It's been 20 years since "The O.C." debuted on Fox, but it's still hard to see past Seth Cohen when Adam Brody shows up in a movie or TV show. It shouldn't be, because he's a terrific actor, but there's something about his still-fresh-faced persona that immediately harkens back to his time as America's favorite nerd-turned-awkwardly-popular-kid on the millennials' slightly savvier version of "Beverly Hills 90210."
Recently, Brody took his typecasting head-on with Evan Morgan's "The Kid Detective," an underrated and frustratingly underseen comedy about an Encyclopedia Brown-type wunderkind who's grown up to be a hard-drinking-and-drugging failure of a detective. His character has never made good on his early promise, but suddenly a murder case falls in his lap, and he has the opportunity to break free of his boy-wonder shackles.
Now 43, Brody's taking roles seemingly designed to torch his bantering nice-guy image. You can currently see him in...
Recently, Brody took his typecasting head-on with Evan Morgan's "The Kid Detective," an underrated and frustratingly underseen comedy about an Encyclopedia Brown-type wunderkind who's grown up to be a hard-drinking-and-drugging failure of a detective. His character has never made good on his early promise, but suddenly a murder case falls in his lap, and he has the opportunity to break free of his boy-wonder shackles.
Now 43, Brody's taking roles seemingly designed to torch his bantering nice-guy image. You can currently see him in...
- 8/5/2023
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI, and sign up for our weekly email newsletter by clicking here.NEWSStanley Kubrick in Filmworker.Stanley Kubrick’s long-lost passion project, a biopic of Napoleon Bonaparte, may soon be realized. This week at the Berlinale, Steven Spielberg expanded on plans to executive-produce a seven-part series for HBO based on Kubrick’s original script.In June, Terence Davies will begin filming an adaptation of Stefan Zweig’s The Post-Office Girl. According to a production announcement, the cast includes Sophie Cookson, Richard E. Grant, and Verena Altenberger.Recommended VIEWINGWe’ve been enjoying the “redefining the food film” video-essay series on Vittles, a food and culture newsletter. Below is Andrew Key’s discussion of A Woman Under the Influence, and the ways that food can tear us apart:Shellac has shared a first trailer for Angela Schanelec’s Music,...
- 2/22/2023
- MUBI
(Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they've been watching, why it's worth checking out, and where you can stream it.)
The Series: "The Kid Detective"
Where You Can Stream It: Starz
The Pitch: Remember Nancy Drew? Encyclopedia Brown? The Hardy Boys? Those precocious kid detectives made childhood seem exciting and all they did was solve benign mysteries like The Case of the Missing Pencil Sharpener. But even though their whodunits were small-scale, they were still pretty damn magical. So what happens when you subtract the childhood magic, skip ahead 20 years, and catch up with a 31-year-old washed-up kid detective? Evidently, you get a great movie out of it.
"The Kid Detective" is the story of Adam Brody's Abe Applebaum, a once-celebrated mystery-solving kid who's gone from making headlines in local papers to wallowing in his own self-pity. Still solving...
The Series: "The Kid Detective"
Where You Can Stream It: Starz
The Pitch: Remember Nancy Drew? Encyclopedia Brown? The Hardy Boys? Those precocious kid detectives made childhood seem exciting and all they did was solve benign mysteries like The Case of the Missing Pencil Sharpener. But even though their whodunits were small-scale, they were still pretty damn magical. So what happens when you subtract the childhood magic, skip ahead 20 years, and catch up with a 31-year-old washed-up kid detective? Evidently, you get a great movie out of it.
"The Kid Detective" is the story of Adam Brody's Abe Applebaum, a once-celebrated mystery-solving kid who's gone from making headlines in local papers to wallowing in his own self-pity. Still solving...
- 9/11/2022
- by Shania Russell
- Slash Film
The O.C. alum Adam Brody is set to star alongside Jesse Eisenberg, Lizzy Caplan and Claire Danes in FX’s Fleishman Is in Trouble, a limited-series adaptation of Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s bestselling debut novel. Maxim Jasper Swinton (Halston) and Meara Mahoney Gross (Don’t Look Up) will also be featured in the series, which will stream on Hulu.
Created by Brodesser-Akner, the story centers on recently separated fortysomething Toby Fleishman (Eisenberg), who dives into the brave new world of app-based dating with the kind of success he never had dating in his youth, before he got married at the tail end of medical school. But just at the start of his first summer of sexual freedom, his ex-wife, Rachel (Danes), disappears, leaving him with the kids and no hint of where she is or whether she plans to return. As he balances parenting, the return of old friends, a promotion...
Created by Brodesser-Akner, the story centers on recently separated fortysomething Toby Fleishman (Eisenberg), who dives into the brave new world of app-based dating with the kind of success he never had dating in his youth, before he got married at the tail end of medical school. But just at the start of his first summer of sexual freedom, his ex-wife, Rachel (Danes), disappears, leaving him with the kids and no hint of where she is or whether she plans to return. As he balances parenting, the return of old friends, a promotion...
- 1/28/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Despite the pandemic disruption of the film industry around the world, which impacted everything in film from production to simple moviegoing, the vibrancy of cinema culture throughout the year has felt as strong as ever, and fiercely resilient. In our small but passionate way we also have made a show of force. In 2021 alone, Notebook has published over 400 articles. Here are some highlights from the year—and we encourage you to use the "Explore" menu or dive into our archives to find even more excellent work published this year.ARTICLESTikTok meets silent cinema in Caroline Golum's witty essay. Cinematic technology used not for social celebrity but rather for criminal forensics was the focus of an article by Emerson Goo.The French New Wave's Luc Moullet, a guiding light for Notebook, was the subject of two pieces, one about the extraordinary TV show How to with John Wilson, the other...
- 12/31/2021
- MUBI
Deepa Mehta’s Funny Boy earns nine nods including best film.
Jeff Barnaby’s zombie horror Blood Quantum leads the Canadian Screen Awards nominations with 10 nods, the organisation announced on Tuesday (March 30)
The genre title from Prospector Films missed out on a best picture nomination but is in contention for lead actor with Michael Greyeyes, who starred in Sundance breakout Wild Indian, and garnered nods for best effects, best screenplay for Barnaby, and Michel St-Martin’s cinematography, among others.
Deepa Mehta’s Funny Boy earned nine nods including best film alongside Tracey Deer’s Beans, Pascal Plante’s Nadia, Butterfly,...
Jeff Barnaby’s zombie horror Blood Quantum leads the Canadian Screen Awards nominations with 10 nods, the organisation announced on Tuesday (March 30)
The genre title from Prospector Films missed out on a best picture nomination but is in contention for lead actor with Michael Greyeyes, who starred in Sundance breakout Wild Indian, and garnered nods for best effects, best screenplay for Barnaby, and Michel St-Martin’s cinematography, among others.
Deepa Mehta’s Funny Boy earned nine nods including best film alongside Tracey Deer’s Beans, Pascal Plante’s Nadia, Butterfly,...
- 3/30/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Adam Brody burst onto the scene, and subsequently rose to prominence, when playing Seth in hit TV series The O.C. While many may still know him primarily for that role, the talented actor is experiencing something of a good run of form of late, with appearances in the hugely entertaining Shazam! and the Oscar-nominated Promising Young Woman.
