Tuesday is a fairy tale with some very real-world consequences.
The latest A24 collaboration with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, after her superb comedy You Hurt My Feelings premiered at Sundance early in 2023, has just had its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival this weekend, and for Louis-Dreyfus admirers it just may be a revelation. The star, who has won a boatload of Emmys for comedy including a historic achievement for Lead Actress in three separate comedy series and who was also excellent in the Kenya Barris comedy You People this spring, shows she is just as talented tackling a highly emotional and unusual dramatic role.
Tuesday also marks a stunning writing and directorial feature debut for Croatian filmmaker Daina O. Pusic, who in wanting to make a movie dealing with loss and death has turned it all into a bit of a fairy tale involving a macaw who it turns out is the face of death.
The latest A24 collaboration with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, after her superb comedy You Hurt My Feelings premiered at Sundance early in 2023, has just had its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival this weekend, and for Louis-Dreyfus admirers it just may be a revelation. The star, who has won a boatload of Emmys for comedy including a historic achievement for Lead Actress in three separate comedy series and who was also excellent in the Kenya Barris comedy You People this spring, shows she is just as talented tackling a highly emotional and unusual dramatic role.
Tuesday also marks a stunning writing and directorial feature debut for Croatian filmmaker Daina O. Pusic, who in wanting to make a movie dealing with loss and death has turned it all into a bit of a fairy tale involving a macaw who it turns out is the face of death.
- 9/4/2023
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
Tuesday
We’ve been kicking around the A24 backed Tuesday in our fest predictions for some time now as it was in the can in June of 2021 but Daina Oniunas-Pusić‘s name was only mentioned as of late when she signed with CAA back in October. Starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus, the Croatian-born, London-trained filmmaker got to work with the extremely picky cinematographer Alexis Zabé of Silent Light and The Florida Project fame. Also starring Lola Petticrew, Arinzé Kene and Leah Harvey, Tuesday is a tale that goes into dark psychological matter and includes among speaking parts a Macaw parrot. Producers include Stray Bear Productions’ Ivana MacKinnon, Gingerbread Pictures’ Helen Gladders, Record Player Films’ Oliver Roskill.…...
We’ve been kicking around the A24 backed Tuesday in our fest predictions for some time now as it was in the can in June of 2021 but Daina Oniunas-Pusić‘s name was only mentioned as of late when she signed with CAA back in October. Starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus, the Croatian-born, London-trained filmmaker got to work with the extremely picky cinematographer Alexis Zabé of Silent Light and The Florida Project fame. Also starring Lola Petticrew, Arinzé Kene and Leah Harvey, Tuesday is a tale that goes into dark psychological matter and includes among speaking parts a Macaw parrot. Producers include Stray Bear Productions’ Ivana MacKinnon, Gingerbread Pictures’ Helen Gladders, Record Player Films’ Oliver Roskill.…...
- 1/5/2023
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
What if Terrence Malick started making commercials for corporations instead of feature films? We now have an actual answer to that question. There's a short ad video from overpriced fashion brand Louis Vuitton called Towards A Dream in the USA that was released a few months ago. It turns out this was shot by the acclaimed American filmmaker Terrence Malick, who hasn't made a new feature since last directing A Hidden Life in 2019. It's not that good, but now we know who made this. "Actually shot about a year ago but only released this fall, the project found Malick reteaming with cinematographer Alexis Zabé, and uses a piece from Michael Nyman's stirring score for The Piano." It's not an exciting film - just a bunch of kids interacting with an ugly Louis Vuitton trunk. I kind of hate this short - there's nothing unique or interesting about it, Malick...
- 11/27/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
As Terrence Malick toils away on the customary multi-year editing process for his latest work, the Biblical epic The Way of the Wind (which we wouldn’t be surprised sets another new title after the similarities to James Cameron’s forthcoming blockbuster), the director has to pay the bills somehow. Following a commercial for Ford last year, he’s now directed a 2.5-minute ad for Louis Vuitton.
Actually shot about a year ago but only released this fall, the project found Malick reteaming with cinematographer Alexis Zabé, and uses a piece from Michael Nyman’s stirring score for The Piano. While the official description, shared below, credits photographer Viviane Sassen, Malick actually directed the piece, as One Big Soul and Zabé’s agency Lux Artists confirms.
As part of an enduring journey exploring dreamlike landscapes around the globe, Louis Vuitton lands in the USA for the latest chapter of its ongoing campaign.
Actually shot about a year ago but only released this fall, the project found Malick reteaming with cinematographer Alexis Zabé, and uses a piece from Michael Nyman’s stirring score for The Piano. While the official description, shared below, credits photographer Viviane Sassen, Malick actually directed the piece, as One Big Soul and Zabé’s agency Lux Artists confirms.
As part of an enduring journey exploring dreamlike landscapes around the globe, Louis Vuitton lands in the USA for the latest chapter of its ongoing campaign.
- 11/27/2022
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
“There is no theme. Film whatever you want, however you want, with whomever you want.” This is the message that Egyptian filmmaker Sam Abbas sent to his favorite cinematographers as an invitation to contribute to the new film Erēmīta (Anthologies). Directors of photography from five countries––USA, France, Argentina, Italy, and the UK––answered the call and today we’re pleased to debut the exclusive trailer for the anthology project.
