Warning: This article contains major spoilers for "Blonde."
Andrew Dominik's "Blonde," a fictional look at the trauma and tumult in the life of cinematic icon Marilyn Monroe, bears only a passing resemblance to reality. Instead, the film — which is an adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates' book of the same name — is an unending string of disappointments, degradations, humiliations, and pain. Over the course of 2 hours and 47 minutes, Marilyn is beaten, raped, lied to, cheated on, exploited, and more. It's a punishing watch. There's plenty of bold filmmaking involved, but is it worth the cost?
Throughout the film a number of wild moments take the action — and the unpleasantness — to a whole new level. Dominik's film isn't just unconcerned with the truth; it's explicitly uninterested in grounding the story in any kind of reality. "Blonde" features multiple dream sequences and plenty of hallucinations, leaving us unsure as to what, exactly,...
Andrew Dominik's "Blonde," a fictional look at the trauma and tumult in the life of cinematic icon Marilyn Monroe, bears only a passing resemblance to reality. Instead, the film — which is an adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates' book of the same name — is an unending string of disappointments, degradations, humiliations, and pain. Over the course of 2 hours and 47 minutes, Marilyn is beaten, raped, lied to, cheated on, exploited, and more. It's a punishing watch. There's plenty of bold filmmaking involved, but is it worth the cost?
Throughout the film a number of wild moments take the action — and the unpleasantness — to a whole new level. Dominik's film isn't just unconcerned with the truth; it's explicitly uninterested in grounding the story in any kind of reality. "Blonde" features multiple dream sequences and plenty of hallucinations, leaving us unsure as to what, exactly,...
- 9/30/2022
- by Eric Langberg
- Slash Film
We have fresh content on the JoBlo Horror Originals YouTube channel every day of the week, and we’re getting this week started with an episode of the Wtf Happened to This Horror Movie? series! With the new episode, we’re looking back at a 1998 horror film that you don’t hear referenced very often these days, Disturbing Behavior (watch it Here). To find out all about this one, check out the video embedded above!
Directed by David Nutter from a screenplay by Scott Rosenberg, Disturbing Behavior has the following synopsis:
Steve Clark is a newcomer in the town of Cradle Bay, and he quickly realizes that there’s something odd about his high school classmates. The clique known as the “Blue Ribbons” are the eerie embodiment of academic excellence and clean living. But, like the rest of the town, they’re a little too perfect. When Steve’s rebellious...
Directed by David Nutter from a screenplay by Scott Rosenberg, Disturbing Behavior has the following synopsis:
Steve Clark is a newcomer in the town of Cradle Bay, and he quickly realizes that there’s something odd about his high school classmates. The clique known as the “Blue Ribbons” are the eerie embodiment of academic excellence and clean living. But, like the rest of the town, they’re a little too perfect. When Steve’s rebellious...
- 9/5/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Emmanuel Mouret’s “Love Affair(s),” Samir Guesmi’s “Ibrahim” and Elie Wajeman’s “Night Doctor” won top prizes at Colcoa, the French film and TV festival.
The festival, which marked its 25th edition, wrapped at the DGA on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles on Nov. 7. It was attended by 14,000 people.
The festival, programmed by Francois Truffart, is organized by the Franco-American Cultural Fund, a collaboration between the Directors Guild of America (DGA), the Motion Picture Association (MPA), The Writers Guild of America West (Wgaw) and France’s Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers of Music (Sacem).
Colcoa shifted its spring dates to the fall in 2019 as the DGA was being renovated and is now ideally positioned at the start of the awards season in the U.S. The awards ceremony took place at the Sacem headquarters near Paris in the presence of many honorees, notably Guesmi and “Love Affair(s)” producer Frédéric Niedermayer,...
The festival, which marked its 25th edition, wrapped at the DGA on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles on Nov. 7. It was attended by 14,000 people.
The festival, programmed by Francois Truffart, is organized by the Franco-American Cultural Fund, a collaboration between the Directors Guild of America (DGA), the Motion Picture Association (MPA), The Writers Guild of America West (Wgaw) and France’s Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers of Music (Sacem).
Colcoa shifted its spring dates to the fall in 2019 as the DGA was being renovated and is now ideally positioned at the start of the awards season in the U.S. The awards ceremony took place at the Sacem headquarters near Paris in the presence of many honorees, notably Guesmi and “Love Affair(s)” producer Frédéric Niedermayer,...
- 11/17/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
One Shot is a series that seeks to find an essence of cinema history in one single image of a movie. Monte Hellman's Road to Nowhere is exclusively showing on Mubi in the United States starting June 13, 2021.Road to Nowhere is both the title of Hellman’s final work and the film within the film. It’s first seen as a handwritten scrawl on a DVD-r popped into a laptop tray. The camera pushes into the computer screen, Max Renn-like, and the image of a woman doing her nails expands into the full frame. “Velma was always my window into the story” says the voice of Mitchell Haven (Tygh Runyan), the in-film director and surrogate obsessive (both Mh). Mitchell is driven to his own unraveling, like Hellman’s Willet Gashade and The Driver before him, by the single-minded pursuit of an obsession. Here, it’s the cinema itself and the...
- 6/15/2021
- MUBI
Network: Ovation.
Episodes: 30 (hour).
Seasons: Three.
TV show dates: October 1, 2016 — December 8, 2018.
Series status: Ended.
Performers include: George Blagden, Alexander Vlahos, Tygh Runyan, Stuart Bowman, Evan Williams, Noémie Schmidt, Anna Brewster, Lizzie Brocheré, Anatole Taubman, Steve Cumyn, Elisa Lasowski, Maddison Jaizani, Gilly Gilchrist, and Joe Sheridan.
TV show description:
Set in France during the reign of Louis Xiv (Blagden), the Versailles TV show features the “Sun King” building his palace, amidst all the intrigue of French Court. In 1667, the French air is suffused with power, sex, love, betrayal, and as ever -- war.
At the age of 28 years, Louis is on the brink of greatness. Merciless and driven, he knows no bounds when it comes to...
Episodes: 30 (hour).
Seasons: Three.
TV show dates: October 1, 2016 — December 8, 2018.
Series status: Ended.
Performers include: George Blagden, Alexander Vlahos, Tygh Runyan, Stuart Bowman, Evan Williams, Noémie Schmidt, Anna Brewster, Lizzie Brocheré, Anatole Taubman, Steve Cumyn, Elisa Lasowski, Maddison Jaizani, Gilly Gilchrist, and Joe Sheridan.
TV show description:
Set in France during the reign of Louis Xiv (Blagden), the Versailles TV show features the “Sun King” building his palace, amidst all the intrigue of French Court. In 1667, the French air is suffused with power, sex, love, betrayal, and as ever -- war.
At the age of 28 years, Louis is on the brink of greatness. Merciless and driven, he knows no bounds when it comes to...
- 12/29/2018
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
All Hail the Sun King. The Versailles TV show has been renewed for a second season on BBC Two. A historical drama series, Versailles stars George Blagden stars as King Louis Xiv of France. The cast also includes Alexander Vlahos, Anna Brewster, Tygh Runyan, Stuart Bowman, Evan Williams, and Noémie Schmidt.Simon Mirren, David Wolstencroft, Claude Chelli, and Anne Thomopoulos executive produce. In the Us, season one of Versailles premiered October 1st and airs Saturday nights, on Ovation. If the cable channel or another outlet picks up Versailles season two, we will let you know.Read More…...
- 10/17/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Arms dealers are the bad guys in Ryan Bonder’s respectable crime drama which unfolds to a northern soul soundtrack
An intriguing anomaly: a London-set crime thriller boasting just enough storytelling heft and idiosyncratic style to merit investigation. Writer-director Ryan Bonder takes a borderline preposterous set-up – brooding Canuck Adam (Tygh Runyan) hides out as a Tate cloakroom clerk in a doomed bid to escape his arms-dealing family – then develops it to keep generating fresh perspectives on both the city and his characters. Thematically, it’s more Jacques Audiard than Nick Love: Adam’s relationship with a deaf dancer (Noémie Merlant) echoes Read My Lips (2001), the piano playing 2005’s The Beat That My Heart Skipped. (Again, it’s crime versus culture: we intuit that the brother who shows up is trouble from his brusque handling of Adam’s vinyl collection.) Not every gamble pays off – certain narrative backalleys remain under-illuminated...
