Chicago – The luminous and legendary movie star Vanessa Redgrave was given a tribute at the 53rd Chicago International Film Festival on October 16th, 2017. The Oscar-winning actress also directed a documentary that she brought to the festival, an overview of the world’s refugee crisis entitled “Sea Sorrow.” HollywoodChicago.com talked to Redgrave, and photographer Joe Arce took the Exclusive Portrait.
Vanessa Redgrave at the 53rd Chicago International Film Festival
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com
Vanessa Redgrave was born into a famous British family of actors, daughter of Sir Michael Redgrave. She rose to prominence in 1961, portraying Rosalind in “As You Like It” for the Royal Shakespeare Company, and has since performed in over 35 stage productions on London’s West End and Broadway, winning a Tony in 2003 for “A Long Day’s Journey into Night.” Her film career is equally eminent, as she has been nominated six times for Academy Awards,...
Vanessa Redgrave at the 53rd Chicago International Film Festival
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com
Vanessa Redgrave was born into a famous British family of actors, daughter of Sir Michael Redgrave. She rose to prominence in 1961, portraying Rosalind in “As You Like It” for the Royal Shakespeare Company, and has since performed in over 35 stage productions on London’s West End and Broadway, winning a Tony in 2003 for “A Long Day’s Journey into Night.” Her film career is equally eminent, as she has been nominated six times for Academy Awards,...
- 10/21/2017
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
On Sunday agents and producers discuss what feature film offers talent in the boom era of high-end TV.
The line-up for the UK Film Centre at this year’s Cannes Film Festival (May 18-27) includes a talent talk with the producers of Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Killing Of A Sacred Deer, a discussion about Brexit and a panel on attracting world-class talent (hosted by Screen International editor Matt Mueller).
The UK Film Centre is run by We Are UK Film, whose partners include the British Film Institute (BFI), the British Film Commission (Bfc), British Council, Creative Scotland, Film London and Northern Ireland Screen.
The UK Film Centre will be in Cannes from May 17-26 at Pavilion 119 of the International Village Riviera and is open for international and UK delegates from 9am – 6pm.
The full events line-up is below:
Monday 22Nd
The Practical Guide to Closing your Film (In association with European Film Bonds): 10.00 - 11.00
Experts including [link=nm...
The line-up for the UK Film Centre at this year’s Cannes Film Festival (May 18-27) includes a talent talk with the producers of Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Killing Of A Sacred Deer, a discussion about Brexit and a panel on attracting world-class talent (hosted by Screen International editor Matt Mueller).
The UK Film Centre is run by We Are UK Film, whose partners include the British Film Institute (BFI), the British Film Commission (Bfc), British Council, Creative Scotland, Film London and Northern Ireland Screen.
The UK Film Centre will be in Cannes from May 17-26 at Pavilion 119 of the International Village Riviera and is open for international and UK delegates from 9am – 6pm.
The full events line-up is below:
Monday 22Nd
The Practical Guide to Closing your Film (In association with European Film Bonds): 10.00 - 11.00
Experts including [link=nm...
- 5/21/2017
- ScreenDaily
Vanessa Redgrave Photo: Richard Mowe
Vanessa Redgrave received her first award in Cannes for Morgan: A Suitable Case For Treatment in 1966. Last year she was in attendance for a restored copy of Howard’s End in Cannes Classics. Now she has returned again to make her debut as a director at the age of 80 with Sea Sorrow, a documentary about the refugee crisis, directed by her son Carlo Nero. It features such star performers as Ralph Fiennes and Emma Thompson and a key agitator in Parliament for helping the plight of refugees, Lord Alf Dubs.
Q: What was the impetus for making Sea Sorrow at this particular time?
"It became obvious that it would be her film and she would have to direct it" - Carlo Nero Photo: Richard Mowe
Vanessa Redgrave: The refugees started having a hard time escaping a long time ago because the wars have been going for ages.
Vanessa Redgrave received her first award in Cannes for Morgan: A Suitable Case For Treatment in 1966. Last year she was in attendance for a restored copy of Howard’s End in Cannes Classics. Now she has returned again to make her debut as a director at the age of 80 with Sea Sorrow, a documentary about the refugee crisis, directed by her son Carlo Nero. It features such star performers as Ralph Fiennes and Emma Thompson and a key agitator in Parliament for helping the plight of refugees, Lord Alf Dubs.
Q: What was the impetus for making Sea Sorrow at this particular time?
"It became obvious that it would be her film and she would have to direct it" - Carlo Nero Photo: Richard Mowe
Vanessa Redgrave: The refugees started having a hard time escaping a long time ago because the wars have been going for ages.
