It's a high seas haunting in the new movie Haunting of the Mary Celeste, which will be available on digital services starting October 23rd, and we have an exclusive clip just for Daily Dead readers!
"Supernatural thriller film Haunting Of The Mary Celeste is slated for a release on demand and on digital, October 23 via Vertical Entertainment. Emily Swallow, Richard Roundtree (Shaft), Alice Hunter (“DC’s Legends of Tomorrow”), Dominic Devore (“P-Valley”),Pierre Adeli and Ava Acres (Free Ride) star.
Swallow stars as Rachel, a concerned researcher whose team who has set out to sea to prove that the disappearance of a family and crew from a merchant ship was for reasons having to do with the supernatural. Her theory that those on the Mary Celeste vanished into a “rift” between dimensions proves true as the boat breaks down and her crew begins to vanish one by one.
The true...
"Supernatural thriller film Haunting Of The Mary Celeste is slated for a release on demand and on digital, October 23 via Vertical Entertainment. Emily Swallow, Richard Roundtree (Shaft), Alice Hunter (“DC’s Legends of Tomorrow”), Dominic Devore (“P-Valley”),Pierre Adeli and Ava Acres (Free Ride) star.
Swallow stars as Rachel, a concerned researcher whose team who has set out to sea to prove that the disappearance of a family and crew from a merchant ship was for reasons having to do with the supernatural. Her theory that those on the Mary Celeste vanished into a “rift” between dimensions proves true as the boat breaks down and her crew begins to vanish one by one.
The true...
- 10/22/2020
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
The 24th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival has announced the 30 official selections from 21 countries for this year’s Naff project market. The selections consist of 19 projects for the It Project (including one Korean-Vietnamese co-production) and 11 projects for Project Spotlight Korea. A total of 181 projects from 40 countries were submitted for consideration this year. Selected projects are listed in the table below.
Projects from South Korea and other parts of Asia captured the philosophy that lies deep within the framework of genre films by exploring a variety of topics, such as tradition and political/social conflict, gender identity, and class distinction. (Project Spotlight highlights projects from one Asian country each year; this year’s spotlight will be on South Korea.)
The judges for this year included Kini S. Kim, Kim Young, Jonathan Kim (CEO of Hanmac Culture Group), and Joyce Heeyoung Cho.
The 30 official selections will be candidates for the Naff awards,...
Projects from South Korea and other parts of Asia captured the philosophy that lies deep within the framework of genre films by exploring a variety of topics, such as tradition and political/social conflict, gender identity, and class distinction. (Project Spotlight highlights projects from one Asian country each year; this year’s spotlight will be on South Korea.)
The judges for this year included Kini S. Kim, Kim Young, Jonathan Kim (CEO of Hanmac Culture Group), and Joyce Heeyoung Cho.
The 30 official selections will be candidates for the Naff awards,...
- 5/27/2020
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Currently on our curated Kickstarter page is Hungry for Love, a food-fueled love story directed by Justin Ambrosino. Below is a guest essay from the film’s producer, Soojin Chung, on her own journey towards the culinary when she moved to the U.S. Please visit the film’s Kickstarter page to learn more and consider donating. Growing up in Korea, I was never interested in food. I was an unusual kid who never asked for candy or hamburgers like the other children. In fact, food was last on my list of things to obsess over. But since I moved to America things […]...
- 12/3/2014
- by Soojin Chung
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Currently on our curated Kickstarter page is Hungry for Love, a food-fueled love story directed by Justin Ambrosino. Below is a guest essay from the film’s producer, Soojin Chung, on her own journey towards the culinary when she moved to the U.S. Please visit the film’s Kickstarter page to learn more and consider donating. Growing up in Korea, I was never interested in food. I was an unusual kid who never asked for candy or hamburgers like the other children. In fact, food was last on my list of things to obsess over. But since I moved to America things […]...
- 12/3/2014
- by Soojin Chung
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Tucson and Phoenix: Prepare to be rocked, shocked and defiled. Blasting its way into its third — and biggest — year on Sept. 18-25, the Arizona Underground Film Festival is a cacophonous concoction of angry transsexuals, bumbling hit men, slacker superheroes, living dolls, aliens, dead hookers, adventure-seeking blondes and other crazies.
