Following the success of American Sniper, Clint Eastwood has found his next project, which will once again be a biopic. Eastwood has signed on to direct a movie focusing on airline pilot Captain Chelsey “Sully” Sullenberger. Captain Sullenberger rose to prominence in 2009, when he managed to land a plane on the Hudson River following an engine accident, with no casualties as a result of his actions. The screenplay for the film will come from Perfect Stranger scribe Todd Komarnicki, who will adapt the book Highest Duty: My Search For What Really Matters, which was co-authored by Sullenberger himself.
In their announcement of the film, Warner Bros. had this to add.
it will go beyond Sullenberger’s almost impossible and much-heralded achievement of safely landing a jumbo jet on the water, which was captured on video and viewed around the world. But behind the scenes, a drama was unfolding that could...
In their announcement of the film, Warner Bros. had this to add.
it will go beyond Sullenberger’s almost impossible and much-heralded achievement of safely landing a jumbo jet on the water, which was captured on video and viewed around the world. But behind the scenes, a drama was unfolding that could...
- 6/4/2015
- by Deepayan Sengupta
- SoundOnSight
Exclusive: Rj Cutler, the maker of documentaries The September Issue and The World According to Dick Cheney who stepped into narrative film with If I Stay, has signed on to direct and co-write My Dark Places. That’s the memoir by L.A. Confidential author James Ellroy that focuses on the 1958 murder of his mother and Ellroy’s attempt to re-investigate some 36 years later, in 1994. Cutler will write the script for the drama with Peter Himmelstein, and Myriad Pictures is…...
- 6/3/2015
- Deadline
Chicago – “Peep World” plays like the pilot for a failed sitcom that will never end. The running time clocks in at a mere 79 minutes, but the ordeal feels so much longer. One can imagine the canned laughter on TV Land appreciating these gags, which are embarrassingly lame. It’s not long before the miserable, ashen-faced characters begin to mirror the audience.
What’s astounding is the sheer level of comedic talent that has somehow been assembled for this mess. Rainn Wilson, Sarah Silverman, Judy Greer, Ben Schwartz and Stephen Tobolowsky have far better things to do than waste time with this dreck. Were they really dying to work with director Barry W. Blaustein, whose last comedy was 2005’s offensive Special Olympics satire, “The Ringer”? Or were they swayed by the utterly humorless script by Peter Himmelstein, best known for doing the title design in “Slums of Beverly Hills”?
Blu-Ray Rating:...
What’s astounding is the sheer level of comedic talent that has somehow been assembled for this mess. Rainn Wilson, Sarah Silverman, Judy Greer, Ben Schwartz and Stephen Tobolowsky have far better things to do than waste time with this dreck. Were they really dying to work with director Barry W. Blaustein, whose last comedy was 2005’s offensive Special Olympics satire, “The Ringer”? Or were they swayed by the utterly humorless script by Peter Himmelstein, best known for doing the title design in “Slums of Beverly Hills”?
Blu-Ray Rating:...
- 7/21/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
IFC will release the spirited 2010 comedy Peep World on Blu-ray and DVD on July 19 for the list prices of $29.98 and $24.98, respectively.
Sarah Silverman puts up her dukes in the comedy Peep World.
Directed by Barry Blaustein (The Ringer) and written by first-time screenwriter Peter Himmelstein, the movie zeroes in on the growing tensions between four siblings as they dine with their father (Ron Rifkin, TV’s Brothers and Sisters) to celebrate his 70th birthday. The “kids” consists of two brothers who are, respectively, a porn addict (Michael C. Hall, TV’s Dexter) and a screw-up (Rainn Wilson, TV’s The Office), a bitchy actress sister (Sarah Silverman, Saint John of Las Vegas) and a third son (Ben Schwartz, TV’s Parks and Recreation) who has just published the hot novel Peep World, a very thinly veiled portrait of the family. This dysfunctional lot should have called it a night after the appetizer…...
Sarah Silverman puts up her dukes in the comedy Peep World.
Directed by Barry Blaustein (The Ringer) and written by first-time screenwriter Peter Himmelstein, the movie zeroes in on the growing tensions between four siblings as they dine with their father (Ron Rifkin, TV’s Brothers and Sisters) to celebrate his 70th birthday. The “kids” consists of two brothers who are, respectively, a porn addict (Michael C. Hall, TV’s Dexter) and a screw-up (Rainn Wilson, TV’s The Office), a bitchy actress sister (Sarah Silverman, Saint John of Las Vegas) and a third son (Ben Schwartz, TV’s Parks and Recreation) who has just published the hot novel Peep World, a very thinly veiled portrait of the family. This dysfunctional lot should have called it a night after the appetizer…...
- 5/26/2011
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Peep World is an excruciating assemblage of one-dimensional nags, linked under a sub-par quasi-Wes Anderson family dysfunction narrative umbrella. It’s a portrait of estranged narcissistic siblings, a high-society Los Angeles architect’s grown sons and daughter, who misbehave and alienate everyone around them amid convoluted circumstances drawn exclusively from the long tradition of stories about the intelligentsia’s human failings. Filmmaker Barry W. Blaustein casts talented people as his leads in the story of that high-powered family, forever fractured by their youngest brother/son’s tell-all expose. An uneasy dinner brings each repulsive figure together: Depressed family man Jack (Michael C. Hall), the good-for-nothing Joel (Rainn Wilson), the cavalcade of neuroses that is Cheri (Sarah Silverman) and bestselling author Nathan (Ben Schwartz), who made his name by cashing in on the clan’s darkest secrets. They’re joined by their distant mom (Lesley Ann Warren) and bag-of-sleaze dad (Henry Rifkin), who should be prosecuted for...
