Contemporary Chinese Cinema is a column devoted to exploring contemporary Chinese-language cinema primarily as it is revealed to us at North American multiplexes.Animal World2018 has been a remarkably strong year for Chinese language cinema, in terms of films on the international festival and arthouse circuit, retrospectives across the United States, and commercial films exhibited at multiplexes in a handful of North American cities. New movies from Jia Zhangke, Bi Gan (Long Day’s Journey Into Night), Wang Bing (Dead Souls), Hu Bo (An Elephant Sitting Still), Jiang Wen (Hidden Man) and Zhang Yimou (Shadow) electrified festival audiences around the globe, though none have as yet seen commercial release in North America. Rather than focus on these kinds of films, all of which have been covered elsewhere on the Notebook over the course of the year, this column has primarily been devoted to following those Chinese-language films that see small multiplex releases,...
- 12/17/2018
- MUBI
Acorn TV has acquired a pair of Martin Clunes-fronted titles including true crime drama Manhunt.
The Svod service has acquired ITV drama Manhunt, which stars Doc Martin’s Clunes as Detective Colin Sutton, the police officer who tenaciously pursued British serial killer Levi Bellfield.
The series, which is produced by Buffalo Pictures and written by Ed Whitmore (Silent Witness), has been picked up from distributor Drg and Acorn TV has taken exclusive North and South American rights.
The drama is the real life story of how the 2004 murder of French National Amelie Delagrange was eventually linked to the murders of Marsha McDonnell in 2003 and the abduction and murder of Milly Dowler as she travelled home from school in 2002. Sutton dedicated himself to finding Delagrange’s killer. With very little evidence, his painstaking approach and the diligence of his fellow officers gradually led to breakthroughs in the case. Manhunt will...
The Svod service has acquired ITV drama Manhunt, which stars Doc Martin’s Clunes as Detective Colin Sutton, the police officer who tenaciously pursued British serial killer Levi Bellfield.
The series, which is produced by Buffalo Pictures and written by Ed Whitmore (Silent Witness), has been picked up from distributor Drg and Acorn TV has taken exclusive North and South American rights.
The drama is the real life story of how the 2004 murder of French National Amelie Delagrange was eventually linked to the murders of Marsha McDonnell in 2003 and the abduction and murder of Milly Dowler as she travelled home from school in 2002. Sutton dedicated himself to finding Delagrange’s killer. With very little evidence, his painstaking approach and the diligence of his fellow officers gradually led to breakthroughs in the case. Manhunt will...
- 11/27/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
ITV Studios, producer of reality series Love Island and terror drama Bodyguard, continues to perform well for the British commercial broadcaster with revenues up 10% over the first nine months of the year.
The results, which are part of ITV’s Q3 trading statement and run to the end of September 2018, helped total external revenue grow 6%.
It also noted that online viewing on its digital service ITV Hub was up 37% and ITV CEO Carolyn McCall revealed that it would make an update on its Svod plans in February.
McCall also pointed to forthcoming dramas such as Cheat, Cleaning Up, Manhunt and The Widow as well as World on Fire, Noughts and Crosses, Wild Bill, The Bay and Zero Zero Zero and CBS’ remake of Love Island.
Total external revenue was up 6% from £2.14B to £2.23B, while Itvs revenue was up 10% from £1B to £1.1B. Total advertising was up 2% with 43% growth in online advertising,...
The results, which are part of ITV’s Q3 trading statement and run to the end of September 2018, helped total external revenue grow 6%.
It also noted that online viewing on its digital service ITV Hub was up 37% and ITV CEO Carolyn McCall revealed that it would make an update on its Svod plans in February.
McCall also pointed to forthcoming dramas such as Cheat, Cleaning Up, Manhunt and The Widow as well as World on Fire, Noughts and Crosses, Wild Bill, The Bay and Zero Zero Zero and CBS’ remake of Love Island.
Total external revenue was up 6% from £2.14B to £2.23B, while Itvs revenue was up 10% from £1B to £1.1B. Total advertising was up 2% with 43% growth in online advertising,...
- 11/7/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
TrustNordisk has come on board Nini Bull Robsahm’s high-concept psychological thriller “Lake of Death,” an adaptation of André Bjerke’s classic 1942 Norwegian novel “Lake of the Dead.”
“Lake of Death” is produced by Thomas Robsahm and Fredrik Pryser for Canopy Film in association with Pryserfilm with support form the Norwegian Film Institute. Robsahm, who is best-known for directing “Manhunt” and “Amnesia,” is one the few female directors thriving within the crime genre in Scandinavia.
Budgeted at $2.5 million, “Lake of Death” follows a small group of friends who a battle to survive in the middle of the forests and fjords of Norway. The story is based on Norwegian legend thought to be an innocent folklore. “Lake of Death” stars Iben Akerlie, Jacob Andersen Schoyen, Jonathan Harboe and Sohia Lie.
Bjerke’s book was previously adapted as a black-and-white horror feature film in 1958 by Kare Bergstrom.
TrustNordisk will be presenting a...
“Lake of Death” is produced by Thomas Robsahm and Fredrik Pryser for Canopy Film in association with Pryserfilm with support form the Norwegian Film Institute. Robsahm, who is best-known for directing “Manhunt” and “Amnesia,” is one the few female directors thriving within the crime genre in Scandinavia.
Budgeted at $2.5 million, “Lake of Death” follows a small group of friends who a battle to survive in the middle of the forests and fjords of Norway. The story is based on Norwegian legend thought to be an innocent folklore. “Lake of Death” stars Iben Akerlie, Jacob Andersen Schoyen, Jonathan Harboe and Sohia Lie.
Bjerke’s book was previously adapted as a black-and-white horror feature film in 1958 by Kare Bergstrom.
TrustNordisk will be presenting a...
- 10/31/2018
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Each year Variety’s New Leaders feature profiles the most prominent up-and-comers in the entertainment business. To determine this year’s worthies, Variety looked across disciplines, from television, digital, music and film, to law and finance, as well as content creators. They were proposed by their bosses and peers who have worked with them and seen their rise. All are age 40 or under, and Variety has measured them by the progress of their career trajectories: do they take calculated risks? How fast have they risen in their companies? Are they innovative and employ solutions to problems that are creative? As part of the salute to the qualities that keep the town humming, filmmaker/producer Travis Knight, who founded Laika Studios and is finishing up the anticipated “Bumblebee” for Paramount, as well as Variety‘s 10 Assistants to Watch along with the New Leaders will be recognized Oct. 17, at the Jeremy Hotel rooftop in West Hollywood.
