Hugh Jackman’s “Locked Lips” With Male Co-Star Stemmed Rumors That He’s Gay!(Photo Credit –Instagram)
Wolverine actor Hugh Jackman was happily married to Deborra-Lee Furness for over two decades. They unfortunately called it quits in September 2023 to “pursue individual growth.” One rumor lingering throughout their marriage was whether the actor was gay and had been hiding in the closet. But where did it all start? Scroll below for all the details!
The news of divorce sent shockwaves across the Hollywood industry. Hugh and Deborra-Lee Furness met on the sets of Australian TV show Correlli. Many wouldn’t know, but he personally designed her engagement ring. They tied the knot in April 1996. There could be a thousand reasons why the duo called it quits, but sexuality isn’t one of them!
Hugh Jackman’s lingering smooch with male co-star!
In 2003, Hugh Jackman played the role of gay singer-songwriter Peter Allen...
Wolverine actor Hugh Jackman was happily married to Deborra-Lee Furness for over two decades. They unfortunately called it quits in September 2023 to “pursue individual growth.” One rumor lingering throughout their marriage was whether the actor was gay and had been hiding in the closet. But where did it all start? Scroll below for all the details!
The news of divorce sent shockwaves across the Hollywood industry. Hugh and Deborra-Lee Furness met on the sets of Australian TV show Correlli. Many wouldn’t know, but he personally designed her engagement ring. They tied the knot in April 1996. There could be a thousand reasons why the duo called it quits, but sexuality isn’t one of them!
Hugh Jackman’s lingering smooch with male co-star!
In 2003, Hugh Jackman played the role of gay singer-songwriter Peter Allen...
- 1/19/2024
- by Jishika Madaan
- KoiMoi
The son, a British movie directed by Florian Zeller, starring Hugh Jackman, Zen McGrath and Anthony Hopkins.
A successful lawyer, with a new wife and infant, agrees to care for his teenage son from a previous marriage after his ex-wife becomes concerned about the boy’s wayward behavior.
Release Date
June 16
Where to Watch The son
Amazon Prime Video
The Cast Hugh Jackman Vanessa Kirby Anthony Hopkins Zen McGrath Laura Dern William Hope
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A successful lawyer, with a new wife and infant, agrees to care for his teenage son from a previous marriage after his ex-wife becomes concerned about the boy’s wayward behavior.
Release Date
June 16
Where to Watch The son
Amazon Prime Video
The Cast Hugh Jackman Vanessa Kirby Anthony Hopkins Zen McGrath Laura Dern William Hope
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- 6/14/2023
- by Movies Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
Blinded By The Light Photo: Courtesy of Sundance Film Festival Blinded By The Light, 10.40pm, BBC1, Friday
Gurinder Chadha's coming-of-age comedy hits all the right notes - and not just in terms of its Bruce Springsteen soundtrack. It's 1987 and Javed has high hopes of being a writer. When a friend (Aaron Phagura) turns him on to The Boss, Javed becomes his No.1 fan and.uses the music for inspiration. Underpinned by the engaging memoir by Sarfraz Manzoor, from which it is adapted, this is a pacy consideration of teenage life of the period that tackles more serious considerations of the racism and prejudice of the period lightly but effectively.
The Son, Amazon Prime
Anne-Katrin Titze writes: The center of Florian Zeller’s intergenerational drama, The Son, adapted from his play Le Fils by Christopher Hampton, is occupied by a cypher. Nicholas (Zen McGrath) is 17 and lives with his mother Kate in Brooklyn.
Gurinder Chadha's coming-of-age comedy hits all the right notes - and not just in terms of its Bruce Springsteen soundtrack. It's 1987 and Javed has high hopes of being a writer. When a friend (Aaron Phagura) turns him on to The Boss, Javed becomes his No.1 fan and.uses the music for inspiration. Underpinned by the engaging memoir by Sarfraz Manzoor, from which it is adapted, this is a pacy consideration of teenage life of the period that tackles more serious considerations of the racism and prejudice of the period lightly but effectively.
The Son, Amazon Prime
Anne-Katrin Titze writes: The center of Florian Zeller’s intergenerational drama, The Son, adapted from his play Le Fils by Christopher Hampton, is occupied by a cypher. Nicholas (Zen McGrath) is 17 and lives with his mother Kate in Brooklyn.
- 4/17/2023
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
‘Women Talking’, ‘Marcel The Shell With Shoes On’ start in cinemas.
Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania is the headline title at this weekend’s UK-Ireland box office, opening in 678 cinemas through Disney and looking to become the first of the Ant-Man trilogy to cross the £20m mark in the territory.
Peyton Reed returns as director having made the first two films. This instalment sees Paul Rudd’s Scott Lang and Evangeline Lilly’s Hope Van Dyne explore the Quantum Realm; new cast members include Kathryn Newton, and Jonathan Majors as the main antagonist Kang the Conqueror.
Ant-Man was the fifth...
Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania is the headline title at this weekend’s UK-Ireland box office, opening in 678 cinemas through Disney and looking to become the first of the Ant-Man trilogy to cross the £20m mark in the territory.
Peyton Reed returns as director having made the first two films. This instalment sees Paul Rudd’s Scott Lang and Evangeline Lilly’s Hope Van Dyne explore the Quantum Realm; new cast members include Kathryn Newton, and Jonathan Majors as the main antagonist Kang the Conqueror.
Ant-Man was the fifth...
- 2/17/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The director ofThe Son has hit back against claims that the film is inauthentic in its depiction of mental health issues.
Starring Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern and Anthony Hopkins, the film focuses on a couple whose teenaged son (played by Zen McGrath) starts experiencing suicidal thoughts.
Directed by Florian Zeller, the filmmaker known for his Oscar-winning 2021 drama The Father, The Son has been received poorly by critics.
In a one-star review for The Independent, Clarisse Loughrey wrote: “There are no ill intentions behind The Son, but sometimes stories are so badly judged and naive in their execution that they turn ugly. That becomes especially clear when Zeller’s film reaches its conclusion, one telegraphed so early and with such gracelessness that it’s borderline parodic.”
Speaking to the Radio Times, Zeller addressed criticisms of the film, and outlined some of the research that had gone into making it.
“It was coming from a personal place,...
Starring Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern and Anthony Hopkins, the film focuses on a couple whose teenaged son (played by Zen McGrath) starts experiencing suicidal thoughts.
Directed by Florian Zeller, the filmmaker known for his Oscar-winning 2021 drama The Father, The Son has been received poorly by critics.
In a one-star review for The Independent, Clarisse Loughrey wrote: “There are no ill intentions behind The Son, but sometimes stories are so badly judged and naive in their execution that they turn ugly. That becomes especially clear when Zeller’s film reaches its conclusion, one telegraphed so early and with such gracelessness that it’s borderline parodic.”
Speaking to the Radio Times, Zeller addressed criticisms of the film, and outlined some of the research that had gone into making it.
“It was coming from a personal place,...
- 2/17/2023
- by Louis Chilton
- The Independent - Film
The Son is an ugly, blaring question mark of a film, and inexplicably terrible considering the talent involved. Decades of research and armies of scientists might need to be deployed to figure out what happened here. It’s adapted from the second entry in a “spiritual trilogy” of plays by author and playwright Florian Zeller, alongside The Father and The Mother, each dealing with families assailed by disorders and illnesses. Two years ago, Zeller adapted The Father into a film – it proved to be a delicate and deceptively simple portrait of dementia that featured some of Anthony Hopkins’s finest work as an actor, and won him an Oscar. History will not repeat itself with this one.
The film deals with Nicholas (Zen McGrath), the depressed teenage son of wealthy and divorced parents, Peter (Hugh Jackman) and Kate (Laura Dern). He’s been profoundly unsettled by their separation, and hasn...
The film deals with Nicholas (Zen McGrath), the depressed teenage son of wealthy and divorced parents, Peter (Hugh Jackman) and Kate (Laura Dern). He’s been profoundly unsettled by their separation, and hasn...
- 2/16/2023
- by Clarisse Loughrey
- The Independent - Film
The Sonis a drama movie written and directed by Florian Zeller, based on his own play.. Starring Hugh Jackman and Laura Dern.
Excellent acting in an “actor’s film”.
Storyline
A successful attorney, with a new wife and a baby, accepts taking care of his adolescent son from a previous marriage after his ex wife tells him she is worried about the boy´s random behavior.
Movie Review El Hijo (2022)
Excellent, well directed, good screenplay… one really had to have a bad day, a truly bad day to want to face two hours of skin deep feelings with the emotional problems of a son, worried parents and a drama that is great for actors to act in, but you will be wanting to be (truly) wanting to watch this.
Around here we usually say that we judge a movie, not the subject and we try to focus on the artistic virtues of the art,...
Excellent acting in an “actor’s film”.
Storyline
A successful attorney, with a new wife and a baby, accepts taking care of his adolescent son from a previous marriage after his ex wife tells him she is worried about the boy´s random behavior.
Movie Review El Hijo (2022)
Excellent, well directed, good screenplay… one really had to have a bad day, a truly bad day to want to face two hours of skin deep feelings with the emotional problems of a son, worried parents and a drama that is great for actors to act in, but you will be wanting to be (truly) wanting to watch this.
Around here we usually say that we judge a movie, not the subject and we try to focus on the artistic virtues of the art,...
- 2/11/2023
- by Martin Cid
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
We must learn to speak openly about depression and despair. About the entire searing spectrum of pain they proffer, from feeling nothing to feeling everything and the myriad dark places in between.
On its surface, Florian Zeller’s The Son is an attempt to do just that. Disappointingly Zeller struggles to look directly at the darkness and what remains is a film that peers out at pain from between splayed fingers and keeps getting distracted by the more artful suffering of its biggest star.
