Mubi is exclusively showing Alexander Zeldovich's Target (2011) from December 16 - January 14, 2017 in the United States.The natural terrain so revered in the past of Russian art is a largely digital entity in the future of Alexander Zeldovich’s Target, overlaid with megacities and serpentine highways and casually picked at by supercilious characters. (One of the protagonists contemplates a rare volcanic nugget and sticks it in his breast pocket, as if filching a novelty pen.) The year is 2020, and Moscow is a sleek network of glass compartments, robotic chimes, and Chinese billboards. Describing himself as “the King of the Mountain,” the Minister of Natural Resources (Maksim Sukhanov) has luxury and power and a gorgeous wife (Justine Waddell) purchased at the “bridal fair,” but that’s not enough—youth is the ultimate grail, finally available in a deserted excavation near the Mongolian border, where celestial radiation has a mysterious anti-aging effect on visitors.
- 12/16/2016
- MUBI
This week delivers up a wealth of joy. Cannibal Women! Zombies! Curses! Sinful Dwarfs! Doctor Who! So let’s dive in and see just how we’re going to spend our week!
Cannibal Women In The Avocado Jungle Of Death
With a title like that, do you even need to know more? Yeah? Well, it stars 1982 Playboy Playmate of the Year Shannon Tweed. And Adrienne Barbeau from Swamp Thing and Creepshow. (Fun Fact: Adrienne Barbeau played Rizzo in the original Broadway production of Grease! And got a Tony nom for it! What!) And Bill Maher, before he got all respectable with his own HBO show and all. To avoid an avocado shortage, an anthropology professor (Tweed!) heads into the avocado jungle of Southern California to confront the man-eating Piranha Women tribe. How the cannibals are affecting the avocado crops is anyone’s guess. But, hey, I live in SoCal, and...
Cannibal Women In The Avocado Jungle Of Death
With a title like that, do you even need to know more? Yeah? Well, it stars 1982 Playboy Playmate of the Year Shannon Tweed. And Adrienne Barbeau from Swamp Thing and Creepshow. (Fun Fact: Adrienne Barbeau played Rizzo in the original Broadway production of Grease! And got a Tony nom for it! What!) And Bill Maher, before he got all respectable with his own HBO show and all. To avoid an avocado shortage, an anthropology professor (Tweed!) heads into the avocado jungle of Southern California to confront the man-eating Piranha Women tribe. How the cannibals are affecting the avocado crops is anyone’s guess. But, hey, I live in SoCal, and...
- 2/24/2016
- by Harker Jones
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
Into the void goes Bernard Rose, whose films ask Big Questions most people try not to think about. "I fight the tyranny that film has to only be judged based on its entertainment value," said the London-born La transplant who these days tells it like it is, as I discovered when I met him, imperious-looking but actually pretty jovial, for lunch at Musso and Frank in Hollywood, where we cackled over things like "mortality and our insignificance," "pure existential terror" and "staring into the black hole." These are the themes of his movies, now packaged in an American Cinematheque retrospective this weekend in Los Angeles, titled Beauty and Thorns. "When I make films, I'm making them from an impulse other than trying to make a successful movie," said Rose, whose Hollywood career more or less ended when Warner Bros. hijacked his 1997 version of "Anna Karenina," allegedly banning the director, whose cult 1992 urban mythology.
- 8/13/2015
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
What if "Gotham" was not the TV series that so many of us thought we needed back in the fall, but what if Bruno Heller's twisty comic book drama has become the TV series we deserve now? Look, if you're going to get hung up on Batman mythology, I'm powerless to tell you that "Gotham" became or ever will become a show that will make you happy. It's a prequel that almost cannot possibly ever line up with the version of the Caped Crusader that we know from either DC Comics, from the Christopher Nolan films or the early Tim Burton films. And that's frustrating. I can't tell you that it isn't. The Penguin is rising! The Riddler is cracking! Somebody who may or may not be The Joker is becoming dangerously unhinged! Even Harvey Dent looks to be a couple bum coin flips away from dementia. And Bruce...
- 5/5/2015
- by Daniel Fienberg
- Hitfix
Genre filmmaker Robert Rodriguez's El Rey Network announced today that Alfred Molina (The Da Vinci Code, Spider Man 2) has been cast as Andres Galan in the network's upcoming scripted original set to premiere July 2014. Previously announced cast members include Gabriel Luna, Nicky Whelan and Neil Hopkins.
Created by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, and produced in association with K/O Paper Products, the coveted writing/producing team behind Sleepy Hollow, Fringe , Star Trek and the Transformer franchise, Matador will feature Molina as Andrew Galan, a man who built his fortune in the telecom industry, but his true passion is soccer. As owner of the ascendant La Riot franchise, he is celebrated in both the sports and business worlds. But there is another world that he operates in -- as a member of an elite group of powerful global players, ruthless individuals who can effect world events on a scale that one would never imagine. What Galan doesn't know is that there is a mole in his midst. One of his new players, Tony Bravo, is actually an undercover operative, sent in to expose him and his cohorts. As Tony and Galan grow closer, the fate of their relationship may very well determine the fate of the world.
