Exclusive: William Baldwin, Xander Berkeley, Ashanti and Beverly D’Angelo are among a raft of stars getting behind the upcoming drama No Address about a community of homeless people fighting eviction from their encampment.
They have been announced as key cast by Robert Craig Films as shooting gets underway in Sacramento.
Further cast members include Ty Pennington, Lucas Jade Zumann, Kristanna Loken, Patricia Velasquez, and Isabella Ferreira.
British LA-based Julia Verdin directs from a screenplay co-written with James J Papa.
They created the characters from true stories gathered during research trips to shelters, missions and charitable organizations across America.
Baldwin plays a gambler living beyond his means and desperate to close a lucrative deal involving the acquisition of land currently being camped on by a community of homeless people. He is determined to find a way to clear the unwanted residents off the lot.
Berkeley plays a war veteran,...
They have been announced as key cast by Robert Craig Films as shooting gets underway in Sacramento.
Further cast members include Ty Pennington, Lucas Jade Zumann, Kristanna Loken, Patricia Velasquez, and Isabella Ferreira.
British LA-based Julia Verdin directs from a screenplay co-written with James J Papa.
They created the characters from true stories gathered during research trips to shelters, missions and charitable organizations across America.
Baldwin plays a gambler living beyond his means and desperate to close a lucrative deal involving the acquisition of land currently being camped on by a community of homeless people. He is determined to find a way to clear the unwanted residents off the lot.
Berkeley plays a war veteran,...
- 3/2/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
"Will love always be this painful?" Madman Films in Australia has unveiled another official trailer for the indie comedy Dr. Bird's Advice For Sad Poets, made by filmmaker Yaniv Raz. This originally premiered last year and is just now getting an official release in some countries. In the emotionally charged, wild and humorous world of sixteen year old James Whitman, we see his struggle to overcome anxiety and depression by seeking advice from Dr. Bird - an imaginary pigeon therapist - in the wake of his sister's disappearance. Based on the book by Evan Roskos. This indie film stars Lucas Jade Zumann as James Whitman, with Taylor Russell, David Arquette, Jason Isaacs, Chase Stokes, Tom Wilkinson, and Michael Cole as Walt Whitman. This looks like it has some really creative filmmaking throughout, drifting into the fantasy realm to tell this story of loss and love. It's a really lovely, amusing trailer,...
- 1/28/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Dr. Bird’s Advice for Sad Poets is a whimsical coming-of-age drama in the Wes Anderson mould, and to celebrate the film’s release – out On Digital now – we had the pleasure in speaking to the leading role, Lucas Jade Zumann. He’s definitely one tipped for big things in the future, and this performance shows us why. Watch it in its entirety, below.
Synopsis
In the emotionally charged, wild and humorous world of sixteen year old James Whitman, we see his struggle to overcome anxiety and depression by seeking advice from Dr. Bird – an imaginary pigeon therapist – in the wake of his sister’s disappearance.
Dr. Bird’s Advice for Sad Poets is out on digital now
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Synopsis
In the emotionally charged, wild and humorous world of sixteen year old James Whitman, we see his struggle to overcome anxiety and depression by seeking advice from Dr. Bird – an imaginary pigeon therapist – in the wake of his sister’s disappearance.
Dr. Bird’s Advice for Sad Poets is out on digital now
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- 6/22/2021
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
This coming-of-age comedy tackles family dysfunction sensitively but is unsure how to handle its hero’s mental health
Unhappy teenagers are each unhappy in their own way. But there is a movie template for the unhappiness of a certain kind of male of the species: that hypersensitive socially awkward outsider who sees right through the phoniness of the adult world and expresses himself with freakish maturity. Not wandering too far from the standard is 16-year-old James Whitman (Lucas Jade Zumann) the poet hero of this coming-of-age comedy with sad-serious bits. James has anxiety and depression, and he’s obsessed in a big way with his namesake, the poet Walt Whitman. The Dr Bird of the title is his imaginary psychiatrist, who he quirkily visualises as a pigeon (nicely voiced by Tom Wilkinson).
The movie follows James as he searches for his older sister, who mysteriously disappeared after a blazing row...
Unhappy teenagers are each unhappy in their own way. But there is a movie template for the unhappiness of a certain kind of male of the species: that hypersensitive socially awkward outsider who sees right through the phoniness of the adult world and expresses himself with freakish maturity. Not wandering too far from the standard is 16-year-old James Whitman (Lucas Jade Zumann) the poet hero of this coming-of-age comedy with sad-serious bits. James has anxiety and depression, and he’s obsessed in a big way with his namesake, the poet Walt Whitman. The Dr Bird of the title is his imaginary psychiatrist, who he quirkily visualises as a pigeon (nicely voiced by Tom Wilkinson).
The movie follows James as he searches for his older sister, who mysteriously disappeared after a blazing row...
- 6/15/2021
- by Cath Clarke
- The Guardian - Film News
A-line skirts, jukebox tunes, and diner milkshakes. The 1960s, especially the 1960s Oklahoma of the film “To the Stars,” were simpler times. But beneath the face powder lay unrest, and a hunger for an alternative. But so do John Hughes, and Peter Bogdanovich’s Larry McMurtry adaptation “The Last Picture Show.”
Iris Deerborne (Kara Hayward of “Moonrise Kingdom”) is the lonely kid in high school, usually picked on for her dark glasses and the apparently well-known fact that she struggles, or struggled, with incontinence. Her father, played by Shea Whigham, is a mild soul, the kind of dad who flips through the pages of the newspaper while in the La-z-Boy, the TV playing fuzzy cable in the background, can of beer in the armrest.
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Her...
Iris Deerborne (Kara Hayward of “Moonrise Kingdom”) is the lonely kid in high school, usually picked on for her dark glasses and the apparently well-known fact that she struggles, or struggled, with incontinence. Her father, played by Shea Whigham, is a mild soul, the kind of dad who flips through the pages of the newspaper while in the La-z-Boy, the TV playing fuzzy cable in the background, can of beer in the armrest.
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Her...
- 4/24/2020
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Network: Netflix.
Episodes: 27 (hour).
Seasons: Three.
TV show dates: May 12, 2017 — Janaury 3, 2020.
Series status: Cancelled.
Performers include: Amybeth McNulty, Geraldine James, R.H. Thomson, Dalila Bela, Corinne Koslo, Aymeric Jeff Montaz, Helen Johns, Lucas Jade Zumann, Christian Martyn, Kyla Matthews, Philip Williams, Lia Pappas-Kemps, Miranda McKeon, and Jonathan Holmes.
TV show description:
A TV show adaptation of Lucy Maud Mongomery's Anne of Green Gables novels, Anne with an E is an 1890s Prince Edward Island period drama, centering on 13-year old orphan, Anne Shirley (McNulty).
For years, the bright and creative Anne suffered abuse and neglect in various orphanages and foster homes. Now, thanks to a lucky mistake, she arrives at the home of Marilla...
Episodes: 27 (hour).
Seasons: Three.
TV show dates: May 12, 2017 — Janaury 3, 2020.
Series status: Cancelled.
