There’s no shortage of movies to stream on Netflix. Any subscriber that logs onto the platform these days will likely see a bunch of new releases, gruesome horror films, and sweet rom-coms. But with so many big, flashy studio films and Netflix originals to choose from, it can be difficult for the indie films that flood the streamer to stand out.
For sure, a place in Netflix’s library can be a great opportunity for independent cinema to find an audience it otherwise wouldn’t reach in theaters or on television. But for all the big starry auteur films that Netflix picks up and turns into major awards contenders (see “Marriage Story” or “I’m Thinking of Ending Things”), there’s an under-the-radar, overlooked pick that doesn’t have the names or prestige attached to it, and feels destined to serve as mere library filler as people look for the films they do know.
For sure, a place in Netflix’s library can be a great opportunity for independent cinema to find an audience it otherwise wouldn’t reach in theaters or on television. But for all the big starry auteur films that Netflix picks up and turns into major awards contenders (see “Marriage Story” or “I’m Thinking of Ending Things”), there’s an under-the-radar, overlooked pick that doesn’t have the names or prestige attached to it, and feels destined to serve as mere library filler as people look for the films they do know.
- 11/14/2023
- by Christian Zilko and Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
Not every TV series gets the kind of warm reception that Apple TV+ series “Severance” received upon its release.
The series which just concluded its first season has a 98 critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes and an average audience score of 93 — very impressive statistics. Fans are raving about this one and if you haven’t seen “Severance” then you’re missing out.
This article discusses the cast, characters, and the latest updates about “Severance” season two — as well as what to expect.
Where can you watch Severance?
All episodes of “Severance” are available for streaming on Apple TV+ — Apple’s exclusive streaming service. Signup and access Apple TV+ on the Apple TV app, which is unsurprisingly available to Apple TV, iPhone, iPad, Mac computer users, and select third-party devices.
What is Severance about?
The series revolves around a mysterious company — Lumon Industries — which makes employees working on certain restricted projects undergo a severance procedure.
The series which just concluded its first season has a 98 critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes and an average audience score of 93 — very impressive statistics. Fans are raving about this one and if you haven’t seen “Severance” then you’re missing out.
This article discusses the cast, characters, and the latest updates about “Severance” season two — as well as what to expect.
Where can you watch Severance?
All episodes of “Severance” are available for streaming on Apple TV+ — Apple’s exclusive streaming service. Signup and access Apple TV+ on the Apple TV app, which is unsurprisingly available to Apple TV, iPhone, iPad, Mac computer users, and select third-party devices.
What is Severance about?
The series revolves around a mysterious company — Lumon Industries — which makes employees working on certain restricted projects undergo a severance procedure.
- 5/30/2022
- by Dee Gambit
- buddytv.com
Exclusive: Roswell, New Mexico star Michael Vlamis is preparing to make his feature directorial debut with Crossword, a psychological thriller in which he’ll star alongside Aurora Perrineau (When They See Us), Harvey Guillén (What We Do in the Shadows), Nick Thune (Love Life), Sarah Ramos (Winning Time), Karan Oberoi (Counterpart), Andoni Gracia (Warner. Bros’ upcoming The Flash) and Spencer Waldner (5 Years Apart).
The indie heading into production this spring centers on James (Vlamis) and Tessa (Perrineau), a young married couple coping with the loss of their daughter. While Tessa trudges forward focused on her bestselling children’s book series inspired by their daughter, James tries to find solace in the daily crossword. As the crossword takes on a mind of its own, the seams of the couple’s reality begin to unravel, revealing that death is more than a five-letter word.
Vlamis wrote the script with Kyle Anderson,...
The indie heading into production this spring centers on James (Vlamis) and Tessa (Perrineau), a young married couple coping with the loss of their daughter. While Tessa trudges forward focused on her bestselling children’s book series inspired by their daughter, James tries to find solace in the daily crossword. As the crossword takes on a mind of its own, the seams of the couple’s reality begin to unravel, revealing that death is more than a five-letter word.
Vlamis wrote the script with Kyle Anderson,...
- 5/3/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Geoff Stults (Little Fires Everywhere), newcomer Jules Latimer, Tiya Sircar (Good Sam), Alanna Ubach (Euphoria), Laurie Davidson (The Good Liar) and Andre Hyland (The Death of Dick Long) are set as series regulars opposite Kate Beckinsale in Guilty Party, Paramount+’s half-hour dark comedy from Funny or Die.
Written by Rebecca Addelman (Dead to Me) and to be directed by Trent O’Donnell (No Activity), Guilty Party stars Beckinsale as Beth Baker, a discredited journalist desperate to salvage her career by latching on to the story of a young mother sentenced to life in prison for maiming and murdering her husband — crimes she claims she didn’t commit. In trying to uncover the truth, Beth finds herself in over her head as she contends with Colorado gun smugglers, clickbait culture, the doldrums of marriage and her own tarnished past.
