Marcus Theatres isn’t waiting until Halloween to celebrate spooky season, as their Sinister Sundays lineup will bring weekly horror movie screenings to the hot summer months.
You can purchase tickets for individual screenings Or grab the Sinister Sundays Passport, which entitles you to pick 4 movies from the series for $15 or the full series for just $45!
Once you have your Passport, all you need to do is select your showtime and seat for showing, and you’re ready to go! But first you probably want to know the lineup, right?
Here’s the full Sinister Sundays lineup at Marcus Theatres all summer long…
I Know What You Did Last Summer (May 26 & 28) – Tickets The Ring (June 2 & 4) – Tickets Dawn of the Dead – 20th Anniversary (June 9 & 11) – Tickets Scream (June 16 & 18) – Tickets The Blair Witch Project – 25th Anniversary (June 23 & 25) – Tickets It (June 30 & July 2) – Tickets The Conjuring (July 7 & 9) – Tickets Saw – 20th Anniversary (July 14 & 16) – Tickets Paranormal Activity...
You can purchase tickets for individual screenings Or grab the Sinister Sundays Passport, which entitles you to pick 4 movies from the series for $15 or the full series for just $45!
Once you have your Passport, all you need to do is select your showtime and seat for showing, and you’re ready to go! But first you probably want to know the lineup, right?
Here’s the full Sinister Sundays lineup at Marcus Theatres all summer long…
I Know What You Did Last Summer (May 26 & 28) – Tickets The Ring (June 2 & 4) – Tickets Dawn of the Dead – 20th Anniversary (June 9 & 11) – Tickets Scream (June 16 & 18) – Tickets The Blair Witch Project – 25th Anniversary (June 23 & 25) – Tickets It (June 30 & July 2) – Tickets The Conjuring (July 7 & 9) – Tickets Saw – 20th Anniversary (July 14 & 16) – Tickets Paranormal Activity...
- 5/7/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Imagine Dragons have announced a 2024 headlining tour across the United States. Kicking off in late July, the jaunt will launch in support of their newly announced album, Loom, which is set to arrive on June 28th.
Get tickets here and read on for more details, including pre-sale information and codes.
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What Is Imagine Dragons’ Next Tour?
Billed as Imagine Dragons’ “biggest North American headline tour to date,” the trek will arrive on the heels of their upcoming album, Loom, dropping June 28th via KIDinaKORNER/Interscope. The band recently previewed the album with the first single, “Eyes Closed.” Pre-orders are ongoing.
Officially launching on July 30th in Camden, New Jersey, the band will take their show on the road through cities from coast to coast and Toronto. Additional stops include St. Louis, Dallas, Seattle, Phoenix, and Denver before wrapping in Los Angeles on October 22nd.
Who...
Get tickets here and read on for more details, including pre-sale information and codes.
Get Imagine Dragons Tickets Here
What Is Imagine Dragons’ Next Tour?
Billed as Imagine Dragons’ “biggest North American headline tour to date,” the trek will arrive on the heels of their upcoming album, Loom, dropping June 28th via KIDinaKORNER/Interscope. The band recently previewed the album with the first single, “Eyes Closed.” Pre-orders are ongoing.
Officially launching on July 30th in Camden, New Jersey, the band will take their show on the road through cities from coast to coast and Toronto. Additional stops include St. Louis, Dallas, Seattle, Phoenix, and Denver before wrapping in Los Angeles on October 22nd.
Who...
- 4/22/2024
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
There is a recent change when it comes to The Voice playoff rounds. However, when the singing reality competition show announced the change, many fans immediately disliked the idea. The problem arises with fans believing the new rule will create a disadvantage for the singers who receive what is supposed to be a reward.
Here is the new rule and why fans aren’t happy about it.
The Voice Playoff Pass For Singers Remains Controversial
The Voice has always attempted to keep things the same throughout its run, only implementing small tweaks to make the competition more exciting. However, one of the tweaks the show made back in Season 23 still has some fans unhappy. This change involved the Knockout Rounds and what is known as the Playoff Pass.
The way the Playoff Passes work is that the coaches choose one person on each team to get a “competing-free card” to...
Here is the new rule and why fans aren’t happy about it.
The Voice Playoff Pass For Singers Remains Controversial
The Voice has always attempted to keep things the same throughout its run, only implementing small tweaks to make the competition more exciting. However, one of the tweaks the show made back in Season 23 still has some fans unhappy. This change involved the Knockout Rounds and what is known as the Playoff Pass.
The way the Playoff Passes work is that the coaches choose one person on each team to get a “competing-free card” to...
- 4/9/2024
- by Shawn Lealos
- TV Shows Ace
Jared Leto and Wheel of Fortune host Pat Sajak played an April Fool’s Day prank on the show’s audience and contestants on Monday night by having Leto temporarily host the show.
Instead of Sajak walking on set arm-in-arm with co-host and presenter Vanna White, it was Jared Leto — who proceeded to then carry on hosting the show as normal.”All right everybody, grab those devices, it’s time to give away some money,” said Leto in host-mode. “A $1000 in our first toss-up, the category is on the map.”
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Eventually, Sajak stepped back in to hosting duties, but neither Sajak nor Leto acknowledged the swap. Jared Leto shared the televised clip of his entrance on Instagram, writing “How’d I do?” as he and Vanna White made their way onstage. Watch the clip of Leto hosting the beloved game show below.
April Fools’ prank or none,...
Instead of Sajak walking on set arm-in-arm with co-host and presenter Vanna White, it was Jared Leto — who proceeded to then carry on hosting the show as normal.”All right everybody, grab those devices, it’s time to give away some money,” said Leto in host-mode. “A $1000 in our first toss-up, the category is on the map.”
Get 30 Seconds to Mars Tickets Here
Eventually, Sajak stepped back in to hosting duties, but neither Sajak nor Leto acknowledged the swap. Jared Leto shared the televised clip of his entrance on Instagram, writing “How’d I do?” as he and Vanna White made their way onstage. Watch the clip of Leto hosting the beloved game show below.
April Fools’ prank or none,...
- 4/2/2024
- by Paolo Ragusa
- Consequence - Music
Bloody Disgusting and Cineverse are extending the Halloween season And celebrating Christmas a bit early next week with the theatrical re-release of Damien Leone’s box office hit Terrifier 2, which will be the Only way you’ll be able to see a sneak peek teaser for Terrifier 3.
Leone teases, “For those of you speculating that the Terrifier 3 teaser is just gonna be some 20 second gimmick, I assure you it’s a legit teaser/trailer, it’s over 2 minutes long, and you’re gonna f****** love it. Exclusively in theaters November 1st!”
Ahead of the Terrifier 3 teaser slashing into theaters on November 1, the film’s first official poster art has leaked online, leaving us with no choice but to confirm the news.
Yes, Terrifier 3 is a Christmas Horror Movie!
But if you want the poster, and you want to see the 2+ minute teaser for Terrifier 3,...
Leone teases, “For those of you speculating that the Terrifier 3 teaser is just gonna be some 20 second gimmick, I assure you it’s a legit teaser/trailer, it’s over 2 minutes long, and you’re gonna f****** love it. Exclusively in theaters November 1st!”
Ahead of the Terrifier 3 teaser slashing into theaters on November 1, the film’s first official poster art has leaked online, leaving us with no choice but to confirm the news.
Yes, Terrifier 3 is a Christmas Horror Movie!
But if you want the poster, and you want to see the 2+ minute teaser for Terrifier 3,...
- 10/26/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
In light of Tennessee’s anti-drag legislation, Allison Russell and Jason Isbell have organized Love Rising, a concert benefitting local LGBTQ organizations set for March 20th at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena.
Love Rising will also feature performances from Hayley Williams, Sheryl Crow, Maren Morris, Hozier, Brittany Howard, Brothers Osborne, Amanda Shires, Julien Baker, Joy Oladokun, Yola, Jake Wesley Rogers, and Mya Byrne, with more artists to be announced.
The concert benefits the Tennessee Equality Project, inclusion tennessee, OUTMemphis, and The Tennessee Pride Chamber. Additionally, The Looking Out Foundation will double any donations it receives up to $100,000.
Love Rising comes after Tennessee passed Senate Bill 3 and House Bill 9, two pieces of legislation that ban drag performances from taking place on public property, as well as in any location where minors could be present. The bills stem from the belief that drag shows are somehow dangerous to young people, an extension of transphobic and homophobic ideology.
Love Rising will also feature performances from Hayley Williams, Sheryl Crow, Maren Morris, Hozier, Brittany Howard, Brothers Osborne, Amanda Shires, Julien Baker, Joy Oladokun, Yola, Jake Wesley Rogers, and Mya Byrne, with more artists to be announced.
