Tom Epperson and his wife Stefani Ames are leaving town, heading to Santa Fe in early May—another player from the movie era of the 90’s and early 2000’s soon gone.
They’ve been scattering for a while now, to Long Island, Palm Springs, D. C., Serbia, anywhere but Los Angeles. The local climate is still good. But the film industry, if that anachronistic term still applies, has been less than friendly to mature, seasoned talents who had mastered the art of making popular, grown-up, full-screen movies in a self-contained two-hour format. So they bail, a lot of them, figuring it’s better to start fresh somewhere else than to sit around a table at the Brentwood Country Mart, talking about what used to be.
Tom’s was never a household name. But he was very well known to executives, producers and directors who first encountered him as the more...
They’ve been scattering for a while now, to Long Island, Palm Springs, D. C., Serbia, anywhere but Los Angeles. The local climate is still good. But the film industry, if that anachronistic term still applies, has been less than friendly to mature, seasoned talents who had mastered the art of making popular, grown-up, full-screen movies in a self-contained two-hour format. So they bail, a lot of them, figuring it’s better to start fresh somewhere else than to sit around a table at the Brentwood Country Mart, talking about what used to be.
Tom’s was never a household name. But he was very well known to executives, producers and directors who first encountered him as the more...
- 4/10/2022
- by Michael Cieply
- Deadline Film + TV
Following Cannes, the AFM, Toronto, Rome and the Hong Kong’s Filmart, UniFrance’s Rendez-Vous With French Cinema was for many film players at least the sixth virtual market since the start of the pandemic, but it was still a much-needed kick-off for French sales agents who launched a flurry of projects and market premieres during the event.
The Rendez-Vous started Jan. 12 with an industry day featuring panels discussing the current landscape for film sales, distribution and festivals with key players, and hosted virtual screenings at set times for 67 movies, including 30 market premieres through Jan. 15. Virtual press junkets also took place with French stars and filmmakers whose movies were screening. The event gathered 875 film executives compared with 450 during previous editions since it was open to all international buyers (rather than only Europeans), and 41 French sales companies. Eric Besnard’s 18th-century-set drama “Delicieux,” sold by Snd, started the UniFrance screenings on Jan.
The Rendez-Vous started Jan. 12 with an industry day featuring panels discussing the current landscape for film sales, distribution and festivals with key players, and hosted virtual screenings at set times for 67 movies, including 30 market premieres through Jan. 15. Virtual press junkets also took place with French stars and filmmakers whose movies were screening. The event gathered 875 film executives compared with 450 during previous editions since it was open to all international buyers (rather than only Europeans), and 41 French sales companies. Eric Besnard’s 18th-century-set drama “Delicieux,” sold by Snd, started the UniFrance screenings on Jan.
- 1/21/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
It’s a familiar refrain these days: this year’s Sundance Film Festival will look a fair bit different than years past, but the same depth of filmmaking talent appears to still be on offer. And now, for the first time ever, film fans can stream all of the festival’s slate in the safety and comfort of their own homes.
This year’s robust lineup features plenty of familiar names and faces, including Edgar Wright, Lucy Walker, Robin Wright, Betsy West and Julie Cohen, Siân Heder, Sion Sono, Daryl Wein and Zoe Lister-Jones, Ana Katz, Kevin Macdonald, and many more. More than half the lineup is first-time filmmakers, and they range from established names like Rebecca Hall and Jerrod Carmichael to newcomers like Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr. and Carlson Young.
From the slate, we’ve selected 15 of the films we’re most excited to see at this year’s Sundance,...
This year’s robust lineup features plenty of familiar names and faces, including Edgar Wright, Lucy Walker, Robin Wright, Betsy West and Julie Cohen, Siân Heder, Sion Sono, Daryl Wein and Zoe Lister-Jones, Ana Katz, Kevin Macdonald, and many more. More than half the lineup is first-time filmmakers, and they range from established names like Rebecca Hall and Jerrod Carmichael to newcomers like Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr. and Carlson Young.
From the slate, we’ve selected 15 of the films we’re most excited to see at this year’s Sundance,...
- 1/21/2021
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Source: Courtesy of Sundance Film Festival Rebecca Hall, Questlove, Emilia Jones Festival director Tabitha Jackson to kick off five-day event in Opening Night Welcome.
Actors and first-time directors Rebecca Hall and Robin Wright, Coda stars Marlee Matlin and Emilia Jones, and musician and filmmaker Questlove are among a Sundance 2021 programme of special events, conversations and activations.
Hall and Wright will talk on January 31 in one of several virtual Cinema Café conversations about their Sundance world premieres and feature directorial debuts Passing and Land.
The roster includes Judas And The Black Messiah director Shaka King and Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson on January...
Actors and first-time directors Rebecca Hall and Robin Wright, Coda stars Marlee Matlin and Emilia Jones, and musician and filmmaker Questlove are among a Sundance 2021 programme of special events, conversations and activations.
Hall and Wright will talk on January 31 in one of several virtual Cinema Café conversations about their Sundance world premieres and feature directorial debuts Passing and Land.
The roster includes Judas And The Black Messiah director Shaka King and Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson on January...
- 1/14/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Following our top 50 films of 2020 and more year-end coverage, we’re pleased to share personal top 10s of 2020 from our contributors.
Yes, 2020 will forever be known as the year with an asterisk etched next to it. This strange 12-month span saw a pandemic grip the world, cinemas shuttered, tentpoles delayed, and the advent of new, potentially devastating streaming models. Even so, there were numerous masterful films and dynamic performances––as well as more VOD dreck than ever before.
On a personal level, the move to virtual festivals gave me the opportunity to cover a number of festivals from home: Toronto, New York, AFI, and Chicago. Several of the entries on my top 10 (and five honorable mentions) list were festival selections, and the memory of watching them on my sofa next to my snoring terrier is rather surreal, and also rather wonderful.
Two additional notes: My initial hope was to have...
Yes, 2020 will forever be known as the year with an asterisk etched next to it. This strange 12-month span saw a pandemic grip the world, cinemas shuttered, tentpoles delayed, and the advent of new, potentially devastating streaming models. Even so, there were numerous masterful films and dynamic performances––as well as more VOD dreck than ever before.
On a personal level, the move to virtual festivals gave me the opportunity to cover a number of festivals from home: Toronto, New York, AFI, and Chicago. Several of the entries on my top 10 (and five honorable mentions) list were festival selections, and the memory of watching them on my sofa next to my snoring terrier is rather surreal, and also rather wonderful.
Two additional notes: My initial hope was to have...
- 12/30/2020
- by Christopher Schobert
- The Film Stage
The 2021 Sundance Film Festival is a slimmer version of itself — fewer films, fewer days, and mostly virtual — but the essential element of discovery remains. With roughly the same volume of submissions as last year, the program reflects Sundance’s progressive interests (it finally achieved gender parity after crawling toward that number in recent years) as well as its signature blend of feel-good narratives, timely subjects, and boundary-pushing formalism. Plus, an Edgar Wright documentary on The Sparks!
Nothing can supplant the adrenaline of absorbing the buzz on Park City’s Main Street or experiencing a standing ovation at the Eccles, but the lack of distraction could help direct more attention to this year’s films. “Artists who were able to make great work still did,” said new Sundance director Tabitha Jackson. On a call with IndieWire, Jackson and director of programming Kim Yutani talked through some of the potential highlights and...
Nothing can supplant the adrenaline of absorbing the buzz on Park City’s Main Street or experiencing a standing ovation at the Eccles, but the lack of distraction could help direct more attention to this year’s films. “Artists who were able to make great work still did,” said new Sundance director Tabitha Jackson. On a call with IndieWire, Jackson and director of programming Kim Yutani talked through some of the potential highlights and...
- 12/15/2020
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
The directorial debuts of actress Robin Wright and musician Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson and a documentary from Edgar Wright will be among the new films screening at the largely virtual 2021 Sundance Film Festival, Sundance organizers announced on Tuesday.
