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Tribeca Winners: War Witch, Lucy Mulloy
28 April 2012 5:00 PM, PDT | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Rachel Mwanza, War Witch Tribeca 2012 Politics Nation: Una Noche Movie World Narrative Competition Categories The jurors for the 2012 World Narrative Competition were Patricia Clarkson, Dakota Fanning, Mike Newell, Lisa Schwarzbaum, Jim Sheridan, and Irwin Winkler. The Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature – War Witch, directed by Kim Nguyen (Canada). Best Actor in a Narrative Feature Film – Dariel Arrechada and Javier Nuñez Florian as Raul and Elio in Una Noche, directed by Lucy Mulloy (UK, Cuba, USA). Best Actress in a Narrative Feature Film – Rachel Mwanza as Komona in War Witch, directed by Kim Nguyen (Canada). Best Cinematography in a Narrative Feature Film – Cinematography by Trevor Forrest and Shlomo Godder, for Una Noche, directed by Lucy Mulloy (UK, Cuba, USA). Special Jury Mention – Alex Catalan for Unit 7. Best Screenplay for a Narrative Feature Film – All In (La Suerte en Tus Manos), written by Daniel Burman and Sergio Dubcovsky and directed by »
- Steve Montgomery
Tribeca Film Festival: 'War Witch,' 'Una Noche' take home top prizes
26 April 2012 5:30 PM, PDT | EW - Inside Movies | See recent EW.com - Inside Movies news »
War Witch, a Canadian-made film about a young girl who escapes from the African rebels who forced her to be a child soldier, was named Best Narrative Feature at the 11th annual Tribeca Film Festival. “This indelible character study of a girl who becomes a woman before our eyes in the midst of harrowing war gives words to the unspeakable,” said the jury, which included Patricia Clarkson, Dakota Fanning, Mike Newell, EW’s Lisa Schwarzbaum, Jim Sheridan, and Irwin Winkler. “Riveting, heartbreaking, vivid, and eloquent, the movie balances scenes of crazy enemy hatred with moments of luminous private love.”
- Jeff Labrecque
Tribeca Honors Controversial Cuban Movie
26 April 2012 5:25 PM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
The Tribeca Film Festival awards ceremony took place on Thursday, and the controversial Cuban film "Una Noche" turned out to be the toast of the town. Though "War Witch" won the award for Best Narrative Feature and Rachel Mwanza was named Best Actress, "Una Noche" became the breakout story of the festival after two of its actors disappeared en route to New York.
Director Lucy Mulloy, cinematographers Trevor Forrest and Shlomo Godder were honored for their work on the film. Actors Dariel Arrechada and Jaiver Nunez Florian both won Best Actor in a Narrative Feature.
Other big winners include Nisha Pahuja's "The World Before Her" for Best Documentary Feature, Bryan Buckley's "Asad" for Best Narrative Short and Frederic Golding's "On the Mat" for Best Feature Film in the festival's online competition.
Florian and Anailin de la Rua de la Torre, were flown from Cuba to the United States »
- The Huffington Post
Brett Ratner Among Tribeca Film Festival Jurors
16 April 2012 12:01 PM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
The Tribeca Film Festival kicks off for the eleventh time starting Wednesday when "The Five-Year Engagement" premieres, and festival organizers have just announced the star-studded jury for this year's edition.
Thirty-nine celebrities -- of various levels of fame and awards kudos -- make up the six juries, with producer Irwin Winkler ("Goodfellas") serving a jury president.
Among those selected by Tribeca this year: Patricia Clarkson, Hugh Dancy, Rosario Dawson, Dakota Fanning, Kellan Lutz, Michael Moore and Olivia Wilde. Also on the list: Brett Ratner. The controversial big-budget director will serve on the Documentary and Student Short Film Competition jury along with Justin Bieber's manager Scooter Braun, Susan Sarandon and Shailene Woodley, among others.
“We are honored to have this accomplished group dedicate the time and care it takes to view and discuss the films in competition this year,” Tribeca Film Festival co-founder Jane Rosenthal said in a statement.
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- The Huffington Post
Tribeca Film Festival And Tribeca Film Institute Announce Juries
16 April 2012 11:54 AM, PDT | AreYouScreening.com | See recent AreYouScreening news »
It’s a star-studded list that includes some interesting, and surprising, names, which is just what you’d expect from the Tribeca Film Festival. The juries have been announced, and you could hardly got a more varied mix.
