Mer Film, the well-established Norwegian film production banner, is reteaming with “Sami Boy” filmmaker Elle Sofe Sara on her feature debut “Arru.” The project will be pitched for the first time at the virtual Nordic Film Market, the industry program of the Goteborg Film Festival, whose full lineup has just been unveiled.
“Arru” is a musical drama set in Kautokeino, a small Sami village in Northern Norway. The film tells the journey of Kari, a Sami artist and single parent who is dragged along with her son into an activist campaign against the development of mines in reindeer herding areas. As the battle against the mines escalates, Kari meets a young girl who brings back a painful memory from her youth, when she lied to protect a family member. The film explores the issue of abuse within the Sami herding community.
Elisa Fernanda Pirir Ruiz, who is producing “Arru” at Mer Film,...
“Arru” is a musical drama set in Kautokeino, a small Sami village in Northern Norway. The film tells the journey of Kari, a Sami artist and single parent who is dragged along with her son into an activist campaign against the development of mines in reindeer herding areas. As the battle against the mines escalates, Kari meets a young girl who brings back a painful memory from her youth, when she lied to protect a family member. The film explores the issue of abuse within the Sami herding community.
Elisa Fernanda Pirir Ruiz, who is producing “Arru” at Mer Film,...
- 1/19/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
‘Everything is the story,’ says screenwriter Sarah Phelps. That’s why the stage directions in her scripts are so finely detailed. ‘The story isn’t just what comes out of people’s mouths, the story is what’s in the room.’
‘How high are the ceilings? Are the windows large or small? What does the air smell of? Is it cold? Is everything always slightly damp? Is there enough food on the table? Is there a fly buzzing somewhere? What can you see out of the window? Can you hear traffic? Can you hear your next-door neighbours? Is there a dog that barks incessantly?’
Without that detail, Phelps tells Den of Geek, she’d just be putting dialogue into a vacuum. Mood, weather, smell, hair, costume… it all forms the fabric of a script. But there’s more. All five of her BBC One Agatha Christie dramas are also connected through symbolic details.
‘How high are the ceilings? Are the windows large or small? What does the air smell of? Is it cold? Is everything always slightly damp? Is there enough food on the table? Is there a fly buzzing somewhere? What can you see out of the window? Can you hear traffic? Can you hear your next-door neighbours? Is there a dog that barks incessantly?’
Without that detail, Phelps tells Den of Geek, she’d just be putting dialogue into a vacuum. Mood, weather, smell, hair, costume… it all forms the fabric of a script. But there’s more. All five of her BBC One Agatha Christie dramas are also connected through symbolic details.
- 7/14/2020
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
With nearly two years of worthy Blu ray releases under their belt, ranging from traditional favorites like To Sir With Love to rare essentials like Jack Clayton’s The Pumpkin Eater, it can be said that UK’s Indicator has finally shed their rookie status. Their newest effort is Hammer Volume Two: Criminal Intent, a well-programmed package of that studio’s little seen crime films featuring two minor classics and a couple of honorable misfires, all in glorious black and white.
The Snorkel
1958 – 74 Minutes
Written by Peter Myers and Jimmy Sangster
Produced by Michael Carreras
Directed by Guy Green
Featuring the sloppiest killer this side of the Coen Brothers and the least curious investigator since Chief Wiggum, 1961’s The Snorkel, with its urbane villain and Riviera scenery, is positively Hitchcockian in its intent but definitely not in its execution.
Shadow of a Doubt dogs this story of a young teen...
The Snorkel
1958 – 74 Minutes
Written by Peter Myers and Jimmy Sangster
Produced by Michael Carreras
Directed by Guy Green
Featuring the sloppiest killer this side of the Coen Brothers and the least curious investigator since Chief Wiggum, 1961’s The Snorkel, with its urbane villain and Riviera scenery, is positively Hitchcockian in its intent but definitely not in its execution.
Shadow of a Doubt dogs this story of a young teen...
- 3/6/2018
- by Charlie Largent
- Trailers from Hell
Memento Films International handles international sales.
Music Box Films has struck a deal for Us rights to Xavier Giannoli’s French mystery The Apparition at the Efm in Berlin.
The film drew more than 150,000 admissions in its first week of release in France earlier this month and marks Giannoli’s follow-up to multiple Cesar winner Marguerite.
The Apparition stars Vincent Lindon (The Measure Of A Man, Rodin) as Jacques, a grieving journalist hired by the Vatican to investigate an alleged saintly apparition in a small French village.
Upon his arrival, the reporter meets the young woman (Galatea Bellugi) who claims to have witnessed the apparition of the Virgin Mary. Jacques questions his beliefs when he is caught in between clergy and skeptics.
Music Box Films plans a theatrical rollout of The Apparition in late 2018, followed by home entertainment platforms. Music Box president William Schopf negotiated the deal with Tanja Meissner of Memento Film International, with whom Music Box...
Music Box Films has struck a deal for Us rights to Xavier Giannoli’s French mystery The Apparition at the Efm in Berlin.
The film drew more than 150,000 admissions in its first week of release in France earlier this month and marks Giannoli’s follow-up to multiple Cesar winner Marguerite.
The Apparition stars Vincent Lindon (The Measure Of A Man, Rodin) as Jacques, a grieving journalist hired by the Vatican to investigate an alleged saintly apparition in a small French village.
Upon his arrival, the reporter meets the young woman (Galatea Bellugi) who claims to have witnessed the apparition of the Virgin Mary. Jacques questions his beliefs when he is caught in between clergy and skeptics.
Music Box Films plans a theatrical rollout of The Apparition in late 2018, followed by home entertainment platforms. Music Box president William Schopf negotiated the deal with Tanja Meissner of Memento Film International, with whom Music Box...
- 2/27/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Memento Films International handles international sales.
Music Box Films has struck a deal for Us rights to Xavier Giannoli’s French mystery The Apparition at the Efm in Berlin.
The film drew more than 150,000 admissions in its first week of release in France earlier this month and marks Giannoli’s follow-up to multiple Cesar winner Marguerite.
The Apparition stars Vincent Lindon (The Measure Of A Man, Rodin) as Jacques, a grieving journalist hired by the Vatican to investigate an alleged saintly apparition in a small French village.
Upon his arrival, the reporter meets the young woman (Galatea Bellugi) who claims to have witnessed the apparition of the Virgin Mary. Jacques questions his beliefs when he is caught in between clergy and skeptics.
Music Box Films plans a theatrical rollout of The Apparition in late 2018, followed by home entertainment platforms. Music Box president William Schopf negotiated the deal with Tanja Meissner of Memento Film International, with whom Music Box...
Music Box Films has struck a deal for Us rights to Xavier Giannoli’s French mystery The Apparition at the Efm in Berlin.
The film drew more than 150,000 admissions in its first week of release in France earlier this month and marks Giannoli’s follow-up to multiple Cesar winner Marguerite.
The Apparition stars Vincent Lindon (The Measure Of A Man, Rodin) as Jacques, a grieving journalist hired by the Vatican to investigate an alleged saintly apparition in a small French village.
Upon his arrival, the reporter meets the young woman (Galatea Bellugi) who claims to have witnessed the apparition of the Virgin Mary. Jacques questions his beliefs when he is caught in between clergy and skeptics.
Music Box Films plans a theatrical rollout of The Apparition in late 2018, followed by home entertainment platforms. Music Box president William Schopf negotiated the deal with Tanja Meissner of Memento Film International, with whom Music Box...
- 2/27/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Author: Zehra Phelan
Netflix has released an eerie announcement video for a new original series, The Innocents which stars Sorcha Groundsell, Percelle Ascott and Guy Pearce.
The series tells the story of when teenagers, Harry and June, run away from their repressive family lives to be together. They are thrown into an extraordinary journey of self-discovery that derails their innocent dream. Secrets kept from them by their respective parents test their love to breaking point, and the extraordinary gift they possess unleashes powerful forces intent on dividing them forever.