Performers include: Amybeth McNulty, Geraldine James, R.H. Thomson, Dalila Bela, Corinne Koslo, Aymeric Jeff Montaz, Helen Johns, Lucas Jade Zumann, Christian Martyn, Kyla Matthews, Philip Williams, Lia Pappas-Kemps, Miranda McKeon, and Jonathan Holmes.
TV show description:
A TV show adaptation of Lucy Maud Mongomery's Anne of Green Gables novels, Anne with an E is an 1890s Prince Edward Island period drama, centering on 13-year old orphan, Anne Shirley (McNulty).
For years, the bright and creative Anne suffered abuse and neglect in various orphanages and foster homes. Now, thanks to a lucky mistake, she arrives at the home of Marilla...
- 12/20/2019
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Netflix is severing ties with Anne With an E.
The streamer is bringing the series to a close after its forthcoming third season.
Creator and executive producer Moira Walley-Beckett broke the news via Instagram, writing, "I wish it could be different but it cannot. We have reached the end of the red Green Gables road after 3 wonderful seasons."
The CBC and Netflix said in a joint statement, "We’ve been thrilled to bring the quintessentially Canadian story of Anne With an E to viewers around the world."
"We’re thankful to producers Moira Walley-Beckett and Miranda de Pencier and to the talented cast and crew for their incredible work in sharing Anne’s story with a new generation."
"We hope fans of the show love this final season as much as we do, and that it brings a satisfying conclusion to Anne’s journey."
Canadian broadcast, The CBC shared ownership of the show with Netflix,...
The streamer is bringing the series to a close after its forthcoming third season.
Creator and executive producer Moira Walley-Beckett broke the news via Instagram, writing, "I wish it could be different but it cannot. We have reached the end of the red Green Gables road after 3 wonderful seasons."
The CBC and Netflix said in a joint statement, "We’ve been thrilled to bring the quintessentially Canadian story of Anne With an E to viewers around the world."
"We’re thankful to producers Moira Walley-Beckett and Miranda de Pencier and to the talented cast and crew for their incredible work in sharing Anne’s story with a new generation."
"We hope fans of the show love this final season as much as we do, and that it brings a satisfying conclusion to Anne’s journey."
Canadian broadcast, The CBC shared ownership of the show with Netflix,...
- 11/25/2019
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Exclusive: Samuel Goldwyn Films has taken North American rights to Martha Stephens’ feature film To the Stars, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in the U.S. Dramatic Competition.
Set in a god-fearing 1960s small town in Oklahoma, To the Stars follows bespectacled and reclusive teen Iris as she endures the booze-induced antics of her mother and daily doses of bullying from her classmates. She finds solace in Maggie, the charismatic and enigmatic new girl at school, who hones in on Iris’ untapped potential and coaxes her out of her shell. When Maggie’s mysterious past can no longer be suppressed, the tiny community is thrown into a state of panic, leaving Maggie to take potentially drastic measures and inciting Iris to stand up for her friend and herself.
Manchester by the Sea‘s Kara Hayward stars along with Liana Liberato (The Best of Me), two-time Veep Emmy winner Tony Hale,...
Set in a god-fearing 1960s small town in Oklahoma, To the Stars follows bespectacled and reclusive teen Iris as she endures the booze-induced antics of her mother and daily doses of bullying from her classmates. She finds solace in Maggie, the charismatic and enigmatic new girl at school, who hones in on Iris’ untapped potential and coaxes her out of her shell. When Maggie’s mysterious past can no longer be suppressed, the tiny community is thrown into a state of panic, leaving Maggie to take potentially drastic measures and inciting Iris to stand up for her friend and herself.
Manchester by the Sea‘s Kara Hayward stars along with Liana Liberato (The Best of Me), two-time Veep Emmy winner Tony Hale,...
- 10/2/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix is returning to Prince Edward Island. The streaming service just announced season three of Anne with an E will premiere in January.
Based on the Anne of Green Gables novels, the Canadian drama centers on 13-year old orphan Anne Shirley (Amybeth McNulty) and her adventures on Prince Edward Island. The cast also includes Geraldine James, R.H. Thomson, Dalila Bela, Lucas Jade Zumann, and Corrine Koslo.
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Based on the Anne of Green Gables novels, the Canadian drama centers on 13-year old orphan Anne Shirley (Amybeth McNulty) and her adventures on Prince Edward Island. The cast also includes Geraldine James, R.H. Thomson, Dalila Bela, Lucas Jade Zumann, and Corrine Koslo.
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- 9/21/2019
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
CAA represents Us rights; deal expected soon.
International Film Trust (Ift) has boarded sales rights to Sundance selection To The Stars and will kick off talks with buyers in Cannes.
CAA represents Us rights and a Us deal is expected soon. Ift head of international Todd Olsson will present colour and black-and-white versions of the film to international buyers on the Croisette.
Martha Stephens (Land Ho!) directed the coming-of-age story about a shy farmer’s daughter in 1960s Oklahoma who strikes up a friendship with a lively city transplant that will change their lives forever.
Kara Hayward (Moonrise Kingdom) and...
International Film Trust (Ift) has boarded sales rights to Sundance selection To The Stars and will kick off talks with buyers in Cannes.
CAA represents Us rights and a Us deal is expected soon. Ift head of international Todd Olsson will present colour and black-and-white versions of the film to international buyers on the Croisette.
Martha Stephens (Land Ho!) directed the coming-of-age story about a shy farmer’s daughter in 1960s Oklahoma who strikes up a friendship with a lively city transplant that will change their lives forever.
Kara Hayward (Moonrise Kingdom) and...
- 5/8/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
If today’s political landscape is any indication, much of the world is living in a conservative past, seething with disgust for another perspective they fail to empathize with, and emboldened by leadership that encourages such viewpoints. In her striking new drama To the Stars, Martha Stephens takes a character-focused look at such a small-town community full of repression, but rather than setting it in the present day, we’re placed in 1960s Oklahoma, a decision that speaks volumes for the ways we have and haven’t evolved as a country.
The timid Iris (Kaya Hayward) hides behind her glasses, enduring the bullying of jocks and exclusion from the circle of popular girls. When the mysterious, charming Maggie (Liana Liberato) moves to the town of Wakita, this perception begins to shift as their friendship blossoms. “I’ve got a mouth like a gutter. I’m from the city,” Maggie gleefully exclaims upon her arrival.
The timid Iris (Kaya Hayward) hides behind her glasses, enduring the bullying of jocks and exclusion from the circle of popular girls. When the mysterious, charming Maggie (Liana Liberato) moves to the town of Wakita, this perception begins to shift as their friendship blossoms. “I’ve got a mouth like a gutter. I’m from the city,” Maggie gleefully exclaims upon her arrival.
- 1/27/2019
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
2018 was an unexpectedly fine year for B&W features, “Roma,” “Cold War” and the underseen “1985” being obvious examples. But hopes that the trend might continue into the new year aren’t encouraged by “To the Stars,” a liftoff-resistant period drama that starts like a slightly cartoonish teenage version of lesbian date-night favorite “Desert Hearts,” then gradually plods toward an excess of retro-potboiler melodrama.
