2019 Locarno Film Festival: Fabrice du Welz, Donzelli, Fukada, Ameur-Zaïmeche & Pedro Costa Selected
The first edition of the Locarno Film Festival under Lili Hinstin’s leadership will include the world premiere to Fabrice du Welz’s Adoration and Valérie Donzelli’s Notre Dame while the likes of Rúnar Rúnarsson, Ulrich Köhler (co-directed feature), Koji Fukada, Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche and Pedro Costa will be presented in the International Competition. Several big auteurs in Jean-Luc Godard, José Luis Guerin and Yorgos Lanthimos are also presenting their short films. Here is the major section line-ups for next month’s fest. Look for a handful of these to debut at Tiff.
Piazza Grande
7500 (Ger/Aus), dir. Patrick Vollrath, world premiere,
Adoration (Bel/Fra), dir.…...
Piazza Grande
7500 (Ger/Aus), dir. Patrick Vollrath, world premiere,
Adoration (Bel/Fra), dir.…...
- 7/17/2019
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
Thriller evolves around a crazed and destructive love story between two teenagers who meet at a psychiatric hospital.
Memento Films International has boarded sales on Belgian director Fabrice du Welz’s thriller Adoration ahead of its premiere on the Locarno Film Festival’s Piazza Grande in August.
It is the final film in du Welz’s Ardennes trilogy set against the backdrop of the rugged, forested region spanning southeast Belgium, Luxembourg, France and Germany.
It revolves around a crazed and destructive love story between two teenagers who meet at a psychiatric hospital and embark on a dangerous trip together.
The...
Memento Films International has boarded sales on Belgian director Fabrice du Welz’s thriller Adoration ahead of its premiere on the Locarno Film Festival’s Piazza Grande in August.
It is the final film in du Welz’s Ardennes trilogy set against the backdrop of the rugged, forested region spanning southeast Belgium, Luxembourg, France and Germany.
It revolves around a crazed and destructive love story between two teenagers who meet at a psychiatric hospital and embark on a dangerous trip together.
The...
- 7/17/2019
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
The centre has announced the results of its first committee of 2019; it is throwing its weight behind 17 new features. The Wallonia-Brussels Federation Film Centre is lending its support to 48 new film projects, 17 of which are features. Most notably, production support has been granted to the new movie by Fabrice du Welz. While we wait with bated breath for the autumn release of his latest film, Adoration, which stars Thomas Gioria, Fantine Harduin and Benoît Poelvoorde (see the interview), the director will also be shooting his new outing, Inexorable, over the same period. It follows the trials and tribulations of Marcel Bellmer, a famous author who, ever since the staggering success of his first novel, has never really managed to bounce back. The sudden and unexpected appearance of Gloria, a young cleaning lady who reminds him uncannily of his first love, will drag him into a vicious...
The ‘bible’ for the series is being written by fellow novelist Douglas Kennedy.
Prolific Belgian producer and tax shelter financier Scope Invest, which has five projects in Official Selection in Cannes, is hatching an ambitious new Cold War series, Expo 58, based on the novel of the same name by bestselling UK writer Jonathan Coe. The ‘bible’ for the series is being written by fellow novelist Douglas Kennedy.
The story is set during the 1958 World’s Fair in Brussels. It follows a British employee at the Central Office of Information assigned to oversee the creation of an authentic British pub at...
Prolific Belgian producer and tax shelter financier Scope Invest, which has five projects in Official Selection in Cannes, is hatching an ambitious new Cold War series, Expo 58, based on the novel of the same name by bestselling UK writer Jonathan Coe. The ‘bible’ for the series is being written by fellow novelist Douglas Kennedy.
The story is set during the 1958 World’s Fair in Brussels. It follows a British employee at the Central Office of Information assigned to oversee the creation of an authentic British pub at...
- 5/17/2019
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
Atom Egoyan, the Oscar-nominated Canadian director, is set to direct “Guest of Honour,” a twisted psychological drama which will be produced by Playtime, Elevation Pictures, Ego Film Arts and The Film Farm.
Based on an original script by Egoyan, “Guest of Honour” explores the relationship between a father and his 20-something year old daughter who wants to remain in jail for a sexual assault she knows she’s been wrongfully indicted for. Father and daughter find themselves acting out of the bounds of good behavior as the past haunts them.
“I’m particularly excited and passionate about this script,” said Egoyan, adding that he was thrilled to be working with partners Playtime and Elevation Pictures, who have clarity and understand my vision for the film and are very well positioned to help me share this film with audiences around the world.”
The movie marks Egoyan’s follow up to “Remember,...
Based on an original script by Egoyan, “Guest of Honour” explores the relationship between a father and his 20-something year old daughter who wants to remain in jail for a sexual assault she knows she’s been wrongfully indicted for. Father and daughter find themselves acting out of the bounds of good behavior as the past haunts them.
“I’m particularly excited and passionate about this script,” said Egoyan, adding that he was thrilled to be working with partners Playtime and Elevation Pictures, who have clarity and understand my vision for the film and are very well positioned to help me share this film with audiences around the world.”
The movie marks Egoyan’s follow up to “Remember,...
- 9/9/2018
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Custody, opening in L.A. on July 13th, in New York on June 29th and going wide in August, is a heartbreakingly sad story of a boy caught between two at-war-getting-divorced parents.
On a par with Loveless, the Russian Cannes Competition film in 2017 and Oscar nominated for Best Foreigh Language Film, each of the boys, sentient but powerless, is used as a pawn. This film almost exceeds the threshold of bearable pain, so painful is to watch the father take his rages out on his son.
The boy’s (Thomas Gioria) acting is superlative. This is his first film but next year you will be able to see him in Adoration.
Denis Ménochet playing the father is also outstanding and is 100% hateful. I moaned in agony for the boy in every other scene. The father cajoles his child, blackmails his child, threatens him with force, is mecurial, cruel and unresponsive,...
On a par with Loveless, the Russian Cannes Competition film in 2017 and Oscar nominated for Best Foreigh Language Film, each of the boys, sentient but powerless, is used as a pawn. This film almost exceeds the threshold of bearable pain, so painful is to watch the father take his rages out on his son.
The boy’s (Thomas Gioria) acting is superlative. This is his first film but next year you will be able to see him in Adoration.
Denis Ménochet playing the father is also outstanding and is 100% hateful. I moaned in agony for the boy in every other scene. The father cajoles his child, blackmails his child, threatens him with force, is mecurial, cruel and unresponsive,...
- 7/16/2018
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Absurdity turns quickly to boredom in Alejandro Amenábar’s Regression, the latest picture unceremoniously dumped by The Weinstein Company to your local multiplex with excess capacity. Set in a 1990 rural Minnesota, the story follows the adventures of Detective Bruce Kenner (Ethan Hawke) as he investigates a local “outbreak” of demonic possession that comes across his desk. Enlisting Professor David Rains (David Thewlis), they go on a wild adventure that eventually finds them briefly in Pittsburgh chasing a cult and a dark family secret that, at first glance, is less than what it might have been. Who would have thought a small town police department had those kinds of resources?
