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Watch an Exclusive Clip From Michelle Williams’s Take This Waltz
25 May 2012 9:00 AM, PDT | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
In Sarah Polley's new film, Michelle Williams grapples with the following question: Should she give in to her intense feelings for handsome neighbor Daniel (Luke Kirby), or should she remain faithful to her loving husband (Seth Rogen)? You, like Michelle's character, will want to weigh all the evidence before forming an opinion, so Vulture now presents an exclusive clip from the movie, in which Williams seems very much in love with her cookbook-author husband. She even dances (and as we know from Blue Valentine, dancing is the true measure of Michelle Williams's affection). Take a look for yourself; Take This Waltz is in theaters on June 29 and on VOD today. »
- Amanda Dobbins
Classic British TV Series Being Streamed By Acorn TV
24 May 2012 3:40 AM, PDT | Cinemaretro.com | See recent CinemaRetro news »
Cinema Retro has received the following press release:
The leading ‘Best British TV’ streaming service Acorn TV is now streaming full seasons of several popular British mystery and drama series, along with two critically acclaimed Canadian series. This week Acorn TV also has a special Memorial Day Weekend Midsomer Marathon with the first 22 episodes of its best-selling series,Midsomer Murders, and the U.S. debut of John Nettles final episodes.
Acorn TV is currently streaming a full season of Helen Mirren in Prime Suspect; the final seasons of the universally acclaimed Canadian dramedy Slings & ARROWSand Derek Jacobi’s mystery series Cadfael; the U.S. debut of the newest season of Murdoch Mysteries; Lynda La Plante’s Trial & Retribution; John Mortimer’s Under The Hammer; the final episodes of WWII drama Wish Me Luck; Richard Griffiths (Harry Potter) in Pie In The Sky; and John Nettles final episodes with Midsomer Murders, »
- nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
Michael Haneke/Amour: Cannes Masterpiece?
20 May 2012 4:56 AM, PDT | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Emmanuelle Riva, Michael Haneke‘s Amour / Love Michael Haneke took home the Palme d’Or for The White Ribbon three years ago. This year, Haneke may be taking home a second Palme d’Or for Amour, which has received enthusiastic praise following its screening earlier today at the Cannes Film Festival. Starring veterans Jean-Louis Trintignant (The Conformist, Red) and Emmanuelle Riva (Hiroshima Mon Amour; Leon Morin, Priest) as an elderly couple facing illness and death as the biggest challenges to their love, Amour has been described as Haneke’s masterpiece. Or, in some cases, his latest masterpiece. Written by Haneke himself, Amour also features The Piano Teacher‘s Isabelle Huppert, Certified Copy‘s William Shimell, and Alexandre Tharaud. Amour opens in France in October. It’ll surely be released some time this year in the Us for awards-season consideration; Sony Pictures Classics has acquired the North American distribution rights. [Check out the French-language Amour trailer.] "Michael Haneke »
- Andre Soares
Isabel Coixet to Direct The Age Of Adaline, a Fantasy Romance Which No Longer Stars Katherine Heigl
14 May 2012 7:37 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Isabel Coixet has signed on to direct The Age of Adaline for Lakeshore Entertainment, Sydney Kimmel Entertainment, and Anonymous Content. The fantasy romance centers on a beautiful young woman born at the turn of the 20th century. She hasn't aged in a hundred years following an unspecified accent, but "after years of a solitary life, she meets a man who might be worth losing her immortality." Katherine Heigl was set to star, matched with Andy Tennant (The Bounty Hunter) as director. That would have been waste of a perfectly good premise, but THR says Heigl is no longer attached. I know the Spaniard best as the director behind the touching drama My Life Without Me---I'd love to see Coixet reunite with Sarah Polley (the anti-Heigl) here. Of course Penelope Cruz, the star of Coixet's Elegy, could also pull off Ageless Beauty. I mean, sorry to add to the hate, »
- Brendan Bettinger
Northside Festival Sets Film Lineup; 'Take This Waltz' and 'About Cherry' In the Mix
11 May 2012 8:40 AM, PDT | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
The Northside Festival in Brooklyn has announced a linuep of more than 50 films which will be screening this year at the music & culture festival, now entering its fourth year. Among the highlights of films screening will be: Sarah Polley's "Take This Waltz," starring Seth Rogen & Michelle Williams; the James Franco starring "About Cherry"; and Ryan O'Nan's "Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best," which will be follwed by a Q&A session between O'Nan and Indiewire's chief film critic, Eric Kohn. The festival will run from June 14-21. Head over here for schedule and ticket info. Full lineup of films screening below: Brooklyn Premieres "Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best" "Take This Waltz" "Ai Wei Wei: Never Sorry" "Crazy Eyes" "About Cherry" "Klown" "The Normals" Other 2012 Northside Films Cinema »
- Aaron Bogert
Casting: Evans, Bardem, Cohen, Polley
10 May 2012 8:14 AM, PDT | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
Fast Six
He was previously offered, but now Luke Evans ("The Raven," "Immortals") is in negotiations (and close to a deal) to play a villain in the upcoming "Fast Six" at Universal Pictures.
