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'The Strange Ones' wins at Champs-Elysées Film Festival
Business as usual for festival unfolding on famous Paris avenue hit by two terror attacks in recent weeks.
Lauren Wolkstein and Christopher Radcliff ’s thriller The Strange Ones has scooped the top prize at the sixth edition of France’s Us-focused Champs-Elysées Film Festival, which wan June 15-22.
The feature, starring Alex Pettyfer and James Freedson-Jackson as two brothers on a mysterious trip into the wilderness, premiered at SXSW earlier this year.
The American Independent Jury Prize comes with a €10,000 cash award for the French distributor of the film but, as it has yet to be acquired for France, the »
Eleven Recommended Titles at BAMCinemafest 2017
BAMcinemafest, the Brooklyn presenting organization’s annual festival of top new American independent films, kicked off last night with Aaron Katz ’s stylish L.A. murder mystery Gemini and runs through the 24th, with Alex Ross Perry ’s Golden Exits as closing night film. The festival, which gains stature and momentum every year, mixes a fair swatch of local NYC auteurs with out-of-towners whose work strikes allied notes of idiosyncratic auteurism. Below, from myself and Vadim Rizov, are a series of picks and capsule reviews for recommended films in this year’s edition. Princess Cyd. Stephen Cone ’s fifth feature is his first not grounded in […] »
20 New Movies That Will Define This Year in Indie Cinema, From ‘The Big Sick’ to ‘A Ghost Story’
This month’s BAMcinemaFest isn’t just for New York cinephiles, as the annual festival routinely rolls out a slate that includes the year’s best indie offerings, giving many of them a major boost before they roll out theatrical runs. This year is no different, as the Brooklyn-based event will play home to a slew of festival favorites, including a hefty dose of Sundance’s buzziest titles and some big-time SXSW winners and everything in between, most of them bound for a release in a theater (hopefully) near you.
As we look ahead to the rest of the year in indie cinema, these 20 titles stand out as some of the best and the brightest still left on the calendar. Fortunately, we’ve got plenty of information on each of them to satiate you. »
- Kate Erbland and Eric Kohn
Tender Idiosyncrasies: BAMcinemaFEST 2017
Princess CydNow in its ninth season, BAMcinemaFest has become New York’s premiere festival for gems of American indie cinema, expertly culled from the best of the fests thus far this year. While hosting works from numerous local Brooklynites like Alex Ross Perry. whose Golden Exits will close the event, the intimate festival also boasts an exceptional assortment of films from across the country, this year no short on mysteries, overt and clandestine. The selection’s varying styles are all a testament to the diversity of independent filmmaking that is alive and well in America today.Director Aaron Katz returns with Gemini. a lo-fi L.A.-set noir circling around a movie starlet Heather (Zoe Kravitz ) and her devoted assistant Jill (Lola Kirke ). Always the expert examiner of relationships in miniature, Katz plumbs beyond the quandary of the employer-employee transactional one here to capture the fragile peculiarities and tender idiosyncrasies of a female friendship. »
Quentin Tarantino among Sundance Next Fest honourees
Event to run in Los Angeles from August 10-13.
Seven films will screen at Sundance Next Fest at the Theatre at Ace Hotel Downtown Los Angeles in August.
Quentin Tarantino and Mudbound and Pariah director Dee Rees will receive the Sundance Institute’s Vanguard Award.
Sundance Film Festival director John Cooper said: “This year’s weekend festival offers everything from a Sundance throwback to our first-ever Next Fest episodic screening; the perfect blend to give Angelenos a taste of our Park City festival. A majority of these movies, filmmakers and musicians are from Los Angeles, so it’s a »
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Sundance Next Fest to Honor Quentin Tarantino, Dee Rees
Sundance Next Fest will honor Quentin Tarantino and Dee Rees with Vanguard Awards, and will include seven films that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and three music performances.
The festival, now in its fifth year in Los Angeles, will take place Aug. 10-13 at the Theatre at Ace Hotel Downtown Los Angeles. The Los Angeles festival is an extension of the Sundance Next section in Park City, Utah, which has included “Obvious Child ,” “Compliance,” “Appropriate Behavior ,” “Tangerine,” and “Escape From Tomorrow .”
