U.S. actor Robin Wright will be awarded the President’s Award at the 57th Karlovy Vary Film Festival’s closing ceremony. In honor of Wright, it will screen “The Princess Bride.”
Wright is best known for her performance in Netflix series “House of Cards.” She earned three Golden Globe nominations and a win in 2014. She earned five Screen Actors Guild award nominations for the show, and received five consecutive Emmy nominations.
In 2017, Wright played Lieutenant Joshi in “Blade Runner 2049,” and Amazon warrior General Antiope in “Justice League” and Patty Jenkins’ “Wonder Woman.” The following year, she reprised her role as Antiope in “Wonder Woman 1984.” She will be seen this Fall starring opposite Millie Bobby Brown in the fantasy film “Damsel,” and co-starring with Tom Hanks in “Here,” directed by Robert Zemeckis.
Her first two nominations, a Golden Globe and a SAG, came as early as 1995 for her...
Wright is best known for her performance in Netflix series “House of Cards.” She earned three Golden Globe nominations and a win in 2014. She earned five Screen Actors Guild award nominations for the show, and received five consecutive Emmy nominations.
In 2017, Wright played Lieutenant Joshi in “Blade Runner 2049,” and Amazon warrior General Antiope in “Justice League” and Patty Jenkins’ “Wonder Woman.” The following year, she reprised her role as Antiope in “Wonder Woman 1984.” She will be seen this Fall starring opposite Millie Bobby Brown in the fantasy film “Damsel,” and co-starring with Tom Hanks in “Here,” directed by Robert Zemeckis.
Her first two nominations, a Golden Globe and a SAG, came as early as 1995 for her...
- 6/20/2023
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
The Criterion Channel’s February Lineup Includes Melvin Van Peebles, Douglas Sirk, Laura Dern & More
Another month, another Criterion Channel lineup. In accordance with Black History Month their selections are especially refreshing: seven by Melvin Van Peebles, five from Kevin Jerome Everson, and Criterion editions of The Harder They Come and The Learning Tree.
Regarding individual features I’m quite happy to see Abderrahmane Sissako’s fantastic Bamako, last year’s big Sundance winner (and Kosovo’s Oscar entry) Hive, and the remarkably beautiful Portuguese feature The Metamorphosis of Birds. Add a three-film Laura Dern collection (including the recently canonized Smooth Talk) and Pasolini’s rarely shown documentary Love Meetings to make this a fine smorgasboard.
See the full list of February titles below and more on the Criterion Channel.
Alan & Naomi, Sterling Van Wagenen, 1992
All That Heaven Allows, Douglas Sirk, 1955
The Angel Levine, Ján Kadár, 1970
Babylon, Franco Rosso, 1980
Babymother, Julian Henriques, 1998
Bamako, Abderrahmane Sissako, 2006
Beat Street, Stan Lathan, 1984
Blacks Britannica, David Koff, 1978
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution,...
Regarding individual features I’m quite happy to see Abderrahmane Sissako’s fantastic Bamako, last year’s big Sundance winner (and Kosovo’s Oscar entry) Hive, and the remarkably beautiful Portuguese feature The Metamorphosis of Birds. Add a three-film Laura Dern collection (including the recently canonized Smooth Talk) and Pasolini’s rarely shown documentary Love Meetings to make this a fine smorgasboard.
See the full list of February titles below and more on the Criterion Channel.
Alan & Naomi, Sterling Van Wagenen, 1992
All That Heaven Allows, Douglas Sirk, 1955
The Angel Levine, Ján Kadár, 1970
Babylon, Franco Rosso, 1980
Babymother, Julian Henriques, 1998
Bamako, Abderrahmane Sissako, 2006
Beat Street, Stan Lathan, 1984
Blacks Britannica, David Koff, 1978
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution,...
