Lola Petticrew and Julia Louis-Dreyfus in TuesdayPhoto: A24
Tuesday has everything one could possibly expect from an A24 movie: the painfully tense mother-daughter relationship of Lady Bird; the weird, animal-related body horror of The Lobster and Tusk; the tender, preemptive last moments spent with a cancer patient of The Farewell...
Tuesday has everything one could possibly expect from an A24 movie: the painfully tense mother-daughter relationship of Lady Bird; the weird, animal-related body horror of The Lobster and Tusk; the tender, preemptive last moments spent with a cancer patient of The Farewell...
- 6/5/2024
- by Emma Keates
- avclub.com
If you’re quirk-averse, you might be immediately put off by a cursory description of Daina Oniunas-Pusić’s debut feature, Tuesday, in which Julia Louis-Dreyfus confronts death in the form of a shape-shifting, talking macaw. But from the distressing and immersive opening scenes, it’s clear Tuesday is an unsettling and bold vision that rewards a viewer willing to sit through some flaws (and some cringe).
In the opening sequence (reminiscent of both Enter the Void and Wings of Desire) the Macaw (voiced and performed on set by Arinze Kene) appears to a handful of poor souls on the edge of death after hearing their pleas over an oppressive din. He ends their lives with the wave of a mangey, heavy wing. The Macaw’s eyes are clouded, and he moves from a parking lot to a living room to an alley with a weary inexorability that is, frankly, frightening.
In the opening sequence (reminiscent of both Enter the Void and Wings of Desire) the Macaw (voiced and performed on set by Arinze Kene) appears to a handful of poor souls on the edge of death after hearing their pleas over an oppressive din. He ends their lives with the wave of a mangey, heavy wing. The Macaw’s eyes are clouded, and he moves from a parking lot to a living room to an alley with a weary inexorability that is, frankly, frightening.
- 6/5/2024
- by Gabrielle Marceau
- The Film Stage
“Quoth the Raven ‘Nevermore.’” With those words, over a century and a half ago, Edgar Allen Poe cemented the iconography of the bird as a metaphor for death in pitch-black ink. Though “The Raven” has hatched many cinematic imitators (including the 1935 film starring Bela Lugosi that was “suggested” by it and the 1963 film by the late Roger that more explicitly adapted it), few have carried with them the crater-like sadness that pervades the narrative poem. And while it isn’t explicitly an adaptation of “The Raven,” Daina O. Pusić’s feature debut, Tuesday, feels the weight of death’s visitation in the form of a macaw, resulting in a film of tremendous emotion, spirit, and paradoxically restraint and ambition.
Pusić’s expansive zeal for confronting the subject of dying initially takes the form of placing us in the very head of Death (voiced by Arinzé Kene), which bursts with the voices of those,...
Pusić’s expansive zeal for confronting the subject of dying initially takes the form of placing us in the very head of Death (voiced by Arinzé Kene), which bursts with the voices of those,...
- 5/31/2024
- by Kyle Turner
- Slant Magazine
Exclusive: Idris and Sabrina Elba have set Halfway, a sci-fi thriller podcast at Audible with Lenny Henry, George Mackay, and Sex Education alum Patricia Allison as voice cast leads.
Written by Imeldha Eloni and Michael Honnah and directed by Holly Reddaway, Halfway examines a world in which AI is used to recreate the personalities of deceased loved ones for profit. The cast is rounded out by Arinzé Kene (Been So Long).
Halfway is the first audio drama executive produced by Idris and Sabrina Elba with S’Able Labs, from the scripted development project between the Elbas and Audible, launched to discover and support underrepresented writers.
The series begins with Florence, played by Patricia Allison, who is consumed by grief following the death of her brother, Mark (Arinzé Kene). A year after being declared missing, Mark is uploaded to Halfway, a service that aims to provide closure, consolation, and comfort to those...
Written by Imeldha Eloni and Michael Honnah and directed by Holly Reddaway, Halfway examines a world in which AI is used to recreate the personalities of deceased loved ones for profit. The cast is rounded out by Arinzé Kene (Been So Long).
Halfway is the first audio drama executive produced by Idris and Sabrina Elba with S’Able Labs, from the scripted development project between the Elbas and Audible, launched to discover and support underrepresented writers.
The series begins with Florence, played by Patricia Allison, who is consumed by grief following the death of her brother, Mark (Arinzé Kene). A year after being declared missing, Mark is uploaded to Halfway, a service that aims to provide closure, consolation, and comfort to those...
- 4/18/2024
- by Zac Ntim and Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Applications are now open for the 21st edition of Screen International’s Screen Stars of Tomorrow, our annual portfolio of new talent from the UK and Ireland.
The submissions window is open for one month, from March 6 to April 5, 2024.
Applications are open to UK and Irish citizens and long-term residents of either country. There is no upper or lower age limit, but applicants should be at an early stage in their film career, demonstrate exceptional promise and be ready to progress to the next level.
Applicants should use this Google Form and need to attach a brief bio, a headshot...
The submissions window is open for one month, from March 6 to April 5, 2024.
Applications are open to UK and Irish citizens and long-term residents of either country. There is no upper or lower age limit, but applicants should be at an early stage in their film career, demonstrate exceptional promise and be ready to progress to the next level.
Applicants should use this Google Form and need to attach a brief bio, a headshot...
- 3/6/2024
- ScreenDaily
The Queen’s Gambit’s Harry Melling and Blue Jean star Rosy McEwen have joined Caleb Landry-Jones in Greek filmmaker Athina Rachel Tsangari’s Harvest, as The Match Factory reveals a first look and launches sales at the European Film Market (EFM).
Further cast includes Arinzé Kene, Thalissa Teixeira and Frank Dillane.
Over seven hallucinatory days, a village with no name, in an undefined time, disappears. A townsman-turned-farmer and benevolent lord of the manor (Melling) are childhood friends about to face an invasion from the modernity of the outside world, in this neo-Western.
The feature was written by Joslyn Barnes and Tsangari,...
Further cast includes Arinzé Kene, Thalissa Teixeira and Frank Dillane.
Over seven hallucinatory days, a village with no name, in an undefined time, disappears. A townsman-turned-farmer and benevolent lord of the manor (Melling) are childhood friends about to face an invasion from the modernity of the outside world, in this neo-Western.
The feature was written by Joslyn Barnes and Tsangari,...
- 2/15/2024
- ScreenDaily
Death, masking as a talking parrot, helps Julia Louis-Dreyfus come to terms with an impending loss. Take a look at the Tuesday trailer.
The death we know from films and TV is usually a lanky fella, with a scythe and a bit of a frown. He means business and that business is death, he’s not a jolly fellow.
In Daina O. Pusic’s Tuesday, starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Lola Petticrew, death takes the form of a parrot.
Yes, you read that right.
Take a look at the first Tuesday trailer below.
It’s going to make us cry, isn’t it? The film looks absolutely heart-wrenching, but it’s also giving us strong A Monster Calls vibes with its fairytale-like, fantasy take on such a serious subject.
Tuesday was filmed in the UK in 2021 and went on to premiere at Telluride Film Festival and the BFI London Film Festival...
The death we know from films and TV is usually a lanky fella, with a scythe and a bit of a frown. He means business and that business is death, he’s not a jolly fellow.
In Daina O. Pusic’s Tuesday, starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Lola Petticrew, death takes the form of a parrot.
Yes, you read that right.
Take a look at the first Tuesday trailer below.
It’s going to make us cry, isn’t it? The film looks absolutely heart-wrenching, but it’s also giving us strong A Monster Calls vibes with its fairytale-like, fantasy take on such a serious subject.
Tuesday was filmed in the UK in 2021 and went on to premiere at Telluride Film Festival and the BFI London Film Festival...
- 1/26/2024
- by Maria Lattila
- Film Stories
Death takes many forms and in director Daina O. Pusić’s Tuesday, it comes in the form of a talking bird. A24’s official trailer shows 11-time Emmy Award winner Julia Louis-Dreyfus as a mother caring for her ill daughter while both attempt to come to terms with impending loss.
