This year’s Film Independent Spirit Awards stayed ahead of the Oscar curve once more, announcing their winners on Sunday, February 25 in the usual chilly white tent on the Santa Monica beach (and on YouTube). With Oscar voting not over until the evening of February 27, the winners at the 39th Spirits could gain valuable Oscar momentum.
Host Aidy Bryant played to a warm crowd who chuckled at her jokes. The Spirits are “also known as the bisexual Oscars,” she said. Being an awards show host is tricky, she added, “I could be panned, considered out of touch, and sexist, and potentially be slapped. Worst case: nobody mentions me.”
When she tried roasting the celebrities, she called “May December” star Natalie Portman a “stupid bitch,” Sterling K. Brown “a Stupid K. Bitch,” and said of Charles Melton, “everyone wants to have sex with you, you stupid bitch” and Greta Lee, “you...
Host Aidy Bryant played to a warm crowd who chuckled at her jokes. The Spirits are “also known as the bisexual Oscars,” she said. Being an awards show host is tricky, she added, “I could be panned, considered out of touch, and sexist, and potentially be slapped. Worst case: nobody mentions me.”
When she tried roasting the celebrities, she called “May December” star Natalie Portman a “stupid bitch,” Sterling K. Brown “a Stupid K. Bitch,” and said of Charles Melton, “everyone wants to have sex with you, you stupid bitch” and Greta Lee, “you...
- 2/26/2024
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Film Independent posted up on Santa Monica Beach on Sunday to present its annual Spirit Awards, the biggest party for the independent film scene. While cameras captured the live show for a stream on YouTube, The Hollywood Reporter was inside the iconic white tent on the beach to bring you all the action you might’ve missed.
Hey, Wait for Me
Aidy Bryant kicked off the telecast with a well-received monologue as she took on her very first gig fronting an awards show. In the early moments of Bryant’s debut, nominees Greta Lee (Past Lives) and Andrew Scott (All of Us Strangers) were seen entering the tent and hustling their way to their respective tables as two of the last stars to get seated. It was a good thing, too, as Bryant then zeroed in on Lee in particular during her faux-roasting jokes. “Greta, you are a slob and...
Hey, Wait for Me
Aidy Bryant kicked off the telecast with a well-received monologue as she took on her very first gig fronting an awards show. In the early moments of Bryant’s debut, nominees Greta Lee (Past Lives) and Andrew Scott (All of Us Strangers) were seen entering the tent and hustling their way to their respective tables as two of the last stars to get seated. It was a good thing, too, as Bryant then zeroed in on Lee in particular during her faux-roasting jokes. “Greta, you are a slob and...
- 2/26/2024
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Can you use the Film Independent Spirit Awards to predict the Oscars? That's a risky endeavour, but when you consider that last year's Indie Spirit Best Feature Everything Everywhere All At Once went on to win big at the Oscars, hopes are certainly higher for Celine Song's Past Lives' Best Picture chances come 10 March.
Song also picked up Best Director for her emotional tale of reconnection and regret, While Av Rockwell took Best First Feature for A Thousand And One and Co-writer/director Babak Jalali won the John Cassavetes Award for best feature made for under $1 million for Fremont.
The Holdovers took home the most film gongs, nabbing Best Cinematography for Eigil Bryld, a welcome Best Breakthrough Performance for Dominic Sessa and in what should probably this year be renamed the Da’Vine Joy Randolph Award, she won her latest trophy: Best Supporting Performance.
How To Blow Up A Pipeline...
Song also picked up Best Director for her emotional tale of reconnection and regret, While Av Rockwell took Best First Feature for A Thousand And One and Co-writer/director Babak Jalali won the John Cassavetes Award for best feature made for under $1 million for Fremont.
The Holdovers took home the most film gongs, nabbing Best Cinematography for Eigil Bryld, a welcome Best Breakthrough Performance for Dominic Sessa and in what should probably this year be renamed the Da’Vine Joy Randolph Award, she won her latest trophy: Best Supporting Performance.
How To Blow Up A Pipeline...
- 2/26/2024
- by James White
- Empire - Movies
The rain stayed away from Santa Monica Beach on Sunday (February 25) as Past Lives was named best film and Celine Song best director at the 39th annual Spirit Awards.
While the legacy studio and streamer contenders have dominated much of the big-ticket awards shows this season like Saturday night’s SAG Awards, last weekend’s Baftas, the Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards, this was a good opportunity for the Oscar-nominated A24 romance and Song to earn gongs for a film which has done well among critics groups since its world premiere at Sundance just over one year ago.
Jeffrey Wright...
While the legacy studio and streamer contenders have dominated much of the big-ticket awards shows this season like Saturday night’s SAG Awards, last weekend’s Baftas, the Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards, this was a good opportunity for the Oscar-nominated A24 romance and Song to earn gongs for a film which has done well among critics groups since its world premiere at Sundance just over one year ago.
Jeffrey Wright...
- 2/26/2024
- ScreenDaily
Greta Lee and Teo Yoo in ‘Past Lives’ (Photo Credit: Jon Pack / Courtesy of A24)
Past Lives took home top film honors at the 2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards, held on February 25th in a tent on the beach in Santa Monica. The film also earned Celine Song the Best Director award, with American Fiction‘s Cord Jefferson and May December‘s Samy Burch earning screenplay honors.
On the television side, The Last of Us collected two awards: Nick Offerman for Best Supporting Performance in a New Scripted Series and Keivonn Montreal Woodard for Best Breakthrough Performance in a New Scripted Series. Beef also netted two wins, with Ali Wong awarded Best Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series and the show earning the Best New Scripted Series award.
2024 Film Independent Spirit Award Nominations
Best Feature (Award given to the producer.)
All of Us Strangers
Producers: Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin,...
Past Lives took home top film honors at the 2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards, held on February 25th in a tent on the beach in Santa Monica. The film also earned Celine Song the Best Director award, with American Fiction‘s Cord Jefferson and May December‘s Samy Burch earning screenplay honors.
On the television side, The Last of Us collected two awards: Nick Offerman for Best Supporting Performance in a New Scripted Series and Keivonn Montreal Woodard for Best Breakthrough Performance in a New Scripted Series. Beef also netted two wins, with Ali Wong awarded Best Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series and the show earning the Best New Scripted Series award.
2024 Film Independent Spirit Award Nominations
Best Feature (Award given to the producer.)
All of Us Strangers
Producers: Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin,...
- 2/26/2024
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Congratulations to our Users alexanderkavehkouhi and Brian Tavarus for a great score of 100% when predicting the 2024 Independent Spirit Awards winners on Sunday. Our top scorers are actually tied with 28 other people at that percentage but have a better point score of 37,900 by using the two Super Bets (500 points each) wisely.
More than 2,100 people worldwide predicted these movie champs for the ceremony hosted by Aidy Bryant on the beach in Santa Monica. Our top User got all 12 categories correct. The afternoon featured major wins by “Past Lives” (Best Picture and Best Director for Celine Song), “American Fiction” (Best Lead Performance for Jeffrey Wright and Best Screenplay for Cord Jefferson) and “The Holdovers”.
SEE2024 Independent Spirit Awards: Winners list in all 23 categories
You can see how your score compares to all others in our leaderboard rankings of all contestants, which also includes links to see each participant’s predictions. To see your own scores,...
More than 2,100 people worldwide predicted these movie champs for the ceremony hosted by Aidy Bryant on the beach in Santa Monica. Our top User got all 12 categories correct. The afternoon featured major wins by “Past Lives” (Best Picture and Best Director for Celine Song), “American Fiction” (Best Lead Performance for Jeffrey Wright and Best Screenplay for Cord Jefferson) and “The Holdovers”.
SEE2024 Independent Spirit Awards: Winners list in all 23 categories
You can see how your score compares to all others in our leaderboard rankings of all contestants, which also includes links to see each participant’s predictions. To see your own scores,...
- 2/26/2024
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Another big award show took place this weekend (in addition to the SAG Awards), the Film Independent Spirit Awards, which celebrates indie film and TV. One thing about this awards show is that their idea of independent sometimes makes me scratch my head a bit, with HBO’s big-budget The Last of Us nominated a whole bunch in the TV category, along with Netflix’s Beef and several other streaming shows, which I’m not sure one could call independent. For films, there’s a $30 million budget cap. For TV, I’m honestly not sure what the benchmark is because Last of Us was notoriously an expensive show to shoot, costing at least $100 million.
Indeed, The Last of Us won some key awards on the TV side, winning Best Supporting Performance (for Nick Offerman) and Best Breakthrough Performance (for Keivonn Montreal Woodard). Over on the film side, American Fiction and...
Indeed, The Last of Us won some key awards on the TV side, winning Best Supporting Performance (for Nick Offerman) and Best Breakthrough Performance (for Keivonn Montreal Woodard). Over on the film side, American Fiction and...
- 2/26/2024
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
The best in independent film and television were honored at the 2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards!
Plenty of A-List stars were in attendance at the event on Sunday afternoon (February 25) at the Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica, Calif.
Movies are only eligible for a Spirit Award if they have a budget of less than $30 million, so there are some awards favorites like Barbie, Oppenheimer, and Killers of the Flower Moon that are not nominated.
American Fiction, May December, and Past Lives lead the pack this year with five nominations each.
Make sure to check out our post with photos of Every celeb who attended the event! Also check out our best dressed list.
Head inside to see the full list of winners…
Keep scrolling to see the full list of winners…
Best Feature (Award given to the producer)
All of Us Strangers
Producers: Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Sarah Harvey
American Fiction
Producers: Cord Jefferson,...
Plenty of A-List stars were in attendance at the event on Sunday afternoon (February 25) at the Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica, Calif.
