Exclusive: Tiye and Keisha Mennefee’s audiobook Rifts and Refrains from the latter’s Honey Magnolia Media is being adapted for TV by Attica Locke and Tembi Locke for Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group.
Rifts and Refrains centers on an aspiring Black female writer and musician who discovers a hidden legacy of love, betrayal and music in her estranged grandfather’s past, leading her on a journey of self-discovery and unexpected romance in the heart of Nashville’s country music scene and Memphis, the home of the blues.
“We grew up listening to Charley Pride and Muddy Waters in our grandmother’s house in Texas, and have playlists full of Rhiannon Giddens, Mickey Guyton, Yola, and Brittany Spencer. We know the twin sounds of blues and country and could not be more excited to explore a story that highlights the crosscurrents of these two sounds and cultural institutions in American life.
Rifts and Refrains centers on an aspiring Black female writer and musician who discovers a hidden legacy of love, betrayal and music in her estranged grandfather’s past, leading her on a journey of self-discovery and unexpected romance in the heart of Nashville’s country music scene and Memphis, the home of the blues.
“We grew up listening to Charley Pride and Muddy Waters in our grandmother’s house in Texas, and have playlists full of Rhiannon Giddens, Mickey Guyton, Yola, and Brittany Spencer. We know the twin sounds of blues and country and could not be more excited to explore a story that highlights the crosscurrents of these two sounds and cultural institutions in American life.
- 7/30/2024
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Paul McCartney & Wings are finally offering a physical release of one of their most bootlegged albums: One Hand Clapping, the live studio sessions conducted post-Band on the Run in 1974 for a seldom-seen documentary film, will arrive everywhere on June 14th.
While several songs from One Hand Clapping eventually landed on subsequent Paul McCartney releases, this will be the first time the album is available in full. It was also the first Wings album recorded with a new lineup — Denny Seiwell and Henry McCullough departed after Band on the Run, and were replaced by guitarist Jimmy McCulloch and drummer Geoff Britton for the One Hand Clapping sessions.
The album was recorded at Abbey Road Studios over a span of four days while director David Litchfield filmed the documentary — which still hasn’t been released in an official capacity. Within the album’s 26 tracks are Paul McCartney & Wings favorites like “Live and Let Die...
While several songs from One Hand Clapping eventually landed on subsequent Paul McCartney releases, this will be the first time the album is available in full. It was also the first Wings album recorded with a new lineup — Denny Seiwell and Henry McCullough departed after Band on the Run, and were replaced by guitarist Jimmy McCulloch and drummer Geoff Britton for the One Hand Clapping sessions.
The album was recorded at Abbey Road Studios over a span of four days while director David Litchfield filmed the documentary — which still hasn’t been released in an official capacity. Within the album’s 26 tracks are Paul McCartney & Wings favorites like “Live and Let Die...
- 4/23/2024
- by Paolo Ragusa
- Consequence - Music
Exclusive: Scott Emmer has joined the indie production company Riverside Entertainment, based out of L.A. and Nashville, as Development Executive, with Amanda Abicalaffe elevating to Director of Development.
Based in Los Angeles, Emmer will now oversee all aspects of development across Riverside’s growing slate of films and series. He comes to the company after stints at Meta, Marc Butan’s MadRiver Pictures, Audience Network and ICM.
In a statement to Deadline, he said: “I am thrilled and grateful to be joining the development team at Riverside. We share values of genuine collaboration as well as passion and commitment to premium storytelling.”
Brian Loschiavo, Riverside Entertainment Co-Founder and Executive Producer, called Emmer “the missing link we’ve needed in Los Angeles. Being an LA native with deep roots in the entertainment business, Scott’s relationships and instincts will help us level-up as we continue to expand into scripted.”
Abicalaffe...
Based in Los Angeles, Emmer will now oversee all aspects of development across Riverside’s growing slate of films and series. He comes to the company after stints at Meta, Marc Butan’s MadRiver Pictures, Audience Network and ICM.
In a statement to Deadline, he said: “I am thrilled and grateful to be joining the development team at Riverside. We share values of genuine collaboration as well as passion and commitment to premium storytelling.”
Brian Loschiavo, Riverside Entertainment Co-Founder and Executive Producer, called Emmer “the missing link we’ve needed in Los Angeles. Being an LA native with deep roots in the entertainment business, Scott’s relationships and instincts will help us level-up as we continue to expand into scripted.”
Abicalaffe...
- 1/30/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Beach House put together a pretty stellar setlist for their stripped-down show at Johnny Brenda’s in Philadelphia Monday night (December 11th), including some live debuts and a few rarities they haven’t performed in over a decade.
After a surprise opening set from Philly’s own Kurt Vile, Beach House’s Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally did an intimate gig full of songs for the real heads. They performed “Many Nights” and “The Bells” — both from 2022’s Once Twice Melody: Chapter 3 — live for the very first time, and debuted “Devil’s Pool” from last April’s Become EP.
But the real surprises were the throwback rarities, including “Childhood” from their self-titled debut, which they hadn’t played in a whopping 16 years. They also did “Auburn and Ivory,” another Beach House deep cut, for the first time since 2012. And, for the first time since 2016, they performed Devotion’s “D.A.R.L.I.N.G.” and...
After a surprise opening set from Philly’s own Kurt Vile, Beach House’s Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally did an intimate gig full of songs for the real heads. They performed “Many Nights” and “The Bells” — both from 2022’s Once Twice Melody: Chapter 3 — live for the very first time, and debuted “Devil’s Pool” from last April’s Become EP.
But the real surprises were the throwback rarities, including “Childhood” from their self-titled debut, which they hadn’t played in a whopping 16 years. They also did “Auburn and Ivory,” another Beach House deep cut, for the first time since 2012. And, for the first time since 2016, they performed Devotion’s “D.A.R.L.I.N.G.” and...
- 12/12/2023
- by Abby Jones
- Consequence - Music
Actor-comedian Russell Brand, who was accused of four sexual assault allegations earlier this year, was hit with another lawsuit by a woman alleging that in 2010, he exposed himself to her on the set of ‘Arthur’ before sexually assaulting her in a bathroom.
In an affidavit filed on Friday and obtained by Insider, ‘Jane Doe’ requested a New York judge for anonymity, and stated she feared being blacklisted and retaliation, reports rollingstone.com.
The woman claimed that Brand “previously used his social media platform to rally his fan base to support him in the face of current accusations.”
Doe alleged the assault occurred on July 7, 2010 when she was an extra on the set of ‘Arthur’.
