Michael Groom’s “Between the Lights” and Leon Lozano’s “A Little Hope for Chicago” were two of the grand jury prize winners of Dances With Films: LA. The celebration, hosted at the Tcl Chinese Theatre on June 30, saw “Between the Lights” (pictured) win best narrative feature and “A Little Hope for Chicago” take home best documentary feature.
The indie film festival lineup included 232 films, with 117 making world, international, North American or U.S. premieres.
The full award list for Dances With Films: LA is as follows:
Grand Jury – Narrative Features
“Between the Lights”
Director/Writer: Michael Groom
Producers: David Groom, Michael Groom
Honorable Mentions:
“Dreaming of You”
Director/Writer: Jack McCafferty
Producers: Bridgett Greenberg, McCafferty
“Tallywacker”
Director/Writer: Brendan Boogie
Producers: Jeremy Dubs, Chris Goodwin, Boogie
Grand Jury – Documentary Features
“A Little Hope for Chicago”
Director: Leon Lozano
Writers: Kevin Nichols, Lozano
Producers: Garrett E.B. Thompson, Kevin Nichols, Lozano...
The indie film festival lineup included 232 films, with 117 making world, international, North American or U.S. premieres.
The full award list for Dances With Films: LA is as follows:
Grand Jury – Narrative Features
“Between the Lights”
Director/Writer: Michael Groom
Producers: David Groom, Michael Groom
Honorable Mentions:
“Dreaming of You”
Director/Writer: Jack McCafferty
Producers: Bridgett Greenberg, McCafferty
“Tallywacker”
Director/Writer: Brendan Boogie
Producers: Jeremy Dubs, Chris Goodwin, Boogie
Grand Jury – Documentary Features
“A Little Hope for Chicago”
Director: Leon Lozano
Writers: Kevin Nichols, Lozano
Producers: Garrett E.B. Thompson, Kevin Nichols, Lozano...
- 7/1/2024
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Upcoming horror movie The Turning may take place in the Nineties, but you’re not going to hear “Smells Like Teen Spirit” on the soundtrack.
Instead, director Floria Sigismondi teamed up with producer-musicians Lawrence Rothman and Yves Rothman to create a whole new aural environment for the movie, which is a retelling of Henry James’ 1898 novella The Turn of the Screw. They enlisted a cadre of musicians — from Courtney Love to Soccer Mommy — to write their own versions of Nineties music.
“First of all, I wanted to get rid of technology,...
Instead, director Floria Sigismondi teamed up with producer-musicians Lawrence Rothman and Yves Rothman to create a whole new aural environment for the movie, which is a retelling of Henry James’ 1898 novella The Turn of the Screw. They enlisted a cadre of musicians — from Courtney Love to Soccer Mommy — to write their own versions of Nineties music.
“First of all, I wanted to get rid of technology,...
- 1/21/2020
- by Brenna Ehrlich
- Rollingstone.com
Cinemax has given a straight-to-series order to drama Jett, from Snakes on a Plane and Gothika scribe Sebastian Gutierrez, with Carla Gugino attached to star and executive produce.
Written by Gutierrez, in Jett, fresh out of prison, world-class thief Daisy ”Jett” Kowalski (Gugino) is forced back into doing what she does best by dangerous and eccentric criminals determined to exploit her skills for their own ends.
Gugino’s Daisy “Jett” Kowalski is an intensely practical and self-reliant thief, an unsentimental woman of action. With the birth of her daughter, Jett planned to put her career in crime behind her, only to find herself drawn into doing one last job.
Jett is produced by Global Road Entertainment for Cinemax. Gutierrez executive produces and directs. Mark Stern, Stuart Ford and Dana Brunetti also executive produce. Stacey Levin is co-executive producer. Kathy Landsberg is line producer.
Jett is part of Cinemax’s recallibrated...
Written by Gutierrez, in Jett, fresh out of prison, world-class thief Daisy ”Jett” Kowalski (Gugino) is forced back into doing what she does best by dangerous and eccentric criminals determined to exploit her skills for their own ends.
Gugino’s Daisy “Jett” Kowalski is an intensely practical and self-reliant thief, an unsentimental woman of action. With the birth of her daughter, Jett planned to put her career in crime behind her, only to find herself drawn into doing one last job.
Jett is produced by Global Road Entertainment for Cinemax. Gutierrez executive produces and directs. Mark Stern, Stuart Ford and Dana Brunetti also executive produce. Stacey Levin is co-executive producer. Kathy Landsberg is line producer.
Jett is part of Cinemax’s recallibrated...
- 4/18/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Cinemax has given a straight-to-series order for a new drama series starring Carla Gugino, Variety has learned.
The series is titled “Jett.” It will follow world-class thief Daisy ”Jett” Kowalski (Gugino) who, fresh out of prison, is forced back into doing what she does best by dangerous and eccentric criminals determined to exploit her skills for their own ends.
Jett is described as an intensely practical and self-reliant thief, an unsentimental woman of action. With the birth of her daughter, Jett planned to put her career in crime behind her, only to find herself drawn into doing one last job.
Gugino will also executive produce in addition to starring. The series is written, directed, and executive produced by Sebastian Gutierrez, Gugino’s longtime partner and collaborator. Mark Stern, Stuart Ford, and Dana Brunetti will also executive produce with Stacey Levin co-executive producing. Global Road Entertainment will produce.
Gugino has starred...
The series is titled “Jett.” It will follow world-class thief Daisy ”Jett” Kowalski (Gugino) who, fresh out of prison, is forced back into doing what she does best by dangerous and eccentric criminals determined to exploit her skills for their own ends.
Jett is described as an intensely practical and self-reliant thief, an unsentimental woman of action. With the birth of her daughter, Jett planned to put her career in crime behind her, only to find herself drawn into doing one last job.
Gugino will also executive produce in addition to starring. The series is written, directed, and executive produced by Sebastian Gutierrez, Gugino’s longtime partner and collaborator. Mark Stern, Stuart Ford, and Dana Brunetti will also executive produce with Stacey Levin co-executive producing. Global Road Entertainment will produce.
Gugino has starred...
- 4/18/2018
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Tony Sokol Nov 8, 2017
City councilman Kai Anderson takes a page out of the Helter Skelter playbook to put Charles (Manson) in Charge. Spoilers ahead...
This review contains spoilers.
See related Legends Of Tomorrow season 3 episode 4 review: Phone Home Legends Of Tomorrow season 3 episode 3 review: Zari
7.10 Charles (Manson) In Charge
Charles (Manson) In Charge is the much-anticipated 'Manson Family' episode Ahs aficionados have been waiting for since the earliest teaser-rumours. The misguided group of baby-boomer drifters ended the decade of love, peace and understanding in a trail of blood and a counter-revolutionary message. Manson’s plan was to race-bait the end of the world, hiding on a studio backlot in Death Valley until the time was right to save the day as the white guy who knows how things should be done. This is basically Kai Anderson’s message. The city councilman is riding a wave of hatred and division to...
City councilman Kai Anderson takes a page out of the Helter Skelter playbook to put Charles (Manson) in Charge. Spoilers ahead...
This review contains spoilers.
See related Legends Of Tomorrow season 3 episode 4 review: Phone Home Legends Of Tomorrow season 3 episode 3 review: Zari
7.10 Charles (Manson) In Charge
Charles (Manson) In Charge is the much-anticipated 'Manson Family' episode Ahs aficionados have been waiting for since the earliest teaser-rumours. The misguided group of baby-boomer drifters ended the decade of love, peace and understanding in a trail of blood and a counter-revolutionary message. Manson’s plan was to race-bait the end of the world, hiding on a studio backlot in Death Valley until the time was right to save the day as the white guy who knows how things should be done. This is basically Kai Anderson’s message. The city councilman is riding a wave of hatred and division to...
- 11/8/2017
- Den of Geek
The Cody family motto could be: Whatever It Takes. But, it's not just the Codys who are willing to do anything to get what they want.
Manipulation is at the heart of Animal Kingdom Season 1 Episode 9 as the pieces are moved into play for next week's big season finale.
Watch Animal Kingdom Season 1 Episode 9 Online
I have to admit that I'm highly disappointed in Pope. I really wanted him to be the good bad guy, but he's just too wrapped around Smurf's little finger for that to ever have played out.
What Smurf wants, Smurf gets, and when it comes to her boys, she's the queen of manipulation.
Pope is the easiest one for her to mess with to get what she wants. I hate to say it, but the guy is pretty simple. Smurf could have waited to tell Baz about Cath, let him deal with her. Instead, she took the easy way.
Manipulation is at the heart of Animal Kingdom Season 1 Episode 9 as the pieces are moved into play for next week's big season finale.
Watch Animal Kingdom Season 1 Episode 9 Online
I have to admit that I'm highly disappointed in Pope. I really wanted him to be the good bad guy, but he's just too wrapped around Smurf's little finger for that to ever have played out.
What Smurf wants, Smurf gets, and when it comes to her boys, she's the queen of manipulation.
Pope is the easiest one for her to mess with to get what she wants. I hate to say it, but the guy is pretty simple. Smurf could have waited to tell Baz about Cath, let him deal with her. Instead, she took the easy way.