The concert benefits the Tennessee Equality Project, inclusion tennessee, OUTMemphis, and The Tennessee Pride Chamber. Additionally, The Looking Out Foundation will double any donations it receives up to $100,000.
Love Rising comes after Tennessee passed Senate Bill 3 and House Bill 9, two pieces of legislation that ban drag performances from taking place on public property, as well as in any location where minors could be present. The bills stem from the belief that drag shows are somehow dangerous to young people, an extension of transphobic and homophobic ideology.
- 3/8/2023
- by Carys Anderson
- Consequence - Music
Love The Mandalorian? Then this is the way. On the evening of February 22 at a central London location we are hosting a very special in-person event with The Mandalorian mastermind Jon Favreau, exclusively for Empire VIPs.
To celebrate Season 3 debuting on Disney + on March 1 Empire’s Chris Hewitt will be joined by the Mando showrunner for an extended Q&a interview. There will also be a rare opportunity to see one of the show’s most spectacular episodes on the big screen – Chapter 16 ('The Rescue').
This event is exclusively for Empire VIPs. Not a member of the club, but want an invite to this epic The Mandalorian event? Click the button below to sign up to become an Empire VIP by midnight on Friday 17 February, and be in with a chance of coming along.
Empire's VIP Club package, as well as access to exclusive events like these,...
To celebrate Season 3 debuting on Disney + on March 1 Empire’s Chris Hewitt will be joined by the Mando showrunner for an extended Q&a interview. There will also be a rare opportunity to see one of the show’s most spectacular episodes on the big screen – Chapter 16 ('The Rescue').
This event is exclusively for Empire VIPs. Not a member of the club, but want an invite to this epic The Mandalorian event? Click the button below to sign up to become an Empire VIP by midnight on Friday 17 February, and be in with a chance of coming along.
Empire's VIP Club package, as well as access to exclusive events like these,...
- 2/17/2023
- by Ian Freer
- Empire - TV
Your next concert ticket could come from Spotify.
The streaming platform has quietly launched Spotify Tickets, a dedicated website currently offering passes to seven shows from artists like Limbeck, Annie Dirusso, Dirty Honey, Crows, and TOKiMONSTA on dates in September, October, and December.
Spotify told TechCrunch the website is a “test,” and that it has “no further news to share on future plans at this time.”
“At Spotify, we routinely test new products and ideas to improve our user experience,” it said. “Some of those end up paving the path for our broader user experience and others serve only as important learings. Tickets.spotify.com is our latest test.”
TechCrunch adds that Spotify is focusing more on pre-sales of event tickets rather than primary sales. That means it wants to offer users the chance to buy passes to events before those passes go on sale to the public through other services like Ticketmaster.
The streaming platform has quietly launched Spotify Tickets, a dedicated website currently offering passes to seven shows from artists like Limbeck, Annie Dirusso, Dirty Honey, Crows, and TOKiMONSTA on dates in September, October, and December.
Spotify told TechCrunch the website is a “test,” and that it has “no further news to share on future plans at this time.”
“At Spotify, we routinely test new products and ideas to improve our user experience,” it said. “Some of those end up paving the path for our broader user experience and others serve only as important learings. Tickets.spotify.com is our latest test.”
TechCrunch adds that Spotify is focusing more on pre-sales of event tickets rather than primary sales. That means it wants to offer users the chance to buy passes to events before those passes go on sale to the public through other services like Ticketmaster.
- 8/10/2022
- by James Hale
- Tubefilter.com
The year marks the ninth run of the Panorama Europe Film Festival, co-presented by The Museum of the Moving Image and Eunic (European Union National Institutes for Culture). Panorama Europe’s platform emphasizes new and vital European Cinema.
This year, Europe celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Treaties of Rome, which established a common market allowing people, goods, services, and capital to move freely. Panorama Europe Film Festival is part of this important celebration, the EU60 campaign. Films screened at the festival hail from the countries of Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, and Spain.
Read More: Houston Museum of African American Culture Teams w/ Silicon Valley African Film Fest for Houston African Film Festival
The festival will run May 5 – 21 at the Museum of Moving Images and the Bohemian National Hall. The opening and closing nights of the festival promise to have two special screenings.
This year, Europe celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Treaties of Rome, which established a common market allowing people, goods, services, and capital to move freely. Panorama Europe Film Festival is part of this important celebration, the EU60 campaign. Films screened at the festival hail from the countries of Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, and Spain.
Read More: Houston Museum of African American Culture Teams w/ Silicon Valley African Film Fest for Houston African Film Festival
The festival will run May 5 – 21 at the Museum of Moving Images and the Bohemian National Hall. The opening and closing nights of the festival promise to have two special screenings.
- 4/28/2017
- by Kerry Levielle
- Indiewire
Keep up with the always-hopping film festival world with our weekly Film Festival Roundup column. Check out last week’s Roundup right here.
Lineup Announcements
– Exclusive: Jcc Manhattan’s 5th Annual Israel Film Center Festival announced its complete line-up of feature films from acclaimed Israeli filmmakers. The festival, which highlights Israel’s latest groundbreaking cinema and also features conversations among industry creative, runs June 8 – 13, 2017 with two pre-festival previews on May 21, and May 23, at Jcc Manhattan, 334 Amsterdam Avenue at 76th Street.
Highlights of this year’s film line-up include the New York premieres of Meni Yaish’s “Our Father,” Erez Tadmor’s “Home Port,” Roee Florentin’s “Mr. Predictable,” and a special preview of “Aida’s Secrets,” set to open in theaters in the fall. Most films included in this year’s slate are New York premieres.
This year’s festival includes popular films coming out of Israel’s industry. “Most...
Lineup Announcements
– Exclusive: Jcc Manhattan’s 5th Annual Israel Film Center Festival announced its complete line-up of feature films from acclaimed Israeli filmmakers. The festival, which highlights Israel’s latest groundbreaking cinema and also features conversations among industry creative, runs June 8 – 13, 2017 with two pre-festival previews on May 21, and May 23, at Jcc Manhattan, 334 Amsterdam Avenue at 76th Street.
Highlights of this year’s film line-up include the New York premieres of Meni Yaish’s “Our Father,” Erez Tadmor’s “Home Port,” Roee Florentin’s “Mr. Predictable,” and a special preview of “Aida’s Secrets,” set to open in theaters in the fall. Most films included in this year’s slate are New York premieres.
This year’s festival includes popular films coming out of Israel’s industry. “Most...
- 4/27/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Organisations will put on discounted screenings of films that win the top prizes at this year’s BIFAs ceremony.
The British Independent Film Awards and the BFI are teaming on Bifa Independents, a year-round public screening programme which will give audiences across the UK an opportunity to view Bifa-nominated or award-winning films at a reduced rate.
Supported by the British Film Institute with National Lottery funding, the films will be screened at a total of 25 Vue, Odeon and Everyman cinemas nationwide.
Tickets for the screenings will be significantly discounted from the cinemas’ usual rates, the companies confirmed.
The first film to be shown starting Sunday 11 December will be the winner of the 2016 Bifa Best British Independent Film Award, to be announced at the Bifa ceremony on Sunday 4 December at Old Billingsgate.
This year’s nominees include American Honey; Couple In A Hole; I, Daniel Blake; Notes on Blindness and Under The Shadow.
Bifa Director...
The British Independent Film Awards and the BFI are teaming on Bifa Independents, a year-round public screening programme which will give audiences across the UK an opportunity to view Bifa-nominated or award-winning films at a reduced rate.
Supported by the British Film Institute with National Lottery funding, the films will be screened at a total of 25 Vue, Odeon and Everyman cinemas nationwide.
Tickets for the screenings will be significantly discounted from the cinemas’ usual rates, the companies confirmed.
The first film to be shown starting Sunday 11 December will be the winner of the 2016 Bifa Best British Independent Film Award, to be announced at the Bifa ceremony on Sunday 4 December at Old Billingsgate.
This year’s nominees include American Honey; Couple In A Hole; I, Daniel Blake; Notes on Blindness and Under The Shadow.
Bifa Director...
- 11/9/2016
- ScreenDaily
The Film Society of Lincoln Center has unveiled the 25 films that will make up the Main Slate of this fall’s 54th New York Film Festival, including a number of festival favorites — with plenty of Cannes crossover and Sundance premieres rounding out the list — and a generous dose of early awards contenders. Nyff Director and Selection Committee Chair Kent Jones presented the slate to a select group of press this morning, where he made it clear that he was very proud of a slate that includes a hefty dose of “vital and important works.”