Robin Wright’s “Land,” starring Wright, Demian Bichir and Kim Dickens and set in the Rocky Mountains, will premiere at Sundance in advance of its Feb. 12 release from Focus Features. Questlove’s “Summer of Soul” is a documentary about the Harlem Cultural Festival, which drew 300,000 people in the summer of 1969. Edgar Wright’s “The Sparks Brothers” is about Ron and Russell Mael, the two brothers who founded the rock band Sparks.
The Sundance lineup, which was revealed in its entirety, will consist of 72 feature films, 50 shorts, four indie episodic series and 14 “new frontier” projects. The films will screen on Sundance’s online platform, with each one having a live online premiere, and also...
Robin Wright’s “Land,” starring Wright, Demian Bichir and Kim Dickens and set in the Rocky Mountains, will premiere at Sundance in advance of its Feb. 12 release from Focus Features. Questlove’s “Summer of Soul” is a documentary about the Harlem Cultural Festival, which drew 300,000 people in the summer of 1969. Edgar Wright’s “The Sparks Brothers” is about Ron and Russell Mael, the two brothers who founded the rock band Sparks.
The Sundance lineup, which was revealed in its entirety, will consist of 72 feature films, 50 shorts, four indie episodic series and 14 “new frontier” projects. The films will screen on Sundance’s online platform, with each one having a live online premiere, and also...
- 12/15/2020
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
The Sundance Institute announced a smaller, more focused lineup for the upcoming 2021 Sundance Film Festival — down to 72 feature films from last year’s 128. That program, which will be made available to a much wider audience via a tight, seven-day virtual edition, makes room for 29 countries and 38 first features, including debuts from Rebecca Hall (“Passing”), Robin Wright (“Land”), Jerrod Carmichael (“On the Count of Three”) and Ahmir Thompson, aka Questlove of the Roots (“Summer of Soul”).
The upcoming edition will unspool via Sundance’s new proprietary streaming platform from Jan. 28 to Feb. 3. With no red-carpet premieres in Park City, the pressure to program star-driven movies may also have been lower — although a year after “Palm Springs” set a sales record at Sundance, reps with higher-profile films may also be waiting for later, in-person opportunities to launch their work.
Health restrictions permitting, Sundance programmers hope to show every film on ”satellite screens...
The upcoming edition will unspool via Sundance’s new proprietary streaming platform from Jan. 28 to Feb. 3. With no red-carpet premieres in Park City, the pressure to program star-driven movies may also have been lower — although a year after “Palm Springs” set a sales record at Sundance, reps with higher-profile films may also be waiting for later, in-person opportunities to launch their work.
Health restrictions permitting, Sundance programmers hope to show every film on ”satellite screens...
- 12/15/2020
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Questlove’s film about the Harlem Cultural Festival, plus docs on Rita Moreno and the band Sparks, are among the music-related projects set to screen at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. The 2021 fest will take place digitally, January 28th through February 3rd, with passes and tickets going on sale on January 7th.
Questlove’s Summer of Soul (…Or When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) marks the drummer’s directorial debut, and the film will have its world premiere at Sundance and screen as part of the U.S. Documentary Competition.
Questlove’s Summer of Soul (…Or When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) marks the drummer’s directorial debut, and the film will have its world premiere at Sundance and screen as part of the U.S. Documentary Competition.
- 12/15/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
The Sundance Film Festival has announced its full slate for the 2021 edition, which will take place primarily as a virtual event through an online platform in addition to physical screenings at satellite locations across the country. The program includes 72 feature-length films, representing 29 countries, and 38 first-time feature filmmakers. Fourteen films and projects announced today were supported by Sundance Institute in development, through direct granting or residency labs. The festival runs January 28 through February 3, 2021.
This robust lineup features plenty of familiar names and faces, including Edgar Wright, Lucy Walker, Robin Wright, Betsy West and Julie Cohen, Siân Heder, Sion Sono, Daryl Wein and Zoe Lister-Jones, Ana Katz, Kevin Macdonald, and many more. More than half the lineup is first-time filmmakers, and they range from established actors like Rebecca Hall and Jerrod Carmichael to newcomers like Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr. Sixty-six of the festival’s feature films, or 92 percent of the lineup announced today,...
This robust lineup features plenty of familiar names and faces, including Edgar Wright, Lucy Walker, Robin Wright, Betsy West and Julie Cohen, Siân Heder, Sion Sono, Daryl Wein and Zoe Lister-Jones, Ana Katz, Kevin Macdonald, and many more. More than half the lineup is first-time filmmakers, and they range from established actors like Rebecca Hall and Jerrod Carmichael to newcomers like Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr. Sixty-six of the festival’s feature films, or 92 percent of the lineup announced today,...
- 12/15/2020
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
“It’s been an absolute beast,” says festival director Tabitha Jackson.
Rebecca Hall’s feature directorial debut Passing starring Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga, Metro Manila director Sean Ellis’ horror Eight For Silver, and Nikole Beckwith’s comedy Together Together starring Ed Helms are among 72 features selected for 2021 Sundance Film Festival, which runs online and in select US arthouse venues from January 28-February 3.
The line-up, announced on Tuesday (December 15), includes One For The Road, Thai filmmaker Baz Poonpiriya’s follow-up to Bad Genius; Edgar Wright’s music documentary The Sparks Brothers; Robin Wright’s feature directorial debut Land; Ben Wheatley...
Rebecca Hall’s feature directorial debut Passing starring Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga, Metro Manila director Sean Ellis’ horror Eight For Silver, and Nikole Beckwith’s comedy Together Together starring Ed Helms are among 72 features selected for 2021 Sundance Film Festival, which runs online and in select US arthouse venues from January 28-February 3.
The line-up, announced on Tuesday (December 15), includes One For The Road, Thai filmmaker Baz Poonpiriya’s follow-up to Bad Genius; Edgar Wright’s music documentary The Sparks Brothers; Robin Wright’s feature directorial debut Land; Ben Wheatley...
- 12/15/2020
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
At the risk of sounding presumptuous, Variety’s 10 Directors to Watch list has never mattered more than it does in a year where festivals and co-production showcases have been canceled and the film industry is hungry for any sign of where tomorrow’s talents might be hiding.
Emerging filmmakers have been pushed to the sidelines by a global pandemic — which makes it quite a privilege for Variety’s editors to have had an early look at dozens of upcoming movies in preparation for this list. (Full profiles will run in 2021.)
Each of the directors was selected on the strength of their most recent feature, some of which screened as works in progress. The overall impression is undeniably encouraging: Superhuman obstacles aside, there’s a very exciting new generation of voices waiting for their chance to shine.
Some will premiere their films at festivals in 2021, including a steamlined, streaming Sundance, while...
Emerging filmmakers have been pushed to the sidelines by a global pandemic — which makes it quite a privilege for Variety’s editors to have had an early look at dozens of upcoming movies in preparation for this list. (Full profiles will run in 2021.)
Each of the directors was selected on the strength of their most recent feature, some of which screened as works in progress. The overall impression is undeniably encouraging: Superhuman obstacles aside, there’s a very exciting new generation of voices waiting for their chance to shine.
Some will premiere their films at festivals in 2021, including a steamlined, streaming Sundance, while...
- 12/12/2020
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
The weekend is almost upon as, and as the theatrical schedule remains a barren wasteland until at least the beginning of next year, the weekly onslaught of new VOD releases have arrived to try and entice folks who’ve run out of things to watch on the various streaming services at their disposal that they haven’t seen a handful of times already.
There are a whopping 30 titles flooding the market this weekend, but the bad news is that none of them are what would exactly be called appointment viewing. Pick of the bunch is arguably The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone, which sees Francis Ford Coppola return to the closing chapter of his sprawling crime saga and deliver a brand new edit. The early reactions are that he’s greatly improved the original cut, but still not enough to see it enter the rarefied air of the first two installments,...
There are a whopping 30 titles flooding the market this weekend, but the bad news is that none of them are what would exactly be called appointment viewing. Pick of the bunch is arguably The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone, which sees Francis Ford Coppola return to the closing chapter of his sprawling crime saga and deliver a brand new edit. The early reactions are that he’s greatly improved the original cut, but still not enough to see it enter the rarefied air of the first two installments,...
