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Amazon Studios Acquires Woody Allen's Star-Studded Untitled Rom-Com
18 February 2016 3:03 PM, PST
It seems like the prolific Woody Allen has gotten rather comfortable at Amazon, as he has entrusted the company with both distribution and streaming rights to his latest as-yet-untitled new feature. This release marks a major step forward for Amazon Studios' distribution strategy, as the company has often secured streaming rights to projects and partnered with theatrical distributors to bring the films to theaters in limited release. Such was the case last December when Amazon partnered with Roadside Attractions to bring Spike Lee's "Chi-Raq" to theaters. The company has secured all theatrical and streaming rights to Allen's movie. Read More: Woody Allen to Star in His Amazon Series Opposite...Miley Cyrus? The untitled feature will open with a traditional, theatrical release over the summer, followed by its streaming debut exclusive to Amazon Prime subscribers. “Like all beginning relationships, there is much hope, mutual affection, and genuine goodwill -- the lawsuits. »
- Nix Santos
Watch: Long-Lost 'Belladonna of Sadness' Gets a Psychedelic Nsfw Trailer
18 February 2016 2:06 PM, PST
Read More: Cinelicious Pics Restoring 'Belladona of Sadness' For U.S. Release Among the great lost works of cinema is the tantalizing psychedelic "Belladonna of Sadness." Eiichi Yamamoto Japanese animated film has been missing since the 1970s and is finally being distributed stateside my Cinelicious Pics in May, starting in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles. The film will be restored using the original 35mm camera negative and sound elements, including over 8 minutes of surreal and explicit footage cut from the negative. "Belladonna" is surrealist exploration of adult themes. The plot centers around an assaulted woman who takes revenge by making a pact with the Devil. The trippy watercolor aesthetics mix well with the Japanese psych rock soundtrack by noted avant-garde jazz composer Masahiko Satoh. The film is the final entry in producer Osamu Tezuka's "Animerama" trilogy. "Belladonna of Sadness" »
- Bryn Gelbart
Meet the Four Up-and-Coming Directors Selected to Have Their Films Produced By The Weinstein Company
18 February 2016 1:30 PM, PST
Read More: Vimeo's 10,000th Staff Pick Introduces a Mind-Blowing Hologram Experience Now in its third year, the Lexus Short Film Series has picked four promising new directors whose short films they will finance. The films will be produced and internationally showcased by The Weinstein Company. The project was launched in 2013 with the stated goal of "supporting and nurturing a new generation of emerging filmmakers." The four winning filmmakers faced stiff competition this year, having been chosen amongst a group that included close to 4,500 applicants. "We treated this project as if it were a film festival," explained producer Joey Horvitz, who is overseeing the project for TWC. "Any filmmaker with a film that played at any festival was eligible. Also, current film students could submit a short regardless of it playing at a festival." Each of the 4,400-plus applicants submitted a previously produced short film that was watched by a ten-person screening. »
- Chris O'Falt
How 'Darby Forever' Director Oz Rodriguez Used His 'SNL' Skills to Make a Darling New Short
18 February 2016 1:09 PM, PST
Read More: Vimeo Pushes Further into Original Programming It's never easy for "Saturday Night Live" stars to make the jump off the small screen, but Oz Rodriguez (one half of the venerable sketch comedy show's very popular directing duo Matt & Oz) seems to have the right idea. The filmmaker is now behind the camera on the charming short film "Darby Forever," written by fellow "SNL" talents Chris Kelly and Aidy Bryant (who also stars in the film), a canny move that marries his short-form sensibilities with the freedom of going long as part of Vimeo's new original programming initiative. The short centers on Bryant's eponymous Darby, a clerk at a mostly boring fabric store, who wiles away her time dreaming about a brighter kind of life. That's not to say that Darby's actual existence is awful, after all, her boss is played by the incomparable Retta and her customers include a literally rocking Natasha Lyonne. »