The series stars Sorcha Groundsell (Clique, Iona, Sleeping Lions) as June, Percelle Ascott (Wizard vs. Aliens, The Weekend Movie) as Harry and Guy Pearce (L.A. Confidential, Memento, The King’s Speech) as Halvorson.
Created by Hania Elkington and Simon Duric, the new Netflix original series consists of eight episodes. It is produced by UK-based New Pictures, led by Elaine Pyke,...
Netflix has released an eerie announcement video for a new original series, The Innocents which stars Sorcha Groundsell, Percelle Ascott and Guy Pearce.
The series tells the story of when teenagers, Harry and June, run away from their repressive family lives to be together. They are thrown into an extraordinary journey of self-discovery that derails their innocent dream. Secrets kept from them by their respective parents test their love to breaking point, and the extraordinary gift they possess unleashes powerful forces intent on dividing them forever.
The series stars Sorcha Groundsell (Clique, Iona, Sleeping Lions) as June, Percelle Ascott (Wizard vs. Aliens, The Weekend Movie) as Harry and Guy Pearce (L.A. Confidential, Memento, The King’s Speech) as Halvorson.
Created by Hania Elkington and Simon Duric, the new Netflix original series consists of eight episodes. It is produced by UK-based New Pictures, led by Elaine Pyke,...
- 2/19/2018
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
What you see is not what you see, or so claims the video announcement for The Innocents TV show, coming soon to Netflix. Check it out, below. The teaser for the British supernatural teen series promises: "Love changes everything." The drama hails from the UK-based New Pictures, which produced The Missing for Starz and BBC One. The Innocents centers on two teens who run away from their controlling families. The Netflix TV series stars Sorcha Groundsell as June, Percelle Ascott as Harry, and Guy Pearce as Halvorson. The Innocents season one premiere date is Tbd. Read More…...
- 2/15/2018
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Sneak Peek new footage, plus images from the supernatural TV series "The Innocents", starring Simon Duric and Guy Pearce, airing on Netflix in 2018:
"... teenagers 'Harry' (Percelle Ascott) and 'June' (Sorcha Groundsell) run away from their repressive family lives to be together.
"But this journey of self-discovery might end up derailing their innocent dream, especially when they learn about the supernatural secrets their parents kept from them..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "The Innocents"...
"... teenagers 'Harry' (Percelle Ascott) and 'June' (Sorcha Groundsell) run away from their repressive family lives to be together.
"But this journey of self-discovery might end up derailing their innocent dream, especially when they learn about the supernatural secrets their parents kept from them..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "The Innocents"...
- 2/15/2018
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Netflix has just released an announcement teaser for their upcoming British teen supernatural drama series The Innocents. They also announced the cast of the series which includes Guy Pearce, Sorcha Groundsell (Clique) and Percelle Ascott (Wizard vs. Aliens).
The series was created by Hania Elkington and Simon Duric and it's described as "a teenage love story with supernatural twists." I'm definitly intrigued by the promo and it looks like it could end up being a great new series.
The Innocents revolves around teenagers Harry (Ascott) and June (Groundsell). When the pair run away from their repressive family lives to be together, they are thrown into an extraordinary journey of self-discovery that derails their innocent dream. Secrets kept from them by their respective parents test their love to breaking point, and the extraordinary gift they possess unleashes powerful forces intent on dividing them forever.
Pearce will take on the role of a character named Halvorson.
The series was created by Hania Elkington and Simon Duric and it's described as "a teenage love story with supernatural twists." I'm definitly intrigued by the promo and it looks like it could end up being a great new series.
The Innocents revolves around teenagers Harry (Ascott) and June (Groundsell). When the pair run away from their repressive family lives to be together, they are thrown into an extraordinary journey of self-discovery that derails their innocent dream. Secrets kept from them by their respective parents test their love to breaking point, and the extraordinary gift they possess unleashes powerful forces intent on dividing them forever.
Pearce will take on the role of a character named Halvorson.
- 2/15/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Young love is a rough business, particularly when parents decide to step in and lay down the law on who their child is "allowed" to date. In Netflix's upcoming supernatural teen drama series The Innocents, Harry (Percelle Ascott) and June (Sorcha Groundsell) run away from their repressive family lives to be together. But this journey of self-discovery might end up... Read More...
- 2/15/2018
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Netflix has set the cast for British teen supernatural drama series The Innocents. Guy Pearce (L.A. Confidential) is set to star alongside Sorcha Groundsell (Clique) and Percelle Ascott (Wizard vs. Aliens) in the newly titled eight-episode series created by Hania Elkington and Simon Duric. Described as a teenage love story with supernatural twists, The Innocents revolves around teenagers Harry (Ascott) and June (Groundsell). When the pair run away from their repressive…...
- 2/15/2018
- Deadline TV
What if everything you thought you knew about your past wasn't real, and the future held its own sinister secrets in store for you? That's the unsettling scenario a young woman faces in Requiem, a new six-part psychological horror series premiering today on BBC One. To celebrate the new series' BBC premiere and its upcoming release on Netflix, we've been provided with exclusive images and clips to share with Daily Dead readers.
After its premiere on BBC One, all episodes of Requiem will be available as a box set on BBC iPlayer, followed by a worldwide release on Netflix. In the meantime, we have additional details, images, and clips from the series below:
"In 1994, a toddler disappeared from a small Welsh village, never to be seen again.
23 years later, in London, the mother of rising cello star Matilda Gray commits suicide, without apparent reason.
Among her possessions, Matilda discovers tantalising evidence,...
After its premiere on BBC One, all episodes of Requiem will be available as a box set on BBC iPlayer, followed by a worldwide release on Netflix. In the meantime, we have additional details, images, and clips from the series below:
"In 1994, a toddler disappeared from a small Welsh village, never to be seen again.
23 years later, in London, the mother of rising cello star Matilda Gray commits suicide, without apparent reason.
Among her possessions, Matilda discovers tantalising evidence,...
- 2/3/2018
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Actor Peter Wyngarde passed away last Monday at age 90. Although not well known in America, Wyngarde was a very popular actor in the UK thanks to his roles in the iconic TV series "Department S" and "Jason King". Wyngarde also guest starred in such iconic British shows as "The Avengers", " The Saint" and "The Prisoner", in which he appeared as Number Two in the episode "Checkmate". He also appeared in the cult horror film "Burn, Witch, Burn" and made an eerie silent appearance as the ghostly Peter Quint in the classic 1963 film "The Innocents". For more on his career, click here. ...
- 1/20/2018
- by [email protected] (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Caroline Champetier shot Kevin Macdonald's (seen here with his Black Sea star Jude Law) Howard Hawks: American Artist and Adam Simon's Sam Fuller documentary, produced by Tim Robbins and Colin MacCabe, The Typewriter, The Rifle And The Movie Camera for the British Film Institute Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Caroline Champetier told me that she understood the "language of cinematography" after seeing the way Vilmos Zsigmond "lit" Robert Altman's The Long Goodbye, starring Elliott Gould. In our conversation the importance of a Robert Bresson ending, Ingmar Bergman's influence, and lessons from Jean Renoir, Roberto Rossellini and Jean-Luc Godard come to light.
On Benoît Jacquot's La Désenchantée, La Fille Seule and À Tout De Suite: "Each time he was in love with the girl. It's a good way to make a good movie, to be in love." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Caroline's work with Arnaud Desplechin (La Sentinelle); Anne Fontaine (The Innocents,...
Caroline Champetier told me that she understood the "language of cinematography" after seeing the way Vilmos Zsigmond "lit" Robert Altman's The Long Goodbye, starring Elliott Gould. In our conversation the importance of a Robert Bresson ending, Ingmar Bergman's influence, and lessons from Jean Renoir, Roberto Rossellini and Jean-Luc Godard come to light.
On Benoît Jacquot's La Désenchantée, La Fille Seule and À Tout De Suite: "Each time he was in love with the girl. It's a good way to make a good movie, to be in love." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Caroline's work with Arnaud Desplechin (La Sentinelle); Anne Fontaine (The Innocents,...
