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Sundance Reveals 2010 Non-Competition Slate
4 December 2009 5:24 PM, PST | newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news »
On Wednesday the Sundance Film Festival unveiled the films competing in late January 2010. Yesterday they announced the rest of the line-up of independent films vying for attention for industry types and the curious public.
The entire list of 53 films is below, but here are a few that stood out to me from the premieres alone:
Mumblecore directors the Duplass Brothers, have a new, untitled movie starring an unusually high-profile cast compared to their usual improvisational crew. John C. Reilly, Marisa Tomei, Jonah Hill, and Catherine Keener. Reilly and Keener are actually in two films at the 2010 festival.
The Company Men, starring Ben Affleck, Kevin Costner, Maria Bello, Tommy Lee Jones, Chris Cooper, Rosemarie DeWitt about corporate downsizing.
Rodrigo Cortes’ Buried, starring Ryan Reynolds as a man buried alive in a coffin. I’ve read the script and its great. More on that as soon as I can.
The Runaways, the »
- Jeff Leins
Sundance 2010 Non-Competition Line-Up Looks Strong
3 December 2009 3:30 PM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Yesterday we got the list for the films playing in competition at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival and today we get the rest of the films that will be featured and there are quite a few that make 2010 look much stronger based on pedigree alone than I have seen in quite some time. Variety has a big write-up detailing the categories and more on the festival right here, but I am just going to offer up the titles and let you sort it all out.
The titles already in the RopeofSilicon database are linked.
Premieres
All films are from the United States unless otherwise noted Abel (Mexico-u.S.), the directorial debut of actor Diego Luna, written by Luna and Agusto Mendoza, about a peculiar young boy who, as he blurs reality and fantasy, takes over the responsibilities of a family man in his father's absence. With Jose Maria Yazpik, Karina Gidi, »
- Brad Brevet
Nowhere Boy, The Runaways and The Company Men All to Premiere At 2010 Sundance Film Festival Out-Of-Competition
3 December 2009 2:58 PM, PST | FusedFilm | See recent FusedFilm news »
Sundance Institute announced today the lineup of films selected to screen in the out-of-competition section of Premieres. Some very anticipated films that we have been tracking are included. Films like The Runaways, starring Kristen Bell and Dakota Fanning as the 70s girl rock group headliners, Joan Jett and Cherie Currie. We have also been following The Company Men and Nowhere Boy, so we are excited to see these films at Sundance 2010.
To showcase the diversity to contemporary independent cinema, the Sundance Film Festival Premieres section offers the latest work from American and international directors as well as world premieres of highly anticipated films. The Premiere section is being presented by Entertainment Weekly.
Abel / Mexico, USA (Director: Diego Luna; Screenwriters:Diego Luna and Agusto Mendoza)-A peculiar young boy, blurring reality and fantasy, assumes the responsibilities of a family man in his father’s absence. Cast: Jose Maria Yazpik, Karina Gidi, »
- Kevin Coll
2010 Sundance Film Festival Out-of-Competition Films: Premieres
3 December 2009 2:34 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Yesterday we gave you a list of all the films playing in-competition at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. We now have the list of the films playing out-of-competition and they’re divided up into four categories: Premieres, Next, Spotlight, and Park City at Midnight. Since combining these lists would be a lot to read for just one article, we’ve broken it up to give each category its own article.
Know that while there are a lot of films playing in-competition, most of the films to get buzz will be coming from the out-of-competition categories. First up are the premiers which include John Wells’ The Company Men starring Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones and Kevin Costner; Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini’s The Extra Man starring Katie Holmes, John C. Reilly, and Paul Dano; Get Low starring Robert Duvall and Bill Murray; Michael Winterbottom’s The Killer Inside Me starring Casey Affleck, »
- Matt Goldberg
Full Sundance line-up announced...and it's a doozy!
3 December 2009 2:08 PM, PST | QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news »
In addition to the competition titles which were announced yesterday, Sundance has announced the remainder of their line-up and it includes some titles we’re already familiar with along with a huge number of premieres.
Also on the docket are two new series: Next which showcases low/no budget films and Spotlight which highlights films which festival programmers deem worthy of extra love including Enter the Void (review) and Lourdes (the trailer for which I really liked).