Selections from Cannes include Ken Loach’s Palme d’Or-winning “I, Daniel Blake,” along with Olivier Assayas’ “Personal Shopper” and Cristian Mungiu’s “Graduation” (which tied for Best Director at the festival) and Maren Ade’s already beloved comedy “Toni Erdmann,” which won the Cannes Critics’ Prize. Jim Jarmusch’s Adam Driver-starring “Paterson” will also screen,...
Selections from Cannes include Ken Loach’s Palme d’Or-winning “I, Daniel Blake,” along with Olivier Assayas’ “Personal Shopper” and Cristian Mungiu’s “Graduation” (which tied for Best Director at the festival) and Maren Ade’s already beloved comedy “Toni Erdmann,” which won the Cannes Critics’ Prize. Jim Jarmusch’s Adam Driver-starring “Paterson” will also screen,...
- 8/9/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami has died in Paris at the age of 76. The acclaimed helmer had been receiving treatment for gastrointestinal cancer and had traveled to France for a series of operations.
The Tehran-born Kiarostami first started making shorts, documentaries and local films back in the 1970s and stayed in Iran after the revolution where he made the famed Koker trilogy. He first came to prominence on the international scene with 1990's "Close-Up" in which he got the actual people in a real-life incident to re-enact events in a man defrauds a family and ultimately went to trial.
His 1997 film "Taste of Cherry," about a man searching for someone to bury him after he commits suicide, won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. He followed that with "The Wind Will Carry Us," "Ten," "Tickets" and "Shirin" along with his most recent and widely viewed films - the Juliette Binoche...
The Tehran-born Kiarostami first started making shorts, documentaries and local films back in the 1970s and stayed in Iran after the revolution where he made the famed Koker trilogy. He first came to prominence on the international scene with 1990's "Close-Up" in which he got the actual people in a real-life incident to re-enact events in a man defrauds a family and ultimately went to trial.
His 1997 film "Taste of Cherry," about a man searching for someone to bury him after he commits suicide, won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. He followed that with "The Wind Will Carry Us," "Ten," "Tickets" and "Shirin" along with his most recent and widely viewed films - the Juliette Binoche...
- 7/4/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
UK distributor Dogwoof is pioneering a new “pay what you can” release for Louise Osmond’s feature documentary about British filmmaker Ken Loach.
Versus: The Life And Films Of Ken Loach is released in conventional fashion in the UK tomorrow (June 3).
But, on Sunday afternoon, there will be screenings at more 40 sites at which admission will be on a first come, first served basis - and for which spectators can pay what they see fit. Loach and his collaborators will attend screenings around the country.
Live comedy, music and theatre shows have tried out the pay-what-you-decide model in the past but it is believed this is the first time cinemas have attempted such a scheme.
“It felt like it was worth trying it out in our industry, the film business, and this seemed a very fitting film to do it with,” said Oli Harbottle, head of distribution at Dogwoof.
“Our desire is to make this film as...
Versus: The Life And Films Of Ken Loach is released in conventional fashion in the UK tomorrow (June 3).
But, on Sunday afternoon, there will be screenings at more 40 sites at which admission will be on a first come, first served basis - and for which spectators can pay what they see fit. Loach and his collaborators will attend screenings around the country.
Live comedy, music and theatre shows have tried out the pay-what-you-decide model in the past but it is believed this is the first time cinemas have attempted such a scheme.
“It felt like it was worth trying it out in our industry, the film business, and this seemed a very fitting film to do it with,” said Oli Harbottle, head of distribution at Dogwoof.
“Our desire is to make this film as...
- 6/2/2016
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
“La Jaula de Oro” which translates to “The Golden Cage” now goes under the title “The Golden Dream”. The film, repped by Films Boutique, has sold widely. In U.S. it was acquired by HBO, but this week it is playing in L.A. at the TCM Chinese and Cinepolis Pico Rivera in East L.A. If you want an extra special treat, you will see it. It will also open Friday, September 4 at Village East Cinema in NYC and in DC at Cinema Pop-Up after Sept 11th.
Watch the Trailer / Showtimes and Tickets
Q&A with filmmaker Fri 9/4, Sat 9/5, Sun 9/6 at the 7pm show.
It will continue through more cities before HBO puts it on cable. It has won awards at every festival screening, starting with Cannes 2013 where it played in Un Certain Regard and won A Certain Talent Prize for the ensemble and the Gillo Pontecorvo Award and François Chalais Award - Special Mention for the strength of the visual aspect, the violence of truth and its emotional intensity. It won 9 Ariel Awards, the Mexican equivalent to the Oscar.
“La Jaula” transcends the usual depiction of young immigrants taking La Bestia through Central America and illegally entering the United States. After “El Norte”, “Sin Nombre” and “Mary Full of Grace”, we have become inured to this long festering problem of immigration. However, this poetic yet realistic and heartbreakingly beautiful depiction of three teenagers (one is a girl) from the slums of Guatemala traveling to the U.S. in search of a better life is pure heart. On their journey through Mexico they meet Chauk, an Indian from Chiapas who doesn’t speak Spanish. Traveling together in cargo trains, walking on the railroad tracks, they form bonds that create the magic of this film.
The beauty of every shot is proof that Diego Quemada-díez was a cinematographer before this debut directorial tour de force.
Diego was interviewed at the premiere by Ian Bernie, festival programmer for Bombay and the New Orleans Film Festivals, former director of the renowned Lacma film program.
Diego:
The social reality in Latin America requires cinema to be deeply engaged with the world as it is. I am interested in making films firmly rooted in our contemporary society.
True realism has it all: fantasy and reason, suffering and utopia, the happiness and pain of our existence. I want to give voice to migrants – human beings who challenge a system established by impassive national and international authorities by crossing borders illegally, risking their own lives in the hope of overcoming dire poverty.
This film is not a documentary, rather it is a fiction based on reality, reenacting it from a place of authenticity and integrity. We constructed the narrative and poetics of this odyssey from the testimony of hundreds of migrants and from the personal sentiments of each and every person who participated in the creative process.
As we identify with Juan and Chauk, we depart from our own daily lives and embark on a grand emotional adventure that delivers us to profound discovery – a journey dispelling the notion that happiness awaits us in a distant place, a journey offering reflection on the borders that divide nations, a journey towards awareness of what separates us as human beings.
We made this adventure in the hope of deconstructing those conventions that imprison us so we can reinvent our own reality. My dream is that these boundaries that separate us dissolve, allowing us to board another train.
One whose destination doesn’t matter, a train whose passengers all know our all existence is interconnected, a train whose obstacles inspire us to celebrate our existence with respect and conscience that transcends nationalities, races, classes and beliefs.
The words of a Mexican man named Juan Menéndez López, spoken just before boarding a moving cargo train with seven of his companions, became the intention I wanted to communicate with the film, “You learn a lot along the path. Here, we are all brothers. We all have the same need. What’s important is that we learn to share. Only in this way can we move ahead, only in this way can we reach our destination, only a united people can survive. As human beings, there is no place in the world where we are illegal.”
Once you have the intention it acts like a magnet, the film starts speaking and we follow it. But to articulate an idea on film we need to do it thru actions, characters, conflict. A metaphor can help us articulate the idea.
In the painting called American Progress from Manifest Destiny, the unquestioned western model of "Progress" or "Civilization" spreads through the land. Then I discovered that behind migration there is a territorial conflict, still current in America. Two ways of looking at the world, with very diferent belief systems, still clashing.
So I thought "I will tell the story of the conflict of two cultures", a story of ‘Cowboys and Indians’ through the clash between a Tzotzil Indian and a mixed race Guatemalan who believes in the Western model. They have completely opposite views of the world, one more materialistic and mental, the other more grounded, more in touch with his soul, his feelings. Throughout the story there is a transformation of the protagonist due to the Indian, not the other way around as the western societies usually expect.
I wanted to question our model of "Progress".
What if it is the western model that needs to change and not the indigenous way?
The opening ten minutes were without words.
Diego: Show me, don’t tell me.
The ending seven minutes themselves are incredible, filmed in a cold, dehumanized Colorado meat-packing warehouse where our hero ends his journey, transformed within himself.
Diego: He was alone; migrants have a lot of loneliness. Many testimonies I gathered ended in ‘We were 15 when we left and none of us arrived’ or ‘one of us arrived’. Very few make it and I wanted to convey this.
A migrant starts the journey looking for the gold (for the money) and as soon as he/ she arrives is trapped due to current legislation. Many pay a high price to get to the U.S. For many it becomes a trap.
Tell us about the genesis of this project.
Diego: I spent seven years researching the story, finding locations, speaking with migrants, gathering their testimonies that the screenplay is based on.
In the production itself, I followed Ken Loach’s techniques, filming in chronological order, without the actors knowing what would happen next. That way they have a life experience instead of acting. I would read them the script five minutes before we shot. We would do this every day, for every scene and based on their words I would rewrite it on the set.
