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Friday Box Office: 'Before Midnight' Has Very Strong Opening Night
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While most box office reports today are going on about how "Fast & Furious 6" is headed for a huge Memorial Day weekend (and/or how "The Hangover Part III is not), there's another notable sequel-related story developing this weekend: Richard Linklater's "Before Midnight" is off to a very strong start from its limited debut last night. The film -- which has received overwhelmingly positive reviews across the board (including from Indiewire) -- sees Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke reprise their roles in what they recently joked was "the lowest grossing trilogy ever." Judging from Friday's numbers, that might not end up being the case either way, as distributor Sony Pictures Classics reported "Midnight" grossed $71,445 from 5 theaters New York, Los Angeles and Austin.Those aren't "Fast & Furious" numbers, but they are impressively on par with the first day of the film's predecessor, "Before Sunset," which grossed $72,941 when it opened on July »
- Peter Knegt
'Venus in Fur' Director Roman Polanski at Cannes: 'I've lived long enough to know I can direct.'
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Capping off this year's Cannes competition, Roman Polanski's "Venus In Fur" brought sex, laughs, applause and a handful of enthusiastic bravos to the final weekend of the festival. Polanski's follow-up to his film adaptation of the award-winning play "Carnage" is another adaptation of an award-winning play (in this case an erotic two-hander by David Ives) set in a sole location -- in "Carnage" the action unfolded in a cramped apartment, in "Venus in Fur," a theater. Polanski's wife and frequent collaborator Emmanuelle Seigner gives a wildly engaging performance as Vanda, an actress who shows up late to an audition for Thomas (Mathieu Almaric), a writer-director with some sadomasochist issues. What transpires over the course of their meeting is a battle of the sexes, where both weave in and out of playing Thomas' characters, blurring the line between what's written in his play and what's happening in reality. As Polanski »
- Nigel M Smith
Forget 'The Great Gatsby,' The Best 3D Movie at Cannes Is Directed By Jean-Luc Godard
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A jumbled semiotics class on acid, the 3D anthology film "3X3D" is the second omnibus project produced by the European Capital of Culture (following last year's "Centro Historico"), but it stands alone as a uniquely strange experience. The concise feature, the closing night selection of Cannes' Critics Week section, gathers together disparate experimental works that explore historical memory, technology and the evolving state of current cinema. An intentionally obtuse experiment, "3X3D" is a visual assault in three dimensions unlike any other 3D movie out there due in part to the envelope-pushing nature of the filmmakers involved: Britain art house great Peter Greenaway, Portugal's Edgar Péra, and a certain French New Wave legend named Jean Luc-Godard. While not exactly a consistent experience, "3X3D" presents a beguiling sensory overload that doesn't always work but certainly never drags. Among the three installments, Pêra's concluding short is undoubtedly the weakest and. »
- Eric Kohn
With 'Only Lovers Left Alive,' Jim Jarmusch Caps a Great Year For American Auteurs in Cannes
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If the fashionable bloodsuckers of the "Twilight" movies traded their frantic stares for expressions of ennui, they might have something in common with Adam (Tom Hiddleston) and Eve (Tilda Swinton), the retro cool vampires at the heart of Jim Jarmusch's "Only Lovers Left Alive." But that could never happen. Jarmusch's characters are always too hip for the mainstream, which he reminds viewers by making a welcome return to the realm of deadpan comedies that put his work on the map in the first place. Not that he ever drifted too far from it. A centuries-old couple bored with contemporary society, Adam and Eve spend part of the movie living separately in Detroit and Tangiers before uniting at each location, muttering refrains about modern culture and recalling better times. They have sparse company in their understated despair: An enjoyable John Hurt surfaces in a few scenes to play the stately Jonathan Marlowe, »
- Eric Kohn
Jim Jarmusch's Tilda Swinton Vampire Pic 'Only Lovers Left Alive' Heads From Cannes To Sony Classics
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A day before its official premiere in Cannes, Jim Jarmusch's "Only Lovers Left Alive" has been picked up by Sony Pictures Classics for U.S. Release. Starring Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston, Mia Wasikowska, John Hurt, Anton Yelchin and Jeffrey Wright, the film follows a love story between two vampires (played by Swinton and Hiddleston). Full press release below. Check out this review on The Playlist. New York (May 24, 2013) - Sony Pictures Classics announced today that they have acquired all North American rights to Jim Jarmusch’s Only Lovers Left Alive, which will have its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival tomorrow in the In Competition section. The film was produced by Jeremy Thomas of Recorded Picture Company and Reinhard Brundig of Pandora Film. Christos Konstantakopoulos of Fairilo House served as executive producer. Starring Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston, Mia Wasikowska, John Hurt, Anton Yelchin and Jeffrey Wright, Only Lovers Left Alive takes place. »
- Peter Knegt
Vote for Project of the Week! Will It Be 'Benning and Linklater,' 'Finders,' 'Councilwoman' or 'Above'?
