M. Emmet Walsh, the wily character actor who became an audience favorite for his deliciously despicable performances in such films as Blood Simple, Blade Runner, Brubaker and The Jerk, has died. He was 88.
Walsh died Tuesday in St. Albans, Vermont, his longtime manager, Sandy Joseph, told The Hollywood Reporter. The cause was cardiac arrest.
With his distinctive lumbering form and droll delivery, Walsh was an ideal supporting player. A master of off-kilter comic delivery and dogged edginess, he excelled at roles that dwelled in the darker corners of humanity. No matter whom he played, he made a colorful impact.
“A consummate old pro of the second-banana business, Walsh has left his mark on 109 movies and counting, with the grin of that big bastard who stands between you and something else — and knows it,” Nicolas Rapold wrote in a 2011 profile of the actor for L.A. Weekly.
In the same piece, Walsh...
Walsh died Tuesday in St. Albans, Vermont, his longtime manager, Sandy Joseph, told The Hollywood Reporter. The cause was cardiac arrest.
With his distinctive lumbering form and droll delivery, Walsh was an ideal supporting player. A master of off-kilter comic delivery and dogged edginess, he excelled at roles that dwelled in the darker corners of humanity. No matter whom he played, he made a colorful impact.
“A consummate old pro of the second-banana business, Walsh has left his mark on 109 movies and counting, with the grin of that big bastard who stands between you and something else — and knows it,” Nicolas Rapold wrote in a 2011 profile of the actor for L.A. Weekly.
In the same piece, Walsh...
- 3/20/2024
- by Chris Koseluk
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It’s summer, everyone! And with its relatively sparse list of new releases for July 2021, Hulu seems to be subtlety imploring its subscribers to go outside.
Don’t get us wrong: Hulu’s library offerings get a big upgrade this month. July 1 sees the arrival of great films like Galaxy Quest, Fargo, and Caddyshack. Bill and Ted Face the Music premieres on July 2 and its followed by Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar on July 9. Not bad stuff! It’s just that, outside of the library titles, there isn’t much to go off of.
Hulu’s only major original release this month is the FX on Hulu production American Horror Stories on July 15. As its name implies, the show is a spinoff of American Horror Story and will feature self-contained horror episodes rather than a season-long arc. If you’ll allow this geriatric millennial to deploy one truly ancient meme: “Yo dawg,...
Don’t get us wrong: Hulu’s library offerings get a big upgrade this month. July 1 sees the arrival of great films like Galaxy Quest, Fargo, and Caddyshack. Bill and Ted Face the Music premieres on July 2 and its followed by Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar on July 9. Not bad stuff! It’s just that, outside of the library titles, there isn’t much to go off of.
Hulu’s only major original release this month is the FX on Hulu production American Horror Stories on July 15. As its name implies, the show is a spinoff of American Horror Story and will feature self-contained horror episodes rather than a season-long arc. If you’ll allow this geriatric millennial to deploy one truly ancient meme: “Yo dawg,...
- 7/1/2021
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Exclusive: Natalia Reyes has signed on to star in Tomorrow Before After, a post-apocalyptic sci-fi thriller that is scheduled to start shooting this month in Colombia.
The film, from writer/director Alfonso Quijada (El Suspiro del Silencio), centers on a woman with no name (played by Reyes) who struggles to survive on her own in a post-apocalyptic world, searching for others, with only a stray dog by her side.
In her quest, she collides with a world that is collapsed and utterly destroyed, and it seems, for a long time, that she is the only survivor in the world—until she discovers one day that she is pregnant. Not understanding how this could be possible, she then begins to question her own existence.
Chad Barager and Ian Ihnatowycz are producing Tomorrow Before After through Barager’s Apollo Pictures and Ihnatowycz’s First Generation Capital.
The film, from writer/director Alfonso Quijada (El Suspiro del Silencio), centers on a woman with no name (played by Reyes) who struggles to survive on her own in a post-apocalyptic world, searching for others, with only a stray dog by her side.
In her quest, she collides with a world that is collapsed and utterly destroyed, and it seems, for a long time, that she is the only survivor in the world—until she discovers one day that she is pregnant. Not understanding how this could be possible, she then begins to question her own existence.
Chad Barager and Ian Ihnatowycz are producing Tomorrow Before After through Barager’s Apollo Pictures and Ihnatowycz’s First Generation Capital.
- 6/17/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Other credits include the ’80s films “Cat People” and “Troop Beverly Hills”
Charles “Chuck” Fries, the prolific TV producer behind the 1970s “Amazing Spider-Man” series and “The Martian Chronicles,” has died at the age of 92.
According to a representative, Fries died Thursday “peacefully surrounded by family.”
A Hollywood veteran of nearly 70 years, Fries began his career at Ziv Television in 1952, working on syndicated shows like “The Cisco Kid,” “Highway Patrol,” “Bat Masterson” and “Sea Hunt.” He went on to work at Screen Gems, Metromedia Productions and, later his own company, Fries Entertainment.
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Fries was known as the “godfather of the TV movie,” having pioneered the genre with a number of projects and Metromedia and Fries Entertainment. Among the TV movies he produced were “Small Sacrifices” starring Farrah Fawcett and Ryan O’Neal; “The Martian Chronicles,” based on the Ray Bradbury novel and starring...
Charles “Chuck” Fries, the prolific TV producer behind the 1970s “Amazing Spider-Man” series and “The Martian Chronicles,” has died at the age of 92.
According to a representative, Fries died Thursday “peacefully surrounded by family.”
A Hollywood veteran of nearly 70 years, Fries began his career at Ziv Television in 1952, working on syndicated shows like “The Cisco Kid,” “Highway Patrol,” “Bat Masterson” and “Sea Hunt.” He went on to work at Screen Gems, Metromedia Productions and, later his own company, Fries Entertainment.
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Fries was known as the “godfather of the TV movie,” having pioneered the genre with a number of projects and Metromedia and Fries Entertainment. Among the TV movies he produced were “Small Sacrifices” starring Farrah Fawcett and Ryan O’Neal; “The Martian Chronicles,” based on the Ray Bradbury novel and starring...
- 4/23/2021
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Actor and movie investor Zachary Horwitz, who is sometimes credited as Zach Avery, was arrested Tuesday on charges that he ran a Ponzi scheme that swindled investors out of $227 million.
Horwitz, 34, was taken into custody by special agents with the FBI, the U.S. Attorney’s Office reported. Horwitz claimed investors’ money would be used for buying rights to films that HBO and Netflix had signed on to distribute internationally, particularly in Latin America.
Horwitz appeared Tuesday in United States District Court on a charge of wire fraud, which carries a statutory maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.
The complaint alleges that Horwitz solicited investors for his company 1inMM Capital LLC, saying he would purchase the regional distribution rights to films and then license the rights to platforms including Netflix and HBO. His promotional materials claimed the company offered “safe” investments because “we receive confirmation from each of our outputs...
Horwitz, 34, was taken into custody by special agents with the FBI, the U.S. Attorney’s Office reported. Horwitz claimed investors’ money would be used for buying rights to films that HBO and Netflix had signed on to distribute internationally, particularly in Latin America.
Horwitz appeared Tuesday in United States District Court on a charge of wire fraud, which carries a statutory maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.
The complaint alleges that Horwitz solicited investors for his company 1inMM Capital LLC, saying he would purchase the regional distribution rights to films and then license the rights to platforms including Netflix and HBO. His promotional materials claimed the company offered “safe” investments because “we receive confirmation from each of our outputs...
