Exclusive: Carmelyn P. Malalis has been appointed as the first Head of Impact at the production company and financier Level Forward, Deadline has learned, bringing with her three decades’ experience working to advance civil and human rights.
Appointed as a member of Level Forward’s Impact Advisory Group in 2023, Malalis will now oversee all aspects of the company’s impact work including impact partnerships, activations, programming and learning workshops, impact measurement, and the Level Forward Impact Advisory Group. She reports to Adrienne Becker, Level Forward’s CEO.
Malalis is the former Chair and Commissioner of the New York City Commission on Human Rights, the agency tasked with combating discrimination and harassment in employment, housing, and public accommodations in New York City. During her tenure, the NYC Human Rights Law was amended over 20 times to expand protections in the City, and the Commission was known for its aggressive law enforcement; creative...
Appointed as a member of Level Forward’s Impact Advisory Group in 2023, Malalis will now oversee all aspects of the company’s impact work including impact partnerships, activations, programming and learning workshops, impact measurement, and the Level Forward Impact Advisory Group. She reports to Adrienne Becker, Level Forward’s CEO.
Malalis is the former Chair and Commissioner of the New York City Commission on Human Rights, the agency tasked with combating discrimination and harassment in employment, housing, and public accommodations in New York City. During her tenure, the NYC Human Rights Law was amended over 20 times to expand protections in the City, and the Commission was known for its aggressive law enforcement; creative...
- 6/4/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
“Satan is his father and his name is Adrian!” shouts the coven leader Roman Castevet at the end of 1968’s. Rosemary’s Baby. “He shall overthrow the mighty and lay waste their temples. He shall redeem the despised and wreak vengeance in the name of the burned and the tortured.”
Even when making allowances for Roman’s (Sidney Blackmer) understandable delight at seeing his plan come to fruition, that’s a lot of expectation to put on a newborn, no matter who his father might be. Unfortunately, the sequels chronicling Adrian’s rise to power didn’t quite live up to those expectations. Neither the 1976 TV movie Look What’s Happened to Rosemary’s Baby, in which Patty Duke subs in for Mia Farrow, nor original author Ira Levin’s follow-up book Son of Rosemary (1997) manages to deliver what Roman promised.
But for the next film branching out of Rosemary’s Baby,...
Even when making allowances for Roman’s (Sidney Blackmer) understandable delight at seeing his plan come to fruition, that’s a lot of expectation to put on a newborn, no matter who his father might be. Unfortunately, the sequels chronicling Adrian’s rise to power didn’t quite live up to those expectations. Neither the 1976 TV movie Look What’s Happened to Rosemary’s Baby, in which Patty Duke subs in for Mia Farrow, nor original author Ira Levin’s follow-up book Son of Rosemary (1997) manages to deliver what Roman promised.
But for the next film branching out of Rosemary’s Baby,...
- 4/26/2024
- by Joe George
- Den of Geek
Few horror movies in the last several decades have left quite as much a psychological scar as "Rosemary's Baby" from 1968, a widespread cultural obsession among genre fans that has now led to a prequel film called "Apartment 7A," which has long been in the works and finally has a release window.
We first heard about "Apartment 7A" back in 2022, which was meant to tell the story of the eponymous apartment before Rosemary Woodhouse ever moved in and experienced the story's awful events. First told in author Ira Levin's best-selling novel, the main setting of that old, eerie-looking building on Central Park West ranks high among the likes of the Overlook Hotel from "The Shining," the Nostromo in "Alien," and other famous horror locales. Now, we're finally getting an origin story -- of sorts -- with ties going all the way back to the controversial Roman Polanski-directed classic.
Today,...
We first heard about "Apartment 7A" back in 2022, which was meant to tell the story of the eponymous apartment before Rosemary Woodhouse ever moved in and experienced the story's awful events. First told in author Ira Levin's best-selling novel, the main setting of that old, eerie-looking building on Central Park West ranks high among the likes of the Overlook Hotel from "The Shining," the Nostromo in "Alien," and other famous horror locales. Now, we're finally getting an origin story -- of sorts -- with ties going all the way back to the controversial Roman Polanski-directed classic.
Today,...
- 4/26/2024
- by Jeremy Mathai
- Slash Film
Three-time Emmy winner Julia Garner is boarding New Line’s Weapons opposite Josh Brolin. The pic comes from writer-director Zach Cregger. who made the 2022 New Regency horror film Barbarian.
Barbarian, released via 20th Century Studios, opened at No. 1 after pulling in a 93% Rotten Tomatoes critics score. The pic grossed 10 times its production budget of $4.5 million totaling more than $45M worldwide.
Garner won three Supporting Actress Drama Emmys for her turn as Ruth Langmore in the Netflix series Ozark. She is currently in production opposite Christopher Abbott on Blumhouse/Universal’s Wolf Man from filmmaker Leigh Whannell. Garner also stars in Paramount’s upcoming psychological thriller Apartment 7A.
Deadline recently scooped that she was joining the cast of Marvel Studios’ Fantastic Four as the iconic comic book character Silver Surfer opposite Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn and Ebon Moss-Bachrach.
Her other feature credits count Bleecker Street’s The Assistant, Neon...
Barbarian, released via 20th Century Studios, opened at No. 1 after pulling in a 93% Rotten Tomatoes critics score. The pic grossed 10 times its production budget of $4.5 million totaling more than $45M worldwide.
Garner won three Supporting Actress Drama Emmys for her turn as Ruth Langmore in the Netflix series Ozark. She is currently in production opposite Christopher Abbott on Blumhouse/Universal’s Wolf Man from filmmaker Leigh Whannell. Garner also stars in Paramount’s upcoming psychological thriller Apartment 7A.
Deadline recently scooped that she was joining the cast of Marvel Studios’ Fantastic Four as the iconic comic book character Silver Surfer opposite Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn and Ebon Moss-Bachrach.
Her other feature credits count Bleecker Street’s The Assistant, Neon...
- 4/24/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
On its 10th Anniversary, independent film studio Bleecker Street is celebrating its past while looking towards its future. Huzzah! Woohoo! The vibrant film distributor company has revealed a video to celebrate their 10th anniversary, featuring a look at their upcoming 2024 slate. Bleecker Street was formed in August 2014 by CEO Andrew Karpen, who is the former co-ceo of Focus Features. His new company is based in New York City and it was named after 65 Bleecker Street, the street address of Karpen's other company Focus Features. This brand new studio was established with the goal to distribute "smart house" films that combine the entertainment of studio blockbusters with the artistic indie allure. Even if you don't know them by name, you definitely know some of the films they've released over the last 10 years: I'll See You In My Dreams, Arctic, The Art of Self-Defense, Logan Lucky, Eye in the Sky, Leave No Trace,...
- 4/11/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
“Rumours” is on the way. In celebration of its 10th anniversary, Bleecker Street, the indie film studio, has released a new highlight sizzle reel emphasizing their greatest hits film accomplishments and a tease of what’s to come with never-before-seen footage. Some of Bleecker Street’s most notable titles include Steven Soderbergh’s “Logan Lucky,” “Eye in the Sky,” “Kitty Green’s “The Assistant,” Debra Granik’s “Leave No Trace” and “Captain Fantastic” (which earned Viggo Mortensen a Best Actor Oscar nomination), and many more, but it’s the upcoming titles that are the most compelling.
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Continue reading Bleecker Street Gives First Look At Guy Maddin’s ‘Rumours’ With Cate Blanchett & Alicia Vikander & More Upcoming Titles at The Playlist.
- 4/10/2024
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
Exclusive: In celebration of its 10th anniversary, Bleecker Street has unveiled a reel showcasing both where the company has been and where it’s headed, unveiling never-before-seen footage from numerous upcoming titles.
Titles nearest on the horizon that are teased include Nathan and David Zellner’s acclaimed Sundance pic Sasquatch Sunset, starring Jesse Eisenberg and Riley Keough, which opens in select theaters April 12, and Tony Goldwyn’s family dramedy Ezra, out May 31. Others include Julia von Heinz’s Treasure (June 14), starring Lena Dunham and Stephen Fry; Jocelyn Moorhouse’s comedy The Fabulous Four (July 26), starring Susan Sarandon, Bette Midler, Megan Mullally and Sheryl Lee Ralph; Mikael Håfström’s sci-fi pic Slingshot (August 23), starring Casey Affleck, Laurence Fishbourne and Emily Beecham; and Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths (October 18), starring Marianne Jean-Baptiste.
Then, there’s Uberto Pasolini’s The Return, starring Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche and Charlie Plummer, and the film Rumours with Cate Blanchett,...