- 8/3/2016
- by Lisa Babick
- TVfanatic
As the world mourns the death of British stage and screen star Alan Rickman, one of his closest friends and frequent collaborators is grappling with the loss. Emma Thompson, who appeared with Rickman in several films, including Love Actually, three Harry Potter films, Sense and Sensibility and 1998 crime thriller Judas Kiss said in a statement that saying goodbye to the 69-year-old Rickman was "painful." "Alan was my friend and so this is hard to write because I have just kissed him goodbye," Thompson, 56, wrote. "What I remember most in this moment of painful leave-taking is his humour, intelligence, wisdom and kindness.
- 1/14/2016
- by Simon Perry and Lindsay Kimble
- PEOPLE.com
2016 has gotten off to a brutal start for great British entertainers. As the world gets over the death of David Bowie a few days ago, it has been set in shock again as acting legend Alan Rickman has died in London.
Rickman had been suffering from cancer and his death was confirmed on Thursday by his family. It's the worst kind of coincidence - Bowie and Rickman were 69 years old and passed after battling cancer, and a week before that British musician Lemmy also passed away from cancer just days after turning 70.
Rickman's distinct features and immediately identifiable diction were admired by generations of actors and made him synonymous with playing antagonists - something he famously wasn't a fan of as he preferred to play the dashing leading man role which he did manage to do in some of his work.
Coming to fame with a key role in The BBC's mini-series "The Barchester Chronicles,...
Rickman had been suffering from cancer and his death was confirmed on Thursday by his family. It's the worst kind of coincidence - Bowie and Rickman were 69 years old and passed after battling cancer, and a week before that British musician Lemmy also passed away from cancer just days after turning 70.
Rickman's distinct features and immediately identifiable diction were admired by generations of actors and made him synonymous with playing antagonists - something he famously wasn't a fan of as he preferred to play the dashing leading man role which he did manage to do in some of his work.
Coming to fame with a key role in The BBC's mini-series "The Barchester Chronicles,...
- 1/14/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
“Speak low, darling speak low”, the Kurt Weill/ Ogden Nash song as sung first by himself and finally by Nelly, the protagonist of this film, played by Nina Hoss, is the thematic refrain that weaves through this deeply moving movie entitled “Phoenix”.
Kurt Weill sings “Speak Low” from 1948’s “One Touch of Venus” by Odgen Nash and S.J. Perelman starring Ava Gardne.
Arising from the ashes of Auschwitz and Berlin, a ghost of a woman returns to claim her inheritance and her husband if he is still alive. Aided by Lene, a Jewish attorney and c a kindred spirit from her past, who escaped the Shoah by fleeing to London and Nelly who experienced it to the farthest reaches of horror, together might start anew in Israel; Lene has already found the apartment for them there.
Nelly’s face, destroyed and then reconstructed after she was shot and left for dead, makes her unrecognizable. She seeks and finds her husband who tries to make this woman into the Nelly he knew. She knows but he does not. A fleeting reminiscence of Almodovar’s movie here, “ The Skin I Live In ” where a renowned plastic surgeon reconstructs the face of his wife upon someone he has abducted, so Johnny tries to remake his wife but holds back his near falling in love with what he believes to be his own creation.
This film is rife with references. If you recall “One Touch of Venus” whence cometh this Kurt Weill song, the statue of Venus comes alive when kissed. In “Phoenix” as well, the Jewish former cabaret singer returns to life when she finds the beloved husband she left behind but remembered every day as her reason for living through the camps.
However, his kiss is a Judas kiss as this dark story unfolds to the point where she sings “Speak low”. This is a complex, Hitchcockian tale of a nation’s tragedy and a woman’s search for answers which builds toward an unforgettable, heart-stopping climax. Again a reference, this time to “ Vertigo” where the switching of women strikes a chord.
See Nina Hoss singing here .
The classic, 2014 Academy Award winning “Ida” by Pawel Pawlikowski’s also pairs two women together in their search for post-war answers in Poland. Ida finds her own way as her aunt – and Lene as well – in Lene’s words “feel more drawn to our dead than to the living.”
For all these points of reference and comparison which came to my mind as I watched “Phoenix” with bated breath, this film is unique in expressing how these survivors attempt to rebuild their lives which have been horribly broken by death, suffering and loss.
Christian Petzold directed Nina Hoss previously in “Barbara” and “Jerichow” along with her screen-husband Johnny (Ronald Zehrfeld) a gorgeous actor able to charm and curse simultaneously. We hate him but we also love him. Ronald Zehrfeld says, “…when Johnny sees Nelly in front of him, you think, Ok, now he has to recognize her! But either he doesn’t trust his feelings or doesn’t allow himself to feel these emotions. Because ‘It’s impossible! She’s dead! And I won’t allow myself to fee this because my future depends on me passing her off as my wife. ‘ For him, it’s clear that, if he ever wants to breathe again, feel himself again or make music again, then he has to get out of Germany. And that’s possible only with Nell’s help – with the help of Nelly’s imposter, as he sees her. And on the other hand there are his feelings of guilt ….”
The rapport of the director with his actors is apparent in the patient unfolding of both characters with their traumas, their hopes, their guilt as they try to process the horrors they have survived.
Nina plays a woman who is vulnerable and fragile at the same time as she is defiant and stubborn. In the throes still of trauma of surviving the concentration camp and being shot in the face which must be reconstructed, without a vocabulary to describe all she has experienced, she seeks her husband in the burnt-out city of Berlin. She feels that only he can bring her back to life. In her search to find him, she finds herself again and tells her only friend Lene, ‘Johnny made me back into Nelly. Sometimes I get really jealous of myself – of how happy I was.
Interview with Christian Petzold and Nina Hoss by Nikolay Nikitin, hosted by the Goethe Institut in Toronto during its international debut at Tiff 2014 is here.
Aside from “The Third Man” which takes place in postwar Vienna and the 2012 film by Australian Cate Shortland, “ Lore”, and “Ida” which actually takes place in the 60s, there are not many outstanding films about what happened in Germany (and Austria) after the war.
“Phoenix” is an instant classic which will withstand the judgement of time. We’ll see if it is the German submission for Academy Award nomination, a well-deserved accolade. It could well win the Oscar for this year’s Best Foreign Language Film.
The film has played in the 2014 film festivals of Toronto, Vancouver, London, Romeand Seattle.
Sundance Selects opened “Phoenix” on July 24 in New York. It will open in L.A. on Friday, July 31 and then rolls out nationwide. International sales agent, The Match Factory, has licensed the film
Argentina - Alfa Films S.A
Australia - Madman Entertai
Austria - Stadtkino-Filmv
Benelux - A-Film Benelux
Brazil - Imovision
Canada - Films We Like
Canada - Eyesteelfilm
Denmark - Camera Film A/S
Finland - Future Film Oy/
France - Diaphana
Germany - Piffl Medien Gm
Germany - The Match Facto
Greece - Seven Films
Hungary - Cirko Film Kft.
Italy - Bim Distribuzio
Japan - New Select Co.
Latin Ameri- Palmera Interna
Norway - Arthaus
Poland - Aurora Films
Portugal - Leopardo Filmes
Slovenia - Demiurg
Spain - Golem Distribuc
Sweden - Folkets Bio
Switzerlan - Look Now! Filmd
Taiwan - Swallow Wings F
Turkey - Calinos Films
U.K. - Soda Pictures
U.S. - IFCFilms/ Sundance Selects...
Kurt Weill sings “Speak Low” from 1948’s “One Touch of Venus” by Odgen Nash and S.J. Perelman starring Ava Gardne.
Arising from the ashes of Auschwitz and Berlin, a ghost of a woman returns to claim her inheritance and her husband if he is still alive. Aided by Lene, a Jewish attorney and c a kindred spirit from her past, who escaped the Shoah by fleeing to London and Nelly who experienced it to the farthest reaches of horror, together might start anew in Israel; Lene has already found the apartment for them there.
Nelly’s face, destroyed and then reconstructed after she was shot and left for dead, makes her unrecognizable. She seeks and finds her husband who tries to make this woman into the Nelly he knew. She knows but he does not. A fleeting reminiscence of Almodovar’s movie here, “ The Skin I Live In ” where a renowned plastic surgeon reconstructs the face of his wife upon someone he has abducted, so Johnny tries to remake his wife but holds back his near falling in love with what he believes to be his own creation.
This film is rife with references. If you recall “One Touch of Venus” whence cometh this Kurt Weill song, the statue of Venus comes alive when kissed. In “Phoenix” as well, the Jewish former cabaret singer returns to life when she finds the beloved husband she left behind but remembered every day as her reason for living through the camps.
However, his kiss is a Judas kiss as this dark story unfolds to the point where she sings “Speak low”. This is a complex, Hitchcockian tale of a nation’s tragedy and a woman’s search for answers which builds toward an unforgettable, heart-stopping climax. Again a reference, this time to “ Vertigo” where the switching of women strikes a chord.
See Nina Hoss singing here .
The classic, 2014 Academy Award winning “Ida” by Pawel Pawlikowski’s also pairs two women together in their search for post-war answers in Poland. Ida finds her own way as her aunt – and Lene as well – in Lene’s words “feel more drawn to our dead than to the living.”