- 4/7/2021
- by Pat Saperstein
- Variety Film + TV
Why can't a woman have it all?
Diane Neal and Tamera Tunie aren't the only Law & Order: Svu alum to grace the screen in Ann Rule-inspired films this month.
Stephanie March is joining the fray of the Ripped from the Headlines slate of movies that will have you glued to the screen with A House on Fire.
A House on Fire, Lifetime's latest true-crime book-to-screen film, is based on the Ann Rule novel Bitter Harvest.
March plays esteemed doctor and mother Deborah Green. On the surface, she couldn't be happier with her life.
It's everything that a person would desire. She has a thriving career, a successful husband, who is also in the medical field, a lovely home, and children.
It appears as if she's living the American dream, but of course, nothing is ever as it seems behind closed doors.
Deborah's marriage to her husband (Shaun Benson) is rocky at best.
Diane Neal and Tamera Tunie aren't the only Law & Order: Svu alum to grace the screen in Ann Rule-inspired films this month.
Stephanie March is joining the fray of the Ripped from the Headlines slate of movies that will have you glued to the screen with A House on Fire.
A House on Fire, Lifetime's latest true-crime book-to-screen film, is based on the Ann Rule novel Bitter Harvest.
March plays esteemed doctor and mother Deborah Green. On the surface, she couldn't be happier with her life.
It's everything that a person would desire. She has a thriving career, a successful husband, who is also in the medical field, a lovely home, and children.
It appears as if she's living the American dream, but of course, nothing is ever as it seems behind closed doors.
Deborah's marriage to her husband (Shaun Benson) is rocky at best.
- 3/11/2021
- by Jasmine Blu
- TVfanatic
Strand Releasing has acquired all North American rights to Agnieszka Holland’s critically acclaimed “Charlatan” from Berlin-based company Films Boutique.
“Charlatan” competed at the Berlin Film Festival this year in the Special Gala section, and was most recently selected at Telluride. “Charlatan” represents Czech Republic in the Oscar race for the best international feature film.
“Charlatan” is based on the true story of Czech healer Jan Mikolášek, who dedicated his life to treating the sick using medicinal plants. Holland has described “Charlatan” as a story about Mikolášek’s “moral fall and of his constant fight with the darkness inside him.”
“It is the story of the mystery of a man, of the mystery of his special gift, of the prize he was ready to pay for it; the story of the paradox of strength and weakness, of love and hate,” said Holland.
“We’re thrilled to be representing this film...
“Charlatan” competed at the Berlin Film Festival this year in the Special Gala section, and was most recently selected at Telluride. “Charlatan” represents Czech Republic in the Oscar race for the best international feature film.
“Charlatan” is based on the true story of Czech healer Jan Mikolášek, who dedicated his life to treating the sick using medicinal plants. Holland has described “Charlatan” as a story about Mikolášek’s “moral fall and of his constant fight with the darkness inside him.”
“It is the story of the mystery of a man, of the mystery of his special gift, of the prize he was ready to pay for it; the story of the paradox of strength and weakness, of love and hate,” said Holland.
“We’re thrilled to be representing this film...
- 12/10/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
The veteran publicist looks back on 50 years in the business.
Celebrating 50 years in the business with the company he founded, Dda, veteran publicist Dennis Davidson is taking the leap into production.
Davidson is currently in Tbilisi preparing for thriller Deadline Belgrade, which is due to shoot in the first half of 2021. He is producing the project, which is to be directed by Florian Frerichs from a script by Jane Meikle and Victoria Aitken.
In the film, an investigative journalist is determined to expose the ugly truth behind a former street thug from her native Belgrade who has recast himself as a respected philanthropist.
Celebrating 50 years in the business with the company he founded, Dda, veteran publicist Dennis Davidson is taking the leap into production.
Davidson is currently in Tbilisi preparing for thriller Deadline Belgrade, which is due to shoot in the first half of 2021. He is producing the project, which is to be directed by Florian Frerichs from a script by Jane Meikle and Victoria Aitken.
In the film, an investigative journalist is determined to expose the ugly truth behind a former street thug from her native Belgrade who has recast himself as a respected philanthropist.
- 9/7/2020
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
The veteran publicist looks back on 50 years in the business.
Celebrating 50 years in the business with the company he founded, Dda, veteran publicist Dennis Davidson is taking the leap into production.
Davidson is currently in Tbilisi preparing for thriller Deadline Belgrade, which is due to shoot in the first half of 2021. He is producing the project, which is to be directed by Florian Frerichs from a script by Jane Meikle and Victoria Aitken.
In the film, an investigative journalist is determined to expose the ugly truth behind a former street thug from her native Belgrade who has recast himself as a respected philanthropist.
Celebrating 50 years in the business with the company he founded, Dda, veteran publicist Dennis Davidson is taking the leap into production.
Davidson is currently in Tbilisi preparing for thriller Deadline Belgrade, which is due to shoot in the first half of 2021. He is producing the project, which is to be directed by Florian Frerichs from a script by Jane Meikle and Victoria Aitken.
In the film, an investigative journalist is determined to expose the ugly truth behind a former street thug from her native Belgrade who has recast himself as a respected philanthropist.
- 9/7/2020
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
Lifetime Expands ‘Ripped From The Headlines’ Slate with Five Movies Inspired by Ann Rule (Exclusive)
Lifetime has greenlit five new movies for its “Ripped from the Headlines” slate, all from best-selling true crime author Ann Rule, Variety has learned exclusively. Additionally, Ashley Williams and Robin Givens will make their small-screen directorial debuts with two of these films.
These five films come from Rule’s books “Danger in the Dorm,” “Mortan Danger,” “Practice to Deceive,” “Bitter Harvest” and “Empty Promises” and are being prepped for a summer launch. As part of Lifetime’s Broader Focus Initiative, four out of the five directors of these films are women, and three out of the five films were written by women.
“Bitter Harvest” tells the story of a brilliant doctor and mother who had the epitome of a picture perfect life with three children, an adoring husband and a beautiful house in an opulent neighborhood — but behind the curtain was a rocky marriage that takes a terrible turn and leaves her family in ruin.
These five films come from Rule’s books “Danger in the Dorm,” “Mortan Danger,” “Practice to Deceive,” “Bitter Harvest” and “Empty Promises” and are being prepped for a summer launch. As part of Lifetime’s Broader Focus Initiative, four out of the five directors of these films are women, and three out of the five films were written by women.
“Bitter Harvest” tells the story of a brilliant doctor and mother who had the epitome of a picture perfect life with three children, an adoring husband and a beautiful house in an opulent neighborhood — but behind the curtain was a rocky marriage that takes a terrible turn and leaves her family in ruin.
- 3/12/2020
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
Variety has been given exclusive access to the trailer for Oscar nominee Agnieszka Holland’s “Charlatan,” which premieres in the Berlinale Special Gala section of the Berlin Film Festival.
The film is based on the true story of Czech healer Jan Mikolášek, who dedicated his life to treat the sick using medicinal plants. Throughout the war and turmoil of the 20th century he has to choose between his calling and his conscience.
Holland comments: “‘Charlatan’ tells the story of Mikolášek’s rise and fall. Of his moral fall and of his constant fight with the darkness inside him. It is the story of the mystery of a man, of the mystery of his special gift, of the prize he was ready to pay for it; the story of the paradox of strength and weakness, of love and hate.”