Featuring contributions from Abbas (Alia’s Birth, Marie, The Wedding), Alexis Zabe (The Florida Project, Silent Light, Post Tenebras Lux), Antoine Héberlé (A Son, My Favourite Fabric, GriGris), Ashley Connor (Madeline’s Madeline, The Miseducation of Cameron Post, The Death of Dick Long), Soledad Rodríguez (Pendular, Maternal, The Student), Stefano Falivene (Siberia, Pasolini, Mary), the zero-budget production will now get a release next month on VOD and Virtual Cinemas with all profits going entirely to a charity the team will choose.
Featuring contributions from Abbas (Alia’s Birth, Marie, The Wedding), Alexis Zabe (The Florida Project, Silent Light, Post Tenebras Lux), Antoine Héberlé (A Son, My Favourite Fabric, GriGris), Ashley Connor (Madeline’s Madeline, The Miseducation of Cameron Post, The Death of Dick Long), Soledad Rodríguez (Pendular, Maternal, The Student), Stefano Falivene (Siberia, Pasolini, Mary), the zero-budget production will now get a release next month on VOD and Virtual Cinemas with all profits going entirely to a charity the team will choose.
- 1/25/2021
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
With readers turning to their home viewing options more than ever, this daily feature provides one new movie each day worth checking out on a major streaming platform.
Few movie endings over the last several years have proven to be as divisive as “The Florida Project,” Sean Baker’s 2017 drama about a single mother and her young daughter living in a Florida budget motel on the outskirts of Walt Disney World. The film, now streaming on Netflix, world-premiered to universal acclaim at Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes, but even admirers of Baker’s slice-of-life vision have found the film’s last one minute sequence to be tough to swallow. Baker makes such a jarring filmmaking shift that it’s hard to enjoy “The Florida Project” finale, and yet it’s without a doubt one of the most perfect and most fitting movie endings in recent memory.
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Few movie endings over the last several years have proven to be as divisive as “The Florida Project,” Sean Baker’s 2017 drama about a single mother and her young daughter living in a Florida budget motel on the outskirts of Walt Disney World. The film, now streaming on Netflix, world-premiered to universal acclaim at Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes, but even admirers of Baker’s slice-of-life vision have found the film’s last one minute sequence to be tough to swallow. Baker makes such a jarring filmmaking shift that it’s hard to enjoy “The Florida Project” finale, and yet it’s without a doubt one of the most perfect and most fitting movie endings in recent memory.
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- 4/15/2020
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
The premise of writer-director Sebastián Silva’s “Tyrel” is simple enough: a guy joins his friend on a trip to the Catskills for a weekend birthday party (which also happens to be Trump’s inauguration weekend) with several people he doesn’t know, and he quickly discovers he is the only black man there.
With that in mind, the movie you expect is one that might offer some smart social commentary, a statement on fake woke-ness, or perhaps a thriller similar to Jordan Peele’s “Get Out.” Instead, what “Tyrel” offers is one stellar performance by Jason Mitchell alongside a whole bunch of loose ends, half-thought-out commentary, and no answers for the questions the film proposes. The results may leave you confused and quite cold.
Tyler (Mitchell) decides to escape from the crowded home he shares with his girlfriend and her sick mother by heading out of town with Johnny,...
With that in mind, the movie you expect is one that might offer some smart social commentary, a statement on fake woke-ness, or perhaps a thriller similar to Jordan Peele’s “Get Out.” Instead, what “Tyrel” offers is one stellar performance by Jason Mitchell alongside a whole bunch of loose ends, half-thought-out commentary, and no answers for the questions the film proposes. The results may leave you confused and quite cold.
Tyler (Mitchell) decides to escape from the crowded home he shares with his girlfriend and her sick mother by heading out of town with Johnny,...
- 12/4/2018
- by Yolanda Machado
- The Wrap
An entrancing, unconventional mermaid story from the director of “The Maid,” Sebastián Silva’s “Fistful of Dirt” has the distinction of being the first feature produced in Puerto Rico since Hurricane Maria hit the island in September 2017. The devastation is evident from the opening shot, which follows 12-year-old Yei Yei (Julio Gaston) across the storm-ravaged beachfront, and informs the rest of the film, whose impoverished characters are barely scraping by without electricity and basic resources, although the story — a dark Brothers Grimm-like fairy tale anchored by a terrific child-actor performance, but not for kids per se — is one Silva had developed years before.
It’s a credit to Silva and co-writer Pedro Peirano that they were able to revive a pre-existing idea and adapt it to such an emotionally charged milieu, giving audiences an invaluable look at Maria’s apocalyptic impact (although one could argue that there’s something perverse...
It’s a credit to Silva and co-writer Pedro Peirano that they were able to revive a pre-existing idea and adapt it to such an emotionally charged milieu, giving audiences an invaluable look at Maria’s apocalyptic impact (although one could argue that there’s something perverse...
- 9/5/2018
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
For the first 20-odd minutes, “Fistful of Dirt” is a fascinating neorealist exercise, the story of a young boy set against the backdrop of Hurricane Maria’s aftermath in Puerto Rico in 2017. Then it becomes a mermaid movie, taking an ambitious leap that’s impressive even if it doesn’t always gel. As Sebastian Silva wrestles with several different kinds of movies, the child’s perspective fuses them together, and the movie becomes a startling representation of a society collapsing into chaos. Appropriately shot by “The Florida Project” cinematographer Alexis Zabe, “Fistful of Dirt” captures a modern apocalypse through innocent eyes.
The Chilean writer-director excels at subverting genre expectations, often melding dark comedy and suspense in surprising ways in movies ranging from “Nasty Baby” (an irreverent hipster farce that turns into a creepy thriller in the last act) to “Tyrel” (a race relations comedy until it becomes a creepy suspense...
