Stephen Fry and Lena Dunham in TreasurePhoto: Bleecker Street
If you’re nearing the end of your 2024-mandated Girls rewatch and don’t want to leave Hannah behind just yet, you don’t totally have to. While Lena Dunham has spent the majority of the past few years behind the...
If you’re nearing the end of your 2024-mandated Girls rewatch and don’t want to leave Hannah behind just yet, you don’t totally have to. While Lena Dunham has spent the majority of the past few years behind the...
- 5/7/2024
- by Emma Keates
- avclub.com
Chicago – The journey of a thousand miles begins … in the case of “Hard Miles” starring Matthew Modine … with a single pedal. “Hard Miles” joins the pantheon of cycling movies, in this case with Modine portraying a social worker who teaches his life lessons through a bicycling journey with his youthful charges.
The based-on-truth story features Greg (Modine) as a beleaguered social worker at a Colorado juvenile correctional cente, with a passion for bicycle challenges and a revelatory idea for rehabilitation … rounding up an unlikely crew of incarcerated students to complete a transformative 762 mile ride from Denver to the Grand Canyon. To achieve their goal, this determined mentor and his disgruntled teenage squad will battle heat stroke, speed wobbles, mountainous inclines, and most of all each other to come together as a unified team.
Matthew Modine in Chicago, October of 2023
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com
Matthew Modine was born in California,...
The based-on-truth story features Greg (Modine) as a beleaguered social worker at a Colorado juvenile correctional cente, with a passion for bicycle challenges and a revelatory idea for rehabilitation … rounding up an unlikely crew of incarcerated students to complete a transformative 762 mile ride from Denver to the Grand Canyon. To achieve their goal, this determined mentor and his disgruntled teenage squad will battle heat stroke, speed wobbles, mountainous inclines, and most of all each other to come together as a unified team.
Matthew Modine in Chicago, October of 2023
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com
Matthew Modine was born in California,...
- 4/16/2024
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
‘80s nostalgia is heading back to Netflix’s theaters with Milestone Movies: The Anniversary Collection – 1984.
The Milestone Movies collection will screen across three theaters: New York’s Paris Theater, The Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood and The Bay Theater in Pacific Palisades, Calif. Selected films turning 40 this year will play in Netflix’s theaters and the 1984 collection is also available to stream.
The Paris Theater in New York City will show blockbusters “Beverly Hills Cop,” “Footloose,” “Gremlins,” “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom,” “Muppets Take Manhattan,” “Natural,” “Nightmare on Elm Street,” “Romancing the Stone,” “Amadeus” and “Splash,” from April 12 to 18.
Indie and auteur titles “The Ballad of Narayama,” “Birdy,” “Body Double,” “Brother from Another Planet,” “Last Night at the Alamo,” “Love Streams,” “Moscow on the Hudson,” “Places in the Heart,” “Suburbia” and “Times of Harvey Milk” will be available from April 19 to 25.
In the Fantastic Journeys collection, “Dune,” “Fanny and Alexander,...
The Milestone Movies collection will screen across three theaters: New York’s Paris Theater, The Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood and The Bay Theater in Pacific Palisades, Calif. Selected films turning 40 this year will play in Netflix’s theaters and the 1984 collection is also available to stream.
The Paris Theater in New York City will show blockbusters “Beverly Hills Cop,” “Footloose,” “Gremlins,” “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom,” “Muppets Take Manhattan,” “Natural,” “Nightmare on Elm Street,” “Romancing the Stone,” “Amadeus” and “Splash,” from April 12 to 18.
Indie and auteur titles “The Ballad of Narayama,” “Birdy,” “Body Double,” “Brother from Another Planet,” “Last Night at the Alamo,” “Love Streams,” “Moscow on the Hudson,” “Places in the Heart,” “Suburbia” and “Times of Harvey Milk” will be available from April 19 to 25.
In the Fantastic Journeys collection, “Dune,” “Fanny and Alexander,...
- 4/9/2024
- by Lexi Carson
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix Celebrating 1984 Cinema With 40th Anniversary Collection Including ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’
Netflix kicked off their Milestone Movies: The Anniversary Collection initiative back in January with a 50th anniversary collection paying tribute to the movies of 1974, which notably included Larry Cohen’s horror movie It’s Alive. We were also promised collections celebrating 1984, 1994 and 2004 in the coming months, and the 1984 collection is now live.
Netflix’s 1984 Collection is now streaming, and it includes Wes Craven’s A Nightmare on Elm Street alongside the original adaptation of Stephen King’s Firestarter!
The 1984 collection also includes the following films:
2010: The Year We Make Contact Against All Odds Amadeus A Nightmare on Elm Street A Passage to India Beverly Hills Cop Birdy Body Double Conan the Destroyer Falling in Love Firestarter Firstborn Footloose Iceman Joy of Sex The Killing Fields Moscow on the Hudson Micki & Maude Places in the Heart Repo Man The River Sixteen Candles Starman Top Secret!
You can browse the full collection over on Netflix now.
Netflix’s 1984 Collection is now streaming, and it includes Wes Craven’s A Nightmare on Elm Street alongside the original adaptation of Stephen King’s Firestarter!
The 1984 collection also includes the following films:
2010: The Year We Make Contact Against All Odds Amadeus A Nightmare on Elm Street A Passage to India Beverly Hills Cop Birdy Body Double Conan the Destroyer Falling in Love Firestarter Firstborn Footloose Iceman Joy of Sex The Killing Fields Moscow on the Hudson Micki & Maude Places in the Heart Repo Man The River Sixteen Candles Starman Top Secret!
You can browse the full collection over on Netflix now.
- 4/1/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
In an interview series with Vanity Fair, Nicolas Cage revisited clips from his past films. One of the clips features his role as Ronny in "Moonstruck," a working-class Italian American with a firey temper and passion for opera. During one of his incensed monologues, you can see a missing tooth. Cage told Vanity Fair that he had pulled out his baby teeth — without anesthesia — for a previous film, "Birdy," but at that point, "they hadn't grown in yet, so when I did 'Moonstruck,' you still see a gaping hole." A character that is both rough and tender, Cage's missing tooth (along with Johnny's wooden hand) was the perfect touch for his idiosyncratic role in "Moonstruck."
For "Birdy," Nicolas Cage wanted to use the physical anguish of removing his teeth to relate to what his character went through in the war. His character Al returns after sustaining injuries from an exploding bomb,...
For "Birdy," Nicolas Cage wanted to use the physical anguish of removing his teeth to relate to what his character went through in the war. His character Al returns after sustaining injuries from an exploding bomb,...
- 1/25/2024
- by Caroline Madden
- Slash Film
Nicolas Cage comes from one of film’s most esteemed families. His uncle is Francis Ford Coppola (“The Godfather”) and his aunt is actress Talia Shire. Not wanting to appear like his career was the productive of nepotism, when he started acting he took the name Cage from one of his favorite comic book characters, Marvel’s Luke Cage.
Cage’s film career started off quite auspiciously with a small role in the popular comedy “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” when he was just 18 years old. He followed that up with a lead role in the cult classic “Valley Girl.” Both films interestingly dealt with the life of teenagers in the Los Angeles suburbs of the San Fernando Valley.
For his third film Cage would finally agree to work with his uncle when he appeared in Coppola’s “Rumble Fish,” followed the following year by Coppola’s “The Cotton Club.
Cage’s film career started off quite auspiciously with a small role in the popular comedy “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” when he was just 18 years old. He followed that up with a lead role in the cult classic “Valley Girl.” Both films interestingly dealt with the life of teenagers in the Los Angeles suburbs of the San Fernando Valley.
For his third film Cage would finally agree to work with his uncle when he appeared in Coppola’s “Rumble Fish,” followed the following year by Coppola’s “The Cotton Club.
