Pj Harvey will embark on her first North American tour in nearly a decade this fall in support of her latest album, last year’s I Inside the Old Year Dying. Tickets go on sale on Friday.
In addition to the tour announcement, the singer is also releasing a video for the LP’s “Seem an I.” The clip opens with scenes of an ominous barn, a tree with a cutting of black hair hanging from it, and an open meadow. Then actress Ruth Wilson (The Affair, Luther) comes speeding through the shot,...
In addition to the tour announcement, the singer is also releasing a video for the LP’s “Seem an I.” The clip opens with scenes of an ominous barn, a tree with a cutting of black hair hanging from it, and an open meadow. Then actress Ruth Wilson (The Affair, Luther) comes speeding through the shot,...
- 2/26/2024
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Actress Ruth Wilson ("Luther") poses for the October 2023 issue of "Tatler" magazine, wearing Marni, Schiaparelli and Jimmy Choo, photographed by Luc Braquet:
The Brit actress is noted for her performance in "Jane Eyre" (2006), as 'Alice Morgan' in the BBC psychological crime drama "Luther",[ as 'Alison Lockhart' in the Showtime drama "The Affair" (2014–2018), and as "Mrs Wilson" (2018).
Since 2019, she has portrayed 'Marisa Coulter' in the BBC/HBO fantasy series "His Dark Materials".
Her film credits include "The Lone Ranger" (2013), "Saving Mr. Banks" (2013), "I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House" (2016), and "Dark River" (2017). She is now starring in the TV series "The Woman In The Wall" (2023).
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The Brit actress is noted for her performance in "Jane Eyre" (2006), as 'Alice Morgan' in the BBC psychological crime drama "Luther",[ as 'Alison Lockhart' in the Showtime drama "The Affair" (2014–2018), and as "Mrs Wilson" (2018).
Since 2019, she has portrayed 'Marisa Coulter' in the BBC/HBO fantasy series "His Dark Materials".
Her film credits include "The Lone Ranger" (2013), "Saving Mr. Banks" (2013), "I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House" (2016), and "Dark River" (2017). She is now starring in the TV series "The Woman In The Wall" (2023).
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- 8/27/2023
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
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Two-time Oscar-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi will head up the competition jury for the 2022 Zurich International Film Festival, judging this year’s winners of the Golden Eye honors. Farhadi will oversee the three-person jury, together with Swiss director Petra Volpe (The Divine Order) and producer Daniel Dreifuss (No, Netflix’s All Quiet on the Western Front), Swedish producer Peter Gustafsson (Border), and British director Clio Barnard (The Arbor, Dark River).
Acclaimed Killer Films’ producer Christine Vachon (Boys Don’t Cry, Far From Heaven, I’m Not There) will head up this year’s jury for Zurich’s Focus Competition sidebar. Swiss documentary director Fred Baillif (The Fam), Austrian filmmaker Katharina Mückstein (L’animale), film editor Maria Fantastica Valmori (Once More Unto the Breach) and Swiss journalist and media executive Roger Schawinski, will join Vachon on the Focus jury.
Romanian filmmaker Alexander Nanau, director of...
Two-time Oscar-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi will head up the competition jury for the 2022 Zurich International Film Festival, judging this year’s winners of the Golden Eye honors. Farhadi will oversee the three-person jury, together with Swiss director Petra Volpe (The Divine Order) and producer Daniel Dreifuss (No, Netflix’s All Quiet on the Western Front), Swedish producer Peter Gustafsson (Border), and British director Clio Barnard (The Arbor, Dark River).
Acclaimed Killer Films’ producer Christine Vachon (Boys Don’t Cry, Far From Heaven, I’m Not There) will head up this year’s jury for Zurich’s Focus Competition sidebar. Swiss documentary director Fred Baillif (The Fam), Austrian filmmaker Katharina Mückstein (L’animale), film editor Maria Fantastica Valmori (Once More Unto the Breach) and Swiss journalist and media executive Roger Schawinski, will join Vachon on the Focus jury.
Romanian filmmaker Alexander Nanau, director of...
- 9/14/2022
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Following The Arbor, The Selfish Giant, and Dark River, British director Clio Barnard’s latest work is once again set in Bradford and this time focuses on a love story. The Cannes and TIFF selection Ali & Ava follows Adeel Akhtar and Claire Rushbrook who play a lonely pair that find unexpected affectation for one another. Ahead of a July 29 release in theaters and Apple TV+ on August 23, the first U.S. trailer has arrived.
Jared Mobarak said in his review, “Romance is thus born when least expected. Writer-director Clio Barnard splits focus as they each wallow in their past, get excited about their present, and work through the awkwardness of contemplating dating post-40. Their rapport is sweet, in large part from Ali’s inability to slow down or stop acting with the enthusiasm of someone half his age jumping around and singing at the top of his lungs and Ava...
Jared Mobarak said in his review, “Romance is thus born when least expected. Writer-director Clio Barnard splits focus as they each wallow in their past, get excited about their present, and work through the awkwardness of contemplating dating post-40. Their rapport is sweet, in large part from Ali’s inability to slow down or stop acting with the enthusiasm of someone half his age jumping around and singing at the top of his lungs and Ava...
- 5/24/2022
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
It’s rough seas ahead for Tom Hiddleston and Claire Danes.
Apple TV+ on Wednesday announced that limited series The Essex Serpent will premiere Friday, May 13, with its first two episodes. Subsequent installments will unspool weekly.
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Based on the bestselling novel by Sarah Perry and set in Victorian England, the six-part drama follows London widow Cora Seaborne (Homeland‘s Danes) “who moves to Essex...
Apple TV+ on Wednesday announced that limited series The Essex Serpent will premiere Friday, May 13, with its first two episodes. Subsequent installments will unspool weekly.
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Based on the bestselling novel by Sarah Perry and set in Victorian England, the six-part drama follows London widow Cora Seaborne (Homeland‘s Danes) “who moves to Essex...
- 3/16/2022
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
Contains spoilers for Pieces of Her episodes one to four
Netflix’s thriller Pieces of Her is based on a novel by the aptly named best selling author Karin Slaughter. Though it’s set in America, the whole of the series was shot in Australia with the majority of filming taking place in 2021, and many of the cast are Antipodeans and Brits as well as Americans.
It’s a twisty tale of a mother who carries out an act of bravery which suddenly exposes her to a world she had long since left behind, and a daughter who discovers she really doesn’t know her mum at all. Pay attention! But in case you’re distracted by the niggling sense of ‘where do a recognise them from?’ we’re here to remind you.
Pieces of Her. Toni Collette as Laura Oliver in episode 105 of Pieces of Her. Cr. Mark Rogers...
Netflix’s thriller Pieces of Her is based on a novel by the aptly named best selling author Karin Slaughter. Though it’s set in America, the whole of the series was shot in Australia with the majority of filming taking place in 2021, and many of the cast are Antipodeans and Brits as well as Americans.
It’s a twisty tale of a mother who carries out an act of bravery which suddenly exposes her to a world she had long since left behind, and a daughter who discovers she really doesn’t know her mum at all. Pay attention! But in case you’re distracted by the niggling sense of ‘where do a recognise them from?’ we’re here to remind you.
Pieces of Her. Toni Collette as Laura Oliver in episode 105 of Pieces of Her. Cr. Mark Rogers...