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Vote below for this week's Project of the Week. The winning filmmaker will receive a digital distribution consultation from SnagFilms and will become a candidate for Project of the Month. That winner will be awarded with a creative consultation from the fine folks at the Tribeca Film Institute! The four projects up for the prize: "Cinéma, de notre temps: James Benning and Richard Linklater," "Finders Keepers," "Councilwoman Castillo" and "Above All Else." Voting will end on Monday May 27, at 11Am Eastern. Note: Votes are confirmed by email. After voting, please look for an email from Poll Daddy and confirm your vote. Indiewire nor PollDaddy use your email address after the confirmation, but if you do want to sign up for our newsletter, why Don't you mosey on over here and do so! Which">http://polldaddy.com/poll/7127568/">Which Project Do You Most Want to See? »
- Indiewire
Watch: Chilling Trailer for Acclaimed Doc 'The Act of Killing,' Executive Produced by Werner Herzog and Errol Morris
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Gearing up for the documentary's release later this summer courtesy of Drafthouse Films, an official Us trailer for "The Act of Killing" was released online today. Joshua Oppenheimer's acclaimed, troubling film has former Indonesian death squad leaders recounting the atrocities that they committed. Forgoing the usual format of talking-head testimony, they instead reenact the memories of what they did and experienced through various film genres of their choosing, from gangster to Hollywood musical. Read More: Harrowing 'Act of Killing' Is the Most Unsettling Movie About Mass Killing Since 'Shoah' The strange and disturbing nature of this conceit is on full display in the film's trailer. The film will be officially hitting Us theaters on July 19th. »
- Clint Holloway
2013 Cinéfondation Awards Prizes to 'Needle,' 'Waiting For The Thaw,' 'In the Fishbowl' and 'Pandas'
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At Cannes today, the Cinéfondation and Short Films Jury announced the 2013 Cinéfondation Prizes in a ceremony held at the Buñuel Theater. The first prize went to Anahita Ghazvinizadeh, a student at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, for her short film "Needle," which follows a young girl who is going to get her ears pierced. In addition to a €15,000 cash prize, Ghazvinizadeh is also promised the opportunity to show her first feature film at Cannes in the future. The second prize was awarded to "Waiting For The Thaw," directed by Sarah Hirtt, a student at Insas in Belgium. The third prize was shared between Tudor Cristian Jurgiu of Romania's Unatc and Matúš Vizár of Czech Republic's Famu for their respective films "In the Fishbowl" and "Pandas." Now in its 16th year, the Cinéfondation has continually devoted itself to supporting and championing filmmakers of the next generation. This year's »
- Clint Holloway
Watch: Four New Clips From 'Arrested Development' Find Gob Tending Bees and Lindsay Letting Go of Material Things
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This Sunday, May 26 at 12:01am Pt, 15 new episodes of "Arrested Development" go live on Netflix, and plenty of people are ready to settle in for hours and binge-watch the lot of them, show creator Mitchell Hurwitz's advice to the contrary be damned. Until then, though, Netflix has been pretty stingy about the details of the new season, with cast members like Jessica Walter watching their words when talking about the installments and the trailer foremost serving as a reminder that all of the main characters are returning. The company released four new short clips today, which you can watch below, and while they don't offer much more by way of hints about what's to come, they provide an assurance that the show's sense of humor hasn't gotten any less odd in its time off the air. »
- Alison Willmore
Watch: A Gorgeous, Lyrical Trailer for 'Ain't Them Bodies Saints,' Starring Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara
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David Lowery's "Ain't Them Bodies Saints" finally has a trailer, so that everyone who wasn't lucky enough to see it at Sundance or at Cannes, where it's coming off a set of special screenings as part of Critics' Week, can get a hint of what the fuss is about. The film is set in Texas Hill Country in the 1970s and stars Casey Affleck as an outlaw who escapes from prison in hopes of reuniting with his wife (Rooney Mara) and the child he's never met. Reviewing the film at Sundance, Eric Kohn wrote that "As beautifully shot as it is performed by its two leads, 'Ain't Them Bodies Saints' channels genre expectations into sheer poetry." The lyrical trailer, below, highlights some of that poetry in its magic hour gorgeousness -- the film will open in theaters on August 16, courtesy of IFC Films. »
- Alison Willmore
Well Go USA Acquires Filipino Thriller 'On The Job' Ahead of Its Cannes Premiere
