The question of who will continue the legacy of the 4Ks and particularly their successes on the international movie scene is one of the most dominant in the discussions among critics and scholars of Japanese cinema. Following the 2016 Un Certain Regard Jury Prize for “Harmonium”, one of the names that provides an answer to the aforementioned question is that of Koji Fukada. In the following text, we will take a closer and more thorough look at all the elements that make the 1980 born filmmaker a worthy successor of the aforementioned masters, starting from the very beginning of his life.
Born in Tokyo in Tokyo on January 5, 1980, Koji Fukada had a father who was a film buff, which resulted in him growing up in an environment surrounded with hundreds of VHS tapes, and subsequently, to become a cineaste, just like his old man. He watched the movies that inspired him to...
Born in Tokyo in Tokyo on January 5, 1980, Koji Fukada had a father who was a film buff, which resulted in him growing up in an environment surrounded with hundreds of VHS tapes, and subsequently, to become a cineaste, just like his old man. He watched the movies that inspired him to...
- 3/30/2024
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings.
Film at Lincoln Center
The Mother and the Whore begins a run in its 4K restoration; Scratch plays for free Friday night in Damrosch Park.
Museum of the Moving Image
E.T., The Green Ray, Risky Business, and Blow Out play on 35mm in a summer movie series; The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, The Great Muppet Caper, and Querelle also screen.
Bam
Juliet Berto’s superb directorial debut Neige begins playing in a long-overdue restoration.
Film Forum
A celebration of Ozu’s 120th birthday continues with a massive series; It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World plays this Sunday.
Roxy Cinema
35mm prints of Portrait of Jason and The Rocky Horror Picture Show screen, while Happy Together plays; “City Dudes” plays on Saturday.
Anthology Film Archives
Buster Keaton and Ken Jacobs screen in Essential Cinema.
IFC Center
The David Lynch...
Film at Lincoln Center
The Mother and the Whore begins a run in its 4K restoration; Scratch plays for free Friday night in Damrosch Park.
Museum of the Moving Image
E.T., The Green Ray, Risky Business, and Blow Out play on 35mm in a summer movie series; The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, The Great Muppet Caper, and Querelle also screen.
Bam
Juliet Berto’s superb directorial debut Neige begins playing in a long-overdue restoration.
Film Forum
A celebration of Ozu’s 120th birthday continues with a massive series; It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World plays this Sunday.
Roxy Cinema
35mm prints of Portrait of Jason and The Rocky Horror Picture Show screen, while Happy Together plays; “City Dudes” plays on Saturday.
Anthology Film Archives
Buster Keaton and Ken Jacobs screen in Essential Cinema.
IFC Center
The David Lynch...
- 6/22/2023
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Du côté d’Orouët (1971).The water is too cold for swimming and there’s the subtle threat of a gale in Jacques Rozier’s 1971 film Du côté d’Orouët. Ostensibly a summer movie, this lackadaisical, two-and-a-half hour dispatch from three girls’ eponymous beachfront holiday nevertheless has trouble fulfilling the hallmarks of a successful vacation. In addition to the especially crummy weather, the beachhouse grows messier and the local patisserie, one of the only eateries, shutters for the impending fall and winter seasons. Such is the liminality of September, where the worst elements of August and October mingle without ever fully committing to one or the other, and these three weeks are the chosen off-time chosen by Caroline (Caroline Cartier), Kareen (Francoise Guégan) and Joëlle (Danièle Croisy). These 21 days equally swirl with torpor and fleetingness, Rozier evincing an impossible relationship between the two to convey both the longueurs and excitability of vacation.
- 9/19/2022
- MUBI
Every country chooses one film to submit to the Oscar race for the Best International Feature category, and many of them make obvious selections, but Spain’s process can be especially unpredictable. While many countries rely on a small committee to make the decision, Spain’s selection stems from a voting process by the 1,500 members of its Academy of Cinematic Arts and Sciences. That has yielded the occasional preference for a commercial title over more celebrated possibilities, such as last year’s decision to submit the Javier Bardem corporate comedy “The Good Boss” over Pedro Almodóvar’s acclaimed “Parallel Mothers,” which still managed to secure a Best Actress nomination for Penelope Cruz.
This time, the Spanish Academy went in a more ambitious direction. Many expected the movie industry satire “Official Competition,” which stars Antonio Banderas as a pompous actor and Cruz as his director, to take the spot. Instead, Spain has selected “Alcarrás,...
This time, the Spanish Academy went in a more ambitious direction. Many expected the movie industry satire “Official Competition,” which stars Antonio Banderas as a pompous actor and Cruz as his director, to take the spot. Instead, Spain has selected “Alcarrás,...
- 9/14/2022
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Warsaw-based New Europe Film Sales has closed a raft of deals on the animated feature film “Yuku and the Himalayan Flower,” from directors Rémi Durin and Arnaud Demuynck.
The children’s animated feature, with graphics by Paul Jadoul, tells the story of Yuku, a little mouse who lives with her family in the basement of a castle and decides to embark on a quest to find the legendary Himalayan flower.
The film, which premiered at the Annecy fest and played in the Locarno Kids strand of the Locarno Film Festival, is produced by Artémis Prods. (“Mandibules”) and co-produced by Vivement Lundi! (“Flee”), La Boîte Prods. (“March of the Penguins”), Les Films du Nord and Nadasdy Film.
Pic has sold to Germany (Eksystent Distribution), Spain and Andorra (Pack Magic), Poland (Stowarzyszenie Nowe Horyzonty), Sweden (Smorgasbord Picture House), Denmark (Angel Films) and Latvia (Riga International Film Festival distribution).
Previous territories sold include...
The children’s animated feature, with graphics by Paul Jadoul, tells the story of Yuku, a little mouse who lives with her family in the basement of a castle and decides to embark on a quest to find the legendary Himalayan flower.
The film, which premiered at the Annecy fest and played in the Locarno Kids strand of the Locarno Film Festival, is produced by Artémis Prods. (“Mandibules”) and co-produced by Vivement Lundi! (“Flee”), La Boîte Prods. (“March of the Penguins”), Les Films du Nord and Nadasdy Film.
Pic has sold to Germany (Eksystent Distribution), Spain and Andorra (Pack Magic), Poland (Stowarzyszenie Nowe Horyzonty), Sweden (Smorgasbord Picture House), Denmark (Angel Films) and Latvia (Riga International Film Festival distribution).
Previous territories sold include...
- 9/11/2022
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Laura Linney will return to Broadway this spring in a new play by Pulitzer Prize winner David Auburn (Proof). The Manhattan Theatre Club production of Summer, 1976 will reteam the writer with his Proof director Daniel Sullivan.
Summer, 1976 will begin previews on Tuesday, April 4, 2023 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. The production was initially intended for an Off Broadway run, but Mtc artistic director Lynne Meadow and exec producer Barry Grove announced today that the play will be staged at Mtc’s Broadway venue instead.
Additional casting, the opening night date and creative team for Summer, 1976 will be announced soon.
Mtc describes Summer, 1976 as a “deeply moving, insightful piece is about connection, memories, and the small moments that can change the course of our lives. Over one fateful summer, an unlikely friendship develops between Diana, a fiercely iconoclastic artist and single mom, and Alice, a free-spirited yet naive young housewife.
Summer, 1976 will begin previews on Tuesday, April 4, 2023 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. The production was initially intended for an Off Broadway run, but Mtc artistic director Lynne Meadow and exec producer Barry Grove announced today that the play will be staged at Mtc’s Broadway venue instead.
