2016-07-01T10:12:22-07:00New on Netflix for July: Old Franchises Rule the Month
The list of new TV series and movies coming to Netflix in July 2016 is dominated by movies that are not very new. Several classic movies franchises will come to the service in their entirety, including the original films and not just their sub-par sequels. The month's departures are newsworthy, too, as several high-profile films disappear from Netflix's catalog this month.
The parade of film franchises debuting on the service includes Lethal Weapon (four films), Back to the Future (three films) and Beverly Hills Cop (two films). Franchises that are offering sequels without the originals include Blade (Blade 2), Jackass (Jackass Number Two) and Death Race (Death Race 2 and Death Race 3: Inferno).
Among the films leaving Netflix in July are the entire original Star Trek franchise and the Stanley Kubrick films 2001: A Space Odyssey and A Clockwork Orange.
The list of new TV series and movies coming to Netflix in July 2016 is dominated by movies that are not very new. Several classic movies franchises will come to the service in their entirety, including the original films and not just their sub-par sequels. The month's departures are newsworthy, too, as several high-profile films disappear from Netflix's catalog this month.
The parade of film franchises debuting on the service includes Lethal Weapon (four films), Back to the Future (three films) and Beverly Hills Cop (two films). Franchises that are offering sequels without the originals include Blade (Blade 2), Jackass (Jackass Number Two) and Death Race (Death Race 2 and Death Race 3: Inferno).
Among the films leaving Netflix in July are the entire original Star Trek franchise and the Stanley Kubrick films 2001: A Space Odyssey and A Clockwork Orange.
- 7/1/2016
- by Evan Gillespie
- Yidio
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Winona Rider stars in this supernaturally-tinged 1980s-set Netflix thriller, Stranger Things...
Thanks to Netflix’s continuing commitment to making shed-loads of original content, a rather exciting new show by the name of Stranger Things is now just around the corner.
Stranger Things is set in the 1980s, stars Winona Rider and seems to be harbouring a lot of love for Steven Spielberg’s classic Amblin output (young boys on bicycles, worried mothers and supernatural secrets are all present and correct).
The plot follows “a young boy who suddenly vanishes in a Long Island beach town in 1980. As friends, family and local police search for answers, they are drawn into an extraordinary mystery involving top-secret government experiments, terrifying supernatural forces and one very strange little girl.”
Here’s the trailer....
Stranger Things lands on Netflix on Friday the 15th of July.
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Winona Rider stars in this supernaturally-tinged 1980s-set Netflix thriller, Stranger Things...
Thanks to Netflix’s continuing commitment to making shed-loads of original content, a rather exciting new show by the name of Stranger Things is now just around the corner.
Stranger Things is set in the 1980s, stars Winona Rider and seems to be harbouring a lot of love for Steven Spielberg’s classic Amblin output (young boys on bicycles, worried mothers and supernatural secrets are all present and correct).
The plot follows “a young boy who suddenly vanishes in a Long Island beach town in 1980. As friends, family and local police search for answers, they are drawn into an extraordinary mystery involving top-secret government experiments, terrifying supernatural forces and one very strange little girl.”
Here’s the trailer....
Stranger Things lands on Netflix on Friday the 15th of July.
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See related Daredevil season 2, and...
- 6/10/2016
- Den of Geek
Stranger Things is a new show coming this summer on Netflix and it’s E.T. (and to that extent also Super 8) meets The X-Files, with some Twin Peaks. Check out the debut trailer below. So how about that? I mean if what I wrote in the intro didn’t at the very least make you curious enough […]
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- 6/9/2016
- by Alex
- Filmonic.com
Do you love old Amblin movies like E.T.? Specifically, do you like how they were unafraid to have kid characters thrust into supernatural situations that would be weird even for grown-ups? Do you like The X-Files (the old school show, not the recent reboot)? Specifically, do you like its reveal of shadowy government organizations that seem to always be one step ahead of everyone else? Do you like Stephen King stories about small, rural towns with big, dark secrets? Do you want me to stop asking you questions? Yes? I don't blame you. Just go ahead and press play on this first trailer for Stranger Things, a new Netflix series that looks like a crew of kids from an Amblin movie set in a Stephen King town get caught up in a government conspiracy, only there's no Mulder...
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- 6/9/2016
- by Peter Hall
- Movies.com
Netflix is producing so many original shows these days that it’s often hard to keep up, with much of their original programming falling through the cracks in the crowded television landscape. Sure, you may say you’ll eventually get around to watching Marco Polo or Bloodline, but let’s face it – no one on planet Earth has […]
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- 6/9/2016
- by Jacob Hall
- Slash Film
Thanks in large part to the superhero fandom that continues to grip Hollywood, much of the praise that is directed at Netflix’s slate of original series often involves the company’s partnership with Marvel – be that in the form of Daredevil or Jessica Jones.
But there’s a whole host of greatness scattered right across the Netflix library (not to mention spooky ’80s series Stranger Things) particularly now that the online giant is ramping up its output to encompass high-profile feature films. Circling back to those early years, however, and one series that struck a chord with subscribers is Marco Polo – with its compelling cast and lush rendition of 13th Century China – which is now primed to return on July 1.
In anticipation of its imminent premiere, Netflix has now rolled out an all-new trailer for the original drama, welcoming back Lorenzo Richelmy in the title role. There’s a new nemesis to confront,...
But there’s a whole host of greatness scattered right across the Netflix library (not to mention spooky ’80s series Stranger Things) particularly now that the online giant is ramping up its output to encompass high-profile feature films. Circling back to those early years, however, and one series that struck a chord with subscribers is Marco Polo – with its compelling cast and lush rendition of 13th Century China – which is now primed to return on July 1.
In anticipation of its imminent premiere, Netflix has now rolled out an all-new trailer for the original drama, welcoming back Lorenzo Richelmy in the title role. There’s a new nemesis to confront,...
- 6/9/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
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Toby Kebbell says that director Josh Trank "cut a great film" with his original take on Fantastic Four. But "you'll never see it".
