Five years ago, the gunman responsible for Sunday’s mass shooting was sent to an inpatient mental health facility in New Mexico but escaped and fled to Texas, according to multiple reports.
On June 13, 2012, Devin Kelley, 26, reportedly fled the Peak Behavioral Health Services Center in Santa Teresa, New Mexico.
A missing person report claimed the shooter, who was in the Air Force, was ordered to submit to mental health treatment after admitting he beat his first wife and stepson, according to Khou. One attack on the child left him with a skull fracture.
According to the shooter’s 2012 court-martial plea bargain,...
On June 13, 2012, Devin Kelley, 26, reportedly fled the Peak Behavioral Health Services Center in Santa Teresa, New Mexico.
A missing person report claimed the shooter, who was in the Air Force, was ordered to submit to mental health treatment after admitting he beat his first wife and stepson, according to Khou. One attack on the child left him with a skull fracture.
According to the shooter’s 2012 court-martial plea bargain,...
- 11/8/2017
- by Chris Harris
- PEOPLE.com
Plot: A young major-league pitcher (Johnny Simmons) in the middle of a slump, sees a sports psychologist (Paul Giamatti) in order to figure out why he’s having so much trouble performing at the level he’s capable of. Review: Noah Buschel is an interesting young director. The guy behind The Missing Person and Glass Chin, The Phenom actually seems like a bit of a departure for him. Those other... Read More...
- 6/24/2016
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
Rlj Entertainment has acquired baseball drama The Phenom, starring Ethan Hawke and Paul Giamatti. The company has all U.S. rights and plans to release the picture day-and-date theatrically and on VOD on June 24. Written and directed by Noah Buschel (The Missing Person), the film is making its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 17. The film is about a major-league rookie pitcher Hopper Gibson (Johnny Simmons) who can’t find the plate and is sent down to…...
- 4/5/2016
- Deadline
From a pop culture perspective, private detectives stand for all that’s memorable about film noir. The indifference, the wittiness, and the moral ambiguity that define each urban knight has since become the stuff of parodied legend. We’re talking about the mediators between the crooks and the cops, the embodiment of back alley grayness that’s so tough to pin down. P.I.’s could cooperate with the law if needed, but they could just as soon do business with the bad guys for the right price. To a certain extent, that is – shamus work has always attracted the ignored and the ethical. The Wild West has mythical men with no name, The Asphalt Jungle has names with investigating licenses attached to them. Instead of a poncho and a ten gallon hat, they’re provided a fedora and trench coat.
The archetype has undergone many faces throughout Hollywood’s history,...
The archetype has undergone many faces throughout Hollywood’s history,...
- 2/16/2016
- by Danilo Castro
- CinemaNerdz
Next month, Corey Stoll will transition into blockbuster mode with a key role in Marvel's "Ant-Man" as Darren Cross, aka Yellowjacket. But if you're eager to see more from the talented actor in a movie driven more by character than by explosions, then "Glass Chin" will fit the bill, and today we have an exclusive clip. Undersung filmmaker Noah Buschel ("Sparrows Dance," "The Missing Person") directs this story story following Bud Gordon, a washed up boxer who in looking to mount one last comeback makes a deal with a shifty restaurateur and finds himself in way over his head. As you'll see in this clip, Bud can't seem to escape one of his most embarrassing moments in the ring. Read More: Hamptons Film Fest Review: 'Sparrows Dance' A Simple Story Delivered With Affecting Charm Co-starring Billy Crudup, Yul Vazquez, Marin Ireland, David Johansen and Katherine Waterston, "Glass Chin" opens.
- 6/9/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
In a just world, more people would know the name Noah Buschel. The filmmaker behind indies "Sparrows Dance" and "The Missing Person" has quietly been making his voice know to those paying attention, and his latest, "Glass Chin," certainly snapped our attention at the Tribeca Film Festival last year. It's taken a while, but the movie is now coming to theaters and the first trailer has arrived. Read: Tribeca Interview: Billy Crudup Compares 'Glass Chin' To 'Watchmen,' Wants Role In 'Star Wars 7' Featuring a great ensemble that includes Corey Stoll, Billy Crudup, Yul Vazquez, Marin Ireland, David Johansen, and Katherine Waterston, the story follows a boxer looking to mount one last comeback, who gets mixed up with a shifty restaurateur and finds himself in way over his head. This one is a winner, and a picture we called "authentic and golden," and "a tiny little...
- 5/8/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
The recipient of the 2014 St. Louis International Film Festival’s Women in Film Award is producer Katie Mustard.
Mustard has two feature films screening at Sliff – Growing Up And Other Lies and I Believe In Unicorns.
She joins previous Women in Film Award winners Yvonne Welbon, Barbara Hammer, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Marsha Hunt, Ry Russo-Young, Pamela Yates, Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg, and Nina Davenport.
Directors Darren Grodsky & Danny Jacobs Growing Up And Other Lies stars Adam Brody (The O.C.), Josh Lawson (House of Lies), Wyatt Cenac (The Daily Show), Amber Tamblyn (Two and a Half Men). After living for years as a struggling artist in New York City, Jake is calling it quits and returning home to Ohio. On his last day in the city, he persuades his three oldest friends to help him retrace their greatest adventure together: a walk down the entire length of Manhattan. The film shows Sat.
Mustard has two feature films screening at Sliff – Growing Up And Other Lies and I Believe In Unicorns.
She joins previous Women in Film Award winners Yvonne Welbon, Barbara Hammer, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Marsha Hunt, Ry Russo-Young, Pamela Yates, Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg, and Nina Davenport.
Directors Darren Grodsky & Danny Jacobs Growing Up And Other Lies stars Adam Brody (The O.C.), Josh Lawson (House of Lies), Wyatt Cenac (The Daily Show), Amber Tamblyn (Two and a Half Men). After living for years as a struggling artist in New York City, Jake is calling it quits and returning home to Ohio. On his last day in the city, he persuades his three oldest friends to help him retrace their greatest adventure together: a walk down the entire length of Manhattan. The film shows Sat.
- 11/18/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Santa Monica-based Myriad Pictures has added boxing crime thriller Glass Chin to its Afm roster for all worldwide sales outside the U.S. House of Cards‘ Corey Stoll stars in the neo-noir Tribeca Film Festival entry as an ex-pugilist desperate to get back in the game who starts training a young fighter and gets involved in crooked dealings with a local restaurateur (Billy Crudup). Yul Vazquez (Kill the Messenger, Captain Phillips), Marin Ireland (I Am Legend, Hope Springs), and Kelly Lynch (The Jacket, Charlie’s Angels) also star. Noah Buschel (The Missing Person) wrote and directed the film which is produced by Louise Runge and Samantha Housman of Onezero Films, Susan Stover, and Sara Woodhatch. Lois J. Drabkin is exec producer. Myriad’s Audrey Delaney, Svp of Marketing & Acquisition, negotiated the deal with Cinetic on behalf of the filmmakers.
