Miss Geraldine Flower remains something of a mystery from beginning to end of this extraordinary experimental biopic. Inspired by a case full of letters, photographs and — those were the days — telexes left behind by the late Miss Flower after her untimely death, the film is essentially a song cycle, performed by Icelandic singer Emilíana Torrini and filmed by Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, the directing duo behind the 2014 Nick Cave documentary 20,000 Days on Earth. Like that film, The Extraordinary Miss Flower — which had its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival this weekend — is an exercise in channeling its subject rather than simply showing and telling. And like that film, it is destined to find an eager cult audience for its psychedelic charms.
If the name doesn’t ring a bell, that’s no surprise. Although her writing was sophisticated, and she worked periodically in the media (broadcast...
If the name doesn’t ring a bell, that’s no surprise. Although her writing was sophisticated, and she worked periodically in the media (broadcast...
- 10/20/2024
- by Damon Wise
- Deadline Film + TV
And now for something completely different… The Extraordinary Miss Flower, a new biographical filmic experience from British artists Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, known for their Nick Cave film 20,000 Days on Earth, is set for its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival (Lff) on Saturday. The event’s 68th edition, which opened with Steve McQueen’s Saoirse Ronan-starring Blitz, wraps on Sunday.
Miss Flower is very different from many of the other offerings of the Lff. “When Geraldine Flower passed away, her family uncovered a secret cache of letters containing declarations of love from suitors around the globe, hinting at the possibility of a life of espionage,” reads its synopsis. “Taking inspiration, Icelandic singer-songwriter Emilíana Torrini recorded an album that forms the spine of this filmic fever dream. The songs and images bring these amorous words and the beguiling Miss Flower thrillingly back to life.”
On their website,...
Miss Flower is very different from many of the other offerings of the Lff. “When Geraldine Flower passed away, her family uncovered a secret cache of letters containing declarations of love from suitors around the globe, hinting at the possibility of a life of espionage,” reads its synopsis. “Taking inspiration, Icelandic singer-songwriter Emilíana Torrini recorded an album that forms the spine of this filmic fever dream. The songs and images bring these amorous words and the beguiling Miss Flower thrillingly back to life.”
On their website,...
- 10/18/2024
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Rank Film (distributor) Three-day gross (Oct 11-13) Total gross to date Week 1. Transformers One (Paramount) £1.6m £1.6m 1 2. Joker: Folie à Deux (Warner Bros) £1.4m £8.7m 2 3. Terrifier 3 (Signature) £1m £1m 1 4. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (Warner Bros) £769,143 £23.9m 6 5. The Outrun (Studiocanal) £359,911 £359,911 1
Gbp to Usd conversion rate: 1.31
Paramount animation Transformers One dethroned Joker: Folie À Deux at this weekend’s UK-Ireland box office, as the Warner Bros blockbuster suffered a significant 75% drop.
Transformers One opened to £1.6m in 583 sites at a £2,744 average – down on the stellar £8.7m of 2007’s Transformers and £8.3m of 2009’s Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen, but still a decent opening for an animated feature.
Gbp to Usd conversion rate: 1.31
Paramount animation Transformers One dethroned Joker: Folie À Deux at this weekend’s UK-Ireland box office, as the Warner Bros blockbuster suffered a significant 75% drop.
Transformers One opened to £1.6m in 583 sites at a £2,744 average – down on the stellar £8.7m of 2007’s Transformers and £8.3m of 2009’s Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen, but still a decent opening for an animated feature.
- 10/14/2024
- ScreenDaily
Kill List Ben Wheatley returns to the small screen this month with Channel 4 zombie comedy series, Generation Z. Here’s a trailer:
Kill List director Ben Wheatley is about to television with this autumn’s Generation Z, which Wheatley has written and directed for Channel 4.
According to the British Comedy Guide, the series is a horror satire which pits a group of small-town teenagers (the gen-z of the title) against a horde of toxin-infected, rabid pensioners. It’s a little bit like Rabid Grannies, then, but with a distinctly political, post-austerity, post hope-for-the-future spin.
As the synopsis points out, it’s about “the increasingly stark divisions between generations,” and depicts “a modern Britain at war with itself. Sounds good!
The cast is itself a platter of multi-generational comedy talent. Elder states-people of telly Sue Johnston (The Royle Family), Anita Dobson (EastEnders) and Robert Lindsay (Citizen Smith) are joined by...
Kill List director Ben Wheatley is about to television with this autumn’s Generation Z, which Wheatley has written and directed for Channel 4.
According to the British Comedy Guide, the series is a horror satire which pits a group of small-town teenagers (the gen-z of the title) against a horde of toxin-infected, rabid pensioners. It’s a little bit like Rabid Grannies, then, but with a distinctly political, post-austerity, post hope-for-the-future spin.
As the synopsis points out, it’s about “the increasingly stark divisions between generations,” and depicts “a modern Britain at war with itself. Sounds good!
The cast is itself a platter of multi-generational comedy talent. Elder states-people of telly Sue Johnston (The Royle Family), Anita Dobson (EastEnders) and Robert Lindsay (Citizen Smith) are joined by...
- 10/14/2024
- by Jake Godfrey
- Film Stories
We've got another doozy winging your way on the Empire Podcast this week, folks. On the guest front, our man in LA James White talks to Sarah Paulson, star and producer of new Disney+ thriller Hold Your Breath, about milking tension — and also cows [21:33 — 34:08 approx]. Then, Chris Hewitt sits down for a chinwag about vampires, changing tyres, and playing people called Bob with Lewis Pullman, star of the latest screen take on Stephen King's Salem's Lot, which is finally hitting our screens after a couple of years spent dwelling in the dark [52:39 - 1:09:31 approx]. And as if that weren't enough star power already to be going on with, we also bring you a special preview of our incredible The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power S2 Spoiler Special Q&a with showrunners J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay, creative producer Lindsey Weber, and stars Charles Edwards, Megan Richards, and Daniel Weyman...
- 10/11/2024
- by Jordan King
- Empire - Movies
Timestalker, Joker, and Baby Reindeer all deal with the nasty side of romantic entanglement – is this the year of the bad romance?
In Alice Lowe’s Timestalker, in cinemas today, our put-upon heroine isn’t the luckiest in love.
After chasing the same scoundrel across 400 years and taking multiple sharp instruments to the head, you’d have thought Lowe’s Agnes would have learnt her lesson. Alas, the more Aneurin Barnard’s rogue signals his disinterest (usually by running away immediately after her grisly demise), the more she’s convinced he’s the man for her. This is because, though Barnard’s character lives multiple lives as a heretic, a highwayman and a heartthrob, the greatest trick the film pulls is the reveal that Agnes herself isn’t very nice.
Aptly, Timestalker arrives a week after Joker: Folie à Deux told the story of a similar character at the other end of the budgetary spectrum.
In Alice Lowe’s Timestalker, in cinemas today, our put-upon heroine isn’t the luckiest in love.
After chasing the same scoundrel across 400 years and taking multiple sharp instruments to the head, you’d have thought Lowe’s Agnes would have learnt her lesson. Alas, the more Aneurin Barnard’s rogue signals his disinterest (usually by running away immediately after her grisly demise), the more she’s convinced he’s the man for her. This is because, though Barnard’s character lives multiple lives as a heretic, a highwayman and a heartthrob, the greatest trick the film pulls is the reveal that Agnes herself isn’t very nice.
Aptly, Timestalker arrives a week after Joker: Folie à Deux told the story of a similar character at the other end of the budgetary spectrum.
- 10/11/2024
- by James Harvey
- Film Stories
Transformers One leads new releases at the UK and Ireland box office this weekend as the Paramount animation opens in 583 cinemas.
It is the third widest opening of the eight-title franchise, behind 2018’s Bumblebee in 587 locations and 2023’s Rise Of The Beasts in 595.
The franchise steps away from live-action for an animated origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron. A starry ensemble lends their voices with cast including Scarlett Johansson, Chris Hemsworth, Brian Tyree Henry, Jon Hamm, Steve Buscemi and Keegan-Michael Key.
The Transformers films have a strong track record at the box office. Leading the pack is its third...
It is the third widest opening of the eight-title franchise, behind 2018’s Bumblebee in 587 locations and 2023’s Rise Of The Beasts in 595.
The franchise steps away from live-action for an animated origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron. A starry ensemble lends their voices with cast including Scarlett Johansson, Chris Hemsworth, Brian Tyree Henry, Jon Hamm, Steve Buscemi and Keegan-Michael Key.
