If there’s one tenet this country can agree on, it’s that the United States isn’t even close to being the post-racial hearth we’d like to believe it to be. “Little Boxes” explores racism in America via an upscale family who moves from New York City to the Pacific Northwest. The man is black and the woman is white, and their 11-year-old son seems to get confused only after they’ve relocated and quickly get schooled on small-town life. Directed by Rob Meyer from a script by Annie Howell (“Claire in Motion”), “Little Boxes” has good intentions if not the subtlest delivery.
- 4/14/2017
- by Tricia Olszewski
- The Wrap
This year’s award season continues to yield a robust specialized bounty. The Oscar contenders are led by “La La Land” (Lionsgate) and “Hidden Figures” (20th Century Fox). The public, particularly older audiences, are coming out in big numbers for films that launched in limited release.
That doesn’t extend to new limited openings, with nearly all top distributors holding back until the awards noise dies down. Still, a few are venturing out with smaller less heralded films in New York (along with a plethora of Video on Demand releases). This week sees three of note, led by a very surprising total for “World’s Apart” (Cinema Libre), an under-the-radar 2015 Greek economic crisis drama.
Check out our Award Season video interviews.
(All figures for three-day weekend through Sunday January 15.)
Opening
Worlds Apart (Cinema Libre)
$14,000 gross at 1 theater; PTA (per theater average): $14,000
This Greek film, which tells three loosely related...
That doesn’t extend to new limited openings, with nearly all top distributors holding back until the awards noise dies down. Still, a few are venturing out with smaller less heralded films in New York (along with a plethora of Video on Demand releases). This week sees three of note, led by a very surprising total for “World’s Apart” (Cinema Libre), an under-the-radar 2015 Greek economic crisis drama.
Check out our Award Season video interviews.
(All figures for three-day weekend through Sunday January 15.)
Opening
Worlds Apart (Cinema Libre)
$14,000 gross at 1 theater; PTA (per theater average): $14,000
This Greek film, which tells three loosely related...
- 1/15/2017
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
The second feature written and directed by Lisa Robinson and Annie J. Howell (“Small, Beautifully Moving Parts”),”Claire in Motion” has an appealing stillness and intensity. It works as both a quiet, meditative study of grief and a muted examination of identity, but not as a compelling mystery. We first meet the low-key academic Claire (Betsy Brandt, “Breaking Bad”) in the lowest key of positions — lying down, half asleep. She rouses somewhat to bid her husband Paul (Chris Beetem, “Inside Amy Schumer”), a fellow professor at a small Ohio college, goodbye as he heads out on a solo backpacking trip.
- 1/13/2017
- by Claudia Puig
- The Wrap
Dealing with loss is hard but dealing with unexpected loss can be completely traumatizing. When that unexpected loss leaves behind a trail of unexpected secrets... it's enough to drive anyone a little mad. That's the situation Claire finds herself in as the titular character in Claire in Motion.
Claire is a successful mathematics professor with a happy home life. She's married to Paul, an equally successful biology professor who works at the same university. The pair has a well adjusted young son who spends a lot of his free time knitting. For a few years Paul has been training for hikes where he goes into the woods with minimal supplies and survives by living off the land, eating plants and fruit he scavenges but on his second trip, he doesn't return as expected. A few days af [Continued ...]...
Claire is a successful mathematics professor with a happy home life. She's married to Paul, an equally successful biology professor who works at the same university. The pair has a well adjusted young son who spends a lot of his free time knitting. For a few years Paul has been training for hikes where he goes into the woods with minimal supplies and survives by living off the land, eating plants and fruit he scavenges but on his second trip, he doesn't return as expected. A few days af [Continued ...]...
- 1/12/2017
- QuietEarth.us
While the idea of an entire movie about people getting killed for saying its title isn’t the easiest sell, “The Bye Bye Man” rises above those low expectations. The husband and wife team of director Stacy Title and screenwriter Jonathan Penner (“The Last Supper,” “Let The Devil Wear Black”) don’t break any rules, but they still manage to deliver an effective genre effort.
After a suburban husband goes on a rifling killing spree in the Pantone-colored past, we meet modern day Elliott (Douglas Smith) and Sasha (Cressida Bonas) as they sign a lease on a dilapidated brick dwelling big enough to contain their enormous love. It’s a fixer upper, and though they wonder why it’s so affordable, they’re too thrilled by the prospect of playing house to care. They find a stockpile of antique furniture down in the basement, and a few scary basement things happen,...