Movies are only eligible for a Spirit Award if they have a budget of less than $30 million, so there are some awards favorites like Barbie, Oppenheimer, and Killers of the Flower Moon that are not nominated.
American Fiction, May December, and Past Lives lead the pack this year with five nominations each.
Make sure to check out our post with photos of Every celeb who attended the event! Also check out our best dressed list.
Head inside to see the full list of winners…
Keep scrolling to see the full list of winners…
Best Feature (Award given to the producer)
All of Us Strangers
Producers: Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Sarah Harvey
American Fiction
Producers: Cord Jefferson,...
- 2/26/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
The 2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards on Sunday awarded A24’s Past Lives its Best Feature and the film’s Celine Song the Best Director in a ceremony on the beach in Santa Monica, giving the indie romantic drama a boost as it heads toward the Oscars where it is up for Best Picture.
Past Lives topped a marquee Best Feature category that included Netflix’s May December, Amazon MGM Studios’ American Fiction, Searchlight’s All of Us Strangers, Sony Pictures Classics’ We Grown Now and Mubi’s Passages.
“There is a concept in our film, an Eastern concept, and it’s called inyeon,” Song, making her feature directorial debut, said in her acceptance speech with her producers and cast. “It is about how just by being in the same space and time in this life, it means we actually knew each other for many, many lives that came before this one.
Past Lives topped a marquee Best Feature category that included Netflix’s May December, Amazon MGM Studios’ American Fiction, Searchlight’s All of Us Strangers, Sony Pictures Classics’ We Grown Now and Mubi’s Passages.
“There is a concept in our film, an Eastern concept, and it’s called inyeon,” Song, making her feature directorial debut, said in her acceptance speech with her producers and cast. “It is about how just by being in the same space and time in this life, it means we actually knew each other for many, many lives that came before this one.
- 2/26/2024
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
The 2024 Independent Spirit Awards took place on Sunday at the traditional Santa Monica beach tent location, with Aidy Bryant hosting. “Past Lives” took home the coveted Best Feature award, with “Beef” being honored as Best New Scripted Series. Check out the full list of winners and nominees below.
Best Feature
“Past Lives”
Producers: David Hinojosa, Pamela Koffler, Christine Vachon
“All of Us Strangers”
Producers: Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Sarah Harvey
“American Fiction”
Producers: Cord Jefferson, Jermaine Johnson, Nikos Karamigios, Ben LeClair
“May December”
Producers: Jessica Elbaum, Will Ferrell, Grant S. Johnson, Pamela Koffler, Tyler W. Konney, Sophie Mas, Natalie Portman, Christine Vachon
“Passages”
Producers: Michel Merkt, Saïd Ben Saïd
“We Grown Now”
Producers: Minhal Baig, Joe Pirro
Best Lead Performance
Jeffrey Wright, “American Fiction”
Jessica Chastain, “Memory”
Greta Lee, “Past Lives”
Trace Lysette, “Monica”
Natalie Portman, “May December”
Judy Reyes, “Birth/Rebirth”
Franz Rogowski, “Passages”
Andrew Scott, “All of Us Strangers”
Teyana Taylor,...
Best Feature
“Past Lives”
Producers: David Hinojosa, Pamela Koffler, Christine Vachon
“All of Us Strangers”
Producers: Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Sarah Harvey
“American Fiction”
Producers: Cord Jefferson, Jermaine Johnson, Nikos Karamigios, Ben LeClair
“May December”
Producers: Jessica Elbaum, Will Ferrell, Grant S. Johnson, Pamela Koffler, Tyler W. Konney, Sophie Mas, Natalie Portman, Christine Vachon
“Passages”
Producers: Michel Merkt, Saïd Ben Saïd
“We Grown Now”
Producers: Minhal Baig, Joe Pirro
Best Lead Performance
Jeffrey Wright, “American Fiction”
Jessica Chastain, “Memory”
Greta Lee, “Past Lives”
Trace Lysette, “Monica”
Natalie Portman, “May December”
Judy Reyes, “Birth/Rebirth”
Franz Rogowski, “Passages”
Andrew Scott, “All of Us Strangers”
Teyana Taylor,...
- 2/25/2024
- by William Earl
- Variety Film + TV
The Film Independent Spirit Awards have been dutifully assigned to their worthy recipients, thus putting a button on yet another great year of indie film and innovative visual storytelling. And as awards prognosticators now ponder their Oscar futures with this new data set and the tent falls around our knees, we want to shout out one more time all of the producers, writers, directors, performers and more who made this such a special experience.
This year’s ceremony streamed live on IMDb’s YouTube and across other social platforms, including Film Independent’s own YouTube channel and Twitter (or “X” if you’re being pedantic). The full livestream (see below) will remain available to watch On Demand for the next eight weeks, which highlights, behind-the-scenes moments, arrival carpet interviews and more will are available at filmindependent.org and wherever fine entertainment journalism prevails.
Best Supporting Performance
Da’Vine Joy Randolph
The Holdovers...
This year’s ceremony streamed live on IMDb’s YouTube and across other social platforms, including Film Independent’s own YouTube channel and Twitter (or “X” if you’re being pedantic). The full livestream (see below) will remain available to watch On Demand for the next eight weeks, which highlights, behind-the-scenes moments, arrival carpet interviews and more will are available at filmindependent.org and wherever fine entertainment journalism prevails.
Best Supporting Performance
Da’Vine Joy Randolph
The Holdovers...
- 2/23/2024
- by Film Independent
- Film Independent News & More
Like we did with the cameras, now it’s the lenses’ turn. We made a chart with the lenses used to shoot the Oscars 2024 (96th Academy Awards) Best Picture and Cinematography nominees. The picture is clear. Panavision has no competition.
Oscars 2024: Lens Manufacturers chart
There’s no real competition for Panavision. This company is doing something right. Although Panavision lenses can not be purchased (rental-only glass), acclaimed DPs just love the lenses, and the excellent Panavision service as well.
Oscars 2024: Cameras & Lenses
Here’s the final list of the Oscars 2024 (96th Academy Awards) Best Picture and Cinematography nominees. Instead of a dull list, we created slides showing the movie poster and the cameras and lenses that shot the movie. Underneath the slides, there’s the description, plus the Dp (Director of Photography) that shot the movie. Explore the list below:
Best Picture nominees for Oscar 2024:
“American Fiction”: Dp: Cristina Dunlap.
Oscars 2024: Lens Manufacturers chart
There’s no real competition for Panavision. This company is doing something right. Although Panavision lenses can not be purchased (rental-only glass), acclaimed DPs just love the lenses, and the excellent Panavision service as well.
Oscars 2024: Cameras & Lenses
Here’s the final list of the Oscars 2024 (96th Academy Awards) Best Picture and Cinematography nominees. Instead of a dull list, we created slides showing the movie poster and the cameras and lenses that shot the movie. Underneath the slides, there’s the description, plus the Dp (Director of Photography) that shot the movie. Explore the list below:
Best Picture nominees for Oscar 2024:
“American Fiction”: Dp: Cristina Dunlap.
- 2/13/2024
- by Yossy Mendelovich
- YMCinema
Now, that we have the list of nominees, we can explore the cameras and lenses that shot Best Picture and Cinematography contenders for the 96th Academy Awards. There’s a solid presence of film cameras, and also, nice seeing IMAX film on that list.
96th Academy Awards: Camera Manufacturers chart 96th Academy Awards’ nominees: Cameras & Lenses
Here’s the final list of the Oscars 2024 (96th Academy Awards) Best Picture and Cinematography nominees. Instead of a dull list, we created slides showing the movie poster and the cameras and lenses that shot the movie. Underneath the slides, there’s the description, plus the Dp (Director of Photography) that shot the movie. Explore them below:
Best Picture nominees for Oscar 2024 “American Fiction”: Dp: Cristina Dunlap. Cameras: Arri Alexa Mini Lf. Lenses: TRIBE7 BLACKWING7 “Anatomy of a Fall”: Dp: Simon Beaufils. Cameras: Arri Alexa Mini Lf. Lenses: Hawk V-Lite...
96th Academy Awards: Camera Manufacturers chart 96th Academy Awards’ nominees: Cameras & Lenses
Here’s the final list of the Oscars 2024 (96th Academy Awards) Best Picture and Cinematography nominees. Instead of a dull list, we created slides showing the movie poster and the cameras and lenses that shot the movie. Underneath the slides, there’s the description, plus the Dp (Director of Photography) that shot the movie. Explore them below:
Best Picture nominees for Oscar 2024 “American Fiction”: Dp: Cristina Dunlap. Cameras: Arri Alexa Mini Lf. Lenses: TRIBE7 BLACKWING7 “Anatomy of a Fall”: Dp: Simon Beaufils. Cameras: Arri Alexa Mini Lf. Lenses: Hawk V-Lite...
- 2/1/2024
- by Yossy Mendelovich
- YMCinema
In The Holdovers, a professor, a student and a grief-stricken cook are stranded together at a New England boarding school over the holidays. The story takes place in the early 1970s, an era whose films are beloved by both Holdovers director Alexander Payne and cinematographer Eigil Bryld. However, they took opposing philosophical perspectives in imbuing their movie with the spirit of that epoch. Though he looked at the work of Hal Ashby for inspiration – particularly The Landlord and The Last Detail – rather than attempt to replicate it, Payne’s approach found him imaging what kind of film he himself […]
The post “If I Had Been Working in the 1970s [But With Today’s Technology], I Would Have Used Digital, I Would Have Used LED Technology”: The Holdovers Cinematographer Eigil Bryld first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
The post “If I Had Been Working in the 1970s [But With Today’s Technology], I Would Have Used Digital, I Would Have Used LED Technology”: The Holdovers Cinematographer Eigil Bryld first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 12/22/2023
- by Matt Mulcahey
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
In The Holdovers, a professor, a student and a grief-stricken cook are stranded together at a New England boarding school over the holidays. The story takes place in the early 1970s, an era whose films are beloved by both Holdovers director Alexander Payne and cinematographer Eigil Bryld. However, they took opposing philosophical perspectives in imbuing their movie with the spirit of that epoch. Though he looked at the work of Hal Ashby for inspiration – particularly The Landlord and The Last Detail – rather than attempt to replicate it, Payne’s approach found him imaging what kind of film he himself […]
The post “If I Had Been Working in the 1970s [But With Today’s Technology], I Would Have Used Digital, I Would Have Used LED Technology”: The Holdovers Cinematographer Eigil Bryld first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
The post “If I Had Been Working in the 1970s [But With Today’s Technology], I Would Have Used Digital, I Would Have Used LED Technology”: The Holdovers Cinematographer Eigil Bryld first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 12/22/2023
- by Matt Mulcahey
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Alexander Payne’s bittersweet Christmas dramedy “The Holdovers” is hitting Peacock on Dec. 29.