- 3/26/2011
- by Robert Levin
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Review of Peep World - Rain Wilson and Sarah Silverman fail to deliver the laughs in 'Peep World' (3 out of 5 stars) peep world movie reviewTake a glance at all the comic talent scattered throughout the bickering family comedy Peep World and it's fair to expect belly laughs from start to finish. Michael C. Hall (Dexter) is the oldest and sanest of the adult children of a wealthy Los Angeles real estate developer (Ron Rifkin). Sarah Silverman and Rainn Wilson share the spotlight as his do-nothing siblings. Taraji P. Henson, Alicia Witt, Judy Greer, Kate Mara, Ben Schwartz and vet Lesley Ann Warren complete the impressive ensemble. Documentary director and former Saturday Night Live writer Barry Blaustein seemingly has it all for his debut dramatic feature until first-time scriptwriter Peter Himmelstein fumbles the all-star cast and misses too many comic opportunities. Dysfunctional families make great material for movie comedies but Peep World,...
- 3/25/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Review of Peep World - Rain Wilson and Sarah Silverman fail to deliver the laughs in 'Peep World' (3 out of 5 stars) peep world movie reviewTake a glance at all the comic talent scattered throughout the bickering family comedy Peep World and it's fair to expect belly laughs from start to finish. Michael C. Hall (Dexter) is the oldest and sanest of the adult children of a wealthy Los Angeles real estate developer (Ron Rifkin). Sarah Silverman and Rainn Wilson share the spotlight as his do-nothing siblings. Taraji P. Henson, Alicia Witt, Judy Greer, Kate Mara, Ben Schwartz and vet Lesley Ann Warren complete the impressive ensemble. Documentary director and former Saturday Night Live writer Barry Blaustein seemingly has it all for his debut dramatic feature until first-time scriptwriter Peter Himmelstein fumbles the all-star cast and misses too many comic opportunities. Dysfunctional families make great material for movie comedies but Peep World,...
- 3/25/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
More than a few reviews of (and interviews connected to) "Peep World' have called out its basic similarities to the TV series "Arrested Development." Just looking at the characters alone, which include easily aligned counterparts for most of the Bluth clan, not to mention a celeb narrator (Lewis Black), Peter Himmelstein's screenplay feels like it was written while watching DVDs of the Mitch Hurwitz comedy. It's almost enough to call it plagiarism. Only in this film's universe, Buster is smarter, more independent, has written a revealing 'novel' about his own family, and he's now presumably identifying with Woody Allen in…...
- 3/22/2011
- Spout
Reviewed by Bob Hill
(March 2011)
Directed by: Barry Blaustein
Written by: Peter Himmelstein
Starring: Michael C. Hall, Sarah Silverman, Rainn Wilson, Ben Schwartz, Judy Greer, Taraji P. Henson, Kate Mara, Ron Rifkin, Lesley Ann Warren, Alicia Witt and Lewis Black
Some people blame the world for their problems. The characters in “Peep World” blame one another — an age-old premise based on the (somewhat reliable) notion that most people spend their entire adult lives trying to compensate for all the bullshit they were exposed to as children.
True to that premise, all of the full-grown adults in “Peep World” are still behaving like a pack of unruly 6-year-olds. There’s Jack (Michael C. Hall), the dutiful son who’s spent the past two decades trying desperately to gain his father’s approval; Joel (Rainn Wilson), the midlife misfit who’s bilking every other family member dry; Cheri (Sarah Silverman), the failing...
(March 2011)
Directed by: Barry Blaustein
Written by: Peter Himmelstein
Starring: Michael C. Hall, Sarah Silverman, Rainn Wilson, Ben Schwartz, Judy Greer, Taraji P. Henson, Kate Mara, Ron Rifkin, Lesley Ann Warren, Alicia Witt and Lewis Black
Some people blame the world for their problems. The characters in “Peep World” blame one another — an age-old premise based on the (somewhat reliable) notion that most people spend their entire adult lives trying to compensate for all the bullshit they were exposed to as children.
True to that premise, all of the full-grown adults in “Peep World” are still behaving like a pack of unruly 6-year-olds. There’s Jack (Michael C. Hall), the dutiful son who’s spent the past two decades trying desperately to gain his father’s approval; Joel (Rainn Wilson), the midlife misfit who’s bilking every other family member dry; Cheri (Sarah Silverman), the failing...
- 3/22/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
Reviewed by Bob Hill
(March 2011)
Directed by: Barry Blaustein
Written by: Peter Himmelstein
Starring: Michael C. Hall, Sarah Silverman, Rainn Wilson, Ben Schwartz, Judy Greer, Taraji P. Henson, Kate Mara, Ron Rifkin, Lesley Ann Warren, Alicia Witt and Lewis Black
Some people blame the world for their problems. The characters in “Peep World” blame one another — an age-old premise based on the (somewhat reliable) notion that most people spend their entire adult lives trying to compensate for all the bullshit they were exposed to as children.
True to that premise, all of the full-grown adults in “Peep World” are still behaving like a pack of unruly 6-year-olds. There’s Jack (Michael C. Hall), the dutiful son who’s spent the past two decades trying desperately to gain his father’s approval; Joel (Rainn Wilson), the midlife misfit who’s bilking every other family member dry; Cheri (Sarah Silverman), the failing...
