There are so many great virtual fest options this Halloween season, but you won't want to miss out on the Telluride Horror Show, which has just announced an incredible first wave of features, shorts, and guest authors:
Passes are now available for Telluride Horror Show, which has announced its first wave of films, events and guests for the 2020 Shelter-in-Place Edition, scheduled for October 15-18.
The first announcement includes 11 feature films, 40 short films from 13 countries, and some of the genre's most recognized authors, including Max Brooks, Daniel Kraus, Paul Tremblay, Alma Katsu, Emily M. Danforth, and Jeremy Robert Johnson.
In keeping with festival tradition, "Creepy Campfire Tales" will go on, and while viewers will have the flexibility to enjoy most of the festival at their own pace, Telluride Horror Show is also excited to host a live virtual conversation with renowned authors Max Brooks and Daniel Kraus (event details and writer...
Passes are now available for Telluride Horror Show, which has announced its first wave of films, events and guests for the 2020 Shelter-in-Place Edition, scheduled for October 15-18.
The first announcement includes 11 feature films, 40 short films from 13 countries, and some of the genre's most recognized authors, including Max Brooks, Daniel Kraus, Paul Tremblay, Alma Katsu, Emily M. Danforth, and Jeremy Robert Johnson.
In keeping with festival tradition, "Creepy Campfire Tales" will go on, and while viewers will have the flexibility to enjoy most of the festival at their own pace, Telluride Horror Show is also excited to host a live virtual conversation with renowned authors Max Brooks and Daniel Kraus (event details and writer...
- 9/22/2020
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Before diving into one of her latest screen roles, in Desiree Akhavan’s Sundance hit The Miseducation of Cameron Post, Chloë Grace Moretz needed to take a break. Squaring off with herself, the actress reflected on the decisions she was making in her career, and how they did or did not align with her initial reasons for pursuing her craft. “I was trying to fill a void that had started to grow within me,” Moretz explains. “[The projects] that were around me, they just felt quite futile, and I needed to reignite the flame within me that had been there my whole life.”
Following a year and a half of contemplation, Moretz returned with two acclaimed features, Cameron Post and Luca Guadagnino’s Suspiria, which quickly reignited her creative spark. Based on a 2012 novel by Emily M. Danforth, Akhavan’s drama examines the burgeoning sexuality and complicated experiences of a teenage girl,...
Following a year and a half of contemplation, Moretz returned with two acclaimed features, Cameron Post and Luca Guadagnino’s Suspiria, which quickly reignited her creative spark. Based on a 2012 novel by Emily M. Danforth, Akhavan’s drama examines the burgeoning sexuality and complicated experiences of a teenage girl,...
- 12/4/2018
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Stars: Chloë Grace Moretz, Jennifer Ehle, John Gallagher Jr., Sasha Lane, Forrest Goodluck | Written by Emily M. Danforth, Desiree Akhavan, Cecilia Frugiuele | Directed by Desiree Akhavan
The Miseducation of Cameron Post is the second feature from rising director Desiree Akhavan. Her latest, a terrifying tale of sexual oppression by religion is based on the book by Emily M. Danforth and tackles the horrific religious sector of gay conversion therapy and the horrors that occur in such circles that is unbelievably still legal in over thirty states to this day.
The film follows the titular character (Chloë Grace Moretz) as she is sent to a gay conversion therapy center after getting caught with another girl in the back seat of a car on prom night. Run by the strict and severe Dr. Lydia Marsh (Jennifer Ehle) and her brother, Reverend Rick (John Gallagher Jr.) — himself an example of how those in...
The Miseducation of Cameron Post is the second feature from rising director Desiree Akhavan. Her latest, a terrifying tale of sexual oppression by religion is based on the book by Emily M. Danforth and tackles the horrific religious sector of gay conversion therapy and the horrors that occur in such circles that is unbelievably still legal in over thirty states to this day.
The film follows the titular character (Chloë Grace Moretz) as she is sent to a gay conversion therapy center after getting caught with another girl in the back seat of a car on prom night. Run by the strict and severe Dr. Lydia Marsh (Jennifer Ehle) and her brother, Reverend Rick (John Gallagher Jr.) — himself an example of how those in...
