by Chad Kennerk
Behind the scenes: director Emma Westenberg on the set of Bleeding Love. All images courtesy of Icon Film Distribution / Emma Westenberg
Following its world premiere at South by Southwest, You Sing Loud, I Sing Louder changed its tune to the more memorable Bleeding Love, an homage to the Leona Lewis mega hit featured in the film and a fitting allusion to the emotionally fueled core of the father-daughter focused story. Ewan McGregor stars alongside his real-life daughter Clara McGregor, who produced and co-wrote the story with producer Vera Bulder and Ruby Caster. Though a work of fiction, the idea began with Clara drawing on past aspects of her own father-daughter relationship.
Bleeding Love is the story of a father (Ewan McGregor) who embarks on an impromptu road trip with his adult daughter (Clara McGregor) after she narrowly survives a drug overdose. On the road to Santa Fe,...
Behind the scenes: director Emma Westenberg on the set of Bleeding Love. All images courtesy of Icon Film Distribution / Emma Westenberg
Following its world premiere at South by Southwest, You Sing Loud, I Sing Louder changed its tune to the more memorable Bleeding Love, an homage to the Leona Lewis mega hit featured in the film and a fitting allusion to the emotionally fueled core of the father-daughter focused story. Ewan McGregor stars alongside his real-life daughter Clara McGregor, who produced and co-wrote the story with producer Vera Bulder and Ruby Caster. Though a work of fiction, the idea began with Clara drawing on past aspects of her own father-daughter relationship.
Bleeding Love is the story of a father (Ewan McGregor) who embarks on an impromptu road trip with his adult daughter (Clara McGregor) after she narrowly survives a drug overdose. On the road to Santa Fe,...
- 4/12/2024
- by Chad Kennerk
- Film Review Daily
Amy Winehouse biopic Back To Black sets a new widest UK-Ireland opening record for Studiocanal, starting its run in 719 sites.
The film beats the distributor’s previous record – February release Wicked Little Letters – by 33 venues. It is also the widest opening of the year, beating Warner Bros’ Dune: Part Two by two sites.
Directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson from a script by Matt Greenhalgh, Back To Black depicts the life of music icon Winehouse, from her early career through her turbulent relationship with Blake Fielder-Civil, and her creation of seminal 2006 album Back To Black.
The film stars 2023 Screen Star of Tomorrow Marisa Abela as Winehouse,...
The film beats the distributor’s previous record – February release Wicked Little Letters – by 33 venues. It is also the widest opening of the year, beating Warner Bros’ Dune: Part Two by two sites.
Directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson from a script by Matt Greenhalgh, Back To Black depicts the life of music icon Winehouse, from her early career through her turbulent relationship with Blake Fielder-Civil, and her creation of seminal 2006 album Back To Black.
The film stars 2023 Screen Star of Tomorrow Marisa Abela as Winehouse,...
- 4/12/2024
- ScreenDaily
Playing families on screen is a challenge for any actors. Finding the chemistry between siblings, parents and their kids, and even spouses can be a matter of finding the right combination of talent and connection. Over the years, parents and their children have portrayed fictional dynamics similar to their own, notably Paper Moon starring Ryan and Tatum O’Neal. There are a lot fewer of these movies than you might think. Luckily, rising star Clara McGregor envisioned a film that echoed her relationship with her father, Ewan McGregor, and the actor was more than willing to step in as the dad on screen as well. The result, Bleeding Love, is a wonderful road trip film that takes the familiar tropes of the genre and adds to it.
Bleeding Love tells the story of an unnamed Daughter (Clara McGregor) being driven across the American Southwest by her Father (Ewan McGregor) after she recently overdosed.
Bleeding Love tells the story of an unnamed Daughter (Clara McGregor) being driven across the American Southwest by her Father (Ewan McGregor) after she recently overdosed.
- 2/26/2024
- by Alex Maidy
- JoBlo.com
Bleeding Love Photo: Glasgow Film Festival
Director Emma Westenberg’s coming-of-age drama, Bleeding Love, follows a young woman (Clara McGregor) and her estranged father’s (Ewan McGregor) attempts to reconnect during a road trip to Santa Fe, New Mexico. The journey opens old wounds, as the father tries to help his daughter with the drug addiction struggles he believes she has inherited from him.
Speaking with Eye For Film, Westenberg discussed expressing the collective experience of finding oneself and embracing the absurdity of life.
Bleeding Love
Paul Risker: What compelled you to want to tell this story at this point in time?
Emma Westenberg: When I read the script, I connected to the characters and this journey of reconnecting, but also of finding yourself, because it was a coming-of-age. There were a lot of personal connections for me in the story and both of the actors were already attached...
Director Emma Westenberg’s coming-of-age drama, Bleeding Love, follows a young woman (Clara McGregor) and her estranged father’s (Ewan McGregor) attempts to reconnect during a road trip to Santa Fe, New Mexico. The journey opens old wounds, as the father tries to help his daughter with the drug addiction struggles he believes she has inherited from him.
Speaking with Eye For Film, Westenberg discussed expressing the collective experience of finding oneself and embracing the absurdity of life.
Bleeding Love
Paul Risker: What compelled you to want to tell this story at this point in time?
Emma Westenberg: When I read the script, I connected to the characters and this journey of reconnecting, but also of finding yourself, because it was a coming-of-age. There were a lot of personal connections for me in the story and both of the actors were already attached...
- 2/21/2024
- by Paul Risker
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Addiction, abandonment, guilt, love, and fear are the major themes in the road trip film Bleeding Love. Ewan McGregor stars as a father who’s driving his estranged 20-year-old daughter (played by McGregor’s real-life daughter Clara McGregor) from San Diego to Santa Fe, New Mexico after a drug overdose almost killed her. His plan is simple: try to get to know her again and help her get clean.
They’re not long into the trip when his daughter says she has to go to the bathroom, but she doesn’t actually need a restroom; she’s okay with dropping trou on the side of the road to take care of business. Of course, it’s all a ruse, and she bolts, running off into the California desert with dad chasing after her.
Fortunately for her father, after a few minutes of this she stops and heads back to the pickup truck.
They’re not long into the trip when his daughter says she has to go to the bathroom, but she doesn’t actually need a restroom; she’s okay with dropping trou on the side of the road to take care of business. Of course, it’s all a ruse, and she bolts, running off into the California desert with dad chasing after her.
Fortunately for her father, after a few minutes of this she stops and heads back to the pickup truck.
