Apple Original Films announced today that it had landed the global rights to the new feature documentary Bread & Roses, the acclaimed Cannes Film Festival selection and Cannes Golden Eye nominee, revealing the powerful resistance of Afghan women against the Taliban.
The film is produced by Excellent Cadaver’s (Causeway) Jennifer Lawrence and Justine Ciarrocchi, alongside Nobel Peace Prize-winning human rights advocate and executive producer Malala Yousafzai’s (Joyland) Extracurricular and renowned director Sahra Mani (A Thousand Girls Like Me).
Following its celebrated debut at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, Bread & Roses is set to premiere globally on Apple TV+ on June 21.
“Closing girls’ schools in Afghanistan is not just a matter of feminist concern; rather, it is a matter of international security. The Taliban recognizes that the children of educated mothers are difficult to indoctrinate and are less susceptible to becoming their future soldiers,” said director and producer Sahra Mani.
The film is produced by Excellent Cadaver’s (Causeway) Jennifer Lawrence and Justine Ciarrocchi, alongside Nobel Peace Prize-winning human rights advocate and executive producer Malala Yousafzai’s (Joyland) Extracurricular and renowned director Sahra Mani (A Thousand Girls Like Me).
Following its celebrated debut at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, Bread & Roses is set to premiere globally on Apple TV+ on June 21.
“Closing girls’ schools in Afghanistan is not just a matter of feminist concern; rather, it is a matter of international security. The Taliban recognizes that the children of educated mothers are difficult to indoctrinate and are less susceptible to becoming their future soldiers,” said director and producer Sahra Mani.
- 4/11/2024
- by Mirko Parlevliet
- Vital Thrills
Exclusive: Apple Original Films has landed global rights to the feature documentary Bread & Roses, the acclaimed 2023 Cannes Film Festival selection revealing the powerful resistance of Afghan women against the Taliban. The film, directed by Sahra Mani (A Thousand Girls Like Me), is produced by Excellent Cadaver’s Jennifer Lawrence and Justine Ciarrocchi, alongside Nobel Peace Prize-winning human rights advocate and executive producer Malala Yousafzai’s Extracurricular and Mani.
The doc is set to premiere globally on Apple TV+ on June 21. Farhad Khosravi of Eyan Foundation exec producing.
Bread & Roses offers a window into the seismic impact on women’s rights and livelihoods after Kabul fell to the Taliban in 2021. The film follows three women, in real time, as they fight to recover their autonomy. Mani captures the spirit and resilience of Afghan women through a raw depiction of their harrowing plight.
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The doc is set to premiere globally on Apple TV+ on June 21. Farhad Khosravi of Eyan Foundation exec producing.
Bread & Roses offers a window into the seismic impact on women’s rights and livelihoods after Kabul fell to the Taliban in 2021. The film follows three women, in real time, as they fight to recover their autonomy. Mani captures the spirit and resilience of Afghan women through a raw depiction of their harrowing plight.
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- 4/11/2024
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence and her producing partner Justine Ciarrocchi touched down at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday to promote their label’s first ever documentary feature, “Bread and Roses” — a harrowing and emotional look at the lives of women in Afghanistan under Taliban rule.
After two decades of American occupation, the nation fell once again to the insurgent group, which moved quickly to strip women of basic rights — simple freedoms like the ability to work, appear in public without a male chaperone and receive an education.
“It all just collapsed and a matter of days,” Lawrence recalled to Variety. “I was watching this from America, where Roe v. Wade was about to be overturned. We felt helpless and frustrated with how to get these stories off of the news cycle and into people’s psyches. To help people be galvanized and care about the plight of these women.
After two decades of American occupation, the nation fell once again to the insurgent group, which moved quickly to strip women of basic rights — simple freedoms like the ability to work, appear in public without a male chaperone and receive an education.
“It all just collapsed and a matter of days,” Lawrence recalled to Variety. “I was watching this from America, where Roe v. Wade was about to be overturned. We felt helpless and frustrated with how to get these stories off of the news cycle and into people’s psyches. To help people be galvanized and care about the plight of these women.
- 5/21/2023
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
Late last month the U.N. Security Council voted unanimously to condemn the Taliban for systematically depriving Afghan women of their rights, demanding the country’s fundamentalist Islamic rulers provide “full, equal, meaningful and safe participation of women and girls” in Afghan society.
It was an acknowledgement of how quickly the situation for women and girls has deteriorated since the Taliban retook control of Kabul in August 2021, following the departure of U.S. military forces. The dire reality for the distaff population of Afghanistan becomes heartbreakingly clear in the documentary Bread and Roses, which premiered today at the Cannes Film Festival. The film is directed by Afghan native Sahra Mani and produced by actress Jennifer Lawrence, Justine Ciarrochi, and Mani.
Director Sahra Mani (in white), producer Jennifer Lawrence, producer Justine Ciarrocchi (in silver necklace), Dr. Zahra Mohammadi (in white headscarf), and guests at the Cannes Film Festival Sunday, May 21, 2023.
“Do not forget about Afghan women!
It was an acknowledgement of how quickly the situation for women and girls has deteriorated since the Taliban retook control of Kabul in August 2021, following the departure of U.S. military forces. The dire reality for the distaff population of Afghanistan becomes heartbreakingly clear in the documentary Bread and Roses, which premiered today at the Cannes Film Festival. The film is directed by Afghan native Sahra Mani and produced by actress Jennifer Lawrence, Justine Ciarrochi, and Mani.
Director Sahra Mani (in white), producer Jennifer Lawrence, producer Justine Ciarrocchi (in silver necklace), Dr. Zahra Mohammadi (in white headscarf), and guests at the Cannes Film Festival Sunday, May 21, 2023.
“Do not forget about Afghan women!
- 5/21/2023
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Cannes Docs, the Marché du Film sidebar dedicated to documentary film, has unveiled the line-up of its Doc Day, which unspools on May 23, as the final event in at Cannes Docs.
Veteran U.S. cinematographer and documentary filmmaker Kirsten Johnson, president of Cannes Festival’s Œil d’or Jury which hands out an award to the best doc in Cannes’ Official Selection, will open the morning session in a conversation with writer, director and producer Guetty Felin.
Entitled “Cinema and the Pleasures of the Impossible,” it will explore the many ways filmmaking creates possibilities to search for the invisible, to bring life to the dead and to time travel in their lives.
“It’s an exciting and side-stepping angle compared to usual industry talks,” explains the head of Cannes Docs Pierre-Alexis Chevit, “which we really like at Cannes Docs, because that is what we’re trying to do: Offer talks...
Veteran U.S. cinematographer and documentary filmmaker Kirsten Johnson, president of Cannes Festival’s Œil d’or Jury which hands out an award to the best doc in Cannes’ Official Selection, will open the morning session in a conversation with writer, director and producer Guetty Felin.
Entitled “Cinema and the Pleasures of the Impossible,” it will explore the many ways filmmaking creates possibilities to search for the invisible, to bring life to the dead and to time travel in their lives.
“It’s an exciting and side-stepping angle compared to usual industry talks,” explains the head of Cannes Docs Pierre-Alexis Chevit, “which we really like at Cannes Docs, because that is what we’re trying to do: Offer talks...
- 5/12/2023
- by Lise Pedersen
- Variety Film + TV
The 2023 Cannes Film Festival lineup was officially announced on April 13, but Monday the organization included the last of the entries for competition and non-competition categories, most notably with the addition of Robert Rodriguez’s “Hypnotic,” a science-fiction opus starring Ben Affleck and Alice Braga, in the Midnight section.
