Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.
Bisbee ’17 (Robert Greene)
Over the past decade, Robert Greene has carved out a place as one of the most vital American documentarians working today, and with Bisbee ’17, he has produced perhaps his most accomplished work to date. A chronicle of the centennial reenactment of the forced deportation of mining workers that occurred in the eponymous Arizona town, the film emerges as a clear-eyed, blistering look into contemporary political divisions through an entire spectrum of viewpoints, while still possessing some of the most lucid and impressive filmmaking of 2018. – Ryan S.
Where to Stream: Mubi (free for 30 days)
The Evening Hour (Braden King)
Has there been a great feature made about the opioid crisis in America? Director Braden King is determined to answer the...
Bisbee ’17 (Robert Greene)
Over the past decade, Robert Greene has carved out a place as one of the most vital American documentarians working today, and with Bisbee ’17, he has produced perhaps his most accomplished work to date. A chronicle of the centennial reenactment of the forced deportation of mining workers that occurred in the eponymous Arizona town, the film emerges as a clear-eyed, blistering look into contemporary political divisions through an entire spectrum of viewpoints, while still possessing some of the most lucid and impressive filmmaking of 2018. – Ryan S.
Where to Stream: Mubi (free for 30 days)
The Evening Hour (Braden King)
Has there been a great feature made about the opioid crisis in America? Director Braden King is determined to answer the...
- 9/10/2021
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Opening on a mountaintop, The Evening Hour pans slowly across a vast Appalachian landscape, soaking in birdsong and morning light. In the distance, a series of explosions disrupt the surrounding idyll, but only for a moment. As plumes of ash and debris hang in the still mountain air, the shot holds into a static composition, those ominous detonations newly part of the tableau. Braden King’s second feature, his first since 2011’s Here, maintains this painterly sensibility – one of observation over action, meditation over movement – throughout its patient, precise portrait of a Kentucky mining town, its inhabitants, and the […]
The post “A World That’s Fraying at the Edges”: Braden King on The Evening Hour, Appalachia, and Collective Memory first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
The post “A World That’s Fraying at the Edges”: Braden King on The Evening Hour, Appalachia, and Collective Memory first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 8/5/2021
- by Isaac Feldberg
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Opening on a mountaintop, The Evening Hour pans slowly across a vast Appalachian landscape, soaking in birdsong and morning light. In the distance, a series of explosions disrupt the surrounding idyll, but only for a moment. As plumes of ash and debris hang in the still mountain air, the shot holds into a static composition, those ominous detonations newly part of the tableau. Braden King’s second feature, his first since 2011’s Here, maintains this painterly sensibility – one of observation over action, meditation over movement – throughout its patient, precise portrait of a Kentucky mining town, its inhabitants, and the […]
The post “A World That’s Fraying at the Edges”: Braden King on The Evening Hour, Appalachia, and Collective Memory first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
The post “A World That’s Fraying at the Edges”: Braden King on The Evening Hour, Appalachia, and Collective Memory first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 8/5/2021
- by Isaac Feldberg
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Sony Pictures Classics’ sci-fi drama Nine Days starring Winston Duke opens in four theaters in a specialty market buoyed by recent releases like Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain and Pig. New York’s arthouse scene, outpaced by LA of late, is perking up, distributors say (Ailey numbers were super there) and moviegoers are rewarding unique films and strong stories.
(The slow reviving specialty scene is keeping its head down as day-and-date tensions in wide release blockbuster-land explode.)
Nine Days hits NYC and LA today before rolling out nationwide August 6 in 250-275 theaters, said Jason Michael Berman, a producer, and president of Mandalay Pictures — of course depending on how it does. He’s upbeat after 800 people turned out for LA screening this week at The Theatre at the Ace Hotel with EP Spike Jonze introducing the film, written and directed by Edson Oda,...
(The slow reviving specialty scene is keeping its head down as day-and-date tensions in wide release blockbuster-land explode.)
Nine Days hits NYC and LA today before rolling out nationwide August 6 in 250-275 theaters, said Jason Michael Berman, a producer, and president of Mandalay Pictures — of course depending on how it does. He’s upbeat after 800 people turned out for LA screening this week at The Theatre at the Ace Hotel with EP Spike Jonze introducing the film, written and directed by Edson Oda,...
- 7/30/2021
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
The Evening Hour Trailer — Braden King‘s The Evening Hour (2020) movie trailer has been released by Strand Releasing. The Evening Hour stars Philip Ettinger, Stacy Martin, Cosmo Jarvis, Michael Trotter, Kerry Bishé, and Lili Taylor. Crew Elizabeth Palmore wrote the screenplay for The Evening Hour. Boxhead Ensemble, Michael Krassner, and Tim Rutili created the music [...]
Continue reading: The Evening Hour (2020) Movie Trailer: Philip Ettinger has struck a Dangerous Equilibrium between the Infrim, Addicts, & New Rivals...
Continue reading: The Evening Hour (2020) Movie Trailer: Philip Ettinger has struck a Dangerous Equilibrium between the Infrim, Addicts, & New Rivals...
- 7/6/2021
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
A new trailer has arrived for the Sundance film “The Evening Hour” (via The Film Stage), and this new teaser gives us a first real look at the upcoming drama. “The Evening Hour” cast includes Philip Ettinger (known for HBO‘s “I Know This Much is True” and Paul Schrader‘s “First Reformed“), Stacy Martin, Cosmo Jarvis, Kerry Bishé, Lili Taylor, Michael Trotter, Marc Menchaca, Ross Partridge, Frank Hoyt Taylor, and Tess Harper.
Braden King (“Here“) directs from a script penned by Elizabeth Palmore.
Read More: ‘The Evening Hour’: A Compassionate Drug Dealer Tries to Survive in Appalachia [Sundance Review]
The Playlist’s Sundance review written by Joe Blessing called the film “A quietly powerful portrait of a young man forced to make impossible decisions to try to live decently in a landscape torn apart by forces far larger than himself, “The Evening Hour” is both an empathetic and sobering drama.
Braden King (“Here“) directs from a script penned by Elizabeth Palmore.
Read More: ‘The Evening Hour’: A Compassionate Drug Dealer Tries to Survive in Appalachia [Sundance Review]
The Playlist’s Sundance review written by Joe Blessing called the film “A quietly powerful portrait of a young man forced to make impossible decisions to try to live decently in a landscape torn apart by forces far larger than himself, “The Evening Hour” is both an empathetic and sobering drama.
- 7/2/2021
- by Christopher Marc
- The Playlist
"Do you understand what Everett is capable of?" Strand Releasing has unveiled an official US trailer for an indie drama titled The Evening Hour, made by filmmaker Braden King, adapted from Carter Sickels' acclaimed novel. This premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival last year, and it arrives in select US theaters this July. Set in "the autumnal mountains of southern Appalachia," a nursing home aide becomes a small-time drug dealer, reselling his patients' excess painkillers to local addicts to help make ends meet. Starring Philip Ettinger (from First Reformed), with Stacy Martin, Cosmo Jarvis, Michael Trotter, Kerry Bishé, and Lili Taylor. Directed by Braden King, and set to an original score by Michael Krassner, Tim Rutili and Boxhead Ensemble, The Evening Hour presents "an authentic portrait of a rural American landscape in transition - and a moving, lyrical hymn for the complex tangle of hardship and hope wrought by opioid addiction in Appalachia.
