The sports film, in general, is fairly formulaic irrespective of gender. It’s one of the more reliable genres, able to entertain even if the beats are standard operating procedure. When it comes to sports films featuring women, there are slight distinctions, namely in what the sport is and what role men play within it. For Halle Berry, making her directorial debut with the Mma film “Bruised,” she wanted to make the movie female-heavy, both in front of and behind the camera, and it creates pockets of distinction in which it stands out from the sports features that have come before it.
Jackie Justice (Berry) was once a top Mma fighter for the UFC. But when she jumped out of a cage during a match, the disgrace ruined her career. Four years later, Jackie is moving from job to job with little to show for it outside of an abusive boyfriend/manager,...
Jackie Justice (Berry) was once a top Mma fighter for the UFC. But when she jumped out of a cage during a match, the disgrace ruined her career. Four years later, Jackie is moving from job to job with little to show for it outside of an abusive boyfriend/manager,...
- 11/14/2021
- by Kristen Lopez
- Indiewire
Warner Records will issue the soundtrack for actress Halle Berry’s directorial debut film “Bruised” on Nov. 19. The Netflix feature — which Berry also stars in as a disgraced M.M.A. fighter — debuts on the streamer on Nov. 24, after a limited one-week run in theaters.
“I can’t wait to show it,” Berry tells Variety. “I have to tell you, one of the things I’m most excited about is the title song that H.E.R. sang… and she killed it. So I can’t wait to share with everyone and am super excited.”
Hand-selected by executive producers Berry and Cardi B, the film’s soundtrack features six original songs by award-winning and multi-platinum female artists, including Cardi B (“Bet It”), Saweetie (“Attitude”), City Girls (“Scared”), H.E.R. (“Automatic Woman”), Flo Milli (“Blast Off”) and Latto (“Tha Fuck”). The tracks by H.E.R. and City Girls, both prominently featured...
“I can’t wait to show it,” Berry tells Variety. “I have to tell you, one of the things I’m most excited about is the title song that H.E.R. sang… and she killed it. So I can’t wait to share with everyone and am super excited.”
Hand-selected by executive producers Berry and Cardi B, the film’s soundtrack features six original songs by award-winning and multi-platinum female artists, including Cardi B (“Bet It”), Saweetie (“Attitude”), City Girls (“Scared”), H.E.R. (“Automatic Woman”), Flo Milli (“Blast Off”) and Latto (“Tha Fuck”). The tracks by H.E.R. and City Girls, both prominently featured...
- 11/2/2021
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Hokey aliens invade the seventies British punk scene in John Cameron Mitchell’s “How to Talk to Girls at Parties,” and the results are not nearly as ridiculous as that sounds — for a while, at least. Channeling the communal intimacy of “Shortbus” and the riotous musicality of “Hedwig and the Angry Inch,” Mitchell transforms Neil Gaiman’s sci-fi short story into a vibrant, edgy and at times outright goofy statement on tough antiestablishment rebels and freewheeling hippy vibes, suggesting that they’re not really all that that different.
At its center, scrawny, leather-clad punk teen Enn (Alex Sharp) veers across the grimy London suburb of Croydon alongside equally rambunctious pals John (Ethan Lawrence) and Vic (Abraham Lewis), heckling at passersby en route to a noisy concert. As English rockers The Damned blast on the soundtrack, the frame rate gets jagged and the kids seem to content to run wild in...
At its center, scrawny, leather-clad punk teen Enn (Alex Sharp) veers across the grimy London suburb of Croydon alongside equally rambunctious pals John (Ethan Lawrence) and Vic (Abraham Lewis), heckling at passersby en route to a noisy concert. As English rockers The Damned blast on the soundtrack, the frame rate gets jagged and the kids seem to content to run wild in...
- 5/21/2017
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
“Punks and aliens” feature from director John Cameron Mitchell [pictured] also stars Alex Sharp.
Sci-fi romance How To Talk To Girls At Parties, starring Elle Fanning (Maleficent), Tony Award-winning Alex Sharp (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time) and Nicole Kidman, has begun principal photography in the UK, where it will shoot for six weeks.
Directed by John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Shortbus), the film is based on a short story by Neil Gaiman (Coraline) from his collection “Fragile Things”.
The screenplay has been written by Philippa Goslett (Little Ashes) with Mitchell. Kidman reunites with Mitchell, who directed her Oscar-nominated performance in Rabbit Hole (2010).
The cast also includes Ruth Wilson (The Affair), Matt Lucas (Bridesmaids) and Joanna Scanlan (The Invisible Woman).
The story centres on a shy teenage punk in 1970s London (Sharp) who falls for an alien girl (Fanning) whose race plans a showdown with humans.
Producers are [link...
Sci-fi romance How To Talk To Girls At Parties, starring Elle Fanning (Maleficent), Tony Award-winning Alex Sharp (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time) and Nicole Kidman, has begun principal photography in the UK, where it will shoot for six weeks.
Directed by John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Shortbus), the film is based on a short story by Neil Gaiman (Coraline) from his collection “Fragile Things”.
The screenplay has been written by Philippa Goslett (Little Ashes) with Mitchell. Kidman reunites with Mitchell, who directed her Oscar-nominated performance in Rabbit Hole (2010).
The cast also includes Ruth Wilson (The Affair), Matt Lucas (Bridesmaids) and Joanna Scanlan (The Invisible Woman).
The story centres on a shy teenage punk in 1970s London (Sharp) who falls for an alien girl (Fanning) whose race plans a showdown with humans.
Producers are [link...
- 11/10/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Scream Factory and IFC Midnight have paired up to present an inspired disc set for The Larry Fessenden Collection, an assortment of four of the director’s most notable genre films. Migrating between a number of notable projects as a character actor (he usually appears as some peripheral, grizzled weirdo, showing up in titles by Scorsese, Neil Jordan, and Kelly Reichardt, amongst others), he’s also a noted producer, editor, screenwriter, and cinematographer. But Fessenden’s made his most striking impression with a growing body of genre oriented independent directorial efforts. Usually prizing strong characterization amidst situations of mounting dread, Fessenden seems fascinated with testing the strengths and inherent weaknesses of mankind, and it’s probably easiest to label his filmography as environmental horror.
