Banana Split
Stars: Hannah Marks, Dylan Sprouse, Liana Liberato, Luke Spencer Roberts, Meagan Kimberly Smith, Haley Ramm, Jessica Hecht, Addison Reike, Jacob Batalon | Written by Hannah Marks, Joey Power | Directed by Benjamin Kasulke
April (Hannah Marks) has spent the last two years of high school in a relationship with Nick (Dylan Sprouse), from first frantic make-out session to final tear-stained breakup. In the aimless summer between graduation and college, the newly single April mends her heartbreak by striking up an unexpected friendship with an unlikely candidate: Nick’s new girlfriend, Clara (Liana Liberato).
With an oddball title like Banana Split I was expecting a quirky, just as oddball rom-com. However what you actually get is a touchy tale of two women who should be enemies, after all they’ve both dated and slept with the same guy, but instead find a common bond that leads to a sweet, tender platonic...
Stars: Hannah Marks, Dylan Sprouse, Liana Liberato, Luke Spencer Roberts, Meagan Kimberly Smith, Haley Ramm, Jessica Hecht, Addison Reike, Jacob Batalon | Written by Hannah Marks, Joey Power | Directed by Benjamin Kasulke
April (Hannah Marks) has spent the last two years of high school in a relationship with Nick (Dylan Sprouse), from first frantic make-out session to final tear-stained breakup. In the aimless summer between graduation and college, the newly single April mends her heartbreak by striking up an unexpected friendship with an unlikely candidate: Nick’s new girlfriend, Clara (Liana Liberato).
With an oddball title like Banana Split I was expecting a quirky, just as oddball rom-com. However what you actually get is a touchy tale of two women who should be enemies, after all they’ve both dated and slept with the same guy, but instead find a common bond that leads to a sweet, tender platonic...
- 6/12/2020
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
During the first decade of Lynn Shelton’s career, it was nearly impossible to find her on a set without cinematographer Benjamin Kasulke by her side. Shelton, the writer-director known for prolific work in the indie film world with “Your Sister’s Sister,” “Laggies,” “Humpday,” among others, and her recent successes directing top-tier television shows like “Little Fires Everywhere” and “Glow,” died Friday from a previously unidentified blood disorder.
Kasulke, who met her 20 years ago in the scrappy Seattle filmmaking scene, shot all her feature films from 2005 to 2014, beginning with the first, “We Go Way Back,” up to “Laggies.” “Everything [we did on set] was for the comfort of the performance and the actors in the hope of getting at the truth of the scene,” says Kasulke, who texted with Shelton just last Wednesday about what she thought was a case of the flue she was getting over.
“If people watch her movies, they’re...
Kasulke, who met her 20 years ago in the scrappy Seattle filmmaking scene, shot all her feature films from 2005 to 2014, beginning with the first, “We Go Way Back,” up to “Laggies.” “Everything [we did on set] was for the comfort of the performance and the actors in the hope of getting at the truth of the scene,” says Kasulke, who texted with Shelton just last Wednesday about what she thought was a case of the flue she was getting over.
“If people watch her movies, they’re...
- 5/18/2020
- by Valentina I. Valentini
- Variety Film + TV
It’s been about a month since production work all but ground to a halt. No one knows when they’re going back — but those who work on the sets have some clear ideas of what they’d want from their post-coronavirus work environments. In the absence of a vaccine, or targeted antiviral drugs, the hope is for rapid virus and antibody testing for everyone on set, perhaps even on a daily basis.
To better understand the specific challenges that stem from working on set, IndieWire spoke to more than a half-dozen people in jobs that include production designers, dental prosthetics, and prop masters as well as directors and producers. The issues are far ranging, but it’s clear that they all want enhanced and far-reaching safety tactics to become second nature for everyone.
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To better understand the specific challenges that stem from working on set, IndieWire spoke to more than a half-dozen people in jobs that include production designers, dental prosthetics, and prop masters as well as directors and producers. The issues are far ranging, but it’s clear that they all want enhanced and far-reaching safety tactics to become second nature for everyone.
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- 4/9/2020
- by Chris Lindahl
- Indiewire
Mega-talented multi-hyphenate Hannah Marks started writing Banana Split when she was still a teenager. It was loosely based on her real life. She rewrote it with her writing partner Joey Power as her acting credits piled up in stuff like The Runaways, The Amazing Spider-Man, and Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency. Then, after she co-directed her first feature (with Power), After Everything, she was able to get Banana Split made with herself in the staring role, directed by Benjamin Kasulke. In this half hour, she talks about the ups and downs of standing her ground and seeing the dream of […]...
- 3/31/2020
- by Peter Rinaldi
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Mega-talented multi-hyphenate Hannah Marks started writing Banana Split when she was still a teenager. It was loosely based on her real life. She rewrote it with her writing partner Joey Power as her acting credits piled up in stuff like The Runaways, The Amazing Spider-Man, and Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency. Then, after she co-directed her first feature (with Power), After Everything, she was able to get Banana Split made with herself in the staring role, directed by Benjamin Kasulke. In this half hour, she talks about the ups and downs of standing her ground and seeing the dream of […]...
- 3/31/2020
- by Peter Rinaldi
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Long before the release of “Booksmart,” actress Hannah Marks set out to make a movie that would be the female bookend to “Superbad.” She started writing the script eight years ago, at 18, based on a real-life story about how, in high school, she befriended the girlfriend of her ex-boyfriend.
Many drafts followed for “Banana Split.” Over time, Marks partnered with a co-writer (Joey Power), found a director (in the form of longtime cinematographer Benjamin Kasulke) and played a version of her former self onscreen who falls in love with her classmate Nick (Dylan Sprouse). They shot the movie in the winter of 2018 in Syracuse, N.Y. Later that year, “Banana Split” was enthusiastically received on the film festival circuit. Then, came one of the weirdest delays in the history of romantic comedies.
The producers realized that they didn’t have the rights to an article of clothing that Marks’ character April wears throughout the film.
Many drafts followed for “Banana Split.” Over time, Marks partnered with a co-writer (Joey Power), found a director (in the form of longtime cinematographer Benjamin Kasulke) and played a version of her former self onscreen who falls in love with her classmate Nick (Dylan Sprouse). They shot the movie in the winter of 2018 in Syracuse, N.Y. Later that year, “Banana Split” was enthusiastically received on the film festival circuit. Then, came one of the weirdest delays in the history of romantic comedies.
The producers realized that they didn’t have the rights to an article of clothing that Marks’ character April wears throughout the film.
- 3/27/2020
- by Ramin Setoodeh
- Variety Film + TV
Image Source: Everrett Collection
Dylan Sprouse is well known for his role on Disney Channel's The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, but now he's dipping his toes in the rom-com genre with Banana Split. The film, which originally premiered at the La Film Festival in 2018, follows a young woman named April (Hannah Mark), who is reeling after breaking up with her longtime high school boyfriend, Nick (Sprouse). As she tries to process her emotions the summer after graduation, things take an interesting turn when she eventually meets and befriends his new girlfriend, Clara (Liana Liberato), at a party.
Not only is the plot a twist on the classic rom-com trope, but it's loosely based on a true story. The film's lead star Hannah Marks cowrote the script with Benjamin Kasulke about a real-life experience she had, which helped Sprouse construct his character. "It's obviously fictionalized reality for her,...
