Review by Barbie Snitzer
“Fill The Void” is an example of the kind of unique gift a movie can be.
There is no other way one could be an invisible witness to the closed world of the Ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect of Hasidic Jews. Even if one promised to be as sensitive and non-judgmental as director Rama Burstein is in this, her début film, one would be rebuffed.
The Hasidim do not recruit new members. Unlike other secretive religious communities, they have not been the subject of reality shows that exploit their unfamiliarity with the mainstream modern world. They do not feel obligated to explain their appearance or behavior even when their culture clashes; Hasidic men will not look any woman in the eye, not just other Hasidic women.
It would be very easy for those unfamiliar with their culture to mock the opening scene. Rivka (Irit Sheleg) is on a...
“Fill The Void” is an example of the kind of unique gift a movie can be.
There is no other way one could be an invisible witness to the closed world of the Ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect of Hasidic Jews. Even if one promised to be as sensitive and non-judgmental as director Rama Burstein is in this, her début film, one would be rebuffed.
The Hasidim do not recruit new members. Unlike other secretive religious communities, they have not been the subject of reality shows that exploit their unfamiliarity with the mainstream modern world. They do not feel obligated to explain their appearance or behavior even when their culture clashes; Hasidic men will not look any woman in the eye, not just other Hasidic women.
It would be very easy for those unfamiliar with their culture to mock the opening scene. Rivka (Irit Sheleg) is on a...
- 7/12/2013
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
CBS has unveiled the first looks at its new fall series as its upfront presentation got underway today in NY, with Robin Williams of David E Kelley’s The Crazy Ones among the participants. The network announced its fall and midseason schedules earlier in the day. Still Awol: the Will Arnett comedy The Millers, so check back. (Update: The Millers has been posted.) Related: CBS Execs Take Shots At The Competition The Millers – Comedy Produced by CBS TV Studios. From executive producer Greg Garcia: The Crazy Ones — Comedy Produced by 20th Century Fox Television. From executive producers David E. Kelley, Bill D’Elia, Dean Lorey, John Montgomery and Mark Teitelbaum and director/executive producer Jason Winer: Hostages — Drama Produced by Warner Bros Television and Jerry Bruckheimer Television. From executive producers Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman, Jeffrey Nachmanoff, Rick Eid, Omri Givon, Rotem Shamir and Chayim Sharir: Intelligence — Midseason...
- 5/15/2013
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
The Fall TV Season presentations for all the new network shows take place this week with the fourth announced today. Here's a full breakdown of which concepts have made the final list over on CBS.
The king of the networks easily remains in charge despite "Elementary" being their only fresh hit of last season's new shows. The network's line-up remains fairly stable with only a few key moves such as Thursday being expanded to include two hours of comedy programming, and "Hawaii Five-0" moving to Fridays.
Several other pilots didn't make the cut this week including the series sequel to the "Beverly Hills Cop" movies, a TV version of the comedy "Bad Teacher", the "NCIS" mobile spin-off "NCIS: Red," a procedural based on Leif G.W. Persson's literary homicide detective Everett Backstrom, the Frank Marshall-produced political thriller "The Ordained" about a priest turned lawyer trying to save his sister from assassination,...
The king of the networks easily remains in charge despite "Elementary" being their only fresh hit of last season's new shows. The network's line-up remains fairly stable with only a few key moves such as Thursday being expanded to include two hours of comedy programming, and "Hawaii Five-0" moving to Fridays.
Several other pilots didn't make the cut this week including the series sequel to the "Beverly Hills Cop" movies, a TV version of the comedy "Bad Teacher", the "NCIS" mobile spin-off "NCIS: Red," a procedural based on Leif G.W. Persson's literary homicide detective Everett Backstrom, the Frank Marshall-produced political thriller "The Ordained" about a priest turned lawyer trying to save his sister from assassination,...