To add to that list is the brilliant, dark new comedy The Kid Detective, and we had the pleasure of speaking to him about this character, and the intriguing tonality of Evan Morgan’s film. We discuss what it was like to break into the industry at a young age and whether he can relate his character in the film with own past experiences. He speaks briefly on the forthcoming sequel to Shazam! and also tells us what it was like to work alongside Carey Mulligan in Promising Young Woman.
Watch the full...
To add to that list is the brilliant, dark new comedy The Kid Detective, and we had the pleasure of speaking to him about this character, and the intriguing tonality of Evan Morgan’s film. We discuss what it was like to break into the industry at a young age and whether he can relate his character in the film with own past experiences. He speaks briefly on the forthcoming sequel to Shazam! and also tells us what it was like to work alongside Carey Mulligan in Promising Young Woman.
Watch the full...
- 3/29/2021
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.NEWSAbove: David Fincher and Gary Oldman on the set of Mank (2020). David Fincher's Mank leads this year's nominations for the Academy Awards. A complete list of all nominations can be found here.Legendary actor Yaphet Kotto, best known for his charismatic presence in films like Alien, Blue Collar, and Live and Let Die has died.Spike Lee will be leading the 2021 Cannes Film Festival Jury, promising to return after the cancellation of last year's festival: "Book my flight now, my wife and I are coming!" After a months-long hiatus, Film Comment has announced its return, marked by a new weekly letter and two new episodes of the Film Comment podcast. Recommended VIEWINGAbove: Mark Rappaport's The Stendhal Syndrome or My Dinner with Turhan Bey. Today's the last day to watch two new essay films...
- 3/17/2021
- MUBI
Sean Gilman: I had a particularly Hongian experience as I readied myself to write this first dispatch to you, Evan, about Introduction. Right after finishing the movie, I took a brief nap. This is a regular part of my pre-writing process: the twenty minutes of calm and quiet help me organize my thoughts, and the dreaminess helps with my creativity. I had the whole thing planned and written out in my head. I assure you it was brilliant, funny and clever and insightful. Then when I woke up, I had forgotten all of it. Not just what I was going to write, but the movie itself was gone. I’ve been trying to piece it all back together over the past 24 hours, and in doing so I’ve been wondering if this is a bit like how Hong constructs his films in the first place. It’s well-documented that he...
- 3/15/2021
- MUBI
Funny Boy, Posessor, Inconvenient Indian also make cut.
Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) has announced its list of top 10 Canadian films for 2020, with Beans, The Nest, and Nadia, Butterfly among the selection.
The list includes Canada’s international feature film submission Funny Boy from Deepa Mehta and is compiled by the TIFF programming team comprising artistic director and TIFF co-head Cameron Bailey, senior director, film, Diana Sanchez, and TIFF programmer Steve Gravestock.
In order to qualify, selections must have screened at a Canadian or international film festival.
The list appears below, followed by TIFF’s top 10 Canadian shorts of the year,...
Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) has announced its list of top 10 Canadian films for 2020, with Beans, The Nest, and Nadia, Butterfly among the selection.
The list includes Canada’s international feature film submission Funny Boy from Deepa Mehta and is compiled by the TIFF programming team comprising artistic director and TIFF co-head Cameron Bailey, senior director, film, Diana Sanchez, and TIFF programmer Steve Gravestock.
In order to qualify, selections must have screened at a Canadian or international film festival.
The list appears below, followed by TIFF’s top 10 Canadian shorts of the year,...
- 12/9/2020
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Sony Pictures Releasing UK has debuted a new trailer for ‘The Kid Detective’ starring Adam Brody.
A once-celebrated kid detective, now 31, continues to solve the same trivial mysteries between hangovers and bout of self-pity. Until a naïve client brings him his first ‘adult’ case – to find out who brutally murdered her boyfriend.
Written and Directed by Evan Morgan, the film stars Adam Brody, Sophie Nélisse, Tzi Ma
with Wendy Crewson and Sarah Sutherland.
Also in trailers – George Clooney stars in first trailer for ‘The Midnight Sky’
The film hits cinemas November 20th.
The post Adam Brody is ‘The Kid Detective’ in new trailer appeared first on HeyUGuys.
A once-celebrated kid detective, now 31, continues to solve the same trivial mysteries between hangovers and bout of self-pity. Until a naïve client brings him his first ‘adult’ case – to find out who brutally murdered her boyfriend.
Written and Directed by Evan Morgan, the film stars Adam Brody, Sophie Nélisse, Tzi Ma
with Wendy Crewson and Sarah Sutherland.
Also in trailers – George Clooney stars in first trailer for ‘The Midnight Sky’
The film hits cinemas November 20th.
The post Adam Brody is ‘The Kid Detective’ in new trailer appeared first on HeyUGuys.
- 10/28/2020
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Of the titles debuting in the specialty box office space this weekend, Well Go USA’s Synchronic had a decent showing, opening in 326 theaters to the tune of an estimated $225,070, averaging $690 per theater for its opening weekend.
Set in New Orleans, Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead’s sci-fi pic follows two best friends Steve (Anthony Mackie) and Dennis (Jamie Dornan). Both paramedics, they pair answer the call to a series of accidents that are bizarre as they are gruesome. They think it’s all because of a new party drug, but when Dennis’ oldest daughter suddenly disappears, it goes beyond that. Steve stumbles upon a terrifying truth about the supposed psychedelic that will challenge everything he knows about reality — and the flow of time itself.
In its second week, the Stage 6 Films comedy The Kid Detective written and directed by Evan Morgan and starring Adam Brody and Sophie Nélisse earned...
Set in New Orleans, Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead’s sci-fi pic follows two best friends Steve (Anthony Mackie) and Dennis (Jamie Dornan). Both paramedics, they pair answer the call to a series of accidents that are bizarre as they are gruesome. They think it’s all because of a new party drug, but when Dennis’ oldest daughter suddenly disappears, it goes beyond that. Steve stumbles upon a terrifying truth about the supposed psychedelic that will challenge everything he knows about reality — and the flow of time itself.
In its second week, the Stage 6 Films comedy The Kid Detective written and directed by Evan Morgan and starring Adam Brody and Sophie Nélisse earned...
- 10/25/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
The specialty box office was fairly quiet this weekend with The Kid Detective being the new theatrical release posting numbers. The Stage 6 Films comedy starring Adam Brody and Sophie Nélisse banked an estimated $135,000 on its opening weekend.
The movie debuted in 865 theaters and took in $45,000 on Friday, $57,000 on Saturday and is projected to earn are $33,000 on Sunday.
Written and directed by Evan Morgan, the movie is about exactly what the title suggests: a kid detective. Brody plays a once-celebrated kid detective who is now 31 and isn’t exactly bathing in fame. However, he continues to solve the same trivial mysteries as he navigates his hangovers and wades in puddles of self-pity. All of this changes when a naïve client brings him his first “adult” case in which he attempts to find out who brutally murdered her boyfriend.
The War With Grandpa continues to do fairly well during this Covid-era box office.