Irreverent and action-packed, Matador chronicles the unlikely rise of Antonio "Matador" Bravo, a popular soccer star, who comes to be known as much for his playboy antics off the field as his dynamic moves on it. But what his fans and family don't realize is that it's all a cover--in truth, he is a skilled covert operative executing missions for a little known branch of the CIA. “Matador” has the kind of fame and notoriety that affords him access to powerful circles of corruption and villainy. But, in balancing the dueling roles in which he's been cast, he will be forced to confront the question of his true identity...and it is this mission which will prove to be his most dangerous.
Robert Rodriguez, El Rey Network's chairman and founder, is set to direct the first episode which will be penned by showrunners, co-creators and executive producers Jay Beattie and Dan Dworkin
An accomplished London-born actor whose diverse and distinguished gallery of performances have led to a lengthy and triumphant career in film, television and the stage, Alfred Molina is best known for his roles in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 2 and Steven Soderberg’s Frida. Molina made his American film debut in Raiders of the Lost Ark and later appeared in Letter to Brezhnev, but his movie breakthrough came two years later when he portrayed Kenneth Halliwell, the tragic lover of playwright Joe Orton, in Stephen Frears' Prick Up Your Ears. His other feature film credits include The Da Vinci Code, Boogie Nights, Magnolia , Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time , The Pink Panther 2, Enchanted April, Not Without My Daughter , The Perez Family, Anna Karenina and Chocolat , among others. On television, he most recently starred on NBC’s Law & Order: Los Angeles and David E. Kelley’s TNT drama series Monday Mornings. Molina’s stage work includes two major Royal National Theatre productions, Tennessee Williams' The Night of the Iguana and David Mamet's Speed the Plow, as well as his Broadway debut in Yasmina Reza's Art, for which he received a Tony Award® nomination. Molina also performed in the highly celebrated UK-based Donmar Warehouse production of Red which opened on Broadway in April 2010 and for which Mr. Molina received rave reviews and a Tony Award® nomination. Most recently, Molina completed the feature film Love Is Strange opposite John Lithgow for director Ira Sachs. The film premiered at Sundance this year, and will be released later in the year by Sony Classics. He also shot the feature films, Swelter for director/writer Keith Parmer, We'll Never Have Paris for director/writer Simon Helberg with co-stars Zachary Quinto and Maggie Grace, Return to Zero with co-star Minnie Driver and The Normal Heart for HBO in which he co-stars opposite Mark Ruffalo and Julia Roberts.
Matador executive producers are Jay Beattie and Dan Dworkin, also showrunners, alongside executive producers Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Andrew Orci. Also joining as executive producers are Heather Kadin of K/O Paper Products; Robert Rodriguez and FactoryMade Ventures and El Rey Network co-founders John Fogelman and Cristina Patwa.
Entertainment One Television (eOne) exclusively represents worldwide distribution rights (with the exception of U.S. broadcast network rights) for El Rey Network's "Matador" and other original scripted series created for the U.S based cable network, to be announced.
About El Rey Network:
El Rey Network is a new 24-hour English-language network founded by maverick filmmaker Robert Rodriguez. Curated by Rodriguez and his artistic collective, the network will unite the most culturally diverse generation in history through fearless, badass and original content that awakens the renegade in everyone. The network's action-packed content is anchored by original signature dramas, feature films, grindhouse genre, cult classic action and horror/sci-fi. El Rey Network LLC (www.elreynetwork.com) is jointly owned by Robert Rodriguez and FactoryMade Ventures with a minority stake held by Univision Networks & Studios, Inc.
About FactoryMade Ventures:
Founded by John Fogelman and Cristina Patwa, FactoryMade develops, produces and oversees media and entertainment franchises in partnership with leading Hollywood talent and global brands and investors. The company founded El Rey Network and Tres Pistoleros Studios with renowned filmmaker Robert Rodriguez and Univision Communications, Inc. It also forged a joint venture with leading Mexican wrestling league Lucha Libre Aaa and four-time Emmy® Award winner Mark Burnett and Hearst Corporation’s One Three Media. It executive produces a slate of scripted and non-scripted television shows including From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series, the remake of the cult classic by Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino, and Matador, an original production with Bob Orci and Alex Kurtzman. Previously, the team spearheaded the creation of Hasbro’s film business and television business with Transformers, G.I. Joe, Hasbro Studios and the Hub Network with Discovery Communications, and created retail’s first digital gaming and commerce platform Hsn Arcade.
