At Monday’s post-screening Soho House Academy reception for filmmaker Rebecca Miller’s long-in-the-works HBO documentary about her father, “Arthur Miller: Writer,” was family friend Steven Spielberg, whose foundation provided bridge financing for this intimate family portrait of the “Death of a Salesman” playwright who was once married to Marilyn Monroe.
Read More:‘Spielberg’: The 9 Most Surprising Things You’ll Learn About the Filmmaker in HBO’s Documentary
Spielberg told me he had just locked final cut of his anticipated Watergate era drama “The Post” (Twentieth Century Fox, December 22), which stars Meryl Streep as Washington Post owner Katharine Graham and Tom Hanks as editor Ben Bradlee. Spielberg will complete the final sound mix with John Williams’ score next Monday. Fox will book late November screenings to meet critics’ group deadlines.
Spielberg is also working closely with Ilm on the massive number of visual effects for his next epic, ’80s-inflected “Ready Player One” (Warner Bros.,...
Read More:‘Spielberg’: The 9 Most Surprising Things You’ll Learn About the Filmmaker in HBO’s Documentary
Spielberg told me he had just locked final cut of his anticipated Watergate era drama “The Post” (Twentieth Century Fox, December 22), which stars Meryl Streep as Washington Post owner Katharine Graham and Tom Hanks as editor Ben Bradlee. Spielberg will complete the final sound mix with John Williams’ score next Monday. Fox will book late November screenings to meet critics’ group deadlines.
Spielberg is also working closely with Ilm on the massive number of visual effects for his next epic, ’80s-inflected “Ready Player One” (Warner Bros.,...
- 11/8/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
At Monday’s post-screening Soho House Academy reception for filmmaker Rebecca Miller’s long-in-the-works HBO documentary about her father, “Arthur Miller: Writer,” was family friend Steven Spielberg, whose foundation provided bridge financing for this intimate family portrait of the “Death of a Salesman” playwright who was once married to Marilyn Monroe.
Read More:‘Spielberg’: The 9 Most Surprising Things You’ll Learn About the Filmmaker in HBO’s Documentary
Spielberg told me he had just locked final cut of his anticipated Watergate era drama “The Post” (Twentieth Century Fox, December 22), which stars Meryl Streep as Washington Post owner Katharine Graham and Tom Hanks as editor Ben Bradlee. Spielberg will complete the final sound mix with John Williams’ score next Monday. Fox will book late November screenings to meet critics’ group deadlines.
Spielberg is also working closely with Ilm on the massive number of visual effects for his next epic, ’80s-inflected “Ready Player One” (Warner Bros.,...
Read More:‘Spielberg’: The 9 Most Surprising Things You’ll Learn About the Filmmaker in HBO’s Documentary
Spielberg told me he had just locked final cut of his anticipated Watergate era drama “The Post” (Twentieth Century Fox, December 22), which stars Meryl Streep as Washington Post owner Katharine Graham and Tom Hanks as editor Ben Bradlee. Spielberg will complete the final sound mix with John Williams’ score next Monday. Fox will book late November screenings to meet critics’ group deadlines.
Spielberg is also working closely with Ilm on the massive number of visual effects for his next epic, ’80s-inflected “Ready Player One” (Warner Bros.,...
- 11/8/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
“For an intellectual product of any value to exert an immediate influence which shall also be deep and lasting, it must rest on an inner harmony, yes, an affinity, between the personal destiny of its author and that of his contemporaries in general.”—Thomas Mann, Death in Venice Barry Lyndon. I can’t believe there was a time when I didn’t know that name. Barry Lyndon means an artwork both grand and glum. Sadness inconsolable. A cello bends out a lurid sound, staining the air before a piano droopingly follows in the third movement of Vivaldi's “Cello Concerto in E Minor.” This piece, which dominates the second half of the film, steers the hallowed half of my head to bask in the film’s high melancholic temperature. Why should I so often remember it? What did I have to do with this film? I only received it with...