Titles nearest on the horizon that are teased include Nathan and David Zellner’s acclaimed Sundance pic Sasquatch Sunset, starring Jesse Eisenberg and Riley Keough, which opens in select theaters April 12, and Tony Goldwyn’s family dramedy Ezra, out May 31. Others include Julia von Heinz’s Treasure (June 14), starring Lena Dunham and Stephen Fry; Jocelyn Moorhouse’s comedy The Fabulous Four (July 26), starring Susan Sarandon, Bette Midler, Megan Mullally and Sheryl Lee Ralph; Mikael Håfström’s sci-fi pic Slingshot (August 23), starring Casey Affleck, Laurence Fishbourne and Emily Beecham; and Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths (October 18), starring Marianne Jean-Baptiste.
Then, there’s Uberto Pasolini’s The Return, starring Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche and Charlie Plummer, and the film Rumours with Cate Blanchett,...
- 4/10/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Fly Me To The Moon Guide. (Photo Credit – IMDb)
Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum have teamed up for a romantic comedy-drama film, Fly Me to the Moon. The film’s trailer just hit the social media platforms. The Apple Originals film is set to hit the screens within a few days, but before the film’s release, here is everything you need to know about the upcoming movie.
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The movie has brought together the fresh pairing of Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum. Besides them, the film will also feature Nick Dillenburg (Orange Is The New Black fame), Superstore star Anna Garcia, Jim Rash, best known for NBC sitcom Community, Noah Robbins of The Assistant fame, and I Love America star Colin Woodell.
Also, Shameless actor Christian Zuber, Donald Elise Watkins of Emergency fame, Primetime Emmy Winner Ray Romano, and Woody Harrelson will also be in the film as the supporting cast.
Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum have teamed up for a romantic comedy-drama film, Fly Me to the Moon. The film’s trailer just hit the social media platforms. The Apple Originals film is set to hit the screens within a few days, but before the film’s release, here is everything you need to know about the upcoming movie.
Cast –
The movie has brought together the fresh pairing of Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum. Besides them, the film will also feature Nick Dillenburg (Orange Is The New Black fame), Superstore star Anna Garcia, Jim Rash, best known for NBC sitcom Community, Noah Robbins of The Assistant fame, and I Love America star Colin Woodell.
Also, Shameless actor Christian Zuber, Donald Elise Watkins of Emergency fame, Primetime Emmy Winner Ray Romano, and Woody Harrelson will also be in the film as the supporting cast.
- 4/9/2024
- by Esita Mallik
- KoiMoi
Ozark actor Julia Garner has reportedly signed a deal to play Silver Surfer in Matt Shakman’s take on Marvel’s Fantastic Four.
For a long time, there were lots of questions about which four actors would be lined up to fill the iconic blue onesies worn by the Fantastic Four, Marvel’s family of superheroes due to make their MCU debut next summer. Matt Shakman, the mind behind Marvel Studios’ WandaVision is directing the project, which might just relaunch the MCU as ‘must watch’ moviegoing following two or three years where over-saturation and questionable levels of quality control have seen the films and TV shows dip in popularity.
Back in February that casting would be confirmed and much like the studio’s choice of director, there was a feeling of real promise regarding the actors that had been selected to embody one of Marvel’s most iconic set of characters.
For a long time, there were lots of questions about which four actors would be lined up to fill the iconic blue onesies worn by the Fantastic Four, Marvel’s family of superheroes due to make their MCU debut next summer. Matt Shakman, the mind behind Marvel Studios’ WandaVision is directing the project, which might just relaunch the MCU as ‘must watch’ moviegoing following two or three years where over-saturation and questionable levels of quality control have seen the films and TV shows dip in popularity.
Back in February that casting would be confirmed and much like the studio’s choice of director, there was a feeling of real promise regarding the actors that had been selected to embody one of Marvel’s most iconic set of characters.
- 4/4/2024
- by Dan Cooper
- Film Stories
Matt Shakman’s The Fantastic Four is reported to have hired Ozark star Julia Garner in the film. The film already has an ensemble cast in the form of Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn, and Ebon-Moss Bachrach. It will be the first depiction of the characters in the MCU and is rumored to be set in an alternate reality. The characters have had two iterations before.
Julia Garner has been cast as the Silver Surfer in the upcoming film, which seemingly has not gone down well with fans. Though it is speculated that she would be playing the role of Shalla-Bal, a female version of the supervillain in another reality, fans seem to be extremely upset with the gender-swapped role and criticized Marvel for the move.
Julia Garner To Play Silver Surfer In The Fantastic Four A still from the MCU’s The Fantastic Four
The popular Marvel characters...
Julia Garner has been cast as the Silver Surfer in the upcoming film, which seemingly has not gone down well with fans. Though it is speculated that she would be playing the role of Shalla-Bal, a female version of the supervillain in another reality, fans seem to be extremely upset with the gender-swapped role and criticized Marvel for the move.
Julia Garner To Play Silver Surfer In The Fantastic Four A still from the MCU’s The Fantastic Four
The popular Marvel characters...
- 4/4/2024
- by Nishanth A
- FandomWire
After seemingly eons of rumours, Marvel recently finally unveiled its official cast for the new, MCU take on the Fantastic Four. And now we know who will be joining leads Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Joseph Quinn in the cast. That person is Julia Garner, who will bring the Silver Surfer to life.
"But Empire," we hear some of you prepared to argue, "I think you'll find the Silver Surfer is Norrin Radd, as portrayed by Doug Jones in the 2007 Rise Of The Silver Surfer film." And you would be right… from a certain point of view. But comic book variants are many and, well, varied, and there is a character named Shalla-Bal, a woman who was a love interest for Radd, and ended up taking over the mantle of the Surfer.
What this means for the plot of the film remains to seen, though it could certainly...
"But Empire," we hear some of you prepared to argue, "I think you'll find the Silver Surfer is Norrin Radd, as portrayed by Doug Jones in the 2007 Rise Of The Silver Surfer film." And you would be right… from a certain point of view. But comic book variants are many and, well, varied, and there is a character named Shalla-Bal, a woman who was a love interest for Radd, and ended up taking over the mantle of the Surfer.
What this means for the plot of the film remains to seen, though it could certainly...
- 4/4/2024
- by James White
- Empire - Movies
Emmy and Golden Globe winner Julia Garner is joining Marvel’s “The Fantastic Four” as Shalla-Bal, a version of Silver Surfer from the Marvel comics.
She will star alongside Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards (aka Mr. Fantastic), Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm (aka the Invisible Woman), Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm (aka the Human Torch) and Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm (aka the Thing).
Matt Shakman will direct “Fantastic Four,” from a screenplay by Josh Friedman, Jeff Kaplan, Ian Springer and Eric Pearson. Production on the film is set to begin this summer, with a planned release on July 25, 2025.
The Silver Surfer was previously portrayed by Doug Jones and voiced by Laurence Fishburne in 2007’s “Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer”
Garner starred as Ruth Langmore on “Ozark” alongside Jason Bateman and Laura Linney, earning three Emmys and a Golden Globe for her work on the series. Other television credits include “The Americans,...
She will star alongside Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards (aka Mr. Fantastic), Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm (aka the Invisible Woman), Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm (aka the Human Torch) and Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm (aka the Thing).
Matt Shakman will direct “Fantastic Four,” from a screenplay by Josh Friedman, Jeff Kaplan, Ian Springer and Eric Pearson. Production on the film is set to begin this summer, with a planned release on July 25, 2025.
The Silver Surfer was previously portrayed by Doug Jones and voiced by Laurence Fishburne in 2007’s “Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer”
Garner starred as Ruth Langmore on “Ozark” alongside Jason Bateman and Laura Linney, earning three Emmys and a Golden Globe for her work on the series. Other television credits include “The Americans,...
- 4/3/2024
- by Katcy Stephan
- Variety Film + TV
Star of 2022’s The Royal Hotel, Julia Garner will now play opposite Christopher Abbott in Leigh Whannell’s planned take on Wolf Man.
It feels like we’ve been waiting forever for this one to come together, but the pieces finally seem to be falling into place for a new version of Wolf Man at Universal. What’s more, with each new nugget of information, things look more and more promising for the project.
All the way back in 2021, we heard that a new take on Universal’s werewolf character was coming, with Leigh Whannell, director of The Invisible Man in the director’s chair. However, a year later, Ryan Gosling was in the title role and Whannell was out, replaced by regular Gosling collaborator, Derek Cianfrance.
Following that announcement, things went quiet for a long time until last month, we heard that Gosling and Cianfrance had exited the project...
