Some of the biggest filmmakers in Hollywood have joined Gold Derby recently to talk about their awards-contending films. With the Oscar ceremony coming up on Sunday, March 4, catch up on 10 exclusive interviews with this year’s writing and directing contenders. Follow the links below to be taken to their full interview.
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Guillermo del Toro (Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for “The Shape of Water”) helmed this fantastical romance about a mute janitor (Sally Hawkins) who falls in love with a giant fish man (Doug Jones). Del Toro previously competed at the Oscars for Best Original Screenplay for “Pan’s Labyrinth” (2006). He has won the Golden Globe, DGA, BAFTA, and Critics Choice prizes as Best Director for this film. (Click here to be taken to his full interview)
Greta Gerwig (Best Director and Best Original Screenplay...
See 2018 Oscar nominations: Full list of Academy Awards nominees in all 24 categories
Guillermo del Toro (Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for “The Shape of Water”) helmed this fantastical romance about a mute janitor (Sally Hawkins) who falls in love with a giant fish man (Doug Jones). Del Toro previously competed at the Oscars for Best Original Screenplay for “Pan’s Labyrinth” (2006). He has won the Golden Globe, DGA, BAFTA, and Critics Choice prizes as Best Director for this film. (Click here to be taken to his full interview)
Greta Gerwig (Best Director and Best Original Screenplay...
- 2/28/2018
- by Zach Laws
- Gold Derby
Dee Rees has quietly become one of the most important voices in filmmaking over the last few years. Her debut feature film ‘Pariah‘, about a teenage African-American lesbian struggle with coming out to her family was, probably underrated by most, including myself, and I admired that movie a lot; I probably should go back to that one honestly. Her last work was the TV movis biopic ‘Bessie‘ about the great blues legend Bessie Smith, and now comes a sweeping tragic epic called ‘Mudbound‘, that examines two families, one white and one black, and the struggles they both go through living in the Jim Crow South, both before and after World War II.
Plotwise, I’m gonna skip to the middle of the story, ’cause it doesn’t quite get going until then, but after World War II, two soldiers in the families come home. For the McAllen’s, led by...
Plotwise, I’m gonna skip to the middle of the story, ’cause it doesn’t quite get going until then, but after World War II, two soldiers in the families come home. For the McAllen’s, led by...
- 2/22/2018
- by David Baruffi
- Age of the Nerd
Mudbound screenwriter Virgil Williams sat down with The Hollywood Reporter In Studio to share his thoughts on his "humbling" Oscar nomination for best adapted screenplay.
"This whole experience has been humbling and magical. Just to get a movie made is a daisy chain of miracles. So to get it made and end up here, it's a big fat miracle. It's out-of-body," he explained.
Williams shared his personal connection to the story of Mudbound, based on the novel by Hillary Jordan. "My grandfather fought in a segregated unit in World War II," he said, "so the relationship between Jamie and Ronsel...
"This whole experience has been humbling and magical. Just to get a movie made is a daisy chain of miracles. So to get it made and end up here, it's a big fat miracle. It's out-of-body," he explained.
Williams shared his personal connection to the story of Mudbound, based on the novel by Hillary Jordan. "My grandfather fought in a segregated unit in World War II," he said, "so the relationship between Jamie and Ronsel...
- 2/15/2018
- by Ciara McVey
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Over the weekend, a pair of screenplay precursors were announced, bringing us very close to the end of the season. On Saturday night, the USC Scripter awards were handed out, while last night saw the Writers Guild of America hold their ceremony. With only BAFTA still to chime in, among the truly influential precursors, the race is still in flux overall, though with more and more categories starting to come into focus. Post BAFTA, that’ll be the time to really analyze where we are, but for now, WGA and the USC Scripter at least wrapped up Best Adapted Screenplay at the Academy Awards. The Writers Guild opted to continue the steady stream of wins for James Ivory and Call Me By Your Name. The USC Scripter prize went to Ivory as well, so he seems set for Oscar. In the WGA Original category, we saw Jordan Peele take it for Get Out,...
- 2/12/2018
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Winners of the 2018 Writers Guild of America Awards were revealed on Feb. 11 in ceremonies held simultaneously in Los Angeles and New York. As only screenplays written under the guild’s guidelines or those of several international partners are eligible for consideration, these kudos, which are celebrating their 70th anniversary, have not been the most reliable barometer of the Oscars.
Indeed, one of this year’s leading contenders for Best Original Screenplay at the Oscars — Martin McDonagh for “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” — was ruled out of the running by the guild. However, that WGA race does include four of the other Academy Awards nominees — “The Big Sick,” “Get Out,” “Lady Bird” and “The Shape of Water.” It is rounded out by “I, Tonya.” Jordan Peele won for “Get Out” edging out Greta Gerwig, who had been predicted to win for “Lady Bird.”
All five of the Oscar contenders for Best...
Indeed, one of this year’s leading contenders for Best Original Screenplay at the Oscars — Martin McDonagh for “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” — was ruled out of the running by the guild. However, that WGA race does include four of the other Academy Awards nominees — “The Big Sick,” “Get Out,” “Lady Bird” and “The Shape of Water.” It is rounded out by “I, Tonya.” Jordan Peele won for “Get Out” edging out Greta Gerwig, who had been predicted to win for “Lady Bird.”
All five of the Oscar contenders for Best...
- 2/12/2018
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
The USC Scripter Award, now in its 30th year, honors films adapted from novels, short stories, comic books, journalism, and other screenplays with both the source material and the adapted screenplay feted. This year’s winner was “Call Me By Your Name,” which prevailed over four of its Oscar four of its rivals for Best Adapted Screenplay at the Oscars — “The Disaster Artist,” “Logan,” “Molly’s Game” and “Mudbound — as well as the “The Lost City of Z” and “Wonder Woman.”
As it excludes stage-to-screen adaptations and foreign-language films, the Scripter has forecast just 13 of the eventual Oscar winners for Best Adapted Screenplay, but nine of those were in the past decade: “Moonlight” (2016), “The Big Short” (2015) “The Imitation Game,” (2014), “12 Years a Slave” (2013), “Argo” (2012), “The Descendants” (2011), “The Social Network” (2010), “Slumdog Millionaire” (2008), and “No Country for Old Men” (2007). The other repeat winners were “A Beautiful Mind” (2001), “L.A. Confidential” (1997), “Sense and Sensibility...
As it excludes stage-to-screen adaptations and foreign-language films, the Scripter has forecast just 13 of the eventual Oscar winners for Best Adapted Screenplay, but nine of those were in the past decade: “Moonlight” (2016), “The Big Short” (2015) “The Imitation Game,” (2014), “12 Years a Slave” (2013), “Argo” (2012), “The Descendants” (2011), “The Social Network” (2010), “Slumdog Millionaire” (2008), and “No Country for Old Men” (2007). The other repeat winners were “A Beautiful Mind” (2001), “L.A. Confidential” (1997), “Sense and Sensibility...