The movie debuted in 865 theaters and took in $45,000 on Friday, $57,000 on Saturday and is projected to earn are $33,000 on Sunday.
Written and directed by Evan Morgan, the movie is about exactly what the title suggests: a kid detective. Brody plays a once-celebrated kid detective who is now 31 and isn’t exactly bathing in fame. However, he continues to solve the same trivial mysteries as he navigates his hangovers and wades in puddles of self-pity. All of this changes when a naïve client brings him his first “adult” case in which he attempts to find out who brutally murdered her boyfriend.
The War With Grandpa continues to do fairly well during this Covid-era box office.
- 10/18/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Adam Brody is a natural when it comes to comedy, and the same can be said with his latest film, The Kid Detective, which was released on Oct. 16. Though slightly darker than his previous comedic roles like Gilmore Girls and In the Land of Women, his character Abe is still just as intriguing. The film - which was written and directed by Evan Morgan - follows Brody as a former kid detective who is still solving minor cases around his small town as an adult - that is, until a teenager named Caroline approaches him with his first adult case to figure out who murdered her boyfriend.
Intrigued? So was Brody when he got the script about five years ago. While chatting with Popsugar, the actor said he was immediately drawn to the project because of Morgan's writing. "He's just got a great, specific, super funny, super sharp, very poetic and deep writing style,...
Intrigued? So was Brody when he got the script about five years ago. While chatting with Popsugar, the actor said he was immediately drawn to the project because of Morgan's writing. "He's just got a great, specific, super funny, super sharp, very poetic and deep writing style,...
- 10/18/2020
- by Kelsie Gibson
- Popsugar.com
The sheer range of genres represented by this week’s new releases — from Liam Neeson thriller “Honest Thief” to romantic weepie “2 Hearts” — suggests that distributors of all kinds are doing their best to give audiences the kind of selection they enjoyed before the lockdown.
Well, nearly all kinds of distributors.
The major studios are still playing it safe and holding their tentpoles for a time when they can pack the megaplexes, although Paramount has stepped in with a fun post-apocalyptic adventure, “Love and Monsters,” which goes straight to PVOD, and Sony picked up an unconventional neo-noir called “The Kid Detective” out of the Toronto Film Festival that sneaks into theaters today. Pre-Halloween horror offerings continue, as Amazon Prime releases two more titles in its Welcome to the Blumhouse series: “Evil Eye” and “Nocturne.”
Art-houses land a major title in 2019 Venice Film Festival winner “Martin Eden,” an Italian adaptation of the Jack London novel.
Well, nearly all kinds of distributors.
The major studios are still playing it safe and holding their tentpoles for a time when they can pack the megaplexes, although Paramount has stepped in with a fun post-apocalyptic adventure, “Love and Monsters,” which goes straight to PVOD, and Sony picked up an unconventional neo-noir called “The Kid Detective” out of the Toronto Film Festival that sneaks into theaters today. Pre-Halloween horror offerings continue, as Amazon Prime releases two more titles in its Welcome to the Blumhouse series: “Evil Eye” and “Nocturne.”
Art-houses land a major title in 2019 Venice Film Festival winner “Martin Eden,” an Italian adaptation of the Jack London novel.
- 10/16/2020
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
A movie that keeps revealing itself to be a little bit odder, a little bit better than you thought it was two minutes ago, Evan Morgan’s The Kid Detective is either a lucky accident or a balancing act more graceful than a first-time writer/director should expect to pull off.
The tale of a 32 year-old failure (Adam Brody) who was once his town’s most celebrated child, it spends much of its time looking, with some humor but little mockery, at how it feels to fail to live up to one’s potential. But it’s also the mystery yarn ...
The tale of a 32 year-old failure (Adam Brody) who was once his town’s most celebrated child, it spends much of its time looking, with some humor but little mockery, at how it feels to fail to live up to one’s potential. But it’s also the mystery yarn ...
- 10/16/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
A movie that keeps revealing itself to be a little bit odder, a little bit better than you thought it was two minutes ago, Evan Morgan’s The Kid Detective is either a lucky accident or a balancing act more graceful than a first-time writer/director should expect to pull off.
The tale of a 32 year-old failure (Adam Brody) who was once his town’s most celebrated child, it spends much of its time looking, with some humor but little mockery, at how it feels to fail to live up to one’s potential. But it’s also the mystery yarn ...
The tale of a 32 year-old failure (Adam Brody) who was once his town’s most celebrated child, it spends much of its time looking, with some humor but little mockery, at how it feels to fail to live up to one’s potential. But it’s also the mystery yarn ...
- 10/16/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
There is a very good mix of theatrical, digital, VOD and hybrid releases this weekend starting with The Kid Detective from Stage 6 Films starring Adam Brody and Sophie Nélisse.
Written and directed by Evan Morgan, the movie is about exactly what the title suggests: a kid detective. Brody plays a once-celebrated kid detective who is now 31 and isn’t exactly bathing in fame. However, he continues to solve the same trivial mysteries as he navigates his hangovers and wades in puddles of self-pity. All of this changes when a naïve client brings him his first “adult” case in which he attempts to find out who brutally murdered her boyfriend. The film also stars Sarah Sutherland, Tzi Ma, Wendy Crewson, Jonathan Whittaker and Peter MacNeill.
The Kid Detective marks Morgan’s feature debut (you can read Todd McCarthy’s review here) and it made its debut at this year’s Toronto...
Written and directed by Evan Morgan, the movie is about exactly what the title suggests: a kid detective. Brody plays a once-celebrated kid detective who is now 31 and isn’t exactly bathing in fame. However, he continues to solve the same trivial mysteries as he navigates his hangovers and wades in puddles of self-pity. All of this changes when a naïve client brings him his first “adult” case in which he attempts to find out who brutally murdered her boyfriend. The film also stars Sarah Sutherland, Tzi Ma, Wendy Crewson, Jonathan Whittaker and Peter MacNeill.
The Kid Detective marks Morgan’s feature debut (you can read Todd McCarthy’s review here) and it made its debut at this year’s Toronto...
- 10/16/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
There are certain films that you just know are Canadian after five minutes — they’re milder, softer, more congenial and eager to please than their south-of-the-border counterparts would be — and that’s what makes The Kid Detective, despite its twisty ending, such a mild piece of cheese.
The film premiered — where else? — at this year’s shaved-down Toronto Film Festival.
To its credit, Evan Morgan’s feature directorial debut isn’t exactly what its title makes you imagine it might be, a tale about a pre-pubescent Sherlock Holmes running around solving inscrutable mysteries in his placid but actually corrupt hometown. “I used to wonder if I was the smartest person in the world,” Abe Applebaum confesses wearily as he looks back on his golden years as a precocious crime buster, during which he allegedly solved more than 200 cases. However, his career was thwarted when he couldn’t solve the mystery...
The film premiered — where else? — at this year’s shaved-down Toronto Film Festival.
To its credit, Evan Morgan’s feature directorial debut isn’t exactly what its title makes you imagine it might be, a tale about a pre-pubescent Sherlock Holmes running around solving inscrutable mysteries in his placid but actually corrupt hometown. “I used to wonder if I was the smartest person in the world,” Abe Applebaum confesses wearily as he looks back on his golden years as a precocious crime buster, during which he allegedly solved more than 200 cases. However, his career was thwarted when he couldn’t solve the mystery...