Oscar winner Chris Cooper is set to play J.D. Salinger in Coming Through The Rye,...
Oscar winner Chris Cooper is set to play J.D. Salinger in Coming Through The Rye,...
- 11/6/2014
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline
Sparrows Dance
Written and directed by Noah Buschel
USA, 2013
While constant corporate factors are frequent roadblocks to the success of independent filmmaking – budget, marketing, and star power to name a few – other, creative factors encourage a noticeable foundation in marking a calling card for small-time directors and actors: poignant settings, modestly strong plots, and standout performances. A worthy independent film may have one of these qualities, but only a special indie possesses all three. Such is the case with Noah Buschel’s Sparrows Dance.
Sparrows Dance tells the story of an agoraphobic actress (Marin Ireland) who stops leaving her apartment, crippled by fear of the outside world. Living off delivery food and residuals from her acting career, she spends her days parading through her everyday routines and spying on the city from her window. But when her toilet overflows and a kind, compassionate plumber (Paul Sparks) shows up, she reluctantly allows him into her life.
Written and directed by Noah Buschel
USA, 2013
While constant corporate factors are frequent roadblocks to the success of independent filmmaking – budget, marketing, and star power to name a few – other, creative factors encourage a noticeable foundation in marking a calling card for small-time directors and actors: poignant settings, modestly strong plots, and standout performances. A worthy independent film may have one of these qualities, but only a special indie possesses all three. Such is the case with Noah Buschel’s Sparrows Dance.
Sparrows Dance tells the story of an agoraphobic actress (Marin Ireland) who stops leaving her apartment, crippled by fear of the outside world. Living off delivery food and residuals from her acting career, she spends her days parading through her everyday routines and spying on the city from her window. But when her toilet overflows and a kind, compassionate plumber (Paul Sparks) shows up, she reluctantly allows him into her life.
- 8/30/2013
- by Christopher Clemente
- SoundOnSight
In court papers regarding the guardianship of Michael's Jackson's children, Katherine Jackson says she was essentially cut off from the outside world during her recent stay at a resort in Arizona and only learned by accident that she had been reported missing.
The 82-year-old Jackson family matriarch reveals in the documents that a doctor ordered her to rest while she was at the resort, where she claims her cell phone was taken away from her along with her iPad and says she was kept in a room with no working land line telephone or functioning TV service.
Related: Katherine Jackson Breaks Her Silence
Katherine said she made "repeated requests to those with me to have it fixed," but the television remained broken. "One morning I woke up to the sound of the television. While there was no picture, I heard a broadcast that stated I was missing," she wrote in the court papers.
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The 82-year-old Jackson family matriarch reveals in the documents that a doctor ordered her to rest while she was at the resort, where she claims her cell phone was taken away from her along with her iPad and says she was kept in a room with no working land line telephone or functioning TV service.
Related: Katherine Jackson Breaks Her Silence
Katherine said she made "repeated requests to those with me to have it fixed," but the television remained broken. "One morning I woke up to the sound of the television. While there was no picture, I heard a broadcast that stated I was missing," she wrote in the court papers.
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- 8/2/2012
- Entertainment Tonight
Authorities say they have confirmed that Michael Jackson's mother Katherine is safe and staying with a family member in Arizona after a relative reported her missing over the weekend.
The Los Angeles Sheriff's Department confirms to Et that investigators had made contact with Jackson, but details were not provided about her specific whereabouts. Her son Jermaine Jackson said in a statement on Sunday that his mother was staying with her daughter Rebbie in Arizona, following a doctor's order to "de-stress" and stay away from the phone and computers. He said access to his mother was not being blocked.
Related: Paris Jackson Defends Grandmother Against Rumors
A member of the Jackson family reported Katherine -- who serves as the guardian of Michael Jackson's three children Paris, Prince Michael and Blanket -- missing on Saturday. Michael's 14-year-old daughter Paris also expressed concern over her grandmother's whereabouts on Twitter. "I haven't spoken with her in a week I...
The Los Angeles Sheriff's Department confirms to Et that investigators had made contact with Jackson, but details were not provided about her specific whereabouts. Her son Jermaine Jackson said in a statement on Sunday that his mother was staying with her daughter Rebbie in Arizona, following a doctor's order to "de-stress" and stay away from the phone and computers. He said access to his mother was not being blocked.
Related: Paris Jackson Defends Grandmother Against Rumors
A member of the Jackson family reported Katherine -- who serves as the guardian of Michael Jackson's three children Paris, Prince Michael and Blanket -- missing on Saturday. Michael's 14-year-old daughter Paris also expressed concern over her grandmother's whereabouts on Twitter. "I haven't spoken with her in a week I...
- 7/23/2012
- Entertainment Tonight
The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo (2011) Film Review, a movie directed by David Fincher and starring Rooney Mara, Daniel Craig, Robin Wright, Stellan Skarsgard, Christopher Plummer, Max von Sydow, Joely Richardson, David Dencik, Joel Kinnaman, Embeth Davidtz, Goran Visnjic, Julian Sands, Steven Berkoff, Geraldine James, Yorick van Wageningen, and Sahlima.
David Fincher’s The Girl with the Tattoo Dragon is Matt Reeves’ Let Me In to Tomas Alfredson’s Let the Right One In. It is that scenario, this time between Niels Arden Oplev and David Fincher, all over again: there is a book, its first adapted into a Swedish film (directed by Niels Arden Oplev) then its adapted into a Us film (David Fincher). And like the Let the Right One In / Let Me In scenario, the first film adaptation is far superior to the second film adaptation. In the current scenario, its even worse for the second director,...
David Fincher’s The Girl with the Tattoo Dragon is Matt Reeves’ Let Me In to Tomas Alfredson’s Let the Right One In. It is that scenario, this time between Niels Arden Oplev and David Fincher, all over again: there is a book, its first adapted into a Swedish film (directed by Niels Arden Oplev) then its adapted into a Us film (David Fincher). And like the Let the Right One In / Let Me In scenario, the first film adaptation is far superior to the second film adaptation. In the current scenario, its even worse for the second director,...
- 12/25/2011
- by filmbook
- Film-Book
#60. Someday This Pain Will Be Useful To You - Roberto Faenza I'd normally wouldn't associate a veteran Italian filmmaker such as Roberto Faenza (see pic above) with the festival - but this shot in NYC, coming-of-age indie drama based on the novel by the same name (Someday This Pain Will Be Useful To You) features a mix of the next generation of actors (Toby Regbo and Deborah Ann Woll) along with some stellar actresses in the biz (Ellen Burstyn, Marcia Gay Harden) and is backed by producers who've been to the fest with some recent indie items Allen Bain (The Missing Person) and Ron Stein (The Romantics). Premieres category a possibility. Gist: Based on the award-winning novel Someday This Pain Will Be Useful To You by Peter Cameron, is a funny and tender film about James Sveck (Toby Regbo), a vulnerable teenager with a deep appreciation for the world and...