- 12/11/2020
- by Scott Campbell
- We Got This Covered
At the beginning of his introduction to his new recut of the third Godfather movie, titled The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone, Frances Ford Coppola offers an important clarification.
Adding the word “Coda” to an already unwieldy title, Coppola makes a subtle but significant admission: that the third movie is, by his definition, an “additional overture”, little more than an epilogue to the first two classics which made it possible. Part Three, he says, was always supposed to be that way. An addendum. Never an entry of its own to the Godfather story.
Well, that’s what most who saw Part Three said when it was first released thirty years ago. Having not ever seen the original cut of what has become the ugly duckling of the trilogy, I was very happy that Coppola’s new Coda is as good as it is. But, above all, relieved.
Of course,...
Adding the word “Coda” to an already unwieldy title, Coppola makes a subtle but significant admission: that the third movie is, by his definition, an “additional overture”, little more than an epilogue to the first two classics which made it possible. Part Three, he says, was always supposed to be that way. An addendum. Never an entry of its own to the Godfather story.
Well, that’s what most who saw Part Three said when it was first released thirty years ago. Having not ever seen the original cut of what has become the ugly duckling of the trilogy, I was very happy that Coppola’s new Coda is as good as it is. But, above all, relieved.
Of course,...
- 12/11/2020
- by Adam Solomons
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Review: "Mario Puzo's The Godfather, Coda: The Death Of Michael Corleone"; Paramount Blu-ray Release
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“The Godfather Part III Redux”
By Raymond Benson
As he has done with Apocalypse Now and The Cotton Club, as well as early tinkering with the original Godfather movies for television, Francis Ford Coppola has now unleashed a new edit of his 1990 picture, The Godfather Part III.
Full disclaimer: The Godfather Part III is not a bad movie. While it is nowhere near approaching the masterpieces that are The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather Part II (1974), the third film in the trilogy was still honored with Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (Andy Garcia), and some technical categories. This reviewer feels that The Godfather Part III is a good movie, but perhaps not a great one like the first two. Still, many critics and audience members complained that it was a “failure” and threw a lot of criticism at poor Sofia Coppola.
“The Godfather Part III Redux”
By Raymond Benson
As he has done with Apocalypse Now and The Cotton Club, as well as early tinkering with the original Godfather movies for television, Francis Ford Coppola has now unleashed a new edit of his 1990 picture, The Godfather Part III.
Full disclaimer: The Godfather Part III is not a bad movie. While it is nowhere near approaching the masterpieces that are The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather Part II (1974), the third film in the trilogy was still honored with Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (Andy Garcia), and some technical categories. This reviewer feels that The Godfather Part III is a good movie, but perhaps not a great one like the first two. Still, many critics and audience members complained that it was a “failure” and threw a lot of criticism at poor Sofia Coppola.
- 12/10/2020
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Some people have never seen “The Godfather Part III” despite their love for Sofia Coppola, whose career behind the camera emerged from the ashes of her supposedly amateurish performance as Michael Corleone’s doomed teenager daughter in her father’s trilogy-capping epic. This writer had never seen “The Godfather Part III” because of my love for Sofia Coppola.
Born in 1984 and raised to think of the “Lost in Translation” director as more of an auteur than an actress, I’ve been all the way in on the likes of “Somewhere” and “Marie Antoinette” from the moment Coppola’s movies came into my life, and it always seemed unnecessary — even rude — to dig through the trash and unearth what I understood to be her greatest embarrassment (even if Coppola herself is blasé about the whole thing). It goes without saying that I grew up in the thrall of “The Godfather” and its sequel,...
Born in 1984 and raised to think of the “Lost in Translation” director as more of an auteur than an actress, I’ve been all the way in on the likes of “Somewhere” and “Marie Antoinette” from the moment Coppola’s movies came into my life, and it always seemed unnecessary — even rude — to dig through the trash and unearth what I understood to be her greatest embarrassment (even if Coppola herself is blasé about the whole thing). It goes without saying that I grew up in the thrall of “The Godfather” and its sequel,...
- 12/10/2020
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Poor “Godfather III.” It’s a film that was never up to the impossible task of carrying the banner for its two predecessors, movies whose impact on cinema and on the culture in general remain undiminished nearly 50 years later. “The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone” (opening in limited release Friday before coming to Blu-ray and digital December 8) may be the best version yet of this third entry in the Corleone cycle, but its diminished status within the trilogy remains, alas, fully intact.
Director Francis Ford Coppola continues his reign as the King of the Do-Over — at this point, he’s created more alternate versions of his own films than anyone except possibly his old pal George Lucas and his seemingly endless revision of the “Star Wars” saga — and “Coda,” like 2019’s “The Cotton Club Encore,” takes a flawed film and makes it less flawed. Completists and apologists looking...
Director Francis Ford Coppola continues his reign as the King of the Do-Over — at this point, he’s created more alternate versions of his own films than anyone except possibly his old pal George Lucas and his seemingly endless revision of the “Star Wars” saga — and “Coda,” like 2019’s “The Cotton Club Encore,” takes a flawed film and makes it less flawed. Completists and apologists looking...
- 12/1/2020
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
Francis Ford Coppola spent months working on the upcoming new cut of “The Godfather: Part III.” In a new video the legendary director promised that the film’s re-edit will give the picture “a new life”
Paramount Pictures released the trailer and a Coppola featurette for the upcoming “Mario Puzo’s The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone,” on Tuesday. The film, which has been billed as screenwriter Mario Puzo and Coppola’s original vision for the finale, will premiere in theaters on Dec. 4 and release on Blu-ray and digital on Dec. 8.
“I have re-edited it and given it what really isn’t a new title but rather the original title: ‘Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone,” Coppola said. “In musical term, a coda is sort of like an epilogue, a summing up, and that’s what we intended the movie to be. You’ll see a film which...
Paramount Pictures released the trailer and a Coppola featurette for the upcoming “Mario Puzo’s The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone,” on Tuesday. The film, which has been billed as screenwriter Mario Puzo and Coppola’s original vision for the finale, will premiere in theaters on Dec. 4 and release on Blu-ray and digital on Dec. 8.
“I have re-edited it and given it what really isn’t a new title but rather the original title: ‘Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone,” Coppola said. “In musical term, a coda is sort of like an epilogue, a summing up, and that’s what we intended the movie to be. You’ll see a film which...
- 11/18/2020
- by Tyler Hersko
- Indiewire
"Friends: our business together is done." Paramount has debuted a trailer for The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone, the latest update from Francis Ford Coppola. He's been tinkering with his films for a while now, going back and re-editing and updating them per his desires. After finishing up his latest cut of Apocalypse Now, Coppola has gone back to work on The Godfather series - specifically The Godfather: Part III. Along with remastered sound and video, this "Coda" includes a new beginning and ending, as well as changes to scenes, shots, and music cues. The resulting project reflects author Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola's original intentions of The Godfather: Part III, and delivers, in the words of Coppola, "a more appropriate conclusion to The Godfather and The Godfather: Part II." If you say, Francis. The film stars Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Andy Garcia, Franc D'Ambrosio, Bridget Fonda,...
- 11/17/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Venue: Online for a limited time
Date: 2020.10.02 – 2020.10.11
Price: Standard ticket: $65. Tickets will be available at Putyourself.in
10th Hong Kong International Deaf Film Festival and the 2nd International Conference on Deaf Cinema
Over the past ten years, we have continuously assembled Deaf Films all over the world. We attempt to present sign language and Deaf culture through films that tell stories of the Deaf and created by Deaf people. We do not see Deaf as disabled, but affirm that Deaf people is a community with their own language, culture and history.
A decade has passed. It is time for us to review and further explore the meanings and issues of Deaf films. The 2nd International Conference on Deaf Cinema will be held concurrently with the Film Festival. Local and overseas Deaf Film Festival organizers, film workers, Deaf groups and activists will be invited to discuss and share together.
10th Hong...
