Slate sales on SXSW winners Alice, Saint Frances, Tito.
Visit Films has concluded a raft of deals on its Afm slate that includes documentaries White Riot and The Sanctity Of Space, and Toronto drama Hearts And Bones starring Hugo Weaving.
Company president Ryan Kampe and director of sales Lydia Rodman have licensed White Riot in the UK (Modern Films), Australia and New Zealand (Icon Film Distribution), Films We Like (Canada) and Benelux (Periscoop). Rubika Shah’s punk rock documentary won the Grierson Award for best documentary at BFI London Film Festival and an international premiere is being lined up for a major festival.
Visit Films has concluded a raft of deals on its Afm slate that includes documentaries White Riot and The Sanctity Of Space, and Toronto drama Hearts And Bones starring Hugo Weaving.
Company president Ryan Kampe and director of sales Lydia Rodman have licensed White Riot in the UK (Modern Films), Australia and New Zealand (Icon Film Distribution), Films We Like (Canada) and Benelux (Periscoop). Rubika Shah’s punk rock documentary won the Grierson Award for best documentary at BFI London Film Festival and an international premiere is being lined up for a major festival.
- 11/19/2019
- ScreenDaily
Alamo Drafthouse Los Angeles is a long time coming. Initially targeted for 2015, CEO Tim League had to scale back his own big-format ambitions to make it work. Now, it will finally open with a soft launch July 20 at the downtown Le Bloc shopping mall on Seventh and Flower. The 12-screen multiplex (one more screen than Alamo Drafthouse Raleigh) is the 40th Alamo theater. Team Alamo’s task: to lure moviegoers to a new theater complex. It shouldn’t be hard. La is a notoriously under-screened city, and the Regal Cinemas a few blocks away are doing gangbuster business.
Crucially, Le Bloc sits above multiple Metro lines fanning out from Long Beach to Santa Monica. And, typical of Alamo, the cineplex is more than just a place to watch movies; it’s designed to lure locals to hang out at the location. The Video Vortex lobby is crammed with distractions: custom Mondo Hollywood posters,...
Crucially, Le Bloc sits above multiple Metro lines fanning out from Long Beach to Santa Monica. And, typical of Alamo, the cineplex is more than just a place to watch movies; it’s designed to lure locals to hang out at the location. The Video Vortex lobby is crammed with distractions: custom Mondo Hollywood posters,...
- 7/18/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
For more than a century, movies as a medium have served to reinforce a certain view of female sexuality that served to benefit … whom? Not the female sex, really, but men — or a male-dominated culture that wanted women to be more receptive to their advances, on one hand, even as it reinforced the idea that giving in too easily, or to more than one partner, made them “sluts.” Was this deliberate indoctrination on the part of filmmakers? That’s a question for graduate theses and sociologists to answer, but the impact was clear in everything from the Production Code to John Hughes movies.
As its playfully sex-positive English-language title suggests, Sophie Lorain’s “Slut in a Good Way” turns the tables on much of that mass-media conditioning, offering an upbeat and unpretentious female-centered look at the gratification, and consequences, of adolescent “oats sowing” (a metaphor heretofore reserved for indiscriminately randy...
As its playfully sex-positive English-language title suggests, Sophie Lorain’s “Slut in a Good Way” turns the tables on much of that mass-media conditioning, offering an upbeat and unpretentious female-centered look at the gratification, and consequences, of adolescent “oats sowing” (a metaphor heretofore reserved for indiscriminately randy...
- 3/31/2019
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Welcome back to the weekly box office report! Each and every Sunday, expect a look at what made the most money in theaters, as well as just how all of the new releases fared. This week, Dumbo crashes the party, while Jordan Peele has his second weekend with Us, which hoped to continue setting some records. Without too much else entering the marketplace, it was a two horse race. How did the pair do? Let us take a look right now at just that… Flying to the top spot this weekend, opening somewhat below expectations, Disney’s latest remake of a cartoon classic in Dumbo. Taking in just $45 million has to be considered a slight disappointment, though Tim Burton’s effort did do enough to capture first place today. How it fares in the weeks to come will determine whether Dumbo is a success or a failure for Disney. Coming...
- 3/31/2019
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
IFC Films drama Diane starring Mary Kay Place is leading a crowded pack of specialty newcomers this weekend, with no debut limited release title breaking even above a five-figure per theater average as of the initial Sunday morning averages. Diane by writer-director Kent Jones grossed $27,043, averaging $9,014.