Additional casting, the opening night date and creative team for Summer, 1976 will be announced soon.
Mtc describes Summer, 1976 as a “deeply moving, insightful piece is about connection, memories, and the small moments that can change the course of our lives. Over one fateful summer, an unlikely friendship develops between Diana, a fiercely iconoclastic artist and single mom, and Alice, a free-spirited yet naive young housewife.
- 8/30/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Foreign-language movie titles are typically made less interesting and more vanilla when they’re translated into English, but that is very much not the case with Caroline Vignal’s “Antoinette in the Cévennes” — or as it’s being released in the United States: “My Donkey, My Lover & I.” Each title proves accurate in its own way, but the American one does a better job of capturing the sardonic flavor of this mid-summer trifle about a sweetly pathetic school teacher (the wonderful “Call My Agent” star Laure Calamy) who rides an ass named Patrick across south-central France in pursuit of the man she loves. Who’s on vacation with his wife. And their young daughter. Who just so happens to be one of Antoinette’s students.
(a phrase that I’ve waited my entire life to write), Vignal’s comic tale of self-discovery is as light and gentle as the rolling terrain that it travels,...
(a phrase that I’ve waited my entire life to write), Vignal’s comic tale of self-discovery is as light and gentle as the rolling terrain that it travels,...
- 7/21/2022
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
After a hiatus as theaters in New York City and beyond closed their doors during the pandemic, we’re delighted to announce the return of NYC Weekend Watch, our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. While many theaters are still focused on a selection of new releases, there’s a handful of worthwhile repertory screenings taking place.
Film at Lincoln Center
Joachim Trier presents favorites and influences, among them The Age of Innocence, The Green Ray, and My Sex Life.
Metrograph
Prints of I’m Not There and Ed Lachman’s Songs for Drella screen in a music series; deemed “essential viewing” by Martin Scorsese, a six-film retrospective of the Hungarian master Miklós Jancsó continues. Films by Panahi, Chris Marker and more play “In the Streets,” while a series of literary adaptations includes Mishima and Crumb.
Museum of Modern Art
“To Save and Project,” one of the most eye-opening series in any given year,...
Film at Lincoln Center
Joachim Trier presents favorites and influences, among them The Age of Innocence, The Green Ray, and My Sex Life.
Metrograph
Prints of I’m Not There and Ed Lachman’s Songs for Drella screen in a music series; deemed “essential viewing” by Martin Scorsese, a six-film retrospective of the Hungarian master Miklós Jancsó continues. Films by Panahi, Chris Marker and more play “In the Streets,” while a series of literary adaptations includes Mishima and Crumb.
Museum of Modern Art
“To Save and Project,” one of the most eye-opening series in any given year,...
- 1/27/2022
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Charles Gillibert, the thriving French producer behind Leos Carax’s Cannes prizewinning “Annette,” spoke to Variety about his recent acquisition of Les Films du Losange, one of France’s oldest and most revered auteur-driven production and distribution companies.
Gillibert teamed up with French financier Alexis Dantec, former managing director of the film financing group Cofinova, to complete the acquisition deal for Les Films du Losange, which is at Venice with Kavich Neang’s “White Building” playing in the Horizons section.
Les Films du Losange was founded by Barbet Schroeder and Eric Rohmer in 1962 and was under the leadership of Margaret Menegoz since 1975. The award-winning banner, which is also involved in international sales, has been producing cult movies by some of Europe’s best known filmmakers, notably Rohmer, Schroeder, Roger Planchon, Jacques Rivette, Michael Haneke, Jacques Doillon, Mia Hansen-Love.
In total, the company has a library of about 100 prestige films many...
Gillibert teamed up with French financier Alexis Dantec, former managing director of the film financing group Cofinova, to complete the acquisition deal for Les Films du Losange, which is at Venice with Kavich Neang’s “White Building” playing in the Horizons section.
Les Films du Losange was founded by Barbet Schroeder and Eric Rohmer in 1962 and was under the leadership of Margaret Menegoz since 1975. The award-winning banner, which is also involved in international sales, has been producing cult movies by some of Europe’s best known filmmakers, notably Rohmer, Schroeder, Roger Planchon, Jacques Rivette, Michael Haneke, Jacques Doillon, Mia Hansen-Love.
In total, the company has a library of about 100 prestige films many...
- 9/3/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Australian boy band 5 Seconds of Summer have announced their upcoming No Shame tour dates for 2021. No Shame Tour 2021 // New US, EU & UK Show Dates Are On Sale Now // Get Tickets At https://t.co/Kk8KlvKV4J pic.twitter.com/f5DBQoVETp — 5 Seconds of Summer (@5Sos) July 3, 2020 The band was set to travel through […]
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The post 5 Seconds of Summer Announce 2021 Rescheduled Concert Dates appeared first on uInterview.
- 1/14/2021
- by Marie Fiero
- Uinterview
We’re still waiting here in the States to see Gaspar Noe’s previous collaboration with Saint Laurent, Lux Æterna, which premiered in Cannes in 2019, but the fashion house has just dropped a new short by the French director that’s well worth a late-night watch. Starring Charlotte Rampling and a group of models — Anok Yai, Antonia Przedpelski, Assa Baradji, Aylah Mae Peterson, Clara Deshayes, Grace Hartzel, Kim Schell, Mica Arganaraz, Miriam Sanchez, Sora Choi, and Stefania Cristian — the film begins a model’s frenzied run through crimson-lit woods at night (a not to Suspiria, perhaps, as well as Last House on […]
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- 1/3/2021
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
We’re still waiting here in the States to see Gaspar Noe’s previous collaboration with Saint Laurent, Lux Æterna, which premiered in Cannes in 2019, but the fashion house has just dropped a new short by the French director that’s well worth a late-night watch. Starring Charlotte Rampling and a group of models — Anok Yai, Antonia Przedpelski, Assa Baradji, Aylah Mae Peterson, Clara Deshayes, Grace Hartzel, Kim Schell, Mica Arganaraz, Miriam Sanchez, Sora Choi, and Stefania Cristian — the film begins a model’s frenzied run through crimson-lit woods at night (a not to Suspiria, perhaps, as well as Last House on […]
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The post Watch: Gaspar Noe's Summer of '21 for Saint Laurent first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 1/3/2021
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Ciara Miller may not have planned on becoming a reality TV star, but when the opportunity presented itself she was more than ready. As the newest cast member on the Bravo series Summer House, Ciara will make her big debut when the show returns in 2021 for its fifth season. If you’re not familiar with the show, Summer House follows a group of friends sharing a summer house in New York. Since people living in close proximity to each other is bound to cause a few hiccups, you can probably guess that there will be plenty of drama on Summer
10 Things You Didn’t Know about Ciara Miller...
10 Things You Didn’t Know about Ciara Miller...
- 12/19/2020
- by Camille Moore
- TVovermind.com
Just weeks after being tapped to head up Banijay’s North America and Latin America operations, Cris Abrego has just been handed another major responsibility: Abrego has been elected as chairman of the Television Academy Foundation, making him the org’s first-ever Latino chair.
Abrego is among the newly-elected board officers of the Television Academy Foundation, all of whom will serve a two-year term starting Jan. 1. Founded in 1959 as the charitable arm of the Television Academy, the org works to preserve legacy of television while also coordinating educational and outreach programs such as The Interviews: An Oral History of Television Project, College Television Awards and Student Internship Program.