- 12/3/2018
- by Jak-Luke Sharp
- Nerdly
In The Miseducation of Cameron Post, Desiree Akhavan adapts the essence of Emily M. Danforth’s popular young adult novel into a quietly soaring work of vindication, the value of self-love and teen resilience in the face of grown-up arrogance and ignorance. Prom night spells trouble for Cameron Post (Chloë Grace Moretz), a teen from a conservative Christian household who’s been exploring her sexuality with Coley (Quinn Shephard), a girl she met in Bible Study. The pair puts up with the pretense of dating guys so as not to freak out the family but hormones get the better of them and they make off for the backseat of a car. Inevitably, the night ends with them getting caught and Cameron’s distraught aunt sees no recourse but...
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- 11/26/2018
- Screen Anarchy
Audiences and critics are quick to label a film. Well, that’s a superhero film. Oh, that’s a cheesy comedy. Yeah, that’s that gay film that’s coming out. Sure, you could say that The Miseducation Of Cameron Post deals with gay and queer topics at a gay conversion therapy camp for teenagers. What’s interesting though about the film is the lack of labels the kids put on themselves or on their friends. They don’t say, “I’m gay or I’m a lesbian or I’m bi.” There is a childlike quality to this that speaks volumes of how they view themselves. Sure, you can call it “the delicate unique snowflake” generation, but I think there is more to it than that. They don’t see themselves as unique and without labels as much as they are still discovering who they are. These are high school students after all.
- 8/24/2018
- by Michael Haffner
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
“The Miseducation of Cameron Post” opened in select theaters on August 3, adapted from the 2012 novel by Emily M. Danforth about the psychological damage done by the practice of gay conversion therapy. Writer-director Desiree Akhavan; stars Chloe Grace Moretz, John Gallagher Jr., Forrest Goodluck; and anti-conversion therapy activist Mathew Shurka previewed the film at a rooftop screening in Brooklyn, NY, on July 31. Watch Moretz discuss the film above, and see Akhavan and Shurka discuss its themes in the videos below.
It was a long road getting “Miseducation” into theaters. After Akhavan read the novel her girlfriend at the time strongly encouraged her to make it into a film, but at that time Akhavan hadn’t made a film yet and thought, “It’s better than I am. My work is 80-percent fart jokes, and I would not do it service.” But after a few years she relented. “It was the smarter...
It was a long road getting “Miseducation” into theaters. After Akhavan read the novel her girlfriend at the time strongly encouraged her to make it into a film, but at that time Akhavan hadn’t made a film yet and thought, “It’s better than I am. My work is 80-percent fart jokes, and I would not do it service.” But after a few years she relented. “It was the smarter...
- 8/5/2018
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
FilmRise’s The Miseducation Of Cameron Post bowed to solid numbers in two New York locations over the weekend, grossing $53K. Directed by Desiree Akhavan and starring Chloë Grace Moretz, the Sundance Film Festival dramatic prize-winner averaged $26,500. Well Go USA opened Korean action-fantasy Along With the Gods: The Last 49 Days in 48 theaters, taking in $329K for a $6,854 average, while A24 teen drama Never Goin’ Back came up short with a $10,044 launch from two runs. The company’s fellow teen feature, Eighth Grade, however, went over a thousand theaters in its fourth outing, taking in $2.87M in the three-day. Last weekend’s per theater average topper, Scotty And The Secret History of Hollywood from Greenwich Entertainment, opened New York and added locations in L.A. in its second frame, grossing $43,259. Sony Pictures Classics added runs for Marc Turtletaub’s Puzzle in its second weekend, grossing $128,598 for an $8K average, while...
