Singaporean filmmaker Anthony Chen’s second film following his Camera d’Or winner Ilo Ilo is nearing completion.
Screen can reveal a first look of Singaporean filmmaker Anthony Chen’s new film Wet Season.
It is Chen’s long-awaited second feature following his Cannes Camera d’Or winner Ilo Ilo, Malaysian actress Yeo Yann Yann, who also appeared in Ilo Ilo, stars as a Chinese language teacher whose home and work lives are coming apart at the seams as she struggles to conceive a child. Comfort arrives in the shape of an unlikely friendship with a young student played by...
Screen can reveal a first look of Singaporean filmmaker Anthony Chen’s new film Wet Season.
It is Chen’s long-awaited second feature following his Cannes Camera d’Or winner Ilo Ilo, Malaysian actress Yeo Yann Yann, who also appeared in Ilo Ilo, stars as a Chinese language teacher whose home and work lives are coming apart at the seams as she struggles to conceive a child. Comfort arrives in the shape of an unlikely friendship with a young student played by...
- 2/6/2019
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Netflix has released a new thrilling trailer for director Gareth Evans‘ new film Apostle and it as you’ll see it ramps up the horrific intensity! The trailer comes along with crazy new footage mixed in with the reviews that critics have been giving it. I’m always up for a bone-chilling horror thriller, and this one looks like it’s going to deliver!
Evans is the same director who brought us The Raid films. Apostle is definitely going to give us something very different and very crazy. The movie stars Dan Stevens and it’s been described as “a harrowing occult fable where the only thing more horrifying than madness is the sinister reality behind it.” Here’s the synopsis for the movie:
London, 1905. Prodigal son Thomas Richardson (Dan Stevens) has returned home, only to learn that his sister is being held for ransom by a religious cult. Determined...
Evans is the same director who brought us The Raid films. Apostle is definitely going to give us something very different and very crazy. The movie stars Dan Stevens and it’s been described as “a harrowing occult fable where the only thing more horrifying than madness is the sinister reality behind it.” Here’s the synopsis for the movie:
London, 1905. Prodigal son Thomas Richardson (Dan Stevens) has returned home, only to learn that his sister is being held for ransom by a religious cult. Determined...
- 10/9/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Over the course of their first two albums, Bristol, England trio Beak> synthesized a a handful of elements from across the vintage moodscape and murkiverse: the minimal throb of Young Marble Giants, the relentless rhythms of Neu!, the squinchy electronics of Silver Apples and the muffled vocals of Can among them. In short, it was a great way to turn cratedigger obsessions with psychedelic breakbeat music or Eighties synth soundtracks into a working, touring, motoriking rock band.
Best known for having Portishead’s Geoff Barrow as member, they started as a fragile,...
Best known for having Portishead’s Geoff Barrow as member, they started as a fragile,...
- 9/24/2018
- by Christopher R. Weingarten
- Rollingstone.com
Editors’ Pick: Christine & the Queens, Chris
“Chris is an LP doubled,” writes Will Hermes. “First, there’s a mostly English-language set, with heavily accented lyrics, charmingly off-kilter syntax, and polyglot asides. ‘Let me taste/On a butch babe in La,’ she pleads on ‘Damn (What A Woman Must Do),’ lamenting the extremes of ‘what must a woman do/Para follarse’ (sure, look it up). Then there’s a nearly-identical set sung in French, as the singer sucks, chews, and tongues verses in ways that communicate plenty, even if you don...
“Chris is an LP doubled,” writes Will Hermes. “First, there’s a mostly English-language set, with heavily accented lyrics, charmingly off-kilter syntax, and polyglot asides. ‘Let me taste/On a butch babe in La,’ she pleads on ‘Damn (What A Woman Must Do),’ lamenting the extremes of ‘what must a woman do/Para follarse’ (sure, look it up). Then there’s a nearly-identical set sung in French, as the singer sucks, chews, and tongues verses in ways that communicate plenty, even if you don...
- 9/21/2018
- by Maura Johnston, Suzy Exposito, Will Hermes, Mosi Reeves, Jonathan Bernstein, Elias Leight, Kory Grow, Christopher R. Weingarten, Hank Shteamer, Jon Freeman and Simon Vozick-Levinson
- Rollingstone.com
“The promise of the divine is but an illusion.”
The full trailer has been released for director Gareth Evans‘ new film Apostle and it looks great! Evans is the director of The Raid films, and he’s brought us a very different kind of film with Apostle. This movie tells a disturbing story that is filled with the kind of stuff that nightmares are made of! This is my kind movie! It looks like it’s going to be an insane ride!
The movie stars Dan Stevens and it’s been described as “a harrowing occult fable where the only thing more horrifying than madness is the sinister reality behind it.” Here’s the synopsis for the movie:
London, 1905. Prodigal son Thomas Richardson (Dan Stevens) has returned home, only to learn that his sister is being held for ransom by a religious cult. Determined to get her back at any cost,...
The full trailer has been released for director Gareth Evans‘ new film Apostle and it looks great! Evans is the director of The Raid films, and he’s brought us a very different kind of film with Apostle. This movie tells a disturbing story that is filled with the kind of stuff that nightmares are made of! This is my kind movie! It looks like it’s going to be an insane ride!
The movie stars Dan Stevens and it’s been described as “a harrowing occult fable where the only thing more horrifying than madness is the sinister reality behind it.” Here’s the synopsis for the movie:
London, 1905. Prodigal son Thomas Richardson (Dan Stevens) has returned home, only to learn that his sister is being held for ransom by a religious cult. Determined to get her back at any cost,...