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Other high-profile titles include Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire’s “Black Flies”, a NYC-set drama starring Sean Penn, Tye Sheridan and Mike Tyson, Catherine Corsini’s buzzy French film “Le Retour,” and Sahra Mani’s documentary “Bread and Roses,” concerning Afghan women living under Taliban rule.
Below are the 14 new features and shorts that round out the 2023 Cannes Film Festival lineup:
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Competition
“Black Flies” (Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire)
“Le Retour
“Le Retour” (Catherine Corsini)
Cannes...
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Other high-profile titles include Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire’s “Black Flies”, a NYC-set drama starring Sean Penn, Tye Sheridan and Mike Tyson, Catherine Corsini’s buzzy French film “Le Retour,” and Sahra Mani’s documentary “Bread and Roses,” concerning Afghan women living under Taliban rule.
Below are the 14 new features and shorts that round out the 2023 Cannes Film Festival lineup:
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Competition
“Black Flies” (Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire)
“Le Retour
“Le Retour” (Catherine Corsini)
Cannes...
- 4/24/2023
- by Jason Clark
- The Wrap
Catherine Corsini’s Le Retour has landed a Cannes competition slot after apparent complaints about the filmmaker, while Sean Penn starrer Black Flies by director Jean-Stehane Sauvair will also compete, festival organizers said on Monday.
A berth for Le Retour in Cannes had been put on hold while festival organizers took note of alleged events that took place during the filming of the French film. Fest organizers had no comment on the addition of Corsini’s film beyond a short announcement.
Le Retour, which stars Virgini Ledoyen, portrays a woman who works for a wealthy Parisian family who offers her the opportunity to take care of their children for a summer in Corsica. That’s an opportunity for her to return with her daughters, Jessica and Farah, to the island they left 15 years earlier in tragic circumstances.
Sauvaire’s paramedic thriller Black Flies also stars Tye Sheridan, Katherine Waterston, Michael Pitt and Mike Tyson.
A berth for Le Retour in Cannes had been put on hold while festival organizers took note of alleged events that took place during the filming of the French film. Fest organizers had no comment on the addition of Corsini’s film beyond a short announcement.
Le Retour, which stars Virgini Ledoyen, portrays a woman who works for a wealthy Parisian family who offers her the opportunity to take care of their children for a summer in Corsica. That’s an opportunity for her to return with her daughters, Jessica and Farah, to the island they left 15 years earlier in tragic circumstances.
Sauvaire’s paramedic thriller Black Flies also stars Tye Sheridan, Katherine Waterston, Michael Pitt and Mike Tyson.
- 4/24/2023
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Cannes Film Festival has a long tradition of showing films about world events and this year is no exception.
Afghan director Sahra Mani’s documentary Bread and Roses, capturing the experiences of her country women living under the Taliban since they took control of Kabul in 2021, was announced for its Official Selection on Monday.
The film will premiere as a Special Screening in the festival.
Jennifer Lawrence and Justine Ciarrocchi produce under the banner of their company Excellent Cadaver, with Mani also taking producer credits. Executive producers are Farhad Khosravi and The Eyan Foundation.
The entire team is expected to be in Cannes for the screening.
The arrival of the Islamic fundamentalist Taliban movement in power has had a catastrophic impact on women’s rights, which had been slowly advancing, stripping them of access to education, employment and public spaces.
Women have also borne the brunt of the deteriorating economy under Taliban rule,...
Afghan director Sahra Mani’s documentary Bread and Roses, capturing the experiences of her country women living under the Taliban since they took control of Kabul in 2021, was announced for its Official Selection on Monday.
The film will premiere as a Special Screening in the festival.
Jennifer Lawrence and Justine Ciarrocchi produce under the banner of their company Excellent Cadaver, with Mani also taking producer credits. Executive producers are Farhad Khosravi and The Eyan Foundation.
The entire team is expected to be in Cannes for the screening.
The arrival of the Islamic fundamentalist Taliban movement in power has had a catastrophic impact on women’s rights, which had been slowly advancing, stripping them of access to education, employment and public spaces.
Women have also borne the brunt of the deteriorating economy under Taliban rule,...
- 4/24/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Two further Competition films, three more in Cannes Premiere.
Cannes has added 14 further films to its Official Selection ahead of next month’s festival, including two more Competition titles.
Jean-Stephane Sauvaire’s Black Flies and Catherine Corsini’s Le Retour take the Competition total up to 21; and increase the record number of films in Competition directed by women to seven.
Black Flies is a US thriller based on Shannon Burke’s 2008 novel of the same name; Sean Penn stars alongside Tye Sheridan, Katherine Waterston, Michael Pitt and Mike Tyson.
Le Retour follows a 40-something woman working for a wealthy Parisian...
Cannes has added 14 further films to its Official Selection ahead of next month’s festival, including two more Competition titles.
Jean-Stephane Sauvaire’s Black Flies and Catherine Corsini’s Le Retour take the Competition total up to 21; and increase the record number of films in Competition directed by women to seven.
Black Flies is a US thriller based on Shannon Burke’s 2008 novel of the same name; Sean Penn stars alongside Tye Sheridan, Katherine Waterston, Michael Pitt and Mike Tyson.
Le Retour follows a 40-something woman working for a wealthy Parisian...
- 4/24/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
We’re now only a few weeks away from the 2023 Cannes Film Festival and with the lineup thus far already announced, the final slate is locking into place with a few more additions. Today, the festival revealed some notable new premieres across various sections, including Lisandro Alonso’s highly-anticipated Eureka, Amat Escalante’s Perdidos en la Noche, Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire’s Black Flies starring Katherine Waterston, Michael Pitt, Sean Penn, Tye Sheridan and Mike Tyson, plus a new short by Pedro Costa.
Check out the newly-added selections below ahead of the festival, taking place May 16-27.
Competition
Black Flies by Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire
Le Retour by Catherine Corsini
Cannes Premiere
Perdidos En LA Noche by Amat Escalante
L’Amour Et Les FORÊTS by Valérie Donzelli
Eureka by Lisandro Alonso
Out Of Competition
L’ABBÉ Pierre – Une Vie De Combats by Frédéric Tellier
Un Certain Regard
Only The River Flows by Wei Shujun...
Check out the newly-added selections below ahead of the festival, taking place May 16-27.
Competition
Black Flies by Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire
Le Retour by Catherine Corsini
Cannes Premiere
Perdidos En LA Noche by Amat Escalante
L’Amour Et Les FORÊTS by Valérie Donzelli
Eureka by Lisandro Alonso
Out Of Competition
L’ABBÉ Pierre – Une Vie De Combats by Frédéric Tellier
Un Certain Regard
Only The River Flows by Wei Shujun...
- 4/24/2023
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
The 2023 Cannes Film Festival, taking place May 16 — 27, has added an array of new titles to its already eagerly anticipated Official Selection: Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire’s “Black Flies” starring Sean Penn and in competition; Catherine Corsini’s “Le Retour,” upping the lineup’s record total of seven female directors in competition; Amat Escalante’s Mexican drama “Perdidos en la Noche”; and Lisandro Alonso’s thriller “Eureka,” starring Viggo Mortensen and José María Yazpik.
Alonso and Mortensen previously collaborated on 2014’s “Jauja,” which premiered in the festival’s Un Certain Regard and won its top honor, the Fipresci Prize. “Perdidos en la Noche” and “Eureka” will play in the non-competitive Cannes Premiere section.