The Transformers films have a strong track record at the box office. Leading the pack is its third...
- 10/11/2024
- ScreenDaily
Alice Lowe’s second shot in the director’s chair is a brilliantly imaginative rom-com-thriller. Here’s our Timestalker review.
Agnes (Alice Lowe) has a lot of problems, and most of them are the same man. After falling in love with a dashing young heretic (Aneurin Barnard) in 1688 and getting a halberd in the head for her trouble, you’d think she’d have learnt her lesson.
But when another Agnes – a wig-toting aristocrat in 1793 – has her carriage held up by a familiar looking highwayman, she falls head over heels once more. She does the same as a Victorian schoolteacher in 1847, a popstar’s superfan in 1980, and a dystopian scavenger in the distant future.
It’s a killer premise, and an ambitious one. Eight years on from her brilliantly twisted directorial debut, Prevenge, Lowe proves that film’s brand of high-concept genre cinema goodness wasn’t a one off. When it works,...
Agnes (Alice Lowe) has a lot of problems, and most of them are the same man. After falling in love with a dashing young heretic (Aneurin Barnard) in 1688 and getting a halberd in the head for her trouble, you’d think she’d have learnt her lesson.
But when another Agnes – a wig-toting aristocrat in 1793 – has her carriage held up by a familiar looking highwayman, she falls head over heels once more. She does the same as a Victorian schoolteacher in 1847, a popstar’s superfan in 1980, and a dystopian scavenger in the distant future.
It’s a killer premise, and an ambitious one. Eight years on from her brilliantly twisted directorial debut, Prevenge, Lowe proves that film’s brand of high-concept genre cinema goodness wasn’t a one off. When it works,...
- 10/11/2024
- by James Harvey
- Film Stories
A passion project in the works for eight years, Alice Lowe’s follow-up to Prevenge borrows from the likes of Terry Gilliam and Stanley Kubrick to tell a story about the obsessive pursuit of love, with a healthy side of schlocky gore. Lowe has long been something of a savant of the strange and macabre, from her breakout role in Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace onwards. But her imagination really runs wild here, leaping between centuries with aplomb, even if the jokes are disappointingly weak.
Bedecked in everything from an enormous Marie Antoinette-style periwig to the sheen of a 1980s leotard, Lowe is the star, writer and director of this cheerfully bonkers film. Her hapless hero is Agnes, who we first meet in a Scottish village in 1688 as a spinster. When she attends the execution of a heretic (Aneurin Barnard), she is immediately enchanted by his brooding good looks. So...
Bedecked in everything from an enormous Marie Antoinette-style periwig to the sheen of a 1980s leotard, Lowe is the star, writer and director of this cheerfully bonkers film. Her hapless hero is Agnes, who we first meet in a Scottish village in 1688 as a spinster. When she attends the execution of a heretic (Aneurin Barnard), she is immediately enchanted by his brooding good looks. So...
- 10/10/2024
- by Laura Venning
- Empire - Movies
The actor and film-maker’s ingenious comedy sees her play a gamut of characters who meet gory ends chasing a not-worth-it love interest
The Taoist philosopher Zhuangzi dreamed he was a butterfly – but couldn’t be sure if the butterfly wasn’t the one having the dream about him. Film-maker Alice Lowe dreams her way into a cosmically recurring persona in this likably chaotic, flawed comedy; she plays a woman who regenerates Blackadderishly throughout the years, from the 1680s to the 1980s, forever in love with the same man, forever destined to sacrifice herself for him, almost but not quite in possession of the knowledge that this guy is unworthy of her. At each stage, the incarnations of the past are perhaps dream-memories and the personae of the future are prophecies. Or … is she just very, very mad?
In 1688, Lowe is Agnes, a humble Scottish maidservant who is enamoured of...
The Taoist philosopher Zhuangzi dreamed he was a butterfly – but couldn’t be sure if the butterfly wasn’t the one having the dream about him. Film-maker Alice Lowe dreams her way into a cosmically recurring persona in this likably chaotic, flawed comedy; she plays a woman who regenerates Blackadderishly throughout the years, from the 1680s to the 1980s, forever in love with the same man, forever destined to sacrifice herself for him, almost but not quite in possession of the knowledge that this guy is unworthy of her. At each stage, the incarnations of the past are perhaps dream-memories and the personae of the future are prophecies. Or … is she just very, very mad?
In 1688, Lowe is Agnes, a humble Scottish maidservant who is enamoured of...
- 10/10/2024
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Bunting, bobbies and Doctor Who phone boxes: Dinard, the French film festival that’s mad for Britain
Every autumn, a seaside resort in Brittany hosts a charming festival that celebrates only low-budget, independent British and Irish films. Is this a curious case for Poirot?
Cannes may be the home of France’s biggest and best-known film festival, but the one that’s held in Dinard in Brittany is, in its own way, just as remarkable. For five days at the start of every autumn, this beautifully spick-and-span seaside resort devotes itself to celebrating cinema, with one small but mind-boggling twist: the films it shows are all British and Irish. What’s more, they’re fairly low-budget independent productions – two of this year’s highest-profile entries were The Outrun with Saoirse Ronan and Alice Lowe’s Timestalker. And yet, if you didn’t know any better, you’d assume from the red-carpet premieres, the lavish gala dinners and the sold-out screenings that they were all potential blockbusters and Oscar winners.
Cannes may be the home of France’s biggest and best-known film festival, but the one that’s held in Dinard in Brittany is, in its own way, just as remarkable. For five days at the start of every autumn, this beautifully spick-and-span seaside resort devotes itself to celebrating cinema, with one small but mind-boggling twist: the films it shows are all British and Irish. What’s more, they’re fairly low-budget independent productions – two of this year’s highest-profile entries were The Outrun with Saoirse Ronan and Alice Lowe’s Timestalker. And yet, if you didn’t know any better, you’d assume from the red-carpet premieres, the lavish gala dinners and the sold-out screenings that they were all potential blockbusters and Oscar winners.
- 10/8/2024
- by Nicholas Barber
- The Guardian - Film News
The Dinard film festival (2-6 October), traditionally a celebration of all things British, brought its 35th iteration to the seaside city’s screens with a soft relaunch this year, after retitling itself to include Irish films and co-productions. The result was suitably eclectic, with just six films competing for the Hitchcock d’Or, which was voted on by an eight-strong jury of actors and directors. Including The Quiet Girl director Colm Bairéad and House of the Dragon star Phoebe Campbell, the judging panel was headed up by French actress-director-model-singer Arielle Dombasle, a favorite of Claude Lelouch, Éric Rohmer and Alain Robbe-Grillet but more recently seen this summer singing her song “Olympics” to herald the arrival of the Olympic torch in Paris, ahead of the recent games.
Opening with Alice Lowe’s horror-comedy Timestalker and ending with Matt Brown’s psychological drama Freud’s Last Session, the festival — curated by Dominique Green...
Opening with Alice Lowe’s horror-comedy Timestalker and ending with Matt Brown’s psychological drama Freud’s Last Session, the festival — curated by Dominique Green...
- 10/7/2024
- by Damon Wise
- Deadline Film + TV
The actor-writer-director’s new film Timestalker sees her pursue an unsuspecting crush through the centuries. She discusses sexism in the film and TV industry, her dream of being a comedy-horror auteur - and why she’s scared of Kristen Stewart
‘I had killed a lot of people in other films,” says Alice Lowe, whose first feature, 2016’s Prevenge, saw her play a pregnant serial killer. “This time I just felt like I should kill myself.” Agnes, the hero of Lowe’s new film, Timestalker, meets many grisly endings. Played by Lowe, she’s pursuing her dream man through the centuries, from prehistoric forests to 80s New York. But in every era, before true love can blossom, her time is cut short. Then she’s reincarnated, ready to try again.
Timestalker is a romance. Or is it? It’s about reincarnation. Or is it? Just as in Prevenge, where a woman...
‘I had killed a lot of people in other films,” says Alice Lowe, whose first feature, 2016’s Prevenge, saw her play a pregnant serial killer. “This time I just felt like I should kill myself.” Agnes, the hero of Lowe’s new film, Timestalker, meets many grisly endings. Played by Lowe, she’s pursuing her dream man through the centuries, from prehistoric forests to 80s New York. But in every era, before true love can blossom, her time is cut short. Then she’s reincarnated, ready to try again.
Timestalker is a romance. Or is it? It’s about reincarnation. Or is it? Just as in Prevenge, where a woman...
