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‘Sully,’ ‘Arrival,’ ‘La La Land’ and More Set for 43rd Annual Telluride Film Festival
8 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
New films from Clint Eastwood (“Sully”), Damien Chazelle (“La La Land”), Denis Villeneuve (“Arrival”) and Ben Younger (“Bleed for This”) are set to screen at this year’s Telluride Film Festival, commencing Friday, Sept. 2.
“Sully,” premiering Friday night, marks the first Eastwood film to screen at the fest since 1990’s “White Hunter, Black Heart.” He received a tribute that year as well, and hasn’t been back since he was on hand for Meryl Streep’s tribute in 1998.
The film stars Tom Hanks as commercial pilot Chesley Sullenberger, who miraculously water-landed Us Airways flight 1549 in the Hudson River on January 15, 2009, when a flock of geese struck the aircraft and disabled both engines.
Elsewhere, hot off the 2014 Oscar-winning sensation “Whiplash,” Chazelle will transition his vibrant musical to Telluride from an opening night bow at the Venice Film Festival, where it drew raves, before heading to Toronto next week. Also playing the »
- Kristopher Tapley
'Moulin Rouge!' Stage Musical in the Works
10 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
Come what may, Moulin Rouge! is making its way to the stage. The Baz Luhrmann movie-musical is being developed as a new stage musical, Global Creatures announced Thursday. Alex Timbers (Oh, Hello; Peter and the Starcatcher; Rocky) will helm the production, featuring a book by screenwriter and playwright John Logan (Red, I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers). A timeline and opening venue will be announced at a later date. Set in the Montmartre Quarter of Paris, the Fox title starred Ewan McGregor as Christian, a young poet who falls in love with Satine, a cabaret actress
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- Ashley Lee
Mark Ruffalo Responds to Criticism of Matt Bomer’s Transgender Role in ‘Anything’
8 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Mark Ruffalo addressed criticism regarding Matt Bomer‘s casting as a transgender sex worker in his new film, “Anything,” saying he is “glad we are having this conversation.” To the Trans community. I hear you. It's wrenching to you see you in this pain. I am glad we are having this conversation. It's time. — Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) August 31, 2016 Ruffalo is an executive producer on the project, in which Bomer’s character befriends a suicidal man who moves from Mississippi to Los Angeles after his wife’s death. The film will also star Maura Tierney, Micah Hauptman, Margot Bingham and Melora Hardin. »
- Beatrice Verhoeven
‘Everything Wrong With Batman: The Killing Joke’ Says Animated Film Is More ‘Sex & The City’ Than Joker Storyline
54 minutes ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
By now you’ve probably heard of the R-rated DC Comics animated film “Batman: The Killing Joke.” This week’s Honest Trailer claimed that the “joke was on us” with this wannabe edgy misfire, and now Cinema Sins is here to count the plentiful mistakes committed by the wacky film.
Counting down the “sins” in 13 minutes or less, the first violation comes at the beginning of the film when Batgirl says, “First of all, this is probably not how you thought the story would start.” CinemaSins’ response to that is, “You mean with narration? That’s most movies these days, I think.”
Read More: ‘Batman: The Killing Joke’ Honest Trailer Claims The ‘Joke Is On Us’ With This Wannabe Edgy Misfire
The offenses keep tallying up as Barbara’s pal tries to hook her up with a friend, the unexpected sex scene between the two superheroes and then the 30 minutes »
- Liz Calvario
‘Crunch Time’ Trailer: Rooster Teeth’s Sci-Fi Comedy Welcomes You to the Brainframe
1 hour ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
Rooster Teeth, which has been a mainstay of the web-series world since bursting onto the scene with “Red vs. Blue” in 2003, is about to launch its next show: “Crunch Time,” a sci-fi comedy/adventure starring Samm Levine (“Freaks and Geeks,” “Inglorious Basterds”), Nick Rutherford (“Saturday Night Live”), Jessy Hodges (“Grey’s Anatomy”) and Avery Monsen (“Maron”). Watch the trailer below.
Read More: ‘Crunch Time’ Exclusive Featurettes: New Web Series Follows Four Grad Students Who Create a Black Hole In Their Lab
Here’s the official synopsis: “In a highly classified location, a gang of misfit grad students are interrogated by government operatives. Why? Because the world is about to end, and it’s all their fault. How did it all start? With a last ditch effort to win back love…by way of an extremely dangerous, untested, lucid dreaming machine.”
