Focus Features presents Edgar Wright’s Last Night in Soho, a twisty psycho-thriller with a great soundtrack, as Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch goes wider, testing the appeal of a director whose films have been called the arthouse equivalent of Marvel.
Last Night, a time-bending genre tale, unspools on just over 3,000 screens — not exactly specialty but it’s from a writer-director who “can dip his toe into anything, a true specialty film, a more commercial film like Baby Driver, and now a psychological thriller that harkens back to Hitchcock, Brian De Palma and David Lynch,” said Focus distribution president Lisa Bunnell. It’s “more than a typical commercial slasher movie. It takes the thriller genre to a new level.”
The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival and screened at TIFF, where it resonated strongly with preview and festival audiences. Deadline’s review “called it a dark and delicious trip.
Last Night, a time-bending genre tale, unspools on just over 3,000 screens — not exactly specialty but it’s from a writer-director who “can dip his toe into anything, a true specialty film, a more commercial film like Baby Driver, and now a psychological thriller that harkens back to Hitchcock, Brian De Palma and David Lynch,” said Focus distribution president Lisa Bunnell. It’s “more than a typical commercial slasher movie. It takes the thriller genre to a new level.”
The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival and screened at TIFF, where it resonated strongly with preview and festival audiences. Deadline’s review “called it a dark and delicious trip.
- 10/29/2021
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Cinema Retro has received the following press release:
Silver Spring, MD; May 31, 2018 – Acorn Media Enterprises (Ame), the UK-based development division for the Acorn TV brand of Rlj Entertainment, Inc. (Nasdaq: Rlje), has partnered with Free@Last TV to develop the first ever scripted biopic of legendary comic Benny Hill, who despite immense popularity led a lonely life. The series is in development as 2 x 90 minutes/4 x 45 minutes with Caleb Ranson writing the series. The biopic will follow Benny Hill’s life from the mid-1930s through his tragic death in the 1990s.
Earlier this year, Acorn Media Enterprises with Free@Last TV announced Acorn TV’s first sole commission with the return of Agatha Raisin, Series 2 starring Ashley Jensen, which begins filming this summer.
“Lonely Boy: The Benny Hill Story” is an original drama that spans the life and times of Benny Hill from his early days as a part...
Silver Spring, MD; May 31, 2018 – Acorn Media Enterprises (Ame), the UK-based development division for the Acorn TV brand of Rlj Entertainment, Inc. (Nasdaq: Rlje), has partnered with Free@Last TV to develop the first ever scripted biopic of legendary comic Benny Hill, who despite immense popularity led a lonely life. The series is in development as 2 x 90 minutes/4 x 45 minutes with Caleb Ranson writing the series. The biopic will follow Benny Hill’s life from the mid-1930s through his tragic death in the 1990s.
Earlier this year, Acorn Media Enterprises with Free@Last TV announced Acorn TV’s first sole commission with the return of Agatha Raisin, Series 2 starring Ashley Jensen, which begins filming this summer.
“Lonely Boy: The Benny Hill Story” is an original drama that spans the life and times of Benny Hill from his early days as a part...
- 6/30/2018
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
All3media International to distribute outside English-speaking territories.
Source: Acorn TV
In its first series commission, North American streaming service Acorn TV is to co-produce a second season of British comedy-drama Agatha Raisin.
The service’s UK-based development division Acorn Media Enterprises will co-produce the new season with Free@Last TV, which created the show, and Company Pictures. Free@Last’s Barry Ryan and David Walton will continue to produce, with Michele Buck from Company Pictures remaining as executive producer and Guy Hescott as producer.
Acorn Media International will distribute Agatha Raisin in all English-speaking territories and All3media International will distribute across the rest of the world.
Based on the bestselling novels by M C Beaton, the series follows a London PR executive who becomes an amateur sleuth in a small Cotswolds village. The series originally aired in the UK in 2016 on Sky 1 – and got its North American premiere on Acorn the same year – but the...
Source: Acorn TV
In its first series commission, North American streaming service Acorn TV is to co-produce a second season of British comedy-drama Agatha Raisin.
The service’s UK-based development division Acorn Media Enterprises will co-produce the new season with Free@Last TV, which created the show, and Company Pictures. Free@Last’s Barry Ryan and David Walton will continue to produce, with Michele Buck from Company Pictures remaining as executive producer and Guy Hescott as producer.
Acorn Media International will distribute Agatha Raisin in all English-speaking territories and All3media International will distribute across the rest of the world.
Based on the bestselling novels by M C Beaton, the series follows a London PR executive who becomes an amateur sleuth in a small Cotswolds village. The series originally aired in the UK in 2016 on Sky 1 – and got its North American premiere on Acorn the same year – but the...
- 1/15/2018
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
Short film festival to host masterclasses from the likes of Alice Lowe and Film4’s Tom Leggett.
Aesthetica Short Film Festival (Asff) has unveiled its full programme with the third edition of the festival to run Nov 8-10 at locations across York, England.
Alongside its main screening programme, with shorts screened in categories related to their genre, Aesthetica will also host a programme of award-winning shorts.
