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- 6/16/2022
- by Thomas Duffy
- Film-Book
Industry figures at the Holland Film Meeting talk to Screen about the importance of locally-based sales companies.
In the wake of the collapse of Fortissimo Films last month, a heated debate has begun in the Netherlands about the lack of sales agents in the Benelux region.
At the Holland Film Meeting in Utrecht this weekend (Sept 22-25), several leading producers have commented on the importance of establishing new locally-based companies that can represent Dutch movies at international markets. There has even been talk of government support for a Dutch sales agency, either helping existing companies or setting up a new national agency.
The debate comes as Pim van Collem’s sales outfit Dutch Features Global Entertainment has revealed that it is planning to set up a small arthouse label next year, and as speculation continues to swirl around what will happen to Fortissimo’s titles.
Throughout its 20-year history, Fortissimo always handled Dutch movies alongside its Asian...
In the wake of the collapse of Fortissimo Films last month, a heated debate has begun in the Netherlands about the lack of sales agents in the Benelux region.
At the Holland Film Meeting in Utrecht this weekend (Sept 22-25), several leading producers have commented on the importance of establishing new locally-based companies that can represent Dutch movies at international markets. There has even been talk of government support for a Dutch sales agency, either helping existing companies or setting up a new national agency.
The debate comes as Pim van Collem’s sales outfit Dutch Features Global Entertainment has revealed that it is planning to set up a small arthouse label next year, and as speculation continues to swirl around what will happen to Fortissimo’s titles.
Throughout its 20-year history, Fortissimo always handled Dutch movies alongside its Asian...
- 9/26/2016
- by [email protected] (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
Industry figures at the Holland Film Meeting talk to Screen about the importance of locally-based sales companies.
In the wake of the collapse of Fortissimo Films last month, a heated debate has begun in the Netherlands about the lack of sales agents in the Benelux region.
At the Holland Film Meeting in Utrecht this weekend (Sept 22-25), several leading producers have commented on the importance of establishing new locally-based companies that can represent Dutch movies at international markets. There has even been talk of government support for a Dutch sales agency, either helping existing companies or setting up a new national agency.
The debate comes as Pim van Collem’s sales outfit Dutch Features Global Entertainment has revealed that it is planning to set up a small arthouse label next year, and as speculation continues to swirl around what will happen to Fortissimo’s titles.
Throughout its 20-year history, Fortissimo always handled Dutch movies alongside its Asian...
In the wake of the collapse of Fortissimo Films last month, a heated debate has begun in the Netherlands about the lack of sales agents in the Benelux region.
At the Holland Film Meeting in Utrecht this weekend (Sept 22-25), several leading producers have commented on the importance of establishing new locally-based companies that can represent Dutch movies at international markets. There has even been talk of government support for a Dutch sales agency, either helping existing companies or setting up a new national agency.
The debate comes as Pim van Collem’s sales outfit Dutch Features Global Entertainment has revealed that it is planning to set up a small arthouse label next year, and as speculation continues to swirl around what will happen to Fortissimo’s titles.
Throughout its 20-year history, Fortissimo always handled Dutch movies alongside its Asian...
- 9/26/2016
- by [email protected] (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
Films set to show at the 40th Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff), updated as announcements are made in the run up to the event.
Tiff will open on September 10 with Jean-Marc Vallée’s Demolition starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Naomi Watts.
Tiff 40
Key: Wp = world premiere; Nap = North American premiere; IP = international premiere; Cp = Canadian premiere.
GALASBeeba Boys (Canada), Deepa Mehta, WPDemolition, Jean-Marc Vallée WPDisorder (Maryland) (France-Belgium), Alice Winocour NAPThe Dressmaker (Aus), Jocelyn Moorhouse, WPEye In The Sky (UK), Gavin Hood WPForsaken (Canada), Jon Cassar, WPFreeheld (Us), Peter Sollett, WPHyena Road (Canada), Paul Gross, WPLolo (France), Julie Delpy, NAPLegend (UK), Brian Helgeland, IPMan Down (Us), Dito Montiel NAPThe Man Who Knew Infinity (UK), Matt Brown, WPThe Martian (Us), Ridley Scott, WPMiss You Already (UK), Catherine Hardwicke WPMississippi Grind (Us), Ryan Fleck, Anna Boden CPMr. Right (Us), Paco Cabezas WPThe Program (UK), Stephen Frears, WPRemember (Canada), Atom Egoyan, NAPSeptembers Of Shiraz (Us), Wayne Blair, WPStonewall ([link...
Tiff will open on September 10 with Jean-Marc Vallée’s Demolition starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Naomi Watts.
Tiff 40
Key: Wp = world premiere; Nap = North American premiere; IP = international premiere; Cp = Canadian premiere.
