Following the bracing sexual and political candor of “Bpm,” writer-director Robin Campillo’s much-laureled film about HIV/AIDS activism in 1990s Paris, “Red Island” initially appears to be a retreat into cozier nostalgia — a child’s-eye view of life on a French military base in 1970s Madagascar, flooded with sunlight, awash with the thrill of youthful exploration. That might seem an obtuse way to portray a time and place rife with fractious post-colonial tensions, only a couple of years before the African territory freed itself from the French Community to become a fully-fledged republic. But “Red Island” is a cannier work than that, slowly deromanticizing its purposely naive view of European family life, before sharply jackknifing into a different perspective, even a different film, altogether.
That switch is both arresting and jarring — a structural pivot that makes for a film easier to admire than it is to embrace. Yet its autobiographical elements are keenly felt,...
That switch is both arresting and jarring — a structural pivot that makes for a film easier to admire than it is to embrace. Yet its autobiographical elements are keenly felt,...
- 3/9/2024
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
Patriarchal and paternalistic structures at both a family and country level are put in the spotlight by Robin Campillo in a story loosely inspired by his own childhood. It’s the early 1970s and though the island of Madagascar became independent a decade before, the French remain a dominant presence. The action unfolds at an air base where youngster Thomas Lopez (Charlie Vauselle) lives with his mum Colette (Nadia Tereszkiewicz), dad Robert (Quim Gutierrez) and his brothers.
We first encounter Thomas as he peeps out from the crate where he is reading his favourite books about masked crime fighting youngster Fantômette - she, in fact, gets her own fantasy sequences in the film, although it is the adults whose features are, tellingly, more fully masked.
“You’re always spying,” his mum tells him later, and it is through Thomas’ eyes that we voyeuristically soak up the details of life on the base,...
We first encounter Thomas as he peeps out from the crate where he is reading his favourite books about masked crime fighting youngster Fantômette - she, in fact, gets her own fantasy sequences in the film, although it is the adults whose features are, tellingly, more fully masked.
“You’re always spying,” his mum tells him later, and it is through Thomas’ eyes that we voyeuristically soak up the details of life on the base,...
- 3/4/2024
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Actress Toni Collette discussed her journey from a working-class neighborhood in northwest Sydney to Hollywood star in a masterclass at the Doha Film Institute’s Qumra talent and project development event on Friday.
The Oscar-nominated Muriel’s Wedding, Little Miss Sunshine, Knives Out and Unbelievable acting star is among six top cinema professionals attending Qumra, alongside directors Leos Carax, Claire Denis, Atom Egoyan and Jim Sheridan as well as sound editor and designer Martin Hernández.
Colette said she had been drawn to performance from an early age, firstly through musical theatre and tap dance.
“My father said I came out of the womb with jazz hands towards the light,” she joked.
Looking back on her early career, Collette recalled how she had dropped out of Australia’s National Institute of Dramatic Art Nida after being offered the part of Sonya in a 1992 stage production of Uncle Vanya by Neil Armfield.
This...
The Oscar-nominated Muriel’s Wedding, Little Miss Sunshine, Knives Out and Unbelievable acting star is among six top cinema professionals attending Qumra, alongside directors Leos Carax, Claire Denis, Atom Egoyan and Jim Sheridan as well as sound editor and designer Martin Hernández.
Colette said she had been drawn to performance from an early age, firstly through musical theatre and tap dance.
“My father said I came out of the womb with jazz hands towards the light,” she joked.
Looking back on her early career, Collette recalled how she had dropped out of Australia’s National Institute of Dramatic Art Nida after being offered the part of Sonya in a 1992 stage production of Uncle Vanya by Neil Armfield.
This...
- 3/1/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Wistoria: Wand and Sword , an upcoming TV anime based on the fantasy manga of the same name, has revealed a trio of new cast members for the series, which will broadcast in Japan beginning in July 2024. The new cast members include: Colette Loire voiced by Satomi Amano (Misa Farrengram in Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear ) Colette Loire and Satomi Amano Zion Alster voiced by Masaaki Mizunaka (Challe Fen Challe in Sugar Apple Fairy Tale ) Zion Alster and Masaaki Mizunaka Kiki voiced by Aoi Inase (Oshiro in The Masterful Cat is Depressed Again Today ) Kiki and Aoi Inase The original Wistoria: Wand and Sword manga is written by Fujino Omori, illustrated by Toshi Aoi, and serialized in Japan by Kodansha in their Bessatsu Shonen Magazine publication. An English language version is also available from Kodansha USA. Tatsuya Yoshihara writes and directs the TV anime adaptation at animation studios Actas and Bandai Namco Pictures.
- 2/23/2024
- by Paul Chapman
- Crunchyroll
Get ready for an exhilarating episode of “The Chase” as Season 16 Episode 55 hits the airwaves at 5:00 Pm on Tuesday, February 20, 2024, on ITV. Hosted by the charismatic Bradley Walsh, this popular quiz show brings together contestants Michael from Sherbourne, Colette from Manchester, Jack from Sunderland, and Robbie from Beccles as they join forces to take on one of the country’s finest quiz brains, aka the Chaser.
In this nail-biting showdown, the contestants will put their knowledge to the test and work as a team to outsmart the Chaser, all in the hopes of winning thousands of pounds. With tension running high and stakes even higher, viewers can expect plenty of thrills and excitement as the contestants battle it out against the clock and their formidable opponent.
Don’t miss out on the action-packed fun of “The Chase” as Bradley Walsh guides the contestants through rounds of questions, twists, and turns.
In this nail-biting showdown, the contestants will put their knowledge to the test and work as a team to outsmart the Chaser, all in the hopes of winning thousands of pounds. With tension running high and stakes even higher, viewers can expect plenty of thrills and excitement as the contestants battle it out against the clock and their formidable opponent.
Don’t miss out on the action-packed fun of “The Chase” as Bradley Walsh guides the contestants through rounds of questions, twists, and turns.
- 2/14/2024
- by Posts UK
- TV Everyday
Viz Media revealed its slate of new releases and acquisitions that will launch starting in Fall of this year, with the biggest acquisition in the new Eiichiro Oda one-shot Wanted! Eiichiro Oda Before One Piece , which features all of the legendary creator's early work prior to his best-known work. The full slate is featured below. Kaiju No. 8: Exclusive on the Third Division (Light Novel) by Naoya Matsumoto and Keiji Ando Description: Get an exclusive sneak peek into the lives of kaiju-fighting heroes Kafka, Reno, Kikoru, and Hoshina, in a new light novel! Otaku Vampire’s Love Bite (Manga) by Julietta Suzuki Description: Modern vampire Hina sets out from Romania to live out her otaku dreams in Japan! Her new neighbor, Kyuta, looks just like her anime crush. Can she convince him to be friends? Trillion Game (Manga) by Riichiro Inagaki and Ryoichi Ikegami Description: Haru and Gaku become...
- 2/3/2024
- by Humberto Saabedra
- Crunchyroll
Dylan McDermott was supposed to reunite with Connie Britton at the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards, but he had a much different reunion instead.
The 62-year-old actor was haunted by American Horror Story‘s famous Rubber Man character will presenting on stage on Monday (January 15) at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.
It was announced that Dylan and Connie would be having an AHS reunion at the event, but she was not in attendance. Her absence has not yet been explained.
While Dylan was presenting, Rubber Man sneaked up behind him and it ended up being the host Anthony Anderson dressed in the famous suit. After the segment, he showed up on stage again in a bathrobe as he was all sweaty from wearing the suit!
Dylan was joined by his daughter Colette on the red carpet.
