Writer/Director Lawrence Michael Levine is a filmmaker who spins strange yarns delivered through often uncomfortable conversations that are generally a combination of superb realism and the utterly implausible. In much the way several scenes in Wild Canaries and Always Shine play out, Black Bear is almost entirely a film of conversations in which people say […]
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- 1/4/2021
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
Twisted love triangle psychodrama debuted at Sundance.
Vertigo Releasing has acquired UK and Ireland rights to psychodrama Black Bear, starring Aubrey Plaza, from Radiant Films International.
The distributor plans to release the film theatrically and on digital platforms on March 5, 2021.
Black Bear premiered at Sundance earlier this year and marks the latest from US writer-director Lawrence Michael Levine, whose credits include Wild Canaries and Gabi On The Roof In July.
The story centres on a twisted love triangle – played by Plaza, Christopher Abbott and Sarah Gadon – that is created when an expectant couple receive a guest with writer’s block at their remote lake house.
Vertigo Releasing has acquired UK and Ireland rights to psychodrama Black Bear, starring Aubrey Plaza, from Radiant Films International.
The distributor plans to release the film theatrically and on digital platforms on March 5, 2021.
Black Bear premiered at Sundance earlier this year and marks the latest from US writer-director Lawrence Michael Levine, whose credits include Wild Canaries and Gabi On The Roof In July.
The story centres on a twisted love triangle – played by Plaza, Christopher Abbott and Sarah Gadon – that is created when an expectant couple receive a guest with writer’s block at their remote lake house.
- 12/9/2020
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
While she’s still perhaps best known for her comedic turn as the sardonic April on “Parks and Recreation,” Aubrey Plaza has been making a name for herself by nimbly crafting bizarre and offbeat characters. She arguably delivers her best performance to date in “Black Bear,” directed by Lawrence Michael Levine which sees the actress having to play multiple versions of the same character.
Continue reading Aubrey Plaza Talks The Extreme Acting Exercise Making ‘Black Bear’ & Why The Script “Terrified” Her [Interview] at The Playlist.
Continue reading Aubrey Plaza Talks The Extreme Acting Exercise Making ‘Black Bear’ & Why The Script “Terrified” Her [Interview] at The Playlist.
- 12/7/2020
- by Ally Johnson
- The Playlist
The story of how hard it is to make it as an actress in Hollywood has been told many times, most recently in this year’s Oscar front runner “La La Land.” Yet what often gets lost in the romantic stories of chasing one’s dream is the psychological damage that accompanies the precarious career path.
“The life of an actress is one of the hardest and most traumatic things you can do,” said actress-turned-director Sophia Takal when she was a recent guest on IndieWire’s Filmmaker Toolkit podcast. “You are constantly putting yourself out there to be judged how you look, how sexy you can be, how attractive you can be.”
Read More: Filmmaker Toolkit Podcast: ‘Moonlight’ Director Barry Jenkins Reveals the Unconventional Way He Cast His Three Leads (Episode 10)
With Hollywood offering so few complex roles for women, Takal said it’s easy for a scarcity mentality to...
“The life of an actress is one of the hardest and most traumatic things you can do,” said actress-turned-director Sophia Takal when she was a recent guest on IndieWire’s Filmmaker Toolkit podcast. “You are constantly putting yourself out there to be judged how you look, how sexy you can be, how attractive you can be.”
Read More: Filmmaker Toolkit Podcast: ‘Moonlight’ Director Barry Jenkins Reveals the Unconventional Way He Cast His Three Leads (Episode 10)
With Hollywood offering so few complex roles for women, Takal said it’s easy for a scarcity mentality to...
- 12/3/2016
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
We recently provided a guide to streaming the best films of 2016, but it’s time to hit pause because the theatrical options this month are stellar. Along with the year’s best film thus far, there’s a wide variety of must-see features, from documentaries to animations to sci-fi dramas to innovative experiments.
Matinees to See: Doctor Strange (11/4), Peter and the Farm (11/4), The Monster (11/11), Seasons (11/11), The Love Witch (11/11), Notes on Blindness (11/16), Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them (11/18), Bleed For This (11/18), I Am Not Madame Bovary (11/18), Lion (11/25), Evolution (11/25), and Old Stone (11/30)
15. Billy Lynn’s Halftime Walk (Ang Lee; Nov. 11)
Synopsis: 19-year-old Billy Lynn is brought home for a victory tour after a harrowing Iraq battle.
Trailer
Why You Should See It: After its mixed reception at Nyff, I probably shouldn’t be looking forward to Ang Lee‘s latest as much as I am. However, I’m always curious as...
Matinees to See: Doctor Strange (11/4), Peter and the Farm (11/4), The Monster (11/11), Seasons (11/11), The Love Witch (11/11), Notes on Blindness (11/16), Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them (11/18), Bleed For This (11/18), I Am Not Madame Bovary (11/18), Lion (11/25), Evolution (11/25), and Old Stone (11/30)
15. Billy Lynn’s Halftime Walk (Ang Lee; Nov. 11)
Synopsis: 19-year-old Billy Lynn is brought home for a victory tour after a harrowing Iraq battle.
Trailer
Why You Should See It: After its mixed reception at Nyff, I probably shouldn’t be looking forward to Ang Lee‘s latest as much as I am. However, I’m always curious as...
- 11/1/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
You may have seen her in front of the camera in V/H/S, Wild Canaries, 24 Exposures, Uncle Kent 2, and more indies in the last few years, but now Sophia Takal has returned to the director’s chair for the psychological thriller Always Shine. Following Mackenzie Davis (Blade Runner 2), who picked up Best Actress at Tribeca this year, and Caitlin FitzGerald (Masters of Sex) as rising actresses (well, one at least) and the struggle that persists when they become isolated and things turn wicked. Ahead of a release this December, the first trailer and poster have now landed.
I said in my review, “With the excess of low-budget, retreat-in-the-woods dramas often finding characters hashing out their insecurities through a meta-narrative, a certain initial resistance can occur when presented with such a derivative scenario at virtually every film festival. While Sophia Takal‘s psychological drama Always Shine ultimately stumbles, the...