- 8/5/2018
- by Brian Brooks
- Deadline Film + TV
by Murtada
The Miseducation of Cameron Post takes place in the 90s and is about a young queer woman who is sent to a gay conversion center after getting caught having sex with the prom queen at her high school. Once there she bonds with her fellow “inmates” (played by American Honey’s Sasha Lane and The Revenant’s Forrest Goodluck among others). She is forced to contend with the strict brother and sister team (Jennifer Ehle and John Gallagher Jr) who run the center and pretend they can "cure" her. The film is based on a novel by Emily M. Danforth and was adapted for the screen and directed by Desiree Akhavan (Appropriate Behavior). It won the Grand Jury Prize at this year’s Sundance and has been making the festival rounds since January. We recently spoke with Akhavan in New York as she geared up for the film's release.
The Miseducation of Cameron Post takes place in the 90s and is about a young queer woman who is sent to a gay conversion center after getting caught having sex with the prom queen at her high school. Once there she bonds with her fellow “inmates” (played by American Honey’s Sasha Lane and The Revenant’s Forrest Goodluck among others). She is forced to contend with the strict brother and sister team (Jennifer Ehle and John Gallagher Jr) who run the center and pretend they can "cure" her. The film is based on a novel by Emily M. Danforth and was adapted for the screen and directed by Desiree Akhavan (Appropriate Behavior). It won the Grand Jury Prize at this year’s Sundance and has been making the festival rounds since January. We recently spoke with Akhavan in New York as she geared up for the film's release.
- 8/4/2018
- by Murtada Elfadl
- FilmExperience
The shoot for The Miseducation of Cameron Post coincided with the 2016 election, which gave the cast a crew a sense of urgency. Chloë Grace Moretz plays the title character in a story about a teen forced to attend gay conversion therapy. The FilmRise release is among the weekend’s rather limited slate of Specialty newcomers. A24 is opening Texas-set Never Goin’ Back, which debuted at Sundance before going to SXSW this past spring, while Magnolia Pictures bowed music bio-drama Nico, 1988 about the singer and Warhol superstar on Wednesday. The film is playing at the newly renovated Film Forum in New York and will head to the Nuart in L.A. Friday. And television veteran Lee Aronsohn makes his big screen feature debut with doc 40 Years in the Making: The Magic Music Movie, opening Friday via Paladin.
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
Director-writer: Desiree Akhavan
Writer: Cecilia Frugiuele, Emily M. Danforth (novel)
Cast: Chloë Grace Moretz,...
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
Director-writer: Desiree Akhavan
Writer: Cecilia Frugiuele, Emily M. Danforth (novel)
Cast: Chloë Grace Moretz,...
- 8/3/2018
- by Brian Brooks
- Deadline Film + TV
What a shame that this well-meaning look at the absurdity of gay conversion camps — it won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance this year — lacks the teeth to make its points stick. Based on a 2012 Ya novel by Emily M. Danforth, The Miseducation of Cameron Post is set in 1993, before giant strides in gay civil liberties such as the legal right of same-sex couples to marry in all 50 states had kicked in. The film version, directed by Desiree Akhavan (Appropriate Behavior), hints at the return to repression that will come with the Trump era,...
- 7/31/2018
- by Peter Travers
- Rollingstone.com
The Miseducation Of Cameron Post Film Rise Reviewed by: Harvey Karten Director: Desiree Akhavan Screenwriter: Desiree Akhavan, Cecilia Frugiuele, book by Emily M. Danforth Cast: Chloë Grace Moretz, John Gallagher Jr., Sasha Lane, Forrest Goodluck, Jennifer Ehle, Emily Skeggs, Owen Campbell Screened at: Park Ave., NYC, 7/27/18 Opens: August 3, 2018 The American Psychiatric Association’s […]
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- 7/29/2018
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
The Miseducation Of Cameron Post (2018) Movie Trailer: Chloe Moretz is sent to a Gay-conversion Camp
The Miseducation of Cameron Post Trailer Desiree Akhavan‘s The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018) movie trailer stars Chloe Grace Moretz, Jennifer Ehle, John Gallagher Jr., Sasha Lane, and Forrest Goodluck. The Miseducation of Cameron Post‘s plot synopsis, based on the celebrated novel by Emily M. Danforth, “The Miseducation of Cameron Post follows Cameron (Chloe Grace Moretz) [...]