For all these points of reference and comparison which came to my mind as I watched “Phoenix” with bated breath, this film is unique in expressing how these survivors attempt to rebuild their lives which have been horribly broken by death, suffering and loss.
Christian Petzold directed Nina Hoss previously in “Barbara” and “Jerichow” along with her screen-husband Johnny (Ronald Zehrfeld) a gorgeous actor able to charm and curse simultaneously. We hate him but we also love him. Ronald Zehrfeld says, “…when Johnny sees Nelly in front of him, you think, Ok, now he has to recognize her! But either he doesn’t trust his feelings or doesn’t allow himself to feel these emotions. Because ‘It’s impossible! She’s dead! And I won’t allow myself to fee this because my future depends on me passing her off as my wife. ‘ For him, it’s clear that, if he ever wants to breathe again, feel himself again or make music again, then he has to get out of Germany. And that’s possible only with Nell’s help – with the help of Nelly’s imposter, as he sees her. And on the other hand there are his feelings of guilt ….”
The rapport of the director with his actors is apparent in the patient unfolding of both characters with their traumas, their hopes, their guilt as they try to process the horrors they have survived.
Nina plays a woman who is vulnerable and fragile at the same time as she is defiant and stubborn. In the throes still of trauma of surviving the concentration camp and being shot in the face which must be reconstructed, without a vocabulary to describe all she has experienced, she seeks her husband in the burnt-out city of Berlin. She feels that only he can bring her back to life. In her search to find him, she finds herself again and tells her only friend Lene, ‘Johnny made me back into Nelly. Sometimes I get really jealous of myself – of how happy I was.
Interview with Christian Petzold and Nina Hoss by Nikolay Nikitin, hosted by the Goethe Institut in Toronto during its international debut at Tiff 2014 is here.
Aside from “The Third Man” which takes place in postwar Vienna and the 2012 film by Australian Cate Shortland, “ Lore”, and “Ida” which actually takes place in the 60s, there are not many outstanding films about what happened in Germany (and Austria) after the war.
“Phoenix” is an instant classic which will withstand the judgement of time. We’ll see if it is the German submission for Academy Award nomination, a well-deserved accolade. It could well win the Oscar for this year’s Best Foreign Language Film.
The film has played in the 2014 film festivals of Toronto, Vancouver, London, Romeand Seattle.
Sundance Selects opened “Phoenix” on July 24 in New York. It will open in L.A. on Friday, July 31 and then rolls out nationwide. International sales agent, The Match Factory, has licensed the film
Argentina - Alfa Films S.A
Australia - Madman Entertai
Austria - Stadtkino-Filmv
Benelux - A-Film Benelux
Brazil - Imovision
Canada - Films We Like
Canada - Eyesteelfilm
Denmark - Camera Film A/S
Finland - Future Film Oy/
France - Diaphana
Germany - Piffl Medien Gm
Germany - The Match Facto
Greece - Seven Films
Hungary - Cirko Film Kft.
Italy - Bim Distribuzio
Japan - New Select Co.
Latin Ameri- Palmera Interna
Norway - Arthaus
Poland - Aurora Films
Portugal - Leopardo Filmes
Slovenia - Demiurg
Spain - Golem Distribuc
Sweden - Folkets Bio
Switzerlan - Look Now! Filmd
Taiwan - Swallow Wings F
Turkey - Calinos Films
U.K. - Soda Pictures
U.S. - IFCFilms/ Sundance Selects...
- 7/27/2015
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Media Image Ltd
In a recent survey carried out by the Chronicle 9.62% of supporters voted Jack Colback fourth on the list of players they’d like to see the club sign this summer.
Unexpectedly the 24-year-old was ranked below the exciting talents of Remy Cabella, Clement Grenier and Wilfried Zaha, illustrating our yearning for an injection of creativity to a ponderous attack that has flatlined since the loss of Yohan Cabaye. Yet, from that triumvirate of attacking splendour, it is Colback who is most likely to end up at St James’ Park next season.
His appeal to the Magpies is that he will be a free agent this summer when his contract at Sunderland expires. Colback has even postponed making a decision on his Wearside future until after he returns from his honeymoon next month with several Premier League clubs keen to secure his signature.
Our interest in the Killingworth-born...
In a recent survey carried out by the Chronicle 9.62% of supporters voted Jack Colback fourth on the list of players they’d like to see the club sign this summer.
Unexpectedly the 24-year-old was ranked below the exciting talents of Remy Cabella, Clement Grenier and Wilfried Zaha, illustrating our yearning for an injection of creativity to a ponderous attack that has flatlined since the loss of Yohan Cabaye. Yet, from that triumvirate of attacking splendour, it is Colback who is most likely to end up at St James’ Park next season.
His appeal to the Magpies is that he will be a free agent this summer when his contract at Sunderland expires. Colback has even postponed making a decision on his Wearside future until after he returns from his honeymoon next month with several Premier League clubs keen to secure his signature.
Our interest in the Killingworth-born...
- 5/23/2014
- by Jak Penny
- Obsessed with Film
Brace yourselves. This list of the Top 100 Greatest Gay Movies is probably going to generate some howls of protest thanks to a rather major upset in the rankings. Frankly, one that surprised the hell out of us here at AfterElton.
But before we get to that, an introduction. A few weeks ago we asked AfterElton readers to submit up to ten of their favorite films by write-in vote. We conducted a similar poll several years ago, but a lot has happened culturally since then, and a number of worthy movies of gay interest have been released. We wanted to see how your list of favorites had changed.
We also wanted to expand our list to 100 from the top 50 we had done previously. We figured there were finally enough quality gay films to justify the expansion. And we wanted to break out gay documentaries onto their own list (You'll find the...
But before we get to that, an introduction. A few weeks ago we asked AfterElton readers to submit up to ten of their favorite films by write-in vote. We conducted a similar poll several years ago, but a lot has happened culturally since then, and a number of worthy movies of gay interest have been released. We wanted to see how your list of favorites had changed.
We also wanted to expand our list to 100 from the top 50 we had done previously. We figured there were finally enough quality gay films to justify the expansion. And we wanted to break out gay documentaries onto their own list (You'll find the...
- 9/11/2012
- by AfterElton.com Staff
- The Backlot
Beginning next week, Airlock Alpha is welcoming a special guest columnist to our ranks to talk about what we all have to have some interest in, or we wouldn't be here: filmmaking. Adam Barnard is an incoming North Carolina high school senior who was chosen to participate in a couple of classes this summer at the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts. I first met Adam a couple years ago while attending a Stargate convention in Chicago. I was quite exhausted that weekend because I had spent the week before in Seattle on-location for the filming of "Judas Kiss," and Chicago was my last stop on my way back to Tampa (and some much-needed sleep). I can't even say how I ran into Adam, because I don't quite remember. I think he may have recognized an Airlock Alpha ...
- 6/21/2012
- GeekNation.com
The Venezuelan expatriate writer and director in the United States, Sebastian Gutierrez (Judas Kiss, Gothika, Snakes on a Plane) has been submitted on time his new film, the crime drama Hotel Noir to Cannes. The cast is made up Rufus Sewell, Danny DeVito, Carla Gugino, Rosario Dawson, Malin Akerman and Robert Forster. The story is [...]
Continue reading First Look: Sebastian Gutierrez-Helmed Hotel Noir on FilmoFilia.
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- 4/22/2012
- by Nick Martin
- Filmofilia
Just checking in to wish everyone happy holidays and safe travels!
Here are a few updates to wrap things up for the week:
Someone has posted an early Christmas present for us on Vimeo - the full pilot for Ron Moore's 17th Precinct. Huge props to Caprica City (Twitter) for the find!
Apparently it's been up there for a couple of months now, but some of us were too busy whining about no air date to notice.
The pilot was directed by BSG's Michael Rymer and has what's probably the best ensemble cast since Caprica went off the air: Jamie Bamber, James Callis, Stockard Channing, Esai Morales, Eamonn Walker, Tricia Helfer and Matt Long. You can watch it on Vimeo or keep scrolling, it's embedded below.
The first part of the Sanctuary season four finale, "Sanctuary for None," airs tonight at 10 pm on Syfy. Here is a new synopsis,...
Here are a few updates to wrap things up for the week:
Someone has posted an early Christmas present for us on Vimeo - the full pilot for Ron Moore's 17th Precinct. Huge props to Caprica City (Twitter) for the find!
Apparently it's been up there for a couple of months now, but some of us were too busy whining about no air date to notice.
The pilot was directed by BSG's Michael Rymer and has what's probably the best ensemble cast since Caprica went off the air: Jamie Bamber, James Callis, Stockard Channing, Esai Morales, Eamonn Walker, Tricia Helfer and Matt Long. You can watch it on Vimeo or keep scrolling, it's embedded below.
The first part of the Sanctuary season four finale, "Sanctuary for None," airs tonight at 10 pm on Syfy. Here is a new synopsis,...
- 12/24/2011
- by fanshawe
- CapricaTV
A bunch of stuff has happened since the last update. Let's start with Caprica.