Explaining her approach, Holland says: “To tell this story with an epic scope – dozens of years,...
The film is based on the true story of Czech healer Jan Mikolášek, who dedicated his life to treat the sick using medicinal plants. Throughout the war and turmoil of the 20th century he has to choose between his calling and his conscience.
Holland comments: “‘Charlatan’ tells the story of Mikolášek’s rise and fall. Of his moral fall and of his constant fight with the darkness inside him. It is the story of the mystery of a man, of the mystery of his special gift, of the prize he was ready to pay for it; the story of the paradox of strength and weakness, of love and hate.”
Explaining her approach, Holland says: “To tell this story with an epic scope – dozens of years,...
- 2/11/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
A few years ago, Hans Zimmer wrote Ben Wallfisch a fan letter. Zimmer had just seen “The Escapist,” a film he didn’t like but whose music he admired. He never received a reply.
A few months later Zimmer was in London meeting a mutual friend, fellow composer Richard Harvey, and Wallfisch’s name came up. Later, when Harvey later told him Zimmer had written but not heard back, Wallfisch was mortified.
As both Zimmer and Wallfisch tell it, that very day Zimmer received an email from another Benjamin Wallfisch, a Texas lawyer, who wrote to say, “I think you meant to write the composer Ben Wallfisch.”
Zimmer, one of Hollywood’s most in-demand composers, had been impressed. “I looked at a video on YouTube, a piece that he had written for an orchestra in Holland,” the composer recalls. “I thought it was astonishing. Brilliant writing, and quite witty. And it had 254 views.
A few months later Zimmer was in London meeting a mutual friend, fellow composer Richard Harvey, and Wallfisch’s name came up. Later, when Harvey later told him Zimmer had written but not heard back, Wallfisch was mortified.
As both Zimmer and Wallfisch tell it, that very day Zimmer received an email from another Benjamin Wallfisch, a Texas lawyer, who wrote to say, “I think you meant to write the composer Ben Wallfisch.”
Zimmer, one of Hollywood’s most in-demand composers, had been impressed. “I looked at a video on YouTube, a piece that he had written for an orchestra in Holland,” the composer recalls. “I thought it was astonishing. Brilliant writing, and quite witty. And it had 254 views.
- 4/4/2019
- by Jon Burlingame
- Variety Film + TV
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Polish auteur Agnieszka Holland shows no signs of slowing in her late 60s. The Oscar nominated director (1992’s Europa, Europa for Best Adapted Screenplay) has had a couple of her titles nominated for Best Foreign Language Film (1985’s Bitter Harvest; 2011’s In Darkness) but is probably best known in the Us for her English language films in the 1990s, particularly the Leonardo DiCaprio headlined Total Eclipse (1995).
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Polish auteur Agnieszka Holland shows no signs of slowing in her late 60s. The Oscar nominated director (1992’s Europa, Europa for Best Adapted Screenplay) has had a couple of her titles nominated for Best Foreign Language Film (1985’s Bitter Harvest; 2011’s In Darkness) but is probably best known in the Us for her English language films in the 1990s, particularly the Leonardo DiCaprio headlined Total Eclipse (1995).
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- 1/1/2018
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Our resident VOD expert tells you what's new to rent and/or own this week via various Digital HD providers such as cable Movies On Demand, Amazon, iTunes, Vudu, Google Play and, of course, Netflix. Cable Movies On Demand: Same-day-as-disc releases, older titles and pretheatrical John Wick: Chapter 2 (action sequel; Keanu Reeves, Common, Laurence Fishburne; rated R) The Lego Batman Movie (animated; voices: Will Arnett, Zach Galifianakis, Michael Cera, Rosario Dawson, Ralph Fiennes; available now to coincide with Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray and DVD release; rated PG) 3 Generations (comedy-drama; Naomi Watts, Elle Fanning; rated PG-13) Frantz (drama; Paula Beer, Pierre Niney; rated PG-13) Bitter Harvest (action-drama; Terence Stamp, Barry Pepper; rated R) Tickling...
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- 6/14/2017
- by Robert B. DeSalvo
- Movies.com
Based on true historical events during Stalin’s 1930s campaign against Soviet Ukraine, Bitter Harvestis the powerful story of love, war, and survival, arriving on DVD, On Demand, and Digital HD June 13th from Lionsgate. This action-filled epic follows a young artist as he battles famine, imprisonment, and torture to save his childhood love and free his country. Starring Max Irons, Samantha Barks, Barry Pepper, and Academy Award® nominee Terence Stamp (Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Billy Budd, 1962). Written and directed by George Mendeluk (TV’s “Highlander: The Raven,” “Night Heat”), the Bitter Harvest DVD will be available for the suggested retail price of $19.98.
Set during one of the most overlooked and tragic periods of the 20th century, Bitter Harvest is a powerful story of love, honor, rebellion and survival as seen through the eyes of two young lovers caught in the ravages of Joseph Stalin’s policies of...
Set during one of the most overlooked and tragic periods of the 20th century, Bitter Harvest is a powerful story of love, honor, rebellion and survival as seen through the eyes of two young lovers caught in the ravages of Joseph Stalin’s policies of...
- 5/28/2017
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Max Irons and Samantha Barks on ‘Bitter Harvest… by Uinterview Max Irons is a British actor known for his work in young-adult dramas such as The Host and The Riot Club. He has also done modeling work. This Max Irons bio will let the actor tell his story in his own words. Max Irons Age, Personal Life […]
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- 4/9/2017
- by Catherine Valdez
- Uinterview
Musician Benjamin Wallfisch is redefining the way audiences hear the sounds and feelings of movie music.
His recent scores are Desert Dancer, Hidden Figures, A Cure For Wellness, Lights Out as well as upcoming films Annabelle 2 and Bitter Harvest, so understandably it’s been a busy time over the past few years for the British film composer.
Recently Wallfisch spoke about the elements of composing and the opportunity to tell stories through his music.
Coming from a family of musicians, and classically trained at the Royal Academy of Music, Wallfisch says it was a happy accident that he discovered the sounds that have been instrumental when composing scores. “I’d spend hours examining this fascinating sound and would experiment with it, while exploring other avenues as I was learning the craft and creating electronic sounds.” What sustained him through his years of schooling and training was his love of storytelling.
His recent scores are Desert Dancer, Hidden Figures, A Cure For Wellness, Lights Out as well as upcoming films Annabelle 2 and Bitter Harvest, so understandably it’s been a busy time over the past few years for the British film composer.
Recently Wallfisch spoke about the elements of composing and the opportunity to tell stories through his music.
Coming from a family of musicians, and classically trained at the Royal Academy of Music, Wallfisch says it was a happy accident that he discovered the sounds that have been instrumental when composing scores. “I’d spend hours examining this fascinating sound and would experiment with it, while exploring other avenues as I was learning the craft and creating electronic sounds.” What sustained him through his years of schooling and training was his love of storytelling.
- 3/6/2017
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The week after the Oscars, most of the contenders are moving on to home viewing. It was a terrific season, but the market needs strong new entries to stem the box-office slide.
Neither of this week’s two most prominent releases — “Table 19” with a national Fox Searchlight break and “The Last Word” (Bleecker Street) — will bolster box office. It also doesn’t help that two highly-touted and well-reviewed wide release studio films, Fox’s “Logan” and Universal’s “Get Out,” are competing for many of the same viewers.