GALASBeeba Boys (Canada), Deepa Mehta, WPDemolition, Jean-Marc Vallée WPDisorder (Maryland) (France-Belgium), Alice Winocour NAPThe Dressmaker (Aus), Jocelyn Moorhouse, WPEye In The Sky (UK), Gavin Hood WPForsaken (Canada), Jon Cassar, WPFreeheld (Us), Peter Sollett, WPHyena Road (Canada), Paul Gross, WPLolo (France), Julie Delpy, NAPLegend (UK), Brian Helgeland, IPMan Down (Us), Dito Montiel NAPThe Man Who Knew Infinity (UK), Matt Brown, WPThe Martian (Us), Ridley Scott, WPMiss You Already (UK), Catherine Hardwicke WPMississippi Grind (Us), Ryan Fleck, Anna Boden CPMr. Right (Us), Paco Cabezas WPThe Program (UK), Stephen Frears, WPRemember (Canada), Atom Egoyan, NAPSeptembers Of Shiraz (Us), Wayne Blair, WPStonewall ([link...
- 8/25/2015
- ScreenDaily
World premieres for new films by Athina Rachel Tsangari, Hong Sangsoo, Ben Rivers; Southpaw, Trainwreck among Piazza Grande titles.
The 68th Locarno Film Festival (August 5-15) will open with Jonathan Demme’s musical comedy-drama Ricki And The Flash, in which Meryl Streep stars as a musician who tries to make things right with her family after giving up everything to pursue her dream of rock-and-roll stardom.
Written by Diablo Cody, the film gets a Piazza Grande berth alongside Judd Apatow’s Trainwreck, Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s Me And Earl And The Dying Girl, Catherine Corsini’s La Belle Saison and Antoine Fuqua’s Southpaw.
Also playing is Michael Cimino’s The Deer Hunter. Cimino is being honoured with a Pardo D’onore Swisscom and will be taking part in an onstage conversation.
14 of the 18 films competing in the festival’s International Competition section for the Golden Leopard Award are world premieres including Andrzej Zulawski’s Cosmos, Ben Rivers’ The Sky...
The 68th Locarno Film Festival (August 5-15) will open with Jonathan Demme’s musical comedy-drama Ricki And The Flash, in which Meryl Streep stars as a musician who tries to make things right with her family after giving up everything to pursue her dream of rock-and-roll stardom.
Written by Diablo Cody, the film gets a Piazza Grande berth alongside Judd Apatow’s Trainwreck, Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s Me And Earl And The Dying Girl, Catherine Corsini’s La Belle Saison and Antoine Fuqua’s Southpaw.
Also playing is Michael Cimino’s The Deer Hunter. Cimino is being honoured with a Pardo D’onore Swisscom and will be taking part in an onstage conversation.
14 of the 18 films competing in the festival’s International Competition section for the Golden Leopard Award are world premieres including Andrzej Zulawski’s Cosmos, Ben Rivers’ The Sky...
- 7/15/2015
- by [email protected] (Sarah Cooper)
- ScreenDaily
European Film Promotion (Efp) to spotlight 14 European films submitted for the Oscars in La.
This year will again see Efp attempt to generate the greatest attention possible for several European films during the forthcoming awards season.
From Nov 6-14, Efp will screen 14 European films submitted for consideration as Best Foreign Language Film at the 2014 Academy Awards.
The line-up includes Drasko Durovic’s Ace of Spades - Bad Destiny from Montenegro, which is submitting a film for the first time as an independent country.
Efp’s film programme will be targeting Academy members, selected press, international buyers attending the American Film Market, and industry based in La.
Financial support comes from the Media Programme of the European Union, Efp member organisations, and some of the participating production companies.
The countries and films listed below will be participating in the La screenings:
Belgium: The Broken Circle Breakdown by Felix van GroeningenBulgaria: Color of the Chameleon by Emil HristowCroatia: Halima...
This year will again see Efp attempt to generate the greatest attention possible for several European films during the forthcoming awards season.
From Nov 6-14, Efp will screen 14 European films submitted for consideration as Best Foreign Language Film at the 2014 Academy Awards.
The line-up includes Drasko Durovic’s Ace of Spades - Bad Destiny from Montenegro, which is submitting a film for the first time as an independent country.
Efp’s film programme will be targeting Academy members, selected press, international buyers attending the American Film Market, and industry based in La.
Financial support comes from the Media Programme of the European Union, Efp member organisations, and some of the participating production companies.
The countries and films listed below will be participating in the La screenings:
Belgium: The Broken Circle Breakdown by Felix van GroeningenBulgaria: Color of the Chameleon by Emil HristowCroatia: Halima...
- 10/22/2013
- by [email protected] (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
The Audience Award went to Destin Daniel Cretton’s Us festival hit Short Term 12; The Athens International Film Festival wrapped with Blue Is The Warmest Colour.
Yann Gonzalez’s debut feature You and the Night was named Best Film at the 19th Athens International Film Festival (Aiff) which ran September 19-29.
A Modern day retelling of Sade’s Philosophy In The Bedroom, the film, written by Gonzalez, stars Alain-Fabien Delon alongside Eric Cantona, Kate Moran, Fabienne Babe and Niels Schneider.