The 62-year-old actor was haunted by American Horror Story‘s famous Rubber Man character will presenting on stage on Monday (January 15) at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.
It was announced that Dylan and Connie would be having an AHS reunion at the event, but she was not in attendance. Her absence has not yet been explained.
While Dylan was presenting, Rubber Man sneaked up behind him and it ended up being the host Anthony Anderson dressed in the famous suit. After the segment, he showed up on stage again in a bathrobe as he was all sweaty from wearing the suit!
Dylan was joined by his daughter Colette on the red carpet.
- 1/16/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Colette Rose McDermott is an American up-and-coming actress and artist known for her roles in Netflix’s Hollywood and Jaclyn Bethany’s Highway One. The latter won her the Best Ensemble Performance award alongside other cast members of the drama film at the 2021 Shooting Stars Feature Competition of Nòt Film Fest. Nonetheless, she has a long way to go if she must attain the level of her father’s popularity in the competitive industry. While Colette has started pulling mainstream recognition as an actress, she has always been popular. She grew up a celebrity child, thanks to her parents, who are notable...
- 12/14/2023
- by Banks Onuoha
- TVovermind.com
Denise Gough and Keira Knightley in Colette Photo: Bleeker Street Colette, 11.15pm, BBC2, Monday, November 20
Wash Westmoreland's film about the Belle Époque writer follows her on her journey to liberation from her naive provincial upbringing. She begins to blossom as her books about saucy schoolgirl Claudine - sold under the name of her husband Willy (Dominic West) start to fly off the shelves. There's an engaging complexity to the relationship between Willy and Colette which twists as the film progresses. Denise Gough also puts in a scene-stealing supporting performance as Missy, with whom Colette engages in a same-sex relationship. Beyond the impressive performances, the period is beautifully rendered and despite the film's consideration of ownership, oppression and control ultimately plays like a celebration of freedom of thought. Read what Westmoreland had to say about the influence of Max Ophüls, La Belle Époque and on the relationships in Colette.
Love & Mercy,...
Wash Westmoreland's film about the Belle Époque writer follows her on her journey to liberation from her naive provincial upbringing. She begins to blossom as her books about saucy schoolgirl Claudine - sold under the name of her husband Willy (Dominic West) start to fly off the shelves. There's an engaging complexity to the relationship between Willy and Colette which twists as the film progresses. Denise Gough also puts in a scene-stealing supporting performance as Missy, with whom Colette engages in a same-sex relationship. Beyond the impressive performances, the period is beautifully rendered and despite the film's consideration of ownership, oppression and control ultimately plays like a celebration of freedom of thought. Read what Westmoreland had to say about the influence of Max Ophüls, La Belle Époque and on the relationships in Colette.
Love & Mercy,...
- 11/20/2023
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Ashley Herring Blake's literary career has always highlighted the importance of being true to one's self, a theme perfect for her roots in children's literature as well as her pivot to adult romance. This month, Blake prepares to bid farewell to the beloved characters of her sapphic Bright Falls series with the third and final installment, "Iris Kelly Doesn't Date."
Fans of the Bright Falls series were first introduced to delightfully chaotic bisexual Iris Kelly in 2020 in the series opener, "Delilah Green Doesn't Date." In the first novel, Blake establishes Iris as a member of a close-knit group of queer friends, one of whom quickly falls for quick-witted New York City artist and outsider Delilah Green. Blake's adult romance debut was a result of feeling like she'd said all she'd needed to say to younger audiences for the moment, and the pandemic allowed her to explore her desire to write about adult relationships.
Fans of the Bright Falls series were first introduced to delightfully chaotic bisexual Iris Kelly in 2020 in the series opener, "Delilah Green Doesn't Date." In the first novel, Blake establishes Iris as a member of a close-knit group of queer friends, one of whom quickly falls for quick-witted New York City artist and outsider Delilah Green. Blake's adult romance debut was a result of feeling like she'd said all she'd needed to say to younger audiences for the moment, and the pandemic allowed her to explore her desire to write about adult relationships.
- 10/24/2023
- by Iyana Jones
- Popsugar.com
‘The Disappearance of Shere Hite’ Trailer: Dakota Johnson Narrates an Elusive Sex Reseacher’s Legacy
After publishing “The Hite Report” in 1976, sex researcher Shere Hite all but vanished from the public eye. Now, thanks to documentarian Nicole Newnham and narrator/executive producer Dakota Johnson, Hite’s legacy is on full display.
“The Disappearance of Shere Hite,” which premiered at Sundance 2023, is written and directed by Oscar-nominated “Crip Cramp” filmmaker Newnham.
The bestselling 1976 book “The Hite Report” liberated the female orgasm by revealing the private experiences of 3,000 anonymous survey respondents. Shere Hite’s findings rocked the establishment, presaged current conversations about gender and sexuality, and made her a target of the patriarchy. Actress Johnson narrates the documentary, which charts Hite’s explosive rise to fame and then mysterious retreat, executive produces through her TeaTime Pictures banner. The film was also just nominated for three Critics Choice Documentary Awards: Best Archival Documentary, Best Biographical Documentary, and Best Narration.
As Hite herself says in the trailer, “Equality isn’t so dangerous to me.
“The Disappearance of Shere Hite,” which premiered at Sundance 2023, is written and directed by Oscar-nominated “Crip Cramp” filmmaker Newnham.
The bestselling 1976 book “The Hite Report” liberated the female orgasm by revealing the private experiences of 3,000 anonymous survey respondents. Shere Hite’s findings rocked the establishment, presaged current conversations about gender and sexuality, and made her a target of the patriarchy. Actress Johnson narrates the documentary, which charts Hite’s explosive rise to fame and then mysterious retreat, executive produces through her TeaTime Pictures banner. The film was also just nominated for three Critics Choice Documentary Awards: Best Archival Documentary, Best Biographical Documentary, and Best Narration.
As Hite herself says in the trailer, “Equality isn’t so dangerous to me.
- 10/17/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Somehow, when we weren't looking, summer was drawing to a close. It's somewhat alarming to realize that fall and winter are both right around the corner, creeping in, bringing cold darkness to us all! As the month changes over, the almighty Netflix algorithm giveth and taketh away. The streaming giant will be kicking several currently available titles to the curb to make way for more stuff, which means you better go through your queue and see what's hitting the bricks and what's sticking around. Luckily, we're here to help, breaking down exactly what's leaving Netflix in September 2023.
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A League Of Their Own
It's a rough time to be a fan of "A League of Their Own." Not only has Amazon canceled the excellent TV series adaptation (again), but the movie that inspired it is leaving Netflix. And you know what? It's a great movie,...
Read more: 14 Sequels That Truly Didn't Need To Happen
A League Of Their Own
It's a rough time to be a fan of "A League of Their Own." Not only has Amazon canceled the excellent TV series adaptation (again), but the movie that inspired it is leaving Netflix. And you know what? It's a great movie,...
- 8/24/2023
- by Chris Evangelista
- Slash Film
Vanessa Caswill has directed the upcoming American romance movie ‘Love at First Sight’ which is adapted from Jennifer E. Smith’s novel 2011- ‘The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight’.
The plot revolves around a young man and woman Hadley and Oliver who fall in love on a flight from New York to London before losing each other at customs.
When Is ‘Love at First Sight’ Releasing?
Caswell was set to direct the movie in November 2020. That time Richardson was also cast as the female lead and announced as an executive producer.
Other characters including Hardy joined the cast in January of 2021. Principal photography began that month only. At first, the title of the film was set as “The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight” which was shortened to “Love at First Sight” after Netflix bought worldwide rights to the film in April of 2022. The movie is set...