Amenábar gets the atmosphere right even if there’s not much lurking in the shadows, all while Hawke does his best to keep a straight face. At the heart of the film is a strong performance by Emma Watson as Angela,...
Amenábar gets the atmosphere right even if there’s not much lurking in the shadows, all while Hawke does his best to keep a straight face. At the heart of the film is a strong performance by Emma Watson as Angela,...
- 2/11/2016
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
First hearing about October Gale last year, with the announcement of casting, hopes were high. With writer-director Ruba Nadda (Cairo Time) at the helm, steering performances from Academy Award nominee Patricia Clarkson (Pieces Of April), Academy Award nominee Tim Roth (Rob Roy), and Genie Award nominee Scott Speedman (Adoration) – it had all the hallmarks of a taut thriller, with perhaps something of a twist on the tired home invasion schtick that persists in cinema. At the very least, it promised a dark drama, made by a woman, and led by a woman.
For those unfamiliar with the project, Patricia Clarkson plays Helen – a qualified doctor who is mourning her dead husband. She opts to spend some time alone at their isolated waterside cottage during a huge storm, but is disturbed when a man (Scott Speedman) washes ashore with a gunshot wound. Soon enough, his would-be assassins follow – led by Tim Roth.
For those unfamiliar with the project, Patricia Clarkson plays Helen – a qualified doctor who is mourning her dead husband. She opts to spend some time alone at their isolated waterside cottage during a huge storm, but is disturbed when a man (Scott Speedman) washes ashore with a gunshot wound. Soon enough, his would-be assassins follow – led by Tim Roth.
- 1/27/2015
- by Sarah Myles
- We Got This Covered
[Editor's Note: This post is presented in partnership with Time Warner Cable Movies On Demand in support of Indie Film Month. Today's pick, "The Captive," is available now On Demand. This interview originally ran during the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.] Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan has been a fixture on La Croisette since his 1994 breakout feature "Exotica," which took the Fipresci prize. "The Sweet Hereafter" won that same award in addition to the Grand Prix honor in 1997. The filmmaker's career has by no means taken a nosedive since, but to many, he hasn't lived up to the promise set by his earlier efforts (save for "Felicia's Journey," which featured a great performance by the late Bob Hoskins). "Where the Truth Lies," "Adoration" and "Chloe" were all met with mixed reviews, while his latest to open in theaters, the West Memphis Three drama "Devil's Knot," was his worst...
- 1/19/2015
- by Nigel M Smith
- Indiewire
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: a grizzled father clashes with a troubled detective as they search for the former’s missing daughter in the dead of winter, in this thriller from a Canadian director. You’re stopping me? Great. We’re not talking about Denis Villenueve’s strikingly moody, logically suspect Prisoners, though, but Atom Egoyan’s similarly titled and thoroughly lunkheaded The Captive. Before the opening credits have ended, we meet not only the captive herself, a teenage girl named Cassandra (Alexia Fast), but her captor, Mika (Kevin Durand), a preening real estate developer with a suitably pervy mustache. It’s been eight years since Cassandra’s abduction near Niagara Falls, but Mika has only recently begun taunting her estranged parents, Matthew (Ryan Reynolds) and Tina (Mireille Enos), covertly broadcasting their renewed anguish for an unseen audience and still stumping the authorities, chief among them Detectives Dunlop (Rosario Dawson) and Cornwall (Scott Speedman...
- 5/20/2014
- by William Goss
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Cannes – Friday May 16th
The first title out of the gate at this morning’s 8:30 a.m. showing was the first of three Canadian films in the Main Competition. Snatched up earlier by the A24 folks, starring Ryan Reynolds, Scott Speedman, Rosario Dawson and Mireille Enos, The Captive landed mostly 2 star notes with our panel, unfortunately making Atom Egoyan’s kidnapping thriller the first misfire of the fest. Winner of the Grand Prix and the International Critic’s Prize by the F.I.P.R.E.S.C.I.for The Sweet Hereafter in 1997, the Canuck has been at the fest’s Directors’ Fortnight for Speaking Parts (1989) and The Adjuster (1991) and found a home in the official selections for six features: Exotica (1994), Felicia’s Journey (1993), Ararat (2002 – Out of Comp), Where the Truth Lies (2005) and 2008′s Adoration.
Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s over three hour dialogue driven drama occupied a one time showing 3:00 p.
The first title out of the gate at this morning’s 8:30 a.m. showing was the first of three Canadian films in the Main Competition. Snatched up earlier by the A24 folks, starring Ryan Reynolds, Scott Speedman, Rosario Dawson and Mireille Enos, The Captive landed mostly 2 star notes with our panel, unfortunately making Atom Egoyan’s kidnapping thriller the first misfire of the fest. Winner of the Grand Prix and the International Critic’s Prize by the F.I.P.R.E.S.C.I.for The Sweet Hereafter in 1997, the Canuck has been at the fest’s Directors’ Fortnight for Speaking Parts (1989) and The Adjuster (1991) and found a home in the official selections for six features: Exotica (1994), Felicia’s Journey (1993), Ararat (2002 – Out of Comp), Where the Truth Lies (2005) and 2008′s Adoration.
Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s over three hour dialogue driven drama occupied a one time showing 3:00 p.
- 5/16/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan has been a fixture on La Croisette since his 1994 breakout feature "Exotica," which took the Fipresci prize. "The Sweet Hereafter" won that same award in addition to the Grand Prix honor in 1997. The filmmaker's career has by no means taken a nosedive since, but to many, he hasn't lived up to the promise set by his earlier efforts (save for "Felicia's Journey," which featured a great performance by the late Bob Hoskins). "Where the Truth Lies," "Adoration" and "Chloe" were all met with mixed reviews, while his latest to open in theaters, the West Memphis Three drama "Devil's Knot," was his worst reviewed effort to date. His last two films ("Chloe" and "Devil's Knot") weren't given a Cannes berth, so early signs pointed to "The Captive" being a likely comeback for Egoyan. Unfortunately, according to the majority of critics in the room for today's world premiere at Cannes,...
- 5/16/2014
- by Nigel M Smith
- Indiewire
Cannes Review: With the Ryan Reynolds Thriller 'The Captive,' Has Atom Egoyan Lost His Way For Good?
After making a name for himself with moody dramas like "Exotica" and "The Sweet Hereafter," Atom Egoyan hit a rough patch with a slew of uneven, mopey efforts, including the brooding "Adoration" and courtroom drama "The Devil's Knot," which opened last week. Now we have the premiere of Egoyan's kidnapping procedural "The Captive," which suggests the director has receded from the challenging work that put him on the map in the first place. A lazily plotted and largely generic thriller, leading man Ryan Reynolds seizes yet another opportunity to tackle a darker, contemplative role while Egoyan's cerebral efforts only serve to underscore the by-the-books melodrama. They only emerge unscathed because "The Captive" is so forgettable. Like "Chloe," this film applies Egoyan's ponderous approach to genre conventions. But while "Chloe" devolved into camp, "The Captive" humorlessly plunges into a morose world riddled with bite-sized versions of the tragedies that often lie at.