Caprica season two will resume on Beginning of Line with episode 14 (of 18) this Tuesday. Teresa Jusino posted this earlier:
There are 18 episodes total in Caprica Season 2 here at Beginning of Line. Episodes will now be posting every Tuesday between November 29th and December 27th. Just in time for your Solstice celebrations. :)Anyone interested in writing an episode of season three (coming in 2012) or submitting fan art, hit the link.
Luciana Carro (Caprica's Priyah Magnus, Battlestar's Kat) has joined Twitter. You can follow her here: @LucianaCarro. These days, she is working on season two of Falling Skies, along with Ryan Robbins and a bunch of Caprica and BSG writers -- Remi Aubuchon, Mark Verheiden, David Weddle and Bradley Thompson. From their recent tweets, Luciana is playing a character called Crazy Lee and they recently wrapped filming episode four.
Caprica season two will resume on Beginning of Line with episode 14 (of 18) this Tuesday. Teresa Jusino posted this earlier:
There are 18 episodes total in Caprica Season 2 here at Beginning of Line. Episodes will now be posting every Tuesday between November 29th and December 27th. Just in time for your Solstice celebrations. :)Anyone interested in writing an episode of season three (coming in 2012) or submitting fan art, hit the link.
Luciana Carro (Caprica's Priyah Magnus, Battlestar's Kat) has joined Twitter. You can follow her here: @LucianaCarro. These days, she is working on season two of Falling Skies, along with Ryan Robbins and a bunch of Caprica and BSG writers -- Remi Aubuchon, Mark Verheiden, David Weddle and Bradley Thompson. From their recent tweets, Luciana is playing a character called Crazy Lee and they recently wrapped filming episode four.
- 11/28/2011
- by fanshawe
- CapricaTV
A filmmaker crosses paths with a younger version of himself and tries to change the future.
Judas Kiss, directed by Jt Tepnapa, is an American-teen-drama-sci-fi film about past failures and the chance to change the future. Oh, and it's also about the consequences of having sex with a younger version of yourself in order to finally realise what a moping, head-strong little shit you were back then... or something.
Zachary Wells is a washed-up film director and previous winner of the Keystone film festival's top directing prize, which through a quirk of fate he has been asked to...
Judas Kiss, directed by Jt Tepnapa, is an American-teen-drama-sci-fi film about past failures and the chance to change the future. Oh, and it's also about the consequences of having sex with a younger version of yourself in order to finally realise what a moping, head-strong little shit you were back then... or something.
Zachary Wells is a washed-up film director and previous winner of the Keystone film festival's top directing prize, which through a quirk of fate he has been asked to...
- 11/13/2011
- by Niall McCallum
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The new adaptation of John le Carré's novel is a brilliant study of the disenchantment, compromise and tension of the 1970s spy game
Director Tomas Alfredson came to prominence with Let the Right One In, a story about vampires, but his instinctive, even passionate sympathy for the undead was never better displayed than here. This is a skin-crawlingly atmospheric, uncompromisingly cerebral and austere account of John le Carré's cold war espionage novel, adapted for the screen by Peter Straughan and the late Bridget O'Connor. Gary Oldman plays the melancholy agent George Smiley, brought out of his humiliating retirement and charged with rooting out a Soviet mole in the upper reaches of the secret service.
Could it be Alleline (Toby Jones), Haydon (Colin Firth), Bland (Ciarán Hinds), Estherhase (David Dencik) – or someone else? Like Michael Corleone contemplating Fredo's duplicity, Smiley's face is a mask of icy determination. He is also suppressing emotional agony.
Director Tomas Alfredson came to prominence with Let the Right One In, a story about vampires, but his instinctive, even passionate sympathy for the undead was never better displayed than here. This is a skin-crawlingly atmospheric, uncompromisingly cerebral and austere account of John le Carré's cold war espionage novel, adapted for the screen by Peter Straughan and the late Bridget O'Connor. Gary Oldman plays the melancholy agent George Smiley, brought out of his humiliating retirement and charged with rooting out a Soviet mole in the upper reaches of the secret service.
Could it be Alleline (Toby Jones), Haydon (Colin Firth), Bland (Ciarán Hinds), Estherhase (David Dencik) – or someone else? Like Michael Corleone contemplating Fredo's duplicity, Smiley's face is a mask of icy determination. He is also suppressing emotional agony.
- 9/15/2011
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Cher is in full Mama Grizzly mode over the haters who are trashing Chaz on the message boards for Dancing With the Stars. She's taken to Twitter to rally her followers and to talk about how brave it was for Chaz to put himself out there like that. Incidentally, here are the pairings for the celebrities and the professional dancers.
Speaking of hateful things, Rep. Michele Bachmann will publish a memoir about "her roles as a tax attorney, a wife, a mother of five and a foster mother of 23." Just in time for the Christmas shopping season we get an alternative to the lump of coal for kids who have been naughty!
Wall Street trader Scott Redler is making news after hiring a helicopter for $7,000 to bring him and his family out of a damaged area of Vermont back to New Jersey, and then telling the media he did it...
Speaking of hateful things, Rep. Michele Bachmann will publish a memoir about "her roles as a tax attorney, a wife, a mother of five and a foster mother of 23." Just in time for the Christmas shopping season we get an alternative to the lump of coal for kids who have been naughty!
Wall Street trader Scott Redler is making news after hiring a helicopter for $7,000 to bring him and his family out of a damaged area of Vermont back to New Jersey, and then telling the media he did it...
- 9/1/2011
- by Ed Kennedy
- The Backlot
On the list of 10 Things You May Have Missed on TV This Week, #2 was Celebrity Rehab check-ins. Jeremy Jackson, who played Hobie on Baywatch, went through some drug issues to become an athlete who has some steroid issues (it is Celebrity Rehab after all), and checks in with a complete water filtration system. When questioned why bottled water wouldn't work, he said the plastic had been linked to cancer … and bisexuality.
Because they never fail to cheer me up, here are a bunch of pictures of basset hounds running.
Harold Camping used his radio network to predict the end of the world in May, and some people nearly ended their lives because of it. Now there's a movement to have the FCC revoke his broadcast licenses. I'm somewhat torn on this, because of the obvious speech issues, but the airwaves are held in the public trust, and I'm not certain he deserves that trust.
Because they never fail to cheer me up, here are a bunch of pictures of basset hounds running.
Harold Camping used his radio network to predict the end of the world in May, and some people nearly ended their lives because of it. Now there's a movement to have the FCC revoke his broadcast licenses. I'm somewhat torn on this, because of the obvious speech issues, but the airwaves are held in the public trust, and I'm not certain he deserves that trust.
- 7/5/2011
- by Ed Kennedy
- The Backlot
Simon Denny Baker was born in Launceston, Tasmania on July 30, 1969. He is 5' 10". His parents, Barry and Elizabeth Baker moved to New Guinea in 1972. Shortly after, his parents divorced. His mother later re-married a butcher named Tom Denny and they lived in Sydney with his sister, Terri. Simon attended Ballina High School. After a time, his mother moved to New South Wales where Simon grew up. He did not know that Denny was not his real father's name. Being raised near the ocean developed his love for the sea and all things water-based, such as surfing and water polo. He recalled, "I didn't grow up with money, but I grew up with a lot of space...I was committed to the ocean." After graduating high school he returned to Sydney and intended to become a nurse, but didn't finish his degree. (Nurse Baker has a nice ring to it.) Thereafter he worked in menial jobs,...
- 6/13/2011
- by mhasan@corp.popstar.com (Mila Hasan)
- PopStar
Today we’re going to try something new: If I go ahead and acknowledge this whole Cheryl Cole fiasco on The X Factor: USA, can everyone stop writing about? She didn’t work out, she got paid $1.5 million for not working out, and now she’s caused The Voice: UK to go into a bidding war between the BBC and ITV because she might judge.
Scientists have managed to trap and study antimatter for nearly 17 minutes now. As the article states, you can’t let antimatter hit matter, because then the U.S.S. Enterprise goes to Warp 9. Or something like that. In any case, what happened at the 18 minute mark?
The Los Angeles Times did a great story highlighting immigration inequality for binational same-sex couples.
Sony has announced plans for a sequel to Salt with Angelina Jolie. I actually caught the movie on Starz last week, and was pleasantly surprised.
Scientists have managed to trap and study antimatter for nearly 17 minutes now. As the article states, you can’t let antimatter hit matter, because then the U.S.S. Enterprise goes to Warp 9. Or something like that. In any case, what happened at the 18 minute mark?
The Los Angeles Times did a great story highlighting immigration inequality for binational same-sex couples.
Sony has announced plans for a sequel to Salt with Angelina Jolie. I actually caught the movie on Starz last week, and was pleasantly surprised.
- 6/7/2011
- by Ed Kennedy
- The Backlot
If you missed yesterday’s post– and with doorQ.com going into a server crash from all the attention it got — the quick recap is that a nasty (and silly) letter came my way from someone who either is or purports to be an attorney by the name of Bryan J. Freedman, which declared five year old modeling pics of actor Colton Haynes kissing another guy to be “pornographic” and ordered them removed. It also ordered that nothing about said letter be quoted from, reproduced or mentioned by me in any way, or I’d be in deep doo-doo.
Obviously, I didn’t see things that way.