The plot revolves around a young man and woman Hadley and Oliver who fall in love on a flight from New York to London before losing each other at customs.
When Is ‘Love at First Sight’ Releasing?
Caswell was set to direct the movie in November 2020. That time Richardson was also cast as the female lead and announced as an executive producer.
Other characters including Hardy joined the cast in January of 2021. Principal photography began that month only. At first, the title of the film was set as “The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight” which was shortened to “Love at First Sight” after Netflix bought worldwide rights to the film in April of 2022. The movie is set...
- 7/20/2023
- by Suvechchha Saha
- https://dailyresearchplot.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/new-sam
Los Angeles, CA—At their Anime Expo 2023 panel, manga subscription service Azuki celebrated the launch of their latest exclusive manga series, Mecha-Ude: Mechanical Arms by Yoshino Koyoka and TriF, and announced new manga licenses, upcoming volume releases, and a beta feature allowing fans to download eBooks directly from the Azuki website.
Azuki is adding 10 series from Media Do International, Inc., MediBang!, and Star Fruit Books to their Azuki Premium membership. Series include Itazurana Kiss, Wonder House of Horrors, and four series from legendary josei manga artist Moyocco Anno. Most are available to read right now. The full list is below:
Itazurana Kiss
by Kaoru Tada
Distributed by MD-i
A high school girl named Kotoko Aihara's love letter has been rejected by her crush, a genius with an Iq of 200 and a sports champion who's popular with all the girls — Naoki Irie.
As if Kotoko's luck wasn't bad enough, shortly...
Azuki is adding 10 series from Media Do International, Inc., MediBang!, and Star Fruit Books to their Azuki Premium membership. Series include Itazurana Kiss, Wonder House of Horrors, and four series from legendary josei manga artist Moyocco Anno. Most are available to read right now. The full list is below:
Itazurana Kiss
by Kaoru Tada
Distributed by MD-i
A high school girl named Kotoko Aihara's love letter has been rejected by her crush, a genius with an Iq of 200 and a sports champion who's popular with all the girls — Naoki Irie.
As if Kotoko's luck wasn't bad enough, shortly...
- 7/3/2023
- by Adam Symchuk
- AsianMoviePulse
Personally speaking, there hasn’t really been any character in a film or series that Idris Elba couldn’t pull off. Be it a genie, a detective, or a villainous cyborg, Idris’s on-screen presence, in whatever form he takes, is very strong. In Hijack, we find him on a plane that is hijacked. But who is he? How will he be able to subvert the schemes of the hijackers? This is a game of patience and skillful thinking. Hijack Episode 1 is just the beginning of a very long flight.
Spoilers Ahead
The Flight
Sam Nelson is on his way to see his wife, Marsha. He is boarding the Kingdom Airlines A330 flight from Dubai to London. We are unsure whether they are divorced or not, but they are separated, and Marsha is now with another man [Daniel]. Sam and Marsha’s son is with her. Sam’s chat reveals that...
Spoilers Ahead
The Flight
Sam Nelson is on his way to see his wife, Marsha. He is boarding the Kingdom Airlines A330 flight from Dubai to London. We are unsure whether they are divorced or not, but they are separated, and Marsha is now with another man [Daniel]. Sam and Marsha’s son is with her. Sam’s chat reveals that...
- 6/28/2023
- by Shubhabrata Dutta
- Film Fugitives
The film opens in 2020. A woman paints her lips crimson while staring at her reflection in the mirror, studying the details of her wavy blonde wig and firetruck-red skirt. Satisfied with her examination, she relaxes her shoulders and turns to the other side of the room. The camera follows and lands on a child sleeping peacefully. The woman covers the slumbering body with a blanket, gingerly plants a kiss and leaves. Outside, in the dimly lit streets of Dakar, she is followed by a chorus of men wearing complementary red djellabas. “When a drop of water falls on Earth / it’s no longer Earth,” they sing as she walks down the street, “How life is full of surprises.”
The chorus, a staple in Moussa Sène Absa’s films, is particularly useful in Xalé, the director’s passionate thriller about gender violence and retribution. It’s the last installment in the...
The chorus, a staple in Moussa Sène Absa’s films, is particularly useful in Xalé, the director’s passionate thriller about gender violence and retribution. It’s the last installment in the...
- 5/9/2023
- by Lovia Gyarkye
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Beloved by moviegoers for decades, the mafia film genre typically centers around key players that make up the world of organized crime in various contexts, locations, and cultures, with a sprinkle of family life and a generous serving of violence included in the storylines. The genre traces back to the early beginnings of film, but was popularized by directors like Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese in the 1970s and beyond.
Over the years, the mafia genre has continued to defy stereotypes and include elements from different film genres, like suspense or comedy. The latest mafia-related film, "Mafia Mamma," which hit theaters on April 14, presents a traditional look at the Italian mafia, with a refreshing, comedic tone delivered by Toni Collette and Monica Bellucci. In the film, Colette's character, Kristin, unexpectedly inherits her estranged grandfather's mafia empire in Calabria, Italy, and has to assume the role of mob boss...
Over the years, the mafia genre has continued to defy stereotypes and include elements from different film genres, like suspense or comedy. The latest mafia-related film, "Mafia Mamma," which hit theaters on April 14, presents a traditional look at the Italian mafia, with a refreshing, comedic tone delivered by Toni Collette and Monica Bellucci. In the film, Colette's character, Kristin, unexpectedly inherits her estranged grandfather's mafia empire in Calabria, Italy, and has to assume the role of mob boss...
- 4/20/2023
- by Alicia Geigel
- Popsugar.com
Colette McDermott as Carly Cassidy and Dylan McDermott as Supervisory Special Agent Remy Scott in ‘FBI: Most Wanted’ season 4 episode 17
It’s a family affair on CBS’s FBI: Most Wanted season four episode 17 when Dylan McDermott’s daughter Colette guest stars. Directed by Sharon Lewis from a script by Stephanie SenGupta, episode 17 – “The Miseducation of Metcalf 2” – will air on Tuesday, April 11, 2023 at 10pm Et/Pt.
Season four stars Dylan McDermott as Supervisory Special Agent Remy Scott, Alexa Davalos as Special Agent Kristin Gaines, Roxy Sternberg as Special Agent Sheryll Barnes, Keisha Castle-Hughes as Special Agent Hana Gibson, and Edwin Hodge as Special Agent Ray Cannon.
“The Miseducation of Metcalf 2” Plot: The team jumps into action to find two missing coeds after their roommate Carly Cassidy’s (Colette McDermott) older brother is involved in a homicide that took place in their dorm room. Also, Hana becomes distracted when she meets someone online.
It’s a family affair on CBS’s FBI: Most Wanted season four episode 17 when Dylan McDermott’s daughter Colette guest stars. Directed by Sharon Lewis from a script by Stephanie SenGupta, episode 17 – “The Miseducation of Metcalf 2” – will air on Tuesday, April 11, 2023 at 10pm Et/Pt.
Season four stars Dylan McDermott as Supervisory Special Agent Remy Scott, Alexa Davalos as Special Agent Kristin Gaines, Roxy Sternberg as Special Agent Sheryll Barnes, Keisha Castle-Hughes as Special Agent Hana Gibson, and Edwin Hodge as Special Agent Ray Cannon.
“The Miseducation of Metcalf 2” Plot: The team jumps into action to find two missing coeds after their roommate Carly Cassidy’s (Colette McDermott) older brother is involved in a homicide that took place in their dorm room. Also, Hana becomes distracted when she meets someone online.
- 4/9/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Dylan McDermott will star opposite his daughter, Colette McDermott, during an upcoming episode of FBI: Most Wanted.
