Les Films du Losange has boarded Italian director Roberto Minervini’s The Damned ahead of the film’s world premiere in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard.
Minervini is known for a long career in documentary and The Damned is his first fiction feature. Set during the American Civil War in the winter of 1862, it follows a troop of volunteer soldiers tasked with patrolling unchartered borderlands in western territories. As their mission ultimately changes course, the meaning behind their engagement begins to elude them.
The Damned is an Italian-American-Belgian co-production from Okta Film, Pulpa Film, Rai Cinema and Michigan Films. The cast includes rising talents Jeremiah Knupp,...
Minervini is known for a long career in documentary and The Damned is his first fiction feature. Set during the American Civil War in the winter of 1862, it follows a troop of volunteer soldiers tasked with patrolling unchartered borderlands in western territories. As their mission ultimately changes course, the meaning behind their engagement begins to elude them.
The Damned is an Italian-American-Belgian co-production from Okta Film, Pulpa Film, Rai Cinema and Michigan Films. The cast includes rising talents Jeremiah Knupp,...
- 4/11/2024
- ScreenDaily
Stars: Millie Brady, Ashley Kumar, Abby Fitz, Shonagh Marie, Pollyanna McIntosh | Written by Darach McGarrigle | Directed by Ian Hunt-Duffy
In scientific terms, double blind refers to an experiment in which neither the subjects nor those in charge of the experiment know who is getting the drug and who is getting a placebo. The new Irish thriller Double Blind, not to be confused with another medical thriller of the same name, revolves around one such experiment, a first stage trial of a drug that might eliminate the need for sleep. And if that sounds familiar, it might be due to another recent Irish film, The Sleep Experiment, based off of the creepypasta The Russian Sleep Experiment. But while there are echoes of that here, the two tell their stories in very different ways.
Double Blind follows Claire, a broke young woman who volunteers for a clinical trial run by Blackwood Pharmaceuticals.
In scientific terms, double blind refers to an experiment in which neither the subjects nor those in charge of the experiment know who is getting the drug and who is getting a placebo. The new Irish thriller Double Blind, not to be confused with another medical thriller of the same name, revolves around one such experiment, a first stage trial of a drug that might eliminate the need for sleep. And if that sounds familiar, it might be due to another recent Irish film, The Sleep Experiment, based off of the creepypasta The Russian Sleep Experiment. But while there are echoes of that here, the two tell their stories in very different ways.
Double Blind follows Claire, a broke young woman who volunteers for a clinical trial run by Blackwood Pharmaceuticals.
- 2/15/2024
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
Ridley Scott is continuing his prolific filmmaking post-“Napoleon.”
The “Gladiator” director, who is currently in production on its sequel starring Paul Mescal, is now attached to helm “Bomb,” based on a short story written by “Low Tide” filmmaker Kevin McMullin. Scott will serve as a producer through his production banner Scott Free Productions, with the film landing at 20th Century Studios.
IndieWire confirmed the news, as first reported by Deadline, with a source close to the project.
According to Deadline, 20th Century beat out studios Apple, Netflix, Sony, and Warner Bros. to close the film deal at “low seven figures” for McMullin to adapt the script from his own short story.
“Bomb” centers around a hostage negotiator named Frankie Ippolito, who is called into duty the night before his wedding to talk down a man who is standing on an unexploded bomb from WWII. The film is set in...
The “Gladiator” director, who is currently in production on its sequel starring Paul Mescal, is now attached to helm “Bomb,” based on a short story written by “Low Tide” filmmaker Kevin McMullin. Scott will serve as a producer through his production banner Scott Free Productions, with the film landing at 20th Century Studios.
IndieWire confirmed the news, as first reported by Deadline, with a source close to the project.
According to Deadline, 20th Century beat out studios Apple, Netflix, Sony, and Warner Bros. to close the film deal at “low seven figures” for McMullin to adapt the script from his own short story.
“Bomb” centers around a hostage negotiator named Frankie Ippolito, who is called into duty the night before his wedding to talk down a man who is standing on an unexploded bomb from WWII. The film is set in...
- 12/15/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Exclusive: In what might be the last big one in a flurry of pre-holiday material auctions, 20th Studios has bought the Kevin McMullin short story Bomb, an action thriller with franchise potential and a killer role for a young actor. Ridley Scott has attached to direct, with his Scott Free producing. McMullin will write the script.
This was a very competitive landscape with 10 bidders, including Apple, Netflix, Sony and Warner Brothers. Deal closed at low seven figures for the short story and the writing deal. Ultimately 20th prevailed when Scott attached to direct, and due to Scott Free’s relationship with McMullin.
