"Do you ever think about the future?" Level 33 Entertainment is releasing this indie drama film in select theaters this month for those interested in watching. Scarborough is the latest film by English filmmaker Barnaby Southcombe, and it first premiered at the Warsaw Film Festival last year. Two couples - each comprising of a teacher and a student - spend a life-changing weekend at the seaside resort town of Scarborough, on the East Coast of England (on Google Maps). Starring Jessica Barden, Jordan Bolger, Edward Hogg, and Jodhi May. It looks like a very raw, intimate relationship drama that confronts many hard truths that none of us really want to deal with. Though it still has a distinct "based on a play" feeling. Here's the official Us trailer (+ poster) for Barnaby Southcombe's Scarborough, direct from YouTube: Two couples - each comprising of a teacher and a student - spend a...
- 9/11/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Warner Bros sequel likely to dominate, but will it match its record-breaking predecessor?
It: Chapter Two, Warner Bros’ sequel to its 2017 remake adaptation of the classic Stephen King horror novel, is the main story at the UK box office this weekend.
The previous film was a smash in the UK, setting the biggest all-time opening in the UK for a horror film with £10m from 605 sites in September 2017. Eventually, it reached £32.3m, which also makes it the biggest overall horror release of all time in the country. Its $700m worldwide gross also makes it the genre’s all-time global box office champion.
It: Chapter Two, Warner Bros’ sequel to its 2017 remake adaptation of the classic Stephen King horror novel, is the main story at the UK box office this weekend.
The previous film was a smash in the UK, setting the biggest all-time opening in the UK for a horror film with £10m from 605 sites in September 2017. Eventually, it reached £32.3m, which also makes it the biggest overall horror release of all time in the country. Its $700m worldwide gross also makes it the genre’s all-time global box office champion.
- 9/6/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Barnaby Southcombe’s contrived film fails to humanise the illicit relationships between two students and their teachers
Even without looking at the credits, it’s easy to surmise that this was originally a stage play, given the small ensemble cast, limited use of locations, knowing use of repetition and gotcha plot twist. Lo and behold, this film is indeed based on the play of the same name, written 11 years ago by Fiona Evans. It started on the Edinburgh fringe before transferring to the Royal Court. While the writer-director Barnaby Southcombe has changed the original two-act structure, the core idea of the story hasn’t aged well in the intervening years. Being translated to film has in some ways made the inherent problems, like the prurience of the premise, worse not better.
The film presents two stories of two couples engaged in illicit trysts, and this all happens within the same...
Even without looking at the credits, it’s easy to surmise that this was originally a stage play, given the small ensemble cast, limited use of locations, knowing use of repetition and gotcha plot twist. Lo and behold, this film is indeed based on the play of the same name, written 11 years ago by Fiona Evans. It started on the Edinburgh fringe before transferring to the Royal Court. While the writer-director Barnaby Southcombe has changed the original two-act structure, the core idea of the story hasn’t aged well in the intervening years. Being translated to film has in some ways made the inherent problems, like the prurience of the premise, worse not better.
The film presents two stories of two couples engaged in illicit trysts, and this all happens within the same...
- 9/6/2019
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Guardian - Film News
Kaleidoscope Entertainment has launched a new trailer for Barnaby Southcombe’s adaptation of the acclaimed play by Fiona Evans ‘Scarborough’.
Written and directed by Barnaby Southcombe, the film stars Jodhi May (Netflix’s The Witcher), Jordan Bolger (Peaky Blinders), Edward Hogg (Jupiter Ascending) and Jessica Barden.
Also in trailers – Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver star in two new trailers for ‘Marriage Story’
The film is released on September 6th. The UK Premiere + Q&a will also be held on the same day at The Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, North Yorkshire. Book premiere tickets here
Scarborough Synopsis Two mismatched lovers arrive at the British seaside town of Scarborough, seeking an escape from the constraints of real life. Liz, desperately shy and beautiful, seems older than her companion, the happy-go-lucky and impulsive Daz. In their faded hotel room, amongst the peeling wallpaper and away from the prying eyes of their hometown, they laugh,...
Written and directed by Barnaby Southcombe, the film stars Jodhi May (Netflix’s The Witcher), Jordan Bolger (Peaky Blinders), Edward Hogg (Jupiter Ascending) and Jessica Barden.
Also in trailers – Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver star in two new trailers for ‘Marriage Story’
The film is released on September 6th. The UK Premiere + Q&a will also be held on the same day at The Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, North Yorkshire. Book premiere tickets here
Scarborough Synopsis Two mismatched lovers arrive at the British seaside town of Scarborough, seeking an escape from the constraints of real life. Liz, desperately shy and beautiful, seems older than her companion, the happy-go-lucky and impulsive Daz. In their faded hotel room, amongst the peeling wallpaper and away from the prying eyes of their hometown, they laugh,...
- 8/22/2019
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
We’ve been on many a fantastic trip here at HeyUGuys, and needless to say, heading over to China to attend the International Film Festival of Macau, was right up there with the best of them. As we landed in Hong Kong, before taking the ferry over to the Island populated by Casinos (it didn’t get the nickname ‘the Las Vegas of Asia’ for nothing) we had an inkling this would be a special week.
Of course we were there to work, so when we weren’t stuffing our faces with the local delicacy of egg tarts, or the ‘pork chop in a bun’ which is, unsurprisingly, just a pork chop in a bun, we were found in the Cultural Centre, indulging in some of the very best cinema from around the world, several of which are films you’ll expect to hear a lot more of come award’s season.
Of course we were there to work, so when we weren’t stuffing our faces with the local delicacy of egg tarts, or the ‘pork chop in a bun’ which is, unsurprisingly, just a pork chop in a bun, we were found in the Cultural Centre, indulging in some of the very best cinema from around the world, several of which are films you’ll expect to hear a lot more of come award’s season.
- 12/18/2018
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Charlotte Rampling (45 Years) will receive an Honorary Golden Bear at the 2019 Berlin International Film Festival. The festival will also present a homage to the feted British actress’s career: movies will include The Damned, The Night Porter, The Verdict, Swimming Pool and Stardust Memories. Rampling presided over the festival’s jury in in 2006 and in 2015 she won the Silver Bear for Best Actress for 45 Years, for which she was also Oscar-nominated. “I’m very happy that this year’s Homage is dedicated to the sublime actress Charlotte Rampling,” said Berlinale Director Dieter Kosslick. “She is an icon of unconventional and exciting cinema.” The prolific Rampling, whose career spans six decades, has recently played in Red Sparrow, The Little Stranger and Michel Blanc’s Kiss & Tell. She will next be seen in Paul Verhoeven’s film Benedetta, scheduled for release in 2019.
The third International Film Festival and Awards Macao handed...
The third International Film Festival and Awards Macao handed...
- 12/17/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
ustThe Competition line-up included 11 features from first- and second-time filmmakers.
The 3rd International Film Festival & Awards Macao (Iffam) unveiled its winners today (December 14), with Kwon Man-Ki’s redemption drama Clean Up receiving the best film prize.
The award, presented by filmmaker and Iffam jury president Chen Kaige, follows the film’s shared victory in the New Currents awards at Busan International Film Festival, where it premiered in October.
The Iffam jury awarded the jury prize to Barbara Sarasola-Day’s South America drug-trafficking story White Blood.
Gustav Möller’s Sundance 2018 hit The Guilty – Denmark’s foreign-language Oscar entry – won two awards:...
The 3rd International Film Festival & Awards Macao (Iffam) unveiled its winners today (December 14), with Kwon Man-Ki’s redemption drama Clean Up receiving the best film prize.
The award, presented by filmmaker and Iffam jury president Chen Kaige, follows the film’s shared victory in the New Currents awards at Busan International Film Festival, where it premiered in October.
The Iffam jury awarded the jury prize to Barbara Sarasola-Day’s South America drug-trafficking story White Blood.
