The third episode of FX’s nine-part limited series “Mrs. America” is entitled “Shirley” for Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman elected to Congress who represented New York’s 12th congressional district for seven terms between the 1960s and 1980s. Having her voice in the story, portrayer Uzo Aduba said during the cabler’s Television Critcs Assn. press tour panel for the show on Thursday will “right a cultural wrong.”
“Her very effective role and presence in that period was incredibly powerful for all women — especially for women of color — and important now,” she explained. But, she added that she thinks including her now also “reflects how over the years of this history having passed, we’ve glossed over some of those intersectional figures and their importance and their relevance in the story.”
“Shirley” will be a particularly important episode to the series as a whole, creator Dahvi Waller said,...
“Her very effective role and presence in that period was incredibly powerful for all women — especially for women of color — and important now,” she explained. But, she added that she thinks including her now also “reflects how over the years of this history having passed, we’ve glossed over some of those intersectional figures and their importance and their relevance in the story.”
“Shirley” will be a particularly important episode to the series as a whole, creator Dahvi Waller said,...
- 1/9/2020
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
Beyonce, Regina Spektor and Mary Steenburgen are among the songwriters who have been nominated by the Guild of Music Supervisors, which announced its annual awards for film, television and videogame music and music supervision on Thursday.
N0minees in the Best Song Written for a Film category are Beyonce, Ilya Salmanzadeh and Timothy Mckenzie for “Spirit” from “The Lion King”; Regina Spektor for “One Little Soldier” from “Bombshell”; Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez for “Into the Unknown” from “Frozen II”; Caityln Smith, Kate York and Mary Steenburgen for “Glasgow (No Place Like Home)” from “Wild Rose”; and Alma-Sofia Miettinen, Ariana Grande, Ilya Salmanzadeh, Elizabeth Grant, Max Martin, Miley Cyrus and Savan Kotecha for “Don’t Call Me Angel” from “Charlie’s Angels.”
Neither “One Little Soldier” nor “Don’t Call Me Angel” were on the Academy’s list of the 75 songs eligible for the Best Original Song Oscar. The other three...
N0minees in the Best Song Written for a Film category are Beyonce, Ilya Salmanzadeh and Timothy Mckenzie for “Spirit” from “The Lion King”; Regina Spektor for “One Little Soldier” from “Bombshell”; Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez for “Into the Unknown” from “Frozen II”; Caityln Smith, Kate York and Mary Steenburgen for “Glasgow (No Place Like Home)” from “Wild Rose”; and Alma-Sofia Miettinen, Ariana Grande, Ilya Salmanzadeh, Elizabeth Grant, Max Martin, Miley Cyrus and Savan Kotecha for “Don’t Call Me Angel” from “Charlie’s Angels.”
Neither “One Little Soldier” nor “Don’t Call Me Angel” were on the Academy’s list of the 75 songs eligible for the Best Original Song Oscar. The other three...
- 1/9/2020
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
The Lumineers have announced a 2020 headlining North American tour in support of their upcoming album III. The folk-rock band will play 30 arenas and amphitheaters across the U.S. and Canada, beginning February 1st in Asheville, North Carolina and wrapping June 12th in Mansfield, Massachusetts. Indie-rock act Mt. Joy will open several dates.
Tickets go on sale Friday, August 16th at 10 a.m. local time via the band’s website. Active members of their fan club have exclusive first access to a pre-sale that opens Monday, August 12th at 10 a.m.
Tickets go on sale Friday, August 16th at 10 a.m. local time via the band’s website. Active members of their fan club have exclusive first access to a pre-sale that opens Monday, August 12th at 10 a.m.
- 8/1/2019
- by Ryan Reed
- Rollingstone.com
Luc Besson’s “Anna” wrapped photography in December 2017. Less than three months later, Fox released “Red Sparrow,” an extra-icy Cold War thriller about a Russian ballerina (played by Jennifer Lawrence) recruited by Soviet foreign intelligence to become an assassin and spy, trained to use her sex appeal as a weapon while leveraging her intelligence to outwit her handlers.
The day “Red Sparrow” opened must have been a very bad one for Besson, since that movie is basically the smarter, more sophisticated version of the story he’d imagined for “Anna,” which stars model-turned-actress Sasha Luss as a Russian assassin turned model who dispatches Kgb targets between fashion shoots. You get the picture. Except that even “Red Sparrow” was a rehash of sorts.
A year earlier, Charlize Theron had appeared in “Atomic Blonde,” an intense triple-crossing, Iron Curtain action movie, which gave the Oscar-winning glamour queen the opportunity to demonstrate that...
The day “Red Sparrow” opened must have been a very bad one for Besson, since that movie is basically the smarter, more sophisticated version of the story he’d imagined for “Anna,” which stars model-turned-actress Sasha Luss as a Russian assassin turned model who dispatches Kgb targets between fashion shoots. You get the picture. Except that even “Red Sparrow” was a rehash of sorts.
A year earlier, Charlize Theron had appeared in “Atomic Blonde,” an intense triple-crossing, Iron Curtain action movie, which gave the Oscar-winning glamour queen the opportunity to demonstrate that...
- 6/21/2019
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Gena Rowlands celebrates her 89th birthday on June 19, 2019. The Oscar-nominated thespian made a name for herself thanks to a series of manic, high-wire performances in several films, many of them directed by her late husband, indie maverick John Cassavetes. But how many of her titles remain classics? In honor of her birthday, let’s take a look back at 12 of Rowlands’s greatest films, ranked worst to best.
After making a name for herself with bit parts onstage and onscreen, Rowlands flourished when she became the muse of Cassavetes, who she married in 1954. A fellow performer, Cassavetes would raise money from appearing in movies like “The Dirty Dozen” (1967) and “Rosemary’s Baby” (1968), immediately funneling the funds into his own projects. His wife was usually front and center, as were their family members and friends.
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After making a name for herself with bit parts onstage and onscreen, Rowlands flourished when she became the muse of Cassavetes, who she married in 1954. A fellow performer, Cassavetes would raise money from appearing in movies like “The Dirty Dozen” (1967) and “Rosemary’s Baby” (1968), immediately funneling the funds into his own projects. His wife was usually front and center, as were their family members and friends.
SEEHonorary Oscars: Full gallery of acting recipients includes Charlie Chaplin, Angela Lansbury, Gena Rowlands
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- 6/19/2019
- by Zach Laws and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Vampire Weekend added a new cover tune to their repertoire during a show in Cleveland. The New York band performed a groovy, drawn-out cover of Crowded House’s 1986 classic “Don’t Dream It’s Over.”
The band is currently on a headlining tour of North America in support of their recent album Father of the Bride, Vampire Weekend’s first album since 2013’s Modern Vampires of the City, and have been bringing out a few covers so far on the tour dates. The group recently unveiled a rendition of the...
The band is currently on a headlining tour of North America in support of their recent album Father of the Bride, Vampire Weekend’s first album since 2013’s Modern Vampires of the City, and have been bringing out a few covers so far on the tour dates. The group recently unveiled a rendition of the...
- 6/17/2019
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
The Lumineers staged an outdoors mini-concert Friday for Jimmy Kimmel Live, with the folk band showcasing songs from their upcoming third album III.
Two of the performances – III‘s “Life in the City” and the latest single “Gloria” – aired on Kimmel, while two more songs – III opener Donna and 2016 single Cleopatra – were released as an online exclusive. Watch the entire 20-minute set in the video above.
III, due out in September, is a concept album “about love between an addict and her family,” the band previously revealed. Multi-instrumentalist Jeremiah Fraites said in a statement,...