- 2/11/2018
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
The 2018 Writers Guild of America Awards take place on Feb. 11 with simultaneous ceremonies held in both New York and Los Angeles. Only scripts written under the guild’s guidelines or those of several international partners are allowed to vie for these awards. As such, these kudos are not the most reliable barometer of the Oscars.
In the past nine years only 59 of the WGA nominees have numbered among the 90 screenplays that reaped Academy Awards bids. Indeed, 2014’s Oscar winner for Best Original Screenplay, “Birdman,” was deemed ineligible. Likewise for one of this year’s leading contenders for that award: “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.”
On the television side, the leading nominees are “Better Call Saul,” which competes for best drama series writing as well as for two individual episodes and “The Americans,” which is up for both overall drama series writing and an individual episode. Over in comedy, reigning Emmy...
In the past nine years only 59 of the WGA nominees have numbered among the 90 screenplays that reaped Academy Awards bids. Indeed, 2014’s Oscar winner for Best Original Screenplay, “Birdman,” was deemed ineligible. Likewise for one of this year’s leading contenders for that award: “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.”
On the television side, the leading nominees are “Better Call Saul,” which competes for best drama series writing as well as for two individual episodes and “The Americans,” which is up for both overall drama series writing and an individual episode. Over in comedy, reigning Emmy...
- 2/10/2018
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
“I didn't anticipate any of this,” Mudbound‘s Mary J. Blige told Deadline this morning, regarding her pair of Oscar nominations for the Netflix film. “I just knew I was part of a very powerful, important film, and I was happy to be a part of it.” In Dee Rees’ drama—based on a novel of the same name by Hillary Jordan—the famed singer-songwriter plays Florence Jackson, the matriarch of a poor sharecropping family who sees her son Ronsel (Jason Mitchell) return home after…...
- 1/23/2018
- Deadline
After “Beasts of No Nation” (2015) was completely snubbed by the Oscars two years ago, many of us wondered if a streaming service like Netflix would ever be welcome at the Oscars beyond documentaries like “Virunga” (2014) and “13th” (2016). The answer, as it turns out, is yes. “Mudbound” earned four nominations: Best Supporting Actress (Mary J. Blige), Best Adapted Screenplay (Dee Rees and Virgil Williams), Best Cinematography (Rachel Morrison), and Best Song (“Mighty River” by Blige, Raphael Saadiq, and Taura Stinson). And all of those nominations include the work of women. Check out the complete list of nominees here.
“Mudbound” is based on a novel by Hillary Jordan and tells the story of two families — one black and one white — that intersect during the 1940s in the Jim Crow South. It earned rave reviews when it was released simultaneously in theaters and online on November 17, but Netflix had ruffled feathers at other events,...
“Mudbound” is based on a novel by Hillary Jordan and tells the story of two families — one black and one white — that intersect during the 1940s in the Jim Crow South. It earned rave reviews when it was released simultaneously in theaters and online on November 17, but Netflix had ruffled feathers at other events,...
- 1/23/2018
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
The jury vote for the 30th USC Libraries Scripter Award nominees was so close that two ties resulted for the film and television categories. Due to a three-way tie in the nomination round, the writers of seven films and the works on which the films are based will compete for the honors this year.
The winner of the Scripter Award often goes on to other honors, including the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. Winners in recent years include “Moonlight,” “The Big Short,” “The Imitation Game,” “12 Years a Slave” and “Argo,” which all won the Oscar in that category.
The finalist writers for film adaptation are, in alphabetical order by film title:
Author André Aciman and screenwriter James Ivory for “Call Me By Your Name” Screenwriters Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber for “The Disaster Artist” and authors Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell for their nonfiction book “The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside ‘The Room,...
The winner of the Scripter Award often goes on to other honors, including the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. Winners in recent years include “Moonlight,” “The Big Short,” “The Imitation Game,” “12 Years a Slave” and “Argo,” which all won the Oscar in that category.
The finalist writers for film adaptation are, in alphabetical order by film title:
Author André Aciman and screenwriter James Ivory for “Call Me By Your Name” Screenwriters Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber for “The Disaster Artist” and authors Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell for their nonfiction book “The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside ‘The Room,...
- 1/16/2018
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
The jury vote for the 30th USC Libraries Scripter Award nominees was so close that two ties resulted for the film and television categories. Due to a three-way tie in the nomination round, the writers of seven films and the works on which the films are based will compete for the honors this year.
The winner of the Scripter Award often goes on to other honors, including the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. Winners in recent years include “Moonlight,” “The Big Short,” “The Imitation Game,” “12 Years a Slave” and “Argo,” which all won the Oscar in that category.
The finalist writers for film adaptation are, in alphabetical order by film title:
Author André Aciman and screenwriter James Ivory for “Call Me By Your Name” Screenwriters Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber for “The Disaster Artist” and authors Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell for their nonfiction book “The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside ‘The Room,...
The winner of the Scripter Award often goes on to other honors, including the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. Winners in recent years include “Moonlight,” “The Big Short,” “The Imitation Game,” “12 Years a Slave” and “Argo,” which all won the Oscar in that category.
The finalist writers for film adaptation are, in alphabetical order by film title:
Author André Aciman and screenwriter James Ivory for “Call Me By Your Name” Screenwriters Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber for “The Disaster Artist” and authors Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell for their nonfiction book “The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside ‘The Room,...
- 1/16/2018
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Other nominees include The Big Sick, The Shape Of Water and Logan.
Source: Universal
‘Get Out’
The writers of Get Out, La La Land, Call Me By Your Name and Logan are among the nominees for this year’s Writers Guild Awards, set to be presented at ceremonies hosted by the West and East branches of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) on Feb 11.
The full list of film nominations for original screenplay, adapted screenplay, and documentary are below.
Original Screenplay The Big Sick, Written by Emily V. Gordon & Kumail Nanjiani; Amazon Studios Get Out, Written by Jordan Peele; Universal Pictures I, Tonya, Written by Steven Rogers; Neon Lady Bird, Written by Greta Gerwig; A24 The Shape of Water, Screenplay by Guillermo del Toro & Vanessa Taylor; Story by Guillermo del Toro; Fox Searchlight Adapted Screenplay Call Me by Your Name, Screenplay by James Ivory; Based on the Novel by André Aciman; Sony Pictures Classics The Disaster Artist, Screenplay...
Source: Universal
‘Get Out’
The writers of Get Out, La La Land, Call Me By Your Name and Logan are among the nominees for this year’s Writers Guild Awards, set to be presented at ceremonies hosted by the West and East branches of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) on Feb 11.
The full list of film nominations for original screenplay, adapted screenplay, and documentary are below.
