The thing about making a new Wallace & Gromit film is that it’s going to be compared to all the other films featuring the Northern inventor and his considerably brighter dog — a nearly unimprovable run of distinctly British delights. The good news is that this effort, featuring the return of villainous penguin Feathers McGraw from The Wrong Trousers, doesn’t let the side down, even if it doesn’t raise us to new heights either.
As we rejoin them, Wallace (voiced again to good effect by Ben Whitehead after the loss of Peter Sallis) has let his inventing run amok, outsourcing even dog-petting to one of his Rube Goldbergian devices. Gromit is fed up even before the overdue bills arrive, but Wallace has a plan: he will rent out his latest invention, a ‘smart gnome’ called Norbot (Reece Shearsmith), to pay the bills. Unfortunately, somewhere across town, the silent but...
As we rejoin them, Wallace (voiced again to good effect by Ben Whitehead after the loss of Peter Sallis) has let his inventing run amok, outsourcing even dog-petting to one of his Rube Goldbergian devices. Gromit is fed up even before the overdue bills arrive, but Wallace has a plan: he will rent out his latest invention, a ‘smart gnome’ called Norbot (Reece Shearsmith), to pay the bills. Unfortunately, somewhere across town, the silent but...
- 10/27/2024
- by Helen O’Hara
- Empire - Movies
Belgian filmmakers Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon take viewers on a wild ride with their 2023 crime comedy The Falling Star. Abel and Gordon, who also star in the film, direct a charmingly bizarre cinematic world. They blend elements of slapstick and noir into a comedy of errors involving mistaken identity.
At the center of the story is Boris, a reclusive former activist who tended bar at a small Brussels pub called The Falling Star. He’s been hiding from the authorities for decades, but his cover is blown when a one-armed vigilante named Georges tracks him down seeking revenge. Facing danger, Boris’ wife Kayoko hatches a plan with friends Tim and Kaori to use an unfortunate man named Dom as a decoy.
Yet swapping identities only leads to more chaos. Dom knows nothing about Boris or why he’s been kidnapped. Meanwhile, his wife Fiona, a private eye, grows suspicious,...
At the center of the story is Boris, a reclusive former activist who tended bar at a small Brussels pub called The Falling Star. He’s been hiding from the authorities for decades, but his cover is blown when a one-armed vigilante named Georges tracks him down seeking revenge. Facing danger, Boris’ wife Kayoko hatches a plan with friends Tim and Kaori to use an unfortunate man named Dom as a decoy.
Yet swapping identities only leads to more chaos. Dom knows nothing about Boris or why he’s been kidnapped. Meanwhile, his wife Fiona, a private eye, grows suspicious,...
- 10/26/2024
- by Arash Nahandian
- Gazettely
Fresh off the pairing of Radiohead albums with screenings of Nosferatu, Blue Starlite Entertainment’s Silents Synced series has announced the next installment featuring R.E.M.’s music. Beginning in February 2025, the band’s albums Monster and New Adventures in Hi-Fi will be used to soundtrack screenings of the 1924 Buster Keaton comedy Sherlock Jr.
Sherlock Jr. x R.E.M. was created with the band’s approval. Its world premiere will take place on February 1st at the historic Morton Theatre in Athens, Georgia, as well as the Ciné art house cinema. Get more information at the Silents Synced website.
“Buster Keaton is one of my favorite actor/director/writers in movie history,” R.E.M. co-founder Peter Buck said in a statement. “I’m honored that in some small way R.E.M. is collaborating with him from beyond the grave.”
The band’s longtime manager Bertis Downs added, “The guys were...
Sherlock Jr. x R.E.M. was created with the band’s approval. Its world premiere will take place on February 1st at the historic Morton Theatre in Athens, Georgia, as well as the Ciné art house cinema. Get more information at the Silents Synced website.
“Buster Keaton is one of my favorite actor/director/writers in movie history,” R.E.M. co-founder Peter Buck said in a statement. “I’m honored that in some small way R.E.M. is collaborating with him from beyond the grave.”
The band’s longtime manager Bertis Downs added, “The guys were...
- 10/16/2024
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Film News
Fresh off the pairing of Radiohead albums with screenings of Nosferatu, Blue Starlite Entertainment’s Silents Synced series has announced the next installment featuring R.E.M.’s music. Beginning in February 2025, the band’s albums Monster and New Adventures in Hi-Fi will be used to soundtrack screenings of the 1924 Buster Keaton comedy Sherlock Jr.
Sherlock Jr. x R.E.M. was created with the band’s approval. Its world premiere will take place on February 1st at the historic Morton Theatre in Athens, Georgia, as well as the Ciné art house cinema. Get more information at the Silents Synced website.
“Buster Keaton is one of my favorite actor/director/writers in movie history,” R.E.M. co-founder Peter Buck said in a statement. “I’m honored that in some small way R.E.M. is collaborating with him from beyond the grave.”
The band’s longtime manager Bertis Downs added, “The guys were...
Sherlock Jr. x R.E.M. was created with the band’s approval. Its world premiere will take place on February 1st at the historic Morton Theatre in Athens, Georgia, as well as the Ciné art house cinema. Get more information at the Silents Synced website.
“Buster Keaton is one of my favorite actor/director/writers in movie history,” R.E.M. co-founder Peter Buck said in a statement. “I’m honored that in some small way R.E.M. is collaborating with him from beyond the grave.”
The band’s longtime manager Bertis Downs added, “The guys were...
- 10/16/2024
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
Guy Maddin didn’t know he was even on Cate Blanchett‘s radar until he saw her pick his film “My Winnipeg” out of the Criterion Closet back in 2022.
“It was a manipulative move. It was a cry for help!” Blanchett joked to IndieWire (and her peers) on the rooftop of the Jw Marriott on the Cannes Croisette back in May when their debut collaboration, “Rumours,” first premiered. She was joined on that day by Maddin and his co-directors, Evan and Galen Johnson, who’ve been chugging away with the singularly absurdist Canadian auteur on short films since 2015 and the feature “The Forbidden Room” in 2016. Their latest, “Rumours,” is a satirical slice of weirdness about seven nimwit world leaders who gather at a fictional G7 conference to draft a vaguely reassuring statement about an unnamed international crisis. Blanchett plays Hilda Orlmann, the Chancellor of Germany, channeling Angela Merkel in a blond bob and European faux-steeliness.
“It was a manipulative move. It was a cry for help!” Blanchett joked to IndieWire (and her peers) on the rooftop of the Jw Marriott on the Cannes Croisette back in May when their debut collaboration, “Rumours,” first premiered. She was joined on that day by Maddin and his co-directors, Evan and Galen Johnson, who’ve been chugging away with the singularly absurdist Canadian auteur on short films since 2015 and the feature “The Forbidden Room” in 2016. Their latest, “Rumours,” is a satirical slice of weirdness about seven nimwit world leaders who gather at a fictional G7 conference to draft a vaguely reassuring statement about an unnamed international crisis. Blanchett plays Hilda Orlmann, the Chancellor of Germany, channeling Angela Merkel in a blond bob and European faux-steeliness.
- 10/16/2024
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Pairing classic movies with modern soundtracks is always fun—like playing The Dark Side of the Moon and The Wizard of Oz at the same time—and it works especially well with silent films. When one of Buster Keaton’s masterpieces, Sherlock Jr., is re-released in theaters in February, the music will come from R.E.M.’s Monster and New Adventures in Hi-Fi albums. Full details are on producer Blue Starlite Entertainment’s “Silents Synced” series website.
A trailer for the release begins with old-timey music before kicking into R.E.
A trailer for the release begins with old-timey music before kicking into R.E.
- 10/14/2024
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
With his new World War II drama Blitz, uncompromising filmmaker Steve McQueen is once more tackling weighty, vital material. He tells us about his ongoing mission to break new ground…
Here’s what you need to know about Steve McQueen, as a man and as a filmmaker: he will not waste your time. Not with false modesty, nor with empty boasting. Not by suffering fools or flattering royalty. This is sometimes mistaken for brusqueness. It isn’t. It’s a guarantee that when a single shot of a priest conversing with a prisoner lasts 17 minutes and 11 seconds (as in 2008 feature debut Hunger), or when his 2023 Holocaust documentary Occupied City takes four hours and 26 minutes (not including interval), every moment is necessary and accounted for.