In regards to the letter, I’ve also been told that it most likely violates The California Bar Rules of Professional Conduct for Lawyers, specifically Rule #5-100 Threatening Criminal, Administrative, or Disciplinary Charges”. The rule says: (A) A member shall not threaten to present criminal,...
Obviously, I didn’t see things that way.
In regards to the letter, I’ve also been told that it most likely violates The California Bar Rules of Professional Conduct for Lawyers, specifically Rule #5-100 Threatening Criminal, Administrative, or Disciplinary Charges”. The rule says: (A) A member shall not threaten to present criminal,...
- 6/3/2011
- by The DoorQus Maximus
- doorQ.com
It seems only a year or so ago that I recall Elizabeth Taylor tweeting something to the effect that “the only person who is going to play Elizabeth Taylor while I’m alive is me.” Sadly, she’s gone. Now Martin Scorsese is said to be planning a movie about her torrid affair with Richard Burton. No word on casting.
Fox has ordered a second episode of Family Album starring Mike O’Malley, making it much more likely that it will get picked up as a midseason show. As long as he still has time to be TV’s Best Dad.
Deric Richie has issued a public apology for faking the teen suicide report about fictional Terrel Williams. His reasons, using it as a coping mechanism for his own despair at being gay, are heartbreaking, but the reaction to his apology are mixed. You should read his own words.
Own...
Fox has ordered a second episode of Family Album starring Mike O’Malley, making it much more likely that it will get picked up as a midseason show. As long as he still has time to be TV’s Best Dad.
Deric Richie has issued a public apology for faking the teen suicide report about fictional Terrel Williams. His reasons, using it as a coping mechanism for his own despair at being gay, are heartbreaking, but the reaction to his apology are mixed. You should read his own words.
Own...
- 6/2/2011
- by Ed Kennedy
- The Backlot
When one makes a song called “Judas” there is bound to be some controversy around it, especially if the artist in question is Lady Gaga. Mother monster made two videos for her second Born This Way single, one of which was set to premiere tonight on E! News Daily while the other was slated to debut on American Idol. But, like most music-related releases, it was leaked online before its official release though it was removed from the Internet shortly thereafter.
The song itself, which was also leaked prematurely, enraged many with suggestive lyrics like, "In the most Biblical sense/ I am beyond repentance/ Fame hooker, prostitute wench," which are sung from the perspective of Mary Magdalene. Though Gaga has never been one to shy away from controversy, she took pains to keep her video from being too offensive. "We don't touch on things that we have no right touching upon,...
The song itself, which was also leaked prematurely, enraged many with suggestive lyrics like, "In the most Biblical sense/ I am beyond repentance/ Fame hooker, prostitute wench," which are sung from the perspective of Mary Magdalene. Though Gaga has never been one to shy away from controversy, she took pains to keep her video from being too offensive. "We don't touch on things that we have no right touching upon,...
- 5/5/2011
- by Theo Spielberg
- Huffington Post
Lady GaGa is due to perform "Judas" on national television for the first time on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" on Thursday, April 28. She would then follow it up with an interview with Ellen DeGeneres, discussing her egg act at this year's Grammy and what fans can expect from her next.
At the same time, Interscope Records also announced via Twitter that the music video for "Judas" would premiere on "American Idol" on May 2. This has become an annual tradition for GaGa to appear on the singing show every May. Back in 2009, she performed "Poker Face" before live audience and returned to the stage for a performance of "Alejandro" the next year, all in the fifth month.
The "Judas" video was filmed on April 2 and 3 and was directed by GaGa in collaboration with her creative director, Laurieann Gibson. The artist called the filming and directing "the most exciting artistic moment of my career.
At the same time, Interscope Records also announced via Twitter that the music video for "Judas" would premiere on "American Idol" on May 2. This has become an annual tradition for GaGa to appear on the singing show every May. Back in 2009, she performed "Poker Face" before live audience and returned to the stage for a performance of "Alejandro" the next year, all in the fifth month.
The "Judas" video was filmed on April 2 and 3 and was directed by GaGa in collaboration with her creative director, Laurieann Gibson. The artist called the filming and directing "the most exciting artistic moment of my career.
- 4/25/2011
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Lady Gaga does it again! This time, it's not so much over her wardrobe, but her latest single "Judas" that's got people talking. And when we say people, we mean the people of God. An early internet leak of the song caused Team Gaga to rush release the single yesterday, and it didn't take long for religious groups to get riled up. So what got their goat? Well, the song and video are told through the perspective of Mary Magdelene, and it goes a little something like this: "In the most Biblical sense/ I am beyond repentance/ Fame hooker, prostitute wench, vomits her mind/ But in the cultural sense/ I just speak in future tense/ Judas kiss me if offensed/ Or wear ear condom next...
- 4/16/2011
- E! Online
These are big, big Glee spoilers. Most of it you knew, even if you didn’t “know.” It has to be this way to move the plot forward. Still, majorly spoilery. But also, the Kurt/Blaine stuff makes me very happy.
WWE is going to partner with GLAAD to embed anti-bullying messaging into their shows, which are marketed as PG entertainment. While the dialog between WWE and GLAAD began after homophobic remarks (scripted, mind you) by John Cena, I’m happy they’re trying this. I just wish I knew how you made professional wrestling “anti-bully.”
Quentin Tarantino is suing his neighbor over his “intolerably loud macaws.” This is not, despite all appearances, viral marketing for the release of Rio.
Nick Youngquest has teamed up with Nous Model Management to “Defend Equality.” While I’m happy about that, and how consistent Nick is in his advocacy, I suppose what you...
WWE is going to partner with GLAAD to embed anti-bullying messaging into their shows, which are marketed as PG entertainment. While the dialog between WWE and GLAAD began after homophobic remarks (scripted, mind you) by John Cena, I’m happy they’re trying this. I just wish I knew how you made professional wrestling “anti-bully.”
Quentin Tarantino is suing his neighbor over his “intolerably loud macaws.” This is not, despite all appearances, viral marketing for the release of Rio.
Nick Youngquest has teamed up with Nous Model Management to “Defend Equality.” While I’m happy about that, and how consistent Nick is in his advocacy, I suppose what you...
- 3/18/2011
- by Ed Kennedy
- The Backlot
Burnt out from the Oscar-Nominated movies? Looking for a unique film experience that will spark conversation? BuzzFocus caught up with director and writer Sebastian Gutierrez (The Eye, Gothika, Snakes on a Plane) who was excited to talk about his latest film, Elektra Luxx, a day in the life of its title character (Carla Cugino, Sin City) who is trying to reinvent herself but her surreal life makes that a difficult task.
Formerly a porn starlet, Elektra hopes to make it in the straight world while preparing for motherhood. The father of her child, Nick Chapel passed away so she uses her skills of her past trade to become a sex-education instructor at the local community center. A flight attendant Cora (Mary Shelton, Deathproof) who nearly had an affair with her late husband approaches her with lyrics from Nick’s unreleased record, completely dedicated to Elektra, and in exchange she has to seduce Cora’s fiancée.
Formerly a porn starlet, Elektra hopes to make it in the straight world while preparing for motherhood. The father of her child, Nick Chapel passed away so she uses her skills of her past trade to become a sex-education instructor at the local community center. A flight attendant Cora (Mary Shelton, Deathproof) who nearly had an affair with her late husband approaches her with lyrics from Nick’s unreleased record, completely dedicated to Elektra, and in exchange she has to seduce Cora’s fiancée.
- 3/11/2011
- by Ernie Estrella
- BuzzFocus.com
Reviewd by Amy R. Handler
(March 2011)
Directed/Written by: Sebastian Gutierrez
Starring: Carla Gugino, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Adrianne Palicki and Emmanuelle Chriqui
When director Sebastian Gutierrez (“Judas Kiss”) made the first of his “Elektra” porn spoofs in “Women in Trouble,” he introduced characters whose life experiences read like panels in a comic strip. But no matter what came before, and what Gutierrez promises next, “Elektra Luxx” the movie stands on its own as a soon-to-be cult classic.
Elektra Luxx, played by Gutierrez’s talented girlfriend Carla Gugino, is a retired porn actress. Resigned but hardly out to pasture, the gorgeous Luxx teaches a course to housewives in need on how to be porn queens in bed. To make matters more intense, Luxx is pregnant, though true to comic-strip style, we never see her pregnancy — even at that critical moment when her water breaks. Much like a really great soap opera — minus...
(March 2011)
Directed/Written by: Sebastian Gutierrez
Starring: Carla Gugino, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Adrianne Palicki and Emmanuelle Chriqui
When director Sebastian Gutierrez (“Judas Kiss”) made the first of his “Elektra” porn spoofs in “Women in Trouble,” he introduced characters whose life experiences read like panels in a comic strip. But no matter what came before, and what Gutierrez promises next, “Elektra Luxx” the movie stands on its own as a soon-to-be cult classic.
Elektra Luxx, played by Gutierrez’s talented girlfriend Carla Gugino, is a retired porn actress. Resigned but hardly out to pasture, the gorgeous Luxx teaches a course to housewives in need on how to be porn queens in bed. To make matters more intense, Luxx is pregnant, though true to comic-strip style, we never see her pregnancy — even at that critical moment when her water breaks. Much like a really great soap opera — minus...