- 1/18/2018
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Rob Leane Kirsten Howard Mar 6, 2018
Wondering what to watch? Here’s our rundown of 2018’s new British dramas...
As we surge into 2018, the impressive amount of top-quality dramas emanating from our home-grown channels is showing no signs of decreasing.
See related Luke Cage: making a star of a lesser-known character Jessica Jones season 2: episode titles and fantastic pulp covers released Iron Fist season 2: Alice Eve joins the cast Daredevil season 3: Vincent D’Onofrio teases Fisk's evolution The Punisher season 2 adds Supergirl's Floriana Lima
There are plentiful programmes you’ll want to watch and/or record for later, as Britain’s best broadcasters battle it out for your attention and affections. Here, then, is a big long list of shows to look forward to in 2018...
The Innocents
Guy Pearce stars as a mysterious character currently only known as 'Halvorson' in Netflix's new 8-part supernatural teen...
Wondering what to watch? Here’s our rundown of 2018’s new British dramas...
As we surge into 2018, the impressive amount of top-quality dramas emanating from our home-grown channels is showing no signs of decreasing.
See related Luke Cage: making a star of a lesser-known character Jessica Jones season 2: episode titles and fantastic pulp covers released Iron Fist season 2: Alice Eve joins the cast Daredevil season 3: Vincent D’Onofrio teases Fisk's evolution The Punisher season 2 adds Supergirl's Floriana Lima
There are plentiful programmes you’ll want to watch and/or record for later, as Britain’s best broadcasters battle it out for your attention and affections. Here, then, is a big long list of shows to look forward to in 2018...
The Innocents
Guy Pearce stars as a mysterious character currently only known as 'Halvorson' in Netflix's new 8-part supernatural teen...
- 12/31/2017
- Den of Geek
Even 56 years after its original release, Jack Clayton’s 1961 gothic horror film The Innocents has lost none of its ability to disturb. Based on Henry James’ Victorian novella The Turn of the Screw, the film is shot in black and white in CinemaScope (a rare pairing of the two), its wide aspect ratio manipulated through the use of eerie lighting by cinematographer Freddie Francis. The film’s striking imagery is visceral, unsettling and hard to forget, but isn’t the only determinant in the tense atmosphere established within the film. The Innocents innovative soundtrack and sound design is responsible for much of the film’s creepy mood and it is showcased from the film’s very first frame.The Innocents opens with a completely blackened screen, a canvas of nothingness from which the sweet singing of a disembodied little girl suddenly emerges. Her gentle voice is heavily reverbed and amplified...
- 12/27/2017
- MUBI
Caroline Champetier on Barbara Sukowa as Hannah Arendt in Margarethe von Trotta's film: "I thought it was a beautiful ingenious idea to give her this part." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Cinematographer Caroline Champetier has worked with Benoît Jacquot, Xavier Beauvois, Jacques Rivette, Arnaud Desplechin, Anne Fontaine, Cédric Anger, Jacques Doillon, Leos Carax, André Téchiné, Barbet Schroeder, Philippe Garrel, Patricia Mazuy, Chantal Akerman, Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub, Claude Lanzmann, and Kevin Macdonald on his Howard Hawks documentary. Her films with these directors include La Fille Seule, Of Gods And Men, Le Pont Du Nord, La Sentinelle, Tokyo! with Denis Lavant, The Innocents, Le Tueur, Ponette, Alice Et Martin, Terror's Advocate, Night Wind, Of Women And Horses, Toute Une Nuit, Too Early/Too Late, and The Last Of The Unjust respectively.
On Margarethe von Trotta: "She had exactly the idea for the beginning of the movie." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
The...
Cinematographer Caroline Champetier has worked with Benoît Jacquot, Xavier Beauvois, Jacques Rivette, Arnaud Desplechin, Anne Fontaine, Cédric Anger, Jacques Doillon, Leos Carax, André Téchiné, Barbet Schroeder, Philippe Garrel, Patricia Mazuy, Chantal Akerman, Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub, Claude Lanzmann, and Kevin Macdonald on his Howard Hawks documentary. Her films with these directors include La Fille Seule, Of Gods And Men, Le Pont Du Nord, La Sentinelle, Tokyo! with Denis Lavant, The Innocents, Le Tueur, Ponette, Alice Et Martin, Terror's Advocate, Night Wind, Of Women And Horses, Toute Une Nuit, Too Early/Too Late, and The Last Of The Unjust respectively.
On Margarethe von Trotta: "She had exactly the idea for the beginning of the movie." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
The...
- 10/27/2017
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Day one on set of your first movie can be extremely nerve-wracking, so why not take some notes about how to get through it from the pros? UniFrance has started a new video series titled “First Movie – Day One” in which the best French filmmakers working today share their personal tips on what’s most important for your first day on set of your first film.
The series includes five short episodes featuring the likes of Olivier Assayas (“Clouds of Sils Maria”), Emmanuelle Bercot (“Standing Tall”), Bruno Dumont (“Slack Bay”), Bertrand Tavernier (“The Princess of Montpensier”), and Anne Fontaine (“The Innocents”).
Read More:The 25 Best French Movies of the 21st Century, From ‘Amélie’ to ‘Cache’
“I get the impression the trap is often that filmmaking is seen as solo act,” Assayas says, warning young directors not to get intimidated by those on set who may have more experience than you. “You...
The series includes five short episodes featuring the likes of Olivier Assayas (“Clouds of Sils Maria”), Emmanuelle Bercot (“Standing Tall”), Bruno Dumont (“Slack Bay”), Bertrand Tavernier (“The Princess of Montpensier”), and Anne Fontaine (“The Innocents”).
Read More:The 25 Best French Movies of the 21st Century, From ‘Amélie’ to ‘Cache’
“I get the impression the trap is often that filmmaking is seen as solo act,” Assayas says, warning young directors not to get intimidated by those on set who may have more experience than you. “You...
- 9/8/2017
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Barbara Sukowa stars in Margarethe von Trotta's Hannah Arendt, shot by Caroline Champetier Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
The French Institute Alliance Française in New York is set to honour Caroline Champetier this fall with a CinéSalon eight film retrospective, curated by Delphine Selles-Alvarez and the famed cinematographer herself.
Caroline Champetier: Shaping The Light kicks off on September 19 with Xavier Beauvois' Of Gods And Men (Des Hommes Et Des Dieux), starring Lambert Wilson and Michael Lonsdale. Other highlights include Arnaud Desplechin's La Sentinelle (Emmanuel Salinger, Thibault de Montalembert, Jean-Louis Richard); Chantal Akerman's Toute Une nuit (Aurore Clément, Natalia Akerman, Paul Allio); Jean-Luc Godard's Grandeur Et Décadence D'Un Petit Commerce De Cinéma with Jean-Pierre Léaud, Marie Valera, Jean-Pierre Mocky and Caroline Champetier.
Holy Motors director Leos Carax Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Following screenings of Anne Fontaine's The Innocents (Les Innocentes) and Leos Carax's Holy Motors, Caroline Champetier...
The French Institute Alliance Française in New York is set to honour Caroline Champetier this fall with a CinéSalon eight film retrospective, curated by Delphine Selles-Alvarez and the famed cinematographer herself.
Caroline Champetier: Shaping The Light kicks off on September 19 with Xavier Beauvois' Of Gods And Men (Des Hommes Et Des Dieux), starring Lambert Wilson and Michael Lonsdale. Other highlights include Arnaud Desplechin's La Sentinelle (Emmanuel Salinger, Thibault de Montalembert, Jean-Louis Richard); Chantal Akerman's Toute Une nuit (Aurore Clément, Natalia Akerman, Paul Allio); Jean-Luc Godard's Grandeur Et Décadence D'Un Petit Commerce De Cinéma with Jean-Pierre Léaud, Marie Valera, Jean-Pierre Mocky and Caroline Champetier.
Holy Motors director Leos Carax Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Following screenings of Anne Fontaine's The Innocents (Les Innocentes) and Leos Carax's Holy Motors, Caroline Champetier...