Latimer will play Toni, a young woman who has been sentenced...
Written by Rebecca Addelman (Dead to Me) and to be directed by Trent O’Donnell (No Activity), Guilty Party stars Beckinsale as Beth Baker, a discredited journalist desperate to salvage her career by latching on to the story of a young mother sentenced to life in prison for maiming and murdering her husband — crimes she claims she didn’t commit. In trying to uncover the truth, Beth finds herself in over her head as she contends with Colorado gun smugglers, clickbait culture, the doldrums of marriage and her own tarnished past.
Latimer will play Toni, a young woman who has been sentenced...
- 3/1/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Noël Wells has dropped a dance pop cover of Bill Withers’ “Lovely Day.”
The rendition, produced by David Thomas Jones, adds a disco touch to the 1977 classic, which features the actress and singer crooning over glittery synths, “Just one look at you/And I know it’s gonna be/A lovely day.”
“I had a vision of the whole world dancing,” Wells said of the recording in a statement. “That’s how it started. This has been a hard year for everyone, and at the beginning of October with the...
The rendition, produced by David Thomas Jones, adds a disco touch to the 1977 classic, which features the actress and singer crooning over glittery synths, “Just one look at you/And I know it’s gonna be/A lovely day.”
“I had a vision of the whole world dancing,” Wells said of the recording in a statement. “That’s how it started. This has been a hard year for everyone, and at the beginning of October with the...
- 11/17/2020
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Exclusive: Britt Lower is set for a lead role opposite Adam Scott and Patricia Arquette in Severance, Apple’s upcoming workplace thriller drama directed by and executive produced by Ben Stiller.
Severance takes place at Lumen Industries, a company that’s looking to take work-life balance to a new level with a “severance procedure,” which separates work and out-of-work memories. Scott stars as Mark, an employee with a dark past trying to put himself back together.
Lower will play Helly, a woman who struggles to find peace with the decision she made to do the severance procedure. Arquette plays the boss at Lumen Industries.
The series is written and created by Dan Erickson, whose Severance script was the first TV script to make it on to the annual Bloodlist in 2016.
Chris Black exec produces alongside Erickson, Stiller and Nicky Weinstock and Jackie Cohn from Red Hour Productions.
Severance takes place at Lumen Industries, a company that’s looking to take work-life balance to a new level with a “severance procedure,” which separates work and out-of-work memories. Scott stars as Mark, an employee with a dark past trying to put himself back together.
Lower will play Helly, a woman who struggles to find peace with the decision she made to do the severance procedure. Arquette plays the boss at Lumen Industries.
The series is written and created by Dan Erickson, whose Severance script was the first TV script to make it on to the annual Bloodlist in 2016.
Chris Black exec produces alongside Erickson, Stiller and Nicky Weinstock and Jackie Cohn from Red Hour Productions.
- 1/20/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva and Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
In today’s film news roundup, John Amos returns for “Coming 2 America,” Nick Thune and Cleopatra Coleman are cast and “Plácido Domingo Gala” and “Birds Without Feathers” get release dates.
Castings
John Amos is set to reprise his role as Cleo McDowell in Eddie Murphy’s upcoming film “Coming 2 America.”
“Hustle & Flow” helmer Craig Brewer is directing the project with Murphy, Kevin Misher and Kenya Barris producing for Paramount.
The 1988 original movie, directed by John Landis, starred Murphy as the charming African prince Akeem, who traveled to New York City to escape an arranged marriage. Amos portrayed Akeem’s employer and the father of Shari Headley, who played Akeem’s love interest. The comedy was a major hit, grossing nearly $300 million at the worldwide box office.
In the sequel, Prince Akeem is set to become king of the fictional country of Zamunda when he discovers he has...
Castings
John Amos is set to reprise his role as Cleo McDowell in Eddie Murphy’s upcoming film “Coming 2 America.”
“Hustle & Flow” helmer Craig Brewer is directing the project with Murphy, Kevin Misher and Kenya Barris producing for Paramount.
The 1988 original movie, directed by John Landis, starred Murphy as the charming African prince Akeem, who traveled to New York City to escape an arranged marriage. Amos portrayed Akeem’s employer and the father of Shari Headley, who played Akeem’s love interest. The comedy was a major hit, grossing nearly $300 million at the worldwide box office.
In the sequel, Prince Akeem is set to become king of the fictional country of Zamunda when he discovers he has...
- 8/10/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
“Friendship between animals and humans is essential. It’s special. And friendship is essential to the soul.” So muses one of the many barflies in “Lucky,” which turned out to be Harry Dean Stanton’s swan song — as well as one of two movies this year featuring a largely unseen pet named Roosevelt. President Roosevelt the tortoise is the bestie of one Howard (David Lynch) in “Lucky,” whereas the eponymous cat’s death inspires our wayward heroine to go home and pay her respects in writer/director/star Noël Wells’ charming “Mr. Roosevelt.”
