Toronto Deals: Samuel Goldwyn Films Picks Up 'Still'
September, 14, 2012 12:13 pm | Comments On #James Cromwell, Movies, samuel goldwyn films, Still, torontoSamuel Goldwyn Films has picked up U.S. rights to "Still," the indie company said Friday at the Toronto International Film Festival.
The drama focuses on a couple played by James Cromwell ("Babe") and Geneviève Bujold ("Coma") who run afoul of assorted bureaucracies as they try to build a home. Adding poignancy to the construction nightmares, Bujold's character is dying. It marks a rare star turn for Cromwell, after decades of memorable supporting turns in everything from "Revenge of the Nerds" to "L.A. Confidential" to "The Artist."
The Mulmur Feed Co. production, is written and directed by Michael McGowan. Samuel Goldwyn will release...
Read MoreMagnolia Pictures Acquires Fantastical Romantic Comedy 'The Brass Teapot'
September, 14, 2012 9:53 am | Comments On #independent film, indies, Juno Temple, Magnolia Pictures, Movies, ramaa mosley, the brass teapotMagnolia Pictures has acquired North American distribution rights to “The Brass Teapot,” the feature debut of award-winning commercial and music video director Ramaa Mosley.
Mosley (left), who has directed ads for Microsoft, Wal-Mart, Powerade and McDonald’s, developed the story with Tim Macy, who wrote the script.
The film chronicles penniless but enraptured newlyweds who find a special teapot that gives them cash in exchange for physical pain.
It debuted this past week at the Toronto Film Festival.
Juno Temple of “Killer Joe” and Michael Angarano of “Haywire...
Read MoreToronto Film Fest Day 8: Let the Oscar Arguments Begin
September, 14, 2012 7:22 am | Comments On #Aftershock, argo, Ben Affleck, Billy Bob Thornton, Brian De Palma, Cloud Atlas, Eli Roth, film festivals, Harmony Korine, Jayne Mansfield's Car, Laurence Anyways, Movies, Passion, Paul Thomas Anderson, Silver Linings Playbook, Spring Breakers, The Master, toronto, Toronto Film Festival, Xavier DolanIs it too early to try to figure out what the Toronto International Film Festival means for the Oscar race?
Roger Ebert doesn't think so. After the first weekend of the fest, Ebert announced that Ben Affleck's "Argo" was going to win Best Picture at the next Academy Awards show. His reasoning: The last five Oscar winners had all screened in Toronto, and "Argo" was "the audience favorite coming out of the top-loaded opening weekend."
I think Ebert's conclusion might be shortchanging "Silver Linings Playbook" and "The Master" and a few others, but on Thursday...
Toronto Deals: Cinedigm Nabs Horror Film 'Come Out and Play'
September, 14, 2012 6:58 am | Comments On #Cinedigm, Come Out and Play, Movies, torontoCinedigm Entertainment Group has picked up U.S. distribution rights to "Come Out and Play."
Cinedigm plans to release the horror film theatrically in early 2013, the company said Friday from the Toronto Film Festival.
The film centers on a vacationing couple who are preparing for the birth of a child, Beth. Their holiday takes a turn for the bloody after they take an excursion to a beautiful but mysterious island populated entirely by children.
Directed by the single-named Makinov, the film is a remake of the 1970s horror movie "Who Can Kill A Child?" It stars Vinessa Shaw and Ebon Moss-Bachrach.
Even in a business with it's...
Read MoreToronto Deals: Magnolia Picks Up Holocaust Doc 'No Place on Earth'
September, 13, 2012 11:39 am | Comments On #independent film, indies, Magnolia Pictures, Movies, No Place on Earth, torontoThe Wagner/Cuban Company’s Magnolia Pictures has acquired the U.S. distribution rights to “No Place on Earth,” a Holocaust documentary by former “60 minutes” producer Janet Tobias, the production company announced Thursday.
The film, which was produced by History Pictures and debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival on Monday, explores the lives of 38 Ukrainian Jews who survived World War II by living in caves for 18 months.
Also: 'Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview' Picked Up by Magnolia
"'No Place on Earth...
