“Hacks,” “Fellow Travelers,” “Black Cake” and Ava DuVernay’s “Origin” were among the big winners on Thursday as Humanitas revealed its 2024 Humanitas Prize recipients. The ceremony, held at Avalon Hollywood, revealed honors in nine juried categories, including TV, film and documentary fields.
“We actually got something friends,” “Origin” filmmaker Ava DuVernay said in accepting the award for drama feature — which had been previously snubbed through last year’s Oscars season. “We went through that whole awards gauntlet, and then this popped up in the summer, and I thought, ‘wow, they’re kind of off kilter for the award season!’ Because they don’t care about that… they’re doing something different. This award show that is about doing something with this medium that matters. Yes, entertainment matters, but we have such a powerful voice, such a powerful platform. So I commend everyone that’s trying to say something.”
Max’s “Hacks” Season 3 episode “Yes,...
“We actually got something friends,” “Origin” filmmaker Ava DuVernay said in accepting the award for drama feature — which had been previously snubbed through last year’s Oscars season. “We went through that whole awards gauntlet, and then this popped up in the summer, and I thought, ‘wow, they’re kind of off kilter for the award season!’ Because they don’t care about that… they’re doing something different. This award show that is about doing something with this medium that matters. Yes, entertainment matters, but we have such a powerful voice, such a powerful platform. So I commend everyone that’s trying to say something.”
Max’s “Hacks” Season 3 episode “Yes,...
- 9/13/2024
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
A fourth Bridget Jones film is on the way, and some returning faces as well as new famous ones have joined the latest installment in the rom-com franchise.
Renée Zellweger, who first brought the titular character to life in Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001) will return to reprise her role in the film. The news of the fourth film first arrived in April 2024, and a cast has been rounded out. Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy is the working title for the upcoming film.
For everything we know about Bridget Jones 4, read on below:
When will Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy come out?
As of August 2024, the film is slated for a theatrical release on Valentine’s Day 2025.
Who will be in Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy?
Alongside Zellweger, returning cast include Emma Thompson, who appeared as Bridget’s Ob/Gyn Dr. Rawling in Bridget Jones’s Baby in 2016, will return to the fourth film.
Renée Zellweger, who first brought the titular character to life in Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001) will return to reprise her role in the film. The news of the fourth film first arrived in April 2024, and a cast has been rounded out. Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy is the working title for the upcoming film.
For everything we know about Bridget Jones 4, read on below:
When will Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy come out?
As of August 2024, the film is slated for a theatrical release on Valentine’s Day 2025.
Who will be in Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy?
Alongside Zellweger, returning cast include Emma Thompson, who appeared as Bridget’s Ob/Gyn Dr. Rawling in Bridget Jones’s Baby in 2016, will return to the fourth film.
- 8/28/2024
- by Dessi Gomez
- Deadline Film + TV
Protagonizada por el actor revelación de ‘Black Phone’, Mason Thames. © Netflix
Netflix ha publicado el primer tráiler y póster de “Inexpertos” (titulada en versión original “Incoming”), escrita y dirigida por Dave y John Chernin (“Colgados en Filadelfia”).
En “Inexpertos”, cuatro alumnos de secundaria se enfrentan al mayor reto de sus jóvenes vidas: su primera fiesta de instituto.
La película está protagonizada por Mason Thames (“Black Phone”), Ramon Reed (“9-1-1: Lone Star”), Raphael Alejandro (“Érase una vez”), Isabella Ferreira (“Crush”), Bardia Seiri (“Anatomía de Grey”), Loren Gray (“Outsiders”), Ali Gallo (“La Vida Sexual de las Universitarias”), Scott MacArthur (“Suncoast”), Thomas Barbusca (“The Mick”), Kim Hawthorne (“How to Get Away with Murder”), Victoria Moroles (“Teen Wolf”), Kayvan Shai (“FBI”), Kaitlin Olson (“Colgados en Filadelfia”) y Bobby Cannavale (“The Irishman”).
“Inexpertos” se estrena el 23 de agosto en Netflix.
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Netflix ha publicado el primer tráiler y póster de “Inexpertos” (titulada en versión original “Incoming”), escrita y dirigida por Dave y John Chernin (“Colgados en Filadelfia”).
En “Inexpertos”, cuatro alumnos de secundaria se enfrentan al mayor reto de sus jóvenes vidas: su primera fiesta de instituto.
La película está protagonizada por Mason Thames (“Black Phone”), Ramon Reed (“9-1-1: Lone Star”), Raphael Alejandro (“Érase una vez”), Isabella Ferreira (“Crush”), Bardia Seiri (“Anatomía de Grey”), Loren Gray (“Outsiders”), Ali Gallo (“La Vida Sexual de las Universitarias”), Scott MacArthur (“Suncoast”), Thomas Barbusca (“The Mick”), Kim Hawthorne (“How to Get Away with Murder”), Victoria Moroles (“Teen Wolf”), Kayvan Shai (“FBI”), Kaitlin Olson (“Colgados en Filadelfia”) y Bobby Cannavale (“The Irishman”).
“Inexpertos” se estrena el 23 de agosto en Netflix.
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- 7/24/2024
- by Marta Medina
- mundoCine
Humanitas has announced nominations for the 2024 Humanitas Prize in nine juried categories, including TV, film and documentary fields. Noms in the comedy field include “Hacks,” “The Simpsons,” “Girls5eva” and “Act Your Age,” while drama entrants include “The Crown,” “The Morning Show,” “Station 19” and “Black Cake.”
“For fifty years, The Humanitas Prizes have recognized writers who explore the human condition in a nuanced, meaningful way, with stories that entertain and uplift audiences,” said Humanitas executive director Michelle Franke. “The Humanitas Prizes champion work that enhances the lives of viewers, even if these projects are not always rewarded by the marketplace.”
Humanitas has tapped actors/writers June Diane Raphael and Paul Scheer as host of this year’s Humanitas Prizes event, which will take place on Thursday, September 12 (three days before the Emmy Awards) at Avalon Hollywood. The 2024 New Voices Fellowship, David and Lynn Angell College Comedy Award and Carol Mendelsohn...
“For fifty years, The Humanitas Prizes have recognized writers who explore the human condition in a nuanced, meaningful way, with stories that entertain and uplift audiences,” said Humanitas executive director Michelle Franke. “The Humanitas Prizes champion work that enhances the lives of viewers, even if these projects are not always rewarded by the marketplace.”
Humanitas has tapped actors/writers June Diane Raphael and Paul Scheer as host of this year’s Humanitas Prizes event, which will take place on Thursday, September 12 (three days before the Emmy Awards) at Avalon Hollywood. The 2024 New Voices Fellowship, David and Lynn Angell College Comedy Award and Carol Mendelsohn...
- 7/11/2024
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
Searchlight Pictures has announced that its drama The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat, starring Uzo Aduba, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor and Sanaa Lathan, will be available to stream exclusively on Hulu on August 23.
Based on the 2013 New York Times bestselling novel by Edward Kelsey Moore, the film directed by Tina Mabry tells the story of three best friends dubbed “The Supremes” who have weathered life’s storms together for two generations, through marriage and children, happiness and the blues, watching as they find themselves at a crossroad that tests their lifelong bond.
Pic also stars Russell Hornsby and Mekhi Phifer, as well as Kyanna Simone, Tati Gabrielle, Abigail Achiri, Julian McMahon, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Tony Winters, Dijon Means, Xavier Mills, Cleveland Berto and Ryan Paynter. Cee Marcellus adapted the screenplay, with revisions by Mabry, with Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen’s Temple Hill Entertainment producing.
Most recently, Searchlight released Laura Chinn’s Sundance drama Suncoast,...
Based on the 2013 New York Times bestselling novel by Edward Kelsey Moore, the film directed by Tina Mabry tells the story of three best friends dubbed “The Supremes” who have weathered life’s storms together for two generations, through marriage and children, happiness and the blues, watching as they find themselves at a crossroad that tests their lifelong bond.
Pic also stars Russell Hornsby and Mekhi Phifer, as well as Kyanna Simone, Tati Gabrielle, Abigail Achiri, Julian McMahon, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Tony Winters, Dijon Means, Xavier Mills, Cleveland Berto and Ryan Paynter. Cee Marcellus adapted the screenplay, with revisions by Mabry, with Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen’s Temple Hill Entertainment producing.
Most recently, Searchlight released Laura Chinn’s Sundance drama Suncoast,...
- 5/13/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Andy Serkis and Woody Harrelson have signed on to star in The Man with the Miraculous Hands, a WWII psychological thriller from Rampart and The Messenger filmmaker Oren Moverman.
Based on a true story, the film is set in 1939 and features Harrelson as Felix Kersten, a renowned, apolitical medical masseuse who becomes the personal physician to Heinrich Himmler (Serkis), the head of Hitler’s SS and one of the chief architects of the Holocaust. As the war rages and Himmler’s health declines while his authority continues grows, Kersten finds himself in a unique position to influence decision making on the highest level inside the Third Reich. He begins to play a dangerous game, using his medical skills as a weapon to influence Himmler, turn him against Hitler, and bring an end to the war.
French outfit Vendôme Group (Oscar-winner Coda) is producing the feature together with Jerico Films and Snd.
Based on a true story, the film is set in 1939 and features Harrelson as Felix Kersten, a renowned, apolitical medical masseuse who becomes the personal physician to Heinrich Himmler (Serkis), the head of Hitler’s SS and one of the chief architects of the Holocaust. As the war rages and Himmler’s health declines while his authority continues grows, Kersten finds himself in a unique position to influence decision making on the highest level inside the Third Reich. He begins to play a dangerous game, using his medical skills as a weapon to influence Himmler, turn him against Hitler, and bring an end to the war.