- 8/11/2017
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
If you enjoyed Scott Drebit's recent It Came From the Tube column on Wes Craven's Summer of Fear, then you'll be pleased to know that Music Box Films' Doppelgänger Releasing has announced a Collector's Edition Blu-ray, DVD, and VOD release for the 1978 TV movie, with plans to unleash the movie's dark magic sometime this summer.
Stay tuned to Daily Dead for more updates on this home media release, including the cover art and release date, and check out the official press release for more details:
Press Release: Chicago, Il (June 1, 2017) – In the early Seventies, he convinced us that The Hills Have Eyes…In the Eighties, he plunged audiences into A Nightmare on Elm Street…In the Nineties, he made audiences Scream…
This summer, Master of Horror Wes Craven returns with his 1978 cult favorite Summer of Fear, also known as Stranger in Our House, starring Linda Blair, Lee Purcell,...
Stay tuned to Daily Dead for more updates on this home media release, including the cover art and release date, and check out the official press release for more details:
Press Release: Chicago, Il (June 1, 2017) – In the early Seventies, he convinced us that The Hills Have Eyes…In the Eighties, he plunged audiences into A Nightmare on Elm Street…In the Nineties, he made audiences Scream…
This summer, Master of Horror Wes Craven returns with his 1978 cult favorite Summer of Fear, also known as Stranger in Our House, starring Linda Blair, Lee Purcell,...
- 6/2/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Exclusive: The film stars Anna Próchniak and Gisli Örn Garðarsson.
Screen can reveal the first still for Mules, the Nordic thriller written and directed by Börkur Sigthorsson (Trapped TV series) and produced by Baltasar Kormakur (Everest).
Mules follows two antagonistic brothers whose lives spiral out of control after they smuggle drugs into their native Iceland using a young Polish girl as their mule.
The still features rising Polish actress Anna Próchniak (The Innocents) who plays the drugs mule. The film also stars Gisli Örn Garðarsson (The Oath), Baltasar Breki Samper (Trapped), and Danish actress Marijana Jankovic (Everything Will be Fine, Norskov TV series).
Mules is produced by Kormákur and Agnes Johansen (Trapped) and includes crew such as Editor Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir (John Wick) and Bergsteinn Bjorgulfsson (Of Horses And Men).
The film, which finished shooting in April is currently in post-production. WestEnd will continue handling world sales in Cannes where they will be showing buyers a first promo of...
Screen can reveal the first still for Mules, the Nordic thriller written and directed by Börkur Sigthorsson (Trapped TV series) and produced by Baltasar Kormakur (Everest).
Mules follows two antagonistic brothers whose lives spiral out of control after they smuggle drugs into their native Iceland using a young Polish girl as their mule.
The still features rising Polish actress Anna Próchniak (The Innocents) who plays the drugs mule. The film also stars Gisli Örn Garðarsson (The Oath), Baltasar Breki Samper (Trapped), and Danish actress Marijana Jankovic (Everything Will be Fine, Norskov TV series).
Mules is produced by Kormákur and Agnes Johansen (Trapped) and includes crew such as Editor Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir (John Wick) and Bergsteinn Bjorgulfsson (Of Horses And Men).
The film, which finished shooting in April is currently in post-production. WestEnd will continue handling world sales in Cannes where they will be showing buyers a first promo of...
- 5/21/2017
- by [email protected] (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
In the battle for what will be the premier streaming home for current independent film, Amazon Prime is showing signs that it could top Netflix, FilmStruck, and Mubi. Between funding auteur-driven Amazon originals like Jim Jarmusch’s “Paterson,” Park Chan-wook’s “The Handmaiden,” Kenneth Lonergan’s “Manchester By the Sea,” and their exclusive deal with A24 (“American Honey,” “Lobster,” “Swiss Army Man,” and “Moonlight” which arrives 5/21), Prime has a good percentage of the best titles.
What often gets lost in Amazon’s suboptimal browsing interface is the number of recent lower-profile indies on the service that feature some of the most exciting filmmaking of the last year. Here are seven recent gems you shouldn’t miss.
“The Love Witch”
You have never seen anything like this film. Sure, it looks like a late-era technicolor film — shot on 35mm, with deliciously saturated production and costume design — but this isn’t nostalgic kitsch.
What often gets lost in Amazon’s suboptimal browsing interface is the number of recent lower-profile indies on the service that feature some of the most exciting filmmaking of the last year. Here are seven recent gems you shouldn’t miss.
“The Love Witch”
You have never seen anything like this film. Sure, it looks like a late-era technicolor film — shot on 35mm, with deliciously saturated production and costume design — but this isn’t nostalgic kitsch.
- 5/1/2017
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Icelandic director makes his feature debut for Rvk Studios; he will direct four episodes of next series of hit TV show Trapped.
Börkur Sigthorsson started the 30-day shoot for his debut feature film Mules on February 24 in and around Reykjavik and at Keflavik airport in Iceland.
Rvk Studios’ Agnes Johansen and Baltasar Kormakur are producing, with the Icelandic Film Center and broadcaster Ruv also on board. WestEnd Films handles sales.
The story is about two Icelandic brothers who hatch a drug-smuggling plan.
Johansen said: “They come from a difficult background but take very different paths with their lives. The older brother is a high-flying corporate lawyer, living an unsustainable life embezzling his clients.
“He has to pay back money so he recruits the help of his brother, who has been in and out of prison, to help him import drugs to Iceland.
“They hire an Eastern European woman to be the drug mule… There are serious...
Börkur Sigthorsson started the 30-day shoot for his debut feature film Mules on February 24 in and around Reykjavik and at Keflavik airport in Iceland.
Rvk Studios’ Agnes Johansen and Baltasar Kormakur are producing, with the Icelandic Film Center and broadcaster Ruv also on board. WestEnd Films handles sales.
The story is about two Icelandic brothers who hatch a drug-smuggling plan.
Johansen said: “They come from a difficult background but take very different paths with their lives. The older brother is a high-flying corporate lawyer, living an unsustainable life embezzling his clients.
“He has to pay back money so he recruits the help of his brother, who has been in and out of prison, to help him import drugs to Iceland.
“They hire an Eastern European woman to be the drug mule… There are serious...
- 3/3/2017
- by [email protected] (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Before Hollywood takes the spotlight this weekend, the film world turns its eyes to France for the annual Cesar Awards. Presented by the French Academy, this year’s nominees represent a distinct blend of international favorites, festival standouts and homegrown hits.
Paul Verhoeven’s “Elle” led this year’s nominees, scoring 11 nominations for Verhoeven as Best Director, lead actress Isabelle Huppert, Best Adapted Screenplay and a trio of other acting awards.
Read More: ‘Elle,’ Isabelle Huppert, Xavier Dolan Nominated in France’s Cesar Awards
The evening’s winners at Paris’ Salle Pleyel featured a variety of upsets and sure things. Huppert, going into a busy weekend in the States, won her category. In a pair of surprises, Xavier Dolan and Gaspard Ulliel both won their respective categories for Dolan’s “It’s Only the End of the World.” Houda Benyamina’s debut feature “Divines” also won big, taking home prizes for Best First Film,...
Paul Verhoeven’s “Elle” led this year’s nominees, scoring 11 nominations for Verhoeven as Best Director, lead actress Isabelle Huppert, Best Adapted Screenplay and a trio of other acting awards.
Read More: ‘Elle,’ Isabelle Huppert, Xavier Dolan Nominated in France’s Cesar Awards
The evening’s winners at Paris’ Salle Pleyel featured a variety of upsets and sure things. Huppert, going into a busy weekend in the States, won her category. In a pair of surprises, Xavier Dolan and Gaspard Ulliel both won their respective categories for Dolan’s “It’s Only the End of the World.” Houda Benyamina’s debut feature “Divines” also won big, taking home prizes for Best First Film,...
- 2/24/2017
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
France’s film community congratulated Isabelle Huppert on her Oscar nomination, adding yet another to her growing list of accolades for her performance in “Elle.” The French Academy announced its nominees for what Americans call the “French Oscars” on Wednesday morning. “Elle” received 11 nominations in total, including best film and best director for Paul Verhoeven.
