Tag: Passages
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‘Cat Person’ – Everything We Know About the Emilia Jones Thriller
This past Sundance International Film Festival saw the premiere of several of the most acclaimed films of 2023 thus far including Past Lives, Passages, and Polite Society. Although one of the most talked about movies of the festival was one that had already sparked hours of online outrage, speculation, and sympathy years before the movie…
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The Nc-17 Rating Needs To Go
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) film rating system was introduced in the United States nearly 60 years ago, with very few alterations since its conception. From G to Nc-17, the MPAA’s rating can seriously impact the commercial viability of any film’s theatrical release in the country, typically favoring studio productions and dissing international…
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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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‘Ben has a great pelvis and it’s wonderful to show it’: Ira Sachs, Franz Rogowski and Ben Whishaw on their erotic new film
Rogowski and Whishaw star in Passages, Sachs’ film about a gay couple whose marriage is upturned when one has an affair with a woman. They talk power struggles, micro-gestures and a sex scene that proved too much for US censors‘These interviews are full of shit,” says Franz Rogowksi, eyeballing the webcam in his Berlin apartment,…
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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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Has the Nc-17 Rating Become an Unworkable Anachronism?
On July 19, the MPA ratings board handed an Nc-17 rating to “Passages,” Ira Sachs’s acclaimed drama about a very unusual love triangle. The film was set to be released just two weeks later; Sachs and his distributor, Mubi, were understandably upset. The scene that triggered the Nc-17 rating, as is often the case in…
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Where to Watch the Nc-17 Drama ‘Passages’
Though it hasn’t even come out yet, Passages is already set to be one of the most talked-about films of the year. The film takes place in Paris and follows a gay German filmmaker named Tomas as he embarks on a love affair with a woman named Agathe even though he is married to Martin.…
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‘Passages’: Mubi Still Plans To Release Ira Sachs’ Latest Film Theatrically Despite Nc-17 Rating
An Nc-17 rating for a film may as well be a scarlet letter branded on it before release, limiting its audiences and causing certain theaters not to carry it at all. But that branding won’t stop Mubi and Ira Sachs from debuting “Passages,” Sachs’ latest, in theaters next month. Deadline reports the director and distributor…
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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…