- 5/16/2014
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
The 2014 Cannes Film Festival launches on Wednesday, and with it comes a slew of films sure to shock, surprise and provoke, just as last year's Palme d'Or winner "Blue is the Warmest Color" did when it world premiered at the event. Here are 10 films that could potentially follow suit. "The Captive," dir. Atom Egoyan Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan has been a fixture on La Croisette since his 1994 breakout feature "Exotica," which took the Fipresci prize. "The Sweet Hereafter" won that same award in addition to the Grand Prix honor in 1997. The filmmaker’s career has by no means taken a nosedive since, but to many, he hasn’t lived up to the promise set by his earlier efforts (save for "Felicia’s Journey," which featured a great performance by the late Bob Hoskins). "Where the Truth Lies," "Adoration" and "Chloe" were all met with mixed reviews, while his latest, the...
- 5/12/2014
- by Eric Kohn and Nigel M. Smith
- Indiewire
Welcome back to Cannes Check, In Contention's annual preview of the films in Competition at next month's Cannes Film Festival, which kicks off on May 14. Taking on different selections every day, we'll be examining what they're about, who's involved and what their chances are of snagging an award from Jane Campion's jury. Next up, the third Canadian director in the lineup: Atom Egoyan's "The Captive." The director: Atom Egoyan (Canadian, 53 years old). There was a time when Egoyan looked to be as estimable a festival fixture as his compatriot David Cronenberg, but his career hasn't moved in the direction many thought it would after he won big at Cannes (and scooped a surprise Best Director Oscar nod) for 1997's critical peak “The Sweet Hereafter.” Born in Cairo to Armenian-Egyptian parents – a heritage he'd later explore in his 2002 film “Ararat” – Egoyan largely grew up in British Columbia and studied...
- 5/3/2014
- by Guy Lodge
- Hitfix
Refurbished: Surnow’s Debut a Casserole of Cliché
Seasoned television writer and producer Joel Surnow makes his directorial debut with Small Time, based on an autobiographical screenplay he wrote in the mid-1970s and has since retooled. While exuding a certain amount of polish that confirms an understanding of look and tone, the film feels resoundingly cliché and inescapably dull. Despite originating from the creator’s own life experiences, the film feels overtly familiar, to such a degree that it fails to resonate visually, emotionally, or narratively. Humdrum in every sense of the word, Surnow’s film may indeed be a passion project made for his own enjoyment; unfortunately, it fails to be of particular interest to anyone else.
Al Klein (Christopher Meloni) and his best bud Ash Martini (Dean Norris) own a used car lot and happen to be quite adept at what they do, often working in tandem to score sales.
Seasoned television writer and producer Joel Surnow makes his directorial debut with Small Time, based on an autobiographical screenplay he wrote in the mid-1970s and has since retooled. While exuding a certain amount of polish that confirms an understanding of look and tone, the film feels resoundingly cliché and inescapably dull. Despite originating from the creator’s own life experiences, the film feels overtly familiar, to such a degree that it fails to resonate visually, emotionally, or narratively. Humdrum in every sense of the word, Surnow’s film may indeed be a passion project made for his own enjoyment; unfortunately, it fails to be of particular interest to anyone else.
Al Klein (Christopher Meloni) and his best bud Ash Martini (Dean Norris) own a used car lot and happen to be quite adept at what they do, often working in tandem to score sales.
- 4/18/2014
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
For over a decade Atom Egoyan's name was synonymous with quality. A bit of Canadian film royalty and well respected in arthouse film circles, Egoyan was known for risqué, emotionally charged dramas (not to mention launching Sarah Polley into the world of adult filmmaking). Things started to get a little rocky with Adoration before hitting bottom with 2009's release of Chloe which was widely panned for its camp and melodrama. It seemed that Devil's Knot could get the director out of his slump. A fantastic cast including award winners Colin Firth and Reese Witherspoon, and a story that, though not necessarily in need of a dramatic adaptation, features enough material to drive dozens of thrillers (there's at least [Continued ...]...
- 12/12/2013
- QuietEarth.us
1.) The one glimmer of hope I had for The Lone Ranger to deliver something inspired or unexpected, was Jack White making his debut as the film's composer. However, that no longer appears to be the case as Hans Zimmer has been announced as the film's composer due to "scheduling conflicts" arising between the rocker and the film's July 2013 release date. The press release mentions White has "contributed several pieces of music to the production," whatever that means, but I was interested in seeing what he could do in terms of scoring an entire feature film. Zimmer is truly one of the best at what he does, but I'm hesitant to think he could deliver anything refreshingly different than what we already heard in The Dark Knight trilogy or (especially) Rango and the Pirates movies. 2.) Mireille Enos ("The Killing") and Scott Speedman (Underworld) have joined the Ryan Reynolds vehicle Queen of the Night.
- 12/17/2012
- by Kevin Blumeyer
- Rope of Silicon
It’s one of those things, you’ve got to strike while the iron is hot, therefore, Atom Egoyan’s next movie, Queen of the Night, is gearing up fast.
The Killing star Mireille Enos, who came on board Canadian filmmaker’s West Memphris Three drama The Devil’s Knot back in May, is now back for Queen of the Night along with Scott Speedman who also had a role in Egoyan’s 2008 Adoration.
Thesp duo coming aboard to support previously announced Ryan Reynolds who plays a father who discovers a series of disturbing clues eight years after his daughter is abducted, a trail that leads him to believe that the now 17-year-old girl remains alive, and he is determined to find her.
Enos will play the part of Reynolds’ wife who checks in yearly with the police on her daughter’s birthday, and who may hold the clues to...
The Killing star Mireille Enos, who came on board Canadian filmmaker’s West Memphris Three drama The Devil’s Knot back in May, is now back for Queen of the Night along with Scott Speedman who also had a role in Egoyan’s 2008 Adoration.
Thesp duo coming aboard to support previously announced Ryan Reynolds who plays a father who discovers a series of disturbing clues eight years after his daughter is abducted, a trail that leads him to believe that the now 17-year-old girl remains alive, and he is determined to find her.
Enos will play the part of Reynolds’ wife who checks in yearly with the police on her daughter’s birthday, and who may hold the clues to...
- 12/15/2012
- by Nick Martin
- Filmofilia
These days, if you're not making studio tentpoles, financing is hard to come by. So it's no surprise that Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan, who hasn't made a feature since 2009's softcore drama "Chloe," is striking while the iron is hot. He's already wrapped on "Devil's Knot," his West Memphis Three drama starring Reese Witherspoon, Colin Firth, Dane DeHaan and more. And not only is next movie, "Queen of the Night," gearing up fast, but an actress is keen to work with him again. "The Killing" star Mireille Enos, who features in "Devil's Knot," is back for 'Night' along with Scott Speedman (who also had a role in Egoyan's "Adoration"). The picture will be led by the previously announced Ryan Reynolds, who plays a father whose daughter was abducted. Eight years after the girl was taken, a series of disturbing clues convince the father that the now 17-year-old remains alive, and he is.
