A24 continues its stream of special runs opening dark comedy Dream Scenario in limited release on six screens in New York and LA. Written and directed by Kristoffer Borgli (Sick Of Myself) and produced by Ari Aster, it stars Nicolas Cage as a hapless family man whose life is turned upside down when millions of strangers suddenly start seeing him in their dreams.
The film premiered at Toronto Film Festival to stellar reviews (see Deadline’s here). A24 had a SAG-AFTRA waiver and Cage began promoting the film at TIFF. The English-language debut for Norwegian helmer Borgli — whose satire Sick Of Myself premiered at Cannes last year — also features Julianne Nicholson, Michael Cera, Kate Berlant, Nicholas Braun and Noah Centineo.
Opens NY at AMC Lincoln Square, Angelika, Alamo, In LA at The Grove, Century City, Burbank. Q&As with filmmaker Borgli and cast members Berlant (who plays an executive...
The film premiered at Toronto Film Festival to stellar reviews (see Deadline’s here). A24 had a SAG-AFTRA waiver and Cage began promoting the film at TIFF. The English-language debut for Norwegian helmer Borgli — whose satire Sick Of Myself premiered at Cannes last year — also features Julianne Nicholson, Michael Cera, Kate Berlant, Nicholas Braun and Noah Centineo.
Opens NY at AMC Lincoln Square, Angelika, Alamo, In LA at The Grove, Century City, Burbank. Q&As with filmmaker Borgli and cast members Berlant (who plays an executive...
- 11/10/2023
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
This Much We Know is the kind of film that digs into your neural network and rewires it ever so slightly so that you see the world a little bit differently. Based on the quasi-nonfiction book About a Mountain by John D'Agata, the new documentary is similarly structuralist in its approach, but with a more personal and emotional twist from filmmaker L. Frances Henderson. She narrates with a detached objectivity, giving you the facts about a teenager's suicide more than two decades ago, and her own friend's suicide; about a proposed nuclear waste repository in Yucca Mountain; about the city of Las Vegas and its unique, artificial oasis in the desert.
Seemingly disparate strands are woven together in this expertly edited and directed documentary. Henderson spoke with MovieWeb about the personal background behind the film, its exploration of grief and death, and the limits of knowledge itself.
Adapting John D'Agata...
Seemingly disparate strands are woven together in this expertly edited and directed documentary. Henderson spoke with MovieWeb about the personal background behind the film, its exploration of grief and death, and the limits of knowledge itself.
Adapting John D'Agata...
- 11/10/2023
- by Matt Mahler
- MovieWeb
“A new ignorance is on the horizon, an ignorance borne not of a lack of knowledge but of too much knowledge, too much data, too many theories, too little time," writes Eugene Thacker in the third and final volume of his Horror of Philosophy series, Tentacles Longer Than Night. One certainly gets that feeling while reading John D'Agata's book About a Mountain, and watching L. Frances Henderson's new documentary adaptation of it, This Much We Know. We know a lot — scores of graphs, charts, statistics, experts, theories, and scenarios — but in the face of this excess, we confront the inevitable impasse of knowledge. We can't know the future, and we can't know why people do the things they do. We can't ever really know why he or she died by suicide.
The investigation into a suicide is a major component of This Much We Know. At the time,...
The investigation into a suicide is a major component of This Much We Know. At the time,...
- 11/9/2023
- by Matt Mahler
- MovieWeb
"You belong to the generation that will manage high level nuclear waste." Oscilloscope Labs released the trailer for a fascinating documentary film titled This Much We Know, made by filmmaker L. Frances Henderson. This initially premiere at the Camden Film Festival + Doc NYC last year, finally opening in the US this fall. Starting in NYC at Firehouse: Dctv's Cinema for Documentary Film, on Friday, November 10th, then in Los Angeles at Laemmle Monica Film Center on Wednesday, November 15th, with additional cities later. Grieving the suicide of a close friend, a filmmaker travels to Las Vegas at the peak of a suicide epidemic in an attempt to study the issue & find answers. There, she comes across the story of Levi Presley, a happy & accomplished young man, who suddenly jumped off the city's tallest casino. Adapted from the book "About a Mountain", this free-wielding doc explores the hidden waste of the American dream.