People first reported the news, and CBS followed up with some plot details and photos for the exciting event, which airs Tuesday, April 11, at 10 p.m.
"The team jumps into action to find two missing coeds after their roommate Carly Cassidy's (Colette McDermott) older brother is involved in a homicide that took place in their dorm room," the network teases of the episode.
"Also, Hana becomes distracted when she meets someone online."
Watching the father and daughter share the screen will be exciting, right?
Dylan McDermott joined the FBI: Most Wanted cast in 2022 as the new lead, replacing the departing Julian McMahon.
The actor opened up to People about sharing the screen with his daughter.
"She is in many ways who I want to be when I grow up," Dylan told the outlet.
People first reported the news, and CBS followed up with some plot details and photos for the exciting event, which airs Tuesday, April 11, at 10 p.m.
"The team jumps into action to find two missing coeds after their roommate Carly Cassidy's (Colette McDermott) older brother is involved in a homicide that took place in their dorm room," the network teases of the episode.
"Also, Hana becomes distracted when she meets someone online."
Watching the father and daughter share the screen will be exciting, right?
Dylan McDermott joined the FBI: Most Wanted cast in 2022 as the new lead, replacing the departing Julian McMahon.
The actor opened up to People about sharing the screen with his daughter.
"She is in many ways who I want to be when I grow up," Dylan told the outlet.
- 3/28/2023
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Faced with the biggest, craziest Keanu Reeves kill-fest yet in “John Wick 4,” composer Tyler Bates upped the musical ante the only way possible: He added an orchestra to the essential “John Wick” palette of raw, headbanging guitars, drums and synths.
Bates – also known for his “Guardian of the Galaxy” scores – has collaborated with fellow composer Joel J. Richard on all of the “John Wick” music since the first film opened in 2014. “We share some very similar taste, and as friends, we’re just already on a subconscious wavelength,” says Bates.
“If you listen to the four scores, they’ve definitely grown as the scope of the films has. Not in the way that it’s now an orchestra and it’s larger; it’s just that the color palette has continued to develop throughout, still maintaining the fun, hybrid-rock foundation to the score.”
Director Chad Stahelski is “a rocker,...
Bates – also known for his “Guardian of the Galaxy” scores – has collaborated with fellow composer Joel J. Richard on all of the “John Wick” music since the first film opened in 2014. “We share some very similar taste, and as friends, we’re just already on a subconscious wavelength,” says Bates.
“If you listen to the four scores, they’ve definitely grown as the scope of the films has. Not in the way that it’s now an orchestra and it’s larger; it’s just that the color palette has continued to develop throughout, still maintaining the fun, hybrid-rock foundation to the score.”
Director Chad Stahelski is “a rocker,...
- 3/21/2023
- by Jon Burlingame
- Variety Film + TV
American rapper Macklemore has likened addiction to allergy.
In the wake of his latest album’s release, the ‘Can’t Hold Us’ hitmaker made an appearance on health podcast ‘On Purpose with Jay Shetty’ and opened up about his sobriety journey, reports aceshowbiz.com.
Looking back at how he became addicted, the Grammy-winning rapper began by stating: “The easiest way for me to describe it is that it was like an allergy.”
He further elaborated in the latest episode of the health podcast: “It was once I had a sip or a hit or a sniff or whatever it was, I wanted more and I couldn’t turn that off. And I never could.”
When asked about how he came to the decision to recover, Macklemore said that he had to ask himself: “Life or death. What do I choose?”
He continued by explaining: “I had been lucky enough that...
In the wake of his latest album’s release, the ‘Can’t Hold Us’ hitmaker made an appearance on health podcast ‘On Purpose with Jay Shetty’ and opened up about his sobriety journey, reports aceshowbiz.com.
Looking back at how he became addicted, the Grammy-winning rapper began by stating: “The easiest way for me to describe it is that it was like an allergy.”
He further elaborated in the latest episode of the health podcast: “It was once I had a sip or a hit or a sniff or whatever it was, I wanted more and I couldn’t turn that off. And I never could.”
When asked about how he came to the decision to recover, Macklemore said that he had to ask himself: “Life or death. What do I choose?”
He continued by explaining: “I had been lucky enough that...
- 3/18/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan in ‘She Said’ (Photo © Universal Studios)
On October 5, 2017, journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey published an article in the New York Times that exposed Harvey Weinstein’s lengthy history of sexual assaults and catapulted the #MeToo movement into the mainstream lexicon. Kantor and Twohey’s incredible work is brought to life on the screen in She Said, a powerful drama adapted by Independent Spirit Award nominee Rebecca Lenkiewicz (Colette) and directed by Emmy Award winner Maria Schrader (Unorthodox).
She Said delves into Kantor and Twohey’s research process and how their award-winning exposé rocked Hollywood and heightened public awareness of the prevalence of sexual harassment in workplaces in the entertainment industry and beyond.
In 2022, the #MeToo movement’s widely accepted and embraced as pivotal in spurring changes in behavior both inside and outside the workplace. As for Weinstein, the disgraced media mogul and sexual predator...
On October 5, 2017, journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey published an article in the New York Times that exposed Harvey Weinstein’s lengthy history of sexual assaults and catapulted the #MeToo movement into the mainstream lexicon. Kantor and Twohey’s incredible work is brought to life on the screen in She Said, a powerful drama adapted by Independent Spirit Award nominee Rebecca Lenkiewicz (Colette) and directed by Emmy Award winner Maria Schrader (Unorthodox).
She Said delves into Kantor and Twohey’s research process and how their award-winning exposé rocked Hollywood and heightened public awareness of the prevalence of sexual harassment in workplaces in the entertainment industry and beyond.
In 2022, the #MeToo movement’s widely accepted and embraced as pivotal in spurring changes in behavior both inside and outside the workplace. As for Weinstein, the disgraced media mogul and sexual predator...
- 11/28/2022
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Dangerous Liaisons, Starz's racy new prequel series, features many strong, richly-varied women in a wealth of complex roles.
The show is so highly anticipated that it's already been renewed for a second season.
At a recent press event, we had the pleasure of speaking to three women whose characters are central to the narrative -- Kosar Ali, Colette Dalal Tchantcho, and Carice Van Houten.
Kosar Ali is an up-and-coming British actress who catapulted to stardom with the indie film Rocks, for which she earned a BAFTA nomination.
Kosar plays Victoire, the fiercely loyal friend of Camille, navigating their way through the French aristocracy of the late 18th century.
We spoke to Kosar about how she became involved in the show, adjusting to fame, and what Victoire means to her.
Check out our interview with Kosar here:
Colette Dalal Tchantcho is a Kuwaiti/Cameroonian multidisciplinary artist who has appeared on...
The show is so highly anticipated that it's already been renewed for a second season.
At a recent press event, we had the pleasure of speaking to three women whose characters are central to the narrative -- Kosar Ali, Colette Dalal Tchantcho, and Carice Van Houten.
Kosar Ali is an up-and-coming British actress who catapulted to stardom with the indie film Rocks, for which she earned a BAFTA nomination.
Kosar plays Victoire, the fiercely loyal friend of Camille, navigating their way through the French aristocracy of the late 18th century.
We spoke to Kosar about how she became involved in the show, adjusting to fame, and what Victoire means to her.
Check out our interview with Kosar here:
Colette Dalal Tchantcho is a Kuwaiti/Cameroonian multidisciplinary artist who has appeared on...