Original Screenplay The Big Sick, Written by Emily V. Gordon & Kumail Nanjiani; Amazon Studios Get Out, Written by Jordan Peele; Universal Pictures I, Tonya, Written by Steven Rogers; Neon Lady Bird, Written by Greta Gerwig; A24 The Shape of Water, Screenplay by Guillermo del Toro & Vanessa Taylor; Story by Guillermo del Toro; Fox Searchlight Adapted Screenplay Call Me by Your Name, Screenplay by James Ivory; Based on the Novel by André Aciman; Sony Pictures Classics The Disaster Artist, Screenplay...
- 1/5/2018
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
Call Me by Your Name and Greta Gerwig’s wonderful Lady Bird may be the undisputed heavyweights of the 2017-18 awards season, hoovering up nominations left, right and center, but a dark horse has emerged in the Writers Guild of America film nominations.
Its name? Logan, the noir-tinged mutant masterpiece that effectively brought the curtain down on Hugh Jackman’s career as Wolverine, the world’s most famous X-Men character. Initially released in March of last year, James Mangold’s R-rated feature has now been quietly pushed into the Oscar race, and its prospects of landing cinema’s top prize appear to be greater than one might assume.
That’s because Logan has officially been nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay by the Writers Guild of America, where it joins The Disaster Artist, Molly’s Game, Mudbound and, yes, Call Me By Your Name.
Call Me by Your Name, Screenplay by...
Its name? Logan, the noir-tinged mutant masterpiece that effectively brought the curtain down on Hugh Jackman’s career as Wolverine, the world’s most famous X-Men character. Initially released in March of last year, James Mangold’s R-rated feature has now been quietly pushed into the Oscar race, and its prospects of landing cinema’s top prize appear to be greater than one might assume.
That’s because Logan has officially been nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay by the Writers Guild of America, where it joins The Disaster Artist, Molly’s Game, Mudbound and, yes, Call Me By Your Name.
Call Me by Your Name, Screenplay by...
- 1/4/2018
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Get Out, Lady Bird and more land nominations from the Writers Guild of AmericaGet Out, Lady Bird and more land nominations from the Writers Guild of AmericaAdriana Floridia1/4/2018 2:56:00 Pm
Today we got another peak into the Oscar race when the WGA announced their nominees for Best Original Screenplay, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Documentary.
As expected, we're seeing love for Jordan Peele's breakout film Get Out, and critical darling Lady Bird. While there aren't really any surprises among the nominations, the omission of films like The Post, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, and Phantom Thread make us wonder about the Oscar chances for these three, at least in the writing categories.
Check out the 2018 WGA Nominations below! Original Screenplay
The Big Sick, Written by Emily V. Gordon & Kumail Nanjiani
Get Out, Written by Jordan Peele
I, Tonya, Written by Steven Rogers
Lady Bird, Written by Greta Gerwig
The Shape of Water,...
Today we got another peak into the Oscar race when the WGA announced their nominees for Best Original Screenplay, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Documentary.
As expected, we're seeing love for Jordan Peele's breakout film Get Out, and critical darling Lady Bird. While there aren't really any surprises among the nominations, the omission of films like The Post, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, and Phantom Thread make us wonder about the Oscar chances for these three, at least in the writing categories.
Check out the 2018 WGA Nominations below! Original Screenplay
The Big Sick, Written by Emily V. Gordon & Kumail Nanjiani
Get Out, Written by Jordan Peele
I, Tonya, Written by Steven Rogers
Lady Bird, Written by Greta Gerwig
The Shape of Water,...
- 1/4/2018
- by Adriana Floridia
- Cineplex
The Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) and the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) have announced nominations for this year’s film categories, including Original Screenplay, Adapted Screenplay, and Documentary. Nominations for television categories were announced in December. Last year’s big winners were “Moonlight” (original) and “Arrival” (adapted), with the former going on to win an Oscar.
Read More:Writers Guild of America 2018 TV Nominations: ‘Stranger Things,’ ‘Godless,’ and ‘Big Little Lies’
As is always the case with the WGA film nominations, many would-be Oscar contenders were omitted from the races because they are not WGA signatories. Martin McDonagh is widely expected to land an Oscar nomination for writing “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” for instance, but he wasn’t eligible for the WGA prize. Other films disqualified this year include “Darkest Hour,” “Victoria & Abdul,” and “The Killing of a Sacred Deer.”
The 2018 film nominations are below.
Original Screenplay
“The Big Sick,...
Read More:Writers Guild of America 2018 TV Nominations: ‘Stranger Things,’ ‘Godless,’ and ‘Big Little Lies’
As is always the case with the WGA film nominations, many would-be Oscar contenders were omitted from the races because they are not WGA signatories. Martin McDonagh is widely expected to land an Oscar nomination for writing “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” for instance, but he wasn’t eligible for the WGA prize. Other films disqualified this year include “Darkest Hour,” “Victoria & Abdul,” and “The Killing of a Sacred Deer.”
The 2018 film nominations are below.
Original Screenplay
“The Big Sick,...
- 1/4/2018
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Virgil Williams has written for shows as varied as Criminal Minds, E.R, 24 ,and Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, but it was his appearance as a child in...
- 1/2/2018
- by Jazz Tangcay
- AwardsDaily.com
An adaptation of the 2009 novel by Hillary Jordan, Mudbound tells a tale of a bond between a white and black family forged by the hardships of farm life in the Mississippi Delta during the Jim Crow era. That bond takes a fateful turn when the eldest sons of each family return from the horrors of WWII. The Netflix film is a big step up for director Dee Rees, who broke out with her microbudget 2011 Sundance film Pariah. Even though the book was written by a woman, a…...
- 12/8/2017
- Deadline
Track my film passions of the past year and the result is this list. These are the films that wowed and moved me, that turned me into a rabid champion, that gave me hope that brilliant cinematic storytelling — and a rebel spirit — is alive and well. It turned out to be a strong year for women directors (five), romances (three), World War II dramas (two), Angelina Jolie movies (two), animation (one), and documentaries (one).
See More:The Best Movies of 2017, According to IndieWire Critic Eric Kohn 12. “The Breadwinner” (GKids)
Directed by Nora Twomey of Cartoon Saloon (“The Secret of Kells”) and executive produced by Angelina Jolie, Irish-Canadian “The Breadwinner” is based on Deborah Ellis’s Ya novel about 11-year-old Parvana (voiced by Canadian actress Saara Chaudry), a strong-willed Afghan girl who disguises herself as a boy in order to provide for her family and save her father under threat from the Taliban.
See More:The Best Movies of 2017, According to IndieWire Critic Eric Kohn 12. “The Breadwinner” (GKids)
Directed by Nora Twomey of Cartoon Saloon (“The Secret of Kells”) and executive produced by Angelina Jolie, Irish-Canadian “The Breadwinner” is based on Deborah Ellis’s Ya novel about 11-year-old Parvana (voiced by Canadian actress Saara Chaudry), a strong-willed Afghan girl who disguises herself as a boy in order to provide for her family and save her father under threat from the Taliban.