It feels like we’ve been waiting forever for this one to come together, but the pieces finally seem to be falling into place for a new version of Wolf Man at Universal. What’s more, with each new nugget of information, things look more and more promising for the project.
All the way back in 2021, we heard that a new take on Universal’s werewolf character was coming, with Leigh Whannell, director of The Invisible Man in the director’s chair. However, a year later, Ryan Gosling was in the title role and Whannell was out, replaced by regular Gosling collaborator, Derek Cianfrance.
Following that announcement, things went quiet for a long time until last month, we heard that Gosling and Cianfrance had exited the project...
- 1/8/2024
- by Dan Cooper
- Film Stories
Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actress Julia Garner has been signed on to star in Leigh Whannell’s ‘Wolf Man’.
The movie reunites Julia — playing a mother whose family is being terrorised by a lethal predator — with Christopher Abbott, with whom she starred in 2011’s ‘Martha, Marcy, May, Marlene’, her first professional acting role, reports Variety.
Since then, Julia has gone on to become a major player in both film and television, winning three Emmy awards for her standout performance as Ruth Langmore in ‘Ozark’, and garnering multiple nominations for her portrayal of real-life con artist Anna Delvey in Shonda Rhimes’ limited series ‘Inventing Anna’.
As per Variety, in the film, Julia earned an Independent Spirit Award nomination for her impressive lead turn in Kitty Green’s ‘The Assistant’. Last year, the pair teamed up again for another critically acclaimed feature, ‘The Royal Hotel’, which Julia also produced through her Alma Margo production banner.
The movie reunites Julia — playing a mother whose family is being terrorised by a lethal predator — with Christopher Abbott, with whom she starred in 2011’s ‘Martha, Marcy, May, Marlene’, her first professional acting role, reports Variety.
Since then, Julia has gone on to become a major player in both film and television, winning three Emmy awards for her standout performance as Ruth Langmore in ‘Ozark’, and garnering multiple nominations for her portrayal of real-life con artist Anna Delvey in Shonda Rhimes’ limited series ‘Inventing Anna’.
As per Variety, in the film, Julia earned an Independent Spirit Award nomination for her impressive lead turn in Kitty Green’s ‘The Assistant’. Last year, the pair teamed up again for another critically acclaimed feature, ‘The Royal Hotel’, which Julia also produced through her Alma Margo production banner.
- 1/6/2024
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Julia Garner is set to headline Blumhouse and Universal’s Wolf Man from Invisible Man filmmaker Leigh Whannell.
Wolf Man will reunite Garner with Christopher Abbott, who was previously announced as starring in the movie, with whom she starred alongside in Martha, Marcy, May, Marlene; Garner’s first professional acting role.
The movie is set to be released via Universal on Friday, October 25, 2024.
Wolf Man, scripted by Whannell & Corbett Tuck and Lauren Schuker Blum & Rebecca Angelo (Dumb Money), stars Garner as a mother whose family is being terrorized by a lethal predator.
Jason Blum is producing the film. Ryan Gosling, Ken Kao, Bea Sequeira, Mel Turner and Whannell are executive producers. Wolf Man is a Blumhouse and Motel Movies production.
Garner is a 3x Primetime Emmy Award winner and Golden Globe Winner for her turn as “Ruth Langmore” in the award-winning series Ozark. She’s also a multiple nominee for...
Wolf Man will reunite Garner with Christopher Abbott, who was previously announced as starring in the movie, with whom she starred alongside in Martha, Marcy, May, Marlene; Garner’s first professional acting role.
The movie is set to be released via Universal on Friday, October 25, 2024.
Wolf Man, scripted by Whannell & Corbett Tuck and Lauren Schuker Blum & Rebecca Angelo (Dumb Money), stars Garner as a mother whose family is being terrorized by a lethal predator.
Jason Blum is producing the film. Ryan Gosling, Ken Kao, Bea Sequeira, Mel Turner and Whannell are executive producers. Wolf Man is a Blumhouse and Motel Movies production.
Garner is a 3x Primetime Emmy Award winner and Golden Globe Winner for her turn as “Ruth Langmore” in the award-winning series Ozark. She’s also a multiple nominee for...
- 1/5/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Emmy and Golden Globe winner Julia Garner has set her next role, signing on to star in Leigh Whannell’s “Wolf Man.”
The movie reunites Garner — playing a mother whose family is being terrorized by a lethal predator — with Christopher Abbott, with whom she starred in 2011’s “Martha, Marcy, May, Marlene,” her first professional acting role.
Since then, Garner has gone on to become a major player in both film and television, winning three Emmy awards for her standout performance as Ruth Langmore in “Ozark,” and garnering multiple nominations for her portrayal of real-life con artist Anna Delvey in Shonda Rhimes’ limited series “Inventing Anna.”
In film, Garner earned an Independent Spirit Award nomination for her impressive lead turn in Kitty Green’s “The Assistant.” Last year, the pair teamed up again for another critically acclaimed feature, “The Royal Hotel,” which Garner also produced through her Alma Margo production banner.
The movie reunites Garner — playing a mother whose family is being terrorized by a lethal predator — with Christopher Abbott, with whom she starred in 2011’s “Martha, Marcy, May, Marlene,” her first professional acting role.
Since then, Garner has gone on to become a major player in both film and television, winning three Emmy awards for her standout performance as Ruth Langmore in “Ozark,” and garnering multiple nominations for her portrayal of real-life con artist Anna Delvey in Shonda Rhimes’ limited series “Inventing Anna.”
In film, Garner earned an Independent Spirit Award nomination for her impressive lead turn in Kitty Green’s “The Assistant.” Last year, the pair teamed up again for another critically acclaimed feature, “The Royal Hotel,” which Garner also produced through her Alma Margo production banner.
- 1/5/2024
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
On the heels of the celebrated season one finale, Apple TV+ has announced a season two renewal for “The Buccaneers,” the acclaimed drama from The Forge inspired by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edith Wharton’s unfinished final novel of the same name. The series stars Kristine Frøseth as Nan St. George, Alisha Boe as Conchita Closson, Josie Totah (“Saved by the Bell”) as Mabel Elmsworth, Aubri Ibrag (“Dive Club”) as Lizzy Elmsworth and Imogen Waterhouse as Jinny St. George. Emmy Award winner Christina Hendricks (“Mad Men”) is Mrs. St. George, with Mia Threapleton as Honoria Marable. The complete first season of “The Buccaneers” is now streaming on Apple TV+. Since its global premiere on November 8, “The Buccaneers” has been hailed as a “lavish period drama that feels fresh and modern, with a fast-paced, twisting narrative” that is a “decadent and delicious” “shot of adrenaline” and “a ton of fun to watch.
- 12/19/2023
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
Apple TV+ is returning to its Bridgerton-esque period drama The Buccaneers.
Based on the unfinished Edith Wharton novel, the high-end series launched last month. It stars Christina Hendricks, Mia Threapleton (I Am Ruth), Kristine Frøseth (The Assistant), Alisha Boe (When You Finish Saving The World), Josie Totah (Saved by the Bell), Aubri Ibrag (Dive Club) and Imogen Waterhouse (The Outpost).
The Buccaneers charts goings-on in the late 19th century as a group of fun-loving young American girls explode into the tightly corseted London season, kicking off an Anglo-American culture clash as the land of the stiff upper lip is infiltrated by a refreshing disregard for centuries of tradition. Sent to secure husbands and titles, their hearts are set on much more than that, and saying “I do” is just the beginning.
The show has been compared in scope and tone to Netflix smash Bridgerton, although speaking to Deadline several weeks ago,...
Based on the unfinished Edith Wharton novel, the high-end series launched last month. It stars Christina Hendricks, Mia Threapleton (I Am Ruth), Kristine Frøseth (The Assistant), Alisha Boe (When You Finish Saving The World), Josie Totah (Saved by the Bell), Aubri Ibrag (Dive Club) and Imogen Waterhouse (The Outpost).
The Buccaneers charts goings-on in the late 19th century as a group of fun-loving young American girls explode into the tightly corseted London season, kicking off an Anglo-American culture clash as the land of the stiff upper lip is infiltrated by a refreshing disregard for centuries of tradition. Sent to secure husbands and titles, their hearts are set on much more than that, and saying “I do” is just the beginning.
The show has been compared in scope and tone to Netflix smash Bridgerton, although speaking to Deadline several weeks ago,...
- 12/19/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
“The Buccaneers” has been renewed for a second season at Apple TV+.
