Structured like a play and filmed in inky black and white, actor Mark O’Brien’s feature directorial debut The Righteous is a dialogue-driven examination of grief, responsibility and penance. The film follows Frederic Mason (Henry Czerny), a former priest who left the brotherhood to marry Ethel (Mimi Kuzyk) and raise a little girl. Ethel is devout […]
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- 6/10/2022
- by Joe Lipsett
- bloody-disgusting.com
Mark O’Brien makes an impressive filmmaking debut as writer, director and star of The Righteous (alongside Henry Czerny and Mimi Kuzyk), heading to Arrow on June 10th. As the subject of our latest Q&a, O'Brien talks about the film's black and white cinematography, its influences, and what's next!
The Righteous is a gorgeous film and one of its most striking elements is the use of black and white cinematography. What was the purpose behind the bold aesthetic?
This film appeared to me in black and white the day I began writing it. It was a natural progression from the words on the page, to the images in my head. The story is really about a man’s subconsciousness, what’s underneath, beneath the surface, psychologically. To me, our subconsciousness is murky and indecipherable. Color would bring too much reality and understanding to this story, which our lead character is lacking.
The Righteous is a gorgeous film and one of its most striking elements is the use of black and white cinematography. What was the purpose behind the bold aesthetic?
This film appeared to me in black and white the day I began writing it. It was a natural progression from the words on the page, to the images in my head. The story is really about a man’s subconsciousness, what’s underneath, beneath the surface, psychologically. To me, our subconsciousness is murky and indecipherable. Color would bring too much reality and understanding to this story, which our lead character is lacking.
- 6/9/2022
- by Caitlin Kennedy
- DailyDead
Mark O’Brien’s debut feature is more meditative than scary but is electrified by subtle performances, including his own
The marketing – poster, trailer and the like – for this monochrome low-budget feature is selling The Righteous like it’s a horror film. It’s all dark figures lurking in the murk, ominous, droning synth music and lots of talk of sin, suggesting it issues from the horror subgenre that’s soaked in a Catholic mindset: God v Satan, crime and punishment and, aptly given the cinematography here, black and white morality. But while this feature debut for writer-director-co-star Mark O’Brien is certainly suffused with uncanny dread, it’s much more thoughtful and meditative than it is scary, and barely supernatural until the end. This slipperiness really works in the film’s favour, and suggests that O’Brien, who also gives a tremendous performance here, has proper, big boy directing talent.
The marketing – poster, trailer and the like – for this monochrome low-budget feature is selling The Righteous like it’s a horror film. It’s all dark figures lurking in the murk, ominous, droning synth music and lots of talk of sin, suggesting it issues from the horror subgenre that’s soaked in a Catholic mindset: God v Satan, crime and punishment and, aptly given the cinematography here, black and white morality. But while this feature debut for writer-director-co-star Mark O’Brien is certainly suffused with uncanny dread, it’s much more thoughtful and meditative than it is scary, and barely supernatural until the end. This slipperiness really works in the film’s favour, and suggests that O’Brien, who also gives a tremendous performance here, has proper, big boy directing talent.
- 6/7/2022
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Guardian - Film News
Digital Release Announced for So Vam: "Distribution Solutions, a division of Alliance Entertainment, announces the Digital release of Mutiny Pictures’ So Vam coming June 21, 2022. The queer horror is impressively co-written, produced, and directed by then 16-year-old Alice Maio Mackay, a young trans filmmaker in her feature debut!
Kurt is a high school outcast in a conservative town who dreams of moving to the city to be a famous drag queen. When he is kidnapped by a predatory old vampire and attacked, he is rescued just in time by a gang of rebellious vampires who feed on bigots and abusers. As a
vampire, he finally knows empowerment and belonging. However, his killer is still out there, creating new minions with their own rotten
hatred and threatening all that he loves. Until Kurt faces the monster, he will never truly be free. But, this time, he need not face it alone.
The...