PBS Films opened its first narrative feature, The Chaperone, starring Elizabeth McGovern and Haley Lu Richardson in two New York theaters. The title, by upcoming Downton Abbey feature director Michael Engler, grossed $12,150, averaging $6,075 for the weekend’s second best showing among the slow-go specialties.
Magnolia Pictures bowed Sundance ’19 doc The Brink by Alison Klayman in four New York, L.A. and Washington, D.C. theaters for $18,370 for a $4,593 PTA.
Other reporting specialties making their theatrical launches include Comedy Dynamics’ French-language comedy Slut In A Good Way, playing 7 weekend runs for $22K and Greenwich Entertainment’s baseball doping doc Screwball, taking $12K in 13 locations...
PBS Films opened its first narrative feature, The Chaperone, starring Elizabeth McGovern and Haley Lu Richardson in two New York theaters. The title, by upcoming Downton Abbey feature director Michael Engler, grossed $12,150, averaging $6,075 for the weekend’s second best showing among the slow-go specialties.
Magnolia Pictures bowed Sundance ’19 doc The Brink by Alison Klayman in four New York, L.A. and Washington, D.C. theaters for $18,370 for a $4,593 PTA.
Other reporting specialties making their theatrical launches include Comedy Dynamics’ French-language comedy Slut In A Good Way, playing 7 weekend runs for $22K and Greenwich Entertainment’s baseball doping doc Screwball, taking $12K in 13 locations...
- 3/31/2019
- by Brian Brooks
- Deadline Film + TV
Disney's Dumbo was unable to reach studio or industry expectations, but still managed a #1 finish, making for the third different #1 film at the domestic weekend box office in as many weeks. Meanwhile holdovers such as Us and Captain Marvel continued their strong performances and Pure Flix's release of the anti-abortion drama Unplanned managed to out-perform expectations and find itself a spot in the top five. With an estimated $45 million, Disney's Dumbo topped the weekend box office though fell short of the studio's $50+ million expectations and well short of what some thought would be a $60+ million debut. While the performance is well ahead of select, recent Disney releases such as Christopher Robin ($24.6m opening), Alice Through the Looking Glass ($26.9m opening) and Pete's Dragon ($21.5m opening), it's well short of films such as Cinderella ($67.9 million opening), which online ticket retailer Fandango.com reported Dumbo was outpacing in advance ticket sales.
- 3/31/2019
- by Brad Brevet <mail@boxofficemojo.com>
- Box Office Mojo
Veteran Actor Elizabeth McGovern steps out with her first producing gig in The Chaperone. The title is also the first narrative release for PBS Distribution, which had a who’s who screening earlier this week at MoMA in New York, hosted by publicity maven Peggy Siegal. McGovern stars opposite Haley Lu Richardson in the period drama, directed by Downton Abbey director, Michael Engler. It is a packed weekend of Specialty releases. Writer-director Kent Jones heads out with Diane, starring Mary Kay Place via IFC Films. Sundance debut doc The Brink opens via Magnolia Pictures, which financed the intimate feature profiling infamous right-winter Steve Bannon. Also opening is Israeli drama Working Woman from Zeitgeist Films in association with Kino Lorber. Greenwich Entertainment is maximizing the opening of the baseball season with doc Screwball. American Relapse is a self-distributed non-fiction title which captures 72 hours of two ex-addicts diving in to help others on the streets.
- 3/29/2019
- by Brian Brooks
- Deadline Film + TV
The up-and-coming young comics vehicle Coming To The Stage has been picked up for seasons 8-10 on Pluto TV, Comedy Dynamics said today.
The next episodes of the series will start production this spring, and Jamie Kennedy will host all three seasons.
Coming To The Stage has been a launch pad for young stand-up comedians to showcase their talents in front of a live studio audience at the Cisco Stage in Burbank, CA. The series premiered on Hulu for seasons 1-5 and then went to Pluto TV for seasons 6-7. It will hit it’s landmark 60th episode with the finale of season 10 and surpass Comedy Central’s iconic stand-up comedy series, Premium Blend, in total seasons. George Wallace, Tom Green, and Andy Kindler have hosted previous seasons.
Coming To The Stage has helped the careers of Rell Battle, James Davis (Wild N Out,...
The next episodes of the series will start production this spring, and Jamie Kennedy will host all three seasons.
Coming To The Stage has been a launch pad for young stand-up comedians to showcase their talents in front of a live studio audience at the Cisco Stage in Burbank, CA. The series premiered on Hulu for seasons 1-5 and then went to Pluto TV for seasons 6-7. It will hit it’s landmark 60th episode with the finale of season 10 and surpass Comedy Central’s iconic stand-up comedy series, Premium Blend, in total seasons. George Wallace, Tom Green, and Andy Kindler have hosted previous seasons.