The Chilean writer-director excels at subverting genre expectations, often melding dark comedy and suspense in surprising ways in movies ranging from “Nasty Baby” (an irreverent hipster farce that turns into a creepy thriller in the last act) to “Tyrel” (a race relations comedy until it becomes a creepy suspense...
- 9/1/2018
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Feature and TV colorist Sam Daley — whose recent credits include The Florida Project, through which he helped cinematographer Alexis Zabe give Sam Baker's drama its candy-colored look — has joined Deluxe, working out of its New York post facility.
Daley arrives after a stint at Goldcrest Post, and earlier worked at Technicolor Postworks.
His recent feature credits include Beirut and the upcoming Sorry to Bother You.
He also finished the first season of Girls and season one of The Deuce, as well as the HBO miniseries Show Me a Hero, which earned him a 2015 Hollywood Professional Association Award nomination for best ...
Daley arrives after a stint at Goldcrest Post, and earlier worked at Technicolor Postworks.
His recent feature credits include Beirut and the upcoming Sorry to Bother You.
He also finished the first season of Girls and season one of The Deuce, as well as the HBO miniseries Show Me a Hero, which earned him a 2015 Hollywood Professional Association Award nomination for best ...
- 5/23/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Feature and TV colorist Sam Daley — whose recent credits include The Florida Project, through which he helped cinematographer Alexis Zabe give Sam Baker's drama its candy-colored look — has joined Deluxe, working out of its New York post facility.
Daley arrives after a stint at Goldcrest Post, and earlier worked at Technicolor Postworks.
His recent feature credits include Beirut and the upcoming Sorry to Bother You.
He also finished the first season of Girls and season one of The Deuce, as well as the HBO miniseries Show Me a Hero, which earned him a 2015 Hollywood Professional Association Award nomination for best ...
Daley arrives after a stint at Goldcrest Post, and earlier worked at Technicolor Postworks.
His recent feature credits include Beirut and the upcoming Sorry to Bother You.
He also finished the first season of Girls and season one of The Deuce, as well as the HBO miniseries Show Me a Hero, which earned him a 2015 Hollywood Professional Association Award nomination for best ...
- 5/23/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Not giving into audience expectations and thus creating something more terrifying in its relatability, Sebastián Silva’s Tyrel follows a testosterone-heavy weekend and the anxiety-inducing isolation one character is faced with. Jason Mitchell plays Tyler, the only black man invited to a Catskills cabin for a birthday weekend, the kind of place where an overlarge, inflatable Santa resides in the front lawn. As more alcohol is consumed and clumsy jokes are thrown around, Tyler’s feeling of ostracization balloons and, with a perceptive eye, Silva captures every miniscule jab, all deeply felt by our protagonist with almost no remorse from his cabin mates.
Tyler is first introduced alongside his good friend John (Christopher Abbott) as they are having car trouble when they are nearly to the cabin where they’ll be spending their weekend. Soon after, John’s friends arrive and the title is derived from Tyler’s first encounter...
Tyler is first introduced alongside his good friend John (Christopher Abbott) as they are having car trouble when they are nearly to the cabin where they’ll be spending their weekend. Soon after, John’s friends arrive and the title is derived from Tyler’s first encounter...
- 1/29/2018
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
“Lady Bird” has been deemed the best film of 2017 by the National Society of Film Critics, which also gave Greta Gerwig’s coming-of-age drama its awards for Best Screenplay (Gerwig) and Best Supporting Actress (Laurie Metcalf). The Nsfc was also quite taken with “Get Out” and “Phantom Thread,” both of which were runners-up in several categories; Daniel Kaluuya was named Best Actor for his performance in the former, while Sally Hawkins was honored for her work in “The Shape of Water.”
Willem Dafoe earned yet another Best Supporting Actor laurel, meanwhile, and cinematographer Roger Deakins was similarly honored once again for “Blade Runner 2049.”...
Willem Dafoe earned yet another Best Supporting Actor laurel, meanwhile, and cinematographer Roger Deakins was similarly honored once again for “Blade Runner 2049.”...
- 1/6/2018
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
There are three likely nominations here in “Blade Runner,” “Shape of Water” and “Dunkirk.” The question is whether “Call Me By Your Name” and “Darkest Hour” round out the category or if “Mudbound” and another player knock them out. [Posted Jan. 2]
Frontrunners
Roger Deakins, “Blade Runner 2049”
Bruno Delbonnel, “Darkest Hour”
Dan Laustsen, “The Shape of Water”
Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, “Call Me By Your Name”
Hoyte van Hoytema, “Dunkirk”
Almost there
Edward Lachman, “Wonderstruck”
Philippe Le Sourd, “The Beguiled”
Janusz Kamiński, “The Post”
Rachel Morrison, “Mudbound”
Dariusz Wolski, “All The Money In The World”
Alexis Zabe, “The Florida Project”
Current predictions:
Best Picture
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress
Director
Original Screenplay
Adapted Screenplay
Editing
Cinematography
Production Design
Original Score
Best Song
Costumes
Sound Mixing
Sound Editing
Documentary
Foreign Language Film
Animated Feature Film
Makeup and Hairstyling
Visual Effects
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Frontrunners
Roger Deakins, “Blade Runner 2049”
Bruno Delbonnel, “Darkest Hour”
Dan Laustsen, “The Shape of Water”
Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, “Call Me By Your Name”
Hoyte van Hoytema, “Dunkirk”
Almost there
Edward Lachman, “Wonderstruck”
Philippe Le Sourd, “The Beguiled”
Janusz Kamiński, “The Post”
Rachel Morrison, “Mudbound”
Dariusz Wolski, “All The Money In The World”
Alexis Zabe, “The Florida Project”
Current predictions:
Best Picture
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress
Director
Original Screenplay
Adapted Screenplay
Editing
Cinematography
Production Design
Original Score
Best Song
Costumes
Sound Mixing
Sound Editing
Documentary
Foreign Language Film
Animated Feature Film
Makeup and Hairstyling
Visual Effects
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- 1/2/2018
- by Gregory Ellwood
- The Playlist
First collaborating with celebrated indie director Sean Baker on Snowbird—a 2016 short starring Mad Max: Fury Road‘s Abbey Lee—cinematographer Alexis Zabe had no idea at the time that Baker was putting together a trial run with the artists he would bring on to his next feature. That film was The Florida Project, a “Little Rascals of the 21st century” centered on children growing up in poverty near Walt Disney World. With The Florida Project, the idea was to keep one foot…...