Scott Free’s Ridley Scott and Michael Pruss are producing. Scott is coming off the hit Napoleon and is currently at work finishing Gladiator 2. This would come a ways down the line, since it has to be scripted and developed.
Short story is a template for an...
This was a very competitive landscape with 10 bidders, including Apple, Netflix, Sony and Warner Brothers. Deal closed at low seven figures for the short story and the writing deal. Ultimately 20th prevailed when Scott attached to direct, and due to Scott Free’s relationship with McMullin.
Scott Free’s Ridley Scott and Michael Pruss are producing. Scott is coming off the hit Napoleon and is currently at work finishing Gladiator 2. This would come a ways down the line, since it has to be scripted and developed.
Short story is a template for an...
- 12/15/2023
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
A24 are delivering a special gift to Max this December, as Leo Reich’s acclaimed stand-up show Literally Who Cares?! hits the streamer. The comedian has already won over the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Off-Broadway with runs of the show, but this performance was taped at EartH in London. Consider checking it out – if A24 got involved in the project, you know you’ll definitely see something weird and special.
But if you’re looking for something more serious, add the new three-part documentary series Murder In Boston: Roots, Rampage & Reckoning to your watch list this month. The upcoming series delves into the fallout from the investigation into Charles “Chuck” Stuart’s 911 call reporting that he and his pregnant wife, had been shot in Boston’s Mission Hill neighborhood in 1989.
Here’s everything coming to (and leaving) HBO and Max this month…
HBO and Max New Releases – December 2023
December...
But if you’re looking for something more serious, add the new three-part documentary series Murder In Boston: Roots, Rampage & Reckoning to your watch list this month. The upcoming series delves into the fallout from the investigation into Charles “Chuck” Stuart’s 911 call reporting that he and his pregnant wife, had been shot in Boston’s Mission Hill neighborhood in 1989.
Here’s everything coming to (and leaving) HBO and Max this month…
HBO and Max New Releases – December 2023
December...
- 12/1/2023
- by Kirsten Howard
- Den of Geek
Exclusive: Daniel Zolghadri (Y2K), Shane Paul McGhie (Poker Face), Jessica Barden (The End of the F***ing World) and Michael Imperioli (The White Lotus) are attached to star in Last Days of Basic Cable, a new film from renowned, rising director Max Winkler (Flower).
Written by Adam Wilson and Justin Taylor, the indie set toward the end of the 1990s watches as four twenty-somethings navigate romance and life in a small New England college town. Zolghadri will play aspiring writer Aaron, with McGhie as his roommate Jason, Barden as Jason’s girlfriend Jessica, and Imperioli as Bob, a drugged out taxi driver who befriends Aaron.
Ron Yerxa and Albert Berger will produce the film via their Bona Fide Productions banner. No word yet on when production might kick off.
Best known for his starring role in the A24 coming-of-age film Funny Pages, produced by Josh and Benny Safdie,...
Written by Adam Wilson and Justin Taylor, the indie set toward the end of the 1990s watches as four twenty-somethings navigate romance and life in a small New England college town. Zolghadri will play aspiring writer Aaron, with McGhie as his roommate Jason, Barden as Jason’s girlfriend Jessica, and Imperioli as Bob, a drugged out taxi driver who befriends Aaron.
Ron Yerxa and Albert Berger will produce the film via their Bona Fide Productions banner. No word yet on when production might kick off.
Best known for his starring role in the A24 coming-of-age film Funny Pages, produced by Josh and Benny Safdie,...
- 6/14/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Stars: Maïmouna Badjie, Charles De Meester, Tristan Feyten, Stefaan Degand, Sven De Ridder, Margaux Vandecasteele | Written by Thomas Vanbrabant | Directed by Thomas Vanbrabant, Jordi Ostir
Johannes Duyster was the city of Antwerp’s executioner from 1606 to 1613. On February 5th, 2020 three college students were given a video production assignment, they chose him as their subject. None of them have been seen since February 27th of that year.
The text crawl at the start of the Belgian found footage film Duyster fills us in on the basics.Then we join the trio, Nora Danso (Maïmouna Badjie), Milan Avonds (Charles De Meester; Memento Mori) and Bas Lauwer (Tristan Feyten) at a museum in front of a mediaval illustration of Duyster and his crew at work. Much of the film’s first half consists of scenes like this, shots of locations associated with Duyster or interviews with historians and folklorists that fill in the...
Johannes Duyster was the city of Antwerp’s executioner from 1606 to 1613. On February 5th, 2020 three college students were given a video production assignment, they chose him as their subject. None of them have been seen since February 27th of that year.