- 3/6/2022
- by Rosie Fletcher
- Den of Geek
With Ali & Ava, a love story set in multicultural Bradford, British writer-director Clio Barnard stays true to her roots in the North of England, where she shot her three previous features (Dark River, The Selfish Giant and The Arbor). Although not without narrative-driving conflict, Ali & Ava is easily Barnard’s least bleak work, one that closes out on a hopeful high note and features warm, huggable performances from leads Adeel Akhtar and Claire Rushbrook in the respective title roles.
That said, it’s also Barnard’s slightest work, dramatically a bit thin and stuck in a conventional British social realist groove. Barnard has moved closer ...
That said, it’s also Barnard’s slightest work, dramatically a bit thin and stuck in a conventional British social realist groove. Barnard has moved closer ...
- 9/23/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
With Ali & Ava, a love story set in multicultural Bradford, British writer-director Clio Barnard stays true to her roots in the North of England, where she shot her three previous features (Dark River, The Selfish Giant and The Arbor). Although not without narrative-driving conflict, Ali & Ava is easily Barnard’s least bleak work, one that closes out on a hopeful high note and features warm, huggable performances from leads Adeel Akhtar and Claire Rushbrook in the respective title roles.
That said, it’s also Barnard’s slightest work, dramatically a bit thin and stuck in a conventional British social realist groove. Barnard has moved closer ...
That said, it’s also Barnard’s slightest work, dramatically a bit thin and stuck in a conventional British social realist groove. Barnard has moved closer ...
- 9/23/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
One of our most-anticipated premieres amongst the Directors’ Fortnight lineup at this year’s Cannes Film Festival is Clio Barnard’s Ali & Ava. Following The Arbor, The Selfish Giant, and Dark River, the British director’s latest work is once again set in Bradford and this time draws inspiration from Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s Fear Eats the Soul. The love story follows Adeel Akhtar and Claire Rushbrook who play a lonely pair that find unexpected affectation for one another.
“It started with the characters of Ali and Ava, and a question,” Barnard told Variety. “What would happen if you took melodrama as a genre and applied it to a social-realist version of Bradford that’s based on real people? It’s an opportunity to think about what it means to be part of a community. There’s a lot of kindness, generosity and support in Bradford and I wanted...
“It started with the characters of Ali and Ava, and a question,” Barnard told Variety. “What would happen if you took melodrama as a genre and applied it to a social-realist version of Bradford that’s based on real people? It’s an opportunity to think about what it means to be part of a community. There’s a lot of kindness, generosity and support in Bradford and I wanted...
- 6/14/2021
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
Celebrated British filmmaker Clio Barnard, a previous Cannes winner for “The Selfish Giant” (2013), is back on the Croisette with Directors’ Fortnight selection “Ali & Ava.”
The film is a love story based on people Barnard got to know through making her previous films. While making “The Arbor,” Barnard met and worked with Bradford actor, DJ and landlord Moey Hassan and later, when making “The Selfish Giant,” she met Rio, a mother and teaching assistant at a Bradford school.
Collaborating with Bradford-based writer Kamal Kaan as script consultant, Barnard started to shape a story influenced by Hassan, Kaan and Rio.
In the film, both lonely for different reasons, Ali and Ava meet through their shared affection for six-year-old Sofia, the child of Ali’s Slovakian tenants, whom Ava teaches. Ali finds comfort in Ava’s warmth and kindness and Ava finds Ali’s complexity and humor irresistible. Over time, sparks fly and...
The film is a love story based on people Barnard got to know through making her previous films. While making “The Arbor,” Barnard met and worked with Bradford actor, DJ and landlord Moey Hassan and later, when making “The Selfish Giant,” she met Rio, a mother and teaching assistant at a Bradford school.
Collaborating with Bradford-based writer Kamal Kaan as script consultant, Barnard started to shape a story influenced by Hassan, Kaan and Rio.
In the film, both lonely for different reasons, Ali and Ava meet through their shared affection for six-year-old Sofia, the child of Ali’s Slovakian tenants, whom Ava teaches. Ali finds comfort in Ava’s warmth and kindness and Ava finds Ali’s complexity and humor irresistible. Over time, sparks fly and...
- 6/10/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Suzanne Mackie, one of the U.K.’s foremost drama executives, has been selected as the 2021 recipient of Variety’s International Achievement in Television Award, to be presented at the MipTV virtual global content market in Cannes in April.
The award recognizes individuals who have demonstrated leadership and innovation in the international television marketplace.
In 2020, Mackie departed “The Crown” producer Left Bank Pictures after 12 years to set up her own independent production company, Orchid Pictures. She remained on “The Crown” as one of the executive producers and is actively involved in seasons five and six. She is engaged by Netflix on the show through Orchid.
Mackie was an architect of “The Crown’s” success on Netflix, playing a key part in shepherding the Golden Globe-winning show’s first four seasons and working closely with writer Peter Morgan. Last week, “The Crown’s” producing team won the prize for Outstanding Producer...
The award recognizes individuals who have demonstrated leadership and innovation in the international television marketplace.
In 2020, Mackie departed “The Crown” producer Left Bank Pictures after 12 years to set up her own independent production company, Orchid Pictures. She remained on “The Crown” as one of the executive producers and is actively involved in seasons five and six. She is engaged by Netflix on the show through Orchid.
Mackie was an architect of “The Crown’s” success on Netflix, playing a key part in shepherding the Golden Globe-winning show’s first four seasons and working closely with writer Peter Morgan. Last week, “The Crown’s” producing team won the prize for Outstanding Producer...
- 3/30/2021
- by Variety Staff
- Variety Film + TV
Coming off her Emmy-winning starring turn on Homeland, Claire Danes has signed on to headline The Essex Serpent for Apple TV+.
She is replacing Keira Knightley who was originally cast last summer in in the period drama, an adaptation of Sarah Perry’s novel. Knightley, who has two young children, pulled out of the project in October in what was described in the British press as concerns over childcare during the pandemic.
The Essex Serpent follows newly widowed Cora (Danes) who, having being released from an abusive marriage, relocates from Victorian London to the small village of Aldwinter in Essex, intrigued by a local superstition that a mythical creature known as the Essex Serpent has returned to the area.
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The project, from See-Saw Films, the company behind The King’s Speech and Top of the Lake, will be directed by Dark River and The Selfish Giant helmer Clio Barnard.
She is replacing Keira Knightley who was originally cast last summer in in the period drama, an adaptation of Sarah Perry’s novel. Knightley, who has two young children, pulled out of the project in October in what was described in the British press as concerns over childcare during the pandemic.
The Essex Serpent follows newly widowed Cora (Danes) who, having being released from an abusive marriage, relocates from Victorian London to the small village of Aldwinter in Essex, intrigued by a local superstition that a mythical creature known as the Essex Serpent has returned to the area.
Profile Books
The project, from See-Saw Films, the company behind The King’s Speech and Top of the Lake, will be directed by Dark River and The Selfish Giant helmer Clio Barnard.
- 2/10/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Ali & Ava
British director Clio Barnard re-teams with her long-time producer Tracy O’Riordan for her fourth feature Ali & Ava, a contemporary love story melodrama shot on location in Bradford. Cast in the lead roles are Claire Rushbrook and Adeel Akhtar, with Ole Bratt Birkeland serving as cinematographer. Barnard’s 2010 breakout The Arbor premiered at Tribeca and 2013’s The Selfish Giant received a Cannes berth in the Directors’ Fortnight sidebar in 2013 where it took home the Sacd prize. In 2017, Dark River competed in TIFF’s Platform program.