If interspecies friendships are essential to the soul, what does that make the loss of such a friend? A number of films explored that and other animal-related questions over the last 12 months, some quite movingly.
Howard wants to bequeath all...
If interspecies friendships are essential to the soul, what does that make the loss of such a friend? A number of films explored that and other animal-related questions over the last 12 months, some quite movingly.
Howard wants to bequeath all...
- 12/21/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
It’s no secret that the film industry is dominated by men. Even the indie game mostly touts male-led films by male directors. As a result, there are a lot of slice-of-life films out there that bravely explore what a bummer it is to be a white dude with depression. While I adore some of those movies, they can be petri dishes for poorly-written women, as the aforementioned dudes usually relearn the value of life from Manic Pixie Dream Girls.
Continue reading Noël Wells’ ‘Mr. Roosevelt’ Is An Original, Endearing First Feature [Review] at The Playlist.
Continue reading Noël Wells’ ‘Mr. Roosevelt’ Is An Original, Endearing First Feature [Review] at The Playlist.
- 11/22/2017
- by Lena Wilson
- The Playlist
The Manic Pixie Dream Girl is officially dead, and the Girl with a Cracked iPhone Screen has taken her place. That’s not as catchy (it kind of sounds like the least exciting Stieg Larsson novel of all time), but it still feels like progress. The old trope was just a foil for some forlorn male protagonist, less of an actual person than an adorkable fairy godmother whose sole purpose in life was to restore a sense of self-worth to an aimless dude who forgot how to generate his own. The new trope, on the other hand, is alive — she creates her own context.
Usually a twenty something who is falling short of her potential, The Girl with a Cracked iPhone Screen is a mess, she doesn’t have a ton of money (shout out to the gig economy), and she makes an audience of millennials feel comparatively stable. Odds are,...
Usually a twenty something who is falling short of her potential, The Girl with a Cracked iPhone Screen is a mess, she doesn’t have a ton of money (shout out to the gig economy), and she makes an audience of millennials feel comparatively stable. Odds are,...
- 11/14/2017
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? This week […]
The post This Week in Trailers: Mr. Roosevelt, In The Fade, Saving Capitalism, The Breadwinner, The Strange Ones appeared first on /Film.
The post This Week in Trailers: Mr. Roosevelt, In The Fade, Saving Capitalism, The Breadwinner, The Strange Ones appeared first on /Film.
- 11/4/2017
- by Christopher Stipp
- Slash Film
“Call Me by Your Name,” “The Disaster Artist,” and “Hostiles” will serve as the Centerpiece Galas at AFI Fest (November 9–16), the season’s last major film festival. In addition, documentarian Errol Morris will be the subject of a November 11 Tribute following a screening of “Wormwood,” his six-part, semi-scripted Netflix series (out December 15) that stars Peter Sarsgaard as a son investigating his father’s death.
Morris, 69, previously won the Best Documentary Feature Oscar in 2004 for “The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara.” He’s hoping for similar luck in 2018: Variety reports that Netflix is submitting a separate, theatrical version to The Academy for award consideration in multiple categories.
Related:afi Fest 2017 Announces Indie Additions, Including ‘Bodied,’ ‘Mr. Roosevelt,’ ‘Thoroughbreds,’ and Many More
Of the three newly-announced Centerpieces, Luca Guadagnino’s “Call Me by Your Name” has had the longest festival run —it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January,...
Morris, 69, previously won the Best Documentary Feature Oscar in 2004 for “The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara.” He’s hoping for similar luck in 2018: Variety reports that Netflix is submitting a separate, theatrical version to The Academy for award consideration in multiple categories.
Related:afi Fest 2017 Announces Indie Additions, Including ‘Bodied,’ ‘Mr. Roosevelt,’ ‘Thoroughbreds,’ and Many More
Of the three newly-announced Centerpieces, Luca Guadagnino’s “Call Me by Your Name” has had the longest festival run —it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January,...
- 10/20/2017
- by Jenna Marotta
- Indiewire
Film Independent has finally succumbed to the challenges of mounting a world-class film festival in the summer. After 23 years, the festival is moving from June to September. The next installment, in continued partnership with L.A.’s Arclight Cinemas, will be held September 20-28, 2018.
Clearly, the festival calendar was unforgiving, leaving Laff an also-ran following Sundance, SXSW, Tribeca and Cannes, among other festivals on the international circuit. By June, filmmakers were waiting for the higher-profile fall festivals and the siren call of award season. The new late September dates fall right between two competitive fall festivals, Toronto and New York, which if held at the same time next year would overlap. Will there be enough left over for La? Certainly, many Academy members live in Hollywood, but the L.A. awards festival berth has become AFI Fest, which has benefited from late-breaking awards contenders like “American Sniper” and “Selma.”