The text crawl at the start of the Belgian found footage film Duyster fills us in on the basics.Then we join the trio, Nora Danso (Maïmouna Badjie), Milan Avonds (Charles De Meester; Memento Mori) and Bas Lauwer (Tristan Feyten) at a museum in front of a mediaval illustration of Duyster and his crew at work. Much of the film’s first half consists of scenes like this, shots of locations associated with Duyster or interviews with historians and folklorists that fill in the...
- 4/8/2022
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
Daniel Zolghardi is still in the early stages of his career, but he’s already making lots of waves. Over the last few years, things have really started to take off for him in the movie world. He is best known for his roles in films such as Eighth Grade and Low Tide. However, he has also shared his talents on the small screen. Most recently, he was in the TV series Tales from the Loop which premiered in 2020. Unfortunately, however, the series has not yet been renewed for a second season. Even though it’s been about two years since
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- 2/23/2022
- by Camille Moore
- TVovermind.com
Exclusive: We have just learned about this manga feature adaptation which is in early works at Columba Pictures, and that’s the Akihito Tsukushi Made in Abyss which Kevin McMullin is adapting. Roy Lee’s Vertigo Entertainment is producing, along with Bullet Train and Heroes actor Masi Oka.
Made in Abyss has spawned a 2017 anime TV series and a sequel film that premiered in Japan in January 2020, as well as an action-role playing game and digital publication.
Made in Abyss follows an orphan girl Riko, who seeks to find her mother, presumed dead, after she descends into a giant hole deep in the Earth called the Abyss. Riko’s adventures are with her robot friend Reg. The Abyss contains artifacts and remnants of a civilization long gone, and is therefore the popular hunting spot for Cave Raiders. Those who enter the cave can experience a curse or malady. Riko’s mother,...
Made in Abyss has spawned a 2017 anime TV series and a sequel film that premiered in Japan in January 2020, as well as an action-role playing game and digital publication.
Made in Abyss follows an orphan girl Riko, who seeks to find her mother, presumed dead, after she descends into a giant hole deep in the Earth called the Abyss. Riko’s adventures are with her robot friend Reg. The Abyss contains artifacts and remnants of a civilization long gone, and is therefore the popular hunting spot for Cave Raiders. Those who enter the cave can experience a curse or malady. Riko’s mother,...
- 6/25/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
The upcoming Showtime series “The First Lady” has cast Kristine Froseth and Jayme Lawson, Variety has learned exclusively.
The pair join previously announced series stars Viola Davis and Michelle Pfeiffer, who will play Michelle Obama and Betty Ford respectively. Formerly known as “First Ladies,” the show is described as a reframing of American leadership, told through the lens of the women at the heart of the White House. The first season of the series will also explore the life of Eleanor Roosevelt, with that role yet to be cast. It will be produced by Lionsgate Television and Showtime.
Froseth will play a young Ford as she trains as a dancer for Martha Graham in New York City, and into her 20s in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where she worked for Herpolsheimer’s Department Store and eventually married Gerald Ford. Froseth will recur in three episodes.
Lawson will play Obama from ages...
The pair join previously announced series stars Viola Davis and Michelle Pfeiffer, who will play Michelle Obama and Betty Ford respectively. Formerly known as “First Ladies,” the show is described as a reframing of American leadership, told through the lens of the women at the heart of the White House. The first season of the series will also explore the life of Eleanor Roosevelt, with that role yet to be cast. It will be produced by Lionsgate Television and Showtime.
Froseth will play a young Ford as she trains as a dancer for Martha Graham in New York City, and into her 20s in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where she worked for Herpolsheimer’s Department Store and eventually married Gerald Ford. Froseth will recur in three episodes.
Lawson will play Obama from ages...
- 1/26/2021
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Roberto Minervini, an Italian-born Texas-based documentarian, former punk band singer and It technician, is known for spending months or years building connections and trust within communities as he films their lives.
Shooting handheld himself, filming without cutting until data cards are full and he can no longer hold up his Arri Amira camera, Minervini is seemingly obsessed with what he calls his responsibility to create “a sacred space…for them to be who they are. That’s who I am as a filmmaker.”
His controversial 2015 film “The Other Side” chronicles the lives of “people on the outs, poor, dealers, criminals, then the militias.” The young white males that populate the back roads of Louisiana and Texas are in a place Minervini relates to, he told Ji.hlava docu film fest director Marek Hovorka in a masterclass at the 24th edition of the Czech Republic’s leading non-fiction film event.
“The feeling of abandonment,...
Shooting handheld himself, filming without cutting until data cards are full and he can no longer hold up his Arri Amira camera, Minervini is seemingly obsessed with what he calls his responsibility to create “a sacred space…for them to be who they are. That’s who I am as a filmmaker.”
His controversial 2015 film “The Other Side” chronicles the lives of “people on the outs, poor, dealers, criminals, then the militias.” The young white males that populate the back roads of Louisiana and Texas are in a place Minervini relates to, he told Ji.hlava docu film fest director Marek Hovorka in a masterclass at the 24th edition of the Czech Republic’s leading non-fiction film event.