It’s nearly a year now since the reboot of Fantastic Four arrived on cinema screens, and was pretty much booed off not long after. Josh Trank’s film wasn’t the franchise-igniter that was hoped, and Trank himself infamously Tweeted about a superior version of the film that wasn’t the final cut of the movie.
Now, Toby Kebbell, who played Doctor Doom in the film, has also insisted that there’s a better version of 2015’s Fantastic Four out there. “I tell you, the honest truth is [Trank] did cut a great film that you’ll never see”, he told The Daily Beast. “That is a shame. A much darker version, and you’ll never see it”.
Kebbell also talked about the fact...
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Toby Kebbell says that director Josh Trank "cut a great film" with his original take on Fantastic Four. But "you'll never see it".
It’s nearly a year now since the reboot of Fantastic Four arrived on cinema screens, and was pretty much booed off not long after. Josh Trank’s film wasn’t the franchise-igniter that was hoped, and Trank himself infamously Tweeted about a superior version of the film that wasn’t the final cut of the movie.
Now, Toby Kebbell, who played Doctor Doom in the film, has also insisted that there’s a better version of 2015’s Fantastic Four out there. “I tell you, the honest truth is [Trank] did cut a great film that you’ll never see”, he told The Daily Beast. “That is a shame. A much darker version, and you’ll never see it”.
Kebbell also talked about the fact...
- 6/8/2016
- Den of Geek
Does Very Special Agent Tony Dinozzo have a sister…?
CBS’ NCIS raises that question tonight at 8/7c, when Robert Wagner reprises his role as Anthony Dinozzo, Sr. — who this time around shows up not alone, but in the company of a woman who believes he is her father.
RelatedCBS’ NCIS Renewed for Season 14 and 15
“He connects with this homeless woman (played by Big Love‘s Melora Walters) who takes him on this bit of a journey,” previews NCIS showrunner Gary Glasberg. And as Senior susses out the situation with his namesake’s help, “It gives us a bit more insight...
CBS’ NCIS raises that question tonight at 8/7c, when Robert Wagner reprises his role as Anthony Dinozzo, Sr. — who this time around shows up not alone, but in the company of a woman who believes he is her father.
RelatedCBS’ NCIS Renewed for Season 14 and 15
“He connects with this homeless woman (played by Big Love‘s Melora Walters) who takes him on this bit of a journey,” previews NCIS showrunner Gary Glasberg. And as Senior susses out the situation with his namesake’s help, “It gives us a bit more insight...
- 3/22/2016
- TVLine.com
Netflix has announced show renewals and casting news -- as well as the premiere dates for 11 new and returning TV shows. Don't miss the links to new trailers and/or photos, included in the body of the press release, for Orange is the New Black; House of Cards; Flaked; Marseille; and Love.
New Netflix shows include: Black Mirror; Flaked; The Ranch; Lost & Found Music Studios; Kong: King of the Apes; Marseille; Word Party; Stranger Things; The Get Down; and Love.
Returning shows addressed include those up top, and: Marvel's Jessica Jones; Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt; and Grace and Frankie.Read More…...
New Netflix shows include: Black Mirror; Flaked; The Ranch; Lost & Found Music Studios; Kong: King of the Apes; Marseille; Word Party; Stranger Things; The Get Down; and Love.
Returning shows addressed include those up top, and: Marvel's Jessica Jones; Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt; and Grace and Frankie.Read More…...
- 1/19/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Netflix did not chill this weekend, it was busy dropping tons of info on upcoming shows -- including spring/summer 2016 series premiere dates, and updates on renewals and new series.
Netflix just announced the premiere dates of these 11 series:
And that's the gavel on #TCA16. Here's a summary of the news. See you next time! https://t.co/soH7jYSuj1
— Netflix Us (@netflix) January 18, 2016
"Flaked": Friday, March 11 *New show
"The Ranch": Friday, April 1 *New show
"Lost & Found Music Studios": Friday, April 1 *Teen show
"Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" Season 2: Friday, April 15
"Kong: King of the Apes": Friday, April 15 *Animated kids show
"Marseille": Thursday, May 5 *New show
"Grace and Frankie" Season 2: Friday, May 6
"Word Party": Friday, June 3 *Children's show
"Orange Is the New Black" Season 4: Friday, June 17
"Stranger Things": Friday, July 15 *New show
"The Get Down": Friday, Aug. 12 *New show
Get more details on each show.
Netflix just announced the premiere dates of these 11 series:
And that's the gavel on #TCA16. Here's a summary of the news. See you next time! https://t.co/soH7jYSuj1
— Netflix Us (@netflix) January 18, 2016
"Flaked": Friday, March 11 *New show
"The Ranch": Friday, April 1 *New show
"Lost & Found Music Studios": Friday, April 1 *Teen show
"Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" Season 2: Friday, April 15
"Kong: King of the Apes": Friday, April 15 *Animated kids show
"Marseille": Thursday, May 5 *New show
"Grace and Frankie" Season 2: Friday, May 6
"Word Party": Friday, June 3 *Children's show
"Orange Is the New Black" Season 4: Friday, June 17
"Stranger Things": Friday, July 15 *New show
"The Get Down": Friday, Aug. 12 *New show
Get more details on each show.
- 1/18/2016
- by Gina Carbone
- Moviefone
Netflix has had its biggest year to date in 2015 with around sixteen original scripted comedy or drama series either launching or returning for new seasons. That means an average of every three weeks we've been getting launches.
Speaking at the Ubs Media Conference this week (via The Verge), Netflix Cco Ted Sarandos says the company plans to effectively double its output for next year - that number of new TV seasons jumping from 16 to 31 - and that doesn't count the 10 films, 10 comedy specials, 12 documentaries, or 30 kids shows scheduled for the service next year.
Some will be returnees including "Daredevil," "House of Cards," "Orange Is the New Black," "Bloodline," "Sense8," "BoJack Horseman" and "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" along with several other already announced high profile series making the debut including "Luke Cage," "Fuller House," "Love," "The Get Down," "The Crown," "Lady Dynamite," "Stranger Things," and "The Oa".
