Ryan Lambie Oct 3, 2017
Blade Runner 2049 director Denis Villeneuve tells us why making the sci-fi sequel was the most difficult thing he’s ever done...
Denis Villeneuve looks like a filmmaker with the weight of the world on his shoulders, or at least the weight of one of this year’s most anticipated movies.
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Blade Runner 2049 is still a couple of weeks away from release when we meet Villenueve in a London hotel, and he seems more than a little apprehensive about his latest creation. He speaks slowly and softly in his French-Canadian accent, addressing the larger portion of his responses to a glass of water on the small table by his foot.
When we ask whether making Blade Runner 2049 was difficult, Villeneuve seems almost relieved,...
Blade Runner 2049 director Denis Villeneuve tells us why making the sci-fi sequel was the most difficult thing he’s ever done...
Denis Villeneuve looks like a filmmaker with the weight of the world on his shoulders, or at least the weight of one of this year’s most anticipated movies.
See related The Punisher: what can we expect from a solo Netflix series? Daredevil season 2: examining Jon Bernthal's Punisher
Blade Runner 2049 is still a couple of weeks away from release when we meet Villenueve in a London hotel, and he seems more than a little apprehensive about his latest creation. He speaks slowly and softly in his French-Canadian accent, addressing the larger portion of his responses to a glass of water on the small table by his foot.
When we ask whether making Blade Runner 2049 was difficult, Villeneuve seems almost relieved,...
- 10/2/2017
- Den of Geek
Adrian Titieni in GraduationWinner of the Best Director prize at Cannes for Romanian filmmaker Cristian Mungiu, Graduation is a tense dramatic conflict between the private and public spheres. As in Antigone, here we have a member of family—a father (Adrian Titieni), in this case—who wants to protect another family member, his daughter (Maria-Victoria Dragus), from the moral role of the state. This intent leads him to act against the conventional morality of his time. Seeing no future in Romania, the sacrificing father cannot tolerate the fact that his daughter has not been accepted into a prestigious school in London and is ready to do everything in his power to save her life—even if it is immoral and corrupt. Graduation is a well-crafted drama that pays attention to every detail. Yet Mungiu has not attempted to exhaust his audience with a totally predictable narrative. Instead, he brings elements...
- 4/6/2017
- MUBI
What I love most about international film festivals is the opportunity to discover rare gems and stimulating foreign indie flicks, which may otherwise get lost in the mainstream blockbuster shuffle. One of this year’s contenders is a compelling Brazilian slave drama, set in the isolated backlands of this lush country, in the early 19th century during its painfully colonial times. Vazante is tragic story of slave trader Antonio, who in the event of losing his wife in child labor marries his late wife’s 12-year-old niece.
While waiting for his child wife to mature and irritated by a lack of diamond production in the Diamante Mountains, Antonio is advised by one of his foremen to cultivate and farm his vast rugged land with his captive slaves. Isolation, fear, violence, betrayal and prejudice are all at the premise of this beautifully shot black and white film, with minimal dialogue and score.
While waiting for his child wife to mature and irritated by a lack of diamond production in the Diamante Mountains, Antonio is advised by one of his foremen to cultivate and farm his vast rugged land with his captive slaves. Isolation, fear, violence, betrayal and prejudice are all at the premise of this beautifully shot black and white film, with minimal dialogue and score.
- 2/19/2017
- by Jenny Karakaya
- LRMonline.com
Did you expect the success of the film? The impact?
The impact was really out of our expectations. Initially, we just expected there would be some (not more than ten) private screenings. But now we can see “Ten Years” generated lots of discussion about our future in different groups of people, all over the world.
How did you manage to persuade all these directors and actors to participate voluntarily? Were they afraid for their careers after the film?
Actually, they were not all in “voluntarily,” since it is quite usual to help each others’ independent film in “voluntarily” or “underpaid” way. It means I help you this time and you help me next time.
I think the other 4 directors really understood what the concept of the project was and agreed with it, thinking that it would be interesting if we did it this way. The only thing I promised to...
