Mark Ruffalo might be known best for his portrayal of Hulk in the Marvel Cinematic Universe but other films in his portfolio prove that that actor is not a one-trick pony. Whether it’s The Adam Project, Now You See Me, or Begin Again, Mark Ruffalo has proven time and again why his undeniable charm is enough to grab the spotlight all for himself. Of course, it helps that he is a phenomenal actor and a great person overall.
Mark Ruffalo in Avengers: Endgame | Credits: Marvel Studios
In 2019, Mark Ruffalo came out with a thriller that was unfortunately overshadowed by the MCU blockbuster, Avengers: Endgame. While many seem to have missed out on Dark Waters, we promise you that the 2-hour long film is absolutely worth every single minute you spend watching it. Don’t just take our word for it, though.
Cinema Fans Swear by Mark Ruffalo’s Dark...
Mark Ruffalo in Avengers: Endgame | Credits: Marvel Studios
In 2019, Mark Ruffalo came out with a thriller that was unfortunately overshadowed by the MCU blockbuster, Avengers: Endgame. While many seem to have missed out on Dark Waters, we promise you that the 2-hour long film is absolutely worth every single minute you spend watching it. Don’t just take our word for it, though.
Cinema Fans Swear by Mark Ruffalo’s Dark...
- 9/8/2024
- by Mishkaat Khan
- FandomWire
Clea DuVall to Write, Direct ‘Perfume & Pain’ Series Adaptation for Legendary Television (Exclusive)
Legendary Television has acquired the rights to the Anna Dorn novel “Perfume & Pain” with Clea DuVall set to write and direct, Variety has learned exclusively.
The book is described as a “a sexy and twisted character drama following a hopelessly romantic and equally reckless sapphic novelist on the verge of superstardom and simultaneously total self-destruction – depending which way the wind blows and what pill she pops next. Astrid will need to write her own deliverance into healing, true love, and success… before she succumbs to the vices that threaten to tear her apart.”
The book was originally published in the U.S. on May 21 by Simon & Schuster. Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler will produce under their Killer Films banner.
Dorn’s other works include “Exalted,” “Bad Lawyer,” and “Vagablonde.” Her next novel, “American Spirits,” is forthcoming from Simon & Schuster. She is repped by Gersh and Sanford J. Greenburger Associates for publishing.
The book is described as a “a sexy and twisted character drama following a hopelessly romantic and equally reckless sapphic novelist on the verge of superstardom and simultaneously total self-destruction – depending which way the wind blows and what pill she pops next. Astrid will need to write her own deliverance into healing, true love, and success… before she succumbs to the vices that threaten to tear her apart.”
The book was originally published in the U.S. on May 21 by Simon & Schuster. Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler will produce under their Killer Films banner.
Dorn’s other works include “Exalted,” “Bad Lawyer,” and “Vagablonde.” Her next novel, “American Spirits,” is forthcoming from Simon & Schuster. She is repped by Gersh and Sanford J. Greenburger Associates for publishing.
- 8/14/2024
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Set along the banks of a remote Chinese river in the 1990s, Only the River Flows presents a gripping puzzle for Detective Ma Zhe to solve. But this is no ordinary crime procedural. Behind the initial murder lies a web of unspoken secrets that will take Ma Zhe on a disturbing journey.
Directed by Wei Shujun, who has garnered acclaim for his previous films at Cannes, Only the River Flows transports viewers to a small riverside town. Here, the local police force operates from an abandoned movie theater, a fitting background given how the town’s inhabitants conceal their truths behind closed doors.
We first meet Detective Ma Zhe as he begins investigating the killing of an elderly woman. All signs point to the “madman” who lived with her. But diligent Ma Zhe senses more lies just beneath the surface. As he delves deeper, he unwittingly exposes long-buried secrets, from...
Directed by Wei Shujun, who has garnered acclaim for his previous films at Cannes, Only the River Flows transports viewers to a small riverside town. Here, the local police force operates from an abandoned movie theater, a fitting background given how the town’s inhabitants conceal their truths behind closed doors.
We first meet Detective Ma Zhe as he begins investigating the killing of an elderly woman. All signs point to the “madman” who lived with her. But diligent Ma Zhe senses more lies just beneath the surface. As he delves deeper, he unwittingly exposes long-buried secrets, from...
- 7/27/2024
- by Arash Nahandian
- Gazettely
William Jackson Harper has joined the cast of “The Morning Show” Season 4 at Apple TV+, Variety has learned.
Harper will appear alongside series leads Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston and fellow new cast members Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Irons, and. Aaron Pierre. Billy Crudup, Mark Duplass, Nestor Carbonell, Karen Pittman, Greta Lee, Jon Hamm, and Nicole Beharie also star.
Harper will play the role of Ben, described as “the network’s self-assured and innovative Head of Sports.”
Harper is perhaps best known for his role in the critically-acclaimed NBC comedy series “The Good Place,” for which he received an Emmy nomination for best supporting actor in a comedy in 2020. Harper recently appeared in the Netflix limited series “A Man in Full” and has also starred in shows like “Love Life” and “The Resort.” In film, he has starred in features like “Midsommar,” “Dark Waters,” and “Paterson.” In theater, Harper was recently...
Harper will appear alongside series leads Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston and fellow new cast members Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Irons, and. Aaron Pierre. Billy Crudup, Mark Duplass, Nestor Carbonell, Karen Pittman, Greta Lee, Jon Hamm, and Nicole Beharie also star.
Harper will play the role of Ben, described as “the network’s self-assured and innovative Head of Sports.”
Harper is perhaps best known for his role in the critically-acclaimed NBC comedy series “The Good Place,” for which he received an Emmy nomination for best supporting actor in a comedy in 2020. Harper recently appeared in the Netflix limited series “A Man in Full” and has also starred in shows like “Love Life” and “The Resort.” In film, he has starred in features like “Midsommar,” “Dark Waters,” and “Paterson.” In theater, Harper was recently...
- 7/24/2024
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
The Criterion Channel has unveiled its streaming lineup for August 2024, which features an eclectic mix of independent films showcasing the work of auteurs from around the world.
The boutique service will become the exclusive streaming home of Paul Thomas Anderson’s 2021 comedy “Licorice Pizza,” and will celebrate the occasion by adding four more of his films to the channel: “The Master,” “There Will Be Blood,” “Punch-Drunk Love,” and “Magnolia.” Anderson’s frequent collaborator Philip Seymour Hoffman will additionally be celebrated on the streaming service as part of a larger retrospective. Many of the late actor’s most iconic roles, including “Capote” and “Synecdoche, New York,” will be included, along with his sole directorial outing “Jack Goes Boating.”
The channel will also highlight several other prominent filmmakers including Preston Sturges, who helped pioneer the modern rom-com through films like “The Lady Eve” and “The Palm Beach Story,” and prolific Egyptian auteur Youssef Chahine.
The boutique service will become the exclusive streaming home of Paul Thomas Anderson’s 2021 comedy “Licorice Pizza,” and will celebrate the occasion by adding four more of his films to the channel: “The Master,” “There Will Be Blood,” “Punch-Drunk Love,” and “Magnolia.” Anderson’s frequent collaborator Philip Seymour Hoffman will additionally be celebrated on the streaming service as part of a larger retrospective. Many of the late actor’s most iconic roles, including “Capote” and “Synecdoche, New York,” will be included, along with his sole directorial outing “Jack Goes Boating.”
The channel will also highlight several other prominent filmmakers including Preston Sturges, who helped pioneer the modern rom-com through films like “The Lady Eve” and “The Palm Beach Story,” and prolific Egyptian auteur Youssef Chahine.
- 7/18/2024
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
The Criterion Channel’s August lineup pays tribute to auteurs of all kinds: directors, actors, and photographers, fictional or otherwise. In a notable act of preservation and advocacy, they’ll stream 20 titles by the Egyptian filmmaker Youssef Chahine, here introduced by the great Richard Peña. More known (but fun all the same) is a five-title Paul Thomas Anderson series including the exclusive stream of Licorice Pizza, as well as a Philip Seymour Hoffman series that overlaps with Magnolia, Punch-Drunk Love (a Criterion Edition this month), and The Master, plus 25th Hour, Love Liza, and his own directing effort Jack Goes Boating. Preston Sturges gets five movies, with Sullivan’s Travels arriving in October.
Theme-wise, a photographer series includes Rear Window, Peeping Tom, Blow-up, Close-Up, and Clouzot’s La prisonnière; “Vacation Noir” features The Lady from Shanghai, Brighton Rock, Kansas City Confidential, Purple Noon, and La piscine. Alongside the aforementioned PTA and Antonioni pictures,...