- 11/13/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
The double bill I’m most looking forward to features Boardwalk Empire’s Michael Shannon, who I first saw in the brilliant Shotgun Stories (2007). Take Shelter is his second collaboration with writer/director Jeff Nichols and finds Shannon in dark territory again as a man whose psychological problems put him at odds with his small-town community.
Shannon also plays the husband of Linda Cardellini’s stressed-out combat veteran in Return, a film about the pressures of war on those left at home. The Missing Person showed that Shannon can temper his intensity with a wonderfully dry sense of humour and he definitely has the talent to be a leading man and not just an accomplished supporting player.
Michael Fassbender’s A Dangerous Method and Shame have already been reviewed during the recent Toronto International Film Festival, though I am keen to see to both them. Do we need to talk about Kevin,...
Shannon also plays the husband of Linda Cardellini’s stressed-out combat veteran in Return, a film about the pressures of war on those left at home. The Missing Person showed that Shannon can temper his intensity with a wonderfully dry sense of humour and he definitely has the talent to be a leading man and not just an accomplished supporting player.
Michael Fassbender’s A Dangerous Method and Shame have already been reviewed during the recent Toronto International Film Festival, though I am keen to see to both them. Do we need to talk about Kevin,...
- 9/25/2011
- by Susannah
- SoundOnSight
The Missing Person
Director: Noah Buschel
Written by Noah Buschel
USA, 2010
“I’ve never had any dealings with private detectives, Mr Rosow. I’ve seen them in Bogart films, though. Was that one of those kind of jokes? Those dry, sardonic detective jokes . . .”
I knew I was going to like Noah Buschel’s The Missing Person when the opening credits rolled over a shot of a boiling coffee pot, to the gentle accompaniment of a harmonica. It reminded me of private eye Paul Newman’s sad attempts to recycle yesterday’s coffee at the beginning of Harper. Though Buschel’s droll, stylish and well-acted detective drama does have a contemporary setting, this is just one of many reminders of earlier movies about maverick investigators.
Chicago private detective John Rosow (Michael Shannon) lives in a crummy apartment, right on top of the “L”. He’s woken at 5am by a call...
Director: Noah Buschel
Written by Noah Buschel
USA, 2010
“I’ve never had any dealings with private detectives, Mr Rosow. I’ve seen them in Bogart films, though. Was that one of those kind of jokes? Those dry, sardonic detective jokes . . .”
I knew I was going to like Noah Buschel’s The Missing Person when the opening credits rolled over a shot of a boiling coffee pot, to the gentle accompaniment of a harmonica. It reminded me of private eye Paul Newman’s sad attempts to recycle yesterday’s coffee at the beginning of Harper. Though Buschel’s droll, stylish and well-acted detective drama does have a contemporary setting, this is just one of many reminders of earlier movies about maverick investigators.
Chicago private detective John Rosow (Michael Shannon) lives in a crummy apartment, right on top of the “L”. He’s woken at 5am by a call...
- 6/7/2011
- by Susannah
- SoundOnSight
The amount of excitement-fueled expletives that I want to type out at this news is so long that it would probably get me fired, so I’ll attempt to deliver this in a manner as professional as I can: Michael Shannon has been cast as General Zod in Zack Snyder‘s upcoming Superman reboot, which is officially titled Man of Steel.
He’ll be joining a lineup which already includes Henry Cavill as Superman, Amy Adams as Lois Lane, along with Diane Lane and Kevin Costner as Ma and Pa Kent.
In a press release, Snyder said the following on his casting:
“Zod is not only one of Superman’s most formidable enemies, but one of the most significant because he has insights into Superman that others don’t. Michael is a powerful actor who can project both the intelligence and the malice of the character, making him perfect for the role.
He’ll be joining a lineup which already includes Henry Cavill as Superman, Amy Adams as Lois Lane, along with Diane Lane and Kevin Costner as Ma and Pa Kent.
In a press release, Snyder said the following on his casting:
“Zod is not only one of Superman’s most formidable enemies, but one of the most significant because he has insights into Superman that others don’t. Michael is a powerful actor who can project both the intelligence and the malice of the character, making him perfect for the role.
- 4/10/2011
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Filed under: Features, Cinematical
How cool is the Criterion Collection? That's not a rhetorical question, nor is it a question of the company's value, which I've probed from several angles in my Criterion Corner columns and have essentially concluded is profound and inestimable. The matter of worth is settled; I'm asking about cool. I'm asking if the Criterion Collection is stylish, hip and trendy, and I'm asking because a reasonably accomplished filmmaker just took to the Internet and accused it of being all of those terrible things. And it kinda pissed me off.
On March 24, HammertoNail published an editorial by a guy named Noah Buschel. Buschel is the writer and director of four feature films, the most recently released of which was called 'The Missing Person,' starred Michael Shannon and was accepted to Sundance in advance of its limited theatrical run. Buschel's essay, entitled "Obliterate The New Hipster With Love,...
How cool is the Criterion Collection? That's not a rhetorical question, nor is it a question of the company's value, which I've probed from several angles in my Criterion Corner columns and have essentially concluded is profound and inestimable. The matter of worth is settled; I'm asking about cool. I'm asking if the Criterion Collection is stylish, hip and trendy, and I'm asking because a reasonably accomplished filmmaker just took to the Internet and accused it of being all of those terrible things. And it kinda pissed me off.
On March 24, HammertoNail published an editorial by a guy named Noah Buschel. Buschel is the writer and director of four feature films, the most recently released of which was called 'The Missing Person,' starred Michael Shannon and was accepted to Sundance in advance of its limited theatrical run. Buschel's essay, entitled "Obliterate The New Hipster With Love,...
- 3/29/2011
- by David Ehrlich
- Moviefone
Filed under: Features, Cinematical
How cool is the Criterion Collection? That's not a rhetorical question, nor is it a question of the company's value, which I've probed from several angles in my Criterion Corner columns and have essentially concluded is profound and inestimable. The matter of worth is settled; I'm asking about cool. I'm asking if the Criterion Collection is stylish, hip and trendy, and I'm asking because a reasonably accomplished filmmaker just took to the Internet and accused it of being all of those terrible things. And it kinda pissed me off.
On March 24, HammertoNail published an editorial by a guy named Noah Buschel. Buschel is the writer and director of four feature films, the most recently released of which was called 'The Missing Person,' starred Michael Shannon and was accepted to Sundance in advance of its limited theatrical run. Buschel's essay, entitled "Obliterate The New Hipster With Love,...