It was chosen by a jury made up of film school students, aged 18-25.
The Best Director Award went to second timer American Sam Fleischner for Stand Clear Of The Closing Doors, a coming of age story about a 13 years-old autistic boy, son of an illegal Mexican immigrant mother in New York.
French debutant Antonin Peretjako picked up the Best Screenplay award for The Rendez-vous of Deja-Vu, about the adventures of a group of young Parisians...
Yann Gonzalez’s debut feature You and the Night was named Best Film at the 19th Athens International Film Festival (Aiff) which ran September 19-29.
A Modern day retelling of Sade’s Philosophy In The Bedroom, the film, written by Gonzalez, stars Alain-Fabien Delon alongside Eric Cantona, Kate Moran, Fabienne Babe and Niels Schneider.
It was chosen by a jury made up of film school students, aged 18-25.
The Best Director Award went to second timer American Sam Fleischner for Stand Clear Of The Closing Doors, a coming of age story about a 13 years-old autistic boy, son of an illegal Mexican immigrant mother in New York.
French debutant Antonin Peretjako picked up the Best Screenplay award for The Rendez-vous of Deja-Vu, about the adventures of a group of young Parisians...
- 10/1/2013
- by [email protected] (Alexis Grivas)
- ScreenDaily
Borgman – Alex Van Warmerdan
Section: Main Competition
Buzz: Alex Van Warmerdan’s latest film is immediately of note because it’s the first Dutch film to play the Main Comp in thirty eight years. But more excitingly, its inclusion here should bring a wider audience to the offbeat Dutch filmmaker who has been consistently making wonderously weird films since his 1986 debut, Voyeur (aka Abel). Enthusiasts may be familiar with some of his well known titles, such as The Northerners (1992), which features Theo Van Gogh in an acting role, or Grimm (2003), but the preview of his latest feature promises that Borgman may be one of the highlights of Cannes 2013.
The Gist: Borgman is the central character in Alex van Warmerdam’s dark, malevolent fable. Is he a dream or a demon, a twisted allegory or an all-too-real embodiment of our fears? Borgman is a sinister arrival in the sealed-off streets of modern suburbia.
Section: Main Competition
Buzz: Alex Van Warmerdan’s latest film is immediately of note because it’s the first Dutch film to play the Main Comp in thirty eight years. But more excitingly, its inclusion here should bring a wider audience to the offbeat Dutch filmmaker who has been consistently making wonderously weird films since his 1986 debut, Voyeur (aka Abel). Enthusiasts may be familiar with some of his well known titles, such as The Northerners (1992), which features Theo Van Gogh in an acting role, or Grimm (2003), but the preview of his latest feature promises that Borgman may be one of the highlights of Cannes 2013.
The Gist: Borgman is the central character in Alex van Warmerdam’s dark, malevolent fable. Is he a dream or a demon, a twisted allegory or an all-too-real embodiment of our fears? Borgman is a sinister arrival in the sealed-off streets of modern suburbia.
- 5/15/2013
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Chicago – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film with our unique social giveaway technology, we have 40 admit-two movie passes up for grabs to the advance screening of the new crime/drama “Lawless”! The film, which opens nationwide on Aug. 29, 2012, stars Tom Hardy, Shia Labeouf and Gary Oldman!
“Lawless” also stars Guy Pearce, Jessica Chastain, Mia Wasikowska, Jason Clarke, Dane DeHaan, Noah Taylor, Lew Temple, Bill Camp, William J. Harrison, Bruce McKinnon, Alex Van and Mark Ashworth from director John Hillcoat and writer Nick Cave based on the novel by Matt Bondurant.
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“Lawless” also stars Guy Pearce, Jessica Chastain, Mia Wasikowska, Jason Clarke, Dane DeHaan, Noah Taylor, Lew Temple, Bill Camp, William J. Harrison, Bruce McKinnon, Alex Van and Mark Ashworth from director John Hillcoat and writer Nick Cave based on the novel by Matt Bondurant.
To win your free advance-screening passes to “Lawless” courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just get interactive with our unique Hookup technology directly below. That’s it! This screening is on Monday, Aug. 27, 2012 at 7 p.m. in downtown Chicago. The more social actions you complete, the more points you score and the higher yours odds of winning!
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- 8/20/2012
- by [email protected] (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
While the royal wedding was a hot ticket, the Queen's reception was an even more exclusive affair. Roughly 650 guests gathered at Buckingham Place to celebrate Prince William and Catherine Middleton after the couple exchanged vows at Westminster Abbey on Friday. "It was very cozy," says Alex van Straubenzee, father of the late Henry van Straubenzee, a close friend of William's. "There was a wonderful relaxed atmosphere. There were lots of people there - even in a place as big as Buckingham Palace. I won't say it was informal, but everyone was having a wonderful time." After guests mingled with the royals,...