Two of the performances – III‘s “Life in the City” and the latest single “Gloria” – aired on Kimmel, while two more songs – III opener Donna and 2016 single Cleopatra – were released as an online exclusive. Watch the entire 20-minute set in the video above.
III, due out in September, is a concept album “about love between an addict and her family,” the band previously revealed. Multi-instrumentalist Jeremiah Fraites said in a statement,...
- 6/8/2019
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
2019 Cannes and the second half of the year catch Chile in the throes of huge change and a fairly exemplary evolution. Already, new paradigms seem fairly clear.
Chilean cinema is “director-driven, about different conversations” with audiences, says Fabula producer Juan de Dios Larraín.
Marking perhaps the two biggest Chilean titles set to bow over the second half of the year, Pablo Larraín’s “Ema,” with Gael Garcia Bernal, is a dance-spangled melodrama, about new contemporary family dynamics. “Araña,” sold at Cannes by Film Factory Ent. and from Andrés Wood, begins to trace the roots of a new nationalism from Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship to the present.
That auteurist focus will remain, and, as the battle for success in an Ott world becomes a battle for talent, see Chile reach out to premium auteurs outside the country. One case in point: Argentine cineast Lucía Puenzo (“The German Doctor”), recruited by Fabula...
Chilean cinema is “director-driven, about different conversations” with audiences, says Fabula producer Juan de Dios Larraín.
Marking perhaps the two biggest Chilean titles set to bow over the second half of the year, Pablo Larraín’s “Ema,” with Gael Garcia Bernal, is a dance-spangled melodrama, about new contemporary family dynamics. “Araña,” sold at Cannes by Film Factory Ent. and from Andrés Wood, begins to trace the roots of a new nationalism from Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship to the present.
That auteurist focus will remain, and, as the battle for success in an Ott world becomes a battle for talent, see Chile reach out to premium auteurs outside the country. One case in point: Argentine cineast Lucía Puenzo (“The German Doctor”), recruited by Fabula...
- 5/17/2019
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
The Lumineers previewed their upcoming album III with a performance of new single “Gloria” on The Late Show. The Colorado rock band transformed host Stephen Colbert’s stage with a vintage backdrop and wood paneling, projecting old home movie footage behind them.
In the clip, the musicians give the folk-tinged track an intimate feel, sort of like they are performing in an old house. The live version of the single hints at what’s to come on III, which is out September 13 via Dualtone/Decca. Schultz previously revealed that “Gloria...
In the clip, the musicians give the folk-tinged track an intimate feel, sort of like they are performing in an old house. The live version of the single hints at what’s to come on III, which is out September 13 via Dualtone/Decca. Schultz previously revealed that “Gloria...
- 4/18/2019
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
Philadelphia rapper Tierra Whack first introduced us to her surrealist style and pocket-sized jams with last year’s visual album, Whack World, consisting solely of minute-long songs and videos. This year, she’s released a string of individual tracks, and her latest, “Unemployed,” comes with its own clip.
At nearly three minutes long, “Unemployed” is a Russian novel compared to the Whack World songs, and the video takes the viewer on a truly mind-boggling, spud-filled journey with enough puppetry and body horror to make John Carpenter proud. Without giving too much away,...
At nearly three minutes long, “Unemployed” is a Russian novel compared to the Whack World songs, and the video takes the viewer on a truly mind-boggling, spud-filled journey with enough puppetry and body horror to make John Carpenter proud. Without giving too much away,...
- 4/9/2019
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
The Lumineers will release their new album, III, September 13 via Dualtone. The band has dropped “Gloria,” the first single off the album, which singer Wesley Schultz says “is about love between an addict and her family.”
III, the band’s third album, was written by Schultz and multi-instrumentalist Jeremiah Fraites and sees violinist/vocalist Lauren Jacobson, who has played on the group’s previous two releases, officially joining the band. Fraites said of the new music in a statement, “This collection of songs worked out in a beautiful way, and...
III, the band’s third album, was written by Schultz and multi-instrumentalist Jeremiah Fraites and sees violinist/vocalist Lauren Jacobson, who has played on the group’s previous two releases, officially joining the band. Fraites said of the new music in a statement, “This collection of songs worked out in a beautiful way, and...
- 4/5/2019
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
Maintaining Chile’s protracted awards honeymoon with international festivals, Jorge Riqeulme’s “Some Beasts,” starring Alfredo Castro and Paulina Garcia, swept Toulouse’s 35th Films in Progress, a pix-in-post competition which also serves as a traditional launch-pad for selection at the Cannes Festival.
“Some Beasts” won three of the four prizes on offer: Toulouse Films in Progress Prize; the Cine Plus Films in Progress Prize and the Distributors and Exhibitors Prize.
Mactari awarded its Sound Prize to “Ceniza negra,” from Argentine-Costa Rican Sofía Quirós.
“Some Beasts” stars maybe the two most best-known of Chilean actors: Castro, a Pablo Larraín regular seen last year in Alfonso Ruizpalacios’ Berlin winner “Museo”; and García, a Berlin best actress winner for “Gloria,” from Academy Award winning director Sebastián Lelio (“A Fantastic Woman”), which inspired his 2018 remake, “Gloria Bell,” with Julianne Moore. García also appeared in Ira Sachs’ “Little Men,” and, like Castro, “Narcos.”
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“Some Beasts” won three of the four prizes on offer: Toulouse Films in Progress Prize; the Cine Plus Films in Progress Prize and the Distributors and Exhibitors Prize.
Mactari awarded its Sound Prize to “Ceniza negra,” from Argentine-Costa Rican Sofía Quirós.
“Some Beasts” stars maybe the two most best-known of Chilean actors: Castro, a Pablo Larraín regular seen last year in Alfonso Ruizpalacios’ Berlin winner “Museo”; and García, a Berlin best actress winner for “Gloria,” from Academy Award winning director Sebastián Lelio (“A Fantastic Woman”), which inspired his 2018 remake, “Gloria Bell,” with Julianne Moore. García also appeared in Ira Sachs’ “Little Men,” and, like Castro, “Narcos.”
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- 3/31/2019
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Jordan Peele’s “Us” is on its way to scaring up one of the biggest debuts of 2019, with an estimated $67 million from 3,741 North American locations.
Should estimates hold, “Us” will be able to claim several milestones: the highest debut for an original horror movie (the biggest launch for any horror pic goes to 2017’s “It” with $123 million); the largest debut for an R-rated movie (topping “Ted” with $54.4 million); the second-highest debut of 2019 after “Captain Marvel”; and the third-highest opening day for a horror film with $29 million.
The current projection is above earlier estimates, which had placed it in the $38 million to $50 million range, and marks quite a leg up over Peele’s last film, “Get Out.” That horror pic debuted to $33 million in 2017 and eventually amassed $167 million Stateside.
Lupita Nyong’o stars as Adelaide Wilson, a woman returning to her beachside childhood home with her husband (Winston Duke) and their...
Should estimates hold, “Us” will be able to claim several milestones: the highest debut for an original horror movie (the biggest launch for any horror pic goes to 2017’s “It” with $123 million); the largest debut for an R-rated movie (topping “Ted” with $54.4 million); the second-highest debut of 2019 after “Captain Marvel”; and the third-highest opening day for a horror film with $29 million.
The current projection is above earlier estimates, which had placed it in the $38 million to $50 million range, and marks quite a leg up over Peele’s last film, “Get Out.” That horror pic debuted to $33 million in 2017 and eventually amassed $167 million Stateside.
Lupita Nyong’o stars as Adelaide Wilson, a woman returning to her beachside childhood home with her husband (Winston Duke) and their...