- 10/26/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
This Much We Know is a deeply personal documentary that explores suicide, nuclear waste, and existential questions in Las Vegas. Filmmaker L. Frances Henderson draws from various documentary styles to convey reality and merge different storylines. The film is motivated by the director's personal experience with a friend's suicide and aims to provoke thought on understanding complex issues and questioning truth.
The newly released trailer for the upcoming documentary This Much We Know studies suicide, Vegas, and nuclear waste as a filmmaker uncovers the kind of true story that you just couldn’t make up. A film by L. Frances Henderson, This Much We Know begins when the filmmaker investigates the suicide of Las Vegas teenager Levi Presley and ends up delving into the secrets kept by the city with the highest suicide rate in the country, and a nation scrambling to bury decades of nuclear waste in a nearby mountain.
The newly released trailer for the upcoming documentary This Much We Know studies suicide, Vegas, and nuclear waste as a filmmaker uncovers the kind of true story that you just couldn’t make up. A film by L. Frances Henderson, This Much We Know begins when the filmmaker investigates the suicide of Las Vegas teenager Levi Presley and ends up delving into the secrets kept by the city with the highest suicide rate in the country, and a nation scrambling to bury decades of nuclear waste in a nearby mountain.
- 10/26/2023
- by Jonathan Fuge
- MovieWeb
The fall is often perceived as the launch pad for awards season, as numerous prestige films compete for attention in the final weeks of the year. For much of the film community, however, it’s also the first major window into movies worth talking about next year. That’s because the Sundance Film Festival lineup typically drops in the middle of November, shaking up the holiday season with a mixture of familiar faces and newcomers who could make an impact in Park City this January. With programmers working in overdrive to complete the lineup in the coming weeks, and filmmakers praying to break through as the deadlines loom, we’ve cobbled together as much intel as we can for this extensive preview featuring dozens of promising titles that stand a good chance at making their way to Sundance this year. As usual, we’ve tried to avoid projects that are...
- 11/20/2017
- by Eric Kohn, Jude Dry, Chris O'Falt, Kate Erbland, Jenna Marotta, David Ehrlich and Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
The heart of Paris beats for film industry in June. Industry Week is the professional part of the Champs-Elysées Film Festival.
The submissions for Us in Progress are now open till August 15th here.
This label includes the Us in Progress (USiP) and Les Arc Film Fesstival’s team presenting the Paris Coproduction Village and La Residence de la Cinefondation which welcomes a dozen young directors who come to Paris to work on their first or second fiction feature project for 4 and 1/2 months. All together, they offer 24 film projects at different stages, from development to post production. More than 200 professionals from the industry, producers, international sellers, distributors, etc. are welcomed.
This year Us in Progress broke out. It has become a top event for discovering American independent cinema not only for the Europeans invited to attend, but for Americans who find themselves in Paris for the event or who even...
The submissions for Us in Progress are now open till August 15th here.
This label includes the Us in Progress (USiP) and Les Arc Film Fesstival’s team presenting the Paris Coproduction Village and La Residence de la Cinefondation which welcomes a dozen young directors who come to Paris to work on their first or second fiction feature project for 4 and 1/2 months. All together, they offer 24 film projects at different stages, from development to post production. More than 200 professionals from the industry, producers, international sellers, distributors, etc. are welcomed.
This year Us in Progress broke out. It has become a top event for discovering American independent cinema not only for the Europeans invited to attend, but for Americans who find themselves in Paris for the event or who even...
- 7/26/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Wild Nights With Emily, about an illicit romance, scoops €50,000 top prize.
Us playwright and director Madeleine Olnek’s Wild Nights With Emily, inspired by the secret love life of Us poet Emily Dickinson, has won the sixth edition of Us in Progress in Paris.
Taking place June 20-22 as part of the industry wing of the Champs-Elysées Film Festival, the event showcased five independent Us feature productions at the rough-cut stage.
It is a joint initiative between the festival and the American Film Festival in Wroclaw, Poland.
Wild Nights With Emily revolves around Dickinson’s hushed-up affair with her brother’s wife Susan Dickinson,...