The 19th century period drama from U.K. scripted production company The Forge is based on Edith Wharton’s unfinished novel of the same name. It tells the story of a group of party-loving American girls in 1870 who descend upon London to bag a husband and inadvertently find themselves navigating an Anglo-American culture clash.
“Sent to secure husbands and titles, the buccaneers’ hearts are set on much more than that, and saying ‘I do’ is just the beginning…” reads the logline.
Leading the cast are Kristine Frøseth (“The Assistant”) as Nan St. George, Alisha Boe (“13 Reasons Why”) as Conchita Closson, Josie Totah (“Saved by the Bell”) as Mabel Elmsworth, Aubri Ibrag (“Dive Club”) as Lizzy Elmsworth and Imogen Waterhouse (“Nocturnal Animals”) as Jinny St. George.
Also starring are Christina Hendricks (“Mad Men”) as Mrs. St. George while...
The 19th century period drama from U.K. scripted production company The Forge is based on Edith Wharton’s unfinished novel of the same name. It tells the story of a group of party-loving American girls in 1870 who descend upon London to bag a husband and inadvertently find themselves navigating an Anglo-American culture clash.
“Sent to secure husbands and titles, the buccaneers’ hearts are set on much more than that, and saying ‘I do’ is just the beginning…” reads the logline.
Leading the cast are Kristine Frøseth (“The Assistant”) as Nan St. George, Alisha Boe (“13 Reasons Why”) as Conchita Closson, Josie Totah (“Saved by the Bell”) as Mabel Elmsworth, Aubri Ibrag (“Dive Club”) as Lizzy Elmsworth and Imogen Waterhouse (“Nocturnal Animals”) as Jinny St. George.
Also starring are Christina Hendricks (“Mad Men”) as Mrs. St. George while...
- 12/19/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Kristine Froseth (The Buccaneers) has been set to star alongside Richard Gere and Jacob Elordi in Oh, Canada, the newest feature written and directed by Academy Award nominee Paul Schrader (First Reformed).
Based on the 2021 novel Foregone by the late Russell Banks, the film tells the story of Leonard Fife (Gere), a famed documentary filmmaker who takes stock of his life, with not long to go after being stricken with cancer at 80 years old. The most unreliable of narrators — and of men — Fife offers the viewer a look at his home life, as a draft dodging artist who abandoned one family for another, consistently evading any sense of responsibility for actions as he starts a new life in Canada.
As previously announced, Elordi plays a young Fife, seen from his late teens through his mid-twenties. Froseth shares 1968-set scenes with the Saltburn star as his second wife, the conservative Virginian Alicia,...
Based on the 2021 novel Foregone by the late Russell Banks, the film tells the story of Leonard Fife (Gere), a famed documentary filmmaker who takes stock of his life, with not long to go after being stricken with cancer at 80 years old. The most unreliable of narrators — and of men — Fife offers the viewer a look at his home life, as a draft dodging artist who abandoned one family for another, consistently evading any sense of responsibility for actions as he starts a new life in Canada.
As previously announced, Elordi plays a young Fife, seen from his late teens through his mid-twenties. Froseth shares 1968-set scenes with the Saltburn star as his second wife, the conservative Virginian Alicia,...
- 12/5/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Veteran British director Susanna White has revealed she’s working on a feature film based on her teenage life set against changes in the fashion world, as she gears up for today’s launch of Apple TV+ period drama The Buccaneers.
White is developing an untitled script for the BFI, the first time she has written a feature script herself, and the plot is based on her personal coming of age story. “It’s the story of me at 13, set in the world of fashion in early 1970s,” she told Deadline in an interview. “It’s very fun, sexy and hopefully moving.”
We hear the film will follow 13-year-old Gingernut as she grows up with the fur trade’s decline playing out in the background. The plot will see her trying to make sense of her parents’ dysfunctional relationship and include themes of family, growing up, betrayal, love and loss.
White is developing an untitled script for the BFI, the first time she has written a feature script herself, and the plot is based on her personal coming of age story. “It’s the story of me at 13, set in the world of fashion in early 1970s,” she told Deadline in an interview. “It’s very fun, sexy and hopefully moving.”
We hear the film will follow 13-year-old Gingernut as she grows up with the fur trade’s decline playing out in the background. The plot will see her trying to make sense of her parents’ dysfunctional relationship and include themes of family, growing up, betrayal, love and loss.
- 11/8/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
(Welcome to Under the Radar, a column where we spotlight specific movies, shows, trends, performances, or scenes that caught our eye and deserved more attention ... but otherwise flew under the radar. In this edition: director Kitty Green and star Julia Garner keep the bad times rolling in "The Royal Hotel," the late, great William Friedkin says goodbye with one last banger in "The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial," and Maggie Betts' "The Burial" delivers a very different kind of courtroom drama.)
Oftentimes, there can be a certain kind of temptation with columns like these. In our enthusiasm to shine a light on the under-seen gems that not enough viewers may be aware of, writers like yours truly can go a little too far in singing the praises of movies that were never meant to be held up as "perfect" or "award-worthy" in the first place -- whatever your definition of those highly subjective terms may be.
Oftentimes, there can be a certain kind of temptation with columns like these. In our enthusiasm to shine a light on the under-seen gems that not enough viewers may be aware of, writers like yours truly can go a little too far in singing the praises of movies that were never meant to be held up as "perfect" or "award-worthy" in the first place -- whatever your definition of those highly subjective terms may be.
- 11/3/2023
- by Jeremy Mathai
- Slash Film
Studiocanal has Samuel Beckett biopic ‘Dance First’.
Molly Manning Walker’s How To Have Sex, Emma Seligman’s Bottoms and Kitty Green’s The Royal Hotel are all opening in UK-Ireland cinemas, on a weekend with several well-reviewed films by and about women.
Starting in 150 cinemas through Mubi, How To Have Sex is the debut feature of Screen 2021 Star of Tomorrow Walker. The film follows three British teenage girls on a clubbing holiday in Malia, where one of the group has her first experiences with sex. The cast includes fellow Screen Stars Mia McKenna-Bruce and Samuel Bottomley, with casting director...
Molly Manning Walker’s How To Have Sex, Emma Seligman’s Bottoms and Kitty Green’s The Royal Hotel are all opening in UK-Ireland cinemas, on a weekend with several well-reviewed films by and about women.
Starting in 150 cinemas through Mubi, How To Have Sex is the debut feature of Screen 2021 Star of Tomorrow Walker. The film follows three British teenage girls on a clubbing holiday in Malia, where one of the group has her first experiences with sex. The cast includes fellow Screen Stars Mia McKenna-Bruce and Samuel Bottomley, with casting director...
- 11/3/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Kitty Green’s film stars Julia Garner and Jessica Henwick as backpackers forced to take a dodgy-sounding job dealing with the boozy miners in the dusty middle of nowhere
A weak and anticlimactic ending sadly deflates this movie from Australian director Kitty Green, who gave us the gripping #MeToo drama The Assistant from 2019. It’s a shame, as The Royal Hotel had been developing as a very tense and well acted psychological thriller and outback noir, but the ultimate scares somehow go missing along with any satisfying plot resolutions.
As co-writer with Oscar Redding, Green takes her inspiration from Hotel Coolgardie, a tough and disturbing documentary about a chaotically rough pub in remote Western Australia which periodically hires female backpackers to work behind the bar. But the young women who do the job soon realise that this isn’t a wacky place like the one in Crocodile Dundee, but the...
A weak and anticlimactic ending sadly deflates this movie from Australian director Kitty Green, who gave us the gripping #MeToo drama The Assistant from 2019. It’s a shame, as The Royal Hotel had been developing as a very tense and well acted psychological thriller and outback noir, but the ultimate scares somehow go missing along with any satisfying plot resolutions.
As co-writer with Oscar Redding, Green takes her inspiration from Hotel Coolgardie, a tough and disturbing documentary about a chaotically rough pub in remote Western Australia which periodically hires female backpackers to work behind the bar. But the young women who do the job soon realise that this isn’t a wacky place like the one in Crocodile Dundee, but the...
- 11/2/2023
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
What’s the top film on VOD this week? Actually, there are three different #1s on iTunes, Google Play, and Vudu. And what makes it weirder is those films don’t rank as high as #2 anywhere they don’t top.
“Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning: Part One” (Paramount), “The Equalizer 3” (Sony), and “The Exorcist: Believer” (Universal), all $19.99 are #1 at iTunes, Google Play, and Vudu respectively. To confuse things even more, three other different films rank #2 — “Barbie” (Warner Bros.), “Saw X” (Lionsgate), and “Talk to Me” (A24). That’s six different titles total ranking in the top two of the three lists. That’s unprecedented.
