Read More: Laff Review | Amber Sealey and Kent Osborne Make a Provocative Marital Drama in 'How to Cheat'Amber Sealey ("How to Cheat") is turning to Indiegogo to help finance the post-production end (including editing, sound design and scoring) of her new film "No Light and No Land Anywhere." Sealey's third feature film will tell the story of Lexi, a woman who abruptly puts a hold on her life in London in order to travel and find her estranged father. Filmmaker and artist Miranda July is just one of the many women who have, and continue to, work on this film. With a crew that is 90% women, Sealey's project strives to utilize and shed light on the numerous talented, strong and capable women who work in the movie industry. You can help contribute to "No Light and No Land Anywhere" by visiting the official Indiegogo site. Sealey is...
- 7/7/2015
- by Sarah Choi
- Indiewire
Title: How To Cheat Writer-director: Amber Sealey Starring: Kent Osborne, Amber Sealey, Amanda Street, Gabriel Diamond, Paulette Osborne A dramatic competition title at the Los Angeles Film Festival, writer-director Amber Sealey’s How To Cheat is a seriocomic depiction of the messiness of modern marriage, and the temptation of infidelity. On the surface, a minor sort of thematic companion piece might be something like Kate Aselton’s The Freebie, in which she starred with Dax Shepard as a married couple who, trying to liven up their stagnant sex life, agree to mutual one-night-only, no-strings-attached hall passes, only to find discord and regret in their decision. Sealey’s movie, however, is a bit more subjectively focused and channeled...
- 7/1/2011
- by bsimon
- ShockYa
The Los Angeles Film Festival just finished another successful year with some great entries and awesome film making showcased throughout the festival.
The festival has announced the jury and audience winners at the Awards Brunch on Sunday, with awards presented by Allison Janney and John C. Reilly. The film festival ran from Thursday, June 16 to Sunday June 26, 2011 in downtown Los Angeles.
The two top jury winners in the Narrative and Documentary category each won a $15,000 cash prize for the films director. This year, the Narrative Award went to Stephane Lafleur for the North American premiere of Familiar Ground about isolated family living in Canada.
The Documentary Award went to Beverly Kopf and Bobbie Birleffi for their film Wish Me Away, following the journey and coming-out of country singer Chely Wright.
The award for Best Performance in the Narrative Competition went to Amber Sealey, Kent Osborne, Amanda Street, and Gabriel Diamond...
The festival has announced the jury and audience winners at the Awards Brunch on Sunday, with awards presented by Allison Janney and John C. Reilly. The film festival ran from Thursday, June 16 to Sunday June 26, 2011 in downtown Los Angeles.
The two top jury winners in the Narrative and Documentary category each won a $15,000 cash prize for the films director. This year, the Narrative Award went to Stephane Lafleur for the North American premiere of Familiar Ground about isolated family living in Canada.
The Documentary Award went to Beverly Kopf and Bobbie Birleffi for their film Wish Me Away, following the journey and coming-out of country singer Chely Wright.
The award for Best Performance in the Narrative Competition went to Amber Sealey, Kent Osborne, Amanda Street, and Gabriel Diamond...
- 6/28/2011
- by alyssa@mediavine.com (Alyssa Caverley)
- Reel Movie News
The deadpan comedy "Familiar Ground" and the Chely Wright documentary "Wish Me Away" won the top jury prizes at the Los Angeles Film Festival on Sunday, while the cast of "How to Cheat" were honored for their performances. In audience voting, the top narrative feature was Joe Cornish's aliens-vs.-street-kids thriller "Attack the Block," which will soon be released by Sony's Screen Gems, and the music documentary "Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest." Other winners include "Senna," Asif Kapadia's documentary about the Brazilian racing driver; and the shorts...
- 6/26/2011
- The Wrap
Why She's On Our Radar: Amber Sealey's first feature, the relationship drama "A Plus D," played the regional film festival circuit (although Sealey initially generated interest from Sundance). Her latest effort, "How to Cheat," premiered at the L.A. Film Festival last week to generally positive reactions. The film stars Kent Osbourne (most recently the star of Joe Swanberg's "Uncle Kent" and a writer for "Spongebob Squarepants") as a depressed chauffeur who ...
- 6/24/2011
- Indiewire
Whenever you hear about a situation where someone has cheated, you typically side with the person being cheated on and not the two participating in the cheating. However in How To Cheat, Amanda Street turns in a multi-dimensional portrayal of the woman who gets involved with married Mark (Kent Osborne), making her character Louise infuriating, confusing and compelling. There are always two sides to a story, but Louise makes you wonder about the third side and where her character is coming from.
Read more on Laff 2011 Interview: How To Cheat actor Amanda Street...
Read more on Laff 2011 Interview: How To Cheat actor Amanda Street...
- 6/23/2011
- by Allison Loring
- GordonandtheWhale
In her second directorial effort, How To Cheat, Amber Sealey takes on the taboo subject of cheating on one’s marriage. Rather than the narrative we have seen before with a husband unexpectedly being tempted or making a mistake one drunken night, How To Cheat has Beth’s (as played by Sealey) husband Mark (Kent Osborne) make the conscious decision to cheat and work to find a partner willing to cheat with him.