- 10/15/2020
- by Todd McCarthy
- Deadline Film + TV
Don’t be fooled by the cheery ring of the Disney-esque title “The Kid Detective.” Severely misrepresenting the mature essence of writer and first-time director Evan Morgan’s smart crime caper, this innocent-sounding name might just be the result of poor creative judgment. Then again, it might also be purposely designed to pull the rug out from under the viewer, much as Morgan’s ambitious genre exercise often does to satisfying effect.
In short, you won’t find something as young-skewing as “Harriet the Spy” or “Encyclopedia Brown” here, as “The Kid Detective” has much darker ambitions in store. Splendidly summoning film noir-esque vibes, classically ghastly bad guys and femme fatale types out of a whimsical small town full of grotesque mysteries, this bold and often surprisingly humorous film — think of it as a more mainstream version of Rian Johnson’s “Brick” — grapples with themes related to murder and abuse,...
In short, you won’t find something as young-skewing as “Harriet the Spy” or “Encyclopedia Brown” here, as “The Kid Detective” has much darker ambitions in store. Splendidly summoning film noir-esque vibes, classically ghastly bad guys and femme fatale types out of a whimsical small town full of grotesque mysteries, this bold and often surprisingly humorous film — think of it as a more mainstream version of Rian Johnson’s “Brick” — grapples with themes related to murder and abuse,...
- 10/15/2020
- by Tomris Laffly
- Variety Film + TV
While it wasn’t part of the official TIFF lineup, the new dramedy The Kid Detective screened in a sidebar section for press and industry, and now, only a month later, it’s already getting a release. Directed by Evan Morgan (The Dirties), the film follows Adam Brody as a once-famous childhood detective that is now far past his prime. Also starring Sophie Nélisse, her character presents him with a new case, and thus an adventure begins. Now set for a theatrical release this Friday, the first trailer and poster have arrived.
Jared Mobarak said in his review, “It’s a good role for Brody by simultaneously feeding on the typecast nature of him being neurotic Seth Cohen from The O.C. and rejecting it by toning down the sarcasm and replacing it with fatigue. Abe is beat down and defeated—making Nélisse the perfect foil to remind him about the preciousness of life.
Jared Mobarak said in his review, “It’s a good role for Brody by simultaneously feeding on the typecast nature of him being neurotic Seth Cohen from The O.C. and rejecting it by toning down the sarcasm and replacing it with fatigue. Abe is beat down and defeated—making Nélisse the perfect foil to remind him about the preciousness of life.
- 10/15/2020
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Abe Applebaum used to be loved. Back when he was a kid detective — think Encyclopedia Brown, Nancy Drew, and the Hardy Boys, with a generous dose of street smarts to boot — Abe was the star of his small town, a whiz kid with charm and pluck and all the other good stuff necessary to solve relatively benign crimes. Someone stole the school fundraising cash? Abe will find out who did it! Worried about the light vandalism plaguing picture perfect downtown? Abe’s your guy! But what happens when a kid detective grows up?
Such is the clever conceit of Evan Morgan’s feature directorial debut, “The Kid Detective,” which picks up decades after Abe’s fledgling career was felled by a truly heinous crime. Oh, Abe is still a detective — he’s even got the same office, just with the “kid” scratched off the old-school frosted glass door, he’s...
Such is the clever conceit of Evan Morgan’s feature directorial debut, “The Kid Detective,” which picks up decades after Abe’s fledgling career was felled by a truly heinous crime. Oh, Abe is still a detective — he’s even got the same office, just with the “kid” scratched off the old-school frosted glass door, he’s...
- 10/15/2020
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
The Oc’s Adam Brody gives a strong performance as a man coasting on former glories who gets a brutal awakening in an unusual genre-flipping tale
Within the framework of any good mystery is a well-modulated supply of red herrings, designed to wrongfoot us and the detective we’re watching, ideally enough to intrigue rather than irritate. In writer-director Evan Morgan’s unusual neo-noir The Kid Detective, it’s not just a suspect or a motive that’s a red herring, it’s an entire genre, a strange rug-pull of a movie that starts in the middle of the road before ending up off a cliff, in a way that both works and doesn’t, a fascinating gambit nonetheless.
Related: The War with Grandpa review: De Niro slums in delayed ex-Weinstein farce...
Within the framework of any good mystery is a well-modulated supply of red herrings, designed to wrongfoot us and the detective we’re watching, ideally enough to intrigue rather than irritate. In writer-director Evan Morgan’s unusual neo-noir The Kid Detective, it’s not just a suspect or a motive that’s a red herring, it’s an entire genre, a strange rug-pull of a movie that starts in the middle of the road before ending up off a cliff, in a way that both works and doesn’t, a fascinating gambit nonetheless.
Related: The War with Grandpa review: De Niro slums in delayed ex-Weinstein farce...
- 10/14/2020
- by Benjamin Lee
- The Guardian - Film News
"Someone's following us." "This isn't safe." Sony Pictures has released an official trailer for an indie dark comedy titled The Kid Detective, marking the feature debut of Canadian filmmaker Evan Morgan. A once-celebrated kid detective, now 32, continues to solve the same trivial mysteries between hangovers and bout of self-pity. Until a naïve client brings him his first "adult" case - to figure out who brutally murdered her boyfriend. This just premiered at the Toronto Film Festival, and is out in theaters already later this week. Adam Brody stars as Abe, with Sophie Nélisse, Tzi Ma, Wendy Crewson, and Sarah Sutherland. This reminds me a bit of Derrick Comedy's Mystery Team film from over a decade ago, also about some "kid detectives" who get in over-their-heads. I just hope this is funnier than the trailer? Because it's a bit bland. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Evan Morgan's The Kid Detective,...
- 10/13/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
For several years now, Sean Gilman and Evan Morgan have been discussing the latest Hong Sang-soo releases in-person, at film festivals, via Twitter and on their site, Seattle Screen Scene, including The Day After, Claire’s Camera, Grass, and Hotel by the River. Now, on the occasion of the New York Film Festival's presentation of Hong's The Woman Who Ran, the discussion continues here at the Notebook.***Sean Gilman: We’ve been doing these correspondences about Hong Sang-soo movies (corresp-Hong-dences?) for a few years now and I’m more curious than ever to know what you think of this one. I don’t know that I’ve ever been more surprised, initially at least, by one of his films. Hong seems to have reduced his cinema down to its barest essence: structure and subtext, while allowing the text itself to drift away into nothingness. A woman played by Kim Min-hee has...
- 9/29/2020
- MUBI
The premise behind Evan Morgan’s The Kid Detective definitely hit upon my nostalgia as a big fan of the HBO Encyclopedia Brown series when I was a kid. You do wonder what might happen to someone like that as they grow older. Do they become cynical? Depressed? Do they become actual private detectives or go into the police force? A real-world Encyclopedia Brown would have to face the reality that what they thought they were doing was never actually what it was. Being the cute kid to whom the mayor gives a key to the city and the town pitches in to rent office space isn’t the same as being a qualified law enforcement official citizens can rely on. Public celebrity doesn’t garner public trust.