- 12/14/2012
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Exclusive: Mireille Enos and Scott Speedman have been set to star alongside Ryan Reynolds in Queen Of The Night, a psychological thriller that Atom Egoyan will direct early next year in Ontario. Egoyan wrote the story, and scripted the film with David Fraser. Reynolds committed in August to play a father who discovers a series of disturbing clues eight years after his daughter is abducted, a trail that leads him to believe the now 17-year old girl is alive. Enos will play his wife, who dutifully checks in with police each year on her daughter’s birthday, and realizes that disturbing memorabilia left at her workplace is not merely there to taunt her, but could offer clues to her daughter’s whereabouts. Enos was drafted for the role by Egoyan after she played a small role in Devil’s Knot, the film he just completed about the bogus triple murder...
- 12/14/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING JR.
- Deadline
At some point in the not too distant future, Ryan Reynolds will be facing down hordes of sword-wielding immortals in Juan Carlos Fresnadillo's Highlander remake. Before he heads to Scotland, however, Reynolds is off to Canada to star in Atom Egoyan's Queen Of The Night.No, it's not an entire film based on a Whitney Houston song or an operatic character. The details are scarce at this point, but the film is apparently a kidnap thriller in which Reynolds will play the father of an abducted child. Don't expect much in the way of clock-ticking revenge action though: Egoyan's films (like Calendar, Exotica, Ararat and Adoration) tend to be more cerebral than that.Egoyan, as usual, has co-written the screenplay, and will produce the indie thriller along with Simone Urdl, Jennifer Weiss and Stephen Traynor. He's currently still hard at work on The Devil's Knot, his dramatisation of...
- 8/9/2012
- EmpireOnline
Some quick DVD news coming in for a flick we've been waiting patiently for here Stateside. The latest evil kid flick Hidden is on its way home via eOne Entertainment and we've got the skinny on the release! Read on!
From the Press Release
When Brian Karter’s (Sean Clement, “Fringe,” “Flashpoint,” Bikini Party Massacre) mother dies, he is surprised to learn that he has inherited “The Sanctuary”, home to her controversial experimental addiction treatment center. But during a tour of the decrepit building, they soon realize that something sinister lies beneath the surface; something so evil it was better left concealed in…The Hidden, where viewers will learn that some places are better left alone. Also starring Devon Bostick (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Franchise, Adoration, Saw VI), Jordan Hayes (Exit Humanity, “Flashpoint,” “Nikita”), Jason Blicker (The Day After Tomorrow, Half Baked, Superstar), Bjanka Murgel (Punisher: War Zone) and...
From the Press Release
When Brian Karter’s (Sean Clement, “Fringe,” “Flashpoint,” Bikini Party Massacre) mother dies, he is surprised to learn that he has inherited “The Sanctuary”, home to her controversial experimental addiction treatment center. But during a tour of the decrepit building, they soon realize that something sinister lies beneath the surface; something so evil it was better left concealed in…The Hidden, where viewers will learn that some places are better left alone. Also starring Devon Bostick (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Franchise, Adoration, Saw VI), Jordan Hayes (Exit Humanity, “Flashpoint,” “Nikita”), Jason Blicker (The Day After Tomorrow, Half Baked, Superstar), Bjanka Murgel (Punisher: War Zone) and...
- 3/1/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Rodrigo Gudino does not sleep. I'm convinced of it. Between running the Rue Morgue empire and now working on the Rue Morgue Cinema first feature film, The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh, I can't see where the man has time to lay his head down to rest. And today he's shared with us the name if the star of Rosalind Leigh, Canadian actor Aaron Poole.
Poole, a 2009 Genie Award Best Actor nominee, has been featured in such films as This Beautiful City, Killing Zelda Sparks and Adoration.
The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh will begin filming in October in Toronto and horror fans can only imagine what the mind of Mr. Gudino has waiting for them. Stay tuned for more info!
From the Press Release
Aaron Poole, who in recent years has taken the independent film industry by storm with fierce character portrayals in such festival...
Poole, a 2009 Genie Award Best Actor nominee, has been featured in such films as This Beautiful City, Killing Zelda Sparks and Adoration.
The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh will begin filming in October in Toronto and horror fans can only imagine what the mind of Mr. Gudino has waiting for them. Stay tuned for more info!
From the Press Release
Aaron Poole, who in recent years has taken the independent film industry by storm with fierce character portrayals in such festival...
- 9/8/2011
- by Doctor Gash
- DreadCentral.com
It's the second Paradise Lost story of the morning, but this one is rather different to Alex Proyas' celestial battle epic. Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky's trilogy of documentaries detailing the wrongful conviction of the West Memphis Three has just reached its conclusion, with the happy news of the three's release. And now Atom Egoyan (Exotica, The Sweet Hereafter, Adoration) is set to dramatise their story in Devil's Knot.The Three are Jessie Misskelley, Damien Echols and Jason Baldwin, who were accused of murdering three eight-year-old cub scouts in a satanic ritual in 1993. Subsequent investigations, not least in the Paradise Lost films, have cast serious doubt on the original enquiry, however, and the consensus now is that the suspicion of the Arkansas locals due to the boys' heavy metal fandom was what convicted them, rather than much in the way of evidence. Metallica, who all three boys liked,...
- 8/23/2011
- EmpireOnline
The Tribeca Film Festival has announced its jurors who will be choosing the winning films, filmmakers and actors from the six competitive Festival categories. The thirty-eight jurors consist of award-winning filmmakers, screenwriters and notorious actors such as Whoopi Goldberg and Michael Cera. Winners will be announced at the Tff Awards Night ceremony on April 28, which will be hosted by Gideon Yago and streamed live on TribecaFilm.com. Below is the press release from Tribeca.
Please visit www.tribecafilm.com for more details. The 2011 Festival runs from April 20 – May 1.
2011 Tribeca Film Festival Jury Announced
David O. Russell, David Gordon Green, Dianne Wiest, Souleymane Cissé, Whoopi Goldberg, Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Rainn Wilson, Anna Kendrick, Michael Cera, Denis Leary,Atom Egoyan and Fran Lebowitz are Among the 38 Festival Jurors
New York, NY – April 18, 2010 – The Tribeca Film Festival (Tff), presented by American Express, the Founding Sponsor of the Festival, today announced its jurors...
Please visit www.tribecafilm.com for more details. The 2011 Festival runs from April 20 – May 1.
2011 Tribeca Film Festival Jury Announced
David O. Russell, David Gordon Green, Dianne Wiest, Souleymane Cissé, Whoopi Goldberg, Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Rainn Wilson, Anna Kendrick, Michael Cera, Denis Leary,Atom Egoyan and Fran Lebowitz are Among the 38 Festival Jurors
New York, NY – April 18, 2010 – The Tribeca Film Festival (Tff), presented by American Express, the Founding Sponsor of the Festival, today announced its jurors...