Out of Fessenden’s own production company Glass Eye Pix, 1991’s No Telling (or the Frankenstein Complex) melds motifs of Mary Shelley’s famed mad scientist with modern animal experimentation.
Out of Fessenden’s own production company Glass Eye Pix, 1991’s No Telling (or the Frankenstein Complex) melds motifs of Mary Shelley’s famed mad scientist with modern animal experimentation.
- 10/27/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
"In this digital age a number of us are still shooting on film," said Scott Macaulay, editor-in-chief of Filmmaker Magazine, at the Ifp Conference panel "Realizing Your Vision on a Budget." The panel, which Macaulay moderated, took to task the notion that independent filmmakers on strict budgets can't afford to use celluloid. Read More: This Mobile Lab Will Help Keep Film Alive 'Breaking Bad'-Style "A lot of film choice is director-driven, or actor-driven" said Frank DeMarco, director of photography on J.C. Chandor's "All is Lost." "The choice to go digital is producer-driven." As many cinephiles know, film has a different feeling, a different texture than digital, DeMarco commented. He cited Nicole Kidman as an example, saying, "She understands that film has a more complimentary look" when she expressed interest in using film for the 2010 movie "Rabbit Hole." But the producer wanted to go digital, so they...
- 9/24/2015
- by Greg Cwik
- Indiewire
In this era of digital projectors, Alexa cameras and minimal, Dslr-enabled budgets, the art of loading rolls of film into a magazine and shooting with a 16 or 35mm lens is fast becoming a fading practice. And yet, there are those determined storytellers who dare to pull it off. But is shooting on film on a low budget even possible these days? A Wednesday morning panel at the Ifp’s Screen Forward conference comprised of cinematographer Frank DeMarco (All is Lost, Margin Call), producer Adam Piotrowicz (Listen Up Phillip, Queen of Earth). cinematographer/producer/director/editor Ferne Pearlstein (Imelda) and director/producer Ari Taub (79 […]...
- 9/24/2015
- by Anisha Jhaveri
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
In this era of digital projectors, Alexa cameras and minimal, Dslr-enabled budgets, the art of loading rolls of film into a magazine and shooting with a 16 or 35mm lens is fast becoming a fading practice. And yet, there are those determined storytellers who dare to pull it off. But is shooting on film on a low budget even possible these days? A Wednesday morning panel at the Ifp’s Screen Forward conference comprised of cinematographer Frank DeMarco (All is Lost, Margin Call), producer Adam Piotrowicz (Listen Up Phillip, Queen of Earth). cinematographer/producer/director/editor Ferne Pearlstein (Imelda) and director/producer Ari Taub (79 […]...
- 9/24/2015
- by Anisha Jhaveri
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
I believe that we are very quietly going through a golden age of cinematography. Simple as that. I spend more time talking to DPs than just about anything else in my business, though, mostly because they have the best stories and engage, for me, in the most fulfilling ways. So maybe I have a touch of bias. But when I look out across the industry, I'm gobsmacked by the talent on display, worthy heirs to a kingdom collectively forged by the titans: Shamroy, Surtees, Hall, Milner, Toland, Stradling, Storaro, Willis, Ruttenberg, etc. So it occurred to me: Why not showcase the most exciting names out there today? Subjective, of course, and I kept the list pretty big to be fairly inclusive. But I had no trouble filling it out, either. There are so many cinematographers out there who seem to represent the promise of exciting, bold and innovative cinema in the years to come.
- 12/9/2014
- by Kristopher Tapley
- Hitfix
Steven King’s books and films are rife with zombie babies, witches, vampires and werewolves. This lengthy list of creatures now includes your average next door neighbor, the serial killer.
In Stephen King’S A Good Marriage, Darcy (Joan Allen) and Bob (Anthony Lapaglia) Anderson, a happily married couple, are enjoying a 25th anniversary party hosted by their two children. Their daughter is getting married in a few weeks. The Andersons are empty nesters with a lovely home, Bob has a successful job as an accountant and is a coin collector – theirs seems to be picture perfect marriage, except for one thing… Bob is a serial killer. He’s brutally murdered 12 women and goes by his alter-ego, “Beadie”. He’s also been taunting Maine’s Attorney General with notes signed from him since his first killing in 1980.
Afterwards, the couple returns home for a personal celebration and Darcy talks of...
In Stephen King’S A Good Marriage, Darcy (Joan Allen) and Bob (Anthony Lapaglia) Anderson, a happily married couple, are enjoying a 25th anniversary party hosted by their two children. Their daughter is getting married in a few weeks. The Andersons are empty nesters with a lovely home, Bob has a successful job as an accountant and is a coin collector – theirs seems to be picture perfect marriage, except for one thing… Bob is a serial killer. He’s brutally murdered 12 women and goes by his alter-ego, “Beadie”. He’s also been taunting Maine’s Attorney General with notes signed from him since his first killing in 1980.
Afterwards, the couple returns home for a personal celebration and Darcy talks of...
- 10/2/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Two decades before Neil Patrick Harris dared to don a golden pair of go-go boots to portray the "internationally ignored song stylist" know as Hedwig Schmidt, John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask were perfecting the act on the New York City drag scene. In the wake of Hedwig and the Angry Inch's latest theatrical incarnation — which just racked up eight Tony nominations — we caught up with several of the creative minds who have contributed to Hedwig's past, present, and future to create an (appropriately) oral history.
See Neil Patrick Harris...
See Neil Patrick Harris...
- 5/7/2014
- Rollingstone.com
Steve McQueen's "12 Years a Slave" was the big winner at the 2014 Independent Spirit Awards taking home 5 trophies including Best Picture, Director, Supporting Female for Lupita N'Yongo, Screenplay for John Ridley, and Cinematography for Sean Bobbitt.