Juries Announced For 2012 Tribeca Film Festival And Tribeca Film Institute Programs
Academy Award-Winning Producer/Director Irwin Winkler To Serve as Jury President
Patricia Clarkson, Hugh Dancy, Rosario Dawson, Dakota Fanning, Whoopi Goldberg, Susannah Grant, Kellan Lutz, Michael Moore, Mike Newell, Brett Ratner, Susan Sarandon, Olivia Wilde, and Shailene Woodley are among the Jurors
The Tribeca Film Festival (Tff), presented by founding partner American Express, today announced its jurors – a diverse group of 39 individuals, including award-winning filmmakers, writers and producers, acclaimed actors, respected critics and global business leaders. Irwin Winkler has been named President of the Jury. The Jury will be divided among the six competitive Festival categories and will announce the winning films, »
- Marc Eastman
Jurors announced for Tribeca Film Festival
16 April 2012 10:00 AM, PDT | EW - Inside Movies | See recent EW.com - Inside Movies news »
Shailene Woodley, Brett Ratner, Susan Sarandon, Olivia Wilde, and EW’s own film critic Lisa Schwarzbaum are among the 39 jurors taking part in this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, which kicks off on Wednesday.
“We are honored to have this accomplished group dedicate the time and care it takes to view and discuss the films in competition this year,” said Jane Rosenthal, co-founder of the Festival, in a statement.
The juries will award $175,000 in the six categories of World Narrative, World Documentary, Best New Narrative Director, Best New Documentary Director, Narrative Short Film Competition, and Documentary and Student Short Film Competition. »
- Michelle Profis
Blu-ray Review: Huge Collection of Special Features For Sweet ‘We Bought a Zoo’
13 April 2012 2:43 PM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – Cameron Crowe’s “We Bought a Zoo” should have made more money. Sure, it’s a cheesy slice of family entertainment but when the cheese is this well-crafted, performed, and delivered, one can’t complain too much about it. “We Bought a Zoo” is too long, not subtle enough, and pretty manipulative, but it the manipulation works. Matt Damon is stellar (as he always seems to be lately) and Crowe tells this old-fashioned tale with enough skill to make it entertaining. “We Bought a Zoo” is one of those rare cross-demographic films — from children to grandparents — that doesn’t insult the intelligence of any of them.
Blu-ray Rating: 3.5/5.0
Those who did see and love “We Bought a Zoo” will be happy to learn that the Blu-ray release is as packed with special features as nearly any 2011 film. Cameron Crowe is a documentarian at heart, so it’s not surprising »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
We Bought a Zoo – review
17 March 2012 5:05 PM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
A gifted director of cautious comedies about the problems of middle-class folk, Cameron Crowe gets confused when he tries anything more ambitious, and his most enduring work to date is a muddled but likable book of conversations with his idol, Billy Wilder. What Wilder would have made of his new picture I can only guess. It's a transposition from Dartmoor (that's Dartmoor, England) to southern California of a memoir by Benjamin Mee, a former Diy writer for the Guardian, relating how in 2006 he bought a 30-acre tract of land in Devon containing a rundown zoo and a large house. He restored it as a home for his children and his wife, who died shortly after they moved in, and he subsequently featured in a popular BBC documentary. In the movie Mee (played by a likable, forehead-wrinkling Matt Damon) becomes a recently widowed Los Angeles journalist who buys the zoo to »
- Philip French
We Bought A Zoo Review
12 March 2012 5:00 AM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
Director: Cameron Crowe
Cast: Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson, Thomas Haden Church, Elle Fanning, Colin Ford, Maggie Elizabeth Jones, Patrick Fugit
Running time: 124 minutes
Certificate: PG
Synopsis: Set in Southern California, a father moves his young family to the countryside to renovate and re-open a struggling zoo.
Cameron Crowe, the man behind Say Anything, Jerry Maguire and the glorious Almost Famous returns to direct We Bought A Zoo, a screenplay co-written with Aline Brosh McKenna (The Devil Wears Prada). If you are of a nervous disposition and any mention or thought of the words feel-good makes you faint, then you’re definitely in the wrong review.
We Bought A Zoo is an adaptation from the true memoirs of Benjamin Mee, who in 2006 bought the dilapidated zoo on Dartmoor in Devon, England. Crowe has moved events to Southern California but it follows the same story of Mee (Matt Damon) looking for a »
- Dan Bullock
We Bought A Zoo review [UK theatrical]
11 March 2012 5:10 PM, PDT | Shadowlocked | See recent Shadowlocked news »
When discussing the hazards of show business, comedian and actor W.C. Fields stated: “Never work with children or animals”. This now infamous quote was no doubt a reference to the unpredictable nature of both parties. However, We Bought a Zoo director Cameron Crowe seems to have ignored his advice.
