Winter's Bone; Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps; Mr Nice; Amer; World's Greatest Dad
Somewhere between the doomed romance of Badlands, the communal violence of Deliverance and the dysfunctional family drama of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre lurks the haunting spectre of Winter's Bone (2010, Artificial Eye, 15). Directed by Debra Granik, whose use of authentically barren locations in the Ozark mountains of Missouri pays chilly dividends, this adaptation of Daniel Woodrell's novel walks a thin line between downbeat rural realism and mythological gothic horror. It's a beautiful balancing act that invests even the most incidental scene (a round-the-table rendition of "Fair and Tender Ladies", for example) with a level of eerie threat that elevates the entire drama into the realms of the metaphysical, a matter of life and death.
At the heart of the film's otherworldly appeal is rising star Jennifer Lawrence, whose best actress nod was just one of four...
Somewhere between the doomed romance of Badlands, the communal violence of Deliverance and the dysfunctional family drama of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre lurks the haunting spectre of Winter's Bone (2010, Artificial Eye, 15). Directed by Debra Granik, whose use of authentically barren locations in the Ozark mountains of Missouri pays chilly dividends, this adaptation of Daniel Woodrell's novel walks a thin line between downbeat rural realism and mythological gothic horror. It's a beautiful balancing act that invests even the most incidental scene (a round-the-table rendition of "Fair and Tender Ladies", for example) with a level of eerie threat that elevates the entire drama into the realms of the metaphysical, a matter of life and death.
At the heart of the film's otherworldly appeal is rising star Jennifer Lawrence, whose best actress nod was just one of four...
- 1/30/2011
- by Mark Kermode
- The Guardian - Film News
Dominic Murphy, the uber-talented filmmaker who blasted onto the scene with the Sundance/Berlin debut feature film White Lightnin', a pic I'm sure a very small percentage of our readers have seen, will next direct another relationship-themed film in Cassandra at the Wedding. Based on the 1962 novel by Dorothy Baker, this will likely be Bruno Heller's first credit for a feature film screenplay - so far, he wrote for television's Rome and The Mentalist. Sam Taylor who produced White Lightin' and more recently Donkey, Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre and a cool sounding doc Street Kids United pitched the project to the filmmaker. Variety reports that filming is scheduled for April of next year in Wales and New Zealand. Gist: Film centers on 26-year-old Cassandra, whose life gets turned upside down when she finds out her identical twin, Jude, is about to drop out of college and get married with...
- 12/7/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
Cologne, Germany -- Some 45% of the European films that received promotional funding from Media-backed Film Sales Support (Fss) system over the past five years secured international sales, European Film Promotion, the group that operates Fss, said Tuesday.
EFP Managing director Renate Rose pointed to European indie tiles such as "Police, Adjective" from Romanian helmer Corneliu Porumboiu; Dominic Murphy's drama "White LIghtnin' " and Christian Poveda's documentary "La vida loca," which all closed territory sales after receiving international distribution support from the FSS.
In total, from 2004-2009, the FSS helped finance the marketing and promotional campaigns of 546 European films. The FSS also supports European sales agents by paying half of the companies' cost for expenses such as promotional material, hiring publicists and launching award campaigns.
Last year, the FSS began offering grants to companies to market European films at the American Film Market, Hong Kong's Filmart, and the Asian Film Market in Pusan.
EFP Managing director Renate Rose pointed to European indie tiles such as "Police, Adjective" from Romanian helmer Corneliu Porumboiu; Dominic Murphy's drama "White LIghtnin' " and Christian Poveda's documentary "La vida loca," which all closed territory sales after receiving international distribution support from the FSS.
In total, from 2004-2009, the FSS helped finance the marketing and promotional campaigns of 546 European films. The FSS also supports European sales agents by paying half of the companies' cost for expenses such as promotional material, hiring publicists and launching award campaigns.
Last year, the FSS began offering grants to companies to market European films at the American Film Market, Hong Kong's Filmart, and the Asian Film Market in Pusan.