“The feeling of abandonment,...
- 10/30/2020
- by Will Tizard
- Variety Film + TV
Joseph Baxter Feb 27, 2020
Amazon Prime Video’s Tales from the Loop is a sci-fi series set in an idyllic alternate history rife with robots and wonderment.
Tales from the Loop, an Amazon Prime Video sci-fi series, brandishes a motif centered on curiosity and awe against a pastoral backdrop that – complemented by its focus on kid protagonists – seems intent on tapping into the retro-1980s genre vein that has fueled Netflix’s Stranger Things to phenomenal success.
The series, headlined by Rebecca Hall, comes from rather original source material in the fantastical paintings of Swedish artist Simon Stålenhag. Nathaniel Halpern is the credited creator of Tales from the Loop, on which he also serves as writer. The director’s chair is occupied by Mark Romanek, who helmed an array of iconic music videos from the 1990s, as well as Robin Williams’s creepy turn in 2002 film One Hour Photo and the ultimately-unfruitful 2011 Locke & Key TV pilot.
Amazon Prime Video’s Tales from the Loop is a sci-fi series set in an idyllic alternate history rife with robots and wonderment.
Tales from the Loop, an Amazon Prime Video sci-fi series, brandishes a motif centered on curiosity and awe against a pastoral backdrop that – complemented by its focus on kid protagonists – seems intent on tapping into the retro-1980s genre vein that has fueled Netflix’s Stranger Things to phenomenal success.
The series, headlined by Rebecca Hall, comes from rather original source material in the fantastical paintings of Swedish artist Simon Stålenhag. Nathaniel Halpern is the credited creator of Tales from the Loop, on which he also serves as writer. The director’s chair is occupied by Mark Romanek, who helmed an array of iconic music videos from the 1990s, as well as Robin Williams’s creepy turn in 2002 film One Hour Photo and the ultimately-unfruitful 2011 Locke & Key TV pilot.
- 2/27/2020
- Den of Geek
Do you love to hate the familial chemistry in “Knives Out” or the equally toxic marital misery in “Marriage Story?” Are you awed by the pack of relative unknowns breaking your heart from week to week on “Pose?” Then make sure to thank your friendly, neighborhood casting director, responsible for staffing up all your favorite stories.
Indeed, it was time for the casting directors to shine on Thursday night, with not one, not two, but three ceremonies celebrating the best of the business for their work in casting projects including animation, film, television, and the stage. With a Los Angeles ceremony hosted by Ron Funches, a New York event hosted by Michelle Buteau, and a London soiree overseen by Jason Isaacs, the Casting Society of America went all out for the 35th Annual Artios Awards.
While Rian Johnson’s aforementioned “Knives Out” took home the prize for big budget comedy,...
Indeed, it was time for the casting directors to shine on Thursday night, with not one, not two, but three ceremonies celebrating the best of the business for their work in casting projects including animation, film, television, and the stage. With a Los Angeles ceremony hosted by Ron Funches, a New York event hosted by Michelle Buteau, and a London soiree overseen by Jason Isaacs, the Casting Society of America went all out for the 35th Annual Artios Awards.
While Rian Johnson’s aforementioned “Knives Out” took home the prize for big budget comedy,...
- 1/31/2020
- by Libby Hill
- Indiewire
The casting branch of the academy is only six years old and doesn’t have an Oscar category of its own. However, the Casting Society of America has been handing out the Artios Awards for 34 years (“Artios” is from the ancient Greek meaning “perfectly fitted.”). Nominees for feature films were announced on Thursday and many of the leading Oscar contenders reaped bids. Winners will be revealed at joint ceremonies in New York, Los Angeles and London on Thursday, Jan. 30.
In addition to the eight film categories listed below, the Atrios Awards will honor Geena Davis with the Lynn Stalmaster Award for Career Achievement while Audra McDonald will receive the Marion Dougherty New York Apple Award, casting director Deborah Aquila will be feted with the Hoyt Bowers Award and Andy Pryor will be honored with the Excellence in Casting Award.
Last year’s big budget winners were the comedy “Green Book...
In addition to the eight film categories listed below, the Atrios Awards will honor Geena Davis with the Lynn Stalmaster Award for Career Achievement while Audra McDonald will receive the Marion Dougherty New York Apple Award, casting director Deborah Aquila will be feted with the Hoyt Bowers Award and Andy Pryor will be honored with the Excellence in Casting Award.
Last year’s big budget winners were the comedy “Green Book...