Theme-wise, a photographer series includes Rear Window, Peeping Tom, Blow-up, Close-Up, and Clouzot’s La prisonnière; “Vacation Noir” features The Lady from Shanghai, Brighton Rock, Kansas City Confidential, Purple Noon, and La piscine. Alongside the aforementioned PTA and Antonioni pictures,...
- 7/17/2024
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
While taking on Marvel’s Bruce Banner aka The Hulk in the MCU, Mark Ruffalo brought humanity, vulnerability, and wit to the role while also sharing great chemistry with Tony Stark aka Iron Man played by Robert Downey Jr. While his take on the mighty Avenger was appreciated, there have also been criticisms that Ruffalo’s version was too dialed-down in terms of the rage and violence associated with the character when compared to the performance of Edward Norton.
Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner (image credit: Marvel)
Now, with the first teaser of Captain America: Brave New World having dropped online, fans could be in for a treat after getting a fleeting glimpse of Harrison Ford’s Thaddeus ‘Thunderbolt’ Ross transforming into the iconic Red Hulk. His portrayal could now, potentially give Norton’s unhinged version a run for his money.
How Red Hulk Could Bring Back Nostalgic Memories For...
Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner (image credit: Marvel)
Now, with the first teaser of Captain America: Brave New World having dropped online, fans could be in for a treat after getting a fleeting glimpse of Harrison Ford’s Thaddeus ‘Thunderbolt’ Ross transforming into the iconic Red Hulk. His portrayal could now, potentially give Norton’s unhinged version a run for his money.
How Red Hulk Could Bring Back Nostalgic Memories For...
- 7/13/2024
- by Sharanya Sankar
- FandomWire
In the upcoming episode of “Ridiculousness,” viewers are in for a treat as Rob Dyrdek, Steelo Brim, and special guest Carly Aquilino dive headfirst into the madness in Season 38 Episode 49 titled “Sterling and Carly Aquilino Lxxxiii.” The trio takes on the challenge of venturing into “Dark Waters,” where the unexpected is always lurking. With their trademark humor and fearless attitudes, they navigate through the murky depths to uncover the most outrageous and hilarious clips the internet has to offer.
In another segment titled “Still Good,” Rob, Steelo, and Carly put the age-old saying “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” to the test. From questionable DIY fixes to bizarre inventions, the trio explores whether some things are better left untouched or if a little creativity can go a long way. Expect plenty of laughs and jaw-dropping moments as they dissect these unconventional solutions to everyday problems.
Additionally, the...
In another segment titled “Still Good,” Rob, Steelo, and Carly put the age-old saying “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” to the test. From questionable DIY fixes to bizarre inventions, the trio explores whether some things are better left untouched or if a little creativity can go a long way. Expect plenty of laughs and jaw-dropping moments as they dissect these unconventional solutions to everyday problems.
Additionally, the...
- 7/10/2024
- by Jules Byrd
- TV Everyday
Jake Gyllenhaal is an attorney accused of murder in the Apple TV+ limited series “Presumed Innocent,” which is based on the Scott Turow novel.
Here’s who plays who in the rest of the cast and where you might have seen the cast before. Where appropriate, we’ve also listed who played the character in the 1990 movie that starred Harrison Ford, but not all the characters in the series line up with those in the movie.
The first two episodes premiered on June 12 and subsequent episodes debut on Wednesdays through July 24.
Jake Gyllenhaal as Rusty Sabich Jake Gyllenhaal as Rusty Sabich in “Presumed Innocent” (Credit: Apple)
The “Zodiac” star plays Chicago prosecutor Rusty Sabich, who is accused of the brutal murder of his mistress Carolyn Polhemus who was also his colleague. Gyllenhaal recently starred in the “Road House” remake and will return for its sequel. In the 1990 movie, Harrison Ford played this role.
Here’s who plays who in the rest of the cast and where you might have seen the cast before. Where appropriate, we’ve also listed who played the character in the 1990 movie that starred Harrison Ford, but not all the characters in the series line up with those in the movie.
The first two episodes premiered on June 12 and subsequent episodes debut on Wednesdays through July 24.
Jake Gyllenhaal as Rusty Sabich Jake Gyllenhaal as Rusty Sabich in “Presumed Innocent” (Credit: Apple)
The “Zodiac” star plays Chicago prosecutor Rusty Sabich, who is accused of the brutal murder of his mistress Carolyn Polhemus who was also his colleague. Gyllenhaal recently starred in the “Road House” remake and will return for its sequel. In the 1990 movie, Harrison Ford played this role.
- 6/18/2024
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
Netflix’s live roast of NFL great Tom Brady made it into the Nielsen streaming rankings for its premiere, despite only being available for a few hours of that week. After its first full week on the streamer, it rocketed to the top of the charts.
The Roast of Tom Brady gathered 1.67 billion minutes of viewing for the week of May 6-12, leading all streaming titles by a wide margin (the second-place finisher, Grey’s Anatomy, had 1.11 billion minutes of watch time for the week). The roast also had by far the biggest weekly viewing tally ever for a Netflix special; the previous high was 798 million minutes for Chris Rock’s stand-up special Selective Outrage in March 2023.
The 1.67 billion minutes of viewing for the roast in the United States translates to about 27.87 million hours, or about two thirds of Netflix’s reported worldwide total (42.2 million hours) for the special that week.
The Roast of Tom Brady gathered 1.67 billion minutes of viewing for the week of May 6-12, leading all streaming titles by a wide margin (the second-place finisher, Grey’s Anatomy, had 1.11 billion minutes of watch time for the week). The roast also had by far the biggest weekly viewing tally ever for a Netflix special; the previous high was 798 million minutes for Chris Rock’s stand-up special Selective Outrage in March 2023.
The 1.67 billion minutes of viewing for the roast in the United States translates to about 27.87 million hours, or about two thirds of Netflix’s reported worldwide total (42.2 million hours) for the special that week.
- 6/6/2024
- by Rick Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Basada en el best-seller de Scott Turow. © Apple TV
Apple TV+ ha publicado el nuevo tráiler de la miniserie de suspense “Presunto Inocente”.
Basada en el best-seller de Scott Turow, la serie lleva a los espectadores en un viaje a través del horrible asesinato que pone patas arriba la fiscalía de Chicago cuando el fiscal adjunto Rusty Sabich (Gyllenhaal) se convierte en sospechoso del crimen. La serie explora la obsesión, el sexo, la política, el poder y los límites del amor, mientras el acusado lucha por mantener mantener unida a su familia y su matrimonio
“Presunto Inocente” está protagonizada por Jake Gyllenhaal (“Prisioneros”) junto a Ruth Negga (“Passing”), Bill Camp (“12 Años de Esclavitud”), O-t Fagbenle (“El Cuento de la Criada”), Chase Infiniti (“Untitled PTA Film”), Elizabeth Marvel (“Lincoln”), Nana Mensah (“Queen of Glory”), Renate Reinsve (“La Peor Persona del Mundo”), Peter Sarsgaard (“El Precio de la Verdad”) y Kingston Rumi Southwick...
Apple TV+ ha publicado el nuevo tráiler de la miniserie de suspense “Presunto Inocente”.
Basada en el best-seller de Scott Turow, la serie lleva a los espectadores en un viaje a través del horrible asesinato que pone patas arriba la fiscalía de Chicago cuando el fiscal adjunto Rusty Sabich (Gyllenhaal) se convierte en sospechoso del crimen. La serie explora la obsesión, el sexo, la política, el poder y los límites del amor, mientras el acusado lucha por mantener mantener unida a su familia y su matrimonio
“Presunto Inocente” está protagonizada por Jake Gyllenhaal (“Prisioneros”) junto a Ruth Negga (“Passing”), Bill Camp (“12 Años de Esclavitud”), O-t Fagbenle (“El Cuento de la Criada”), Chase Infiniti (“Untitled PTA Film”), Elizabeth Marvel (“Lincoln”), Nana Mensah (“Queen of Glory”), Renate Reinsve (“La Peor Persona del Mundo”), Peter Sarsgaard (“El Precio de la Verdad”) y Kingston Rumi Southwick...
- 5/23/2024
- by Marta Medina
- mundoCine
At some point in our lives, each of us has been exposed to the idea of how much harm corporations can do. Of course, it is too naive to divide the world into clear-cut 'black' and 'white' as it is often portrayed in pop culture, but in the case of multinational corporations, history shows that all of this is far more than essentialist hyperbole.
Corporations, sometimes no less powerful and capitalized than some states, have shown their true colors time and time again, cynically seeking profit at any cost. Even if the price is the health and life of their own customers.