- 10/17/2018
- by Variety Staff
- Variety Film + TV
Charter has acquired the dark comedy series “E Is for Edie,” Variety has learned exclusively from sources.
The series begins when a single woman becomes the sole caregiver to her disabled sister. It is inspired by events in the life of series creator Jeanie Bergen, who will also executive produce the series. Kate Robin will serve as showrunner, with Abominable Picture’s Brittany Cope and Jonathan Stern also executive producing.
Bergen’s script for the series earned her one of five coveted spots in Aaron Sorkin’s Master Class on screenwriting. She previously wrote for the go90 series “Zac & Mia” and also worked on Tig Notaro’s Amazon series “One Mississippi.” She is repped by Verve, Mosaic and Gang, Tyre, Ramer & Brown.
Reps for Charter Communications declined Variety’s request for comment.
“E Is for Edie” is Charter’s latest move into the original content space. Under the Spectrum Original Content initiative,...
The series begins when a single woman becomes the sole caregiver to her disabled sister. It is inspired by events in the life of series creator Jeanie Bergen, who will also executive produce the series. Kate Robin will serve as showrunner, with Abominable Picture’s Brittany Cope and Jonathan Stern also executive producing.
Bergen’s script for the series earned her one of five coveted spots in Aaron Sorkin’s Master Class on screenwriting. She previously wrote for the go90 series “Zac & Mia” and also worked on Tig Notaro’s Amazon series “One Mississippi.” She is repped by Verve, Mosaic and Gang, Tyre, Ramer & Brown.
Reps for Charter Communications declined Variety’s request for comment.
“E Is for Edie” is Charter’s latest move into the original content space. Under the Spectrum Original Content initiative,...
- 8/30/2018
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Stars: Graham Verchere, Judah Lewis, Caleb Emery, Cory Gruter-Andrew, Tiera Skovbye, Rich Sommer, Jason Gray-Stanford, Shauna Johannesen | Written by Matt Leslie, Stephen J. Smith | Directed by Francois Simard, Anouk Whissell, Yoann-Karl Whissell
The Turbo Kid directing trio (known collectively as Rkss) return with this ’80s teen adventure homage that taps into the same nostalgic vein as Stranger Things or the recent remake of Stephen King’s It. Affectionately made and superbly acted, it’s shot through with a streak of darkness that delivers genuine chills.
Summer of 84‘s hero is fifteen year old Davey (Graham Verchere), a conspiracy theory obsessive who’s dividing the summer between his paper round and hanging out with his three best friends: chubby, sensitive Woody (Caleb Emery), brainy nerd Faraday (Cory Gruter-Andrew) and would-be tough guy Eats (Judah Lewis). When a serial killer anonymously announces that he’s responsible for over a dozen deaths of young boys in the area,...
The Turbo Kid directing trio (known collectively as Rkss) return with this ’80s teen adventure homage that taps into the same nostalgic vein as Stranger Things or the recent remake of Stephen King’s It. Affectionately made and superbly acted, it’s shot through with a streak of darkness that delivers genuine chills.
Summer of 84‘s hero is fifteen year old Davey (Graham Verchere), a conspiracy theory obsessive who’s dividing the summer between his paper round and hanging out with his three best friends: chubby, sensitive Woody (Caleb Emery), brainy nerd Faraday (Cory Gruter-Andrew) and would-be tough guy Eats (Judah Lewis). When a serial killer anonymously announces that he’s responsible for over a dozen deaths of young boys in the area,...
- 8/29/2018
- by Matthew Turner
- Nerdly
The Hong Kong-based company is best known for The Infernal Affairs trilogy.
Renowned Hong Kong producer John Chong has rejoined Media Asia, the Hong Kong-based company he co-founded and best known for The Infernal Affairs trilogy on which Martin Scorsese’s The Departed was based.
Chong has taken up a new role as special advisor to the chairman Peter Lam since August 1. His responsibilities include greenlighting scripts and investment for production as well as approving the final cut during post production.
He is one of the seven original founders of Media Asia when it was established in 1994. He is also...
Renowned Hong Kong producer John Chong has rejoined Media Asia, the Hong Kong-based company he co-founded and best known for The Infernal Affairs trilogy on which Martin Scorsese’s The Departed was based.
Chong has taken up a new role as special advisor to the chairman Peter Lam since August 1. His responsibilities include greenlighting scripts and investment for production as well as approving the final cut during post production.
He is one of the seven original founders of Media Asia when it was established in 1994. He is also...
- 8/7/2018
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
New York has revoked approval of the 2016 merger between Time Warner Cable and Charter Communications, and has given the company 60 days to remove its Spectrum internet business from the state.
The New York State Public Service Commission has also ordered Charter to sell the former TWC systems it purchased in the state, and says it will bring “an enforcement action in State Supreme Court to seek additional penalties for Charter’s past failures and ongoing noncompliance.”
“Charter, doing business as Spectrum, has — through word and deed — made clear that it has no intention of providing the public benefits upon which the Commission’s earlier approval was conditioned,” the Public Service Commission said in a press release. The Psc said also that Spectrum has “failed to deliver the benefits to New Yorkers that were at the core of the merger approval,” the statement says.
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The New York State Public Service Commission has also ordered Charter to sell the former TWC systems it purchased in the state, and says it will bring “an enforcement action in State Supreme Court to seek additional penalties for Charter’s past failures and ongoing noncompliance.”
“Charter, doing business as Spectrum, has — through word and deed — made clear that it has no intention of providing the public benefits upon which the Commission’s earlier approval was conditioned,” the Public Service Commission said in a press release. The Psc said also that Spectrum has “failed to deliver the benefits to New Yorkers that were at the core of the merger approval,” the statement says.
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- 7/27/2018
- by Ashley Boucher
- The Wrap
“The Assassination of Gianni Versace,” the second season of FX’s “American Crime Story” anthology series, scored 18 Emmy nominations, the most of any limited series this year. Those are spread across 13 categories, which means that if this Ryan Murphy production sweeps all of them it would tie the record currently held by HBO’s “John Adams,” which made history in 2008 by becoming the most awarded limited series of all time and the most awarded program of any genre in a single year.
“Versace” scored a trio of nominations in two categories: Best Movie/Mini Supporting Actor and Best Movie/Mini Picture Editing. It also scored double nominations for Best Movie/Mini Supporting Actress (Penelope Cruz and Judith Light).