Evans would play the leader of a rival crew of hoods trying to pull off the same heist as Vin Diesel and Paul Walker's crew. The actor is currently in New Zealand shooting "The Hobbit". [Source: Variety]
Scorpion In Love
Javier Bardem has scored the supporting role of a neo-Nazi in the adaptation of his brother Carlos Bardem's novel "Alacrán Enamorado" ("Scorpion In Love").
Santiago Zannou helms the contemporary Spain-set, Romeo & Juliet-esque story about a young neo-Nazi nicknamed the 'Scorpion' (Alex Gonzalez) who falls for a Latin American immigrant (Judith Diakhate). [Source: Twitchfilm]
Both Sacha Baron Cohen and Kurt Russell have apparently had to bow out of making cameos in Quentin Tarantino‘s western "Django Unchained".
Cohen »
- Garth Franklin
Sarah Polley Joins Wim Wenders' 3D Drama 'Everything Will Be Fine,' Aiming For Berlin Premiere In 2013
10 May 2012 8:05 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
With her latest, excellent directorial effort "Take This Waltz" headed to theaters this summer, writer/director/actress Sarah Polley is going to step back in front of the camera for Wim Wenders' first narrative feature film since 2008's little seen and not particularly well received "Palermo Shooting."
Titled "Everything Will Be Fine," Wenders is taking his love of 3D, utilized on his celebrated dance doc "Pina" last year, into the drama penned by Bjørn Olaf Johannessen that, according to THR, is about a German magician who disappears in the wilds of Norway. But it seems their intel might be a bit off (either that, or the project has changed dramatically) as according to Wenders' production company Neue Road Movies, it's quite a different story. Here's their synopsis:
One day, driving aimlessly around the outskirts of town after a trivial domestic quarrel, Tomas accidentally hits and kills a child. The »
- Kevin Jagernauth
Wim Wenders Next Directing 3D Drama ‘Everything Will Be Fine’ Starring Sarah Polley
10 May 2012 5:40 AM, PDT | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »
Wim Wenders seems to have enjoyed his time experimenting with 3D last year in his dance documentary Pina, as the legendary director has announced his next project, a narrative film also in the format. THR lets us know the first casting for the film titled Everything Will Be Fine, along with a few plot details.
With her next directing effort, Take This Waltz with Michelle Williams and Seth Rogen, set to hit theaters this summer, Sarah Polley will be stepping back in front of the camera for this film described to be a family drama. Bjørn Olaf Johannessen wrote the screenplay that follows a “German magician who disappears in the wilds of rural Norway.”
Although I love Wenders’ work dearly, I seemed to be the vast minority on Pina, as I didn’t think the director used this new technology in any sort of startling new way, as one expects from such a great filmmaker. »
- jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
Sarah Polley Joins Wim Wenders’ New 3D Project ‘Everything Will Be Fine’
10 May 2012 4:35 AM, PDT | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
Berlin – Canadian actress Sarah Polley has joined the cast of Wim Wenders’ new film, Everything Will Be Fine, a family drama Wenders will shoot in 3D. Polley's latest work was behind the camera, as the writer-director of romantic drama Take This Waltz starring Seth Rogen, Michelle Williams and Sarah Silverman. Polley is currently adapting Margaret Atwood's historical novel Alias Grace for the big screen. Wenders is keeping details of Everything Will Be Fine under wraps, but the plot, from a script by Norwegian screenwriter Bjørn Olaf Johannessen, is believed to focus on a German magician who disappears in
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- Scott Roxborough
The Playlist's 15 Most Anticipated Films Of The Cannes Film Festival
9 May 2012 10:13 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
A week from today, the 65th annual Cannes Film Festival will be getting underway on the south coast of France, opening with Wes Anderson's "Moonrise Kingdom," and as ever, it's possibly the biggest date in the cinephile calendar, with a host of hotly anticipated films set to premiere over the ten days that follow. A jury headed up by Nanni Moretti, and also including Andrea Arnold, Ewan McGregor, Alexander Payne, Diane Kruger and Jean-Paul Gaultier will have to decide which of over twenty films to award the Palme d'Or to. But while the In Competition category will be typically fierce in competition, there's plenty of gems to find in the Directors' Fortnight, Un Certain Regard and Critics' Week sidebars too.
