Nick Cassavetes has yet to hit on a filmmaking style to rival his father's legacy, but with "Yellow," the director of "The Notebook" presents an unhinged portrait of emotional turmoil with bold stabs at expressionistic representation at every turn. It's not only Cassavetes' best movie, but also a fascinating alternative to conventional melodrama that burrows inside its troubled protagonist's head and unleashes her emotions in vivid terms. No matter how messy it gets, "Yellow" renders a troubled subjectivity with striking creativity. Cassevetes' wife Heather Wahlquist delivers a phenomenally unhinged performance as substitute teacher Mary Holmes, a pill-popping manic-depressive living out a vapid life in Hollywood while haunted by her many past mistakes. A more credible version of the headcase played by Cameron Diaz in last year's "Bad Teacher," Mary has suffered from a long trail of mistakes that stretch...
- 9/13/2012
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Officially the most refreshing breath of air at this year’s Tiff, Nick Cassavetes’ new feature ‘Yellow’, is a step into crazy terrritory, far from his recent romantic comedy fare and "Alpha Dog." It's Cassavetes moving away from traditional ways of telling stories, and towards a different type of perspective and very different type of view, as he admitted during the Q&A. You can’t but feel almost like a child trying to talk or review this movie because of how infectiously zany it is; think "Young Adult" on Vicodin and acid. Leading lady Heather Wahiquist puts her all into a truly memorable leading performance, and no wonder; she co-wrote the screenplay with Cassavetes. But the winner has to be the imagination behind the trippiness. Though you’ll be hard pressed to find a rock solid plot in this one, it does clearly deal with Mary Holmes (Wahlquist), an...
- 9/10/2012
- by Nikola Grozdanovic
- The Playlist
Medient Entertainment have released an official teaser trailer for drug ensemble drama Yellow.
Scripted by Heather Wahlquist and Nick Cassavetes (who also directs), Yellow stars Wahlquist, Sienna Miller, Ray Liotta, Lucy Punch, Max Thieriot, Riley Keough, Melanie Griffith, Daveigh Chase and Gena Rowlands.
Yellow centers on Mary Holmes (Wahlquist), a substitute teacher and mother of four, who hallucinates her way through the drudge of everyday life by fantasising about other people and lives.
The film, which marks a noticeable improvement for Cassavetes’ since the super-weepy My Sister’s Keeper, will premiere at the 37th annual Toronto International Film Festival, where it’ll be shopped to buyers by International Creative Management (ICM).
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Scripted by Heather Wahlquist and Nick Cassavetes (who also directs), Yellow stars Wahlquist, Sienna Miller, Ray Liotta, Lucy Punch, Max Thieriot, Riley Keough, Melanie Griffith, Daveigh Chase and Gena Rowlands.
Yellow centers on Mary Holmes (Wahlquist), a substitute teacher and mother of four, who hallucinates her way through the drudge of everyday life by fantasising about other people and lives.
The film, which marks a noticeable improvement for Cassavetes’ since the super-weepy My Sister’s Keeper, will premiere at the 37th annual Toronto International Film Festival, where it’ll be shopped to buyers by International Creative Management (ICM).
Watch the teaser trailer below:
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- 9/7/2012
- by Jamie Neish
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
I don't know what to make of this newly released teaser trailer for Nick Cassavetes' Yellow which presents Heather Wahlquist as Mary Holmes, a young woman who has a difficult time feeling things, and swallowing twenty Vicodin a day doesn't help. The film is said to explore her hallucinatory world and you get a lot of that from the trailer along with glimpses of Sienna Miller and Ray Liotta who are only part of a massive cast that also includes Gena Rowlands, David Morse, Lucy Punch, Max Thieriot, Riley Keough, Daveigh Chase and Melanie Griffith. The film is playing Toronto looking for distribution and it's one I was planning on catching, most likely next Thursday evening and the ambiguous nature of this trailer has me intrigued. Check out the trailer below and browse a few pictures from the film here.
- 9/6/2012
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Nick Cassavetes' "Yellow," a featured title at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival, has been picked up for international distribution by the Munich-based sales and production company Atlas International Film. ICM is handling domestic sales on the drama, which makes its world premiere at the festival next month. With a large ensemble cast, including Sienna Miller, below left, Ray Liotta, Lucy Punch, Melanie Griffith and Gena Rowlands, the story follows a young teacher with a drug problem. Mary Holmes looks like she has the perfect life with four children and a great job.