Tell us more about your technique for shooting this film.
Diego: We worked with over 600 migrants in this movie and many people from the villages we passed by. We incorporated our actors into each location surrounded by real people and real locations, then we just filmed like a documentary, becoming an observer of what was happening on front of us. I tried to get the best from fiction and the best from documentary: Dramatic structure, to be able to reenact events instead of talking about them, working with real people, real locations, showing contemporary events that speak about issues of our time.
The hero’s internal journey is a metaphor of our own life and our death. Each of us in our own journey of life meets obstacles; we fall, we stand up, we learn things, we grow or we give up. We are never the same when we arrive at the destination where we believed our dreams would be fulfilled.
I believe we can learn a lot from migrants, from their extreme odyssey. They are people who risk their lives to help their loved ones. They are heroes so I wanted to tell their story through an epic poem.
On a deeper level, I talk of my own life through others. Like twenty years ago when my mother died and I had to keep going. Things happen to you but you go on, you continue however you can. Migrants do that; some people stumble and fall in the journey and still they keep going as best as they can.
How did you find the migrants?
Diego: In regards to the extras in the film, the casting crew would arrive three days before we arrived at each location, so when we got there we could include migrants and people from the villages.
How was this film financed?
Diego: Through a Mexican tax incentive. That is why there are so many movies now being made in Mexico. Last year 140 films. Each very different.
Biography
Born in the Iberian peninsula, Diego has lived in the American continent for the past two decades as nationalized Mexican. His first job in the film industry was in 1995, in Ken Loach's film “Land and Freedom” as a camera assistant to the director of cinematography. A year later, he migrated to the U.S. where he continued his career in film. His graduation film at the American Film Institute (AFI) as writer/director/Dop, “A Table is a Table”, won the Best Cinematography award given by the American Society of Cinematographers (Asc).
He has collaborated as camera operator with directors Spike lee, Alejandro Gonzalez-iñarritu, Tony Scott, Fernando Meirelles, among others, as he wrote and directed his own short films and documentaries. In 2006 he premiered his second short film “I Want to Be A Pilot” at the Sundance Film Festival. The film played at over 200 festivals and won over 50 awards, including Audience Award at La Mostra Sao Paulo Film Festival, Special Mention at the Amiens Film Festival.
That same year he directed in Mexico his short documentary “La Morena”, that premiered at Morelia Film Festival in 2007. In 2010 he won one of the scholarship awarded by Cinéfondation, which enabled him to participate in the Cannes Film Festival Atelier workshop with his first long-feature film, “La Jaula de Oro”. As we said above, the film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in Un Certain Regard’s Official Selection and won Un Certain Talent Award and The Gillo Pontecorvo Award and François Chalais Special Mention Award. In its Mexican premiere at the Morelia Film Festival, the film won three awards: Audience Award, Best First Film and Press Guerrero Award. As a Director he has won Best Director at Vladivostock Ff, Best New Director at the Chicago Ff, Best Director at Thessaloniki Ff, Best Director at Havana New York Ff, Best Director at Luis Buñuel Calanda Ff in Spain, Best Director from Satjavit Ray Foundation at the London Ff and Jean Renoir Award in France. It also won Best First Film in Lima, La Habana, República Dominicana and Best Film in Mumbai, Mar de Plata,Thessaloniki, Zurich.
It won nine Ariel Awards from the Mexican Film Academy, including Best Film, Best First Film and Best Original Screenplay, as well as Best Iberoamerican Film at the Fenix Iberoamerican Awards held in Mexico City. Up to now the film has received over 80 awards.
As a writer, aside from his screenplays, he has also written a poetry book called I “Dreamed I Found My Octogonal Room”.
More information on the film below:
"La Jaula de Oro" (The Golden Dream)
A film by Diego Quemada-Diez (Mexico/Spain, 102 min. In Spanish and Tzotzil with English subtitles)
Opens Friday, September 4 Village East Cinema 181-189 Second Avenue (at 12th Street) New York City, (212) 529-6998
Watch the Trailer / Showtimes and Tickets
Q&A with filmmaker Fri 9/4 and Sat 9/5 at the 7pm show.
The most awarded Mexican film in history -with over 80 international accolades- Diego Quemada-Diez's acclaimed debut feature "La Jaula de Oro" tells the story of three teenagers from the slums of Guatemala travel to the Us in search of a better life. On their journey through Mexico they meet Chauk, a Tzotzil kid from Chiapas who doesn’t speak Spanish. Travelling together in cargo trains, walking on the railroad tracks, they soon have to face a harsh reality.
Watch the Trailer / Showtimes and Tickets
Q&A with filmmaker Fri 9/4, Sat 9/5, Sun 9/6 at the 7pm show.
It will continue through more cities before HBO puts it on cable. It has won awards at every festival screening, starting with Cannes 2013 where it played in Un Certain Regard and won A Certain Talent Prize for the ensemble and the Gillo Pontecorvo Award and François Chalais Award - Special Mention for the strength of the visual aspect, the violence of truth and its emotional intensity. It won 9 Ariel Awards, the Mexican equivalent to the Oscar.
“La Jaula” transcends the usual depiction of young immigrants taking La Bestia through Central America and illegally entering the United States. After “El Norte”, “Sin Nombre” and “Mary Full of Grace”, we have become inured to this long festering problem of immigration. However, this poetic yet realistic and heartbreakingly beautiful depiction of three teenagers (one is a girl) from the slums of Guatemala traveling to the U.S. in search of a better life is pure heart. On their journey through Mexico they meet Chauk, an Indian from Chiapas who doesn’t speak Spanish. Traveling together in cargo trains, walking on the railroad tracks, they form bonds that create the magic of this film.
The beauty of every shot is proof that Diego Quemada-díez was a cinematographer before this debut directorial tour de force.
Diego was interviewed at the premiere by Ian Bernie, festival programmer for Bombay and the New Orleans Film Festivals, former director of the renowned Lacma film program.
Diego:
The social reality in Latin America requires cinema to be deeply engaged with the world as it is. I am interested in making films firmly rooted in our contemporary society.
True realism has it all: fantasy and reason, suffering and utopia, the happiness and pain of our existence. I want to give voice to migrants – human beings who challenge a system established by impassive national and international authorities by crossing borders illegally, risking their own lives in the hope of overcoming dire poverty.
This film is not a documentary, rather it is a fiction based on reality, reenacting it from a place of authenticity and integrity. We constructed the narrative and poetics of this odyssey from the testimony of hundreds of migrants and from the personal sentiments of each and every person who participated in the creative process.
As we identify with Juan and Chauk, we depart from our own daily lives and embark on a grand emotional adventure that delivers us to profound discovery – a journey dispelling the notion that happiness awaits us in a distant place, a journey offering reflection on the borders that divide nations, a journey towards awareness of what separates us as human beings.
We made this adventure in the hope of deconstructing those conventions that imprison us so we can reinvent our own reality. My dream is that these boundaries that separate us dissolve, allowing us to board another train.
One whose destination doesn’t matter, a train whose passengers all know our all existence is interconnected, a train whose obstacles inspire us to celebrate our existence with respect and conscience that transcends nationalities, races, classes and beliefs.
The words of a Mexican man named Juan Menéndez López, spoken just before boarding a moving cargo train with seven of his companions, became the intention I wanted to communicate with the film, “You learn a lot along the path. Here, we are all brothers. We all have the same need. What’s important is that we learn to share. Only in this way can we move ahead, only in this way can we reach our destination, only a united people can survive. As human beings, there is no place in the world where we are illegal.”
Once you have the intention it acts like a magnet, the film starts speaking and we follow it. But to articulate an idea on film we need to do it thru actions, characters, conflict. A metaphor can help us articulate the idea.
In the painting called American Progress from Manifest Destiny, the unquestioned western model of "Progress" or "Civilization" spreads through the land. Then I discovered that behind migration there is a territorial conflict, still current in America. Two ways of looking at the world, with very diferent belief systems, still clashing.
So I thought "I will tell the story of the conflict of two cultures", a story of ‘Cowboys and Indians’ through the clash between a Tzotzil Indian and a mixed race Guatemalan who believes in the Western model. They have completely opposite views of the world, one more materialistic and mental, the other more grounded, more in touch with his soul, his feelings. Throughout the story there is a transformation of the protagonist due to the Indian, not the other way around as the western societies usually expect.
I wanted to question our model of "Progress".
What if it is the western model that needs to change and not the indigenous way?
The opening ten minutes were without words.
Diego: Show me, don’t tell me.
The ending seven minutes themselves are incredible, filmed in a cold, dehumanized Colorado meat-packing warehouse where our hero ends his journey, transformed within himself.