Read More: ‘Crunch Time’ Featurette: A Look Inside The Rooster »
- Michael Nordine
‘Le Ciel Flamand’ Exclusive Clip: Veteran Brothel Owner Tries To Protect Six-Year-Old Daughter From Family Business
1 hour ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
Peter Monsaert’s new drama “Le Ciel Flamand” (or “Flemish Heaven”) follows Sylvie (Sara Vertongen), a veteran brothel owner who runs the business wit her mother Monique (Ingrid De Vos) on the border of West Flanders and France. Though they treat their profession like a traditional business — check online reviews, discuss how technology might improve security, etc. — Sylvie still tries to preserve her six-year-old daughter Eline’s (Esra Vandenbussche, Vertongen’s real life daughter) innocence and keep her from discovering the details of the family business. But one day Eline’s curiosity gets the best of her and all of their lives change forever. Watch an exclusive clip from the film below and check out the film’s poster as well.
Read More: Tiff Reveals First Slate of 2016 Titles, Including ‘Magnificent Seven,’ ‘American Honey,’ ‘La La Land’ and ‘Birth of A Nation’
“The idea for this film arose when I »
- Vikram Murthi
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Son Stars in ‘Terminator 2’ Remake for Indie Film Competition
1 hour ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
Back in 1991, Arnold Schwarzenegger starred in “Terminator 2: Judgement Day,” the follow-up to the 1984 James Cameron’s sci-fi film. Now flash forward 25 years and the actor’s son, Joseph Baena, is taking after his father and creating his own “Terminator” legacy.
The 18-year-old stars in a two-minute short film that is a shot-by-shot remake of the iconic “T2” scene where the cyborg steals a motorcycle, takes the owner’s rifle and snatches his shades, while “Bad to the Bone” plays in the background.
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The teen is a spitting image of his famous dad and does his best at imitating Arnold’s scowl.
The clip was shot last week at a restaurant outside of Bakersfield and is directed by Baena’s friend, Ben Hess, who according to TMZ, submitted the short film for a competition for Film Riot. »
- Liz Calvario
‘Power’ Exclusive Clip: Ghost And Tommy Plan Their Next Move In Starz Crime Drama
1 hour ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
Starz’s crime drama “Power” wraps up its third season in a few weeks, which means we only have a few more episodes to see what happens with Ghost (Omari Hardwick), the former drug distributor-turned-legitimate club owner, his criminal pal Tommy (Joseph Sikora), his ex-wife Tasha (Naturi Naughton), and his current lover Assistant U.S. Attorney Angela (Lea Loren), whom she swore to bring to justice. Watch an exclusive clip from this Sunday’s episode, which features Ghost and Tommy planning their next move after they’ve suffered a recent setback.
Read More: Starz Drops First Teaser for ‘Power’ Season 3 Sets July Premiere
Created by Courtney Kemp Agboh (“The Good Wife”) and produced by 50 Cent (“Get Rich or Die Tryin'”), “Power” follows the adventures of James “Ghost” St. Patrick, who struggles to balance his legitimate life with his criminal past. In the third season, Ghost tries to put his criminal »
- Vikram Murthi
Amazon Studios Acquires James Gray’s Rainforest Drama ‘The Lost City of Z’ Starring Charlie Hunnam
1 hour ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
Despite being one of the best films of the last several years, James Gray’s “The Immigrant” received only a modest theatrical release nearly a full 12 months after its premiere at Cannes in 2013. His follow-up might not have to wait so long: Amazon Studios has just acquired “The Lost City of Z,” says the Hollywood Reporter; the allure of releasing a movie set in the actual Amazon must have been too powerful.
Read More: New York Film Festival Announces James Gray’s ‘The Lost City of Z’ As Closing Night Selection
Charlie Hunnam leads the adaptation of David Grann’s best-selling novel, playing a British explorer who went missing in the Brazilian rainforest while searching for, well, a lost city in 1925. Tom Holland, Robert Pattinson and Sienna Miller appear as well, while Brad Pitt’s Plan B produced the film. Amazon’s recent releases include Joshua Marston’s “Complete Unknown, »
- Michael Nordine
How Denis Leary Brought Us The Best and Weirdest ‘Hamilton’ Tribute of The Year — Watch
1 hour ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
This month, FX aired something insane and magic and impossible to describe. It came courtesy of a show you are likely not watching – unless you’re a diehard fan of Denis Leary and/or single-camera comedies about rock music. It stars an artist whose contributions to film, television and theater are prolific and vast, who performs an homage to Broadway’s most game-changing musical of the last several decades.