Blogger/journalist Shannon-Bradley Colleary’s first produced screenplay hits so many obvious marks so heavily that you can imagine this tale originating from a vintage drugstore paperback with the sell-line “Prejudice and Passions Explode in a Town Without Pity!” It all might have worked nonetheless if handled as a sort of semi-tongue-in-cheek empowerment fairy tale, and there are moments when director Martha Stephens (who previously co-helmed “Land Ho!” with Aaron Katz) seems to be aiming thataway. But only moments. Too often, “To the Stars” is earnest in that...
Blogger/journalist Shannon-Bradley Colleary’s first produced screenplay hits so many obvious marks so heavily that you can imagine this tale originating from a vintage drugstore paperback with the sell-line “Prejudice and Passions Explode in a Town Without Pity!” It all might have worked nonetheless if handled as a sort of semi-tongue-in-cheek empowerment fairy tale, and there are moments when director Martha Stephens (who previously co-helmed “Land Ho!” with Aaron Katz) seems to be aiming thataway. But only moments. Too often, “To the Stars” is earnest in that...
- 1/27/2019
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
Anne with an E will be back! Recently, CBC announced they've renewed the TV show for a third season.
The Canadian drama, which airs on Netflix in the U.S., is based on the Anne of Green Gables novels and centers on the adventures of Anne Shirley (Amybeth McNulty), a teenager growing up on Prince Edward Island during the early 20th century. The cast also includes Geraldine James, R.H. Thomson, Dalila Bela, Lucas Jade Zumann, and Corrine Koslo.
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The Canadian drama, which airs on Netflix in the U.S., is based on the Anne of Green Gables novels and centers on the adventures of Anne Shirley (Amybeth McNulty), a teenager growing up on Prince Edward Island during the early 20th century. The cast also includes Geraldine James, R.H. Thomson, Dalila Bela, Lucas Jade Zumann, and Corrine Koslo.
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- 8/16/2018
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
[Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers from Season 2 of “Anne With an E,” including the finale “The Growing Good of the World.”]
The first clue of the feminist direction “Anne With an E” would take in Season 2 is in the episode titles. Each is a quote by George Eliot, the nom de plume of writer Mary Anne Evans, a woman who broke the rules to make it in a man’s world during Victorian times. Although Season 1 had hinted that Anne (Amybeth McNulty) would be fighting back against gender norms and even received an Eliot novel from Aunt Josephine (Deborah Grover), this year, multiple stories converged to send a firm message about what women can do.
The main storyline in the finale “The Growing Good of the World,” in particular challenged the town of Avonlea to embrace change in the form of the female schoolteacher Miss Stacy (Joanna Douglas). Even though her teaching methods were unorthodox, and therefore suspect...
The first clue of the feminist direction “Anne With an E” would take in Season 2 is in the episode titles. Each is a quote by George Eliot, the nom de plume of writer Mary Anne Evans, a woman who broke the rules to make it in a man’s world during Victorian times. Although Season 1 had hinted that Anne (Amybeth McNulty) would be fighting back against gender norms and even received an Eliot novel from Aunt Josephine (Deborah Grover), this year, multiple stories converged to send a firm message about what women can do.
The main storyline in the finale “The Growing Good of the World,” in particular challenged the town of Avonlea to embrace change in the form of the female schoolteacher Miss Stacy (Joanna Douglas). Even though her teaching methods were unorthodox, and therefore suspect...
- 7/9/2018
- by Hanh Nguyen
- Indiewire
Canon be damned, “Anne With an E” is bolder, funnier, and just plain better in Season 2 as it imagines brand-new storylines for the characters laid out in L.M. Montgomery’s “Anne of Green Gables” novel. This is not to say it’s better than the book, but now that the show has established its rule-breaking formula in its first season, this time around the story — much like its titular irrepressible orphan — jumps in with both feet.
What results is a more sure-footed and vibrant narrative that allows the show to play around with its characters in the bigger historical world that lay beyond the pages. It turns out that this strategy is the show’s biggest strength. Although the source material still provides some inspiration — such as when Anne (Amybeth McNulty) scares herself with the strength of her wild imagination — the new storylines offer more adventures, more ways to develop character,...
What results is a more sure-footed and vibrant narrative that allows the show to play around with its characters in the bigger historical world that lay beyond the pages. It turns out that this strategy is the show’s biggest strength. Although the source material still provides some inspiration — such as when Anne (Amybeth McNulty) scares herself with the strength of her wild imagination — the new storylines offer more adventures, more ways to develop character,...
- 7/8/2018
- by Hanh Nguyen
- Indiewire
[Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers from Season 1 of “Anne With an E,” including the finale.]
It’s been more than a year since “Anne With an E” graced the streaming shores of Netflix. The latest adaptation of the L.M. Montgomery period children’s book “Anne of Green Gables” takes the titular heroine to much darker places thanks to series creator Moira Walley-Beckett, who’s known for her writing on “Breaking Bad.” Even though the only Blue Sky found on “Anne With an E” is overhead, the show still puts an edgy spin to the optimism and purity seen in the novel.
In part, these darker sequences serve to give a more realistic picture of what Anne’s life was like growing up as a young woman during Edwardian times as an orphan. But the show also ventured into new territory and explored issues such as sexism, bullying, and prejudice.
As Netflix returns to Avonlea for Season 2, here...
It’s been more than a year since “Anne With an E” graced the streaming shores of Netflix. The latest adaptation of the L.M. Montgomery period children’s book “Anne of Green Gables” takes the titular heroine to much darker places thanks to series creator Moira Walley-Beckett, who’s known for her writing on “Breaking Bad.” Even though the only Blue Sky found on “Anne With an E” is overhead, the show still puts an edgy spin to the optimism and purity seen in the novel.
In part, these darker sequences serve to give a more realistic picture of what Anne’s life was like growing up as a young woman during Edwardian times as an orphan. But the show also ventured into new territory and explored issues such as sexism, bullying, and prejudice.
As Netflix returns to Avonlea for Season 2, here...
- 7/6/2018
- by Hanh Nguyen
- Indiewire
Vulture Watch: How long will Anne Shirley stroll the shores of Avonlea's Lake of Shining Waters? Has the Anne with an E TV show been cancelled or renewed for a second season on Netflix? The television vulture is watching all the latest TV cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of Anne with an E season two. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you? What's This TV Show About? Streaming on the Netflix paid subscription platform, Anne with an E stars Amybeth McNulty, Geraldine James, R.H. Thomson, Dalila Bela, Corinne Koslo, Aymeric Jeff Montaz, Helen Johns, Lucas Jade Zumann, Christian Martyn, Kyla Matthews, Philip Williams, Lia Pappas-Kemps, Miranda McKeon, and Jonathan Holmes. A TV show adaptation of Lucy Maud Mongomery’s Anne of Green Gables novel series, Anne with...
- 6/11/2018
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Netflix is headed back to Prince Edward Island. This week, the streaming service released the premiere date, poster, and a new teaser for season two of Anne with an E.Based on the Anne of Green Gables novels, the Canadian drama centers on 13-year old orphan Anne Shirley (Amybeth McNulty) and her adventures on Prince Edward Island. The cast also includes Geraldine James, R.H. Thomson, Dalila Bela, Lucas Jade Zumann, and Corrine Koslo.Read More…...
