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Highland Film Group announces the new western action film Place of Bones starring Heather Graham, Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone...

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Heather Graham (Half Magic, The Hangover) and Tom Hopper (Netflix’s “The Umbrella Academy,” Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard) star in the new western action film Place of Bones, it was announced today. The film also stars UFC welterweight and mixed martial artist Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone (The Equalizer 2, Netflix’s Spenser Confidential) and Corin Nemec (Showtime’s “Stargate SG-1,” Joe Baby, Run Hide ...

Back in Full Force: The European Film Market (EFM) Reports Positive Results for the First Post-Pandemic Edition

  The European Film Market (EFM) of the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival came to a successful close yesterday (February 22). After two online editions in 2021 and 2022 due to the pandemic, this year’s market, now once again on-site, reports record results with 230 stands and 612 companies from 78 countries and a total of over 11,500 market participants from 132 countries. These numbers are an impressive testament to the EFM’s position as one of the most ...

Octavia Spencer, Joseph Gordon-Levitt (INCEPTION) and Lucy Liu are attached to lead the feature film NOBODY NOTHING NOWHERE

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Nat McCormick, The Exchange Worldwide Sales and Distribution President, announced today that Academy Award winning actress Octavia Spencer (HIDDEN FIGURES, THE SHAPE OF WATER), Emmy Award winning actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt (INCEPTION) and Emmy Award Nominee Lucy Liu (SHAZAM: FURY OF THE GODS, RED ONE) are attached to lead the feature film NOBODY NOTHING NOWHERE. A 2018 Blacklist and Sundance Screenwriter Labs original screenplay written and to be directed by Rachel Wolther and Alex H. Fischer...

Tatiana Maslany and Jasmin Savoy Brown are set to lead Josh Ruben's sci-fi horror Green Bank

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Tatiana Maslany ("Orphan Black," Stronger, "She-Hulk: Attorney at Law") and Jasmin Savoy Brown (Scream franchise, "Yellowjackets") are set to lead Josh Ruben's (Scare Me, Werewolves Within) sci-fi horror Green Bank, it was announced today by Protagonist Pictures CEO Dave Bishop. Protagonist Pictures is launching international sales on the hot market title and will introduce to buyers at the upcoming EFM.  CAA Media Finance and ...

Liam Neeson is set to star in director Neil Jordan’s upcoming thriller The Riker’s Ghost

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Liam Neeson is set to star in director Neil Jordan’s (The Crying Game, Marlowe, Interview with a Vampire) upcoming thriller The Riker’s Ghost, it was announced today by Capstone’s Christian Mercuri. The leading Los Angeles based production and sales company is handling international sales and will introduce to buyers at the upcoming European Film Market. CAA Media Finance is handling US rights.   Parallel Film’s Alan Moloney and Endurance M...

music to the ears of 44 european titles at the european film market

THE KLEZMER PROJECT by Leandro Koch & Paloma Schachmann (Austria/Argentina/Films Boutique) The EFM, one of the most important events in the year for the promotion of European films to the world is a flagship market for EFP's (European Film Promotion) Film Sales Support (FSS). Altogether 44 completed feature films, documentaries and animation films including works-in-progress from Albania, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Spain, Sweden and th...

THE ASTRONAUT: New Film starring Emma Roberts and Laurence Fishburne

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Emma Roberts (Holidate, “Scream Queens”) and Laurence Fishburne (John Wick films, The Matrix trilogy) are set to star in the sci-fi thriller The Astronaut, it was announced today. Jess Varley (Phobias) makes her solo writing and directorial debut.   The Astronaut is produced by Brad Fuller (Paramount’s A Quiet Place and A Quiet Place Part II, Universal’s The Purge films), Eric B. Fleischman (J.D. Dillard&r...

Vera Farmiga / Tim Blake Nelson set to star in the true crime biopic feature THE LEADER

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VERA FARMIGA AND TIM BLAKE NELSON STAR IN TRUE CRIME BIOPIC 'THE LEADER' FOR THE EXCHANGE Nat McCormick, The Exchange Worldwide Sales & Distribution President, announced today that Academy Award nominated actress Vera Farmiga and award-winning actor Tim Blake Nelson are starring in the true crime biopic feature THE LEADER, based on the 1997 mass suicide of the religious group known as "Heaven's Gate". Farmiga stars as cult leader Bonnie Nettles aka "Ti" with...