- 7/2/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Following his Ben Foster-led drama Here, director Braden King returned to Sundance to premiere his latest work, The Evening Hour. Led by First Reformed star Philip Ettinger, the adaptation of Carter Sickels’ novel by screenwriter Elizabeth Palmore follows a man living in the mountains of southern Appalachia. Along with looking after the older members of the community, he sells their excess painkillers to local addicts to help make ends meet. When an old friend (played by the great Cosmo Jarvis) shows up, things soon turn awry.
Picked up by Strand Releasing following its 2020 Sundance debut, the film is set to arrive on July 30 at NYC’s IFC Center and on August 6 at LA’s Laemmle Theaters, and we’re pleased to debut the exclusive trailer and poster. Dan Mecca said in his Sundance review, “Through Cole do we understand that while the drugs are harmful for this community, they...
Picked up by Strand Releasing following its 2020 Sundance debut, the film is set to arrive on July 30 at NYC’s IFC Center and on August 6 at LA’s Laemmle Theaters, and we’re pleased to debut the exclusive trailer and poster. Dan Mecca said in his Sundance review, “Through Cole do we understand that while the drugs are harmful for this community, they...
- 7/2/2021
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Fabien Westerhoff of Film Constellation handles international sales.
Strand Releasing has acquired all North American rights from Cinetic Media to Braden King’s Sundance 2020 selection The Evening Hour and is eyeing a spring release.
Fabien Westerhoff of Film Constellation handles international sales on the crime drama starring Philip Ettinger as a man in the Appalachians who cares for the elderly and infirm and sells excess painkillers to local addicts to bring in a little extra cash.
His life is upended when an old friend returns with dangerous plans, and his estranged mother comes back into his life. The Evening Hour...
Strand Releasing has acquired all North American rights from Cinetic Media to Braden King’s Sundance 2020 selection The Evening Hour and is eyeing a spring release.
Fabien Westerhoff of Film Constellation handles international sales on the crime drama starring Philip Ettinger as a man in the Appalachians who cares for the elderly and infirm and sells excess painkillers to local addicts to bring in a little extra cash.
His life is upended when an old friend returns with dangerous plans, and his estranged mother comes back into his life. The Evening Hour...
- 12/14/2020
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
London-based production, finance and sales company Film Constellation has come on board Cathy Brady’s debut feature “Wildfire,” which world premieres in the Discovery section at next month’s Toronto Film Festival.
The film centers on sisters Lauren and Kelly, an inseparable pair brought up in a small town by the Irish border. Their lives fell apart with the mysterious death of their mother. Left to pick up the pieces, Lauren is confronted with their dark past when Kelly returns home having been missing for a year. “An intense sisterhood reignited, Kelly’s desire to unearth their history is not welcomed by all, and the town is rife with rumors and malice that threaten to overwhelm them,” according to a statement from Film Constellation.
The film’s press and industry screening at Toronto is on Sept. 14 at 11 A.M. via digital access. The festival world premiere is at 9 P.M.
The film centers on sisters Lauren and Kelly, an inseparable pair brought up in a small town by the Irish border. Their lives fell apart with the mysterious death of their mother. Left to pick up the pieces, Lauren is confronted with their dark past when Kelly returns home having been missing for a year. “An intense sisterhood reignited, Kelly’s desire to unearth their history is not welcomed by all, and the town is rife with rumors and malice that threaten to overwhelm them,” according to a statement from Film Constellation.
The film’s press and industry screening at Toronto is on Sept. 14 at 11 A.M. via digital access. The festival world premiere is at 9 P.M.
- 8/25/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
London-based production, finance and sales company Film Constellation and the global curated streaming service Mubi have partnered to host an exclusive premiere of Werner Herzog’s “Family Romance, LLC” on July 3 in the U.S., featuring an exclusive introduction and interview with Herzog.
In other international territories, the company is collaborating with the local theatrical distributor, including U.K. distributor Modern Films, Artplex in Brazil, PVR in India, I Wonder in Italy, who will participate in the preview event for their local release.
Herzog, who not only directed but also served as writer and cinematographer, will introduce the virtual premiere and conclude with an exclusive 15 minute Q&a.
The special preview will be hosted on Mubi and will be available to stream for free for 24-hours in more than 150 countries, including the U.S. and Canada.
“Family Romance, LLC” is the latest feature from Herzog. Receiving its premiere at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival,...
In other international territories, the company is collaborating with the local theatrical distributor, including U.K. distributor Modern Films, Artplex in Brazil, PVR in India, I Wonder in Italy, who will participate in the preview event for their local release.
Herzog, who not only directed but also served as writer and cinematographer, will introduce the virtual premiere and conclude with an exclusive 15 minute Q&a.
The special preview will be hosted on Mubi and will be available to stream for free for 24-hours in more than 150 countries, including the U.S. and Canada.
“Family Romance, LLC” is the latest feature from Herzog. Receiving its premiere at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival,...
- 6/29/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
In rural Appalachia, Cole (Philip Ettinger), a health aide working at a nursing home, helps make ends meet by selling off excess pills from the townspeople to other local buyers. While Cole doesn’t see himself as perpetuating a culture of addiction, he finds himself in the center of conflict between the town’s drug kingpin when a childhood friend comes back to town and encourages Cole to assert his dominance in the local drug trade. Cinematographer Declan Quinn discusses the inspiration and technique that went into Braden King’s The Evening Hour. Filmmaker: How and why did you wind up being the […]...
- 2/3/2020
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
In rural Appalachia, Cole (Philip Ettinger), a health aide working at a nursing home, helps make ends meet by selling off excess pills from the townspeople to other local buyers. While Cole doesn’t see himself as perpetuating a culture of addiction, he finds himself in the center of conflict between the town’s drug kingpin when a childhood friend comes back to town and encourages Cole to assert his dominance in the local drug trade. Cinematographer Declan Quinn discusses the inspiration and technique that went into Braden King’s The Evening Hour. Filmmaker: How and why did you wind up being the […]...
- 2/3/2020
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Has there been a great feature made about the opioid crisis in America? Director Braden King is determined to answer the question “yes” with The Evening Hour, written by Elizabeth Palmore and based on the novel by Carter Sickels. And while he bites off a bit more than he can chew here, there’s a good deal that resonates.
First Reformed‘s Philip Ettinger stars as Cole, a nursing home aide who moonlights as a drug dealer. Only, he seems to have something of a moral code about the meds he’s slinging. Sure, he’s keeping a lot of townspeople addicted but he’s doing it responsibly, legitimately supporting some who can’t afford pills they need and keeping others safe from the much-worse Everett (Marc Menchaca). He carries on a half-assed relationship with Charlotte (Stacy Martin) and a general sense of calm. This all crumbles once Terry Rose...