- 7/20/2010
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Mark Kermode enjoys a Billy Paul biopic, a faux-biopic of mountain-dancing madman Jesco White, two David Lynch collections and a celebration of Derek Jarman
Over the past few years, several music documentaries that would previously have been confined to TV have taken a brief theatrical bow before appearing on DVD. This year's standout was Am I Black Enough for You (pictured, 2009, Drakes Avenue, E) the story of Philadelphia soul legend Billy Paul. Having achieved mainstream success with "Me and Mrs Jones", Paul horrified his "cross-over" fans with the radical broadside that gives this DVD its name, which promptly relegated him to outsider status. Years later, artists such as Schoolly D (who features here) helped to reclaim him as a lost icon of black power, although the bittersweet battle between principle and opportunity is left unresolved in this engrossing portrait.
Occupying a space between music biopic and psychotic fantasia, White Lightnin' (2009, Momentum,...
Over the past few years, several music documentaries that would previously have been confined to TV have taken a brief theatrical bow before appearing on DVD. This year's standout was Am I Black Enough for You (pictured, 2009, Drakes Avenue, E) the story of Philadelphia soul legend Billy Paul. Having achieved mainstream success with "Me and Mrs Jones", Paul horrified his "cross-over" fans with the radical broadside that gives this DVD its name, which promptly relegated him to outsider status. Years later, artists such as Schoolly D (who features here) helped to reclaim him as a lost icon of black power, although the bittersweet battle between principle and opportunity is left unresolved in this engrossing portrait.
Occupying a space between music biopic and psychotic fantasia, White Lightnin' (2009, Momentum,...
- 12/27/2009
- by Mark Kermode
- The Guardian - Film News
Success of the Twilight saga books and films inspire new productions of Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre
The Brontës are back in fashion – with a bit of help from Bella Swan. New films of Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre will shoot next spring, and a script about the teenage fantasies of the four Brontë siblings is in the works.
The film-makers are piggybacking off the success of the Twilight saga, which has sparked a renewed enthusiasm among financiers for gothic romance; the Brontës in particular. Wuthering Heights is one of Twilight heroine Bella Swan's favourite books, frequently referenced in the third episode Eclipse, whose storyline is inspired by Emily Brontë's only novel.
The producers of the latest Brontë projects are targeting the Twilight audience with younger casts than previous versions and scripts that emphasise the sensational gothic elements alongside a contemporary psychological realism.
Wuthering Heights, directed by Peter Webber,...
The Brontës are back in fashion – with a bit of help from Bella Swan. New films of Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre will shoot next spring, and a script about the teenage fantasies of the four Brontë siblings is in the works.
The film-makers are piggybacking off the success of the Twilight saga, which has sparked a renewed enthusiasm among financiers for gothic romance; the Brontës in particular. Wuthering Heights is one of Twilight heroine Bella Swan's favourite books, frequently referenced in the third episode Eclipse, whose storyline is inspired by Emily Brontë's only novel.
The producers of the latest Brontë projects are targeting the Twilight audience with younger casts than previous versions and scripts that emphasise the sensational gothic elements alongside a contemporary psychological realism.
Wuthering Heights, directed by Peter Webber,...
- 12/2/2009
- by Adam Dawtrey
- The Guardian - Film News
A Work In Progress: Halls and the lobby of Loews remained bare and quiet until Monday when the final day approaches and buyers began congregating in final deals. Surprisingly to all multiple sales had already been made by day 2 and sales for some, if not all were better than expected even if prices were lower. At the Thursday evening European Film Promotion reception, where all friends in the biz meet with welcoming smiles, Marcus Hu of Strand said he was already packing up to go as he had made his purchases..they were already screening Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday before AFM began he said. One sales agent remarked that Toronto was the zero level and AFM looked like level 1 had been reached. One sales agent said only theatrical films were selling. Jonathan Wolf says AFM has are 10% fewer sellers (369 vs. 412 in 2008) but 4% more buyers with 13 new buyers from South Korea,...