- 12/1/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Track my film passions of the past year and the result is this list. These are the films that wowed and moved me, that turned me into a rabid champion, that gave me hope that brilliant cinematic storytelling — and a rebel spirit — is alive and well. It turned out to be a strong year for women directors (five), romances (three), World War II dramas (two), Angelina Jolie movies (two), animation (one), and documentaries (one).
See More:The Best Movies of 2017, According to IndieWire Critic Eric Kohn 12. “The Breadwinner” (GKids)
Directed by Nora Twomey of Cartoon Saloon (“The Secret of Kells”) and executive produced by Angelina Jolie, Irish-Canadian “The Breadwinner” is based on Deborah Ellis’s Ya novel about 11-year-old Parvana (voiced by Canadian actress Saara Chaudry), a strong-willed Afghan girl who disguises herself as a boy in order to provide for her family and save her father under threat from the Taliban.
See More:The Best Movies of 2017, According to IndieWire Critic Eric Kohn 12. “The Breadwinner” (GKids)
Directed by Nora Twomey of Cartoon Saloon (“The Secret of Kells”) and executive produced by Angelina Jolie, Irish-Canadian “The Breadwinner” is based on Deborah Ellis’s Ya novel about 11-year-old Parvana (voiced by Canadian actress Saara Chaudry), a strong-willed Afghan girl who disguises herself as a boy in order to provide for her family and save her father under threat from the Taliban.
- 12/1/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
“To the chagrin of my agent, usually I hate everything I read," Dee Rees told the audience at Deadline’s The Contenders event, which might explain why the director has maintained a relatively low profile since her 2011 Sundance hit Pariah. All that changed when indie producer Cassian Elwes sent her a script by Virgil Williams. Adapted from Hillary Jordan's 2008 novel of the same name, Mudbound tells the story of two families, one black and one white, struggling to get by…...
- 11/29/2017
- Deadline
“Mudbound” is not a multi-character film in the spirit of director Robert Altman, or 2006 Oscar-winner “Crash.” Instead of being a sprawling tapestry, the intertwined stories of two very different farming families (one black, one white) unfolds into one increasingly cohesive narrative.
“It’s almost like one story [that is] being handed off and everyone is [unaware] they are having similar conversations with themselves,” said director Dee Rees when she was a guest on IndieWire’s Filmmaker Toolkit podcast. “At one point [cinematographer] Rachel [Morrison] was like, ‘When has this ever worked?’ And I was like, ‘I don’t know, but this will be the film where it works.’”
To accomplish this, Rees grounds the audience in the subjectivity of six different protagonists, each with their own internal monologue. It’s something a novel — like Hillary Jordan’s “Mudbound,” which Rees and co-writer Virgil Williams’ adapted — can do effortlessly by accessing the internal thoughts of various characters,...
“It’s almost like one story [that is] being handed off and everyone is [unaware] they are having similar conversations with themselves,” said director Dee Rees when she was a guest on IndieWire’s Filmmaker Toolkit podcast. “At one point [cinematographer] Rachel [Morrison] was like, ‘When has this ever worked?’ And I was like, ‘I don’t know, but this will be the film where it works.’”
To accomplish this, Rees grounds the audience in the subjectivity of six different protagonists, each with their own internal monologue. It’s something a novel — like Hillary Jordan’s “Mudbound,” which Rees and co-writer Virgil Williams’ adapted — can do effortlessly by accessing the internal thoughts of various characters,...
- 11/24/2017
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
In what’s shaping up to be a standout year for female filmmakers, Dee Rees is one of several unapologetic storytellers toppling the patriarchy and earning critical acclaim. For Rees, that’s with Mudbound, a harrowing yet beautifully directed story of two families as they try to survive in the Jim Crow South during and after World War II.
Adapted from Hillary Jordan’s 2008 novel of the same name, Mudbound is a remarkable reflection of America, despite taking place in the late 1940s. “I think people are going to be able to really see themselves in this film,” Rees tells Et.
Starring Carey Mulligan, Garrett Hedlund, Mary J. Blige and Jason Mitchell, the Netflix film shows the interconnected lives of a black family (the Jacksons) and a white family (the McAllans) living and working on the same farmland as both see relatives return home from the war. Rees says it’s the layers of citizenship, posttraumatic stress disorder...
Adapted from Hillary Jordan’s 2008 novel of the same name, Mudbound is a remarkable reflection of America, despite taking place in the late 1940s. “I think people are going to be able to really see themselves in this film,” Rees tells Et.
Starring Carey Mulligan, Garrett Hedlund, Mary J. Blige and Jason Mitchell, the Netflix film shows the interconnected lives of a black family (the Jacksons) and a white family (the McAllans) living and working on the same farmland as both see relatives return home from the war. Rees says it’s the layers of citizenship, posttraumatic stress disorder...
- 11/21/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Set in rural Mississippi during World War II, “Mudbound” focuses on two families—one white (the McAllans), and one black (the Jacksons)—who navigate life on a small farm and realize that not all battles ended with the war. Based on Hillary Jordan’s 2008 best-selling novel of the same name, the film, co-written by Virgil Williams and Dee Rees, progresses through different characters’ perspectives, giving the audience a chance to experience an intimate story about race, friendship, power and love. The film is anchored by a cast that includes Academy Award nominee Carey Mulligan and music legend Mary J. Blige like you’ve never seen her before. The stellar ensemble also features Jason Clarke, Jason Mitchell, Rob Morgan, Jonathan Banks and Garrett Hedlund.
Blige, a nine-time Grammy Award-winning R&B singer, disappears into her role as Florence, the matriarch of the Jackson family, who is fighting to ensure a safe future for her children.
Blige, a nine-time Grammy Award-winning R&B singer, disappears into her role as Florence, the matriarch of the Jackson family, who is fighting to ensure a safe future for her children.
- 11/20/2017
- by Indiewire Staff
- Indiewire
Mary J Blige and Carey Mulligan star in this tale of two families in the Jim Crow south
“I dreamed in brown,” sighs Carey Mulligan’s voiceover of her character Laura McAllan’s mudbound existence. This graceful adaptation by Dee Rees (director of the luminous Pariah) of Hillary Jordan’s 2008 novel is unable to wash itself clean of mud, fertile ground for deep-rooted prejudice and a filthy, sticky substance that taints and traps its characters in a world resistant to social progress. Though it’s a Netflix release, it is getting a one-week run in some Curzon theatres. The gorgeous digital cinematography by Rachel Morrison (Black Panther, Fruitvale Station) deserves to be seen on the big screen.
Set in the Jim Crow south, this complex, thoroughly modern period drama looks at the overlapping lives of two families – one black (the Jacksons) and one white (the McAllans). Hap Jackson (Rob Morgan) and his weathered wife,...
“I dreamed in brown,” sighs Carey Mulligan’s voiceover of her character Laura McAllan’s mudbound existence. This graceful adaptation by Dee Rees (director of the luminous Pariah) of Hillary Jordan’s 2008 novel is unable to wash itself clean of mud, fertile ground for deep-rooted prejudice and a filthy, sticky substance that taints and traps its characters in a world resistant to social progress. Though it’s a Netflix release, it is getting a one-week run in some Curzon theatres. The gorgeous digital cinematography by Rachel Morrison (Black Panther, Fruitvale Station) deserves to be seen on the big screen.