Peter (Hugh Jackman) is a big city attorney with a career in its ascendency, a beautiful young wife and a healthy baby boy. There is more than a hint of self-satisfaction in his smile as he pours his evening glass of wine and surveys the kingdom of his kitchen. Kate (Laura Dern) is Peter’s first wife, who he left to pick up the pieces of the family he shattered.
On its surface, Florian Zeller’s The Son is an attempt to do just that. Disappointingly Zeller struggles to look directly at the darkness and what remains is a film that peers out at pain from between splayed fingers and keeps getting distracted by the more artful suffering of its biggest star.
Peter (Hugh Jackman) is a big city attorney with a career in its ascendency, a beautiful young wife and a healthy baby boy. There is more than a hint of self-satisfaction in his smile as he pours his evening glass of wine and surveys the kingdom of his kitchen. Kate (Laura Dern) is Peter’s first wife, who he left to pick up the pieces of the family he shattered.
- 2/10/2023
- by Emily Breen
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Oscar-winning actor Laura Dern will be celebrated at the French Cinematheque in Paris on Feb. 20, in the run up to the French premiere of Florian Zeller’s “The Son.” She stars in the film opposite Hugh Jackman, Vanessa Kirby and Anthony Hopkins.
The career tribute is being co-organized by Orange Studio, the French distributor of “The Son,” and the French Cinematheque. As part of the homage, Dern will be on the ground to give a masterclass, while three of her films will be screened, including “The Son” and two cult movies, David Lynch’s “Blue Velvet” and “Sailor and Lula.” The premiere of “The Son” will be introduced on stage by Dern and Zeller.
Zeller’s follow up to his Oscar-winning feature debut “The Father,” “The Son” world premiered in competition at the Venice Film Festival and went on to play at Toronto. The film was released by Sony Pictures Classics in the U.
The career tribute is being co-organized by Orange Studio, the French distributor of “The Son,” and the French Cinematheque. As part of the homage, Dern will be on the ground to give a masterclass, while three of her films will be screened, including “The Son” and two cult movies, David Lynch’s “Blue Velvet” and “Sailor and Lula.” The premiere of “The Son” will be introduced on stage by Dern and Zeller.
Zeller’s follow up to his Oscar-winning feature debut “The Father,” “The Son” world premiered in competition at the Venice Film Festival and went on to play at Toronto. The film was released by Sony Pictures Classics in the U.
- 2/7/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Chicago – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio film review for “The Son,” a follow up film by writer/director Florian Zeller (“The Father”) … which is another family drama also based on his own play. in theaters beginning January 20th.
Rating: 4.0/5.0
The film features Hugh Jackman as Peter, a successful legal and political consultant, who has recently had a baby son with his second wife Beth (Vanessa Kirby). His newly domestic situation is shattered by difficulties with his son from his first marriage, Nicholas (Zen McGrath), who is skipping school and distressing his mother Kate (Laura Dern). Nicholas decides to move in with Beth and Peter, but his mental anxiety and school skipping continues, until it escalates into a suicide attempt. These disruptions puts tremendous pressure on Peter, Kate and Beth, and echoes similar problems that Peter had with his own father (Anthony Hopkins).
”The Son” opens in theaters on January 20th.
Rating: 4.0/5.0
The film features Hugh Jackman as Peter, a successful legal and political consultant, who has recently had a baby son with his second wife Beth (Vanessa Kirby). His newly domestic situation is shattered by difficulties with his son from his first marriage, Nicholas (Zen McGrath), who is skipping school and distressing his mother Kate (Laura Dern). Nicholas decides to move in with Beth and Peter, but his mental anxiety and school skipping continues, until it escalates into a suicide attempt. These disruptions puts tremendous pressure on Peter, Kate and Beth, and echoes similar problems that Peter had with his own father (Anthony Hopkins).
”The Son” opens in theaters on January 20th.
- 1/24/2023
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
2023 has been, several weeks in, very encouraging as far as the overall picture at the box office is concerned. We've had hit horror films "M3GAN" and "Skinamarink" in the mix, while "Avatar: The Way of Water" and "Puss in Boots: The Last Wish" have done gangbusters business as holdovers from late 2022. Unfortunately, though, it does seem like adult-skewing, original dramas are still a tough nut to crack. Case in point, Hugh Jackman's latest effort, "The Son," debuted this past weekend and landed with a barely audible whimper. Though, if recent history is any indication, it may not be dead in the water just yet.
Debuting in 554 theaters from Sony Pictures Classics, "The Son" earned a mere 239,855. Director Florian Zeller's follow-up to "The Father," which landed Anthony Hopkins a Best Actor Oscar, netted just 432 per screen in the U.S, an absolutely abysmal start. There's simply no way to...
Debuting in 554 theaters from Sony Pictures Classics, "The Son" earned a mere 239,855. Director Florian Zeller's follow-up to "The Father," which landed Anthony Hopkins a Best Actor Oscar, netted just 432 per screen in the U.S, an absolutely abysmal start. There's simply no way to...
- 1/23/2023
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
Although Florian Zeller’s film, The Son, may not play as well to some as the director’s 2020 piece, The Father, there is still an element of emptiness and sadness that echoes throughout the new film that resonates due to a well-managed performance from Hugh Jackman.
The film, a cautionary tale of sorts, that follows Peter (Jackman) as he struggles to find a balance within the new life he enjoys with his partner Beth (Vanessa Kirby) and their infant son when his ex-wife Kate (Laura Dern) comes calling asking for assistance dealing with their teenage son Nicholas (Zen McGrath). Nicholas has apparently been missing quite a bit of school and is now showing signs of being deeply troubled. It is decided that Nicholas will move in with Peter and Beth to curb his destructive behavior. Unfortunately, it appears that the problems Nicholas and Peter share are far more deeply rooted...
The film, a cautionary tale of sorts, that follows Peter (Jackman) as he struggles to find a balance within the new life he enjoys with his partner Beth (Vanessa Kirby) and their infant son when his ex-wife Kate (Laura Dern) comes calling asking for assistance dealing with their teenage son Nicholas (Zen McGrath). Nicholas has apparently been missing quite a bit of school and is now showing signs of being deeply troubled. It is decided that Nicholas will move in with Peter and Beth to curb his destructive behavior. Unfortunately, it appears that the problems Nicholas and Peter share are far more deeply rooted...
- 1/21/2023
- by Mike Tyrkus
- CinemaNerdz
Sony Pictures Classics present Florian Zeller’s The Son on 554 screens, an emotional family drama that folllows the director’s 2020 Oscar-winning The Father. As with that film, The Son is adapted from Zeller’s own stage play along with Christopher Hampton. Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern, Vanessa Kirby, Zen McGrath and Anthony Hopkins star in the cautionary tale of a family struggling to reunite,
Jackman is Peter, whose hectic life with new baby and new partner Beth (Kirby) is upended when ex-wife Kate (Dern) appears to discuss their troubled teenage son Nicholas (McGrath). Peter strives to care for Nicholas and be the father he would have liked but discovers that by reaching for the past to correct mistakes, he loses sight of how to hold onto Nicholas in the present. The Son received a ten-minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival where it premiered. Deadline review here.
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Jackman is Peter, whose hectic life with new baby and new partner Beth (Kirby) is upended when ex-wife Kate (Dern) appears to discuss their troubled teenage son Nicholas (McGrath). Peter strives to care for Nicholas and be the father he would have liked but discovers that by reaching for the past to correct mistakes, he loses sight of how to hold onto Nicholas in the present. The Son received a ten-minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival where it premiered. Deadline review here.
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- 1/20/2023
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
With only 11 days left in the month, January cinema continues its two traditions. And no, it’s not about drafty theatres. As many moviegoers bemoan, the wintery time is often a “dumping ground” for flicks that don’t quite have the needed “hook” to send folks trudging through the snow to the multiplex. Last weekend’s big releases weren’t made available to us, though the previous week’s “biggie” M3GAN did well with the public and the reviewers. The other tradition is the release to smaller markets of serious “award bait” films, and this is one of three today. It’s got a big “pedigree” cast with a few Oscar winners. And it’s the follow-up to the writer/director’s big award-winner from a couple of years ago, so hopes are high that he’ll grab some more gold with The Son.
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As opposed to that former...
- 1/20/2023
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
‘The Son’ Review: Hugh Jackman and Laura Dern Battle Pain and Guilt in Tough Look at Teen Depression
This review originally ran September 7, 2022, in conjunction with the film’s world premiere at the Venice Film Festival.
When he made his directorial debut with “The Father” last year, French novelist and playwright Florian Zeller proved to be uncommonly adept at using the tools of cinema to depict an elderly man’s descent into dementia. But Zeller was far from finished exploring the subject of mental illness, which he tackles from a very different perspective in his new film, “The Son.”
While “The Father” was entirely from the point-of-view of Anthony Hopkins’ title character, “The Son,” which premiered at the Venice Film Festival on Wednesday, is a film of shifting perspectives. The young Australian actor Zen McGrath offers an indelible performance as Nicholas, a high schooler wracked with depression after the stormy divorce of his parents – but we spend as much time with the adults who are trying desperately to...
When he made his directorial debut with “The Father” last year, French novelist and playwright Florian Zeller proved to be uncommonly adept at using the tools of cinema to depict an elderly man’s descent into dementia. But Zeller was far from finished exploring the subject of mental illness, which he tackles from a very different perspective in his new film, “The Son.”
While “The Father” was entirely from the point-of-view of Anthony Hopkins’ title character, “The Son,” which premiered at the Venice Film Festival on Wednesday, is a film of shifting perspectives. The young Australian actor Zen McGrath offers an indelible performance as Nicholas, a high schooler wracked with depression after the stormy divorce of his parents – but we spend as much time with the adults who are trying desperately to...