Gist: Inspired by Fassbinder’s Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, Barnard’s latest focuses on intersections of class race and gender concerning its titular characters.…...
British director Clio Barnard re-teams with her long-time producer Tracy O’Riordan for her fourth feature Ali & Ava, a contemporary love story melodrama shot on location in Bradford. Cast in the lead roles are Claire Rushbrook and Adeel Akhtar, with Ole Bratt Birkeland serving as cinematographer. Barnard’s 2010 breakout The Arbor premiered at Tribeca and 2013’s The Selfish Giant received a Cannes berth in the Directors’ Fortnight sidebar in 2013 where it took home the Sacd prize. In 2017, Dark River competed in TIFF’s Platform program.
Gist: Inspired by Fassbinder’s Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, Barnard’s latest focuses on intersections of class race and gender concerning its titular characters.…...
- 1/3/2021
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Disney's acquisition of Fox also resulted in the Alien and Predator comic book franchises moving from Dark Horse to Marvel, and we now have word that the original Predator comic books will be collected in a new omnibus!
"Just as the Predators make their Marvel debut, fans can experience their original comics legacy in Predator: The Original Years Omnibus Vol. 1. Following the landmark 1987 film, the Predator franchise thrilled comic book readers with various series depicting terrifying encounters with the extraterrestrial hunters and exploring the dark history of their species.
Both Predator aficionados and newcomers will be able enjoy these classic tales in hardcover format this July.
Nowhere is safe when the remorseless alien killers stalk the concrete jungle of New York City, leave a trail of death across the American Southwest and ignite the Cold War by landing in Siberia! Find out if the Predators came to Earth during Vietnam...
"Just as the Predators make their Marvel debut, fans can experience their original comics legacy in Predator: The Original Years Omnibus Vol. 1. Following the landmark 1987 film, the Predator franchise thrilled comic book readers with various series depicting terrifying encounters with the extraterrestrial hunters and exploring the dark history of their species.
Both Predator aficionados and newcomers will be able enjoy these classic tales in hardcover format this July.
Nowhere is safe when the remorseless alien killers stalk the concrete jungle of New York City, leave a trail of death across the American Southwest and ignite the Cold War by landing in Siberia! Find out if the Predators came to Earth during Vietnam...
- 11/10/2020
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Updated: Suzanne Mackie, one of the U.K.’s foremost drama executives, has departed “The Crown” producer Left Bank Pictures after 12 years to set up her own independent production company, Orchid Pictures. Variety understands from sources that the producer has also struck an exclusive deal with Netflix.
Mackie has been a key architect of “The Crown’s” success on Netflix from the very beginning, playing a key part in shepherding the Golden Globe-winning show’s first four seasons and working closely with writer Peter Morgan. She will continue as an executive producer on the show for its forthcoming seasons 5 and 6.
Based in London, Mackie’s Orchid Pictures will work across television and film, and she will continue working with Netflix through Orchid Pictures. Variety understands Mackie will be developing projects for the streamer on what’s believed to be an exclusive basis. Sources tell Variety that the streaming giant, which...
Mackie has been a key architect of “The Crown’s” success on Netflix from the very beginning, playing a key part in shepherding the Golden Globe-winning show’s first four seasons and working closely with writer Peter Morgan. She will continue as an executive producer on the show for its forthcoming seasons 5 and 6.
Based in London, Mackie’s Orchid Pictures will work across television and film, and she will continue working with Netflix through Orchid Pictures. Variety understands Mackie will be developing projects for the streamer on what’s believed to be an exclusive basis. Sources tell Variety that the streaming giant, which...
- 10/26/2020
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Colette and The Imitation Game star Keira Knightley has found her next period drama – an adaptation of Sarah Perry’s novel The Essex Serpent for Apple TV+.
The streamer has ordered the project to series from See-Saw Films, the company behind The King’s Speech and Top of the Lake. It will be directed by Dark River and The Selfish Giant director Clio Barnard and is written by Mrs Wilson writer Anna Symon.
The Essex Serpent follows newly widowed Cora, played by Knightley, who, having being released from an abusive marriage, relocates from Victorian London to the small village of Aldwinter in Essex, intrigued by a local superstition that a mythical creature known as the Essex Serpent has returned to the area.
Set in 1893, the book was published by Serpent’s Tail, an imprint of Profile Books in 2016 and was named Book of the Year by the British Book Awards that year.
The streamer has ordered the project to series from See-Saw Films, the company behind The King’s Speech and Top of the Lake. It will be directed by Dark River and The Selfish Giant director Clio Barnard and is written by Mrs Wilson writer Anna Symon.
The Essex Serpent follows newly widowed Cora, played by Knightley, who, having being released from an abusive marriage, relocates from Victorian London to the small village of Aldwinter in Essex, intrigued by a local superstition that a mythical creature known as the Essex Serpent has returned to the area.
Set in 1893, the book was published by Serpent’s Tail, an imprint of Profile Books in 2016 and was named Book of the Year by the British Book Awards that year.
- 8/24/2020
- by Peter White and Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
The fourth feature by the writer-director is a contemporary love story starring Adeel Akhtar and Claire Rushbrook. Principal photography has wrapped on Ali & Ava, the fourth feature by writer-director Clio Barnard. Shooting recently took place on location in Bradford for the film produced by Barnard's long-term producer Tracy O'Riordan, of Moonspun Films. The movie is financed by BBC Films, the BFI (awarding National Lottery funding) and Screen Yorkshire, with Altitude handling world sales and UK and Irish distribution. Producer O'Riordan says of the film, “It was wonderful to be back in Bradford shooting Clio's fourth feature; it’s a love story based on people we met whilst making our previous films there. Inspired by Fassbinder's Fear Eats the Soul, Ali & Ava is a film about fear and courage, loneliness and belonging, time and love.” Ali...
Principal photography has wrapped on “Ali & Ava,” the fourth feature from writer-director Clio Barnard, starring Adeel Akhtar (“Four Lions”) and Claire Rushbrook (“Secrets & Lies”).
The contemporary British love story follows Ava (Rushbrook), a respected matriarch on a predominantly white Bradford estate masking the scars left by an abusive ex-husband, and Ali (Akhtar), a charismatic son, brother, boss and landlord, still living with his estranged wife but hiding their separation from his family. Both lonely for different reasons, Ava and Ali forge an intimate bond with each other, despite their own fears about intimacy and the expectations of their families and communities.
Pic is produced by Barnard’s long-term producer Tracy O’Riordan of Moonspun Films, with financing from BBC Films, BFI, and Screen Yorkshire. Altitude is handling world sales and U.K. and Irish distribution.
Shooting recently took place on location in Bradford, the setting for Barnard’s previous films.
The contemporary British love story follows Ava (Rushbrook), a respected matriarch on a predominantly white Bradford estate masking the scars left by an abusive ex-husband, and Ali (Akhtar), a charismatic son, brother, boss and landlord, still living with his estranged wife but hiding their separation from his family. Both lonely for different reasons, Ava and Ali forge an intimate bond with each other, despite their own fears about intimacy and the expectations of their families and communities.
Pic is produced by Barnard’s long-term producer Tracy O’Riordan of Moonspun Films, with financing from BBC Films, BFI, and Screen Yorkshire. Altitude is handling world sales and U.K. and Irish distribution.