Us playwright and director Madeleine Olnek’s Wild Nights With Emily, inspired by the secret love life of Us poet Emily Dickinson, has won the sixth edition of Us in Progress in Paris.
Taking place June 20-22 as part of the industry wing of the Champs-Elysées Film Festival, the event showcased five independent Us feature productions at the rough-cut stage.
It is a joint initiative between the festival and the American Film Festival in Wroclaw, Poland.
Wild Nights With Emily revolves around Dickinson’s hushed-up affair with her brother’s wife Susan Dickinson,...
- 6/23/2017
- ScreenDaily
Wild Nights With Emily, about an illicit romance, scoops €50,000 top prize.
Us playwright and director Madeleine Olnek’s Wild Nights With Emily, inspired by the secret love life of Us poet Emily Dickinson, has won the sixth edition of Us in Progress in Paris.
Taking place June 20-22 as part of the industry wing of the Champs-Elysées Film Festival, the event showcased five independent Us feature productions at the rough-cut stage.
It is a joint initiative between the festival and the American Film Festival in Wroclaw, Poland.
Wild Nights With Emily revolves around Dickinson’s hushed-up affair with her brother’s wife Susan Dickinson,...
Us playwright and director Madeleine Olnek’s Wild Nights With Emily, inspired by the secret love life of Us poet Emily Dickinson, has won the sixth edition of Us in Progress in Paris.
Taking place June 20-22 as part of the industry wing of the Champs-Elysées Film Festival, the event showcased five independent Us feature productions at the rough-cut stage.
It is a joint initiative between the festival and the American Film Festival in Wroclaw, Poland.
Wild Nights With Emily revolves around Dickinson’s hushed-up affair with her brother’s wife Susan Dickinson,...
- 6/23/2017
- ScreenDaily
Works-in-progress event will run June 20-22 in Paris.
Us indie directors Charlie Birns and Madeline Olnek will present features at the sixth edition of Us in Progress in Paris.
Due to take place June 20-22, the event is a joint initiative between the American Film Festival in Wroclaw, the Champs-Elysées Film Festival in Paris and Black Rabbit in New York.
A total of five feature-length fiction works and documentaries will be presented at the event including Birns’s surrogate mother drama Family Affairs, his debut feature after a trio of shorts.
Respected New York playwright and film-maker Madeleine Olnek will present her Emily Dickinson-inspired third feature Wild Nights With Emily.
Rough-cuts of the participating films will be presented to 40 European sales agents, distributors, festival programmers and producers.
The winning film will get post-production, acquisition and promotion services offered by a number of sponsors from the independent cinema scene in Paris.
Us in Progress...
Us indie directors Charlie Birns and Madeline Olnek will present features at the sixth edition of Us in Progress in Paris.
Due to take place June 20-22, the event is a joint initiative between the American Film Festival in Wroclaw, the Champs-Elysées Film Festival in Paris and Black Rabbit in New York.
A total of five feature-length fiction works and documentaries will be presented at the event including Birns’s surrogate mother drama Family Affairs, his debut feature after a trio of shorts.
Respected New York playwright and film-maker Madeleine Olnek will present her Emily Dickinson-inspired third feature Wild Nights With Emily.
Rough-cuts of the participating films will be presented to 40 European sales agents, distributors, festival programmers and producers.
The winning film will get post-production, acquisition and promotion services offered by a number of sponsors from the independent cinema scene in Paris.
Us in Progress...
- 5/22/2017
- ScreenDaily
Easily among our favorite curated lists/annual page turners, Filmmaker Magazine has unveiled their 25 New Faces (or 29, when you count the quad creative teams) for 2014, highlighting talents that would also get our vote. Among those with a future that is bright, we’ve got a good sampling from this year’s Sundance Film Fest in A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night‘s helmer Ana Lily Amirpour, short film gold nugget helmers Janicza Bravo (see pic above) & Bernardo Britto, the versatile, can’t sit still Dustin Guy Defa who moves in front of (Swim Little Fish Swim, Computer Chess) and behind the camera for SXSW and Sundance short and feature length film items and, the future is bright cinematographer Sean Porter who we first discovered with It Felt Like Love and then laid it on thick with the Zellner Bros.’ Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter. Here are the individual profiles.
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- 7/17/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
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