French outfit Vendôme Group (Oscar-winner Coda) is producing the feature together with Jerico Films and Snd.
- 5/10/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
"He's a hot college guy, everyone would freak if I brought him to prom." Hulu has revealed the trailer for a high school coming-of-age comedy called Prom Dates, marking the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Kim Nguyen - who has mostly been making TV before this. This hasn't premiered at any festivals, like many Hulu features do (like The Greatest Hits or Suncoast also this year), but it does look just as worthy. "They made a pact to have the perfect senior prom. That was their first mistake." Jess and Hannah, at 13 years old made a pact to have the perfect prom, only 24 hours before the big event, everything is ruined when they break up with their dates. Now they have one night to find new dates and make their fantasies come true. Starring Julia Lester as Hannah and Antonia Gentry as Jess, Jt Neal, Jordan Buhat, Zión Moreno, Terry Hu,...
- 4/26/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
A Real Pain – written and directed by Jesse Eisenberg – proved to be one of the biggest hits of the Sundance Film Festival and has now been slated for release.
Coming out of the Sundance Film Festival this year, perhaps the most buzz was focused on Jesse Eisenberg's directorial folllow-up to 2022’s When You Finish Saving The World.
His second directorial outing is called A Real Pain and follows cousins who travel to their grandmother’s native Poland to partake in a Holocaust tour. Succession's Kieran Culkin stars alongside Eisenberg in the film which proved to be the first major acquisition of the festival when Searchlight stepped in to acquire the movie for $10m.
While it certainly doesn’t grab as many headlines as the woes faced by other Disney-owned subsidiaries, Searchlight has proved to be one of the House of Mouse’s successes of the past few years, exhibiting excellent...
Coming out of the Sundance Film Festival this year, perhaps the most buzz was focused on Jesse Eisenberg's directorial folllow-up to 2022’s When You Finish Saving The World.
His second directorial outing is called A Real Pain and follows cousins who travel to their grandmother’s native Poland to partake in a Holocaust tour. Succession's Kieran Culkin stars alongside Eisenberg in the film which proved to be the first major acquisition of the festival when Searchlight stepped in to acquire the movie for $10m.
While it certainly doesn’t grab as many headlines as the woes faced by other Disney-owned subsidiaries, Searchlight has proved to be one of the House of Mouse’s successes of the past few years, exhibiting excellent...
- 4/3/2024
- by Dan Cooper
- Film Stories
Searchlight Pictures announced on Tuesday that its dramedy A Real Pain, marking the sophomore feature of actor-turned-filmmaker Jesse Eisenberg, will hit theaters in the thick of awards season, on October 18.
Eisenberg stars opposite Succession Emmy winner Kieran Culkin in the buzz title, which Searchlight snapped up for $10 million in the first major deal out of this year’s Sundance Film Festival, as we were first to report. In the film, also scripted by Eisenberg, the pair play David and Benji, cousins who reunite for a tour of Poland to honor their grandmother, but see older tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family’s history.
Hailing from Topic and Fruit Tree, the film also stars Jennifer Grey (Dirty Dancing), Will Sharpe (The White Lotus), Kurt Egyiawan (Beasts of No Nation), Liza Sadovy (A Small Light) and Daniel Oreskes (Only Murders in the Building). Producers on the project included Ali Herting,...
Eisenberg stars opposite Succession Emmy winner Kieran Culkin in the buzz title, which Searchlight snapped up for $10 million in the first major deal out of this year’s Sundance Film Festival, as we were first to report. In the film, also scripted by Eisenberg, the pair play David and Benji, cousins who reunite for a tour of Poland to honor their grandmother, but see older tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family’s history.
Hailing from Topic and Fruit Tree, the film also stars Jennifer Grey (Dirty Dancing), Will Sharpe (The White Lotus), Kurt Egyiawan (Beasts of No Nation), Liza Sadovy (A Small Light) and Daniel Oreskes (Only Murders in the Building). Producers on the project included Ali Herting,...
- 4/2/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Executive turnover dialed up the palace intrigue in the Magic Kingdom this week.
Walt Disney Studios announced on Monday that 15-year veteran Sean Bailey would step down as president of its motion picture production group – a job in which he oversaw splashy live-action remakes of beloved animated properties. In his place, Searchlight Pictures co-head David Greenbaum was elevated and will report directly to top film boss Alan Bergman.
A creative shuffle amongst senior Disney film executives was always going to happen, many industry insiders who spoke with Variety said. As Disney CEO Bob Iger continues to aggressively cut costs amid a nasty proxy battle with billionaire investor Nelson Peltz – and the company’s movies suffer from an uncharacteristic box office slump and creative torpor – many saw a move like Bailey’s as inevitable.
“Disney film needs a shot in the arm, clearly,” said one top agent speaking on the condition of anonymity.
Walt Disney Studios announced on Monday that 15-year veteran Sean Bailey would step down as president of its motion picture production group – a job in which he oversaw splashy live-action remakes of beloved animated properties. In his place, Searchlight Pictures co-head David Greenbaum was elevated and will report directly to top film boss Alan Bergman.
A creative shuffle amongst senior Disney film executives was always going to happen, many industry insiders who spoke with Variety said. As Disney CEO Bob Iger continues to aggressively cut costs amid a nasty proxy battle with billionaire investor Nelson Peltz – and the company’s movies suffer from an uncharacteristic box office slump and creative torpor – many saw a move like Bailey’s as inevitable.
“Disney film needs a shot in the arm, clearly,” said one top agent speaking on the condition of anonymity.
- 2/28/2024
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
After four consecutive years covering the Sundance Film Festival, January 2024 was a good time for a break. That said, the attention and interest in the numerous films submitted to the festival, as well as the emergence of new stars in front of and behind the screen, remained intact. Suncoast was one of the better received movies, and Nico Parker (The Last of Us) won the Breakthrough Performance award, so expectations were higher than usual, although once again, I started watching without knowing anything about the narrative.
Suncoast tells the story of Doris (Parker), a shy teenager with complicated family issues. Her brother has brain cancer, so any day could be his last, while her mother, Kristine (Laura Linney), directs all her attention to her son, leading to a gradual distance from Doris. Filmmaker Laura Chinn takes basic coming-of-age formulas and transforms them into a carefully written, mesmerizing study of numerous...
Suncoast tells the story of Doris (Parker), a shy teenager with complicated family issues. Her brother has brain cancer, so any day could be his last, while her mother, Kristine (Laura Linney), directs all her attention to her son, leading to a gradual distance from Doris. Filmmaker Laura Chinn takes basic coming-of-age formulas and transforms them into a carefully written, mesmerizing study of numerous...
- 2/10/2024
- by Manuel Sao Bento
- Talking Films
There are many films that have a vital real-life issue being discussed in the background, but we can only see it through the characters that are introduced to us. In Suncoast, the issue is quite serious: the value of human life. The film takes place in 2002, when the Terri Schiavo case was in its most heated state of affairs in the US. In the foreground is the story about Doris and her family, where her mother worries about Doris’ ill brother, who is in a coma with only some sensory faculties left. It’s a semi-autobiographical directorial feature by Laura Chinn, and she tries to mix in contemporary issues in this coming-of-age dramedy.
Spoilers Ahead
Plot Synopsis: What Happens In The Film?
The protests were ongoing in the Terri Schiavo case. She was on life support with a feeding tube, keeping her alive. Doris, however, wasn’t concerned with that at all.
Spoilers Ahead
Plot Synopsis: What Happens In The Film?
The protests were ongoing in the Terri Schiavo case. She was on life support with a feeding tube, keeping her alive. Doris, however, wasn’t concerned with that at all.
- 2/10/2024
- by Ayush Awasthi
- Film Fugitives
Plot: In 2005, a teenager, Doris (Nico Parker), helps her mother (Laura Linney) care for her dying brother at the same hospice where Terri Schiavo is being treated. With the hospital at the centre of neverending right-to-life protests, Doris sparks an unlikely friendship with one of the protestors (Woody Harrelson).
Review: Suncoast was a late Sundance surprise for me. I wasn’t expecting much from the film, and I entertained the idea of waiting for it to hit Hulu (it has a Feb 9 release date). Still, I found myself unexpectedly charmed by this Searchlight release, which is the kind of crowdpleaser the festival audience loves, with the theatre I saw this in packed with sobbing attendees by the time the credits rolled.
Suncoast was a refreshing change of pace from some of the heavier fare I’ve been watching here, with it refreshingly optimistic and upbeat, even if it deals with grim subject matter.
Review: Suncoast was a late Sundance surprise for me. I wasn’t expecting much from the film, and I entertained the idea of waiting for it to hit Hulu (it has a Feb 9 release date). Still, I found myself unexpectedly charmed by this Searchlight release, which is the kind of crowdpleaser the festival audience loves, with the theatre I saw this in packed with sobbing attendees by the time the credits rolled.
Suncoast was a refreshing change of pace from some of the heavier fare I’ve been watching here, with it refreshingly optimistic and upbeat, even if it deals with grim subject matter.
- 2/10/2024
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
The Directors Guild will hand out the season’s next big precursor prizes this weekend, and one of the movies the organization might honor is newly available to watch at home.