How cool is the Criterion Collection? That's not a rhetorical question, nor is it a question of the company's value, which I've probed from several angles in my Criterion Corner columns and have essentially concluded is profound and inestimable. The matter of worth is settled; I'm asking about cool. I'm asking if the Criterion Collection is stylish, hip and trendy, and I'm asking because a reasonably accomplished filmmaker just took to the Internet and accused it of being all of those terrible things. And it kinda pissed me off.
On March 24, HammertoNail published an editorial by a guy named Noah Buschel. Buschel is the writer and director of four feature films, the most recently released of which was called 'The Missing Person,' starred Michael Shannon and was accepted to Sundance in advance of its limited theatrical run. Buschel's essay, entitled "Obliterate The New Hipster With Love,...
- 3/29/2011
- by David Ehrlich
- Cinematical
"To get the movie made, sometimes you have to misrepresent it." - Noah BuschelHere is part II with writer/director Noah Buschel, where we go into further detail about his struggles making independent films, especially with The 7th Floor, who co-produced The Missing Person. While part I (which you can listen to here) was a complex overview of how to deal with agents and producers, here he's very specific about who screwed him over in terms of production and distribution of The Missing Person. I've really cut out the fat here, you may think a 2 minute detour about Neil...
- 10/3/2010
- by Adam Lippe, Movie Examiner
- Examiner Movies Channel
Here's a podcast with Amy Ryan, Oscar nominated for Gone Baby Gone and Jack Goes Boating, which she was promoting in this particular case. The film is the directorial debut of Phillip Seymour Hoffman, who you can see in the photo to your left, accompanied by his dreadlocks. There were seven of us in the room with Amy and the occasion was brief, so we only had time for a few questions each, which probably makes my absolutely absurd first question either an utter waste of time or an utter waste of time. In my ongoing mission to get more people to see The Missing Person, which Amy...
- 9/29/2010
- by Adam Lippe, Movie Examiner
- Examiner Movies Channel
Below you'll find part I of a podcast I did with Noah Buschel, the director of The Missing Person, Neal Cassady, and Bringing Rain. This was a very candid discussion that went on for several hours, but you do not need to have seen his films to understand the talk. Mostly, this is a primer for filmmakers about how to scale the independent film walls, from the script process, to selling, to dealing with producers, festivals, etc.And Noah would know more about this subject than almost any filmmaker because his three films were made in 3 entirely different markets, since the indie film...
- 9/21/2010
- by Adam Lippe, Movie Examiner
- Examiner Movies Channel
Playwright Tony Kushner, producer Marcy Carsey, and casting director Ellen Chenoweth will be honored by the Casting Society of America at this year's Artios Awards. The nominees for this year's awards—to be presented Nov. 1 in dual ceremonies at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles and the American Airlines Theatre in New York—were announced today. Kushner, Carsey, and Chenoweth will be presented with special awards. The complete list of nominees follows.Big budget feature, drama"Avatar," Margery Simkin and Mali Finn (initial casting)"Inglourious Basterds," Johanna Ray and Jenny Jue"Nine," Francine Maisler"Sherlock Holmes," Reg Poerscout-Edgerton"Shutter Island," Ellen Lewis and Carolyn Pickman (location casting)Big budget feature, comedy"Couples Retreat," Sarah Halley Finn and Randi Hiller"Date Night," Donna Isaacson"Julie and Julia," Francine Maisler"The Proposal," Amanda Mackey Johnson, Cathy Sandrich Gelfond, and Angela Peri (location casting)"Valentine's Day," Deborah Aquila and Tricia WoodFeature,...
- 9/15/2010
- backstage.com
You know it's slim pickings on DVD this week when the biggest new release is Pirate Radio (aka The Boat That Rocked) the British '60s rock n roll comedy that bombed in North American theatres last year. However, this does give a few films that are essentially direct-to-dvd releases a chance to stand out including Defendor starring Woody Harrelson, Broken Lizard's lastest comedy The Slammin' Salmon, and Uwe Boll's surprisingly well-reviewed prison drama Stoic. Also in stores this week: A Nightmare on Elm Street and Apollo 13 on Blu-ray. Do you see anything worth buying or renting? Pirate Radio [1] (+ Blu-ray [2]) Defendor [3] The Slammin' Salmon [4] (+ Blu-ray [5]) Tenderness [6] Stoic [7] Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon [8] The Daisy Chain [9] The Final Storm [10] The Missing Person [11] Ice Twisters [12] A Nightmare on Elm Street Collection [13] Tom & Jerry Tales: The Complete First Season [14] Dallas: The Complete Thirteenth Season [15] Emergency! Season Six [16] Apollo 13...
- 4/13/2010
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
Back in November, Chase had the chance to interview writer/director Noah Buschel for The Missing Person, and he was also able to talk to Michael Shannon, the film’s star. And now, we have the chance to give away the film itself on DVD to you – the wonderful Gordon and the Whale reader. We have five Dvds to give away (a huge thanks to Strand releasing), and all you have to do to is fill out the form after the break. Deadline ends 11:59 Pm on April 19th. On April 20th we will select a winner via random drawing and notify by email. No purchase necessary, winners must live inside the U.S. (no P.O. boxes) and one entry per household. Good luck!
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- 4/9/2010
- by Rusty Gordon
- GordonandtheWhale
If this year's Gotham Awards winner is any indication, A Serious Man might be in serious trouble with its Oscar chances as Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker appears to be the "preferred" independent film of the year. - If this year's Gotham Awards winner is any indication, A Serious Man might be in serious trouble with its Oscar chances as Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker appears to be the "preferred" independent film of the year. The Coen Bros. film lost out in the Best Feature and Best Ensemble categories, but I'm really curious in seeing how this all plays out in the next couple of weeks with the New York based film critics' year end kudos. The biggest surprise of the the 19th annual Gotham Independent Film Awards was the Breakthrough Actor award going to Catalina Saavedra's performance in The Maid over Ben Foster...
- 12/13/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker (Best Feature, Ensemble, Breakthrough Actor) and Robert Siegel Big Fan (Best Feature, Breakthrough Director and Actor) managed to pick up three mentions each for the 19th Annual Gotham Independent Film Award nominations, but the big winner on November 30th might actually be The Coen Bros. A Serious Man who have noms in the Best Feature and Best Ensemble Perf. categories. - Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker (Best Feature, Ensemble, Breakthrough Actor) and Robert Siegel Big Fan (Best Feature, Breakthrough Director and Actor) managed to pick up three mentions each for the 19th Annual Gotham Independent Film Award nominations, but the big winner on November 30th might actually be The Coen Bros. A Serious Man who have noms in the Best Feature and Best Ensemble Perf. categories. Sebastian Silva's (who we just recently interviewed) picked up pair...