It’s the third week out for “Mission,” and though it clearly is getting revenue, it is not nearly the dominant force it might have been had it been released 60, not 90, days after hitting theaters. As always, without actual numbers but only rankings to analyze,...
“Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning: Part One” (Paramount), “The Equalizer 3” (Sony), and “The Exorcist: Believer” (Universal), all $19.99 are #1 at iTunes, Google Play, and Vudu respectively. To confuse things even more, three other different films rank #2 — “Barbie” (Warner Bros.), “Saw X” (Lionsgate), and “Talk to Me” (A24). That’s six different titles total ranking in the top two of the three lists. That’s unprecedented.
It’s the third week out for “Mission,” and though it clearly is getting revenue, it is not nearly the dominant force it might have been had it been released 60, not 90, days after hitting theaters. As always, without actual numbers but only rankings to analyze,...
- 10/30/2023
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
The director has followed up Weinstein drama The Assistant with The Royal Hotel, about two backpackers forced to work in a toxically male Australian bar. Warning: contains spoilers
In October 2017, when the New York Times first published allegations against Harvey Weinstein, Australian director Kitty Green was on campus at Stanford University interviewing students for a film about sexual assault. “I had friends at the Weinstein Company so I immediately started texting them.” Within months she was shooting The Assistant, a drama about working for a movie mogul. It followed a day in the life of Jane, played by Julia Garner, whose boss is a sexual predator with a volcanic temper. He was never seen, only ever referred to as “him”, but was without a doubt modelled on Weinstein.
The Assistant became the definitive film of the #MeToo era: a horribly realistic portrait and a forensic examination of how a culture...
In October 2017, when the New York Times first published allegations against Harvey Weinstein, Australian director Kitty Green was on campus at Stanford University interviewing students for a film about sexual assault. “I had friends at the Weinstein Company so I immediately started texting them.” Within months she was shooting The Assistant, a drama about working for a movie mogul. It followed a day in the life of Jane, played by Julia Garner, whose boss is a sexual predator with a volcanic temper. He was never seen, only ever referred to as “him”, but was without a doubt modelled on Weinstein.
The Assistant became the definitive film of the #MeToo era: a horribly realistic portrait and a forensic examination of how a culture...
- 10/30/2023
- by Cath Clarke
- The Guardian - Film News
We probably won’t see this week’s streaming debuts on the Oscars’ nomination roster come January, but they offer a variety of genres that will satisfy whatever mood you find yourself in this weekend.
The contender to watch this week: “Pain Hustlers“
The opioid epidemic has fueled a wave of movie and TV shows in the last few years, from “Dopesick” and “Ben Is Back” to the gorgeous Oscar-nominated documentary “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed.” Hollywood’s latest Big Pharma indictment is a star-studded dramedy directed by “Harry Potter” alum David Yates. Based on a book by journalist Evan Hughes, “Pain Hustlers” features Emily Blunt, Chris Evans, Catherine O’Hara, and Andy Garcia in a crime saga revolving around a pharmaceutical start-up whose founder served two years in prison. Reviews have been tepid, but “Hustlers” is now streaming on Netflix following a limited theatrical release.
Other contenders:
“My Sailor, My Love...
The contender to watch this week: “Pain Hustlers“
The opioid epidemic has fueled a wave of movie and TV shows in the last few years, from “Dopesick” and “Ben Is Back” to the gorgeous Oscar-nominated documentary “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed.” Hollywood’s latest Big Pharma indictment is a star-studded dramedy directed by “Harry Potter” alum David Yates. Based on a book by journalist Evan Hughes, “Pain Hustlers” features Emily Blunt, Chris Evans, Catherine O’Hara, and Andy Garcia in a crime saga revolving around a pharmaceutical start-up whose founder served two years in prison. Reviews have been tepid, but “Hustlers” is now streaming on Netflix following a limited theatrical release.
Other contenders:
“My Sailor, My Love...
- 10/28/2023
- by Matthew Jacobs
- Gold Derby
‘Adapt to survive’ is a fitting mantra for the latest tense drama from The Assistant writer-director Kitty Green. This time, she places the star of her #MeToo-styled 2019 film, actor Julia Garner, in the heart of the Australian Outback to serve drinks to booze-addled patrons of a dysfunctional pub.
Inspired by fascinating 2016 documentary Hotel Coolgardie, The Royal Hotel takes a compelling look at ingrained toxic masculinity and the dominance of alcohol culture, as well as sobering isolation through the eyes of two backpacking female foreigners. An uneasy, maddening decline into the inevitable, Green’s film explores the effects of the unhealthy environment on two independent young women and the choices they must make for their well-being.
‘Gen Z’ Americans Hanna (Garner) and Liv (Jessica Henwick of Glass Onion fame) reluctantly take live-in bartending jobs fund the rest of their Australian trip after finances run out. Dropped off at the rundown Royal...
Inspired by fascinating 2016 documentary Hotel Coolgardie, The Royal Hotel takes a compelling look at ingrained toxic masculinity and the dominance of alcohol culture, as well as sobering isolation through the eyes of two backpacking female foreigners. An uneasy, maddening decline into the inevitable, Green’s film explores the effects of the unhealthy environment on two independent young women and the choices they must make for their well-being.
‘Gen Z’ Americans Hanna (Garner) and Liv (Jessica Henwick of Glass Onion fame) reluctantly take live-in bartending jobs fund the rest of their Australian trip after finances run out. Dropped off at the rundown Royal...
- 10/17/2023
- by Lisa Giles-Keddie
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Director Kitty Green is interested in stories of microaggressions, mostly because she doesn’t have the budget for anything bigger. And on her latest feature, “The Royal Hotel,” Green dealt with all manner of issues working on a film far bigger and more ambitious than her debut feature, 2019’s “The Assistant.”
The film, which follows two young women who take a job at a shady bar in the Australian outback, had a production schedule of only 25 days. This left Green having to be incredibly precise during pre-production, and with a film that boasted 14 different speaking parts, it was a far more unwieldy project than her first film.
Add to that the film generally takes place in one location, the Australian pub known as “The Royal,” and some of the film’s big bar sequences were a Master Class in filmmaking.
“I ended up being more like this conductor of technical things,...
The film, which follows two young women who take a job at a shady bar in the Australian outback, had a production schedule of only 25 days. This left Green having to be incredibly precise during pre-production, and with a film that boasted 14 different speaking parts, it was a far more unwieldy project than her first film.
Add to that the film generally takes place in one location, the Australian pub known as “The Royal,” and some of the film’s big bar sequences were a Master Class in filmmaking.
“I ended up being more like this conductor of technical things,...
- 10/12/2023
- by Kristen Lopez
- The Wrap
Writer/director Kitty Green made a big splash with her searing and smart drama The Assistant, which starred Julia Garner as a young woman toiling away in the office of a powerful executive who grows increasingly aware of the insidious abuse that threatens every aspect of her position. Green and Garner are back with a new movie that looks at power dynamics between men and women, this time set against the dusty backdrop of a small Australian Outback mining town. With the new film – The Royal Hotel – making its UK debut at the BFI London Film Festival, we now have the full UK trailer. Take a look…
The Royal Hotel, for which Green drew inspiration from documentary Hotel Coolgardie, sees Garner and Jessica Henwick as Hanna and Liv, best friends backpacking in Australia.
After they run out of money, Liv, looking for an adventure, persuades Hanna to take a temporary...
The Royal Hotel, for which Green drew inspiration from documentary Hotel Coolgardie, sees Garner and Jessica Henwick as Hanna and Liv, best friends backpacking in Australia.
After they run out of money, Liv, looking for an adventure, persuades Hanna to take a temporary...
- 10/11/2023
- by James White
- Empire - Movies
Kitty Green returns to her native Australia for her latest film. Like her last, The Assistant, it was inspired by a true story - then Harvey Weinstein, this time, a documentary about a pair of Scandinavian backpackers, Hotel Coolgardie - and again she zeroes in on toxic masculinity, although not to quite such efficient effect.
Hanna (Julia Garner) and Liv (Jessica Henwick) are on tour when we meet them, but on finding themselves low on cash decide to head to the Outback to make some money doing live-in bar work. Pretending to be Canadian because “everyone loves Canadians” seems like a laugh until they get there but soon they’re subject to micro-aggressions that feel as though they could kick-off into full blown violence at any time.
The bar is run by the rough-and-ready, and thanks to alcohol, none-too-steady Billy (Hugo Weaving) and his no-nonsense other half Carol (Ursula...
