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10 of the Best Literary Adaptations Streaming on Netflix
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They say the book is always better, but these 10 literary adaptations streaming on Netflix come close.
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- Michael Nordine
‘Sense8’: Inside the Last-Minute Scramble to Film at the Biggest Gay Pride Celebration in the World
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[Editor’s note: The following contains minor spoilers for “Sense8” Season 2, Episode 6, “Isolated Above, Connected Below.”]
“Sense8” is one of TV’s craziest, most unique series, and no one knows that better than executive producer Grant Hill — the guy who has to handle the show’s insane production logistics. While in the thick of production, the cast and crew are constantly traveling from location to location, literally spanning the globe over the course of months.
Hill began working with Lana and Lilly Wachowski as the unit production manager (Upm) on “The Matrix Reloaded,” and has been involved with all of their projects ever since. But the challenges presented by “Sense8” were a step beyond what he’d been asked to do before. “Probably the hardest but the best decision we made was that we wanted to film everything that was scripted in a particular city in that city,” he explained.
Read More: ‘Sense8’ Season 2 Review: No More Learning Curve, As Lana Wachowski Revs the Show Forward
“It was very complex, »
- Liz Shannon Miller
‘Catastrophe’: Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan on Depicting a Type of Alcoholism Rarely Seen on TV
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[Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers from Season 3 of “Catastrophe.”]
Alcoholics on television aren’t anything new, but in “Catastrophe’s” third season, the Amazon comedy gave a new face to the familiar stereotype.
That’s because “Catastrophe’s” depiction of alcohol comes from a deeply personal place. The show’s lead male character, Rob Norris, is inspired by co-creator, writer and star Rob Delaney and his own struggles: In 2002, Delaney blacked out while driving, crashed into a building, and sustained serious but not life-threatening injuries. He’s been sober ever since.
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Initially, Delaney didn’t want his character to struggle with alcohol one way or another, but series co-creator, writer and co-star Sharon Horgan convinced him otherwise. “I had already talked about drinking enough in other creative endeavors before this that I was like, ‘[The character] doesn’t need to be sober,’” Delaney told IndieWire. “Sharon was like, »
- Hanh Nguyen
‘A Woman’s Life’ Exclusive Clip: Stéphane Brizé’s New Film is a Portrait of Tormented Love
5 hours ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
If you like your coming of age stories set in 19th century rural Normandy, Stéphane Brizé ‘s “A Woman’s Life” is just the film for your very specific tastes.
The drama, an adaptation of Guy de Maupassant’s classic novel “Une Vie,” explores the troubles of a woman named Jeanne (Judith Chemla), who faces falling in love under the restrictive social and moral codes of the time. Brizé shot “A Woman’s Life” in the tight 4:3 Academy ratio, a very apt visual symbol of his heroine’s constricted life. All in all, it’s a stark departure from his last film, Cannes award-winner “The Measure of a Man.”
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Brizé recently spoke to Film Comment about what drew him to the source material.
“I was fascinated by discovering the vision of the world »
- Allison Picurro
Film Acquisition Rundown: Focus Features Picks Up ‘Tully,’ Electric Entertainment Buys ‘Lbj’ and More
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Keep up with the wild and wooly world of indie film acquisitions with our weekly Rundown of everything that’s been picked up around the globe. Check out last week’s Rundown here.
– Focus Features has acquired the North American and select international rights to Jason Reitman’s “Tully.” Written by Diablo Cody, the comedy stars Charlize Theron, Mackenzie Davis, Mark Duplass and Ron Livingston.
“Tully” tells the story of Marlo (Theron), a mother of three who is gifted a night nanny by her brother (Duplass). Hesitant to the extravagance at first, Marlo comes to form a unique bond with the thoughtful, surprising, and sometimes challenging young nanny named Tully (Davis). The film will premiere in U.S. theaters on April 20, 2018.