That’s a long, sobering fall to take on its own let alone with the baggage still haunting Abe Applebaum (Adam Brody...
That’s a long, sobering fall to take on its own let alone with the baggage still haunting Abe Applebaum (Adam Brody...
- 9/13/2020
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
Industry registration closes on September 2.
Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) organisers on Tuesday (September 1) announced a selection of 30 global acquisition titles outside the Official Selection.
TIFF Industry Selects titles hail from 29 countries and have been hand-picked by TIFF’s industry and festival programming teams and will screen to accredited users on the festival’s dedicated press and industry platform, TIFF Digital Cinema Pro. Industry registration closes on September 2.
2020 TIFF Industry Selects Titles:
A Good Man (France) Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar
After Love (UK) Aleem Khan
And Tomorrow The Entire World (Germany/France) Julia Von Heinz
Apples (Greece) Christos Nikou
Baby Done (New...
Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) organisers on Tuesday (September 1) announced a selection of 30 global acquisition titles outside the Official Selection.
TIFF Industry Selects titles hail from 29 countries and have been hand-picked by TIFF’s industry and festival programming teams and will screen to accredited users on the festival’s dedicated press and industry platform, TIFF Digital Cinema Pro. Industry registration closes on September 2.
2020 TIFF Industry Selects Titles:
A Good Man (France) Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar
After Love (UK) Aleem Khan
And Tomorrow The Entire World (Germany/France) Julia Von Heinz
Apples (Greece) Christos Nikou
Baby Done (New...
- 9/1/2020
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.NEWSAbel Ferrara's SiberiaThe Berlin Film Festival Competition lineup has finally been unveiled, revealing a roster of heavy hitters that includes Ilya Khrzhanovsky's controversial installation project Dau, Abel Ferrara's long-delayed Siberia, Hong Sang-soo's latest The Woman Who Ran, and the anticipated return of Christian Petzold, Rithy Panh, Tsai Ming-liang, Sally Potter, and Philippe Garrel. Actor, writer, and director Terry Jones, best known for his involvement in the Monty Python comedy group and for directing the 1983 Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, has died. Recommended VIEWINGGrasshopper Films has released a trailer for Pedro Costa's bold Vitalina Varela, about a woman who arrives in Lisbon from Cape Verde to attend her estranged husband's funeral. Upon its premiere at 2019's Locarno Film Festival, editor Daniel Kasman described it as "a film of fierce determination and paramount resonance.
- 1/29/2020
- MUBI
Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.NEWSIt's 7.5 cm x 7.5 cm x 2 mm, and Superman is in there! The American Justice Department is planning to ask a New York federal court to terminate the "Paramount antitrust decrees," or agreements made in the late 1940s and 1950s to protect movie theatres from studios. The decrees include restrictions on studios owning theatres, selling multiple films to theatres as a package, and rules for minimum pricing of tickets. Microsoft and Warner Bros. have stored a copy of the 1978 film Superman on a little glass disc. The project serves as "a first test case for a new storage technology that could eventually help safeguard Hollywood’s movies and TV shows, as well as many other forms of data, for centuries to come." Recommended VIEWINGAhead of its online premiere, Martin Scorsese's The Irishman gets a final,...
- 11/20/2019
- MUBI
Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.NEWSWe're saddened by the death of actor Robert Forster, whose prolific and eclectic career included an Oscar-nominated role in Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown and Gus Van Sant's Psycho, which is currently showing on Mubi in the United Kingdom. Hurray! At a recent screening of the 4k restoration of Crash at Montreal's Festival du Nouveau Cinema, David Cronenberg announced that he is currently set to write and direct his body horror novel, Consumed, as a mini-series. Recommended VIEWINGThe official U.S. trailer for Russian director Kantemir Balagov's Beanpole, which follows the strained friendship between two women in the aftermath of World War II. The film is having its exclusive online premiere on Mubi in the United Kingdom, from October 11 - November 9, 2019.A trailer for So Close to My Land, Jia Zhangke's documentary about Chinese novelists.
- 10/16/2019
- MUBI
From TorontoFilm.Net here is the Toronto Film Production Update for October 2019 including "Titans", "The Boys", "Jupiter's Legacy" and a whole lot more:
Against The Wild III
The Journey Home
Feature Films – Theatrical
Prod.: Jesse Ikeman
Dir.: Richard Boddington
Oct 2 - Oct 30/19
Angel Falls 2
Movies for Television
Hp Angel Falls 2 Productions Inc.
Prod.: David Anslemo, James Moorhouse
Dir.: Jonathan Wright
Oct 7 - Oct 26/19
Coroner Season 2
Episodic Series – TV
Coroner 2 Productions (Ontario) Inc.
Prod.: Suzanne Colvin-Golding
Exec. Prod.: Adrienne Mitchell, Jonas Prupas, Morwyn Brebner,
Dir.: Adrienne Mitchell, Winne Jong, Charles Officer
Aug 19 – Nov 6/19
Cosmic Dawn
Feature Films – Theatrical
CosmicDawn Entertainment Inc.
Prod.: Joseph Raso, Mark Raso, Brian Robertson
Sept 30 - Nov 1/19
Dodge And Miles Season 1
Episodic Series – Streaming
Sagia Productions Inc./
CBS Studios
Prod.: John Weber
Sep 23 - Nov 22/19
Endlings Season 2
Episodic Series – TV
Sinking Ship Entertainment Inc.
Co-Prod.: Alexis Grieve
Line Prod.
Against The Wild III
The Journey Home
Feature Films – Theatrical
Prod.: Jesse Ikeman
Dir.: Richard Boddington
Oct 2 - Oct 30/19
Angel Falls 2
Movies for Television
Hp Angel Falls 2 Productions Inc.
Prod.: David Anslemo, James Moorhouse
Dir.: Jonathan Wright
Oct 7 - Oct 26/19
Coroner Season 2
Episodic Series – TV
Coroner 2 Productions (Ontario) Inc.
Prod.: Suzanne Colvin-Golding
Exec. Prod.: Adrienne Mitchell, Jonas Prupas, Morwyn Brebner,
Dir.: Adrienne Mitchell, Winne Jong, Charles Officer
Aug 19 – Nov 6/19
Cosmic Dawn
Feature Films – Theatrical
CosmicDawn Entertainment Inc.
Prod.: Joseph Raso, Mark Raso, Brian Robertson
Sept 30 - Nov 1/19
Dodge And Miles Season 1
Episodic Series – Streaming
Sagia Productions Inc./
CBS Studios
Prod.: John Weber
Sep 23 - Nov 22/19
Endlings Season 2
Episodic Series – TV
Sinking Ship Entertainment Inc.
Co-Prod.: Alexis Grieve
Line Prod.
- 10/2/2019
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Adam Brody has signed on to executive produce and star in the upcoming dramedy The Kid Detective. Sophie Nélisse will star alongside Brody, with Evan Morgan writing and directing. Variety shares the following synopsis for the story:
Brody will star as a once-celebrated kid detective, now 31, who continues to solve the same trivial mysteries between hangovers and bouts of self-pity until a 16-year-old client (Nelisse) brings him his first “adult” case: to find out who brutally murdered her boyfriend.