Date: 2020.10.02 – 2020.10.11
Price: Standard ticket: $65. Tickets will be available at Putyourself.in
10th Hong Kong International Deaf Film Festival and the 2nd International Conference on Deaf Cinema
Over the past ten years, we have continuously assembled Deaf Films all over the world. We attempt to present sign language and Deaf culture through films that tell stories of the Deaf and created by Deaf people. We do not see Deaf as disabled, but affirm that Deaf people is a community with their own language, culture and history.
A decade has passed. It is time for us to review and further explore the meanings and issues of Deaf films. The 2nd International Conference on Deaf Cinema will be held concurrently with the Film Festival. Local and overseas Deaf Film Festival organizers, film workers, Deaf groups and activists will be invited to discuss and share together.
10th Hong...
- 9/30/2020
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
Elizabeth Debicki, the rising Australian actor who headlines “Tenet,” is set to star in and executive produce “Code Name Hélène,” an international limited series from France’s Vendôme Group and Anonymous Content, based on New York Times bestselling author Ariel Lawhon’s World War II spy thriller.
Philippe Rousselet’s Vendôme Group and Anonymous Content, the company behind “True Detective” and “The Revenant,” have acquired TV rights to the novel, which was published in March 2020 by Doubleday Books.
“Code Name Hélène” will tell the epic real-life story of Nancy Grace Augusta Wake, a New Zealand-born journalist who became a ferociously brave spy and one of the most powerful leaders of the French Resistance. The series will be told in interweaving timelines following each of the four code names used by Nancy during World War II.
“Nancy Wake was an astonishing New Zealand-born, Australian-bred woman of incredible courage, ingenuity and wit.
Philippe Rousselet’s Vendôme Group and Anonymous Content, the company behind “True Detective” and “The Revenant,” have acquired TV rights to the novel, which was published in March 2020 by Doubleday Books.
“Code Name Hélène” will tell the epic real-life story of Nancy Grace Augusta Wake, a New Zealand-born journalist who became a ferociously brave spy and one of the most powerful leaders of the French Resistance. The series will be told in interweaving timelines following each of the four code names used by Nancy during World War II.
“Nancy Wake was an astonishing New Zealand-born, Australian-bred woman of incredible courage, ingenuity and wit.
- 8/27/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Living in a post-apocalyptic world is no picnic, that’s for sure, and The Walking Dead has dug deep into the terrible things the survivors have to do to protect themselves and their loved ones over its first decade. No character understands this struggle better than Rick Grimes, who has had to get his hands dirty many times to keep his friends and family safe. In fact, fans often discuss whether he’s really a hero when he’s taken so many lives across the show.
But how many people has Rick killed? Not including the zombies he’s cut down, he’s had to make the difficult decision to end a human life so many times that it’s hard to keep track. Here’s a pretty exhaustive list though as put together by ScreenRant of every death caused by Rick from season 2, when he takes his first victims,...
But how many people has Rick killed? Not including the zombies he’s cut down, he’s had to make the difficult decision to end a human life so many times that it’s hard to keep track. Here’s a pretty exhaustive list though as put together by ScreenRant of every death caused by Rick from season 2, when he takes his first victims,...
- 6/26/2020
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
As much as we adore and revere the theatrical experience, as theater chains prep to reopen amidst a virus that is spreading rapidly in certain areas of the country, one is far better off staying at home and enjoying films from around the world. There’s no better place to do that than The Criterion Channel, and now they’ve unveiled their July lineup.
Coming to the channel next month are retrospectives dedicated to the stellar early films of Atom Egoyan, works by Miranda July, films featuring Ryuichi Sakamoto scores, Olympic films (including their recent release Tokyo Olympiad), plus Kelly Reichardt’s masterful Certain Women, Med Hondo’s Soleil Ô (coming soon to disc with Scorsese’s next World Cinema Project release), Lizzie Borden’s Born in Flames, Asghar Farhadi’s A Separation, and much more.
See the lineup below and explore more on their platform. One can also see our weekly streaming picks here.
Coming to the channel next month are retrospectives dedicated to the stellar early films of Atom Egoyan, works by Miranda July, films featuring Ryuichi Sakamoto scores, Olympic films (including their recent release Tokyo Olympiad), plus Kelly Reichardt’s masterful Certain Women, Med Hondo’s Soleil Ô (coming soon to disc with Scorsese’s next World Cinema Project release), Lizzie Borden’s Born in Flames, Asghar Farhadi’s A Separation, and much more.
See the lineup below and explore more on their platform. One can also see our weekly streaming picks here.
- 6/26/2020
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
On Friday evening, the Annecy International Animation Film Festival announced 13 special award winners in advance of Saturday night’s Official Awards ceremony. Both events will be streamed for free on the festival’s YouTube page at 5 p.m. Cest (8 a.m. Pst).
Annecy artistic director Marcel Jean was joined, via prerecorded video clips, by a clutch of the evening’s big winners, and screened brief clips from several after they were announced.
Junior Jury Awards, voted for by a special jury of for short and graduation films went to Taylor Meachum’s “To: Gerard,” from DreamWorks Animation and Tsz Wing Ho’s “Catgot,” backed by the School of Creative Media at City University of Hong Kong, respectively.
Among the most coveted of Annecy’s special prizes, the Fipresci Award for a short film went to Theodore Ushev’s “The Physics of Sorrow.” Already a hit at both Toronto and Clermont Ferrand,...
Annecy artistic director Marcel Jean was joined, via prerecorded video clips, by a clutch of the evening’s big winners, and screened brief clips from several after they were announced.
Junior Jury Awards, voted for by a special jury of for short and graduation films went to Taylor Meachum’s “To: Gerard,” from DreamWorks Animation and Tsz Wing Ho’s “Catgot,” backed by the School of Creative Media at City University of Hong Kong, respectively.
Among the most coveted of Annecy’s special prizes, the Fipresci Award for a short film went to Theodore Ushev’s “The Physics of Sorrow.” Already a hit at both Toronto and Clermont Ferrand,...
- 6/19/2020
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Pitched at Annecy, “Primeras” (Firsts) is a 2D TV project which underscores how the industry is driving ever more into issues of gender and inclusion.
Part of the La Liga Focus, and produced by Chile’s Typpo Creative Lab –co-developed along Bernardita Ojeda’s Pájaro Studio,– the 13-episode anthology series turns on Latin American and all-over-the-world women pioneers in fields of knowledge, sports and culture which had historically been reserved for men. Tatiana Calderón, the first woman tester in Formula One, Japan’s Junko Tabei, the first woman to top the Everest, Prudencia Ayala, a first female presidential candidate and Eloísa Díaz, Chile’s first female doctor, make the cut.
Also included are Gabriela Mistral – all Latin American Nobel Prize winners before her had been men,– Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Mexico’s ground-breaking 17th century female poet, South African Desiré Wilson, first and only woman to ever win a Formula One race,...
Part of the La Liga Focus, and produced by Chile’s Typpo Creative Lab –co-developed along Bernardita Ojeda’s Pájaro Studio,– the 13-episode anthology series turns on Latin American and all-over-the-world women pioneers in fields of knowledge, sports and culture which had historically been reserved for men. Tatiana Calderón, the first woman tester in Formula One, Japan’s Junko Tabei, the first woman to top the Everest, Prudencia Ayala, a first female presidential candidate and Eloísa Díaz, Chile’s first female doctor, make the cut.
Also included are Gabriela Mistral – all Latin American Nobel Prize winners before her had been men,– Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Mexico’s ground-breaking 17th century female poet, South African Desiré Wilson, first and only woman to ever win a Formula One race,...
- 6/18/2020
- by Emilio Mayorga
- Variety Film + TV
Lea Seydoux, the French star of Wes Anderson’s “The French Dispatch,” will headline “Party of Fools” (“Le Bal des Folles”), a high-profile period drama-thriller to be directed by Arnaud des Pallières.
The female-driven movie is produced by two of France’s biggest producers, Philippe Rousselet and Jonathan Blumental, at the Paris-based company Prelude. The pair previously teamed on Michel Hazanavicius’s “The Lost Prince” with Omar Sy.
“Party of Fools,” which is the first high-profile, big-budget project to be announced since the start of the coronavirus crisis, is expected to begin shooting at the end of 2020 or early 2021.