The movie, from Focus Features, follows three lonely people stuck at a snowy boarding school over the holidays. It debuted in theaters in October and earned rave reviews, including from Variety‘s own chief film critic Peter Debruge, who wrote that Payne’s “portrait of a prickly history teacher is the rare exception to the complaint that ‘they don’t make ’em like they used to.'”
Set in 1970, “The Holdovers” stars Paul Giamatti as Paul Hunham, a hard-ass, curmudgeonly history teacher at an elite boarding school who is tasked with looking after the teens who can’t come home for the holidays. When all of the other students are thrown a life raft, Angus Tully (Dominic Sessa) is left shipwrecked with just his teacher and the kitchen manager Mary (Da’Vine Joy Randolph), who is grieving the loss of her son.
The movie, from Focus Features, follows three lonely people stuck at a snowy boarding school over the holidays. It debuted in theaters in October and earned rave reviews, including from Variety‘s own chief film critic Peter Debruge, who wrote that Payne’s “portrait of a prickly history teacher is the rare exception to the complaint that ‘they don’t make ’em like they used to.'”
Set in 1970, “The Holdovers” stars Paul Giamatti as Paul Hunham, a hard-ass, curmudgeonly history teacher at an elite boarding school who is tasked with looking after the teens who can’t come home for the holidays. When all of the other students are thrown a life raft, Angus Tully (Dominic Sessa) is left shipwrecked with just his teacher and the kitchen manager Mary (Da’Vine Joy Randolph), who is grieving the loss of her son.
- 12/22/2023
- by Ethan Shanfeld
- Variety Film + TV
Paul Giamatti “has never been better” (Deadline) in acclaimed Academy Award® -winning director Alexander Payne’s newest film, The Holdovers, available to own with all-new exclusive bonus featurettes on Digital on December 29, 2023, and on Blu-ray and DVD on January 2, 2024 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes with a score of 96% and nominated for 8 Critics Choice Awards® including Best Picture, The Holdovers delivers an expert balance of comedy and warmth.
“Raucously funny” (The Hollywood Reporter) and poignant, The Holdovers stars critically acclaimed actor Paul Giamatti, alongside the remarkable Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Dominic Sessa in his feature film debut.
From acclaimed director Alexander Payne, The Holdovers follows a curmudgeonly instructor (Paul Giamatti) at a New England prep school who is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually, he forms an unlikely bond with one of them — a damaged,...
“Raucously funny” (The Hollywood Reporter) and poignant, The Holdovers stars critically acclaimed actor Paul Giamatti, alongside the remarkable Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Dominic Sessa in his feature film debut.
From acclaimed director Alexander Payne, The Holdovers follows a curmudgeonly instructor (Paul Giamatti) at a New England prep school who is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually, he forms an unlikely bond with one of them — a damaged,...
- 12/21/2023
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
While the likes of Oppenheimer, Barbie, and Killers of the Moon will likely battle it out at the Oscars, Film Independent Spirit Awards is putting the spotlight on the indie productions of the year, with budget ranges from $10,000 to $28 million. May December, Past Lives, and American Fiction lead the nominations for the 39th ceremony, each taking five nods.
Other highlights include All of Us Strangers and Passages for Best Feature, All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt and Earth Mama for Best First Feature, Kokomo City and The Mother of All Lies for Best Documentary, Glenn Howerton for BlackBerry, Marin Ireland and Anne Hathaway for Eileen, Marshawn Lynch for Bottoms, How to Blow Up a Pipeline for Best Editing, Godland and Tótem for Best International Film, and more.
See the nominations below ahead of the ceremony on Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024 (a full two weeks before the Oscars), hosted by Aidy Bryant.
Best...
Other highlights include All of Us Strangers and Passages for Best Feature, All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt and Earth Mama for Best First Feature, Kokomo City and The Mother of All Lies for Best Documentary, Glenn Howerton for BlackBerry, Marin Ireland and Anne Hathaway for Eileen, Marshawn Lynch for Bottoms, How to Blow Up a Pipeline for Best Editing, Godland and Tótem for Best International Film, and more.
See the nominations below ahead of the ceremony on Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024 (a full two weeks before the Oscars), hosted by Aidy Bryant.
Best...
- 12/5/2023
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
Erika Alexander stars as Coraline and Jeffrey Wright as Thelonious “Monk” Ellison in ‘American Fiction’ (Photo credit: Claire Folger © 2023 Orion Releasing LLC)
American Fiction, Past Lives, and May December lead the list of the 2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards. Each of the three films picked up five nominations and will be going head-to-head in the Best Film and Best Supporting Performance categories. Films and TV shows earning four nominations included The Holdovers, I’m a Virgo, The Last of Us, and Passages.
The 39th Film Independent Spirit Awards will be held on February 25 on the beach in Santa Monica. Aidy Bryant (Saturday Night Live) is on board to host.
“This year’s exciting group of Spirit Award nominees reflect the undeniable strength and vitality of independent storytelling – this is the beating heart of film culture today,” said Josh Welsh, President of Film Independent. “It’s especially thrilling to see so many nominees...
American Fiction, Past Lives, and May December lead the list of the 2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards. Each of the three films picked up five nominations and will be going head-to-head in the Best Film and Best Supporting Performance categories. Films and TV shows earning four nominations included The Holdovers, I’m a Virgo, The Last of Us, and Passages.
The 39th Film Independent Spirit Awards will be held on February 25 on the beach in Santa Monica. Aidy Bryant (Saturday Night Live) is on board to host.
“This year’s exciting group of Spirit Award nominees reflect the undeniable strength and vitality of independent storytelling – this is the beating heart of film culture today,” said Josh Welsh, President of Film Independent. “It’s especially thrilling to see so many nominees...
- 12/5/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Ceremony to take place on Santa Monica Beach on February 25, 2024.
The 39th Film Independent Spirit Awards nominations have been announced and May December, American Fiction, and Past Lives lead the field with five nods apiece.
The Holdovers earned four and there were three for All Of Us Strangers – winner of seven Bifas at the weekend – as the nominations were announced on Tuesday. A24 leads the studio field with 11 nominations, followed by Netflix on 10.
Andrew Scott for All Of Us Strangers, Jessica Chastain for Memory, Greta Lee for Past Lives, Franz Rogowski for Passages, and Jeffrey Wright for American Fiction are...
The 39th Film Independent Spirit Awards nominations have been announced and May December, American Fiction, and Past Lives lead the field with five nods apiece.
The Holdovers earned four and there were three for All Of Us Strangers – winner of seven Bifas at the weekend – as the nominations were announced on Tuesday. A24 leads the studio field with 11 nominations, followed by Netflix on 10.
Andrew Scott for All Of Us Strangers, Jessica Chastain for Memory, Greta Lee for Past Lives, Franz Rogowski for Passages, and Jeffrey Wright for American Fiction are...
- 12/5/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Ceremony to take place on Santa Monica Beach on February 25, 2024.
The Film Independent 39th Film Independent Spirit Awards have been announced and May December, American Fiction, and Past Lives lead the field with five nods apiece.
The Holdovers earned four and All Of Us Strangers three as the nominations were announced on Tuesday. A24 leads the studio field with 11 nominations, followed by Netflix on 10.
Andrew Scott for All of Us Strangers, Jessica Chastain for Memory, Greta Lee for Past Lives, Franz Rogowski for Passages, and Jeffrey Wright for American Fiction are in the running fort the gender-neutral lead acting category.
The Film Independent 39th Film Independent Spirit Awards have been announced and May December, American Fiction, and Past Lives lead the field with five nods apiece.
The Holdovers earned four and All Of Us Strangers three as the nominations were announced on Tuesday. A24 leads the studio field with 11 nominations, followed by Netflix on 10.
Andrew Scott for All of Us Strangers, Jessica Chastain for Memory, Greta Lee for Past Lives, Franz Rogowski for Passages, and Jeffrey Wright for American Fiction are in the running fort the gender-neutral lead acting category.
- 12/5/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The full list of nominations for the 2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards has been announced!
Movies are only eligible for a Spirit Award if they have a budget of less than $30 million, so there are some awards favorites like Maestro and Killers of the Flower Moon that are not nominated here.
Aidy Bryant is set to host the 2024 awards ceremony, which will take place on February 25. The event will no longer air on television and will instead stream on YouTube.
American Fiction, May December, and Past Lives lead the pack this year with five nominations each.
Head inside to check out the full list of nominations…
Keep scrolling to see the full list of nominations…
Best Feature (Award given to the producer)
All of Us Strangers
Producers: Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Sarah Harvey
American Fiction
Producers: Cord Jefferson, Jermaine Johnson, Nikos Karamigios, Ben LeClair
May December
Producers: Jessica Elbaum, Will Ferrell,...