- 1/24/2022
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
Exclusive: Deadline hears that STXfilms is in advanced talks with Let’s Be Cops and The Girl Next Door filmmaker Luke Greenfield to direct the action-thriller We Are Untouchable.
Greenfield will direct from a script he co-wrote with Captain Mauzner (Billionaire Boys Club, Wonderland, Factory Girl). The Greenfield/Mauzner screenplay is based on a screenplay by Oritte Bendory and Aaron Feldman with revisions by Michael Diliberti and by Anthony Drazan. Greenfield most recently directed and produced the Focus Features dramedy Half Brothers. We Are Untouchable will be his next project. Chernin Entertainment is producing. We Are Untouchable focuses on a group of international college grads working in Mexico City at their respective diplomatic embassies. By day, they’re slaving away as mailroom assistants getting abused by their bosses. But when they find out they have diplomatic immunity — and they can’t get arrested for anything they do — they go wild with...
Greenfield will direct from a script he co-wrote with Captain Mauzner (Billionaire Boys Club, Wonderland, Factory Girl). The Greenfield/Mauzner screenplay is based on a screenplay by Oritte Bendory and Aaron Feldman with revisions by Michael Diliberti and by Anthony Drazan. Greenfield most recently directed and produced the Focus Features dramedy Half Brothers. We Are Untouchable will be his next project. Chernin Entertainment is producing. We Are Untouchable focuses on a group of international college grads working in Mexico City at their respective diplomatic embassies. By day, they’re slaving away as mailroom assistants getting abused by their bosses. But when they find out they have diplomatic immunity — and they can’t get arrested for anything they do — they go wild with...
- 5/8/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
HollywoodNews.com: The 16th Annual Hollywood Film Awards, presented by the Los Angeles Times, is pleased to announce that three-time Academy Award nominated actress, Amy Adams will be given the "Hollywood Supporting Actress Award" for her performance in "The Master"; editor Dylan Tichenor, A.C.E., will receive the "Hollywood Editor Award"; and production designer Sarah Greenwood, A.D.G., will be given the "Hollywood Production Designer Award." "We are very proud to recognize the films and work of this talented actress and accomplished artists," said Carlos de Abreu, Founder and Executive Director of the Hollywood Film Awards. The 2012 Hollywood Film Awards has also announced that it will honor director David O. Russell with the “Hollywood Director Award,” Oscar-winning actor Robert De Niro with the “Hollywood Supporting Actor Award,” Academy Award-winning actress Marion Cotillard with the “Hollywood Actress Award,” producers Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner with the “Hollywood Producers Award,...
- 10/1/2012
- by Josh Abraham
- Hollywoodnews.com
No need to tell you that there are a lot of Kickstarter campaigns for films nowadays, but, once in whilem there's one for a project that is too special and worthwhile to ignore. And one such project is for the the currently-in-post-production documentary El Sistema USA! Directed by Anthony Drazan, who directed the interracial romance drama Zebrahead back in the 90's that some of you may remember, and produced by Jamie Bernstein (the daughter of the legendary conductor Leonard Bernstein), the film chronicles the efforts by Stanford Thompson to start up an El Sistema music program in Philadelphia public schools, which he calls Play On Philly!, and the extraordinary positive...
- 8/1/2012
- by Sergio
- ShadowAndAct
Fans of David Rabe's controversial play from the 1980s will find special delight in this well-framed, finely acted adaptation from Fine Line Features.
Featuring superb lead performances from Sean Penn and Kevin Spacey and tight direction from Anthony Drazan, "Hurlyburly" should win recognition on the art house circuit. Penn won a deserved best actor honor from the Venice International Film Festival this year for his edgy, contained performance.
Those who may took in the play at the Westwood Playhouse in the '80s will remember it is set in Malibu at the abode of motion picture casting agents Eddie (Penn) and Mickey (Spacey). They're a fractured duo; both are compulsive and cynical and tend to treat people cavalierly and with no small amount of malice. That mendacious tendency, spurred by boozing and drug use, makes them a particularly lethal pair.
