Kristin Scott Thomas will receive the Richard Harris Award for outstanding contribution to British film at the 2019 British Independent Film Awards on December 1. Scott Thomas joins previous winners including Jim Broadbent, Julie Walters, Emma Thompson, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and last year’s winner Judi Dench, in receiving...
After less than 2 weeks in cinemas, RIDE LIKE A GIRL has become the highest grossing Australian film of 2019. The box office total now stands at $5.3m. RIDE LIKE A GIRL was released on 26th September by Transmission Films and it is currently screening at...
UK-based sales, financing and packaging outfit Embankment Films has revealed a raft of deals out of Toronto for Peter Cattaneo’s comedy-drama Military Wives and The Father, starring Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman. Military Wives proved the first major acquisition at this year’s TIFF, selling to Bleecker...
I’ll be honest, I wasn’t that excited to attend a preview screening of Ride Like A Girl. The movie, which hits cinemas tomorrow, tells the story of Michelle Payne, who in 2015 became the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup. I had an interview lined...
Dir: Peter Cattaneo. UK. 2019. 112 mins It may have taken 20 years, but director Peter Cattaneo has finally found a worthy companion piece to his BAFTA-winning The Full Monty. Military Wives follows another group of mismatched individuals who discover community and purpose in working together towards a daunting...
EXCLUSIVE: Bleecker Street is at the altar for U.S. rights to the Toronto Film Festival acquisitions title Military Wives, the Peter Cattaneo-directed film that stars Kristin Scott Thomas, Sharon Horgan and Jason Flemyng. Cattaneo is best known for The Full Monty, and this one also has a feel-good element to it. Pic tells the true story...
CAN YOU KEEP A SECRET? IS A SWEET AND FUNNY ROMANTIC COMEDY WITH AN INCREDIBLY CHARMING LEADING DUO IN TYLER HOECHLIN AND ALEXANDRA DADDARIO. Romantic comedies have made a resurgence in recent years, thanks in part to streaming services like Netflix giving a platform to mid-range...
Kristin Scott Thomas and Sharon Horgan star as British women who form a choir while their soldier spouses are away at war in the latest from director Peter Cattaneo ('The Full Monty'). Director Peter Cattaneo seems to have been on a prolonged career hiatus ever since...
Untouchable: the Rise and Fall of Harvey Weinstein review – films like this change the world 5 / 5 stars What’s it like to be cajoled, threatened and blackmailed by a sexual predator who has power, history and society on his side? Untouchable: The Rise and Fall...
EXCLUSIVE: Vertical Entertainment has secured the U.S. distribution rights to Can You Keep a Secret?, the romantic comedy starring Alexandra Daddario, and slated it for a day-and-date release September 13. Daddario also served as an executive producer on the project, which is based on the...
GALAS *Opening Night Film Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson And The Band (Can) - world premiere Dir: Daniel Roher *Closing Night Film Radioactive (UK) - world premiere Dir: Marjane Satrapi A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood (US) - world premiere Dir: Marielle Heller Abominable (US) - world premiere Dir: Jill Culton American Woman (Canada) - Canadian premiere Dir: Semi Chellas Blackbird (UK) - world...
Set to be introduced to Cannes buyers by Embankment, the prestige project boasts four Oscar winners and will mark Zeller's feature directorial debut. Cannes' 2019 Marche du Film appears to have its first truly prestige new title, one featuring an impressive array of Academy Award winners...