Lola Petticrew, Leah Harvey, and Arinzé Kene also star in the fantasy drama/comedy.
“Death makes Life worth living. Love makes loss worth bearing,” reads A24’s description. “A mother and her teenage daughter must confront Death when it arrives in the form of an astonishing talking bird. From debut filmmaker Daina O. Pusić, Tuesday is a heart-rending fairy tale about the echoes of loss and finding resilience in the unexpected.”
The film currently sits at 100% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes after premiering at the Telluride Film Festival. A24 hasn’t confirmed a premiere date, but is targeting a summer 2024 theatrical release.
Lola Petticrew, Leah Harvey, and Arinzé Kene also star in the fantasy drama/comedy.
“Death makes Life worth living. Love makes loss worth bearing,” reads A24’s description. “A mother and her teenage daughter must confront Death when it arrives in the form of an astonishing talking bird. From debut filmmaker Daina O. Pusić, Tuesday is a heart-rending fairy tale about the echoes of loss and finding resilience in the unexpected.”
The film currently sits at 100% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes after premiering at the Telluride Film Festival. A24 hasn’t confirmed a premiere date, but is targeting a summer 2024 theatrical release.
- 1/26/2024
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Death has taken many forms in media over the decades — from a Norm MacDonald-voiced Grim Reaper in Family Guy to an anthropologically-minded Brad Pitt in Meet Joe Black — but no depiction is quite like in Tuesday. For the first trailer of the upcoming film, Julia Louis-Dreyfus has the ominous fate appear in the form of a shape-shifting, gravelly-voiced talking parrot.
“Madam, you need to say goodbye to your daughter,” Death warns Louis-Dreyfus.
The latest film from A24 is shaping up to be a tear-jerking drama as Lola Petticrew plays...
“Madam, you need to say goodbye to your daughter,” Death warns Louis-Dreyfus.
The latest film from A24 is shaping up to be a tear-jerking drama as Lola Petticrew plays...
- 1/26/2024
- by Ethan Millman
- Rollingstone.com
Julia Louis-Dreyfus processes the imminent death of her daughter with the help of a talking parrot in the trailer for A24’s Tuesday.
Tuesday stars Louis-Dreyfus as Zora, a mother who takes care of her terminally ill daughter, Tuesday. When a talking, size-altering parrot — known simply as “Death” — arrives in their lives, he prepares Tuesday for her eventual demise and helps Zora understand, process, and accept her daughter’s fate.
Written and directed by Daina O. Pusić in her directorial debut, Tuesday premiered at Colorado’s Telluride Film Festival last fall. The dramatic appearance marks Louis-Dreyfus’ second starring role in an A24-distributed film, after her lauded turn in Nicole Holofcener’s 2023 movie, You Hurt My Feelings.
Rounding out Tuesday’s cast are Lola Petticrew, Leah Harvey, and Arinzé Kene, who voices Death. Tuesday is a co-production between A24, the BFI, and BBC Film. A release date is unconfirmed, but...
Tuesday stars Louis-Dreyfus as Zora, a mother who takes care of her terminally ill daughter, Tuesday. When a talking, size-altering parrot — known simply as “Death” — arrives in their lives, he prepares Tuesday for her eventual demise and helps Zora understand, process, and accept her daughter’s fate.
Written and directed by Daina O. Pusić in her directorial debut, Tuesday premiered at Colorado’s Telluride Film Festival last fall. The dramatic appearance marks Louis-Dreyfus’ second starring role in an A24-distributed film, after her lauded turn in Nicole Holofcener’s 2023 movie, You Hurt My Feelings.
Rounding out Tuesday’s cast are Lola Petticrew, Leah Harvey, and Arinzé Kene, who voices Death. Tuesday is a co-production between A24, the BFI, and BBC Film. A release date is unconfirmed, but...
- 1/25/2024
- by Paolo Ragusa
- Consequence - Film News
Julia Louis-Dreyfus gets a fantastical visitor while caring for her ailing daughter in the first trailer for the A24 drama Tuesday.
A24 released the trailer Thursday for Daina Oniunas-Pusic’s feature, which does not yet have an announced release date. Tuesday centers on Zora (Louis-Dreyfus) and her terminally ill daughter, Tuesday (Lola Petticrew), who meet Death in the form of a talking and size-shifting bird voiced by Arinzé Kene.
“Madam, you need to say goodbye to your daughter,” Death says calmly in the footage. “Life — every life — ends.”
Later, Zora has trouble coming to terms with saying goodbye. “I don’t know what I am without you, who I am without you,” she tells Tuesday. “I don’t know what the world is without you in it.”
Oniunas-Pusic wrote and directed Tuesday, which premiered at the Telluride Film Festival in September. Helen Gladders, Ivana MacKinnon and Oliver Roskill serve as producers.
A24 released the trailer Thursday for Daina Oniunas-Pusic’s feature, which does not yet have an announced release date. Tuesday centers on Zora (Louis-Dreyfus) and her terminally ill daughter, Tuesday (Lola Petticrew), who meet Death in the form of a talking and size-shifting bird voiced by Arinzé Kene.
“Madam, you need to say goodbye to your daughter,” Death says calmly in the footage. “Life — every life — ends.”
Later, Zora has trouble coming to terms with saying goodbye. “I don’t know what I am without you, who I am without you,” she tells Tuesday. “I don’t know what the world is without you in it.”
Oniunas-Pusic wrote and directed Tuesday, which premiered at the Telluride Film Festival in September. Helen Gladders, Ivana MacKinnon and Oliver Roskill serve as producers.
- 1/25/2024
- by Ryan Gajewski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
"Every life ends..." A24 has unveiled an official trailer for an intriguing film titled Tuesday, marking the feature directorial debut of Croatian filmmaker Daina Oniunas-Pusic (aka Daina O. Pusić). This premiered at last year's Telluride Film Festival, but it hasn't shown up many other places since then. This features a rather unique high concept: a mother and her teenage daughter must confront Death when it arrives in the form of an astonishing talking bird (who appears as a big parrot). It's a story about a woman who is sick and dying, and a mother who doesn't want to let her daughter go, learning to accept the reality of death thanks to this talking bird (as Death) helping her though it. All of this sounds quite wild. Julia Louis-Dreyfus stars as Zora, Lola Petticrew as Tuesday, Leah Harvey, Ellie James, and Arinzé Kene as the voice of Death. This actually doesn't seem that weird,...
- 1/25/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
A24 has released a trailer for its upcoming emotional drama, “Tuesday,” which stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus (“Veep”) and Lola Petticrew.
The film premiered at the 50th Telluride Film Festival on Sept. 1 and is expected to release sometime this summer.
Louis-Dreyfus plays a loving, caring mother to a terminally ill teenage daughter (Petticrew). The two have a powerful bond, and early scenes of the “Tuesday” trailer show how they’ve embraced their circumstances with joy and humor, undaunted by the looming specter of death.
That changes when the daughter is literally confronted by death manifested in the form of a talking bird. As the story unfolds, the mother must learn to make her peace with and accept the brevity of her daughter’s time on Earth in an emotionally devastating drama about the echoes of loss and finding resilience in the unexpected.
Rounding out the cast is British actor and playwright Arinzé Kene.
The film premiered at the 50th Telluride Film Festival on Sept. 1 and is expected to release sometime this summer.
Louis-Dreyfus plays a loving, caring mother to a terminally ill teenage daughter (Petticrew). The two have a powerful bond, and early scenes of the “Tuesday” trailer show how they’ve embraced their circumstances with joy and humor, undaunted by the looming specter of death.
That changes when the daughter is literally confronted by death manifested in the form of a talking bird. As the story unfolds, the mother must learn to make her peace with and accept the brevity of her daughter’s time on Earth in an emotionally devastating drama about the echoes of loss and finding resilience in the unexpected.