An intriguing anomaly: a London-set crime thriller boasting just enough storytelling heft and idiosyncratic style to merit investigation. Writer-director Ryan Bonder takes a borderline preposterous set-up – brooding Canuck Adam (Tygh Runyan) hides out as a Tate cloakroom clerk in a doomed bid to escape his arms-dealing family – then develops it to keep generating fresh perspectives on both the city and his characters. Thematically, it’s more Jacques Audiard than Nick Love: Adam’s relationship with a deaf dancer (Noémie Merlant) echoes Read My Lips (2001), the piano playing 2005’s The Beat That My Heart Skipped. (Again, it’s crime versus culture: we intuit that the brother who shows up is trouble from his brusque handling of Adam’s vinyl collection.) Not every gamble pays off – certain narrative backalleys remain under-illuminated...
- 9/22/2016
- by Mike McCahill
- The Guardian - Film News
Exclusive: Alchemy Fund aimed at supporting films in the £1m-£10m range.
London and Vancouver-based director and producer Ryan Bonder is launching Alchemy Film Fund, which will look to invest in projects in the £1m-£10m budget-range.
Backed by “a small stable of private investors” who have previously backed Bonder’s own slate of films, the fund will look to invest in film and TV projects via Eis schemes.
According to Border, whose sophomore feature The Brother (2016) was backed by the same private investors and Telefilm Canada, Alchemy will offer debt, tax credit and equity finance.
Bonder said: “The focus will be on unique director-led projects we believe have strong cross-over appeal.”
The fund will also look to back event-cinema projects: “While independent films struggles to find space in the theatrical market, filmmakers must become more creative in how their films are marketed and viewed,” he said.
“You have to offer something different and unique to reach...
London and Vancouver-based director and producer Ryan Bonder is launching Alchemy Film Fund, which will look to invest in projects in the £1m-£10m budget-range.
Backed by “a small stable of private investors” who have previously backed Bonder’s own slate of films, the fund will look to invest in film and TV projects via Eis schemes.
According to Border, whose sophomore feature The Brother (2016) was backed by the same private investors and Telefilm Canada, Alchemy will offer debt, tax credit and equity finance.
Bonder said: “The focus will be on unique director-led projects we believe have strong cross-over appeal.”
The fund will also look to back event-cinema projects: “While independent films struggles to find space in the theatrical market, filmmakers must become more creative in how their films are marketed and viewed,” he said.
“You have to offer something different and unique to reach...
- 7/8/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
[caption id="attachment_50321" align="aligncenter" width="590"] Versailles TV show on Ovation TV. Pictured: Noémie Schmidt (Henriette), George Blagden (Louis Xiv), Elisa Lasowski (Marie-Thérèse)./caption]
Bow to your King, then watch the first official Versailles TV show trailer from Ovation TV. Set in France during the reign of Louis Xiv, the 10-episode Versailles TV series features the "Sun King" building his palace, amidst all the intrigue of French Court.
The Versailles TV series cast includes: George Blagden, Alexander Vlahos, Tygh Runyan, Stuart Bowman, Evan Williams, Noémie Schmidt, Anna Brewster, Lizzie Brocheré, Anatole Taubman, Steve Cumyn, Elisa Lasowski, Maddison Jaizani, Gilly Gilchrist, and Joe Sheridan.
Read More…...
Bow to your King, then watch the first official Versailles TV show trailer from Ovation TV. Set in France during the reign of Louis Xiv, the 10-episode Versailles TV series features the "Sun King" building his palace, amidst all the intrigue of French Court.
The Versailles TV series cast includes: George Blagden, Alexander Vlahos, Tygh Runyan, Stuart Bowman, Evan Williams, Noémie Schmidt, Anna Brewster, Lizzie Brocheré, Anatole Taubman, Steve Cumyn, Elisa Lasowski, Maddison Jaizani, Gilly Gilchrist, and Joe Sheridan.
Read More…...
- 6/7/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Ryan Bonder’s crime thriller stars Anthony Head and Belinda Stewart-Wilson.
Kemistry Films, in association with Amerique Film, have completed production on The Brother.
Ryan Bonder’s crime thriller centres on a young man’s attempt to make a clean break from his arms-dealing family ties.
The film stars Anthony Head, Belinda Stewart-Wilson, Noemi Merlant, Tygh Runyan and Jed Rees. Bonder and Ron McLeod co-produce, with Martin Paul-Hus executive producing.
To tie in with its release (set for spring 2014), Bonder, DoP Brian Johnson and composer Marc Bjorknas will create an art installation that will travel with the film, working within themes contained in the story.
Commenting on the installation, Bonder said that “the idea is to create a secondary viewing experience that echoes themes in the film but work on a much less narrative level.”
The Brother, a Canadian production funded by Telefilm Canada, was shot entirely in London. Finance also came from Super Channel who hold...
Kemistry Films, in association with Amerique Film, have completed production on The Brother.
Ryan Bonder’s crime thriller centres on a young man’s attempt to make a clean break from his arms-dealing family ties.
The film stars Anthony Head, Belinda Stewart-Wilson, Noemi Merlant, Tygh Runyan and Jed Rees. Bonder and Ron McLeod co-produce, with Martin Paul-Hus executive producing.
To tie in with its release (set for spring 2014), Bonder, DoP Brian Johnson and composer Marc Bjorknas will create an art installation that will travel with the film, working within themes contained in the story.
Commenting on the installation, Bonder said that “the idea is to create a secondary viewing experience that echoes themes in the film but work on a much less narrative level.”
The Brother, a Canadian production funded by Telefilm Canada, was shot entirely in London. Finance also came from Super Channel who hold...
- 1/7/2014
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
Rest easy, kids. This new flick has nothing to do with the nearly three-hour long 70s snoozefest The Swarm, though that remains my number one non-narcotic sleep aid. Nope, writer/director Jordan Brown's upcoming insect flick is a very different beast. Read on for artwork and more.
Daniel Cudmore, Mike Dopud, Tygh Runyan, and Sarah Lind star.
Synopsis
A team of aid workers are sent to investigate the cause of a viral outbreak in a large Mexican city currently under quarantine. With the disease spreading rapidly, people going missing, and time running short, they stumble upon a secret buried under the town that will prove to be an even greater threat to human life on Earth.
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Daniel Cudmore, Mike Dopud, Tygh Runyan, and Sarah Lind star.
Synopsis
A team of aid workers are sent to investigate the cause of a viral outbreak in a large Mexican city currently under quarantine. With the disease spreading rapidly, people going missing, and time running short, they stumble upon a secret buried under the town that will prove to be an even greater threat to human life on Earth.
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Got news? Click here to submit it!
Start your buzz in the comments section below!
- 12/12/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
With a rejuvenated career thanks to Bridesmaids, it didn’t take long for director Paul Feig to find his next project. Production recently kicked off on his next comedy, The Heat, in Boston, with some last-minute casting announcements coming in. Re-teaming with his star Melissa McCarthy, the cast also includes Sandra Bullock, Rob Corddry, Tony Hale and John Baker.
Now Variety reports that comedian Bill Burr has joined the cast as brother to McCarthy, who is upset to find her cop sister turning in their other brother for being a drug dealer. The project follows an FBI agent (Bullock) and a Boston cop (McCarthy), both of whom are paired up and tasked with prosecuting a Russian gangster. One likely recognizes Burr from many TV stints such as Chappelle Show, Breaking Bad and even films like Date Night. The comedy arrives on April 4th, 2013.
In other casting news, Jimbo Lee is...
Now Variety reports that comedian Bill Burr has joined the cast as brother to McCarthy, who is upset to find her cop sister turning in their other brother for being a drug dealer. The project follows an FBI agent (Bullock) and a Boston cop (McCarthy), both of whom are paired up and tasked with prosecuting a Russian gangster. One likely recognizes Burr from many TV stints such as Chappelle Show, Breaking Bad and even films like Date Night. The comedy arrives on April 4th, 2013.
In other casting news, Jimbo Lee is...
- 7/17/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Jaime Pressly is set to join Robin Thicke and Tygh Runyan in the film film "Abby in the Summer" from Jimbo Lee who scripts and makes his directorial debut. Variety reports that Frances Conroy, Joey Lauren Adams and Steve Agee are set to co-star in the film which starts production in Los Angeles this week. Pressly plays the title character who is an adrenaline freak spending 60 hours a week working as a sous chef. When she cuts herself by accident, she's forced to take a summer holiday and left to do nothing for a change. While on leave, she has to deal with her distracted husband and being tempted by Thicke's character; an old flame. Conroy plays her mother while Adams is in as the best pal.