(March 2011)
Directed by: Barry Blaustein
Written by: Peter Himmelstein
Starring: Michael C. Hall, Sarah Silverman, Rainn Wilson, Ben Schwartz, Judy Greer, Taraji P. Henson, Kate Mara, Ron Rifkin, Lesley Ann Warren, Alicia Witt and Lewis Black
Some people blame the world for their problems. The characters in “Peep World” blame one another — an age-old premise based on the (somewhat reliable) notion that most people spend their entire adult lives trying to compensate for all the bullshit they were exposed to as children.
True to that premise, all of the full-grown adults in “Peep World” are still behaving like a pack of unruly 6-year-olds. There’s Jack (Michael C. Hall), the dutiful son who’s spent the past two decades trying desperately to gain his father’s approval; Joel (Rainn Wilson), the midlife misfit who’s bilking every other family member dry; Cheri (Sarah Silverman), the failing...
- 3/22/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
There are a lot of great con movies. The Spanish Prisoner, The Sting, Dirty Rotten Scoundrel, House of Games, The Thomas Crowne Affair, the list goes on and on. But The Key Man may just have one-upped them all. It's one thing to keep the viewers on their toes, always guessing what's going to happen next, how the scam is going to pull together and whether it's going to pull off without a hitch or collapse in on itself, taking the flim-flam men down with it. But The Key Man is the most meta con flick ever. You put Jack Davenport, Hugo Weaving, Brian Cox and Judy Greer in a film about an insurance salesman getting conned into a get-rich quick scheme, and any reasonable viewer expects good-to-great things. But the viewer turns out to be the ultimate mark, a rube and a sucker, because The Key Man takes 80 minutes...
- 3/17/2011
- by Seth Freilich
Even with intriguing plots, settings and casts, some movies never find their footing, left to teeter in the awkward limbo between enjoyable and dreadful known as "boring." The Key Man, from first-time director Peter Himmelstein, assembles a top-notch cast of Hugo Weaving, Brian Cox, Jack Davenport and Judy Greer and drops them in a '70s crime drama with a brainer-than-norm throughline. Amazingly, the film is completely void of life. Bobby (Davenport) is an insurance salesman who struggles to make ends meet for his wife Karen (Greer) and his son. When he's introduced to Irving (Cox) and Vincent (Weaving), two con men looking to bring him into their criminal circle, Bobby finally sees the opportunity he's been waiting for -- fix a few books, make some quick cash and get out clean and happy. Simple. Predictably, the scheme is anything but, sending Bobby downward spiraling into the vortex of the...
- 3/16/2011
- cinemablend.com
I wrapped up my first weekend at SXSW with a Sunday night screening of The Key Man, starring Jack Davenport as a hapless insurance salesman, the ever delightful Judy Greer, and The Matrix's villainous Hugo Weaving as a villainous 1970s con man. Yet, for all the mutton chops, generic wah-wah soundtrack funk, and old-fashioned flip-cut editing in writer/director Peter Himmelstein's polyester period piece, the end result is mainly reminiscent of (and just as forgettable as) an old Charlie's Angels episode — and not even one of the Farrah ones. Things picked up on Monday with Better This World, a thought-provoking documentary by the filmmaking team of Katie Galloway and Kelly Duane de le Vega about ethics, activism, and justice in the post-9/11 (and post-Tucson shooting) era. Disgusted with the Iraq War, two idealistic young dudes from W's hometown of Midland, Texas head off [...]...
- 3/15/2011
- Nerve
indieWIRE is again profiling filmmakers taking part in the SXSW Film Festival's Narrative and Documentary Competitions and Emerging Visions sections with nearly two dozen filmmakers providing responses. Today’s three profiles include Don Argott and Demian Fenton's "Last Days Here" (Documentary Competition), "Dragonslayer" by Tristan Patterson (Documentary Competition) and Peter Himmelstein's Emerging Visions entry, "The Key Man." Soon after the SXSW unveiled its 2011 SXSW lineup, indieWIRE invited directors with films ...
- 3/10/2011
- Indiewire
indieWIRE is again profiling filmmakers taking part in the SXSW Film Festival's Narrative and Documentary Competitions and Emerging Visions sections with nearly two dozen filmmakers providing responses. Today’s three profiles include Don Argott and Demian Fenton's "Last Days Here" (Documentary Competition), "Dragonslayer" by Tristan Patterson (Documentary Competition) and Peter Himmelstein's Emerging Visions entry, "The Key Man." Soon after the SXSW unveiled its 2011 SXSW lineup, indieWIRE invited directors with films ...
- 3/10/2011
- indieWIRE - People
indieWIRE is again profiling filmmakers taking part in the SXSW Film Festival's Narrative and Documentary Competitions and Emerging Visions sections with nearly two dozen filmmakers providing responses. Today’s three profiles include Don Argott and Demian Fenton's "Last Days Here" (Documentary Competition), "Dragonslayer" by Tristan Patterson (Documentary Competition) and Peter Himmelstein's Emerging Visions entry, "The Key Man." Soon after the SXSW unveiled its 2011 SXSW lineup, indieWIRE invited directors with films ...
- 3/10/2011
- indieWIRE - People
Mad Love’s Judy Greer is one of those actresses most women assume they’d be friends with in real life, and after she dropped by EW’s office last week for a chat, we can confirm you’re probably right. It’s hard not to like someone who gets giddy when the receptionist gives them a copy of the Entertainment Weekly issue with Prince William and Kate Middleton on the cover. Someone who admits that she’s not a baby person, so when one of the babies on her show (her character is a nanny) fell asleep in her arms,...