In the filing, she claims that Brand “appeared intoxicated, smelt of alcohol, and was carrying a bottle of vodka on set” before he exposed his penis “in full view of the cast and crew.”
That same day,...
In an affidavit filed on Friday and obtained by Insider, ‘Jane Doe’ requested a New York judge for anonymity, and stated she feared being blacklisted and retaliation, reports rollingstone.com.
The woman claimed that Brand “previously used his social media platform to rally his fan base to support him in the face of current accusations.”
Doe alleged the assault occurred on July 7, 2010 when she was an extra on the set of ‘Arthur’.
In the filing, she claims that Brand “appeared intoxicated, smelt of alcohol, and was carrying a bottle of vodka on set” before he exposed his penis “in full view of the cast and crew.”
That same day,...
- 11/4/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Actor-comedian Russell Brand, who was accused of four sexual assault allegations earlier this year, was hit with another lawsuit by a woman alleging that in 2010, he exposed himself to her on the set of ‘Arthur’ before sexually assaulting her in a bathroom.
In an affidavit filed on Friday and obtained by Insider, ‘Jane Doe’ requested a New York judge for anonymity, and stated she feared being blacklisted and retaliation, reports rollingstone.com.
The woman claimed that Brand “previously used his social media platform to rally his fan base to support him in the face of current accusations.”
Doe alleged the assault occurred on July 7, 2010 when she was an extra on the set of ‘Arthur’.
In the filing, she claims that Brand “appeared intoxicated, smelt of alcohol, and was carrying a bottle of vodka on set” before he exposed his penis “in full view of the cast and crew.”
That same day,...
In an affidavit filed on Friday and obtained by Insider, ‘Jane Doe’ requested a New York judge for anonymity, and stated she feared being blacklisted and retaliation, reports rollingstone.com.
The woman claimed that Brand “previously used his social media platform to rally his fan base to support him in the face of current accusations.”
Doe alleged the assault occurred on July 7, 2010 when she was an extra on the set of ‘Arthur’.
In the filing, she claims that Brand “appeared intoxicated, smelt of alcohol, and was carrying a bottle of vodka on set” before he exposed his penis “in full view of the cast and crew.”
That same day,...
- 11/4/2023
- by Agency News Desk
Russell Brand, the comedian accused of four sexual assault allegations earlier this year, was hit with a new lawsuit Friday by a woman alleging he exposed himself to her on the set of the movie Arthur in 2010 and then sexually assaulted her in a bathroom.
In an affidavit filed in New York County Supreme Court and obtained by Rolling Stone, “Jane Doe” asks to proceed anonymously because she’s still a working actor and fears being blacklisted. The woman claims Brand “previously used his social media platform to rally his...
In an affidavit filed in New York County Supreme Court and obtained by Rolling Stone, “Jane Doe” asks to proceed anonymously because she’s still a working actor and fears being blacklisted. The woman claims Brand “previously used his social media platform to rally his...
- 11/4/2023
- by Charisma Madarang and Nancy Dillon
- Rollingstone.com
Paul McCartney will reveal the stories behind some of his best-known songs, from his work in the Beatles and Wings through his solo career, on a new podcast, McCartney: A Life in Lyrics. Each episode will find him focusing on a single song — including “Eleanor Rigby,” “Let It Be,” and “Live and Let Die,” among others in the first season — in discussion with poet Paul Muldoon, who wrote the foreword to McCartney’s bestselling book, The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present.
All 12 of the first season’s episodes will be available...
All 12 of the first season’s episodes will be available...
- 7/18/2023
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Miranda Lambert may have had the surprise guest of CMA Fest 2023 on Friday night as she brought out pop-punk hero Avril Lavigne during her performance at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium.
Lambert introduced the moment by saying she was about to “make more badass happen right now” and calling Lavigne her “new bestie.” The pair did a quick run-through of a verse and chorus of Lambert’s hard-charging early single “Kerosene” before the band quickly switched to the spiky riff from Lavigne’s 2002 smash “Sk8er Boi.” As fan-shot video of the performance shows,...
Lambert introduced the moment by saying she was about to “make more badass happen right now” and calling Lavigne her “new bestie.” The pair did a quick run-through of a verse and chorus of Lambert’s hard-charging early single “Kerosene” before the band quickly switched to the spiky riff from Lavigne’s 2002 smash “Sk8er Boi.” As fan-shot video of the performance shows,...
- 6/10/2023
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Neil Young and Stephen Stills reunited at Los Angeles’ Greek Theater on Saturday night for the latter’s “Light Up The Blues” autism awareness event. It was Young’s first on-stage performance since 2019.
The largely collaborative set concluded the night, with Young stepping up for solo renditions of “From Hank to Hendrix” and “Comes a Time” before being joined by house band Promise of the Real for “Heart of Gold.” Stills added piano accompaniment on the Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young number, “Helpless,” and remained to deliver a series of Buffalo Springfield songs, including “For What It’s Worth,” “Bluebird,” and “Mr. Soul” with help from Joe Walsh.
They closed with a rendition of “Long May You Run” from Stills-Young Band’s one-off 1976 joint album of the same name. Watch fan-captured footage of the setlist’s highlights below.
Earlier in the program, Stills paid tribute to late bandmate David Crosby with...
The largely collaborative set concluded the night, with Young stepping up for solo renditions of “From Hank to Hendrix” and “Comes a Time” before being joined by house band Promise of the Real for “Heart of Gold.” Stills added piano accompaniment on the Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young number, “Helpless,” and remained to deliver a series of Buffalo Springfield songs, including “For What It’s Worth,” “Bluebird,” and “Mr. Soul” with help from Joe Walsh.
They closed with a rendition of “Long May You Run” from Stills-Young Band’s one-off 1976 joint album of the same name. Watch fan-captured footage of the setlist’s highlights below.
Earlier in the program, Stills paid tribute to late bandmate David Crosby with...
- 4/23/2023
- by Bryan Kress
- Consequence - Music
In September 2022, Miranda Lambert launched a Las Vegas residency called Miranda Lambert: Velvet Rodeo The Las Vegas Residency. The country music icon’s residency was so successful, more dates were added through December 2023. In a new video on Instagram, Lambert revealed that one of her outfits for Velvet Rodeo was inspired by Elvis Presley.
(L-r) Elvis Presley and Miranda Lambert | Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images; John Shearer/Getty Images for Miranda Lambert Elvis Presley inspired one of Miranda Lambert’s outfits
On March 18, Lambert shared a video on her Instagram where she showed fans different outfits that she wears during her Velvet Rodeo concert.