As Variety first reported exclusively, Abrego was elevated to the roles of chairman of the Americas, Banijay, and president and CEO, Endemol Shine Holdings, last month following Banijay’s recent acquisition of Endemol Shine Group. Abrego’s oversight includes Endemol Shine North America,...
Abrego is among the newly-elected board officers of the Television Academy Foundation, all of whom will serve a two-year term starting Jan. 1. Founded in 1959 as the charitable arm of the Television Academy, the org works to preserve legacy of television while also coordinating educational and outreach programs such as The Interviews: An Oral History of Television Project, College Television Awards and Student Internship Program.
As Variety first reported exclusively, Abrego was elevated to the roles of chairman of the Americas, Banijay, and president and CEO, Endemol Shine Holdings, last month following Banijay’s recent acquisition of Endemol Shine Group. Abrego’s oversight includes Endemol Shine North America,...
- 12/17/2020
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
Roller-coaster ride: Félix Lefebvre and Benjamin Voisin in Summer Of 85 Photo: UniFrance
The nominations for the 26th edition of the Lumière Awards (France’s equivalent of the Golden Globes) have just been revealed by the Foreign Press Association.
The winners will be revealed on 19 January with such titles as Emmanuel Mouret’s Love Stories; Filippo Meneghetti’s Two Of Us (Deux); Charlène Favier’s Slalom; François Ozon’s Summer Of 85 (Été 85); and Albert Dupont’s Bye Bye Morons (Adieu Les Cons) leading the fray. The 77 titles under consideration illustrate the the quality and diversity of French productions and co-productions during the year, it was suggested in a media release from the Academy of the Lumières.
Léa Drucker and Martine Chevallier in Two Of Us Photo: UniFrance
The animated feature Josep also figured prominently with three nominations in different categories.
“The directors Albert Dupontel, Filippo Meneghetti, Emmanuel Mouret, Maïwenn and François Ozon; actresses Laure Calamy,...
The nominations for the 26th edition of the Lumière Awards (France’s equivalent of the Golden Globes) have just been revealed by the Foreign Press Association.
The winners will be revealed on 19 January with such titles as Emmanuel Mouret’s Love Stories; Filippo Meneghetti’s Two Of Us (Deux); Charlène Favier’s Slalom; François Ozon’s Summer Of 85 (Été 85); and Albert Dupont’s Bye Bye Morons (Adieu Les Cons) leading the fray. The 77 titles under consideration illustrate the the quality and diversity of French productions and co-productions during the year, it was suggested in a media release from the Academy of the Lumières.
Léa Drucker and Martine Chevallier in Two Of Us Photo: UniFrance
The animated feature Josep also figured prominently with three nominations in different categories.
“The directors Albert Dupontel, Filippo Meneghetti, Emmanuel Mouret, Maïwenn and François Ozon; actresses Laure Calamy,...
- 12/14/2020
- by Richard Mowe
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Awards ceremony will take place on January 19, 2021.
Italian director Filippo Meneghetti’s debut feature Two Of Us leads the nominations in the 26th edition of France’s Lumière awards, which were unveiled online today (December 14).
The awards, which are voted on by some 130 international correspondents hailing from 40 countries, are France’s equivalent of the Golden Globes.
In spite of the Covid-19 pandemic, which has delayed numerous releases this year, they have retained their traditional time slot and the awards ceremony will take place on January 19, 2021, in line with previous years.
Meneghetti’s Two Of Us is also France’s submission...
Italian director Filippo Meneghetti’s debut feature Two Of Us leads the nominations in the 26th edition of France’s Lumière awards, which were unveiled online today (December 14).
The awards, which are voted on by some 130 international correspondents hailing from 40 countries, are France’s equivalent of the Golden Globes.
In spite of the Covid-19 pandemic, which has delayed numerous releases this year, they have retained their traditional time slot and the awards ceremony will take place on January 19, 2021, in line with previous years.
Meneghetti’s Two Of Us is also France’s submission...
- 12/14/2020
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
November 2020 has been a big month for our nation. The election happened, we’ve got Thanksgiving coming up, and arguably more important than both combined, the American Music Awards returned to ABC on Sunday.
Roddy Ricch and The Weeknd entered this year’s Taraji P. Henson-hosted ceremony with eight nominations each, facing off in several key categories, including Artist of the Year. Other multi-nominated acts included Megan Thee Stallion (five), Bad Bunny (four), DaBaby (four), Doja Cat (four), Justin Bieber (four), Lady Gaga (four) and Taylor Swift (four).
More from TVLineRatings: American Music Awards Is the Latest Kudoscast to...
Roddy Ricch and The Weeknd entered this year’s Taraji P. Henson-hosted ceremony with eight nominations each, facing off in several key categories, including Artist of the Year. Other multi-nominated acts included Megan Thee Stallion (five), Bad Bunny (four), DaBaby (four), Doja Cat (four), Justin Bieber (four), Lady Gaga (four) and Taylor Swift (four).
More from TVLineRatings: American Music Awards Is the Latest Kudoscast to...
- 11/23/2020
- by Andy Swift
- TVLine.com
Who will win when the 2020 American Music Awards are presented on Sunday night, November 22? Hundreds of Gold Derby users have placed their bets here in our predictions center. Those predictions were combined to generate our official racetrack odds. Scroll down to see our forecasts in 30 categories with nominees listed in order of their likelihood of winning with our projected winners highlighted in gold.
SEE2020 American Music Awards predictions: Justin Bieber, BTS and Bad Bunny among front-runners in artist races
Since the AMAs are decided by fans voting online, these awards are literally a popularity contest. So while rapper Roddy Ricch and R&b chart-topper The Weeknd are the top contenders with eight nominations apiece, that doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll take home the most hardware. They’re both nominated for Artist of the Year against formidable fan-favorites: Taylor Swift, who holds the record with five Artist of the Year victories; Justin Bieber,...
SEE2020 American Music Awards predictions: Justin Bieber, BTS and Bad Bunny among front-runners in artist races
Since the AMAs are decided by fans voting online, these awards are literally a popularity contest. So while rapper Roddy Ricch and R&b chart-topper The Weeknd are the top contenders with eight nominations apiece, that doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll take home the most hardware. They’re both nominated for Artist of the Year against formidable fan-favorites: Taylor Swift, who holds the record with five Artist of the Year victories; Justin Bieber,...
- 11/20/2020
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Boston-based international sales company 34T has picked up Enrique García’s Spanish thriller “Black Stain.”
Set in an isolated Andalusian village in the early 1970s, the story revolves around a family mourning the death of the elderly matriarch and the deep tensions that are reignited with the return of her estranged son Eugenio, who left years earlier. As his three sisters grieve, the dark stain that has long haunted the family resurfaces.
Eugenio’s return reawakens ill feelings among the neighbors, whose livelihood has been devastated by a plague that has destroyed the village’s once fertile olive grove. The family is soon facing the threat of destitution and exile as long buried secrets are revealed.
García, whose previous films include the 2017 thriller “Resort Paraíso” and the 2014 drama “321 días en Michigan,” has described his latest work as “a tragedy with echoes of Lorca, of Shakespeare not to mention Hitchcock’s...
Set in an isolated Andalusian village in the early 1970s, the story revolves around a family mourning the death of the elderly matriarch and the deep tensions that are reignited with the return of her estranged son Eugenio, who left years earlier. As his three sisters grieve, the dark stain that has long haunted the family resurfaces.