A series of smaller niche audience releases remain. And four this weekend are either Israeli or aimed at audiences interested in Jewish topics. Led by “Women in the Balcony” (Menemsha) they could see further life over the next several weeks.
Opening
Table 19 (Fox Searchlight) – Metacritic: 38
$1,575,000 in 868 theaters; PTA (per theater average): $1,815
Fox Searchlight opted to take this poorly-reviewed wedding...
Neither of this week’s two most prominent releases — “Table 19” with a national Fox Searchlight break and “The Last Word” (Bleecker Street) — will bolster box office. It also doesn’t help that two highly-touted and well-reviewed wide release studio films, Fox’s “Logan” and Universal’s “Get Out,” are competing for many of the same viewers.
A series of smaller niche audience releases remain. And four this weekend are either Israeli or aimed at audiences interested in Jewish topics. Led by “Women in the Balcony” (Menemsha) they could see further life over the next several weeks.
Opening
Table 19 (Fox Searchlight) – Metacritic: 38
$1,575,000 in 868 theaters; PTA (per theater average): $1,815
Fox Searchlight opted to take this poorly-reviewed wedding...
- 3/5/2017
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
The future of Martin Scorsese was making headlines nonstop last week as Netflix bought his upcoming gangster movie “The Irishman,” but today sees the filmmaker’s past returning to the spotlight. The Hollywood Reporter’s Pret-a-Reporter vertical has exclusively debuted Scorsese’s 1990 short documentary “Made in Milan,” which is returning to the small screen 27 years after its debut film thanks to Img | Wme’s Made-2-Measure network. The original documentary ran 20 minutes long, but the new version has been cut down to 10 minutes.
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“When we first found out Martin Scorsese had produced a film with Giorgio Armani in 1990 we knew it had to be a hidden gem,” M2M executive producer Susan Hootstein told THR. “‘Made in Milan’ predates the current landscape of fashion films which is why M2M felt so compelled...
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“When we first found out Martin Scorsese had produced a film with Giorgio Armani in 1990 we knew it had to be a hidden gem,” M2M executive producer Susan Hootstein told THR. “‘Made in Milan’ predates the current landscape of fashion films which is why M2M felt so compelled...
- 2/27/2017
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Blumhouse's Get Out, the Jordan Peele horror/comedy/social commentary, parlayed its glowing critical reception for a stunning $30.5 million Oscar weekend in 2,781 theaters and a very respectable $10,976 per-screen average. The other new films, Lionsgate/Summit's animated flick, Rock Dog, at $3.7 million, fell just outside of the top 10, while the critically-derided inanimate Collide, from Open Road, spun out at $1.53 million in 2,045 theaters for an abysmal $753 per theater.Get Out, a film where an African-American man notices his girlfriend's family estate may be hiding a sinister secret, had a surprise sneak premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, which set the stage for its critical success. The film maintains a rare 100% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, a healthy 8.1 IMDb rating and an A- on CinemaScore. That means the horror film should see an easy falloff next weekend even as the Groundhog Day Ya film, Before I Fall, and the final Hugh Jackman Wolverine film,...
- 2/26/2017
- by Keith Simanton <mail@boxofficemojo.com>
- Box Office Mojo
My Life As A Zucchini, Gkids' Oscar-nominated stop-motion film, headlined a mostly quiet weekend at the Specialty box office, opening in two locations grossing more than $28,000. Roadside Attractions bowed romantic drama Bitter Harvest with Max Irons in 127 theaters Friday, grossing more than $207K, and Pantelion/Lionsgate's Everybody Loves Somebody remained in 333 locations in its second frame, grossing $410K. On Academy Awards weekend, the collection of 2017 Oscar Nomina…...
- 2/26/2017
- Deadline
The marathon run of specialized awards contenders reaches its climax tonight. Only a handful will get a further boost. It has been a strong season, with business spread out among multiple films.
Meantime, a handful of releases outside the awards world, led by cat documentary “Kedi” (Oscilloscope) and the wider decently performing “A United Kingdom” (Fox Searchlight) will need to make up the gaps ahead.
One final Oscar nominee, the Swiss animated feature “My Life As a Zucchini” (Oscilloscope) had a decent start in a single theater each in New York and Los Angeles. This will see some niche life ahead as arthouses look for needed supplementary releases.
In every previous case of the first release of a Sundance U.S. Dramatic Competition winner would be the top story in this report, as was the case for “The Birth of a Nation” and “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl.
Meantime, a handful of releases outside the awards world, led by cat documentary “Kedi” (Oscilloscope) and the wider decently performing “A United Kingdom” (Fox Searchlight) will need to make up the gaps ahead.
One final Oscar nominee, the Swiss animated feature “My Life As a Zucchini” (Oscilloscope) had a decent start in a single theater each in New York and Los Angeles. This will see some niche life ahead as arthouses look for needed supplementary releases.
In every previous case of the first release of a Sundance U.S. Dramatic Competition winner would be the top story in this report, as was the case for “The Birth of a Nation” and “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl.
- 2/26/2017
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
Some impressive action sequences fail to enliven this tale of an artist living in the shadow of the Stalin regime
A well-meaning but overstated drama set during the 1930s famine in Ukraine, Bitter Harvest focuses on talented artist Yuri (Max Irons) and his beloved Natalka (Samantha Barks). Separated when Yuri is imprisoned by Stalin’s oppressive regime (led by a malevolent Tamer Hassan as a local commissar) the couple must survive Holodomor, the death-by-starvation programme by which Stalin hoped to quell the Ukrainians.
The Cossack horseback action sequences are impressive, but there are too few shots of thundering hooves and too many scenes of stilted political discourse for this picture to take flight.
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A well-meaning but overstated drama set during the 1930s famine in Ukraine, Bitter Harvest focuses on talented artist Yuri (Max Irons) and his beloved Natalka (Samantha Barks). Separated when Yuri is imprisoned by Stalin’s oppressive regime (led by a malevolent Tamer Hassan as a local commissar) the couple must survive Holodomor, the death-by-starvation programme by which Stalin hoped to quell the Ukrainians.
The Cossack horseback action sequences are impressive, but there are too few shots of thundering hooves and too many scenes of stilted political discourse for this picture to take flight.
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- 2/26/2017
- by Wendy Ide
- The Guardian - Film News
Roadside Attractions is looking to take advantage of an Oscar-overloaded audience with its war drama Bitter Harvest, starring Max Irons and Samantha Barks. The company has tapped Ukrainian-Americans for the title's opening weekend in three dozen markets. Gkids on Friday opens its Swiss-French animated film My Life As A Zucchini, which is up for an Animated Feature Oscar this Sunday, while Gravitas Ventures digs into comedy with documentary Dying Laughing by Lloyd Stanton…...
- 2/24/2017
- Deadline
Despite honourable intentions, this film addressing the Stalin-inflicted 1932-33 genocide in Ukraine is at times embarrassingly bad
At least Bitter Harvest’s release date is relatively timely, given the recent focus in the news on Russia’s brutally aggressive, expansive ambitions. Putin may be accused of killing, but he’s got nothing on Joseph Stalin who instigated the genocide via famine of some 10 million Ukrainians in 1932-33, an atrocity now known at the Holodomor. This drama by director/co-writer George Mendeluk is one of the very few western films to address the subject, and while one may applaud the intention, the execution is markedly uneven.
Max Irons stars as Yuri, a Cossack’s son with dreamy eyes and notable daddy issues who deeply loves feisty local beauty Natalka (Samantha Barks). Not long after their marriage, Stalin (incarnated by Gary Oliver in cutaway scenes, practically twiddling his bushy, fake moustache) comes...