The impact was really out of our expectations. Initially, we just expected there would be some (not more than ten) private screenings. But now we can see “Ten Years” generated lots of discussion about our future in different groups of people, all over the world.
How did you manage to persuade all these directors and actors to participate voluntarily? Were they afraid for their careers after the film?
Actually, they were not all in “voluntarily,” since it is quite usual to help each others’ independent film in “voluntarily” or “underpaid” way. It means I help you this time and you help me next time.
I think the other 4 directors really understood what the concept of the project was and agreed with it, thinking that it would be interesting if we did it this way. The only thing I promised to...
- 12/1/2016
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Going by reputation, one would imagine Terrence Malick to be an imposing, almost mythic figure – the J.D. Salinger, Thomas Pynchon, or Bill Watterson of cinema – an artist whose personal reclusiveness and daunting legacy have, in tandem, produced a legend and folklore among cineastes and artists around the world. As the 72-year-old filmmaker sidled calmly into the Princeton Garden Theater last Friday evening – balding, grey-haired, dressed in a beige-white suit and keenly observed by an audience of dozens of fans and locals, as well as his wife, Alexandra Wallace – it was hard not to let such lofty expectations instantly disintegrate.
Malick proves incredibly humble and soft-spoken – the embodiment of southern etiquette and decorum. Hearing him speak – only when prompted, slightly stammering, and frequently in the form of intimate personal anecdotes – the reason for his legendary aversion to the public eye is both entirely clear and beautifully simple: he is a shy man,...
Malick proves incredibly humble and soft-spoken – the embodiment of southern etiquette and decorum. Hearing him speak – only when prompted, slightly stammering, and frequently in the form of intimate personal anecdotes – the reason for his legendary aversion to the public eye is both entirely clear and beautifully simple: he is a shy man,...
- 10/25/2016
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Ti West – a filmmaker known for horror/thrillers like The House Of The Devil, The Innkeepers, and The Sacrament – came to Austin’s South By Southwest Film festival with something more familiar to Texas’ Southern crowd.
In A Valley Of Violence is a gun-slinging departure for its ambitious creator, focusing on gallows humor and lawless revenge. Starring Ethan Hawke, John Travolta, James Ransone, and a host of other periodically-transformed talents, you’re going to have an absolute blast with this dusty tale, especially when you meet the film’s true star, a scene-stealing pup named Jumpy. This is rootin’, tootin’, leather-raw action with a jovial twist – one of my favorites from SXSW.
After its second showing, I sat down with Ti West to talk about his foray into American Westerns, and keeping things a bit lighter versus gritty remakes like 3:10 To Yuma. With Blumhouse’s production mindset, West is...
In A Valley Of Violence is a gun-slinging departure for its ambitious creator, focusing on gallows humor and lawless revenge. Starring Ethan Hawke, John Travolta, James Ransone, and a host of other periodically-transformed talents, you’re going to have an absolute blast with this dusty tale, especially when you meet the film’s true star, a scene-stealing pup named Jumpy. This is rootin’, tootin’, leather-raw action with a jovial twist – one of my favorites from SXSW.
After its second showing, I sat down with Ti West to talk about his foray into American Westerns, and keeping things a bit lighter versus gritty remakes like 3:10 To Yuma. With Blumhouse’s production mindset, West is...
- 3/19/2016
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
Two FriendsThough known primarily as an actor, Louis Garrel has been conducting appreciable efforts behind the camera as well. After directing three short films, including a César-nominated Petit tailleur, and most recently La règle de trois, Louis Garrel expands upon his fascination of threes with his first feature length film, Two Friends (Les deux amis), in which he also stars. Based loosely on the French play The Moods of Marianne, Garrel's film finds professional movie extra Vincent (Vincent Macaigne) in frenzied love with Mona (Goldshifteh Farahani), who cannot and will not give in to his romantic advances due in part to her restrictive situation, which she keeps secret. She works behind a pastry counter by day, but every evening must return to prison for curfew, not unlike an incarcerated Cinderella. Vincent enlists his best friend, the caddish Abel (Louis Garrel), to help win her over or at least understand her cooling passion.
