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Michael and James do Lunch
18 December 2009 2:58 PM, PST
Another from the Michael Stuhlbarg lunch… Focus Features hosted a lovely lunch for “A Serious Man” star Michael Stuhlbarg Thursday afternoon… The Awards Campaign is in full swing. Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tim Blake Nelson, Kristen Johnston, Billy Crudup & Michael Shannon came along as well to lend their support in addition to Focus Features chief, James Schamus - pictured with Stuhlbarg. Good luck!!
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“The Greatest” Coming to Theaters in March
18 December 2009 1:27 PM, PST
Shana Feste’s “The Greatest,” starring Pierce Brosnan, Susan Sarandon, and Carey Mulligan, will be released theatrically by Paladin, the company’s President and CEO Mark Urman said Friday. Plans are for a late March initial release, then followed by an early April expansion. National Entertainment Media will handle all post-theatrical rights. Written and directed by Feste, in her feature directorial debut, “The Greatest” tells the story of Allen and Grace Brewer, a …
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cinemadaily | Season’s Screenings
18 December 2009 12:29 PM, PST
Two bona-fide classics return to New York today for extended runs this holiday season: Carol Reed’s existential thriller “Third Man” begins a 12-day engagement at Film Forum for its 60th anniversary, while Howard Hawks’ screwball masterpiece “His Girl Friday” gets a week-long run at Bam. The A.V. Club: “A sharp, exciting thriller that beautifully captures a dispirited Europe nowhere near recovered from WWII, Carol Reed’s ‘The Third Man’ is one of …
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“Prodigal Sons” Comes Home to First Run
18 December 2009 12:15 PM, PST
First Run Features will release the documentary “Prodigal Sons” in late February 2010 in New York followed by a nationwide rollout through March, the company unveiled. Directed and produced by Kimberly Reed, “Prodigal Sons” follows Kimberly, a transgender woman, as she travels to her high school reunion in Montana where she hopes for reconciliation with her long-estranged adopted brother and uncovers stunning revelations, including his blood relationship with Orson Welles and …
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Magnet Brings “Survival” for the U.S.
18 December 2009 12:09 PM, PST
U.S. rights to George A. Romero’s zombie feature “George A. Romero’s Survival of the Dead” have been picked up by Magnolia Pictures’ genre label Magnet Releasing. bowed at the Venice and Toronto Film Festivals earlier this year. Magnolia’s Svp Tom Quinn negotiated the pact with Victoria Cook for Cinetic Media, on behalf of Art Spigel and Ara Katz of Artfire Films and Peter Grunwald of Romero-Grunwald Productions. Magnet will release the …
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B.O. of the ‘00s: The Top Grossing Palme d’Or Winners
18 December 2009 6:50 AM, PST
The 2010s are fast approaching - 13 days and counting - and indieWIRE is continuing this weekly Friday chart devoted to glancing back at the past ten years. With a current film as a starting point, iW is charting various sub-categories of 2000s film, focusing on their box office performance. Though this week’s most notable debut is Rob Marshall’s “Nine” - musicals were covered quite substantially in a recent column, so …
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Awards Tracker: An Updated Guide to Awards Season
18 December 2009 4:49 AM, PST
The annual awards season is heating up, with Oscar precursor prizes coming at us fast and furious over the course of December. indieWIRE has decided to make things easier for anyone seeking out the latest lists by compiling an ongoing summary of the announced awards. Below are links to the many announcements, as well as a compilation of the winners in various categories, listed in order of how many kudos each …
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A Grand Lunch for “A Serious Man”‘s Michael Stuhlbarg
17 December 2009 1:24 PM, PST
At lunch in Manhattan Thursday: actors Tim Blake Nelson, Billy Crudup, Michael Stuhlbarg and Philip Seymour Hoffman. “It’s a great thing doing this for Michael - he’s such a mensch,” said Focus Features James Schamus Thursday afternoon during a lunch for “A Serious Man” star Michael Stuhlbarg (and 2010 Golden Globe nominee) at Monkey Bar in Midtown Manhattan. (For all you non-Jews, “mensch” is the Yiddish word meaning, a person of …
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Decade: Andrew Bujalski On “Funny Ha Ha”
17 December 2009 1:04 PM, PST
Editor’S Note: Every day for the next month, indieWIRE will be republishing profiles and interviews from the past ten years (in their original, retro format) with some of the people that have defined independent cinema in the first decade of this century. Today, we’ll step back to 2005 with an interview indieWIRE’s Michael Koresky had with Andrew Bujalski upon the release of his “Funny Ha Ha,” credited by many as the …
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For Your Consideration: Re-Assessing The Major Categories
17 December 2009 11:01 AM, PST
Six weeks ago, one the first editions of this column looked at all the major races in a pre-precursor assessment that was more or less based purely on buzzes and whispers. With this morning’s announcement of the Screen Actors Guild nominations, and the two weeks of near-daily announcements that preceded it (get a full rundown of all of them here), iW figured it was time to make a re-assessment. All the …
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cinemadaily | “Crazy Heart” Beats Into Theaters
17 December 2009 8:38 AM, PST