About Entertainment One:
Entertainment One Ltd. (Lse: Eto) is a leading international entertainment company that specializes in the acquisition, production and distribution of film and television content. The company’s comprehensive network extends around the globe including Canada, the U.S., the UK, Ireland, Spain, Benelux, France, Germany, Scandinavia, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and South Korea. Through established Entertainment and Distribution divisions, the company provides extensive expertise in film distribution, television and music production, family programming and merchandising and licensing. Its current rights library is exploited across all media formats and includes more than 35,000 film and television titles, 2,800 hours of television programming and 45,000 music tracks. Through strong relationships with broadcasters and content providers, eOne Television International has successfully sold eOne’s original and third-party productions to over 500 broadcasters in 150 countries, including key Us networks and international pay TV channels.
Created by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, and produced in association with K/O Paper Products, the coveted writing/producing team behind Sleepy Hollow, Fringe , Star Trek and the Transformer franchise, Matador will feature Molina as Andrew Galan, a man who built his fortune in the telecom industry, but his true passion is soccer. As owner of the ascendant La Riot franchise, he is celebrated in both the sports and business worlds. But there is another world that he operates in -- as a member of an elite group of powerful global players, ruthless individuals who can effect world events on a scale that one would never imagine. What Galan doesn't know is that there is a mole in his midst. One of his new players, Tony Bravo, is actually an undercover operative, sent in to expose him and his cohorts. As Tony and Galan grow closer, the fate of their relationship may very well determine the fate of the world.
Irreverent and action-packed, Matador chronicles the unlikely rise of Antonio "Matador" Bravo, a popular soccer star, who comes to be known as much for his playboy antics off the field as his dynamic moves on it. But what his fans and family don't realize is that it's all a cover--in truth, he is a skilled covert operative executing missions for a little known branch of the CIA. “Matador” has the kind of fame and notoriety that affords him access to powerful circles of corruption and villainy. But, in balancing the dueling roles in which he's been cast, he will be forced to confront the question of his true identity...and it is this mission which will prove to be his most dangerous.
Robert Rodriguez, El Rey Network's chairman and founder, is set to direct the first episode which will be penned by showrunners, co-creators and executive producers Jay Beattie and Dan Dworkin
An accomplished London-born actor whose diverse and distinguished gallery of performances have led to a lengthy and triumphant career in film, television and the stage, Alfred Molina is best known for his roles in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 2 and Steven Soderberg’s Frida. Molina made his American film debut in Raiders of the Lost Ark and later appeared in Letter to Brezhnev, but his movie breakthrough came two years later when he portrayed Kenneth Halliwell, the tragic lover of playwright Joe Orton, in Stephen Frears' Prick Up Your Ears. His other feature film credits include The Da Vinci Code, Boogie Nights, Magnolia , Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time , The Pink Panther 2, Enchanted April, Not Without My Daughter , The Perez Family, Anna Karenina and Chocolat , among others. On television, he most recently starred on NBC’s Law & Order: Los Angeles and David E. Kelley’s TNT drama series Monday Mornings. Molina’s stage work includes two major Royal National Theatre productions, Tennessee Williams' The Night of the Iguana and David Mamet's Speed the Plow, as well as his Broadway debut in Yasmina Reza's Art, for which he received a Tony Award® nomination. Molina also performed in the highly celebrated UK-based Donmar Warehouse production of Red which opened on Broadway in April 2010 and for which Mr. Molina received rave reviews and a Tony Award® nomination. Most recently, Molina completed the feature film Love Is Strange opposite John Lithgow for director Ira Sachs. The film premiered at Sundance this year, and will be released later in the year by Sony Classics. He also shot the feature films, Swelter for director/writer Keith Parmer, We'll Never Have Paris for director/writer Simon Helberg with co-stars Zachary Quinto and Maggie Grace, Return to Zero with co-star Minnie Driver and The Normal Heart for HBO in which he co-stars opposite Mark Ruffalo and Julia Roberts.
Matador executive producers are Jay Beattie and Dan Dworkin, also showrunners, alongside executive producers Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Andrew Orci. Also joining as executive producers are Heather Kadin of K/O Paper Products; Robert Rodriguez and FactoryMade Ventures and El Rey Network co-founders John Fogelman and Cristina Patwa.
Entertainment One Television (eOne) exclusively represents worldwide distribution rights (with the exception of U.S. broadcast network rights) for El Rey Network's "Matador" and other original scripted series created for the U.S based cable network, to be announced.