Following in a close send was Francois Ozon’s “Frantz,” which garnered 10 nominations, and Bruno Dumont’s “Slack Bay,” which received nine. Xavier Dolan received a best director nomination for “It’s Only the End of the World.” Actors Vincent Cassel, Gaspard Ulliel, and Nathalie Baye were all nominated for their work in Dolan’s film as well.
Read More: Oscars 2017 Surprises and Snubs: Amy Adams and ‘Weiner’ Out, Mel Gibson and ‘Passengers’ In
The Cesars have little import on the Oscars, though there is often some crossover. The French Academy did recognize Kenneth Lonergan...
Following in a close send was Francois Ozon’s “Frantz,” which garnered 10 nominations, and Bruno Dumont’s “Slack Bay,” which received nine. Xavier Dolan received a best director nomination for “It’s Only the End of the World.” Actors Vincent Cassel, Gaspard Ulliel, and Nathalie Baye were all nominated for their work in Dolan’s film as well.
Read More: Oscars 2017 Surprises and Snubs: Amy Adams and ‘Weiner’ Out, Mel Gibson and ‘Passengers’ In
The Cesars have little import on the Oscars, though there is often some crossover. The French Academy did recognize Kenneth Lonergan...
- 1/25/2017
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’ve taken it upon ourselves to highlight the titles that have recently hit platforms. Every week, one will be able to see the cream of the crop (or perhaps some simply interesting picks) of streaming titles (new and old) across platforms such as Netflix, iTunes, Amazon, and more (note: U.S. only). Check out our rundown for this week’s selections below.
Aquarius (Kleber Mendonça Filho)
The staggeringly accomplished debut feature by Brazilian critic-turned-director Kleber Mendonça Filho, Neighboring Sounds, announced the arrival of a remarkable new talent in international cinema. Clearly recognizable as the work of the same director, Mendonça’s equally assertive follow-up, Aquarius, establishes his authorial voice as well as his place as one of the most eloquent filmic commentators on the contemporary state of Brazilian society. – Giovanni M.
Aquarius (Kleber Mendonça Filho)
The staggeringly accomplished debut feature by Brazilian critic-turned-director Kleber Mendonça Filho, Neighboring Sounds, announced the arrival of a remarkable new talent in international cinema. Clearly recognizable as the work of the same director, Mendonça’s equally assertive follow-up, Aquarius, establishes his authorial voice as well as his place as one of the most eloquent filmic commentators on the contemporary state of Brazilian society. – Giovanni M.
- 1/13/2017
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Marvin
Director: Anne Fontaine
Writer: Anne Fontaine, Pierre Trividic
Having premiered her 2016 French-Polish production The Innocents out of Sundance 2016, French director Anne Fontaine will have her fifteenth feature Marvin, a film inspired by Edoard Louis’ novel En finir avec Eddy Bellegueule (roughly, Ending Eddy Bellegueule) ready for 2017.
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Director: Anne Fontaine
Writer: Anne Fontaine, Pierre Trividic
Having premiered her 2016 French-Polish production The Innocents out of Sundance 2016, French director Anne Fontaine will have her fifteenth feature Marvin, a film inspired by Edoard Louis’ novel En finir avec Eddy Bellegueule (roughly, Ending Eddy Bellegueule) ready for 2017.
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- 1/5/2017
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
No year is a “bad year” for movies, but some years aren’t exactly too kind to certain subjects, genres, concepts and people. 2016, for all of its many negatives, has been a good year for film – and for its women, both behind the camera and squarely in front of it.
While female filmmakers are still struggling to be recognized in the same way as their male counterparts, the women who have broken through – from reliable auteurs like Andrea Arnold, Rebecca Miller, Kelly Reichardt and Anne Fontaine to rising stars like Maren Ade, Sophia Takal and Clea Duvall – did so in a very big way this year, thanks to films that spoke to their own talents and visions. Actresses also shown bright in 2016, from awards favorites like Natalie Portman, Annette Bening and Octavia Spencer to fresh faces like Kate Lyn Sheil, Ruth Negga and Sasha Lane.
There’s still a ways to go,...
While female filmmakers are still struggling to be recognized in the same way as their male counterparts, the women who have broken through – from reliable auteurs like Andrea Arnold, Rebecca Miller, Kelly Reichardt and Anne Fontaine to rising stars like Maren Ade, Sophia Takal and Clea Duvall – did so in a very big way this year, thanks to films that spoke to their own talents and visions. Actresses also shown bright in 2016, from awards favorites like Natalie Portman, Annette Bening and Octavia Spencer to fresh faces like Kate Lyn Sheil, Ruth Negga and Sasha Lane.
There’s still a ways to go,...
- 12/8/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Title: Les Innocentes (The Innocents) Director: Anne Fontaine Starring: Lou De Laâge, Agata Buzek, Agata Kulesza, Vincent Macaigne, Joanna Kulig and Eliza Rycembel French director Anne Fontaine adapts a true story about the frailty of faith, exploring with powerful delicacy the human condition. Les Innocentes (The Innocents) is set in Poland in 1945. The magnetic Lou De Laâge is Mathilde Beaulieu, a young French Red Cross doctor who is sent to assist the survivors of the German camps. During her medical mission she discovers several nuns in advanced states of pregnancy during a visit to a nearby convent. The discreet representation of the excruciating calvary of these innocent women is [ Read More ]
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- 11/21/2016
- by Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi
- ShockYa
★★★★☆ On the surface, Anne Fontaine's latest film The Innocents seems to have a lot in common with Pawel Pawlikowski's recent masterpiece Ida. Both take place in convents in post-World War II Poland, and both feature the familiar imagery of veiled devotees, hushed ritual and religious iconography. But while Ida is the story of a young woman leaving her sheltered existence to experience the world for the first time, in The Innocents it is outsider Mathilde (Lou de Laâge) who must penetrate a secluded and secretive convent in order to save the nuns inside. The action begins inside the convent as the nuns prepare for prayer. Little is said, but we infer that something is amiss from the fear and unease etched on faces.
- 11/12/2016
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Few filmmakers move so effortlessly between genres quite like Anne Fontaine, and while her most recognised endeavour came in the form of biopic Coco Before Chanel, her most recent production was the enchanting, comedically inclined Gemma Bovery. Now the eclectic director returns in rather contrasting fashion, with the tonally bleak, slow-burning drama The Innocents; a […]
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- 10/14/2016
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Annual celebration of French cinema unfolds at Directors Guild of America’s theaters in Hollywood.
The 21st edition of the Colcoa French Film Festival will run April 24 to May 2 in 2017, organiser the Franco-American Cultural Fund has announced.
Dubbed the largest showcase of French films in the world by its organisers, a selection of some 70 French titles will be screened at the festival. The Colcoa awards will be announced on May 2.
Anne Fontaine’s The Innocents, set in a Polish convent during World War Two, won the top Colcoa Audience Award at this year’s nine-day edition which was attended by a record 25,000 spectators.
For the second year, the festival will also showcase a selection of French television titles including series and TV movies.
Colcoa is a joint initiative between the Franco-American Cultural Fund, a partnership of the Directors Guild of America (DGA), Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), French cultural rights body Sacem and the Writers Guild of...
The 21st edition of the Colcoa French Film Festival will run April 24 to May 2 in 2017, organiser the Franco-American Cultural Fund has announced.
Dubbed the largest showcase of French films in the world by its organisers, a selection of some 70 French titles will be screened at the festival. The Colcoa awards will be announced on May 2.
Anne Fontaine’s The Innocents, set in a Polish convent during World War Two, won the top Colcoa Audience Award at this year’s nine-day edition which was attended by a record 25,000 spectators.
For the second year, the festival will also showcase a selection of French television titles including series and TV movies.
Colcoa is a joint initiative between the Franco-American Cultural Fund, a partnership of the Directors Guild of America (DGA), Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), French cultural rights body Sacem and the Writers Guild of...