Crowe’s latest effort stars Matt Damon as Benjamin Mee, a widower who is adjusting to life without his other half. While searching for a new home for him and his two children, Mee inexplicably decides to buy a run-down zoo. The film then follows the adventures of the Mee family as they renovate their new surroundings and, in the process, become increasingly attached to the staff and animals that populate its grounds.
We Bought a Zoo is based on true events, having been adapted from British journalist Benjamin Mee’s memoir of the same name. Crowe and his co-writer Aline Brosh McKenna »
Chris Weitz To Rewrite "Cinderella"
29 February 2012 9:33 PM, PST | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
Chris Weitz ("The Golden Compass," "About a Boy") is in negotiations to rewrite a live-action take on "Cinderella" for Walt Disney Pictures says Heat Vision.
"The Devil Wears Prada" scribe Aline Brosh McKenna sold the pitch to Disney in 2010 which re-imagines the tale and sets up the new context of a "prince set for a politically arranged marriage, until the evil plan is threatened when the prince meets Cinderella."
Mark Romanek ("Never Let Me Go") is attached to direct while Simon Kinberg is producing. »
- Garth Franklin
‘Top Gun 2’ Lands ‘The Town’ Scribe; Chris Weitz Taking a Stab at Mark Romanek’s ‘Cinderella’
29 February 2012 6:29 PM, PST | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »
Even when Paramount expressed legitimate interest in Top Gun 2 at the end of 2011, something inside me said “that’s never happening.” Perhaps it was the lengthy period of time since Top Gun came out, maybe Tom Cruise and Tony Scott would be too busy, it’s possible that the budget would balloon out of control — I don’t know. It just didn’t add up.
Yet Variety reports that screenwriter Peter Craig (The Town) has been chosen by the studio to fashion something for a follow-up, which Jerry Bruckheimer, Tom Cruise, and Tony Scott are said to be returning for in their respective roles. (Tom Skerritt could not be reached for comment.) Even stranger is the mention that Craig wasn’t the first to get hired; superhero scribes Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz were approached in October, only to be stopped by prior obligations.
This creates so, so many questions, »
- jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
Chris Weitz Rewriting Cinderella
29 February 2012 4:02 PM, PST | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
Last August, we brought word of Disney trying to snag the services of Never Let Me Go director Mark Romanek to tackle a new version of Cinderella written by Aline Brosh McKenna. Now it would appear that he’s at least attached, but will be working from a script re-written by Chris Weitz.This new take on Cinders first cropped up in 2010, spurred by the success of Alice In Wonderland and the current trend to re-imagining fairy tales. For now, the Mouse House is keeping the details under wraps, but we do know that it’ll tweak some of the story’s famous elements.Weitz is no stranger to fantasy, though his big passion project, an adaptation of Philip Pullman’s The Golden Compass, didn’t take off at the box office and the planned trilogy stalled. He also directed the second Twilight film, New Moon. More recently, he won »
Cinderella Gets Writer Chris Weitz
29 February 2012 11:01 AM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
A Better Life director Chris Weitz has signed on to write the screenplay for Disney's Cinderella.
Back in August, Mark Romanek (Never Let Me Go) signed on to direct Cinderella, which will be a live-action version of the classic fairy tale by Lewis Carroll. The project was first set up in March 2010, on the heels of another Lewis Carroll live-action adaptation, Alice in Wonderland. Mark Romanek will take over for Aline Brosh McKenna, who wrote the first draft of the Cinderella script.
No cast members are attached to Cinderella just yet, and specifics of the re-imagined story line are being kept under wraps. It isn't known when production will begin on Cinderella.
Cinderella comes to theaters in 2013. »
- MovieWeb
Chris Weitz in Talks to Rewrite Disney's Live Action 'Cinderella'
29 February 2012 10:06 AM, PST | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Disney is in talks with "About a Boy" and "The Golden Compass" writer-director Chris Weitz to rewrite its live action "Cinderella," TheWrap has confirmed. "Cinderella" is a big project for Disney. The studio bought a pitch for the project from "The Devil Wears Prada" writer Aline Brosh McKenna in 2010. At the time, it was reported that the deal was worth $1 million. Mark Romanek is to direct the movie. Also read: Disney Buys Live-Action 'Cinderella' Pitch From 'Prada' Writer Weitz, who was nominated for an Academy Award for best adapted screenplay for "About a Boy," »
- Joshua L. Weinstein
'A Better Life' And 'Twilight: New Moon' Director Chris Weitz To Rewrite Disney's 'Cinderella' For Mark Romanek
29 February 2012 9:33 AM, PST | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Boy, Disney are keen for us not to give up on their new live-action version of "Cinderella." When first announced a couple of years ago, we were pretty ho-hum: fairy-tale movies were already ten-a-penny after the success of "Alice in Wonderland", and the creative team of producer Simon Kinberg ("Jumper," "This Means War") and writer Aline Brosh McKenna ("The Devil Wears Prada," "Morning Glory") wasn't especially enticing. But last year, the studio announced that "Never Let Me Go" helmer Mark Romanek was attached to direct, and suddenly we got interested.