- 4/29/2011
- by Alla Byrne
- PEOPLE.com
This week's DVD and Blu-ray offerings are no longer a cash-sucking onslaught like the last few weeks, which does make it easier for our wallets.
First up, Centurion, Neil Marshall's fun epic, is finally available for us to take home, and we can definitely recommend it with good conscience. Also, series and movies from TV and their dead-tree companions are out, and they are surprisingly decent in this batch. (Well, one re-release is surely capitalizing on the popularity of its actor, and we bet you can figure out which one that is.) Finally, don't forget the duo release of a couple of Roger Corman flicks!
Centurion
Directed by Neil Marshall
In Centurion (review), the Roman Empire stretches from Egypt to Spain, and East as far as the Black Sea. But in northern Britain, the relentless onslaught of conquest has ground to a halt in the face of the guerrilla...
First up, Centurion, Neil Marshall's fun epic, is finally available for us to take home, and we can definitely recommend it with good conscience. Also, series and movies from TV and their dead-tree companions are out, and they are surprisingly decent in this batch. (Well, one re-release is surely capitalizing on the popularity of its actor, and we bet you can figure out which one that is.) Finally, don't forget the duo release of a couple of Roger Corman flicks!
Centurion
Directed by Neil Marshall
In Centurion (review), the Roman Empire stretches from Egypt to Spain, and East as far as the Black Sea. But in northern Britain, the relentless onslaught of conquest has ground to a halt in the face of the guerrilla...
- 11/1/2010
- by kwlow
- DreadCentral.com
Terror returns to MTV’s fall lineup with the premiere of My Super Psycho Sweet 16 Part 2 tomorrow, October 22nd, at 10:00 pm Et/Pt. A sequel to last year’s My Super Psycho Sweet 16, the new two-hour scripted feature marks the network’s first horror movie franchise, and to celebrate, they've released two new clips to help get fans geared up for its debut.
“We were thrilled with the positive response the first movie received and are excited to present this sequel as part of our first original TV movie franchise,” said Chris Linn, Executive Vice President of MTV Production. “The horror genre resonates with today’s youth culture, and this film is an excellent example of our commitment to delivering scripted programming tailored specifically for the MTV audience.”
Last Halloween the first installment of the “Super Psycho” series kicked off the current slate of MTV Original Movies and delivered impressive ratings.
“We were thrilled with the positive response the first movie received and are excited to present this sequel as part of our first original TV movie franchise,” said Chris Linn, Executive Vice President of MTV Production. “The horror genre resonates with today’s youth culture, and this film is an excellent example of our commitment to delivering scripted programming tailored specifically for the MTV audience.”
Last Halloween the first installment of the “Super Psycho” series kicked off the current slate of MTV Original Movies and delivered impressive ratings.
- 10/21/2010
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
Terror returns to MTV's fall lineup, with the premiere of the original movie 'My Super Psycho Sweet 16: Part 2' - on Friday October 22nd at 10p.m. Et/Pt. A sequel to last year's thriller 'My Super Psycho Sweet 16', the new two-hour scripted feature marks the network's first horror movie franchise. Now you can win a copy of this sweet follow-up on DVD right here at the Horror Asylum. Lauren McKnight, Myndy Crist, Kirsten Prout, Julianna Guill (below), Chris Zylka, Matt Angel, Jennifer Sun Bell, Devin Keaton, Alex Van, Stella Maeve and Gina Rodriguez all star. Simply follow the link below for your chance to win! ''My Super Psycho Sweet 16: Part 2' continues Skye's story as she travels in search of her mother Carolyn (Myndy Crist) in hopes of a fresh start. But when she meets her half-sister Alex (Kirsten Prout...
- 10/21/2010
- Horror Asylum
This Friday My Super Psycho Sweet 16 Part 2 will make its debut via MTV but the fun doesn't stop there! We're got a couple of DVD copies of the flick with Your name on them!
To win just send us an E-mail Here including your Full Name And Mailing Address, and we’ll sharpen our knives and get this bloodbath over to you Asap!
From the Press Release:
Terror returns to MTV’s fall lineup, with the premiere of the original movie “My Super Psycho Sweet 16 Part 2” on October 22nd at 10p.m. Et/Pt. A sequel to last year’s thriller “My Super Psycho Sweet 16,” the new two-hour scripted feature marks the network’s first horror movie franchise.
“We were thrilled with the positive response the first movie received and are excited to present this sequel as part of our first original TV movie franchise,” said Chris Linn,...
To win just send us an E-mail Here including your Full Name And Mailing Address, and we’ll sharpen our knives and get this bloodbath over to you Asap!
From the Press Release:
Terror returns to MTV’s fall lineup, with the premiere of the original movie “My Super Psycho Sweet 16 Part 2” on October 22nd at 10p.m. Et/Pt. A sequel to last year’s thriller “My Super Psycho Sweet 16,” the new two-hour scripted feature marks the network’s first horror movie franchise.
“We were thrilled with the positive response the first movie received and are excited to present this sequel as part of our first original TV movie franchise,” said Chris Linn,...
