Exclusive: Debut slate includes I Am Here from Loev [pictured] director Sudhanshu Saria.
India and UK-based boutique studio Cinestaan Film Company (Cfc) has unveiled its debut slate of productions, including new projects from rising Indian film-makers Gitanjali Rao, Akshat Verma and Atul Manjrekar.
The company, which aims to produce India-related films for both Indian and international audiences, has also acquired adaptation rights to Vaseem Khan’s best-selling novel The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra.
Rao is directing animated feature Bombay Rose for the start-up studio. A co-production with France’s Les Film d’ici, the film marks Rao’s feature debut following her 2006 short Printed Rainbow, which won three awards at Cannes. The film is scheduled for delivery in early 2018.
Verma, who wrote hit youth-themed comedy Delhi Belly, is currently shooting his directorial debut Kalaakaandi for Cinestaan. Also scripted by Verma, the dark ensemble comedy stars Saif Ali Khan, Deepak Dobriyal, Vijay Raaz and Sobhita...
India and UK-based boutique studio Cinestaan Film Company (Cfc) has unveiled its debut slate of productions, including new projects from rising Indian film-makers Gitanjali Rao, Akshat Verma and Atul Manjrekar.
The company, which aims to produce India-related films for both Indian and international audiences, has also acquired adaptation rights to Vaseem Khan’s best-selling novel The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra.
Rao is directing animated feature Bombay Rose for the start-up studio. A co-production with France’s Les Film d’ici, the film marks Rao’s feature debut following her 2006 short Printed Rainbow, which won three awards at Cannes. The film is scheduled for delivery in early 2018.
Verma, who wrote hit youth-themed comedy Delhi Belly, is currently shooting his directorial debut Kalaakaandi for Cinestaan. Also scripted by Verma, the dark ensemble comedy stars Saif Ali Khan, Deepak Dobriyal, Vijay Raaz and Sobhita...
- 11/4/2016
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Films about immigration to America all too often rely on the same tired clichés: about immigrants struggling to come to the new world, only to discover that the streets are not paved with gold or even properly paved, or about immigrants already here, faced with that peculiar American brand of discrimination, ghettoization, and fragmentation. Usually someone turns to crime, the old country beckons (or follows), and the family begins to disintegrate under the weight of the new American world. Thankfully, the romantic-drama Brooklyn, which comes out on Blu-ray this month, fulfills none of the stereotypes of its predecessors.
Not that Brooklyn doesn’t start out with certain element of cliché. The lovely Eilis Lacey (Saoirse Ronan) departs her small Irish village for the wonders of 1950s Brooklyn, where she encounters a very different world from the one she left behind. With the help of a kindly priest (Jim Broadbent) and...
Not that Brooklyn doesn’t start out with certain element of cliché. The lovely Eilis Lacey (Saoirse Ronan) departs her small Irish village for the wonders of 1950s Brooklyn, where she encounters a very different world from the one she left behind. With the help of a kindly priest (Jim Broadbent) and...
- 3/23/2016
- by Lauren Humphries-Brooks
- We Got This Covered
Brooklyn
Written by Nick Hornby
Directed by John Crowley
Ireland/UK/Canada, 2015
In 2014, writer-director James Gray’s melodrama The Immigrant captured the struggles of immigration in powerful fashion. The film made the most of a moving performance from Marion Cotillard, creating an unforgettable depiction of a woman adapting to life in America. In spite of the generic title, suggesting any number of stories of people coping with the challenges of living in a new country, Gray and Cotillard brought to life a one-of-a-kind and memorable story. By contrast, although the title of Brooklyn, the new film from John Crowley (adapted from a Colm Toibin novel by Nick Hornby), doesn’t directly reference the means by which protagonist Eilis (Saoirse Ronan) arrives in the U.S., it seems to be the only thing the film finds interesting about her.
In 1952, Eilis comes from Enniscorthy, a small Irish town, thanks to the help of her sister,...
Written by Nick Hornby
Directed by John Crowley
Ireland/UK/Canada, 2015
In 2014, writer-director James Gray’s melodrama The Immigrant captured the struggles of immigration in powerful fashion. The film made the most of a moving performance from Marion Cotillard, creating an unforgettable depiction of a woman adapting to life in America. In spite of the generic title, suggesting any number of stories of people coping with the challenges of living in a new country, Gray and Cotillard brought to life a one-of-a-kind and memorable story. By contrast, although the title of Brooklyn, the new film from John Crowley (adapted from a Colm Toibin novel by Nick Hornby), doesn’t directly reference the means by which protagonist Eilis (Saoirse Ronan) arrives in the U.S., it seems to be the only thing the film finds interesting about her.