Shooting recently took place on location in Bradford, the setting for Barnard’s previous films.
- 1/17/2020
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Claire Rushbrook and Adeel Akhtar star in British director’s fourth feature.
The cast and first details of Clio Barnard’s Ali & Ava have finally been revealed, following a wrap on principal photography in the UK.
The fourth feature from the award-winning writer-director will star Adeel Akhtar (Four Lions) and Claire Rushbrook (Secrets & Lies) in a contemporary British love story that explores the intricacies of age, class and race.
It shot for six weeks in various locations around Bradford, in the north of England. A first-look image from the film has also been released, shown above.
Ali & Ava is...
The cast and first details of Clio Barnard’s Ali & Ava have finally been revealed, following a wrap on principal photography in the UK.
The fourth feature from the award-winning writer-director will star Adeel Akhtar (Four Lions) and Claire Rushbrook (Secrets & Lies) in a contemporary British love story that explores the intricacies of age, class and race.
It shot for six weeks in various locations around Bradford, in the north of England. A first-look image from the film has also been released, shown above.
Ali & Ava is...
- 1/17/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
Here’s the first image from Ali & Ava, the next project from Dark River and The Selfish Giant director Clio Barnard.
The film follows Ava (Claire Rushbrook) a respected matriarch on a predominantly white Bradford estate, and Ali (Adeel Akhtar), a charismatic son, brother, boss and landlord, an avid music and book lover and moon watcher. Both lonely for different reasons, Ava and Ali find each other and sparks fly, despite their own fears about intimacy and expectations of their families and communities.
Pic was produced by Barnard’s long-term producer Tracy O’Riordan of Moonspun Films, with finance from BBC Films, BFI and Screen Yorkshire. Shoot took place on location in Bradford.
Altitude is handling world sales and will distribute in the UK and Ireland.
As we wrote in December, the film received the second-highest BFI production award last year with $1.2m.
The film follows Ava (Claire Rushbrook) a respected matriarch on a predominantly white Bradford estate, and Ali (Adeel Akhtar), a charismatic son, brother, boss and landlord, an avid music and book lover and moon watcher. Both lonely for different reasons, Ava and Ali find each other and sparks fly, despite their own fears about intimacy and expectations of their families and communities.
Pic was produced by Barnard’s long-term producer Tracy O’Riordan of Moonspun Films, with finance from BBC Films, BFI and Screen Yorkshire. Shoot took place on location in Bradford.
Altitude is handling world sales and will distribute in the UK and Ireland.
As we wrote in December, the film received the second-highest BFI production award last year with $1.2m.
- 1/17/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
About halfway through “Your Broken Shore,” the first new song by doom-metal firebrands My Dying Bride in five years, the band seems to experience a near breakdown. The only instrument left is Andrew Craighan’s guitar, sounding out like a trumpet until the drums kick back in. The moment is beautiful and a little hopeful but also heartbreaking all at once. It’s the true essence of My Dying Bride, a group that could rightfully claim to be metal’s most sorrowful band.
Judging from “Your Broken Shore,” which comes...
Judging from “Your Broken Shore,” which comes...
- 1/3/2020
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Ammonite, the period romance pic starring Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan from God’s Own Country filmmaker Francis Lee, received the highest individual production award from the British Film Institue’s Film Fund this year.
The pic from The King’s Speech outfit See-Saw Films was awarded $1.74m (£1.3m) in production finance. It tells the story of Mary Anning, an infamous fossil hunter who develops an intense relationship with a young woman after being sent to convalesce by the sea, and was shot on location in West Dorset in spring this year.
The pic was absent from the Sundance list, where Lee’s God’s Own Country debuted to acclaim, likely because it wasn’t ready in time, though it’s expected to pop up at a significant festival this year. Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions, Lionsgate and Transmission have all boarded distribution in key markets.
Second on the list is Ali & Ava,...
The pic from The King’s Speech outfit See-Saw Films was awarded $1.74m (£1.3m) in production finance. It tells the story of Mary Anning, an infamous fossil hunter who develops an intense relationship with a young woman after being sent to convalesce by the sea, and was shot on location in West Dorset in spring this year.
The pic was absent from the Sundance list, where Lee’s God’s Own Country debuted to acclaim, likely because it wasn’t ready in time, though it’s expected to pop up at a significant festival this year. Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions, Lionsgate and Transmission have all boarded distribution in key markets.
Second on the list is Ali & Ava,...
- 12/24/2019
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
The Toronto International Film Festival has announced the fifth edition of its Platform lineup, a director-driven section that aims to showcase original names in international cinema. This year, Platform will screen to 10 feature films, including world premieres from Julie Delpy, Alice Winocour, and Anthony Chen. The section will also host a number of debut films, including Darius Marder’s “Sound of Metal” and David Zonana’s “Workforce.”
Of the 10 features in this year’s selection, 40 percent are directed by women. All but one are world premieres, and they hail from all over the world, including Europe, Latin America, East Asia, and the U.S. Sarah Gavron’s “Rocks,” which follows “a teenager who fears that she and her little brother will be forced apart if anyone finds out they are living alone,” will open the section. The international premiere of Pietro Marcello’s “Martin Eden,” an adaptation of the Jack London...
Of the 10 features in this year’s selection, 40 percent are directed by women. All but one are world premieres, and they hail from all over the world, including Europe, Latin America, East Asia, and the U.S. Sarah Gavron’s “Rocks,” which follows “a teenager who fears that she and her little brother will be forced apart if anyone finds out they are living alone,” will open the section. The international premiere of Pietro Marcello’s “Martin Eden,” an adaptation of the Jack London...
- 8/7/2019
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Pietro Marcello’s Martin Eden to close section.
The world premiere of UK filmmaker Sarah Gavron’s Rocks will open the Toronto International Film festival’s (Tiff) Platform section for strong and distinctive directorial voices.
Closing the programme, now in its fifth year, is the international premiere of Pietro Marcello’s Martin Eden, a historical romance drama based loosely on the 1909 novel by Jack London, which will receives its world premiere at Venice.
The roster of 10 features includes four films by women. In addition to Gavron, they are Julie Delpy with genre-bending tale of maternal grief My Zoe , Alice Winocour with Proxima,...
The world premiere of UK filmmaker Sarah Gavron’s Rocks will open the Toronto International Film festival’s (Tiff) Platform section for strong and distinctive directorial voices.
Closing the programme, now in its fifth year, is the international premiere of Pietro Marcello’s Martin Eden, a historical romance drama based loosely on the 1909 novel by Jack London, which will receives its world premiere at Venice.
The roster of 10 features includes four films by women. In addition to Gavron, they are Julie Delpy with genre-bending tale of maternal grief My Zoe , Alice Winocour with Proxima,...
- 8/7/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Section championing ‘bold directorial visions’ to announce line-up in August.
Director Athina Rachel Tsangari, newly appointed Berlinale artistic director Carlo Chatrian, and film critic Jessica Kiang will serve as the jury for the 2019 Toronto Platform Prize.
The jury will award $20,000 Cad to the best film in the programme, which will present 12 “bold directorial visions” and is named after Jia Zhang-ke’s second feature
“We have been honoured to have had a remarkable list of distinguished filmmakers be a part of Platform ’s jury over the past four years,” said Tiff artistic director and co-head Cameron Bailey. “As we continue to...