About El Rey Network:
El Rey Network is a new 24-hour English-language network founded by maverick filmmaker Robert Rodriguez. Curated by Rodriguez and his artistic collective, the network will unite the most culturally diverse generation in history through fearless, badass and original content that awakens the renegade in everyone. The network's action-packed content is anchored by original signature dramas, feature films, grindhouse genre, cult classic action and horror/sci-fi. El Rey Network LLC (www.elreynetwork.com) is jointly owned by Robert Rodriguez and FactoryMade Ventures with a minority stake held by Univision Networks & Studios, Inc.
About FactoryMade Ventures:
Founded by John Fogelman and Cristina Patwa, FactoryMade develops, produces and oversees media and entertainment franchises in partnership with leading Hollywood talent and global brands and investors. The company founded El Rey Network and Tres Pistoleros Studios with renowned filmmaker Robert Rodriguez and Univision Communications, Inc. It also forged a joint venture with leading Mexican wrestling league Lucha Libre Aaa and four-time Emmy® Award winner Mark Burnett and Hearst Corporation’s One Three Media. It executive produces a slate of scripted and non-scripted television shows including From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series, the remake of the cult classic by Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino, and Matador, an original production with Bob Orci and Alex Kurtzman. Previously, the team spearheaded the creation of Hasbro’s film business and television business with Transformers, G.I. Joe, Hasbro Studios and the Hub Network with Discovery Communications, and created retail’s first digital gaming and commerce platform Hsn Arcade.
About Entertainment One:
Entertainment One Ltd. (Lse: Eto) is a leading international entertainment company that specializes in the acquisition, production and distribution of film and television content. The company’s comprehensive network extends around the globe including Canada, the U.S., the UK, Ireland, Spain, Benelux, France, Germany, Scandinavia, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and South Korea. Through established Entertainment and Distribution divisions, the company provides extensive expertise in film distribution, television and music production, family programming and merchandising and licensing. Its current rights library is exploited across all media formats and includes more than 35,000 film and television titles, 2,800 hours of television programming and 45,000 music tracks. Through strong relationships with broadcasters and content providers, eOne Television International has successfully sold eOne’s original and third-party productions to over 500 broadcasters in 150 countries, including key Us networks and international pay TV channels.
- 3/25/2014
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
The actress talks about Mary Poppins, playing disturbed people and her move into directing
Can you give us a quick sketch of your character in Saving Mr Banks?
I play Margaret Goff who is married to alcoholic Robert Goff Travers; together they are responsible for abandoning their daughter, Pl Travers [the author of Mary Poppins]. They help to inform the character of the novelist we encounter on screen in the 60s. And they are the inspiration behind the Banks parents in Mary Poppins. Margaret is in despair and attempts suicide.
There is almost no dialogue. Do you think almost wordless parts are the hardest?
They are a huge challenge. And to have a suicide attempt three-quarters of the way through with no journey leading up to it on screen is especially hard. You have to understand why she fell for this man and understand the fraughtness of her life and work out what would push...
Can you give us a quick sketch of your character in Saving Mr Banks?
I play Margaret Goff who is married to alcoholic Robert Goff Travers; together they are responsible for abandoning their daughter, Pl Travers [the author of Mary Poppins]. They help to inform the character of the novelist we encounter on screen in the 60s. And they are the inspiration behind the Banks parents in Mary Poppins. Margaret is in despair and attempts suicide.
There is almost no dialogue. Do you think almost wordless parts are the hardest?
They are a huge challenge. And to have a suicide attempt three-quarters of the way through with no journey leading up to it on screen is especially hard. You have to understand why she fell for this man and understand the fraughtness of her life and work out what would push...
- 11/18/2013
- by Kate Kellaway
- The Guardian - Film News
New York — Fiona Shaw's small Broadway dressing room had the look of a makeshift bar. There were more than a dozen bottles of wine stashed on a high shelf.
"It looks like a sort of speakeasy, doesn't it?" the actress said, looking up at the gifts left by well-wishers that were now on duty for post-show cheers. "Over many months, we hope. Not in a night."
Visitors might be handed a glass of pinot but the hostess would rather stay as sober as possible as she tackles another astonishing part in a career populated by plenty of them. This new one may even top the rest: the Virgin Mary, whose son turned water into wine.
Shaw, perhaps best known for playing Harry Potter's aunt, is re-imagining the life of the mother of Christ in Irish writer Colm Toibin's New York premiere stage adaptation of his novella "The Testament of Mary,...
"It looks like a sort of speakeasy, doesn't it?" the actress said, looking up at the gifts left by well-wishers that were now on duty for post-show cheers. "Over many months, we hope. Not in a night."
Visitors might be handed a glass of pinot but the hostess would rather stay as sober as possible as she tackles another astonishing part in a career populated by plenty of them. This new one may even top the rest: the Virgin Mary, whose son turned water into wine.
Shaw, perhaps best known for playing Harry Potter's aunt, is re-imagining the life of the mother of Christ in Irish writer Colm Toibin's New York premiere stage adaptation of his novella "The Testament of Mary,...