Feast or Famine: Chef Marco Pierre White To Lead Film On Quest For Michelin Star

Film Mode Entertainment Serves Up a Thrilling Delicacy with FEAST OR FAMINE Featuring the First-Named Celebrity Chef, Marco Pierre White   It's the real-life hunger games when celebrity chef, Marco Pierre White, who has trained the best of the best, including Mario Batali, Heston Blumenthal, Shannon Bennett, Gordon Ramsay and Curtis Stone, gives insights into Angelina and her Chef's relentless pursuit of the highest accolade in the culinary world ...

Production begins on Sleeping Dogs - New film starring Russell Crowe and Karen Gillan

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Karen Gillan (upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Avengers: Endgame), Marton Csokas (The Lord of the Rings trilogy), Harry Greenwood (The Nightingale) and Thomas M. Wright (Universal Pictures’ Everest) join Academy Award® winner Russell Crowe (Gladiator, A Beautiful Mind) in the crime thriller Sleeping Dogs, the Nickel City Pictures film adaptation of E.O. Chirovici’s critically acclaimed novel, The Book of Mirrors.   ...

German Film Office launches KINO! GERMANY NOW! DISCOVER NEW TALENT film series

  The German Film Office in New York is pleased to announce the second edition of its KINO! Germany NOW! film program. From April through June 2023, theaters and festivals across the United States are invited to present a curated selection of new films from Germany to in-person audiences. The program includes five striking examples of dazzling talent that continues to emerge from one of the world's great cinematic traditions. C...

First Look image from Bring Them Down, starring Christopher Abbott, Barry Keoghan...

Photography credit: Patrick Redmond Principal photography is in its final stages in Ireland on MUBI Production Bring Them Down, starring Golden Globe nominee Christopher Abbott (Catch-22, Poor Things) and BAFTA award-winning and Academy award nominee Barry Keoghan (The Banshees of Inisherin, The Killing of a Sacred Deer). The film also stars Colm Meaney (Gangs of London, Star Trek), Nora-Jane Noone (Wildfire, Brooklyn) Paul Ready&nbs...

ON A WING AND A PRAYER Starring Dennis Quaid | Check Out The First-Look Image

In this extraordinary true story of faith and survival, On a Wing and a Prayer follows passenger Doug White's (Dennis Quaid) harrowing journey to safely land a plane and save his entire family from insurmountable danger, after their pilot dies unexpectedly mid-flight. FEATURING DENNIS QUAID AND HEATHER GRAHAM  Experience the inspirational true story this Easter weekend   AVAILABLE ON PRIME VIDEO APRIL 7, 2023 Directed by Sean McNamara Written...

GO ON AND BE BRAVE - SBIFF with subject focus: Andrea Lytle and filmmakers Miriam McSpadden and Brian Beckman

GO ON AND BE BRAVE Santa Barbara film festival 2023 With subject focus: Andrea Lytle and filmmakers Miriam McSpadden and Brian Beckman By Emmanuel Itier Q: Let us know about the genesis of this project and what you had in mind to achieve with it?   Andrea: This is inspired by my story. I have ALS and I’m the first woman who completed 50 marathons in 50 states.   Miriam: I used to direct short and 4 years ago I did one about Andrea. She was already running to...

Khela Hobe, Review: Om Puri lives, six years after his death

Khela Hobe, Review: Om Puri lives, six years after his death Your gut reaction on seeing a film like Khela Hobe is to lambast it, tear it to shreds and dump it in the bin. You can have a field day showcasing your linguistic prowess and delivering a lecture on the prolific use of demeaning adjectives. But somewhere along the line, a modicum of empathy surfaces. This is largely due to the passing away of lead actor Om Puri, a friend, who died over six years ago. Obviously, this film is more tha...