- 3/7/2011
- by Mandi Bierly
- EW - Inside TV
Peep World
Directed By: Barry Blaustein
Written By: Peter Himmelstein
Starring: Michael C. Hall, Sarah Silverman, Rainn Wilson, Ben Schwartz, Judy Greer, Kate Mara, Alicia Witt, Taraji P. Henson, Stephen Tobolowsky, Ron Rifkin, Lewis Black
IFC Films
Release Date: March 25, 2011 (limited)
Ah, family. That's what it's all about, right? Spending time with the ones that you love as often as possible; sharing life and memories and laughter with them in the short time we're on this beautiful big rock.
Ok, so that's what it's about for a lot of people -- it's not so true for others. Like the Meyerowitz family, for example. Every single year they gather on their father's birthday to celebrate the man that made them who they are today. Unfortunately, on this particular birthday gathering, one of them has the others not so happy and emotions are running high and hot.
Peep World is a movie...
Directed By: Barry Blaustein
Written By: Peter Himmelstein
Starring: Michael C. Hall, Sarah Silverman, Rainn Wilson, Ben Schwartz, Judy Greer, Kate Mara, Alicia Witt, Taraji P. Henson, Stephen Tobolowsky, Ron Rifkin, Lewis Black
IFC Films
Release Date: March 25, 2011 (limited)
Ah, family. That's what it's all about, right? Spending time with the ones that you love as often as possible; sharing life and memories and laughter with them in the short time we're on this beautiful big rock.
Ok, so that's what it's about for a lot of people -- it's not so true for others. Like the Meyerowitz family, for example. Every single year they gather on their father's birthday to celebrate the man that made them who they are today. Unfortunately, on this particular birthday gathering, one of them has the others not so happy and emotions are running high and hot.
Peep World is a movie...
- 2/17/2011
- by The Movie God
- Geeks of Doom
The 2011 SXSW Film Festival will feature the North American premiere of Marie Losier‘s The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye, a much-anticipated documentary that chronicles the love story of industrial music pioneer Genesis P-Orridge and his late wife Lady Jaye. Screening times have not been released yet, but the festival runs this year on March 11-19 at its regular home of Austin, Texas.
Genesis and Lady Jaye had a unique relationship in which, in addition to getting married, they attempted to meld together as a single pandrogynous entity known as Breyer P-Orridge. (The “Breyer” portion of the name coming from Jaye’s maiden name.) The couple both underwent plastic surgery and hormone therapy together, as well as starting to cross-dress and adopt perfectly identical mannerisms and behaviors.
Unfortunately, Jaye passed away in 2007, although Genesis continues to live his life as Breyer P-Orridge.
Production on the film began a few...
Genesis and Lady Jaye had a unique relationship in which, in addition to getting married, they attempted to meld together as a single pandrogynous entity known as Breyer P-Orridge. (The “Breyer” portion of the name coming from Jaye’s maiden name.) The couple both underwent plastic surgery and hormone therapy together, as well as starting to cross-dress and adopt perfectly identical mannerisms and behaviors.
Unfortunately, Jaye passed away in 2007, although Genesis continues to live his life as Breyer P-Orridge.
Production on the film began a few...
- 2/14/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
The South by Southwest Film Festival announced its feature film line-up Wednesday, piling heaps of cinematic goodness on an already stellar program that includes Jodie Foster’s The Beaver, Duncan Jones’ Source Code, Ti West’s The Innkeepers, Conan O’Brien’s tour documentary, and the latest Simon Pegg-Nick Frost comedy, Paul, with Seth Rogen.
Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight) returns to the festival with her latest film, Red Riding Hood starring Amanda Seyfried, after the writer-director spoke on a screenwriting panel in 2009.
Plus a few favorites from the Sundance Film Festival last month, like Tom McCarthy’s Win Win, Morgan Spurlock’s The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, and Max Winkler’s Ceremony.
I’m extremely excited, even if I’m already having flashbacks to intense sleep deprivation. Like the last two years, I’ll be on the ground covering as much of the festival as I can within the packed 9 days of screenings,...
Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight) returns to the festival with her latest film, Red Riding Hood starring Amanda Seyfried, after the writer-director spoke on a screenwriting panel in 2009.
Plus a few favorites from the Sundance Film Festival last month, like Tom McCarthy’s Win Win, Morgan Spurlock’s The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, and Max Winkler’s Ceremony.
I’m extremely excited, even if I’m already having flashbacks to intense sleep deprivation. Like the last two years, I’ll be on the ground covering as much of the festival as I can within the packed 9 days of screenings,...
- 2/3/2011
- by Jeff Leins
- newsinfilm.com
‘Tapping into the cultural zeitgeist,’ at SXSW 2011
Austin, Texas – The SXSW 2011 Feature Film Lineup was unveiled Wednesday afternoon. The festival lineup will consist of 130 features, in nine full days of programming, promising to deliver a film-going experience unlike previous years.
With a reputation for taking chances on relatively unknown filmmakers, the SXSW panel of judges carefully picked 130 films from 1,792 feature-length film submissions, (1,323 U.S. and 469 international). The program consists of 60 World Premieres, 12 North American Premieres and 16 U.S. Premieres.
The main competition categories return with eight Narrative Features, and eight Documentary Features, both competing for their respective Grand Jury Prize. New for films in competition this year, are awards for screenplay, editing, cinematography, music, and acting.
(The Midnighters and SXFantastic feature sections, along with the short film program, will be announced next week.)
Here are a few of the Features to be screened, among many others.
Narratives:
The Beaver (World Premiere)
Dir.
Austin, Texas – The SXSW 2011 Feature Film Lineup was unveiled Wednesday afternoon. The festival lineup will consist of 130 features, in nine full days of programming, promising to deliver a film-going experience unlike previous years.
