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No More Snow White: Disney Puts 'The Order Of The Seven' On Hold
24 May 2012 7:15 AM, PDT | Filmology | See recent Filmology news »
Are you sick of Snow White yet? Well, you should be. Mirror, Mirror basically bombed and we're all still waiting for the heavily publisized Snow White and the Huntsman (despite KStew. Grrrr). Anyway, Disney was planning yet another Snow White movie entitled The Order of the Seven, but now they have put the film on hold. Indefinitely. Bum bum bummm.
The Order of the Seven was supposed to be more of a darker reboot (if I had a nickel for everytime I say "dark reboot") with a samurai flare. Apparently the big budget was the reason for the indefinite hiatus, but here's where I smell the stink with that...is Disney in a bind right now? Sure, John Carter totally bombed, but The Avengers made something like eleventy billion dollars at this point, right? Are they just afraid of loosing their investments on anything other than superhero movies? Can't John Carter »
- Emily Cheever
Film Review: 'Free Men'
24 May 2012 12:00 AM, PDT | CineVue | See recent CineVue news »
★★★☆☆ It would be fair to say that French Algerian actor Tahar Rahim hasn't quite met the lofty expectations placed upon his relatively young shoulders following his towering performance in Jacques Audiard's breathtaking A Prophet (Un Prophète, 2009). Recent performances in Kevin Macdonald's The Eagle (2010) and Jean-Jacques Annaud's Black Gold (2011) have been competent rather than remarkable, but thankfully his latest turn in Ismaël Ferroukhi's Free Men (2011) represents a marked improvement on past outings.
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- CineVue
Tahar Rahim To Star Opposite Marion Cotillard In 'A Separation' Helmer Asghar Farhadi's Upcoming French-Language Effort
21 May 2012 5:40 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Merely days after "A Separation" helmer Asghar Farhadi cast fellow Oscar winner Marion Cotillard in his mysterious French-language feature, the Iranian has added another prestigious Gallic talent to the project in actor Tahar Rahim.
Details of the story remain under wraps but the pic will see Rahim unite with fellow Jacques Audiard collaborator Cotillard for what Farhadi has described as an "emotional social thriller" in the vein of 'A Separation,' with multiple twists aimed at keeping the audience in suspense from the first frame to the last. It'll also mark the first time Farhadi has shot a film outside his native Iran with lensing to begin this fall on an €11 million budget.
After breaking out at Cannes three years ago with his award-winning role in Audiard's "A Prophet," Rahim has pretty much avoided the allure Hollywood and the bigger pay checks (aside from a part in Kevin MacDonald's »
- Simon Dang
Ziggy Says 'Marley' Deserves An Oscar Nom
18 May 2012 8:29 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
Three decades after his untimely death, Bob Marley is rewriting the rules of film distribution.
The trailblazing reggae singer, who succumbed to cancer in 1981 at the age of 36, remains a hugely inspirational figure to millions of people from Division Street to Dar es Salaam, and the producers of a recent documentary about his life, "Marley," are using every available method to connect his fans with their film.
On April 20 (when else?), they released the movie simultaneously in theaters, on iTunes, on VOD and on Facebook, where it has set the record for most streams of a feature film. (Theatrically, the film has grossed just under $1 million on well fewer than 100 screens.) And on May 19, Ziggy Marley -- Bob's oldest son, who served as co-executive producer on the film -- will join fans on Facebook to watch the documentary live and answer their questions about it. (You can sign up at apps. »
- Michael Hogan
Key Players in the 2012 Cannes Film Market: Protagonist Pictures
17 May 2012 8:45 AM, PDT | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »
Ben Roberts’ U.K Sales house Protagonist Pictures might only have one pic playing on the Croisette – but it’s the highly touted Special screening of Ben Wheatley’s Sightseers which should give the Directors’ Fortnight its most buzz-worthy title. In pre-production, we’ve got John Michael Mcdonagh’s Calvary and Kevin MacDonald’s How I Live Now giving them a strong presence in 2013. Not too shabby.
Calvary by John Michael McDonagh
How I Live Now by Kevin MacDonald
Searching For Sugar Man by Malik Bendjelloul
Streetdance 2 by Max And Dania
Your Sister’S Sister by Lynn Shelton »
- Eric Lavallee
Key Players in the 2012 Cannes Film Market: Fortissimo Films
17 May 2012 6:45 AM, PDT | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »
Michael J. Werner’s Fortissimo Films was surprisingly almost shut out from showing in any of the sections at Cannes (they’re repping the Un Certain Regard title Miss Lovely), which only means they’ll got plenty in the coffers for the near future. Loaded in Asian fare, among the titles that stick out from the pack is recent Tribeca winner Una Noche from Lucy Mulloy, and for the near future Scott McGehee and David Siegel’s next film, What Masie Knew (see pic above), John Cameron Mitchell’s How to Talk to Girls at Parties and let us not forget the best picture of the year so far in, Antonio Campos’ Simon Killer.