Diego: He was alone; migrants have a lot of loneliness. Many testimonies I gathered ended in ‘We were 15 when we left and none of us arrived’ or ‘one of us arrived’. Very few make it and I wanted to convey this.
A migrant starts the journey looking for the gold (for the money) and as soon as he/ she arrives is trapped due to current legislation. Many pay a high price to get to the U.S. For many it becomes a trap.
Tell us about the genesis of this project.
Diego: I spent seven years researching the story, finding locations, speaking with migrants, gathering their testimonies that the screenplay is based on.
In the production itself, I followed Ken Loach’s techniques, filming in chronological order, without the actors knowing what would happen next. That way they have a life experience instead of acting. I would read them the script five minutes before we shot. We would do this every day, for every scene and based on their words I would rewrite it on the set.
Tell us more about your technique for shooting this film.
Diego: We worked with over 600 migrants in this movie and many people from the villages we passed by. We incorporated our actors into each location surrounded by real people and real locations, then we just filmed like a documentary, becoming an observer of what was happening on front of us. I tried to get the best from fiction and the best from documentary: Dramatic structure, to be able to reenact events instead of talking about them, working with real people, real locations, showing contemporary events that speak about issues of our time.
The hero’s internal journey is a metaphor of our own life and our death. Each of us in our own journey of life meets obstacles; we fall, we stand up, we learn things, we grow or we give up. We are never the same when we arrive at the destination where we believed our dreams would be fulfilled.
I believe we can learn a lot from migrants, from their extreme odyssey. They are people who risk their lives to help their loved ones. They are heroes so I wanted to tell their story through an epic poem.
On a deeper level, I talk of my own life through others. Like twenty years ago when my mother died and I had to keep going. Things happen to you but you go on, you continue however you can. Migrants do that; some people stumble and fall in the journey and still they keep going as best as they can.
How did you find the migrants?
Diego: In regards to the extras in the film, the casting crew would arrive three days before we arrived at each location, so when we got there we could include migrants and people from the villages.
How was this film financed?
Diego: Through a Mexican tax incentive. That is why there are so many movies now being made in Mexico. Last year 140 films. Each very different.
Biography
Born in the Iberian peninsula, Diego has lived in the American continent for the past two decades as nationalized Mexican. His first job in the film industry was in 1995, in Ken Loach's film “Land and Freedom” as a camera assistant to the director of cinematography. A year later, he migrated to the U.S. where he continued his career in film. His graduation film at the American Film Institute (AFI) as writer/director/Dop, “A Table is a Table”, won the Best Cinematography award given by the American Society of Cinematographers (Asc).
He has collaborated as camera operator with directors Spike lee, Alejandro Gonzalez-iñarritu, Tony Scott, Fernando Meirelles, among others, as he wrote and directed his own short films and documentaries. In 2006 he premiered his second short film “I Want to Be A Pilot” at the Sundance Film Festival. The film played at over 200 festivals and won over 50 awards, including Audience Award at La Mostra Sao Paulo Film Festival, Special Mention at the Amiens Film Festival.
That same year he directed in Mexico his short documentary “La Morena”, that premiered at Morelia Film Festival in 2007. In 2010 he won one of the scholarship awarded by Cinéfondation, which enabled him to participate in the Cannes Film Festival Atelier workshop with his first long-feature film, “La Jaula de Oro”. As we said above, the film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in Un Certain Regard’s Official Selection and won Un Certain Talent Award and The Gillo Pontecorvo Award and François Chalais Special Mention Award. In its Mexican premiere at the Morelia Film Festival, the film won three awards: Audience Award, Best First Film and Press Guerrero Award. As a Director he has won Best Director at Vladivostock Ff, Best New Director at the Chicago Ff, Best Director at Thessaloniki Ff, Best Director at Havana New York Ff, Best Director at Luis Buñuel Calanda Ff in Spain, Best Director from Satjavit Ray Foundation at the London Ff and Jean Renoir Award in France. It also won Best First Film in Lima, La Habana, República Dominicana and Best Film in Mumbai, Mar de Plata,Thessaloniki, Zurich.
It won nine Ariel Awards from the Mexican Film Academy, including Best Film, Best First Film and Best Original Screenplay, as well as Best Iberoamerican Film at the Fenix Iberoamerican Awards held in Mexico City. Up to now the film has received over 80 awards.
As a writer, aside from his screenplays, he has also written a poetry book called I “Dreamed I Found My Octogonal Room”.
More information on the film below:
"La Jaula de Oro" (The Golden Dream)
A film by Diego Quemada-Diez (Mexico/Spain, 102 min. In Spanish and Tzotzil with English subtitles)
Opens Friday, September 4 Village East Cinema 181-189 Second Avenue (at 12th Street) New York City, (212) 529-6998
Watch the Trailer / Showtimes and Tickets
Q&A with filmmaker Fri 9/4 and Sat 9/5 at the 7pm show.
The most awarded Mexican film in history -with over 80 international accolades- Diego Quemada-Diez's acclaimed debut feature "La Jaula de Oro" tells the story of three teenagers from the slums of Guatemala travel to the Us in search of a better life. On their journey through Mexico they meet Chauk, a Tzotzil kid from Chiapas who doesn’t speak Spanish. Travelling together in cargo trains, walking on the railroad tracks, they soon have to face a harsh reality.
- 9/4/2015
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Robert Carlyle's directorial debut will receive its world premiere at this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff).
The Legend of Barney Thomson will open the 69th year of the annual festival on Wednesday, June 17.
The black comedy - which is set in Glasgow - sees Carlyle star alongside Emma Thompson, Ray Winstone, Ashley Jensen, Martin Compston and Brian Pettifer.
Carlyle said: "After a career-long association with Eiff it gives me enormous pleasure to have The Legend of Barney Thomson chosen as Opening Night film.
"It really is such an honour for me to have my first feature as director premiered here in Edinburgh at the festival that has played such a huge part in my life."
Mark Adams, the new Artistic Director of Eiff, added: "We are thrilled to be opening this year's festival with Robert Carlyle's wonderful black comedy.
"It is a marvellously macabre and playful film,...
The Legend of Barney Thomson will open the 69th year of the annual festival on Wednesday, June 17.
The black comedy - which is set in Glasgow - sees Carlyle star alongside Emma Thompson, Ray Winstone, Ashley Jensen, Martin Compston and Brian Pettifer.
Carlyle said: "After a career-long association with Eiff it gives me enormous pleasure to have The Legend of Barney Thomson chosen as Opening Night film.
"It really is such an honour for me to have my first feature as director premiered here in Edinburgh at the festival that has played such a huge part in my life."
Mark Adams, the new Artistic Director of Eiff, added: "We are thrilled to be opening this year's festival with Robert Carlyle's wonderful black comedy.
"It is a marvellously macabre and playful film,...
- 5/5/2015
- Digital Spy
Welcome back to Cannes Check, In Contention's annual preview of the films in Competition at this year's Cannes Film Festival, which kicks off on May 14. Taking on different selections every day, we'll be examining what they're about, who's involved and what their chances are of snagging an award from Jane Campion's jury. Next up, the lineup's second Palme d'Or-winning British stalwart: Ken Loach's "Jimmy's Hall." The director: Ken Loach (British, 77 years old). Often labelled the father of British social realism on film, Ken Loach is as famed for the no-nonsense naturalism of his aesthetic as for his defiantly socialist politics -- evident to varying degrees in 26 cinematic features (narrative and documentary) over 47 years. A lower-middle-class grammar school student turned Oxford law graduate, Loach began his career in television, directing a series of socially conscious BBC teleplays -- most famously the homelessness study "Cathy Come Home" -- before making his first feature film,...
- 5/12/2014
- by Guy Lodge
- Hitfix
From locked-in Cannes bait like the Dardennes brothers to outliers like Disney's new take on Sleeping Beauty, we list the films we predict will be vying for the prizes come May
The Oscars are over; Sundance is but a memory; SXSW has been overrun with musos. The film industry's eyes, forever trained forward, are now squinting against the glare of the south of France and the Cote d'Azur: Cannes is on its way. As ever, the speculation has already begun as to which films the festival will tie up for its official selection: Cannes's bespoke mix of esoteric auteurism, finger-poking controversy and shameless glitz. We know the Grace Kelly biopic Grace of Monaco will be there (it was announced as opening film back in January) and we're fairly sure the extended cut of Nymphomaniac Volume II has a spot reserved for it. But other than that, it's anyone's guess. Here...
The Oscars are over; Sundance is but a memory; SXSW has been overrun with musos. The film industry's eyes, forever trained forward, are now squinting against the glare of the south of France and the Cote d'Azur: Cannes is on its way. As ever, the speculation has already begun as to which films the festival will tie up for its official selection: Cannes's bespoke mix of esoteric auteurism, finger-poking controversy and shameless glitz. We know the Grace Kelly biopic Grace of Monaco will be there (it was announced as opening film back in January) and we're fairly sure the extended cut of Nymphomaniac Volume II has a spot reserved for it. But other than that, it's anyone's guess. Here...