- 10/4/2024
- by Rachael Healy
- The Guardian - Film News
It’s been four decades since The Terminator first blasted onto the big screen – seemingly from the future – and propelled writer-director James Cameron to the big time. Now, for its landmark anniversary, Empire celebrates cinema’s greatest cyborg in the November 2024 issue, featuring a major new candid Cameron interview, and much more.
The issue doesn’t hit shelves until Thursday 26 September – order online here – but in the meantime here’s a sneak peek inside its pages.
The Terminator At 40
For 40 years now, The Terminator has been unstoppable. Empire celebrates cinema's ultimate cyborg in a huge new James Cameron interview – talking the franchise’s ongoing legacy; Cameron’s most prominent thematic preoccupations; his changing relationship with the original film; and what the Terminator’s future holds.
Plus, producer Gale Anne Hurd writes exclusively for Empire, remembering the casting of Arnold Schwarzenegger, and how he boosted The Terminator to iconic status.
Paddington In Peru...
The issue doesn’t hit shelves until Thursday 26 September – order online here – but in the meantime here’s a sneak peek inside its pages.
The Terminator At 40
For 40 years now, The Terminator has been unstoppable. Empire celebrates cinema's ultimate cyborg in a huge new James Cameron interview – talking the franchise’s ongoing legacy; Cameron’s most prominent thematic preoccupations; his changing relationship with the original film; and what the Terminator’s future holds.
Plus, producer Gale Anne Hurd writes exclusively for Empire, remembering the casting of Arnold Schwarzenegger, and how he boosted The Terminator to iconic status.
Paddington In Peru...
- 9/25/2024
- by Ben Travis
- Empire - Movies
The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival (Bhff) announced today the full program for its 2024 incarnation, running October 17-24 with all screenings held at Nitehawk Cinema’s Williamsburg and Prospect Park locations. Audiences are in for an unworldly lineup of films and events, including a special screening of Larry Fessenden’s Habit with the Leviathan Award Ceremony, honoring his film career, hypes the press release.
In addition, Bloody Disgusting’s Screambox Original Series “Tales From the Void” will be screening alongside Joe Begos’s newest grindhouse horror Jimmy & Stiggs!
Here are the full deets…
The Opening Night film is the NY premiere of Dead Mail from directors Joe DeBoer and Kyle McConaghy. The 2024 festival boasts the North American Premieres of exciting new films: Tiago Teixeira’s unsettling body horror film Custom; a new documentary on horror at the turn of the millennium from Phillip Escott and Sarah Appleton, Generation Terror; and New...
In addition, Bloody Disgusting’s Screambox Original Series “Tales From the Void” will be screening alongside Joe Begos’s newest grindhouse horror Jimmy & Stiggs!
Here are the full deets…
The Opening Night film is the NY premiere of Dead Mail from directors Joe DeBoer and Kyle McConaghy. The 2024 festival boasts the North American Premieres of exciting new films: Tiago Teixeira’s unsettling body horror film Custom; a new documentary on horror at the turn of the millennium from Phillip Escott and Sarah Appleton, Generation Terror; and New...
- 9/17/2024
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Netflix has released the official trailer for the upcoming season 3 of ‘Heartstopper.’
In season 3, Charlie would like to tell Nick that he loves him. Nick also has something important to say to Charlie. As the summer holiday ends and the months race on, the friends begin to realise that the school year will come with both its joys and its challenges. As they learn more about each other and their relationships, plan social events and parties and start thinking about university choices, everyone must learn to lean on those they love when life doesn’t go to plan.
Based on the book series by Alice Oseman, the eight-episode season stars Kit Connor, Joe Locke, William Gao, Yasmin Finney, Corinna Brown, Kizzy Edgell, Tobie Donovan, Jenny Walser, Rhea Norwood, Leila Khan.
Also in trailers – “Do you believe in reincarnation?” Trailer creeps in for Alice Lowe’s ‘Timestalker’
Season 3 premieres on October 3rd.
In season 3, Charlie would like to tell Nick that he loves him. Nick also has something important to say to Charlie. As the summer holiday ends and the months race on, the friends begin to realise that the school year will come with both its joys and its challenges. As they learn more about each other and their relationships, plan social events and parties and start thinking about university choices, everyone must learn to lean on those they love when life doesn’t go to plan.
Based on the book series by Alice Oseman, the eight-episode season stars Kit Connor, Joe Locke, William Gao, Yasmin Finney, Corinna Brown, Kizzy Edgell, Tobie Donovan, Jenny Walser, Rhea Norwood, Leila Khan.
Also in trailers – “Do you believe in reincarnation?” Trailer creeps in for Alice Lowe’s ‘Timestalker’
Season 3 premieres on October 3rd.
- 9/17/2024
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival Announces Full 2024 Program: "The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival (Bhff) announces today the full program for its 2024 incarnation, running October 17-24 with all screenings held at Nitehawk Cinema’s Williamsburg and Prospect Park locations. Audiences are in for an unworldly lineup of films and events, including a special screening of Larry Fessenden’s Habit with the Leviathan Award Ceremony, honoring his film career.
The Opening Night film is the NY premiere of Dead Mail from directors Joe DeBoer and Kyle McConaghy. The 2024 festival boasts the North American Premieres of exciting new films: Tiago Teixeira’s unsettling body horror film Custom; a new documentary on horror at the turn of the millennium from Phillip Escott and Sarah Appleton, Generation Terror; and New Zealand director Sasha Rainbow’s film Grafted.
The festival will feature the world premieres of Izzy Lee's first feature, House Of Ashes; the atmospheric ghost story,...
The Opening Night film is the NY premiere of Dead Mail from directors Joe DeBoer and Kyle McConaghy. The 2024 festival boasts the North American Premieres of exciting new films: Tiago Teixeira’s unsettling body horror film Custom; a new documentary on horror at the turn of the millennium from Phillip Escott and Sarah Appleton, Generation Terror; and New Zealand director Sasha Rainbow’s film Grafted.
The festival will feature the world premieres of Izzy Lee's first feature, House Of Ashes; the atmospheric ghost story,...
- 9/17/2024
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Am 19. September startet in Wien das 15. Slash Filmfestival, das sich selbst als „fantastischstes Filmfestival des fantastischen Films“ bezeichnet. Der Wettbewerbspreis „Die goldene Urne“ wird von einem Bestattungsunternehmen gesponsert.
Im Filmcasino, Metro Kinokultur und Gartenbaukino kommen die Cineasten in Wien ab 19. September wieder in den Genuss, sich eine superbe Auswahl an neuen Genrefilmen anzugucken beim mittlerweile 15. Slash Filmfestival. Präsentiert werden Favoriten und Neuentdeckungen aus aller Welt, darunter drei Europapremieren, zwei internationale Premieren und zwei Weltpremieren. Ins Rennen um die mit 1000 Euro dotierte „Goldene Urne“ (gestiftet von Bestattung Himmelblau) gehen zehn Filme von vorwiegend jungen Filmschaffenden. 2024 gehören dazu: „Dead Mail“ von Joe DeBoer und Kyle McConaghy, „Else“ von Thibault Emin, „Fréwaka“ von Aislinn Clarke, „Infinite Summer“ von Miguel Llansó, „It Doesn’t Get Any Better Than This“ von Rachel Kempf und Nick Toti, die Revenge-Groteske „Steppenwolf“ von Adilkhan Yerzhanov, „Strange Darling“ von Jt Mollner, „Timestalker“ von Alice Lowe, „The Wailing“ von Pedro Martín-Calero...
Im Filmcasino, Metro Kinokultur und Gartenbaukino kommen die Cineasten in Wien ab 19. September wieder in den Genuss, sich eine superbe Auswahl an neuen Genrefilmen anzugucken beim mittlerweile 15. Slash Filmfestival. Präsentiert werden Favoriten und Neuentdeckungen aus aller Welt, darunter drei Europapremieren, zwei internationale Premieren und zwei Weltpremieren. Ins Rennen um die mit 1000 Euro dotierte „Goldene Urne“ (gestiftet von Bestattung Himmelblau) gehen zehn Filme von vorwiegend jungen Filmschaffenden. 2024 gehören dazu: „Dead Mail“ von Joe DeBoer und Kyle McConaghy, „Else“ von Thibault Emin, „Fréwaka“ von Aislinn Clarke, „Infinite Summer“ von Miguel Llansó, „It Doesn’t Get Any Better Than This“ von Rachel Kempf und Nick Toti, die Revenge-Groteske „Steppenwolf“ von Adilkhan Yerzhanov, „Strange Darling“ von Jt Mollner, „Timestalker“ von Alice Lowe, „The Wailing“ von Pedro Martín-Calero...