- 7/17/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Jaime Pressly is set to join Robin Thicke and Tygh Runyan in the film film "Abby in the Summer" from Jimbo Lee who scripts and makes his directorial debut. Variety reports that Frances Conroy, Joey Lauren Adams and Steve Agee are set to co-star in the film which starts production in Los Angeles this week. Pressly plays the title character who is an adrenaline freak spending 60 hours a week working as a sous chef. When she cuts herself by accident, she's forced to take a summer holiday and left to do nothing for a change. While on leave, she has to deal with her distracted husband and being tempted by Thicke's character; an old flame. Conroy plays her mother while Adams is in as the best pal.
- 7/17/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Jaime Pressly and Robin Thicke have signed on to star in a new indie film. Abby in the Summer, which is written and directed by Jimbo Lee, sees the My Name Is Earl star play an adrenaline junkie who is forced to leave her job as a chef when she accidentally cuts herself. She subsequently has to deal with distracted husband (Tygh Runyan) and her old flame (Thicke). American Horror Story's Frances (more)...
- 7/17/2012
- by By Colin Daniels
- Digital Spy
Big congrats to all the Leo nominees this year!
The nominations were announced earlier today. Sanctuary, Arctic Air, Endgame and Blackstone are up for Best Dramatic Series and all five films nominated for Best Feature Length Drama have familiar faces in them: Daydream Nation (Luke Camilleri, Calum Worthy, Genevieve Buechner), Doppelgänger Paul (Ben Cotton), Marilyn (Ryan Robbins), Sisters & Brothers (Kacey Rohl, Michael Eklund, Ben Cotton), and The Odds (Calum Worthy).
Sisters & Brothers nabbed 12 nominations, Hamlet (with Peter Wingfield) and Marilyn have eight each, Sunflower Hour (with Kacey Rohl and Ben Cotton) has seven, Donovan's Echo (with Hiro Kanagawa) has six, Daydream Nation and Doppelgänger Paul five each, The Odds has four, and Everything and Everyone (with Ryan Robbins) and Hannah's Law (with Ryan Kennedy and John Pyper-Ferguson, to be aired in June) scored two each.
On the TV side, Sanctuary is way ahead of the pack with 18 nominations, followed by...
The nominations were announced earlier today. Sanctuary, Arctic Air, Endgame and Blackstone are up for Best Dramatic Series and all five films nominated for Best Feature Length Drama have familiar faces in them: Daydream Nation (Luke Camilleri, Calum Worthy, Genevieve Buechner), Doppelgänger Paul (Ben Cotton), Marilyn (Ryan Robbins), Sisters & Brothers (Kacey Rohl, Michael Eklund, Ben Cotton), and The Odds (Calum Worthy).
Sisters & Brothers nabbed 12 nominations, Hamlet (with Peter Wingfield) and Marilyn have eight each, Sunflower Hour (with Kacey Rohl and Ben Cotton) has seven, Donovan's Echo (with Hiro Kanagawa) has six, Daydream Nation and Doppelgänger Paul five each, The Odds has four, and Everything and Everyone (with Ryan Robbins) and Hannah's Law (with Ryan Kennedy and John Pyper-Ferguson, to be aired in June) scored two each.
On the TV side, Sanctuary is way ahead of the pack with 18 nominations, followed by...
- 5/2/2012
- by fanshawe
- CapricaTV
Slamdance has released the line up for their 2012 Slamdance Film Festival which takes place in Park City Utah at the same time at The Sundance Film Festival. Slamdance focuses more on genre type indie films and consists of several films that weren't accepted into the Sundance Film Fest. The festival runs from January 20th to the 26th.
Check out the list below and tell us what you think! Do any of you plan on attending? I always try to catch a few of these films while up in Park City.
Narrative Feature Competition
Bindlestiffs – Director: Andrew Edison, Screenwriters: Andrew Edison, Luke Loftin. (USA)
World Premiere. Three smart-mouthed high school virgins, suspended from school on a graffiti charge, flee to the inner city to live out the plot of The Catcher in the Rye. Cast: Andrew Edison, Luke Loftin, John Karna
Comforting Skin – Director: Derek Franson, Screenwriter: Derek Franson. (Canada) Us Premiere.
Check out the list below and tell us what you think! Do any of you plan on attending? I always try to catch a few of these films while up in Park City.
Narrative Feature Competition
Bindlestiffs – Director: Andrew Edison, Screenwriters: Andrew Edison, Luke Loftin. (USA)
World Premiere. Three smart-mouthed high school virgins, suspended from school on a graffiti charge, flee to the inner city to live out the plot of The Catcher in the Rye. Cast: Andrew Edison, Luke Loftin, John Karna
Comforting Skin – Director: Derek Franson, Screenwriter: Derek Franson. (Canada) Us Premiere.
- 12/15/2011
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
Derek Franson's Comforting Skin is heading to Slamdance 2012 next month and we've got a image to share with you, provided by the fest's organizers.
Shot on the cheap with stars Victoria Bidewell, Tygh Runyan, Jane Sowerby and Phil Granger, the film is described as a supernatural thriller that follows Koffie, a lonely young woman's who's desperate need for emotional and sexual companionship draws her into a surreal and ultimately destructive relationship with a shifting and whispering tattoo she has willed to life on her skin
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Shot on the cheap with stars Victoria Bidewell, Tygh Runyan, Jane Sowerby and Phil Granger, the film is described as a supernatural thriller that follows Koffie, a lonely young woman's who's desperate need for emotional and sexual companionship draws her into a surreal and ultimately destructive relationship with a shifting and whispering tattoo she has willed to life on her skin
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- 12/14/2011
- by ryanrotten@shocktillyoudrop.com (Ryan Turek)
- shocktillyoudrop.com
The Slamdance Film Festival announced today the films screening in their narrative and documentary competition programs for the 2012 edition.
From nearly 5,000 submissions 10 narratives and 8 docs were chosen.
The complete list of titles are below. The festival will take place in Park City, Utah from Jan. 20-26.
Narrative Feature Competition Program
Bindlestiffs – Director: Andrew Edison, Screenwriters: Andrew Edison, Luke Loftin. (USA) World Premiere Three smart-mouthed high school virgins, suspended from school on a graffiti charge, flee to the inner city to live out the plot of The Catcher in the Rye. Cast: Andrew Edison, Luke Loftin, John Karna
Comforting Skin – Director: Derek Franson, Screenwriter: Derek Franson. (Canada) Us Premiere A lonely young woman’s desperate need for emotional and physical companionship draws her into a surreal and ultimately destructive relationship with a shifting and whispering tattoo she has willed to life on her skin. Cast: Jane Sowerby, Tygh Runyan, Victoria Bidewell...
From nearly 5,000 submissions 10 narratives and 8 docs were chosen.
The complete list of titles are below. The festival will take place in Park City, Utah from Jan. 20-26.
Narrative Feature Competition Program
Bindlestiffs – Director: Andrew Edison, Screenwriters: Andrew Edison, Luke Loftin. (USA) World Premiere Three smart-mouthed high school virgins, suspended from school on a graffiti charge, flee to the inner city to live out the plot of The Catcher in the Rye. Cast: Andrew Edison, Luke Loftin, John Karna
Comforting Skin – Director: Derek Franson, Screenwriter: Derek Franson. (Canada) Us Premiere A lonely young woman’s desperate need for emotional and physical companionship draws her into a surreal and ultimately destructive relationship with a shifting and whispering tattoo she has willed to life on her skin. Cast: Jane Sowerby, Tygh Runyan, Victoria Bidewell...
- 12/14/2011
- by Jason Guerrasio
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
The Slamdance Festival, which runs January 20-26 in Park City and coincides with the Sundance Film Festival, has set its slate. Here goes: Narrative Feature Competition Bindlestiffs – Director: Andrew Edison, Screenwriters: Andrew Edison, Luke Loftin. (USA) World Premiere. Three smart-mouthed high school virgins, suspended from school on a graffiti charge, flee to the inner city to live out the plot of The Catcher in the Rye. Cast: Andrew Edison, Luke Loftin, John Karna Comforting Skin – Director: Derek Franson, Screenwriter: Derek Franson. (Canada) Us Premiere. A lonely young woman’s desperate need for emotional and physical companionship draws her into a surreal and ultimately destructive relationship with a shifting and whispering tattoo she has willed to life on her skin. Cast: Jane Sowerby, Tygh Runyan, Victoria Bidewell Doppelgänger Paul – Director: Dylan Akio Smith, Kris Elgstrand, Screenwriter: Kris Elgstrand. (Canada) Us Premiere. The unlikely relationship of two lonely men whose connection sets...