- 3/14/2014
- by Xan Brooks, Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
Disney announced today that for one week only, guests will have the opportunity to see Disney’s upcoming “Saving Mr. Banks,” starring Emma Thompson and Tom Hanks, in a state-of-the-art movie theater on the Walt Disney Studios lot in Burbank, California, and then walk in Walt Disney’s footsteps on a special tour of the famous lot. This limited engagement features one show daily at 7 p.m. from December 13th through December 19th.
Tickets are $50 each and include a reserved seat to watch Saving Mr. Banks in the Studio Main Theatre as well as the “Walk in Walt’s Footsteps” tour immediately following the screening, which showcases key locations that were featured in the film. On the tour guests will have photo opportunities with Mickey Mouse as well as Mary Poppins and Bert the Chimney Sweep characters from “Mary Poppins” and will get a chance to see sets from the film,...
Tickets are $50 each and include a reserved seat to watch Saving Mr. Banks in the Studio Main Theatre as well as the “Walk in Walt’s Footsteps” tour immediately following the screening, which showcases key locations that were featured in the film. On the tour guests will have photo opportunities with Mickey Mouse as well as Mary Poppins and Bert the Chimney Sweep characters from “Mary Poppins” and will get a chance to see sets from the film,...
- 11/19/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
To celebrate the release of Filth, starring James McAvoy and in Scottish cinemas September 27th and UK cinemas October 4th we have an awesome competition for you. We are offering two lucky winners the chance to attend the Glasgow premiere of Filth on September 24th.
Scheming Bruce Robertson (James McAvoy), a bigoted and corrupt policeman, is in line for a promotion and will stop at nothing to get what he wants. Enlisted to solve a brutal murder and threatened by the aspirations of his colleagues, including Ray Lennox (Jamie Bell), Bruce sets about ensuring their ruin, right under the nose of unwitting Chief Inspector Toal. As he turns his colleagues against one another by stealing their wives and exposing their secrets, Bruce starts to lose himself in a web of deceit that he can no longer control. His past is slowly catching up with him, and a missing wife, a...
Scheming Bruce Robertson (James McAvoy), a bigoted and corrupt policeman, is in line for a promotion and will stop at nothing to get what he wants. Enlisted to solve a brutal murder and threatened by the aspirations of his colleagues, including Ray Lennox (Jamie Bell), Bruce sets about ensuring their ruin, right under the nose of unwitting Chief Inspector Toal. As he turns his colleagues against one another by stealing their wives and exposing their secrets, Bruce starts to lose himself in a web of deceit that he can no longer control. His past is slowly catching up with him, and a missing wife, a...
- 9/18/2013
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Exclusive: Jimmy’s Hall, which has begun shooting in Ireland, is likely to be Ken Loach’s last narrative feature - but he will continue to direct documentaries.
Ken Loach’s upcoming drama, Jimmy’s Hall, will likely be his last, according to regular producer Rebecca O’Brien.
“This is probably the last narrative feature for Ken,” O’Brien told ScreenDaily. “There are a few documentary ideas kicking around, and that will probably be the way to go, but this is a serious period-drama with a lot of moving parts so it’s a big thing to put together. I think we should go out while we’re on top.”
O’Brien, who has produced more than a dozen features with Loach since 1990, said that the 77 year-old director is likely to continue to make documentaries and TV work but that he is “unlikely” to make another narrative feature.
“It’s such a huge operation and Ken doesn...
Ken Loach’s upcoming drama, Jimmy’s Hall, will likely be his last, according to regular producer Rebecca O’Brien.
“This is probably the last narrative feature for Ken,” O’Brien told ScreenDaily. “There are a few documentary ideas kicking around, and that will probably be the way to go, but this is a serious period-drama with a lot of moving parts so it’s a big thing to put together. I think we should go out while we’re on top.”
O’Brien, who has produced more than a dozen features with Loach since 1990, said that the 77 year-old director is likely to continue to make documentaries and TV work but that he is “unlikely” to make another narrative feature.
“It’s such a huge operation and Ken doesn...
- 8/8/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Jimmy’s Hall, which has begun shooting in Ireland, is likely to be Ken Loach’s last narrative feature - but he will continue to direct documentaries.
Ken Loach’s upcoming drama, Jimmy’s Hall, will likely be his last, according to regular producer Rebecca O’Brien.
“This is probably the last narrative feature for Ken,” O’Brien told ScreenDaily. “There are a few documentary ideas kicking around, and that will probably be the way to go, but this is a serious period-drama with a lot of interconnecting elements so it’s a big thing to put together. I think we should go out while we’re on top.”
O’Brien, who has produced more than a dozen features with Loach since 1990, said that the 77 year-old director is likely to continue to make documentaries and TV work but that he is “unlikely” to make another narrative feature.
“It’s such a huge operation and Ken doesn...
Ken Loach’s upcoming drama, Jimmy’s Hall, will likely be his last, according to regular producer Rebecca O’Brien.
“This is probably the last narrative feature for Ken,” O’Brien told ScreenDaily. “There are a few documentary ideas kicking around, and that will probably be the way to go, but this is a serious period-drama with a lot of interconnecting elements so it’s a big thing to put together. I think we should go out while we’re on top.”
O’Brien, who has produced more than a dozen features with Loach since 1990, said that the 77 year-old director is likely to continue to make documentaries and TV work but that he is “unlikely” to make another narrative feature.
“It’s such a huge operation and Ken doesn...
- 8/8/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Winner of the 2012 Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize, The Angels’ Share is a comic fable about wasted talent and what happens when we are given a chance in life. It would be hard to see Robbie as a man worthy of redemption. He’s constantly watching out for a gang of thugs looking to settle a family grudge, his girlfriend is giving birth to a baby while her father offers him money to leave Glasgow, and he’s serving 300 hours of community service. But when Robbie meets Harry, the gruff but benevolent man in charge of his sentence, he finds a hidden talent for Scotch whiskey – and a new chance at life. For distillers the angels’ share is the whiskey lost to evaporation each year, and that little fact makes a rare cask of whiskey the perfect target for a heist.
A hilarious story about second chances, The Angels’ Share...
A hilarious story about second chances, The Angels’ Share...
- 4/15/2013
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The Melbourne International Film Festival has announced a big line-up of films which screened at the Cannes Film Festival.
The announcement:
The 61st Melbourne International Film Festival (Miff) will screen its biggest selection of films straight from the prestigious Cannes Film Festival.
Miff is one of the first festivals to screen these films after their world premiere at Cannes, meaning Melbourne audiences will be one of the first in the world to watch them after their debut on the French Riviera.
Over 35 films from Cannes are included in this year’s Festival line-up. Along with Michael Haneke’s Palme d’Or winning Amour, Benh Zeitlin’s Camera d’Or winner Beasts of the Southern Wild, and Wes Anderson’s Moonlight Kingdom, all announced in Miff’s First Glance on 5th June, Miff audiences will be treated to a huge selection of the world’s best filmmakers and films.
“Cannes is...
The announcement:
The 61st Melbourne International Film Festival (Miff) will screen its biggest selection of films straight from the prestigious Cannes Film Festival.
Miff is one of the first festivals to screen these films after their world premiere at Cannes, meaning Melbourne audiences will be one of the first in the world to watch them after their debut on the French Riviera.
Over 35 films from Cannes are included in this year’s Festival line-up. Along with Michael Haneke’s Palme d’Or winning Amour, Benh Zeitlin’s Camera d’Or winner Beasts of the Southern Wild, and Wes Anderson’s Moonlight Kingdom, all announced in Miff’s First Glance on 5th June, Miff audiences will be treated to a huge selection of the world’s best filmmakers and films.
“Cannes is...
- 6/20/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Cannes romance Like Someone in Love helmed by Abbas Kiarostami goes to Sundance Selects The MK2 and Eurospace Production made its world premiere in competition at Cannes and is scripted by Certified Copy's Kiarostami. Rin Takanashi, Tadashi Okuno and Ryo Kase star in the Kenzo Horikoshi and Nathanaël Karmitz-produced Palme d'Or-nominated film which tells of an old man and young woman who meet in Tokyo. Experienced filmmaker Kiarostami's previous helming credits include Tickets, Ten and The Wind Will Carry Us. IFC Films/Sundance Selects also recently acquired On the Road helmed by Walter Salles, starring Tom Sturridge...