- 3/23/2019
- by Erin Nyren
- Variety Film + TV
When Gloria Bell director Sebastian Lelio was putting together the soundtrack for the film, which is about a lonely divorcée who finds joy on the dance floor at L.A.-area nightclubs, he says he worked extremely closely with the film’s star Julianne Moore to choose the perfect songs.
“I’m not American, and I needed to double check that what I was choosing was culturally correct,” Lelio, who is from Chile, says. “The approach to it wasn’t cynical. This film is a hidden musical. I love all of these songs for some reason.” He adds, “They’re great songs,...
“I’m not American, and I needed to double check that what I was choosing was culturally correct,” Lelio, who is from Chile, says. “The approach to it wasn’t cynical. This film is a hidden musical. I love all of these songs for some reason.” He adds, “They’re great songs,...
- 3/22/2019
- by Gillian Telling
- PEOPLE.com
“I know he doesn’t like this version,” Patti Smith said, with a grin, of Van Morrison before launching into her iconic transformation of “Gloria” for the finale of Thursday’s Carnegie Hall tribute to the Belfast singer. “But I’m thanking him anyway.”
The same could probably be said of many of the standout performances at this year’s edition of promoter Michael Dorf’s annual benefit tribute concert, which raised money to provide music education to underprivileged youth and gathered a wide, multi-generational group of artists — lifelong soul men,...
The same could probably be said of many of the standout performances at this year’s edition of promoter Michael Dorf’s annual benefit tribute concert, which raised money to provide music education to underprivileged youth and gathered a wide, multi-generational group of artists — lifelong soul men,...
- 3/22/2019
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
Julianne Moore as Gloria in Sebastian Lelio’s Gloria Bell. Courtesy of A24 Films.
Julianne Moore stars in Gloria Bell, Oscar-winning Chilean writer/director Sebastian Lelio’s English-language remake of his romance/comedy/drama about a free-spirited middle-aged woman, Gloria. Lelio’s 2017 A Fantastic Woman, about a transgender woman, won an Oscar and Lelio followed that up with Disobedience, starring Rachel Weisz as a gay woman in an ultra-conservative Jewish community. Lelio also won praise and some international attention for his 2013 film Gloria, which focused on another kind of character rarely put at the center of movie plots, a middle-aged woman.
Julianne Moore shines gloriously in Gloria Bell, as the irrepressible Gloria, a long-divorced kind-hearted woman who loves to dance who is ever hopeful about finding love. While Moore is wonderful, the film itself is not as charming or involving as the original. Rather than feeling like Gloria is starting...
Julianne Moore stars in Gloria Bell, Oscar-winning Chilean writer/director Sebastian Lelio’s English-language remake of his romance/comedy/drama about a free-spirited middle-aged woman, Gloria. Lelio’s 2017 A Fantastic Woman, about a transgender woman, won an Oscar and Lelio followed that up with Disobedience, starring Rachel Weisz as a gay woman in an ultra-conservative Jewish community. Lelio also won praise and some international attention for his 2013 film Gloria, which focused on another kind of character rarely put at the center of movie plots, a middle-aged woman.
Julianne Moore shines gloriously in Gloria Bell, as the irrepressible Gloria, a long-divorced kind-hearted woman who loves to dance who is ever hopeful about finding love. While Moore is wonderful, the film itself is not as charming or involving as the original. Rather than feeling like Gloria is starting...
- 3/22/2019
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Chicago – The sheer ordinariness of life is not fodder for most dramatic films … the popcorn munchers generally turn out for something more high concept. But in Exhibit A, there is “Gloria Bell,” in which Julianne Moore portrays the title character in a series of ordinary extraordinary events.
Rating: 4.0/5.0
It is poetically ordinary what happens to Gloria, and her survival instinct is what makes it extraordinary. With a stellar cast – led by Moore – hitting all the right beats, “Bell” rings out in a way that is familiar to everyone. The inner life that Moore creates for her character is the most fascinating point of view in the film, who on the surface is a somewhat lonely divorced woman who loves dancing and keeping her life on track. The film was directed by Sebastián Lelio, the filmmaker who makes deep observations of human motives in his creations. The combination of him and Moore was stupendously effective,...
Rating: 4.0/5.0
It is poetically ordinary what happens to Gloria, and her survival instinct is what makes it extraordinary. With a stellar cast – led by Moore – hitting all the right beats, “Bell” rings out in a way that is familiar to everyone. The inner life that Moore creates for her character is the most fascinating point of view in the film, who on the surface is a somewhat lonely divorced woman who loves dancing and keeping her life on track. The film was directed by Sebastián Lelio, the filmmaker who makes deep observations of human motives in his creations. The combination of him and Moore was stupendously effective,...
- 3/15/2019
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Julianne Moore’s “Gloria Bell” has launched impressively with a $154,775 on five screens in New York and Los Angeles for a per screen average of $30,955 for A24.
It was the third highest per screen figure of the 2019 domestic box office, topped only by the $35,499 for Disney’s “Captain Marvel” as part of this weekend’s massive $153 million debut and by the $34,695 at four sites for MGM’s “Fighting With My Family” on Feb. 15-17. A24 will expand “Gloria Bell” next weekend and go nationwide on March 22.
Directed by Chilean helmer Sebastian Lelio, “Gloria Bell” is a remake of the director’s 2013 single-woman drama “Gloria,” for which Paulina García won the Berlin Film Festival’s best actress prize. “Gloria Bell” centers on a lonely divorcee with a mundane job and two adult children who meets a shy divorced man (played by John Turturro) and develops a tentative relationship with him.
The film,...
It was the third highest per screen figure of the 2019 domestic box office, topped only by the $35,499 for Disney’s “Captain Marvel” as part of this weekend’s massive $153 million debut and by the $34,695 at four sites for MGM’s “Fighting With My Family” on Feb. 15-17. A24 will expand “Gloria Bell” next weekend and go nationwide on March 22.
Directed by Chilean helmer Sebastian Lelio, “Gloria Bell” is a remake of the director’s 2013 single-woman drama “Gloria,” for which Paulina García won the Berlin Film Festival’s best actress prize. “Gloria Bell” centers on a lonely divorcee with a mundane job and two adult children who meets a shy divorced man (played by John Turturro) and develops a tentative relationship with him.
The film,...
- 3/10/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
While “Captain Marvel” accounted for 75 percent of this weekend’s box office business, another woman was leading the way at the indie box office: Julianne Moore.
This weekend, A24 released Sebastian Lelio’s new romance film “Gloria Bell,” which stars Julianne Moore as a recent divorcee who flings herself into a new romance while enjoying Los Angeles’ nightlife. This is Lelio’s follow-up to his Best Foreign Language Oscar-winning film “A Fantastic Woman” and is a remake of his 2013 film “Gloria.” It has a 98 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes.
Released on five screens this weekend, “Gloria Bell” had a strong launch of $154,775 and a per screen average of $30,955. It’s the highest PSA of the weekend for limited releases, and the second-highest overall behind the $35,499 average for “Captain Marvel.”
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Elsewhere, Neon/CNN Films’ “Apollo 11” expanded to...
This weekend, A24 released Sebastian Lelio’s new romance film “Gloria Bell,” which stars Julianne Moore as a recent divorcee who flings herself into a new romance while enjoying Los Angeles’ nightlife. This is Lelio’s follow-up to his Best Foreign Language Oscar-winning film “A Fantastic Woman” and is a remake of his 2013 film “Gloria.” It has a 98 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes.
Released on five screens this weekend, “Gloria Bell” had a strong launch of $154,775 and a per screen average of $30,955. It’s the highest PSA of the weekend for limited releases, and the second-highest overall behind the $35,499 average for “Captain Marvel.”