- 3/14/2016
- by Elissa Suh
- MUBI
Every year I say I.m not going to make another best-of list, and every year, like clockwork, I cave. Part of the motivation this year is how much shit has been talked that 2015 was a terrible year for film. People who say that haven.t watched enough movies, and certainly haven.t watched the right ones. Sure, there was a ton of total garbage out there, but there.s a ton of total garbage every year. But there were also a slew of amazing, interesting, moving motion pictures available for you to see if you cared to look, the kind of movies that make me realize, over and over again, why I love cinema like I do. My tastes are varied, and the list of my favorite movies of the year reflects that. There are massive blockbusters, no-budget indies, documentaries, dramas, action spectacles, and blood-spurting horrors to be found.
- 12/30/2015
- cinemablend.com
Sneak Peek new images of German actress Diane Kruger ("Farewell, My Queen") in the October 2015 issue of "Marie Claire" (France) magazine, photographed by Daniel Thomas Smith:
The former Elite fashion model is noted for roles including 'Helen' in "Troy" (2004), 'Dr. Abigail Chase' in "National Treasure" (2004) and its sequel (2007), as 'Bridget von Hammersmark' in "Inglourious Basterds" (2009), 'Anna' in "Mr. Nobody" (2009), as 'Gina' in "Unknown (2011), "Farewell My Queen" (2012), as the 'Seeker'/'Lacey' in "The Host" (2013) and as 'Detective Sonya Cross' in the FX TV series "The Bridge".
"...the reason I became an actor was that I love cinema and I love the language," said Kruger, "the universal language of making films whether it's in French or German or English.
"So it's always been my dream to be an international actress, to not be pinned down by my nationality, my accent.
"I sort of want to do it all and so I guess...
The former Elite fashion model is noted for roles including 'Helen' in "Troy" (2004), 'Dr. Abigail Chase' in "National Treasure" (2004) and its sequel (2007), as 'Bridget von Hammersmark' in "Inglourious Basterds" (2009), 'Anna' in "Mr. Nobody" (2009), as 'Gina' in "Unknown (2011), "Farewell My Queen" (2012), as the 'Seeker'/'Lacey' in "The Host" (2013) and as 'Detective Sonya Cross' in the FX TV series "The Bridge".
"...the reason I became an actor was that I love cinema and I love the language," said Kruger, "the universal language of making films whether it's in French or German or English.
"So it's always been my dream to be an international actress, to not be pinned down by my nationality, my accent.
"I sort of want to do it all and so I guess...
- 11/2/2015
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Abderrahmane Sissako considering historical novel, which captures adventures of a 15th century Arab diplomat, writer and explorer.
Mauritanian filmmaker Abderrahmane Sissako is mulling an adaptation of Lebanese writer Amin Maalouf’s Leo the African, a historical novel based on real-life 15th century Muslim diplomat and explorer Hasan al-Wazzan.
It is one of two projects being considered by Sissako, whose most recent film Timbuktu was Oscar-nominated and won prizes at Cannes 2014.
“I was already working on a project before Timbuktu about the relationship between China and Africa and I’ve also had a proposition to adapt Amin Maalouf’s Leo the African (Léon, l’Africain), which I’m very interested in,” the director told Screen on the fringes of the Doha Film Institute’s Qumra event this week.
Maalouf’s 1986 novel is inspired by 15th century figure al-Wazzan, a Muslim forced to flee his Spanish birthplace of Granada as a child during the inquisition.
He went on...
Mauritanian filmmaker Abderrahmane Sissako is mulling an adaptation of Lebanese writer Amin Maalouf’s Leo the African, a historical novel based on real-life 15th century Muslim diplomat and explorer Hasan al-Wazzan.
It is one of two projects being considered by Sissako, whose most recent film Timbuktu was Oscar-nominated and won prizes at Cannes 2014.
“I was already working on a project before Timbuktu about the relationship between China and Africa and I’ve also had a proposition to adapt Amin Maalouf’s Leo the African (Léon, l’Africain), which I’m very interested in,” the director told Screen on the fringes of the Doha Film Institute’s Qumra event this week.
