“Animal Control", the single-camera live-action comedy series, created by Bob Fisher, Rob Greenberg and Dan Sterling, was recently renewed for a third season, starring Joel McHale, Michael Rowland, Vella Lovell, Ravi Patel, Grace Palmer and Gerry Dee, premiering Season 2, March 6, 2024 on Fox:
“…’Animal Control’ follows a group of local Animal Control workers whose lives are complicated by the fact that animals are simple, but humans are not.
“‘Frank’ is an opinionated, eccentric Animal Control officer who may not have gone to college but is still the most well-read person in the room.
“A former cop, Frank tried to expose corruption in his department, but his efforts got him fired, which may explain why he's so cynical and curmudgeonly. He has an almost superhuman ability to understand animals. Humans...not so much…”
Season two ushers in mating season, for both the animals and the officers who protect them including guest stars...
“…’Animal Control’ follows a group of local Animal Control workers whose lives are complicated by the fact that animals are simple, but humans are not.
“‘Frank’ is an opinionated, eccentric Animal Control officer who may not have gone to college but is still the most well-read person in the room.
“A former cop, Frank tried to expose corruption in his department, but his efforts got him fired, which may explain why he's so cynical and curmudgeonly. He has an almost superhuman ability to understand animals. Humans...not so much…”
Season two ushers in mating season, for both the animals and the officers who protect them including guest stars...
- 2/7/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Exclusive: Henry Simmons, Bryan Greenberg, Torrey Hanson, Ora Jones and Jasmine Batchelor are set to recur in the new MGM+ series Emperor of Ocean Park, a suspense thriller inspired by the best-selling novel of the same name from Stephen L. Carter. They join previously announced series regulars Forest Whitaker, Grantham Coleman, Tiffany Mack and Paulina Lule.
From John Wells and Sherman Payne, Emperor of Ocean Park is set in the worlds of politics, Ivy League academia and the beaches of Martha’s Vineyard. It follows Talcott Garland (Coleman), an Ivy League law professor whose quiet life is shattered when his father, Judge Oliver Garland (Whitaker), dies of an apparent heart attack. The nature of the judge’s death is questioned by Tal’s sister, Mariah (Tiffany Mack), a former journalist and inveterate conspiracy theorist, who believes that the judge, a failed Black nominee to the Supreme Court, met with foul play.
From John Wells and Sherman Payne, Emperor of Ocean Park is set in the worlds of politics, Ivy League academia and the beaches of Martha’s Vineyard. It follows Talcott Garland (Coleman), an Ivy League law professor whose quiet life is shattered when his father, Judge Oliver Garland (Whitaker), dies of an apparent heart attack. The nature of the judge’s death is questioned by Tal’s sister, Mariah (Tiffany Mack), a former journalist and inveterate conspiracy theorist, who believes that the judge, a failed Black nominee to the Supreme Court, met with foul play.
- 2/6/2024
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
‘Outlander: Blood of My Blood’ starts production (Photo Credit: Starz)
Filming has begun on Starz’s Outlander prequel Outlander: Blood of My Blood which dives into the lives of Jamie’s parents, Ellen and Brian, and Claire’s parents, Julia and Henry. The network’s start of production announcement confirmed Harriet Slater (Pennyworth) will star as Ellen and Jamie Roy (Condor’s Nest) is playing Brian. Hermione Corfield (The Road Dance) is on board as Julia and Jeremy Irvine (War Horse) stars as Henry.
“We’re thrilled to be telling the stories of these two couples. The origins of their relationships explore universal themes that transcend time periods, and we’re so excited for fans to discover and fall in love with these characters and their love stories the way they have with Claire and Jamie,” said Matthew B. Roberts, showrunner, executive producer, and writer on both series.
Season one will...
Filming has begun on Starz’s Outlander prequel Outlander: Blood of My Blood which dives into the lives of Jamie’s parents, Ellen and Brian, and Claire’s parents, Julia and Henry. The network’s start of production announcement confirmed Harriet Slater (Pennyworth) will star as Ellen and Jamie Roy (Condor’s Nest) is playing Brian. Hermione Corfield (The Road Dance) is on board as Julia and Jeremy Irvine (War Horse) stars as Henry.
“We’re thrilled to be telling the stories of these two couples. The origins of their relationships explore universal themes that transcend time periods, and we’re so excited for fans to discover and fall in love with these characters and their love stories the way they have with Claire and Jamie,” said Matthew B. Roberts, showrunner, executive producer, and writer on both series.
Season one will...
- 2/5/2024
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
The official trailer for Mean Girls – the 2024 version – opens with the disclaimer: “This isn’t your mother’s Mean Girls.” It then goes on to confirm it’s pretty much the Mean Girls you know and love, but updated for the TikTok generation.
The trailer drop was accompanied by a batch of photos along with details on the plot.
The updated Mean Girls stars Angourie Rice as Cady Heron, Auli’i Cravalho as Janis ‘Imi’ike, Reneé Rapp as Regina George, Jaquel Spivey as Damian Hubbard, Avantika as Karen Shetty, and Bebe Wood as Gretchen Wieners. Christopher Briney is Aaron Samuels, Jenna Fischer is Ms. Heron, Busy Philipps is Mrs. George, Ashley Park is Madame Park, Tina Fey is Ms. Norbury, and Tim Meadows is Mr. Duvall.
The original 2004 was directed by Mark Waters from a screenplay by Tina Fey, based on Rosalind Wiseman’s Queen Bees and Wannabes. The new...
The trailer drop was accompanied by a batch of photos along with details on the plot.
The updated Mean Girls stars Angourie Rice as Cady Heron, Auli’i Cravalho as Janis ‘Imi’ike, Reneé Rapp as Regina George, Jaquel Spivey as Damian Hubbard, Avantika as Karen Shetty, and Bebe Wood as Gretchen Wieners. Christopher Briney is Aaron Samuels, Jenna Fischer is Ms. Heron, Busy Philipps is Mrs. George, Ashley Park is Madame Park, Tina Fey is Ms. Norbury, and Tim Meadows is Mr. Duvall.
The original 2004 was directed by Mark Waters from a screenplay by Tina Fey, based on Rosalind Wiseman’s Queen Bees and Wannabes. The new...
- 11/8/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
After launching When You Finish Saving the World at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival edition (sans Park City premiere due to the pandemic of course) it would be fitting for Jesse Eisenberg to have that Sundance experience at a place like the Eccles for his sophomore directorial gig. Plus this is an acquisitions title. Filmed in New York and in Warsaw, Poland at the beginning of this past summer, A Real Pain saw Eisenberg move in front of the camera to be joined by Kieran Culkin and Ellora Torchia in what is tipped as a semi-autobiographical project.…...
- 11/6/2023
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
Speculation on the state of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s marriage continues. Whether or not the pair are headed for divorce anytime soon, an expert says their relationship is made even more complicated by the “tensions of royalty.”