- 11/4/2022
- by Mary Littlejohn
- TVfanatic
The sweet animated opening credits sequence of Dean Craig’s “The Estate” introduces two nice sisters who run a café. It’s a classic misdirect: a warm overview of sweet, caring Macey and sharp, smart Savanna under the guidance of their father, running a neighborhood joint replete with hot coffee and cozy regulars. Once the credits fade to real life, as it were, we learn that the sisters are in over their head and way behind on their payments, with no feasible financial solution in sight.
The Macey and Savanna of the cartoon prologue do not resemble the Macey and Savanna of “The Estate.” Macey (Toni Collette) is vaguely empathetic but weak-willed. Savanna (Anna Faris) is impulsive and possibly a sociopath. In order to save their precious café, one the audience never actually sees them working in, they’re going to have to butter up their dying, miserable Aunt Hildy...
The Macey and Savanna of the cartoon prologue do not resemble the Macey and Savanna of “The Estate.” Macey (Toni Collette) is vaguely empathetic but weak-willed. Savanna (Anna Faris) is impulsive and possibly a sociopath. In order to save their precious café, one the audience never actually sees them working in, they’re going to have to butter up their dying, miserable Aunt Hildy...
- 11/4/2022
- by Fran Hoepfner
- The Wrap
FX has greenlit “Never Let Me Go,” a drama series inspired by Kazuo Ishiguro’s 2005 science fiction novel of the same name.
The thriller series will follow Thora (Viola Prettejohn), a rebellious teenage clone who escapes from the boarding school where she and her fellow clones are kept hidden from society. As she starts living undercover in the outside world, she unwittingly sets in motion events that will spark a revolution and test the boundaries of what it means to be human.
Along with Prettejohn, the cast includes Tracey Ullman, Kelly Macdonald, Aiysha Hart, Spike Fearn, Shaniqua Okwok, Gary Beadle, Kwami Odoom, Susan Brown, Keira Chanse and Edward Holcroft.
This is the second screen adaptation of the book, as a movie starring Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightley and Andrew Garfield came out in 2010 from Searchlight Pictures. The film was written by Alex Garland, directed by Mark Romanek and produced by Andrew Macdonald Allon and Reich.
The thriller series will follow Thora (Viola Prettejohn), a rebellious teenage clone who escapes from the boarding school where she and her fellow clones are kept hidden from society. As she starts living undercover in the outside world, she unwittingly sets in motion events that will spark a revolution and test the boundaries of what it means to be human.
Along with Prettejohn, the cast includes Tracey Ullman, Kelly Macdonald, Aiysha Hart, Spike Fearn, Shaniqua Okwok, Gary Beadle, Kwami Odoom, Susan Brown, Keira Chanse and Edward Holcroft.
This is the second screen adaptation of the book, as a movie starring Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightley and Andrew Garfield came out in 2010 from Searchlight Pictures. The film was written by Alex Garland, directed by Mark Romanek and produced by Andrew Macdonald Allon and Reich.
- 10/25/2022
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
Dutch / Iranian director Niki Padidar’s ’All You See’ to open documentary festival.
The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) has announced Dutch/Iranian director Niki Padidar’s All You See as its opening film and has unveiled the main competition titles for this year’s event, which runs from November 9-20.
Newly unveiled selections include the Envision and International Competitions and the entire IDFA DocLab program. The festival’s official selection comprises 277 titles in total.
Opening film All You See is billed as a multi-layered feature that includes honest, painful, and even humorous encounters with three other immigrants to the Netherlands,...
The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) has announced Dutch/Iranian director Niki Padidar’s All You See as its opening film and has unveiled the main competition titles for this year’s event, which runs from November 9-20.
Newly unveiled selections include the Envision and International Competitions and the entire IDFA DocLab program. The festival’s official selection comprises 277 titles in total.
Opening film All You See is billed as a multi-layered feature that includes honest, painful, and even humorous encounters with three other immigrants to the Netherlands,...
- 10/20/2022
- by Tim Dams
- ScreenDaily
Dutch / Iranian director Niki Padidar’s ’All You See’ to open documentary festival.
The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) has announced Dutch/Iranian director Niki Padidar’s All You See as its opening film and has unveiled the main competition titles for this year’s event, which runs from November 9-20.
Newly unveiled selections include the Envision and International Competitions and the entire IDFA DocLab program. The festival’s official selection comprises 277 titles in total.
Opening film All You See is billed as a multi-layered feature that includes honest, painful, and even humorous encounters with three other immigrants to the Netherlands,...
The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) has announced Dutch/Iranian director Niki Padidar’s All You See as its opening film and has unveiled the main competition titles for this year’s event, which runs from November 9-20.
Newly unveiled selections include the Envision and International Competitions and the entire IDFA DocLab program. The festival’s official selection comprises 277 titles in total.
Opening film All You See is billed as a multi-layered feature that includes honest, painful, and even humorous encounters with three other immigrants to the Netherlands,...
- 10/20/2022
- by Tim Dams
- ScreenDaily
The 35th edition of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) will open with Iranian-Dutch filmmaker Niki Padidar’s All You See.
The feature explores themes of exclusion and being an outsider through Padidar’s own experiences in the Netherlands, which are interwoven with the stories of three other immigrants who have made a life in the country.
The festival, which will showcase 277 titles this year, has also unveiled the selections for its main Envision and International Competitions.
A total of 13 titles will play in the International Competition line-up.
Highlights include Mila Turajlić’s Non-Aligned: Scenes from the Labudović Reels, which will be presented as a diptych and performance and explores the never-before-seen footage of Tito’s cameraman documenting his trips to Africa and Asia to promote a third way amidst the Cold War.
Further competition titles include Paradise by Alexander Abaturov, which enters the heart of a raging forest fire in northeastern Siberia,...
The feature explores themes of exclusion and being an outsider through Padidar’s own experiences in the Netherlands, which are interwoven with the stories of three other immigrants who have made a life in the country.
The festival, which will showcase 277 titles this year, has also unveiled the selections for its main Envision and International Competitions.
A total of 13 titles will play in the International Competition line-up.
Highlights include Mila Turajlić’s Non-Aligned: Scenes from the Labudović Reels, which will be presented as a diptych and performance and explores the never-before-seen footage of Tito’s cameraman documenting his trips to Africa and Asia to promote a third way amidst the Cold War.
Further competition titles include Paradise by Alexander Abaturov, which enters the heart of a raging forest fire in northeastern Siberia,...
- 10/20/2022
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Demimonde screens Friday, Nov. 4 at 7:00pm and Wednesday, Nov. 9 at 9:00pm as part of this year’s St. Louis International Film Festival. Ticket information for the November 4th show can be found Here. Information for the November 9th screening can be found Here.
In January 1914, a horrific murder shakes the city of Budapest: One of the city’s most famous courtesans, Elza Mágnás, has been strangled and her body thrown into the icy waters of the Danube. Chronicling the last four days of Elza’s life through the eyes of a young and naive maid, “Demimonde” — which is based on a true tale of love, passion, sex, and power — untangles the prostitute’s bizarrely complex relationships with her housekeeper, her sponsor, and her lover.
Demimonde review by Cate Marquis
Demimonde is an atmospheric, even Gothic, mystery set in the “demimonde” of early 20th century Budapest, a tale that...
In January 1914, a horrific murder shakes the city of Budapest: One of the city’s most famous courtesans, Elza Mágnás, has been strangled and her body thrown into the icy waters of the Danube. Chronicling the last four days of Elza’s life through the eyes of a young and naive maid, “Demimonde” — which is based on a true tale of love, passion, sex, and power — untangles the prostitute’s bizarrely complex relationships with her housekeeper, her sponsor, and her lover.
Demimonde review by Cate Marquis
Demimonde is an atmospheric, even Gothic, mystery set in the “demimonde” of early 20th century Budapest, a tale that...