Beijing Flickers (You-zhong) by Yuan Zhang
Full Circle (Fei Yu Lao Ren Yuan) by Yang Zhang
Bugis Street Redux by Yonfan
Camera by James Leong
Corman’S World: Exploits Of A »
- Eric Lavallee
The Dictator: are we right to laugh?
15 May 2012 4:06 PM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Sacha Baron Cohen's film joins Team America and The Producers in depicting despots as one-dimensional buffoons. But why are we obsessed with satirising tyrants – and is it right to find them funny?
Ever since His Excellency Admiral General Shabazz Aladeen, self-styled beloved oppressor and chief ophthalmologist of the People's Republic of Wadiya, inadvertently spilled Kim Jong-il's ashes over Ryan Seacrest's tux outside the Oscars, the world has had to deal with some pretty awkward questions.
What is it with our obsession with satirising dictators? Was Aristotle correct when he suggested that the right genre for dramatising bad men is comedy not tragedy, or should it be beneath us to find power-crazed nutjobs funny? Why can't Sacha Baron Cohen, who plays Aladeen (slogan: "Death To The West!") in the upcoming movie The Dictator, find some tougher targets? If it was wrong of the Sun to mock Roy Hodgson for his inability to pronounce rs, »
- Stuart Jeffries
Feature Film Showcase - Life in a Day (2011)
4 May 2012 3:49 AM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
Life in a Day, 2011.
Directed by Kevin Macdonald.
Executive Produced by Ridley Scott.
Life in a Day is a crowdsourced documentary from director Kevin Macdonald (One Day in September, Touching the Void, The Last King of Scotland, State of Play) and Ridley and Tony Scott's Scott Free Productions that was created in partnership with YouTube and was initially created as a way to celebrate the fifth birthday of the popular video-sharing site. The project began life in July 2010, when YouTube users were invited to submit videos recorded on July 24th, 2010 in an effort to chronicle that particular day in history.
The resulting 4,500 hours of footage - coming from more than 80,000 submissions across 192 countries - was then edited down into a single film by producer Ridley Scott, director Kevin Macdonald and film editor Joe Walker. The soundtrack was composed by Tony Scott's regular collaborator Harry Gregson-Williams and also features »
- flickeringmyth
Avengers Assemble blows Battleship out of the water
1 May 2012 7:24 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Disney's superheroes drive Battleship from first to sixth place at UK box office, while Salmon Fishing in the Yemen holds steady
The winner
Iron Man has always been potent at the UK box office, but would adding relative commercial weaklings Thor, Captain America and the Hulk to the formula increase or detract from the character's appeal? That question has now been answered in resounding fashion, as Avengers Assemble explodes at the UK box office with £15.78m, including Thursday previews of £2.55m. That's more than double the openings of Iron Man (£5.47m including previews of £667,000) and Iron Man 2 (£7.66m including previews of £877,000) from early May 2008 and late April 2010 respectively. The Avengers takings are also more than the entire runs of last year's franchise extensions Thor (£14.05m) and Captain America: The First Avenger (£9.48m) as well as both of the last decade's Hulk movies, which took £8.43m (Ang Lee's The Hulk, »
- Charles Gant
Marley Review: A Stunningly Comprehensive Documentary
26 April 2012 1:11 AM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
It is a perpetually taxing question for documentary filmmakers; how should one view their subject? Aim too broadly and fans will be disappointed, but a trained focus also invites dangers of crafting a doting hagiography. Kevin MacDonald’s long-gestating Bob Marley documentary has finally arrived, and appears to have found a way to answer this question, providing an intimate glimpse into the singer’s life while remaining accessible enough to the casuals.