Gustav Möller’s Sundance 2018 hit The Guilty – Denmark’s foreign-language Oscar entry – won two awards:...
- 12/14/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Korean drama movie, “Clean Up” took the best film prize on Friday night at the closing ceremony of the International Film Festival and Awards Macao.
The jury, which comprised Chen Kaige, Danis Tanovic, Mabel Cheung, Paul Currie, and Tillotama Shome, said: “’Clean Up’ is a powerful, visceral film which is symbolic and naturalistic at the same time… The director unfolds a psychological drama with simmering intensity, and humanists the criminal without condoning the heinous crime in any way.”
The festival, completing its third edition, wrapped up with another breezy and efficient closing ceremony, kept largely on schedule thanks to its local live broadcast.
Celebrities on the red carpet included Phillip Noyce, Aaron Kwok and Ben Wheatley. Industry executives in attendance included Ellen Eliasoph, Michael J. Werner and Shekhar Kapur.
The closing ceremony was also the occasion for Variety and the festival to present awards to Asia’s next wave of talent.
The jury, which comprised Chen Kaige, Danis Tanovic, Mabel Cheung, Paul Currie, and Tillotama Shome, said: “’Clean Up’ is a powerful, visceral film which is symbolic and naturalistic at the same time… The director unfolds a psychological drama with simmering intensity, and humanists the criminal without condoning the heinous crime in any way.”
The festival, completing its third edition, wrapped up with another breezy and efficient closing ceremony, kept largely on schedule thanks to its local live broadcast.
Celebrities on the red carpet included Phillip Noyce, Aaron Kwok and Ben Wheatley. Industry executives in attendance included Ellen Eliasoph, Michael J. Werner and Shekhar Kapur.
The closing ceremony was also the occasion for Variety and the festival to present awards to Asia’s next wave of talent.
- 12/14/2018
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Vasan Bala’s “The Man Who Feels No Pain,” and Qiu Sheng’s “Suburban Birds” are among 11 films set for competition at the third edition of the International Film Festival & Awards Macao. Peter Farrelly’s “Green Book” will open the festival in an out of competition slot.
Other films in competition include: “Aga” by Milko Lazarov (Bulgaria); “All Good,” by Eva Trobisch (Germany); “Clean Up,” by Kwon Man-ki (South Korea); “Jesus,” by Hiroshi Okuyama (Japan); “Scarborough,” by Barnaby Southcombe (U.K.) “School’s Out” by Sebastien Marnier (France); “The Good Girls,” by Alejandra Marquez (Mexico); “The Guilty,” by Gustav Moller (Denmark); and “White Blood” by Barbara Sarasola – Day (Argentina). The competition is only open to first or second time feature directors.
The lineup was announced Thursday in Macau by artistic director Mike Goodridge. The jury which will select the prize-winners includes Chen Kaige as president, alongside Mabel Cheung (Hong Kong...
Other films in competition include: “Aga” by Milko Lazarov (Bulgaria); “All Good,” by Eva Trobisch (Germany); “Clean Up,” by Kwon Man-ki (South Korea); “Jesus,” by Hiroshi Okuyama (Japan); “Scarborough,” by Barnaby Southcombe (U.K.) “School’s Out” by Sebastien Marnier (France); “The Good Girls,” by Alejandra Marquez (Mexico); “The Guilty,” by Gustav Moller (Denmark); and “White Blood” by Barbara Sarasola – Day (Argentina). The competition is only open to first or second time feature directors.
The lineup was announced Thursday in Macau by artistic director Mike Goodridge. The jury which will select the prize-winners includes Chen Kaige as president, alongside Mabel Cheung (Hong Kong...
- 11/8/2018
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Film won four prizes including the Golden Hitchcock Jury Grand Prize.
James Gardner’s Jellyfish scooped the top prizes at last night’s awards ceremony for the 29th edition of the Dinard Film Festival in France.
The film took the Golden Hitchcock: Jury Grand Prize, the Hitchcock for Best Screenplay, and a special ad hoc performance Hitchcock award for young star Liv Hill, all presented by jury president Monica Bellucci. It also won the inaugural Critics Hitchcock, awarded for the first time in 2019.
Writer-director Gardner’s debut feature Jellyfish follows a young carer who discovers an unlikely talent for stand-up comedy.
James Gardner’s Jellyfish scooped the top prizes at last night’s awards ceremony for the 29th edition of the Dinard Film Festival in France.
The film took the Golden Hitchcock: Jury Grand Prize, the Hitchcock for Best Screenplay, and a special ad hoc performance Hitchcock award for young star Liv Hill, all presented by jury president Monica Bellucci. It also won the inaugural Critics Hitchcock, awarded for the first time in 2019.
Writer-director Gardner’s debut feature Jellyfish follows a young carer who discovers an unlikely talent for stand-up comedy.
- 9/30/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Get Him To The Greek star Russell Brand is heading back to the big screen in action feature Butterfingers. The comedian is to play a hitman in the movie, which is directed by I, Anna's by Barnaby Southcombe and based on a script from Full Nelson's Tom Nash. Butterfingers will be produced and financed by The Fyzz Facility and Embargo Films with Highland Film Group handling global sales and launching it in Berlin later this month. Mark Lane, James Harris, Wayne Marc…...
- 2/8/2018
- Deadline
British stand-up comedian, actor and activist Russell Brand is to play a hard-up assassin in action comedy Butterfingers.
Directed by Barnaby Southcombe (I, Anna) and based on a script by Tom Nash (Full Nelson, Percentages), the film will be introduced to buyers at the European Film Market in Berlin next week, with Highland Film Group handling global sales.
Butterfingers follows the story of a lonely and down-on-his-luck hit man named Keith (Russell Brand) — also known as Butterfingers — as he competes against archrival Perry, who is after the same target in Spain. When Perry beats Keith to the chase...
Directed by Barnaby Southcombe (I, Anna) and based on a script by Tom Nash (Full Nelson, Percentages), the film will be introduced to buyers at the European Film Market in Berlin next week, with Highland Film Group handling global sales.
Butterfingers follows the story of a lonely and down-on-his-luck hit man named Keith (Russell Brand) — also known as Butterfingers — as he competes against archrival Perry, who is after the same target in Spain. When Perry beats Keith to the chase...
- 2/8/2018
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“I got annoyed by Spike Lee. That’s all.”
Source: Wiki Commons
Charlotte Rampling
Charlotte Rampling was at the international Film Festival Rotterdam this week for the screening of Andrea Pallor’s Hannah.
In an interview with Screen International, she reflected on her work with Luchino Visconti and Woody Allen; spoke of her continuing pride in The Night Porter, expressed regret over her controversial remarks about the lack of black nominees in the 2016 Oscars, and explained why she didn’t want to discuss the #MeToo Movement.
Rampling again expressed her regret over “racist to whites” comments two years ago on an early morning radio show during the promotion campaign for 45 Years, for which she was nominated for an Oscar. “It was very early in the morning and everyone was asking questions about that. It was not a very sensible thing to say but I was very tired. My husband died two months before,” Rampling said on stage...
Source: Wiki Commons
Charlotte Rampling
Charlotte Rampling was at the international Film Festival Rotterdam this week for the screening of Andrea Pallor’s Hannah.
In an interview with Screen International, she reflected on her work with Luchino Visconti and Woody Allen; spoke of her continuing pride in The Night Porter, expressed regret over her controversial remarks about the lack of black nominees in the 2016 Oscars, and explained why she didn’t want to discuss the #MeToo Movement.
Rampling again expressed her regret over “racist to whites” comments two years ago on an early morning radio show during the promotion campaign for 45 Years, for which she was nominated for an Oscar. “It was very early in the morning and everyone was asking questions about that. It was not a very sensible thing to say but I was very tired. My husband died two months before,” Rampling said on stage...
- 1/29/2018
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Curzon12 will stream recent and classic movies; first lineup revealed.
Curzon is beefing up its online offering with the launch of Curzon12, a monthly VoD service built into its membership packages.
