On the heels of the 39th edition of the Toronto Int. Film Festival (Sept 4-14), Ifp’s Independent Film Week is where a plethora of fiction, non-fiction and new this year, web-based series from the likes of Desiree Akhavan and Calvin Reeder find future coin. Sectioned off as projects at the very beginning of financing to those that are nearing completion, there happens to be tons of Sundance alumni in the names below. Among those that caught our attention we have Medicine for Melancholy‘s Barry Jenkins’ sophomore feature, produced by Bad Milo!‘s Adele Romanski, Moonlight is about “two Miami boys navigate the temptations of the drug trade and their burgeoning sexuality in this triptych drama about black queer youth”. Concussion‘s Stacie Passon digs into the thriller genre with Strange Things Started Happening. Produced by vet Mary Jane Skalski (Mysterious Skin), this is about “a woman who has...
- 7/24/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Emily Deschanel will star in Anne Renton's indie film "The Perfect Family," opposite Kathleen Turner. She joins a cast that includes Jason Ritter, Michael McGrady and Richard Chamberlain. According to Variety, Renton will direct from a script by Claire Riley and Paula Goldberg. Cora Olson and Jennifer Dubin are producing.The plot focuses on a fiercely Catholic wife and mother (Turner) who has been nominated for one of the church's top awards. She tries to prove she has the "perfect" family by refusing to acknowledge their imperfections. Deschanel plays the daughter, a successful lawyer who is a lesbian. The son (Ritter) has just left his wife for an older woman, while the husband (McGrady) is a recovering alcoholic. Chamberlain plays a...
- 5/4/2010
- by Adnan Tezer
- Monsters and Critics
"Bones" star Emily Deschanel has joined Anne Renton's indie comedy/drama "The Perfect Family" for Certainty Films reports Bones Daily.
Kathleen Turner plays a devoutly Catholic wife and mother who has been nominated for one of the church's top awards. She goes about trying to prove she has the "perfect" family, refusing to accept them for who they are.
Deschanel plays the daughter, a successful lesbian lawyer who is five months pregnant. Jason Ritter plays her son who has just left his wife for an older woman, Michael McGrady plays her husband who is a recovering alcoholic. Richard Chamberlain also stars.
Claire Riley and Paula Goldberg penned the script. Cora Olson and Jennifer Dubin will produce and filming kicks off in May.
Kathleen Turner plays a devoutly Catholic wife and mother who has been nominated for one of the church's top awards. She goes about trying to prove she has the "perfect" family, refusing to accept them for who they are.
Deschanel plays the daughter, a successful lesbian lawyer who is five months pregnant. Jason Ritter plays her son who has just left his wife for an older woman, Michael McGrady plays her husband who is a recovering alcoholic. Richard Chamberlain also stars.
Claire Riley and Paula Goldberg penned the script. Cora Olson and Jennifer Dubin will produce and filming kicks off in May.
- 5/4/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
At this year’s Sundance, as changes in the distribution marketplace continue to dog indie filmmakers, two back-to-back panels aim to help filmmakers figure out how to make the best of their crazy-quilt options. Already, three Sundance selections will debut on YouTube before they screen at the festival. On Monday at Prospector Square at 2:30 pm, The Doctors are in the House! panel offers rotating groups of filmmakers and strategists to explore case studies and help attendees to apply them to their own projects. Then at Shadow Ridge at 5:30 pm, hybrid distribution guru Peter Broderick mounts an intensive nut-and-bolts Distribution Clinic to help filmmakers create customized distribution strategies. At the workshop, Broderick will outline the latest distrib models, along with producers Cora Olson and Jennifer Dubin …...
- 1/21/2010
- Thompson on Hollywood
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