- 4/12/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Fifteen years ago the British director Bernard Rose made a deeply disappointing version of Anna Karenina in Russia. As if to make up for this he's spent much of this century in the States making low-budget movies transposing shorter Tolstoy works to present-day California. The first was ivans xtc, an acrid tale of Hollywood based on The Death of Ivan Ilyich, the second part of The Kreutzer Sonata that centres on a pathologically jealous Beverly Hills philanthropist suspecting his wife of adultery. The third is Boxing Day, a version of Master and Man, the story of Vasily, a pompous, penny-pinching smalltown landowner, who sets out right after the December St Nicholas Day festival to buy some cut-price timber from a neighbouring landowner, taking with him Nikita, a heavy-drinking peasant with a troubled marriage. They get lost in a snowstorm and Vasily discovers how much less significant social hierarchies and money are compared to human relationships.
- 12/23/2012
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
I now have to accept the fact there will be several films showing at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival that I simply won't be able to see. I have gone to Cannes three straight years and this will be my third year in Toronto and of the six festivals I've never seen a line-up packed with so many highly anticipated films and today the fest added even more. Sending out the complete line-up today the fest has added three films to their Galas selection and 18 Special Presentations along with several Contemporary World Cinema selections, the latter of which includes James Ponsoldt's Smashed which is said to feature a performance from Mary Elizabeth Winstead that may be up for Oscar consideration. The announcement confirmed Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master will be part of the Special Presentations selection as will Brian De Palma's Passion, a remake of Love Crime...
- 8/14/2012
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Joely Richardson is in negotiations to join Paganini – The Devil’s Violinist, in which violin star David Garrett is set to make his acting debut as Niccolo Paganini. Richardson would play Ethel Langham, a journalist who played a significant role in the 19th century violinist and composer's career. Photos: Cannes Film Festival: Veterans Ready to Return to the Croisette Bernard Rose (Immortal Beloved, Anna Karenina) is writing and directing the film, which will be produced by Summerstorm Entertainment, a subsidiary of Christian Angermayer’s Film House Germany, along with co-producers Bavaria Media Italia and Dor Film. The producers are Gabriela
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- 5/10/2012
- by Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Reviewer: James van Maanen
Ratings (out of five): ***
The Kreutzer Sonata, directed and co-written (with Lisa Enos) by Bernard Rose tracks the journey of a jealous husband's relationship with his pianist wife. A modern adaptation of a Tolstoy novella, the film has a number of good things to warrant a recommendation. The movie leaves all credit information, save its title, to the end, a fact I was grateful for when I finished considering the quality of the director's previous works (Paperhouse, Candyman, Immortal Beloved and Anna Karenina). Yet, it is my second favorite of his films I've seen so far (his most recent work, Mr. Nice with Rhys Ifans, is even better). ...
Ratings (out of five): ***
The Kreutzer Sonata, directed and co-written (with Lisa Enos) by Bernard Rose tracks the journey of a jealous husband's relationship with his pianist wife. A modern adaptation of a Tolstoy novella, the film has a number of good things to warrant a recommendation. The movie leaves all credit information, save its title, to the end, a fact I was grateful for when I finished considering the quality of the director's previous works (Paperhouse, Candyman, Immortal Beloved and Anna Karenina). Yet, it is my second favorite of his films I've seen so far (his most recent work, Mr. Nice with Rhys Ifans, is even better). ...
- 5/8/2012
- by weezy
- GreenCine
While there are still not enough good roles for women out there, particularly in mainstream Hollywood, that hasn't stopped a batch of young female stars from exploding from out of nowhere in recent years. Head-turning performances have helped launch faces like Carey Mulligan, Mia Wasikowska, Emma Stone, Jennifer Lawrence, Felicity Jones and many others into the stratosphere, and the success last weekend of "The Hunger Games" has hopefully put to rest the fallacy that huge audiences won't turn up to big movies carried by a woman.
With that in mind, and hot on the heels of our ten picks for actors on the rise yesterday, we've chosen ten actresses who, while yet to be household names, have wowed audiences and casting directors in recent years, and look like strong contenders to headline the big movies of the future. Check our picks our below, and weigh in with your own tips in the comment section.
With that in mind, and hot on the heels of our ten picks for actors on the rise yesterday, we've chosen ten actresses who, while yet to be household names, have wowed audiences and casting directors in recent years, and look like strong contenders to headline the big movies of the future. Check our picks our below, and weigh in with your own tips in the comment section.
- 3/30/2012
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
When it came to our super-early Oscar predictions last year, we weren't too far off when it came to Best Picture, or even the lead acting categories. But Supporting Actor & Actress? That was something of a disaster. Ok, so we called Christopher Plummer's victory, but aside from that, we were way off.