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- 7/12/2018
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
In what looks to qualify as the best of her (admittedly still very young) career, Chloë Grace Moretz stars as the title character in “The Miseducation of Cameron Post.” The very dark comedy, set at a gay conversion therapy camp in 1993, comes courtesy of writer-director Desiree Akhavan and is based on the novel by Emily M. Danforth of the same name. Also starring Jennifer Ehle and John Gallagher, Jr., the film will be released by FilmRise Aug. 3. Watch the new trailer below. Looking for a gig? Check out Backstage's film audition listings!
- 7/11/2018
- backstage.com
The first trailer for Chloe Grace Moretz's new film The Miseducation of Cameron Post has been released and it was one of the most buzzed about films at Sundance this year. When you watch the trailer, you'll see why. It has all of the elements that would make a great and successful Sundance film.
The movie is based on the novel by Emily M. Danforth. The story is set in 1993 and follows a young woman named Cameron (Moretz) as she is sent to a gay conversion therapy camp after getting caught with another girl in the back seat of a car on prom night.
Run by the strict and severe Dr. Lydia Marsh (Jennifer Ehle) and her brother, Reverend Rick (John Gallagher Jr.)—himself an example of how those in the program can be “cured”—the center is built upon repenting for “same sex attraction.” In the face of intolerance and denial,...
The movie is based on the novel by Emily M. Danforth. The story is set in 1993 and follows a young woman named Cameron (Moretz) as she is sent to a gay conversion therapy camp after getting caught with another girl in the back seat of a car on prom night.
Run by the strict and severe Dr. Lydia Marsh (Jennifer Ehle) and her brother, Reverend Rick (John Gallagher Jr.)—himself an example of how those in the program can be “cured”—the center is built upon repenting for “same sex attraction.” In the face of intolerance and denial,...
- 7/11/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
On her prom night, Cameron Post (Chloë Grace Moretz) gets caught making out with her high school girlfriend in the parking lot, resulting in her parents sending her off to God’s Promise, a gay conversion therapy camp. Featuring weeks of religious gaslighting in which those in charge not only you tell you the desires of your heart are immoral, but homosexuality itself doesn’t even exist, The Miseducation of Cameron Post explores this specific experience. The latest film from Desiree Akhavan (Appropriate Behavior), based on Emily M. Danforth’s novel, FilmRise has now debuted the first trailer.
“There’s a smart sense of both humanity and humor that helps to undercut the inherent lunacy that is the foundation of the camp, especially felt in Lane and Goodluck’s performances,” I said in my review. “Pairing well with another Sundance premiere Come Sunday, which preaches the inclusive embrace at the heart of Jesus’ message,...
“There’s a smart sense of both humanity and humor that helps to undercut the inherent lunacy that is the foundation of the camp, especially felt in Lane and Goodluck’s performances,” I said in my review. “Pairing well with another Sundance premiere Come Sunday, which preaches the inclusive embrace at the heart of Jesus’ message,...
- 7/10/2018
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
“Your struggle is with the sin of same-sex attraction,” says the counselor at the gay-conversion therapy center. “You’re facing the consequences of your actions, and it’s ugly.” Here’s the first trailer for The Miseducation of Cameron Post, starring Chloe Grace Moretz as the titular teen who was caught having sex with the prom queen and sent off this place.
The all-business facility for teens is run by the strict Dr. Lydia Marsh (Jennifer Ehle) and her brother, Reverend Rick (John Gallagher Jr.) — himself an example of how those in the program can be “cured.” In the face of outlandish discipline, dubious methods and earnest Christian rock songs, Cameron forms an unlikely gay community, including the amputee stoner Jane (Sasha Lane) and the Lakota Two-Spirit, Adam (Forrest Goodluck). In creating a family on her own terms, she learns what it means to empower herself and have confidence in her identity.
The all-business facility for teens is run by the strict Dr. Lydia Marsh (Jennifer Ehle) and her brother, Reverend Rick (John Gallagher Jr.) — himself an example of how those in the program can be “cured.” In the face of outlandish discipline, dubious methods and earnest Christian rock songs, Cameron forms an unlikely gay community, including the amputee stoner Jane (Sasha Lane) and the Lakota Two-Spirit, Adam (Forrest Goodluck). In creating a family on her own terms, she learns what it means to empower herself and have confidence in her identity.