The first outfit Lambert showed fans in the video was a bright blue jumpsuit with gold bling. Speaking to the camera, Lambert revealed that the outfit is called “Lone Star Elvis” and was inspired by one of Presley’s famous outfits.
“Opening night, this one is Lone Star Elvis.
(L-r) Elvis Presley and Miranda Lambert | Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images; John Shearer/Getty Images for Miranda Lambert Elvis Presley inspired one of Miranda Lambert’s outfits
On March 18, Lambert shared a video on her Instagram where she showed fans different outfits that she wears during her Velvet Rodeo concert.
The first outfit Lambert showed fans in the video was a bright blue jumpsuit with gold bling. Speaking to the camera, Lambert revealed that the outfit is called “Lone Star Elvis” and was inspired by one of Presley’s famous outfits.
“Opening night, this one is Lone Star Elvis.
- 3/27/2023
- by Eryn Murphy
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
For Rolling Stone’S Third annual Icons & Influences feature, we asked eight of our favorite artists and entertainers to pay tribute to the women who have inspired them, in life as well as in their careers. Not only is Emmylou Harris one of Miranda Lambert’s major songwriting influences, the country star also views the legendary singer as her primary model for what it means to have a long, meaningful career.
My dad introduced me to Emmylou, John Prine, Guy Clark, David Allan Coe, that whole era. When you hear...
My dad introduced me to Emmylou, John Prine, Guy Clark, David Allan Coe, that whole era. When you hear...
- 2/25/2023
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
In 2018, Pokey Lafarge moved from St. Louis to Los Angeles. It nearly killed him. The eccentric Americana troubadour documents his overindulgence and despair on the new album Rock Bottom Rhapsody. Due April 10th, it’s Lafarge’s eighth studio LP and arrives via New West Records.
Lafarge previews Rock Bottom Rhapsody with the premiere of the song “Fuck Me Up” and an accompanying video directed by Keene McRae and Brandon Bernath. The clip is both haunting and mesmerizing, with Lafarge participating in his own funeral procession (at one point, he...
Lafarge previews Rock Bottom Rhapsody with the premiere of the song “Fuck Me Up” and an accompanying video directed by Keene McRae and Brandon Bernath. The clip is both haunting and mesmerizing, with Lafarge participating in his own funeral procession (at one point, he...
- 1/22/2020
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Just ahead of releasing her new album Wildcard, Miranda Lambert paid a visit to The Late Show With Stephen Colbert and performed her current single “It All Comes Out in the Wash.” Wildcard comes out Friday, November 1st.
With an acoustic guitar in hand, Lambert mimics the song’s signature melodic hook before singing her verses. In each one, she rattles off a litany of common misdeeds from small to large, but shrugs them all off in a way that’s echoed by the breezy backing arrangement of her band.
With an acoustic guitar in hand, Lambert mimics the song’s signature melodic hook before singing her verses. In each one, she rattles off a litany of common misdeeds from small to large, but shrugs them all off in a way that’s echoed by the breezy backing arrangement of her band.
- 10/31/2019
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
On Friday, Miranda Lambert will release her seventh studio album Wildcard. Next Monday, Apple Music will release an original short film that shows what it was like to be in the room making it.
A new teaser for “Behind Miranda Lambert’s Wildcard” is out today and shows Lambert discussing her roots, laying down tracks in the studio, and hitting the stage. She also sits for on-camera interviews where she dissects what she’s attempting to do with this album, which follows her hefty singer-songwriter effort, The Weight of These Wings,...
A new teaser for “Behind Miranda Lambert’s Wildcard” is out today and shows Lambert discussing her roots, laying down tracks in the studio, and hitting the stage. She also sits for on-camera interviews where she dissects what she’s attempting to do with this album, which follows her hefty singer-songwriter effort, The Weight of These Wings,...
- 10/29/2019
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Miranda Lambert continues to roll out tracks from her new album Wildcard at a steady pace, releasing the swaying agave ode “Tequila Does” overnight. This marks the seventh track to appear ahead of the album’s November 1st street date.
Alternating between woozy, waltz-time sections and more groove-driven, 4/4 choruses, “Tequila Does” reads like a love letter to the potent, vegetal spirit and its ability to outshine any potential romantic fling. “The boys around here drink domestic beer/They’re all hat and no cattle/But I won’t sleep alone,...
Alternating between woozy, waltz-time sections and more groove-driven, 4/4 choruses, “Tequila Does” reads like a love letter to the potent, vegetal spirit and its ability to outshine any potential romantic fling. “The boys around here drink domestic beer/They’re all hat and no cattle/But I won’t sleep alone,...
- 10/10/2019
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
In advance of the release of her upcoming studio album, Miranda Lambert has announced a number of tour dates for her 2020 Wildcard Tour with opening acts Lanco and Cody Johnson. Randy Rogers Band and Parker McCollum will also open on select dates.
The 27-date North American tour includes a January 2020 date at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena.
“The essence of a wildcard is always having something up your sleeve, in whatever capacity that means to you,” Lambert says in a release. “Which is why I’m excited to kick off this...
The 27-date North American tour includes a January 2020 date at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena.
“The essence of a wildcard is always having something up your sleeve, in whatever capacity that means to you,” Lambert says in a release. “Which is why I’m excited to kick off this...
- 9/20/2019
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
Miranda Lambert has released the cheeky new song “Pretty Bitchin'” from her upcoming album Wildcard. The track is Lambert’s sixth song to be revealed off the record, which was produced by Jay Joyce and arrives November 1st.
“Pretty Bitchin'” sees Lambert soaking in the good life, paying tribute to her Airstream trailer she’s dubbed “Wanda the Wanderer,” after her late grandmother: “Got a pretty Airstream rollin’ down the road/You oughta see the pretty white walls spinnin’/Pretty pink carpet on the floor/No lock on the door...
“Pretty Bitchin'” sees Lambert soaking in the good life, paying tribute to her Airstream trailer she’s dubbed “Wanda the Wanderer,” after her late grandmother: “Got a pretty Airstream rollin’ down the road/You oughta see the pretty white walls spinnin’/Pretty pink carpet on the floor/No lock on the door...
- 9/5/2019
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
Miranda Lambert hits the pits to go muddin’ in her new music video for “It All Comes Out in the Wash.”
Taking the wheel of a vintage, white Ford Bronco, the country singer and her friends are fully committed to getting dirty, tearing up a mud bog outside of Nashville in the clip directed by Trey Fanjoy. By video’s end, the 4x4s and some of Lambert’s pals are a muddy mess, prompting a mass exodus to the car wash.