- 9/15/2024
- by Barbara Schuster
- Spot - Media & Film
Netflix debuted a trailer for the upcoming romantic drama, ‘Lonely Planet,’ featuring Laura Dern and Liam Hemsworth.’
A reclusive novelist (Laura Dern) arrives at a prestigious writer’s retreat in Morocco, hoping the remote setting will unlock her writer’s block. While there, she meets a young man (Liam Hemsworth) — what starts as an acquaintanceship evolves into an intoxicating, life-altering love affair.
Directed by Susannah Grant and produced by Liza Chasin, Lonely Planet premieres October 11, only on Netflix.
Also in trailers – “Do you believe in reincarnation?” Trailer creeps in for Alice Lowe’s ‘Timestalker’
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A reclusive novelist (Laura Dern) arrives at a prestigious writer’s retreat in Morocco, hoping the remote setting will unlock her writer’s block. While there, she meets a young man (Liam Hemsworth) — what starts as an acquaintanceship evolves into an intoxicating, life-altering love affair.
Directed by Susannah Grant and produced by Liza Chasin, Lonely Planet premieres October 11, only on Netflix.
Also in trailers – “Do you believe in reincarnation?” Trailer creeps in for Alice Lowe’s ‘Timestalker’
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- 9/13/2024
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Alice Lowe’s second film as director is time travel comedy Timestalker, and the trailer for it has now landed.
Alice Lowe is not only a brilliant actor, but she’s also been behind the camera on some of the most esoteric, original British films of the last few years. From co-writing the screenplay of Sightseers with co-star Steve Oram, which was directed by Ben Wheatley and released in 2012, to her terrific 2016 directorial debut Prevenge, which she also wrote and starred as a pregnant woman who believes her unborn baby is telling her to murder all the men involved in her husband’s death.
Her next film is even more ambitious. Timestalker is a science fiction comedy romance, with a dash of time travel thrown into the mix. The synopsis reads as follows:
From the creative team behind Prevenge comes… Timestalker, a romantic comedy about the eternal humiliation that is the search for love,...
Alice Lowe is not only a brilliant actor, but she’s also been behind the camera on some of the most esoteric, original British films of the last few years. From co-writing the screenplay of Sightseers with co-star Steve Oram, which was directed by Ben Wheatley and released in 2012, to her terrific 2016 directorial debut Prevenge, which she also wrote and starred as a pregnant woman who believes her unborn baby is telling her to murder all the men involved in her husband’s death.
Her next film is even more ambitious. Timestalker is a science fiction comedy romance, with a dash of time travel thrown into the mix. The synopsis reads as follows:
From the creative team behind Prevenge comes… Timestalker, a romantic comedy about the eternal humiliation that is the search for love,...
- 9/13/2024
- by Jake Godfrey
- Film Stories
Vertigo Releasing has revealed the official UK trailer and poster for Timestalker, the latest romantic comedy from writer-director Alice Lowe. Known for her offbeat comedic style, Lowe’s new film is a genre-blending tale of love, reincarnation, and misadventure that promises an unforgettable cinematic experience. Timestalker will be released in UK and Irish cinemas from 11th October 2024, and fans can now catch a glimpse of the quirky time-travelling adventure by watching the newly released trailer.
The film follows Agnes, played by Lowe herself, as she stumbles through multiple lifetimes, always doomed to fall for the wrong man, die a grisly death, and be reincarnated to repeat the cycle all over again. As Agnes finds herself tangled in these romantic misadventures, spanning centuries, she begins to wonder if she can ever break free from this fatal loop and attain true enlightenment.
In each lifetime, Agnes encounters familiar faces—including her perpetual romantic interest,...
The film follows Agnes, played by Lowe herself, as she stumbles through multiple lifetimes, always doomed to fall for the wrong man, die a grisly death, and be reincarnated to repeat the cycle all over again. As Agnes finds herself tangled in these romantic misadventures, spanning centuries, she begins to wonder if she can ever break free from this fatal loop and attain true enlightenment.
In each lifetime, Agnes encounters familiar faces—including her perpetual romantic interest,...
- 9/12/2024
- by Oliver Mitchell
- Love Horror
"You die so he doesn't have to... Maybe it's time to turn the tables?" Vertigo Releasing has unveiled the first official trailer for an acclaimed indie romantic comedy remix called Timestalker, made by filmmaker Alice Lowe (of the horror Prevenge before this). This film first premiered at the 2024 SXSW Film Festival, and it also played at Fantasia, Locarno, and Edinburgh this year. Follow hapless heroine Agnes through time as she repeatedly falls for the wrong guy, dies a grim death, gets reincarnated a century later, before meeting him again and starting the cycle anew. Agnes' only hope in avoiding this violent fate is by finally reaching spiritual enlightenment; but how can she ever wise up when she’s destined to be a fool for love forever and ever? Some lessons are just too hard to learn in one lifetime... Timestalker stars Alice Lowe as Agnes, Aneurin Barnard, Tanya Reynolds, Jacob Anderson,...
- 9/12/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Vertigo Releasing has revealed the trailer for Alice Lowe’s romantic comedy ‘Timestalker.’
The movie follows hapless heroine Agnes (Alice Lowe) through time as she repeatedly falls for the wrong guy, dies a grim death, gets reincarnated a century later, before meeting him again and starting the cycle anew.
Agnes’ only hope in avoiding this violent fate is by finally reaching spiritual enlightenment; but how can she ever wise up when she’s destined to be a fool for love? Some lessons are just too hard to learn in one lifetime.
Written and directed by Alice Lowe, who also stars in the film alongside Jacob Anderson, Aneurin Barnard, Tanya Reynolds and Nick Frost.
Also in trailers – Damian Lewis & Kelly Macdonald star in trailer for comedy thriller ‘The Radleys’
The movie is out in UK and Irish cinemas from 11th October.
The post “Do you believe in reincarnation?” Trailer creeps in...
The movie follows hapless heroine Agnes (Alice Lowe) through time as she repeatedly falls for the wrong guy, dies a grim death, gets reincarnated a century later, before meeting him again and starting the cycle anew.
Agnes’ only hope in avoiding this violent fate is by finally reaching spiritual enlightenment; but how can she ever wise up when she’s destined to be a fool for love? Some lessons are just too hard to learn in one lifetime.
Written and directed by Alice Lowe, who also stars in the film alongside Jacob Anderson, Aneurin Barnard, Tanya Reynolds and Nick Frost.
Also in trailers – Damian Lewis & Kelly Macdonald star in trailer for comedy thriller ‘The Radleys’
The movie is out in UK and Irish cinemas from 11th October.
The post “Do you believe in reincarnation?” Trailer creeps in...
- 9/12/2024
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Emiliana Torrini’s acting debut from directors Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard is making its debut at the London Film Festival next month.
Music! Letters! Nick Cave! If those words in any order appeal to you, then you’ll be thrilled to hear that The Extraordinary Miss Flower – which we’ve been looking at with intrigue for some time – is getting its world premiere in competition at the London Film Festival in October, and there’s a funky trailer to prove it.
The film’s got a pretty interesting story behind it, too. Taking the form of a series of performances by Emiliana Torrini and her band, the project was inspired when the musician, producer Zoe Flower and her husband, Simon, found a case of treasured letters, telexes and photographs in Flower’s mother’s possessions.
These letters became a creative springboard for a series of songs from Torrini, which in...
Music! Letters! Nick Cave! If those words in any order appeal to you, then you’ll be thrilled to hear that The Extraordinary Miss Flower – which we’ve been looking at with intrigue for some time – is getting its world premiere in competition at the London Film Festival in October, and there’s a funky trailer to prove it.
The film’s got a pretty interesting story behind it, too. Taking the form of a series of performances by Emiliana Torrini and her band, the project was inspired when the musician, producer Zoe Flower and her husband, Simon, found a case of treasured letters, telexes and photographs in Flower’s mother’s possessions.
These letters became a creative springboard for a series of songs from Torrini, which in...
- 9/5/2024
- by James Harvey
- Film Stories
Festival favourites from throughout 2024 will screen at France’s Dinard Festival of British & Irish Film, including two films starring Barry Keoghan, Andrea Arnold’s Cannes premiere Bird and Chris Andrews’ Toronto title Bring Them Down.