- 2/16/2024
- by Kevin Finnerty
- Showbiz Junkies
Plot: A gritty, emotional tale about healing familial wounds through re-connection. After a drastic incident in her life, a young woman embarks on an impromptu road trip with her estranged father. En-route to their destination of Santa Fe, New Mexico, the two are forced to confront the issues of their past that have led to their frail relationship, while encountering an eccentric array of characters along the way, in order to bring them closer together again.
Review: Road trips and redemption tales have long been staples of filmmaking, big and small. Stories of connection between estranged family members, struggles with addiction, and stark looks at the landscape of rural America are nothing new, but that does not mean they are not ripe for new stories. Bleeding Love is a film rooted in the familiar tropes of decades worth of movies and yet it still manages to bring something unique to the mix.
Review: Road trips and redemption tales have long been staples of filmmaking, big and small. Stories of connection between estranged family members, struggles with addiction, and stark looks at the landscape of rural America are nothing new, but that does not mean they are not ripe for new stories. Bleeding Love is a film rooted in the familiar tropes of decades worth of movies and yet it still manages to bring something unique to the mix.
- 2/16/2024
- by Alex Maidy
- JoBlo.com
List of most anticipated movies releasing in February 2024.
January is almost over, and for all the cinegoers, we have created a list of February 2024’s Most Anticipated Hollywood Films. The first month started with just a handful of releases, and hardly any succeeded in leaving the audience in awe. But the new month brings hope that the audience will experience engaging stories on the big screen.
Check Out the List of February 2024’s Most Anticipated Hollywood Films Argylle
Matthew Vaughn’s twisted mind has come up with a peculiar spy thriller where an author named Elly Conway writes a story about Agent Argylle in her book, only to discover the events coming true. Thanks to the book, Elly comes under the radar of real-life spies, who expect her to write a new chapter, possibly in their favor. The film has a stellar cast, including Bryce Dallas Howard, Henry Cavill, John Cena,...
January is almost over, and for all the cinegoers, we have created a list of February 2024’s Most Anticipated Hollywood Films. The first month started with just a handful of releases, and hardly any succeeded in leaving the audience in awe. But the new month brings hope that the audience will experience engaging stories on the big screen.
Check Out the List of February 2024’s Most Anticipated Hollywood Films Argylle
Matthew Vaughn’s twisted mind has come up with a peculiar spy thriller where an author named Elly Conway writes a story about Agent Argylle in her book, only to discover the events coming true. Thanks to the book, Elly comes under the radar of real-life spies, who expect her to write a new chapter, possibly in their favor. The film has a stellar cast, including Bryce Dallas Howard, Henry Cavill, John Cena,...
- 1/31/2024
- by Pooja Darade
- KoiMoi
Rose Glass’s romantic thriller Loves Lives Bleeding is set to open the 20th edition of Glasgow Film Festival (Gff) on February 28.
The UK filmmaker’s follow-up to Saint Maud stars Kristen Stewart as a gym owner who falls for a bodybuilder with criminal connections. The A24 feature will receive its UK premiere at Glasgow following its debut at Sundance earlier this month.
John Archer’s documentary Janey, about Scottish stand-up comedian Janey Godley as she embarks on her final tour following a terminal cancer diagnosis, will close the festival on March 10.
Gff has secured eight world premieres (see below...
The UK filmmaker’s follow-up to Saint Maud stars Kristen Stewart as a gym owner who falls for a bodybuilder with criminal connections. The A24 feature will receive its UK premiere at Glasgow following its debut at Sundance earlier this month.
John Archer’s documentary Janey, about Scottish stand-up comedian Janey Godley as she embarks on her final tour following a terminal cancer diagnosis, will close the festival on March 10.
Gff has secured eight world premieres (see below...
- 1/24/2024
- ScreenDaily
Slovenia, Italy, Croatia, Serbia and France are all producing the title.
Urska Djukic’s Little Trouble Girls, a co-production between five European countries, is among the winners at the Les Arcs Film Festival Industry Village, which handed out its prizes this evening.
The film took the €10,000 post-production services award in the Work in Progress section. Slovenia’s Spok Film and Nosorogi, Italy’s Staragara I.T., Croatia’s Izazov, Serbia’s Non-Aligned Films and France’s Sister Productions are all producing the film.
Scroll down for the full list of winners
The feature debut of Slovenian director Djukic, Little Trouble Girls...
Urska Djukic’s Little Trouble Girls, a co-production between five European countries, is among the winners at the Les Arcs Film Festival Industry Village, which handed out its prizes this evening.
The film took the €10,000 post-production services award in the Work in Progress section. Slovenia’s Spok Film and Nosorogi, Italy’s Staragara I.T., Croatia’s Izazov, Serbia’s Non-Aligned Films and France’s Sister Productions are all producing the film.
Scroll down for the full list of winners
The feature debut of Slovenian director Djukic, Little Trouble Girls...
- 12/18/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The event runs December 16-19 in the French Alps.
France’s Les Arcs Film Festival has unveiled the 18 European feature film projects that will be presented in the 15th edition of its Co-production Village, running December 16-19 in the French Alps.
The showcase aims to connect projects in various stages of development with co-producers, sales agents, distributors and other co-financing partners. This year’s roster boasts a 50-50 gender parity, with nine projects from female filmmakers and nine from male directors. 10 are first fiction features and five are second films, representing 15 different countries.
All the projects will compete for the...
France’s Les Arcs Film Festival has unveiled the 18 European feature film projects that will be presented in the 15th edition of its Co-production Village, running December 16-19 in the French Alps.
The showcase aims to connect projects in various stages of development with co-producers, sales agents, distributors and other co-financing partners. This year’s roster boasts a 50-50 gender parity, with nine projects from female filmmakers and nine from male directors. 10 are first fiction features and five are second films, representing 15 different countries.
All the projects will compete for the...
- 11/14/2023
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
The Les Arcs Film Festival has unveiled the 18 European film projects selected for its Les Arcs Coproduction, running from December 16 to 19 within the framework of the Alpine event’s 15th edition.
The selection, chosen from 269 submitted projects hailing from 15 different countries, has achieved gender parity in terms of the directors involved, even though only 36% applications of the projects submitted were directed by women.
Ten of projects are first fiction feature projects, five are second features and 3 by more established filmmakers, including Michael Caton-Jones and Ena Sendijarević, whose latest film Sweet Dreams is the Netherlands’s Best International Feature Film entry this year.