Rounding out the cast is British actor and playwright Arinzé Kene.
- 1/25/2024
- by Diego Ramos Bechara
- Variety Film + TV
Strangely premiering on a Thursday, Tuesday is the latest trailer release from A24, reteaming with Julia Louis-Dreyfus after last year’s You Hurt My Feelings. Also starring Lola Petticrew, Leah Harvey, and Arinzé Kene, Daina O. Pusić’s debut feature premiered at Telluride last fall and will arrive this summer.
Here’s the synopsis: “A mother and her teenage daughter must confront Death when it arrives in the form of an astonishing talking bird. From debut filmmaker Daina O. Pusić, Tuesday is a heart-rending fairy tale about the echoes of loss and finding resilience in the unexpected.”
Watch the trailer below.
Tuesday will arrive this summer.
The post Julia Louis-Dreyfus Confronts Death in First Trailer for Tuesday first appeared on The Film Stage.
Here’s the synopsis: “A mother and her teenage daughter must confront Death when it arrives in the form of an astonishing talking bird. From debut filmmaker Daina O. Pusić, Tuesday is a heart-rending fairy tale about the echoes of loss and finding resilience in the unexpected.”
Watch the trailer below.
Tuesday will arrive this summer.
The post Julia Louis-Dreyfus Confronts Death in First Trailer for Tuesday first appeared on The Film Stage.
- 1/25/2024
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
An early scene in the small-scale and adventurous Tuesday reveals that Zora, the single mom played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus, knows how to bargain. That’s good, because soon she’ll be bargaining with Death. And it’s especially good to see this gifted actor channel her brilliant knack for comic neurosis into dark, weird territory that’s steeped in grief and its seven stages.
Daina O. Pusić, a London-based writer-director who hails from Croatia, takes a courageous leap into allegory and performance-based animation with her first feature-length film. Tuesday, named for Zora’s dying teenage daughter (Lola Petticrew), is a straightforward, uncluttered fusion of mother-child drama and magic realism. In what is essentially a three-hander, Death is a world-weary macaw who can shrink and grow effortlessly, an outstanding VFX creation voiced with engaging seriousness and heart by Arinzé Kene (I’m Your Woman).
With a nod to the indelible modern classic Wings of Desire,...
Daina O. Pusić, a London-based writer-director who hails from Croatia, takes a courageous leap into allegory and performance-based animation with her first feature-length film. Tuesday, named for Zora’s dying teenage daughter (Lola Petticrew), is a straightforward, uncluttered fusion of mother-child drama and magic realism. In what is essentially a three-hander, Death is a world-weary macaw who can shrink and grow effortlessly, an outstanding VFX creation voiced with engaging seriousness and heart by Arinzé Kene (I’m Your Woman).
With a nod to the indelible modern classic Wings of Desire,...
- 9/7/2023
- by Sheri Linden
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Tuesday is a fairy tale with some very real-world consequences.
The latest A24 collaboration with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, after her superb comedy You Hurt My Feelings premiered at Sundance early in 2023, has just had its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival this weekend, and for Louis-Dreyfus admirers it just may be a revelation. The star, who has won a boatload of Emmys for comedy including a historic achievement for Lead Actress in three separate comedy series and who was also excellent in the Kenya Barris comedy You People this spring, shows she is just as talented tackling a highly emotional and unusual dramatic role.
Tuesday also marks a stunning writing and directorial feature debut for Croatian filmmaker Daina O. Pusic, who in wanting to make a movie dealing with loss and death has turned it all into a bit of a fairy tale involving a macaw who it turns out is the face of death.
The latest A24 collaboration with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, after her superb comedy You Hurt My Feelings premiered at Sundance early in 2023, has just had its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival this weekend, and for Louis-Dreyfus admirers it just may be a revelation. The star, who has won a boatload of Emmys for comedy including a historic achievement for Lead Actress in three separate comedy series and who was also excellent in the Kenya Barris comedy You People this spring, shows she is just as talented tackling a highly emotional and unusual dramatic role.
Tuesday also marks a stunning writing and directorial feature debut for Croatian filmmaker Daina O. Pusic, who in wanting to make a movie dealing with loss and death has turned it all into a bit of a fairy tale involving a macaw who it turns out is the face of death.
- 9/4/2023
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
Julia Louis-Dreyfus came to the Telluride Film Festival for the first time this year for the premiere of A24’s Tuesday, a dramatic fantasy from first-time feature director Daina Oniunas-Pusić. The role, a departure from the kinds of comedic parts that have made Louis-Dreyfus famous, sees her confronting tragedy, with the accompaniment of a giant macaw as a metaphor for death.
Louis-Dreyfus spoke to THR about why she stepped so far outside her comfort zone for the film, which A24 has not yet dated, how she felt promoting the movie during the strikes under one of the Screen Actors Guild’s interim agreements, and what she’s learning from interviewing women who “don’t give a shit” on her podcast, Wiser Than Me.
How did this movie come to you?
The script was sent to me. I did not know the director, Daina Oniunas-Pusić, at all. But I read it...
Louis-Dreyfus spoke to THR about why she stepped so far outside her comfort zone for the film, which A24 has not yet dated, how she felt promoting the movie during the strikes under one of the Screen Actors Guild’s interim agreements, and what she’s learning from interviewing women who “don’t give a shit” on her podcast, Wiser Than Me.
How did this movie come to you?
The script was sent to me. I did not know the director, Daina Oniunas-Pusić, at all. But I read it...
- 9/4/2023
- by Rebecca Keegan
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Sam Heughan, Priyanka Chopra Jonas in Love AgainImage: Screen Gems
There are a number of positive things that can be said about Love Again. It is always in focus. Bucking the current trend toward cinematic bloat, it manages to keep its running time below an hour and 45 minutes (albeit just...
There are a number of positive things that can be said about Love Again. It is always in focus. Bucking the current trend toward cinematic bloat, it manages to keep its running time below an hour and 45 minutes (albeit just...
- 5/5/2023
- by Andy Klein
- avclub.com
Early in writer-director Jim Strouse’s Love Again, music journalist Rob Burns (Sam Heughan) receives his latest assignment: a profile on Celine Dion as she embarks on a new tour. When Rob, a defiantly unsentimental Scottish bloke, scoffs at the gig, his editor (Steve Oram) fires back by declaring that Dion is in the midst of a “Celine-aissance.” The legitimacy of that statement is debatable, but Dion is at least experiencing something of a cinematic boomlet, between the gonzo fictionalized biopic Aline and references in films as diverse as Turning Red and Queens of the Qing Dynasty.
In any case, Dion is the selling point of Love Again, with the Canadian pop superstar executive producing, performing new songs for the soundtrack, and co-starring as herself. The central narrative of this syrupy-sweet romantic-comedy, however, follows the romantic entanglements of Rob and grieving children’s book illustrator Mira Ray (Priyanka Chopra Jonas). Two years ago,...
In any case, Dion is the selling point of Love Again, with the Canadian pop superstar executive producing, performing new songs for the soundtrack, and co-starring as herself. The central narrative of this syrupy-sweet romantic-comedy, however, follows the romantic entanglements of Rob and grieving children’s book illustrator Mira Ray (Priyanka Chopra Jonas). Two years ago,...
- 5/5/2023
- by Mark Hanson
- Slant Magazine
The window opens today (March 1), 2023, and will close on March 31.
Applications are now open for the landmark 20th edition of Screen International’s Screen Stars of Tomorrow, our annual portfolio of new talent from the UK and Ireland.
The window opens today (March 1), 2023, and will close on March 31.
Applications are open to UK and Irish nationals and long-term residents of either country. There is no upper or lower age limit.
Applicants should use the this Google Form and need to attach a brief bio, a headshot and contact details as well as a small statement about why they are applying.