- 12/18/2017
- Deadline
The romance with film turned a corner this year with the massive success of Christopher Nolan’s “Dunkirk.” The World War II actioner had the widest 70mm release in 25 years (125 prints, dominated by IMAX), grabbing $188 million domestically and $525 million worldwide. And the visual impact of the IMAX format was powerful in the best picture frontrunner. Whether by land, by air, or by sea, the imagery was immersive. That is why Dutch-Swedish cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema is the frontrunner in his race as well.
But the impact of film on the cinematography race doesn’t stop there. Also in strong contention are “The Beguiled,” “Call Me By Your Name,” “Wonder Struck,” and “Wonder Woman,” all period pieces shot in a variety of styles that particularly benefited from the texture and warmth of 35mm film. At the same time, “The Post,” “Murder on the Orient Express” (another 70mm spectacle), “The Florida Project,...
But the impact of film on the cinematography race doesn’t stop there. Also in strong contention are “The Beguiled,” “Call Me By Your Name,” “Wonder Struck,” and “Wonder Woman,” all period pieces shot in a variety of styles that particularly benefited from the texture and warmth of 35mm film. At the same time, “The Post,” “Murder on the Orient Express” (another 70mm spectacle), “The Florida Project,...
- 12/15/2017
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
“Lady Bird” won big at the Chicago Film Critics Association Awards last night, taking home Best Picture, Best Actress (Saoirse Ronan), Best Supporting Actress (Laurie Metcalf), and Most Promising Filmmaker (Greta Gerwig) from the Windy City. “Call Me by Your Name” had a strong showing as well, picking up prizes for Best Actor (Timothée Chalamet, who also won Most Promising Performer) and Best Supporting Screenplay.
Christopher Dunkirk was named Best Director for his work on “Dunkirk,” with Willem Dafoe of “The Florida Project” winning yet another Best Supporting Actor laurel and Jordan Peele being honored with Best Original Screenplay for “Get Out.” Full list of winners below.
Read More:2017 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards: ‘Call Me by Your Name’ Wins Both Best Picture and Best Actor
Best Picture
Call Me By Your Name
Dunkirk
Lady Bird
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Director
Guillermo Del Toro...
Christopher Dunkirk was named Best Director for his work on “Dunkirk,” with Willem Dafoe of “The Florida Project” winning yet another Best Supporting Actor laurel and Jordan Peele being honored with Best Original Screenplay for “Get Out.” Full list of winners below.
Read More:2017 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards: ‘Call Me by Your Name’ Wins Both Best Picture and Best Actor
Best Picture
Call Me By Your Name
Dunkirk
Lady Bird
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Director
Guillermo Del Toro...
- 12/13/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Chicago – The eclectic coming-of-age love story, “Call Me By Your Name” topped the nominations list with eight for the 2017 Chicago Film Critics Association (Cfca) Film Awards, to be announced on Wednesday, December 13th. Director Luca Guadagnino’s adaptation of Andre Aciman’s novel garnered nods for Best Picture, Guadagnino for Best Director, and acting noms for Armie Hammer, Michael Stuhlbarg and Timothee Chalamet.
The rest of the field for Best Picture has a variety of genres and themes. Christopher Nolan’s epic “Dunkirk” shares the stage with Greta Gerwig’s intent autobiographical “Lady Bird,” Guillermo Del Toro’s magical “The Shape of Water” and the strange-but-heralded “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.” The symbolic horror of “Get Out” got first time director Jordan Peele a nomination (joining first timer Greta Gerwig), the late Harry Dean Stanton was recognized for Best Actor in “Lucky,” and Willem Dafoe got a Best Supporting Actor nomination for “The Florida Project.
The rest of the field for Best Picture has a variety of genres and themes. Christopher Nolan’s epic “Dunkirk” shares the stage with Greta Gerwig’s intent autobiographical “Lady Bird,” Guillermo Del Toro’s magical “The Shape of Water” and the strange-but-heralded “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.” The symbolic horror of “Get Out” got first time director Jordan Peele a nomination (joining first timer Greta Gerwig), the late Harry Dean Stanton was recognized for Best Actor in “Lucky,” and Willem Dafoe got a Best Supporting Actor nomination for “The Florida Project.
- 12/11/2017
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Ice Cream features throughout Sean Baker’s new film, The Florida Project. Just outside the Magic Castle Motel is an ice cream stand where young Moonee (Brooklynn Prince) and her friends go for ice cream,...
