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'My Enemy, My Brother' Tells of Friendship That Crosses Enemy Lines
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Here's your daily dose of an indie film in progress -- at the end of the week, you'll have the chance to vote for your favorite. In the meantime: Is this a movie you’d want to see? Tell us in the comments. My Enemy, My Brother Logline: The true story of two enemies turned blood-brothers; help us journey to Iraq and Iran to find their missing families. Elevator Pitch: "My Enemy, My Brother" tells the incredible story of Zahed and Najah, two former enemies from the Iran-Iraq War who become blood brothers for life. 25 years after one saves the other's life on the battlefield, they meet again by sheer chance in Canada. This story of redemption is deeply moving, but even more mesmerizing is the journey they are about to embark on -- to return to Iraq and Iran to search for a missing wife, son, and parents who »
- Indiewire
Watch: First Trailer For Sundance Buzz Pic 'Diary Of A Teenage Girl' With Bel Powley, Kristen Wiig & Alexander Skarsgaard
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Every Sundance has multiple breakout talents and the 2015 Park City-set festival was no different. One of the biggest breakthrough actors of the festival was Bel Powley, the young, mostly unknown star of the coming of age dramedy, “The Diary Of A Teenage Girl” who swept audiences off of their feet with her naturalistic and unblinking performance as a teenage struggling with her sexuality and identity in 1970s San Francisco during the turbulent Haight-Ashbury scene. Read More: The Biggest Breakout Stars, Filmmakers & Newcomers Of The 2015 Sundance Film Festival Based on Phoebe Gloeckner’s graphic novel of the same name, “The Diary Of A Teenage Girl” may look a little twee on the outside—and sure it has some moments of enchanting animation and fairy tale magic—but it’s much darker than it appears on the surface and its candid and unvarnished look at burgeoning teenage female sexuality was a refreshing outlier at Sundance. »
- Edward Davis
Watch: Patton Oswalt's 'Deleted Scene' From 'Mad Max' Gives Us the One Thing Missing From the Action
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According to Patton Oswalt, a fiery electric guitarist standing on a war machine (whose name is the Doof Warrior!) wasn't the only trick "Mad Max" director George Miller had up his sleeve. The comedian and film buff brought a "Deleted Scene" from Miller's action blockbuster "Mad Max: Fury Road" to his guest spot on "Conan" last week, which featured Oswalt as a warm-up comic for the War Boys army. Read More: Review: 'Mad Max: Fury Road' is the Best Action Movie of the Year "Hey Furiosa, I'd be Furiosa too if the barber gave me that haircut," jokes Oswalt's character while standing on top of a flaming war truck. Conan enjoyed the scene, but had to agree that it deserved the cutting room floor. "I think [Miller] made the right call," he said. "I just don't think it calls for a stand-up comedian." Oswalt tried to argue, but was eventually forced to admit defeat, »
- Becca Nadler
John Williams Says Score For 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Will Reference Earlier Themes
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There are few pieces of movie music as immediately identifiable as John Williams' "Star Wars (Main Theme)." Used throughout the series to date, it would be easy to forgot the composer has also written key themes for the major characters and moments in the six movies so far as well. Some you might not know as well, but they are all part of the texture of the "Star Wars" universe and you'll likely be hearing them again. In an interview with Vanity Fair, Williams discusses his work on "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," and reveals that previous motifs will be referenced again, which perhaps isn't surprising given that Han, Luke, and Leia are all back in action. "There are some scenes where we do make reference to earlier thematic pieces. We haven’t done it yet, but we’re planning to do it," he said. "It’s something »
- Kevin Jagernauth
Watch: Eva Longoria and Sean Bean Flirtatiously Grocery Shop in 'Any Day'
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[Editor's Note: This post is presented in partnership with Time Warner Cable Movies On Demand in support of Indie Film Month. "Any Day," is available now On Demand. Need help finding a movie to watch? Let TWC find the best fit for your mood here.] Rustam Branaman's drama "Any Day" tells the story of Vian (Sean Bean), an ex-fighter and convict who is re-entering society despite his troubled and violent past. When his sister agrees to let him stay with her after serving jail time, Vian learns to re-assimilate himself through love, focus and hard work. From what we can gather from the clip below, it looks like Eva Longoria's character will be an integral part of his process. [Indiewire has partnered with Time Warner Cable Movies On Demand for May's Indie Film Month. Enjoy exceptionally creative and uniquely entertaining new Indie releases (“Still Alice,"“Lost River,” “Maggie,” Good Kill," and more) all month long on Time Warner »