That's why feature films about corporations based on real events have a special value. Yes, sometimes documentaries reveal a much more objective view of the terrible truth, but let's be honest, the format of feature films allows to convey these or those ideas to the viewer much more effectively,...
Corporations, sometimes no less powerful and capitalized than some states, have shown their true colors time and time again, cynically seeking profit at any cost. Even if the price is the health and life of their own customers.
That's why feature films about corporations based on real events have a special value. Yes, sometimes documentaries reveal a much more objective view of the terrible truth, but let's be honest, the format of feature films allows to convey these or those ideas to the viewer much more effectively,...
- 5/10/2024
- by louise.everitt@startefacts.com (Louise Everitt)
- STartefacts.com
The film eventually received a very warm welcome from both critics and viewers landing high-rated scores on Rotten Tomatoes.
Netflix is once again back on track bringing more of previous years’ gems to its viewers. The streaming has just dropped a legal thriller from 5 years ago starring Mark Ruffalo and Anne Hathaway in the leading roles, and those who enjoy compelling and thrilling stories coming from real events like in Spotlight should definitely add Netflix’s new addition to their watchlist.
Based on New York Times Magazine’s 2016 article titled The Lawyer Who Became DuPont's Worst Nightmare, Dark Waters follows Robert Billot, a real-life figure and environmental lawyer, who starts a whole trial against the chemical manufacturing corporation DuPont.
After being asked to investigate an unexplained sequence of numerous animals’ deaths by farmer Wilbur Tennant, Billot connects the dots finding out that DuPont’s chemicals have been contaminating the...
Netflix is once again back on track bringing more of previous years’ gems to its viewers. The streaming has just dropped a legal thriller from 5 years ago starring Mark Ruffalo and Anne Hathaway in the leading roles, and those who enjoy compelling and thrilling stories coming from real events like in Spotlight should definitely add Netflix’s new addition to their watchlist.
Based on New York Times Magazine’s 2016 article titled The Lawyer Who Became DuPont's Worst Nightmare, Dark Waters follows Robert Billot, a real-life figure and environmental lawyer, who starts a whole trial against the chemical manufacturing corporation DuPont.
After being asked to investigate an unexplained sequence of numerous animals’ deaths by farmer Wilbur Tennant, Billot connects the dots finding out that DuPont’s chemicals have been contaminating the...
- 5/9/2024
- by benjamin-patel@startefacts.com (Benjamin Patel)
- STartefacts.com
2018 and 2019 seem to have dominated the long list of new additions, with these four boasting great stories and high critical acclaim. From a heartwarming friendship to a dark cover-up, there's something here for everyone.
Dark Waters (2019)
Arrived on Netflix May 1
Dive right in, because this film has been available since the first of the month, and it's certified fresh, with an Rt score of 89% from critics and 95% from fans.
Based on true events and featuring an all-star cast including Mark Ruffalo, Anne Hathaway and Tim Robbins, Dark Waters follows a corporate lawyer who risks everything to take down the giant corporation he once worked to protect. The film is based on true events in many ways, but delivers a gripping story that follows the decades-long contamination of a small town's water supply and the efforts to cover it up.
With Todd Haynes at the helm, Dark Waters manages to expose...
Dark Waters (2019)
Arrived on Netflix May 1
Dive right in, because this film has been available since the first of the month, and it's certified fresh, with an Rt score of 89% from critics and 95% from fans.
Based on true events and featuring an all-star cast including Mark Ruffalo, Anne Hathaway and Tim Robbins, Dark Waters follows a corporate lawyer who risks everything to take down the giant corporation he once worked to protect. The film is based on true events in many ways, but delivers a gripping story that follows the decades-long contamination of a small town's water supply and the efforts to cover it up.
With Todd Haynes at the helm, Dark Waters manages to expose...
- 5/8/2024
- by info@startefacts.com (Catherine Hunter)
- STartefacts.com
La serie basada en el best-seller de Scott Turow llega a la plataforma de streaming. © Apple TV
Apple TV+ ha publicado el primer tráiler de la miniserie de suspense “Presunto Inocente”.
Basada en el best-seller de Scott Turow, la serie lleva a los espectadores en un viaje a través del horrible asesinato que pone patas arriba la fiscalía de Chicago cuando el fiscal adjunto Rusty Sabich (Gyllenhaal) se convierte en sospechoso del crimen. La serie explora la obsesión, el sexo, la política, el poder y los límites del amor, mientras el acusado lucha por mantener mantener unida a su familia y su matrimonio
“Presunto Inocente” está protagonizada por Jake Gyllenhaal (“Prisioneros”) junto a Ruth Negga (“Passing”), Bill Camp (“12 Años de Esclavitud”), O-t Fagbenle (“El Cuento de la Criada”), Chase Infiniti (“Untitled PTA Film”), Elizabeth Marvel (“Lincoln”), Nana Mensah (“Queen of Glory”), Renate Reinsve (“La Peor Persona del Mundo”), Peter Sarsgaard...
Apple TV+ ha publicado el primer tráiler de la miniserie de suspense “Presunto Inocente”.
Basada en el best-seller de Scott Turow, la serie lleva a los espectadores en un viaje a través del horrible asesinato que pone patas arriba la fiscalía de Chicago cuando el fiscal adjunto Rusty Sabich (Gyllenhaal) se convierte en sospechoso del crimen. La serie explora la obsesión, el sexo, la política, el poder y los límites del amor, mientras el acusado lucha por mantener mantener unida a su familia y su matrimonio
“Presunto Inocente” está protagonizada por Jake Gyllenhaal (“Prisioneros”) junto a Ruth Negga (“Passing”), Bill Camp (“12 Años de Esclavitud”), O-t Fagbenle (“El Cuento de la Criada”), Chase Infiniti (“Untitled PTA Film”), Elizabeth Marvel (“Lincoln”), Nana Mensah (“Queen of Glory”), Renate Reinsve (“La Peor Persona del Mundo”), Peter Sarsgaard...
- 5/6/2024
- by Marta Medina
- mundoCine
Clockwise from left: Atlas (Netflix), My Oni Girl (Netflix), Unfrosted (Netflix)Image: The A.V. Club
Netflix offers a few high-profile originals this May as the summer movie season gets ready to kick off in theaters. Jerry Seinfeld makes his feature directorial debut and acts in Unfrosted, a comedy about the...
Netflix offers a few high-profile originals this May as the summer movie season gets ready to kick off in theaters. Jerry Seinfeld makes his feature directorial debut and acts in Unfrosted, a comedy about the...
- 5/3/2024
- by Robert DeSalvo
- avclub.com
Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.
Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg (Alexis Bloom and Svetlana Zill)
You can’t always get what you want, unless you are a Rolling Stones fan hungering for documentary deep-dives into the band’s storied history. Indeed, it is spectacularly serendipitous that Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg arrives just a few months after The Stones and Brian Jones. The latter doc, from Nick Broomfield, centered on Jones, the band’s founder and leader until Mick Jagger and Keith Richards snatched that mantle. Catching Fire and The Stones and Brian Jones cover much of the same ground, use some of the same archival footage, and even feature the same anecdotes from delightful Tin Drum director Volker Schlöndorff. The films are...
Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg (Alexis Bloom and Svetlana Zill)
You can’t always get what you want, unless you are a Rolling Stones fan hungering for documentary deep-dives into the band’s storied history. Indeed, it is spectacularly serendipitous that Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg arrives just a few months after The Stones and Brian Jones. The latter doc, from Nick Broomfield, centered on Jones, the band’s founder and leader until Mick Jagger and Keith Richards snatched that mantle. Catching Fire and The Stones and Brian Jones cover much of the same ground, use some of the same archival footage, and even feature the same anecdotes from delightful Tin Drum director Volker Schlöndorff. The films are...
- 5/3/2024
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Last year, the whole world was amazed by the storyline of Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall, a legal drama about a writer trying to prove innocence in her husband's death. It demonstrated the potential toxicity of not only the failed relationship, but the world around us, when people get blamed for crimes even when there’s not enough proof.
There is a 2019 movie of the same genre, telling a similar story, but on much a larger scale. Its plot revolves around Robert Bilott, the real-life environmental attorney, known for the lawsuits against the chemical company DuPont after they contaminated the whole town in West Virginia with unregulated chemicals.
This premise seems to be boring enough to put you asleep with a bunch of pretentious speeches about the need to defend our ecology. However, this drama is not only going to keep you awake, but closely follow the DuPont case.
There is a 2019 movie of the same genre, telling a similar story, but on much a larger scale. Its plot revolves around Robert Bilott, the real-life environmental attorney, known for the lawsuits against the chemical company DuPont after they contaminated the whole town in West Virginia with unregulated chemicals.