John Cooper. director of the Sundance Film Festival, said, “This year’s weekend festival offers everything from a Sundance throwback to our first-ever Next Fest episodic screening; the perfect blend to give Angelenos a taste of our Park City Festival. A majority of these movies, filmmakers and musicians are from Los Angeles, so it’s a great opportunity to showcase and celebrate hometown talent.”
Tarantino will be presented »
'Top of the Lake: China Girl' to make Aussie debut at Miff
'Top of the Lake: China Girl' will make its Australian debut at Miff.
The Melbourne International Film Festival (Miff) has unveiled the first 30 films on its line-up ahead of the full program launch in July..
Among the highlights at this year.s festival, to be held August 3-20, is actually a television series: the Australian premiere of Jane Campion .s series Top of the Lake. China Girl, fresh from Cannes..
All six episodes of the show, starring Elisabeth Moss and Nicole Kidman. will play in three concurrent two-hour sessions, before the show goes on to air on Foxtel.s BBC First .
Another Aussie highlight will be documentary The Silent Eye, from director Amiel Courtin-Wilson (Hail. Ruin ), which follows free jazz pioneer Cecil Taylor and modern dance artist Min Tanaka.
Many of the Aussie films that are screening at Sydney Film Festival will also head south for Miff, including a double bill froom Kriv Stenders. »
Cannes 2017. Family Matters—Noah Baumbach’s “The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)”
When a major artist finally makes it into the Cannes competition slate, despite consistently producing excellent work, the question becomes: what changed? Is it simply belated recognition? Or is the artist somehow pushing themselves in unprecedented ways, creating work deserving of a larger spotlight? Those are questions that one could ask regarding Noah Baumbach. who makes his first appearance at the Cannes Film Festival with The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected), despite a filmography that goes back to 1995 with Kicking and Screaming. Oddly enough, the new film—a quiet New York-set drama on various members of the Meyerowitz clan—finds the Manhattan-based director in perfectly comfortable territory, far closer in spirit to his older work than his recent, more adventurous projects with Greta Gerwig. But familiar need not necessarily mean bad. And although it lacks the ambition that one typically associates with a Cannes Competition title (however much or little »
Film Festival Roundup: BAMcinemaFest Unveils Full Slate, Siff Picks Lineup, Laff Announces Opener and More
Keep up with the always-hopping film festival world with our weekly Film Festival Roundup column. Check out last week’s Roundup right here.
– BAMcinématek has announced the full lineup for the ninth annual BAMcinemaFest (Jun 14 – 25, 2017), which features 24 New York premieres, one North American premiere, and two world premieres. Opening the festival on Wednesday, June 14 is the New York premiere of Aaron Katz ’s “Gemini .” This year’s Closing Night selection is the New York premiere of Brooklyn filmmaker Alex Ross Perry ’s fifth feature, “Golden Exits .”
Other highlights include “En el Séptimo Día,” “A Ghost Story ,” “Landline,” and “Whose Streets.” Check out the full lineup here.
– The Greenwich International Film Festival is proud to announce the full film slate and programming for the 3rd annual festival running June 1 – 4, 2017 in Greenwich, Connecticut.
“Bending the Arc,” a documentary about the extraordinary team of doctors and activists whose work thirty years »
‘Gemini,’ ‘Wind River,’ ‘Golden Exits’ & ‘The Big Sick’ Lead 2017 BAMcinemaFest Line Up
It might be overshadowed a bit by other NYC festivals like the New York Film Festival and Tribeca, but the BAMcinemaFest, which takes place in June, has consistently been pulling off some pretty great line-ups, and this year’s batch, which was announced yesterday, looks to be no exception.
As is often the case, the BAMcinématek has gathered together some of the best movies from the festival circuit in the first half of the year, plus a few world premieres (including “En el Séptimo Día” from “Breaking Bad ” and “Mr.
Continue reading ‘Gemini,’ ‘Wind River ,’ ‘Golden Exits ’ & ‘The Big Sick ’ Lead 2017 BAMcinemaFest Line Up at The Playlist. »
BAMcinémaFest 2017 Line-Up Includes ‘A Ghost Story,’ ‘Golden Exits,’ ‘Columbus,’ and More
If one wants to experience the best independent cinema the year has to offer this summer, one of your best bets is the well-curated line-up at Brooklyn’s BAMcinémaFest. They’ve now unveiled this year’s slate for the festival running from June 14-25, including some of of my favorite films of the year thus far (A Ghost Story. Golden Exits. Columbus. Marjorie Prime. and Landline ) as well as highly-anticipated others (the SXSW hit Gemini and Stephen Cone ‘s Princess Cyd come to mind).