Kurt is a high school outcast in a conservative town who dreams of moving to the city to be a famous drag queen. When he is kidnapped by a predatory old vampire and attacked, he is rescued just in time by a gang of rebellious vampires who feed on bigots and abusers. As a
vampire, he finally knows empowerment and belonging. However, his killer is still out there, creating new minions with their own rotten
hatred and threatening all that he loves. Until Kurt faces the monster, he will never truly be free. But, this time, he need not face it alone.
The...
- 5/18/2022
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Watch the Trailer for The Righteous: "Arrow Films have unveiled the official trailer for the extraordinary chiller The Righteous, an award-winning standout on the genre festival circuit. Arrow Films is planning a June 10th digital release in the UK, US and Eire on Arrow, the brand's SVOD service.
This first feature from director-actor-writer Mark O’Brien is a dark chiller about a burdened man who feels the wrath of a vengeful God, after he and his wife are visited by a mysterious stranger. The film stars O'Brien, Henry Czerny and Mimi Kuzyk.
The Righteous was produced by Mark O’Neill and Allison White. Executive producers Marc Hamou, Walter Lawlor, David Miller and Mark O’Brien.
The Righteous had its World Premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival in 2021, winning the Cheval Noir and Silver Award, and has since gone on to win a Bloodie at the 2021 Blood in the Snow Film Festival,...
This first feature from director-actor-writer Mark O’Brien is a dark chiller about a burdened man who feels the wrath of a vengeful God, after he and his wife are visited by a mysterious stranger. The film stars O'Brien, Henry Czerny and Mimi Kuzyk.
The Righteous was produced by Mark O’Neill and Allison White. Executive producers Marc Hamou, Walter Lawlor, David Miller and Mark O’Brien.
The Righteous had its World Premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival in 2021, winning the Cheval Noir and Silver Award, and has since gone on to win a Bloodie at the 2021 Blood in the Snow Film Festival,...
- 5/3/2022
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Arrow Films revealed the trailer for Canadian chiller The Righteous, the debut feature film from Mark O'Brien. The award winning film and Canadian Screen Award nominated film had its world premiere at Fantasia last Summer and will debut on the Arrow Player on June 10th. A unique and darkly engaging spiritual thriller, strikingly shot in black and white, The Righteous tells the story of Frederic (Henry Czerny) a grieving man struggling with his faith, who helps an injured young man, Aaron Smith (Mark O’Brien) who stumbles onto his property one night, claiming to be lost in the woods. Frederic and his wife (Mimi Kuzyk) invite the man to stay for the night, but Frederic soon begins to have doubts about this enigmatic stranger’s story...
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- 5/3/2022
- Screen Anarchy
The Righteous opens with the funeral of a young girl. Her mourning adopted parents, an ex-priest and his wife, still maintain active ties with the biological mother. There is an awkward visit in the family living room, adorned with many pictures of the deceased child. Doris (Kate Corbett in perpetually running mascara), the somewhat dim, jittery mother, a young woman clearly aging faster than she should by working dead-end jobs and living in poverty, gave up raising her child, likely for mental health reasons. The pressure to be polite and accommodating, by Frederic (Henry Czerny) and Ethel (Mimi Kuzyk), in this socially fraught situation, where the all around pain is this raw is uncomfortable to watch, even as it gives off unquestionably Canadian vibes. Doris...
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- 4/23/2022
- Screen Anarchy
Arrow Films To Release Mark O’Brien’s Hotly-Tipped Debut Chiller The Righteous in the US and the UK From Director/Actor Mark O’Brien and Starring Henry Czerny & Mimi Kuzyk The Righteous Set for Release in Summer 2022 London, UK — Arrow Films announced that they have acquired distribution rights in the UK, Eire, and the US …
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- 1/26/2022
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
Alternative streaming service Arrow, the home for all things cult, art, horror and world cinema, has snapped up Mark O’Brien’s debut feature “The Righteous.”
Having acquired the film’s U.K., Eire and U.S. rights and Canadian home entertainment rights, Arrow will roll out a digital release in the U.K. U.S. and Eire this summer as well as a deluxe collector’s edition Blu-ray in the U.K., U.S., Canada and Eire under the Arrow Video brand.
The film will be released theatrically and on digital in Canada this summer by Vortex Media.