This premise seems to be boring enough to put you asleep with a bunch of pretentious speeches about the need to defend our ecology. However, this drama is not only going to keep you awake, but closely follow the DuPont case.
- 4/30/2024
- by info@startefacts.com (Ava Raxa)
- STartefacts.com
It’s season finale time for networks, but Netflix, naturally, still has plenty of brand new TV and shows coming in May.
Jeff Daniels makes his TV return in the David E. Kelley series “A Man in Full.” That six-episode series is based on the bestselling book of the same name by Tom Wolfe. Per a press release: “When Atlanta real estate mogul Charlie Croker faces sudden bankruptcy, political and business interests collide as Charlie defends his empire from those attempting to capitalize on his fall from grace.” The series will also star Tom Pelphrey, Diane Lane, Lucy Liu, William Jackson Harper, Aml Ameen, Sarah Jones, Jon Michael Hill and Chanté Adams.
Additionally, comedy fans can get excited for a new special series from John Mulaney. The comedian is hosting a multi-night event, “John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in LA,” that looks to be part interview show and part man-on-the-street hijinks.
Jeff Daniels makes his TV return in the David E. Kelley series “A Man in Full.” That six-episode series is based on the bestselling book of the same name by Tom Wolfe. Per a press release: “When Atlanta real estate mogul Charlie Croker faces sudden bankruptcy, political and business interests collide as Charlie defends his empire from those attempting to capitalize on his fall from grace.” The series will also star Tom Pelphrey, Diane Lane, Lucy Liu, William Jackson Harper, Aml Ameen, Sarah Jones, Jon Michael Hill and Chanté Adams.
Additionally, comedy fans can get excited for a new special series from John Mulaney. The comedian is hosting a multi-night event, “John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in LA,” that looks to be part interview show and part man-on-the-street hijinks.
- 4/18/2024
- by Erin Strecker
- Indiewire
After two decades, Participant Media (which has won 21 Oscars) has been forced to shutter as the ongoing turbulence in the film industry continues.
After 20 years in the business, 21 Oscars and 135 films, Participant Media is closing down. The production company behind Oscar-winning films such as Spotlight and Green Book (both of which it co-produced) has been forced to shutter, with the continually-shifting landscape of film production proving to be too uncertain for the studio.
Company founder Jeff Skoll revealed the news yesterday. Around 100 staff will lose their jobs. As well as the films mentioned above, Participant’s mission statement tp produce films with a ‘social conscience’ has seen it involved in the release of some terrific films over the last two decades, including Syriana, Judas And The Black Messiah, Dark Waters, A Most Violent Year, Lincoln, The Post and Contagion, to name just a handful.
The company’s commitment to grown-up...
After 20 years in the business, 21 Oscars and 135 films, Participant Media is closing down. The production company behind Oscar-winning films such as Spotlight and Green Book (both of which it co-produced) has been forced to shutter, with the continually-shifting landscape of film production proving to be too uncertain for the studio.
Company founder Jeff Skoll revealed the news yesterday. Around 100 staff will lose their jobs. As well as the films mentioned above, Participant’s mission statement tp produce films with a ‘social conscience’ has seen it involved in the release of some terrific films over the last two decades, including Syriana, Judas And The Black Messiah, Dark Waters, A Most Violent Year, Lincoln, The Post and Contagion, to name just a handful.
The company’s commitment to grown-up...
- 4/17/2024
- by Dan Cooper
- Film Stories
Jeff Skoll, the billionaire philanthropist who launched Participant 20 years ago to champion socially conscious films, is closing down the impact producer-financier behind Spotlight, Roma, and Green Book.
In a memo to staff on Tuesday morning eBay co-founder Skoll said, ”I founded Participant with the mission of creating world-class content that inspires positive social change, prioritizing impact alongside commercial sustainability. Since then, the entertainment industry has seen revolutionary changes in how content is created, distributed and consumed.”
The statement hinted at what may have driven the Canadian’s “very difficult decision”. Studios and streamers are scrutinising their spend more than ever,...
In a memo to staff on Tuesday morning eBay co-founder Skoll said, ”I founded Participant with the mission of creating world-class content that inspires positive social change, prioritizing impact alongside commercial sustainability. Since then, the entertainment industry has seen revolutionary changes in how content is created, distributed and consumed.”
The statement hinted at what may have driven the Canadian’s “very difficult decision”. Studios and streamers are scrutinising their spend more than ever,...
- 4/16/2024
- ScreenDaily
Participant, the media company behind films like “Spotlight,” “Green Book,” “Roma,” and many more, is shutting its doors after 20 years in operation.
Jeff Skoll, who founded the company in 2004, informed the staff in a memo (obtained by IndieWire) that Participant would “wind down company operations.”
Nearly all of Participant’s roughly 100 staffers are being let go with no new content or production in the works. Only Participant’s library of 135 films remaining.
“I founded Participant with the mission of creating world-class content that inspires positive social change, prioritizing impact alongside commercial sustainability,” Skoll wrote. “Since then, the entertainment industry has seen revolutionary changes in how content is created, distributed and consumed.”
Participant’s 135 titles, half of them documentaries and also including five series, have earned $3.3 billion at the global box office. Participant has produced two Best Picture winners and earned 21 Oscars total from 86 nominations, as well as 18 Emmys on 62 nominations.
Jeff Skoll, who founded the company in 2004, informed the staff in a memo (obtained by IndieWire) that Participant would “wind down company operations.”
Nearly all of Participant’s roughly 100 staffers are being let go with no new content or production in the works. Only Participant’s library of 135 films remaining.
“I founded Participant with the mission of creating world-class content that inspires positive social change, prioritizing impact alongside commercial sustainability,” Skoll wrote. “Since then, the entertainment industry has seen revolutionary changes in how content is created, distributed and consumed.”
Participant’s 135 titles, half of them documentaries and also including five series, have earned $3.3 billion at the global box office. Participant has produced two Best Picture winners and earned 21 Oscars total from 86 nominations, as well as 18 Emmys on 62 nominations.
- 4/16/2024
- by Brian Welk
- Indiewire
Nakata Hideo’s Dark Water is a more muted study in melancholy than Ring, which four years earlier had brought the director fame and ushered in the J-horror film invasion. Where the earlier film’s most indelible image is a lank-haired ghost girl emerging from a television set, Dark Water largely keeps its most spectral imagery in the background and slightly out of focus, evoking the slow-burn technique of John Carpenter’s Halloween.
In the midst of a difficult divorce, Matsubura Yoshimi (Kuroki Hitomi) is forced to move into rather dilapidated digs with her young daughter, Ikuko (Kanno Rio). During the course of a divorce-related interview, it’s revealed that Yoshimi spent some time in a mental facility before her marriage, owing to overwork as a proofreader of “brutal and sadistic” literature. This of course opens up the possibility that subsequent experiences of a supernatural kind may be attributable to her unstable personality,...
In the midst of a difficult divorce, Matsubura Yoshimi (Kuroki Hitomi) is forced to move into rather dilapidated digs with her young daughter, Ikuko (Kanno Rio). During the course of a divorce-related interview, it’s revealed that Yoshimi spent some time in a mental facility before her marriage, owing to overwork as a proofreader of “brutal and sadistic” literature. This of course opens up the possibility that subsequent experiences of a supernatural kind may be attributable to her unstable personality,...
- 4/7/2024
- by Budd Wilkins
- Slant Magazine
Las sorprendentes primerísimas imágenes de ‘The Bride’.
Se ha revelado el primer vistazo a la película “The Bride” de Maggie Gyllenhaal. El jueves, la guionista y directora, compartió en redes sociales un primer vistazo a su próxima película para Warner Bros con el comentario «Conozcan a la novia y a Frank». Las imágenes muestran a Christian Bale (“El Caballero Oscuro”) como el monstruo de Frankenstein y a Jessie Buckley (“Estoy Pensando en Dejarlo”) como la novia.
Además de Buckley y Bale, el elenco de estrellas también incluye a Annette Bening (“American Beauty”), Penélope Cruz (“Vicky Cristina Barcelona”) y Peter Sarsgaard (“El Precio de la Verdad”).
En la película, un solitario Frankenstein viaja al Chicago de los años 30 en busca de la ayuda del Dr. Euphronius para crear una compañera para sí mismo. Los dos revigorizan a una joven asesinada y nace la Novia. Ella va más allá de lo que ninguno de los dos pretendía,...
Se ha revelado el primer vistazo a la película “The Bride” de Maggie Gyllenhaal. El jueves, la guionista y directora, compartió en redes sociales un primer vistazo a su próxima película para Warner Bros con el comentario «Conozcan a la novia y a Frank». Las imágenes muestran a Christian Bale (“El Caballero Oscuro”) como el monstruo de Frankenstein y a Jessie Buckley (“Estoy Pensando en Dejarlo”) como la novia.