Once again, The Playlist are packing our suntan lotion and shorts to hit the Croisette, and we'll be bringing our extensive coverage from next week. But to get you warmed up, »
- Oliver Lyttelton
Influx Of New Images From Take This Waltz
8 May 2012 12:52 AM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
Last month, we posted an article featuring the new trailer for upcoming drama comedy Take This Waltz, starring Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen and Luke Kirby. Now we present to you an influx of brand new images, taken from the set.
Directed by Sarah Polley (Away From Her), the film focuses on the relationship between Margot, her husband Lou and new neighbour Daniel and how mixed feelings can turn into something more. The film has been screened at several festivals across the Us and, in turn, has received many rave reviews. The cinematography, colouring and the actors themselves all look fantastic and I can’t wait to see this. Unfortunately for me (and anyone else on tender hooks) a UK release date hasn’t been posted, as of yet – so we may have to wait until it surfaces on DVD.
Take This Waltz, directed by Sarah Polley and starring Michelle Williams, »
- Jazmine Sky Bradley
New Images of Michelle Williams and Seth Rogen in Take This Waltz
7 May 2012 9:00 AM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
After the lovely new trailer and images that we saw at the start of last month from Sarah Polley’s Take This Waltz, starring Michelle Williams and Seth Rogen in the leads, we now have a great new set of images of Williams, Rogen, and Luke Kirby to share with you.
Written and directed by Polley (Away From Her), and also starring Sarah Silverman, the film has been topping many most-anticipated-films-of-the-summer in the Us, ahead of its release there next month.
“28-year-old Margot lives in Toronto with her husband Lou who writes cookbooks featuring recipes for chicken dishes. When she meets Daniel who lives across the street, there is an immediate connection between them. Although she stays faithful to Lou, her attraction to the seemingly perfect Daniel intensifies until she realizes something about herself and has to tell Lou about her feelings.”
The reviews coming out of the various festivals »
- Kenji Lloyd
Seattle International Film Festival Sets Lineup
2 May 2012 11:34 AM, PDT | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
The Seattle International Film Festival announced its full lineup representing 75 countries with screenings of 273 feature films and 187 shorts. Highlights include Disney/Pixar's latest animated film "Brave"; "As Luck Would Have It" starring Salma Hayek; "Robot and Frank" starring Frank Langella and Susan Sarandon; "Lola Versus" starring Greta Gerwig; Sarah Polley's "Take This Waltz"; Fernando Meirelles' "360"; and Wes Anderson's new film "Moonrise Kingdom." The festival will also be hosting a number of galas for films such as Lyn Shelton's "Your Sister's Sister," which will be the Opening Night Gala film; Daniel Cohen's "The Chef" will the be Centerpiece Gala film; and Stephen Gyllenhaal's comedy "Grassroots" will the Closing Night Gala film. Below is a lineup of the films announced thus far: Galas Your »
- Aaron Bogert
New Photos from Chernobyl Diaries and Take This Waltz with Seth Rogen and Michelle Williams
1 May 2012 1:59 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
A few new photos have popped up online for director Bradley Parker's Chernobyl Diaries and Sarah Polley's indie drama, Take This Waltz starring Seth Rogen and Michelle Williams. First up from writer/producer Oren Peli (Paranormal Activity) comes Chernobyl Diaries, the supernatural horror tale set on the site of the famous nuclear meltdown of 1986. Six tourists hire a travel guide to take them on an "extreme" sight-seeing tour of the abandoned area and find they are not alone and the inhabitants are none too friendly, which this trailer clearly shows. Chernobyl Diaries opens May 25th. Take This Waltz features Rogen and Williams as a young married couple whose relationship is threatened when a handsome artist (Luke Kirby) enters the equation. Polley's directorial debut, Away From Her, earned her an Oscar nod for best writing and adapted screenplay. The buzz around the indie has been quite positive; you can »
- Dave Trumbore
New Pics Of Michelle Williams & Seth Rogen In Sarah Polley's 'Take This Waltz'
1 May 2012 12:19 PM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Summer is for love and also for heartbreak, and both will be served up in Sarah Polley's sophomore feature film "Take This Waltz," a raw and tender look at a relationship under strain.