With a reputation for taking chances on relatively unknown filmmakers, the SXSW panel of judges carefully picked 130 films from 1,792 feature-length film submissions, (1,323 U.S. and 469 international). The program consists of 60 World Premieres, 12 North American Premieres and 16 U.S. Premieres.
The main competition categories return with eight Narrative Features, and eight Documentary Features, both competing for their respective Grand Jury Prize. New for films in competition this year, are awards for screenplay, editing, cinematography, music, and acting.
(The Midnighters and SXFantastic feature sections, along with the short film program, will be announced next week.)
Here are a few of the Features to be screened, among many others.
Narratives:
The Beaver (World Premiere)
Dir.
- 2/3/2011
- by Albert Art
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Readers of Sound On Sight can be sure that we will indeed be covering the SXSW Film Festival once again. As previously reported, Duncan Jones’ latest film Source Code is opening the festival and there will also be premieres for the documentary Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop, Greg Mottola’s Paul, and Jodie Foster’s The Beaver. Now the full line-up has been announced it is incredible.
Hit the jump to check out the line-up, and be sure to visit our site during the event.
The 2011 SXSW Film Festival runs from March 11 – 19th in Austin, Texas.
SXSW Film Announces 2011 Features Lineup
Austin, Texas – February 2, 2011 – The South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival is thrilled to announce the features lineup for this year’s Festival, March 11 – 19, 2011 in Austin, Texas. The 2011 lineup continues the SXSW tradition of tapping into the cultural zeitgeist, highlighting emerging talent and breakthrough performances and supporting first-time filmmakers.
Hit the jump to check out the line-up, and be sure to visit our site during the event.
The 2011 SXSW Film Festival runs from March 11 – 19th in Austin, Texas.
SXSW Film Announces 2011 Features Lineup
Austin, Texas – February 2, 2011 – The South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival is thrilled to announce the features lineup for this year’s Festival, March 11 – 19, 2011 in Austin, Texas. The 2011 lineup continues the SXSW tradition of tapping into the cultural zeitgeist, highlighting emerging talent and breakthrough performances and supporting first-time filmmakers.
- 2/3/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
"Win Win," starring Paul Giamatti, left, and Alex Shaffer, will screen at SXSW
Aimée Lagos’ thriller “96 Minutes,” starring Brittany Snow; Chris Eyre’s “A Year in Mooring” and “American Animal” from writer-director Matt D’Elia are among the films that will screen in competition at next month’s South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas.
These films will be joined in the Headliners section by Paul Giamatti and Amy Ryan in Tom McCarthy’s “Win Win,” Takashi Miike’s “13 Assassins,” Rainn Wilson in “Super” and others previously announced including Jodie Foster’s “The Beaver,” Greg Mottola’s “Paul,” the documentary “Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop” from director Rodman Flender, and the opening-night world premiere of Duncan Jones’ “Source Code.”
The following are highlights from the lineup announced Wednesday, with descriptions provided by the festival.
Narrative Feature Competition “96 Minutes”
Director, Writer: Aimée Lagos
Four young lives. One night. One terrifying event.
Aimée Lagos’ thriller “96 Minutes,” starring Brittany Snow; Chris Eyre’s “A Year in Mooring” and “American Animal” from writer-director Matt D’Elia are among the films that will screen in competition at next month’s South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas.
These films will be joined in the Headliners section by Paul Giamatti and Amy Ryan in Tom McCarthy’s “Win Win,” Takashi Miike’s “13 Assassins,” Rainn Wilson in “Super” and others previously announced including Jodie Foster’s “The Beaver,” Greg Mottola’s “Paul,” the documentary “Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop” from director Rodman Flender, and the opening-night world premiere of Duncan Jones’ “Source Code.”
The following are highlights from the lineup announced Wednesday, with descriptions provided by the festival.
Narrative Feature Competition “96 Minutes”
Director, Writer: Aimée Lagos
Four young lives. One night. One terrifying event.
- 2/3/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
"Win Win," starring Paul Giamatti, left, and Alex Shaffer, will screen at SXSW
Aimée Lagos’ thriller “96 Minutes,” starring Brittany Snow; Chris Eyre’s “A Year in Mooring” and “American Animal” from writer-director Matt D’Elia are among the films that will screen in competition at next month’s South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas.
These films will be joined in the Headliners section by Paul Giamatti and Amy Ryan in Tom McCarthy’s “Win Win,” Takashi Miike’s “13 Assassins,” Rainn Wilson in “Super” and others previously announced including Jodie Foster’s “The Beaver,” Greg Mottola’s “Paul,” the documentary “Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop” from director Rodman Flender, and the opening-night world premiere of Duncan Jones’ “Source Code.”
The following are highlights from the lineup announced Wednesday, with descriptions provided by the festival.
Narrative Feature Competition “96 Minutes”
Director, Writer: Aimée Lagos
Four young lives. One night. One terrifying event.
Aimée Lagos’ thriller “96 Minutes,” starring Brittany Snow; Chris Eyre’s “A Year in Mooring” and “American Animal” from writer-director Matt D’Elia are among the films that will screen in competition at next month’s South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas.
These films will be joined in the Headliners section by Paul Giamatti and Amy Ryan in Tom McCarthy’s “Win Win,” Takashi Miike’s “13 Assassins,” Rainn Wilson in “Super” and others previously announced including Jodie Foster’s “The Beaver,” Greg Mottola’s “Paul,” the documentary “Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop” from director Rodman Flender, and the opening-night world premiere of Duncan Jones’ “Source Code.”
The following are highlights from the lineup announced Wednesday, with descriptions provided by the festival.