This year the fest is screening 30 feature films, some of which are making their U.S. and even world debuts. The opening night film is the U.S. premiere of the German hit man comedy Snowman’s Land, directed by Tomasz Thomson,while closing the fest is the controversial and violent A Serbian Film by Srdjan Spasojevic, which you have to be over-18 to get into.
Don’t worry, there’s plenty of homebrewed films as well, such as Dead Hooker in a Trunk by Jen Soska & Sylvia Soska; Nude Nuns With Big Guns by Joseph Guzman; 1,001 Ways to Enjoy the...
This year the fest is screening 30 feature films, some of which are making their U.S. and even world debuts. The opening night film is the U.S. premiere of the German hit man comedy Snowman’s Land, directed by Tomasz Thomson,while closing the fest is the controversial and violent A Serbian Film by Srdjan Spasojevic, which you have to be over-18 to get into.
Don’t worry, there’s plenty of homebrewed films as well, such as Dead Hooker in a Trunk by Jen Soska & Sylvia Soska; Nude Nuns With Big Guns by Joseph Guzman; 1,001 Ways to Enjoy the...
- 9/13/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
The first ever Detroit Independent Film Festival has given its Best Documentary award — to a film produced outside of Michigan — Eddies: The Documentary by Calgary filmmaker Michael Peterson. Eddies chronicles the journey of several Canadian filmmakers as they compete in the Big Rock Brewery’s annual filmmaking competition, which is an event relatively unknown outside of Calgary, but is a prodigious affair in the region.
As of this writing, I haven’t posted my review of Eddies on Bad Lit yet, but I’ve seen it and it’s a really wonderful documentary about everyday, creative folks really getting into the spirit of filmmaking — even for what are just essentially short beer commercials. I’ve previously reviewed three short fictional films by Peterson, who’s a great talent out of Canada.
The Detroit Independent Film Festival ran back on March 2-7 at the Burton Film Theatre and screened close to...
As of this writing, I haven’t posted my review of Eddies on Bad Lit yet, but I’ve seen it and it’s a really wonderful documentary about everyday, creative folks really getting into the spirit of filmmaking — even for what are just essentially short beer commercials. I’ve previously reviewed three short fictional films by Peterson, who’s a great talent out of Canada.
The Detroit Independent Film Festival ran back on March 2-7 at the Burton Film Theatre and screened close to...
- 3/14/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
We caught up with Justin Ambrosino, an up-and-coming filmmaker (and at one time, a reporter on this website) to discuss his latest short-film. - We caught up with Justin Ambrosino, an up-and-coming filmmaker (and at one time, a reporter on this website) to discuss his latest short-film. The 8th Samurai has been making the rounds on the film festival circuit and has managed to garner several awards along the way including the "Best of Fest" Award at the La Shorts Fest. The talented NY filmmaker, and AFI graduate, has been involved with an impressive range of productions in the past; from George Clooney's solid but little known faux-reality series "Unscripted", to Scorsese's "The Departed" (to name a few stand-out titles). Regardless of the roll he played on those sets, his ambition has always been to write and direct. Clearly, he's off to a strong start.As you may have gathered from the title,...
- 12/13/2009
- by Ioncinema.com Staff
- IONCINEMA.com
Justin Ambrosino’s “The 8th Samurai” received the Best of the Fest Award at the the 2009 La Shorts Fest, which ended Friday night with its awards ceremony at Cinespace in Hollywood.
The nine-day event handed out best music video honors to “Man-Sized Wreath,” directed by Crush Toronto and Gary Thomas; named “Free Doritos!,” directed by Joe and Dave Herbert, best creative commercial, and singled out Jonathan Kalafar’s “We Love You” as best documentary.
Special recognition awards went to Dan Cadan’s “The Devil’s Wedding” and Bert Bertie’s “The Taxidermist.” Jim Rothman’s “I’m Not Matt Damon” earned the best independent filmmaker award.
In addition to “Samurai,” the following winners are automatically eligible to be submitted to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for Oscar consideration:
Experimental: “Sky People,” directed by Shanti Thakur
Animation: “Alma,” directed by Rodrigo Blaas
Comedy: “Boutonniere,” directed by Coley Sohn
Drama: “Hotel,...
The nine-day event handed out best music video honors to “Man-Sized Wreath,” directed by Crush Toronto and Gary Thomas; named “Free Doritos!,” directed by Joe and Dave Herbert, best creative commercial, and singled out Jonathan Kalafar’s “We Love You” as best documentary.