Eugenio’s return reawakens ill feelings among the neighbors, whose livelihood has been devastated by a plague that has destroyed the village’s once fertile olive grove. The family is soon facing the threat of destitution and exile as long buried secrets are revealed.
García, whose previous films include the 2017 thriller “Resort Paraíso” and the 2014 drama “321 días en Michigan,” has described his latest work as “a tragedy with echoes of Lorca, of Shakespeare not to mention Hitchcock’s...
- 11/13/2020
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
Let's face it. You all have lost your loving feeling for episodic television that goes week to week. At least, given the dismal numbers that we're seeing on the few shows that Are airing weekly.
So, you should be pleased with many things this week, even as some networks still desperately try to get your attention for weekly viewing.
There are binge-watches dropping across multiple platforms and some great new weekly series. There are movies and horror-adjacent and teen dramas galore, with a timely docuseries dropped into the mix, too. Check it out!
Saturday, September 12
8/7c Coastal Elites (HBO)
If you're of a liberal mind and a Trump hater, you should find something to love in HBO's adaptation of Paul Rudnick's play, which was expected to go into production this year, but, well, Covid.
If Bette Midler has the appearance of a screaming shrew on Twitter, she's the perfect...
So, you should be pleased with many things this week, even as some networks still desperately try to get your attention for weekly viewing.
There are binge-watches dropping across multiple platforms and some great new weekly series. There are movies and horror-adjacent and teen dramas galore, with a timely docuseries dropped into the mix, too. Check it out!
Saturday, September 12
8/7c Coastal Elites (HBO)
If you're of a liberal mind and a Trump hater, you should find something to love in HBO's adaptation of Paul Rudnick's play, which was expected to go into production this year, but, well, Covid.
If Bette Midler has the appearance of a screaming shrew on Twitter, she's the perfect...
- 9/12/2020
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
The new HBO miniseries The Third Day begins with a leisurely, God’s-eye view of a verdant English country road, disturbing music, and the unmistakable sound of Jude Law’s voice in distress saying, “What? Oh, no, no, no, no, no.” It’s early morning, and the character he’s playing, Sam, is already having a terrible day — one that is about to get exponentially worse. His travels then take him to a stream in the woods, where he is just barely in time to rescue a teenage girl named...
- 9/10/2020
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
One of the fundamental concepts of quantum physics is that objective reality doesn’t exist until we observe it. For example, a photon can be neither here nor there, neither strictly a particle nor strictly a wave, until we measure it. Or, perhaps a better example: The Song of the Summer.
The Song of the Summer is a nebulous nothing that was never really a thing until we all decided, one day, that it was. The Song of the Summer could be anything, this song or that one depending on location,...
The Song of the Summer is a nebulous nothing that was never really a thing until we all decided, one day, that it was. The Song of the Summer could be anything, this song or that one depending on location,...
- 9/4/2020
- by Emily Blake
- Rollingstone.com
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options—not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves–each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit platforms. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.
Bad Vacations
I imagine your summer plans didn’t go as expected, but in at least a few films in a new Criterion Channel series, some characters have it worse off than having to quarantine inside. Titled Bad Vacations, the collection includes Bonjour tristesse (Otto Preminger, 1958), La collectionneuse (Éric Rohmer, 1967), The Deep (Peter Yates, 1977), House (Nobuhiko Obayashi, 1977), Long Weekend (Colin Eggleston, 1978), The Green Ray (Eric Rohmer, 1986), The Comfort of Strangers (Paul Schrader, 1990), The Sheltering Sky (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1990), Funny Games (Michael Haneke, 1997), Fat Girl (Catherine Breillat, 2001), La Ciénaga (Lucrecia Martel, 2001), Unrelated (Joanna Hogg, 2007), and Sightseers (Ben Wheatley, 2012).
Where to Stream: The Criterion Channel
Epicentro (Hubert Sauper)
“This is utopia, bright and burning.
Bad Vacations
I imagine your summer plans didn’t go as expected, but in at least a few films in a new Criterion Channel series, some characters have it worse off than having to quarantine inside. Titled Bad Vacations, the collection includes Bonjour tristesse (Otto Preminger, 1958), La collectionneuse (Éric Rohmer, 1967), The Deep (Peter Yates, 1977), House (Nobuhiko Obayashi, 1977), Long Weekend (Colin Eggleston, 1978), The Green Ray (Eric Rohmer, 1986), The Comfort of Strangers (Paul Schrader, 1990), The Sheltering Sky (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1990), Funny Games (Michael Haneke, 1997), Fat Girl (Catherine Breillat, 2001), La Ciénaga (Lucrecia Martel, 2001), Unrelated (Joanna Hogg, 2007), and Sightseers (Ben Wheatley, 2012).
Where to Stream: The Criterion Channel
Epicentro (Hubert Sauper)
“This is utopia, bright and burning.
- 8/28/2020
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
I’m writing this review from my summer vacation. Loath as I am to invoke the first person, this admission is relevant for two reasons. Like Eva (Itsaso Arana), the main character of Jonás Trueba’s patient, zephyr-like “The August Virgin,” I’ve chosen to stay home during this stifling late-summer heatwave, a decision that can breed ennui the way stagnant water spawns mosquitoes. More importantly, this is the first time in more than two decades that I’ve taken a week off in August, which just goes to show how different the American idea of summer is from that practiced abroad.
All over Europe — but especially in densely populated places like Paris, London and Madrid — bustling cities practically shut down at the beginning of August as people schedule their vacations at the same time. Like migratory birds, entire populations check out of work and skip town for the month,...
All over Europe — but especially in densely populated places like Paris, London and Madrid — bustling cities practically shut down at the beginning of August as people schedule their vacations at the same time. Like migratory birds, entire populations check out of work and skip town for the month,...
- 8/21/2020
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
You might still be working your way through the huge haul that just arrived on the site this past Friday, but let’s skip ahead to this coming week all the same and preview what’s headed to Disney Plus on August 21st. It’s nowhere near as big as the lot that’s just arrived, but there are a couple of notable new additions to look forward to.
Here are all six movies and TV shows due on D+ in just a few days:
Back to the Titanic Beauty and the Beast Mars: One Day on the Red Planet Muppets Now – Episode 104 – “Sleep Mode” *Disney+ Original One Day At Disney – Episode 138 – “Heather Bartleson: Holiday Services” *Disney+ Original Weird But True – Episode 302 – “National Parks” *Disney+ Original
The six new titles break down into two National Geographic documentaries, three new episodes of ongoing D+ exclusive series and one major new film...
Here are all six movies and TV shows due on D+ in just a few days:
Back to the Titanic Beauty and the Beast Mars: One Day on the Red Planet Muppets Now – Episode 104 – “Sleep Mode” *Disney+ Original One Day At Disney – Episode 138 – “Heather Bartleson: Holiday Services” *Disney+ Original Weird But True – Episode 302 – “National Parks” *Disney+ Original
The six new titles break down into two National Geographic documentaries, three new episodes of ongoing D+ exclusive series and one major new film...
- 8/16/2020
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
One of the most entrancing films I’ve seen in the last few years has been Helena Wittmann’s debut feature Drift, screened at New Directors/New Films back in 2018, and beautifully reviewed by our own Leonardo Goi here. The German director is now prepping her follow-up feature and the cast has been announced, along with new details.