Applications are now open for the landmark 20th edition of Screen International’s Screen Stars of Tomorrow, our annual portfolio of new talent from the UK and Ireland.
The window opens today (March 1), 2023, and will close on March 31.
Applications are open to UK and Irish nationals and long-term residents of either country. There is no upper or lower age limit.
Applicants should use the this Google Form and need to attach a brief bio, a headshot and contact details as well as a small statement about why they are applying.
- 3/1/2023
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
Love again is a romantic comedy directed by starring Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Céline Dion and Nick Jonas. It is based on the nove by Sofie Cramer.
Mira Ray, dealing with the loss of her fiancé, sends a series of romantic texts to his old cell phone number…not realizing the number was reassigned to Rob Burns’ new work phone. A journalist, Rob is captivated by the honesty in the beautifully confessional texts. When he’s assigned to write a profile of megastar Celine Dion, he enlists her help in figuring out how to meet Mira in person and win her heart.
Director
Jim Strouse
Cast
Priyanka Chopra Jonas
Sam Heughan
Céline Dion / Céline Dion
Celia Imrie
Russell Tovey
Omid Djalili
Lydia West
Steve Oram
Sofia Barclay
Arinzé Kene...
Mira Ray, dealing with the loss of her fiancé, sends a series of romantic texts to his old cell phone number…not realizing the number was reassigned to Rob Burns’ new work phone. A journalist, Rob is captivated by the honesty in the beautifully confessional texts. When he’s assigned to write a profile of megastar Celine Dion, he enlists her help in figuring out how to meet Mira in person and win her heart.
Director
Jim Strouse
Cast
Priyanka Chopra Jonas
Sam Heughan
Céline Dion / Céline Dion
Celia Imrie
Russell Tovey
Omid Djalili
Lydia West
Steve Oram
Sofia Barclay
Arinzé Kene...
- 2/14/2023
- by Movies Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
Actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas has shared the trailer release date of her upcoming film, ‘Love Again’. The actress took to her Instagram on Wednesday and shared a video about her Valentine’s Day plan which “involves Celine Dion”, the Canadian singer known for her superhit track ‘My Heart Will Go On’ from the James Cameron directorial ‘Titanic’.
She captioned the video: “You, Celine, Sam & I… let’s make a plan for Valentine’s Day. We’re bringing you @loveagainmovie – trailer in One Week! @samheughan @celinedion.”
With all the visually pleasing looks & moments, ‘Love Again’ is the one film everyone globally is looking forward to.
The film, which also stars Russell Tovey, Steve Oram, Omid Djalili, Sofia Barclay, Lydia West, Arinze Kene and Celia Imrie, is produced by Screen Gems and distributed by Sony Pictures.
Recently, Priyanka’s husband Nick Jonas spoke about their daughter attending a public event for the first time.
She captioned the video: “You, Celine, Sam & I… let’s make a plan for Valentine’s Day. We’re bringing you @loveagainmovie – trailer in One Week! @samheughan @celinedion.”
With all the visually pleasing looks & moments, ‘Love Again’ is the one film everyone globally is looking forward to.
The film, which also stars Russell Tovey, Steve Oram, Omid Djalili, Sofia Barclay, Lydia West, Arinze Kene and Celia Imrie, is produced by Screen Gems and distributed by Sony Pictures.
Recently, Priyanka’s husband Nick Jonas spoke about their daughter attending a public event for the first time.
- 2/8/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
Tuesday
We’ve been kicking around the A24 backed Tuesday in our fest predictions for some time now as it was in the can in June of 2021 but Daina Oniunas-Pusić‘s name was only mentioned as of late when she signed with CAA back in October. Starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus, the Croatian-born, London-trained filmmaker got to work with the extremely picky cinematographer Alexis Zabé of Silent Light and The Florida Project fame. Also starring Lola Petticrew, Arinzé Kene and Leah Harvey, Tuesday is a tale that goes into dark psychological matter and includes among speaking parts a Macaw parrot. Producers include Stray Bear Productions’ Ivana MacKinnon, Gingerbread Pictures’ Helen Gladders, Record Player Films’ Oliver Roskill.…...
We’ve been kicking around the A24 backed Tuesday in our fest predictions for some time now as it was in the can in June of 2021 but Daina Oniunas-Pusić‘s name was only mentioned as of late when she signed with CAA back in October. Starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus, the Croatian-born, London-trained filmmaker got to work with the extremely picky cinematographer Alexis Zabé of Silent Light and The Florida Project fame. Also starring Lola Petticrew, Arinzé Kene and Leah Harvey, Tuesday is a tale that goes into dark psychological matter and includes among speaking parts a Macaw parrot. Producers include Stray Bear Productions’ Ivana MacKinnon, Gingerbread Pictures’ Helen Gladders, Record Player Films’ Oliver Roskill.…...
- 1/5/2023
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
Daina Oniunas-Pusić, director of “Rhonna & Donna” and the upcoming A24 movie “Tuesday” starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus, has signed with CAA for representation in all areas.
Best known for her award-winning 2016 comedy short “Rhonna & Donna,” Oniunas-Pusić is currently in post-production on her debut feature film “Tuesday” for A24, BBC Film, Cinereach and BFI. Written and directed by Oniunas-Pusić, the film was described in the initial announcement as a “mother-daughter fairytale,” starring Louis-Dreyfus, Arinzé Kene and Lola Petticrew. It is set to be released by A24 in early 2023.
The London-based, Croatian-born filmmaker made her professional debut with the 2015 short film “The Beast,” which premiered at Telluride and went on to screen at more than 30 festivals, picking up numerous awards, including the Golden Pram Award at the Zagreb Film Festival, a jury honorable mention at the Slamdance Film Festival and the best short fiction prize at the Los Angeles Film Festival.
Oniunas-Pusić’s comedy...
Best known for her award-winning 2016 comedy short “Rhonna & Donna,” Oniunas-Pusić is currently in post-production on her debut feature film “Tuesday” for A24, BBC Film, Cinereach and BFI. Written and directed by Oniunas-Pusić, the film was described in the initial announcement as a “mother-daughter fairytale,” starring Louis-Dreyfus, Arinzé Kene and Lola Petticrew. It is set to be released by A24 in early 2023.
The London-based, Croatian-born filmmaker made her professional debut with the 2015 short film “The Beast,” which premiered at Telluride and went on to screen at more than 30 festivals, picking up numerous awards, including the Golden Pram Award at the Zagreb Film Festival, a jury honorable mention at the Slamdance Film Festival and the best short fiction prize at the Los Angeles Film Festival.
Oniunas-Pusić’s comedy...
- 10/31/2022
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Here’s the striking first official image of Kate Winslet as Lee Miller in feature Lee.
The image, shot during filming on location in Croatia, shows Oscar winner Winslet as the pioneering American photographer who covered WWII in Europe for British Vogue.
Filming is ongoing on the directorial debut of respected cinematographer Ellen Kuras (Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind).
The film is not being called a biopic by Winslet and the producers, but it does explore the most significant decade of Lee Miller’s life. As a middle-aged woman, she refused to be remembered as a model and male artists’ muse and defied expectations by travelling to Europe to report from the frontline. There, in part as a reaction to her own well-hidden trauma, she used her Rolleiflex camera to give a voice to the voiceless. What Lee captured on film in Dachau and throughout Europe was shocking and horrific.
The image, shot during filming on location in Croatia, shows Oscar winner Winslet as the pioneering American photographer who covered WWII in Europe for British Vogue.
Filming is ongoing on the directorial debut of respected cinematographer Ellen Kuras (Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind).
The film is not being called a biopic by Winslet and the producers, but it does explore the most significant decade of Lee Miller’s life. As a middle-aged woman, she refused to be remembered as a model and male artists’ muse and defied expectations by travelling to Europe to report from the frontline. There, in part as a reaction to her own well-hidden trauma, she used her Rolleiflex camera to give a voice to the voiceless. What Lee captured on film in Dachau and throughout Europe was shocking and horrific.