Starring O’Brien (“Marriage Story”), Henry Czerny (Mission: Impossible franchise) and Mimi Kuzyk (“Private Eyes”), “The Righteous” is a a psychological horror about “a burdened man feels the wrath of a vengeful God after he and his wife are visited by a mysterious stranger.”
The film first premiered at the 2021 Fantasia International...
Having acquired the film’s U.K., Eire and U.S. rights and Canadian home entertainment rights, Arrow will roll out a digital release in the U.K. U.S. and Eire this summer as well as a deluxe collector’s edition Blu-ray in the U.K., U.S., Canada and Eire under the Arrow Video brand.
The film will be released theatrically and on digital in Canada this summer by Vortex Media.
Starring O’Brien (“Marriage Story”), Henry Czerny (Mission: Impossible franchise) and Mimi Kuzyk (“Private Eyes”), “The Righteous” is a a psychological horror about “a burdened man feels the wrath of a vengeful God after he and his wife are visited by a mysterious stranger.”
The film first premiered at the 2021 Fantasia International...
- 1/24/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Fantasia Review: Mark O’Brien’s Directorial Debut The Righteous is a Brooding, Murky Acting Showcase
After helming a number of shorts over the years, Canadian actor Mark O’Brien—who has appeared in major mainstream films like Arrival, Bad Times at the El Royale, and Marriage Story, and had a recurring role on the AMC series Halt and Catch Fire—makes his feature directorial debut with The Righteous. The film, shot entirely in brooding black-and-white, follows ex-priest Frederick Mason as he and his wife Ethel (Mimi Kuzyk) are struck by the tragic, accidental loss of their adopted daughter. “Have you ever considered that you aren’t even with God?” Frederick questions of his local priest following his daughter’s funeral, portending both the ensuing plot and method by which such thematic questions are to be answered. Though The Righteous works best by showcasing the acting skills of its talented cast, it’s ultimately bogged down by its literalist, overly verbose approach to spiritual atonement.
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- 8/18/2021
- by Brianna Zigler
- The Film Stage
The Righteous tells the story of a peculiar stranger that visits the home of a former priest and his wife. The priest had left the church in the hopes of starting a family, only to have tragedy strike when his young daughter is killed. The lonely couple are content but plagued with the grief of what was lost. When a young stranger arrives, the man and woman give him shelter. What follows is a series of unexpected turns and a twist of the knife in exposing the real cause of the priest’s loss of faith. Sins are laid bare.
Mark O’Brien makes an impressive filmmaking debut as writer, director and star of The Righteous alongside Henry Czerny (Ready Or Not) and Mimi Kuzyk.
With its rich, black and white cinematography and haunting design The Righteous is an exercise in atmosphere. The film’s moody aesthetic and shadowy presence makes...
Mark O’Brien makes an impressive filmmaking debut as writer, director and star of The Righteous alongside Henry Czerny (Ready Or Not) and Mimi Kuzyk.
With its rich, black and white cinematography and haunting design The Righteous is an exercise in atmosphere. The film’s moody aesthetic and shadowy presence makes...
- 8/18/2021
- by Caitlin Kennedy
- DailyDead
Frederic (Henry Czerny), a former priest, is always watching the skies. About halfway through Mark O’Brien’s uneasy little fable, he’s asked about his thoughts on the Devil. But it’s not the Devil he fears. It’s God.
In the earliest texts of the Abrahamic religions, there is no Devil as he’s thought of today. There doesn’t need to be. God is recognised as terrible in His wrath, and for a good number of those who study this theology as well as adhering to it, this remains the case. After all, it is not the Devil who will ultimately cast Judgement, not the Devil who will unleash the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Free will, Frederic notes, allows us to choose our own paths; if we fall into temptation, that is our own responsibility.
Frederic is in a dark place when this film opens. He and...
In the earliest texts of the Abrahamic religions, there is no Devil as he’s thought of today. There doesn’t need to be. God is recognised as terrible in His wrath, and for a good number of those who study this theology as well as adhering to it, this remains the case. After all, it is not the Devil who will ultimately cast Judgement, not the Devil who will unleash the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Free will, Frederic notes, allows us to choose our own paths; if we fall into temptation, that is our own responsibility.