After a suburban husband goes on a rifling killing spree in the Pantone-colored past, we meet modern day Elliott (Douglas Smith) and Sasha (Cressida Bonas) as they sign a lease on a dilapidated brick dwelling big enough to contain their enormous love. It’s a fixer upper, and though they wonder why it’s so affordable, they’re too thrilled by the prospect of playing house to care. They find a stockpile of antique furniture down in the basement, and a few scary basement things happen,...
- 1/12/2017
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
After co-starring in “Breaking Bad,” actress Betsy Brandt has stayed in the spotlight with a host of TV projects, including a starring role in the CBS sitcom “Life in Pieces,” as well as a new missing person drama “Claire in Motion.” Brandt stars as Claire who hasn’t given up on searching for her missing husband despite her son’s doubts and the police closing their investigation. Soon, Claire discovers troubling secrets about her husband, including a mysterious graduate student with whom he had formed a close bond, and starts to loser her grip on her own identity. The film co-stars Anna Margaret Hollyman (“Sleeping with Other People”), Chris Beetem (“Black Hawk Down”) and Sakina Jaffrey (“Mr. Robot”). Watch an exclusive clip from the film below.
Read More: ‘Claire in Motion’ Review: Betsy Brandt Shines in Twisty Missing Person Drama
The film is written and directed by Annie J. Howell and Lisa Robinson.
Read More: ‘Claire in Motion’ Review: Betsy Brandt Shines in Twisty Missing Person Drama
The film is written and directed by Annie J. Howell and Lisa Robinson.
- 1/11/2017
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
Review by Stephen Tronicek
There’s a lot of expectation going into a film that has a premise like Claire in Motion. Claire’s husband has disappeared after leaving for a survivalist trip out in the woods, and she has been left alone to care for their child. When starting this type of film, one finds expectations to be frustrating. This isn’t to insult. In fact, many of the films that come from this mold crackle with an unmatched sense of energy and passion. The premise here though almost requires a kind of exploitative use of character and story, some horrible thing having happened to the husband, and some wrenching but familiar catharsis that you can get anywhere from any somewhat shamelessly offensive exploitation flick living and dying on the violence and sex at its core. The nice surprise of Claire in Motion is that this is not what...
There’s a lot of expectation going into a film that has a premise like Claire in Motion. Claire’s husband has disappeared after leaving for a survivalist trip out in the woods, and she has been left alone to care for their child. When starting this type of film, one finds expectations to be frustrating. This isn’t to insult. In fact, many of the films that come from this mold crackle with an unmatched sense of energy and passion. The premise here though almost requires a kind of exploitative use of character and story, some horrible thing having happened to the husband, and some wrenching but familiar catharsis that you can get anywhere from any somewhat shamelessly offensive exploitation flick living and dying on the violence and sex at its core. The nice surprise of Claire in Motion is that this is not what...
- 1/11/2017
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The story of a hunky high school senior who discovers an oil-guzzling sea beast (think “Sesame Street” meets the Kraken), and then knots its tentacles around the chassis of his custom jalopy in a perverse attempt to pimp his ride, “Monster Trucks” seems like such an impossibly stupid idea for a movie that it’s easy to forget how it derives from a rather proud history of Hollywood entertainment. After all, there have been any number of studio spectacles about a young boy, or a teenage boy, or — in this case — an obviously grown-ass man doing a hilarious job of pretending to be a teenage boy — whose frustrated small town existence is turned upside down when he befriends a strange and unexpectedly sweet creature that teaches him about growing up or whatever. “Monster Trucks,” however aimless and confused it may be, rolls down a road paved by verified hits like “E.T.,...
- 1/11/2017
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Our resident VOD expert tells you what's new to rent and/or own this week via various Digital HD providers such as cable Movies On Demand, Amazon, iTunes, Vudu, Google Play and, of course, Netflix. Cable Movies On Demand: Same-day-as-disc releases, older titles and pretheatrical Deepwater Horizon (action-drama; Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, Kate Hudson; rated PG-13) Kevin Hart: What Now? (stand-up comedy; Kevin Hart, Halle Berry; rated R) The Birth of a Nation (drama; Nate Parker, Armie Hammer; rated R) The Accountant (drama-thriller; Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick; rated R) Max Steel (sci-fi adventure; Ben Winchell, Maria Bello; rated PG-13) Sold (drama; Gillian Anderson, David Arquette; rated PG-13) Claire in Motion (drama-thriller; Betsy Brandt, Anna Margaret...