Many of Harry and Meghan’s ‘allies’ have ‘fallen away’ in recent years, expert says Prince Harry and Meghan Markle | Samir Hussein/Samir Hussein/WireImage
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex don’t necessarily have as many people in their corner as they once did. According to royal author Christopher Andersen, Harry and Meghan’s list of supporters has shrunk from the time of their Montecito, California, relocation in 2020 to now.
“Trying to carve out this new life for them in Hollywood, I suppose they expected the honeymoon to go on,” Andersen told UsWeekly. “And as time passed, more and more of their allies and friends and admirers have just fallen away.
Many of Harry and Meghan’s ‘allies’ have ‘fallen away’ in recent years, expert says Prince Harry and Meghan Markle | Samir Hussein/Samir Hussein/WireImage
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex don’t necessarily have as many people in their corner as they once did. According to royal author Christopher Andersen, Harry and Meghan’s list of supporters has shrunk from the time of their Montecito, California, relocation in 2020 to now.
“Trying to carve out this new life for them in Hollywood, I suppose they expected the honeymoon to go on,” Andersen told UsWeekly. “And as time passed, more and more of their allies and friends and admirers have just fallen away.
- 8/14/2023
- by Mandi Kerr
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
For the lucky few who caught Park Chan-wook’s Oldboy during its original, limited U.S. theatrical release in 2005, the film landed with the full force of the Korean cultural wave that was yet to come. Here, seemingly out of nowhere, was a viscerally disturbing cinematic vision — live octopus-eating, hand-to-hand combat via claw-tooth hammer and a climax involving double incest and the severing of a human tongue — but one delivered in a style as baroquely accomplished as anything Hollywood or American indie cinema had ever produced. The experience was that rarest of aesthetic shocks to the system (perhaps now extinct in our late, smartphone-everywhere era), like landing in a country and culture totally foreign to you for the first time, or stumbling onto a landmark work from a true master artist — who, somehow, you hadn’t even known existed.
To celebrate the film’s 20th anniversary, Neon is rereleasing Oldboy in U.
To celebrate the film’s 20th anniversary, Neon is rereleasing Oldboy in U.
- 8/11/2023
- by Patrick Brzeski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Central Park‘s Molly wasn’t voiceless for long: The Apple TV+ animated comedy has tapped The Umbrella Academy star Emmy Raver-Lampman to voice the character originally played by Kristen Bell, TVLine has learned.
“After an extensive casting process that brought a number of incredible contenders to the forefront of our Molly search, we could not be more thrilled, honored, and certain that we have found the perfect marriage of character to voice in the amazing Emmy Raver-Lampman,” the Central Park creative team of Loren Bouchard, Josh Gad, Nora Smith, Halstead Sullivan and Sanjay Shah said in a statement. “From...
“After an extensive casting process that brought a number of incredible contenders to the forefront of our Molly search, we could not be more thrilled, honored, and certain that we have found the perfect marriage of character to voice in the amazing Emmy Raver-Lampman,” the Central Park creative team of Loren Bouchard, Josh Gad, Nora Smith, Halstead Sullivan and Sanjay Shah said in a statement. “From...
- 7/24/2020
- by Dave Nemetz
- TVLine.com
“Baby Driver” director Edgar Wright is attached to direct, develop and executive produce a ghost story called “Stage 13” from “SNL” writer Simon Rich that Amblin Partners has acquired, the studio announced Wednesday.
The film is based on Rich’s own short story, and he will also adapt the screenplay. It’s the comedic story of a silent film actress who has haunted the soundstage Stage 13 for decades, only to meet a struggling director and team with him to make their mark on the world.
Rich will produce the film with Wright’s producing partner at Complete Fiction Nira Park, as will Working Title’s Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner. Amblin Partners’ president of production Jeb Brody and creative executive John Buderwitz will oversee for the studio.
Also Read: Edgar Wright's 'Last Night in Soho' Gets New 2021 Release and First Look Image (Photo)
Wright also recently signed on to...
The film is based on Rich’s own short story, and he will also adapt the screenplay. It’s the comedic story of a silent film actress who has haunted the soundstage Stage 13 for decades, only to meet a struggling director and team with him to make their mark on the world.
Rich will produce the film with Wright’s producing partner at Complete Fiction Nira Park, as will Working Title’s Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner. Amblin Partners’ president of production Jeb Brody and creative executive John Buderwitz will oversee for the studio.
Also Read: Edgar Wright's 'Last Night in Soho' Gets New 2021 Release and First Look Image (Photo)
Wright also recently signed on to...
- 7/22/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Exclusive: In the conversation of Asian and Asian American representation in film and TV, the South Asian community tends to be overlooked. In an effort to bolster South Asian visibility in front of and behind the camera, Reena Singh, Senior Vice President of Current Programming at Twentieth Television, and Rishi Rajani, President of Production and Development at Lena Waithe’s Hillman Grad Productions, are launching a mentorship program with The Salon, a collective of South Asian creatives in Hollywood created by literary manager Bash Naran and actor-producers Nik Dodani (Atypical) and Vinny Chhibber (The Red Line). The inaugural mentorship program is slated to kick off in October.
The year-long program will be led by Singh and Rajani and will connect aspiring South Asian talent to established members of the entertainment industry. The Salon will be accepting applications for the program starting today with an August 22 deadline. The chosen participants for...
The year-long program will be led by Singh and Rajani and will connect aspiring South Asian talent to established members of the entertainment industry. The Salon will be accepting applications for the program starting today with an August 22 deadline. The chosen participants for...
- 7/22/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s August 2020 and that can only mean one thing: HBO Max is about to enter Lovecraft Country.
Over the years HBO (and by the transitive property its new HBO Max streaming offshoot) has grown accustomed to debuting a buzzworthy new TV show or limited series every couple of months. For August 2020 that will almost certainly be Southern Gothic horror series Lovecraft Country. The J.J. Abrams and Jordan Peele-produced thriller arrives on August 14 on HBO and HBO Max.
Other strong HBO Max originals arriving in August include the documentary Class Action Park (release date Tbd), Seth Rogen-starring comedy An American Pickle (Aug. 6), and finales for I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, Doom Patrol, and Perry Mason.
Of course, HBO Max is designed to house much of WarnerMedia’s content across many mediums. That means some recent movies on note like Jojo Rabbit (Aug. 1), Richard Jewell (Aug. 8), and Birds of Prey (Aug.
Over the years HBO (and by the transitive property its new HBO Max streaming offshoot) has grown accustomed to debuting a buzzworthy new TV show or limited series every couple of months. For August 2020 that will almost certainly be Southern Gothic horror series Lovecraft Country. The J.J. Abrams and Jordan Peele-produced thriller arrives on August 14 on HBO and HBO Max.