The contender to watch this week: “American Fiction“
One of the last few Best Picture nominees to hit digital platforms, Cord Jefferson‘s observant directorial debut — part publishing-industry satire, part domestic drama — is now available to purchase on VOD for $19.99. The movie, which earned acting nods for Jeffrey Wright and Sterling K. Brown, could pull off a minor surprise and take home Best Adaptation Screenplay on Oscar night, though it would have to beat both “Oppenheimer’ and “Barbie” to do so. Jefferson may also win Best First-Time Feature Director at the DGA Awards on Saturday.
Other contenders:
“Suncoast”: Sitcom veteran Laura Chinn‘s coming-of-age drama premiered at the Sundance Film Festival last month, where the reviews were mixed to positive.
The contender to watch this week: “American Fiction“
One of the last few Best Picture nominees to hit digital platforms, Cord Jefferson‘s observant directorial debut — part publishing-industry satire, part domestic drama — is now available to purchase on VOD for $19.99. The movie, which earned acting nods for Jeffrey Wright and Sterling K. Brown, could pull off a minor surprise and take home Best Adaptation Screenplay on Oscar night, though it would have to beat both “Oppenheimer’ and “Barbie” to do so. Jefferson may also win Best First-Time Feature Director at the DGA Awards on Saturday.
Other contenders:
“Suncoast”: Sitcom veteran Laura Chinn‘s coming-of-age drama premiered at the Sundance Film Festival last month, where the reviews were mixed to positive.
- 2/10/2024
- by Matthew Jacobs
- Gold Derby
Chicago – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on Wbgr-fm on February 8th, 2024, reviewing “Suncoast,” a re-exploration of the Terri Schiavo case through a fictional nearby family. Streaming on Hulu beginning February 9th.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
In Florida, teenaged Max (Cree Kawa) ends up in the Suncoast hospice center, the same facility as Terri Schiavo … whose case sparked a right-to-die debate. Max’s single mother Kristine (Laura Linney) and sister Doris (Nico Parker) cannot care for him anymore, as he is dying of terminal brain cancer. As the Schiavo case plays out right in front of them, they are mourning their own losses and opportunities, which includes Doris not having a normal teenage life. Things change when she meets a Christian activist named Paul (Woody Harrelson) and at the same time becomes popular with her party hardy classmates.
”Suncoast” is in select theaters, see local listings,...
Rating: 3.5/5.0
In Florida, teenaged Max (Cree Kawa) ends up in the Suncoast hospice center, the same facility as Terri Schiavo … whose case sparked a right-to-die debate. Max’s single mother Kristine (Laura Linney) and sister Doris (Nico Parker) cannot care for him anymore, as he is dying of terminal brain cancer. As the Schiavo case plays out right in front of them, they are mourning their own losses and opportunities, which includes Doris not having a normal teenage life. Things change when she meets a Christian activist named Paul (Woody Harrelson) and at the same time becomes popular with her party hardy classmates.
”Suncoast” is in select theaters, see local listings,...
- 2/9/2024
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Pro-tip: as our current leap year turns the page into February, it’s a good idea to stock up on artificial tears at the Cvs. Why? Because this is an exceptionally intense month for movie-watching. In addition to your 2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards screeners, there’s also an exciting collection of Don’t-Miss Indies hitting theaters and streamers, from combat-heavy martial arts action sagas to gentle culinary dramas. So put on some more tea, snuggle up with your kitty, puppy, snake or waifu body pillow of choice, and get to watchin’!
True Detective: Night Country
When You Can Watch: Now
Where You Can Watch: HBO, Max
Director: Issa López
Cast: Jodie Foster, Kali Reis, Fiona Shaw
Why We’re Excited: The fourth season of HBO’s anthology crime drama is the first one for which creator Nic Pizzolatto does not serve as the showrunner or writer; those responsibilities now fall to Mexican filmmaker Issa López,...
True Detective: Night Country
When You Can Watch: Now
Where You Can Watch: HBO, Max
Director: Issa López
Cast: Jodie Foster, Kali Reis, Fiona Shaw
Why We’re Excited: The fourth season of HBO’s anthology crime drama is the first one for which creator Nic Pizzolatto does not serve as the showrunner or writer; those responsibilities now fall to Mexican filmmaker Issa López,...
- 2/2/2024
- by Su Fang Tham
- Film Independent News & More
Clockwise from top left: Infinite Storm (Bleecker Street), Monica (IFC Films), The Abyss (20th Century Fox), Mercy Road (Well Go USA Entertainment)Image: The A.V. Club
For February, Hulu brings home a bunch of under-the-radar indie offerings as well as at least one big-budget movie that has proved elusive on streaming services.
For February, Hulu brings home a bunch of under-the-radar indie offerings as well as at least one big-budget movie that has proved elusive on streaming services.
- 2/2/2024
- by Robert DeSalvo
- avclub.com
As quickly as it came, Sundance 2024 is in the books, with it another excellent showcase of the hottest titles in independent cinema. This marked my fifteenth year attending the festival in Park City, Utah, and I ended up reviewing twenty-one movies as part of my coverage. Here are a few takeaways from the festival:
Horror is king at Sundance
The midnight section at Sundance has always been extensive, but in the last few years, thanks to the box office success of breakout acquisitions like Hereditary, The Babadook, and last year’s Talk to Me, it’s become the premiere section for big deals. A24 showed up with one of the most buzzed-about titles of the festival, I Saw the TV Glow (which I disliked – but I was in the minority), while Netflix spent $17 million on It’s What’s Inside, which could be a big horror breakout for them. The section is...
Horror is king at Sundance
The midnight section at Sundance has always been extensive, but in the last few years, thanks to the box office success of breakout acquisitions like Hereditary, The Babadook, and last year’s Talk to Me, it’s become the premiere section for big deals. A24 showed up with one of the most buzzed-about titles of the festival, I Saw the TV Glow (which I disliked – but I was in the minority), while Netflix spent $17 million on It’s What’s Inside, which could be a big horror breakout for them. The section is...
- 2/2/2024
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
It’s a fairly packed month on Hulu this February thanks to the addition of some interesting TV shows from FX and ABC. While the streamer’s own original content is somewhat limited – Life + Beth is returning for season 2 – you can also catch the new series of Feud this month. The new installment in Ryan Murphy’s juicy anthology show is based on the bestseller Capote’s Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era by Laurence Leamer, and tells the story of Truman Capote’s betrayal and fall-out with New York’s most glamorous socialites. The cast is absolutely stacked, with Naomi Watts, Diane Lane, Chloë Sevigny and Calista Flockhart all swearing delicious revenge on Tom Hollander’s Capote.
Also via Hulu in February comes the third season of Abbott Elementary, along with new episodes of The Connors, The Good Doctor, Will Trent,...
Also via Hulu in February comes the third season of Abbott Elementary, along with new episodes of The Connors, The Good Doctor, Will Trent,...
- 2/1/2024
- by Kirsten Howard
- Den of Geek
Two months into the new year, Hulu is in full gear! The streamer will usher in several major premieres this February in addition to a wide variety of library shows and movies. Kick off the month with the premiere of the latest installment of Ryan Murphy and FX’s “Feud,” entitled “Feud: Capote vs. the Swans” and starring Naomi Watts, Diane Lane, Chloë Sevigny, Calista Flockhart, Tom Hollander, and more.
Recent Emmy winner Quinta Brunson’s “Abbott Elementary” will also welcome students back in the doors as Season 3 makes its highly anticipated premiere mid-month on both ABC and on Hulu the next day, part of several season premieres for ABC this month, including “Not Dead Yet,” “The Conners,” and more.
From the recent Sundance debut film “Suncoast” to the epic historical miniseries “Shōgun,” find out everything coming to Hulu in February, including The Streamable’s top five must-see shows and movies!
Recent Emmy winner Quinta Brunson’s “Abbott Elementary” will also welcome students back in the doors as Season 3 makes its highly anticipated premiere mid-month on both ABC and on Hulu the next day, part of several season premieres for ABC this month, including “Not Dead Yet,” “The Conners,” and more.
From the recent Sundance debut film “Suncoast” to the epic historical miniseries “Shōgun,” find out everything coming to Hulu in February, including The Streamable’s top five must-see shows and movies!
- 1/31/2024
- by Ashley Steves
- The Streamable
Hulu is gearing up for an exciting February filled with plenty of exciting viewing options as scripted originals, new films, and old favorites are added to the streaming library. Among the originals hitting the platform this month are Life & Beth Season 2, Everything Is Fine, Death in the Dorms, and the film Suncoast starring Woody Harrelson, Laura Linney, and Nico Parker. Additionally, FX‘s Feud: Capote Vs. The Swans and Shōgun make their streaming debuts on the platform this February. Plus, plenty of Valentine-friendly films land on the streamer including the Twilight series, Nicholas Sparks titles like Dear John and The Last Song, and more. Below, scroll through the full list of titles coming and going from Hulu this February. Available This Month on Hulu: February 1 FX’s Feud: Capote Vs. The Swans: Limited Series Premiere (FX) Naruto Shippuden: Season 8, Episodes 426-437 (Dubbed) (Viz) Save It or Sell It...
- 1/30/2024
- TV Insider
Nico Parker, Ella Anderson, Ariel Martin and Daniella Taylor in ‘Suncoast’ (Photo by Eric Zachanowich © 2023 Searchlight Pictures)
Nico Parker (The Last of Us) delivers an impressive performance as a teenager struggling with more than her fair share of family trauma in writer/director Laura Chinn’s Suncoast. The R-rated drama is a deeply personal coming-of-age story based on Chinn’s own experiences growing up with a single mother and an older brother who passed away from cancer.