- 9/17/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
The director of The Raid films, Gareth Evans has a new film starring Dan Stevens coming to Netflix called Apostle and it sounds like it’s going to be quite an insane movie. The movie has been described as “a harrowing occult fable where the only thing more horrifying than madness is the sinister reality behind it.”
Now today, we have our first footage from the film in a very brief teaser that was shared by Evans. It may only feature a few snippets of footage but that footage is pretty unsettling.
The director also announced that we’ll be getting a full trailer for the film to enjoy on September 17th. Just in case you need a reminder of what this movie is about, here’s the synopsis:
London, 1905. Prodigal son Thomas Richardson (Dan Stevens) has returned home, only to learn that his sister is being held for ransom by a religious cult.
Now today, we have our first footage from the film in a very brief teaser that was shared by Evans. It may only feature a few snippets of footage but that footage is pretty unsettling.
The director also announced that we’ll be getting a full trailer for the film to enjoy on September 17th. Just in case you need a reminder of what this movie is about, here’s the synopsis:
London, 1905. Prodigal son Thomas Richardson (Dan Stevens) has returned home, only to learn that his sister is being held for ransom by a religious cult.
- 9/11/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
“American Honey” took the top prize at the 2016 British Independent Film Awards, which was held on Sunday at London’s Old Billingsgate.
“American Honey” was named Best British Independent Film, and also scored three additional awards (including Best Director for Andrea Arnold). Barry Jenkins’ “Moonlight” was the night’s only non-uk winner, picking up honors for Best International Independent Film.
The 19th annual Bifa ceremony, hosted by Jennifer Saunders, also presented Clare Binns with the Special Jury Prize for her “unstinting efforts in bringing independent film to new audiences.”
Naomie Harris was also presented the Variety Award by Danny Boyle, in recognition of the global impact she made this year in helping to focus the international film spotlight on the UK.
Read More: La Film Critics Association Name the Best Films and Performances of 2016
The Richard Harris Award was given to Alison Steadman by Richard Harris’ granddaughter Ella Harris and...
“American Honey” was named Best British Independent Film, and also scored three additional awards (including Best Director for Andrea Arnold). Barry Jenkins’ “Moonlight” was the night’s only non-uk winner, picking up honors for Best International Independent Film.
The 19th annual Bifa ceremony, hosted by Jennifer Saunders, also presented Clare Binns with the Special Jury Prize for her “unstinting efforts in bringing independent film to new audiences.”
Naomie Harris was also presented the Variety Award by Danny Boyle, in recognition of the global impact she made this year in helping to focus the international film spotlight on the UK.
Read More: La Film Critics Association Name the Best Films and Performances of 2016
The Richard Harris Award was given to Alison Steadman by Richard Harris’ granddaughter Ella Harris and...
- 12/4/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Organisations will put on discounted screenings of films that win the top prizes at this year’s BIFAs ceremony.
The British Independent Film Awards and the BFI are teaming on Bifa Independents, a year-round public screening programme which will give audiences across the UK an opportunity to view Bifa-nominated or award-winning films at a reduced rate.
Supported by the British Film Institute with National Lottery funding, the films will be screened at a total of 25 Vue, Odeon and Everyman cinemas nationwide.
Tickets for the screenings will be significantly discounted from the cinemas’ usual rates, the companies confirmed.
The first film to be shown starting Sunday 11 December will be the winner of the 2016 Bifa Best British Independent Film Award, to be announced at the Bifa ceremony on Sunday 4 December at Old Billingsgate.
This year’s nominees include American Honey; Couple In A Hole; I, Daniel Blake; Notes on Blindness and Under The Shadow.
Bifa Director...
The British Independent Film Awards and the BFI are teaming on Bifa Independents, a year-round public screening programme which will give audiences across the UK an opportunity to view Bifa-nominated or award-winning films at a reduced rate.
Supported by the British Film Institute with National Lottery funding, the films will be screened at a total of 25 Vue, Odeon and Everyman cinemas nationwide.
Tickets for the screenings will be significantly discounted from the cinemas’ usual rates, the companies confirmed.
The first film to be shown starting Sunday 11 December will be the winner of the 2016 Bifa Best British Independent Film Award, to be announced at the Bifa ceremony on Sunday 4 December at Old Billingsgate.
This year’s nominees include American Honey; Couple In A Hole; I, Daniel Blake; Notes on Blindness and Under The Shadow.
Bifa Director...
- 11/9/2016
- ScreenDaily
Peter Mullan plays golfer Tom Morris Photo: Courtesy of Edinburgh Film Festival Jason Connery's golf drama Tommy's Honour was named Best Feature Film at the BAFTA Scotland awards last night.
It was a good night for its co-star Peter Mullan - who plays Tom Morris Snr in the film, alongside Jack Lowden - as he was named Best Actor for his portrayal of the titular homeless character in Jake Gavin's Hector.
The Best Actress award went to Kate Dickie for her role in Tom Geens' Couple In A Hole. The animation prize was won by Cat Bruce, for No Place Like Home, while the short film prize went to Duncan Cowles and writer Ross Hogg for their study of memory and identity, Isabella - it was a particular moment of triumph for Hogg, as it is his first BAFTA win after being nominated four times in the past four years.
It was a good night for its co-star Peter Mullan - who plays Tom Morris Snr in the film, alongside Jack Lowden - as he was named Best Actor for his portrayal of the titular homeless character in Jake Gavin's Hector.
The Best Actress award went to Kate Dickie for her role in Tom Geens' Couple In A Hole. The animation prize was won by Cat Bruce, for No Place Like Home, while the short film prize went to Duncan Cowles and writer Ross Hogg for their study of memory and identity, Isabella - it was a particular moment of triumph for Hogg, as it is his first BAFTA win after being nominated four times in the past four years.