Dylan Sprouse is well known for his role on Disney Channel's The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, but now he's dipping his toes in the rom-com genre with Banana Split. The film, which originally premiered at the La Film Festival in 2018, follows a young woman named April (Hannah Mark), who is reeling after breaking up with her longtime high school boyfriend, Nick (Sprouse). As she tries to process her emotions the summer after graduation, things take an interesting turn when she eventually meets and befriends his new girlfriend, Clara (Liana Liberato), at a party.
Not only is the plot a twist on the classic rom-com trope, but it's loosely based on a true story. The film's lead star Hannah Marks cowrote the script with Benjamin Kasulke about a real-life experience she had, which helped Sprouse construct his character. "It's obviously fictionalized reality for her,...
- 3/27/2020
- by Kelsie Gibson
- Popsugar.com
Longtime fans of Dylan Sprouse remember him and his twin brother Cole getting into trouble as teenagers living in a hotel on The Suite Life of Zack & Cody. Now in one of his first acting roles since graduating from New York University and opening a meadery in Brooklyn, Sprouse plays a teen once more, only this time with more partying, sex and swear words than in his Disney Channel days.
Sprouse’s new movie Banana Split sees the former child star take on the role of long-haired Nick, a hormonal Los Angeles high schooler who turns his friendship with April (Hannah Marks) romantic.
Sprouse’s new movie Banana Split sees the former child star take on the role of long-haired Nick, a hormonal Los Angeles high schooler who turns his friendship with April (Hannah Marks) romantic.
- 3/27/2020
- by Dana Rose Falcone
- PEOPLE.com
There are a lot of classic ingredients that go into a banana split. So it seems appropriate that “Banana Split” includes all the tasty components of a good, fun, soulfully smart summer-after-senior-year teen flick. It’s got sharp-tongued dialogue and fresh appealing actors who know just how to deliver it. It’s got an anthropological eye for youth culture, with its perpetually evolving fashions and habits and pop references. It nods to the mythology of John Hughes — in fact, it opens with deadpan-cynical April (Hannah Marks) getting hit on by dreamboat Nick (Dylan Sprouse), who looks like if-Brad-Pitt-and-Leonardo-dicaprio-had-a-baby with long blond ’90s Hanson brothers hair, the two high schoolers wasting no time before they make out in a diner booth, which leads to a love montage, encounters with a goofy stoner third-wheel friend, a first fight and, of course, the senior prom. And that’s all in the movie’s first five minutes.
- 3/27/2020
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Few genres are as beholden to tropes than the romantic comedy, which has long traded in predictable patterns, both the good and the very bad (pitting so-called friends against each other in service to new relationships). The path to love never did run smooth, but too many love stories seem to delight in running over people on the way to eternal bliss. It’s a trope that’s been used as plot and as a dirty little garnish, always fortifying the most basic and bland of lessons: Romantic love is more important than anything else.
It’s a trope long due for a refresher. One way: jettison the emphasis on romantic love and lean into the value of friendship, a twist that’s been used to great effect in “Booksmart” and “For a Good Time, Call.” Both films placed a premium on the platonic Bff-ships and use the rom-com structure...
It’s a trope long due for a refresher. One way: jettison the emphasis on romantic love and lean into the value of friendship, a twist that’s been used to great effect in “Booksmart” and “For a Good Time, Call.” Both films placed a premium on the platonic Bff-ships and use the rom-com structure...
- 3/26/2020
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
The world needs a lot of things right now, and one of them just happens to be easygoing entertainment. So be grateful for “Banana Split,” a charming teen romance that fits neatly into the era of “Booksmart” but also manages to stand solidly on its own.
Cowriter Hannah Marks (“Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency”) also stars as April, a high-school senior in a long-term relationship with dim hottie Nick (Dylan Sprouse). Marks, cowriter Joey Power and director Benjamin Kasulke spend about five minutes introducing, capturing and ending this relationship, in a quick but clever montage that both fills us in and keeps us at a distance.
That detachment does leave a nagging hole in the story, because we never have the chance to become invested in this couple. But it’s also a purposeful choice: It soon becomes clear that the filmmakers have something other than romance in mind.
Cowriter Hannah Marks (“Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency”) also stars as April, a high-school senior in a long-term relationship with dim hottie Nick (Dylan Sprouse). Marks, cowriter Joey Power and director Benjamin Kasulke spend about five minutes introducing, capturing and ending this relationship, in a quick but clever montage that both fills us in and keeps us at a distance.
That detachment does leave a nagging hole in the story, because we never have the chance to become invested in this couple. But it’s also a purposeful choice: It soon becomes clear that the filmmakers have something other than romance in mind.
- 3/25/2020
- by Elizabeth Weitzman
- The Wrap
Hannah Marks deserves to be a force in Hollywood. One glimpse at her new movie Banana Split is clear evidence of that. The actress and filmmaker is a complete buzzsaw, mixing charisma, sarcasm, and screen presence to put forward instantly iconic work. Banana Split shows her doing so both in front of the camera as the star, as well as behind it as the co-writer. She’s helped to craft a funny, moving, and real story that immediately and throughly enraptures you. This is something special, plain and simple. Coming to Video On Demand this weekend, you owe it to yourself to make time for this one. The film is a comedy about an unlikely and very unique bond of friendship that grows over the course of a summer. For two years, April (Marks) has been in a relationship with Nick (Dylan Sprouse), defining her life in the latter parts of high school.
- 3/25/2020
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Vertical Entertainment Us has launched a new trailer for the coming-of-age- romcom ‘Banana Split’.
The film follows April (Hannah Marks), who has spent the last two years of high school in a relationship with Nick (Dylan Sprouse), from a first frantic make-out session to final tear-stained breakup. In the aimless summer between graduation and college, the newly single April mends her heartbreak by striking up an unexpected friendship with an unlikely candidate: Nick’s new girlfriend, Clara (Liana Liberato).
Directed by Benjamin Kasulke from a script by Hannah Marks, Joey Power, the film stars Hannah Marks, Liana Liberato, Dylan Sprouse and Addison Riecke.
Also in trailers –
The film hits Us cinemas, On-Demand and digital march 27th.
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The film follows April (Hannah Marks), who has spent the last two years of high school in a relationship with Nick (Dylan Sprouse), from a first frantic make-out session to final tear-stained breakup. In the aimless summer between graduation and college, the newly single April mends her heartbreak by striking up an unexpected friendship with an unlikely candidate: Nick’s new girlfriend, Clara (Liana Liberato).
Directed by Benjamin Kasulke from a script by Hannah Marks, Joey Power, the film stars Hannah Marks, Liana Liberato, Dylan Sprouse and Addison Riecke.
Also in trailers –
The film hits Us cinemas, On-Demand and digital march 27th.
The post Rivalry turns to friendship in new trailer for ‘Banana Split’ appeared first on HeyUGuys.
- 3/5/2020
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
"You guys are perfect for each other, you know that?" Vertical Entertainment has unveiled the first official trailer for an indie teen relationship comedy titled Banana Split, marking the feature directorial debut of experienced cinematographer Benjamin Kasulke. This originally premiered in 2018 at the Los Angeles Film Festival, but still hasn't been released just yet. It will finally be available to watch at the end of this month. Hannah Marks and Meagan Kimberly Smith co-star as two teenage girls who establish the perfect kindred spirit friendship one summer, but with one big problem: one of them is dating the other's ex. Oh no. Also starring Dylan Sprouse, Luke Spencer Roberts, and Jacob Batalon. Looks obviously cute and fun, and supposedly flips the rom-com concept on its head, though that seems to be happening all the time. Here's the first official trailer for Benjamin Kasulke's Banana Split, direct from Vertical's YouTube...