The Netherlands is Les Arcs Film Festival’s country focus this year and the Coproduction village will welcome three projects from the territory.
There will also be an industry talks program featuring a panel on production issues related to AI, organized by the European Producers Club,...
The selection, chosen from 269 submitted projects hailing from 15 different countries, has achieved gender parity in terms of the directors involved, even though only 36% applications of the projects submitted were directed by women.
Ten of projects are first fiction feature projects, five are second features and 3 by more established filmmakers, including Michael Caton-Jones and Ena Sendijarević, whose latest film Sweet Dreams is the Netherlands’s Best International Feature Film entry this year.
The Netherlands is Les Arcs Film Festival’s country focus this year and the Coproduction village will welcome three projects from the territory.
There will also be an industry talks program featuring a panel on production issues related to AI, organized by the European Producers Club,...
- 11/14/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
This edition boasts the largest feature film selection programmed to-date at Emiff.
The Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival has unveiled its full line-up for the 12th edition of the Spanish festival, with a total of 140 projects, including German auteur Wim Wenders’ Cannes world premiere Perfect Days and a special spotlight screening of David Fincher’s Venice title The Killer.
This year boasts the largest feature film selection programmed to date at Emiff. Additional categories for long-form projects include the debut feature film competition, the Made In Baleares (Mib) feature film competition, Spotlight Screenings and the Drive In Cinema strand. Six...
The Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival has unveiled its full line-up for the 12th edition of the Spanish festival, with a total of 140 projects, including German auteur Wim Wenders’ Cannes world premiere Perfect Days and a special spotlight screening of David Fincher’s Venice title The Killer.
This year boasts the largest feature film selection programmed to date at Emiff. Additional categories for long-form projects include the debut feature film competition, the Made In Baleares (Mib) feature film competition, Spotlight Screenings and the Drive In Cinema strand. Six...
- 10/5/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
The Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival, running from October 18 to 24 in the Spanish island’s capital of Palma, has unveiled its full line-up.
The festival will open with Spanish director Isabel Coixet’s new feature Un Amor, which recently world premiered at San Sebastian.
Coixet will also be feted with the festival’s Evolution Vision Award at the opening night ceremony.
Other honorees will include German-Spanish actor Daniel Brühl, best known for his roles in Goodbye Lenin, Rush and The Alienist, and Danish writer and director Susanne Bier, whose recent credits include The Night Manager and The First Lady.
They will both receive Evolution Icon awards while there will also be screenings of Brühl’s most recent film The Movie Teller, as the closing film, and Rush and Bier’s 2010 feature In A Better World, which won the Best International Feature Film Oscar.
The 12th edition marks the festival’s...
The festival will open with Spanish director Isabel Coixet’s new feature Un Amor, which recently world premiered at San Sebastian.
Coixet will also be feted with the festival’s Evolution Vision Award at the opening night ceremony.
Other honorees will include German-Spanish actor Daniel Brühl, best known for his roles in Goodbye Lenin, Rush and The Alienist, and Danish writer and director Susanne Bier, whose recent credits include The Night Manager and The First Lady.
They will both receive Evolution Icon awards while there will also be screenings of Brühl’s most recent film The Movie Teller, as the closing film, and Rush and Bier’s 2010 feature In A Better World, which won the Best International Feature Film Oscar.
The 12th edition marks the festival’s...
- 10/4/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Producer Christine Vachon: 'Producing in many ways is like childbirth and you forget how difficult it is' Photo: Film Servis Karlovy Vary In her 30-year career of helping diverse voices from outside the mainstream reach the screen , producer Christine Vachon has accumulated a roll call of honour including Todd Haynes (Carol), Todd Solondz (Happiness), Mary Harron (I Shot Andy Warhol), Kimberly Pierce (Boys Don’t Cry), and John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig And The Angry Inch).
Reflecting on her achievements at the Karlovy International Film Festival where two of her most recent titles Celine Song’s romantic drama Past Lives, and Emma Westenberg’s I Sing Loud, You Sing Louder (with Ewan and Clara McGregor) were screened, she said: “Producing in many ways is like child birth and you forget how difficult it is.”
Vachon co-founded with Pamela Koffler her production company Killer Films in 1995. She agrees that most people have...
Reflecting on her achievements at the Karlovy International Film Festival where two of her most recent titles Celine Song’s romantic drama Past Lives, and Emma Westenberg’s I Sing Loud, You Sing Louder (with Ewan and Clara McGregor) were screened, she said: “Producing in many ways is like child birth and you forget how difficult it is.”
Vachon co-founded with Pamela Koffler her production company Killer Films in 1995. She agrees that most people have...
- 7/7/2023
- by Richard Mowe
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Being a girl dad has its problems, especially when your daughter thinks you’re a prick. As “Bleeding Love” begins, a teenage girl shoots a jaundiced look at her father who is driving her somewhere in the desolate West. She can’t hear him because her headphones are blaring “I’m Yer Dad,” a not even remotely subtle noise pop song by Grlwood that includes the lyric, “Feed me food while I watch sports / In my man cave made for sports / Whores in my porn, porn in my sports … ’Cause I’m your dad.”
Dad studies her without comprehension. She is his daughter, but she is an undiscovered country to him. He vacated his fatherly duties during his booze years, and now he must deal with an estranged beautiful daughter whose heart stopped beating last night during an overdose. He pulls his pickup to the side of the road so she can pee,...
Dad studies her without comprehension. She is his daughter, but she is an undiscovered country to him. He vacated his fatherly duties during his booze years, and now he must deal with an estranged beautiful daughter whose heart stopped beating last night during an overdose. He pulls his pickup to the side of the road so she can pee,...
- 7/6/2023
- by Stephen Rodrick
- Variety Film + TV
There’s a fine line between stylized direction and direction that is so fussy that it gets in the way of a film’s actors. Unfortunately for Emma Westenberg’s directorial debut, “You Sing Loud, I Sing Louder,” that’s a line she does not navigate successfully. She’s not helped much by the underdeveloped script by Ruby Caster, who shares story credits with Vera Bulder and star-producer Clara McGregor (“American Horror Story”).
Continue reading ‘You Sing Loud, I Sing Louder’ Review: A Vulnerable Ewan McGregor Can’t Save This Father-Daughter Addiction Drama [Karlovy Vary] at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘You Sing Loud, I Sing Louder’ Review: A Vulnerable Ewan McGregor Can’t Save This Father-Daughter Addiction Drama [Karlovy Vary] at The Playlist.