Eddie's hostility, in particular, carries over to his personal life, where he emotionally terrorizes the women he knows. At the moment, he's paired with a saucy player named Darlene Robin Wright Penn), whose detached sensibility and survival instincts jar Eddie -- she pretty much behaves as a man, tossing aside the opposite sex as tartly as any Hollywood womanizer.
Naturally, Rabe's acerbic, colorful writing is the highlight of this production. His verbiage is consistently assaultive as the characters thrash out the emptiness in their lives through hedonistic, self-absorbed behavior. The rhythm of the dialogue, counterpointing Eddie's aggressive posturing with Mickey's sardonic aloofness, fleshes out the inner despair these hollow men experience.
The players form a terrific ensemble. Bolstering Penn's central performance in particular is Spacey, who oozes comic cynicism and despair. With his hair dyed a bottled blond and wearing tight-ass suits, we are clued to the conflicts that surge beneath this man's guarded veneer. Chazz Palminteri is similarly strong as the addled screw-up of the bunch, a man so out of touch that he's always on the edge in this steep Mulholland Drive setting. Garry Shandling is convincing as a hanger-on, whose insecurities make him all too willing to please.
Meg Ryan does a smart and somewhat startling turn as a no-holds-barred woman of the evening, and Anna Paquin is moving as a runaway who holes up in this alpha-male lair.
Special praise to Drazan, not only for his work with the superb players but for his succinct visualization of the stage play. In particular, production designer Michael Haller's sharp-edged, metallic look clues us to the harsh coldness of this dissipated world, and cinematographer Changwei Gu's herky-jerky thrusts are perfectly aligned with this "Hurlyburly" world.
HURLYBURLY
Fine Line Features
Producers: Anthony Drazan,
Richard N. Gladstein, David S. Hamburger
Director: Anthony Drazan
Screenwriter: David Rabe
Executive producers: H. Michael Heuser,
Frederick Zollo Nicholas Paleologos,
Carl Colpaert
Director of photography: Changwei Gu
Editor: Dylan Tichenor
Music: David Baerwald, Steve Lindsey
Production designer: Michael Haller
Costume designer: Mary Claire Hannan
Color/stereo
Cast:
Eddie: Sean Penn
Mickey: Kevin Spacey
Darlene: Robin Wright Penn
Phil: Chazz Palminteri
Artie: Garry Shandling
Donna: Anna Paquin
Bonnie: Meg Ryan
Running time - 92 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
Featuring superb lead performances from Sean Penn and Kevin Spacey and tight direction from Anthony Drazan, "Hurlyburly" should win recognition on the art house circuit. Penn won a deserved best actor honor from the Venice International Film Festival this year for his edgy, contained performance.
Those who may took in the play at the Westwood Playhouse in the '80s will remember it is set in Malibu at the abode of motion picture casting agents Eddie (Penn) and Mickey (Spacey). They're a fractured duo; both are compulsive and cynical and tend to treat people cavalierly and with no small amount of malice. That mendacious tendency, spurred by boozing and drug use, makes them a particularly lethal pair.
Eddie's hostility, in particular, carries over to his personal life, where he emotionally terrorizes the women he knows. At the moment, he's paired with a saucy player named Darlene Robin Wright Penn), whose detached sensibility and survival instincts jar Eddie -- she pretty much behaves as a man, tossing aside the opposite sex as tartly as any Hollywood womanizer.
Naturally, Rabe's acerbic, colorful writing is the highlight of this production. His verbiage is consistently assaultive as the characters thrash out the emptiness in their lives through hedonistic, self-absorbed behavior. The rhythm of the dialogue, counterpointing Eddie's aggressive posturing with Mickey's sardonic aloofness, fleshes out the inner despair these hollow men experience.
