Tag: Room
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How Alan Arkin Sheltered Abigail Breslin From Little Miss Sunshine’s Adult Language
It’s sometimes hard to comprehend whether child actors in R-rated films can be shielded from the adult themes in the films that surround them. At 12 years old, Chloë Grace Moretz was instructed in “Kick-Ass” to repeat nearly every curse word that exists, and a few years later, Jacob Tremblay appeared in one of horror’s…
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‘Shake it and see what happens’: the confounding world of James Thierrée
The circus star turns singer in his new show, Room, which is designed to embrace chaos. He talks about the mystery of theatre and his movie missionsIn James Thierrée’s beguiling stage shows, the furniture has a life of its own: brasserie chairs duet with their sitters and velvet sofas gobble people up. So it is…
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Brie Larson The Latest High-Profile Addition To ‘Fast & Furious 10’ Cast
“Fast & Furious 10,” aka “Fast 10” is putting together quite the impressive cast. Jason Momoa (“Aquaman“) and Daniela Melchior (“The Suicide Squad“) already nabbed roles in the tenth installment, and now another name from the world of comic book films has been recruited to get behind the wheel.Oscar-winning actress Brie Larson (“Room“) is the…
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Berlinale-Bound ‘The Quiet Girl’ Debuts Clip, Rosa Bosch Launches Sales at EFM (Exclusive)
Irish writer/director Colm Bairéad’s narrative feature debut “The Quiet Girl,” which world premieres at the Berlin Film Festival in the Generation Kplus section, has debuted a clip from the film with Variety. Rosa Bosch Films is handling world sales.The film is a complex and delicate coming-of-age drama that explores questions of family, neglect and grief…
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We’ve got the hots for pots: David Morrissey and Bridgerton’s Phoebe Dynevor on The Colour Room
The actors talk about their new film chronicling the life of fiery, passionate ceramicist Clarice Cliff, the groundbreaking art deco genius who brought a shot of colour into a drab worldPhoebe Dynevor and David Morrissey arrive in a London hotel room, both suited. Extremely suited, in fact: he’s in a three-piece, he looks like a…
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Florence Pugh to Star in Adaptation of Psychological Thriller ‘The Wonder’
Florence Pugh is set to star in “The Wonder,” a big-screen adaptation of the suspenseful novel by Emma Donoghue.Set in the late 1850s, the story follows an English nurse who goes to a tiny village in Ireland to observe what some view as a medical anomaly and others consider a miracle: a young girl who…
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Be Good or Be Gone review – sharp Dublin crime thriller with deadpan charm
Criminal cousins try to rebuild their lives in Cathal Nally’s likably quirky, low-budget debut featureThis ultra-low-budget feature about working-class cousins on temporary release from Dublin’s Mountjoy prison feels a bit like the sort of sketchy, acoustic-sharp Irish black comedy that Lenny Abrahamson or Martin McDonagh (from the In Bruges period) made in their early years,…
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Indie Sales Vet Christine D’Souza Gelb Launches Production, Management Shop With David Hinojosa and Kevin Rowe
Christine D’Souza Gelb, the veteran independent film financing and sales executive, has launched a new production and management venture with Killer Films executive David Hinojosa and Kevin Rowe as founding partners.Named 2Am, the venue brings together a trio of considerable indie film players and boasts backing from one of the space’s most premium brands: A24.The…
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Ava DuVernay, ‘Succession’ Producer Jane Tranter Join BFI London Film Festival Industry Program
Award-winning filmmaker Ava DuVernay and “Succession” executive producer Jane Tranter are among a range of figures participating at this year’s British Film Institute (BFI) London Film Festival’s industry program.The program, which is virtual this year, is headlined by two ‘Spotlight’ conversations. DuVernay will be in conversation with the crew from her non-profit media and social…
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‘Normal People’ Trailer: The Director of ‘Room’ Heads to Hulu with a Forbidden Romance
Since directing Brie Larson to an Oscar win in 2015’s Room, Irish writer/director Lenny Abrahamson has been fairly quiet, directing only a couple episodes of a TV series called Chance and a single feature, the 2018 horror mystery The Little Stranger, which starred Domhnall Gleeson. Now Abrahamson has returned to his home country as one…