- 1/2/2020
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Amazon Prime Video is out with its list of everything new coming in November, and it includes the Amazon Original movie “The Report” starring Adam Driver and Annette Bening, coming Nov. 29.
Based on a true story, “The Report” is described as following idealistic staffer Daniel J. Jones (Driver), who is tasked by his boss Senator Dianne Feinstein (Bening) to lead an investigation of the CIA’s Detention and Interrogation Program, which was created in the aftermath of 9/11. Jones’ relentless pursuit of the truth leads to explosive findings that uncover the lengths to which the nation’s top intelligence agency went to destroy evidence, subvert the law, and hide a brutal secret from the American public.
The fourth and final season of “The Man in the High Castle” is out Nov. 1. According to Amazon’s description: “America will witness rebellion on both coasts as Juliana and Wyatt join forces with an...
Based on a true story, “The Report” is described as following idealistic staffer Daniel J. Jones (Driver), who is tasked by his boss Senator Dianne Feinstein (Bening) to lead an investigation of the CIA’s Detention and Interrogation Program, which was created in the aftermath of 9/11. Jones’ relentless pursuit of the truth leads to explosive findings that uncover the lengths to which the nation’s top intelligence agency went to destroy evidence, subvert the law, and hide a brutal secret from the American public.
The fourth and final season of “The Man in the High Castle” is out Nov. 1. According to Amazon’s description: “America will witness rebellion on both coasts as Juliana and Wyatt join forces with an...
- 11/1/2019
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
Amazon Prime Video has confirmed that the docudrama “The Report” will debut on the streaming service in November. This Oscar contender, which chronicles the Senate investigation into the CIA, stars Adam Driver as a dogged investigator and Annette Bening as the crusading Senator Dianne Feinstein. Also premiering is the heartwarming “Brittany Runs a Marathon” which, like “The Report,” debuted at the Sundance film festival to rave reviews.
Five original shows will be debuting new episodes on the streaming service in November. Among these is the sophomore season of the thriller “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan,” with John Krasinski taking on the title character played on film by Alec Baldwin and Harrison Ford. Back for its fourth season is “The Man in the High Castle,” which imagines a post-wwii world in which the Axis powers have won.
And in association with the NFL Channel, Amazon will continue to stream “Thursday Night Football,...
Five original shows will be debuting new episodes on the streaming service in November. Among these is the sophomore season of the thriller “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan,” with John Krasinski taking on the title character played on film by Alec Baldwin and Harrison Ford. Back for its fourth season is “The Man in the High Castle,” which imagines a post-wwii world in which the Axis powers have won.
And in association with the NFL Channel, Amazon will continue to stream “Thursday Night Football,...
- 11/1/2019
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Low Tide, directed and penned by first-timer Kevin McMullin, is a Jersey Shore set narrative about buried treasure and fractured friendships. Alan (Keean Johnson), Red (Alex Neustaedter), and Smitty (Daniel Zolghadri) are troubled teens who rob homes, and during one of their excursions Alan’s brother Peter (Jaeden Martell) is forced to help them out. When [...]
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- 10/6/2019
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
By now, you all know the drill. When we have a busy week, article wise, when there isn’t enough space to get to everything hitting theaters, we use part of the weekend to catch up on reviews. Today, the round up has three titles to detail, which again represent a trio of very different genres. There’s the teen mystery Low Tide, the documentary Memory: The Origins of Alien, as well as the action outing Semper Fi. How are these films? Are any of them worth recommending? All of them? Well, read on to find out my take on each of the movies below… Low Tide Back at the Tribeca Film Festival, this teen-centric drama/mystery/thriller played, and I was bummed to have missed it. Now, as it hits theaters, I’ve finally caught up with it and am glad I did. Too often, having a younger cast...
- 10/5/2019
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Few living novelists have been adapted as frequently as Stephen King, and yet, you can count on one hand the number of truly great movies to have come from that endeavor. That’s why I’m more keen on a new genre of projects that distill the essence of what King does best — retro tales of small-town New England characters faced with dangerous situations and the even more threatening local nutjobs, à la “Stranger Things” — than I am to catch “In the Tall Grass” or the upcoming “Doctor Sleep.”
My favorite King movie has long been “Stand by Me,” and I’d wager that’s one of the key influences writer-director Kevin McMullin had in mind with “Low Tide,” . There’s also a fair amount of “The Lost Boys” and “Goonies” in this teenage “Treasure of the Sierra Madre,” although first-time helmer McMullin is especially good at channeling the King vibe.
My favorite King movie has long been “Stand by Me,” and I’d wager that’s one of the key influences writer-director Kevin McMullin had in mind with “Low Tide,” . There’s also a fair amount of “The Lost Boys” and “Goonies” in this teenage “Treasure of the Sierra Madre,” although first-time helmer McMullin is especially good at channeling the King vibe.