The players form a terrific ensemble. Bolstering Penn's central performance in particular is Spacey, who oozes comic cynicism and despair. With his hair dyed a bottled blond and wearing tight-ass suits, we are clued to the conflicts that surge beneath this man's guarded veneer. Chazz Palminteri is similarly strong as the addled screw-up of the bunch, a man so out of touch that he's always on the edge in this steep Mulholland Drive setting. Garry Shandling is convincing as a hanger-on, whose insecurities make him all too willing to please.
Meg Ryan does a smart and somewhat startling turn as a no-holds-barred woman of the evening, and Anna Paquin is moving as a runaway who holes up in this alpha-male lair.
Special praise to Drazan, not only for his work with the superb players but for his succinct visualization of the stage play. In particular, production designer Michael Haller's sharp-edged, metallic look clues us to the harsh coldness of this dissipated world, and cinematographer Changwei Gu's herky-jerky thrusts are perfectly aligned with this "Hurlyburly" world.
HURLYBURLY
Fine Line Features
Producers: Anthony Drazan,
Richard N. Gladstein, David S. Hamburger
Director: Anthony Drazan
Screenwriter: David Rabe
Executive producers: H. Michael Heuser,
Frederick Zollo Nicholas Paleologos,
Carl Colpaert
Director of photography: Changwei Gu
Editor: Dylan Tichenor
Music: David Baerwald, Steve Lindsey
Production designer: Michael Haller
Costume designer: Mary Claire Hannan
Color/stereo
Cast:
Eddie: Sean Penn
Mickey: Kevin Spacey
Darlene: Robin Wright Penn
Phil: Chazz Palminteri
Artie: Garry Shandling
Donna: Anna Paquin
Bonnie: Meg Ryan
Running time - 92 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
- 12/24/1998
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Living up to the tradition of good films about failing father figures, from "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" to "This Boy's Life", director Anthony Drazan's adaptation of Sheila Ballantyne's acclaimed 1982 novel draws one into a touching, rewarding drama. Terrific performances from a strong cast are "Imaginary Crimes'" chief attraction, while the serious subject matter warrants a sensitive approach to marketing.
Warners' prestigious fall release premiered this past weekend at the Boston Film Festival. A positive critical reception and awards possibilities give the character-driven "Imaginary Crimes" an even chance in the marketplace.
Set in the early 1960s in the Pacific Northwest, Ballantyne's semi-autobiographical story concerns the troubled family life of the financially shaky Weilers as seen through the eyes of sullen-but-sturdy eldest daughter Sonya (Fairuza Balk). Hustler dad Ray Harvey Keitel) is a bundle of contradictions, but presents a unified front to the world. He loves his motherless daughters dearly, but he can never make any of his or their dreams come true.
Even worse, Ray won't give up his dreams faced with the miserable, paranoid household he comes home to. A drinker and not above fleecing investors who are drawn into his improbable schemes, Ray is stern but caring, a misfit believing in the entrepreneurial, rags-to-riches spirit of American business. Meanwhile, forced-to-mature-early Sonya and younger sister Greta (Elisabeth Moss) cope as best they can, with journal-writing Sonya finding a kindred soul in girl's private school teacher Mr. Webster (Vincent D'Onofio).
Sonya's coming of age and memories of her mother (Kelly Lynch) become the focus of the story, but Ray's presence is powerfully felt throughout. While less ambitious than Ballantyne's original novel, which took Sonya herself through troubled motherhood, the film works to a very powerful conclusion that is only marred by a much-too-abrupt shift in Ray's attitude.
Balk ("Gas Food Lodging") steals the show. More than just a champion pouter, she packs genuine emotion and nuance into every scene. A great escape from his usual wise guys and scoundrels, Keitel is similarly focused. Moss as the younger daughter is sweetly optimistic though fragile, while D'Onofrio and Lynch shine as the film's inspirational adults.
Drazan ("Zebrahead"), cinematographer John Campbell, production designer Joseph Garrity and costumer Susan Lyall have put together an exquisite period production.
