Adopting Audrey Review — Adopting Audrey (2021) Film Review, a movie written and directed by M. Cahill and starring Jena Malone, Robert Hunger-Buhler, Emily Kuroda, Will Rogers, Brooke Bloom, Lawrence Inglee, Malachi Nimmons, Dante Pereira-Olson, Marsha Dietlein, Tom Creel, Davis Hall, Randy Ramos Jr. and Stephanie Marrinan. Jena Malone is a really fine actress and [...]
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- 9/1/2022
- by Thomas Duffy
- Film-Book
For as long as there has been independent cinema, there have been protagonists who aren’t quite ready for adulthood. From “Slacker” to “Frances Ha” to approximately 78 percent of rejected Sundance submissions in any given year, there’s a time honored tradition of filmmakers finding inspiration in those looking to squeeze a few more years out of their adolescence.
But with each passing film about an artsy type who can’t get their shit together, the pressure on the next filmmaker to justify the existence of their belated coming-of-age story increases. When your audience has seen these tropes as often as we have, you have to offer something more than “wow, turns out adulting is really hard!” Unfortunately, “Adopting Audrey” falls short of that standard. M. Cahill’s new film about a woman who puts herself up for adoption in her early thirties is The result is a drab retreading...
But with each passing film about an artsy type who can’t get their shit together, the pressure on the next filmmaker to justify the existence of their belated coming-of-age story increases. When your audience has seen these tropes as often as we have, you have to offer something more than “wow, turns out adulting is really hard!” Unfortunately, “Adopting Audrey” falls short of that standard. M. Cahill’s new film about a woman who puts herself up for adoption in her early thirties is The result is a drab retreading...
- 8/26/2022
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
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Very few, if any, actors have sprinted out of the blocks like Jena Malone.
After debuting in a Michael Jackson music video, the Nevada native starred in directorial debuts for Anjelica Huston and Goldie Hawn, shared the screen with Jeff Bridges and Frances McDormand, played a young Jodie Foster, got caught between Julia Roberts and Susan Sarandon, did a period piece with Glenn Close, got weird with Jake Gyllenhaal in a cult classic, played a ferry girl for Anthony Minghella, charmed an emo Hayden Christensen, snagged an ensemble part in a starry indie with Don Cheadle, Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams, and tested the convictions of Emile Hirsch and Kieran Culkin.
And she did it all by her 18th birthday.
Malone has continued working at a breakneck pace over the years, eventually graduating to franchise fare (The Hunger Games, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice...
Very few, if any, actors have sprinted out of the blocks like Jena Malone.
After debuting in a Michael Jackson music video, the Nevada native starred in directorial debuts for Anjelica Huston and Goldie Hawn, shared the screen with Jeff Bridges and Frances McDormand, played a young Jodie Foster, got caught between Julia Roberts and Susan Sarandon, did a period piece with Glenn Close, got weird with Jake Gyllenhaal in a cult classic, played a ferry girl for Anthony Minghella, charmed an emo Hayden Christensen, snagged an ensemble part in a starry indie with Don Cheadle, Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams, and tested the convictions of Emile Hirsch and Kieran Culkin.
And she did it all by her 18th birthday.
Malone has continued working at a breakneck pace over the years, eventually graduating to franchise fare (The Hunger Games, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice...
- 8/24/2022
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
"You are sane, approximately." "Sane as you are." Vertical Entertainment has revealed an official trailer for an indie film titled Adopting Audrey (formerly known as Porcupine at its festival premiere), an awkward sort of dramedy from filmmaker M. Cahill. Not to be confused with the other Mike Cahill this Mike Cahill now goes by M Cahill, and directed the indie hit King of California with Michael Douglas back in 2007. This is only his second feature film. Jena Malone stars as Audrey, an "adult woman" who puts herself up for adoption and forms a bond with the misanthropic patriarch of her adoptive family. Based on a true story. The cast also features Robert Hunger-Bühler, Brooke Bloom, Will Rogers, and Emily Kuroda. This actually looks like a nice, sweet little indie flick. Malone looks like Evan Rachel Wood or even Andrea Riseborough in this; I love her style with the short hair and quirky attitude.
- 7/18/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Independent Entertainment have boarded M. Cahill’s “Porcupine” and will launch international sales at the Cannes Marche.
Vertical Entertainment have the North American rights and have set a summer 2022 release for the film, which was written and directed by Cahill.
Featuring Jena Malone (Hunger Games franchise) and Robert Hunger-Bühler (“Vacuum”), “Porcupine” is based on a true story about “a woman’s longing to belong.”
In the offbeat feature, Malone plays Audrey, a woman who is estranged from her family and struggles to hold down a job, having been fired seven times in two years. Afflicted by the unspoken pandemic of loneliness, she finds solace in going down YouTube rabbit holes. One day that changes when she stumbles across a video about adult adoption and decides to try it out for herself.
Audrey soon gets herself adopted by a family as dysfunctional as she is but finds an unlikely companionship in...
Vertical Entertainment have the North American rights and have set a summer 2022 release for the film, which was written and directed by Cahill.
Featuring Jena Malone (Hunger Games franchise) and Robert Hunger-Bühler (“Vacuum”), “Porcupine” is based on a true story about “a woman’s longing to belong.”