The pair of Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto of "Dallas Buyers Club" continued to top their respective categories of Best Actor and Supporting Actor.
Cate Blanchett took home the Best Actress trophy for Woody Allen's "Blue Jasmine."
Here's the complete list of winners of the 2014 Independent Spirit Awards:
Best Feature:
Winner: "12 Years A Slave"
"All Is Lost"
"Frances Ha"
"Inside Llewyn Davis"
"Nebraska"
Best Lead Female:
Winner: Cate Blanchett - "Blue Jasmine"
Julie Delpy - "Before Midnight"
Gaby Hoffman - "Crystal Fairy"
Brie Larson - "Short Term 12"
Shailene Woodley - "The Spectacular Now"
Best Lead Male:
Bruce Dern - "Nebraska"
Chiwetel Ejiofor - "12 Years A Slave"
Oscar Isaac - "Inside Llewyn Davis"
Michael B.
The pair of Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto of "Dallas Buyers Club" continued to top their respective categories of Best Actor and Supporting Actor.
Cate Blanchett took home the Best Actress trophy for Woody Allen's "Blue Jasmine."
Here's the complete list of winners of the 2014 Independent Spirit Awards:
Best Feature:
Winner: "12 Years A Slave"
"All Is Lost"
"Frances Ha"
"Inside Llewyn Davis"
"Nebraska"
Best Lead Female:
Winner: Cate Blanchett - "Blue Jasmine"
Julie Delpy - "Before Midnight"
Gaby Hoffman - "Crystal Fairy"
Brie Larson - "Short Term 12"
Shailene Woodley - "The Spectacular Now"
Best Lead Male:
Bruce Dern - "Nebraska"
Chiwetel Ejiofor - "12 Years A Slave"
Oscar Isaac - "Inside Llewyn Davis"
Michael B.
- 3/2/2014
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
The night before the 2014 Oscars was a big one for 12 Years a Slave as it took home five wins at the 2014 Independent Spirit Awards including Best Picture, Director (Steve McQueen), Supporting Actress (Lupita Nyong'o), Screenplay (John Ridley) and Cinematography (Sean Bobbitt). However, don't take this to mean 12 Years is a lock at the Oscars as its strongest competition in categories such as Picture and Director, those being Gravity and American Hustle, weren't among the "independent" nominees. Some likely Oscar winners were among the list of winners as Dallas Buyers Club co-stars Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto took home Best Actor and Supporting Actor respectively. Cate Blanchett took home yet another Best Actress prize for her work in Blue Jasmine and 20 Feet from Stardom won Best Documentary, proving even the Spirit Awards weren't going for The Act of Killing, though that doesn't diminish the impact of Joshua Oppenheimer's film. Some...
- 3/2/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Steve McQueen’s 12 Years A Slave pulled a five finger discount at the 2014 Indie Spirit Awards grabbing hardware in the Best Feature, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress and Best Cinematography categories. Apart from the larceny in the Best Doc category, the winners in the above mention category (excluding Bobbitt’s work) and the double win pairing of Leto and McConaughey along with Cate Blanchett’s perf win in Blue Jasmine will likely repeat itself less than 24 hours later at tomorrow’s Academy Awards celebrations obviously begging many to ponder the following: who needs the 86th Academy Awards when we have the Indie Spirit Awards? While today’s most pleasurable wins come from the truly indie kudos for Best First Feature (Ryan Coogler for Frutivale Station) the John Cassavetes award for Chad Hartigan’s This is Martin Bonner, and the Piaget Producers Award to Ain’t Them Bodies Saints...
- 3/2/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
The Independent Spirit Awards were handed out on the beach in Santa Monica, California, on Saturday, and 12 Years a Slave emerged the big winner, taking home five awards, including the top prize of Best Feature.
Dallas Buyers Club dominated the acting categories, with Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto both winning, while Cate Blanchett continued her apparent path to the Best Actress Oscar, collecting yet another prize for Blue Jasmine.
Read below for all the winners, and watch the show at 10 p.m Et on IFC:
Best Feature
Winner: 12 Years a Slave
All Is Lost
Frances Ha
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska
Best Director
Upstream Color,...
Dallas Buyers Club dominated the acting categories, with Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto both winning, while Cate Blanchett continued her apparent path to the Best Actress Oscar, collecting yet another prize for Blue Jasmine.
Read below for all the winners, and watch the show at 10 p.m Et on IFC:
Best Feature
Winner: 12 Years a Slave
All Is Lost
Frances Ha
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska
Best Director
Upstream Color,...
- 3/1/2014
- by Katie Atkinson
- EW - Inside Movies
Network Ten has first dibs on the Us remake of Hoodlum Entertainment.s crime drama Secrets & Lies, which starts shooting in Wilmington, North Carolina, on Friday. The Disney-owned ABC network commissioned the pilot, which stars Ryan Philippe, Juliette Lewis, KaDee Strickland, Natalie Martinez and Belle Shouse. The Seven Network has an output deal with Disney but Hoodlum.s Tracey Robertson says Ten has first rights on the remake which, if it.s picked up, will be a 10-episode series. The 6-part Australian series launches on Ten at 8.30 pm on March 3. When ABC commissioned the pilot, it agreed to a series penalty, which means the network will have to pay a hefty fee to the producers if it doesn.t proceed.. The Oz show stars Martin Henderson as Ben, a family man who finds the body of a young boy and quickly becomes the prime murder suspect. Diana Glenn plays his...
- 2/24/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The Alliance of Women Film Journalists has announced the winners for the 2013 Eda (Excellent Dynamic Activism) Awards! And predictably, by now, Steve McQueen's "12 Years a Slave" took the top honors with McQueen taking home the best director trophy, and Lupita Nyong'o the best supporting actress honor.
The great team of Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto for "Dallas Buyers Club" emerged victorious with their wins for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor respectively.