IMAGINARY CRIMES
Warner Bros.
James G. Robinson Presents
A Morgan Creek Production
An Anthony Drazan Film
Director Anthony Drazan
Producer James G. Robinson
Screenplay Kristine Johnson, Davia Nelson
Based on the book by Sheila Ballantyne
Executive producers Gary Barber, Ted Field, Robert W. Cort
Director of photography John J. Campbell
Production designer Joseph T. Garrity
Editor Elizabeth Kling
Music Stephen Endelman
Costume designer Susan Lyall
Casting Deborah Aquila, Jane Shannon
Color/Stereo
Cast:
Ray Weiler Harvey Keitel
Sonya Fairuza Balk
Valery Kelly Lynch
Mr. Webster Vincent D'Onofrio
Abigale Tate Diane Baker
Jarvis Chris Penn
Greta Elisabeth Moss
Eddie Seymour Cassel
Running time -- 105 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG
(c) The Hollywood Reporter...
Warners' prestigious fall release premiered this past weekend at the Boston Film Festival. A positive critical reception and awards possibilities give the character-driven "Imaginary Crimes" an even chance in the marketplace.
Set in the early 1960s in the Pacific Northwest, Ballantyne's semi-autobiographical story concerns the troubled family life of the financially shaky Weilers as seen through the eyes of sullen-but-sturdy eldest daughter Sonya (Fairuza Balk). Hustler dad Ray Harvey Keitel) is a bundle of contradictions, but presents a unified front to the world. He loves his motherless daughters dearly, but he can never make any of his or their dreams come true.
Even worse, Ray won't give up his dreams faced with the miserable, paranoid household he comes home to. A drinker and not above fleecing investors who are drawn into his improbable schemes, Ray is stern but caring, a misfit believing in the entrepreneurial, rags-to-riches spirit of American business. Meanwhile, forced-to-mature-early Sonya and younger sister Greta (Elisabeth Moss) cope as best they can, with journal-writing Sonya finding a kindred soul in girl's private school teacher Mr. Webster (Vincent D'Onofio).
Sonya's coming of age and memories of her mother (Kelly Lynch) become the focus of the story, but Ray's presence is powerfully felt throughout. While less ambitious than Ballantyne's original novel, which took Sonya herself through troubled motherhood, the film works to a very powerful conclusion that is only marred by a much-too-abrupt shift in Ray's attitude.
Balk ("Gas Food Lodging") steals the show. More than just a champion pouter, she packs genuine emotion and nuance into every scene. A great escape from his usual wise guys and scoundrels, Keitel is similarly focused. Moss as the younger daughter is sweetly optimistic though fragile, while D'Onofrio and Lynch shine as the film's inspirational adults.
Drazan ("Zebrahead"), cinematographer John Campbell, production designer Joseph Garrity and costumer Susan Lyall have put together an exquisite period production.
IMAGINARY CRIMES
Warner Bros.
James G. Robinson Presents
A Morgan Creek Production
An Anthony Drazan Film
Director Anthony Drazan
Producer James G. Robinson
Screenplay Kristine Johnson, Davia Nelson
Based on the book by Sheila Ballantyne
Executive producers Gary Barber, Ted Field, Robert W. Cort
Director of photography John J. Campbell
Production designer Joseph T. Garrity
Editor Elizabeth Kling
Music Stephen Endelman
Costume designer Susan Lyall
Casting Deborah Aquila, Jane Shannon
Color/Stereo
Cast:
Ray Weiler Harvey Keitel
Sonya Fairuza Balk
Valery Kelly Lynch
Mr. Webster Vincent D'Onofrio
Abigale Tate Diane Baker
Jarvis Chris Penn
Greta Elisabeth Moss
Eddie Seymour Cassel
Running time -- 105 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG
(c) The Hollywood Reporter...
- 9/12/1994
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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