Director Athina Rachel Tsangari, newly appointed Berlinale artistic director Carlo Chatrian, and film critic Jessica Kiang will serve as the jury for the 2019 Toronto Platform Prize.
The jury will award $20,000 Cad to the best film in the programme, which will present 12 “bold directorial visions” and is named after Jia Zhang-ke’s second feature
“We have been honoured to have had a remarkable list of distinguished filmmakers be a part of Platform ’s jury over the past four years,” said Tiff artistic director and co-head Cameron Bailey. “As we continue to...
- 5/16/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
As it prepares for the latest iteration of its annual marquee event, the Toronto International Film Festival has announced the jury for its Platform section, one of only three sections in the festival to award honors based on jury votes. The jury includes award-winning filmmaker Athina Rachel Tsangari, newly appointed Berlinale Artistic Director Carlo Chatrian, and Variety International Film Critic Jessica Kiang.
This year’s edition of the festival will mark the fifth time the Platform section has been a part of the fest, as it was first announced in 2015. The section is designed to “champion up to 12 works with high artistic merit that also demonstrate a strong directorial vision.” The three-person jury will pick the winner of the Toronto Platform Prize, which includes an award of $25,000 Cad presented to the Best Film in the lineup.
“We have been honoured to have had a remarkable list of distinguished filmmakers be...
This year’s edition of the festival will mark the fifth time the Platform section has been a part of the fest, as it was first announced in 2015. The section is designed to “champion up to 12 works with high artistic merit that also demonstrate a strong directorial vision.” The three-person jury will pick the winner of the Toronto Platform Prize, which includes an award of $25,000 Cad presented to the Best Film in the lineup.
“We have been honoured to have had a remarkable list of distinguished filmmakers be...
- 5/16/2019
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
The Toronto Film Festival has named Chevalier director Athina Rachel Tsangari, incoming Berlinale artistic director Carlo Chatrian and film critic Jessica Kiang to the jury for the 2019 Platform competition.
The competitive sidebar of up to 12 films spotlights non-Hollywood studio movies in the Toronto lineup. Previous Platform selections include Alex Ross Perry’s Her Smell, Armando Iannucci's Death of Stalin, Clio Barnard’s Dark River, Kamila Andini’s The Seen and Unseen, Natalie Portman's Jackie biopic and Barry Jenkins' Moonlight in 2016.
The Platform competition, set for its fifth year, allows Toronto to move beyond the glitz and glamour of Hollywood stars to ...
The competitive sidebar of up to 12 films spotlights non-Hollywood studio movies in the Toronto lineup. Previous Platform selections include Alex Ross Perry’s Her Smell, Armando Iannucci's Death of Stalin, Clio Barnard’s Dark River, Kamila Andini’s The Seen and Unseen, Natalie Portman's Jackie biopic and Barry Jenkins' Moonlight in 2016.
The Platform competition, set for its fifth year, allows Toronto to move beyond the glitz and glamour of Hollywood stars to ...
- 5/16/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The Toronto Film Festival has named Chevalier director Athina Rachel Tsangari, incoming Berlinale artistic director Carlo Chatrian and film critic Jessica Kiang to the jury for the 2019 Platform competition.
The competitive sidebar of up to 12 films spotlights non-Hollywood studio movies in the Toronto lineup. Previous Platform selections include Alex Ross Perry’s Her Smell, Armando Iannucci's Death of Stalin, Clio Barnard’s Dark River, Kamila Andini’s The Seen and Unseen, Natalie Portman's Jackie biopic and Barry Jenkins' Moonlight in 2016.
The Platform competition, set for its fifth year, allows Toronto to move beyond the glitz and glamour of Hollywood stars to ...
The competitive sidebar of up to 12 films spotlights non-Hollywood studio movies in the Toronto lineup. Previous Platform selections include Alex Ross Perry’s Her Smell, Armando Iannucci's Death of Stalin, Clio Barnard’s Dark River, Kamila Andini’s The Seen and Unseen, Natalie Portman's Jackie biopic and Barry Jenkins' Moonlight in 2016.
The Platform competition, set for its fifth year, allows Toronto to move beyond the glitz and glamour of Hollywood stars to ...
- 5/16/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Esme Creed-Miles never really wanted to be an actor.
But with a breakout performance in Amazon's new prestige spy-thriller Hanna under her belt, that's changed.
Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, the actor, musician and feminist had a lot to say about being on screen, gender, and how the titular teen assassin escapes "internalized male gaze."
Though acting wasn't a career Creed-Miles (Dark River) sought out, it was something she was surrounded by, which gave her an in to the industry: "My parents [Samantha Morton and Charlie Creed-Miles] are both in the business, so I'm very ...
But with a breakout performance in Amazon's new prestige spy-thriller Hanna under her belt, that's changed.
Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, the actor, musician and feminist had a lot to say about being on screen, gender, and how the titular teen assassin escapes "internalized male gaze."
Though acting wasn't a career Creed-Miles (Dark River) sought out, it was something she was surrounded by, which gave her an in to the industry: "My parents [Samantha Morton and Charlie Creed-Miles] are both in the business, so I'm very ...
- 3/29/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
After writing the DVD Obscura column for years at Movies.com, TheWrap’s Film Reviews Editor Alonso Duralde brings it to its new home. In an age where niche and classic movies are harder and harder to find via traditional streaming services, it’s still worth maintaining a collection of physical media that can’t disappear from the internet (or even from your own online library). Each month, Duralde highlights new DVD, Blu-ray and 4K releases in six categories: Indie, Foreign, Documentary, Grindhouse, Classics and TV.
New Indies
Both hilarious and heartbreaking, “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment) may be one of the best films ever made about the plight of the writer — whether it’s the agony of having to be her own publicist or the realization that she’s most valued for her skill at mimicking the voices of other authors, Lee Israel (the...
New Indies
Both hilarious and heartbreaking, “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment) may be one of the best films ever made about the plight of the writer — whether it’s the agony of having to be her own publicist or the realization that she’s most valued for her skill at mimicking the voices of other authors, Lee Israel (the...
- 3/19/2019
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Wme has signed Hanna star Esme Creed-Miles for representation in all areas. Creed-Miles plays the title character in the Amazon series that got a 24-hour sneak peek for subscribers after the bow of its Super Bowl ad Sunday night.
Hanna officially debuts on Amazon in March.
Creed-Miles’ other credits include Clio Barnard’s 2017 feature film Dark River starring Ruth Wilson, and, in 2018, Lisa Mulcahy’s Undercliffe and Bill Buckhurst’s Pond Life.
The actress continues to be represented by Conway van Gelder Grant.
In Hanna, Creed-Miles plays the title character, a girl raised in total seclusion in the remote woods of Eastern Europe trained by her mercenary father Erik Heller (Joel Kinnaman) to fight off those who would hunt her – such as the rogue CIA agents headed by operative Marissa Wiegler (Mireille Enos). When Hanna and her father are separated, the girl embarks on a perilous journey across Europe.
Hanna officially debuts on Amazon in March.
Creed-Miles’ other credits include Clio Barnard’s 2017 feature film Dark River starring Ruth Wilson, and, in 2018, Lisa Mulcahy’s Undercliffe and Bill Buckhurst’s Pond Life.
The actress continues to be represented by Conway van Gelder Grant.