The service will host 12 recent and classic movies which will be available to stream when logging in with a Curzon membership.
Scroll down for first lineup
Each month’s curated lineup, taken exclusively from Curzon’s library, is selected by the company’s programming team and is designed to complement the films playing across Curzon’s cinemas and its day-and-date service on Curzon Home Cinema that month.
The collection will feature the work of directors such as Yorgos Lanthimos, Charlie Chaplin, Andrea Arnold, Satyajit Ray and Agnes Varda as well as lesser known filmmakers.
The offering will be accompanied by a monthly newsletter that will delve deeper into three headline titles for that month.
The subscription is a benefit for existing and future members at no additional...
Curzon is beefing up its online offering with the launch of Curzon12, a monthly VoD service built into its membership packages.
The service will host 12 recent and classic movies which will be available to stream when logging in with a Curzon membership.
Scroll down for first lineup
Each month’s curated lineup, taken exclusively from Curzon’s library, is selected by the company’s programming team and is designed to complement the films playing across Curzon’s cinemas and its day-and-date service on Curzon Home Cinema that month.
The collection will feature the work of directors such as Yorgos Lanthimos, Charlie Chaplin, Andrea Arnold, Satyajit Ray and Agnes Varda as well as lesser known filmmakers.
The offering will be accompanied by a monthly newsletter that will delve deeper into three headline titles for that month.
The subscription is a benefit for existing and future members at no additional...
- 8/21/2017
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Shoot has kicked off on UK forbidden love drama.
I, Anna director Barnaby Southcombe has started principal photography on Scarborough, starring Jodhi May, Jordan Bolger and Jessica Barden. Great Point Media, Southcombe’s Embargo Films and Poisson Rouge Pictures are producing; the four-week shoot kicked off on May 15 on location in Scarborough.
The film is adapted by Southcombe from Fiona Evans’ award-winning play, about two dangerously charged teacher-pupil relationships. The story unfolds over two weekends in the faded grandeur of seaside resort Scarborough.
Producer is Christopher Granier-Deferre (Gone Too Far!), with Chris Simon of Embargo and Jim Reeve of Great Point serving as executive producers.
Southcombe said: “This is a really important project for me, one I’ve been yearning to do ever since I first saw the play at the Royal Court. It dares to look at these people as humans not monsters, asking you for one brief moment not to pass judgment. I guarantee...
I, Anna director Barnaby Southcombe has started principal photography on Scarborough, starring Jodhi May, Jordan Bolger and Jessica Barden. Great Point Media, Southcombe’s Embargo Films and Poisson Rouge Pictures are producing; the four-week shoot kicked off on May 15 on location in Scarborough.
The film is adapted by Southcombe from Fiona Evans’ award-winning play, about two dangerously charged teacher-pupil relationships. The story unfolds over two weekends in the faded grandeur of seaside resort Scarborough.
Producer is Christopher Granier-Deferre (Gone Too Far!), with Chris Simon of Embargo and Jim Reeve of Great Point serving as executive producers.
Southcombe said: “This is a really important project for me, one I’ve been yearning to do ever since I first saw the play at the Royal Court. It dares to look at these people as humans not monsters, asking you for one brief moment not to pass judgment. I guarantee...
- 5/20/2017
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Here’s your daily dose of an indie film, web series, TV pilot, what-have-you in progress, as presented by the creators themselves. At the end of the week, you’ll have the chance to vote for your favorite.
In the meantime: Is this a project you’d want to see? Tell us in the comments.
Scarborough
Logline: A tale of forbidden love based on the acclaimed play from Royal Court Theatre in London.
Elevator Pitch:
Set over three days in the British seaside town of Scarborough, two couples seek an escape from the constraints of real life. In a faded hotel, amongst the peeling wallpaper, they laugh, quarrel, make love and enjoy their anonymity.
The hotel rooms are their safe haven but also their self-imposed prison as they don’t dare go out. After all, at barely 16 years old, two of them are still at school… and the other two,...
In the meantime: Is this a project you’d want to see? Tell us in the comments.
Scarborough
Logline: A tale of forbidden love based on the acclaimed play from Royal Court Theatre in London.
Elevator Pitch:
Set over three days in the British seaside town of Scarborough, two couples seek an escape from the constraints of real life. In a faded hotel, amongst the peeling wallpaper, they laugh, quarrel, make love and enjoy their anonymity.
The hotel rooms are their safe haven but also their self-imposed prison as they don’t dare go out. After all, at barely 16 years old, two of them are still at school… and the other two,...
- 11/28/2016
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
New projects revealed from I, Anna director Barnaby Southcombe, When Animals Dream filmmaker Jonas Alexander Arnby and actor/director Hiam Abbass.Scroll down for full line-up
The Les Arcs Coproduction Village (Dec 12-15), held as part of the Les Arcs European Film Festival (Dec 12-19), has unveiled the projects for its 7th edition.
A total of 25 projects have been selected for the three-day development and financing platform, which has previously showcased festival hits including Lazlo Nemes’ Son Of Saul, Alice Rohrwacher’s The Wonders, Grimur Hakonarson’s Rams and Runar Runarsson’s Sparrows.
This year’s line-up includes projects from 13 countries and five from Norway, selected as part of this year’s Norwegian Focus. Eight debut features are included in the selection.
Representatives of the projects will have one-to-one pre-scheduled meetings with producers, sales agents and distributors.
Two conferences will also be held during the Coproduction Village: one about the production of Joachim Trier’s Cannes competition...
The Les Arcs Coproduction Village (Dec 12-15), held as part of the Les Arcs European Film Festival (Dec 12-19), has unveiled the projects for its 7th edition.
A total of 25 projects have been selected for the three-day development and financing platform, which has previously showcased festival hits including Lazlo Nemes’ Son Of Saul, Alice Rohrwacher’s The Wonders, Grimur Hakonarson’s Rams and Runar Runarsson’s Sparrows.
This year’s line-up includes projects from 13 countries and five from Norway, selected as part of this year’s Norwegian Focus. Eight debut features are included in the selection.
Representatives of the projects will have one-to-one pre-scheduled meetings with producers, sales agents and distributors.
Two conferences will also be held during the Coproduction Village: one about the production of Joachim Trier’s Cannes competition...
- 11/10/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Felix Vossen, producer of The Sweeney and I, Anna, has been missing since March.
Fears are growing over the whereabouts of UK film producer Felix Vossen, 41, who disappeared three months ago.
Vossen, whose credits for London-based production firm Embargo Films, include Berlin entry I, Anna, crime-thriller Pusher and cop drama reboot The Sweeney, last made contact with colleagues on March 5 and has subsequently been registered as a missing person with authorities in London and Zurich, where he also lived.
A Facebook page named ‘Find Felix Vossen’ states that the former asset management executive travelled from London to Zurich on March 3 and that “one of his telephones was found in his Zurich apartment”.
“We got a cryptic email on March 5 and that was the last we heard from him,” said director Barnaby Southcombe, one of Vossen’s partners at Embargo alongside Christopher Simon.
“His phone rang through for about a month and now it doesn’t. As far as...
Fears are growing over the whereabouts of UK film producer Felix Vossen, 41, who disappeared three months ago.
Vossen, whose credits for London-based production firm Embargo Films, include Berlin entry I, Anna, crime-thriller Pusher and cop drama reboot The Sweeney, last made contact with colleagues on March 5 and has subsequently been registered as a missing person with authorities in London and Zurich, where he also lived.
A Facebook page named ‘Find Felix Vossen’ states that the former asset management executive travelled from London to Zurich on March 3 and that “one of his telephones was found in his Zurich apartment”.
“We got a cryptic email on March 5 and that was the last we heard from him,” said director Barnaby Southcombe, one of Vossen’s partners at Embargo alongside Christopher Simon.
“His phone rang through for about a month and now it doesn’t. As far as...