- 1/20/2023
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Florian Zeller’s The Father, released in 2020, attempted to understand an octogenarian man’s dementia from a first-person perspective, allowing the confusing mix of memory and present-tense, of people and places, to become the story. The Son, Zeller’s new movie, was similarly adapted from a work that the filmmaker and playwright crafted for the stage, and is similarly intergenerational and tense. Here, a father is trying to save the memory of his son, in a story that begins when the son, Nicholas (Zen McGrath), is 17 years old and on...
- 1/19/2023
- by K. Austin Collins
- Rollingstone.com
After a couple decent weekends at the box office, we’re getting two weekends with a mixed bag of releases, this one offering two new semi-thrillers in wide release and a few others, but nothing too exciting. Read on for Gold Derby’s box office preview.
In 2018, Aneesh Chaganty’s “Searching” premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, and it was released by Sony/Screen Gems later that year to make 26 million. Now, Screen Gems is releasing “Missing,” the thematic sequel starring Nia Long and Stormy Reid. It was not directed by Chaganty, who is a producer on this one, but rather, two of his editors from “Searching,” Nick Johnson and Will Merrick.
“Missing” has received decent early reviews, but it’s also been fairly low-key compared to some of the month’s other releases even if it will be released in 3,000 theaters, which is a thousand more theaters than “Searching” ever got.
In 2018, Aneesh Chaganty’s “Searching” premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, and it was released by Sony/Screen Gems later that year to make 26 million. Now, Screen Gems is releasing “Missing,” the thematic sequel starring Nia Long and Stormy Reid. It was not directed by Chaganty, who is a producer on this one, but rather, two of his editors from “Searching,” Nick Johnson and Will Merrick.
“Missing” has received decent early reviews, but it’s also been fairly low-key compared to some of the month’s other releases even if it will be released in 3,000 theaters, which is a thousand more theaters than “Searching” ever got.
- 1/18/2023
- by Edward Douglas
- Gold Derby
Hugh Jackman says he’s a different parent after filming Florian Zeller’s The Son.
The actor explained that since working on the project, he’s become more open with his children about what’s going on in his life or why he may seemed more distracted at some times than others.
“I’m a different parent now because of it,” Jackman told Stephen Colbert on The Late Show. “I think I’m more open to being vulnerable with them, saying things like ‘I’m not sure’ or realizing that sometimes I may be preoccupied by something going on with me.”
The Son follows Peter (Jackman), whose hectic life with a new infant and partner (Vanessa Kirby) is upended when his ex-wife, Kate (Laura Dern), shows up at his door to discuss their son Nicholas’ (Zen McGrath) mental health struggles.
The film’s story inspired Jackman to be more up-front...
The actor explained that since working on the project, he’s become more open with his children about what’s going on in his life or why he may seemed more distracted at some times than others.
“I’m a different parent now because of it,” Jackman told Stephen Colbert on The Late Show. “I think I’m more open to being vulnerable with them, saying things like ‘I’m not sure’ or realizing that sometimes I may be preoccupied by something going on with me.”
The Son follows Peter (Jackman), whose hectic life with a new infant and partner (Vanessa Kirby) is upended when his ex-wife, Kate (Laura Dern), shows up at his door to discuss their son Nicholas’ (Zen McGrath) mental health struggles.
The film’s story inspired Jackman to be more up-front...
- 1/18/2023
- by Christy Piña
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Florian Zeller’s The Son, adapted from his play Le Fils by Christopher Hampton (their collaboration on The Father won them the 2020 Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar and BAFTA), stars Hugh Jackman, Vanessa Kirby, Laura Dern, Zen McGrath, and Anthony Hopkins (Oscar and BAFTA wins for The Father; soon to play Sigmund Freud in Matt Brown’s Freud's Last Session with Matthew Goode as C.S. Lewis). The centre of this intergenerational drama is occupied by a cypher. Nicholas (McGrath) is 17 and lives with his mother Kate in Brooklyn.
Nicholas is in pain, constant unbearable pain, he says. When his mother finds out that he had stopped attending school, a fact he cleverly managed to hide from her, she shows up at her ex-husband’s doorstep to discuss the situation. Peter and his second wife Beth (Kirby)...
Nicholas is in pain, constant unbearable pain, he says. When his mother finds out that he had stopped attending school, a fact he cleverly managed to hide from her, she shows up at her ex-husband’s doorstep to discuss the situation. Peter and his second wife Beth (Kirby)...
- 1/17/2023
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Laura Dern and Hugh Jackman in The Son, Florian Zeller’s impassioned look at a family crisis Photo: courtesy of See-Saw Films / Sony Pictures Classics
Florian Zeller’s The Son, adapted from his play Le Fils by Christopher Hampton (their collaboration on The Father won them the 2021 Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar and BAFTA), stars Hugh Jackman, Vanessa Kirby, Laura Dern, Zen McGrath, and Anthony Hopkins (Oscar and BAFTA wins for The Father). The centre of this intergenerational drama is occupied by a cypher. Nicholas (McGrath) is 17 and lives with his mother, Kate, in Brooklyn.
The Son (Le Fils) director and playwright Florian Zeller with Anne-Katrin Titze: “I profoundly believe that tragedy is preventable.”
Nicholas is in pain, constant unbearable pain, he says. When his mother finds out that he had stopped attending school, a fact he cleverly managed to hide from her, she shows up at her ex-husband’s doorstep to discuss the situation.
Florian Zeller’s The Son, adapted from his play Le Fils by Christopher Hampton (their collaboration on The Father won them the 2021 Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar and BAFTA), stars Hugh Jackman, Vanessa Kirby, Laura Dern, Zen McGrath, and Anthony Hopkins (Oscar and BAFTA wins for The Father). The centre of this intergenerational drama is occupied by a cypher. Nicholas (McGrath) is 17 and lives with his mother, Kate, in Brooklyn.
The Son (Le Fils) director and playwright Florian Zeller with Anne-Katrin Titze: “I profoundly believe that tragedy is preventable.”
Nicholas is in pain, constant unbearable pain, he says. When his mother finds out that he had stopped attending school, a fact he cleverly managed to hide from her, she shows up at her ex-husband’s doorstep to discuss the situation.
- 1/16/2023
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Plot: A man (Hugh Jackman) and his ex-wife (Laura Dern) try desperately to help their teenage son (Zen McGrath), who suffers from crippling depression.
Review: This year’s TIFF has not been short on devastating dramas, but the more upsetting a film is, the more you can expect a certain amount of backlash. Perhaps that explains why Florian Zeller’s The Son saw a surprising amount of vitriol towards it following its TIFF screenings, with words like “manipulative” and “horrifying” showing up in many write-ups. Here’s another word that not enough people included in their reviews – real.
The Son tackles the unpleasant but very real topic of teen depression and self-harm. The film, a kind of companion piece to Zeller’s The Father, follows Peter (Hugh Jackman), a high-powered businessman on the verge of a major coup, when asked to aid a politician on his run in Washington. All seems to be going well,...
Review: This year’s TIFF has not been short on devastating dramas, but the more upsetting a film is, the more you can expect a certain amount of backlash. Perhaps that explains why Florian Zeller’s The Son saw a surprising amount of vitriol towards it following its TIFF screenings, with words like “manipulative” and “horrifying” showing up in many write-ups. Here’s another word that not enough people included in their reviews – real.
The Son tackles the unpleasant but very real topic of teen depression and self-harm. The film, a kind of companion piece to Zeller’s The Father, follows Peter (Hugh Jackman), a high-powered businessman on the verge of a major coup, when asked to aid a politician on his run in Washington. All seems to be going well,...
- 1/16/2023
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
With Sony Pictures Classics’ “The Son,” writer-director Florian Zeller defies expectations about parenthood — and about traditional movie storytelling.
He asks big questions, but doesn’t offer easy answers. This has thrown off some audience members who want the film to conform to familiar movie scenarios, or at least to follow the pattern of Zeller’s 2020 “The Father,” with questions about what’s real and what isn’t, and a big twist partway through.
But Zeller doesn’t want to follow those rules.
Zeller has written 13 plays, adapting two into his first films. “Most of my plays are structured as mazes or labyrinths, like ‘The Father,’ ” he tells Variety. “But for ‘The Son,’ I tried to be simple and straightforward, to not create a gimmick about it, but to try to face it, so we chose to have very linear way to tell the story.”
At the film’s start, Peter...
He asks big questions, but doesn’t offer easy answers. This has thrown off some audience members who want the film to conform to familiar movie scenarios, or at least to follow the pattern of Zeller’s 2020 “The Father,” with questions about what’s real and what isn’t, and a big twist partway through.
But Zeller doesn’t want to follow those rules.
Zeller has written 13 plays, adapting two into his first films. “Most of my plays are structured as mazes or labyrinths, like ‘The Father,’ ” he tells Variety. “But for ‘The Son,’ I tried to be simple and straightforward, to not create a gimmick about it, but to try to face it, so we chose to have very linear way to tell the story.”
At the film’s start, Peter...
- 1/7/2023
- by Tim Gray
- Variety Film + TV
Ron Howard and Variety’s 10 Actors to Watch Among Honorees in Newport Beach Film Festival TV Special
PBS SoCal and Kcet are partnering with the Newport Beach Film Festival for a broadcast premiere of the “Newport Beach Film Festival Honors,” scheduled to air Sunday. The 30-minute special will be hosted by Jenelle Riley, Variety’s deputy awards and features editor, and includes interviews with honorees from the event such as Eddie Redmayne, Jonathan Majors, Patton Oswalt, Keke Palmer, Aubrey Plaza, Colson Baker and Paul Feig, along with several of Variety‘s 10 Actors to Watch.
