Tag: Howards End
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Sony Pictures Classics’ Michael Barker and Tom Bernard to receive Zurich honour
Co-founders to receive festival’s Game Changer Award.Zurich Film Festival is to honour Sony Pictures Classics co-presidents Michael Barker and Tom Bernard with its Game Changer Award.The Game Changer Award is presented during the festival to recognise outstanding achievements in the film industry. It comes as Sony Pictures Classics, which was founded by Barker and Bernard,…
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Sony Pictures Classics Chiefs Michael Barker and Tom Bernard to Receive Game Changer Award at Zurich Festival
Sony Pictures Classics co-founders Michael Barker and Tom Bernard will receive the Game Changer Award at the Zurich Film Festival (Zff), in recognition of their services to film culture.Along with Marcie Bloom, Barker and Bernard, who serve as co-presidents, founded Sony Pictures Classics as an autonomous division of Sony Pictures Entertainment. To date, films produced…
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James Ivory: ‘I keep being asked, was it difficult, your life? My life, if anything, was too easy’
At 93, the Merchant Ivory director – and oldest ever Oscar winner – reflects on enduring love, delighting in his sexuality and defying film-making expectationsJames Ivory’s movies revel in the elegance of the swan and simultaneously show how frantically its feet are paddling beneath the water. In the films for which he is best known…
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‘Call Me by Your Name’ Writer Details His Falling Out with Luca Guadagnino, Plus Shia Labeouf’s Audition
“Call Me By Your Name” screenwriter James Ivory has called out Luca Guadagnino in the past for removing full frontal nudity from the Oscar-winning gay romance, and now he’s going into more detail about his falling out with the Italian director. In Ivory’s new memoir, “Solid Ivory” (via GQ magazine), the writer claims he was…
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Maggie Smith, Kathy Bates and Laura Linney Join ‘The Miracle Club’
Maggie Smith (“Downton Abbey”), Kathy Bates (“Richard Jewell”) and Laura Linney (“Ozark”) will headline the cast of “The Miracle Club,” to be directed by Thaddeus O’Sullivan (“Silent Witness”).Based on an original screenplay by Jimmy Smallhorne (“2by4”), Timothy Prager (“Crossing Lines”) and Josh Maurer, the film will follow the journey of a group of riotous working-class…
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Hayley Atwell: ‘I won’t give my body dysmorphia a voice’
The actor on crying on stage, good legal advice and suffering from FomoBorn in London, Hayley Atwell, 36, went to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and, within months of graduating, was cast in Woody Allen’s film Cassandra’s Dream. Her roles include Agent Peggy Carter in the Avengers films, and Margaret in Howards End.…
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‘The Bostonians’ Exclusive Trailer: James Ivory’s Oscar-Nominated Classic Returns With A New 4K Restoration
James Ivory is one of the most acclaimed filmmakers working today. His filmography spans decades, and he’s probably best known for his Oscar-nominated work in films like “A Room with a View,” “Howards End,” and “The Remains of the Day.” And recently, as a writer, he won an Academy Award for his screenplay for “Call…
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How ‘Howards End’ and ‘Little Women’ Producer Colin Callender Stays Ahead of the Premium TV Curve
Theater-bred UK producer Colin Callender stays ahead of the competition by mining the rich intersection of theater, film, and television. Back in 1983, he produced the Emmy-winning nine-hour miniseries of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s “The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby,” the first original program for Channel 4. He moved stateside in 1986 to shepherd…
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‘Howards End’: Matthew Macfadyen on Kenneth Lonergan’s Secret Stage Directions and the Future of Henry and Margaret
[Editor’s Note: The following interview contains spoilers for the ending of “Howards End.”]It’s not in the finale of “Howards End,” but in many ways, the first kiss between Margaret Schlegel (Hayley Atwell) and Henry Wilcox (Matthew Macfadyen) has much of what makes the entire Starz series compelling. Forgoing the usual white-hot romance of literary adaptations,…
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‘Howards End’ Review: Kenneth Lonergan’s Starz Adaptation Is Way More Fun Than You’d Expect
For fans of costume dramas, “Howards End” is like a quick hit of “Downton Abbey” cut with the cinematic beauty of any Keira Knightley flick. For everyone else, it’s even better.The first thing you’ll notice about Kenneth Lonergan’s superb adaptation is its speed — which is an odd and exciting quality for a four-hour British…