“I’m incredibly proud of the program our team has put together,” says Gina Duncan, Associate Vice President, Cinema. “From the endearing comedy The Big Sick to the micro-budget Princess Cyd and Lemon. the audacious first feature from Janicza Bravo. the line-up truly reflects the breadth of American independent cinema today. Other highlights include the world premiere of Jim McKay ’s, En el Séptimo Día an »
Ewan McGregor circles Winnie The Pooh film Christopher Robin
Christopher Robin. Disney’s upcoming live-action film continuation of the Winnie The Pooh story, appears to have found its star in Ewan McGregor .
According to THR, McGregor is in talks to headline the live-action film, taking on the title role of Christopher Robin. directly drawn from author A.A. Milne ’s Winnie The Pooh stories. However, this particular Pooh project – not to be confused with this November’s A.A. Mile biopic Goodbye Christopher Robin – will see McGregor play an adult version of Christopher, stuck in an especially humdrum period in his life, focused on his career as a businessman and far-removed from his halcyon childhood days of imagination-fueled pastoral hijinks with anthropomorphic stuffed animals such as Pooh Bear, Tigger, Eeyore, Piglet and Rabbit.
Maryland Film Festival 2017 Line-Up Includes ‘Princess Cyd,’ ‘Golden Exits,’ ‘The Hero’ & More
Although there’s no shortage of regional film festivals throughout the year, few — if any — are better curated than the Maryland Film Festival. With a slate organized by Director of Programming Eric Allen Hatch. the downtown Baltimore festival, which takes place from May 3-7, offers the finest in independent and international cinema of the past year, as well as some of our most-anticipated world premieres.
Now in its 19th year, we’re pleased to debut the full line-up for the 6-screen festival, and can exclusively reveal that Brett Haley ‘s The Hero (one of our favorite films from Sundance) will be the Closing Night film. World premiering at the festival is Stephen Cone ‘s Princess Cyd. his follow-up to one of last year’s finest films, Henry Gamble’s Birthday Party. along with Josh Crockett ‘s Dr. Brinks & Dr. Brinks.
We can also exclusively reveal the Opening Night Shorts — 5 short »
Film Festival Roundup: Maryland Unveils Narrative Picks, Sundance London Announces Opener and More
Keep up with the always-hopping film festival world with our weekly Film Festival Roundup column. Check out last week’s Roundup right here.
– Sundance Institute and Picturehouse have announced that the 2017 Sundance Film Festival: London will open with the European premiere of “Beatriz at Dinner .”
The film world premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, USA, and will be introduced to London audiences by director Miguel Arteta. screenwriter Mike White. and lead actress Salma Hayek on June 1 at Picturehouse Central.
– The American Pavilion has announced its 2017 lineup for the American Pavilion Emerging Filmmaker Showcase. The impressive program features 25 short documentary and narrative films by up-and-coming filmmakers from the U.S. and around the world, all of which will screen at The American Pavilion during the Cannes Film Festival. More information about the showcase and links to view the films’ trailers are available at its official site. »
Buenos Aires Film Festival Unveils Full Slate
The 19th edition of the Buenos Aires Independent Film Festival (Bafici) on Thursday announced its full program at a press conference in Buenos Aires, led by the city’s Minister of Culture Angel Mahler , fest director Javier Porta Fouz and Argentine Film Institute president Alejandro Cacetta .
An art house beacon and one of Latin America's main film events, Bafici will screen more than 400 films and welcome international guests Nanni Moretti (Mia Madre ), Claude Barras (Oscar-nominated My Life as a Zucchini ) and Alex Ross Perry (Sundance entry Golden Exits ) to present retrospectives of their work. Other guests include Lucrecia »
Film Festival Roundup: Hot Docs Announces Forum Titles, Wisconsin Film Festival Unveils Lineup and More
Keep up with the always-hopping film festival world with our weekly Film Festival Roundup column. Check out last week’s Roundup right here.