First Reformed‘s Philip Ettinger stars as Cole, a nursing home aide who moonlights as a drug dealer. Only, he seems to have something of a moral code about the meds he’s slinging. Sure, he’s keeping a lot of townspeople addicted but he’s doing it responsibly, legitimately supporting some who can’t afford pills they need and keeping others safe from the much-worse Everett (Marc Menchaca). He carries on a half-assed relationship with Charlotte (Stacy Martin) and a general sense of calm. This all crumbles once Terry Rose...
- 1/30/2020
- by Dan Mecca
- The Film Stage
, Braden King’s “The Evening Hour” shines on a rural Appalachian town like a golden ray of fading sunlight; as dark as the story gets, this hyper-empathetic film never fails to see its characters as decent people trying to make the best of a bad situation. This is the kind of movie that opens with someone reading a Bible verse over a shot of mountain grass swaying in the wind as the first woozy strains of Boxhead Ensemble’s score prepare to take your breath away.
Which isn’t to say that “The Evening Hour” elides the awfulness of the epidemic; that same opening shot pans across the landscape in time to see an ominous explosion in the distance. Every frame is saturated with a sense of quiet desperation. The rival drug pushers inevitably pull their guns on each other, and even the kindest intentions have a way of souring into sadness.
Which isn’t to say that “The Evening Hour” elides the awfulness of the epidemic; that same opening shot pans across the landscape in time to see an ominous explosion in the distance. Every frame is saturated with a sense of quiet desperation. The rival drug pushers inevitably pull their guns on each other, and even the kindest intentions have a way of souring into sadness.
- 1/28/2020
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
A small town already down on its luck receives a few fresh kicks in “The Evening Hour.” Based on Carter Sickels’ 2012 novel, this second narrative feature from director Braden King is more plot-driven than his first, 2011’s “Here,” a leisurely and slight, if pleasant, road-trip romance. Indeed, there may be a little more content here than the film knows quite what to do with, given an opioid epidemic, related criminal intrigue and various problematic relationships crowded into a story that King prefers to let unfold somewhat passively when a more taut, suspenseful approach might seem more apt.
Still, this snapshot of life in a tapped-out Appalachian mining town holds the attention, even if it doesn’t quite maximize potential as either melodrama or character piece. In the current climate, its modest theatrical prospects will likely be outpaced by potential as a streaming item.
With his sunny disposition and natural inclination for caretaking,...
Still, this snapshot of life in a tapped-out Appalachian mining town holds the attention, even if it doesn’t quite maximize potential as either melodrama or character piece. In the current climate, its modest theatrical prospects will likely be outpaced by potential as a streaming item.
With his sunny disposition and natural inclination for caretaking,...
- 1/28/2020
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
A quietly powerful portrait of a young man forced to make impossible decisions to try to live decently in a landscape torn apart by forces far larger than himself, “The Evening Hour” is both an empathetic and sobering drama. Taking place in a mostly forgotten corner of Appalachia dominated by coal mining and rampant opioid use, “The Evening Hour” is the story of Cole Freeman (Philip Ettinger), who by day tenderly takes care of the elderly and by night deals prescription drugs according to his own moral code. Director Braden King, working from a novel by Carter Sickels, spends the rest of the film showing the complexity of Cole’s code and how the return of an old friend to his small town, Terry Rose (Cosmo Jarvis), pushes that code to its breaking point.
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- 1/28/2020
- by Joe Blessing
- The Playlist
Nearly a decade after premiering his feature directorial debut, the Ben Foster-starring “Here,” at the Sundance Film Festival, Braden King returns with another new look at the unexpected bonds that rule in a quiet pocket of the world. King’s latest, “The Evening Hour,” stars up-and-comers Philip Ettinger and Cosmo Jarvis (“Lady Macbeth”) in an elegiac look at present-day Appalachia.
Cast as old pals who are forced to grapple with very adult concerns that have repercussions for their entire community, Ettinger and Jarvis lead a rich supporting cast to back them up. The film also stars Stacy Martin, Michael Trotter, Kerry Bishé, Lili Taylor, Marc Menchaca, Ross Partridge, Frank Hoyt Taylor, and Tess Harper. First-time screenwriter Elizabeth Palmore adapted Carter Sickels’ 2012 debut novel of the same name.
Per the film’s official Sundance synopsis: “Cole, a popular, young health aide at a nursing home living in rural Appalachia, makes...
Cast as old pals who are forced to grapple with very adult concerns that have repercussions for their entire community, Ettinger and Jarvis lead a rich supporting cast to back them up. The film also stars Stacy Martin, Michael Trotter, Kerry Bishé, Lili Taylor, Marc Menchaca, Ross Partridge, Frank Hoyt Taylor, and Tess Harper. First-time screenwriter Elizabeth Palmore adapted Carter Sickels’ 2012 debut novel of the same name.
Per the film’s official Sundance synopsis: “Cole, a popular, young health aide at a nursing home living in rural Appalachia, makes...
- 1/23/2020
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
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An Inconvenient Truth’ Director Davis Guggenheim Launches Concordia, a Documentary and Nonfiction Studio
Sundance 2020 Reveals New Frontier Slate, Including Films and Vr Experiences
Sundance 2020 Sets TV and Shorts Lineups with Sarah Polley, Steve James, and Lin-Manuel Miranda
Sundance Film Festival Announces Travel Stipend for Minority Journalists
Sundance 2020 Juries Include Ethan Hawke, Dee Rees, Nanfu Wang, Isabella Rossellini, and More
Pre-Festival Analysis
Sundance 2020: 20 Must-See Films and Series At This Year’s Festival, From ‘Zola’ to ‘Kajillionaire’
Sundance 2020: The Lgbtq Films We Can’t Wait to See in Park City
Sundance Wish List: 60 Films We Hope Will Head to Park City in 2020
Sundance 2020: 23 Films Poised to Break Out, With a Few Hidden Gems
Sundance 2020 Oscar Preview: Keep Your Eye on the Documentaries
Film and Television Reviews Interviews
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- 1/23/2020
- by IndieWire Staff
- Indiewire
IndieWire reached out to the cinematographers behind the scripted narrative features premiering this week at Sundance to find out which cameras, lenses, and formats they used, and why they chose them to create the looks and meet the production demands of their films. Here are their responses.
Films appear in alphabetical order by title, and are organized by section:
1. U.S. Dramatic Competition
2. Premieres
3. Midnight
4. Next
5. World Dramatic Competition
Section: U.S. Dramatic Competition
“Blast Beat”
Dir: Esteban Arango, DoP: Ed Wu
Format: Red Helium 8K S35 Raw 6:5
Camera: Red Helium
Lens: Lomo Anamorphic Round
Wu: This was a film made with heart, blood, tears and soul. We fought for what we wanted creatively even though we had a limited budget for what we were trying to achieve. We knew that we wanted to make an “Uber-Metalized American Latino Adventure” movie, meaning we wanted to have some serious kick...