Además de Buckley y Bale, el elenco de estrellas también incluye a Annette Bening (“American Beauty”), Penélope Cruz (“Vicky Cristina Barcelona”) y Peter Sarsgaard (“El Precio de la Verdad”).
En la película, un solitario Frankenstein viaja al Chicago de los años 30 en busca de la ayuda del Dr. Euphronius para crear una compañera para sí mismo. Los dos revigorizan a una joven asesinada y nace la Novia. Ella va más allá de lo que ninguno de los dos pretendía,...
- 4/5/2024
- by Marta Medina
- mundoCine
Nunsploitation appears to be alive and well in 2024 with this week’s arrival of Immaculate, a convent-set horror movie that borrows heavily from ’70s Italian horror, the peak era of the exploitation film. Nunsploitation, a subgenre of exploitation films that hit its prime in the late ’70s and early ’80s, often features nuns behaving badly. More importantly, nunsploitation films explore themes of sexual or religious repression, frequently unleashing scathing critiques of the Church through blasphemous imagery and nuns behaving badly.
This week’s streaming picks are dedicated to nunsploitation horror. These taboo-shattering horror movies have more on their mind than their low-budget exploitation origins suggest.
Here’s where you can stream them this week.
For more Stay Home, Watch Horror picks, click here.
Alucarda – Cultpix
Directed and co-written by Juan López Moctezuma, this English-language Mexican horror film stars Tina Romero as Alucarda, who was raised by nuns at a repressive Catholic convent.
This week’s streaming picks are dedicated to nunsploitation horror. These taboo-shattering horror movies have more on their mind than their low-budget exploitation origins suggest.
Here’s where you can stream them this week.
For more Stay Home, Watch Horror picks, click here.
Alucarda – Cultpix
Directed and co-written by Juan López Moctezuma, this English-language Mexican horror film stars Tina Romero as Alucarda, who was raised by nuns at a repressive Catholic convent.
- 3/18/2024
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Palestinian title If These Stones Could Talk has won the first ever Iefta (International Emerging Film Talents Association) Award for Best Documentary in Development, worth €10,000, at Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival’s Agora industry event.
The film, directed by Hana Elias and produced by Asmahan Bkera, follows a Palestinian man’s return to his hometown to build a house for his family. As the family tends their land, they confront their estrangement from the country as Palestinian citizens of Israel.
“With warmth and authenticity, this project portrays a family’s relationship with both each other and their land in an intimate way.
The film, directed by Hana Elias and produced by Asmahan Bkera, follows a Palestinian man’s return to his hometown to build a house for his family. As the family tends their land, they confront their estrangement from the country as Palestinian citizens of Israel.
“With warmth and authenticity, this project portrays a family’s relationship with both each other and their land in an intimate way.
- 3/14/2024
- ScreenDaily
You’d be absolved for thinking that Immaculate – Michael Mohan’s buzzy new religious horror film about a young American novitiate (Sydney Sweeney) discovering pure evil in a secluded Italian convent – might shape up to be something classier than it is. True, nunsploitation is one of cinema’s most disreputable genres, but for every Killer Nun or Nun II there’s a The Devils or Benedetta: cloistered entertainments that have weightier themes to go with all the cross-humping blasphemy. God only knows what drove Sweeney to resurrect the project she auditioned for ten years prior, because Immaculate is a mostly silly genre affair with an ending that edges the film painfully close to something more divine.
Sweeney stars as Cecilia, who arrives at the convent where she will take her vows armed only with an Italian phrasebook and a pretty face that the other sisters (and immigration agents) can’t stop commenting on.
Sweeney stars as Cecilia, who arrives at the convent where she will take her vows armed only with an Italian phrasebook and a pretty face that the other sisters (and immigration agents) can’t stop commenting on.
- 3/13/2024
- by Rocco T. Thompson
- DailyDead
When Italian horror comes to mind, it’s the unholy trifecta of Dario Argento, Lucio Fulci, and Mario and Lamberto Bava that dominate the discussion. However, Michele Soavi is another essential – albeit underrated – Italian horror savant from the ‘80s and ‘90s who cut his teeth as Argento and Fulci’s apprentice, before ascending to become their peer through formative films like StageFright and Dellamorte Dellamore (aka Cemetery Man). Soavi has a flair and appreciation for immersive and complex camera visuals, intimidating antagonists, and gruesome gore, all of which are on display in the director’s most polarizing film, The Church, which now celebrates its 35th anniversary.
This cinematic achievement began as Demons 3, the third film in Argento and Lamberto Bava’s popular supernatural horror series. However, the horror sequel soon pivoted into an original project early on in its production after Bava walked and Soavi took over and completely rewrote the script.
This cinematic achievement began as Demons 3, the third film in Argento and Lamberto Bava’s popular supernatural horror series. However, the horror sequel soon pivoted into an original project early on in its production after Bava walked and Soavi took over and completely rewrote the script.
- 3/8/2024
- by Daniel Kurland
- bloody-disgusting.com
Hey, "20/20: Bad Romance" fans. We're back in your faces to let you know that another new episode of 20/20: Bad Romance is headed your way tonight, March 4, 2024. Tonight's new episode will be the 7th edition of this current, premiere season 1, and we've got some new preview intel for it. ABC served up an official press release for tonight's new, March 4, 2024 episode 7. So, we will certainly refer to it for this preview session. Let's get to it. To start, there's an official title for this new episode 7 of 20/20 Bad Romance season 1. It's called, "Dark Waters." In tonight's new episode 7, the 20/20: Bad Romance team will take a deep look at a story about a military hero who was found dead at the bottom of a pond. The investigators rushed into action to try and track down whoever killed this military hero. During their investigation, they were led to some...
- 3/5/2024
- by Andre Braddox
- OnTheFlix
American Cinematographer Ed Lachman will be the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s Camerimage Film Festival.
Lachman was born on March 31, 1946. His grandfather owned several vaudeville theatres in the 1920s, which were later converted into movie houses, co-managed with Lachman’s father, a film theatre distributor who later acquired a small cinema in Boonton, New Jersey.
Lachman’s extensive filmography includes numerous collaborations with directors such as Todd Haynes, Ulrich Seidl (Import/Export), Steven Soderbergh (The Limey and Erin Brockovich), Gregory Nava and Paul Schrader. He served as the cinematographer on Sofia Coppola’s debut feature, The Virgin Suicides, and lensed A Prairie Home Companion, Robert Altman’s last film.
He is a three-time Oscar nominee for Far from Heaven, Carol, and Pablo Larrain’s El Conde.
Lachman was born on March 31, 1946. His grandfather owned several vaudeville theatres in the 1920s, which were later converted into movie houses, co-managed with Lachman’s father, a film theatre distributor who later acquired a small cinema in Boonton, New Jersey.
Lachman’s extensive filmography includes numerous collaborations with directors such as Todd Haynes, Ulrich Seidl (Import/Export), Steven Soderbergh (The Limey and Erin Brockovich), Gregory Nava and Paul Schrader. He served as the cinematographer on Sofia Coppola’s debut feature, The Virgin Suicides, and lensed A Prairie Home Companion, Robert Altman’s last film.
He is a three-time Oscar nominee for Far from Heaven, Carol, and Pablo Larrain’s El Conde.
- 2/29/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Bad Romance — A Special Edition of 20/20 fans, we’ve got a fresh off the press preview for the new Season 1 Episode 7 episode titled Dark Waters!
Find out everything you need to know about the Dark Waters episode of Bad Romance — A Special Edition of 20/20, including a full preview, videos, release date, cast information and how to watch!
Bad Romance — A Special Edition of 20/20 Dark Waters Season 1 Episode 7 Preview
Get ready to delve into the gripping world of love gone wrong with “Bad Romance — A Special Edition of 20/20”! Airing on ABC at 10:03 Pm on March 4, 2024, the upcoming episode titled “Dark Waters” promises to take viewers on a rollercoaster ride through tales of heartbreak, betrayal, and unexpected twists.
In this special edition of “20/20,” viewers will be captivated by the compelling stories of individuals whose romantic relationships took dark and unexpected turns. From deceitful betrayals to shocking revelations,...
Find out everything you need to know about the Dark Waters episode of Bad Romance — A Special Edition of 20/20, including a full preview, videos, release date, cast information and how to watch!