- 10/27/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
“It’s All Coming Back to Me,” a romantic drama film starring and featuring the music of Celine Dion, will release in theaters on Feb. 10, 2023.
Formerly titled “Text for You,” “It’s All Coming Back to Me” is based on the 2016 German film “SMS für Dich” by Karoline Herfurth. The film stars Priyanka Chopra Jonas as a woman struggling to move on from the death of her fiancé. To cope, she begins sending messages to his old phone number, which has been reassigned to a new man, played by Sam Heughan. The two meet and develop a connection based on their shared heartbreak.
In addition to Jonas and Heughan, the film also stars Celine Dion as herself, in the role of a mentor figure who will inspire the two main characters to fall in love. The film is named after Jim Steinman’s power ballad “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now,...
Formerly titled “Text for You,” “It’s All Coming Back to Me” is based on the 2016 German film “SMS für Dich” by Karoline Herfurth. The film stars Priyanka Chopra Jonas as a woman struggling to move on from the death of her fiancé. To cope, she begins sending messages to his old phone number, which has been reassigned to a new man, played by Sam Heughan. The two meet and develop a connection based on their shared heartbreak.
In addition to Jonas and Heughan, the film also stars Celine Dion as herself, in the role of a mentor figure who will inspire the two main characters to fall in love. The film is named after Jim Steinman’s power ballad “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now,...
- 4/19/2022
- by Wilson Chapman
- Variety Film + TV
The West End production of Cabaret featuring Eddie Redmayne leads the roster of 2022 Olivier Awards nominations released Tuesday, with the musical revival scoring 11 nominations.
Winners will be announced April 10 at London’s Royal Albert Hall, marking the first in-person ceremony for the Oliviers since Covid hit two years ago.
See the complete list of nominations below.
In addition to Redmayne, who was nominated in the Best Actor in a Musical for his performance as the Emcee, Cabaret was nominated for Best Musical Revival, as well as nods for actors Jessie Buckley, Liza Sadovy and Elliot Levey. Also nominated were the revival’s costume and scenic designs, sound design, choreography and lighting.
Sutton Foster, currently co-starring with Hugh Jackman in Broadway’s The Music Man, earned a Best Actress in a Musical nomination for her portrayal of Reno Sweeney in the West End revival of Anything Goes.
The complete list of...
Winners will be announced April 10 at London’s Royal Albert Hall, marking the first in-person ceremony for the Oliviers since Covid hit two years ago.
See the complete list of nominations below.
In addition to Redmayne, who was nominated in the Best Actor in a Musical for his performance as the Emcee, Cabaret was nominated for Best Musical Revival, as well as nods for actors Jessie Buckley, Liza Sadovy and Elliot Levey. Also nominated were the revival’s costume and scenic designs, sound design, choreography and lighting.
Sutton Foster, currently co-starring with Hugh Jackman in Broadway’s The Music Man, earned a Best Actress in a Musical nomination for her portrayal of Reno Sweeney in the West End revival of Anything Goes.
The complete list of...
- 3/8/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
It says a lot about a project when the extremely fastidious cinematographer Alexis Zabé decides to embark on a given film. With a decade’s worth of short films (her 2015 short The Beast and 2016 short Rhonna & Donna both premiered at Telluride), the Croatian-born, London trained Daina O. Pusic launched her debut feature film this past summer with a cast comprised of Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Lola Petticrew, Arinzé Kene and Leah Harvey. Tuesday is a Cinereach funded, A24 distributed film that should be ready for 2022 — it sounds like a rather radical mother-daughter fairytale with plenty of dark matter and a Macaw parrot.…...
- 11/25/2021
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
The new 007 conducts an agonisingly tense interrogation in the centrepiece of a three-part cine-prose-poem about racism from debbie tucker green
The new movie from debbie tucker green is a vivid hybrid artwork, combining filmed theatre, location set pieces and installation-style presentation, with a cast including Lashana Lynch (fresh from her performance as 007 in No Time to Die), Arinzé Kene and Carmen Munroe. It is about the black British experience and how it relates to American history and the larger context of empire and exploitation.
This is a balletically achieved cine-prose-poem in three sections. In the first, with actors positioned on what appears to be a dark stage, a series of encounters and confrontations are laid out, sometimes along gender or generational lines, about the reality of violence and the ever-present threat from the police. A mother tells her son to stay proud but also not to be arrogant, and not to court trouble.
The new movie from debbie tucker green is a vivid hybrid artwork, combining filmed theatre, location set pieces and installation-style presentation, with a cast including Lashana Lynch (fresh from her performance as 007 in No Time to Die), Arinzé Kene and Carmen Munroe. It is about the black British experience and how it relates to American history and the larger context of empire and exploitation.
This is a balletically achieved cine-prose-poem in three sections. In the first, with actors positioned on what appears to be a dark stage, a series of encounters and confrontations are laid out, sometimes along gender or generational lines, about the reality of violence and the ever-present threat from the police. A mother tells her son to stay proud but also not to be arrogant, and not to court trouble.
- 10/14/2021
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Debbie Tucker Green’s “Ear for Eye,” starring Lashana Lynch (“No Time to Die”), will receive a multi-platform launch, premiering at the 65th BFI London Film Festival and on the BBC.
The film will world premiere at the festival on Oct. 16 and will bow the same evening on BBC Two and streamer BBC iPlayer. It is produced by Fiona Lamptey, who is also director of U.K. features at Netflix.
The cast also includes Tosin Cole (“The Souvenir”), Carmen Munroe (“Desmond’s”), Danny Sapani (“MotherFatherSon”), Nadine Marshall (“Sitting In Limbo”) and Arinzé Kene (“I’m Your Woman”).
Tucker Green has adapted her acclaimed 2018 Royal Court stage production for the screen, with backing from BBC Film, BBC Two and the BFI. It is the second feature film from the BAFTA and Olivier Award-winning writer and director after “Second Coming” (2014).
The film explores demonstrations vs direct action, violence vs non-violence, the personal vs structural across Black families,...
The film will world premiere at the festival on Oct. 16 and will bow the same evening on BBC Two and streamer BBC iPlayer. It is produced by Fiona Lamptey, who is also director of U.K. features at Netflix.
The cast also includes Tosin Cole (“The Souvenir”), Carmen Munroe (“Desmond’s”), Danny Sapani (“MotherFatherSon”), Nadine Marshall (“Sitting In Limbo”) and Arinzé Kene (“I’m Your Woman”).
Tucker Green has adapted her acclaimed 2018 Royal Court stage production for the screen, with backing from BBC Film, BBC Two and the BFI. It is the second feature film from the BAFTA and Olivier Award-winning writer and director after “Second Coming” (2014).
The film explores demonstrations vs direct action, violence vs non-violence, the personal vs structural across Black families,...
- 8/26/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Leah Harvey is set to join A24’s Tuesday starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus. The film is the directing debut of Daina O. Pusic. Lola Petticrew will play Louis-Dreyfus’ daughter, with Arinzé Kene rounding out the ensemble. A24 had no comment on the casting.
Ivana MacKinnon will produce through her Wild Swim Films along with Helen Gladders of Gingerbread Pictures and Oliver Roskill of Record Player Films alongside A24.
The story is being described as a mother-daughter fairytale, the plot is being kept under wraps.
The project was developed with BBC Film, BFI, and Gingerbread Pictures. BBC Film joins A24 as co-financing partners, alongside BFI awarding funds from the National Lottery, and Cinereach.
Harvey recently wrapped shooting the first season as the lead of the new Skydance / Apple TV+ series Foundation. She was previously seen as the lead role in the National Theater’s production of Small Island, directed by Rufus Norris.
Ivana MacKinnon will produce through her Wild Swim Films along with Helen Gladders of Gingerbread Pictures and Oliver Roskill of Record Player Films alongside A24.
The story is being described as a mother-daughter fairytale, the plot is being kept under wraps.