- 12/13/2009
- by Ioncinema.com Staff
- IONCINEMA.com
By Christopher Stipp
The Archives, Right Here
I was able to sit down for a couple of years and pump out a book. It’s got little to do with movies. Download and read “Thank You, Goodnight” right Here for free.
Check out my new column, This Week In Trailers, at SlashFilm.com and follow me on Twitter under the name: Stipp
Michael Shannon of The Missing Person - Interview
It’s not every day when you are lucky enough to talk to an actor who was not only nominated for an Academy Award for his work in a film like Revolutionary Road, getting edged out by Heath Ledger for his role in The Dark Knight, but who was also in Groundhog Day. Honestly, between the former and the latter I am not sure what warrants more kudos but I do know that his work in the new film The Missing Person...
The Archives, Right Here
I was able to sit down for a couple of years and pump out a book. It’s got little to do with movies. Download and read “Thank You, Goodnight” right Here for free.
Check out my new column, This Week In Trailers, at SlashFilm.com and follow me on Twitter under the name: Stipp
Michael Shannon of The Missing Person - Interview
It’s not every day when you are lucky enough to talk to an actor who was not only nominated for an Academy Award for his work in a film like Revolutionary Road, getting edged out by Heath Ledger for his role in The Dark Knight, but who was also in Groundhog Day. Honestly, between the former and the latter I am not sure what warrants more kudos but I do know that his work in the new film The Missing Person...
- 12/4/2009
- by Christopher Stipp
By Christopher Stipp
The Archives, Right Here
I was able to sit down for a couple of years and pump out a book. It’s got little to do with movies. Download and read “Thank You, Goodnight” right Here for free.
Check out my new column, This Week In Trailers, at SlashFilm.com and follow me on Twitter under the name: Stipp
Up and Funny People Giveaway
I realize that some of you would like to be able and cross off a few items off your Christmas list. To that end I am doing my bit and offering a couple of titles to those who are able to come out of your tryptophan stupor for just a little bit and send me an e-mail.
Without question, Up was a film that undeniably of the best films of 2009. No hyperbole. A story of a man who is learning to live after the departure of his wife,...
The Archives, Right Here
I was able to sit down for a couple of years and pump out a book. It’s got little to do with movies. Download and read “Thank You, Goodnight” right Here for free.
Check out my new column, This Week In Trailers, at SlashFilm.com and follow me on Twitter under the name: Stipp
Up and Funny People Giveaway
I realize that some of you would like to be able and cross off a few items off your Christmas list. To that end I am doing my bit and offering a couple of titles to those who are able to come out of your tryptophan stupor for just a little bit and send me an e-mail.
Without question, Up was a film that undeniably of the best films of 2009. No hyperbole. A story of a man who is learning to live after the departure of his wife,...
- 12/4/2009
- by Christopher Stipp
Noah Buschel’s recent flick, The Missing Person, opens this Friday in Los Angeles (but if you’re in New York, you can catch it now). I spoke with Noah last week about the film, which follows a private detective (played by the eerie and awesome Michael Shannon) trailing a man who’s been missing since the real life unfortunate events of 9/11.
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- 11/25/2009
- by Chase Whale
- GordonandtheWhale
Strand Releasing
Reviewed for Arizona Reporter by Harvey Karten
Grade: B-
Directed by: Noah Buschel
Written By: Noah Buschel
Cast: Michael Shannon, Frank Wood, Amy Ryan, Margaret Colin
Screened at: Review 1, NYC, 11/10/09
Opens: November 20, 2009
Going from a screening of .2012,. which cost $260 million into a showing of .The Missing Person. that seems to be made from pocket change leads to cognitive dissonance. Here again is an exception to the rule that you get what you pay for. This is not to say that .The Missing Person. has much to write home about, but we can allow that this picture is the preferable one to see if you have to choose between the two.
A cop picture without so much as a siren, .The Missing Person. comes at you as an intellectual, noirish production, its desaturated colors even more unattractive than black-and-white, all presumably for the purpose of announcing itself as unreconstructed noir.
Reviewed for Arizona Reporter by Harvey Karten
Grade: B-
Directed by: Noah Buschel
Written By: Noah Buschel
Cast: Michael Shannon, Frank Wood, Amy Ryan, Margaret Colin
Screened at: Review 1, NYC, 11/10/09
Opens: November 20, 2009
Going from a screening of .2012,. which cost $260 million into a showing of .The Missing Person. that seems to be made from pocket change leads to cognitive dissonance. Here again is an exception to the rule that you get what you pay for. This is not to say that .The Missing Person. has much to write home about, but we can allow that this picture is the preferable one to see if you have to choose between the two.
A cop picture without so much as a siren, .The Missing Person. comes at you as an intellectual, noirish production, its desaturated colors even more unattractive than black-and-white, all presumably for the purpose of announcing itself as unreconstructed noir.
- 11/24/2009
- Arizona Reporter
Michael Shannon’s one humble dude. You probably wouldn’t expect that after seeing some of his insane performances (Bug, Revolutionary Road). I spoke with Michael on the phone last week about his recent role, The Missing Person, and the man’s answers to all my questions were very honest, very cool, and very well-formed. Check the out the interview, as well as the film’s official synopsis, poster, and trailer after the jump!
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- 11/23/2009
- by Chase Whale
- GordonandtheWhale
If you know actor Michael Shannon by name, chances are it's because of his searing, Oscar-nominated performance as head-case John Givings in last year's Revolutionary Road. Yet the Kentucky-born Brooklynite has brought his towering presence and curious intensity to dozens of projects, most notably Bug, World Trade Center, Shotgun Stories, and Werner Herzog's upcoming My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done. (Click here for my podcast with Herzog for Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, in which Shannon has a small role.) The actor's latest, which premiered at Sundance this year, is the post-9/11 noir thriller The Missing Person: Writer/director Noah Buschel's third feature stars Michael Shannon as John Rosow, a private detective hired to tail a man, Harold Fullmer, on a train from Chicago to Los Angeles. Rosow gradually uncovers Harold’s identity as a missing person... [Plot spoiler redacted]. Persuaded by a large reward, Rosow...
- 11/22/2009
- GreenCine Daily
Nov 20, 2009
Recent Oscar nominee Michael Shannon (Revolutionary Road) has a face built for noir. With his sharp angles and sad eyes, he looks like he could have stepped out of a film in the 1940s and he practically has in the very unusual The Missing Person, a film that can't easily be contained in one genre. Is it a spoof of noir films? A mind trip like David Lynch might make? A straight-faced noir? All (or none) of the above? The Missing Person is a film that's very hard to put a ...Read more at MovieRetriever.com...