- 7/5/2023
- by Marya E. Gates
- The Playlist
Superheroes, making moviegoing a bigger event and the Hollywood writers strike were among the topics of a Monday masterclass featuring legendary independent film producer Christine Vachon that was part of the second day of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival’s Eastern Promises Industry Day program.
One of the questions Vachon received was whether cinemas are doing enough to cultivate the moviegoing experience and audience. “What the theaters are trying to do is create a bigger experience,” she said. “It’s about creating environments that make the experience feel more like an event.”
She added: “I know in Europe this is an old hat, but in America, the idea of eating a meal or having a drink in a movie theater is still relatively new and creating an event where your seat is extraordinarily comfortable with the projections actually decent.” Vachon then joked that “I don’t know if in...
One of the questions Vachon received was whether cinemas are doing enough to cultivate the moviegoing experience and audience. “What the theaters are trying to do is create a bigger experience,” she said. “It’s about creating environments that make the experience feel more like an event.”
She added: “I know in Europe this is an old hat, but in America, the idea of eating a meal or having a drink in a movie theater is still relatively new and creating an event where your seat is extraordinarily comfortable with the projections actually decent.” Vachon then joked that “I don’t know if in...
- 7/3/2023
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Los Angeles, July 3 (Ians) Ewan McGregor preferred to show his kids one of his films ‘just for the laughs ‘. The actor used to show the toilet scene from ‘Trainspotting’ to his kids.
“I wasn’t there when (my daughter) Clara watched Trainspotting for the first time. But I did used to show my kids ‘the toilet scene’. Just for a laugh. It’s a unique situation, perhaps, for a father to be able to show his children footage of him going down the toilet,” he said at Karlovy Vary Film Festival, recently, Variety reported.
The trauma didn’t stop there. “I have a memory of showing Clara ‘Moulin Rouge!’, however. I think she was 9 years old. I put it on, and then I hear this wailing and crying. I rushed in, asking if I should switch it off and she went: ‘Noooo!'”
As per Variety, while there was no...
“I wasn’t there when (my daughter) Clara watched Trainspotting for the first time. But I did used to show my kids ‘the toilet scene’. Just for a laugh. It’s a unique situation, perhaps, for a father to be able to show his children footage of him going down the toilet,” he said at Karlovy Vary Film Festival, recently, Variety reported.
The trauma didn’t stop there. “I have a memory of showing Clara ‘Moulin Rouge!’, however. I think she was 9 years old. I put it on, and then I hear this wailing and crying. I rushed in, asking if I should switch it off and she went: ‘Noooo!'”
As per Variety, while there was no...
- 7/3/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Brave is the man who will sign up for a real-life father-daughter road movie set in the aftermath of an acrimonious divorce, but Ewan McGregor has no regrets about pairing up with his eldest child — by his first wife — for You Sing Loud, I Sing Louder, which screened as a tribute to the actor in Karlovy Vary. Set in a dreamlike American West, and very far removed from the specifics of the McGregors’ own personal situation, it finds a reformed alcoholic dad trying to reconnect with his offspring after collecting her from hospital. She thinks they’re off to visit an artist friend of her father’s, but the truth is that, in a bid to absolve himself of many years’ worth of guilt, he’s taking her to rehab.
Directed by Emma Westenberg, it is a narratively light but emotionally intense journey, focused on a co-dependent and somewhat competitive relationship that,...
Directed by Emma Westenberg, it is a narratively light but emotionally intense journey, focused on a co-dependent and somewhat competitive relationship that,...
- 7/2/2023
- by Damon Wise
- Deadline Film + TV
Forget “Star Wars” – Ewan McGregor preferred to show his kids another one of his films.
“I wasn’t there when [my daughter] Clara watched ‘Trainspotting’ for the first time. But I did used to show my kids ‘the toilet scene.’ Just for a laugh. It’s a unique situation, perhaps, for a father to be able to show his children footage of him going down the toilet,” he said at Karlovy Vary Film Festival.
The trauma didn’t stop there.
“I have a memory of showing Clara ‘Moulin Rouge!,’ however. I think she was 9 years old. I put it on, and then I hear this wailing and crying. I rushed in, asking if I should switch it off and she went: ‘Noooo’!”
While there was no avoiding mentions of iconic roles and his collaboration with Danny Boyle, which started with “Shallow Grave” – “He was my first film director. I felt like ‘his...
“I wasn’t there when [my daughter] Clara watched ‘Trainspotting’ for the first time. But I did used to show my kids ‘the toilet scene.’ Just for a laugh. It’s a unique situation, perhaps, for a father to be able to show his children footage of him going down the toilet,” he said at Karlovy Vary Film Festival.
The trauma didn’t stop there.
“I have a memory of showing Clara ‘Moulin Rouge!,’ however. I think she was 9 years old. I put it on, and then I hear this wailing and crying. I rushed in, asking if I should switch it off and she went: ‘Noooo’!”
While there was no avoiding mentions of iconic roles and his collaboration with Danny Boyle, which started with “Shallow Grave” – “He was my first film director. I felt like ‘his...
- 7/2/2023
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Ewan and Clara McGregor with her dad's Crystal Globe in Karlovy Vary Photo: Film Servis Karlovy Vary Working for the first time with his daughter Clara on You Sing Loud, I Sing Louder - the debut feature of director Emma Westenberg - gave Ewan McGregor the same kind of energy rush he experienced when he burst on the scene with Danny Boyle in Shallow Grave in 1994.
“It was the first first film for many of us working on it. Danny set the bar very high in what you can expect in the relationship between an actor and a director. We went on to make Trainspotting, then A Life Less Ordinary and then Trainspotting 2, all films that left their mark on British cinema,” said McGregor, 52, at a media gathering after his latest film's premiere in the 57th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
His daughter, 27, co-wrote the script...
“It was the first first film for many of us working on it. Danny set the bar very high in what you can expect in the relationship between an actor and a director. We went on to make Trainspotting, then A Life Less Ordinary and then Trainspotting 2, all films that left their mark on British cinema,” said McGregor, 52, at a media gathering after his latest film's premiere in the 57th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
His daughter, 27, co-wrote the script...
- 7/2/2023
- by Richard Mowe
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Ewan McGregor discussed blockbuster movies, why he is currently sporting a mustache, and hopefully making more movies with his daughter Clara during a Sunday press conference at the 57th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival for Emma Westenberg-directed You Sing Loud, I Sing Louder, in which the McGregors star opposite each other.