Set in the Jim Crow south, this complex, thoroughly modern period drama looks at the overlapping lives of two families – one black (the Jacksons) and one white (the McAllans). Hap Jackson (Rob Morgan) and his weathered wife,...
- 11/19/2017
- by Simran Hans
- The Guardian - Film News
Race and poverty intertwine in director Dee Rees’ powerful Oscar contender, “Mudbound” — a potential game changer for Netflix. But Rees and her “Pariah” editor Mako Kamitsuna decided early on that their sprawling movie about a black and white family in the 1940s Mississippi Delta was getting lost in the interlocking narratives. They needed to find the connective tissue that united them in their struggle for the American Dream.
The answer was hiding in plain sight all along. “The more Dee and I worked in post, we started to realize that the connective tissue was the land and each character’s yearning for the land as home and the place of security, prosperity, and dreams,” said Kamitsuna.
In “Mudbound,” Henry (Jason Clarke) and Laura McAllan (Carey Mulligan), Memphis transplants, find themselves unprepared to farm the land they’ve purchased, which puts greater pressure on Hap (Rob Morgan) and Florence (Mary J. Blige...
The answer was hiding in plain sight all along. “The more Dee and I worked in post, we started to realize that the connective tissue was the land and each character’s yearning for the land as home and the place of security, prosperity, and dreams,” said Kamitsuna.
In “Mudbound,” Henry (Jason Clarke) and Laura McAllan (Carey Mulligan), Memphis transplants, find themselves unprepared to farm the land they’ve purchased, which puts greater pressure on Hap (Rob Morgan) and Florence (Mary J. Blige...
- 11/17/2017
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Mudbound Netflix Director: Dee Rees Written by: Virgil Williams, Dee Rees, based on Hillary Jordan’s novel Cast: Carey Mulligan, Jason Clarke, Jason Mitchell, Mary J. Blige, Rob Morgan, Jonathan Banks Screened at: Critics’ DVD, NYC, 11/16/17 Opens: November 17, 2017 While our present administration and legislative bodies have moved to the right, our country in […]
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- 11/17/2017
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’ve taken it upon ourselves to highlight the titles that have recently hit platforms. Every week, one will be able to see the cream of the crop (or perhaps some simply interesting picks) of streaming titles (new and old) across platforms such as Netflix, iTunes, Amazon, and more (note: U.S. only). Check out our rundown for this week’s selections below.
Allied (Robert Zemeckis)
That thing we can’t take for granted: a film whose many parts – period piece, war picture, blood-spattered actioner, deception-fueled espionage thriller, sexy romance, and, at certain turns, comedy – can gracefully move in conjunction and separate from each other, just as its labyrinthine-but-not-quite plot jumps from one setpiece to the next with little trouble in maintaining a consistency of overall pleasure. Another late-career triumph for Robert Zemeckis,...
Allied (Robert Zemeckis)
That thing we can’t take for granted: a film whose many parts – period piece, war picture, blood-spattered actioner, deception-fueled espionage thriller, sexy romance, and, at certain turns, comedy – can gracefully move in conjunction and separate from each other, just as its labyrinthine-but-not-quite plot jumps from one setpiece to the next with little trouble in maintaining a consistency of overall pleasure. Another late-career triumph for Robert Zemeckis,...
- 11/17/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Dee Rees’s rich, absorbing story set in pre- and postwar Mississippi and based on Hillary Jordan’s novel is beautifully directed and performed
There’s a rich, arterial force in this film’s storytelling: director Dee Rees handles the material with flair and real passion. It’s a big, powerful, generational story culminating in tragedy and violence, based on the novel by Hillary Jordan, all about Jim Crow America and the changes beginning to happen after young men of all races and classes returned from the second world war to find a home unfit for heroes and riddled with the same old bigoted attitudes from which the horrors of warfare had, briefly and ironically, freed them.
Jason Clarke and Garrett Hedlund play brothers Henry and Jamie; Carey Mulligan plays Laura, a beautiful, unworldly woman who marries Henry, charmed by his shy courtesy but also secretly entranced by Jamie’s dashing romantic charm.
There’s a rich, arterial force in this film’s storytelling: director Dee Rees handles the material with flair and real passion. It’s a big, powerful, generational story culminating in tragedy and violence, based on the novel by Hillary Jordan, all about Jim Crow America and the changes beginning to happen after young men of all races and classes returned from the second world war to find a home unfit for heroes and riddled with the same old bigoted attitudes from which the horrors of warfare had, briefly and ironically, freed them.
Jason Clarke and Garrett Hedlund play brothers Henry and Jamie; Carey Mulligan plays Laura, a beautiful, unworldly woman who marries Henry, charmed by his shy courtesy but also secretly entranced by Jamie’s dashing romantic charm.
- 11/16/2017
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
It seemed obvious enough at the time: After breaking out with his first lead role in F. Gary Gray’s 2015 biopic “Straight Outta Compton,” earning acclaim and awards for his note-perfect portrayal of rap royalty Eric “Eazy-e” Wright, actor Jason Mitchell was about to become a huge star. Usually, that sort of attention means that actors can cherry pick roles from bountiful offers.
That’s not what happened. Instead, Mitchell landed a handful of small roles in mostly underseen indies like “Barry” and “Vincent N Roxxy,” and started to worry that “Straight Outta Compton” was a one-time thing.
Two years later, the tide has turned again, with Mitchell garnering accolades for his turn in Dee Rees’ hard-hitting historical drama “Mudbound.” Ironically, he still has “Straight Outta Compton” to thank for a part that seems poised to earn him even more awards.
“To be honest, nothing big had ever been offered to me before,...
That’s not what happened. Instead, Mitchell landed a handful of small roles in mostly underseen indies like “Barry” and “Vincent N Roxxy,” and started to worry that “Straight Outta Compton” was a one-time thing.
Two years later, the tide has turned again, with Mitchell garnering accolades for his turn in Dee Rees’ hard-hitting historical drama “Mudbound.” Ironically, he still has “Straight Outta Compton” to thank for a part that seems poised to earn him even more awards.
“To be honest, nothing big had ever been offered to me before,...
- 11/16/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
A fiercely intimate epic about poverty, racism, violence and a divided America, Mudbound scorchingly reflects the Trump era without being a part of it. The film reps a new career high for director Dee Rees, whose remarkable 2011 debut feature Pariah is a semi-autobiographical deep dive into a black girl's struggles with coming out. Since 2015's Bessie, was made for HBO and not released in theaters, this period drama is officially only Rees' second feature. Such are the tribulations of being young, gifted, black, female and gay in a Hollywood ruled by a white male hierarchy.