Amazon...
Clearly, the festival calendar was unforgiving, leaving Laff an also-ran following Sundance, SXSW, Tribeca and Cannes, among other festivals on the international circuit. By June, filmmakers were waiting for the higher-profile fall festivals and the siren call of award season. The new late September dates fall right between two competitive fall festivals, Toronto and New York, which if held at the same time next year would overlap. Will there be enough left over for La? Certainly, many Academy members live in Hollywood, but the L.A. awards festival berth has become AFI Fest, which has benefited from late-breaking awards contenders like “American Sniper” and “Selma.”
Amazon...
- 10/18/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Film Independent has finally succumbed to the challenges of mounting a world-class film festival in the summer. After 23 years, the festival is moving from June to September. The next installment, in continued partnership with L.A.’s Arclight Cinemas, will be held September 20-28, 2018.
Clearly, the festival calendar was unforgiving, leaving Laff an also-ran following Sundance, SXSW, Tribeca and Cannes, among other festivals on the international circuit. By June, filmmakers were waiting for the higher-profile fall festivals and the siren call of award season. The new late September dates fall right between two competitive fall festivals, Toronto and New York, which if held at the same time next year would overlap. Will there be enough left over for La? Certainly, many Academy members live in Hollywood, but the L.A. awards festival berth has become AFI Fest, which has benefited from late-breaking awards contenders like “American Sniper” and “Selma.”
Amazon...
Clearly, the festival calendar was unforgiving, leaving Laff an also-ran following Sundance, SXSW, Tribeca and Cannes, among other festivals on the international circuit. By June, filmmakers were waiting for the higher-profile fall festivals and the siren call of award season. The new late September dates fall right between two competitive fall festivals, Toronto and New York, which if held at the same time next year would overlap. Will there be enough left over for La? Certainly, many Academy members live in Hollywood, but the L.A. awards festival berth has become AFI Fest, which has benefited from late-breaking awards contenders like “American Sniper” and “Selma.”
Amazon...
- 10/18/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
AFI Fest has announced the lineups for the New Auteurs and American Independents sections.
Both sections will debut up-and-coming filmmakers, one drawing from global talent and the other highlighting projects from the U.S.
The Charlotte Rampling-starrer Hannah is among the films in the Auteurs section, which includes selections from South Africa, China, Germany, Spain and France.
The Independents section will screen 11 films, including Noël Wells' Mr. Roosevelt, the Wyatt Cenac-starring Fits and Starts and Joseph Kahn's rap satire Bodied, which made a splash at this year's Toronto International Film Festival.
Dee Rees' Mudbound will open this year's AFI Fest, which is set to run...
Both sections will debut up-and-coming filmmakers, one drawing from global talent and the other highlighting projects from the U.S.
The Charlotte Rampling-starrer Hannah is among the films in the Auteurs section, which includes selections from South Africa, China, Germany, Spain and France.
The Independents section will screen 11 films, including Noël Wells' Mr. Roosevelt, the Wyatt Cenac-starring Fits and Starts and Joseph Kahn's rap satire Bodied, which made a splash at this year's Toronto International Film Festival.
Dee Rees' Mudbound will open this year's AFI Fest, which is set to run...
- 10/17/2017
- by Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The American Film Institute (AFI) has announced the films that will be featured in their New Auteurs and American Independents sections at the upcoming AFI Fest 2017 presented by Audi. Selections include a number of lauded features from around the festival circuit, including Cannes offerings like “I Am Not a Witch,” SXSW favorites like “Gemini” and “Mr. Roosevelt,” the Sundance breakout “Thoroughbreds,” and Joseph Kahn’s Toronto Midnight Madness favorite “Bodied,” among others.
Highlighting first- and second-time feature film directors, New Auteurs is designed as the festival’s platform for upcoming filmmakers from all over the world to showcase their new films. This year, the section includes 11 films, nine of which come from female directors. Similarly, AFI Fest’s American Independents section aims to represent the best of this year’s independent filmmaking. Pushing boundaries of form and content across narrative and documentary cinema, this section includes 11 films from both fresh...
Highlighting first- and second-time feature film directors, New Auteurs is designed as the festival’s platform for upcoming filmmakers from all over the world to showcase their new films. This year, the section includes 11 films, nine of which come from female directors. Similarly, AFI Fest’s American Independents section aims to represent the best of this year’s independent filmmaking. Pushing boundaries of form and content across narrative and documentary cinema, this section includes 11 films from both fresh...