Additional titles added on Monday include an Out of Competition screening of Frédéric Tellier’s “L’Abbé Pierre – Une Vie de Combats”; Un Certain Regard titles “Only the River Flows” from Wei Shujun and “Une Nuit” from Alex Lutz; Special...
Alonso and Mortensen previously collaborated on 2014’s “Jauja,” which premiered in the festival’s Un Certain Regard and won its top honor, the Fipresci Prize. “Perdidos en la Noche” and “Eureka” will play in the non-competitive Cannes Premiere section.
Additional titles added on Monday include an Out of Competition screening of Frédéric Tellier’s “L’Abbé Pierre – Une Vie de Combats”; Un Certain Regard titles “Only the River Flows” from Wei Shujun and “Une Nuit” from Alex Lutz; Special...
- 4/24/2023
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
The Cannes Film Festival on Monday announced a raft of new additions to the Official Selection of its 76th edition running May 16-27.
Two new films have been added to the Competition lineup: Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire’s Black Flies and Catherine Corsini’s Le Retour.
Sauvaire’s thriller stars Tye Sheridan opposite Sean Penn as a rookie paramedic paired with a veteran on a drive through New York.
According to local media reports, Corsini’s mother-and-daughters drama Le Retour was to have been announced as the seventh female-directed film in Competition during the main line-up press conference on April 13.
Allegations of inappropriate behaviour on the Corsica-based set – detailed in reports by French newspapers Le Parisien and Libération – forced the festival to put its selection on hold, while it looked into the matter.
Cannes Delegate General Thierry Frémaux is reported to have said that he would not be swayed by rumors.
The...
Two new films have been added to the Competition lineup: Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire’s Black Flies and Catherine Corsini’s Le Retour.
Sauvaire’s thriller stars Tye Sheridan opposite Sean Penn as a rookie paramedic paired with a veteran on a drive through New York.
According to local media reports, Corsini’s mother-and-daughters drama Le Retour was to have been announced as the seventh female-directed film in Competition during the main line-up press conference on April 13.
Allegations of inappropriate behaviour on the Corsica-based set – detailed in reports by French newspapers Le Parisien and Libération – forced the festival to put its selection on hold, while it looked into the matter.
Cannes Delegate General Thierry Frémaux is reported to have said that he would not be swayed by rumors.
The...
- 4/24/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire’s “Black Flies,” starring Sean Penn, and Catherine Corsini’s “Le retour” have been added to the competition lineup of the upcoming 76th Cannes Film Festival. As many as 13 movies have been peppered across several sections, including the Competition, Special Screenings, Un Certain Regard and Out of Competition.
Robert Rodriguez’s “Hypnotic” and Kim Tae-gon’s “Project Silence” are joining the Midnight Screening roster, while Amat Escalante’s Mexican drama “Perdidos en la Noche” and Argentinian helmer Lisandro Alonso’s thriller “Eureka,” starring Viggo Mortensen and José María Yazpik, will bow in Cannes Premiere, a non-competitive section launched in 2021. (Alonso previously won Cannes’ Un Certain Regard with his 2014 movie “Jauja.”) Also slated for Cannes Premiere is Valerie Donzelli’s drama “L’Amour et les forets.”
This year, Un Certain Regard has expanded by two titles, including Chinese director Wei Shujun’s “Only the River Flows” and French director Alex Lutz’s “Une nuit.
Robert Rodriguez’s “Hypnotic” and Kim Tae-gon’s “Project Silence” are joining the Midnight Screening roster, while Amat Escalante’s Mexican drama “Perdidos en la Noche” and Argentinian helmer Lisandro Alonso’s thriller “Eureka,” starring Viggo Mortensen and José María Yazpik, will bow in Cannes Premiere, a non-competitive section launched in 2021. (Alonso previously won Cannes’ Un Certain Regard with his 2014 movie “Jauja.”) Also slated for Cannes Premiere is Valerie Donzelli’s drama “L’Amour et les forets.”
This year, Un Certain Regard has expanded by two titles, including Chinese director Wei Shujun’s “Only the River Flows” and French director Alex Lutz’s “Une nuit.
- 4/24/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
An anthology series created and executive produced by Guillermo del Toro, Cabinet of Curiosities will premiere October 25th on Netflix, and a new trailer teases the show's magical horrors.
In Cabinet Of Curiosities, acclaimed Academy Award-winning filmmaker and creator, executive producer and co-showrunner Guillermo del Toro has curated a collection of unprecedented and genre-defining stories meant to challenge our traditional notions of horror. From macabre to magical, gothic to grotesque or classically creepy, these eight equally sophisticated and sinister tales (including two original stories by del Toro) are brought to life by a team of writers and directors personally chosen by del Toro.
Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet Of Curiosities will debut Tuesday, October 25, launching a special four day, double episode Netflix & Chills Halloween event. Two all-new Cabinet Of Curiosities tales will debut daily through Friday, October 28, when the entire collection of eight stories will be available to Netflix members around the world.
In Cabinet Of Curiosities, acclaimed Academy Award-winning filmmaker and creator, executive producer and co-showrunner Guillermo del Toro has curated a collection of unprecedented and genre-defining stories meant to challenge our traditional notions of horror. From macabre to magical, gothic to grotesque or classically creepy, these eight equally sophisticated and sinister tales (including two original stories by del Toro) are brought to life by a team of writers and directors personally chosen by del Toro.
Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet Of Curiosities will debut Tuesday, October 25, launching a special four day, double episode Netflix & Chills Halloween event. Two all-new Cabinet Of Curiosities tales will debut daily through Friday, October 28, when the entire collection of eight stories will be available to Netflix members around the world.
- 8/15/2022
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Creepy creatures have never looked this good.
On Monday, Netflix debuted a first look at the upcoming horror anthology series “Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities”, bringing together some of the best minds in the genre.
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Ben Barnes as Thurber in episode “Pickman’s Model” from “Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet Of Curiosities” – Photo: Cr. Ken Woroner/Netflix © 2022
The series is premiering as a four-day event, with double features dropping each night, all hosted by the Oscar-winning “Pan’s Labyrinth” director.
Each episode is helmed by a different acclaimed horror director, including “The Babadook” director Jennifer Kent, “Splice” director Vincenzo Natali and more.
Hannah Galway in episode “The Murmuring” from “Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet Of Curiosities” – Photo: David Lee/Netflix © 2022
“With ‘Cabinet of Curiosities’, we set out to showcase the realities existing outside of our normal world: the anomalies and curiosities.
On Monday, Netflix debuted a first look at the upcoming horror anthology series “Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities”, bringing together some of the best minds in the genre.
Read More: Netflix Drops New Trailer For Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Pinocchio’
Ben Barnes as Thurber in episode “Pickman’s Model” from “Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet Of Curiosities” – Photo: Cr. Ken Woroner/Netflix © 2022
The series is premiering as a four-day event, with double features dropping each night, all hosted by the Oscar-winning “Pan’s Labyrinth” director.
Each episode is helmed by a different acclaimed horror director, including “The Babadook” director Jennifer Kent, “Splice” director Vincenzo Natali and more.
Hannah Galway in episode “The Murmuring” from “Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet Of Curiosities” – Photo: David Lee/Netflix © 2022
“With ‘Cabinet of Curiosities’, we set out to showcase the realities existing outside of our normal world: the anomalies and curiosities.