Bring Them Down, a rural Ireland-set revenge story partly filmed in the Irish language and co-starring Christopher Abbott, will play in the main festival competition, alongside Ariane Labed’s Cannes premiere and directorial debut September Says.
Another Irish-language title in the 53-strong line-up is Rich Peppiatt’s Sundance breakout hip-hop biopic Kneecap. While Irish titles have previously been included in the festival’s programme, this...
Bring Them Down, a rural Ireland-set revenge story partly filmed in the Irish language and co-starring Christopher Abbott, will play in the main festival competition, alongside Ariane Labed’s Cannes premiere and directorial debut September Says.
Another Irish-language title in the 53-strong line-up is Rich Peppiatt’s Sundance breakout hip-hop biopic Kneecap. While Irish titles have previously been included in the festival’s programme, this...
- 9/4/2024
- ScreenDaily
France’s Dinard Festival of British & Irish Film has unveiled the line-up of its 34th edition, including two films starring Barry Keoghan, Andrea Arnold’s Cannes premiere Bird and Chris Andrews’ Toronto title Bring Them Down.
Bring Them Down, a rural Ireland-set revenge story that’s also partly in the Irish language and stars Poor Things’ Christopher Abbott, will play in the main festival competition, competing for the Golden Hitchcock award for best film award, alongside Ariane Labed’s Cannes premiere and directorial debut September Says.
Another Irish-language title in the 53-strong line-up is Rich Peppiatt’s Sundance breakout hip-hop biopic Kneecap.
Bring Them Down, a rural Ireland-set revenge story that’s also partly in the Irish language and stars Poor Things’ Christopher Abbott, will play in the main festival competition, competing for the Golden Hitchcock award for best film award, alongside Ariane Labed’s Cannes premiere and directorial debut September Says.
Another Irish-language title in the 53-strong line-up is Rich Peppiatt’s Sundance breakout hip-hop biopic Kneecap.
- 9/4/2024
- ScreenDaily
Ready to go back to Rome? Ridley Scott is returning to the Colosseum for a fresh bout of gladiatorial combat in long-awaited sequel Gladiator II – ready to conjure up more breathtaking battles, and another gripping revenge story. The new issue of Empire is nearly here, set to transport you into the heart of the action – on newsstands from Thursday 29 August. Order a copy online here.
But before the magazine hits the shelves, here’s a sneak peek inside its pages.
Gladiator II
Ready to be entertained? Empire steps into the arena with Ridley Scott to talk the wild making of his historical epic sequel – speaking to new hero Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington, Joseph Quinn, and the returning Connie Nielsen. Armour up!
Megalopolis
Francis Ford Coppola doesn’t do things by halves. In a major new interview, he tells Empire about the 40-year journey to bring his future-America-meets-Roman-Empire fable to the...
But before the magazine hits the shelves, here’s a sneak peek inside its pages.
Gladiator II
Ready to be entertained? Empire steps into the arena with Ridley Scott to talk the wild making of his historical epic sequel – speaking to new hero Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington, Joseph Quinn, and the returning Connie Nielsen. Armour up!
Megalopolis
Francis Ford Coppola doesn’t do things by halves. In a major new interview, he tells Empire about the 40-year journey to bring his future-America-meets-Roman-Empire fable to the...
- 8/28/2024
- by Ben Travis
- Empire - Movies
If there’s one thing horror fans and filmmakers love to do, it’s compare notes on their favourite facets of the genre. About movies, about influences, about giant creepy-crawlies. And most of all, about the different driving trends of the many eras; what we were scared of, and how that bled so openly into the defining genre cinema of the time. From the atomic fallout of the 1950s and the creature features that followed, to the rise of exploitation, and the real-world killers behind the eventual slasher boom of the ’80s, it’s the subtext that an entire community is built on.
So there’s something particularly warm and comforting about Sarah Appleton and Phillip Escott’s similarly-tinged doc Generation Terror, which seeks to unravel the real-world fears behind the particularly grisly output of the 2000s. An era often characterised by iffy remakes and gnarly extremity which made for...
So there’s something particularly warm and comforting about Sarah Appleton and Phillip Escott’s similarly-tinged doc Generation Terror, which seeks to unravel the real-world fears behind the particularly grisly output of the 2000s. An era often characterised by iffy remakes and gnarly extremity which made for...
- 8/26/2024
- by Ben Robins
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
It’s been nearly 25 years since Maximus Decimus Meridius – father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife, you know the rest – stepped into the Colosseum. And when he did, he left everyone entertained. Ridley Scott’s Gladiator stands as one of the filmmaker’s greatest works – taking audiences back to Ancient Rome with full-throttle scenes of bloodthirsty combat, an emotional revenge story, and thunderously epic battles to boot. Now, a quarter of a century later, Scott is thinking about the Roman Empire once again, conjuring a fresh batch of swords, sandals, and seriously huge setpieces for Gladiator II. This time, it’s Paul Mescal’s new underdog hero Lucius stepping up for history’s most brutal spectacle – get ready to enter the arena all over again.
The new issue of Empire takes a world-exclusive deep dive into Gladiator II – going toe-to-toe with some of the sharpest minds in...
The new issue of Empire takes a world-exclusive deep dive into Gladiator II – going toe-to-toe with some of the sharpest minds in...
- 8/22/2024
- by Ben Travis
- Empire - Movies
If you’re interested in the idea of toxic relationship cycles that repeat themselves but thought Betrand Bonello’s The Beast rather lumbering and arthouse, then you might find Alice Lowe’s Timestalker hits the spot. In it she tackles the same topic with considerably more comedic snap and crackle not to mention a fair amount of electropop.
We meet Lowe’s Agnes first in 1688 Scotland, along with a small coterie of other characters who we will go on to re-encounter in subsequent centuries. Appropriately, and in a move that shows Lowe can be subtle and in your face simultaneously, this has become known as The Killing Time in Scotland, marking a conflict between the Covenanter movement and the government. Spinster Meg is heading out for a jolly day at an execution when, just moments before she meets the first of her own sticky ends, she falls hook, line and sinker for.
We meet Lowe’s Agnes first in 1688 Scotland, along with a small coterie of other characters who we will go on to re-encounter in subsequent centuries. Appropriately, and in a move that shows Lowe can be subtle and in your face simultaneously, this has become known as The Killing Time in Scotland, marking a conflict between the Covenanter movement and the government. Spinster Meg is heading out for a jolly day at an execution when, just moments before she meets the first of her own sticky ends, she falls hook, line and sinker for.
- 8/19/2024
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Issue 51 of Film Stories – the UK’s biggest film magazine – is now on sale, and we’re proud to put Alice Lowe on our cover.
It’s issue 51 of Film Stories, the UK’s biggest film magazine. Once again, the new issue is 168 pages, on really nice paper too. We could have led on Marvel. We could have led on a Hollywood blockbuster. We chose Alice Lowe: she’s ace, and we’ve been eagerly awaiting her new film, Timestalker, since we started the magazine.
She tells us the story in a huge exclusive this issue. We’re really proud to put her and her film on our cover if you can’t tell.
We hope you’re going to like the magazine, and we hope you might consider supporting it. Sold primarily via mail order, and popping up in a few WHSmiths stores around the country too, here’s...
It’s issue 51 of Film Stories, the UK’s biggest film magazine. Once again, the new issue is 168 pages, on really nice paper too. We could have led on Marvel. We could have led on a Hollywood blockbuster. We chose Alice Lowe: she’s ace, and we’ve been eagerly awaiting her new film, Timestalker, since we started the magazine.
She tells us the story in a huge exclusive this issue. We’re really proud to put her and her film on our cover if you can’t tell.
We hope you’re going to like the magazine, and we hope you might consider supporting it. Sold primarily via mail order, and popping up in a few WHSmiths stores around the country too, here’s...
- 8/13/2024
- by Simon Brew
- Film Stories
They say "You'll find love when you stop looking for it." Well, I can tell you from experience that I stopped a long time ago and either I’m not looking very well or it’s complete bullshit. On the other hand you could be Agnes in Alice Lowe’s new film, Timestalker, and be doomed for eternity to repeat the same mistake, looking for and falling in love with the same, wrong man over and over again, from age to age, and die in some of the most comedic ways possible. In the time-traveling rom-com Agnes (played by Lowe) makes bad choices every time. It ends terribly and terribly funny, propelling Agnes into the next century to meet her ‘true love’ by chance (or intention...