Movies are only eligible for a Spirit Award if they have a budget of less than $30 million, so there are some awards favorites like Maestro and Killers of the Flower Moon that are not nominated here.
Aidy Bryant is set to host the 2024 awards ceremony, which will take place on February 25. The event will no longer air on television and will instead stream on YouTube.
American Fiction, May December, and Past Lives lead the pack this year with five nominations each.
Head inside to check out the full list of nominations…
Keep scrolling to see the full list of nominations…
Best Feature (Award given to the producer)
All of Us Strangers
Producers: Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Sarah Harvey
American Fiction
Producers: Cord Jefferson, Jermaine Johnson, Nikos Karamigios, Ben LeClair
May December
Producers: Jessica Elbaum, Will Ferrell,...
- 12/5/2023
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Following its world premiere at the 50th Telluride Film Festival in August, Alexander Payne‘s “The Holdovers” was released nationwide by Focus Features on November 10. The dramedy stars Oscar nominee Paul Giamatti as Paul Hunham, a cranky history teacher at a remote prep school who is forced to remain on campus over the holidays with a troubled student (Dominic Sessa) who has no place to go.
The film has solidified its place in this year’s awards chatter, with current Gold Derby odds forecasting Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Actor (Giamatti) and Best Editing. Front-runner status could lead to Oscar wins for Best Supporting Actress (Da’Vine Joy Randolph) and Best Original Screenplay. Critics are gushing over the movie, with a consensus on Rotten Tomatoes reading, “Beautifully bittersweet, ‘The Holdovers’ marks a satisfying return to form for director Alexander Payne.”
See ‘The Holdovers’ overtakes ‘Past Lives’ in Oscar odds...
The film has solidified its place in this year’s awards chatter, with current Gold Derby odds forecasting Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Actor (Giamatti) and Best Editing. Front-runner status could lead to Oscar wins for Best Supporting Actress (Da’Vine Joy Randolph) and Best Original Screenplay. Critics are gushing over the movie, with a consensus on Rotten Tomatoes reading, “Beautifully bittersweet, ‘The Holdovers’ marks a satisfying return to form for director Alexander Payne.”
See ‘The Holdovers’ overtakes ‘Past Lives’ in Oscar odds...
- 11/15/2023
- by Vincent Mandile
- Gold Derby
"I hope audiences feel it's a successful and unforced, lived in sense of period and time." Focus Features has revealed a brief behind-the-scenes featurette for The Holdovers, the latest film by filmmaker Alexander Payne. It already started playing in limited theaters this past weekend, expanding in wide release throughout November. This featurette focuses on making the film feel like it was made in and takes place in the 1970s, which is not as easy anymore in the 2020s. With no family and nowhere to go over the Christmas holiday in 1970, Paul remains at school to supervise students unable to journey home. After a few days, only one student holdover remains -- a trouble-making 15-year-old named Angus. Joining Paul & Angus is head cook Mary, an African American woman whose own son was recently lost in Vietnam. These very different people form an unlikely Christmas family sharing comic misadventures during two snowy weeks.
- 11/1/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Film cameras strike big time as it seems that Dp chose celluloid to shoot the Oscar 2024 (96th Academy Awards) contenders. The most used camera is the Arricam (Lt and St) which, you have to admit, is an amazing fact. Additionally, there are new cameras on that list. Explore the camera charts below based on the IndieWire Cinematography Survey.
Oscar 2024: Camera Manufacturers Chart Oscar 2024 contenders: Cameras and lenses
IndieWire reached out to the directors of photography whose films are among the most critically acclaimed of the year, in order to explore which cameras and lenses they used (Make sure to read the IndieWire’s article where you can find Dp’s explanation of how they used their gear). As the tradition calls, we took the data to build friendly charts, trying to find a significant tendency and segmentation. Surprisingly, the most used camera is the Arricam. First,...
Oscar 2024: Camera Manufacturers Chart Oscar 2024 contenders: Cameras and lenses
IndieWire reached out to the directors of photography whose films are among the most critically acclaimed of the year, in order to explore which cameras and lenses they used (Make sure to read the IndieWire’s article where you can find Dp’s explanation of how they used their gear). As the tradition calls, we took the data to build friendly charts, trying to find a significant tendency and segmentation. Surprisingly, the most used camera is the Arricam. First,...
- 10/20/2023
- by Yossy Mendelovich
- YMCinema
Eigil Bryld must be feeling funny lately. After a career peppered with reality-based dramas (You Don’t Know Jack and The Report), thrillers (Deep Water) and romantic period pieces (Tulip Fever and Becoming Jane), the Danish cinematographer has lightened up with a trio of comedies out this year—The Machine, Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers and No Hard Feelings. In the latter, Jennifer Lawrence plays a Montauk Uber driver who agrees to seduce the son (Andrew Barth Feldman) of a wealthy couple summering in the quaint Long Island enclave in exchange for a used Buick Regal. Bryld spoke to Filmmaker about lensing the […]
The post “It’s Never Fun to Do Nude Work”: Dp Eigil Bryld on No Hard Feelings first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
The post “It’s Never Fun to Do Nude Work”: Dp Eigil Bryld on No Hard Feelings first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 10/6/2023
- by Matt Mulcahey
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Eigil Bryld must be feeling funny lately. After a career peppered with reality-based dramas (You Don’t Know Jack and The Report), thrillers (Deep Water) and romantic period pieces (Tulip Fever and Becoming Jane), the Danish cinematographer has lightened up with a trio of comedies out this year—The Machine, Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers and No Hard Feelings. In the latter, Jennifer Lawrence plays a Montauk Uber driver who agrees to seduce the son (Andrew Barth Feldman) of a wealthy couple summering in the quaint Long Island enclave in exchange for a used Buick Regal. Bryld spoke to Filmmaker about lensing the […]
The post “It’s Never Fun to Do Nude Work”: Dp Eigil Bryld on No Hard Feelings first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
The post “It’s Never Fun to Do Nude Work”: Dp Eigil Bryld on No Hard Feelings first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 10/6/2023
- by Matt Mulcahey
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Every Christmas movie has to have its scrooge. In Alexander Payne’s holiday-set dramedy The Holdovers, the curmudgeon is Paul Hunham (Paul Giamatti), a long-time teacher at Barton Academy, an elite Massachusetts boarding school. Paul treats the affluent students in his ancient history class with contempt, gleefully terrorizing them with poor grades in order to trip up their otherwise smooth rides to fancy colleges. He’s the kind of teacher who flunks almost everyone on their end-of-semester exam and then assigns the class extra homework over the holidays as prep for yet another exam as soon as they get back. Bah humbug, indeed.
It’s not just the students at Barton who loathe Paul. So does the school’s administration. Hence Paul being saddled with holdover duty over the winter break—that is, to supervise any students who, for whatever reason, can’t go on lavish vacations like the rest of their peers,...
It’s not just the students at Barton who loathe Paul. So does the school’s administration. Hence Paul being saddled with holdover duty over the winter break—that is, to supervise any students who, for whatever reason, can’t go on lavish vacations like the rest of their peers,...
- 9/16/2023
- by Mark Hanson
- Slant Magazine
The Holdovers Review: Alexander Payne And Paul Giamatti Reunite For This Marvellous Film [TIFF 2023]
Alexander Payne has long been one of the most respected American directors, tapping into unique stories of the human condition. From high school elections ("Election"), the abortion debate ("Citizen Ruth"), or even wine tasting ("Sideways"), Payne has a way of finding humor and heart in everything he directs. His work never really faltered until his last directorial effort "Downsizing" in 2017. While I was higher on it than most, it lacked much of Payne's signature charm that makes his movies, often about unbearable people, so irresistible.
Speaking of unbearable, one of his most prickly and obnoxious characters yet takes the lead in "The Holdovers." Paul Dunham (Paul Giamatti) teaches ancient civilizations at Barton Academy, a top-tier boarding school in the 1970s. His course is the greatest love in his life -- Hunham references various points in ancient history more than he blinks, bringing an immense knowledge of his subject matter that's unrivaled.
Speaking of unbearable, one of his most prickly and obnoxious characters yet takes the lead in "The Holdovers." Paul Dunham (Paul Giamatti) teaches ancient civilizations at Barton Academy, a top-tier boarding school in the 1970s. His course is the greatest love in his life -- Hunham references various points in ancient history more than he blinks, bringing an immense knowledge of his subject matter that's unrivaled.
- 9/11/2023
- by Barry Levitt
- Slash Film
It has been six years since Alexander Payne directed his last film, Downsizing, so to watch his new movie is something of an event. The Holdovers — which Focus Features will release later this fall — marks Payne’s reunion with Paul Giamatti, the star of Sideways, and once again the two spark each other in a rewarding way. This new movie is not without its flaws, but it is an engaging and often touching comic drama that builds power as it moves toward its immensely satisfying conclusion.
David Hemingson (best known for writing TV series like Kitchen Confidential) has crafted an incisive screenplay for Payne. The time is Christmas of 1970, and the setting is a hidebound New England prep school preparing for the holidays. Giamatti plays Paul Hunham, a curmudgeonly classics instructor who wins the unenviable job of staying at school over the holidays to look after the boys who are...
David Hemingson (best known for writing TV series like Kitchen Confidential) has crafted an incisive screenplay for Payne. The time is Christmas of 1970, and the setting is a hidebound New England prep school preparing for the holidays. Giamatti plays Paul Hunham, a curmudgeonly classics instructor who wins the unenviable job of staying at school over the holidays to look after the boys who are...
- 9/1/2023
- by Stephen Farber
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Martin McDonagh’s cult hit man feature comes to 4K looking extremely good: fans of low-key black humor and droll sentimentality, kinda-like-the-Coens, kinda-like-Tarantino, love this picture. Cute characterizations from Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson & Ralph Fiennes bring light to a ‘killers with a heart’ story. It keeps us watching to see what happens next, that’s for sure. And when’s the last time that 13th century European art and architecture figured so heavily in a mob saga?