At least Bitter Harvest’s release date is relatively timely, given the recent focus in the news on Russia’s brutally aggressive, expansive ambitions. Putin may be accused of killing, but he’s got nothing on Joseph Stalin who instigated the genocide via famine of some 10 million Ukrainians in 1932-33, an atrocity now known at the Holodomor. This drama by director/co-writer George Mendeluk is one of the very few western films to address the subject, and while one may applaud the intention, the execution is markedly uneven.
Max Irons stars as Yuri, a Cossack’s son with dreamy eyes and notable daddy issues who deeply loves feisty local beauty Natalka (Samantha Barks). Not long after their marriage, Stalin (incarnated by Gary Oliver in cutaway scenes, practically twiddling his bushy, fake moustache) comes...
- 2/23/2017
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Guardian - Film News
Bitter Harvest Roadside Attractions Reviewed by: Harvey Karten, Shockya Grade: C+ Director: George Mendeluk Written by: Richard Bachynsky-Hoover, George Mendeluk Cast: Max Irons, Tom Austen, Samantha Barks, Richard Brake, Aneurin Barnard, Tamer Hassan, William Beck Screened at: Review 1, NYC, 2/13/17 Opens: February 24, 2017 Wouldn’t it be nice if we could call 20th Century’s […]
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- 2/23/2017
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
In between the two World Wars, the then nascent Soviet Union, in a barbarous act of mismanaged nation building, starved north of seven million Ukrainians to death, all the while violently appropriating the land and the crops from the 'bread basket of Europe.' Unquestionably, The Holocaust has received the lion's share of cinema treatments when it comes to mid-20th century genocide, but to the best of my knowledge, Bitter Harvest is the first English language take on Holodomar. For such a monumentally horrific moment in history, the story of that brutal period of famine deserves a better telling than this clumsy, cluttered affair. Hollywood (and the many Canadian film efforts that are often caught in its gravitational orbit) is very good at taking national crises...
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- 2/23/2017
- Screen Anarchy
Noble intentions are defeated by inept execution in George Mendeluk’s historical drama concerning the Holdomor, the forced famine imposed by Stalin on the Ukrainian people that resulted in the deaths of millions. Personalizing the events through the tale of a pair of star-crossed lovers, Bitter Harvest might be described as Dr. Zhivago-lite, although it really doesn’t deserved to be mentioned in the same breath as David Lean’s classic. This is the sort of bad film that can only come about as the result of misguided ambitions.
The filmmaker is of Ukrainian descent himself, so his passion for educating...
The filmmaker is of Ukrainian descent himself, so his passion for educating...
- 2/23/2017
- by Frank Scheck
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Author: Stefan Pape
Such was the extent that Stalin covered up the Holodomor, you can’t be blamed for having not heard of it – despite the fact it’s rumoured that around seven million people were killed of starvation in Ukraine, back in 1932.
Since being uncovered properly in the 1990s, few filmmakers have tackled these devastating set of events – but now it’s what sets the precedence for period drama Bitter Harvest, and we had the pleasure of sitting down with the film’s leading duo to discuss the project, and how important it was they shot this film on location.
“In the crew there were people whose grandparents and parents had either survived or not survived the Holodomor it’s a thing that still affects generations today,” Samantha Barks explained. “So to have that in front of your face, people’s stories, you couldn’t ask for more, it...
Such was the extent that Stalin covered up the Holodomor, you can’t be blamed for having not heard of it – despite the fact it’s rumoured that around seven million people were killed of starvation in Ukraine, back in 1932.
Since being uncovered properly in the 1990s, few filmmakers have tackled these devastating set of events – but now it’s what sets the precedence for period drama Bitter Harvest, and we had the pleasure of sitting down with the film’s leading duo to discuss the project, and how important it was they shot this film on location.
“In the crew there were people whose grandparents and parents had either survived or not survived the Holodomor it’s a thing that still affects generations today,” Samantha Barks explained. “So to have that in front of your face, people’s stories, you couldn’t ask for more, it...
- 2/23/2017
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Author: Stefan Pape
Renowned, primarily, for his performances in gritty, British thrillers – Tamer Hassan’s latest endeavour represents something of a departure for the actor, playing the chief antagonist in the moving period piece Bitter Harvest, casting an eye over the devastating Holodomor, in Ukraine.
However he has since returned back to his roots – starring as Harry in the forthcoming Snatch TV series – and speaking to HeyUGuys Hassan explained that fans of the original Guy Ritchie movie are bound to love what’s in store.
“It’s the same formula, Snatch is the coolest movie brand on the planet as you know,” he said. “It’s comedy and I love comedy and it’s brilliant the way it’s done. If you like Snatch, it’s ten Snatch movies. The cast is great, I mean Rupert Grint in Snatch? You’re gonna be pleasantly surprised because he is brilliant”.
This...
Renowned, primarily, for his performances in gritty, British thrillers – Tamer Hassan’s latest endeavour represents something of a departure for the actor, playing the chief antagonist in the moving period piece Bitter Harvest, casting an eye over the devastating Holodomor, in Ukraine.
However he has since returned back to his roots – starring as Harry in the forthcoming Snatch TV series – and speaking to HeyUGuys Hassan explained that fans of the original Guy Ritchie movie are bound to love what’s in store.
“It’s the same formula, Snatch is the coolest movie brand on the planet as you know,” he said. “It’s comedy and I love comedy and it’s brilliant the way it’s done. If you like Snatch, it’s ten Snatch movies. The cast is great, I mean Rupert Grint in Snatch? You’re gonna be pleasantly surprised because he is brilliant”.
This...
- 2/23/2017
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Welcome back to the Weekend Warrior, your weekly look at the new movies hitting theaters this weekend, as well as other cool events and things to check out.
This Past Weekend:
Presidents' Day weekend was an interesting one at the box office, and as with most holiday weekends, it was particularly difficult to figure out how things might fare, other than The Lego Batman Movie, which remained at #1 with almost $45 million over the four-day weekend. Fifty Shades Darker followed with $21.3 million, about a 50% drop. Last week, I thought that the Ice Cub comedy Fist Fight would beat The Great Wall, although it seemed like it could be a close race. Nope. Matt Damon’s action epic came in third place with $21.6 million, which is a couple million more than my original prediction, but The Fist Fight fell short of my prediction by almost $10 million, grossing $14.5 million in its first four days.
This Past Weekend:
Presidents' Day weekend was an interesting one at the box office, and as with most holiday weekends, it was particularly difficult to figure out how things might fare, other than The Lego Batman Movie, which remained at #1 with almost $45 million over the four-day weekend. Fifty Shades Darker followed with $21.3 million, about a 50% drop. Last week, I thought that the Ice Cub comedy Fist Fight would beat The Great Wall, although it seemed like it could be a close race. Nope. Matt Damon’s action epic came in third place with $21.6 million, which is a couple million more than my original prediction, but The Fist Fight fell short of my prediction by almost $10 million, grossing $14.5 million in its first four days.
- 2/22/2017
- by Edward Douglas
- LRMonline.com
Set in 1930s Ukraine, George Mendeluk’s historical drama “Bitter Harvest” follows the story of young lovers Yuri (Max Irons) and Natalka (Samantha Barks), who fall victims to Stalin’s genocidal policies.
