Tag: Adèle Exarchopoulos
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Ira Sachs, Franz Rogowski Unpack Parisian Love Triangle ‘Passages’ at Variety, Bsbp, Mubi London Screening Event
Director Ira Sachs and lead Franz Rogowski discussed their film “Passages” at an exclusive screening in London on Friday.The screening was the first of a series of exclusive Q&a events curated by Variety in partnership with brand and culture consultancy Bsbp targeted at BAFTA and AMPAS voters as well as key players in the showbiz…
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Ira Sachs’ Parisian Love Triangle Drama ‘Passages’ Launches Variety’s Partnership With Bsbp on Screening Series in London
Variety has partnered with brand and culture consultancy Bsbp to curate a series of exclusive Q&a screenings in London of some of the industry’s most anticipated films. The screenings, which are targeted at BAFTA and AMPAS voters as well as key players in the showbiz community in the U.K., will take place at London’s The…
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Isabelle Adjani on the ‘Great Violence’ of ‘Possession’: ‘It’s Something I Could Never Accept Again’
Isabelle Adjani considers herself a “survivor” after controversial thriller “Possession.”The film, which places among IndieWire’s list of top ’80s films, was directed by Andrzej Żuławski and stars Adjani as a woman who decides into madness after running away from her marriage, causing her husband (Sam Neill) to discover the sinister nature of her infidelities. Adjani…
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Magnet acquires Cannes selection ‘The Animal Kingdom’
Distributor plans 2024 release.Magnet Releasing, Magnolia Pictures’ genre arm, has acquired US rights from Studiocanal to Cannes Un Certain Regard selection The Animal Kingdom.‘The Animal Kingdom’: Cannes ReviewThomas Cailley, who was last in Cannes in 2014 with Directors’ Fortnight entry Love At First Fight, directed the story of genetic mutations that are causing humans to…
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Magnolia Pictures’ Genre Label Magnet Releasing Buys U.S. Rights to Thomas Cailley’s Cannes Movie ‘The Animal Kingdom’ (Exclusive)
Magnet Releasing, the genre arm of Magnolia Pictures, has bought U.S. rights to “The Animal Kingdom,” Thomas Cailley’s creature-filled dystopian thriller which world premiered as the opening night selection of Cannes Un Certain Regard.Produced by Pierre Guyard at Nord-Ouest Films, “The Animal Kingdom” was financed and co-produced by Studiocanal, which handles French distribution and international…
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Ira Sachs Calls ‘Passages’ Nc-17 Rating ‘Censorship’: Mubi to Release the Provocative Drama Unrated
Sundance breakout film “Passages” has received a Nc-17 rating from the Motion Picture Association, which writer-director Ira Sachs has called a form of “cultural censorship” in an interview with the Los Angeles Times. Distributor Mubi has confirmed to IndieWire that it will release the film unrated in NY and LA theaters on August 4 as…
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‘Passages’ Trailer: Ira Sachs’ Sundance Breakout Captures Complicated Love
What happens when the line between art and love is blurred?Ira Sachs’ Sundance standout film “Passages” poses the age-old question about commitment and the cruelty of love triangles for the sake of art.The official synopsis reads: After completing his latest project, filmmaker Tomas (Franz Rogowski) impulsively begins a heated love affair with a young schoolteacher,…
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‘Passages’ Trailer: Ira Sachs New Love Triangle Stars Adèle Exarchopoulos, Franz Rogowski & Ben Whishaw
Our review from Sundance put it perfectly in its opening line. Filmmaker “Ira Sachs prefers relationships of the doomed variety.” Throughout the indie writer/director’s career, Sachs has— in films like “Love Is Strange,” “Little Men,” “Keep the Lights On” and especially in his debut, “The Delta”—explored the difficulties and traumas of love and how the…