It’s this disciplined focus on what McQueen emphatically calls “the work... The W-O-R-K” which has enabled the 54-year-old to frequently...
Here’s what you need to know about Steve McQueen, as a man and as a filmmaker: he will not waste your time. Not with false modesty, nor with empty boasting. Not by suffering fools or flattering royalty. This is sometimes mistaken for brusqueness. It isn’t. It’s a guarantee that when a single shot of a priest conversing with a prisoner lasts 17 minutes and 11 seconds (as in 2008 feature debut Hunger), or when his 2023 Holocaust documentary Occupied City takes four hours and 26 minutes (not including interval), every moment is necessary and accounted for.
It’s this disciplined focus on what McQueen emphatically calls “the work... The W-O-R-K” which has enabled the 54-year-old to frequently...
- 10/10/2024
- by Ellen E Jones
- Empire - Movies
As the calendar turns over to October, so, too, does the programming of arthouse theaters turn to the spooky — and royalty-free — hallmarks of silent horror cinema. F. W. Murnau's "Nosferatu" is one popular choice for repertory screenings and live musical performances, and this year, the new Austin-based Silents Synced series is taking things a step further. Thanks to their hard work, "Nosferatu" will play in theaters all month long accompanied by a new soundtrack: Radiohead's seminal albums "Kid A" and "Amnesiac."
For some, the idea of mixing silent cinema with modern artists may feel like a YouTube video that has escaped its cage and run amok through the halls of film distribution. But having experienced the "Nosferatu" and Radiohead mashup for myself, I think there's more to the series than a cool poster. With this film and future releases — such as Buster Keaton's "Sherlock, Jr." mixed with...
For some, the idea of mixing silent cinema with modern artists may feel like a YouTube video that has escaped its cage and run amok through the halls of film distribution. But having experienced the "Nosferatu" and Radiohead mashup for myself, I think there's more to the series than a cool poster. With this film and future releases — such as Buster Keaton's "Sherlock, Jr." mixed with...
- 10/7/2024
- by Matthew Monagle
- Slash Film
by Abirbhab Maitra
One fateful night in 1937, when the Second Sino-Japanese War was on the rise, a young boy met a young girl in Shanghai during a sudden air raid under a bridge. In this tumultuous time, both people found solace in each other’s company. Yet this solace didn’t last long as the young man, Do Re-mi, filled with the idea of patriotism, made up his mind to enlist in the army, while the young girl, Shu-Shu, had to go back to find her loved ones amidst the chaos. In this situation, they made a pact that as soon as the war ended, they would meet again in the same place, under the bridge. But as the whole city suffers a blackout during the air raid, both Do Re-mi and Shu-Shu weren’t able to see each other’s faces.
Shanghai Blues is screening at Hawai’i International...
One fateful night in 1937, when the Second Sino-Japanese War was on the rise, a young boy met a young girl in Shanghai during a sudden air raid under a bridge. In this tumultuous time, both people found solace in each other’s company. Yet this solace didn’t last long as the young man, Do Re-mi, filled with the idea of patriotism, made up his mind to enlist in the army, while the young girl, Shu-Shu, had to go back to find her loved ones amidst the chaos. In this situation, they made a pact that as soon as the war ended, they would meet again in the same place, under the bridge. But as the whole city suffers a blackout during the air raid, both Do Re-mi and Shu-Shu weren’t able to see each other’s faces.
Shanghai Blues is screening at Hawai’i International...
- 10/6/2024
- by Guest Writer
- AsianMoviePulse
Former Disney star Demi Lovato met with California Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday as he signed into law two pieces of legislation to ensure children and teenagers who perform in online content are protected from financial abuse.
Lovato, who starred in Disney movies including “Camp Rock” and “Princess Protection Program” and is the subject of the Hulu documentary “Child Star,” championed the two new bills:
Sb 764 (Padilla) establishes financial and legal protections for minors featured in monetized online content by mandating their parent or guardian set aside a percentage of their earnings in trust accounts.
Ab 1880 (Alanis) expands the Coogan Law to include minors who are employed as content creators on online platforms, such as YouTube. The Coogan Law, which dates back t0 1939, protects child performers and creators by ensuring that their employers place at least 15 percent of their gross earnings in trust until they reach adulthood. It was named after child star Jackie Coogan,...
Lovato, who starred in Disney movies including “Camp Rock” and “Princess Protection Program” and is the subject of the Hulu documentary “Child Star,” championed the two new bills:
Sb 764 (Padilla) establishes financial and legal protections for minors featured in monetized online content by mandating their parent or guardian set aside a percentage of their earnings in trust accounts.
Ab 1880 (Alanis) expands the Coogan Law to include minors who are employed as content creators on online platforms, such as YouTube. The Coogan Law, which dates back t0 1939, protects child performers and creators by ensuring that their employers place at least 15 percent of their gross earnings in trust until they reach adulthood. It was named after child star Jackie Coogan,...
- 9/26/2024
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
Canceled! Separating Art from the Artist – Lessons Learned from 100 Years of Showbusiness Debauchery
Is cancel culture unique to our day in age? Yes and no.
Ever wonder how the Golden Age of Hollywood might have fared if studios had been forced to list the crimes, misdemeanors, and shocking prejudices of celebrities 100 years ago?
Would The Gold Rush or The Great Dictator have made as much money with a disclaimer reminding us about Charlie Chaplin’s multiple teenage wives?
Michael Jackson goes through security as he arrives for closing arguments in his child molestation trial at Santa Barbara County Superior Court on June 2, 2005, in Santa Maria, California. Jackson is charged in a 10-count indictment with molesting a boy, plying him with liquor, and conspiring to commit child abduction, false imprisonment, and extortion. (Photo by Eric Neitzel-Pool/Getty Images)
Would Errol Flynn have become the action hero of his day if people knew about his statutory rape charges or his bugged house that let him...
Ever wonder how the Golden Age of Hollywood might have fared if studios had been forced to list the crimes, misdemeanors, and shocking prejudices of celebrities 100 years ago?
Would The Gold Rush or The Great Dictator have made as much money with a disclaimer reminding us about Charlie Chaplin’s multiple teenage wives?
Michael Jackson goes through security as he arrives for closing arguments in his child molestation trial at Santa Barbara County Superior Court on June 2, 2005, in Santa Maria, California. Jackson is charged in a 10-count indictment with molesting a boy, plying him with liquor, and conspiring to commit child abduction, false imprisonment, and extortion. (Photo by Eric Neitzel-Pool/Getty Images)
Would Errol Flynn have become the action hero of his day if people knew about his statutory rape charges or his bugged house that let him...
- 9/26/2024
- by Michael Arangua
- TVfanatic
Steve McQueen doesn’t do anything by halves. Case in point: his last film wasn’t just a film. It was five films, the Small Axe anthology, released on the BBC in late 2020, telling Black British stories set between the 1960s and ’80s – illuminating essential pieces of history that had rarely, if ever, been told on the screen. Next, McQueen is digging even further into the past with Blitz, a big-screen release that, per its title, explores the bombardment of London in World War II. It does so through the eyes of George (Elliott Heffernan), a young boy whose escape to the country doesn’t go as planned, and instead finds himself traversing the blazing city while his mother (played by Saoirse Ronan) searches for him.
As McQueen tells Empire in a major new interview, the seeds of his latest work were sown during his previous endeavour. “While doing research for Small Axe,...
As McQueen tells Empire in a major new interview, the seeds of his latest work were sown during his previous endeavour. “While doing research for Small Axe,...
- 9/25/2024
- by Ben Travis
- Empire - Movies
Director Reema Kagti once again turns her focus to a fascinating story with the dramedy Superboys of Malegaon. The film had its world premiere at the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival last week. At the end of the screening, the audience erupted with cheers and a standing ovation. Produced by Excel Entertainment aka Ritesh Sidhwani & Farhan Akhtar, Zoya Akhtar & Reema Kagti’s Tiger Baby production house, along with Amazon MGM, this charming and moving tale stars Adarsh Gourav, Vineet Kumar Singh, and Shashank Arora.
The film is based on the real-life of Nasir Shaikh, an amateur filmmaker from the town of Malegaon. The town’s residents look to Bollywood for a much-needed escape, which forms the story’s base. Nasir gets inspired to make a film for the people of Malegaon, by the people of Malegaon. He bands together his ragtag group of friends to bring his visions to life.