Speaking at the Ubs Media Conference this week (via The Verge), Netflix Cco Ted Sarandos says the company plans to effectively double its output for next year - that number of new TV seasons jumping from 16 to 31 - and that doesn't count the 10 films, 10 comedy specials, 12 documentaries, or 30 kids shows scheduled for the service next year.
Some will be returnees including "Daredevil," "House of Cards," "Orange Is the New Black," "Bloodline," "Sense8," "BoJack Horseman" and "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" along with several other already announced high profile series making the debut including "Luke Cage," "Fuller House," "Love," "The Get Down," "The Crown," "Lady Dynamite," "Stranger Things," and "The Oa".
- 12/8/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Cara Buono has landed a series regular role in Netflix’s supernatural period drama Stranger Things (fka Montauk). Described as a love letter to the '80s classics that captivated a generation, Stranger Things is set in 1980 Indiana, where a young boy vanishes into thin air. As friends, family and local police search for answers, they are drawn into an extraordinary mystery involving top-secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces and one very strange little girl…...
- 9/1/2015
- Deadline TV
Netflix continues to up its ambitions in the original programming world. The streaming video platform has announced the title and cast for Stranger Things, a supernatural series set to premiere in 2016.
Stranger Things, which comes from creators Matt and Ross Duffer, was first announced in April, but not under same title; instead, it was known as Montauk. Winona Ryder joined the project in June, when it was still untitled, and now, as it has received its new name, the rest of its cast has been revealed. Young actor Finn Wolfhard will co-star as the friend of a missing boy, and Millie Brown will portray a mysterious girl with supernatural abilities. The show’s plot description, which teases “top secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces, and one very strange little girl,” has a definite Twin Peaks vibe to it, though a press release bills the show as “a love letter to the...
Stranger Things, which comes from creators Matt and Ross Duffer, was first announced in April, but not under same title; instead, it was known as Montauk. Winona Ryder joined the project in June, when it was still untitled, and now, as it has received its new name, the rest of its cast has been revealed. Young actor Finn Wolfhard will co-star as the friend of a missing boy, and Millie Brown will portray a mysterious girl with supernatural abilities. The show’s plot description, which teases “top secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces, and one very strange little girl,” has a definite Twin Peaks vibe to it, though a press release bills the show as “a love letter to the...
- 8/20/2015
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
Netflix announced the cast of “Stranger Things,” the new drama series written and directed by Matt and Ross Duffer, on Thursday. In the series, a young boy vanishes into thin air. As friends, family and local police search for answers, they are drawn into a mystery involving top secret experiments, supernatural forces and one very strange little girl. It was previously announced that Winona Ryder and David Harbour would also both star in the series. Ryder will portray Joyce, a working class single mother reeling from the disappearance of her 12-year-old son, and Harbour will play the town’s chief of police.
- 8/20/2015
- by Joe Otterson
- The Wrap
After a worldwide search that featured thousands of young actors, Netflix has locked the young ensemble cast for its upcoming supernatural period drama series written and directed by young genre filmmakers Matt Duffer and Ross Duffer (Wayward Pines) and executive produced by Shawn Levy. The series, which will be titled Stranger Things, has cast Finn Wolfhard, Millie Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp, Natalia Dyer and Charlie Heaton, who will join…...
- 8/20/2015
- Deadline TV
The premiere post-tiff destination (September 20-25th) in the film community and a major leg up for narrative and non-fiction films in development, the Independent Filmmaker Project (Ifp) announced a whopping 140 projects selected for the Project Forum at the upcoming Ifp Independent Film Week. Made up of several sections (Rbc’s Emerging Storytellers program, No Borders International Co-Production Market and Spotlight on Documentaries), we find latest updates from the likes of docu-helmers Doug Block (112 Weddings) and Lana Wilson (After Tiller), and among the narrative items we find headliners in Andrew Haigh (coming off the well received 45 Years), Sophie Barthes (Cold Souls and Madame Bovary), Terence Nance (An Oversimplification of Her Beauty), Lawrence Michael Levine (Wild Canaries), Jorge Michel Grau (We Are What We Are), Eleanor Burke and Ron Eyal (Stranger Things) and new faces in Sundance’s large family in Charles Poekel (Christmas, Again) and Olivia Newman (First Match). Here...
- 7/22/2015
- by admin
- IONCINEMA.com
Countdown for the big day is less than 24 hours away.
After months of preparations and planning, Oscar Sunday is tomorrow. The red carpet, the bleachers seats, the gold statues – the crews having been working around the clock and everything is ready for the 87th Academy Awards.
First-time host Neil Patrick Harris will be the evening’s emcee at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
He joins the illustrious line that includes Johnny Carson, Whoopi Goldberg, Chris Rock, Billy Crystal and Bob Hope – who has hosted the most Oscar shows with 19 host appearances.
Craig Zadan (left), Neil Meron (center) and Tim McGraw during rehearsals
87th Oscars Rehearsals ©A.M.P.A.S.
This year’s Best Picture race is one of the most highly contested in recent memory. Will it be frontrunners Birdman or Boyhood who take home the gold? Could the voters have checked off one of the other eight nominees...
After months of preparations and planning, Oscar Sunday is tomorrow. The red carpet, the bleachers seats, the gold statues – the crews having been working around the clock and everything is ready for the 87th Academy Awards.
First-time host Neil Patrick Harris will be the evening’s emcee at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
He joins the illustrious line that includes Johnny Carson, Whoopi Goldberg, Chris Rock, Billy Crystal and Bob Hope – who has hosted the most Oscar shows with 19 host appearances.
Craig Zadan (left), Neil Meron (center) and Tim McGraw during rehearsals
87th Oscars Rehearsals ©A.M.P.A.S.
This year’s Best Picture race is one of the most highly contested in recent memory. Will it be frontrunners Birdman or Boyhood who take home the gold? Could the voters have checked off one of the other eight nominees...
- 2/22/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Slamdance Studios and Hulu kicked off a new partnership on Wednesday.