- 11/7/2016
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
I, Daniel Blake
Ken Loach's Cannes hit I, Daniel Blake, which has been condemned by some politicians but celebrated by others and has sparked a public outcry about the UK's welfare system, has been nominated in seven categories at this year's British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs). It's closely followed by Andrea Arnold's American Honey, Peter Middleton and James Spinney Notes On Blindness, Rachel Tunnard's Adult Life Skills and Babak Anvari's Under The Shadow, each of which has six nominations.
The winners will receive their awards at a ceremony in Old Billingsgate, London, on December 4.
Those nominations in full:-
Best British independent film American Honey Couple In A Hole I, Daniel Blake Notes On Blindness Under The Shadow
Best international independent film Hunt For The Wilderpeople Manchester By The Sea Moonlight Mustang Toni Erdmann
Best director Andrea Arnold, American Honey Babak Anvari, Under The Shadow Ben Wheatley,...
Ken Loach's Cannes hit I, Daniel Blake, which has been condemned by some politicians but celebrated by others and has sparked a public outcry about the UK's welfare system, has been nominated in seven categories at this year's British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs). It's closely followed by Andrea Arnold's American Honey, Peter Middleton and James Spinney Notes On Blindness, Rachel Tunnard's Adult Life Skills and Babak Anvari's Under The Shadow, each of which has six nominations.
The winners will receive their awards at a ceremony in Old Billingsgate, London, on December 4.
Those nominations in full:-
Best British independent film American Honey Couple In A Hole I, Daniel Blake Notes On Blindness Under The Shadow
Best international independent film Hunt For The Wilderpeople Manchester By The Sea Moonlight Mustang Toni Erdmann
Best director Andrea Arnold, American Honey Babak Anvari, Under The Shadow Ben Wheatley,...
- 11/1/2016
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
American Honey, Notes On Blindness, Adult Life Skills, Under The Shadow also score multiple noms.
Ken Loach’s I, Daniel Blake leads this year’s British Independent Film Awards (Bifa) nominations, which were announced this morning by British actors Ophelia Lovibond and Douglas Booth in London.
Loach’s timely social drama - which won Cannes’ Palme d’Or earlier this year - was nominated in seven categories including Best British Independent Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay.
Co-stars Hayley Squires and Dave Johns are each nominated twice – for Best Actress and Best Actor and will also go head to head in the Most Promising Newcomer category.
The other nominees in the Best British Independent Film category are American Honey (six nominations), Couple in a Hole (two nominations), Notes on Blindness (six nominations) and the Under The Shadow (six nominations).
Other titles with receiving multiple nominations but in other categories included Adult Life Skills (six nominations) and zombie...
Ken Loach’s I, Daniel Blake leads this year’s British Independent Film Awards (Bifa) nominations, which were announced this morning by British actors Ophelia Lovibond and Douglas Booth in London.
Loach’s timely social drama - which won Cannes’ Palme d’Or earlier this year - was nominated in seven categories including Best British Independent Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay.
Co-stars Hayley Squires and Dave Johns are each nominated twice – for Best Actress and Best Actor and will also go head to head in the Most Promising Newcomer category.
The other nominees in the Best British Independent Film category are American Honey (six nominations), Couple in a Hole (two nominations), Notes on Blindness (six nominations) and the Under The Shadow (six nominations).
Other titles with receiving multiple nominations but in other categories included Adult Life Skills (six nominations) and zombie...
- 11/1/2016
- ScreenDaily
The 2016 British Independent Film Award nominations have been announced, with Ken Loach’s Palme d’Or–winning “I, Daniel Blake” leading the pack with seven nominations. Andrea Arnold’s “American Honey,” Babak Anvari’s “Under the Shadow” and Rachel Tunnard’s “Adult Life Skills” all landed six nods apiece. More than 130 British films were submitted for consideration, and 32 British features have been nominated. Full list:
Best British Independent Film
“American Honey”
“Couple in a Hole”
“I, Daniel Blake”
“Notes on Blindness”
“Under the Shadow”
Best International Independent Film
“Hunt for the Wilderpeople”
“Manchester by the Sea”
“Moonlight”
“Mustang”
“Toni Erdmann”
Best Director
Andrea Arnold, “American Honey”
Babak Anvari, “Under the Shadow”
Ben Wheatley, “Free Fire”
Ken Loach, “I, Daniel Blake”
Peter Middleton and James Spinney, “Notes on Blindness”
Best Screenplay
Andrea Arnold, “American Honey”
Babak Anvari, “Under the Shadow”
Billy O’Brien and Christopher Hyde, “I Am Not a Serial Killer”
Paul Laverty,...
Best British Independent Film
“American Honey”
“Couple in a Hole”
“I, Daniel Blake”
“Notes on Blindness”
“Under the Shadow”
Best International Independent Film
“Hunt for the Wilderpeople”
“Manchester by the Sea”
“Moonlight”
“Mustang”
“Toni Erdmann”
Best Director
Andrea Arnold, “American Honey”
Babak Anvari, “Under the Shadow”
Ben Wheatley, “Free Fire”
Ken Loach, “I, Daniel Blake”
Peter Middleton and James Spinney, “Notes on Blindness”
Best Screenplay
Andrea Arnold, “American Honey”
Babak Anvari, “Under the Shadow”
Billy O’Brien and Christopher Hyde, “I Am Not a Serial Killer”
Paul Laverty,...
- 11/1/2016
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Competition films include Alice Lowe’s Prevenge and John Carney’s Sing Street.
The programme and jury for this year’s Dinard British Film Festival (Sept 28 – Oct 2) – the annual celebration of British cinema hosted on the French coast – has been revealed.