- 11/14/2017
- Rollingstone.com
Dee Rees is a tall woman of fierce charisma. She’s the kind of director who talks fast, ideas coming so quickly that those less inclined can barely keep up. And yet her output has been slow: After Focus Features snapped up her breakout 2011 feature debut “Pariah” at Sundance, it was four years before HBO Film’s Emmy and DGA-award-winning 2015 biopic “Bessie.”
“There’s an assumption that men who do small personal movies can leap to deliver larger things,” said “Bessie” producer Shelby Stone. “It’s much harder for women.”
Finally, we get to see Rees fulfill her promise with “Mudbound,” a Sundance triumph that set the 2017 festival sales record with its $12.5 million sale to Netflix, and opened AFI Fest November 9 after wowing crowds at seven film festivals.
When Rees received the Sundance Next Fest Vanguard Award in August, her presenter, “Pariah” star Kim Wayans, said it best: “The introverted,...
“There’s an assumption that men who do small personal movies can leap to deliver larger things,” said “Bessie” producer Shelby Stone. “It’s much harder for women.”
Finally, we get to see Rees fulfill her promise with “Mudbound,” a Sundance triumph that set the 2017 festival sales record with its $12.5 million sale to Netflix, and opened AFI Fest November 9 after wowing crowds at seven film festivals.
When Rees received the Sundance Next Fest Vanguard Award in August, her presenter, “Pariah” star Kim Wayans, said it best: “The introverted,...
- 11/13/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Dee Rees is a tall woman of fierce charisma. She’s the kind of director who talks fast, ideas coming so quickly that those less inclined can barely keep up. And yet her output has been slow: After Focus Features snapped up her breakout 2011 feature debut “Pariah” at Sundance, it was four years before HBO Film’s Emmy and DGA-award-winning 2015 biopic “Bessie.”
“There’s an assumption that men who do small personal movies can leap to deliver larger things,” said “Bessie” producer Shelby Stone. “It’s much harder for women.”
Finally, we get to see Rees fulfill her promise with “Mudbound,” a Sundance triumph that set the 2017 festival sales record with its $12.5 million sale to Netflix, and opened AFI Fest November 9 after wowing crowds at seven film festivals.
When Rees received the Sundance Next Fest Vanguard Award in August, her presenter, “Pariah” star Kim Wayans, said it best: “The introverted,...
“There’s an assumption that men who do small personal movies can leap to deliver larger things,” said “Bessie” producer Shelby Stone. “It’s much harder for women.”
Finally, we get to see Rees fulfill her promise with “Mudbound,” a Sundance triumph that set the 2017 festival sales record with its $12.5 million sale to Netflix, and opened AFI Fest November 9 after wowing crowds at seven film festivals.
When Rees received the Sundance Next Fest Vanguard Award in August, her presenter, “Pariah” star Kim Wayans, said it best: “The introverted,...
- 11/13/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
In .Mudbound,. Dee Rees (.Pariah.) created a movie that.s emotionally rich with well-drawn characters. It is definitely Oscar-worthy! I sat down with Rees and met her the night before at an after-premiere party and we talked about her interest in making the movie, adapting Hillary Jordan.s novel, and casting Mary J. Blige in the role of Florence Jackson.
- 11/8/2017
- by email@myblog.com (No Author)
- Manny the Movie Guy
In .Mudbound,. Dee Rees (.Pariah.) created a movie that.s emotionally rich with well-drawn characters. It is definitely Oscar-worthy! I sat down with Rees and met her the night before at an after-premiere party and we talked about her interest in making the movie, adapting Hillary Jordan.s novel, and casting Mary J. Blige in the role of Florence Jackson.
- 11/8/2017
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Kevin Spacey’s Oscar chances, obliterated. Dustin Hoffman’s, gone. While we don’t yet have the hashtag, March 4, 2018 will be remembered as the year that the issue of sexual harassment took center stage at the Dolby Theatre.
If one of the historical perks of Hollywood stardom was the ability to misbehave without consequences, those days are over. Sony pulled Ridley Scott’s AFI Fest closer “All the Money in the World,” which was primed for an awards campaign around Spacey, now accused of multiple instances of sexual harassment and abuse.
While Hoffman presented a Hollywood Film Award Sunday night, it’s unlikely that his crusty New York patriarch will be in the running for “The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)” after multiple harassment claims — in addition to Meryl Streep’s own account of how he introduced himself by grabbing her breast. (Streep will move into Oscar mode as...
If one of the historical perks of Hollywood stardom was the ability to misbehave without consequences, those days are over. Sony pulled Ridley Scott’s AFI Fest closer “All the Money in the World,” which was primed for an awards campaign around Spacey, now accused of multiple instances of sexual harassment and abuse.
While Hoffman presented a Hollywood Film Award Sunday night, it’s unlikely that his crusty New York patriarch will be in the running for “The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)” after multiple harassment claims — in addition to Meryl Streep’s own account of how he introduced himself by grabbing her breast. (Streep will move into Oscar mode as...
- 11/7/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Kevin Spacey’s Oscar chances, obliterated. Dustin Hoffman’s, gone. While we don’t yet have the hashtag, March 4, 2018 will be remembered as the year that the issue of sexual harassment took center stage at the Dolby Theatre.
If one of the historical perks of Hollywood stardom was the ability to misbehave without consequences, those days are over. Sony pulled Ridley Scott’s AFI Fest closer “All the Money in the World,” which was primed for an awards campaign around Spacey, now accused of multiple instances of sexual harassment and abuse.
While Hoffman accepted a Hollywood Film Award Sunday night, it’s unlikely that his crusty New York patriarch will be in the running for “The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)” after multiple harassment claims — in addition to Meryl Streep’s own account of how he introduced himself by grabbing her breast. (Streep will move into Oscar mode as...
If one of the historical perks of Hollywood stardom was the ability to misbehave without consequences, those days are over. Sony pulled Ridley Scott’s AFI Fest closer “All the Money in the World,” which was primed for an awards campaign around Spacey, now accused of multiple instances of sexual harassment and abuse.
While Hoffman accepted a Hollywood Film Award Sunday night, it’s unlikely that his crusty New York patriarch will be in the running for “The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)” after multiple harassment claims — in addition to Meryl Streep’s own account of how he introduced himself by grabbing her breast. (Streep will move into Oscar mode as...
- 11/7/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Is it us, or does Netflix seem to be making a concerted bid to straight-up own November? It's launching a pair of expensive-looking period-set miniseries, a long-anticipated Marvel spin-off, a sophomore run for one of the best TV cult comedies of the past 10 years and their big-league awards contender film of the year. (Consider this a warning shot for 2018, during which Netflix will spend a projected $8 billion on new original content.) Meanwhile, Hulu's getting in the Marvel business as well as sending Josh Hutcherson back in time, while Amazon unveils...
- 10/30/2017
- Rollingstone.com
“When I think of the farm, I think of mud. Lining my husband’s fingernails and encrusting the children’s knees and hair. Sucking at my feet like a greedy newborn on the breast.