- 12/14/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Ten narratives and eight documentaries are lined up for the 2012 Slamdance Film Festival Competition. Variety's Dave McNary reports that two titles "already generating buzz are Bindlestiffs in the feature lineup and We Are Legion: The Story of Hacktavists in documentaries. Bindlestiffs, directed by Andrew Edison, stars Andrew Edison, Luke Loftin and John Karna as smart-mouthed high school virgins, who are suspended from school on a graffiti charge and flee to the inner city to live out the plot of The Catcher in the Rye. We Are Legion, directed and written by Brian Knappenberger, is a look inside the world of Anonymous, the radical 'hacktivist' collective that's redefined civil disobedience for the digital age."
The other narrative features:
Roller Town from Glen Jm on Vimeo.
Andrew Bush's Roller Town, with Kayla Lorette, Mark Little and Scott Vrooman.
Derek Franson's Comforting Skin, with Jane Sowerby, Tygh Runyan and Victoria Bidewell.
The other narrative features:
Roller Town from Glen Jm on Vimeo.
Andrew Bush's Roller Town, with Kayla Lorette, Mark Little and Scott Vrooman.
Derek Franson's Comforting Skin, with Jane Sowerby, Tygh Runyan and Victoria Bidewell.
- 12/14/2011
- MUBI
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Carrie Fisher, Carson Kressley and Emmanuelle Vaugier will star in Hallmark Channel's 'Caroling,' a new take on the Charles Dickens classic, 'A Christmas Carol.'
According to the Hollywood Reporter, the movie will air during the holiday season of 2012. The movie follows Vaugier's character, Carol Huffman, a successful Chicago book publisher.
In the flick, the ruthless businesswoman's colleague, played by Kressley, organizes a secret revolt against her. Fisher will play the deceased founder of the publishing house who takes Carol on a journey through the past, present and future.
Olivia Cheng and Tygh Runyan also star.
In other casting news ...
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Carrie Fisher, Carson Kressley and Emmanuelle Vaugier will star in Hallmark Channel's 'Caroling,' a new take on the Charles Dickens classic, 'A Christmas Carol.'
According to the Hollywood Reporter, the movie will air during the holiday season of 2012. The movie follows Vaugier's character, Carol Huffman, a successful Chicago book publisher.
In the flick, the ruthless businesswoman's colleague, played by Kressley, organizes a secret revolt against her. Fisher will play the deceased founder of the publishing house who takes Carol on a journey through the past, present and future.
Olivia Cheng and Tygh Runyan also star.
In other casting news ...
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- 12/6/2011
- by Chris Harnick
- Aol TV.
A frakload of updates today, in very random order.
Husbands episode 10, "Return of the Zebra," has been posted on HusbandstheSeries.com. Only one episode left to go.
If you're in New York tomorrow, you can catch Jane Espenson and Alessandra Torresani at the Husbands panel at the New York Comic-Con. Hit the link for more info.
A bunch of new Grimm promos have showed up in the last few days.
Spoiler TV has four featurettes and a set of cast photos. Here are the ones with Sasha Roiz:
And here is the first behind-the-scenes video with Sasha and and his cast mates talking about the show (via People.com):
Brian Markinson has a new project lined up, a short film called Elijah the Prophet, which shoots next spring. More info, from Wireservice.ca:
The short film script, ‘Elijah the Prophet’, was penned by the writing duo Zachary and Jesse Herrmann of Brooklyn,...
Husbands episode 10, "Return of the Zebra," has been posted on HusbandstheSeries.com. Only one episode left to go.
If you're in New York tomorrow, you can catch Jane Espenson and Alessandra Torresani at the Husbands panel at the New York Comic-Con. Hit the link for more info.
A bunch of new Grimm promos have showed up in the last few days.
Spoiler TV has four featurettes and a set of cast photos. Here are the ones with Sasha Roiz:
And here is the first behind-the-scenes video with Sasha and and his cast mates talking about the show (via People.com):
Brian Markinson has a new project lined up, a short film called Elijah the Prophet, which shoots next spring. More info, from Wireservice.ca:
The short film script, ‘Elijah the Prophet’, was penned by the writing duo Zachary and Jesse Herrmann of Brooklyn,...
- 10/14/2011
- by fanshawe
- CapricaTV
I interviewed director Monte Hellman about his recent film Road to Nowhere, future projects and his thoughts on daydreaming:
Neal Dhand: What is the current status of Road to Nowhere? Is it still making any theatrical rounds?
Monte Hellman: Opening in Japan around the first of the year. We’ve only really scratched the surface with countries. It’s played France of course, and Portugal, Israel, West Africa, Brazil, Italy.
Nd: How has it been received?
Mh: The French have always been friendly to my movies. The reception critically has been about 50/50 in France. It’s doing so much better than that in the Us and I never expected that. I remember Two-Lane Blacktop was about 50/50. I think we’re somewhere around 80% on Rotten Tomatoes and not all of the critics are up there yet.
Nd: There’s a definite synchronicity in your filmography. The Shooting, Ride in the Whirlwind,...
Neal Dhand: What is the current status of Road to Nowhere? Is it still making any theatrical rounds?
Monte Hellman: Opening in Japan around the first of the year. We’ve only really scratched the surface with countries. It’s played France of course, and Portugal, Israel, West Africa, Brazil, Italy.
Nd: How has it been received?
Mh: The French have always been friendly to my movies. The reception critically has been about 50/50 in France. It’s doing so much better than that in the Us and I never expected that. I remember Two-Lane Blacktop was about 50/50. I think we’re somewhere around 80% on Rotten Tomatoes and not all of the critics are up there yet.
Nd: There’s a definite synchronicity in your filmography. The Shooting, Ride in the Whirlwind,...
- 9/30/2011
- by Neal Dhand
- SoundOnSight
Five days into the Toronto International Film Festival and I am still discovering new and exciting films that I would love to add to my list of movies to watch, if only I had the time. Today I stumbled upon the trailer for the festivals longest-titled offering, Doppelgänger Paul * or A Film About How Much I Hate MyselfDoppelgänger Paul by Canadian filmmakers Dylan Akio Smith and Kris Elgstrand.
Many will inevitably draw comparisons to the work of Charlie Kaufman while Tiff describes it as, “Daft and goofy, and presented in a low-key, floating style in which the most ludicrous events seem plausible, Doppelgänger Paul has the bemused, absurdist lilt of an American indie movie of the nineties, and shares some of the same thematic concerns”. Here is the trailer. Enjoy!
Synopsis: Dylan Akio Smith and Kris Elgstrand’s slyly funny, absurdist Doppelgänger Paul is a comedy about alienation, plagiarism and...
Many will inevitably draw comparisons to the work of Charlie Kaufman while Tiff describes it as, “Daft and goofy, and presented in a low-key, floating style in which the most ludicrous events seem plausible, Doppelgänger Paul has the bemused, absurdist lilt of an American indie movie of the nineties, and shares some of the same thematic concerns”. Here is the trailer. Enjoy!
Synopsis: Dylan Akio Smith and Kris Elgstrand’s slyly funny, absurdist Doppelgänger Paul is a comedy about alienation, plagiarism and...
- 9/13/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Lost in a sea of major Hollywood releases and hyped international films are the hidden gems of the Toronto International Film Festival. These are the films that you won’t likely get the chance to see again in theatres, at least not in Toronto.
Andrew Parker has picked three films that are defintely not your typical fare, but that he believes are nonetheless worthy of your time and attention: First Position, Doppelgänger Paul and i am a good person, i am a bad person.
First Position, dir. Bess Kargman
I’ll freely admit that there are two things that I am a sucker for: inspirational documentaries and dance films. Director Bess Kargman delivers the best of both worlds with a story of a group of kids training for and competing in the prestigious Youth America Grand Prix. The competition is known as the premiere showcase for ballet students looking for...
Andrew Parker has picked three films that are defintely not your typical fare, but that he believes are nonetheless worthy of your time and attention: First Position, Doppelgänger Paul and i am a good person, i am a bad person.
First Position, dir. Bess Kargman
I’ll freely admit that there are two things that I am a sucker for: inspirational documentaries and dance films. Director Bess Kargman delivers the best of both worlds with a story of a group of kids training for and competing in the prestigious Youth America Grand Prix. The competition is known as the premiere showcase for ballet students looking for...