Other strong HBO Max originals arriving in August include the documentary Class Action Park (release date Tbd), Seth Rogen-starring comedy An American Pickle (Aug. 6), and finales for I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, Doom Patrol, and Perry Mason.
Of course, HBO Max is designed to house much of WarnerMedia’s content across many mediums. That means some recent movies on note like Jojo Rabbit (Aug. 1), Richard Jewell (Aug. 8), and Birds of Prey (Aug.
- 7/20/2020
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Apple TV+’s Central Park has a lot going on.
The show is the next animated comedy from Bob’s Burgers creator Loren Bouchard, whose animation style could probably best be described as “genial worm people.” It features an impressive voice cast of Josh Gad, Stanley Tucci, Kathryn Hahn, Tituss Burgess, Leslie Odom Jr., Kristen Bell, Daveed Diggs, and more. It boasts a carefully researched story about New York’s Central Park that examines the imbalanced interactions between public and private life.
It’s also a musical.
And the most noteworthy thing about the show and all of its ambitious features is how much that last musical bit takes prominence over just about everything else. Central Park isn’t just an animated comedy musical. It’s a full on Broadway musical in the guise of a 25-minute animated comedy.
Musicals and television have had a long, tortured history. Dating back to...
The show is the next animated comedy from Bob’s Burgers creator Loren Bouchard, whose animation style could probably best be described as “genial worm people.” It features an impressive voice cast of Josh Gad, Stanley Tucci, Kathryn Hahn, Tituss Burgess, Leslie Odom Jr., Kristen Bell, Daveed Diggs, and more. It boasts a carefully researched story about New York’s Central Park that examines the imbalanced interactions between public and private life.
It’s also a musical.
And the most noteworthy thing about the show and all of its ambitious features is how much that last musical bit takes prominence over just about everything else. Central Park isn’t just an animated comedy musical. It’s a full on Broadway musical in the guise of a 25-minute animated comedy.
Musicals and television have had a long, tortured history. Dating back to...
- 5/15/2020
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Welcome to this week’s Major League Wrestling: Fusion, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have Nicolas Cage…who is a f—— Vampire!!!!!!! Alva! Alva! Allllllllvaaaaaaaa!!!!! Hey, we’ve got one match…one stinkin’ match! Fortunately, our match for this card is a long one, so we’ve got a good time for all…except for Alva if she doesn’t find that f—— Contract!!!!!!! We Don’T Ignore Our Work!!!!!!! We Find That F—— Contraaaaaaaaaaaaaaact!!!!!!!!
Match #1: (Main Event) Los Parks defeated Psycho Clown, Psicosis and Niño Hamburguesa The following is courtesy of mlw.com:
It’s the long-awaited return of La Park in Mlw and you can feel the excitement in the Tijuana air as the star power is major in this match. The fight starts and Los Parks immediately take control by brawling with their opponents.La Park takes it to Psycho Clown...
Match #1: (Main Event) Los Parks defeated Psycho Clown, Psicosis and Niño Hamburguesa The following is courtesy of mlw.com:
It’s the long-awaited return of La Park in Mlw and you can feel the excitement in the Tijuana air as the star power is major in this match. The fight starts and Los Parks immediately take control by brawling with their opponents.La Park takes it to Psycho Clown...
- 5/12/2020
- by Nathan Favel
- Nerdly
Film, television, and stage actor Jerry Stiller died of natural causes, as according to his son Ben Stiller. He was 92.
“I’m sad to say that my father, Jerry Stiller, passed away from natural causes,” Ben announced on Twitter. “He was a great dad and grandfather, and the most dedicated husband to Anne for about 62 years. He will be greatly missed. Love you Dad.”
Stiller is known for his TV roles as Frank Costanza on Seinfeld and Arthur Spooner on The King of Queens, and multiple films including, The Taking of Pelham One, Two, Three, John Waters’ Hairspray, his son’s Zoolander, and Richard Lester’s adaptation of Terrence McNally’s play, The Ritz, which Jerry also acted in on Broadway.
But he might be best remembered for being part of the comedy team Stiller & Meara, which he performed with his wife, Anne Meara. The pair met in 1953 at a New York casting call,...
“I’m sad to say that my father, Jerry Stiller, passed away from natural causes,” Ben announced on Twitter. “He was a great dad and grandfather, and the most dedicated husband to Anne for about 62 years. He will be greatly missed. Love you Dad.”
Stiller is known for his TV roles as Frank Costanza on Seinfeld and Arthur Spooner on The King of Queens, and multiple films including, The Taking of Pelham One, Two, Three, John Waters’ Hairspray, his son’s Zoolander, and Richard Lester’s adaptation of Terrence McNally’s play, The Ritz, which Jerry also acted in on Broadway.
But he might be best remembered for being part of the comedy team Stiller & Meara, which he performed with his wife, Anne Meara. The pair met in 1953 at a New York casting call,...
- 5/11/2020
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
Frankie Muniz is ready to bust out his best boy band dance moves in the ballroom!
Et caught up with the Malcolm in the Middle star at the Knott's Scary Farm event in Buena Park, California, on Friday, where he teased his upcoming week three performance on Dancing With the Stars.
This week, the 11 remaining contestants will be performing to routines inspired by their ultimate guilty pleasures. Muniz and his pro partner, Witney Carson, will be dancing the samba to *Nsync's "It's Gonna Be Me," and according to Muniz, it's gonna be difficult!
"My guilty pleasure is that I'm a big fan of boy bands," Muniz, 31, admitted to Et's Katie Krause on the black carpet. "Normally I wouldn't admit that, but you know what? I'm already wearing sequins and dancing in front of millions of people -- I can go ahead and throw out there the fact that I like boy bands! I love the...
Et caught up with the Malcolm in the Middle star at the Knott's Scary Farm event in Buena Park, California, on Friday, where he teased his upcoming week three performance on Dancing With the Stars.
This week, the 11 remaining contestants will be performing to routines inspired by their ultimate guilty pleasures. Muniz and his pro partner, Witney Carson, will be dancing the samba to *Nsync's "It's Gonna Be Me," and according to Muniz, it's gonna be difficult!
"My guilty pleasure is that I'm a big fan of boy bands," Muniz, 31, admitted to Et's Katie Krause on the black carpet. "Normally I wouldn't admit that, but you know what? I'm already wearing sequins and dancing in front of millions of people -- I can go ahead and throw out there the fact that I like boy bands! I love the...
- 10/2/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
The body of a missing 5-year-old California boy last seen in late April has been found near a Santa Barbara County lake, homicide detectives confirmed to People Saturday.
Aramazd Andressian Jr. was found near Lake Cachuma on Friday, after additional leads brought homicide detectives back to the area searching for additional evidence.
The discovery came hours after the boy’s father, Aramazd Andressian Sr., was extradited to Los Angeles where he has been charged with the 5-year-old’s murder. The 35-year-old man was detained on June 23 in Las Vegas in connection with his son’s death, and is being held...