Presiding over the 2016 jury will be Oscar-winning French writer and director Claude Lelouch (A Man And A Woman), who will be joined by actor James d’Arcy (Master And Commander), actress and scriptwriter Victoria Bedos (La Famille Bélier), actress Julie Ferrier (Heartbreaker), distributor and producer Eric Lagesse (Beijing Bicycle), actor and director Jalil Lespert (Human Resources), actress Anne Parillaud (La Femme Nikita), producer Colin Vaines (Coriolanus), actor Phil Davis (Notes On A Scandal), and actress Florence Thomassin (Mesrine).
Among the festival’s industry events will be a round table discussion titled Brexit… What next? Following a screening of documentary Versus, The Life And Films Of Ken Loach, proceedings will be led by regular Ken Loach producer...
The programme and jury for this year’s Dinard British Film Festival (Sept 28 – Oct 2) – the annual celebration of British cinema hosted on the French coast – has been revealed.
Presiding over the 2016 jury will be Oscar-winning French writer and director Claude Lelouch (A Man And A Woman), who will be joined by actor James d’Arcy (Master And Commander), actress and scriptwriter Victoria Bedos (La Famille Bélier), actress Julie Ferrier (Heartbreaker), distributor and producer Eric Lagesse (Beijing Bicycle), actor and director Jalil Lespert (Human Resources), actress Anne Parillaud (La Femme Nikita), producer Colin Vaines (Coriolanus), actor Phil Davis (Notes On A Scandal), and actress Florence Thomassin (Mesrine).
Among the festival’s industry events will be a round table discussion titled Brexit… What next? Following a screening of documentary Versus, The Life And Films Of Ken Loach, proceedings will be led by regular Ken Loach producer...
- 9/20/2016
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Period drama from director Thomas Clay and the producer of the well-received Couple In A Hole.
Shooting has wrapped on Fanny Lye Deliver’d, a period drama starring Maxine Peake (The Theory of Everything), Charles Dance (Game of Thrones) and Freddie Fox (The Riot Club). The cast also includes Tanya Reynolds in her first feature film role and Peter McDonald (The Stag).
Shot over ten weeks on location in Shropshire, England, the film is written and directed by Thomas Clay and produced by Zorana Piggott (Couple In A Hole), Rob Cannan (The Lovers and the Despot) and Philippe Bober. The late Joseph Lang, Clay’s long-time producer, receives a posthumous producing credit.
Set in 1657 on an isolated farm in Shropshire, the story follows Fanny Lye (Peake) as she learns to transcend her oppressive marriage and discovers a new world of possibility.
Living a life of puritan stricture with husband John Lye (Dance) and young son Arthur...
Shooting has wrapped on Fanny Lye Deliver’d, a period drama starring Maxine Peake (The Theory of Everything), Charles Dance (Game of Thrones) and Freddie Fox (The Riot Club). The cast also includes Tanya Reynolds in her first feature film role and Peter McDonald (The Stag).
Shot over ten weeks on location in Shropshire, England, the film is written and directed by Thomas Clay and produced by Zorana Piggott (Couple In A Hole), Rob Cannan (The Lovers and the Despot) and Philippe Bober. The late Joseph Lang, Clay’s long-time producer, receives a posthumous producing credit.
Set in 1657 on an isolated farm in Shropshire, the story follows Fanny Lye (Peake) as she learns to transcend her oppressive marriage and discovers a new world of possibility.
Living a life of puritan stricture with husband John Lye (Dance) and young son Arthur...
- 5/3/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Stars: Paul Higgins, Kate Dickie, Jérôme Kircher, Corinne Masiero | Written and Directed by Tom Geens
John (Higgins) and Karen (Dickie) used to have it all. They had uprooted from Scotland with their son to a small, yet idyllic cottage in the beautiful Pyrenees Mountain range of France. However, tragedy struck by the way of a fire that not only left them homeless, but even worse; childless. With their life destroyed, the pair decide to shut themselves off from the rest of the world and live off the land and take shelter in an isolated cave. After Karen is bitten by a deadly spider, John is forced to make his way in to the nearby town in search of some medicine for his wife. Although desperate to save his wife, an apparition of his recently deceased son causes him to panic and he begins to retreat. Thankfully, local farmer Andre (Kircher...
John (Higgins) and Karen (Dickie) used to have it all. They had uprooted from Scotland with their son to a small, yet idyllic cottage in the beautiful Pyrenees Mountain range of France. However, tragedy struck by the way of a fire that not only left them homeless, but even worse; childless. With their life destroyed, the pair decide to shut themselves off from the rest of the world and live off the land and take shelter in an isolated cave. After Karen is bitten by a deadly spider, John is forced to make his way in to the nearby town in search of some medicine for his wife. Although desperate to save his wife, an apparition of his recently deceased son causes him to panic and he begins to retreat. Thankfully, local farmer Andre (Kircher...
- 4/27/2016
- by Mondo Squallido
- Nerdly
In a film career that is currently celebrating its ten year anniversary, Scottish actress Kate Dickie has proved herself to be quite the chameleon: capable of flitting from one diverse role to the next with a graceful and impressive ease. From low-budget cinematic beginnings, she has since dipped into such mega money behemoths as Prometheus
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- 4/8/2016
- by Guest
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Midnight Special | The Huntsman: Winer’s War | Dheepan | Couple In A Hole | The Man Who Knew Infinity | Hardcore Henry | Boulevard | Nasty Baby | The Last Man On The Moon | I Am Belfast | The Passing
Already one of the most interesting film-makers around (Mud, Take Shelter, Shotgun Stories), Nichols adds a Close Encounters-like sci-fi element to his trademarked slow-burn intensity here. It’s best not to know too much, but the focus is a boy with special powers who is abducted by his father. Spielberg without the cheese.