Hanna (Julia Garner) and Liv (Jessica Henwick) are on tour when we meet them, but on finding themselves low on cash decide to head to the Outback to make some money doing live-in bar work. Pretending to be Canadian because “everyone loves Canadians” seems like a laugh until they get there but soon they’re subject to micro-aggressions that feel as though they could kick-off into full blown violence at any time.
The bar is run by the rough-and-ready, and thanks to alcohol, none-too-steady Billy (Hugo Weaving) and his no-nonsense other half Carol (Ursula...
- 10/10/2023
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
It wasn’t her intention, but Taylor Swift saved this weekend as well as ones still to come.
“The Era Tour” concert film opens Friday with over $100 million in estimated presales, but it already forced “The Exorcist: Believer” (Universal), originally set for October 13, to move up a week and get out of the way.
As a result, the sequel to William Friedkin’s smash hit dominated this weekend with $27.2 million. That’s more than double the #2 title, “Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie” (Paramount), with $11.8 million.
All told, this weekend grossed around $75 million. Without “Exorcist,” and assuming other titles would pick up some of the slack, that number would have been closer to $55 million — and close to the worst of 2023. Instead, it improved $16 million (27 percent) over last year, which also included Indigenous Peoples’/Columbus Day on Monday. Year to date remains up about 26 percent.
Another way to find a positive spin...
“The Era Tour” concert film opens Friday with over $100 million in estimated presales, but it already forced “The Exorcist: Believer” (Universal), originally set for October 13, to move up a week and get out of the way.
As a result, the sequel to William Friedkin’s smash hit dominated this weekend with $27.2 million. That’s more than double the #2 title, “Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie” (Paramount), with $11.8 million.
All told, this weekend grossed around $75 million. Without “Exorcist,” and assuming other titles would pick up some of the slack, that number would have been closer to $55 million — and close to the worst of 2023. Instead, it improved $16 million (27 percent) over last year, which also included Indigenous Peoples’/Columbus Day on Monday. Year to date remains up about 26 percent.
Another way to find a positive spin...
- 10/8/2023
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Ozark and Inventing Anna star Julia Garner has signed with Lbi Entertainment for management.
Garner won three Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Emmy Awards for her role as Ruth Langmore in the popular Netflix drama series Ozark. Her third Emmy came in 2022 when she was also nominated in the Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie category for playing the title role in another Netflix hit, the limited series Inventing Anna.
Garner’s latest movie, The Royal Hotel, premiered at the Toronto Film Festival last month. It re-teams the actress with director Kitty Green, who helmed The Assistant, the 2019 film which earned Garner an Independent Spirit Award nomination.
Upcoming for Garner is the Paramount psychological horror film Apartment 7A directed by Natalie Erika James. The actress, who was previously at Anonymous Content, continues to be repped by UTA, Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern and Shelter PR.
Garner won three Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Emmy Awards for her role as Ruth Langmore in the popular Netflix drama series Ozark. Her third Emmy came in 2022 when she was also nominated in the Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie category for playing the title role in another Netflix hit, the limited series Inventing Anna.
Garner’s latest movie, The Royal Hotel, premiered at the Toronto Film Festival last month. It re-teams the actress with director Kitty Green, who helmed The Assistant, the 2019 film which earned Garner an Independent Spirit Award nomination.
Upcoming for Garner is the Paramount psychological horror film Apartment 7A directed by Natalie Erika James. The actress, who was previously at Anonymous Content, continues to be repped by UTA, Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern and Shelter PR.
- 10/7/2023
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
If there’s a theme cutting across Kitty Green’s work, it’s the dangers that lurk in everyday society for young, idealistic women. Whether using the tools of re-enactment in the hybrid documentary Casting JonBenet or a process-focused minimalism in the #MeToo workplace drama The Assistant, she never approaches the shared subject in the same way.
With The Royal Hotel, Green further expands her toolkit by drawing on the conventions of genre filmmaking. She doesn’t overtly tip her hand as to what kind of situation Hanna (Julia Garner) and Liv (Jessica Henwick) walk into when they gain employment at the titular bar. As two broke Americans in desperate need of cash on a work-tourism trip in Australia, they have little choice but to take a gig bartending at the lone watering hole in a desolate mining town.
The film unnervingly aligns our experience with that of Hanna and Liv.
With The Royal Hotel, Green further expands her toolkit by drawing on the conventions of genre filmmaking. She doesn’t overtly tip her hand as to what kind of situation Hanna (Julia Garner) and Liv (Jessica Henwick) walk into when they gain employment at the titular bar. As two broke Americans in desperate need of cash on a work-tourism trip in Australia, they have little choice but to take a gig bartending at the lone watering hole in a desolate mining town.
The film unnervingly aligns our experience with that of Hanna and Liv.
- 10/6/2023
- by Marshall Shaffer
- Slant Magazine
This post contains spoilers for "The Royal Hotel."
In early 2019, writer/director Kitty Green made "The Assistant," a small movie starring "Ozark" breakout Julia Garner as a junior assistant who works at the office of a Harvey Weinstein-like figure who has cultivated a culture of abuse. Now she's back with "The Royal Hotel," a very different, more ambitious film that nonetheless feels like she's exploring somewhat similar thematic territory. In a recent interview with /Film, Green described both films as "sort of like the gateway or entry point to sexual misconduct. What kind of behavior should we put up with? When should we say no? When should we put a stop to things? When should we speak up for ourselves?"
"The Royal Hotel" reunites Green with Julia Garner, who stars alongside Jessica Henwick as a pair of American women who run out of money while on vacation and take a...
In early 2019, writer/director Kitty Green made "The Assistant," a small movie starring "Ozark" breakout Julia Garner as a junior assistant who works at the office of a Harvey Weinstein-like figure who has cultivated a culture of abuse. Now she's back with "The Royal Hotel," a very different, more ambitious film that nonetheless feels like she's exploring somewhat similar thematic territory. In a recent interview with /Film, Green described both films as "sort of like the gateway or entry point to sexual misconduct. What kind of behavior should we put up with? When should we say no? When should we put a stop to things? When should we speak up for ourselves?"
"The Royal Hotel" reunites Green with Julia Garner, who stars alongside Jessica Henwick as a pair of American women who run out of money while on vacation and take a...
- 10/6/2023
- by Ben Pearson
- Slash Film
Following a similar vein to Kitty Green’s The Assistant, Fair Play tackles misogyny in a highly competitive, male-dominated hedge fund firm.
The debut feature from Chloe Domont revolves around happily engaged couple Emily and Luke who both work at the same firm, though they keep their relationship a secret from their boss and colleagues. When Emily is promoted over Luke, however, their whole world begins to crumble as jealousy strikes and cracks into their once stable foundation.
Though billed as an erotic thriller, Fair Play is more akin to an upsetting fast-paced drama which, at the height of its powers, is uncomfortable and upsetting. Domont starts her career strong with this exceptionally well-put together film which attempts to untangle the messy world of hedge funds and the centric couple mangled into the core of it.
What works best for Fair Play is its premise – how supposedly good men are...
The debut feature from Chloe Domont revolves around happily engaged couple Emily and Luke who both work at the same firm, though they keep their relationship a secret from their boss and colleagues. When Emily is promoted over Luke, however, their whole world begins to crumble as jealousy strikes and cracks into their once stable foundation.
Though billed as an erotic thriller, Fair Play is more akin to an upsetting fast-paced drama which, at the height of its powers, is uncomfortable and upsetting. Domont starts her career strong with this exceptionally well-put together film which attempts to untangle the messy world of hedge funds and the centric couple mangled into the core of it.
What works best for Fair Play is its premise – how supposedly good men are...
- 10/6/2023
- by Sarah Cook
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Kitty Green Takes her ‘Assistant’ To The Outback in Sunburn Sizzler
After exploring the ways in which workplace rape culture enables predators like Harvey Weinstein to operate unabated in The Assistant, director Kitty Green finds new dimensions to the same theme all the way on the other side of the world in The Royal Hotel. Moving from the cloistered anxiety of a cubicle, the filmmaker kicks open the aspect ratio to capture the widescreen beauty of the outback in a spiritual sequel that finds a seething menace behind “Come and say g’day.”
In the midst of backpacking across Australia, the fun comes to an abrupt halt for Hanna (Julia Garner) and Liv (Jessica Henwick) when after a night of clubbing, the latter finds herself completely out of cash.…...