- 10/15/2017
- MUBI
AwesomenessTV has begun production on new scripted series My Dead Ex, set to premiere on go90 in 2018. Described as your classic, will-they-won’t-they romance story, My Dead Ex centers around Charley who is living a typical teenage girl's life. Ben, Charley's not so secret admirer, isn't living at all. But a little thing like death can't stop these two teens from falling in love. Or maybe it can. Katherine Hughes (Me, Earl, and the Dying Girl) stars as Charley and Ryan Lee…...
- 9/21/2017
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: Olivia Colman (The Lobster), Alice Englert (Ginger and Rosa) and Thomas Mann (Me, Earl and the Dying Girl) have been set to star in Them That Follow, which Brittany Poulton and Daniel Savage will direct from their original screenplay. Bradley Gallo and Michael Helfant will produce for Amasia Entertainment, along with Gerard Butler, Alan Siegel and Danielle Robinson for G-base. Amasia is financing an October shoot in Ohio. Them That Follow is a dramatic thriller…...
- 8/17/2017
- Deadline
Mark Harrison May 19, 2017
From the currently playing Their Finest to the likes of Bowfinger and Boogie Nights, we salute the movies about making movies...
If you haven't caught up yet, Their Finest is currently playing in UK cinemas and it's a gorgeous little love letter to perseverance through storytelling, set against the backdrop of a film production office at the British Ministry of Information during the Second World War. Based on Lissa Evans' novel, Gemma Arterton and Bill Nighy play characters whose access to the film industry has been contingent on the global crisis that takes other young men away from such trifling matters, and it's a real joy to watch.
Among other things, the film got us thinking about other films about making films. We're not talking about documentaries, even though Hearts Of Darkness, the documentary about the making of Apocalypse Now, may be the greatest film about...
From the currently playing Their Finest to the likes of Bowfinger and Boogie Nights, we salute the movies about making movies...
If you haven't caught up yet, Their Finest is currently playing in UK cinemas and it's a gorgeous little love letter to perseverance through storytelling, set against the backdrop of a film production office at the British Ministry of Information during the Second World War. Based on Lissa Evans' novel, Gemma Arterton and Bill Nighy play characters whose access to the film industry has been contingent on the global crisis that takes other young men away from such trifling matters, and it's a real joy to watch.
Among other things, the film got us thinking about other films about making films. We're not talking about documentaries, even though Hearts Of Darkness, the documentary about the making of Apocalypse Now, may be the greatest film about...
- 5/3/2017
- Den of Geek
Logan Lerman and soon-to-be Ready Player One star Olivia Cooke have come attached to headline Tracking of a Russian Spy, THR has learned.
The timely thriller mines inspiration from Mitch Swenson’s memoir in which a taboo romance spawns between the journalist Swenson (Lerman) and Katya, an enigmatic Russian woman, after the two cross paths in a New York nightclub. American Ultra‘s Nima Nourizadeh has been appointed at the helm, with StudioCanal and The Picture Company leveraging financial support. It should be noted that Lerman and Cooke’s respective deals are in the final stages, and though neither has signed on the dotted line at the time of writing, THR’s report indicates that early signs are positive.
And for two of Hollywood’s brightest up-and-comers, Tracking of a Russian Spy is a difficult project to pass up. After breaking hearts in Me, Earl & the Dying Girl, Olivia Cooke...
The timely thriller mines inspiration from Mitch Swenson’s memoir in which a taboo romance spawns between the journalist Swenson (Lerman) and Katya, an enigmatic Russian woman, after the two cross paths in a New York nightclub. American Ultra‘s Nima Nourizadeh has been appointed at the helm, with StudioCanal and The Picture Company leveraging financial support. It should be noted that Lerman and Cooke’s respective deals are in the final stages, and though neither has signed on the dotted line at the time of writing, THR’s report indicates that early signs are positive.
And for two of Hollywood’s brightest up-and-comers, Tracking of a Russian Spy is a difficult project to pass up. After breaking hearts in Me, Earl & the Dying Girl, Olivia Cooke...
- 3/29/2017
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Despite success of being picked up by Fox Searchlight, this tale of a white female rapper in New Jersey opts for audience-pleasing indie formula over authenticity
Every year at Sundance, the studios (or their indie sister companies) impatiently wait for the breakout hits: the films that cause widespread laughing, crying, screaming, tweeting or preferably all of the above. The titles that cause the most fervent reactions are then snapped up, repackaged and sold to a mainstream audience with enthused quotes like “You’re going to Love this movie”. The process, which has unearthed some gems in the past, has grown tired and shamelessly transparent.