The project was developed with BBC Film, BFI, and Gingerbread Pictures. BBC Film joins A24 as co-financing partners, alongside BFI awarding funds from the National Lottery, and Cinereach.
Harvey recently wrapped shooting the first season as the lead of the new Skydance / Apple TV+ series Foundation. She was previously seen as the lead role in the National Theater’s production of Small Island, directed by Rufus Norris.
- 5/27/2021
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Julia Louis-Dreyfus is set to star in the upcoming A24 movie “Tuesday.”
Plot details are being kept under wraps, though the film is being described as a “mother-daughter fairytale.”
Irish actor Lola Petticrew, whose credits include indie comedies “A Bump Along the Way” and “Dating Amber” will play the Louis Dreyfus’ daughter, named Tuesday, in the film. The cast also includes British actor and playwright Arinzé Kene.
BBC Film is co-financing the film with A24, alongside BFI awarding funds from the National Lottery, and Cinereach. The project was developed with BBC Film, BFI, and Gingerbread Pictures.
Along with A24, producers include Ivana MacKinnon for Wild Swim Films, Helen Gladders for Gingerbread Pictures and Oliver Roskill for Record Player Films.
London-based filmmaker Daina O. Pusic is directing “Tuesday” in her feature film directorial debut. She gained recognition after her short film “The Beast” premiered at the Telluride Film Festival in 2015. Her follow-up short film,...
Plot details are being kept under wraps, though the film is being described as a “mother-daughter fairytale.”
Irish actor Lola Petticrew, whose credits include indie comedies “A Bump Along the Way” and “Dating Amber” will play the Louis Dreyfus’ daughter, named Tuesday, in the film. The cast also includes British actor and playwright Arinzé Kene.
BBC Film is co-financing the film with A24, alongside BFI awarding funds from the National Lottery, and Cinereach. The project was developed with BBC Film, BFI, and Gingerbread Pictures.
Along with A24, producers include Ivana MacKinnon for Wild Swim Films, Helen Gladders for Gingerbread Pictures and Oliver Roskill for Record Player Films.
London-based filmmaker Daina O. Pusic is directing “Tuesday” in her feature film directorial debut. She gained recognition after her short film “The Beast” premiered at the Telluride Film Festival in 2015. Her follow-up short film,...
- 5/19/2021
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Daina O. Pusic has set her debut feature film Tuesday at A24, with Julia Louis-Dreyfus on board to star. Lola Petticrew will co-star opposite Louis-Dreyfus as her daughter, with Arinzé Kene rounding out the ensemble.
Ivana MacKinnon will produce through her Wild Swim Films along with Helen Gladders of Gingerbread Pictures and Oliver Roskill of Record Player Films alongside A24.
A mother-daughter fairytale, the plot is being kept under wraps.
The project was developed with BBC Film, BFI, and Gingerbread Pictures. BBC Film joins A24 as co-financing partners, alongside BFI awarding funds from the National Lottery, and Cinereach.
Louis-Dreyfus is coming off two features, lending her voice to the Pixar animated pic Onward and starring opposite Will Ferrell in Downhill. She also appeared in the Marvel series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.
Pusic is an award-winning Croatian writer and director based in London. In 2015 her short film The Beast...
Ivana MacKinnon will produce through her Wild Swim Films along with Helen Gladders of Gingerbread Pictures and Oliver Roskill of Record Player Films alongside A24.
A mother-daughter fairytale, the plot is being kept under wraps.
The project was developed with BBC Film, BFI, and Gingerbread Pictures. BBC Film joins A24 as co-financing partners, alongside BFI awarding funds from the National Lottery, and Cinereach.
Louis-Dreyfus is coming off two features, lending her voice to the Pixar animated pic Onward and starring opposite Will Ferrell in Downhill. She also appeared in the Marvel series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.
Pusic is an award-winning Croatian writer and director based in London. In 2015 her short film The Beast...
- 5/19/2021
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Julia Louis-Dreyfus is set to star in Daina O. Pusic’s debut feature film “Tuesday” at A24, the company announced Wednesday.
Lola Petticrew will play the role of Tuesday, co-starring as Louis-Dreyfus’ daughter in the film. Actor and playwright Arinzé Kene has also joined the cast.
Described as a mother-daughter fairytale, the plot of the film is being kept under wraps. The project was developed with BBC Film, BFI and Gingerbread Pictures.
Producing alongside A24 are Ivana MacKinnon for Wild Swim Films, Helen Gladders for Gingerbread Pictures and Oliver Roskill for Record Player Films. BBC Film joins A24 as co-financing partners, alongside BFI awarding funds from the National Lottery, and Cinereach.
Daina O. Pusic is an award-winning Croatian writer and director based in London. In 2015, her short film “The Beast” premiered at the Telluride Film Festival and subsequently screened at over 30 festivals. Her follow-up project, a comedy short called “Rhonna & Donna,...
Lola Petticrew will play the role of Tuesday, co-starring as Louis-Dreyfus’ daughter in the film. Actor and playwright Arinzé Kene has also joined the cast.
Described as a mother-daughter fairytale, the plot of the film is being kept under wraps. The project was developed with BBC Film, BFI and Gingerbread Pictures.
Producing alongside A24 are Ivana MacKinnon for Wild Swim Films, Helen Gladders for Gingerbread Pictures and Oliver Roskill for Record Player Films. BBC Film joins A24 as co-financing partners, alongside BFI awarding funds from the National Lottery, and Cinereach.
Daina O. Pusic is an award-winning Croatian writer and director based in London. In 2015, her short film “The Beast” premiered at the Telluride Film Festival and subsequently screened at over 30 festivals. Her follow-up project, a comedy short called “Rhonna & Donna,...
- 5/19/2021
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Julia Louis-Dreyfus will star in the A24 feature Tuesday, which is described as a “mother-daughter fairytale.”
Irish actress Lola Petticrew will play Louis-Dreyfus’ onscreen daughter, with Arinzé Kene also stet for the project.
Daina O. Pusić is making her feature directorial debut on the project after a series of fanciful and genre award-winning short films The Beast and the upcoming Rhonna & Donna, both of which were selected for Telluride.
Along with A24, Wild Swim Films is producing, with Helen Gladders of Gingerbread Pictures and Oliver Roskill of Record Player Films. BBC Film will co-finance with A24, alongside BFI awarding funds from ...
Irish actress Lola Petticrew will play Louis-Dreyfus’ onscreen daughter, with Arinzé Kene also stet for the project.
Daina O. Pusić is making her feature directorial debut on the project after a series of fanciful and genre award-winning short films The Beast and the upcoming Rhonna & Donna, both of which were selected for Telluride.
Along with A24, Wild Swim Films is producing, with Helen Gladders of Gingerbread Pictures and Oliver Roskill of Record Player Films. BBC Film will co-finance with A24, alongside BFI awarding funds from ...
- 5/19/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Julia Louis-Dreyfus will star in the A24 feature Tuesday, which is described as a “mother-daughter fairytale.”
Irish actress Lola Petticrew will play Louis-Dreyfus’ onscreen daughter, with Arinzé Kene also stet for the project.
Daina O. Pusić is making her feature directorial debut on the project after a series of fanciful and genre award-winning short films The Beast and the upcoming Rhonna & Donna, both of which were selected for Telluride.
Along with A24, Wild Swim Films is producing, with Helen Gladders of Gingerbread Pictures and Oliver Roskill of Record Player Films. BBC Film will co-finance with A24, alongside BFI awarding funds from ...
Irish actress Lola Petticrew will play Louis-Dreyfus’ onscreen daughter, with Arinzé Kene also stet for the project.
Daina O. Pusić is making her feature directorial debut on the project after a series of fanciful and genre award-winning short films The Beast and the upcoming Rhonna & Donna, both of which were selected for Telluride.
