All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 560
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NewsAlicia Vikander named PSIFF 2016 Rising Star
The Swedish-born star of The Danish Girl will collect the Rising Star Award at the The 27th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) on January 2.
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NewsOscars: 'Star Wars', 'The Martian' on FX longlist
The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences has announced the expanded roster of 20 films in contention for the visual effects Oscar.
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NewsBill Lee steps down at Alchemy
In a sudden leadership shuffle on Monday that caught insiders by surprise, the board of the fast-rising distributor has appointed Kelly Summers and Scott Guthrie as co-presidents.
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NewsSundance unveils Premieres, Spotlight
Top brass at the Park City festival have rounded out the feature line-up with a dazzling selection on paper that includes new work from Asif Kapadia and other returning alumni such as Todd Solondz, Taika Waititi and Joshua Marston.
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NewsMagnet acquires 'High-Rise' for US
The genre distributor has acquired US rights to Ben Wheatley’s latest film and plans a 2016 release.
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NewsGoldove in distributor talks on 'Little Mizz Innocent'
The producers behind the upcoming $45-55m action thriller to star Olga Kurylenko are in discussions with sales agents and North American distributors.
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NewsUS Briefs: 'Chelsea Does' gets Netflix launch date
Plus: Relativity Studios sets 2016 release dates for five films and France’s Webedia expands US footprint
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NewsIM Global in animation sales deal with Marza, Pigmental
Stuart Ford’s Los Angeles-based company will handle international sales and broker US deals on animation projects developed by SEGA subsdiary Marza Animation Planet and Pigmental Studios.
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News'Mockingjay 2' stays top in US on $19m
DECEMBER 7 UPDATE: Lionsgate’s YA adaptation held on to number one for the third consecutive weekend and climbed to a confirmed $227.4m while Universal’s Krampus arrived in second place on $16.3m.
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NewsLAFCA awards best picture prize to 'Spotlight'
Tom McCarthy’s ensemble drama picked up an endorsement from a key critics group on Sunday that further bolsters its Oscar prospects.
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News'The Look Of Silence' wins IDA award
Joshua Oppenheimer’s companion piece to The Act Of Killing earned the best feature award at the International Documentary Association’s 2015 IDA Documentary Awards on Saturday night.
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NewsTriStar lands 'Trainspotting' sequel
Danny Boyle’s follow-up to his cult 1996 drug drama is headed for the Sony fold after it emerged late on Friday that TriStar Pictures had pounced on worldwide rights.
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NewsPSIFF honour for Michael Fassbender
The star of Steve Jobs and Macbeth will receive the 27th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival’s (PSIFF) International Star Award.
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NewsNorthern Banner Plans an ‘Orgy’ at Whistler
EXCLUSIVE: The Toronto-based company’s specialty label has acquired the Canadian rights to Jeremy Lalonde’s How To Plan An Orgy In A Small Town.
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NewsUS Briefs: FilmNation to fully finance 'The Big Sick'
Plus: Human People begins NYC shoot and Nas to producer soundtrack to Sundance entry The Land
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NewsPeru's Tondero eyes US investment
In a sign of its growing profile outside national borders, the Lima-based powerhouse behind the Asu Mare franchise and At 40 as well as critical hits The Vanished Elephant and Maggallanes is in talks with DirecTV.
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CommentManolo Cruz, ‘La Ciénega: ‘Between Sea And Land’
The Colombian star’s first time behind the camera earned two Primer Corte awards at Ventana Sur this week and has drummed up plenty of buzz ahead of its premiere in Sundance’s World Cinema Dramatic Competition strand in January.
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NewsBlood Window winner entices Morbido head
EXCLUSIVE: The Mexican genre film festival’s general director has come on board Patricio Valladares’ Downhill, which screened and won an award in the Ventana Sur genre sidebar this week.
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FeaturesCary Joji Fukunaga on the perilous 'Beasts Of No Nation' shoot
Making Beasts Of No Nation was a long-held ambition for True Detective director Cary Joji Fukunaga. He talks to Jeremy Kay about overcoming the perilous shoot and the Netflix pay-off
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FeaturesAlejandro Gonzalez Inarritu on the challenges of 'The Revenant'
For Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, making The Revenant was comparable to Ernest Shackleton’s heroic exploration of the Antarctic. He tells Jeremy Kay about the challenges and rewards of endurance film-making