- 10/28/2017
- by Sasha Stone
- AwardsDaily.com
It would be lovely to think that last year’s “Moonlight” Oscar wins presaged a long and permanent shift in Hollywood movie culture. At the heart of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ complex diversity issue is how much the Oscars reflect the way that the Academy likes to view itself. That helps to explain why the Academy voters did far better with their 2017 Oscar nominations than the year before, when their 6,000 members failed to nominate any actors of color at all.
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The Academy’s recent diversity push added more younger and international members; its 7,000 voters are now 28 percent women and 13 percent people of color. But will the new membership shifts make a major impact on the 2018 Oscar nominations? Despite the new voters, the organization is still under the...
Read More:Barry Jenkins and Jordan Peele Among the 774 Invited to Join the Academy As It Pushes for Inclusion
The Academy’s recent diversity push added more younger and international members; its 7,000 voters are now 28 percent women and 13 percent people of color. But will the new membership shifts make a major impact on the 2018 Oscar nominations? Despite the new voters, the organization is still under the...
- 10/27/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
It would be lovely to think that last year’s “Moonlight” Oscar wins presaged a long and permanent shift in Hollywood movie culture. At the heart of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ complex diversity issue is how much the Oscars reflect the way that the Academy likes to view itself. That helps to explain why the Academy voters did far better with their 2017 Oscar nominations than the year before, when their 6,000 members failed to nominate any actors of color at all.
Read More:Barry Jenkins and Jordan Peele Among the 774 Invited to Join the Academy As It Pushes for Inclusion
The Academy’s recent diversity push added more younger and international members; its 7,000 voters are now 28 percent women and 13 percent people of color. But will the new membership shifts make a major impact on the 2018 Oscar nominations? Despite the new voters, the organization is still under the...
Read More:Barry Jenkins and Jordan Peele Among the 774 Invited to Join the Academy As It Pushes for Inclusion
The Academy’s recent diversity push added more younger and international members; its 7,000 voters are now 28 percent women and 13 percent people of color. But will the new membership shifts make a major impact on the 2018 Oscar nominations? Despite the new voters, the organization is still under the...
- 10/27/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Netflix has released a new trailer for their upcoming film Mudbound. I had a chance to see this movie at Sundance earlier this year and it ended up being one of the best films that I saw at the festival.
The film is a very dramatic and emotional film set during World War II in Mississippi. The story centers around two rival families that are bound together by shared farmland. Tension begins to build between these two families, especially with the racial conflict going on at the time. It's really an epic and intense journey worth watching. I especially loved how the film was shot. It had a very old-school storytelling style to it that we don't see in a lot of films these days.
The movie was directed by Dee Rees and has a talented cast of actors that includes Carey Mulligan, Garrett Hedlund, Jason Clarke, Jason Mitchell, Jonathan Banks,...
The film is a very dramatic and emotional film set during World War II in Mississippi. The story centers around two rival families that are bound together by shared farmland. Tension begins to build between these two families, especially with the racial conflict going on at the time. It's really an epic and intense journey worth watching. I especially loved how the film was shot. It had a very old-school storytelling style to it that we don't see in a lot of films these days.
The movie was directed by Dee Rees and has a talented cast of actors that includes Carey Mulligan, Garrett Hedlund, Jason Clarke, Jason Mitchell, Jonathan Banks,...
- 10/27/2017
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Mudbound Review Mudbound (2017) Film Review from the 55th Annual New York Film Festival, a movie directed by Dee Rees, starring Carey Mulligan, Garrett Hedlund, Jonathan Banks, Jason Clarke, Jason Mitchell, Kerry Cahill, Rob Morgan, Mary J. Blige, and Lucy Faust. I haven’t seen Dee Rees’ feature-film debut, Pariah (2011), but together with Mudbound‘s screenplay (adapted from Hillary Jordan‘s [...]
Continue reading: Film Review: Mudbound (2017): Interconnection In The Growing Delta [Nyff 2017]...
Continue reading: Film Review: Mudbound (2017): Interconnection In The Growing Delta [Nyff 2017]...
- 10/13/2017
- by Marco Margaritoff
- Film-Book
The movie clock never stops when you are “Walking Dead” actress Kerry Cahill, as she is cast in “Mudbound.” This Southern-based film is based on the Hillary Jordan novel of the same name. Set in the 1940’s the film centers on two families who live on the same farm—one white family and one black. The black family works the farm for the white family, but the stories of the characters are endlessly intertwined as they navigate racism, poverty, and World War II side by side. “I play Rose Tricklebank. Rose is a bystander. That may seem like a simple way
Kerry Cahill is cast in Netflix’s Oscar potential movie ‘Mudbound’...
Kerry Cahill is cast in Netflix’s Oscar potential movie ‘Mudbound’...
- 10/6/2017
- by Raychel Harvey- Jones
- TVovermind.com
The first trailer has been released for a great movie called Mudbound. I had a chance to see the movie at the Sundance Film Festival earlier in the year and I thought it was an incredibly well-made movie. Netflix ended up buying it at the festival.
This is a very heavy film set during World War II in Mississippi and it centers around two rival families that are bound together by shared farmland. Things get very intense between these families, especially with the racial conflict at the time. This is truly an epic tale and a movie worth seeing. One thing that I like most about this movie is that it had an old-fashioned storytelling feel.
The movie was directed by Dee Rees and has a talented cast of actors that includes Carey Mulligan, Garrett Hedlund, Jason Clarke, Jason Mitchell, Jonathan Banks, and Mary J. Blige.
Mudbound is based on...
This is a very heavy film set during World War II in Mississippi and it centers around two rival families that are bound together by shared farmland. Things get very intense between these families, especially with the racial conflict at the time. This is truly an epic tale and a movie worth seeing. One thing that I like most about this movie is that it had an old-fashioned storytelling feel.
The movie was directed by Dee Rees and has a talented cast of actors that includes Carey Mulligan, Garrett Hedlund, Jason Clarke, Jason Mitchell, Jonathan Banks, and Mary J. Blige.
Mudbound is based on...
- 9/6/2017
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Expanding her narrative scope but still retaining a level of aesthetic intimacy, Dee Rees’ Pariah follow-up Mudbound has the old-fashioned storytelling feel of a grand American novel. Based on Hillary Jordan’s 2008 book, the story takes place during World War II, and while it shows glimpses of the horrors of war, its larger aim is concerned with the racial divide of two families in the American south. Shifting point-of-views result in the drama taking a bit to find its footing, but after the groundwork is set, Rees is able to burrow deeper into the injustices — both piercingly subtle and horrifyingly grotesque — to create a powerful exploration of cyclical racism, with a touch of hope, I noted in my review from Sundance.
With the film now set for a fall festival tour ahead of a Netflix release in November, the first trailer has landed. “This illusion of safety, the illusion of well-being … it’s sad,...