Maalouf’s 1986 novel is inspired by 15th century figure al-Wazzan, a Muslim forced to flee his Spanish birthplace of Granada as a child during the inquisition.
He went on...
- 3/11/2015
- ScreenDaily
When you meet Bennett Miller in person, his films seem to make a bit more sense. A quiet, intense man, the cadence of his answers can be charitably described as "deliberate," while others might simply wish for him to speed up slightly and get to the point.
The same charges have been levied against his works by detractors, but fans of "Capote," "Moneyball," and now "Foxcatcher" revel in the lugubrious tone and torpid pace of the dialogue, while sudden, kinetic bursts of physical exertion punctuate without warning.
Moviefone Canada spoke with Bennett about "Foxcatcher" at the Toronto Film Festival, and we started by discussing a key scene that takes place behind a closed door, a metaphor (perhaps) for much of the film's narrative opacity.
Moviefone Canada: In my opinion, the most remarkable scene is the one that takes place behind the window. It embodies everything that you're doing with the...
The same charges have been levied against his works by detractors, but fans of "Capote," "Moneyball," and now "Foxcatcher" revel in the lugubrious tone and torpid pace of the dialogue, while sudden, kinetic bursts of physical exertion punctuate without warning.
Moviefone Canada spoke with Bennett about "Foxcatcher" at the Toronto Film Festival, and we started by discussing a key scene that takes place behind a closed door, a metaphor (perhaps) for much of the film's narrative opacity.
Moviefone Canada: In my opinion, the most remarkable scene is the one that takes place behind the window. It embodies everything that you're doing with the...
- 11/27/2014
- by Jason Gorber
- Moviefone
Crafting a brilliant script. That’s all it takes to get a project noticed and “green lit”. This was my single-minded approach when I got the bright idea to start skipping down the indie filmmaking road. It was all so clear; admittedly up hill but I saw no potholes or wreckage to avoid. Nope. Curious sights and comfortable, clean rest areas amply stocked with fresh toilet paper lined my highway. The horizon seemed practically at arms length. My first detour: I had as much interest in writing a screenplay as Hunter S. Thompson probably did with the idea of writing sober.
Realistically, my chances of being offered a script to direct were slim to none – emphasis on none. Especially one that might satisfy my unrealistic specific creative goals as the filmmaker that I wasn’t yet. But with this elegant, single tier plan, I could suck it up and author my own brilliant script.
Realistically, my chances of being offered a script to direct were slim to none – emphasis on none. Especially one that might satisfy my unrealistic specific creative goals as the filmmaker that I wasn’t yet. But with this elegant, single tier plan, I could suck it up and author my own brilliant script.
- 10/14/2014
- by Craig Abell-Champion
- Hope for Film
The international flavour of this year’s FILM4 FrightFest is underpinned by a historic moment, as the fifteenth installment of the festival features the first Venezuelan film to screen at the festival – Alejandro Hidalgo’s The House at the End of Time.
But no sooner will FrightFesters be lost in a house with a difference, than FrightFest’s gaze turns north and follows the Blood Moon towards Jeremy Wooding’s genre mash up of comedy, horror and the western.
Both The House at the End of Time and Blood Moon possess a distinct sense of feeling, and serve as a testament to the importance of the creative voice even within the shadow of genre. But these are two films that paint a picture of horror in the Americas.
In an orderly fashion we begin in the present day as Alejandro Hidalgo takes us on a guided tour of a house...
But no sooner will FrightFesters be lost in a house with a difference, than FrightFest’s gaze turns north and follows the Blood Moon towards Jeremy Wooding’s genre mash up of comedy, horror and the western.
Both The House at the End of Time and Blood Moon possess a distinct sense of feeling, and serve as a testament to the importance of the creative voice even within the shadow of genre. But these are two films that paint a picture of horror in the Americas.
In an orderly fashion we begin in the present day as Alejandro Hidalgo takes us on a guided tour of a house...