In 1952, Eilis comes from Enniscorthy, a small Irish town, thanks to the help of her sister,...
- 12/20/2015
- by Max Bledstein
- SoundOnSight
Chris here. We're pleased as punch with all of the precursor love that's greeted Saoirse Ronan's timeless star turn in Brooklyn. Today though, in light of SAG's virtually female-free Outstanding Ensemble list, let's give some love to this film's unnominated but vibrant ensemble.
Yes, Saoirse Ronan is getting the majority of the prizes and praises for the film - heck, she could share an ensemble prize for the film with just herself and her multitude of emotions in the film and you'd have no complaints from me. However, Eilis's journey in the film is more fully realized with the lived-in actors that surround Ronan's protagonist.
The Familiar Faces
Emory Cohen as Tony Fiorello - I'll join those who were happily surprised with his performance, after ghastly work in The Place Beyond the Pines and elsewhere. Not just a pining lothario, he's also believably accepting of Eilis's need to be her own woman.
Yes, Saoirse Ronan is getting the majority of the prizes and praises for the film - heck, she could share an ensemble prize for the film with just herself and her multitude of emotions in the film and you'd have no complaints from me. However, Eilis's journey in the film is more fully realized with the lived-in actors that surround Ronan's protagonist.
The Familiar Faces
Emory Cohen as Tony Fiorello - I'll join those who were happily surprised with his performance, after ghastly work in The Place Beyond the Pines and elsewhere. Not just a pining lothario, he's also believably accepting of Eilis's need to be her own woman.
- 12/10/2015
- by Chris Feil
- FilmExperience
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Fancy checking out one of the best films of the year? Here's our review of Brooklyn, starring Saiorse Ronan.
In amongst the showier performance-led movies to come this awards season, it's reassuring to see an unassuming coming-of-age story like Brooklyn receiving its fair share of plaudits too. Based on Colm Tóibín's novel of the same name, Brooklyn follows an immigrant's trans-Atlantic love song, set between south-east Ireland and New York City.
In the 1950s, Eilis Lacey (Saiorse Ronan) is a young Irish woman living in Enniscorthy who gets the opportunity of a lifetime when kindly priest Father Flood (Jim Broadbent) arranges for her to travel to Brooklyn and take up a job at a department store. Of course, Eilis jumps at the chance, but leaves behind her elder sister Rose (Fiona Glascott) and her mother Mary (Jane Brennan) for the glamour of America.
She becomes desperately homesick,...
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Fancy checking out one of the best films of the year? Here's our review of Brooklyn, starring Saiorse Ronan.
In amongst the showier performance-led movies to come this awards season, it's reassuring to see an unassuming coming-of-age story like Brooklyn receiving its fair share of plaudits too. Based on Colm Tóibín's novel of the same name, Brooklyn follows an immigrant's trans-Atlantic love song, set between south-east Ireland and New York City.
In the 1950s, Eilis Lacey (Saiorse Ronan) is a young Irish woman living in Enniscorthy who gets the opportunity of a lifetime when kindly priest Father Flood (Jim Broadbent) arranges for her to travel to Brooklyn and take up a job at a department store. Of course, Eilis jumps at the chance, but leaves behind her elder sister Rose (Fiona Glascott) and her mother Mary (Jane Brennan) for the glamour of America.
She becomes desperately homesick,...
- 11/9/2015
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
Anchored by a tremendous lead performance from Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn is an intimate, sincere drama that manages to dodge the cliches of many immigrant stories and completely avoid cynicism. It's a very simple story of a woman torn between two worlds, but with lush cinematography, terrific production design, and impeccable acting, Brooklyn transports you to a time and place in which, for a couple of hours, nothing matters more than the happiness of its main character.
The young Eilis Lacey (Ronan) has no prospects in 1950s Ireland, so her mother and sister arrange for her to emigrate to New York through a stateside priest who once lived in their small town (Jim Broadbent). Eilis leaves behind everything she knows and starts fresh in Brooklyn, where a job as a cashier at a department store, enrollment in night classes, and a room at a boarding house are waiting for her. She's...
The young Eilis Lacey (Ronan) has no prospects in 1950s Ireland, so her mother and sister arrange for her to emigrate to New York through a stateside priest who once lived in their small town (Jim Broadbent). Eilis leaves behind everything she knows and starts fresh in Brooklyn, where a job as a cashier at a department store, enrollment in night classes, and a room at a boarding house are waiting for her. She's...
