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First Look: Vivica A. Fox Plays U.S. President in Sci-Fi Film 'Crossbreed' (Exclusive Image)
23 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News | See recent The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News news »
Vivica A. Fox will be the first African-American actress to play the president of the U.S. in a feature film, and here, debuting exclusively at The Hollywood Reporter, is the first image of her taking on the role.
Fox stars in sci-fi film Crossbreed, which is centered around a group of retired military war heroes who are sent to retrieve an extraterrestrial being from an illegal medical facility using its DNA to manufacture weapons. Fox plays the president, who was a colleague of the team leader and handpicked him to lead the retrieval mission.
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- Rebecca Ford
Sundance Film Festival 2017: The Ultimate Party Guide
18 January 2017 1:58 PM, PST | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
The annual trek to Park City, Utah has already begun for the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, which runs Jan. 19 until Jan. 29. Peter Dinklage, Larry Wilmore, and Gael Garcia Bernal are among those named to the juries in this year’s competition. The awards will be handed out on Jan. 28 in a ceremony hosted by “The Daily Show” alum Jessica Williams.
In between all of the prizes and premieres, stars and film aficionados endure the cold temperatures with help from the city’s pop-up party scene, featuring swag, drinks and exclusive dinners.
Thursday, Jan. 19
Après Ski Festival Kick-off Rooftop Party – 4 to 8 p.m.
An Artist at the Table – 8 p.m.
The annual benefit kicks off the first day of the festival with director Jeff Orlowski set as keynote speaker. The private cocktail reception and dinner follows the premiere of “An Inconvenient Sequel” at the Eccles Theatre.
Friday, Jan. 20
Village at the Lift
AtTT takes over this year’s village that runs from Jan. 20-22, showcasing DirecTV in the Cabin, Audience in the Café and Jeff Vespa’s WireImage Studio. This year’s winter escape from the cold features beverages and light fare from notable Japanese restaurant Nobu, along with high-speed internet. »
- Mannie Holmes
Lucy Walker’s Buena Vista Social Club Documentary Pulled From Sundance
1 hour ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
The Sundance Film Festival announced Friday morning that filmmaker Lucy Walker’s “Untitled Buena Vista Social Club Documentary” would not premiere at the 2017 fest as previously announced. The Sundance Institute only learned that the film would not play late on Thursday.
“We at Broad Green are disappointed that we will not be able to premiere this compelling documentary at this year’s Sundance Film Festival,” Broad Green Pictures said in a statement. “The film’s post production process has taken longer than expected and thus the decision was made to wait to introduce the film to audiences until it can be presented in its best possible iteration.”
The film, which at one point carried the title “The Flowers of Life: Social Club Buena Vista,” revisited the Cuban band Buena Vista Social Club, also the subject of filmmaker Wim Wenders’ eponymous doc from 1999. Here’s the official synopsis released previously by »
- Graham Winfrey
‘Stephen Colbert’ From ‘The Colbert Report’ Says Goodbye To Barack Obama
2 hours ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
Last night on “The Late Show,” host Stephen Colbert brought out a very special guest to say goodbye to President Barack Obama on his last full day in office: his old persona “Stephen Colbert” from his previous Comedy Central show “The Colbert Report.” Residing in the Mountains of Justice, Colbert informed the Late Show host that he was not, in fact, his old persona but rather his twin (for the benefit of the lawyers), but soon he jumped behind the desk, complete with sword and shield, to bring us another edition of his famous segment The Word (on CBS, it’s The Werd). Watch the video below.
Read More: Stephen Colbert, Michael Stipe and James Franco Close Out 2016 With Updated Version of ‘It’s The End of the World’
In the segment, Colbert admitted that Obama made a few good choices — expanding the drone program, spying on American citizens, never »
- Vikram Murthi
‘House Of Cards’ Drops Inauguration Day Teaser For Season 5
2 hours ago | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Who would’ve thought the White House would be occupied by someone more oily than Francis Underwood? As America prepares for a Trump presidency, Netflix is using Inauguration Day to remind everyone that “House Of Cards” is returning.
Season five will be the first without longtime showrunner Beau Willimon, so it’ll be interesting to see if the tone of the show leans more toward its button pushing, pulpy tendencies or steers into more political intrigue.