Narrative Feature Competition “96 Minutes”
Director, Writer: Aimée Lagos
Four young lives. One night. One terrifying event.
- 2/3/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
The South By Southwest Film Conference and Festival announced this year's features lineup. The festival takes place March 11-19 in Austin, Texas.
There are a total of 130 features screening this year including 60 world premieres, 12 North American premieres and 16 U.S. premieres! This year the a total of 1,792 feature-length films were submitted, which is the most ever.
There are going to be some amazing films shown this yea. Opening night kicks off with Duncan Jones' Source Code (Moon). The fest rolls on with Jodie Foster‘s The Beaver, Greg Mottola‘s Paul, Sundance Grand Prize doc winner How to Die in Oregon, Errol Morris‘ Tabloid, Victoria Mahoney‘s Yelling to the Sky, Azazel Jacob‘s Terri. There will also be a special screening of Catherine Hardwicke‘s Red Riding Hood.
The Midnight and SXFantastic sections will be announced with the shorts program next week.
See the complete lineup below via...
There are a total of 130 features screening this year including 60 world premieres, 12 North American premieres and 16 U.S. premieres! This year the a total of 1,792 feature-length films were submitted, which is the most ever.
There are going to be some amazing films shown this yea. Opening night kicks off with Duncan Jones' Source Code (Moon). The fest rolls on with Jodie Foster‘s The Beaver, Greg Mottola‘s Paul, Sundance Grand Prize doc winner How to Die in Oregon, Errol Morris‘ Tabloid, Victoria Mahoney‘s Yelling to the Sky, Azazel Jacob‘s Terri. There will also be a special screening of Catherine Hardwicke‘s Red Riding Hood.
The Midnight and SXFantastic sections will be announced with the shorts program next week.
See the complete lineup below via...
- 2/2/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
The South by Southwest Film Festival (SXSW) just announced their entire 2011 feature film lineup, and there’s isn’t a lot of note, with regards to this blog’s focus.
Titles you should be aware of – all of which we’ve previously profiled on Shadow And Act – include, Victoria Mahoney’s feature film debut, Yelling To The Sky (which will actually make its world debut at the Berlin Film Festival later this month); plus Blacktino, the first feature film from writer/director Aaron Burns, a self-described “blacktino nerd from Austin, Texas,” who got his start at Robert Rodriguez’s Troublemaker Studios doing visual effects; Benda Bilili, a documentary about a band of homeless, disabled Congolese; and last, but not least, Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey, a documentary about the black man that happens to be the man behind the puppet (which also played at Sundance).
There might be...
Titles you should be aware of – all of which we’ve previously profiled on Shadow And Act – include, Victoria Mahoney’s feature film debut, Yelling To The Sky (which will actually make its world debut at the Berlin Film Festival later this month); plus Blacktino, the first feature film from writer/director Aaron Burns, a self-described “blacktino nerd from Austin, Texas,” who got his start at Robert Rodriguez’s Troublemaker Studios doing visual effects; Benda Bilili, a documentary about a band of homeless, disabled Congolese; and last, but not least, Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey, a documentary about the black man that happens to be the man behind the puppet (which also played at Sundance).
There might be...
- 2/2/2011
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
The South by Southwest Film Festival has announced their features lineup for the 2011’s Festival, which will take place March 11th to the 19th in Austin Texas. Read the full press release after the jump. SXSW Film Announces 2011 Features Lineup Austin, Texas – February 2, 2011 – The South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival is thrilled to announce the features lineup for this year’s Festival, March 11 – 19, 2011 in Austin, Texas. The 2011 lineup continues the SXSW tradition of tapping into the cultural zeitgeist, highlighting emerging talent and breakthrough performances and supporting first-time filmmakers. The Midnighters and SXFantastic feature sections, along with the short film program, will be announced next week. “This is the most exciting moment for us. After a fantastic festival of discovery in 2010, we can finally unveil the line up for this year’s event,” says Film Conference and Festival Producer Janet Pierson. “SXSW prides itself on taking chances, sifting for...
- 2/2/2011
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
Director: Barry W. Blaustein Writer(s): Peter Himmelstein Starring: Michael C. Hall, Sarah Silverman, Rainn Wilson, Ben Schwartz, Judy Greer, Kate Mara, Ron Rifkin, Lesley Ann Warren, Nicolas Hormann Peep World‘s family of four Meyerowitz siblings have a lot of pent up anger, most of which is deservedly directed toward the youngest of them all, Nathan (Ben Schwartz). Why pick on the baby of the family? Well, Nathan became rich and famous by exposing his family’s dirty little secrets in his best selling novel (and soon to be movie) Peep World.
- 11/15/2010
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
“You’re a fucking bitch.“
Rating: 3.5/5
Director: Barry W. Blaustein
Writer: Peter Himmelstein
Cast: Michael C. Hall, Sarah Silverman, Rainn Wilson, Ben Schwartz and Judy Greer
Everything written in Peep World is true. This is why our family of four siblings hate each other. Or just the author of the book, the youngest of them all (seven years to be exact), Nathan (Ben Schwartz), who became rich by exposing all of his family’s dirty little secrets. The angriest sibling, Cheri (Sarah Silverman), can’t go a day without interacting with Peep World‘s rapidly growing popularity – it’s currently being shot into a feature film outside of her apartment window. Joel (Rainn Wilson) is a fuck up ignoring that he’s a fuck up because his pushover brother Jack (Michael C. Hall) is always there to pay for his, well, fuck ups.
Read more on Austin Film Festival 2010 Review: Peep World…...