Special recognition awards went to Dan Cadan’s “The Devil’s Wedding” and Bert Bertie’s “The Taxidermist.” Jim Rothman’s “I’m Not Matt Damon” earned the best independent filmmaker award.
In addition to “Samurai,” the following winners are automatically eligible to be submitted to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for Oscar consideration:
Experimental: “Sky People,” directed by Shanti Thakur
Animation: “Alma,” directed by Rodrigo Blaas
Comedy: “Boutonniere,” directed by Coley Sohn
Drama: “Hotel,...
- 8/1/2009
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
- Ioncinema.com's Remains of the Day (Monday to Friday) is a look at eight and 1/2 news items that we didn't have enough time to cover but are worth mentioning here. For July 31st we have Justin Ambrosino grabbing an award from La Shorts, current "it" director of the moment taking on "Jesus" and Scott coming back for more "Aliens". 1. One of Our Own Former Ioncinema.com writer Justin Ambrosino takes the 2009 La Shorts Fest award for "Best of the Fest" for The 8th Samurai. This also qualifies his to be eligible for Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for Academy Award consideration. Way to go Justin! See more winners below. 2. Tales From...Constantin PopescuPopescu one of the directors in the sharp, short-film collage of works from Romanian filmmakers in Tales from the Golden Age, has just completed post prod on Portrait of the Fighter as a Young Man
- 8/1/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
- This past weekend I had the chance to attend one of the more beautiful settings for a film fest. The Sonoma Film Festival offers such a splendid backdrop that makes it difficult to trade it, and the tasty food and delicious wines donated by local restaurants and wineries in for, a darkened environment to watch a slate of films. With exceptions such as the Korean film "Story of Wine" which almost feels tailor made for the festival, the festival's film selections feels catered towards a local, discerning audience who probably take their movies as seriously as they do about making wine. The friendly and patient audience had a chance to indulge in a selection of local shorts, international features and the highlight of the 12th festival edition was a tribute to Hollywood legend Bruce Willis would have preferred to be honoured as a great "Line Memorizer" rather than accepting
- 4/6/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
- It's not everyday where we get to feature one of our own. Ioncinema.com's humble beginnings began with voices like Justin Ambrosino. Justin was a film enthusiast who took on the ranks of Film Reporter helping us get a foothold in NYC. He was sorely missed when he went onto greener pastures, those pastures ended up being one of the big four film schools in the U.S – to be precise, the American Film Institute where Terrence Malick, David Lynch and Darren Aronfosky got their starts. Fast forward a couple of years later, and I'm extremely pleased to present Justin's latest project -- an excellent short (especially for film buffs) that has just begun its journey on the film festival circuit and will be shown this weekend at the 12th edition of the Sonoma International Film Festival. Justin Ambrosino's The 8th Samurai will be shown at several film festivals across the U.
- 4/2/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
- Woke up, got out of bed, dragged a comb across my head. Met up with Pierre-Alexandre Despatis (IONCINEMA’s resident Festival reporter who’s had some time to recover since his trek in Tribeca) and rode up to Mont Tremblant via shuttle van with the folks who run the Goethe-Institute in Montréal (visit site here) who’ve convinced me that I was missing out on the many quality retrospectives that they offer throughout the year. If you are into upcoming quality German films, then this place is worth the detour. An early afternoon arrival and I started my day with the Shorts Program 2 at the cozy little The Pine theatre nestled in the heart of mini village they created her on the slope/base of the mountain. It’s a mini maze of cobble stone streets and various businesses – gift shops and restaurants and colors – note:
- 6/16/2006
- IONCINEMA.com
- It is too easy to call The Proposition a “Western,” or even, more accurately, a “Period Piece,” the truth is this film should be in a genre called “Well-Crafted.” Sometimes a film comes along that obviously demonstrates that the right choices were made. The right cast, the right director, the right camera set ups, the right pacing, the right composition, etc. Does that make it a masterpiece? That word is thrown around so much it means nothing. It means that this film is well crafted, meaningful, consistent, entertaining and worthwhile. If you want to feel like you are in the hands of good storytellers who pay attention to detail then go see The Proposition. Written by murder ballad icon Nick Cave and directed by John Hillcoat, known for his pitch black comedy from 1988 “Ghost... of the Civil Dead” (another collaboration with Nick Cave
- 5/15/2006
- IONCINEMA.com