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- 8/1/2024
- Screen Anarchy
Head Gear Film CEO Phil Hunt, Sigma Films producer Gillian Berrie, Coutts’ executive director in media banking Judith Chan and Tea Shop Productions’ Mark Lane are the latest high-profile speakers joining the line-up for Screen International’s ‘The Future of UK Film’ summit, to be held on September 24, 2024, at BFI Southbank, London.
Buy tickets here
Hunt’s leading film financier Head Gear has invested in recent titles including How To Have Sex, Talk To Me and Fisherman’s Friends: One And All while its upcoming slate features Alice Lowe’s Timestalker and Rebecca Lenkiewicz’s Hot Milk. Hunt also founded UK...
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Hunt’s leading film financier Head Gear has invested in recent titles including How To Have Sex, Talk To Me and Fisherman’s Friends: One And All while its upcoming slate features Alice Lowe’s Timestalker and Rebecca Lenkiewicz’s Hot Milk. Hunt also founded UK...
- 7/31/2024
- ScreenDaily
Pleasure Products
DocuBay, the Indian documentary streaming platform under IN10 Media Network, is set to release “Bad Toys Inc.,” a 45-minute original film exploring India’s burgeoning sex toy industry. The doc, slated for a July 26 debut, offers a peek into the country’s evolving attitudes towards pleasure products.
The film delves into regional preferences, consumer stories and industry insights, featuring interviews with sexologist Dr. Prakash Kothari and founders of emerging sex toy startups. It also touches on legal aspects and historical context of pleasure accessories in India.
Girish Dwibhashyam, COO of DocuBay, touted the film as a “novel viewing experience” that uncovers surprising facts about the Indian market. Producer Richa Sahai of Black Iris noted the challenges and excitement of creating content on this taboo topic.
With India’s sex toy market projected to reach $200 million in five years, “Bad Toys Inc.” aims to shed light on a rapidly...
DocuBay, the Indian documentary streaming platform under IN10 Media Network, is set to release “Bad Toys Inc.,” a 45-minute original film exploring India’s burgeoning sex toy industry. The doc, slated for a July 26 debut, offers a peek into the country’s evolving attitudes towards pleasure products.
The film delves into regional preferences, consumer stories and industry insights, featuring interviews with sexologist Dr. Prakash Kothari and founders of emerging sex toy startups. It also touches on legal aspects and historical context of pleasure accessories in India.
Girish Dwibhashyam, COO of DocuBay, touted the film as a “novel viewing experience” that uncovers surprising facts about the Indian market. Producer Richa Sahai of Black Iris noted the challenges and excitement of creating content on this taboo topic.
With India’s sex toy market projected to reach $200 million in five years, “Bad Toys Inc.” aims to shed light on a rapidly...
- 7/22/2024
- by Patrick Frater and Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Andrea Arnold’s Bird, Sandhya Suri’s Santosh and Karan Kandhari’s Sister Midnight are among the films to receive backing from the latest round of UK Global Screen Fund (Ukgsf) awards.
The BFI has made 19 additional awards totalling £527,563 through the £7m Ukgsf, which is financed by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (Dcms).
Cannes premieres Bird, Santosh and Sister Midnight all received international distribution awards via the festival launch track, which supports festival runs for UK films to reach global audiences.
The only film to receive an international distribution award via the prints and advertising support track in...
The BFI has made 19 additional awards totalling £527,563 through the £7m Ukgsf, which is financed by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (Dcms).
Cannes premieres Bird, Santosh and Sister Midnight all received international distribution awards via the festival launch track, which supports festival runs for UK films to reach global audiences.
The only film to receive an international distribution award via the prints and advertising support track in...
- 7/22/2024
- ScreenDaily
Andrea Arnold’s Bird, Sandhya Suri’s Santosh and Karan Kandhari’s Sister Midnight are among the films to receive backing from the latest round of UK Global Screen Fund (Ukgsf) awards.
The BFI has made 19 additional awards totalling £527,563 through the £7m Ukgsf, which is financed by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (Dcms).
Cannes premieres Bird, Santosh and Sister Midnight all received international distribution awards via the festival launch track, which supports festival runs for UK films to reach global audiences.
The only film to receive an international distribution award via the prints and advertising support track in...
The BFI has made 19 additional awards totalling £527,563 through the £7m Ukgsf, which is financed by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (Dcms).
Cannes premieres Bird, Santosh and Sister Midnight all received international distribution awards via the festival launch track, which supports festival runs for UK films to reach global audiences.
The only film to receive an international distribution award via the prints and advertising support track in...
- 7/22/2024
- ScreenDaily
Comedian and ventriloquist Nina Conti makes her directorial debut with Sunlight, it will premiere in Edinburgh in August.
Nina Conti comes from a showbiz family, her father being noted actor Tom Conti. Nina trained with theatre director Ken Campbell, which is explored in the documentary Her Master’s Voice. Conti is best known for her ventriloquism, performing with a variety of characters, the best known of which is the sardonic Monkey.
Conti has now made her feature directorial debut with Sunlight.
The plot “follows two people on the edge of life who find purpose and romance through an unlikely connection, escaping the darkness in search of some sunlight. Disappearing into a monkey costume and creating a new persona, Jane strives to break free from a toxic relationship when she encounters a suicidal radio show host, Roy, who presents a path to freedom. After hitting the open road in Roy’s Airstream,...
Nina Conti comes from a showbiz family, her father being noted actor Tom Conti. Nina trained with theatre director Ken Campbell, which is explored in the documentary Her Master’s Voice. Conti is best known for her ventriloquism, performing with a variety of characters, the best known of which is the sardonic Monkey.
Conti has now made her feature directorial debut with Sunlight.
The plot “follows two people on the edge of life who find purpose and romance through an unlikely connection, escaping the darkness in search of some sunlight. Disappearing into a monkey costume and creating a new persona, Jane strives to break free from a toxic relationship when she encounters a suicidal radio show host, Roy, who presents a path to freedom. After hitting the open road in Roy’s Airstream,...
- 7/12/2024
- by Jake Godfrey
- Film Stories
The Melbourne International Film Festival has set ten features to play in its Bright Horizons competition section.
They include: India Donaldson’s “Good One”; Luna Carmoon’s “Hoard”; Annie Baker’s “Janet Planet”; Leonardo Van Dijl’s “Julie Keeps Quiet”; Ena Sendijarević’s “Sweet Dreams”; Matthew Rankin’s “Universal Language”; Mo Harawe’s “The Village Next to Paradise”; Gints Zabalodis’ animated “Flow”; Rungano Nyoni’s “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl”; and Australian director Charles Williams’ debut feature “Inside.”
The non-competitive Headliners section, which showcases films that have premiered at other festivals, includes: Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis”; Mumbai-based director Payal Kapadia was recently the first Indian director for 30 years with a film in competition in Cannes presents “All We Imagine as Light”; Coralie Fargeat’s Demi Moore-starring “The Substance”; Jia Zhangke’s “Caught by the Tides”; Sebastian Stan in Aaron Schimberg’s “A Different Man”; Cannes best director-winning Asian odyssey,...
They include: India Donaldson’s “Good One”; Luna Carmoon’s “Hoard”; Annie Baker’s “Janet Planet”; Leonardo Van Dijl’s “Julie Keeps Quiet”; Ena Sendijarević’s “Sweet Dreams”; Matthew Rankin’s “Universal Language”; Mo Harawe’s “The Village Next to Paradise”; Gints Zabalodis’ animated “Flow”; Rungano Nyoni’s “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl”; and Australian director Charles Williams’ debut feature “Inside.”
The non-competitive Headliners section, which showcases films that have premiered at other festivals, includes: Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis”; Mumbai-based director Payal Kapadia was recently the first Indian director for 30 years with a film in competition in Cannes presents “All We Imagine as Light”; Coralie Fargeat’s Demi Moore-starring “The Substance”; Jia Zhangke’s “Caught by the Tides”; Sebastian Stan in Aaron Schimberg’s “A Different Man”; Cannes best director-winning Asian odyssey,...
- 7/11/2024
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
The 77th Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) has launched its entire program for the Aug. 15-21 event, where it will screen 37 new feature films and 18 world premieres.
Ten world premieres will compete for the new Sean Connery Prize for Feature Filmmaking Excellence as the fest showcases talent from filmmakers in the U.K., U.S., Canada, Mexico, Norway, China, Kazakhstan, Belgium, Iran and beyond. Screenings will take place in the heart of Scotland’s picturesque capital at some of the city’s most iconic venues including Cameo Cinema, Summerhall, and 50 George Square.