I think this sounds like a pretty good story. It has a good opportunity to cover drama and suspense, while delivering a few laughs; the whole package, as long as it’s done well. The Kid Detective is set to begin production at the end of next month. Does this sound good to you?...
Brody will star as a once-celebrated kid detective, now 31, who continues to solve the same trivial mysteries between hangovers and bouts of self-pity until a 16-year-old client (Nelisse) brings him his first “adult” case: to find out who brutally murdered her boyfriend.
I think this sounds like a pretty good story. It has a good opportunity to cover drama and suspense, while delivering a few laughs; the whole package, as long as it’s done well. The Kid Detective is set to begin production at the end of next month. Does this sound good to you?...
- 8/22/2019
- by Jessica Fisher
- GeekTyrant
“Ready or Not’s” Adam Brody has signed on to star in “The Kid Detective.”
Sophie Nelisse will co-star in the dramedy from writer-director Evan Morgan.
Brody will star as a once-celebrated kid detective, now 31, who continues to solve the same trivial mysteries between hangovers and bouts of self-pity until a 16-year-old client (Nelisse) brings him his first “adult” case: to find out who brutally murdered her boyfriend.
William Woods and Jonathan Bronfman will produce, while Brody, Jeff Sackman, Berry Meyerowitz, Mark Gingras, John Laing, and Gareth Morgan will executive produce. Aqute Media is handling international sales with Level Film distributing in Canada. Production will start in late September.
Brody’s most recent appearance is in Fox Searchlight’s horror pic “Ready or Not” starring Samara Weaving, which hit theaters Wednesday and has earned strong reviews. The former “O.C.” star is about to begin production on FX’s limited series “Miss America,...
Sophie Nelisse will co-star in the dramedy from writer-director Evan Morgan.
Brody will star as a once-celebrated kid detective, now 31, who continues to solve the same trivial mysteries between hangovers and bouts of self-pity until a 16-year-old client (Nelisse) brings him his first “adult” case: to find out who brutally murdered her boyfriend.
William Woods and Jonathan Bronfman will produce, while Brody, Jeff Sackman, Berry Meyerowitz, Mark Gingras, John Laing, and Gareth Morgan will executive produce. Aqute Media is handling international sales with Level Film distributing in Canada. Production will start in late September.
Brody’s most recent appearance is in Fox Searchlight’s horror pic “Ready or Not” starring Samara Weaving, which hit theaters Wednesday and has earned strong reviews. The former “O.C.” star is about to begin production on FX’s limited series “Miss America,...
- 8/21/2019
- by Justin Kroll
- Variety Film + TV
From TorontoFilm.Net here is the Toronto Film Production Update for September 2019 including "Jupiter's Legacy", "The Boys", "Titans" and a whole lot more:
AMÉLIE Et Compagnie! Season 4
Episodic Series - TV
Carte Blanche Films Inc.
Prod.: Tracy Legault
Dir.: Dominque Cardona,
Jul 3 - Sep 20/19
Awake
Feature Films - Streaming
eOne / Netflix
Prod.: Mark Gordon, Paul Schiff
Dir.: Mark Raso
Aug 6 – Sep 27/19
Backyard Beats
Episodic Series – TV
Bristow Global Media Inc.
Prod.: Daniel Bourre, Corinna Lehr
Dir.: tbd
Aug 19 - Sep 2/19
Beacon Street
Feature Films - Streaming
Twinkle Toes Movie Prod. Ltd.
Prod.: Susan Cartsonis, Brent Emery, Suzanne Farwell
Dir.: Elissa Down
Jul 25 - Sep 20/19
Christmas 9 To 5
Television Movie
Christmas 95 Ulc
Prod.: Arnie Zipursky, Suzanne Berger, Tyler Levine
Dir.: Jill Carter
Aug 19 - Sep 9/19
Coroner Season 2
Episodic Series – TV
Coroner 2 Productions (Ontario) Inc.
Prod.: Suzanne Colvin-Golding
Dir.: Adrienne Mitchell,...
AMÉLIE Et Compagnie! Season 4
Episodic Series - TV
Carte Blanche Films Inc.
Prod.: Tracy Legault
Dir.: Dominque Cardona,
Jul 3 - Sep 20/19
Awake
Feature Films - Streaming
eOne / Netflix
Prod.: Mark Gordon, Paul Schiff
Dir.: Mark Raso
Aug 6 – Sep 27/19
Backyard Beats
Episodic Series – TV
Bristow Global Media Inc.
Prod.: Daniel Bourre, Corinna Lehr
Dir.: tbd
Aug 19 - Sep 2/19
Beacon Street
Feature Films - Streaming
Twinkle Toes Movie Prod. Ltd.
Prod.: Susan Cartsonis, Brent Emery, Suzanne Farwell
Dir.: Elissa Down
Jul 25 - Sep 20/19
Christmas 9 To 5
Television Movie
Christmas 95 Ulc
Prod.: Arnie Zipursky, Suzanne Berger, Tyler Levine
Dir.: Jill Carter
Aug 19 - Sep 9/19
Coroner Season 2
Episodic Series – TV
Coroner 2 Productions (Ontario) Inc.
Prod.: Suzanne Colvin-Golding
Dir.: Adrienne Mitchell,...
- 8/19/2019
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.NEWSLouis Cha, 1924 - 2018Louis Cha, widely regarded as the most influential Chinese martial arts novelist of the 20th century, has died at the age of 94. Notably, several of Cha's best-selling wuxia novels—written under the pen name Jin Yong—have been adapted into films, including King Hu's The Swordsman and Wong Kar-wai's Ashes of Time. Parasite, Bong Joon-ho's follow-up to Okja, has finished shooting ahead of its 2019 release. Bong has stated that "despite the title, the film does not include either parasites or alien creatures," though these stills certainly point to creeping tensions.Here is a first look at Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite starring Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-sik & Park So-dam that wrapped last month!! #기생충 pic.twitter.com/C9jjkjoWhK— Jason Bechervaise (@Jasebechervaise) October 23, 2018 We're naturally saddened to hear...
- 10/31/2018
- MUBI
Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.NEWSAndré S. Labarthe, critic and producer of the long running Cinéastes de notre temps film series covering famed film directors, has died.In memory of André S. Labarthe, who, with Janine Bazin, created the TV series Cinéastes de notre temps, a historic, inexhaustible trove of filmed portraits of directors and interviews with them and associates (too often only seen as DVD-extra snippets): https://t.co/t7qm8AlT4b— Richard Brody (@tnyfrontrow) March 5, 2018Following a report earlier this year, award winning director Kim Ki-duk has been further accused of sexual abuse. The actresses making said claims remain anonymous in fear of being publicly shamed, Yahoo reports.Quentin Tarantino is making moves on his controversial new project, which appears in part to concern the Manson family murders. Variety reports that Brad Pitt has joined the project alongside Leonardo DiCaprio.
- 3/8/2018
- MUBI
Myriad Pictures will commence international sales at the Efm in Berlin next month on Vancouver-based Brightlight Pictures satirical murder mystery.
Evan Morgan will direct from his screenplay about a vilified, down-at-heel former American child detective who gets a shot at his first ‘adult’ case. Nelisse rose to prominence for her role in The Book Thief.