But that's something inherent in the categories: whereas many of the films that the lead actor and actress star in are designed from the ground up to attract nominations, those who get nominated for Supporting Actor & Actress are often surprise breakouts. Who saw Jonah Hill or Nick Nolte as potential nomination threats a year ago? Or Melissa McCarthy and Janet McTeer?
Nevertheless, on the back of our 2013 Best Picture guesses yesterday, and our Actor & Actress predictions earlier, we're casting our eyes on Supporting Actor & Actress again, to see if we do a little better.
Best Supporting Actor...
But that's something inherent in the categories: whereas many of the films that the lead actor and actress star in are designed from the ground up to attract nominations, those who get nominated for Supporting Actor & Actress are often surprise breakouts. Who saw Jonah Hill or Nick Nolte as potential nomination threats a year ago? Or Melissa McCarthy and Janet McTeer?
Nevertheless, on the back of our 2013 Best Picture guesses yesterday, and our Actor & Actress predictions earlier, we're casting our eyes on Supporting Actor & Actress again, to see if we do a little better.
Best Supporting Actor...
- 3/2/2012
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
At the Academy Awards, Best Picture might be the big prize, but the ones that both the winners and the audience have the most emotional connection to tend to be the acting prizes. Seeing a beloved star, or a fresh-faced newcomer, finally pick up a statue more often than not ends up leading the mainstream media coverage; it's always more moving than some producer's acceptance speech.
This year, we saw Meryl Streep finally win her third, and Christopher Plummer win his first, becoming the oldest actor ever to pick up a statuette. Those might have been predicted a while off by many. Meanwhile, two relative unknowns, Jean Dujardin and Octavia Spencer, also became Oscar-winners. Anyone who claims that they predicted those twelve months ago is a liar. Once again, the awards season can be guessed at, but it also springs up all kinds of surprises.
After our picks for Best Picture yesterday,...
This year, we saw Meryl Streep finally win her third, and Christopher Plummer win his first, becoming the oldest actor ever to pick up a statuette. Those might have been predicted a while off by many. Meanwhile, two relative unknowns, Jean Dujardin and Octavia Spencer, also became Oscar-winners. Anyone who claims that they predicted those twelve months ago is a liar. Once again, the awards season can be guessed at, but it also springs up all kinds of surprises.
After our picks for Best Picture yesterday,...
- 3/2/2012
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
Jude Law has been one of Britain's foremost actors. But with fame came intense press scrutiny of his private life. Now, at 38, he says he is looking forward to his 'most productive decade' – starting with a West End play
Jude Law can't speak about phone hacking. I'm told this by his publicist before the interview. And when I bring it up during our chat – it's the day after the Murdochs and Rebekah Brooks have given testimonies to the Commons committee – Law smiles and makes a zipping action with his finger across his lips. "I just can't because I'm in legal proceedings and it's in various stages with various people, and part of that is classified, and they've promised to keep it quiet if I keep it quiet, so I've got to be really careful. But believe me, there's an awful lot I want to say, though. An awful lot."
But...
Jude Law can't speak about phone hacking. I'm told this by his publicist before the interview. And when I bring it up during our chat – it's the day after the Murdochs and Rebekah Brooks have given testimonies to the Commons committee – Law smiles and makes a zipping action with his finger across his lips. "I just can't because I'm in legal proceedings and it's in various stages with various people, and part of that is classified, and they've promised to keep it quiet if I keep it quiet, so I've got to be really careful. But believe me, there's an awful lot I want to say, though. An awful lot."
But...
- 7/30/2011
- by Carole Cadwalladr
- The Guardian - Film News
Bernard Rose joins the guru stable, bringing with him the trailer to Pasolini’s The Decameron.
Nine 14th-century scatological stories from Boccaccio’s Decameron form the basis of the first entry in Pier Paolo Pasolini’s “Trilogy of Life”, followed by The Canterbury Tales and Arabian Nights. Trailers from Hell welcomes filmmaker Bernard Rose to its guru ranks with his thoughts about this typically eye catching Alberto Grimaldi production, complete with Morricone score.
Click here to watch the trailer.
First off, a big welcome to our newest guru, Bernard Rose, who was one of the pioneering music video directors in the early days of MTV shooting “Relax” for Frankie Goes To Hollywood, and “Red Red Wine” for UB40. Rose’s feature credits as writer and director include
Paperhouse Candyman Immortal Beloved Anna Karenina Ivans Xtc The Kreutzer Sonata Mr Nice and, most recently, Two Jacks.
So, yeah, there’s that.
Nine 14th-century scatological stories from Boccaccio’s Decameron form the basis of the first entry in Pier Paolo Pasolini’s “Trilogy of Life”, followed by The Canterbury Tales and Arabian Nights. Trailers from Hell welcomes filmmaker Bernard Rose to its guru ranks with his thoughts about this typically eye catching Alberto Grimaldi production, complete with Morricone score.