- 11/7/2009
- by Sydney@SydneysBuzz.com (Sydney)
- Sydney's Buzz
Which movies are vying for the 12th annual British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) have been unraveled on Monday, October 26 at Soho House in London with the announcement of 2009 nominees. Receiving the most nods was "Fish Tank", an Andrea Arnold's drama that won the Jury Prize at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival.
The movie revolving around the turbulent relationship a 15-year-old girl has with her mother and her new boyfriend has collected 8 nominations in total. Vying for the major categories including best British film, best director and best screenplay, it also placed its leading actress Katie Jarvis in competition for best actress and most promising newcomers.
Following behind "Fish Tank" with seven noms was Duncan Jones' sci-fi thriller "Moon". "An Education", "In the Loop" and "Nowhere Boy", in the meantime, gathered six counts each. Other movies with multiple nominations were "Bright Star" with four, "Katalin Varga" with three, and...
The movie revolving around the turbulent relationship a 15-year-old girl has with her mother and her new boyfriend has collected 8 nominations in total. Vying for the major categories including best British film, best director and best screenplay, it also placed its leading actress Katie Jarvis in competition for best actress and most promising newcomers.
Following behind "Fish Tank" with seven noms was Duncan Jones' sci-fi thriller "Moon". "An Education", "In the Loop" and "Nowhere Boy", in the meantime, gathered six counts each. Other movies with multiple nominations were "Bright Star" with four, "Katalin Varga" with three, and...
- 10/27/2009
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
London -- Andrea Arnold's "Fish Tank" leads the pool of nominations announced Monday for this year's British Independent Film Awards with eight spanning all major categories.
Arnold's film is nominated in the best British film category while the writer/director herself is nominated for best director and best screenplay nods. Her film's lead Katie Jarvis, an unknown discovered by the filmmaker on an Essex railway platform, is nominated in this year's best actress and most promising newcomer categories.
Duncan Jones's sci-fi psychological thriller debut "Moon" rises just behind Arnold's movie with seven nominations including best director and best film.
And Lone Scherfig's coming of age drama "An Education, Armando Iannucci's sweary political saga "In The Loop" and the John Lennon biopic "Nowhere Boy," directed by Sam Taylor Wood, each garner six nominations. Jane Campion's poetic tale of love "Bright Star" takes four slots across the nominations.
Arnold's film is nominated in the best British film category while the writer/director herself is nominated for best director and best screenplay nods. Her film's lead Katie Jarvis, an unknown discovered by the filmmaker on an Essex railway platform, is nominated in this year's best actress and most promising newcomer categories.
Duncan Jones's sci-fi psychological thriller debut "Moon" rises just behind Arnold's movie with seven nominations including best director and best film.
And Lone Scherfig's coming of age drama "An Education, Armando Iannucci's sweary political saga "In The Loop" and the John Lennon biopic "Nowhere Boy," directed by Sam Taylor Wood, each garner six nominations. Jane Campion's poetic tale of love "Bright Star" takes four slots across the nominations.
- 10/26/2009
- by By Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The British production company Film and Music Entertainment, in partnership with director Dominic Murphy (White Lightnin'), have just announced several future projects, including an untitled Bronte film (Charlotte? Emily? Anne?) and Jesus Christ Airlines, about a heroic pilot in Biafra. But most tantalising is A Gift From the Culture, based on a short story by Iain M. Banks, originally published in Interzone and collected in Banks' The State of the Art.Murphy is writing the script, which if it sticks to source will be about a refugee from Banks' complex utopia The Culture, living undercover on a world that the anarchist socialist intergalactic colonial empire (yes, it's contradictory, we know) has just noticed, and being blackmailed into a violent act using a Culture-specific weapon.Banks' sci-fi novels (he also writes dark "mainstream" fiction without the M, notably The Wasp Factory and The Crow Road) are fat and full of ideas,...
- 10/22/2009
- EmpireOnline
London -- British helmer Dominic Murphy is hoping to bring one of Scottish author Iain M. Banks' sci-fi series of books -- set in a fictional anarchist, socialistic, and utopian society named "The Culture" -- to the big screen.