I said in my review, “With the excess of low-budget, retreat-in-the-woods dramas often finding characters hashing out their insecurities through a meta-narrative, a certain initial resistance can occur when presented with such a derivative scenario at virtually every film festival. While Sophia Takal‘s psychological drama Always Shine ultimately stumbles, the...
- 10/19/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
With the excess of low-budget, retreat-in-the-woods dramas often finding characters hashing out their insecurities through a meta-narrative, a certain initial resistance can occur when presented with such a derivative scenario at virtually every film festival. While Sophia Takal‘s psychological drama Always Shine ultimately stumbles, the chemistry of its leads and a sense of foreboding dread in its formal execution ensures its heightened view of a fractured relationship is a mostly successful one.
Beth (Caitlin FitzGerald) is a rising actress, internally battling with the requested nudity for her various gigs, yet sheepishly enjoying the money and increased attention it brings as she makes her way into the spotlight. Meanwhile, her best friend, Anna (Mackenzie Davis), is struggling to break through in the same field, acting in anything that comes her way — even if it’s an avant-garde short that may or may not feature a paycheck. With the pair feeling disconnected over the past months,...
Beth (Caitlin FitzGerald) is a rising actress, internally battling with the requested nudity for her various gigs, yet sheepishly enjoying the money and increased attention it brings as she makes her way into the spotlight. Meanwhile, her best friend, Anna (Mackenzie Davis), is struggling to break through in the same field, acting in anything that comes her way — even if it’s an avant-garde short that may or may not feature a paycheck. With the pair feeling disconnected over the past months,...
- 4/19/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
“Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover” is a proverb whose simple existence proves the fact impressionable souls will do so without fail. This monthly column (with a special year-end retrospective today) focuses on the film industry’s willingness to capitalize on this truth, releasing one-sheets to serve as not representations of what audiences are to expect, but as propaganda to fill seats. Oftentimes they fail miserably.
It hasn’t been a great year for domestic movie poster design. Yes there are always a handful to admire each month, but that’s not saying much when you’re comparing them to absolute dreck.
Whereas most years I’m collecting 15-20 images and find myself exasperated trying to cull them down into a Top Ten, 2015 had me struggling to fill the #10 slot. Only maybe three or four were “musts” and the rest ended up waging a war of attrition to...
It hasn’t been a great year for domestic movie poster design. Yes there are always a handful to admire each month, but that’s not saying much when you’re comparing them to absolute dreck.
Whereas most years I’m collecting 15-20 images and find myself exasperated trying to cull them down into a Top Ten, 2015 had me struggling to fill the #10 slot. Only maybe three or four were “musts” and the rest ended up waging a war of attrition to...
- 12/30/2015
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
Eager Yet Flawed: Indie Darling is Safe-Guarded and Traditional
Brian Reisberg‘s debut feature has many of the usual markings of an indie sleeper hit but like an overzealous student whose hand is always first in the air, the rule-abiding road movie delivers all the correct answers, too determined to please. Relying heavily on both the traditional, and the familiar, the premise behind Big Significant Things does hold plenty of promise, and when boiled down, the protagonist, conflict, and plot points all recall rather than reinvent (think Garden State).
Twenty-something Craig Harrison (Harry Lloyd of Manhattan and The Theory of Everything), who fits neatly within the mold of a typical White male with early-onset ennui, attempts to temper his quarter-life crisis through a solo road trip across the South. Fleeing from the looming decision of purchasing a home in San Francisco (perhaps the most unrealistic part of the film) with...
Brian Reisberg‘s debut feature has many of the usual markings of an indie sleeper hit but like an overzealous student whose hand is always first in the air, the rule-abiding road movie delivers all the correct answers, too determined to please. Relying heavily on both the traditional, and the familiar, the premise behind Big Significant Things does hold plenty of promise, and when boiled down, the protagonist, conflict, and plot points all recall rather than reinvent (think Garden State).
Twenty-something Craig Harrison (Harry Lloyd of Manhattan and The Theory of Everything), who fits neatly within the mold of a typical White male with early-onset ennui, attempts to temper his quarter-life crisis through a solo road trip across the South. Fleeing from the looming decision of purchasing a home in San Francisco (perhaps the most unrealistic part of the film) with...
- 7/24/2015
- by Amanda Yam
- IONCINEMA.com
The premiere post-tiff destination (September 20-25th) in the film community and a major leg up for narrative and non-fiction films in development, the Independent Filmmaker Project (Ifp) announced a whopping 140 projects selected for the Project Forum at the upcoming Ifp Independent Film Week. Made up of several sections (Rbc’s Emerging Storytellers program, No Borders International Co-Production Market and Spotlight on Documentaries), we find latest updates from the likes of docu-helmers Doug Block (112 Weddings) and Lana Wilson (After Tiller), and among the narrative items we find headliners in Andrew Haigh (coming off the well received 45 Years), Sophie Barthes (Cold Souls and Madame Bovary), Terence Nance (An Oversimplification of Her Beauty), Lawrence Michael Levine (Wild Canaries), Jorge Michel Grau (We Are What We Are), Eleanor Burke and Ron Eyal (Stranger Things) and new faces in Sundance’s large family in Charles Poekel (Christmas, Again) and Olivia Newman (First Match). Here...
- 7/22/2015
- by admin
- IONCINEMA.com
Every day, more and more films are added to the various streaming services out there, ranging from Netflix to YouTube, and are hitting the airwaves via movie-centric networks like TCM. Therefore, sifting through all of these pictures can be a tedious and often times confounding or difficult ordeal. But, that’s why we’re here. Every week, Joshua brings you five films to put at the top of your queue, add to your playlist, or grab off of VOD to make your weekend a little more eventful. Here is this week’s top five, in this week’s Armchair Vacation.
5. Do I Sound Gay? (VOD)
The first of two documentaries included on this week’s list, this film comes from filmmaker David Thorpe, and covers a rather interesting subject. Coming out of a breakup with his boyfriend, Thorpe decides to go on a journey of self-discovery, through an outlet we...
5. Do I Sound Gay? (VOD)
The first of two documentaries included on this week’s list, this film comes from filmmaker David Thorpe, and covers a rather interesting subject. Coming out of a breakup with his boyfriend, Thorpe decides to go on a journey of self-discovery, through an outlet we...