Nicole Holofcener's "Enough Said" won two for best woman director and woman screenwriter for Holofcener.
Ridley Scott's "The Counselor," on the other hand, did not get love...at all! It won the Hall of Shame and The Movie You Wanted to Love But Just Couldn't awards. Its star, Cameron Diaz took home the Actress Most in Need of a New Agent award. Yikes! But they're true though!
Here are the nominees and winners (bolded) of...
The great team of Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto for "Dallas Buyers Club" emerged victorious with their wins for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor respectively.
Nicole Holofcener's "Enough Said" won two for best woman director and woman screenwriter for Holofcener.
Ridley Scott's "The Counselor," on the other hand, did not get love...at all! It won the Hall of Shame and The Movie You Wanted to Love But Just Couldn't awards. Its star, Cameron Diaz took home the Actress Most in Need of a New Agent award. Yikes! But they're true though!
Here are the nominees and winners (bolded) of...
- 12/20/2013
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
The Alliance of Women Film Journalists has announced the nominees for the 2013 Eda (Excellent Dynamic Activism) Awards! The nominees are in line with the current favorites but I love their Special Mention section with categories like Actress Most In Need Of A New Agent -- we're looking at you Cameron Diaz!
Winners will be announced next week, but for now, here's the full list of nominees of the 2013 Eda Awards from the Alliance of Women Film Journalists:
Awfj Best Of Awards
Best Film
12 Years a Slave
American Hustle
Gravity
Her
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska
Best Director (Female or Male)
Joel and Ethan Coen . Inside Llewyn Davis
Alfonso Cuaron . Gravity
Spike Jonze - Her
Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
Alexander Payne . Nebraska
David O. Russell . American Hustle
Best Screenplay, Original
American Hustle . Eric Singer and David O. Russell
Enough Said . Nicole Holofcener
Her . Spike Jonze
Inside Llewyn Davis . Joel and Ethan Cohen...
Winners will be announced next week, but for now, here's the full list of nominees of the 2013 Eda Awards from the Alliance of Women Film Journalists:
Awfj Best Of Awards
Best Film
12 Years a Slave
American Hustle
Gravity
Her
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska
Best Director (Female or Male)
Joel and Ethan Coen . Inside Llewyn Davis
Alfonso Cuaron . Gravity
Spike Jonze - Her
Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
Alexander Payne . Nebraska
David O. Russell . American Hustle
Best Screenplay, Original
American Hustle . Eric Singer and David O. Russell
Enough Said . Nicole Holofcener
Her . Spike Jonze
Inside Llewyn Davis . Joel and Ethan Cohen...
- 12/16/2013
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Stars: Robert Redford | Written and Directed by J.C. Chandor
There are many ways to tell a story. Certain stories focus on the use of words to translate unique experiences to general audiences. In rare occasions, like J.C. Chandor’s latest film All Is Lost, actions not words convey nearly every aspect of the narrative. In order to articulate such a tale effectively you need superb filmmaking of the highest order, otherwise you are left with a drab avant garde project that leaves the viewer disinterested and bored. With All Is Lost Chandor constructs a gripping account of one man’s lone fight for survival. Robert Redford is the best he has been in decades, and shows the true art of acting is an internal delivery of emotional struggle.
There is a great deal of genius in the film’s simplicity. Narratively it can be summed up in only a few sentences.
There are many ways to tell a story. Certain stories focus on the use of words to translate unique experiences to general audiences. In rare occasions, like J.C. Chandor’s latest film All Is Lost, actions not words convey nearly every aspect of the narrative. In order to articulate such a tale effectively you need superb filmmaking of the highest order, otherwise you are left with a drab avant garde project that leaves the viewer disinterested and bored. With All Is Lost Chandor constructs a gripping account of one man’s lone fight for survival. Robert Redford is the best he has been in decades, and shows the true art of acting is an internal delivery of emotional struggle.
There is a great deal of genius in the film’s simplicity. Narratively it can be summed up in only a few sentences.
- 12/8/2013
- by Dan Clark
- Nerdly
March 2014 will be one of the biggest months for the industry next year, with the Oscars held on March 2nd. The day before is equally one of the biggest days for the independent side of the industry, playing host to the 2014 Independent Spirit Awards.
The full list of nominations was announced this week, and leading the charge with an impressive seven nods out of fifteen categories is Steve McQueen’s acclaimed 12 Years a Slave. Alexander Payne’s Nebraska is not far behind with six to its name, followed by J.C. Chandor’s All Is Lost with four nominations.
Given the independent nature of the awards, some of the films featuring below are inevitably very different to those you can expect to see come January’s Academy Awards nominations announcement, and it’s great to see such titles getting the recognition they deserve on a platform like this.
Equally inevitably, there...
The full list of nominations was announced this week, and leading the charge with an impressive seven nods out of fifteen categories is Steve McQueen’s acclaimed 12 Years a Slave. Alexander Payne’s Nebraska is not far behind with six to its name, followed by J.C. Chandor’s All Is Lost with four nominations.
Given the independent nature of the awards, some of the films featuring below are inevitably very different to those you can expect to see come January’s Academy Awards nominations announcement, and it’s great to see such titles getting the recognition they deserve on a platform like this.
Equally inevitably, there...
- 11/28/2013
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
A survivalist drama that is already garnering some serious Oscar buzz, writer/director J.C. Chandor's All is Lost stars Robert Redford and Robert Redford alone in the nearly dialogue-free story of a nameless sailor (referred to as "Our Man" in the script) who, after a catastrophic collision with a shipping container, is forced to do what he can to survive in the face of an ongoing storm and the unforgiving elements of the Indian Ocean. Behind the lens is cinematographer Frank G. DeMarco who, in addition to working with Chandor on his 2011 Margin Call , has a diverse list of credits that includes Roger Mitchell's Morning Glory and both John Cameron Mitchell's Rabbit Hole and Hedwig and the Angry Inch . ComingSoon.net caught up with the Dp last week at the...