- 6/9/2018
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
[Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers from the first season of “Anne With an E,” including the finale.]
Kindred spirits and bosom friends, welcome back to Green Gables. The Netflix series “Anne With an E” returns for its second season this July, the streaming service announced on Friday.
For those who remember how Season 1 ended, however, the most immediate concern is the safety and fortunes of the Cuthberts. When we left them in the finale, two shady men that had mugged their hired hand Jerry (Aymeric Jett Montaz) earlier in town are seen at Green Gables. Responding to an ad that Marilla (Geraldine James) had placed to look for boarders, each of the men arrived separately pretending to not know each other for purposes that could only be nefarious. Green Gables had been falling on hard times as it is, and this did not bode well for Marilla, brother Matthew (R.H. Thomson), their adoptee Anne (Amybeth McNulty) or her sunny disposition.
Fortunately, in the trailer for Season 2 below,...
Kindred spirits and bosom friends, welcome back to Green Gables. The Netflix series “Anne With an E” returns for its second season this July, the streaming service announced on Friday.
For those who remember how Season 1 ended, however, the most immediate concern is the safety and fortunes of the Cuthberts. When we left them in the finale, two shady men that had mugged their hired hand Jerry (Aymeric Jett Montaz) earlier in town are seen at Green Gables. Responding to an ad that Marilla (Geraldine James) had placed to look for boarders, each of the men arrived separately pretending to not know each other for purposes that could only be nefarious. Green Gables had been falling on hard times as it is, and this did not bode well for Marilla, brother Matthew (R.H. Thomson), their adoptee Anne (Amybeth McNulty) or her sunny disposition.
Fortunately, in the trailer for Season 2 below,...
- 6/8/2018
- by Hanh Nguyen
- Indiewire
Lucas Jade Zumann, Taylor Russell (Netflix’s Lost in Space), Lisa Edelstein, and Jason Isaacs will star in the indie film Dr. Bird’s Advice For Sad Poets, written and directed by Yaniv Raz.
Based on the novel of the same title by Evan Roskos, the dramatic comedy follows the wild and humorous world of sixteen-year-old James Whitman (Zumann), we see his struggle to overcome anxiety and depression by seeking advice from Dr. Bird – an imaginary pigeon therapist – in the wake of his sister’s disappearance.
The film also features a cameo from David Arquette and music by Moby. Shona Tuckman and Jason Van Eman produced the project with Josh Bachove serving as co-producer.
Zumann is repped by UTA and Paonessa Talent Agency, Russell by UTA and Thruline Entertainment,...
Based on the novel of the same title by Evan Roskos, the dramatic comedy follows the wild and humorous world of sixteen-year-old James Whitman (Zumann), we see his struggle to overcome anxiety and depression by seeking advice from Dr. Bird – an imaginary pigeon therapist – in the wake of his sister’s disappearance.
The film also features a cameo from David Arquette and music by Moby. Shona Tuckman and Jason Van Eman produced the project with Josh Bachove serving as co-producer.
Zumann is repped by UTA and Paonessa Talent Agency, Russell by UTA and Thruline Entertainment,...
- 5/16/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Stars: Angourie Rice, Justice Smith, Jeni Ross, Lucas Jade Zumann, Rory McDonald, Katie Douglas, Jacob Batalon, Ian Alexander, Colin Ford, Jake Sim, Nicole Law, Karena Evans, Owen Teague, Maria Bello, Michael Cram | Written by Jesse Andrews | Directed by Michael Sucsy
Based on the 2012 novel by David Levithan, Every Day serves up an intriguing blend of science-fiction fantasy and Ya romance. The film’s unusual conceit comes with a side order of problematic plot points, but the script and the performances ensure that its positive central message wins out.
Directed by Michael Sucsy, the film centres on a spirit known only as “A”, who wakes up every day in a different body, a bit like Sam Beckett in TV’s Quantum Leap. The bodies are always the spirit’s age (around 16) and always within the same geographical area, and A is careful not to meddle too much in the lives of each person he inhabits.
Based on the 2012 novel by David Levithan, Every Day serves up an intriguing blend of science-fiction fantasy and Ya romance. The film’s unusual conceit comes with a side order of problematic plot points, but the script and the performances ensure that its positive central message wins out.
Directed by Michael Sucsy, the film centres on a spirit known only as “A”, who wakes up every day in a different body, a bit like Sam Beckett in TV’s Quantum Leap. The bodies are always the spirit’s age (around 16) and always within the same geographical area, and A is careful not to meddle too much in the lives of each person he inhabits.
- 4/20/2018
- by Matthew Turner
- Nerdly
Set aside the contrivances and creepy plot twists, and Michael Suscy’s “Every Day” offers up a timely message about acceptance and the nature of love that’s especially welcome at the moment. Unfortunately, the movie falls short of doing justice to that idea. Based on David Levithan’s bestselling Ya novel of the same name, the high-concept teen romance hinges on one hell of a narrative conceit: every day, a gender-less and body-less spirit named “A” wakes up in the body of a different person.
The rules of such an arrangement grow increasingly complicated as the film winds on – A only ever ends up in the body of someone their same assumed age (when the film opens, around 16), the people A possesses all tend to live in the same general geographical area, A can access certain key memories to better facilitate getting through the day with few hiccups, the possession only lasts for 24 hours,...
The rules of such an arrangement grow increasingly complicated as the film winds on – A only ever ends up in the body of someone their same assumed age (when the film opens, around 16), the people A possesses all tend to live in the same general geographical area, A can access certain key memories to better facilitate getting through the day with few hiccups, the possession only lasts for 24 hours,...
- 2/22/2018
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Anne with an E is back in action. Recently, Netflix announced production has begun on season two of the Canadian TV show.Based on the classic novels by Lucy Maud Montgomery, the drama tells the story of Anne Shirley (Amybeth McNulty), a young girl who is adopted by a middle-aged brother and sister. The cast also includes Geraldine James, Rh Thomson, Lucas Jade Zumann, Dalila Bela, and Corinne Koslo.Read More…...
- 11/25/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Anne with an E is coming back soon. Recently, it was announced season two of the Netflix TV show has begun filming.Based on the Anne of Green Gables book series, the Canadian drama centers on Anne Shirley (Amybeth McNulty), a 13-year-old orphan who moves in with two middle-aged siblings who meant to adopt a boy. The cast also includes Geraldine James, R.H. Thomson, Dalila Bela, Corinne Koslo, Aymeric Jeff Montaz, Helen Johns, Lucas Jade Zumann, and Christian Martyn.Read More…...
- 10/4/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Vulture Watch: How long will Anne Shirley stroll the shores of Avonlea's Lake of Shining Waters? Has the Anne with an E TV show been cancelled or renewed for a second season on Netflix? The television vulture is watching all the latest TV cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of Anne with an E season two. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you? What's This TV Show About? Streaming on the Netflix paid subscription platform, Anne with an E stars Amybeth McNulty, Geraldine James, R.H. Thomson, Dalila Bela, Corinne Koslo, Aymeric Jeff Montaz, Helen Johns, Lucas Jade Zumann, Christian Martyn, Kyla Matthews, Philip Williams, Lia Pappas-Kemps, Miranda McKeon, and Jonathan Holmes. A TV show adaptation of Lucy Maud Mongomery’s Anne of Green Gables novel series, Anne with...