The films that are miraculously “saved” from what’s seen as an ignoble fate in – clutches pearls – arthouse cinemas no longer feel quite as fresh, their very existence seemingly tailored to slither into this cynical machine. Audiences are becoming wise to this too. Recent big-money acquisitions,...
Every year at Sundance, the studios (or their indie sister companies) impatiently wait for the breakout hits: the films that cause widespread laughing, crying, screaming, tweeting or preferably all of the above. The titles that cause the most fervent reactions are then snapped up, repackaged and sold to a mainstream audience with enthused quotes like “You’re going to Love this movie”. The process, which has unearthed some gems in the past, has grown tired and shamelessly transparent.
The films that are miraculously “saved” from what’s seen as an ignoble fate in – clutches pearls – arthouse cinemas no longer feel quite as fresh, their very existence seemingly tailored to slither into this cynical machine. Audiences are becoming wise to this too. Recent big-money acquisitions,...
- 3/16/2017
- by Benjamin Lee
- The Guardian - Film News
May 2015 was the last time Harvey Weinstein hosted a Cannes presentation at the Majestic Hotel. Among the titles was a preview of Justin Chadwick’s “Tulip Fever,” with the then white-hot Swedish actress Alicia Vikander on hand. A romantic triangle period piece costarring Christoph Waltz and Dane DeHaan, Weinstein later pushed the release from July 2016 to February 2017. Now, two years later, it’s booked for August 25 — the dog days of summer.
Last year, the Weinstein Co. had so few bonafide Oscar contenders on the docket that they didn’t mount their usual Cannes show-and-tell at all. Garth Davis’s “Lion” did yield six nominations and, like critics’ darling “Carol” the year before, no wins. The lengthy awards season did pay off for “Lion” at the box office; it’s made $103 million worldwide. However, it also represents a rare tick in the ‘win’ column for TWC, which is struggling to maneuver in these challenging times.
Last year, the Weinstein Co. had so few bonafide Oscar contenders on the docket that they didn’t mount their usual Cannes show-and-tell at all. Garth Davis’s “Lion” did yield six nominations and, like critics’ darling “Carol” the year before, no wins. The lengthy awards season did pay off for “Lion” at the box office; it’s made $103 million worldwide. However, it also represents a rare tick in the ‘win’ column for TWC, which is struggling to maneuver in these challenging times.
- 3/9/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
May 2015 was the last time Harvey Weinstein hosted a Cannes presentation at the Majestic Hotel. Among the titles was a preview of Justin Chadwick’s “Tulip Fever,” with the then white-hot Swedish actress Alicia Vikander on hand. A romantic triangle period piece costarring Christoph Waltz and Dane DeHaan, Weinstein later pushed the release from July 2016 to February 2017. Now, two years later, it’s booked for August 25 — the dog days of summer.
Last year, the Weinstein Co. had so few bonafide Oscar contenders on the docket that they didn’t mount their usual Cannes show-and-tell at all. Garth Davis’s “Lion” did yield six nominations and, like critics’ darling “Carol” the year before, no wins. The lengthy awards season did pay off for “Lion” at the box office; it’s made $103 million worldwide. However, it also represents a rare tick in the ‘win’ column for TWC, which is struggling to maneuver in these challenging times.
Last year, the Weinstein Co. had so few bonafide Oscar contenders on the docket that they didn’t mount their usual Cannes show-and-tell at all. Garth Davis’s “Lion” did yield six nominations and, like critics’ darling “Carol” the year before, no wins. The lengthy awards season did pay off for “Lion” at the box office; it’s made $103 million worldwide. However, it also represents a rare tick in the ‘win’ column for TWC, which is struggling to maneuver in these challenging times.
- 3/9/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
“Fargo” has established itself as the kind of series that can get fans excited over just about any new content. That includes this new 15-second promo released by FX, which you can watch below.