The daughter and father both predicted more collaborations on Sunday. You Sing Loud, I Sing Louder premiered at South by Southwest. It is a road trip drama, inspired by the duo’s real-life stories. Clara co-wrote the script with Vera Bulder and Ruby Caster. “I’m just anticipating them writing me lots of roles,” Ewan McGregor told the press. “It’s a very good way to keep her old dad in work.”
With the actor having moved between tentpole and smaller independent movies throughout his career, he could also provide insight into some of the differences for talent.
The daughter and father both predicted more collaborations on Sunday. You Sing Loud, I Sing Louder premiered at South by Southwest. It is a road trip drama, inspired by the duo’s real-life stories. Clara co-wrote the script with Vera Bulder and Ruby Caster. “I’m just anticipating them writing me lots of roles,” Ewan McGregor told the press. “It’s a very good way to keep her old dad in work.”
With the actor having moved between tentpole and smaller independent movies throughout his career, he could also provide insight into some of the differences for talent.
- 7/2/2023
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The actor presented the international premiere of Emma Westenberg’s ‘You Sing Loud, I Sing Louder’.
Blockbuster action films require an “endurance” because of their “slow” production process, according to Ewan McGregor, speaking at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival today.
McGregor is attending the festival to accept the honorary President’s Award, and present screenings of Emma Westenberg’s You Sing Loud, I Sing Louder, in which he stars alongside his daughter, the film’s co-writer and producer Clara McGregor.
Asked about moving between small independent features and big studio projects, McGregor said, “If you’re working on an action sequence,...
Blockbuster action films require an “endurance” because of their “slow” production process, according to Ewan McGregor, speaking at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival today.
McGregor is attending the festival to accept the honorary President’s Award, and present screenings of Emma Westenberg’s You Sing Loud, I Sing Louder, in which he stars alongside his daughter, the film’s co-writer and producer Clara McGregor.
Asked about moving between small independent features and big studio projects, McGregor said, “If you’re working on an action sequence,...
- 7/2/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
There is an added piquancy not to mention salacious interest to Emma Westenberg’s debut feature with the knowledge that her two leads Ewan McGregor and daughter Clara have been inspired to a degree by their own occasionally troubled real-life relationship.
The emotional wounds as they set off together on a road trip across the wide open vistas of the New Mexico landscapes swiftly become apparent.
The characters remain unnamed for no particular good reason and their individual backgrounds tend to be sketchy. He’s a landscape gardener and she is struggling with addictions as well as her father’s second spouse.
At a stopover we hear him looking for a place for her in a rehab centre. It emerges that she has just been in hospital after an overdose of pills. Along the way they meet an oddball assortment of characters who punctuate the journey with Kim Zimmer as tow-truck driver; her nephew,...
The emotional wounds as they set off together on a road trip across the wide open vistas of the New Mexico landscapes swiftly become apparent.
The characters remain unnamed for no particular good reason and their individual backgrounds tend to be sketchy. He’s a landscape gardener and she is struggling with addictions as well as her father’s second spouse.
At a stopover we hear him looking for a place for her in a rehab centre. It emerges that she has just been in hospital after an overdose of pills. Along the way they meet an oddball assortment of characters who punctuate the journey with Kim Zimmer as tow-truck driver; her nephew,...
- 7/1/2023
- by Richard Mowe
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Ewan McGregor not only received a lifetime achievement award, but also much love and adoration during a brief, but emotional ceremony at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival on Saturday night.
During the event at the big cinema celebration in the Czech spa town, organizers and fans feted the Scottish actor, director and producer as the President’s Award for lifetime achievement was bestowed upon him. On Friday’s opening night of the fest, Alicia Vikander received the same award, while Russell Crowe was honored with the festival’s Crystal Globe.
A warm welcome to McGregor by a host was followed by a particularly well-received career highlights reel that repeatedly drew laughs and cheers for scenes from the likes of the Star Wars universe, I Love You Phillip Morris and, of course, Trainspotting.
“This is like a dream to see that,” McGregor told the audience at the Hotel Thermal, the...
During the event at the big cinema celebration in the Czech spa town, organizers and fans feted the Scottish actor, director and producer as the President’s Award for lifetime achievement was bestowed upon him. On Friday’s opening night of the fest, Alicia Vikander received the same award, while Russell Crowe was honored with the festival’s Crystal Globe.
A warm welcome to McGregor by a host was followed by a particularly well-received career highlights reel that repeatedly drew laughs and cheers for scenes from the likes of the Star Wars universe, I Love You Phillip Morris and, of course, Trainspotting.
“This is like a dream to see that,” McGregor told the audience at the Hotel Thermal, the...
- 7/1/2023
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The 57th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival opened Friday with a spirited musical performance from Russell Crowe, and the energy remained high Saturday evening with actor Ewan McGregor in town to receive the fest’s honorary President’s Award.
McGregor accepted the honor during an overflowing ceremony in the festival’s Grand Hall, where he was joined by his daughter Clara McGregor; his mother; and partner Mary Elizabeth Winstead.
“Thank you so much for being here tonight. It means the world to me,” he said as he picked up the award. “I believe so much in what we do as actors. I’m so fortunate to do what I love and I love what I do.”
The crowd inside the room was lively. Czech audiences are notoriously welcoming to the stars they receive here in Karlovy Vary and McGregor played to the crowd.
“I was gonna say something in Czech...
McGregor accepted the honor during an overflowing ceremony in the festival’s Grand Hall, where he was joined by his daughter Clara McGregor; his mother; and partner Mary Elizabeth Winstead.
“Thank you so much for being here tonight. It means the world to me,” he said as he picked up the award. “I believe so much in what we do as actors. I’m so fortunate to do what I love and I love what I do.”
The crowd inside the room was lively. Czech audiences are notoriously welcoming to the stars they receive here in Karlovy Vary and McGregor played to the crowd.
“I was gonna say something in Czech...
- 7/1/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
The sun was out earlier in the day, and the stars, including Alicia Vikander, husband Michael Fassbender, Russell Crowe and competition jury member Patricia Clarkson came out for the Friday evening gala opening ceremony of the 57th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
The black-tie opening event for what has been called Central Europe’s biggest cinema party was followed by a free performance by British electronic band Morcheeba just outside the venue, the Hotel Thermal, which serves as the festival’s headquarters. Despite some recurring rainfall, fans came out in big numbers for stargazing as the celebrities arrived and later for grooving to the music.