Read More: Film Acquisition Rundown: Oscilloscope Picks Up ‘November,’ The Orchard Buys ‘Flower’ and More
– Electric Entertainment has acquired the U.S. and Canadian rights to Rob Reiner’s “Lbj, »
- Graham Winfrey
There Was Originally A Sixth Post-Credits Scene To ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2’
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Marvel have undoubtedly had an enormous impact on the movie world, from interlinking franchises to the prevalence of superhero movies, but maybe the most annoying copy-cat spawning innovation was their post-credit scenes. They didn’t invent them — “Airplane!,” among many others, has a doozy — and it’s not necessarily their fault. Indeed, when they began, with a surprise cameo from Samuel L. Jackson at the end of “Iron Man” nine years ago teasing a future “Avengers” team-up, it was a fun little easter egg for fans.
Continue reading There Was Originally A Sixth Post-Credits Scene To ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2’ at The Playlist. »
- Oliver Lyttelton
David Lynch Is Done With Film, and Promises 2006’s ‘Inland Empire’ Was the Last Movie He’ll Ever Make
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Say it ain’t so, David Lynch! As we await the return of his TV masterpiece “Twin Peaks” later this month, Lynch is making it clear that he won’t be returning to the film world again.
Lynch hasn’t made a picture since 2006’s “Inland Empire.” Now, he tells the Sydney Morning Herald that “Inland Empire” represents the end of his filmmaking career. It’s a changing business, after all, and there isn’t much room anymore in the blockbuster- and franchise-minded industry for creatives like him.
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“Things changed a lot,” Lynch told the newspaper. “So many films were not doing well at the box office even though they might have been great films and the things that were doing well at the box office weren’t the things that I would want to do. »
- Michael Schneider
‘Moka’ Trailer: A Woman Searches for Her Son’s Killer in French Psychological Thriller — Exclusive
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Swiss director Frédéric Mermoud is no stranger to helming tense visions, as his bold directing work on episodes of the hit series “Les Revenants (The Returned)” changed the scope of French drama. His new feature, “Moka,” ditches the supernatural elements but still keep things dark and dangerous.
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Adapted from Tatiana de Rosnay’s 2006 novel of the same name, “Moka” follows Diane (Emmanuelle Devos) as she embarks on a revenge journey to find the driver of the vintage brown Mercedes which she believes hit her son and derailed the entire course of her life.
After learning the car’s driver lives in Évian, she wastes no time getting there, but unexpectedly finds herself having to face another woman, Marlene (Nathalie Baye), a beauty salon proprietor and the owner of the car. »
- Allison Picurro
Pamela Anderson Wrote an Anti-‘Risk’ Poem Defending Julian Assange, Because It’s 2017 and This Is the World We Live in Now
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Today in news you’d never thought you read, Pamela Anderson has written a poem about her rumored lover Julian Assange. The Wikileaks founder, Ecuadorian Embassy houseguest and subject of “Risk” has a vocal defender in the former “Baywatch” star, who sounds none too pleased with Laura Poitras and her new documentary.
Read More: ‘Risk’ Takes On Julian Assange: The Dramatic Story Behind Laura Poitras’ Oscar Follow-Up
Among the choice lines are “I don’t think Wikileaks is sexist, / I think it is intellectually elitist” and “I have to say it a lot of this / ‘feminist’ discussion is intellectually retarded.” Once Anderson begins sharing her thoughts on Poitras, who won an Oscar for “Citizenfour,” her poem turns into more of an essayistic screed: “Her exploitation of this access and the judgmental lines that she ended drawing from it are both logic and sad for her.”
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- Michael Nordine
David Lynch Says He’ll Never Make Another Movie Again
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Maybe the major event of the cinephile year, with apologies to “Baby Driver,” “Dunkirk,” Paul Thomas Anderson’s new film and “A Bad Moms Christmas,” is the return of David Lynch. It’s now nearly eleven years since Lynch last debuted a real work of directing, “Inland Empire,” and the eccentric, quiff-haired genius behind “Eraserhead,” “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive” has been much missed.