- Kate Erbland
Watch: Kristen Wiig, Jane Fonda and More Take On Hannibal Lecter Like You've Never Seen Him Before
18 February 2016 12:57 PM, PST
In 1991's "Silence of the Lambs," Anthony Hopkins gave one of the most memorable performances of his career as the terrifying monster that was Hannibal Lecter. In fact, the performance was so iconic that it continues to haunt us today. Read More: Watch: Uzo Aduba, Abigail Breslin and Julia Garner Beat the Boys in These Iconic Male Roles To celebrate the film's 25th anniversary, W Magazine gathered a few of our favorite actresses to read the seminal monologue that would influence villains for years and years to come. Yes, that’s right, we said actresses. Kristen Wiig, Jane Fonda, Mya Taylor, Carey Mulligan and Greta Gerwig all give their own refreshing take on the notoriously despicable Hannibal Lecter. Naturally, each performance is unique to the actors, with Kristen Wiig giving the lines a comedic spin, while Carey Mulligan opts for a darker portrayal. Hannibal Lecter wishes he could be nearly »
- Nix Santos
Watch: 'The Path' Trailer Asks Aaron Paul and Michelle Monaghan To Believe Everything
18 February 2016 12:52 PM, PST
Read More: Watch: Aaron Paul and Hugh Dancy Find Faith — But Not Scientology — in Hulu's 'The Path' Trailer How far would you go for your faith? It's a simple question hiding immense complexities, including the various answers — and extremes in answers — each person could provide. Perhaps the most relevant example of those extremes came last year when Alex Gibney released his documentary on Scientology, "Going Clear," examining the terrifying backstory of a "church" that most now see as a cult. There's a fine line between the two concepts, and "The Path" seems to defining that line for us. In the above trailer, Aaron Paul ("Breaking Bad") and Michelle Monaghan ("Gone, Baby, Gone") play husband and wife to a family of followers; specifically followers of a new belief system run by Hugh Dancy ("Hannibal") that may or may not be hiding some deep, dark secrets. Take a look at the trailer for yourself above, »
- Ben Travers
Full New Directors/New Films Lineup Includes 'Under the Shadow,' 'Evolution' and More
18 February 2016 11:33 AM, PST
Read More: 'The Fits,' 'Neon Bull' Headline First Wave of New Directors/New Films Selections Last month, the Film Society of Lincoln Center and the Museum of Modern Art announced the first wave of films selected to play the 44th Annual New Directors/New Films festival, including acclaimed festival titles like "The Fits" and "Neon Bull." With a little under a month to go before the event, the duo have now unveiled the official lineup, and it includes a handful of the hottest breakouts from Sundance last month. Opening the festival will be Babak Anvari’s debut feature "Under the Shadow," the Iranian horror film about a mother and daughter haunted by a sinister presence during the Iran-Iraq War. Indiewire's Eric Kohn hailed the film as the "first great horror movie of the year" after its Sundance premiere. Closing the festival will be Kirsten Johnson’s "Cameraperson," while other »
- Zack Sharf
BFI Flare London Lgbt Film Festival Releases Full Film Slate
18 February 2016 11:30 AM, PST
Read More: London's Biggest Lgbt Film Festival To Open With Football Film 'The Pass' The world's largest Lgbt Film Festival will hit London for its 30th year running come March 16-27. The BFI Flare fest previously announced this month that it will host the world premiere of Ben A. Williams' "The Pass" and will close with Catherine Corsini’s "Summertime." The days in between the two premieres will include over 50 feature films and more than 100 shorts various guest appearances, masterclasses and workshops. The most significant edition to this year's Flare Festival is the BFI's decision to separate the week into 3 sections: Hearts, Minds and Bodies. Of the three categories, films like Neil Armfield's "Holding the Man," Lorenzo Vigas' "From Afar," Rigoberto Perzecano's "Carmin Tropical" and Jack Walsh's "Yvonne Rainer: Facts are Feelings" will screen. The three genres of films will »
- Elle Leonsis
Here's the Lineup for the First-Ever Kaleidoscope Virtual Reality World Tour