Frederic is in a dark place when this film opens. He and...
- 8/17/2021
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Stars: Henry Czerny, Mimi Kuzyk, Mark O’Brien | Written and Directed by Mark O’Brien
The hype for The Righteous, actor Mark O’Brien’s feature debut as a writer and director, was certainly being cranked up to eleven ahead of its premiere at this years’ Fantasia. The festival’s publicity going as far as comparing it to Night of the Hunter and Passolini’s Teorema before saying it was “destined to become a Canadian horror classic”.
Those kinds of claims raise some high expectations. The kind of expectations that are hard for any film, let alone a debut feature, to live up to. The kind that can hurt a film that’s good, even excellent, but not a new masterpiece. Can The Righteous live up to the claims being made for it?
Shot in stunning black and white, The Righteous begins at the sparsely attended funeral of the daughter of Frederic and Ethel Mason.
The hype for The Righteous, actor Mark O’Brien’s feature debut as a writer and director, was certainly being cranked up to eleven ahead of its premiere at this years’ Fantasia. The festival’s publicity going as far as comparing it to Night of the Hunter and Passolini’s Teorema before saying it was “destined to become a Canadian horror classic”.
Those kinds of claims raise some high expectations. The kind of expectations that are hard for any film, let alone a debut feature, to live up to. The kind that can hurt a film that’s good, even excellent, but not a new masterpiece. Can The Righteous live up to the claims being made for it?
Shot in stunning black and white, The Righteous begins at the sparsely attended funeral of the daughter of Frederic and Ethel Mason.
- 8/16/2021
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
Exclusive: City on a Hill star Mark O’Brien is directing his first feature-length project The Righteous, a psychological horror which he also wrote and stars in alongside Mimi Kuzyk and Henry Czerny.
Currently filming in the director’s hometown, Newfoundland, Canada, the pic follows a burdened man who feels the wrath of a vengeful God after he and his wife are visited by a mysterious stranger.
Mark O’Neill of Panoramic Pictures is producing the pic, with executive producers David Miller, Allison White, and Marc Hamou.
O’Brien was recently seen on the big screen in Fox Searchlight’s Ready or Not and will appear in Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story, which will be released on Netflix. He also just completed filming on Justin Chon’s Blue Bayou drama opposite Alicia Vikander. Other credits include AMC’s Halt and Catch Fire,...
Currently filming in the director’s hometown, Newfoundland, Canada, the pic follows a burdened man who feels the wrath of a vengeful God after he and his wife are visited by a mysterious stranger.
Mark O’Neill of Panoramic Pictures is producing the pic, with executive producers David Miller, Allison White, and Marc Hamou.
O’Brien was recently seen on the big screen in Fox Searchlight’s Ready or Not and will appear in Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story, which will be released on Netflix. He also just completed filming on Justin Chon’s Blue Bayou drama opposite Alicia Vikander. Other credits include AMC’s Halt and Catch Fire,...
- 12/2/2019
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
They're watching you, and now you can watch them, too. Ion TV has picked up the Private Eyes TV show from Entertainment One. The Canadian TV series stars Jason Priestly and and Cindy Sampson. Barry Flatman, Jordyn Negri, Clé Bennett, and Ennis Esmer recur. Guest stars include Nicole De Boer, Mimi Kuzyk, Adam Copeland, Doug Gilmour, Daniel Negreanu, and Kardinal Offishal guest star.A private investigation comedy-drama, Private Eyes hails from eOne in association with Corus Entertainment. Showrunners Shawn Piller and Alan McCullough executive produce the Ion TV show with eOne's John Morayniss and Tecca, as well as Lloyd Segan for Piller/Segan, Priestley, James Thorpe and, Tassie Cameron. The series has been renewed through season two in Canada.Read More…...