Continue reading David Lynch Says He’ll Never Make Another Movie Again at The Playlist. »
- Oliver Lyttelton
Will Ferrell & Jason Momoa Team Up For ‘Bojack Horseman’-Ish Comedy Movie
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Will Ferrell is just intrinsically funny in the way that even relatively few big-name comedy stars are — he’s capable of making you laugh just by standing there in a way that, say, Ed Helms isn’t (no offense to Mr. Helms). But Ferrell becomes doubly funny when you pair him up with someone who intimidates him in some way, as two movies with Mark Wahlberg, “The Other Guys” and “Daddy’s Home,” has proven.
Continue reading Will Ferrell & Jason Momoa Team Up For ‘Bojack Horseman’-Ish Comedy Movie at The Playlist. »
- Oliver Lyttelton
Chris Pine & Michelle Williams To Star In Spy Thriller From ‘Theory Of Everything’ Director
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For a while, we wondered if Chris Pine would ever be able to escape the shadow of Captain Kirk. Before he starred in J.J. Abrams’ first “Star Trek” film, Pine was mostly known for tween fare like Lindsay Lohan vehicle “Just My Luck” or “The Princess Diaries 2.” Pine proved to be perfect casting in the role that was created by William Shatner, but subsequent starring vehicles didn’t often work: for every “Unstoppable,” there was a “This Means War,” or a “Rise Of The Guardians,” or a “Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit,” or a “Horrible Bosses 2.”
But Pine’s been having a better run of it recently.
Continue reading Chris Pine & Michelle Williams To Star In Spy Thriller From ‘Theory Of Everything’ Director at The Playlist. »
- Oliver Lyttelton
‘The Big Sick,’ ‘The Bad Batch’ and More Announced for Rooftop Films’ 2017 Summer Series
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Rooftop Films has announced its lineup for the 2017 Summer Series. This year’s series will feature more than 45 outdoor screenings in more than 10 venues, including films like Michael Showalter’s Sundance hit “The Big Sick” Ana Lily Amirpour’s “The Bad Batch,” (dates still Tbd).
The series kicks off on Friday, May 19 with “This is What We Mean by Short Films,” a collection of some of the most innovative, new short films of the past year. The screening will take place on the roof of The Old American Can Factory, in Gowanus, Brooklyn. The following night, Saturday, May 20, Rooftop will present a sneak preview screening of Zoe Lister-Jones’ 2017 Sundance entry, “Band Aid,” free and outdoors at House of Vans in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
The entire lineup so far is below. Tickets are already for sale.
Friday, May 19
“This is What We Mean by Short Films”
Saturday, May 20
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- Graham Winfrey
The Obama Presidential Center to Include a Studio for Directors Like Spike Lee & Steven Spielberg to Lead Workshops
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On Wednesday, former President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle met with several hundred people and some members of media in Chicago’s South Side to unveil their plan for the Obama Presidential Center, a stone-and-glass complex to be built in the city’s Jackson Park, as reported by The New York Times. It would include a children’s play area and a community garden for schoolchildren. Obama also wants food trucks and some grills so people can barbecue in the true form of the South Side of Chicago.
Mr. Obama said the center would also include “a studio where I can invite Spike Lee and Steven Spielberg to do workshops on how to make films.” He also envisions “a recording studio where I could invite Chance or Bruce Springsteen, depending on your tastes, to talk about how you could record music that has social commentary and meaning.”
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- Yoselin Acevedo
‘Dear White People’: Barry Jenkins on Directing the Series’ Most Unsettling Episode
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Before Barry Jenkins won an Oscar for “Moonlight,” he directed an episode of Justin Simien’s Netflix series “Dear White People.”
Each episode or “chapter,” as they’re formally called, focuses on one student at the fictional, predominantly white Ivy League school Winchester University, especially in regards to the racial issues on campus. “Chapter V” features a heated exchange between two characters that culminates in a frightening parallel to the real-world: [Editor’s Note: Spoilers ahead for Episode 5.] Black student activist Reggie (Marque Richardson) and a white student have a confrontation at a party that culminates in campus security coming in and drawing a gun on him.