Films appear in alphabetical order by title, and are organized by section:
1. U.S. Dramatic Competition
2. Premieres
3. Midnight
4. Next
5. World Dramatic Competition
Section: U.S. Dramatic Competition
“Blast Beat”
Dir: Esteban Arango, DoP: Ed Wu
Format: Red Helium 8K S35 Raw 6:5
Camera: Red Helium
Lens: Lomo Anamorphic Round
Wu: This was a film made with heart, blood, tears and soul. We fought for what we wanted creatively even though we had a limited budget for what we were trying to achieve. We knew that we wanted to make an “Uber-Metalized American Latino Adventure” movie, meaning we wanted to have some serious kick...
- 1/22/2020
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
Comprising a portion of our top 50 films of last year, Sundance Film Festival has proven to yield the first genuine look at what the year in cinema will bring. We’ll be heading back to Park City this week, but before we do, it’s time to highlight the films we’re most looking forward to, including documentaries and narrative features from all around the world.
While much of the joy found in the festival comes from surprises throughout the 11 days, below one will find our 20 most-anticipated titles. Check out our picks and for updates straight from the festival, make sure to follow us on Twitter, and stay tuned to all of our coverage here.
20. The Truffle Hunters (Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw)
There will be no shortage of timely, issue-driven documentaries at Sundance Film Festival, as is the case each year, and we’re looking forward to seeing a...
While much of the joy found in the festival comes from surprises throughout the 11 days, below one will find our 20 most-anticipated titles. Check out our picks and for updates straight from the festival, make sure to follow us on Twitter, and stay tuned to all of our coverage here.
20. The Truffle Hunters (Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw)
There will be no shortage of timely, issue-driven documentaries at Sundance Film Festival, as is the case each year, and we’re looking forward to seeing a...
- 1/20/2020
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Philip Ettinger, Cosmo Jarvis, Stacy Martin, Lili Taylor star.
UK-based sales agent Film Constellation has boarded Braden King’s Us drama The Evening Hour, ahead of the film’s world premiere at Sundance on January 27.
The company is handling international sales on the title, with Cinetic representing North American rights.
The film is based on Carter Sickels’ 2012 novel of the same name, with a script written by Elizabeth Palmore.
It follows Cole, a nursing home worker whose double life as a small-time drug dealer who cares for his customers is threatened by the arrival of his childhood friend Terry Rose.
UK-based sales agent Film Constellation has boarded Braden King’s Us drama The Evening Hour, ahead of the film’s world premiere at Sundance on January 27.
The company is handling international sales on the title, with Cinetic representing North American rights.
The film is based on Carter Sickels’ 2012 novel of the same name, with a script written by Elizabeth Palmore.
It follows Cole, a nursing home worker whose double life as a small-time drug dealer who cares for his customers is threatened by the arrival of his childhood friend Terry Rose.
- 1/15/2020
- by 1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦
- ScreenDaily
‘A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood’ to close the festival, which runs January 22 to February 2.
João Nuno Pinto’s Mosquito is to open the 49th International Film Festival Rotterdam, which has unveiled its full line-up of competition titles.
Scroll down for full list of titles
Mosquito follows a 17-year-old Portuguese recruit who gets lost in the African wilderness in 1917 and marks the second feature from Portuguese director Pinto following 2010’s América. It will also compete in Iffr’s Big Screen Competition.
The festival will close with Marielle Heller’s A Beautiful Day In The Neighbourhood, starring Tom Hanks as Us icon Fred Rogers.
João Nuno Pinto’s Mosquito is to open the 49th International Film Festival Rotterdam, which has unveiled its full line-up of competition titles.
Scroll down for full list of titles
Mosquito follows a 17-year-old Portuguese recruit who gets lost in the African wilderness in 1917 and marks the second feature from Portuguese director Pinto following 2010’s América. It will also compete in Iffr’s Big Screen Competition.
The festival will close with Marielle Heller’s A Beautiful Day In The Neighbourhood, starring Tom Hanks as Us icon Fred Rogers.
- 12/18/2019
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
My Mexican BretzelThe titles for the 49th International Film Festival Rotterdam are being announced in anticipation of the event running January 22 – February 2, 2020. We will update the program as new films are revealed.
Tiger COMPETITIONEl año del descubrimiento (Luis López Carrasco)Beasts Clawing at Straws (Kim Yonghoon)The Cloud in Her Room (Zheng Lu Xinyuan)Desterro (Maria Clara Escobar)Drama Girl (Vincent Boy Kars)La fortaleza (Jorge Thielen Armand)Kala azar (Janis Rafa)Nasir (Arun Karthick)Piedra sola (Alejandro Telemaco Tarraf)Si yo fuera el invierno mismo (Jazmín López)
Bright Future COMPETITIONBabai (Artem Aisagaliev)Chaco (Diego Mondaca)Los fantasmas (Sebastián Lojo)Fellwechselzeit (Sabrina Mertens)For the Time Being (Salka Tiziana)I Blame Society (Gillian Wallace Horvat)Moving On (Yoon Dan-bi)My Mexican Bretzel (Nuria Giménez Lorang)Ofrenda (Juan María Mónaco Cagni)Panquiaco (Ana Elena Tejera)A Rifle and a Bag (Isabella Rinaldi / Cristina Hanes / Arya Rothe)Sebastian jumps über Geländer (Ceylan-Alejandro...
Tiger COMPETITIONEl año del descubrimiento (Luis López Carrasco)Beasts Clawing at Straws (Kim Yonghoon)The Cloud in Her Room (Zheng Lu Xinyuan)Desterro (Maria Clara Escobar)Drama Girl (Vincent Boy Kars)La fortaleza (Jorge Thielen Armand)Kala azar (Janis Rafa)Nasir (Arun Karthick)Piedra sola (Alejandro Telemaco Tarraf)Si yo fuera el invierno mismo (Jazmín López)
Bright Future COMPETITIONBabai (Artem Aisagaliev)Chaco (Diego Mondaca)Los fantasmas (Sebastián Lojo)Fellwechselzeit (Sabrina Mertens)For the Time Being (Salka Tiziana)I Blame Society (Gillian Wallace Horvat)Moving On (Yoon Dan-bi)My Mexican Bretzel (Nuria Giménez Lorang)Ofrenda (Juan María Mónaco Cagni)Panquiaco (Ana Elena Tejera)A Rifle and a Bag (Isabella Rinaldi / Cristina Hanes / Arya Rothe)Sebastian jumps über Geländer (Ceylan-Alejandro...
- 12/18/2019
- MUBI
Never Rarely Sometimes AlwaysU.S. Dramatic COMPETITIONThe 40-Year-Old Version (Radha Blank, USA): A down-on-her-luck New York playwright decides to reinvent herself and salvage her artistic voice the only way she knows how: by becoming a rapper at age 40. Cast: Radha Blank, Peter Kim, Oswin Benjamin, Reed Birney, Imani Lewis, T.J. Atoms. World PremiereBLAST Beat (Esteban Arango, USA): After their family emigrates from Colombia during the summer of ‘99, a metalhead science prodigy and his deviant younger brother do their best to adapt to new lives in America. Cast: Moises Arias, Mateo Arias, Daniel Dae Kim, Kali Uchis, Diane Guerrero, Wilmer Valderrama. World PremiereCharm City Kings (Angel Manuel Soto, USA): Mouse desperately wants to join The Midnight Clique, the infamous Baltimore dirt bike riders who rule the summertime streets. When Midnight’s leader, Blax, takes 14-year-old Mouse under his wing, Mouse soon finds himself torn between the straight-and-narrow and...