- 8/24/2014
- by Paul Risker
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Visiting the International Film Festival Rotterdam for the 4th time, Japanese actress, producer and director Kiki Sugino is busier than ever. A member on the jury of this year’s Tiger Awards she has a lot of screenings and meetings to attend to, but was able to make some time to meet me in the press room of the festival to talk about her latest project, Hotori no Sakuko, internationally released as Au revoir l’été.
How is the festival up till now?
I came here on the 24th, so I’ve been here for 4 days now and still have seen only half of the films I have to review for the Tiger Awards. So I’m still in the middle of things.
Yes you are a member on the Jury of the Tiger Awards this year, can you tell us a bit about that?
We are with 5 jury members in total,...
How is the festival up till now?
I came here on the 24th, so I’ve been here for 4 days now and still have seen only half of the films I have to review for the Tiger Awards. So I’m still in the middle of things.
Yes you are a member on the Jury of the Tiger Awards this year, can you tell us a bit about that?
We are with 5 jury members in total,...
- 4/16/2014
- by Thor
- AsianMoviePulse
Mark Cousins is a man who knows his cinema. His impressive encyclopaedic knowledge of cinema makes his films a must see for any cinephile. HeyUGuys spoke to Mark ahead of the release of A Story of Children and Film, a study of the relationship between children and cinema.
A Story of Children and Film is very similar to The Story of Film in style. What made you decide to choose children as a subject matter?
Well I didn’t intend to choose children to be honest, I was determined not to make another film about cinema, because A Story of Film had taken 6 years and I was tired. But even to relax, I have a little camera and I shoot stuff, and I was shooting stuff with my niece and nephew in my flat, and you know sometimes when you switch off, that’s when you’re brain starts to go,...
A Story of Children and Film is very similar to The Story of Film in style. What made you decide to choose children as a subject matter?
Well I didn’t intend to choose children to be honest, I was determined not to make another film about cinema, because A Story of Film had taken 6 years and I was tired. But even to relax, I have a little camera and I shoot stuff, and I was shooting stuff with my niece and nephew in my flat, and you know sometimes when you switch off, that’s when you’re brain starts to go,...
- 4/4/2014
- by Nia Childs
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
These formulaic dos have replaced the debutante balls where women all wear long frocks. I haven't worn a full-length dress since I was a bridesmaid
I am really looking forward to the awards ceremony for the Best Awards Ceremonies awards, which will be on every TV channel soon. It will have everything: film, music, twerking, smirking, a red carpet from here to the moon along which everyone who has ever done anything ever in showbusiness will parade in the hope of winning best meltdown, best teleprompter reading, best sobbing. It will be glamorous beyond belief because awards are for people who already have them.
Why should these people not further validate each other for our pleasure? They are the facilitators of fantasy, they fuel our imagination. They are the repertory company of our desires. For that they have received fame and fortune. Why not? I love cinema. I love music.
I am really looking forward to the awards ceremony for the Best Awards Ceremonies awards, which will be on every TV channel soon. It will have everything: film, music, twerking, smirking, a red carpet from here to the moon along which everyone who has ever done anything ever in showbusiness will parade in the hope of winning best meltdown, best teleprompter reading, best sobbing. It will be glamorous beyond belief because awards are for people who already have them.
Why should these people not further validate each other for our pleasure? They are the facilitators of fantasy, they fuel our imagination. They are the repertory company of our desires. For that they have received fame and fortune. Why not? I love cinema. I love music.
- 2/20/2014
- by Suzanne Moore
- The Guardian - Film News
Bollywood editor for UK’s leading cinema chain, Cineworld, and Bollywood expert for BBC London and BBC West Midlands, Ashanti Omkar in London, UK, hand picks a few of her favourite 12 Bollywood star interview quotes, from a decade in her career within UK’s media circuit.
Omkar began her media career after working for top corporates like PepsiCo, Oracle and Hilton Group, by working with British music magazine Gargamel, moving quickly onto The Asian Post Newspaper as entertainment editor, and then senior features editor for Asian Woman Magazine, then producer of the South Side Show for DesiHits followed by being the editor in chief for Henna and Thamarai magazines.