– The Wisconsin Film Festival returns to Madison, running March 30 – April 6. Highlights of the program include James Gray ’s “The Lost City of Z ,” Terence Davies ’ “A Quiet Passion ,” Alex Ross Perry ’s “Golden Exits ,” Olivier Assayas ’ “Personal Shopper ,” Geremy Jasper ’s “Patti Cake$” and a section dedicated to new women directors. Find out more information at their official site.
– The Denver Film Society has announced its full festival program and schedule for the 7th Women+Film Festival on International Women’s Day. The Festival will take place at the Sie FilmCenter April 4 – 9 and individual tickets and all-access passes are on sale now. The Women+Film Festival shines a spotlight on stories by and about women with a high profile, female-centric mix of documentaries, feature presentations and short films. »
‘Spotlight’ Director Tom McCarthy Set To Rewrite Disney’s Live Action ‘Christopher Robin’
Writer-director Tom McCarthy has joined Disney’s team working on the latest live-action fantasy movie, “Christopher Robin,” based on the classic Winnie-the-Pooh stories. McCarthy, who won an Oscar for “Spotlight ” and co-wrote the story for Pixar’s “Up ”, will be rewriting the Disney script previously drafted by indie filmmaker, Alex Ross Perry (“Listen Up Philip ,” “Queen Of Earth ,” “Golden Exits “).
Continue reading ‘Spotlight ’ Director Tom McCarthy Set To Rewrite Disney’s Live Action ‘Christopher Robin’ at The Playlist. »
Back in the New York Groove: Alex Ross Perry Discusses "Golden Exits"
Golden Exits. © Sean Price Williams “No soul or locale is too humble,” John Updike wrote, “to be the site of entertaining and instructive fiction.” Which is a good thing for Nick, the nominal hero of Alex Ross Perry ’s new film Golden Exits. The mild, meek, nearly-fifty archivist, played with greying dignity by former Beastie Boy Adam Horovitz. lives a pinched and incapacious existence, toiling ten hours a day hunched behind the desk of a basement office only a few blocks away from his Brooklyn apartment. It’s a spartan, closed-loop life, and Nick thinks it’s “thrilling”—which it becomes for a time, when a 25-year-old assistant arrives from Australia and threatens to disrupt it. Golden Exits is about that threat. Or more precisely, it is a film about what happens when order and routine are besieged by the promise of change—when the life one has accepted is beleaguered by temptation, »
Berlinale 2017: Golden Exits Review
Indie auteur Alex Ross Perry returns to the silver screen with Golden Exits. which begins opens with Emily Browning ’s Naomi, sat on her doorstep, singing New York Groove by Kiss, and instantly the viewer is beguiled – an essential introduction to the character, for it’s her very arrival in the Big Apple which causes such disruption, as we becomes as absorbed by her, in much of the same way the myriad of male character that orbit around her also feel.
Hailing from Australia, Naomi has landed a job that will ensure she can remain on American soil for a few months, working as an assistant to Nick (Adam Horovitz ) as he archives materials concerning his dead father-in-law. Spending every day together, in a modest sized office, this ignites the jealousy in Nick’s wife Alyssa (Chloe Sevigny ) and the scepticism in her sister Gwendolyn (Mary-Louise Parker ). For good reason too, »
Golden Exits review [Berlinale]: Dir. Alex Ross Perry (2017)
Golden Exits review: Alex Ross Perry writes and directs this tale of two families whose lives are affected when a young Australian woman on an extended visit comes into their lives.
Golden Exits review by Paul Heath at the 2017 Berlin Film Festival.
Golden Exits starts very much like The Dinner. another film premiering at this year’s Berlinale, where a couple are preparing for a dinner party. Luckily that’s where the similarities between Perry’s sweet indie and Oren Moverman ’s Richard Gere starrer end. This couple in question is Nick (Adam Horovitz ) and his wife Aly (Chloe Sevigny ), who are hosting Aly’s sister Gwen (Mary-Louise Parker ) for the evening in heir own home. The big talking point at this dinner though is the extra guest Naomi (Emily Browning ), a young twenty-something who is visiting New York to gain life experience abroad. Nick has hired »
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