- 11/25/2017
- by Jazz Tangcay
- AwardsDaily.com
“We wanted to really see the story through the eyes of children,” reveals “The Florida Project” cinematographer Alexis Zabe during our recent webcam chat (watch the exclusive video above). Directed by Sean Baker (“Tangerine”), this A24 release centers on a precocious young girl named Moonee (Brooklynn Prince) as she goes on adventures with her friends and rebellious mother (Bria Vinaite) […]...
- 11/6/2017
- by Zach Laws
- Gold Derby
While The Florida Project has all the bright lush colors of Disney World, this tale is far from the magical world we associate with Disney. Moonee (Brooklynn Prince) might be living in her own happy little world, but her impoverished life is less than ideal. Moonee’s mother barely scrapes by trying to make a buck any way she can, while her daughter runs about in abandoned buildings and scavenging food with her friends. With all that being said, Moonee is still happy living carefree with the other kids who live in the rundown apartment complex, The Magic Castle, that sits just a few miles from Disney World.
Like he did with his previous film, Tangerine, director Sean Baker once again gives voice to a part of society that is not often depicted on film. Baker has a way of showing these characters without judgment. Their lives and way of...
Like he did with his previous film, Tangerine, director Sean Baker once again gives voice to a part of society that is not often depicted on film. Baker has a way of showing these characters without judgment. Their lives and way of...
- 10/27/2017
- by Michael Haffner
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
With “The Florida Project,” director Sean Baker (“Tangerine”) and Mexican cinematographer Alexis Zabe (“Silent Light”) turned a unique coming-of-age movie about kids living on the fringe of Orlando’s Disney World into “blueberry ice cream with a sour twist.” The movie is a freewheeling “pop verité” of broken dreams built around a cast of mostly non-professionals, and set in a makeshift purple motel appropriately called “The Magic Castle.” But it’s the push-pull between rambunctious six-year-old newcomer Brooklynn Prince and tenderhearted hotel manager Willem Dafoe that propels the drama.
Pop Goes the Verité
And 35mm anamorphic film was the perfect choice to evoke the soft, creamy, imperfect aesthetic Baker was after. “There are fewer and fewer opportunities to work on 35 and I really treasure it,” said Zabe, who shot with the Panavision Millennium xl2 and old E series lenses. “It changes the whole dynamic on set and it plays better...
Pop Goes the Verité
And 35mm anamorphic film was the perfect choice to evoke the soft, creamy, imperfect aesthetic Baker was after. “There are fewer and fewer opportunities to work on 35 and I really treasure it,” said Zabe, who shot with the Panavision Millennium xl2 and old E series lenses. “It changes the whole dynamic on set and it plays better...
- 10/9/2017
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Sean Baker’s “The Florida Project” has been hailed as his best film, a triumphant followup to his iPhone-shot “Tangerine” set in an Orlando budget motel that has wowed audiences at festivals around the world. Raves have singled out his six-year-old star, Brooklynn Prince, and Willem Dafoe as the hotel manager, both of whom anchor an extraordinary, heartbreaking drama.
But last summer, towards the end of production on “The Florida Project,” Baker confessed he was in hell. He compared his challenges to Francis Ford Coppola’s experiences on “Apocalypse Now” – living in fear that the production was constantly on the verge of collapse and sincerely wondering if the footage he was bringing back to New York to edit could be turned into a movie.
“Like all of my films, there’s still an element of not having control,” said Baker in an interview with IndieWire. For the film, he continued...
But last summer, towards the end of production on “The Florida Project,” Baker confessed he was in hell. He compared his challenges to Francis Ford Coppola’s experiences on “Apocalypse Now” – living in fear that the production was constantly on the verge of collapse and sincerely wondering if the footage he was bringing back to New York to edit could be turned into a movie.
“Like all of my films, there’s still an element of not having control,” said Baker in an interview with IndieWire. For the film, he continued...
- 10/6/2017
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
The most affecting movies tend to sneak up on you. In the case of The Florida Project, Sean Baker’s new film has been steadily building buzz since the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. Still, when I got to see it back in August, there was no way to predict how much it would blow me away, even with that hype. It’s finally hitting theaters this week and should be an Oscar player later on this year. It also represents yet another top notch selection from A24, who have arguably the best taste in the industry. Once you see this flick, you’ll see what I mean. It’s damn near impossible to forget, though trust me, you won’t want to. Set in a poor section of Florida, right in the shadow of Disney World, we follow six year old Moonee (Brooklynn Prince) over the course of one summer. She...
- 10/5/2017
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Willem Dafoe should be on top of Oscar's Best Supporting Actor list for his stellar work in The Florida Project, a film that's as hilarious and heartbreaking as it is unclassifiable. The actor's soul-deep performance as Bobby, a motel manager working the low-rent fringes of Orlando's theme-park "paradise," is alert to every nuance, and his achievement is even more notable considering the scene-stealing kid actors he's surrounded by. Director/co-writer Sean Baker's follow-up to his movie breakthrough Tangerine – which showed that miracles can happen filming on a nothing budget...
- 10/4/2017
- Rollingstone.com
British director John Madden, whose credits include crossover hits The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and its sequel, The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, will head up this year's international jury at the Mumbai Film Festival.
Madden, who received an Oscar nomination for best director for his helming of 1998 best picture winner Shakespeare in Love, recently directed the political thriller Miss Sloane starring Jessica Chastain.
Joining Madden on the Mumbai jury are Mexican cinematographer Alexis Zabe (Silver Light), Chinese-American actress Celina Jade (Wolf Warriors 2), Indian actress-director Konkona Sensharma (Death in the Gunj) and Argentinian writer-director Santiago Mitre (The Summit).
