IFC Midnight will release director Padraig Reynolds’ thriller Rites Of Spring. The film, with a screenplay also by Reynolds, stars A.J. Bowen, Anessa Ramsey, Sonny Marinelli, Katherine Randolf, Marco St. John, Hannah Bryan, Sarah Pachelli, James Bartz, Shanna Forestall, Skylar Burke, and Andrew Breland. No release date has been announced. In Rites Of Spring, a group of kidnappers abduct the daughter of a wealthy socialite and hide out in an abandoned school in the middle […]
Sundance Institute has selected 12 projects for its annual January Screenwriters Lab, an immersive, five-day (January 13-18) writers’ workshop at the Sundance Resort in Utah. Participating independent screenwriters – drawn from around the world, including the United States, China, South Africa, and Europe – will have the opportunity to work intensely on their feature film scripts with the support of established writers in an environment that encourages innovation and creative risk-taking. Michelle Satter, Director of […]
Tribeca Film will release Northeast, director Gregory Kohn’s film about a consummate NY playboy, Will (David Call), wrestling with the reality of getting older as he finds himself at an uninvited crossroads. Starring David Call (Gossip Girl, Tiny Furniture), Eleonore Hendricks (The Pleasure of Being Robbed), Megan Tusing, Laura Ford, Lauren Shannon, Jason Selvig and Tate Ellington (Remember Me), Northeast will be available nationwide On Demand beginning December 26, 2011 with select theatrical January 2012. […]
Lula, The Son of Brazil, directed by Oscar nominee Fábio Barreto (Quatrilho) and chosen as Brazil’s entry to the 2011 Academy Awards, will open in New York at Lincoln Plaza Cinemas and Quad Cinemas on January 13, 2012. A national release will follow. Based on the book by Denise Paraná, Lula, The Son of Brazil is a richly produced, deeply moving story of the early years of Brazil’s most beloved president, Luis Inacio Lula da […]
Ian Olds and Paul Felten have been selected to receive this year’s $15,000 San Francisco Film Society/Hearst Screenwriting Grant for the continuing development of their script The Western Habit. Additionally, Jason Cortland received an honorable mention commendation for his script Lumberjunkies. “The SFFS/Hearst Screenwriting Grant comes at a crucial moment in the life of our script The Western Habit,” noted cowriter Olds. “The film is at a tipping point and this grant will allow […]
Daughters of the Dust (1991) and Reality Bites (1994) have been selected for the From the Collection screenings at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. Both titles are part of The Sundance Collection at UCLA (The Collection), a film preservation program designed to archive work that has been supported by a Sundance Institute program. The Festival takes place January 19 through 29 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah. Daughters of the Dust […]
Academy Award® nominee Christopher Plummer will receive the Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s highest honor, the Modern Master Award. The Modern Master Award is the highest honor presented by SBIFF. Established in 1995, it was created to honor an individual who has enriched our culture through his/her multi-faceted accomplishments in the motion picture industry. Past recipients include Michael Douglas, Jodie Foster, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Diane Keaton, Sean Penn, Jeff Bridges, Peter Jackson, George Clooney, Will […]
The Artist continues to dominate award season, snagging 6 nods when the 69th Golden Globes Awards nominations were announced this morning. Another Weinstein Company release, My Week With Marilyn, received 3 nominations. The Flowers of War, In The Land of Blood and Honey, The Kid With A Bike, A Separation, and The Skin I Live In all received 1 nomination for Best Foreign Film.
The 69th Golden Globes Awards nominations
BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
THE DESCENDANTS
THE HELP
HUGO
THE IDES OF MARCH
MONEYBALL
WAR HORSE
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
GLENN CLOSE ALBERT NOBBS
VIOLA DAVIS THE HELP
ROONEY MARA THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
MERYL STREEP THE IRON LADY
TILDA SWINTON WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
GEORGE CLOONEY THE DESCENDANTS
LEONARDO DICAPRIO J. EDGAR
MICHAEL FASSBENDER SHAME
RYAN GOSLING THE IDES OF MARCH
BRAD PITT MONEYBALL
BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
50/50
THE ARTIST
BRIDESMAIDS
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
MY WEEK WITH MARILYN
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
JODIE FOSTER CARNAGE
CHARLIZE THERON YOUNG ADULT
KRISTEN WIIG BRIDESMAIDS
MICHELLE WILLIAMS MY WEEK WITH MARILYN
KATE WINSLET CARNAGE
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
JEAN DUJARDIN THE ARTIST
BRENDAN GLEESON THE GUARD
JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT 50/50
RYAN GOSLING CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE.