Aramazd Andressian Jr. was found near Lake Cachuma on Friday, after additional leads brought homicide detectives back to the area searching for additional evidence.
The discovery came hours after the boy’s father, Aramazd Andressian Sr., was extradited to Los Angeles where he has been charged with the 5-year-old’s murder. The 35-year-old man was detained on June 23 in Las Vegas in connection with his son’s death, and is being held...
- 7/1/2017
- by Dave Quinn
- PEOPLE.com
An English teenager died in a lake yesterday despite the efforts of emergency crews — including Prince William and his air ambulance helicopter team — who were called to help at the scene.
Police confirmed to People that the 16-year-old boy died after swimming in a lake at Lee Valley Regional Park in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, just north of London on Thursday.
William was a part of the air ambulance crew that was sent to the lake along with the fire service to attend to the emergency. Photos and video footage of William at the lake were published in The Daily Mirror on Friday.
Police confirmed to People that the 16-year-old boy died after swimming in a lake at Lee Valley Regional Park in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, just north of London on Thursday.
William was a part of the air ambulance crew that was sent to the lake along with the fire service to attend to the emergency. Photos and video footage of William at the lake were published in The Daily Mirror on Friday.
- 5/26/2017
- by Simon Perry
- PEOPLE.com
The Jeonju Project Market’s top prize was awarded to Jeon Jeehee’s Kukdo Theatre
The 18th Jeonju International Film Festival (Jiff) closed today with a record number of sold-out screenings and the Jeonju Project Market’s top Jcp Award going to Jeon Jeehee’s Kukdo Theatre yesterday (May 5).
Jiff estimated a new record of 270 sold-out screenings and 79,000 admissions. This is up from last year’s record of 222 sold-out screenings and 71,093 admissions.
Running April 27-May 6, this year’s festival benefited from multiple public holidays: May Day on Monday, May 1, Buddha’s Birthday on May 3 and Children’s Day on Friday, May 5.
Jiff screened 229 films from 58 countries, up from last year’s 211 from 45 countries, with 543 screenings, up 40 from last year.
Sold-out screenings included the opening and closing films, On Body And Soul and Survival Family respectively, as well as International Competition best picture prize winner The Park.
The Jiff-produced Jeonju Cinema Project (Jcp), this year a trio of...
The 18th Jeonju International Film Festival (Jiff) closed today with a record number of sold-out screenings and the Jeonju Project Market’s top Jcp Award going to Jeon Jeehee’s Kukdo Theatre yesterday (May 5).
Jiff estimated a new record of 270 sold-out screenings and 79,000 admissions. This is up from last year’s record of 222 sold-out screenings and 71,093 admissions.
Running April 27-May 6, this year’s festival benefited from multiple public holidays: May Day on Monday, May 1, Buddha’s Birthday on May 3 and Children’s Day on Friday, May 5.
Jiff screened 229 films from 58 countries, up from last year’s 211 from 45 countries, with 543 screenings, up 40 from last year.
Sold-out screenings included the opening and closing films, On Body And Soul and Survival Family respectively, as well as International Competition best picture prize winner The Park.
The Jiff-produced Jeonju Cinema Project (Jcp), this year a trio of...
- 5/6/2017
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
The last time anyone saw Aramazd Andressian Jr., he was enjoying himself at Disneyworld. The 5-year-old and his father spent April 20 at the theme park and left around midnight.
That was nearly two weeks ago, but the boy hasn’t been seen since. Now, authorities are offering a $10,000 reward for information.
Last week, police arrested the boy’s father, 35-year-old Aramazd Andressian Sr., on suspicion of one count of child endangerment and one count of child abduction. Days later, they released Andressian Sr., citing “insufficient evidence.”
Aramazd Jr. was supposed to be dropped off by his father in San Marino...
That was nearly two weeks ago, but the boy hasn’t been seen since. Now, authorities are offering a $10,000 reward for information.
Last week, police arrested the boy’s father, 35-year-old Aramazd Andressian Sr., on suspicion of one count of child endangerment and one count of child abduction. Days later, they released Andressian Sr., citing “insufficient evidence.”
Aramazd Jr. was supposed to be dropped off by his father in San Marino...
- 5/3/2017
- by Steve Helling
- PEOPLE.com
Although there’s no shortage of regional film festivals throughout the year, few — if any — are better curated than the Maryland Film Festival. With a slate organized by Director of Programming Eric Allen Hatch, the downtown Baltimore festival, which takes place from May 3-7, offers the finest in independent and international cinema of the past year, as well as some of our most-anticipated world premieres.
Now in its 19th year, we’re pleased to debut the full line-up for the 6-screen festival, and can exclusively reveal that Brett Haley‘s The Hero (one of our favorite films from Sundance) will be the Closing Night film. World premiering at the festival is Stephen Cone‘s Princess Cyd, his follow-up to one of last year’s finest films, Henry Gamble’s Birthday Party, along with Josh Crockett‘s Dr. Brinks & Dr. Brinks.
We can also exclusively reveal the Opening Night Shorts — 5 short...
Now in its 19th year, we’re pleased to debut the full line-up for the 6-screen festival, and can exclusively reveal that Brett Haley‘s The Hero (one of our favorite films from Sundance) will be the Closing Night film. World premiering at the festival is Stephen Cone‘s Princess Cyd, his follow-up to one of last year’s finest films, Henry Gamble’s Birthday Party, along with Josh Crockett‘s Dr. Brinks & Dr. Brinks.
We can also exclusively reveal the Opening Night Shorts — 5 short...
- 4/21/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The 9-year-old boy who was shot Monday by his teacher’s estranged husband at an elementary school in San Bernardino, California, is on the road to recovery, his family says.
In a statement released Wednesday via the school district, Nolan Brandy’s parents identified him as one of the victims struck by gunfire Monday morning while standing near his special education teacher Karen Elaine Smith inside her classroom at North Park Elementary School.
Nolan’s family also shared a photo of him smiling in his hospital bed.
The boy was originally listed in critical condition after the shooting and was...
In a statement released Wednesday via the school district, Nolan Brandy’s parents identified him as one of the victims struck by gunfire Monday morning while standing near his special education teacher Karen Elaine Smith inside her classroom at North Park Elementary School.
Nolan’s family also shared a photo of him smiling in his hospital bed.
The boy was originally listed in critical condition after the shooting and was...
- 4/13/2017
- by Christine Pelisek
- PEOPLE.com
Festival to open with Berlin Golden Bear winner.
Korea’s second largest film festival, the 18th Jeonju International Film Festival (Jiff), which focuses on independent and arthouse cinema, is set to open April 27 with Berlinale Golden Bear winner On Body And Soul, directed by Ildiko Enyedi.
The Hungarian director is also set to be on the International Competition jury and hold masterclasses at the fest.