The popular online video delivery site reached a deal with Slamdance Film Festival’s commercial distribution wing, Slamdance Studios, to stream a curated collection of films. The inaugural batch of Slamdance offerings includes 12 features and one documentary short.
See Photos: Inside The Wrap’s Sundance 2015 Industry Panel
Included among those titles immediately available is “D.I.Y.,” a documentary short featuring interviews with directors Chris Nolan (“Interstellar”) and Rian Johnson (“Star Wars: Episode VIII”); and “Tony,” a London-set thriller. Slamdance Studios also plans to add new programs to its Hulu channel on a monthly basis.
The popular online video delivery site reached a deal with Slamdance Film Festival’s commercial distribution wing, Slamdance Studios, to stream a curated collection of films. The inaugural batch of Slamdance offerings includes 12 features and one documentary short.
See Photos: Inside The Wrap’s Sundance 2015 Industry Panel
Included among those titles immediately available is “D.I.Y.,” a documentary short featuring interviews with directors Chris Nolan (“Interstellar”) and Rian Johnson (“Star Wars: Episode VIII”); and “Tony,” a London-set thriller. Slamdance Studios also plans to add new programs to its Hulu channel on a monthly basis.
- 1/28/2015
- by Travis Reilly
- The Wrap
Last Sunday evening at Lincoln Center, Eleanor Burke was awarded the first ever Ifp Durga Entertainment Filmmaker Grant, which offers a $20,000 prize to an Ifp alum who juggles filmmaking and parenting. Burke attended the 2009 Ifp Filmmaker Labs with her debut Stranger Things, and the 2012 No Borders Co-Production Market with Bright as Day, which Burke says is “about an aging anti-social wanderer and a teenage truant who band together to save an abandoned horse.” The script also took part in the Sundance Producing Lab and the Hamptons Screenwriting Lab. Concurrently, Burke is prepping Through and Through, which will participate in the Venice Biennale College Cinema in […]...
- 9/19/2014
- by Sarah Salovaara
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Last Sunday evening at Lincoln Center, Eleanor Burke was awarded the first ever Ifp Durga Entertainment Filmmaker Grant, which offers a $20,000 prize to an Ifp alum who juggles filmmaking and parenting. Burke attended the 2009 Ifp Filmmaker Labs with her debut Stranger Things, and the 2012 No Borders Co-Production Market with Bright as Day, which Burke says is “about an aging anti-social wanderer and a teenage truant who band together to save an abandoned horse.” The script also took part in the Sundance Producing Lab and the Hamptons Screenwriting Lab. Concurrently, Burke is prepping Through and Through, which will participate in the Venice Biennale College Cinema in […]...
- 9/19/2014
- by Sarah Salovaara
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
20th Century Fox plans to turn some of its movies into stage musicals. But Porky's 11, Die Hard and Avatar are unlikely to be on a stage near you soon. Or will they?
Dirty Dancing is back in the West End this week, a beneficiary of the unexpected demise of the unfortunately named Spice Girls musical Viva Forever!, whose run was cut short with massive losses for investors and producer Judy Craymer alike. I was at the excellent Stage One new producers workshop a couple of weeks back, where the advice was: "Don't do a musical on your first show – unless you're Judy Craymer." But it seems even Craymer, who scored a huge hit with Mamma Mia!, isn't impregnable. Maybe her mistake was to attempt two shows with an exclamation mark in the title.
Despite the failure of Viva Forever!, though, the jukebox musical certainly isn't dead, and in fact shows no signs of distress.
Dirty Dancing is back in the West End this week, a beneficiary of the unexpected demise of the unfortunately named Spice Girls musical Viva Forever!, whose run was cut short with massive losses for investors and producer Judy Craymer alike. I was at the excellent Stage One new producers workshop a couple of weeks back, where the advice was: "Don't do a musical on your first show – unless you're Judy Craymer." But it seems even Craymer, who scored a huge hit with Mamma Mia!, isn't impregnable. Maybe her mistake was to attempt two shows with an exclamation mark in the title.
Despite the failure of Viva Forever!, though, the jukebox musical certainly isn't dead, and in fact shows no signs of distress.
- 7/16/2013
- by Lyn Gardner
- The Guardian - Film News
Oona (Bridget Collins) arrives at her recently deceased mother’s small, seaside home to clean the place up and get it ready for sale. Feeling overwhelmed on her first day there she visits a neighbor who invites the young woman to spend the night so as not to be alone. Oona agrees, and while she’s gone a homeless man named Mani (Adeel Akhtar) presumes the house for sale is unoccupied and heads in to squat for the evening. She discovers him the next day, but after shooing him out with a broom handle to the head she guiltily tracks him down in the street and offers him her shed as a nighttime shelter. Slowly and cautiously the two develop a friendship built on their individual solitudes. Oona’s relationship with her mother was a bumpy one, but it was clearly preferable to the veiled loneliness she suffers through now. Mani...
- 6/12/2013
- by Rob Hunter
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
The pioneering distributor has struck a digital deal with Slamdance to launch a roster of features on Jun 11.
First to go will be Stranger Things [pictured] and Hybrid, followed by The First Season in September.
“The partnership between Cinedigm and Slamdance is a natural,” said Cinedigm svp of digital Erick Opeka. “Cinedigm is the worldwide leader in digital independent content distribution and Slamdance has always been very innovative and forward-looking on the digital front.
“We expect to have great success in launching their films on a variety of established and emerging digital platforms.”
The 2014 Slamdance Film Festival is set to run from Jan 17-23 in Park City, Utah.
First to go will be Stranger Things [pictured] and Hybrid, followed by The First Season in September.
“The partnership between Cinedigm and Slamdance is a natural,” said Cinedigm svp of digital Erick Opeka. “Cinedigm is the worldwide leader in digital independent content distribution and Slamdance has always been very innovative and forward-looking on the digital front.
“We expect to have great success in launching their films on a variety of established and emerging digital platforms.”
The 2014 Slamdance Film Festival is set to run from Jan 17-23 in Park City, Utah.