- 6/10/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman) michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Musician and up-and-coming thesp Tyson Ritter is cozying up to Drew Barrymore and Toni Collette for friendship comedy/drama Miss You Already. The All-American Rejects frontman and Parenthood actor is joining the shoot this weekend in London and will play the young love interest to one of the ladies.
Barrymore and Collette star as Milly and Jess, best friends who have shared everything since they were kids. Now, Milly has a high-flying job and lives in a beautiful townhouse with husband Kit (Dominic Cooper) and their two kids. Jess is a town planner and she and her boyfriend Jago (Paddy Considine) live on a bohemian houseboat on a London canal. Their friendship is tested when Jess struggles to have a baby and Milly finds out she has breast cancer. Jacqueline Bisset also stars as Milly’s mother.
Ritter says he’s “thrilled and humbled to be a part of this compelling project.
Barrymore and Collette star as Milly and Jess, best friends who have shared everything since they were kids. Now, Milly has a high-flying job and lives in a beautiful townhouse with husband Kit (Dominic Cooper) and their two kids. Jess is a town planner and she and her boyfriend Jago (Paddy Considine) live on a bohemian houseboat on a London canal. Their friendship is tested when Jess struggles to have a baby and Milly finds out she has breast cancer. Jacqueline Bisset also stars as Milly’s mother.
Ritter says he’s “thrilled and humbled to be a part of this compelling project.
- 10/3/2014
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline
Exclusive: Deals for Miss You Already, from Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke, which starts shooting on Sunday.
The Salt Company has closed deals on comedy drama Miss You Already, which gets underway in London on Sunday [Sept 7].
Drew Barrymore, Dominic Cooper, Paddy Considine and Jacqueline Bisset have newly joined Toni Collette on the Catherine Hardwicke-directed film, written by Morwenna Banks, about two life-long girlfriends whose friendship is put to the test when one starts a family and the other falls ill.
Salt has sold the film to Dutch FilmWorks in Benelux; Filmcoopi in Switzerland; Odeon in Greece; Tanweer Films in India and Turkey; Front Row Filmed Entertainment in the Middle East; Sena in Iceland; Forum Film in Israel; and Nos Lusomundo in Portugal.
eOne has UK rights.
All deals were negotiated by Salt partner and head of international James Norrie. Salt and CAA rep Us.
Producers are Christopher Simon and Felix Vossen of Embargo Films. Executive producers...
The Salt Company has closed deals on comedy drama Miss You Already, which gets underway in London on Sunday [Sept 7].
Drew Barrymore, Dominic Cooper, Paddy Considine and Jacqueline Bisset have newly joined Toni Collette on the Catherine Hardwicke-directed film, written by Morwenna Banks, about two life-long girlfriends whose friendship is put to the test when one starts a family and the other falls ill.
Salt has sold the film to Dutch FilmWorks in Benelux; Filmcoopi in Switzerland; Odeon in Greece; Tanweer Films in India and Turkey; Front Row Filmed Entertainment in the Middle East; Sena in Iceland; Forum Film in Israel; and Nos Lusomundo in Portugal.
eOne has UK rights.
All deals were negotiated by Salt partner and head of international James Norrie. Salt and CAA rep Us.
Producers are Christopher Simon and Felix Vossen of Embargo Films. Executive producers...
- 9/6/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Deals for Miss You Already, which starts shooting on Sunday.
The Salt Company has closed deals on comedy drama Miss You Already, which gets underway in London on Sunday [Sept 7].
Drew Barrymore, Dominic Cooper, Paddy Considine and Jacqueline Bisset have newly joined Toni Collette on the Catherine Hardwicke-directed film, written by Morwenna Banks, about two life-long girlfriends whose friendship is put to the test when one starts a family and the other falls ill.
Salt has sold the film to Dutch FilmWorks in Benelux; Filmcoopi in Switzerland; Odeon in Greece; Tanweer Films in India and Turkey; Front Row Filmed Entertainment in the Middle East; Sena in Iceland; Forum Film in Israel; and Nos Lusomundo in Portugal.
eOne has UK rights.
All deals were negotiated by Salt partner and head of international James Norrie. Salt and CAA rep Us.
Producers are Christopher Simon and Felix Vossen of Embargo. Executive producers are Morwenna Banks, Catherine Hardwicke, [link...
The Salt Company has closed deals on comedy drama Miss You Already, which gets underway in London on Sunday [Sept 7].
Drew Barrymore, Dominic Cooper, Paddy Considine and Jacqueline Bisset have newly joined Toni Collette on the Catherine Hardwicke-directed film, written by Morwenna Banks, about two life-long girlfriends whose friendship is put to the test when one starts a family and the other falls ill.
Salt has sold the film to Dutch FilmWorks in Benelux; Filmcoopi in Switzerland; Odeon in Greece; Tanweer Films in India and Turkey; Front Row Filmed Entertainment in the Middle East; Sena in Iceland; Forum Film in Israel; and Nos Lusomundo in Portugal.
eOne has UK rights.
All deals were negotiated by Salt partner and head of international James Norrie. Salt and CAA rep Us.
Producers are Christopher Simon and Felix Vossen of Embargo. Executive producers are Morwenna Banks, Catherine Hardwicke, [link...
- 9/6/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: UK comedy-drama also starring Toni Collette readies for September 2014 shoot.
Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke and Oscar-winning actress Rachel Weisz have newly boarded UK comedy-drama Miss You Already from writer Morwenna Banks.
Weisz will star alongside previously announced Toni Collette as vivacious best friends, inseparable since childhood, whose relationship is tested when one becomes pregnant and the other sick.
The UK production, due to shoot in September 2014, is produced by Christopher Simon and Felix Vossen of Embargo Films, producers of I, Anna, The Sweeney and Still Life.
The Salt Company is selling the film internationally with CAA co-repping North America. Salt, Exponential Media and Maven Pictures are co-producing.
Director Hardwicke said of Banks’ script: “When I met Morwenna Banks, and read her script, I really felt her passion for this story - this is something she lived through. She managed to take real life and turn it into a powerful, laugh- and cry-out-loud...
Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke and Oscar-winning actress Rachel Weisz have newly boarded UK comedy-drama Miss You Already from writer Morwenna Banks.
Weisz will star alongside previously announced Toni Collette as vivacious best friends, inseparable since childhood, whose relationship is tested when one becomes pregnant and the other sick.
The UK production, due to shoot in September 2014, is produced by Christopher Simon and Felix Vossen of Embargo Films, producers of I, Anna, The Sweeney and Still Life.
The Salt Company is selling the film internationally with CAA co-repping North America. Salt, Exponential Media and Maven Pictures are co-producing.
Director Hardwicke said of Banks’ script: “When I met Morwenna Banks, and read her script, I really felt her passion for this story - this is something she lived through. She managed to take real life and turn it into a powerful, laugh- and cry-out-loud...
- 4/22/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: UK comedy-drama also starring Toni Collette readies for September 2014 shoot.
Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke and Oscar-winning actress Rachel Weisz have newly boarded UK comedy-drama Miss You Already from writer Morwenna Banks.
Weisz will star alongside previously announced Toni Collette as vivacious best friends, inseparable since childhood, whose relationship is tested when one becomes pregnant and the other sick.
The UK production, due to shoot in September 2014, is produced by Christopher Simon and Felix Vossen of Embargo Films, producers of I, Anna, The Sweeney and Still Life.
The Salt Company is selling the film internationally with CAA co-repping North America. Salt, Exponential Media and Maven Pictures are co-producing.
Director Hardwicke said of Banks’ script: “When I met Morwenna Banks, and read her script, I really felt her passion for this story - this is something she lived through. She managed to take real life and turn it into a powerful, laugh- and cry-out-loud...
Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke and Oscar-winning actress Rachel Weisz have newly boarded UK comedy-drama Miss You Already from writer Morwenna Banks.