Marley is perhaps best comparable to Cameron Crowe’s recent Pearl Jam Twenty doc which, while an adequate study, came off as vaguely disingenuous as the band members self-consciously spoke of their own aversion to fame. MacDonald’s film, obviously lacking access to the man himself, leaves it to the friends and family left behind to paint a more genuine – yet no less intimate – examination of one of pop culture’s most popular and enduring figures. »
- Shaun Munro
Final Box Office: 'Darling Companion' Tops Weekly Chart
24 April 2012 9:33 AM, PDT | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
Each Tuesday, Indiewire publishes a box office chart that sorts the final weekend numbers of all specialty releases by per-theater average. Check out the full chart here, but here's some highlights: Top Per-Theater Average: "Darling Companion" (Sony Pictures Classics) Sony Classics released Lawrence Kasdan's first film since 2003 -- "Darling Companion" -- on 4 locations this weekend to somewhat disappointing results, but still enough find the best per-theater-average. "Companion" grossed $39,962 for a $9,991 average (notably down from the $11,574 estimated Sunday). Considering the presence of Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline, Dianne Weist and Richard Jenkins, one might have expected some higher numbers. Best Debut: "Marley" (Magnolia) Kevin Macdonald's Bob Marley doc debuted on a substantial 42 theaters across the country and saw a very strong $262,004 gross as a result. Averaging $6,238, the film -- which chronicles »
- Peter Knegt
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen reels in older viewers at the UK box office
24 April 2012 3:04 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
The Paul Torday adaptation wins over Middle England audiences, while Kevin Macdonald's Marley proves a documentary hit
The winner
It was hardly a hit with the upscale critics and is saddled with a title that's not exactly multiplex-friendly, but Salmon Fishing in the Yemen nevertheless is the top new release at the UK box-office, opening with a highly creditable £1.17m. In a week where a record 17 new releases competed for the attention of cinemagoers, this adaptation of the Paul Torday novel proves once again the power of the older, middle-class, Middle England audience that has already proved so potent this year with the success of The Iron Lady and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. While Salmon Fishing lacks older cast members equivalent to Meryl Streep and Jim Broadbent, or Judi Dench and Maggie Smith, it was clearly pitched at this market, with newspaper ads including endorsements from Woman & Home, »
- Charles Gant
Indie Box Office: 'Darling Companion' Barks Up Right Tree
22 April 2012 2:55 PM, PDT | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Sony Pictures' "Darling Companion" opened to $46,296 on just four screens over the weekend. Director Lawrence Kasdan's tale of a woman who loves her dog more than her husband, starring Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline and Dianne Wiest, posted an impressive $11,574 per screen average in its first weekend. "Marley," Kevin Macdonald's documentary on the reggae icon, brought in $260,000 from 42 locations, an average of $6,190 per screen, according to distributor Magnolia Pictures. The film debuted on video on demand as well as in theaters. Another film opening this weekend, "Jesus Henry Christ," »
- Todd Cunningham
This week's cultural highlights: Romeo and Juliet in Baghdad and Enquirer
22 April 2012 1:30 PM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Our critics' picks of this week's openings, plus your last chance to see and what to book now
• Which cultural events are in your diary this week? Tell us in the comments below
Opening this week
Theatre
Romeo and Juliet in Baghdad
Shakespeare's epic love tragedy relocated to present day Iraq, a society riven by sectarian violence between Sunni and Shia. In Arabic with English surtitles. Swan Theatre, Stratford upon Avon (0844 800 1110), Thursday to 5 May; Riverside Studios, London W6 (020-8237 1111), 28 June until 30 June.
Enquirer
A new site-specific production from the National Theatre of Scotland based on interviews with leading figures in the newspaper industry, from editors to retailers. Andrew O'Hagan co-edits with directors John Tiffany and Vicky Featherstone. Hub at Pacific Quay, Glasgow (0141 429 0022), 26 April until 12 May.
Film
Marley (dir. Kevin Macdonald)
A documentary about the life and times of Bob Marley. He was a musical legend, but a flawed and vulnerable human being. »
Specialty Box Office: 'Marley' Doc Scores Very Strong Debut
22 April 2012 10:23 AM, PDT | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
Coming off the success of their doc "Jiro Dreams of Sushi," Magnolia Pictures has another doc-related reason to celebrate with the strong debut numbers from Kevin Macdonald's "Marley." Appropriately released over 4/20 weekend, the film led a batch of newcomers that included Sony Classics' "Darling Companion" and Sundance Selects' "Goodbye First Love." Also notable were the expansions of "Damsels in Distress," "Bully" and "Monsieur Lazhar," as well as a big stumble in the second frame of last weekend's top debut, Woman Thou Art Loosed!: On the 7th Day." Check out the full rundown below: The Debuts: "Marley" (Magnolia Pictures) Kevin Macdonald's Bob Marley doc debuted on a substantial 42 theaters across the country and saw a very strong $260,000 gross as a result. Averaging $6,190, the film -- which chronicles the life of reggae legend Bob Marley -- is off to a »
- Peter Knegt
Weekend Box-Office: 'Think Like a Man' Dominates with $33 Million Opening Weekend
22 April 2012 10:05 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
It's always nice when the better film wins the weekend even if it means Laremy's streak of picking the #1 movie seven weeks straight has to come to an end. Think Like a Man was a monster this weekend, putting an end not only to Laremy's streak, but also The Hunger Games's streak... let's break it down. Laremy predicted the #1 movie correctly 0 Weeks In A Row Think Like a Man $33 million from 2,015 theaters (1,140 fewer than The Lucky One) for a $16,377 per theater average on a reported $12 million budget. Now that is impressive. What else can I say?