- 3/27/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Despite being at work on his latest film, Special Correspondents, Ricky Gervais took a moment out for a cast photo showing off his new ensemble. And with that, brought word that Vera Farmiga, America Ferrera, Kelly Macdonald, Bill Lake, Kevin Pollak, Mimi Kuzyk, Raúl Castillo, Meghan Heffern, Ari Cohen and Benjamin Bratt are on board. Gervais has written and is directing the film, which finds Bana as a Manhattan-based radio journalist who enjoys privileged status but has slowly being undoing himself thanks to arrogance and his decadent lifestyle. When his bosses decide they’ve had enough, he volunteers to report from the front lines of a conflict – only to fake the dispatches from his hideout above a Spanish restaurant in the heart of the Big Apple, aided and abetted by his technician sidekick, played by Gervais.Filming has been underway since last month in Toronto and will finish in New...
- 6/7/2015
- EmpireOnline
The things we do for fashion!
"After the Ball" is a modern-day fairy tale set in the world of fashion, starring Portia Doubleday ("Youth in Revolt," "Her") Marc-André Grondin ("Goon"), Chris Noth ("Sex and the City"), Lauren Holly ("Dumb & Dumber), Mimi Kuzyk, and Carlo Rota. The light-hearted movie is directed by Sean Garrity ("My Awkward Sexual Adventure").
"After the Ball," which features elements of "Cinderella" and "Twelfth Night," takes place in the contemporary fashion industry. Kate's (Doubleday) dream is to design for couturier houses. Although she's a bright new talent, she can't get a job. No one trusts the daughter of Lee Kassell (Noth), a retail guru who markets clothes "inspired" by the very designers Kate wants to work for. Who wants a spy among the sequins and stilettos?
Reluctantly, Kate joins the family business where she must navigate around her duplicitous stepmother (Holly) and two "wicked" stepsisters. With the...
"After the Ball" is a modern-day fairy tale set in the world of fashion, starring Portia Doubleday ("Youth in Revolt," "Her") Marc-André Grondin ("Goon"), Chris Noth ("Sex and the City"), Lauren Holly ("Dumb & Dumber), Mimi Kuzyk, and Carlo Rota. The light-hearted movie is directed by Sean Garrity ("My Awkward Sexual Adventure").
"After the Ball," which features elements of "Cinderella" and "Twelfth Night," takes place in the contemporary fashion industry. Kate's (Doubleday) dream is to design for couturier houses. Although she's a bright new talent, she can't get a job. No one trusts the daughter of Lee Kassell (Noth), a retail guru who markets clothes "inspired" by the very designers Kate wants to work for. Who wants a spy among the sequins and stilettos?
Reluctantly, Kate joins the family business where she must navigate around her duplicitous stepmother (Holly) and two "wicked" stepsisters. With the...
- 1/9/2015
- by Chris Jancelewicz
- Moviefone
Telefilm Canada has confirmed its financial support of nearly $13 million of Canadian tax payers' money towards the production of nine English-language feature films through the 'Canada Feature Film Fund', although there doesn't seem to be anything culturally 'Canadian' about most of their selections, other than the crews that will be working on them.
Among the films receiving money include a psycho horror with a demonic 'Santa Claus', a bio pic about a former Queen of Sweden, the 'relationship' between 'James Dean' and a photographer, a thriller involving a Satanic child abuse sex ring, and an inflatable Sex Doll drug smuggling story:
The films are "After the Ball" (Sean Garrity), "A Christmas Horror Story" (Steven Hoban, Grant Harvey, Brett Sullivan), "Aloft" (Claudia Llosa), "A Worthy Companion" (Jason Sanchez, Carlos Sanchez), "Life" (Anton Corbijn), "Regression" (Alejandro Amenabar), "Rest Home" (Michael Rowe), "The Girl King" (Mika Kaurismäki) and "Zoom" (Pedro Morelli...
Among the films receiving money include a psycho horror with a demonic 'Santa Claus', a bio pic about a former Queen of Sweden, the 'relationship' between 'James Dean' and a photographer, a thriller involving a Satanic child abuse sex ring, and an inflatable Sex Doll drug smuggling story:
The films are "After the Ball" (Sean Garrity), "A Christmas Horror Story" (Steven Hoban, Grant Harvey, Brett Sullivan), "Aloft" (Claudia Llosa), "A Worthy Companion" (Jason Sanchez, Carlos Sanchez), "Life" (Anton Corbijn), "Regression" (Alejandro Amenabar), "Rest Home" (Michael Rowe), "The Girl King" (Mika Kaurismäki) and "Zoom" (Pedro Morelli...