I’m particularly excited to see some of the titles in the New Frontier program but overall, the line-up is an impressive one but the Kristen Stewart fan in me is excited to see her turn as Joan Jett in The Runaways and I think it’s fair to say we’re all dying to see Vincenzo Natali’s hotly anticipated Splice (trailer).
In the Midnight section, Adam Green's Frozen is sounding mighty find, »
Sundance 2010 Film Lineup *Updated*
3 December 2009 1:00 PM, PST | LatinoReview | See recent LatinoReview news »
Sundance released their slate for 2010. It includes:43 documentaries on the Middle East12 films about friends who 'discover' something33 movies about people you've never heard about1 comedyHopefully the lineup this year is strong but it doesn't look that way compared to last year. Last year we had Push (Precious), that Lil Wayne documentary that never went anywhere, Mystery Team which might make my top ten, Moon, Mike Tyson documentary, Cold Souls. Just so much last January that was excellent. I hope I don't go out therer and freeze my tail off just to see...I don't know, a documentary about a former Pakistani prime minister or something silly like that.Here's the lineup so far: Premieres To showcase the diversity to contemporary independent cinema, the Sundance Film Festival Premieres section offers the latest work from American and international directors as well as world premieres of highly anticipated films. Presented by Entertainment Weekly. »
Arnold's Fish Tank and Jones' Moon Lead 2009 Bifa nominations
30 November 2009 1:32 AM, PST | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »
No surprises here with the noms for the 12th British Independent Film Awards as the overwhelming favorite Fish Tank grabbed a total of eight nominations, while a sci-fi film that looks big budget but was closer to shoestring in Duncan Jones' Moon placed second best in the noms tally with a total of seven. - No surprises here with the noms for the 12th British Independent Film Awards as the overwhelming favorite Fish Tank grabbed a total of eight nominations, while a sci-fi film that looks big budget but was closer to shoestring in Duncan Jones' Moon placed second best in the noms tally with a total of seven. The major "snub" is that the committee of 70 were high on Lone Scherfig’s An Education, Armando Iannucci’s In The Loop and Sam Taylor Wood’s Nowhere Boy (they all received 6 nominations) but failed »
- Ioncinema.com Staff
Corneau Casts 'Perfect Women' in Sagnier and Scott Thomas
30 November 2009 1:32 AM, PST | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »
French filmmaker Alain Corneau (Le Deuxième souffle) will peer into the nastier aspects of being a career woman. Corneau began filming Une Femme Parfaite (eng. translation: A Perfect Woman) this week with Kristin Scott Thomas and Ludivine Sagnier trading blows in the offices of a powerful multinational co. Humiliation and revenge unfold. - French filmmaker Alain Corneau (Le Deuxième souffle) will peer into the nastier aspects of being a career woman. Corneau began filming Une Femme Parfaite (eng. translation: A Perfect Woman) this week with Kristin Scott Thomas and Ludivine Sagnier trading blows in the offices of a powerful multinational co. Humiliation and revenge unfold. Co-written by Corneau and Natalie Carter (wrote Jean-Paul Salomé's The Chameleon), the film centres on two women who work for the French subsidiary of a large Us multinational. Isabelle (Sagnier) works under Christine (Scott Thomas) and while they appear similar and compatible, »
- Ioncinema.com Staff
There's something about Sam | Sam Taylor-Wood
27 November 2009 4:10 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
She was abandoned by her parents and has survived cancer twice. She was a star of Britart, but is now making feature films. She was happily married – now she is happily dating a man half her age. Sam Taylor-Wood opens up to Simon Hattenstone
When Sam Taylor-Wood first read the script of Nowhere Boy, it felt as if somebody had got hold of her guts and squeezed them tight. The story of John Lennon's childhood was uncomfortably close to home: Lennon's mother, Julia, had walked out on him when he was five, just as Taylor-Wood's had walked out on her. A strange coincidence, but hardly unique. She read on. And that's when things got weird. Lennon, who barely knew his father, discovered years later that his mother had not moved away as he had thought – she was living down the road. When Taylor-Wood was 15, six months after her mother left, »
The Name Game: Biblical Boys
27 November 2009 11:00 AM, PST | People - CelebrityBabies | See recent People - CelebrityBabies news »
For baby name purists the search for the perfect moniker often begins and ends with the Bible. Featuring countless names that have endured for thousands of years, it is the epitome of traditional — offering time-honored appeal to both celebrities and non-celebrities alike.