Murphy, who teamed with Mike Downey and Sam Taylor's finance-production house Film & Music Entertainment to make projects under the resurrected Mass Productions banner in December last year, is looking to the adaptation as a key project from the resurrected production stable.
The filmmaker, whose debut feature "White Lightnin' " world premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, is writing a script with "Lightnin' " scribe Shane Smith.
The duo are adapting Banks' "A Gift from the Culture," which details the tale of an ex-citizen of the Culture being blackmailed into using a special Culture-only weapon to shoot down a military starship.
Murphy, Downey and Taylor are also developing an "Untitled Bronte Project" movie...
Murphy, who teamed with Mike Downey and Sam Taylor's finance-production house Film & Music Entertainment to make projects under the resurrected Mass Productions banner in December last year, is looking to the adaptation as a key project from the resurrected production stable.
The filmmaker, whose debut feature "White Lightnin' " world premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, is writing a script with "Lightnin' " scribe Shane Smith.
The duo are adapting Banks' "A Gift from the Culture," which details the tale of an ex-citizen of the Culture being blackmailed into using a special Culture-only weapon to shoot down a military starship.
Murphy, Downey and Taylor are also developing an "Untitled Bronte Project" movie...
- 10/20/2009
- by By Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The greatest genre film festival in the world has just announced it's partial 2009 lineup and so far it's a doozy.
The festival's "Discovery" section has always been its signature and this year is no exception with three Quiet Earth favorites topping the list. Pater Sparrow's hypnotic Steinslaw Lem adaption, 1 (review) is playing (which we actually knew but weren't allowed to report) along with micro-budget zombie stunner Colin (review), and the experimental French film Amer.
Full list after the break!
The in-competition Nv Ficció Section:
- Independencia by Raya Martin
- Nymph by Pen-ek Ratanaruang
- Morphia by Sergei Balabanov
- The Forbidden Door by Joko Anwar
- Bronson by Nicolas Refn
- White Lightnin' by Dominic Murphy
- The House of the Devil by Ti West
- Pontypool by Bruce MacDonald
- Van Diemen's land by Jonathan Auf Der Heide
The Nv No Ficció Section:
- Son & Moon. Diario...
The festival's "Discovery" section has always been its signature and this year is no exception with three Quiet Earth favorites topping the list. Pater Sparrow's hypnotic Steinslaw Lem adaption, 1 (review) is playing (which we actually knew but weren't allowed to report) along with micro-budget zombie stunner Colin (review), and the experimental French film Amer.
Full list after the break!
The in-competition Nv Ficció Section:
- Independencia by Raya Martin
- Nymph by Pen-ek Ratanaruang
- Morphia by Sergei Balabanov
- The Forbidden Door by Joko Anwar
- Bronson by Nicolas Refn
- White Lightnin' by Dominic Murphy
- The House of the Devil by Ti West
- Pontypool by Bruce MacDonald
- Van Diemen's land by Jonathan Auf Der Heide
The Nv No Ficció Section:
- Son & Moon. Diario...
- 9/1/2009
- QuietEarth.us
- #5. Bunny & The Bull Director: Paul King Cast: Verónica Echegui, Simon Farnaby, Noel Fielding, Edward HoggDistributor: Rights Available. Buzz: Those who've seen his cult television work with The Mighty Boosh know where Paul King is coming from. King's style and sense of humor will destroy all notions of the road movie. Hallelujah. This also features the amazingly versatile Edward Hogg - I was introduced to him via White Lightnin' at Sundance this year. The extremely stylish pic and performance defies classification. I'm thinking that Bunny & The Bull's closest relative might be its New Zealand cousin Eagle vs. Shark. The Gist: Bunny & The Bull is a road movie set entirely in a flat. Stephen Turnbull (Edward Hogg) hasn’t left the house in months. When an infestation of mice wreaks havoc on his precious routine, he finds his mind hurtling back to the disastrous trek round Europe he undertook the previous
- 8/25/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
Ok, so I'm lazy.. I copy and pasted the press release, which is after the break, and we have reviews of quite a few of the films playing, including White Lightnin', Left Bank, Blood River, Cryptic, Deadgirl, The Horsemen, I Sell the Dead.. with Kaifeck Murder coming soon (once I can figure out what to write).