- 6/21/2014
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Principal photography has begun in Montreal on the modern-day fairy tale set in the world of fashion. Myriad Pictures handles world sales and will introduce in Cannes.
Portia Doubleday, Marc-André Grondin, Chris Noth, Lauren Holly (pictured), Mimi Kuzyk and Carlo Rota star in the project, described as Cinderella meets Twelfth Night.
Le Château is working in collaboration with costume designer Mario Davignon to provide wardrobe for the story of an aspiring designer who battles with duplicitous relatives at the family business.
Sean Garrity directs the story and Don Carmody, Robin Crumley, Gabriella Martinelli and Jane Silverstone Segal produce. Jason Sherman and Kate Melville co-wrote the screenplay.
Pacific Northwest Pictures will distribute the film in Canada.
“We are excited to be working with Don and Gabriella on this charming project with Sean at the helm,” said Myriad CEO Kirk D’Amico.
“He is a very talented director and the perfect fit for this material. We can’t wait...
Portia Doubleday, Marc-André Grondin, Chris Noth, Lauren Holly (pictured), Mimi Kuzyk and Carlo Rota star in the project, described as Cinderella meets Twelfth Night.
Le Château is working in collaboration with costume designer Mario Davignon to provide wardrobe for the story of an aspiring designer who battles with duplicitous relatives at the family business.
Sean Garrity directs the story and Don Carmody, Robin Crumley, Gabriella Martinelli and Jane Silverstone Segal produce. Jason Sherman and Kate Melville co-wrote the screenplay.
Pacific Northwest Pictures will distribute the film in Canada.
“We are excited to be working with Don and Gabriella on this charming project with Sean at the helm,” said Myriad CEO Kirk D’Amico.
“He is a very talented director and the perfect fit for this material. We can’t wait...
- 4/14/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
DVD Playhouse—November 2011
By Allen Gardner
Tree Of Life (20th Century Fox) Terrence Malick’s latest effort is both the best film of 2011 and the finest work of his (arguably) mixed, but often masterly canon. A series of vignettes, mostly set in 1950s Texas, capture the memory of a man (Sean Penn) in present-day New York who looks back on his life, and his parents’ (Brad Pitt, Jessica Chastain) troubled marriage, when word of his younger brother’s suicide reaches him. Almost indescribable beyond that, except to say no other film in history so perfectly evokes the magic and mystery of the human memory, which both crystalizes (and sometimes idealizes) the past. Like Stanley Kubrick’s 2001, this is a challenging, polarizing work that you must let wash over you. If you go along for the ride, you’re in for a unique, rewarding cinematic experience. Also available on Blu-ray disc.
By Allen Gardner
Tree Of Life (20th Century Fox) Terrence Malick’s latest effort is both the best film of 2011 and the finest work of his (arguably) mixed, but often masterly canon. A series of vignettes, mostly set in 1950s Texas, capture the memory of a man (Sean Penn) in present-day New York who looks back on his life, and his parents’ (Brad Pitt, Jessica Chastain) troubled marriage, when word of his younger brother’s suicide reaches him. Almost indescribable beyond that, except to say no other film in history so perfectly evokes the magic and mystery of the human memory, which both crystalizes (and sometimes idealizes) the past. Like Stanley Kubrick’s 2001, this is a challenging, polarizing work that you must let wash over you. If you go along for the ride, you’re in for a unique, rewarding cinematic experience. Also available on Blu-ray disc.