Recent Oscar nominee Michael Shannon (Revolutionary Road) has a face built for noir. With his sharp angles and sad eyes, he looks like he could have stepped out of a film in the 1940s and he practically has in the very unusual The Missing Person, a film that can't easily be contained in one genre. Is it a spoof of noir films? A mind trip like David Lynch might make? A straight-faced noir? All (or none) of the above? The Missing Person is a film that's very hard to put a ...Read more at MovieRetriever.com...
- 11/20/2009
- CinemaNerdz
Though his role in Revolutionary Road last year was tiny, just a few scenes, there was no one who walked away from that film last year who didn't remember the name Michael Shannon. The tall and intense Chicago-raised actor has been working in theater for decades, but his role in that film-- which nabbed him a Best Supporting Actor nomination-- was the moment that thousands of moviegoers finally were forced to sit up and pay attention. And despite his newfound acclaim, Shannon isn't abandoning his indie roots. This weekend he stars in the twisty neo-noir The Missing Person, playing an alcoholic private detective on the tail of a man who was thought to have died in the 9/11 attacks. Shannon's character, full of witty one-liners and sarcastic energy, is dealing with the aftermath of having experienced the attacks himself, even as he trades barbs with the likes of Amy Ryan and...
- 11/20/2009
- cinemablend.com
Twilight mania takes theatres by storm once again this weekend as the second installment of the vampire love story has finally arrived. If you decide to fight your way through crowds of teenage girls, you could also check out the animated flick Planet 51 or sappy sports drama The Blind Side starring Sandra Bullock. In select theatres we have Werner Herzog's wacky cop flick Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Pedro Almodóvar's Broken Embraces and John Woo's epic Red Cliff, plus Swedish drama Mammoth starring Michelle Williams, from the director of Fucking Amal. Will you be taking part in the Twilight madness? If not, do you plan to see anything else this weekend? Twilight: New Moon [1] Planet 51 [2] The Blind Side [3] Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans [4] (limited) Broken Embraces [5] (limited) Red Cliff [6] (limited) Fix [7] (limited) Kurbaan [8] (limited) Mammoth [9] (limited) The Missing Person [10] (limited) [1] http://www.
- 11/20/2009
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
There’s a mass of incongruities—some clever, others shockingly ill-conceived—in Noah Buschel’s The Missing Person, a neo-noir that attempts to update the genre while providing a self-conscious throwback to its tarted-up dialogue and grimy ambiance. Bridging the gap between eras is Michael Shannon, a strange, exciting character actor whose very presence tends to put a movie on edge; whenever he popped up as a mentally unstable truth-teller in Revolutionary Road, the film’s brittle marital drama suddenly dipped into chaos. Shannon is the perfect actor to play Buschel’s hard-drinking gumshoe. He can swill gin and mumble ...
- 11/19/2009
- avclub.com
It is not a stretch to say that every movie could use the exceptional and eccentric presence of Michael Shannon, a reliably hypnotic actor (Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, Bug, Shotgun Stories) who's probably best known for his Oscar-nominated performance in last year's Revolutionary Road. Happily, Noah Buschel's smart little neo-noir The Missing Person, which premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, is anchored by the lurching, physically imposing presence of Shannon as alcoholic detective John Rosow. A man out of time in a natty suit, Chicago vowels yowling all over the place, Rosow is sent to a yellowed-out California (evoking Elliott Gould in The Long Goodbye) in search of a missing person, a man who disappeared after the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center. While Buschel's film has an air of neo-noir cool that fits comfortably alongside Rian Johnson's Brick and HBO's Bored to Death, it's an...
- 11/18/2009
- TribecaFilm.com
Noah Buschel’s neo-noir “The Missing Person” hits theaters November 20, courtesy of Strand Releasing. The film stars Michael Shannon as a detective hired to track down a missing man. indieWIRE contacted Buschel via email to discuss the film and his career. What initially attracted you to filmmaking, and how has that interest evolved during your career? I was six years old and had the chicken pox. Me and my cat, Crazy, …...
- 11/17/2009
- indieWIRE - People
Noah Buschel’s neo-noir “The Missing Person” hits theaters November 20, courtesy of Strand Releasing. The film stars Michael Shannon as a detective hired to track down a missing man. indieWIRE contacted Buschel via email to discuss the film and his career. What initially attracted you to filmmaking, and how has that interest evolved during your career? I was six years old and had the chicken pox. Me and my cat, Crazy, …...
- 11/17/2009
- Indiewire
Noah Buschel, Writer-director of "The Missing Person" Talks with MakingOf.com About Independent Film
Noah Buschel's work includes the award winning film “Neal Cassady” staring Tate Donovan and Amy Ryan and "Bringing Rain,” which stars a pre-“Entourage” Adrian Grenier. Buschel talks with MakingOf about his experience putting together a film crew by maintaining a network of hard workers who love film. He also talks about the challenges of film festivals and his experiences at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. On the subject of his new film “The Missing Person,” Buschel opens up about creating a film noir story that was both a reflection of how he coped with the tragedy of 9/11 and a throwback to his life growing up in New York.
Click here to here more rom Noah Buschel and learn more about his film noir “The Missing Person”...
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- 11/16/2009
- Makingof.com
Holiday festivities are about to kick into full gear, but you wouldn't know it looking at this angst-ridden release slate, since the closest we come to Christmas is Nicolas Cage's "Bad Lieutenant" doing a lot of "snow." Instead, planets are discovered, new moons rise and suns set.
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"Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans"
Ever since Nicolas Cage was shown clinging to his "lucky crackpipe," cinephiles have been jonesing for Werner Herzog's re-imagining of Abel Ferrara's arthouse cop thriller. After months of backbiting between Ferrara, who suggested that the film's producers "burn in hell," and Herzog's admission that he had never seen the original film, audiences will finally see Cage in the shoes of Terence McDonagh, the hopped-up, hopelessly bent detective who shakes down suspects and random pedestrians on the trail...
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"Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans"
Ever since Nicolas Cage was shown clinging to his "lucky crackpipe," cinephiles have been jonesing for Werner Herzog's re-imagining of Abel Ferrara's arthouse cop thriller. After months of backbiting between Ferrara, who suggested that the film's producers "burn in hell," and Herzog's admission that he had never seen the original film, audiences will finally see Cage in the shoes of Terence McDonagh, the hopped-up, hopelessly bent detective who shakes down suspects and random pedestrians on the trail...
- 11/16/2009
- by Neil Pedley
- ifc.com
Check out the trailer as well as the poster and, if you haven't already, the images from Strand Releasing's acclaimed drama "The Missing Person." The film opens on and stars Michael Shannon, Amy Ryan, Frank Wood, Linda Emond, Paul Sparks and Margaret Colin. Writer/Director Noah Buschel’s third feature, "The Missing Person," stars Michael Shannon as John Rosow, a private detective hired to tail a man, Harold Fullmer, on a train from Chicago to Los Angeles. Rosow gradually uncovers Harold’s identity as a missing person; one of the thousands presumed dead after the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the WorldTradeCenter. Persuaded by a large reward, Rosow is charged with bringing Harold back to his wife in New York City against his will. Ultimately Rosow...