The show is nominated once apiece in its other 10 categories. It received bids for Best Limited Series, Best Movie/Mini Directing (Murphy for the episode “The Man Who Would be Vogue”) and...
“Versace” scored a trio of nominations in two categories: Best Movie/Mini Supporting Actor and Best Movie/Mini Picture Editing. It also scored double nominations for Best Movie/Mini Supporting Actress (Penelope Cruz and Judith Light).
The show is nominated once apiece in its other 10 categories. It received bids for Best Limited Series, Best Movie/Mini Directing (Murphy for the episode “The Man Who Would be Vogue”) and...
- 7/25/2018
- by Amanda Spears
- Gold Derby
Is Manhunt getting another season or possibly even more? Deadline reports Charter is nearing a two-season renewal deal for the Discovery TV show.Season one of the anthology drama recounts the true story of the FBI’s pursuit of the Unabomber. The cast includes Sam Worthington, Paul Bettany, Chris Noth, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Jane Lynch, Mark Duplass, Michael Nouri, and Brian d’Arcy James.Read More…...
- 7/18/2018
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Charter Communications is in advanced discussions to pick up the Discovery crime drama “Manhunt,” a person with direct knowledge of the project told TheWrap.
The company is near a deal with Lionsgate for two seasons of the series, with each season planned to feature a different infamous criminal. The potential second season is said to be a dramatized account of the hunt for Eric Rudolph, the Olympic Park Bomber who targeted the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
John Goldwyn and Andrew Sodroski, who served as executive producers on the first season, are set to return should the deal go through. Lionsgate declined to comment. Charter did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment.
Also Read: Unabomber Didn't Watch Discovery's 'Manhunt: Unabomber' But Still Thinks It's 'Mostly Fiction'
“Manhunt: Unabomber,” starring Paul Bettany and Sam Worthington, premiered on Discovery last August. Originally planned as a limited series, the...
The company is near a deal with Lionsgate for two seasons of the series, with each season planned to feature a different infamous criminal. The potential second season is said to be a dramatized account of the hunt for Eric Rudolph, the Olympic Park Bomber who targeted the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
John Goldwyn and Andrew Sodroski, who served as executive producers on the first season, are set to return should the deal go through. Lionsgate declined to comment. Charter did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment.
Also Read: Unabomber Didn't Watch Discovery's 'Manhunt: Unabomber' But Still Thinks It's 'Mostly Fiction'
“Manhunt: Unabomber,” starring Paul Bettany and Sam Worthington, premiered on Discovery last August. Originally planned as a limited series, the...
- 7/17/2018
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Charter Communications continues to ramp up the original scripted series slate for its Spectrum cable systems. I have learned that the company is in advanced negotiations with Lionsgate Television for a two-season order to anthology series Manhunt. I hear the first of the two 10-episode seasons would chronicle the manhunt for domestic terrorist Eric Rudolph, known as the Olympic Park Bomber. It will be shepherded by the core creative team behind Manhunt: Unabomber, led by executive producer John Goldwyn and writer/executive producer Andrew Sodroski. Reps for Charter and Lionsgate declined comment.
Manhunt was originally set at Discovery Channel with its first installment, the 2017 Unabomber, marking the cable network’s first limited scripted series. Manhunt: Unabomber, starring Sam Worthington and Paul Bettany, drew strong reviews, delivered respectable numbers on Discovery and reportedly also did well in its Svod window on Netflix. But in a Discovery Channel programming strategy change...
Manhunt was originally set at Discovery Channel with its first installment, the 2017 Unabomber, marking the cable network’s first limited scripted series. Manhunt: Unabomber, starring Sam Worthington and Paul Bettany, drew strong reviews, delivered respectable numbers on Discovery and reportedly also did well in its Svod window on Netflix. But in a Discovery Channel programming strategy change...
- 7/17/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Charter Communications is embarking on a Manhunt.
The company is in advance talks with Lionsgate on a two-season order for the show, though a deal is not final, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Manhunt, which began life as a limited series on Discovery in 2017, would be an anthology drama detailing law enforcement's search for notorious criminals.
The first season (on Charter) would follow the search for Eric Rudolph, a domestic terrorist responsible for the Centennial Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta during the 1996 Summer Olympics as well as the bombings of two abortion clinics and a lesbian bar in the late ...
The company is in advance talks with Lionsgate on a two-season order for the show, though a deal is not final, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Manhunt, which began life as a limited series on Discovery in 2017, would be an anthology drama detailing law enforcement's search for notorious criminals.
The first season (on Charter) would follow the search for Eric Rudolph, a domestic terrorist responsible for the Centennial Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta during the 1996 Summer Olympics as well as the bombings of two abortion clinics and a lesbian bar in the late ...
- 7/17/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
In “American Crime Story’s” second season, creator Ryan Murphy explored the social significance of the murder of legendary fashion designer Gianni Versace (Édgar Ramírez) by spree-killer Andrew Cunanan (Darren Criss) outside his Miami mansion in 1997. In particular, Murphy contrasts the high and low worlds of Versace and Cunanan in Miami, the difficulty of coming out of the closet in the ’90s, and the culture’s underlying homophobia.
Visually, it was a tour-de-force for production designer Judy Becker (“Feud: Bette and Joan”) and costume designer Lou Eyrich (a three-time Emmy winner for “American Horror Story”). And Miami’s South Beach became the visual epicenter. “It’s about the clash between the high Versace world and the low Cunanan world,” Becker said. “But then within Cunanan’s world there were the contrasts of being taken care of by sugar daddies and being on his own.”
The clothes, too, reflected the difference between Versace,...
Visually, it was a tour-de-force for production designer Judy Becker (“Feud: Bette and Joan”) and costume designer Lou Eyrich (a three-time Emmy winner for “American Horror Story”). And Miami’s South Beach became the visual epicenter. “It’s about the clash between the high Versace world and the low Cunanan world,” Becker said. “But then within Cunanan’s world there were the contrasts of being taken care of by sugar daddies and being on his own.”
The clothes, too, reflected the difference between Versace,...
- 6/21/2018
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
It’s been 21 long years since John Woo made a good movie, and the legendary Hong Kong director appears to be well aware of that fact. “Manhunt,” Woo’s dumb but deliriously fun new film, is nothing if not a very conscious attempt to turn back the clock and revisit the wild kind of pistol opera that he helped to popularize in the late ’80s with classics like “The Killer” and “A Better Tomorrow.”