- 6/5/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Have you ever wondered what are the films that inspire the next generation of visionary filmmakers? As part of our monthly Ioncinephile profile (read here), we ask the filmmaker the incredibly arduous task of identifying their top ten list of favorite films. Eleanor Burke & Ron Eyal (Stranger Things) provided us with a combined/all time top ten film list (dated: April 2013).
Les Quatres cents Coups Blows (400 Blows) – Francois Truffaut (1959)
“I saw this when I was at secondary school (high school) and there was something in it that really spoke to me. It’s the film that made me want to be a director.” (Eb)
“Truffaut was getting out there onto the streets of Paris with the camera and capturing life. I love the playful scene with Antoine turning upside-down on the Rotor, and that final breathtaking tracking shot as Antoine runs down to the sea.” (Re)
Le Notti di Cabiria...
Les Quatres cents Coups Blows (400 Blows) – Francois Truffaut (1959)
“I saw this when I was at secondary school (high school) and there was something in it that really spoke to me. It’s the film that made me want to be a director.” (Eb)
“Truffaut was getting out there onto the streets of Paris with the camera and capturing life. I love the playful scene with Antoine turning upside-down on the Rotor, and that final breathtaking tracking shot as Antoine runs down to the sea.” (Re)
Le Notti di Cabiria...
- 4/8/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Ioncinema.com’s Ioncinephile of the Month feature focuses on an emerging filmmaker from the world of cinema. This April, we’ve got a first: two for the price of one. Husband and wife filmmaking team of Ron Eyal and Eleanor Burke premiered Stranger Things at such fests as Slamdance (Winner Grand Jury Prize Best Narrative Feature), Raindance (Winner Grand Jury Prize Best U.K. Feature), Woodstock, Karlovy Vary, and is now they’ve got a one week theatrical run (April 5 – 11) at the reRun Theater in Brooklyn. Here is our profile on the filmmaker team and worth checking out is our accompanying original/combined personal Top Ten films list.
Eric Lavallee: During your childhood…what films were important to you?
Eleanor Burke: I remember going to the cinema as a very young child. The ceremony of it all was impressive: the velvet curtains, the hush as the lights went down.
Eric Lavallee: During your childhood…what films were important to you?
Eleanor Burke: I remember going to the cinema as a very young child. The ceremony of it all was impressive: the velvet curtains, the hush as the lights went down.
- 4/8/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Ron Eyal and Eleanor Burke’s elegant and evocative Stranger Things, which won Slamdance’s Narrative Competition Grand Jury Prize in 2011 is a moody and clear-eyed drama from a pair of our 25 New Faces in Independent Film, as tranquil and refreshing as an autumn afternoon along the rural British coast, where much of its story is set. A young, lonely woman named Oona (Bridget Collins), coping with the recent death of her mother (with whom she was clearly not close) and hoping to sell the house the deceased woman spent her last years making art in, returns to the home’s seaside village to …...
- 4/5/2013
- by Brandon Harris
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat is a monthly newspaper run by Steve DeBellis, a well know St. Louis historian, and it’s the largest one-man newspaper in the world. The concept of The Globe is that there is an old historic headline, then all the articles in that issue are written as though it’s the year that the headline is from. It’s an unusual concept but the paper is now in its 25th successful year! Steve and I collaborated last year on an all-Vincent Price issue of The Globe and I’ve been writing a regular movie-related column since. Since there is no on-line version of The Globe, I post all of my articles here at We Are Movie Geeks as well. When Steve informed me that this month’s St. Louis Globe-Democrat is written as if it’s 1934, I jumped at the chance to write about the...
- 3/21/2013
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat is a monthly newspaper run by Steve DeBellis, a well know St. Louis historian, and it’s the largest one-man newspaper in the world. The concept of The Globe is that there is an old historic headline, then all the articles in that issue are written as though it’s the year that the headline is from. It’s an unusual concept but the paper is now in its 25th successful year! Steve and I collaborated last year on an all-Vincent Price issue of The Globe and I’ve been writing a regular movie-related column since. Since there is no on-line version of The Globe, I post all of my articles here at We Are Movie Geeks as well. When Steve informed me that this month’s St. Louis Globe-Democrat is written as if it’s 1934, I jumped at the oppurtunity to write about the...
- 2/27/2013
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Got a scoop request? An anonymous tip you’re dying to share? Just want to say hello? Send any/all of the above to askausiello@tvline.com
Question: Here’s my burning Gossip Girl finale question: How do we know Dan and Serena got married in that flash-forward? We didn’t actually see them exchange vows. —Carmen
Ausiello: Great, conspiracy-obsessed minds think alike, Carmen. I too wondered why exec producers Stephanie Savage and Josh Schwartz opted not to show the two of them tying the knot. For all we know, Jenny had a bomb strapped to her back that was...
Question: Here’s my burning Gossip Girl finale question: How do we know Dan and Serena got married in that flash-forward? We didn’t actually see them exchange vows. —Carmen
Ausiello: Great, conspiracy-obsessed minds think alike, Carmen. I too wondered why exec producers Stephanie Savage and Josh Schwartz opted not to show the two of them tying the knot. For all we know, Jenny had a bomb strapped to her back that was...
- 12/19/2012
- by Michael Ausiello
- TVLine.com
By the end of the ninth chapter of The Kindly Ones, some characters may have found things they were looking for: Rose Walker may have found her heart, and the Corinthian may have found Lyta Hall’s son, Daniel. I say “may have found” because only a fool proclaims certainties about a Sandman story before it is finished (if then!), and I aspire to be less of a fool.
Rose’s heart is left behind by Desire after their conversation. The heart is in the form of an Art Deco lighter, something cold to the touch but full of fire when sparked to life. The Corinthian finds a lot of fire when he and Matthew track down Loki and Daniel: a fireplace fire and a fire that seems to emanate from Loki as a shield and weapon. The Corinthian is strong enough to overpower Loki’s fire, to knock him...