Both big stars of the evening being honored with lifetime achievement awards also received very, very warm local welcomes. Upon her arrival, Vikander signed some autographs and posed for selfies before entering the venue via its red carpet. Upon entering the event hall,...
The black-tie opening event for what has been called Central Europe’s biggest cinema party was followed by a free performance by British electronic band Morcheeba just outside the venue, the Hotel Thermal, which serves as the festival’s headquarters. Despite some recurring rainfall, fans came out in big numbers for stargazing as the celebrities arrived and later for grooving to the music.
Both big stars of the evening being honored with lifetime achievement awards also received very, very warm local welcomes. Upon her arrival, Vikander signed some autographs and posed for selfies before entering the venue via its red carpet. Upon entering the event hall,...
- 6/30/2023
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Bobby Farrelly’s ‘Champions’ will close the Czech event.
US actress and filmmaker Robin Wright will be the latest recipient of the President’s Award at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
Wright will receive the award at the closing ceremony for the 57th edition, on Saturday, July 8. The festival has also added Rob Reiner’s 1987 adventure comedy The Princess Bride starring Wright to its programme.
Wright joins Ewan McGregor and Alicia Vikander in receiving the President’s Award at this year’s event; previous recipients include Benicio Del Toro, Ethan Hawke and Jude Law.
The festival will also pay homage to US producer Christine Vachon.
US actress and filmmaker Robin Wright will be the latest recipient of the President’s Award at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
Wright will receive the award at the closing ceremony for the 57th edition, on Saturday, July 8. The festival has also added Rob Reiner’s 1987 adventure comedy The Princess Bride starring Wright to its programme.
Wright joins Ewan McGregor and Alicia Vikander in receiving the President’s Award at this year’s event; previous recipients include Benicio Del Toro, Ethan Hawke and Jude Law.
The festival will also pay homage to US producer Christine Vachon.
- 6/20/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Family saga: Ewan McGregor and Clara McGregor in You Sing Loud, I Sing Louder will be guests of honour at the opening weekend of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Photo: Courtesy of Kviff Scottish actor, director and producer Ewan McGregor and Swedish actress Alicia Vikander will be guests of honour during the first weekend of the 57th Karlovy Vary Film Festival which opens on 30 June.
Both personalities will receive the Karlovy Vary Iff President's Award and present their latest films.
This year’s edition of the festival will open with the British costume drama Firebrand, in which Alicia Vikander takes the leading role of Catherine Parr, Henry VIII’s sixth wife with Jude Law as the monarch. The film screened last month at the Cannes Film Festival.
Jude Law and Alicia Vikander in Kviff opening film Firebrand Photo: Courtesy of Kviff McGregor will present You Sing Loud, I Sing Louder,...
Both personalities will receive the Karlovy Vary Iff President's Award and present their latest films.
This year’s edition of the festival will open with the British costume drama Firebrand, in which Alicia Vikander takes the leading role of Catherine Parr, Henry VIII’s sixth wife with Jude Law as the monarch. The film screened last month at the Cannes Film Festival.
Jude Law and Alicia Vikander in Kviff opening film Firebrand Photo: Courtesy of Kviff McGregor will present You Sing Loud, I Sing Louder,...
- 6/14/2023
- by Richard Mowe
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Ewan McGregor and Alicia Vikander will be the featured guests during the first weekend of this year’s Karlovy Vary Film Festival, where they will both receive the fest’s honorary President’s Award.
Alongside the celebrations, both actors will also present their most recent works. Vikander will bring her Cannes Competition title Firebrand, which will open the festival on June 30, while McGregor will host a screening of You Sing Loud, I Sing Louder.
Vikander began her artistic career training as a ballet dancer at the Royal Swedish Ballet in Stockholm and appeared in several stage productions and Swedish TV series before being cast in her breakthrough debut film role in Lisa Lansgeth’s feature Pure (2010). Since then, she has been best known for performances in pic such as Joe Wright’s Anna Karenina, Guy Ritchie’s The Man from U.N.C.L.E, and Alex Garland’s Ex Machina,...
Alongside the celebrations, both actors will also present their most recent works. Vikander will bring her Cannes Competition title Firebrand, which will open the festival on June 30, while McGregor will host a screening of You Sing Loud, I Sing Louder.
Vikander began her artistic career training as a ballet dancer at the Royal Swedish Ballet in Stockholm and appeared in several stage productions and Swedish TV series before being cast in her breakthrough debut film role in Lisa Lansgeth’s feature Pure (2010). Since then, she has been best known for performances in pic such as Joe Wright’s Anna Karenina, Guy Ritchie’s The Man from U.N.C.L.E, and Alex Garland’s Ex Machina,...
- 6/13/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Scottish actor Ewan McGregor and Swedish Oscar winner Alicia Vikander will be honored at the 57th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Both will receive Karlovy Vary’s President’s Award, a lifetime achievement honor.
Vikander made her international breakthrough in Nikolaj Arcel’s A Royal Affair (2012), which was Oscar-nominated, and established her global star credentials as a humanoid android in Alex Garland’s sci-fi thriller Ex Machina, which earned her Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations, and as Danish artist Gerda Wegener in Tom Hooper’s The Danish Girl, a performance that won her the best supporting actress Oscar. She has managed to balance work in mainstream actioners, such as Jason Bourne or Tomb Raider, with more arthouse features (The Glorias, Blue Bayou).
Vikander’s latest feature, Firebrand, in which she stars alongside Jude Law, will open the 2023 Karlovy Vary fest. Karim Aïnouz’s period drama premiered in competition in Cannes last month,...
Vikander made her international breakthrough in Nikolaj Arcel’s A Royal Affair (2012), which was Oscar-nominated, and established her global star credentials as a humanoid android in Alex Garland’s sci-fi thriller Ex Machina, which earned her Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations, and as Danish artist Gerda Wegener in Tom Hooper’s The Danish Girl, a performance that won her the best supporting actress Oscar. She has managed to balance work in mainstream actioners, such as Jason Bourne or Tomb Raider, with more arthouse features (The Glorias, Blue Bayou).
Vikander’s latest feature, Firebrand, in which she stars alongside Jude Law, will open the 2023 Karlovy Vary fest. Karim Aïnouz’s period drama premiered in competition in Cannes last month,...
- 6/13/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Czech festival runs from June 30 to July 8.
British historical drama Firebrand is to open the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Kviff), which runs from June 30 to July 8.