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Madden, who received an Oscar nomination for best director for his helming of 1998 best picture winner Shakespeare in Love, recently directed the political thriller Miss Sloane starring Jessica Chastain.
Joining Madden on the Mumbai jury are Mexican cinematographer Alexis Zabe (Silver Light), Chinese-American actress Celina Jade (Wolf Warriors 2), Indian actress-director Konkona Sensharma (Death in the Gunj) and Argentinian writer-director Santiago Mitre (The Summit).
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- 9/14/2017
- by Nyay Bhushan
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
As summer cools down, we’re entering perhaps the best time of year for cinephiles, with a variety of festivals — some of which will hold premieres of our most-anticipated 2017 features — gearing up. As we do each year, after highlighting the best films offered thus far, we’ve set out to provide a comprehensive preview of the fall titles that should be on your radar, and we’ll first take a look at selections whose quality we can attest to. These acclaimed 25 films from Sundance, Cannes, Berlinale and more will arrive between September and December (in the U.S.) and are all well worth seeking out.
Kill Me Please (Anita Rocha da Silveira; Sept. 1)
Following in a wave of cerebral psychological horror films such as The Witch, It Follows, and The Babadook, Anita Rocha da Silveira’s debut Kill Me Please is the latest art-horror film that’s concerned with the internal repercussions of trauma.
Kill Me Please (Anita Rocha da Silveira; Sept. 1)
Following in a wave of cerebral psychological horror films such as The Witch, It Follows, and The Babadook, Anita Rocha da Silveira’s debut Kill Me Please is the latest art-horror film that’s concerned with the internal repercussions of trauma.
- 8/23/2017
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Earlier this week, we got a Trailer for a rather small independent movie that could make a pretty big splash during the awards season. This probably won’t shock you, but it’s also an A24 release. The flick in question is The Florida Project, which has been building some steady buzz since the Cannes Film Festival, especially for Willem Dafoe. Long considered by some to be overdue for a statue, Dafoe has received career best notices for his turn here. If he’s truly as good as advertised, he could help drive this movie right through the precursors. Watch out for this one folks. The film is a look at growing up in poverty. The catch is, it’s seen through the eyes of a rather precocious and innocent six year old girl. Moonee (Brooklynn Prince) and her friends, including Jancey (Valeria Cotto), run around the a week to...
- 8/16/2017
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
With its bat-out-of-hell cinematography and attractive Diy-style approach, not to mention stellar performances, Tangerine was one of the break-out features of 2015. While it attracted attention due to being shot entirely on an iPhone, its recognition went beyond its aesthetic to signal a strong directorial voice. Director Sean Baker is now back with The Florida Project, which premiered at Cannes and follows a group of kids on the fringes in Orlando. Ahead of an October release via A24, the first trailer has now landed.
“There are surely few sweeter delights in this troubling world of ours than seeing Willem Dafoe politely escort a group of storks off a motel driveway,” we said in our Cannes review. “It is, perhaps, the best of a number of striking visual flourishes in Sean Baker’s The Florida Project, an aesthetically rich but narratively slight film that sees the writer-director (along with cinematographer Alexis Zabe...
“There are surely few sweeter delights in this troubling world of ours than seeing Willem Dafoe politely escort a group of storks off a motel driveway,” we said in our Cannes review. “It is, perhaps, the best of a number of striking visual flourishes in Sean Baker’s The Florida Project, an aesthetically rich but narratively slight film that sees the writer-director (along with cinematographer Alexis Zabe...
- 8/14/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
After “Tangerine,” Sean Baker sets up his camera again with an eye towards uncharted America with “The Florida Project.” This time his eye goes towards the makeshift motels that litter the main avenues towards Disneyland, distilling a moist, colorful, and shimmering visual atmosphere, thanks to Alexis Zabe‘s beautiful photography.
Moonee (Brooklynn Prince) is 6 years old and lives in a motel with her mother Halley (Bria Vinaite).
Continue reading Sean Baker Talks ‘The Florida Project,’ Going Pop Verité & Influences On The Film [Cannes] at The Playlist.
Moonee (Brooklynn Prince) is 6 years old and lives in a motel with her mother Halley (Bria Vinaite).
Continue reading Sean Baker Talks ‘The Florida Project,’ Going Pop Verité & Influences On The Film [Cannes] at The Playlist.
- 5/30/2017
- by Jordan Ruimy
- The Playlist
There are surely few sweeter delights in this troubling world of ours than seeing Willem Dafoe politely escort a group of storks off a motel driveway. It is, perhaps, the best of a number of striking visual flourishes in Sean Baker’s The Florida Project, an aesthetically rich but narratively slight film that sees the writer-director (along with cinematographer Alexis Zabe) switch from the saturated and much-celebrated iPhone camerawork utilized for his last film Tangerine to the crackle and unmistakable warmth of celluloid.
Indeed, it proves a perfect tool for capturing the bizarre imitation-Disney hotels in which the film plays out, but could it be too beautiful for its own good? Baker indulges just a little too much time shooting his young hyperactive actors in off-key locations and perhaps not enough on their character development or narrative arcs.
Newcomers Brooklynn Prince and Bria Vinaite play Moonee and Halley, respectively, a...
Indeed, it proves a perfect tool for capturing the bizarre imitation-Disney hotels in which the film plays out, but could it be too beautiful for its own good? Baker indulges just a little too much time shooting his young hyperactive actors in off-key locations and perhaps not enough on their character development or narrative arcs.
Newcomers Brooklynn Prince and Bria Vinaite play Moonee and Halley, respectively, a...