- 5/29/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Cannes romance Like Someone in Love helmed by Abbas Kiarostami goes to Sundance Selects The MK2 and Eurospace Production made its world premiere in competition at Cannes and is scripted by Certified Copy's Kiarostami. Rin Takanashi, Tadashi Okuno and Ryo Kase star in the Kenzo Horikoshi and Nathanaël Karmitz-produced Palme d'Or-nominated film which tells of an old man and young woman who meet in Tokyo. Experienced filmmaker Kiarostami's previous helming credits include Tickets, Ten and The Wind Will Carry Us. IFC Films/Sundance Selects also recently acquired On the Road helmed by Walter Salles, starring Tom Sturridge...
- 5/29/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Ken Loach's new film The Angels' Share is one of the big contenders at Cannes. Will its star – Glaswegian binman Gary Maitland – finally give up the day job?
Like many people, Gary Maitland juggles two jobs. For both, he must wake at 6.30am. But it's only when he's working as a movie star that he gets chauffeur-driven to work. South Lanarkshire council does not, as yet, extend this service to its binmen.
The Glaswegian's days of merely moonlighting on the big screen – he has already appeared in two Ken Loach films – look to be drawing to a close, though. This week, he will emerge into the limelight: his latest collaboration with Loach, The Angels' Share, is in competition at the Cannes film festival, and he will be there to promote it.
Maitland has been to France before, travelling through by coach to see Rangers play in the Netherlands. This...
Like many people, Gary Maitland juggles two jobs. For both, he must wake at 6.30am. But it's only when he's working as a movie star that he gets chauffeur-driven to work. South Lanarkshire council does not, as yet, extend this service to its binmen.
The Glaswegian's days of merely moonlighting on the big screen – he has already appeared in two Ken Loach films – look to be drawing to a close, though. This week, he will emerge into the limelight: his latest collaboration with Loach, The Angels' Share, is in competition at the Cannes film festival, and he will be there to promote it.
Maitland has been to France before, travelling through by coach to see Rangers play in the Netherlands. This...
- 5/15/2012
- by Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
The San Francisco Film Societyannounced today that Kenneth Branagh will be the recipient of the Founder’s Directing Award at the 55th San Francisco International Film Festival (April 19 – May 3). The Fda will be presented to Branagh at Film Society Awards Night, Thursday, April 26 at the historic Warfield Theatre.
The Film Society and its highly regarded Youth Education program will be the beneficiary of the fundraiser honoring Branagh. The soon-to-be-announced recipients of the Peter J. Owens Award for excellence in acting and the Kanbar Award for excellence in screenwriting will also be honored at the star-studded event. Susie and Pat McBaine and Katie and Todd Traina are chairs of this year’s Film Society Awards Night gala, and Melanie and Larry Blum are the honorary chairs.
“We are thrilled to honor Kenneth Branagh for his remarkable directorial achievements and multifaceted career at this year’s Festival,” said Melanie Blum, the San...
The Film Society and its highly regarded Youth Education program will be the beneficiary of the fundraiser honoring Branagh. The soon-to-be-announced recipients of the Peter J. Owens Award for excellence in acting and the Kanbar Award for excellence in screenwriting will also be honored at the star-studded event. Susie and Pat McBaine and Katie and Todd Traina are chairs of this year’s Film Society Awards Night gala, and Melanie and Larry Blum are the honorary chairs.
“We are thrilled to honor Kenneth Branagh for his remarkable directorial achievements and multifaceted career at this year’s Festival,” said Melanie Blum, the San...
- 3/19/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The Edinburgh film festival's guest-curator bombshell was a clear attempt to grab the spotlight from the upstart down the M8
Tuesday's headline-grabbing "reveal" of guest curators for the 2011 Edinburgh international film festival might look like an innocent press release to you, but here in Glasgow there are those who see it as having all the sensitivity and subtlety of a horse's head in the bed. The list of curators is not complete – only eight of 14 names are confirmed – so why did the organisers feel the need to rush it out this week?
The answer might lie just 45 miles west. The Glasgow film festival kicks off on Thursday and there's been growing press speculation that its fresh approach and increased scale, ambition and sales are beginning to make it look like a forward-thinking dynamo poised to surpass the limping sexagenarian down the M8.
A couple of years ago, the highly prestigious,...
Tuesday's headline-grabbing "reveal" of guest curators for the 2011 Edinburgh international film festival might look like an innocent press release to you, but here in Glasgow there are those who see it as having all the sensitivity and subtlety of a horse's head in the bed. The list of curators is not complete – only eight of 14 names are confirmed – so why did the organisers feel the need to rush it out this week?
The answer might lie just 45 miles west. The Glasgow film festival kicks off on Thursday and there's been growing press speculation that its fresh approach and increased scale, ambition and sales are beginning to make it look like a forward-thinking dynamo poised to surpass the limping sexagenarian down the M8.
A couple of years ago, the highly prestigious,...
- 2/16/2011
- by Jane Graham
- The Guardian - Film News
It's like a dream. I'm at the shore in Barcelona, Spain. The hot morning sun reflects off the ocean's blue waves—and Antonio's crystal blue eyes. His wide shoulders could throw me across the ocean. I'm sure of it. He could fight Zeus with no weapons. He was Odysseus in a past life; it's obvious. He wants to go skinny-dipping in the ocean—a very common thing in Spain, apparently. His skin literally sparkles in the sunlight. Unbelievable. Is this heaven? I close my eyes. My mind wanders. Suddenly, I am back in Los Angeles. The traffic is grinding. I'm sitting in my eight-year-old Mazda Miata on the way to an audition. The tires are getting bald, making me cautious to hit the brakes too harshly. The air-conditioning isn't working, and a few days ago it was 113 degrees in the city. I am slowly melting when... Antonio holds his gentle...
- 11/5/2010
- backstage.com
• Bill Stamets and Roger Ebert
The 46th Chicago International Film Festival will play this year at one central location, on the many screens of the AMC River East 21, 322 E. Illinois. A festivalgoers and filmmakers' lounge will be open during festival hours at the Lucky Strike on the second level. Tickets can be ordered online at Ciff's website, which also organizes the films by title, director and country. Tickets also at AMC; sold out films have Rush Lines. More capsules will be added here.
"127 Hours" (USA)A tour de force by James Franco and Danny Boyle ("Slumdog Millionaire"). Many are familiar with the true story, and just as many probably thought it could never be filmed. Boyle succeeds. A climber named Aron Ralston went climbing by himself in remote canyons, and was trapped deep in a crevice when a falling rock pinned his arm. He had limited food and water, no...
The 46th Chicago International Film Festival will play this year at one central location, on the many screens of the AMC River East 21, 322 E. Illinois. A festivalgoers and filmmakers' lounge will be open during festival hours at the Lucky Strike on the second level. Tickets can be ordered online at Ciff's website, which also organizes the films by title, director and country. Tickets also at AMC; sold out films have Rush Lines. More capsules will be added here.
"127 Hours" (USA)A tour de force by James Franco and Danny Boyle ("Slumdog Millionaire"). Many are familiar with the true story, and just as many probably thought it could never be filmed. Boyle succeeds. A climber named Aron Ralston went climbing by himself in remote canyons, and was trapped deep in a crevice when a falling rock pinned his arm. He had limited food and water, no...
- 10/16/2010
- by Roger Ebert
- blogs.suntimes.com/ebert
Abbas Kiarostami's new movie is a stylish and mysterious study of relationships, with powerful central performances
A certain obliquity is necessary for anyone working within a repressive regime like the Iran of the ayatollahs, and the circumspection of movie-makers there has contributed to the creation of a subtle, allusive, allegorical cinema. The 70-year-old Abbas Kiarostami, who initially studied painting and design at Tehran University before entering the film business, eventually attracted an international following after making an impact on the festival circuit with the so-called Koker trilogy made between 1987 and 1994, about life in a remote Iranian village and the impact of an earthquake that occurred there in 1990.
He is perhaps the most distinctive of a remarkable generation of Iranian film-makers. The influences on his work range from the Italian neorealists to Pirandello, and he has developed a highly individual style that involves long takes, working with non-professional casts, and...
A certain obliquity is necessary for anyone working within a repressive regime like the Iran of the ayatollahs, and the circumspection of movie-makers there has contributed to the creation of a subtle, allusive, allegorical cinema. The 70-year-old Abbas Kiarostami, who initially studied painting and design at Tehran University before entering the film business, eventually attracted an international following after making an impact on the festival circuit with the so-called Koker trilogy made between 1987 and 1994, about life in a remote Iranian village and the impact of an earthquake that occurred there in 1990.
He is perhaps the most distinctive of a remarkable generation of Iranian film-makers. The influences on his work range from the Italian neorealists to Pirandello, and he has developed a highly individual style that involves long takes, working with non-professional casts, and...