Yuri, a very talented young artist, will do anything — including enduring famine, imprisonment and torture — to save his childhood sweetheart from the Holodomor, the death-by-starvation program that killed millions of Ukrainians. What follows is a wrenching love story with some startling real world implications.
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“Bitter Harvest” was filmed on location in Ukraine. Mendeluk co-wrote the screenplay with Richard Bachynsky-Hoover, based on Bachynsky-Hoover’s original story. Bachynsky-Hoover also serves as one of the executive producers of the film. The cast also includes Gary Oliver in the role Staling, Barry Pepper as Yaroslav, Tamer Hassan as Sergei, and Terence Stamp as Ivan.
“Bitter Harvest” will be...
Yuri, a very talented young artist, will do anything — including enduring famine, imprisonment and torture — to save his childhood sweetheart from the Holodomor, the death-by-starvation program that killed millions of Ukrainians. What follows is a wrenching love story with some startling real world implications.
Read More: Sally Hawkins and Ethan Hawke in Aisling Walsh’s Biopic, ‘Maudie’ — Trailer
“Bitter Harvest” was filmed on location in Ukraine. Mendeluk co-wrote the screenplay with Richard Bachynsky-Hoover, based on Bachynsky-Hoover’s original story. Bachynsky-Hoover also serves as one of the executive producers of the film. The cast also includes Gary Oliver in the role Staling, Barry Pepper as Yaroslav, Tamer Hassan as Sergei, and Terence Stamp as Ivan.
“Bitter Harvest” will be...
- 2/22/2017
- by Yoselin Acevedo
- Indiewire
Author: Stefan Pape
The Holodomor was a man-made famine that existed in Ukraine in 1932, and lasted over a year. In that time up to seven million people were murdered, dying from starvation. Yet how much do you know about this barbaric catastrophe, if at all? It’s somehow managed to be mostly untold in cinema, nor at schools for that matter, and so much lies on the shoulders of George Mendeluk, in one of the very first English language productions to cast an eye over this horrific set of events. Yet after watching this underwhelming production, it’s hard not to wish for another version.
Yuri (Max Irons) is raised in a respectable family, son of Yaroslav (Barry Pepper) and grandson of the celebrated war hero Ivan (Terence Stamp), and he falls for childhood friend Natalka (Samantha Barks), wanting nothing more than to marry the love of his life, and...
The Holodomor was a man-made famine that existed in Ukraine in 1932, and lasted over a year. In that time up to seven million people were murdered, dying from starvation. Yet how much do you know about this barbaric catastrophe, if at all? It’s somehow managed to be mostly untold in cinema, nor at schools for that matter, and so much lies on the shoulders of George Mendeluk, in one of the very first English language productions to cast an eye over this horrific set of events. Yet after watching this underwhelming production, it’s hard not to wish for another version.
Yuri (Max Irons) is raised in a respectable family, son of Yaroslav (Barry Pepper) and grandson of the celebrated war hero Ivan (Terence Stamp), and he falls for childhood friend Natalka (Samantha Barks), wanting nothing more than to marry the love of his life, and...
- 2/22/2017
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
There have been more than a few bad movies about the Holocaust; perhaps we were long overdue for a bad movie about the Holodomor, the catastrophic forced famine that killed millions of Ukrainians in the early 1930s. In rides Bitter Harvest, a gooey Canadian-produced soap opera that tackles mass starvation and Stalinism with pretty faces and several spoonfuls of schmaltz. Even if it weren’t about an atrocity, this training-wheels Doctor Zhivago would still be lame: the tale of a country boy who goes off to Kiev to become a painter, gets washed out by the tyranny of cheery socialist realist art (which the movie ironically resembles), and eventually finds his way home to rescue his sweetheart and give a budget-conscious what for to some sneering Soviets. The one thing it has going for it is the competent cinematography of Douglas Milsome, a former associate of Stanley Kubrick (he shot...
- 2/22/2017
- by Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
- avclub.com
Of the countless moments in “La La Land” that make you want to stand up and cheer, Ryan Gosling’s first piano solo hasn’t really been getting as much credit as it deserves. After Mia (Emma Stone) hears a few notes of a piano melody and stumbles into the bar where Sebastian is playing, Damien Chazelle captures their intense first connection in a single long take. The camera slowly moves right into Gosling’s face and then down to his hands as he passionately plays “Mia and Sebastian’s Theme” on the keys.
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What’s so gob-smackingly amazing about this scene is how you suddenly realize that because the camera hasn’t cut, it must actually be Gosling doing those insane runs up and down the piano keys. And guess what? It really is. Variety...
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What’s so gob-smackingly amazing about this scene is how you suddenly realize that because the camera hasn’t cut, it must actually be Gosling doing those insane runs up and down the piano keys. And guess what? It really is. Variety...
- 2/21/2017
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Bitter Harvest Roadside Attractions Reviewed by: Tami Smith, Film Reviewer for Shockya Grade: C+ Director: George Mendeluk Written by: Richard Bachynsky-Hoover, George Mendeluk Cast: Max Irons, Samantha Barks, Tom Austen, Richard Brake, Aneurin Barnard, Tamer Hassan, William Beck Release Date: February 24th, 2017 Most people never heard of the 1932 Holodomor in Ukraine, a man-made […]
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- 2/20/2017
- by Tami Smith
- ShockYa
Max Irons and Samantha Barks on ‘Bitter Harvest… by Uinterview For Max Irons and Samantha Barks, stars of Bitter Harvest, the main takeaway of the drama film is spreading awareness of the Holodomor, a man-made famine in the Ukraine which killed millions of ethnic-Ukrainians. Max Irons, Samantha Barks Video Exclusive Bitter Harvest is set in […]
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- 2/19/2017
- by Catherine Valdez
- Uinterview
Author: Competitions
To mark the release of Bitter Harvest, we’ve been given 5 pairs of tickets for the screening on 20th February at a central London location.
Based on one of the most overlooked tragedies of the 20th Century, Bitter Harvest is a powerful story of love, honour, rebellion and survival as seen through the eyes of two young lovers caught in the ravages of Joseph Stalin’s genocidal policies against Ukraine in the 1930s. As Stalin advances the ambitions of the burgeoning Soviet Union, a young artist named Yuri (Max Irons) battles to survive famine, imprisonment and torture to save his childhood sweetheart Natalka (Samantha Barks) from the “Holodomor,” the death-by-starvation program which ultimately killed millions of Ukrainians. Against this tragic backdrop, Yuri escapes from a Soviet prison and joins the anti-Bolshevik resistance movement as he battles to reunite with Natalka and continue the fight for a free Ukraine.
To mark the release of Bitter Harvest, we’ve been given 5 pairs of tickets for the screening on 20th February at a central London location.
Based on one of the most overlooked tragedies of the 20th Century, Bitter Harvest is a powerful story of love, honour, rebellion and survival as seen through the eyes of two young lovers caught in the ravages of Joseph Stalin’s genocidal policies against Ukraine in the 1930s. As Stalin advances the ambitions of the burgeoning Soviet Union, a young artist named Yuri (Max Irons) battles to survive famine, imprisonment and torture to save his childhood sweetheart Natalka (Samantha Barks) from the “Holodomor,” the death-by-starvation program which ultimately killed millions of Ukrainians. Against this tragic backdrop, Yuri escapes from a Soviet prison and joins the anti-Bolshevik resistance movement as he battles to reunite with Natalka and continue the fight for a free Ukraine.