Read More: ‘Fargo’ Chapter 3: Ewan McGregor and Carrie Coon on Dual Roles, the Accent and Those Character Names
The promo, while brief, sets up an intriguing question heading into the third installment of FX’s hit show: What’s so important about this air conditioner unit? The video certainly uses the AC to full effect, as the sound certainly establishes an eerie tone for what should be yet another compelling murder mystery.
While the show’s second installment was set 30 years before the first season, this upcoming chapter will focus on events unfolding in the year 2010, only a few years after the Golden Globe-winning first season, returning viewers to contemporary Minnesota. Fans may expect some...
Read More: ‘Fargo’ Chapter 3: Ewan McGregor and Carrie Coon on Dual Roles, the Accent and Those Character Names
The promo, while brief, sets up an intriguing question heading into the third installment of FX’s hit show: What’s so important about this air conditioner unit? The video certainly uses the AC to full effect, as the sound certainly establishes an eerie tone for what should be yet another compelling murder mystery.
While the show’s second installment was set 30 years before the first season, this upcoming chapter will focus on events unfolding in the year 2010, only a few years after the Golden Globe-winning first season, returning viewers to contemporary Minnesota. Fans may expect some...
- 3/2/2017
- by Michael Gonzalez
- Indiewire
I vividly remember the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, even though I was 2,000 miles away when it happened. That was the year “Beasts of the Southern Wild” premiered to the kind of rapturous response that’s usually reserved for new popes or Marvel trailers. The reviews were ecstatic, and on Twitter critics were falling over themselves to declare the movie a milestone in the history of independent cinema. I couldn’t wait to see it.
And then I did.
That’s when I decided that I had to go to Sundance for myself, that I had to vet these films first-hand. I was fascinated by the disconnect. I had big questions. Was the air in Park City as thin as they say? Why do Sundance films always seem to get over-hyped while Cannes films always seem to get under-hyped? (I’ll never forgive the shrugged response to “Certified Copy.”)
And then, on...
And then I did.
That’s when I decided that I had to go to Sundance for myself, that I had to vet these films first-hand. I was fascinated by the disconnect. I had big questions. Was the air in Park City as thin as they say? Why do Sundance films always seem to get over-hyped while Cannes films always seem to get under-hyped? (I’ll never forgive the shrugged response to “Certified Copy.”)
And then, on...
- 1/31/2017
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
The Sundance Festival reveals the state of the indie film market, and 2017 will be remembered as the year of Amazon Studios and Netflix. And given the festival’s robust TV and Vr programs,, which were dominated by Google and Facebook/Oculus, there’s further digital disruption ahead.
According to one indie distributor, Sundance 2017’s valuations and sales are almost a third higher than last year. Put the same titles into the Sundance market two years ago, and they would have sold for far less. That’s because Netflix and Amazon Studios on the narrative side are dramatically driving up prices. “It’s just ridiculous what the digital guys are doing to the marketplace,” said one veteran indie CEO. “‘The Big Sick’ is a great little movie but it’s a $4 million -$6 million buy. There’s no logic to this model.”
However, Sundance has always been about the haves and the have-nots.
According to one indie distributor, Sundance 2017’s valuations and sales are almost a third higher than last year. Put the same titles into the Sundance market two years ago, and they would have sold for far less. That’s because Netflix and Amazon Studios on the narrative side are dramatically driving up prices. “It’s just ridiculous what the digital guys are doing to the marketplace,” said one veteran indie CEO. “‘The Big Sick’ is a great little movie but it’s a $4 million -$6 million buy. There’s no logic to this model.”
However, Sundance has always been about the haves and the have-nots.
- 1/27/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
The Sundance Festival reveals the state of the indie film market, and 2017 will be remembered as the year of Amazon Studios and Netflix. And given the festival’s robust TV and Vr programs, which were dominated by Google and Facebook/Oculus, there’s further digital disruption ahead.
According to one indie distributor, Sundance 2017’s valuations and sales are almost a third higher than last year. Put the same titles into the Sundance market two years ago, and they would have sold for far less. That’s because Netflix and Amazon Studios on the narrative side are dramatically driving up prices. “It’s just ridiculous what the digital guys are doing to the marketplace,” said one veteran indie CEO. “‘The Big Sick’ is a great little movie but it’s a $4 million -$6 million buy. There’s no logic to this model.”