Movies I'm really interested in seeing: French Pa flick Mutants, Smash Cut, Possibility of an Island, Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle, and Thirst.
But alas, I won't be there. Instead, a friend of ours will be providing some reviews for the week he is there, so everyone give a big thanks to DirtyRobot! Woop!
Check out the film greatness after the break! Oh, and there's more to come...
The past 12 months have been a treasure trove for sharp, individualistic visions of the unusual. Keep your hands on the bars as we give you a...
Movies I'm really interested in seeing: French Pa flick Mutants, Smash Cut, Possibility of an Island, Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle, and Thirst.
But alas, I won't be there. Instead, a friend of ours will be providing some reviews for the week he is there, so everyone give a big thanks to DirtyRobot! Woop!
Check out the film greatness after the break! Oh, and there's more to come...
The past 12 months have been a treasure trove for sharp, individualistic visions of the unusual. Keep your hands on the bars as we give you a...
- 6/30/2009
- QuietEarth.us
A naked sex scene with Star Wars star Carrie Fisher literally made the actress' White Lightnin' co-star sick - because he'd drank so much champagne.
Edward Hogg, who plays real-life alcoholic dancer Jesco White in the film, admits love scenes with his childhood pin-up were awkward and embarrassing - and he threw up after their final intimate encounter.
The actor explains, "In one of the scenes we shot, which didn't make it in the movie, we pop champagne in the bath together and I had to drink about a half bottle down.
"We did about seven takes, so I'd drunk about three bottles of real champagne by the time we finished the scene. I had to run down the road after that and felt so sick from the champagne that I just threw up."
And when he wasn't being violently sick, Hogg admits he was suffering from chronic embarrassment.
He tells WENN, "I must've seen one of the first three Star Wars movies every Christmas since I was six years old and Carrie was lovely to me; she knew what she was doing.
"I had never shot a love scene before this and they put a sock thing over my naughty bits and stuck it with gaffer tape. It was so embarrassing because I felt like I had this terrible skin graft across my area, not an attractive thing. It felt horrendous."...
Edward Hogg, who plays real-life alcoholic dancer Jesco White in the film, admits love scenes with his childhood pin-up were awkward and embarrassing - and he threw up after their final intimate encounter.
The actor explains, "In one of the scenes we shot, which didn't make it in the movie, we pop champagne in the bath together and I had to drink about a half bottle down.
"We did about seven takes, so I'd drunk about three bottles of real champagne by the time we finished the scene. I had to run down the road after that and felt so sick from the champagne that I just threw up."
And when he wasn't being violently sick, Hogg admits he was suffering from chronic embarrassment.
He tells WENN, "I must've seen one of the first three Star Wars movies every Christmas since I was six years old and Carrie was lovely to me; she knew what she was doing.
"I had never shot a love scene before this and they put a sock thing over my naughty bits and stuck it with gaffer tape. It was so embarrassing because I felt like I had this terrible skin graft across my area, not an attractive thing. It felt horrendous."...
- 6/24/2009
- WENN
Year: 2008
Directors: Dominic Murphy
Writers: Eddy Moretti & Shane Smith
IMDb: link
Trailer: Unavailable (boo!)
Review by: Dr. Nathan
Rating: 8 out of 10
Tapping the Source
White Lightnin’ is a sorta biographic flick about Jesco "the Dancing Outlaw" White, an Appalachian step dancer with a “weak mind” and a propensity to keep it that way. On a metaphoric level, it’s also a film about what tends to happen when you treat mental illness with a combination of brutality and drugs. And literal religion.
White Lightnin’ is a story about a man trying to escape himself and who will go to insane lengths to get there. Done documentary style, we first meet Jesco White (Jessie) when he’s just six years old and is already a connoisseur of high-octane gasoline and lighter fluid. While sonny boy huffs and puffs, his father, D-Ray, amuses all at the neighborly get-togethers by doing a little fancy mountain step-dancing.