Weisz will star alongside previously announced Toni Collette as vivacious best friends, inseparable since childhood, whose relationship is tested when one becomes pregnant and the other sick.
The UK production, due to shoot in September 2014, is produced by Christopher Simon and Felix Vossen of Embargo Films, producers of I, Anna, The Sweeney and Still Life.
The Salt Company is selling the film internationally with CAA co-repping North America. Salt, Exponential Media and Maven Pictures are co-producing.
Director Hardwicke said of Banks’ script: “When I met Morwenna Banks, and read her script, I really felt her passion for this story - this is something she lived through. She managed to take real life and turn it into a powerful, laugh- and cry-out-loud...
- 4/22/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
★★☆☆☆ Poorly timed and fatally flawed, Fred Schepisi's familial Aussie bitchfest The Eye of the Storm (2011) (adapted from the Patrick White novel of the same name) somehow found its way into UK cinemas earlier this year with almost no fanfare. It's hardly surprising when you consider that this is one of the strangest, most mind-boggling dramas outside of Shane Carruth's Upstream Color, seemingly designed as a thespian three-way between Geoffrey Rush, Charlotte Rampling and Judy Davis. Davis is perhaps the only one of this triumvirate to come away with any kudos, such is the flaccid nature of this botched melodrama.
Rampling, last seen in son Barnaby Southcombe's neo-noir I, Anna, hams it up as dying wealthy matriarch Elizabeth Hunter, who watches on with veiled glee as her actor son Basil (Academy Award winner Rush) and aloof, high-society daughter Dorothy (Golden Globe winner Davis) rush to her side in...
Rampling, last seen in son Barnaby Southcombe's neo-noir I, Anna, hams it up as dying wealthy matriarch Elizabeth Hunter, who watches on with veiled glee as her actor son Basil (Academy Award winner Rush) and aloof, high-society daughter Dorothy (Golden Globe winner Davis) rush to her side in...
- 9/16/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
★★★☆☆ Some critics were left underwhelmed last year by Barnaby Southcombe's debut feature I, Anna (2012), but this seductive modern British noir deserves to find an audience on DVD. Charlotte Rampling plays Anna, an enigmatic female who becomes embroiled in a murder case led by D.C.I. Bernie Reid (Gabriel Byrne). Reid falls hard for Anna, but his investigation into the crime leads him to suspect that the debonair saleswoman has a dark secret she's unwilling to share. Although this brief synopsis may sound like the plot of your average ITV crime drama, both Rampling and Byrne elevate the piece into something far more complex and unsettling.
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- 4/15/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Pitch Perfect; Seven Psychopaths; The Spirit of '45; I, Anna; May I Kill U?
"Aca-scuse me?" Variously pitched as "Glee with teeth" and "X Factor meets Mean Girls", Pitch Perfect (2012, Universal, 12) more closely resembles an anarchic mash-up of High School Musical and Best in Show, with a hint of Heathers and a smattering of Stick It thrown in for good measure. Anna Kendrick is the indie-spirited newbie at college where "organised nerd singing" is the new so-uncool-it's-cool sensation. From the moment we see the prim leader of the all-girl vocal group projectile-vomiting in the middle of an Ace of Bass tribute, you know this isn't going to be a well-behaved affair.
What follows is a tale of heats and heartbreaks, torment and Treblemakers, nobility and nodes ("they sit on your windpipe… and they crush your dreams"), a cheese-cutting satire which delivers a consistent spewy stream of laughs, screams and cackles.
"Aca-scuse me?" Variously pitched as "Glee with teeth" and "X Factor meets Mean Girls", Pitch Perfect (2012, Universal, 12) more closely resembles an anarchic mash-up of High School Musical and Best in Show, with a hint of Heathers and a smattering of Stick It thrown in for good measure. Anna Kendrick is the indie-spirited newbie at college where "organised nerd singing" is the new so-uncool-it's-cool sensation. From the moment we see the prim leader of the all-girl vocal group projectile-vomiting in the middle of an Ace of Bass tribute, you know this isn't going to be a well-behaved affair.
What follows is a tale of heats and heartbreaks, torment and Treblemakers, nobility and nodes ("they sit on your windpipe… and they crush your dreams"), a cheese-cutting satire which delivers a consistent spewy stream of laughs, screams and cackles.
- 4/13/2013
- by Mark Kermode
- The Guardian - Film News
Consistent purveyors of world cinema excellence, next Monday (15 April) UK distributor Artificial Eye offer up three recent theatrical releases on DVD. The trio consists of Barnaby Southcombe's I, Anna, Lenny Abrahamson's What Richard Did and Eran Riklis' Zaytoun, all worthy features made to get your teeth into. To celebrate the home entertainment releases of I, Anna, What Richard Did and Zaytoun, we have Three DVD bundles (containing a copy of each film) to give away, courtesy of Artificial Eye. This is an exclusive competition for our Facebook and Twitter fans, so if you haven't already, 'Like' us at facebook.com/CineVueUK or follow us @CineVue before answering the question below.
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- 4/12/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
The first feature by British TV director Barnaby Southcombe, this slick, tricksy thriller, an Anglo-German co-production, stars the director's mother, Charlotte Rampling, as the eponymous Anna, a salesperson in Peter Jones's bedroom furniture department, who picks up a sleazy partner at a West End speed-dating evening and is seen the next morning emerging from a tower block at the Barbican where his battered corpse is found. The witness to her departure is Bernie (Gabriel Byrne), a sad detective chief inspector, who rapidly becomes fascinated by her, their hooded eyeball-to-eyeball exchanges being something to watch. She's apparently suffering from amnesia, while he has evidently forgotten everything he learnt about police procedure. Next time out, Southcombe should get someone else to write the screenplay, though he should engage the same photographer, Ben Smithard, who lit The Damned United and My Week With Marilyn and has done a classy noir job here.
- 12/9/2012
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
Seven Psychopaths | Celeste And Jesse Forever | I, Anna | Confession Of A Child Of The Century | The Oranges | The Man With The Iron Fists | You Will Be My Son | So Undercover | When Santa Fell To Earth | Gremlins | Khiladi 786
Seven Psychopaths (15)
(Martin McDonagh, 2012, Us) Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell, Christopher Walken, Woody Harrelson, Abbie Cornish, Tom Waits. 110 mins
It's a cult movie formula to die for: Pulp Fiction meets the Coens meets Adaptation, with postmodern high-jinks, wacky crime thrills and lashings of irreverent comedy. The latter redeems a movie that's almost too manically clever for its own good. Reality barely enters into this story of a blocked screenwriter caught up in a dognapping escapade, but there's never a dull moment. Perhaps it could do with a few.
Celeste And Jesse Forever (15)
(Lee Toland Krieger, 2012, Us) Rashida Jones, Andy Samberg, Ari Graynor. 92 mins
A made-for-each-other couple have trouble staying separate in this relaxed romcom,...
Seven Psychopaths (15)
(Martin McDonagh, 2012, Us) Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell, Christopher Walken, Woody Harrelson, Abbie Cornish, Tom Waits. 110 mins
It's a cult movie formula to die for: Pulp Fiction meets the Coens meets Adaptation, with postmodern high-jinks, wacky crime thrills and lashings of irreverent comedy. The latter redeems a movie that's almost too manically clever for its own good. Reality barely enters into this story of a blocked screenwriter caught up in a dognapping escapade, but there's never a dull moment. Perhaps it could do with a few.
Celeste And Jesse Forever (15)
(Lee Toland Krieger, 2012, Us) Rashida Jones, Andy Samberg, Ari Graynor. 92 mins
A made-for-each-other couple have trouble staying separate in this relaxed romcom,...
- 12/8/2012
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Twilight Breaking Dawn Part 2′s fortnight long stint at the top of the box office chart has come to an abrupt end. What big new smash hit has knocked the Vamps off top spot? I hear you cry. A little known spy flick known as Skyfall of course. Yes, after six weeks on release, Bond moves back up to the top of the pile in the very same week where it surpassed Avatar to become the highest grossing film at the UK Box Office of all time.