- 4/20/2011
- by Christopher Clemente
- SoundOnSight
Coming to Blu-ray and DVD April 26th from Millennium Media is Sacrifice, a gritty crime drama starring Cuba Gooding, Jr., Christian Slater, and Devon Bostick. A tough undercover cop inadvertently gets involved in a dangerous heroin ring when a young defector of the drug trade leaves his five year-old sister in his care.
Genre fans might recall the young actor from such films as George A. Romero’s Survival of the Dead and Saw VI, and today Devon Bostick takes a few minutes to talk with Killer Film about Sacrifice, after coming off of the number one film recently in Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules to talk about Sacrifice and the delayed Hidden 3D.
Jon: Tell us about Sacrifice and how did you get involved?
Devon Bostick: I’ve known [director] Damian [Lee] for many years now, and I’ve read the script through its many revisions. I was interested in this role,...
Genre fans might recall the young actor from such films as George A. Romero’s Survival of the Dead and Saw VI, and today Devon Bostick takes a few minutes to talk with Killer Film about Sacrifice, after coming off of the number one film recently in Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules to talk about Sacrifice and the delayed Hidden 3D.
Jon: Tell us about Sacrifice and how did you get involved?
Devon Bostick: I’ve known [director] Damian [Lee] for many years now, and I’ve read the script through its many revisions. I was interested in this role,...
- 4/20/2011
- by Jon Peters
- Killer Films
Sometimes it’s good to be called for jury duty.
The Tribeca Film Festival (Tff), presented by American Express, today announced its jurors – 38 lucky individuals, including award-winning filmmakers and screenwriters, celebrated actors, respected journalists and media pioneers divided among six competitive Festival categories.
Together, the six Tff juries will award $175,000 in cash and prizes. Festival winners will also receive a piece of original art as part of the Tribeca Film Festival Artists Awards program.
The Tff Awards Night ceremony on April 28 will be hosted by Gideon Yago, and streamed live on TribecaFilm.com.
Following is a list of all 2011 Festival jurors and their respective categories.
World Competition Categories:
The jurors for the 2011 World Narrative Competition are:
Souleymane Cissé: Noted Malian director; films include the 1995 Cannes Palme d’Or nomineeWaati, 1987 Cannes Jury Prize Winner Brightness and Tell Me Who You Are. Scott Glenn: Actor; films include The Right Stuff,...
The Tribeca Film Festival (Tff), presented by American Express, today announced its jurors – 38 lucky individuals, including award-winning filmmakers and screenwriters, celebrated actors, respected journalists and media pioneers divided among six competitive Festival categories.
Together, the six Tff juries will award $175,000 in cash and prizes. Festival winners will also receive a piece of original art as part of the Tribeca Film Festival Artists Awards program.
The Tff Awards Night ceremony on April 28 will be hosted by Gideon Yago, and streamed live on TribecaFilm.com.
Following is a list of all 2011 Festival jurors and their respective categories.
World Competition Categories:
The jurors for the 2011 World Narrative Competition are:
Souleymane Cissé: Noted Malian director; films include the 1995 Cannes Palme d’Or nomineeWaati, 1987 Cannes Jury Prize Winner Brightness and Tell Me Who You Are. Scott Glenn: Actor; films include The Right Stuff,...
- 4/18/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
Sometimes it’s good to be called for jury duty.
The Tribeca Film Festival (Tff), presented by American Express, today announced its jurors – 38 lucky individuals, including award-winning filmmakers and screenwriters, celebrated actors, respected journalists and media pioneers divided among six competitive Festival categories.
Together, the six Tff juries will award $175,000 in cash and prizes. Festival winners will also receive a piece of original art as part of the Tribeca Film Festival Artists Awards program.
The Tff Awards Night ceremony on April 28 will be hosted by Gideon Yago, and streamed live on TribecaFilm.com.
Following is a list of all 2011 Festival jurors and their respective categories.
World Competition Categories:
The jurors for the 2011 World Narrative Competition are:
Souleymane Cissé: Noted Malian director; films include the 1995 Cannes Palme d’Or nomineeWaati, 1987 Cannes Jury Prize Winner Brightness and Tell Me Who You Are. Scott Glenn: Actor; films include The Right Stuff,...
The Tribeca Film Festival (Tff), presented by American Express, today announced its jurors – 38 lucky individuals, including award-winning filmmakers and screenwriters, celebrated actors, respected journalists and media pioneers divided among six competitive Festival categories.
Together, the six Tff juries will award $175,000 in cash and prizes. Festival winners will also receive a piece of original art as part of the Tribeca Film Festival Artists Awards program.
The Tff Awards Night ceremony on April 28 will be hosted by Gideon Yago, and streamed live on TribecaFilm.com.
Following is a list of all 2011 Festival jurors and their respective categories.
World Competition Categories:
The jurors for the 2011 World Narrative Competition are:
Souleymane Cissé: Noted Malian director; films include the 1995 Cannes Palme d’Or nomineeWaati, 1987 Cannes Jury Prize Winner Brightness and Tell Me Who You Are. Scott Glenn: Actor; films include The Right Stuff,...
- 4/18/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
By Sean O’Connell
Hollywoodnews.com: David O. Russell, Nora Ephron, Rainn Wilson, Paul Dano, Anna Kendrick, Michael Cera, Whoopi Goldberg and Dianne Wiest are some of the celebrity names added to the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival Jury, announced today.
The jurors have been divided among the six competitive Festival categories and will announce the winning films, filmmakers and actors in those categories at the Tff Awards Night ceremony on April 28.
The 2011 Festival runs from April 20 – May 1.
“This year’s jury is made up of a range of accomplished individuals in their respective fields, bringing a fresh and well-rounded perspective,” said Jane Rosenthal, Co-Founder of the Tribeca Film Festival. “It’s an honor to have a jury of such caliber watching and discussing the films in competition this year.”
Following is a list of all 2011 Festival jurors and their respective categories.
World Competition Categories:
The jurors for the 2011 World Narrative Competition...
Hollywoodnews.com: David O. Russell, Nora Ephron, Rainn Wilson, Paul Dano, Anna Kendrick, Michael Cera, Whoopi Goldberg and Dianne Wiest are some of the celebrity names added to the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival Jury, announced today.
The jurors have been divided among the six competitive Festival categories and will announce the winning films, filmmakers and actors in those categories at the Tff Awards Night ceremony on April 28.
The 2011 Festival runs from April 20 – May 1.
“This year’s jury is made up of a range of accomplished individuals in their respective fields, bringing a fresh and well-rounded perspective,” said Jane Rosenthal, Co-Founder of the Tribeca Film Festival. “It’s an honor to have a jury of such caliber watching and discussing the films in competition this year.”
Following is a list of all 2011 Festival jurors and their respective categories.
World Competition Categories:
The jurors for the 2011 World Narrative Competition...