- 10/20/2010
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
My Super Psycho Sweet 16: Part 2, the follow-up to last year's MTV original movie My Super Psycho Sweet 16, will debut on Friday, October 22 at 10 Pm Et on MTV and we have a brand new contest lined up to celebrate this sequel's debut. We're giving away t-shirts, posters and both the My Super Psycho Sweet 16 and My Super Psycho Sweet 16: Part 2 DVDs to our readers. You know these prizes will go fast, so be sure to enter this contest today.
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My Super Psycho Sweet 16: Part 2 t-shirtMy Super Psycho Sweet 16: Part 2 posterMy Super Psycho Sweet 16 DVDMy Super Psycho Sweet 16: Part 2 DVD
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My Super Psycho Sweet 16: Part 2 t-shirtMy Super Psycho Sweet 16: Part 2 posterMy Super Psycho Sweet 16 DVDMy Super Psycho Sweet 16: Part 2 DVD
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- 10/19/2010
- MovieWeb
Have a thing for geeks? Better still, have a thing for hot chicks? Well look no further as the new full trailer for the upcoming MTV slasher sequel 'My Super Psycho Sweet 16: Part 2' has arrived. It airs on MTV on 22 October at 10:00pm. Julianna Guill (below), Kirsten Prout, Stella Maeve, Chris Zylka, Myndy Crist, Robert Pralgo, Lauren McKnight, Matt Angel, Keith Allen Hayes, Gina Rodriguez, Alex Van, Devin Keaton, Reagan Michelle and Jennifer Sun Bell star. Check out the trailer below. It almost seems a little 'wrong' to be seeing smoking hot actress Julianna Guill in a role as a mere 16 year old after only seeing her again recently in the 'Friday the 13th' sequel in all her topless glory! Something we'll unlikely catch a glimpse of in this more watered down slasher flick...
- 9/28/2010
- Horror Asylum
Any '80s throwback worth its salt needs to leave the door open to a sequel. And Jacob Gentry's My Super Psycho Sweet 16 did just that. Whether you caught the film on MTV or not is moot, because Gentry and writers Jed Elinoff and Scott Alan Thomas have begun production on My Super Psycho Sweet 16: Part 2 . Lauren McKnight reprises her role as Skye and is also joined by Chris Zylka, Matt Angel, Myndy Crist, Alex Van and Gina Rodriguez. Shooting is taking place in Atlanta and continues the story of psychopath Charlie Rotter who, in the first film, turned a sweet 16 bash at a Rollerdome into a bloodbath. For clips and trailers follow this link .
- 7/9/2010
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Real Housewife of New York Bethenny Frankel married her boyfriend, Jason Hoppy, last night with a lavish ceremony at NYC's Four Seasons Hotel. Her costars Ramona Singer and Alex van Kempen were there to see seven-months pregnant Bethenny tie the knot, though snaps of her in her Amsale wedding dress are being saved for an upcoming exclusive in Ok! magazine. The proceedings were also documented for Bethenny's own show, Bethenny's Getting Married. Bethenny and Jason headed off on their honeymoon while she's still able to fly, but she first tweeted, "I'm a real housewife! On way to honeymoon. Best night of my life." Click through to see photos from her and Jason's special evening! View Slideshow ›...
- 3/29/2010
- by PopSugar
- Popsugar.com
For anyone who’s watched MTV’s reality show My Super Sweet 16, the sense of entitlement exhibited by some of its birthday girls and the obscene flaunting of wealth in the service of celebrating them can be as horrifying as any youth-slasher film. Now that the network has combined the two forms in its original movie My Super Psycho Sweet 16 (debuting tonight at 10 p.m. Est/Pst), it’s disappointing, but perhaps not surprising, that the result doesn’t take full advantage of the opportunity to throw some barbed satire the series’ way, preferring instead to emphasize a generic scenario of pointed objects aimed at its teen characters.
Actually, you have to take some of the protagonists’ word for their teenaged status; “You only turn 16 once,” says antiheroine Madison Penrose (Julianna Guill), who looks like she’s turned 16 at least four or five times. Madison wants to reopen...
Actually, you have to take some of the protagonists’ word for their teenaged status; “You only turn 16 once,” says antiheroine Madison Penrose (Julianna Guill), who looks like she’s turned 16 at least four or five times. Madison wants to reopen...
- 10/23/2009
- by [email protected] (Michael Gingold)
- Fangoria
- #24. The Last Days Of Emma Blank Director: Alex van WarmerdamCast: Marlies Heuer, Gene Bervoets, Annet Malherbe, Eva van de Wijdeven, Gijs NaberDistributor: Rights Available. Buzz: Can't say that I'm familiar with the Dutch film industry or helmer Alex van Warmerdam, but I've made room in my schedule for this dark comedy based on a couple of stills and the trailer. Tiff's Dimitri Eipides describes this as "a dark comedy so cynical it's bound to make your head spin. The director even casts himself as a dog. Alex van Warmerdam pushes his way forward with a brilliant adaptation of a near-impossible screenplay." I could see this being a fit on a label such as IFC Films. The Gist: Emma is a lady living in high style, surrounded by family members who double as maids and servants. Everyone hopes Emma’s bad health will soon do her in, letting them inherit her substantial wealth.