Continue reading ‘House Of Cards’ Drops Inauguration Day Teaser For Season 5 at The Playlist. »
- Kevin Jagernauth
‘Pop Aye’ Is An Engaging, Charming Road Trip With A Man And His Elephant [Sundance Review]
2 hours ago | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
When Thana (Thaneth Warakulnukroh) suddenly decides to walk with an elephant through the countryside to his childhood home, nobody seems to notice, or much care. His wife Bo (Penpak Sirikul) is frankly glad he’s out of the house, while the younger staff at the office mostly just want to know where his files are. Writer/director Kirsten Tan doesn’t fuss or overexplain these details, and quickly gets to what everyone wants to see: a man and his elephant on an unlikely journey.
Continue reading ‘Pop Aye’ Is An Engaging, Charming Road Trip With A Man And His Elephant [Sundance Review] at The Playlist. »
- Kevin Jagernauth
‘Dina’: Sundance Documentary From ‘Mala Mala’ Team Follows Unfolding Romance Between Two Unique People — Watch
2 hours ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
Documentarian Dan Sickles’ road to his new documentary, the Sundance premiere “Dina,” was a strange one. While he and co-director Antonio Santini were completing their first film together, “Mala Mala,” both of Sickles’ parents passed away. In order for the pair to juggle both the editing of the film and Sickles’ new familial responsibilities, they picked up and moved — plus editor Sofia Subercaseaux — to suburban Philadelphia, the home of the Sickles’ family.
Read More: Sundance 2017: 20 Must-See Films At This Year’s Festival
Sickles’ father had been a friend and a mentor to Dina since he taught her at the local high school, eventually helping to co-found the Abington Aktion Club, a social/community service organization for developmentally disabled adults, of which Dina is a long-time and dedicated member. Sickles had known Dina his entire life, and was pleased to introduce her to Santini and Subercaseaux. While the group was »
- Kate Erbland
‘The Little Hours’ With Aubrey Plaza, Alison Brie & More Is Like A Laid-Back, Stretched-Out Monty Python Sketch [Sundance Review]
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It’s clear what kind of comedy “The Little Hours” is going to be in its first five minutes, when a mid-14th century Italian nun named Fernanda (played by Aubrey Plaza) returns to her convent from a long trek through the woods with the community’s donkey. A fellow nun, Genevra (Kate Micucci), peppers her with questions: Where’s she been? Why’s the donkey with her? Why is she wearing her black habit instead of her white habit?
Continue reading ‘The Little Hours’ With Aubrey Plaza, Alison Brie & More Is Like A Laid-Back, Stretched-Out Monty Python Sketch [Sundance Review] at The Playlist. »
- Kevin Jagernauth
‘xXx: Return Of Xander Cage’ Is A Gleefully, Almost Manically Absurdist Piece Of Work [Review]
3 hours ago | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
In an age where studio blockbusters seem more passive and indistinct than ever, “xXx: Return of Xander Cage,” the undemanded-but-nevertheless-vibrantly-provided sequel to 2002’s mediocre “xXx,” sticks out like a sore thumb. Not necessarily because it’s good, or maybe even halfway decent. No, because it’s so brazenly, bewilderingly proud of itself and its debauchery. As far as unnecessary, unpunctual follow-ups go, star/producer Vin Diesel’s return to the action franchise he discarded the decade prior is a gleefully, almost manically absurdist piece of work.
Continue reading ‘xXx: Return Of Xander Cage’ Is A Gleefully, Almost Manically Absurdist Piece Of Work [Review] at The Playlist. »
- Kevin Jagernauth
How to Watch Trump’s Inauguration: Live Stream the Event Online
3 hours ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
The day some of us have been waiting for and many of us have been dreading is finally here. Friday, January 20 marks the day Donald Trump and Michael Pence are sworn in as President and Vice President of the United States of America at the 58th Presidential Inauguration, and day-long coverage will be available live online via various media outlets and YouTube.