- 9/9/2011
- by Dork Shelf
- DorkShelf.com
Year: 2010
Director: Monte Hellman
Writer: Steven Gaydos
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: Marina Antunes
Rating: 7.5 out of 10
Monte Hellman hasn't exactly been burning up the screens in the years since his cult hit Two Lane Blacktop but when word surfaced last year that Hellman had a new film on the way, his first full length feature in over 20 years, the critics paid attention and the festival crowds soon followed.
Road to Nowhere was a critical mixed bag. An official selection at Venice, Whistler and SXSW among others, Hellman's new film stars Shannyn Sossamon as an actress who becomes involved with a film about a mystery that features a romance, murder and an apparent cover-up. Or at least that's what I made of it. Written by Steven Gaydos, an executive editor at Variety, Road to Nowhere isn't exactly your straight forward narrative and the mixing of fact and fiction are...
Director: Monte Hellman
Writer: Steven Gaydos
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: Marina Antunes
Rating: 7.5 out of 10
Monte Hellman hasn't exactly been burning up the screens in the years since his cult hit Two Lane Blacktop but when word surfaced last year that Hellman had a new film on the way, his first full length feature in over 20 years, the critics paid attention and the festival crowds soon followed.
Road to Nowhere was a critical mixed bag. An official selection at Venice, Whistler and SXSW among others, Hellman's new film stars Shannyn Sossamon as an actress who becomes involved with a film about a mystery that features a romance, murder and an apparent cover-up. Or at least that's what I made of it. Written by Steven Gaydos, an executive editor at Variety, Road to Nowhere isn't exactly your straight forward narrative and the mixing of fact and fiction are...
- 9/7/2011
- QuietEarth.us
The first feature film from the acclaimed director of Two-Lane Blacktop in over twenty years, Monte Hellman's Road To Nowhere premiered at the 2010 Venice Film Festival before rolling out to a successful run on the international festival circuit. Shannyn Sossamon and Tygh Runyan anchor the cast of the film and with the DVD hitting Us shelves August 23rd we've got an exclusive clip to share.There's a murky tenuous balance between reality and fiction; particularly when it involves a beautiful young woman, murder, a powerful politico, a missing fortune and suicide. A passionate filmmaker creating a film based upon a true crime casts an unknown mysterious young woman bearing a disturbing resemblance to the femme fatale in the story. Unsuspectingly, he finds himself drawn...
- 8/23/2011
- Screen Anarchy
Rank the week of August 23rd’s Blu-ray and DVD new releases against the best films of all-time: New Releases Blitz
(Blu-ray & DVD | Nr | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #9439
Win Percentage: 51%
Times Ranked: 215
Top-20 Rankings: 5
Directed By: Elliott Lester
Starring: Jason Statham • Paddy Considine • Aidan Gillen • Zawe Ashton • David Morrissey
Genres: Crime • Crime Thriller • Police Detective Film • Thriller
Rank This Movie
The Beaver
(Blu-ray & DVD | PG13 | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #5199
Win Percentage: 52%
Times Ranked: 858
Top-20 Rankings: 6
Directed By: Jodie Foster
Starring: Mel Gibson • Jodie Foster • Anton Yelchin • Jennifer Lawrence • Zachary Booth
Genres: Comedy Drama • Drama • Psychological Drama
Rank This Movie
Win Win
(Blu-ray & DVD | Nr | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #2107
Win Percentage: 61%
Times Ranked: 2455
Top-20 Rankings: 6
Directed By: Thomas McCarthy
Starring: Paul Giamatti • Amy Ryan • Bobby Cannavale • Jeffrey Tambor • Burt Young
Genres: Comedy Drama • Drama • Sports Comedy • Sports Drama
Rank This Movie
The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
(Blu-ray & DVD | PG13 | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #5643
Win Percentage: 49%
Times Ranked: 725
Top-20 Rankings:...
(Blu-ray & DVD | Nr | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #9439
Win Percentage: 51%
Times Ranked: 215
Top-20 Rankings: 5
Directed By: Elliott Lester
Starring: Jason Statham • Paddy Considine • Aidan Gillen • Zawe Ashton • David Morrissey
Genres: Crime • Crime Thriller • Police Detective Film • Thriller
Rank This Movie
The Beaver
(Blu-ray & DVD | PG13 | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #5199
Win Percentage: 52%
Times Ranked: 858
Top-20 Rankings: 6
Directed By: Jodie Foster
Starring: Mel Gibson • Jodie Foster • Anton Yelchin • Jennifer Lawrence • Zachary Booth
Genres: Comedy Drama • Drama • Psychological Drama
Rank This Movie
Win Win
(Blu-ray & DVD | Nr | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #2107
Win Percentage: 61%
Times Ranked: 2455
Top-20 Rankings: 6
Directed By: Thomas McCarthy
Starring: Paul Giamatti • Amy Ryan • Bobby Cannavale • Jeffrey Tambor • Burt Young
Genres: Comedy Drama • Drama • Sports Comedy • Sports Drama
Rank This Movie
The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
(Blu-ray & DVD | PG13 | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #5643
Win Percentage: 49%
Times Ranked: 725
Top-20 Rankings:...
- 8/23/2011
- by Jonathan Hardesty
- Flickchart
Comforting Skin Trailer. Derek Franson‘s Comforting Skin (2011) movie trailer stars Victoria Bidewell, Tygh Runyan, Jane Sowerby, Phil Granger, and Ava Hughes. Comforting Skin‘s plot synopsis: “a supernatural thriller that follows Koffie, a lonely young woman who’s desperate need for emotional and sexual companionship draws her into a surreal and ultimately destructive relationship with a shifting and whispering tattoo she has willed to life on her skin.”
Damn does this horror movie look good and somehow it “was shot last spring on a budget of roughly $250,000.” I’m impressed.
On the tattoo special effects in Comforting Skin:
That was done through the use of digital animation and compositing techniques, requiring custom code developed by VFX Supervisor Ollie Rankin.
Comforting Skin also stars Eugene Lipinski, Jenn Griffin, Paul Jarrett, Laura Soltis, John Tench, Stephen Lofstrom, Jesai Jayhmes, Nicola Rollet, and Jared Cote.
Watch Comforting Skin movie trailer below...
Damn does this horror movie look good and somehow it “was shot last spring on a budget of roughly $250,000.” I’m impressed.
On the tattoo special effects in Comforting Skin:
That was done through the use of digital animation and compositing techniques, requiring custom code developed by VFX Supervisor Ollie Rankin.
Comforting Skin also stars Eugene Lipinski, Jenn Griffin, Paul Jarrett, Laura Soltis, John Tench, Stephen Lofstrom, Jesai Jayhmes, Nicola Rollet, and Jared Cote.
Watch Comforting Skin movie trailer below...
- 8/13/2011
- by filmbook
- Film-Book
A trailer has come to our attention for Comforting Skin , an indie horror flick that marks the debut of Derek Franson. Shot on the cheap with stars Victoria Bidewell, Tygh Runyan, Jane Sowerby and Phil Granger, it is described as a supernatural thriller that follows Koffie, a lonely young woman's who's desperate need for emotional and sexual companionship draws her into a surreal and ultimately destructive relationship with a shifting and whispering tattoo she has willed to life on her skin. A little bit of The X-Files and Tales from the Crypt , no? Check out the preview below. We'll keep you posted as more comes in about this one. Comforting Skin - trailer 1 www.comfortingskin.com from Justin James on Vimeo .
- 8/12/2011
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Getting a tattoo is a big commitment. It has to say something about you and really mean something. It is art that defines you. But what happens when your tattoos take on a life of their own? Comforting Skin, whose trailer just dropped, poses such a question.
Comforting Skin is the debut feature film of writer/director Derek Franson and stars Victoria Bidewell, Tygh Runyan, Jane Sowerby, and Phil Granger.
The story follows Koffie, a lonely young woman whose desperate need for emotional and sexual companionship draws her into a surreal and ultimately destructive relationship with a shifting and whispering tattoo she has willed to life on her skin.
The film is currently finishing up production and entering post, but you can check out their first trailer below.
To find out more, visit the official Comforting Skin website or the Comforting Skin Facebook page.
Comforting Skin - trailer 1 - www.
Comforting Skin is the debut feature film of writer/director Derek Franson and stars Victoria Bidewell, Tygh Runyan, Jane Sowerby, and Phil Granger.
The story follows Koffie, a lonely young woman whose desperate need for emotional and sexual companionship draws her into a surreal and ultimately destructive relationship with a shifting and whispering tattoo she has willed to life on her skin.