That being said, nothing about “Manhunt” comes across as safe or lazy. It doesn’t feel like Woo is just going back to the well because he could use a hit. On the contrary — and from the very beginning — his retreat seems like more of an artistic realignment than it does a surrender. This is the work of someone reconnecting with the things that made them fall in love with cinema in the first place. It...
That being said, nothing about “Manhunt” comes across as safe or lazy. It doesn’t feel like Woo is just going back to the well because he could use a hit. On the contrary — and from the very beginning — his retreat seems like more of an artistic realignment than it does a surrender. This is the work of someone reconnecting with the things that made them fall in love with cinema in the first place. It...
- 5/4/2018
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Action maestro John Woo returns to the mold of his classic The Killer with this remake of a classic 1970s Japanese thriller, about an innocent man who sets out to clear his name after his is framed for robbery and rape.
Manhunt is directed by legendary action Chinese filmmaker John Woo, of many films including A Better Tomorrow, The Killer, Bullet in the Head, Hard Boiled, Hard Target, Face/Off and the Philip K. Dick adaptation,...
Manhunt is directed by legendary action Chinese filmmaker John Woo, of many films including A Better Tomorrow, The Killer, Bullet in the Head, Hard Boiled, Hard Target, Face/Off and the Philip K. Dick adaptation,...
- 5/1/2018
- QuietEarth.us
John Woo returns to big, loud action filmmaking with Manhunt, which arrives on Netflix this week. It’s a silly yet entertaining thriller that finds the filmmaker embracing his trademarks and delivering a film overflowing with non-stop action. Watch the Manhunt trailer below. Manhunt! It’s a film with a title that practically demands to be typed-out in all-caps […]
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- 5/1/2018
- by Chris Evangelista
- Slash Film
John Woo has spent much of the past decade making movies back home in Hong Kong—he’s got a new one, Manhunt, that debuted overseas last fall and is due on Netflix in May—but now Deadline reports that the legendary action director has signed a deal to return to Hollywood for a remake of his 1989 bullets-and-doves…
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- 4/30/2018
- by Katie Rife on News, shared by Katie Rife to The A.V. Club
- avclub.com
Action-movie director John Woo has made a new action film called Manhunt and as you'll see in this new Us trailer, it has a very 90s action movie style to it. I've enjoyed the action films that John Woo has made over the years and this one looks pretty crazy.
Action maestro John Woo returns to the mold of his classic The Killer with this remake of a classic 1970s Japanese thriller, about an innocent man who sets out to clear his name after his is framed for robbery and rape.
The movie will be released on Netflix and I'll definitely be checking it out! It's been awhile since we've seen a John Woo film like this, so I'm kinda excited about it. It's just got that pure Woo-style action-movie vibe. The last American movie he made was Paycheck back in 2003.
Manhunt will be released on Netflix on May 4th.
Action maestro John Woo returns to the mold of his classic The Killer with this remake of a classic 1970s Japanese thriller, about an innocent man who sets out to clear his name after his is framed for robbery and rape.
The movie will be released on Netflix and I'll definitely be checking it out! It's been awhile since we've seen a John Woo film like this, so I'm kinda excited about it. It's just got that pure Woo-style action-movie vibe. The last American movie he made was Paycheck back in 2003.
Manhunt will be released on Netflix on May 4th.
- 4/30/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
"The return of the maestro!" Woo is back!! Netflix has debuted a brand new official Us trailer for the release of John Woo's latest action film, titled Manhunt. It'll be available streaming starting this weekend, which is good news for those who want to see this totally crazy movie. Manhunt is about an innocent prosecutor who sets out on a mission to clear his name after being framed for crimes he didn't commit. Zhang Hanyu stars as the prosecutor, and the cast includes Masaharu Fukuyama, Qi Wei, and Ha Ji Won. This is actually a remake of the 1976 Japanese film Kimi yo Fundo no Kawa o Watare. It played at the Venice Film Festival, where I first saw it, and wrote a review about how it couldn't be more of a 90s action film - the kind you'd find on VHS in a video store and watch with friends.
- 4/30/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Update: John Woo’s next film will be a remake of his own actioner The Killer, this time led by none other than Lupita Nyong’o in the assassin role originated by Chow Yun-fat, Deadline reports. Scripted by Eran Creevy, the Universal Pictures production will begin later this year in France and Germany. See the original story below.
While the summer will no doubt be met with disappointments in the action genre, the season will kick off with a new film from a master in the field, John Woo. Although it won’t be available on the big screen, his new thriller Manhunt will arrive worldwide on Netflix at the end of this week, and the company is finally now starting to promote it with the first trailer. Coming from the Hard Boiled and Face/Off director, it finds a lawyer teaming up with a detective after being framed for...
While the summer will no doubt be met with disappointments in the action genre, the season will kick off with a new film from a master in the field, John Woo. Although it won’t be available on the big screen, his new thriller Manhunt will arrive worldwide on Netflix at the end of this week, and the company is finally now starting to promote it with the first trailer. Coming from the Hard Boiled and Face/Off director, it finds a lawyer teaming up with a detective after being framed for...
- 4/30/2018
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Buckle up everyone because John Woo is back making action movies. After more than a decade of making historical epics, Woo is tackling a remake of the iconic 1976 Japanese film, “Manhunt.”
The story follows a Chinese lawyer who, after being framed for robbery, murder, and rape, teams up with a Japanese detective to catch and avenge the real culprits. Woo has described it as going back to his original style.
The story follows a Chinese lawyer who, after being framed for robbery, murder, and rape, teams up with a Japanese detective to catch and avenge the real culprits. Woo has described it as going back to his original style.
- 4/29/2018
- by Erica Bahrenburg
- The Playlist
Spring is in the air, and with it the sweet smell of fresh new Netflix movies. The streaming giant announced a slew of fresh content arriving to the site in May, and there is plenty to keep you entertained as the weather starts to turn. Though we have to wait almost the entire month, the most exciting addition is Disney/Pixar’s “Coco” on May 29. Fo those who missed it in theaters, the Oscar winner for Best Animated Feature will surely find a whole new audience once it’s available to stream.
Keeping up with this year’s Oscar winners, “Shape of Water” director Guillermo del Toro’s “Hellboy II: The Golden Army” arrives next month, as well as Agnès Varda’s Oscar nominated documentary “Faces Places.” Other standouts include intimate gay drama “God’s Own Country,” as well as “Amélie,” “The 40-Year-Old Virgin,” and “Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story.