- 3/2/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
In today’s film news roundup, “Postscript,” “Apeirogon” and “Porgy and Bess” are all being developed as feature films, AMC’s Adam Aron will be honored at CinemaCon and SXSW drama “South Mountain” has found distribution.
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“P.S. I Love You” is finally getting a sequel.
Alcon Entertainment has acquired film rights to “Postscript,” the follow-up novel from Cecelia Ahern. Alcon will co-finance and co-produce the movie with Black Label Media.
Alcon produced the 2007 movie based on Ahern’s book “P.S. I Love You,” which starred Hilary Swank as the widow Holly Kennedy. The film earned $156 million at the worldwide box office. “Postscript” picks up Holly’s story seven years after her husband’s death, when Holly’s sister asks her to tell the story of the “P.S. I Love You” letters on her podcast.
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Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Partners has acquired the movie rights to “Apeirogon,” the...
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“P.S. I Love You” is finally getting a sequel.
Alcon Entertainment has acquired film rights to “Postscript,” the follow-up novel from Cecelia Ahern. Alcon will co-finance and co-produce the movie with Black Label Media.
Alcon produced the 2007 movie based on Ahern’s book “P.S. I Love You,” which starred Hilary Swank as the widow Holly Kennedy. The film earned $156 million at the worldwide box office. “Postscript” picks up Holly’s story seven years after her husband’s death, when Holly’s sister asks her to tell the story of the “P.S. I Love You” letters on her podcast.
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Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Partners has acquired the movie rights to “Apeirogon,” the...
- 2/12/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Vertical Entertainment has acquired the North American distribution rights to “Banana Split,” a teen comedy starring Hannah Marks, Liana Liberato and Dylan Sprouse, the distributor announced Tuesday.
The debut film from veteran indie cinematographer Benjamin Kasulke will open in theaters and on VOD and digital on March 27. Uphe Content Group also acquired the international rights.
“Banana Split” follows two teenage girls over the course of a summer who develop a perfect, kindred spirit friendship with one another. The only problem is, one of them is dating the other’s ex-boyfriend.
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Marks wrote and executive produced the film with Joey Power, and the comedy also stars Jessica Hecht, Jacob Batalon, Haley Ramm and Addison Riecke.
“Banana Split” won the Special Jury Prize at the Independent Film Festival Of Boston 2019, the Jury Prize for Best Comedy Feature at the Woods Hole Film Festival,...
The debut film from veteran indie cinematographer Benjamin Kasulke will open in theaters and on VOD and digital on March 27. Uphe Content Group also acquired the international rights.
“Banana Split” follows two teenage girls over the course of a summer who develop a perfect, kindred spirit friendship with one another. The only problem is, one of them is dating the other’s ex-boyfriend.
Also Read: Dylan Sprouse Says Hacker 'Idiots' Sent Racist Tweet From His Account
Marks wrote and executive produced the film with Joey Power, and the comedy also stars Jessica Hecht, Jacob Batalon, Haley Ramm and Addison Riecke.
“Banana Split” won the Special Jury Prize at the Independent Film Festival Of Boston 2019, the Jury Prize for Best Comedy Feature at the Woods Hole Film Festival,...
- 2/11/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Makers, the Verizon Media brand revolving around women, unveiled its latest PBS title Not Done, a documentary that expands on the pubcaster’s documentary series Makers: Women Who Make America. The news came Tuesday during the sixth annual Makers Conference, now underway at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown.
Not Done will air June 30 at 8 Pm on PBS timed to the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote. Sara Wolitzky directed the hourlong doc, produced by Alexandra Moss and executive produced by Makers founder Dyllan McGee.
The film surveys the landscape of the multifaceted women’s movement and includes archival and new interviews with activists, writers, celebrities, athletes, and politicians to bring these stories to life and connect the dots between the past and the present moment of transformation. Gloria Steinem, #MeToo founder Tarana Burke, Black Lives Matter Global Network co-founders Patrisse Cullors and Alicia Garza,...
Not Done will air June 30 at 8 Pm on PBS timed to the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote. Sara Wolitzky directed the hourlong doc, produced by Alexandra Moss and executive produced by Makers founder Dyllan McGee.
The film surveys the landscape of the multifaceted women’s movement and includes archival and new interviews with activists, writers, celebrities, athletes, and politicians to bring these stories to life and connect the dots between the past and the present moment of transformation. Gloria Steinem, #MeToo founder Tarana Burke, Black Lives Matter Global Network co-founders Patrisse Cullors and Alicia Garza,...
- 2/11/2020
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
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Dirk Gently star Hannah Marks has co-written the script and will star in new indie comedy, Banana Split...
Hannah Marks is one of the many standouts in Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency where she stars as punk rock wizard Amanda Brotzman. Now, the young actress is expanding her portfolio, co-writing the script for Banana Split, an upcoming indie comedy currently filming in Syracuse.
According to Deadline, Marks will star alongside The Suite Life Of Zack And Cody star Dylan Sprouse (aka the Sprouse twin not on Riverdale) and If I Stay's Liana Liberato. The film will be the feature debut for Ben Kasulke, who has an extensive resume as a cinematographer on such projects as Safety Not Guaranteed and the TV show Review. The film will be fully financed by American High, a new company from Mickey Liddell and Jeremy Garelick.
Banana Split will follow...
Dirk Gently star Hannah Marks has co-written the script and will star in new indie comedy, Banana Split...
Hannah Marks is one of the many standouts in Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency where she stars as punk rock wizard Amanda Brotzman. Now, the young actress is expanding her portfolio, co-writing the script for Banana Split, an upcoming indie comedy currently filming in Syracuse.
According to Deadline, Marks will star alongside The Suite Life Of Zack And Cody star Dylan Sprouse (aka the Sprouse twin not on Riverdale) and If I Stay's Liana Liberato. The film will be the feature debut for Ben Kasulke, who has an extensive resume as a cinematographer on such projects as Safety Not Guaranteed and the TV show Review. The film will be fully financed by American High, a new company from Mickey Liddell and Jeremy Garelick.
Banana Split will follow...
- 12/14/2017
- Den of Geek
Exclusive: Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency star Hannah Marks wrote and will star in the indie high comedy Banana Split, along with The Suite Life of Zack and Cody alum Dylan Sprouse and Liana Liberato (If I Stay, 1 Mile to You). Mickey Liddell and Jeremy Garelick's newly formed company, American High, is fully financing the movie, which is currently shooting in Syracuse, New York. Cinematographer Ben Kasulke is marking his feature directorial debut with this film…...
- 12/14/2017
- Deadline
This devastating romantic melodrama is Max Ophüls’ best American picture — perhaps because it seems so European? It’s probably Joan Fontaine’s finest hour as well, and Louis Jourdan comes across as a great actor in a part perfect for his screen personality. The theme could be called, ‘No regrets,’ but also, ‘Everything is to be regretted.’
Letter from an Unknown Woman
Blu-ray
Olive Signature
1948 / B&W / 1:37 flat Academy / 87 min. / Street Date December 5, 2017 / available through the Olive Films website / 29.98
Starring: Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan, Mady Christians, Marcel Journet, Art Smith, Carol Yorke, Howard Freeman, John Good, Leo B. Pessin, Erskine Sanford, Otto Waldis, Sonja Bryden.