In Bruges
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Kl Studio Classics
2008/ Color / 2:39 widescreen / 107 min. / Street Date September 27, 2022 / available through Kino Lorber / 39.95
Starring: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ralph Fiennes, Clémence Poésy, Thekla Reuten, Ciarán Hinds, Zeljko Ivanek, Jordan Prentice.
Cinematography: Eigil Bryld
Production Designer: Michael Carlin
Art Director: Chris Lowe
Film Editor: Jon Gregory
Original Music: Carter Burwell
Produced by Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin
Written and Directed by Martin McDonagh
How can we fairly...
In Bruges
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Kl Studio Classics
2008/ Color / 2:39 widescreen / 107 min. / Street Date September 27, 2022 / available through Kino Lorber / 39.95
Starring: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ralph Fiennes, Clémence Poésy, Thekla Reuten, Ciarán Hinds, Zeljko Ivanek, Jordan Prentice.
Cinematography: Eigil Bryld
Production Designer: Michael Carlin
Art Director: Chris Lowe
Film Editor: Jon Gregory
Original Music: Carter Burwell
Produced by Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin
Written and Directed by Martin McDonagh
How can we fairly...
- 10/1/2022
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
In 1972, the ads for the late Peter Bogdanovich’s hilarious throwback “What’s Up, Doc?” promised, “It’s a screwball comedy. Remember those?” If Disney weren’t consigning “Deep Water” to its Hulu streaming service — the fate for most upcoming titles from the 20th Century and Searchlight shingles — they might well have posters that tease, “It’s an erotic thriller. Remember them?”
And who better to save Hollywood cinema from chaste franchises, stolid superheroes, and a general lack of horniness than director Adrian Lyne, returned from a two-decade hiatus to bring heavy breathing back to mainstream movies.
“Deep Water,” a Patricia Highsmith adaptation starring couple-at-the-time Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas, doesn’t invoke the beads of sweat that the genre’s best can manage, but it’s a pleasurably trashy reminder of the flashy fun that Lyne and his many imitators once regularly brought to the screen.
Adapted by the...
And who better to save Hollywood cinema from chaste franchises, stolid superheroes, and a general lack of horniness than director Adrian Lyne, returned from a two-decade hiatus to bring heavy breathing back to mainstream movies.
“Deep Water,” a Patricia Highsmith adaptation starring couple-at-the-time Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas, doesn’t invoke the beads of sweat that the genre’s best can manage, but it’s a pleasurably trashy reminder of the flashy fun that Lyne and his many imitators once regularly brought to the screen.
Adapted by the...
- 3/16/2022
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
Adam Driver stars as FBI agent Daniel Jones who investigated CIA interrogation techniques, in the gripping drama The Report. Photo courtesy of Amazon Studios.
In this tense, gripping true story drama, Adam Driver plays a FBI agent who relentless pursues the truth about the torture of suspected terrorists in the aftermath of 9/11. His searing report exposed the brutal reality of CIA’s enhanced interrogation techniques, which were adopted in the wake of 9/11. Even if you are a news junkie who thinks you know this story well, this powerful drama will take you by surprise and catch you up in its thriller tension, as it weaves an epic, eye-opening tale of secrecy, deceit, cover-up and corruption, in one man’s dogged pursuit of the truth.
Scott Z. Burns both directs and wrote the script, based on the story of idealistic young FBI agent Daniel Jones (Adam Driver). Jones was galvanized by...
In this tense, gripping true story drama, Adam Driver plays a FBI agent who relentless pursues the truth about the torture of suspected terrorists in the aftermath of 9/11. His searing report exposed the brutal reality of CIA’s enhanced interrogation techniques, which were adopted in the wake of 9/11. Even if you are a news junkie who thinks you know this story well, this powerful drama will take you by surprise and catch you up in its thriller tension, as it weaves an epic, eye-opening tale of secrecy, deceit, cover-up and corruption, in one man’s dogged pursuit of the truth.
Scott Z. Burns both directs and wrote the script, based on the story of idealistic young FBI agent Daniel Jones (Adam Driver). Jones was galvanized by...
- 11/20/2019
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
A cursory glance at the television these days, especially when the news is on, gives ample evidence of how complicated it is in the political world to try and seek out the truth. People and groups with different sorts of politics can see the same information and find different truths in it. However, right and wrong, on a moral level, remains static. That’s part of the appeal of the granular political drama The Report, which really digs in to the United States’ use of torture after September 11th. Opening this week, the Amazon Studios release is hoping to go from Sundance Film Festival prestige player to Academy Award nominee. The Report is a well executed procedural, with another excellent Adam Driver performance that’s wholly riveting. Suffice it to say, Amazon would do well to campaign this one heavily. The movie is a dramatic thriller, looking back on recent American history.
- 11/14/2019
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
With it now being over a decade since the Bush-Cheney era, our perspective on the recent history is greater, which means it is time for filmmakers to have a stronger focus on mining the territory of post-9/11 political debacles. While Adam McKay’s Vice divided in its useful insight (or lack thereof), Scott Z. Burns takes a strictly procedural route in the thrilling, sharply written The Report. A student of the Steven Soderbergh school of filmmaking, it has the propulsive slickness of that director’s best films, without ever feeling derivative.
The always-fantastic Adam Driver continues his streak here in his best role since Paterson, playing Daniel Jones, on staff in the Senate working under California’s Dianne Feinstein (Annette Bening). He leads the investigation which, after spending six years and sifting through 6.3 million pages of documents, produces the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Committee Report of the CIA’s Detention and Interrogation Program.
The always-fantastic Adam Driver continues his streak here in his best role since Paterson, playing Daniel Jones, on staff in the Senate working under California’s Dianne Feinstein (Annette Bening). He leads the investigation which, after spending six years and sifting through 6.3 million pages of documents, produces the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Committee Report of the CIA’s Detention and Interrogation Program.
- 1/27/2019
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Steven Soderbergh’s Ocean’s Eleven – a slick remake of The Rat Pack‘s 1960 film – kick started a trilogy that would dominate the early millennium on the big screen. Amassing a star-laden cast list collective, the Ocean’s trilogy remains fondly recalled by many as top notch Hollywood escapism and, flaws notwithstanding, an example of confident, classy, big budget, filmmaking. Since its finale in 2007, many pondered whether we would see an Ocean’s Fourteen but a few were caught by surprise by the announcement of not only a lower digit titled spin-off/sequel but one led by an all female cast.
Amidst the wave of change blowing through the industry, gender and diversity are the biggest issues in modern movie making and this film has understandably garnered a few headlines. From breaking new box office ground for the series to some sniffy (albeit overall more positive) reviews from critics leading...
Amidst the wave of change blowing through the industry, gender and diversity are the biggest issues in modern movie making and this film has understandably garnered a few headlines. From breaking new box office ground for the series to some sniffy (albeit overall more positive) reviews from critics leading...
- 6/27/2018
- by Jack Bottomley
- The Cultural Post
The right people have been hired, and everyone is where they’re supposed to be. That level of planning makes the heist in “Ocean’s 8” run fairly smoothly. As for the film itself, similarly curated with care, it gets the job done without ever being one for the record books.
The idea of a spin on the breezy “Ocean’s” capers featuring an all-female cast is a great one, and the crew assembled here represents an octet of terrific screen presences. So terrific, in fact, that it’s hard not to mentally leap to how great the movie could have been while it amiably spins its wheels. It’s not a waste of time, but it does feel like a wasted opportunity.
Take Sandra Bullock: as mastermind Debbie Ocean, who has spent years in jail concocting an intricate scheme to rob the annual Met Gala, she’s brilliantly deadpan in the early scenes,...
The idea of a spin on the breezy “Ocean’s” capers featuring an all-female cast is a great one, and the crew assembled here represents an octet of terrific screen presences. So terrific, in fact, that it’s hard not to mentally leap to how great the movie could have been while it amiably spins its wheels. It’s not a waste of time, but it does feel like a wasted opportunity.
Take Sandra Bullock: as mastermind Debbie Ocean, who has spent years in jail concocting an intricate scheme to rob the annual Met Gala, she’s brilliantly deadpan in the early scenes,...
- 6/6/2018
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
Simon Brew Dec 20, 2017
Sandra Bullock headlines the ensemble for Ocean's 8 - and the first trailer has landed...
Warner Bros has released the first trailer for next year’s Ocean’s 8, the movie that sort-of reboots the Ocean’s series of films, albeit with a new cast.
This time, the ensemble is led by Sandra Bullock and Cate Blanchett. The Hunger Games’ Gary Ross directs. And the first trailer looks like this…
The official synopsis for the movie has also been released. And it’s right here…
The tide has turned and it’s a whole new “Ocean’s” when eight women plan and execute a heist in New York. Oscar winner Sandra Bullock stars in the title role, alongside Oscar winners Cate Blanchett and Anne Hathaway, Mindy Kaling, Sarah Paulson, Awkwafina, with Rihanna and Oscar nominee Helena Bonham Carter. Oscar-nominated filmmaker Gary Ross is directing.
Ross directs from a screenplay...
Sandra Bullock headlines the ensemble for Ocean's 8 - and the first trailer has landed...
Warner Bros has released the first trailer for next year’s Ocean’s 8, the movie that sort-of reboots the Ocean’s series of films, albeit with a new cast.