- 7/10/2018
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
"I'm tired of feeling disgusted with myself." FilmRise has finally released the first official Us trailer for The Miseducation of Cameron Post, the latest from talented filmmaker Desiree Akhavan (Appropriate Behavior), adapted from Emily M. Danforth's celebrated novel. This film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, where it won the top Grand Jury Prize, even though it received mostly mediocre reviews. Chloë Grace Moretz stars in this as Cameron Post, a girl who is sent to a gay conversion therapy center after she is found kissing another girl. There she befriends the other kids and figures out how to live her own life, even though they're trying hard to help her "pray away the gay". The cast includes Jennifer Ehle, Quinn Shephard, Sasha Lane, Marin Ireland, John Gallagher Jr., Owen Campbell, Kerry Butler, Forrest Goodluck, and Steven Hauck. I saw this at Sundance and unfortunately I was quite let down,...
- 7/10/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Before Chloë Grace Moretz turns up in Luca Guadagnino’s “Suspiria” this fall, the 21-year-old actress will be front and center in “The Miseducation of Cameron Post.” The drama marks the second directorial feature from “Appropriate Behavior” breakout Desiree Akhavan and it took top honors at Sundance earlier this year when it was awarded the U.S. Grand Jury Prize.
“The Miseducation of Cameron Post” is based on the novel of the same name by Emily M. Danforth and stars Moretz in the title role. When Cameron is caught making out with a fellow female classmate, her religious family sends her to a gay conversion therapy camp in hope of “curing” her sexuality. The camp brings Cameron in contact with a gay community for the first time, and she learns to empower herself after befriending two fellow campers, played by “American Honey” favorite Sasha Lane and newcomer Forrest Goodluck.
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“The Miseducation of Cameron Post” is based on the novel of the same name by Emily M. Danforth and stars Moretz in the title role. When Cameron is caught making out with a fellow female classmate, her religious family sends her to a gay conversion therapy camp in hope of “curing” her sexuality. The camp brings Cameron in contact with a gay community for the first time, and she learns to empower herself after befriending two fellow campers, played by “American Honey” favorite Sasha Lane and newcomer Forrest Goodluck.
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- 7/10/2018
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
As part of its celebration of the best of independent moviemaking from around the world, including from the U.S., this year’s Munich Film Festival will include works highlighting some of today’s defining issues: the MeToo debate, racism, the increasingly troubling nature of social media and the impact of ever-growing surveillance.
The festival, which runs June 28 to July 7, opens with Joachim A. Lang’s “Mackie Messer — Brechts Dreigroschenfilm,” a fictional tale inspired by Bertolt Brecht’s 1928 play “The Threepenny Opera,” and Kurt Weill’s song “The Ballad of Mack the Knife,” in which the famed playwright seeks to adapt his work to film without blunting its political edge.
For festival director Diana Iljine, the film is particularly timely: “Just like the famous first words of ‘Mack the Knife’ — ‘And the shark, he has teeth’ — one might say: This film, it has teeth. At a pivotal moment in recent history,...
The festival, which runs June 28 to July 7, opens with Joachim A. Lang’s “Mackie Messer — Brechts Dreigroschenfilm,” a fictional tale inspired by Bertolt Brecht’s 1928 play “The Threepenny Opera,” and Kurt Weill’s song “The Ballad of Mack the Knife,” in which the famed playwright seeks to adapt his work to film without blunting its political edge.
For festival director Diana Iljine, the film is particularly timely: “Just like the famous first words of ‘Mack the Knife’ — ‘And the shark, he has teeth’ — one might say: This film, it has teeth. At a pivotal moment in recent history,...
- 6/21/2018
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
Following its Grand Jury prize win at Sundance earlier this year, Desiree Akhavan’s The Miseducation of Cameron Post received its New York premiere at the 17th Tribeca Film Festival.
Based on the novel by Emily M. Danforth, the film follows Cameron (Chloë Grace Moretz) as she is sent to conversion therapy by her conservative aunt when she’s caught being intimate with her Bible study classmate Coley (Quinn Shephard).