In Hanna, Creed-Miles plays the title character, a girl raised in total seclusion in the remote woods of Eastern Europe trained by her mercenary father Erik Heller (Joel Kinnaman) to fight off those who would hunt her – such as the rogue CIA agents headed by operative Marissa Wiegler (Mireille Enos). When Hanna and her father are separated, the girl embarks on a perilous journey across Europe.
- 2/6/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Film follows a group of teenager girls in London.
Filming is underway on Untitled Girls Film (working title), the latest feature from Suffragette and Brick Lane director Sarah Gavron.
The film follows a lively, multi-cultural group of teenagers from a fictional girls’ state school in London.
Casting director Lucy Pardee and the producing team have put together a group of non-actors to portray the group, and the story have been developed with them.
The narrative follows 15-year-old schoolgirl Olushola Joy Omotoso, a British Nigerian girl known as ’Rox‘ to her friends. Rox’s mother leaves her and her young brother,...
Filming is underway on Untitled Girls Film (working title), the latest feature from Suffragette and Brick Lane director Sarah Gavron.
The film follows a lively, multi-cultural group of teenagers from a fictional girls’ state school in London.
Casting director Lucy Pardee and the producing team have put together a group of non-actors to portray the group, and the story have been developed with them.
The narrative follows 15-year-old schoolgirl Olushola Joy Omotoso, a British Nigerian girl known as ’Rox‘ to her friends. Rox’s mother leaves her and her young brother,...
- 8/6/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Film follows a group of teenager girls in London.
Filming is underway on Untitled Girls Film (working title), the latest feature from Suffragette and Brick Lane director Sarah Gavron.
The film follows a lively, multi-cultural group of teenagers from a fictional girls’ state school in London.
Casting director Lucy Pardee and the producing team have put together a group of non-actors to portray the group, and the story have been developed with them.
The narrative follows 15-year-old schoolgirl Olushola Joy Omotoso, a British Nigerian girl known as ’Rox‘ to her friends. Rox’s mother leaves her and her young brother,...
Filming is underway on Untitled Girls Film (working title), the latest feature from Suffragette and Brick Lane director Sarah Gavron.
The film follows a lively, multi-cultural group of teenagers from a fictional girls’ state school in London.
Casting director Lucy Pardee and the producing team have put together a group of non-actors to portray the group, and the story have been developed with them.
The narrative follows 15-year-old schoolgirl Olushola Joy Omotoso, a British Nigerian girl known as ’Rox‘ to her friends. Rox’s mother leaves her and her young brother,...
- 8/6/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Filmmaker Debra Granik made a splash at the start of this decade with Winter’s Bone and she finally returns to theaters with her Sundance debut Leave No Trace with Ben Foster and Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie. Bleecker Street hopes to replicate the box office success of Granik’s previous feature, which helped catapult the career of Jennifer Lawrence. The company is taking Leave No Trace in a number of cities this weekend. Jessica Chastain stars in A24’s Woman Walks Ahead, based on a true story. The feature was written by Who Wants to Be a Millionaire creator Steven Knight. Neon is heading out with Sundance doc Three Identical Strangers, hoping to tap some of the nonfiction success of fellow documentaries Rbg and Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, both of which also debuted at the festival. And Fip is sending out bio-drama Sanju in 355 North American theaters this weekend,...
- 6/29/2018
- by Brian Brooks
- Deadline Film + TV
International directors Luca Guadagnino, Annemarie Jacir, Ruben Ostland, Nadine Labaki and Lee Chang-Dong also invited.
Rose Garnett, the head of BBC Films, Lizzie Francke, senior development and production executive at the BFI, and Tessa Ross, the former head of Film4 and now an independent producer at House Productions, are among the leading UK figures invited to join AMPAS on Monday June 25.
The Us Academy said this is its most diverse membership drive with a record 928 people invited to join the Academy from 59 countries. The invitation list comprised 49% females and 38% people of colour.
Further international executive invitees included renowned sales people Sharon Harel-Cohen,...
Rose Garnett, the head of BBC Films, Lizzie Francke, senior development and production executive at the BFI, and Tessa Ross, the former head of Film4 and now an independent producer at House Productions, are among the leading UK figures invited to join AMPAS on Monday June 25.
The Us Academy said this is its most diverse membership drive with a record 928 people invited to join the Academy from 59 countries. The invitation list comprised 49% females and 38% people of colour.
Further international executive invitees included renowned sales people Sharon Harel-Cohen,...
- 6/26/2018
- by Louise Tutt
- ScreenDaily
The BBC and Amazon have offered the first glimpse of John Malkovich as Hercule Poirot in the forthcoming adaptation of The ABC Murders. The two broadcasters have also rounded out the cast with filming now underway.
Shirley Henderson (Harry Potter), Kevin McNally (Pirates Of The Caribbean), Gregor Fisher (Love Actually) and Jack Farthing (Poldark) will join Malkovich, Rupert Grint, Tara Fitzgerald and Andrew Buchan in the Mammoth Screen and Agatha Christie Limited production.
A number of guest stars include Karen Westwood (The Alienist), Lizzy McInnerny (The Crown), Anya Chalotra (Wanderlust), Eve Austin (In The Flesh), Christopher Villiers (Hetty Feather), Suzanne Packer (Keeping Faith), Michael Shaeffer (Rogue One), Cyril Nri (Cucumber), Henry Goodman (Genius: Einstein), Tamzin Griffin (A Fantastic Fear Of Everything), Ian Pirie (Sunset Song), Shane Attwooll (Dark River) and Terenia Edwards (Peter Rabbit).
Malkovich says, “I’m honored to have been asked to play Hercule Poirot. It’s a...
Shirley Henderson (Harry Potter), Kevin McNally (Pirates Of The Caribbean), Gregor Fisher (Love Actually) and Jack Farthing (Poldark) will join Malkovich, Rupert Grint, Tara Fitzgerald and Andrew Buchan in the Mammoth Screen and Agatha Christie Limited production.
A number of guest stars include Karen Westwood (The Alienist), Lizzy McInnerny (The Crown), Anya Chalotra (Wanderlust), Eve Austin (In The Flesh), Christopher Villiers (Hetty Feather), Suzanne Packer (Keeping Faith), Michael Shaeffer (Rogue One), Cyril Nri (Cucumber), Henry Goodman (Genius: Einstein), Tamzin Griffin (A Fantastic Fear Of Everything), Ian Pirie (Sunset Song), Shane Attwooll (Dark River) and Terenia Edwards (Peter Rabbit).
Malkovich says, “I’m honored to have been asked to play Hercule Poirot. It’s a...
- 6/21/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
From the writer and director of The Selfish Giant comes Dark River. Following its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival – and its subsequent screenings at the London, Torino, Montclair, and Seattle International Film Festivals – Clio Barnard’s newest film will get domestic distribution from FilmRise Releasing, and we now have the trailer.
After the death of her father, Alice (played by Golden Globe-winner Ruth Wilson) returns home for the first time in fifteen years. Originally planning to reclaim her rightfully owned family farm, she first reconnects with her alienated brother (played by Game of Thrones star Mark Stanley) and is forced to face the implications of their distant relationship. The trailer, showing off the muted cinematography of Adriano Goldman, suggests a layer of mystery and deceit.
Dark River will begin its limited theatrical run in Los Angeles and New York beginning June 29th. If you’re still on the fence about this one,...