Cinematography: Franz Planer
Film Editor: Ted J. Kent
Original Music: Daniele Amfitheatrof
Written by Howard Koch from a story by Stefan Zweig
Produced by John Houseman
Directed by Max Ophüls
A young woman’s romantic nature goes beyond all limits, probing the nature of True Love.
Letter from an Unknown Woman
Blu-ray
Olive Signature
1948 / B&W / 1:37 flat Academy / 87 min. / Street Date December 5, 2017 / available through the Olive Films website / 29.98
Starring: Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan, Mady Christians, Marcel Journet, Art Smith, Carol Yorke, Howard Freeman, John Good, Leo B. Pessin, Erskine Sanford, Otto Waldis, Sonja Bryden.
Cinematography: Franz Planer
Film Editor: Ted J. Kent
Original Music: Daniele Amfitheatrof
Written by Howard Koch from a story by Stefan Zweig
Produced by John Houseman
Directed by Max Ophüls
A young woman’s romantic nature goes beyond all limits, probing the nature of True Love.
- 12/12/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Digital Bolex launched a new distribution initiative for filmmakers shooting on its cameras Thursday, making 2015 Slamdance titles "Coming To," directed by Lindsay Haun, and "Courtesan," from Jeremy Osbern and Misti Boland, available on VOD via partner Seed&Spark. The films can be purchased for $2.99, or by using "Sparks" collected from pledging funds to Seed&Spark crowdfunding campaigns. Read More: "Exclusive: Film Crowdfunding Platform Seed&Spark Launches Distribution Arm" Haun's film won the Grand Prize at at the 2015 Fearless Filmmaking showcase, developed in partnership with Slamdance to encourage Digital Bolex owners and festival alumni to create "rebellious" films, and she joined Osbern, Boland, Paste Magazine editor Michael Dunaway, cinematographer Ben Kasulke, and director Leah Shore on the jury for this year's showcase — where the award went to Hilary Campbell's "Small...
- 2/4/2016
- by Matt Brennan
- Thompson on Hollywood
A 7th art bloodline that keeps sprouting new I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse. filmmakers, the Coppola legacy continues with a one time actor (appearing in cousin Sofia’s The Virgin Suicides) and Rooney frontman Robert Schwartzman. Besides the cast (Johnny Simmons, Amy Landecker, Frankie Shaw and Beverly D’Angelo) and other noteworthy creds such as The Forbidden Room cinematographer Benjamin Kasulke (see pic of the two above) not much is known on the under-the-radar Mf, except that it began lensing last March and was recently completed in post.
Gist: Co-written by Schwartzman and Benjamin Font, the details for this film are unknown.
Production Co./Producers: Robert Schwartzman, Mel Eslyn (Lamb). Co-producer: Alison Kelly.
Prediction: U.S. Dramatic Comp?
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available. ICM (domestic). Tbd (international)
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Gist: Co-written by Schwartzman and Benjamin Font, the details for this film are unknown.
Production Co./Producers: Robert Schwartzman, Mel Eslyn (Lamb). Co-producer: Alison Kelly.
Prediction: U.S. Dramatic Comp?
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available. ICM (domestic). Tbd (international)
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- 11/25/2015
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Imagine this. As you sit down in a full theater, the lights dim, curtain opens, and the projector strategically placed in the back of the room begins playing what you assume will be a relatively standard narrative feature film akin to the rest of the fall film slate. Oscar bait is on your mind, as all of a sudden, a prologue begins instructing the viewer on how to properly take a bath. Surreal, experimental, absurdest and delightfully childish, this is not the opening of the latest awards hopeful. Instead, this is how one of today’s greatest surreal auteurs has begun his latest masterpiece, one of 2015’s most dream-like, breathlessly original motion pictures.
Guy Maddin is at it once again with The Forbidden Room, a film beyond description. Opening with the aforementioned ode to proper hygiene, the film then shifts to what one could possibly describe as its central narrative,...
Guy Maddin is at it once again with The Forbidden Room, a film beyond description. Opening with the aforementioned ode to proper hygiene, the film then shifts to what one could possibly describe as its central narrative,...
- 10/6/2015
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
Canadian filmmaker Guy Maddin is poised to return to the big screen with his first feature since 2011.
Titled The Forbidden Room, Maddin takes on co-directing duties with fellow Winnipeg filmmaker Evan Johnson, with the two also collaborating on the screenplay with Robert Kotyk. Roy Dupuis, Charlotte Rampling, Mathieu Amalric, Caroline Dhavernas, and Udo Kier star in the film.
The movie’s synopsis is as follows.
A never-before-seen woodsman mysteriously appears aboard a submarine that’s been trapped deep under water for months with an unstable cargo. As the terrified crew make their way through the corridors of the doomed vessel, they find themselves on a voyage into the origins of their darkest fears.
While this is the first feature Maddin and Johnson have collaborated on, the duo have worked on four short films, all of which were released in 2014. Cinematographer Benjamin Kasulke, who worked with Lynn Shelton on her last three features,...
Titled The Forbidden Room, Maddin takes on co-directing duties with fellow Winnipeg filmmaker Evan Johnson, with the two also collaborating on the screenplay with Robert Kotyk. Roy Dupuis, Charlotte Rampling, Mathieu Amalric, Caroline Dhavernas, and Udo Kier star in the film.
The movie’s synopsis is as follows.
A never-before-seen woodsman mysteriously appears aboard a submarine that’s been trapped deep under water for months with an unstable cargo. As the terrified crew make their way through the corridors of the doomed vessel, they find themselves on a voyage into the origins of their darkest fears.
While this is the first feature Maddin and Johnson have collaborated on, the duo have worked on four short films, all of which were released in 2014. Cinematographer Benjamin Kasulke, who worked with Lynn Shelton on her last three features,...
- 9/9/2015
- by Deepayan Sengupta
- SoundOnSight
Academy invitee Eddie Redmayne in 'The Theory of Everything.' Academy invites 322 new members: 'More diverse and inclusive list of filmmakers and artists than ever before' The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has offered membership to 322 individuals "who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures." According to the Academy's press release, "those who accept the invitations will be the only additions to the Academy's membership in 2015." In case all 322 potential new members say an enthusiastic Yes, that means an injection of new blood representing about 5 percent of the Academy's current membership. In the words of Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs (as quoted in the press release), in 2015 "our branches have recognized a more diverse and inclusive list of filmmakers and artists than ever before, and we look forward to adding their creativity, ideas and experience to our organization." In recent years, the Academy membership has...
- 7/1/2015
- by Anna Robinson
- Alt Film Guide
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced this week that the Los Angeles City Council, in a unanimous vote, approved plans for the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. Construction will begin this summer, and ceremonial groundbreaking festivities will occur this fall.
“I am thrilled that Los Angeles is gaining another architectural and cultural icon,” said Mayor Eric Garcetti. “My office of economic development has worked directly with the museum’s development team to ensure that the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will create jobs, support tourism, and pay homage to the industry that helped define our identity as the creative capital of the world.”
“We are grateful to our incredible community of supporters who have helped make this museum a reality,” said Dawn Hudson, the Academy’s CEO. “Building this museum has been an Academy...
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced this week that the Los Angeles City Council, in a unanimous vote, approved plans for the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. Construction will begin this summer, and ceremonial groundbreaking festivities will occur this fall.