- 12/30/2023
- by Robert Pius, Misty Holland and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
The mark of an actor’s career, I think, is what extent their filmography can reflect the time they’re working. Matthew Modine is a prime case: we can point, first and most easily, to leading a Stanley Kubrick film, a title for which there are fewer living holders than men who’ve walked on the moon; there’s one of the all-time biggest box-office disasters; supporting roles for Christopher Nolan, Robert Altman, Oliver Stone; and aiding auteurs Abel Ferrara and Alan Rudolph as a star. This makes especially appreciable the Roxy Cinema’s retrospective The Many Faces of Matthew Modine, running Friday through Sunday with five films: Ferrara’s The Blackout, Rudolph’s Equinox, Cutthroat Island, Birdy, and his own feature If… Dog… Rabbit…
Having long admired Modine’s screen presence, I was happy to speak with him about this retrospective. But it engendered a longer, deeper conversation about...
Having long admired Modine’s screen presence, I was happy to speak with him about this retrospective. But it engendered a longer, deeper conversation about...
- 12/1/2023
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Chicago – The stature and talent of actor Matthew Modine has loomed large for nearly two generations. He began his career in his early twenties, and continues to make an impact as he takes on new roles … for instance, that of a social worker in “Hard Miles,” which screened at the 59th Chicago International Film Festival (Ciff).
Matthew Modine at the 59th Ciff on October 21, 2023
Photo credit: Joe Arce for HollywoodChicago.com
Greg (Modine) is a beleaguered social worker at a Colorado juvenile correctional center with a passion for bicycle racing and a revelatory idea for rehabilitation …rounding up an unlikely crew of incarcerated students to complete a transformative 1000-mile ride from Denver to the Grand Canyon. To achieve their goal, this determined coach and his disgruntled teenage squad will battle heat stroke, speed wobbles, mountainous inclines, and most of all each other to come together as a unified team.
Matthew Modine was born in California,...
Matthew Modine at the 59th Ciff on October 21, 2023
Photo credit: Joe Arce for HollywoodChicago.com
Greg (Modine) is a beleaguered social worker at a Colorado juvenile correctional center with a passion for bicycle racing and a revelatory idea for rehabilitation …rounding up an unlikely crew of incarcerated students to complete a transformative 1000-mile ride from Denver to the Grand Canyon. To achieve their goal, this determined coach and his disgruntled teenage squad will battle heat stroke, speed wobbles, mountainous inclines, and most of all each other to come together as a unified team.
Matthew Modine was born in California,...
- 10/24/2023
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
It’s Friday, Friday, gotta get down on Friday — especially when it’s New Music Friday! We’re breaking down this week’s best new tracks to keep on your radar.
New Music Friday – August 18th, 2023
Hozier – “De Selby (Part 2)”, plus Unreal Unearth (album)
Reneé Rapp – “Pretty Girls”, plus Snow Angel (album)
Dolly Parton – “Let It Be” (featuring Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr)
Victoria Monét – “On My Mama”
Addison Rae – “2 die 4” featuring Charli Xcx, plus Ar (EP)
Grace Potter – “Truck Stop Angels”, plus Mother Road (album)
Madison Beer – “Spinnin”
Jon Batiste – “Uneasy” (featuring Lil Wayne), plus World Beat Radio (album)
Idina Menzel – “Paradise” (featuring Nile Rodgers), plus Drama Queen (album)
Icona Pop – “Fall in Love”
Sufjan Stevens – “So You Are Tired”
Thirty Seconds to Mars – “Seasons”
The National – “Space Invader”, plus Alphabet City (album)
Taela – “beetlejuice (dead to me”)
Lonesome Ace Stringband – “Praying for Rain”
Other noteworthy releases...
New Music Friday – August 18th, 2023
Hozier – “De Selby (Part 2)”, plus Unreal Unearth (album)
Reneé Rapp – “Pretty Girls”, plus Snow Angel (album)
Dolly Parton – “Let It Be” (featuring Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr)
Victoria Monét – “On My Mama”
Addison Rae – “2 die 4” featuring Charli Xcx, plus Ar (EP)
Grace Potter – “Truck Stop Angels”, plus Mother Road (album)
Madison Beer – “Spinnin”
Jon Batiste – “Uneasy” (featuring Lil Wayne), plus World Beat Radio (album)
Idina Menzel – “Paradise” (featuring Nile Rodgers), plus Drama Queen (album)
Icona Pop – “Fall in Love”
Sufjan Stevens – “So You Are Tired”
Thirty Seconds to Mars – “Seasons”
The National – “Space Invader”, plus Alphabet City (album)
Taela – “beetlejuice (dead to me”)
Lonesome Ace Stringband – “Praying for Rain”
Other noteworthy releases...
- 8/18/2023
- by Mikael Melo
- ET Canada
Known for his towering height and slim physique, Matthew Modine rose to fame on the wings of Stanley Kubrick‘s Full Metal Jacket (1987). He began acting professionally in the early 1980s and it wasn’t long before he scored his first main role in a feature film. In addition to Full Metal Jacket, Modine also gained early recognition in his career for his performance in movies such as Birdy (1984), Vision Quest (1985), Pacific Heights (1990), Short Cuts (1993), and Cutthroat Island (1995). On the other hand, Stranger Things, The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Bedford Diaries, Weeds, and Proof...
- 8/16/2023
- by Banks Onuoha
- TVovermind.com
It may have taken Nic Cage over 40 years to play Dracula in "Renfield," but he previously donned fangs for one of his most out-there performances in "Vampire's Kiss."
It's kind of surprising that it's taken this long for Nicolas Cage to play Count Dracula. If any actor was born to play the most famous vampire on the planet then surely it was our generation's most unpredictable screen legend. Now he's getting his chance in the comedy "Renfield," where he stars alongside Nicholas Hoult, who plays Dracula's beleaguered goon in the midst of an identity crisis. Cage has always expressed interest in vampire lore. He produced the 2000 film "Shadow of the Vampire," a fictionalized version of the making of "Nosferatu" that imagines what would have happened if an actual vampire had been among the cast. Mostly, however, his highly specific strain of acting has been saved for playing mere mortals. There...
It's kind of surprising that it's taken this long for Nicolas Cage to play Count Dracula. If any actor was born to play the most famous vampire on the planet then surely it was our generation's most unpredictable screen legend. Now he's getting his chance in the comedy "Renfield," where he stars alongside Nicholas Hoult, who plays Dracula's beleaguered goon in the midst of an identity crisis. Cage has always expressed interest in vampire lore. He produced the 2000 film "Shadow of the Vampire," a fictionalized version of the making of "Nosferatu" that imagines what would have happened if an actual vampire had been among the cast. Mostly, however, his highly specific strain of acting has been saved for playing mere mortals. There...
- 4/13/2023
- by Kayleigh Donaldson
- Slash Film
Exclusive: Netflix has added four to its action-comedy Back in Action, with Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz. The newest actors to sign on are BAFTA winners Andrew Scott (Catherine Called Birdy) and Jamie Demetriou (Cruella), McKenna Roberts (Euphoria) and Rylan Jackson (Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves).
Details as to the storyline and characters of Diaz’s first feature since 2014’s Annie are under wraps. But Kyle Chandler and Glenn Close are also aboard for roles, as previously announced.
Seth Gordon (Horrible Bosses) is directing from his script written with Neighbors‘ Brendan O’Brien. Producers are Jenno Topping, Peter Chernin and Sharla Sumpter Bridgett for Chernin Entertainment, Beau Bauman (Central Intelligence) for Good One Productions, and Gordon for Exhibit A. Foxx, Datari Turner, O’Brien and Tim Lewis are serving as exec producers.
Scott won his BAFTA for his work as the villainous Jim Moriarty in...
Details as to the storyline and characters of Diaz’s first feature since 2014’s Annie are under wraps. But Kyle Chandler and Glenn Close are also aboard for roles, as previously announced.
Seth Gordon (Horrible Bosses) is directing from his script written with Neighbors‘ Brendan O’Brien. Producers are Jenno Topping, Peter Chernin and Sharla Sumpter Bridgett for Chernin Entertainment, Beau Bauman (Central Intelligence) for Good One Productions, and Gordon for Exhibit A. Foxx, Datari Turner, O’Brien and Tim Lewis are serving as exec producers.
Scott won his BAFTA for his work as the villainous Jim Moriarty in...