The video is a cheeky accompaniment to the...
Taking the wheel of a vintage, white Ford Bronco, the country singer and her friends are fully committed to getting dirty, tearing up a mud bog outside of Nashville in the clip directed by Trey Fanjoy. By video’s end, the 4x4s and some of Lambert’s pals are a muddy mess, prompting a mass exodus to the car wash.
The video is a cheeky accompaniment to the...
- 8/29/2019
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Miranda Lambert teams with Maren Morris for a murderous revenge fantasy against a cheating partner in the new song “Way Too Pretty for Prison,” released on Monday. It’s the fourth track Lambert has offered from her upcoming album Wildcard.
Opening with an atonal squall and Lambert’s laughter, “Way Too Pretty for Prison” settles into a loping rhythm augmented by jagged shards of detuned electric guitar. Lambert plays the role of consoler, talking through a few scenarios with an aggrieved girlfriend who wants to go all “Goodbye Earl” on the guy.
Opening with an atonal squall and Lambert’s laughter, “Way Too Pretty for Prison” settles into a loping rhythm augmented by jagged shards of detuned electric guitar. Lambert plays the role of consoler, talking through a few scenarios with an aggrieved girlfriend who wants to go all “Goodbye Earl” on the guy.
- 8/26/2019
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Eileen Jewell’s lyrically rich “79 Cents,” Miranda Lambert’s new “Bluebird,” and Lady Antebellum guitarist Slim Gambill’s jazzy numbers journey “54321” make up this week’s list of the best country and Americana songs.
Jamie Lin Wilson, “Alice”
A tribute to an old neighbor who’s “pretty as a flower [and] tough as saddle leather,” Jamie Lin Wilson’s “Alice” tells the story of a tough Texas woman who farms the bottomlands. To vividly paint a picture of southeast Texas, she fills the song with chiming acoustics, pedal steel, and her own Lone Star State drawl.
Jamie Lin Wilson, “Alice”
A tribute to an old neighbor who’s “pretty as a flower [and] tough as saddle leather,” Jamie Lin Wilson’s “Alice” tells the story of a tough Texas woman who farms the bottomlands. To vividly paint a picture of southeast Texas, she fills the song with chiming acoustics, pedal steel, and her own Lone Star State drawl.
- 8/19/2019
- by Robert Crawford
- Rollingstone.com
Warner Bros. has secured the global rights to the Bruce Springsteen performance documentary Western Stars ahead of its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival next month. Springsteen co-directed the doc feature with Springsteen On Broadway helmer Thom Zimny. The film is titled after Springsteen’s first studio album in five years and will feature archival footage as well as him performing the complete album, which is being touted as his best one in years. A theatrical release has yet to be announced. Zimny, Jon Landau, Barbara Carr, and George Travis produced the film, while Springsteen served as executive producer.
Cleopatra Entertainment has obtained the North American rights to two music documentaries; Bluebird, which will hit limited theaters on November 15, and Melody Makers, slated to open shortly after on Nov. 29. The former centers on The Bluebird Cafe, where country stars like Garth Brooks, Faith Hill, and Taylor Swift got their breaks.
Cleopatra Entertainment has obtained the North American rights to two music documentaries; Bluebird, which will hit limited theaters on November 15, and Melody Makers, slated to open shortly after on Nov. 29. The former centers on The Bluebird Cafe, where country stars like Garth Brooks, Faith Hill, and Taylor Swift got their breaks.
- 8/16/2019
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
On Thursday, Miranda Lambert announced plans for hew new album, the follow-up to 2017’s The Weight of These Wings. Titled Wildcard, the project will be released November 1st via Vanner Records/RCA Records Nashville and is Lambert’s first full-length project overseen by producer Jay Joyce.
Along with the announcement, Lambert issued the song “Bluebird” as another preview of the collection. A spacious, atmospheric number about resilience and maintaining hope, “Bluebird” offers a slightly different feel than the more rock-oriented tracks like “Locomotive” and “Mess With My Head” already issued from Wildcard.
Along with the announcement, Lambert issued the song “Bluebird” as another preview of the collection. A spacious, atmospheric number about resilience and maintaining hope, “Bluebird” offers a slightly different feel than the more rock-oriented tracks like “Locomotive” and “Mess With My Head” already issued from Wildcard.
- 8/15/2019
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
The super sounds of the Seventies have long been a safe space for indie-rock types with fond distant memories of chilling in the backseat while mom and dad bumped the local Am radio station on long family car trips. Eric D. Johnson of the Fruit Bats has been uniquely skilled at this kind of slanted nostalgia, channeling Fleetwood Mac, Neil Young, the Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, the Grateful Dead, Led Zeppelin III and other beloved vintage influences via his own raggedly pretty, warmly disaffected songwriting style.
The latest Fruit Bats’ song...
The latest Fruit Bats’ song...
- 5/3/2019
- by Jon Dolan
- Rollingstone.com
Locarno, Switzerland — Asian Shadows has acquired international rights to Suba Sivakumaran’s feature debut “House of My Fathers,” a project presented at Locarno’s Open Doors in 2016.
It will be the first Sri Lankan film on the slate of Asian Shadows, the Hong Kong-based sales agency representing Asian talent such as Chinese Wang Bing’s “Mrs. Fang,” a Golden Leopard Winner in 2017, and Thai Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit’s “Die Tomorrow,” premiered in Berlin this year.
“House of My Fathers” is produced by Suba Sivakumaran’s Palmyrah Talkies which is based in London, in co-production with Dominique Welinski at Dw Productions, whose credits include Karim Aïnouz’ “Madame Satã” and Alireza Khatami’s “Oblivion Verses.” Welinski is co-producing Sanjeewa Pushpakumara’s new project “Mother,” which is being presented at this year 71st Locarno Open Doors Hub.
“We were amazed by the strength of the film, in both its style and message. Suba has...
It will be the first Sri Lankan film on the slate of Asian Shadows, the Hong Kong-based sales agency representing Asian talent such as Chinese Wang Bing’s “Mrs. Fang,” a Golden Leopard Winner in 2017, and Thai Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit’s “Die Tomorrow,” premiered in Berlin this year.
“House of My Fathers” is produced by Suba Sivakumaran’s Palmyrah Talkies which is based in London, in co-production with Dominique Welinski at Dw Productions, whose credits include Karim Aïnouz’ “Madame Satã” and Alireza Khatami’s “Oblivion Verses.” Welinski is co-producing Sanjeewa Pushpakumara’s new project “Mother,” which is being presented at this year 71st Locarno Open Doors Hub.