The six-strong line-up features:
Kris Kelly’s Here to FallFyzel Boulifa’s The CurseJohnny Barrington’s TumultEamonn O’Neill’s I’m Fine ThanksWill Anderson’s The Making of LongbirdMuriel d’Ansembourg’s Good Night.
The festival will also host a selection of short fiction, documentary and animation films from guest countries including Kuwait, India and Mexico, as well as celebrating the work of Screen Bandita, which restores previously abandoned Super 8 films.
Sightseers’ Alice Lowe, Film4’s Tom Leggett, Warp Films’ Barry Ryan and Film London’s Maggie Ellis are among...
Aesthetica Short Film Festival (Asff) has unveiled its full programme with the third edition of the festival to run Nov 8-10 at locations across York, England.
Alongside its main screening programme, with shorts screened in categories related to their genre, Aesthetica will also host a programme of award-winning shorts.
The six-strong line-up features:
Kris Kelly’s Here to FallFyzel Boulifa’s The CurseJohnny Barrington’s TumultEamonn O’Neill’s I’m Fine ThanksWill Anderson’s The Making of LongbirdMuriel d’Ansembourg’s Good Night.
The festival will also host a selection of short fiction, documentary and animation films from guest countries including Kuwait, India and Mexico, as well as celebrating the work of Screen Bandita, which restores previously abandoned Super 8 films.
Sightseers’ Alice Lowe, Film4’s Tom Leggett, Warp Films’ Barry Ryan and Film London’s Maggie Ellis are among...
- 10/7/2013
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
It's kind of insane that we're about to start talking about next year's South by Southwest and it's still October. Just last week I reposted a video from this year's SXSW! But here we go: today SXSW announced their first round of film programming, a preliminary list of panels you'll be able to check out next March in Austin, Texas. Highlights include a conversation with "Drive" and "Contagion" composer Cliff Martinez, a chat about arts criticism in the age of Twitter, and the return of the legendary "Jeffrey Tambor Acting Workshop." My favorite panel title on the list? "The Evolution of the Douchebag in Modern Cinema." It's sort of hard for douchebags to evolve -- that's kind of what makes them douchebags -- but I think I know what they're getting at.
The full list of announced panels is below. And, hey, it's not too late to submit your feature...
The full list of announced panels is below. And, hey, it's not too late to submit your feature...
- 10/26/2011
- by Matt Singer
- ifc.com
On this lovely evening, after filming the glamorous arrivals on the red carpet at the Jameson Empire Awards in Mayfair, London, I headed back to the press room where we were greeted with the winners from the night.
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It started off with a select few of the cast and crew from Four Lions, all very excitable with their award for Best Comedy:
HeyUGuys Kelly: Did you expect the film to be such a huge success?
(Producer) Barry Ryan: No, it’s been amazing. I knew it was a good film when I went to my local pub and someone offered me 3 on pirate. I thought ‘I’ve turned a corner as a producer.’ I’m in with Harry Potter!
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After this I was greeted with Noel Clarke, who seemed to be having a lot of interest from the press, and totally loved our name:
Noel: Heeey Yooou Guys!
HeyUGuys Kelly: Hey!
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It started off with a select few of the cast and crew from Four Lions, all very excitable with their award for Best Comedy:
HeyUGuys Kelly: Did you expect the film to be such a huge success?
(Producer) Barry Ryan: No, it’s been amazing. I knew it was a good film when I went to my local pub and someone offered me 3 on pirate. I thought ‘I’ve turned a corner as a producer.’ I’m in with Harry Potter!
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After this I was greeted with Noel Clarke, who seemed to be having a lot of interest from the press, and totally loved our name:
Noel: Heeey Yooou Guys!
HeyUGuys Kelly: Hey!
- 3/28/2011
- by Kelly Alyse
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Well, that didn't take very long, now did it. One of this year's entries into the SXSW Film Festival has officially landed itself some distro. Read on for the details.
From the Press Release
IFC Midnight announced tonight from the 2011 South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival that the company is acquiring North American rights to director Ben Wheatley's Kill List.
The film, with a screenplay by Wheatley and Amy Jump, stars Neil Maskell, Michael Smiley, and MyAnna Buring and was produced by Claire Jones and Andy Starke. Barry Ryan co-produced the film for Warp X.
Kill List is a Warp X/Rook Film production for the UK Film Council and Film4 in association with Screen Yorkshire. Kill List is screening at the SXSW Film Festival in the Sx Fantastic section, a sidebar programmed by the team behind the Fantastic Fest.
Eight months after a disastrous job in Kiev left him physically and mentally scarred,...
From the Press Release
IFC Midnight announced tonight from the 2011 South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival that the company is acquiring North American rights to director Ben Wheatley's Kill List.
The film, with a screenplay by Wheatley and Amy Jump, stars Neil Maskell, Michael Smiley, and MyAnna Buring and was produced by Claire Jones and Andy Starke. Barry Ryan co-produced the film for Warp X.
Kill List is a Warp X/Rook Film production for the UK Film Council and Film4 in association with Screen Yorkshire. Kill List is screening at the SXSW Film Festival in the Sx Fantastic section, a sidebar programmed by the team behind the Fantastic Fest.
Eight months after a disastrous job in Kiev left him physically and mentally scarred,...
- 3/15/2011
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
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