I don’t think anybody foresaw it being quite this succesful and hats really do need to go off to Sam Mendes and everyone involved for such an impressive feat. Skyfall has currently taken £94.28 million and you wouldn’t put it past it to be the first film to break the £100million barrier in UK cinemas. Breaking Dawn Part 2 meanwhile, despite a hefty...
I don’t think anybody foresaw it being quite this succesful and hats really do need to go off to Sam Mendes and everyone involved for such an impressive feat. Skyfall has currently taken £94.28 million and you wouldn’t put it past it to be the first film to break the £100million barrier in UK cinemas. Breaking Dawn Part 2 meanwhile, despite a hefty...
- 12/7/2012
- by Rob Keeling
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Barnaby Southcombe's debut feature – a noir thriller starring his mother, Charlotte Rampling – shows promise, but ends up being unconvincing
Barnaby Southcombe has worked extensively in TV, and now makes his feature film debut as the writer and director of this moody, downbeat noir starring his mother, Charlotte Rampling. She plays Anna, a lonely and seductive divorcee who has a habit of showing up to speed-dating evenings and going home with likely men. When one of these encounters appears to end in a blood-soaked nightmare, Anna finds herself being tracked and then dated by a troubled cop, played by Gabriel Byrne. But is she a murderer? There is plenty of atmosphere here, and I liked Southcombe's eye for the sinister forms of London's Barbican complex and its high-rise towers. Anna's job is nicely judged, too: a salesperson at London's upmarket department store Peter Jones. But the progressive revelation of Anna's secret feels muddled,...
Barnaby Southcombe has worked extensively in TV, and now makes his feature film debut as the writer and director of this moody, downbeat noir starring his mother, Charlotte Rampling. She plays Anna, a lonely and seductive divorcee who has a habit of showing up to speed-dating evenings and going home with likely men. When one of these encounters appears to end in a blood-soaked nightmare, Anna finds herself being tracked and then dated by a troubled cop, played by Gabriel Byrne. But is she a murderer? There is plenty of atmosphere here, and I liked Southcombe's eye for the sinister forms of London's Barbican complex and its high-rise towers. Anna's job is nicely judged, too: a salesperson at London's upmarket department store Peter Jones. But the progressive revelation of Anna's secret feels muddled,...
- 12/7/2012
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
There are only a handful of British actresses who can match the pedigree of Charlotte Rampling, as the star of films such as The Verdict, Angel Heart and Swimming Pool returns with her latest feature film I, Anna, and we were fortunate enough to sit down and discuss the upcoming release with her.
Directed by her son Barnaby Southcombe, I, Anna is a film noir whereby we see the story unravel through the eyes of our femme fatale Anna (Rampling) as she falls for a detective (Gabriel Byrne) in charge of a murder case she is unwittingly involved in.
Rampling discusses her role in the film, and what it was like to work alongside Byrne in the opposite role. She also tells us about working with Southcombe, and how to uphold a level of professionalism despite being on set with her very own child.
I, Anna is released today Friday 7th December.
Directed by her son Barnaby Southcombe, I, Anna is a film noir whereby we see the story unravel through the eyes of our femme fatale Anna (Rampling) as she falls for a detective (Gabriel Byrne) in charge of a murder case she is unwittingly involved in.
Rampling discusses her role in the film, and what it was like to work alongside Byrne in the opposite role. She also tells us about working with Southcombe, and how to uphold a level of professionalism despite being on set with her very own child.
I, Anna is released today Friday 7th December.
- 12/7/2012
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Bitches be crazy! Of course the bitch here is a lady, the exquisite, sophisticated Charlotte Rampling, and the film is adapted for the screen by her own son, TV director Barnaby Southcombe, so you might expect her to be treated with a bit of respect, and yet... a gloss of edgy noirish elegance cannot disguise the fact that this is yet one more tiresome example of the thriller subgenre that posits that the most interesting thing that a woman can be is out of her mind. I mean, sheesh, London cop Bernie Reid (Gabriel Byrne: Jindabyne) goes all stalkerish when he spies gorgeous Anna Welles (Rampling: Melancholia ) sashaying away from his murder scene, but the movie doesn’t seem to think there’s anything wrong with that -- not even when Bernie utterly fails to get even the slightest whiff of a suspicion that she might possibly be involved in the crime.
- 12/7/2012
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
★★★☆☆ With a background in television production, Barnaby Southcombe's Brit-noir adaptation I, Anna (2012) is the director's first feature. Yet aspects of its style and finished tone display hallmarks of a rather accomplished production, even if the film itself - despite a typically beautiful performance from the wondrous Charlotte Rampling (Southcombe's mother) - suffers from a wayward plot, seemingly plucked from a stockpile of twisting psychological drama. After a man is found bludgeoned to death in a London apartment block, Dci Bernie Reid (Gabriel Byrne) is first on the scene, but is distracted from his duties by a brief encounter with Anna (Rampling).
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- 12/5/2012
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
I, Anna is Barnaby Southcombe’s debut feature film, and a noir that is told from the point of view of our femme fatale (Charlotte Rampling), who falls in love with the detective (Gabriel Byrne) in charge of a murder case of which she had a part to play. Hitting our cinema screens this Friday 6 December, we caught up with Southcombe to discuss this intriguing piece of cinema.
Heavily influenced by 1950′s Hollywood and Nordic noir, I, Anna is a riveting tale, and one that Southcombe is evidently proud of. With us he discusses his personal influences, and how thrilled he was to work alongside the likes of Byrne and Rampling, the latter of which is his very own mother, which, in itself, proved something of a peculiar experience for the first time filmmaker…
I, Anna is released this Friday 7th December. You can see all our coverage from the movie here.
Heavily influenced by 1950′s Hollywood and Nordic noir, I, Anna is a riveting tale, and one that Southcombe is evidently proud of. With us he discusses his personal influences, and how thrilled he was to work alongside the likes of Byrne and Rampling, the latter of which is his very own mother, which, in itself, proved something of a peculiar experience for the first time filmmaker…
I, Anna is released this Friday 7th December. You can see all our coverage from the movie here.
- 12/5/2012
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
If starring in your son's debut film wasn't nerve-wracking enough, Charlotte Rampling managed to break her wrist just before production started on psychological thriller 'I, Anna'.
"I didn't dare tell him," laughs Rampling, a lot more jovial and smiley in the flesh than her smouldering, enigmatic persona might suggest. "I'm not someone who falls over, it was one of those freak things, so I just turned up and tried to soldier on. In the end, we ended up writing it into the story, showing this poor woman to be in even more pain than we'd thought. It was meant to be."
Charlotte Rampling plays Anna - abandoned, overlooked, grieving and on a disastrous path
The 'poor woman' is the eponymous Anna, an overlooked woman of a certain age, whose foray into singles-night dating takes her on a disastrous path, but also into the sights of detective Bernie Reid, played by Gabriel Byrne.
"I didn't dare tell him," laughs Rampling, a lot more jovial and smiley in the flesh than her smouldering, enigmatic persona might suggest. "I'm not someone who falls over, it was one of those freak things, so I just turned up and tried to soldier on. In the end, we ended up writing it into the story, showing this poor woman to be in even more pain than we'd thought. It was meant to be."
Charlotte Rampling plays Anna - abandoned, overlooked, grieving and on a disastrous path
The 'poor woman' is the eponymous Anna, an overlooked woman of a certain age, whose foray into singles-night dating takes her on a disastrous path, but also into the sights of detective Bernie Reid, played by Gabriel Byrne.
- 12/4/2012
- by Caroline Frost
- Huffington Post
This December a chance encounter a deep attraction. Well, the truth is that this great psychological thriller simply titled I, Anna opens next month in UK, but unfortunately there’s still nothing about the release date here, in USA. Still, we’re here to share an international trailer for the movie which comes from director Barnaby Southcombe and stars Charlotte Rampling and Gabriel Byrne in the leading roles! Hope you’ll like it!