Rose’s heart is left behind by Desire after their conversation. The heart is in the form of an Art Deco lighter, something cold to the touch but full of fire when sparked to life. The Corinthian finds a lot of fire when he and Matthew track down Loki and Daniel: a fireplace fire and a fire that seems to emanate from Loki as a shield and weapon. The Corinthian is strong enough to overpower Loki’s fire, to knock him...
- 3/21/2012
- by Matthew Cheney
- Boomtron
Every year The Slamdance Film Festival is responsible for premiering at least a half dozen films that go on to lengthy fest circuit runs (The Guatamalan Handshake, Without, The New Years Parade, Stranger Things), cult viability (Murder Party, Snow on tha Bluff) and in the case of the 2008 selection Paranormal Activity, massive box office success. This year will likely be no exception. But after surveying a third of the ten narratives and eight documentaries in the always eclectically programmed festival’s 2012 slate, no true standout has emerged, although a number of solid efforts are on display.
Before its screening, buzz (at least in my Brooklyn circles) built to a fever pitch for Keith Miller’s Welcome to Pine Hill, a film produced in part by members of the Brooklyn Filmmaker Collective, a lovely Kings County filmmaker support network that I’ve been sporadically involved in for a number of years.
Before its screening, buzz (at least in my Brooklyn circles) built to a fever pitch for Keith Miller’s Welcome to Pine Hill, a film produced in part by members of the Brooklyn Filmmaker Collective, a lovely Kings County filmmaker support network that I’ve been sporadically involved in for a number of years.
- 1/26/2012
- by Brandon Harris
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
If you’ve taken a ride in the back of a New York City taxi cab these last two weeks, you may have heard the stories of seven of New York’s most distinctive independent filmmakers of the moment. In partnership with Royal Bank of Canada and the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment, the Ifp has produced six spots that are playing not only in cabs but on NYC Life. Jamie Stuart directed, T. Griffin scored and I produced these pieces, and each one, in addition to profiling a person, highlights a different aspect of the independent filmmaker’s current creative, production or marketing brief. All the filmmakers were veterans of the Ifp Labs and also selected for Filmmaker’s 25 New Faces.
Today I’m posting the last spot, featuring Eleanor Burke and Ron Eyal. Their feature Stranger Things has won multiple awards, including Best Narrative Feature at...
Today I’m posting the last spot, featuring Eleanor Burke and Ron Eyal. Their feature Stranger Things has won multiple awards, including Best Narrative Feature at...
- 10/18/2011
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
We’re halfway through Independent Film Week, and time has started to play tricks. Days seem to stretch on forever, but at the same time, hours go by like minutes. Today I accidentally said to someone, “I’ll see you yesterday.”
Here are some more snapshots of Film Week in action:
The creative forces behind Ifp’s 2011 Narrative and Documentary Lab projects share the stage at the end of Tuesday night’s Lab Showcase at the Walter Reade Theater.
Writer/Director Gillian Robespierre discusses her screenplay Obvious Child with the Sundance Institute’s Rachel Chanoff.
Writer/Director Harrison Witt (Sister Sarah) helps actor Gbenga Akinnagbe (The Wire) prepare for his role in Tuesday afternoon’s Emerging Narrative reading series.
Filmmakers Ron Eyal and Eleanor Burke, whose Slamdance Grand Jury Prize winner Stranger Things continues to rock the festival circuit, attend a reception at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center.
More...
Here are some more snapshots of Film Week in action:
The creative forces behind Ifp’s 2011 Narrative and Documentary Lab projects share the stage at the end of Tuesday night’s Lab Showcase at the Walter Reade Theater.
Writer/Director Gillian Robespierre discusses her screenplay Obvious Child with the Sundance Institute’s Rachel Chanoff.
Writer/Director Harrison Witt (Sister Sarah) helps actor Gbenga Akinnagbe (The Wire) prepare for his role in Tuesday afternoon’s Emerging Narrative reading series.
Filmmakers Ron Eyal and Eleanor Burke, whose Slamdance Grand Jury Prize winner Stranger Things continues to rock the festival circuit, attend a reception at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center.
More...
- 9/21/2011
- by Dan Schoenbrun
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Slamdance Film Festival, Park City’s celebration of truly independent filmmakers, came to a close this past Thursday, January 27th. Here at Sound on Sight we’re wrapping up our interview series with 2011 Slamdance filmmakers. Today’s interview is with husband and wife duo Eleanor Burke and Ron Eyal whose film Stranger Things won Slamdance’s Grand Jury Sparky Award for Best Narrative Film.
Check out our interview with Burke and Eyal conducted before the Slamdance awards were announced. You can read all the juicy stories about what it’s like to be partners in both matrimony and directing: the disagreements, the drama! Just kidding. It seems they get along smashingly, and as filmmakers, work really well together. Enjoy.
Synopsis:
Oona, a young woman dealing with the loss of her mother, reaches out to a stranger: Mani, a mysterious homeless man of Middle-‐Eastern origin, whom she invites to stay on her property.
Check out our interview with Burke and Eyal conducted before the Slamdance awards were announced. You can read all the juicy stories about what it’s like to be partners in both matrimony and directing: the disagreements, the drama! Just kidding. It seems they get along smashingly, and as filmmakers, work really well together. Enjoy.
Synopsis:
Oona, a young woman dealing with the loss of her mother, reaches out to a stranger: Mani, a mysterious homeless man of Middle-‐Eastern origin, whom she invites to stay on her property.
- 1/31/2011
- by Alice gray
- SoundOnSight
The 17th annual Slamdance Film Festival has handed out awards to 10 films out of the 83 movies that screened this year. A few films received multiple awards in different categories and several of the winners will be given a limited theatrical release sponsored by Slamdance later this year.
Awards were organized in the sections: Grand Jury Awards, Audience Awards and Sponsored Awards. The documentary Bhopali, directed by Van Maximillian Carlson about the effects of the horrific 1984 Union Carbide gas disaster, won both a Grand Jury and an Audience award. Another documentary, Shunka by Cj Gardella, won both an Audience and a Sponsored award.