- 10/16/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
"How can you let her do this to me?! She's try to make me look bad!" An official trailer has debuted for the film Mr. Roosevelt, which won the Audience Award at the SXSW Film Festival this year. Written, directed by, and starring actress-turned-filmmaker Noël Wells, this indie romantic comedy is about a woman who returns to her hometown of Austin, TX and encounters her ex-boyfriend, who is now living with his new girlfriend in their old house. She has to comes to term with the situation and her own life, while dealing with her ex's new girlfriend who seems to be pretty much perfect. The cast includes Nick Thune, Britt Lower, Daniella Pineda, Andre Hyland, Doug Benson, Sergio Cilli, and Paul Gordon. This looks funky and quirky and totally indie. Perhaps even too indie, but oh well. Looks like it's best to see at a film festival. Here's the...
- 10/13/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Paladin has acquired Mr. Roosevelt, the comedy that stars former Saturday Night Live regular Noël Wells in what is also her directorial debut. The pic, which won the audience award and the Louis Black Lone Star Award at SXSW this year, is now set to bow in theaters in late fall, and Netflix has also acquired worldwide streaming rights and will launch it later this year. Wells plays Emily, a talented but hard-to-classify comedic performer who left behind her home and…...
- 8/24/2017
- Deadline
Confession: We forgot to say “rabbit, rabbit, rabbit” (or “rabbit, rabbit” depending on what version of the superstition you’ve heard) first thing this morning. Luckily, we went on Twitter and quickly remembered.
Goodnight, July. You are beautiful. See you next year! ✨ #rabbitrabbit #DontForget pic.twitter.com/UWFT9cNCpB
— Rabbit Rabbit (@ShpRabbitRabbit) August 1, 2017
Hoppy August, everybunny! #RabbitRabbit pic.twitter.com/pgan9rpfIf
— Annie's Homegrown (@annieshomegrown) August 1, 2017
#rabbitrabbit, Twitter! Who knows what August might bring?! # pic.twitter.com/jzDZRmGCpI
— Rachel Greenhaus (@missrrg) August 1, 2017
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— Rlk (@rickykelley) August 1, 2017
Adorable bunny gifs aside, we’ve been wondering: How...
Goodnight, July. You are beautiful. See you next year! ✨ #rabbitrabbit #DontForget pic.twitter.com/UWFT9cNCpB
— Rabbit Rabbit (@ShpRabbitRabbit) August 1, 2017
Hoppy August, everybunny! #RabbitRabbit pic.twitter.com/pgan9rpfIf
— Annie's Homegrown (@annieshomegrown) August 1, 2017
#rabbitrabbit, Twitter! Who knows what August might bring?! # pic.twitter.com/jzDZRmGCpI
— Rachel Greenhaus (@missrrg) August 1, 2017
#rabbitrabbitrabbit pic.twitter.com/FbP7mjrsJw
— Rlk (@rickykelley) August 1, 2017
Adorable bunny gifs aside, we’ve been wondering: How...
- 8/1/2017
- by Saryn Chorney
- PEOPLE.com
Exclusive: Here’s a clip from the Leena Pendharker-directed drama 20 Weeks, a timely narrative that explores the pressures surrounding pregnancy as well as how prenatal and genetic testing can contribute to the choices people face. The pic, from Meritage Pictures/Spicy Mango Productions, will have its world premiere today at the Los Angeles Film Festival. Written by Pendharker, the film stars Anna Margaret Hollyman (Mr. Roosevelt) and Amir Arison (The Blacklist) as a new…...
- 6/19/2017
- Deadline
Noël Wells, who starred alongside Aziz Ansari in Master of None's first season, creates her own vehicle in Mr. Roosevelt, writing and directing a comedy set in her old hometown of Austin, Texas. Playing up her neurotic side, the you-can't-go-home-again picture finds Wells' Emily struggling not to feel rejected by those she in fact abandoned first. Modest but funny, it makes a fine calling card for a performer deserving of bigger things; now warming up on the fest circuit, it would play well in limited release before a happy afterlife on video.
Wells' Emily has been struggling in Los Angeles'...
Wells' Emily has been struggling in Los Angeles'...
- 6/15/2017
- by John DeFore
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Rooftop Films has announced its lineup for the 2017 Summer Series. This year’s series will feature more than 45 outdoor screenings in more than 10 venues, including films like Michael Showalter’s Sundance hit “The Big Sick” Ana Lily Amirpour’s “The Bad Batch,” (dates still Tbd).
The series kicks off on Friday, May 19 with “This is What We Mean by Short Films,” a collection of some of the most innovative, new short films of the past year. The screening will take place on the roof of The Old American Can Factory, in Gowanus, Brooklyn. The following night, Saturday, May 20, Rooftop will present a sneak preview screening of Zoe Lister-Jones’ 2017 Sundance entry, “Band Aid,” free and outdoors at House of Vans in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
The entire lineup so far is below. Tickets are already for sale.
Friday, May 19
“This is What We Mean by Short Films”
Saturday, May 20
“Band Aid” (Zoe Lister-Jones)
Saturday,...