Bad Romance — A Special Edition of 20/20 Dark Waters Season 1 Episode 7 Preview
Get ready to delve into the gripping world of love gone wrong with “Bad Romance — A Special Edition of 20/20”! Airing on ABC at 10:03 Pm on March 4, 2024, the upcoming episode titled “Dark Waters” promises to take viewers on a rollercoaster ride through tales of heartbreak, betrayal, and unexpected twists.
In this special edition of “20/20,” viewers will be captivated by the compelling stories of individuals whose romantic relationships took dark and unexpected turns. From deceitful betrayals to shocking revelations,...
- 2/26/2024
- by News
- TV Regular
Get ready for an emotional rollercoaster with Season 1 Episode 7 of “Bad Romance — A Special Edition of 20/20” titled “Dark Waters,” airing on ABC at 10:03 Pm on Monday, March 4, 2024. In this captivating episode, viewers will be taken on a journey through tales of heartbreak, betrayal, and unexpected twists that occur when love takes a dark turn.
From toxic relationships to shocking revelations, “Dark Waters” explores the complexities of romantic entanglements gone wrong. Viewers will hear firsthand accounts of individuals who have faced unimaginable challenges in their quest for love, and the devastating consequences that follow.
With its blend of gripping storytelling and insightful commentary, “Bad Romance” sheds light on the darker side of love, offering viewers a glimpse into the complexities of human relationships. From deceitful partners to tragic endings, each story serves as a reminder of the dangers that lurk beneath the surface of seemingly perfect relationships.
Don’t miss...
From toxic relationships to shocking revelations, “Dark Waters” explores the complexities of romantic entanglements gone wrong. Viewers will hear firsthand accounts of individuals who have faced unimaginable challenges in their quest for love, and the devastating consequences that follow.
With its blend of gripping storytelling and insightful commentary, “Bad Romance” sheds light on the darker side of love, offering viewers a glimpse into the complexities of human relationships. From deceitful partners to tragic endings, each story serves as a reminder of the dangers that lurk beneath the surface of seemingly perfect relationships.
Don’t miss...
- 2/26/2024
- by Jules Byrd
- TV Everyday
Mark Ruffalo has taken a turn. “I’m so sick of being so well-behaved,” he says. “I just want to take the ship as close to the reef as I can without actually crashing it. And maybe I’ll crash it too. I don’t give a sh*t anymore.”
It’s fair to say that prior to his Poor Things role, Ruffalo’s credits are littered with likeable men: Jen Garner’s lovely best friend Matt in 13 Going on 30; the right-side-of-justice Inspector Toschi in Zodiac; real-life environmental activist Rob Bilott in Dark Waters; the abuse-exposing journalist Mike Rezendes in Spotlight… Even his Marvel franchise Hulk is deeply loveable. That’s not to say Ruffalo’s work has been remotely one-note—the man has been Oscar-nominated four times—but there’s a quality of sincerity that lends itself to the full-hearted men he has played.
So, it was hard...
It’s fair to say that prior to his Poor Things role, Ruffalo’s credits are littered with likeable men: Jen Garner’s lovely best friend Matt in 13 Going on 30; the right-side-of-justice Inspector Toschi in Zodiac; real-life environmental activist Rob Bilott in Dark Waters; the abuse-exposing journalist Mike Rezendes in Spotlight… Even his Marvel franchise Hulk is deeply loveable. That’s not to say Ruffalo’s work has been remotely one-note—the man has been Oscar-nominated four times—but there’s a quality of sincerity that lends itself to the full-hearted men he has played.
So, it was hard...
- 2/22/2024
- by Antonia Blyth
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s not news that the Santa Barbara International Film Festival is a key stop on the awards trail. Every year, Executive Director Roger Durling pulls a starry lineup and Oscar wranglers make sure their clients make the most of the 2,000-seat Arlington Theatre red carpet tributes and panels.
The new trend? Multiple presenters, and thus even bigger star power. Bradley Cooper had both costar Carey Mulligan and friend Brad Pitt pay him tribute last Thursday, while on Friday Robert Downey Jr. drew both his old school chum Rob Lowe and “Oppenheimer” costar Cillian Murphy.
Saturday brought the producer and International panels along with the annual Virtuosos show hosted by TCM’s Dave Karger, who hawked his glossy new Oscar book published by TCM, “50 Oscar Nights: Iconic Stars & Filmmakers on Their Career-Defining Wins,” including Steven Spielberg, Jennifer Hudson, Emma Thompson, Meryl Streep, and more. And Da’Vine Joy Randolph (“The Holdovers”) flirted charmingly with both Karger,...
The new trend? Multiple presenters, and thus even bigger star power. Bradley Cooper had both costar Carey Mulligan and friend Brad Pitt pay him tribute last Thursday, while on Friday Robert Downey Jr. drew both his old school chum Rob Lowe and “Oppenheimer” costar Cillian Murphy.
Saturday brought the producer and International panels along with the annual Virtuosos show hosted by TCM’s Dave Karger, who hawked his glossy new Oscar book published by TCM, “50 Oscar Nights: Iconic Stars & Filmmakers on Their Career-Defining Wins,” including Steven Spielberg, Jennifer Hudson, Emma Thompson, Meryl Streep, and more. And Da’Vine Joy Randolph (“The Holdovers”) flirted charmingly with both Karger,...
- 2/13/2024
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Exclusive: The Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival’s industry-focused Agora section has selected 12 projects from 11 countries for this year’s Thessaloniki Pitching Forum and 11 films from 16 countries for the Agora Docs in Progress sidebar. Scroll down for the full list of projects.
All selected projects are from Southeastern Europe and the Mediterranean region.
The re-shaped Thessaloniki Pitching Forum is the festival’s co-financing and co-production forum for documentaries in development. Recent projects that have passed through the program include Boylesque, which premiered at Hot Docs 2022, Dead Sea Guardians, which premiered at Haifa Iff (2021) and was screened in Thessaloniki (2022), Karaoke Nation premiered at Cph: Dox (2022), A Steady Job premiered at Visions du Reel (2022), We Will Not Fade Away premiered at Berlinale 2023 and Mighty Afrin (Greece) premiered at Thessaloniki Idf 2023 and won the WWF Award.
This year, the Thessaloniki Pitching Forum has secured three new awards for its participants.
All selected projects are from Southeastern Europe and the Mediterranean region.
The re-shaped Thessaloniki Pitching Forum is the festival’s co-financing and co-production forum for documentaries in development. Recent projects that have passed through the program include Boylesque, which premiered at Hot Docs 2022, Dead Sea Guardians, which premiered at Haifa Iff (2021) and was screened in Thessaloniki (2022), Karaoke Nation premiered at Cph: Dox (2022), A Steady Job premiered at Visions du Reel (2022), We Will Not Fade Away premiered at Berlinale 2023 and Mighty Afrin (Greece) premiered at Thessaloniki Idf 2023 and won the WWF Award.
This year, the Thessaloniki Pitching Forum has secured three new awards for its participants.
- 2/8/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Acclaimed Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos has a unique way of cutting straight to the heart of his oddball characters -- sometimes literally, but always in the most provocative ways. The director behind "The Lobster," "The Killing of the Sacred Deer," and "The Favourite" is no stranger to the idea of using violence and esoteric imagery as a means of bringing idiosyncratic worlds to life, though his most recent film "Poor Things" (reviewed here to great praise by /Film's Mike Shutt) has found itself on an awards track partly by incorporating an even spicier ingredient into the mix: sex. To Lanthimos fans, this was merely another item in the toolbelt for the journey of Bella Baxter (Emma Stone) and her Frankenstein's monster-like transformation into a full-fledged human being. But for co-star Mark Ruffalo, cast as the rascally ne'er-do-well Duncan Wedderburn and the subject of much "furious jumping" with Bella, the...
- 1/19/2024
- by Jeremy Mathai
- Slash Film
Iconoclastic filmmaker Todd Haynes has made a name for himself crafting stories dealing with sexuality, discrimination and pop culture. Let’s take a look back at all nine of his narrative feature films, ranked worst to best.
Haynes first came to the attention of art house audiences with “Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story” (1988), a 43-minute short which used Barbie dolls to create a startling poignant, eerie biopic. This led to his feature debut, “Poison” (1991), a milestone in the New Queer Cinema that told three different narratives exploring our reactions to human carnality.
He reaped his first Oscar nomination for “Far From Heaven” (Best Original Screenplay in 2002), a meticulous recreation of Douglas Sirk melodramas centering on a 1950’s Connecticut housewife (Julianne Moore) who falls in love with her black gardener (Dennis Haysbert) after her husband (Dennis Quaid) comes out of the closet. In addition to Haynes’ bid, the film also competed...