Firebrand star Alicia Vikander, who plays Katherine Parr, the sixth wife of Henry VIII, in the Karim Aïnouz directed film, will attend the festival where she will be presented with the Kviff President’s Award.
Vikander stars alongside Jude Law who plays an increasingly ailing and paranoid Henry VIII. Firebrand premiered in competition at Cannes last month.
Also receiving a Festival President´s Award this year is Scottish actor Ewan McGregor who will...
British historical drama Firebrand is to open the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Kviff), which runs from June 30 to July 8.
Firebrand star Alicia Vikander, who plays Katherine Parr, the sixth wife of Henry VIII, in the Karim Aïnouz directed film, will attend the festival where she will be presented with the Kviff President’s Award.
Vikander stars alongside Jude Law who plays an increasingly ailing and paranoid Henry VIII. Firebrand premiered in competition at Cannes last month.
Also receiving a Festival President´s Award this year is Scottish actor Ewan McGregor who will...
- 6/13/2023
- by Tim Dams
- ScreenDaily
Ewan McGregor and Alicia Vikander will receive the President’s Award at the 57th annual Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic, Kviff organizers announced on Tuesday.
Both performers will attend the opening weekend of the festival, which begins on June 30 and runs through July 8 in the spa town west of Prague.
Previously, the festival announced that Russell Crowe would receive the Crystal Globe Award and perform with his band on opening night, giving Kviff an unusual three honorees on its opening weekend (with others to potentially be announced later).
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McGregor will be in Karlovy Vary for a screening of “You Sing Loud, I Sing Louder,” a drama from director Emma Westenberg in which he plays a former addict who drives his estranged daughter to rehab after she has an overdose.
Both performers will attend the opening weekend of the festival, which begins on June 30 and runs through July 8 in the spa town west of Prague.
Previously, the festival announced that Russell Crowe would receive the Crystal Globe Award and perform with his band on opening night, giving Kviff an unusual three honorees on its opening weekend (with others to potentially be announced later).
Also Read:
Karlovy Vary Film Festival to Honor Russell Crowe – And Let Him Play Some Rock ‘n’ Roll, Too
McGregor will be in Karlovy Vary for a screening of “You Sing Loud, I Sing Louder,” a drama from director Emma Westenberg in which he plays a former addict who drives his estranged daughter to rehab after she has an overdose.
- 6/13/2023
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
The Oscars in Hollywood didn’t rain on Robert Rodriguez’s parade Sunday as the filmmaker debuted his long-in-the-works Hypnotic at SXSW’s Paramount Theatre, with crowds having to be turned away.
Much to Rodriguez’s relief, the $70 million Ben Affleck movie — which was delayed by Covid, shut down three times, slapped with an insurance lawsuit and saw its U.S. distributor Solstice Studios implode — received a rapturous response at the jam-packed Austin theatre. Throngs are definitely back here at SXSW.
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In its first collision with Oscar night,...
Much to Rodriguez’s relief, the $70 million Ben Affleck movie — which was delayed by Covid, shut down three times, slapped with an insurance lawsuit and saw its U.S. distributor Solstice Studios implode — received a rapturous response at the jam-packed Austin theatre. Throngs are definitely back here at SXSW.
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In its first collision with Oscar night,...
- 3/13/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro and Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Making a movie with your own child is perilous enough at a time when the media, which is stuffed with them, has decided that “nepo babies” are the latest blight on the eco-system of filmmaking. It’s even more of a risk when your private life has been splashed all over the tabloids, and the facts of that controversy — man leaves wife and kids to start a new family with a younger woman — are a key part of that movie. But whether or not Ewan McGregor and his daughter Clara saw the film as a chance for family therapy, or whether they even thought about these things at all, Emma Westenberg’s affecting, slow-burn debut leaves all that kind of real-world baggage firmly at the door.
It’s a shame that it follows so soon after Aftersun, but the truth is, You Sing Loud, I Sing Louder doesn’t share...
It’s a shame that it follows so soon after Aftersun, but the truth is, You Sing Loud, I Sing Louder doesn’t share...
- 3/12/2023
- by Damon Wise
- Deadline Film + TV
Casting father and daughter in a drama loosely based on their own relationship creates a fuzzy line between reality and fiction in You Sing Loud, I Sing Louder.
This uneven indie road-trip drama is at times too by-the-numbers but is always captivating thanks to its two stars, who hold the screen throughout. Ewan McGregor plays a landscaper with a pickup truck driving his daughter, played by Clara McGregor, to a destination he doesn’t share with her, or with us, until well into the film. We immediately see the distance between them, though, which is as vast as the wide, empty New Mexico landscape they’re passing, a lonely expanse of desert and scrub. He is clearly nervous with worry, and she is belligerent. Their characters have no names, a device that doesn’t serve any purpose, because these people are very specific. But the slow reveal of information works better than the no-name trick,...
This uneven indie road-trip drama is at times too by-the-numbers but is always captivating thanks to its two stars, who hold the screen throughout. Ewan McGregor plays a landscaper with a pickup truck driving his daughter, played by Clara McGregor, to a destination he doesn’t share with her, or with us, until well into the film. We immediately see the distance between them, though, which is as vast as the wide, empty New Mexico landscape they’re passing, a lonely expanse of desert and scrub. He is clearly nervous with worry, and she is belligerent. Their characters have no names, a device that doesn’t serve any purpose, because these people are very specific. But the slow reveal of information works better than the no-name trick,...
- 3/12/2023
- by Caryn James
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Apple’s music dramedy series Little Voice, from J.J. Abrams and the Waitress duo of Sara Bareilles and Jessie Nelson, has set its cast.
In the main roles are emerging actors Brittany O’Grady (Star), Shalini Bathina (Undergrad), Sean Teale (The Gifted) and Colton Ryan (Homeland). Also among cast are Samrat Chakrabarti, Gopal Divan, Sakina Jaffrey and Emma Hong.
The half-hour romantic dramedy was last year given a straight-to-series 10-episode order, which will feature original music by Grammy and Tony Award nominee Bareilles. The show is currently shooting in New York.
Described as a love letter to the diverse musicality of New York, Little Voice, which shares the title of Bareilles’ breakthrough album, will explore the journey of finding your voice in your early 20s. It is described as a fresh, intensely romantic tale of the search to find your true voice… and then the courage to use it.
In the main roles are emerging actors Brittany O’Grady (Star), Shalini Bathina (Undergrad), Sean Teale (The Gifted) and Colton Ryan (Homeland). Also among cast are Samrat Chakrabarti, Gopal Divan, Sakina Jaffrey and Emma Hong.