With the film now set for a fall festival tour ahead of a Netflix release in November, the first trailer has landed. “This illusion of safety, the illusion of well-being … it’s sad,...
- 9/6/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
All this week, IndieWire will be rolling out our annual Fall Preview, including the very best indie cinema has to offer, all the awards contenders you need to know about, and even blockbuster fare that seems poised to please the most discerning tastes, all with an eye towards introducing you to all the new movies you need to get through a jam-packed fall movie-going season. Check back every day for a new look at the best the season has to offer, and clear your schedule, because we’re going to fill it right up.
Finally: 10 new features from female filmmakers. From first-time directors to bonafide superstars, personal stories to historical epics, this season has something for everyone, and all from women.
“Viceroy’s House” (September 1)
After investigating her own heritage during the filming of an episode of BBC’s “Who Do You Think You Are?,” “Bend It Like Beckham” filmmaker...
Finally: 10 new features from female filmmakers. From first-time directors to bonafide superstars, personal stories to historical epics, this season has something for everyone, and all from women.
“Viceroy’s House” (September 1)
After investigating her own heritage during the filming of an episode of BBC’s “Who Do You Think You Are?,” “Bend It Like Beckham” filmmaker...
- 8/18/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Of the 14 Galas and 33 Special Presentations, this first announcement includes 25 World Premieres, eight International Premieres, six North American Premieres, and eight Canadian Premieres, including works from Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Ireland, Luxembourg, Belgium, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, India, Egypt, and Cambodia.
This year, Tiff offers a refreshed, more tightly curated Festival, with a renewed commitment to bold, director-driven programming, continued support of female filmmakers, and enough star power to fuel 400,000 festival-goers.
Kings by Deniz Gamze Ergüven starring Haile Berry
Today’s announcement cements that the future is female (and so is Tiff’s programming), with Gala films from emerging and established filmmakers that include Kings by Deniz Gamze Ergüven, whose 2015 Festival feature Mustang earned an Oscar nod for Best Foreign Film; Mary Shelley by Haifaa Al Mansour, the first female Saudi director; Dee Rees’ Mudbound, an adaptation of Hillary Jordan’s novel about racial tensions...
This year, Tiff offers a refreshed, more tightly curated Festival, with a renewed commitment to bold, director-driven programming, continued support of female filmmakers, and enough star power to fuel 400,000 festival-goers.
Kings by Deniz Gamze Ergüven starring Haile Berry
Today’s announcement cements that the future is female (and so is Tiff’s programming), with Gala films from emerging and established filmmakers that include Kings by Deniz Gamze Ergüven, whose 2015 Festival feature Mustang earned an Oscar nod for Best Foreign Film; Mary Shelley by Haifaa Al Mansour, the first female Saudi director; Dee Rees’ Mudbound, an adaptation of Hillary Jordan’s novel about racial tensions...
- 7/30/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
The annual cavalcade of cinematic joy, otherwise known as the Toronto International Film Festival (or simply "Toronto 2017," in our headline parlance) has released its first wave of programming. The gala titles (14) and special presentations (33) lead the way. Here are excerpts from the official verbiage: "Kings by Deniz Gamze Ergüven, whose 2015 Festival feature Mustang earned an Oscar nod for Best Foreign Film; Mary Shelley by Haifaa Al Mansour, the first female Saudi director; Dee Rees' Mudbound, an adaptation of Hillary Jordan's novel about racial tensions in the Jim Crow South; Susanna White's Woman Walks Ahead, starring forever-favourite Jessica Chastain; and a big must-watch for every Canadian: Long Time Running, Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas de Pencier's documentary on The Tragically Hip's emotional and...
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- 7/25/2017
- Screen Anarchy
2018 Oscar Predictions: Best Picture
2018 Oscar Predictions: Best Director
2018 Oscar Predictions: Best Actor
2018 Oscar Predictions: Best Actress
2018 Oscar Predictions: Best Supporting Actress
2018 Oscar Predictions: Best Supporting Actress
It’s early days yet, we know. But awards season 2018 got started at Sundance, and will continue at Cannes.
Check out our early speculation, based on credible filmmakers, promising ensembles and Oscar-savvy distributors, of what might be in store when the next award season rolls around in the fall of 2017.
Sundance introduced the first potential feature contenders: Michael Showalter’s big Amazon Studios sale, “The Big Sick,” a true romance starring writer-actor Kumail Nanjani, as well as Geremy Jasper’s New Jersey rap musical “Patti Cake$” (Fox Searchlight), starring breakout Australian actress Danielle MacDonald and returning veteran Cathy Moriarty (“Raging Bull”), Sony Pictures Classics’ elegiac gay romance “Call Me By Your Name” , directed by Luca Guadagnino and starring Armie Hammer, “Homeland” breakout Timothée Chalamet,...
2018 Oscar Predictions: Best Director
2018 Oscar Predictions: Best Actor
2018 Oscar Predictions: Best Actress
2018 Oscar Predictions: Best Supporting Actress
2018 Oscar Predictions: Best Supporting Actress
It’s early days yet, we know. But awards season 2018 got started at Sundance, and will continue at Cannes.
Check out our early speculation, based on credible filmmakers, promising ensembles and Oscar-savvy distributors, of what might be in store when the next award season rolls around in the fall of 2017.
Sundance introduced the first potential feature contenders: Michael Showalter’s big Amazon Studios sale, “The Big Sick,” a true romance starring writer-actor Kumail Nanjani, as well as Geremy Jasper’s New Jersey rap musical “Patti Cake$” (Fox Searchlight), starring breakout Australian actress Danielle MacDonald and returning veteran Cathy Moriarty (“Raging Bull”), Sony Pictures Classics’ elegiac gay romance “Call Me By Your Name” , directed by Luca Guadagnino and starring Armie Hammer, “Homeland” breakout Timothée Chalamet,...
- 3/10/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Sundance is over and the prizes are won. People have dispersed to their homes and the realities that await them there.
This was a Sundance like no other I can remember, and I have attended every single one since 1986! The cold was extreme; and the political engagement and disgust was extreme. Not only did we have the Inauguration the first day, but the Women’s March the second day had probably 6,000 people marching and on that day the first of many deplorable executive orders (this one against women of the world and their control over their own bodies) began flying off the desk of our current president, who has continued to issue at least one every day, each one more despicable than the previous. Politics and women took center stage.
Chelsea Handler leads the women’s march in Park City, Utah. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
The Sundance slant...
This was a Sundance like no other I can remember, and I have attended every single one since 1986! The cold was extreme; and the political engagement and disgust was extreme. Not only did we have the Inauguration the first day, but the Women’s March the second day had probably 6,000 people marching and on that day the first of many deplorable executive orders (this one against women of the world and their control over their own bodies) began flying off the desk of our current president, who has continued to issue at least one every day, each one more despicable than the previous. Politics and women took center stage.
Chelsea Handler leads the women’s march in Park City, Utah. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
The Sundance slant...
- 2/8/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
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