- 3/11/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
Reviewd by Amy R. Handler
(March 2011)
Directed/Written by: Sebastian Gutierrez
Starring: Carla Gugino, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Adrianne Palicki and Emmanuelle Chriqui
When director Sebastian Gutierrez (“Judas Kiss”) made the first of his “Elektra” porn spoofs in “Women in Trouble,” he introduced characters whose life experiences read like panels in a comic strip. But no matter what came before, and what Gutierrez promises next, “Elektra Luxx” the movie stands on its own as a soon-to-be cult classic.
Elektra Luxx, played by Gutierrez’s talented girlfriend Carla Gugino, is a retired porn actress. Resigned but hardly out to pasture, the gorgeous Luxx teaches a course to housewives in need on how to be porn queens in bed. To make matters more intense, Luxx is pregnant, though true to comic-strip style, we never see her pregnancy — even at that critical moment when her water breaks. Much like a really great soap opera — minus...
(March 2011)
Directed/Written by: Sebastian Gutierrez
Starring: Carla Gugino, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Adrianne Palicki and Emmanuelle Chriqui
When director Sebastian Gutierrez (“Judas Kiss”) made the first of his “Elektra” porn spoofs in “Women in Trouble,” he introduced characters whose life experiences read like panels in a comic strip. But no matter what came before, and what Gutierrez promises next, “Elektra Luxx” the movie stands on its own as a soon-to-be cult classic.
Elektra Luxx, played by Gutierrez’s talented girlfriend Carla Gugino, is a retired porn actress. Resigned but hardly out to pasture, the gorgeous Luxx teaches a course to housewives in need on how to be porn queens in bed. To make matters more intense, Luxx is pregnant, though true to comic-strip style, we never see her pregnancy — even at that critical moment when her water breaks. Much like a really great soap opera — minus...
- 3/11/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
From the Advocate, Perry Moore, producer of the Chronicles Of Narnia movie series and creator of Hero, the ultra popular novel about an gay teen superhero coming to terms with his powers, died this morning in New York. According to the article, a drug overdose is suspected.
I’d met and spoken to Perry on several occasions, mainly during his efforts to get Hero on the air at Showtime. (You can see those articles and conversations linked below.) While it would be wrong to say he was a friend, we were very friendly. Vivacious and extremely opinionated on many Lgbt issues. That always resulted in an interesting conversation, as anyone who’d ever seen his appearances at Comic-Con can attest. He was passionate about gay youth and the power of Hero to make a difference in their lives.
When Hero was under consideration and I’d offered to write about it on doorQ.
I’d met and spoken to Perry on several occasions, mainly during his efforts to get Hero on the air at Showtime. (You can see those articles and conversations linked below.) While it would be wrong to say he was a friend, we were very friendly. Vivacious and extremely opinionated on many Lgbt issues. That always resulted in an interesting conversation, as anyone who’d ever seen his appearances at Comic-Con can attest. He was passionate about gay youth and the power of Hero to make a difference in their lives.
When Hero was under consideration and I’d offered to write about it on doorQ.
- 2/18/2011
- by The DoorQus Maximus
- doorQ.com
Writer/director Sebastian Gutierrez has a spotty track record that includes penning the awesomely absurd Snakes on a Plane, writing/directing the undervalued neo-noir Judas Kiss, and the train wreck of an ensemble “comedy” Women in Trouble. He’s getting the most attention for the last’s upcoming sequel Elektra Luxx, which centers on a porn star character (played by the ever-cool Carla Gugino), who was briefly introduced in the Women.
Well Gugino and Gutierrez reunite on his next next movie, another star-studded ensemble called Girl Walks Into a Bar. The good news is the cast is stacked with fun-to-watch wild cards from Carla Gugino to Danny DeVito to Zachary Quinto to a smattering of other people whose names don’t rhyme. The bad news is this formula of interweaving narratives was a weak device in Women in Trouble, and I doubt it’ll hold up here.
But hey, take...
Well Gugino and Gutierrez reunite on his next next movie, another star-studded ensemble called Girl Walks Into a Bar. The good news is the cast is stacked with fun-to-watch wild cards from Carla Gugino to Danny DeVito to Zachary Quinto to a smattering of other people whose names don’t rhyme. The bad news is this formula of interweaving narratives was a weak device in Women in Trouble, and I doubt it’ll hold up here.
But hey, take...
- 2/18/2011
- by Kristy Puchko
- The Film Stage
I hope everyone has a fantastic holiday, whether you celebrated Christmas or just took a day or two off to relax with loved ones. I actually had two days off from the day job in a row, and feel better than I have in months. Now on to the news, such that it is. Hollywood is mostly shut down until next year.
There are major, major spoilers for our boys Kurt and Blaine on Glee in this TV Guide article. They appear to so spoilery that I’m going to ask you to keep the plot points out of the subject line in your comments, and I’m not even going to name the song that gets sung.
In that same TV Guide article there are also spoilers we already knew for Cam and Mitchell on Modern Family, but one bonus that I think everyone should be excited about is...
There are major, major spoilers for our boys Kurt and Blaine on Glee in this TV Guide article. They appear to so spoilery that I’m going to ask you to keep the plot points out of the subject line in your comments, and I’m not even going to name the song that gets sung.
In that same TV Guide article there are also spoilers we already knew for Cam and Mitchell on Modern Family, but one bonus that I think everyone should be excited about is...
- 12/27/2010
- by Ed Kennedy
- The Backlot
Directed by: Greg Williams
Written by: Sebastián Gutiérrez
Cast: Carla Gugino, Adam Arkin, Clifton Collins Jr., Jesse Spencer
I love noir. On film or on the page, it makes no difference. Its stories take place in world just left of our own, a reality that’s at once both heightened and concrete. Webster defines noir as "crime fiction featuring cynical characters and bleak settings," and while that's accurate, noir is so much more. It's shadows and fog, smoke and mirrors, dangerous dames and damaged men. It's the twists you see coming and the turn you don't — truths that are lies, lies that are truths and, yes, lies that are lies.
There's always a colorful cast of supporting characters — hustlers, pimps, flim-flammers, junkies and twisted old men that have seen it all and aren't spilling a drop. Of course, there's the language, which is a character in itself. Hardboiled slang tells it like it is,...
Written by: Sebastián Gutiérrez
Cast: Carla Gugino, Adam Arkin, Clifton Collins Jr., Jesse Spencer
I love noir. On film or on the page, it makes no difference. Its stories take place in world just left of our own, a reality that’s at once both heightened and concrete. Webster defines noir as "crime fiction featuring cynical characters and bleak settings," and while that's accurate, noir is so much more. It's shadows and fog, smoke and mirrors, dangerous dames and damaged men. It's the twists you see coming and the turn you don't — truths that are lies, lies that are truths and, yes, lies that are lies.
There's always a colorful cast of supporting characters — hustlers, pimps, flim-flammers, junkies and twisted old men that have seen it all and aren't spilling a drop. Of course, there's the language, which is a character in itself. Hardboiled slang tells it like it is,...
- 12/17/2010
- by Theron
- Planet Fury
The producer of the animated Space Battleship Yamato series... known here as Star Blazers... has died. After falling off the bow of a ship. Named Yamato.
Personally, if I had to go, that's the way I want to leave: irony tied to my career. Perhaps a Judas Kiss that sends me six feet under? A "q" shaped door that knocks me for a loop? A horse named "Starbucks" that fucks me to death?
Wait. I think I've shared too much.
Source: Producer of Space Battleship Yamato dies after falling off a ship called Yamato [Obituary]...
Personally, if I had to go, that's the way I want to leave: irony tied to my career. Perhaps a Judas Kiss that sends me six feet under? A "q" shaped door that knocks me for a loop? A horse named "Starbucks" that fucks me to death?
Wait. I think I've shared too much.
Source: Producer of Space Battleship Yamato dies after falling off a ship called Yamato [Obituary]...
- 11/8/2010
- doorQ.com
So you doorQs wanna see some of Judas Kiss?
Embeded below is a behind-the-scenes micro-doc of the making of Judas Kiss.
Filmed by our wonderful documentarian Matt Bucy (or as I like to call him, M'Bucy...I'm such a geek), the footage contains a peek not only at the crew and creatives, but also the actors in character, running through their scenes.
Take a look and let me know what you think.
In other news, post-production continues, with the film currently being edited right down the street from me. Sound design, visual effects, color correction, soundtrack, the score and other aspects of its completion are either prepping, pending or already underway.
The post-production timeline is scheduled for about six months, which means we plan on the film being ready for exhibition at film festivals around the world starting in Spring 2011.
If you'd like to get the film in your local gay film fest,...
Embeded below is a behind-the-scenes micro-doc of the making of Judas Kiss.
Filmed by our wonderful documentarian Matt Bucy (or as I like to call him, M'Bucy...I'm such a geek), the footage contains a peek not only at the crew and creatives, but also the actors in character, running through their scenes.
Take a look and let me know what you think.
In other news, post-production continues, with the film currently being edited right down the street from me. Sound design, visual effects, color correction, soundtrack, the score and other aspects of its completion are either prepping, pending or already underway.