Life had already been stiflingly at Cameron’s religious school, where the students are subjected to dire warnings and derision from their teachers for being at an age where they’re particularly susceptible to sin and wickedness. At God’s Promise, the live-in conversion therapy centre, Cameron and her fellow “disciples” are compelled to sign a contract committing them to defeating their “illness”, as one of the leaders Rick puts it. We learn that Rick too once had “Ssa” i.
Based on the novel by Emily M. Danforth, the film follows Cameron (Chloë Grace Moretz) as she is sent to conversion therapy by her conservative aunt when she’s caught being intimate with her Bible study classmate Coley (Quinn Shephard).
Life had already been stiflingly at Cameron’s religious school, where the students are subjected to dire warnings and derision from their teachers for being at an age where they’re particularly susceptible to sin and wickedness. At God’s Promise, the live-in conversion therapy centre, Cameron and her fellow “disciples” are compelled to sign a contract committing them to defeating their “illness”, as one of the leaders Rick puts it. We learn that Rick too once had “Ssa” i.
- 5/18/2018
- by James Kleinmann
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
FilmRise has announced that it has acquired exclusive North American distribution rights to Desiree Akhavan’s coming-of-age film “The Miseducation of Cameron Post,” which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, where it went on to win the U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize. FilmRise will release the film later this summer. Directed by Desiree Akhavan and adapted for the screen by Akhavan and Cecilia Frugiuele, the film stars Chloë Grace Moretz, John Gallagher Jr., Sasha Lane, Forrest Goodluck, and Jennifer Ehle.
The drama is based on the Emily M. Danforth novel of the same name and follows the eponymous Cameron Post (Moretz) after she is caught engaging in sexual activity with her best female friend on prom night. Sent off to a gay conversion therapy center, Cameron must contend with the camp’s two very different heads — the strict Dr. Lydia Marsh (Ehle) and her brother Reverend Rick (Gallagher Jr.
The drama is based on the Emily M. Danforth novel of the same name and follows the eponymous Cameron Post (Moretz) after she is caught engaging in sexual activity with her best female friend on prom night. Sent off to a gay conversion therapy center, Cameron must contend with the camp’s two very different heads — the strict Dr. Lydia Marsh (Ehle) and her brother Reverend Rick (Gallagher Jr.
- 3/23/2018
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Gay conversion therapy drama won U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize at Sundance.
FilmRise has acquired North American rights to Desiree Akhavan’s The Miseducation Of Cameron Post and will release theatrically this summer.
The film, starring Chloe Grace Moretz, John Gallagher Jr., Sasha Lane, Forrest Goodluck, and Jennifer Ehle, was awarded the U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize at Sundance in January.
The feature is based on Emily M. Danforth’s novel of the same title, and follows teenager Cameron Post through her experience at a gay conversion therapy centre.
Adapted for the screen by Akhavan and Cecilia Frugiuele,...
FilmRise has acquired North American rights to Desiree Akhavan’s The Miseducation Of Cameron Post and will release theatrically this summer.
The film, starring Chloe Grace Moretz, John Gallagher Jr., Sasha Lane, Forrest Goodluck, and Jennifer Ehle, was awarded the U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize at Sundance in January.
The feature is based on Emily M. Danforth’s novel of the same title, and follows teenager Cameron Post through her experience at a gay conversion therapy centre.
Adapted for the screen by Akhavan and Cecilia Frugiuele,...
- 3/23/2018
- by Jenn Sherman
- ScreenDaily
When “The Miseducation of Cameron Post” took home the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival this year, Desiree Akhavan was not on hand to accept the prize for her sophomore feature. The director had taped a thank you speech to be played at the festival’s awards Saturday night, but it was not broadcast due to technical difficulties. The reason for her absence was bittersweet; Akhavan was due back in London to resume work on another project, a television series for Channel 4 and Hulu with themes similar to her first feature, “Appropriate Behavior.”
For the series, which bears the working title “The Bisexual,” Akhavan re-teamed with her “Cameron Post” co-writer, Cecilia Frugiuele. The two women accepted the Grand Jury Prize together from the comfort of a couch in London.