- 7/17/2015
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
While the summer box office is heating up with big hits like Jurassic World and Inside Out, the studios have a bunch of fun releases headed into homes during the month of July. This includes the home entertainment release of HBO.s captivating docuseries The Jinx, along with big box office fodder like The Longest Ride and Home. Take a look below, and see if anything suits your fancy. Looking for the list of June 2015 releases? No problem, head here. July 7 July 7 Blu-ray And DVD Releases The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst Woman in Gold 5 Flights Up Maggie Alien Outpost Absolution Bitten: The Complete Second Season House of Cards: Volume Three Witches of East End: The Complete Second Season July 7 Early Digital Releases The Water Diviner Wild Canaries July 14 July 14 Blu-ray And DVD Releases X-Men: Days of Future Past, The Rogue Cut Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2...
- 6/21/2015
- cinemablend.com
“Wild Canaries” is a bit too wild for Idaho. In the town of Sadpoint, Idaho, The Panida Theater has pulled two scheduled screenings of the murder mystery, which played at SXSW this year, for what it deemed “inappropriate content that was not disclosed” — though one cast member claims the film is under attack for gay themes and drug use on screen. In a statement linked from their Facebook page, Panida’s executive director Patricia Walker White said the IFC Films release “contained subject matter not in keeping with the standards of the Panida and I have chosen to cancel screenings for Friday and Saturday matinee.
- 4/21/2015
- by Matt Donnelly
- The Wrap
Panida Theater, an independently owned and operated theater in Sandpoint, Idaho, has cancelled screenings of "Wild Canaries," a comedy-mystery released by IFC Films, due to "inappropriate content." In a letter from the theater's executive director Patricia Walker White, shared on its Facebook page, the theater said the film was cancelled due to material "that was not disclosed, nor represented in any of the materials reviewed for this film. Its unrated status should clearly have been an R rating. It contained subject matter not in keeping with the standards of the Panida." Read More: 'Wild Canaries' Trailer Mixes Old-School Screwball Comedy, Brooklyn and Murder When taken to task on its Facebook page, the theater responded further: "We wanted to say that, yes, we do schedule R-rated movies but we make sure our audience is aware before and we didn't want to misrepresent the movie content...we are only given trailers and descriptions and not.
- 4/20/2015
- by Paula Bernstein
- Indiewire
Read More: Watch: 'Wild Canaries' Trailer Mixes Old-School Screwball Comedy, Brooklyn and Murder If you love indie films and winning things, you now have a chance to combine both. Upon the release of his film "Ain't Them Bodies Saints," director David Lowery hosted a social media giveaway to anyone who watched four Indie films in one weekend. The prizes were impressive, including signed scripts. Now, filmmaker Riley Stearns announced another Indie Film Giveaway upon the release of three new indie films, "Buzzard," "Faults" and "Wild Canaries." The official tweet for the announcement came from Stearns' Twitter page on March 6, promising that if people see all three films (in a theater or rented/bought on VOD) by March 12, they would be getting some prizes their way. Check out the tweet below, and email IndieFilmGiveaway@gmail.com to enter. See (in a theater)/rent/buy all three films by March...
- 3/9/2015
- by Travis Clark
- Indiewire
A few years back, for the release of his new film, director David Lowery of Ain't Them Bodies Saints (great film) hosted a social media giveaway where they would send prizes to anyone who saw four indie films in one weekend. They sent out some truly one-of-a-kind prizes, including signed scripts and props from the films, but above all just wanted to remind people to support indie films. Well, another filmmaker by the name of Riley Stearns is launching a brand new "Indie Film Giveaway" for three new features that were just released: Lawrence Michael Levine's Wild Canaries, Joel Potrykus' Buzzard and Stearns' Faults. Similar to Lowery's fun giveaway, it's as simple as photographing your ticket stubs and emailing them in. Here's the official tweet below from writer/director @RileyStearns announcing details about their "Indie Film Giveaway" for these three films. They're even including VOD rentals, so if...
- 3/6/2015
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
PaleyFest Los Angeles kicks off this weekend giving actors a chance to hear from some of the top performers in the industry. Billed as an “unparalleled, interactive pop-culture event,” the confab also offers unique networking opportunities. The Dolby Theatre, where most events are held, has a well-staffed bar. You never know who you’ll run into having a drink before or after a panel. Individual tickets range from $30-$80 for non-members, or $20-$65 for members. More details here. Other upcoming events include: The Hollywood Mixer TV/Film/Video MeetupMarch 5 at 8:30 p.m.Stir Bar & Restaurant 13359 Ventura Boulevard, Sherman OaksRegister here. The Branding Workshop March 10 from 1 p.m.SAG Foundation Offices5757 Wilshire Blvd., PH1, Los AngelesRegister here. The 4th Annual Wayne Federman International Film Festival Thursday-Sunday (various times)Cinefamily611 N. Fairfax Ave., Los AngelesTickets $14 or free for members. Screening and Q&A of “Wild Canaries” March 7th at 3 p.m.
- 3/6/2015
- backstage.com
A loose-limbed caper comedy that lovingly mashes Hollywood screwball conventions with Brooklyn relationship drama, Lawrence Michael Levine’s sophomore picture, Wild Canaries, tries two things most independent films don’t, and largely succeeds. It’s narratively complex — maybe not Inherent Vice-level, but this mystery thriller about an engaged pair of armchair detectives investigating a possible murder in a rent-controlled apartment is strewn with crosses, double-crosses, disguises and clues. Even more impressively, Wild Canaries shoots for a quality that is often a byproduct of independent cinema but not a goal: entertainment. Inspired, says actor/writer/director Levine, by the “Nick and Nora” Thin Man...
- 3/5/2015
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
A loose-limbed caper comedy that lovingly mashes Hollywood screwball conventions with Brooklyn relationship drama, Lawrence Michael Levine’s sophomore picture, Wild Canaries, tries two things most independent films don’t, and largely succeeds. It’s narratively complex — maybe not Inherent Vice-level, but this mystery thriller about an engaged pair of armchair detectives investigating a possible murder in a rent-controlled apartment is strewn with crosses, double-crosses, disguises and clues. Even more impressively, Wild Canaries shoots for a quality that is often a byproduct of independent cinema but not a goal: entertainment. Inspired, says actor/writer/director Levine, by the “Nick and Nora” Thin Man movies […]...