Keeping up with this year’s Oscar winners, “Shape of Water” director Guillermo del Toro’s “Hellboy II: The Golden Army” arrives next month, as well as Agnès Varda’s Oscar nominated documentary “Faces Places.” Other standouts include intimate gay drama “God’s Own Country,” as well as “Amélie,” “The 40-Year-Old Virgin,” and “Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story.
- 4/24/2018
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
The summer movie season is upon us, which means a seemingly endless pile-up of superheroes, reboots, and sequels will crowd the multiplexes. While a very select few show some promise, we’ve set out to highlight a vast range of titles–40 in total–that will arrive over the next four months, many of which we’ve already given our stamp of approval.
There’s bound to be more late-summer announcements in the coming months, and a number of titles will arrive on VOD day-and-date, so follow us on Twitter for the latest updates. In the meantime, see our top 40 picks for what to watch this summer below, in chronological order, and let us know what you’re looking forward to most in the comments.
Manhunt (John Woo; May 4)
John Woo’s return to the genre that made his career isn’t so much of a comeback as it is watching...
There’s bound to be more late-summer announcements in the coming months, and a number of titles will arrive on VOD day-and-date, so follow us on Twitter for the latest updates. In the meantime, see our top 40 picks for what to watch this summer below, in chronological order, and let us know what you’re looking forward to most in the comments.
Manhunt (John Woo; May 4)
John Woo’s return to the genre that made his career isn’t so much of a comeback as it is watching...
- 4/19/2018
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Exclusive: Elyse Klaits has joined John Goldwyn Productions as VP Television, where she will be tasked with identifying, developing and producing projects for the company that recently inked a first-look deal at Lionsgate TV.
On the TV side, John Goldwyn’s production company is behind Discovery Channel’s anthology series Manhunt and its miniseries Harley & The Davidsons, and previously produced Showtime’s Dexter. Its film credits include Baby Mama, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and the Bob Dylan biopic I’m Not There.
Klaits most recently worked at Michael Bay’s Bay Films, where she worked in development. Before that she was a longtime associate at The Kennedy/Marshall Company and was an assistant to Jane Rosenthal at Tribeca Productions, where as director of production she worked on films including About a Boy and Meet the Parents.
“I am so thrilled to have Elyse at our company,” Goldwyn said.
On the TV side, John Goldwyn’s production company is behind Discovery Channel’s anthology series Manhunt and its miniseries Harley & The Davidsons, and previously produced Showtime’s Dexter. Its film credits include Baby Mama, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and the Bob Dylan biopic I’m Not There.
Klaits most recently worked at Michael Bay’s Bay Films, where she worked in development. Before that she was a longtime associate at The Kennedy/Marshall Company and was an assistant to Jane Rosenthal at Tribeca Productions, where as director of production she worked on films including About a Boy and Meet the Parents.
“I am so thrilled to have Elyse at our company,” Goldwyn said.
- 4/9/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Asian neighbors and frequent rivals Japan and China are expected to sign a film co-production treaty next month.
The news was reported Wednesday by Japan’s Asahi newspaper, citing Foreign Ministry sources.
The treaty would be the first of its kind for Japan, whose film production and distribution industries have seen a lull in growth after pushing back Hollywood in the last decade. China has nearly 20 bilateral film and TV agreements. Its domestic industry is booming, but its film exports have not kept pace.
Final details of the accord have yet to be revealed, though the Asahi report points to films produced under the treaty as acquiring dual nationality. That would allow Chinese-Japanese co-produced films to escape China’s import quotas. Japan has no restrictions on foreign films, though very few Chinese titles have succeeded at the Japanese box office in recent years.
Japan’s “Your Name” earned $83 million at...
The news was reported Wednesday by Japan’s Asahi newspaper, citing Foreign Ministry sources.
The treaty would be the first of its kind for Japan, whose film production and distribution industries have seen a lull in growth after pushing back Hollywood in the last decade. China has nearly 20 bilateral film and TV agreements. Its domestic industry is booming, but its film exports have not kept pace.
Final details of the accord have yet to be revealed, though the Asahi report points to films produced under the treaty as acquiring dual nationality. That would allow Chinese-Japanese co-produced films to escape China’s import quotas. Japan has no restrictions on foreign films, though very few Chinese titles have succeeded at the Japanese box office in recent years.
Japan’s “Your Name” earned $83 million at...
- 4/4/2018
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
“Manhunt”, which is a remake of the Japanese action classic from 1976 of the same name directed by Jun’ya Satô and the adaptation of the novel written by Jukô Nishimura, is the new film directed by the acclaimed action master John Woo, and stars Zhang Hanyu, Masaharu Fukuyama, Jun Kunimura, Tao Okamoto, Ha ji-won, Qi Wei and Angeles Woo among others.
“Manhunt” is the maestro’s return to his definitive style: the gun-fu, the heroic bloodshed. The master hasn’t directed a film of this style since “Mission Impossible 2”, and if you exclude that cool Hollywood mess, it is since “Hard Boiled” that he hasn´t made a Hong Kong action film. Fans of the director and of Hong Kong action cinema have been waiting for years for this moment to come, and it’s finally here.
It is impossible not to have expectations with a new film directed by John Woo,...
“Manhunt” is the maestro’s return to his definitive style: the gun-fu, the heroic bloodshed. The master hasn’t directed a film of this style since “Mission Impossible 2”, and if you exclude that cool Hollywood mess, it is since “Hard Boiled” that he hasn´t made a Hong Kong action film. Fans of the director and of Hong Kong action cinema have been waiting for years for this moment to come, and it’s finally here.
It is impossible not to have expectations with a new film directed by John Woo,...
- 1/26/2018
- by Pedro Morata
- AsianMoviePulse
“The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story” spent much of its second episode dealing with Andrew Cunanan’s time on the run from the law. He arrived in Miami, ostensibly to stalk and kill Gianni Versace, but wound up spending a lot of time in the city before the eventual murder. Cunanan (Darren Criss) is being hunted by the FBI and the Miami police in second episode of “American Crime Story,” “Manhunt.” His first stop in Miami is the Normandy Plaza hotel to rent a room to lie low. In the show, Cunanan strikes up a rapport with Miriam (Peggy...