- 5/22/2017
- by Rory O'Connor
- The Film Stage
“The Little Rascals” meets “The Little Fugitive” in Sean Baker’s “The Florida Project,” a loose, endearing followup to “Tangerine” and another deep dive into impoverished America from the inside out. Baker has staked his filmmaking career on coaching vivid performances from non-traditional actors, and “The Florida Project” features a six-year-old girl in a freeflowing narrative and largely inhabits the limitations of her perspective, with mostly winning results.
Where “Tangerine” took place across the across the busy streets of Los Angeles, “The Florida Project” unfolds almost exclusively within the constraints of a budget motel on the outskirts of Orlando. The purple-hued Magic Castle Motel exists in Disney World’s decrepit backyard, and provides a very different sort of playground for the kids who live in its confines.
See MoreWillem Dafoe Goes to Disney World: Sean Baker Reveals Details and Photos of ‘The Florida Project’ — Exclusive
These include Moonee (Brooklynn Prince...
Where “Tangerine” took place across the across the busy streets of Los Angeles, “The Florida Project” unfolds almost exclusively within the constraints of a budget motel on the outskirts of Orlando. The purple-hued Magic Castle Motel exists in Disney World’s decrepit backyard, and provides a very different sort of playground for the kids who live in its confines.
See MoreWillem Dafoe Goes to Disney World: Sean Baker Reveals Details and Photos of ‘The Florida Project’ — Exclusive
These include Moonee (Brooklynn Prince...
- 5/22/2017
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
With some of the most inventive, energetic direction we’ve seen this decade, last year’s Tangerine was one of the most essential dramas of last year, and not just due to seeing what one can accomplish just on an iPhone. Director Sean Baker wasted little time getting his follow-up together and after completing production down south, we now have the first images and new details for The Florida Project.
Co-written by Chris Bergoch, Indiewire reports that it “tells the story of a precocious six year old and her rag-tag group of close friends whose summer break is filled with childhood wonder, possibility, and a sense of adventure, while their parents and the adults around them struggle with hard times.” Not much more is known about the story, but the title refers to when Disney began buying up land to make Disney World, so if we had to take a...
Co-written by Chris Bergoch, Indiewire reports that it “tells the story of a precocious six year old and her rag-tag group of close friends whose summer break is filled with childhood wonder, possibility, and a sense of adventure, while their parents and the adults around them struggle with hard times.” Not much more is known about the story, but the title refers to when Disney began buying up land to make Disney World, so if we had to take a...
- 9/23/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
“Tangerine” director Sean Baker has wrapped production on his new film, “The Florida Project,” and checked in with IndieWire to give us an exclusive sneak peek.
Read More: Willem Dafoe Cast in Sean Baker’s ‘The Florida Project,’ the Writer/Director’s Follow-Up to ‘Tangerine’
The film is not, as many believed, Sean Baker’s “Untitled Florida Project.” The official title is “The Florida Project,” and it refers to Florida’s Disney World. When Disney first started buying up land and planning Disney World, they referred to it as “The Florida Project.”
Baker joked that title confusion even spilled over to the cast and crew; toward the end of the shoot, he realized they still thought the film was untitled.
Presumedly, Disney World is in some way a backdrop to Baker’s script, which he co-wrote with Chris Bergoch (“Tangerine” and “Starlet”) and tells the story of a precocious six...
Read More: Willem Dafoe Cast in Sean Baker’s ‘The Florida Project,’ the Writer/Director’s Follow-Up to ‘Tangerine’
The film is not, as many believed, Sean Baker’s “Untitled Florida Project.” The official title is “The Florida Project,” and it refers to Florida’s Disney World. When Disney first started buying up land and planning Disney World, they referred to it as “The Florida Project.”
Baker joked that title confusion even spilled over to the cast and crew; toward the end of the shoot, he realized they still thought the film was untitled.
Presumedly, Disney World is in some way a backdrop to Baker’s script, which he co-wrote with Chris Bergoch (“Tangerine” and “Starlet”) and tells the story of a precocious six...
- 9/22/2016
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
Essential Killing: Inarritu’s Remarkable New Thanksgiving Film
After winning a trio of Academy Awards last year for Birdman (which took home Best Picture, Director, and Screenplay), Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu returns in surprising succession with another English language masterpiece, The Revenant. Based loosely on a 2002 novel by Michael Punke, which documents a near mythical 1820’s cross country trek by fur trapper and frontiersman Hugh Glass, it’s perhaps most important to note Inarritu’s ‘looseness’ in adapting an already embellished ‘true account.’ Grueling, impressively detailed, and beautifully shot by Inarritu’s returning DoP Emmanuel Lubezki, it’s a ragged portrait of the American frontier, a period and time often glorified for the white, European perspective. Though the film sees a theatrical release during the high tide of awards season zenith, one wishes it had been ready in time to open on Thanksgiving weekend due to its barbed depiction of historical American gang wars,...
After winning a trio of Academy Awards last year for Birdman (which took home Best Picture, Director, and Screenplay), Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu returns in surprising succession with another English language masterpiece, The Revenant. Based loosely on a 2002 novel by Michael Punke, which documents a near mythical 1820’s cross country trek by fur trapper and frontiersman Hugh Glass, it’s perhaps most important to note Inarritu’s ‘looseness’ in adapting an already embellished ‘true account.’ Grueling, impressively detailed, and beautifully shot by Inarritu’s returning DoP Emmanuel Lubezki, it’s a ragged portrait of the American frontier, a period and time often glorified for the white, European perspective. Though the film sees a theatrical release during the high tide of awards season zenith, one wishes it had been ready in time to open on Thanksgiving weekend due to its barbed depiction of historical American gang wars,...