“I am thrilled that Los Angeles is gaining another architectural and cultural icon,” said Mayor Eric Garcetti. “My office of economic development has worked directly with the museum’s development team to ensure that the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will create jobs, support tourism, and pay homage to the industry that helped define our identity as the creative capital of the world.”
“We are grateful to our incredible community of supporters who have helped make this museum a reality,” said Dawn Hudson, the Academy’s CEO. “Building this museum has been an Academy...
- 6/27/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Strangely dropping a press release on a historic day where the nation's attention is elsewhere, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed their annual list of new member invitees this morning. For those who criticize the makeup of the Academy there was some good news and the stark realization the organization still has a long way to go. The Academy has spent the last eight to 10 years attempting to diversify its membership and this year's class mostly reflects that. There are significantly more invitees of Asian and African-American descent, but the male to female disparity is still depressing. Out of the 25 potential new members of the Actor's Branch only seven are women. And, no, there isn't really an acceptable way for the Academy to spin that sad fact. Additionally, It's important to realize the 322 people noted in the release have only been invited to join Hollywood's most exclusive club.
- 6/26/2015
- by Gregory Ellwood
- Hitfix
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is extending invitations to join the organization to 322 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures. Those who accept the invitations will be the only additions to the Academy’s membership in 2015. “It’s gratifying to acknowledge the extraordinary range of talent in our industry,” said Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs. “This year, our branches have recognized a more diverse and inclusive list of filmmakers and artists than ever before, and we look forward to adding their creativity, ideas and experience to our organization.” The 2015 invitees are: Actors Elizabeth Banks – “Love & Mercy,” “The Hunger Games” Choi Min-sik– “Lucy,” “Oldboy” Benedict Cumberbatch – “The Imitation Game,” “Star Trek Into Darkness” Martin Freeman – “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” “Hot Fuzz” Heather Graham – “The Hangover,” “Boogie Nights” Tom Hardy – “Mad Max: Fury Road,” “Inception” Kevin Hart – “The Wedding Ringer,” “Ride Along...
- 6/26/2015
- by HollywoodNews.com
- Hollywoodnews.com
Ben Kasulke has literally dozens of credits on his iMDb page, but running throughout his career are collaborations with two directors: Lynn Shelton and, more recently, Guy Maddin. And what’s remarkable is how different those collaborations are. With Shelton, Kasulke affects a seemingly casual, on-the-fly naturalism, never allowing his cinematography to deflect from the actors’ moments. With Maddin, however, Kasulke is working in service to an entirely different aesthetic, one in which a film’s look is part and parcel of its meanings. In Maddin’s work, Kasulke’s lensing takes us far away from the present, back to times when film both […]...
- 1/26/2015
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Ben Kasulke has literally dozens of credits on his iMDb page, but running throughout his career are collaborations with two directors: Lynn Shelton and, more recently, Guy Maddin. And what’s remarkable is how different those collaborations are. With Shelton, Kasulke affects a seemingly casual, on-the-fly naturalism, never allowing his cinematography to deflect from the actors’ moments. With Maddin, however, Kasulke is working in service to an entirely different aesthetic, one in which a film’s look is part and parcel of its meanings. In Maddin’s work, Kasulke’s lensing takes us far away from the present, back to times when film both […]...
- 1/26/2015
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Martha Stephens and Aaron Katz, two graduates of the North Carolina School of the Arts, join forces to direct Land Ho!, a comedy which follows two former brothers-in-law, Mitch (Earl Lynn Nelson) and Colin (Paul Eenhorn), as they go on vacation to Iceland in an effort to reclaim their youth.
Both men are getting over some unsuccessful relationships and are frustrated with their jobs, so their hope is that they can escape the isolation they feel by going to a foreign country. What results is both hilarious and heartfelt and will no doubt leave moviegoers with a smile on their face.
Last week, Martha and Aaron were at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Los Angeles, California for the Land Ho! press day, and I landed an exclusive interview with the duo. They spoke about how they spilt up the directorial duties while shooting, what it was like filming in Iceland (which,...
Both men are getting over some unsuccessful relationships and are frustrated with their jobs, so their hope is that they can escape the isolation they feel by going to a foreign country. What results is both hilarious and heartfelt and will no doubt leave moviegoers with a smile on their face.
Last week, Martha and Aaron were at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Los Angeles, California for the Land Ho! press day, and I landed an exclusive interview with the duo. They spoke about how they spilt up the directorial duties while shooting, what it was like filming in Iceland (which,...
- 7/11/2014
- by Ben Kenber
- We Got This Covered
Laggies marks Lynn Shelton's sixth feature, four of which have premiered at Sundance, and her sixth collaboration with Dp Ben Kasulke.Leading up to their premiere, I got to sit down with two long-time cold weather comrades and pick their brain with Twitch's new "Sundance Speed Dating" series of interviews that will be coming out throughout the festival run.Twitch: At what age did you know you wanted to be a filmmaker?Ben Kasulke: 16.Lynn Shelton: I was trying to decide between acting grad school after my BA in theater or film school. But I was to intimated with film school. I didn't feel up to the task quite yet. I knew probably at about 20, but it took way longer to get there.If you weren't directing or...
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- 1/19/2014
- Screen Anarchy
It’s that time again. The biggest American film festival is upon us, and this year the Ioncinema crew will be descending on Park City with eight feet on the ground and eight eyes on Park City’s various and plentiful screens. Eric Lavallee, Nicholas Bell, Caitlin Coder and I will be covering just about every inch of this year’s festival here at Ioncinema.com, as well as on that ever increasingly vibrant instanews network – Twitter. Be sure to follow @ioncinema and, as stated above, my personal handle @Rectangular_Eye, as we’ll be tweeting throughout the festival with breaking news, reviews, and sightings, all the while trying to keep up with the massive amount of content sure to be coming from this year’s Sundance filmmakers themselves, most of which have their own Twitter accounts and are listed at length below (minus the world & short programs). Whether you...
- 1/16/2014
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
Part four of our Sundance Twitterverse series features the biggest names in the small world of indie film. Don’t miss writer/director William H. Macy’s well represented band of musically inclined performers from Rudderless (@rudderlessmovie).
Premieres
Cavalry – @CalvaryFilm
Frank – @FrankTheFilm
Director Lenny Abrahamson – @lennyabrahamson
Screenwriter Jon Ronson – @jonronson
Actress Maggie Gyllenhaal – @mgyllenhaal
Hits
Actor Matt Walsh – @mrmattwalsh
Actress Meredith Hagner – @meredithweasel
I Origins – @IOriginsMovie
Writer/Director Mike Cahill – @_mikecahill
Actress Brit Marling – @britmarling
Actress Astrid Bergès-Frisbey – @BergesFrisbey
Actor Steven Yeun – @steveyeun
Laggies – @Laggies_movie
Director Lynn Shelton – @lynnsheltonfilm
Screenwriter Andrea Seigel – @andreaseigel
Actress Chloë Grace Moretz – @ChloeGMoretz
Actor Jeff Garlin – @jeffgarlin
Composer Benjamin Gibbard – @Gibbstack
Cinematographer Ben Kasulke – @BenKasulke
Little Accidents
Actress Elizabeth Banks – @ElizabethBanks
Cinematographer Rachel Morrison – @morrisondp
Love is Strange – @loveisstrangemv
Director Ira Sachs – @irasachs
Actor John Lithgow – @JohnLithgow
Actor Alfred Molina – @OfficialMolina
Actress Marisa Tomei – @marisatomei
Nick Offerman: American Ham
Writer/Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts – @VogtRoberts...