“We were amazed by the strength of the film, in both its style and message. Suba has...
- 8/6/2018
- by Emilio Mayorga
- Variety Film + TV
As a kid growing up in America, you tend to learn the layout from one of those maps that isolates the United States from the rest of the world, like it’s the only country on the continent — maybe the only one on the planet. Looking at it that way, without the land being hugged by Quebec on one side and New Brunswick on the other, Maine always seemed like more of a destination than a place where people stayed permanently. It was the summit of a staircase formed by the whole of New England, the tip of a finger that pointed out into the great unknown and away from wherever you happened to live, or wherever you wanted to leave.
It’s a sad and romantic notion, but the characters in Matthew Brown’s (“In the Treetops”) “Maine” are sad and romantic people. In fact, that’s all they...
It’s a sad and romantic notion, but the characters in Matthew Brown’s (“In the Treetops”) “Maine” are sad and romantic people. In fact, that’s all they...
- 4/25/2018
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
A low-key thriller boosted by taut performances and slick cinematography, A Bluebird in My Heart marks a watchable if rather unoriginal directorial debut for French crime novelist and screenwriter Jeremie Guez, whose credits include collaborating on the biopic Yves Saint Laurent and the recent zombie flick The Night Eats the World.
Based on Dannie M. Martin’s book The Dishwasher (the film’s title is actually taken from a poem by Charles Bukowski), Bluebird follows a stoical Danish ex-con named Danny (Roland Moller), who, for unclear reasons, is serving the remainder of his sentence on partial house arrest at a fleabag hotel...
Based on Dannie M. Martin’s book The Dishwasher (the film’s title is actually taken from a poem by Charles Bukowski), Bluebird follows a stoical Danish ex-con named Danny (Roland Moller), who, for unclear reasons, is serving the remainder of his sentence on partial house arrest at a fleabag hotel...
- 3/22/2018
- by Jordan Mintzer
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“There’s a bluebird in my heart that, wants to get out, but I pour whiskey on him and inhale, cigarette smoke, and the whores and the bartenders, and the grocery clerks, never know that he’s in there,” gritty, downtrodden author Charles Bukowski wrote in the poem, “Bluebird.” While he built a career upon a machismo veneer of womanizing and booze, the tender “Bluebird” spoke to the pain and delicate vulnerabilities inside.
Facades of ruggedness and apathy were a common defense mechanism for Bukowski, who suffered from childhood abuse at the hand of his father.
Facades of ruggedness and apathy were a common defense mechanism for Bukowski, who suffered from childhood abuse at the hand of his father.
- 3/18/2018
- by Kyle Kohner
- The Playlist
Like most actors – or, at least, most actors who want to keep getting cast in quality projects – Adam Driver is quick to refer to filmmaking as a director’s medium. In doing so, he reveals a key aspect of his success to date.
“I don’t like being labeled as a certain kind of person or a certain kind of actor,” he told IndieWire in a recent interview. “Hopefully you get a chance to stretch and not stay in one mode.”
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It’s easy dismiss such generic statements as aspirational, but Driver’s varied choices back it up. To date, none of his roles look much alike, but they constantly hit the right notes.
In just seven years on screen, the actor has worked with the likes of lauded masters like Clint Eastwood, the Coen Brothers and Steven Spielberg,...
“I don’t like being labeled as a certain kind of person or a certain kind of actor,” he told IndieWire in a recent interview. “Hopefully you get a chance to stretch and not stay in one mode.”
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It’s easy dismiss such generic statements as aspirational, but Driver’s varied choices back it up. To date, none of his roles look much alike, but they constantly hit the right notes.
In just seven years on screen, the actor has worked with the likes of lauded masters like Clint Eastwood, the Coen Brothers and Steven Spielberg,...
- 12/15/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Bluebird, Lance Edmands’s directorial debut, is a slow burning examination of the ways in which grief and guilt affect the residents of a small town following a seemingly pointless and tragic event. In the dead of winter, in a logging town in Maine, school bus driver Lesley (Amy Morton) is distracted from her nightly checks […]
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- 7/22/2016
- by Lauren Burgess
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Shortly after the Sundance Institute named their January Screenwriter’s Lab roster, it’s another West coast entity that is offering some support to the next gen of producers. The San Francisco Film Society folks have bestowed the Producer Fellowships to Reena Dutt, Kyle Martin (who is know best from producing Lena Dunham’s Tiny Furniture and Lance Edmands’ Bluebird) and Kimberly Parker (who most recently produced Katie Says Goodbye – a title we had pegged for Sundance). Here is the press release.
This round of Sffs Producer Fellowships runs from January to June 2016, kicking off with a 5-day networking trip to the Sundance Film Festival. In addition to this excursion, over the course of the Fellowship each winner will receive:
A $25,000–$40,000 cash grant to be used for living expenses. Individual amounts depend on place of residence and estimated travel costs to participate in Bay Area fellowship components.
Placement in our...
This round of Sffs Producer Fellowships runs from January to June 2016, kicking off with a 5-day networking trip to the Sundance Film Festival. In addition to this excursion, over the course of the Fellowship each winner will receive:
A $25,000–$40,000 cash grant to be used for living expenses. Individual amounts depend on place of residence and estimated travel costs to participate in Bay Area fellowship components.
Placement in our...
- 1/15/2016
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Be Afraid of the Dark: Rockaway’s Familiar Debut Enhanced by Atmospheric Locale
Director Eytan Rockaway makes his directorial debut with the claustrophobic single set horror film The Abandoned (initially titled The Confines). Apart from its undistinguished title already being similar to a 2002 Katie Holmes flick and a 2006 Nacho Cerda thriller, Rockaway adapts from a story co-written by Ido Fluk, a narrative determined exclusively by its impressive venue, a discarded luxury apartment house complex. Though the film features uncustomarily polished performances for an indie horror feature from its two known lead performers, their energy only lasts so long in yet another dwindling account of wayward supernatural forces terrorizing protagonists for vague, unexplained reasons until its final, elucidating frames.
Streak (Louisa Krouse) is an emotionally frayed young woman desperate to keep her life together. Struggling to keep custody of her daughter, she flings herself into an employment opportunity which involves taking...
Director Eytan Rockaway makes his directorial debut with the claustrophobic single set horror film The Abandoned (initially titled The Confines). Apart from its undistinguished title already being similar to a 2002 Katie Holmes flick and a 2006 Nacho Cerda thriller, Rockaway adapts from a story co-written by Ido Fluk, a narrative determined exclusively by its impressive venue, a discarded luxury apartment house complex. Though the film features uncustomarily polished performances for an indie horror feature from its two known lead performers, their energy only lasts so long in yet another dwindling account of wayward supernatural forces terrorizing protagonists for vague, unexplained reasons until its final, elucidating frames.