There’s a pivotal scene early on in Suncoast with Doris (Parker) ticking off a list of family members who are either dead or dying. She’s not angry or frustrated, just matter-of-fact about her family history. Wise beyond her 17 years, Doris has accepted that these circumstances are beyond her control.
That’s Doris. She doesn’t rage; she accepts her situation. She’ll be her brother’s caretaker and second fiddle in...
Nico Parker (The Last of Us) delivers an impressive performance as a teenager struggling with more than her fair share of family trauma in writer/director Laura Chinn’s Suncoast. The R-rated drama is a deeply personal coming-of-age story based on Chinn’s own experiences growing up with a single mother and an older brother who passed away from cancer.
There’s a pivotal scene early on in Suncoast with Doris (Parker) ticking off a list of family members who are either dead or dying. She’s not angry or frustrated, just matter-of-fact about her family history. Wise beyond her 17 years, Doris has accepted that these circumstances are beyond her control.
That’s Doris. She doesn’t rage; she accepts her situation. She’ll be her brother’s caretaker and second fiddle in...
- 1/30/2024
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Disney+ has unleashed the trailer and key art for ‘Suncoast,’ written and directed by Laura Chinn.
Based on the semi-autobiographical story of a teenager (Nico Parker) who, while caring for her brother along with her audacious mother (Laura Linney), strikes up an unlikely friendship with an eccentric activist (Woody Harrelson) who is protesting one of the most landmark medical cases of all time.
Searchlight Pictures presents, a Freestyle Picture Company and 7 Deuce Entertainment Production, “Suncoast”, written and directed by Laura Chinn, and produced by Jeremy Plager, Francesca Silvestri, Kevin Chinoy, and Oly Obst. Executive producers are Chris Stinson, Amy Greene, and Anna Schwartz.
The film stars Laura Linney, Nico Parker, Matt Walsh, Keyla Monterosso Mejia, Scott MacArthur, Ella Anderson, Daniella Taylor, Amarr, Ariel Martin, and Woody Harrelson.
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The Original movie had its world premiere at the...
Based on the semi-autobiographical story of a teenager (Nico Parker) who, while caring for her brother along with her audacious mother (Laura Linney), strikes up an unlikely friendship with an eccentric activist (Woody Harrelson) who is protesting one of the most landmark medical cases of all time.
Searchlight Pictures presents, a Freestyle Picture Company and 7 Deuce Entertainment Production, “Suncoast”, written and directed by Laura Chinn, and produced by Jeremy Plager, Francesca Silvestri, Kevin Chinoy, and Oly Obst. Executive producers are Chris Stinson, Amy Greene, and Anna Schwartz.
The film stars Laura Linney, Nico Parker, Matt Walsh, Keyla Monterosso Mejia, Scott MacArthur, Ella Anderson, Daniella Taylor, Amarr, Ariel Martin, and Woody Harrelson.
Also in trailers – “The Ghostbusters are finished…” Full trailer lands for ‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’
The Original movie had its world premiere at the...
- 1/30/2024
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Floridian residents of a certain age viscerally remember the name Terri Schiavo. She was a woman in a vegetative state who became the center of a national right-to-die debate when her husband petitioned against her parents to remove her feeding tube. Filmmaker Laura Chinn had a unique experience of the case, which took place in her hometown of Clearwater: her brother shared a hospice center with Schiavo in the mid-aughts as the case reached its divisive climax.
That’s the inspiration for her debut feature Suncoast, which she wrote and directed. Set at the same time and place, the film is a dramedy that wears its messy little heart on its sleeve. Beautifully shot and acted, it refuses to take sides in one of the most controversial modern debates, and is all the better for it.
Doris (Nico Parker) and her mother Kristine (Laura Linney) are struggling to get by...
That’s the inspiration for her debut feature Suncoast, which she wrote and directed. Set at the same time and place, the film is a dramedy that wears its messy little heart on its sleeve. Beautifully shot and acted, it refuses to take sides in one of the most controversial modern debates, and is all the better for it.
Doris (Nico Parker) and her mother Kristine (Laura Linney) are struggling to get by...
- 1/29/2024
- by Lena Wilson
- The Film Stage
The Sundance Film Festival announced its 2024 winners on January 26, two days before the festival’s end date. The Awards Ceremony took place at The Ray Theater in Park City, Utah. This year marks its 40th annual festival run taking place from January 18 to January 28.
In the Summer, a film director Alessandra Lacorazza, won the top honor, U.S. Grand Jury Prize, starring Lio Mehiel.
Last year, Mehiel told uInterview exclusively about the importance of trans representation.
“Whenever there is an uptick of queer or trans representation in the media, there is an equal and perhaps greater response from the other side … that are looking to suppress trans rights, trans agency [and] queer liberation,” Mehiel told uInterview founder Erik Meers. “While in Hollywood we are seeing trans representation and this film is able to be part of that movement, this film is more important now than ever because even just in Utah,...
In the Summer, a film director Alessandra Lacorazza, won the top honor, U.S. Grand Jury Prize, starring Lio Mehiel.
Last year, Mehiel told uInterview exclusively about the importance of trans representation.
“Whenever there is an uptick of queer or trans representation in the media, there is an equal and perhaps greater response from the other side … that are looking to suppress trans rights, trans agency [and] queer liberation,” Mehiel told uInterview founder Erik Meers. “While in Hollywood we are seeing trans representation and this film is able to be part of that movement, this film is more important now than ever because even just in Utah,...
- 1/27/2024
- by Ann Hoang
- Uinterview
Laura Chinn’s directorial debut, Suncoast, is based on the filmmaker’s own experience growing up in Florida in the early 2000s, when her younger brother, blind and deaf and in a wheelchair from brain cancer, was placed in the same hospice center that Terri Schiavo was at. It’s a harrowing story that Chinn detailed in her 2022 memoir titled Acne.
The contrast between the media circus and heated protests surrounding Schiavo’s case and the private suffering of a family—Kristine (Laura Linney) and her teenage daughter, Doris (Nico Parker)—who’s been saying a very long goodbye to Max (Cree Kawa) for nearly a decade, should have orchestrated a riveting tension. Instead, the Schiavo case is a barely felt presence, serving only to bring Doris, exhausted by years of helping care for her brother under the watch of her overbearing mother, into the orbit of Paul (Woody Harrelson...
The contrast between the media circus and heated protests surrounding Schiavo’s case and the private suffering of a family—Kristine (Laura Linney) and her teenage daughter, Doris (Nico Parker)—who’s been saying a very long goodbye to Max (Cree Kawa) for nearly a decade, should have orchestrated a riveting tension. Instead, the Schiavo case is a barely felt presence, serving only to bring Doris, exhausted by years of helping care for her brother under the watch of her overbearing mother, into the orbit of Paul (Woody Harrelson...
- 1/26/2024
- by Derek Smith
- Slant Magazine
Sundance announced its winners on Friday morning, with Alessandra Lacorazza’s In The Summers took the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic and Brendan Bellomo’s Porcelain War the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary.
Silje Evensmo Jacobsen’s A New Kind Of Wilderness won the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary, while Astrid Rondero and Fernanda Valadez earned the corresponding world cinema dramatic prize for Sujo.
The pair collaborated as writers on the 2020 World Cinema – Dramatic prize winner Identifying Features directed by Valadez.
The Festival Favorite Award went to Daughters by Angela Patton and Natalie Rae, whose film also...
Silje Evensmo Jacobsen’s A New Kind Of Wilderness won the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary, while Astrid Rondero and Fernanda Valadez earned the corresponding world cinema dramatic prize for Sujo.
The pair collaborated as writers on the 2020 World Cinema – Dramatic prize winner Identifying Features directed by Valadez.
The Festival Favorite Award went to Daughters by Angela Patton and Natalie Rae, whose film also...
- 1/26/2024
- ScreenDaily
Sundance announced its winners on Friday morning, with Alessandra Lacorazza’s In The Summers took the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic and Brendan Bellomo’s Porcelain War the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary.
Silje Evensmo Jacobsen’s A New Kind Of Wilderness won the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary, while Astrid Rondero and Fernanda Valadez earned the corresponding world cinema dramatic prize for Sujo.
The pair collaborated as writers on the 2020 World Cinema – Dramatic prize winner Identifying Features directed by Valadez.
The Festival Favorite Award went to Daughters by Angela Patton and Natalie Rae, whose film also...
Silje Evensmo Jacobsen’s A New Kind Of Wilderness won the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary, while Astrid Rondero and Fernanda Valadez earned the corresponding world cinema dramatic prize for Sujo.
The pair collaborated as writers on the 2020 World Cinema – Dramatic prize winner Identifying Features directed by Valadez.
The Festival Favorite Award went to Daughters by Angela Patton and Natalie Rae, whose film also...
- 1/26/2024
- ScreenDaily
The 2024 Sundance Film Festival has announced its winners, with In the Summers taking the Grand Jury prize for U.S. Dramatic Competition and Porcelain War landing the award for U.S. Documentary Competition.
Sujo won the jury prize for the World Cinema Dramatic Competition section, and A New Kind of Wilderness won for World Cinema Documentary Competition.