- 11/10/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
I hesitate to refer to these movies as leftovers because they're actually some of the highlights of the festival for me, but through my own fault, they just fell on the wayside as I was covering the Mill Valley Film Festival. So now I'm posting my late reviews of Larry Blamire's B-movie spoof Dark and Stormy Night, Noah Buschel's noir deconstruction The Missing Person, and Stephanie Argy and Alec Boehm's period heist flick The Red Machine.
Coincidentally, all three films happen to sport a very retro feel and make use of outdated lingo effectively.
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Dark and Stormy Night
Larry Blamire continues with this film his spoofing of classic B-movies following the semi-popular Lost Skeleton of Cadavra (and its lesser known sequel), culled from the tradition of the Dark House pictures. The plot is of the familiar Agatha Christie variety: suspicious characters trapped in a closed-off space, dying...
Coincidentally, all three films happen to sport a very retro feel and make use of outdated lingo effectively.
• • •
Dark and Stormy Night
Larry Blamire continues with this film his spoofing of classic B-movies following the semi-popular Lost Skeleton of Cadavra (and its lesser known sequel), culled from the tradition of the Dark House pictures. The plot is of the familiar Agatha Christie variety: suspicious characters trapped in a closed-off space, dying...
- 10/27/2009
- by Arya Ponto
- JustPressPlay.net
On Monday, October 19, the Independent Filmmaker Project has announced the nominees for the 19th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards, unraveling the dominance of "The Hurt Locker" and "Big Fan". Both feature films received the most nominations with three gongs each, and will battle it out in two categories, Best Feature and Breakthrough Actor.
In the Best Feature category, the two are up against Cherien Dabis' "Amreeka", Sebastian Silva's "The Maid" and the Coen brothers' "A Serious Man". As for the actor title, "Hurt Locker" enlisted Jeremy Renner and "Big Fan" put Patton Oswalt in competition with Ben Foster, Catalina Saavedra and Soulemane Sy Savane.
The third nod "Hurt Locker" collected is for Best Ensemble Performance, placing it to compete against "Adventureland" and "Cold Souls" among other movies. Meanwhile, "Big Fan" lands its third nomination for its director Robert Siegel. In the particular category, Siegel is listed against Cruz Angeles,...
In the Best Feature category, the two are up against Cherien Dabis' "Amreeka", Sebastian Silva's "The Maid" and the Coen brothers' "A Serious Man". As for the actor title, "Hurt Locker" enlisted Jeremy Renner and "Big Fan" put Patton Oswalt in competition with Ben Foster, Catalina Saavedra and Soulemane Sy Savane.
The third nod "Hurt Locker" collected is for Best Ensemble Performance, placing it to compete against "Adventureland" and "Cold Souls" among other movies. Meanwhile, "Big Fan" lands its third nomination for its director Robert Siegel. In the particular category, Siegel is listed against Cruz Angeles,...
- 10/20/2009
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
"The Hurt Locker's" march to the Oscars has begun! The film, directed by Kathryn Bigelow, is nominated for best feature, breakthrough actor, and best ensemble performance at the 19th annual Gotham Independent Film Awards.
Robert Siegel's "Big Fan" also topped the Gotham nominations with best features, breakthrough actor, and breakthrough director noms.
"The Hurt Locker" is one of my favorite films this year (Click Watch My Top 10 Best Movies of Summer 2009!) so I'm rooting for this brilliant flick!
Bigelow, Natalie Portman, and Stanley Tucci, and producers Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner will each be presented with a career tribute.
The ceremony will be held Nov. 30 at Cipriani Wall Street.
And the nominees for the 19th annual Gotham Independent Film Awards are:
Best Feature
"Amreeka"
Cherien Dabis, director; Christina Piovesan, Paul Barkin, producers (National Geographic Entertainment)
"Big Fan"
Robert Siegel, director; Jean Kouremetis, Elan Bogarin, producers (First Independent Pictures)
"The Hurt Locker"
Kathryn Bigelow,...
Robert Siegel's "Big Fan" also topped the Gotham nominations with best features, breakthrough actor, and breakthrough director noms.
"The Hurt Locker" is one of my favorite films this year (Click Watch My Top 10 Best Movies of Summer 2009!) so I'm rooting for this brilliant flick!
Bigelow, Natalie Portman, and Stanley Tucci, and producers Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner will each be presented with a career tribute.
The ceremony will be held Nov. 30 at Cipriani Wall Street.
And the nominees for the 19th annual Gotham Independent Film Awards are:
Best Feature
"Amreeka"
Cherien Dabis, director; Christina Piovesan, Paul Barkin, producers (National Geographic Entertainment)
"Big Fan"
Robert Siegel, director; Jean Kouremetis, Elan Bogarin, producers (First Independent Pictures)
"The Hurt Locker"
Kathryn Bigelow,...
- 10/20/2009
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Kathryn Bigelow's hard-hitting war drama The Hurt Locker has emerged as an early Oscars favourite after picking up a string of nominations for the upcoming Gotham Independent Film Awards, one of the season's first big prizegivings.
The movie will be up against Amreeka, Big Fan, The Maid and A Serious Man in the Best Feature category, while star Jeremy Renner will fight for the Breakthrough Actor prize and he and his castmates are up for Best Ensemble Performance.
Meanwhile, director Bigelow will be among the filmmakers and stars honoured with tributes at the 19th annual Gotham Independent Film Awards, held in New York on 30 November. Natalie Portman, Stanley Tucci and producers Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner will also be presented with career tributes.
Meanwhile, Chis Rock's Good Hair will compete with Food, Inc., My Neighbor My Killer, Paradise and Tyson for the Best Documentary prize and Cruz Angeles (Don’t Let Me Down), Frazer Bradshaw (Everything Strange and New), Noah Buschel (The Missing Person), Derick Martini (Lymelife) and Robert Siegel (Big Fan) will fight for the Breakthrough Director award.
Up against Renner in the Breakthrough Actor category are Ben Foster (The Messenger), comedian Patton Oswalt (Big Fan), Catalina Saavedra (The Maid) and Soulemane Sy Savane (Goodbye Solo).
Adventureland, Cold Souls, A Serious Man and Sugar will compete with The Hurt Locker for the Best Ensemble Performance honour.
The movie will be up against Amreeka, Big Fan, The Maid and A Serious Man in the Best Feature category, while star Jeremy Renner will fight for the Breakthrough Actor prize and he and his castmates are up for Best Ensemble Performance.
Meanwhile, director Bigelow will be among the filmmakers and stars honoured with tributes at the 19th annual Gotham Independent Film Awards, held in New York on 30 November. Natalie Portman, Stanley Tucci and producers Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner will also be presented with career tributes.