- 3/5/2015
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
One of the most interesting forms of music sampling is what's known as the "mash-up." In some of the best and most creative examples of this practice - e.g. Danger Mouse's Grey Album (Jay Z's Black Album/Beatles' White Album) or Girl Talk's masterful records - all the disparate pieces of music used greatly benefit from the juxtaposition and re-contextualization.Lawrence Michael Levine performs a similar symbiosis in cinematic terms in his second feature, the delightful comic mystery Wild Canaries, which he wrote, directed, and co-stars in. On one hand, this Brooklyn-set film concerns a number of characters navigating their way through emotional and financial complications, which connects it thematically to Levine's first feature Gabi on the Roof in July (2010). On the other hand, this situation is...
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- 3/2/2015
- Screen Anarchy
Writer/director Lawrence Michael Levine’s film, “Wild Canaries,” is a tonal and genre departure from his previous feature, “Gabi On The Roof In July,” but his hipster Brooklyn milieu remains the same. This film poses the question: just how might a murder mystery in this yuppie brownstone setting play out? The result, with bumbling amateur detectives, constantly squabbling couples, and a pair of actually sane lesbians, is a mixed bag, to be honest. For starters, Levine deploys retro stylistic genre markers such as irises to signal that this film, while a contemporary relationship drama in some ways, is also playing in the world of stylized, over-the-top capers and mystery. Dramatic music underscores rather innocuous startles and surprises to indicate something more menacing than what is really going on. This is how the film opens, before bringing us into the world of Noah (Levine) and his fiancée, Barri (Sophia Takal,...
- 2/28/2015
- by Katie Walsh
- The Playlist
Good Neighbors: Levine’s Indie Murder Mystery a Passing Homage to Classic Comedy
Actor/writer/director Lawrence Michael Levine reunites with director/actress wife Sophia Takal for his third feature, the harmlessly charming Brooklyn set murder mystery Wild Canaries, which tends to favor a bygone tradition of slapstick, noir tinged comedy. Several have compared Levine and Takal’s spousal chemistry to the likes of Myrna Loy of William Powell in their famed Thin Man series of classic films—but such an association is a tad hyperbolic. They make a charming duo, certainly, but the ragtag charm melts away in the face of the narrative’s eventual flaccid inability to remain energetically inventive, seemingly tired of its own formula by the final frames. Witty writing and effortless performances magically keep familiarity at bay, but at the end of the day, the film’s more provocative characterizations fade into a safe peripheral zone,...
Actor/writer/director Lawrence Michael Levine reunites with director/actress wife Sophia Takal for his third feature, the harmlessly charming Brooklyn set murder mystery Wild Canaries, which tends to favor a bygone tradition of slapstick, noir tinged comedy. Several have compared Levine and Takal’s spousal chemistry to the likes of Myrna Loy of William Powell in their famed Thin Man series of classic films—but such an association is a tad hyperbolic. They make a charming duo, certainly, but the ragtag charm melts away in the face of the narrative’s eventual flaccid inability to remain energetically inventive, seemingly tired of its own formula by the final frames. Witty writing and effortless performances magically keep familiarity at bay, but at the end of the day, the film’s more provocative characterizations fade into a safe peripheral zone,...
- 2/26/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
When I was in film school, my teachers, who were also often reasonably "successful" filmmakers with careers outside of the academy, would often carp about what a pain in the ass it was to be a filmmaker. The less successful they were, the more bitterly they'd bewail, but they all bewailed fairly bitterly. Occasionally, my teachers would invite a guest speaker to class, often an even more "successful" filmmaker than they were, and we'd have to listen to the said filmmaker gripe also. Read More: 'Wild Canaries' Trailer Mixes Old-School Screwball Comedy, Brooklyn and Murder Said filmmaker would complain about how it took them ten years to get a single film financed. Said filmmaker would moan that when they did get their money, it was less than they hoped for and, not only that, they had to cast somebody who was wrong for the part because the producer wanted a "name.
- 2/25/2015
- by Lawrence Michael Levine and Sophia Takai
- Indiewire
The new Brooklyn is generally derided as a wilderness of double-wide strollers, young men with the facial hair of Canadian loggers circa 1852, and artisanal everything. But in Wild Canaries, a modestly scaled murder mystery-comedy from writer-director-star Lawrence Michael Levine, today’s Brooklyn is a place of danger and intrigue. Just as in the good old bad old days of the Seventies and Eighties, you can actually get killed there, and the first corpse to show up in Wild Canaries is that of eightyish Sylvia (Marylouise Burke). Sylvia is the tenant of a rent-controlled apartment, and in New York City real estate terms, that right there makes her a sitting target for murder.
If Sylvia was murdered, who would do such a thing? A couple living in he...
If Sylvia was murdered, who would do such a thing? A couple living in he...
- 2/25/2015
- Village Voice
The screwball comedy may be best associated with the classic Hollywood era, but the form isn't dead just yet. Peter Bogdanovich will deliver his "She's Funny That Way" later this year, but first is "Wild Canaries." And both movies take madcap antics, add them to the modern milieu, and stir it up with a lot of energy. And today we have an exclusive clip from the Brooklyn-based concoction. Sophia Takal, Alia Shawkat, Annie Parisse, Jason Ritter, and Kevin Corrigan star in the film, written and directed by Lawrence Michael Levine (who also has a role), that follows a newly engaged couple who become drawn into the death of their downstairs neighbor. She believes it was foul play, he doesn't, but once the unofficial investigation is underway, secrets are uncovered and everyone becomes a suspect. "Wild Canaries" opens in theaters and VOD on Wednesday, February 25th. Watch below.
- 2/20/2015
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
Admittedly, you will be hard-pressed to find a bigger fan of Lawrence Michael Levine (Gabi on the Roof in July) or Sophia Takal (Green) than me. They are the only currently working director-actor combination [that I know of] in which they both function as top-notch directors (I consider them to be two of the most talented indie film directors). One thing is for certain, their on screen chemistry (whatever that means) in every film in which they appear as a couple is incomparably authentic; Wild Canaries is just another example of their collective ingenuity.