- 11/3/2016
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Here's Murtada speculating very early on the 2017 Oscar race.
There’s usually a real life person in the best actress lineup. It’s not as prevalent as it is in best actor - 4 this year. But we do have Joy Mangano (Jennifer Lawrence). Last year there were Jane Hawking (Felicity Jones) and Cheryl Strayed (Reese Witherspoon). Recently we got everyone from Philomena Lee (Judi Dench) to Marilyn Monroe (Michelle Williams) and Edith Piaf (Marion Cotillard) and most famously The Queen (Helen Mirren) and her 80s nemesis Margaret Thatcher (Meryl Streep). Now we have two more possible candidates for the 2017 Oscar race as two interesting biopics were announced this week with two actresses well known to the Academy. French writer Colette (to be played by Keira Knightley) and Jesus disciple Mary Magdalene (Rooney Mara).
Colette in 1920s
Colette is the more intriguing figure, at least to this non-believer. Born in 1873 she was a journalist,...
There’s usually a real life person in the best actress lineup. It’s not as prevalent as it is in best actor - 4 this year. But we do have Joy Mangano (Jennifer Lawrence). Last year there were Jane Hawking (Felicity Jones) and Cheryl Strayed (Reese Witherspoon). Recently we got everyone from Philomena Lee (Judi Dench) to Marilyn Monroe (Michelle Williams) and Edith Piaf (Marion Cotillard) and most famously The Queen (Helen Mirren) and her 80s nemesis Margaret Thatcher (Meryl Streep). Now we have two more possible candidates for the 2017 Oscar race as two interesting biopics were announced this week with two actresses well known to the Academy. French writer Colette (to be played by Keira Knightley) and Jesus disciple Mary Magdalene (Rooney Mara).
Colette in 1920s
Colette is the more intriguing figure, at least to this non-believer. Born in 1873 she was a journalist,...
- 2/5/2016
- by Murtada Elfadl
- FilmExperience
Keira Knightley has set her sights on her next starring role, as the English actress is in advanced discussions about taking the lead in Colette. The biopic will revolve around the titular French writer, who wrote the famous novel Gigi, which earned her a Nobel Prize For Literature in 1948, and was turned into the 1958 musical of the same name by Vincent Minnelli. Colette is being developed by HanWay, the production and sales team behind the recent indie success Carol. So it makes sense that they have decided to go with another period piece that is triumphantly female led, while Keira Knightley.s casting may remind many of Rooney Mara.s in Carol. HanWay will be working alongside Bond Films, which recently had tremendous success with Nightcrawler and Whiplash. After announcing that Knightley is currently inline to portray Colette, Bond Films. chairman Michael Litvak remarked to The Hollywood Reporter that she...
- 2/3/2016
- cinemablend.com
Variety Keira Knightley in talks to star in the biopic about the French writer Colette. Crossing my fingers about this one. Colette is fascinating (she wrote Cheri!)
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Towleroad TitanMen has offered disgraced Congressman Aaron Schock (the one with abs and a Downton Abbey fetish) $1 million to star in a porn film. Lol
Variety Clive Owen, Alba Rohrwacher, and more join Meryl Streep's competition jury at Berlinale
Kenneth in the (212) Shirtless Russell Tovey reportedly causes a Broadway audience member to faint. Ha!
Pajiba checks in w/ the Trainspotting cast, 20 years on
i09 Naomi Watts reunites with Lynch for Twin Peaks S3
i09 Noomi Rapace not returning for the Prometheus sequel
IndieWire thinks "The Chickening," a short film remix of The Shining is insane and genius. Definitely the first part. As for the second...
Towleroad a first for Espn,...
Comics Alliance on Marvel, politics, and why corporations are not your friend
Towleroad TitanMen has offered disgraced Congressman Aaron Schock (the one with abs and a Downton Abbey fetish) $1 million to star in a porn film. Lol
Variety Clive Owen, Alba Rohrwacher, and more join Meryl Streep's competition jury at Berlinale
Kenneth in the (212) Shirtless Russell Tovey reportedly causes a Broadway audience member to faint. Ha!
Pajiba checks in w/ the Trainspotting cast, 20 years on
i09 Naomi Watts reunites with Lynch for Twin Peaks S3
i09 Noomi Rapace not returning for the Prometheus sequel
IndieWire thinks "The Chickening," a short film remix of The Shining is insane and genius. Definitely the first part. As for the second...
Towleroad a first for Espn,...
- 2/2/2016
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
The Program
Stephen Frears' Lance Armstrong biopic "The Program," starring Ben Foster as the doping scandal athlete, has been set for a premiere on DirecTV a month before its theatrical and VOD release on March 18th.
Foster went as far as to use performance-enhancing drugs to play the disgraced cyclist, with his work praised in reviews out of the Toronto Film Festival last year. [Source: DirectTV]
Black Sails
Irish actor David Wilmot ("71," "Calvary") has signed on for a regular role on the fourth season of Starz's piracy drama "Black Sails" which began its third season last week on the premium cable channel. Wilmot will play bounty hunter Israel Hands in the next season which begins production shortly ahead of airing next January. [Source: Deadline]
The Worker
Michael Pena ("Ant-Man," "End of Watch") will star in veteran second unit director and stunt coordinator Dan Bradley's action thriller "The Worker" at Content Media. Jeremy Renner...
Stephen Frears' Lance Armstrong biopic "The Program," starring Ben Foster as the doping scandal athlete, has been set for a premiere on DirecTV a month before its theatrical and VOD release on March 18th.
Foster went as far as to use performance-enhancing drugs to play the disgraced cyclist, with his work praised in reviews out of the Toronto Film Festival last year. [Source: DirectTV]
Black Sails
Irish actor David Wilmot ("71," "Calvary") has signed on for a regular role on the fourth season of Starz's piracy drama "Black Sails" which began its third season last week on the premium cable channel. Wilmot will play bounty hunter Israel Hands in the next season which begins production shortly ahead of airing next January. [Source: Deadline]
The Worker
Michael Pena ("Ant-Man," "End of Watch") will star in veteran second unit director and stunt coordinator Dan Bradley's action thriller "The Worker" at Content Media. Jeremy Renner...
- 2/2/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
We’re still all awaiting Nicolas Winding Refn’s highly anticipated female-centric horror thriller The Neon Demon with bated breath, but he’s already gearing up for his next movie, which will reportedly have an Asian setting, and feature action and thriller elements. Details are skim, but it’s also been reported that Refn will be teaming up with the primary screenwriters of the last five James Bond films – Neal Purvis and Robert wade. Who knows? Maybe this could just be the ramp-up to an announcement that this will be the next Bond film, or it could be his long-rumored The Avenging Silence.
After last year’s frenetic Run All Night, star Liam Neeson and director Jaume Collet-Serra are already reuniting for another movie – their fourth collaboration. Collet-Serra will begin work on The Commuter, an action thriller following a businessman who becomes tangled in a criminal conspiracy on his daily commute,...
After last year’s frenetic Run All Night, star Liam Neeson and director Jaume Collet-Serra are already reuniting for another movie – their fourth collaboration. Collet-Serra will begin work on The Commuter, an action thriller following a businessman who becomes tangled in a criminal conspiracy on his daily commute,...