- Sarah Choi
Watch: New Amazon Series 'Catastrophe' Has a New Take On Getting 'Knocked Up'
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Worlds collide in "Catastrophe", a new Amazon series created by comedian and bestselling author Rob Delaney ("Key & Peele") and award-winning actress Sharon Hogan ("Pulling"). The creators also star in the show as Rob and Sharon -- an American man and Irish woman who struggle to maintain their relationship after a night of irresponsible lust that leads to an unplanned pregnancy. Read More: Amazon Jumps into Children's Programming with Three Original Series Premiering This Summer The trailer provides a glimpse into the choppy waters Rob and Sharon must navigate as they develop their unconventional relationship, along with all of the cultural hilarities that come with being an American in the UK. “We look forward to bringing this honest and smart series to our customers,” said Amazon Studio’s Vice President Roy Price. “Sharon’s irreverent humor plays into Rob’s fish-out-of-water experience and, together, their chemistry makes for a »
- Sarah Choi
5 Innovative Ways The Michael Fassbender/Marion Cotillard 'Macbeth' Differs From Previous Versions
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The Official Competition at Cannes closed out on Saturday with “Macbeth,” Australian director Justin Kurzel’s new interpretation of William Shakespeare’s classic tale of murder and tragedy, starring Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard. It’s been a long time since we had a truly great Shakespearean movie (Baz Luhrmann’s “Romeo + Juliet” is probably the last, nearly twenty years ago, depending on your feelings on Michael Almereyda’s 2000 modern-day “Hamlet”), and even longer since there was a great version of this particular play: despite being one of the author’s best-known, it’s generally proven resistant to translation. But as our review revealed, Kurzel’s film manages both feats: it’s a bold take that, while it doesn’t reinvent the wheel, certainly tricks the wheel out with intelligence and visual bravado, and has an engine driven by some furious performances. It’s a very, very different version than »
- Oliver Lyttelton
Watch: Deleted Animated Sequence By Pixar From 'Tomorrowland'
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Brad Bird's "Tomorrowland" certainly isn't short on ambition. It's a blockbuster that celebrates innovators and thinkers like Edison, Tesla and Einstein, and in an early draft, even featured a cameo of sorts by Stanley Kubrick. And that's not all. It turns out Pixar crafted an animated sequence for the movie that was left on the cutting room floor, but thanks to the era of the internet, you can now view it online. “It was pitched as a ride under a ride," the film's co-visual effects supervisor Eddie Pasquarello told Business Insider about where the three-minute scene would've appeared. "When Frank drops below the ‘It’s A Small World’ ride instead of going right to the portal to Tomorrowland he would have taken this ride first, like a 'Pirates of the Caribbean' boat ride. Moving set pieces, mist curtains, it would have been literally riding a classic Disney ride and »
- Kevin Jagernauth
Ryan Reynolds Says Wolverine May Cameo In 'Deadpool'
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With Hugh Jackman promising for real this time — pinkie swear — that "The Wolverine 3" will be his last time as the mutton-chopped mutant, that doesn't mean he won't get out the claws whenever duty calls. If there's an X-Men related movie filming, you can count on the actor to probably stop by, and so it goes with "Deadpool." Read More: First Official, Seductive Look At Ryan Reynolds as 'Deadpool.' With production underway on the long-developing standalone flick starring Ryan Reynolds, it was inevitable that some fan faves of the current X-Men universe might stick their heads into the movie. And so, don't be surprised if Jackman does just that. Maybe. “God I hope so, that would be really nice. I dunno, we’ll see. It seems like he’s open to it, but it’s gonna be more of a scheduling issue than anything else,” Reynolds told News Limited. So basically, »
- Kevin Jagernauth
Documentary About George Miller's Abandoned 'Justice League Mortal' In The Works
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It would seem there's just as much interest in comic book movies that didn't happen, as the ones that have. Last year the excellent "Jodorowsky's Dune" dropped, this year we've already received “The Death of ‘Superman Lives’: What Happened?” about Tim Burton's failed attempt to bring the Man Of Steel to the big screen, and now, perhaps the granddaddy of aborted superhero flicks is getting the documentary treatment. Director Ryan Unicomb is putting together "Miller's Justice League Mortal," which as the title suggest, will profile George Miller's scrapped "Justice League Mortal." On paper it was certainly promising, with the script bringing together the comic book storylines from “Jla: Tower of Babel,” “Superman: Sacrifice” and “Crisis on Infinite Earth” #8 with a cast that would've seen Armie Hammer as Batman, D.J. Cotrona as Superman, Adam Brody as The Flash and Megan Gale as Wonder Woman. But the budget »