- Ahhhhh lazy days ahead. Picnics, BBQ’s and fun days at the beach (see pic above). Summer is also the time when Hollywood campaigns for folks to make there way to air-conditioned multiplexes. I champion such activity but I also say don’t forget the other films – the arty sort. Using our regular voting system – I asked the cream of crop folks at ioncinema to name me their most anticipated picks to beat the heat….you’ll find a bit of everything in the choices of Marcello Paolillo, Justin Ambrosino, Samuel Hilton, Jameson Kowalczyk and me. Yesterday (11-20) we saw a fair number of studio picks - today we see les of them. Scroll down to see what we feel are the 10 best reasons to go to the theatres this summer. 10.The Ordeal (Calvaire) Release date: August Tba NY and/or L.A. release Distributor: Palm Pictures
- 4/25/2006
- IONCINEMA.com
- Ahhhhh lazy days ahead. Picnics, BBQ’s and fun days at the beach (see pic above). Summer is also the time when Hollywood campaigns for folks to make there way to air-conditioned multiplexes. I champion such activity but I also say don’t forget the other films – the arty sort. Using our regular voting system – I asked the cream of crop folks at ioncinema to name me their most anticipated picks to beat the heat….you’ll find a bit of everything in the choices of Marcello Paolillo, Justin Ambrosino, Samuel Hilton, Jameson Kowalczyk and me. Scroll down to see what we feel are 20 reasons to go to the theatres this summer, and stay tuned tomorrow as we unveil the remaining top choices. 20.Lady in the Water Release date: July 21st Wide ReleaseDistributor: Warner Bros. Pictures Ioncinema Preview : View here The Gist: Cleveland Heep (Paul Giamatti
- 4/24/2006
- IONCINEMA.com
- The above mentioned family names have a lot points in common. They all happen to be cinephiles at heart, they are filmmakers, their familia name begins with the letter ‘A’ and I happen to have caught all of their last films but most importantly, they were all members of the AFI Conservatory in directing. While for most, the American Film Institute is known for bringing out a yearly list of top 100 movie lists with themes (Best Villains was my fav.), what they also do is bombard us with future filmmakers and this is why I’m extremely happy to share this bit of personal news. Our good friend Justin Ambrosino (by far ioncinema.com’s numero uno correspondent for us in the big city of NY) is packing up his bags, celluloid film and heading for another big city called L.A. Justin was among one of the “lucky
- 4/15/2006
- IONCINEMA.com
- [Editor’s note: I’d like to introduce y’all to Mr. Jameson Kowalczyk - our newest NYC correspondent has joined ioncinema.com veterans Justin Ambrosino and Marcello Paolillo in an effort to provide You folks with the best in indie and foreign film coverage. Jameson has been writing fiction for over twelve years – is a published short story author, and in 2003 he published his first novel, Bottle Caps and has dabble in short-filmmaking with Choplin (2004), and Peepers Creepers!(2005). Welcome to the team Jamie! In her 2000, film American Psycho, writer/director Mary Harron (see also, I Shot Andy Warhol) explored America’s relationship with and reaction to violence – or perhaps, lack of reaction. Now Harron brings us The Notorious Bettie Page, the story of the 1950s pin-up model who would go on to become a cult icon of sexuality. With this film Harron has explored America’s relationship with and reaction – or perhaps more accurately, overreaction – to sex. Though Nbp is a much sweeter, more optimistic work that Harron’s previous films, it
- 4/13/2006
- IONCINEMA.com
- Hard Candy deals with issues that may make some viewers uncomfortable. The opening sequence keeps you shifting in your seats as you listen to the flirtation between a fourteen-year-old girl and an older man she met online. It is the conversation that you always feared could happen. They speak so openly to each other as if no one could hear, as if they aren’t doing anything wrong. Well are they? Hard Candy makes you think about a lot of things you might not want to. It makes you ask yourself what is wrong or right. It might seem so obvious now but can there be an exception? And you ask yourself that question as the victim and the predator switch roles. Hayley Stark, the fourteen-year-old girl, finds herself drinking vodka inside photographer Jeff Kohlver’s home. Becoming increasing intoxicated, she slowly takes off her clothes. She is getting
- 4/11/2006
- IONCINEMA.com
- Iowa is like a drug-induced walk through the Mid-West. In this sleepy town full of shady characters two young lovers begin cooking up drugs and selling it out of a ranch house, hoping to get enough money to leave their world behind. Soon they find themselves escaping reality, on the run and heading on a downward spiral. The story revolves around a young man (Matt Farnsworth) whose mother (Rosanna Arquette) is plotting to kill him because she wants to live alone with her boyfriend, a local cop. So the young man runs away with girlfriend (Diane Foster) and leaves his girlfriend’s father (John Savage) behind. Together they shack up and bring in two more friends to start their Meth lab. The soon takes effect and everything falls apart. The most intense scenes in the film are the ones where the effects of Meth are displayed using every camera trick in the book.