Along with A24, Wild Swim Films is producing, with Helen Gladders of Gingerbread Pictures and Oliver Roskill of Record Player Films. BBC Film will co-finance with A24, alongside BFI awarding funds from ...
- 5/19/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The BFI has appointed Mia Bays as the new director of its Film Fund.
Joining for an initial three-year term, Bays will lead the strategic and cultural direction of the BFI’s investment of National Lottery funds into supporting U.K. feature film production. At approximately £30 million a year, it is the largest public fund in the UK for film and filmmakers, as well as new and emerging talent through BFI Network.
Bays is currently director-at-large for Birds’ Eye View, a U.K. charity that centres the female perspective in film and campaigns for gender equality in the industry. She will remain in a consultancy role with Birds’ Eye View and intends to return there at the end of her three-year contract with the BFI Film Fund.
Bays will take up her new role in October, based between London and Nottingham.
“I mark 30 years in film this year. What a...
Joining for an initial three-year term, Bays will lead the strategic and cultural direction of the BFI’s investment of National Lottery funds into supporting U.K. feature film production. At approximately £30 million a year, it is the largest public fund in the UK for film and filmmakers, as well as new and emerging talent through BFI Network.
Bays is currently director-at-large for Birds’ Eye View, a U.K. charity that centres the female perspective in film and campaigns for gender equality in the industry. She will remain in a consultancy role with Birds’ Eye View and intends to return there at the end of her three-year contract with the BFI Film Fund.
Bays will take up her new role in October, based between London and Nottingham.
“I mark 30 years in film this year. What a...
- 4/21/2021
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
The BFI has announced Mia Bays as the new Director of BFI Film Fund for an initial three-year term.
Bays will lead the strategic and cultural direction of the BFI’s investment of National Lottery funds into supporting UK feature film production – which at about £30 million a year represents the largest public fund in the UK for film and filmmakers – as well as new and emerging talent through BFI Network. She will take up the position in October, based between London and Nottingham.
In other changes at the fund, BFI vets Natascha Wharton and Lizzie Francke, formerly Senior Production & Development Executives, are segueing to the new roles of Head of Editorial and Editor-at-Large, respectively. Farhana Bhula and Kristin Irving are promoted to Senior Production & Development Executives. Fiona Morham has taken on expanded responsibilities in her Head of Production role.
Bays said: “I mark 30 years in film this year. What a...
Bays will lead the strategic and cultural direction of the BFI’s investment of National Lottery funds into supporting UK feature film production – which at about £30 million a year represents the largest public fund in the UK for film and filmmakers – as well as new and emerging talent through BFI Network. She will take up the position in October, based between London and Nottingham.
In other changes at the fund, BFI vets Natascha Wharton and Lizzie Francke, formerly Senior Production & Development Executives, are segueing to the new roles of Head of Editorial and Editor-at-Large, respectively. Farhana Bhula and Kristin Irving are promoted to Senior Production & Development Executives. Fiona Morham has taken on expanded responsibilities in her Head of Production role.
Bays said: “I mark 30 years in film this year. What a...
- 4/21/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
‘I’m Your Woman’ Cast & Creators On Flipping The ’70s Female Crime Drama Archetype – Contenders Film
For all the praise of how great ’70s cinema was, when you come to think about it, many of the great crime classics like Straight Time, The Godfather and Thief were all testosterone-driven, with female characters resigned to second- or third-class status. Unfortunate, considering an era known for its sense of revolution.
Such was the jumping off point for Julia Hart’s Amazon Studios movie I’m Your Woman. which she co-wrote with her Oscar-nominated La La Land producer husband Jordan Horowitz. The movie stars Rachel Brosnahan as the wife of a gangster who, after his disappearance, is forced to go on the lam with their baby, who is stolen, and the Black bodyguard (Arinzé Kene) who is protecting her.
“We were watching a bunch of ’70s and early ’80s crime drama around the time we also became parents,'” Hart says during the movie’s panel at Deadline’s Contenders Film awards-season event,...
Such was the jumping off point for Julia Hart’s Amazon Studios movie I’m Your Woman. which she co-wrote with her Oscar-nominated La La Land producer husband Jordan Horowitz. The movie stars Rachel Brosnahan as the wife of a gangster who, after his disappearance, is forced to go on the lam with their baby, who is stolen, and the Black bodyguard (Arinzé Kene) who is protecting her.
“We were watching a bunch of ’70s and early ’80s crime drama around the time we also became parents,'” Hart says during the movie’s panel at Deadline’s Contenders Film awards-season event,...
- 1/24/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
The second day of Deadline’s Contenders Film kicks off Sunday at 8 a.m. Pt, returning after a big Day 1 on Saturday to complete a slate of 49 films from 16 studios and distributors, one that features a hugely impressive lineup of talent numbering 150 speakers over the course of the weekend for our annual awards-season event.
Click here to register and join the livestream, and follow along all day with coverage on Deadline as well as on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram via @Deadline and #DeadlineContenders. See the full schedule of panels below.
Due to obvious health and safety reasons, and following guidelines about gatherings set by the CDC, Contenders is going virtual, after success doing so starting with Contenders TV in the spring and then again with Contenders International and Contenders Documentary. It has boosted the global reach of the event, and although we miss seeing everyone in person, it has been...
Click here to register and join the livestream, and follow along all day with coverage on Deadline as well as on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram via @Deadline and #DeadlineContenders. See the full schedule of panels below.
Due to obvious health and safety reasons, and following guidelines about gatherings set by the CDC, Contenders is going virtual, after success doing so starting with Contenders TV in the spring and then again with Contenders International and Contenders Documentary. It has boosted the global reach of the event, and although we miss seeing everyone in person, it has been...
- 1/24/2021
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Crime kings may have graced the screen in a number of cinema’s greatest titles but director Julia Hart flips the script to spotlight the women behind the gritty antiheroes with I’m Your Woman.
Written by Hart and husband and Oscar-nominated La La Land scribe Jordan Horowitz, I’m Your Woman follows Jean (Rachel Brosnahan), a suburban housewife who lives a seemingly easy life supported by her husband Eddie’s (Bill Heck) career as a thief. Life takes a turn for the worst when Eddie betrays his partners, sending Jean and her baby off on a perilous journey under the supervision and safekeeping of Eddie’s old friend Cal (Arinzé Kene).
But even in the company of Cal and his wife Teri (Marsha Stephanie Blake), Jean and her child are far from safe. Teri and Jean team up to get to the bottom of things, taking matters into their own hands.
Written by Hart and husband and Oscar-nominated La La Land scribe Jordan Horowitz, I’m Your Woman follows Jean (Rachel Brosnahan), a suburban housewife who lives a seemingly easy life supported by her husband Eddie’s (Bill Heck) career as a thief. Life takes a turn for the worst when Eddie betrays his partners, sending Jean and her baby off on a perilous journey under the supervision and safekeeping of Eddie’s old friend Cal (Arinzé Kene).
But even in the company of Cal and his wife Teri (Marsha Stephanie Blake), Jean and her child are far from safe. Teri and Jean team up to get to the bottom of things, taking matters into their own hands.
- 1/21/2021
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
“You write one action line, but there’s so many different things that an actor can do with that,” explains “I’m Your Woman” director Julia Hart about how relatively little Rachel Brosnahan speaks in the lead role of the crime drama for Amazon. Hart continues, “I love writing dialogue, but it was really fun exploring how much she could mine through a myriad of facial expressions from one line of action in the script.”
SEEour chat with “I’m Your Woman” star Marsha Stephanie Blake.
Speaking to Gold Derby in an exclusive interview (watch the video above) after the 1970s-set film became available to stream on Amazon Prime, Hart opens up about the fate of the couple played by Marsha Stephanie Blake and Arinzé Kene and whether she wavered on it. “No, that was always so important,” reveals Hart. She also now delves into what went into incorporating two specific preexisting songs into the film.
SEEour chat with “I’m Your Woman” star Marsha Stephanie Blake.