- 2/8/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Director / Producer / Showrunner Greg Yaitanes discusses a few of his favorite movies with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Innerspace (1987) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review, The Atomo-Vision Of Joe Dante At The American Cinematheque
The Ipcress File (1965) – Howard Rodman’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
On The Border (1998)
Hard Justice (1995)
Rorschach (1993)
Hard Target (1993)
Hard Boiled (1992)
Risky Business (1983)
Assault Platoon (1990)
Forrest Gump (1994)
Star Wars (1977)
All That Jazz (1979) – Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary
Star 80 (1983)
Lenny (1974) – Robert Weide’s trailer commentary, Randy Fuller’s wine pairing
The Pope Of Greenwich Village (1984)
Southern Comfort (1981)
The Trial (1962) – Joe Dante’s trailer commentary
How To Train Your Dragon (2010)
Babylon (2022)
Hitman’s Run (1999)
Birdy (1984)
The Last Temptation Of Christ (1988)
The Paper House (1986)
A History Of Violence (2005)
The Passion Of The Christ (2004)
Hail Mary (1985)
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
Double Tap (1997)
Conspiracy Theory (1997)
Die Hard (1988)
Heat (1995)
Manhunter (1986) – Josh Olson’s...
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Innerspace (1987) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review, The Atomo-Vision Of Joe Dante At The American Cinematheque
The Ipcress File (1965) – Howard Rodman’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
On The Border (1998)
Hard Justice (1995)
Rorschach (1993)
Hard Target (1993)
Hard Boiled (1992)
Risky Business (1983)
Assault Platoon (1990)
Forrest Gump (1994)
Star Wars (1977)
All That Jazz (1979) – Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary
Star 80 (1983)
Lenny (1974) – Robert Weide’s trailer commentary, Randy Fuller’s wine pairing
The Pope Of Greenwich Village (1984)
Southern Comfort (1981)
The Trial (1962) – Joe Dante’s trailer commentary
How To Train Your Dragon (2010)
Babylon (2022)
Hitman’s Run (1999)
Birdy (1984)
The Last Temptation Of Christ (1988)
The Paper House (1986)
A History Of Violence (2005)
The Passion Of The Christ (2004)
Hail Mary (1985)
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
Double Tap (1997)
Conspiracy Theory (1997)
Die Hard (1988)
Heat (1995)
Manhunter (1986) – Josh Olson’s...
- 1/31/2023
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
Julius Avery, the director of 2018’s Overlord, is heading back into the horror genre with The Pope’s Exorcist, and Bloody Disgusting has learned that Ralph Ineson has joined Russell Crowe in the film. Ineson has been cast as the voice of the demon.
Ralph Ineson is an accomplished screen actor, delivering magnetic performances across film and TV. Ralph’s impressive film credits include The Northman, The Green Knight, True Love, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, The Witch, Ready Player One, and Catherine Called Birdy. Ineson recently finished filming with Phantom Four Films on The First Omen.
Ineson’s television credits include HBO’s Emmy award-winning ‘Chernobyl’ and ‘Game of Thrones’. He is perhaps best known in the UK for playing series regular Chris Finch in cult classic ‘The Office’, and will next be seen on the small screen in ‘The Gallows Pole’.
Ralph Ineson in ‘The Witch’
Franco Nero (Django,...
Ralph Ineson is an accomplished screen actor, delivering magnetic performances across film and TV. Ralph’s impressive film credits include The Northman, The Green Knight, True Love, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, The Witch, Ready Player One, and Catherine Called Birdy. Ineson recently finished filming with Phantom Four Films on The First Omen.
Ineson’s television credits include HBO’s Emmy award-winning ‘Chernobyl’ and ‘Game of Thrones’. He is perhaps best known in the UK for playing series regular Chris Finch in cult classic ‘The Office’, and will next be seen on the small screen in ‘The Gallows Pole’.
Ralph Ineson in ‘The Witch’
Franco Nero (Django,...
- 1/27/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
“Catherine Called Birdy” is Lena Dunham’s second feature film of 2022, and they present a striking study in contrasts. “Sharp Stick” is a provocative and occasionally cringe-y examination of contemporary mores, particularly regarding sexuality—in other words, exactly what you’d expect from a Lena Dunham movie. “Birdy,” on the other hand, is a period piece based on a book and rated PG-13; it feels like a movie made as a conscious effort to prove that she’s more than you think.
Continue reading ‘Catherine Called Birdy’ Review: A Delightfully Ribald Period Comedy From Lena Dunham [TIFF] at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Catherine Called Birdy’ Review: A Delightfully Ribald Period Comedy From Lena Dunham [TIFF] at The Playlist.
- 9/11/2022
- by Jason Bailey
- The Playlist
The success of “Fleabag” loosed a glut of shows about young women tottering – heels broken, mascara smeared – in the vague direction of adult responsibility. Few have been as purely enjoyable as “Everything I Know About Love,” Dolly Alderton’s adaptation of her own memoir, which debuts on Peacock this week after winning plaudits on the BBC in midsummer.
With its photogenic cast, pyjama-party vibe and commitment to steering its characters towards better things, this Working Title-produced, London-set miniseries should provide superior comfort TV for anyone constitutionally unable to face Nathan Fielder’s postmodern provocations or the carnage of a “Game of Thrones” prequel. It’ll be only more comforting the more years you have on the show’s fresh-faced principals.
Alderton’s onscreen surrogate is Maggie Marshall (Emma Appleton), encountered just before the 2012 Olympics as a flighty 24-year-old blogger with a thrusting new beau in porkpie hat-sporting, multiple red flag-raising...
With its photogenic cast, pyjama-party vibe and commitment to steering its characters towards better things, this Working Title-produced, London-set miniseries should provide superior comfort TV for anyone constitutionally unable to face Nathan Fielder’s postmodern provocations or the carnage of a “Game of Thrones” prequel. It’ll be only more comforting the more years you have on the show’s fresh-faced principals.
Alderton’s onscreen surrogate is Maggie Marshall (Emma Appleton), encountered just before the 2012 Olympics as a flighty 24-year-old blogger with a thrusting new beau in porkpie hat-sporting, multiple red flag-raising...
- 8/30/2022
- by Mike McCahill
- Variety Film + TV
"You have wings - you must learn how to harness them." Amazon Prime Video has revealed a trailer for a film titled Catherine Called Birdy, which is actually the second new Lena Dunham indie film out this year. She first premiered Sharp Stick at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival in January (it's playing in theaters now - watch the trailer) and now Catherine Called Birdy, also written & directed by Dunham, will premiere at the 2022 Toronto Film Festival this fall before opening in select theaters soon after. This one is set in the distant past - in the year 1290, to be exact. A 14 year old girl in medieval England navigates through life and avoiding potential suitors her father has in mind. It's another empowering feminist tale of a young woman where, "her imagination, defiance and deep belief in her own right to independence put her on a collision course with her parents.
- 8/10/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
In 1978, American author William Wharton published a novel called Birdy, and this literary opus managed to combine the very best of postmodernist allegory with a poignant coming-of-age story inside of a main character’s fractured and complex psychological pathology. In the novel, the title character was a young adult who lived with a stern, post-Depression, World War II set of working-class parents in the blue-collar suburbs of Philadelphia. He spends his days immersing himself in the lives of his pet birds, and even goes so far as to picture himself as a bird, which is the surface-level allegory of Wharton’s
Why Alan Parker’s Birdy (1984) Is a Forgotten Postmodern Masterpiece...
Why Alan Parker’s Birdy (1984) Is a Forgotten Postmodern Masterpiece...
- 5/31/2022
- by Charles Switzer
- TVovermind.com
As they say, art imitates life, and for Pedro Pascal, playing a Nicolas Cage superfan wasn’t too far from the truth.
Pascal stars as a billionaire who offers 1 million to a fictionalized version of Cage to attend his birthday party in “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent,” in theaters April 22.
And while Pascal’s “Unbearable” character has villainous intentions, the “Narcos” alum noted that he previously tapped into an inspired “Cage rage” to play DC evil mastermind Max Lord in “Wonder Woman 1984.”
“I remember shooting a scene in ‘1984’ and, in the instant, I was like, what kind of energy do I need here?” Pascal told Entertainment Weekly. “And I remembered Nicolas Cage — before I ever met him, before the thought of ever making ‘Massive Talent’ existed — I remembered him jumping on the desk in ‘Vampire’s Kiss,’ kind of torturing [co-star] María Conchita Alonso. I remembered that scene and his energy,...
