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"Magic City": Enter Olga Kurylenko
12 May 2012 10:02 AM, PDT | SneakPeek | See recent SneakPeek news »
Sneak Peek images of actress Olga Kurylenko, as former showgirl 'Vera Evans' in the dramatic TV series "Magic City", created by Mitch Glazer for the Starz network :
"...Miami Beach, 1959. As 'Ike Evans' (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) rings in the New Year at his luxurious 'Miramar Playa Hotel', Havana falls to Castro’s rebels. It’s a turbulent time in Miami, but it’s The place to be. The Kennedys, the mob and the CIA all hold court here. And Ike, he’s the star of his hotel. But everything comes at a price.
"To finance his dream, he sold his soul to mob boss 'Ben "The Butcher" Diamond' (Danny Huston). Ike’s wife 'Vera' (Kurylenko) , a former showgirl, and his three kids think he’s an honorable man, but his life is a façade.
"In fact, nothing at the Miramar Playa is what it seems. By day, it’s diving clowns and cha-cha lessons. »
- Michael Stevens
Film Review: Delightful ‘Life Happens’ Proves Truth is Funny
15 April 2012 9:10 AM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – Is it possible to be addled in encroaching middle age? Because “Life Happens,” a film about an ex-party girl turned single mother, starring “it” girl Krysten Ritter, actually is quite funny, and gets those laughs simply by applying some simple truths to a unique situation. Kate Bosworth, Rachel Bilson, Justin Kirk and Kirsten Johnston co-star.
Rating: 4.0/5.0
Ritter, who just opened this week as the title character in the awkwardly titled sitcom “Don’t Trust the B—— in Apartment 23,” carries this comedy on her shoulders, which she also co-wrote. She is an impressive scene stealer, but also allows the very strong supporting cast to get their moments. The script relies on some time honored stereotypes – twentysomething virgin, chirpy Mom, horny social misfit, dismissive boss – and turns them on their ear by leading them into unexpected directions. All of the actions of the films evolve from well-established background circumstances, and by »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 10 Pairs of Anytime Passes to ‘L!fe Happens’ With Kate Bosworth
7 April 2012 2:55 PM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – In our latest “R”-rated, single-motherhood comedy edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 10 admit-two run-of-engagement anytime movie passes up for grabs to the new film “L!fe Happens” starring Kate Bosworth! In Chicago, “L!fe Happens” opens exclusively at AMC River East on April 13, 2012.
“L!fe Happens” also stars Jason Biggs, Krysten Ritter, Rachel Bilson, Seymour Cassel, Rhys Coiro, Justin Kirk, Kristen Johnston, Andrea Savage, Geoff Stults and Fallon Goodson from writer and director Kat Coiro and writer Krysten Ritter.
These anytime passes can be used at Chicago’s AMC River East at the showing of your choosing during the film’s theatrical run. To win your free anytime movie passes for “L!fe Happens,” just answer our question in this Web-based submission form. That’s it! Directions to enter this HollywoodChicago.com Hookup and win can be found below.
The movie poster for “L!fe Happens” with Kate Bosworth, »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
"Magic City": Enter Olga Kurylenko
29 March 2012 11:59 AM, PDT | SneakPeek | See recent SneakPeek news »
Sneak Peek new images of actress Olga Kurylenko, as former showgirl 'Vera Evans' in the upcoming dramatic TV series "Magic City", created by Mitch Glazer for the Starz network :
"...Miami Beach, 1959. As 'Ike Evans' (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) rings in the New Year at his luxurious 'Miramar Playa Hotel', Havana falls to Castro’s rebels. It’s a turbulent time in Miami, but it’s The place to be. The Kennedys, the mob and the CIA all hold court here. And Ike, he’s the star of his hotel. But everything comes at a price.
"To finance his dream, he sold his soul to mob boss 'Ben "The Butcher" Diamond' (Danny Huston). Ike’s wife 'Vera' (Kurylenko) , a former showgirl, and his three kids think he’s an honorable man, but his life is a façade.
"In fact, nothing at the Miramar Playa is what it seems. By day, it »
- Michael Stevens
Ben Gazzara: 1930-2012 and Remembering Cassavetes
26 March 2012 6:11 PM, PDT | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »
We're sad to report that actor Ben Gazzara has succumbed to pancreatic cancer at age 81. Over Gazzara's nearly-sixty year career, his greatest screen moments occurred in collaboration with close friend John Cassavetes, along with actors Peter Falk, Seymour Cassel, and Cassavetes' wife Gena Rowlands. With Falk's passing last year and now with Gazzara's, it seems an opportune time to revisit a 2004 chat I had for Venice Magazine with the surviving members of the Cassavetes "company" that coincided with Criterion's release of their "John Cassavetes: Five Films" collection. Cassel was the only member not present during the conversations, which took place in the home that John and Gena shared from 1962 until his death, and which served as a location for many of their films together.