Production on The Kid Detective is anticipated to begin early in the year. Myriad, Brightlight and UTA Independent Film Group jointly arranged financing. Myriad represents international sales and handles the Us with UTA Independent Film Group.
“This is a great film with a bold script, excellent cast and a very talented director,” said Shawn Williamson, president of Brightlight. “Partnering with Myriad Pictures and UTA gives it a strong foundation to be brought to market.”
“We are very pleased to be working with everyone at Brightlight to bring Evan Morgan’s unique story vision to the screen with such a talented cast,” said...
Evan Morgan will direct from his screenplay about a vilified, down-at-heel former American child detective who gets a shot at his first ‘adult’ case. Nelisse rose to prominence for her role in The Book Thief.
Production on The Kid Detective is anticipated to begin early in the year. Myriad, Brightlight and UTA Independent Film Group jointly arranged financing. Myriad represents international sales and handles the Us with UTA Independent Film Group.
“This is a great film with a bold script, excellent cast and a very talented director,” said Shawn Williamson, president of Brightlight. “Partnering with Myriad Pictures and UTA gives it a strong foundation to be brought to market.”
“We are very pleased to be working with everyone at Brightlight to bring Evan Morgan’s unique story vision to the screen with such a talented cast,” said...
- 1/18/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Adam Brody and The Book Thief‘s Sophie Nelisse are aboard to help develop and star in Evan Morgan's The Kid Detective from Brightlight Pictures and Myriad Pictures. They are eyeing a 2017 production start. Written and directed by Morgan, the feature is described as “a darkly satirical murder mystery based on the demoralization of a wholesome American icon. A once-celebrated kid detective (Brody), now 29, continues to solve the same trivial mysteries between hangovers and…...
- 1/18/2017
- Deadline
Different perspectives in The Dirties.
Finally making its way to the UK after winning awards at the Slamdance (Best Narrative Feature Winner), Vancouver and Toronto film festivals and earning the support of Clerks director Kevin Smith in the process, Matt Johnson’s debut feature The Dirties grapples with tragic subject matter that comes ripped straight from the headlines. Employing a mock-documentary approach, Johnson’s film (co-written with Evan Morgan and from a story by Josh Boles), focuses on two school friends and movie addicts, Matt and Owen, who are the targets of regular and vicious bullying from the school jocks grudgingly referred to as ‘The Dirties’ by the long-suffering duo. Matt and Owen, when we first meet them, have arranged to be followed by a camera team with the intention of documenting their attempt to put together their home-made revenge movie for a school project. Titled The Dirties, their Diy no-budget submission to their class.
Finally making its way to the UK after winning awards at the Slamdance (Best Narrative Feature Winner), Vancouver and Toronto film festivals and earning the support of Clerks director Kevin Smith in the process, Matt Johnson’s debut feature The Dirties grapples with tragic subject matter that comes ripped straight from the headlines. Employing a mock-documentary approach, Johnson’s film (co-written with Evan Morgan and from a story by Josh Boles), focuses on two school friends and movie addicts, Matt and Owen, who are the targets of regular and vicious bullying from the school jocks grudgingly referred to as ‘The Dirties’ by the long-suffering duo. Matt and Owen, when we first meet them, have arranged to be followed by a camera team with the intention of documenting their attempt to put together their home-made revenge movie for a school project. Titled The Dirties, their Diy no-budget submission to their class.
- 6/5/2014
- by Owen Van Spall
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The Academy Of Canadian Cinema & Television has announced the Canadian Screen Awards nominees.
“We are exceedingly proud today to reveal the nominees for the 2014 Canadian Screen Awards,” said Academy chair Martin Katz.
“This was a year marked by a record-breaking number of submissions, reflecting a robust level of activity in the screen-based industries in Canada which we will celebrate during Canadian Screen Week, March 3-9. Congratulations to all.”
David Cronenberg will receive the lifetime achievement award. For the full list of winners invcluding television, digital and special awards click here.
The feature nominees in full:
Best Motion Picture
The Dismantlement (Le Démantèlement) – Bernadette Payeur, Marc Daigle
Empire Of Dirt – Jennifer Podemski
Enemy – Kim McCraw, Luc Déry, Miguel A Faura, Niv Fichman, Sari Friedland
The F-Word – Andre Rouleau, David Gross, Macdara Kelleher
Gabrielle – Kim McCraw, Luc Déry
The Grand Seduction – Barbara Doran, Roger Frappier
Maïna – Karine Martin, Michel Poulette, Yves Fortin
Tom At The Farm (Tom À La Ferme) – [link...
“We are exceedingly proud today to reveal the nominees for the 2014 Canadian Screen Awards,” said Academy chair Martin Katz.
“This was a year marked by a record-breaking number of submissions, reflecting a robust level of activity in the screen-based industries in Canada which we will celebrate during Canadian Screen Week, March 3-9. Congratulations to all.”
David Cronenberg will receive the lifetime achievement award. For the full list of winners invcluding television, digital and special awards click here.
The feature nominees in full:
Best Motion Picture
The Dismantlement (Le Démantèlement) – Bernadette Payeur, Marc Daigle
Empire Of Dirt – Jennifer Podemski
Enemy – Kim McCraw, Luc Déry, Miguel A Faura, Niv Fichman, Sari Friedland
The F-Word – Andre Rouleau, David Gross, Macdara Kelleher
Gabrielle – Kim McCraw, Luc Déry
The Grand Seduction – Barbara Doran, Roger Frappier
Maïna – Karine Martin, Michel Poulette, Yves Fortin
Tom At The Farm (Tom À La Ferme) – [link...
- 1/13/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The Academy Of Canadian Cinema & Television has announced its nominees.
“We are exceedingly proud today to reveal the nominees for the 2014 Canadian Screen Awards,” said Academy chair Martin Katz. “This was a year marked by a record-breaking number of submissions, reflecting a robust level of activity in the screen-based industries in Canada which we will celebrate during Canadian Screen Week, March 3-9. Congratulations to all.”
David Cronenberg will receive the lifetime achievement award. For the full list of winners invcluding television, digital and special awards click here.
The fearure nominees in full:
Best Motion Picture
The Dismantlement (Le Démantèlement) – Bernadette Payeur, Marc Daigle
Empire Of Dirt (pictured) – Jennifer Podemski
Enemy – Kim McCraw, Luc Déry, Miguel A Faura, Niv Fichman, Sari Friedland
The F-Word – Andre Rouleau, David Gross, Macdara Kelleher
Gabrielle – Kim McCraw, Luc Déry
The Grand Seduction – Barbara Doran, Roger Frappier
Maïna – Karine Martin, Michel Poulette, Yves Fortin
Tom At The Farm (Tom À La Ferme) – [link...
“We are exceedingly proud today to reveal the nominees for the 2014 Canadian Screen Awards,” said Academy chair Martin Katz. “This was a year marked by a record-breaking number of submissions, reflecting a robust level of activity in the screen-based industries in Canada which we will celebrate during Canadian Screen Week, March 3-9. Congratulations to all.”
David Cronenberg will receive the lifetime achievement award. For the full list of winners invcluding television, digital and special awards click here.