- 9/7/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
Jacob Gentry, who was one of the three brains behind the Sundance smash-hit The Signal, has just completed production on a new horror feature for MTV Films entitled My Super Psycho Sweet 16, which will get a limited theatrical run and air on MTV this October. Written by Jed Elinoff and Scott Alan Thomas, a privileged teen's birthday bash at a roller rink is interrupted by a serial killer. The title and concept plays off the network's reality hit "My Super Sweet 16," which chronicles the lavish birthday parties of pampered kids. Chris Zylka, Ric Reitz, Lauren McKnight, Matt Angel, Justin Price, Melanie Booth, Alex Van and Max Calder all star.
- 8/25/2009
- bloody-disgusting.com
- Right before the big announcement of films competing for the Golden Lion, the Venice Film Festival announced the Venice Days sidebar selections which is flooded with mostly Euro titles from Spain, Italy and France. The section, the equivalent to Cannes Director's Fortnight, will feature eleven films including nine world premieres and the international preem for Sterlin Harjo’s Barking Water (who we interviewed for his Sundance premiere). Among the list of films that we should look out for in the long term which includes the added six world premieres in the Special Events category, we have Sherry Horman's directorial debut Desert Flower which is not necessarily a rags to riches narrative, but more of a look "where I came from" drama, there is a prison pic from Spanish helmer Daniel Monzon (Celda 211) and legend Claude Miller co-directs with his son Nathan Miller on Je Suis Heureux Che Ma Mere Soit Vivante,
- 7/29/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
CineMart selects projects for '08
AMSTERDAM -- CineMart, the co-production market of the International Film Festival of Rotterdam, has selected 39 projects, from a record number of 550 entries.
During its 25th edition, CineMart -- which runs Jan. 27-31 -- will present new productions by Abbas Kiarostami, Sophie Fiennes, Cristi Puiu, Jafar Panahi and Alex Van Warmerdam.
CineMart manager Marit van den Elshout said of the upcoming edition: "The record number of entries gave us an overview of the topical themes and developments that characterize today's independent filmmaking. We have selected powerful and promising projects that match with current demands of producers, buyers and funding bodies but also stay true to the Rotterdam spirit."
Den Elshout said the aim for the selection of the 25th anniversary of CineMart was to get a more focused and selective lineup.
"In order to give each project the exclusivity it deserves, we have brought down the number of projects to below 40 projects. Considering the fact that a record number of applications was received this year, this meant an even more difficult selection process," Den Elshout said.
During its 25th edition, CineMart -- which runs Jan. 27-31 -- will present new productions by Abbas Kiarostami, Sophie Fiennes, Cristi Puiu, Jafar Panahi and Alex Van Warmerdam.
CineMart manager Marit van den Elshout said of the upcoming edition: "The record number of entries gave us an overview of the topical themes and developments that characterize today's independent filmmaking. We have selected powerful and promising projects that match with current demands of producers, buyers and funding bodies but also stay true to the Rotterdam spirit."
Den Elshout said the aim for the selection of the 25th anniversary of CineMart was to get a more focused and selective lineup.
"In order to give each project the exclusivity it deserves, we have brought down the number of projects to below 40 projects. Considering the fact that a record number of applications was received this year, this meant an even more difficult selection process," Den Elshout said.
- 12/7/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Grimm
Chicago Film Festival
CHICAGO -- How do you say "Coen brothers" in Dutch? Stick a "van der" in front? Essentially, that's the name that could fit Dutch filmmaker Alex Van Warmerdam, who has cobbled out a Coen-ish comedy.
Arousing more than a few bursts of audience laughter at the Chicago International Film Festival, "Grimm" trips along on a twisted narrative course, previously charted by David Lynch and Luis Bunuel. While there are some hilarious peculiarities in this roadshow, "Grimm" is pretty much of a groan.
Crammed with derivative elements, it's a veritable primer on Surreal Comedy for Dummies, which, at a film festival, means there's a significant part of the audience who believe they've "discovered" originality. Dark humor, rancid imagery and anti-bourgeois philosophy are the Lynch-pins of the film's nebulous plot line.
Meandering out in a twisted variation on "Hansel and Gretel", older teenage siblings Jacob (Jacob Derwig) and Marie (Halina Reijn) are led into the deep, dark woods by their father and then abandoned, left only with instructions to seek out their uncle in Spain.
As they skip, dash and stumble through the woods, mountains and an Old West ghost town on the way to Uncle's house, they encounter oddities and obstacles: A horny farmwife ravages John, and abundant farm animals (of varying degrees of symbolic importance) enliven their journey. When the roadside distractions dwindle, screenwriters van Warmerdam and Otakar Votocek heave in the ever-serviceable incest subplot, as Jacob and Marie rub-a-dub in the tub.