- 1/25/2018
- by Phil Hornshaw
- The Wrap
Since this series began with the murder of Gianni Versace, it was safe to assume that subsequent episodes would dive deeper into the events leading up to Andrew’s decision to murder the designer.
As much as this is a show about Gianni and the Versace name, it’s also a deeper look into the murderous conman, Andrew Cunanan.
American Crime Story: Versace Season 1 Episode 2 doesn’t necessarily point us toward a motive or give us much insight into why Andrew committed any of the other murders before he landed in Miami, but it further shades in the serial killer and his obsession with Versace.
We start off with the revelation that years before his death, Gianni Versace was very sick. HIV is very much implied but never explicitly stated. And Gianni was very much struggling with what he perceives as his imminent death.
Spending a little more time with brother and sister Versace,...
As much as this is a show about Gianni and the Versace name, it’s also a deeper look into the murderous conman, Andrew Cunanan.
American Crime Story: Versace Season 1 Episode 2 doesn’t necessarily point us toward a motive or give us much insight into why Andrew committed any of the other murders before he landed in Miami, but it further shades in the serial killer and his obsession with Versace.
We start off with the revelation that years before his death, Gianni Versace was very sick. HIV is very much implied but never explicitly stated. And Gianni was very much struggling with what he perceives as his imminent death.
Spending a little more time with brother and sister Versace,...
- 1/25/2018
- by Whitney Evans
- TVfanatic
All of the lead actors for Netflix's The Crown are being replaced with older actors for the upcoming third Season. This next chapter of the story is set in the later years of Queen Elizabeth's life. So far Oliva Colman has replaced Claire Foy as the Queen and Helena Bonham Carter has replaced Vanessa Kirby the older version of the Queen’s sister, Princess Margaret.
Now we are learning that Paul Bettany is now in talks to replace Matt Smith in the role of Prince Philip. Paul Bettany is an amazing actor and I think he would be great in this role. Smith did a fantastic job in the role the first two seasons and it's going to be interesting to see how Bettany ends up playing the character.
I know this series isn't for everyone but I've found it fascinating. I never really knew anything about the history of Queen Elizabeth,...
Now we are learning that Paul Bettany is now in talks to replace Matt Smith in the role of Prince Philip. Paul Bettany is an amazing actor and I think he would be great in this role. Smith did a fantastic job in the role the first two seasons and it's going to be interesting to see how Bettany ends up playing the character.
I know this series isn't for everyone but I've found it fascinating. I never really knew anything about the history of Queen Elizabeth,...
- 1/24/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Wednesday's second episode of FX's The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story, "Manhunt," tells the story of the hunt for Versace's killer, Andrew Cunanan (Darren Criss). But it also shines a light on the loving relationship between the fashion designer (Edgar Ramirez) and his sister, Donatella Versace (Penelope Cruz), the one between Versace and his partner, Antonio D'Amico (Ricky Martin), and the final friendship Cunanan formed before Versace's murder, with an HIV-positive Miami junkie named Ronnie (Max Greenfield of New Girl fame).
While many of the people Cunanan was close with in the ...
While many of the people Cunanan was close with in the ...
- 1/23/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Courtroom drama to be released in Q1, 2018.
Hirokazu Kore-eda’s The Third Murder will be distributed theatrically by China’s new arthouse circuit, the National Alliance of Arthouse Cinemas (Naac), in the first quarter of 2018.
Source: Gaga Corp
The Third Murder
The Japanese courtroom drama, sold by Gaga Corp in Asian territories, is the first Asian title to be selected by the Naac, excluding classic titles that the alliance has been distributing since its launch in 2016.
The release will also mark the first time that Kore-eda, one of Japan’s leading auteurs with credits including Like Father, Like Son and Nobody Knows, has had a film released theatrically in mainland China.
Produced by Fuji Television, Amuse and Gaga, The Third Murder revolves around a lawyer defending a self-confessed murderer who begins to question his own faith in the legal process. The cast is headed by Fukuyama Masaharu, who also starred in John Woo’s recent crime thriller [link=tt...
Hirokazu Kore-eda’s The Third Murder will be distributed theatrically by China’s new arthouse circuit, the National Alliance of Arthouse Cinemas (Naac), in the first quarter of 2018.
Source: Gaga Corp
The Third Murder
The Japanese courtroom drama, sold by Gaga Corp in Asian territories, is the first Asian title to be selected by the Naac, excluding classic titles that the alliance has been distributing since its launch in 2016.
The release will also mark the first time that Kore-eda, one of Japan’s leading auteurs with credits including Like Father, Like Son and Nobody Knows, has had a film released theatrically in mainland China.
Produced by Fuji Television, Amuse and Gaga, The Third Murder revolves around a lawyer defending a self-confessed murderer who begins to question his own faith in the legal process. The cast is headed by Fukuyama Masaharu, who also starred in John Woo’s recent crime thriller [link=tt...
- 1/11/2018
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
It’s been a breakthrough year for Samira Wiley; the explosive talent who first made a splash on “Orange Is the New Black” picked up an Emmy nomination for her sharp performance as Moira in Reed Morano’s “The Handmaid’s Tale.” This fall, Wiley returns to her comedic roots with a Hollywood-set buddy comedy from the director of “Dodgeball,” “Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television.” The Hollywood satire makes fun of its semi-unknown titular star while boasting guest appearances from Kristen Bell, Joe McHale, and Jon Cryer. The eight-episode, half-hour comedy released its first official trailer today, and it’s full of snappy jabs and famous people making fun of themselves.
The series stars Hansen (“Veronica Mars”) as himself, a member of an Lapd task force which partners actors with homicide detectives so they can use their “actor skills” to help solve murders. Wiley plays as his no-nonsense partner,...
The series stars Hansen (“Veronica Mars”) as himself, a member of an Lapd task force which partners actors with homicide detectives so they can use their “actor skills” to help solve murders. Wiley plays as his no-nonsense partner,...
- 9/22/2017
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Jean Rouch may not be a household name, but some of the world’s most revered filmmakers — from Jean-Luc Godard to Werner Herzog — are indebted to him. The French filmmaker pioneered the concept of “ethno-fiction,” fictional films built around the lives of everyday people, and developed the bulk of his filmography out of time spent in Africa. His 1958 feature “Moi, un Noir” follows the daily routine of a trio of Nigerian immigrants off the Ivory Coast who imagine themselves as movie stars, and its blend of jump cuts and amateur performances reportedly inspired Godard’s 1960 debut “Breathless.” Rouch’s documentary “Chronicle of a Summer,” co-directed with Edgar Morin, is considered a foundational achievement of the cinéma vérité movement.