- 2/19/2015
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
Lawrence Levine’s comedy thriller Wild Canaries is opening February 25 at the IFC Center and on online platforms. Below, from our print magazine, are my comments after the film’s premiere at SXSW. And, check out the trailer above. Most independent films don’t have enough plot. That criticism can’t be leveled at Wild Canaries, Lawrence Michael Levine’s loose-limbed caper comedy. Levine and his wife, the actress and director Sophia Takal, star as a Brooklyn couple who become convinced their upstairs neighbor was murdered to gain control of her rent controlled apartment. Influenced by the “Thin Man” movies as well as Woody Allen’s […]...
- 2/13/2015
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Lawrence Levine’s comedy thriller Wild Canaries is opening February 25 at the IFC Center and on online platforms. Below, from our print magazine, are my comments after the film’s premiere at SXSW. And, check out the trailer above. Most independent films don’t have enough plot. That criticism can’t be leveled at Wild Canaries, Lawrence Michael Levine’s loose-limbed caper comedy. Levine and his wife, the actress and director Sophia Takal, star as a Brooklyn couple who become convinced their upstairs neighbor was murdered to gain control of her rent controlled apartment. Influenced by the “Thin Man” movies as well as Woody Allen’s […]...
- 2/13/2015
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
"Wild Canaries" follows Barri and Noah, two Brooklynites caught up in a murder mystery for which they are woefully unprepared. One particularly funny moment from the trailer creates comedy from an entirely unfussy, low-tech source: a neck brace and a car seat. The film may be set in the present day, but its tone and music clearly harken back to the hilarious Hollywood who-dunnits of old. Written by, directed by and starring Lawrence Michael Levine ("Gabi On The Roof In July"), the film also features Sophia Takal, Alia Shawkat, Jason Ritter and Kevin Corrigan. "Wild Canaries" opens in limited release on February 25. Watch the trailer below: Read More: Watch: Harmony Korine's Mini-Doc 'The Legend Of Cambo' From Vice...
- 1/29/2015
- by Elizabeth Logan
- Indiewire
The new trailer for the indie, hipster, screwball mystery Wild Canaries proclaims it “a love letter to old screwball comedies.” To me it looks a lot like Woody Allen’s early 90s screwball mystery Manhattan Murder Mystery, only this time with Brooklyn hipsters instead of married Manhattanites. Not that that’s a bad thing: Wild Canaries seems to be all that it claims, and more.
The story centers around Noah and Barri (Lawrence Michael Levine and Sophia Takal), whose elderly neighbor Sylvia dies a total un-mysterious death. Barri suspects foul play, though, and does some snooping of her own with the help of her roommate Jean (Alia Shawkat). This involves breaking into people’s apartments and apparently stalking the suspected murderer, all with Noah tagging along, objecting strenuously. As the pair dive deeper and deeper into the investigation, things come to light about the people in their building that they never really wanted to know.
The story centers around Noah and Barri (Lawrence Michael Levine and Sophia Takal), whose elderly neighbor Sylvia dies a total un-mysterious death. Barri suspects foul play, though, and does some snooping of her own with the help of her roommate Jean (Alia Shawkat). This involves breaking into people’s apartments and apparently stalking the suspected murderer, all with Noah tagging along, objecting strenuously. As the pair dive deeper and deeper into the investigation, things come to light about the people in their building that they never really wanted to know.
- 1/29/2015
- by Lauren Humphries-Brooks
- We Got This Covered
“The screwball murder mystery isn’t dead, it’s just moved to Brooklyn,” you find yourself thinking as you watch the new trailer for Lawrence Michael Levine’s “Wild Canaries." The writer/director isn’t a household name yet, but he made a very interesting, distinctive first feature in the form of 2011’s “Gabi on the Roof in July,” a film that appears to share its successor’s loose, playful style and particular choice of milieu. The antic pace, incessant music, and quick, witty asides bear a superficial resemblance to the recent trailer for “She’s Funny That Way,” although the actors in “Wild Canaries” look considerably more excited than the aging A-listers in Peter Bogdonavich’s latest. Levine’s film — about two modern-day Nick and Norahs in Brooklyn who investigate the unscrupulous and mysterious death of their elderly neighbor — debuted to a generally favorable response at SXSW last March...
- 1/28/2015
- by Nicholas Laskin
- The Playlist
Sundance Selects has announced the acquisition of the U.S. rights to All3Media America's "The Seven Five," an NYPD crime drama directed by Tiller Russell. The documentary follows Michael Dowd, a police officer working in the 75 Precinct in East New York. Struggling with the hardships of his job and minimal compensation, Dowd began stealing money from drug dealers, over time roping his partner into a growing criminal ring leading to their arrest in 1992. Merging Dowd's testimony from the investigation, surveillance footage and interviews with some key players, "The Seven Five" tells a true and topical tale of corruption in the NYPD. "Tiller Russell has crafted a gripping and timely documentary, expertly recounting a tale about the abuse of power,” said Jonathan Sehring, President of Sundance Selects/IFC Films. No release information has yet been announced. Read More: Sundance Selects Acquires Screwball Murder Mystery 'Wild Canaries'...
- 1/15/2015
- by Anya Jaremko-Greenwold
- Indiewire
The distributor has picked up North American rights from Cinetic Media to Lawrence Michael Levine’s screwball murder mystery.
Sophia Takal, Alia Shawkat, Jason Ritter, Kevin Corrigan and Levine star in the tale of a Brooklyn couple who investigate the suspicious death of their elderly neighbour.
Patrick Wood, Takal, Kim Sherman and E McCabe Walsh produced Wild Canaries and Andrew Corkin and Scott Chestman served as executive producers.
The film premiered at SXSW 2014.
Sophia Takal, Alia Shawkat, Jason Ritter, Kevin Corrigan and Levine star in the tale of a Brooklyn couple who investigate the suspicious death of their elderly neighbour.
Patrick Wood, Takal, Kim Sherman and E McCabe Walsh produced Wild Canaries and Andrew Corkin and Scott Chestman served as executive producers.
The film premiered at SXSW 2014.
- 12/23/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Company to co-sell the title with Wild Bunch in Santa Monica.
Ahead of the Afm, Celluloid Dreams has launched sales on Jacques Audiard’s upcoming untitled film, revolving around Sri Lankan Tamil exiles trying to build a life in Paris.