- 12/5/2019
- MUBI
The feature film lineup at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival has been unveiled, featuring 118 films. Among the highly-anticipated premieres we have Josephine Decker’s Shirley, Miranda July’s Kajillionaire, Eliza Hittman’s Never Rarely Sometimes Always, Janicza Bravo’s Zola, Kirsten Johnson’s Dick Johnson Is Dead, Brandon Cronenberg’s Possessor, Julie Taymor’s The Glorias, Dee Rees’ The Last Thing He Wanted, Sean Durkin’s The Nest, Michael Almereyda’s Tesla, Benh Zeitlin’s Wendy, and more.
Check out the list below and return for our coverage from January 23-February 2, 2020.
U.S. Dramatic Competition
Presenting the world premieres of 16 narrative feature films, the Dramatic Competition offers Festivalgoers a first look at groundbreaking new voices in American independent film. Films that have premiered in this category in recent years include The Farewell, Honey Boy, Clemency, Eighth Grade, Sorry to Bother You and The Miseducation of Cameron Post. 47% of the directors in this year’s U.
Check out the list below and return for our coverage from January 23-February 2, 2020.
U.S. Dramatic Competition
Presenting the world premieres of 16 narrative feature films, the Dramatic Competition offers Festivalgoers a first look at groundbreaking new voices in American independent film. Films that have premiered in this category in recent years include The Farewell, Honey Boy, Clemency, Eighth Grade, Sorry to Bother You and The Miseducation of Cameron Post. 47% of the directors in this year’s U.
- 12/4/2019
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Exclusive: Chris Chalk (Gotham) and Shea Whigham (Homecoming) are set as series regulars opposite Matthew Rhys in Perry Mason, HBO’s limited series from Team Downey. Additionally, Nate Corddry (Mom), Veronica Falcon (Queen of the South), Jefferson Mays (I Am The Night), Gayle Rankin (Glow) and Lili Taylor (Chambers) have been cast in recurring roles.
Written and executive produced by Rolin Jones and Ron Fitzgerald, who also will showrun, and based on the characters created by Erle Stanley Gardner, the reimagined Perry Mason is set in 1931 Los Angeles. While the rest of the country suffers through the Great Depression, this city is booming! Oil! Olympic Games! Talking Pictures! Evangelical Fervor! And a child kidnapping gone very, very wrong! Based on characters created by Erle Stanley Gardner, the limited series follows the origins of American Fiction’s most legendary criminal defense lawyer, Perry Mason (Rhys). When the case of the decade breaks down his door,...
Written and executive produced by Rolin Jones and Ron Fitzgerald, who also will showrun, and based on the characters created by Erle Stanley Gardner, the reimagined Perry Mason is set in 1931 Los Angeles. While the rest of the country suffers through the Great Depression, this city is booming! Oil! Olympic Games! Talking Pictures! Evangelical Fervor! And a child kidnapping gone very, very wrong! Based on characters created by Erle Stanley Gardner, the limited series follows the origins of American Fiction’s most legendary criminal defense lawyer, Perry Mason (Rhys). When the case of the decade breaks down his door,...
- 6/28/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
The Evening Hour
Eight years between narrative features and using a film vocabulary on his debut film (Here) that might have been a cousin to the cinema of Julio Medem, Braden King returns with his sophomore film — the book to screen project of The Evening Hour. Production took place in October in Kentucky with the likes of Philip Ettinger, Stacy Martin and Lili Taylor came onboard to replace Cynthia Nixon.
Gist: Written by Elizabeth Palmore, this is an adaptation of Carter Sickels’ 2012 novel and follows Cole Freeman, a young man who maintains an uneasy equilibrium in his rural Appalachian town, looking after the old and infirm in the community and selling their excess painkillers to local addicts.…...
Eight years between narrative features and using a film vocabulary on his debut film (Here) that might have been a cousin to the cinema of Julio Medem, Braden King returns with his sophomore film — the book to screen project of The Evening Hour. Production took place in October in Kentucky with the likes of Philip Ettinger, Stacy Martin and Lili Taylor came onboard to replace Cynthia Nixon.
Gist: Written by Elizabeth Palmore, this is an adaptation of Carter Sickels’ 2012 novel and follows Cole Freeman, a young man who maintains an uneasy equilibrium in his rural Appalachian town, looking after the old and infirm in the community and selling their excess painkillers to local addicts.…...
- 1/25/2019
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
How many feature debutantes can boast slots in two of the world’s top film festivals with the same film? New York-born writer-director Bianco’s “Share” will world premiere in Sundance’s U.S. dramatic competition en route to domestic release through A24.
The edgy drama, about a teenager who must deal with the fallout from a viral video shot during a night she can’t remember, was expanded from a short of the same name. That short nabbed first prize in Cannes’ Cinéfondation competition in 2015, which means the feature-length “Share” will also screen in official selection of the upcoming Cannes.
Bianco attended Yale to study fine arts, particularly painting and photography, but, she says, “It didn’t take long for me to feel like those were lonely art forms, and I wanted to work more collaboratively.”
While still in college, she explored film production with Pa work on several indie features.
The edgy drama, about a teenager who must deal with the fallout from a viral video shot during a night she can’t remember, was expanded from a short of the same name. That short nabbed first prize in Cannes’ Cinéfondation competition in 2015, which means the feature-length “Share” will also screen in official selection of the upcoming Cannes.
Bianco attended Yale to study fine arts, particularly painting and photography, but, she says, “It didn’t take long for me to feel like those were lonely art forms, and I wanted to work more collaboratively.”
While still in college, she explored film production with Pa work on several indie features.
- 1/4/2019
- by Alissa Simon
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Lili Taylor, whose credits include American Crime, Hemlock Grove and Almost Human, has signed on as one of the stars of the indie film, The Evening Hour. Braden King is directing the feature, adapted from Carter Sickels’ 2012 novel, with production taking place in and around Harlan, Kentucky.
Taylor replaces Cynthia Nixon, who was originally attached to the project. Philip Ettinger (First Reformed), Stacy Martin (Vox Lux), Cosmo Jarvis (Lady Macbeth) and Kerry Bishé (The Romanoffs) also star.
Written by Elizabeth Palmore, the story follows Cole Freeman, a young man who maintains an uneasy equilibrium in his rural Appalachian town, looking after the old and infirm in the community and selling their excess painkillers to local addicts. But when his old friend Terry Rose returns with plans to start his own drug operation, Cole is forced to take action to save the close-knit fabric of family, friendship, land, and history.
Taylor replaces Cynthia Nixon, who was originally attached to the project. Philip Ettinger (First Reformed), Stacy Martin (Vox Lux), Cosmo Jarvis (Lady Macbeth) and Kerry Bishé (The Romanoffs) also star.
Written by Elizabeth Palmore, the story follows Cole Freeman, a young man who maintains an uneasy equilibrium in his rural Appalachian town, looking after the old and infirm in the community and selling their excess painkillers to local addicts. But when his old friend Terry Rose returns with plans to start his own drug operation, Cole is forced to take action to save the close-knit fabric of family, friendship, land, and history.