In case you’re not so familiar with this project, I will first inform you that I, Anna premiered at the Berlin Film Festival, and that the whole thing is actually based on the book written by Elsa Lewis. Southcombe’s psychological thriller is told from the point of view of a female murder suspect, who falls for the detective in charge of the case.
Charlotte Rampling stars as a striking and enigmatic woman named Anna, who...
In case you’re not so familiar with this project, I will first inform you that I, Anna premiered at the Berlin Film Festival, and that the whole thing is actually based on the book written by Elsa Lewis. Southcombe’s psychological thriller is told from the point of view of a female murder suspect, who falls for the detective in charge of the case.
Charlotte Rampling stars as a striking and enigmatic woman named Anna, who...
- 11/27/2012
- by Jeanne Standal
- Filmofilia
We asked you to send in your questions for the doyenne of British film. This lunchtime, she responds …
It was Barry Norman who first coined the verb "to rample" (def: "an ability to reduce a man to helplessness though a chilly sensuality"). Now, here's your chance to have your own words virtually rampled: Charlotte Rampling is in town this week to promote I, Anna, a new noir thriller told from the point of view of Rampling's femme fatale, who falls for the detective (Gabriel Byrne) in charge of a murder case. The film – the directorial debut of Rampling's son, Barnaby Southcombe – boasts a sterling cast including Eddie Marsan, Honor Blackman and Hayley Atwell. The film opens in the UK on 7 December and you can watch a trailer for it here.
Perhaps you'd like to quiz Rampling on her immaculate back catalogue, from her two early movies with Dirk Bogarde (Visconti's The Damned,...
It was Barry Norman who first coined the verb "to rample" (def: "an ability to reduce a man to helplessness though a chilly sensuality"). Now, here's your chance to have your own words virtually rampled: Charlotte Rampling is in town this week to promote I, Anna, a new noir thriller told from the point of view of Rampling's femme fatale, who falls for the detective (Gabriel Byrne) in charge of a murder case. The film – the directorial debut of Rampling's son, Barnaby Southcombe – boasts a sterling cast including Eddie Marsan, Honor Blackman and Hayley Atwell. The film opens in the UK on 7 December and you can watch a trailer for it here.
Perhaps you'd like to quiz Rampling on her immaculate back catalogue, from her two early movies with Dirk Bogarde (Visconti's The Damned,...
- 11/27/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
If, like me, you find yourself helplessly drawn to anything Charlotte Rampling does, then the trailer for I, Anna will surely whet your cinematic appetite. Featuring a vulnerable, enigmatic Rampling in the lead role it's a psychological thriller with a stellar supporting cast including Gabriel Byrne, Eddie Marsan, Hayley Atwell and Honor Blackman. It's also directed by Rampling's own son, Barnaby Southcombe, and recently played to appreciative London Film Festival crowds. A brooding psychological, thriller, told from the point of view of a female murder suspect, who falls for the detective in charge of the case. Anna (Rampling), a striking and enigmatic woman, reluctantly attends a speed dating event. A man is found bludgeoned to death in a London apartment block. Dci Bernie Reid (Byrne),...
- 11/2/2012
- Screen Anarchy
★★☆☆☆ I, Anna (2012) director Barnaby Southcombe, son of actress Charlotte Rampling (who takes the lead role as a femme fatale in this, his feature debut), attempts to adapt Elsa Lewin's novel of the same name in what is a disappointing thriller set in London's Barbican. After a man is brutally murdered in his apartment, Dci Reid (a melancholic and dour Gabriel Byrne), is called to the scene. Barely sleeping and going through a difficult divorce, Reid walks the streets absorbing himself in his work until he meets Anna (Rampling), a lonely women desperately seeking love, currently resorting to tiresome singles nights.
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- 10/18/2012
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
I, Anna – based on the eponymous Elsa Lewin novel – is director Barnaby Southcombe’s debut feature film, as he collaborates with his very own mother Charlotte Rampling, who takes on the title role in what is a thrilling neo-noir that is both stylish and taut in its approach. Working alongside a close family relative certainly appears to have triumphed this time around, although it must have made the bath scene somewhat uncomfortable to shoot.
Rampling plays Anna, a lonely, single woman on the hunt for love, living in her London apartment with daughter Emmy (Hayley Atwell) and granddaughter. The divorcee decides to attend contrived singles’ nights with the blind faith that she may meet the man of her dreams. However, she finds herself back at the apartment of George Stone (Ralph Brown), who is brutally murdered later on that evening.
As Anna flees the crime scene – having woken from being...
Rampling plays Anna, a lonely, single woman on the hunt for love, living in her London apartment with daughter Emmy (Hayley Atwell) and granddaughter. The divorcee decides to attend contrived singles’ nights with the blind faith that she may meet the man of her dreams. However, she finds herself back at the apartment of George Stone (Ralph Brown), who is brutally murdered later on that evening.
As Anna flees the crime scene – having woken from being...
- 10/17/2012
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
This year’s BFI London Film Festival offers several new films based on books, reflecting a common trend in modern cinema and the recent film industry and proving that intelligent story-telling is something that should transcend format and translate through alternate medium. In some cases this is just loosely inspired by, where others can be straight page to screen interpretations… Here’s some of the highlights:
Some of the key texts that follow this trend are Salman Rushdie’s debut screenplay for the European premiere adaptation of his Booker prize winning novel; Midnight’s Children. Directed by Deepa Mehta, this Official Competition film is a riveting allegorical saga that parallels the dramatic upheavals in one’s family history with the events that would define contemporary India. Salman Rushdie is conducting a Q&A on this and his career as a renowned cinephile on 15th October.
Grassroots is director Stephen Gyllenhaal...
Some of the key texts that follow this trend are Salman Rushdie’s debut screenplay for the European premiere adaptation of his Booker prize winning novel; Midnight’s Children. Directed by Deepa Mehta, this Official Competition film is a riveting allegorical saga that parallels the dramatic upheavals in one’s family history with the events that would define contemporary India. Salman Rushdie is conducting a Q&A on this and his career as a renowned cinephile on 15th October.
Grassroots is director Stephen Gyllenhaal...
- 10/12/2012
- by Phil
- Nerdly
I, Anna director Barnaby Southcombe and celebrated arthouse maverick Jack Bond will be among the guests at the sixth annual Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival, which opens today. With screenings in both Glasgow and Edinburgh, the festival sets out to showcase great films that can change attitudes about mental health issues, and it's theme this year is 'walk in my shoes'.
The festival will provide an early opportunity for Scots to see I, Anna, starring Gabriel Byrne and Charlotte Rampling, which will also be shown at the upcoming London Film Festival. Other highlights include outré science fiction film Anti-Clock and Hugh Hudson's remarkable, very personal documentary Rupture: Living With My Broken Brain, a portrait of his former Bond girl wife Maryam D'Abo. There will be another chance to see homegrown favourite The Angels' Share and an opportunity to preview the Northern Lights Film Project's unique documentary work,...
The festival will provide an early opportunity for Scots to see I, Anna, starring Gabriel Byrne and Charlotte Rampling, which will also be shown at the upcoming London Film Festival. Other highlights include outré science fiction film Anti-Clock and Hugh Hudson's remarkable, very personal documentary Rupture: Living With My Broken Brain, a portrait of his former Bond girl wife Maryam D'Abo. There will be another chance to see homegrown favourite The Angels' Share and an opportunity to preview the Northern Lights Film Project's unique documentary work,...