- 4/18/2011
- by Sean O'Connell
- Hollywoodnews.com
David O. Russell, Nora Ephron, Dianne Wiest, Jason Sudeikis, Whoopi Goldberg, Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Rainn Wilson, Anna Kendrick, Michael Cera, Denis Leary, Atom Egoyan and Fran Lebowitz are among the 38 jurors for this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, which runs from April 20 to May 1. “This year’s jury is made up of a range of accomplished individuals in their respective fields, bringing a fresh and well-rounded perspective,” said Jane Rosenthal, Co-Founder of the Tribeca Film Festival, in a statement. “It’s an honor to have a jury of such caliber watching and discussing the films in competition this year.
- 4/18/2011
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside Movies
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules is on par with a good sitcom like Malcolm in the Middle but never reaches the heights of a great one, like Arrested Development. What it does right is largely held over from the first film: it’s observant about behavior. Sure, it does right for the joke, but it’s a family film that won’t insult the intelligence of your whole family, provided you give into its giddy energy. Its core audience should have a ball.
Like the first, this is the story of young Greg Heffley (Zachary Gordon) who is unfortunately in that time in his life where every embarrassment feels like the end of the world, but he’s able to bounce back. Terrorized by his brother Rodrick (Devon Bostick, who played a real psychological terrorist in the incendiary Atom Egoyan film Adoration), he’s not having an easy time.
Like the first, this is the story of young Greg Heffley (Zachary Gordon) who is unfortunately in that time in his life where every embarrassment feels like the end of the world, but he’s able to bounce back. Terrorized by his brother Rodrick (Devon Bostick, who played a real psychological terrorist in the incendiary Atom Egoyan film Adoration), he’s not having an easy time.
- 3/28/2011
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
So it’s that time of night again when you find yourself sleepless on the couch, watching the same movies you always end up seeing at that hour. (Let’s face it, it’s never Bergman on late-night TBS, is it?) Perhaps you find yourself distracted, thinking about what’s missing, an ingredient that could have made the movie a bit better, brighter. And four little words enter your brain as if from a dream: Should Have Been Speedman.
Oh, is this just me? I’m talking Scott Speedman, of course — the actor currently starring in Barney’s Version, but...
Oh, is this just me? I’m talking Scott Speedman, of course — the actor currently starring in Barney’s Version, but...
- 2/9/2011
- by Sara Vilkomerson
- EW.com - PopWatch
The Canadian TV network CBC confirmed that Devon Bostick (Adoration), Debra McGrath (Little Mosque on the Prairie), Eric Peterson (Corner Gas) and Patrick McKenna (The Red Green Show) will guest star tomorrow in The Ron James Show.
In the fifth episode, Canadian comedian Ron James talks about our rapidly changing world, is at a moral loggerhead with his son and thinks about a possible bailout plan for Canada. Moreover, there's a segment of the show that will be devoted to the industry of oil and cowboys in Alberta.
The Ron James Show is broadcasted on Friday nights at 8 Pm (8:30 Pm Nt) on CBC.
In the fifth episode, Canadian comedian Ron James talks about our rapidly changing world, is at a moral loggerhead with his son and thinks about a possible bailout plan for Canada. Moreover, there's a segment of the show that will be devoted to the industry of oil and cowboys in Alberta.
The Ron James Show is broadcasted on Friday nights at 8 Pm (8:30 Pm Nt) on CBC.
- 10/21/2010
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
The Moth Diaries commenced principal photography on the official Canada-Ireland co-production on August 31 on location in and around Montreal. The gothic horror feature film written and directed by Mary Harron is based on the cult novel of the same name written by Rachel Klein. The motion picture stars Lily Cole, Sarah Gadon, Sarah Bolger and Scott Speedman. Production continues until October 8.
At Brangwyn, an elite girls’ boarding school, Rebecca (Sarah Bolger), a young girl haunted by her father’s suicide, begins her junior year hoping for a fresh start. From the outset, her friendship with sunny, innocent Lucy (Sarah Gadon) is shattered by the arrival of Ernessa (Lily Cole), a mysterious, dark and beautiful girl from Europe. As her friendship with Lucy slips away, Rebecca develops a crush on her handsome English professor, Mr. Davies (Scott Speedman), who is teaching a course on supernatural fiction.
The supernatural elements in The Moth Diaries...
At Brangwyn, an elite girls’ boarding school, Rebecca (Sarah Bolger), a young girl haunted by her father’s suicide, begins her junior year hoping for a fresh start. From the outset, her friendship with sunny, innocent Lucy (Sarah Gadon) is shattered by the arrival of Ernessa (Lily Cole), a mysterious, dark and beautiful girl from Europe. As her friendship with Lucy slips away, Rebecca develops a crush on her handsome English professor, Mr. Davies (Scott Speedman), who is teaching a course on supernatural fiction.
The supernatural elements in The Moth Diaries...
- 9/9/2010
- by Allan Ford
- Filmofilia
I may be dating myself here, but when I was growing up I was a Huge fan of the show “Felicity“. I loved Keri Russell, who played the main character Felicity Porter, but I will admit that a big part of my obsession with the show had a lot to do with her on-again, off-again, on-again adorable boyfriend Ben Covington who was played by Scott Speedman (’Underworld’, ‘Adoration’, ‘The Strangers’). For you young bucks, “Felicity” was kind of like a collegic-level “Gossip Girl” with a smaller wardrobe budget and a late 90’s era angst.
So what does my college celeb crush have to do with Chan? Well…THR is reporting that Scott is in negotiations to join Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams’ romantic drama ‘The Vow‘.
The film is based on a true story about a young woman (played by ‘The Notebook’s Rachel McAdams) who loses all recent memory...
So what does my college celeb crush have to do with Chan? Well…THR is reporting that Scott is in negotiations to join Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams’ romantic drama ‘The Vow‘.
The film is based on a true story about a young woman (played by ‘The Notebook’s Rachel McAdams) who loses all recent memory...
- 8/20/2010
- by Channing Tatum Unwrapped
- Channing Tatum Unwrapped
Madness reigns in Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island, while Jim Carrey's gurning spoils I Love You Phillip Morris
Having finally won a long overdue best director Oscar for one of his most solidly pedestrian works (The Departed), Martin Scorsese cuts himself some cultural slack with Shutter Island, a romping old-fashioned psychodrama replete with murderous plots, ghostly visions and the kind of split personality disorders beloved of campy exploitation cinema. In the paranoid 50s, war vet turned Us marshal Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) is sent to the titular madhouse to investigate the disappearance of a dangerous inmate. Cut off by fogs and storms, and increasingly detached from the "real world", the patients and carers of this gothic establishment seem to have descended into some form of communal madness, presided over by the quietly sinister Dr John Cawley (Ben Kingsley, featuring villainous bald-cum-untrustworthy facial hair combo) and his Nazi-sounding associate Dr...
