Documentaries about a da Vinci and a dictator, a Pablo Larraín drama with Gael Garcia Bernal, a Donnie Yen martial arts thriller by the late Benny Chan, and Coda — Apple’s record-busting Sundance acquisition — make specialty bows this weekend as the arthouse sector fights through a slow reopening.
“The market is still finding a balance right now,” said Kyle Westphal, theatrical sales manager for Music Box Films (and programming associate for Chicago’s Music Box Theatre). The distributor debuts Larraín’s Ema in 11 theaters in nine markets with plans to expand thereafter — to maybe another 20, but it’s hard to say. “The normal [criteria] like what’s your opening per-screen average right now, those are all upside down,” Westphal tells Deadline.
He said a strong perf by Anthony Bourdain doc Roadrunner (Focus Features) and The Green Knight (A24) “doing as well as it has over the past few weeks, are good signs.
“The market is still finding a balance right now,” said Kyle Westphal, theatrical sales manager for Music Box Films (and programming associate for Chicago’s Music Box Theatre). The distributor debuts Larraín’s Ema in 11 theaters in nine markets with plans to expand thereafter — to maybe another 20, but it’s hard to say. “The normal [criteria] like what’s your opening per-screen average right now, those are all upside down,” Westphal tells Deadline.
He said a strong perf by Anthony Bourdain doc Roadrunner (Focus Features) and The Green Knight (A24) “doing as well as it has over the past few weeks, are good signs.
- 8/13/2021
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Surely one of the most fabulous movies to emerge out of the virtual SXSW Film Festival earlier this year was Todd Stephens’ “Swan Song.” This prickly dark comedy stars German cult movie icon Udo Kier as a retired hairdresser who escapes his humdrum nursing home to honor one of his favorite client’s dying wishes. Check out the trailer for the film below.
You know Udo Kier as the muse of filmmakers such as Lars von Trier and Gus van Sant. The 76-year-old Kier, who was born in Germany near the end of World War II and therefore knows a thing or two, has been primarily typecast into bit character roles throughout his career, most recently as a raging cuckold who gouges the eyes of his wife’s lover in the bleak and brutal Holocaust drama “The Painted Bird.” But he brings to each of his movies an enthusiasm despite the dour material,...
You know Udo Kier as the muse of filmmakers such as Lars von Trier and Gus van Sant. The 76-year-old Kier, who was born in Germany near the end of World War II and therefore knows a thing or two, has been primarily typecast into bit character roles throughout his career, most recently as a raging cuckold who gouges the eyes of his wife’s lover in the bleak and brutal Holocaust drama “The Painted Bird.” But he brings to each of his movies an enthusiasm despite the dour material,...
- 6/26/2021
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
"Even though I never really knew you, I want you to know you changed my life." Magnolia Pictures has unveiled the official trailer for an indie hit from the SXSW Film Festival this year, a kooky comedy called Swan Song from filmmaker Todd Stephen. After premiering at SXSW, it also went on to win the Audience Award + Best Actor Award at the Monte-Carlo Comedy Film Festival. World, meet Mr. Pat. German legend Udo Kier stars as Pat Pitsenbarger, a formerly flamboyant hairdresser who takes a long walk across a small town to style a dead woman's hair. Also starring Jennifer Coolidge, Linda Evans, Michael Urie, Ira Hawkins, and Stephanie McVay. Reviews describe this as an "enjoyable, uplifting little movie [that] has the perfect ratio of heartwarming and bittersweet." This definitely does look like a charmer with some sly comedy and kinky moments. And most importantly, a radiant performance by Udo Kier.
- 6/24/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
A recent survey found that one in five of Americans heavily rely on streaming services to help them cope with the trials and tribulations posed by the coronavirus pandemic. Netflix should be well aware of this fact, too, as their subscriber base has grown tremendously while other businesses – particularly those in the entertainment industry – are currently languishing.
Of course, periods of growth often precede times of rapid decline, and Netflix’s success has not been without its own complications. As more and more regions in the United States are reinstating quarantine, people consume content at faster rates than ever before. And in order to keep their subscribers satisfied, Netflix has tried their best to provide new material.