The film is currently finishing up production and entering post, but you can check out their first trailer below.
To find out more, visit the official Comforting Skin website or the Comforting Skin Facebook page.
Comforting Skin - trailer 1 - www.
- 8/11/2011
- by dougevil
- DreadCentral.com
Yesterday, the Toronto International Film Festival, which will take place between September 8 and 18, unveiled the list of Canadian films that will be screened.
Galas
A Dangerous Method Director: David Cronenberg Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender, Keira Knightley and Sarah Gadon
Starbuck
Director: Ken Scott
Cast: Patrick Huard, Antoine Bertrand and Patrick Labbé
Take This Waltz Director: Sarah Polley Cast: Seth Rogen, Michelle Williams and Sarah Silverman
Canada First
Marécages Director: Guy Édoin Cast: Pascale Bussières, Luc Picard, Gabriel Maillé and François Papineau
Amy George Directors: Yonah Lewis and Calvin Thomas Cast: Gabriel del Castillo Mullally, Claudia Dey, Don Kerr and Natasha Allan
Nuit #1 Director: Anne Émond Cast: Catherine de Léan and Dimitri Storoge
The Odds Directors: Simon Davidson Cast: Tyler Johnston, Calum Worthy and Julia Maxwell
The Patron Saints Directors: Melanie Shatzky and Brian M. Cassidy
Roméo Onze Director: Ivan Grbovic Cast: Ali Ammar, Joseph Bou Nassar, Eleonore Millier, May Hilal...
Galas
A Dangerous Method Director: David Cronenberg Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender, Keira Knightley and Sarah Gadon
Starbuck
Director: Ken Scott
Cast: Patrick Huard, Antoine Bertrand and Patrick Labbé
Take This Waltz Director: Sarah Polley Cast: Seth Rogen, Michelle Williams and Sarah Silverman
Canada First
Marécages Director: Guy Édoin Cast: Pascale Bussières, Luc Picard, Gabriel Maillé and François Papineau
Amy George Directors: Yonah Lewis and Calvin Thomas Cast: Gabriel del Castillo Mullally, Claudia Dey, Don Kerr and Natasha Allan
Nuit #1 Director: Anne Émond Cast: Catherine de Léan and Dimitri Storoge
The Odds Directors: Simon Davidson Cast: Tyler Johnston, Calum Worthy and Julia Maxwell
The Patron Saints Directors: Melanie Shatzky and Brian M. Cassidy
Roméo Onze Director: Ivan Grbovic Cast: Ali Ammar, Joseph Bou Nassar, Eleonore Millier, May Hilal...
- 8/10/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
A quick round of updates.
Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome won't premiere until 2012. It's not really news, but this is the first time it's coming from a network source, Syfy President Dave Howe.
THR: Publisher Bigpoint has over 2 million registered players for Battlestar Galactica Online even without the TV show airing. What are your thoughts about the opportunities the online gaming space opens up for Battlestar and other TV shows current or past?
Howe: I think when you have a property like Battlestar Galactica, it’s timeless. Yet it’s great to have a TV series on air simultaneously, but it’s not necessary. Battlestar is a franchise that’s existed since the ‘80s. We took a run at it. Universal Pictures I think has a big development and potentially another movie. It’s a known franchise that will always work if you are true to its spirit and you...
Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome won't premiere until 2012. It's not really news, but this is the first time it's coming from a network source, Syfy President Dave Howe.
THR: Publisher Bigpoint has over 2 million registered players for Battlestar Galactica Online even without the TV show airing. What are your thoughts about the opportunities the online gaming space opens up for Battlestar and other TV shows current or past?
Howe: I think when you have a property like Battlestar Galactica, it’s timeless. Yet it’s great to have a TV series on air simultaneously, but it’s not necessary. Battlestar is a franchise that’s existed since the ‘80s. We took a run at it. Universal Pictures I think has a big development and potentially another movie. It’s a known franchise that will always work if you are true to its spirit and you...
- 8/10/2011
- by fanshawe
- CapricaTV
There are a lot of Canadian films screening at the Toronto International Film Festival to be excited about, including works from our favourite filmmakers Guy Maddin, Bruce McDonald,Vincenzo Natali and Jean Marc Vallee. Below is the list of films in the Canada First selections as well as other CanCon movies scattered through the main programs.
Toronto – The Toronto International Film Festival® boasts a strong lineup of Canadian features including new works by acclaimed Canadian filmmakers Carl Bessai, Mike Clattenburg, Michael Dowse, Philippe Falardeau, Guy Maddin, Bruce McDonald, Léa Pool, Jean-Marc Vallée and Ingrid Veninger, and onscreen appearances by Jay Baruchel, Camilla Belle, Anupam Kher, Akshay Kumar, Mia Kirshner, Rob Lowe, Vanessa Paradis, Jason Patric, Alison Pill, Russell Peters, Isabella Rossellini, Liev Schreiber, Sean William Scott, Scott Speedman and Nick Stahl.
“This year saw many Canadian filmmakers address a wide range of pressing social issues including the dangers of progress...
Toronto – The Toronto International Film Festival® boasts a strong lineup of Canadian features including new works by acclaimed Canadian filmmakers Carl Bessai, Mike Clattenburg, Michael Dowse, Philippe Falardeau, Guy Maddin, Bruce McDonald, Léa Pool, Jean-Marc Vallée and Ingrid Veninger, and onscreen appearances by Jay Baruchel, Camilla Belle, Anupam Kher, Akshay Kumar, Mia Kirshner, Rob Lowe, Vanessa Paradis, Jason Patric, Alison Pill, Russell Peters, Isabella Rossellini, Liev Schreiber, Sean William Scott, Scott Speedman and Nick Stahl.
“This year saw many Canadian filmmakers address a wide range of pressing social issues including the dangers of progress...
- 8/9/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Monterey will release the 2010 independent neo-noir Road to Nowhere directed by the great Monte Hellman on Blu-ray and DVD on August 23 for the list prices of $34.95 and $26.95, respectively.
Femme fatale as femme fatale: Shannyn Sossamon makes a movie in Road to Nowhere.
Written by Variety editor Steven Gaydos and starring Shannyn Sossamon (40 Days and 40 Nights), Dominique Swain (Fall Down Dead), Waylon Payne (Walk the Line), Cliff De Young (Suicide Kings) and John Diehl (Down in the Valley), the romance-thriller film tells the enigmatic tale of cult film director Mitchell Haven (Tygh Runyan, TV’s Stargate Universe), who has found the material to make his next movie. It’s a true crime story based in the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina, involving a beautiful young woman, Velma Duran (Sossamon), and her older politico lover, Rafe Taschen (De Young). Just as their so-called “true crime” goes awry, so does Haven’s obsessed...
Femme fatale as femme fatale: Shannyn Sossamon makes a movie in Road to Nowhere.
Written by Variety editor Steven Gaydos and starring Shannyn Sossamon (40 Days and 40 Nights), Dominique Swain (Fall Down Dead), Waylon Payne (Walk the Line), Cliff De Young (Suicide Kings) and John Diehl (Down in the Valley), the romance-thriller film tells the enigmatic tale of cult film director Mitchell Haven (Tygh Runyan, TV’s Stargate Universe), who has found the material to make his next movie. It’s a true crime story based in the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina, involving a beautiful young woman, Velma Duran (Sossamon), and her older politico lover, Rafe Taschen (De Young). Just as their so-called “true crime” goes awry, so does Haven’s obsessed...
- 7/5/2011
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Reviewed by Amy R. Handler
(June 2011)
Directed by: Monte Hellman
Written by: Steven Gaydos
Featuring: Shannyn Sossamon, Tygh Runyan, Cliff De Young, Waylon Payne, Dominique Swain and Rob Kolar
It’s difficult to know where reality ends and fiction begins in Monte Hellman’s newest movie, “Road to Nowhere.” Even when we’re informed that what we’ve just seen is true, we feel less at ease then ever — and wonder what games Hellman may be playing and why.
“Road to Nowhere” is a film-within-a-film that concerns a young Hollywood director (Tygh Runyan), his cast and crew. Their movie is about a mysterious character named Velma Duran (Shannyn Sossamon), her much older lover — slimy politico Rafe Tachen (Cliff De Young) — and the path of destruction that seems to follow them wherever they go. When the director casts an unknown actress named Laurel Graham to play the role of Velma, he...