Rating: 3.5/5
Director: Barry W. Blaustein
Writer: Peter Himmelstein
Cast: Michael C. Hall, Sarah Silverman, Rainn Wilson, Ben Schwartz and Judy Greer
Everything written in Peep World is true. This is why our family of four siblings hate each other. Or just the author of the book, the youngest of them all (seven years to be exact), Nathan (Ben Schwartz), who became rich by exposing all of his family’s dirty little secrets. The angriest sibling, Cheri (Sarah Silverman), can’t go a day without interacting with Peep World‘s rapidly growing popularity – it’s currently being shot into a feature film outside of her apartment window. Joel (Rainn Wilson) is a fuck up ignoring that he’s a fuck up because his pushover brother Jack (Michael C. Hall) is always there to pay for his, well, fuck ups.
Read more on Austin Film Festival 2010 Review: Peep World…...
- 10/27/2010
- by Chase Whale
- GordonandtheWhale
Always one of the most enjoyable events of the year, the 17th Austin Film Festival is gearing up to kick-off next month.
The annual event takes place from October 21-28 in Austin, Texas with movies such as Natalie Portman's "Black Swan" on the docket.
With other films set to screen including "Meek's Cutoff," "127 Hours," and "Fair Game," the full lineup is as follows:
Marquee Screenings
"127 Hours" – Danny Boyle (Writer/Director), Simon Beaufoy (Writer) – (Regional Premiere)
"Black Swan" – Darren Aronofsky (Director), Andres Heinz (Writer), John McLaughlin (Writer) – (Regional Premiere)
"Peep World" – Barry W. Blaustein (Director), Peter Himmelstein (Writer) – (U.S. Premiere)
"Bloodworth" – Shane Dax Taylor (Director), W. Earl Brown (Writer) – (World Premiere)
"Blue Valentine" – Derek Cianfrance (Writer/Director), Joey Curtis (Writer), Camille DeLavigne (Writer) – (Regional Premiere)
"Exporting Raymond" – Phil Rosenthal (Director) – (World Premiere)
"Fair Game" – Doug Liman (Director), Jez & John-Henry Butterworth (Writers) – (Regional Premiere)
"High School" – John Stalberg (Writer/Director...
The annual event takes place from October 21-28 in Austin, Texas with movies such as Natalie Portman's "Black Swan" on the docket.
With other films set to screen including "Meek's Cutoff," "127 Hours," and "Fair Game," the full lineup is as follows:
Marquee Screenings
"127 Hours" – Danny Boyle (Writer/Director), Simon Beaufoy (Writer) – (Regional Premiere)
"Black Swan" – Darren Aronofsky (Director), Andres Heinz (Writer), John McLaughlin (Writer) – (Regional Premiere)
"Peep World" – Barry W. Blaustein (Director), Peter Himmelstein (Writer) – (U.S. Premiere)
"Bloodworth" – Shane Dax Taylor (Director), W. Earl Brown (Writer) – (World Premiere)
"Blue Valentine" – Derek Cianfrance (Writer/Director), Joey Curtis (Writer), Camille DeLavigne (Writer) – (Regional Premiere)
"Exporting Raymond" – Phil Rosenthal (Director) – (World Premiere)
"Fair Game" – Doug Liman (Director), Jez & John-Henry Butterworth (Writers) – (Regional Premiere)
"High School" – John Stalberg (Writer/Director...
- 9/21/2010
- GossipCenter
The Austin Film Festival has unveiled the program for its 17th edition, which runs October 21-28.
"Black Swan," "127 Hours," "Peep World," "Meek's Cutoff," "Conviction," "Brother's Justice," "Fair Game," and many more, including 23 U.S. and world premieres and a handful of locally-made projects, will screen at the fest. The opening, centerpiece and closing night films have not yet been announced.
Festival line-up is below:
Marquee Screenings
"127 Hours" – Danny Boyle (Writer/Director), Simon Beaufoy (Writer) – (Regional Premiere)
"Black Swan" – Darren Aronofsky (Director), Andres Heinz (Writer), John McLaughlin (Writer) – (Regional Premiere)
"Peep World" – Barry W. Blaustein (Director), Peter Himmelstein (Writer) – (U.S. Premiere)
"Bloodworth" – Shane Dax Taylor (Director), W. Earl Brown (Writer) – (World Premiere)
"Blue Valentine" – Derek Cianfrance (Writer/Director), Joey Curtis (Writer), Camille DeLavigne (Writer) – (Regional Premiere)
"Exporting Raymond" – Phil Rosenthal (Director) – (World Premiere)
"Fair Game" – Doug Liman (Director), Jez & John-Henry Butterworth (Writers) – (Regional Premiere)
"High School" – John Stalberg (Writer/Director...
"Black Swan," "127 Hours," "Peep World," "Meek's Cutoff," "Conviction," "Brother's Justice," "Fair Game," and many more, including 23 U.S. and world premieres and a handful of locally-made projects, will screen at the fest. The opening, centerpiece and closing night films have not yet been announced.
Festival line-up is below:
Marquee Screenings
"127 Hours" – Danny Boyle (Writer/Director), Simon Beaufoy (Writer) – (Regional Premiere)
"Black Swan" – Darren Aronofsky (Director), Andres Heinz (Writer), John McLaughlin (Writer) – (Regional Premiere)
"Peep World" – Barry W. Blaustein (Director), Peter Himmelstein (Writer) – (U.S. Premiere)
"Bloodworth" – Shane Dax Taylor (Director), W. Earl Brown (Writer) – (World Premiere)
"Blue Valentine" – Derek Cianfrance (Writer/Director), Joey Curtis (Writer), Camille DeLavigne (Writer) – (Regional Premiere)
"Exporting Raymond" – Phil Rosenthal (Director) – (World Premiere)
"Fair Game" – Doug Liman (Director), Jez & John-Henry Butterworth (Writers) – (Regional Premiere)
"High School" – John Stalberg (Writer/Director...