- 8/15/2022
- by Corey Atad
- ET Canada
Netflix and Oscar winner Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water, Blade 2, Hellboy) have teamed up for new anthology series “Cabinet of Curiosities,” a collection of live-action stories that Netflix says “is meant to challenge our traditional notions of horror.”
“From macabre to magical, gothic to grotesque or classically creepy, the eight sinister tales — including two original works by del Toro — will be brought to life by a team of writers and directors personally chosen by the Shape of Water filmmaker.”
Netflix has announced today that the series will debut Tuesday, October 25, launching a special four day, double episode Netflix & Chills Halloween event. Two all-new “Cabinet of Curiosities” tales will debut daily through Friday, October 28, when the entire collection of eight stories will be available to Netflix members around the world.
“With Cabinet of Curiosities, we set out to showcase the realities existing outside of our normal world: the anomalies and curiosities.
“From macabre to magical, gothic to grotesque or classically creepy, the eight sinister tales — including two original works by del Toro — will be brought to life by a team of writers and directors personally chosen by the Shape of Water filmmaker.”
Netflix has announced today that the series will debut Tuesday, October 25, launching a special four day, double episode Netflix & Chills Halloween event. Two all-new “Cabinet of Curiosities” tales will debut daily through Friday, October 28, when the entire collection of eight stories will be available to Netflix members around the world.
“With Cabinet of Curiosities, we set out to showcase the realities existing outside of our normal world: the anomalies and curiosities.
- 8/15/2022
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Actor-comedian George Lopez, Academy Award nominee Adriana Barraza, Elpidia Carrillo and Damián Alcázar have joined the cast of “Blue Beetle,” DC Films and Warner Bros.’ first superhero movie starring a Latino character, TheWrap has exclusively learned.
“Cobra Kai” breakout Xolo Maridueña is set to star in the lead role of Jaime Reyes. Lopez is playing the role of Uncle Rudy, Barraza is playing Nana, Carrillo is playing Rocio and Alcázar is playing Alberto. The four round out the rest of the Reyes family which includes Bellisa Escobedo who plays Milagro.
They join a cast that includes Brazilian actress Bruna Marquezine and Harvey Guillén.
The intent was always to cast the multigenerational Reyes family authentically Mexican and Mexican-American, according to director Angel Manuel Soto.
“Initially, my goal with finding the family was to be able to have an authentic group of people, not just as authentic on the Latino side, but...
“Cobra Kai” breakout Xolo Maridueña is set to star in the lead role of Jaime Reyes. Lopez is playing the role of Uncle Rudy, Barraza is playing Nana, Carrillo is playing Rocio and Alcázar is playing Alberto. The four round out the rest of the Reyes family which includes Bellisa Escobedo who plays Milagro.
They join a cast that includes Brazilian actress Bruna Marquezine and Harvey Guillén.
The intent was always to cast the multigenerational Reyes family authentically Mexican and Mexican-American, according to director Angel Manuel Soto.
“Initially, my goal with finding the family was to be able to have an authentic group of people, not just as authentic on the Latino side, but...
- 3/18/2022
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about movie stars! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they made in between.
And today we are fortunate enough to speak with Adrien Brody himself about his new film Clean, along with some of the more memorable B-Sides from earlier in his career. These highlights include Love The Hard Way, Detachment, and Cadillac Records (currently on Netflix as we publish this! Watch it!).
We dive into all of the work that went in to getting Clean made and into movie theaters, Brody’s deep bench of B-Side movies, and the enduring New York City setting in Love The Hard Way.
Clean is currently in theaters and everywhere you rent and buy movies.
For more from The B-Side, you can find every actor/director and the films discussed in one place here.
And today we are fortunate enough to speak with Adrien Brody himself about his new film Clean, along with some of the more memorable B-Sides from earlier in his career. These highlights include Love The Hard Way, Detachment, and Cadillac Records (currently on Netflix as we publish this! Watch it!).
We dive into all of the work that went in to getting Clean made and into movie theaters, Brody’s deep bench of B-Side movies, and the enduring New York City setting in Love The Hard Way.
Clean is currently in theaters and everywhere you rent and buy movies.
For more from The B-Side, you can find every actor/director and the films discussed in one place here.
- 1/31/2022
- by Dan Mecca
- The Film Stage
Guillermo de Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities is officially in production.
Netflix confirmed the start of the Toronto-based production of the all-new, live-action genre-defining and chilling collection of distinct stories.
"Acclaimed Academy Award-winning filmmaker and creator, executive producer and co-showrunner Guillermo del Toro has curated a collection of unprecedented and genre-defining stories meant to challenge our traditional notions of horror," reads the logline.
"From macabre to magical, gothic to grotesque or classically creepy, these eight equally sophisticated and sinister tales (including two original works by del Toro) will be brought to life by a team of writers and directors personally chosen by del Toro."
Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities is created and executive produced by Guillermo del Toro and executive produced by Academy Award winner J. Miles Dale (The Shape of Water; Sex/Life), who also serves as co-showrunner; and Gary Ungar.
Regina Corrado serves as co-executive producer.
Below is...
Netflix confirmed the start of the Toronto-based production of the all-new, live-action genre-defining and chilling collection of distinct stories.
"Acclaimed Academy Award-winning filmmaker and creator, executive producer and co-showrunner Guillermo del Toro has curated a collection of unprecedented and genre-defining stories meant to challenge our traditional notions of horror," reads the logline.
"From macabre to magical, gothic to grotesque or classically creepy, these eight equally sophisticated and sinister tales (including two original works by del Toro) will be brought to life by a team of writers and directors personally chosen by del Toro."
Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities is created and executive produced by Guillermo del Toro and executive produced by Academy Award winner J. Miles Dale (The Shape of Water; Sex/Life), who also serves as co-showrunner; and Gary Ungar.
Regina Corrado serves as co-executive producer.
Below is...
- 9/2/2021
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Academy Award winner and horror maestro Guillermo del Toro has set a packed lineup of genre movie powerhouses for his Netflix horror anthology series, “Cabinet of Curiosities.” Among directors contributing episodes to the series are “The Babadook” filmmaker Essie Davis, who will reunite with that film’s breakout star, Essie Davis, for an episode. Also bringing stories to the series are “A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night” director Ana Lily Amirpour, “Mandy” director Panos Cosmatos, “Splice” director Vincenzo Natali, and more. See first details from Netflix below.
Per Netflix, “In ‘Cabinet of Curiosities,’ acclaimed Academy Award-winning filmmaker and creator, executive producer and co-showrunner Guillermo del Toro has curated a collection of unprecedented and genre-defining stories meant to challenge our traditional notions of horror. From macabre to magical, gothic to grotesque or classically creepy, these eight equally sophisticated and sinister tales (including two original works by del Toro) will be...
Per Netflix, “In ‘Cabinet of Curiosities,’ acclaimed Academy Award-winning filmmaker and creator, executive producer and co-showrunner Guillermo del Toro has curated a collection of unprecedented and genre-defining stories meant to challenge our traditional notions of horror. From macabre to magical, gothic to grotesque or classically creepy, these eight equally sophisticated and sinister tales (including two original works by del Toro) will be...