Nevertheless, Rouch has remained a cinephile secret for decades, and in the wake of his death in 2004, much of his work has been unavailable in the U.S. — until now.
On November...
Nevertheless, Rouch has remained a cinephile secret for decades, and in the wake of his death in 2004, much of his work has been unavailable in the U.S. — until now.
On November...
- 9/21/2017
- by Indiewire Staff
- Indiewire
Below you will find our favorite films of the 42nd Toronto International Film Festival, as well as an index of our coverage.Top Picksfernando F. CROCE1. First Reformed (Paul Schrader)2. Zama (Lucrecia Martel)3. Western (Valeska Grisebach)4. Ex Libris (Frederick Wiseman)5. Faces Places (Agnès Varda, Jr)6. Manhunt (John Woo)7. Jeanette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc (Bruno Dumont)8. Brawl in Cell Block 99 (S. Craig Zahler)9. The Day After (Hong Sang-soo)10. Let the Corpses Tan (Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani)Kelley DONG1. Rose Gold (Sarah Cwynar), Strangely Ordinary This Devotion (Dani Restack, Sheilah Wilson Restack)3. Good Luck (Ben Russell)4. Manhunt (John Woo)5. The Third Murder (Hirokazu Kore-eda), Angels Wear White (Vivian Qu)Daniel KASMAN1. Ex Libris (Frederick Wiseman)2. First Reformed (Paul Schrader)3. Zama (Lucrecia Martel)4. Strangely Ordinary This Devotion (Dani Restack, Sheilah Wilson Restack)5. I Love You, Daddy (Louis C.K.)6. Rose Gold (Sarah Cwynar)7. Brawl in Cell Block 99 (S. Craig Zahler)8. below-above (André...
- 9/19/2017
- MUBI
The 61st BFI London Film Festival on Monday unveiled further additions to its lineup, including the latest movies from John Woo and Alex Gibney.
Woo's police thriller Manhunt will screen in the festival's Thrill strand, while its debate strand has added Gibney's No Stone Unturned, a true crime documentary that reopens the case of an unresolved 1994 massacre in Northern Ireland.
The London festival has also added Venice title Nico, 1988, directed by Susanna Nicchiarelli. The biopic of iconic performer Nico won the best film honor in the Venice festival's Orizzonti sidebar.
London festival attendees will also get to see Xavier Legrand's Custody, which...
Woo's police thriller Manhunt will screen in the festival's Thrill strand, while its debate strand has added Gibney's No Stone Unturned, a true crime documentary that reopens the case of an unresolved 1994 massacre in Northern Ireland.
The London festival has also added Venice title Nico, 1988, directed by Susanna Nicchiarelli. The biopic of iconic performer Nico won the best film honor in the Venice festival's Orizzonti sidebar.
London festival attendees will also get to see Xavier Legrand's Custody, which...
- 9/18/2017
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
After working on historical epics for more than a decade, John Woo has returned to the present day with “Manhunt.” The “Hard Boiled,” “Face/Off” and “The Killer” director’s latest just screened in Toronto, where the conspiracy thriller earned favorable reviews. Watch the trailer below.
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Here’s the synopsis, courtesy of Tiff: “Du Qiu (Zhang Hanyu) is a successful international lawyer from China who has long been working for Tenjin, a powerful Japanese pharmaceutical company. On the very night he announces his break with the company — at its lavish 65th-anniversary party — he is assaulted in his home, knocked unconscious, and wakes the next morning with a knife in his hand and a murdered employee of Tenjin in his bed. Pursued by authorities, including a police captain who begins to suspect his innocence (Masaharu Fukuyama), Du...
Read More:‘The Wife’ Review: Glenn Close is Exquisite In This Literary Drama — Tiff
Here’s the synopsis, courtesy of Tiff: “Du Qiu (Zhang Hanyu) is a successful international lawyer from China who has long been working for Tenjin, a powerful Japanese pharmaceutical company. On the very night he announces his break with the company — at its lavish 65th-anniversary party — he is assaulted in his home, knocked unconscious, and wakes the next morning with a knife in his hand and a murdered employee of Tenjin in his bed. Pursued by authorities, including a police captain who begins to suspect his innocence (Masaharu Fukuyama), Du...
- 9/17/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
The Third MurderDear Danny and Fern,By the time you read this I will have already arrived back home, four days before Tiff's end. Attempting to cram everything into a shortened schedule was a struggle for me, but I’m very satisfied with what I’ve seen and those few people that I’ve met. I wish I could've stayed longer, and I hope to be back soon! As a newcomer, I found Tiff to be a welcoming space that merges the many fruits of Toronto-tourism, cinephile gatherings, and late night city walks. And many, many movies! Possibly too many, but better more than less! There were a few rough patches but they were more tied to my inexperience (forgetting to charge my phone, forgetting to check my schedule, forgetting to eat, forgetting to sleep…) than anything. The sheer magnitude of the event made even the easiest tasks feel like...
- 9/16/2017
- MUBI
John Woo is one of the most famous directors in the Hong Kong film industry. Those who know him will know him because of his action movies, which can be distinguished by their Mexican standoffs, their fondness for slow motion sequences, and the sheer chaos that erupts once the characters burst into motion. Suffice to say that Woo has had a fair amount of influence on action movies as a whole, which in turn, means that there is a fair amount of interest in the movies that he chooses to make. What Is John Woo’s Manhunt? The latest such movie
John Woo Returns to Action Roots with “Manhunt”...
John Woo Returns to Action Roots with “Manhunt”...
- 9/15/2017
- by Nat Berman
- TVovermind.com
Dear Kelley and Fern,As you both noted earlier, John Woo’s Manhunt was a thrilling, tongue-in-cheek compendium of the director's best qualities. This kind of masterful self-reflexivity may rub some the wrong way—remember, at the time, the hostility to De Palma’s Femme Fatale and Lynch’s Mulholland Dr. as if they were only Directors' Greatest Hits?—but when done smartly this is no mere masturbation, but a celebration and self-questioning, honed to deft precision, of an artist’s perennial themes.Such is the case with one of the few great feature films I've seen here in Toronto, Paul Schrader’s First Reformed. In remarkable contrast to his last film, the coked-up cartoon Dog Eat Dog, it is is a self-consciously austere drama of a wearied priest (a tremendous, hollowed-out Ethan Hawke) of a minuscule congregation housed in the oldest church in America, one dismissively dubbed the ‘souvenirs shop’ by the newer,...