- 11/25/2011
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
DVD Playhouse—March 2011
By
Allen Gardner
127 Hours (20th Century Fox) Harrowing true story of Aron Ralston (James Franco, in another fine turn), an extreme outdoorsman who finds himself trapped in a remote Utah canyon, his arm pinned between two boulders, with no help nearby, no communication to the outside world, and dim prospects for survival, to say the least. Director Danny Boyle manages to prove again that he’s one of the finest filmmakers working today by making a subject that is seemingly uncinematic a true example of pure cinema. Inventive, breathtaking, funny, and horrifying, often all at once. Amber Tamblyn and Kate Mara make a memorable, brief appearance as hikers who connect with Ralston during his journey. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Commentary by Boyle, producer Christian Colson, co-writer Simon Beaufoy; Deleted scenes; Featurettes. Widescreen. Dolby and DTS-hd 5.1 surround.
Amarcord (Criterion) Federico Fellini’s Oscar-winning, autobiographical classic might...
By
Allen Gardner
127 Hours (20th Century Fox) Harrowing true story of Aron Ralston (James Franco, in another fine turn), an extreme outdoorsman who finds himself trapped in a remote Utah canyon, his arm pinned between two boulders, with no help nearby, no communication to the outside world, and dim prospects for survival, to say the least. Director Danny Boyle manages to prove again that he’s one of the finest filmmakers working today by making a subject that is seemingly uncinematic a true example of pure cinema. Inventive, breathtaking, funny, and horrifying, often all at once. Amber Tamblyn and Kate Mara make a memorable, brief appearance as hikers who connect with Ralston during his journey. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Commentary by Boyle, producer Christian Colson, co-writer Simon Beaufoy; Deleted scenes; Featurettes. Widescreen. Dolby and DTS-hd 5.1 surround.
Amarcord (Criterion) Federico Fellini’s Oscar-winning, autobiographical classic might...
- 3/1/2011
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
A few days ago, it has been confirmed that the Canadian TV series Xiii began production. Now, the identity of the ensemble cast's members - besides Stuart Townsend, Virginie Ledoyen and Caterina Murino - has been announced. Moreover, don't expect to see some returning faces if you saw the two-parts TV film Xiii: The Conspiracy.
Speaking about those who will return, we'll see Stephen McHattie, as Ben Carrington; Greg Bryk, as Colonel John Amos.
As for the new faces, there will be Stuart Townsend, who replaces Stephen Dorff in the titular role. Aisha Tyler will replace Lucinda Davis as Major Janet Jones, Xiii's love interest. Other new faces include Paulino Nunes as Frank Giordino, the head of the CIA who is determined to bring down Xiii.
This is the information we have for the moment, and more informations will come. The TV series will be broadcasted on Showcase and CanalPlus,...
Speaking about those who will return, we'll see Stephen McHattie, as Ben Carrington; Greg Bryk, as Colonel John Amos.
As for the new faces, there will be Stuart Townsend, who replaces Stephen Dorff in the titular role. Aisha Tyler will replace Lucinda Davis as Major Janet Jones, Xiii's love interest. Other new faces include Paulino Nunes as Frank Giordino, the head of the CIA who is determined to bring down Xiii.
This is the information we have for the moment, and more informations will come. The TV series will be broadcasted on Showcase and CanalPlus,...
- 9/27/2010
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
Yesterday in Toronto, production began on the first season of the upcoming Canadian TV series Xiii. This series based on a comic book created by Jean Van Hamme and William Vance will take place after the events in the two-parts TV film Xiii: The Conspiracy. Moreover, Xiii: The Series will be aired in 2011 on Showcase and CanalPlus, which are two cable networks respectively from Canada and France.
In the two-parts TV film, the first U.S. female president (Mimi Kuzyk) had been assassinated by a sniper during her Veterans Day speech. While the USA's secret services is hot on his heels, the assassin manages to escape. A few weeks after these events, an elderly couple discover the body of an amnesic man wearing a parachute. This man has the number "Xiii" tatooed on his neck. Since he has been designated as the prime suspect in the assassination of the president,...
In the two-parts TV film, the first U.S. female president (Mimi Kuzyk) had been assassinated by a sniper during her Veterans Day speech. While the USA's secret services is hot on his heels, the assassin manages to escape. A few weeks after these events, an elderly couple discover the body of an amnesic man wearing a parachute. This man has the number "Xiii" tatooed on his neck. Since he has been designated as the prime suspect in the assassination of the president,...
- 9/14/2010
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
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