Speaking to Gold Derby in an exclusive interview (watch the video above) after the 1970s-set film became available to stream on Amazon Prime, Hart opens up about the fate of the couple played by Marsha Stephanie Blake and Arinzé Kene and whether she wavered on it. “No, that was always so important,” reveals Hart. She also now delves into what went into incorporating two specific preexisting songs into the film.
- 12/18/2020
- by Riley Chow
- Gold Derby
I’m Your Woman is a new 70s set, crime thriller that features Rachel Brosnahan in the leading roles, as a movie that balances a feminist edge with the socio-political context of the era, as a film, primarily, about motherhood. To mark the release we had the pleasure of speaking to the writer/director Julia Hart (who co-penned the screenplay with her husband Jordan Horowitz), as well as the film’s supporting lead Arinzé Kene. We discussed the film’s themes and the importance, particularly where the black experience is concerned, to conduct thorough research and speak to those who could help inform that aspect of the narrative. We also chat about the brilliant soundtrack and also both talents discuss the collaboration with Brosnahan, while we also ask Kene about another co-star he’s worked with, as he talks about the rise of friend Michaela Coel. Watch both interviews with Kene and Hart,...
- 12/11/2020
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Rachel Brosnahan stars as a young wife and mother who has almost no idea where she’s going next in Amazon’s “I’m Your Woman,” and director Julia Hart excitingly puts the audience in a similarly unpredictable position. It’s a road trip, it’s a story of a woman in trouble, and it’s about fleeing the scene of the crime, but the film refuses to follow the established path audiences might be expecting.
Many contemporary filmmakers shoot for that gritty yet personal sweet spot of 1970s “New Hollywood” honesty and intensity, but few have captured it with the finesse of Hart, who shares screenwriting credit with her husband Jordan Horowitz. A talented filmmaker who’s not being talked about nearly enough — her last two credits were the incisive and humane “Miss Stevens” and the arthouse superhero saga “Fast Color,” both acclaimed yet underseen — Hart has created a film...
Many contemporary filmmakers shoot for that gritty yet personal sweet spot of 1970s “New Hollywood” honesty and intensity, but few have captured it with the finesse of Hart, who shares screenwriting credit with her husband Jordan Horowitz. A talented filmmaker who’s not being talked about nearly enough — her last two credits were the incisive and humane “Miss Stevens” and the arthouse superhero saga “Fast Color,” both acclaimed yet underseen — Hart has created a film...
- 12/11/2020
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
Jean (Rachel Brosnahan) is sullen and vacant. Staring out behind geometric sunglasses, she rests on a lawn chair in a sheer magenta robe, cigarette in hand, the epitome of the young, begrudging Seventies housewife and the stuff Lana Del Rey videos are made of. We’re given hints to the exact nature of Jean’s domestic life: Her husband Eddie (Bill Heck) leaves her alone at home throughout the day, his life of crime largely a mystery to her other than its existence; the couple wanted to have kids, “but...
- 12/10/2020
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
In her writing (The Keeping Room) and the bulk of her four co-writer/director credits to date Julia Hart has set out her stall as a storyteller who frames stories that we might more traditionally see from a male point of view through a female protagonist. In this case that story is a 70s set crime thriller about Jean (Rachel Brosnahan), who is forced to go on the run with her baby—or rather, the one her husband Eddie (Bill Heck) brought home a few weeks ago—and Cal (Arinzé Kene), a man she doesn’t know, after Eddie betrays the criminal gang he’s part of.
Most other tellings of this story would, indeed have, revolve around the man. We’d see what Eddie did, first to get the baby and then to upset his crew. We’d know how Cal became the person to find Jean a safe house and to protect her,...
Most other tellings of this story would, indeed have, revolve around the man. We’d see what Eddie did, first to get the baby and then to upset his crew. We’d know how Cal became the person to find Jean a safe house and to protect her,...
- 12/10/2020
- by Sam Inglis
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Is Oscar next for Rachel Brosnahan? The “Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” star’s new film “I’m Your Woman” will officially enter the awards race when it qualifies for Oscar consideration with a limited theatrical release beginning Friday, Dec. 4, having premiered at the AFI Fest in October as the opening screening of the 2020 virtual event. The drama from Amazon will then be available for streaming on Prime Instant Video a week later on Dec. 11.
Brosnahan stars as Jean, who is sent on the run with her baby when her husband finds himself in hot water with his criminal associates. Jean is assisted in her action-packed journey by married couple Cal and Teri, played by Arinzé Kene and Emmy nominee Marsha Stephanie Blake, respectively.
The screenplay by director Julia Hart and her husband Jordan Horowitz is a response to the “wife” trope in mob movies that instead focus their narratives on the husbands as antiheroes.
Brosnahan stars as Jean, who is sent on the run with her baby when her husband finds himself in hot water with his criminal associates. Jean is assisted in her action-packed journey by married couple Cal and Teri, played by Arinzé Kene and Emmy nominee Marsha Stephanie Blake, respectively.
The screenplay by director Julia Hart and her husband Jordan Horowitz is a response to the “wife” trope in mob movies that instead focus their narratives on the husbands as antiheroes.
- 12/3/2020
- by Riley Chow
- Gold Derby
An adapted and reimagined version of a stage production, the movie is being backed by BBC Film and the BFI, via funds from the National Lottery. Principal photography has wrapped on ear for eye, the second feature by BAFTA- and Olivier Award-winning writer-director debbie tucker green (Second Coming), at Kennington Studios, London. Produced by Fiona Lamptey, the film’s ensemble cast includes Lashana Lynch, Tosin Cole, Carmen Munroe (Desmond’s), Danny Sapani, Nadine Marshall (Sitting in Limbo) and Arinzé Kene (I’m Your Woman). tucker green has adapted and reimagined ear for eye, her highly acclaimed 2018 stage production at the Royal Court Theatre, for the screen. The Guardian review of the play stated: “[ear for eye] is driven by anger at racial injustice. The cumulative impact is overwhelming as tucker green explores the subject’s present practice and historic roots… It...
“I just wanted to take one of my most favorite and beloved genres of all time and tell the woman’s story inside of it,” writer-director Julia Hart told the Hollywood Reporter about I’m Your Woman, her spin on 1970s crime dramas. The film—which is set in the ‘70s, as well as adopting the cinematic aesthetic of the period—stars Rachel Brosnahan as housewife Jean, who is sent to a safe house with her baby after her criminal husband becomes a target. We’ve seen this story from the husband’s point of view a million times, women like Jean relegated to the sidelines and rarely revisited once they’re sent away. It’s a welcome perspective shift; unfortunately, Hart’s slow burn doesn’t have enough fuel to grab your attention beyond an intriguing premise.
I’m Your Woman is admirably small-scale: if you’re looking for the thrilling action-fest the trailer promised,...
I’m Your Woman is admirably small-scale: if you’re looking for the thrilling action-fest the trailer promised,...
- 12/2/2020
- by Orla Smith
- The Film Stage
The film is backed by BBC FIlm, the BFI and exec produced by Barbara Broccoli.
UK director debbie tucker green has wrapped production on her drama Ear For Eye, starring No Time To Die actress Lashana Lynch.
Based on green’s 2018 stage production of the same name, the feature is backed by BBC Film and the BFI. A theatrical release with an as-yet-undisclosed distributor is planned for 2021 before being broadcast on the BBC in the first half of 2021.
The story, also written by green, follows UK and US black characters of different generations navigating their way through society. Lynch reprises...
UK director debbie tucker green has wrapped production on her drama Ear For Eye, starring No Time To Die actress Lashana Lynch.
Based on green’s 2018 stage production of the same name, the feature is backed by BBC Film and the BFI. A theatrical release with an as-yet-undisclosed distributor is planned for 2021 before being broadcast on the BBC in the first half of 2021.
The story, also written by green, follows UK and US black characters of different generations navigating their way through society. Lynch reprises...
- 12/1/2020
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
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