“Newport is very proud to play an expanded role in the awards and FYC season,” Gregg Schwenk, co-founder and CEO of the Newport Beach Film Festival, told Variety. “Our amazing film programming along with unique opportunities to engage with the industry create a powerful opportunity to boost a film or specific talent.”
Howard, the Oscar-winning director behind films like “Apollo 13,” “Solo: A Star Wars Story” and “Thirteen Lives,” was previously awarded with...
“Newport is very proud to play an expanded role in the awards and FYC season,” Gregg Schwenk, co-founder and CEO of the Newport Beach Film Festival, told Variety. “Our amazing film programming along with unique opportunities to engage with the industry create a powerful opportunity to boost a film or specific talent.”
Howard, the Oscar-winning director behind films like “Apollo 13,” “Solo: A Star Wars Story” and “Thirteen Lives,” was previously awarded with...
- 1/6/2023
- by Katie Reul
- Variety Film + TV
Hugh Jackman wants to see more mental health support on film sets.
In an interview with the BBC, the star of “The Son” talked about the film’s producers hiring psychiatrists to be on set for cast and crew to talk with as they shot the emotional drama.
Read More: Hugh Jackman’s Family Are Struck By Crisis In Teaser For ‘The Son’ From Director Of ‘The Father’
“This was the first time I’d ever seen such a thing on a film,” Jackman said. “And people used it and it was necessary.”
In the film, from “The Father” writer-director Florian Zeller, Jackman plays the father of a 17-year-old boy, played by Zen McGrath, whose mental health struggles begin affecting his parents following their divorce.
After working on a set with psychiatrist, Jackman explained the value in making them a standard feature of other film and TV sets.
“There’s...
In an interview with the BBC, the star of “The Son” talked about the film’s producers hiring psychiatrists to be on set for cast and crew to talk with as they shot the emotional drama.
Read More: Hugh Jackman’s Family Are Struck By Crisis In Teaser For ‘The Son’ From Director Of ‘The Father’
“This was the first time I’d ever seen such a thing on a film,” Jackman said. “And people used it and it was necessary.”
In the film, from “The Father” writer-director Florian Zeller, Jackman plays the father of a 17-year-old boy, played by Zen McGrath, whose mental health struggles begin affecting his parents following their divorce.
After working on a set with psychiatrist, Jackman explained the value in making them a standard feature of other film and TV sets.
“There’s...
- 12/21/2022
- by Corey Atad
- ET Canada
Click here to read the full article.
Hugh Jackman is getting candid about mental health and the toll of filming his movie The Son.
In an interview with the BBC that published online Tuesday, the Greatest Showman actor revealed that the film’s producers hired psychiatrists to stay on set for the cast and crew if they needed to talk.
“This was the first time I’d ever seen such a thing on a film,” Jackman said. “And people used it and it was necessary.”
The Son, which adapts one of director Florian Zeller’s own plays, tackles the topic of depression. The movie centers around 17-year-old Nicholas (Zen McGrath), whose growing mental health struggle begins to impact the lives of his parents, including his New York lawyer father Peter (Jackman) and mother Kate (Laura Dern). Nicholas proceeds to blame his parents’ divorce and Peter’s recent baby with new...
Hugh Jackman is getting candid about mental health and the toll of filming his movie The Son.
In an interview with the BBC that published online Tuesday, the Greatest Showman actor revealed that the film’s producers hired psychiatrists to stay on set for the cast and crew if they needed to talk.
“This was the first time I’d ever seen such a thing on a film,” Jackman said. “And people used it and it was necessary.”
The Son, which adapts one of director Florian Zeller’s own plays, tackles the topic of depression. The movie centers around 17-year-old Nicholas (Zen McGrath), whose growing mental health struggle begins to impact the lives of his parents, including his New York lawyer father Peter (Jackman) and mother Kate (Laura Dern). Nicholas proceeds to blame his parents’ divorce and Peter’s recent baby with new...
- 12/21/2022
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Michelle Williams and Laura Dern both play mothers in their latest films. In Williams’ case, she portrays the troubled, exuberant Mitzi in “The Fabelmans,” Steven Spielberg’s autobiographical portrait of his teenage years. In “The Son,” Dern’s Kate is desperately seeking ways — alongside her ex-husband, Peter (Hugh Jackman) — to help her depressed son, Nicholas (Zen McGrath).
Heavy stuff, to be sure. But in the conversation between Dern and Williams, these weighty subjects are discussed with intention and with love — some of which is directed toward Spielberg, to whom both actors are bonded. For Dern, that relationship dates back to 1993’s “Jurassic Park.” And she even helped cast a key role in “The Fabelmans” by reaching out to her good pal David Lynch.
Michelle Williams: You already gave me the chills.
Laura Dern: Because I’m making you be my friend, and said, “You have to have dinner with me.
Heavy stuff, to be sure. But in the conversation between Dern and Williams, these weighty subjects are discussed with intention and with love — some of which is directed toward Spielberg, to whom both actors are bonded. For Dern, that relationship dates back to 1993’s “Jurassic Park.” And she even helped cast a key role in “The Fabelmans” by reaching out to her good pal David Lynch.
Michelle Williams: You already gave me the chills.
Laura Dern: Because I’m making you be my friend, and said, “You have to have dinner with me.
- 12/16/2022
- by Kate Aurthur
- Variety Film + TV
Sometimes hard truths must be faced: We’re experiencing a global mental health crisis. “Over the last two years alone, we’ve seen a 50 increase in teens appearing at emergency rooms with suicidal intent in this country,” says Darcy Gruttadaro of the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
Let that sink in because the subject of depression and other mental disorders is also flooding our movies, from “The Son,” “The Whale,” and “Corsage,” to “Aftersun,” “The Fabelmans” and “Empire of Light.” These screenplays dare to explore how individuals and families cope — or spiral downward.
In Florian Zeller’s “The Son,” divorced couple Peter and Kate confront a Solomonic choice: After their teen Nicholas (Zen McGrath) attempts suicide, his doctors at the mental ward urge the parents to leave the boy under their care. Nicholas begs them to take him home, making promises they want to believe are true. Their decision will rock their upper-middle-class world.
Let that sink in because the subject of depression and other mental disorders is also flooding our movies, from “The Son,” “The Whale,” and “Corsage,” to “Aftersun,” “The Fabelmans” and “Empire of Light.” These screenplays dare to explore how individuals and families cope — or spiral downward.
In Florian Zeller’s “The Son,” divorced couple Peter and Kate confront a Solomonic choice: After their teen Nicholas (Zen McGrath) attempts suicide, his doctors at the mental ward urge the parents to leave the boy under their care. Nicholas begs them to take him home, making promises they want to believe are true. Their decision will rock their upper-middle-class world.
- 12/16/2022
- by Thelma Adams
- Variety Film + TV
Hugh Jackman became a movie star with Wolverine in the first “X-Men” movie more than 20 years ago, slashing his way to blockbuster visibility with a role that continues to dominate his career. Part of that is because even fans of Jackman’s musical talents closely associate him with a scowling mutant, and rather than dispelling that perception, he simply invented another persona alongside it as a song-and-dance man. He’s played Peter Allen in “The Boy From Oz,” P.T. Barnum in “The Greatest Showman” and, most recently, Professor Harold Hill in the hit new Broadway production of “The Music Man,” but he’s never played Hugh Jackman.
“When I was getting into this business, the playbook for being a movie star was being mysterious,” the 53-year-old actor said in a recent interview with IndieWire. “Don’t let anybody in. Leave them wanting more. Don’t reveal things. Project a certain image.
“When I was getting into this business, the playbook for being a movie star was being mysterious,” the 53-year-old actor said in a recent interview with IndieWire. “Don’t let anybody in. Leave them wanting more. Don’t reveal things. Project a certain image.
- 11/23/2022
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
The Son Review — The Son (2022) Film Review, a movie directed by Florian Zeller, written by Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller and starring Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern, Vanessa Kirby, Zen McGrath, Anthony Hopkins, William Hope, Hugh Quarshie, Julia Westcott-Hutton, Akie Kotabe, Kenny-Lee Mbanefo, Isaura Barbe-Brown, Reza Diako, Joakim Skarli, Rachel Handshaw, George Potts, [...]
Continue reading: Film Review: The Son (2022): Hugh Jackman Delivers the Performance of His Career in a Heart-wrenching Drama...
Continue reading: Film Review: The Son (2022): Hugh Jackman Delivers the Performance of His Career in a Heart-wrenching Drama...
- 11/22/2022
- by Thomas Duffy
- Film-Book
With his latest film The Son, filmmaker Florian Zeller looked to open “a conversation” surrounding issues of mental health that he feels there’s too often “shame, guilt and ignorance around.” Another key component of the storytelling — here, as in Zeller’s recent Oscar winner The Father — is parenthood, and the difficulty of experiencing a sense of “powerlessness” in this arena.
The second film in a trilogy based on Zeller’s plays, The Son tells the story of Peter (Hugh Jackman), whose busy life with new partner Beth (Vanessa Kirby) and their baby is thrown into disarray when his ex-wife Kate (Laura Dern) turns up with their teenage son, Nicholas (Zen McGrath).
Related: The Contenders Film: Los Angeles – Deadline’s Full Coverage
When Dern first read Zeller’s script, she was quickly compelled, particularly given the fact that she, too, is a parent. “This [was] writing that exposes humanity in a way we rarely receive.
The second film in a trilogy based on Zeller’s plays, The Son tells the story of Peter (Hugh Jackman), whose busy life with new partner Beth (Vanessa Kirby) and their baby is thrown into disarray when his ex-wife Kate (Laura Dern) turns up with their teenage son, Nicholas (Zen McGrath).