Pascal stars as a billionaire who offers 1 million to a fictionalized version of Cage to attend his birthday party in “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent,” in theaters April 22.
And while Pascal’s “Unbearable” character has villainous intentions, the “Narcos” alum noted that he previously tapped into an inspired “Cage rage” to play DC evil mastermind Max Lord in “Wonder Woman 1984.”
“I remember shooting a scene in ‘1984’ and, in the instant, I was like, what kind of energy do I need here?” Pascal told Entertainment Weekly. “And I remembered Nicolas Cage — before I ever met him, before the thought of ever making ‘Massive Talent’ existed — I remembered him jumping on the desk in ‘Vampire’s Kiss,’ kind of torturing [co-star] María Conchita Alonso. I remembered that scene and his energy,...
- 4/19/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Catherine, Called Birdy
While Tiny Furniture dates back to 2010, Lena Dunham was hardly inactive working in television, acting, writing books and typing out essays. In 2022 we expect not one, but two feature films to drop – the first being Sharp Stick (which is set to premiere at Sundance in a couple of weeks) and this project, she shot across the pond. Backed by Amazon Studios, if you’re going to see one PG-13 film in 2022 – perhaps Catherine, Called Birdy is it. The British backed production is a comer-of-ager that sees Bella Ramsey in the lead role of Birdy, surrounded by Dunham, Billie Piper, Andrew Scott and Joe Alwyn, production took place in March of 2021.…...
While Tiny Furniture dates back to 2010, Lena Dunham was hardly inactive working in television, acting, writing books and typing out essays. In 2022 we expect not one, but two feature films to drop – the first being Sharp Stick (which is set to premiere at Sundance in a couple of weeks) and this project, she shot across the pond. Backed by Amazon Studios, if you’re going to see one PG-13 film in 2022 – perhaps Catherine, Called Birdy is it. The British backed production is a comer-of-ager that sees Bella Ramsey in the lead role of Birdy, surrounded by Dunham, Billie Piper, Andrew Scott and Joe Alwyn, production took place in March of 2021.…...
- 1/6/2022
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
Nicolas Cage is set to play Dracula in Universal’s “Renfield,” a monster movie centering not on the infamous vampire, but rather his notorious lackey.
The call sheet may be confusing. That’s because Cage is starring alongside another Nic, Nicholas Hoult, who is portraying the unhinged henchman known as Renfield.
An origin story, the upcoming film is expected to take place in the present day. It’s not clear how much it will stick to the source material, Bram Stoker’s 1897 horror novel “Dracula.” In the literary thriller, R.M. Renfield was an inmate at a lunatic asylum. He was thought to be suffering from delusions that compelled him to eat live creatures in the hopes of obtaining immortality, until it’s later revealed that he’s under the influence of one Count Dracula.
Chris McKay, the filmmaker behind “The Tomorrow War” and “The Lego Batman Movie,” is directing...
The call sheet may be confusing. That’s because Cage is starring alongside another Nic, Nicholas Hoult, who is portraying the unhinged henchman known as Renfield.
An origin story, the upcoming film is expected to take place in the present day. It’s not clear how much it will stick to the source material, Bram Stoker’s 1897 horror novel “Dracula.” In the literary thriller, R.M. Renfield was an inmate at a lunatic asylum. He was thought to be suffering from delusions that compelled him to eat live creatures in the hopes of obtaining immortality, until it’s later revealed that he’s under the influence of one Count Dracula.
Chris McKay, the filmmaker behind “The Tomorrow War” and “The Lego Batman Movie,” is directing...
- 11/30/2021
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
For a family with so much love, the Kinsellas certainly can be awful to each other.
Their plans succeed on Kin Season 1 Episode 5, but the cost is steep, and now they're in even more danger.
Who will pay the ultimate price? Is it worth it?
Halfway through the season, we're now seeing the endgame begin to take shape. This episode makes a point of showing us how the Kinsellas are spiraling and splintering.
Michael's scene in the bathroom was well-handled -- the fan, the warped and blurry vision -- giving us his point of view. He was not in the right state of mind to be wandering home, but everyone else was too high to notice his departure, except Amanda.
Michael can no longer use the indulgences of drugs and alcohol to numb the guilt of what he's done, but he needs to find another way to reconcile his...
Their plans succeed on Kin Season 1 Episode 5, but the cost is steep, and now they're in even more danger.
Who will pay the ultimate price? Is it worth it?
Halfway through the season, we're now seeing the endgame begin to take shape. This episode makes a point of showing us how the Kinsellas are spiraling and splintering.
Michael's scene in the bathroom was well-handled -- the fan, the warped and blurry vision -- giving us his point of view. He was not in the right state of mind to be wandering home, but everyone else was too high to notice his departure, except Amanda.
Michael can no longer use the indulgences of drugs and alcohol to numb the guilt of what he's done, but he needs to find another way to reconcile his...
- 10/7/2021
- by Mary Littlejohn
- TVfanatic
Jon Hassell, the avant-garde composer and trumpet player who collaborated with artists like Talking Heads, Brian Eno and Ry Cooder in addition to his explorations into “Fourth World” music, died Saturday at the age of 84.
“After a little more than a year of fighting through health complications, Jon died peacefully in the early morning hours of natural causes,” Hassell’s family said in a statement on social media.
“His final days were surrounded by family and loved ones who celebrated with him the lifetime of contributions he gave to this world– personally and professionally.
“After a little more than a year of fighting through health complications, Jon died peacefully in the early morning hours of natural causes,” Hassell’s family said in a statement on social media.
“His final days were surrounded by family and loved ones who celebrated with him the lifetime of contributions he gave to this world– personally and professionally.
- 6/27/2021
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Earlier this month the news was unveiled that Lena Dunham was making her return to feature filmmaking, secretly shooting a project in quarantine entitled Sharp Stick starring Taylour Paige, Scott Speedman, Jon Bernthal, and Jennifer Jason Leigh. Now, a project she was attached to as early as 2014, when she was in the midst of starring, writing, directing, and producing Girls, is resurfacing.
Catherine, Called Birdy, based on the 1994 novel of the same name by Karen Cushman, is a 13th-century England-set comedy following Birdy as she comes of age and forms her own path, particularly resisting the arranged marriages planned by her father. It’s now been announced that Billie Piper, the Olivier-award winning star of the recent HBO Max series I Hate Suzie, will be joined by Andrew Scott of Fleabag fame and Game of Thrones star Bella Ramsey. As scripted and directed by Dunham, Ramsey will play the title...
Catherine, Called Birdy, based on the 1994 novel of the same name by Karen Cushman, is a 13th-century England-set comedy following Birdy as she comes of age and forms her own path, particularly resisting the arranged marriages planned by her father. It’s now been announced that Billie Piper, the Olivier-award winning star of the recent HBO Max series I Hate Suzie, will be joined by Andrew Scott of Fleabag fame and Game of Thrones star Bella Ramsey. As scripted and directed by Dunham, Ramsey will play the title...
- 3/27/2021
- by Stephen Hladik
- The Film Stage
Here’s the latest episode of the The Filmmakers Podcast, part of the ever-growing podcast roster here on Nerdly. If you haven’t heard the show yet, you can check out previous episodes on the official podcast site, whilst we’ll be featuring each and every new episode as it premieres.
For those unfamiliar with the series, The Filmmakers Podcast is a podcast about how to make films from micro budget indie films to bigger budget studio films and everything in-between. Our hosts Giles Alderson, Dan Richardson, Andrew Rodger and Cristian James talk how to get films made, how to actually make them and how to try not to f… it up in their very humble opinion. Guests will come on and chat about their film making experiences from directors, writers, producers, screenwriters, actors, cinematographers and distributors.
The Filmmakers Podcast #208: Matthew Modine on Stranger Things, Wrong Turn, Acting, Directing and working with legendary filmmakers.
For those unfamiliar with the series, The Filmmakers Podcast is a podcast about how to make films from micro budget indie films to bigger budget studio films and everything in-between. Our hosts Giles Alderson, Dan Richardson, Andrew Rodger and Cristian James talk how to get films made, how to actually make them and how to try not to f… it up in their very humble opinion. Guests will come on and chat about their film making experiences from directors, writers, producers, screenwriters, actors, cinematographers and distributors.