- 12/5/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Here's your daily dose of an indie film in progress; at the end of the week, you'll have the chance to vote for your favorite. In the meantime: Is this a movie you’d want to see? Tell us in the comments. "The Voice Thief" Tweetable Logline: Adan Jodorowsky and Asia Argento team up to create a surreal, psychedelic film featuring dwarves and gold-dripping vaginas. Elevator Pitch: The offspring of Alejandro Jodorowsky and Dario Argento are teaming up to make a film in Miami produced by Borscht Corp. Adan Jodorowsky’s film is a surreal odyssey through Miami’s psychedelic underworld featuring characters such as a prostitute dwarf who lives in the shadow of her mother’s corpse and a giant transvestite that drips gold from its vagina. It's being lensed by Cannes vet Alexis Zabe and produced by Lucas Leyva and Jillian Mayer (Filmmaker Magazine's 25 New Faces of Indie.
- 9/5/2012
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
#01. Post Tenebras Lux Director/Writer: Carlos Reygadas Producers: Le Pacte's Jean Labadie and Mantarraya Producciones' Jaime Romandia Distributor: Rights Available The Gist: Childhood and adolescence memories, dreams of life, emotions and thoughts of the present existence. It's a feature film with a loose plot link in its discourse but really clear in its poetics. It is not united by the plot but by the harmony in the expression of the feelings. It works like this: at a superficial level, by the stylistic coherence; at a deep level, making sense through the identity of the personal vision...(more) Cast: Further use of non-professional actors. List Worthy Reasons...: Incrementally perfecting his stylistic and narrative approach, in Japon and Battle in Heaven, Carlos Reygadas examined our will to live, defined how compassion and sympathy can sustain itself in dire trying moments, and he painfully, unflinchingly reminded us that there is...
- 1/12/2012
- IONCINEMA.com
"I'm old enough to bleed, I'm old enough to breed, I'm old enough to crack a brick in your teeth while you sleep." Harmony Korine plus South African futuristic rap-rave white trashers Die Antwoord and "Silent Light" cinematographer Alexis Zabe equals "Umshini Wam," Korine's latest in short film absurdism. Only 16 minutes long, and translated as "Bring Me My Machine Gun," the short, which debuted at SXSW last night, feels like somewhat of a companion piece to Korine's 2010 gloriously beautiful/ugly "Trash Humpers" in mischievous, fucked-up spirit, only instead of shot on butt ugly VHS, the picture is beautifully lensed…...
- 3/16/2011
- The Playlist
Release Date: Jan. 9 (limited)
Writer/Director: Carlos Reygadas
Cinematographer: Alexis Zabe
Starring: Cornelio Wall, Maria Pankratz, Miriam Toews
Studio/Run Time: Film Forum, 108 mins.
Silent Light takes place in a Mexican Mennonite farm, but it’s not a religious movie. Its tale is in many ways the classic one of forbidden love, where dedicated husband Johan (Cornelio Wall) falls in love with another woman, Marianne (Maria Pankratz), which causes complications for both of them. The twist is that due to Johan’s devotion to both his wife Esther (Miriam Toews) and his faith he is also honest with her about the affair. This effectively rips apart the emotions of all three parties, but with Johan unwilling to stop himself there’s no end in sight.
Writer/Director: Carlos Reygadas
Cinematographer: Alexis Zabe
Starring: Cornelio Wall, Maria Pankratz, Miriam Toews
Studio/Run Time: Film Forum, 108 mins.
Silent Light takes place in a Mexican Mennonite farm, but it’s not a religious movie. Its tale is in many ways the classic one of forbidden love, where dedicated husband Johan (Cornelio Wall) falls in love with another woman, Marianne (Maria Pankratz), which causes complications for both of them. The twist is that due to Johan’s devotion to both his wife Esther (Miriam Toews) and his faith he is also honest with her about the affair. This effectively rips apart the emotions of all three parties, but with Johan unwilling to stop himself there’s no end in sight.
- 1/13/2009
- Pastemagazine.com
- #3. To me, Japon and Battle in Heaven remain examples of experimental cinema that rubbed me in a wrong way but were strong samples of an auteur worth looking at for at work. So while I wasn’t totally convinced by his cinema, this changed when I finally got to see what is perhaps the most beautiful story visually captured on film this year (it was actually a 2007 film, had a week release I think at MoMA in the Fall, and gets a release at Film Forum next week) comes from Mexican filmmaker Carlos Reygadas and his Dop Alexis Zabe. I was left paralyzed in my seat from the opening frame (which is later revisited) and forgot that I was watching an engrossing tragi-drama with non-actors. ...
- 1/2/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
- Fifity is nifty for Carlos Reygadas and his Cannes-winning 3rd film Silent Light (Luz Silenciosa). Winning in the top categories (best film, director, supporting actress, cinematography (Alexis Zabé) and original screenplay, this was the 50th edition of the annual Ariel Awards, a.k.a the Mexican Oscars. Reygadas' film is set in the Chihuaha state, community of Mennonites. Johan, married to Esther, with seven sons from her, has been having a passionate love affair with Marianne for 2 years. Deciding between two lives, and between two women, is impossibile. He opens his heart to his friend, Zacaris and to his father, a preacher, who sees it as the devil’s work. Neverthless, both of them support him, pity him. And envy him. Another big winner was Rigoberto Castañeda's horror film Km 31 and the Ibero American Ariel went to Xxy by Argentina's Lucia Puenzo (this is receiving a domestic release
- 3/27/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
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