Mia Hansen-Løve, the French writer-director whose previous film “Bergman Island” competed at last year’s Cannes, is back at the festival with “One Fine Morning,” a romantic drama headlined by Lea Seydoux. The movie world premiered at Directors’ Fortnight and has earned stellar reviews, with Variety‘s Guy Lodge describing it as a “wistful, wandering character study” and “gently moving reflection on parenting one’s children and parents at once,” which marks Hansen-Løve’s “return to French, and to form.” “One Fine Morning” stars Seydoux as a long-single mother who’s coping with her father’s degenerative illness while embarking on a new, uncertain romance with a charming, yet emotionally unavailable, man (Melvil Poupaud). Hansen-Love spoke to Variety about her experience directing Seydoux in this personal movie, taking on new challenges, her experience at Cannes and what she’s working on next. Les Films du Losange is handling international sales on the movie,...
- 5/21/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
“One Fine Morning” sounds an innocuous title for a grownup relationship drama — destined, perhaps, to be confused on streaming menus with the George Clooney-Michelle Pfeiffer romcom “One Fine Day” — and in a sense, the mellow, melancholic cinema of French writer-director Mia Hansen-Løve is its own kind of comfort viewing. But as with many facets of her filmmaking, there’s a smarter, sadder, more literary undertow to the title’s sunny simplicity. “Un beau matin” in French, it’s lifted from a haunting poem by poetic realist Jacques Prévert, which describes in plain imagery the conflict of facing absence in your life, all while pretending there’s literally nothing there.
Suffice it to say, then, that Hansen-Løve’s latest is not a romantic comedy, except in the interludes when it is. At no cost to its calm, loping pace, “One Fine Morning” is about many things at once, in the way...
Suffice it to say, then, that Hansen-Løve’s latest is not a romantic comedy, except in the interludes when it is. At no cost to its calm, loping pace, “One Fine Morning” is about many things at once, in the way...
- 5/20/2022
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
Patricia Velasquez, Rumer Willis & More Set For Social Impact Film ‘Maya’ From Director Julia Verdin
Exclusive: Patricia Velasquez (The Mummy), Gian Franco Rodriguez (Halston), Rumer Willis (Sorority Row), Billy Budinich (Frank and Penelope) and newcomer Isabella Feliciana will star in the social impact film Maya from director Julia Verdin (Angie: Lost Girls), which has entered production in Los Angeles.
The film written by Verdin looks to raise awareness on key issues including child trafficking, domestic violence, alcoholism and child abuse. It’s inspired by true events and will show how predators use social media to lure vulnerable teens into their lair.
When Maya (Feliciana) is six years old, her father abandons her and her mother Camila. This, of course, has a lasting effect on them both. Camila resorts to seeking comfort in alcohol and an abusive boyfriend, with Maya suffers from feeling unlovable. No longer feeling safe in her own home, Maya searches for comfort outside of her family—finding it in Ray (Budinich), an edgy,...
The film written by Verdin looks to raise awareness on key issues including child trafficking, domestic violence, alcoholism and child abuse. It’s inspired by true events and will show how predators use social media to lure vulnerable teens into their lair.
When Maya (Feliciana) is six years old, her father abandons her and her mother Camila. This, of course, has a lasting effect on them both. Camila resorts to seeking comfort in alcohol and an abusive boyfriend, with Maya suffers from feeling unlovable. No longer feeling safe in her own home, Maya searches for comfort outside of her family—finding it in Ray (Budinich), an edgy,...
- 5/17/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
TollywoodThe film is being directed by 'Mahanati' fame Nag Ashwin.Tnm StaffFile photoLegendary director Singeetam Srinivasa Rao is all set to join the team of Prabhas’s upcoming film with Deepika Padukone. The announcement was officially made by Vyjayanthi Movies on the filmmaker’s birthday. This will be Prabhas's 21st film and Deepika's return to south cinema after her debut in a Kannada film. Making the announcement on Twitter, Vyjayanthi Movies said, “ A long awaited dream finally comes true. We are thrilled to welcome Singeetam Srinivasa Rao Garu to our epic. His creative superpowers will surely be a guiding force for us.” A long awaited dream finally comes true. We are thrilled to welcome #SingeetamSrinivasaRao Garu to our epic. His creative superpowers will surely be a guiding force for us.#Prabhas @deepikapadukone @nagashwin7 @AshwiniDuttCh @VyjayanthiFilms pic.twitter.com/Mxvbs2s7R9 — Vyjayanthi Movies (@VyjayanthiFilms) September 21, 2020 A versatile artist, Singeetam Srinivasa Rao,...
- 9/21/2020
- by Rajeswari
- The News Minute
Reverberations from the 2018 Women’s March in Cannes echoed all the way to the Bell Lightbox this year as the Toronto Intl. Film Festival played host to a social-minded pack of filmmakers transforming the French industry.