She currently contributes cultural stories to Monocle Magazine Radio, as well as being London correspondent to Canada based Anokhi and India based Galatta magazines, in print as well as digitally, for worldwide audiences, on iPad/Android platforms. In her decade in media,...
Omkar began her media career after working for top corporates like PepsiCo, Oracle and Hilton Group, by working with British music magazine Gargamel, moving quickly onto The Asian Post Newspaper as entertainment editor, and then senior features editor for Asian Woman Magazine, then producer of the South Side Show for DesiHits followed by being the editor in chief for Henna and Thamarai magazines.
She currently contributes cultural stories to Monocle Magazine Radio, as well as being London correspondent to Canada based Anokhi and India based Galatta magazines, in print as well as digitally, for worldwide audiences, on iPad/Android platforms. In her decade in media,...
- 1/12/2014
- by Ashanti Omkar
- Bollyspice
Making history and causing controversy, Egyptian Director Hany Fawzy will present his film Family Secrets, a film that deals with homosexuality, at the 10th Dubai International Film Festival.Mad Solutions company is in charge of the film's marketing and distribution campaigns on both regional and international levels.
Family Secrets is Hany Fawzy's feature directorial debut, who is best known for scripting several cinema hits including Osama Fawzy's Baheb El Cima (I Love Cinema),and Ard El Ahlam (Land of Dreams) by Daoud Abdel Sayed.
The new feature is still experiencing censorship restrictions in Egypt as the head of censorship has ordered the cut of no less than 13 scenes, which was rejected by both the director and Al Amal Film Production, which has produced the film.
Dubai Film Market (Dfm) is the business center of the Dubai International Film Festival (Diff). Located in the heart of the festival headquarters, the market is the destination to discover the best in Arab cinema and has established a number of pioneering initiatives to showcase and support Arab film-makers.
Hany Fawzy's Family Secerts is written by Mohamed Abdel Qader, andis the first production by Ihab Khalil's Al Amal FilmProduction.
Based on a true story, the film revolves around a young gay man and the struggles he faces with his family and community over the issue of his sexuality.
Family Secrets stars the new talent Mohamed Mahran, prolific actress Salwa Mohamed Ali,Tarek Soliman, Passant Shawki,Emad Al Raheb, and Ahmed Abd El Wahab.
Family Secrets is Hany Fawzy's feature directorial debut, who is best known for scripting several cinema hits including Osama Fawzy's Baheb El Cima (I Love Cinema),and Ard El Ahlam (Land of Dreams) by Daoud Abdel Sayed.
The new feature is still experiencing censorship restrictions in Egypt as the head of censorship has ordered the cut of no less than 13 scenes, which was rejected by both the director and Al Amal Film Production, which has produced the film.
Dubai Film Market (Dfm) is the business center of the Dubai International Film Festival (Diff). Located in the heart of the festival headquarters, the market is the destination to discover the best in Arab cinema and has established a number of pioneering initiatives to showcase and support Arab film-makers.
Hany Fawzy's Family Secerts is written by Mohamed Abdel Qader, andis the first production by Ihab Khalil's Al Amal FilmProduction.
Based on a true story, the film revolves around a young gay man and the struggles he faces with his family and community over the issue of his sexuality.
Family Secrets stars the new talent Mohamed Mahran, prolific actress Salwa Mohamed Ali,Tarek Soliman, Passant Shawki,Emad Al Raheb, and Ahmed Abd El Wahab.
- 12/9/2013
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Cairo and Abu Dhabi-based Mad Solutions has picked up worldwide rights to Hany Fawzy’s Family Secrets, described as Egypt’s first gay-themed film.
The Egyptian censor board recently requested 13 scenes to be cut from the film, an order that was rejected by the film’s director and production company, Al Amal Film Production.
Based on a true story, the film revolves around a young gay man and the struggles he faces with his family and community over the issue of his sexuality.