- 9/15/2017
- MUBI
The Busan International Film Festival returns on the 12th of next month with its 22nd edition, which will kick off with the world premiere of Glass Garden, the latest film from Madonna and Pluto director Shin Su-won. For the first time in the festival's history both the opening and closing selections hail from women filmmakers as director Sylvia Chang (Murmur of the Hearts) will close the event with her latest work Love Education. Darren Aronofsky's mother!, John Woo's Manhunt and Koreeda Hirokazu's The Third Murder are among the hot Gala screenings this year, along with Butterfly Sleep, a new Japan-set melodrama from Jeong Jae-eun (Take Care of My Cat) and Yukisada Isao's Narratage. Other major selections include Ruben Östlund's Palme d'Or winner The Square and Guillermo del...
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- 9/14/2017
- Screen Anarchy
In the end, there are only a limited number of basic plots to draw upon from the Asian police genre. Legendary action director John Woo (Face/Off, Mission: Impossible 2) and his seven screenwriters dispense with all of them in Manhunt, leaving just a string of sophisticated and thrilling set pieces. They may be worth the price of admission for genre fans, who will see in them a return to classic Woo in the spirit of his 1989 The Killer, but this isn’t going to go down in history as his best film.
A pity there’s not more logic and coherency...
A pity there’s not more logic and coherency...
- 9/13/2017
- by Deborah Young
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
John Woo made a career creating operatic, ultra-violent crime films peppered with shoot-outs, stand-offs, morally ambiguous characters, and lots and lots of slow-motion doves. Woo eventually made the leap from Hong Kong cinema to Hollywood and created one of the greatest action movies of all time, Face/Off. But Woo’s Hollywood adventure was never truly able […]
The post ‘Manhunt’ Review: Back to the Basics for John Woo, But Not a Return to Form [Tiff] appeared first on /Film.
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- 9/10/2017
- by Chris Evangelista
- Slash Film
Dear Kelley and Fern,We are all on the same page for John Woo's Manhunt, no doubt—a film that casts my mind back with wry, chuckling nostalgia to first discovering the action maestro's days of glory. Such backward glances have been common to me this week. I must admit, it's been more than a bit hard to be present at Toronto—my heart, mind and soul still feels battered aghast from last week’s devastating, gaping conclusion of David Lynch and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks: The Return. The 25 years that separate that series from the show’s second season are a gulf of time, a void of aging and loss that you feel in every shot—a span, the finale implies, that is ultimately impossible to surmount.This gap was very much in my mind watching Youth, a nostalgic re-envisioning of the Cultural Revolution in the...
- 9/10/2017
- MUBI
Good LuckDear Danny and Fernando, This is my first time at Tiff! It is also my first time stepping foot on Canadian soil. These aren't first steps so much as limps, since I sprained my ankle two weeks ago. The escalators and streetcars have become some of my best friends here, and every time I sit in the theatre I'm filled with relief. An American friend of mine who accompanies me on this trip remarks that nearly everything Tiff-branded is likely state-funded, or invested in by some greater entities with large stakes involved. As you've both noted, this festival is an institution upheld by discrepancies. I certainly felt it when I was on my way back from a certain thriller about ex-pats in Thai cults and noticed a group of Lady Gaga fans in matching t-shirts celebrating the release of her Netflix documentary. But since I'm already exhausted by film festival gossip masked as dialectics,...
- 9/10/2017
- MUBI
Dear Danny and Kelley,What a joy this time of the year to reconnect with old cinephile friends, and to meet new ones. The film festival I’ve been to more times than any other, Tiff seems to grow more personally important with each new visit—as a locus of discovery, an escape from the routine, a sanctuary and a labyrinth, exhausting and intoxicating. Could even a vérité master like Frederick Wiseman capture all its contradictions? The cinema and people I encounter during my ten days here comprise a refuge, a reminder of sublime possibilities in the midst of brutish realities. Art keeps the beast at bay, or so they say. Indeed, the very first film I saw, Alain Gomis’ Félicité, opens with just such a clash. In a roisterous Congolese bar, various squabbles hush up as a woman steps up to the microphone for a fierce, gorgeous song. As...
- 9/9/2017
- MUBI
By Rob Hunter
"The return of the maestro" indeed.
The article Blood and Doves Fly In New Trailer For John Woo’s ‘Manhunt’ appeared first on Film School Rejects.
"The return of the maestro" indeed.
The article Blood and Doves Fly In New Trailer For John Woo’s ‘Manhunt’ appeared first on Film School Rejects.
- 8/31/2017
- by Rob Hunter
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Do you miss the John Woo of old? The one deeply in love with baroquely over the top gun fire wedded to large scale melodrama and softly fluttering doves? It appears John Woo misses the John Woo of old and so he's gone and brought him back for his latest effort, Manhunt. Woo's latest is about to premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival and has released its first teaser in advance of that. And while it appears this is much more a brief sales teaser than a proper trailer there is still loads in there for old fans to get excited about. Such as every John Woo cliche ever, and I say this with great fondness for John Woo cliches. Here's how the festival...
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- 8/30/2017
- Screen Anarchy
If we had a nickel for every time the word whitewashing was mentioned over the course of a filming project, we’d be rich. But nowadays, it’s a very real concern. Slowly but surely, audiences are becoming aware of the industry’s inclination towards white actors, and they’re making their grievances known. The recently-released manga adaptations Ghost in the Shell and Death Note faced this controversy, and even Hellboy — an American comic — isn’t immune to it.
Last week, it was revealed that Deadpool actor Ed Skrein would be playing Major Ben Daimio in the upcoming Hellboy reboot, starring David Harbour as the titular Hellboy. The casting decision was immediately met with controversy, as Ben is a character who is of Japanese descent. This controversy — in my eyes, at least — was understandable, as it was yet another case of the industry casting white for Asian, which is especially...
Last week, it was revealed that Deadpool actor Ed Skrein would be playing Major Ben Daimio in the upcoming Hellboy reboot, starring David Harbour as the titular Hellboy. The casting decision was immediately met with controversy, as Ben is a character who is of Japanese descent. This controversy — in my eyes, at least — was understandable, as it was yet another case of the industry casting white for Asian, which is especially...
- 8/28/2017
- by Joseph Medina
- LRMonline.com
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