Directors: Dominic Murphy
Writers: Eddy Moretti & Shane Smith
IMDb: link
Trailer: Unavailable (boo!)
Review by: Dr. Nathan
Rating: 8 out of 10
Tapping the Source
White Lightnin’ is a sorta biographic flick about Jesco "the Dancing Outlaw" White, an Appalachian step dancer with a “weak mind” and a propensity to keep it that way. On a metaphoric level, it’s also a film about what tends to happen when you treat mental illness with a combination of brutality and drugs. And literal religion.
White Lightnin’ is a story about a man trying to escape himself and who will go to insane lengths to get there. Done documentary style, we first meet Jesco White (Jessie) when he’s just six years old and is already a connoisseur of high-octane gasoline and lighter fluid. While sonny boy huffs and puffs, his father, D-Ray, amuses all at the neighborly get-togethers by doing a little fancy mountain step-dancing.
- 5/22/2009
- QuietEarth.us
Man, where I live (near Denver, Colorado) we really don't have much in the way of fests except for the Denver Film Festival and the one in Boulder which both heavily favor high-brow fest circuit stuff which really isn't interesting to us around here which is why I'm jealous of our own Dr. Nathan who will get to see the opening night film White Lightnin' (stills here), the story of the dancing outlaw Jesco White. Also playing will be Tokyo!, Qe favorite Visioneers (review), and the indy Norse discovery of America flick (which Magnolia picked up and I have a screener of, woop!) Severed Ways.
But Ott not only does film, they do music to.. so check it all out at the website below.
Fest website with tickets and more
Feature film descriptions and short film list after the break.
Opening Film
White Lightnin' (UK) - Canadian Premiere
7:00 @ The...
But Ott not only does film, they do music to.. so check it all out at the website below.
Fest website with tickets and more
Feature film descriptions and short film list after the break.
Opening Film
White Lightnin' (UK) - Canadian Premiere
7:00 @ The...
- 4/29/2009
- QuietEarth.us
Berlin -- Richard Loncraine's "My One and Only," a '50s-era comedy starring Renee Zellweger and Kevin Bacon, was squeezed into the competition lineup for this year's Berlin International Film Festival, barely a week before the event kicks off.
Zellweger plays a glamorous single mom on the hunt for a rich man to foot the bill for her and her sons' lifestyle. Produced by Merv Griffith Entertainment and Ray Gun Prods., "My One and Only" will have its world premiere in Berlin. Essential Entertainment is handling international sales.
Berlin also added Lone Scherfig's Sundance favorite "An Education" with Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina and Emma Thompson and Davis Guggenheim's music documentary "It Might Get Loud" for its Berlinale Special Galas, ensuring the films will get the red carpet treatment without any of the pressure of competition.
All three films should give an added boost of star power to...
Zellweger plays a glamorous single mom on the hunt for a rich man to foot the bill for her and her sons' lifestyle. Produced by Merv Griffith Entertainment and Ray Gun Prods., "My One and Only" will have its world premiere in Berlin. Essential Entertainment is handling international sales.
Berlin also added Lone Scherfig's Sundance favorite "An Education" with Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina and Emma Thompson and Davis Guggenheim's music documentary "It Might Get Loud" for its Berlinale Special Galas, ensuring the films will get the red carpet treatment without any of the pressure of competition.
All three films should give an added boost of star power to...
- 1/27/2009
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
11 Sundance Film Festival titles are being backed this year by the European Film Promotion (EFP)'s 6 year old promotional support initiative, Film Sales Support (FSS) with the aim of paving their way into North American distribution. FSS, which is supported by the MEDIA Programme of the European Union, has been helping with the marketing of close to 50 films at Sundance since 2005. The majority of the supported European films are part of the festival’s World Cinema Dramatic and World Cinema Documentary Competition. Eight sales and one production company receive up to €5,000 for one film and €2,500 for a second or third film to boost their individual promotional campaigns at Park City. The costs covered by FSS also include bringing talent to the festival: directors such as Oliver Hirschbiegel, Nicolas Winding Refn, Anders Østergaard and Alexis dos Santosas, and actors like Liam Neeson (Five Minutes of Heaven), Edward Hogg (White Lightnin’), James Gandolini (In the Loop), Tom Hardy (Bronson), and Fele Martínez (Carmo, Hit the Road), just to mention a few.