It marks the feature directorial debut of Fawzy who is best known for scripting several box office hits including Osama Fawzy’s I Love Cinema (Baheb El Cima) and Daoud Abdel Sayed’s Land Of Dreams (Ard El Ahlam).
Scripted by Mohamed Abdel Qader, Family Secrets is the first production by Ihab Khalil’s Al Amal Film Production. The cast includes newcomer Mohamed Mahran, prolific actress Salwa Mohamed Ali, Tarek Soliman...
The Egyptian censor board recently requested 13 scenes to be cut from the film, an order that was rejected by the film’s director and production company, Al Amal Film Production.
Based on a true story, the film revolves around a young gay man and the struggles he faces with his family and community over the issue of his sexuality.
It marks the feature directorial debut of Fawzy who is best known for scripting several box office hits including Osama Fawzy’s I Love Cinema (Baheb El Cima) and Daoud Abdel Sayed’s Land Of Dreams (Ard El Ahlam).
Scripted by Mohamed Abdel Qader, Family Secrets is the first production by Ihab Khalil’s Al Amal Film Production. The cast includes newcomer Mohamed Mahran, prolific actress Salwa Mohamed Ali, Tarek Soliman...
- 12/4/2013
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Cairo and Abu Dhabi-based Mad Solutions has picked up worldwide rights to Hany Fawzy’s Family Secrets, described as Egypt’s first gay-themed film.
The Egyptian censor board recently requested 13 scenes to be cut from the film, an order that was rejected by the film’s director and production company, Al Amal Film Production.
Based on a true story, the film revolves around a young gay man and the struggles he faces with his family and community over the issue of his sexuality.
It marks the feature directorial debut of Fawzy who is best known for scripting several box office hits including Osama Fawzy’s I Love Cinema (Baheb El Cima) and Daoud Abdel Sayed’s Land Of Dreams (Ard El Ahlam).
Scripted by Mohamed Abdel Qader, Family Secrets is the first production by Ihab Khalil’s Al Amal Film Production. The cast includes newcomer Mohamed Mahran, prolific actress Salwa Mohamed Ali, Tarek Soliman...
The Egyptian censor board recently requested 13 scenes to be cut from the film, an order that was rejected by the film’s director and production company, Al Amal Film Production.
Based on a true story, the film revolves around a young gay man and the struggles he faces with his family and community over the issue of his sexuality.
It marks the feature directorial debut of Fawzy who is best known for scripting several box office hits including Osama Fawzy’s I Love Cinema (Baheb El Cima) and Daoud Abdel Sayed’s Land Of Dreams (Ard El Ahlam).
Scripted by Mohamed Abdel Qader, Family Secrets is the first production by Ihab Khalil’s Al Amal Film Production. The cast includes newcomer Mohamed Mahran, prolific actress Salwa Mohamed Ali, Tarek Soliman...
- 12/4/2013
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Leslie Harris, director of the 1992 Sundance festival winner Just Another Girl on the Irt, has returned to the indie world to produce her new feature I Love Cinema. Jennifer Williams, formerly of the VH1 reality series Basketball Wives, is set to star as Professor Laneaux, a woman "obsessed with film both in the classroom and the bedroom, but the Professor's Film Fantasy World is shattered by racial controversy and a crazy media circus all seemingly out to get her." Harris says of the film: I love movies that’s why I wrote the screenplay 'I Love Cinema'. It has the tone of some my favorite classic films like “Network”, “ A Face in the Crowd’ and “Dr....
- 11/22/2013
- by Jai Tiggett
- ShadowAndAct
2 Guns is a terrible name for a movie.
I would not normally open a review by making fun of the film’s title – I stopped caring about what most movies are called after realizing Hollywood had long since stopped any and all efforts to create quality titles – but in this case, doing so seems apropos for two reasons.
First: 2 Guns really is a spectacularly awful title. We are talking hall-of-fame levels of stupidity with a name like that. What does it even mean? A promise that, at minimum, the film has one pair of firearms to entice audiences? That when we see a gun in the movie, we can rest assured it will never feel lonely, because another gun will be in close proximity? Is it a high-concept sort of thing, wherein the main characters only have access to two guns to take down an entire criminal operation? Is it...