(June 2011)
Directed by: Monte Hellman
Written by: Steven Gaydos
Featuring: Shannyn Sossamon, Tygh Runyan, Cliff De Young, Waylon Payne, Dominique Swain and Rob Kolar
It’s difficult to know where reality ends and fiction begins in Monte Hellman’s newest movie, “Road to Nowhere.” Even when we’re informed that what we’ve just seen is true, we feel less at ease then ever — and wonder what games Hellman may be playing and why.
“Road to Nowhere” is a film-within-a-film that concerns a young Hollywood director (Tygh Runyan), his cast and crew. Their movie is about a mysterious character named Velma Duran (Shannyn Sossamon), her much older lover — slimy politico Rafe Tachen (Cliff De Young) — and the path of destruction that seems to follow them wherever they go. When the director casts an unknown actress named Laurel Graham to play the role of Velma, he...
- 6/21/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
Reviewed by Amy R. Handler
(June 2011)
Directed by: Monte Hellman
Written by: Steven Gaydos
Featuring: Shannyn Sossamon, Tygh Runyan, Cliff De Young, Waylon Payne, Dominique Swain and Rob Kolar
It’s difficult to know where reality ends and fiction begins in Monte Hellman’s newest movie, “Road to Nowhere.” Even when we’re informed that what we’ve just seen is true, we feel less at ease then ever — and wonder what games Hellman may be playing and why.
“Road to Nowhere” is a film-within-a-film that concerns a young Hollywood director (Tygh Runyan), his cast and crew. Their movie is about a mysterious character named Velma Duran (Shannyn Sossamon), her much older lover — slimy politico Rafe Tachen (Cliff De Young) — and the path of destruction that seems to follow them wherever they go. When the director casts an unknown actress named Laurel Graham to play the role of Velma, he...
(June 2011)
Directed by: Monte Hellman
Written by: Steven Gaydos
Featuring: Shannyn Sossamon, Tygh Runyan, Cliff De Young, Waylon Payne, Dominique Swain and Rob Kolar
It’s difficult to know where reality ends and fiction begins in Monte Hellman’s newest movie, “Road to Nowhere.” Even when we’re informed that what we’ve just seen is true, we feel less at ease then ever — and wonder what games Hellman may be playing and why.
“Road to Nowhere” is a film-within-a-film that concerns a young Hollywood director (Tygh Runyan), his cast and crew. Their movie is about a mysterious character named Velma Duran (Shannyn Sossamon), her much older lover — slimy politico Rafe Tachen (Cliff De Young) — and the path of destruction that seems to follow them wherever they go. When the director casts an unknown actress named Laurel Graham to play the role of Velma, he...
- 6/21/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
Title: Road To Nowhere Director: Monte Hellman Starring: Shannyn Sossamon, Tygh Runyan, Dominique Swain, Waylon Payne, Cliff de Young, John Diehl Monte Hellman’s first film in more than two decades, The Road To Nowhere, is, whatever else one says about it, first and foremost a work that wouldn’t exist were it not for other movies. A referential slice of film noir which enjoyed its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival last year, recently screened as part of a retrospective of the director’s work at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, and now opens wider in Los Angeles and other markets throughout the summer, The Road To Nowhere takes grab-bag elements and splintered fractions of...
- 6/19/2011
- by bsimon
- ShockYa
Monte Hellman's best films begin by pretending to tell a story. Take your pick: Ride in the Whirlwind, Two-Lane Blacktop, Cockfighter, Iguana—every of them establishes a good punchy premise (often aided by a startling opening shot or scene) and then, without ever fully abandoning "plot," inches towards an earthy, unshowy, existential bleakness with each scene. In an odd (and ironic) interplay of inertia and impermanence, his frequently stubborn characters become metaphors while their all-consuming goals fade away into the landscape. Road to Nowhere ups the ante by pretending to tell several stories at once: one about the production of a film (also called Road to Nowhere), another about the crime the film is based on, and a third involving a mysterious video-recorded conversation between the film's director and the blogger whose reporting formed the basis for the film. However, the various strands, which are intentionally not differentiated, don't...
- 6/11/2011
- MUBI
Updated through 6/10.
To Hellman and Back: An Evening with Monte Hellman is set for this evening at the Walter Reade Theater, and here's how the New York Times' Dave Kehr recommends you be there if you can: "The undisputed master of the existential road movie (Two-Lane Blacktop, 1971) will be present for a 6 pm sneak preview of his new feature, Road to Nowhere, to be followed by a rare screening of Mr Hellman's magnificently bleak adaptation of Charles Willeford's novel Cockfighter, starring Warren Oates as an itinerant gambler. A discussion with Mr Hellman follows the screening, as does a book party celebrating the reissue of the Willeford novel from PictureBox Books."
"Combining an almost quaint self-reflexiveness with state-of-the-art digital filmmaking, Road concerns the production of a film based on a controversial lovers' double-suicide in North Carolina," explains Nick Pinkerton in the Voice. "Director Mitchell Haven (Tygh Runyan) is determined to...
To Hellman and Back: An Evening with Monte Hellman is set for this evening at the Walter Reade Theater, and here's how the New York Times' Dave Kehr recommends you be there if you can: "The undisputed master of the existential road movie (Two-Lane Blacktop, 1971) will be present for a 6 pm sneak preview of his new feature, Road to Nowhere, to be followed by a rare screening of Mr Hellman's magnificently bleak adaptation of Charles Willeford's novel Cockfighter, starring Warren Oates as an itinerant gambler. A discussion with Mr Hellman follows the screening, as does a book party celebrating the reissue of the Willeford novel from PictureBox Books."
"Combining an almost quaint self-reflexiveness with state-of-the-art digital filmmaking, Road concerns the production of a film based on a controversial lovers' double-suicide in North Carolina," explains Nick Pinkerton in the Voice. "Director Mitchell Haven (Tygh Runyan) is determined to...
- 6/10/2011
- MUBI
Not so unlike the two-decade hiatus that took him away from feature filmmaking, legendary director Monte Hellman's new film Road to Nowhere is a fascinating, frustrating, languorous journey through the movies' heart of darkness. The noir-within-a-noir places director Mitchell Haven (Tygh Runyan) back behind the camera after an extended absence, where he plans to make a true-crime film based on the illicit relationship between -- and supposed deaths of -- femme fatale Velma Duran (Shannyn Sossamon) and corrupt politico Rafe Taschen (Cliff De Young). But when Mitchell casts Velma doppelganger Laurel Graham (also Sossamon), the line between the filmmaker's life and art soon blurs beyond recognition.
- 6/10/2011
- Movieline
As a fan of Monte Hellman, the famed director of the 70's seminal counter-culture classics such as Two Lane Blacktop and Cockfighter, it is very hard for me to report to other Hellman fans that Road to Nowhere, his new film in more than twenty years, is...umm...absolutely...dreadful. There I said it. Such is the burden of being the messenger of bad news. Prior to the screening Hellman told the audience the advice he got from someone once- 'never explain your film, never apologize for your film and never reimburse tickets.' He succeeded in getting couple of laughs out of that. In retrospect, he wasn't joking. It was his ominous preemptive strike. The film concerns a young, esteemed Hollywood director Mitchell Haven (Tygh Runyan) adapting a...
- 6/10/2011
- Screen Anarchy
There’s little better at restoring one’s faith in cinema then when a great director returns from the wilderness. Terrence Malick was Mia for 20 years between Days of Heaven and The Thin Red Line, but Monte Hellman’s time away from feature filmmaking has been even more prolonged. It was as far back as 1988 when Hellman made Iguana, his last “proper” film, but now the director of such cult classics as Two Lane Blacktop and Cockfighter has happily returned to filmmaking.
Last fall, Hellman unveiled Road to Nowhere at the Venice Film Festival – where he won a Jury Award Special Lion for Career Achievement – and declared the movie his first truly personal work. It’s a deliriously enjoyable film about filmmaking, centering on a director, Mitchell Haven (Tygh Runyan) and screenwriter, Steven Gates (Rob Kolar), who set out to make a movie based on a recent crime story involving murder,...
Last fall, Hellman unveiled Road to Nowhere at the Venice Film Festival – where he won a Jury Award Special Lion for Career Achievement – and declared the movie his first truly personal work. It’s a deliriously enjoyable film about filmmaking, centering on a director, Mitchell Haven (Tygh Runyan) and screenwriter, Steven Gates (Rob Kolar), who set out to make a movie based on a recent crime story involving murder,...