- 11/28/2013
- Comingsoon.net
Steve McQueen's acclaimed drama tops nominations in the annual awards ceremony celebrating lower-budget movies, while Nebraska and Short Term 12 also perform well
Its criteria of a budget less than $15m rules out the likes of Gravity, but it was still always likely 12 Years a Slave - Steve McQueen's acclaimed drama set in 1840s Louisiana - would sweep the board at the nominations for the Independent Spirit Awards. The film ended up with seven nominations, including nods for feature, director and actors Chiwetel Ejiofor, Lupita Nyong'o and Michael Fassbender.
Coming in second was Alexander Payne's Nebraska, with six, followed by Jc Chandor's All Is Lost with four. Inside Llewyn Davis, Short Term 12, Fruitvale Station and Blue Jasmine all took three.
The lead actor category was expanded to six nominees from the usual five, and James Gandolfini is up for a posthumous supporting prize for Enough Said.
Its criteria of a budget less than $15m rules out the likes of Gravity, but it was still always likely 12 Years a Slave - Steve McQueen's acclaimed drama set in 1840s Louisiana - would sweep the board at the nominations for the Independent Spirit Awards. The film ended up with seven nominations, including nods for feature, director and actors Chiwetel Ejiofor, Lupita Nyong'o and Michael Fassbender.
Coming in second was Alexander Payne's Nebraska, with six, followed by Jc Chandor's All Is Lost with four. Inside Llewyn Davis, Short Term 12, Fruitvale Station and Blue Jasmine all took three.
The lead actor category was expanded to six nominees from the usual five, and James Gandolfini is up for a posthumous supporting prize for Enough Said.
- 11/27/2013
- by Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
Film Independent announced nominations for the 2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards this morning.
Film Independent President Josh Welsh presided over the press conference held at the W Hollywood, with actresses Octavia Spencer and Paula Patton presenting the nominations.
Nominees for Best Feature included 12 Years a Slave, All Is Lost, Frances Ha, Inside Llewyn Davis and Nebraska.
Mud was selected to receive the annual Robert Altman Award, which is bestowed upon one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast.
In its commitment to recognizing the importance of below the line contributions to the art of filmmaking, Film Independent has now introduced, for the first year, the Best Editing category in the Spirit Awards.
Winners will be announced at the Spirit Awards on Saturday, March 1, 2014. The awards ceremony will be held as a daytime luncheon in a tent on the beach in Santa Monica, with the premiere broadcast airing later that evening...
Film Independent President Josh Welsh presided over the press conference held at the W Hollywood, with actresses Octavia Spencer and Paula Patton presenting the nominations.
Nominees for Best Feature included 12 Years a Slave, All Is Lost, Frances Ha, Inside Llewyn Davis and Nebraska.
Mud was selected to receive the annual Robert Altman Award, which is bestowed upon one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast.
In its commitment to recognizing the importance of below the line contributions to the art of filmmaking, Film Independent has now introduced, for the first year, the Best Editing category in the Spirit Awards.
Winners will be announced at the Spirit Awards on Saturday, March 1, 2014. The awards ceremony will be held as a daytime luncheon in a tent on the beach in Santa Monica, with the premiere broadcast airing later that evening...
- 11/26/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Adding to the awards show season buzz, the list of hopefuls for 2014 Film Independent’s Spirit Awards was just unveiled.
Hosted by Patton Oswalt, the much-anticipated event is slated to get underway on March 1st in Santa Monica, and there will be plenty of stars to be seen.
Bruce Dern, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Oscar Isaac, Michael B. Jordan, Matthew McConaughey, and Robert Redford will all compete in the Best Male Lead Category, while the Best Female Lead nominees are Cate Blanchett, Julie Delpy, Gaby Hoffman, Brie Larson, and Shailene Woodley.
The 29th Spirit Awards contenders are:
Best Feature
12 Years A Slave
All is Lost
Frances Ha
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska
Best Director
Shane Carruth, Upstream Color
J.C. Chandor, All Is Lost
Steve McQueen, 12 Years A Slave
Jeff Nichols, Mud
Alexander Payne, Nebraska
Best Female Lead
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Julie Delpy, Before Midnight
Gaby Hoffmann, Crystal Fairy
Brie Larson, Short Term 12
Shailene Woodley,...
Hosted by Patton Oswalt, the much-anticipated event is slated to get underway on March 1st in Santa Monica, and there will be plenty of stars to be seen.
Bruce Dern, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Oscar Isaac, Michael B. Jordan, Matthew McConaughey, and Robert Redford will all compete in the Best Male Lead Category, while the Best Female Lead nominees are Cate Blanchett, Julie Delpy, Gaby Hoffman, Brie Larson, and Shailene Woodley.
The 29th Spirit Awards contenders are:
Best Feature
12 Years A Slave
All is Lost
Frances Ha
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska
Best Director
Shane Carruth, Upstream Color
J.C. Chandor, All Is Lost
Steve McQueen, 12 Years A Slave
Jeff Nichols, Mud
Alexander Payne, Nebraska
Best Female Lead
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Julie Delpy, Before Midnight
Gaby Hoffmann, Crystal Fairy
Brie Larson, Short Term 12
Shailene Woodley,...
- 11/26/2013
- GossipCenter
Team Fox Searchlight should be returning to the winner’s circle at the next edition of the Indie Spirits awards. After winning with Black Swan three years back, and losing out in the Best Feature category with Beasts of the Southern Wild and The Descendants, Fox Searchlight’s 12 Years a Slave leads all other films with seven nominations Best Feature, Director, Screenplay, Cinematography and three of the four acting categories. Alexander Payne’s Nebraska follows with six noms. Both Sundance (Fruitvale Station) and SXSW (Short Term 12) winners figure among the noms, but they weren’t as plentiful with only three noms a piece. Among our favorite titles for 2013 which were left off the scorecard, David Lowery’s Ain’t Them Bodies Saints and Andrew Dosunmu’s Mother of George Saints got no recognition, while Eliza Hittman’s It Felt Like Love would have got my vote for the Annual Someone To Watch Award.