Jiff today announced its line-up of 229 films from 58 countries with 50 world premieres and three international premieres, putting an emphasis on its slogan “Outlet for Cinematic Expression.”
“We have always had the identity of a festival for independent and alternative films, but as you all know, the past year has revealed problems such as the [government] blacklist and various forms of censorship that have not been solved, which is why we have put forth this slogan,” said festival director Lee Choong-jik.
Supporting Korean independents
Executive programmer Kim Young-jin noted a recent slump in Korean...
Korea’s second largest film festival, the 18th Jeonju International Film Festival (Jiff), which focuses on independent and arthouse cinema, is set to open April 27 with Berlinale Golden Bear winner On Body And Soul, directed by Ildiko Enyedi.
The Hungarian director is also set to be on the International Competition jury and hold masterclasses at the fest.
Jiff today announced its line-up of 229 films from 58 countries with 50 world premieres and three international premieres, putting an emphasis on its slogan “Outlet for Cinematic Expression.”
“We have always had the identity of a festival for independent and alternative films, but as you all know, the past year has revealed problems such as the [government] blacklist and various forms of censorship that have not been solved, which is why we have put forth this slogan,” said festival director Lee Choong-jik.
Supporting Korean independents
Executive programmer Kim Young-jin noted a recent slump in Korean...
- 3/27/2017
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
Stormy awards sees Greek Academy blast government.
Argyris Papadimitropoulos’s (Wasted Youth) drama Suntan was the big winner at the Iris Hellenic Film Academy Awards on Tuesday evening (March 21) winning six prizes out of the 11 for which it was nominated including best film and director.
The film, which played in the Rotterdam, Brussels, Edinburgh, SXSW, Odessa and Jeonju festivals, was also awarded best screenplay, best actor for Makis Padimitriou and best supporting actress for Elli Tringou.
The Faliro House, Marni and Oxymoron production is a bitter sweet drama about a middle-aged doctor on a Greek island whose life turns upside down when he gets embroiled with a group of hedonist tourists.
The film is widely tipped to be Greece’s submission in the best foreign language category at next year’s Oscars.
World sales are handled by Us outlet Visit Films. Strand Releasing is the Us distributor.
Also winning awards was Tasos Boulmetis’ coming of age story...
Argyris Papadimitropoulos’s (Wasted Youth) drama Suntan was the big winner at the Iris Hellenic Film Academy Awards on Tuesday evening (March 21) winning six prizes out of the 11 for which it was nominated including best film and director.
The film, which played in the Rotterdam, Brussels, Edinburgh, SXSW, Odessa and Jeonju festivals, was also awarded best screenplay, best actor for Makis Padimitriou and best supporting actress for Elli Tringou.
The Faliro House, Marni and Oxymoron production is a bitter sweet drama about a middle-aged doctor on a Greek island whose life turns upside down when he gets embroiled with a group of hedonist tourists.
The film is widely tipped to be Greece’s submission in the best foreign language category at next year’s Oscars.
World sales are handled by Us outlet Visit Films. Strand Releasing is the Us distributor.
Also winning awards was Tasos Boulmetis’ coming of age story...
- 3/22/2017
- by alexisgrivas@yahoo.com (Alexis Grivas)
- ScreenDaily
Stormy awards sees Greek Academy blast government.
Argyris Papadimitropoulos’s (Wasted Youth) drama Suntan swept the Iris Hellenic Film Academy Awards on Tuesday evening (March 21) winning six prizes out of the 11 for which it was nominated including best film and director.
The film, which played in the Rotterdam, Brussels, Edinburgh, SXSW, Odessa and Jeonju festivals, was also awarded best screenplay, best actor for Makis Padimitriou and best supporting actress for Elli Tringou.
The Faliro House, Marni and Oxymoron production is a bitter sweet drama about a middle-aged doctor on a Greek island whose life turns upside down when he gets embroiled with a group of hedonist tourists.
The film is widely tipped to be Greece’s submission in the best foreign language category at next year’s Oscars.
World sales are handled by Us outlet Visit Films. Strand Releasing is the Us distributor.
Also winning awards was Tasos Boulmetis’ coming of age story Mythopathy, which won three...
Argyris Papadimitropoulos’s (Wasted Youth) drama Suntan swept the Iris Hellenic Film Academy Awards on Tuesday evening (March 21) winning six prizes out of the 11 for which it was nominated including best film and director.
The film, which played in the Rotterdam, Brussels, Edinburgh, SXSW, Odessa and Jeonju festivals, was also awarded best screenplay, best actor for Makis Padimitriou and best supporting actress for Elli Tringou.
The Faliro House, Marni and Oxymoron production is a bitter sweet drama about a middle-aged doctor on a Greek island whose life turns upside down when he gets embroiled with a group of hedonist tourists.
The film is widely tipped to be Greece’s submission in the best foreign language category at next year’s Oscars.
World sales are handled by Us outlet Visit Films. Strand Releasing is the Us distributor.
Also winning awards was Tasos Boulmetis’ coming of age story Mythopathy, which won three...
- 3/22/2017
- by alexisgrivas@yahoo.com (Alexis Grivas)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Iffr reveals lineup and jury for programme focused on emerging filmmakers.
International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr) (25 Jan – 5 Feb) has announced the full line-up of its Bright Future programme, including the titles that will compete for the Bright Future Award.
Scroll down for the full lineup
The competition for the Bright Future Award 2017 consists of sixteen debut films, including Chinese documentary Children Are Not Afraid of Death, Children Are Afraid of Ghosts by Rong Guang Rong and Caroline Leone’s melancholy Brazilian road movie Pela Janela. Also competing are Belgian title Inside the Distance and German feature Self-Criticism Of A Bourgeois Dog.
The jury for the award will be made up of Italian film producer Marta Donzelli (Le Quattro Volte); Marleen Slot, Netherlands producer for Viking Film (Neon Bull) and chair of Film Producers Netherlands (Fpn); and Jean-Pierre Rehm, director of the French film festival Fid Marseille.
Outside of this competition, Bright Future also presents...
International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr) (25 Jan – 5 Feb) has announced the full line-up of its Bright Future programme, including the titles that will compete for the Bright Future Award.
Scroll down for the full lineup
The competition for the Bright Future Award 2017 consists of sixteen debut films, including Chinese documentary Children Are Not Afraid of Death, Children Are Afraid of Ghosts by Rong Guang Rong and Caroline Leone’s melancholy Brazilian road movie Pela Janela. Also competing are Belgian title Inside the Distance and German feature Self-Criticism Of A Bourgeois Dog.
The jury for the award will be made up of Italian film producer Marta Donzelli (Le Quattro Volte); Marleen Slot, Netherlands producer for Viking Film (Neon Bull) and chair of Film Producers Netherlands (Fpn); and Jean-Pierre Rehm, director of the French film festival Fid Marseille.
Outside of this competition, Bright Future also presents...