Premieres
Cavalry – @CalvaryFilm
Frank – @FrankTheFilm
Director Lenny Abrahamson – @lennyabrahamson
Screenwriter Jon Ronson – @jonronson
Actress Maggie Gyllenhaal – @mgyllenhaal
Hits
Actor Matt Walsh – @mrmattwalsh
Actress Meredith Hagner – @meredithweasel
I Origins – @IOriginsMovie
Writer/Director Mike Cahill – @_mikecahill
Actress Brit Marling – @britmarling
Actress Astrid Bergès-Frisbey – @BergesFrisbey
Actor Steven Yeun – @steveyeun
Laggies – @Laggies_movie
Director Lynn Shelton – @lynnsheltonfilm
Screenwriter Andrea Seigel – @andreaseigel
Actress Chloë Grace Moretz – @ChloeGMoretz
Actor Jeff Garlin – @jeffgarlin
Composer Benjamin Gibbard – @Gibbstack
Cinematographer Ben Kasulke – @BenKasulke
Little Accidents
Actress Elizabeth Banks – @ElizabethBanks
Cinematographer Rachel Morrison – @morrisondp
Love is Strange – @loveisstrangemv
Director Ira Sachs – @irasachs
Actor John Lithgow – @JohnLithgow
Actor Alfred Molina – @OfficialMolina
Actress Marisa Tomei – @marisatomei
Nick Offerman: American Ham
Writer/Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts – @VogtRoberts...
- 1/16/2014
- by Caitlin Coder
- IONCINEMA.com
An integral part of the Sundance festivities ever since she premiered Humpday there in 2009 (she followed that up with a showing of Your Sister’s Sister, last year’s premiere of Touchy Feely and has shored up at the fest as an actress and even voice-over narrator), Seattleite Lynn Shelton didn’t spend much time resting on her laurels, snapped up some A-grade indie actors and started lensing this past June. Laggies sees Shelton reteaming with Cinematographer Benjamin Kasulke and editor Nat Sanders, and the dramedy features the solid ensemble of Chloë Grace Moretz, Keira Knightley, Sam Rockwell, Tiya Sircar, Mark Webber and one of the current “it” indie actresses in Kaitlyn Dever.
Gist: Written by Andrea Seigel, a young woman Megan (Keira Knightley) reacts to her boyfriend’s (Mark Webber) marriage proposal by pretending to go on a business retreat but she actually hangs out with a new 16-year...
Gist: Written by Andrea Seigel, a young woman Megan (Keira Knightley) reacts to her boyfriend’s (Mark Webber) marriage proposal by pretending to go on a business retreat but she actually hangs out with a new 16-year...
- 11/20/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Marking Lynn Shelton’s return behind the camera following her acclaimed Your Sister’s Sister, Touchy Feely is yet another remarkable feature from one of the most unique voices in the industry.
Rosemarie DeWitt and Josh Pais are terrific as the co-leads of a brilliant ensemble cast. DeWitt plays Abby, a free-spirited massage therapist who is suddenly overcome by an aversion to contact with skin, rendering her incapacitated in both her profession and her love life with her boyfriend (Scoot McNairy).
Pais plays her brother, Paul, a quirky, uptight, and emotionally unavailable dentist whose daughter, Jenny (Ellen Page), helps his failing dentist practice find its feet when word begins to spread that he has a magical healing touch.
The two siblings start out about as different from one another as is possible. But over the course of the film, as Abby and Paul navigate their own personal journeys and begin...
Rosemarie DeWitt and Josh Pais are terrific as the co-leads of a brilliant ensemble cast. DeWitt plays Abby, a free-spirited massage therapist who is suddenly overcome by an aversion to contact with skin, rendering her incapacitated in both her profession and her love life with her boyfriend (Scoot McNairy).
Pais plays her brother, Paul, a quirky, uptight, and emotionally unavailable dentist whose daughter, Jenny (Ellen Page), helps his failing dentist practice find its feet when word begins to spread that he has a magical healing touch.
The two siblings start out about as different from one another as is possible. But over the course of the film, as Abby and Paul navigate their own personal journeys and begin...
- 4/27/2013
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Note to independent filmmakers: Enlist Benjamin Kasulke as your cinematographer and I will definitely pay attention to you. He is one of the most talented cinematographers working today and he will make any film visually interesting enough to be worth watching. That is precisely the reason I was very anxious to watch writer-director Dayna Hanson's Improvement Club at SXSW 2013. It is as simple as that. The problem is, I had to watch Improvement Club twice before I could actually pay attention to the story. The first time around, I was so entranced by Kasulke's perspective -- not that he was stealing the show, but because I was viewing Improvement Club knowing that it was shot by him. Kasulke was the only thing I knew about Improvement Club, so he is what I latched on to at first.
- 3/21/2013
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
L’enfant chéri of the festival, Lynn Shelton has showcased Humpday (Sundance ’09) and Your Sister’s Sister (Sundance ’12) and by all logic should be bringing Touchy Feely to the fest as well. Naturally this was shot in her backyard of Seattle, where filming began in April of this year, so this should be prepped for a Premieres unveiling and a spirited bidding war. Cinematographer Benjamin Kasulke once again accompanies Shelton. So does her producer Steven Schardt. And so does actress Rosemarie DeWitt, who is joined by Ellen Page (see tweet pic with Shelton above), Scoot McNairy, Allison Janney, Ron Livingston and Josh Pais.
Gist: Working with several storylines, the comedy sees Rosemarie Dewitt as a massage therapist who suddenly finds the human body repulsive.
Production Co./Producers: Steven Schardt (Humpday, Your Sister’s Sister)
Prediction: Premieres section.
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
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Gist: Working with several storylines, the comedy sees Rosemarie Dewitt as a massage therapist who suddenly finds the human body repulsive.
Production Co./Producers: Steven Schardt (Humpday, Your Sister’s Sister)
Prediction: Premieres section.
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
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- 11/22/2012
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Chicago – Give Lynn Shelton a few days, a dozen crew members, a picturesque cabin and three terrific actors, and just look at what she’s capable of making. “Your Sister’s Sister” is clearly the work of a filmmaker in full command of her craft. With limited resources and very little time, writer/director Shelton somehow managed to capture a fully realized human drama brimming with richly etched characters and marvelously insightful comedy.
The more one knows about the process of filmmaking, particularly on a shoestring budget, the more one is bound to be impressed by Shelton’s achievement. Though several months of planning preceded the film’s tight production schedule, one of the three stars dropped out before shooting was set to begin. Since roughly ninety-five percent of the film is inhabited solely by these three main characters, the results of this last-minute change could’ve been catastrophic.
Blu-ray Rating: 4.5/5.0
Enter Rosemarie DeWitt,...
The more one knows about the process of filmmaking, particularly on a shoestring budget, the more one is bound to be impressed by Shelton’s achievement. Though several months of planning preceded the film’s tight production schedule, one of the three stars dropped out before shooting was set to begin. Since roughly ninety-five percent of the film is inhabited solely by these three main characters, the results of this last-minute change could’ve been catastrophic.
Blu-ray Rating: 4.5/5.0
Enter Rosemarie DeWitt,...