The Filmmakers Podcast #208: Matthew Modine on Stranger Things, Wrong Turn, Acting, Directing and working with legendary filmmakers.
- 3/8/2021
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Nicolas Cage is coming to Netflix for a new comedy series that explores the origins of swear words.
History of Swear Words is hosted by Oscar® and Golden Globe® winner Nicolas Cage.
"An education in expletives: the history lesson you didn’t know you needed," reads the logline from Netflix, which adds:
History of Swear Words, hosted by Nicolas Cage, is a loud and proudly profane series that explores the origins, pop culture-usage, science and cultural impact of curse words.
Through interviews with experts in etymology, pop culture, historians and entertainers, the six-episode series dives into the origins of “F**k”, “Sh*t”, “B*tch”, “D**k”, “Pu**y”, and “Damn”.
Guest stars in the series of specials include Joel Kim Booster, DeRay Davis, Open Mike Eagle, Nikki Glaser, Patti Harrison, London Hughes, Jim Jefferies, Zainab Johnson, Nick Offerman, Sarah Silverman, Baron Vaughn, and Isiah Whitlock Jr.
They will be...
History of Swear Words is hosted by Oscar® and Golden Globe® winner Nicolas Cage.
"An education in expletives: the history lesson you didn’t know you needed," reads the logline from Netflix, which adds:
History of Swear Words, hosted by Nicolas Cage, is a loud and proudly profane series that explores the origins, pop culture-usage, science and cultural impact of curse words.
Through interviews with experts in etymology, pop culture, historians and entertainers, the six-episode series dives into the origins of “F**k”, “Sh*t”, “B*tch”, “D**k”, “Pu**y”, and “Damn”.
Guest stars in the series of specials include Joel Kim Booster, DeRay Davis, Open Mike Eagle, Nikki Glaser, Patti Harrison, London Hughes, Jim Jefferies, Zainab Johnson, Nick Offerman, Sarah Silverman, Baron Vaughn, and Isiah Whitlock Jr.
They will be...
- 12/9/2020
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
The Taiwanese Lgtb love drama “Your Name Engraved Herein” opens with the popular quotation from The Song of Solomon 8:7 about the power of love that can neither be quenched by water, nor drowned by the floods: “If a man would give all the substance of his house for love, his offer would be viewed with utter contempt.” And the religious reference is in its right place as an introduction to the interesting chapter of the Taiwanese (relatively recent) history marked by political changes, which was at the same time stuck in stubborn conservatism.
“Your name engraved herein” is screening at Slovak Queer Film Festival
One of the titular characters – Chang A-Han (Edward Chen), a young student with a despotic father and a strict Catholic upbringing, is faced with many challenges. It’s 1987, shortly after the Martial Law in Taiwan was being lifted, and the wind of change is still...
“Your name engraved herein” is screening at Slovak Queer Film Festival
One of the titular characters – Chang A-Han (Edward Chen), a young student with a despotic father and a strict Catholic upbringing, is faced with many challenges. It’s 1987, shortly after the Martial Law in Taiwan was being lifted, and the wind of change is still...
- 10/15/2020
- by Marina D. Richter
- AsianMoviePulse
UK filmmaker Alan Parker died aged 76 on Friday.
Tributes from across the industry have been paid to filmmaker Alan Parker, who died on Friday (July 31), aged 76.
Former colleagues talked warmly of Parker’s achievements as a filmmaker, his work for public bodies including the BFI and the UK Film Council, his loyalty to friends and his encouragement of young talent.
“Alan was my oldest and closest friend,” said producer David Puttman, Parker’s long-time collaborator with whom he first worked at Collett Dickenson Pearce (Cdp) in what was later called ‘the golden age of advertising’ in the 1960s. “I was...
Tributes from across the industry have been paid to filmmaker Alan Parker, who died on Friday (July 31), aged 76.
Former colleagues talked warmly of Parker’s achievements as a filmmaker, his work for public bodies including the BFI and the UK Film Council, his loyalty to friends and his encouragement of young talent.
“Alan was my oldest and closest friend,” said producer David Puttman, Parker’s long-time collaborator with whom he first worked at Collett Dickenson Pearce (Cdp) in what was later called ‘the golden age of advertising’ in the 1960s. “I was...
- 8/3/2020
- by 57¦Geoffrey Macnab¦41¦
- ScreenDaily
Alan Parker photographed by another legend, Terry O'Neill, in this press still for "Angel Heart" (1987).
Sir Alan Parker has died at age 76. The esteemed British filmmaker was known for making highly diverse, acclaimed films. He had received two Oscar nominations for Best Director, the first for "Midnight Express" and the other for "Mississippi Burning". Parker made his feature film directorial debut in 1975 with "Bugsy Malone", an offbeat and inspired send up of old gangster movies starring a cast comprised of child actors including Jodie Foster. His other films include "Fame", "The Commitments", "Pink Floyd- The Wall", "Shoot the Moon", "Angela's Ashes", "Evita", "Angel Heart" and "Birdy". Parker had not directed a film since "The Life of David Gale" in 2003. As news of his death broke, tributes were paid by his peers in the entertainment industry including Andrew Webber, David Putnam and Barbara Broccoli.
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Sir Alan Parker has died at age 76. The esteemed British filmmaker was known for making highly diverse, acclaimed films. He had received two Oscar nominations for Best Director, the first for "Midnight Express" and the other for "Mississippi Burning". Parker made his feature film directorial debut in 1975 with "Bugsy Malone", an offbeat and inspired send up of old gangster movies starring a cast comprised of child actors including Jodie Foster. His other films include "Fame", "The Commitments", "Pink Floyd- The Wall", "Shoot the Moon", "Angela's Ashes", "Evita", "Angel Heart" and "Birdy". Parker had not directed a film since "The Life of David Gale" in 2003. As news of his death broke, tributes were paid by his peers in the entertainment industry including Andrew Webber, David Putnam and Barbara Broccoli.
For more click here.
- 8/1/2020
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
In the late 1970s, when Hollywood was in the middle of its most seismic transformation since the collapse of the studio system, there was a much-talked-about trend that seemed to fit all too snugly into the new world order. That was the arrival of hotshot British movie directors who had honed their craft in the rarefied world of English TV commercials.
At first there were two such transplants: Alan Parker and Ridley Scott. They were soon joined by Adrian Lyne (who made his first feature in 1980) and Scott’s younger brother, Tony Scott (who released his first major film in 1983). All four became players in the industry, and each developed his own style and brand and personality. Ridley Scott was the artiste of the group, crafting visionary sci-fi like “Alien” and “Blade Runner.” Adrian Lyne, director of “Foxes” and “Flashdance,” was the youth-culture maven, and Tony Scott, of “Top Gun” fame,...
At first there were two such transplants: Alan Parker and Ridley Scott. They were soon joined by Adrian Lyne (who made his first feature in 1980) and Scott’s younger brother, Tony Scott (who released his first major film in 1983). All four became players in the industry, and each developed his own style and brand and personality. Ridley Scott was the artiste of the group, crafting visionary sci-fi like “Alien” and “Blade Runner.” Adrian Lyne, director of “Foxes” and “Flashdance,” was the youth-culture maven, and Tony Scott, of “Top Gun” fame,...
- 7/31/2020
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Actors and directors took to social media to pay tribute to British director Alan Parker, who died Friday. The filmmaker behind “Evita, “The Commitments” and “Bugsy Malone” was 76.
Parker’s first feature film was 1976’s “Bugsy Malone.” He directed over 25 films, and his last film was “The Life of David Gale” starring Kevin Spacey and Kate Winslet. Parker received two Oscar nominations, one for “Midnight Express” and “Mississippi Burning.”
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts wrote, “We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of BAFTA Fellow Alan Parker. As BAFTA-winning filmmaker, he brought us joy with Bugsy Malone, The Commitments, Midnight Express and many more.”
Andrew Lloyd Webber who remembered Parker for their collaboration on his adaptation of “Evita,” wrote, “Very sad to hear the news of Alan Parker’s death. My friend and collaborator on the Evita movie and one of the few directors to truly understand musicals on screen.