Related: The Contenders Film: Los Angeles – Deadline’s Full Coverage
When Dern first read Zeller’s script, she was quickly compelled, particularly given the fact that she, too, is a parent. “This [was] writing that exposes humanity in a way we rarely receive.
- 11/19/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Full nationwide theatrical roll-out to follow in January 2023.
Sony Pictures Classics will turn its original November 25 release date for awards hopeful The Son starring Hugh Jackman into a one-week awards qualifying run in New York and Los Angeles and will release the film theatrically nationwide on January 20, 2023.
“In a marketplace that appears to be getting more overcrowded daily, it only makes sense to pivot and change our openings for The Son in New York and Los Angeles on November 25th to a one-week only qualifying run,” said Tom Prassis, EVP of distribution and sales.
“Officially we will open The Son on January 20th nationwide,...
Sony Pictures Classics will turn its original November 25 release date for awards hopeful The Son starring Hugh Jackman into a one-week awards qualifying run in New York and Los Angeles and will release the film theatrically nationwide on January 20, 2023.
“In a marketplace that appears to be getting more overcrowded daily, it only makes sense to pivot and change our openings for The Son in New York and Los Angeles on November 25th to a one-week only qualifying run,” said Tom Prassis, EVP of distribution and sales.
“Officially we will open The Son on January 20th nationwide,...
- 11/16/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
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November is traditionally when things cool down outside but heat up when it comes to movies and television and 2022 is no exception.
On the TV front, the month sees the return of some old favorites like Apple TV+’s Mythic Quest and Netflix’s The Crown and some intriguing new shows, including a big movie star’s first venture into the medium. Meanwhile, theaters are starting to fill up with awards-season movies,...
November is traditionally when things cool down outside but heat up when it comes to movies and television and 2022 is no exception.
On the TV front, the month sees the return of some old favorites like Apple TV+’s Mythic Quest and Netflix’s The Crown and some intriguing new shows, including a big movie star’s first venture into the medium. Meanwhile, theaters are starting to fill up with awards-season movies,...
- 11/7/2022
- by Keith Phipps
- Rollingstone.com
The Son Trailer 2 — Sony Pictures Classics has released the second movie trailer has The Son (2022). View here the first The Son trailer. Crew Florian Zeller‘s The Son stars Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern, Vanessa Kirby, Zen McGrath, Hugh Quarshie, and Anthony Hopkins. Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller wrote the screenplay for The Son. Plot [...]
Continue reading: The Son (2022) Movie Trailer 2: Hugh Jackman & Zen McGrath star in Sony Pictures’ Family Drama...
Continue reading: The Son (2022) Movie Trailer 2: Hugh Jackman & Zen McGrath star in Sony Pictures’ Family Drama...
- 10/27/2022
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
The Newport Beach Film Festival has announced its 2022 award winners, including an Audience Award for “The Banshees of Inisherin” and Festival Awards for “Devotion” and “The Lost King.”
In its 23rd year, the festival showcased over 350 films from around the world, as well as hosted red carpet premieres, nightly special events, live music performances and conversations with filmmakers. This year’s festival also featured the 2022 Festival Honors program celebrating the Nbff honorees and Variety’s 10 Actors to Watch, along with Nbff’s selection of International Spotlights, Centerpiece screenings, Special Programs and curated shorts programs.
The 2022 Festival honorees included Ron Howard for Variety’s Legend and Groundbreaker Awards; Jonathan Majors, Patton Oswalt, Keke Palmer and Aubrey Plaza for Artist of Distinctions Awards; Colson Baker and Anna Diop for Spotlight Awards; Cooper Raiff for the Maverick Award; and Aimee Carrero for the Breakout Performance Award.
Eddie Redmayne received the Icon Award, while...
In its 23rd year, the festival showcased over 350 films from around the world, as well as hosted red carpet premieres, nightly special events, live music performances and conversations with filmmakers. This year’s festival also featured the 2022 Festival Honors program celebrating the Nbff honorees and Variety’s 10 Actors to Watch, along with Nbff’s selection of International Spotlights, Centerpiece screenings, Special Programs and curated shorts programs.
The 2022 Festival honorees included Ron Howard for Variety’s Legend and Groundbreaker Awards; Jonathan Majors, Patton Oswalt, Keke Palmer and Aubrey Plaza for Artist of Distinctions Awards; Colson Baker and Anna Diop for Spotlight Awards; Cooper Raiff for the Maverick Award; and Aimee Carrero for the Breakout Performance Award.
Eddie Redmayne received the Icon Award, while...
- 10/26/2022
- by Michaela Zee
- Variety Film + TV
On Tuesday, Sony Pictures released the first official trailer for the upcoming drama film “The Son,” directed by Florian Zeller, who also wrote the script for the film alongside Christopher Hampton.
“The Son” follows Zeller’s Oscar-winning adaptation of his play “The Father,” and serves as a spiritual sequel, of sorts, to that film.
You can take a look at the trailer here:
The official synopsis for “The Son” reads as follows:
“A couple of years after his parents’ divorce, 17-year-old Nicholas no longer feels he can stay with his mother, Kate. He moves in with his father Peter and Peter’s new partner Beth. Juggling work, his and Beth’s new baby, and the offer of his dream job in Washington, Peter tries to care for Nicholas as he wishes his own father had cared for him. But by reaching for the past to correct its mistakes, he loses...
“The Son” follows Zeller’s Oscar-winning adaptation of his play “The Father,” and serves as a spiritual sequel, of sorts, to that film.
You can take a look at the trailer here:
The official synopsis for “The Son” reads as follows:
“A couple of years after his parents’ divorce, 17-year-old Nicholas no longer feels he can stay with his mother, Kate. He moves in with his father Peter and Peter’s new partner Beth. Juggling work, his and Beth’s new baby, and the offer of his dream job in Washington, Peter tries to care for Nicholas as he wishes his own father had cared for him. But by reaching for the past to correct its mistakes, he loses...
- 10/25/2022
- by Caillou Pettis
- Gold Derby
A new trailer for “The Son” – the follow-up to Florian Zeller’s Oscar-winning drama “The Father” – has arrived, and by the looks of it, the new feature is poised to be just as devastating.
From Falco Ink and Sony Pictures Classics, the prequel stars Hugh Jackman and Laura Dern as divorced parents to Nicholas (newcomer Zen McGrath). Once a relatively happy kid, Nicholas is now angry, closed off and has been missing from school for months. Upon discovering this, Kate (Dern) goes to Peter (Jackman) for help, upending the balance of his life with his new partner Beth (Vanessa Kirby), infant son and demanding job.
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At the top of the video, Kate delivers the news to Peter while Beth stands awkwardly in the background. In a surprising move, Nicholas asks to move in with Peter after he attempts to reconnect with him,...
From Falco Ink and Sony Pictures Classics, the prequel stars Hugh Jackman and Laura Dern as divorced parents to Nicholas (newcomer Zen McGrath). Once a relatively happy kid, Nicholas is now angry, closed off and has been missing from school for months. Upon discovering this, Kate (Dern) goes to Peter (Jackman) for help, upending the balance of his life with his new partner Beth (Vanessa Kirby), infant son and demanding job.
Also Read:
2022 Movie Release Dates: A Schedule of Films Coming This Year
At the top of the video, Kate delivers the news to Peter while Beth stands awkwardly in the background. In a surprising move, Nicholas asks to move in with Peter after he attempts to reconnect with him,...
- 10/25/2022
- by Harper Lambert
- The Wrap
The full trailer for “The Son,” a new family drama starring Hugh Jackman, has been released.
Directed by Florian Zeller, who adapted his play with co-writer Christopher Hampton, “The Son” stars Jackson as Peter, a successful lawyer whose eldest son Nicholas (newcomer Zen McGrath) suffers from severe depression. After failing to attend school for three months, Nicholas leaves his mother Kate’s (Laura Dern) home to live permanently with Peter, his younger partner Beth (Vanessa Kirby), and their infant child. Although Peter attempts to be supportive of his son, the new arrangement soon causes tension in his relationship with Beth, and his inability to understand Nicholas’ demons causes the teen to drift further away from him.
“I’ve tried to be there for you, I’ve tried to give you strength, what’s going on?” Jackson says during an emotional confrontation seen in the trailer. “You think you can just...
Directed by Florian Zeller, who adapted his play with co-writer Christopher Hampton, “The Son” stars Jackson as Peter, a successful lawyer whose eldest son Nicholas (newcomer Zen McGrath) suffers from severe depression. After failing to attend school for three months, Nicholas leaves his mother Kate’s (Laura Dern) home to live permanently with Peter, his younger partner Beth (Vanessa Kirby), and their infant child. Although Peter attempts to be supportive of his son, the new arrangement soon causes tension in his relationship with Beth, and his inability to understand Nicholas’ demons causes the teen to drift further away from him.
“I’ve tried to be there for you, I’ve tried to give you strength, what’s going on?” Jackson says during an emotional confrontation seen in the trailer. “You think you can just...
- 10/25/2022
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
The full trailer for Florian Zeller's follow-up to "The Father" is here, and "The Son" looks about as emotionally devastating as we've come to expect from the playwright and novelist turned filmmaker. The second adaptation in a trio of thematically (but not narratively) connected plays about family, "The Son" focuses on the painful, numbing vacuum of clinical depression whereas Zeller's previous film centered on the fragmented terror of dementia. It screened at festivals earlier this year, playing at Venice and Toronto in the same week, and proved divisive among critics who saw it.
The new trailer clarifies the plot that was only vaguely presented by the film's first teaser. The movie follows a teen boy, Nicholas (Zen McGrath), as he becomes overcome with depression that impacts his school and home life. But as the title's perspective suggests, it seems to be more firmly placed in the point of view of his father,...