Variety reports that Denis Lavant and Angeliki Papoulia will lead the Mediterranean-set feature Human Flowers of Flesh. The 16mm-shot film, featured in Locarno’s The Films After Tomorrow spotlight, follows our heroine Ida, who navigates with an all-male crew along the route of the French Foreign Legion from Marseille to Sidi-Bel-Abbes via Calvi on a contemporary odyssey that is at once political and sensuous. Wittman, who serves as her own cinematographer, has said Claire Denis’ Beau Travail is an inspiration, as well as Éric Rohmer’s The Green Ray.
“It is an...
Variety reports that Denis Lavant and Angeliki Papoulia will lead the Mediterranean-set feature Human Flowers of Flesh. The 16mm-shot film, featured in Locarno’s The Films After Tomorrow spotlight, follows our heroine Ida, who navigates with an all-male crew along the route of the French Foreign Legion from Marseille to Sidi-Bel-Abbes via Calvi on a contemporary odyssey that is at once political and sensuous. Wittman, who serves as her own cinematographer, has said Claire Denis’ Beau Travail is an inspiration, as well as Éric Rohmer’s The Green Ray.
“It is an...
- 8/10/2020
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
“Something happened here, something violent,” Jude Law warns in a newly released trailer for HBO’s limited series The Third Day, before asking a young girl, “Is there someone frightening you here on the island?”
Premiering Monday, Sept. 14 at 9/8c, the HBO/Sky co-production consists of six episodes, divided into two parts, “Summer” and “Winter.” The first part stars Law (The New Pope) as Sam, “a man who is drawn to a mysterious island off the British coast where he encounters a group of islanders set on preserving their traditions at any cost,” per the official synopsis. “Isolated from the mainland,...
Premiering Monday, Sept. 14 at 9/8c, the HBO/Sky co-production consists of six episodes, divided into two parts, “Summer” and “Winter.” The first part stars Law (The New Pope) as Sam, “a man who is drawn to a mysterious island off the British coast where he encounters a group of islanders set on preserving their traditions at any cost,” per the official synopsis. “Isolated from the mainland,...
- 8/7/2020
- by Vlada Gelman
- TVLine.com
Jude Law and Naomie Harris play travelers who end up sucked into the mysterious and terrifying ways of a strange island off the British coast in the new trailer for the limited series, The Third Day, premiering September 14th on HBO.
The six-episode series is broken into two parts, “Summer” and “Winter,” each with three episodes. Law stars in “Summer” as a man named Sam who — after experiencing a tragic loss — finds himself drawn to an island where he meets its inhabitants who, per a press release, are “set on...
The six-episode series is broken into two parts, “Summer” and “Winter,” each with three episodes. Law stars in “Summer” as a man named Sam who — after experiencing a tragic loss — finds himself drawn to an island where he meets its inhabitants who, per a press release, are “set on...
- 8/7/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
HBO shared a new trailer for its Jude Law, Naomie Harris limited series “The Third Day” on Friday.
Created by “Utopia” writer Dennis Kelly and Felix Barrett, the six-episode series takes place on a mysterious island off the British coast inhabited by a group of islanders set on preserving their traditions at any cost. The series, premiering Monday, Sept. 14, comprises two halves of three episodes each. The first three, “Summer,” star Law, while the final three, “Winter,” are led by Harris.
Law plays Sam, a man who is drawn to the island until he finds he is unable to leave the idyllic and dangerously enchanting world he has discovered, where the secretive rituals of its inhabitants bring him to grapple with experiences of loss and trauma hidden in his past through the distorted lens of the present.
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Created by “Utopia” writer Dennis Kelly and Felix Barrett, the six-episode series takes place on a mysterious island off the British coast inhabited by a group of islanders set on preserving their traditions at any cost. The series, premiering Monday, Sept. 14, comprises two halves of three episodes each. The first three, “Summer,” star Law, while the final three, “Winter,” are led by Harris.
Law plays Sam, a man who is drawn to the island until he finds he is unable to leave the idyllic and dangerously enchanting world he has discovered, where the secretive rituals of its inhabitants bring him to grapple with experiences of loss and trauma hidden in his past through the distorted lens of the present.
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- 8/7/2020
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Looking to stay in and watch horror this summer? Scream Factory has you covered with five new Blu-ray announcements for July: Graveyard Shift (based on Stephen King's short story of the same name), the Bruce Dern-starring Tattoo, 1976's The Tenant, the massive monster movie War of the Colossal Beast, and a Collector's Edition of the Hammer horror film Kiss of the Vampire.
Special features for all five releases will be announced in the future, but in the meantime you can check out the announcements and cover art (via Scream Factory's Facebook page) for the upcoming Blu-rays below. Which ones are you planning on adding to your collection?
Graveyard Shift Blu-ray: "A creepy combination of Stephen King and underground terror comes to life in 1990’s horror show Graveyard Shift, clocking in on Blu-ray for the first time in North America.
When an abandoned textile mill is reopened, several employees meet mysterious deaths.
Special features for all five releases will be announced in the future, but in the meantime you can check out the announcements and cover art (via Scream Factory's Facebook page) for the upcoming Blu-rays below. Which ones are you planning on adding to your collection?
Graveyard Shift Blu-ray: "A creepy combination of Stephen King and underground terror comes to life in 1990’s horror show Graveyard Shift, clocking in on Blu-ray for the first time in North America.
When an abandoned textile mill is reopened, several employees meet mysterious deaths.
- 4/2/2020
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Self-isolation offers a chance to catch up on the classics – but that requires a calm it’s currently hard to muster. In the first of a new series, one writer reveals the truth about their coronavirus viewing habits
Last week, the BFI released a list of the films streaming on Netflix and Amazon Prime. It’s terrific. It contains several movies I’ve always wanted to see and several I love and want to see again. The weekend was beckoning and the world appeared to be ending. I drafted a timetable of all the great films I would watch.
Now it is Monday and the timetable is in ruins – which is to say that I didn’t watch a single film. What I watched was the BBC news, which is playing as a real-time adaptation of Stephen King’s novel, The Stand. What I watched was five episodes of the French sitcom Call My Agent,...
Last week, the BFI released a list of the films streaming on Netflix and Amazon Prime. It’s terrific. It contains several movies I’ve always wanted to see and several I love and want to see again. The weekend was beckoning and the world appeared to be ending. I drafted a timetable of all the great films I would watch.
Now it is Monday and the timetable is in ruins – which is to say that I didn’t watch a single film. What I watched was the BBC news, which is playing as a real-time adaptation of Stephen King’s novel, The Stand. What I watched was five episodes of the French sitcom Call My Agent,...
- 3/24/2020
- by Xan Brooks
- The Guardian - Film News
The Directors Guild of America is out with its DGA Awards nominations for TV series after a false start earlier this week. The shows whose helmers will be vying for the hardware are Game of Thrones, Watchmen, Succession, Barry, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Veep.
See the full list of noms revealed today below.
The DGA had been slated to announce all of its TV nominations earlier this week, but instead it revealed only the TV Movie/Limited Series, Documentary, Variety/Talk/News/Sports and Commercials nominees on Monday. It blamed the delay on “a re-vote related to a newly implemented electronic entry submissions process.”
The guild had announced last week that Jill Soloway — a previous DGA Award winner for her work on Transparent — was left off the ballot because of an internal DGA error. “We regret to inform you that the following entry was inadvertently omitted from the Comedy Series ballot: #165a.
See the full list of noms revealed today below.
The DGA had been slated to announce all of its TV nominations earlier this week, but instead it revealed only the TV Movie/Limited Series, Documentary, Variety/Talk/News/Sports and Commercials nominees on Monday. It blamed the delay on “a re-vote related to a newly implemented electronic entry submissions process.”