OWEN WILSON MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN
ARTHUR CHRISTMAS
CARS 2
PUSS IN BOOTS
RANGO
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
THE FLOWERS OF WAR (CHINA)
(Jing Ling Shi San Chai)
IN THE LAND OF BLOOD AND HONEY (USA)
GK Films; FilmDistrict
THE KID WITH A BIKE (BELGIUM)
(Le Gamin au Velo)
A SEPARATION (IRAN)
(Jodaeiye Nader az Simin)
THE SKIN I LIVE IN (SPAIN)
(La piel que habito)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
BERENICE BEJO THE ARTIST
JESSICA CHASTAIN THE HELP
JANET MCTEER ALBERT NOBBS
OCTAVIA SPENCER THE HELP
SHAILENE WOODLEY THE DESCENDANTS
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
KENNETH BRANAGH MY WEEK WITH MARILYN
ALBERT BROOKS DRIVE
JONAH HILL MONEYBALL
VIGGO MORTENSEN A DANGEROUS METHOD
CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER BEGINNERS
BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE
WOODY ALLEN MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
GEORGE CLOONEY THE IDES OF MARCH
MICHEL HAZANAVICIUS THE ARTIST
ALEXANDER PAYNE THE DESCENDANTS
MARTIN SCORSESE HUGO
BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE
WOODY ALLEN MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
GEORGE CLOONEY, HESLOV, BEAU WILLIMON THE IDES OF MARCH
MICHEL HAZANAVICIUS THE ARTIST
ALEXANDER PAYNE, NAT FAXON, JIM RASH THE DESCENDANTS
STEVEN ZAILLIAN, AARON SORKIN MONEYBALL
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE
LUDOVIC BOURCE THE ARTIST
ABEL KORZENIOWSKI W.E.
TRENT REZNOR, ATTICUS ROSS THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
HOWARD SHORE HUGO
JOHN WILLIAMS WAR HORSE
BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE
“HELLO HELLO” — GNOMEO & JULIET
Music by: Elton John; Lyrics by: Bernie Taupin
“THE KEEPER” — MACHINE GUN PREACHER
Music & Lyrics by: Chris Cornell
“LAY YOUR HEAD DOWN” — ALBERT NOBBS
Music by: Brian Byrne; Lyrics by: Glenn Close
“THE LIVING PROOF” — THE HELP
Music by: Mary J. Blige, Thomas Newman, Harvey Mason, Jr.; Lyrics by: Mary J. Blige, Harvey Mason, Jr., Damon Thomas
“MASTERPIECE” — W.E.
Music & Lyrics by: Madonna, Julie Frost, Jimmy Harry {jathumbnail off}
This is early, but fourteen films have been selected for the international program in the Generation Kplus and Generation 14plus competitions at the 2012 Berlin International Film Festival to be held February 9 thru 19, 2012. Generation Kplus: Kauwboy (Netherlands, by Boudewijn Koole) – A young jackdaw falls out of its nest straight into Jojo’s hands. The 10-year-old feels great empathy for the baby bird, which has no mother and is looking for a loving […]
The 2011 Toronto Film Critics Association’s 2011 awards were announced today and The Tree of Life and Take Shelter were the biggest winners. Terrence Malick’s “The Tree of Life” won Best Picture, and Malick was named Best Director; and also honored with two TFCA awards was “Take Shelter”: Michael Shannon won Best Actor, and Jessica Chastain was named Best Supporting Actress. The TFCA honored two films by Chilean directors: “Mysteries of Lisbon” was named Best […]
The Phoenix Film Critics Society announced the nominees for the 2011 Annual Awards. The winner in each category will be announced on Tuesday, December 27, 2011. The Artist, My Week With Marilyn had multiple nominations including Best Film. Incendies, Point Blank and The Skin I Live In were each nominated for Best Foreign Film; and African Cats, The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, Page One: Inside the New York Times, and Project Nim were nominated for […]
The 23rd annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) will present two-time Academy Award® nominee Brad Pitt with the Desert Palm Achievement Actor Award for his lead role in Moneyball and his supporting role in The Tree of Life. “Brad Pitt consistently mesmerizes audiences with the depth and versatility of his performances. He has the rare ability to interpret and capture the most complicated facets of human nature, infusing his roles with strength and emotion,” […]