- 8/3/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Good news, kindred spirits. CBC and Netflix have renewed their Anne of Green Gables TV show, Anne with an E (which is billed Anne, in Canada). The season two order has been bumped up from eight to ten hours, which will premiere in 2018. In season two, creator Moira Walley-Beckett has put together an all-female writers’ room. She will be writing with Jane Maggs, Shernold Edwards, Kathryn Borel, Amanda Fahey, and Naledi Jackson. An 1890s period drama, Anne with an E is a television adaptation of Lucy Maud Montgomery's novel series. The Netflix cast includes: Amybeth McNulty, Geraldine James, R.H. Thomson, Dalila Bela, Corinne Koslo, Aymeric Jeff Montaz, Helen Johns, Lucas Jade Zumann, Christian Martyn, Kyla Matthews, Philip Williams, Lia Pappas-Kemps, Miranda McKeon, and Jonathan Holmes. Read More…...
- 8/3/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Exclusive: Owen Teague has signed on to join the upcoming Ya romance Every Day. The Bloodline breakout joins a cast that includes The Beguiled‘s Angourie Rice in the lead role of Rhiannon, Golden Globe-nominated actress Maria Bello, Spider-Man: Homecoming’s Jacob Batalon and Justice Smith from The Get Down. Also starring in the project are Debby Ryan and Lucas Jade Zumann. Based on the New York Times best-selling novel by David Levithan, the story follows 16-year-old…...
- 7/25/2017
- Deadline
Exclusive: Maria Bello, Jessie star Debby Ryan and Jacob Batalon, who can currently be seen in Spider-Man: Homecoming, have come aboard MGM/Likely Story/FilmWave’s upcoming Ya romantic drama Every Day. The Get Down’s Justice Smith and Lucas Jade Zumann (20th Century Women) round out the cast as production is underway in Toronto with Michael Sucsy at the helm. The pic stars previously announced Angourie Rice as 16-year-old Rhiannon, who falls in love with a spirit named A…...
- 7/7/2017
- Deadline
Author: Competitions
To mark the release of 20th Century Women on 26th June, we’ve been given 3 copies to give away on DVD.
Set in Santa Barbara in the late 1970’s, the film follows Dorothea Fields (Annette Bening: American Beauty, The American President, Being Julia, The Kids Are Alright), a determined single mother in her mid-50s who is raising her adolescent son, Jamie (newcomer Lucas Jade Zumann, in a breakout performance) at a moment brimming with cultural change and rebellion.
Dorothea enlists the help of two younger women in Jamie’s upbringing; Abbie (Greta Gerwig: Jackie, The Mindy Project), a free-spirited punk artist living as a boarder in the Fields’ home, and Julie (Elle Fanning: Maleficent, Super 8, Young Ones), a savvy and provocative teenage neighbour.
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To mark the release of 20th Century Women on 26th June, we’ve been given 3 copies to give away on DVD.
Set in Santa Barbara in the late 1970’s, the film follows Dorothea Fields (Annette Bening: American Beauty, The American President, Being Julia, The Kids Are Alright), a determined single mother in her mid-50s who is raising her adolescent son, Jamie (newcomer Lucas Jade Zumann, in a breakout performance) at a moment brimming with cultural change and rebellion.
Dorothea enlists the help of two younger women in Jamie’s upbringing; Abbie (Greta Gerwig: Jackie, The Mindy Project), a free-spirited punk artist living as a boarder in the Fields’ home, and Julie (Elle Fanning: Maleficent, Super 8, Young Ones), a savvy and provocative teenage neighbour.
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- 6/26/2017
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Gal Gadot in 'Wonder Woman.' (© 2017 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. And Ratpac Entertainment, LLC)
Patty Jenkins. Wonder Woman smashed a glass ceiling in the Us last weekend, minting an estimated $US100.5 million as it set a new record for a female director, beating Sam Taylor-Johnson.s Fifty Shades of Grey.
The Australian debut was pretty impressive although, pro-rata, below the Us. Launched on 276 screens, the Warner Bros/DC Comics superhero adventure starring Gal Gadot and Chris Pine captured $6.7 million, according to Numero.
Some exhibitors were hoping Wonder Woman would have the potential to get to $20 million but that now seems unlikely unless there is a strong second weekend.
There was daylight between the top title and Paramount.s Baywatch, which rang up $3.6 million on 266 screens, including previews; a rather better result than the disastrous $18.5 million Us opening. The Seth Gordon-directed caper inspired by the TV series benefited from the...
Patty Jenkins. Wonder Woman smashed a glass ceiling in the Us last weekend, minting an estimated $US100.5 million as it set a new record for a female director, beating Sam Taylor-Johnson.s Fifty Shades of Grey.
The Australian debut was pretty impressive although, pro-rata, below the Us. Launched on 276 screens, the Warner Bros/DC Comics superhero adventure starring Gal Gadot and Chris Pine captured $6.7 million, according to Numero.
Some exhibitors were hoping Wonder Woman would have the potential to get to $20 million but that now seems unlikely unless there is a strong second weekend.
There was daylight between the top title and Paramount.s Baywatch, which rang up $3.6 million on 266 screens, including previews; a rather better result than the disastrous $18.5 million Us opening. The Seth Gordon-directed caper inspired by the TV series benefited from the...
- 6/5/2017
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Network: Netflix. Episodes: Ongoing (hour). Seasons: Ongoing. TV show dates: May 12, 2017 — present. Series status: Has not been cancelled. Performers include: Amybeth McNulty, Geraldine James, R.H. Thomson, Dalila Bela, Corinne Koslo, Aymeric Jeff Montaz, Helen Johns, Lucas Jade Zumann, Christian Martyn, Kyla Matthews, Philip Williams, Lia Pappas-Kemps, Miranda McKeon, and Jonathan Holmes. TV show description: A TV show adaptation of Lucy Maud Mongomery's Anne of Green Gables novels, Anne with an E is an 1890s Prince Edward Island period drama, centering on 13-year old orphan, Anne Shirley (McNulty). For years, the bright and creative Anne suffered abuse and neglect in various orphanages and foster homes. Now, thanks to a lucky mistake, she arrives at the home of...
- 5/12/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Hey kindred spirits, check out the new Anne TV series trailer from Netflix. Season one of the Anne of Green Gables TV show adaptation drops to Netflix on Friday, May 12, 2017. In Canada, Anne season one premiered on CBC on March 19th.Amybeth McNulty stars Anne Shirley Cuthbert. The cast also includes Geraldine James, R.H. Thomson, Lucas Jade Zumann, Dalila Bela, Corinne Koslo, and Aymeric Jeff Montaz. Anne Official Season One Trailer | Netflix https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5qJXYNNINo Netflix says:Go Back to Green Gables with All New Trailer for "Anne" - Coming to Netflix May 12thBegin your journey back to Green Gables with the official trailer and key art for Anne, premiering on Netflix on May 12th.The reimagining of the beloved novel,...