Superpower (Berlinale Special) directed by Sean Penn and Aaron Kaufman

  A film by Sean Penn, Aaron Kaufman USA 115 minutes 2022   Review by M.R. D’Amico They went there first. In 2021 director Sean Penn (The Indian Runner, The Crossing Guard, The Pledge, Into the Wild, Flag day) and screenwriter, producer and director Aaron Kaufman began a film about Ukraine: they wanted to learn more about Volodymyr Zelensky, the actor and comedian who had become the actual President of Ukraine. But on February 24, 2022 (almost a year ...

The Shadowless Tower (Berlinale Competition) by Chinese film director and screenwriter Zhang Lu

The Shadowless Tower (Competition) by Chinese film director and  screenwriter Zhang Lu (Desert Driver, Dooman River and Fukoka) with Xin Baiqing (Gu Wentong), Wang Yiwen (Smiley), Li Quinquin (Ouyang Whenhui) Li Jun (Wang Hongwei). By M.R. D’Amico There is a 13th Century Tibetan Buddhist Tower in the middle of Beijing that is believed to cast a shadow only on the Tibe...

Boom! Boom! The world vs Boris Becker reviewed at Berlinale specials

  Boom! Boom! The world vs Boris Becker (Berlinale Special) (part 1)  a documentary by Alex Gibnay, produced by John Battseck with Boris Becker, John McEnroe, Ion Tiriac, Nova Djokovic, Barbara Becker, Bjorn Borg, Mats Wilander, Lilian de Carvalho   By M.R. D’Amico Oscar winner Alex Gibney, “the most important documentarian of our times” (Esquire), presented at Berlinale the first pa...

Summer Hill Entertainment with new titles for EFM: "A walk in the park"...

ATTEND THE EUROPEAN FILM MARKET WITH SUMMERHILL!   Check out some exciting films from Summerhill at the European Film Market! We will be at Marriott, Stand #139, with Monique White. We look forward to meeting with you!   Be sure to check out our website at www.summerhillfilms.com to see all our available films. We look forward to working with you throughout the rest of 2023 and beyond! If you're interested in any of these titles, feel free t...

Main Raj Kapoor Ho Gaya, Review: A drunk, moping, slum-dweller, and his three muses

Main Raj Kapoor Ho Gaya, Review: A drunk, moping, slum-dweller, and his three muses Most films have at least a semblance of reference to the title. Some, though, choose to get philosophical when picking a moniker for their screen vehicle. Then there those that have a prosaic sentence as the title, and neither prose nor poetry to justify it. Main Raj Kapoor Ho Gaya is one such. What the title means is “I have become Raj Kapoor.” Raj Kapoor, of course, was the cinematic genius who a...

Berlinale review. The Survival of Kindness

The Survival of Kindness (Competition) is an Australian movie, written, directed and produced by Rolf De Heer (Djingo, Bad Boy Bubby, the Tracker) with Mwajemi Hussein (BlackWoman), Deepthi Sharma(BrownGirl), Darsan Sharma (Brown Boy) By M.R. D’Amico Blackwoman is abandoned in a metal cage in the middle of the desert but she is not ready to pass. She manages to escape and starts a timeless journey walking through desert, mountains and city only to find more terror. Her persecutors are ...

Highland Park Independent Film Festival to celebrate the cult film UP IN SMOKE

The Highland Park Independent Film Festival invites you to commemorate the legendary cultural monument that has been its home for the past nine years, the Highland Theatre.   The celebration consists of two screenings: "The Highland Theatre, A Legacy Uncovered" a short documentary produced by the filmmakers of HPIFF. Cheech and Chong's "Up In Smoke" A special video message from Cheech Marin will introduce the film on its 45th Anniversary. "Up ...

Cinando announces partnership with Germany’s AG Kino - Gilde

Cinando is proud to announce the extension of its partnership with Germany’s Arbeitsgemeinschaft Kino – Gilde deutscher Filmkunsttheater eV (AG Kino - Gilde) for the second year in a row. The AG Kino - Gilde video library is hosted twice a year on a custom platform, powered by Cinando, notably during the AG Kino screening event coinciding with the Berlinale, allowing exhibitors that represent the arthouse cinemas in the AG Kino - Gilde network to watch films seeking distribut...

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