The film is based on the real-life of Nasir Shaikh, an amateur filmmaker from the town of Malegaon. The town’s residents look to Bollywood for a much-needed escape, which forms the story’s base. Nasir gets inspired to make a film for the people of Malegaon, by the people of Malegaon. He bands together his ragtag group of friends to bring his visions to life.
- 9/19/2024
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
Charlie Chaplin’s family have collaborated on official documentary Spirit of the Tramp, and here’s the trailer for the film.
Charlie Chaplin is one of those film stars who are so iconic, he is almost a genre unto himself. With his hat and toothbrush moustache, Chaplin’s mastery of physical clowning mixed with his pioneering directorial skills means that his films are still delighting audiences a hundred years on. From his feature debut The Kid to The Great Dictator and sharing the screen with fellow silent comedy icon Buster Keaton in Limelight.
Many of Chaplin’s descendants have also found their way into the film and television industry. Daughter Geraldine Chaplin played her grandmother Hannah Chaplin. His granddaughter Oona Chaplin is also an actor: Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton cast her in their silent Inside No 9 episode A Quiet Night In as an in joke.
Chaplin’s life...
Charlie Chaplin is one of those film stars who are so iconic, he is almost a genre unto himself. With his hat and toothbrush moustache, Chaplin’s mastery of physical clowning mixed with his pioneering directorial skills means that his films are still delighting audiences a hundred years on. From his feature debut The Kid to The Great Dictator and sharing the screen with fellow silent comedy icon Buster Keaton in Limelight.
Many of Chaplin’s descendants have also found their way into the film and television industry. Daughter Geraldine Chaplin played her grandmother Hannah Chaplin. His granddaughter Oona Chaplin is also an actor: Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton cast her in their silent Inside No 9 episode A Quiet Night In as an in joke.
Chaplin’s life...
- 9/17/2024
- by Jake Godfrey
- Film Stories
Following a group of small-town, DIY Indian filmmakers, Reema Kagti’s “Superboys of Malegaon” is a moving crowd-pleaser that constantly reaffirms its importance through its central theme. Although the film, which is based on real events, often tries to cover too much ground, it continually circles back to the idea that people must see themselves reflected in art, not just out of want, but out of deep desire stemming from need, in order to live with dignity.
Spanning events from 1997 through the early 2010s, the Bollywood biopic primarily follows photographer and wedding videographer Nasir Sheikh (Adarsh Gourav), a lovelorn man in the tiny city of Malegaon, whose few-hundred-mile distance from Mumbai, India’s financial and cinematic capital, may as well be measured in lightyears. Nasir runs a failing movie theater with his older brother Nihal (Gyanendra Tripathi), where he insists on showing Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin classics rather than the latest Bollywood fare,...
Spanning events from 1997 through the early 2010s, the Bollywood biopic primarily follows photographer and wedding videographer Nasir Sheikh (Adarsh Gourav), a lovelorn man in the tiny city of Malegaon, whose few-hundred-mile distance from Mumbai, India’s financial and cinematic capital, may as well be measured in lightyears. Nasir runs a failing movie theater with his older brother Nihal (Gyanendra Tripathi), where he insists on showing Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin classics rather than the latest Bollywood fare,...
- 9/15/2024
- by Siddhant Adlakha
- Variety Film + TV
With so many solemn subjects coming out of the fall festivals, it’s nice to find a crowd-pleasing charmer offering the most straightforward of stories: a group of lovable misfits decides to put on a show.
As is required with any overly-familiar template, it’s the specifics that stand out. “Superboys of Malegaon,” which premiered on Friday at the Toronto International Film Festival, is based on the true adventures of amateur director Nasir Shaikh, the star of Faiza Ahmad Khan’s 2012 documentary “Supermen of Malegaon.” Khan’s doc captured some of the fairy-tale qualities of Shaikh’s story, and now director Reema Kagti expands them further with her uplifting fictionalized biopic.
The film begins in 1997, when Nasir (Adarsh Gourav) is an unfocused young man living in the small Indian city of Malegaon. He works in his family’s dilapidated video store, which he’s also turned into a makeshift movie theater.
As is required with any overly-familiar template, it’s the specifics that stand out. “Superboys of Malegaon,” which premiered on Friday at the Toronto International Film Festival, is based on the true adventures of amateur director Nasir Shaikh, the star of Faiza Ahmad Khan’s 2012 documentary “Supermen of Malegaon.” Khan’s doc captured some of the fairy-tale qualities of Shaikh’s story, and now director Reema Kagti expands them further with her uplifting fictionalized biopic.
The film begins in 1997, when Nasir (Adarsh Gourav) is an unfocused young man living in the small Indian city of Malegaon. He works in his family’s dilapidated video store, which he’s also turned into a makeshift movie theater.
- 9/14/2024
- by Elizabeth Weitzman
- The Wrap
In 2008, Faiza Ahmad Khan made a documentary, Supermen of Malegaon, that focused on the making of a parody-style movie by amateur director Nasir Shaikh, who found success with his friends in the poor small Indian city of Malegaon, where they used their hometown to copy popular movies, and by doing so gave new life and meaning to the place they were raised.
Now, director Reema Kagti and Shaikh have taken that inspirational true story, opened it up, and turned it into a new narrative theatrical film, Superboys of Malegaon, that shows how a group of friends cleverly turned a love for movies into a bit of a local sensation. The Amazon MGM Studios film had its world premiere Friday at the Toronto Film Festival before a European premiere next month at the BFI London Film Festival. The film opens in early 2025 in India, and later North America.
The feel-good coming-of-age...
Now, director Reema Kagti and Shaikh have taken that inspirational true story, opened it up, and turned it into a new narrative theatrical film, Superboys of Malegaon, that shows how a group of friends cleverly turned a love for movies into a bit of a local sensation. The Amazon MGM Studios film had its world premiere Friday at the Toronto Film Festival before a European premiere next month at the BFI London Film Festival. The film opens in early 2025 in India, and later North America.
The feel-good coming-of-age...
- 9/14/2024
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
Not since Bicycle Thieves has a film focused so determinedly on the theft of a bike as James, receiving its world premiere at the Oldenburg Film Festival. Which isn’t to suggest Max Train’s eccentric new comedy has much in common with Vittorio De Sica’s 1948 neorealist classic, aside from similarly being shot in black and white. The sort of picture for which the term “quirky” could have been invented, it bears much more similarity to the early works of Jim Jarmusch, especially in its deadpan style. Probably best appreciated at a midnight screening after a few drinks, the Canadian indie is yet another example of the festival discovering a small-scale gem.
The movie begins with the hard-drinking title character (Dylan Beatch, who co-wrote the screenplay with Train) being violently arrested and then recounting his tale to a detective who wants to know why he has committed so many crimes against a single individual.
The movie begins with the hard-drinking title character (Dylan Beatch, who co-wrote the screenplay with Train) being violently arrested and then recounting his tale to a detective who wants to know why he has committed so many crimes against a single individual.
- 9/13/2024
- by Frank Scheck
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Isabella Rossellini puts down her fork, straightens her back and shows me how she nailed a pivotal moment in her new movie, “Conclave,” a Vatican-set thriller that unfolds a world away from her 28-acre Long Island farm where we’re having lunch. In the scene, Rossellini’s character, a nun named Sister Agnes, is navigating a darkened hallway, trying to remain undetected, when she glimpses something mysterious unfolding a few feet in front of her.
“My heart has to beat much faster, so the camera picks it up,” Rossellini says. “Your breath has to translate that. So I …” And with this she inhales, drawing in oxygen as quietly as she can, filling the room with a sense of tension without saying a thing.
It turns out great screen acting is all about waiting to exhale.
In “Conclave,” Sister Agnes tends to the fraternity of cardinals gathered to choose the next pope.
“My heart has to beat much faster, so the camera picks it up,” Rossellini says. “Your breath has to translate that. So I …” And with this she inhales, drawing in oxygen as quietly as she can, filling the room with a sense of tension without saying a thing.
It turns out great screen acting is all about waiting to exhale.
In “Conclave,” Sister Agnes tends to the fraternity of cardinals gathered to choose the next pope.