- 5/15/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Chicago – When you’re the #1 network on TV, it must be tempting to stay the course. However, CBS always shakes things up a bit and this year is no different. The 2013-14 schedule, announced this morning, features four new comedies (including a new comedy block in one of their most successful time slots) and one drama, along with new time slots for big hits “Person of Interest,” “Two and a Half Men,” and “Hawaii Five-0.” The five new shows feature a stunning degree of star power with lead roles taken by Robin Williams, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Margo Martindale, Tony Shalhoub, Toni Collette, Will Arnett, Tate Donovan, Allison Janney, and more. It must be nice to be #1.
Full schedule below with new show descriptions under that. Come back for more news, reviews, and previews of the 2013-14 Fall schedule.
*-new show
Monday
7pm “How I Met Your Mother”
7:30pm “We Are Men...
Full schedule below with new show descriptions under that. Come back for more news, reviews, and previews of the 2013-14 Fall schedule.
*-new show
Monday
7pm “How I Met Your Mother”
7:30pm “We Are Men...
- 5/15/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
CBS has picked up two dramas, "Intelligence" starring Josh Holloway, and "Hostages" starring Toni Collette, the network announced today.
CBS also ordered four comedies: Chuck Lorre's "Mom," Robin Williams and Sarah Michelle Gellar's "Crazy Ones," Will Arnett starrer "The Millers" and "We Are Men" with Kal Penn, Jerry O'Connell and Tony Shalhoub.
"Intelligence" is centered at Us Cyber Command, and focuses on a unit that has been created around one agent (Holloway) with a very special gift, a microchip that has been implanted in his brain that allows him to access the entire electromagnetic spectrum. It also stars Marg Helgenberger and "Once Upon a Time's" Meghan Ory, and hails from executive producers Michael Seitzman and David Semel.
A family is caught in the middle of a grand political conspiracy that will change their lives forever in "Hostages," which hails from Jerry Bruckheimer and Jeffrey Nachmanoff. Collette stars as Ellen,...
CBS also ordered four comedies: Chuck Lorre's "Mom," Robin Williams and Sarah Michelle Gellar's "Crazy Ones," Will Arnett starrer "The Millers" and "We Are Men" with Kal Penn, Jerry O'Connell and Tony Shalhoub.
"Intelligence" is centered at Us Cyber Command, and focuses on a unit that has been created around one agent (Holloway) with a very special gift, a microchip that has been implanted in his brain that allows him to access the entire electromagnetic spectrum. It also stars Marg Helgenberger and "Once Upon a Time's" Meghan Ory, and hails from executive producers Michael Seitzman and David Semel.
A family is caught in the middle of a grand political conspiracy that will change their lives forever in "Hostages," which hails from Jerry Bruckheimer and Jeffrey Nachmanoff. Collette stars as Ellen,...
- 5/10/2013
- by Laura Prudom
- Huffington Post
CBS has picked up the dramas "Hostages" and "Intelligence" and the comedies "We Are Men," "Mom," "The Crazy Ones" and "The Millers" for the 2013 - 2014 season. Here is more on each show: Hostages Ep/W/D: Jeffrey Nachmanoff Ep: Rick Eid Ep: Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman, Omri Givon, Rotem Shamir, Chayim Sharir Based on the Israeli format created by Alon Aranya, Omri Givon and Rotem Shamir Studio: Jerry Bruckheimer Television i/a/w Warner Bros. Television Cast includes: Toni Collette, Dylan McDermott Logline: A family is caught in the middle of a grand political conspiracy that will change their lives forever. Intelligence Ep/ Writer: Michael Seitzman Ep/Dir: David Semel Ep: Tripp Vinson Ep: Rene...
- 5/10/2013
- Comingsoon.net
Rama Burshtein made her feature debut last year with Fill the Void, which has spent much of the past year on the festival circuit. The film has picked up a slew of awards and nominations, including winning the Volpi Cup in Venice for Best Actress for the young Hadas Yaron for her leading performance.