Click here to watch the trailer.
First off, a big welcome to our newest guru, Bernard Rose, who was one of the pioneering music video directors in the early days of MTV shooting “Relax” for Frankie Goes To Hollywood, and “Red Red Wine” for UB40. Rose’s feature credits as writer and director include
Paperhouse Candyman Immortal Beloved Anna Karenina Ivans Xtc The Kreutzer Sonata Mr Nice and, most recently, Two Jacks.
So, yeah, there’s that.
- 7/13/2011
- by Danny
- Trailers from Hell
Deadline is reporting actor Aaron Johnson received offers from high-profiled upcoming projects of “Savages” and “Anna Karenina.” Johnson has appeared in numerous films including “Kick-Ass,” “Nowhere Boy,” and “The Greatest.” In the Oliver Stone-directed “Savages,” he would play one of the two male leads in the drama about two best friends growing marijuana and share a good looking female friend. The Mexican cartel discovers about their good pot and kidnapped their female friend to force them to work for the cartel. Actress Jennifer Lawrence (“Winter’s Bone,” “X-Men: First Class”) was reportedly in talks for the role of the girlfriend named “O,” the kidnapped sexpot. With the recent announcement of her signing on as Katniss in “Hunger Games,” she may need to drop this project since both films will begin to film over this summer. The script is written by Shane Salerno (“Shaft,” “Armageddon”) and Don Winslow (“Full Ride,...
- 3/18/2011
- LRMonline.com
Joe Wright has had success with adapting books to screen with films like Pride and Prejudice and Atonement. Keira Knightley starred in both of those films and she has now re-teamed with Wright to adapt Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina.
Atonement screenwriter, Tom Stoppard is writing the screenplay for the film which has been listed as one of the greatest novels ever written. The book tells the story of a young high-society wife living in 19th Century Russia who, disinterested in her current life, goes against cultural norms and has an affair with a young suitor. The novel follows her fall from grace and the hardships that she experiences due to her behaviour.
There have been a number of adaptations already done, most recently Sophie Marceau and Sean Bean starred in a remake in 1997. Most notable was the 1935 adaptation starring Greta Garbo.
Keira Knightley does well in period pieces and I...
Atonement screenwriter, Tom Stoppard is writing the screenplay for the film which has been listed as one of the greatest novels ever written. The book tells the story of a young high-society wife living in 19th Century Russia who, disinterested in her current life, goes against cultural norms and has an affair with a young suitor. The novel follows her fall from grace and the hardships that she experiences due to her behaviour.
There have been a number of adaptations already done, most recently Sophie Marceau and Sean Bean starred in a remake in 1997. Most notable was the 1935 adaptation starring Greta Garbo.
Keira Knightley does well in period pieces and I...
- 12/10/2010
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
Director Bernard Rose has a variety of films on his resume. He's directed everything from Immortal Beloved to Anna Karenina to Candyman to Ivans Xtc, taking him from large Hollywood films to his own indie efforts, and Mr. Nice falls somewhere inbetween. It's a film based on the real-world exploits of Howard Marks, a UK folk hero known for importing massive amounts of marijuana into the country.
The film is just as eclectic as its director, who uses several different film stocks, camera, aspect ratios, and a lot of historical stock footage in the movie. We spoke with him at SXSW about the genesis of the film, Rhys Ifans and his portrayal of Marks, and his possible return to horror with his next film. Head on after the break for the full interview.5
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The film is just as eclectic as its director, who uses several different film stocks, camera, aspect ratios, and a lot of historical stock footage in the movie. We spoke with him at SXSW about the genesis of the film, Rhys Ifans and his portrayal of Marks, and his possible return to horror with his next film. Head on after the break for the full interview.5
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- 3/21/2010
- by Kevin Kelly
- Cinematical
Tolstoy's controversial novel of pathological jealousy is shifted to present-day Hollywood with no obvious merit
Rose made a so-so version of Anna Karenina a few years back as well as a biopic about the composer of The Kreutzer Sonata, and he brings Tolstoy and Beethoven together in this version of the former's controversial novel of pathological jealousy, which circulated in what we'd now call a samizdat version as a result of tsarist censorship. Shifted from late 19th-century Russia to present-day Hollywood, it's the second of a low-budget trilogy of Tolstoy stories set in California and starring Danny Huston. In this case he plays a rich philanthropist convinced his beautiful wife, a former pianist, is having an affair with a handsome Japanese-American violinist. It's consistently and coldly erotic, and omits Tolstoy's cranky ideas on marriage and sexual abstinence without putting anything comparable in their place. It is, I'm afraid, inferior to...