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In an interview with Vulture, Jenkins commented on the episode that was written by Reggie Heyward and Jack Moore, and how he chose to frame Reggie in specific shots. “What happens in that episode is more like what you would expect to »
- Hanh Nguyen
Has Reservoir Dogs Aged Well?
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While its opening salvo, in which Quentin Tarantino’s legacy is rated against four other directors — three of whom are still fondly thought of here at Filmmaker — is a bit a harsh, Evan Puschak’s video appreciation of Reservoir Dogs, Qt’s first feature, digs into some of the aspects that make it a still-compelling watch a quarter of a century (!) later. And after you watch, check out Alex Rockwell’s interview with Tarantino upon the film’s release. (Ht: Kottke.org.) »
- Scott Macaulay
See New Images Of Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage & The Other One In Netflix’s ‘The Defenders’
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Just as Marvel’s “The Avengers” was the culmination of a multi-year plan involving “Iron Man,” “Thor,” “The Incredible Hulk” and “Captain America” (and next year’s “Infinity War” will bring together the characters introduced since, namely The Scarlet Witch, The Vision, Ant-Man, the Guardians Of The Galaxy, Doctor Strange, Spider-Man, Valkyrie, Black Panther and more), upcoming Netflix show “The Defenders” is the endpoint of two years that have seen the streaming giant introduce four comic-book characters to their viewers.
Continue reading See New Images Of Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage & The Other One In Netflix’s ‘The Defenders’ at The Playlist. »
- Oliver Lyttelton
The Handmaid’s Tale, Donnie Darko and The Mephisto Waltz: Jim Hemphill’s Home Video Picks
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Last month saw the premiere of Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale, a television adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s 1985 novel documenting a future America in which women are oppressed by religious fundamentalists. The series has been garnering a lot of attention and acclaim, but it isn’t the first time filmmakers have tried their hands at Atwood’s dystopian classic; German director Volker Schlöndorff, working from a script by Harold Pinter, brought the book to the screen in 1990. His version of the story was considerably less well received at the time than Hulu’s, but it’s a compelling, distinctive film – one in which […] »
- Jim Hemphill
Cannes Doc Day to Explore ‘Fake News,’ Women’s Voices and New Work From Amos Gitaï
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The second annual Doc Day at the Cannes Film Festival will bring filmmakers and documentary professionals together to discuss the various ways non-fiction storytellers can help tackle the many challenges facing the world’s “disrupted societies.” The full day event taking place on May 23 will focus on the theme of how to use documentaries as a tool to promote awareness and togetherness around the world.
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“In a world evolving from a society of facts to one of the big data, with fake news and populism invading the spheres of social networks, politics and press, documentary filmmakers are an essential voice to bring independent analysis through storytelling that helps to inform, engage and inspire us all to think critically and deeply about the challenges facing democracy in this Post-Truth Era,” Julie Bergeron, head of industry programs at the Marché du Film, »
- Graham Winfrey
‘The Bad Batch,’ ‘Rough Night,’ ‘The Big Sick’ Head Up 2017 Rooftop Films Summer Series Line-Up
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Barely a week after the end of Tribeca, the New York summer festival season is gearing up. Yesterday brought news of a very promising BAMcinemafest line-up, and today brings the Rooftop Films’ 2017 Summer Series slate. As it has for 21 years now, the festival will host a number of outdoor screens at nearly a dozen venues around New York, and they’ve got some ace films lined up.
Among the headliners: Judd Apatow-produced comedy “The Big Sick” with Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan and Holly Hunter, opening film “Band Aid” from Zoe Lister-Jones, Ana Lily Amirpour’s “The Bad Batch” with Jason Momoa, Eliza Hittman’s “Beach Rats,” Kyle Mooney-starring comedy “Brigsby Bear,” “The Incredible Jessica James” with Jessica Williams and Chris O’Dowd, A24’s “Menashe,” Noel Wells’ “Mr.
Continue reading ‘The Bad Batch,’ ‘Rough Night,’ ‘The Big Sick’ Head Up 2017 Rooftop Films Summer Series Line-Up at The Playlist. »
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