Remembering Cassavetes:
The Legacy of America’s Most Important Indie Film Pioneer Is Preserved in the Criterion Collection’s New Release John Cassavetes: Five Films
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- The Hollywood Interview.com
Booster
20 March 2012 7:52 PM, PDT | The Scorecard Review | See recent Scorecard Review news »
SXSW 2012 film review
complete coverage of SXSW Film 2012
Director & Screenwriter: Matt Ruskin
When Simon’s brother is arrested for armed robbery, he is asked to commit a string of similar crimes in an attempt to get his brother acquitted.
Cast: Nico Stone, Adam DuPaul, Seymour Cassel, Kristin Dougherty, Brian McGrail
(World Premiere)
Film Synopsis (from SXSW.com)
Who’S It For? Another Boston crime drama movie, but this one is nicely on the smaller scale.
Overall
It’s surprising to learn this is Stone’s first acting gig. It doesn’t feel that way. While this is a smaller film (not many chases, explosions, big-name actors, etc.) everyone does a very nice job in this film.
Simon is a booster. He’s good at his job. If you’re not aware what a booster is, he shop lifts. That’s his livelihood and I was immediately hooked. Why? »
- Jeff Bayer
SXSW 2012. Narrative Feature Competition
20 March 2012 1:34 PM, PDT | MUBI | See recent MUBI news »
We're going to be taking our sweet time wrapping up this year's SXSW Film Festival, looking over one section at a time and allowing for digressions and occasional notes on films that screened in Berlin and Sundance as well, focusing on what's interesting, skimming over what's not. Before we begin, a few pointers to overviews of the festival in general: IndieWIRE and the Playlist have indexed their extensive coverage and Eric Kohn's had an end-of-the-fest chat with Ben Kenigsberg and Matt Singer; James Francis Flynn posted a diary at Cinespect; and, in his podcasts for the Film Society of Lincoln Center and Kut.org, Eugene Hernandez has interviewed a slew of filmmakers and touched on broader issues with a wide range of critics: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
On to the Narrative Feature Competition, eight films in all, of which I saw none; it was only after the festival was over that I realized »
Trailer For Indie Drama Broken Kingdom
13 March 2012 1:30 PM, PDT | Twitch | See recent Twitch news »
Edging up on its crowd funding goal at Film Interactor, Daniel Gillies' Broken Kingdom looks to be a solid, continent spanning bit of work.The picture intertwines a pair of seemingly disparate stories - one set in Bogota, the other in Hollywood - with a cast that includes Gillies, Rachael Leigh Cook and Seymour Cassel. Take a look at the trailer below. »
SXSW 2012: A Guide To All The Films
8 March 2012 7:56 AM, PST | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
Another year, another South by Southwest. The Indiewire team will once again be attending the SXSW Film Conference and Festival in Austin, Texas. To help you keep track of the latest news, we've made up a handy guide to all of this year's feature films with links to their film pages and relevant interviews. Narrative Feature Competition "Booster" (Filmmaker Interview) Director & Screenwriter: Matt Ruskin When Simon’s brother is arrested for armed robbery, he is asked to commit a string of similar crimes in an attempt to get his brother acquitted. Cast: Nico Stone, Adam DuPaul, Seymour Cassel, Kristin Dougherty, Brian McGrail (World Premiere) "Eden" Director: Megan Griffiths | Screenwriters: Richard B. Phillips & Megan Griffiths | Story by: Richard B. Phillips & Chong Kim A young Korean-American girl, abducted and forced into prostitution by domestic human traffickers, joins forces with her captors in a »
- Indiewire
Five Questions With “Booster” Director Matt Ruskin
4 March 2012 5:13 PM, PST | Filmmaker Magazine - Blog | See recent Filmmaker Magazine news »
Too often contemporary crime dramas binge on the crime and skimp on the drama. This is not the case with Booster, director Matt Ruskin’s debut narrative feature, and his followup to Sundance Channel documentary The Hip Hop Project. The story of Simon, a Boston-based petty thief forced to turn to serious robbery after his brother is arrested, Booster features stellar performances from a handful of Boston natives, as well as veteran character actor Seymour Cassel. Ruskin’s film wrestles with provocative moral issues, taking care to imbue even its most externally-loathsome characters with life and heart. Premiering in Narrative Competition today, Booster is sure to please audiences looking for a smart, meditative drama.
Filmmaker: The film strives for an authenticity and level of emotion not seen in many of modern-day crime films. How did you go about getting into Simon’s head, and building out his story?