The new trailer clarifies the plot that was only vaguely presented by the film's first teaser. The movie follows a teen boy, Nicholas (Zen McGrath), as he becomes overcome with depression that impacts his school and home life. But as the title's perspective suggests, it seems to be more firmly placed in the point of view of his father,...
- 10/25/2022
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
"There used to be so much joy in our family…" Sony Classics has debuted the main official trailer for The Son, the follow up to the Oscar-winning film The Father from French filmmaker Florian Zeller. He made this after Anthony Hopkins won the Oscar, part of his "trilogy" of stories about family. It premiered at the 2022 Venice Film Festival and it also played at the London Film Festival (read Msb's review). A couple of years after his parents' divorce, 17-year-old Nicholas no longer feels he can stay with his mother. He moves in with his father Peter and new partner. Juggling work, his and Beth's new baby, and the offer of his dream job, Peter tries to care for Nicholas as he wishes his own father had cared for him. But by reaching for the past to correct its mistakes, he loses sight of how to hold onto the Nicholas in the present.
- 10/25/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Oscar-winning director Ron Howard was honored with the Variety Legend and Groundbreaker Award as part of the Newport Beach Film Festival Honors, a star-studded celebration of artists who’ve made a “significant impact” on entertainment this year.
Held at the Balboa Bay Resort in Newport Beach, Calif., on Oct. 16, Howard was joined onstage at the swanky brunch by fellow awardees Jonathan Majors, Patton Oswalt, Keke Palmer, Aubrey Plaza, Colson Baker, Anna Diop, Cooper Raiff and Aimee Carrero.
The event also feted Variety’s 10 Actors to Watch honorees — Kerry Condon, Stephanie Hsu, Ximena Lamadrid, Christina Jackson, Thuso Mbedu, Zen McGrath, Amber Midthunder, Sam Nivola, Jeremy Pope and Joseph Quinn — who all gathered for a special conversation, where they dished on the ups and downs of the business so far and where they want to pivot their careers from here.
Held at the Balboa Bay Resort in Newport Beach, Calif., on Oct. 16, Howard was joined onstage at the swanky brunch by fellow awardees Jonathan Majors, Patton Oswalt, Keke Palmer, Aubrey Plaza, Colson Baker, Anna Diop, Cooper Raiff and Aimee Carrero.
The event also feted Variety’s 10 Actors to Watch honorees — Kerry Condon, Stephanie Hsu, Ximena Lamadrid, Christina Jackson, Thuso Mbedu, Zen McGrath, Amber Midthunder, Sam Nivola, Jeremy Pope and Joseph Quinn — who all gathered for a special conversation, where they dished on the ups and downs of the business so far and where they want to pivot their careers from here.
- 10/20/2022
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Sony Pictures Classic has debuted a teaser trailer for Florian Zeller’s follow-up to ‘The Father,’ ‘The Son.’
A couple of years after his parent’s divorce, 17-year-old Nicholas no longer feels he can stay with his mother, Kate. He moves in with his father Peter and Peter’s new partner Beth.
Juggling work, his and Beth’s new baby, and the offer of his dream job in Washington, Peter tries to care for Nicholas as he wishes his own father had cared for him.
Related: The Son Lff Premiere Interviews – Florian Zeller, Sir Christopher Hampton & more
But by reaching for the past to correct its mistakes, he loses sight of how to hold onto Nicholas in the present.
Directed by Zeller, the film stars Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern, Zen McGrath, Vanessa Kirby and Anthony Hopkins.
Also in trailers – Trailer drops for season 2 of Netflix series ‘Warrior Nun’
The post...
A couple of years after his parent’s divorce, 17-year-old Nicholas no longer feels he can stay with his mother, Kate. He moves in with his father Peter and Peter’s new partner Beth.
Juggling work, his and Beth’s new baby, and the offer of his dream job in Washington, Peter tries to care for Nicholas as he wishes his own father had cared for him.
Related: The Son Lff Premiere Interviews – Florian Zeller, Sir Christopher Hampton & more
But by reaching for the past to correct its mistakes, he loses sight of how to hold onto Nicholas in the present.
Directed by Zeller, the film stars Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern, Zen McGrath, Vanessa Kirby and Anthony Hopkins.
Also in trailers – Trailer drops for season 2 of Netflix series ‘Warrior Nun’
The post...
- 10/20/2022
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
While already known as a respected novelist, playwright, theatre director, and screenwriter, French renaissance man Florian Zeller really put himself on the map with his directorial debut, “The Father,” in 2020, winning Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Actors for Anthony Hopkins at the 93rd Academy Awards.
Zeller follows that film up with “The Son,” which is actually not a sequel but stars Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern, Vanessa Kirby, Zen McGrath, Hugh Quarshie, and Anthony Hopkins once again.
Continue reading ‘The Son’ Trailer: Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern, Vanessa Kirby & Anthony Hopkins Star In The Latest From Florian Zeller at The Playlist.
Zeller follows that film up with “The Son,” which is actually not a sequel but stars Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern, Vanessa Kirby, Zen McGrath, Hugh Quarshie, and Anthony Hopkins once again.
Continue reading ‘The Son’ Trailer: Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern, Vanessa Kirby & Anthony Hopkins Star In The Latest From Florian Zeller at The Playlist.
- 10/17/2022
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
Following the huge success of The Father, writer/director Florian Zeller brough The Son to the capital for its premiere at the 2022 London Film Festival. Directed by Zeller and once more adapted by Sir Christopher Hampton, the film stars Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern, Zen McGrath, Vanessa Kirby and Anthony Hopkins.
Colin Hart and Sarah Cook were on the red carpet, here are their interviews.
The Son Lff Premiere Interviews
Plot:
A couple of years after his parent’s divorce, 17-year-old Nicholas no longer feels he can stay with his mother, Kate. He moves in with his father Peter and Peter’s new partner Beth.
Juggling work, his and Beth’s new baby, and the offer of his dream job in Washington, Peter tries to care for Nicholas as he wishes his own father had cared for him.
But by reaching for the past to correct its mistakes, he loses sight...
Colin Hart and Sarah Cook were on the red carpet, here are their interviews.
The Son Lff Premiere Interviews
Plot:
A couple of years after his parent’s divorce, 17-year-old Nicholas no longer feels he can stay with his mother, Kate. He moves in with his father Peter and Peter’s new partner Beth.
Juggling work, his and Beth’s new baby, and the offer of his dream job in Washington, Peter tries to care for Nicholas as he wishes his own father had cared for him.
But by reaching for the past to correct its mistakes, he loses sight...
- 10/10/2022
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Click here to read the full article.
The American Film Institute’s Los Angeles-based film festival AFI Fest has revealed this year’s crop of red carpet galas including films from Alejandro González Iñárritu, Guillermo del Toro, Maria Schrader and Florian Zeller.
As previously announced, AFI Fest will open with the world premiere of Apple’s Selena Gomez: My Mind and Me on Nov. 2 and close four days later with the U.S. premiere of Universal Pictures’ and Amblin Entertainment’s The Fabelmans from Steven Spielberg.
Iñárritu’s Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths, which will screen Nov. 3, centers on Silverio, a renowned Mexican journalist and documentary filmmaker living in Los Angeles who returns to his native country, unaware that this simple trip will push him to an existential limit. Daniel Giménez Cacho, Griselda Siciliani, Ximena Lamadrid and Iker Solano star in the film.
On Nov. 4, notable journalist,...
The American Film Institute’s Los Angeles-based film festival AFI Fest has revealed this year’s crop of red carpet galas including films from Alejandro González Iñárritu, Guillermo del Toro, Maria Schrader and Florian Zeller.
As previously announced, AFI Fest will open with the world premiere of Apple’s Selena Gomez: My Mind and Me on Nov. 2 and close four days later with the U.S. premiere of Universal Pictures’ and Amblin Entertainment’s The Fabelmans from Steven Spielberg.
Iñárritu’s Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths, which will screen Nov. 3, centers on Silverio, a renowned Mexican journalist and documentary filmmaker living in Los Angeles who returns to his native country, unaware that this simple trip will push him to an existential limit. Daniel Giménez Cacho, Griselda Siciliani, Ximena Lamadrid and Iker Solano star in the film.
On Nov. 4, notable journalist,...
- 9/20/2022
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Frenchman Florian Zeller began as a novelist in his early twenties, quickly moved into a bright career as a playwright and theater director, and now finds himself writing and directing feature films. His 2020 debut The Father is what some might consider a mild success for a first outing: two Oscars––one for Zeller and Christopher Hampton’s adapted screenplay, another for Anthony Hopkins’ earth-shattering performance––and near-universal popular and critical acclaim. Needless to say, The Son, his sophomore feature, is poised for unassailable expectations.
The Father is an incredibly difficult work to follow up. It’s the kind of movie that changes your perspective through gripping creative exercise. Yes, you know that your dementia-affected loved one isn’t at fault for not knowing who you are, but can you embody the horror in turning every corner and not knowing who you’re talking to? Who’s in your house? Or...
The Father is an incredibly difficult work to follow up. It’s the kind of movie that changes your perspective through gripping creative exercise. Yes, you know that your dementia-affected loved one isn’t at fault for not knowing who you are, but can you embody the horror in turning every corner and not knowing who you’re talking to? Who’s in your house? Or...
- 9/15/2022
- by Luke Hicks
- The Film Stage
If you've never grappled with clinical depression, you can never really know what it truly feels like. You can understand, you can empathize, you can sympathize. But "depression" is just a word. People get "depressed" for all sorts of reasons, big and small. But clinical depression is something else. It's a disease that saps you of energy; that burns you out for seemingly no reason at all. You feel hollow; gray. Even things that you know you enjoy are fleeting, because there's always the unshakable realization in the back of your brain that sooner or later, this brief respite of enjoyment is going to end and give way to unflinching darkness again. It can feel like a terminal disease — something you keep struggling with until it eventually, possibly, kills you. I've grappled with depression for the majority of my life, and if I'm being honest, I'm not doing so well right now.
