon Studios and BBC, in association with All3Media International who handled international sales.
The English is an epic chase Western, from award-winning writer and director Hugo Blick.
"The series takes the core themes of identity and revenge to tell a uniquely compelling parable on race, power, and love," according to the streaming service.
"An aristocratic Englishwoman,...
- 9/1/2022
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Yellowstone, this most certainly is not!
Prime Video on Thursday dropped a teaser trailer for Emily Blunt‘s The English, a six-part drama described as “an epic chase Western” that “takes the core themes of identity and revenge to tell a uniquely compelling parable on race, power and love.”
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Prime Video on Thursday dropped a teaser trailer for Emily Blunt‘s The English, a six-part drama described as “an epic chase Western” that “takes the core themes of identity and revenge to tell a uniquely compelling parable on race, power and love.”
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The footage,...
- 9/1/2022
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
Here’s a first look at Emily Blunt in Hugo Blick’s BBC and Prime Video drama The English.
The Sicario and A Quiet Place star will appear as Lady Cornelia Locke in the series, an aristocratic English woman who comes together with Pawnee ex-cavalry scout Eli Whipp (Spencer) in 1890s mid-America to cross a violent landscape built on dreams and blood. Stephen Rea plays local town sheriff Robert Marshall, while Valerie Pachner is young widow Martha Myers.
Click through a gallery of first-look images above.
Written and directed by Blick and produced in association with All3Media International by Mediawan-owned production company Drama Republic, which made the scribe’s BBC drama The Honourable Woman, The English is billed as taking “the core themes of identity and revenge to tell a uniquely compelling parable on race, love and power.
The Sicario and A Quiet Place star will appear as Lady Cornelia Locke in the series, an aristocratic English woman who comes together with Pawnee ex-cavalry scout Eli Whipp (Spencer) in 1890s mid-America to cross a violent landscape built on dreams and blood. Stephen Rea plays local town sheriff Robert Marshall, while Valerie Pachner is young widow Martha Myers.
Click through a gallery of first-look images above.
Written and directed by Blick and produced in association with All3Media International by Mediawan-owned production company Drama Republic, which made the scribe’s BBC drama The Honourable Woman, The English is billed as taking “the core themes of identity and revenge to tell a uniquely compelling parable on race, love and power.
- 8/18/2022
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Missing Yellowstone prequel 1883 and looking for a new Western to fill the void? Allow us to introduce you to The English.
Premiering in November, the six-part, 19th Century drama — featuring Emily Blunt in a rare series-regular role — is described as “an epic chase Western” that “takes the core themes of identity and revenge to tell a uniquely compelling parable on race, power and love.”
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Premiering in November, the six-part, 19th Century drama — featuring Emily Blunt in a rare series-regular role — is described as “an epic chase Western” that “takes the core themes of identity and revenge to tell a uniquely compelling parable on race, power and love.”
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- 8/18/2022
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
Part of Spain’s drive to consolidate as one of the world’s foremost big shoot locales, Shooting Locations Marketplace has confirmed dates for its second edition which will run over Oct. 20-21, taking place once again at the Feria de Valladolid, an hour’s train ride north of Madrid.
The Marketplace looks set to repeat its original format which welcomes first and foremost location scouts, as well as producers, line producers and representatives of film commissions in and outside Spain.
Revolving around one-to-one meetings, where commissions and service companies present potential shoot destinations to location managers, the Marketplace also features panels and presentations analysing industry trends as well as success stories and factors that tip the balance when picking one destination over another.
Representatives of 60 destinations are expected, including members of the Spain Film Commission, and countries such as Portugal and Norway, which will attend for the first time.
The Marketplace looks set to repeat its original format which welcomes first and foremost location scouts, as well as producers, line producers and representatives of film commissions in and outside Spain.
Revolving around one-to-one meetings, where commissions and service companies present potential shoot destinations to location managers, the Marketplace also features panels and presentations analysing industry trends as well as success stories and factors that tip the balance when picking one destination over another.
Representatives of 60 destinations are expected, including members of the Spain Film Commission, and countries such as Portugal and Norway, which will attend for the first time.