Also Read: 'Captain Marvel' Sends Box Office Soaring With $153 Million Opening
Elsewhere, Neon/CNN Films’ “Apollo 11” expanded to...
- 3/10/2019
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Disney-Marvel’s latest McU installment, “Captain Marvel,” is launching to an estimated $156 million from 4,310 North American locations after totaling $61.4 million on Friday.
The Friday number includes $20.7 million from Thursday previews. Should estimates hold, “Captain Marvel” will rank as the seventh best McU opening domestically, behind the three “Avengers” movies, along with “Black Panther,” “Iron Man 3” and “Captain America: Civil War.”
Some insiders are indicating “Captain Marvel’s” debut tally could be slightly more conservative, in the $145 million-$155 million range. The pic, which stars Brie Larson as Captain Marvel/Carol Danvers, has already taken in $127 million internationally, including a $34.3 million opening day in China, the second highest McU opening day in the territory.
Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Lashana Lynch, Jude Law, Annette Bening, Clark Gregg, and Gemma Chan also star in “Captain Marvel,” which was written and directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck. Larson stars as Vers,...
The Friday number includes $20.7 million from Thursday previews. Should estimates hold, “Captain Marvel” will rank as the seventh best McU opening domestically, behind the three “Avengers” movies, along with “Black Panther,” “Iron Man 3” and “Captain America: Civil War.”
Some insiders are indicating “Captain Marvel’s” debut tally could be slightly more conservative, in the $145 million-$155 million range. The pic, which stars Brie Larson as Captain Marvel/Carol Danvers, has already taken in $127 million internationally, including a $34.3 million opening day in China, the second highest McU opening day in the territory.
Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Lashana Lynch, Jude Law, Annette Bening, Clark Gregg, and Gemma Chan also star in “Captain Marvel,” which was written and directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck. Larson stars as Vers,...
- 3/9/2019
- by Erin Nyren
- Variety Film + TV
Is it too early in the year for an Oscar front-runner for Best Actress? Probably, but the reviews for Julianne Moore‘s performance in “Gloria Bell,” which opened on March 8 from A24, would be the envy of most stars opening their films right in the sweet spot of the fall season awards calendar.
“Gloria Bell” is a remake of the 2013 Chilean film “Gloria” by director Sebastian Lelio, who also directs this American version. Since that original film was released Lelio has made even more of a name for himself by winning Chile its first Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film with “A Fantastic Woman” (2017), which was also the first film starring a transgender actress to win that prize. Then Lelio made his English-language debut in 2018 with the romantic drama “Disobedience” starring Rachel Weisz and Rachel McAdams as star-crossed lovers in an Orthodox Jewish community.
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“Gloria Bell” is a remake of the 2013 Chilean film “Gloria” by director Sebastian Lelio, who also directs this American version. Since that original film was released Lelio has made even more of a name for himself by winning Chile its first Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film with “A Fantastic Woman” (2017), which was also the first film starring a transgender actress to win that prize. Then Lelio made his English-language debut in 2018 with the romantic drama “Disobedience” starring Rachel Weisz and Rachel McAdams as star-crossed lovers in an Orthodox Jewish community.
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- 3/8/2019
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Julianne Moore knows what she likes when she sees it. These days, that happens to mean two very different foreign-language films — one with a radically honest role for a middle-aged star, one that had to be smartly retrofitted for the same ends — remade for American audiences. Starting off her 2019 strong, Moore has already starred in both Sebastián Lelio’s “Gloria Bell” and husband Bart Freundlich’s “After the Wedding,” and not because she’s on the hunt for remakes in a remake-crazed industry, but because both films struck her as having something worth doing again.
The opportunity to play Gloria, a middle-aged mom trying to carve out a fulfilling new life for herself, almost didn’t happen, thanks to the kind of good, old-fashioned mix-up that would not be out of place in a frisky Hollywood comedy. Moore was so taken with Lelio’s 2013 Chilean film “Gloria” that she made...
The opportunity to play Gloria, a middle-aged mom trying to carve out a fulfilling new life for herself, almost didn’t happen, thanks to the kind of good, old-fashioned mix-up that would not be out of place in a frisky Hollywood comedy. Moore was so taken with Lelio’s 2013 Chilean film “Gloria” that she made...
- 3/8/2019
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Hollywood is doing it again – and again. So far in this still-young year, there have been no fewer than five films in theaters that are English-language versions of foreign movies. Opening this Friday is “Gloria Bell,” a shot-by-shot remake of the 2014 Chilean film “Gloria, ” about a divorced middle-aged woman desperate for some romance in her routine life. The Spanish-language import starred Paulina Garcia, a popular actress in her homeland. This one has Julianne Moore, hiding behind those over-sized spectacles. While the cast is more recognizable, this is a rare Hollywood translation that benefits from having the same director, Sebastian Lelio (“A Fantastic Women”), handling matters behind the camera.
Consider that it has a 100% Rotten Tomatoes score at the moment — one percentage point higher than the original.
Then there is “The Upside,” a remake of the 2011 French film “The Intouchables,” is about a paralyzed white billionaire (Bryan Cranston) who hires a...
Consider that it has a 100% Rotten Tomatoes score at the moment — one percentage point higher than the original.
Then there is “The Upside,” a remake of the 2011 French film “The Intouchables,” is about a paralyzed white billionaire (Bryan Cranston) who hires a...
- 3/7/2019
- by Susan Wloszczyna
- Gold Derby
Picking up a ticket to Friday night’s world premiere of “Gloria Bell” at the Toronto International Film Festival, I ran into director Sebastian Lelio, who is responsible for both the 2013 Chilean film “Gloria” and the new English-language version of the story.
Lelio knew I was a big fan of the original, so when he found out I was seeing the new version later that day, he offered a succinct piece of advice: “Forget about the first movie.”
In fact, he’s wrong. You can love “Gloria” and still think that “Gloria Bell” is an admirable reimagining that stands on its own while paying tribute to the original.
Also Read: Julianne Moore's 'Gloria Bell' Lands at A24 Ahead of Toronto Film Festival
The two share abundant DNA. As Lelio once told TheWrap, “Gloria” was inspired by “this excitement that there is a film two meters away from me – it...
Lelio knew I was a big fan of the original, so when he found out I was seeing the new version later that day, he offered a succinct piece of advice: “Forget about the first movie.”
In fact, he’s wrong. You can love “Gloria” and still think that “Gloria Bell” is an admirable reimagining that stands on its own while paying tribute to the original.
Also Read: Julianne Moore's 'Gloria Bell' Lands at A24 Ahead of Toronto Film Festival
The two share abundant DNA. As Lelio once told TheWrap, “Gloria” was inspired by “this excitement that there is a film two meters away from me – it...
- 3/7/2019
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
I Think They Know Her Alias: Lelio Revisits His Breakout Title with English Language Remake
Chilean auteur Sebastian Lelio, who recently took home an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language film thanks to his 2017 title A Fantastic Woman, joins a small coterie of directors who have taken it upon themselves to direct the English language remake of a film from their catalogue. Lelio broke out into international acclaim with his 2013 sophomore film Gloria, which snagged Paulina Garcia a Best Actress award at the Berlin International Film Festival. Having since steered into English language filmmaking with Disobedience, Lelio lands Julianne Moore to star in Gloria Bell, transporting his Santiago set melodrama to Los Angeles.…...
Chilean auteur Sebastian Lelio, who recently took home an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language film thanks to his 2017 title A Fantastic Woman, joins a small coterie of directors who have taken it upon themselves to direct the English language remake of a film from their catalogue. Lelio broke out into international acclaim with his 2013 sophomore film Gloria, which snagged Paulina Garcia a Best Actress award at the Berlin International Film Festival. Having since steered into English language filmmaking with Disobedience, Lelio lands Julianne Moore to star in Gloria Bell, transporting his Santiago set melodrama to Los Angeles.…...