- 1/8/2009
- Sydney's Buzz
The Panorama section will comprise a total of 50 titles with about a third of those being documentaries and here's the first 21 of the list. Oddly enough Dominic Murphy's White Lightnin' will be playing although it's having it's premier at Sundance. Another film we reported on, Uli Lommel's Absolute Evil starring David Carradine will also be playing, and I'm still wondering how the hell they got that in there.
You can check out the list of all 21 titles after the break.
Absolute Evil by Ulli Lommel, USA (world premiere)
With David Carradine, Carolyn Neff, Ulli Lommel, Chris Kiesa
Ander by Roberto Castón, Spain (directorial debut and world premiere)
With Josean Bengoetxea, Cristhian Esquivel, Mamen Rivera, Pilar Rodríguez, Leire Ucha
At Stake by Iwan Setiawan, Muhammad Ichsan, Lucky Kuswandi, Ucu Agustin, Ani Ema Susanti, Indonesia
Panorama Dokumente
Coyote by Chema Rodríguez, Spain (world premiere)
Panorama Dokumente
Der Knochenmann (The Bone Man) by Wolfgang Murnberger,...
You can check out the list of all 21 titles after the break.
Absolute Evil by Ulli Lommel, USA (world premiere)
With David Carradine, Carolyn Neff, Ulli Lommel, Chris Kiesa
Ander by Roberto Castón, Spain (directorial debut and world premiere)
With Josean Bengoetxea, Cristhian Esquivel, Mamen Rivera, Pilar Rodríguez, Leire Ucha
At Stake by Iwan Setiawan, Muhammad Ichsan, Lucky Kuswandi, Ucu Agustin, Ani Ema Susanti, Indonesia
Panorama Dokumente
Coyote by Chema Rodríguez, Spain (world premiere)
Panorama Dokumente
Der Knochenmann (The Bone Man) by Wolfgang Murnberger,...
- 1/7/2009
- QuietEarth.us
While unfortunately the only news I could find on this was a brief mention in Variety I'm making the automatic assumption that the plans are to adapt the 100 page novella in this collection of short stories of the same name as the book. For those who've missed out recently, Murphy's directorial debut feature White Lightnin' will be premiering at Sundance (stills here) and from what little I've seen it looks fantastic. Further news is that he's already got a whole slate of film projects in the works, one of them being The State of the Art which is about aliens visiting Earth to kind of help out and seems to ultimately be about social commentary.
Here's a little slice from wikipedia:
The novella chronicles an advanced alien culture mission to Earth and is partly about Sma who argues for contact with Earth, to try and fix the mess the human...
Here's a little slice from wikipedia:
The novella chronicles an advanced alien culture mission to Earth and is partly about Sma who argues for contact with Earth, to try and fix the mess the human...
- 12/10/2008
- QuietEarth.us
London -- Upcoming British director Dominic Murphy is teaming with veteran finance and production house Film & Music Entertainment, headed by Mike Downey and Sam Taylor, on a slate of projects under the resurrected banner Mass Prods.
Murphy previously partnered with F&Me's Downey and Taylor on his debut feature, "White Lightnin'," which is due to unspool at Sundance in January, and the pact marks an extension to that relationship.
The deal is for "a slate of projects" and will kick off with "Jesus Christ Airlines," which is being written by Kit Peel. Downey said F&Me and Murphy have taken a 50-50 stake in the company and will aim to produce two movies a year initially.
Peel, a former journalist, is set to deliver his version of the events in the lives of one family set against the backdrop of the Biafra Airlift. For nearly two years, the pilots of...