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Already one of the most interesting film-makers around (Mud, Take Shelter, Shotgun Stories), Nichols adds a Close Encounters-like sci-fi element to his trademarked slow-burn intensity here. It’s best not to know too much, but the focus is a boy with special powers who is abducted by his father. Spielberg without the cheese.
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- 4/8/2016
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
The Guardian film team’s round-up of Friday’s movie news
Your daily update of the latest news and reviews from the Guardian film team. Now showing: Scarlett Johansson joins the gender pay gap debate, offering up some smart comments; and we review the wilderness-based drama Couple in a Hole about grieving parents going to extreme measures.
Follow us on Twitter (GuardianFilm, Henry, Ben, Catherine and producer Rowan) and check out our Facebook page. Comment on the show below.
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Your daily update of the latest news and reviews from the Guardian film team. Now showing: Scarlett Johansson joins the gender pay gap debate, offering up some smart comments; and we review the wilderness-based drama Couple in a Hole about grieving parents going to extreme measures.
Follow us on Twitter (GuardianFilm, Henry, Ben, Catherine and producer Rowan) and check out our Facebook page. Comment on the show below.
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- 4/8/2016
- by Presented by Catherine Shoard with Benjamin Lee and produced by Rowan Slaney
- The Guardian - Film News
From the very moment you see a helpless rabbit being slapped against the side of a tree to ensure it’s dead, in the opening few seconds, you know exactly what’s in store when settling down to indulge in Tom Geens’ sophomore endeavour, Couple in a Hole. The title can be taken as being one
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- 4/7/2016
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Less is certainly more in Tom Geens' sophomore feature Couple in a Hole. A Scottish couple go native in the French countryside as they grieve a great loss by living off the land. The Belgian director - who made London his home 23 years ago - sat down to chat with CineVue's Matt Anderson about a five year long creative process, getting back to basics, chasing rabbits, broken legs and dealing with Pyrenean weather. All in a day's work.
- 4/7/2016
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
★★★☆☆ If you go down to the woods today, you're sure of a big surprise. Living a survivalist existence to rival any of Bear Grylls exploits deep in the Pyrenean wilderness are John (Paul Higgins) and Karen (Kate Dickie). Not the post-apocalyptic tale that one might expect from such an opening premise, Belgian director Tom Geens' sophomore film, Couple in a Hole, features a Scottish man and wife who have purposefully regressed to feral subsistence. The titular void represents both the physical hovel which they have chosen to inhabit and the figurative state of helplessness and desperation felt after a great loss. Deliberately paced, minimalist in its structure and plot, Couple in a Hole evokes a gripping and stridently unconventional depiction of grief.
- 4/7/2016
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
From Red Road to The Witch, Kate Dickie has carved out a career playing dark, feral roles. Couple in a Hole is no different. She talks about starving, stopping washing and the day she had to eat maggots
The Witch is a supernatural horror film filled with haunting, indelible imagery. But nothing quite tops the sight of Scottish actor Kate Dickie breastfeeding a raven. It’s the sort of double-take weirdness with which she’s become associated, carving out a career defined by the unconventional and strange.
Dickie was a woman with an elaborate and perverted rape revenge plan in Andrea Arnold’s powerful Red Road, she strangled James McAvoy for sexual gratification in Filth, she murdered her children in the play Aalst, and she returned to the underpopulated niche of “women who indulge in unusual breastfeeding practices” in a small yet memorable turn as an overbearing mother in Game of Thrones.
The Witch is a supernatural horror film filled with haunting, indelible imagery. But nothing quite tops the sight of Scottish actor Kate Dickie breastfeeding a raven. It’s the sort of double-take weirdness with which she’s become associated, carving out a career defined by the unconventional and strange.
Dickie was a woman with an elaborate and perverted rape revenge plan in Andrea Arnold’s powerful Red Road, she strangled James McAvoy for sexual gratification in Filth, she murdered her children in the play Aalst, and she returned to the underpopulated niche of “women who indulge in unusual breastfeeding practices” in a small yet memorable turn as an overbearing mother in Game of Thrones.
- 4/6/2016
- by Benjamin Lee
- The Guardian - Film News
A Scottish couple separate themselves from civilisation and hide away in the French wilderness in this drama that premiered at last year’s Toronto film festival. With performances from Red Road and Game of Thrones actor Kate Dickie and Utopia’s Paul Higgins, Couple in a Hole will be released in UK cinemas on 8 April
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- 3/3/2016
- by Guardian Staff
- The Guardian - Film News
This whole world is wild at heart Photo: Ingrid Mur
Thursday morning at the Glasgow Film Festival was catch-up time for many attendees, with second screenings of several of the festival’s most popular films. There was also a chance to see Hitchcock/Truffaut, a documentary about one of the most influential books in the history of cinema, François Truffaut’ analysis of Alfred Hitchcock’s work – we discussed it with director Kent Jones last year.
Tom Geens and Kate Dickie Photo: Stuart Crawford
Later in the day, a packed screening of Couple In A Hole made a big impression on viewers and was followed by a Q&A with director Tom Geens and star Kate Dickie. Like several such sessions this year it made the staff nervous as good questions kept on being asked and they had to work out how to persuade everyone to leave so that the audience...
Thursday morning at the Glasgow Film Festival was catch-up time for many attendees, with second screenings of several of the festival’s most popular films. There was also a chance to see Hitchcock/Truffaut, a documentary about one of the most influential books in the history of cinema, François Truffaut’ analysis of Alfred Hitchcock’s work – we discussed it with director Kent Jones last year.
Tom Geens and Kate Dickie Photo: Stuart Crawford
Later in the day, a packed screening of Couple In A Hole made a big impression on viewers and was followed by a Q&A with director Tom Geens and star Kate Dickie. Like several such sessions this year it made the staff nervous as good questions kept on being asked and they had to work out how to persuade everyone to leave so that the audience...