- 3/6/2019
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
The Guadalajara Int’l Film Festival (Ficg), Mexico’s largest film festival, is further expanding its lineup with the addition of a new competitive animation section in its 34th edition, running March 8 -15. Oscar-winning Guadalajara native Guillermo del Toro has put his heft behind the new section and will also announce the first winner of his Del Toro-Jenkins film scholarship at the fest. Ficg aptly opens Friday with an animated feature, Carlos Gutierrez’s “Day of the Dead” (“Día de Muertos”).
Actor Peter Fonda (“Easy Rider”) and British helmer Hugh Hudson (“Chariots of Fire”) are receiving Mayahuel International lifetime achievement awards at this edition. Festival will also screen “Easy Rider,” which Fonda co-wrote, co-produced and starred in, to mark its 50th year anniversary.
The festival kicks off with a new female general director at the helm, Estrella Araiza, who has been the festival’s head of industry & markets and has...
Actor Peter Fonda (“Easy Rider”) and British helmer Hugh Hudson (“Chariots of Fire”) are receiving Mayahuel International lifetime achievement awards at this edition. Festival will also screen “Easy Rider,” which Fonda co-wrote, co-produced and starred in, to mark its 50th year anniversary.
The festival kicks off with a new female general director at the helm, Estrella Araiza, who has been the festival’s head of industry & markets and has...
- 3/6/2019
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
When asked about the secret behind Van Morrison’s classic Astral Weeks LP 50 years later, Warren Smith has a simple answer: “He got the right people.”
The 84-year-old percussionist, who played vibraphone on the 1968 album, is referring to the crack team of jazz A-listers that producer Lewis Merenstein recruited to accompany the Irish singer-songwriter, including Smith, bassist Richard Davis, Modern Jazz Quartet drummer Connie Kay and guitarist Jay Berliner. Naming Morrison’s proper solo debut as 19th greatest album of all time, Rolling Stone called out the supporting cast as the “crowning touch.
The 84-year-old percussionist, who played vibraphone on the 1968 album, is referring to the crack team of jazz A-listers that producer Lewis Merenstein recruited to accompany the Irish singer-songwriter, including Smith, bassist Richard Davis, Modern Jazz Quartet drummer Connie Kay and guitarist Jay Berliner. Naming Morrison’s proper solo debut as 19th greatest album of all time, Rolling Stone called out the supporting cast as the “crowning touch.
- 11/29/2018
- by Hank Shteamer
- Rollingstone.com
The new single off Kentucky country vocalist Dillon Carmichael’s just released debut album, a rip-roaring Zz Top cover by Whitey Morgan and Leyla McCalla’s brassy protest song are among the must-hear country and Americana tracks this week.
Fairground Saints, “Somewhere Down the Line”
Set to a kick-drummed pulse, “Somewhere Down the Line” marries the coed Californian harmonies of Fleetwood Mac with the polished punch of modern country-pop. “I’ve got a full tank of gas and some money,” goes the chorus, stacked high with layered vocals, banjo and pedal steel.
Fairground Saints, “Somewhere Down the Line”
Set to a kick-drummed pulse, “Somewhere Down the Line” marries the coed Californian harmonies of Fleetwood Mac with the polished punch of modern country-pop. “I’ve got a full tank of gas and some money,” goes the chorus, stacked high with layered vocals, banjo and pedal steel.
- 10/26/2018
- by Robert Crawford
- Rollingstone.com
The pivotal shot in Oscar-nominated Chilean film “A Fantastic Woman” finds transgender woman Marina (Daniela Vega) sitting nude with her legs slightly propped up and a mirror covering her genitals reflecting her face. It’s a beguiling image that illuminates the movie’s central theme of a woman in tune with her identity and a world at odds with it, and now, the visual has company. Janelle Monaé’s new music video for her single “Django Jane,” one of two tracks recently released from her upcoming album “Dirty Computer,” contains an identical image with the singer doing the same thing.
Both images may owe their existence to an earlier source, Armen Susan Ordjanian’s 1981 photograph, “Self Portrait.” Social media users first picked up on the similarities in the hours after “Django Jane” went online.
“Django Jane” by Janelle Monáe, Dir. Andrew Donoho (2018)
“A Fantastic Woman,” Dir. Sebastian Lelio (2017) pic.twitter.
Both images may owe their existence to an earlier source, Armen Susan Ordjanian’s 1981 photograph, “Self Portrait.” Social media users first picked up on the similarities in the hours after “Django Jane” went online.
“Django Jane” by Janelle Monáe, Dir. Andrew Donoho (2018)
“A Fantastic Woman,” Dir. Sebastian Lelio (2017) pic.twitter.
- 2/23/2018
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Daniela Vega stars in A Fantastic Woman. Photo courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics © All rights reserved.
Chilean director Sebastian Lelio’s A Fantastic Woman is indeed a fantastic film, with a fantastic performance by its star Daniela Vega, who plays a fantastic woman of dignity and grit facing prejudice because she is transgender, as she copes with the loss of her older lover. A Fantastic Woman is one of the nominees for the Oscar in the Foreign Language category and the lead contender to win the award.
Marina (Daniela Vega) is a waitress and singer who has just moved in with her older lover Orlando (Francisco Reyes). Marina is graceful, elegant and golden-voiced, and at first she appears to be a pretty young woman like any other. But when Orlando suffers what turns out to be an aneurysm in the middle of the night, her gruff treatment at the hospital reveals that she is transgender.
Chilean director Sebastian Lelio’s A Fantastic Woman is indeed a fantastic film, with a fantastic performance by its star Daniela Vega, who plays a fantastic woman of dignity and grit facing prejudice because she is transgender, as she copes with the loss of her older lover. A Fantastic Woman is one of the nominees for the Oscar in the Foreign Language category and the lead contender to win the award.
Marina (Daniela Vega) is a waitress and singer who has just moved in with her older lover Orlando (Francisco Reyes). Marina is graceful, elegant and golden-voiced, and at first she appears to be a pretty young woman like any other. But when Orlando suffers what turns out to be an aneurysm in the middle of the night, her gruff treatment at the hospital reveals that she is transgender.
- 2/23/2018
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
After getting on our radar with this tender 2013 character study Gloria, Chile’s Sebastián Lelio followed it up with two features this year, A Fantastic Woman (currently having a one-week awards qualifying run before a February release) and Disobedience, which premiered at Tiff and will be released this April by Bleecker Street. For his next project, he’s doing something only a few other directors have done: remaking his own film.
His English-language version of Gloria, which Lelio also scripted, is led by Julianne Moore and the first image has arrived today. Also starring John Turturro, Michael Cera, Brad Garrett, Holland Taylor, and Caren Pistorius, check out the image below after the synopsis.
The story follows Gloria (Moore), a free-spirited woman in her 50s. Though lonely, she makes the best of her situation and fills her nights seeking love at social dance clubs for single adults in Los Angeles. Her...
His English-language version of Gloria, which Lelio also scripted, is led by Julianne Moore and the first image has arrived today. Also starring John Turturro, Michael Cera, Brad Garrett, Holland Taylor, and Caren Pistorius, check out the image below after the synopsis.
The story follows Gloria (Moore), a free-spirited woman in her 50s. Though lonely, she makes the best of her situation and fills her nights seeking love at social dance clubs for single adults in Los Angeles. Her...