After exploring the ways in which workplace rape culture enables predators like Harvey Weinstein to operate unabated in The Assistant, director Kitty Green finds new dimensions to the same theme all the way on the other side of the world in The Royal Hotel. Moving from the cloistered anxiety of a cubicle, the filmmaker kicks open the aspect ratio to capture the widescreen beauty of the outback in a spiritual sequel that finds a seething menace behind “Come and say g’day.”
In the midst of backpacking across Australia, the fun comes to an abrupt halt for Hanna (Julia Garner) and Liv (Jessica Henwick) when after a night of clubbing, the latter finds herself completely out of cash.…...
- 10/5/2023
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- IONCINEMA.com
Universal Pictures Content Group will release the title in UK, France, Germany and Italy.
Kitty Green’s thriller The Royal Hotel has been snapped up by Universal Pictures Content Group across several key international territories, including UK, France, Germany and Italy.
The thriller has enjoyed critical acclaim during a buzzy festival run across Telluride, Toronto and San Sebastian, and is playing in competition at BFI London Film Festival, where it premieres on October 6. The film will be released in UK and Ireland cinemas on November 3.
It reunites Australian writer-director Green with US actor Julia Garner, following their collaboration in Green’s 2019 drama,...
Kitty Green’s thriller The Royal Hotel has been snapped up by Universal Pictures Content Group across several key international territories, including UK, France, Germany and Italy.
The thriller has enjoyed critical acclaim during a buzzy festival run across Telluride, Toronto and San Sebastian, and is playing in competition at BFI London Film Festival, where it premieres on October 6. The film will be released in UK and Ireland cinemas on November 3.
It reunites Australian writer-director Green with US actor Julia Garner, following their collaboration in Green’s 2019 drama,...
- 10/5/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
It’s the location. When backpackers Hannah and Liv (Julia Garner and Jessica Henwick) get off the bus in the middle of nowhere in Kitty Green’s sophomore narrative film “The Royal Hotel,” you see the Outback in all its rugged splendor. And terror.
One look at their destination, a seedy two-story Royal Hotel with a pub for them to bartend each night, and you fear these two women are not going to come to a good end. The girlfriends are taking a brief detour from their Australia vacation to earn some extra cash. Their job: to handle a rowdy pub full of drunk and randy miners. These hardy travelers think they’re up to the task, but Hannah is a tad more wary than Liv. She drinks a little less, keeps an eye out, and when push comes to shove, as it inevitably does, picks up an ax.
Playing...
One look at their destination, a seedy two-story Royal Hotel with a pub for them to bartend each night, and you fear these two women are not going to come to a good end. The girlfriends are taking a brief detour from their Australia vacation to earn some extra cash. Their job: to handle a rowdy pub full of drunk and randy miners. These hardy travelers think they’re up to the task, but Hannah is a tad more wary than Liv. She drinks a little less, keeps an eye out, and when push comes to shove, as it inevitably does, picks up an ax.
Playing...
- 10/4/2023
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
There’s been a shocking amount of horror movies released in August and September. Now that it’s October, it’s going to seem far more appropriate, with the month starting off with a doozie. Read on for Gold Derby’s box office preview.
Way back in 1973, William Peter Blatty‘s 1971 novel, “The Exorcist,” was adapted into a movie by the late William Friedkin, becoming a huge theatrical phenomenon that is still thought of as one of the scariest horror movies ever made. It introduced many Americans to the idea of possession and exorcism, making household names of Linda Blair and Ellen Burstyn, both who received Oscar nominations. The movie received 10 bids total, winning for Blatty’s screenplay and the sound.
Fifty years later and filmmaker David Gordon Green has followed his mostly successful “Halloween” sequel trilogy with “The Exorcist: Believer,” the first of three movies in the works. The...
Way back in 1973, William Peter Blatty‘s 1971 novel, “The Exorcist,” was adapted into a movie by the late William Friedkin, becoming a huge theatrical phenomenon that is still thought of as one of the scariest horror movies ever made. It introduced many Americans to the idea of possession and exorcism, making household names of Linda Blair and Ellen Burstyn, both who received Oscar nominations. The movie received 10 bids total, winning for Blatty’s screenplay and the sound.
Fifty years later and filmmaker David Gordon Green has followed his mostly successful “Halloween” sequel trilogy with “The Exorcist: Believer,” the first of three movies in the works. The...
- 10/4/2023
- by Edward Douglas
- Gold Derby
Allblk, the popular streaming service for Black television from AMC Networks, has unleashed the trailer for the sophomore season of supernatural drama, “Wicked City.”
The 8-episode series premieres Thursday, October 19, with new episodes dropping every Thursday exclusively on Allblk. Watch the trailer for Season 2 below, only here on Bd.
In season one, we followed a coven of Black witches who pushed their supernatural powers to new heights after uncovering dark secrets and accidentally entering the world of the forbidden. This season, three months after failing to stop a magical slaver named The Handler, the Atlanta coven find themselves broken and separated.
Jordan – who now runs The Mystic Haven – and Angela try and fail to find Sherise who’s being held captive by The Handler. Mona has moved away, and Camille is put in permanent hiding by her birth mother, Claudette. Unbeknownst to the coven, Tabitha and Caden are trapped inside...
The 8-episode series premieres Thursday, October 19, with new episodes dropping every Thursday exclusively on Allblk. Watch the trailer for Season 2 below, only here on Bd.
In season one, we followed a coven of Black witches who pushed their supernatural powers to new heights after uncovering dark secrets and accidentally entering the world of the forbidden. This season, three months after failing to stop a magical slaver named The Handler, the Atlanta coven find themselves broken and separated.
Jordan – who now runs The Mystic Haven – and Angela try and fail to find Sherise who’s being held captive by The Handler. Mona has moved away, and Camille is put in permanent hiding by her birth mother, Claudette. Unbeknownst to the coven, Tabitha and Caden are trapped inside...
- 10/4/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Director Kitty Green burst onto the scene with her 2019 feature “The Assistant,” a timely and searing exploration of gender dynamics and misogyny in the Hollywood workplace.
Her follow-up, “The Royal Hotel,” explores similar territory, placing its lead characters (played by Julia Garner and Jessica Henwick) in a series of situations at an Australian pub that explodes into violence. But as Green explained to TheWrap, executives wondered when its psychologically calculated, micro-aggressive tensions would escalate to what Hollywood has traditional centered in such explorations: sexual assault and violence.
“We had a lot of finance people read it and say, ‘Nothing happens. Where’s the rape scene? Where’s the violence?” Green said. The director discussed how several critics reviews cited that the film has tension, but never gets intense enough conclusions that she questions.
“We still get in reviews saying, ‘It bubbles away but never reaches boiling point,’ and I’m thinking,...
Her follow-up, “The Royal Hotel,” explores similar territory, placing its lead characters (played by Julia Garner and Jessica Henwick) in a series of situations at an Australian pub that explodes into violence. But as Green explained to TheWrap, executives wondered when its psychologically calculated, micro-aggressive tensions would escalate to what Hollywood has traditional centered in such explorations: sexual assault and violence.
“We had a lot of finance people read it and say, ‘Nothing happens. Where’s the rape scene? Where’s the violence?” Green said. The director discussed how several critics reviews cited that the film has tension, but never gets intense enough conclusions that she questions.
“We still get in reviews saying, ‘It bubbles away but never reaches boiling point,’ and I’m thinking,...
- 10/3/2023
- by Kristen Lopez
- The Wrap
The Royal Hotel’s Kitty Green and Julia Garner want to keep a good thing going.
Following their 2019 drama The Assistant, the Australian filmmaker and her thrice-Emmy-winning American star are back with another critically acclaimed film in The Royal Hotel, which again examines power dynamics between men and women, as well as microaggressions from the female perspective.
Based on the 2016 documentary Hotel Coolgardie and co-written by Green and Oscar Redding, The Royal Hotel begins with Garner’s Hanna and Jessica Henwick’s Liv enjoying themselves on an Australian vacation. The two American friends then abruptly run out of money and are forced to work at a run-down pub in the remote Australian outback so they can make enough cash to resume their R and R. The pair soon have very different reactions to the alcoholic pub owner (Hugo Weaving) and his regular clientele of local miners, and those aforementioned microaggressions...
Following their 2019 drama The Assistant, the Australian filmmaker and her thrice-Emmy-winning American star are back with another critically acclaimed film in The Royal Hotel, which again examines power dynamics between men and women, as well as microaggressions from the female perspective.