Well, I guess I can say one thing... What is wrong with the critics that gave this a "rotten" rating at RottenTomatoes? Seriously, 50%? That is criminal. No, this isn't any kind of masterpiece, but it's undoubtedly fun so what gives?
As for reader predictions (because Laremy was wildly off), we have to give a »
- Brad Brevet
Marley – review
21 April 2012 4:08 PM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Kevin Macdonald's impressive portrait of Bob Marley offers a glimpse of an extraordinarily full yet oddly mysterious life
Kevin Macdonald's three fictional movies have taken him to Idi Amin's Uganda, Washington DC and the northern reaches of Roman Britain. They're all thrillers of various kinds, as are Touching the Void and One Day in September, the tightly focused, feature-length documentaries that preceded them. Touching the Void centres on a dangerous expedition by two British climbers in the Peruvian Andes in 1985 and uses interviews with the real participants and simulated scenes played by actors. One Day in September is about the massacre of Israeli athletes by Arab terrorists at the 1972 Olympics and, in addition to interviews and archive footage, employs computer graphics to explain the course of events.
His new film, a cinebiography of Bob Marley is a bigger, baggier and simpler thing. It's the story of a man »
- Philip French
Marley (15) / Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (12A) / Lockout (15)
21 April 2012 4:00 PM, PDT | The Independent | See recent The Independent news »
Every great artist deserves a great documentary. Martin Scorsese's epic bio-docs of Bob Dylan and George Harrison suggested as much, and Marley confirms it. Without having been a great fan or follower of Bob Marley and his music before now, I can't say precisely which information in Kevin Macdonald's film is new, but – narrated via unprecedented interviews with the singer's friends, family and close colleagues – it is comprehensive, absorbing and inspirational. »
Movie Review: Marley – One Love, One Film
20 April 2012 6:22 PM, PDT | BuzzFocus.com | See recent BuzzFocus.com news »
A key point in the new documentary, Marley (opening appropriately on 4/20 and also available Video On Demand), happens when the director Kevin Macdonald (The Last King of Scotland) visits Bob Marley’s white relatives. He let both his second cousin Peter and his half-sister Constance listen to the song, “Cornerstone” separately. The story behind the song is that Marley wrote it after trying to go to his father’s side of the family, who owned a construction company in Jamaica, for money to buy a car so that he could distribute his records and was turned away. This lyric was isolated:
“The stone that the builder refused will always be the head cornerstone.”
With that context, Peter had a newfound understanding of a song he had heard countless times. For Constance it was very different experience because she too came from a mixed descent and understood his struggles growing up. »
- Ernie Estrella
This week's new films
20 April 2012 4:06 PM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Marley (15)
(Kevin Macdonald, 2012, Us/UK) 145 mins
Authoritative to the point of exhausting, Macdonald's documentary compiles an awesome amount of footage, photos, interviews, etc – but then it's a big subject. Whether you really get to the man beyond the legend is debatable (this was made with Marley family backing), but there's much here you've never seen, from Bob's Rasta roots to his kick-around in London's Battersea Park.
Salmon Fishing In The Yemen (12A)
(Lasse Hallström, 2012, UK) Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt. 106 mins
An incongruous setting for a mushy fish-out-of-water romcom, with Blunt and her sheikh boss lured by McGregor's tackle.
Elles (18)
(Malgorzata Szumowska, 2011, Fra/Pol/Ger) Juliette Binoche, Anaïs Demoustier. 99 mins
Empowerment and eroticism mix uneasily when Binoche's enquiries into student prostitution affect her own life.
(Rob Heydon, 2011, Can) Adam Sinclair, Kristin Kreuk, Billy Boyd. 99 mins
Rave-era yarn that's 15 years too late to be the Trainspotting of Mdma it wants to be. »
- Steve Rose
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