- 11/19/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
J.B.J Film and Elevated Films announced today that acclaimed actor Ben Foster has been cast as the lead in director Petr Jákl’s historical action drama Medieval. Jákl wrote the screenplay and will produce alongside Cassian Elwes. The film will be produced with the support of private investors and many Czech state institutions and regions, including the Czech Film Fund, the Prague Film Fund, Creative Europe – Media and others. Principal photography is scheduled to begin this fall in Prague and the surrounding Czech countryside.
The film is inspired by the origin story of the legendary 14th century warlord Jan Zizka of Trocnov (Foster), who along with his band of mercenaries became entangled with an heiress and battled a rival King in a struggle for equality for the Czech people.
Foster is best known for his roles in Hell Or High Water, 3:10 To Yuma, The Messenger and Alpha Dog.
The film is inspired by the origin story of the legendary 14th century warlord Jan Zizka of Trocnov (Foster), who along with his band of mercenaries became entangled with an heiress and battled a rival King in a struggle for equality for the Czech people.
Foster is best known for his roles in Hell Or High Water, 3:10 To Yuma, The Messenger and Alpha Dog.
- 8/23/2018
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The story of the reclusive American poet Emily Dickinson comes to life in Terence Davies’ “A Quiet Passion,” which will be screened at the Toronto International Film Festival this fall.
A new festival trailer for the period drama was just released and showcases Cynthia Nixon as the renowned artist as she struggles with the world around her.
“A Quiet Passion” is a unique insight into Dickinson’s life and obsessions, and follows the writer from her schoolgirl days in Amherst, Massachusetts to her years writing in near-total isolation, where she produced over a thousand poems that are now regarded as the finest and most inventive in American literature.
Read More: First Look: Cynthia Nixon as Emily Dickinson in Terence Davies’ ‘A Quiet Passion’
The biopic also co-stars Jennifer Ehle as Dickinson’s sister, Lavinia, Keith Carradine as her father, Duncan Duff, Jodhi May, Joanna Bacon and Catherine Bailey. The picture...
A new festival trailer for the period drama was just released and showcases Cynthia Nixon as the renowned artist as she struggles with the world around her.
“A Quiet Passion” is a unique insight into Dickinson’s life and obsessions, and follows the writer from her schoolgirl days in Amherst, Massachusetts to her years writing in near-total isolation, where she produced over a thousand poems that are now regarded as the finest and most inventive in American literature.
Read More: First Look: Cynthia Nixon as Emily Dickinson in Terence Davies’ ‘A Quiet Passion’
The biopic also co-stars Jennifer Ehle as Dickinson’s sister, Lavinia, Keith Carradine as her father, Duncan Duff, Jodhi May, Joanna Bacon and Catherine Bailey. The picture...
- 8/17/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Cynthia Nixon, Brian Geraghty, Marin Ireland and newcomer Michael Trotter have been cast in The Evening Hour, an indie drama adaptation of Carter Sickels’ 2012 debut novel. Elizabeth Palmore is writing the screenplay, and Braden King is directing. A mid-2016 shooting date is being eyed. Set in a small West Virginia mining town in the foothills of Appalachia, the book tells the story of small-time drug dealer Cole Freeman (Trotter), who is driven to action and…...
- 3/15/2016
- Deadline
The Sundance Institute has announced the six projects set for this year’s New Frontier Story Lab, a hands-on initiative for developing content that converges at the intersection of “film, visual art, media, live performance, music and technology.” The 2014 creative teams and projects are Karim Ben Khelifa and Chloé Jarry (The Enemy), Dandypunk and Darin Basile (Heart Corps), Tracy Fullerton and Lucas Peterson (Walden, A Game), Braden King and Matthew Moore (Weather), Hasan Minhaj and Greg Walloch (Sakoon/Paint The Town) and Navid and Vassiliki Khonsari (1979 Revolution). Previously supported projects include #PostModem (from 25 New Faces Jillian Mayer and Lucas Leyva), Kill […]...
- 10/6/2014
- by Sarah Salovaara
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
The Sundance Institute has announced the six projects set for this year’s New Frontier Story Lab, a hands-on initiative for developing content that converges at the intersection of “film, visual art, media, live performance, music and technology.” The 2014 creative teams and projects are Karim Ben Khelifa and Chloé Jarry (The Enemy), Dandypunk and Darin Basile (Heart Corps), Tracy Fullerton and Lucas Peterson (Walden, A Game), Braden King and Matthew Moore (Weather), Hasan Minhaj and Greg Walloch (Sakoon/Paint The Town) and Navid and Vassiliki Khonsari (1979 Revolution). Previously supported projects include #PostModem (from 25 New Faces Jillian Mayer and Lucas Leyva), Kill […]...
- 10/6/2014
- by Sarah Salovaara
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
The Sundance Institute has announced six projects selected for the New Frontier Story Lab in Utah.
The Lab runs from October 22-27 to support artists “innovating the art and form of storytelling at the convergence of film, visual art, media, live performance, music and technology.”
The selected creative teams and projects are:
Karim Ben Khelifa and Chloé Jarry (The Enemy);
Dandypunk and Darin Basile (Heart Corps);
Tracy Fullerton and Lucas Peterson (Walden, A Game);
Braden King and Matthew Moore (Weather); and
Hasan Minhaj and Greg Walloch (Sakoon/Paint The Town) and Navid and Vassiliki Khonsari (1979 Revolution).
“During the New Frontier Story Lab, Fellows will engage with a variety of industry leaders across multiple disciplines to both innovate and collaborate on new ways of storytelling through gaming, design and live performance,” said Michelle Satter (pictured), founding director of the Sundance Institute Feature Film Program.
The Lab runs from October 22-27 to support artists “innovating the art and form of storytelling at the convergence of film, visual art, media, live performance, music and technology.”
The selected creative teams and projects are:
Karim Ben Khelifa and Chloé Jarry (The Enemy);
Dandypunk and Darin Basile (Heart Corps);
Tracy Fullerton and Lucas Peterson (Walden, A Game);
Braden King and Matthew Moore (Weather); and
Hasan Minhaj and Greg Walloch (Sakoon/Paint The Town) and Navid and Vassiliki Khonsari (1979 Revolution).
“During the New Frontier Story Lab, Fellows will engage with a variety of industry leaders across multiple disciplines to both innovate and collaborate on new ways of storytelling through gaming, design and live performance,” said Michelle Satter (pictured), founding director of the Sundance Institute Feature Film Program.
- 10/6/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Sundance Institute and Skywalker Sound unveiled today the independent directors and composers selected for Sundance Institute Music and Sound Design Lab – Documentary. Set for September 15-23 at Skywalker Ranch in California’s Marin County, it’s the second of two music and sound design labs for 2014. Sundance Institute will host 15 residential labs this year, collectively representing 20 weeks of residency support and mentorship. Below are the artists and projects selected for the music and sound design docu lab:
Related:
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Filmmakers
Marc Silver (director) / 3 1/2 Minutes: 3 1⁄2 Minutes dissects the shooting death of 17-year-old Jordan Davis, the aftermath of this tragedy and contradictions within the American criminal justice system.