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For the series, which bears the working title “The Bisexual,” Akhavan re-teamed with her “Cameron Post” co-writer, Cecilia Frugiuele. The two women accepted the Grand Jury Prize together from the comfort of a couch in London.
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- 1/29/2018
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
On her prom night, Cameron Post (Chloë Grace Moretz) gets caught making out with her high school girlfriend in the parking lot, resulting in her parents sending her off to God’s Promise, a gay conversion therapy camp. Featuring weeks of religious gaslighting in which those in charge not only you tell you the desires of your heart are immoral, but homosexuality itself doesn’t even exist, The Miseducation of Cameron Post provides a tender, well-rounded, if not entirely successful look at the emotionally abusive experience.
Desiree Akhavan, who broke out at Sundance with her personal, witty Appropriate Behavior, brings a sensitivity to the story, based on Emily M. Danforth’s novel, that finds a humanity in Cameron, the fellow teens she meets, and even the wrong-headed, ultimately conflicted counselors. Upon arriving, Cameron quickly makes friends with the maybe self-named Jane Fonda (Sasha Lane) and Adam (Forrest Goodluck), who also...
Desiree Akhavan, who broke out at Sundance with her personal, witty Appropriate Behavior, brings a sensitivity to the story, based on Emily M. Danforth’s novel, that finds a humanity in Cameron, the fellow teens she meets, and even the wrong-headed, ultimately conflicted counselors. Upon arriving, Cameron quickly makes friends with the maybe self-named Jane Fonda (Sasha Lane) and Adam (Forrest Goodluck), who also...
- 1/27/2018
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Let’s begin with a basic premise on which we can all, I hope, agree – Christian camps that try to “reprogram” gay kids are flat-out awful, and can be quite reasonably called evil. They are also, unfortunately, a significant cultural force, and films should be made about their methods and impact, the damage they do not only to the kids who go through them but through cultures at large, both religious and secular.
Let’s also admit something else – it’s really, really, really easy to make fun of Christian culture, and the low-hanging jokes weren’t even funny when Saved! came out over ten years ago, and they’re definitely beyond tired now. The too-cheery youth pastor, strumming away on his guitar trying to be hip; the overly-enthusiastic girls; the “blessed” faux-positive condescension of the young men; the attempts to make Christ “edgy” and “rad” for each new generation.
Let’s also admit something else – it’s really, really, really easy to make fun of Christian culture, and the low-hanging jokes weren’t even funny when Saved! came out over ten years ago, and they’re definitely beyond tired now. The too-cheery youth pastor, strumming away on his guitar trying to be hip; the overly-enthusiastic girls; the “blessed” faux-positive condescension of the young men; the attempts to make Christ “edgy” and “rad” for each new generation.
- 1/24/2018
- by Scott Nye
- CriterionCast
“The Miseducation of Cameron Post” is a humble, poignant, and extremely touching coming-of-age drama that unfolds like a seriocomic “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” set at a gay conversion camp for Christian teens circa 1993. Complete with Jennifer Ehle as an indomitable riff on Nurse Ratched, the movie shears Emily M. Danforth’s massive Ya novel of the same name down to a sensitive film that cuts right to the heart of the matter. Played by a beautifully understated and unsure Chloë Grace Moretz, Cameron Post is an orphaned high school junior who develops some very biblical — and blessedly mutual — feelings for a girl she meets at Sunday school (“Blame” director Quinn Shephard).
It’s all innocent fun and fingering until someone finds Cameron and her friend in the backseat of a car on prom night. That’s all it takes for Cameron’s evangelical aunt to ship her off to God’s Promise,...
It’s all innocent fun and fingering until someone finds Cameron and her friend in the backseat of a car on prom night. That’s all it takes for Cameron’s evangelical aunt to ship her off to God’s Promise,...
- 1/23/2018
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Girl Talk is a weekly look at women in film — past, present, and future.