Sony Pictures Classics acquired Fill the Void’s Us distribution rights late last year, and now they’ve announced that they’ll be releasing the film in the States in May this year.
“Fill The Void tells the story of an Orthodox Hassidic family from Tel Aviv.
Eighteen-year-old Shira is the youngest daughter of the family. She is about to be married off to a promising young man of the same age and background. It is a dream-come-true, and Shira feels prepared and excited.
On Purim, her twenty-eight-year-old sister, Esther, dies while giving birth to her first child.
Sony Pictures Classics acquired Fill the Void’s Us distribution rights late last year, and now they’ve announced that they’ll be releasing the film in the States in May this year.
“Fill The Void tells the story of an Orthodox Hassidic family from Tel Aviv.
Eighteen-year-old Shira is the youngest daughter of the family. She is about to be married off to a promising young man of the same age and background. It is a dream-come-true, and Shira feels prepared and excited.
On Purim, her twenty-eight-year-old sister, Esther, dies while giving birth to her first child.
- 3/5/2013
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
CBS has just announced that Dylan McDermott will star opposite Toni Collette (United States of Tara) in its pilot for Hostages, a drama created by Jerry Bruckheimer.
The CBS drama pilot will follows the choices Ellen, an accomplished surgeon (Collett), makes when her family is taken hostage after she is chosen to operate on the President of the Unites States. McDermott will play the rugged FBI agent Duncan who is at the center of the political conspiracy. Details on which side McDermott is fighting for are being kept a secret for now, but either way, he seems to do his best work in law related roles. The show will naturally be set in Washington D.C.
Dylan McDermott, who’s primarily a television actor, hasn’t really found a place for himself since his long running TV drama The Practice ended back in 2004. Most recently he had an impressive but...
The CBS drama pilot will follows the choices Ellen, an accomplished surgeon (Collett), makes when her family is taken hostage after she is chosen to operate on the President of the Unites States. McDermott will play the rugged FBI agent Duncan who is at the center of the political conspiracy. Details on which side McDermott is fighting for are being kept a secret for now, but either way, he seems to do his best work in law related roles. The show will naturally be set in Washington D.C.
Dylan McDermott, who’s primarily a television actor, hasn’t really found a place for himself since his long running TV drama The Practice ended back in 2004. Most recently he had an impressive but...
- 2/13/2013
- by Lindsay Sperling
- We Got This Covered
American Horror Story star Dylan McDermott has joined CBS’ high-profile political thriller pilot Hostages.
McDermott has been cast alongside the show’s previously announced star, Toni Collette.
Hostages is about family caught in the middle of a grand political conspiracy that will change their lives forever. McDermott will play Duncan, a righteous FBI agent who is at the center of a conspiracy involving the President “but whose role will come as a surprise.”
McDermott starred in the first season of FX’s horror series and appeared in the second. Nothing has been announced regarding his participation in the third season.
McDermott has been cast alongside the show’s previously announced star, Toni Collette.
Hostages is about family caught in the middle of a grand political conspiracy that will change their lives forever. McDermott will play Duncan, a righteous FBI agent who is at the center of a conspiracy involving the President “but whose role will come as a surprise.”
McDermott starred in the first season of FX’s horror series and appeared in the second. Nothing has been announced regarding his participation in the third season.
- 2/13/2013
- by James Hibberd
- EW - Inside TV
Well, just see our recent note on Geena Davis' latest TV project. Toni Collette, whose Diablo Cody-created Showtime drama "United States of Tara" ended last year, has a new small screen project on the horizon. According to Entertainment Weekly, the "Muriel's Wedding" actress has taken the lead role in the new CBS drama project "Hostages," a pilot for which was just ordered by CBS. Collette will play a Washington, D.C. surgeon selected to operate on the president -- she gets drawn into a political conspiracy when her husband and children are kidnapped and used as leverage against her. Jeffrey Nachmanoff ("Traitor") wrote and will direct and produce the pilot, while Jerry Bruckheimer's set to executive produce alongside Jonathan Littman, Omri Givon, Rotem Shamir and Chayim Sharir. Like "Homeland" and other upcoming series, "Hostages" is based on an Israeli TV concept, though in...