- Kevin Jagernauth
Cannes: Justin Kurzel on His Vision for 'Macbeth' and Fascination With Violence
3 hours ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
Read More: Gaspar Noé on Shooting Sex in 'Love' and Why He Loves His Bad Reviews Four years after debuting his first feature film, "The Snowtown Murders," at the Cannes Film Festival, Australian director Justin Kurzel returned over the weekend to the event to premiere his follow-up, "Macbeth," in the main competition. His brutal and robustly acted Shakespeare adaptation marks a huge leap for the filmmaker, whose "Snowtown Murders" was a similarly violent but much smaller film starring a mostly unknown cast. "Macbeth," shot on location in Scotland, comes from mega-producer Harvey Weinstein and stars two of the biggest actors working in film today, Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard. Before its premiere on the Croisette, Indiewire sat down with Kurzel to find out why "Macbeth" appealed to him and what it was like to direct his incredible cast. From Cannes Critics' Week to the competing for the Palme d'Or is quite the. »
- Nigel M Smith
'Twin Peaks' Will Return With 18 Episodes, Angelo Badalamenti Composing All New Music
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Now that a détente has been reached between David Lynch and Showtime over the upcoming "Twin Peaks" revival, we can return to wondering just what's going to be coming in the latest adventures of the cult TV show. And as promised, it will be bigger than anticipated. During the "Twin Peaks" panel at Crypticon in Seattle, Sherilyn Fenn and Sheryl Lee revealed two big pieces of news: there will be eighteen new episodes of "Twin Peaks," all directed by David Lynch, and his longtime collaborator Angelo Badalamenti would be composing all new music. Yep, we'll take a slice of cherry pie to go with that. This effectively doubles the nine episodes that were announced when the Showtime deal was first revealed, and suggests this will be more than just your standard waltz through the past. Read More: Watch 'Sesame Street' Takes on 'Twin Peaks' With 'Twin Beaks' Production is scheduled to begin in September, »
- Kevin Jagernauth
“I Think That Being Unapologetic Gets You Farther Sometimes”: Anna Weinstein on Comedy and Working with Talent
3 hours ago | Filmmaker Magazine - Blog | See recent Filmmaker Magazine news »
I’d heard the rumors about Cannes. About the heels of shoes that are measured if they appear suspiciously low. About some authorized shoe detective (random festival volunteer) who is qualified to deem a heel unfit for a premiere and deny entry. About how this unwelcomed fashion consultation excludes nobody — except men. When I first heard of this supposed Cannes custom — since confirmed by recent celebrity outbursts and Facebook posts from friends in attendance — I lost interest in attending myself. It’s not about whether or not I like getting dolled up, or if I like to wear heels […] »
- Taylor Hess
Cannes Review: Laurent Larivière's 'I Am A Soldier' Starring Louise Bourgoin And Jean-Hugues Anglade
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Around about this time last year in the Un Certain Regard sidebar of Cannes we were discovering eventual winner Kornél Mundruczó's "White God" which features incarcerated, maltreated dogs taking revenge on their human captors. So a little deja vu was inevitable when at a key moment in Laurent Larivière's debut feature "I Am A Soldier" a character gets mauled to unconsciousness by a riled-up German Shepherd escaped from its joyless cage. But while canine captivity is definitely a part of Larivière's debut film, his focus is resolutely on the human characters, the sordid decisions they make in order to keep their heads above water in a drowning economy, and the relationships that crumble and coalesce in that crucible. It is narrow in scope, solid in execution but a little too familiar and too unfocused to take to heart. It does however boast a strong, un-self-pitying performance from model/TV-presenter-turned-actress Louise Bourgoin. »
- Jessica Kiang
Harvey Weinstein Says Jake Gyllenhaal Will Get Oscar Nod For 'Southpaw,' Will Be "Revenge" For 'Nightcrawler' Snub
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Harvey Weinstein knows how to sell the sizzle and the steak. As per usual, the producer was at the Cannes Film Festival this year where made his annual presentation of The Weinstein Company slate. And while Quentin Tarantino's "The Hateful Eight" got the most attention, Harvey was also pitching the upcoming boxing flick "Southpaw" pretty hard. The honcho said Cannes had actually offered a slot for the movie in the lineup, but he turned it down since the film's star, Jake Gyllenhaal, was serving on the jury. And while a promised secret screening for press didn't pan out either, Harvey did make some big promises. According to the producer, Jake Gyllenhaal will get an Oscar nomination for the pugilist picture this year, to make up for his "Nightcrawler" snub last year. “We’ll get revenge. This transformation in ‘Southpaw’ is amazing,” he told journalists and press at the Weinstein presentation. »
