All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 663
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NewsAcademy selects 79 eligible songs
The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences said on December 12 that 79 songs are in contention for the original song category for the 87th Oscars.
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NewsSanta Barbara unveils 2015 Virtuosos Award
Top brass at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival have announced the multiple recipients for the 2015 Virtuosos Award.
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FeaturesBennett Miller & Jon Kilik, Foxcatcher
Director Bennett Miller and producer Jon Kilik reveal why Foxcatcher - their murderous story of class, power and brotherly love - was so many years in the making. Jeremy Kay reports.
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FeaturesThe hunt for Best Picture
The best picture nominations race is on the final lap. Jeremy Kay analyses the contenders.
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FeaturesRichard Linklater, Boyhood
Writer-director Richard Linklater was surprised by how emotional he found shooting Boyhood, his ballad of family life. Jeremy Kay reports.
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FeaturesVentana Sur: LatAm spreads its wings
In the six years Ventana Sur has been running, the Buenos Aires market has become an essential platform for making global connections with Latin America. This year’s edition had plenty to offer, says Jeremy Kay.
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CommentGlobes nods champion 'indie' cinema
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has struck a blow for so-called independent cinema while uncharacteristically cocking a snoot at a quartet of major studio contenders.
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NewsMichael Lumpkin named AFI DOCS director
The producer and former executive director of the International Documentary Association (IDA) will lead the Washington DC-based annual event AFI DOCS.
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NewsSean Kisker earns Lionsgate stripes
Lionsgate has promoted 11-year veteran Sean Kisker to the newly created position of chief strategy officer and general manager of the Lionsgate Motion Picture Group.
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NewsStrand picks up The Cut
Strand Releasing has acquired all US rights to Fatih Akin’s quest story starring Tahar Rahim.
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NewsWarner Bros sets Geostorm release
Dean Devlin’s action film starring Gerard Butler will open on October 21 2016, the studio has announced.
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NewsPenny Marshall to direct Effa
The director of A League Of Their Own and Big has signed a two-film deal with Georgia-based FONU2 subsidiary Studioplex City, kicking off with a biopic about Effa Manley.
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NewsBirdman leads Golden Globes noms
Birdman is fast emerging as Fox Searchlight’s poster child of the season as the New Regency production emerged top of the pile on December 11 with seven 72nd Golden Globe nominations.
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NewsPatricio Valladares readies Downhill
EXCLUSIVE: The Chilean director of Hidden In The Woods has lined up an April shoot for the micro-budget survival thriller in what will mark his second English-language feature.
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Newsmonterey media acquires The Living
The deal covers North American rights to the thriller starring Fran Kranz. Separately Sundance Selects has picked up The Search For General Tso, Image Entertainment has acquired Roadside and WellGo USA has set a US release date for Supremacy.
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NewsVincent Scordino joins Millennium Entertainment
One day after it emerged the executive was leaving Cinedigm, he is returning to the Millennium fold to assume the newly created role of svp of marketing.
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NewsBroad Green invests in Tugg
Gabriel and Daniel Hammond’s ambitious finance, production and distribution upstart has led a Series A investment round in the cinema-on-demand player.
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NewsIM Global moves into music
Stuart Ford’s company has launched IM Global Music in partnership with music industry executive and former Miramax colleague David Schulhof.
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NewsBirdman leads SAG nods
Birdman garnered four Screen Actors Guild nominations on December 10 for Michael Keaton, Edward Norton, Emma Stone and ensemble, while Norton and Benedict Cumberbatch earned three apiece. Fox Searchlight led the studios on six nods.
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FeaturesCreativity is GREAT reception
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge toasted the British creative industries at the private work collective NeueHouse in Manhattan on December 9 hosted by the British Ambassador to the US Sir Peter Westmacott and the British Consul General to New York Danny Lopez.Launched in 2012, the GREAT campaign promotes British ...