Tag: Motherland
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Sharon Horgan on Her ‘Bad Sisters’ Pitch, Irish Luck, and Why Viewership Matters
Welcome to It’s a Hit! In this series, IndieWire speaks to creators and showrunners behind a few of our favorite television programs about the moment they realized their show was breaking big.Sharon Horgan has seen success in her day. After cracking through in 2006 with the cult favorite and two-time BAFTA nominee “Pulling,” the England-born,…
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Again Once Again review – elegant meditation on the pains of motherhood
This engaging, philosophical film unpicks the challenges faced by a young mother trying to reconnect with the life she had before her son’s birthA woman leaves her boyfriend to visit her mum in Buenos Aires, taking their three-year-old son with her – not sure yet if it’s a holiday or a breakup. She hasn’t worked…
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Focus Features taps Sharon Horgan as the director of The New World
Congratulations are in order for HBO’s Divorce creator Sharon Horgan, who Focus Features recently announced will helm the upcoming film adaptation of Chris Adrian & Eli Horowitz’s novel The New World as her feature directorial debut. As the talented co-creator of Pulling and Motherland for BBC, Horgan has been sharpening her film skills for a…
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‘Faces Places’ Wins Indie Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature
“Faces Places” took home top honors at the 2018 Indie Spirit Awards, winning the trophy for Best Documentary Feature. Directed by legendary French filmmaker Agnès Varda and the modern artist Jr, “Faces Places” (“Visages Villages”) follows Varda and Jr as they travel around rural France, taking portraits of people they meet. The film has picked…