The guild had announced last week that Jill Soloway — a previous DGA Award winner for her work on Transparent — was left off the ballot because of an internal DGA error. “We regret to inform you that the following entry was inadvertently omitted from the Comedy Series ballot: #165a.
- 1/11/2020
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Has it been 35 years since film director Ivan Passer, who died Jan. 9, explained to me why horror movies will never stop getting financed and distributed? “They don’t give their producers any sleepless nights,” the sage Czech maestro quietly, sagely noted, summing up a multitude of film business realities in a simple haiku.
And how many decades ago was it when I was first gripped by Passer’s greatest film, “Cutter’s Way,” a completely uncompromising and richly drawn portrait of young Americans facing down the Masters of War that Bob Dylan sang about?
When did I first marvel at the wit and compassion Passer brought to the screenplays of his great fellow countryman Milos Forman? I saw their unforgettable social satire “The Firemen’s Ball” when it first graced our American shores and scored a best foreign language film nomination in the late ’60s.
Forman’s Czech New Wave classic “Loves of a Blonde,...
And how many decades ago was it when I was first gripped by Passer’s greatest film, “Cutter’s Way,” a completely uncompromising and richly drawn portrait of young Americans facing down the Masters of War that Bob Dylan sang about?
When did I first marvel at the wit and compassion Passer brought to the screenplays of his great fellow countryman Milos Forman? I saw their unforgettable social satire “The Firemen’s Ball” when it first graced our American shores and scored a best foreign language film nomination in the late ’60s.
Forman’s Czech New Wave classic “Loves of a Blonde,...
- 1/10/2020
- by Steven Gaydos
- Variety Film + TV
Michelle Williams is one striking mom-to-be!
The actress, 39, shone at the 2020 Golden Globe Awards on Sunday night, keeping her baby bump under wraps in a one-shoulder peach-colored Louis Vuitton gown (which took 156 hours to create from start-to-finish!) as she walked the red carpet alongside fiancé Thomas Kail. The silk crepe design, inspired by the label’s Spring-Summer 2020 collection, also features an asymmetric and draped body with knotted details across the shoulders and a draped, cinched waistband. The Hamilton director, 42, looked dashing in a traditional suit.
Also on hand to support Williams was her best friend and fellow Dawson’s Creek alum,...
The actress, 39, shone at the 2020 Golden Globe Awards on Sunday night, keeping her baby bump under wraps in a one-shoulder peach-colored Louis Vuitton gown (which took 156 hours to create from start-to-finish!) as she walked the red carpet alongside fiancé Thomas Kail. The silk crepe design, inspired by the label’s Spring-Summer 2020 collection, also features an asymmetric and draped body with knotted details across the shoulders and a draped, cinched waistband. The Hamilton director, 42, looked dashing in a traditional suit.
Also on hand to support Williams was her best friend and fellow Dawson’s Creek alum,...
- 1/6/2020
- by Jen Juneau
- PEOPLE.com
The day before Taylor Swift’s 30th birthday, she summed up the joy, and turmoil, that comes with being one of the biggest artists in the world. She detailed the backlash and skepticism that came with her success, and how she sometimes gave in to her critics by making music to please them. She talked about losing the rights to her master recordings, something she didn’t see coming until it was too late, and how she wants to fight the trend of private equity companies buying up music “as if it is real estate.
- 12/14/2019
- by Patrick Doyle
- Rollingstone.com
American Cinema Editors has spliced together its nominations for the 70th annual Ace Eddie Awards, which recognize outstanding editing in 11 categories of film, television and documentaries. The honorary society will dole out its hardware during the January 17 ceremony at the Beverly Hilton.
Final balloting opens December 16 and closes January 6. Check out the list below.
For the first time, three foreign-language films are among the Eddie Awards nominees — The Farewell, I Lost My Body and Parasite — despite there not being a specific category for films predominantly in a foreign language.
Last year’s big winner on the feature side was Bohemian Rhapsody, which went on to score the Oscar for John Ottman.
Here are the nominees for the 70th annual Ace Eddie Awards:
Best Edited Feature Film (Drama)
Ford v Ferrari
Michael McCusker, Ace & Andrew Buckland
The Irishman
Thelma Schoonmaker, Ace
Joker
Jeff Groth
Marriage Story
Jennifer Lame, Ace
Parasite
Jinmo Yang...
Final balloting opens December 16 and closes January 6. Check out the list below.
For the first time, three foreign-language films are among the Eddie Awards nominees — The Farewell, I Lost My Body and Parasite — despite there not being a specific category for films predominantly in a foreign language.
Last year’s big winner on the feature side was Bohemian Rhapsody, which went on to score the Oscar for John Ottman.
Here are the nominees for the 70th annual Ace Eddie Awards:
Best Edited Feature Film (Drama)
Ford v Ferrari
Michael McCusker, Ace & Andrew Buckland
The Irishman
Thelma Schoonmaker, Ace
Joker
Jeff Groth
Marriage Story
Jennifer Lame, Ace
Parasite
Jinmo Yang...
- 12/11/2019
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
The Costume Designers Guild announced their nominations for the 22nd Cdga Awards on Tuesday. Among the nominees are Arianne Phillips for “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” Mayes C. Rubeo for “Jojo Rabbit” and Mitchell Travers for “Hustlers.” “The Irishman” is notably absent from the field.
The Costume Designers Guild celebrates excellence in film, television and short-form costume design. As previously announced, this year’s host will be Emmy-nominated writer, producer, author, director and actor Mindy Kaling, while the honorees will include Mary Ellen Fields (distinguished service award), Michael Kaplan (career achievement award), Adam McKay (distinguished collaborator award) and Charlize Theron (spotlight award).
“On behalf of the Costume Designers Guild, I’d like to congratulate all of our 22nd Cdga nominees. This year is a particularly exciting year for television as we have updated our rules of submission. Designers now submit a single episode that best represents their work on a series.
The Costume Designers Guild celebrates excellence in film, television and short-form costume design. As previously announced, this year’s host will be Emmy-nominated writer, producer, author, director and actor Mindy Kaling, while the honorees will include Mary Ellen Fields (distinguished service award), Michael Kaplan (career achievement award), Adam McKay (distinguished collaborator award) and Charlize Theron (spotlight award).
“On behalf of the Costume Designers Guild, I’d like to congratulate all of our 22nd Cdga nominees. This year is a particularly exciting year for television as we have updated our rules of submission. Designers now submit a single episode that best represents their work on a series.
- 12/10/2019
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Angel Olsen appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live to perform two songs, “Chance” and “Summer.” The tracks come off the singer’s recent album, All Mirrors, which dropped in October, and Olsen gave each its own emotional aesthetic for her performance. Backed by a band, Olsen offered a sultry rendition of “Chance” while “Summer” took on a pulsating synth-pop vibe.
All Mirrors is Olsen’s fourth album and she told Rolling Stone earlier this year that it’s the first time she’s allowed herself to fully be on an album.
All Mirrors is Olsen’s fourth album and she told Rolling Stone earlier this year that it’s the first time she’s allowed herself to fully be on an album.
- 12/5/2019
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
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Spencer Grammer, the voice of Summer Smith on Rick and Morty, talks about spending the next 70 episodes with the Smith/Sanchez family.
Rick and Morty is three episodes into its long-awaited fourth season. Those three episodes, however, represent just 4% of the output that Adult Swim expects for the beloved animated sci-fi comedy in the coming years.