- 1/4/2017
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Isabelle Huppert is outstanding in Mia Hansen-Løve’s impeccable study of midlife crisis, while Greek newcomer Sofia Exarchou makes her mark with Park
Clocks have changed, scarves are out and critics are already being commissioned by antsy editors to compile best-of-2016 lists. Premature, yes, but I’ll be surprised and delighted if I see anything better than Things to Come (Curzon Artificial Eye, 12) in the next few weeks. Mia Hansen-Løve’s formally simple yet emotionally immense drama of midlife crisis and creation skates gracefully on the edge of perfection.
It’s easy to imagine many versions of a merely good sauvignon blanc drama in which Isabelle Huppert pristinely plays a Parisian intellectual handling a divorce with dry wit and elegant fury. Hansen-Løve’s voice, however, is extraordinary in its democratic compassion and detail-fixated honesty. She has made a life study in which everything and nothing that happens is remarkable and...
Clocks have changed, scarves are out and critics are already being commissioned by antsy editors to compile best-of-2016 lists. Premature, yes, but I’ll be surprised and delighted if I see anything better than Things to Come (Curzon Artificial Eye, 12) in the next few weeks. Mia Hansen-Løve’s formally simple yet emotionally immense drama of midlife crisis and creation skates gracefully on the edge of perfection.
It’s easy to imagine many versions of a merely good sauvignon blanc drama in which Isabelle Huppert pristinely plays a Parisian intellectual handling a divorce with dry wit and elegant fury. Hansen-Løve’s voice, however, is extraordinary in its democratic compassion and detail-fixated honesty. She has made a life study in which everything and nothing that happens is remarkable and...
- 11/6/2016
- by Guy Lodge
- The Guardian - Film News
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Four people were killed while riding a water rapids attraction at Australian’s biggest theme park Tuesday afternoon.
Ambulance service official Gavin Fuller said two victims were thrown from their raft and two others became trapped inside after a “malfunction” on the Thunder River Rapids ride at Dreamworld on Queensland’s Gold Coast, 35 miles south of Brisbane on the eastern coast of Australia.
Queensland police investigator announced the victims are a 42-year-old woman, a 38-year-old man, a 35-year-old man and a 32-year-old woman, the New York Times reports.
Gold Coast Inspector...
Four people were killed while riding a water rapids attraction at Australian’s biggest theme park Tuesday afternoon.
Ambulance service official Gavin Fuller said two victims were thrown from their raft and two others became trapped inside after a “malfunction” on the Thunder River Rapids ride at Dreamworld on Queensland’s Gold Coast, 35 miles south of Brisbane on the eastern coast of Australia.
Queensland police investigator announced the victims are a 42-year-old woman, a 38-year-old man, a 35-year-old man and a 32-year-old woman, the New York Times reports.
Gold Coast Inspector...
- 10/25/2016
- by Stephanie Petit
- PEOPLE.com
The 27th edition of the Stockholm International Film Festival (Nov 9 - 20) will present 200 films from 70 countries.
The Stockholm International Film Festival will kick-off with Ken Loach’s Palme d’Or winner I, Daniel Blake, followed by a mid-festival ‘middle film’ screening in the shape of Nate Parker’s Birth of A Nation, and will close with Kenneth Lonergan’s Manchester By The Sea.
Directors attending the festival include Francis Ford Coppola (who will receive the lifetime achievement award, present a public talk, and screen Apocalypse Now), Ken Loach, Francois Ozon (who receives the festival’s Visionary Award), Ira Sachs, Alice Lowe, Mark Cousins, Anne Fontaine, Gabe Klinger, and many more.
The festival’s main competition line-up is:
A Decent Woman by Lukas Valenta Rinner (Arg, S Kor, Aus)A Taste Of Ink by Morgan Simon (Fr)Albüm by Mehmet Can Mertoğlu (Tur, Fr, Rom)Are We Not Cats by Xander Robin (Us)Birth Of A Nation by [link...
The Stockholm International Film Festival will kick-off with Ken Loach’s Palme d’Or winner I, Daniel Blake, followed by a mid-festival ‘middle film’ screening in the shape of Nate Parker’s Birth of A Nation, and will close with Kenneth Lonergan’s Manchester By The Sea.
Directors attending the festival include Francis Ford Coppola (who will receive the lifetime achievement award, present a public talk, and screen Apocalypse Now), Ken Loach, Francois Ozon (who receives the festival’s Visionary Award), Ira Sachs, Alice Lowe, Mark Cousins, Anne Fontaine, Gabe Klinger, and many more.
The festival’s main competition line-up is:
A Decent Woman by Lukas Valenta Rinner (Arg, S Kor, Aus)A Taste Of Ink by Morgan Simon (Fr)Albüm by Mehmet Can Mertoğlu (Tur, Fr, Rom)Are We Not Cats by Xander Robin (Us)Birth Of A Nation by [link...
- 10/18/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
★★☆☆☆ Sofia Exarchou's debut feature Park tackles the hopelessness of austerity-ravaged Greece through the lives of a ragtag bunch of children and teenagers that call Athens' abandoned Olympic village their home. Some appear to be homeless, while others only visit during the day, but for all of them the decaying village is the hub of their daily lives. Instead of going to school or spending time with their parents, the kids play violent games with - and against - each other and roam the vast premises aimlessly. These amusements include arm wrestling, walking barefoot, dog fighting and bellowing like wild animals.
- 10/13/2016
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
I Am Not Madame Bovary
Feng Xiaogang's I Am Not Madame Bovary won the Golden Seashell at the San Sebastian Film Festival. The film about a woman who takes on the Chinese legal system also saw star Fan Bingbing named best actress.
It was a good night for Asian directors, as Korean filmmaker Hang Sang-soo took home the Silver Shell for Best Director for his romantic comedy about a jealous painter Yourself And Yours.
There were also prizes for homegrown talent, as Isabel Peña and Rodrigo Sorogoyen won the Jury Prize for Best Screenplay for tense Spanish thriller May God Save Us (Que Dios Nos Perdone) and veteran Spanish star Eduard Fernández was named best actor for Smoke And Mirrors (El Hombre De Las Mil Caras).
Pepe San Martin's Lgbt family drama Rara won the Horizontes Award, while the New Directors prize went to Sofia Exarchou for Park about teenagers,...
Feng Xiaogang's I Am Not Madame Bovary won the Golden Seashell at the San Sebastian Film Festival. The film about a woman who takes on the Chinese legal system also saw star Fan Bingbing named best actress.
It was a good night for Asian directors, as Korean filmmaker Hang Sang-soo took home the Silver Shell for Best Director for his romantic comedy about a jealous painter Yourself And Yours.
There were also prizes for homegrown talent, as Isabel Peña and Rodrigo Sorogoyen won the Jury Prize for Best Screenplay for tense Spanish thriller May God Save Us (Que Dios Nos Perdone) and veteran Spanish star Eduard Fernández was named best actor for Smoke And Mirrors (El Hombre De Las Mil Caras).