- 10/7/2012
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The programme for the 56th BFI London Film Festival launched yesterday under the new creative leadership of BFI’s Head of Exhibition and Festival Director, Clare Stewart, bringing a rich and diverse programme of international films and events from both established and upcoming talent over a 12 day celebration of cinema. The Festival will screen a total of 225 fiction and documentary features, including 14 World Premieres, 15 International Premieres and 34 European Premieres. There will also be screenings of 111 live action and animated shorts. A stellar line-up of directors, cast and crew are expected to take part in career interviews, master classes, and other special events. The 56th BFI London Film Festival will run from 10-21 October 2012. This year sees the introduction of several changes to the Festival’s format. Now taking place over 12 days, the Festival expands further from its traditional Leicester Square cinemas – Odeon West End, Vue West End, Odeon Leicester Square...
- 9/7/2012
- by John
- SoundOnSight
Announced yesterday, the programme for the 56th BFI London Film Festival brings a rich and diverse programme of international films and events from both established and upcoming talent over a 12 day celebration of cinema. The Festival will screen a total of 225 fiction and documentary features, including 14 World Premieres, 15 International Premieres and 34 European Premieres. There will also be screenings of 111 live action and animated shorts. A stellar line-up of directors, cast and crew are expected to take part in career interviews, master classes, and other special events.
This year sees the introduction of several changes to the Festival’s format. Now taking place over 12 days, the Festival expands further from its traditional Leicester Square cinemas – Odeon West End, Vue West End, Odeon Leicester Square and Empire – and the BFI Southbank to include four additional new venues – Hackney Picturehouse, Renoir, Everyman Screen on the Green and Rich Mix, which join existing London venues the Ica,...
This year sees the introduction of several changes to the Festival’s format. Now taking place over 12 days, the Festival expands further from its traditional Leicester Square cinemas – Odeon West End, Vue West End, Odeon Leicester Square and Empire – and the BFI Southbank to include four additional new venues – Hackney Picturehouse, Renoir, Everyman Screen on the Green and Rich Mix, which join existing London venues the Ica,...
- 9/6/2012
- by Phil
- Nerdly
One of the clear victors emerging out of Telluride was Ben Affleck‘s The Town follow-up, the political hostage thriller Argo. Featuring a great ensemble including Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin and John Goodman, the film received top-notch reviews for its mix of thrillers and comedy and now we’ve got word it’ll be showing at another prestigious festival.
BFI London Film Festival announced their promising line-up today, which includes Argo, as well as Michael Haneke‘s Amour, Martin McDonagh’s Seven Psychopaths, Michael Winterbottom’s Everyday, Sally Potter’s Ginger and Rosa, Jacques Audiard’s Rust and Bone and much more. Check out the complete line-up below, as well as WB’s first TV spot for Argo.
London, Wednesday 5 September: The programme for the 56th BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express launched today under the new creative leadership of BFI’s Head of Exhibition and Festival Director,...
BFI London Film Festival announced their promising line-up today, which includes Argo, as well as Michael Haneke‘s Amour, Martin McDonagh’s Seven Psychopaths, Michael Winterbottom’s Everyday, Sally Potter’s Ginger and Rosa, Jacques Audiard’s Rust and Bone and much more. Check out the complete line-up below, as well as WB’s first TV spot for Argo.
London, Wednesday 5 September: The programme for the 56th BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express launched today under the new creative leadership of BFI’s Head of Exhibition and Festival Director,...
- 9/5/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
The line-up to the 56th London Film Festival has just been announced and you can see the list of movies coming to the greatest city in the world below. We already knew that Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie and Mike Newell’s Great Expectations would open and close the festival respectively but now we have the rest of the movies coming to London Town.
Let us know your thoughts on the line-up below in our comments section.
The Festival itself runs from October 10th to October 21st and we’ll be doing our best to bring you reviews from as many films as we possibly can!
London, Wednesday 5 September: The programme for the 56th BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express launched today under the new creative leadership of BFI’s Head of Exhibition and Festival Director, Clare Stewart, bringing a rich and diverse programme of international films and...
Let us know your thoughts on the line-up below in our comments section.
The Festival itself runs from October 10th to October 21st and we’ll be doing our best to bring you reviews from as many films as we possibly can!
London, Wednesday 5 September: The programme for the 56th BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express launched today under the new creative leadership of BFI’s Head of Exhibition and Festival Director, Clare Stewart, bringing a rich and diverse programme of international films and...
- 9/5/2012
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
We're always up for a good little thriller or a piece of noir, and while buzz on "I, Anna" has pretty much been muted at this point despite premiering at the Berlin Film Festival earlier this month, the cast and material is compelling enough that we're eager to give this one a shot. Based on the book by Elsa Lewis, starring Gabriel Byrne, Charlotte Rampling, Hayley Atwell, Eddie Marsan and more, and written and directed by Barnaby Southcombe, if anything, this trailer shows the film has got mood to spare. The story follows investigator Bernie Kominski, who is suffering from insomnia and an impending divorce, who looks into the case of a man found bludgeoned to death in a London apartment block. But the enigmatic and beautiful Anna Welles distracts him from his work. They strike up a relationship, and though Anna declares she's never met him before, she has...
- 7/27/2012
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
While Cannes’ Quinzaine struggles to reframe its identity, its former artistic director Olivier Père continues to impress in his new job at the Locarno Film Festival. On Wednesday, he and his programming team unveiled a lineup that is absolutely salivatory, a who’s who for high-minded cinephiles. Perhaps most impressive of all, he has managed to once again nudge the festival’s selection aesthetic even deeper into esoteric ‘experimental’ territory without seeming all that radical. More than any other festival, Locarno is the home for the edgy projects that are too sophisticated for Cannes, whose cold shoulder to avant-garde narrative filmmaking becomes more glaring with each passing year. Check out the complete line-up at the bottom of this page.
In their International Competition, in which films compete for the increasingly prestigious Golden Leopard, we have a collaboration between João Pedro Rodrigues and his partner João Rui Guerra da Mata called...
In their International Competition, in which films compete for the increasingly prestigious Golden Leopard, we have a collaboration between João Pedro Rodrigues and his partner João Rui Guerra da Mata called...
- 7/13/2012
- by Blake Williams
- IONCINEMA.com
Kshay by Karan Gour and Michael by Ribhu Dasgupta will compete for the Asian New Talent Award and Color of Sky by Dr.Biju Damodaran will compete for the Golden Goblet Award at the 15th Shanghai International Film Festival.
The Golden Goblet Award is for the main competition section of the festival. The Asian New Talent Award ‘aims at identifying the new bright lights and encouraging their creativity’.
The 15th Shanghai International Film Festival will be held from June 16-24, 2012. Founded in 1993, it is China’s only A-category international film festival accredited by the Fiapf (International Federation of Film Producers’ Association).
Asian New Talent Awards 2012
Big Blue Lake; dir. Jessey Tsang [Hong Kong]
Boy’s Diary; dir. Putrama Tuta [Indonesia]
The Client; dir. Sohn Young-sung [South Korea]
Follow Follow; dir. Peng Lei [China]
I Have Loved; dirs. Lai Weijie, Elizabeth Wijaya[Singapore/Cambodia/Malaysia]
Kshay; dir. Karan Gour [India]
Michael; dir. Ribhu Dasgupta [India]
Pearls of the Far East Ngọc viễn đông; dir.
The Golden Goblet Award is for the main competition section of the festival. The Asian New Talent Award ‘aims at identifying the new bright lights and encouraging their creativity’.
The 15th Shanghai International Film Festival will be held from June 16-24, 2012. Founded in 1993, it is China’s only A-category international film festival accredited by the Fiapf (International Federation of Film Producers’ Association).
Asian New Talent Awards 2012
Big Blue Lake; dir. Jessey Tsang [Hong Kong]
Boy’s Diary; dir. Putrama Tuta [Indonesia]
The Client; dir. Sohn Young-sung [South Korea]
Follow Follow; dir. Peng Lei [China]
I Have Loved; dirs. Lai Weijie, Elizabeth Wijaya[Singapore/Cambodia/Malaysia]
Kshay; dir. Karan Gour [India]
Michael; dir. Ribhu Dasgupta [India]
Pearls of the Far East Ngọc viễn đông; dir.
- 5/26/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
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