- 2/27/2016
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The Couple In A Hole producer will oversee the fourth edition of the low budget film-making programme.
iFeatures, the low budget film-making initiative set up to support emerging talent, has appointed Zorana Piggott as executive producer for its fourth round of projects.
Piggott has 15 years’ experience producing shorts and features in the UK film industry. She most recently produced Tom Geens’ Couple In A Hole, which premiered at Tiff in 2015 before winning several prizes at the Dinard British Film Festival in October.
Run in partnership with Creative England, the BFI Film Fund and BBC Films, iFeatures will develop a slate of 12 projects from up and coming writer, director and producer teams.
Three of those will subsequently be greenlit in 2017, each with a budget of $500,000 (£350,000), financed by the partnering companies, with the BBC pre-buying UK free TV rights.
Submissions for the fourth edition of iFeatures open on Feb 8 2016. Three roadshows will take place for prospective applications in Sheffield...
iFeatures, the low budget film-making initiative set up to support emerging talent, has appointed Zorana Piggott as executive producer for its fourth round of projects.
Piggott has 15 years’ experience producing shorts and features in the UK film industry. She most recently produced Tom Geens’ Couple In A Hole, which premiered at Tiff in 2015 before winning several prizes at the Dinard British Film Festival in October.
Run in partnership with Creative England, the BFI Film Fund and BBC Films, iFeatures will develop a slate of 12 projects from up and coming writer, director and producer teams.
Three of those will subsequently be greenlit in 2017, each with a budget of $500,000 (£350,000), financed by the partnering companies, with the BBC pre-buying UK free TV rights.
Submissions for the fourth edition of iFeatures open on Feb 8 2016. Three roadshows will take place for prospective applications in Sheffield...
- 1/18/2016
- ScreenDaily
Competition titles include Couple In A Hole, Sparrows, A Bigger Splash; Norway will be in the spotlight country.
Tom Geens’ Couple in a Hole [pictured], Rúnar Rúnarsson’s Sparrows and Luca Guadagnino’s A Bigger Splash will be among the 10 titles competing at the seventh edition of the Les Arcs European Film Festival (Dec 12-19) in the French Alps.
Another 20 short films will compete in the Igloo Short Programme including British Bafta-winning animators Greg and Myles McLeod’s 365 and Dutch Edmond De Nina’s Gantz.
The shorts will be shown in an “ice cinema” built at an altitude of 2,200 metres and only accessible by skis or on foot.
In total, some 120 films, selected to by the festival’s artistic director Frédéric Boyer, will screen across the week-long event, which drew nearly 20,000 spectators in 2014.
New Sidebars
In addition to the competitive selections, the Les Arcs team - led by co-founders Pierre Emmanuel Fleurantin and Guillaume Calop - has added...
Tom Geens’ Couple in a Hole [pictured], Rúnar Rúnarsson’s Sparrows and Luca Guadagnino’s A Bigger Splash will be among the 10 titles competing at the seventh edition of the Les Arcs European Film Festival (Dec 12-19) in the French Alps.
Another 20 short films will compete in the Igloo Short Programme including British Bafta-winning animators Greg and Myles McLeod’s 365 and Dutch Edmond De Nina’s Gantz.
The shorts will be shown in an “ice cinema” built at an altitude of 2,200 metres and only accessible by skis or on foot.
In total, some 120 films, selected to by the festival’s artistic director Frédéric Boyer, will screen across the week-long event, which drew nearly 20,000 spectators in 2014.
New Sidebars
In addition to the competitive selections, the Les Arcs team - led by co-founders Pierre Emmanuel Fleurantin and Guillaume Calop - has added...
- 11/5/2015
- ScreenDaily
Hanif Kureishi also collects honorary award.
Tom Geens’ Couple In A Hole has won at hat-trick of awards including best film at the 26th Dinard British Film Festival (Sept 30–Oct 4) .
The film took home the Golden Hitchock awards for best film and best screenplay as well as the Hitchcock of the public, the festival’s audience award.
Couple In The Hole stars Kate Dickie and Paul Higgins as a couple who, after suffering a tragedy, begin living in solitude in a cave in the woods.
Zorana Piggott produced the film for 011 Productions/Chicken Factory, in co-production with Belgium’s A Private View and France’s Les Enrages. Verve Pictures are handling the film’s UK distribution while Paradiso Filmed Entertainment is distributing in Benelux.
A special mention was given to Departure, Andrew Steggall’s feature debut which focuses on a dysfunctional family as they attempt to sell their holiday home in France. The film stars...
Tom Geens’ Couple In A Hole has won at hat-trick of awards including best film at the 26th Dinard British Film Festival (Sept 30–Oct 4) .
The film took home the Golden Hitchock awards for best film and best screenplay as well as the Hitchcock of the public, the festival’s audience award.
Couple In The Hole stars Kate Dickie and Paul Higgins as a couple who, after suffering a tragedy, begin living in solitude in a cave in the woods.
Zorana Piggott produced the film for 011 Productions/Chicken Factory, in co-production with Belgium’s A Private View and France’s Les Enrages. Verve Pictures are handling the film’s UK distribution while Paradiso Filmed Entertainment is distributing in Benelux.
A special mention was given to Departure, Andrew Steggall’s feature debut which focuses on a dysfunctional family as they attempt to sell their holiday home in France. The film stars...