“‘Crazy Heart,’ written and directed by Scott Cooper, is a small movie perfectly scaled to the big performance at its center. It offers some picturesque views of out-of-the-way parts of the American West, but the dominant feature of its landscape is Bad Blake, a wayward, aging country singer played by Jeff Bridges. Those last four words should be sufficient recommendation,” says A.O. Scott of the New York Times. He concludes, reinforcing …
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Five Join Rotterdam Fest Competition
17 December 2009 7:24 AM, PST
Five additional films have been named to compete for the International Film Festival Rotterdam’s Tiger Awards. Added to the roster are: Paz Fabrega’s “Agua Fria de Mar” (Coldwater of the Sea), set on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica during the Christmas holiday season. It is a sensitive and atmospheric story of a young couple and a seven-year old girl with very different social backgrounds. Also, Danish directors and screenwriters Michael …
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“Precious,” “Basterds,” “Air” Lead SAG Nominations
17 December 2009 5:51 AM, PST
Jason Reitman’s “Up In The Air,” Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds” and Lee Daniels’ “Precious: Based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire” led the 16th annual Screen Actors Guild Award nominations, each taking three nods. “Air” took nominations for its three principal cast members - George Clooney, Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick - but was surprisingly snubbed for best cast ensemble. “Basterds” and “Precious” both were honored in that category, alongside Kathryn …
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Decade: Miranda July on “Me and You and Everyone We Know”
16 December 2009 7:58 PM, PST
Editor’S Note: Every day for the next month, indieWIRE will be republishing profiles and interviews from the past ten years (in their original, retro format) with some of the people that have defined independent cinema in the first decade of this century. Today, we’ll step back to 2005 with an interview indieWIRE’s Gary M. Kramer had with multimedia artist Miranda July upon the release of her first feature film “Me and …
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63 Songs Set To Compete For Oscar
16 December 2009 4:59 PM, PST
Sixty-three songs have been deemed eligible for contention for nominations in the Original Song category for the 82nd Academy Awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today. The most notable exclusion was Mary J. Blige’s “I Can See in Color,” from “Precious,” which many saw as having a fair chance at a nomination. On Tuesday, January 12, the Academy will screen clips featuring each song, in random order, …
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“Wild Things” and “Air” Lead Chicago Critics’ Nominations
16 December 2009 2:59 PM, PST
Jason Reitman’s “Up In The Air” and Spike Jonze’s “Where The Wild Things Are” led the nominations for the Chicago Film Critics Association’s annual awards, each taking notices for best picture and best director. The films were joined by Kathryn Bigelow’s “The Hurt Locker,” Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds” and Joel & Ethan Coen’s “A Serious Man” in the best picture category. The group will announce their winners on the morning of …
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Slamdance Adds Three Features; Shorts Competition Line up
16 December 2009 12:53 PM, PST
Slamdance unveiled additions to its 16th run, with three more features and its shorts competition line up today. Sixty-four films of all genres from around the world will compete in the festival’s shorts competition. This compares to 86 which screened last year. The announcement follows last week’s announcement for the narrative and documentary competition roster, including Steven Soderbergh’s world premiere, “And Everything Is Going Fine.” Special screenings include the world debut …
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Palm Springs Fest Unveils Extensive Premieres; “Last Station” to Open
16 December 2009 11:13 AM, PST
Dubbing this year’s 21st run its “coming of age,” the 2010 Palm Springs International Film Festival unveiled major sections of its slate, with Michael Hoffman’s “The Last Station” set to open the ten day event January 7 in the California desert resort enclave. Star James McAvoy will attend the screening, which takes a look at the life of legendary Russian novelist and social reformer Leo Tolstoy, featuring Christopher Plummer as the …
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Dubai Doles Out Awards
16 December 2009 10:32 AM, PST
The sixth edition of Dubai International Film Festival wrapped up Wednesday with an awards ceremony where Michel Khleifi’s “Zindeeq” took the Muhr Arab award for best film and Brillante Mendoza’s “Lola” received the Muhr AsiaAfrica award for best feature. In all, 28 prizes were distributed for achievements in acting, cinematography, editing, music and scriptwriting in addition to the jury awards. The entries came from more than 62 nations in three categories: …
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Fergie at the NY “Nine” Premiere
16 December 2009 9:36 AM, PST
Taking “the stage,” pop star Fergie introduced the world premiere of the music video that coincides with the release of The Weinstein Company’s latest big release, Rob Marshall’s “Nine.” The film has been on the premiere road lately, screening in London, L.A. and even opening the Dubai Film Festival - sans its stars - but the whole glamour crew, including Marion Cotillard, Penelope Cruz, Nicole Kidman, Kate Hudson, Dame Judi Dench …
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