- 9/2/2021
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Sorry We Missed You
One of Britain’s most notable filmmakers of all time, the two-time Palme d’Or winning Ken Loach will be set with his new social issue drama Sorry We Missed You in 2019. Produced by his regular collaborator Rebecca O’Brien and is the director’s fourth consecutive film handled by eOne. His latest stars Kris Hitchen (who previously had a supporting role in Loach’s 2001 title The Navigators) along with Debbie Honeywood, Katie Proctor, Alfie Dobson and Rhys Stone. As mentioned, Loach is one of a select few auteurs to win thePalme d’Or twice, having competed a total of thirteen times winning the Ecumenical Jury Prize in 1981, 1990, 1995, 2009, and 2016, a Fipresci Prize for 1991’s Riff Raff and 1979’s Black Jack, and the Jury Prize in 1993 and 2012.…...
One of Britain’s most notable filmmakers of all time, the two-time Palme d’Or winning Ken Loach will be set with his new social issue drama Sorry We Missed You in 2019. Produced by his regular collaborator Rebecca O’Brien and is the director’s fourth consecutive film handled by eOne. His latest stars Kris Hitchen (who previously had a supporting role in Loach’s 2001 title The Navigators) along with Debbie Honeywood, Katie Proctor, Alfie Dobson and Rhys Stone. As mentioned, Loach is one of a select few auteurs to win thePalme d’Or twice, having competed a total of thirteen times winning the Ecumenical Jury Prize in 1981, 1990, 1995, 2009, and 2016, a Fipresci Prize for 1991’s Riff Raff and 1979’s Black Jack, and the Jury Prize in 1993 and 2012.…...
- 1/7/2019
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
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Tim Roth leads an excellent cast in unpredictable new Sky Atlantic revenge drama Tin Star, out now…
“It’s the disposal,” says Tim Roth. “The killing isn’t the problem, it’s the disposal that’s the problem. You run out of space.” The storage issues faced by serial killers aren’t something to which many of us will have devoted much thought. Roth has. Reassuringly, he’s had reason to thanks to his recent sinister role as real-life murderer Reg Christie in BBC drama Rillington Place. “Charming fella” he jokes.
See related 26 new UK TV shows to look out for Life On Mars: revisiting a terrific UK crime drama Line Of Duty series 4: creator Jed Mercurio interview
Roth is back on UK television on the other side of the law in new Sky Atlantic drama Tin Star, which has already been renewed for a second series.
Tim Roth leads an excellent cast in unpredictable new Sky Atlantic revenge drama Tin Star, out now…
“It’s the disposal,” says Tim Roth. “The killing isn’t the problem, it’s the disposal that’s the problem. You run out of space.” The storage issues faced by serial killers aren’t something to which many of us will have devoted much thought. Roth has. Reassuringly, he’s had reason to thanks to his recent sinister role as real-life murderer Reg Christie in BBC drama Rillington Place. “Charming fella” he jokes.
See related 26 new UK TV shows to look out for Life On Mars: revisiting a terrific UK crime drama Line Of Duty series 4: creator Jed Mercurio interview
Roth is back on UK television on the other side of the law in new Sky Atlantic drama Tin Star, which has already been renewed for a second series.
- 9/7/2017
- Den of Geek
Ken Loach meets the fans outside the Grand Hotel Pupp at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Photo: Film Servis Kviff Ken Loach and Paul Laverty received a rapturous welcome at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Photo: Film Service Kviff Rarely can a film festival and two filmmakers seem such a perfect match as the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival with its egalitarian approach and a preoccupation with social issues and director Ken Loach and his writing collaborator Paul Laverty who share the same values.
The match was celebrated when Loach and Laverty (Cannes Palme d’Or winner I, Daniel Blake, Bread And Roses, The Wind That Shakes The Barley, Carla’s Song among many), were given an ecstatic welcome by audiences when they received Crystal Globes for Outstanding Contributions to World Cinema, while Land And Freedom and Sweet Sixteen were screened in a section that marked 30 Years of the European Film Academy.
The match was celebrated when Loach and Laverty (Cannes Palme d’Or winner I, Daniel Blake, Bread And Roses, The Wind That Shakes The Barley, Carla’s Song among many), were given an ecstatic welcome by audiences when they received Crystal Globes for Outstanding Contributions to World Cinema, while Land And Freedom and Sweet Sixteen were screened in a section that marked 30 Years of the European Film Academy.
- 7/5/2017
- by Richard Mowe
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Author: Andy Furlong
This week HeyUGuys caught up with talented screenwriter Paul Laverty, the man who gave life to so many memorable characters and stories. In an extremely fascinating interview Paul talks about the latest film he wrote, The Olive Tree, directed by Icíar Bollaín. He also talks in depth about his creative process, what it is like working with Ken Loach, and Irish History.
One of things I have always appreciated about your writing is that it often has undertones of very socially relevant themes, such as the environment, poverty and recession – as indeed we see in The Olive Tree – but your characters never feel like just mouth pieces for these issues but rather fully fleshed out, real people that, through the audiences observation, become a window into these problems. How do you strike a balance between the themes you want to talk about in an overarching sense, without...
This week HeyUGuys caught up with talented screenwriter Paul Laverty, the man who gave life to so many memorable characters and stories. In an extremely fascinating interview Paul talks about the latest film he wrote, The Olive Tree, directed by Icíar Bollaín. He also talks in depth about his creative process, what it is like working with Ken Loach, and Irish History.
One of things I have always appreciated about your writing is that it often has undertones of very socially relevant themes, such as the environment, poverty and recession – as indeed we see in The Olive Tree – but your characters never feel like just mouth pieces for these issues but rather fully fleshed out, real people that, through the audiences observation, become a window into these problems. How do you strike a balance between the themes you want to talk about in an overarching sense, without...
- 3/14/2017
- by Andy Furlong
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Labor Day celebrates working people and the labor unions that brought working people the 40-hour work week, the 8-hour day, overtime pay, work-place safety, paid holidays and vacations, and a host of other protections and benefits. To honor those hard-working people and organized labor, here is a list (in no particular order) of a dozen worthy narrative films for Labor Day.
Norma Rae (1979)
For many people, the words “labor union” bring to mind the image of Sally Field standing up in defiance in “Norma Rae.” Field won an Oscar for her unforgettable, inspiring character, a worker in a Southern textile factory who becomes involved in labor organizing and stands up to management after the factory workers’ health is threatened in the workplace. This stirring drama, based on a true story, also stars Beau Bridges as Norma Rae’s husband Sonny and Ron Leibman as an union organizer from the Northeast.
Norma Rae (1979)
For many people, the words “labor union” bring to mind the image of Sally Field standing up in defiance in “Norma Rae.” Field won an Oscar for her unforgettable, inspiring character, a worker in a Southern textile factory who becomes involved in labor organizing and stands up to management after the factory workers’ health is threatened in the workplace. This stirring drama, based on a true story, also stars Beau Bridges as Norma Rae’s husband Sonny and Ron Leibman as an union organizer from the Northeast.
- 9/3/2016
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
What would you sacrifice for your American dream Must the American dream come at the cost of human dignity These are the questions at the center of The New York Musical Festival's Developmental Reading of Bread And Roses, a new musical with book and lyrics by Jill Abramovitz music by Brad Alexander, and direction by Melissa Crespo,inspired by true events and based on the film by Paul Laverty and Ken Loach.
- 6/29/2016
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
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We're celebrating 50 brilliant UK independent bookshops. If your favourite is missing, please add it to the list below...