Pepe San Martin's Lgbt family drama Rara won the Horizontes Award, while the New Directors prize went to Sofia Exarchou for Park about teenagers,...
- 9/25/2016
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Debuts The Winter and The Giant, share the special jury prize; Hong Sang-soo wins Silver Shell for best director.
The San Sebastián International Film Festival (Sept 16-24) awards ceremony had a marked Asian flavour last night [24].
Feng Xiaogang’s I Am Not Madame Bovary - the social satire about a woman seeking to restore honour after a bitter divorce - won the Golden Shell for best film at the 64th edition of the festival.
I Am Not Madame Bovary, which had previously won the fipresci prize in Toronto, also earned Chinese star Fan Bingbing the Silver Shell in San Sebastián for best actress.
South Korea’s director Hong Sang-soo won the Silver Shell for best director for the love story Yourself And Yours.
The Special Jury Prize was shared between the Argentinian-French coproduction The Winter, a contemporary western set in a remote area in Patagonia by first time director Emiliano Torres, and the Swedish-Danish...
The San Sebastián International Film Festival (Sept 16-24) awards ceremony had a marked Asian flavour last night [24].
Feng Xiaogang’s I Am Not Madame Bovary - the social satire about a woman seeking to restore honour after a bitter divorce - won the Golden Shell for best film at the 64th edition of the festival.
I Am Not Madame Bovary, which had previously won the fipresci prize in Toronto, also earned Chinese star Fan Bingbing the Silver Shell in San Sebastián for best actress.
South Korea’s director Hong Sang-soo won the Silver Shell for best director for the love story Yourself And Yours.
The Special Jury Prize was shared between the Argentinian-French coproduction The Winter, a contemporary western set in a remote area in Patagonia by first time director Emiliano Torres, and the Swedish-Danish...
- 9/25/2016
- ScreenDaily
The 64th San Sebastian Film Festival, which ran from September 16 to 24, closed out its celebrations by announcing its winners on Saturday night. The top prize, known as the Golden Shell, was awarded to Feng Xiaogang’s drama “I Am Not Madame Bovary.” Its lead, Fan Bingbing, also took home the Best Actress award that night.
“I have a lot of experience and a lot of habits. These habits can cage you. When I started this film, I tried to set these habits aside and try to work as if it were my directorial debut and do something courageous. I knew it was very risky,” Feng said, per The Hollywood Reporter. “I didn’t know if it was the right thing to do, but today the San Sebastian Film festival gave me the answer with this prize for the best film.”
Read More: Critics Pick the Best Films From the Toronto...
“I have a lot of experience and a lot of habits. These habits can cage you. When I started this film, I tried to set these habits aside and try to work as if it were my directorial debut and do something courageous. I knew it was very risky,” Feng said, per The Hollywood Reporter. “I didn’t know if it was the right thing to do, but today the San Sebastian Film festival gave me the answer with this prize for the best film.”
Read More: Critics Pick the Best Films From the Toronto...
- 9/24/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
Ten years after the Athens Olympic Games, the Athens Olympic Village is a near-deserted place and harbors only a few working-class families who were offered free housing after the 2004 games. It’s the setting for Sofia Exarchou’s debut feature film “Park,” about a group of Athenian teenagers who come of age during a summertime idyll.
They wander around the ruins, playing versions of the Olympic games, and organizing dog mating for money. The eldest members of the group, retired athlete Anna (Dimitra Vlagkopoulou) and timid Dimitri (Dimitris Kitsos), court each other and eventually become a couple, but soon must confront their displacement and alienation in and outside the Village. Watch an exclusive trailer for the film below.
Read More: 2016 Karlovy Vary Iff Awards Winners: ‘It’s Not the Time of My Life’ Takes Top Prize
“Through the intersecting stories of the kids of the Olympic Village, ‘Park’ tries to...
They wander around the ruins, playing versions of the Olympic games, and organizing dog mating for money. The eldest members of the group, retired athlete Anna (Dimitra Vlagkopoulou) and timid Dimitri (Dimitris Kitsos), court each other and eventually become a couple, but soon must confront their displacement and alienation in and outside the Village. Watch an exclusive trailer for the film below.
Read More: 2016 Karlovy Vary Iff Awards Winners: ‘It’s Not the Time of My Life’ Takes Top Prize
“Through the intersecting stories of the kids of the Olympic Village, ‘Park’ tries to...
- 9/7/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
The festival has revealed its line-up of Polish films and co-productions.
True Crimes, Alexandros Avranas’ crime thriller starring Jim Carrey and Charlotte Gainsbourg, will have its world premiere as a special screening at the upcoming Warsaw Film Festival (Oct 7-16).
The Us-Pol-uk co-production marks the English language debut of Greek director Avranas, whose previous feature Miss Violence won a Silver lion for best director at Venice Film Festival in 2013.
Based on a 2008 article in The New Yorker, the story follows a murder case that is reopened after a newly-published novel sheds light on the previously unsolved crime.
The 32nd edition of the Warsaw Film Festival has revealed the line-up of Polish films that will screen across its various strands.
True Crimes plays as a special screening. Also having its world premiere in that category is the Mex-Pol anthology film Tales Of Mexico (El Habitation), which features eight different stories from various directors, all of which...
True Crimes, Alexandros Avranas’ crime thriller starring Jim Carrey and Charlotte Gainsbourg, will have its world premiere as a special screening at the upcoming Warsaw Film Festival (Oct 7-16).
The Us-Pol-uk co-production marks the English language debut of Greek director Avranas, whose previous feature Miss Violence won a Silver lion for best director at Venice Film Festival in 2013.
Based on a 2008 article in The New Yorker, the story follows a murder case that is reopened after a newly-published novel sheds light on the previously unsolved crime.
The 32nd edition of the Warsaw Film Festival has revealed the line-up of Polish films that will screen across its various strands.
True Crimes plays as a special screening. Also having its world premiere in that category is the Mex-Pol anthology film Tales Of Mexico (El Habitation), which features eight different stories from various directors, all of which...
- 9/2/2016
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Next month’s Toronto International Film Festival has nearly completed its lineup announcements, and each one is more impressive than the last. Today’s Tiff picks feature a number of slate additions for sections as varied as the forward-focused Discovery, their burgeoning Pop Vr section and even a handful of last minute additions to the Tiff Docs list. New titles of note that have just been announced include the Cannes hit “The Red Turtle,” Wayne Roberts’ “Katie Says Goodbye” and the well-regarded “Sand Storm,” all of which will screen as part of Discovery.
Read More: Tiff Lineup: 5 Reasons to Get Excited About the 2016 Program
Both the Next Wave and Tiff Kids section pull titles from other, previously announced sections to create an appealing lineup for the next generation of cinephiles. Standout titles include “Moonlight,” “My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea” and “The Eagle Huntress.”