- 1/18/2013
- by Alison Willmore
- Indiewire
Toni Collette is going from the United States of Tara to the President of the United States.
The Emmy-winning actress has been cast in a CBS drama project Hostages, which just received a pilot greenlight from the network. She’ll star as a successful surgeon living in Washington, D.C. who is selected to operate on the president. She’s then thrust into the middle of a political conspiracy when her family is taken hostage, and it is up to her to save the lives of her husband and children (hmm, The Potus Doctor?).
The Hostages pilot is written, produced...
The Emmy-winning actress has been cast in a CBS drama project Hostages, which just received a pilot greenlight from the network. She’ll star as a successful surgeon living in Washington, D.C. who is selected to operate on the president. She’s then thrust into the middle of a political conspiracy when her family is taken hostage, and it is up to her to save the lives of her husband and children (hmm, The Potus Doctor?).
The Hostages pilot is written, produced...
- 1/18/2013
- by James Hibberd
- EW - Inside TV
CBS has given a pilot pickup to Hostages, a drama from writer-director Jeffrey Nachmanoff, Jerry Bruckheimer Television and Warner Bros. TV, which has set Toni Collette as the lead. Based on an Israeli format, the project, which had a pilot production commitment, centers on a family caught in the middle of a grand political conspiracy that will change their lives forever. Emmy winner Collette will play Ellen, a successful surgeon living in Washington, D.C. who is selected to operate on the President of the United States. She is thrust into the middle of a political conspiracy when her family is taken hostage, and it is up to her to save the lives of her husband and children. Hostages was originally developed for Israel’s Channel 10 by Alon Aranya, Omri Givon and Rotem Shamir. The show has not been produced in Israel, but an U.S. adaptation written by Aranya...
- 1/18/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Toni Collette has landed the lead role in Jerry Bruckheimer's Hostages. The Hollywood Reporter has learned that the United States of Tara actress will star in the thriller, officially ordered to pilot after initially receiving a production commitment in October. The project comes from Bruckheimer's Jerry Bruckheimer Television and Warner Bros. TV and is being written and directed by Jeffrey Nachmanoff (The Day After Tomorrow). Jonathan Littman, Omri Givon, Rotem Shamir and Chayim Sharir join Bruckheimer and Nachmanoff as EPs. Hostages follows Ellen (Collette), a Washington, D.C. surgeon who's thrown into a political conspiracy after being chosen to operate
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- 1/18/2013
- by Michael O'Connell, Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
One of my favorite parts of the Sundance Film Festival is the Park City at Midnight movie line-up. This is where they put on a lot of the horror, sci-fi, comedy and other genre type films. They've also announced the movies that will be a part of the Spotlight and New Frontier sections.
Once again it looks like we've got a lot of solid films to look forward to. Of course there's going to be a few duds in the mix, but for the most part this looks like it's going to be an exciting year at Sundance. I can't wait to watch these movies!
Look over the list, read about the films, and let us know which movies sound interesting to you that you'd like to more know about!
Sundance Institute announced today the films selected to screen in the 2013 Sundance Film Festival out-of-competition sections Spotlight, Park City at Midnight and New Frontier,...
Once again it looks like we've got a lot of solid films to look forward to. Of course there's going to be a few duds in the mix, but for the most part this looks like it's going to be an exciting year at Sundance. I can't wait to watch these movies!
Look over the list, read about the films, and let us know which movies sound interesting to you that you'd like to more know about!
Sundance Institute announced today the films selected to screen in the 2013 Sundance Film Festival out-of-competition sections Spotlight, Park City at Midnight and New Frontier,...