In Neil Gaiman’s preface to Shelf Life: Fantastic Stories Celebrating Bookstores, he describes four bookshops from his childhood. One was a travelling school shop, one a local store staffed by a helpful hippy where he’d pick up 25p Tom Disch novels, another was a bus ride away and owned by a Grinch who’d glower at schoolchildren customers, and the last was a now-defunct Soho sci-fi and fantasy treasure trove. Four individual shops run by booksellers with distinct personalities and idiosyncratic tastes. All of which made Gaiman what he is.
That’s the joy of independent bookshops. Their personalities shape those of the people who visit them. They’re not homogenous. Their stock tends to reflect their passions rather than the year's best-performing unit-shifters. And their...
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We're celebrating 50 brilliant UK independent bookshops. If your favourite is missing, please add it to the list below...
In Neil Gaiman’s preface to Shelf Life: Fantastic Stories Celebrating Bookstores, he describes four bookshops from his childhood. One was a travelling school shop, one a local store staffed by a helpful hippy where he’d pick up 25p Tom Disch novels, another was a bus ride away and owned by a Grinch who’d glower at schoolchildren customers, and the last was a now-defunct Soho sci-fi and fantasy treasure trove. Four individual shops run by booksellers with distinct personalities and idiosyncratic tastes. All of which made Gaiman what he is.
That’s the joy of independent bookshops. Their personalities shape those of the people who visit them. They’re not homogenous. Their stock tends to reflect their passions rather than the year's best-performing unit-shifters. And their...
- 6/10/2016
- Den of Geek
What would you sacrifice for your American dream Must the American dream come at the cost of human dignity These are the questions at the center of The New York Musical Festival's Developmental Reading of Bread And Roses, a new musical with book and lyrics by Jill Abramovitz and music by Brad Alexander, inspired by true events and based on the film by Paul Laverty and Ken Loach. The cast features Genny Lis Padilla On Your Feet, In The Heights, Nick Blaemire Godspell, The SpongeBob Musical, Jessica Vosk Fiddler, Finding Neverland, Mandy Gonzalez In The Heights, Wicked Ta'Rea Campbell Book of Mormon, Little Shop Wally Dunn West Side Story, All Shook Up, Diomargy Nuez Frida Liberada and Jon Rua Hamilton.
- 5/24/2016
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
What would you sacrifice for your American dream Must the American dream come at the cost of human dignity These are the questions at the center of The New York Musical Festival's Developmental Reading of Bread And Roses, a new musical with book and lyrics by Jill Abramovitz and music by Brad Alexander, inspired by true events and based on the film by Paul Laverty and Ken Loach. The cast features Genny Lis Padilla On Your Feet, In The Heights, Nick Blaemire Godspell, The SpongeBob Musical, Jessica Vosk Fiddler, Finding Neverland, Mandy Gonzalez In The Heights, Wicked Ta'Rea Campbell Book of Mormon, Little Shop Wally Dunn West Side Story, All Shook Up, Diomargy Nuez Frida Liberada and Jon Rua Hamilton.
- 5/24/2016
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
In the opening moments of “Pride,” activist Mark (Ben Schnetzer) makes the case at the 1984 London Gay Pride parade that the Lgbt community and the coal miners on strike, seemingly disparate, actually share common enemies: Margaret Thatcher, the police and the tabloid press. The movie never says so explicitly, but it also suggests that the two groups share a love for a good anthem, and the most powerful moments of “Pride” revolve around music, whether it's a roomful of strike supporters singing “Bread and Roses,” Bronski Beat performing “Why?” at a benefit concert, or Billy Bragg's stirring rendition of.
- 9/26/2014
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Jimmy’s Hall, which has begun shooting in Ireland, is likely to be Ken Loach’s last narrative feature - but he will continue to direct documentaries.
Ken Loach’s upcoming drama, Jimmy’s Hall, will likely be his last, according to regular producer Rebecca O’Brien.
“This is probably the last narrative feature for Ken,” O’Brien told ScreenDaily. “There are a few documentary ideas kicking around, and that will probably be the way to go, but this is a serious period-drama with a lot of moving parts so it’s a big thing to put together. I think we should go out while we’re on top.”
O’Brien, who has produced more than a dozen features with Loach since 1990, said that the 77 year-old director is likely to continue to make documentaries and TV work but that he is “unlikely” to make another narrative feature.
“It’s such a huge operation and Ken doesn...
Ken Loach’s upcoming drama, Jimmy’s Hall, will likely be his last, according to regular producer Rebecca O’Brien.
“This is probably the last narrative feature for Ken,” O’Brien told ScreenDaily. “There are a few documentary ideas kicking around, and that will probably be the way to go, but this is a serious period-drama with a lot of moving parts so it’s a big thing to put together. I think we should go out while we’re on top.”
O’Brien, who has produced more than a dozen features with Loach since 1990, said that the 77 year-old director is likely to continue to make documentaries and TV work but that he is “unlikely” to make another narrative feature.
“It’s such a huge operation and Ken doesn...
- 8/8/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Jimmy’s Hall, which has begun shooting in Ireland, is likely to be Ken Loach’s last narrative feature - but he will continue to direct documentaries.
Ken Loach’s upcoming drama, Jimmy’s Hall, will likely be his last, according to regular producer Rebecca O’Brien.
“This is probably the last narrative feature for Ken,” O’Brien told ScreenDaily. “There are a few documentary ideas kicking around, and that will probably be the way to go, but this is a serious period-drama with a lot of interconnecting elements so it’s a big thing to put together. I think we should go out while we’re on top.”
O’Brien, who has produced more than a dozen features with Loach since 1990, said that the 77 year-old director is likely to continue to make documentaries and TV work but that he is “unlikely” to make another narrative feature.
“It’s such a huge operation and Ken doesn...
Ken Loach’s upcoming drama, Jimmy’s Hall, will likely be his last, according to regular producer Rebecca O’Brien.
“This is probably the last narrative feature for Ken,” O’Brien told ScreenDaily. “There are a few documentary ideas kicking around, and that will probably be the way to go, but this is a serious period-drama with a lot of interconnecting elements so it’s a big thing to put together. I think we should go out while we’re on top.”
O’Brien, who has produced more than a dozen features with Loach since 1990, said that the 77 year-old director is likely to continue to make documentaries and TV work but that he is “unlikely” to make another narrative feature.
“It’s such a huge operation and Ken doesn...
- 8/8/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Three Guatemalan teenagers' attempts to cross the murderous Mexico-us border region makes for gripping viewing
Even when Ken Loach doesn't have a film in competition in Cannes, his influence is still keenly felt. Spanish director Diego Quemada-Diez was a camera assistant on Loach's Carla's Song, Land and Freedom and Bread and Roses, and there is something very Loachian in this tough, absorbing, suspenseful drama showing in the Un Certain Regard section about three Guatemalan kids trying illegally to cross the Mexican border into the Us.
He has avowedly stuck to Loach's realist directing style: shooting in narrative sequence and using a semi-improvisatory approach on location. It is interesting that while British directors such as Andrea Arnold and Clio Barnard have hyper-evolved the Loach idiom into beautifully realised and photographed dramas of naturalism, Quemada-Diez is arguably closer to the gritty, grainy original.
The title comes from a Mexican ballad, Jaula de Oro,...
Even when Ken Loach doesn't have a film in competition in Cannes, his influence is still keenly felt. Spanish director Diego Quemada-Diez was a camera assistant on Loach's Carla's Song, Land and Freedom and Bread and Roses, and there is something very Loachian in this tough, absorbing, suspenseful drama showing in the Un Certain Regard section about three Guatemalan kids trying illegally to cross the Mexican border into the Us.