- 11/22/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Exclusive: John Turturro (Transformers franchise), Jeanne Tripplehorn (Criminal Minds), Michael Cera (Molly’s Game), Brad Garrett (Everybody Loves Raymond), and Holland Taylor (Mr. Mercedes), have signed on to co-star opposite Julianne Moore in director Sebastian Lelio's re-imagining of his 2013 Chilean-Spanish drama, Gloria. This adaptation stars Moore as a woman starting over and looking for love in her 50's. Producers are Pablo Larrain and Juan de Dios Larrain, who…...
- 11/16/2017
- Deadline
Better than ever, now in its seventh year, the spectacular program with its filmmaking guests and a committed community of dedicated and intellectually alive filmgoers invigorates the mind and activist tendencies already in play.
Take for instance, University of Arizona Professor Noam Chomsky, one of the most influential public intellectuals in the world, speaking with Regents’ Professor Toni Massaro about social justice and the environment. Here he is, in person, being honored as every word he speaks is treated as a jewel. Considered the founder of modern linguistics, Chomsky has written more than 100 books, his most recent being Requiem for the American Dream: The 10 Principles of Concentration of Wealth & Power. An ardent free speech advocate, Chomsky has published and lectured widely on U.S. foreign policy, Mideast politics, terrorism, democratic society and war. Chomsky, who joined the UA faculty this fall, is a laureate professor in the Department of...
Take for instance, University of Arizona Professor Noam Chomsky, one of the most influential public intellectuals in the world, speaking with Regents’ Professor Toni Massaro about social justice and the environment. Here he is, in person, being honored as every word he speaks is treated as a jewel. Considered the founder of modern linguistics, Chomsky has written more than 100 books, his most recent being Requiem for the American Dream: The 10 Principles of Concentration of Wealth & Power. An ardent free speech advocate, Chomsky has published and lectured widely on U.S. foreign policy, Mideast politics, terrorism, democratic society and war. Chomsky, who joined the UA faculty this fall, is a laureate professor in the Department of...
- 11/13/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
When we meet Marina Vidal (Daniela Vega), she is crooning a sultry number at a Santiago nightclub. A handsome older man circles her admiringly, the warmth radiating from his eyes. In that moment it is clear not only that they are lovers, but madly in love. It’s only revealed later that Marina is transgender, and by then, their bond goes unquestioned. Such is the brilliance of a Sebastián Lelio film — the couple says so much with so little, and answers to no one. Of course, it takes hard work to make something look so simple.
“The heart of the film’s identity resonates with its own character. I was trying to make a film as complex and as free as its main character, and I owe that to Dani,” Lelio said after a recent screening of “A Fantastic Woman,” one of two films about complicated women opening in the...
“The heart of the film’s identity resonates with its own character. I was trying to make a film as complex and as free as its main character, and I owe that to Dani,” Lelio said after a recent screening of “A Fantastic Woman,” one of two films about complicated women opening in the...
- 10/31/2017
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Much has been made about the dearth of strong female roles in contemporary cinema, and the problematic depictions of women in many recent movies, but the past two decades have provided plenty of counterexamples. While the onus is on writers and directors to craft strong female characters, the actresses themselves bring these figures to life, and they’re often the main reason we keep being drawn back to these works.
In no particular order, our favorite — and we’d like to think the best — female performances of the 21st century.
Isabelle Huppert, “Elle”
Paul Verhoeven’s “Elle” begins with a laugh that catches in your throat: A wide-eyed cat looks off-screen to the screams of a man and woman in apparent orgiastic bliss. Then comes the cutaway, which reveals a far more nefarious incident: Middle-aged Michéle (Isabelle Huppert), in the process of getting raped by a masked assailant on the floor of her home.
In no particular order, our favorite — and we’d like to think the best — female performances of the 21st century.
Isabelle Huppert, “Elle”
Paul Verhoeven’s “Elle” begins with a laugh that catches in your throat: A wide-eyed cat looks off-screen to the screams of a man and woman in apparent orgiastic bliss. Then comes the cutaway, which reveals a far more nefarious incident: Middle-aged Michéle (Isabelle Huppert), in the process of getting raped by a masked assailant on the floor of her home.
- 9/22/2017
- by Eric Kohn, Kate Erbland, Michael Nordine, Jude Dry, Jamie Righetti and Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Sebastian Lelio’s “Disobedience” is a quiet, understated drama with one of the buzziest sex scenes of any movie this year. One a few high-profile acquisition titles at the Toronto International Film Festival, “Disobedience” quickly became known as “the movie where Rachel Weisz spits in Rachel McAdams’ mouth” shortly after its premiere. And while that scene doesn’t convey the strong performances and measured emotional journey at the movie’s core, it certainly leaves an impression.
See More:‘Disobedience’ Review: Rachel Weisz and Rachel McAdams Shine in the Orthodox Jewish ‘Carol’ — Tiff 2017
In this adaptation of Naomi Alderman’s memoir, Ronit (Rachel Weisz) returns to the ultra-Orthodox community after her father, a noted rabbi, suddenly dies. Although she abandoned the faith years earlier, she’s taken in by her father’s longtime disciple Dovid (Alessandro Nivola) and his wife Esti (Rachel McAdams). Ronit and Esti had an affair in their teens,...
See More:‘Disobedience’ Review: Rachel Weisz and Rachel McAdams Shine in the Orthodox Jewish ‘Carol’ — Tiff 2017
In this adaptation of Naomi Alderman’s memoir, Ronit (Rachel Weisz) returns to the ultra-Orthodox community after her father, a noted rabbi, suddenly dies. Although she abandoned the faith years earlier, she’s taken in by her father’s longtime disciple Dovid (Alessandro Nivola) and his wife Esti (Rachel McAdams). Ronit and Esti had an affair in their teens,...
- 9/18/2017
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Tiff 17 Little Girls Long to Be Princesitas
Marialy Rivas, whose previous feature Young & Wild won Sundance 2012's Director’s Biograpy World Cinema Screenwriting Award, returns to the festival circuit with Princesita an unpredictable and darker tale of a young girl on the edge of womanhood premiering in the Discovery section of the Toronto International Film Festival.
Marialy Rivas, director of Princesita
A teenager in Young & Wild, and now a girl in Princesita, are both on their way to becoming women, and both are entrapped by external rules and impositions from society and from their families. Both must break away from what surrounds them in order to conquer themselves, and both set off towards an uncertain future, but which in the end, belongs to them alone.
Synopsis: In a distant land on the southernmost tip of the world lives Tamara, a twelve-year-old girl who has been raised in a cult led by the charismatic Miguel.
Marialy Rivas, whose previous feature Young & Wild won Sundance 2012's Director’s Biograpy World Cinema Screenwriting Award, returns to the festival circuit with Princesita an unpredictable and darker tale of a young girl on the edge of womanhood premiering in the Discovery section of the Toronto International Film Festival.
Marialy Rivas, director of Princesita
A teenager in Young & Wild, and now a girl in Princesita, are both on their way to becoming women, and both are entrapped by external rules and impositions from society and from their families. Both must break away from what surrounds them in order to conquer themselves, and both set off towards an uncertain future, but which in the end, belongs to them alone.
Synopsis: In a distant land on the southernmost tip of the world lives Tamara, a twelve-year-old girl who has been raised in a cult led by the charismatic Miguel.
- 9/14/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
by Ilich Mejía
Since screening at Berlinale earlier this year, and now at Tiff and Telluride, A Fantastic Woman (Una Mujer Fantástica in Spanish) has been generating very positive talk. It is Sebastián Lelio's follow up to 2013's wonderful and under-appreciated Gloria. The film stars trans actress Daniela Vega as a waitress mourning her lover in what looks like will be another queer classic from this year.
Let that stunner of a trailer sink in after the jump and let's discuss the Yes No and Maybe So of it all... ...