Haynes first came to the attention of art house audiences with “Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story” (1988), a 43-minute short which used Barbie dolls to create a startling poignant, eerie biopic. This led to his feature debut, “Poison” (1991), a milestone in the New Queer Cinema that told three different narratives exploring our reactions to human carnality.
He reaped his first Oscar nomination for “Far From Heaven” (Best Original Screenplay in 2002), a meticulous recreation of Douglas Sirk melodramas centering on a 1950’s Connecticut housewife (Julianne Moore) who falls in love with her black gardener (Dennis Haysbert) after her husband (Dennis Quaid) comes out of the closet. In addition to Haynes’ bid, the film also competed...
- 1/3/2024
- by Zach Laws and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Welcome to 2024! This, our first column of the new year, follows Oppenheimer, and Lots of Late Gift Ideas”>our December 2023 piece by offering more 2023 releases that deserve your time and attention.
Spielberg: The First Ten Years by Laurent Bouzereau (Insight Editions) and Steven Spielberg: All the Films by Olivier Bousquet, Arnaud Devillard, and Nicolas Schaller (Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers)
I am not sure what Steven Spielberg obsessives like myself did to earn two lengthy, photo-backed, hardcover career appreciations, but I’m not complaining. Steven Spielberg: All the Films runs for nearly 500 pages and covers literally everything, from the director’s contributions to Rod Serling’s Night Gallery to The Fabelmans. Along the way are some unique insights, surprising facts (Leonardo DiCaprio was approached to play Tintin?), and the inclusion of some of his 1980s television work. And Spielberg: The First Ten Years is just as engaging, and even more in-depth.
Spielberg: The First Ten Years by Laurent Bouzereau (Insight Editions) and Steven Spielberg: All the Films by Olivier Bousquet, Arnaud Devillard, and Nicolas Schaller (Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers)
I am not sure what Steven Spielberg obsessives like myself did to earn two lengthy, photo-backed, hardcover career appreciations, but I’m not complaining. Steven Spielberg: All the Films runs for nearly 500 pages and covers literally everything, from the director’s contributions to Rod Serling’s Night Gallery to The Fabelmans. Along the way are some unique insights, surprising facts (Leonardo DiCaprio was approached to play Tintin?), and the inclusion of some of his 1980s television work. And Spielberg: The First Ten Years is just as engaging, and even more in-depth.
- 1/2/2024
- by Christopher Schobert
- The Film Stage
The holidays are upon us, which means it’s a great time to gather ’round your screen and catch up on the best movies. Fortunately, the list of new movies on Netflix in December is quite long, so you’ve got plenty to choose from. In fact, sometimes it feels like too much to choose from. With that in mind, we’ve put together a curated list of some of the best new movies streaming on Netflix this month, including new releases and throwback library titles — including the arrival of several DC movies. From awards contenders to would-be blockbusters, Netflix is debuting several of their biggest movies this month so there’s a lot to chose from.
Check out our picks for the best new movies on Netflix in December below.
May December (2023) Netflix
Available: Dec. 1
“Carol” and “Dark Waters” director Todd Haynes is back with another lush, haunting character piece in “May December.
Check out our picks for the best new movies on Netflix in December below.
May December (2023) Netflix
Available: Dec. 1
“Carol” and “Dark Waters” director Todd Haynes is back with another lush, haunting character piece in “May December.
- 12/29/2023
- by Haleigh Foutch, Adam Chitwood
- The Wrap
Plot: An ambitious actress (Natalie Portman) shadows an infamous former tabloid figure (Julianne Moore) she’s playing in a movie.
Review: May December is loosely based on the Mary Kay Letourneau case. This was one of the biggest tabloid stories of the nineties. Letourneau was a convicted pedophile, being a school teacher who had an affair with her 12-year-old student. Despite initially getting off with a minor prison sentence, she continued her relationship with the boy, eventually becoming pregnant by him. She spent seven years in jail, but, in perhaps the strangest twist of all, when she got released, she married her now adult former victim.
May December isn’t precisely a Mary Kay Letourneau film, but Julianne Moore plays a woman very closely patterned on her. In the movie, her composite character, Gracie, has been out of jail for many years and has settled into a supposedly idyllic life with her former victim-turned-husband,...
Review: May December is loosely based on the Mary Kay Letourneau case. This was one of the biggest tabloid stories of the nineties. Letourneau was a convicted pedophile, being a school teacher who had an affair with her 12-year-old student. Despite initially getting off with a minor prison sentence, she continued her relationship with the boy, eventually becoming pregnant by him. She spent seven years in jail, but, in perhaps the strangest twist of all, when she got released, she married her now adult former victim.
May December isn’t precisely a Mary Kay Letourneau film, but Julianne Moore plays a woman very closely patterned on her. In the movie, her composite character, Gracie, has been out of jail for many years and has settled into a supposedly idyllic life with her former victim-turned-husband,...
- 12/3/2023
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
Hollywood has a long tradition of brutal honesty, as Mark Ruffalo found when in negotiations for David Fincher’s Zodiac. More below…
As the Incredible Hulk himself, Mark Ruffalo is surely one of the most in-demand actors in Hollywood in 2023. Combining his Marvel clout with some brilliantly restrained performances in films like Spotlight and Dark Waters, he’s a rare actor that seems able to do it all. And with a particularly, shall we say, memorable turn in Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things arriving in the UK early next year, it looks like his range is only getting wider.
But that wasn’t the case back in the mid-noughties, it turns out. In a new interview with High Snobiety, Ruffalo is pretty candid with the position his career was in before David Fincher cast him in his serial killer drama, Zodiac.
“Studios, they weren’t coming to me in that way,...
As the Incredible Hulk himself, Mark Ruffalo is surely one of the most in-demand actors in Hollywood in 2023. Combining his Marvel clout with some brilliantly restrained performances in films like Spotlight and Dark Waters, he’s a rare actor that seems able to do it all. And with a particularly, shall we say, memorable turn in Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things arriving in the UK early next year, it looks like his range is only getting wider.
But that wasn’t the case back in the mid-noughties, it turns out. In a new interview with High Snobiety, Ruffalo is pretty candid with the position his career was in before David Fincher cast him in his serial killer drama, Zodiac.
“Studios, they weren’t coming to me in that way,...
- 11/20/2023
- by James Harvey
- Film Stories
Many cinematographers wouldn’t want to be mistaken with someone else, but Christopher Blauvelt was exceedingly unbothered when I revealed May December initially suggested Ed Lachman. It’s an easy mistake to make––Blauvelt is filling in for Lachman, Todd Haynes’ usual cinematographer, when personal injury prevented him from shooting the new feature––unless you know his work well enough, accordingly I remembered his involvement in the first exterior shots bearing the heavy grain that have made his collaborations with Kelly Reichardt so deeply felt, so elemental.
Blauvelt presented May December at this year’s EnergaCAMERIMAGE days before it opens in the United States and two weeks in advance of its Netflix debut. When we met at Toruń’s Hotel Copernicus my general list of questions got upended by conversational flow, resulting in an interview that covers much of the film’s making––including the next, revealing chapter in my...
Blauvelt presented May December at this year’s EnergaCAMERIMAGE days before it opens in the United States and two weeks in advance of its Netflix debut. When we met at Toruń’s Hotel Copernicus my general list of questions got upended by conversational flow, resulting in an interview that covers much of the film’s making––including the next, revealing chapter in my...
- 11/17/2023
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Exclusive: Paradigm has signed multiple Emmy- and Tony Award-nominated actor Victor Garber for representation in all areas.
Garber is perhaps best known for roles on series including Alias, Frasier and Will & Grace, having notched three Emmy nominations for his work on the former ABC spy series, as well as one for each of the others. He earned an additional nomination from the TV Academy for his portrayal of Judy Garland’s third husband Sid Luft in the ABC miniseries Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows, and has memorably appeared on the film side in the Academy Award winners Titanic and Argo, along with Gus Van Sant’s Milk.
Currently starring on the Canadian legal drama Family Law, Farber has also been seen on series like Legends of Tomorrow, Deception, Eli Stone and Justice, having recently recurred on And Just Like That…, Power Book II: Ghost and The Orville,...
Garber is perhaps best known for roles on series including Alias, Frasier and Will & Grace, having notched three Emmy nominations for his work on the former ABC spy series, as well as one for each of the others. He earned an additional nomination from the TV Academy for his portrayal of Judy Garland’s third husband Sid Luft in the ABC miniseries Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows, and has memorably appeared on the film side in the Academy Award winners Titanic and Argo, along with Gus Van Sant’s Milk.
Currently starring on the Canadian legal drama Family Law, Farber has also been seen on series like Legends of Tomorrow, Deception, Eli Stone and Justice, having recently recurred on And Just Like That…, Power Book II: Ghost and The Orville,...