- 10/5/2019
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
It can be hard to recognize when a life-defining moment falls into your lap, especially when you’re still just a scrawny teenager who feels like he’s watching the world go by from the sidelines. As desperate as we are to grow up, people seldom clock the moment they start coming of age. Peter (Jaeden Martell) doesn’t have that problem. When this frustrated kid stumbles upon a bag full of $100,000 in buried treasure, he can practically hear the starting gun ringing in his ears.
Growing up on the Jersey Shore, Peter and his better-developed older brother Alan (“Alita” hunk Keean Johnson) haven’t really been able to appreciate the romantic allure that brings wealthy tourists to their blue-collar hometown. But a small fortune in gold coins has a way of altering your perspective in a hurry. This will be their one magic summer. This will be the year when everything changed.
Growing up on the Jersey Shore, Peter and his better-developed older brother Alan (“Alita” hunk Keean Johnson) haven’t really been able to appreciate the romantic allure that brings wealthy tourists to their blue-collar hometown. But a small fortune in gold coins has a way of altering your perspective in a hurry. This will be their one magic summer. This will be the year when everything changed.
- 10/2/2019
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
First-time filmmaker Kevin McMullin drew on his own background to tell a Jersey Shore story in “Low Tide,” and the personal connection shows. His coming-of-age tale doesn’t break new ground, but it does set the stage for continued potential.
McMullin was heavily inspired by both the setting and stories of his childhood, and convincingly blends the mix of menace and adventure found in films like “The Goonies” and “Stand by Me.”
He’s set his own movie somewhere around the mid-1980s, near Point Pleasant, New Jersey. It’s summer, and we can see immediately the clash between the suspicious “townies” and the vacationing “Bennies.” Most resentful among the locals is Red, who is both a few years older and a whole lot angrier than the teens he leads in undercover acts of class warfare.
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McMullin was heavily inspired by both the setting and stories of his childhood, and convincingly blends the mix of menace and adventure found in films like “The Goonies” and “Stand by Me.”
He’s set his own movie somewhere around the mid-1980s, near Point Pleasant, New Jersey. It’s summer, and we can see immediately the clash between the suspicious “townies” and the vacationing “Bennies.” Most resentful among the locals is Red, who is both a few years older and a whole lot angrier than the teens he leads in undercover acts of class warfare.
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- 10/2/2019
- by Elizabeth Weitzman
- The Wrap
Just because writer/director Kevin McMullin’s debut feature Low Tide centers on a trio of locals stuck in a New Jersey banks vacation town and forced to watch rich kids come every summer to treat them like one of the attractions with which to entertain themselves doesn’t mean it’s an “us versus them” story. Alan (Keean Johnson), Smitty (Daniel Zolghadri), and Red (Alex Neustaedter) seek to make it one by breaking into empty houses while their owners are having fun on the boardwalk, but reality soon shows how these teens aren’t created equal. While Smitty lives in a trailer with his grandma and Alan in a rundown home watching his brother Peter (Jaeden Martell) because Dad’s gone on a fishing boat for weeks, Red wants for nothing.
Well, that’s not completely true since he obviously wants for attention when his status as the richest...
Well, that’s not completely true since he obviously wants for attention when his status as the richest...
- 9/30/2019
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
Low Tide centers on Alan (Keean Johnson), a high school youth who spends his summer breaking into the homes of New Jersey residents with his friends Red (Alex Neustaedter) and Smitty (Daniel Zolghardri). During one of their exploits, Alan brings his younger brother Peter (Jaeden Martell) along, and they find a bag of gold coins [...]
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- 9/30/2019
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
“She’s a countdown girl,” says a troubled teen named Red, “the closer she gets, the farther she gets from a 10.” It’s a crude judgment, though not an unexpected one from a group of boys watching women walk by on the pier. It’s also how “Low Tide” works. “Goonies” meets “The Lost Boys” is an attractive selling point, with a setting to fulfill its charming premise.
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- 9/26/2019
- by Asher Luberto
- The Playlist
What if The Goonies, but one of the spunky teen boys were actually psychotic? That’s the premise of Low Tide, the upcoming A24 thriller starring It star Jaeden Martell. Low Tide follows a group of teenage boys who, to pass the time during the long days of summer, break into vacation homes to steal valuables. But when two of […]
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- 8/9/2019
- by Hoai-Tran Bui
- Slash Film
The trailer for the movie Low Tide has a lot of elements to it – drama, suspense, crime, youthfulness, danger, treasure hunts, and betrayal. The film stars Jaeden Martell as the quintessential little brother, dealing with trying to keep up with his big brother and his big brother’s asshole friend, as well as Shea Whigham (Homecoming), Keean Johnson (Alita: Battle Angel) as the big brother, Alex Neustaedter (Colony) as the asshole friend, Daniel Zolghadri (Eighth Grade) as the young brother’s friend, and Kristine Froseth (Sierra Burgess is a Loser).