Parker’s first feature film was 1976’s “Bugsy Malone.” He directed over 25 films, and his last film was “The Life of David Gale” starring Kevin Spacey and Kate Winslet. Parker received two Oscar nominations, one for “Midnight Express” and “Mississippi Burning.”
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts wrote, “We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of BAFTA Fellow Alan Parker. As BAFTA-winning filmmaker, he brought us joy with Bugsy Malone, The Commitments, Midnight Express and many more.”
Andrew Lloyd Webber who remembered Parker for their collaboration on his adaptation of “Evita,” wrote, “Very sad to hear the news of Alan Parker’s death. My friend and collaborator on the Evita movie and one of the few directors to truly understand musicals on screen.
- 7/31/2020
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Updated with latest reactions: Alan Parker, who died today at 76, was remembered Friday by colleagues and friends, with Andrew Lloyd Webber calling his Evita collaborator “one of the few directors to truly understand musicals on screen” and Matthew Modine, who starred in Parker’s 1984 drama Birdy, praising the director as a “great artist” who “transformed” the actor’s life.
And Rocketman director Dexter Fletcher explained the pivotal role Parker played in his life by casting the then-nine-year-old Fletcher as “Babyface” in 1975’s Bugsy Malone.
In a statement, Fletcher said:
Sir Alan inadvertently changed my life at the age of 9 when he stuck me at the end of a line of 30 kids, passing a baseball bat, all whilst saying ‘Give this to Babyface’. He told me to say something different on every take He generously made each moment unique and fun...
And Rocketman director Dexter Fletcher explained the pivotal role Parker played in his life by casting the then-nine-year-old Fletcher as “Babyface” in 1975’s Bugsy Malone.
In a statement, Fletcher said:
Sir Alan inadvertently changed my life at the age of 9 when he stuck me at the end of a line of 30 kids, passing a baseball bat, all whilst saying ‘Give this to Babyface’. He told me to say something different on every take He generously made each moment unique and fun...
- 7/31/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Alan Parker is not one of the name auteurs you learn about in Film History 101. That’s partly because he wasn’t known for doing one thing. The working-class Londoner made his mark in the 70s with commercials and television before breaking out with period child-gangster musical “Bugsy Malone” (1976), starring Jodie Foster. He died Friday morning at age 76.
True story “Midnight Express” (1978) took viewers on a harrowing descent into Turkish prison hell (starring Brad Davis as Billy Hayes), established Oscar nominee Parker as a taut manipulator of suspense, and won Oscars for screenwriter Oliver Stone and composer Giorgio Moroder. In drama “Birdy” (1984), Matthew Modine and Nicolas Cage went on another unpredictable journey, from kids hanging in Philadelphia to soldiers fighting in Vietnam and finally, a grim hospital ward.
Always skilled at using music in his movies, from New York high-school musical “Fame” (1980) to Madonna vehicle “Evita” (1996), Parker became a stylish Hollywood director-for-hire.
True story “Midnight Express” (1978) took viewers on a harrowing descent into Turkish prison hell (starring Brad Davis as Billy Hayes), established Oscar nominee Parker as a taut manipulator of suspense, and won Oscars for screenwriter Oliver Stone and composer Giorgio Moroder. In drama “Birdy” (1984), Matthew Modine and Nicolas Cage went on another unpredictable journey, from kids hanging in Philadelphia to soldiers fighting in Vietnam and finally, a grim hospital ward.
Always skilled at using music in his movies, from New York high-school musical “Fame” (1980) to Madonna vehicle “Evita” (1996), Parker became a stylish Hollywood director-for-hire.
- 7/31/2020
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Innovative and acclaimed British director Alan Parker, died Friday, July 31, after a lengthy, but as yet undisclosed illness, according to Variety. He was 76.
Parker was nominated for two Best Director Oscars. One of those films was 1988’s Mississippi Burning, which highly dramatized the investigation of three murdered civil rights activists in 1964. The films starred Willem Dafoe and Gene Hackman, with the latter being nominated for Best Actor. Parker’s first Oscar nomination though came for the 1978 drama Midnight Express, another film based on true events. Oliver Stone won his first Oscar for the screenplay, which focused on Billy Hayes, who escaped a Turkish prison after being convicted of trying to smuggle hashish out of the country. Giorgio Moroder also won his first Oscar for composing the music. It was Parker’s second feature, and it was vastly different from his debut.
Alan Parker had a special connection with music. He...
Parker was nominated for two Best Director Oscars. One of those films was 1988’s Mississippi Burning, which highly dramatized the investigation of three murdered civil rights activists in 1964. The films starred Willem Dafoe and Gene Hackman, with the latter being nominated for Best Actor. Parker’s first Oscar nomination though came for the 1978 drama Midnight Express, another film based on true events. Oliver Stone won his first Oscar for the screenplay, which focused on Billy Hayes, who escaped a Turkish prison after being convicted of trying to smuggle hashish out of the country. Giorgio Moroder also won his first Oscar for composing the music. It was Parker’s second feature, and it was vastly different from his debut.
Alan Parker had a special connection with music. He...
- 7/31/2020
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
Alan Parker, an English movie director with an exceptionally wide-ranging oeuvre ranging from “Bugsy Malone” to “Evita,” from “Midnight Express” to “The Road to Wellville,” has died. He was 76.
The British Film Institute confirmed Parker’s death on Friday, noting he died after a long illness.
Parker was twice Oscar-nominated for best director, for 1978’s “Midnight Express” and for 1988’s Mississippi Burning.” While the director’s subject matter was eclectic, he did return frequently to the musical form: His films “Bugsy Malone,” “Fame,” “Pink Floyd the Wall,” “The Commitments” and “Evita” were all musicals or had strong musical elements in one form or another.
Parker’s first feature film, 1976’s “Bugsy Malone,” made a considerable splash for an audacious concept that worked only because everyone kept a straight face. The film was a Depression-era gangster musical cast entirely with children, the oldest perhaps 15. These included Jodie Foster and Scott Baio.
The British Film Institute confirmed Parker’s death on Friday, noting he died after a long illness.
Parker was twice Oscar-nominated for best director, for 1978’s “Midnight Express” and for 1988’s Mississippi Burning.” While the director’s subject matter was eclectic, he did return frequently to the musical form: His films “Bugsy Malone,” “Fame,” “Pink Floyd the Wall,” “The Commitments” and “Evita” were all musicals or had strong musical elements in one form or another.
Parker’s first feature film, 1976’s “Bugsy Malone,” made a considerable splash for an audacious concept that worked only because everyone kept a straight face. The film was a Depression-era gangster musical cast entirely with children, the oldest perhaps 15. These included Jodie Foster and Scott Baio.
- 7/31/2020
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
His body of work includes Bugsy Malone, Midnight Express, Mississippi Burning, The Commitments, Evita, Fame, Birdy, Angel Heart and Angela’s Ashes.
Acclaimed UK filmmaker Alan Parker died this morning (July 31) following a lengthy illness.
Parker was one of the UK’s most acclaimed and successful filmmakers, with a body of work including Bugsy Malone, Midnight Express, Mississippi Burning, The Commitments, Evita, Fame, Birdy, Angel Heart and Angela’s Ashes. His films won a combined 19 Baftas, 10 Golden Globes and 10 Oscars.
Parker was a passionate supporter of the UK film industry and was a founding member of the Directors Guild of Great Britain,...
Acclaimed UK filmmaker Alan Parker died this morning (July 31) following a lengthy illness.
Parker was one of the UK’s most acclaimed and successful filmmakers, with a body of work including Bugsy Malone, Midnight Express, Mississippi Burning, The Commitments, Evita, Fame, Birdy, Angel Heart and Angela’s Ashes. His films won a combined 19 Baftas, 10 Golden Globes and 10 Oscars.
Parker was a passionate supporter of the UK film industry and was a founding member of the Directors Guild of Great Britain,...
- 7/31/2020
- by 14¦Screen staff¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
The Taiwanese Lgtb love drama “Your Name Engraved Herein” opens with the popular quotation from The Song of Solomon 8:7 about the power of love that can neither be quenched by water, nor drowned by the floods: “If a man would give all the substance of his house for love, his offer would be viewed with utter contempt.” And the religious reference is in its right place as an introduction to the interesting chapter of the Taiwanese (relatively recent) history marked by political changes, which was at the same time stuck in stubborn conservatism.