- 5/20/2017
- by Richard Mowe
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Panels will tackle Brexit, attracting world class talent and working with Yorgos Lanthimos.
The line-up for the UK Film Centre at this year’s Cannes Film Festival (May 18-27) has been announced.
The free events include a talent talk with the producers of Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Killing Of A Sacred Deer, a discussion about Brexit and a panel on attracting world-class talent (hosted by Screen International editor Matt Mueller).
The UK Film Centre is run by We Are UK Film, whose partners include the British Film Institute (BFI), the British Film Commission (Bfc), British Council, Creative Scotland, Film London and Northern Ireland Screen.
The UK Film Centre will be in Cannes from May 17-26 at Pavilion 119 of the International Village Riviera and is open for international and UK delegates from 9am – 6pm.
The full events line-up is below:
Thursday 18th
Films without Borders (screening): 14.00 - 15.00
A showcase of films from young people living in challenging circumstances...
The line-up for the UK Film Centre at this year’s Cannes Film Festival (May 18-27) has been announced.
The free events include a talent talk with the producers of Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Killing Of A Sacred Deer, a discussion about Brexit and a panel on attracting world-class talent (hosted by Screen International editor Matt Mueller).
The UK Film Centre is run by We Are UK Film, whose partners include the British Film Institute (BFI), the British Film Commission (Bfc), British Council, Creative Scotland, Film London and Northern Ireland Screen.
The UK Film Centre will be in Cannes from May 17-26 at Pavilion 119 of the International Village Riviera and is open for international and UK delegates from 9am – 6pm.
The full events line-up is below:
Thursday 18th
Films without Borders (screening): 14.00 - 15.00
A showcase of films from young people living in challenging circumstances...
- 5/15/2017
- ScreenDaily
Documentary will premiere as a Special Screening at Cannes.
Vienna-based sales outfit Autlook Film Sales has picked up worldwide rights to Vanessa Redgrave’s directorial debut Sea Sorrow.
The documentary has been selected for Cannes Special Screenings and is framed as a personal meditation on the refugee crisis.
It features contributions from Ralph Fiennes and Emma Thompson, and is produced by Vanessa Redgrave and her son Carlo Nero of Dissent Projects.
“Vanessa Redgrave is an human rights campaigner who deeply cares about the situation of very young refugees,” Autlook Film Sales CEO Salma Abdalla commented.
“She investigates the role of Europe with a personal narrative that organically compares the situation of children during WWII with today’s situation.
“Sea Sorrow is a very moving and important film that will resonate with audiences all around the world.”
Autlook’s sales roster at Cannes includes three-time Tribeca-winning documentary Bobbi Jene, biography of ‘star-chitect’ Bjarke Ingels Big Time, and Goddesses...
Vienna-based sales outfit Autlook Film Sales has picked up worldwide rights to Vanessa Redgrave’s directorial debut Sea Sorrow.
The documentary has been selected for Cannes Special Screenings and is framed as a personal meditation on the refugee crisis.
It features contributions from Ralph Fiennes and Emma Thompson, and is produced by Vanessa Redgrave and her son Carlo Nero of Dissent Projects.
“Vanessa Redgrave is an human rights campaigner who deeply cares about the situation of very young refugees,” Autlook Film Sales CEO Salma Abdalla commented.
“She investigates the role of Europe with a personal narrative that organically compares the situation of children during WWII with today’s situation.
“Sea Sorrow is a very moving and important film that will resonate with audiences all around the world.”
Autlook’s sales roster at Cannes includes three-time Tribeca-winning documentary Bobbi Jene, biography of ‘star-chitect’ Bjarke Ingels Big Time, and Goddesses...
- 5/10/2017
- ScreenDaily
The 2017 Cannes official selection is a mix of brainy competition auteurs, red-carpet star power, and the rarest breed — a handful of players who could return to North America as Oscar contenders.
Nicole Kidman will be stuffing her trunks with evening gowns, as she will need to walk the Palais steps at least four times: twice with Colin Farrell, for Cannes favorite Sofia Coppola‘s Civil War potboiler “The Beguiled” (Focus Features) and Yorgos Lanthimos’ “The Killing of a Sacred Deer” (A24), both in Competition, and again for John Cameron Mitchell‘s midnighter “How to Talk with Girls at Parties” (A24) and a preview of Jane Campion‘s returning Sundance Channel series, “Top of the Lake: China Girl.” How the three films play in Cannes will determine if the Oscar perennial returns for another go-round.