The series kicks off on Friday, May 19 with “This is What We Mean by Short Films,” a collection of some of the most innovative, new short films of the past year. The screening will take place on the roof of The Old American Can Factory, in Gowanus, Brooklyn. The following night, Saturday, May 20, Rooftop will present a sneak preview screening of Zoe Lister-Jones’ 2017 Sundance entry, “Band Aid,” free and outdoors at House of Vans in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
The entire lineup so far is below. Tickets are already for sale.
Friday, May 19
“This is What We Mean by Short Films”
Saturday, May 20
“Band Aid” (Zoe Lister-Jones)
Saturday,...
- 5/5/2017
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
Keep up with the always-hopping film festival world with our weekly Film Festival Roundup column. Check out last week’s Roundup right here.
Lineup Announcements
– BAMcinématek has announced the full lineup for the ninth annual BAMcinemaFest (Jun 14 – 25, 2017), which features 24 New York premieres, one North American premiere, and two world premieres. Opening the festival on Wednesday, June 14 is the New York premiere of Aaron Katz’s “Gemini.” This year’s Closing Night selection is the New York premiere of Brooklyn filmmaker Alex Ross Perry’s fifth feature, “Golden Exits.”
Other highlights include “En el Séptimo Día,” “A Ghost Story,” “Landline,” and “Whose Streets.” Check out the full lineup here.
– The Greenwich International Film Festival is proud to announce the full film slate and programming for the 3rd annual festival running June 1 – 4, 2017 in Greenwich, Connecticut.
“Bending the Arc,” a documentary about the extraordinary team of doctors and activists whose work thirty years...
Lineup Announcements
– BAMcinématek has announced the full lineup for the ninth annual BAMcinemaFest (Jun 14 – 25, 2017), which features 24 New York premieres, one North American premiere, and two world premieres. Opening the festival on Wednesday, June 14 is the New York premiere of Aaron Katz’s “Gemini.” This year’s Closing Night selection is the New York premiere of Brooklyn filmmaker Alex Ross Perry’s fifth feature, “Golden Exits.”
Other highlights include “En el Séptimo Día,” “A Ghost Story,” “Landline,” and “Whose Streets.” Check out the full lineup here.
– The Greenwich International Film Festival is proud to announce the full film slate and programming for the 3rd annual festival running June 1 – 4, 2017 in Greenwich, Connecticut.
“Bending the Arc,” a documentary about the extraordinary team of doctors and activists whose work thirty years...
- 5/4/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
The 2017 South by Southwest Film Festival announced their Audience Award and Virtual Cinema Jury Award winners on March 18. The full list is below.
2017 SXSW Film Festival Audience Award Winners:
Narrative Feature Competition
Audience Award Winner: “The Light of the Moon”
Director: Jessica M. Thompson
Documentary Feature Competition
Audience Award Winner: “Dealt”
Director: Luke Korem
Headliners
Audience Award Winner: “Baby Driver”
Director: Edgar Wright
Narrative Spotlight
Audience Award Winner: “Mr. Roosevelt”
Director: Noël Wells
Documentary Spotlight
Audience Award Winner: “The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin”
Director: Jennifer M. Kroot
Visions
Audience Award Winner: “Becoming Bond”
Director: Josh Greenbaum
Midnighters
Audience Award Winner: “68 Kill”
Director: Trent Haaga
Episodic
Audience Award Winner: “Dear White People”
Director: Justin Simien
24 Beats Per Second
Audience Award Winner: “May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers”
Directors: Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio
Global
Audience Award Winner: “Divine Divas”
Director: Leandra Leal
Festival Favorites
Audience Award Winner:...
2017 SXSW Film Festival Audience Award Winners:
Narrative Feature Competition
Audience Award Winner: “The Light of the Moon”
Director: Jessica M. Thompson
Documentary Feature Competition
Audience Award Winner: “Dealt”
Director: Luke Korem
Headliners
Audience Award Winner: “Baby Driver”
Director: Edgar Wright
Narrative Spotlight
Audience Award Winner: “Mr. Roosevelt”
Director: Noël Wells
Documentary Spotlight
Audience Award Winner: “The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin”
Director: Jennifer M. Kroot
Visions
Audience Award Winner: “Becoming Bond”
Director: Josh Greenbaum
Midnighters
Audience Award Winner: “68 Kill”
Director: Trent Haaga
Episodic
Audience Award Winner: “Dear White People”
Director: Justin Simien
24 Beats Per Second
Audience Award Winner: “May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers”
Directors: Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio
Global
Audience Award Winner: “Divine Divas”
Director: Leandra Leal
Festival Favorites
Audience Award Winner:...