- 4/7/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
New Indie If you missed Mike Mills’s powerful 20th Century Women (Lionsgate Home Entertainment) among the year-end awards movies, then get ready for another singular performance from Annette Bening, this time as a late-in-life single mother facing the challenges of raising a kid during the cultural turbulence of the 1970s. (If Beginners was Mills’s homage to his father, this time it’s his mom who gets the spotlight.) Lucas Jade Zumann plays a teenager being raised by a household of women, including his mother Dorothea (Bening), his best friend and unrequited crush Julie (Elle Fanning) and punk-rock tenant Abbie (Greta Gerwig), with occasional support from handyman William (Billy Crudup). It’s a powerful portrait of people trying to keep it together in a...
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- 4/6/2017
- by Alonso Duralde
- Movies.com
"The Furniture" is our weekly series on Production Design. You can click on the images to see them in much more magnified detail. Here's Daniel Walber...
"The house is a character in its own right," everyone says. It’s one of our more meaningless cliches, poltergeists notwithstanding. But the sentiment behind it is understandable. A building, though hardly alive, can still offer charisma. A dynamic visual language can be built from its beams.
20th Century Women has one of these abodes. The house in question belongs to Dorothea (Annette Bening), who lives with her son Jamie (Lucas Zumann) and two boarders, Abbie (Greta Gerwig) and William (Billy Crudup). As she explains to a fireman she’s invited to a party...
"The house is a character in its own right," everyone says. It’s one of our more meaningless cliches, poltergeists notwithstanding. But the sentiment behind it is understandable. A building, though hardly alive, can still offer charisma. A dynamic visual language can be built from its beams.
20th Century Women has one of these abodes. The house in question belongs to Dorothea (Annette Bening), who lives with her son Jamie (Lucas Zumann) and two boarders, Abbie (Greta Gerwig) and William (Billy Crudup). As she explains to a fireman she’s invited to a party...
- 4/3/2017
- by Daniel Walber
- FilmExperience
A montage of meaningful repetition.
Mike Mills’ 20th Century Women, on its surface, is the anecdotal story of Dorothea (Annette Bening) and her son Jamie (Lucas Jade Zumann), who are essentially raising each other in late-70s Southern California. From the first scenes we understand that what we’re seeing is a reflection, it’s a composite of memories from Dorothea, Jamie, and the hodgepodge of people in their lives, played by Greta Gerwig, Billy Crudup, and Elle Fanning. At its core, then, 20th Century Women is a movie of multiple subjectivities and it’s narrative moves like a memory, repeating, refracting, altering, even mythologizing. Mills’ Oscar-nominated screenplay does a deft job of navigating these at-times complementary, at-times conflicting perspectives, but it isn’t just in words that his film deals with the movement of memory, the visuals as well serve as echoes of one another, as proven by this eloquent montage edited by Alice Sanna.
In...
Mike Mills’ 20th Century Women, on its surface, is the anecdotal story of Dorothea (Annette Bening) and her son Jamie (Lucas Jade Zumann), who are essentially raising each other in late-70s Southern California. From the first scenes we understand that what we’re seeing is a reflection, it’s a composite of memories from Dorothea, Jamie, and the hodgepodge of people in their lives, played by Greta Gerwig, Billy Crudup, and Elle Fanning. At its core, then, 20th Century Women is a movie of multiple subjectivities and it’s narrative moves like a memory, repeating, refracting, altering, even mythologizing. Mills’ Oscar-nominated screenplay does a deft job of navigating these at-times complementary, at-times conflicting perspectives, but it isn’t just in words that his film deals with the movement of memory, the visuals as well serve as echoes of one another, as proven by this eloquent montage edited by Alice Sanna.
In...
- 3/30/2017
- by H. Perry Horton
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
One of our favorite films of last year, Mike Mills‘ emotional, warm-hearted drama 20th Century Women, arrives on Blu-ray this week. We’ve teamed with Lionsgate to give away five copies to our readers. See how to enter below and all entries must be received by 11:59 Pm Est on Sunday, April 2nd.
To enter, do the first three steps and then each additional one counts as another entry into the contest.
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To enter, do the first three steps and then each additional one counts as another entry into the contest.
1. Like The Film Stage on Facebook
2. Follow The Film Stage on Twitter
Follow @TheFilmStage
3. Follow The Film Stage on Instagram
4. Comment in the box on Facebook with your favorite use of a song in a film this decade so far.
5. Retweet the following tweet:
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- 3/30/2017
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Golden Globe winner Annette Bening (The Kids Are All Right, Being Julia) stars in the transformative and insightful film, 20th Century Women, arriving on Blu-ray (plus Digital HD) and DVD March 28 from Lionsgate. Oscar-nominated for Best Original Screenplay and nominated for two Golden Globes (Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and Best Actress – Musical or Comedy for Bening), 20th Century Women is a cinematic love letter to the people who raise us and the times that shape us. The true-to-life story inspired by acclaimed writer/director Mike Mills’s (Beginners) mother also stars Elle Fanning (Maleficent), Greta Gerwig (Frances Ha), Lucas Jade Zumann (Sinister 2), and Billy Crudup (Almost Famous). Theatrically released by A24 and Rotten Tomatoes Certified Fresh, the “impressive and moving” (The Playlist) celebration of family, womanhood, love, and freedom is a must-see film for all generations.
Now, you can own the 20th Century Women Blu-ray. Wamg has four copies to give away.
Now, you can own the 20th Century Women Blu-ray. Wamg has four copies to give away.
- 3/28/2017
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
While it only earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Screenplay, “20th Century Women” boasts so many riches — from its direction to its performances and more — it could deservedly have earned more Oscar love. But regardless, the picture is a treasure, and today we have copies of the film for some lucky readers.
Read More: Mike Mills’ ’20th Century Women’ Is Impressive, Moving & Heartbreaking [Review]
Directed by Mike Mills (“Beginners“) and starring Annette Bening, Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig, Lucas Jade Zumann, and Billy Crudup, the film is set in 1979 Santa Barbara, and follows Dorothea (Bening), a determined single mother in her mid-50s who is raising her adolescent son, Jamie (Zumann), at a time brimming with cultural change.
Continue reading Contest: Win ’20th Century Women’ On Blu-ray at The Playlist.
Read More: Mike Mills’ ’20th Century Women’ Is Impressive, Moving & Heartbreaking [Review]
Directed by Mike Mills (“Beginners“) and starring Annette Bening, Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig, Lucas Jade Zumann, and Billy Crudup, the film is set in 1979 Santa Barbara, and follows Dorothea (Bening), a determined single mother in her mid-50s who is raising her adolescent son, Jamie (Zumann), at a time brimming with cultural change.
Continue reading Contest: Win ’20th Century Women’ On Blu-ray at The Playlist.
- 3/28/2017
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
By late December of Oscar season, frontrunners have emerged that demand to be seen while contenders just on the bubble risk falling behind at the box office. Mike Mills’ wonderful coming-of-age drama “20th Century Women” is one such movie. The film, which earned Mills an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay, didn’t break the $6 million mark, which is a shame considering what a gem of an experience it is.