Also, in addition to several winners, the Slamdance jury made several mentions to runners-up deserving special recognition. Those special jury notes are included in the full list of winners below.
Two films — the short Hello Caller by Andrew Putschoegl and the feature Superheroes by Michael Barnett — have been...
Awards were organized in the sections: Grand Jury Awards, Audience Awards and Sponsored Awards. The documentary Bhopali, directed by Van Maximillian Carlson about the effects of the horrific 1984 Union Carbide gas disaster, won both a Grand Jury and an Audience award. Another documentary, Shunka by Cj Gardella, won both an Audience and a Sponsored award.
Also, in addition to several winners, the Slamdance jury made several mentions to runners-up deserving special recognition. Those special jury notes are included in the full list of winners below.
Two films — the short Hello Caller by Andrew Putschoegl and the feature Superheroes by Michael Barnett — have been...
- 1/28/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
While introducing a screening one afternoon this week in the Treasure Mountain Inn’s cramped banquet hall that the Slamdance Film Festival converts into its main cinema every year, Slamdance Co-Founder and expert hat-wearer Dan Mirvish remarked with a bit of awe that this was the 17th annual event, meaning that Slamdance, once referred to pejoratively as Sundance’s “parasite” by Robert Redford, had now been around for over half Sundance’s life span. Continuing, Mirvish claimed that “about a third” of the participants in Sundance’s 2011 lineup were Slamdance alumni. “The inmates have taken over the asylum,” Mirvish joked. Someone sitting behind me remarked under his breath, “If you can’t beat them, join them.”
No need. Slamdance has come into its own, receiving well over 3,000 submissions a year and routinely playing films that don’t deserve the “Sundance rejects” moniker. The film Mr. Mirvish was introducing that afternoon...
No need. Slamdance has come into its own, receiving well over 3,000 submissions a year and routinely playing films that don’t deserve the “Sundance rejects” moniker. The film Mr. Mirvish was introducing that afternoon...
- 1/28/2011
- by Brandon Harris
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
The 2011 Slamdance Film Festival concluded Thursday night with Eleanor Burke and Ron Eyal's "Stranger Things" winning the event's Best Narrative Film prize, while Van Maximillian Carlson's "Bhopali" took Slamdance's Best Documentary Film award in both the jury and audience categories. "Simon Arthur's "Silver Tongues" won the audience prize for Best Narrative Film. There are three competitive divisions at Slamdance: Grand Jury, Audience Awards and Special Sponsored Awards provided by ...
- 1/28/2011
- Indiewire
I was about half way through my monster preview of this year’s Sundance Film Festival when I stopped. There’s just an awful lot I’m looking forward to this year — way more than I’m able practically to see and perhaps more than you want to read about. Also, I was having a hard time writing about the individual films because, in many cases, I know too much about them. There are a ton of “25 New Faces” in the fest, people we’ve been following for years. Several filmmakers who went through the Ifp’s Narrative Lab, of which I’m a part, are debuting their films in Park City. (They are Dee Rees’s Pariah, Andrew Donsumnu’s Restless City; Alrick Brown’s Kinyarwanda; and, at Slamdance, Eleanor Burke and Ron Eyal’s Woodstock premiere, Stranger Things. I’ve seen all these films in rough cut and...
- 1/21/2011
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
The 17th annual Slamdance Film Festival is all set to run for eight days and nights Jan. 21-27. The festival is featuring a bold theme this year of “All Is Not Lost” where — due to the current devastating economic climate — Slamdance will donate 10% of ticket proceeds back to the filmmakers.
The fest is screening 14 feature films — 10 of which are in competition — and 8 feature documentaries, all of which are in competition. In addition, there will be 56 short films screening.
Plus, there are a couple of special screenings, including the Straight 8 event where anybody can register to receive a single roll of Super-8 film that they can use to direct their own in-camera edited mini-masterpiece. Also, on the 26th, there will be a special retrospective of the works of renegade ’60s filmmaker J.X. Williams.
The full film lineup is below, but for more information on the site please visit the official Slamdance website.
The fest is screening 14 feature films — 10 of which are in competition — and 8 feature documentaries, all of which are in competition. In addition, there will be 56 short films screening.
Plus, there are a couple of special screenings, including the Straight 8 event where anybody can register to receive a single roll of Super-8 film that they can use to direct their own in-camera edited mini-masterpiece. Also, on the 26th, there will be a special retrospective of the works of renegade ’60s filmmaker J.X. Williams.
The full film lineup is below, but for more information on the site please visit the official Slamdance website.
- 12/23/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
[1] Slamdance has officially announced the 2011 Feature Competition slate for the 17th Annual Slamdance Film Festival taking place January 21-27, 2011 in Park City, Utah. For those of you who don't know, the festival was founded in 1995 by filmmakers whose movies didn't get into Sundance, and has since become a yearly film festival spotlighting "emerging filmmaking talent and their new work." Slamdance touts that their festival is "programmed by filmmakers for filmmakers." While Sundance is still the big show in Park City, big filmmakers like Christopher Nolan (Memento), Marc Forster (Monster's Ball) and Jared Hess (Napoleon Dynamite) are often mentioned as Slamdance discoveries. Hit the jump to read the full press release which includes the full line-up for the 2011 Festival. For Immediate Release Slamdance Film Festival Announces 2011 Feature Film Competition “All Is Not Lost” for Filmmakers in Park City and Commercially Year-Round Los Angeles - December 7, 2010 – Slamdance today announced the 2011 Feature Competition...
- 12/8/2010
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
The Slamdance Film Festival wasn't that far behind The Sundance Film Festival in releasing their film line-up, and it's a compelling mix of titles. For those of you who don't know, Slamdance is another film festival that is going on at the exact same time, and in the exact same place as Sundance, and that's in Park City Ut, from January 21-28th. Slamdance focuses more on genre type indie films.
Check out the list below and tell us what you think! Do any of you plan on attending? I always try to catch a few of these films while up up in Park City.