Streak (Louisa Krouse) is an emotionally frayed young woman desperate to keep her life together. Struggling to keep custody of her daughter, she flings herself into an employment opportunity which involves taking...
- 1/6/2016
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Batman and Robin Eternal #2
Story by Scott Snyder and James Tynion
Script by Tim Seeley
Pencils by Paul Pelletier
Inks by Tony Kordos
Colors by Rain Beredos
Published by DC Comics
After last week’s blockbuster opening, Batman and Robin Eternal #2 has a little bit of a sophomore slump as a mysterious assassin almost beats Harper Row (aka Bluebird) to death until she is saved by Dick Grayson and a silent, deadly Cassandra Cain, who runs off to do other mysterious things. After the extended action scene, most of the issue is Stephanie freaking out about Dick being alive along with a flashback of Batman and Dick Grayson as Robin fighting the Scarecrow with some twisted, horror influenced art from Paul Pelletier and Tony Kordos and a bendy, trippy color scheme from Rain Beredos. This sequence makes up for a mostly lackluster fight scene between the mystery attacker, Cass, and...
Story by Scott Snyder and James Tynion
Script by Tim Seeley
Pencils by Paul Pelletier
Inks by Tony Kordos
Colors by Rain Beredos
Published by DC Comics
After last week’s blockbuster opening, Batman and Robin Eternal #2 has a little bit of a sophomore slump as a mysterious assassin almost beats Harper Row (aka Bluebird) to death until she is saved by Dick Grayson and a silent, deadly Cassandra Cain, who runs off to do other mysterious things. After the extended action scene, most of the issue is Stephanie freaking out about Dick being alive along with a flashback of Batman and Dick Grayson as Robin fighting the Scarecrow with some twisted, horror influenced art from Paul Pelletier and Tony Kordos and a bendy, trippy color scheme from Rain Beredos. This sequence makes up for a mostly lackluster fight scene between the mystery attacker, Cass, and...
- 10/14/2015
- by Logan Dalton
- SoundOnSight
Batman and Robin Eternal #1
Story by James Tynion and Scott Snyder
Script by James Tynion
Pencils by Tony Daniel
Inks by Sandu Florea
Colors by Tomeu Morey
Letters by Tom Napolitano
Published by DC Comics
The relationship between Batman and his various Robins has always been a problematic one. There is something off about a wealthy, not-right-in-the head man, who saw his parents gunned down in front of his face choosing to train a young boy to be a soldier against criminals and supervillains. But there is also something nostalgic and heartwarming about Batman and a young Robin teaming up to take down the bad guys that fans of all eras can connect to from Adam West and Burt Ward in the campy 1966 Batman TV show to Batman and the intelligent Tim Drake in the 1990s cartoons and comics and even more recently with the father/son squabbles between Batman and Damian Wayne.
Story by James Tynion and Scott Snyder
Script by James Tynion
Pencils by Tony Daniel
Inks by Sandu Florea
Colors by Tomeu Morey
Letters by Tom Napolitano
Published by DC Comics
The relationship between Batman and his various Robins has always been a problematic one. There is something off about a wealthy, not-right-in-the head man, who saw his parents gunned down in front of his face choosing to train a young boy to be a soldier against criminals and supervillains. But there is also something nostalgic and heartwarming about Batman and a young Robin teaming up to take down the bad guys that fans of all eras can connect to from Adam West and Burt Ward in the campy 1966 Batman TV show to Batman and the intelligent Tim Drake in the 1990s cartoons and comics and even more recently with the father/son squabbles between Batman and Damian Wayne.
- 10/7/2015
- by Logan Dalton
- SoundOnSight
Low Spirits: Galland’s Energetic Supernatural Comedy Doesn’t Retain Dominion
The increasingly tenuous distinction between what constitutes either horror or comedy is further exemplified in Ava’s Possessions, the third feature from multifaceted Jordan Galland. A modified spin on the popular subgenre of demonic possession and exorcism titles that we’ve long been familiar with, Galland’s latest is a comedy marinated generously with supernatural elements. Amusing yet never as clever as one would hope it to be, this plays rather like the simple structure of mainstream fodder like The Hangover parading around in a Halloween costume. Those hoping for something eerie, creepy, or atmospheric will be disappointed, but fans of its attractive cast and some impressive production elements makes this more appealing than dubious detractors may predict.
Ava’s (Louisa Krause) been possessed by a demon for the past month, but with the support of her parents (Deborah Rush,...
The increasingly tenuous distinction between what constitutes either horror or comedy is further exemplified in Ava’s Possessions, the third feature from multifaceted Jordan Galland. A modified spin on the popular subgenre of demonic possession and exorcism titles that we’ve long been familiar with, Galland’s latest is a comedy marinated generously with supernatural elements. Amusing yet never as clever as one would hope it to be, this plays rather like the simple structure of mainstream fodder like The Hangover parading around in a Halloween costume. Those hoping for something eerie, creepy, or atmospheric will be disappointed, but fans of its attractive cast and some impressive production elements makes this more appealing than dubious detractors may predict.
Ava’s (Louisa Krause) been possessed by a demon for the past month, but with the support of her parents (Deborah Rush,...
- 3/17/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Have you ever wondered what are the films that inspire the next generation of visionary filmmakers? As part of our monthly Ioncinephile profile, we ask the filmmaker the incredibly arduous task of identifying their top ten favorite films of all time. As is the case with some of our previous profiled folks, sometimes we don’t receive a set ten, in this case, Lance Edmands‘ (his feature debut Bluebird gets released theatrically today via the Factory 25 Folks) delivered a hard eight. Here are Lance’s top eight, in his own words…
Making a list of my top ten films of all time is a next-to-impossible task for me. That list is constantly growing, shifting, evolving, and is probably closer to a hundred films than to ten. For me, it’s probably more relevant to list the films that inspired Bluebird specifically. That said, many of these films are also on my list of all-time favorites,...
Making a list of my top ten films of all time is a next-to-impossible task for me. That list is constantly growing, shifting, evolving, and is probably closer to a hundred films than to ten. For me, it’s probably more relevant to list the films that inspired Bluebird specifically. That said, many of these films are also on my list of all-time favorites,...