Written for the screen by Arnaud des Pallières and Christelle Berthevas, the film is set during the Paris Carnival in 1893 and is based on true historical events and characters. It takes place at the Pitié Salpétrière mental institution for women, which is rendered the epicenter of an elaborate ball where politicians,...
The female-driven movie is produced by two of France’s biggest producers, Philippe Rousselet and Jonathan Blumental, at the Paris-based company Prelude. The pair previously teamed on Michel Hazanavicius’s “The Lost Prince” with Omar Sy.
“Party of Fools,” which is the first high-profile, big-budget project to be announced since the start of the coronavirus crisis, is expected to begin shooting at the end of 2020 or early 2021.
Written for the screen by Arnaud des Pallières and Christelle Berthevas, the film is set during the Paris Carnival in 1893 and is based on true historical events and characters. It takes place at the Pitié Salpétrière mental institution for women, which is rendered the epicenter of an elaborate ball where politicians,...
- 6/2/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
HBO Max, Peacock, Quibi, Disney+! The wealth of streaming services new or upcoming this year is enough to keep your eyeballs glued to the screen indefinitely. But for classic and indie cinephiles stuck indoors right now, there are plenty of indie alternatives (which IndieWire covers in the weekly Streaming Wars: Indie Edition column). Along with virtual cinemas popping up left and right, and of course the stalwart Criterion Channel, there’s a new indie offering in town via Mubi.
The over-the-top distribution service has just debuted Library, which, if you remember the old days of Mubi, is very similar to the platform’s original conceit. Library is now a filmgoer’s dream warehouse filled with tons of independent and classic movies, black-and-white favorites as far back as 1922’s “Nosferatu,” and more recent fare like “Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda,” Luca Guadagnino’s lavish short film “The Staggering Girl,” starring Julianne Moore, plus “Bruce Lee and the Outlaw,...
The over-the-top distribution service has just debuted Library, which, if you remember the old days of Mubi, is very similar to the platform’s original conceit. Library is now a filmgoer’s dream warehouse filled with tons of independent and classic movies, black-and-white favorites as far back as 1922’s “Nosferatu,” and more recent fare like “Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda,” Luca Guadagnino’s lavish short film “The Staggering Girl,” starring Julianne Moore, plus “Bruce Lee and the Outlaw,...
- 5/23/2020
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Part of our on-going series, Notebook Soundtrack Mixes.Ryuichi Sakamoto can be found at home in a vast array of places. There is always a grounding within his music wherever you are in the world or, in his movie soundtracks, with whatever character you are following on screen. Subtle hints of Sakamoto’s signature sound always bubble to the surface. The notion of Eastern and Western sound distinctions do not matter to Sakamoto; instead, the play and fusion between these differing worlds and sounds has always been of more interest, to Sakamoto it’s all about the emotion produced—a universality that eventually moves the sound beyond place. The musician and composer needs no introduction. He is the master of so many musical universes: The Sakamoto whose work with Ymo and solo experimental productions shaped the future sounds of what would become electro and hip hop, an early pioneer of electronic music.
- 5/11/2020
- MUBI
The Annecy Intl. Animation Film Festival has announced the projects set to participate in this year’s digital Mifa Pitches, Territory Focus Pitching and brand-new Comics Mifa Pitches.
This year saw a record number of 631 project submissions, “But not at the expense of quality, which made the selection even more tricky!” Mifa head of projects Géraldine Baché told Variety. 38 were eventually selected to participate.
She added: “We felt the same about each of the categories: Creativity is definitely not lacking, and talents keep believing in their projects, doing their best to be different and innovative.”
Two recurrent themes among this year’s projects are women’s and environmental issues, often overlapping and helping define a very of-the-moment selection.
One of this year’s highest-profile titles is “Saba,” the next family feature from Maybe Movies, producers of 2009’s Oscar-nominated “Ernest & Celestine” and Annecy’s 2017 opening film “Zombillenium.” Maybe also participated...
This year saw a record number of 631 project submissions, “But not at the expense of quality, which made the selection even more tricky!” Mifa head of projects Géraldine Baché told Variety. 38 were eventually selected to participate.
She added: “We felt the same about each of the categories: Creativity is definitely not lacking, and talents keep believing in their projects, doing their best to be different and innovative.”
Two recurrent themes among this year’s projects are women’s and environmental issues, often overlapping and helping define a very of-the-moment selection.
One of this year’s highest-profile titles is “Saba,” the next family feature from Maybe Movies, producers of 2009’s Oscar-nominated “Ernest & Celestine” and Annecy’s 2017 opening film “Zombillenium.” Maybe also participated...
- 5/5/2020
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
William Boyd, the award-winning British novelist and screenwriter of “Chaplin” and “Any Human Heart,” is set to write the screenplay of a high-profile miniseries centred on the devastating fire that ripped through Paris’s Notre-Dame cathedral in April 2019.
Philippe Rousselet’s Vendôme, U.K.-based Xavier Marchand’s Moonriver TV and Pathé are co-developing the project in collaboration with The New York Times. The mini-series marks the first TV show from Pathé, the French studio behind the Oscar-winning “Judy” and Pedro Almodovar’s “Pain & Glory,” as well as the first TV project to be announced under Vendôme and Pathé’s three-year production partnership that was unveiled in Cannes.
Based on The New York Times investigation, the show will chart the events of April 19, after a warning light first detected fire in the attic of the cathedral — one of the world’s most beloved and iconic French landmarks. The multi-layered...
Philippe Rousselet’s Vendôme, U.K.-based Xavier Marchand’s Moonriver TV and Pathé are co-developing the project in collaboration with The New York Times. The mini-series marks the first TV show from Pathé, the French studio behind the Oscar-winning “Judy” and Pedro Almodovar’s “Pain & Glory,” as well as the first TV project to be announced under Vendôme and Pathé’s three-year production partnership that was unveiled in Cannes.
Based on The New York Times investigation, the show will chart the events of April 19, after a warning light first detected fire in the attic of the cathedral — one of the world’s most beloved and iconic French landmarks. The multi-layered...
- 3/4/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
After its usual slow start, Berlin’s European Film Market came to closely resemble the state of the underlying film industry: unsettled, angry and uneasily attempting to adjust to major change.
Where the film festival has new leaders in artistic director Carlo Chatrian and managing director Mariette Rissenbeek, following changes of leadership at Panorama and Forum, the Efm similarly wrestled with new screening rooms and venues. But the new team’s inaugural competition lineup has so far yielded few standouts. Certainly nothing that has sent buyers rushing for their check books.
“During this market there’s less specific conversation about films and more talk about the changes in the infrastructure of the industry and big company news. People are trying to get a 30,000-foot perspective, as opposed to being in the trenches on the films,” said Dylan Leiner, executive VP of acquisitions and productions at Sony Pictures Classics.
Much dialogue...
Where the film festival has new leaders in artistic director Carlo Chatrian and managing director Mariette Rissenbeek, following changes of leadership at Panorama and Forum, the Efm similarly wrestled with new screening rooms and venues. But the new team’s inaugural competition lineup has so far yielded few standouts. Certainly nothing that has sent buyers rushing for their check books.
“During this market there’s less specific conversation about films and more talk about the changes in the infrastructure of the industry and big company news. People are trying to get a 30,000-foot perspective, as opposed to being in the trenches on the films,” said Dylan Leiner, executive VP of acquisitions and productions at Sony Pictures Classics.
Much dialogue...
- 2/25/2020
- by Patrick Frater and Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
“Winnipeg, Seeds of Hope,” “Bffs! Best Friends Forever Stranded!” and “Sex Symbols” are among five new finalists selected to participate in La Liga, the animation umbrella created to promote the Ibero-American animation sector worldwide between Spain’s Quirino Awards, Argentina’s Animation! and Mexico’s Pixelatl Festival.
The eventual winning project will be chosen at the upcoming edition of the Quirino Awards in April and given the opportunity to pitch at La Liga in Focus at Annecy Intl. Animation Film Festival’s Mifa market.