This time, the ensemble is led by Sandra Bullock and Cate Blanchett. The Hunger Games’ Gary Ross directs. And the first trailer looks like this…
The official synopsis for the movie has also been released. And it’s right here…
The tide has turned and it’s a whole new “Ocean’s” when eight women plan and execute a heist in New York. Oscar winner Sandra Bullock stars in the title role, alongside Oscar winners Cate Blanchett and Anne Hathaway, Mindy Kaling, Sarah Paulson, Awkwafina, with Rihanna and Oscar nominee Helena Bonham Carter. Oscar-nominated filmmaker Gary Ross is directing.
Ross directs from a screenplay...
- 12/20/2017
- Den of Geek
Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ give audiences this first look at Ocean’s 8 from one of New York City’s most iconic locales: the subway.
The tide will turn as (L-r) Debbie Ocean (Sandra Bullock) attempts to pull off the heist of the century at New York City’s star-studded annual Met Gala.
Her first stop is to assemble the perfect crew: Lou (Cate Blanchett); Nine Ball (Rihanna); Amita (Mindy Kaling); Constance (Awkwafina); Rose (Helena Bonham Carter); Daphne Kluger (Anne Hathaway); and Tammy (Sarah Paulson).
Oscar-nominated filmmaker Gary Ross is directing.
Ross directs from a screenplay he wrote with Olivia Milch (upcoming “Dude”), with Steven Soderbergh and Jon Kilik producing, Michael Tadross, Susan Ekins, Sandra Bullock, Diana Alvarez and Bruce Berman executive producing, and Milch co-producing. Filming is taking place in and around New York City.
Collaborating with Ross behind the scenes are director of photography Eigil Bryld (“In Bruges,...
The tide will turn as (L-r) Debbie Ocean (Sandra Bullock) attempts to pull off the heist of the century at New York City’s star-studded annual Met Gala.
Her first stop is to assemble the perfect crew: Lou (Cate Blanchett); Nine Ball (Rihanna); Amita (Mindy Kaling); Constance (Awkwafina); Rose (Helena Bonham Carter); Daphne Kluger (Anne Hathaway); and Tammy (Sarah Paulson).
Oscar-nominated filmmaker Gary Ross is directing.
Ross directs from a screenplay he wrote with Olivia Milch (upcoming “Dude”), with Steven Soderbergh and Jon Kilik producing, Michael Tadross, Susan Ekins, Sandra Bullock, Diana Alvarez and Bruce Berman executive producing, and Milch co-producing. Filming is taking place in and around New York City.
Collaborating with Ross behind the scenes are director of photography Eigil Bryld (“In Bruges,...
- 1/30/2017
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Starry cast includes Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Rihanna.
Production is underway on Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ Ocean’s 8, which follows eight women who plan and execute a heist in New York.
Oscar-winner Sandra Bullock leads the starry, female-driven cast. She is joined by fellow Oscar-winners Cate Blanchett and Anne Hathaway, Oscar-nominee Helena Bonham Carter, Grammy-winning singer and actress Rihanna, Mindy Kaling, Sarah Paulson and American rapper Awkwafina.
The shoot is currently taking place in New York.
Gary Ross directs the film from a screenplay co-written by Ross and Olivia Milch (Dude).
Steven Soderbergh and Jon Kilik are producing, with Michael Tadross, Susan Ekins, Bullock, Diana Alvarez and Bruce Berman executive producing. Screenwriter Milch is also co-producing.
Behind the scenes are director of photography Eigil Bryld (In Bruges), production designer Alex Digerlando (Beasts Of The Southern Wild), editor Juliette Welfling (Free State of Jones), costume designer Sarah Edwards (Tower Heist) and composer [link=nm...
Production is underway on Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ Ocean’s 8, which follows eight women who plan and execute a heist in New York.
Oscar-winner Sandra Bullock leads the starry, female-driven cast. She is joined by fellow Oscar-winners Cate Blanchett and Anne Hathaway, Oscar-nominee Helena Bonham Carter, Grammy-winning singer and actress Rihanna, Mindy Kaling, Sarah Paulson and American rapper Awkwafina.
The shoot is currently taking place in New York.
Gary Ross directs the film from a screenplay co-written by Ross and Olivia Milch (Dude).
Steven Soderbergh and Jon Kilik are producing, with Michael Tadross, Susan Ekins, Bullock, Diana Alvarez and Bruce Berman executive producing. Screenwriter Milch is also co-producing.
Behind the scenes are director of photography Eigil Bryld (In Bruges), production designer Alex Digerlando (Beasts Of The Southern Wild), editor Juliette Welfling (Free State of Jones), costume designer Sarah Edwards (Tower Heist) and composer [link=nm...
- 11/3/2016
- ScreenDaily
The tide has turned and it’s a whole new Ocean’s when eight women plan and execute a heist in New York. Oscar winner Sandra Bullock stars in the title role, alongside Oscar winners Cate Blanchett and Anne Hathaway, Mindy Kaling, Sarah Paulson, Awkwafina, with Rihanna and Oscar nominee Helena Bonham Carter. Oscar-nominated filmmaker Gary Ross is directing.
Ross directs from a screenplay he wrote with Olivia Milch (upcoming Dude), with Steven Soderbergh and Jon Kilik producing, Michael Tadross, Susan Ekins, Sandra Bullock, Diana Alvarez and Bruce Berman executive producing, and Milch co-producing. Filming is taking place in and around New York City.
Collaborating with Ross behind the scenes are director of photography Eigil Bryld (In Bruges, Not Fade Away), production designer Alex Digerlando (Beasts of the Southern Wild,”HBO’s True Detective), editor Juliette Welfling (Free State of Jones, The Hunger Games), costume designer Sarah Edwards (Tower Heist,...
Ross directs from a screenplay he wrote with Olivia Milch (upcoming Dude), with Steven Soderbergh and Jon Kilik producing, Michael Tadross, Susan Ekins, Sandra Bullock, Diana Alvarez and Bruce Berman executive producing, and Milch co-producing. Filming is taking place in and around New York City.
Collaborating with Ross behind the scenes are director of photography Eigil Bryld (In Bruges, Not Fade Away), production designer Alex Digerlando (Beasts of the Southern Wild,”HBO’s True Detective), editor Juliette Welfling (Free State of Jones, The Hunger Games), costume designer Sarah Edwards (Tower Heist,...
- 11/2/2016
- by Kellvin Chavez
- LRMonline.com
Production on the All-Female reboot of Ocean's 11 is underway! Come inside to find out more about the latest heist film!
Starting today, Warner Bros. and Director Gary Ross (Seabiscuit, The Hunger Games, Free State of Jones) begin production on their all-female reboot of the Ocean's franchise. Contrary to its predecessors, there won't be 11 members. Instead, 8 female actors consisting of Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Mindy Kaling, Helena Bonham Carter, Sarah Paulson, Rihanna, and Awkwafina will join forces in a new heist film, Ocean's 8.
While there are only 8, the team seems reminiscent of 2001's elite team of George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Bernie Mac, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Don Cheadle etc. You've got your A-Listers in Bullock, Blanchett, and Hathaway much like Clooney, Pitt, and Damon are. Then, there is the supporting crew that round out the rest.
Not much is known about the plot of Ocean's 8,...
Starting today, Warner Bros. and Director Gary Ross (Seabiscuit, The Hunger Games, Free State of Jones) begin production on their all-female reboot of the Ocean's franchise. Contrary to its predecessors, there won't be 11 members. Instead, 8 female actors consisting of Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Mindy Kaling, Helena Bonham Carter, Sarah Paulson, Rihanna, and Awkwafina will join forces in a new heist film, Ocean's 8.
While there are only 8, the team seems reminiscent of 2001's elite team of George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Bernie Mac, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Don Cheadle etc. You've got your A-Listers in Bullock, Blanchett, and Hathaway much like Clooney, Pitt, and Damon are. Then, there is the supporting crew that round out the rest.
Not much is known about the plot of Ocean's 8,...
- 11/2/2016
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Matt Malliaros)
- Cinelinx
A week before the 65th annual Primetime Emmy Awards rock the entertainment industry, nearly 80 awards were scheduled to be presented at the Creative Arts Emmys ceremony Sunday (Sept. 15) at the Nokia Theatre. Fxx will air an edited version of the Creative Arts Emmys ceremony on Sept. 21 at 9 p.m. Et.
HBO's "Behind the Candelabra" unsurprisingly took home a number of awards, while Bob Newhart won his first career Emmy for guest-starring on CBS' "The Big Bang Theory."
Here is the full list of winners:
Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama Series - 2013: Carrie Preston, as Elsbeth Tascioni on "The Good Wife"
Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series - 2013: Dan Bucatinsky, as James Novack on "Scandal"
Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series - 2013: Melissa Leo, as Laurie on "Louie"
Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series - 2013: Bob Newhart, as Arthur Jeffries/Professor Proton...
HBO's "Behind the Candelabra" unsurprisingly took home a number of awards, while Bob Newhart won his first career Emmy for guest-starring on CBS' "The Big Bang Theory."
Here is the full list of winners:
Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama Series - 2013: Carrie Preston, as Elsbeth Tascioni on "The Good Wife"
Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series - 2013: Dan Bucatinsky, as James Novack on "Scandal"
Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series - 2013: Melissa Leo, as Laurie on "Louie"
Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series - 2013: Bob Newhart, as Arthur Jeffries/Professor Proton...
- 9/16/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
From the very first moment that Kevin Spacey broke the fourth wall as the devilishly charming House Majority Whip Frank Underwood in "House of Cards," Netflix's first original TV series, we knew that we were in for "Richard III" in D.C. It's so David Fincher, who signed on as exec producer and director of the first two episodes, while writer-showrunner Beau Willimon ("The Ides of March") plotted the political machinations with transcendent glee. (Our in-depth interview with Willimon is here.) No wonder the series has induced binge viewing and Emmy buzz. I recently spoke with the three Bs of below-the-line craft on the acclaimed, $100 million political thriller, which is in pre-production on its second season: cinematographer Eigil Bryld ("You Don't Know Jack"), costume designer Tom Broecker ("Saturday Night Live"), and composer Jeff Beal ("Blackfish"), whose two-disc soundtrack is available on Varese Sarabande. They all attest to the fact that...