After the death of her father, Alice (played by Golden Globe-winner Ruth Wilson) returns home for the first time in fifteen years. Originally planning to reclaim her rightfully owned family farm, she first reconnects with her alienated brother (played by Game of Thrones star Mark Stanley) and is forced to face the implications of their distant relationship. The trailer, showing off the muted cinematography of Adriano Goldman, suggests a layer of mystery and deceit.
Dark River will begin its limited theatrical run in Los Angeles and New York beginning June 29th. If you’re still on the fence about this one,...
- 5/31/2018
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
"How's it ever going to work?! You're scared!" FilmRise has debuted a full Us trailer for the indie drama Dark River, the latest feature from British filmmaker Clio Barnard. The film stars Ruth Wilson as a woman who goes back to her farm in rural England. Following the death of her father, Alice returns to her home village for the first time in 15 years, to claim the tenancy to the family farm she believes is rightfully hers. She ends up in a stressful fight with her brother, played by Mark Stanley. The cast includes Sean Bean, Shane Attwooll, Steve Garti, and Una McNulty. This is a superb trailer that will make you curious to see this, with lovely music and strong performances. It's the same as the UK trailer, but we've added posters below. Here's the new official Us trailer (+ posters) for Clio Barnard's ...
- 5/31/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Codie Entwistle leaves distributor for programming role at Picturehouse.
UK distribution outfit Arrow Films has appointed Cameron Waaler as its theatrical sales manager following the departure of Codie Entwistle, who has taken up a role in the programming team at Picturehouse.
Waaler joins Arrow from creative agency Powster where he served as an account director. Prior to that position, he had spells at Universal, Altitude, Lionsgate UK and Momentum Pictures.
In his new role Cameron will report to marketing director Jon Sadler.
“I am absolutely delighted to be joining Arrow Films,” commented Waaler. “I look forward to helping to continue...
UK distribution outfit Arrow Films has appointed Cameron Waaler as its theatrical sales manager following the departure of Codie Entwistle, who has taken up a role in the programming team at Picturehouse.
Waaler joins Arrow from creative agency Powster where he served as an account director. Prior to that position, he had spells at Universal, Altitude, Lionsgate UK and Momentum Pictures.
In his new role Cameron will report to marketing director Jon Sadler.
“I am absolutely delighted to be joining Arrow Films,” commented Waaler. “I look forward to helping to continue...
- 3/16/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Writer/director Clio Barnard's new mystery thriller "Dark River", stars Sean Bean, Ruth Wilson and Mark Stanley:
"...following the death of her father, 'Alice' (Wilson) returns to her home village for the first time in 15 years, to claim the tenancy to the family farm she believes is rightfully hers..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Dark River"....
"...following the death of her father, 'Alice' (Wilson) returns to her home village for the first time in 15 years, to claim the tenancy to the family farm she believes is rightfully hers..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Dark River"....
- 3/15/2018
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Wiftv’s Kate Kinninmont led the discussion in the snowed-under Scottish city.
Glasgow Film Festival’s industry activity this year may have been largely halted due to the extremely disruptive weather across the UK, but a small group of professionals already in the Scottish city braved the weather to get together for an energetic and insightful Time’s Up-inspired talk.
The discussion, led by Kate Kinninmont, chief executive of Women in Film & Television UK (Wiftv), focused on potential solutions to the seemingly widespread and ingrained culture of sexual misconduct and bullying that is riddling the film industry.
Joining Kinninmont on...
Glasgow Film Festival’s industry activity this year may have been largely halted due to the extremely disruptive weather across the UK, but a small group of professionals already in the Scottish city braved the weather to get together for an energetic and insightful Time’s Up-inspired talk.
The discussion, led by Kate Kinninmont, chief executive of Women in Film & Television UK (Wiftv), focused on potential solutions to the seemingly widespread and ingrained culture of sexual misconduct and bullying that is riddling the film industry.
Joining Kinninmont on...
- 3/2/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Ruth Wilson plays a woman struggling to come to terms with the past following the death of her father
The third film from Clio Barnard (following The Arbor and The Selfish Giant), Dark River sensitively explores the way a traumatic memory can seep through a life in the same way that poisoned groundwater can taint a piece of land. Following the death of her father, Alice (Ruth Wilson, compelling and uncomfortably raw) returns to her family farm for the first time in 15 years. The tenancy, she believes, is hers to claim. But what she finds is a failing business, skittering vermin and a brother who is not about to hand over his home.
Joe (Mark Stanley) has his own troubles: a rage that is released the moment he uncorks the booze, which is most of the time. But for Alice it’s deeper. The ghosts of her past – specifically of...
The third film from Clio Barnard (following The Arbor and The Selfish Giant), Dark River sensitively explores the way a traumatic memory can seep through a life in the same way that poisoned groundwater can taint a piece of land. Following the death of her father, Alice (Ruth Wilson, compelling and uncomfortably raw) returns to her family farm for the first time in 15 years. The tenancy, she believes, is hers to claim. But what she finds is a failing business, skittering vermin and a brother who is not about to hand over his home.
Joe (Mark Stanley) has his own troubles: a rage that is released the moment he uncorks the booze, which is most of the time. But for Alice it’s deeper. The ghosts of her past – specifically of...
- 2/25/2018
- by Wendy Ide
- The Guardian - Film News
Author: Stefan Pape
To celebrate the release of the moving, profound British indie Dark River, we had the pleasure of sitting down with the woman at the helm, writer/director Clio Barnard.
We discussed what it is about the farm setting which is so essential in this instance, and how she went about finding a beauty within what is a dark, harrowing narrative. She also tells us how thrilled she was to have Ruth Wilson on board, and what it was like not working with children following her preceding endeavours where they took a starring role.Finally we asked about her collaboration with Pj Harvey, who provides a wonderful soundtrack to this indelible production.
Watch the full interview below…
Synopsis
Following the death of her father, a woman returns to her home village to claim the family farm she believes is rightfully hers. Dark River is released on February 23rd.
To celebrate the release of the moving, profound British indie Dark River, we had the pleasure of sitting down with the woman at the helm, writer/director Clio Barnard.
We discussed what it is about the farm setting which is so essential in this instance, and how she went about finding a beauty within what is a dark, harrowing narrative. She also tells us how thrilled she was to have Ruth Wilson on board, and what it was like not working with children following her preceding endeavours where they took a starring role.Finally we asked about her collaboration with Pj Harvey, who provides a wonderful soundtrack to this indelible production.
Watch the full interview below…
Synopsis
Following the death of her father, a woman returns to her home village to claim the family farm she believes is rightfully hers. Dark River is released on February 23rd.
- 2/22/2018
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Author: Stefan Pape
There’s a distinct bleakness to Clio Barnard’s Dark River, and yet the talented filmmaker maintains a certain beauty to her storytelling – and when we sat down with the drama’s two lead stars Ruth Wilson and Mark Stanley, they discussed with us what it was like collaborating with her, and how she managed to find that sense of hope amidst this affecting tale.
We asked the duo, who are both at their very best in Dark River, their source of inspiration for their characters – and Wilson explains how she took much of Alice’s traits from a dog. We also discuss the challenges in portraying characters without a great deal of dialogue, and whether, given the harsh nature of this story, they were able to switch off after a day’s shoot.
Given how much the pair bare their soul on screen we asked what...