Meanwhile, Chis Rock's Good Hair will compete with Food, Inc., My Neighbor My Killer, Paradise and Tyson for the Best Documentary prize and Cruz Angeles (Don’t Let Me Down), Frazer Bradshaw (Everything Strange and New), Noah Buschel (The Missing Person), Derick Martini (Lymelife) and Robert Siegel (Big Fan) will fight for the Breakthrough Director award.
Up against Renner in the Breakthrough Actor category are Ben Foster (The Messenger), comedian Patton Oswalt (Big Fan), Catalina Saavedra (The Maid) and Soulemane Sy Savane (Goodbye Solo).
Adventureland, Cold Souls, A Serious Man and Sugar will compete with The Hurt Locker for the Best Ensemble Performance honour.
- 10/19/2009
- WENN
The Gotham Awards are going particularly indie for their 2009 edition, nominating three festival favorites with limited distribution exposure for their best feature prize.
Cherien Dabis' immigrant tale "Amreeka,", Robert Siegel's rabid-fan pic ""Big Fan"" and Sebastian Silva's working-class drama "The Maid" all drew noms in the Gothams' top category, joining awards season frontrunners "The Hurt Locker" and "A Serious Man."
Kathryn Bigelow's "Locker" and "Fan" received the most noms overall, drawing three (both earned best feature and best actor noms, while Siegel landed a spot for breakthrough director and "Locker" scored a nom for best ensemble performance).
Best doc noms went to Robert Kenner's expose "Food, Inc.," Jeff Stilson's tonsorial exploration "Good Hair," Anne Aghion Rwandan-war pic "My Neighbor, My Killer," Michael Almereyda's experimentally minded "Paradise" and James Toback's boxing profile "Tyson."
Not appearing on the list in any category were Lee Daniels...
Cherien Dabis' immigrant tale "Amreeka,", Robert Siegel's rabid-fan pic ""Big Fan"" and Sebastian Silva's working-class drama "The Maid" all drew noms in the Gothams' top category, joining awards season frontrunners "The Hurt Locker" and "A Serious Man."
Kathryn Bigelow's "Locker" and "Fan" received the most noms overall, drawing three (both earned best feature and best actor noms, while Siegel landed a spot for breakthrough director and "Locker" scored a nom for best ensemble performance).
Best doc noms went to Robert Kenner's expose "Food, Inc.," Jeff Stilson's tonsorial exploration "Good Hair," Anne Aghion Rwandan-war pic "My Neighbor, My Killer," Michael Almereyda's experimentally minded "Paradise" and James Toback's boxing profile "Tyson."
Not appearing on the list in any category were Lee Daniels...
- 10/19/2009
- by By Steven Zeitchik
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
We have our first batch of conversation starter nominees as nominees were announced this morning for the 19th Annual Gotham Independent Film Award, with Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker and Robert Siegel's Big Fan each earning three nominations with The Hurt Locker also set to receive Gotham's tribute award. In addition to the competitive awards, director Kathryn Bigelow, actors Natalie Portman and Stanley Tucci, and producers Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner, will each be presented with a career tribute.
While I wouldn't expect Big Fan to do much outside the indie realm, this is a great start for The Hurt Locker as the film, the ensemble and Jeremy Renner were both singled out. Could Renner still land a Best Actor nomination?
Check out the complete list directly below and to the right is a montage of the nominated Best Feature films supplied by the Independent Filmmaker Project (Ifp...
While I wouldn't expect Big Fan to do much outside the indie realm, this is a great start for The Hurt Locker as the film, the ensemble and Jeremy Renner were both singled out. Could Renner still land a Best Actor nomination?
Check out the complete list directly below and to the right is a montage of the nominated Best Feature films supplied by the Independent Filmmaker Project (Ifp...
- 10/19/2009
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
My high school reunion wound up being not at all traumatic, so I'm not certainly not going to let the week's movies get me down.
This week marks the long-awaited premiere of Spike Jonze's Where the Wild Things Are, adapted (by Jonze and novelist Dave Eggers) from the beloved children's book by gay author and illustrator Maurice Sendak. I can imagine audiences being widely divided over this movie — after all, even the book has had its detractors over the years — and I can say that I definitely liked it without ever really loving it.
Max Records stars as Max, the wolf-suited boy who misbehaves and runs off to an island inhabited by monsters who make him their king. The movie offers delightful visuals, a sweetly plaintive score by Karen O (of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs) and Carter Burwell, and terrific performances by Records and Catherine Keener, along with the voices of James Gandolfini,...
This week marks the long-awaited premiere of Spike Jonze's Where the Wild Things Are, adapted (by Jonze and novelist Dave Eggers) from the beloved children's book by gay author and illustrator Maurice Sendak. I can imagine audiences being widely divided over this movie — after all, even the book has had its detractors over the years — and I can say that I definitely liked it without ever really loving it.
Max Records stars as Max, the wolf-suited boy who misbehaves and runs off to an island inhabited by monsters who make him their king. The movie offers delightful visuals, a sweetly plaintive score by Karen O (of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs) and Carter Burwell, and terrific performances by Records and Catherine Keener, along with the voices of James Gandolfini,...
- 10/16/2009
- by ADuralde
- The Backlot
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Cinematical has just received this exclusive poster for The Missing Person, a noir mystery from writer/director Noah Buschel that premiered at Sundance earlier this year. Michael Shannon (Oscar nominee for Revolutionary Road) stars as a detective hired to tail a man, only to find out that he's a missing person presumed dead after 9/11. The detective must then decide whether he should bring the man back to his old life against his will.
James Rocchi reviewed The Missing Person in Utah and had glowing words for the film: "It showcases a lurching, hunched, quietly lived-in performance by Shannon but offers more than just that performance. It has the knowing, humane touches of Paul Auster's brilliant urban fiction but still manages to rope in familiar crime genre characters like the rich widow, the collaborating cabbie, the wanted man, the ethical crimelord, the unethical businessman,...
Cinematical has just received this exclusive poster for The Missing Person, a noir mystery from writer/director Noah Buschel that premiered at Sundance earlier this year. Michael Shannon (Oscar nominee for Revolutionary Road) stars as a detective hired to tail a man, only to find out that he's a missing person presumed dead after 9/11. The detective must then decide whether he should bring the man back to his old life against his will.
James Rocchi reviewed The Missing Person in Utah and had glowing words for the film: "It showcases a lurching, hunched, quietly lived-in performance by Shannon but offers more than just that performance. It has the knowing, humane touches of Paul Auster's brilliant urban fiction but still manages to rope in familiar crime genre characters like the rich widow, the collaborating cabbie, the wanted man, the ethical crimelord, the unethical businessman,...
- 10/6/2009
- by Monika Bartyzel
- Cinematical
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