- 10/12/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
The Burial is a legal drama film directed by Maggie Betts from a screenplay by Betts and Doug Wright. Loosely based on the true story of lawyer Willie E. Gary and his client Jeremiah Joseph O’Keefe, the Prime Video film follows the story of their lawsuit against the Loewen funeral company, as it was documented by Jonathan Harr in a New Yorker article. The Burial stars Jamie Foxx and Tommy Lee Jones in the lead roles. So, if you loved the Prime Video film here are some similar movies you could watch next.
Michael Clayton (Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Warner Bros.
Synopsis: Michael Clayton (George Clooney) is an in-house “fixer” at one of the largest corporate law firms in New York. At the behest of the firm’s co- founder Marty Bach (Sydney Pollack), Clayton, a former prosecutor from a family of cops, takes care of Kenner, Bach & Ledeen’s dirtiest work.
Michael Clayton (Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Warner Bros.
Synopsis: Michael Clayton (George Clooney) is an in-house “fixer” at one of the largest corporate law firms in New York. At the behest of the firm’s co- founder Marty Bach (Sydney Pollack), Clayton, a former prosecutor from a family of cops, takes care of Kenner, Bach & Ledeen’s dirtiest work.
- 10/9/2023
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
Todd Haynes’ May December will open the New York Film Festival on Friday, but Netflix is giving an intriguing sneak peek via the first official trailer for the film that was the talk of Cannes this year.
Starring Natalie Portman, Julianne Moore and Charles Melton, the film picks up 20 years after an affair between an adult woman (Moore) and a much (much) younger man (Melton) – think Mary Kay Letourneau – made tabloid headlines. In the present day, famous TV star Elizabeth (Portman) visits the now-married couple while researching a film that will be based on the old scandal.
As the official logline puts it, “as Elizabeth attempts to get closer to the family, the uncomfortable facts of their scandal unfurl, causing difficult, long-dormant emotions to resurface.”
Directed by Haynes from a screenplay by Samy Burch and story by Burch and Alex Mechanik, the film had its world premiere in Cannes, with...
Starring Natalie Portman, Julianne Moore and Charles Melton, the film picks up 20 years after an affair between an adult woman (Moore) and a much (much) younger man (Melton) – think Mary Kay Letourneau – made tabloid headlines. In the present day, famous TV star Elizabeth (Portman) visits the now-married couple while researching a film that will be based on the old scandal.
As the official logline puts it, “as Elizabeth attempts to get closer to the family, the uncomfortable facts of their scandal unfurl, causing difficult, long-dormant emotions to resurface.”
Directed by Haynes from a screenplay by Samy Burch and story by Burch and Alex Mechanik, the film had its world premiere in Cannes, with...
- 9/26/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
The Venice Film Festival is rolling out a juried impact award that will mark the first time a major film festival has awarded a prize focused solely on impact.
Impact campaigns are crafted around documentaries and some narrative films that have strong social or political messages that can inspire action among audiences and the industry at large. While the field has been around for the last decade, Venice’s Collateral Impact Award, which was created in partnership with ThinkFilm Impact Production, is the first time an impact-specific award is being presented at an A-list festival.
“This is an industry first — it’s not been seen anywhere,” ThinkFilm Impact Production founder and CEO Danielle Turkov Wilson told Variety. “I’ve been working at Cannes at the industry level for years, but to see something like this at the competition level is wonderful.”
Venice organizers said the award will honor a film...
Impact campaigns are crafted around documentaries and some narrative films that have strong social or political messages that can inspire action among audiences and the industry at large. While the field has been around for the last decade, Venice’s Collateral Impact Award, which was created in partnership with ThinkFilm Impact Production, is the first time an impact-specific award is being presented at an A-list festival.
“This is an industry first — it’s not been seen anywhere,” ThinkFilm Impact Production founder and CEO Danielle Turkov Wilson told Variety. “I’ve been working at Cannes at the industry level for years, but to see something like this at the competition level is wonderful.”
Venice organizers said the award will honor a film...
- 8/11/2023
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
In late June, it was announced that Reservation Dogs‘ third season would be its last.
“That’s a difficult line to write and a more difficult decision to make,” co-creator Sterlin Harjo said in an Instagram post announcing the show’s final season ahead of its Aug. 2 premiere. “Almost all television and film depictions about Native people are mostly inaccurate. And most of them have been untruthful.”
Co-created by Harjo and Taika Waititi and debuting in August 2021, the writer would go on to celebrate the “gift” of his series, which helped foment one of the first, major TV network pushes of modern Native and Indigenous storytelling. Reservation Dogs has offered a “different perspective of Indigenous people and our culture,” he wrote. “Most important of all, it has been a dream to collaborate and make a show that is entirely written by, directed by and stars Native people.”
The decision was...
“That’s a difficult line to write and a more difficult decision to make,” co-creator Sterlin Harjo said in an Instagram post announcing the show’s final season ahead of its Aug. 2 premiere. “Almost all television and film depictions about Native people are mostly inaccurate. And most of them have been untruthful.”
Co-created by Harjo and Taika Waititi and debuting in August 2021, the writer would go on to celebrate the “gift” of his series, which helped foment one of the first, major TV network pushes of modern Native and Indigenous storytelling. Reservation Dogs has offered a “different perspective of Indigenous people and our culture,” he wrote. “Most important of all, it has been a dream to collaborate and make a show that is entirely written by, directed by and stars Native people.”
The decision was...
- 8/2/2023
- by Abbey White
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Todd Haynes’ new film “May December” will open the 61st New York Film Festival on Sept. 29, Film at Lincoln Center announced Tuesday. The opening will mark the film’s North American debut. The director and cast, which includes Natalie Portman, Julianne Moore and Charles Melton, will attend the screening.
“May December” had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May, where it was warmly received and acquired by Netflix. Written by first-time screenwriter Samy Burch, the dark comedy is Haynes’ first narrative film since 2019’s “Dark Waters.” It stars Portman as Elizabeth, a TV actor who travels to Savannah to study Gracie (Moore), whom she will portray onscreen and who, along with her significantly younger husband Joe (Melton), was once a target for tabloids. Elizabeth attempts to immerse herself in their lives to fully understand what made them such irresistible tabloid fodder. According to the press release, “As...
“May December” had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May, where it was warmly received and acquired by Netflix. Written by first-time screenwriter Samy Burch, the dark comedy is Haynes’ first narrative film since 2019’s “Dark Waters.” It stars Portman as Elizabeth, a TV actor who travels to Savannah to study Gracie (Moore), whom she will portray onscreen and who, along with her significantly younger husband Joe (Melton), was once a target for tabloids. Elizabeth attempts to immerse herself in their lives to fully understand what made them such irresistible tabloid fodder. According to the press release, “As...
- 7/11/2023
- by Missy Schwartz
- The Wrap
Todd Haynes’ May December will open the New York Film Festival on September 29, organizers said today.
The film had its world premiere in Cannes and its North American rights were acquired by Netflix for $11 million after an all-night bidding war. New York will host the film’s North American premiere as the kickoff to its 61st edition. Haynes and members of the cast headed by Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore are expected to be in attendance.
While the New York fest has sometimes opened with major world premieres like The Irishman in 2019, its DNA as a “festival of festivals” based in a media-rich city has led it to program plenty of non-premiere openers. The 2022 fest opened with White Noise, which had world-premiered in Venice. Even after an opening night featuring an established festival title, this year’s NYFF is likely feature quite a few world premieres during the course of its 17-day run.
The film had its world premiere in Cannes and its North American rights were acquired by Netflix for $11 million after an all-night bidding war. New York will host the film’s North American premiere as the kickoff to its 61st edition. Haynes and members of the cast headed by Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore are expected to be in attendance.
While the New York fest has sometimes opened with major world premieres like The Irishman in 2019, its DNA as a “festival of festivals” based in a media-rich city has led it to program plenty of non-premiere openers. The 2022 fest opened with White Noise, which had world-premiered in Venice. Even after an opening night featuring an established festival title, this year’s NYFF is likely feature quite a few world premieres during the course of its 17-day run.
- 7/11/2023
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Everyone loves a deep-sea survival thriller, right? Take a beautiful day, two friends, an unexpected turn of events, and a near-disaster, and voila, all the ingredients for nail-biting intrigue, whether its sharks, lack of oxygen, or worse. That’s pretty much the same premise for the new thriller, “The Dive.” Starring Louisa Krause and Sophie Lowe, “The Dive” is directed by Max Erlenwein (“Stereo”) and features a script co-written with Joachim Hedén (“Breaking Surface”).
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- 6/28/2023
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
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