The fearure nominees in full:
Best Motion Picture
The Dismantlement (Le Démantèlement) – Bernadette Payeur, Marc Daigle
Empire Of Dirt (pictured) – Jennifer Podemski
Enemy – Kim McCraw, Luc Déry, Miguel A Faura, Niv Fichman, Sari Friedland
The F-Word – Andre Rouleau, David Gross, Macdara Kelleher
Gabrielle – Kim McCraw, Luc Déry
The Grand Seduction – Barbara Doran, Roger Frappier
Maïna – Karine Martin, Michel Poulette, Yves Fortin
Tom At The Farm (Tom À La Ferme) – [link...
- 1/13/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Watch the trailer for The Dirties which Kevin Smith premiered at Hall H of Comic-Con this weekend. The film stars Matt Johnson and Owen Williams, and opens in theaters and on demand from October 4th, 2013. Directed by Matt Johnson from the script by Evan Morgan and Johnson, The Dirties is the winner of the 2013 Slamdance Grand Jury Prize for Best Narrative Film. Phase 4 Films and the Kevin Smith Movie Club present the film which tells of two best who friends team up to film a comedy about getting revenge on bullies. The exercise takes a devastating turn when one of them begins to think of it as more than a joke.
- 7/22/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Phase 4 Films announced in May that the company acquired all U.S. and Canadian rights to Matt Johnson’s The Dirties. The film stars Johnson and Owen Williams from a screenplay written by Johnson, Evan Morgan and Josh Boles. The film was produced by Matthew Miller along with Johnson, Morgan and Jared Raab.
The Dirties made its world premiere at the 2013 Slamdance Film Festival, where it won the Narrative Grand Jury Prize. Phase 4 will release the film on October 4 in theaters and on VOD via its distribution partnership with filmmaker Kevin Smith’s Kevin Smith Movie Club.
Smith and Johnson unveiled the new trailer at Comic Con in San Diego. The film showed to a sold-out crowd on Sunday at the Fantasia International Film Festival and will have one more screening on July 29th. If you’re going to the festival, you can grab your tickets here: http://www.
The Dirties made its world premiere at the 2013 Slamdance Film Festival, where it won the Narrative Grand Jury Prize. Phase 4 will release the film on October 4 in theaters and on VOD via its distribution partnership with filmmaker Kevin Smith’s Kevin Smith Movie Club.
Smith and Johnson unveiled the new trailer at Comic Con in San Diego. The film showed to a sold-out crowd on Sunday at the Fantasia International Film Festival and will have one more screening on July 29th. If you’re going to the festival, you can grab your tickets here: http://www.
- 7/22/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Phase 4 Films has acquired U.S. and Canadian rights to Matt Johnson's first feature "The Dirties," a drama about bullies and teenage revenge. The film, which premiered at Slamdance and won the Narrative Grand Jury Prize, is co-written, directed by and stars Johnson. "The Dirties" will have a theatrical release later this year and will be released on VOD via Kevin Smith's Kevin Smith Movie Club, which is in distribution partnership with Phase 4. Produced by Johnson, co-writer Evan Morgan, and Jared Raab, the film tells the story of two best friends who film a comedy about killing their school bullies, but to one of them it isn't just a joke. On the film's VOD distribution Kevin Smith said, "This is the most important film you will see all year. Matt Johnson has mashed-up the found footage film and the faux-documentary genres and crafted the most original, hypnotic,...
- 5/6/2013
- by Erin Whitney
- Indiewire
Phase 4 Films has acquired all U.S. and Canadian rights to Matt Johnson’s The Dirties. The film, which debuted at the 2013 Slamdance Film Festival, stars Johnson and Owen Williams from a screenplay written by Johnson, Evan Morgan and Josh Boles. The Dirties follows two best friends as they film a comedy about killing the bullies in their school. One of them isn't joking. Phase 4 will release the film this year in theaters and on VOD via its distribution partnership with filmmaker Kevin Smith’s Kevin Smith Movie Club. The film was produced by Matthew Miller along with Johnson, Morgan and Jared Raab.
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- 5/6/2013
- by Tatiana Siegel
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Phase 4 Films has acquired U.S. and Canadian rights to the Matt Johnson-directed The Dirties, which Johnson stars in with Owen Williams. The script is by Johnson, Evan Morgan and Josh Boles. The film was produced by Matthew Miller along with Johnson, Morgan and Jared Raab. The pic won the Narrative Grand Jury Prize at Slamdance, and Phase 4 will release the film later this year in theaters and on VOD via its distribution partnership with filmmaker Kevin Smith’s Kevin Smith Movie Club. The Dirties follows two best friends as they film a comedy about killing the bullies in their school. One of them isn’t joking. Said Smith: “I’ve always wanted to say this about a movie I made and mean it, but never could. Now, thanks to The Dirties, I can: This is the most important film you will see all year. Matt Johnson has...
- 5/6/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
The 2012 Toronto After Dark Film Festival this year as always has healthy assortment of short films in their program. Along with the feature length shorts program they also begin each feature with short film to start off the night this year dubbed “Canada After Dark”. Here are few highlights of this year’s festival. Some of them were so strong that many were better that the feature that followed, so make sure you catch these shorts at festival near you soon. Here are some of the highlights:
Not Till We’Re Married
Shannon Rae Hanmer, 8 min, Canada, 2012
A really funny take on dysfunctional online dating directed by Shannon Rae Hanmer and written by Chris Nash (My Main Squeeze, Liplock): a woman is ready to make a commitment to her boyfriend but finds out he has a deformed twin brother attached to his hip who is the one that is really in love with her.
Not Till We’Re Married
Shannon Rae Hanmer, 8 min, Canada, 2012
A really funny take on dysfunctional online dating directed by Shannon Rae Hanmer and written by Chris Nash (My Main Squeeze, Liplock): a woman is ready to make a commitment to her boyfriend but finds out he has a deformed twin brother attached to his hip who is the one that is really in love with her.
- 11/3/2012
- by Kelly Michael Stewart
- Planet Fury
With all the buzz around world premieres and gala events happening at the Toronto International Film Festival, it’s easy to forget there is also a pretty stellar shorts program in the mix. Consisting of work spanning all genres, the format is a great way to experience new, upcoming talent as well as to check up on a couple familiar faces too. The following is a collection of capsule reviews and scores for each short in their respective screening blocks.
—Programme 1
Bardo Light – 10 minutes
What do you get when you mix the Tibetan Book of the Dead, the ancient metallurgical science of alchemy, and the namesake of inventor Philo Farnsworth? The answer is Connor Gaston‘s short film Bardo Light—titled for the bright glow none of us can avoid at the end of our lives.
Told via the police interrogation of the younger Farnsworth (Shaan Rahman) after his adopted...
—Programme 1
Bardo Light – 10 minutes
What do you get when you mix the Tibetan Book of the Dead, the ancient metallurgical science of alchemy, and the namesake of inventor Philo Farnsworth? The answer is Connor Gaston‘s short film Bardo Light—titled for the bright glow none of us can avoid at the end of our lives.
Told via the police interrogation of the younger Farnsworth (Shaan Rahman) after his adopted...
- 9/7/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
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