Nameberry.com co-founder Linda Rosenkrantz notes that biblical names claim the top five spots on the Most Popular list for boys. What’s more, she points out, “there’s been an Old Testament name at #1 for the past 55 years, when New Testament classics like John and James started to lose their lead.”
Following the lead of the general population, »
- Missy
Anne Billson | Why aren't there more roles like Séraphine for British women?
26 November 2009 1:45 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Frenchwomen in films are just like you and me, except they go a bit further in their failure to grasp reality and masochistic self-loathing, says Anne Billson
In Séraphine, Yolande Moreau gives one of those great female performances more often to be found in French films than in British or American ones. This is not an anorexic Barbie doll with a no-nudity clause in her contract, whose facial expressiveness has been Botoxed out of existence. This is the real deal, a stonking, physical tour de force which makes even De Niro or Keitel's greatest hits look mannered and actorly.
Martin Provost's film was inspired by the life of the "primitive modernist" painter Séraphine de Senlis, whose story carries echoes of the Susan Boyle phenomenon, though let us hope Boyle doesn't end up like Séraphine, who from the outset is clearly a few sandwiches short, but ends up misplacing her entire picnic. »
- Anne Billson
'Twilight' news that was eclipsed by 'New Moon' release
23 November 2009 12:53 PM, PST | Twilight Examiner | See recent Twilight Examiner news »
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse · Robert Pattinson · The Twilight Saga: New Moon · Nikki Reed · Kellan Lutz · Melissa Rosenberg · Twilight * The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Tim Burton ... The Twilight Saga: New Moon had a big weekend, in case you hadn't heard (see here for more on that). In the midst of the New Moon blitz, though, there were a few other Twilight saga-related stories (aside from the vacuous usuals) that you might've missed. For starters, Robert Pattinson now has his leading lady for his spring shoot Bel Ami - and it's not Nicole Kidman. Uma Thurman will tackle the role of "a woman who is extremely involved and connected in the goings-on of Parisian society [who] helps [George] Duroy [, Pattinson's character,] in his ascent, later becoming his wife," according to The Hollywood Reporter. Also according to THR, Kristin Scott Thomas has joined the cast as "a socialite who falls for Duroy, becoming clingy in the process. »
- thetwilightexaminer
Sarsgaard And Tucci Lined Up For Top Prizes
23 November 2009 4:11 AM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Peter Sarsgaard and Stanley Tucci are among the actors selected to receive the coveted Cinema Vanguard Award at the upcoming Santa Barbara International Film Festival (Sbiff) in California.
Garden State star Sarsgaard and Julie & Julia's Tucci, along with Vera Farmiga and Christoph Waltz, will take home their trophies at a special tribute on 12 February as part of the 11-day event.
The selection marks the first time four actors have been chosen for the honour, which recognises stars who take artistic risks and make a significant contribution to film.
Sbiff director Roger Durling says, "This group of supporting actors encompasses the best of the best; their roles have made us love them as well as hate them, sometimes all at the same time."
Kristin Scott Thomas and Ryan Gosling have previously scooped the prestigious award. »
Uma Thurman Cast Opposite Rob Pattinson
23 November 2009 3:24 AM, PST | Hollyscoop.com | See recent HollyScoop news »
Today, Uma Thurman has become the envy of every woman in the world. Why? She’s just been cast opposite Rob Pattinson in the film Bel Ami. Uma has a few years on Rob, but that’s exactly what the part calls for. Robert plays George Duroy, a young journalist who moves to Paris and proceeds to sleep with the city’s most influential women. Kristin Scott Thomas also has joined the cast as a socialite who falls for Duroy. Talk about some lucky cougars! The film is being directed by Declan Donnellan, who's making his film debut. Shooting... »
Uma Thurman Cast Opposite Rob Pattinson
23 November 2009 3:24 AM, PST | Hollyscoop.com | See recent HollyScoop news »
Today, Uma Thurman has become the envy of every woman in the world. Why? She’s just been cast opposite Rob Pattinson in the film Bel Ami. Uma has a few years on Rob, but that’s exactly what the part calls for. Robert plays George Duroy, a young journalist who moves to Paris and proceeds to sleep with the city’s most influential women. Kristin Scott Thomas also has joined the cast as a socialite who falls for Duroy. Talk about some lucky cougars! The film is being directed by Declan Donnellan, who's making his film debut. Shooting... »
Uma Thurman joins Pattinson in 'Bel Ami'
22 November 2009 3:01 PM, PST | screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news »
Uma Thurman will soon snuggle up to Robert Pattinson in Declan Donnellan's upcoming big-screen adaptation of Guy de Maupassant's "Bel Ami." Kristin Scott Thomas also officially jumped on board.