- 6/22/2022
- by Pablo Sandoval and John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Great Freedom, starring Franz Rogowski, is showing exclusively on Mubi in many countries starting May 7, 2022. The actor is also the subject of Mubi's retrospective, Franz Rogowski: Man of the Hour.Franz Rogowski in Great Freedom (2021).Some people just have it—"it" here being largely indefinable and perhaps even a quality others also possess but for whatever reason doesn’t galvanize the masses like that rare individual. German actor Franz Rogowski is one of those people, a once-in-a-generation talent whose meteoric rise has been as surprising as it is warranted. Though he’d featured prominently as both a lead (in German director Jakob Lass’s 2013 bizarre romantic improvisation Love Steaks) and a supporting player, Rogowski’s star truly began to rise when Berlin School auteur Christian Petzold cast him in his 2018 masterpiece Transit, which launched the face that launched a thousand appreciations of it, particularly in the United States where he had theretofore been largely unknown.
- 5/28/2022
- MUBI
Mister Smith Entertainment has tapped Emma Mason as head of marketing and publicity, the company revealed on Friday.
Mason has been overseeing marketing and publicity for Mister Smith Entertainment’s Cannes slate, including features “The Convert” from Lee Tamahori starring Guy Pearce, an action movie about a preacher in 1830s New Zealand, and “Inappropriate Behavior” from Tony Goldwyn starring Bobby Cannavale, about a man’s relationship with his neurodiverse child (and which features Robert De Niro in a major supporting role).
She has also been working on Cannes offerings such as Martha Stephens’ “Big Rig,” which will see “High School Musical” star Vanessa Hudgens play a trucker, and Lucy Hale rom-com “Which Brings Me To You,” about a woman who sets out to have a one night stand at a wedding which doesn’t go according to plan.
Mason comes from Dda, where she spent 5 years as a producers’ rep...
Mason has been overseeing marketing and publicity for Mister Smith Entertainment’s Cannes slate, including features “The Convert” from Lee Tamahori starring Guy Pearce, an action movie about a preacher in 1830s New Zealand, and “Inappropriate Behavior” from Tony Goldwyn starring Bobby Cannavale, about a man’s relationship with his neurodiverse child (and which features Robert De Niro in a major supporting role).
She has also been working on Cannes offerings such as Martha Stephens’ “Big Rig,” which will see “High School Musical” star Vanessa Hudgens play a trucker, and Lucy Hale rom-com “Which Brings Me To You,” about a woman who sets out to have a one night stand at a wedding which doesn’t go according to plan.
Mason comes from Dda, where she spent 5 years as a producers’ rep...
- 5/20/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Rising German actor Franz Rogowski, who most recently starred in Cannes Film Festival critical hit Great Freedom, has signed with CAA.
Sebastian Meise’s drama, about the criminilization of homosexuality in post-war Germany, won the 2021 Un Certain Regard Jury Prize in Cannes. Rogowski gives a magnetic performance as Hans, a man repeatedly imprisoned under Paragraph 175 but who over the span of decades develops an unlikely bond with his cellmate.
Rogowski is also known for Christian Petzold films Transit and Undine, Terrence Malick’s A Hidden Life, Gabriele Mainetti’s Venice Film Festival title Freaks Out and Sebastian Schipper’s Berlin drama Victoria.
The former Berlin Shooting Star also starred in In The Aisles for which he won Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role at the 2018 German Film Awards and a Lola Award.
Rogowski continues to be represented in the UK by Sam Fox and Kate Morrison at B-Side Management,...
Sebastian Meise’s drama, about the criminilization of homosexuality in post-war Germany, won the 2021 Un Certain Regard Jury Prize in Cannes. Rogowski gives a magnetic performance as Hans, a man repeatedly imprisoned under Paragraph 175 but who over the span of decades develops an unlikely bond with his cellmate.
Rogowski is also known for Christian Petzold films Transit and Undine, Terrence Malick’s A Hidden Life, Gabriele Mainetti’s Venice Film Festival title Freaks Out and Sebastian Schipper’s Berlin drama Victoria.
The former Berlin Shooting Star also starred in In The Aisles for which he won Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role at the 2018 German Film Awards and a Lola Award.
Rogowski continues to be represented in the UK by Sam Fox and Kate Morrison at B-Side Management,...