Having finally won a long overdue best director Oscar for one of his most solidly pedestrian works (The Departed), Martin Scorsese cuts himself some cultural slack with Shutter Island, a romping old-fashioned psychodrama replete with murderous plots, ghostly visions and the kind of split personality disorders beloved of campy exploitation cinema. In the paranoid 50s, war vet turned Us marshal Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) is sent to the titular madhouse to investigate the disappearance of a dangerous inmate. Cut off by fogs and storms, and increasingly detached from the "real world", the patients and carers of this gothic establishment seem to have descended into some form of communal madness, presided over by the quietly sinister Dr John Cawley (Ben Kingsley, featuring villainous bald-cum-untrustworthy facial hair combo) and his Nazi-sounding associate Dr...
- 7/31/2010
- by Mark Kermode
- The Guardian - Film News
According to CBC News, veteran Canadian actor Maury Chaykin passed away a few hours ago at the age of 61 years old. Despite being born in the USA, we'll definitely miss his passion for building the Canadian movie industry.
Fans of Canadian TV and films will tell you that his name definitely rings a lot of bells.
In films, we've seen him in acclaimed Canadian films such as Blindness, Adoration, Where the Truth Lies or The Sweet Hereafter just to name a few. Besides, he won a Genie Award (the Canadian Oscar) for Best Actor in a Leading Role for the film Whale Music.
As for television, he was recently seen in the half-hour comedy Less than Kind, a TV series from the Canadian premium cable network HBO Canada.
Finally, I'd like to send my condolences all those who worked with him and knew him, especially his wife Susannah Hoffmann, an actress,...
Fans of Canadian TV and films will tell you that his name definitely rings a lot of bells.
In films, we've seen him in acclaimed Canadian films such as Blindness, Adoration, Where the Truth Lies or The Sweet Hereafter just to name a few. Besides, he won a Genie Award (the Canadian Oscar) for Best Actor in a Leading Role for the film Whale Music.
As for television, he was recently seen in the half-hour comedy Less than Kind, a TV series from the Canadian premium cable network HBO Canada.
Finally, I'd like to send my condolences all those who worked with him and knew him, especially his wife Susannah Hoffmann, an actress,...
- 7/28/2010
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
When Hideo Nakata’s Chatroom made the Cannes cut, folks were excited. I can’t say I blame them. The Ringu & Dark Water director makes effective horror films and I was looking forward to what he had to offer with this new film, a story of teens causing trouble via the online world - more than enough potential for horror.
The first images suggested cool sets and little else and though some think the trailer offers nothing more than those images did, I still dig what the director’s working with here. If nothing more, it’s going to be a beautiful looking drama of “teens causing trouble” but if we’re lucky, and I’m not writing this off completely, it’ll also offer a little more. It should be a more effective story about teens in the online world than Atom Egoyan’s Adoration.
Trailer after the break.
The first images suggested cool sets and little else and though some think the trailer offers nothing more than those images did, I still dig what the director’s working with here. If nothing more, it’s going to be a beautiful looking drama of “teens causing trouble” but if we’re lucky, and I’m not writing this off completely, it’ll also offer a little more. It should be a more effective story about teens in the online world than Atom Egoyan’s Adoration.
Trailer after the break.
- 5/7/2010
- QuietEarth.us
Stars Tricia Helfer ("Battlestar Galactica"), Brian Geraghty ("The Hurt Locker") and Rachel Blanchard ("Adoration") in the Chelsea Clearview Cinemas following the world premiere of their thriller, "Open House" by Andrew Paquin. The film is about a divorcing couple who are attempting to sell their home, but a pair (Helfer & Geraghty) of potential buyers unexpectedly move in and begin a murderous rampage.
- 4/25/2010
- Indiewire
Yesterday, the Genie Awards, Canada's equivalent of the Oscars for those who don't know, were handed out. This year, Polytechnique dominated the Genie Awards and even took the award for Best Motion Picture. However, the presentation of the award on TV and on webcast was too short. Besides, it wasn't a live presentation and not all the awards were shows on TV/webcast. Second Besides: When will a TV network (and not some cable network that few Canadians have) broadcast the Genie Awards? Anyway, without further ado, here's the presentation of the winners.
1. Best Motion Picture
* 3 saisons.
* Before Tomorrow.
* Fifty Dead Men Walking.
* Nurse.Fighter.Boy.
* [Winner] Polytechnique.
2. Achievement in Direction:
* Marie-Hélène Cousineau and Madeline Piujuq Ivalu for Before Tomorrow.
* Kari Skogland - Fifty Dead Men Walking.
* Charles Officer - Nurse.Fighter.Boy.
* [Winner] Denis Villeneuve - Polytechnique.
* Bruce McDonald - Pontypool.
3. Best Original Screenplay:
* Atom Egoyan - Adoration.
* Émile Gaudreault and Ian Lauzon - De père en flic...
1. Best Motion Picture
* 3 saisons.
* Before Tomorrow.
* Fifty Dead Men Walking.
* Nurse.Fighter.Boy.
* [Winner] Polytechnique.
2. Achievement in Direction:
* Marie-Hélène Cousineau and Madeline Piujuq Ivalu for Before Tomorrow.
* Kari Skogland - Fifty Dead Men Walking.
* Charles Officer - Nurse.Fighter.Boy.
* [Winner] Denis Villeneuve - Polytechnique.
* Bruce McDonald - Pontypool.
3. Best Original Screenplay:
* Atom Egoyan - Adoration.
* Émile Gaudreault and Ian Lauzon - De père en flic...
- 4/13/2010
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
The trailer of the upcoming Canadian TV series Call Me Fitz has made its way online. This dark half-hour comedy created by Sheri Elwood (Defying Gravity) will air at some point in 2010 on The Movie Network and Movie Central, which are respectively two premium cable networks from Eastern and Western Canada.
In this show, we follow Richard “Fitz” Fitzpatrick (Jason Priestley), a used car dealers who has a knack for having a morally unacceptable behaviour at times. After Fitz botches a test drive and puts his latest customer in a coma, he finds himself face to face with a new salesman on the lot: Larry (Ernie Grunwald), a man with a heart of gold. Besides, Larry believes he's Fitz's conscience and that Fitz can change.
The show was shot in the city Halifax and the Annapolis Valley, which are both located in the province of Nova Scotia.
Finally, Call Me Fitz...
In this show, we follow Richard “Fitz” Fitzpatrick (Jason Priestley), a used car dealers who has a knack for having a morally unacceptable behaviour at times. After Fitz botches a test drive and puts his latest customer in a coma, he finds himself face to face with a new salesman on the lot: Larry (Ernie Grunwald), a man with a heart of gold. Besides, Larry believes he's Fitz's conscience and that Fitz can change.
The show was shot in the city Halifax and the Annapolis Valley, which are both located in the province of Nova Scotia.
Finally, Call Me Fitz...
- 4/2/2010
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
When Dr. Catherine Stewart (Julianne Moore) begins to suspect that her husband, David (Liam Neeson), a 50-something professor of music, is having an affair, she is unsure how to uncover the truth. Catherine is a woman at the pinnacle of her career and someone who is used to having all aspects of her life under control. When she begins to suspect David of extra-marital activities, she is equally upset and determined to find out why her husband could be straying and what it is he may be looking for outside his marriage.
Her investigation awakens desires she never knew she had.