The film stars Michelle Williams and Seth Rogen as a young married couple, who find their bond tested when the former becomes attracted a new man played by Luke Kirby. Though not without minor complaints, pretty much everyone on the Playlist staff who has seen the film have liked it immensely, and really, it's James Rocchi's review from Tiff that hits the nail on the head in terms of the sharp and incisive lens Polley puts her characters under: " 'Take This Waltz' is also, for lack of better words, infuriating and troubling -- not because of what it gets 'wrong,' but because the things it gets right are buried under your skin like a splinter you can't dislodge, »
- Kevin Jagernauth
The Playlist's 10 Most Anticipated Indie Films Of The Summer
1 May 2012 7:01 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Despite the occasional film like "John Carter," the major studios are having a pretty good time of it in 2012. The box office is up all over, and films like "The Hunger Games," "21 Jump Street" and "The Avengers" have performed above expectations with both critics and audiences. There's plenty more to come in the summer, as we discussed yesterday in our blockbuster preview, but what of films of the non-explode-y variety in the warmer months?
While it may seem like there aren't that many options to compete with fare like "Prometheus" and "The Dark Knight Rises," there are some gems to look forward to; some of the best-received films of 2012 so far are making it to theaters in the next few months, along with a few others that we've got high hopes for. (And yes, we're cheating a bit with two studio movies in there, but they come from decidedly out-of-the-box »
- Oliver Lyttelton
Tribeca 2012 Review: Take This Waltz
30 April 2012 10:59 AM, PDT | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
Take This Waltz opens with a fun little meet-cute between Margot (Michelle Williams) and Daniel (Luke Kirby) who soon find out they are actually neighbors. This is unfortunate because Margot is (un)happily married to a chicken cookbook author played by Seth Rogen. I write it that way because although she doesn.t seem happy most of the time, none of her reasons seem solid enough to justify why she is so upset with her life. At one point she goes into a rant to which Seth Rogen asks what the f— she is talking about, as if speaking for the entire audience. Perhaps it is my slight man-crush on Seth Rogen but he seems like a pretty good husband to the often childish Margot. She is simply just bored of her everyday routine, which is what leads to a growing fascination with the shiny new toy that is Daniel. »
- Jerry Cavallaro
The 2012 Seattle Film Festival Line-Up is the Best I've Seen in Years
27 April 2012 12:07 PM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
I can't remember a time I went to the Seattle International Film Festival (Siff) press launch and looked over the list of films and saw so many I was interested in seeing. The claim to fame for over the years is to call it the largest and most-highly attended festival in the United States. This is a fact I've often taken issue with as I don't equate quantity with quality. Granted, there has been a large number of quality features to play the fest over the years, including Golden Space Needle (Best Film) winners such as Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985), My Life as a Dog (1987), Trainspotting (1996), Run Lola Run (1999), Whale Rider (2003) and even recent Best Director winner, Michel Hazanavicius's Oss 117: Nest of Spies in 2006. That said, looking over this year's crop of films I see a lot of films I will be doing my absolute best to see. »
- Brad Brevet
Tribeca Film Festival 2012
25 April 2012 2:37 PM, PDT | MUBI | See recent MUBI news »
Following up on last week's preview of the Tribeca Film Festival (site), this'll be the entry that'll carry us through to Sunday. Introducing Slant's package of reviews, Ed Gonzalez argues that Tribeca "has blossomed from a celebration of the Big Apple as a filmmaking center into a great facilitator and promoter of international film and video culture." The Los Angeles Times' Steven Zeitchik agrees that it's "a prime venue to discover international films." More packages and lists: Smithsonian Magazine's Daniel Eagan ("What to See"), indieWIRE ("12 New Films We're Excited For"), Filmmaker's Scott Macaulay ("25 Films I'm Looking Forward To"), Movies.com ("20 Most Anticipated Movies"), Time's Lily Rothman ("Top 15 Chatter-Worthy Films"), Time Out New York and Twitch ("Top 15 Picks").
Having previewed "30-odd films" for the Voice, Eric Hynes recommends 14, and Take This Waltz is one of them: "Sarah Polley's follow-up to her moving directorial debut, Away From Her, is a modern »
Film Feature: The 10 Most Anticipated Films of Summer 2012
25 April 2012 6:38 AM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – Could this summer movie season possibly top the last one creatively? Going into Summer 2011, most people were nervous… and with good reason, as there appeared to be far more potential creative and commercial disasters than normal. And then movie after movie surprised us all, from major hits to minor joys. Will Summer 2012 provide the same rollercoaster of thrills?
Summer 2011 will go down as one of the most purely entertaining in film history. Sure, kids movies fell Completely flat (the less said about “Cars 2,” “The Smurfs,” and “Zookeeper” the better) and there was some big-budget junk, but there were a surprising number of blockbusters that reminded us why we fell in love with the Summer tentpole movie in the first place, films like “Super 8,” “Rise of the Planet of the Apes,” and “X-Men: First Class.” And those big-budget hits were mixed in with a nice selection of critical »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
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