Eventually, J&M ramble into Spain, or as film-savvy viewers might notice, Bunuel-ville: Sadism, dead carcasses and a quick poke at the Catholic church are the aesthetic elements that are herein plundered. While his copycat filmmaking wears thin, van Warmerdam's musical skills brim: He's plucked and thumped a jaggedly pulsating musical track. Emulating "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" blues-ings, "Grimm"'s musical journey charts a deeper chord than the film's shallow narrative.
CHICAGO -- How do you say "Coen brothers" in Dutch? Stick a "van der" in front? Essentially, that's the name that could fit Dutch filmmaker Alex Van Warmerdam, who has cobbled out a Coen-ish comedy.
Arousing more than a few bursts of audience laughter at the Chicago International Film Festival, "Grimm" trips along on a twisted narrative course, previously charted by David Lynch and Luis Bunuel. While there are some hilarious peculiarities in this roadshow, "Grimm" is pretty much of a groan.
Crammed with derivative elements, it's a veritable primer on Surreal Comedy for Dummies, which, at a film festival, means there's a significant part of the audience who believe they've "discovered" originality. Dark humor, rancid imagery and anti-bourgeois philosophy are the Lynch-pins of the film's nebulous plot line.
Meandering out in a twisted variation on "Hansel and Gretel", older teenage siblings Jacob (Jacob Derwig) and Marie (Halina Reijn) are led into the deep, dark woods by their father and then abandoned, left only with instructions to seek out their uncle in Spain.
As they skip, dash and stumble through the woods, mountains and an Old West ghost town on the way to Uncle's house, they encounter oddities and obstacles: A horny farmwife ravages John, and abundant farm animals (of varying degrees of symbolic importance) enliven their journey. When the roadside distractions dwindle, screenwriters van Warmerdam and Otakar Votocek heave in the ever-serviceable incest subplot, as Jacob and Marie rub-a-dub in the tub.
Eventually, J&M ramble into Spain, or as film-savvy viewers might notice, Bunuel-ville: Sadism, dead carcasses and a quick poke at the Catholic church are the aesthetic elements that are herein plundered. While his copycat filmmaking wears thin, van Warmerdam's musical skills brim: He's plucked and thumped a jaggedly pulsating musical track. Emulating "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" blues-ings, "Grimm"'s musical journey charts a deeper chord than the film's shallow narrative.
- 7/9/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Big Bad Love
A smashing directorial debut by actor Arliss Howard in which he also plays the chronically smashed lead character, "Big Bad Love" is an underdog IFC Films release that opens today in New York and March 9 in Los Angeles. The film premiered at last year's Festival de Cannes and also screened at Toronto, where it failed to pick up any awards or much critical support.
While joining the shortlist of good films about inebriated writers, "Love" may not equally intoxicate all moviegoers who stumble upon it in limited release. But from the performances and the cinematography to the outstanding soundtrack and unconventional narrative, the film is blazingly alive and admirable on many levels.
Written by Howard and his brother James Howard and based on the short stories of Larry Brown, set in the specific north Mississippi hill country, "Love" also marks the return of Debra Winger, both as producer and co-star, after a six-year absence from the screen. Howard and Winger are married in real life, but in the film, they credibly portray divorced parents of two young children.
Showing that she's lost none of her skills and willingness to explore dark material, Winger, however, is not onscreen that much in a scenario that plays for long stretches like a one-man circus of misery. "Love" dips into its bluesy, hazy world with perhaps its least accomplished montage. Passed out in the bathtub in his clothes, dreaming of making love, manic writer Barlow (Howard) is simultaneously receiving in the mailbox an armful of rejected manuscripts. After the opening credits, he's awoken by best friend and fellow Vietnam veteran Monroe (Paul Le Mat) for another day of drinking beer and thinking about work.
Painting houses with skill and one side of a boxcar with artistry, writing stories about his fractured lifestyle, plunging into fights in bars, Barlow is both sympathetic and majorly flawed. He's in such a daze that it's amazing he gets anything accomplished, but his backwoods soulfulness keeps him focused on a writing career, even if his biggest supporter -- former spouse Marilyn (Winger) -- also has a restraining order against him.
Another helpful presence in Barlow's life is a young lawman (Alex Van) who early on looks the other way when Monroe and the lead are driving very drunk. Later, their bad behavior behind the wheel has a part in a roadway calamity that seriously injures Monroe. Barlow's family is represented by his well-heeled, critical mother (Angie Dickinson), while Monroe marries his heart's desire (Rosanna Arquette).
It's the death of his long-incurably sick daughter that has a lasting impact on Barlow, as well as finally getting an acceptance letter from an (in his mind sexy) woman editor. In front of the camera, Howard seems born to play the character, like Mickey Rourke in "Barfly". His scenes with Le Mat, in a career-highlight role, are often humorous, which helps balance out the film's many shades of morose. Winger has several short, poignant scenes that more than illuminate the turbulent depths of her character, but "Love" is much more than just another tale of an artist's struggle and redemption.