Here’s the official synopsis for the film:
In the long days of summer in a beach town on the New Jersey shore, high schooler Alan (Keean Johnson) and his friends Red (Alex Neustaedter) and Smitty (Daniel Zolghadri) break into vacation homes to steal valuables, funding dates at the boardwalk and lunches at the burger stand. When Alan and his...
Here’s the official synopsis for the film:
In the long days of summer in a beach town on the New Jersey shore, high schooler Alan (Keean Johnson) and his friends Red (Alex Neustaedter) and Smitty (Daniel Zolghadri) break into vacation homes to steal valuables, funding dates at the boardwalk and lunches at the burger stand. When Alan and his...
- 8/9/2019
- by Jessica Fisher
- GeekTyrant
Coming down the pike from A24, the studio that brought us The Witch, Hereditary, and Midsommar (among many others) and DirecTV is Low Tide. What starts as a treasure hunt becomes a metaphor for the real-life horrors associated with coming of age. Give the gripping trailer a spin at the top of the article! Synopsis:Alan, […]
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- 8/9/2019
- by Josh Millican
- DreadCentral.com
Jaeden Martell is about to have a pretty great autumn. About a month after he returns as young Bill Denbrough—alongside his adult counterpart, James McAvoy— to do battle with Pennywise in “It: Chapter 2,” the young actor will star in a story that looks just as dark, albeit without the killer clowns.
A24 has released its first trailer for “Low Tide,” the directorial debut for Kevin McMullin which looks like equal parts modern noir, suburban western and character-driven drama.
Continue reading ‘Low Tide’ Trailer: ‘It’ Actor Jaeden Martell Stars In Another Coming-Of-Age Thriller Coming This Fall at The Playlist.
A24 has released its first trailer for “Low Tide,” the directorial debut for Kevin McMullin which looks like equal parts modern noir, suburban western and character-driven drama.
Continue reading ‘Low Tide’ Trailer: ‘It’ Actor Jaeden Martell Stars In Another Coming-Of-Age Thriller Coming This Fall at The Playlist.
- 8/9/2019
- by Alex David Lynch
- The Playlist
"Red's crazy, and Red doesn't like it when people lie." A24 has unveiled the first trailer for an indie thriller titled Low Tide, which is the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Kevin McMullin. This first premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, and is heading to theaters in the fall. The film is about a group of young friends who get into trouble when they find a bag of gold coins. Alan, Red, and Smitty spend high summer on the Jersey Shore roving the boardwalk and getting into trouble. But the discovery of good old fashioned treasure sets the friends on an escalating course of suspicion and violence in this atmospheric thriller. The film stars Jaeden Martell, Shea Whigham, Keean Johnson, Alex Neustaedter, Daniel Zolghadri, as well as Kristine Froseth. This looks pretty mediocre, especially with that uber cliche "good guy/bad guy" speech. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Kevin McMullin's Low Tide,...
- 8/8/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
A24 and DirecTV will distribute teen crime drama Low Tide, which had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival over the weekend.
Kevin McMullin makes his feature debut on the project, which follows Alan, Red and Smitty, who spend the summer on the Jersey Shore, roving the boardwalk and getting into trouble, until the discovery of good old-fashioned treasure sets the friends on an course of escalating suspicion and violence.
It actor Jaeden Martell, Alita's Keean Johnson and Alex Neustaedter star, alongside Daniel Zolghadri, Kristine Froseth and Shea Whigham.
Neighborhood Watch's Richard Peete produced with Automatik's Rian Cahill ...
Kevin McMullin makes his feature debut on the project, which follows Alan, Red and Smitty, who spend the summer on the Jersey Shore, roving the boardwalk and getting into trouble, until the discovery of good old-fashioned treasure sets the friends on an course of escalating suspicion and violence.
It actor Jaeden Martell, Alita's Keean Johnson and Alex Neustaedter star, alongside Daniel Zolghadri, Kristine Froseth and Shea Whigham.
Neighborhood Watch's Richard Peete produced with Automatik's Rian Cahill ...
- 4/30/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
A24 and DirecTV will distribute teen crime drama Low Tide, which had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival over the weekend.
Kevin McMullin makes his feature debut on the project, which follows Alan, Red and Smitty, who spend the summer on the Jersey Shore, roving the boardwalk and getting into trouble, until the discovery of good old-fashioned treasure sets the friends on an course of escalating suspicion and violence.
It actor Jaeden Martell, Alita's Keean Johnson and Alex Neustaedter star, alongside Daniel Zolghadri, Kristine Froseth and Shea Whigham.