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- 1/11/2017
- by Robert B. DeSalvo
- Movies.com
Too heavy-handed and clumsy to land with a real knockout punch, Annie J. Howell and Lisa Robinson’s second feature benefits immensely from the quietly moving work of its lead, Besty Brandt. The former “Breaking Bad” star is the eponymous Claire of Howell and Robinson’s “Claire in Motion,” a film about the messier aspects of grief and loss that shines only when it pulls back from its worrying tendency to hit themes so firmly on the head its a wonder they don’t start bleeding.
“Be careful,” Claire whispers to her husband Paul (Chris Beetem) as he slips out of their home to partake in his apparent favorite past time — a solo survivalist hiking trip into the woods, during which he’ll tote the bare minimum of supplies and only eat what he can find and hunt — an understandable sentiment made all the more crucial by her mention of Paul’s previous dizzy spells.
“Be careful,” Claire whispers to her husband Paul (Chris Beetem) as he slips out of their home to partake in his apparent favorite past time — a solo survivalist hiking trip into the woods, during which he’ll tote the bare minimum of supplies and only eat what he can find and hunt — an understandable sentiment made all the more crucial by her mention of Paul’s previous dizzy spells.
- 1/10/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
People who seemingly have the most fulfilling lives can often times experience the most despair when they discover their existence has been built on a lie. Disillusionment arises when secrets that threaten their pristine presence in both their homes and society can ultimately lead them to question their relationships and sense of identity. What begins […]
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- 1/10/2017
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
"Love" goes awry in Eric England's Get the Girl, a new film hitting theaters in January from Orion Pictures. A poster for the movie was recently released, and we have it to share with readers at the top of today's Highlights, which also includes a poster for Parasites and release details for Claire in Motion.
Get the Girl Poster & Release Details: “In Get The Girl, a wealthy young man is conned into staging a fake kidnapping in order to be a hero and win the affection of a girl he's madly in love with. But when one of the hired kidnappers is accidentally killed during the charade, he's forced to actually save her life while not revealing that it's been a ruse all along.”
Written and directed by Eric England, Get the Girl stars Justin Dobies, Elizabeth Whitson, Noah Segan, Adi Shankar, and Scout Taylor-Compton. Orion Pictures will release...
Get the Girl Poster & Release Details: “In Get The Girl, a wealthy young man is conned into staging a fake kidnapping in order to be a hero and win the affection of a girl he's madly in love with. But when one of the hired kidnappers is accidentally killed during the charade, he's forced to actually save her life while not revealing that it's been a ruse all along.”
Written and directed by Eric England, Get the Girl stars Justin Dobies, Elizabeth Whitson, Noah Segan, Adi Shankar, and Scout Taylor-Compton. Orion Pictures will release...
- 12/29/2016
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Keep up with the always-hopping film festival world with our weekly Film Festival Roundup column. Check out last week’s Roundup right here.
Full Lineup Announcements
– “3-D Auteurs,” a 19-day, 34-film festival spotlighting stereoscopic movies by some of history’s most distinguished directors, will run at Film Forum November 11 – 29. The festival spans 3-D’s earliest days (including some turn-of-the-century films by pioneer Georges Méliès) to the present, and represents virtually every genre, including Westerns, Film Noir, and Science Fiction. Hollywood’s first big 3-D craze (sometimes called 3-D’s “golden era”), intended to offset the threat of television, came in the early 1950s, with such movies as Hitchcock’s “Dial M For Murder,” André De Toth’s “House of Wax” and Jack Arnold’s “Creature From the Black Lagoon” (all included in the series).
Hollywood produced roughly 50 movies in the process from 1952 to 1954, before fizzling out and being overtaken by...
Full Lineup Announcements
– “3-D Auteurs,” a 19-day, 34-film festival spotlighting stereoscopic movies by some of history’s most distinguished directors, will run at Film Forum November 11 – 29. The festival spans 3-D’s earliest days (including some turn-of-the-century films by pioneer Georges Méliès) to the present, and represents virtually every genre, including Westerns, Film Noir, and Science Fiction. Hollywood’s first big 3-D craze (sometimes called 3-D’s “golden era”), intended to offset the threat of television, came in the early 1950s, with such movies as Hitchcock’s “Dial M For Murder,” André De Toth’s “House of Wax” and Jack Arnold’s “Creature From the Black Lagoon” (all included in the series).