Read More: Standing Up to Trump: 5 Tips From a Film Community Ready For a Fight
The Inaugural Swearing-In Ceremony will take place at Capital Hill in Washington D.C. at approximately 11:00am Et. Trump and Pence will be joined by faith leaders such as the Archbishop of New York and Reverend Dr. Samuel Rodriguez of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, who will offer readings and prayers and give the benediction. Jackie Evancho will be singing the National Anthem. The ceremony will be followed by the Inaugural Parade, »
- Zack Sharf
Melanie Lynskey Kicks Serious Ass In ‘I Don’t Feel At Home In This World Anymore’ [Sundance Review]
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Park City – Melanie Lynskey has been an indie film darling since she first made a global impression in Peter Jackson’s “Heavenly Creatures” over 22 years ago. She’s played all sorts of roles, but she’s never pulled off anything close to the performance she gives in Macon Blair’s bizarre, twist-filled dark comedy “I Don’t Feel At Home In The World Anymore” which was one of four films to open the 2017 Sundance Film Festival Thursday night.
Continue reading Melanie Lynskey Kicks Serious Ass In ‘I Don’t Feel At Home In This World Anymore’ [Sundance Review] at The Playlist. »
- Gregory Ellwood
‘The Lost City Of Z’: Go Missing In The Latest Trailer For James Gray’s Jungle Epic
4 hours ago | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Why was James Gray’s “The Lost City Of Z” missing from our definitive guide to The 100 Most Anticipated Films Of 2017, you ask? Because it was one of the 20 Best Films Of 2017 we’ve already seen. An epic, almost Herzogian adventure (albeit with, as our Nyff review said, “a continuation of the quieter mood” of his previous film, “The Immigrant,”) ‘Z’ puts his themes of familial tragedy front and center once again.
Continue reading ‘The Lost City Of Z’: Go Missing In The Latest Trailer For James Gray’s Jungle Epic at The Playlist. »
- Edward Davis
Thinking about Trump and Streep on Martin Luther King Day
11 hours ago | Filmmaker Magazine - Blog | See recent Filmmaker Magazine news »
It’s not so hard to see how Meryl Streep is like Donald Trump. They share a taste for the ornate, the larger than life showy stuff. For every gold plated monstrosity that Trump has erected, there is a larger-than-life character Streep has chosen to play (“You have a script with a fatally sick socialite soprano who can’t sing? Sign me up!”) They both have an energy that is, as Trump might say, huge. And both of them can bully with their energy, wield their seemingly ageless and endless vitality like a dare, like a threat, like a weapon. Both of […] »
- Noah Buschel
‘An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power’ Review: Al Gore Drops the Mic (Again) On Climate Change
11 hours ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
In 2006, “An Inconvenient Truth” propelled Al Gore’s climate change activism to a new level of awareness, proving that distilling a PowerPoint to a feature-length format doesn’t have to make great cinema to achieve its goals. A decade later, “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power” does it all over again, with somewhat more engaging filmmaking and a far greater sense of urgency.
Co-directed by Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk (taking the reigns from “Truth” director Davis Guggenheim), the filmmakers manage to improve on the limitations of the original by showing more of Gore’s resilience in the field. He’s grayer, wrinkled and a little wider around the midsection, but the former Vice President continues to wage a seemingly effective crusade to widen environmental awareness.
See MoreAs ‘An Inconvenient Sequel’ Debuts on Sundance Opening Night, Al Gore Vows ‘We Are Going to Win This’
Although it opens with »
- Eric Kohn
‘Dayveon’ Review: Amman Abbasi’s Debut Pulls A Powerful Coming-Of-Age Story From The Rural Heart Of Arkansas
13 hours ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
“Look at that stupid house. Stupid tree. Stupid rock. Stupid concrete. Stupid people.” The voiceover continues like that in a low mumble as a 13-year-old black teen wheels his pink bike through the economically depressed Arkansas town that he calls home. “Everything stupid.”