Read More: Denis Leary Explains How ‘Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll’ Season 2 Blossomed With A Woman’s Touch
Really, the only way to explain it is simply to show you — so below, please watch Campbell Scott (as “himself”) perform the climatic track of “Feast,” the “Hamilton”-inspired musical-within-a-show created this season for “Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll.”
Yes. Campbell Scott is rapping.
How did this happen? Indeed, it started with “Hamilton” — but David Bowie also had a lot to do with it.
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- Liz Shannon Miller
‘Luke Cage’ Faces A Barrage Of Bullets In New Clip & Featurette
2 hours ago | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
The partnership between Netflix and Marvel has, so far, been a perfect match for both companies. The freedom of Netflix has allowed Marvel the opportunity to create high quality, very adult series featuring some of the lesser-known Marvel characters. After two successful seasons of “Daredevil” and one season of “Jessica Jones,” Netflix is set to […]
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- Charles Dean
‘From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series’ Season 3 Exclusive Clip and Photos: Robert Rodriguez’s Vampire Series Returns
2 hours ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
Twenty years later, “From Dusk till Dawn” has yet to bite the silver bullet. After spawning two sequels (1999’s “Texas Blood Money” and 2000’s “The Hangman’s Daughter”), Robert Rodriguez’s genre-bending vampire movie has transitioned to the small screen — on Rodriguez’s own El Rey Network, no less — and is about to begin its third season. Avail yourself of an exclusive clip and photo gallery below.
Read More: Why Robert Rodriguez Didn’t Just Make a TV Show — He Made a TV Network
“From Dusk till Dawn: The Series” first premiered on El Rey in March of 2014 and has aired 20 episodes across its first two seasons. D.J. Cotrona and Zane Holtz star as Seth and Richie Gecko, respectively, two outlaw brothers who head for Mexico after a bank robbery leaves several people dead. Season 3 finds them “in the vortex of the culebra world, thrust into a fight against the forces of Hell. »
- Michael Nordine
Documentary ‘Floyd Norman: An Animated Life’ Is A Godsend For Disney & Animation Fans [Review]
2 hours ago | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
It should go without saying that “Floyd Norman: An Animated Life,” a lovingly crafted biographical documentary about one of the most beloved, talented, hard-working, and experienced animators in Disney history, is a godsend for fans of Disney and animation in general. Yet as Floyd Norman’s wholly impressive and inspirational life story is meticulously laid out […]
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- Oktay Ege Kozak
Oscar Winner Jim Broadbent Cast In “Significant Role” For ‘Game Of Thrones’ Season 7
3 hours ago | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
As its endgame slowly but surely approaches, like the Mother of Dragons herself, “Game of Thrones” is throwing no punches in its casting. Entertainment Weekly reports that Oscar and BAFTA winner Jim Broadbent (“Iris,” “Moulin Rouge!,” “Bridget Jones’ Diary“) has been cast in a mystery role, which HBO states will be “significant.” Now that “Game […]
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- Elizabeth MacLeod
‘Arrival’ Review: Amy Adams Steals Spotlight In Denis Villeneuve’s Deep-Thinking Alien Invasion Story
3 hours ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
Denis Villeneuve’s career can be rather neatly cleaved in two. From the mid-nineties through the 2000s, he directed formally daring Quebecois films that collected awards and acclaim as they travelled the art-house circuit. In 2010, he went Hollywood, and since then he’s been making technically impeccable thrillers that always impress but never astound. To that bifurcated filmography arrives “Arrival,” a film that, well, rather neatly fits the English language pattern. Which is to say, “Arrival” has a hell of a lot going for it, but never quite gets there.