The company has already sent out the script to the distributors of Audiard’s last film Rust and Bone, who have until the Afm to make an offer and sign a deal.
Any territories remaining at the beginning of the market will be co-sold by Celluloid and Wild Bunch, with the former’s founding CEO Hengameh Panahi having the final say on the deals.
The film, produced by long-time Audiard collaborators Pascal Caucheteux and Grégoire Sorlat of Why Not Productions, and Audiard’s company Page 114, began shooting in Paris on October 22.
Based on a script by Audiard, Thomas Bidegain and Noé Debré, it revolves around three Sri Lankan asylum seekers housed in a tough Parisian suburb...
Ahead of the Afm, Celluloid Dreams has launched sales on Jacques Audiard’s upcoming untitled film, revolving around Sri Lankan Tamil exiles trying to build a life in Paris.
The company has already sent out the script to the distributors of Audiard’s last film Rust and Bone, who have until the Afm to make an offer and sign a deal.
Any territories remaining at the beginning of the market will be co-sold by Celluloid and Wild Bunch, with the former’s founding CEO Hengameh Panahi having the final say on the deals.
The film, produced by long-time Audiard collaborators Pascal Caucheteux and Grégoire Sorlat of Why Not Productions, and Audiard’s company Page 114, began shooting in Paris on October 22.
Based on a script by Audiard, Thomas Bidegain and Noé Debré, it revolves around three Sri Lankan asylum seekers housed in a tough Parisian suburb...
- 10/30/2014
- ScreenDaily
The Philadelphia Film Festival completed another offering of debut, homegrown, and festival circuit successes.
Cannes winner Winter Sleep, Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s follow-up to his 2011 masterpiece Once Upon a Time in Anatolia is another slow-burner, awash in the director’s favored browns and tans. Thematically similar to both Anatolia and 2008’s Three Monkeys, Winter Sleep features a methodical style, long conversations, and as the title might suggest, a chilly atmosphere. It feels like something of Sartre or Bresson in its slow descent into ugliness and detachment.
Dave Boyle’s Man From Reno is a flawed but fun film, reminiscent of Pen-Ek Ratanaruang’s 6ixtynin9 from 1999. Intentionally overplotted, the film veers into unexpected Patricia Highsmith territory in its final 15 minutes – territory that seems to warrant its own film rather than a continuation of the narrative already at hand – but does have a second act worthy of the breakneck confusion of The Big Sleep.
Cannes winner Winter Sleep, Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s follow-up to his 2011 masterpiece Once Upon a Time in Anatolia is another slow-burner, awash in the director’s favored browns and tans. Thematically similar to both Anatolia and 2008’s Three Monkeys, Winter Sleep features a methodical style, long conversations, and as the title might suggest, a chilly atmosphere. It feels like something of Sartre or Bresson in its slow descent into ugliness and detachment.
Dave Boyle’s Man From Reno is a flawed but fun film, reminiscent of Pen-Ek Ratanaruang’s 6ixtynin9 from 1999. Intentionally overplotted, the film veers into unexpected Patricia Highsmith territory in its final 15 minutes – territory that seems to warrant its own film rather than a continuation of the narrative already at hand – but does have a second act worthy of the breakneck confusion of The Big Sleep.
- 10/28/2014
- by Neal Dhand
- SoundOnSight
Logan Marshall-Green, Michiel Huisman, Middle of Nowhere revelation Emayatzy Corinealdi, Tammy Blanchard, busy-bee indie actress Lindsay Burdge (A Teacher, Wild Canaries) and John Carroll Lynch are the principle cast in Karyn Kusama’s fourth feature film, which according to Deadline, has just wrapped. The project which was first announced a couple of years back with the proposed cast of Luke Wilson, Zachary Quinto, Topher Grace and Johnny Galecki, has been retooled and saw Gamechanger Films’ Mynette Louie (Land Ho!) join Martha Griffin (longtime producer for Kusama) and Xyz Films (The Raid 2) as the producing team. At this point, it’s a safe bet that The Invitation is going to be looked at by the Sundance folks – Park City is where Kusama broke into film with her Y2K debut, Girlfight.
Gist: Written by Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi, on a dark night, Will (Marshall-Green) is a haunted man attending...
Gist: Written by Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi, on a dark night, Will (Marshall-Green) is a haunted man attending...
- 7/15/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Reviews of Lawrence Michael Levine's Wild Canaries may have been mixed so far, but it's come in for noteworthy praise from the New Yorker's Richard Brody, Calum Marsh in the Village Voice and, writing for Artforum, Nick Pinkerton, who calls it "a neo-screwball bauble concerning a couple who look into strange goings-on in their Brooklyn triple-decker and become embroiled in a convoluted murder mystery, their investigation further complicated by a four-way romantic tangle involving his ex- (Eleonore Hendricks) and their lesbian roommate (Alia Shawkat). Levine’s film owes an obvious debt to Woody Allen’s Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993), but it boasts considerably better timing and more worked-out set-pieces than any Allen comedy in the past decade. » - David Hudson...
- 6/18/2014
- Fandor: Keyframe
The 2014 Maryland Film Festival, now in its 16th year, announces its first lineup today. The festival, which is set to take place from May 7th-11th, has begun its unveiling with a list of 10 feature film titles. The festival includes an approximate total of 50 feature films and 10 short film programs from around the world. Among the films listed are Lawrence Michael Levine's star-studded "Wild Canaries," Michael Tully’s Maryland-set "Ping Pong Summer" starring Susan Sarandon, and the Lena Dunham/Anna Kendrick comedy "Happy Christmas," which recently premiered at Sundance. Lineup announcements will continue over the next two weeks. Below are the first 10 films announced for Mff 2014 (synopses courtesy of Maryland Film Festival): "Club Sandwich" (Fernando Eimbcke): Poignant drama, gentle comedy, and a hint of transgression mix brilliantly as we observe the coming of age of a 15-year-old teen vacationing with his single mother in a sleepy Mexican beachfront.