There’s a distinct bleakness to Clio Barnard’s Dark River, and yet the talented filmmaker maintains a certain beauty to her storytelling – and when we sat down with the drama’s two lead stars Ruth Wilson and Mark Stanley, they discussed with us what it was like collaborating with her, and how she managed to find that sense of hope amidst this affecting tale.
We asked the duo, who are both at their very best in Dark River, their source of inspiration for their characters – and Wilson explains how she took much of Alice’s traits from a dog. We also discuss the challenges in portraying characters without a great deal of dialogue, and whether, given the harsh nature of this story, they were able to switch off after a day’s shoot.
Given how much the pair bare their soul on screen we asked what...
- 2/21/2018
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Peter Rabbit paints an idyllic fairytale of lush green fields while Clio Barnard’s Yorkshire farming drama Dark River gives us the hard truth about rural life
Following God’s Own Country, The Levelling, and The Goob, Clio Barnard’s new Yorkshire farming drama Dark River is the latest in a recent run of British movies giving us the hard truth about modern rural life. Here, the English countryside is a landscape of mud, mess, junk and – above all – hard work. It is a place of hardship, secrets and family conflict, where preparation for the role could involve killing and gutting a rabbit. It is also a place where you’re as likely to hear a Romanian accent as a Yorkshire one.
Related: Ruth Wilson: ‘The industry sells sex… and that’s confusing’...
Following God’s Own Country, The Levelling, and The Goob, Clio Barnard’s new Yorkshire farming drama Dark River is the latest in a recent run of British movies giving us the hard truth about modern rural life. Here, the English countryside is a landscape of mud, mess, junk and – above all – hard work. It is a place of hardship, secrets and family conflict, where preparation for the role could involve killing and gutting a rabbit. It is also a place where you’re as likely to hear a Romanian accent as a Yorkshire one.
Related: Ruth Wilson: ‘The industry sells sex… and that’s confusing’...
- 2/19/2018
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Joseph Baxter Feb 9, 2018
Amazon’s serial adaptation of the 2011 actioner, Hanna, will reunite The Killing stars Joel Kinnaman and Mireille Enos...
Hanna, the stylish 2011 action film which elevated the career of Saoirse Ronan, is set to be adapted as a TV series by Amazon. Interestingly enough, the series will also serve as a reunion platform for two of its announced main players in Joel Kinnaman and Mireille Enos, who co-starred on the 2011-2014 AMC-later-Netflix murder-mystery series, The Killing.
Amazon’s casting of Joel Kinnaman for Hanna represents a bit of a coup, since the actor’s stock is at its highest point, coming off the recent release of (streaming competitor) Netflix’s sci-fi series, Altered Carbon, on which he stars. However, Kinnaman’s onscreen reunion with his former The Killing police partner, Enos, will likely be an acrimonious one, since they will be depicted as mortal enemies, engaging...
Amazon’s serial adaptation of the 2011 actioner, Hanna, will reunite The Killing stars Joel Kinnaman and Mireille Enos...
Hanna, the stylish 2011 action film which elevated the career of Saoirse Ronan, is set to be adapted as a TV series by Amazon. Interestingly enough, the series will also serve as a reunion platform for two of its announced main players in Joel Kinnaman and Mireille Enos, who co-starred on the 2011-2014 AMC-later-Netflix murder-mystery series, The Killing.
Amazon’s casting of Joel Kinnaman for Hanna represents a bit of a coup, since the actor’s stock is at its highest point, coming off the recent release of (streaming competitor) Netflix’s sci-fi series, Altered Carbon, on which he stars. However, Kinnaman’s onscreen reunion with his former The Killing police partner, Enos, will likely be an acrimonious one, since they will be depicted as mortal enemies, engaging...
- 2/8/2018
- Den of Geek
Joseph Baxter Alec Bojalad Feb 14, 2019
Amazon’s serial adaptation of the 2011 actioner, Hanna, will reunite The Killing stars Joel Kinnaman and Mireille Enos.
Hanna, the stylish 2011 action film, which elevated the career of Saoirse Ronan, is set to be adapted as a TV series by Amazon Prime. Interestingly enough, the series will also serve as a reunion platform for two of its announced main players in Joel Kinnaman and Mireille Enos, who co-starred on the 2011-2014 AMC-later-Netflix murder-mystery series, The Killing.
The Hanna TV series will essentially adapt the story of director Joe Wright’s 2011 film, centering on the titular character (Ronan), a teenage girl who spent her entire life detached from civilization, raised to be a ruthlessly efficient fighting machine in rural Finland by her father, Erik (Eric Bana), until they attract the attention of Marissa Wiegler (Cate Blanchett), a relentless C.I.A. agent with a vendetta,...
Amazon’s serial adaptation of the 2011 actioner, Hanna, will reunite The Killing stars Joel Kinnaman and Mireille Enos.
Hanna, the stylish 2011 action film, which elevated the career of Saoirse Ronan, is set to be adapted as a TV series by Amazon Prime. Interestingly enough, the series will also serve as a reunion platform for two of its announced main players in Joel Kinnaman and Mireille Enos, who co-starred on the 2011-2014 AMC-later-Netflix murder-mystery series, The Killing.
The Hanna TV series will essentially adapt the story of director Joe Wright’s 2011 film, centering on the titular character (Ronan), a teenage girl who spent her entire life detached from civilization, raised to be a ruthlessly efficient fighting machine in rural Finland by her father, Erik (Eric Bana), until they attract the attention of Marissa Wiegler (Cate Blanchett), a relentless C.I.A. agent with a vendetta,...
- 2/8/2018
- Den of Geek
Author: Zehra Phelan
After premiering at this year’s Toronto Film Festival, we have an exclusive first look at the poster for Clio Barnard’s Dark River.
Related: Read our review of Dark River from Tiff 2017
Directed by the filmmaker behind The Arbor and The Selfish Giant, Clio Barnard, the film boasts of cast of Golden Globe and two-time Olivier winner Ruth Wilson (The Affair, Saving Mr Banks, The Lone Ranger), Mark Stanley (Mr Turner, Kajaki, Game of Thrones) and award-winning Sean Bean (Lord Of The Rings, The Martian).
Dark River opens in cinemas across UK and Ireland 23rd February 2018.
Dark River Official Synopsis
Following the death of her father, Alice (Ruth Wilson) returns home to Yorkshire for the first time in 15 years, to claim the tenancy of the family farm she believes is rightfully hers. Once there she encounters her older brother Joe (Mark Stanley) a man she barely recognizes,...
After premiering at this year’s Toronto Film Festival, we have an exclusive first look at the poster for Clio Barnard’s Dark River.
Related: Read our review of Dark River from Tiff 2017
Directed by the filmmaker behind The Arbor and The Selfish Giant, Clio Barnard, the film boasts of cast of Golden Globe and two-time Olivier winner Ruth Wilson (The Affair, Saving Mr Banks, The Lone Ranger), Mark Stanley (Mr Turner, Kajaki, Game of Thrones) and award-winning Sean Bean (Lord Of The Rings, The Martian).
Dark River opens in cinemas across UK and Ireland 23rd February 2018.
Dark River Official Synopsis
Following the death of her father, Alice (Ruth Wilson) returns home to Yorkshire for the first time in 15 years, to claim the tenancy of the family farm she believes is rightfully hers. Once there she encounters her older brother Joe (Mark Stanley) a man she barely recognizes,...
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- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? This week […]
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- by Christopher Stipp
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- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
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