- 11/26/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Steve McQueen's "12 Years a Slave" led the pack of the nominations for the 29th Annual Film Independent Spirit Award. The film received 7 nominations including best feature, director, and acting noms for Chiwetel Ejiofor, Lupita Nyong'o, and Michael Fassbender.
Winners of the 2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards will be announced on Saturday, March 1st at a daytime luncheon in a tent on the beach in Santa Monica with the premiere broadcast airing later that evening at 10:00 pm Et/Pt exclusively on IFC.
Congrats and good luck to all the nominees!
Here's the complete list of the nominees of the 2014 Spirit Awards:
Best Feature (Award given to the Producer, Executive Producers are not awarded)
12 Years a Slave
Producers: Dede Gardner, Anthony Katagas, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen, Arnon Milchan, Brad Pitt, Bill Pohlad
All Is Lost
Producers: Neal Dodson, Anna Gerb
Frances Ha
Producers: Noah Baumbach, Scott Rudin, Rodrigo Teixeira, Lila Yacoub...
Winners of the 2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards will be announced on Saturday, March 1st at a daytime luncheon in a tent on the beach in Santa Monica with the premiere broadcast airing later that evening at 10:00 pm Et/Pt exclusively on IFC.
Congrats and good luck to all the nominees!
Here's the complete list of the nominees of the 2014 Spirit Awards:
Best Feature (Award given to the Producer, Executive Producers are not awarded)
12 Years a Slave
Producers: Dede Gardner, Anthony Katagas, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen, Arnon Milchan, Brad Pitt, Bill Pohlad
All Is Lost
Producers: Neal Dodson, Anna Gerb
Frances Ha
Producers: Noah Baumbach, Scott Rudin, Rodrigo Teixeira, Lila Yacoub...
- 11/26/2013
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
The nominees for the 2014 Independent Spirit Awards include the late James Gandolfini.
Gandolfini, a three-time Emmy winner for "The Sopranos," died in June at the age of 51. His Spirit nomination is for best supporting male in "Enough Said," the offbeat romance in which he co-starred with Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
Among the leading nominees for the 2014 Spirit Awards, which will be handed out on March 1, are "12 Years a Slave," "Frances Ha" and "Nebraska." Here's the full list:
Best feature
"12 Years a Slave"
"All Is Lost"
"Frances Ha"
"Inside Llewyn Davis"
"Nebraska"
Best first feature
"Blue Caprice"
"Concussion"
"Fruitvale Station"
"Una Noche"
"Wadjda"
John Cassavetes Award (features made for less than $500,000)
"Computer Chess"
"Crystal Fairy"
"Museum Hours"
"Pit Stop"
"This Is Martin Bonner"
Best male lead
Bruce Dern, "Nebraska"
Chiwetel Ejiofor, "12 Years a Slave"
Oscar Isaac, "Inside Llewyn Davis"
Michael B. Jordan, "Fruitvale Station"
Matthew McConaughey, "Dallas Buyers Club"
Robert Redford, "All Is Lost...
Gandolfini, a three-time Emmy winner for "The Sopranos," died in June at the age of 51. His Spirit nomination is for best supporting male in "Enough Said," the offbeat romance in which he co-starred with Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
Among the leading nominees for the 2014 Spirit Awards, which will be handed out on March 1, are "12 Years a Slave," "Frances Ha" and "Nebraska." Here's the full list:
Best feature
"12 Years a Slave"
"All Is Lost"
"Frances Ha"
"Inside Llewyn Davis"
"Nebraska"
Best first feature
"Blue Caprice"
"Concussion"
"Fruitvale Station"
"Una Noche"
"Wadjda"
John Cassavetes Award (features made for less than $500,000)
"Computer Chess"
"Crystal Fairy"
"Museum Hours"
"Pit Stop"
"This Is Martin Bonner"
Best male lead
Bruce Dern, "Nebraska"
Chiwetel Ejiofor, "12 Years a Slave"
Oscar Isaac, "Inside Llewyn Davis"
Michael B. Jordan, "Fruitvale Station"
Matthew McConaughey, "Dallas Buyers Club"
Robert Redford, "All Is Lost...
- 11/26/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
The 2014 Independent Spirit Award nominations were announced this morning and it was a big day for 12 Years a Slave leading the way with seven nominations followed by Alexander Payne's Nebraska with six and All is Lost with four. Those three films were joined by Fruitvale Station and Frances Ha in the Best Feature category as I felt the nominations were nicely spread around with very worthy titles getting attention. I didn't notice too many surprises and Short Term 12 certainly had a nice showing with three nominations including noms for both Brie Larson and Keith Stanfield. I love seeing the nomination for Melonie Diaz for Fruitvale Station as it seems Octavia Spencer is going to get most of the Oscar attention for that film despite the fact Diaz is the more deserving of the two. I guess if you did want to say there was a surprise I would...
- 11/26/2013
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
With George Clooney's The Monuments Men dropping out of the 2014 Oscar race it became necessary that this morning was spent updating my 2014 Oscar prediction charts and it was no small task as I updated seven categories including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress. In addition to the loss of Monuments Men, it was also confirmed Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street will indeed hit theaters this year so the guessing game behind that title can come to an end and the fact Paramount and Scorsese did all they could to ensure it hit theaters this year could be taken as a sign of how much confidence they have in it... or how little confidence they have in their other titles including Nebraska and Labor Day. That said, I will just quickly run down all the categories I updated today and...
- 10/23/2013
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
The most iconic moment, arguably, from Robert Redford’s acting career is a scene from the middle of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Butch (Paul Newman) and Sundance (Redford) evade their pursuers on the side of a cliff that overlooks a river full of rocks and rapids. Butch offers to escape the chase by jumping into the river. Sundance refuses. He yells, “I can’t swim!” to a cackling Butch. “Are you crazy? The fall will probably kill ya,” Butch tells him. A moment later, the two outlaws jump into the river, with the Sundance Kid yelling a high-pitched curse word.