Isabelle Huppert won the Cesar and was close — we think — to winning the Oscar for “Elle.
Nicole Kidman will be stuffing her trunks with evening gowns, as she will need to walk the Palais steps at least four times: twice with Colin Farrell, for Cannes favorite Sofia Coppola‘s Civil War potboiler “The Beguiled” (Focus Features) and Yorgos Lanthimos’ “The Killing of a Sacred Deer” (A24), both in Competition, and again for John Cameron Mitchell‘s midnighter “How to Talk with Girls at Parties” (A24) and a preview of Jane Campion‘s returning Sundance Channel series, “Top of the Lake: China Girl.” How the three films play in Cannes will determine if the Oscar perennial returns for another go-round.
Isabelle Huppert won the Cesar and was close — we think — to winning the Oscar for “Elle.
- 4/13/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
The 2017 Cannes official selection is a mix of brainy competition auteurs, red-carpet star power, and the rarest breed — a handful of players who could return to North America as Oscar contenders.
Nicole Kidman will be stuffing her trunks with evening gowns, as she will need to walk the Palais steps at least four times: twice with Colin Farrell, for Cannes favorite Sofia Coppola‘s Civil War potboiler “The Beguiled” (Focus Features) and Yorgos Lanthimos’ “The Killing of a Sacred Deer” (A24), both in Competition, and again for John Cameron Mitchell‘s midnighter “How to Talk with Girls at Parties” (A24) and a preview of Jane Campion‘s returning Sundance Channel series, “Top of the Lake: China Girl.”
Isabelle Huppert won the Cesar and was close — we think — to winning the Oscar for “Elle.” She’s back in two movies, “Happy End” (Sony Pictures Classics) by Michael Haneke, rejoining “Amour” co-star Jean-Louis Trintignant,...
Nicole Kidman will be stuffing her trunks with evening gowns, as she will need to walk the Palais steps at least four times: twice with Colin Farrell, for Cannes favorite Sofia Coppola‘s Civil War potboiler “The Beguiled” (Focus Features) and Yorgos Lanthimos’ “The Killing of a Sacred Deer” (A24), both in Competition, and again for John Cameron Mitchell‘s midnighter “How to Talk with Girls at Parties” (A24) and a preview of Jane Campion‘s returning Sundance Channel series, “Top of the Lake: China Girl.”
Isabelle Huppert won the Cesar and was close — we think — to winning the Oscar for “Elle.” She’s back in two movies, “Happy End” (Sony Pictures Classics) by Michael Haneke, rejoining “Amour” co-star Jean-Louis Trintignant,...
- 4/13/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
John Hamm and Daniel Radcliffe to appear in second series of Sky Arts drama based on the Russian novel by Mikhail Bulgakov
Mad Men's Jon Hamm and Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe are to return in a second series of Sky's black comedy A Young Doctor's Notebook.
James Hunt, director of Sky Arts, introducing a second series of Playhouse Presents on Monday evening, said A Young Doctor's Notebook was "the most successful series we have ever done", attracting 800,000 viewers.
The show, based on Mikhail Bulgakov's 1917 novel of life in a remote Russian village, is part of the channel's commitment to original comedy, classical revivals and single dramas.
Sky has not formally announced the decision to give the all-clear for a second series – though Hunt said it will be going ahead – because the two stars have yet to find time in their hectic careers.
The first series was filmed...
Mad Men's Jon Hamm and Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe are to return in a second series of Sky's black comedy A Young Doctor's Notebook.
James Hunt, director of Sky Arts, introducing a second series of Playhouse Presents on Monday evening, said A Young Doctor's Notebook was "the most successful series we have ever done", attracting 800,000 viewers.
The show, based on Mikhail Bulgakov's 1917 novel of life in a remote Russian village, is part of the channel's commitment to original comedy, classical revivals and single dramas.
Sky has not formally announced the decision to give the all-clear for a second series – though Hunt said it will be going ahead – because the two stars have yet to find time in their hectic careers.
The first series was filmed...
- 4/9/2013
- by Maggie Brown
- The Guardian - Film News
While its sister channel Sky Atlantic gears up BBC America co-production Fleming, Sky Arts has assembled an all-star roster for its new Playhouse Presents showcase. The slate of new shows is part of the paybox’s commitment to increase investment in original content to £600M by 2014. The previous Playhouse Presents series, which included such talent as Jon Hamm, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Thompson and David Tenant, was the most successful ever for the Sky Arts channel. This year’s lineup includes Kylie Minogue, David Harewood, Anna Friel, Matt Smith, Idris Elba and Vanessa Redgrave, among others. Doctor Who‘s Smith will make his directing debut with Cargese starring Being Human‘s Craig Roberts and A Long Way Down‘s Joe Cole. Luther star Elba will helm The Pavement Psychologist from his own script that centers on Friel as a woman whose world is turned upside down when she meets a homeless man.