Since screening at Berlinale earlier this year, and now at Tiff and Telluride, A Fantastic Woman (Una Mujer Fantástica in Spanish) has been generating very positive talk. It is Sebastián Lelio's follow up to 2013's wonderful and under-appreciated Gloria. The film stars trans actress Daniela Vega as a waitress mourning her lover in what looks like will be another queer classic from this year.
Let that stunner of a trailer sink in after the jump and let's discuss the Yes No and Maybe So of it all... ...
- 9/8/2017
- by Ilich Mejia
- FilmExperience
You know who’s on fire? Chilean director Sebastián Lelio. The helmer, currently at the fore of the Chilean film renaissance alongside filmmakers like Pablo Larrain, blew away audiences and seemingly came out of nowhere with his 2013 Festival hit “Gloria” (which made many of our best-of year-end lists). This year he’s returning in full force with two feature films in tow. World premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival is Lelio’s “Disobedience” starring Rachel Weisz, but coming sooner and also playing Tiff is the South American director’s “A Fantastic Woman.” The movie centers on a young transgender woman who moonlights as a nightclub singer, and is bowled over by the death of her older boyfriend.
Continue reading Sebastián Lelio Returns With Transgender Heroine In ‘A Fantastic Woman’ [Trailer] at The Playlist.
Continue reading Sebastián Lelio Returns With Transgender Heroine In ‘A Fantastic Woman’ [Trailer] at The Playlist.
- 9/6/2017
- by The Playlist
- The Playlist
There most be something in the water in Chile, at least when it pertains to the prolific nature of its emerging directors. Following Pablo Larraín’s one-two-three punch of The Club, Neruda, and Jackie last year, Sebastián Lelio’s has two high-profile films arriving this fall. Along with the Tiff premiere of his lesbian drama Disobedience starring Rachel McAdams and Rachel Weisz, his Berlinale success A Fantastic Woman will hit theaters this fall and now the U.S. trailer has arrived.
“Chilean director Sebastián Lelio’s follow-up to his 2013 hit Gloria is a dazzling companion piece that once again focuses on a woman’s resilience in a world where what doesn’t kill you doesn’t necessarily make you stronger. Timely issues of transgender rights both in Latin and North America help make A Fantastic Woman a bolder, brasher film, fiery in comparison with Gloria’s relatively tenderness, but anchored...
“Chilean director Sebastián Lelio’s follow-up to his 2013 hit Gloria is a dazzling companion piece that once again focuses on a woman’s resilience in a world where what doesn’t kill you doesn’t necessarily make you stronger. Timely issues of transgender rights both in Latin and North America help make A Fantastic Woman a bolder, brasher film, fiery in comparison with Gloria’s relatively tenderness, but anchored...
- 9/6/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
“Moonlight” premiered at the Telluride Film Festival exactly one year ago, followed by a bow in Toronto before making history by winning Best Picture in one of the most exciting Academy Awards ceremonies of all time. While “Moonlight” may have opened more doors for black filmmakers than for queer ones, the film’s central themes of identity, masculinity, and sexuality were firmly rooted in queerness. It turns out, “Moonlight” was only the beginning, as queer cinephiles can look forward to a veritable feast of quality Lgbtq films coming out of the fall festival lineup, beginning with the Toronto International Film Festival.
A very gay-friendly city in an extremely gay-friendly country, Toronto will host some of the most anticipated queer films that have already made waves at Cannes and Sundance. Luca Guadagnino’s “Call Me By Your Name” will play the festival before heading to New York, as well as this...
A very gay-friendly city in an extremely gay-friendly country, Toronto will host some of the most anticipated queer films that have already made waves at Cannes and Sundance. Luca Guadagnino’s “Call Me By Your Name” will play the festival before heading to New York, as well as this...
- 9/1/2017
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
The manhunt for one of the most infamous criminals in history rages on when Narcos: Season 2 arrives on Blu-ray (plus Digital HD) and DVD September 5 from Lionsgate. Unforeseen alliances form between Colombian authorities, rival cartels, and DEA agents to put an end to Pablo Escobar’s ruthless activities. Renewed for two more seasons, the Rotten Tomatoes Certified Fresh series continues to raise stakes and heart-pounding thrills. Loaded with never-before-seen deleted scenes, an audio commentary, and featurette, the Narcos: Season 2 Blu-ray and DVD will be available for the suggested retail price of $29.97 and $29.98, respectively.
After drug lord Pablo Escobar escapes from prison, the Colombian police, rival cartels, and DEA agents try to take him down in the explosive second season of the hit series.
Blu-ray/Digital HD/DVD Special Features
Audio Commentary with Director Andrés Baiz, Producer Eric Newman, and Actor Wagner Moura “Unredacted: Declassifying Narcos: Season Two...
After drug lord Pablo Escobar escapes from prison, the Colombian police, rival cartels, and DEA agents try to take him down in the explosive second season of the hit series.
Blu-ray/Digital HD/DVD Special Features
Audio Commentary with Director Andrés Baiz, Producer Eric Newman, and Actor Wagner Moura “Unredacted: Declassifying Narcos: Season Two...
- 8/24/2017
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
A Fantastic Woman San Sebastian has announced the 12 films that will compete for the Horizontes Latinos prize at this year's festival, including the latest from Sebastián Lelio, Michel Franco and Adrián Biniez.
The films in this section have been produced partially or totally in Latin America and directed by filmmakers of Latin American origin or which have Latino communities as their subject matter.
Among the familiar names in competition is Lelio, Sebastián Lelio, whose first film, La Sagrada Familia, competed in Horizontes Latinos in 2005 and whose fourth, Gloria, won the Films in Progress Award in San Sebastian in 2012. His latest film, A Fantastic Woman (Una mujer fantástica), Silver Bear for Best Screenplay at the Berlinale, will open the section.
Biniez - who took home the Horizontes award in 2009 for his debut Gigante - also returns to the festival with The Waves (Las Olas), his third feature. Michel Franco,...
The films in this section have been produced partially or totally in Latin America and directed by filmmakers of Latin American origin or which have Latino communities as their subject matter.
Among the familiar names in competition is Lelio, Sebastián Lelio, whose first film, La Sagrada Familia, competed in Horizontes Latinos in 2005 and whose fourth, Gloria, won the Films in Progress Award in San Sebastian in 2012. His latest film, A Fantastic Woman (Una mujer fantástica), Silver Bear for Best Screenplay at the Berlinale, will open the section.
Biniez - who took home the Horizontes award in 2009 for his debut Gigante - also returns to the festival with The Waves (Las Olas), his third feature. Michel Franco,...
- 8/16/2017
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The thirteenth edition of Santiago International Film Festival, Sanfic (August 20–27, 2017), the largest film festival in Chile, will present more than 100 international and Chilean films, including productions shown and awarded in festivals such as Cannes, Berlin and Venice. Among the feature films will be 7 world and 14 Latin American premieres.
Sanfic (Santiago International Film Festival) is opening the festival to international press this year with Variety Dailies and important international guests for their Sanfic Industry section. Guest attending include Kim Yutani (Sundance programmer), Javier Martin (Berlinale delegate), Molly O ́Keefe (Tribeca Film Institute — fiction features) and Estrella Araiza (Industry director of Guadalajara Iff), to name a few. Matt Dillon is its special guest along with the renowned director of photography Rainer Klausmann.
The Summit starring Ricardo Darín, Dolores Fonzi and Erica Rivas, with an appearance of Christian Slater and renowned Chilean actors Paulina Garcia and Alfredo Castro
The opening film of the...