45 years later, Robert Redford once again plunges into stormy seas in All Is Lost, J.C. Chandor’s sophomore feature. Almost the exact opposite of Chandor’s dialogue-heavy debut, Margin Call, which boasted a big ensemble cast, All Is Lost stars one actor (Redford) without a character name and contains almost no dialogue.
45 years later, Robert Redford once again plunges into stormy seas in All Is Lost, J.C. Chandor’s sophomore feature. Almost the exact opposite of Chandor’s dialogue-heavy debut, Margin Call, which boasted a big ensemble cast, All Is Lost stars one actor (Redford) without a character name and contains almost no dialogue.
- 10/15/2013
- by Jordan Adler
- We Got This Covered
Best Cinematography is always a tough category to predict. Many so often get caught up in the pretty pictures and forget cinematography isn't all about capturing a beautiful image, but instead using the camera to tell the story as much as actors, direction, editing, score, screenplay, etc. As of now it's far too early to tell which films will be the ultimate front-runners so I've based my initial picks on story and what little has been seen so far. After Children of Men and considering so much of the pre-release hype has centered on the camerawork of Emmanuel Lubezki through the use of space and long takes, I couldn't help but place Alfonso Cuaron's Gravity at #1. Second is Bruno Delbonnel's work in the Coens' Inside Llewyn Davis as his use of lighting attempts to capture 1960's Greenwich Village folk scene. Barry Ackroyd was nominated for an Oscar for...
- 8/12/2013
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Here’s a first look at All Is Lost. Lionsgate, Roadside Attractions, Academy Award-winner Robert Redford, and Academy Award-nominated writer/director J.C. Chandor (Best Writing, Original Screenplay for Margin Call) jointly announced that principal photography has wrapped on the open water thriller All Is Lost at Baja Studios in Rosarito, Mexico. Chandor wrote and directed the film, and Redford stars in a solo performance of one man lost at sea and his battle against the elements to stay alive. Before The Door Pictures. Neal Dodson and Washington Square Films. Anna Gerb are producing.
“After an intense two months of shooting on the water, we.re headed home and have finished production on schedule,. said Dodson and Gerb. .Jc is making an audacious film with a brave performance at its center.”
The director of photography is Frankie DeMarco and the editor is Pete Beaudreau, both of whom collaborated with Chandor on Margin Call.
“After an intense two months of shooting on the water, we.re headed home and have finished production on schedule,. said Dodson and Gerb. .Jc is making an audacious film with a brave performance at its center.”
The director of photography is Frankie DeMarco and the editor is Pete Beaudreau, both of whom collaborated with Chandor on Margin Call.
- 8/8/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Everett Collection Scene from “Somewhere.”
After “Scream 4”’s lackluster showing at the box office last weekend, it would appear that our cycle of recycling horror conventions for new audiences finally reached its tipping point. That however is not why we elected to exclude any horror-themed titles in this week’s column. Rather, there just happened to be a particularly interesting and eclectic roster of new DVDs and Blu-rays from other genres, although if you’re into social realism, family drama or ecological peril,...
After “Scream 4”’s lackluster showing at the box office last weekend, it would appear that our cycle of recycling horror conventions for new audiences finally reached its tipping point. That however is not why we elected to exclude any horror-themed titles in this week’s column. Rather, there just happened to be a particularly interesting and eclectic roster of new DVDs and Blu-rays from other genres, although if you’re into social realism, family drama or ecological peril,...
- 4/19/2011
- by Todd Gilchrist
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
For its 40th anniversary edition, the Film Society of Lincoln Center and the Museum of Modern Art's annual New Directors/New Films festival offers up a slate rich in cinephillically anticipated programming — especially when compared with the rather limp offerings of its 39th incarnation — while continuing to showcase a geographically and aesthetically diverse range of films by neophyte auteurs." Slant introduces its special section, collecting all its Nd/Nf 2011 reviews.
The New York Times' Ao Scott agrees that this year's program is "unusually strong, one of the best in years… The opening feature, Jc Chandor's Margin Call, is a good example. Shot on just a few locations and taking place mostly over the course of a single, hectic night, it is both intimately scaled and dazzling in its sweep and implication. The subject — the global financial crisis of 2008 — could hardly be bigger, but Mr Chandor dramatizes it using a small ensemble in a confined space,...
The New York Times' Ao Scott agrees that this year's program is "unusually strong, one of the best in years… The opening feature, Jc Chandor's Margin Call, is a good example. Shot on just a few locations and taking place mostly over the course of a single, hectic night, it is both intimately scaled and dazzling in its sweep and implication. The subject — the global financial crisis of 2008 — could hardly be bigger, but Mr Chandor dramatizes it using a small ensemble in a confined space,...
- 3/23/2011
- MUBI
Last week was full of melancholy and death-centered narratives, and this week—I got some more of both, along with some daring relationship dramas. It was both brutal and beautiful.
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Rabbit Hole ~ Directed by John Cameron Mitchell
This is Mitchell’s third directorial effort (after Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Shortbus), and despite my ambivalence about Nicole Kidman, my hopes were high for this one. Based on David Lindsay-Abaire’s Pulitzer-winning play and scripted by the author, Rabbit Hole proved even better than I expected. This melancholy tale of parents (Kidman and Aaron Eckhart) mourning the death of their young son is deftly told with subtlety and humor. It’s the best thing Kidman’s done in years, and proved once again Mitchell is a master of mixing heartbreaking drama with incisive humor.
After the screening, the film’s cinematographer, Frank G. DeMarco, dropped by and revealed some...