Audience awards went to Sean Wang’s Dìdi (弟弟) in the U.S. Dramatic Competition and Daughters in the U.S. Documentary Competition, with the latter also earning the Festival Favorite Award selected by audiences across all new feature films presented at the fest. Girls Will Be Girls landed the audience award for World Cinema Dramatic Competition, and Ibelin won it in the World Cinema Documentary Competition.
Elsewhere, the Next innovator award went to Little Death, with Irish rap biopic Kneecap winning the audience award for the Next section.
Sundance CEO Joana Vicente said,...
Sujo won the jury prize for the World Cinema Dramatic Competition section, and A New Kind of Wilderness won for World Cinema Documentary Competition.
Audience awards went to Sean Wang’s Dìdi (弟弟) in the U.S. Dramatic Competition and Daughters in the U.S. Documentary Competition, with the latter also earning the Festival Favorite Award selected by audiences across all new feature films presented at the fest. Girls Will Be Girls landed the audience award for World Cinema Dramatic Competition, and Ibelin won it in the World Cinema Documentary Competition.
Elsewhere, the Next innovator award went to Little Death, with Irish rap biopic Kneecap winning the audience award for the Next section.
Sundance CEO Joana Vicente said,...
- 1/26/2024
- by Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The 2024 Sundance Film Festival awards were announced today at The Ray Theatre in Park City, Utah.
See the list of 2024 winners below, and congrats to all the winners.
Festival Favorite Award
Daughters (USA) – Angela Patton and Natalie Rae
U.S. Dramatic Competition
Grand Jury Prize
In the Summers (USA) – Alessandra Lacorazza
Directing Award
In the Summers (USA) – Alessandra Lacorazza
The Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award
A Real Pain – Jesse Eisenberg
Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Performance
Suncoast (USA) – Nico Parker
Special Jury Award for Best Ensemble
Dìdi – Sean Wang
Audience Award
Dìdi – Sean Wang
U.S. Documentary Competition
Grand Jury Prize
Porcelain War – Brendan Bellomo and Slava Leontyev
Directing Award
Sugarcane – Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie
Special Jury Award for Sound
Gaucho Gaucho (USA, Argentina) – Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw
Special Jury Award for The Art of Change
Union (USA) – Stephen Maing and Brett Story
Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award
Frida...
See the list of 2024 winners below, and congrats to all the winners.
Festival Favorite Award
Daughters (USA) – Angela Patton and Natalie Rae
U.S. Dramatic Competition
Grand Jury Prize
In the Summers (USA) – Alessandra Lacorazza
Directing Award
In the Summers (USA) – Alessandra Lacorazza
The Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award
A Real Pain – Jesse Eisenberg
Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Performance
Suncoast (USA) – Nico Parker
Special Jury Award for Best Ensemble
Dìdi – Sean Wang
Audience Award
Dìdi – Sean Wang
U.S. Documentary Competition
Grand Jury Prize
Porcelain War – Brendan Bellomo and Slava Leontyev
Directing Award
Sugarcane – Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie
Special Jury Award for Sound
Gaucho Gaucho (USA, Argentina) – Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw
Special Jury Award for The Art of Change
Union (USA) – Stephen Maing and Brett Story
Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award
Frida...
- 1/26/2024
- by Prem
- Talking Films
The Sundance Film Festival welcomed a new class of indie film stars on Friday, handing out its annual awards in Park City, Utah.
Taking the festival’s grand jury prize in the U.S. dramatic competition was “In the Summers” from writer-director Alessandra Lacorazza Samudio. The film tells of two daughters who come of age navigating a turbulent but loving father during yearly visits to his home in New Mexico. “Porcelain War” won the U.S. Documentary competition, for its portrait of artists-turned-soldiers in the Ukraine.
Top prizes in the world cinematic category went to “A New Kind of Wilderness” for documentary, the tale of a wild-living family who must return to the modern world after an untimely death; “Sujo” won for narrative feature, about a 4-year-old orphan who may find it impossible to escape a future working for a drug cartel.
Incoming Sundance Film Festival director Eugene Hernandez began...
Taking the festival’s grand jury prize in the U.S. dramatic competition was “In the Summers” from writer-director Alessandra Lacorazza Samudio. The film tells of two daughters who come of age navigating a turbulent but loving father during yearly visits to his home in New Mexico. “Porcelain War” won the U.S. Documentary competition, for its portrait of artists-turned-soldiers in the Ukraine.
Top prizes in the world cinematic category went to “A New Kind of Wilderness” for documentary, the tale of a wild-living family who must return to the modern world after an untimely death; “Sujo” won for narrative feature, about a 4-year-old orphan who may find it impossible to escape a future working for a drug cartel.
Incoming Sundance Film Festival director Eugene Hernandez began...
- 1/26/2024
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
It can feel discordant to see someone mourning amid the pastel-hued bungalows of a beach-bound town, beneath a blue sky. Not that single mom Kristine is grieving exactly in bittersweet, comedic Sundance drama “Suncoast” — a fact Laura Linney’s character makes decidedly clear to a counselor at the hospice center of the title. After all, her son Max (a very still Cree Kawa), who’s dying of brain cancer, isn’t gone yet; he’s just no longer there.
Daughter Doris (Nico Parker), however, is still very present, and she’s bristling under years of Kristine’s not-grieving and Max’s unresolved state. If that sounds harsh, it really isn’t. In her semi-autobiographical directorial debut, Laura Chinn places her sympathies with the child who isn’t ill, at least at the outset. Doris has been conscripted into the kind of caretaking that can tax even the most trained of adults,...
Daughter Doris (Nico Parker), however, is still very present, and she’s bristling under years of Kristine’s not-grieving and Max’s unresolved state. If that sounds harsh, it really isn’t. In her semi-autobiographical directorial debut, Laura Chinn places her sympathies with the child who isn’t ill, at least at the outset. Doris has been conscripted into the kind of caretaking that can tax even the most trained of adults,...
- 1/25/2024
- by Lisa Kennedy
- Variety Film + TV
There’s a core of authentically devastating family experience and personal investment that saves Suncoast from its unskilled handling, giving this grief drama, coming-of-age combo a heart to counter its predictability. Cynics too often roll their eyes while generalizing about the tired formula of the “Sundance movie,” but this one ticks all the boxes and even features an impossibly saintly character played by Woody Harrelson, who could have been conceived expressly for Park City audiences hungry for the prescribed dosage of funny-sad feels. On that elementary level, actor Laura Chinn’s first effort as writer-director gets by.
What makes Suncoast more palatable than those unpromising elements would suggest is the knowledge that Chinn is working from the autobiographical kernel of losing her brother to cancer as a teenager in 2005, when what should have been his peaceful final few months of hospice care were disrupted by the media circus and sanctimonious...
What makes Suncoast more palatable than those unpromising elements would suggest is the knowledge that Chinn is working from the autobiographical kernel of losing her brother to cancer as a teenager in 2005, when what should have been his peaceful final few months of hospice care were disrupted by the media circus and sanctimonious...
- 1/23/2024
- by David Rooney
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Every human being, to some degree, takes for granted their loved ones, those who are present in their lives. But appreciating the fragility of who you have, and for the brief time you may have them, is difficult to consider when you’re a teenager trying to live your life and discover your place in the world. The unique dynamics of “Suncoast”—coming-of-age meets the contemplation about death—a gentle, small-scale human drama from writer/director Laura Chinn, are sensitively rendered in her imperfect but touching feature-length debut.
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- 1/22/2024
- by Rodrigo Perez
- The Playlist
There’s an ambitious story at the heart of Laura Chinn’s feature debut “Suncoast.” Based on Chinn’s own childhood experiences, the film is about a teenager named Doris (Nico Parker) with a brain cancer-riddled brother dying in the same hospice care where cultural lightning rod Terri Schiavo is also ailing. Doris just wants to experience the normal ups and downs of high school, but she has to deal with her sibling’s condition and her overbearing mother (Laura Linney). On top of that, Doris is confronted by the very questions of what death means by the protestors outside the facility calling Schiavo’s husband a murderer for wanting to end her vegetative state.
It’s a lot to capture in under two hours, and while there are some lovely beats in Chinn’s film, it’s ultimately too unfocused in the way it approaches its many themes, with...
It’s a lot to capture in under two hours, and while there are some lovely beats in Chinn’s film, it’s ultimately too unfocused in the way it approaches its many themes, with...
- 1/22/2024
- by Esther Zuckerman
- Indiewire
Laura Chinn’s feature film writing and directing debut hits close to the heart — her heart especially — in a semi-autobiographical story set in 2005 and inspired by her own growing pains at a dark time in her family’s life as her brother is dying of cancer and moved unknowingly into what turned out to be the same nursing facility, Suncoast, where Terri Schiavo was also a patient.
If you don’t know the name, Terri Schiavo, you probably weren’t seeing the news in 2005 as this was the notorious right-to-die case that actually started in 1998 in a dispute between Schiavo’s husband and parents over removing the feeding tube of the woman who was in a irreversible vegetative state. It sparked worldwide protests by many on all sides including religious zealots, non-stop news coverage, government interference and more all playing out in front of this Florida facility where Chinn’s brother,...
If you don’t know the name, Terri Schiavo, you probably weren’t seeing the news in 2005 as this was the notorious right-to-die case that actually started in 1998 in a dispute between Schiavo’s husband and parents over removing the feeding tube of the woman who was in a irreversible vegetative state. It sparked worldwide protests by many on all sides including religious zealots, non-stop news coverage, government interference and more all playing out in front of this Florida facility where Chinn’s brother,...