- 9/4/2024
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
In life and in cinema, Pedro Almodóvar likes to talk about death. When people aren’t losing their faculties in his films––like going blind (Folle… folle… fólleme Tim!), falling into comas (Talk to Her), or falling apart altogether (The Skin I Live In)––they dwell on the afterlife or are already there (Volver), though never is it a cause for undue solemnity. Speaking in a New Yorker profile in 2016, the director recalled watching the local woman in his hometown of Calzada chatting as they tended to their families’ graves. “Death disappeared,” Almodóvar explained, “because the important thing was the flowers, the conversations.”
That sentiment is alive and well in the director’s latest death film. His first-ever English-language feature, adapted from Sigrid Nunez’s novel What Are You Going Through mostly in structure only, The Room Next Door stars Tilda Swinton as the terminally ill named Martha who decides...
That sentiment is alive and well in the director’s latest death film. His first-ever English-language feature, adapted from Sigrid Nunez’s novel What Are You Going Through mostly in structure only, The Room Next Door stars Tilda Swinton as the terminally ill named Martha who decides...
- 9/2/2024
- by Rory O'Connor
- The Film Stage
A pair of moderate releases with a handful of docs and titles in limited release topline an end-of-summer specialty market. Labor Day weekend can be slow and indie openings are up against few new wide releases and holdovers from Deadpool & Wolverine to Inside Out 2. Meanwhile, the Venice film festival, with Telluride and TIFF coming soon, is generating indie headlines and the new crop of arthouse films.
Bleecker Street goes the widest under 1,000 screens with Mikael Håfström’s Slingshot, starring Casey Affleck and Laurence Fishburne, at 840 locations.
This psychological space thriller follows an elite trio of astronauts aboard a years-long, possibly compromised mission to Saturn’s moon Titan. As the team gears up for a highly dangerous slingshot maneuver that will either catapult them to Titan or into deep space, it becomes increasingly difficult for one astronaut to maintain his grip on reality.
Written by R. Scott Adams...
Bleecker Street goes the widest under 1,000 screens with Mikael Håfström’s Slingshot, starring Casey Affleck and Laurence Fishburne, at 840 locations.
This psychological space thriller follows an elite trio of astronauts aboard a years-long, possibly compromised mission to Saturn’s moon Titan. As the team gears up for a highly dangerous slingshot maneuver that will either catapult them to Titan or into deep space, it becomes increasingly difficult for one astronaut to maintain his grip on reality.
Written by R. Scott Adams...
- 8/30/2024
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
To say that French director Emmanuel Mouret has had one thing on his mind since he started making features two decades ago would probably be an understatement. If you take the English-language titles alone of his prolific oeuvre — 11 features, including the latest — you get a fairly good idea of the subject dearest to him: Shall We Kiss, Please, Please Me, The Art of Love, Lovers, Caprice, Love Affairs, Diary of a Fleeting Affair…
The question, perhaps, is whether anything but love and sex actually interests Mouret. After making a few slapstick-style comedies early on, the director has decided to focus almost exclusively on people falling in and out of affairs and relationships. And if his first few films were inspired by both Buster Keaton and Jacques Tati, his work since then draws heavily from the worlds of both Eric Rohmer and middle-period Woody Allen — up to using the Woodster’s...
The question, perhaps, is whether anything but love and sex actually interests Mouret. After making a few slapstick-style comedies early on, the director has decided to focus almost exclusively on people falling in and out of affairs and relationships. And if his first few films were inspired by both Buster Keaton and Jacques Tati, his work since then draws heavily from the worlds of both Eric Rohmer and middle-period Woody Allen — up to using the Woodster’s...
- 8/30/2024
- by Jordan Mintzer
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Production on “Screamboat” is chugging right along.
Director Steven Lamorte stepped away from an editing session to update IndieWire on his forthcoming horror comedy, expected in theaters early next year from distributors DeskPop Entertainment and Iconic Events Releasing. The slasher spoof plans to commandeer Disney’s “Steamboat Willie” from 1928 — now that its black-and-white versions of Mickey and Minnie Mouse are in the public domain. You can watch the film’s sinister first teaser trailer, making its exclusive digital debut with IndieWire, above.
“Our movie, while it is bloody and gory and raunchy, it really is a love letter to this character,” said Lamorte, who co-wrote the script with Matthew Garcia-Dunn. “As 2024 got closer and closer, it seemed like the copyright was really going to lapse. Once the clock struck midnight on January 1, and it was clear that we were going to be free to use the character and have some real fun with him,...
Director Steven Lamorte stepped away from an editing session to update IndieWire on his forthcoming horror comedy, expected in theaters early next year from distributors DeskPop Entertainment and Iconic Events Releasing. The slasher spoof plans to commandeer Disney’s “Steamboat Willie” from 1928 — now that its black-and-white versions of Mickey and Minnie Mouse are in the public domain. You can watch the film’s sinister first teaser trailer, making its exclusive digital debut with IndieWire, above.
“Our movie, while it is bloody and gory and raunchy, it really is a love letter to this character,” said Lamorte, who co-wrote the script with Matthew Garcia-Dunn. “As 2024 got closer and closer, it seemed like the copyright was really going to lapse. Once the clock struck midnight on January 1, and it was clear that we were going to be free to use the character and have some real fun with him,...
- 8/30/2024
- by Alison Foreman
- Indiewire
Venice film festival
Luis Ortega’s film veers off the racetrack as jockey Remo drifts around the city streets, pursued by a pregnant girlfriend who wants him back and a gangster who wants him dead
People ride horses for all sorts of reasons, explains the jockey hero of Luis Ortega’s offbeat and stylish Argentinian crime drama. They ride to arrive at their destination more quickly, or to wage war more effectively. Mostly, he says, they ride to escape. This jockey is familiar with the nagging urge to take flight. He is a study in motion, a figure in flux. Show him a fence and he will promptly jump it – or die trying.
There is much to relish in Kill the Jockey, not least Nahuel Pérez Biscayart’s wonderfully stone-faced performance as Remo Manfredini, the rider who absolutely, positively has to win his next race in order to keep a gangster off his back.
Luis Ortega’s film veers off the racetrack as jockey Remo drifts around the city streets, pursued by a pregnant girlfriend who wants him back and a gangster who wants him dead
People ride horses for all sorts of reasons, explains the jockey hero of Luis Ortega’s offbeat and stylish Argentinian crime drama. They ride to arrive at their destination more quickly, or to wage war more effectively. Mostly, he says, they ride to escape. This jockey is familiar with the nagging urge to take flight. He is a study in motion, a figure in flux. Show him a fence and he will promptly jump it – or die trying.
There is much to relish in Kill the Jockey, not least Nahuel Pérez Biscayart’s wonderfully stone-faced performance as Remo Manfredini, the rider who absolutely, positively has to win his next race in order to keep a gangster off his back.
- 8/29/2024
- by Xan Brooks
- The Guardian - Film News
Ryan Reynolds is celebrating the stunt team on Deadpool & Wolverine and making a case for the Oscars to award their work.
In a new social media post, Reynolds honored the performers who stepped in for actors to make the complex action scenes happen and hoped that their work would be more widely recognized.
“Stunt work doesn’t have a category at The Oscars and I hope that’ll change someday. So many films have smashed it this year,” Reynolds shared on X, the microblogging platform formerly known as Twitter. “Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd and Chaplin were stunt performers as well as filmmakers. Telling stories with their entire bodies.”
He continued, “This [Deadpool & Wolverine] stunt team over-delivered. A lot of them are friends I’ve worked with for years and I’ll spend the rest of my days doodling their names in my Heidi Stationary, dotting all the ‘i’s’ with little hearts.
In a new social media post, Reynolds honored the performers who stepped in for actors to make the complex action scenes happen and hoped that their work would be more widely recognized.
“Stunt work doesn’t have a category at The Oscars and I hope that’ll change someday. So many films have smashed it this year,” Reynolds shared on X, the microblogging platform formerly known as Twitter. “Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd and Chaplin were stunt performers as well as filmmakers. Telling stories with their entire bodies.”
He continued, “This [Deadpool & Wolverine] stunt team over-delivered. A lot of them are friends I’ve worked with for years and I’ll spend the rest of my days doodling their names in my Heidi Stationary, dotting all the ‘i’s’ with little hearts.