- 2/28/2015
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Ioncinema.com’s Ioncinephile of the Month feature focuses on an emerging filmmaker from the world of cinema. Prior to the film’s TriBeCa Film Festival world premiere debut, we’ve had the pleasure to profile Lance Edmands on a couple of occasions, namely, our In the Pipeline spotlight. Matching the frigid, desolate Maine backdrop with a communal sense of sorrow, Bluebird features an outstanding group performance with Amy Morton leading a cast comprised of Louisa Krause, Emily Meade, Margo Martindale, Adam Driver and John Slattery (the Karlovy Vary Film Festival honored the four women). Usually, we get more into the mechanics of the film, but we took the opportunity to discuss technology and distribution – both changed tremendously during the film’s journey. Here’s this month (February/March) profile on Lance, and as always, make sure to click on over to his Top Ten Films of All Time list...
- 2/28/2015
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
A frosty night alone inside an unheated school bus puts a hypothermic gradeschooler at death’s door. The multiple protagonists in model ensemble Bluebird milk the mishap, each in their own way. In an oddly similar fashion, director Lance Edmands works — let’s say plays — his audience. He short-circuits a chilling overview of the mishap’s immediate impact in favor of charging a profound visual essay on the power of love — ongoing, terminated, or altogether lacking. The titles of the two mournful vintage pop songs most prominent on the soundtrack evoke cataclysms, in theory echoing the emotional toll on those […]...
- 2/27/2015
- by Howard Feinstein
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
A frosty night alone inside an unheated school bus puts a hypothermic gradeschooler at death’s door. The multiple protagonists in model ensemble Bluebird milk the mishap, each in their own way. In an oddly similar fashion, director Lance Edmands works — let’s say plays — his audience. He short-circuits a chilling overview of the mishap’s immediate impact in favor of charging a profound visual essay on the power of love — ongoing, terminated, or altogether lacking. The titles of the two mournful vintage pop songs most prominent on the soundtrack evoke cataclysms, in theory echoing the emotional toll on those […]...
- 2/27/2015
- by Howard Feinstein
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Subtle, nuanced, and absorbing, Lance Edmands’ directorial debut, “Bluebird,” is a remarkable first feature and wise beyond his and its years. Carefully shot, well-observed, and featuring terrific performances from an excellent slate of experienced, yet largely unknown actors (aside from the “Mad Men” and HBO stars), “Bluebird” is an affecting and moving examination of family, mothers, connectedness, and the ripple effect of tragic consequences. In the cold, wintry northern corners of a small decaying logging-town in Maine, a local school bus driver, Lesley (Amy Morton, Tony winner for “August: Osage County”), goes about her day, driving kids back and forth from school. Her distant husband of 20 years, Richard (John Slattery), is elsewhere, preoccupied with the imminent closing of the paper mill that sustains this town and will eventually affect his logging job. Their teenage daughter, Paula (Emily Meade), is also disaffected, struggling with boys, sex, and the estrangement...
- 2/26/2015
- by Rodrigo Perez
- The Playlist
Lance Edmands’ ensemble drama Bluebird sets its story in a blue collar, hardworking industrialized town. The screenplay uses a tragic instance of negligence to connect age-defining experiences (first love, job frustration, potential loss of a family member) in the complex lives of its multitude of characters. Distracted by the title bird, driver Leslie (played by Amy Morton) fails to see an unconscious student in the back of her schoolbus before going home; when he’s discovered near-dead the next day, she’s accused of not doing her job properly, leading to everyone having an opinion about her. Featuring some beautiful, quietly arresting snow-covered images caught on […]...
- 2/26/2015
- by Erik Luers
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Lance Edmands’ ensemble drama Bluebird sets its story in a blue collar, hardworking industrialized town. The screenplay uses a tragic instance of negligence to connect age-defining experiences (first love, job frustration, potential loss of a family member) in the complex lives of its multitude of characters. Distracted by the title bird, driver Leslie (played by Amy Morton) fails to see an unconscious student in the back of her schoolbus before going home; when he’s discovered near-dead the next day, she’s accused of not doing her job properly, leading to everyone having an opinion about her. Featuring some beautiful, quietly arresting snow-covered images caught on […]...
- 2/26/2015
- by Erik Luers
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Lives of Quiet Desperation: Edmond’s Masterful, Eloquent Debut
“I stand in awe of my body. This matter to which I am bound,” is the poetic quote form Henry David Thoreau opening Lance Edmands’ impressive directorial debut, Bluebird. Dealing with a tragedy that has a rippling effect throughout a northern rural community in Maine, we’ve seen this type of dramatic dynamic countless times before, yet Edmands manages a haunting portrait of unhappy, increasingly desperate lives within a small community of deferred dreams and staunch facades. Originally premiering at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival, the title ends its weary trek through the festival circuit to a much deserved theatrical release, though this type of grim, upsetting drama may have difficulty finding an audience due to its sobering subject matter. Dramatically restrained, Edmands deftly navigates the sadness of disconnect in our daily lives, and how terrible circumstances are often the impetus for waking up from that slumber.
“I stand in awe of my body. This matter to which I am bound,” is the poetic quote form Henry David Thoreau opening Lance Edmands’ impressive directorial debut, Bluebird. Dealing with a tragedy that has a rippling effect throughout a northern rural community in Maine, we’ve seen this type of dramatic dynamic countless times before, yet Edmands manages a haunting portrait of unhappy, increasingly desperate lives within a small community of deferred dreams and staunch facades. Originally premiering at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival, the title ends its weary trek through the festival circuit to a much deserved theatrical release, though this type of grim, upsetting drama may have difficulty finding an audience due to its sobering subject matter. Dramatically restrained, Edmands deftly navigates the sadness of disconnect in our daily lives, and how terrible circumstances are often the impetus for waking up from that slumber.
- 2/26/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Ioncinema.com’s In the Pipeline is a monthly in-depth conversation about the decision making and creative process surrounding American independent film productions. It features first-time filmmakers who are moments from yelling “cut” or somewhere in post-production bliss. This month, we feature: Lance Edmands. Originally published January 24th, 2011; Factory 25 releases Bluebird in theatres Friday, February 27th.
If you live there, you know Maine is much more than just lobsters and lighthouses. Filmmaker, Lance Edmands, is going to introduce the rest of us to the local side of his home state in his feature film debut, Bluebird. Set in a small Maine town, it’s about a school bus driver who accidentally locks a young boy in a school bus on a cold winter night. The boy is taken to the hospital the next day. The story follows the aftermath of this tragedy and how it affects and changes the families involved.