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Rabbit Hole ~ Directed by John Cameron Mitchell
This is Mitchell’s third directorial effort (after Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Shortbus), and despite my ambivalence about Nicole Kidman, my hopes were high for this one. Based on David Lindsay-Abaire’s Pulitzer-winning play and scripted by the author, Rabbit Hole proved even better than I expected. This melancholy tale of parents (Kidman and Aaron Eckhart) mourning the death of their young son is deftly told with subtlety and humor. It’s the best thing Kidman’s done in years, and proved once again Mitchell is a master of mixing heartbreaking drama with incisive humor.
After the screening, the film’s cinematographer, Frank G. DeMarco, dropped by and revealed some...
- 2/14/2011
- by Kristy Puchko
- The Film Stage
Rabbit Hole might have earned Nicole Kidman a deserved Oscar nomination. But there are more reasons than her performance alone to praise it, reckons Michael...
Unfortunately, Rabbit Hole is the kind of film that seems to get overlooked in the awards race. It is in the line of sharp, intelligent, and sincere character dramas that, in recent times, has been pigeon-holed, or simply ignored.
Think of Rachel Getting Married, or this year's Blue Valentine, both of which are films that, when it came to the Academy Awards, were defined by a single performance (Anne Hathaway for the former, Michelle Williams for the latter), while the rest of the production, cast and crew were snubbed.
Rabbit Hole has been granted a similar fate, with Nicole Kidman receiving the brunt of the awards attention. It is highly unlikely that she'll win, due in part to the quality of the competition, but also...
Unfortunately, Rabbit Hole is the kind of film that seems to get overlooked in the awards race. It is in the line of sharp, intelligent, and sincere character dramas that, in recent times, has been pigeon-holed, or simply ignored.
Think of Rachel Getting Married, or this year's Blue Valentine, both of which are films that, when it came to the Academy Awards, were defined by a single performance (Anne Hathaway for the former, Michelle Williams for the latter), while the rest of the production, cast and crew were snubbed.
Rabbit Hole has been granted a similar fate, with Nicole Kidman receiving the brunt of the awards attention. It is highly unlikely that she'll win, due in part to the quality of the competition, but also...
- 2/4/2011
- Den of Geek
The real hell of the human condition is not our capacity to suffer but our ability to survive that suffering, to keep living every day in a world that feels like it should have ended. The dark side of loss is resilience, and it's this shattering truth about the nature of trauma that director John Cameron Mitchell deftly explores in Rabbit Hole, an explosive, wrenching, brilliantly observed story about a husband and wife wrestling with the memory of their dead child. Their grief and shock is only the beginning; the film finds them dealing with the loss eight months after the fact, and the screenplay from David Lindsay-Abaire (based on his play) is packed with breathtaking moments in which the characters are confronted all over again with the random cruelty of the world and the fact that, despite their best attempts and truest wishes, they have to go on living in it.
- 12/23/2010
- by Daniel Carlson
Reviewed at the 2010 Toronto Film Festival.
"Rabbit Hole" feels more like the adaptation of a really great play that hasn't been botched as opposed to it feeling like a really great movie, but that isn't to take away from what John Cameron Mitchell has achieved with his take on David Lindsay-Abaire's drama about a couple dealing with the fallout of the death of their young child.
Adapted for the screen by Lindsay-Abaire himself, the film stars Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart as Becca and Howie Corbett, eight months removed from the day their son Danny ran out into the street after the family's dog and was hit by a passing car. Both have their different ways of grieving: Howie insists on going to group therapy where he befriends a fellow parent (Sandra Oh) while Becca finds her own unexpected way of coming to terms with the accident, suffocated by the ones closest to her,...
"Rabbit Hole" feels more like the adaptation of a really great play that hasn't been botched as opposed to it feeling like a really great movie, but that isn't to take away from what John Cameron Mitchell has achieved with his take on David Lindsay-Abaire's drama about a couple dealing with the fallout of the death of their young child.
Adapted for the screen by Lindsay-Abaire himself, the film stars Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart as Becca and Howie Corbett, eight months removed from the day their son Danny ran out into the street after the family's dog and was hit by a passing car. Both have their different ways of grieving: Howie insists on going to group therapy where he befriends a fellow parent (Sandra Oh) while Becca finds her own unexpected way of coming to terms with the accident, suffocated by the ones closest to her,...
- 9/17/2010
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
Peter and Vandy, starring Jess Weixler (Teeth) and Jason Ritter and adapted by director Jay Dipietro from his own play, hops around in time to show a romance's beginning and end simultaneously. Answering our 4 Questions We Ask Everyone, Dipietro talks about gift bags, threats from Mike Ditka, and why Scenes From a Marriage could make facing instant death seem bearable. Tell us about your movie: who did you work with, what did you shoot on, why did you make it? Give us the reductive, 25-word or less, "It's like [pop culture reference a] meets [pop culture reference b]!" pitch, then explain what the quick and dirty sell leaves out. Peter and Vandy is a love story told out of order. The title characters are Jason Ritter and Jess Weixler. Love them. We shot it on super 16 with my Dp’s camera (Frank Demarco who used the same camera for Hedwig, Shortbus, and some other cool stuff). My edito...
- 1/14/2009
- by Karina Longworth
- Spout
Peter and Vandy, starring Jess Weixler (Teeth) and Jason Ritter and adapted by director Jay Dipietro from his own play, hops around in time to show a romance's beginning and end simultaneously. Answering our 4 Questions We Ask Everyone, Dipietro talks about gift bags, threats from Mike Ditka, and why Scenes From a Marriage could make facing instant death seem bearable. Tell us about your movie: who did you work with, what did you shoot on, why did you make it? Give us the reductive, 25-word or less, "It's like [pop culture reference a] meets [pop culture reference b]!" pitch, then explain what the quick and dirty sell leaves out. Peter and Vandy is a love story told out of order. The title characters are Jason Ritter and Jess Weixler. Love them. We shot it on super 16 with my Dp’s camera (Frank Demarco who used the same camera for Hedwig, Shortbus, and some other cool stuff). My edito...
- 1/14/2009
- by Karina Longworth
- Spout
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