I would not normally open a review by making fun of the film’s title – I stopped caring about what most movies are called after realizing Hollywood had long since stopped any and all efforts to create quality titles – but in this case, doing so seems apropos for two reasons.
First: 2 Guns really is a spectacularly awful title. We are talking hall-of-fame levels of stupidity with a name like that. What does it even mean? A promise that, at minimum, the film has one pair of firearms to entice audiences? That when we see a gun in the movie, we can rest assured it will never feel lonely, because another gun will be in close proximity? Is it a high-concept sort of thing, wherein the main characters only have access to two guns to take down an entire criminal operation? Is it...
- 8/1/2013
- by Jonathan R. Lack
- We Got This Covered
There’s no denying that May 2013 has been an incredible month for moviegoers, with Iron Man 3 becoming the first film to gross a billion dollars at the global box office this year, The Great Gatsby reaching $100m. in two weeks in the Us alone, and Fast and Furious 6 and The Hangover Part III topping the biggest Memorial Day box office weekend of all time. With so many blockbusters behind us, it’s amazing to think that we’ve still got so many still to look forward to, and so we come once more to our run-down of the top 10 must-see movies of the month, with the June 2013 edition.
And it is a great one.
Much Ado About Nothing – June 7th (Us Limited), June 14th (UK Limited), June 21st and Beyond (Us and UK Expanding)
Joss Whedon’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s play is the single greatest version of the bard’s work I have seen,...
And it is a great one.
Much Ado About Nothing – June 7th (Us Limited), June 14th (UK Limited), June 21st and Beyond (Us and UK Expanding)
Joss Whedon’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s play is the single greatest version of the bard’s work I have seen,...
- 5/30/2013
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Anurag Kashyap at Cannes
Cannes has Kashyap written all over the Croisette. His production Udaan broke the seven year jinx at the prestigious festival in 2010. In 2012 he returned to the French Riviera as producer of Vasan Bala’s Peddlers at Critics Week while his two part Gangs of Wasseypur screened at Directors’ Fortnight. This year the tally goes further up with his productions Dabba and Monsoon Shootout, while he leads from the front with his Ugly. And that’s not all- he has also directed a segment of Bombay Talkies that has a gala screening to celebrate the 100 years of Indian cinema. For Cannes it seems like Indian cinema has become synonymous with Anurag Kashyap. Bikas Mishra speaks to the director in an exclusive interview.
What is Ugly about?
I don’t want to talk about Ugly. It’s just a thriller. I never narrated the script to anybody before...
Cannes has Kashyap written all over the Croisette. His production Udaan broke the seven year jinx at the prestigious festival in 2010. In 2012 he returned to the French Riviera as producer of Vasan Bala’s Peddlers at Critics Week while his two part Gangs of Wasseypur screened at Directors’ Fortnight. This year the tally goes further up with his productions Dabba and Monsoon Shootout, while he leads from the front with his Ugly. And that’s not all- he has also directed a segment of Bombay Talkies that has a gala screening to celebrate the 100 years of Indian cinema. For Cannes it seems like Indian cinema has become synonymous with Anurag Kashyap. Bikas Mishra speaks to the director in an exclusive interview.
What is Ugly about?
I don’t want to talk about Ugly. It’s just a thriller. I never narrated the script to anybody before...
- 4/24/2013
- by Bikas Mishra
- DearCinema.com
Oscar nominee Jessica Chastain played a tough-as-nails CIA agent in Zero Dark Thirty, so we've loved seeing her softer, often-beaded side during awards season. "I'm such a fan of movies, I love cinema so much," she explained to E!'s Ryan Seacrest on the Oscars red carpet tonight, dishing the details on her nude Armani Privé couture gown. "It's a very 'Happy Birthday, Mr. President' kind of dress. It reminds me of old Hollywood glamour." Consider her Marilyn card stamped! Chastain admitted it was "a very tough decision" picking out a dress this year, especially because so many more options were on the table now that she's a Best Actress...
- 2/24/2013
- E! Online
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