Read MoreToronto Deals: IFC Snaps Up Rights to 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist'
September, 13, 2012 11:30 am | Comments On #Mira Nair, Movies, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, torontoIFC Films has nabbed North American rights to Mira Nair’s "The Reluctant Fundamentalist," snagging one of the hottest titles at the Toronto Film Festival.
The film from the director of "The Namesake" follows a story of a young Pakistani man who is torn between corporate riches on Wall Street and Islamic radicalism. It is based on a novel by Mohsin Hamid and stars Kate Hudson Liev Schreiber, Kiefer Sutherland and Riz Ahmed.
Reviews have been mixed with critics praising the film's willingness to tackle big ideas while complaining it doesn't quite pull the gambit off.
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Read MoreToronto Deals: Tribeca Film Acquires 'How to Make Money Selling Drugs'
September, 13, 2012 8:31 am | Comments On #Adrian Grenier, Deal Central, documentary, drugs, Entourage, selling drugs, toronto deals, Tribeca FilmTribeca Film has acquired domestic distribution rights to “How to Make Money Selling Drugs,” a new documentary about the war on drugs, the company announced on Thursday.
The provocative documentary, produced by Bert Marcus and “Enoutrage” star Adrian Grenier, features interviews with everyone from 50 Cent to Eminem to Woody Harrelson.
Director Matthew Cooke and his team also interviewed high-ranking officials like the U.S. Drug Czar, seeking to find a unique perspective on the drug war. It is set up as an instructional video, taking the viewer through the 10-step process of how one moves from being a street dealer to a kingpin.
“This is a work that resonates with truth, anger and insight by an extremely talented filmmaker,” Geoff Gilmore, Chief Creative Officer of Tribeca Enterprises, said in a statement. “From politics...
Read MoreToronto Film Fest Day 7: Where Did Everybody Go?
September, 13, 2012 6:55 am | Comments On #A Royal Affair, argo, Barry Levinson, Ben Affleck, film festivals, Liz Garbus, Mads Mikkelsen, Marilyn Monroe, Movies, the bay, toronto, Toronto Film FestivalThe Toronto International Film Festival has four days left to go, but to say things are slowing down would be an understatement. The industry types typically begin to leave town as TIFF's first weekend ends – and by midweek, Press & Industry screenings that would have been packed a few days earlier suddenly have lots of open seats.
(Full disclosure: Sharon Waxman and I were both in Toronto for the first six days of the fest, and we're both back in L.A. now. So you can include us on the list of those who've left those seats empty.)
When it comes to programming, things slow down as well – not in the sheer number of films, but in their marquee value. Still to...
Read MoreHorrifying Toronto Doc 'Act of Killing' Restages Mass Murder as Twisted Entertainment
September, 12, 2012 7:11 pm | Comments On #film festivals, Joshua Oppenheimer, Movies, The Act of Killing, toronto, Toronto Film FestivalEven in a lineup filled with a number of tough, brutal documentaries on important issues, "The Act of Killing" stands out at this year's Toronto International Film Festival. An examination of the lingering aftermath of the little-known mass killings in Indonesia in 1965, it paints a raw, surreal, horrifying and transfixing picture of a society where the killers live with impunity – their crimes ignored by some and celebrated by others.
What makes Joshua Oppenheimer's film so disturbing is that when he began talking to those involved in the anti-Communist purge, they bragged about their murders and wanted to recreate them for the camera. So Oppenheimer (...
Toronto Deals: Millennium Picks Up Modern Take on Henry James' 'What Maisie Knew'
September, 12, 2012 10:35 am | Comments On #Maize, Movies, Toronto Film FestivalMillennium Entertainment has taken domestic distribution rights to “What Maisie Knew,” the company announced on Wednesday in Toronto.
Alexander Skarsgard, Julianne Moore and Steve Coogan star in this modern-day version of the classic Henry James novel. Scott McGehee and David Siegel direct.
Set in current-day New York, the film chronicles the falling-apart of a family as seen through the eyes of a six-year-old girl who watches the grown-ups around her behave like children.
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All the latest doings from the Toronto International Film Festival.