During a chance dinner with friends, Catherine encounters an alluring young woman in the restaurant’s rest room, Chloe (Amanda Seyfried). Upon returning to her table, her husband and friends are playing 'spot the hooker' and immediately identify the beautiful blonde — now in the company of an older businessman — as a prostitute.
Her investigation awakens desires she never knew she had.
During a chance dinner with friends, Catherine encounters an alluring young woman in the restaurant’s rest room, Chloe (Amanda Seyfried). Upon returning to her table, her husband and friends are playing 'spot the hooker' and immediately identify the beautiful blonde — now in the company of an older businessman — as a prostitute.
- 3/28/2010
- CinemaSpy
I didn’t know, going in to Chloe, that it is an English-language remake of the 2003 French film Nathalie... So as it unspooled, I found myself not pondering sexy Gallic flicks but, instead, this: “Atom Egoyan’s been watching Fatal Attraction, hasn’t he?” I like Egoyan, the sensitive Canadian director of films such as The Sweet Hereafter and last year’s Adoration. I really do. And if he told himself, “I will make a sexy nudy arthouse softcore porn flick with Julianne Moore and Amanda Seyfriend and maybe more people will see my movies,” I’m okay with that.
- 3/26/2010
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Chicago – Atom Egoyan makes memorable films, examinations of the human psyche that create intuitive philosophy. His newest film, “Chloe,” is no exception, as Julianne Moore and Amanda Seyfried play characters that forge a complex connection.
The title character Chloe is portrayed by Seyfried, in a departure from her current soft leading lady status. Chloe is a prostitute, who is observed through an office window by a successful gynecologist named Catherine (Moore). When the good doctor suspects her husband (Liam Neeson) to be straying, she hires Chloe to seduce him and confirm her fears. The cat and mouse game that ensues results in karmic reparations for all.
These are the type of films that Egoyan, a well-known Canadian director since the 1990s, has delved into. His sense of humanity, in which the repression of sin often becomes the punishment, strengthens and manifests his cinema art. After making a splash with his...
The title character Chloe is portrayed by Seyfried, in a departure from her current soft leading lady status. Chloe is a prostitute, who is observed through an office window by a successful gynecologist named Catherine (Moore). When the good doctor suspects her husband (Liam Neeson) to be straying, she hires Chloe to seduce him and confirm her fears. The cat and mouse game that ensues results in karmic reparations for all.
These are the type of films that Egoyan, a well-known Canadian director since the 1990s, has delved into. His sense of humanity, in which the repression of sin often becomes the punishment, strengthens and manifests his cinema art. After making a splash with his...
- 3/26/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Plot: A doctor (Julianne Moore) hires a young prostitute (Amanda Seyfried) to seduce her husband (Liam Neeson) - who she thinks is unfaithful. Review: Chloe is the latest film from Canadian auteur Atom Egoyan, who, after taking a sojourn into more political fare such as his recent Adoration, returns to the psycho-sexual realm of his earlier films- like Exotica, and The Sweet Hereafter. Anyone who.s seen either of those films knows that Egoyan.s not one to shy away from controversy, and...
- 3/26/2010
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
Since his 1984 directorial debut "Next of Kin" and throughout his long and twice Academy Award-nominated career, Canadian auteur Atom Egoyan ("Exotica," "The Sweet Hereafter") has regularly and artfully explored familial and marital dynamics through the filters of disconnection, struggle and cultural identity -- personal motifs that reflect his Egyptian birth to Armenian parents. However, those filters are surprisingly absent in his richly entertaining character portrait-cum-erotic psychodrama "Chloe," which not only marks Egoyan's first remake (based on the 2003 French film "Nathalie...") but his only feature scripted by someone other than himself, "Secretary" writer Erin Cressida Wilson.
Julianne Moore stars as Catherine, a respected gynecologist who is convinced her ever-flirtatious professor husband (Liam Neeson) has been cheating on her. In a bold and impulsive move, she hires a high-class call girl named Chloe (Amanda Seyfried) to test her hubby's fidelity through seduction, then report back to her in lurid, XXX-plicit detail. The...
Julianne Moore stars as Catherine, a respected gynecologist who is convinced her ever-flirtatious professor husband (Liam Neeson) has been cheating on her. In a bold and impulsive move, she hires a high-class call girl named Chloe (Amanda Seyfried) to test her hubby's fidelity through seduction, then report back to her in lurid, XXX-plicit detail. The...
- 3/25/2010
- by Aaron Hillis
- ifc.com
Atom Egoyan is known for his dramas about intimacy and the nature of truth, whether familial or sexual. Films like The Sweet Hereafter and Adoration feature young people teetering on the edge of becoming adults and facing up to the effects of their actions, whether that might be lying, in the case of Adoration, or the pressures of telling the truth, as in The Sweet Hereafter. Egoyan's films, which often feature the themes of voyeurism and its intersection with technology, also deal frankly with sexuality, as in 1994's Exotica, which is centered around a strip club. In Chloe, which was adapted from the French Anne Fontaine movie Nathalie... by Erin Cressida Wilson (Secretary, Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus), Amanda Seyfried plays the title character, a glossy young prostitute in Toronto. A chance meeting in the bathroom of an expensive restaurant leads to a strange relationship between Chloe and Catherine,...
- 3/24/2010
- TribecaFilm.com
A chance to speak face to face, and at length, with Atom Egoyan, was both intoxicating and liberating offering the chance for rich dialogue but passing by all too quickly. Seldom have I spoken to filmmaker who seemed this invested in the hearts and minds of his characters and audience. And seldom have a felt more frustrated not to have more time. This in spite of a full half an hour with the man. Gregarious, thoughtful and genuinely interested in his work he also manages to evoke that passion with a peace that speaks directly to the heart of his work.
Dave: You know, when I first started writing about film I was accidently sent a copy of Felicia's Journey by Lionsgate and I fell completely in love with it. It was one of the big reasons I pursued this interview so aggressively. The film had a point of view...
Dave: You know, when I first started writing about film I was accidently sent a copy of Felicia's Journey by Lionsgate and I fell completely in love with it. It was one of the big reasons I pursued this interview so aggressively. The film had a point of view...
- 3/22/2010
- Screen Anarchy
It's one of those years where the great Atom Egoyan's contribution to cinema is totally insignificant (Adoration received 2 noms) and where Denis Villeneuve's Polytechnique, in my books the best Canadian film of the year, grabbed the high count total of eleven nominations for the 30th Genie Awards. - It's one of those years where the great Atom Egoyan's contribution to cinema is totally insignificant (Adoration received 2 noms) and where Denis Villeneuve's Polytechnique, in my books the best Canadian film of the year, grabbed the high count total of eleven nominations for the 30th Genie Awards. What is somewhat odd is how Canada's most internationally celebrated film in I Killed My Mother (J'ai tue ma mere) from Xavier Dolan receive not one single vote, a crime when you consider the textured writing, fluid cinematography and the brilliant performance from Anne Dorval - who plays the neurotic mother...
- 3/2/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
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