Coming To The Stage has helped the careers of Rell Battle, James Davis (Wild N Out,...
- 3/29/2019
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Written by “Downton Abbey” creator Julian Fellowes, “The Chaperone” appears to be targeting men and women above the age of 60. And while that’s a demographic as worthy of attention as any, those same viewers deserve a theatrical experience that doesn’t feel created for small-screen tidiness and flatness.
Adapted from Laura Moriarty’s best-selling novel, “The Chaperone” follows the rise of silent-film star Louise Brooks (Haley Lu Richardson). But before acting, it was dancing, first in Kansas, where Louise was born and raised, and then in New York City. The film spends most of its time on Louise’s summer adventure in the big city, where she is accompanied by Norma (Elizabeth McGovern), the titular caretaker.
Their dynamic is probably what you expect from a coming-of-age period drama: Louise is young and free-spirited, eager to be away from her cookie-cutter small town. She’s a skilled dancer and knows it.
Adapted from Laura Moriarty’s best-selling novel, “The Chaperone” follows the rise of silent-film star Louise Brooks (Haley Lu Richardson). But before acting, it was dancing, first in Kansas, where Louise was born and raised, and then in New York City. The film spends most of its time on Louise’s summer adventure in the big city, where she is accompanied by Norma (Elizabeth McGovern), the titular caretaker.
Their dynamic is probably what you expect from a coming-of-age period drama: Louise is young and free-spirited, eager to be away from her cookie-cutter small town. She’s a skilled dancer and knows it.
- 3/27/2019
- by Sam Fragoso
- The Wrap
As a film critic and as a maker of documentaries about filmmakers, Kent Jones has steeped himself in the best of world cinema and remained engaged with it for years, and so the surprise of his first narrative feature as a writer-director, “Diane,” is that there is barely a trace of influence from other films or other directors.
“Diane” is a character study about an older woman played by Mary Kay Place, and it is an unusual, elusive, windblown sort of movie, always twisting and turning and moving in different directions. Whenever “Diane” seems to settle down for a moment to let us comprehend something about the lives of its characters, it jumps ahead or sideways or away from us; as in life, our understanding of what is happening and what it means keeps shifting. The tone here is elevated and a bit difficult sometimes, but the end point of all this difficulty is transcendent,...
“Diane” is a character study about an older woman played by Mary Kay Place, and it is an unusual, elusive, windblown sort of movie, always twisting and turning and moving in different directions. Whenever “Diane” seems to settle down for a moment to let us comprehend something about the lives of its characters, it jumps ahead or sideways or away from us; as in life, our understanding of what is happening and what it means keeps shifting. The tone here is elevated and a bit difficult sometimes, but the end point of all this difficulty is transcendent,...
- 3/27/2019
- by Dan Callahan
- The Wrap
Sexual power plays and slut-shaming are the central themes of “Slut in a Good Way,” director Sophie Lorain’s slight but amiable story of three straight teenage girls and their romantic lives. Shot in black and white and set mostly in a retail environment, the French-Canadian film gives off a “Clerks” vibe as the trio of protagonists slack off, bitch about pay, and talk about life and love.
Catherine Léger’s story starts off in a sex shop as 17-year-old Charlotte (Marguerite Bouchard) looks for a bustier that matches one she saw in one of her boyfriend’s porn clips. What she buys doesn’t have the desired effect, though it wouldn’t have mattered what she chose: Her boyfriend tells her that he’s gay. So she gets drunk on a playground with friends Mégane (Romane Denis) and Aube (Rose Adam), lamenting that he’s “perfect” and she loves him.
Catherine Léger’s story starts off in a sex shop as 17-year-old Charlotte (Marguerite Bouchard) looks for a bustier that matches one she saw in one of her boyfriend’s porn clips. What she buys doesn’t have the desired effect, though it wouldn’t have mattered what she chose: Her boyfriend tells her that he’s gay. So she gets drunk on a playground with friends Mégane (Romane Denis) and Aube (Rose Adam), lamenting that he’s “perfect” and she loves him.