Ruskin: The lead actor, »
- Dan Schoenbrun
The 25 Most Random Celebrities At The Same Party Ever
29 February 2012 12:06 PM, PST | BestWeekEver | See recent BestWeekEver news »
Norby Walters is not necessarily someone I would want to be friends with. For starters, he’s a sports agent. Despite my raging “Plantar fasciitis,” I am no athlete. Back in 1988, Norby was convicted of fraud and racketeering after he signed college players to professional sports teams before it was legally allowed. Despite my penchant for Scorcese crime flicks and a dude I once made out with who just got out of Rikers, I don’t often associate with criminals. He also kind of looks like my cousin Edith who passed away years ago. I loved Edith but there’s only room for one in my heart. And yet, taking allll of these things into consideration, my mind is made up: I want to be friends with Norby Walters. Why, you ask? Simple. Judging by the characters who attended his 22nd Annual Night Of 100 Stars Oscar Viewing Party, he »
- Michelle Collins
Scorpion Releasing Doling Out Another Four Lost Gems - Thrill Kill, Mark of Cain, Whispers, Double Exposure
16 February 2012 1:48 PM, PST | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
It's like an odd flickapalooza, man! The sickos over at Scorpion Releasing have four more terror flicks on tap for us that haven't seen the light of day in ages. Read on for all the details.
From the Press Release
On February 21st, Scorpion Releasing and Katarina's Nightmare Theater present Whispers, from the horrifying best seller by master horror writer Dean R. Koontz! Hilary Thomas (Victoria Tennant, L.A. Story) is a beautiful young writer who is stalked by a madman. The demented killer, Bruno Clavel (Jean LeClerc, All My Children), brutally attacks Hilary one night and she thinks she kills him, but he later reappears alive and well. She enlists the aid and protection of a cop (Chris Sarandon, Fright Night, Child's Play, The Sentinel) who believes her story, and as his love for her grows, he helps her discover the terrifying dark secret that drives Bruno to kill!
Special »
- Uncle Creepy
“Booster,” “Pavilion” Head To SXSW Via Kickstarter
7 February 2012 9:52 AM, PST | Filmmaker Magazine - Blog | See recent Filmmaker Magazine news »
I’ve added some new projects to Filmmaker‘s curated Kickstarter page, including two Ifp Narrative Lab projects selected for premieres at SXSW in March. The first is Tim Sutton’s gorgeous Pavilion, an eerie tale of adolescence that is breathtakingly shot and hauntingly directed. (It also has one of the most gorgeous websites around.) The second is Matt Ruskin’s intense character-based thriller Booster. Both films are well on their way to completion but are short the final finishing funds that will allow them to make their premiere dates. And, of course, both have some decent rewards. For $750, Sutton will give a Video Kid Brooklyn master class to your kids and their friends, and for its highest levels Ruskin is offering various signed stills of Seymour Cassel.
Another project I added to the page is Dan Nuxoll and Martha Shane’s The Mystery of Mary Joceylene. I love the »
- Scott Macaulay
South By Southwest 2012 Lineup Features 65 World Premieres
2 February 2012 8:55 PM, PST | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
Sound On Sight will once again be covering the SXSW Film Festival this year, making it our second time attending. 130 feature films will screen at the Austin, Texas fest taking place March 9-17, including 65 World Premieres, 17 North American Premieres and 10 U.S. Premieres. As previously announced, Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon’s The Cabin in the Woods will have the honours of opening the festival, and now they have released the full list of films – and it’s looking pretty amazing. Enjoy!
Narrative Feature Competition
This year’s 8 films were selected from 1,112 submissions. Each film is a World Premiere. Films screening in Narrative Feature Competition are:
Director/Screenwriter: Matt Ruskin
When Simon’s brother is arrested for armed robbery, he is asked to commit a string of similar crimes in an attempt to get his brother acquitted.
Cast: Nico Stone, Adam DuPaul, Seymour Cassel, Kristin Dougherty, Brian McGrail (World Premiere)
Director: Megan Griffiths, »
- Ricky
SXSW Announces 2012 Feature Film Lineup
1 February 2012 4:28 PM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
The South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival is thrilled to announce the features lineup for this year's Festival, March 9 - 17, 2012 in Austin, Texas. We are also pleased to reveal the world premiere of Emmett Malloy's documentary Big Easy Express as our Closing Night Film, which follows a train ride unlike any other with Mumford & Sons, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros and Old Crow Medicine Show. Big Easy Express will screen on Saturday, March 17. The program will also include the world premiere of Columbia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures' 21 Jump Street, screening in the Centerpiece slot on Monday, March 12. The 2012 lineup continues the SXSW tradition of celebrating ambitious experimentation with risk takers both in front of and behind the camera, and a deep immersion into cultural touchstones. The Midnighters feature section and the Short Film program will be announced on February 8.