“Winnipeg, Seeds of Hope” is co-produced by Toni Marín at La Ballesta (Spain) and Marianne Mayer-Beckh at El Otro Film (Chile). Based on Laura Martel’s script from her graphic novel, “Winnipeg, Neruda’s Ship,” it tells the story of the ship that Chilean poet Pablo Neruda chartered to save more than 2,000 Spanish refugees in France after the Spanish Civil War. It’s directed by Elio Quiroga (“The Cold Hour”).
“Bffs!
The eventual winning project will be chosen at the upcoming edition of the Quirino Awards in April and given the opportunity to pitch at La Liga in Focus at Annecy Intl. Animation Film Festival’s Mifa market.
“Winnipeg, Seeds of Hope” is co-produced by Toni Marín at La Ballesta (Spain) and Marianne Mayer-Beckh at El Otro Film (Chile). Based on Laura Martel’s script from her graphic novel, “Winnipeg, Neruda’s Ship,” it tells the story of the ship that Chilean poet Pablo Neruda chartered to save more than 2,000 Spanish refugees in France after the Spanish Civil War. It’s directed by Elio Quiroga (“The Cold Hour”).
“Bffs!
- 2/24/2020
- by Emilio Mayorga
- Variety Film + TV
Pathé has closed major pre-sales on Sian Heder’s anticipated film “Coda,” starring Emilia Jones, Eugenio Derbez and Marlee Matlin, after unveiling an exclusive promo reel of the film at Efm.
An English-language remake of the French smash hit “La Famille Belier,” “Coda” is being produced by Philippe Rousselet and Fabrice Gianfermi at Vendôme Group, alongside Patrick Wachsberger’s Picture Perfect Entertainment. Jones stars as 16-year–old Ruby, who finds herself torn between pursuing her love of music and her family’s reliance on her to be their connection to the outside world.
Pathé has pre-sold “Coda” to Germany (Tobis), Italy (Eagle), Japan (Gaga), Spain (Tripictures), Cis (Central Partnership), Latin America (Sun), Eastern territories (Vertical), Scandinavia (Nordisk), Israel (United King), Portugal (Pris), Middle East (Eagle), Thailand (Sahamongkol) and the Philippines (Pioneer). The company is in negotiations to close several other territories.
“Coda” is also the first project to be made...
An English-language remake of the French smash hit “La Famille Belier,” “Coda” is being produced by Philippe Rousselet and Fabrice Gianfermi at Vendôme Group, alongside Patrick Wachsberger’s Picture Perfect Entertainment. Jones stars as 16-year–old Ruby, who finds herself torn between pursuing her love of music and her family’s reliance on her to be their connection to the outside world.
Pathé has pre-sold “Coda” to Germany (Tobis), Italy (Eagle), Japan (Gaga), Spain (Tripictures), Cis (Central Partnership), Latin America (Sun), Eastern territories (Vertical), Scandinavia (Nordisk), Israel (United King), Portugal (Pris), Middle East (Eagle), Thailand (Sahamongkol) and the Philippines (Pioneer). The company is in negotiations to close several other territories.
“Coda” is also the first project to be made...
- 2/24/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Eli Horowitz, creator and showrunner of the Julia Roberts-led Amazon series “Homecoming,” will be the president of the Ugc Writers Campus at annual series showcase Series Mania.
The Campus is a week-long writing workshop for emerging TV drama writers from Europe. Twenty screenwriters were chosen from more than 100 applicants. The workshop will be run under the editorial supervision of Series Mania founder Laurence Herszberg. Screenwriter Jeppe Gjervig Gram (“Borgen”) and screenwriter and story editor Nicola Lusuardi (“1994”) are the other tutors.
The selected screenwriters and projects include: Richard Brabin’s “At Sea” (U.K.); Marta Irene Rosato’s “Bad Reputation” (Italy); Judit Anna Banhazi’s “Christabel” (Hungary); Bar Farjun and Shachar Rosenfeld’s “The Instructors” (Israel); Alain Moreau’s “Agnes & Luis” (France); Daniela Luciani and Ilaria Coppolecchia’s “Lamb of God” (Italy); Elena Lyubarskaya and Katerina Gerothanasi’s “Moving On” (Russia and Greece); Thomas Lehout and Juliette Barry’s...
The Campus is a week-long writing workshop for emerging TV drama writers from Europe. Twenty screenwriters were chosen from more than 100 applicants. The workshop will be run under the editorial supervision of Series Mania founder Laurence Herszberg. Screenwriter Jeppe Gjervig Gram (“Borgen”) and screenwriter and story editor Nicola Lusuardi (“1994”) are the other tutors.
The selected screenwriters and projects include: Richard Brabin’s “At Sea” (U.K.); Marta Irene Rosato’s “Bad Reputation” (Italy); Judit Anna Banhazi’s “Christabel” (Hungary); Bar Farjun and Shachar Rosenfeld’s “The Instructors” (Israel); Alain Moreau’s “Agnes & Luis” (France); Daniela Luciani and Ilaria Coppolecchia’s “Lamb of God” (Italy); Elena Lyubarskaya and Katerina Gerothanasi’s “Moving On” (Russia and Greece); Thomas Lehout and Juliette Barry’s...
- 2/17/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Happy Saturday, ladies and gentlemen. Today, we once again bring the review round-up to you fine folks. Today we’re catching up on a pair of films that I simply wasn’t able to get around to and put reviews up of until now. The two movies getting this particular treatment here are independent titles, as you might imagine, and as tends to be the case, they’re quite different from each other. The dueling indies in question are the drama Coda, as well as the historical thriller Incitement. Are either of them worth your time this weekend? Read on to find out what I thought… — Coda Patrick Stewart deserves to get more starring roles in major motion pictures. Even just a small independent drama like this is the sort of thing that he can really sink his teeth into. Sadly, while Coda does have a quality Stewart performance, it...
- 2/1/2020
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
“Do we actually need another recording of the Goldberg Variations?” The question, at once impudently cheeky and playfully taunting, is posed in “Coda” by the long-time manager and friend of a world-famous classical pianist during an intimate outdoor lunch with, among others, his bemused client. Ironically, a similar question could be asked about the movie itself: Do we really need another drama about an aged artist who’s reinvigorated, professionally and personally, by a free-spirited and much younger woman?
Maybe. It helps a lot if the drama is as low-key and credible as “Coda,” And it helps even more if the lead performances are as subtly affecting as those offered here by Patrick Stewart as Henry Cole, a celebrated musician who finds himself increasingly stressed by stage fright late in his decades-long career, and Katie Holmes as Helen Morrison, a thirtysomething (or thereabouts) writer for The New Yorker who wants...
Maybe. It helps a lot if the drama is as low-key and credible as “Coda,” And it helps even more if the lead performances are as subtly affecting as those offered here by Patrick Stewart as Henry Cole, a celebrated musician who finds himself increasingly stressed by stage fright late in his decades-long career, and Katie Holmes as Helen Morrison, a thirtysomething (or thereabouts) writer for The New Yorker who wants...
- 1/31/2020
- by Joe Leydon
- Variety Film + TV
"So just play, Henry... Play for them. I'll be listening..." Gravitas Ventures has debuted an official trailer for indie drama called Coda, the feature directorial debut of writer turned filmmaker named Claude Lalonde. This premiered at a film festival last year but hasn't shown up anywhere else, and will be released on VOD at the end of this month. Patrick Stewart stars as a famous pianist struggling with stage fright and sadness late in his career finds inspiration with a free-spirited music critic he connects with. Katie Holmes plays the critic, named Helen, and the cast includes Giancarlo Esposito, Letitia Brookes, and Drew Davis. Never heard of this film before, which is strange, but it looks rather sweet. Always like films about pianists. Here's the official Us trailer (+ poster) for Claude Lalonde's Coda, direct from Gravitas' YouTube: A famous pianist named Henry Cole (Patrick Stewart) struggling with stage fright...
- 1/21/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Jim Dandy Dec 23, 2019
Comics gave us everything we needed in 2019. The best ones surprised even us.
e stand at the end of a decade of massive change, and the comics industry is not immune to those shifts. There are more ways to read more comics about more things than ever before. That’s why the best comics of 2019 contains not one, but three Superman books.