The post-production timeline is scheduled for about six months, which means we plan on the film being ready for exhibition at film festivals around the world starting in Spring 2011.
If you'd like to get the film in your local gay film fest,...
- 11/2/2010
- doorQ.com
Now I know why I have a weird sexual thing for Will Travers -- he plays hockey. And he totally has a fear of commitment. He reminds me of my favorite ex-boyfriend, minus the dead father-in-law and irrational disregard for his own safety. In fact, there are a ton of small things in this episode that Will does that are the "Rubicon" equivalent of the girl in the horror movie running up the stairs instead of out the front door. If you're like me, you have a bruise on your forehead from banging it on the coffee table every time Will does something that is sure to get him killed (but at least we didn't end up with the cleanest gunshot wound ever like Donald Bloom).
The episode begins with a rough-looking Will waking up and blowing Andi off as he sprints to work. For some reason, this makes me entirely thrilled,...
The episode begins with a rough-looking Will waking up and blowing Andi off as he sprints to work. For some reason, this makes me entirely thrilled,...
- 10/4/2010
- by Dustin Rowles
Okay, I got back in to Los Angeles yesterday and I've been completely slammed with work since my return.
Hmm. I'm noticing a trend here. Many of my posts of late have contained "slammed with work" somewhere within them. On reflection, I'd love for them to say "slammed with money", "slammed with delicious cupcakes" or "slammed by Chris Evans", but, alas, that's not to be.
Would you believe, though, that Judas Kiss finishes up on Saturday? We're really in the home stretch as far as everything goes, that final stretch to get the last shots in, the coverage completed and the sets, ultimately, struck. It's pretty damn awesome to think that -- baring alien invasion or Godzilla attack -- we'll have a pretty damn good movie in the can come Sunday.
I'm not sure what I'm going to write about after that. All of those easy posts of images from...
Hmm. I'm noticing a trend here. Many of my posts of late have contained "slammed with work" somewhere within them. On reflection, I'd love for them to say "slammed with money", "slammed with delicious cupcakes" or "slammed by Chris Evans", but, alas, that's not to be.
Would you believe, though, that Judas Kiss finishes up on Saturday? We're really in the home stretch as far as everything goes, that final stretch to get the last shots in, the coverage completed and the sets, ultimately, struck. It's pretty damn awesome to think that -- baring alien invasion or Godzilla attack -- we'll have a pretty damn good movie in the can come Sunday.
I'm not sure what I'm going to write about after that. All of those easy posts of images from...
- 9/2/2010
- doorQ.com
Sure, I'm turning all of my most recent posts into Judas Kiss news, but let's face it, it is the biggest gay genre film news of the year, right? Sure, I'm the co-producer of the film, but that in no way affected my decision.
If you are in and around Seattle, Washington, there are still several chances to be an extra during the last week of our shoot. Below are the dates and approximate start times for each location shoot requiring Extras. Please register online to receive confirmation and emails about the daily shoots. For further information and to register with our casting agency: http://temporalcasting.com/
Find out more about the stars and producers of Judas Kiss here: http://judaskissmovie.com
Saturday
August 28, 2010
12 Pm Call time
University of Washington
Guggenheim Hall Auditorium
Dress is semi-formal or business casual; no jeans or T-shirts; no Logos or clothing that is pure white.
If you are in and around Seattle, Washington, there are still several chances to be an extra during the last week of our shoot. Below are the dates and approximate start times for each location shoot requiring Extras. Please register online to receive confirmation and emails about the daily shoots. For further information and to register with our casting agency: http://temporalcasting.com/
Find out more about the stars and producers of Judas Kiss here: http://judaskissmovie.com
Saturday
August 28, 2010
12 Pm Call time
University of Washington
Guggenheim Hall Auditorium
Dress is semi-formal or business casual; no jeans or T-shirts; no Logos or clothing that is pure white.
- 8/27/2010
- doorQ.com
It's nice to feel wanted.
After arriving the Judas Kiss production yesterday around noontime, throwing my stuff in the dorm -- yes, we're all staying in dorms -- and racing back over to the set, I'm happy to report that I already have a stack of work to do here in glorious Seattle, all to help get us to through to the end of the production.
This is the first feature set I've been on that's "mine." I've been on feature sets before. I've been on feature sets before where the script was one that I wrote (and was then ass-raped by the studio into a sullen, twisted version of itself, memories of its better nature lost forever beyond the tears of time) and I've even been on short film sets where I was the producer, writer and director. But I've never been on a feature set where I was the co-producer of the project,...
After arriving the Judas Kiss production yesterday around noontime, throwing my stuff in the dorm -- yes, we're all staying in dorms -- and racing back over to the set, I'm happy to report that I already have a stack of work to do here in glorious Seattle, all to help get us to through to the end of the production.
This is the first feature set I've been on that's "mine." I've been on feature sets before. I've been on feature sets before where the script was one that I wrote (and was then ass-raped by the studio into a sullen, twisted version of itself, memories of its better nature lost forever beyond the tears of time) and I've even been on short film sets where I was the producer, writer and director. But I've never been on a feature set where I was the co-producer of the project,...
- 8/25/2010
- doorQ.com
Okay, so she's not a Dame yet. Shut up. It's only a matter of time!
Nanny McPhee costar Maggie Gyllenhaal at Emma's star ceremony
for Hollywood's Walk of Fame earlier this month.
Nanny McPhee Returns is on 2000+ of the nation's screens but I probably won't be seeing it. Remember two days back when we discussed what we were always looking for in a movie? One of my answers should have been beauty. I am not a beauty fascist in real life but I suppose I am at the movie theaters. Hollywood's great actresses should be immortalized with key lights, flawless makeup and evening gowns. Movie stars are supposed to be fantasies... our idealized selves. That's why Old Hollywood still has so much appeal. The studio system understood this. I like beauty on my silver screens so I really don't want to see Emma Thompson -- who can be just ravishing (see Much Ado About Nothing.
Nanny McPhee costar Maggie Gyllenhaal at Emma's star ceremony
for Hollywood's Walk of Fame earlier this month.
Nanny McPhee Returns is on 2000+ of the nation's screens but I probably won't be seeing it. Remember two days back when we discussed what we were always looking for in a movie? One of my answers should have been beauty. I am not a beauty fascist in real life but I suppose I am at the movie theaters. Hollywood's great actresses should be immortalized with key lights, flawless makeup and evening gowns. Movie stars are supposed to be fantasies... our idealized selves. That's why Old Hollywood still has so much appeal. The studio system understood this. I like beauty on my silver screens so I really don't want to see Emma Thompson -- who can be just ravishing (see Much Ado About Nothing.
- 8/21/2010
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
How frakkin' sweet is this? News just broke that Judge Walker just lifted his Stay Against Marriage Equality. Equal Protection in California is set to return on the 18th of August. It's an auspicious ruling, one that I think is perfect in light of Judas Kiss getting under way.
Yes, I'm seeing everything as an auspicious augury for Judas Kiss, even the fact that the The Right Wing is running scared and may not even try to appeal.
A better future for our community continues to draw closer.
Source: Breaking: Judge Walker Lifts Stay Against Gay Marriage | NOH8 Campaign...
Yes, I'm seeing everything as an auspicious augury for Judas Kiss, even the fact that the The Right Wing is running scared and may not even try to appeal.
A better future for our community continues to draw closer.
Source: Breaking: Judge Walker Lifts Stay Against Gay Marriage | NOH8 Campaign...
- 8/12/2010
- doorQ.com
So, if you haven't noticed, so many of us are getting ready to shoot Judas Kiss on Friday. The actors are converging on Seattle, the equipment has been rented, the hall decorated, the lines memorized and the blocking set.
Your beloved Dqm is holding down the L.A. fort for two weeks before decamping to The Emerald City for the last week, overseeing the production of a music video for the film and wrangling investors for the Site Visit. Movies are a blast, the end product of the combination of imagination, mimicry and acting, characteristics and behaviors that are uniquely human.
Except they aren't.
Those pesky scientists [shakes fist at sky] have just released the first documented evidence of orang-utans "acting", of using pantomimes to express their desires to others. In this case, us.
They found 18 cases of orang-utans clearly acting out a message. Sometimes it was a simple mime, such as body-scratching using a stick,...
Your beloved Dqm is holding down the L.A. fort for two weeks before decamping to The Emerald City for the last week, overseeing the production of a music video for the film and wrangling investors for the Site Visit. Movies are a blast, the end product of the combination of imagination, mimicry and acting, characteristics and behaviors that are uniquely human.
Except they aren't.
Those pesky scientists [shakes fist at sky] have just released the first documented evidence of orang-utans "acting", of using pantomimes to express their desires to others. In this case, us.
They found 18 cases of orang-utans clearly acting out a message. Sometimes it was a simple mime, such as body-scratching using a stick,...
- 8/12/2010
- doorQ.com
It's amazing how an awesome trailer will get me to drop all my movie prep work and teaching responsibilities to race over to doorQ.com -- where I swore I'd let run along without me for a couple of days as I finish my prepro work for Judas Kiss -- shout "Guys! Guys! Check this out! Fucking Awesome!" and make a post. Yet here I am.