- 2/1/2016
- by Michael Snydel
- The Film Stage
The award-winning production and sales team behind Carol has lined up another historical drama, with Keira Knightley in advanced talks to take the lead role. Colette – from Number 9 Films and Killer Films – will tell the story of iconic French writer Colette, who wrote Gigi and was nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1948. Wash Westmoreland will direct from a script he co-wrote with his partner and Still Alice co-director, the late Richard Glatzer. Bold Films, which backed Oscar-nominated films Nightcrawler and Whiplash, will finance and co-produce the English-language title,
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- 2/1/2016
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Keira Knightley is in talks to star in Colette, a biopic about the French novelist who wrote Gigi and Cheri, which Stephen Frears adapted into a feature film starring Michelle Pfeiffer. Colette will be directed by Still Alice‘s Wash Westmoreland, who co-wrote the script with his late Still Alice collaborator Richard Glatzer. The film will re-unite the producing team behind Carol, Number 9 Films and Killer Films. Bold Films will finance and coproduce the title…...
- 2/1/2016
- Deadline
Exclusive: Teams behind Carol and Still Alice partner on period-biopic due to shoot in May.
Keira Knightley (The Imitation Game) is in advanced talks to star in biopic Colette, written by Still Alice team Wash Westmoreland and the late Richard Glatzer.
Westmoreland is set to direct the feature from Carol producers Number 9 Films and Killer Films.
Nightcrawler and Whiplash backers Bold Films will finance and co-produce the English-language title, marking the company’s first foray into the UK. Filming is due to commence in May in Budapest.
HanWay Films, which is on a roll following Oscar-nominations for Brooklyn, Carol and Anomalisa, will handle world sales. Additional casting is underway.
Pam Koffler and Christine Vachon (Carol, Still Alice) produce for Killer Films and Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley (Carol, Made in Dagenham) will produce for Number 9, which is currently in post-production on Juan Carlos Medina’s The Limehouse Golem and Lone Scherfig’s Their Finest Hour And A Half.
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Keira Knightley (The Imitation Game) is in advanced talks to star in biopic Colette, written by Still Alice team Wash Westmoreland and the late Richard Glatzer.
Westmoreland is set to direct the feature from Carol producers Number 9 Films and Killer Films.
Nightcrawler and Whiplash backers Bold Films will finance and co-produce the English-language title, marking the company’s first foray into the UK. Filming is due to commence in May in Budapest.
HanWay Films, which is on a roll following Oscar-nominations for Brooklyn, Carol and Anomalisa, will handle world sales. Additional casting is underway.
Pam Koffler and Christine Vachon (Carol, Still Alice) produce for Killer Films and Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley (Carol, Made in Dagenham) will produce for Number 9, which is currently in post-production on Juan Carlos Medina’s The Limehouse Golem and Lone Scherfig’s Their Finest Hour And A Half.
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- 2/1/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Danièle Delorme: 'Gigi' 1949 actress and pioneering female film producer. Danièle Delorme: 'Gigi' 1949 actress was pioneering woman producer, politically minded 'femme engagée' Danièle Delorme, who died on Oct. 17, '15, at the age of 89 in Paris, is best remembered as the first actress to incarnate Colette's teenage courtesan-to-be Gigi and for playing Jean Rochefort's about-to-be-cuckolded wife in the international box office hit Pardon Mon Affaire. Yet few are aware that Delorme was featured in nearly 60 films – three of which, including Gigi, directed by France's sole major woman filmmaker of the '40s and '50s – in addition to more than 20 stage plays and a dozen television productions in a show business career spanning seven decades. Even fewer realize that Delorme was also a pioneering woman film producer, working in that capacity for more than half a century. Or that she was what in French is called a femme engagée...
- 12/5/2015
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Grande dame of French film whose career spanned more than a half-century
Danièle Delorme, who has died aged 89, began acting professionally in 1942 and continued until the end of the century in films, television and theatre. But the earliest part of her long and prestigious career is most remembered internationally.
Delorme started in films as a fragile and elegant, slightly coquettish ingenue, notably in three pictures directed by Jacqueline Audry, based on novels by Colette: Gigi (1949), Minne, l’Ingénue Libertine (1950) and Mitsou (1956). She was described by her first husband, the actor Daniel Gélin, as having “the face of a little girl, an upturned nose with passionate nostrils, the lips of a child, the body of a woman and a certain way about her that turns heads”.
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Danièle Delorme, who has died aged 89, began acting professionally in 1942 and continued until the end of the century in films, television and theatre. But the earliest part of her long and prestigious career is most remembered internationally.
Delorme started in films as a fragile and elegant, slightly coquettish ingenue, notably in three pictures directed by Jacqueline Audry, based on novels by Colette: Gigi (1949), Minne, l’Ingénue Libertine (1950) and Mitsou (1956). She was described by her first husband, the actor Daniel Gélin, as having “the face of a little girl, an upturned nose with passionate nostrils, the lips of a child, the body of a woman and a certain way about her that turns heads”.
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- 10/23/2015
- by Ronald Bergan
- The Guardian - Film News
A note in the Playbill for the new production of Gigi explains that the title character “first burst upon the world” in a novella by “French authoress” Colette. Authoress? It says everything about this misbegotten revisal of the 1973 stage musical adaptation of the 1958 movie musical adaptation of the 1951 stage dramatic adaptation of the 1944 original that the producers could attach such a condescending word to one of France’s greatest writers. There’s nothing diminutive or amateur or fustily feminine about the novella: It may have a happy ending (or maybe not), but it’s hard as nails along the way. The attempt to turn such a property into a girl-power fantasy, in part by casting Disney star Vanessa Hudgens as Gigi — and in part by de-perving it completely — has left it more perverted than ever, and altogether unworthy of its name.Not that the property was so pure...
- 4/9/2015
- by Jesse Green
- Vulture
Vanessa Hudgens says that her relationship with Zac Efron sometimes looked better on screen.
The actress and singer, 26, opened up about the jealousy she felt while dating her High School Musical sweetheart, 27, who was bombarded with female attention.
"I went through a phase when I was really mean because I was so fed up," Hudgens revealed in a New York Times article Sunday.
"Girls were running after him, and I was giving them death stares. Then I realized that's not what that's about," she continued.
But the Gimme Shelter actress has a new golden rule to live by when it...
The actress and singer, 26, opened up about the jealousy she felt while dating her High School Musical sweetheart, 27, who was bombarded with female attention.
"I went through a phase when I was really mean because I was so fed up," Hudgens revealed in a New York Times article Sunday.
"Girls were running after him, and I was giving them death stares. Then I realized that's not what that's about," she continued.
But the Gimme Shelter actress has a new golden rule to live by when it...
- 3/31/2015
- by Jacqueline Andriakos, @jandriakos
- People.com - TV Watch
'Cat People' 1942 actress Simone Simon Remembered: Starred in Jacques Tourneur's cult horror movie classic (photo: Simone Simon in 'Cat People') Pert, pouty, pretty Simone Simon is best remembered for her starring roles in Jacques Tourneur's cult horror movie Cat People (1942) and in Jean Renoir's French film noir La Bête Humaine (1938). Long before Brigitte Bardot, Mamie Van Doren, Ann-Margret, and (for a few years) Jane Fonda became known as cinema's Sex Kittens, Simone Simon exuded feline charm in a film career that spanned a quarter of a century. From the early '30s to the mid-'50s, she seduced men young and old on both sides of the Atlantic – at times, with fatal results. During that period, Simon was featured in nearly 40 movies in France, Italy, Germany, Britain, and Hollywood. Besides Jean Renoir, in her native country she worked for the likes of Jacqueline Audry...
- 2/6/2015
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
By Anjelica Oswald
Managing Editor
Into the Woods, Disney’s adaptation of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Broadway musical, could land an Oscar nomination for its screenplay, which was adapted by Lapine. It may be a stretch for Into the Woods to land in the top five, though. Adapted — or even original — musical screenplays may be discounted for the music in the Oscar race, which might be why few musicals are nominated for adapted or original screenplay. Twelve musicals have been nominated for adapted screenplay since 1929, but 2002’s Chicago was the last musical to do so.