- 8/29/2024
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
A hundred years later, the sequence still radiates an otherworldly aura: a man wearing a porkpie hat walks down the aisle of a movie theater, steps up onto the stage, and slips into the motion picture screen. The film we have been watching — a conventional enough story of a boy who loses his girl due to a dumb misunderstanding — flows fluidly into another cinematic realm, where the boy is a brilliant detective who outwits the bad guys, solves the crime, and gets the girl. One Hollywood fantasy is switched for a more beguiling Hollywood fantasy.
The film, of course, is Sherlock Jr. (1924), directed by and starring Buster Keaton, the greatest of all silent film comedian-auteurs. (Team Chaplin is welcome to dissent.) It is the usual Keaton concoction of ingenious gags, trick photography and jaw-dropping stunt work, but the film, true to its name, is also an investigation into the role...
The film, of course, is Sherlock Jr. (1924), directed by and starring Buster Keaton, the greatest of all silent film comedian-auteurs. (Team Chaplin is welcome to dissent.) It is the usual Keaton concoction of ingenious gags, trick photography and jaw-dropping stunt work, but the film, true to its name, is also an investigation into the role...
- 8/29/2024
- by Thomas Doherty
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Ryan Reynolds, star of upcoming film “Deadpool & Wolverine,” is urging the Academy to acknowledge stunt work at the Oscars. In a recent social media post, Reynolds praised the stunt team’s work on the new movie. He said stunt performers deserve credit just like other artists in film.
The actor shared photos with his stunt doubles and coordinators on Instagram. “Stunt work isn’t nominated for an Oscar yet. I hope that changes,” Reynolds wrote. He pointed out that early filmmakers like Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd and Charlie Chaplin performed their own stunts. Reynolds said these pioneers told stories with their bodies, just like today’s stunt performers.
Reynolds specifically highlighted some members of his team. This includes his longtime stunt double Alex Kyshkovych and stunt coordinator George Cottle. He also gave credit to Hugh Jackman’s double Daniel Stevens. The actor said the “Deadpool & Wolverine” stunt team...
The actor shared photos with his stunt doubles and coordinators on Instagram. “Stunt work isn’t nominated for an Oscar yet. I hope that changes,” Reynolds wrote. He pointed out that early filmmakers like Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd and Charlie Chaplin performed their own stunts. Reynolds said these pioneers told stories with their bodies, just like today’s stunt performers.
Reynolds specifically highlighted some members of his team. This includes his longtime stunt double Alex Kyshkovych and stunt coordinator George Cottle. He also gave credit to Hugh Jackman’s double Daniel Stevens. The actor said the “Deadpool & Wolverine” stunt team...
- 8/29/2024
- by Naser Nahandian
- Gazettely
Ryan Reynolds believes stunt performers deserve their own Oscars category.The 47-year-old actor has taken to social media to pay tribute to the stunt performers who worked on 'Deadpool and Wolverine'.Ryan wrote on X: "Stunt work doesn’t have a category at The Oscars and I hope that’ll change someday. So many films have smashed it this year. Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd and Chaplin were stunt performers as well as filmmakers. Telling stories with their entire bodies. "This D and W stunt team over-delivered. A lot of them are friends I’ve worked with for years and I’ll spend the rest of my days doodling their names in my Heidi Stationary, dotting all the “i’s” with little hearts. "I’ve worked with Alex Kyshkovych since the very first @deadpoolmovie . He not only doubles me - he’s the Fight Coordinator. I’d take a sledgehammer to the face for Alex.
- 8/29/2024
- by Josh Evans
- Bang Showbiz
Ryan Reynolds took to social media on Wednesday to champion his Deadpool & Wolverine stunt team, and called on the Academy Awards to add a category to “recognize the amazing work of stunt teams across the industry.”
“Stunt work doesn’t have a category at The Oscars and I hope that’ll change someday. So many films Smashed it this year… Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd and Chaplin were stunt performers as well as filmmakers. Telling stories with their entire bodies,” wrote Reynolds in an Instagram post alongside photos of him and his stunt crew on set.
“Stunt work doesn’t have a category at The Oscars and I hope that’ll change someday. So many films Smashed it this year… Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd and Chaplin were stunt performers as well as filmmakers. Telling stories with their entire bodies,” wrote Reynolds in an Instagram post alongside photos of him and his stunt crew on set.
- 8/29/2024
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has been under pressure to include a new stunt category at the Oscars for years, but it hasn’t happened yet. In a social media post, Deadpool & Wolverine star Ryan Reynolds praised the movie’s stunt team and added his voice to those who want to see an Oscar category for stunts.
“Stunt work doesn’t have a category at The Oscars and I hope that’ll change someday,” Reynolds wrote. “So many films have smashed it this year. Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd and Chaplin were stunt performers as well as filmmakers. Telling stories with their entire bodies. This D&w stunt team over-delivered. A lot of them are friends I’ve worked with for years and I’ll spend the rest of my days doodling their names in my Heidi Stationary, dotting all the ‘i’s’ with little hearts.“
Reynolds continued,...
“Stunt work doesn’t have a category at The Oscars and I hope that’ll change someday,” Reynolds wrote. “So many films have smashed it this year. Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd and Chaplin were stunt performers as well as filmmakers. Telling stories with their entire bodies. This D&w stunt team over-delivered. A lot of them are friends I’ve worked with for years and I’ll spend the rest of my days doodling their names in my Heidi Stationary, dotting all the ‘i’s’ with little hearts.“
Reynolds continued,...
- 8/28/2024
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
Ryan Reynolds thinks it’s about time The Academy added an Oscar best Best Stunt Team — if only to recognize the deep bench of industry vets he worked with on the biggest live action movie of the year, “Deadpool & Wolverine.”
“Stunt work doesn’t have a category at the Oscars, and I hope that’ll change someday,” Reynolds began in a lengthy social media post Wednesday. “So many films have smashed it this year. Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd and Chaplin were stunt performers as well as filmmakers. Telling stories with their entire bodies.”
That’s when he drew special attention to the crew on the MCU’s first R-rated action romp, saying that they “over-delivered” and joking that he’ll “spend the rest of my days doodling their names in my Heidi Stationary, dotting all the ‘i’s’ with little hearts.”
“I’ve worked with Alex Kyshkovych since the very first ‘Deadpool,...
“Stunt work doesn’t have a category at the Oscars, and I hope that’ll change someday,” Reynolds began in a lengthy social media post Wednesday. “So many films have smashed it this year. Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd and Chaplin were stunt performers as well as filmmakers. Telling stories with their entire bodies.”
That’s when he drew special attention to the crew on the MCU’s first R-rated action romp, saying that they “over-delivered” and joking that he’ll “spend the rest of my days doodling their names in my Heidi Stationary, dotting all the ‘i’s’ with little hearts.”
“I’ve worked with Alex Kyshkovych since the very first ‘Deadpool,...
- 8/28/2024
- by Benjamin Lindsay
- The Wrap
A pair of Radiohead albums will be used as the soundtrack for screenings of the silent horror film Nosferatu this fall. Kid A and Amnesiac will be paired with the 1922 classic as the first installment of the Silents Synced series.
The world premiere of Silents Synced Presents Nosferatu will take place at Los Feliz Theater in Los Angeles on September 21st. Get tickets here.
After that, it’s slated to open wide on October 4th. Find out more information at the Silents Synced website,
“Silents Synced is a strategic format to draw new audiences to cinemas for a communal music experience like no other,” creator and CEO Josh Frank told Deadline earlier this summer. “The question for independent theater operators has become what can we do to inspire people to leave their homes outside of Hollywood blockbuster films? While traditional moviegoers will always be our lifeblood, music fans will go...
The world premiere of Silents Synced Presents Nosferatu will take place at Los Feliz Theater in Los Angeles on September 21st. Get tickets here.
After that, it’s slated to open wide on October 4th. Find out more information at the Silents Synced website,
“Silents Synced is a strategic format to draw new audiences to cinemas for a communal music experience like no other,” creator and CEO Josh Frank told Deadline earlier this summer. “The question for independent theater operators has become what can we do to inspire people to leave their homes outside of Hollywood blockbuster films? While traditional moviegoers will always be our lifeblood, music fans will go...
- 8/21/2024
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
A pair of Radiohead albums will be used as the soundtrack for screenings of the silent horror film Nosferatu this fall. Kid A and Amnesiac will be paired with the 1922 classic as the first installment of the Silents Synced series.
The world premiere of Silents Synced Presents Nosferatu will take place at Los Feliz Theater in Los Angeles on September 21st. Get tickets here.