- 11/7/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
A Royal Affair; The Hunter; Your Sister's Sister; Cockneys vs Zombies; Silent Souls
While November and December are the months in which the studios traditionally roll out their most prized awards contenders, there'll have to be an extraordinary surge of great movies between now and the new year to knock A Royal Affair (2012, Metrodome, 15) out of my top 10 for 2012. Boasting yet another mesmerising performance from the mercurial Mads Mikkelsen, this handsome costume drama manages to wrap a complex discussion of power, corruption and censorship around an engrossing and increasingly passionate romance. Called to the court of his apparently unhinged ruler, altruistic doctor and Voltairian free-thinker Johann Friedrich Struensee (Mikkelsen) inveigles his way into the hearts of both the king and queen, with potentially world-changing results. Wresting power from the landed gentry whose brutal mistreatment of the poor he has witnessed first hand, Struensee spurs the king to invest in social...
While November and December are the months in which the studios traditionally roll out their most prized awards contenders, there'll have to be an extraordinary surge of great movies between now and the new year to knock A Royal Affair (2012, Metrodome, 15) out of my top 10 for 2012. Boasting yet another mesmerising performance from the mercurial Mads Mikkelsen, this handsome costume drama manages to wrap a complex discussion of power, corruption and censorship around an engrossing and increasingly passionate romance. Called to the court of his apparently unhinged ruler, altruistic doctor and Voltairian free-thinker Johann Friedrich Struensee (Mikkelsen) inveigles his way into the hearts of both the king and queen, with potentially world-changing results. Wresting power from the landed gentry whose brutal mistreatment of the poor he has witnessed first hand, Struensee spurs the king to invest in social...
- 10/27/2012
- by Mark Kermode
- The Guardian - Film News
Chicago – The characters in a Lynn Shelton movie live relatively content lives until an unexpected event ruptures their sense of self. A self-absorbed writer awakens to the fact that he’s been a terrible friend in “My Effortless Brilliance.” Two heterosexual buddies test the boundaries of their relationship by attempting to film a porno together in “Humpday.”
In Shelton’s latest film, “You Sister’s Sister,” three close friends threaten to destroy their close bond when the truth proves to be difficult to accept. As in “Brilliance,” “Sister” takes place in a remote location. Jack (Mark Duplass) is still reeling from the death of his brother when he’s invited by his best friend, Iris (Emily Blunt), to stay at her family’s remote cabin. There he meets Iris’ half-sister, Hannah (Rosemarie DeWitt), a lesbian who isn’t above experimenting beyond her sexual boundaries, especially after a few drinks.
Just...
In Shelton’s latest film, “You Sister’s Sister,” three close friends threaten to destroy their close bond when the truth proves to be difficult to accept. As in “Brilliance,” “Sister” takes place in a remote location. Jack (Mark Duplass) is still reeling from the death of his brother when he’s invited by his best friend, Iris (Emily Blunt), to stay at her family’s remote cabin. There he meets Iris’ half-sister, Hannah (Rosemarie DeWitt), a lesbian who isn’t above experimenting beyond her sexual boundaries, especially after a few drinks.
Just...
- 6/11/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
From the producers of Little Miss Sunshine comes Safety Not Guaranteed. When an unusual classified ad inspires three cynical Seattle magazine employees to look for the story behind it, they discover a mysterious eccentric named Kenneth, a likable but paranoid supermarket clerk, who believes he’s solved the riddle of time travel and intends to depart again soon. Together, they embark on a hilarious, smart, and unexpectedly heartfelt journey that reveals how far believing can take you. What’s your mission?
Enter for a chance to win passes to the advance screening of Safety Not Guaranteed - Tuesday, June 19 at 7pm at Ronnie’s.
Official Rules:
1. You Must Be In The St. Louis Area The Day Of The Screening.
2. Fill Out Your Name And E-mail Address Below. Real First Name Required.
3. Answer The Following Question: What if you could go back in time…Tell us where you’d go, when and why!
Enter for a chance to win passes to the advance screening of Safety Not Guaranteed - Tuesday, June 19 at 7pm at Ronnie’s.
Official Rules:
1. You Must Be In The St. Louis Area The Day Of The Screening.
2. Fill Out Your Name And E-mail Address Below. Real First Name Required.
3. Answer The Following Question: What if you could go back in time…Tell us where you’d go, when and why!
- 6/5/2012
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Let’s start with the bottom line: Safety Not Guaranteed is one of the best films of the year. Aubrey Plaza is phenomenal in the lead as Darius Britt, a magazine intern who goes undercover to investigate a man looking for a partner to travel back in time with.
Colin Trevorrow makes an absolutely fantastic feature directorial debut from a terrific script by Derek Connolly (also making his feature debut), and along with the Duplass brothers on board as executive producers, they’ve assembled a brilliant co-leading cast featuring Jake Johnson as Darius’ higher-up, Karan Soni as a fellow intern, and Mark Duplass himself as Kenneth, the man who puts out the following ad:
Wanted: Someone to go back in time with me. This is not a joke. You’ll get paid after we get back. Must bring your own weapons. I have only done this once before. Safety Not Guaranteed.
Colin Trevorrow makes an absolutely fantastic feature directorial debut from a terrific script by Derek Connolly (also making his feature debut), and along with the Duplass brothers on board as executive producers, they’ve assembled a brilliant co-leading cast featuring Jake Johnson as Darius’ higher-up, Karan Soni as a fellow intern, and Mark Duplass himself as Kenneth, the man who puts out the following ad:
Wanted: Someone to go back in time with me. This is not a joke. You’ll get paid after we get back. Must bring your own weapons. I have only done this once before. Safety Not Guaranteed.
- 4/29/2012
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Blogging from last year’s Sundance I wrote that “if I could give an award to the camera delivering the most impact on screen at Sundance 2011, it would go to Red One.”
That was then. In the 12 months since, Arri’s Alexa has all but conquered TV series production in the U.S., and now you can add a dozen low-budget indie films at Sundance too, like the bittersweet romcom Celeste and Jesse Forever, starring Rashida Jones and Andy Samberg and photographed by David Lanzenberg.
Sony’s new budget-friendly F3 made a splash at Sundance as well, responsible for Spike Lee’s Red Hook Summer, shot by Kerwin Devonish, and Colin Trevorrow’s puckish Safety Not Guaranteed, shot by Benjamin Kasulke, which won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award. Trevorrow said his 2.40 aspect ratio was the result of vintage Panavision lenses used to achieve what the director called “a 1970′s Hal Ashby look.
That was then. In the 12 months since, Arri’s Alexa has all but conquered TV series production in the U.S., and now you can add a dozen low-budget indie films at Sundance too, like the bittersweet romcom Celeste and Jesse Forever, starring Rashida Jones and Andy Samberg and photographed by David Lanzenberg.
Sony’s new budget-friendly F3 made a splash at Sundance as well, responsible for Spike Lee’s Red Hook Summer, shot by Kerwin Devonish, and Colin Trevorrow’s puckish Safety Not Guaranteed, shot by Benjamin Kasulke, which won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award. Trevorrow said his 2.40 aspect ratio was the result of vintage Panavision lenses used to achieve what the director called “a 1970′s Hal Ashby look.
- 2/29/2012
- by David Leitner
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Seth Rogen hosted the 2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday evening and the winners are:
Best Feature: The Artist. Also nominated: 50/50, Beginners, Drive, Take Shelter and The Descendants.
Best Director: Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist). Nominated: Mike Mills (Beginners), Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive), Jeff Nichols (Take Shelter), and Alexander Payne (The Descendants).
Best First Feature: Margin Call. Nominated: Another Earth, In The Family, , Martha Marcy May Marlene and Natural Selection.