- 1/17/2013
- by NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor
- Deadline TV
Acre After Acre, Mile After Mile, London
If you've had the feeling in recent years that British cinema has become a story of steadily eroding national identity, then here's where you need to be looking. The season's subtitle – Tradition, Memory & Journey In British Folk Cinema – tells you what you need to know: that there's a solid, albeit underfunded, core of film-makers still out there looking for the soul of Britain, and many of them crop up here. Like Chris Petit, who this Thursday accompanies his seminal late-70s road trip Radio On. Or Andrew Kötting and Iain Sinclair, who'll be previewing their pedalo-powered journey to the Olympics later. Or, fresh to their ranks, Ben Rivers, here with his Scottish wilderness film Two Years At Sea. Look out too for more commercial fare such as The Long Good Friday and The Elephant Man.
Sugar House Studios, E15, Thu to 28 Jun
Jean Gabin,...
If you've had the feeling in recent years that British cinema has become a story of steadily eroding national identity, then here's where you need to be looking. The season's subtitle – Tradition, Memory & Journey In British Folk Cinema – tells you what you need to know: that there's a solid, albeit underfunded, core of film-makers still out there looking for the soul of Britain, and many of them crop up here. Like Chris Petit, who this Thursday accompanies his seminal late-70s road trip Radio On. Or Andrew Kötting and Iain Sinclair, who'll be previewing their pedalo-powered journey to the Olympics later. Or, fresh to their ranks, Ben Rivers, here with his Scottish wilderness film Two Years At Sea. Look out too for more commercial fare such as The Long Good Friday and The Elephant Man.
Sugar House Studios, E15, Thu to 28 Jun
Jean Gabin,...
- 5/4/2012
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
The 74-year-old actress – who has son Carlo Nero, 41, with actor Franco Nero, and daughter Joely and late Natasha from her marriage to director Tony Richardson - believes she has not always been the best parent, but is glad to have raised "wonderful" offspring.
She said: "I've been every sort of mother in my time. I've been a mad, bad mother; I've been a good mother; I've been a caring mother; I've been a forgetful mother.
"I've been all of those things, but the wonderful thing is that, whatever qualities I've lacked in motherhood and whatever I've done along the way that I wish I'd done differently. I've still got these wonderful children of mine, so I'm very lucky."
Vanessa stars alongside Joely in forthcoming historical drama 'Anonymous', and she admits she loved getting to play British monarch Elizabeth I.
She said: "She's a very interesting person. She was extraordinarily beautiful...
She said: "I've been every sort of mother in my time. I've been a mad, bad mother; I've been a good mother; I've been a caring mother; I've been a forgetful mother.
"I've been all of those things, but the wonderful thing is that, whatever qualities I've lacked in motherhood and whatever I've done along the way that I wish I'd done differently. I've still got these wonderful children of mine, so I'm very lucky."
Vanessa stars alongside Joely in forthcoming historical drama 'Anonymous', and she admits she loved getting to play British monarch Elizabeth I.
She said: "She's a very interesting person. She was extraordinarily beautiful...
- 8/8/2011
Vanessa Redgrave thinks she has sometimes been a 'bad mother'. The 74-year-old actress - who has son Carlo Nero, 41, with actor Franco Nero, and daughter Joely and late Natasha from her marriage to director Tony Richardson - believes she has not always been the best parent, but is glad to have raised 'wonderful' offspring. She said: 'I've been every sort of mother in my time. I've been a mad, bad mother; I've been a good mother; I've been a caring mother; I've been a forgetful mother. 'I've been all of those things, but the wonderful thing is that, whatever qualities I've...
- 8/7/2011
- Virgin Media - Celebrity
Vanessa Redgrave (left), who won an Oscar for her performance in the title role of Fred Zinnemann’s Julia (1977), is seen above with niece/actress Jemma Redgrave (daughter of Corin Redgrave) and son writer/director Carlo Nero before a special screening of The Charge of the Light Brigade. The Tony Richardson-directed 1968 epic adventure, an expensive critical and box-office disappointment at the time, was presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Friday, May 21, at the Soho Hotel in London. Michael Curtiz had filmed a 1936 version of the story [...]...