After that, it’s slated to open wide on October 4th. Find out more information at the Silents Synced website,
“Silents Synced is a strategic format to draw new audiences to cinemas for a communal music experience like no other,” creator and CEO Josh Frank told Deadline earlier this summer. “The question for independent theater operators has become what can we do to inspire people to leave their homes outside of Hollywood blockbuster films? While traditional moviegoers will always be our lifeblood, music fans will go...
The world premiere of Silents Synced Presents Nosferatu will take place at Los Feliz Theater in Los Angeles on September 21st. Get tickets here.
After that, it’s slated to open wide on October 4th. Find out more information at the Silents Synced website,
“Silents Synced is a strategic format to draw new audiences to cinemas for a communal music experience like no other,” creator and CEO Josh Frank told Deadline earlier this summer. “The question for independent theater operators has become what can we do to inspire people to leave their homes outside of Hollywood blockbuster films? While traditional moviegoers will always be our lifeblood, music fans will go...
- 8/21/2024
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Film News
“Despicable Me 4” is an animation movie directed by Patrick Delage and Chris Renaud. With the voices of Steve Carell, Will Ferrell, Joey King and Sofia Vergara.
“Despicable Me 4” carries the essence of its predecessors: minimal script, maximum fun. And it’s not just us who are smitten; the Illumination Entertainment team has once again struck gold with their formula. They craft family movies that captivate the young audience while simultaneously charming parents with catchy tunes, nostalgic jokes, and plenty of nods to the past. This timeless humor, reminiscent of silent film characters, is universally appealing and brilliantly untranslatable—much like the minions themselves.
This film deliberately sidesteps a complex script, instead relying entirely on being consistently funny. Within the first five minutes, viewers are enveloped in its absurdity, relaxing and allowing themselves to be enchanted by these delightful characters. On a technical front, the film shines brightly with its spectacularly colorful animations,...
“Despicable Me 4” carries the essence of its predecessors: minimal script, maximum fun. And it’s not just us who are smitten; the Illumination Entertainment team has once again struck gold with their formula. They craft family movies that captivate the young audience while simultaneously charming parents with catchy tunes, nostalgic jokes, and plenty of nods to the past. This timeless humor, reminiscent of silent film characters, is universally appealing and brilliantly untranslatable—much like the minions themselves.
This film deliberately sidesteps a complex script, instead relying entirely on being consistently funny. Within the first five minutes, viewers are enveloped in its absurdity, relaxing and allowing themselves to be enchanted by these delightful characters. On a technical front, the film shines brightly with its spectacularly colorful animations,...
- 8/19/2024
- by Anna Green
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
Stars: Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Hannah Waddingham, Teresa Palmer, Stephanie Hsu, Winston Duke, Ben Knight, Matuse, Adam Dunn | Written by Drew Pearce | Directed by David Leitch
Stunts have been at the forefront of cinema since the beginning. Some of the earliest directors, actors, and writers were the very best stunt performers. Think Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, and Harold Lloyd. Their influence can be seen across the history of cinema, from bridge jumps in Smokey and the Bandit, to lorry flips in The Dark Knight, shopping centre jumps in Police Story, to jumping off cliffs in the latest Mission Impossible. Stunts are in every action movie and ingrained in the very fabric of the art form – why it’s not yet recognised by the academy is a mystery, but David Leitch and his talented cast and crew look set on solving the mystery by putting a spotlight on those stunt performers.
Stunts have been at the forefront of cinema since the beginning. Some of the earliest directors, actors, and writers were the very best stunt performers. Think Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, and Harold Lloyd. Their influence can be seen across the history of cinema, from bridge jumps in Smokey and the Bandit, to lorry flips in The Dark Knight, shopping centre jumps in Police Story, to jumping off cliffs in the latest Mission Impossible. Stunts are in every action movie and ingrained in the very fabric of the art form – why it’s not yet recognised by the academy is a mystery, but David Leitch and his talented cast and crew look set on solving the mystery by putting a spotlight on those stunt performers.
- 8/8/2024
- by Alex Ginnelly
- Nerdly
Stars: Ryland Brickson Cole Tews, Doug Mancheski, Olivia Graves, Wes Tank, Luis Rico | Written by Ryland Brickson Cole Tews, Mike Cheslik | Directed by Mike Cheslik
When my partner asked me what movie I was watching perhaps “checking out Hundreds of Beavers” wasn’t the best of all possible answers. And I suppose trying to clarify it with “big hairy Canadian beavers” didn’t help. But despite the title and opening quote from St. Augustine, “Lord grant me chastity, but not yet!”, this isn’t that kind of a movie.
The new film from director Mike Cheslik and co-writer Ryland Brickson Cole Tews, the pair who gave us the Tews-directed Lake Michigan Monster, never really gets raunchier than an old episode of The Benny Hill Show as it relates the tale of Jean Kayak (Ryland Brickson Cole Tews) who, as we see in the opening animation, has lost his apple orchard...
When my partner asked me what movie I was watching perhaps “checking out Hundreds of Beavers” wasn’t the best of all possible answers. And I suppose trying to clarify it with “big hairy Canadian beavers” didn’t help. But despite the title and opening quote from St. Augustine, “Lord grant me chastity, but not yet!”, this isn’t that kind of a movie.
The new film from director Mike Cheslik and co-writer Ryland Brickson Cole Tews, the pair who gave us the Tews-directed Lake Michigan Monster, never really gets raunchier than an old episode of The Benny Hill Show as it relates the tale of Jean Kayak (Ryland Brickson Cole Tews) who, as we see in the opening animation, has lost his apple orchard...
- 8/7/2024
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
Film directors acting in the films they make is neither rare nor new. Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton were doing it during the silent era, and as more artists like Orson Wells, Ida Lupino, John Cassavetes, and now Ben Affleck and Bradley Cooper got into the act (literally), it's hardly surprising for audiences to see a movie written by, directed by, and starring the same person.
However, there also exists the parallel concept of the director's cameo, which is distinguished from the acting directors because the concept of a cameo itself is an elastic idea — ranging from a brief, non-verbal appearance to an entire supporting role. Unlike a filmmaker playing the lead or a co-lead in their own feature, a director making a cameo appearance in their own film tends to have a meta aspect to it: they know you know who they are, so their appearance in and of...
However, there also exists the parallel concept of the director's cameo, which is distinguished from the acting directors because the concept of a cameo itself is an elastic idea — ranging from a brief, non-verbal appearance to an entire supporting role. Unlike a filmmaker playing the lead or a co-lead in their own feature, a director making a cameo appearance in their own film tends to have a meta aspect to it: they know you know who they are, so their appearance in and of...
- 8/2/2024
- by Bill Bria
- Slash Film
Die Retrospektive des Internationalen Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg zeigt zwölf Filme, die verdeutlichen, wie sich die Darstellung von Körpern seit den Anfängen des Kinos verändert hat.
Einer der zwölf Filme, die im Rahmen der Retrospektive beim Internationalen Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg zu sehen sein werden: „Die Schwarze aus Dakar“ (Credit: trigon-film)
Unter dem Titel „Körper im Film“ zeigt die Retrospektive des 73. Internationalen Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg zwölf Filme, die verdeutlichen, wie sich die Darstellung von Körpern seit den Anfängen des Kinos verändert hat. Das teilt das von 7. bis 17. November stattfindende Festival heute mit.
Ausgewählt wurden die Filme von Festivalleiter Sascha Keilholz zusammen mit Kurator Hannes Brühwiler, der über die Retrospektive sagt: „In diesem Jahr haben wir für unsere Retrospektive ein Thema gewählt, das uns kaum näher sein könnte: den menschlichen Körper. Auch in der Geschichte des Films nimmt er eine besondere Rolle ein. Der Körper der Darsteller*innen ist für das Kino ein Mittel der Verführung,...
Einer der zwölf Filme, die im Rahmen der Retrospektive beim Internationalen Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg zu sehen sein werden: „Die Schwarze aus Dakar“ (Credit: trigon-film)
Unter dem Titel „Körper im Film“ zeigt die Retrospektive des 73. Internationalen Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg zwölf Filme, die verdeutlichen, wie sich die Darstellung von Körpern seit den Anfängen des Kinos verändert hat. Das teilt das von 7. bis 17. November stattfindende Festival heute mit.