However, Sundance has always been about the haves and the have-nots.
According to one indie distributor, Sundance 2017’s valuations and sales are almost a third higher than last year. Put the same titles into the Sundance market two years ago, and they would have sold for far less. That’s because Netflix and Amazon Studios on the narrative side are dramatically driving up prices. “It’s just ridiculous what the digital guys are doing to the marketplace,” said one veteran indie CEO. “‘The Big Sick’ is a great little movie but it’s a $4 million -$6 million buy. There’s no logic to this model.”
However, Sundance has always been about the haves and the have-nots.
- 1/27/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Long Strange TripDear Josh,If there's one minor upside to Sundance, it's that the films typically aren't very long. Since the festival is dedicated to indie film—or whatever mutated strain that it's become in recent years—runtimes typically average around 90 minutes, sometimes less. (This certainly isn't Cannes, where three-hour art films are the norm.) So when I was making my schedule, Amir Bar-Lev’s four-hour Grateful Dead documentary Long Strange Trip immediately stood out. (It apparently did so for a lot of other critics, too, given that this was, by far, the most sparsely attended press screening I went to.)Split into six “acts” (plus an intermission), the film chronicles the Grateful Dead from their start in the 1960s (“Act I: It's Alive!”) to the death of founding member Jerry Garcia in 1995 (“Act VI: It Becomes Everything”). Given the wealth of detail in the film—which covers everything from their time in Haight Ashbury,...
- 1/26/2017
- MUBI
One of the most amazing things to happen to television in recent years was the fact that the second series of Fargo was actually good. It was a lot better than just good, but after the unbelievable first season, to come back with anything at all is a triumph. Now, because pushing your luck is something we should always strive for, the third series is heading our way, and it has already been announced that Ewan McGregor, Carrie Coon, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead will be involved.
Well, now you can add David Thewlis, possibly the most underrated actor working today, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Jim Gaffigan.
This time around, the show is set in 2010, which is to go wildly sideways already, and features Ewan McGregor playing Emmit and Ray Stussy. The dynamic between McGregor’s roles is obviously going to be a main focus, and the show has Emmit, the Parking Lot...
Well, now you can add David Thewlis, possibly the most underrated actor working today, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Jim Gaffigan.
This time around, the show is set in 2010, which is to go wildly sideways already, and features Ewan McGregor playing Emmit and Ray Stussy. The dynamic between McGregor’s roles is obviously going to be a main focus, and the show has Emmit, the Parking Lot...
- 12/20/2016
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
Rob Leane Kirsten Howard Jun 1, 2017
Enjoying Fargo's third season and fancy a peek at what's to come in episode 8? Here's your chance...
Here's the official promo for episode 8 of Fargo's third season, entitled 'Who Rules The Land Of Denial?'
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The synopsis for 'Who Rules The Land Of Denial?' tells us that Gloria will hit some road blocks while Varga hatches a new scheme:
"Nikki struggles to survive, Emmit gets spooked and Sy joins Varga for tea. Written by Noah Hawley and Monica Beletsky; Directed by Mike Barker."
We'll bring you all the latest on Fargo season 3 as we hear it, of course.
Fargo season 3 air date
Season 3 of the award-winning show, which spun off from the 1996 Coen brothers' film of the same name,...
Enjoying Fargo's third season and fancy a peek at what's to come in episode 8? Here's your chance...
Here's the official promo for episode 8 of Fargo's third season, entitled 'Who Rules The Land Of Denial?'
See related Class episode 8 review: The Lost Doctor Who Christmas special: another trailer arrives Doctor Who series 10: trailers, pics, synopsis & clip tease episode 8
The synopsis for 'Who Rules The Land Of Denial?' tells us that Gloria will hit some road blocks while Varga hatches a new scheme:
"Nikki struggles to survive, Emmit gets spooked and Sy joins Varga for tea. Written by Noah Hawley and Monica Beletsky; Directed by Mike Barker."
We'll bring you all the latest on Fargo season 3 as we hear it, of course.
Fargo season 3 air date
Season 3 of the award-winning show, which spun off from the 1996 Coen brothers' film of the same name,...
- 11/24/2015
- Den of Geek
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