- 10/11/2016
- ScreenDaily
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’ve taken it upon ourselves to highlight the titles that have recently hit platforms. Every week, one will be able to see the cream of the crop (or perhaps some simply interesting picks) of streaming titles (new and old) across platforms such as Netflix, iTunes, Amazon, and more (note: U.S. only). Check out our rundown for this week’s selections below.
Complete Unknown (Joshua Marston)
Armed with two top-notch leads and a compelling premise, Joshua Marston‘s third feature, Complete Unknown, spends a lot of time hinting at which direction it will go, without going anywhere at all. Tom (Michael Shannon) is living with his wife Rehema (Azita Ghanizada) in New York City, spending the majority of his days drafting agricultural policy emails in a cramped government office. It is...
Complete Unknown (Joshua Marston)
Armed with two top-notch leads and a compelling premise, Joshua Marston‘s third feature, Complete Unknown, spends a lot of time hinting at which direction it will go, without going anywhere at all. Tom (Michael Shannon) is living with his wife Rehema (Azita Ghanizada) in New York City, spending the majority of his days drafting agricultural policy emails in a cramped government office. It is...
- 9/30/2016
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
First time France submits film by non-French national since 1977.
Dutch filmmaker Paul Verhoeven’s revenge thriller Elle will represent France as the country’s submission to the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 89th Academy Awards next year.
France’s National Cinema Centre (Cnc), which oversees the selection process, made the announcement on Monday (Sept 26).
Verhoeven’s French-language debut stars Isabelle Huppert as a video game company boss who seeks revenge on a brutal rapist.
The film generated considerable buzz at Cannes, where it world premiered in Competition, for its subject matter and Huppert’s strong performance.
Read: Paul Verhoeven talks returning to Cannes with ‘Elle’
It is the first time France has submitted a film by a non-French national since Israeli director Moshé Mizrahi’s Madame Rosa, starring Simone Signoret as a retired prostitute, in 1977. It went on to win the Foreign Language category.
Verhoeven’s films have been submitted for the Foreign Language category...
Dutch filmmaker Paul Verhoeven’s revenge thriller Elle will represent France as the country’s submission to the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 89th Academy Awards next year.
France’s National Cinema Centre (Cnc), which oversees the selection process, made the announcement on Monday (Sept 26).
Verhoeven’s French-language debut stars Isabelle Huppert as a video game company boss who seeks revenge on a brutal rapist.
The film generated considerable buzz at Cannes, where it world premiered in Competition, for its subject matter and Huppert’s strong performance.
Read: Paul Verhoeven talks returning to Cannes with ‘Elle’
It is the first time France has submitted a film by a non-French national since Israeli director Moshé Mizrahi’s Madame Rosa, starring Simone Signoret as a retired prostitute, in 1977. It went on to win the Foreign Language category.
Verhoeven’s films have been submitted for the Foreign Language category...
- 9/26/2016
- ScreenDaily
Sony Pictures Classics, Isabelle Huppert and Paul Verhoeven are very happy.
Bravo to France for taking a risk by picking their official foreign language Oscar submission, “Elle,” over shortlist contenders “The Innocents” by Anne Fontaine, “Frantz” by François Ozon and “Cézanne and I” by Danièle Thompson. Spc took a chance that the Cannes competition entry would make the cut when they acquired “Elle” out of Cannes.
Why the risk? Well, it’s one thing for the movie to play well with sophisticated audiences and critics in Europe, and another in North America, where the psychosexual thriller may run into a different set of reactions, especially from politically correct sensibilities such as Women in Hollywood’s Melissa Silverstein. (Post Cannes and Toronto, “Elle” sits at a very high 87% on Metacritic.)
Read More: ‘Elle’ Exclusive Clip: Isabelle Huppert Takes Revenge On An Attacker In Paul Verhoeven’s Latest Thriller
Always enjoying stirring...
Bravo to France for taking a risk by picking their official foreign language Oscar submission, “Elle,” over shortlist contenders “The Innocents” by Anne Fontaine, “Frantz” by François Ozon and “Cézanne and I” by Danièle Thompson. Spc took a chance that the Cannes competition entry would make the cut when they acquired “Elle” out of Cannes.
Why the risk? Well, it’s one thing for the movie to play well with sophisticated audiences and critics in Europe, and another in North America, where the psychosexual thriller may run into a different set of reactions, especially from politically correct sensibilities such as Women in Hollywood’s Melissa Silverstein. (Post Cannes and Toronto, “Elle” sits at a very high 87% on Metacritic.)
Read More: ‘Elle’ Exclusive Clip: Isabelle Huppert Takes Revenge On An Attacker In Paul Verhoeven’s Latest Thriller
Always enjoying stirring...
- 9/26/2016
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Sony Pictures Classics, Isabelle Huppert and Paul Verhoeven are very happy.
Bravo to France for taking a risk by picking their official foreign language Oscar submission, “Elle,” over shortlist contenders “The Innocents” by Anne Fontaine, “Frantz” by François Ozon and “Cézanne and I” by Danièle Thompson. Spc took a chance that the Cannes competition entry would make the cut when they acquired “Elle” out of Cannes.
Why the risk? Well, it’s one thing for the movie to play well with sophisticated audiences and critics in Europe, and another in North America, where the dark psychosexual thriller may run into a different set of reactions, especially from politically correct sensibilities such as Women in Hollywood’s Melissa Silverstein. (Post Cannes and Toronto, “Elle” sits at a very high 87% on Metacritic.)
Read More: ‘Elle’ Exclusive Clip: Isabelle Huppert Takes Revenge On An Attacker In Paul Verhoeven’s Latest Thriller
Always enjoying...
Bravo to France for taking a risk by picking their official foreign language Oscar submission, “Elle,” over shortlist contenders “The Innocents” by Anne Fontaine, “Frantz” by François Ozon and “Cézanne and I” by Danièle Thompson. Spc took a chance that the Cannes competition entry would make the cut when they acquired “Elle” out of Cannes.
Why the risk? Well, it’s one thing for the movie to play well with sophisticated audiences and critics in Europe, and another in North America, where the dark psychosexual thriller may run into a different set of reactions, especially from politically correct sensibilities such as Women in Hollywood’s Melissa Silverstein. (Post Cannes and Toronto, “Elle” sits at a very high 87% on Metacritic.)
Read More: ‘Elle’ Exclusive Clip: Isabelle Huppert Takes Revenge On An Attacker In Paul Verhoeven’s Latest Thriller
Always enjoying...
- 9/26/2016
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
France has shortlisted four films for the Foreign Language Oscar race with the official entry to be determined later this month. The selection committee will be voting on two films that Music Box has Stateside: Anne Fontaine's Sundance pic Agnus Dei which was released as The Innocents and has grossed about $1M to date; and François Ozon's Frantz which just debuted in Venice and won the Best New Actress prize for Paula Beer. Also on the list is Paul Verhoeven's lauded Elle…...
- 9/15/2016
- Deadline TV
France has shortlisted four films for the Foreign Language Oscar race with the official entry to be determined later this month. The selection committee will be voting on two films that Music Box has Stateside: Anne Fontaine's Sundance pic Agnus Dei which was released as The Innocents and has grossed about $1M to date; and François Ozon's Frantz which just debuted in Venice and won the Best New Actress prize for Paula Beer. Also on the list is Paul Verhoeven's lauded Elle…...
- 9/15/2016
- Deadline
The distributor has picked up François Ozon’s latest drama, which received its international premiere in Venice over the weekend.
Frantz takes place in 1919 and stars Paula Beer and Pierre Niney as two people whose lives are brought together by the death of a German during World War I.
Mandarin Films, the production company on every Ozon film since Potiche in 2010, produced Frantz.
Music Box distributed Potiche and has released several Mandarin titles including Anne Fontaine’s The Innocents.
Music Box brokered the deal with Films Distribution and plans a 2017 Q1 release.
“This is an eloquent, evocative and stunningly emotional film by a master filmmaker operating at the highest level,” said Music Box managing director Edward Arentz. “We’re very pleased to be working again with François, Mandarin and Films Distribution.”