Read More: ’20th Century Women’ Review: Annette Bening, Greta Gerwig, and Elle Fanning Star In Mike Mills’ Best Film
Annette Bening, wrongfully overlooked in the Best Actress race, gives one of her best performances as Dorothea Fields, a struggling single mother in 1970s Santa Barbara. She employs the help of two women to help her raise her teenage son (Lucas Jade Zumann): A counter-culture, punk-loving photographer named Abbie (an excellent Greta Gerwig) and the family’s more provocative young...
Read More: ’20th Century Women’ Review: Annette Bening, Greta Gerwig, and Elle Fanning Star In Mike Mills’ Best Film
Annette Bening, wrongfully overlooked in the Best Actress race, gives one of her best performances as Dorothea Fields, a struggling single mother in 1970s Santa Barbara. She employs the help of two women to help her raise her teenage son (Lucas Jade Zumann): A counter-culture, punk-loving photographer named Abbie (an excellent Greta Gerwig) and the family’s more provocative young...
- 3/21/2017
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Golden Globe winner Annette Bening (The Kids Are All Right, Being Julia) stars in the transformative and insightful film, 20th Century Women, arriving on Blu-ray (plus Digital HD) and DVD March 28 from Lionsgate. Oscar-nominated for Best Original Screenplay and nominated for two Golden Globes (Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and Best Actress – Musical or Comedy for Bening), 20th Century Women is a cinematic love letter to the people who raise us and the times that shape us. The true-to-life story inspired by acclaimed writer/director Mike Mills’s (Beginners) mother also stars Elle Fanning (Maleficent), Greta Gerwig (Frances Ha), Lucas Jade Zumann (Sinister 2), and Billy Crudup (Almost Famous). Theatrically released by A24 and Rotten Tomatoes Certified Fresh, the “impressive and moving” (The Playlist) celebration of family, womanhood, love, and freedom is a must-see film for all generations.
Set in 1979 Santa Barbara, 20th Century Women follows Dorothea (Bening), a...
Set in 1979 Santa Barbara, 20th Century Women follows Dorothea (Bening), a...
- 3/15/2017
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Annette Bening stars as a single mother who recruits two women to help raise her son in this warm drama set in the late 70s
Director Mike Mills follows Beginners, his Oscar-winning study of the relationship between a son and his gay father, with another picture that takes as its jumping-off point the bond between parent and child. In the case of this late 70s-set cultural odyssey, the parent is gregarious, open-minded single mother Dorothea (the superb Annette Bening) and the child is Jamie (Lucas Jade Zumann), the teenage son she isn’t quite sure she can guide on his path to becoming a man.
To this end, she recruits the help of two other women to help raise him. Her lodger, Abbie (Greta Gerwig), is a photographer crowd surfing on the anger and energy of the new wave scene. And Julie (Elle Fanning) is Jamie’s best friend, a...
Director Mike Mills follows Beginners, his Oscar-winning study of the relationship between a son and his gay father, with another picture that takes as its jumping-off point the bond between parent and child. In the case of this late 70s-set cultural odyssey, the parent is gregarious, open-minded single mother Dorothea (the superb Annette Bening) and the child is Jamie (Lucas Jade Zumann), the teenage son she isn’t quite sure she can guide on his path to becoming a man.
To this end, she recruits the help of two other women to help raise him. Her lodger, Abbie (Greta Gerwig), is a photographer crowd surfing on the anger and energy of the new wave scene. And Julie (Elle Fanning) is Jamie’s best friend, a...
- 2/12/2017
- by Wendy Ide
- The Guardian - Film News
Annette Bening gives a fine central performance but this kooky comedy suffers badly from unfocused direction and an unmistakable air of self-indulgence
With tender, personal movies such as Thumbsucker (2005) and Beginners (2010), director Mike Mills has tested taboos and shed light on family, identity and masculinity. His quirkily intimate work has always needed a certain level of indulgence and in the past I’ve been happy to give it. But 20th Century Women tests this tolerance to breaking point. Annette Bening is well cast, and gives a well judged performance, a variation on her uptight and self-questioning mom from American Beauty. However, the film is exasperatingly supercilious and smug – unfocused, self-consciously cute, nostalgic and empathetic, but never properly funny. It feels like someone else’s long therapy session.
The setting is Santa Monica, 1979, and Dorothea (Bening) is a fiftysomething single mother with bold progressive instincts. She is bringing up her teenage...
With tender, personal movies such as Thumbsucker (2005) and Beginners (2010), director Mike Mills has tested taboos and shed light on family, identity and masculinity. His quirkily intimate work has always needed a certain level of indulgence and in the past I’ve been happy to give it. But 20th Century Women tests this tolerance to breaking point. Annette Bening is well cast, and gives a well judged performance, a variation on her uptight and self-questioning mom from American Beauty. However, the film is exasperatingly supercilious and smug – unfocused, self-consciously cute, nostalgic and empathetic, but never properly funny. It feels like someone else’s long therapy session.
The setting is Santa Monica, 1979, and Dorothea (Bening) is a fiftysomething single mother with bold progressive instincts. She is bringing up her teenage...
- 2/9/2017
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Welcome to Green Gables. Netflix has released a first look and the premiere date for their upcoming TV series Anne.Based on the classic novel Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery, the story follows an orphaned girl who is sent to live with two middle-aged siblings on their farm. The cast includes Amybeth McNulty, Geraldine James, R.H. Thomson, Lucas Jade Zumann, and Dalila Bela.Read More…...
- 2/9/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
MaryAnn’s quick take… Poignant and hilarious and wise, a melancholy ode to a moment when the world was changing for women (and men)… and how it still and always is. I’m “biast” (pro): I’m desperate for stories about women
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Sex, some, though more awkwardness and regrets than action. Not much in the way of drugs; just some beer, oh, and lots of cigarettes; it has several points to make about cigarettes, actually. Rock ’n’ roll, definitely: an ongoing battle between punk and “art fag” music (think: Talking Heads).
Plenty of talk about women’s orgasms, which — hey! — 20th Century Women reminds us does not automatically fall under the Sex heading the way it does for men. And a scene around a dinner table in which menstruation and painful virginity-losing is discussed,...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Sex, some, though more awkwardness and regrets than action. Not much in the way of drugs; just some beer, oh, and lots of cigarettes; it has several points to make about cigarettes, actually. Rock ’n’ roll, definitely: an ongoing battle between punk and “art fag” music (think: Talking Heads).
Plenty of talk about women’s orgasms, which — hey! — 20th Century Women reminds us does not automatically fall under the Sex heading the way it does for men. And a scene around a dinner table in which menstruation and painful virginity-losing is discussed,...
- 2/7/2017
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Author: Stefan Pape
In spite of the majority female cast, and the what the title of this Mike Mills title alludes to, 20th Century Women scrutinises over what it means to be a man. For at the centre of this multi-faceted drama is a coming-of-age narrative, of a teenage boy trying to find his way in life, and discover exactly who he is, and who he wants to be. What transpires is a unique, indelible slice of contemporary cinema, studying the importance of values, feminism, and understanding and appreciating women – and how all of those things can shape, and inform masculinity.