- 4/10/2014
- by Ziyad Saadi
- Indiewire
Husband-and-wife duo Lawrence Michael Levine and Sophia Takal have been making movies together for quite a while by assessing the resources available to them at the time and then building narratives from there. With “Wild Canaries,” on the other hand, it was the story that came first, challenging the filmmakers to acquire what was necessary to make this madcap mystery a reality. Levine and Takal lead as Noah and Barri, a newly engaged couple sharing a Brooklyn apartment with a roommate, Alia Shawkat’s Jean. When their downstairs neighbor suddenly passes, Barri immediately comes to the conclusion that she’s been murdered. Even though Noah maintains that 84-year-old Sylvia suffered a heart [ Read More ]
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- 3/16/2014
- by Perri Nemiroff
- ShockYa
Writer/director Lawrence Michael Levine’s film “Wild Canaries” is a tonal and genre departure from his previous feature, “Gabi On The Roof In July,” but his hipster Brooklyn milieu remains the same. This film poses the question: just how might a murder mystery in this yuppie brownstone setting play out? The result, with bumbling amateur detectives, constantly squabbling couples, and a pair of actually sane lesbians, is a mixed bag, to be honest.For starters, Levine deploys retro stylistic genre markers such as irises to signal that this film, while a contemporary relationship drama in some ways, is also playing in the world of stylized, over-the-top capers and mystery. Dramatic music underscores rather innocuous startles and surprises to indicate something more menacing than what is really going on. This is how the film opens, before bringing us into the world of Noah (Levine) and his fiancée Barri (Sophia Takal,...
- 3/10/2014
- by Katie Walsh
- The Playlist
Struggles of young New Yorkers have provided fodder for countless portraits of urban angst that vainly strive to reach for the tropes of Woody Allen. "Wild Canaries" has all the markings of this formula, but makes some admirable attempts to shake it up by stuffing the usual routine into a detective story. If the "Scooby-Doo" gang grew up and moved into a cramped Manhattan apartment building, they might resemble the oddball characters populating director Lawrence Michael Levine's bubbly murder mystery, in which the ultimate solution to the whodunit scenario matters less than the wily energy its characters bring to uncovering the puzzle. "Wild Canaries" exists somewhere on the spectrum between Robert Altman's "The Long Goodbye" and Aaron Katz's "Cold Weather:" Moody protagonists, swept up in the aimless flow of their lives, seek escape from its monotonous rhythms. As Noah, Levine plays the self-involved fiancé to the much younger Barri (Sophia Takal,...
- 3/9/2014
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Lawrence Michael Levine reaches back to a seemingly dead genre, the screwball murder mystery, for his primary influences on Wild Canaries. Using The Thin Man series as one of his earliest reference points, Levine models Noah after William Powell's Nick Charles, developing a character who is comically reserved and rational, yet despite his carefulness is also quite vulnerable. Noah is so tentative in his actions -- well, except for whenever he is inebriated -- that this character takes a backseat in the murder mystery to Barri. The plot of Wild Canaries could almost be explained as a modern day adaptation of Woody Allen's Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993) -- which is debatably the last legitimate entry into the screwball murder mystery cannon -- with Levine playing the Woody Allen to Takal's Diane Keaton.
- 3/9/2014
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
There are two types of people in the world: chaos muppets and order muppets.
For Wild Canaries writer/director Lawrence Michael Levine, an order devotee, his wife, actress and director Sophia Takal is the chaos variety. “It can be very, very funny sometimes for the two of us to be in a living situation together. I think that was something he wanted to explore in a comedy,” Takal told EW. Levine agrees: “Sophia is just so funny and wacky in our everyday life and I really wanted to do a movie that would show that off.”
The result? Wild Canaries...
For Wild Canaries writer/director Lawrence Michael Levine, an order devotee, his wife, actress and director Sophia Takal is the chaos variety. “It can be very, very funny sometimes for the two of us to be in a living situation together. I think that was something he wanted to explore in a comedy,” Takal told EW. Levine agrees: “Sophia is just so funny and wacky in our everyday life and I really wanted to do a movie that would show that off.”
The result? Wild Canaries...
- 3/8/2014
- by Lindsey Bahr
- EW - Inside Movies
This year, actors at South by Southwest are bringing their directing skills to Austin. From Jason Bateman (“Bad Words”) to Diego Luna (“Cesar Chavez”) to Simon Helberg (“We’ll Never Have Paris”), here are the ones we can’t wait for! Jon Favreau “Chef”The multitalented Favreau wrote, directed, and stars in this comedy about a man who loses his job as a high-profile chef and attempts to open up a food truck, El Jefe Cubanos, while simultaneously trying to piece his family back together and reconnect with his estranged wife, played by Sofía Vergara. The film also stars Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, and many more starry names. Diego Luna “Cesar Chavez”Luna, best known for his performances in “Milk” and “Y Tu Mamá También,” has his biographical “Cesar Chavez” making its North American debut at SXSW this year. Starring Michael Peña, America Ferrera, and John Malkovich, the biopic...
- 3/7/2014
- backstage.com
Here's a new South by Southwest clip for you. In Lawrence Michael Levine's "Wild Canaries," Barri (Sophie Takal) and Noah (Levine), a newly engaged Brooklyn couple, are bummed about the death of their elderly downstairs neighbor, Sylvia. Barri suspects foul play and sets out to investigate, enlisting her roommate Jean (Alia Shawkat) to join her on a reconnaissance mission to trail a possible suspect. Watch an enticing scene below. This film fell high on our Ten Most Anticipated Films at SXSW list. Lawrence Michael Levine is a promising talent -- "Gabi on the Roof in July" (2010) was a perfectly zeitgeisty bit of urban aimlessness --and who doesn't love Alia Shawkat, aka Maeby "Marry Me" Funke on "Arrested Development"?...
- 3/6/2014
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
As anticipation builds for next week's 2014 SXSW Film Festival, the Narrative Competition title "Wild Canaries" has released a new poster for its upcoming premiere. "Wild Canaries" is a comedic murder mystery written and directed by Lawrence Michael Levine ("Gabi on the Roof in July"). It follows Barri (Sophia Takal) and Noah (Levine), a newly engaged couple saddened by the death of their beloved elderly neighbor. Barri suspects foul play and teams with her roommate Jean (Alia Shawkat) to investigate, despite Noah's skepticism. Soon, they find reason to believe that everyone in the building could be a reasonable suspect, including one of them. "Wild Canaries" co-stars Kevin Corrigan, Annie Parisse and Jason Ritter. It was produced by Little Teeth Pictures in association with Uncorked Productions, and will premiere at SXSW on Saturday, March 8 at 4:15 pm at the Alamo Ritz. Take a look at the poster below:...