And this afternoon, there's been some further news that could bode well, as Heat Vision has announced that Chris Weitz, the writer-director best known in recent years for helming "The Golden Compass" and "Twilight: New Moon" as well as the acclaimed indie "A Better Life," is coming on board to rewrite McKenna's script.
Weitz's ventures into tentpole territory turned out »
- Oliver Lyttelton
'A Better Life' Director Chris Weitz Joins Disney's Live-Action 'Cinderella' as Writer (Exclusive)
29 February 2012 8:26 AM, PST | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
Chris Weitz is in negotiations to rewrite Cinderella, Disney’s live action take on the classic fairy tale that has Mark Romanek (Never Let Me Go) attached to direct. Simon Kinberg is producing. Videos: THR's Oscar Nominees' Night Lounge Interviews The Cinderella project was first set up at Disney in May 2010 in the wake of the studio’s success with Alice in Wonderland, the live-action adaptation of the Lewis C. Carroll book that starred Johnny Depp. Devil Wear Prada scribe Aline Brosh McKenna was behind the pitch and wrote the initial draft. Romanek came on board in August 2011. No
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- Borys Kit
Chris Weitz to Draft Mark Romanek's Cinderella
29 February 2012 | Comingsoon.net | See recent Comingsoon.net news »
Mark Romanek's upcoming Cinderella has found a writer in Chris Weitz, says a story at The Hollywood Reporter . Best known as the writer/director of films like The Twilight Saga: New Moon , About a Boy and The Golden Compass , he'll take over from Aline Brosh McKenna ( 27 Dresses , The Devil Wears Prada ), who provided the first draft. First announced in 2010 , the live-action project arrives from Walt Disney Pictures and will feature a brand-new take on the classic fairytale. Though most people are familiar with the story through the 1950 animated Disney version, the origins of the tale go back as far as the 1st century BC. (Photo Credit: Starbux / WENN.com) »
Blu-ray, DVD Release: We Bought a Zoo
15 February 2012 3:14 PM, PST | Disc Dish | See recent Disc Dish news »
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: April 3, 2012
Price: DVD $19.99, Blu-ray $24.99
Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Matt Damon (Contagion) gets friendly with animals — the exotic kind — in filmmaker Cameron Crowe’s (Almost Famous) We Bought a Zoo.
Based on the memoir by Benjamin Mee, the family movie stars Damon as Mee, a Los Angeles newspaper columnist and adventure writer. When he tries to get a new start for his family, Mee buys an old rural house outside the city that just happens to come with a zoo. With no experience, little time and a tiny budget, Mee sets out to reopen the zoo with the help of his children and head zookeeper Kelly Foster (Scarlet Johansson, Iron Man 2).
The film also stars Thomas Haden Church (Easy A), Elle Fanning (Super 8), Angus Macfadyen (Equilibrium), Patrick Fugit (Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant) and a cameo with Mee himself.
As well as directing, »
- Sam
Blu-ray Review: Insulting, Miscast ‘I Don’t Know How She Does It’
30 January 2012 11:15 AM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – “I Don’t Know How She Does It” could have been just another misogynistic (you would never see “I Don’t Know How He Does It”…the very title implies sexism) alleged comedy but it goes well beyond that partially because it features one of the worst screenplays of 2011 but also because it is easily one of the most miscast movies ever made. I liked HBO’s “Sex and the City” (not the movies) but Sarah Jessica Parker simply fits this role about as well as Gene Hackman would fit in the co-lead role of the sixth “Fast and the Furious” movie. She’s awkward, uncomfortable, and never once believable. It’s nearly fascinating like a car crash. Instead, it’s just awful.
Blu-ray Rating: 0.5/5.0
A stunning portion of the first act of “Idkhsdi” consists of lead character Kate Reddy (Parker) trying to turn her store-bought pie into something that looks homemade. »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
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