I’m joking. There are only two textual Superman books, but they’re both wildly different, and they and the rest of the best comics of 2019 are a vastly different set than we would have seen even five years ago. There were some really great comics published this year, so even going to 20 won’t catch all of them. And, of course, I’m not independently wealthy or able to manipulate time, so I absolutely missed some great ones that you should feel comfortable yelling...
Comics gave us everything we needed in 2019. The best ones surprised even us.
e stand at the end of a decade of massive change, and the comics industry is not immune to those shifts. There are more ways to read more comics about more things than ever before. That’s why the best comics of 2019 contains not one, but three Superman books.
I’m joking. There are only two textual Superman books, but they’re both wildly different, and they and the rest of the best comics of 2019 are a vastly different set than we would have seen even five years ago. There were some really great comics published this year, so even going to 20 won’t catch all of them. And, of course, I’m not independently wealthy or able to manipulate time, so I absolutely missed some great ones that you should feel comfortable yelling...
- 12/9/2019
- Den of Geek
Buenos Aires — With Ventana Sur now firing on multiple cylinders, featuring pix-in post or project competitions for not only art films but also genre pics and animation – two sectors embraced by young creators in Latin America – “Karnawal,” “Restless,” “Summer White” and “Firsts” proved big winners among Ventana Sur’s arthouse and animation competitions, while “The Containment” and “Vurdulak Blood” topped genre movie mart Blood Window plaudits with two prices each.
Jérôme Paillard, Cannes Marché du Film and Ventana Sur director-founder, used the occasion to announce slightly later dates for Ventana Sur next year, Dec. 8-12.
Meanwhile, Colombia’s Oscar submission “Monos,” hailed by Variety as “astonishing” and a “major work of fever-dream art” did its International Feature Film Academy Award nomination chances no damage at all taking the Latin American Film of the Year, now granted by an expanded, global Intl. Federation of Fantastic Film Festivals.
It was two highly...
Jérôme Paillard, Cannes Marché du Film and Ventana Sur director-founder, used the occasion to announce slightly later dates for Ventana Sur next year, Dec. 8-12.
Meanwhile, Colombia’s Oscar submission “Monos,” hailed by Variety as “astonishing” and a “major work of fever-dream art” did its International Feature Film Academy Award nomination chances no damage at all taking the Latin American Film of the Year, now granted by an expanded, global Intl. Federation of Fantastic Film Festivals.
It was two highly...
- 12/7/2019
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
The Cannes Festival and Film Market’s boldest international initiative outside France, as well as Latin America’s biggest movie mart-meet, Buenos Aires’ Ventana Sur runs Dec. 2-6. Co-organized by Argentina’s Incaa film-tv agency, it provides a telling window into Latin American market trends. Here are five takes for 2019:
1. Latin American Headwinds
For most of the past decade, Ventana Sur channeled the energies of the region’s expanding film industries. That era is now over. “Latin America is the world’s worst performing region in terms of economic output,” the Financial Times proclaimed in October. That downturn, and its sluggish growth, plays out throughout the region. Two of Latin America’s three biggest national film industries — Argentina and Brazil — have just hit rather hard walls: The plunging Argentine peso lost 37% of its value against the dollar in just 12 months; and in Brazil, President Jair Bolsonaro has envisaged a...
1. Latin American Headwinds
For most of the past decade, Ventana Sur channeled the energies of the region’s expanding film industries. That era is now over. “Latin America is the world’s worst performing region in terms of economic output,” the Financial Times proclaimed in October. That downturn, and its sluggish growth, plays out throughout the region. Two of Latin America’s three biggest national film industries — Argentina and Brazil — have just hit rather hard walls: The plunging Argentine peso lost 37% of its value against the dollar in just 12 months; and in Brazil, President Jair Bolsonaro has envisaged a...
- 11/28/2019
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Hello everybody, what’s up? You’re listening to the Roobla Podcast with me, Tom Salmon! The show that dives into music, film and games and everything else in between.
My guest on this week’s episode is Erika Davis-Marsh who wrote, directed and produced her latest award winning short film Coda (2019) starring Kerrynton Jones, Ryan Lane and Cj Jones. The film has been screened at the Cleveland International Film Festival, ReelAbilities, La Shorts and many more!
We jumped into Erika’s film festival experience, how she worked with deaf actors and the deaf community to tell an authentic story centring on a child of deaf adults and her decision to turndown a prestigious aeronautical scholarship to follow her lifelong passion for filmmaking and dance.
You can follow and check out Erika’s short films on Vimeo right now!
My guest on this week’s episode is Erika Davis-Marsh who wrote, directed and produced her latest award winning short film Coda (2019) starring Kerrynton Jones, Ryan Lane and Cj Jones. The film has been screened at the Cleveland International Film Festival, ReelAbilities, La Shorts and many more!
We jumped into Erika’s film festival experience, how she worked with deaf actors and the deaf community to tell an authentic story centring on a child of deaf adults and her decision to turndown a prestigious aeronautical scholarship to follow her lifelong passion for filmmaking and dance.
You can follow and check out Erika’s short films on Vimeo right now!
- 11/22/2019
- by Thomas Salmon
- The Cultural Post
One of Europe’s most revered film groups, Pathé, is stepping into TV drama with Philippe Rousselet’s thriving Vendôme Group to co-produce an ambitious miniseries retelling the devastating fire that ripped through the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris.
The companies are partnering with U.K.-based Xavier Marchand’s Moonriver TV to co-develop the project, surely one of the highest-profile to be announced during this year’s Mipcom, for an international audience. In a key move, Pathe and Vendôme have co-acquired TV rights to The New York Times’ exclusive reporting shedding light on what triggered the fire and how firefighters and police officers battled to save the iconic cathedral from total destruction.
The untitled drama series, which is now in the early stages of development, is the first TV project to be announced under the new three-year Vendôme/Pathé production partnership unveiled at Cannes.
The series will reconstruct the timeline...
The companies are partnering with U.K.-based Xavier Marchand’s Moonriver TV to co-develop the project, surely one of the highest-profile to be announced during this year’s Mipcom, for an international audience. In a key move, Pathe and Vendôme have co-acquired TV rights to The New York Times’ exclusive reporting shedding light on what triggered the fire and how firefighters and police officers battled to save the iconic cathedral from total destruction.
The untitled drama series, which is now in the early stages of development, is the first TV project to be announced under the new three-year Vendôme/Pathé production partnership unveiled at Cannes.
The series will reconstruct the timeline...
- 10/14/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy and John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Pathé Films and French producer Philippe Rousselet’s Vendôme Group have signed an exclusive production deal to develop and produce English-language films, kicking off with “Coda,” a remake of the 2014 French box office hit “La Famille Belier,” written and directed by Sian Heder (“Orange Is the New Black”).
Set to start shooting this summer in Massachusetts, the remake will be headlined by Marlee Matlin and newcomer Emilia Jones.
The film will star Jones as 16-year-old Ruby, the only hearing child in a deaf family who finds herself torn between pursuing her love of music and her family’s reliance on her to be their connection to the outside world.
The three-year pact between Pathé and Vendôme Group aims to produce one to two films a year, and the possibility to add more projects over time. All films produced under the deal will be fully financed by Pathé and Vendôme, and...
Set to start shooting this summer in Massachusetts, the remake will be headlined by Marlee Matlin and newcomer Emilia Jones.
The film will star Jones as 16-year-old Ruby, the only hearing child in a deaf family who finds herself torn between pursuing her love of music and her family’s reliance on her to be their connection to the outside world.
The three-year pact between Pathé and Vendôme Group aims to produce one to two films a year, and the possibility to add more projects over time. All films produced under the deal will be fully financed by Pathé and Vendôme, and...
- 5/13/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Sian Heder is writing and directing the new film to be called ‘Coda’
French studio Pathé Films and Philippe Rousselet’s Vendôme Group have signed an exclusive partnership to develop and produce English-language films for the international marketplace.
Their first production will be Coda, a remake of the 2014 French hit La Famille Belier, with Patrick Wachsberger’s Picture Perfect Entertainment.