- 3/26/2019
- by Tricia Olszewski
- The Wrap
Slut In A Good Way is a little bit of a hard sell. First, there’s the title which fits it perfectly once you see the movie and know the context, but on first glance is a bit… strong. Secondly, it’s a black and white French-language movie, which means the uphill battle to get Us audiences […]
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- 3/22/2019
- by Eric Vespe
- Slash Film
Alamo Drafthouse is holding “slut-only” screenings of the raunchy Canadian teen comedy Slut in a Good Way to promote sex positivity. The film follows a teenager named Charlotte who, after a bad break-up, decides to explore her sexuality, which results in her facing society’s harsh double standards. To celebrate the acclaimed film, Alamo is holding “Sluts Only” […]
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- 3/12/2019
- by Hoai-Tran Bui
- Slash Film
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema will host "Slut Only" screenings of a new film that explores teenage sexuality from a girl's perspective.
The progressive, Texas-based theater circuit says the special, "sex-positive" showings of the French-Canadian comedy Slut in a Good Way will be hosted in Austin, New York City, San Francisco and Omaha, Nebraska, timed to the film's debut in U.S. theaters later this month.
"Regardless of gender, sexuality, race, or age, Alamo Drafthouse’s 'Sluts Only' screenings are meant for anyone that’s ever been marginalized by the word 'slut,' and for anyone ...
The progressive, Texas-based theater circuit says the special, "sex-positive" showings of the French-Canadian comedy Slut in a Good Way will be hosted in Austin, New York City, San Francisco and Omaha, Nebraska, timed to the film's debut in U.S. theaters later this month.
"Regardless of gender, sexuality, race, or age, Alamo Drafthouse’s 'Sluts Only' screenings are meant for anyone that’s ever been marginalized by the word 'slut,' and for anyone ...
- 3/11/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema will host "Slut Only" screenings of a new film that explores teenage sexuality from a girl's perspective.
The progressive, Texas-based theater circuit says the special, "sex-positive" showings of the French-Canadian comedy Slut in a Good Way will be hosted in Austin, New York City, San Francisco and Omaha, Nebraska, timed to the film's debut in U.S. theaters later this month.
"Regardless of gender, sexuality, race, or age, Alamo Drafthouse’s 'Sluts Only' screenings are meant for anyone that’s ever been marginalized by the word 'slut,' and for anyone ...
The progressive, Texas-based theater circuit says the special, "sex-positive" showings of the French-Canadian comedy Slut in a Good Way will be hosted in Austin, New York City, San Francisco and Omaha, Nebraska, timed to the film's debut in U.S. theaters later this month.
"Regardless of gender, sexuality, race, or age, Alamo Drafthouse’s 'Sluts Only' screenings are meant for anyone that’s ever been marginalized by the word 'slut,' and for anyone ...
- 3/11/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Bear with me, because I have a lot of faith in this movie. It’s been announced that Slut in a Good Way‘s Romane Denis will topline a horror/thriller by the name of Slaxx, per THR. She will be joining Sehar Bhojani, Brett Donahue, and Stephen Bogaert in the Canadian feature, which is going to start […] The post There’s Going to Be a Movie About Killer Jeans appeared first on Dread Central.
- 2/11/2019
- by Jonathan Barkan
- DreadCentral.com
Romane Denis is set to star in Elza Kephart's slasher film Slaxx from EMAfilms and Filmoption International.
Sehar Bhojani (The Handmaid's Tale), Brett Donahue and Stephen Bogaert (It) have also joined the pic, which is slated to start shooting Tuesday in Montreal.
In Slaxx, Denis, who starred in Slut in a Good Way, Les Salopes or The Naturally Wanton Pleasure of Skin and Les pays d'en haut, will play a cashier in a trendy clothing store where her co-workers are killed by a possessed pair of designer jeans and who must stop the slaughter.
Turbo Kid producer Anne-Marie Gelinas and ...
Sehar Bhojani (The Handmaid's Tale), Brett Donahue and Stephen Bogaert (It) have also joined the pic, which is slated to start shooting Tuesday in Montreal.
In Slaxx, Denis, who starred in Slut in a Good Way, Les Salopes or The Naturally Wanton Pleasure of Skin and Les pays d'en haut, will play a cashier in a trendy clothing store where her co-workers are killed by a possessed pair of designer jeans and who must stop the slaughter.
Turbo Kid producer Anne-Marie Gelinas and ...
Romane Denis is set to star in Elza Kephart's slasher film Slaxx from EMAfilms and Filmoption International.
Sehar Bhojani (The Handmaid's Tale), Brett Donahue and Stephen Bogaert (It) have also joined the pic, which is slated to start shooting Tuesday in Montreal.
In Slaxx, Denis, who starred in Slut in a Good Way, Les Salopes or The Naturally Wanton Pleasure of Skin and Les pays d'en haut, will play a cashier in a trendy clothing store where her co-workers are killed by a possessed pair of designer jeans and who must stop the slaughter.