Nora Fingscheidt’s The Outrun, starring Saoirse Ronan, was previously confirmed as the Fest’s opening night film, with the world premiere of Carla J. Easton and Blair Young’s documentary Since Yesterday: The Untold Story of Scotland’s Girl Bands set to close. Its Midnight Madness strand will close with the body horror The Substance, starring Demi Moore.
Ten world premieres will compete for the new Sean Connery Prize for Feature Filmmaking Excellence as the fest showcases talent from filmmakers in the U.K., U.S., Canada, Mexico, Norway, China, Kazakhstan, Belgium, Iran and beyond. Screenings will take place in the heart of Scotland’s picturesque capital at some of the city’s most iconic venues including Cameo Cinema, Summerhall, and 50 George Square.
Nora Fingscheidt’s The Outrun, starring Saoirse Ronan, was previously confirmed as the Fest’s opening night film, with the world premiere of Carla J. Easton and Blair Young’s documentary Since Yesterday: The Untold Story of Scotland’s Girl Bands set to close. Its Midnight Madness strand will close with the body horror The Substance, starring Demi Moore.
- 7/10/2024
- by Lily Ford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The revamped Edinburgh Film Festival will screen 37 new feature films, 18 of which will be world premieres during its 2024 edition, running August 15 – 21.
The full Edinburgh lineup was revealed this afternoon in the Scottish capital by the festival’s new director Paul Ridd, former head of acquisitions at Picturehouse. The festival’s international feature competition, now dubbed the Sean Connery Prize for Feature Filmmaking Excellence, will screen 10 films, all world premieres.
The competition titles include All The Mountains Give by Arash Rakhsha, Jack King’s powerful Yorkshire-set drama The Ceremony, and Mary Jiménez and Bénédicte Liénard’s Fuga. Scroll down for the full list.
The festival will screen 18 titles out of competition. The screenings will include the world premiere of Euros Lyn’s The Radleys starring Damian Lewis and Kelly Macdonald and Alice Lowe’s latest Timestalker. Popular titles from across the festival circuit like Camera D’Or Winner Armand featuring Renate Reinsve...
The full Edinburgh lineup was revealed this afternoon in the Scottish capital by the festival’s new director Paul Ridd, former head of acquisitions at Picturehouse. The festival’s international feature competition, now dubbed the Sean Connery Prize for Feature Filmmaking Excellence, will screen 10 films, all world premieres.
The competition titles include All The Mountains Give by Arash Rakhsha, Jack King’s powerful Yorkshire-set drama The Ceremony, and Mary Jiménez and Bénédicte Liénard’s Fuga. Scroll down for the full list.
The festival will screen 18 titles out of competition. The screenings will include the world premiere of Euros Lyn’s The Radleys starring Damian Lewis and Kelly Macdonald and Alice Lowe’s latest Timestalker. Popular titles from across the festival circuit like Camera D’Or Winner Armand featuring Renate Reinsve...
- 7/10/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Taking place August 7-17, the official selection for the 77th Locarno Film Festival has been unveiled, featuring a stellar-looking slate of highly anticipated films. Highlights include Hong Sangsoo’s second feature of the year, By the Stream, starring Kim Minhee, Kwon Haehyo, and Cho Yunhee; Ramon Zürcher’s The Sparrow in the Chimney, Wang Bing’s second part of his Youth trilogy, Youth (Hard Times), as well as new films by Radu Jude, Bertrand Mandico, Courtney Stephens, Ben Rivers, Gürcan Keltek, Denis Côté, Kevin Jerome Everson, Fabrice Du Welz (featuring Abel Ferrara!), and many more. Also of particular note is the world premiere of Tarsem Singh’s restored cut of The Fall, which features a slightly different edit as he recently noted.
Giona A. Nazzaro, Artistic Director of the Locarno Film Festival said, “We are very excited and happy with our selection for Locarno’s 77th edition, which we believe...
Giona A. Nazzaro, Artistic Director of the Locarno Film Festival said, “We are very excited and happy with our selection for Locarno’s 77th edition, which we believe...
- 7/10/2024
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Switzerland’s Locarno Film Festival will debut 17 world premieres, including new works by Hong Sang-soo and Wang Bing, as part of its 2024 competition program. This year’s event runs from August 7 – 17.
The festival announced its competition lineups this morning. The Hong Sang-soo feature is titled Suyoocheon (By The Stream) and stars Kim Minhee, Kwon Haehyo, and Cho Yunhee. The Wang Bing feature is a France, Luxembourg, and Netherlands co-production titled Hard Times. Scroll down to see the full Locarno competition lineup, which also includes new titles from Ben Rivers, Mar Coll, and Christoph Hochhäusler.
The festival today also announced that French acting veterans Mélanie Laurent and Guillaume Canet will receive the event’s honorary Excellence Award Davide Campari at the opening ceremony on August 7. Previous recipients of the award include Riz Ahmed and Aaron Taylor Johnson.
Locarno’s separate Piazza Grande lineup features 18 titles, including Mohammad Rasoulof’s The Seed of the Sacred Fig,...
The festival announced its competition lineups this morning. The Hong Sang-soo feature is titled Suyoocheon (By The Stream) and stars Kim Minhee, Kwon Haehyo, and Cho Yunhee. The Wang Bing feature is a France, Luxembourg, and Netherlands co-production titled Hard Times. Scroll down to see the full Locarno competition lineup, which also includes new titles from Ben Rivers, Mar Coll, and Christoph Hochhäusler.
The festival today also announced that French acting veterans Mélanie Laurent and Guillaume Canet will receive the event’s honorary Excellence Award Davide Campari at the opening ceremony on August 7. Previous recipients of the award include Riz Ahmed and Aaron Taylor Johnson.
Locarno’s separate Piazza Grande lineup features 18 titles, including Mohammad Rasoulof’s The Seed of the Sacred Fig,...
- 7/10/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
The Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland has unveiled an eclectic lineup for its 77th edition, taking place Aug. 7-17. The fest will screen 225 total films, including 104 world premieres, five international premieres and some debut features, including new films from such directors as Hong Sang-soo, Spanish actress Paz Vega and Radu Jude. Gianluca Jodice’s Le Déluge, starring Mélanie Laurent and Guillaume Canet, will also world premiere and open the fest, with Locarno on Wednesday unveiling that the two French stars will receive the Excellence Award Davide Campari on the fest’s opening night.
Beyond new fare, some of this season’s film festival favorites and classics will screen in Locarno’s main Piazza Grande section, taking place on the town’s main square set up with 8,000 seats. Films to be screened include Cannes hits such as Laetitia Dosch’s Dog on Trial, Mohammad Rasoulof’s The Seed of the Sacred Fig,...
Beyond new fare, some of this season’s film festival favorites and classics will screen in Locarno’s main Piazza Grande section, taking place on the town’s main square set up with 8,000 seats. Films to be screened include Cannes hits such as Laetitia Dosch’s Dog on Trial, Mohammad Rasoulof’s The Seed of the Sacred Fig,...
- 7/10/2024
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Neun deutsche Produktionen hat Giona A. Nazzaro für das 77. Locarno Film Festival ausgewählt. Weitere sieben Titel sind deutsche Koproduktionen. In den internationalen Wettbewerb wurden unter anderem die neuen Arbeiten von Christoph Hochhäusler und Pia Marais eingeladen. Zwei Koproduktionen laufen auf der Piazza Grande: „The Seed of a Sacred Fig“ von Mohammad Rassoulof und „Electric Child“ von Simon Jaquemet.
Christoph Hochhäuslers „La Mort viendra“ (Credit: Heimatfilm)
Locarno ist ein gutes Pflaster für deutsche Filmschaffende und Produzenten. War immer schon so. Wird auch in diesem Jahr so sein, dem ersten Jahr mit der neuen Festivalpräsidentin Maja Hoffmann, die den langjährigen Festivalpatriarchen Marco Solari ablöst – und die vierte Ausgabe unter der künstlerischen Leitung von Giona A. Nazzaro, der mittlerweile seinen Groove gefunden, dem Festival seine souveräne künstlerische Handschrift verpasst hat – die Handschrift eines echten Cinephilen, der das Kino in alle seinen Ausprägungen feiert.
Gerade ist die Vorstellung des Programms von Locarno 77, das vom...