Alongside projects from women’s march leaders Céline Sciamma (“Portrait of a Lady on Fire”), Rebecca Zlotowski (“Savages”) and the late Agnès Varda (“Varda by Agnès”), the festival screened works from rising talents Justine Triet (“Sibyl”), Mati Diop (“Atlantics”) and Alice Winocour (“Proxima”) — and the fact that they all hit Toronto at the same time is not some happy accident.
“There’s definitely a new generation of women filmmakers in France, and they are creating a new wave,” says Iris Brey, a Franco-American author and academic. “Even if they’re all very different, and offer different cinematic experiences, they represent an emerging group that has decided to tell their stories from a feminine point of view.
Alongside projects from women’s march leaders Céline Sciamma (“Portrait of a Lady on Fire”), Rebecca Zlotowski (“Savages”) and the late Agnès Varda (“Varda by Agnès”), the festival screened works from rising talents Justine Triet (“Sibyl”), Mati Diop (“Atlantics”) and Alice Winocour (“Proxima”) — and the fact that they all hit Toronto at the same time is not some happy accident.
“There’s definitely a new generation of women filmmakers in France, and they are creating a new wave,” says Iris Brey, a Franco-American author and academic. “Even if they’re all very different, and offer different cinematic experiences, they represent an emerging group that has decided to tell their stories from a feminine point of view.
- 9/25/2019
- by Carole Horst
- Variety Film + TV
Recently we had “Tumbbad“, a formally conventional, yet mesmerizing, demons-infested tale of greed, reviewed here by yours truly. Another brilliant, yet differently dressed, debut comes also from India – “Ghost of the Golden Groves”, penned and helmed by a Bengali duo Aniket Dutta and Roshni Sen, hidden under the pseudonym Harun al-Rashid (after an Arabian Nights character who is always masked). These two titles are not even remotely same kind of cinematic works, but now it is possible to argue that horror scene in India is gaining momentum quickly.
“Ghost of the Golden Groves” comes from Bengal and relies a bit on its tradition regarding the art house cinema dating from the 60’s and Indian New Wave, but it is not the only clue needed for the interpretation of this diptych of strange ghost stories set deep in the backwoods and in the time when civilization started to visit those virgin lands.
“Ghost of the Golden Groves” comes from Bengal and relies a bit on its tradition regarding the art house cinema dating from the 60’s and Indian New Wave, but it is not the only clue needed for the interpretation of this diptych of strange ghost stories set deep in the backwoods and in the time when civilization started to visit those virgin lands.
- 6/29/2019
- by Marko Stojiljković
- AsianMoviePulse
EntertainmentCurrently dubbed Nayan 63, the yet-untitled project went on the floors last week in Chennai.Digital NativeDigital NativeAfter the success of critically-acclaimed political drama Aramm, Nayanthara and producer K Rajesh have reunited for a new project, which was officially announced and launched last week. Last seen playing the lead in horror thriller Maya, Nayanthara has signed yet another horror flick which will be directed by Sarjun, who rose to fame with the controversial short film, Lakshmi. Currently dubbed Nayan 63, the yet-untitled project went on the floors last week in Chennai. In a statement, producer Rajesh said, “It’s more than a happy occasion for me to be doing a film once again with Nayanthara. This joy is not just because of commencement of shoot, but because I witnessed this young team display great energy, attention to detail and focus in filming the scenes.” “As they say, ‘with great power, comes great responsibility’ our second association with Nayanthara is going to be interesting as well as challenging to better ourselves and give a sensational film.” The rest of the cast and crew will be finalised soon. It’s worth mentioning that Rajesh had confirmed recently that a sequel to Aramm is in the offing. In fact, reports even emerged that Aramm 2 will start rolling from September. Gopi Nainar, who directed Aramm, will also direct its sequel which will reportedly feature Nayanthara in the role of a politician. In Aramm, she played a district collector who has to put her abilities to test, to save a young girl from a life and death situation. Nayanthara is currently shooting for Chiranjeevi’s Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy. She also has Ajith’s Viswasam and a yet-untitled project with Sivakarthikeyan in her kitty. Besides, she awaits the release of her film Kolamavu Kokila. (Content provided by Digital Native)...
- 6/17/2018
- by Monalisa
- The News Minute
Two titans of Indian cinema battle it out in Imaikaa Nodigal, the latest film from R. Ajay Gnanamuthu. In the new film, Tamil actress Nayanthara plays a cop chasing down a possible serial killer played by Gangs of Wasseypur director, Anurag Kashyap. While it's probably going to be the presense of Kashyap in front of the camera that grabs headlines outside of Tamil Nadu, Nayanthara is no slouch. The veteran actress is one of a very few women able of opening films solo in Tamil Nadu. Nayanthara recently starred in a pair of horror films - Maya and Dora - that were very well received in Tamil Nadu, and her genre bonafides are definitely solid at this point. Kashyap makes his Kollywood acting debut in...
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- 5/18/2017
- Screen Anarchy
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