- 11/30/2012
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Sundance announced it’s Spotlight program selections today, which consists of plum titles that have enjoyed prestigious premieres at other festivals from the year before. Last year, Sundance nabbed Andrea Arnold’s Wuthering Heights, Phillippe Falardeau’s Monsieur Lazhar, and Lynn Shelton’s Your Sister’s Sister, to name a few. This year, Sundance has amassed a well chosen selection for Spotlight, rolling out Israel’s submission for Best Foreign Language Film, the New York Film Fest premiered Fill the Void (which was just nominated for Independent Spirit Awards for Best First Film and Best First Screenplay), followed by several high profile Cannes titles, like Pablo Larrain’s No, Ben Wheatley’s Sightseers, Anurag Kashrap’s five hour plus epic Gangs of Wasseypur, and Jeff Nichols’ latest, Mud (which avoided screening at the heavyweight Fall festivals, like Toronto and Venice – and which we accurately predicted). Then, from Tiff and Venice...
- 11/30/2012
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Sundance Film Festival 2013 announced its initial line-up last night, with a very promising slew of films competing in the Us and World Dramatic and Documentary categories, as always.
Tonight, we have more news from Park City, Ut, with the announcement of the films that will be screening in the Spotlight, Park City at Midnight, and New Frontier categories.
Rising young star, Alice Englert (Ginger & Rosa, Beautiful Creatures), will be heading to the festival in the Park City at Midnight category with Jeremy Lovering’s horror, In Fear, which has a very tense and promising synopsis.
Ben Wheatley’s Sightseers will be getting its long-awaited Us premiere, having debuted at Cannes earlier this year, and been earning critics’ praise ever since. Steve Oram and Alice Lowe co-wrote the film and star in the leads, and with the ever-brilliant Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World), there’s...
Tonight, we have more news from Park City, Ut, with the announcement of the films that will be screening in the Spotlight, Park City at Midnight, and New Frontier categories.
Rising young star, Alice Englert (Ginger & Rosa, Beautiful Creatures), will be heading to the festival in the Park City at Midnight category with Jeremy Lovering’s horror, In Fear, which has a very tense and promising synopsis.
Ben Wheatley’s Sightseers will be getting its long-awaited Us premiere, having debuted at Cannes earlier this year, and been earning critics’ praise ever since. Steve Oram and Alice Lowe co-wrote the film and star in the leads, and with the ever-brilliant Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World), there’s...
- 11/29/2012
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Exclusive: Hostages, a drama from writer-director Jeffrey Nachmanoff, Jerry Bruckheimer Television and Warner Bros. TV, has landed at CBS with a pilot production commitment. Based on an Israeli format, the project centers on a family caught in the middle of a grand political conspiracy that will change their lives forever. Hostages was originally developed for Israel’s Channel 10 by Alon Aranya, Omri Givon and Rotem Shamir. The show has not been produced in Israel, but an U.S. adaptation written by Aranya found its way to Buckheimer TV, which bought the rights and then brought in Nachmanoff (Traitor). Nachmanoff is set to write and direct Hostages as well as executive produce it with Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman, Givon, Rotem Shamir and Chayim Sharir. Aranya and KristieAnne Reed serve as co-executive producers. This is the latest big commitment for Jerry Bruckheimer TV this season. The company has a pilot order at NBC...
- 10/2/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
After a string of announcements, it looks like the Toronto International Film Festival have locked down their line-up and it’s looking like a fantastic slate. Much of the additions today come in the form of previous Cannes premieres, including Michael Haneke‘s Amour (review), Cristian Mungiu‘s Beyond the Hills (review), Abbas Kiarostami‘s Like Someone in Love (review), Bernardo Bertolucci‘s Me and You (review), Hong Sang-soo‘s In Another Country and the Venice premiere Olivier Assayas‘ Something in the Air. Most notably missing is Leos Carax‘s Holy Motors, but we do get a new Michael Winterbottom film titled Everyday. Out of the Discovery section, the biggest film seems to be The Brass Teapot, and indie drama starring Juno Temple and Michael Angarano and one can check out all the additions below.