- 9/6/2010
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
The folks over at the Film Society of Lincoln Center have announced their main program for the 48th annual New York Film Festival running from September 24th - October 10th.
In addition to the already announced open night heavy hitter that is David Fincher's The Social Network, they've added another Hollywood big gun with Clint Eastwood's supernatural tale Hereafter, starring Matt Damon and Bryce Dallas Howard. The centerpiece film will be Julie Taymor's latest Shakespeare spectacle, The Tempest.
The real meat of the line-up *ahem* comes with Mexican cannibal feature, We Are What We Are, a film we've been pretty supportive of here at Twitch since its Cannes premiere. The complete list for the main slate is listed below with the expected bevy of Cannes holdovers and late year awards hopefuls.
Tickets go on sale to the public starting September 12th. And yes, we press hope to...
In addition to the already announced open night heavy hitter that is David Fincher's The Social Network, they've added another Hollywood big gun with Clint Eastwood's supernatural tale Hereafter, starring Matt Damon and Bryce Dallas Howard. The centerpiece film will be Julie Taymor's latest Shakespeare spectacle, The Tempest.
The real meat of the line-up *ahem* comes with Mexican cannibal feature, We Are What We Are, a film we've been pretty supportive of here at Twitch since its Cannes premiere. The complete list for the main slate is listed below with the expected bevy of Cannes holdovers and late year awards hopefuls.
Tickets go on sale to the public starting September 12th. And yes, we press hope to...
- 8/16/2010
- Screen Anarchy
London -- James Bond film composer David Arnold today announced details of his second annual Concert for Care, a charity event for Care International at the Royal Albert Hall on Oct. 18 that will feature one of the biggest ever gatherings of top movie composers.
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra will play selections of film scores and songs introduced by a dozen men and women who have written some of the most popular film music of recent years. Most of them also will attend a screening of Universal's "Psycho," directed by Alfred Hitchcock with music by Bernard Herrmann, at London's Empire Theatre on Oct. 17 followed by a Q&A session, also in support of Care.
Besides Arnold, Grammy Award-winner for "Independence Day" (1996), who has written the score for the last five 007 films, the concert will star Rachel Portman, who has three Oscar nominations including a win for "Emma" (1996); Anne Dudley, Oscar-winner for...
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra will play selections of film scores and songs introduced by a dozen men and women who have written some of the most popular film music of recent years. Most of them also will attend a screening of Universal's "Psycho," directed by Alfred Hitchcock with music by Bernard Herrmann, at London's Empire Theatre on Oct. 17 followed by a Q&A session, also in support of Care.
Besides Arnold, Grammy Award-winner for "Independence Day" (1996), who has written the score for the last five 007 films, the concert will star Rachel Portman, who has three Oscar nominations including a win for "Emma" (1996); Anne Dudley, Oscar-winner for...
- 8/2/2010
- by By Ray Bennett
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Stevie Wonder hits the UK, Toy Story goes 3D, and it's the last ever Big Brother – our critics pick the unmissable events of the season
Pop
Stevie Wonder
Anyone who can't face braving Glastonbury to see the Motown legend's Sunday-night set can head to London's Hyde Park for this headlining show. It's likely to be heavy on the hits, but a little too heavy on the audience participation, if complaints from disgruntled punters at Wonder's recent shows are anything to go by. And be warned: Jamiroquai seems to have been enticed out of retirement to provide support. Hyde Park, London W2, 26 June. Box office: 020-7009 3484.
T in the Park
This beloved Scottish festival is prized as much for its atmosphere as its lineup. And they're certainly wheeling out the big hitters this year: Eminem, Muse, Kasabian, Jay-z, Black Eyed Peas, Florence and the Machine, La Roux, Dizzee Rascal and Paolo Nutini,...
Pop
Stevie Wonder
Anyone who can't face braving Glastonbury to see the Motown legend's Sunday-night set can head to London's Hyde Park for this headlining show. It's likely to be heavy on the hits, but a little too heavy on the audience participation, if complaints from disgruntled punters at Wonder's recent shows are anything to go by. And be warned: Jamiroquai seems to have been enticed out of retirement to provide support. Hyde Park, London W2, 26 June. Box office: 020-7009 3484.
T in the Park
This beloved Scottish festival is prized as much for its atmosphere as its lineup. And they're certainly wheeling out the big hitters this year: Eminem, Muse, Kasabian, Jay-z, Black Eyed Peas, Florence and the Machine, La Roux, Dizzee Rascal and Paolo Nutini,...
- 5/24/2010
- The Guardian - Film News
The Mill Valley Film Festival opens tonight, filling the next 10 days with some of the most anticipated films of the rest of the year, as well as a selection of international films making its way to the Bay Area. In addition, the festival will also host the awarding of talents such as Woody Harrelson, Clive Owen, Uma Thurman, Jason Reitman and screen legend Anna Karina.
We'll have reviews coming in for the festival soon, but for the moment, here's a brief preview of what to look for.
Clive Owen gets a spotlight for bringing his latest work, the patriarchal drama The Boys Are Back, which opens the festival tonight. Owen plays a father who has to raise his two sons on his own after his wife's sudden death. As part of the program is a screening of Owen's breakout role in the gambling thriller Croupier.
Paired with fatherhood is Motherhood,...
We'll have reviews coming in for the festival soon, but for the moment, here's a brief preview of what to look for.
Clive Owen gets a spotlight for bringing his latest work, the patriarchal drama The Boys Are Back, which opens the festival tonight. Owen plays a father who has to raise his two sons on his own after his wife's sudden death. As part of the program is a screening of Owen's breakout role in the gambling thriller Croupier.
Paired with fatherhood is Motherhood,...
- 10/8/2009
- by Arya Ponto
- JustPressPlay.net
Due to popular demand, The House Theatre of Chicago is adding four weeks of performances of Rose And The Rime. The show will continue playing at the Chopin Theatre (1543 W. Division St.) through Saturday, May 9, 2009. Written by the creative team Chris Mathews, Jake Minton and Nathan Allen, this original Midwestern fairy tale has entertained packed houses since its opening on February 22, 2009 with witches, myth and magic. Tickets for the newly added performances are now available for purchase.
- 3/31/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
Enjoy an evening with The House Theatre of Chicago and its newest production, Rose And The Rime. The original Midwestern fairy tale will play the Chopin Theatre (1543 W. Division St.) February 19 to April 11, 2009. Special offers and events are currently available. Rose And The Rime Benefit Night with Peter Sagal House enthusiasts are invited to join Peter Sagal, host of NPR's Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me (and House board member) for a panel discussion at 7 p.m. on Saturday, February 28, 2009 at the Chopin Theatre (1534 W. Division St.). A wine and dessert reception will take place prior to the panel and all participants are invited to watch a special performance of Rose And The Rime at 8:30 p.m. Panelists will be Company member and Rose And The Rime cast member Carolyn Defrin (The Sparrow, Dave DaVinci Saves the Universe), director Nathan Allen, lighting designer Lee Keenan and co-writer Chris Matthews. Individual...
- 2/19/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
Enjoy an evening with The House Theatre of Chicago and its newest production, Rose And The Rime. The original Midwestern fairy tale will play the Chopin Theatre (1543 W. Division St.) February 19 to April 11, 2009. Special offers and events are currently available. Rose And The Rime Benefit Night with Peter Sagal House enthusiasts are invited to join Peter Sagal, host of NPR's Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me (and House board member) for a panel discussion at 7 p.m. on Saturday, February 28, 2009 at the Chopin Theatre (1534 W. Division St.). A wine and dessert reception will take place prior to the panel and all participants are invited to watch a special performance of Rose And The Rime at 8:30 p.m. Panelists will be Company member and Rose And The Rime cast member Carolyn Defrin (The Sparrow, Dave DaVinci Saves the Universe), director Nathan Allen, lighting designer Lee Keenan and co-writer Chris Matthews. Individual...
- 2/13/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
The House Theatre of Chicago invites Chicagoans to be captivated by fairy tale, witches, myth and magic with its newest production Rose And The Rime, written by the creative team Chris Mathews, Jake Minton and Nathan Allen. The original Midwestern fairy tale will play the Chopin Theatre (1543 W. Division St.) February 19 to April 11, 2009. Tickets go on sale Friday, January 30, 2009 at 10 a.m. The tiny Michigan town of Radio Falls has been trapped in perpetual winter for a generation. Snow and ice coat every tree branch and telephone wire, and the constant blizzard surrounding the town means there's no way in or out. The last moment of heated passion brought the town its only remaining youth: a girl named Rose. It is up to her to save Radio Falls from the vicious curse of the Rime Witch. But when she succeeds, Radio Falls discovers the witch's magic coin has two sides.
- 1/28/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
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