- 5/24/2013
- by Bill Desowitz
- Thompson on Hollywood
I had no idea going into the new Netflix original series "House of Cards" it was only the first season. I assumed, since the BBC original it was based on was only twelve episodes long, and the fact it was based on Michael Dobbs' 1989 novel, a 13-episode arc would cover the entirety of the story. So, as the minutes ticked away in the final episode I kept thinking to myself, "How are they going to wrap this up in the next ten... nine... eight... seven minutes?" The answer, obviously, is they didn't and I'd be lying if the result wasn't a bit of a letdown as the drama in the latter moments wasn't as intriguing as the political back-stabbing that led up to it, but the overall enjoyment level was quite high regardless. Involving the dirty dealings of backroom politics, the series was developed by playwright Beau Willimon ("The Ides of March...
- 2/4/2013
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Hi, everybody. This is Michael C here from Serious Film and this week I'm excited to be writing about one of my very favorite films of the last decade, one that improves dramatically which each repeated viewing. So lets get to the overlooked element of this largely overlooked gem.
One could argue that a lot of work was done for Eigil Bryld when director Martin McDonagh decided to shoot on location in the breathtakingly beautiful Belgian city of Bruges. But as cinematographer for In Bruges he couldn't be content to merely do justice to his gorgeous setting. The cliche is that a setting is like another character in a story, but in the case of this movie the city of Bruges features as prominently in the plot as it does in the title. Bryld succeeds in using the look of the movie to add depth and texture to the story,...
One could argue that a lot of work was done for Eigil Bryld when director Martin McDonagh decided to shoot on location in the breathtakingly beautiful Belgian city of Bruges. But as cinematographer for In Bruges he couldn't be content to merely do justice to his gorgeous setting. The cliche is that a setting is like another character in a story, but in the case of this movie the city of Bruges features as prominently in the plot as it does in the title. Bryld succeeds in using the look of the movie to add depth and texture to the story,...
- 11/4/2010
- by Michael C.
- FilmExperience
While In Bruges is an older film (2008), it’s only now seeing the light of day on Blu Ray. While it received fairly positive reviews from critics and earned a much-deserved Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay, the film did get overlooked by many. Now that it is on Blu-Ray we get a chance to travel back to the little city of Bruges and view it in all its high-definition glory.
In Bruges is a black comedy in the truest sense and, for the most part, it works pretty well. The film has Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson playing two hitmen sent to Bruges, a city in Belgium. Their boss (Ralph Fiennes) sends them there with instructions to lay low and await further instruction. Of course, not is all as it seems and as the true reason behind their stay in Bruges becomes apparent, all hell breaks loose and the film takes off.
In Bruges is a black comedy in the truest sense and, for the most part, it works pretty well. The film has Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson playing two hitmen sent to Bruges, a city in Belgium. Their boss (Ralph Fiennes) sends them there with instructions to lay low and await further instruction. Of course, not is all as it seems and as the true reason behind their stay in Bruges becomes apparent, all hell breaks loose and the film takes off.
- 7/7/2010
- by Mathew Tyler
- The Film Stage
Top 10 Movies of 2008 Trying to figure out my personal list of favorite, top ten, exceptional, "best" movies of 2008 was not an easy task. 2008 was an odd year for film. So many have gone on record saying it was a down year, but I don't entirely agree with that. While 2008 didn't have very many "great" films it had A Lot of good films. Of course, this is where making a top ten list gets difficult. So often you have one clear cut favorite and anywhere from 10-15 movies behind it that you simply need to figure out where they fall in the grand scheme of things. This year, my top five films are almost interchangeable and the bottom five and my Honorable Mentions could all compete for the final five spots, this just so happens to be where they all fell when I typed this list up. This year I saw...
- 12/29/2008
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Sundance Film Festival
PARK CITY -- Just when you think you've seen every possible variation on the hit-man genre, Irish playwright Martin McDonagh in his feature debut has fashioned an audacious combination of Old World grace and modern ultraviolence.
Chock full of wonderful lines delivered by a splendid cast, the film toys with the conventions and mostly transcends the limitations. But generous bloodletting might prove too much for the indie crowd, while artful conceit probably won't play in the multiplex. It's going to be a tough sell for Focus Features.
After a botched killing in London, Ray (Colin Farrell) and Ken (Brendan Gleeson) blow into Bruges, Belgium, like a breath of stale air. Ken essentially is baby sitting Ray for mob boss Harry (Ralph Fiennes) until the heat cools down or he figures out what to do with him.
The idea of soulful thugs on the lam among the medieval splendor of one of Europe's oldest cities is an inspired bit of storytelling conjured up by McDonagh, author of such pitch-black stage plays as The Beauty Queen of Leenane and The Lonesome West.
While Ken falls under the spell of Bruges and turns philosophical, Ray finds new ways to get in trouble. On the set of a movie shooting in town, he is enchanted by beautiful Chloe (Clemence Poesy), who is not the pure princess she appears to be. A petty grifter herself, she leads Ray into a fateful barroom brawl and later a gruesome showdown with her partner in crime (Jeremie Renier), posing as her jealous boyfriend.
Things really get messy when Ken receives orders to wipe out Ray. Even for a lifelong criminal, this presents a moral dilemma. McDonagh has a fine time balancing the dark and light in what plays out like an absurdist gangster film. Things like Harry consulting a tourist map to find the quickest way to a killing or Ray karate-chopping a racist dwarf (Jordan Prentice) keep the mood from becoming too oppressive.
McDonagh is skilled at leavening the human cruelty with humor. An almost slapstick scene with a couple of overweight American tourists balances the brutal gunplay. Gleeson's girth and Farrell's hangdog sadness makes them feel like the mob version of Laurel and Hardy as they bicker and stew.
As a writer, and now a director, McDonagh understands how to fashion a scene for maximum mileage and gives his actors wonderful words to speak. Playing against type, the usually menacing Gleeson brings a sweetness to the role, while Farrell manages to be ghastly and sympathetic at the same time. And Fiennes is so comically vicious as to be almost unrecognizable.
With its gray canals, brown brick buildings and twinkling lights, there is indeed something magical about the city. But In Bruges is neither a world of fairy-tale gentility nor purely evil deeds. For McDonagh, it all coexists. And assisted by the glowing cinematography of Eigil Bryld and plaintive music of Carter Burwell, it's a life even bad guys find worth living.
IN BRUGES
Focus Features
A Focus Features presentation in association with Film4 of a Blueprint Pictures production
Credits:
Director: Martin McDonagh
Screenwriter: Martin McDonagh
Producers: Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin
Executive producers: Tessa Ross, Jeff Abberley, Julia Blackman
Director of photography: Eigil Bryld
Production designer: Michael Carlin
Music: Carter Burwell
Costume designer: Jany Temime
Editor: Jon Gregory
Cast:
Ray: Colin Farrell
Ken: Brendan Gleeson
Harry: Ralph Fiennes
Chloe: Clemence Poesy
Jimmy: Jordan Prentice
Eirik: Jeremie Renier
Yuri: Eric Godon
Canadian Guy: Eljko Ivanek
Running time -- 107 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
PARK CITY -- Just when you think you've seen every possible variation on the hit-man genre, Irish playwright Martin McDonagh in his feature debut has fashioned an audacious combination of Old World grace and modern ultraviolence.
Chock full of wonderful lines delivered by a splendid cast, the film toys with the conventions and mostly transcends the limitations. But generous bloodletting might prove too much for the indie crowd, while artful conceit probably won't play in the multiplex. It's going to be a tough sell for Focus Features.
After a botched killing in London, Ray (Colin Farrell) and Ken (Brendan Gleeson) blow into Bruges, Belgium, like a breath of stale air. Ken essentially is baby sitting Ray for mob boss Harry (Ralph Fiennes) until the heat cools down or he figures out what to do with him.
The idea of soulful thugs on the lam among the medieval splendor of one of Europe's oldest cities is an inspired bit of storytelling conjured up by McDonagh, author of such pitch-black stage plays as The Beauty Queen of Leenane and The Lonesome West.
While Ken falls under the spell of Bruges and turns philosophical, Ray finds new ways to get in trouble. On the set of a movie shooting in town, he is enchanted by beautiful Chloe (Clemence Poesy), who is not the pure princess she appears to be. A petty grifter herself, she leads Ray into a fateful barroom brawl and later a gruesome showdown with her partner in crime (Jeremie Renier), posing as her jealous boyfriend.
Things really get messy when Ken receives orders to wipe out Ray. Even for a lifelong criminal, this presents a moral dilemma. McDonagh has a fine time balancing the dark and light in what plays out like an absurdist gangster film. Things like Harry consulting a tourist map to find the quickest way to a killing or Ray karate-chopping a racist dwarf (Jordan Prentice) keep the mood from becoming too oppressive.
McDonagh is skilled at leavening the human cruelty with humor. An almost slapstick scene with a couple of overweight American tourists balances the brutal gunplay. Gleeson's girth and Farrell's hangdog sadness makes them feel like the mob version of Laurel and Hardy as they bicker and stew.
As a writer, and now a director, McDonagh understands how to fashion a scene for maximum mileage and gives his actors wonderful words to speak. Playing against type, the usually menacing Gleeson brings a sweetness to the role, while Farrell manages to be ghastly and sympathetic at the same time. And Fiennes is so comically vicious as to be almost unrecognizable.
With its gray canals, brown brick buildings and twinkling lights, there is indeed something magical about the city. But In Bruges is neither a world of fairy-tale gentility nor purely evil deeds. For McDonagh, it all coexists. And assisted by the glowing cinematography of Eigil Bryld and plaintive music of Carter Burwell, it's a life even bad guys find worth living.