Masters
Amour Michael Haneke, Austria/France/Germany North American Premiere Screen legends Jean-Louis Trintignant and...
Masters
Amour Michael Haneke, Austria/France/Germany North American Premiere Screen legends Jean-Louis Trintignant and...
- 8/21/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Following the Toronto International Film Festival line-up earlier this week, the 69th Venice Film Festival has weighed in with their choices this morning. Outside of films also premiering at Tiff — including most notably Ramin Bahrani‘s At Any Price and Terrence Malick‘s To the Wonder – they have a strong batch of films not at that fest. We have the highly anticipated next feature from Olivier Assayas (Summer Hours, Carlos), titled Something In The Air, as well as Brian De Palma‘s sensual thriller Passion with Rachel McAdams and Noomi Rapace.
Then things get a little silly with Harmony Korine‘s James Franco and Selena Gomez gangster/party film Spring Breakers. Rounding out the other major titles are Susanne Bier following up her Oscar win with Love Is All You Need and Spike Lee’s Michael Jackson documentary Bad 25. The lack of Paul Thomas Anderson‘s heavily rumored The Master...
Then things get a little silly with Harmony Korine‘s James Franco and Selena Gomez gangster/party film Spring Breakers. Rounding out the other major titles are Susanne Bier following up her Oscar win with Love Is All You Need and Spike Lee’s Michael Jackson documentary Bad 25. The lack of Paul Thomas Anderson‘s heavily rumored The Master...
- 7/26/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
After a remarkable presence at Cannes Film Festival this year, Indian cinema hasn’t had much luck with the prestigious Venice International Film Festival.
The festival, headed by new Director Alberto Barbera announced its lineup today, but no Indian film figures in any of the sections.
The 69th edition of the festival will run from August 29-September 8, 2012. Mira Nair’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist will be the opening film.
In its 2011 edition, the festival had screened Sonchidi by Amit Dutta and Anhey Ghorhey da Daan(Alms of the Blind Horse) by Gurvinder Singh in the Orizzonti (New Horizons) section.
Films in Competition:
Olivier Assayas – APRÈS Mai (Something In The Air)
France, 122′
Clément Métayer, Lola Créton, Félix Armand
Ramin Bahrani – At Any Price
USA, UK, 100′
Zac Efron, Dennis Quaid, Kim Dickens, Heather Graham
Marco Bellocchio – Bella Addormentata
Italy, France, 115′
Toni Servillo, Isabelle Huppert, Alba Rohrwacher, Michele Riondino, Maya Sansa, Pier Giorgio Bellocchio
Peter Brosens,...
The festival, headed by new Director Alberto Barbera announced its lineup today, but no Indian film figures in any of the sections.
The 69th edition of the festival will run from August 29-September 8, 2012. Mira Nair’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist will be the opening film.
In its 2011 edition, the festival had screened Sonchidi by Amit Dutta and Anhey Ghorhey da Daan(Alms of the Blind Horse) by Gurvinder Singh in the Orizzonti (New Horizons) section.
Films in Competition:
Olivier Assayas – APRÈS Mai (Something In The Air)
France, 122′
Clément Métayer, Lola Créton, Félix Armand
Ramin Bahrani – At Any Price
USA, UK, 100′
Zac Efron, Dennis Quaid, Kim Dickens, Heather Graham
Marco Bellocchio – Bella Addormentata
Italy, France, 115′
Toni Servillo, Isabelle Huppert, Alba Rohrwacher, Michele Riondino, Maya Sansa, Pier Giorgio Bellocchio
Peter Brosens,...
- 7/26/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
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