"SXSW has long been a haven for bold »
- MovieWeb
SXSW 2012. Features Lineup
1 February 2012 3:46 PM, PST | MUBI | See recent MUBI news »
Iggy Pop and Debbie Harry, shot by Bob Gruen in 1977
Rock 'N' Roll Exposed: The Photography of Bob Gruen
screens as part of 24 Beats per Second
SXSW Film has just announced its features lineup for the 2012 edition, running March 9 through 17. We already knew that the Opening Night Film would be Drew Goddard's The Cabin in the Woods. For its Closing Night Film, the festival will host the world premiere of of Emmett Malloy’s documentary Big Easy Express (more below). The lineup, with descriptions from the festival:
Narrative Feature Competition
Director/Screenwriter: Matt Ruskin. When Simon’s brother is arrested for armed robbery, he is asked to commit a string of similar crimes in an attempt to get his brother acquitted. Cast: Nico Stone, Adam DuPaul, Seymour Cassel, Kristin Dougherty, Brian McGrail. (World Premiere)
Director: Megan Griffiths, Screenwriters: Richard B. Phillips, Megan Griffiths, Story by: Richard B. Phillips & Chong Kim. »
21 Jump Street, Casa De Mi Padre, and The Raid Among SXSW 2012 Film Line-Up
1 February 2012 12:33 PM, PST | Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news »
If you’re planning on attending the 2012 version of the South By Southwest film festival down in Austin, Texas this coming March, you’ll have plenty to chew on, from big studio releases like “The Cabin in the Woods” and “21 Jump Street”, to comedies like “The Babymakers” and Will Ferrell’s “Casa de mi Padre”, to foreign actioners like Gareth Evans’ “The Raid” and the indie horror “Lovely Molly”. Check out the full list of films domestic and foreign that will be gracing the screens of SXSW this year. I’m pretty sure there will be at least one, or two, or a dozen films that should go on your “Must See” list. Narrative Feature Competition Booster Director & Screenwriter: Matt Ruskin When Simon’s brother is arrested for armed robbery, he is asked to commit a string of similar crimes in an attempt to get his brother acquitted. Cast: Nico Stone, »
- Nix
SXSW 2012 Line-Up Includes ’21 Jump Street,’ ‘The Raid,’ ‘Casa de mi Padre’ & More
1 February 2012 12:32 PM, PST | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »
With Sundance 2012 Film Festival over, the next big one on the horizon is South by Southwest, which we’ll be heavily covering. The biggest chunk of the line-up has been announced today, which has some great premieres including 21 Jump Street, Tiff and Sundance hit The Raid, Will Ferrell‘s Casa de mi Padre, the documentary Girl Model (which we liked at Tiff), as well as the next from Broken Lizard, The Babymakers. There are many other promising titles included and you can see them all below. Check back for our coverage for the fest, kicking off March 9th.
Narrative Feature Competition
This year’s 8 films were selected from 1,112 submissions. Each film is a World Premiere. Films screening in Narrative Feature Competition are:
Director/Screenwriter: Matt Ruskin
When Simon’s brother is arrested for armed robbery, he is asked to commit a string of similar crimes in an attempt to get his brother acquitted. »
- jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
South By Southwest 2012 Lineup Includes 21 Jump Street, Casa De Mi Padre, The Raid, and More
1 February 2012 12:28 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
The full lineup for South By Southwest 2012 has been announced and for those of you not attending the festival, prepare to seethe with jealousy. The Austin, Texas festival will host screenings of the Will Ferrell Spanish-language comedy Casa de mi Padre, festival favorite The Raid, Bobcat Goldthwait’s God Bless America, and the world premiere of 21 Jump Street, which recently screened to press to overwhelmingly positive praise. Add these films to the previously announced festival opener Cabin in the Woods (from Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard), and I’m sufficiently envious of those making the trek to Austin. Other highlights from the full lineup include the documentary The Imposter, Killer Joe, The Hunter, Lena Dunham’s Girls, and Kevin Macdonald’s doc Marley. Hit the jump to see the full list, but keep in mind that the midnight selections have yet to be announced. Collider’s own Matt Goldberg will »
- Adam Chitwood
SXSW 2012 Announces Feature Film Line-up and It Tickles Our Fancies Something Fierce
1 February 2012 12:12 PM, PST | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
SXSW 2012 is just over five weeks away, and I haven’t bought my plane ticket yet. But I will, especially now that I’ve seen today’s official announcement of the features (narrative and documentary) playing at this year’s fest. Fsr will be on the ground in Austin in the form of Kate Erbland, Jack Giroux, Neil Miller, and myself, and we look forward to seeing as many of the films below as our eyeballs can stomach. I know what you’re thinking, but gastronomical biology really does work differently within the confines of Austin. We’ll offer up some films we’re looking forward to closer to the fest, but it should come as no surprise that some of my most anticipated include The Raid, The Cabin In the Woods, The Hunter, Thale, and the documentary Seeking Asian Female. (Don’t judge.) Check out the complete (as of now) listing below of the feature films »
- Rob Hunter
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