- 3/18/2017
- by William Earl
- Indiewire
Edgar Wright‘s “Baby Driver” and Noël Wells’ directorial debut “Mr. Roosevelt” won audience prizes at the South by Southwest Film Festival for Best Headliner and Best Narrative Spotlight titles. Wright’s film follows an eccentric young driver (Ansel Elgort), a hired hand behind the wheel of getaway cars who needs an iPod playing to pull off stunts that evade police. It costars Kevin Spacey, Jon Hamm, Lily James and Eiza González. Wells, who also wrote, produces and stars in “Roosevelt,” spins a semi-autobiographical tale of a Los Angeles comedian who returns home to contend with her ex-boyfriend and his lovable new girlfriend.
- 3/18/2017
- by Matt Donnelly
- The Wrap
“Most Beautiful Island”
A short, stressful, and utterly spellbinding debut that transforms the immigrant experience into the stuff of an early Polanski psychodrama, “Most Beautiful Island” was a worthy winner of the SXSW Grand Jury Prize for best narrative feature, and might prove to be a breakthrough moment for a major new talent: Spanish actress Ana Asensio not only wrote, directed, and produced this fraught metropolitan thriller, she also appears in just about every frame.
It would be criminal to reveal too much about what happens to her character, a Manhattan immigrant who’s struggling to make a life for herself in the big city and in for the longest night of her life, but it’s thrilling to watch the anxiety of neo-realism as it slowly bleeds into something that resembles the suspense of the orgy sequence from “Eyes Wide Shut.” Creating a lucid sense of reality only so...
A short, stressful, and utterly spellbinding debut that transforms the immigrant experience into the stuff of an early Polanski psychodrama, “Most Beautiful Island” was a worthy winner of the SXSW Grand Jury Prize for best narrative feature, and might prove to be a breakthrough moment for a major new talent: Spanish actress Ana Asensio not only wrote, directed, and produced this fraught metropolitan thriller, she also appears in just about every frame.
It would be criminal to reveal too much about what happens to her character, a Manhattan immigrant who’s struggling to make a life for herself in the big city and in for the longest night of her life, but it’s thrilling to watch the anxiety of neo-realism as it slowly bleeds into something that resembles the suspense of the orgy sequence from “Eyes Wide Shut.” Creating a lucid sense of reality only so...
- 3/18/2017
- by Chris O'Falt, David Ehrlich, Eric Kohn, Kate Erbland and Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Edgar Wright’s Baby Driver voted top film in Headliners section.
Jessica M. Thompson’s narrative feature selection The Light Of The Moon and the documentary selection Dealt by Luke Korem earned top honours on Sunday.
The festival announced its audience winners on Sunday as they prepared to wrap the 2017 edition.
The jury and special prize winners were unveiled last week and reported here.
2017 SXSW Film Festival Audience Award winners:
Narrative Feature Competition
The Light Of The Moon, dir. Jessica M. Thompson
Documentary Feature Competition
Dealt, dir. Luke Korem
Headliners
Baby Driver, dir. Edgar Wright
Narrative Spotlight
Mr. Roosevelt, dir. Noël Wells
Documentary Spotlight
The Untold Tales Of Armistead Maupin, dir. Jennifer M. Kroot
Visions
Becoming Bond, dir. Josh Greenbaum
Midnighters
68 Kill, dir. Trent Haaga
Episodic
Dear White People, dir. Justin Simien
24 Beats Per Second
May It Last: A Portrait Of The Avett Brothers, dirs. Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio
Global
Divine Divas, dir. [link...
Jessica M. Thompson’s narrative feature selection The Light Of The Moon and the documentary selection Dealt by Luke Korem earned top honours on Sunday.
The festival announced its audience winners on Sunday as they prepared to wrap the 2017 edition.
The jury and special prize winners were unveiled last week and reported here.
2017 SXSW Film Festival Audience Award winners:
Narrative Feature Competition
The Light Of The Moon, dir. Jessica M. Thompson
Documentary Feature Competition
Dealt, dir. Luke Korem
Headliners
Baby Driver, dir. Edgar Wright
Narrative Spotlight
Mr. Roosevelt, dir. Noël Wells
Documentary Spotlight
The Untold Tales Of Armistead Maupin, dir. Jennifer M. Kroot
Visions
Becoming Bond, dir. Josh Greenbaum
Midnighters
68 Kill, dir. Trent Haaga
Episodic
Dear White People, dir. Justin Simien
24 Beats Per Second
May It Last: A Portrait Of The Avett Brothers, dirs. Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio
Global
Divine Divas, dir. [link...
- 3/18/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
At a packed Paramount Theater this evening, the SXSW Film Festival, now at the halfway mark, handed out their big film awards. The fest’s two big competition jury prizes went to director Ana Asensio’s “Most Beautiful Island” (Best Narrative Feature) and directors Jairus McLeary and Gethin Aldous’s “The Work” (Best Narrative Feature).