Today, for instance, August 27th, the streamer has added a total of 5 new movies and 1 new TV show, and the complete list is as follows:
5 New Movies
Edge of Seventeen (1998) Night Comes On...
Of course, periods of growth often precede times of rapid decline, and Netflix’s success has not been without its own complications. As more and more regions in the United States are reinstating quarantine, people consume content at faster rates than ever before. And in order to keep their subscribers satisfied, Netflix has tried their best to provide new material.
Today, for instance, August 27th, the streamer has added a total of 5 new movies and 1 new TV show, and the complete list is as follows:
5 New Movies
Edge of Seventeen (1998) Night Comes On...
- 8/27/2020
- by Tim Brinkhof
- We Got This Covered
Rehearsals have begun for Center Theatre Group's production of 'Archduke.' Written by Rajiv Joseph, the world premiere of 'Archduke' begins previews April 25, opens May 7 and continues through June 4, 2017, at the Mark Taper Forum. Directed by Giovanna Sardelli, the cast includes, in alphabetical order, Josiah Bania, Stephanie McVay, Ramiz Monsef, Patrick Page, Stephen Stocking and Todd Weeks. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the company in rehearsal below...
- 4/3/2017
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
April Wade & Lira Kellerman in 'Junction'
The dynamics of inter-family relationships can be as complicated as Stephen Hawking’s black hole theories or as annoying as an MTV-based reality show. Visiting certain relatives can sometimes be a Hanna-Barbera cartoon without a laugh track and wacky birds used as vacuums. Wilma is drunk again, hide the turtle dishwasher. Family time can be downright rough, especially during Thanksgiving, which in Neal Fradsham’s Junction, is all too applicable.
Wrought with psychosis, drugs and mommy issues, the story revolves around Michaela (April Wade), an aspiring photo-journalist complete with alcoholic mother (Cindy Hogan), her Bff goldfish Dorothy (yes, like a certain red furry monster in New York) and an ailing father in prison. But this isn’t Sesame Street, it’s a creepy mind-bender with tones of a classic psychological thriller. Haunting, Junction plays out like a Shakespearean play filled with family...
The dynamics of inter-family relationships can be as complicated as Stephen Hawking’s black hole theories or as annoying as an MTV-based reality show. Visiting certain relatives can sometimes be a Hanna-Barbera cartoon without a laugh track and wacky birds used as vacuums. Wilma is drunk again, hide the turtle dishwasher. Family time can be downright rough, especially during Thanksgiving, which in Neal Fradsham’s Junction, is all too applicable.
Wrought with psychosis, drugs and mommy issues, the story revolves around Michaela (April Wade), an aspiring photo-journalist complete with alcoholic mother (Cindy Hogan), her Bff goldfish Dorothy (yes, like a certain red furry monster in New York) and an ailing father in prison. But this isn’t Sesame Street, it’s a creepy mind-bender with tones of a classic psychological thriller. Haunting, Junction plays out like a Shakespearean play filled with family...
- 8/3/2009
- by Erik Buckman
- ReelLoop.com
One hell of a mind bend is Junction. Driven by an aching curiosity, aspiring photojournalist Michaela (April Wade) embarks on a tumultuous journey to locate two siblings that, until recent revelations, she was completely unaware of. Michaela manages to track her siblings down, but there’s a taboo secret that the trio are oblivious to, and as Michaela assembles this shattered picture frame, the photograph within takes to grotesque mutations that none of the three are prepared to confront.
April Wade clearly grasps the scope of this script (which she helped pen), but either out of modesty, or unawareness, seems to play down the intensity of the film. “We set out to make a movie that was about family, dysfunction and identity. The plot grew around these themes and, while in retrospect, there are many things I would have done differently, the original intention still remains. In essence, it is...
April Wade clearly grasps the scope of this script (which she helped pen), but either out of modesty, or unawareness, seems to play down the intensity of the film. “We set out to make a movie that was about family, dysfunction and identity. The plot grew around these themes and, while in retrospect, there are many things I would have done differently, the original intention still remains. In essence, it is...
- 7/6/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (Matt Molgaard)
- Fangoria
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