- 4/1/2006
- IONCINEMA.com
- If you ever wanted to experience what is it like to walk that thin line between genius and madness than go and experience The Devil and Daniel Johnston. Daniel Johnston is a musician known throughout the world for both his comic book style artwork and his songs of unrequited love. Many underground music fans in America are familiar with him, but mainstream America has somehow overlooked his body of work. Maybe that is because he spent a large part of his life in and out of mental institutions fighting his maniac depression and the beckoning of the Devil. Currently he is out of the hospital, on medication and readily enjoying the exposure he is getting with a documentary film about his life and work opening in the theaters, an exhibition of his prolific art at the Whitney Museum, a world wide musical tour and an endless amount of press.
- 3/30/2006
- IONCINEMA.com
- Lonesome Jim moves at a deliberately slow but tolerable pace. It’s one of those films that critics will not appreciate much because it isn’t challenging enough for an American director and it’s hard to find a reason why a film like this should be made. Well this film is for anyone who has tried and failed, which is probably more than have tried and succeeded. So it’s undoubtedly identifiable. It’s about a writer and it’s for writers, filmmakers, actors, musicians, chefs, whoever, who had to try and find something else that made them happy when the daily grind of trying to “make it” becomes too hard to deal with alone. Lonesome Jim is autobiographical and it is not afraid to be. The screenwriter is James Strouse and the character is named Jim who is a writer. The whole script was set in
- 3/29/2006
- IONCINEMA.com
- Brick takes a fresh look at the noir genre. There’s a murder, a detective, a femme fatal, a shady back story that slowly unfolds, corruption, betrayal, and no adults anywhere. The whole film revolves around teenagers: high school students who are actors, drug dealers, bookworms, football players, addicts and partygoers. The setting is in the high school itself, the basements of the characters and backlots of the deli’s where they hang out. Brick is not only a fresh look at the noir genre but it is fresh in terms of any movie. Another interesting note is that Brick brings you into a world where language rules. The kids speak with a slang only understood by them. Here’s a few words and their proper translations: Bulls – cops - “What first, tip the bulls?” Gum – to mess things up – “Bulls would only gum it up.
- 3/28/2006
- IONCINEMA.com
- Independent filmmakers are well served by a little organization called the Ifp. For a non-New Yorker like myself, it irritates the hell out of me to think that we don’t have a local chapter up here (in Montreal) serving our large community of filmmakers and cinephiles.Ioncinema.com’s very own Justin Ambrosino will be one among a half-dozen filmmakers to present their short film during this month’s Ifp Buzz Cuts (that’s this upcoming Tuesday - January 10th).Street Kid (9 minutes) is about a deaf, homeless, street kid who weathers a cold winter's day in New York City and struggles for money. For more info on all the films and reservation info please click here.Live and in the flesh: Justin Ambrosino and the other filmmakers will be on hand for the Q & A.Screening: 7 pm• Q& A: 8:30 pm• Reception follows Q & A• Location: Pioneer Theater,
- 1/4/2006
- IONCINEMA.com
- While others are checking out an imitation Johnny Cash, those who want the real thing will check out Townes Van Zandt in Be Here to Love Me the new documentary from director Margaret Brown. Here is music rebellion at its’ rawest. Townes Van Zandt was a man who threw everything away, including his family life, just to write and play his music across America. Here he is captured in a musically-driven documentary aimed to make a forgotten legend accessible to the public. “There’s Heaven, then Purgatory, then Hell, then the Blues. I’m just trying to crawl my way up through the blues,” Townes once said. The things he says are as honest as the music he writes. Townes’ was a heroin addicted, alcoholic, wandering spirit with a guitar and a lot of pain. He was rebel, an outcast, and a great songwriter. The home movies
- 12/5/2005
- IONCINEMA.com
- Rarely is a movie actually digital. Rarely is a movie actually independent. Rarely is a movie actually Cassavetesesque. So if you are looking for a real digital, independent, Cassavetesesque movie here it is – Ellie Parker. A man, Scott Coffey, his camera, Sony Dcr-PC100 , and his actors, Naomi Watts, among others, is all it took to make this movie. And the beauty of it all is that it was made without thinking about any of these “indie” ideals. Most digitals movies lack the risk-taking that should be involved with this medium; this movie took on many risks. Most directors don’t truly take advantage of digital’s ease and quickness; Scott Coffey sat on the hood of a car, holding on with one hand and having the camera in another, to film scenes. Most digital movies are shot and lit like film because they are so afraid to