Hollywood produced roughly 50 movies in the process from 1952 to 1954, before fizzling out and being overtaken by...
- 10/20/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Keep up with the always-hopping film festival world with our weekly Film Festival Roundup column. Check out last week’s Roundup right here.
Full Lineup Announcements
– The sixth annual Napa Valley Film Festival (Nvff) has announced its complete line-up, Opening Night and Red Carpet screenings, special events and additional honorees for its Celebrity Tributes. Nvff returns in full force with a five-day festival showcasing the year’s best new independent films in 13 unique screening venues in the Wine Country towns of Napa, Yountville, St. Helena and Calistoga, running November 9 – 13.
The Festival will play host to a strong selection of films, including many of this year’s award contenders, like The Weinstein Company’s “Lion,” which will be this year’s Opening Night film, and Open Road Films’ “Bleed for This.” As the perfect bookend to the festival, the independent documentary “Pisco Punch: A Cocktail Comeback Story” will serve as the Closing Night film.
Full Lineup Announcements
– The sixth annual Napa Valley Film Festival (Nvff) has announced its complete line-up, Opening Night and Red Carpet screenings, special events and additional honorees for its Celebrity Tributes. Nvff returns in full force with a five-day festival showcasing the year’s best new independent films in 13 unique screening venues in the Wine Country towns of Napa, Yountville, St. Helena and Calistoga, running November 9 – 13.
The Festival will play host to a strong selection of films, including many of this year’s award contenders, like The Weinstein Company’s “Lion,” which will be this year’s Opening Night film, and Open Road Films’ “Bleed for This.” As the perfect bookend to the festival, the independent documentary “Pisco Punch: A Cocktail Comeback Story” will serve as the Closing Night film.
- 9/29/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
The director and Oscar-winning actress will receive the Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film at this year’s Amd British Academy Britannia Awards presented by Jaguar Land Rover and American Airlines.
The annual BAFTA Los Angeles celebration will take place on October 28 in Beverly Hills.
Foster directed this year’s release Money Monster and recently directed episodes of House Of Cards and Orange Is The New Black. Her last outing as feature director was 2011’s The Beaver starring Mel Gibson.
A24 has updated release information for 20th Century Women starring Annette Bening, Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig, Billy Crudup and Lucas Jade Zumann. The comedic drama will open in limited release on December 25 and expand wide on January 20, 2017. Mike Mills directs in his follow-up to Beginners.Shooting has begun in and around Toronto on psychological thriller The Wanting starring Adam Brody and Amanda Crew. Yam Laranas directs the story in the vein of Rosemary’s [link...
The annual BAFTA Los Angeles celebration will take place on October 28 in Beverly Hills.
Foster directed this year’s release Money Monster and recently directed episodes of House Of Cards and Orange Is The New Black. Her last outing as feature director was 2011’s The Beaver starring Mel Gibson.
A24 has updated release information for 20th Century Women starring Annette Bening, Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig, Billy Crudup and Lucas Jade Zumann. The comedic drama will open in limited release on December 25 and expand wide on January 20, 2017. Mike Mills directs in his follow-up to Beginners.Shooting has begun in and around Toronto on psychological thriller The Wanting starring Adam Brody and Amanda Crew. Yam Laranas directs the story in the vein of Rosemary’s [link...
- 9/26/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Keep up with the wild and wooly world of indie film acquisitions with our weekly Rundown of everything that’s been picked up around the globe. Check out last week’s Rundown here.
– Exclusive: Zeitgeist Films has announced that it has acquired “Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story,” a documentary about two fascinating (and unsung) heroes of 60+ years of Hollywood history. Directed by Daniel Raim and executive produced by Danny DeVito, the film had its premiere in the Cannes Classics section of the Festival.
The film will open in the first quarter of 2017 with a national rollout to follow.
– Open Road Films has acquired all North American rights to the romantic comedy “Home Again,” which will star Reese Witherspoon. The film was written by Hallie Meyers-Shyer and will be directed by Meyers-Shyer in her directorial debut. Nancy Meyers is producing alongside Black Bicycle Entertainment’s Erika Olde, who also financed the film.