Read more on Laff 2011 Interview: How To Cheat director/writer/actor Amber Sealey...
Read more on Laff 2011 Interview: How To Cheat director/writer/actor Amber Sealey...
- 6/22/2011
- by Allison Loring
- GordonandtheWhale
Reviewed by Elliot V. Kotek
(June 2011, screening at the 2011 Los Angeles Film Festival)
Directed/Written by: Amber Sealey
Starring: Kent Osborne, Amber Sealey, Amanda Street, Dan Ewen, V. Kim Blish and Gabriel Diamond
Watching an out-of-shape middle-ager bounce around his backyard wearing nothing but his (lack of) dignity is a rare beginning to a rare movie about a married limo driver who sketches raunchy stick figures on Post-it notes and for whom sex with his wife is something slotted between appointments for the purposes of conception. While traffic congestion is forever imminent, and L.A.’s concrete streets are represented with a poetic prettiness, the idiosyncrasies inherent in this union sit uncomfortably in the foreground of all decisions and actions to unfold.
Kent Osborne’s brand of real man was used to apt effect in Joe Swanberg’s “Hannah Takes the Stairs” and “Uncle Kent,” and Osborne again brings an...
(June 2011, screening at the 2011 Los Angeles Film Festival)
Directed/Written by: Amber Sealey
Starring: Kent Osborne, Amber Sealey, Amanda Street, Dan Ewen, V. Kim Blish and Gabriel Diamond
Watching an out-of-shape middle-ager bounce around his backyard wearing nothing but his (lack of) dignity is a rare beginning to a rare movie about a married limo driver who sketches raunchy stick figures on Post-it notes and for whom sex with his wife is something slotted between appointments for the purposes of conception. While traffic congestion is forever imminent, and L.A.’s concrete streets are represented with a poetic prettiness, the idiosyncrasies inherent in this union sit uncomfortably in the foreground of all decisions and actions to unfold.
Kent Osborne’s brand of real man was used to apt effect in Joe Swanberg’s “Hannah Takes the Stairs” and “Uncle Kent,” and Osborne again brings an...
- 6/21/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
Reviewed by Elliot V. Kotek
(June 2011, screening at the 2011 Los Angeles Film Festival)
Directed/Written by: Amber Sealey
Starring: Kent Osborne, Amber Sealey, Amanda Street, Dan Ewen, V. Kim Blish and Gabriel Diamond
Watching an out-of-shape middle-ager bounce around his backyard wearing nothing but his (lack of) dignity is a rare beginning to a rare movie about a married limo driver who sketches raunchy stick figures on Post-it notes and for whom sex with his wife is something slotted between appointments for the purposes of conception. While traffic congestion is forever imminent, and L.A.’s concrete streets are represented with a poetic prettiness, the idiosyncrasies inherent in this union sit uncomfortably in the foreground of all decisions and actions to unfold.
Kent Osborne’s brand of real man was used to apt effect in Joe Swanberg’s “Hannah Takes the Stairs” and “Uncle Kent,” and Osborne again brings an...
(June 2011, screening at the 2011 Los Angeles Film Festival)
Directed/Written by: Amber Sealey
Starring: Kent Osborne, Amber Sealey, Amanda Street, Dan Ewen, V. Kim Blish and Gabriel Diamond
Watching an out-of-shape middle-ager bounce around his backyard wearing nothing but his (lack of) dignity is a rare beginning to a rare movie about a married limo driver who sketches raunchy stick figures on Post-it notes and for whom sex with his wife is something slotted between appointments for the purposes of conception. While traffic congestion is forever imminent, and L.A.’s concrete streets are represented with a poetic prettiness, the idiosyncrasies inherent in this union sit uncomfortably in the foreground of all decisions and actions to unfold.
Kent Osborne’s brand of real man was used to apt effect in Joe Swanberg’s “Hannah Takes the Stairs” and “Uncle Kent,” and Osborne again brings an...
- 6/21/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
In How To Cheat, Kent Osborne plays a husband, Mark, so intent on escaping his life and feeling something over than the overwhelming sadness plaguing him, he decides to do something drastic – cheat on his wife. Osborne’s performance of a man on the edge, while never losing his affable charm, gives Mark heart, humor, and honesty and brings the audience into his frustration rather than simply judging him for his actions. You never want Mark to cheat, but if he does, you continue to root for him and hope that in the end, he finds the happiness he is so desperately seeking.
Read more on Laff 2011 Interview: How To Cheat actor Kent Osborne...
Read more on Laff 2011 Interview: How To Cheat actor Kent Osborne...
- 6/21/2011
- by Allison Loring
- GordonandtheWhale
Rating: 3/5
Writer: Amber Sealey
Director: Amber Sealey
Cast: Amber Sealey, Kent Osborne, Amanda Street
There are certain things in this world you know are wrong. It is wrong to steal, it is wrong to lie, it is wrong to cheat. But is anything ever that simple or black and white? Amber Sealey’s How To Cheat dives in to that gray area where something that should be immediately tagged wrong may also have other factors driving it, how those factors can effect one’s reaction to it, and whether or not they should have an effect on that reaction.