- 2/16/2017
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
On Wednesday, February 8, Oscar nominee Isabelle Huppert was honored with the Montecito Award for her work in Paul Verhoeven’s acclaimed film “Elle” at the 2017 Santa Barbara International Film Festival held at the Arlington Theatre.
The French actress has received international praise for her role in the psycho-thriller, earning a Critics Choice, César, European Film Award and Indie Spirit Award nominations and winning the New York and National Film Critics Best Actress Award, as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Drama.
IndieWire’s Editor at Large Anne Thompson had the pleasure of introducing and speaking with Huppert during the film festival, where they revisited many of her films, discussed her early life and career, as well as her relationship with the directors she’s worked with.
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Talking about her...
The French actress has received international praise for her role in the psycho-thriller, earning a Critics Choice, César, European Film Award and Indie Spirit Award nominations and winning the New York and National Film Critics Best Actress Award, as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Drama.
IndieWire’s Editor at Large Anne Thompson had the pleasure of introducing and speaking with Huppert during the film festival, where they revisited many of her films, discussed her early life and career, as well as her relationship with the directors she’s worked with.
Read More: The Oscar Race for Best Actress is Down To Emma Stone vs. Isabelle Huppert
Talking about her...
- 2/9/2017
- by Liz Calvario
- Thompson on Hollywood
IndieWire’s Anne Thompson, Gold Derby’s Tom O’Neil, Variety’s Tim Gray and Deadline’s Pete Hammond are back for Part 2 of their Oscar predictions discussion; this time focusing on the craft and short film categories.
The awards editors address the possibility that following Donald Trump’s Muslim Ban, Asghar Farhadi’s “The Salesman” could win the Best Foreign-Language Film Oscar. “A lot of people are going to vote for [it] as a political statement,” says Hammond.
There’s anger at Trump from the global film community — and Farhadi decided not to attend the Oscars. The gang of four spoke about what kind of statement the Academy might want to make with their Best Picture winner.
Read More: Oscars 2017: IndieWire, Variety, Deadline and Gold Derby’s Awards Pundits Debate Predictions
Getting into the nitty gritty of the crafts section, they dissect sound mixing, sound editing, cinematography and costume design categories,...
The awards editors address the possibility that following Donald Trump’s Muslim Ban, Asghar Farhadi’s “The Salesman” could win the Best Foreign-Language Film Oscar. “A lot of people are going to vote for [it] as a political statement,” says Hammond.
There’s anger at Trump from the global film community — and Farhadi decided not to attend the Oscars. The gang of four spoke about what kind of statement the Academy might want to make with their Best Picture winner.
Read More: Oscars 2017: IndieWire, Variety, Deadline and Gold Derby’s Awards Pundits Debate Predictions
Getting into the nitty gritty of the crafts section, they dissect sound mixing, sound editing, cinematography and costume design categories,...
- 2/8/2017
- by Liz Calvario
- Thompson on Hollywood
Based on one of the most overlooked tragedies of the 20th Century, Bitter Harvest is a powerful story of love, honor, rebellion and survival as seen through the eyes of two young lovers caught in the ravages of Joseph Stalin's genocidal policies against Ukraine in the 1930s. Featuring Les Miserables star Samantha Barks, the film just unveiled a new trailer. Check it out below...
- 2/2/2017
- by Movies News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
“Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover” is a proverb whose simple existence proves the fact impressionable souls will do so without fail. This monthly column focuses on the film industry’s willingness to capitalize on this truth, releasing one-sheets to serve as not representations of what audiences are to expect, but as propaganda to fill seats. Oftentimes they fail miserably.
You’ve made it out of dump month, hopefully having caught up on all the Oscar nominees that rolled out wider nationwide. February even has a couple prizes for your trouble whether festival holdovers or hotly anticipated sequels. You may just have to tread carefully amongst a few more clunkers to find them.
Sadly, the poster selection is going to be no help on this front. Lackluster is the word that comes to mind: a few will catch your eye and a handful will draw you in, but...
You’ve made it out of dump month, hopefully having caught up on all the Oscar nominees that rolled out wider nationwide. February even has a couple prizes for your trouble whether festival holdovers or hotly anticipated sequels. You may just have to tread carefully amongst a few more clunkers to find them.
Sadly, the poster selection is going to be no help on this front. Lackluster is the word that comes to mind: a few will catch your eye and a handful will draw you in, but...
- 2/2/2017
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
Author: Jon Lyus
At the beginning of December we were delighted to debut the first poster for George Mendeluk’s Bitter Harvest. Today we have a fine follow up for you, the first look at the stirring first trailer for the film. Co-written by Mendeluk with Richard Bachynsky-Hoover from on his original story, the film stars Max Irons, Samantha Barks, Barry Pepper, Tamer Hassan and Terence Stamp.
The new trailer portrays the awful reality of Stalin’s horrific collectivisation during the 1930s, otherwise known Holodomor (a translation of the Ukrainian phrase ‘execution by hunger’). The central love story between Max Irons and Samantha Barks gives an emotional grounding to the unthinkable torment endured during that period. The two sides are drawn well in the trailer, and Mendeluk’s direction looks to capture the terror and passion so important to telling this story.
Arrow Films are releasing the film here in...
At the beginning of December we were delighted to debut the first poster for George Mendeluk’s Bitter Harvest. Today we have a fine follow up for you, the first look at the stirring first trailer for the film. Co-written by Mendeluk with Richard Bachynsky-Hoover from on his original story, the film stars Max Irons, Samantha Barks, Barry Pepper, Tamer Hassan and Terence Stamp.
The new trailer portrays the awful reality of Stalin’s horrific collectivisation during the 1930s, otherwise known Holodomor (a translation of the Ukrainian phrase ‘execution by hunger’). The central love story between Max Irons and Samantha Barks gives an emotional grounding to the unthinkable torment endured during that period. The two sides are drawn well in the trailer, and Mendeluk’s direction looks to capture the terror and passion so important to telling this story.
Arrow Films are releasing the film here in...
- 1/16/2017
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
We’re very happy to be able to bring you the exclusive first look at the new poster for George Mendeluk’s Bitter Harvest. The film stars Max Irons, Samantha Barks, Barry Pepper, Tamer Hassan and Terence Stamp, and was co-written by Mendeluk with Richard Bachynsky-Hoover based on his original story. The film takes as its centre […]
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- 12/9/2016
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
A heart-wrenching historical drama, “Bitter Harvest,” tells the story of The Holodomor, also known as the “terror-famine” or “Ukrainian Genocide of 1932-33.” The Holodomor was the deliberate starvation of Ukrainians began by the Russian government, under the orders of Joseph Stalin. Beginning in 1930, the Russian government took several million tons of grain from Ukrainian farmers, providing them only a small ration, leading to mass malnutrition and millions of deaths. The film, which was shot on location in Ukraine, aims to bring light to this tragic event that has been somehow forgotten over the years.
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- 11/23/2016
- by Stephanie Ashe
- The Playlist
"How many lives is this war worth?!" Roadside Attractions has debuted an official trailer for a sweeping historical drama titled Bitter Harvest, set during "The Holodomor" in Ukraine in between the first and second World War. The "Holodomor" was a genocidal famine engineered by Joseph Stalin, as an effort to stop the Ukrainian independence movement, resulting in the deaths of millions of people. The film tells the story of a romance between a young Ukrainian couple torn apart by the starvation. Max Irons stars, along with Samantha Barks as his lover, also including Terence Stamp, Barry Pepper, Richard Brake, Aneurin Barnard, Tom Austen, Tamer Hassan and Lucy Brown. This looks okay, but it's hard to tell with this trailer. There's too much going on and the director isn't that impressive, it might not be any good. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for George Mendeluk's Bitter Harvest, originally from...