- 5/4/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Robert Eggers' 2019 film "The Lighthouse" is easily one of the best films of that year, which is saying something as 2019 also contained "Portrait of a Lady on Fire," "A Hidden Life," "The Souvenir," "Pain and Glory," "The Irishman," "Little Women," "Midsommar," and many others. It was a ridiculously strong year for film.
Notable for its grit and filth, "The Lighthouse" tells the story of two men, one novice (Robert Pattinson) and one expert (Willem Dafoe), who must tend to a lighthouse on an isolated island sometime in the 1890s. Their job is precise, labor-intensive, and smelly. Birds attack them, booze is in short...
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Notable for its grit and filth, "The Lighthouse" tells the story of two men, one novice (Robert Pattinson) and one expert (Willem Dafoe), who must tend to a lighthouse on an isolated island sometime in the 1890s. Their job is precise, labor-intensive, and smelly. Birds attack them, booze is in short...
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- 4/15/2022
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Few actors in cinema right now are as distinctive and exhilarating as Franz Rogowski. Among a sea of bland leading men he has a presence wholly his own, making every new film an event just to see what he’s going to do next. He’s impossible to pin down, possessing an unpredictability from one scene to the next, and the ability to convey that there’s so much going on underneath the surface of his characters––some of which we can interpret, much of which we may never fully know.
Being a mystery we’re not used to seeing in modern film, it’s no surprise Rogowski quickly made a name for himself working with some of our best directors, with key supporting roles in Sebastian Schipper’s one-shot wonder Victoria, and the most recent films of Michael Haneke (Happy End) and Terrence Malick (A Hidden Life). He is...
Being a mystery we’re not used to seeing in modern film, it’s no surprise Rogowski quickly made a name for himself working with some of our best directors, with key supporting roles in Sebastian Schipper’s one-shot wonder Victoria, and the most recent films of Michael Haneke (Happy End) and Terrence Malick (A Hidden Life). He is...
- 3/2/2022
- by Mitchell Beaupre
- The Film Stage
NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings.
Film at Lincoln Center
A retrospective of the invaluable Jonas Mekas has begun.
Film Forum
The massive Toshiro Mifune conitnues with emphasis on his Akira Kurosawa collaborations, while Sidewalk Stories plays Sunday.
IFC Center
Solaris continues screening for its 50th anniversary, while Eraserhead, House, and Nausicaä have showings.
Roxy Cinema
Swept Away and a 35mm print of The Insider screen on Saturday, the latter repeating on Sunday.
Anthology Film Archives
“Homecoming Films” offers work by Hitchcock, Lang, Renoir, Verhoeven and more.
Metrograph
Films by Chantal Akerman and Angès Varda lead the pack of “Lowlands ’70s and ’80s.”
Museum of the Moving Image
A tribute to the great Woody Strode continues with The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and Pork Chop Hill.
Museum of Modern Art
The pre-code series continues.
Paris Theater
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre plays on Friday while A Hidden Life,...
Film at Lincoln Center
A retrospective of the invaluable Jonas Mekas has begun.
Film Forum
The massive Toshiro Mifune conitnues with emphasis on his Akira Kurosawa collaborations, while Sidewalk Stories plays Sunday.
IFC Center
Solaris continues screening for its 50th anniversary, while Eraserhead, House, and Nausicaä have showings.
Roxy Cinema
Swept Away and a 35mm print of The Insider screen on Saturday, the latter repeating on Sunday.
Anthology Film Archives
“Homecoming Films” offers work by Hitchcock, Lang, Renoir, Verhoeven and more.
Metrograph
Films by Chantal Akerman and Angès Varda lead the pack of “Lowlands ’70s and ’80s.”
Museum of the Moving Image
A tribute to the great Woody Strode continues with The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and Pork Chop Hill.
Museum of Modern Art
The pre-code series continues.
Paris Theater
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre plays on Friday while A Hidden Life,...
- 2/17/2022
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
The Way of the Wind
There was a time when receiving a new Terrence Malick film to premiere was like waiting for paint to dry — and while we are far from the almost decade passing between projects there was a tremendous amount of output after Tree of Life when he premiered To the Wonder (2012), Knight of Cups (2015) and Song to Song (2017) in a five year stretch. Soon to enter it’s third year in post production, The Way of the Wind is nonetheless an ambitious project — perhaps in the same scope as A Hidden Life (2019). We know there’ll likely be some performances left on the cutting room floor but we expect to see Géza Röhrig as Jesus Christ, Mark Rylance as Satan and Matthias Schoenaerts as Saint Peter — perhaps on the Croisette this summer.…...