- 1/22/2024
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
As we once again find ourselves in the midst of another year at the movies, we eagerly look forward to the films scheduled for release in the coming year. There is probably something coming out that should be over interest to everyone (at least that’s probably the hope of most filmmakers). As always, there will be the usual sequels and big blockbusters, as well as a plethora of additional titles in multiple genres to choose from. We hope you find this list of the upcoming films of 2024 and their release dates useful and that it helps you plan what you’re going to look forward to over the next twelve months.
The list below gathers all of the titles we know (right now at least) that are coming in 2024 by their current release date. Remember, these dates are subject to change. So, as dates change (and time permits) we...
The list below gathers all of the titles we know (right now at least) that are coming in 2024 by their current release date. Remember, these dates are subject to change. So, as dates change (and time permits) we...
- 1/21/2024
- by Mike Tyrkus
- CinemaNerdz
Kristen Stewart’s domination of the 2024 Sundance Film Festival continued at the Variety Sundance Cover Party presented by United Airlines, where Stewart was honored for her starring roles in two big festival premieres: “Love Me,” a post-apocalyptic romance film in which she stars opposite Steven Yeun, and “Loves Lies Bleeding,” an A24-backed crime thriller in which she played a reclusive gym manager who falls for a local bodybuilder.
“It’s hard to get here,” Stewart told Variety at the party about returning to Sundance, where she has premiered more than a dozen movies throughout her career. “Not because it’s an established and elite film festival, but because it supports marginalized voices. Voices that aren’t heard anywhere else. It’s a solidifying, communal feeling and it only makes you stronger to go back into a world of a ‘no’ and say, ‘I know that there’s a place for me.
“It’s hard to get here,” Stewart told Variety at the party about returning to Sundance, where she has premiered more than a dozen movies throughout her career. “Not because it’s an established and elite film festival, but because it supports marginalized voices. Voices that aren’t heard anywhere else. It’s a solidifying, communal feeling and it only makes you stronger to go back into a world of a ‘no’ and say, ‘I know that there’s a place for me.
- 1/21/2024
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: The dealmaking has begun. Searchlight Pictures closed the first major deal on the ground at the Sundance Film Festival — $10 million for worldwide rights for A Real Pain, directed and written by Jesse Eisenberg. He stars with freshly minted Emmy-winning Succession star Kieran Culkin as mismatched cousins David and Benji. They reunite for a tour of Poland to honor their grandmother, but older tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family’s history. The film will get a big theatrical release later this year.
Pic also stars Jennifer Grey, Will Sharpe, Kurt Egyiawan (Beasts of No Nation), Liza Sadovy (A Small Light) and Daniel Oreskes (Only Murders in the Building), and it’s produced by Topic and Fruit Tree, with Ali Herting, Dave McCary, Ewa Puszczynska, Jennifer Semler, Eisenberg and Emma Stone all producing. The film, playing in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at Sundance, has been a buzz title...
Pic also stars Jennifer Grey, Will Sharpe, Kurt Egyiawan (Beasts of No Nation), Liza Sadovy (A Small Light) and Daniel Oreskes (Only Murders in the Building), and it’s produced by Topic and Fruit Tree, with Ali Herting, Dave McCary, Ewa Puszczynska, Jennifer Semler, Eisenberg and Emma Stone all producing. The film, playing in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at Sundance, has been a buzz title...
- 1/21/2024
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Woody Harrelson wasn’t able to make it to The Hollywood Reporter‘s chat at the Sundance Film Festival with Suncoast writer-director Laura Chinn and the actor’s co-stars Laura Linney and Ariel Martin. However, Chinn and Linney shed light on what Harrelson brought to his role.
In Suncoast, which is partially based on Chinn’s own life, Harrelson’s character Paul is an activist who protests in favor of real-life person Terri Schiavo’s right to live while being in a vegetative state. He strikes a friendship with Doris (Nico Parker), a high schooler whose comatose brother is being held in the same facility as Schiavo.
Speaking on the dynamic between the characters of Paul and Doris, Linney, who plays Doris’ mother Kristine, said, “The thing that’s also interesting is when you have conviction on opposite sides of an issue. The conviction is the same and the conviction can,...
In Suncoast, which is partially based on Chinn’s own life, Harrelson’s character Paul is an activist who protests in favor of real-life person Terri Schiavo’s right to live while being in a vegetative state. He strikes a friendship with Doris (Nico Parker), a high schooler whose comatose brother is being held in the same facility as Schiavo.
Speaking on the dynamic between the characters of Paul and Doris, Linney, who plays Doris’ mother Kristine, said, “The thing that’s also interesting is when you have conviction on opposite sides of an issue. The conviction is the same and the conviction can,...
- 1/21/2024
- by Tatiana Tenreyro
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Laura Chinn’s “Suncoast” is getting a theatrical release ahead of its previously announced debut on Hulu and other Disney streaming platforms. The Searchlight Pictures Film, an intensely personal, semi-autobiographical coming-of-age story, is having its world premiere on Sunday at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. The cast includes rising star Nico Parker (“The Last of Us”) along with Oscar nominees Laura Linney and Woody Harrelson.
“Suncoast” will be released in select Los Angeles and New York theaters on Feb. 2, 2024, as well as in additional markets including Tampa, Phoenix, Kansas City, Denver, Dallas, Chicago, Philadelphia, Miami. The film will then stream exclusively on Disney’s streaming platforms beginning on Feb. 9, 2024, on Hulu in the U.S., Star+ in Latin America and Disney+ in all other territories.
The movie follows a teenager (Nico Parker) who is trying to forge her own friendships and adjust to high school while also caring for her brother.
“Suncoast” will be released in select Los Angeles and New York theaters on Feb. 2, 2024, as well as in additional markets including Tampa, Phoenix, Kansas City, Denver, Dallas, Chicago, Philadelphia, Miami. The film will then stream exclusively on Disney’s streaming platforms beginning on Feb. 9, 2024, on Hulu in the U.S., Star+ in Latin America and Disney+ in all other territories.
The movie follows a teenager (Nico Parker) who is trying to forge her own friendships and adjust to high school while also caring for her brother.
- 1/19/2024
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
“Suncoast” is a new ‘dramedy’ feature, written and directed by Laura Chinn, starring Woody Harrelson and Nico Parker, streaming February 9, 2024 on Hulu:
“…inspired by the semi-autobiographical story of a teenager (Parker) who, while caring for her brother along with her audacious mother (Laura Linney)…
“…strikes up an unlikely friendship with an eccentric activist (Harrelson) who is protesting one of the most landmark medical cases of all time.
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“…inspired by the semi-autobiographical story of a teenager (Parker) who, while caring for her brother along with her audacious mother (Laura Linney)…
“…strikes up an unlikely friendship with an eccentric activist (Harrelson) who is protesting one of the most landmark medical cases of all time.
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- 1/17/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Searchlight Pictures unveiled the first Suncoast trailer ahead of the film’s debut at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. The coming-of-age indie drama stars Nico Parker (The Last of Us) as a teen who’s dealing with a dying brother.
Writer Laura Chinn (Florida Girls creator) makes her directorial debut with a film based on her own experiences. Three-time Oscar nominee Laura Linney stars as Parker’s mom, and three-time Oscar nominee Woody Harrelson plays an “eccentric activist who is protesting one of the most landmark medical cases of all time.”
The cast also includes Daniella Taylor, Ella Anderson, Amarr, and Ariel Martin. Jeremy Plager, Francesca Silvestri, Kevin Chinoy, and Oly Obst served as producers.
Suncoast will premiere on Hulu on February 9, 2024.
Poster for ‘Suncoast’ (Photo Credit: Searchlight Pictures)
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Writer Laura Chinn (Florida Girls creator) makes her directorial debut with a film based on her own experiences. Three-time Oscar nominee Laura Linney stars as Parker’s mom, and three-time Oscar nominee Woody Harrelson plays an “eccentric activist who is protesting one of the most landmark medical cases of all time.”
The cast also includes Daniella Taylor, Ella Anderson, Amarr, and Ariel Martin. Jeremy Plager, Francesca Silvestri, Kevin Chinoy, and Oly Obst served as producers.
Suncoast will premiere on Hulu on February 9, 2024.
Poster for ‘Suncoast’ (Photo Credit: Searchlight Pictures)
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- 1/17/2024
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Woody Harrelson is channeling his “Edge of Seventeen” sensibilities for Sundance film “Suncoast.”
The “True Detective” alum appears in writer-director Laura Chinn’s coming-of-age feature debut “Suncoast” alongside Nico Parker. Inspired by Chinn’s semi-autobiographical story, “Suncoast” follows a teen (Parker) who, while caring for her brother along with her audacious mother (Laura Linney), strikes up an unlikely friendship with an eccentric activist (Harrelson) who is protesting one of the most landmark medical cases of all time.
Parker and Harrelson’s characters bond over their shared grief, with the title coming from the Suncoast hospital center where Parker’s brother is being treated. Ella Anderson, Daniella Taylor, Amarr, and Ariel Martin also star.
The film is having its world premiere in the U.S. Dramatic Competition category at Sundance 2024. Jeremy Plager, Francesca Silvestri, Kevin Chinoy, and Oly Obst produce the Searchlight Pictures film.
“Suncoast” lead Parker is the daughter of Thandiwe Newtown and Ol Parker.