Read more on Laff 2011 Review: How To Cheat...
Writer: Amber Sealey
Director: Amber Sealey
Cast: Amber Sealey, Kent Osborne, Amanda Street
There are certain things in this world you know are wrong. It is wrong to steal, it is wrong to lie, it is wrong to cheat. But is anything ever that simple or black and white? Amber Sealey’s How To Cheat dives in to that gray area where something that should be immediately tagged wrong may also have other factors driving it, how those factors can effect one’s reaction to it, and whether or not they should have an effect on that reaction.
Read more on Laff 2011 Review: How To Cheat...
- 6/19/2011
- by Allison Loring
- GordonandtheWhale
Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: I celebrate all levels of trailers and hopefully this column will satisfactorily give you a baseline of what beta wave I’m operating on, because what better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? Some of the best authors will tell you that writing a short story is a lot harder than writing a long one, that you have to weigh every sentence. What better medium to see how this theory plays itself out beyond that than with movie trailers? You Said What? Trailer Peter Stormare is perhaps the greatest living thespian working today. Ok, that's exaggeration...but not by a lot. Directors/writers Patrik Syversen...
- 6/11/2011
- by Christopher Stipp
- Slash Film
Appearing in the Narrative Competition of the upcoming Los Angeles Film Festival, Amber Sealey's How To Cheat takes on the already compelling topic of infidelity and makes it somehow even more messy. What happens when you feel driven to cheat on your spouse, not because you're a jerk, but because you're deeply unhappy with your entire life? This first trailer for the film makes it look as if Mark (Kent Osborne) doesn't see cheating on his wife Beth (also Sealey) as specifically directed at her - it's more like he's cheating on his life as a whole. Unsettled and confused by Beth's desire to have a baby, Mark sets out to reevaluate his life and his choices, and what he can do to change them - even if it means breaking some vows.
Read more on Laff 2011: Trailer for How To Cheat doesn’t make it look easy.
Read more on Laff 2011: Trailer for How To Cheat doesn’t make it look easy.
- 6/9/2011
- by Kate Erbland
- GordonandtheWhale
The film “How To Cheat” is premiering at the 2011 Los Angeles Film Festival this month. The film, directed by Amber Sealey, will officially premiere Friday, June 17 at 9:50pm Pst at Regal Cinemas L.A. Live 11. Additional screenings include Thursday, June 23 at 4:10pm at Regal Cinemas L.A. Live 9 and Saturday, June 25th at 7:00pm at Downtown Independent. The trailer for the film is below. Here’s the official synopsis of the film: In this funny and honest depiction of the messiness of modern marriage, writer-director Amber Sealey (A Plus D) also stars as Beth, a woman of child-bearing age and inclination who, with her husband Mark, has been...
- 6/4/2011
- by monique
- ShockYa
The Los Angeles Film Festival has announced the world premiere of Richard Linklater's Bernie as the opening night film for the 2011 festival.
The film will kick off the festival on June 16 at Regal Cinemas Stadium 14 at L.A. Live. It is written by Skip Hollandsworth and director Linklater and stars Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, and Matthew McConaughey.
The film follows a beloved mortician (Black) from a small Texas town, even winning over the town's richest, meanest widow (MacLaine). Even after Bernie commits a horrible crime, people still will not utter a bad word against him.
"We're thrilled to be opening the Festival with the world premiere of this delicious black comedy - a treat from one of the most original and exciting voices in independent film, Richard Linklater," said Festival director Rebecca Yeldham. "With its fabulous all-star cast, Bernie is a perfect stage setter for the incredible line-up of...
The film will kick off the festival on June 16 at Regal Cinemas Stadium 14 at L.A. Live. It is written by Skip Hollandsworth and director Linklater and stars Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, and Matthew McConaughey.
The film follows a beloved mortician (Black) from a small Texas town, even winning over the town's richest, meanest widow (MacLaine). Even after Bernie commits a horrible crime, people still will not utter a bad word against him.
"We're thrilled to be opening the Festival with the world premiere of this delicious black comedy - a treat from one of the most original and exciting voices in independent film, Richard Linklater," said Festival director Rebecca Yeldham. "With its fabulous all-star cast, Bernie is a perfect stage setter for the incredible line-up of...
- 5/30/2011
- by alyssa@mediavine.com (Alyssa Caverley)
- Reel Movie News
Film Independent has made its first round of selections for the 2011 Los Angeles Film Festival, running June 16-26, returning to downtown's L.A. Live. Over 30 countries will be represented by the 200-plus features, shorts and music videos. Special events, galas, opening and closing night selections and more will be announced closer to the festival. The festival saw an increase in submissions this year, with 5,025 entries from across the globe. Among the 19 narrative and documentary competition titles, 11 are world premieres (including Us films Sawdust City, You Hurt My Feelings, and How to Cheat and docs Cheonggyecheon Medley: Dream of Iron from South Korea and Salaam Dunk (an Iraq/Us co-production). Eight are North American premieres (including Austria's The Fatherless and Us The Dynamiter). ...
- 5/3/2011
- Thompson on Hollywood
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