He has avowedly stuck to Loach's realist directing style: shooting in narrative sequence and using a semi-improvisatory approach on location. It is interesting that while British directors such as Andrea Arnold and Clio Barnard have hyper-evolved the Loach idiom into beautifully realised and photographed dramas of naturalism, Quemada-Diez is arguably closer to the gritty, grainy original.
The title comes from a Mexican ballad, Jaula de Oro,...
- 5/23/2013
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Ken Loach, the 76-year old, British filmmaker best known for his bleak political dramas such as "The Wind that Shakes the Barley," "Bread and Roses" and "Ladybird Ladybird," has with "The Angels' Share" made a wee, entertaining comedy about the theft of high-priced scotch in Scotland. Like most Loach films, it starts out focused on those barely clinging to the bottom rung of the social ladder, this time in Glasgow. Robbie (newcomer Paul Brannigan), a skinny runt of a young man, is up before a judge who'll decide whether he goes...
- 4/11/2013
- by Leah Rozen
- The Wrap
Ken Loach, the 76-year old, British filmmaker best known for his bleak political dramas such as "The Wind that Shakes the Barley," "Bread and Roses" and "Ladybird Ladybird," has with "The Angels' Share" made a wee, entertaining comedy about the theft of high-priced scotch in Scotland. Like most Loach films, it starts out focused on those barely clinging to the bottom rung of the social ladder, this time in Glasgow. Robbie (newcomer Paul Brannigan), a skinny runt of a young man, is up before a judge who'll decide whether he goes...
- 4/11/2013
- by Leah Rozen
- The Wrap
Few filmmakers bring to life social issues as vividly as Ken Loach. Whether helming grand historical dramas about family, love and civil war (The Wind That Shakes the Barley, Land and Freedom) or character-driven films detailing the plight of the working class (Kes, Riff-Raff, Sweet Sixteen, Bread and Roses) Loach is a master of creating universal stories that are immensely relatable regardless of time or place. His latest effort, a documentary, The Spirit of ’45, which had its world premiere at this year’s Berlinale, continues the grand tradition with a story as relevant today as it was over half a …...
- 3/27/2013
- by Ariston Anderson
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
The leftwing film director talks about the riots, his early work on television and the documentary he made for Save the Children 40 years ago that is about to be screened for the first time
About halfway through our interview, I call Ken Loach a sadist. The mild-mannered, faintly mole-like film director blinks hard, chuckles, and carries on. We are discussing a key aspect of his film-making: the element of surprise. Loach has spent his career depicting ordinary people, telling working-class stories as truthfully as possible, and he works distinctively – filming each scene in order, often using non-professional actors, encouraging improvisation.
They don't tend to see a full script in advance, and move through his films as confused as the audience about what lurks around the next corner. I ask Loach which surprise was most memorable, and he laughs incongruously through a few examples. He talks about an incident when an actor walked through a door,...
About halfway through our interview, I call Ken Loach a sadist. The mild-mannered, faintly mole-like film director blinks hard, chuckles, and carries on. We are discussing a key aspect of his film-making: the element of surprise. Loach has spent his career depicting ordinary people, telling working-class stories as truthfully as possible, and he works distinctively – filming each scene in order, often using non-professional actors, encouraging improvisation.
They don't tend to see a full script in advance, and move through his films as confused as the audience about what lurks around the next corner. I ask Loach which surprise was most memorable, and he laughs incongruously through a few examples. He talks about an incident when an actor walked through a door,...
- 8/29/2011
- by Kira Cochrane
- The Guardian - Film News
In anticipation of the public sector strikes on Thursday 30 June, here are five great cinematic portrayals of downing tools
For the most part, cinema celebrates capitalism. From the wild frontiers of the western genre, where it's every man for himself, to James Bond saving the world from evil Soviet plots – not to mention all the movies celebrating the "magic" of Christmas: film is full of individualistic messages.
But not all movies ignore the existence of communist thinking entirely: there are plenty of on-screen characters wearing overalls and flat caps, and refusing to doff those caps to authority. One of the first films to portray workers rising up was Strike, a 1925 silent movie by Russian propagandist Sergei Eisenstein. From 1952, Salt of the Earth tells the true story of workers taking action against lower wages for Mexican workers, and was subsequently banned by a Us government paranoid about communism. But even apolitical...
For the most part, cinema celebrates capitalism. From the wild frontiers of the western genre, where it's every man for himself, to James Bond saving the world from evil Soviet plots – not to mention all the movies celebrating the "magic" of Christmas: film is full of individualistic messages.
But not all movies ignore the existence of communist thinking entirely: there are plenty of on-screen characters wearing overalls and flat caps, and refusing to doff those caps to authority. One of the first films to portray workers rising up was Strike, a 1925 silent movie by Russian propagandist Sergei Eisenstein. From 1952, Salt of the Earth tells the true story of workers taking action against lower wages for Mexican workers, and was subsequently banned by a Us government paranoid about communism. But even apolitical...
- 6/29/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
Ben Vereen, legendary entertainer, will attend The All Stars talent show in Harlem on Saturday, May 14 at 3:00 Pm at Bread and Roses High School where 100 inner city youth from throughout New York City will produce and perform in a vibrant hip-hop talent show featuring songs, dance and rap.
The All Stars Talent Show Network (Astsn) involves thousands of young people ages 5 to 25 in creating developmental culture through producing and performing in auditions, workshops and talent shows in neighborhood school auditoriums.
“The All Stars is taking the arts into the community and developing a bridge that allows us to see a better way to a future for all of us. When All Stars comes into the poor community, opportunity is built.” states Ben Vereen who was recently awarded the All Stars Project’s 2011 Bridge Building Award for Leadership in Community Relations.
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The All Stars Talent Show Network (Astsn) involves thousands of young people ages 5 to 25 in creating developmental culture through producing and performing in auditions, workshops and talent shows in neighborhood school auditoriums.
“The All Stars is taking the arts into the community and developing a bridge that allows us to see a better way to a future for all of us. When All Stars comes into the poor community, opportunity is built.” states Ben Vereen who was recently awarded the All Stars Project’s 2011 Bridge Building Award for Leadership in Community Relations.
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- 5/13/2011
- Look to the Stars
Righting the wrongs of festivals past, I would never have awarded the Palme d'Or to the awful Dancer in the Dark. But the jury got it spot on with Nanni Moretti's deeply-moving The Son's Room
The Cannes film festival is about to start, and today is the day for savouring the eve-of-battle atmosphere … as ever, a luxurious time of leisure before critics and journalists are all plunged into a frantic rush.
For me, the proceedings will be that little bit more hectic, as I am a member of this year's Un Certain Regard jury, chaired by double-Palme d'Or winner Emir Kusturica. My gibbering excitement about this has, so far, been unremittingly uncool. Last year, at this time, I blogged about an imaginary "No Cannes Do" festival, taking place in my imagination, consisting of 10 well-received or at any rate much talked-about Cannes films which for some reason never made it to the UK.
The Cannes film festival is about to start, and today is the day for savouring the eve-of-battle atmosphere … as ever, a luxurious time of leisure before critics and journalists are all plunged into a frantic rush.
For me, the proceedings will be that little bit more hectic, as I am a member of this year's Un Certain Regard jury, chaired by double-Palme d'Or winner Emir Kusturica. My gibbering excitement about this has, so far, been unremittingly uncool. Last year, at this time, I blogged about an imaginary "No Cannes Do" festival, taking place in my imagination, consisting of 10 well-received or at any rate much talked-about Cannes films which for some reason never made it to the UK.