“François Ozon’s Frantz stirred strong interest from Us buyers over the summer, but in the end we decided to put the movie in the hands...
Frantz takes place in 1919 and stars Paula Beer and Pierre Niney as two people whose lives are brought together by the death of a German during World War I.
Mandarin Films, the production company on every Ozon film since Potiche in 2010, produced Frantz.
Music Box distributed Potiche and has released several Mandarin titles including Anne Fontaine’s The Innocents.
Music Box brokered the deal with Films Distribution and plans a 2017 Q1 release.
“This is an eloquent, evocative and stunningly emotional film by a master filmmaker operating at the highest level,” said Music Box managing director Edward Arentz. “We’re very pleased to be working again with François, Mandarin and Films Distribution.”
“François Ozon’s Frantz stirred strong interest from Us buyers over the summer, but in the end we decided to put the movie in the hands...
- 9/2/2016
- by [email protected] (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Three Sundance premieres are boosting the late summer specialty box office as “Indignation” (Roadside Attractions), “Equity” (Sony Pictures Classics) and “Gleason” (Amazon/Open Road) lead openers. Several more including Woody Allen’s “Café Society” (Amazon/Lionsgate) are holding well with positive results beyond just initial dates.
Several documentaries getting play continue to impress, and two more beyond “Gleason” scored initial New York attention: “Hieronymus Bosch: Touched by the Devil” (Kino Lorber) and “Miss Sharon Jones!” (Starz).
Opening
“Indignation” (Roadside Attractions) – Metacritic: 83; Festivals include: Sundance, Berlin, San Francisco, Seattle 2016
$89,072 in 4 theaters; PTA: $22,268
After a long career as a producer-screenwriter (Ang Lee’s”Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” and “Brokeback Mountain”) and distributor (Focus Features before Universal revamped the company), James Schamus directed his adaptation of Philip Roth’s early 1950s Oberlin-set story of a Jewish working class kid trying to adapt. After his earlier run of success, the reaction to his debut is gratifying.
Several documentaries getting play continue to impress, and two more beyond “Gleason” scored initial New York attention: “Hieronymus Bosch: Touched by the Devil” (Kino Lorber) and “Miss Sharon Jones!” (Starz).
Opening
“Indignation” (Roadside Attractions) – Metacritic: 83; Festivals include: Sundance, Berlin, San Francisco, Seattle 2016
$89,072 in 4 theaters; PTA: $22,268
After a long career as a producer-screenwriter (Ang Lee’s”Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” and “Brokeback Mountain”) and distributor (Focus Features before Universal revamped the company), James Schamus directed his adaptation of Philip Roth’s early 1950s Oberlin-set story of a Jewish working class kid trying to adapt. After his earlier run of success, the reaction to his debut is gratifying.
- 7/31/2016
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
The Innocents (Les Innocentes) Music Box Films Reviewed by: Harvey Karten, Shockya Grade: B+ Director: Anne Fontaine Written by: Sandrina B. Karine, Alice Vial, story by Philippe Maynial, adaptation and dialogues by Anne Fontaine and Pascal Bonitzer. Cast: Lou de Laâge, Agata Kulesza, Agata Buzek Screened at: Review 2, NYC, 6/21/16 Opens: July 1, 2016 Maureen Dowd, a long-term columnist for the New York Times who is as liberal as her newspaper, wrote once about a debate she had with her more conservative sister. Her sister had criticized Senator John McCain for an alleged extra-marital affair, to which Dowd replied, “Any man who spent five years in a box can [ Read More ]
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- 7/31/2016
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
Abbas Kiarostami (June 22, 1940 - July 4, 2016) Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Composer Grégoire Hetzel (Catherine Corsini's Summertime, Anne Fontaine's The Innocents, Arnaud Desplechin's My Golden Days), filmmaker Roberto Andò (The Confessions, Long Live Freedom), and cinematographer Ed Lachman (Todd Solondz' Wiener-Dog, Todd Haynes' Carol and Far From Heaven) salute Abbas Kiarostami, who passed away in Paris on Monday, July 4, 2016.
Abbas Kiarostami's final film, Like Someone In Love, was screened at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, where in 1997 he shared Palme d'Or honours for Taste of Cherry with Shohei Imamura's The Eel.
Grégoire Hetzel: "Kiarostami forced entry into my childhood memories by retrospective invasion." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Grégoire Hetzel, Roberto Andò and Ed Lachman remember Abbas Kiarostami:
"Kiarostami is one of my most beloved filmmakers. On hearing the news of his loss, I was instantly reminded that his films like The Traveler, Homework, Where is the Friend's Home?...
Composer Grégoire Hetzel (Catherine Corsini's Summertime, Anne Fontaine's The Innocents, Arnaud Desplechin's My Golden Days), filmmaker Roberto Andò (The Confessions, Long Live Freedom), and cinematographer Ed Lachman (Todd Solondz' Wiener-Dog, Todd Haynes' Carol and Far From Heaven) salute Abbas Kiarostami, who passed away in Paris on Monday, July 4, 2016.
Abbas Kiarostami's final film, Like Someone In Love, was screened at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, where in 1997 he shared Palme d'Or honours for Taste of Cherry with Shohei Imamura's The Eel.
Grégoire Hetzel: "Kiarostami forced entry into my childhood memories by retrospective invasion." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Grégoire Hetzel, Roberto Andò and Ed Lachman remember Abbas Kiarostami:
"Kiarostami is one of my most beloved filmmakers. On hearing the news of his loss, I was instantly reminded that his films like The Traveler, Homework, Where is the Friend's Home?...
- 7/11/2016
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Thanks to a well-reviewed movie star, Bleecker Street took “Captain Fantastic” to a now-rare, once-common $20,000-plus limited per theater opening. With all well-oiled cylinders at work, Bleecker filled the demand for older-audience films after two failed recent attempts by others at corralling the younger market (“Swiss Army Man” and “The Neon Demon”).
Two New York-only docs, “Under the Sun” (Icarus) and Sundance opener “Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You” (Music Box) both attracted interest.
A wider Bollywood release, Salman Khan-starrer “Sultan” (Yash Raj), achieved something few specialized films have managed in recent months: a Top Ten placement despite playing at fewer than 300 theaters.
Meantime, The Orchard’s “Hunt for the Wilderpeople” expanded again to strong numbers close to last weekend’s. This word-of-mouth hit could play all summer and expand wider. There is still an audience out there: it’s just more selective.
Opening
“Captain Fantastic” (Bleecker Street) – Metacritic: 70; Festivals include: Sundance,...
Two New York-only docs, “Under the Sun” (Icarus) and Sundance opener “Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You” (Music Box) both attracted interest.
A wider Bollywood release, Salman Khan-starrer “Sultan” (Yash Raj), achieved something few specialized films have managed in recent months: a Top Ten placement despite playing at fewer than 300 theaters.
Meantime, The Orchard’s “Hunt for the Wilderpeople” expanded again to strong numbers close to last weekend’s. This word-of-mouth hit could play all summer and expand wider. There is still an audience out there: it’s just more selective.
Opening
“Captain Fantastic” (Bleecker Street) – Metacritic: 70; Festivals include: Sundance,...
- 7/10/2016
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
Grégoire Hetzel: "Joy is difficult to translate." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
The composer for Arnaud Desplechin's My Golden Days (Trois Souvenirs De Ma Jeunesse), A Christmas Tale (Un Conte De Noël); Kings & Queen (Rois Et Reine); La Forêt and The Beloved (L'Aimée), Mathieu Amalric's The Blue Room (La Chambre Bleue), Cédric Anger's Next Time I'll Aim For the Heart (La Prochaine Fois Je Viserai Le Coeur), and Renaud Fely's L'Ami (François D'Assise Et Ses Frères) spoke with me about scoring Catherine Corsini's Summertime (La Belle Saison) starring Izïa Higelin and Cécile de France and Anne Fontaine's The Innocents (Agnus Dei).
Delphine (Izïa Higelin) in Paris
Grégoire Hetzel, who previously worked with Corsini on Les Ambitieux and Three Worlds (Trois Mondes) points out the similarity between her joy and Anne Fontaine's religion in our conversation high above Central Park.
