Three weeks of film festivals and hundreds of movies later, one stands as the clear winner. Damien Chazelle’s “La La Land” won a prize for Emma Stone in Venice, wowed Telluride, and walked away with the Audience Award in Toronto —and by the end of that festival, people paid “Hamilton”-premiums for tickets to the last screening,
Now, that’s word of mouth.
Of course, “La La Land” isn’t alone in its accolades. Here’s how the players came out at the end of the three festivals.
Winners
A24
Established studio players like Sony Pictures Classics aim their sights at the loyal theatergoers who tend to be older; getting younger cinephiles to come to a theater is harder than ever. Nevertheless, A24 seems to have figured out a way. They acquire movies like excoriated Cannes entry “The Sea of Trees” to go out via their deal with DirectTV and iTunes,...
Now, that’s word of mouth.
Of course, “La La Land” isn’t alone in its accolades. Here’s how the players came out at the end of the three festivals.
Winners
A24
Established studio players like Sony Pictures Classics aim their sights at the loyal theatergoers who tend to be older; getting younger cinephiles to come to a theater is harder than ever. Nevertheless, A24 seems to have figured out a way. They acquire movies like excoriated Cannes entry “The Sea of Trees” to go out via their deal with DirectTV and iTunes,...
- 9/20/2016
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Three weeks of film festivals and hundreds of movies later, one stands as the clear winner. Damien Chazelle’s “La La Land” won a prize for Emma Stone in Venice, wowed Telluride, and walked away with the Audience Award in Toronto —and by the end of that festival, people paid “Hamilton”-premiums for tickets to the last screening,
Now, that’s word of mouth.
Of course, “La La Land” isn’t alone in its accolades. Here’s how the players came out at the end of the three festivals.
Winners
A24
Established studio players like Sony Pictures Classics aim their sights at the loyal theatergoers who tend to be older; getting younger cinephiles to come to a theater is harder than ever. Nevertheless, A24 seems to have figured out a way. They acquire movies like excoriated Cannes entry “The Sea of Trees” to go out via their deal with DirectTV and iTunes,...
Now, that’s word of mouth.
Of course, “La La Land” isn’t alone in its accolades. Here’s how the players came out at the end of the three festivals.
Winners
A24
Established studio players like Sony Pictures Classics aim their sights at the loyal theatergoers who tend to be older; getting younger cinephiles to come to a theater is harder than ever. Nevertheless, A24 seems to have figured out a way. They acquire movies like excoriated Cannes entry “The Sea of Trees” to go out via their deal with DirectTV and iTunes,...
- 9/20/2016
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Universal Pictures has acquired an untitled pitch from the studio’s Get On Up star Chadwick Boseman. Boseman played James Brown for the studio this summer after breaking out as Jackie Robinson in 42. He sold the thriller pitch with writing partner Logan Coles and is attached to star in a story described as being in the vein of The Fugitive. Universal-based Marc Platt and Adam Siegel will produce for Marc Platt Productions and Coles will serve as co-producer.
Boseman and Coles most recently collaborated on the 2012 short Heaven, which Boseman directed and Coles produced. Boseman next stars in Summit’s Gods Of Egypt from helmer Alex Proyas. He’s repped by Greene & Associates, Management 360 and Ziffren Brittenham.
Boseman and Coles most recently collaborated on the 2012 short Heaven, which Boseman directed and Coles produced. Boseman next stars in Summit’s Gods Of Egypt from helmer Alex Proyas. He’s repped by Greene & Associates, Management 360 and Ziffren Brittenham.
- 9/5/2014
- by Jen Yamato
- Deadline
As announced last week, SOLmont Events, the organizers of HollyShorts Film Festival, the largest short film festival in Los Angeles, will open this year's event with the world premiere of Chadwick Boseman’s Heaven, a short film the actor directed (his second directorial effort). The star of this year's Jackie Robinson biopic 42 (a film that grossed over $95 million at the domestic box office and is currently available on home video) will be present at HollyShorts to present the film at the festival, as well as participate in the Q&A following the screening, which opens the festival Tonight, Thursday, August 15th at the Tcl Chinese...
- 8/15/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
As announced last week, SOLmont Events, the organizers of HollyShorts Film Festival, the largest short film festival in Los Angeles, will open this year's event with the world premiere of Chadwick Boseman’s Heaven, a short film the actor directed (his second directorial effort). The star of this year's Jackie Robinson biopic 42 (a film that grossed over $95 million at the domestic box office and is currently available on home video) will be present at HollyShorts to present the film at the festival, as well as participate in the Q&A following the screening, which takes place on Thursday, August 15th at the Tcl Chinese...
- 8/8/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
S&A has learned that SOLmont Events, the organizers of HollyShorts Film Festival, the largest short film festival in Los Angeles, will open this year's event with the world premiere of Chadwick Boseman’s Heaven, a short film the actor directed (his second directorial effort). The star of this year's Jackie Robinson biopic 42 (a film that grossed over $95 million at the domestic box office and is currently available on home video) will be present at HollyShorts to present the film at the festival, as well as participate in the Q&A following the screening, which takes place on Thursday, August 15th at the Tcl Chinese...
- 7/31/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
"They say if you go to the movies long enough you will finally see yourself on the screen." –Roger Ebert, review of Joe Dante's 'Matinee'
Greetings from the apocalypse! As you may have heard this past week we lost the big enchilada of film criticism, Roger Ebert. Neither as fanged as Pauline Kael nor a Peter Travers-style studio kiss-ass, Ebert's prose was both literate and fiercely proletariat, with modern film journalism positively maggoty with his influence. Yours truly is honoring his sensei by quoting him throughout this week's column, with a heartfelt tribute at the end.
Friday, April 12
You Down With VOD?
Terrence Malick is one of the true unique voices of film. Not "modern film," just "film." Period. His elliptical, transcendent style is given perhaps its most undiluted outlet in the form of "To the Wonder," this week's much-coveted "Survivor of Thunderdome." Let's get...
Greetings from the apocalypse! As you may have heard this past week we lost the big enchilada of film criticism, Roger Ebert. Neither as fanged as Pauline Kael nor a Peter Travers-style studio kiss-ass, Ebert's prose was both literate and fiercely proletariat, with modern film journalism positively maggoty with his influence. Yours truly is honoring his sensei by quoting him throughout this week's column, with a heartfelt tribute at the end.
Friday, April 12
You Down With VOD?
Terrence Malick is one of the true unique voices of film. Not "modern film," just "film." Period. His elliptical, transcendent style is given perhaps its most undiluted outlet in the form of "To the Wonder," this week's much-coveted "Survivor of Thunderdome." Let's get...
- 4/12/2013
- by Max Evry
- NextMovie
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