Turbo Kid producer Anne-Marie Gelinas and ...
Sehar Bhojani (The Handmaid's Tale), Brett Donahue and Stephen Bogaert (It) have also joined the pic, which is slated to start shooting Tuesday in Montreal.
In Slaxx, Denis, who starred in Slut in a Good Way, Les Salopes or The Naturally Wanton Pleasure of Skin and Les pays d'en haut, will play a cashier in a trendy clothing store where her co-workers are killed by a possessed pair of designer jeans and who must stop the slaughter.
Turbo Kid producer Anne-Marie Gelinas and ...
“Am I a slut in a bad way?” You hear Charlotte ask her friends in the first trailer for the upcoming film “Slut in a Good Way.” They tell her, no that she is a slut in a good way… whatever that means.
It would appear that the definition of the title is going to be explained over the course of the film, as Charlotte finds herself exploring her sexuality in the wake of a messy breakup.
Continue reading ‘Slut In A Good Way’ Trailer: Three Women Throw Caution To The Wind And Explore Freedom For The First Time at The Playlist.
It would appear that the definition of the title is going to be explained over the course of the film, as Charlotte finds herself exploring her sexuality in the wake of a messy breakup.
Continue reading ‘Slut In A Good Way’ Trailer: Three Women Throw Caution To The Wind And Explore Freedom For The First Time at The Playlist.
- 1/11/2019
- by Jamie Rogers
- The Playlist
"He was all over me!" "Don't fall in love." Comedy Dynamics has debuted an official Us trailer for an indie comedy titled Slut in a Good Way, which is a provocative title and comes straight from the film. This is in French because it's from Quebec, with the original title as Charlotte a du fun, or Charlotte has fun. It's about a group of three wild, carefree teenage girls who decide to start working at a "Toy Depot" store that is also staffed by a group of attractive young men with whom they fool around with. "The film explores teenage girls' desires, the blurred lines between sex and friendship, and the unfair double standard imposed upon girls. It is a story of desire, self-censorship, and self-assertion." Starring Marguerite Bouchard, Romane Denis, Rose Adam, Alex Godbout, and Marylou Belugou. The colorful subtitles with the B&W footage is really creative and cool,...
- 1/9/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? This week […]
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- 12/22/2018
- by Christopher Stipp
- Slash Film
Comedy Dynamics has picked up the U.S. rights to Slut in a Good Way, a French-Canadian comedy directed by Sophie Lorain.
An early 2019 theatrical release is being planned for the black-and-white movie, which premiered in the U.S. at the Tribeca Film Festival. It will also screen at Austin's Fantastic Fest, which runs Sept. 20-27.
The movie is an exploration of teen sexuality and the double standard women face as it tells the story of a girl named Charlotte, who, in order to get over a break-up, gets a part-time job at a local toy store known for ...
An early 2019 theatrical release is being planned for the black-and-white movie, which premiered in the U.S. at the Tribeca Film Festival. It will also screen at Austin's Fantastic Fest, which runs Sept. 20-27.
The movie is an exploration of teen sexuality and the double standard women face as it tells the story of a girl named Charlotte, who, in order to get over a break-up, gets a part-time job at a local toy store known for ...
- 9/20/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Talks to continue on Behold My Heart, Madeline’s Madeline.
Ryan Kampe’s Visit Films heads to the Croisette with a sales slate that encompasses SXSW selection 1985, Tribeca entries Maine and Slut In A Good Way, and documentary City Of Joel, among others.
Kampe and his team will continue talks on Behold My Heart starring Marisa Tomei, and Sundance and Berlinale selection Madeline’s Madeline.
1985 (pictured) stars Cory Michael Smith, Virginia Madsen (Sideways), Michael Chiklis, and Jamie Chung and follows a closeted young man returning to his Texas hometown for Christmas during the first wave of the AIDS crisis.
Burdened...
Ryan Kampe’s Visit Films heads to the Croisette with a sales slate that encompasses SXSW selection 1985, Tribeca entries Maine and Slut In A Good Way, and documentary City Of Joel, among others.
Kampe and his team will continue talks on Behold My Heart starring Marisa Tomei, and Sundance and Berlinale selection Madeline’s Madeline.
1985 (pictured) stars Cory Michael Smith, Virginia Madsen (Sideways), Michael Chiklis, and Jamie Chung and follows a closeted young man returning to his Texas hometown for Christmas during the first wave of the AIDS crisis.
Burdened...
- 5/4/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
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