Taking place in Southern California in 1979, we enter into the chaotic abode of Dorothea Fields (Annette Bening), where she single-handedly raises her 16 year old son Jamie (Lucas Jade Zumann), but the older he gets the less she understands him, and having given up on her lodger, and pottery enthusiast...
In spite of the majority female cast, and the what the title of this Mike Mills title alludes to, 20th Century Women scrutinises over what it means to be a man. For at the centre of this multi-faceted drama is a coming-of-age narrative, of a teenage boy trying to find his way in life, and discover exactly who he is, and who he wants to be. What transpires is a unique, indelible slice of contemporary cinema, studying the importance of values, feminism, and understanding and appreciating women – and how all of those things can shape, and inform masculinity.
Taking place in Southern California in 1979, we enter into the chaotic abode of Dorothea Fields (Annette Bening), where she single-handedly raises her 16 year old son Jamie (Lucas Jade Zumann), but the older he gets the less she understands him, and having given up on her lodger, and pottery enthusiast...
- 2/6/2017
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The nominations for the 89th Academy Award nominations elicited joy from nominees around the world. You can catch up with the nominees here, but don’t forget to check out their reactions below.
“Being recognized this way by the Academy is a huge honor. I feel very lucky I got to make this personal film, that it’s resonated with people is very meaningful to me. My script would not be anything without the miraculously talented Annette Bening at its heart, and Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig, Billy Crudup and Lucas Zumann, all of whom brought the words and ideas to life with so much love and intelligence.
Continue reading Reactions To The 89th Academy Awards Nominations: Emma Stone, Octavia Spencer, Lin-Manuel Miranda And More at The Playlist.
“Being recognized this way by the Academy is a huge honor. I feel very lucky I got to make this personal film, that it’s resonated with people is very meaningful to me. My script would not be anything without the miraculously talented Annette Bening at its heart, and Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig, Billy Crudup and Lucas Zumann, all of whom brought the words and ideas to life with so much love and intelligence.
Continue reading Reactions To The 89th Academy Awards Nominations: Emma Stone, Octavia Spencer, Lin-Manuel Miranda And More at The Playlist.
- 1/24/2017
- by Gregory Ellwood
- The Playlist
Director Mike Mills has a knack for adding depth and consequence to seemingly inconsequential moments. 20th Century Women is about those moments – the small conversations in a bedroom with friends or a discussion in the kitchen with your mom that you didn’t know in the moment would leave such an indelible mark on your life. Mills strings together a series of short moments in a way that you get to know really know these characters. These everyday moments reveal quirks and contradiction, creating complexity; or more simply put… real characters.
Set in Santa Barbara, the film follows Dorothea Fields (Annette Bening), a single mother in her mid-50s who is raising her adolescent son, Jamie (Lucas Jade Zumann). Dorothea enlists the help of two younger women (Greta Gerwig and Elle Fanning) to help out her son when she begins to feel that he is slipping away from her.
Each...
Set in Santa Barbara, the film follows Dorothea Fields (Annette Bening), a single mother in her mid-50s who is raising her adolescent son, Jamie (Lucas Jade Zumann). Dorothea enlists the help of two younger women (Greta Gerwig and Elle Fanning) to help out her son when she begins to feel that he is slipping away from her.
Each...
- 1/20/2017
- by Michael Haffner
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Annette Bening and the cast of 20th Century Women talk about the film-making experienceAnnette Bening and the cast of 20th Century Women talk about the film-making experienceAdriana Floridia1/11/2017 10:41:00 Am
Mike Mills is a director with a penchant for autobiographical stories.
His last film, Beginners, was partially based on his experience with his father (played by Christopher Plummer in an Oscar winning performance), when he came out at the age of seventy-five. This time with 20th Century Women, we're getting insight into Mills' relationship with his mother, played by Annette Bening, who also is a strong Oscar contender for this awards season.
Taking place in the late 1970s, 20th Century Women follows Dorothea (Bening) as she recruits two younger, strong women (played by Greta Gerwig and Elle Fanning) to help her raise her son. The cast is rounded out with Billy Crudup and Lucas Jade Zumann.
It looks like...
Mike Mills is a director with a penchant for autobiographical stories.
His last film, Beginners, was partially based on his experience with his father (played by Christopher Plummer in an Oscar winning performance), when he came out at the age of seventy-five. This time with 20th Century Women, we're getting insight into Mills' relationship with his mother, played by Annette Bening, who also is a strong Oscar contender for this awards season.
Taking place in the late 1970s, 20th Century Women follows Dorothea (Bening) as she recruits two younger, strong women (played by Greta Gerwig and Elle Fanning) to help her raise her son. The cast is rounded out with Billy Crudup and Lucas Jade Zumann.
It looks like...
- 1/11/2017
- by Adriana Floridia
- Cineplex
Parental Guidance: Interview with the star of 20th Century Women, Annette BeningParental Guidance: Interview with the star of 20th Century Women, Annette BeningIngrid Randoja - Cineplex Magazine1/11/2017 10:00:00 Am
For nearly 30 years Annette Bening has been turning out one superb performance after another. Beginning with her breakout role as a sexy con artist in The Grifters, the 58-year-old actor has dazzled in films such as Bugsy, The American President, Love Affair, American Beauty and The Kids Are All Right. And, she’s done much of it while married to Warren Beatty with whom she has four children.
Her latest triumph is as Dorothea Fields in director Mike Mills’ (Beginners) acclaimed 20th Century Women. Set in Santa Barbara in 1979, the drama finds free-thinking single parent Dorothea raising her teenage son Jamie (Lucas Jade Zumann) in the boarding house she runs. Looking for guidance in how to raise Jamie she...
For nearly 30 years Annette Bening has been turning out one superb performance after another. Beginning with her breakout role as a sexy con artist in The Grifters, the 58-year-old actor has dazzled in films such as Bugsy, The American President, Love Affair, American Beauty and The Kids Are All Right. And, she’s done much of it while married to Warren Beatty with whom she has four children.
Her latest triumph is as Dorothea Fields in director Mike Mills’ (Beginners) acclaimed 20th Century Women. Set in Santa Barbara in 1979, the drama finds free-thinking single parent Dorothea raising her teenage son Jamie (Lucas Jade Zumann) in the boarding house she runs. Looking for guidance in how to raise Jamie she...
- 1/11/2017
- by Ingrid Randoja - Cineplex Magazine
- Cineplex
20th Century Women, before even sitting down with its cast for a first table read of the script, Mike Mills hosted a little dance party. The 50-year-old writer-director personally selected individual tunes for each of the actors — from the Talking Heads, Cole Porter, Black Flag and Lou Rawls — then asked co-stars Annette Bening, Billy Crudup, Greta Gerwig, Elle Fanning and Lucas Jade Zumann to gyrate and hustle together the morning they first met on the set for rehearsals. "Everyone got their moment," recalls Fanning, who danced to "Rhiannon" by Fleetwood Mac....
- 1/9/2017
- by Chris Lee
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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