Amy Adams stars as Dr. Louise Banks, a professor of linguistics and mother of a daughter gone too soon. Villeneuve and screenwriter Eric Heisserer stress the centrality of both roles, opening with a striking sequence – think that elliptical Malick touch, spiking Villeneuve’s rigid tone – that follows, through Louise’s eyes, her daughter from birth through childhood to early death. »
- Ben Croll
Amazon Picks Up James Gray’s ‘The Lost City Of Z’
3 hours ago | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
It’s way things work at the this time of year, you often can’t see further ahead the next day or two as Venice, Telluride and Tiff elbow and jostle for attention. But at the end of the month, the red carpet will roll out at the New York Film Festival, and among their handful of […]
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- Kevin Jagernauth
The Forgotten: William A. Wellman's "Good-bye, My Lady" (1956)
3 hours ago | MUBI | See recent MUBI news »
The latter part of William "Wild Bill" Wellman's distinguished career is a little patchy, as much due to studio interference as anything else, but a fair bit of positive attention has focused on Track of the Cat (1954) a sweaty family melodrama about the hunt for a rapacious wildcat in the snowy wilds near Aspen, daringly filmed in color but with almost no actual color (the snow was crucial here).We've been looking at the wrong film. An almost exact opposite of Track of the Cat exists, one which trades that film's showy ambition for a quieter, but equally radical aesthetic. Where Robert Mitchum and his kin snarl at each other in Track of the Cat, in Good-bye, My Lady all is peaceful between old-timer Walter Brennan and his young nephew Brandon DeWilde (the kid from Shane). Where Track of the Cat uses a daring palette and widescreen compositions, Goodbye, My »
‘From the Land of the Moon’ Trailer: Marion Cotillard Fights for True Love In French Drama
3 hours ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
Ten years after screening “Charlie Says” at the Cannes Film Festival, director Nicole Garcia returned this year to the Croisette with her latest drama “From the Land of the Moon” (“Mal de pierres”).
Starring Marion Cotillard, the film is based on Milena Agus’ novel of the same name and follows a French woman in post-World War II Europe who’s torn between the man she’s meant to marry (Àlex Brendemühl) and a charming war veteran (Louis Garrel).
A new international trailer released by StudioCanal shows the free-spirited Gabrielle fighting for her passionate dream of finding true love — an act that is considered scandalous in her small town in the South of France. While the sneak peek has no English subtitles, Cotillard’s performance guides the trailer forward, bringing a level of suspense and heartbreak to the clip.
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- Liz Calvario
Telluride 2016. Lineup
3 hours ago | MUBI | See recent MUBI news »
Into the InfernoThe lineup for the 2016 Telluride Film Festival (September 2nd - 5th) have been announced:Arrival (Denis Villeneuve, Us)The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography (Errol Morris, Us)Bleed For This (Ben Younger, Us)California Typewriter (Doug Nichol, Us)Chasing Trane (John Scheinfeld, Us)The End of Eden (Angus Macqueen, UK)Finding Oscar (Ryan Suffern, Us)Fire at Sea (Gianfranco Rosi, Italy/France)Frantz (François Ozon, France)Gentleman Rissient (Benoît Jacquot, Pascal Mérigeau, Guy Seligmann, France)Graduation (Cristian Mungiu, Romania/France/Belgium)Into the Inferno (Werner Herzog, UK/Austria)The Ivory Game (Kief Davidson, Richard Ladkani, Austria/Us)La La Land (Damien Chazelle, Us)Lost in Paris (d. Fiona Gordon, Dominique Abel, France/Belgium)Manchester by the Sea (Kenneth Lonergan, Us)Maudie (Aisling Walsh, Canada/Ireland)Men: A Love Story (Mimi Chakarova, Us)Moonlight (Barry Jenkins, Us)My Journey through French Cinema (Bertrand Tavernier, France)Neruda (Pablo Larraín, »
‘Boys In The Trees’ Exclusive Clip: Two Former Friends Reconnect And Descend Into Nightmares On Halloween Night
3 hours ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
Adolescence is a time when friendships are especially malleable. People grow apart quickly, they develop and mature at different rates, and sometimes your best friend can become your worst enemy in just a few short years. Australian director Nicholas Verso’s debut film innately understands this idea. “Boys in the Trees” follows two former friends who meet up and trek together one Halloween night. They soon descend into old nightmares and relive past traumas.
Read More: Tiff Reveals First Slate of 2016 Titles, Including ‘Magnificent Seven,’ ‘American Honey,’ ‘La La Land’ and ‘Birth of A Nation’
Corey (Toby Wallace) and Jonah (Gulliver McGrath) were friends when they were little, but then they soon grew apart. Jonah became a pariah and Corey joined a bullying skater gang who torment Jonah constantly. On Halloween night 1997, Corey encounters Jonah and, feeling guilty about the near-constant harassment, agrees to walk him back to house. What »
- Vikram Murthi
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