- 5/10/2011
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Directors sometimes like to use 'real' people instead of actors – the results are often wonderful
Using non-professional actors in a fictional movie is a high-risk business. There is a danger that they will, paradoxically, not look "real", or that they will look real and that their authenticity will somehow expose the fiction and createdness of the rest of the film. This blog is a footnote on this subject: in cinemas at this moment, there are two interesting uses of non-professionals.
In Joanna Hogg's Archipelago, the role of the artist and painting teacher Christopher is played by real-life artist Christopher Baker. His character, always laid-back and softly spoken, becomes a kind of father-figure to the troubled young Edward, played by Tom Hiddleston, as the pain caused by his absent father becomes ever clearer. It is a measure of how naturalistic Hogg has made her film and to the rest of the performers that Baker's gentle,...
Using non-professional actors in a fictional movie is a high-risk business. There is a danger that they will, paradoxically, not look "real", or that they will look real and that their authenticity will somehow expose the fiction and createdness of the rest of the film. This blog is a footnote on this subject: in cinemas at this moment, there are two interesting uses of non-professionals.
In Joanna Hogg's Archipelago, the role of the artist and painting teacher Christopher is played by real-life artist Christopher Baker. His character, always laid-back and softly spoken, becomes a kind of father-figure to the troubled young Edward, played by Tom Hiddleston, as the pain caused by his absent father becomes ever clearer. It is a measure of how naturalistic Hogg has made her film and to the rest of the performers that Baker's gentle,...
- 3/17/2011
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
The strike by women at the Dagenham Ford factory in 1968 that led to the Equal Pay Act is given the Calendar Girls treatment
Andrzej Wajda's superb Man of Iron (1981) was shot in the Gdansk shipyards at the very heart of Solidarity's activities, gave Lech Walesa a brief role as himself, and became part of the political process it commented on. It was a rare case of a feature film based on a major episode in the history of organised labour made close to the actual events. More typically, Mario Monicelli's The Organizer (1963) was a bracing reconstruction of a strike in late 19th-century Turin. Bo Widerberg's Adalen 31 (1969) lyrically recreated the violent strike in northern Sweden that ushered in 40 years of Social Democratic government.
There was an even greater gap in the case of Comrades (1986), Bill Douglas's epic account of the Tolpuddle Martyrs, the Dorset labourers transported...
Andrzej Wajda's superb Man of Iron (1981) was shot in the Gdansk shipyards at the very heart of Solidarity's activities, gave Lech Walesa a brief role as himself, and became part of the political process it commented on. It was a rare case of a feature film based on a major episode in the history of organised labour made close to the actual events. More typically, Mario Monicelli's The Organizer (1963) was a bracing reconstruction of a strike in late 19th-century Turin. Bo Widerberg's Adalen 31 (1969) lyrically recreated the violent strike in northern Sweden that ushered in 40 years of Social Democratic government.
There was an even greater gap in the case of Comrades (1986), Bill Douglas's epic account of the Tolpuddle Martyrs, the Dorset labourers transported...
- 10/2/2010
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
Oscar winner Adrien Brody is back in theaters with Predators (i.e. Predators 5: A Reboot??? I don't know. I don't follow these things) and it arrives so shortly after his last sci-fi effort Splice... why not feature him? We never discuss him and isn't there plenty to discuss. As in Wtf with his career? I can't include all 35 movies so I thought we'd pick up just where things got interesting.
Though he's had his share of straight to DVD or barely released indies over the years, he actually started off with quite a few classy projects with the likes of Steven Soderbergh (King of the Hill) and Francis Ford Coppola (New York Stories). He reportedly expected Terrence Malick's The Thin Red Line (1998) to be his film-carrying breakthrough but Malick's film was so fluid in the telling that many famous actors were entirely deleted in the final cut and Brody's part was drastically reduced.
Though he's had his share of straight to DVD or barely released indies over the years, he actually started off with quite a few classy projects with the likes of Steven Soderbergh (King of the Hill) and Francis Ford Coppola (New York Stories). He reportedly expected Terrence Malick's The Thin Red Line (1998) to be his film-carrying breakthrough but Malick's film was so fluid in the telling that many famous actors were entirely deleted in the final cut and Brody's part was drastically reduced.
- 7/11/2010
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Mr. Hudson was given roses made out of pastry from a fan. The 'Supernova' hitmaker was left impressed by the culinary tribute made by one of his supporters, who had been inspired by one of his songs. He explained: "There's a song on my first album called 'Bread and Roses'. We were on tour in Oxford and a girl approached me with these beautifully baked flowers that she'd made out of puff pastry and stuck on a rose stem. "It was kind of weird and wonderful at the same time. I've still got them, too." While he enjoys receiving gifts from his fans, the singer - real first name Ben - recently admitted he has to keep a close eye...
- 4/18/2010
- Monsters and Critics
George Lopez's latest bland supporting role is in the new Jackie Chan film The Spy Next Door, but he's known on the Us comedy circuit as a tough and funny standup, and turned in a brilliantly nasty performance in Bread and Roses. Time to sing his praises
This week I have found myself pondering the screen career of someone whose name may not ring a bell: George Lopez. Brits who watch Hollywood movies, even Brits like me who watch an awful lot of them, may well be sublimely unaware of the extra-textual showbiz baggage that bit-part actors bring to the film. It's rather the opposite of a disorientating phenomenon I blogged about a while ago, which I provisionally named "inappropriate cultural flashback" – an inability to get out of your head the previous telly career of an actor appearing in a classy feature film – such as Keith Chegwin in Polanski's...
This week I have found myself pondering the screen career of someone whose name may not ring a bell: George Lopez. Brits who watch Hollywood movies, even Brits like me who watch an awful lot of them, may well be sublimely unaware of the extra-textual showbiz baggage that bit-part actors bring to the film. It's rather the opposite of a disorientating phenomenon I blogged about a while ago, which I provisionally named "inappropriate cultural flashback" – an inability to get out of your head the previous telly career of an actor appearing in a classy feature film – such as Keith Chegwin in Polanski's...
- 3/17/2010
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
LONDON -- Veteran filmmaker Ken Loach has teamed with FilmFour for his next picture, the parties said Thursday. The Channel 4-owned film unit will back These Times, to be directed by Loach, from a script by longtime collaborator Paul Laverty and is billed as a "contemporary story set in Britain." FilmFour will co-finance the film which is being produced by Loach's longtime producer partner Rebecca O'Brien under the pair's banner Sixteen Films. Shooting will start in the autumn on location outside London and in Scotland, the filmmakers said. FilmFour and Loach have previously worked together on several films including Bread and Roses, My Name Is Joe and Carla's Song.
- 5/18/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
LONDON -- Veteran filmmaker Ken Loach has teamed with FilmFour for his next picture, the parties said Thursday. The Channel 4-owned film unit will back These Times, to be directed by Loach, from a script by longtime collaborator Paul Laverty and is billed as a "contemporary story set in Britain." FilmFour will co-finance the film which is being produced by Loach's longtime producer partner Rebecca O'Brien under the pair's banner Sixteen Films. Shooting will start in the autumn on location outside London and in Scotland, the filmmakers said. FilmFour and Loach have previously worked together on several films including Bread and Roses, My Name Is Joe and Carla's Song.
- 5/18/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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