Additionally, the festival has...
Read More: Tiff Lineup: 5 Reasons to Get Excited About the 2016 Program
Both the Next Wave and Tiff Kids section pull titles from other, previously announced sections to create an appealing lineup for the next generation of cinephiles. Standout titles include “Moonlight,” “My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea” and “The Eagle Huntress.”
Additionally, the festival has...
- 8/23/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Three California gang members were convicted this week in connection with the 2012 murder of an eighth-grade boy, who was stomped to death in public because his attackers mistakenly believed he was in a rival gang, People confirms. The boy's big brother - who was with him that day, April 27, 2012 - was also attacked as he tried to help, prosecutors say. On Tuesday, Jacob Lynch, 20, and Clemente Salas, 19, were convicted of first-degree murder in the death of 14-year-old Heriberto Reyes, Santa Clara County Deputy District Attorney Carlos Vega tells People. They both face life in prison without the possibility of parole when they're sentenced in October,...
- 8/3/2016
- by Chris Harris, @chrisharrisment
- PEOPLE.com
Three California gang members were convicted this week in connection with the 2012 murder of an eighth-grade boy, who was stomped to death in public because his attackers mistakenly believed he was in a rival gang, People confirms. The boy's big brother - who was with him that day, April 27, 2012 - was also attacked as he tried to help, prosecutors say. On Tuesday, Jacob Lynch, 20, and Clemente Salas, 19, were convicted of first-degree murder in the death of 14-year-old Heriberto Reyes, Santa Clara County Deputy District Attorney Carlos Vega tells People. They both face life in prison without the possibility of parole when they're sentenced in October,...
- 8/3/2016
- by Chris Harris, @chrisharrisment
- PEOPLE.com
One of the final performances from the late star to be seen as part of San Sebastian’s New Directors line-up.
San Sebastian Film Festival (Sept 16-24) has unveiled the 14 filmmakers set to compete for the Kutxabank-New Directors award, which comes with a prize of €50,000.
The strand, made up of first or second films from international filmmakers, includes Gabe Klinger’s Porto, which features one of the final performances of Anton Yelchin, who died last month.
The film, which stars Yelchin and Lucie Lucas as a young man and woman who have a romantic encounter, also features the voice of late director Chantal Akerman and is executive produced by Jim Jarmusch.
Porto marks Klinger’s narrative feature debut, having previously directed the Venice-award-winning documentary Double Play: James Benning and Richard Linklater.
Other titles in the strand hail from across Europe, South America and Asia.
New Directors Line-Up
Synopses provided by the festival:
Anishoara
Ana-Felicia Scutelnicu (Germany - Moldova...
San Sebastian Film Festival (Sept 16-24) has unveiled the 14 filmmakers set to compete for the Kutxabank-New Directors award, which comes with a prize of €50,000.
The strand, made up of first or second films from international filmmakers, includes Gabe Klinger’s Porto, which features one of the final performances of Anton Yelchin, who died last month.
The film, which stars Yelchin and Lucie Lucas as a young man and woman who have a romantic encounter, also features the voice of late director Chantal Akerman and is executive produced by Jim Jarmusch.
Porto marks Klinger’s narrative feature debut, having previously directed the Venice-award-winning documentary Double Play: James Benning and Richard Linklater.
Other titles in the strand hail from across Europe, South America and Asia.
New Directors Line-Up
Synopses provided by the festival:
Anishoara
Ana-Felicia Scutelnicu (Germany - Moldova...
- 7/26/2016
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Paris-based company also sees Iffr programmer Inge de Leeuw join as acquisitions manager.
Paris-based Stray Dogs has acquired world sales rights to Indian director Anurag Kashyap’s thriller Psycho Raman (Raman Raghav) [pictured] ahead of its premiere in Cannes parallel section Directors’ Fortnight.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui stars as Raman, a serial killer who sees his alter ego in rookie borderline cop Raghav and sets his sights on making him turn bad.
“It’s elevated bad-ass and, for sure, one of the edgiest and coolest films in the selection. I’d been scouting the film for a while and saw a first-cut in Mumbai in December,” said Stray Dogs founding chief Nathan Fischer.
Fischer, who launched Stray Dogs at the beginning of 2015, first met Kashyap while interning at the Indian Film Festival in Los Angeles.
“What is so cool about this collaboration with Anurag is that I was his driver three years ago when I was an intern in Los...
Paris-based Stray Dogs has acquired world sales rights to Indian director Anurag Kashyap’s thriller Psycho Raman (Raman Raghav) [pictured] ahead of its premiere in Cannes parallel section Directors’ Fortnight.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui stars as Raman, a serial killer who sees his alter ego in rookie borderline cop Raghav and sets his sights on making him turn bad.
“It’s elevated bad-ass and, for sure, one of the edgiest and coolest films in the selection. I’d been scouting the film for a while and saw a first-cut in Mumbai in December,” said Stray Dogs founding chief Nathan Fischer.
Fischer, who launched Stray Dogs at the beginning of 2015, first met Kashyap while interning at the Indian Film Festival in Los Angeles.
“What is so cool about this collaboration with Anurag is that I was his driver three years ago when I was an intern in Los...
- 5/4/2016
- ScreenDaily
The UK’s Lucas Ochoa and Poland’s Klaudia Smieja are among upcoming European producers set for neworking initiative in Cannes.Scroll down for the full list
European Film Promotion (Efp) has selected 20 emerging European producers for the 17th edition of its Producers on the Move networking initiative, which will be held during the Cannes Film Festival between May 14-17.
The participating producers will take part in a programme of round-table project presentations, one-on-one speed dating pitches and case studies of successful projects.
The 2016 selection includes the UK’s Lucas Ochoa, producer on Andrea Arnold’s Cannes competition entry American Honey. Ochoa has had winning films at the Sundance Film Festival for four years in a row including Robert Egger’s multi-award winning The Witch and this year’s Michal Marczak documentary All These Sleepless Night.
Poland’s Klaudia Smieja, an executive producer on Icelandic hit Rams, has also been selected. Her additional...
European Film Promotion (Efp) has selected 20 emerging European producers for the 17th edition of its Producers on the Move networking initiative, which will be held during the Cannes Film Festival between May 14-17.
The participating producers will take part in a programme of round-table project presentations, one-on-one speed dating pitches and case studies of successful projects.
The 2016 selection includes the UK’s Lucas Ochoa, producer on Andrea Arnold’s Cannes competition entry American Honey. Ochoa has had winning films at the Sundance Film Festival for four years in a row including Robert Egger’s multi-award winning The Witch and this year’s Michal Marczak documentary All These Sleepless Night.
Poland’s Klaudia Smieja, an executive producer on Icelandic hit Rams, has also been selected. Her additional...
- 4/21/2016
- ScreenDaily
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