There was a time when receiving a new Terrence Malick film to premiere was like waiting for paint to dry — and while we are far from the almost decade passing between projects there was a tremendous amount of output after Tree of Life when he premiered To the Wonder (2012), Knight of Cups (2015) and Song to Song (2017) in a five year stretch. Soon to enter it’s third year in post production, The Way of the Wind is nonetheless an ambitious project — perhaps in the same scope as A Hidden Life (2019). We know there’ll likely be some performances left on the cutting room floor but we expect to see Géza Röhrig as Jesus Christ, Mark Rylance as Satan and Matthias Schoenaerts as Saint Peter — perhaps on the Croisette this summer.…...
- 1/11/2022
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
Leading arthouse sales agency The Match Factory has debuted the international trailer (see below) for the gripping, tender-hearted prison drama “Great Freedom,” which won the Jury Prize in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard, and has revealed the latest list of international distributors. Sebastian Meise’s film was selected recently as Austria’s candidate in the Best International Feature Film Oscars race.
“Great Freedom” has sold to the following territories: Ex-Yugo (McF Megacom), Australia/New Zealand (Madman), Benelux (Imagine Film), Denmark (Ost for Paradis), Baltics (A-One), France (Paname), Greece (Ama Films), Israel (Lev Cinemas), U.S./U.K./Eire/Latam/Turkey/India (Mubi), Mexico (Cine Canibal), Sweden (Lucky Dogs), Switzerland (Filmcoopi), Taiwan (Swallow Wings), Spain (Vertigo Films), and Poland (Tongariro).
The film is set in post-war Germany, where Hans is imprisoned again and again for being homosexual. Due to paragraph 175 of the penal code his desire for freedom is systematically destroyed. The...
“Great Freedom” has sold to the following territories: Ex-Yugo (McF Megacom), Australia/New Zealand (Madman), Benelux (Imagine Film), Denmark (Ost for Paradis), Baltics (A-One), France (Paname), Greece (Ama Films), Israel (Lev Cinemas), U.S./U.K./Eire/Latam/Turkey/India (Mubi), Mexico (Cine Canibal), Sweden (Lucky Dogs), Switzerland (Filmcoopi), Taiwan (Swallow Wings), Spain (Vertigo Films), and Poland (Tongariro).
The film is set in post-war Germany, where Hans is imprisoned again and again for being homosexual. Due to paragraph 175 of the penal code his desire for freedom is systematically destroyed. The...
- 10/18/2021
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
London-based sales agency Film Republic has picked up Peter Brunner’s “Luzifer,” which will feature next week in competition at the Locarno Film Festival. The film stars Franz Rogowski, who toplined Terrence Malick’s “A Hidden Life,” and is produced by Austrian auteur Ulrich Seidl.
In “Luzifer,” which is based on the reimagining of a true story, Rogowski plays Johannes, an innocent, Kaspar Hauser-like man with the heart of a child, who lives secluded in an alpine hut together with his eagle and his devout mother. Daily life in this isolated world is governed by prayer and ritual. But suddenly, modern objects and disruptive noises intrude between nature and worship. A hotel development threatens to poison their paradise and awaken the devil.
In a statement, Brunner commented: “I wanted to show people who return to the essentials. As dropouts from digital pollution, they seek spirituality in nature. This dance, a...
In “Luzifer,” which is based on the reimagining of a true story, Rogowski plays Johannes, an innocent, Kaspar Hauser-like man with the heart of a child, who lives secluded in an alpine hut together with his eagle and his devout mother. Daily life in this isolated world is governed by prayer and ritual. But suddenly, modern objects and disruptive noises intrude between nature and worship. A hotel development threatens to poison their paradise and awaken the devil.
In a statement, Brunner commented: “I wanted to show people who return to the essentials. As dropouts from digital pollution, they seek spirituality in nature. This dance, a...
- 8/6/2021
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
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