- 9/13/2022
- by Chris Evangelista
- Slash Film
The Film Circuit begins with Telluride, a small but perfect film festival in the mountains of Colorado as simultaneously Venice unfurls the films that will soon be released in the wonderful arthouse cinemas of Europe, followed closely by Toronto whose films foretell the coming year’s Oscars nominees. It is a very exciting time to be on the festival circuit.
And simultaneously with these great screenings are sidebars, panel discussions, workshops, master classes and all around great networking for filmmakers around the world.
Venezia 79 Competition
Il Signore Delle Formiche
Director Gianni Amelio
Main Cast Luigi Lo Cascio, Elio Germano, Leonardo Maltese, Sara Serraiocco / Italy / 134’
The Whale
Director Darren Aronofsky
Main Cast Brendan Fraser, Sadie Sink, Hong Chau, Samantha Morton, Ty Simpkins / USA / 117’
White Noise
Director Noah Baumbach
Main Cast Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig, Don Cheadle, Raffey Cassidy, Sam Nivola, May Nivola, Jodie Turner-Smith, André L. Benjamin and Lars Eidinger / USA / 136’
L’IMMENSITÀ
Director Emanuele Crialese
Main Cast Penélope Cruz, Luana Giuliani, Vincenzo Amato, Patrizio Francioni / Italy, France / 97’
Saint Omer
Director Alice Diop
Main Cast Kayije Kagame, Guslagie Malanda, Valérie Dréville, Aurélia Petit / France / 123’
Blonde
Director Andrew Dominik
Main Cast Ana de Armas, Adrien Brody, Bobby Cannavale, Xavier Samuel, Julianne Nicholson, Lily Fisher / USA / 166’
TÁR
Director Todd Field
Main Cast Cate Blanchett, Noémie Merlant, Nina Hoss, Sophie Kauer, Julian Glover, Allan Corduner, Mark Strong / USA / 158’
Love Life
Director Kôji Fukada
Main Cast Fumino Kimura, Kento Nagayama, Atom Sunada / Japan, France / 123’
Bardo, Falsa CRÓNICA De Unas Cuantas Verdades
Director Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Main Cast Daniel Giménez Cacho, Griselda Siciliani, Ximena Lamadrid, Iker Sanchez Solano, Andrés Almeida, Francisco Rubio / Mexico / 174’
Athena
Director Romain Gavras
Main Cast Dali Benssalah, Sami Slimane, Anthony Bajon, Ouassini Embarek, Alexis Manenti / France / 97’
Bones And All
Director Luca Guadagnino
Main Cast Taylor Russell, Timothée Chalamet, Mark Rylance, André Holland, Chloë Sevigny, Jessica Harper, David Gordon Green, Michael Stuhlbarg, Jake Horowitz / USA / 130’
The Eternal Daughter
Director Joanna Hogg
Main Cast Tilda Swinton, Joseph Mydell, Carly-Sophia Davies / UK, USA / 96’
Shab, Dakheli, Divar (Beyond The Wall)
Director Vahid Jalilvand
Main Cast Navid Mohammadzadeh, Diana Habibi, Amir Aghaee / Iran / 126’
The Banshees Of Inisherin
Director Martin McDonagh
Main Cast Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon, Barry Keoghan / Ireland, UK, USA / 109’
Argentina, 1985
Director Santiago Mitre
Main Cast Ricardo Darín, Peter Lanzani, Alejandra Flechner, Norman Briski / Argentina, USA / 140’
Chiara
Director Susanna Nicchiarelli
Main Cast Margherita Mazzucco, Andrea Carpenzano, Carlotta Natoli, Paola Tiziana Cruciani, Luigi Lo Cascio / Italy, Belgium / 106’
Monica
Director Andrea Pallaoro
Main Cast Trace Lysette, Patricia Clarkson, Adriana Barraza, Emily Browning, Joshua Close / USA, Italy / 113’
Khers Nist (No Bears)
Director Jafar Panahi
Main Cast Jafar Panahi, Naser Hashemi, Vahid Mobaseri, Bakhtiar Panjeei, Mina Kavani, Reza Heydari / Iran / 107’
All The Beauty And The Bloodshed
Director Laura Poitras
USA / 117’
Un Couple
Director Frederick Wiseman
Main Cast Nathalie Boutefeu / France, USA / 64’
The Son
Director Florian Zeller
Main Cast Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern, Vanessa Kirby, Zen McGrath, Anthony Hopkins, Hugh Quarshie / UK / 124’
Les Miens
Director Roschdy Zem
Main Cast Sami Bouajila, Roschdy Zem, Meriem Serbah, Maïwenn, Rachid Bouchareb, Abel Jafrei, Nina Zem / France / 85’
Les Enfants Des Autres
Director Rebecca Zlotowski
Main Cast Virginie Efira, Roschdy Zem, Chiara Mastroianni, Callie Ferreira / France / 104’
Toronto is in spite of itself in a civilized sort of way in competition for the premieres with Venice, though the sequential festivals are serving different constituencies. Still, The Whale, for example is premiering in Venice and then traveling to TIFF.
TIFF Gala Presentations:
The Whale directed by Darren Aronofsky, produced and to be distributed in U.S. and actng as international sales agent A24.
TIFF says: “Brendan Fraser gives a career-defining performance in Darren Aronofsky’s arrestingly intimate drama about a reclusive English professor struggling with personal relationships and self-acceptance, adapted from the stage play by Samuel D. Hunter.”
Alice, Darling by Mary Nighy
Also playing are Alice, Darling (Mary Nighy) in which Anna Kendrick captures the anxious psychology of a woman in an abusive relationship as her friends try to reconnect with her while on a cottage getaway.
Black Ice(Hubert Davis) about Black hockey players facing systemic racism in the sport.
The Greatest Beer Run Ever (Peter Farrelly) about man’s story of leaving New York in 1967 to bring beer to his childhood buddies in the Army while they are fighting in Vietnam. An Apple TV+ production.
Butcher’s Crossing (Gabe Polsky) is a frontier epic about an Ivy League drop-out as he travels to the Colorado wilderness, where he joins a team of buffalo hunters on a journey that puts his life and sanity at risk. Based on the highly acclaimed novel by John Williams. Isa Altitude
The Hummingbird (Francesca Archibugi)Hunt (Jung-jae Lee)A Jazzman’s Blues (Tyler Perry)Kacchey Limbu (Shubham Yogi)Moving On (Paul Weitz)Paris Memories (Alice Winocour)Prisoner’s Daughter (Catherine Hardwicke)Raymond & Ray (Rodrigo García)Roost (Amy Redford)Sidney (Reginald Hudlin)The Son (Florian Zeller)The Swimmers (Sally El Hosaini)What’s Love Got to Do With It? (Shekhar Kapur)The Woman King(Gina Prince-Bythewood)
Special PRESENTATIONSAllelujah (Sir Richard Eyre)All Quiet on the Western Front (Edward Berger)The Banshees Of Inisherin (Martin McDonagh)Blueback (Robert Connolly)The Blue Caftan (Maryam Touzani)Broker (Hirokazu Kore-eda)Brother (Clement Virgo)Bros (Nicholas Stoller)Catherine Called Birdy (Lena Dunham)Causeway (Lila Neugebauer)Chevalier (Stephen Williams)Corsage (Marie Kreutzer)Decision to Leave (Park Chan-wook)Devotion (Jd Dillard)Driving (Madeleine Christian Carion)El Suplente (Diego Lerman)Empire of Light...
And simultaneously with these great screenings are sidebars, panel discussions, workshops, master classes and all around great networking for filmmakers around the world.