- 10/27/2016
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Exclusive: The Toronto-based distributor has picked up Canadian rights to George Mendeluk’s Ukranian genocide feature starring Max Irons, Samantha Barks and Terence Stamp.
D Films plans an early 2017 theatrical release for the story of lovers caught in Joseph Stalin’s murderous starvation of the Ukrainian people from 1932-1933 known as the Holodomor.
Barry Pepper and Tamer Hassan round out the key cast. Richard Bachynsky Hoover wrote the original story on which the film is based and collaborated on the screenplay with Mendeluk.
Roadside Attractions will release the film in the Us in early 2017.
Canadian businessman Ian Ihnatowycz, whose family fled Ukraine in the 1940s, financed and produced Bitter Harvest.
Producing alongside Ihnatowycz were Stuart Baird, Chad Barager, and Jaye Gazeley. Bill Immerman, Peter Graves, Dennis Davidson and Hoover served as executive producers.
“Bitter Harvest is an epic tale of real people struggling against the atrocities of a brutal dictator,” said [link=nm...
D Films plans an early 2017 theatrical release for the story of lovers caught in Joseph Stalin’s murderous starvation of the Ukrainian people from 1932-1933 known as the Holodomor.
Barry Pepper and Tamer Hassan round out the key cast. Richard Bachynsky Hoover wrote the original story on which the film is based and collaborated on the screenplay with Mendeluk.
Roadside Attractions will release the film in the Us in early 2017.
Canadian businessman Ian Ihnatowycz, whose family fled Ukraine in the 1940s, financed and produced Bitter Harvest.
Producing alongside Ihnatowycz were Stuart Baird, Chad Barager, and Jaye Gazeley. Bill Immerman, Peter Graves, Dennis Davidson and Hoover served as executive producers.
“Bitter Harvest is an epic tale of real people struggling against the atrocities of a brutal dictator,” said [link=nm...
- 10/6/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Max Irons, Samantha Barks and Terence Stamp star in the Ukraine-set drama.
La-based Meyers Media Group (Mmg) has closed a slew of deals on holodomor drama Bitter Harvest and is continuing talks with buyers at Toronto International Film Festival (Sept 8-18) on the love story set against the 1930s genocidal famine in the Ukraine.
Larry Meyers has licensed rights to Becker Film in Australia, Pandastorm in Germany and B&H Film Distribution in the Ukraine. Advance talks are ongoing for other territories.
Max Irons, Samantha Barks and Terence Stamp star in the film, which is expected to open in the Us via Roadside Attractions in the first quarter of 2017. As previously announced, Arrow Films will distribute in the UK. In two other deals that closed before Mmg boarded the project, Tanweer will release in Turkey and Eagle handles the Middle East.
“This was a terrible crime against humanity that was hidden by Stalin and the Ussr...
La-based Meyers Media Group (Mmg) has closed a slew of deals on holodomor drama Bitter Harvest and is continuing talks with buyers at Toronto International Film Festival (Sept 8-18) on the love story set against the 1930s genocidal famine in the Ukraine.
Larry Meyers has licensed rights to Becker Film in Australia, Pandastorm in Germany and B&H Film Distribution in the Ukraine. Advance talks are ongoing for other territories.
Max Irons, Samantha Barks and Terence Stamp star in the film, which is expected to open in the Us via Roadside Attractions in the first quarter of 2017. As previously announced, Arrow Films will distribute in the UK. In two other deals that closed before Mmg boarded the project, Tanweer will release in Turkey and Eagle handles the Middle East.
“This was a terrible crime against humanity that was hidden by Stalin and the Ussr...
- 9/10/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Plus: Strand Releasing acquires Sundance selection Lovesong; Talent incubator Resonance launches; and more…
Roadside Attractions has acquired Us rights to George Mendeluk’s Bitter Harvest, styled as the epic story of two lovers caught up in Stalin’s 1930s Ukranian genocide.
Max Irons and Samantha Barks (pictured) star alongside Barry Pepper, Tamer Hassan and Terence Stamp.
Ian Ihnatowycz, Stuart Baird, Mendeluk, Chad Barager and Jaye Gazeley produce and Dennis Davidson, Peter D. Graves and William J. Immerman serve as executive producers.
Roadside will release in the first quarter of 2017. Lawrence Meyers and attorney William J Immerman brokered the deal on behalf of the film-makers.
New talent incubator Resonance has launched to support bilingual, bicultural writers and writer-directors who can create content designed to succeed in China and the Us. Launched by producer Hans Canosa and production and management company Circle Of Confusion, Resonance will invite each year up to ten emerging storytellers to participate in a year-long...
Roadside Attractions has acquired Us rights to George Mendeluk’s Bitter Harvest, styled as the epic story of two lovers caught up in Stalin’s 1930s Ukranian genocide.
Max Irons and Samantha Barks (pictured) star alongside Barry Pepper, Tamer Hassan and Terence Stamp.
Ian Ihnatowycz, Stuart Baird, Mendeluk, Chad Barager and Jaye Gazeley produce and Dennis Davidson, Peter D. Graves and William J. Immerman serve as executive producers.
Roadside will release in the first quarter of 2017. Lawrence Meyers and attorney William J Immerman brokered the deal on behalf of the film-makers.
New talent incubator Resonance has launched to support bilingual, bicultural writers and writer-directors who can create content designed to succeed in China and the Us. Launched by producer Hans Canosa and production and management company Circle Of Confusion, Resonance will invite each year up to ten emerging storytellers to participate in a year-long...
- 8/9/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Founder and CEO Matt McCombs and his sales team at Spotlight Pictures head into Cannes with a roster led by Aaron Eckhart starrer Courage.
The film gets its market premiere screening today [May 11] and is based on Jim Dent’s novel Courage Beyond The Game: The Freddie Steinmark Story.
Angelo Pizzo, a sports specialist whose screenwriting credits include Hoosiers and Rudy, directed from his adapted screenplay.
Eckhart stars as the coach of the University Of Texas American Football team whose star player is diagnosed with bone cancer.
The film opened in the Us last November through Clarius Entertainment under the title My All American and Universal handles ancillary rights.
Spotlight is also talking up Bitter Harvest, an epic romance set against the backdrop of the Holodomor – Stalin’s persecution of Ukrainians during the 1930s – that stars Max Irons and Samantha Barks.
The film screens today [May 11] and on Tuesday [16] in Cannes and the producers are in talks for a Us...
The film gets its market premiere screening today [May 11] and is based on Jim Dent’s novel Courage Beyond The Game: The Freddie Steinmark Story.
Angelo Pizzo, a sports specialist whose screenwriting credits include Hoosiers and Rudy, directed from his adapted screenplay.
Eckhart stars as the coach of the University Of Texas American Football team whose star player is diagnosed with bone cancer.
The film opened in the Us last November through Clarius Entertainment under the title My All American and Universal handles ancillary rights.
Spotlight is also talking up Bitter Harvest, an epic romance set against the backdrop of the Holodomor – Stalin’s persecution of Ukrainians during the 1930s – that stars Max Irons and Samantha Barks.
The film screens today [May 11] and on Tuesday [16] in Cannes and the producers are in talks for a Us...
- 5/11/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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