- 10/4/2015
- ScreenDaily
A middle class husband and wife move to a cave in a patiently paced lo-fi study of sadness
Heading to the woods to deal with one’s demons is a common form of therapy in cinema. Emile Hirsch said goodbye to privilege in Into the Wild, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Willem Dafoe retreated to a remote cabin after the death of their son in Antichrist and last year’s Toronto film festival had a grieving Reese Witherspoon traipsing through rough terrain in Wild. A year on, the self-explanatory Couple in a Hole takes that trope to a fascinating new place.
Related: Forsaken review – Kiefer and Donald Sutherland play at wild west cowboys
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Heading to the woods to deal with one’s demons is a common form of therapy in cinema. Emile Hirsch said goodbye to privilege in Into the Wild, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Willem Dafoe retreated to a remote cabin after the death of their son in Antichrist and last year’s Toronto film festival had a grieving Reese Witherspoon traipsing through rough terrain in Wild. A year on, the self-explanatory Couple in a Hole takes that trope to a fascinating new place.
Related: Forsaken review – Kiefer and Donald Sutherland play at wild west cowboys
Continue reading...
- 9/17/2015
- by Benjamin Lee
- The Guardian - Film News
The French film director died last week after a battle with cancer.
Pascal Chaumeil’s A Long Way Down is to open the 26th Dinard British Film Festival (30 Sept - 4 Oct).
The comedy drama, which stars Pierce Brosnan, Toni Collette, Imogen Poots and Aaron Paul, was the penultimate production for the French director, who died last Thursday aged 54 following a battle with cancer.
The film, which premiered at the 2014 Berlinale, was the final English-language film for Chaumeil, who was in post-production on his final feature Odd Job (Un Petit Boulot) when he died.
Competition
The festival also revealed the titles that will compete for the festival’s Golden Hitchock award, including Owen Harris’ Kill Your Friends, an adaptation of John Niven’s 2008 novel of the same name starring Nicholas Hoult, Ed Skrein, James Corden and Rosanna Arquette.
Other films vying for the top prize are Craig Roberts’ directorial debut Just Jim, Andrew Steggall’s [link...
Pascal Chaumeil’s A Long Way Down is to open the 26th Dinard British Film Festival (30 Sept - 4 Oct).
The comedy drama, which stars Pierce Brosnan, Toni Collette, Imogen Poots and Aaron Paul, was the penultimate production for the French director, who died last Thursday aged 54 following a battle with cancer.
The film, which premiered at the 2014 Berlinale, was the final English-language film for Chaumeil, who was in post-production on his final feature Odd Job (Un Petit Boulot) when he died.
Competition
The festival also revealed the titles that will compete for the festival’s Golden Hitchock award, including Owen Harris’ Kill Your Friends, an adaptation of John Niven’s 2008 novel of the same name starring Nicholas Hoult, Ed Skrein, James Corden and Rosanna Arquette.
Other films vying for the top prize are Craig Roberts’ directorial debut Just Jim, Andrew Steggall’s [link...
- 9/1/2015
- ScreenDaily
The 59Th BFI London Film Festival Announces Full 2015 Programme
You can peruse the programme at your leisure here.
The programme for the 59th BFI London Film Festival in partnership launched today, with Festival Director Clare Stewart presenting this year’s rich and diverse selection of films and events. BFI London Film Festival is Britain’s leading film event and one of the world’s oldest film festivals. It introduces the finest new British and international films to an expanding London and UK-wide audience. The Festival provides an essential platform for films seeking global success; and promotes the careers of British and international filmmakers through its industry and awards programmes. With this year’s industry programme stronger than ever, offering international filmmakers and leaders a programme of insightful events covering every area of the film industry Lff positions London as the world’s leading creative city.
The Festival will screen a...
You can peruse the programme at your leisure here.
The programme for the 59th BFI London Film Festival in partnership launched today, with Festival Director Clare Stewart presenting this year’s rich and diverse selection of films and events. BFI London Film Festival is Britain’s leading film event and one of the world’s oldest film festivals. It introduces the finest new British and international films to an expanding London and UK-wide audience. The Festival provides an essential platform for films seeking global success; and promotes the careers of British and international filmmakers through its industry and awards programmes. With this year’s industry programme stronger than ever, offering international filmmakers and leaders a programme of insightful events covering every area of the film industry Lff positions London as the world’s leading creative city.
The Festival will screen a...
- 9/1/2015
- by John
- SoundOnSight
Potential awards season contenders Truth from James Vanderbilt and Marc Abraham’s I Saw The Light starring Tom Hiddleston as Hank Williams land world premiere slots, while Paco Cabezas’s Mr. Right will close the festival.
London is the subject of the seventh annual City To City programme that features world premieres of Tom Geens’ Couple In A Hole starring Paul Higgins and Kate Dickie and Michael Caton-Jones’ Urban Hymn with Letitia Wright and Shirley Henderson. Elaine Constantine’s Northern Soul gets a North American premiere.
The world premiere of Catherine Hardwicke’s Miss You Already is among five additions to the galas alongside Mr. Right, an action comedy starring Sam Rockwell and Anna Kendrick.
Matthew Cullen’s Martin Amis adaptation London Fields and David Gordon Green’s Our Brand Is Crisis get first public screenings in the Special Presentations roster with I Saw The Light.
Tiff top brass also unveiled the Contemporary World Cinema section, featuring...
London is the subject of the seventh annual City To City programme that features world premieres of Tom Geens’ Couple In A Hole starring Paul Higgins and Kate Dickie and Michael Caton-Jones’ Urban Hymn with Letitia Wright and Shirley Henderson. Elaine Constantine’s Northern Soul gets a North American premiere.
The world premiere of Catherine Hardwicke’s Miss You Already is among five additions to the galas alongside Mr. Right, an action comedy starring Sam Rockwell and Anna Kendrick.
Matthew Cullen’s Martin Amis adaptation London Fields and David Gordon Green’s Our Brand Is Crisis get first public screenings in the Special Presentations roster with I Saw The Light.