- 3/12/2011
- by Nick Dawson
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
The South by Southwest Film Festival announced its feature film line-up Wednesday, piling heaps of cinematic goodness on an already stellar program that includes Jodie Foster’s The Beaver, Duncan Jones’ Source Code, Ti West’s The Innkeepers, Conan O’Brien’s tour documentary, and the latest Simon Pegg-Nick Frost comedy, Paul, with Seth Rogen.
Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight) returns to the festival with her latest film, Red Riding Hood starring Amanda Seyfried, after the writer-director spoke on a screenwriting panel in 2009.
Plus a few favorites from the Sundance Film Festival last month, like Tom McCarthy’s Win Win, Morgan Spurlock’s The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, and Max Winkler’s Ceremony.
I’m extremely excited, even if I’m already having flashbacks to intense sleep deprivation. Like the last two years, I’ll be on the ground covering as much of the festival as I can within the packed 9 days of screenings,...
Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight) returns to the festival with her latest film, Red Riding Hood starring Amanda Seyfried, after the writer-director spoke on a screenwriting panel in 2009.
Plus a few favorites from the Sundance Film Festival last month, like Tom McCarthy’s Win Win, Morgan Spurlock’s The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, and Max Winkler’s Ceremony.
I’m extremely excited, even if I’m already having flashbacks to intense sleep deprivation. Like the last two years, I’ll be on the ground covering as much of the festival as I can within the packed 9 days of screenings,...
- 2/3/2011
- by Jeff Leins
- newsinfilm.com
‘Tapping into the cultural zeitgeist,’ at SXSW 2011
Austin, Texas – The SXSW 2011 Feature Film Lineup was unveiled Wednesday afternoon. The festival lineup will consist of 130 features, in nine full days of programming, promising to deliver a film-going experience unlike previous years.
With a reputation for taking chances on relatively unknown filmmakers, the SXSW panel of judges carefully picked 130 films from 1,792 feature-length film submissions, (1,323 U.S. and 469 international). The program consists of 60 World Premieres, 12 North American Premieres and 16 U.S. Premieres.
The main competition categories return with eight Narrative Features, and eight Documentary Features, both competing for their respective Grand Jury Prize. New for films in competition this year, are awards for screenplay, editing, cinematography, music, and acting.
(The Midnighters and SXFantastic feature sections, along with the short film program, will be announced next week.)
Here are a few of the Features to be screened, among many others.
Narratives:
The Beaver (World Premiere)
Dir.
Austin, Texas – The SXSW 2011 Feature Film Lineup was unveiled Wednesday afternoon. The festival lineup will consist of 130 features, in nine full days of programming, promising to deliver a film-going experience unlike previous years.
With a reputation for taking chances on relatively unknown filmmakers, the SXSW panel of judges carefully picked 130 films from 1,792 feature-length film submissions, (1,323 U.S. and 469 international). The program consists of 60 World Premieres, 12 North American Premieres and 16 U.S. Premieres.
The main competition categories return with eight Narrative Features, and eight Documentary Features, both competing for their respective Grand Jury Prize. New for films in competition this year, are awards for screenplay, editing, cinematography, music, and acting.
(The Midnighters and SXFantastic feature sections, along with the short film program, will be announced next week.)
Here are a few of the Features to be screened, among many others.
Narratives:
The Beaver (World Premiere)
Dir.
- 2/3/2011
- by Albert Art
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Readers of Sound On Sight can be sure that we will indeed be covering the SXSW Film Festival once again. As previously reported, Duncan Jones’ latest film Source Code is opening the festival and there will also be premieres for the documentary Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop, Greg Mottola’s Paul, and Jodie Foster’s The Beaver. Now the full line-up has been announced it is incredible.
Hit the jump to check out the line-up, and be sure to visit our site during the event.
The 2011 SXSW Film Festival runs from March 11 – 19th in Austin, Texas.
SXSW Film Announces 2011 Features Lineup
Austin, Texas – February 2, 2011 – The South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival is thrilled to announce the features lineup for this year’s Festival, March 11 – 19, 2011 in Austin, Texas. The 2011 lineup continues the SXSW tradition of tapping into the cultural zeitgeist, highlighting emerging talent and breakthrough performances and supporting first-time filmmakers.
Hit the jump to check out the line-up, and be sure to visit our site during the event.
The 2011 SXSW Film Festival runs from March 11 – 19th in Austin, Texas.
SXSW Film Announces 2011 Features Lineup
Austin, Texas – February 2, 2011 – The South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival is thrilled to announce the features lineup for this year’s Festival, March 11 – 19, 2011 in Austin, Texas. The 2011 lineup continues the SXSW tradition of tapping into the cultural zeitgeist, highlighting emerging talent and breakthrough performances and supporting first-time filmmakers.
- 2/3/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
The South By Southwest Film Conference and Festival announced this year's features lineup. The festival takes place March 11-19 in Austin, Texas.
There are a total of 130 features screening this year including 60 world premieres, 12 North American premieres and 16 U.S. premieres! This year the a total of 1,792 feature-length films were submitted, which is the most ever.
There are going to be some amazing films shown this yea. Opening night kicks off with Duncan Jones' Source Code (Moon). The fest rolls on with Jodie Foster‘s The Beaver, Greg Mottola‘s Paul, Sundance Grand Prize doc winner How to Die in Oregon, Errol Morris‘ Tabloid, Victoria Mahoney‘s Yelling to the Sky, Azazel Jacob‘s Terri. There will also be a special screening of Catherine Hardwicke‘s Red Riding Hood.
The Midnight and SXFantastic sections will be announced with the shorts program next week.
See the complete lineup below via...
There are a total of 130 features screening this year including 60 world premieres, 12 North American premieres and 16 U.S. premieres! This year the a total of 1,792 feature-length films were submitted, which is the most ever.
There are going to be some amazing films shown this yea. Opening night kicks off with Duncan Jones' Source Code (Moon). The fest rolls on with Jodie Foster‘s The Beaver, Greg Mottola‘s Paul, Sundance Grand Prize doc winner How to Die in Oregon, Errol Morris‘ Tabloid, Victoria Mahoney‘s Yelling to the Sky, Azazel Jacob‘s Terri. There will also be a special screening of Catherine Hardwicke‘s Red Riding Hood.
The Midnight and SXFantastic sections will be announced with the shorts program next week.
See the complete lineup below via...
- 2/2/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
The South by Southwest Film Festival (SXSW) just announced their entire 2011 feature film lineup, and there’s isn’t a lot of note, with regards to this blog’s focus.
Titles you should be aware of – all of which we’ve previously profiled on Shadow And Act – include, Victoria Mahoney’s feature film debut, Yelling To The Sky (which will actually make its world debut at the Berlin Film Festival later this month); plus Blacktino, the first feature film from writer/director Aaron Burns, a self-described “blacktino nerd from Austin, Texas,” who got his start at Robert Rodriguez’s Troublemaker Studios doing visual effects; Benda Bilili, a documentary about a band of homeless, disabled Congolese; and last, but not least, Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey, a documentary about the black man that happens to be the man behind the puppet (which also played at Sundance).
There might be...
Titles you should be aware of – all of which we’ve previously profiled on Shadow And Act – include, Victoria Mahoney’s feature film debut, Yelling To The Sky (which will actually make its world debut at the Berlin Film Festival later this month); plus Blacktino, the first feature film from writer/director Aaron Burns, a self-described “blacktino nerd from Austin, Texas,” who got his start at Robert Rodriguez’s Troublemaker Studios doing visual effects; Benda Bilili, a documentary about a band of homeless, disabled Congolese; and last, but not least, Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey, a documentary about the black man that happens to be the man behind the puppet (which also played at Sundance).
There might be...
- 2/2/2011
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
The South by Southwest Film Festival has announced their features lineup for the 2011’s Festival, which will take place March 11th to the 19th in Austin Texas. Read the full press release after the jump. SXSW Film Announces 2011 Features Lineup Austin, Texas – February 2, 2011 – The South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival is thrilled to announce the features lineup for this year’s Festival, March 11 – 19, 2011 in Austin, Texas. The 2011 lineup continues the SXSW tradition of tapping into the cultural zeitgeist, highlighting emerging talent and breakthrough performances and supporting first-time filmmakers. The Midnighters and SXFantastic feature sections, along with the short film program, will be announced next week. “This is the most exciting moment for us. After a fantastic festival of discovery in 2010, we can finally unveil the line up for this year’s event,” says Film Conference and Festival Producer Janet Pierson. “SXSW prides itself on taking chances, sifting for...
- 2/2/2011
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
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