Back in 2018, Adult Swim came to terms with Rick and Morty creators Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon on a new deal that included an order of 70 new episodes! To fans, that means many new Rick and Morty adventures await. To the cast and crew, it means that and more.
“It's a blessing,” Spencer Grammer, who plays Morty’s older sister Summer, says. “It's the greatest because as an actor you're constantly hoping that you're going to do something that's going to stand the test of time.”
Grammer has been acting since...
Spencer Grammer, the voice of Summer Smith on Rick and Morty, talks about spending the next 70 episodes with the Smith/Sanchez family.
Rick and Morty is three episodes into its long-awaited fourth season. Those three episodes, however, represent just 4% of the output that Adult Swim expects for the beloved animated sci-fi comedy in the coming years.
Back in 2018, Adult Swim came to terms with Rick and Morty creators Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon on a new deal that included an order of 70 new episodes! To fans, that means many new Rick and Morty adventures await. To the cast and crew, it means that and more.
“It's a blessing,” Spencer Grammer, who plays Morty’s older sister Summer, says. “It's the greatest because as an actor you're constantly hoping that you're going to do something that's going to stand the test of time.”
Grammer has been acting since...
- 11/27/2019
- Den of Geek
The games play on. ABC has renewed its slate of game shows for Summer 2020. As previously announced, Holey Moley will return for a second season. The $100,000 Pyramid (season five), Card Sharks (season two), Celebrity Family Feud (season six), Match Game (season five), Press Your Luck (season two), and To Tell the Truth (season five) have now also been renewed.
Here's the ABC press release:
ABC Renews ‘Summer Fun & Games’ for 2020
More Prizes, More Laughs, More Fun! ABC Picks Up New Seasons Of Hit ‘Summer Fun & Games’ Shows ‘The $100,000 Pyramid,’ ‘Card Sharks,’ ‘Celebrity Family Feud,’ ‘Match Game,’ ‘Press Your Luck’ And ‘To Tell The Truth’
Shows Join Previously Announced Sophomore Season of ‘Holey Moley’
Read More…...
Here's the ABC press release:
ABC Renews ‘Summer Fun & Games’ for 2020
More Prizes, More Laughs, More Fun! ABC Picks Up New Seasons Of Hit ‘Summer Fun & Games’ Shows ‘The $100,000 Pyramid,’ ‘Card Sharks,’ ‘Celebrity Family Feud,’ ‘Match Game,’ ‘Press Your Luck’ And ‘To Tell The Truth’
Shows Join Previously Announced Sophomore Season of ‘Holey Moley’
Read More…...
- 11/21/2019
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
The weather outside may be frightful, but ABC is already planning another summer of fun and games. The network announced Wednesday that its primetime gamers “The $100,000 Pyramid,” “Card Sharks,” “Celebrity Family Feud,” “Match Game,” “Press Your Luck” and “To Tell the Truth” have all been renewed for another season, joining the previously announced second season pickup of “Holey Moley.”
All six shows are part of ABC’s “Summer Fun & Games” programming strategy. This past summer, ABC was No. 1 with adults 18-49 — which marked the first time it had led the summer months since 1995. ABC said it was also No. 1 with adults 18-34, and claimed nine of the summer’s top 20 entertainment series in 18-49, led by “The Bachelorette.”
“Summer has become synonymous with ABC’s ‘Fun & Games’ brand,” said ABC Entertainment’s Rob Mills, senior vice president of alternative series, specials and late night. “To have these shows return is a testament to their strength,...
All six shows are part of ABC’s “Summer Fun & Games” programming strategy. This past summer, ABC was No. 1 with adults 18-49 — which marked the first time it had led the summer months since 1995. ABC said it was also No. 1 with adults 18-34, and claimed nine of the summer’s top 20 entertainment series in 18-49, led by “The Bachelorette.”
“Summer has become synonymous with ABC’s ‘Fun & Games’ brand,” said ABC Entertainment’s Rob Mills, senior vice president of alternative series, specials and late night. “To have these shows return is a testament to their strength,...
- 11/20/2019
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
Camila Cabello was thinking about performing her new album even before she recorded it. After playing stadiums in 2018 as an opening act on her friend Taylor Swift’s Reputation world tour, the 22-year-old entered the studio to record her upcoming second album, Romance, with a goal: to record bombastic songs that would sound great live.
“I was really inspired by the big sounds of the Eighties,” she says, jet-lagged and calling from London. “I just liked the drama — like Queen, where everything is so intense. I want these songs to feel amazing to perform.
“I was really inspired by the big sounds of the Eighties,” she says, jet-lagged and calling from London. “I just liked the drama — like Queen, where everything is so intense. I want these songs to feel amazing to perform.
- 11/18/2019
- by Brittany Spanos
- Rollingstone.com
It’s pathos through toilet humor in another smart, tightly-plotted episode of Rick and Morty.
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This Rick and Morty review contains spoilers.
Rick and Morty Season 4 Episode 2
To keep its storytelling fresh, one of the best tools a sitcom has is character pairings. All you have to do to shake things up from time to time is pair characters off in different configurations from the norm and, if you’ve got a strong cast, funny stuff should ensue.
In “The Old Man and the Seat,” we get a Summer and Beth plot; a Morty and Jerry plot; and a Rick all by his lonesome plot. Sure, it’s not the first time they’ve done this, but up to this point most Rick and Morty episodes have relied on the show’s solid, default character pairings: the one in the series’ title; Beth and Jerry; and, uh,...
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This Rick and Morty review contains spoilers.
Rick and Morty Season 4 Episode 2
To keep its storytelling fresh, one of the best tools a sitcom has is character pairings. All you have to do to shake things up from time to time is pair characters off in different configurations from the norm and, if you’ve got a strong cast, funny stuff should ensue.
In “The Old Man and the Seat,” we get a Summer and Beth plot; a Morty and Jerry plot; and a Rick all by his lonesome plot. Sure, it’s not the first time they’ve done this, but up to this point most Rick and Morty episodes have relied on the show’s solid, default character pairings: the one in the series’ title; Beth and Jerry; and, uh,...
- 11/18/2019
- Den of Geek
Charisma Carpenter is returning to The CW, in a familiarly formidable role.
TVLine has confirmed that the Veronica Mars alum and onetime Supernatural witch will guest-star in Pandora‘s Season 1 finale (airing Tuesday, Oct. 1) as Laura, a mysterious woman who might have all the answers to Jax’s questions about her origins… but who also might be Jax’s most dangerous enemy yet.
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TVLine has confirmed that the Veronica Mars alum and onetime Supernatural witch will guest-star in Pandora‘s Season 1 finale (airing Tuesday, Oct. 1) as Laura, a mysterious woman who might have all the answers to Jax’s questions about her origins… but who also might be Jax’s most dangerous enemy yet.
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- 8/28/2019
- TVLine.com
Naomie Harris has been cast in the upcoming HBO-Sky Studios co-production “The Third Day.” In addition, Philippa Lowthorpe has boarded the series to direct the second half of the show’s six episodes.
In the first half of the series, titled “Summer” and directed by Marc Munden, Sam (Jude Law) is drawn to a mysterious island off the British coast where he encounters a group of islanders set on preserving their traditions at any cost. In the second half, “Winter,” Helen (Harris), a strong-willed outsider, comes to the island seeking answers, but her arrival precipitates a fractious battle to decide its fate.