Best Male Lead Performance: Jean Dujardin (The Artist). Nominated: Demián Bichir (A Better Life), , Ryan Gosling (Drive), Woody Harrelson (Rampart) and Michael Shannon (Take Shelter).
Best Female Lead Performance: Michelle Williams (My Week with Marilyn). Nominated: Lauren Ambrose (Think of Me), Rachel Harris (Natural Selection), Adepero Oduye (Pariah) and Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy May Marlene).
Best Supporting Male Performance: Christopher Plummer (Beginners). Nominated: Albert Brooks (Drive), John Hawkes (Martha Marcy May Marlene), John C Reilly (Cedar Rapids) and Corey Stoll (Midnight in Paris...
Best Feature: The Artist. Also nominated: 50/50, Beginners, Drive, Take Shelter and The Descendants.
Best Director: Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist). Nominated: Mike Mills (Beginners), Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive), Jeff Nichols (Take Shelter), and Alexander Payne (The Descendants).
Best First Feature: Margin Call. Nominated: Another Earth, In The Family, , Martha Marcy May Marlene and Natural Selection.
Best Male Lead Performance: Jean Dujardin (The Artist). Nominated: Demián Bichir (A Better Life), , Ryan Gosling (Drive), Woody Harrelson (Rampart) and Michael Shannon (Take Shelter).
Best Female Lead Performance: Michelle Williams (My Week with Marilyn). Nominated: Lauren Ambrose (Think of Me), Rachel Harris (Natural Selection), Adepero Oduye (Pariah) and Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy May Marlene).
Best Supporting Male Performance: Christopher Plummer (Beginners). Nominated: Albert Brooks (Drive), John Hawkes (Martha Marcy May Marlene), John C Reilly (Cedar Rapids) and Corey Stoll (Midnight in Paris...
- 2/27/2012
- MUBI
For the past twelve years, the Independent Spirit Awards have been held the night before the Oscars, and although the two sets of nominees sometimes overlap, traditionally the Spirit Awards end up honouring most of the films that the Academy ignores. This year things might be a little bit different, however, as Michel Hazanavicius' The Artist ended up taking home a handful of the major Spirit Awards including Best Feature, Best Director and Best Male Lead. As far as I know, the Spirit Awards and the Academy Awards have only picked the same Best Picture once before: Oliver Stone's Platoon in 1986. Christopher Plummer also won for Best Supporting Male, while Michelle Williams (My Week with Marilyn) won for Best Female Lead. Is this all a sign of what's to come tomorrow night? There are at least a few Spirit Award winners who won't be repeating at the Academy...
- 2/26/2012
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
Film Independent, the non-profit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival, handed out top honors to The Artist, The Descendants and Margin Call at this afternoon’s 27th Film Independent Spirit Awards. My Week With Marilyn, Beginners, 50/50, A Separation and The Interrupters also received awards at the ceremony, held in a tent on the beach in Santa Monica.
Tune in to IFC tonight at 10:00 pm Et/Pt to catch all the action at the 2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards, with actor, writer and producer Seth Rogen hosting. Highlights include: John Waters as the Voice of God, musical performances by My Morning Jacket and K’Naan.
The Spirit Awards was the first event to exclusively honor independent film, and over the past 27 years, has become the premier awards show for the independent film community, celebrating films made by filmmakers who embody independence and originality. Artists...
Tune in to IFC tonight at 10:00 pm Et/Pt to catch all the action at the 2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards, with actor, writer and producer Seth Rogen hosting. Highlights include: John Waters as the Voice of God, musical performances by My Morning Jacket and K’Naan.
The Spirit Awards was the first event to exclusively honor independent film, and over the past 27 years, has become the premier awards show for the independent film community, celebrating films made by filmmakers who embody independence and originality. Artists...
- 2/26/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Michel Hazanavicius' "The Artist" was the big winner at the 2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards. The black-and-white silent film took home Best Feature, Director for Hazanavicius, Best Male Lead for Jean Dujardin, and Best Cinematography for Guillaume Schiffman.
In the performance categories, Michelle Williams took home the Best Female Lead award for her Marilyn Monroe portrayal in "My Week with Marilyn." Shailene Woodley, snubbed by the Academy for her memorable performance as George Clooney's daughter in "The Descendants," won Best Supporting Actress while Oscar frontrunner, Christopher Plummer, received the Best Supporting Actor award for his performance in "Beginners."
Held on Santa Monica Beach and hosted by Seth Rogen, the 27th Film Independent Spirit Awards will be broadcast by IFC at 10 p.m. Pst/Est.
Here's the complete list of winners (highlighted) and nominees of the Independent Spirit Awards:
Best Feature
50/50 - Producers: Evan Goldberg, Ben Karlin, Seth Rogen...
In the performance categories, Michelle Williams took home the Best Female Lead award for her Marilyn Monroe portrayal in "My Week with Marilyn." Shailene Woodley, snubbed by the Academy for her memorable performance as George Clooney's daughter in "The Descendants," won Best Supporting Actress while Oscar frontrunner, Christopher Plummer, received the Best Supporting Actor award for his performance in "Beginners."
Held on Santa Monica Beach and hosted by Seth Rogen, the 27th Film Independent Spirit Awards will be broadcast by IFC at 10 p.m. Pst/Est.
Here's the complete list of winners (highlighted) and nominees of the Independent Spirit Awards:
Best Feature
50/50 - Producers: Evan Goldberg, Ben Karlin, Seth Rogen...
- 2/26/2012
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, The Artist The Artist, Jean Dujardin, Michelle Williams: Spirit Award Winners Best Feature (Award given to the producer) 50/50 Producers: Evan Goldberg, Ben Karlin, Seth Rogen Beginners Producers: Miranda de Pencier, Lars Knudsen, Leslie Urdang, Dean Vanech, Jay Van Hoy Drive Producers: Michel Litvak, John Palermo, Marc Platt, Gigi Pritzker, Adam Siegel Take Shelter Producers: Tyler Davidson, Sophia Lin * The Artist Producer: Thomas Langmann The Descendants Producers: Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor Best Director * Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist Mike Mills – Beginners Jeff Nichols – Take Shelter Alexander Payne – The Descendants Nicolas Winding Refn – Drive Best Screenplay Joseph Cedar – Footnote Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist Tom McCarthy – Win Win Mike Mills – Beginners * Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon & Jim Rash – The Descendants Best International Film (Award given to the director) * A Separation (Iran) Director: Asghar Farhadi Melancholia (Denmark, Sweden, France, Germany) Director: Lars von Trier Shame (UK) Director: Steve McQueen...
- 2/25/2012
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
Hardly a surprise to anyone, The Artist dominated the 2012 Independent Spirit Awards, winning for Best Feature, Director (Michel Hazanavicius), Actor (Jean Dujardin) and Cinematography (Guillaume Schiffman). There were some complaints in the Twitter-verse as Penelope Anne Miller accepted the awards for The Artist up until Hazanavicius and the rest of The Artist team arrived five minutes before Hazanavicious was named Best Director. The reason? They'd just landed at Lax after flying in from France where The Artist won six awards at the Cesar Awards, France's equivalent of the Oscars, last night. A police escort managed to get them to the Spirits just in time for their third win of the night... also in time to take the stage to accept Best Feature Film. The Artist went into the Spirits with Take Shelter as the leading nominees with both receiving five nominations each. Take Shelter, however, only ended up going home...
- 2/25/2012
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
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