Below is the trailer for the new Sf film Skyline, the latest in the alien with attitude encounter movies that don't bode all that well for we small, vulnerable humans. Sure the movie could wind up sucking and yes, there are tons of shades of ID4 in this preview, but I still have to say it's rather creepy, spooky and downright awesome looking.
Check it out. ...
Below is the trailer for the new Sf film Skyline, the latest in the alien with attitude encounter movies that don't bode all that well for we small, vulnerable humans. Sure the movie could wind up sucking and yes, there are tons of shades of ID4 in this preview, but I still have to say it's rather creepy, spooky and downright awesome looking.
Check it out. ...
- 8/10/2010
- doorQ.com
Live from a slightly shabby Amtrak rail-car racing up the coast California, hell-bent on keeping it's rendezvous with destiny...
So there are three attack plans for Comic-Con. One involves hitting ever single possible panel you can, one involves saving yourself for every single party your can scam into or crash, and one involves meeting everyone you can stick your I-really-should-have-updated-this-before-i-left business card into their hand. If you stick to one of these plans, you come out of the convention certain you've maximized the potential return on your time, money and, in the case of the party-plan, the braincells you sacrificed to the BudholiawizerAle, the god of Obscene Alcohol Consumption. And if you think I followed my own learned advice, you'd be very wrong. I kept changing my mind which track I was to follow, one moment waiting in insanely long lines (Red Faction!) and the next, trying to scam along into the LucasArts party.
So there are three attack plans for Comic-Con. One involves hitting ever single possible panel you can, one involves saving yourself for every single party your can scam into or crash, and one involves meeting everyone you can stick your I-really-should-have-updated-this-before-i-left business card into their hand. If you stick to one of these plans, you come out of the convention certain you've maximized the potential return on your time, money and, in the case of the party-plan, the braincells you sacrificed to the BudholiawizerAle, the god of Obscene Alcohol Consumption. And if you think I followed my own learned advice, you'd be very wrong. I kept changing my mind which track I was to follow, one moment waiting in insanely long lines (Red Faction!) and the next, trying to scam along into the LucasArts party.
- 7/25/2010
- doorQ.com
Wackiness and wonder and hot guys. That pretty much describes what kind of day I've been having here at Cc on Day One. Thursday is one of the lower attended days at the festival and it' already packed. Which means tomorrow it's going to be even more packed. Which would make it packed-ed. Right?
Anyway, main news I managed to hear was the at the Jj Abrams / Joss Whedon panel, where Whedon confirmed that yes, indeed, he's directing The Avengers. That was actually the high point of the panel. Whedon and Abrams are nice, witty and informative, obviously friends and familiar, but electricity didn't jump from the stage to the audience. Whedon still being upset at Fox did seep into the crowd. Again, another no-brainer, considering how he's been treated by Fox.
Moving into the evening now. Lined up a slot for Judas Kiss tomorrow at the Prism comics table.
Anyway, main news I managed to hear was the at the Jj Abrams / Joss Whedon panel, where Whedon confirmed that yes, indeed, he's directing The Avengers. That was actually the high point of the panel. Whedon and Abrams are nice, witty and informative, obviously friends and familiar, but electricity didn't jump from the stage to the audience. Whedon still being upset at Fox did seep into the crowd. Again, another no-brainer, considering how he's been treated by Fox.
Moving into the evening now. Lined up a slot for Judas Kiss tomorrow at the Prism comics table.
- 7/22/2010
- doorQ.com
By Hanako M. Ricks
HollywoodNews.com: Harry Potter alums Alan Rickman (Severus Snape) and Emma Thompson (Sybill Trelawney) will reunite once again in a new one-off drama to air on BBC2.
The drama will be based on the 2009 poem “The Song of Lunch”, written by Christopher Reid and will air on October 7 in honor of National Poetry Day.
The drama tells the story of ex-lovers who reunite for lunch some 15 years after the end of their relationship. Thompson’s character is married to a famous writer and living a glamorous life in Paris, while Rickman’s character has not been as successful, and also regrets the end of their relationship.
This is not the first time the two actors have worked together; prior to starring together in the Harry Potter films, they appeared in the films Sense and Sensibility (1995), Judas Kiss (1998), and Love Actually (2003). Rickman also directed Thompson in 1997’s The Winter Guest.
HollywoodNews.com: Harry Potter alums Alan Rickman (Severus Snape) and Emma Thompson (Sybill Trelawney) will reunite once again in a new one-off drama to air on BBC2.
The drama will be based on the 2009 poem “The Song of Lunch”, written by Christopher Reid and will air on October 7 in honor of National Poetry Day.
The drama tells the story of ex-lovers who reunite for lunch some 15 years after the end of their relationship. Thompson’s character is married to a famous writer and living a glamorous life in Paris, while Rickman’s character has not been as successful, and also regrets the end of their relationship.
This is not the first time the two actors have worked together; prior to starring together in the Harry Potter films, they appeared in the films Sense and Sensibility (1995), Judas Kiss (1998), and Love Actually (2003). Rickman also directed Thompson in 1997’s The Winter Guest.
- 7/6/2010
- by Hanako M. Ricks
- Hollywoodnews.com
In 48 hours we have been able to raise over 2000 dollars. And it's all because of your tweets and Facebook announcements and most importantly you!
Thank you to everyone! We have had generous donations from 5 dollars to 1000 dollars. And we appreciate the generosity from each and everyone of you.
We still have a full week to continue to raise funding for our film. Now that we can get the camera that we want it is time to start focusing on other costs like special effects making sure actors get a square meal, and my dream...The Crane Shot! I desperately want beautiful crane shots for key moments in Judas Kiss, but it costs 400 a day to rent.
Will you continue to tweet and facebook for the next 7 days? Pictured above what I'm looking at now. Sigh, I want my new baby!
Thank you to everyone! We have had generous donations from 5 dollars to 1000 dollars. And we appreciate the generosity from each and everyone of you.
We still have a full week to continue to raise funding for our film. Now that we can get the camera that we want it is time to start focusing on other costs like special effects making sure actors get a square meal, and my dream...The Crane Shot! I desperately want beautiful crane shots for key moments in Judas Kiss, but it costs 400 a day to rent.
Will you continue to tweet and facebook for the next 7 days? Pictured above what I'm looking at now. Sigh, I want my new baby!
- 7/3/2010
- doorQ.com
Let the countdown begin. Harry Potter And The Deathly Hollows, the final two films in the Harry Potter series, now has a trailer.
It's the usual bit of wicked wizardry, dire straights and lizard-faced evil -- exactly what we want in a final installment.
As the magic of this series ends, you have to wonder what the boys at Warners are cooking up next. Potter has been a multi-billion dollar franchise for the studio, right up to and including the opening of the "Wizarding World of Harry Potter" attraction in Orlando, Florida. What's next for the studio? Sure, they have another Batman movie waiting in the wings, but they're still looking frantically for another multi-billion dollar project.
How about a prequel to Judas Kiss?
And is it just me, or did Matthew Lewis, the guy who played Neville Longbottom, grow up to be quite the fetching man? ...
It's the usual bit of wicked wizardry, dire straights and lizard-faced evil -- exactly what we want in a final installment.
As the magic of this series ends, you have to wonder what the boys at Warners are cooking up next. Potter has been a multi-billion dollar franchise for the studio, right up to and including the opening of the "Wizarding World of Harry Potter" attraction in Orlando, Florida. What's next for the studio? Sure, they have another Batman movie waiting in the wings, but they're still looking frantically for another multi-billion dollar project.
How about a prequel to Judas Kiss?
And is it just me, or did Matthew Lewis, the guy who played Neville Longbottom, grow up to be quite the fetching man? ...
- 6/29/2010
- doorQ.com
Last Wednesday night, Hamburger Mary's played host to the Judas Kiss bingo fundraiser, a fabulous little venture to get more cash for the flick and to score up a wee bit more awareness about this little adventure, set to roll before the cameras on the 13th of August.
Our ever-dedicated director Jt Tepnapa fluttered and filtered about (he's the one with the hair in the picture below), making sure the prizes were handed out -- and the checks were handed in.
The big deal, of course, was the Bingo, and our guest-of-honor, co-star, and all around ham Brent "Let Me Grab Those Balls" Corrigan proved to be an able emcee.
And crowdpleasing host, especially when the delightful Ms. Belle Aire got the ever-so-shy Corrigan to slip off his shirt...
And gamely continue ball-calling, without missing a beat.
The big surprise of the evening is that Jennifer Love Hewitt, of The Ghost Whisperer fame,...
Our ever-dedicated director Jt Tepnapa fluttered and filtered about (he's the one with the hair in the picture below), making sure the prizes were handed out -- and the checks were handed in.
The big deal, of course, was the Bingo, and our guest-of-honor, co-star, and all around ham Brent "Let Me Grab Those Balls" Corrigan proved to be an able emcee.
And crowdpleasing host, especially when the delightful Ms. Belle Aire got the ever-so-shy Corrigan to slip off his shirt...
And gamely continue ball-calling, without missing a beat.
The big surprise of the evening is that Jennifer Love Hewitt, of The Ghost Whisperer fame,...
- 6/25/2010
- doorQ.com
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