Christoph Hochhäuslers „La Mort viendra“ (Credit: Heimatfilm)
Locarno ist ein gutes Pflaster für deutsche Filmschaffende und Produzenten. War immer schon so. Wird auch in diesem Jahr so sein, dem ersten Jahr mit der neuen Festivalpräsidentin Maja Hoffmann, die den langjährigen Festivalpatriarchen Marco Solari ablöst – und die vierte Ausgabe unter der künstlerischen Leitung von Giona A. Nazzaro, der mittlerweile seinen Groove gefunden, dem Festival seine souveräne künstlerische Handschrift verpasst hat – die Handschrift eines echten Cinephilen, der das Kino in alle seinen Ausprägungen feiert.
Gerade ist die Vorstellung des Programms von Locarno 77, das vom...
- 7/10/2024
- by Thomas Schultze
- Spot - Media & Film
Hangtime International Pictures is making its first major plays since launching at Cannes Film Festival earlier this year.
The transatlantic production company, which was founded by Frank Murray and Frida Torresblanco, has snapped up “She Will” producer Jessica Malik as its new head of development as well as inking a strategic partnership with Rebel Park Productions, the production company Malik founded in 2017 alongside Gemma Arterton and Jessica Parker.
Malik joins Hangtime effective immediately, reporting to Murray. She will be based out of the company’s London office where she’ll oversee development of high-end, specialist and mainstream content across film, television and documentaries.
The first projects co-produced by Hangtime and Rebel Park are in advanced development and set to be announced in the near future. The partnership spans film and television.
At Rebel Park, which was launched in 2017 with the aim of boosting female filmmakers and producing female-led stories, Malik...
The transatlantic production company, which was founded by Frank Murray and Frida Torresblanco, has snapped up “She Will” producer Jessica Malik as its new head of development as well as inking a strategic partnership with Rebel Park Productions, the production company Malik founded in 2017 alongside Gemma Arterton and Jessica Parker.
Malik joins Hangtime effective immediately, reporting to Murray. She will be based out of the company’s London office where she’ll oversee development of high-end, specialist and mainstream content across film, television and documentaries.
The first projects co-produced by Hangtime and Rebel Park are in advanced development and set to be announced in the near future. The partnership spans film and television.
At Rebel Park, which was launched in 2017 with the aim of boosting female filmmakers and producing female-led stories, Malik...
- 7/2/2024
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Alice Lowe’s second film as director is time travel comedy Timestalker, which will be released in the UK on the 27th September.
Alice Lowe is not only a brilliant actor, she has been behind the camera on some of the most esoteric, original British films of the last few years, from co-writing the screenplay of Sightseers with co-star Steve Oram, which was directed by Ben Wheatley and released in 2012, to her terrific 2016 directorial debut Prevenge, which she also wrote and starred as a pregnant woman who believes her unborn baby is telling her to murder all the men involved in her husband’s death.
Her next film is even more ambitious. Timestalker is a science fiction comedy, the synopsis reads as follows:
From the creative team behind Prevenge comes… Timestalker, a romantic comedy about the eternal humiliation that is the search for love, spanning the most romantic epochs of history right into the future.
Alice Lowe is not only a brilliant actor, she has been behind the camera on some of the most esoteric, original British films of the last few years, from co-writing the screenplay of Sightseers with co-star Steve Oram, which was directed by Ben Wheatley and released in 2012, to her terrific 2016 directorial debut Prevenge, which she also wrote and starred as a pregnant woman who believes her unborn baby is telling her to murder all the men involved in her husband’s death.
Her next film is even more ambitious. Timestalker is a science fiction comedy, the synopsis reads as follows:
From the creative team behind Prevenge comes… Timestalker, a romantic comedy about the eternal humiliation that is the search for love, spanning the most romantic epochs of history right into the future.
- 6/14/2024
- by Jake Godfrey
- Film Stories
Warning: contains spoilers for Inside No. 9 “Plodding On”.
Look carefully at the end credits for Inside No. 9 finale “Plodding On” and in among the names of the many, many previous guest stars who came back to send the anthology show on its way is one puzzling entry. Between Denis Lawson from “A Quiet Night In” and Rula Lenska from “The Devil of Christmas” is the name: Europa Lepus. You won’t find them on IMDb because Europa Lepus is not an actor but a form of Latin for the European Hare. That’s right, not content with hiding a statue of a hare inside every one of its 55 episodes, Inside No. 9 also hid a hare in its finale end credits.
That level of commitment to Easter eggs went even further for the finale. Visit the cryptic crossword published by The Guardian newspaper on the day the finale...
Look carefully at the end credits for Inside No. 9 finale “Plodding On” and in among the names of the many, many previous guest stars who came back to send the anthology show on its way is one puzzling entry. Between Denis Lawson from “A Quiet Night In” and Rula Lenska from “The Devil of Christmas” is the name: Europa Lepus. You won’t find them on IMDb because Europa Lepus is not an actor but a form of Latin for the European Hare. That’s right, not content with hiding a statue of a hare inside every one of its 55 episodes, Inside No. 9 also hid a hare in its finale end credits.
That level of commitment to Easter eggs went even further for the finale. Visit the cryptic crossword published by The Guardian newspaper on the day the finale...
- 6/13/2024
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Vertigo Releasing has picked up UK-Ireland rights to Alice Lowe’s sophomore feature Timestalker from HanWay Films.
It will be released theatrically on September 27.
Lowe also stars in the feature, billed as an anti-romantic comedy, alongside Jacob Anderson, Aneurin Barnard, Tanya Reynolds and Nick Frost. A hapless heroine travels through time as she repeatedly falls for the wrong guy, dies a grim death, and is reincarnated a century later, before meeting him again and starting the cycle anew.
The SXSW premiere reunites Lowe with the producers of her directorial debut Prevenge, UK outfit Western Edge Pictures. Vaughan Sivell, Mark Hopkins,...
It will be released theatrically on September 27.
Lowe also stars in the feature, billed as an anti-romantic comedy, alongside Jacob Anderson, Aneurin Barnard, Tanya Reynolds and Nick Frost. A hapless heroine travels through time as she repeatedly falls for the wrong guy, dies a grim death, and is reincarnated a century later, before meeting him again and starting the cycle anew.
The SXSW premiere reunites Lowe with the producers of her directorial debut Prevenge, UK outfit Western Edge Pictures. Vaughan Sivell, Mark Hopkins,...
- 6/13/2024
- ScreenDaily
After she won the 2021 Palme d’Or for Titane, in a which a sociopathic stripper becomes a serial killer and has sex with muscle cars, Julia Ducournau was effusive in her gratitude to the Cannes Film Festival. “Thank you for calling for more diversity in our experiences of film and our lives,” she said. “Thank you for letting in the monsters.”
Titane was only her second movie; the first, Raw, made its humble debut in Critics’ Week, but it was recognizably the work of the same artist, being a tender coming of age story about a veterinary student who discovers that she comes from a long line of cannibals.
Although Cannes has a long way to go in terms of gender parity, the festival has been quick to tap into the new wave of female-directed horror that has sprung up in the wake of Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook 10 years ago.
Titane was only her second movie; the first, Raw, made its humble debut in Critics’ Week, but it was recognizably the work of the same artist, being a tender coming of age story about a veterinary student who discovers that she comes from a long line of cannibals.
Although Cannes has a long way to go in terms of gender parity, the festival has been quick to tap into the new wave of female-directed horror that has sprung up in the wake of Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook 10 years ago.
- 5/15/2024
- by Damon Wise
- Deadline Film + TV
Welsh actor, writer and director Celyn Jones has set “Madfabulous” as his next directorial venture.
The British indie is based on the true story of Henry Cyril Paget, fifth Marquess of Anglesey, who was once one of the richest men in Britain but died penniless and forgotten at the age of 29 in France.
“It’s full of pathos and humanity, it’s very much a character who wants to get the attention of his family who don’t want him and he keeps upping the ante with his spending, his flamboyance and his dancing,” Jones told Variety about the 1890s-set film. “What happens if you are a theatrical, and you are very gender fluid at a time when when people didn’t even know what that was? And you’ve got all the money in the world to do that. Well, of course, you buy a theater company, you buy...
The British indie is based on the true story of Henry Cyril Paget, fifth Marquess of Anglesey, who was once one of the richest men in Britain but died penniless and forgotten at the age of 29 in France.
“It’s full of pathos and humanity, it’s very much a character who wants to get the attention of his family who don’t want him and he keeps upping the ante with his spending, his flamboyance and his dancing,” Jones told Variety about the 1890s-set film. “What happens if you are a theatrical, and you are very gender fluid at a time when when people didn’t even know what that was? And you’ve got all the money in the world to do that. Well, of course, you buy a theater company, you buy...
- 5/8/2024
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
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