A little movie about a little man with a huge hole in his heart, “Dayveon” gives its young title character (Devin Blackmon) plenty of reason to be frustrated with the world. His older brother, memorialized by the airbrushed portrait that hangs on Dayveon’s bedroom wall, was shot and killed in 2014, presumably as a result of some business involving the local sect of Bloods who hang out down the street. His name was Trevor, and a loaded handgun is the only thing he left behind. When he’s alone in the house, Dayveon dives into his shoebox of secret stuff and holds the weapon in his hands, »
- David Ehrlich
‘Colony’ Review: Season 2 Continues to Challenge Us When We Need It Most
13 hours ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
It’s been a year and a half since the “Colony” pilot was screened at Comic-Con; a year since the show premiered on USA; a month since “Colony” Season 1 was available on Netflix; and a week since the second season debuted. So we’re officially stating now: You have no good reason for not giving “Colony” a chance. Yeah, “too much TV” is a real issue we all contend with, but this fascinating drama — which grounds a sci-fi premise so deeply in the dirt you’ll leave episodes unsure which world you live in — deserves your attention.
Read More: ‘Colony’ Season 2 Photos: Sci-Fi Drama Returns Next Month (Exclusive)
Using Vichy France and other historical occupations as its inspiration, creators Ryan J. Condal and Carlton Cuse’s nuanced drama takes on a version of Los Angeles under “outside rule.” (The show is initially a bit coy about this, but let’s »
- Liz Shannon Miller
As ‘An Inconvenient Sequel’ Debuts on Sundance Opening Night, Al Gore Vows ‘We Are Going to Win This’
14 hours ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
This year’s Sundance Film Festival kicked off on Thursday night in Park City, Utah with its traditionally packed opening night offerings on full display — four double features playing at different venues around the festival — but the hottest ticket was unquestionably the world premiere of Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk’s “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power,” which bowed at the Eccles Theatre to a packed crowd, picking up a standing ovation at its conclusion.
The late surprise entry to the festival picks up a ten years after Davis Guggenheim’s Oscar-winning “An Inconvenient Truth,” which saw former U.S. vice president Al Gore getting brutally honest with audiences, aided by photos, charts and scores of of data that illuminated the impacts of the global climate crisis, the sequel finds a mostly upbeat Gore continuing to work on his mission to spread information about the issue.
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- Kate Erbland
Netflix, Momentum Pictures Acquire ‘Fun Mom Dinner’ — Sundance 2017
14 hours ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
Momentum Pictures has acquired the North American theatrical rights to Sundance entry “Fun Mom Dinner,” which sold its streaming rights to Netflix, Deadline reports. The deals combined for around $5 million. “Fun Mom Dinner” premieres on January 27 in Sundance’s Premieres section.
The comedy follows high-powered lawyer and mother Emily (Katie Aselton) and a group of friends who take a break from their full time jobs as moms to have a wild night out on the town. The film stars Toni Collette, Molly Shannon, and Bridget Everett as moms who party hard while also making “tearful revelations.”
UTA, Wme and ICM handled the sale. The film joins the list of more than half a dozen Sundance movies that have been acquired ahead of their premieres.
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- Graham Winfrey
“Character, as Always, Proved to Be King”: Directors Susan Froemke and John Hoffman | Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman
14 hours ago | Filmmaker Magazine - Blog | See recent Filmmaker Magazine news »
During its development, production or eventual distribution, what specific challenge of communication did, or will your film, face? How did you deal with it, or how are you planning to deal with it? The biggest challenge was working concurrently with an author who was profiling the same subjects but in a different medium. Print and film lend themselves to different ways of storytelling. The flood of information constantly coming at us from the author, with so much color, complexity, and detail, took time to sort through and evaluate in terms of what was best suited to film. We sometimes suffered […] »
- Filmmaker Staff
DPs Bob Richman, Buddy Squires and Thorsten Thielow on Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman
14 hours ago | Filmmaker Magazine - Blog | See recent Filmmaker Magazine news »
It took a team of four seasoned documentary DPs to capture the stories of Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman. Shot in Montana, Kansas and Louisiana, the film documents the lives of three men (the titular rancher, farmer and fisherman) who act as environmental conservationists in their respective fields. Directors Susan Froemke and John Hoffman have the action unfold in a vérité fashion, which stresses the land and the people who work it. Among the DPs they hired for the project were Bob Richman (An Inconvenient Truth), Buddy Squires (The Central Park Five) and Thorsten Thielow (30 for 30). Below, these three cinematographers discuss the unique challenges […] »
- Filmmaker Staff
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