The numbers are awful. Last week, the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative’s latest study, “Inclusion in the Director’s Chair? Gender, Race & Age of Directors across 1,000 films from 2007-2017,” found that, of the 109 film directors associated with the 100 top movies of 2017, 92.7 percent were male; 7.3 percent were female. Days later, the San Diego State University’s Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film followed with the “Celluloid Ceiling” study, finding that women comprised just 18 percent of all directors, writers, producers, executive producers, editors, and cinematographers working on the top 250 domestic grossing films. That number remains mostly unchanged over the last two decades.
At this year’s Sundance Film Festival, the figures are very different. For the 2018 edition of the festival, 37 percent of the 122 feature films premiering are directed by women, a slight uptick from...
The numbers are awful. Last week, the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative’s latest study, “Inclusion in the Director’s Chair? Gender, Race & Age of Directors across 1,000 films from 2007-2017,” found that, of the 109 film directors associated with the 100 top movies of 2017, 92.7 percent were male; 7.3 percent were female. Days later, the San Diego State University’s Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film followed with the “Celluloid Ceiling” study, finding that women comprised just 18 percent of all directors, writers, producers, executive producers, editors, and cinematographers working on the top 250 domestic grossing films. That number remains mostly unchanged over the last two decades.
At this year’s Sundance Film Festival, the figures are very different. For the 2018 edition of the festival, 37 percent of the 122 feature films premiering are directed by women, a slight uptick from...
- 1/12/2018
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
This year’s Sundance Film Festival is mere days from unspooling in snowy Park City, Utah and, with it comes a brand new year of indie filmmaking to get excited about. As ever, the annual festival is playing home to dozens of feature films, short offerings, and technologically-influenced experiences, and while there’s plenty to anticipate seeing, we’ve waded through the lineup to pick out the ones we’re most looking forward to checking out.
From returning filmmakers like Desiree Akhavan, Robert Greene, and the Zellner brothers to brand-new names like Christina Choe, Carlos López Estrada, and newly minted director Paul Dano (himself a regular of the festival, though on the other side of the camera), this year’s festival promises a bevy of big treats and perhaps even bigger surprises. Here’s what we can’t wait to see.
This year’s festival runs from January 18 – 28 in Park City,...
From returning filmmakers like Desiree Akhavan, Robert Greene, and the Zellner brothers to brand-new names like Christina Choe, Carlos López Estrada, and newly minted director Paul Dano (himself a regular of the festival, though on the other side of the camera), this year’s festival promises a bevy of big treats and perhaps even bigger surprises. Here’s what we can’t wait to see.
This year’s festival runs from January 18 – 28 in Park City,...
- 1/10/2018
- by Kate Erbland, Eric Kohn, David Ehrlich, Anne Thompson, Zack Sharf, Chris O'Falt, Jude Dry, Michael Nordine and Jenna Marotta
- Indiewire
Girl Talk is a weekly look at women in film — past, present, and future.
For the vast majority of female filmmakers, the second-film slump is real. Getting that first movie made might sound like the biggest challenge for any fledgling filmmaker, but for so many women in the industry, turning first film buzz into new opportunities is an uphill battle that few can win. For “Appropriate Behavior” filmmaker and star Desiree Akhavan, the realization that her status as a festival darling wasn’t going to automatically translate into a huge Hollywood career came hard. Good thing she didn’t really want that anyway.
“Because I had only made one feature and I was a woman, I didn’t have the best opportunities,” Akhavan told IndieWire. “It’s crazy when I think of men who premiere a first film at Sundance and then get offered franchises. That was not happening to me,...
For the vast majority of female filmmakers, the second-film slump is real. Getting that first movie made might sound like the biggest challenge for any fledgling filmmaker, but for so many women in the industry, turning first film buzz into new opportunities is an uphill battle that few can win. For “Appropriate Behavior” filmmaker and star Desiree Akhavan, the realization that her status as a festival darling wasn’t going to automatically translate into a huge Hollywood career came hard. Good thing she didn’t really want that anyway.
“Because I had only made one feature and I was a woman, I didn’t have the best opportunities,” Akhavan told IndieWire. “It’s crazy when I think of men who premiere a first film at Sundance and then get offered franchises. That was not happening to me,...
- 10/27/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
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