- 11/6/2015
- by Ben Pearson
- GeekTyrant
Defining something as classical or old fashioned can often times come as a death sentence in today’s world, where filmmakers strive to break ground from storytelling to the aesthetic they use to tell these stories. However, in the case of John Crowley’s new film, Brooklyn, there is true beauty in this classical story of love, family and what it means to be home.
Based on the Colm Toibin novel of the same name, Crowley’s film follows the story of Eilis Lacey (played by Saoirse Ronan), an Irish woman who heads to Brooklyn out of hopes to find her calling, or at the very least a job off which to start her life. With the help of an Irish priest (Jim Broadbent), Eilis she makes her way to New York, all the while overcoming seasickness, and trying her best to beat the homesickness that cripples her during her first few moments there.
Based on the Colm Toibin novel of the same name, Crowley’s film follows the story of Eilis Lacey (played by Saoirse Ronan), an Irish woman who heads to Brooklyn out of hopes to find her calling, or at the very least a job off which to start her life. With the help of an Irish priest (Jim Broadbent), Eilis she makes her way to New York, all the while overcoming seasickness, and trying her best to beat the homesickness that cripples her during her first few moments there.
- 11/6/2015
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
A Brooklyn Baby: Crowley’s Simple Immigration Tale Buoyed by Strong Emotional Core
Director John Crowley returns with Brooklyn, his strongest film in years, based on the well-received novel by Colm Toibin, and adapted by the respected pen of Nick Hornby. Recalling the emotional prowess of his 2007 film, Boy A, which similarly focused on the perspective of a lone protagonist, Crowley captures an expressive and emotional performance from Saoirse Ronan, weathering the simplicity of the sturdy narrative like a dependable, all-purpose frock. A host of well-known supporting players enhance the crowd pleasing tendencies, though sometimes in its lighter moments the films jumps the rails and slams into overdone sentiment or desperate humor. But the moments are fleeting, and quite forgivable considering the poise with which the film navigates the emotional arc of its lead character.
In 1950s Ireland, Eilis Lacey (Ronan) is able to secure a placement in a boarding...
Director John Crowley returns with Brooklyn, his strongest film in years, based on the well-received novel by Colm Toibin, and adapted by the respected pen of Nick Hornby. Recalling the emotional prowess of his 2007 film, Boy A, which similarly focused on the perspective of a lone protagonist, Crowley captures an expressive and emotional performance from Saoirse Ronan, weathering the simplicity of the sturdy narrative like a dependable, all-purpose frock. A host of well-known supporting players enhance the crowd pleasing tendencies, though sometimes in its lighter moments the films jumps the rails and slams into overdone sentiment or desperate humor. But the moments are fleeting, and quite forgivable considering the poise with which the film navigates the emotional arc of its lead character.
In 1950s Ireland, Eilis Lacey (Ronan) is able to secure a placement in a boarding...
- 11/4/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Saoirse Ronan and Domhnall Gleeson in “Brooklyn” Image Courtesy of The Sundance Institute
Brooklyn
Directed by John Crowley
Written by Nick Hornby
United Kingdon, Canada & Ireland, 2015
John Crowley’s Brooklyn (based on the novel by Colm Tóibín, screenplay by Nick Hornby) is a sweeping romantic epic that emphasizes the power the protagonist has over her own life, a rarity in a woman’s story. Eilis (Saoirse Ronan of Hanna and The Grand Budapest Hotel) moves to Brooklyn, New York from small town Ireland to escape the oppressive nature of her traditional home and demanding heritage. Although she loves her mother and sister, she slowly forges a new path in America for herself. Ronan skillfully draws out excruciating homesickness, the excitement of new emotional bonds, and the first steps of confidence in a positive direction with a pained poise.
Through education and bit by bit building up her ego, she is...
Brooklyn
Directed by John Crowley
Written by Nick Hornby
United Kingdon, Canada & Ireland, 2015
John Crowley’s Brooklyn (based on the novel by Colm Tóibín, screenplay by Nick Hornby) is a sweeping romantic epic that emphasizes the power the protagonist has over her own life, a rarity in a woman’s story. Eilis (Saoirse Ronan of Hanna and The Grand Budapest Hotel) moves to Brooklyn, New York from small town Ireland to escape the oppressive nature of her traditional home and demanding heritage. Although she loves her mother and sister, she slowly forges a new path in America for herself. Ronan skillfully draws out excruciating homesickness, the excitement of new emotional bonds, and the first steps of confidence in a positive direction with a pained poise.
Through education and bit by bit building up her ego, she is...
- 2/7/2015
- by Lane Scarberry
- SoundOnSight
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