– Exclusive: Zeitgeist Films has announced that it has acquired “Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story,” a documentary about two fascinating (and unsung) heroes of 60+ years of Hollywood history. Directed by Daniel Raim and executive produced by Danny DeVito, the film had its premiere in the Cannes Classics section of the Festival.
The film will open in the first quarter of 2017 with a national rollout to follow.
– Open Road Films has acquired all North American rights to the romantic comedy “Home Again,” which will star Reese Witherspoon. The film was written by Hallie Meyers-Shyer and will be directed by Meyers-Shyer in her directorial debut. Nancy Meyers is producing alongside Black Bicycle Entertainment’s Erika Olde, who also financed the film.
- 9/23/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Exclusive: The distributor has moved for North American rights to the SXSW mystery drama by Lisa Robinson and Annie J. Howell.
Claire In Motion premiered at SXSW and stars Betsy Brandt, Chris Beetem, Sakina Jaffrey and Anna Margaret Hollyman.
The film centres on a woman who unravels the mystery of her missing husband and begins to question her own identity in the process.
Breaking Glass CEO Rich Wolff negotiated the deal with Visit Films president Ryan Kampe.
”Claire In Motion is such an incredible cinematic achievement anchored by compelling performances, beautifully atmospheric visuals, and a thrilling script,” said Breaking Glass senior vice-president of distribution and sales.
“Writer-director team Annie Howell and Lisa Robinson are supremely talented, and we are honoured to be working with them.”
Breaking Glass has earmarked a day-and-date theatrical and premium VOD release for early 2017.
Claire In Motion premiered at SXSW and stars Betsy Brandt, Chris Beetem, Sakina Jaffrey and Anna Margaret Hollyman.
The film centres on a woman who unravels the mystery of her missing husband and begins to question her own identity in the process.
Breaking Glass CEO Rich Wolff negotiated the deal with Visit Films president Ryan Kampe.
”Claire In Motion is such an incredible cinematic achievement anchored by compelling performances, beautifully atmospheric visuals, and a thrilling script,” said Breaking Glass senior vice-president of distribution and sales.
“Writer-director team Annie Howell and Lisa Robinson are supremely talented, and we are honoured to be working with them.”
Breaking Glass has earmarked a day-and-date theatrical and premium VOD release for early 2017.
- 9/21/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Betsy Brandt, who is best known for starring on Breaking Bad, now stars in the dramatic thriller Claire in Motion, which premiered at the SXSW film festival earlier this month. Betsy Brandt On ‘Claire In Motion’ In Claire in Motion, Brandt plays the titular character, whose husband disappears under circumstances that reveal themselves to be […]
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- 3/24/2016
- by Chelsea Regan
- Uinterview
Exclusive: Ryan Kampe’s New York-based sales agency is in Austin, Texas, with three new titles for buyers.
Visit Films holds worldwide rights to SXSW premieres Claire In Motion and From Nowhere in addition to global rights excluding Greece and Cyprus to its previously announced title and Rotterdam premiere title Suntan.
From Nowhere is styled as a revealing, intimate drama that follows three teenagers as they prepare to graduate from high school in the Bronx and must confront their past.
Matthew Newton directed the film and Julianne Nicholson stars with Denis O’Hare, J. Mallory McCree, Octavia Chavez-Richmond, and Raquel Castro.
Claire In Motion (pictured) stars Betsy Brandt as the eponymous character who questions all around her as she learns a secret about her missing husband’s past.
Lisa Robinson and Annie J. Howell co-wrote and co-directed the drama and the key cast includes Anna Margaret Hollyman, Zev Haworth, Sakina Jaffrey, and [link=nm...
Visit Films holds worldwide rights to SXSW premieres Claire In Motion and From Nowhere in addition to global rights excluding Greece and Cyprus to its previously announced title and Rotterdam premiere title Suntan.
From Nowhere is styled as a revealing, intimate drama that follows three teenagers as they prepare to graduate from high school in the Bronx and must confront their past.
Matthew Newton directed the film and Julianne Nicholson stars with Denis O’Hare, J. Mallory McCree, Octavia Chavez-Richmond, and Raquel Castro.
Claire In Motion (pictured) stars Betsy Brandt as the eponymous character who questions all around her as she learns a secret about her missing husband’s past.
Lisa Robinson and Annie J. Howell co-wrote and co-directed the drama and the key cast includes Anna Margaret Hollyman, Zev Haworth, Sakina Jaffrey, and [link=nm...
- 3/13/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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