The half-hour romantic dramedy was last year given a straight-to-series 10-episode order, which will feature original music by Grammy and Tony Award nominee Bareilles. The show is currently shooting in New York.
Described as a love letter to the diverse musicality of New York, Little Voice, which shares the title of Bareilles’ breakthrough album, will explore the journey of finding your voice in your early 20s. It is described as a fresh, intensely romantic tale of the search to find your true voice… and then the courage to use it.
- 10/24/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
New York City rapper and singer-songwriter Princess Nokia brings chaos to the pageant world in her new video for “Sugar Honey Iced Tea (S.H.I.T.).”
Although the title recalls Kelis’ swooning love funk from 2003, Nokia’s taunting swagger reveals a different agenda: dunking on her haters. “Sugar honey iced tea/these bitches don’t like me,” spits Nokia over finger snaps, horns and the soaring runs of a gospel choir. “I got the juice, I got the Hi-c/No you can’t unlike me,” she boasts. “You got...
Although the title recalls Kelis’ swooning love funk from 2003, Nokia’s taunting swagger reveals a different agenda: dunking on her haters. “Sugar honey iced tea/these bitches don’t like me,” spits Nokia over finger snaps, horns and the soaring runs of a gospel choir. “I got the juice, I got the Hi-c/No you can’t unlike me,” she boasts. “You got...
- 9/16/2019
- by Suzy Exposito
- Rollingstone.com
Exclusive: Emma Westenberg is set to direct her first studio feature, which is set up at MGM. Westenberg, who directed the music video for Janelle Monáe’s song, Pynk, will helm Buffalo Flats, a film that is set around the vibrant world of NYC underground pop-up clubs. Molly’s Game and End of Watch producer Matt Jackson is attached to produce the project via his Jackson Pictures banner alongside Jason Essex, who co-wrote the script with Lamont Magee and Cory Tynan.
It tells the story of a former tap prodigy who is forced to confront his stage past after meeting a tenacious law school-bound dancer at his grandmother’s studio.
Dave Scott, the choreographer behind films like You Got Served, Stop The Yard, and some of the Step Up movies, will serve as choreographer and co-producer for Buffalo Flats. The pic will showcase Hoofin’, a form of hip hop tap dance.
It tells the story of a former tap prodigy who is forced to confront his stage past after meeting a tenacious law school-bound dancer at his grandmother’s studio.
Dave Scott, the choreographer behind films like You Got Served, Stop The Yard, and some of the Step Up movies, will serve as choreographer and co-producer for Buffalo Flats. The pic will showcase Hoofin’, a form of hip hop tap dance.
- 6/18/2019
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Troye Sivan nurses a (literally) heart-wrenching crush on a beach bartender in the vibrant “Lucky Strike” video. This past Sunday, Sivan was up for Best Original Song at the Golden Globes for his Boy Erased soundtrack contribution “Revelation.”
Emma Westenberg, who helmed Janelle Monáe’s “Pynk” video, directed the vivid, beach-set “Lucky Strike” visual. Sivan is seen sitting on the sand, surrounded by colorful beachgoers. He shares lingering glances with the man working at the oceanside bar before scenes of them alone together playing in the ocean soon follow before...
Emma Westenberg, who helmed Janelle Monáe’s “Pynk” video, directed the vivid, beach-set “Lucky Strike” visual. Sivan is seen sitting on the sand, surrounded by colorful beachgoers. He shares lingering glances with the man working at the oceanside bar before scenes of them alone together playing in the ocean soon follow before...
- 1/10/2019
- by Brittany Spanos
- Rollingstone.com
Janelle Monae’s new 44-minute “emotion picture” for “Dirty Computer” will premiere on MTV and Bet on April 26, the companies announced. Monae’s album will be released the following day. (View the trailer below.)
The film, which co-stars Tessa Thompson is described in a press release as “the story of a young woman named Jane 57821 (Janelle Monae), who is living in a totalitarian near-future society where citizens are referred to as ‘computers.’ … ‘Dirty Computer’ explores humanity and what truly happens to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness when mind and machines merge, and when the government chooses fear over freedom.” It was produced by Monae and directed by Andrew Donoho and Chuck Lightning, and features collaborations with video directors Alan Ferguson, Emma Westenberg and Lacey Duke.
The singer has already released four songs and three eye-popping videos from the album: the rapped “Django Jane” and the Prince-channeling “Make Me Feel” in February,...
The film, which co-stars Tessa Thompson is described in a press release as “the story of a young woman named Jane 57821 (Janelle Monae), who is living in a totalitarian near-future society where citizens are referred to as ‘computers.’ … ‘Dirty Computer’ explores humanity and what truly happens to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness when mind and machines merge, and when the government chooses fear over freedom.” It was produced by Monae and directed by Andrew Donoho and Chuck Lightning, and features collaborations with video directors Alan Ferguson, Emma Westenberg and Lacey Duke.
The singer has already released four songs and three eye-popping videos from the album: the rapped “Django Jane” and the Prince-channeling “Make Me Feel” in February,...
- 4/20/2018
- by Variety Staff
- Variety Film + TV
Filmmakers to show footage from six projects.
Tribeca Film Institute (Tfi) announced on Friday (April 13) the launch of its first Works In Progress programme, which aims to connect traditionally underrepresented filmmakers with industry professionals.
On April 21 at Cinepolis Chelsea, six selected fiction and documentary feature projects will showcase up to 20 minutes of excerpts from their works, most of which are in the post-production phase.
Fiction projects selected for the programme are: Crystal Swan directed by Darya Zhuk and co-written by Zhuk and Helga Landauer Olshvang; Jezebel written and directed by Numa Perrier; and Stranger’s Arms directed by Emma Westenberg and written by Valerie Kamen.
Tribeca Film Institute (Tfi) announced on Friday (April 13) the launch of its first Works In Progress programme, which aims to connect traditionally underrepresented filmmakers with industry professionals.
On April 21 at Cinepolis Chelsea, six selected fiction and documentary feature projects will showcase up to 20 minutes of excerpts from their works, most of which are in the post-production phase.
Fiction projects selected for the programme are: Crystal Swan directed by Darya Zhuk and co-written by Zhuk and Helga Landauer Olshvang; Jezebel written and directed by Numa Perrier; and Stranger’s Arms directed by Emma Westenberg and written by Valerie Kamen.
- 4/13/2018
- by Jenn Sherman
- ScreenDaily
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