Slamdance Film Festival Announces 2011 Feature Film Competition
"All Is Not Lost" for Filmmakers in Park City and Commercially Year-Round
Los Angeles - December 7, 2010 - Slamdance today announced the 2011 Feature Competition slate for the 17th Annual Slamdance Film Festival taking place January 21-27, 2011 in Park City,...
Check out the list below and tell us what you think! Do any of you plan on attending? I always try to catch a few of these films while up up in Park City.
Slamdance Film Festival Announces 2011 Feature Film Competition
"All Is Not Lost" for Filmmakers in Park City and Commercially Year-Round
Los Angeles - December 7, 2010 - Slamdance today announced the 2011 Feature Competition slate for the 17th Annual Slamdance Film Festival taking place January 21-27, 2011 in Park City,...
- 12/7/2010
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
With the complete Sundance lineup now out in public you had to know that Slamdance couldn't be far behind. And it wasn't. The complete list of competition selections for Slamdance 2011 was announced today and it's a compelling mix of titles.
On the genre front Fernando Barreda Luna's found footage shocker Atrocious is the festival's one true horror entry while Simon Arthur's Silver Tongues also sounds like it could delve into dark thriller territory. Experimental effort The Beast Pageant is probably worth a look as well and I've been hearing growing buzz about inner city crime moc doc Snow On The Bluff as well.
On the real documentary side of things there are a couple music themed pieces - Road Dogs and Last Fast Ride - cranked up to 11. Stephan Wassman's Scrapper - the story of a group of men who collect scrap from a Us military bombing...
On the genre front Fernando Barreda Luna's found footage shocker Atrocious is the festival's one true horror entry while Simon Arthur's Silver Tongues also sounds like it could delve into dark thriller territory. Experimental effort The Beast Pageant is probably worth a look as well and I've been hearing growing buzz about inner city crime moc doc Snow On The Bluff as well.
On the real documentary side of things there are a couple music themed pieces - Road Dogs and Last Fast Ride - cranked up to 11. Stephan Wassman's Scrapper - the story of a group of men who collect scrap from a Us military bombing...
- 12/7/2010
- Screen Anarchy
The Slamdance Film Festival which takes place each year in Utah at the same time as the Sundance Film Festival has just announced its program for the 2011 edition. The festival was founded in 1995 by Dan Mirvish, Jon Fitzgerald, Shane Kuhn and Peter Baxter and has since become a year-round organization championing emerging filmmaking talent and their new work. The aim is to provide what its supporters consider a truer representation of independent filmmaking).
The fest has earned a solid reputation for premiering films by first-time writers and directors working within the creative confines of limited budgets. Festival discoveries have included directors such as Christopher Nolan (Memento), Marc Forster (Monster’s Ball) and Jared Hess (Napoleon Dynamite).
The 17th annual fest will screen 10 narrative films and eight documentary features in competition from Jan. 21-27. Fourteen of the movies are world premieres. As part of this year’s festival theme — “All Is...
The fest has earned a solid reputation for premiering films by first-time writers and directors working within the creative confines of limited budgets. Festival discoveries have included directors such as Christopher Nolan (Memento), Marc Forster (Monster’s Ball) and Jared Hess (Napoleon Dynamite).
The 17th annual fest will screen 10 narrative films and eight documentary features in competition from Jan. 21-27. Fourteen of the movies are world premieres. As part of this year’s festival theme — “All Is...
- 12/7/2010
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Eleanor Burke and Ron Eyal's feature "Stranger Things" and Jeff Malmberg's doc "Marwencol" took top prizes Saturday evening at the 11th Woodstock Film Festival. Emceed by Oscar-nominated writer/director and Woodstock resident Ron Nyswaner ("Philadelphia"), the Gala Maverick Awards ceremony also honored writer/director Bruce Beresford ("Mao's Last Dancer") with its Honorary Maverick Award, veteran film distributor Bob Berney with the festival's Honorary Trailblazer Award, and actor Keanu Reeves, who received the festival's ...
- 10/3/2010
- Indiewire
IFP has announced its recipients of its annual Ifp Independent Filmmaker Lab Finishing Grants totaling $90,000. Congratulations goes to Stranger Things' Eleanor Burke and Ron Eyal and War Don Don's Rebecca Richman Cohen. Both will receive a package valued at $45,000, that includes post-production services from Goldcrest Post New York, post-graphic services from Edgeworx, Inc., legal consultation from Gray Krauss Llp, publicity consultation from International House of Publicity, test screening space courtesy of The Tank, and promotional materials from 4over4. Additional award finalists included narrative projects Amy Seimetz's City on a Hill and Russell Costanzo's The Tested, and documentary projects Luisa Dantas's Land of Opportunity and...
- 2/19/2010
- by Melissa Silvestri
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
We are capping off the Sundance predictions today. Here are another five predictions for the upcoming 2010 edition. - We are capping off the Sundance predictions today. Here are another five predictions for the upcoming 2010 edition. Stranger Things - Filmmakers (Eleanor Burke/Ron Eyal) were part of Filmmaker Magazine's Top 25 New Faces list this year and they took part in the Ifp Independent Film Week, making this an attractive, indie project thats fits well with the Sundance model. Filmed across the pond, this tells the story sees Oona is a young woman faced with the dreadful task of clearing out her dead mother's home. Returning to the countryside property, Oona discovers a vagrant, Mani, has broken into the house. Their surprising friendship surmounts the disparities between them and offers unexpected hope and strength. Sundance Prediction Forecast: 20% Chance. Could be this year's Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck combo? (IMDb Link...
- 12/13/2009
- by Ioncinema.com Staff
- IONCINEMA.com
We'll find out the exact line-up soon enough and I'll see just how my predictions pan out for the upcoming edition of Sundance. - We'll find out the exact line-up soon enough and I'll see just how my predictions pan out for the upcoming edition of Sundance. For practicality reasons, here is a quick listing, I've included the titles below and if you want to familiarize yourself with the projects, you can go back and check out last week's brief summaries: Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI, Part VII, Part VIII, Part IX. Would be surprised if these weren't at the festival:...
- 12/13/2009
- by Ioncinema.com Staff
- IONCINEMA.com
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