Mike Day (director) / The Island and the Whales: The pilot whale hunters of the Nordic Faroe Islands believe that hunting is vital to their way of life, but...
Related:
Sundance Institute Creates 2014 Episodic Story Lab For TV & Online Writers
Sundance Institute Selects 12 Projects For Screenwriters Lab
Filmmakers
Marc Silver (director) / 3 1/2 Minutes: 3 1⁄2 Minutes dissects the shooting death of 17-year-old Jordan Davis, the aftermath of this tragedy and contradictions within the American criminal justice system.
Mike Day (director) / The Island and the Whales: The pilot whale hunters of the Nordic Faroe Islands believe that hunting is vital to their way of life, but...
- 8/21/2014
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline
Take a look at the end credits of any given Sundance preemed title, and you’ll more than likely find the name of Michelle Satter in the “special thanks” portion. Just how all encompassing is the Sundance Institute support in helping spread filmmaker’s wings? With a whopping fifteen yearly labs, it goes without saying, that there are many folks that got a leg up thanks to Satter and co.
Fittingly and not surprisingly, the month of September is when the festival portion (programming) gets into high gear, and it’s also when the 2014 Sundance Institute Music & Sound Design Labs (Sundance Institute and Skywalker Sound) help out with the docu branch. Now in its second year, lucky folks Marc Silver, Mike Day, Anna Sandilands and Ewan McNicol, Bill Ross and Turner Ross (see pic of duo above) are being paired with some audibly cool folk.
Here is the press release...
Fittingly and not surprisingly, the month of September is when the festival portion (programming) gets into high gear, and it’s also when the 2014 Sundance Institute Music & Sound Design Labs (Sundance Institute and Skywalker Sound) help out with the docu branch. Now in its second year, lucky folks Marc Silver, Mike Day, Anna Sandilands and Ewan McNicol, Bill Ross and Turner Ross (see pic of duo above) are being paired with some audibly cool folk.
Here is the press release...
- 8/20/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Filmmaker Braden King has made a hauntingly beautiful, web-only “interactive music video” for “Stitches,” the new single from Califone. In real time, the video pulls and sequences images from a curated selection of Tumblrs, sidescrolling them across your monitor in sync to the song’s elegant melancholy. Black-and-white photos and animated GIFs drift by, and by highlighting one with your cursor color bleeds back in. Click and the image flips over, allowing you to write a caption that is then sent to the band (and included on the “Stitches” home page) or, if you want, reblogged. Califone’s Tim Rutili and King are …...
- 7/31/2013
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Filmmakers [pictured] are the latest to join Morgan Spurlock’s commercial production company.
Morgan Spurlock’s commercial production company Warpaint has signed filmmakers Sean Dunne and Braden King for commercial representation.
Dunne won the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival best new documentary director award for Oxyana and amassed over 1m online hits for The Archive.
King has directed the likes of Here, which premiered at Sundance and Berlin, and Dutch Harbor, as well as short films such as the award-winning Home Movie.
Spurlock commented: “”Dunne and King each have uniquely beautiful aesthetics in their filmmaking. They are such gifted storytellers and I am ecstatic they have become part of Warpaint.”
“We are impressed with Dunne’s ability to tap into the heart of his subjects and King’s strong visual pedigree,” added Shannon Lords, managing director and executive producer of Warpaint.
Dunne and King join a list of award winning filmmakers represented by Warpaint that includes Gary Hustwit, Rupert Wyatt, [link...
Morgan Spurlock’s commercial production company Warpaint has signed filmmakers Sean Dunne and Braden King for commercial representation.
Dunne won the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival best new documentary director award for Oxyana and amassed over 1m online hits for The Archive.
King has directed the likes of Here, which premiered at Sundance and Berlin, and Dutch Harbor, as well as short films such as the award-winning Home Movie.
Spurlock commented: “”Dunne and King each have uniquely beautiful aesthetics in their filmmaking. They are such gifted storytellers and I am ecstatic they have become part of Warpaint.”
“We are impressed with Dunne’s ability to tap into the heart of his subjects and King’s strong visual pedigree,” added Shannon Lords, managing director and executive producer of Warpaint.
Dunne and King join a list of award winning filmmakers represented by Warpaint that includes Gary Hustwit, Rupert Wyatt, [link...
- 6/26/2013
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
The above scene at the Creative Capital retreat this weekend brought back a lot of memories. The arts funding organization’s semi-annual retreat was held at Williams College in Williamstown Massachusetts, and on the final evening the outdoor barbecue got drizzled out. So, it was moved indoors, and afterwards the cafeteria space became a party space, where artist grantees and consultants danced to Soft Cell’s “Tainted Love.” A level up, Cinemad’s Mike Plante set up his microphones and recorded a podcast. The ’80s music, the party, and radio — it was like one of my own evenings in college, where I’d wander from Wollman Auditorium upstairs to Wkcr to do my radio show at Columbia. And yeah, there may have been a whiskey bottle involved as well.
Here’s Plante:
In this accidental ode to Drunk History, Cinemad sits down at the Creative Capital retreat with filmmakers Cam Archer...
Here’s Plante:
In this accidental ode to Drunk History, Cinemad sits down at the Creative Capital retreat with filmmakers Cam Archer...
- 7/31/2012
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
What sparks creativity? It’s safe to assume that an artist’s work environs affect the process of art-making, so perhaps it’s possible by examining those environs to find some of the seedlings of ideas, of productivity, that space engenders to get the mind to engage with work. That was the idea behind the “This Is Where You Work” series, and when I turned my focus to my first subject, filmmaker Braden King, I was a bit shocked by how relevant the idea was – the items and artifacts filling King’s workspace created a sort of map of his personal life and history of art-making, much in the way that the characters in his recent film Here use different kinds of cartography to chart personal histories.
This was in mind when I went to check out subject number two, artist and filmmaker Eve Sussman. Sussman’s most recent film,...
This was in mind when I went to check out subject number two, artist and filmmaker Eve Sussman. Sussman’s most recent film,...
- 7/24/2012
- by Zachary Wigon
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
DVD Release Date: July 17, 2012
Price: DVD $27.99
Studio: Strand Releasing
Ben Foster and Lubna Azabal discover adventure--and each other--in Here.
The 2011 independent film Here is an adventure drama-romance directed and co-written by Braden King.
Set against the landscape of Armenia, Here chronicles a brief but intense relationship between an American satellite-mapping engineer (Ben Foster, The Messenger) and an expatriate photographer (Lubna Azabal, Incendies) who impulsively decide to travel into uncharted territory. A relationship of sorts develops and while the two of them enjoy the company of one another, life steps in to take them in opposite directions. The man and woman find themselves at a crossroads and must decide where to go from “Here.”
Here had its theatrical premiere in a New York theater in April, 2011 following a rollout to film festivals in Stockholm, Palo Alto and Milano, among others. It also popped up at Sundance.
Critics were mixed but generally positive about the movie,...
Price: DVD $27.99
Studio: Strand Releasing
Ben Foster and Lubna Azabal discover adventure--and each other--in Here.