Neighborhood Watch's Richard Peete produced with Automatik's Rian Cahill ...
Kevin McMullin makes his feature debut on the project, which follows Alan, Red and Smitty, who spend the summer on the Jersey Shore, roving the boardwalk and getting into trouble, until the discovery of good old-fashioned treasure sets the friends on an course of escalating suspicion and violence.
It actor Jaeden Martell, Alita's Keean Johnson and Alex Neustaedter star, alongside Daniel Zolghadri, Kristine Froseth and Shea Whigham.
Neighborhood Watch's Richard Peete produced with Automatik's Rian Cahill ...
- 4/30/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
New Jersey-born Kevin McMullin, a shorts and commercial director who runs the NYC production outfit Boy and Star, makes his feature debut in the Tribeca Film Festival’s Narrative Competition with the location-rich teen crime drama Low Tide. Alan (Keean Johnson), Red (Alex Neustaedter), and Smitty (Daniel Zolghadri) spend their summer breaking into houses along the Jersey Shore, an enterprise that escalates from youthful petty crime into something much darker when one particularly valuable score — a bag of gold coins — is discovered. The gang is fractured apart, a division exacerbated by the presence of the local beauty, Mary (Kristine […]...
- 4/29/2019
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
New Jersey-born Kevin McMullin, a shorts and commercial director who runs the NYC production outfit Boy and Star, makes his feature debut in the Tribeca Film Festival’s Narrative Competition with the location-rich teen crime drama Low Tide. Alan (Keean Johnson), Red (Alex Neustaedter), and Smitty (Daniel Zolghadri) spend their summer breaking into houses along the Jersey Shore, an enterprise that escalates from youthful petty crime into something much darker when one particularly valuable score — a bag of gold coins — is discovered. The gang is fractured apart, a division exacerbated by the presence of the local beauty, Mary (Kristine […]...
- 4/29/2019
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Now in its eighteenth year, New York City’s own Tribeca Film Festival kicks off every spring with a wide variety of programming, from an ever-expanding Vr installation to an enviable television lineup, but the bulk of the annual festival’s programming is movies. This year’s festival offers up plenty of familiar faces with new projects alongside newcomers. While Tribeca’s wide-ranging conversation programs and reunion events tend to dominate the schedule, the festival also offers a robust selection of documentary and narrative features worth the trip downtown.
This year, the program has reached a new milestone: gender parity across its three competition sections. Fifty-two narratives and 51 documentaries will debut throughout the 12-day festival. The competition section features 12 documentaries, 10 U.S. narratives, and 10 international narratives. The event will also host 15 spotlight narratives, 16 spotlight documentaries, as well as five Midnight features, and 17 Viewpoints selections.
This year’s Tribeca Film Festival...
This year, the program has reached a new milestone: gender parity across its three competition sections. Fifty-two narratives and 51 documentaries will debut throughout the 12-day festival. The competition section features 12 documentaries, 10 U.S. narratives, and 10 international narratives. The event will also host 15 spotlight narratives, 16 spotlight documentaries, as well as five Midnight features, and 17 Viewpoints selections.
This year’s Tribeca Film Festival...
- 4/22/2019
- by Kate Erbland, Eric Kohn, David Ehrlich, Anne Thompson, Chris O'Falt, Jude Dry and Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Joe Tippett (Rise) and Colony alum Alex Neustaedter are set as series regulars opposite Malin Akerman and Mykelti Williamson in NBC’s legal drama pilot Prism, from Daniel and Ben Barnz’s We’re Not Brothers Productions, Carol Mendelsohn and Julie Weitz.
Written and directed by Daniel Barnz, Prism is inspired by Rashomon, the 1950 Japanese period psychological thriller directed by Akira Kurosawa. Prism is described as a provocative exploration of a murder trial in which every episode is told through the perspective of a different key person involved. Each new version of the facts ratchets up the mystery and the suspense, calling into question everything we have seen so far and asking, Is the right person on trial? Driven by an ensemble of complicated characters, the show lets the audience ask if truth matters less than who can tell the most compelling story.
Tippett will play Lucius King, Rachel’s second chair.
Written and directed by Daniel Barnz, Prism is inspired by Rashomon, the 1950 Japanese period psychological thriller directed by Akira Kurosawa. Prism is described as a provocative exploration of a murder trial in which every episode is told through the perspective of a different key person involved. Each new version of the facts ratchets up the mystery and the suspense, calling into question everything we have seen so far and asking, Is the right person on trial? Driven by an ensemble of complicated characters, the show lets the audience ask if truth matters less than who can tell the most compelling story.
Tippett will play Lucius King, Rachel’s second chair.
- 3/15/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
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