- 2/28/2014
- by Max O'Connell
- Indiewire
Wild Canaries
Director: Lawrence Michael Levine
Writer: Lawrence Michael Levine
Producers: Takal, Kim Sherman, E. McCabe Walsh
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Sophia Takal, Lawrence Michael Levine, Alia Shawkat, Annie Parisse, Jason Ritter, Kevin Corrigan
One of the only eight slots for the SXSW Dramatic Comp and part of the half dozen titles presented at the U.S in Progress, we’re expecting Gabi on the Roof helmer to have fine-tuned his filmmaking skills with his third feature film which has a packed house of indie thesps and on paper proposes the sort of fun one can have while playing Clue.
Gist: Newly engaged Brooklyn couple, Barri (Sophia Takal) and Noah (Lawrence Michael Levine), are disheartened by the death of their elderly downstairs neighbor Sylvia. Though Noah sees nothing unusual about the old woman’s death, Barri suspects foul play. Sporting a trench coat and fedora, she enlists her...
Director: Lawrence Michael Levine
Writer: Lawrence Michael Levine
Producers: Takal, Kim Sherman, E. McCabe Walsh
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Sophia Takal, Lawrence Michael Levine, Alia Shawkat, Annie Parisse, Jason Ritter, Kevin Corrigan
One of the only eight slots for the SXSW Dramatic Comp and part of the half dozen titles presented at the U.S in Progress, we’re expecting Gabi on the Roof helmer to have fine-tuned his filmmaking skills with his third feature film which has a packed house of indie thesps and on paper proposes the sort of fun one can have while playing Clue.
Gist: Newly engaged Brooklyn couple, Barri (Sophia Takal) and Noah (Lawrence Michael Levine), are disheartened by the death of their elderly downstairs neighbor Sylvia. Though Noah sees nothing unusual about the old woman’s death, Barri suspects foul play. Sporting a trench coat and fedora, she enlists her...
- 2/5/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Posh
Director: Lone Scherfig
Writer: Lone Scherfig
Producers: Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Sam Claflin, Natalie Dormer, Holliday Grainger
Lone Scherfig returns to burgeoning female adulthood with this adaptation of Laura Wade’s play, again employing a number of rising stars in her cast yet to receive a breakout role. While Scherfig has an intriguingly varied filmography already, we’re curious to see what she’ll do with this dramatic thriller.
Gist: Two first-year students at Oxford University join the infamous Riot Club, where reputations can be made or destroyed over the course of a single evening. .
Release Date: Universal Pictures International has the UK distribution rights and is tied up with a September release — we’re thinking that an early look might help occur prior to an eventual Fall Fest showing, leading to an eventual theatrical release stateside.
More Top 200 Most Anticipated Films of...
Director: Lone Scherfig
Writer: Lone Scherfig
Producers: Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Sam Claflin, Natalie Dormer, Holliday Grainger
Lone Scherfig returns to burgeoning female adulthood with this adaptation of Laura Wade’s play, again employing a number of rising stars in her cast yet to receive a breakout role. While Scherfig has an intriguingly varied filmography already, we’re curious to see what she’ll do with this dramatic thriller.
Gist: Two first-year students at Oxford University join the infamous Riot Club, where reputations can be made or destroyed over the course of a single evening. .
Release Date: Universal Pictures International has the UK distribution rights and is tied up with a September release — we’re thinking that an early look might help occur prior to an eventual Fall Fest showing, leading to an eventual theatrical release stateside.
More Top 200 Most Anticipated Films of...
- 2/5/2014
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Sundance just ended, and we are already preparing for the next big film festival, South By Southwest. Not too long ago, the festival announced a few of the films premiering this year, but now they’ve announced the main slate. The midnight selections and some inevitable late-breaking additions are still to be announced, but this should be more than enough to get you excited. Along with many World Premieres, and Sundance favorites like Richard Linklater’s Boyhood and Gareth Evans’ The Raid 2, the line up also includes an anniversary screening of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and an extended Q&A screening of The Grand Budapest Hotel with Wes Anderson. SXSW 2014 runs March 7 through 15 in Austin, Texas. Check out the line up after the jump.
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Narrative Feature Competition
Eight world premieres, eight unique ways to celebrate the art of storytelling. Selected from 1,324 films submitted to SXSW 2014. Films screening in Narrative...
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Narrative Feature Competition
Eight world premieres, eight unique ways to celebrate the art of storytelling. Selected from 1,324 films submitted to SXSW 2014. Films screening in Narrative...
- 1/31/2014
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
The 2014 SXSW "Film Features Program" includes 115 titles, and along with the previously announced zombie culture documentary Doc of the Dead, there's a lot for the horror crowd...
...including special screenings of the original Godzilla and Texas Chain Saw Massacre, early looks at upcoming TV shows "From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series" and "Penny Dreadful," the U.S. premiere of Alejandro Jodorowsky's The Dance of Reality, and new films from the Spierig brothers, Nacho Vigalondo, and Jim Jarmusch.
The genre-heavy "Midnighter" lineup will be announced next week along with the list of short films, but in the meantime here are the horror highlights (or what we assume will be of interest given their descriptions) to be on the lookout for during the fest.
Note that new for 2014, they've introduced the "Episodic" category, created to highlight innovative new work hitting the small screen.
The 2014 SXSW Film Festival runs March 7-15 in awesome Austin,...
...including special screenings of the original Godzilla and Texas Chain Saw Massacre, early looks at upcoming TV shows "From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series" and "Penny Dreadful," the U.S. premiere of Alejandro Jodorowsky's The Dance of Reality, and new films from the Spierig brothers, Nacho Vigalondo, and Jim Jarmusch.
The genre-heavy "Midnighter" lineup will be announced next week along with the list of short films, but in the meantime here are the horror highlights (or what we assume will be of interest given their descriptions) to be on the lookout for during the fest.
Note that new for 2014, they've introduced the "Episodic" category, created to highlight innovative new work hitting the small screen.
The 2014 SXSW Film Festival runs March 7-15 in awesome Austin,...
- 1/31/2014
- by Debi Moore
- DreadCentral.com
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