Murphy previously partnered with F&Me's Downey and Taylor on his debut feature, "White Lightnin'," which is due to unspool at Sundance in January, and the pact marks an extension to that relationship.
The deal is for "a slate of projects" and will kick off with "Jesus Christ Airlines," which is being written by Kit Peel. Downey said F&Me and Murphy have taken a 50-50 stake in the company and will aim to produce two movies a year initially.
Peel, a former journalist, is set to deliver his version of the events in the lives of one family set against the backdrop of the Biafra Airlift. For nearly two years, the pilots of...
- 12/5/2008
- by By Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
First off, the best news, as I predicted (in private) Duncan Jones' Moon will be premiering, yay! The comedy Adventureland starring the talented Bill Hader is playing. The sweet kid soldier film Johnny Mad Dog is playing in the spectrum section, and the Jesco White story White Lightnin' which we reported on earlier is in the Park City at Midnight section.
But where the hell is Stingray Sam?
Full list after the break.
Premieres
* "Adventureland," directed and written by Greg Mottola, stars Kristen Stewart, Ryan Reynolds and Bill Hader in the story of a college grad who gets a job at an amusement park. A Miramax release.
* "Brooklyn’s Finest," directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by Michael C. Martin, a drama about three Brooklyn cops who come together at the same deadly location. With Richard Gere, Ethan Hawke, Wesley Snipes, Don Cheadle and Ellen Barkin.
* "Earth Days," directed by Robert Stone,...
But where the hell is Stingray Sam?
Full list after the break.
Premieres
* "Adventureland," directed and written by Greg Mottola, stars Kristen Stewart, Ryan Reynolds and Bill Hader in the story of a college grad who gets a job at an amusement park. A Miramax release.
* "Brooklyn’s Finest," directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by Michael C. Martin, a drama about three Brooklyn cops who come together at the same deadly location. With Richard Gere, Ethan Hawke, Wesley Snipes, Don Cheadle and Ellen Barkin.
* "Earth Days," directed by Robert Stone,...
- 12/4/2008
- QuietEarth.us
Premieres
To showcase the diversity of contemporary independent cinema, this section offers the latest work from American and international directors and world premieres of highly anticipated films.
Adventureland / U.S. (Director-screenwriter: Greg Mottola)
In 1987, a recent college graduate takes a nowhere job at his local amusement park and discovers the job is perfect preparation for the real world. Cast: Kristen Stewart, Ryan Reynolds, Bill Hader. World premiere
Brooklyn's Finest / U.S. (Director: Antoine Fuqua; screenwriter: Michael C. Martin)
After enduring vastly different career paths, three unconnected Brooklyn cops wind up at the same deadly location. Cast: Richard Gere, Ethan Hawke, Wesley Snipes, Don Cheadle, Ellen Barkin. World premiere
Earth Days / U.S. (Director: Robert Stone)
The history of our environmental undoing through the eyes of nine Americans whose work and actions launched the modern environmental movement. World premiere, closing-night film
Endgame / U.K. (Director: Pete Travis; screenwriter: Paula Milne)
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To showcase the diversity of contemporary independent cinema, this section offers the latest work from American and international directors and world premieres of highly anticipated films.
Adventureland / U.S. (Director-screenwriter: Greg Mottola)
In 1987, a recent college graduate takes a nowhere job at his local amusement park and discovers the job is perfect preparation for the real world. Cast: Kristen Stewart, Ryan Reynolds, Bill Hader. World premiere
Brooklyn's Finest / U.S. (Director: Antoine Fuqua; screenwriter: Michael C. Martin)
After enduring vastly different career paths, three unconnected Brooklyn cops wind up at the same deadly location. Cast: Richard Gere, Ethan Hawke, Wesley Snipes, Don Cheadle, Ellen Barkin. World premiere
Earth Days / U.S. (Director: Robert Stone)
The history of our environmental undoing through the eyes of nine Americans whose work and actions launched the modern environmental movement. World premiere, closing-night film
Endgame / U.K. (Director: Pete Travis; screenwriter: Paula Milne)
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- 12/4/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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