Ausgewählt wurden die Filme von Festivalleiter Sascha Keilholz zusammen mit Kurator Hannes Brühwiler, der über die Retrospektive sagt: „In diesem Jahr haben wir für unsere Retrospektive ein Thema gewählt, das uns kaum näher sein könnte: den menschlichen Körper. Auch in der Geschichte des Films nimmt er eine besondere Rolle ein. Der Körper der Darsteller*innen ist für das Kino ein Mittel der Verführung,...
- 8/1/2024
- by Jochen Müller
- Spot - Media & Film
The British Film Institute (BFI) is set to make waves with its upcoming “Art of Action” season, anchored by a re-release of Kathryn Bigelow’s 1991 cult classic “Point Break.”
The U.K.-wide celebration of action choreography in cinema will run from October to December, offering audiences a high-octane journey through the evolution of the genre.
BFI Distribution will bring “Point Break,” starring Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze, back to U.K. cinemas on Nov. 8. The film’s return to the big screen after years of limited theatrical showings is expected to be a major draw for both nostalgic fans and new viewers alike.
The “Art of Action” season, presented by the BFI Film Audience Network using National Lottery funds, aims to showcase the artistry behind action sequences that have kept audiences enthralled for decades. The program will feature a diverse array of films, including silent era classics like Buster Keaton...
The U.K.-wide celebration of action choreography in cinema will run from October to December, offering audiences a high-octane journey through the evolution of the genre.
BFI Distribution will bring “Point Break,” starring Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze, back to U.K. cinemas on Nov. 8. The film’s return to the big screen after years of limited theatrical showings is expected to be a major draw for both nostalgic fans and new viewers alike.
The “Art of Action” season, presented by the BFI Film Audience Network using National Lottery funds, aims to showcase the artistry behind action sequences that have kept audiences enthralled for decades. The program will feature a diverse array of films, including silent era classics like Buster Keaton...
- 7/29/2024
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Press Play Films has revealed its latest project, “Spaceman,” a genre-bending film that blends sci-fi, fantasy and coming-of-age elements.
The film, written and directed by emerging filmmaker Dan Abramovici, features a cast including Oscar winner J.K. Simmons (“Whiplash”), Mena Massoud (“Aladdin”) and Trevor Copp.
The story follows an artist’s journey to reclaim his lost creative passion. Copp stars as the titular Spaceman, who must confront his imposter syndrome (played by Simmons) and team up with his passion (Massoud) to rediscover himself. The narrative explores themes of identity, artistic expression and mental health.
“Spaceman” aims to combine classic Hollywood techniques reminiscent of Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton with cutting-edge practical effects and hopes to draw comparisons to the work of Michel Gondry and Baz Luhrmann with its approach. It employs an array of techniques, including mime, stop motion, classic animation and theatrical elements.
The film builds on Abramovici’s previous work,...
The film, written and directed by emerging filmmaker Dan Abramovici, features a cast including Oscar winner J.K. Simmons (“Whiplash”), Mena Massoud (“Aladdin”) and Trevor Copp.
The story follows an artist’s journey to reclaim his lost creative passion. Copp stars as the titular Spaceman, who must confront his imposter syndrome (played by Simmons) and team up with his passion (Massoud) to rediscover himself. The narrative explores themes of identity, artistic expression and mental health.
“Spaceman” aims to combine classic Hollywood techniques reminiscent of Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton with cutting-edge practical effects and hopes to draw comparisons to the work of Michel Gondry and Baz Luhrmann with its approach. It employs an array of techniques, including mime, stop motion, classic animation and theatrical elements.
The film builds on Abramovici’s previous work,...
- 7/29/2024
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Scott Stuber wasn’t out of the game for long, and he’s bringing back with him a venerated classic film brand. The former Netflix film chief is teaming with Amazon MGM Studios to relaunch the United Artists label and help produce movies for both theatrical and streaming.
Stuber left Netflix this spring, and under his new production company about to launch, he’ll already have a first-look, multiyear film deal with Amazon MGM Studios and will be involved in anything released by the new United Artists.
“With his proven track record of delivering global hits and an eye towards theatrical fare, Scott’s expertise and vision align perfectly with our film strategy,” said Jennifer Salke, head of Amazon MGM Studios. “We are so proud to welcome him to our lot and partner with him on the relaunch of the legendary UA brand, as we work to leverage existing and new IP into big,...
Stuber left Netflix this spring, and under his new production company about to launch, he’ll already have a first-look, multiyear film deal with Amazon MGM Studios and will be involved in anything released by the new United Artists.
“With his proven track record of delivering global hits and an eye towards theatrical fare, Scott’s expertise and vision align perfectly with our film strategy,” said Jennifer Salke, head of Amazon MGM Studios. “We are so proud to welcome him to our lot and partner with him on the relaunch of the legendary UA brand, as we work to leverage existing and new IP into big,...
- 7/26/2024
- by Brian Welk
- Indiewire
The official poster and trailer for The Falling Star have been released (check them out above and below). The film will be released in New York on August 30, 2024! Kino Lorber is pleased to present The Falling Star, the enchanting new caper from Dominique Abel & Fiona Gordon that parodies film noir with their signature deadpan wit and quirky, colorful whimsy.
Synopsis: An official selection of the Telluride and Locarno Film Festivals, the latest caper from Abel & Gordon filters the language of film noir through their characteristically colorful palette to create a series of deceptively minimalistic set pieces that recall the best of Jacques Tati and Buster Keaton. Abel plays Boris, a former activist hiding from his dark past, keeping in the shadows as a barkeeper until a one-armed vigilante finally hunts him down. The fortuitous appearance of a double – the depressive recluse Dom (also played by Abel) – seems to offer the perfect decoy.
Synopsis: An official selection of the Telluride and Locarno Film Festivals, the latest caper from Abel & Gordon filters the language of film noir through their characteristically colorful palette to create a series of deceptively minimalistic set pieces that recall the best of Jacques Tati and Buster Keaton. Abel plays Boris, a former activist hiding from his dark past, keeping in the shadows as a barkeeper until a one-armed vigilante finally hunts him down. The fortuitous appearance of a double – the depressive recluse Dom (also played by Abel) – seems to offer the perfect decoy.
- 7/23/2024
- by Editor
- CinemaNerdz
Comedies have been a staple of the cinematic landscape dating back to the earliest days of Hollywood, when guys like Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton were the biggest stars in the world. Yet, these days, comedies don't often break out as true blue blockbusters. In the 2000s, "The Hangover" became one of those rare breakthrough hits, becoming arguably one of the most successful films the genre ever produced. Part of that can be chalked up to the commitment of the cast and crew. Case in point, Ed Helms literally yanked out one of his teeth for the sake of a joke.
In 2013, The Hollywood Reporter documented the history of "The Hangover" as the third film was getting ready to make its way to theaters. As viewers will surely recall, after waking up in Vegas after a drunken night for a bachelor party, Stu (Helms) discovers that he is missing a tooth,...
In 2013, The Hollywood Reporter documented the history of "The Hangover" as the third film was getting ready to make its way to theaters. As viewers will surely recall, after waking up in Vegas after a drunken night for a bachelor party, Stu (Helms) discovers that he is missing a tooth,...
- 7/16/2024
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
Combining Chaplin, Keaton and Looney Tunes, the utter silliness of this movie pastiche, with an army of full-sized beavers, will win you over
The sheer sustained silliness of this spoof silent comedy is what finally compels admiration. It’s like chancing across a bunch of eerily gifted kids by the roadside putting on a bizarrely accomplished, very extended series of magic tricks and circus acrobatic stunts. You could at first find it very startling and funny, then a little dull but finally after an hour or so enter a home stretch of being just stunned at the simple fact that it is still going on, and at such a pitch of crazy inventiveness you can’t help but feel awe at this film’s absolute dedication to gag productivity.
Director Mike Cheslik and his lead actor and co-writer Ryland Brickson Cole Tews mix live action with homespun animation in black-and-white,...
The sheer sustained silliness of this spoof silent comedy is what finally compels admiration. It’s like chancing across a bunch of eerily gifted kids by the roadside putting on a bizarrely accomplished, very extended series of magic tricks and circus acrobatic stunts. You could at first find it very startling and funny, then a little dull but finally after an hour or so enter a home stretch of being just stunned at the simple fact that it is still going on, and at such a pitch of crazy inventiveness you can’t help but feel awe at this film’s absolute dedication to gag productivity.
