A wacky film based on a stage show by comedians Aaron Jackson and Josh Sharp, Dicks: The Musical – a riff on The Parent Trap with two adult men as the starring twins — opens in seven theaters in NY, LA and San Francisco on a crowded specialty weekend as theatrical releases of fall film festival titles accelerates.
Dicks, from A24, developed by Chernin Entertainment, is, according to press notes, a first “adult musical comedy” for both. (It’s Chernin’s second musical after hit The Greatest Showman.) Directed by Larry Charles, it stars the two creators Jackson and Sharp as self-obsessed businessmen who discover they’re long-lost identical twins and come together to plot the reunion of their eccentric divorced parents. They’re joined by an A-list roster of Nathan Lane, Megan Mullally, Bowen Yang and Megan Thee Stallion.
A SAG-AFTRA interim agreement allowed the talent to promote the film at TIFF,...
Dicks, from A24, developed by Chernin Entertainment, is, according to press notes, a first “adult musical comedy” for both. (It’s Chernin’s second musical after hit The Greatest Showman.) Directed by Larry Charles, it stars the two creators Jackson and Sharp as self-obsessed businessmen who discover they’re long-lost identical twins and come together to plot the reunion of their eccentric divorced parents. They’re joined by an A-list roster of Nathan Lane, Megan Mullally, Bowen Yang and Megan Thee Stallion.
A SAG-AFTRA interim agreement allowed the talent to promote the film at TIFF,...
- 10/6/2023
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Hélène Mouchet (Vicky Krieps) is probably dying. She has been diagnosed with an idiopathic fibrosis of the lungs, meaning none of her doctors really has much idea of how to treat her condition. They do know that it will eventually result in suffocation, unless she is able to undergo a lung transplant — which is far from certain to work. In “More Than Ever,” a thoughtful, well-acted drama from writer-director Emily Atef (changing the pace from her work on TV’s “Killing Eve”), this setup is the basis for an exploration, through the lens of one woman’s experience, of how serious disease might be faced, both medically and socially. Strand Releasing is bringing the film to U.S. audiences more than a year after its Un Certain Regard premiere in Cannes.
Hélène finds the awkward response of her social circle unendurable; people mean well, but are terrified of saying the wrong thing.
Hélène finds the awkward response of her social circle unendurable; people mean well, but are terrified of saying the wrong thing.
- 10/4/2023
- by Catherine Bray
- Variety Film + TV
The British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) have revealed the nomination longlists for Best Feature Documentary and Best International Independent Film categories. In addition, BIFA’s Raindance Discovery Award longlist has also been unveiled.
Of the 15 films longlisted for Best Feature Documentary, eight are directed by women. The 17 films longlisted for Best International Independent Film have already won top prizes from this year’s premier international festivals.
The final five nominations in each category will be announced in early November and winners will be revealed at the 25th annual BIFA ceremony on Dec. 4.
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“Alcarràs” – Carla Simón, María Zamora, Stefan Schmitz, Tono Folguera, Sergi Moreno
“All The Beauty And The Bloodshed” – Laura Poitras, Howard Gertler, Nan Goldin, Yoni Golijov, John S. Lyons
“Argentina, 1985” – Santiago Mitre, Mariano Llinás, Axel Kuschevatzky, Federico Posternak, Agustina Llambi Campbell, Ricardo Darín, Santiago Carabante, Chino Darín, Victoria Alonso
“Broker” – Kore-eda Hirokazu,...
Of the 15 films longlisted for Best Feature Documentary, eight are directed by women. The 17 films longlisted for Best International Independent Film have already won top prizes from this year’s premier international festivals.
The final five nominations in each category will be announced in early November and winners will be revealed at the 25th annual BIFA ceremony on Dec. 4.
Best International Independent Film Sponsored By Champagne Taittinger
“Alcarràs” – Carla Simón, María Zamora, Stefan Schmitz, Tono Folguera, Sergi Moreno
“All The Beauty And The Bloodshed” – Laura Poitras, Howard Gertler, Nan Goldin, Yoni Golijov, John S. Lyons
“Argentina, 1985” – Santiago Mitre, Mariano Llinás, Axel Kuschevatzky, Federico Posternak, Agustina Llambi Campbell, Ricardo Darín, Santiago Carabante, Chino Darín, Victoria Alonso
“Broker” – Kore-eda Hirokazu,...
- 10/21/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Plus que jamais (More Than Ever)
Having worked on several television projects since competing for the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival with 2018’s 3 Days in Quiberon, German-French-Iranian filmmaker Emily Atef headed to existential Scandi terrain with a lovely quartet of Euro actors for her next feature. Co-written by Lars Hubrich, Plus que jamais (More Than Ever) is coined as a melodrama toplined by very busy Vicky Krieps and Gaspard Ulliel and supported by Jesper Christensen and Liv Ullmann. Production began in April for two months in Bordeaux, and in Norway, and Michel Franco’s usual cinematographer Yves Cape (Sundown) was onboard.…...