- 11/10/2005
- IONCINEMA.com
- Four different people, four different hang-ups, four different dreams all heading in the same direction - New York City. New York is where a lot of people test their strengths against the world. It is a force that pulls many people in. Many leave their loved ones behind in search of their dreams in this cold, grey city. A person can change after moving to New York and this is what the main character of Four Lane Highway regretfully finds out. A young man, Sean (Fred Weller), who used to be a writer, to the extent of even being published in the New Yorker, is now just a laborer working and living in a small college town in Maine. He gave up his dream of being of working writer because of all the complications that come with it and the lack of support from his accomplished father. After a day of work,
- 11/8/2005
- IONCINEMA.com
- A piece of Napoli inside these doors. Antonio Capuano (L) presenting his film to the public The newly renovated MoMA (The Museum of Modern Art) is the home of the Antonio Capuano Retrospective. Showing his films throughout this weekend and premiering Mario‘s War for a New York audience and members of the artistic community that frequents the museum. Yesterday the film Vito and the Others (Vito e gli Altri), Pianese Nunzio: 14 years old in May (Pianese Nunzio: 14 Anni a Maggio) and the short film Sophialoren screened to pack house. Antonio Capuano was there with Gian Mario Feltti (his producer) and I interviewed them about their works. Vito and the Other – 85 mins. 1991 On its surface, this film is a story about street kids who suffer the pitfalls of poverty and live their life on the outskirts of society with no direction. But beneath the surface this film is statement against filmmaking.
- 11/6/2005
- IONCINEMA.com
- Ioncinema.com’s Justin Ambrosino sat down with Gidi Dar director of Ushpizin, Gidi’s second feature length film as director. There is no doubt that Ushpizin is an ultra-Orthodox Jewish film, it could be easily be considered a propaganda piece, missionary work, but only because it was written by a believer, Shuli Rand, who must never break the commandments and must always speak the word of God. But what is important here is that it is also directed by someone outside of the religion who is fascinated with the mind of a believer and his name is Gidi Dar. Ushpizin is a film that enters into this particular Jewish religious sect whose members don’t even watch movies for it can be seen as blasphemous, again because of the commandments state thou shall not worship any other Gods, and to an ultra-Orthodox Jew this even means a depiction
- 10/18/2005
- IONCINEMA.com
- First time writer/director Michael Phelan speaks about his film Into the Fire with admiration for everyone involved, from his distribution, to his cast and crew. With little money, some not so positive feedback, a 19 day shooting schedule and a handful of talented people, Phelan weaved together a story about hope and courage, two themes that seem to be the underlining themes of everything he does. Justin Ambrosino: Why does a film that takes place in part on the shore of the New York Harbor have the title Into the Fire? Michael Phelan: We all have something in our past that we carry with us and sooner or later we have to deal with it in order to be free. That something is the “fire”, because it’s sometimes hot, dangerous and scary. Our three characters, who are my own interpretations of three heroes, each have
- 9/21/2005
- IONCINEMA.com
- Lee Daniels is a casting agent, turned manager, turned producer, turned director out with a new film called Shadowboxer which is premiering at the Toronto Film Festival. As a producer, Daniels’ Monster’s Ball and The Woodsman have found success, despite the difficult subject matters. His debut sees a mother and her stepson who share a relationship as lovers and as killers. As a filmmaker, Daniels likes to push people to the edge, whether he does it blindly or on purpose. Here he talks about the process of directing his first film. Lee Daniels Justin Ambrosino: After producing Monster’s Ball and The Woodsman, you decided to become a director and make Shadowboxer. Which title do you prefer? Lee Daniels: They are completely different hats, different stress levels, two different worries and I love them both equally. Just because I finished directing, probably directing. But for my
- 9/15/2005
- IONCINEMA.com
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