Venezia 79 Competition
Il Signore Delle Formiche
Director Gianni Amelio
Main Cast Luigi Lo Cascio, Elio Germano, Leonardo Maltese, Sara Serraiocco / Italy / 134’
The Whale
Director Darren Aronofsky
Main Cast Brendan Fraser, Sadie Sink, Hong Chau, Samantha Morton, Ty Simpkins / USA / 117’
White Noise
Director Noah Baumbach
Main Cast Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig, Don Cheadle, Raffey Cassidy, Sam Nivola, May Nivola, Jodie Turner-Smith, André L. Benjamin and Lars Eidinger / USA / 136’
L’IMMENSITÀ
Director Emanuele Crialese
Main Cast Penélope Cruz, Luana Giuliani, Vincenzo Amato, Patrizio Francioni / Italy, France / 97’
Saint Omer
Director Alice Diop
Main Cast Kayije Kagame, Guslagie Malanda, Valérie Dréville, Aurélia Petit / France / 123’
Blonde
Director Andrew Dominik
Main Cast Ana de Armas, Adrien Brody, Bobby Cannavale, Xavier Samuel, Julianne Nicholson, Lily Fisher / USA / 166’
TÁR
Director Todd Field
Main Cast Cate Blanchett, Noémie Merlant, Nina Hoss, Sophie Kauer, Julian Glover, Allan Corduner, Mark Strong / USA / 158’
Love Life
Director Kôji Fukada
Main Cast Fumino Kimura, Kento Nagayama, Atom Sunada / Japan, France / 123’
Bardo, Falsa CRÓNICA De Unas Cuantas Verdades
Director Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Main Cast Daniel Giménez Cacho, Griselda Siciliani, Ximena Lamadrid, Iker Sanchez Solano, Andrés Almeida, Francisco Rubio / Mexico / 174’
Athena
Director Romain Gavras
Main Cast Dali Benssalah, Sami Slimane, Anthony Bajon, Ouassini Embarek, Alexis Manenti / France / 97’
Bones And All
Director Luca Guadagnino
Main Cast Taylor Russell, Timothée Chalamet, Mark Rylance, André Holland, Chloë Sevigny, Jessica Harper, David Gordon Green, Michael Stuhlbarg, Jake Horowitz / USA / 130’
The Eternal Daughter
Director Joanna Hogg
Main Cast Tilda Swinton, Joseph Mydell, Carly-Sophia Davies / UK, USA / 96’
Shab, Dakheli, Divar (Beyond The Wall)
Director Vahid Jalilvand
Main Cast Navid Mohammadzadeh, Diana Habibi, Amir Aghaee / Iran / 126’
The Banshees Of Inisherin
Director Martin McDonagh
Main Cast Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon, Barry Keoghan / Ireland, UK, USA / 109’
Argentina, 1985
Director Santiago Mitre
Main Cast Ricardo Darín, Peter Lanzani, Alejandra Flechner, Norman Briski / Argentina, USA / 140’
Chiara
Director Susanna Nicchiarelli
Main Cast Margherita Mazzucco, Andrea Carpenzano, Carlotta Natoli, Paola Tiziana Cruciani, Luigi Lo Cascio / Italy, Belgium / 106’
Monica
Director Andrea Pallaoro
Main Cast Trace Lysette, Patricia Clarkson, Adriana Barraza, Emily Browning, Joshua Close / USA, Italy / 113’
Khers Nist (No Bears)
Director Jafar Panahi
Main Cast Jafar Panahi, Naser Hashemi, Vahid Mobaseri, Bakhtiar Panjeei, Mina Kavani, Reza Heydari / Iran / 107’
All The Beauty And The Bloodshed
Director Laura Poitras
USA / 117’
Un Couple
Director Frederick Wiseman
Main Cast Nathalie Boutefeu / France, USA / 64’
The Son
Director Florian Zeller
Main Cast Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern, Vanessa Kirby, Zen McGrath, Anthony Hopkins, Hugh Quarshie / UK / 124’
Les Miens
Director Roschdy Zem
Main Cast Sami Bouajila, Roschdy Zem, Meriem Serbah, Maïwenn, Rachid Bouchareb, Abel Jafrei, Nina Zem / France / 85’
Les Enfants Des Autres
Director Rebecca Zlotowski
Main Cast Virginie Efira, Roschdy Zem, Chiara Mastroianni, Callie Ferreira / France / 104’
Toronto is in spite of itself in a civilized sort of way in competition for the premieres with Venice, though the sequential festivals are serving different constituencies. Still, The Whale, for example is premiering in Venice and then traveling to TIFF.
TIFF Gala Presentations:
The Whale directed by Darren Aronofsky, produced and to be distributed in U.S. and actng as international sales agent A24.
TIFF says: “Brendan Fraser gives a career-defining performance in Darren Aronofsky’s arrestingly intimate drama about a reclusive English professor struggling with personal relationships and self-acceptance, adapted from the stage play by Samuel D. Hunter.”
Alice, Darling by Mary Nighy
Also playing are Alice, Darling (Mary Nighy) in which Anna Kendrick captures the anxious psychology of a woman in an abusive relationship as her friends try to reconnect with her while on a cottage getaway.
Black Ice(Hubert Davis) about Black hockey players facing systemic racism in the sport.
The Greatest Beer Run Ever (Peter Farrelly) about man’s story of leaving New York in 1967 to bring beer to his childhood buddies in the Army while they are fighting in Vietnam. An Apple TV+ production.
Butcher’s Crossing (Gabe Polsky) is a frontier epic about an Ivy League drop-out as he travels to the Colorado wilderness, where he joins a team of buffalo hunters on a journey that puts his life and sanity at risk. Based on the highly acclaimed novel by John Williams. Isa Altitude
The Hummingbird (Francesca Archibugi)Hunt (Jung-jae Lee)A Jazzman’s Blues (Tyler Perry)Kacchey Limbu (Shubham Yogi)Moving On (Paul Weitz)Paris Memories (Alice Winocour)Prisoner’s Daughter (Catherine Hardwicke)Raymond & Ray (Rodrigo García)Roost (Amy Redford)Sidney (Reginald Hudlin)The Son (Florian Zeller)The Swimmers (Sally El Hosaini)What’s Love Got to Do With It? (Shekhar Kapur)The Woman King(Gina Prince-Bythewood)
Special PRESENTATIONSAllelujah (Sir Richard Eyre)All Quiet on the Western Front (Edward Berger)The Banshees Of Inisherin (Martin McDonagh)Blueback (Robert Connolly)The Blue Caftan (Maryam Touzani)Broker (Hirokazu Kore-eda)Brother (Clement Virgo)Bros (Nicholas Stoller)Catherine Called Birdy (Lena Dunham)Causeway (Lila Neugebauer)Chevalier (Stephen Williams)Corsage (Marie Kreutzer)Decision to Leave (Park Chan-wook)Devotion (Jd Dillard)Driving (Madeleine Christian Carion)El Suplente (Diego Lerman)Empire of Light...
- 9/10/2022
- by Sydney
- Sydney's Buzz
Some of hot new premieres in the recent days of the 79th Venice Film Festival have been the hotly-anticipated fictionalization of Marilyn Monroe’s life, Blonde, starring Ana de Armas, and family drama The Son starring Hugh Jackman and Laura Dern.
Both films garnered hearty ovations at their world premieres, with The Son getting a 10-minute ovation and Blonde getting a 14-minute one that left de Armas emotional in the theater.
De Armas walked the red carpet for the Thursday evening premiere alongside Blonde‘s director Andrew Dominik, and wore a gorgeous pink gown. Other cast members of the film present at the premiere included Adrien Brody, who played Arthur Miller, and Bobby Cannavale who played Joe Dimaggio.
Blonde is coming to Netflix soon on September 23, so far critics have generally praised de Armas’ performance as Oscar-worthy.
The Son premiered on Wednesday and is the latest film from playwright and film director Florian Zeller.
Both films garnered hearty ovations at their world premieres, with The Son getting a 10-minute ovation and Blonde getting a 14-minute one that left de Armas emotional in the theater.
De Armas walked the red carpet for the Thursday evening premiere alongside Blonde‘s director Andrew Dominik, and wore a gorgeous pink gown. Other cast members of the film present at the premiere included Adrien Brody, who played Arthur Miller, and Bobby Cannavale who played Joe Dimaggio.
Blonde is coming to Netflix soon on September 23, so far critics have generally praised de Armas’ performance as Oscar-worthy.
The Son premiered on Wednesday and is the latest film from playwright and film director Florian Zeller.
- 9/9/2022
- by Jacob Linden
- Uinterview
by Elisa Giudici
Today on the menu in Venice, there is only one option: crying your heart out. You can choose which missing son and worried parent will tear your heart in pieces, though.
The Son by Florian Zeller
Who is 'the son' of the title? That's debatable. There is the troubled teenager Nicholas (Zen McGrath) that Peter (Hugh Jackman) had with his ex-wife Kate (Laura Dern). Peter also has a newborn son he is raising with his new partner Beth (Vanessa Kirby). Maybe Peter himself is the titular character? He's learning some hard lessons in being a father while struggling with what it means to be the son of Anthony (Sir Anthony Hopkins). I would say the latter, considering how this movie works best as a reminder of Hugh Jackman’s considerable acting skill...
Today on the menu in Venice, there is only one option: crying your heart out. You can choose which missing son and worried parent will tear your heart in pieces, though.
The Son by Florian Zeller
Who is 'the son' of the title? That's debatable. There is the troubled teenager Nicholas (Zen McGrath) that Peter (Hugh Jackman) had with his ex-wife Kate (Laura Dern). Peter also has a newborn son he is raising with his new partner Beth (Vanessa Kirby). Maybe Peter himself is the titular character? He's learning some hard lessons in being a father while struggling with what it means to be the son of Anthony (Sir Anthony Hopkins). I would say the latter, considering how this movie works best as a reminder of Hugh Jackman’s considerable acting skill...
- 9/9/2022
- by Elisa Giudici
- FilmExperience
Variety has selected its 10 Actors to Watch for 2022, an honor that dates back to 1998.
Past honorees include many future Oscar winners and nominees including Mahershala Ali, Timothée Chalamet, Viola Davis, Adam Driver, Brie Larson and Lupita Nyong’o.
This year’s honorees will be feted in the Oct. 12 issue of Variety and at the Newport Beach Film Festival Honors, a brunch reception held on Oct. 16 that also celebrates some of the best and brightest in the entertainment world. The event will be held in conjunction with Visit Newport Beach and the Newport Beach Film Festival.
“With a significant amount of guild and Academy voters attending, the Newport Beach Film Festival Honors event has become a must-stop for the awards campaign season,” says Gregg Schwenk, CEO of the Newport Beach Film Festival. “The annual celebration hosts industry legends side-by-side with rising stars from Variety‘s 10 Actors to Watch.”
Adds Steven Gaydos, senior...
Past honorees include many future Oscar winners and nominees including Mahershala Ali, Timothée Chalamet, Viola Davis, Adam Driver, Brie Larson and Lupita Nyong’o.
This year’s honorees will be feted in the Oct. 12 issue of Variety and at the Newport Beach Film Festival Honors, a brunch reception held on Oct. 16 that also celebrates some of the best and brightest in the entertainment world. The event will be held in conjunction with Visit Newport Beach and the Newport Beach Film Festival.
“With a significant amount of guild and Academy voters attending, the Newport Beach Film Festival Honors event has become a must-stop for the awards campaign season,” says Gregg Schwenk, CEO of the Newport Beach Film Festival. “The annual celebration hosts industry legends side-by-side with rising stars from Variety‘s 10 Actors to Watch.”
Adds Steven Gaydos, senior...
- 9/8/2022
- by Jenelle Riley
- Variety Film + TV
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