The 2011 independent film Here is an adventure drama-romance directed and co-written by Braden King.
Set against the landscape of Armenia, Here chronicles a brief but intense relationship between an American satellite-mapping engineer (Ben Foster, The Messenger) and an expatriate photographer (Lubna Azabal, Incendies) who impulsively decide to travel into uncharted territory. A relationship of sorts develops and while the two of them enjoy the company of one another, life steps in to take them in opposite directions. The man and woman find themselves at a crossroads and must decide where to go from “Here.”
Here had its theatrical premiere in a New York theater in April, 2011 following a rollout to film festivals in Stockholm, Palo Alto and Milano, among others. It also popped up at Sundance.
Critics were mixed but generally positive about the movie,...
- 6/18/2012
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Director: Braden King Writers: Braden King, Dani Valent Starring: Ben Foster, Lubna Azabal, Peter Coyote, Narek Nersisyan, Aren Vatyan, Christina Hovaguimyan, Datekiv Kharibyan Will (Ben Foster) is a California-based cartographer on contract in Armenia to confirm the satellite mapping of the country. He travels around Armenia, making frequent stops along the way; he whips out his laptop and antennas, connects to the satellite, then moves on to his next location. It is a lonely existence. Will does not know Armenian, and most of the Armenians he encounters do not know English. The only way Will seems to be able to connect with Armenians is via his penchant for alcohol -- Will has a knack for becoming fast friends with Armenians after a few shots of vodka. On one fateful morning, Will is hungover. He just wants to order an omelette at the hotel cafe, but he frustratingly fumbles in his...
- 5/20/2012
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
The film is about a traveler in a foreign land, stationed there for work; while on assignment, he falls in love with a native, even though the foreigner is due to return home soon. The film, made with a complicated formalist approach and focused on the foreigner's attempts to understand this new and exotic land, is mimicked by the filmmaker’s journey, because the director is the same nationality as his foreign subject. This description might call to mind Alain Resnais' "Hiroshima, Mon Amour," but it just as easily describes Braden King's newly released "Here" (which opens in Los Angeles next Friday). "Here" is about an American cartographer on assignment in Armenia; after falling for an Armenian photographer, they travel the countryside together. It's not uncommon for filmmakers of different nationalities to make works that bear a resemblance to each another. "Here" is set in Armenia, in which all but one character.
- 4/20/2012
- by Zach Wigon
- Indiewire
Each Tuesday, Indiewire publishes a box office chart that sorts the final weekend numbers of all specialty releases by per-theater average. Check out the full chart here, but here's some highlights: Top Per-Theater Average: "Here" (Strand Releasing) Braden King's Sundance 2011 alum "Here" also made a debut on a single New York screen, and managed the best per-theater-average of any film in release: $7,927. While not a spectacular number for a one screen debut, it beat out "Hit So Hard" and "How To Grow a Band," which also had exclusive beginnings. Best Debut: "Woman Thou Art Loosed! On The 7th Day" (CodeBlack) Following the massive success of last year's stand-up comedy doc "Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain," CodeBlack Entertainment has another hit on its hands with Neema Barnette's "Woman Thou Art Loosed!: On the 7th Day." Starring Blair Underwood and Sharon Leal as a couple...
- 4/17/2012
- by Peter Knegt
- Indiewire
Braden King's recently-released feature film Here reminds us of cinema's magical, almost limitless narrative and aesthetic possibilities. Shot entirely on location in the Republic of Armenia, Here is a metaphysical, philosophical road film, a love story and travelogue, a meditation on technology's effects on contemporary society and much more, a study on love, loss and the human condition that leaves the viewer at once emotionally spent and renewed, as paradoxical as this may sound. Red haired, unshaven, rugged loner and American cartographer Will (Ben Foster) has been hired by local Armenian businessmen (read: mafiosi) to chart the Republic of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh. Fiercely independent and unwilling to bow to Armenian dictates about women's proper roles in society, photographer Gadariné (Lubna Azabal of Incendies fame) plays the role of a prodigal daughter who has returned home, if briefly, after a successful Parisian opening. Will and Gadariné meet by chance and...
- 4/16/2012
- by Christopher Atamian
- Moviefone
Happy Friday the 13th everyone! Jason is putting on the hockey mask and black cats everywhere are doing wind sprints to make sure they won’t miss you when you walk past. Not sure how to beat all the bad luck? Try going to the movies (and leaving your umbrella at home)! Toads and goldfish aren’t allowed in theaters and there are no mirrors to break or cracks in the floor to step on. Plus, the horror, thriller, romantic comedy, and documentary films coming out this weekend should provide great distraction. But be sure to bring some salt with you. Just in case.
Of course, it wouldn’t be Friday the 13th without a horror flick. Our requisite scream-a-minute release is “The Cabin in the Woods,” from first time director Drew Goddard, best known for writing “Cloverfield.” The film is co-written by Goddard and Joss Whedon, creator of the...
Of course, it wouldn’t be Friday the 13th without a horror flick. Our requisite scream-a-minute release is “The Cabin in the Woods,” from first time director Drew Goddard, best known for writing “Cloverfield.” The film is co-written by Goddard and Joss Whedon, creator of the...
- 4/13/2012
- by Emma Bernstein
- The Playlist
Below filmmaker Braden King shares a scene from his Armenia-set drama "Here," starring Ben Foster ("The Messenger") and Lubna Azabal ("Incendies"). The film opens in New York this Friday through Strand Releasing, and expands to Los Angeles and San Francisco in May. What it’s About: "Here" is a dramatic, landscape-obsessed road movie chronicling a brief but intense relationship between an American satellite-mapping engineer (Ben Foster) and an expatriate Armenian art photographer (Lubna Azabal) who impulsively decide to travel together into uncharted territory—both literally and metaphorically. Shot entirely on location in Armenia, "Here" premiered at the 2011 Sundance and Berlin Film Festivals. A live installation version of the project, "Here (The Story Sleeps)" premiered at The Museum of Modern Art in 2010 as part of Creative Capital's 10th anniversary celebration and continues to tour...
- 4/12/2012
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
In Braden King’s road trip romance Here, the commercial director attempts to bring an authentic feel to a sporadic love story set amidst the picturesque landscapes of Armenia. Unfortunately there is a distinct sense of falseness throughout the film, making it somewhat of chore to trudge through. While themes of cartography as memory are pervasive and potentially interesting, the deeper emotions King attempts to elicit never come to fruition. The one saving grace is the fantastically surreal, and criminally underused in cinema, terrain of the amazing country of Armenia being used entirely for the first time in American production.
In fact, the topography is perhaps the most intriguing character in this otherwise banal tale. Going from mountains regions to hidden waterfalls to plains peppered with power lines, Armenia is certainly a magical and mysterious country. Discovering the constantly shifting differences in any foreign country side is a remarkable experience...
In fact, the topography is perhaps the most intriguing character in this otherwise banal tale. Going from mountains regions to hidden waterfalls to plains peppered with power lines, Armenia is certainly a magical and mysterious country. Discovering the constantly shifting differences in any foreign country side is a remarkable experience...
- 4/12/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
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