Rose made a so-so version of Anna Karenina a few years back as well as a biopic about the composer of The Kreutzer Sonata, and he brings Tolstoy and Beethoven together in this version of the former's controversial novel of pathological jealousy, which circulated in what we'd now call a samizdat version as a result of tsarist censorship. Shifted from late 19th-century Russia to present-day Hollywood, it's the second of a low-budget trilogy of Tolstoy stories set in California and starring Danny Huston. In this case he plays a rich philanthropist convinced his beautiful wife, a former pianist, is having an affair with a handsome Japanese-American violinist. It's consistently and coldly erotic, and omits Tolstoy's cranky ideas on marriage and sexual abstinence without putting anything comparable in their place. It is, I'm afraid, inferior to...
- 3/14/2010
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
Danny Huston stars in another intelligent film transposing Tolstoy to La. By Peter Bradshaw
British-born director Bernard Rose, known as a horror specialist for his 1992 shocker Candyman, is showing some stunning form with his modern adaptations of Tolstoy. After a conventional account of Anna Karenina, Rose brought off a brilliant version of The Death Of Ivan Ilych in 2000; set in modern Hollywood, and entitled Ivansxtc, it starred Danny Huston as Ivan, the agent and Tinseltown power-player, confronting the awful truth about his approaching death. Now Rose has adapted Tolstoy's novella The Kreutzer Sonata, again starring Huston, again set in contemporary Los Angeles. The result is bold, brilliant and exhilarating: an intimately horrible, sexually explicit and black-comic portrait of a toxic marriage that is closer to the spirit of the original than any number of costume dramas. It is not merely a study of jealousy and obsession, but a profoundly pessimistic...
British-born director Bernard Rose, known as a horror specialist for his 1992 shocker Candyman, is showing some stunning form with his modern adaptations of Tolstoy. After a conventional account of Anna Karenina, Rose brought off a brilliant version of The Death Of Ivan Ilych in 2000; set in modern Hollywood, and entitled Ivansxtc, it starred Danny Huston as Ivan, the agent and Tinseltown power-player, confronting the awful truth about his approaching death. Now Rose has adapted Tolstoy's novella The Kreutzer Sonata, again starring Huston, again set in contemporary Los Angeles. The result is bold, brilliant and exhilarating: an intimately horrible, sexually explicit and black-comic portrait of a toxic marriage that is closer to the spirit of the original than any number of costume dramas. It is not merely a study of jealousy and obsession, but a profoundly pessimistic...
- 3/11/2010
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Part of a film dynasty, he's unforgettable on screen, but has never had an acting lesson. Is it all in the genes for John's late-flowering son, asks John Patterson
If you don't already know whose son Danny Huston is, the fastest way to figure it out is to close your eyes and listen to him speak. The words waft towards you on a breathy cloud, lent colour and character by a detectable lifelong smoking habit (no emphysema like the Old Man had, though, not yet). In a faded American accent that sounds as if it's been acquired or borrowed or even half-forgotten in exile. All inflected with an Irishman's love of words-as-song and a bullshitter's devotion to the art of speech. Every so often a story – and they're all well-told, like dad's were – will resolve itself into a generous, wheezy burst of laughter that's like an invitation to intimacy and friendship.
If you don't already know whose son Danny Huston is, the fastest way to figure it out is to close your eyes and listen to him speak. The words waft towards you on a breathy cloud, lent colour and character by a detectable lifelong smoking habit (no emphysema like the Old Man had, though, not yet). In a faded American accent that sounds as if it's been acquired or borrowed or even half-forgotten in exile. All inflected with an Irishman's love of words-as-song and a bullshitter's devotion to the art of speech. Every so often a story – and they're all well-told, like dad's were – will resolve itself into a generous, wheezy burst of laughter that's like an invitation to intimacy and friendship.
- 2/25/2010
- by John Patterson
- The Guardian - Film News
I’m a little late in writing up my review of North American’s Carnivorous DVD, which came out yesterday, and I have to confess that I’m feeling a little guilty about it. Actually, I’m not to blame for the delay, but for some reason I feel responsible. I guess I’ve always had a bit of a Good Will Hunting complex, and what I could use right now is for Robin Williams to hug and comfortingly repeat to me, “It’s not your fault. It’s not your fault.”
But since that ain’t happening anytime soon, I might as will get started on my critique. So here’s the explanation for this tardy review: Although I had already watched Carnivorous on a screener DVD, I had to wait for the final product to arrive in order to listen to and remark upon director Amir Valinia’s audio commentary,...
But since that ain’t happening anytime soon, I might as will get started on my critique. So here’s the explanation for this tardy review: Although I had already watched Carnivorous on a screener DVD, I had to wait for the final product to arrive in order to listen to and remark upon director Amir Valinia’s audio commentary,...
- 5/27/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (Allan Dart)
- Fangoria
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