A 12-year-old swimming fanatic with a lively imagination is caught between her bickering, divorcing parents in the low-key and eternally overcast Slovak drama Nina. Like in his fiction debut, Miracle, documentarian turned fiction director Juraj Lehotsky coaxes a terrific performance out of the young and inexperienced female lead, here played to perfection by Bibiana Novakova. But Nina’s narrative is largely predictable and the film’s fly-on-the-wall, verite-like style clashes with Lehotsky’s reliance on an overpowering score and the inclusion of a few blatantly obvious metaphors, including the most trite of all adolescent clichés: caterpillars turning into butterflies.
After its bows...
After its bows...
- 9/22/2017
- by Boyd van Hoeij
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Toronto International Film Festival is pulling out al the stops for its 2017 line-up, having already announced a robust program that includes many of the year’s most anticipated films. Adding a cherry on top to an already jam-packed festival, Tiff revealed its full slate of special events programming, including the premiere of “Lady Gaga: Five Foot Two.” An all access documentary about the tour de force pop star from director Chris Moukarbel, the premiere will be followed by an intimate onstage performance.
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“Moukarbel’s documentary offers an unprecedented look at Lady Gaga in full creative mode: the ideas, the emotion, the sheer work it takes to do what she does,” said Tiff Artistic Director Cameron Bailey. “We’re thrilled to be bringing this film to audiences in Toronto,...
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“Moukarbel’s documentary offers an unprecedented look at Lady Gaga in full creative mode: the ideas, the emotion, the sheer work it takes to do what she does,” said Tiff Artistic Director Cameron Bailey. “We’re thrilled to be bringing this film to audiences in Toronto,...
- 8/24/2017
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
The Orchard has today announced its acquisition of the worldwide rights to Lynn Shelton’s new drama “Outside In,” starring Jay Duplass, Edie Falco, Kaitlyn Dever, and Ben Schwartz. The Orchard has worldwide theatrical, digital rental, and sales, cable/satellite VOD, airline, DVD and soundtrack rights to the new feature. Following The Orchard’s theatrical and digital release, Netflix will be releasing the film on its worldwide streaming platform.
The film will premiere next month at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival, and The Orchard is planning a release in early 2018.
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Shelton and Duplass wrote the screenplay together, which “follows Carol (Falco), a high school teacher, and Chris (Duplass), her ex-student, as they explore a relationship after his release from a 20-year prison sentence. While Chris navigates his re-entry into the world,...
The film will premiere next month at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival, and The Orchard is planning a release in early 2018.
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Shelton and Duplass wrote the screenplay together, which “follows Carol (Falco), a high school teacher, and Chris (Duplass), her ex-student, as they explore a relationship after his release from a 20-year prison sentence. While Chris navigates his re-entry into the world,...
- 8/17/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
‘Miami’ Trailer: Sexy and Ambitious Tiff Drama Follows a Pair of Stripper Sisters on the Run — Watch
A heady mix of crime caper, neon dazzle, and American-ized dreams, all topped with a generous nod to movies like “Magic Mike” and “Showgirls,” Zaida Bergroth’s ambitious “Miami” appears to be taking the “stripper movie” into an entirely new direction. The filmmaker’s third feature — following festival favorites “The Good Son” and “The Last Cowboy Standing” — turns her keen eye for fraught familial relationships to something new: sisters.
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“Miami” follows the glamorous Angela (Krista Kosonen), who arrives in a tiny Finnish town armed with her exotic dancer pals and her dazzling personality, only to get mixed up with some bad dudes after the show is over (one gets the sense that Angela is always just one big scrape away from disaster). Angela hightails it out of town, armed with a brand-new sidekick: her shy...
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“Miami” follows the glamorous Angela (Krista Kosonen), who arrives in a tiny Finnish town armed with her exotic dancer pals and her dazzling personality, only to get mixed up with some bad dudes after the show is over (one gets the sense that Angela is always just one big scrape away from disaster). Angela hightails it out of town, armed with a brand-new sidekick: her shy...
- 8/17/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
If you’re searching for a breakout on this year’s fall festival circuit, look no further than “Nina” star Bibiana Nováková. The eponymous star of Juraj Lehotský’s latest feature anchors the tough divorce drama and comes out the other side as a bonafide star in the making. The film, which recently bowed at Karlovy Vary, is now bound for the Toronto International Film Festival as part of its recently announced World Cinema section.
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The film follows tween Nina (Nováková), whose entire world is upended when her parents announce their divorce. For the sensitive 12-year-old, the discovery that her parents are “doing what’s best for her” rocks her to her very core — what about what she wants? what about their lives together? and who are these seeming strangers who have replaced her loving parents?...
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The film follows tween Nina (Nováková), whose entire world is upended when her parents announce their divorce. For the sensitive 12-year-old, the discovery that her parents are “doing what’s best for her” rocks her to her very core — what about what she wants? what about their lives together? and who are these seeming strangers who have replaced her loving parents?...
- 8/16/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
We all know and love Brie Larson the actress, but this fall we’re going to meet Brie Larson the director. The Oscar winner’s feature directorial debut “Unicorn Store” is officially world premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival next month, and it should be one of the more high profile acquisition titles given its director and star-studded cast, including Samuel L. Jackson, Joan Cusack, and Bradley Whitford.
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Larson not only directs but also stars in the lead role of Kit, a young dreamer who refuses to abandon her sense of wonder. Kit’s world is forever changed when she’s offered the most magical gift she can imagine, which is most likely the eponymous store.
“Unicorn Store” is a major step forward in Larson’s career, who has been vocal about directing more features should the...
Read More:Brie Larson On the Kind of Roles She Never Wants
Larson not only directs but also stars in the lead role of Kit, a young dreamer who refuses to abandon her sense of wonder. Kit’s world is forever changed when she’s offered the most magical gift she can imagine, which is most likely the eponymous store.
“Unicorn Store” is a major step forward in Larson’s career, who has been vocal about directing more features should the...
- 8/15/2017
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
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