18 February 2016 11:10 AM, PST
Kaleidoscope, the largest community for virtual reality creators, has officially announced the 2016 Kaleidoscope World Tour, a multi-city international tour set to showcase the best in virtual reality film, art, and immersive experiences. Read More: Why the Future of Virtual Reality Isn't Movies or Video Games Kicking off in Paris, France, the festival will also make stops in London, England; Amsterdam, Netherlands; Cologne, Germany; Berlin, Germany; Stockholm, Sweden; Tel Aviv, Israel; Melbourne, Australia; Pangyo, South Korea and Tokyo, Japan. "We were overwhelmed by the enthusiasm around the inaugural Kaleidoscope Vr Film Festival and can’t wait to bring it to a global audience in 2016," said Kaleidoscope co-founder René Pinnell in an official statement. "We are thrilled to showcase the latest Vr experiences and technologies to 10 international hubs, and to engage with local pioneers in each city to highlight their groundbreaking work. »
- Bryn Gelbart
'Krisha' and 'Stanford Prison Experiment' Directors to Headline Miami International Film Festival Juries
18 February 2016 11:00 AM, PST
The 33rd edition of Miami Dade College’s Miami International Film Festival has announced the jury members for its four competition categories, which include the Knight Competition, Lexus Ibero-American Feature Film Competition, Jordan Alexander Ressler Screenwriting Award and Cinemaslam. Read More: Google Joins the Miami International Film Festival to Spotlight Gender and Race Inequality in Film Two high profile indie filmmakers will headline the Knight Competition jury this year. Kyle Patrick Alvarez, the writer-director behind last year's acclaimed "The Stanford Prison Experiment," and Trey Edward Shults will join actor and filmmaker Selton Mello on the jury. Shults won the Grand Jury Award and the Audience Award at last year's SXSW Film Festival for his debut feature "Krisha," which opens in theaters next month via A24. The full list of jury members can be found below. Knight CompetitionKyle Patrick AlvarezSelton MelloTrey Edward Shults Lexus »
- Zack Sharf
Watch: The Baby-Faced Stars of 'Togetherness' Season 2 in Mark and Jay Duplass' First Short Films
18 February 2016 10:16 AM, PST
Read More: Watch: Amanda Peet and Steve Zissis Try 'Togetherness' in This Exclusive Deleted Scene Remember that time you fell in love with Mark Duplass? Some audiences first discovered the comedic mastermind in 2005 with his independent film, "The Puffy Chair," where he drove cross-country to deliver a gigantic purple La-z-Boy to his father on his birthday. Although the film only grossed a total $194,523, domestically, it was enough to launch Mark and Jay Duplass into a writing-directing frenzy that would include "Mumblecore," "Baghead," "Cyrus," and "Jeff Who Lives at Home" — and now "Togetherness," their HBO comedy set to start its second season this Sunday. The two Duplass' have reached the point where they have mega production deals with Netflix and multiple shows on HBO, thanks to their executive producer credits (and voice work) on the animated comedy "Animals." But before they moved from indie »
- Elle Leonsis
9 Contemporary Indies That Are New Horror Classics
18 February 2016 10:12 AM, PST
"The Witch" (2016) The latest film to join the new horror classic club, Robert Eggers' exemplary debut "The Witch" is 90 minutes of controlled atmospheric dread. Billed as a "New England Folktale," the movie revolves around a banished family of Puritanical Christians who set up a new home in a remote patch of wilderness. While the father is certain they will be able to grow their own crops and survive, things slowly take a turn for the sinister. What happens next combines a shattering period piece about the dissolution of a family with a genuinely disturbing horror movie about possession. Eggers, a former production designer, is so gruelingly authentic in every detail that the terror becomes frighteningly grounded, making ever slight disturbance in the family's foundation a rattling and troubling experience. The result is the most terrifying movie of 2016, hands down. "The House of the Devil" (2009)Ti West has quickly emerged as. »
- Zack Sharf
Infographic: Which 'Love' Should You Watch on Netflix This Weekend?