Having worked on several television projects since competing for the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival with 2018’s 3 Days in Quiberon, German-French-Iranian filmmaker Emily Atef headed to existential Scandi terrain with a lovely quartet of Euro actors for her next feature. Co-written by Lars Hubrich, Plus que jamais (More Than Ever) is coined as a melodrama toplined by very busy Vicky Krieps and Gaspard Ulliel and supported by Jesper Christensen and Liv Ullmann. Production began in April for two months in Bordeaux, and in Norway, and Michel Franco’s usual cinematographer Yves Cape (Sundown) was onboard.…...
- 1/11/2022
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
Emily Atef, whose latest film “3 Days in Quiberon” competed at the Berlinale in 2018, is getting ready to shoot “More Than Ever,” a melodrama headlined by Vicky Krieps (“Phantom Thread”) and Gaspard Ulliel (“It’s Only the End of the World”). Jesper Christensen (“Before the Frost”) and Liv Ullmann will also star.
The Match Factory is representing the project in international markets.
“More Than Ever” (formerly known as “Mister”) was penned by Atef and German scribe Lars Hubrich, whose screenwriting credits include Fatih Akin’s 2016 film “Goodbye Berlin.” The movie is produced by Xénia Maingot at Eaux Vives Productions, and co-produced by Nicole Gerhards at Niko Film, Jani Thiltges at Samsa Film and Maria Ekerhovd at Mer Film.
The film follows Hélène, a 33-year-old women who lives in Bordeaux, France, and is in a happy relationship. Her life takes an unexpected turn when she finds out that she suffers from a rare lung disease.
The Match Factory is representing the project in international markets.
“More Than Ever” (formerly known as “Mister”) was penned by Atef and German scribe Lars Hubrich, whose screenwriting credits include Fatih Akin’s 2016 film “Goodbye Berlin.” The movie is produced by Xénia Maingot at Eaux Vives Productions, and co-produced by Nicole Gerhards at Niko Film, Jani Thiltges at Samsa Film and Maria Ekerhovd at Mer Film.
The film follows Hélène, a 33-year-old women who lives in Bordeaux, France, and is in a happy relationship. Her life takes an unexpected turn when she finds out that she suffers from a rare lung disease.
- 3/4/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Feature centres a well-off Parisian who leaves her comfortable life for Norwegian village.
German-French-Iranian director Emily Atef, whose 3 Days In Quiberon has just premiered in competition at the Berlinale, is now gearing up for her first French-language production entitled Mister.
The new feature will revolve around the character of Hélène, a well-off Parisian, who turns her back on a comfortable life and loving husband and heads to a remote Norwegian village on being diagnosed with a life-threatening lung condition.
The production’s lead producer Xenia Maingot, who operates under the banner of Paris-based Eaux Vives Productions, says the film will revolve around the female-focused tropes and themes of Atef’s previous features such as 3 Days In Quiberon, Kill Me and The Stranger In Me.
“It’s a strong female story in which the protagonist’s life has hit a crunch point. It’s a beautiful, powerful tale about a woman striking out on her own and then asking...
German-French-Iranian director Emily Atef, whose 3 Days In Quiberon has just premiered in competition at the Berlinale, is now gearing up for her first French-language production entitled Mister.
The new feature will revolve around the character of Hélène, a well-off Parisian, who turns her back on a comfortable life and loving husband and heads to a remote Norwegian village on being diagnosed with a life-threatening lung condition.
The production’s lead producer Xenia Maingot, who operates under the banner of Paris-based Eaux Vives Productions, says the film will revolve around the female-focused tropes and themes of Atef’s previous features such as 3 Days In Quiberon, Kill Me and The Stranger In Me.
“It’s a strong female story in which the protagonist’s life has hit a crunch point. It’s a beautiful, powerful tale about a woman striking out on her own and then asking...
- 2/22/2018
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
As our coverage from this year’s Marrakech International Film Festival continues to flow in, they’ve begun providing videos that give some sense of what it’s like to be on the ground. Following a look at Park Chan-wook’s master class, we now have excerpts from a live talk with Fatih Akin — something the writer-director, feeling he’s “not a master,” would prefer to call an interview. The moderator — who looks so much like Dean Stockwell that I’m unable to focus on much else when it cuts to him — complies, and so what follows isn’t a hoity-toity handing-down of wisdom to those who are so lucky to be in his presence, but instead an illustration of process and intent.
It’s also worth noting that, while at Marrakech, Akin told THR about his next feature, Why We Took the Car. Although the feature (known as Tschick...
It’s also worth noting that, while at Marrakech, Akin told THR about his next feature, Why We Took the Car. Although the feature (known as Tschick...
- 12/9/2015
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
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