Throughout "Love", Howard adventurously mixes Barlow's dreams and fantasies with the drunken life he leads. He tries and pulls off some marvelously cinematic sequences. Of course, sobering doesn't begin to describe the ultimately hopeful journey Barlow makes, but it helps that the music is loaded with such "hard blues" gems as Kenny Brown's "Boxcar Blues", R.L. Burnside's "Everything Is Broken" and Tom Waits' "Long Way Home", one of two original songs he contributed.
BIG BAD LOVE
IFC Films
A Pieface/Rocking S production
Director: Arliss Howard
Screenwriters: James Howard, Arliss Howard
Producer: Debra Winger
Executive producers: Manfred Wilde, Barry Navidi, Arliss Howard, Debra Winger
Director of photography: Paul Ryan
Production/costume designer: Patricia Norris
Editor: Jay Rabinowitz
Casting: Penny Perry
Color/stereo
Cast:
Barlow: Arliss Howard
Marilyn: Debra Winger
Monroe: Paul Le Mat
Velma: Rosanna Arquette
Mrs. Barlow: Angie Dickinson
Deputy: Alex Van
Mr. Aaron: Michael Parks
Running time -- 110 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
While joining the shortlist of good films about inebriated writers, "Love" may not equally intoxicate all moviegoers who stumble upon it in limited release. But from the performances and the cinematography to the outstanding soundtrack and unconventional narrative, the film is blazingly alive and admirable on many levels.
Written by Howard and his brother James Howard and based on the short stories of Larry Brown, set in the specific north Mississippi hill country, "Love" also marks the return of Debra Winger, both as producer and co-star, after a six-year absence from the screen. Howard and Winger are married in real life, but in the film, they credibly portray divorced parents of two young children.
Showing that she's lost none of her skills and willingness to explore dark material, Winger, however, is not onscreen that much in a scenario that plays for long stretches like a one-man circus of misery. "Love" dips into its bluesy, hazy world with perhaps its least accomplished montage. Passed out in the bathtub in his clothes, dreaming of making love, manic writer Barlow (Howard) is simultaneously receiving in the mailbox an armful of rejected manuscripts. After the opening credits, he's awoken by best friend and fellow Vietnam veteran Monroe (Paul Le Mat) for another day of drinking beer and thinking about work.
Painting houses with skill and one side of a boxcar with artistry, writing stories about his fractured lifestyle, plunging into fights in bars, Barlow is both sympathetic and majorly flawed. He's in such a daze that it's amazing he gets anything accomplished, but his backwoods soulfulness keeps him focused on a writing career, even if his biggest supporter -- former spouse Marilyn (Winger) -- also has a restraining order against him.
Another helpful presence in Barlow's life is a young lawman (Alex Van) who early on looks the other way when Monroe and the lead are driving very drunk. Later, their bad behavior behind the wheel has a part in a roadway calamity that seriously injures Monroe. Barlow's family is represented by his well-heeled, critical mother (Angie Dickinson), while Monroe marries his heart's desire (Rosanna Arquette).
It's the death of his long-incurably sick daughter that has a lasting impact on Barlow, as well as finally getting an acceptance letter from an (in his mind sexy) woman editor. In front of the camera, Howard seems born to play the character, like Mickey Rourke in "Barfly". His scenes with Le Mat, in a career-highlight role, are often humorous, which helps balance out the film's many shades of morose. Winger has several short, poignant scenes that more than illuminate the turbulent depths of her character, but "Love" is much more than just another tale of an artist's struggle and redemption.
Throughout "Love", Howard adventurously mixes Barlow's dreams and fantasies with the drunken life he leads. He tries and pulls off some marvelously cinematic sequences. Of course, sobering doesn't begin to describe the ultimately hopeful journey Barlow makes, but it helps that the music is loaded with such "hard blues" gems as Kenny Brown's "Boxcar Blues", R.L. Burnside's "Everything Is Broken" and Tom Waits' "Long Way Home", one of two original songs he contributed.
BIG BAD LOVE
IFC Films
A Pieface/Rocking S production
Director: Arliss Howard
Screenwriters: James Howard, Arliss Howard
Producer: Debra Winger
Executive producers: Manfred Wilde, Barry Navidi, Arliss Howard, Debra Winger
Director of photography: Paul Ryan
Production/costume designer: Patricia Norris
Editor: Jay Rabinowitz
Casting: Penny Perry
Color/stereo
Cast:
Barlow: Arliss Howard
Marilyn: Debra Winger
Monroe: Paul Le Mat
Velma: Rosanna Arquette
Mrs. Barlow: Angie Dickinson
Deputy: Alex Van
Mr. Aaron: Michael Parks
Running time -- 110 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
- 2/25/2002
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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