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Ahead of its world premiere in the Director's Fortnight at Cannes today, Well Go USA has acquired all North American rights to "On The Job." Directed by Erik Matti, the Filipino crime thriller was inspired by a real-life scandal in which prison inmates were temporarily released from prison to work as contract killers on behalf of corrupt politicians. The cast includes many of the country's most popular mainstream actors, including Piolo Pascual and Gerald Anderson. "'On The Job' reiterates that it is an exciting time for Filipino cinema," said Doris Pfardrescher, President, Well Go USA Entertainment. "We are thrilled we were able to acquire the movie before its premiere in Cannes and can’t wait to bring it to audiences in North America." Following its premiere on the Croisette, Well Go USA plan to theatrically release the film stateside in the fall. "All the hard work and patience has paid off, »
- Clint Holloway
Cannes: Guillaume Gallienne's 'Me Myself and Mum' Takes Directors' Fortnight Prize
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Guillaume Gallienne's "Me Myself and Mum" won the two top prizes at the 45th Directors' Fortnight, earning both the Art Cinema Award and the Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers' Prize. Serge Bozon's comedy-thriller "Tip Top" also received a special mention by the Sacd jury. Prize for best European film in Directors' Fortnight went to "The Selfish Giant," the narrative debut of Clio Barnard ("The Arbor"). In "Me Myself and Mum," an adaptation of Gallienne's one-man show, is based on his own story of a childhood in which everyone -- including his mom -- assumes he's gay. Gallienne plays himself in addition to other roles; Diane Kruger co-stars. "Tip Top," an adaptation of Bill James' novel, stars Isabelle Huppert and Sandrine Kiberlain as detectives investigating the murder of an informant. "The Selfish Giant," a very loose adaptation of the Oscar Wilde fairy tale, was acquired after its »
- Indiewire
Lifetime's 'Ring of Fire' Director Allison Anders: How to Be An Indie Filmmaker in a TV World
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"Lifetime Movie" brings connotations of rickety production values and hastily adapted true-crime subject matter like the Jodi Arias case (which will indeed be enacted on the channel in "Dirty Little Secret" -- announced just a week after the verdict was handed down and set to air on June 22). But the network also makes periodic ventures into higher-end programming -- 2009 found Bob Balaban directing Joan Allen and Jeremy Irons in 'Georgia O'Keeffe," Lindsay Lohan and Grant Bowler (ahem) got attention for last year's "Liz & Dick" while Kenny Leon helmed an African-American remake of "Steel Magnolias," and "American Psycho" filmmaker Mary Harron is attached to "Anna Nicole," scheduled to air in June. The director of "Ring of Fire," the Lifetime original June Carter Cash biopic starring Jewel that's set to premiere Monday, May 27 at 9pm, is another name that will be familiar to indie film fans -- Allison Anders, a prominent figure »
- Alison Willmore
Read the First Chapter of Scott Thorson's 'Behind The Candelabra,' the Book on Which Steven Soderbergh's HBO Movie is Based
24 May 2013 9:03 AM, PDT
Steven Soderbergh's highly anticipated Liberace biopic "Behind The Candelabra" will air on HBO this Sunday after receiving rave reviews at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this week. Starring Michael Douglas and Matt Damon, the film is adapted from "Behind the Candelabra: My Life With Liberace," by Scott Thorson with Alex Thorleifson, newly re-published by Tantor Media with a new afterword written by Thorson. You can buy the book here, but Indiewire has the complete first chapter below. On November 11, 1918, headlines around, the globe trumpeted: Peace! World War I, the war to end all wars, had come to an end. American doughboys were headed home and with them came a new sophistication, a new worldview. A popular song posed the question, “How’re you gonna keep them down on the farm after they’ve seen Paree?” There would be no keeping the boys who fought their way across Europe “down on the farm. »
- Scott Thorson
Red Herring Names Indiewire Parent SnagFilms To the Top 100 Tech Companies in North America
24 May 2013 8:25 AM, PDT
Indiewire parent company SnagFilms has been awarded Red Herring's Top 100 North America award, which honors "the year's most promising private technology companies" in America that are "positioned to grow at an explosive rate." From a pool of more than 1,000 candidates, Red Herring’s editorial staff selected the winning companies on 20 different quantitative and qualitative criteria such as financial performance, technology innovation, management quality, strategy and market penetration. "For nearly two decades, making the Red Herring 100 has been the tech world’s equivalent of winning an Oscar," said SnagFilms CEO Rick Allen. "We are honored to have been recognized as a social media platform that uses technology to bring the world’s best films to the broadest possible audience. "The timing of this recognition could not be better, as we launch the next generation of our web platform next month. We are proud of our team, grateful to our investors, and energized by Red Herring’s. »