The film chronicles the life and controversial career of Georges Duroy (Pattinson), a journalist who became one of the most successful men in Paris by seducing the most influential and glamorous women.
The Hollywood Reporter says Thurman will play the wife of one of Duroy's friends. She's got her foot inside the Parisian society, and she later becomes Duroy's wife. Thomas is a socialite who falls for him as well. »
- Franck Tabouring
Weekend Movie News Wrap Up: November 22, 2009
22 November 2009 1:11 PM, PST | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
This week:
The box office Twi-Hards With A Vengeance as New Moon breaks records; Dustin Hoffman may not be in the next Fockers movie after all; Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan are just A Couple of Cops; Robert Pattinson will romance some older ladies (control yourselves) in Bel Ami and Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender say Eyre we go again to another Bronte adaptation.
Summit Entertainment and Stephanie Meyer must have been popping champagne corks all weekend with the truly outstanding grosses for their Twilight sequel New Moon.
After grossing a scorching $26.27 million from midnight screenings on Friday the film went on to take $72.7 million for a record opening day – beating The Dark Knight’s $67 million. To put things in context the first film in the Twilight saga scored $36 million on it’s first day and banked $69 million for the weekend.
The Robert Pattinson/Kirsten Stewart film should have a »
- Niall Browne
Uma Thurman to romance Pattinson on screen
21 November 2009 12:04 PM, PST | Filmicafe | See recent Filmicafe news »
Hollywood actress Uma Thurman is set to become the envy of teenage girls across the world as she will romance Hollywood heartthrob Robert Pattinson in a new movie.Thurman, 39, has been cast alongside the 'Twilight' star Pattinson, 23, in an adaptation of Guy de Maupassant's short story Bel Ami, about a young male journalist who sleeps his way into high society by seducing a string of glamorous and influential women, reports imdb.com.British actress Kristin Scott Thomas will also play one of Pattinson's conquests in the film, which is scheduled to begin filming in Paris next year. »
Uma Thurman to romance Pattinson on screen
21 November 2009 8:50 AM, PST | RealBollywood.com | See recent RealBollywood news »
London, Nov 21 (Ians) Hollywood actress Uma Thurman is set to become the envy of teenage girls across the world as she will romance Hollywood heartthrob Robert Pattinson in a new movie.
Thurman, 39, has been cast alongside the ‘Twilight’ star Pattinson, 23, in an adaptation of Guy de Maupassant’s short story Bel Ami, about a young male journalist who sleeps his way into high society by seducing a string of glamorous and influential women, reports imdb.com.
British actress Kristin Scott Thomas will also play one of Pattinson’s conquests in the film, which is scheduled to begin filming in Paris next year. »
- realbollywood
Uma Thurman Joins Pattinson in ‘Bel Ami’
20 November 2009 8:02 PM, PST | newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news »
For some reason, producers felt this weekend was the prime time to release any and all Robert Pattinson related news during the frenzy of headlines surrounding The Twilight Saga: New Moon. That’s the best time for this announcement to get noticed. When fans are busy with something else…
Uma Thurman is joining Pattinson in Bel Ami, an adaptation and expansion of the short story by Guy de Maupassant. London theater director Declan Donnellan is making his feature film debut. Kristin Scott Thomas is also a member of the cast, according to THR.
Nicole Kidman was falsely reported as the lead, but she quickly denied any involvement in the film. It’s possible she’s booked solid with Botox appointments.
The story focuses on a young, impoverished reporter named George Duroy who essentially slept his way to the top by “bedding” the most influential women in Paris. Thurman plays the wife of Duroy’s friend, »
- Jeff Leins
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