- 8/22/2012
- by Liza Foreman
- The Wrap
Staring production way back in the fall of 2010, it has been a long time coming for Nick Cassavetes' drug drama "Yellow," but it's now headed to Tiff and a strong handful of images have arrived, though curiously, aside from Sienna Miller, not much is seen of the extended ensemble. So who else is in this? How about: Gena Rowlands, Ray Liotta, David Morse, Lucy Punch, Max Theoriot, Riley Keough, Daveigh Chase, Heather Wahlquist and Melanie Griffith. Like we said, that's one helluva group of people. Here's the official synopsis: Nick Cassavetes' seminal work, Yellow, is a searing take on modern society and the demands it makes on people. Centered on Mary Holmes, a young woman who has a difficult time feeling things, and swallowing twenty Vicodin a day doesn’t help. We enter her hallucinatory world, peopled with Busby Berkeley dancers, Cirque du Soleil, Circus freaks, and human...
- 8/14/2012
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Tiff announced their last batch of titles for their primo Gala and Special Presentation events and it comes as no surprise that we’ve got ourselves several future Venice (Bad 25, Love is All You Need, Spring Breakers, Passion and The Master) and left over Cannes titles (White Elephant, On The Road, The Paperboy) set for some Special Presentation spots, but it’s the World Premieres that Tonrot have managed to lasso that have got out attention. First up in the trio of Gala screenings announced, it’s their Closing Night Film in Song for Marion which may do wonders for both the fest and the title itself — as it may be this year’s The King’s Speech type. What Maisie Knew, Arthur Newman, Greetings from Tim Buckley and after a long post-production phase Nick Cassavetes’ Yellow (see pic above) are all repping the new wave of U.S...
- 8/14/2012
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
As if the line-up couldn’t get any better, Toronto International Film Festival have went ahead with what looks to be their final announcement of premieres. Added to the slate is the oft-rumored The Master, showing in 70mm, as well as Brian De Palma‘s Passion, Harmony Korine‘s Spring Breakers, Peter Webber‘s WWII romantic drama Emperor, a Jeff Buckley biopic, as well as Cannes premieres such as Lee Daniels‘ The Paperboy (review here) and Walter Salles’ On the Road (review here). Check out the new additions below.
Galas
Song for Marion Paul Andrew Williams, UK Closing Night Film
A feel-good, heart-warming story about how music can inspire you. Song for Marion stars Terence Stamp as Arthur, a grumpy pensioner who can’t understand why his wife Marion (Vanessa Redgrave) would want to embarrass herself singing silly songs with her unconventional local choir. But choir director Elizabeth (Gemma Arterton...
Galas
Song for Marion Paul Andrew Williams, UK Closing Night Film
A feel-good, heart-warming story about how music can inspire you. Song for Marion stars Terence Stamp as Arthur, a grumpy pensioner who can’t understand why his wife Marion (Vanessa Redgrave) would want to embarrass herself singing silly songs with her unconventional local choir. But choir director Elizabeth (Gemma Arterton...
- 8/14/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
By Sean O’Connell Hollywoodnews.com: A lengthy second wave of Gala and Special Presentation programming has been announced for the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival, including this year’s Closing Night Film, which will be Paul Andrew Williams’ “Song for Marion,” with Terence Stamp and Gemma Arterton. It will mark the film’s World Premiere. But that’s only one of eight new World Premieres included in today’s announcement. In addition, Tiff plans to pull the exclusive curtain back on the following films: - “Emperor,” Peter Webber’s drama about the American occupation of Japan following World War II, with Tommy Lee Jones playing Gen. Douglas MacArthur. - “What Maisie Knew,” an adaptation of the Henry James novella about a 7-year-old caught in a custody battle between her mother – a rock and roll icon – and her father. Alexander Skarsgård, Julianne Moore, and Steve Coogan co-star. - “Arthur Newman,” Dante Ariola...
- 8/14/2012
- by Sean O'Connell
- Hollywoodnews.com
The Goose Woman (1925) Direction: Clarence Brown Cast: Louise Dresser, Jack Pickford, Constance Bennett, Marc McDermott, George Nichols, Gustav von Seyffertitz Screenplay: Melville W. Brown, titles by Dwinelle Benthall; from Rex Beach's story Highly Recommended Louise Dresser, Jack Pickford, The Goose Woman At the 2011 San Francisco Silent Film Festival, the Clarence Brown-directed 1925 Universal release The Goose Woman was introduced by author and film historian Kevin Brownlow. For me, Brown's family drama was the best film I saw at this year's festival. [Spoilers ahead.] Based on a Rex Beach story (itself inspired by a real-life murder trial), The Goose Woman stars future Best Actress Academy Award nominee Louise Dresser as Mary Holmes, a former opera star known as Marie de Nardi. Once the toast of Paris, Mary is now a drunken slattern, living in an old farmhouse where she raises geese. She openly resents her son, Gerald (Jack Pickford), whom she bitterly...
- 9/9/2011
- by Danny Fortune
- Alt Film Guide
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