Sanfic (Santiago International Film Festival) is opening the festival to international press this year with Variety Dailies and important international guests for their Sanfic Industry section. Guest attending include Kim Yutani (Sundance programmer), Javier Martin (Berlinale delegate), Molly O ́Keefe (Tribeca Film Institute — fiction features) and Estrella Araiza (Industry director of Guadalajara Iff), to name a few. Matt Dillon is its special guest along with the renowned director of photography Rainer Klausmann.
The Summit starring Ricardo Darín, Dolores Fonzi and Erica Rivas, with an appearance of Christian Slater and renowned Chilean actors Paulina Garcia and Alfredo Castro
The opening film of the...
- 7/30/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
The first round of titles for the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival has been announced, and included among this year’s world premieres is Sebastián Lelio’s “Disobedience,” starring Rachel McAdams and Rachel Weisz. The movie is one of two Lelio dramas heading to Tiff this year; the other is “A Fantastic Woman,” which earned acclaim at Berlin and won Lelio the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay.
Tiff Reveals First Slate of 2017 Titles, Including ‘The Shape of Water,’ ‘Downsizing,’ and ‘Call Me By Your Name’
“Disobedience” is based on the 2006 novel of the same name by Naomi Alderman. The story follows a rabbi’s daughter (Weisz) who returns to her Orthodox Jewish community in Hendon, London following the death of her estranged father. While there, she rekindles a romance with a former friend (McAdams), who just so happens to be married to her cousin. Alessandro Nivola also stars.
Given the involvement of McAdams and Weisz,...
Tiff Reveals First Slate of 2017 Titles, Including ‘The Shape of Water,’ ‘Downsizing,’ and ‘Call Me By Your Name’
“Disobedience” is based on the 2006 novel of the same name by Naomi Alderman. The story follows a rabbi’s daughter (Weisz) who returns to her Orthodox Jewish community in Hendon, London following the death of her estranged father. While there, she rekindles a romance with a former friend (McAdams), who just so happens to be married to her cousin. Alessandro Nivola also stars.
Given the involvement of McAdams and Weisz,...
- 7/25/2017
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
“There’s nothing worse than a politician without ambition.” So says the newly inaugurated president of Argentina in Santiago Mitre’s “The Summit.” It’s the kind of boilerplate dialogue you could hear in any broody portrait of politics and power, but it sounds particularly egregious coming from this one. Despite its larger festival platform and starrier cast, “The Summit” remains a wan, frustrating, and narratively unambitious follow-up to Mitre’s Critics Week prizewinner, “Paulina.”
With big-name actors and top-level access, Mitre’s third feature is an impressively scaled-up production. “The Summit” opens in the halls of the Casa Rosada, the sprawling presidential palace in the heart of Buenos Aires, and Mitre shot in the actual palace. As the steadicam rigs sweep from the back entrance to the kitchen to the gilded corridors of power, it introduces us to the characters who make the country run. First among equals is...
With big-name actors and top-level access, Mitre’s third feature is an impressively scaled-up production. “The Summit” opens in the halls of the Casa Rosada, the sprawling presidential palace in the heart of Buenos Aires, and Mitre shot in the actual palace. As the steadicam rigs sweep from the back entrance to the kitchen to the gilded corridors of power, it introduces us to the characters who make the country run. First among equals is...
- 5/24/2017
- by Ben Croll
- Indiewire
“There’s nothing worse than a politician without ambition.” So says the newly inaugurated president of Argentina in Santiago Mitre’s “The Summit.” It’s the kind of boilerplate dialogue you could hear in any broody portrait of politics and power, but it sounds particularly egregious coming from this one. Despite its larger festival platform and starrier cast, “The Summit” remains a wan, frustrating, and narratively unambitious follow-up to Mitre’s Critics Week prizewinner, “Paulina.”
With big-name actors and top-level access, Mitre’s third feature is an impressively scaled-up production. “The Summit” opens in the halls of the Casa Rosada, the sprawling presidential palace in the heart of Buenos Aires, and Mitre shot in the actual palace. As the steadicam rigs sweep from the back entrance to the kitchen to the gilded corridors of power, it introduces us to the characters who make the country run. First among equals is...
With big-name actors and top-level access, Mitre’s third feature is an impressively scaled-up production. “The Summit” opens in the halls of the Casa Rosada, the sprawling presidential palace in the heart of Buenos Aires, and Mitre shot in the actual palace. As the steadicam rigs sweep from the back entrance to the kitchen to the gilded corridors of power, it introduces us to the characters who make the country run. First among equals is...
- 5/24/2017
- by Ben Croll
- Indiewire
Willem Dafoe and Alessandro Nivola on the Tribeca International Narrative jury with Peter Fonda, Tavi Gevinson, and Ruth Wilson Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Tribeca Film Festival 2017 Best Actor Award winner Alessandro Nivola (for his performance in Liz W Garcia's One Percent More Humid, starring opposite Juno Temple, Julia Garner and Maggie Siff) has some interesting films coming up. Alessandro will play a rabbi in Gloria director Sebastián Lelio's latest Disobedience, based on the novel by Naomi Alderman, starring Rachel Weisz and Rachel McAdams; Jaron Albertin's Weightless with Julianne Nicholson, screenplay by Enda Walsh, produced by Greg Shapiro (Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty), and Lynne Ramsay's adaptation of Jonathan Ames's You Were Never Really Here, with Joaquin Phoenix and Ekaterina Samsonov, screening at Cannes in competition.
Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Nathan Darrow, and Nivola play the Madoffs in Barry Levinson's The Wizard Of Lies,...
Tribeca Film Festival 2017 Best Actor Award winner Alessandro Nivola (for his performance in Liz W Garcia's One Percent More Humid, starring opposite Juno Temple, Julia Garner and Maggie Siff) has some interesting films coming up. Alessandro will play a rabbi in Gloria director Sebastián Lelio's latest Disobedience, based on the novel by Naomi Alderman, starring Rachel Weisz and Rachel McAdams; Jaron Albertin's Weightless with Julianne Nicholson, screenplay by Enda Walsh, produced by Greg Shapiro (Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty), and Lynne Ramsay's adaptation of Jonathan Ames's You Were Never Really Here, with Joaquin Phoenix and Ekaterina Samsonov, screening at Cannes in competition.
Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Nathan Darrow, and Nivola play the Madoffs in Barry Levinson's The Wizard Of Lies,...
- 5/18/2017
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
When Hollywood attempts to translate arthouse sensations into mainstream vehicles, the result usually misses the ingredients and magic of what made the original work in the first place. So you can understand why our hearts dropped a little when the news came across today that Sebastián Lelio‘s lovely breakout film “Gloria” is going to be “reimagined” with Julianne Moore in the lead role. However, the film does have some strong creative voices guiding the project.
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- 5/12/2017
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
I think they’ve got your number, Julianne. THR reports that Julianne Moore is set to star in the English-language remake of Sebastian Lelio’s “Gloria,” which Lelio will write himself. Paulina García won the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the 2013 Berlinale, where the original comedy/drama about a single woman in her 50s premiered; her performance rightly earned praise throughout its run on the festival circuit and in limited release.
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“As one of the greatest actresses in the world, Julianne giving her interpretation of the character is not only a huge honor, it’s irresistible,” said Lelio. “It’s going to be like jazz, you’ll feel the spirit of the original story but it’ll be re-invigorated and vital. The new film has yet to be titled, which means...
Read More: Julianne Moore, Robert De Niro and David O. Russell’s TV Series Picked up by Amazon
“As one of the greatest actresses in the world, Julianne giving her interpretation of the character is not only a huge honor, it’s irresistible,” said Lelio. “It’s going to be like jazz, you’ll feel the spirit of the original story but it’ll be re-invigorated and vital. The new film has yet to be titled, which means...
- 5/12/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
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