“Your Name Engraved Herein” screened at Osaka Asian Film Festival
One of the titular characters – Chang A-Han (Edward Chen), a young student with a despotic father and a strict Catholic upbringing, is faced with many challenges. It’s 1987, shortly after the Martial Law in Taiwan was being lifted, and the wind of change is still blowing very mild over the society.
“Your Name Engraved Herein” screened at Osaka Asian Film Festival
One of the titular characters – Chang A-Han (Edward Chen), a young student with a despotic father and a strict Catholic upbringing, is faced with many challenges. It’s 1987, shortly after the Martial Law in Taiwan was being lifted, and the wind of change is still blowing very mild over the society.
- 3/15/2020
- by Marina D. Richter
- AsianMoviePulse
The mark of a true classic movie is its capacity to transcend time. “A Better Tomorrow” has been in recent years remade in Korea (Watchable) and in China (Surprisingly good!). It has had sequels and entered popular culture albeit not necessarily for the right reasons.
A sudden introduction of Kit (Leslie Cheung) being shot is revealed to be a nightmare before transitioning to a more lighthearted fashion to open the movie. As we see Ho (Ti Lung) and Mark (Chow Yun Fat) initially fooling around before Joseph Koo’s memorable score kicks in as a montage of the money laundering part of their gangland roles is shown, culminating in the first famous image of the movie as Mark burns a freshly produced counterfeit note.
Ho is to go on a visit to Taiwan with underling Shing (Waise Lee) but first goes to see his younger brother Kit graduate as a police officer.
A sudden introduction of Kit (Leslie Cheung) being shot is revealed to be a nightmare before transitioning to a more lighthearted fashion to open the movie. As we see Ho (Ti Lung) and Mark (Chow Yun Fat) initially fooling around before Joseph Koo’s memorable score kicks in as a montage of the money laundering part of their gangland roles is shown, culminating in the first famous image of the movie as Mark burns a freshly produced counterfeit note.
Ho is to go on a visit to Taiwan with underling Shing (Waise Lee) but first goes to see his younger brother Kit graduate as a police officer.
- 12/6/2019
- by Ben Stykuc
- AsianMoviePulse
Jack Beresford Oct 21, 2019
Praise the lord of onscreen crazy! We travel back to the era when Nicolas Cage was the biggest action star on the planet...
This article comes from Den of Geek UK.
For much of the past three decades, Nicolas Cage has commanded a level of devotion among fans that borders on religious fervour.
While the quality and quantity of his projects has varied wildly, his intense method acting approach – one he describes as “Nouveau Shamadic” – has resulted in some intense and brilliantly manic performances, earning him God-like status among a certain demographic of movie fans.
Taking inspiration from the witch doctors of pre-Christian civilization, Cage prepares for each and every role by working himself into a trance-like state in order to connect with the character and the work. The results are usually even crazier than the preparations.
Watching Cage in his element is something akin to a religious experience.
Praise the lord of onscreen crazy! We travel back to the era when Nicolas Cage was the biggest action star on the planet...
This article comes from Den of Geek UK.
For much of the past three decades, Nicolas Cage has commanded a level of devotion among fans that borders on religious fervour.
While the quality and quantity of his projects has varied wildly, his intense method acting approach – one he describes as “Nouveau Shamadic” – has resulted in some intense and brilliantly manic performances, earning him God-like status among a certain demographic of movie fans.
Taking inspiration from the witch doctors of pre-Christian civilization, Cage prepares for each and every role by working himself into a trance-like state in order to connect with the character and the work. The results are usually even crazier than the preparations.
Watching Cage in his element is something akin to a religious experience.
- 10/21/2019
- Den of Geek
Exclusive: Matthew Modine has thrown his hat into the ring as a candidate for president of SAG-AFTRA. Modine, a member of the union’s local and national boards of directors, is running at the top of the Membership First ticket, the self-styled progressive wing of the union that promises more democracy and transparency — which the union’s loyal opposition says is in short supply. He seeks to unseat Gabrielle Carteris, who’s been president of the union since 2016.
“As a current national and local board member of SAG-aftra, it would be my honor to represent all 160,000 members of the union I have proudly been a member of for nearly four decades,” he said in a statement. “It is my privilege to stand up for our legacy in order to safeguard our future. There comes a time when we must work to ensure that current and future membership will...
“As a current national and local board member of SAG-aftra, it would be my honor to represent all 160,000 members of the union I have proudly been a member of for nearly four decades,” he said in a statement. “It is my privilege to stand up for our legacy in order to safeguard our future. There comes a time when we must work to ensure that current and future membership will...
- 4/29/2019
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
Nicolas Cage comes from one of film’s most esteemed families. His uncle is Francis Ford Coppola (“The Godfather”) and his aunt is actress Talia Shire. Not wanting to appear like his career was the productive of nepotism, when he started acting he took the name Cage from one of his favorite comic book characters, Marvel’s Luke Cage.
Cage’s film career started off quite auspiciously with a small role in the popular comedy “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” when he was just 18 years old. He followed that up with a lead role in the cult classic “Valley Girl.” Both films interestingly dealt with the life of teenagers in the Los Angeles suburbs of the San Fernando Valley.
SEEOscar Best Picture Gallery: History of Every Academy Award-Winning Movie
For his third film Cage would finally agree to work with his uncle when he appeared in Coppola’s “Rumble Fish,...
Cage’s film career started off quite auspiciously with a small role in the popular comedy “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” when he was just 18 years old. He followed that up with a lead role in the cult classic “Valley Girl.” Both films interestingly dealt with the life of teenagers in the Los Angeles suburbs of the San Fernando Valley.
SEEOscar Best Picture Gallery: History of Every Academy Award-Winning Movie
For his third film Cage would finally agree to work with his uncle when he appeared in Coppola’s “Rumble Fish,...
- 1/7/2019
- by Robert Pius and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Nicolas Cage, who currently stars in the action-horror film Mandy, sat down with Rolling Stone for the latest installment of “The First Time.” The Oscar-winning actor kicked off the rapid-fire chat answering the seemingly innocuous first question (“The first time You ate your favorite dish?) with, of all things, champagne and Kentucky Fried Chicken. Cage, dead-serious, said he imbibed champagne as early as age nine with his father. Which explains the KFC pairing – he was nine.
The actor goes on to share more vivid memories and life lessons, from buying...
The actor goes on to share more vivid memories and life lessons, from buying...
- 9/26/2018
- by Brittany Spanos
- Rollingstone.com
Get ready for some heavy lifting! Rain Brown scores her first big job on the highly anticipated next episode of Alaskan Bush People, and it's not for the faint of heart. She learns how to operate a dangerous drilling vehicle and seems to be a bit frazzled at first when her father, Billy Brown, attempts to show her the ropes. “You are going to run this,” Billy says in an exclusive clip obtained by Radar. "I think it's really cool that dad trusts me enough to put me in a machine like that, but it's that pressure, it can freak somebody like me out," Rain admits in the confessional. Her dad had the utmost faith in her abilities and even explained how he wouldn't let most of her siblings do the job. "We're teaching Rain," he added. "We really do depend on her and I really do trust her." (Credit:...
- 9/12/2018
- by Samantha Benitz
- In Touch Weekly
Ruby Modine may have a famous father, but don't let that small factor fool you -- she's worked just as hard as her peers to get to where she is today.
During a break from filming, the 27-year-old actress, best known for playing Sierra on Shameless, called Et on the phone, where she explained her journey from childhood to Hollywood.
Many of Ruby's fans know her father, Matthew Modine, who's starred in films and TV shows like Full Metal Jacket, Birdy, The Dark Knight Rises and Stranger Things. But many aren't as familiar with her Puerto Rican mother, Caridad Rivera, a makeup and wardrobe stylist.
Watch: Emmy Rossum Resolves Equal Pay Dispute, Signs on for Season 8 of 'Shameless'
Ruby admitted that, especially while trying to make it in this industry, both her mom and dad, who have been together nearly 40 years, didn't have a whole lot growing up. Born in Loma Linda...
During a break from filming, the 27-year-old actress, best known for playing Sierra on Shameless, called Et on the phone, where she explained her journey from childhood to Hollywood.