Adapted from Bob Fosse and Fred Ebb’s 1975 musical of the same name, Chicago won six of its 13 nominations, including best picture. It was the first musical since 1968’s Oliver! to win best picture, but its screenplay lost to The Pianist.
Carol Reed’s Oliver! was nominated for 11 Oscars and won five. It...
Managing Editor
Into the Woods, Disney’s adaptation of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Broadway musical, could land an Oscar nomination for its screenplay, which was adapted by Lapine. It may be a stretch for Into the Woods to land in the top five, though. Adapted — or even original — musical screenplays may be discounted for the music in the Oscar race, which might be why few musicals are nominated for adapted or original screenplay. Twelve musicals have been nominated for adapted screenplay since 1929, but 2002’s Chicago was the last musical to do so.
Adapted from Bob Fosse and Fred Ebb’s 1975 musical of the same name, Chicago won six of its 13 nominations, including best picture. It was the first musical since 1968’s Oliver! to win best picture, but its screenplay lost to The Pianist.
Carol Reed’s Oliver! was nominated for 11 Oscars and won five. It...
- 12/30/2014
- by Anjelica Oswald
- Scott Feinberg
30. The Lovers on the Bridge (1991)
Directed by: Leos Carax
A romance the way only Leos Caraz could do it. “The Lovers on the Bridge” is a love story between an alcoholic, drug-addicted street performer named Alex (Denis Lavant) and a vagrant painter named Michele (Juliette Binoche) who lives on the streets after a previous relationship ended. She now suffers from an unkown disease that is slowly making her blind. The two live on the Pont Neuf, the oldest bridge in Paris, closed for repairs for the duration of the film. As Michele loses more and more of her sight, she has to depend on Alex to get her through the days. After a treatment is discovered, Michele’s parents try to find her using posters on the street and radio announcements. Alex, realizing that her health would remover her dependence upon him, does everything in his power to keep Michele...
Directed by: Leos Carax
A romance the way only Leos Caraz could do it. “The Lovers on the Bridge” is a love story between an alcoholic, drug-addicted street performer named Alex (Denis Lavant) and a vagrant painter named Michele (Juliette Binoche) who lives on the streets after a previous relationship ended. She now suffers from an unkown disease that is slowly making her blind. The two live on the Pont Neuf, the oldest bridge in Paris, closed for repairs for the duration of the film. As Michele loses more and more of her sight, she has to depend on Alex to get her through the days. After a treatment is discovered, Michele’s parents try to find her using posters on the street and radio announcements. Alex, realizing that her health would remover her dependence upon him, does everything in his power to keep Michele...
- 12/2/2014
- by Joshua Gaul
- SoundOnSight
How do you solve a problem like Gigi? That was the task given to Heidi Thomas, the writer behind British hit Call the Midwife, who is adapting the book of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's musical for its upcoming Broadway production (starring High School Musical's Vanessa Hudgens). The musical Gigi, based on the Colette novella, began as a film—specifically, Vincente Minnelli's 1958 classic. An adaptation hit Broadway in 1973, but the production was considered somewhat of a flop. And while the beloved film won Best Picture, some of its elements haven't aged particularly well—for instance, its opening number,...
- 11/21/2014
- by Esther Zuckerman
- EW.com - PopWatch
It's the role that catapulted a newcomer named Audrey Hepburn to international stardom and later served as the centerpiece to one of the most Oscar-laden movie musicals in Hollywood history. Now, Vanessa Hudgens - exclusively seen here for the first time in character - is stepping into the enviable shoes of French novelist Colette's irresistible gamine in turn-of-the-20th-century Paris, Gigi, for the splashy stage musical of the same name. "Excited isn't a strong enough word!" the actress, who rose to fame as Gabriella Montez on the Disney Channel's High School Musical, tells People about landing the title role in the Broadway-bound adaptation.
- 11/19/2014
- by Stephen M. Silverman, @stephenmsilverm
- PEOPLE.com
It's the role that catapulted a newcomer named Audrey Hepburn to international stardom and later served as the centerpiece to one of the most Oscar-laden movie musicals in Hollywood history. Now, Vanessa Hudgens - exclusively seen here for the first time in character - is stepping into the enviable shoes of French novelist Colette's irresistible gamine in turn-of-the-20th-century Paris, Gigi, for the splashy stage musical of the same name. "Excited isn't a strong enough word!" the actress, who rose to fame as Gabriella Montez on the Disney Channel's High School Musical, tells People about landing the title role in the Broadway-bound adaptation.
- 11/19/2014
- by Stephen M. Silverman, @stephenmsilverm
- PEOPLE.com
Vanessa Hudgens has graduated from high school musicals to real musicals: Hudgens will play the title role in the upcoming Broadway revival of Gigi, the classic Lerner and Loewe musical which bowed on Broadway in 1973. The actress had been playing the role in recent readings in New York.
Hudgens will hone her Gigi chops in a pre-Broadway engagement at the Eisenhower Theater at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. in January. Following the engagement, the production will transfer to Broadway in 2015.
Eric Schaeffer directs and Joshua Bergasse choreographs Heidi Thomas’ re-envisioned adaptation of the story,...
Hudgens will hone her Gigi chops in a pre-Broadway engagement at the Eisenhower Theater at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. in January. Following the engagement, the production will transfer to Broadway in 2015.
Eric Schaeffer directs and Joshua Bergasse choreographs Heidi Thomas’ re-envisioned adaptation of the story,...
- 9/10/2014
- by Marc Snetiker
- EW.com - PopWatch
When the title of a new theater work includes an accent aigu, and the advertising highlights the fact that the story has been adapted from Colette, perhaps it’s unnecessary to underline any further the Frenchiness of the proceedings. But Martha Clarke’s Chéri goes for the whole Camembert. Naturally, the Paris flat where the drama is set has French doors and casement windows; also a breakfast table dressed with croissants, coffee, strawberries, a pomegranate, and a neatly folded copy of Le Monde. We get it. And in case we somehow don’t, Tina Howe (who provided the brief, mortifying text) imprints every other sentence with a “quelle horreur” or a “ça suffit,” like Louis Vuitton logos on a valise.An empty valise at that. Or perhaps I mean emptied. Chéri (1920) and Fin de Chéri (1926), the two Colette novels on which this production is based, are not classics for nothing.
- 12/9/2013
- by Jesse Green
- Vulture
A new musical production of Gigi is coming to Broadway.
Created 40 years ago by Anita Loos, the musical is based on the well-known novel of the same name by French writer Colette and the Oscar-winning 1958 film that starred Leslie Caron. (Audrey Hepburn originally played the heroine in a popular 1951 play.) Loos’ musical didn’t last long when it originally opened in 1973; Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe’s music and lyrics won a Tony but the show closed after only 103 performances.
British playwright and TV screenwriter Heidi Thomas (Upstairs Downstairs) is writing the newest adaptation of the classic romantic comedy about Gigi,...
Created 40 years ago by Anita Loos, the musical is based on the well-known novel of the same name by French writer Colette and the Oscar-winning 1958 film that starred Leslie Caron. (Audrey Hepburn originally played the heroine in a popular 1951 play.) Loos’ musical didn’t last long when it originally opened in 1973; Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe’s music and lyrics won a Tony but the show closed after only 103 performances.
British playwright and TV screenwriter Heidi Thomas (Upstairs Downstairs) is writing the newest adaptation of the classic romantic comedy about Gigi,...
- 3/28/2013
- by Samantha Highfill
- EW.com - PopWatch
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