Director Mike Cheslik and his lead actor and co-writer Ryland Brickson Cole Tews mix live action with homespun animation in black-and-white,...
- 7/11/2024
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
In a bold move to reinvigorate the cinema-going experience, Blue Starlite Entertainment and CineLife Entertainment have announced “Silents Synced,” a innovative series that pairs classic silent films with iconic rock albums. This unique project aims to blend the visual artistry of early cinema with the powerful soundscapes of modern rock music, creating a fresh and immersive viewing experience.
The series will kick off with a screening of F.W. Murnau’s 1922 horror classic “Nosferatu,” accompanied by Radiohead’s albums “Kid A” and “Amnesiac.” Following this, plans are in place to pair Buster Keaton’s “Sherlock, Jr.” with music from R.E.M. The companies are also in talks with other renowned bands such as Pearl Jam, Pixies, Amon Tobin, and They Might Be Giants for future pairings.
Josh Frank, CEO and creator of Silents Synced, explained the rationale behind the project: “Silents Synced is a strategic format to draw new audiences to cinemas...
The series will kick off with a screening of F.W. Murnau’s 1922 horror classic “Nosferatu,” accompanied by Radiohead’s albums “Kid A” and “Amnesiac.” Following this, plans are in place to pair Buster Keaton’s “Sherlock, Jr.” with music from R.E.M. The companies are also in talks with other renowned bands such as Pearl Jam, Pixies, Amon Tobin, and They Might Be Giants for future pairings.
Josh Frank, CEO and creator of Silents Synced, explained the rationale behind the project: “Silents Synced is a strategic format to draw new audiences to cinemas...
- 7/8/2024
- by Naser Nahandian
- Gazettely
(L-r) Mia Goth as Maxine and Halsey as Tabby, in Maxxxine. Photo Credit: Justin Lubin. Courtesy of A24
Director Ti West and actor Mia Goth are back with a third film in the X horror series. Maxxxine is a sequel to 2022’s X, while the second in the series, Pearl (also 2022), was a prequel. The first film, X, was a surprise hit at SXSW with audiences and critics, a kind of fun, tongue-in-cheek homage to both horror and porno films of the late 1970s and early 1980s, where the owner of a strip joint and his pals set out in make a porno film titled “The Farmers’ Daughters” at a rural house they have rented from an elderly couple, but without telling the old folks what kind of film they are making. Mia Goth plays in dual roles as one of the actresses in the porno, Maxine, and the elderly farm wife,...
Director Ti West and actor Mia Goth are back with a third film in the X horror series. Maxxxine is a sequel to 2022’s X, while the second in the series, Pearl (also 2022), was a prequel. The first film, X, was a surprise hit at SXSW with audiences and critics, a kind of fun, tongue-in-cheek homage to both horror and porno films of the late 1970s and early 1980s, where the owner of a strip joint and his pals set out in make a porno film titled “The Farmers’ Daughters” at a rural house they have rented from an elderly couple, but without telling the old folks what kind of film they are making. Mia Goth plays in dual roles as one of the actresses in the porno, Maxine, and the elderly farm wife,...
- 7/5/2024
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
This article contains massive spoilers for "MaXXXine."
If you want to know the real history of Hollywood in all of its dreamlike, terrible, grimy beauty, you would do well to study the horror film. It's the genre where many pillars of the film industry get their start and one that comments on the darkest aspects of human nature and filmmaking itself without fear of overstepping. Think of Wes Craven's "Scream" quartet: not only do all four films make blatant comments on the contemporary state of the industry, but "Scream 3" even features a character who, in hindsight, is a thinly-veiled version of serial assaulter Harvey Weinstein, an executive producer on the film. The calls were coming from inside the house.
Being a horror movie fan involves not just things like separations of art from the artist, but varying gradations of morality, with so many ethical questions constantly at the forefront of these films.
If you want to know the real history of Hollywood in all of its dreamlike, terrible, grimy beauty, you would do well to study the horror film. It's the genre where many pillars of the film industry get their start and one that comments on the darkest aspects of human nature and filmmaking itself without fear of overstepping. Think of Wes Craven's "Scream" quartet: not only do all four films make blatant comments on the contemporary state of the industry, but "Scream 3" even features a character who, in hindsight, is a thinly-veiled version of serial assaulter Harvey Weinstein, an executive producer on the film. The calls were coming from inside the house.
Being a horror movie fan involves not just things like separations of art from the artist, but varying gradations of morality, with so many ethical questions constantly at the forefront of these films.
- 7/4/2024
- by Bill Bria
- Slash Film
Ti West’s time-jumping trilogy of Texas-fried serial killer shenanigans concludes with 2024’s Maxxxine. Leaving behind the 1970s porn shoots and 1930s stag loops for 1980s peep shows, Maxxxine is still firmly planted in West’s Adults Only world of bodies and body parts. It’s as gory as the two films that came before it and as referentially obsessed, for better or worse. We all got a kick of out X‘s Texas Porn Star Massacre but dear Body Double (1984) fans, get ready to eat up what Maxxxine is serving to you on a blood-stained silver cocaine platter.
Set in the VHS dominated world of Hollywood’s underbelly, Maxxxine sees X‘s Maxine Minx (Mia Goth) clawing and scratching and auditioning her way to stardom in 1985. Naturally, her biggest hurdle is breaking out of the world of Adult Film into “legitimate” movies. That’s easier said than done (obviously...
Set in the VHS dominated world of Hollywood’s underbelly, Maxxxine sees X‘s Maxine Minx (Mia Goth) clawing and scratching and auditioning her way to stardom in 1985. Naturally, her biggest hurdle is breaking out of the world of Adult Film into “legitimate” movies. That’s easier said than done (obviously...
- 7/4/2024
- by Jonathan Dehaan
Let’s face it, streaming services have lost a lot of their appeal. Between their ever shifting libraries, their kneecapping of theaters, and their tendency to overwhelm viewers with substandard garbage, it’s hard to be excited about our streaming present. Heck, most services now play the same couple of ads over and over, even for paying customers!
With every annoying insurance ad and every movie suddenly shoved from a service you bought to a different service you don’t have, Tubi looks better and better. Tubi is one of many free streaming services available online. Like most other services, free or otherwise, Tubi interrupts the programming with occasional ads.
But Tubi also has an outstanding library, one that rivals Max, with its oft-threatened TCM and Ghibli channels. Still, Tubi can be overwhelming to some users, who can’t always see the gems alongside stinkers such as Big Stan (starring Rob Schneider!
With every annoying insurance ad and every movie suddenly shoved from a service you bought to a different service you don’t have, Tubi looks better and better. Tubi is one of many free streaming services available online. Like most other services, free or otherwise, Tubi interrupts the programming with occasional ads.
But Tubi also has an outstanding library, one that rivals Max, with its oft-threatened TCM and Ghibli channels. Still, Tubi can be overwhelming to some users, who can’t always see the gems alongside stinkers such as Big Stan (starring Rob Schneider!
- 7/2/2024
- by Joe George
- Den of Geek
Quick: what’s the all-time best middle movie in a popular Og cinematic trilogy? Yes, The Godfather Part II and The Empire Strikes Back are obvious and beyond reproach, but what else comes to mind? Aliens? Terminator 2? Back to the Future Part 2? Evil Dead 2? What about Oldboy or Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom? Yeah, all worthy responses that happened to be flat-out wrong!
When peering through the rear-view at the best movie trilogy centerpiece, Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior leaves the others in the dust. Released two years after the handcrafted, low-budget original Mad Max, the making of The Road Warrior couldn’t have been more different than what visionary filmmaker George Miller experienced on the first go-around. For instance, the first film was hampered by limited resources and budgetary restrictions. Meanwhile, the sequel was strapped with over 10 times the original movie’s budget, allowing Miller to execute the dazzling,...
When peering through the rear-view at the best movie trilogy centerpiece, Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior leaves the others in the dust. Released two years after the handcrafted, low-budget original Mad Max, the making of The Road Warrior couldn’t have been more different than what visionary filmmaker George Miller experienced on the first go-around. For instance, the first film was hampered by limited resources and budgetary restrictions. Meanwhile, the sequel was strapped with over 10 times the original movie’s budget, allowing Miller to execute the dazzling,...
- 7/2/2024
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
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