- 9/21/2010
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
More Toronto coverage
Toronto -- The dealmaking continued at a deliberate pace at the Toronto International Film Festival on Monday as Sony Pictures Classics made its first buy of the fest by picking up the French and Arabic-language "Incendies."
The Weinstein Co. also continued to assert its presence at Tiff, closing a deal for Abe Sylvia's road-trip comedy "Dirty Girl" by ponying up about $3 million for rights to the U.S., U.K., France, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.
Denis Villeneuve's "Incendies" is the story of twins, a brother and sister, who, following the death of their mother, travel to the Middle East to search for a brother and father they've never met.
The film, based on a stage play by Wajdi Mouawad, played to positive reactions at the Venice and Telluride fests, and SPC's six-figure deal was concluded before the movie's first public screening Monday evening.
Toronto -- The dealmaking continued at a deliberate pace at the Toronto International Film Festival on Monday as Sony Pictures Classics made its first buy of the fest by picking up the French and Arabic-language "Incendies."
The Weinstein Co. also continued to assert its presence at Tiff, closing a deal for Abe Sylvia's road-trip comedy "Dirty Girl" by ponying up about $3 million for rights to the U.S., U.K., France, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.
Denis Villeneuve's "Incendies" is the story of twins, a brother and sister, who, following the death of their mother, travel to the Middle East to search for a brother and father they've never met.
The film, based on a stage play by Wajdi Mouawad, played to positive reactions at the Venice and Telluride fests, and SPC's six-figure deal was concluded before the movie's first public screening Monday evening.
- 9/13/2010
- by By Gregg Kilday and Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Sorry, but this isn't a world of peeping toms. While I can very easily see both Rainn Wilson and Sarah Silverman stretched along the branches of a tree, binoculars in hand, peeping at the unsuspecting, this project is all about revealing rather than snooping. The Hollywood Reporter posts that Wilson and Silverman are negotiations to star with the already-signed Michael C. Hall and Ben Schwartz in Peep World.
The indie film, written by Peter Himmelstein (title designer for Slums of Beverly Hills), focuses on some adult siblings brought together for their father's 70th birthday. The event "denegrates into an absurd theater of accusation and resentment" as they have it out with one of the siblings, who wrote a novel exposing the family's secrets. The comedy will be directed by Barry Blaustein, who helmed the professional wrestling doc Behind the Mat, as well as 2005's The Ringer. But you probably know...
The indie film, written by Peter Himmelstein (title designer for Slums of Beverly Hills), focuses on some adult siblings brought together for their father's 70th birthday. The event "denegrates into an absurd theater of accusation and resentment" as they have it out with one of the siblings, who wrote a novel exposing the family's secrets. The comedy will be directed by Barry Blaustein, who helmed the professional wrestling doc Behind the Mat, as well as 2005's The Ringer. But you probably know...
- 3/21/2009
- by Monika Bartyzel
- Cinematical
- Make it 2 for 2 for Edward R. Pressman – The Hollywood Reporter reports that another Christopher Buckley novel is on the way to the big screen – the novelist sold the rights to his book to the producer who was part of Thank You for Smoking's producing minds. God Is My Broker centers on an alcoholic stock broker who gives everything up and joins a monastery. But when the monks' vow of poverty begins to take a financial toll, the former broker uses his old skills to save them, turning his new home into a frightning parallel of the world he desperately tried to escape. Screenwriter Peter Himmelstein is set to adapt the novel being produced not only by Edward R. Pressman Film Corp., but by Polsky Films and Stephen Belafonte's WhiteShark Films....
- 3/6/2007
- IONCINEMA.com
- In a unique blend of art and structure, famed New York architect Peter Himmelstein has collaborated a second time with L.A. based Occupant films for Peep World, a voyeuristic look into a day in the life of a darkly comedic family tormented by fact, fiction, and mortality. The pic, penned by Himmelstein, was one of the “Luck 13” chosen for the 2004 Sundance Institute’s Filmmakers and Screenwriters Lab. Occupant Films has signed on to produce the project, with Himmelstein again holding the helm. Occupant’s previous collaboration with the director was the recently completed thriller The Key Man, which Himmelstein again scripted and directed. Himmelstein’s talents range from bold designs in construction peppering the Northeast United States, to such an ever-growing film base including "The Lost Boys of Sudan," "Beautiful, Baby," "Electroboy" and "A Memoir of Mania." The young director’s collaboration with Occupant is rather appropriate as
- 2/9/2007
- IONCINEMA.com
The Sundance Institute has announced the 13 selected projects for the annual June Filmmakers and Screenwriters Lab. The participants and projects selected for the 2004 Filmmakers Lab are Aditya Assarat for Hi-So, Sterlin Harjo for Four Sheets to the Wind, Peter Himmelstein for Peep World, Zoe Hopkins for Cherry Blossoms, Orlando Dito Montiel for A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, Kieran and Michele Mulroney for Paper Man, Kazuo Ohno for Mr. Crumpacker and the Man From the Letter and Richard Press for Virtual Love. Those filmmakers will be joined at the 2004 June Screenwriters Lab by Ryan Eslinger for When a Man Falls in the Forest, Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden for Half Nelson, Juliana Francis for Saint Latrice, Fatima Jebli-Ouazzani for Halima's Paradise and Catherine Stewart for The Moon, Under Late Capitalism.
- 4/30/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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