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Asensio, a Spanish actress and filmmaker living in New York, shot her film in super 16mm. It tells the story of undocumented female immigrants struggling to start a life in New York. It is a feature film debut for Asensio, who also stars and wrote the screenplay. “Island” is being billed as a dramatic thriller and was produced by the New York horror master Larry Fessenden’s Glass Eye Pix.
The Doc Prize winner, “The Work,” is an intense...
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Asensio, a Spanish actress and filmmaker living in New York, shot her film in super 16mm. It tells the story of undocumented female immigrants struggling to start a life in New York. It is a feature film debut for Asensio, who also stars and wrote the screenplay. “Island” is being billed as a dramatic thriller and was produced by the New York horror master Larry Fessenden’s Glass Eye Pix.
The Doc Prize winner, “The Work,” is an intense...
- 3/15/2017
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
Every comedian worth their weight in cheap motels has a “Saturday Night Live” rejection story, it’s only after their careers take off that anyone cares to hear them. In an interview with Vanity Fair, “Master of None” star Noël Wells had some choice words for the comedy giant, whom she calls “Comedy dinosaurs.”
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“’S.N.L.’ is the comedy establishment,” said Wells, promoting her directorial debut which she also wrote and stars in, “Mr. Roosevelt” at SXSW.
“Of course you want to go through that, because you want that stamp of approval. But it has its own identity, and our voices didn’t mesh for whatever reason—or they decided we didn’t belong. I think a lot of us would have liked to keep trying and have our own voices shine through. For whatever reason,...
Read More: SXSW 2017: 10 Talents Poised to Break Out At This Year’s Festival
“’S.N.L.’ is the comedy establishment,” said Wells, promoting her directorial debut which she also wrote and stars in, “Mr. Roosevelt” at SXSW.
“Of course you want to go through that, because you want that stamp of approval. But it has its own identity, and our voices didn’t mesh for whatever reason—or they decided we didn’t belong. I think a lot of us would have liked to keep trying and have our own voices shine through. For whatever reason,...
- 3/14/2017
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Debut director Noël Wells brings a bold, semi-autobiographical tale and a surprisingly traditional sensibility to the process in her SXSW Film Festival entry “Mr. Roosevelt.” And she did it on an indie budget, no less. The actress and comedian also stars in the lead, from a screenplay she wrote. As a director, she chose to shoot on 16mm film — a departure in an indie film landscape that relies on digital technology to keep costs down. It also relies on digital platforms for release, as festival acquisitions these days are gobbled up for sweet six-and-seven figure deals by the likes...
- 3/13/2017
- by Matt Donnelly
- The Wrap
Texas-born actress and comedian Noël Wells (Master of None, SNL, The Incredible Jessica James) steps into the director’s chair with her SXSW-debuting feature Mr. Roosevelt, which mixes a sort of low-key melancholic humor of self-discovery with a series of broader comedic set pieces also exploring issues of social anxiety, identity and relationships. For Emily, the offbeat comedian character played by Wells, comedy is both the source of identity and existential crisis. In a prologue, we see a young Emily perform at a school play to a laughing audience. She’s in tears afterwards until her mother explains to her that people […]...
- 3/12/2017
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Exclusive: Texas-born former Saturday Night Live player Noël Wells will unveil her feature directorial debut Mr. Roosevelt this weekend at SXSW in the fest’s Narrative Spotlight section. Wells also wrote and stars in the comedy, which bows Sunday afternoon at the Paramount Theater. The pic, shot in Austin, centers on Emily (Wells), a struggling twentysomething who moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in comedy after graduating college in Austin. When a loved one falls…...
- 3/10/2017
- Deadline
This year’s SXSW Film Festival is currently raging in Austin, Texas, complete with a packed slate that should keep festival attendees pretty happy in between bouts of chowing down breakfast tacos and basking in the good ol’ Texas sunshine. As ever, the festival features a strong lineup of both fresh premieres and festival favorites, new and returning stars, and plenty of opportunities for talent to break out on the festival stage.
From filmmakers to actors (and, sometimes, both at the same time), familiar faces looking to try a new craft to total newbies, this year’s festival has plenty of stars on the rise to look out for (ouch, so bright).
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Who’s going to break out in a big way at this year’s festival? We’ve got some ideas.
Ansel Elgort, actor, “Baby Driver”
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From filmmakers to actors (and, sometimes, both at the same time), familiar faces looking to try a new craft to total newbies, this year’s festival has plenty of stars on the rise to look out for (ouch, so bright).
Read More: SXSW 2017: 13 Must-See Films At This Year’s Festival
Who’s going to break out in a big way at this year’s festival? We’ve got some ideas.
Ansel Elgort, actor, “Baby Driver”
If you...
- 3/10/2017
- by Chris O'Falt, David Ehrlich, Eric Kohn, Jude Dry, Kate Erbland and Steve Greene
- Indiewire
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