The “True Detective” alum appears in writer-director Laura Chinn’s coming-of-age feature debut “Suncoast” alongside Nico Parker. Inspired by Chinn’s semi-autobiographical story, “Suncoast” follows a teen (Parker) who, while caring for her brother along with her audacious mother (Laura Linney), strikes up an unlikely friendship with an eccentric activist (Harrelson) who is protesting one of the most landmark medical cases of all time.
Parker and Harrelson’s characters bond over their shared grief, with the title coming from the Suncoast hospital center where Parker’s brother is being treated. Ella Anderson, Daniella Taylor, Amarr, and Ariel Martin also star.
The film is having its world premiere in the U.S. Dramatic Competition category at Sundance 2024. Jeremy Plager, Francesca Silvestri, Kevin Chinoy, and Oly Obst produce the Searchlight Pictures film.
“Suncoast” lead Parker is the daughter of Thandiwe Newtown and Ol Parker.
- 1/17/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
"Once your brother's gone, he's gone, and you will miss taking care of him." Searchlight Pictures debuted the first official trailer for the indie drama Suncoast, marking the feature directorial debut of writer Laura Chinn (creator of "Florida Girls"). This is premiering at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival kicking off this week, then will be streaming on Hulu in February – not long of a wait after the fest. "Writer-director Laura Chinn makes an unforgettable debut with a script inspired by her own teenage experience." Inspired by the semi-autobiographical story of a teenager named Doris who, while caring for her brother along with her audacious mother, strikes up an unlikely friendship with an eccentric activist who is protesting one of the most landmark medical cases of all time. Nico Parker stars as Doris, joined by Laura Linney, Daniella Taylor, Ella Anderson, Amarr, Ariel Martin, and Woody Harrelson. The festival adds: "Separately and together,...
- 1/17/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Do you guys ever think about dying? Searchlight Pictures is ready to introduce some gray clouds with a silver lining to your day by debuting its Suncoast trailer, featuring a touching tale of grief, connection, and making your way forward after tremendous loss.
Inspired by the semi-autobiographical story of a teenager (Nico Parker) who, while caring for her brother along with her audacious mother (Laura Linney), strikes up an unlikely friendship with an eccentric activist (Woody Harrelson) who is protesting one of the most landmark medical cases of all time.
Directed and written by Laura Chinn, today’s Suncoast trailer presents a drama that’s part coming-of-age and part tearjerker. The promo introduces us to Dorris, a young woman whose brother is on the verge of death. As Dorris’s mother looks after her ailing child, Dorris runs the house. Rather than be consumed by her brother’s inevitable passing,...
Inspired by the semi-autobiographical story of a teenager (Nico Parker) who, while caring for her brother along with her audacious mother (Laura Linney), strikes up an unlikely friendship with an eccentric activist (Woody Harrelson) who is protesting one of the most landmark medical cases of all time.
Directed and written by Laura Chinn, today’s Suncoast trailer presents a drama that’s part coming-of-age and part tearjerker. The promo introduces us to Dorris, a young woman whose brother is on the verge of death. As Dorris’s mother looks after her ailing child, Dorris runs the house. Rather than be consumed by her brother’s inevitable passing,...
- 1/17/2024
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
The 2024 Sundance Film Festival is right around the corner and kicks off later this week. And one of the titles on our Sundance 2024: The 23 Most Anticipated Movies To Watch feature is “Suncoast.” The directorial debut of actor turned writer/director Laura Chinn, “Suncoast,” is semi-biographical and is based on the filmmaker’s personal teenage experience growing up in St. Petersburg, Florida. The film stars Nico Parker, the daughter of director and screenwriter Ol Parker, and actress Thandiwe Newton.
Continue reading ‘Suncoast’ Trailer: New Sundance Drama With Laura Linney, Nico Parker & Woody Harrelson Hits Hulu Feb 9 at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Suncoast’ Trailer: New Sundance Drama With Laura Linney, Nico Parker & Woody Harrelson Hits Hulu Feb 9 at The Playlist.
- 1/17/2024
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
Writer-director Nathan Silver is harnessing a crisis of faith for his irreverent comedy “Between the Temples,” debuting at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival.
Silver, who has written and directed nine feature films and has had projects premiere at NYFF, Venice, Tribeca, AFI, Locarno, and Rotterdam, is making his Sundance debut with the feature. Silver was previously rejected by Sundance many times before “Between the Temples” landed in the U.S. Dramatic Competition programming lineup, his first time competing at the festival. “Between the Temples” is also among IndieWire’s must-see films at this year’s festival.
In “Between the Temples,” a cantor (Jason Schwartzman) in a crisis of faith finds his world turned upside down when his grade school music teacher reenters his life as his new adult bat mitzvah student (Carol Kane).
Robert Smigel, Annie Hamilton, Madeline Weinstein, and “Triangle of Sadness” alum Dolly de Leon also star.
“Between the Temples...
Silver, who has written and directed nine feature films and has had projects premiere at NYFF, Venice, Tribeca, AFI, Locarno, and Rotterdam, is making his Sundance debut with the feature. Silver was previously rejected by Sundance many times before “Between the Temples” landed in the U.S. Dramatic Competition programming lineup, his first time competing at the festival. “Between the Temples” is also among IndieWire’s must-see films at this year’s festival.
In “Between the Temples,” a cantor (Jason Schwartzman) in a crisis of faith finds his world turned upside down when his grade school music teacher reenters his life as his new adult bat mitzvah student (Carol Kane).
Robert Smigel, Annie Hamilton, Madeline Weinstein, and “Triangle of Sadness” alum Dolly de Leon also star.
“Between the Temples...
- 1/16/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Suncoast, the feature directorial debut of Laura Chinn, starring Nico Parker, Laura Linney, Woody Harrelson and more, has set its Hulu premiere date ahead of its world premiere at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. The Searchlight Pictures title, bowing in U.S. Dramatic Competition on January 21st, will debut on the streamer on February 9th.
A coming-of-age drama inspired by Chinn’s personal experiences from the early aughts, Suncoast follows a teenager (Parker) living with her strong-willed mother (Linney), who must take her brother (Cree Kawa) to live at a specialized facility. There, she strikes up an unlikely friendship with an eccentric activist (Harrelson) amidst protests surrounding one of the most landmark medical cases of all time.
Chinn directed the pic from her 2020 Black List script, with Matt Walsh, Keyla Monterosso Mejia, Scott MacArthur, Ella Anderson, Daniella Taylor, Amarr, and Ariel Martin rounding out the cast. Producers of the film are Jeremy Plager,...
A coming-of-age drama inspired by Chinn’s personal experiences from the early aughts, Suncoast follows a teenager (Parker) living with her strong-willed mother (Linney), who must take her brother (Cree Kawa) to live at a specialized facility. There, she strikes up an unlikely friendship with an eccentric activist (Harrelson) amidst protests surrounding one of the most landmark medical cases of all time.
Chinn directed the pic from her 2020 Black List script, with Matt Walsh, Keyla Monterosso Mejia, Scott MacArthur, Ella Anderson, Daniella Taylor, Amarr, and Ariel Martin rounding out the cast. Producers of the film are Jeremy Plager,...
- 1/10/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
A quick perusal of the reviews indicated TV critics weren’t turned on by what they saw in CBS’ new incarnation of the Golden Globes. Host Jo Koy in particular took some heavy criticism for a generally unfunny and unsuccessful turn in a performance hovering around Ricky Gervais-insult level material but never really getting there. I can’t really speak to how things looked on the tube, but I can say it was fun in the room, and the results as they count in the race towards Oscar can only be considered as extremely significant, a collection of winners without a single embarrassment among them. That alone is a triumph considering the history.
And as for the return of the Globes themselves, it felt like I was in some kind of time machine thrust back to 2018 that had taken me back to a Globes show where the audience is constantly mingling and talking amongst themselves, where nobody really takes any of it seriously, and where it was still a good time — something actually living up to the claim of being “Hollywood’s party of the year.”
Related: Golden Globes Photos: The Best Looks From The Red Carpet
I was barred from the Beverly Hilton Ballroom Globes ceremony last year for reasons only they know (so were most of my fellow pundits), but we were welcomed back this year and I have to say it was a throwback to a Golden Globes that, while rocky at times and searching for its true identity in terms of the season, was a welcome cog in the wheel of this crazy race to Oscar, one with a genuine screwy past that 81 years in still seems oddly necessary.
Related: Golden Globes TV Review: Taylor Swift, Kevin Costner & “White People Roles” Help Ceremony Pick Up The Pace After Stumbling Start
The ‘Poor Things’ team on Sunday
Universal certainly seems to think so. Executives and stars and filmmakers of their phenomenal hit Oppenheimer, the night’s big winner with five Globes including Best Motion Picture – Drama, were partying well into the night at Tommys in Beverly Hills. The studio has been a consistent favorite with the Globes having won in the recent past several times including Green Book, 1917, The Fabelmans and more that have taken a Best Picture prize. Now with Oppenheimer it is back in the game in a big way, although one that is not terribly unexpected. Oppenheimer has been relatively quiet on the awards circuit thus far, but the Globes victories have pushed it into the stratosphere, with a quick follow-up expected next weekend for the film, which is full of nominations from the Critics Choice Awards. In between, we have the SAG nominations being announced Wednesday and a Cast nomination would be a clear sign it is all smooth sailing until the Oscars. Universal’s Focus Features specialty division also picked up a couple of well-deserved wins for The Holdovers’ Paul Giamatti and Da’Vine Joy Randolph (the latter on a clear path to Oscar this season).