In the offbeat feature, Malone plays Audrey, a woman who is estranged from her family and struggles to hold down a job, having been fired seven times in two years. Afflicted by the unspoken pandemic of loneliness, she finds solace in going down YouTube rabbit holes. One day that changes when she stumbles across a video about adult adoption and decides to try it out for herself.
Audrey soon gets herself adopted by a family as dysfunctional as she is but finds an unlikely companionship in...
- 5/10/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Menemsha Films has taken distribution rights in North America to Thomas Roth’s drama “Schächten – A Retribution” in a deal with Berlin-based sales company Picture Tree Intl. Pti has debuted the film’s trailer, and will hold an invitation-only private screening of the film for buyers in Cannes.
Neil Friedman, president of Menemsha Films, said: “The film ‘Schächten’ is a true discovery. We expect great results for the film upon its release in North America.”
Burkhard Ernst, CEO of the production company Cult Film, added: “Thomas Roth does an exceptional job of portraying the struggles of the post-war generation to obtain justice for Holocaust crimes, and we are very happy to have this film seen by North American audiences, and released by an experienced distribution company in this area.”
The film is set in Vienna in the 1960s, and deals with themes of law, justice and revenge. Young Jewish businessman...
Neil Friedman, president of Menemsha Films, said: “The film ‘Schächten’ is a true discovery. We expect great results for the film upon its release in North America.”
Burkhard Ernst, CEO of the production company Cult Film, added: “Thomas Roth does an exceptional job of portraying the struggles of the post-war generation to obtain justice for Holocaust crimes, and we are very happy to have this film seen by North American audiences, and released by an experienced distribution company in this area.”
The film is set in Vienna in the 1960s, and deals with themes of law, justice and revenge. Young Jewish businessman...
- 5/3/2022
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Labyrinth Of Lies (Im Labyrinth des Scheigens) Sony Pictures Classics Reviewed by: Harvey Karten for Shockya. Databased on Rotten Tomatoes. Grade: A- Director: Giulio Ricciarelli Written by: Elisabeth Bartel, Giulio Ricciarelli Cast: André Szymanski, Alexander Fehling, Gert Voss, Johannes Krisch, Friederike Becht, Hansi Jochmann, Johann von Bülow, Robert Hunger-Bühler Screened at: Sony, NYC, 9/2/15 Opens: September 30, 2015 Giulio Ricciarelli’s film “Labyrinth of Lies” brings to mind Arthur Miller’s equally melodramatic play, “All My Sons.” In that latter work, sixty-year-old Joe Keller is guilty of shipping damaged aircraft cylinder heads to U.S. pilots during World War II, causing the deaths of twenty-one pilots. Though Keller is exonerated, he ultimately commits [ Read More ]
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- 9/9/2015
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
Established as a platform for the fringe successes and overlooked treasures of the European festival scene, the Museum of the Moving Image’s new First Look festival in New York acts as a much-needed bright spot amid the winter doldrums. It’s also the perfect antidote to an awards season hangover, offering resolutely small movies colored with a strong avant-garde streak. From the mind-bending, color-coded world of Raya Martin’s Buenos noches, España to the abundant familial milieu of Papirosen, the inaugural edition of this new event proves consistently engrossing. Below is a concise guide to some of films showing, all but one of which are NYC premieres.
Papirosen (Gastón Solnicki, Argentina)
Like a bustling inter-generational novel without a beginning or end, Gastón Solnicki’s Papirosen is a scrambled collection of anecdotes, floating about in search of a story arc. It’s a presentation that seems frazzled at first, until...
Papirosen (Gastón Solnicki, Argentina)
Like a bustling inter-generational novel without a beginning or end, Gastón Solnicki’s Papirosen is a scrambled collection of anecdotes, floating about in search of a story arc. It’s a presentation that seems frazzled at first, until...
- 1/6/2012
- MUBI
“Unexplainable attraction leads to an extramarital affair…” – no better way to start our report about Christoph Hochhausler’s new project with title The City Below premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, Un Certain Regard category.
The City Below
German director shows how the manipulation and amorality of the banking world play out in a private setting. And if you’re interested in this kind of stories (as you see, we definitely are), than you should check the rest of this report, because The City Below synopsis part goes like this:
“A man and a woman at an art exhibition share a fleeting moment of attraction, which neither can act upon. Days later, a chance second meeting leads to an innocent coffee and the two strangers – both married – toy with their unexplainable fascination for each other.
Svenja is curious and finds herself in a hotel room with Roland, but she does not consummate an affair.
The City Below
German director shows how the manipulation and amorality of the banking world play out in a private setting. And if you’re interested in this kind of stories (as you see, we definitely are), than you should check the rest of this report, because The City Below synopsis part goes like this:
“A man and a woman at an art exhibition share a fleeting moment of attraction, which neither can act upon. Days later, a chance second meeting leads to an innocent coffee and the two strangers – both married – toy with their unexplainable fascination for each other.
Svenja is curious and finds herself in a hotel room with Roland, but she does not consummate an affair.
- 5/23/2010
- by Fiona
- Filmofilia
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