Tiff top brass also unveiled the Contemporary World Cinema section, featuring...
- 8/18/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Tom Geens feature centres on a couple living in a hole in a forest.
Principal photography has wrapped in Midi-Pyrenees for Couple In A Hole, a drama from writer/director Tom Geens and producer Zorana Piggott.
The film will finish shooting at 3 Mills Studios in London over the next five weeks.
The film stars Paul Higgins (Red Road, Utopia), Kate Dickie (Prometheus, Filth), Corinne Masiero and Jerome Kircher and tells the story of a British couple living in a hole in the middle of a vast forest, somwhere in France.
Piggott is producing the film on behalf of 011 Productions/Chicken Factory, in co-production with Belgium’s A Private View and France’s Les Enrages.
The film is being financed by the BFI Film Fund, Flanders Audiovisual Fund and the Region Midi-Pyrenees, in association with Met Film and Blunt Pictures.
Paradiso Filmed Entertainment is distributing the film in Benelux, and Verve Pictures will handle distribution in the UK...
Principal photography has wrapped in Midi-Pyrenees for Couple In A Hole, a drama from writer/director Tom Geens and producer Zorana Piggott.
The film will finish shooting at 3 Mills Studios in London over the next five weeks.
The film stars Paul Higgins (Red Road, Utopia), Kate Dickie (Prometheus, Filth), Corinne Masiero and Jerome Kircher and tells the story of a British couple living in a hole in the middle of a vast forest, somwhere in France.
Piggott is producing the film on behalf of 011 Productions/Chicken Factory, in co-production with Belgium’s A Private View and France’s Les Enrages.
The film is being financed by the BFI Film Fund, Flanders Audiovisual Fund and the Region Midi-Pyrenees, in association with Met Film and Blunt Pictures.
Paradiso Filmed Entertainment is distributing the film in Benelux, and Verve Pictures will handle distribution in the UK...
- 7/1/2014
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Stoner comedy has cast including Sean Power, Billy Boyd, Alice Lowe.
AmStarDam has started shooting in Amsterdam and London’s 3 Mills Studios for Propeller Artists in association with 011 Productions.
The comedy marks the debut feature from the Lennox Brothers.
The cast includes Sean Power, Jonathan Readwin, Eline Powell, Kenneth Collard, Billy Boyd, Eric Lampaert, Alice Lowe and Javone Prince, with a special appearance from Howard Marks.
The “Amsterdam adventure” is about a young man who comes to Amsterdam to find his father; through a magical encounter he finds a way to turn around his father’s struggling marijuana ‘coffee shop’ business.
Zorana Piggott of 011 Productions is producing. Simon Liddell, Tony North and Brian Jamieson of Propeller Artists are Executive Producers.
Piggott said: “The Lennox Brothers have set out to make an edgy and exciting cinema experience, to tell a story with heart which just happens to be set in a place where weed is smoked freely...
AmStarDam has started shooting in Amsterdam and London’s 3 Mills Studios for Propeller Artists in association with 011 Productions.
The comedy marks the debut feature from the Lennox Brothers.
The cast includes Sean Power, Jonathan Readwin, Eline Powell, Kenneth Collard, Billy Boyd, Eric Lampaert, Alice Lowe and Javone Prince, with a special appearance from Howard Marks.
The “Amsterdam adventure” is about a young man who comes to Amsterdam to find his father; through a magical encounter he finds a way to turn around his father’s struggling marijuana ‘coffee shop’ business.
Zorana Piggott of 011 Productions is producing. Simon Liddell, Tony North and Brian Jamieson of Propeller Artists are Executive Producers.
Piggott said: “The Lennox Brothers have set out to make an edgy and exciting cinema experience, to tell a story with heart which just happens to be set in a place where weed is smoked freely...
- 10/4/2013
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Stoner comedy has cast including Sean Power, Billy Boyd, Alice Lowe.
AmStarDam has started shooting in Amsterdam and London’s 3 Mills Studios for Propeller Artists in association with 011 Productions.
The comedy marks the debut feature from the Lennox Brothers.
The cast includes Sean Power, Jonathan Readwin, Eline Powell, Kenneth Collard, Billy Boyd, Eric Lampaert, Alice Lowe and Javone Prince, with a special appearance from Howard Marks.
The “Amsterdam adventure” is about a young man who comes to Amsterdam to find his father; through a magical encounter he finds a way to turn around his father’s struggling marijuana ‘coffee shop’ business.
Zorana Piggott of 011 Productions is producing. Simon Liddell, Tony North and Brian Jamieson of Propeller Artists are Executive Producers.
Piggott said: “The Lennox Brothers have set out to make an edgy and exciting cinema experience, to tell a story with heart which just happens to be set in a place where weed is smoked freely...
AmStarDam has started shooting in Amsterdam and London’s 3 Mills Studios for Propeller Artists in association with 011 Productions.
The comedy marks the debut feature from the Lennox Brothers.
The cast includes Sean Power, Jonathan Readwin, Eline Powell, Kenneth Collard, Billy Boyd, Eric Lampaert, Alice Lowe and Javone Prince, with a special appearance from Howard Marks.
The “Amsterdam adventure” is about a young man who comes to Amsterdam to find his father; through a magical encounter he finds a way to turn around his father’s struggling marijuana ‘coffee shop’ business.
Zorana Piggott of 011 Productions is producing. Simon Liddell, Tony North and Brian Jamieson of Propeller Artists are Executive Producers.
Piggott said: “The Lennox Brothers have set out to make an edgy and exciting cinema experience, to tell a story with heart which just happens to be set in a place where weed is smoked freely...
- 10/4/2013
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
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