Related: Golden Globes Scorecards: Wins By Movie, TV Show, Distributor & Network
Favorites like Maestro, Killers of the Flower Moon, and Barbie (perhaps too pink for its own good won only Best Song and for its Boxoffice success) disappointed, clearing the way for Oppenheimer to cement its frontrunner status in the next couple of weeks. Perhaps the movie to look out for as competition, at least by the evidence of its Gg wins, is Poor Things, which took Best Picture Comedy/Musical and Actress Comedy/Musical for its star Emma Stone. Competitors can take heart though that neither Globe Best Picture winners last year – The Fabelmans and The Banshees of Inisherin – went on to any Oscar wins.
(L-r) Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie win the Cinematic and Box Office Achievement for ‘Barbie’
Dependable Oscar precursor or not, the Globes, in other words, looks poised to regain its place in the season’s pecking order. I found no one really focused on its past scandals Sunday night, but rather in high spirits talking about anything but the transgressions that led to a virtual boycott and dismissal of what, until then, had always been a key stop on the circuit, and one importantly with a decades-long Hollywood tradition. On Sunday instead, Sony chairman Tom Rothman was talking to us about the phenomenal holds their rom-com Anyone But You was experiencing, and A24’s David Fenkel was touting a similar growing success for its drama The Iron Claw. Searchlight’s Matthew Greenfield was talking about Sundance and their upcoming film there Suncoast.
Justine Triet’s ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ won Best Screenplay and Best Feature Not in the English Language
Missing was the immediate post-Globes party scene at the Hilton that could add up to six different studios throwing bashes. This year there was just one on site, thrown by music trade publication Billboard. Netflix (which had a big night for Beef), with a swinging and packed affair at Spago down the street, and Universal across from it at Tommys with an equally crowded after party kept the tradition alive. Both were enough for me.
Related: Golden Globes Parties + Events Photos: Golden Globe Foundation Dinner, W Magazine, The Art of Elysium, The Golden Eve Party & More
Bottom line: the turnout was significant. Hollywood showed up, folks, even resistance leaders like ID publicist Kelly Bush Novak leading Christopher Nolan through the gauntlet. I mean, anytime you get Bruce Springsteen and Taylor Swift to show up (albeit both nominated at the Globes with no chance of using it as a platform to advance to the Oscars), you have to think we have returned to the glory days, or close, considering the Globes were on a suicide watch with even Tom Cruise so upset with them he returned his three statuettes (might he want them back now?). The parade of stars from Ryan Gosling to Leonardo DiCaprio to Jennifer Aniston to Margot Robbie, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and on and on Sunday meant few no-shows.
(L-r) Nicholas Braun and Charles Melton on the Globes red carpet
Key among the impressive winners was the Cannes Palme d’Or laureate Anatomy of a Fall, which not only took Best Motion Picture Not in the English Language, but also significantly Best Screenplay against heavyweights like KIllers of the Flower Moon, Barbie and Oppenheimer. That indicated to me that the effort to bring in real international journalists had paid off and the selections were serious, and most importantly, credible. In fact, between the movie awards and the TV awards there was not a single cringe moment — at least as far as winners were concerned.
‘Beef’s Lee Sung Jin accepts the Globe for Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made For Television
Speaking of the TV side, the Globes were actually downright respectable, even if a bit boring in their predictability. Succession dominated the Drama series wins, The Bear swept comedy, and Beef took all the key Limited Series honors as HBO, FX and Netflix had a very good night. Things were back to business as usual, as witnessed also by the fact that the open bar in the back was hopping; the networking was off the charts during commercials; and the feeling that after all that came before in the past few years, at the very least this awards show, for good or bad, offered a sense of normalcy Hollywood was craving at this particular moment.
The ratings on new network CBS and Paramount+ will tell their own story, but for now the Golden Globes seems to be back on track, reports of its imminent demise perhaps premature?...
And as for the return of the Globes themselves, it felt like I was in some kind of time machine thrust back to 2018 that had taken me back to a Globes show where the audience is constantly mingling and talking amongst themselves, where nobody really takes any of it seriously, and where it was still a good time — something actually living up to the claim of being “Hollywood’s party of the year.”
Related: Golden Globes Photos: The Best Looks From The Red Carpet
I was barred from the Beverly Hilton Ballroom Globes ceremony last year for reasons only they know (so were most of my fellow pundits), but we were welcomed back this year and I have to say it was a throwback to a Golden Globes that, while rocky at times and searching for its true identity in terms of the season, was a welcome cog in the wheel of this crazy race to Oscar, one with a genuine screwy past that 81 years in still seems oddly necessary.
Related: Golden Globes TV Review: Taylor Swift, Kevin Costner & “White People Roles” Help Ceremony Pick Up The Pace After Stumbling Start
The ‘Poor Things’ team on Sunday
Universal certainly seems to think so. Executives and stars and filmmakers of their phenomenal hit Oppenheimer, the night’s big winner with five Globes including Best Motion Picture – Drama, were partying well into the night at Tommys in Beverly Hills. The studio has been a consistent favorite with the Globes having won in the recent past several times including Green Book, 1917, The Fabelmans and more that have taken a Best Picture prize. Now with Oppenheimer it is back in the game in a big way, although one that is not terribly unexpected. Oppenheimer has been relatively quiet on the awards circuit thus far, but the Globes victories have pushed it into the stratosphere, with a quick follow-up expected next weekend for the film, which is full of nominations from the Critics Choice Awards. In between, we have the SAG nominations being announced Wednesday and a Cast nomination would be a clear sign it is all smooth sailing until the Oscars. Universal’s Focus Features specialty division also picked up a couple of well-deserved wins for The Holdovers’ Paul Giamatti and Da’Vine Joy Randolph (the latter on a clear path to Oscar this season).
Related: Golden Globes Scorecards: Wins By Movie, TV Show, Distributor & Network
Favorites like Maestro, Killers of the Flower Moon, and Barbie (perhaps too pink for its own good won only Best Song and for its Boxoffice success) disappointed, clearing the way for Oppenheimer to cement its frontrunner status in the next couple of weeks. Perhaps the movie to look out for as competition, at least by the evidence of its Gg wins, is Poor Things, which took Best Picture Comedy/Musical and Actress Comedy/Musical for its star Emma Stone. Competitors can take heart though that neither Globe Best Picture winners last year – The Fabelmans and The Banshees of Inisherin – went on to any Oscar wins.
(L-r) Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie win the Cinematic and Box Office Achievement for ‘Barbie’
Dependable Oscar precursor or not, the Globes, in other words, looks poised to regain its place in the season’s pecking order. I found no one really focused on its past scandals Sunday night, but rather in high spirits talking about anything but the transgressions that led to a virtual boycott and dismissal of what, until then, had always been a key stop on the circuit, and one importantly with a decades-long Hollywood tradition. On Sunday instead, Sony chairman Tom Rothman was talking to us about the phenomenal holds their rom-com Anyone But You was experiencing, and A24’s David Fenkel was touting a similar growing success for its drama The Iron Claw. Searchlight’s Matthew Greenfield was talking about Sundance and their upcoming film there Suncoast.
Justine Triet’s ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ won Best Screenplay and Best Feature Not in the English Language
Missing was the immediate post-Globes party scene at the Hilton that could add up to six different studios throwing bashes. This year there was just one on site, thrown by music trade publication Billboard. Netflix (which had a big night for Beef), with a swinging and packed affair at Spago down the street, and Universal across from it at Tommys with an equally crowded after party kept the tradition alive. Both were enough for me.
Related: Golden Globes Parties + Events Photos: Golden Globe Foundation Dinner, W Magazine, The Art of Elysium, The Golden Eve Party & More
Bottom line: the turnout was significant. Hollywood showed up, folks, even resistance leaders like ID publicist Kelly Bush Novak leading Christopher Nolan through the gauntlet. I mean, anytime you get Bruce Springsteen and Taylor Swift to show up (albeit both nominated at the Globes with no chance of using it as a platform to advance to the Oscars), you have to think we have returned to the glory days, or close, considering the Globes were on a suicide watch with even Tom Cruise so upset with them he returned his three statuettes (might he want them back now?). The parade of stars from Ryan Gosling to Leonardo DiCaprio to Jennifer Aniston to Margot Robbie, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and on and on Sunday meant few no-shows.
(L-r) Nicholas Braun and Charles Melton on the Globes red carpet
Key among the impressive winners was the Cannes Palme d’Or laureate Anatomy of a Fall, which not only took Best Motion Picture Not in the English Language, but also significantly Best Screenplay against heavyweights like KIllers of the Flower Moon, Barbie and Oppenheimer. That indicated to me that the effort to bring in real international journalists had paid off and the selections were serious, and most importantly, credible. In fact, between the movie awards and the TV awards there was not a single cringe moment — at least as far as winners were concerned.
‘Beef’s Lee Sung Jin accepts the Globe for Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made For Television
Speaking of the TV side, the Globes were actually downright respectable, even if a bit boring in their predictability. Succession dominated the Drama series wins, The Bear swept comedy, and Beef took all the key Limited Series honors as HBO, FX and Netflix had a very good night. Things were back to business as usual, as witnessed also by the fact that the open bar in the back was hopping; the networking was off the charts during commercials; and the feeling that after all that came before in the past few years, at the very least this awards show, for good or bad, offered a sense of normalcy Hollywood was craving at this particular moment.
The ratings on new network CBS and Paramount+ will tell their own story, but for now the Golden Globes seems to be back on track, reports of its imminent demise perhaps premature?...
- 1/8/2024
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
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