Many of Ruby's fans know her father, Matthew Modine, who's starred in films and TV shows like Full Metal Jacket, Birdy, The Dark Knight Rises and Stranger Things. But many aren't as familiar with her Puerto Rican mother, Caridad Rivera, a makeup and wardrobe stylist.
Watch: Emmy Rossum Resolves Equal Pay Dispute, Signs on for Season 8 of 'Shameless'
Ruby admitted that, especially while trying to make it in this industry, both her mom and dad, who have been together nearly 40 years, didn't have a whole lot growing up. Born in Loma Linda...
- 10/12/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Ruby Modine may have a famous father, but don't let that small factor fool you -- she's worked just as hard as her peers to get to where she is today.
During a break from filming, the 27-year-old actress, best known for playing Sierra on Shameless, called Et on the phone, where she explained her journey from childhood to Hollywood.
Many of Ruby's fans know her father, Matthew Modine, who's starred in films and TV shows like Full Metal Jacket, Birdy, The Dark Knight Rises and Stranger Things. But many aren't as familiar with her Puerto Rican mother, Caridad Rivera, a makeup and wardrobe stylist.
Watch: Emmy Rossum Resolves Equal Pay Dispute, Signs on for Season 8 of 'Shameless'
"I am very proud [of my descent]," she said. "Many people don't believe that I am of black, Puerto Rican and Caucasian descent. That is why you cannot assume that you know what people are about based on what they look...
During a break from filming, the 27-year-old actress, best known for playing Sierra on Shameless, called Et on the phone, where she explained her journey from childhood to Hollywood.
Many of Ruby's fans know her father, Matthew Modine, who's starred in films and TV shows like Full Metal Jacket, Birdy, The Dark Knight Rises and Stranger Things. But many aren't as familiar with her Puerto Rican mother, Caridad Rivera, a makeup and wardrobe stylist.
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"I am very proud [of my descent]," she said. "Many people don't believe that I am of black, Puerto Rican and Caucasian descent. That is why you cannot assume that you know what people are about based on what they look...
- 10/12/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Same stereotypes, different name.
If you look at the shining beacon of humanity that is Urban Dictionary, you will find fanboy defined as “a passionate fan of various elements of geek culture (e.g. sci-fi, comics, Star Wars, video games, anime, hobbits, Magic: the Gathering, etc.), but who lets his passion override social graces.”
What about fangirl? “A rabid breed of human female who is obsessed with either a fictional character or an actor.”
While the former isn’t exactly an endorsement, the latter is a whole different category of harsh — and might have well been ripped from a newspaper written a hundred years ago. Because despite what this 2009 Today article or this 2012 Time article would suggest, calling women the “new” face of fandom is inaccurate. They’ve been there all along. The movie fangirl stereotype is almost as old as the movies — certainly older than their fanboy counterpart. As described by Diana Anselmo-Sequeira in her...
If you look at the shining beacon of humanity that is Urban Dictionary, you will find fanboy defined as “a passionate fan of various elements of geek culture (e.g. sci-fi, comics, Star Wars, video games, anime, hobbits, Magic: the Gathering, etc.), but who lets his passion override social graces.”
What about fangirl? “A rabid breed of human female who is obsessed with either a fictional character or an actor.”
While the former isn’t exactly an endorsement, the latter is a whole different category of harsh — and might have well been ripped from a newspaper written a hundred years ago. Because despite what this 2009 Today article or this 2012 Time article would suggest, calling women the “new” face of fandom is inaccurate. They’ve been there all along. The movie fangirl stereotype is almost as old as the movies — certainly older than their fanboy counterpart. As described by Diana Anselmo-Sequeira in her...
- 3/31/2017
- by Ciara Wardlow
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
We’ve already seen “Stranger Things” get the “Peanuts” treatment, it was also turned into an 8-bit video game, and got a “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” mashup. Now the people at Bookshelf Productions have given the Duffer brothers series a Lego remake, recreating the show’s key moments.
The four-minute video features a variety of scenes from the hit Netflix series and uses the actual audio from the show to illustrate what’s happening. The clip begins with Will and Dustin riding their bikes before Will’s sudden disappearance into the Upside Down.
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We then see Joyce talking to Sheriff Jim Hopper who reassures her that her son will eventually show up. The three youngsters – Mike, Dustin and Lucas – are also shown at their teacher’s office playing with the new radio, while Joyce and Jonathan are searching for Will.
The four-minute video features a variety of scenes from the hit Netflix series and uses the actual audio from the show to illustrate what’s happening. The clip begins with Will and Dustin riding their bikes before Will’s sudden disappearance into the Upside Down.
Read More: ‘Stranger Things’ Gets the ‘Peanuts’ Treatment in Christmas-Themed Mashup
We then see Joyce talking to Sheriff Jim Hopper who reassures her that her son will eventually show up. The three youngsters – Mike, Dustin and Lucas – are also shown at their teacher’s office playing with the new radio, while Joyce and Jonathan are searching for Will.
- 11/8/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
The “Stranger Things” gang is back and ready to kick off Season 2 of the hit Netflix series. Production for the upcoming nine-episode season is currently underway in Atlanta, Georgia, and Netflix has released a new photo of the cast on social media.
The black-and-white, upside-down image shows the young ensemble at a table read. “Back in production. See you next year,” reads the tweet.
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Included in the picture is fan-favorite Millie Bobby Brown (Eleven), Finn Wolfhard (Mike), Gaten Matarazzo (Dustin), Caleb McLaughlin (Lucas), Natalia Dyer (Nancy), Charlie Heaton (Jonathan), and Joe Keery (Steve) and Noah Schnapp (Will), who were recently promoted to series regulars.
The image also features the two newcomers to the series, Sadie Sink, who will portray Max, a tomboy with a complicated history and a suspicion of those around her, and “Power Rangers” star Dacre Montgomery is Billy,...
The black-and-white, upside-down image shows the young ensemble at a table read. “Back in production. See you next year,” reads the tweet.
Read More: Duffer Brothers Reveal 5 ‘Stranger Things’ Season 2 Secrets
Included in the picture is fan-favorite Millie Bobby Brown (Eleven), Finn Wolfhard (Mike), Gaten Matarazzo (Dustin), Caleb McLaughlin (Lucas), Natalia Dyer (Nancy), Charlie Heaton (Jonathan), and Joe Keery (Steve) and Noah Schnapp (Will), who were recently promoted to series regulars.
The image also features the two newcomers to the series, Sadie Sink, who will portray Max, a tomboy with a complicated history and a suspicion of those around her, and “Power Rangers” star Dacre Montgomery is Billy,...
- 11/4/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
The young British songwriter Birdy gained a following when her beautifully solemn interpretations of songs by Phoenix and Bon Iver impressed fans worldwide, but her songwriting chops should not go unnoticed. The 20-year-old pianist with a voice as rich as molasses is preparing to release her new album of originals in early 2016. Its debut single, "Let It All Go," is a mournful duet with fellow up-and-comer David Rhodes. "Writing with David felt really natural, and so it followed that we should record the song together.” Birdy says. “I find both the strength and fragility in David's voice so beautiful. I'm really excited about this song." Stream it here in Vulture's exclusive premiere below, and stay tuned for more news about the album.
- 8/5/2015
- by Lauretta Charlton
- Vulture
It was August, 2005. I knocked on the double door at the Four Seasons. It opened almost immediately. "Hi, I'm Nic," he said, hand outstretched. Nicolas Cage wasn't who I expected him to be. Like all actors, he was smaller and trimmer in person than he appeared on-screen. Neatly dressed in an Armani suit, Cage also displayed none of the manic fervor in real life as had become his signature on-screen. He was thoughtful, well-spoken and incredibly literate in all seven arts. It's an infrequent experience that you leave an interview feeling you've just met someone that you could hang out with regularly, but I got that with Nic Cage, in spades. He was endlessly fascinating, but also kind of a regular guy. Another of my favorite chats I count myself lucky to have been part of.
Nicolas Cage: Lord Of The Nerds
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Alex Simon
It’s an inevitable...
Nicolas Cage: Lord Of The Nerds
By
Alex Simon
It’s an inevitable...
- 5/6/2015
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
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