- 6/3/2010
- by Anna Robinson
- Alt Film Guide
Actress Natasha Richardson has died after suffering serious head injuries in a skiing accident. She was 45.
The Maid in Manhattan star, who was married to actor Liam Neeson, was taken to hospital in Montreal, Canada after the incident on the slopes of Mont Tremblant on Monday.
Schindler's List star Neeson rushed to her bedside at the Hopital du Sacre-Coeur de Montreal as doctors battled to save her. He flew her to Lenox Hill Hospital in New York on Tuesday, where he was joined by the actress' mother Vanessa Redgrave and close friends and family.
She was removed from life support on Wednesday morning and died hours later.
Confirming the sad news, the actress' publicist Alan Nierob tells WENN, "Liam Neeson, his sons, and the entire family are shocked and devastated by the tragic death of their beloved Natasha. They are profoundly grateful for the support, love and prayers of everyone, and ask for privacy during this very difficult time."
The daughter of late director/producer Tony Richardson and actress Redgrave, Richardson began her career in regional theatre before moving into television and film work.
Her first major movie was Ken Russell's 1986 drama Gothic, and she also notably starred in The Handmaid's Tail, Past Midnight, and 2001 comedy Blow Dry.
She also portrayed heiress and socialite-turned bank robber Patty Hearst in a biopic and played Lindsay Lohan's mum in the 1998 remake of The Parent Trap.
Richardson won a string of honours during her career, including a 1999 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her turn in Cabaret on Broadway.
She also scooped the Plays and Players Best Actress in 1990, and was twice honoured with Britain's Evening Standard Film Award - in 1990 and 2006.
Richardson wed filmmaker Robert Fox in 1990 but they split two years later. She married Neeson in 1994.
She is survived by her mother, her sister Joely Richardson, half-brother Carlo Nero, and her two sons with Neeson, Micheal Richard Antonio, 13, and 12-year-old Daniel Jack.
The Maid in Manhattan star, who was married to actor Liam Neeson, was taken to hospital in Montreal, Canada after the incident on the slopes of Mont Tremblant on Monday.
Schindler's List star Neeson rushed to her bedside at the Hopital du Sacre-Coeur de Montreal as doctors battled to save her. He flew her to Lenox Hill Hospital in New York on Tuesday, where he was joined by the actress' mother Vanessa Redgrave and close friends and family.
She was removed from life support on Wednesday morning and died hours later.
Confirming the sad news, the actress' publicist Alan Nierob tells WENN, "Liam Neeson, his sons, and the entire family are shocked and devastated by the tragic death of their beloved Natasha. They are profoundly grateful for the support, love and prayers of everyone, and ask for privacy during this very difficult time."
The daughter of late director/producer Tony Richardson and actress Redgrave, Richardson began her career in regional theatre before moving into television and film work.
Her first major movie was Ken Russell's 1986 drama Gothic, and she also notably starred in The Handmaid's Tail, Past Midnight, and 2001 comedy Blow Dry.
She also portrayed heiress and socialite-turned bank robber Patty Hearst in a biopic and played Lindsay Lohan's mum in the 1998 remake of The Parent Trap.
Richardson won a string of honours during her career, including a 1999 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her turn in Cabaret on Broadway.
She also scooped the Plays and Players Best Actress in 1990, and was twice honoured with Britain's Evening Standard Film Award - in 1990 and 2006.
Richardson wed filmmaker Robert Fox in 1990 but they split two years later. She married Neeson in 1994.
She is survived by her mother, her sister Joely Richardson, half-brother Carlo Nero, and her two sons with Neeson, Micheal Richard Antonio, 13, and 12-year-old Daniel Jack.
- 3/19/2009
- WENN
Oscar-winning documentary maker Michael Moore has made his big screen acting debut, playing a political journalist in upcoming movie The Fever. The politically-outspoken Bowling For Columbine director stars alongside Vanessa Redgrave and her daughter Joely Richardson in the HBO Films production, which is currently in post-production in London. The film, directed by Redgrave's son and Richardson's half-brother Carlo Gabriel Nero, is adapted from Wallace Shawn's play of the same name, and follows the political awakening of a middle-class woman. Moore plays a rebellious reporter covering politics in countries under turmoil. Jason Blum, who produced the film with Redgrave, says, "Michael has one big scene with Vanessa, and we were a little nervous because no one's ever really seen him act before. But he totally pulled it off." Bosses have yet to decide if the film will be released to cinemas or make its debut on cable TV.
- 11/3/2003
- WENN
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