Based on the 2016 documentary Hotel Coolgardie and co-written by Green and Oscar Redding, The Royal Hotel begins with Garner’s Hanna and Jessica Henwick’s Liv enjoying themselves on an Australian vacation. The two American friends then abruptly run out of money and are forced to work at a run-down pub in the remote Australian outback so they can make enough cash to resume their R and R. The pair soon have very different reactions to the alcoholic pub owner (Hugo Weaving) and his regular clientele of local miners, and those aforementioned microaggressions...
- 10/3/2023
- by Brian Davids
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
While the sheer power of Taylor Swift scared off a number of October releases to flee further into the year, this month still offers no shortage of heavy hitters. From one of the most-anticipated films of the last many years to acclaimed documentaries to the final feature from a legendary director, there’s plenty to seek out.
13. Beyond Utopia (Madeleine Gavin; Oct. 23)
One of the most acclaimed documentaries of the year, Madeleine Gavin’s Sundance audience award winner Beyond Utopia tracks the intense, harrowing journey of a handful of individuals who attempt to flee North Korea. Considering how few dispatches we see from inside the country, this promises to be a rare, vital look at the costs of freedom.
12. Once Within a Time (Godfrey Reggio & Jon Kane; Oct. 13 in theaters)
Godfrey Reggio, the legendary director of the Qatsi trilogy, is back with Once Within a Time, co-directed by Jon Kane.
13. Beyond Utopia (Madeleine Gavin; Oct. 23)
One of the most acclaimed documentaries of the year, Madeleine Gavin’s Sundance audience award winner Beyond Utopia tracks the intense, harrowing journey of a handful of individuals who attempt to flee North Korea. Considering how few dispatches we see from inside the country, this promises to be a rare, vital look at the costs of freedom.
12. Once Within a Time (Godfrey Reggio & Jon Kane; Oct. 13 in theaters)
Godfrey Reggio, the legendary director of the Qatsi trilogy, is back with Once Within a Time, co-directed by Jon Kane.
- 10/3/2023
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
“They’re all nice for a minute,” says Kitty Green, director of the sizzling thriller The Royal Hotel. She’s talking about the men that make up most of the film’s ensemble cast — Australian miners in a remote, rugged, Outback town — who can pivot from playful pub banter to grinning malevolence without warning. What might they do after one pint too many?
It’s a question any young woman tending bar has asked herself, and in Green’s frighteningly plausible tale, the heavily outnumbered women serving these men drinks...
It’s a question any young woman tending bar has asked herself, and in Green’s frighteningly plausible tale, the heavily outnumbered women serving these men drinks...
- 10/2/2023
- by Miles Klee
- Rollingstone.com
With Halloween right around the corner, viewers have plenty of seasonal titles to choose from in October. But there’s more than horror to look forward to in theaters and on your favorite streaming services this month, from Prime Video to Hulu. Loki and Our Flag Means Death both return for new seasons, as does, somehow, Frasier (though most of its cast will be nowhere to be seen).
Beyond that, we’ll be getting big new movies, including one of the year’s most-anticipated films from Martin Scorsese (Killers of the Flower Moon...
Beyond that, we’ll be getting big new movies, including one of the year’s most-anticipated films from Martin Scorsese (Killers of the Flower Moon...
- 9/30/2023
- by Keith Phipps
- Rollingstone.com
Deep in the Australian Outback, Kitty Green is, once again, asking us to sit on a knife’s edge, where the threat of violence is constant. In The Assistant, which also starred Julia Garner as a headstrong underling in an environment dominated by men, Green was attuned to the systemic abuses of the entertainment industry. In The Royal Hotel, she considers the ways infrastructural inequities pervade even in the most remote corners of our world.
Green’s film is loosely based on the 2016 documentary Hotel Coolgardie, in which director Pete Gleeson provided a glimpse into a remote mining town where backpackers are cycled in and out as bartenders, or, as a sandwich board labels them in The Royal Hotel, “fresh meat” to be ogled at and harassed. Here, that fresh meat is Hanna (Garner) and Liv (Jessica Henwick), two American tourists who’ve desperately sought out a work-tourism exchange program...
Green’s film is loosely based on the 2016 documentary Hotel Coolgardie, in which director Pete Gleeson provided a glimpse into a remote mining town where backpackers are cycled in and out as bartenders, or, as a sandwich board labels them in The Royal Hotel, “fresh meat” to be ogled at and harassed. Here, that fresh meat is Hanna (Garner) and Liv (Jessica Henwick), two American tourists who’ve desperately sought out a work-tourism exchange program...
- 9/26/2023
- by Greg Nussen
- Slant Magazine
You already know that this year's BFI London Film Festival will be crammed full of film premieres and other exciting events/screenings. And the festival has just announced that its Screen Talks series will feature the likes of Martin Scorsese and Greta Gerwig, among others.
The 67th incarnation of the festival has Screen Talks as usual, in which audiences have the chance to hear first-hand from acclaimed UK and global filmmaking talents.
This year, along with Scorsese (interviewed by Edgar Wright) and Gerwig, there will be Q&As with The Assistant's Kitty Green (who has The Royal Hotel in competition this year), The Farewell's Lulu Wang, All Of Us Strangers director Andrew Haigh and Promising Young Woman's Emerald Fennell, who is back with Saltburn (read more about that one here).
The BFI London Film Festival runs between 4 and 15 October this year. Tickets already on sale, and you'll be...
The 67th incarnation of the festival has Screen Talks as usual, in which audiences have the chance to hear first-hand from acclaimed UK and global filmmaking talents.
This year, along with Scorsese (interviewed by Edgar Wright) and Gerwig, there will be Q&As with The Assistant's Kitty Green (who has The Royal Hotel in competition this year), The Farewell's Lulu Wang, All Of Us Strangers director Andrew Haigh and Promising Young Woman's Emerald Fennell, who is back with Saltburn (read more about that one here).
The BFI London Film Festival runs between 4 and 15 October this year. Tickets already on sale, and you'll be...
- 9/25/2023
- by James White
- Empire - Movies
Martin Scorsese, Greta Gerwig and Emerald Fennell are among the filmmakers delivering screen talks at this year’s BFI London Film Festival, alongside Andrew Haigh, Lulu Wang and Kitty Green.
Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon,” starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro and Lily Gladstone, is a headline gala at the festival. He will be in conversation with filmmaker Edgar Wright about his body of work.
Gerwig, an accomplished actor, co-directed “Nights and Weekends” and made her solo feature directorial debut with “Lady Bird,” followed by “Little Women,” both of which scored Oscar and BAFTA nominations. Her latest effort, “Barbie,” is currently the biggest global hit of 2023 with more than $1.4 billion at the box office.
Fennell is the author of three books, writer of the second series of “Killing Eve,” co-creator of a revamped musical version of “Cinderella” and an actor whose work includes “Anna Karenina,” “Vita & Virginia,...
Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon,” starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro and Lily Gladstone, is a headline gala at the festival. He will be in conversation with filmmaker Edgar Wright about his body of work.
Gerwig, an accomplished actor, co-directed “Nights and Weekends” and made her solo feature directorial debut with “Lady Bird,” followed by “Little Women,” both of which scored Oscar and BAFTA nominations. Her latest effort, “Barbie,” is currently the biggest global hit of 2023 with more than $1.4 billion at the box office.
Fennell is the author of three books, writer of the second series of “Killing Eve,” co-creator of a revamped musical version of “Cinderella” and an actor whose work includes “Anna Karenina,” “Vita & Virginia,...
- 9/25/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
“The Royal Hotel,” the setting of Kitty Green’s ulcer-inducing thriller, is a sun-baked bar in a rural Australian mining town surrounded by terrain so monotone that Canadian backpackers Hanna (Julia Garner) and Liv (Jessica Henwick) can’t keep their eyes open on the way in. The two young women arrive at their barmaid jobs with a sense of palpable disorientation. They’ve quite literally woken up in Oz, and they don’t know the people, the customs, the nicknames for the local ales, or the way out.
The customers are, as you might expect, gruff and girl-starved. (The chalkboard sign heralding their first shift reads: “Fresh meat.”) Hanna and Liv are steeled for that. They’re not idiots, even if their knowledge of Australia is pretty much limited to Fosters beer and kangaroos. Still, Green, a keen and steely talent, puts them — and us — through hell.
The worst part?...
The customers are, as you might expect, gruff and girl-starved. (The chalkboard sign heralding their first shift reads: “Fresh meat.”) Hanna and Liv are steeled for that. They’re not idiots, even if their knowledge of Australia is pretty much limited to Fosters beer and kangaroos. Still, Green, a keen and steely talent, puts them — and us — through hell.
The worst part?...
- 9/16/2023
- by Amy Nicholson
- Variety Film + TV
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