The love story in Summertime...
The composer for Arnaud Desplechin's My Golden Days (Trois Souvenirs De Ma Jeunesse), A Christmas Tale (Un Conte De Noël); Kings & Queen (Rois Et Reine); La Forêt and The Beloved (L'Aimée), Mathieu Amalric's The Blue Room (La Chambre Bleue), Cédric Anger's Next Time I'll Aim For the Heart (La Prochaine Fois Je Viserai Le Coeur), and Renaud Fely's L'Ami (François D'Assise Et Ses Frères) spoke with me about scoring Catherine Corsini's Summertime (La Belle Saison) starring Izïa Higelin and Cécile de France and Anne Fontaine's The Innocents (Agnus Dei).
Delphine (Izïa Higelin) in Paris
Grégoire Hetzel, who previously worked with Corsini on Les Ambitieux and Three Worlds (Trois Mondes) points out the similarity between her joy and Anne Fontaine's religion in our conversation high above Central Park.
The love story in Summertime...
- 7/10/2016
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Courtesy of Music Box Films
The French drama The Innocents takes place shortly after World War II in Poland, a story involving the war’s devastation and aftermath, the occupying Russian forces who drove out the Germans, and some cloistered Catholic nuns. As such, it will inevitably draw comparison to Ida, the searing drama that explored issues of post-war communist Poland and identity for a woman raised by nuns. Although both films deal with nuns and post-war Poland, Ida’s story largely takes place years after the war, while this one takes place in 1945, in its immediate aftermath.
The Innocents is a rare thing, a story set in a war-torn environment but featuring almost entirely strong female characters. French director Anne Fontaine co-wrote the screen adaptation of the true story. Her previous films include Coco Before Chanel and Gemma Bovary, which she also co-wrote.
The central character was based on a real woman Madeleine Pauliac,...
The French drama The Innocents takes place shortly after World War II in Poland, a story involving the war’s devastation and aftermath, the occupying Russian forces who drove out the Germans, and some cloistered Catholic nuns. As such, it will inevitably draw comparison to Ida, the searing drama that explored issues of post-war communist Poland and identity for a woman raised by nuns. Although both films deal with nuns and post-war Poland, Ida’s story largely takes place years after the war, while this one takes place in 1945, in its immediate aftermath.
The Innocents is a rare thing, a story set in a war-torn environment but featuring almost entirely strong female characters. French director Anne Fontaine co-wrote the screen adaptation of the true story. Her previous films include Coco Before Chanel and Gemma Bovary, which she also co-wrote.
The central character was based on a real woman Madeleine Pauliac,...
- 7/8/2016
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
To many, the name Lou de Laage doesn’t ring much of a bell. But anyone paying attention to the world of foreign and art house cinema this year has seen this striking young thespian become something of a break out star. After starring in Melanie Laurent’s beloved Breathe last year, the 26 year old actress made another splash this year with her fantastic turn in the Juliette Binoche-co-starring gem L’attesa, a film she utterly stole from the legendary acting titan. And she’s not done yet.
Entitled The Innocents, Lou de Laage stars in this Anne Fontaine-directed drama as Mathilde, a young doctor who arrives at a Polish convent with the hopes of assisting in a very tragic predicament. The film begins in December of 1945, and we soon discover that a Benedictine nun is seeking help in assisting a group of nuns currently with child after...
Entitled The Innocents, Lou de Laage stars in this Anne Fontaine-directed drama as Mathilde, a young doctor who arrives at a Polish convent with the hopes of assisting in a very tragic predicament. The film begins in December of 1945, and we soon discover that a Benedictine nun is seeking help in assisting a group of nuns currently with child after...
- 7/7/2016
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
The Independence Day weekend tends not to be a big one for specialized audiences. Upscale viewers, particularly in the biggest cities, often pursue other interests, many of them out of town. But prime theaters still need new product, offering opportunities for new releases to take their shot.
The best among the limited openers this weekend was the Polish-French nun story “The Innocents” (Music Box), bucking the recent trend of weak subtitled films. Next best among the limited new releases was the heart-tugging Sundance autism documentary “Life, Animated” (The Orchard) which nonetheless opened a little below some other recent docs.
Going wider initially was “Our Kind of Traitor,” the latest John le Carré thriller, which fell short of Roadside Attractions’ “A Most Wanted Man” two years ago.
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The best among the limited openers this weekend was the Polish-French nun story “The Innocents” (Music Box), bucking the recent trend of weak subtitled films. Next best among the limited new releases was the heart-tugging Sundance autism documentary “Life, Animated” (The Orchard) which nonetheless opened a little below some other recent docs.
Going wider initially was “Our Kind of Traitor,” the latest John le Carré thriller, which fell short of Roadside Attractions’ “A Most Wanted Man” two years ago.
Read More: Arthouse Audit: A24’s ‘Swiss Army Man’ Slices ‘The Neon Demon’
The limp second week expansion of “Swiss Army Man” (A24) showed...
- 7/3/2016
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
Fresh stories centered on World War II atrocities are rare. “The Innocents,” at its core a treatise on faith, is one of those blessed rarities, all the more bracing for being told from a female perspective. This evocative, nuanced story, set in Warsaw in December 1945, focuses on a French Red Cross doctor who secretly helps a convent of Benedictine nuns who had been brutally raped by Russian soldiers. Mathilde (Lou de Laâge, “Breathe”) is attending to her work helping wounded French soldiers when a distraught nun runs into the makeshift Red Cross infirmary. Also Read: Academy Scores Record Diversity With.
- 7/2/2016
- by Claudia Puig
- The Wrap
When Anne Fontaine’s “The Innocents” made its debut at Sundance earlier this year, it was under the title “Agnus Dei,” referring to a liturgical chant that has been a part of Roman Catholic mass since the seventh century. The sentiment of the traditional chant is simple: “Lamb of God, you who take away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. Lamb of God, you who take away the sins of the world, grant us peace.” For the haunted characters that inhabit Fontaine’s sensitive slice of forgotten history, that search for mercy and peace finds itself in some very unexpected places. And not all of them are touched by God.
Fontaine’s film tackles a fictionalized take on the story of Madeleine Pauliac (the film renames her Mathilde Beaulieu), a doctor and Resistance fighter who was a member of the French Red Cross during and after World War II.
Fontaine’s film tackles a fictionalized take on the story of Madeleine Pauliac (the film renames her Mathilde Beaulieu), a doctor and Resistance fighter who was a member of the French Red Cross during and after World War II.
- 7/1/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
To help sift through the increasing number of new releases (independent or otherwise), the Weekly Film Guide is here! Below you’ll find basic plot, personnel and cinema information for all of this week’s fresh offerings.
Starting this month, we’ve also put together a list for the entire month. We’ve included this week’s list below, complete with information on screening locations for films in limited release.
See More: Here Are All the Upcoming Movies in Theaters for July 2016
Here are the films opening theatrically in the U.S. the week of Friday, July 1. All synopses provided by distributor unless listed otherwise.
Wide
The Bfg
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Bill Hader, Jemaine Clement, Mark Rylance, Penelope Wilton, Rebecca Hall, Ruby Barnhill
Synopsis: The Bfg is no ordinary bone-crunching giant. He is far too nice and jumbly. It’s lucky for Sophie that he is. Had she been...
Starting this month, we’ve also put together a list for the entire month. We’ve included this week’s list below, complete with information on screening locations for films in limited release.
See More: Here Are All the Upcoming Movies in Theaters for July 2016
Here are the films opening theatrically in the U.S. the week of Friday, July 1. All synopses provided by distributor unless listed otherwise.
Wide
The Bfg
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Bill Hader, Jemaine Clement, Mark Rylance, Penelope Wilton, Rebecca Hall, Ruby Barnhill
Synopsis: The Bfg is no ordinary bone-crunching giant. He is far too nice and jumbly. It’s lucky for Sophie that he is. Had she been...
- 7/1/2016
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
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