If you live there, you know Maine is much more than just lobsters and lighthouses. Filmmaker, Lance Edmands, is going to introduce the rest of us to the local side of his home state in his feature film debut, Bluebird. Set in a small Maine town, it’s about a school bus driver who accidentally locks a young boy in a school bus on a cold winter night. The boy is taken to the hospital the next day. The story follows the aftermath of this tragedy and how it affects and changes the families involved.
- 2/26/2015
- by Nicole Emanuele
- IONCINEMA.com
You know how three-quarters of the way through most conventionally plotted movies it looks as if things couldn't get more bleak for the protagonists? Lance Edmands's haunted hard-times drama Bluebird starts at that point, and then sinks from there, seemingly out of some conviction that this is what life's really like in small-town America.
So, within the first twenty minutes, a father (John Slattery) has learned his job's going away, and his wife (a superb Amy Morton) discovers that one neglected child never got off the bus she drives after she parked it for the night — and, this being Maine, in winter, that kid's now in a hypothermic coma. And then the bottom falls out on all these lives, again, and on all the lives they touch: Nobody in this film can ...
So, within the first twenty minutes, a father (John Slattery) has learned his job's going away, and his wife (a superb Amy Morton) discovers that one neglected child never got off the bus she drives after she parked it for the night — and, this being Maine, in winter, that kid's now in a hypothermic coma. And then the bottom falls out on all these lives, again, and on all the lives they touch: Nobody in this film can ...
- 2/25/2015
- Village Voice
It’s been a bit of a long time coming for the indie film “Bluebird,” but it’s almost here. The film debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2013 and we raved about it. The directorial debut of Lance Edmands (an editor who worked with Lena Dunham on “Tiny Furniture”), “Bluebird” boasts a terrific cast of character actors — including “Mad Men” star John Slattery and Adam Driver from “Girls” — but it's the women of the movie (Amy Morton, Tony-winner for “August: Osage County,” also George Clooney’s sister in “Up In The Air”; Louisa Krause, the bitchy, scene-stealing hotel clerk in "Young Adult"; and Emily Meade from "The Leftovers") who are the heart and soul of the story. All of them made our Artists To Watch list from the festival that year. And oh yeah, Margo Martindale co-stars and she's great too. The picture is terrific, a moody, well-observed meditation...
- 2/5/2015
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
Brooklyn-based indie film and music label Factory 25 has acquired North American theatrical rights to the drama Bluebird, starring John Slattery, Amy Morton, Margo Martindale, Adam Driver, Louisa Krause and Emily Meade. The film marks the directorial debut of Tiny Furniture editor Lance Edmands. Bluebird — which screened at the Tribeca, Provincetown and other festivals, starting in 2013 — won the best actress prize at the 2013 Karlovy Vary film festival. Bluebird explores the interconnectedness of a small logging town in Maine, showing that even the slightest actions have consequences. Morton plays a local school bus driver who fails to
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- 12/2/2014
- by Hilary Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In a deal that has been closed for some time now, but Factory 25 are cutting, skidding and loading Lance Edmands’ directorial debut onto their 2015 slate with the seasonally thematic release date of February 27th (NYC). It’ll have been almost two years since Bluebird received its world premiere at Tribeca ’13, but this rural community drama packs a punch with one of the better ensemble dramas casts in John Slattery, Amy Morton, Louisa Krause, Emily Meade, Margo Martingale and Adam Driver.
Gist: This explores the interconnectedness of a small town in the northern reaches of Maine. When Lesley, the local school bus driver (Morton), becomes distracted during her end-of-day inspection, she fails to notice a sleeping boy in the back of the bus. What happens next shatters the tranquility of her small logging town, proving that even the slightest actions have enormous consequences. Stricken by an overwhelming sense of guilt, Lesley...
Gist: This explores the interconnectedness of a small town in the northern reaches of Maine. When Lesley, the local school bus driver (Morton), becomes distracted during her end-of-day inspection, she fails to notice a sleeping boy in the back of the bus. What happens next shatters the tranquility of her small logging town, proving that even the slightest actions have enormous consequences. Stricken by an overwhelming sense of guilt, Lesley...
- 12/2/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Adopt Films has picked up Effie Gray for the Us and plans a spring theatrical release.
Emma Thompson wrote the screenplay to Effie Gray starring Dakota Fanning stars in the title role as the former teen bride of 19th century art critic John Ruskin.
Gray later married pre-Raphaelite painter John Everett Millais and bore eight children.
Factory 25 has acquired North American theatrical rights to Lance Edmands’ directorial debut drama Bluebird starring John Slattery, Amy Morton, Louisa Krause, Emily Meade, Margo Martindale and Adam Driver. The distributor has set a February 27 New York release followed by nationwide theatrical roll-out. Sundance Artist Services will oversee the digital release via iTunes, Amazon and other outlets.Gravitas Ventures has taken North American theatrical, VOD and DVD rights to Stephen Kijak’s documentary Backstreet Boys: Show ‘Em What You’re Made Of and set a January 30 VOD release.
Emma Thompson wrote the screenplay to Effie Gray starring Dakota Fanning stars in the title role as the former teen bride of 19th century art critic John Ruskin.
Gray later married pre-Raphaelite painter John Everett Millais and bore eight children.
Factory 25 has acquired North American theatrical rights to Lance Edmands’ directorial debut drama Bluebird starring John Slattery, Amy Morton, Louisa Krause, Emily Meade, Margo Martindale and Adam Driver. The distributor has set a February 27 New York release followed by nationwide theatrical roll-out. Sundance Artist Services will oversee the digital release via iTunes, Amazon and other outlets.Gravitas Ventures has taken North American theatrical, VOD and DVD rights to Stephen Kijak’s documentary Backstreet Boys: Show ‘Em What You’re Made Of and set a January 30 VOD release.
- 12/2/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Films gods be damned. After guesstimating its eventual arrival on the film fest circuit and tracking it since it first went into production back in 2012, I’m inclined to think that the shot in state of Washington production either hit a rough patch, needed a longer production schedule due to seasonal shifts in backdrops or, my latest theory: Robinson Devor concurrently worked on not one, but two projects: the other being Pow Wow, his latest documentary project. Devor began editing the film at the start of the year and as part of Park City fabric in the naughts with successive releases of The Woman Chaser (2000), Police Beat (2005) and Zoo (2007) – we may see the filmmaker double up his presence with You Can’t Win finally cutting the finish line ribbon. Cast includes Jeremy Allen White, Charles Baker, Julia Garner, Will Patton, Hannah Marks and Louisa Krause (look out for her perf...
- 11/14/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
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