18 February 2016 9:39 AM, PST
Everyone wants love, but what about "Love"? The answer depends on what, exactly, you're looking for out of a film or TV show because there are many, many projects that have chosen to be called by this most basic of titles, including two recent Netflix releases: a Judd Apatow-co-created original series starring Paul Rust and Gillian Jacobs, and Gaspar Noe's hardcore erotic feature that hit theaters last summer. Decider.com understands, which is why they've created the below infographic to guide you through the process of making your pick. Check it out, and really be honest about your answers before "Love" (the Apatow one) premieres Friday at midnight on Netflix. Read More: Gaspar Noé's 'Love,' 'Dope' and More Coming to Netflix This February (Plus Indiewire's Picks) »
- Liz Shannon Miller
Watch: 'Orphan Black' Season 4 Trailer Goes Back to the Beginning (And Finds a Release Date)
18 February 2016 9:35 AM, PST
Read More: Watch: 'Orphan Black' Season 3 Blooper Reel is Full of Giggles A series focusing on various clones all played by the same actor is bound to have its fair share of twists, but "Orphan Black" has proven to be one of the few thrillers on TV with a nearly flawless track record in the twist department. So hearing its star talk about going "back to the beginning" in the new trailer for Season 4, well, that's got our minds racing with possibilities. The science-fiction series earned its first Primetime Emmy nomination in 2015 after two seasons of fans and critics alike calling out the TV Academy for unjustly ignoring Maslany's astounding performance(s). BBC America seems to be taking the new endorsement and running with it, moving the show to a new, more competitive night. "Orphan Black" Season 4 returns Thursday, April 14 at 10pm on BBC America. Watch the trailer above. »
- Ben Travers
Why 'Things to Come' Filmmaker Mia Hansen-Løve Refuses to Get Caught Up in Ideologies
18 February 2016 9:15 AM, PST
Read More: Berlin Review: In 'L'Avenir,' Isabelle Huppert Takes Stock of Her Life One of the very best films to emerge from this year's Berlinale, the competition entry "Things to Come" was written and directed by the French director Mia Hansen-Løve, with the always-charismatic Isabelle Huppert in the lead role in a gentle, poignant story about a philosophy teacher whose life falls apart when her husband leaves and her mother dies. For Huppert's Nathalie, the only way to cope with it is to let time take its course — something that proves to be both a curse and a blessing at the same time. In a way, the film resonates with the filmmaker's previous work: While "Goodbye, First love" and "Eden" were films about passions of youth that wane with time, in "Things to Come," Nathalie has been in love with philosophy her whole life, but ultimately discovers she loves life even more. »
- Tina Poglajen
Watch: Kate McKinnon and Kumail Nanjiani Prepare Their Beach Bodies For The Indie Spirit Awards
18 February 2016 9:09 AM, PST
Read More: 2016 Film Independent Spirit Awards Reveal Filmmaker Grant Winners SNL starlet Kate McKinnon is set to host this year's Independent Film Spirit Awards alongside "Silicon Valley" star and podcaster extraordinaire Kuamil Nanjiani. Although, Kumail may be confused about what exactly he is going to host. Maybe he's just excited for the warm Santa Monica weather. Luckily, Kate is there to talk some sense into him. Both parities have exciting projects in the works, with McKinnon's female-led "Ghostbusters" sequel hitting this July and another season of "Silicon Valley" dropping on HBO in late April. After last year's delightful hosting job by Fred Armisen and Kristen Bell, Kumail and Kate have some pretty big shoes to fill, but we are sure they will bring their own comedic spins to the job. The Spirit Awards air on IFC on February 27. Watch the two making a great team above and below. Read More: Kate McKinnon and Kumail. »
- Bryn Gelbart
'The Boy from Mushin' Chronicles the Experiences of a Nigerian Human Rights Activist
18 February 2016 8:27 AM, PST