The three-year co-development and co-production deal will produce one to two films a year initially with the flexibility to ramp up to more projects over time.
All films produced under the deal will be fully financed by Pathé and Vendôme...
French studio Pathé Films and Philippe Rousselet’s Vendôme Group have signed an exclusive partnership to develop and produce English-language films for the international marketplace.
Their first production will be Coda, a remake of the 2014 French hit La Famille Belier, with Patrick Wachsberger’s Picture Perfect Entertainment.
The three-year co-development and co-production deal will produce one to two films a year initially with the flexibility to ramp up to more projects over time.
All films produced under the deal will be fully financed by Pathé and Vendôme...
- 5/13/2019
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
It’s that time of year when film critics the world over round up their lists of the best movies of the year. IndieWire’s David Ehrlich has done the same, but with a twist. Every year, instead of making a list with a dutiful blurb about each film, Ehrlich cuts together a video combining clips from all his favorite films of the year, counting down from his 25th favorite to the single best movie of the year! (In his opinion.)
Between the clips and the (genius) music selections, Ehrlich’s love of cinema comes through in spades, and the result is a joyous celebration of everything we love — the sights, the sounds, the emotions, the fun! — about the movies.
Ehlrich throws up a mild spoiler warning that the intro section uses footage from near the end of Annihilation, so if you don’t wanna know, I guess skip that...
Between the clips and the (genius) music selections, Ehrlich’s love of cinema comes through in spades, and the result is a joyous celebration of everything we love — the sights, the sounds, the emotions, the fun! — about the movies.
Ehlrich throws up a mild spoiler warning that the intro section uses footage from near the end of Annihilation, so if you don’t wanna know, I guess skip that...
- 12/4/2018
- by Mily Dunbar
- GeekTyrant
In a year full of hate, there’s a lot of love in the world of comics. Romance is a shared theme among many of this year’s best comics: There’s heartwarming queer love in books like Aquicorn Cove, Heartstoppers, and On A Sunbeam; Tolkien-infused marital drama in the pages of Coda; a futuristic Romeo & Juliet…...
- 11/28/2018
- by Oliver Sava and Caitlin Rosberg on AUX, shared by Oliver Sava to The A.V. Club
- avclub.com
Katie Holmes will star as the lead in horror sequel “The Boy 2” from STXfilms and Lakeshore Entertainment.
William Brent Bell will return to direct the sequel. Principal photography will begin in Victoria, British Columbia, on Jan. 14. Foreign sales will launch at the American Film Market, which opens Oct. 31 in Santa Monica, Ca.
The story will revolve around a young family, unaware of the terrifying history of the estate into which they move, where their young son soon makes an unsettling new friend, an eerily life-like doll he calls Brahms.
Stacey Menear returns to script. “The Boy 2” will be produced by Lakeshore’s Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi and Eric Reid, as well as Matt Berenson, Jim Wedaa and Roy Lee. “The Boy,” which starred Lauren Cohan and Rupert Evans, was produced for under $15 million and grossed $68 million worldwide.
Lucchesi said, “Following the success of ‘The Boy,’ we are thrilled to be...
William Brent Bell will return to direct the sequel. Principal photography will begin in Victoria, British Columbia, on Jan. 14. Foreign sales will launch at the American Film Market, which opens Oct. 31 in Santa Monica, Ca.
The story will revolve around a young family, unaware of the terrifying history of the estate into which they move, where their young son soon makes an unsettling new friend, an eerily life-like doll he calls Brahms.
Stacey Menear returns to script. “The Boy 2” will be produced by Lakeshore’s Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi and Eric Reid, as well as Matt Berenson, Jim Wedaa and Roy Lee. “The Boy,” which starred Lauren Cohan and Rupert Evans, was produced for under $15 million and grossed $68 million worldwide.
Lucchesi said, “Following the success of ‘The Boy,’ we are thrilled to be...
- 10/23/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
STXfilms has set Katie Holmes to star in The Boy 2, the sequel to director William Brent Bell’s 2016 horror thriller. Brent Bell is returning to helm and Stacey Menear returns to script the follow-up along with original producer Lakeshore Entertainment.
Shooting is set to start in January in Victoria, BC, after Brent Bell wraps up Separation, a horror thriller starring Rupert Friend that gets underway next month in New York.
The Boy grossed $64.2 million worldwide for Stx on a $15 million budget and starred Lauren Cohan and Rupert Evans in the tale of a nanny who believes the boy she’s hired to look after is an actual doll come to life. In the sequel, Holmes will play the matriarch of a young family who moves into Heelshire Mansion, where their young son soon makes an unsettling new friend — an eerily life-like doll he calls Brahms.
Lakeshore’s Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi...
Shooting is set to start in January in Victoria, BC, after Brent Bell wraps up Separation, a horror thriller starring Rupert Friend that gets underway next month in New York.
The Boy grossed $64.2 million worldwide for Stx on a $15 million budget and starred Lauren Cohan and Rupert Evans in the tale of a nanny who believes the boy she’s hired to look after is an actual doll come to life. In the sequel, Holmes will play the matriarch of a young family who moves into Heelshire Mansion, where their young son soon makes an unsettling new friend — an eerily life-like doll he calls Brahms.
Lakeshore’s Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi...
- 10/23/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Katie Holmes has joined the cast of “The Boy 2,” STXfilms and Lakeshore Entertainment announced Tuesday.
“The Boy 2” will be a follow up to the 2016 feature, “The Boy,” which starred Lauren Cohan and Rupert Evans. William Brent Bell will return to direct the sequel.
Principal photography is set to begin in Victoria, British Columbia on Jan. 14, 2019.
Also Read: Jamie Lee Curtis' 'Boast' About 'Halloween' Gets Props From The Rock
Stacey Menear will also return to write the screenplay, while Lakeshore’s Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi and Eric Reid are producing alongside Matt Berenson, Jim Wedaa and Roy Lee.
“Following the success of ‘The Boy,’ we are thrilled to be working on the next chapter of this chilling Brahms story with Stacey and William,” Lucchesi said in a statement. “We are also delighted to be continuing our relationship with Stx, on this, our third partnership.”
Also Read: 'Halloween' Nears...
“The Boy 2” will be a follow up to the 2016 feature, “The Boy,” which starred Lauren Cohan and Rupert Evans. William Brent Bell will return to direct the sequel.
Principal photography is set to begin in Victoria, British Columbia on Jan. 14, 2019.
Also Read: Jamie Lee Curtis' 'Boast' About 'Halloween' Gets Props From The Rock
Stacey Menear will also return to write the screenplay, while Lakeshore’s Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi and Eric Reid are producing alongside Matt Berenson, Jim Wedaa and Roy Lee.
“Following the success of ‘The Boy,’ we are thrilled to be working on the next chapter of this chilling Brahms story with Stacey and William,” Lucchesi said in a statement. “We are also delighted to be continuing our relationship with Stx, on this, our third partnership.”
Also Read: 'Halloween' Nears...
- 10/23/2018
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Production set for January 14 start in Canada.
Katie Holmes will star in horror-thriller The Boy 2 that STXfilms and Lakeshore will introduce to Afm buyers next week.
Stx Entertainment is co-producing with Lakeshore and the companies will handle international sales jointly. This is their third collaboration after the Jennifer Garner action thriller Peppermint and survival romance Adrift with Shailene Woodley and Sam Clafin.
Principal photography is scheduled to begin in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, on January 14, 2019, on the story of a young family that moves into the Heelshire Mansion, unaware of its terrifying past. As they settle into the estate, the...
Katie Holmes will star in horror-thriller The Boy 2 that STXfilms and Lakeshore will introduce to Afm buyers next week.
Stx Entertainment is co-producing with Lakeshore and the companies will handle international sales jointly. This is their third collaboration after the Jennifer Garner action thriller Peppermint and survival romance Adrift with Shailene Woodley and Sam Clafin.
Principal photography is scheduled to begin in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, on January 14, 2019, on the story of a young family that moves into the Heelshire Mansion, unaware of its terrifying past. As they settle into the estate, the...
- 10/23/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
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