IN BRUGES
Focus Features
A Focus Features presentation in association with Film4 of a Blueprint Pictures production
Credits:
Director: Martin McDonagh
Screenwriter: Martin McDonagh
Producers: Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin
Executive producers: Tessa Ross, Jeff Abberley, Julia Blackman
Director of photography: Eigil Bryld
Production designer: Michael Carlin
Music: Carter Burwell
Costume designer: Jany Temime
Editor: Jon Gregory
Cast:
Ray: Colin Farrell
Ken: Brendan Gleeson
Harry: Ralph Fiennes
Chloe: Clemence Poesy
Jimmy: Jordan Prentice
Eirik: Jeremie Renier
Yuri: Eric Godon
Canadian Guy: Eljko Ivanek
Running time -- 107 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
- 1/21/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
This review was written for the theatrical release of "Becoming Jane".LONDON -- It's a beguiling fancy to portray Jane Austen as the heroine of one her own stories, but Julian Jarrold's "Becoming Jane" does just that. The result is a charming romantic drama that draws on the author's observant prose and elegant wit and boasts winning performances by Anne Hathaway as Austen and James McAvoy as the love of her life.
The film will please its natural audience of fans of English costume dramas and should also draw moviegoers seeking respite from violent epics and rowdy comedies. With its handsome look and polished contributions from reliable performers including Julie Walters, Maggie Smith and James Cromwell, "Jane" will take its place alongside the best screen versions of Austen classics. Buena Vista International is releasing it today in the U.K., with Miramax Films aiming for an Aug. 3 release.
Jane Austen may not have been as ravishing a creature as Hathaway ("The Devil Wears Prada"), but the accomplished American actress conveys the writer's vulnerability and self-doubt as well as the unconquerable spirit that compelled her literary destiny. McAvoy, who was so good as a scurrilous opportunist in "The Last King of Scotland", makes a remarkably credible romantic hero.
The screenplay, by Sarah Williams and Kevin Hood, draws from a 2003 biography of Austen by Jon Spence that suggests her real-life acquaintance with Irish lawyer Tom Lefroy had depths not previously recognized.
In the film, the young Jane encounters Tom (McAvoy) when he is banished to the countryside for his raucous ways by his uncle, Judge Langlois, played with ferocious probity by the late Ian Richardson. The young woman's life is much like that of Elizabeth Bennet in "Pride and Prejudice", with a frenetic mother (Walters) anxious about her daughters finding good marriages and a benign father (Cromwell) keen for them to be happy.
Many of the shrewd observations that were to appear in her novels and some of the colorful characters she would create are foreshadowed in this tale of the love affair that would shape her life.
The realities are made plain of the 18th century gulf between rich and poor and the dependence of women upon the achievements of men. Jane's sister Cassandra (Anna Maxwell Martin) pines for a fiance seeking his fortune in a faraway colony, while brother Henry (Joe Anderson) contemplates marriage to Eliza De Feuillide (Lucy Cohu), widow of a rich Frenchman.
Jane, meanwhile, is under considerable pressure to give in to the desire of rich and imposing Lady Greshem (Smith) to marry her dour nephew Mr. Wisley (Laurence Fox).
When Tom joins Henry at the Hampshire country balls and cricket games, the sparks fly between the carefree young law student and the would-be writer in much the same way as when Darcy encounters Elizabeth. The attraction stumbles amid misapprehensions and overheard insults, and Jane is not encouraged when Tom gives her Henry Fielding's "Tom Jones" to read and encourages her to write like a man.
Love flourishes, however, until the immovable prejudices of Tom's uncle, who is the source of his income, and the jealousy of another threaten their happiness.
There is genuine chemistry between Hathaway and McAvoy, and their romance plays out amid gorgeous Irish scenery captured beautifully by cinematographer Eigil Bryld. Everything else -- including Eve Stewart's production design, Eimer Ni Mhaoldomnaigh's costumes and Adrian Johnston's score -- matches the high level of Jarrold's assured direction.
BECOMING JANE
Buena Vista International (U.K.)
Miramax Films (U.S.)
An Ecosse Films Production in association with Blueprint Pictures presented by Buena Vista International (U.K.) and Miramax Films
Credits:
Director: Julian Jarrold
Screenwriters: Sarah Williams, Kevin Hood
Producers: Graham Broadbent, Robert Bernstein, Douglas Rae
Cinematographer: Eigil Bryld
Production designer: Eve Stewart
Editor: Emma E. Hickox
Costume designer: Eimer Ni Mhaoldomnaigh
Composer: Adrian Johnston
Cast:
Jane Austen: Anne Hathaway
Tom Lefroy: James McAvoy
Mrs. Austen: Julie Walters
Rev. Austen: James Cromwell
Lady Gresham: Maggie Smith
Henry Austen: Joe Anderson
Eliza De Feuillide: Lucy Cohu
Mr. Wisley: Laurence Fox
Judge Langlois: Ian Richardson
Cassandra Austen: Anna Maxwell Martin
John Warren: Leo Bill
Lucy Lefroy: Jessica Ashworth
Mrs. Lefroy: Eleanor Methven
Mr. Lefroy: Michael James Ford
Robert Fowle: Tom Vaughan-Lawlor
Jenny: Elaine Murphy
Coachman: Guy Carleton
2nd Coachman: Russell Smith
George Austen: Philip Culhane
Mrs. Radcliffe: Helen McCrory
Running time -- 120 minutes
MPAA rating PG...
The film will please its natural audience of fans of English costume dramas and should also draw moviegoers seeking respite from violent epics and rowdy comedies. With its handsome look and polished contributions from reliable performers including Julie Walters, Maggie Smith and James Cromwell, "Jane" will take its place alongside the best screen versions of Austen classics. Buena Vista International is releasing it today in the U.K., with Miramax Films aiming for an Aug. 3 release.
Jane Austen may not have been as ravishing a creature as Hathaway ("The Devil Wears Prada"), but the accomplished American actress conveys the writer's vulnerability and self-doubt as well as the unconquerable spirit that compelled her literary destiny. McAvoy, who was so good as a scurrilous opportunist in "The Last King of Scotland", makes a remarkably credible romantic hero.
The screenplay, by Sarah Williams and Kevin Hood, draws from a 2003 biography of Austen by Jon Spence that suggests her real-life acquaintance with Irish lawyer Tom Lefroy had depths not previously recognized.
In the film, the young Jane encounters Tom (McAvoy) when he is banished to the countryside for his raucous ways by his uncle, Judge Langlois, played with ferocious probity by the late Ian Richardson. The young woman's life is much like that of Elizabeth Bennet in "Pride and Prejudice", with a frenetic mother (Walters) anxious about her daughters finding good marriages and a benign father (Cromwell) keen for them to be happy.
Many of the shrewd observations that were to appear in her novels and some of the colorful characters she would create are foreshadowed in this tale of the love affair that would shape her life.
The realities are made plain of the 18th century gulf between rich and poor and the dependence of women upon the achievements of men. Jane's sister Cassandra (Anna Maxwell Martin) pines for a fiance seeking his fortune in a faraway colony, while brother Henry (Joe Anderson) contemplates marriage to Eliza De Feuillide (Lucy Cohu), widow of a rich Frenchman.
Jane, meanwhile, is under considerable pressure to give in to the desire of rich and imposing Lady Greshem (Smith) to marry her dour nephew Mr. Wisley (Laurence Fox).
When Tom joins Henry at the Hampshire country balls and cricket games, the sparks fly between the carefree young law student and the would-be writer in much the same way as when Darcy encounters Elizabeth. The attraction stumbles amid misapprehensions and overheard insults, and Jane is not encouraged when Tom gives her Henry Fielding's "Tom Jones" to read and encourages her to write like a man.
Love flourishes, however, until the immovable prejudices of Tom's uncle, who is the source of his income, and the jealousy of another threaten their happiness.
There is genuine chemistry between Hathaway and McAvoy, and their romance plays out amid gorgeous Irish scenery captured beautifully by cinematographer Eigil Bryld. Everything else -- including Eve Stewart's production design, Eimer Ni Mhaoldomnaigh's costumes and Adrian Johnston's score -- matches the high level of Jarrold's assured direction.
BECOMING JANE
Buena Vista International (U.K.)
Miramax Films (U.S.)
An Ecosse Films Production in association with Blueprint Pictures presented by Buena Vista International (U.K.) and Miramax Films
Credits:
Director: Julian Jarrold
Screenwriters: Sarah Williams, Kevin Hood
Producers: Graham Broadbent, Robert Bernstein, Douglas Rae
Cinematographer: Eigil Bryld
Production designer: Eve Stewart
Editor: Emma E. Hickox
Costume designer: Eimer Ni Mhaoldomnaigh
Composer: Adrian Johnston
Cast:
Jane Austen: Anne Hathaway
Tom Lefroy: James McAvoy
Mrs. Austen: Julie Walters
Rev. Austen: James Cromwell
Lady Gresham: Maggie Smith
Henry Austen: Joe Anderson
Eliza De Feuillide: Lucy Cohu
Mr. Wisley: Laurence Fox
Judge Langlois: Ian Richardson
Cassandra Austen: Anna Maxwell Martin
John Warren: Leo Bill
Lucy Lefroy: Jessica Ashworth
Mrs. Lefroy: Eleanor Methven
Mr. Lefroy: Michael James Ford
Robert Fowle: Tom Vaughan-Lawlor
Jenny: Elaine Murphy
Coachman: Guy Carleton
2nd Coachman: Russell Smith
George Austen: Philip Culhane
Mrs. Radcliffe: Helen McCrory
Running time -- 120 minutes
MPAA rating PG...
- 3/13/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.