Here's your daily dose of an indie film, web series, TV pilot, what-have-you in progress -- at the end of the week, you'll have the chance to vote for your favorite. In the meantime: Is this a project you’d want to see? Tell us in the comments. The Boy from Mushin Logline: "The Boy from Mushin" tells the story of Bisi Alimi, who put his life on the line when he came out as gay live on Nigerian national television. Elevator Pitch: In 2004 the president of Nigeria claimed there were “no gays in Nigeria”, Funmi Iyanda, interviewed Bisi about his sexuality on her popular television show, New Dawn. The fury that followed tore Bisi’s world apart. Bisi left Nigeria an exile and arrived in London a refugee. From the streets of Mushin, the slum of Lagos, he has now become one of Africa’s most prominent human rights activists. »
- Indiewire
Attention, Filmmakers: Your Snapchat Short Film Could Get You Into the Tribeca Film Festival
18 February 2016 8:20 AM, PST
The 15th Tribeca Film Festival is taking major steps this year to keep up with ever-changing storytelling platforms, first by embracing virtual reality and now by opening up a competition in which filmmakers are being invited to submit short films created on Snapchat. The Tribeca Snapchat Shorts program is the first of its kind and will spotlight the best Snapchat stories from across the U.S, Read More: 15th Tribeca Film Festival Set to Host 23 Virtual Reality Installations The festival is partnering with the app to invite all Snapchat users to create a story exclusively on the platform. The film cannot exceed 200 seconds and has to be downloaded and submitted to the festival by March 8. Submissions open on February 27. A panel of celebrity jurors and famous Snapchatters (including DJ Khaled) will select 10 winning shorts to be highlighted at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival. The shorts may also be featured on a special Snapchat Discover channel. »
- Zack Sharf
BAFTA Launches New Festival Pairing 'Gurus' With Industry Hopefuls
18 February 2016 8:10 AM, PST
Read More: BAFTA Awards: Full List of Winners BAFTA announced this morning that they are launching a new festival this year dubbed "Guru Live," where established names from the film, television and game industries will closely interact with aspiring artists and technicians. The week-long networking event will include masterclasses, panels and keynote talks by professionals yet to be announced. However, BAFTA has made a point to include that the vast array of notable names speaking during the summer festival will includes many of its winners and nominees from the spring's BAFTA Awards. Those who have confirmed their place speaking in the summer festival include games producer Dan Gray ("Monument Valley"), film producer Mark Herbert ("This Is England," "Submarine"), games writer Meg Jayanth ("80 Days"), talent agent for film and television Sara Put and games creators Luke »
- Elle Leonsis
Watch: 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny' Trailer Makes Violence Look Zen
18 February 2016 8:00 AM, PST
Read More: Watch: Action Takes Flight in 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword Of Destiny' Creating a sequel to a four-time Oscar winner is no easy task, but that's exactly the ambitious mission director Yuen Wo-Ping has taken on for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny." The sequel to Ang Lee's classic Wuxia epic, "Sword of Destiny" finds Wo-Ping staying true to the most revered aspects of the original. Michelle Yeoh returns with graceful athletics as Yu Shu-Lien, a master warrior charged with protecting the legendary sword "Green Destiny." When the forces of evil attempt to steal the sword, a battle breaks out that will determine the future of martial arts.Joining Shu Lien in the fight between good and evil are Silent Wolf, played by Donnie Yen ("Ip Man," "Monkey King"), and Tiefang, played by Harry Shum Jr. ("Glee"). "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword Of Destiny »
- Elle Leonsis
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