Harris received an Academy Award and Golden Globe nomination for her supporting role in the 2016 film “Moonlight.” She is currently in production on the James Bond film “No Time to Die,” reprising the role of Eve Moneypenny for the third time. Her other recent film credits include “Mowgli,...
In the first half of the series, titled “Summer” and directed by Marc Munden, Sam (Jude Law) is drawn to a mysterious island off the British coast where he encounters a group of islanders set on preserving their traditions at any cost. In the second half, “Winter,” Helen (Harris), a strong-willed outsider, comes to the island seeking answers, but her arrival precipitates a fractious battle to decide its fate.
Harris received an Academy Award and Golden Globe nomination for her supporting role in the 2016 film “Moonlight.” She is currently in production on the James Bond film “No Time to Die,” reprising the role of Eve Moneypenny for the third time. Her other recent film credits include “Mowgli,...
- 8/28/2019
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Line-up also includes films by Louise Archambault, Guillaume Nicloux, José Luis Torres Leiva, Ina Weisse, Adilkhan Yerzhanov and David Zonana.
The San Sebastian film festival (September 20-28) has announced seven more titles that will compete for the 2019 Golden Shell award.
They include the long-delayed Zeroville directed by James Franco, who won the Golden Shell in 2017 for The Disaster Artist, and films by Louise Archambault, Guillaume Nicloux, José Luis Torres Leiva, Ina Weisse, Adilkhan Yerzhanov and David Zonana.
Zeroville is based on Steve Erickson’s novel about the changing Hollywood of the late 60s and stars Franco, Megan Fox, Seth Rogen,...
The San Sebastian film festival (September 20-28) has announced seven more titles that will compete for the 2019 Golden Shell award.
They include the long-delayed Zeroville directed by James Franco, who won the Golden Shell in 2017 for The Disaster Artist, and films by Louise Archambault, Guillaume Nicloux, José Luis Torres Leiva, Ina Weisse, Adilkhan Yerzhanov and David Zonana.
Zeroville is based on Steve Erickson’s novel about the changing Hollywood of the late 60s and stars Franco, Megan Fox, Seth Rogen,...
- 8/2/2019
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
Movies. Music. Television. Video Games. Animation. If there is one theme that all these mediums have explored, then it would be: Love. Many of us are brought up on this idea of ‘The One’. However, when we start to enter actual romantic relationships, we learn that romances are rarely like the movies and songs we’ve grown up with. This is why 500 Days of Summer is one of the most refreshing movies about romance ever made and why it continues to be relevant ten years after its release. It captures a heartbreaking but necessary truth and because of that, it is one of my favourite movies of all time and one that holds a very special place in my heart.
500 Days of Summer centres around hopeless romantic Tom (played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt) who meets Summer (played by Zooey Deschannel) and Tom believes that Summer is the one for him.
500 Days of Summer centres around hopeless romantic Tom (played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt) who meets Summer (played by Zooey Deschannel) and Tom believes that Summer is the one for him.
- 7/24/2019
- by Xenia Grounds
- Nerdly
Twentieth Century Fox on Saturday offered a first look at Ariana DeBose as Anita in Steven Spielberg’s upcoming remake of “West Side Story.”
DeBose, a former “So You Think You Can Dance” contestant who earned a Tony nomination last year playing Mary Wilson in the Donna Summer bio-musical “Summer,” will step into the role made famous by Chita Rivera on Broadway in 1957 and then by Rita Moreno in the 1961 film adaptation, which earned her an Academy Award.
“West Side Story” explores young love and tensions between rival gangs the Jets and the Sharks on the streets of 1957 New York. The cast also includes Ansel Elgort (Tony); Rachel Zegler (Maria); Ana Isabelle (Rosalia); Corey Stoll (Lieutenant Schrank); Brian d’Arcy James (Officer Krupke); Curtiss Cook (Abe) and Moreno, who plays Valentina and also serves as one of the film’s executive producers. The film is now in production for Twentieth...
DeBose, a former “So You Think You Can Dance” contestant who earned a Tony nomination last year playing Mary Wilson in the Donna Summer bio-musical “Summer,” will step into the role made famous by Chita Rivera on Broadway in 1957 and then by Rita Moreno in the 1961 film adaptation, which earned her an Academy Award.
“West Side Story” explores young love and tensions between rival gangs the Jets and the Sharks on the streets of 1957 New York. The cast also includes Ansel Elgort (Tony); Rachel Zegler (Maria); Ana Isabelle (Rosalia); Corey Stoll (Lieutenant Schrank); Brian d’Arcy James (Officer Krupke); Curtiss Cook (Abe) and Moreno, who plays Valentina and also serves as one of the film’s executive producers. The film is now in production for Twentieth...
- 7/13/2019
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
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Pop culture encompasses many a character with memorable physical attributes - think Harry Potter with his scar or Happy Gilmore's Chubbs with his fake hand - strikingly similar to Murder Mystery's Colonel Ulenga. Chubbs is one of the most well-known characters in Adam Sandler's character world who is an avid golf player who lost his hand in an alligator fight. Over two decades since his introduction, Chubbs gets a fun callback in Murder Mystery, Sandler's new Summer movie in the goofy colonel who's very similar to him.
Let's look at the colonel's character in Murder Mystery. Played by John Kani (from Black Panther), Colonel Ulenga begins the movie as one of Nick's top suspects for Malcolm Quince's murder, as he grabbed the knife from Quince's heart and held a gun at the time of the crime. But of course, he doesn't turn out to be...
Pop culture encompasses many a character with memorable physical attributes - think Harry Potter with his scar or Happy Gilmore's Chubbs with his fake hand - strikingly similar to Murder Mystery's Colonel Ulenga. Chubbs is one of the most well-known characters in Adam Sandler's character world who is an avid golf player who lost his hand in an alligator fight. Over two decades since his introduction, Chubbs gets a fun callback in Murder Mystery, Sandler's new Summer movie in the goofy colonel who's very similar to him.
Let's look at the colonel's character in Murder Mystery. Played by John Kani (from Black Panther), Colonel Ulenga begins the movie as one of Nick's top suspects for Malcolm Quince's murder, as he grabbed the knife from Quince's heart and held a gun at the time of the crime. But of course, he doesn't turn out to be...
- 6/16/2019
- by Stacey Nguyen
- Popsugar.com
Exclusive: Roth/Kirschenbaum Films has acquired rights to Lisa Grunwald’s upcoming novel Time After Time. Lauren Oliver (Before I Fall) will script it as a starring vehicle for Glen Powell, who played John Glenn in Hidden Figures, is currently shooting Top Gun: Maverick for Paramount and then stars with his Set It Up co-star Zoey Deutch in the Netflix comedy Most Dangerous Game. Joe Roth and Jeff Kirschenbaum will produce it.
Random House publishes the novel next month. It is described as a magical love story is set against the workings of Grand Central Terminal and the solar phenomenon known as Manhattanhenge, which takes place when the sun rises and sets between the city’s skyscrapers aligning perfectly with the streets below.
“Joe and I have been looking for an epic romance to produce,” said Kirschenbaum, “and we believe we’ve found it with Time After Time. It’s part The Notebook,...
Random House publishes the novel next month. It is described as a magical love story is set against the workings of Grand Central Terminal and the solar phenomenon known as Manhattanhenge, which takes place when the sun rises and sets between the city’s skyscrapers aligning perfectly with the streets below.
“Joe and I have been looking for an epic romance to produce,” said Kirschenbaum, “and we believe we’ve found it with Time After Time. It’s part The Notebook,...
- 5/22/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
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