- Kevin Jagernauth
"You're F*cked": Watch Robert De Niro's Graduation Speech At New York University’s Tisch School Of The Arts
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School is almost out for summer, and for university graduates, it means their lives start now. And after Martin Scorsese delivered a fine speech for students at New York University’s Tisch School Of The Arts last spring, his pal Robert De Niro stepped up to the microphone this year, and didn't disappoint, bringing humor, hard truth, and encouragement. "When it comes to the arts, passion should always trump common sense. You weren’t just following dreams, you were reaching for your destiny. You’re a dancer, a singer, a choreographer, musician, a filmmaker, a writer, a photographer, a director, a producer, an actor, an artist. Yeah, you’re fucked," De Niro said, adding, “The good news is, that’s not a bad place to start.” "Rejection might sting but my feeling is that often it has very little to do with you," he also advised. "When you’re auditioning or pitching, »
- Kevin Jagernauth
Why Every Film Producer Should Own a Publishing Company
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Why does someone who has various film producer credits on over 100 independent features and documentaries own a record label and a music publishing company? And why does this music company give its music away for free to independent films? After two decades of producing independent film and clearing music for movies, I have come to the realization that every producer should own a music publishing company. As a producer, I have paid many record labels and music publishers to license music (I learned quickly one needs licenses for both “sides” — the master recording and the song copyright/publishing) and […] »
- Gill Holland
Cannes 2015. Top Picks & Coverage Roundup
5 hours ago | MUBI | See recent MUBI news »
Below you will find our favorite films of the Festival de Cannes, as well as an index of our coverage, with more entries, including interviews, to come. We also have an index of the festival's awards.Daniel Kasmantop Picksi. Cemetery of Splendour, The AssassinII. Visit or Memoirs and Confessions, In the Shadow of Women, The Exquisite Corpus, The Lobster, The TreasureIII. Arabian Nights, Journey to the Shore, Mountains May Depart***COVERAGEDay 1: Our Little Sister (Hirokazu Kore-eda), Matteo Garrone (Tale of Tales)Day 2: In the Shadow of Women (Philippe Garrel), One Floor Below (Radu Muntean)Day 3: The Lobster (Yorgos Lanthimos), My Golden Days (Arnaud Desplechin)Day 4: Arabian Nights Volume 1: The Restless One, Carol (Todd Haynes)Day 5: Journey to the Shore (Kiyoshi Kurosawa), Louder Than Bombs (Joachim Trier)Day 6: Arabian Nights Volume Two: The Desolate One (Miguel Gomes), Cemetery of Splendour (Apichatpong Weerasethekul)Day 7: »
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A Shared Memory: Talking to Apichatpong Weerasethakul about "Cemetery of Splendour"
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When Apichatpong Weerasethakul's new film premiered it Cannes, it was like someone just opened the window and let in some much-needed fresh air into the festival. Relegated in a detail of obscure festival politics to the second-tier Un Certain Regard section, where in recent years such too-adventurous works like Jean-Luc Godard's Film socialisme and Claire Denis's Bastards were shunted aside, I came to Cemetery of Splendour assuming the director was going to follow-up on his Palme d'Or of Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives with something as grand if not grander, and as bizarre if not even more bizarre. I should have known Apichatpong would move in mysterious ways and defy expectations.A small, humble film, in fact the most constricted of his full features, Cemetery of Splendour rather than working the surface of story, the surface of space, and the surface of drama and reality, »
- Daniel Kasman
Daily | Vicente Aranda, 1926 – 2015
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"Vicente Aranda, the Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer has died aged 88," reports Jessica Jones for the Local. "One of the director’s most internationally acclaimed films was Amantes [Lovers, 1991] a film noir that follows the passionate affair between a young man and an older woman, played by Jorge Sanz and Victoria Abril, behind the back of his innocent young girlfriend (Maribel Verdú). The film won best film and best director at the Goya’s, Spain’s most prestigious film awards and almost immediately became a modern classic of Spanish cinema." We're gathering remembrances. » - David Hudson »
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