- Indiewire
'The Immigrant' Director James Gray Says He Is 'Unabashedly Pro Immigration' at Cannes
24 May 2013 8:16 AM, PDT
It was no surprise really that American filmmaker James Gray would be asked for his opinions on immigration policy during the Cannes press conference for his latest work "The Immigrant," simply given that title. Still, his response was a solid one that shed a great deal of light on the defining reason he went down the period route (it's set in 1921) for the first time with this film. In the film, Marion Cotillard gives a superb performance as Ewa, a Polish woman with a mysterious past who immigrates to New York in the hope of a better life for her and her sister. When her sister is detained by authorities and confined after she shows signs of illness, Ewa meets a seedy show runner (Joaquin Phoenix), who takes her in and forces her into prostitution. With the money earned, Ewa hopes to free her sister and be reunited. Read More: »
- Nigel M Smith
Mary Harron's Anna Nicole Smith Lifetime Movie Will Premiere in June
24 May 2013 8:15 AM, PDT
"American Psycho" director may have seemed like an odd fit for a Lifetime Movie when the network's first announced it'd be working with her in October, but Mary Harron did chronicle the life of a famous pin-up in "The Notorious Bettie Page" -- Anna Nicole Smith may not be quite as iconic, but she's also not completely foreign territory for the filmmaker. Now Lifetime has set a date for "Anna Nicole," which Harron directed and which stars Agnes Bruckner ("Blue Car") as the model and actress. The film will premiere on Saturday, June 29, at 8:00pm, and co-stars Martin Landau as Smith's 89-year-old oil tycoon husband J. Howard Marshall, Virginia Madsen as Smith's mother Virgie Arthur, Adam Goldberg as Smith's attorney and lover Howard K. Stern, and Cary Elwes as E. Pierce Marshall, who fought Smith's claim to half of his father and her husband's estate after he passed away. »
- Alison Willmore
Sony Pictures Classics Acquires Cannes Critics' Week Winner 'The Lunchbox'
24 May 2013 7:46 AM, PDT
Sony Pictures Classics today acquired North American rights to "The Lunchbox," winner of the Viewer's Choice Award, Grand Rail d'Or, at the 2013 Cannes Critics' Week. Full release below: Sony Pictures Classics Acquires Critics’ Week Grand Rail D’Or Winner The Lunchbox New York (May 24, 2013) - Sony Pictures Classics announced today that they have acquired all North American rights to the Viewer’s Choice Award, Grand Rail d’Or, winner at the 2013 Critics’ Week, The Lunchbox. The film, written and directed by Ritesh Batra, stars Irrfan Khan (Life Of Pi), Nimrat Kaur and Nakul Vaid. The Lunchbox is produced by Gunneet Monga and Anurag Kashyap of Sikhya Entertainment (India) and Arun Rangachari of Dar Motion Pictures (India), co-produced by Nina Lath Gupta of Nfdc (India), Shanaab Alam, Vivek Rangachari, Sunil John, Nittin Keni, Karsten Stöter and Benny Drechsel of Rohfilm (Germany), Cedomir Kolar and Marc Baschet »
- Indiewire
President George H.W. Bush Hosts Pre-Memorial Day Screening of 'Honor Flight' in Maine
24 May 2013 7:38 AM, PDT
President George H.W. Bush hosted a screening of the film "Honor Flight" Thursday evening in Kennebunkport, Me. The documentary focuses on four World War II veterans and their journey to the memorial site in Washington, D.C. “It was wonderful to see a community come together in such an extraordinary way," the former President and WWII veteran said. "The film’s ability to reach out to fellow veterans, friends, and family is what makes this country great. Barbara joins me in saluting everyone involved in 'Honor Flight' and congratulating the makers of this remarkable film for bringing this story to the big screen.” “Honor Flight” focuses on four World War II veterans attempting to fly to Washington, DC to see the monuments dedicated in their honor. The film’s title comes from the Honor Flight Network, the organization responsible for the men’s journey to our nation’s capital. »
- Ben Travers
Roman Polanski's Rarely Seen Formula 1 Racing Doc 'Weekend of a Champion' Is Restored and Updated at Cannes
24 May 2013 7:01 AM, PDT
In May 1971, Roman Polanski went to Monaco with documentarian Frank Simon to shadow the world's greatest Formula 1 racer, Jackie Stewart. The result, a personable chronicle in which Polanski appears on camera casually chatting with Simon and hearing about his craft, never received a proper U.S. release. Rarely screened around the world, "Weekend of a Champion" was praised by racing enthusiasts but otherwise remained a near-mythological sidenote to the more significant credits Polanski accrued during that major period of his career. Four years ago, Polanski learned that the negative of the film was going to be destroyed in the U.K. and decided to salvage it by heading up a restoration. Now, an updated version of "Weekend of a Champion," including some 15 minutes of modern day footage added tacked onto the end -- has premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. Sales company Submarine Entertainment is currently shopping around theatrical rights, »
- Eric Kohn
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