The Hong Kong International Film Festival Society (Hkiffs) has added 15 work-in-progress projects to the 22nd Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum (Haf), rounding up a bumper line-up of the new Hkiff Project Market.
This year, Haf joins the inaugural Hkiff Industry-caa China Genre Initiative (Hcg) to create the new Hkiff Industry Project Market, which will showcase 47 projects, including 26 previously announced in-development Haf projects and six Hcg projects.
The Wip section will introduce the latest works by notable filmmakers such as Chang Tso-Chi, Lav Diaz, Mark Gill, Midi Z, Tan Chui Mui, and Yang Chao as well as by prominent and emerging actors,...
This year, Haf joins the inaugural Hkiff Industry-caa China Genre Initiative (Hcg) to create the new Hkiff Industry Project Market, which will showcase 47 projects, including 26 previously announced in-development Haf projects and six Hcg projects.
The Wip section will introduce the latest works by notable filmmakers such as Chang Tso-Chi, Lav Diaz, Mark Gill, Midi Z, Tan Chui Mui, and Yang Chao as well as by prominent and emerging actors,...
- 2/1/2024
- ScreenDaily
Leading Asian filmmakers including Chang Tso-Chi, Lav Diaz, Midi Z, Tan Chui Mui and Yang Chao are poised to make appearances next month at the Work-in-Progress section of the Hong Kong – Asia Film Financing Forum (Haf) project market.
Haf organizers Thursday added 15 Wip projects, having previously selected 26 in-development projects and six genre film projects in the CAA China Genre Initiative.
The 47-project Hkiff Industry Project Market will run March 11-13, alongside the 2024 edition of the Hong Kong International Film & TV Market (FilMart), which operates March 11-14..
Highlights include: “The Land is Our Navel,” directed by Zhang Zhongchen (“The White Cow”) and produced by Midi Z (director of 2019’s “Nina Wu” and the upcoming “The Unseen Sister”), depicting the surreal journey of a six-year-old girl and a ghost;
“The Wind is Unstoppable,” by Huo Meng (“Crossing the Border – Zhaoguan”), about small-town family life before China’s rural-urban migration; “Deep Quiet Room,...
Haf organizers Thursday added 15 Wip projects, having previously selected 26 in-development projects and six genre film projects in the CAA China Genre Initiative.
The 47-project Hkiff Industry Project Market will run March 11-13, alongside the 2024 edition of the Hong Kong International Film & TV Market (FilMart), which operates March 11-14..
Highlights include: “The Land is Our Navel,” directed by Zhang Zhongchen (“The White Cow”) and produced by Midi Z (director of 2019’s “Nina Wu” and the upcoming “The Unseen Sister”), depicting the surreal journey of a six-year-old girl and a ghost;
“The Wind is Unstoppable,” by Huo Meng (“Crossing the Border – Zhaoguan”), about small-town family life before China’s rural-urban migration; “Deep Quiet Room,...
- 2/1/2024
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
If you’re going to make a music biopic — and with new dramatic takes on the lives of Bob Dylan, Amy Winehouse, Bob Marley and Michael Jackson on the way, it appears everyone is — you’d better secure the music rights. Making a movie purporting to tell the story of a pop music legend without first clearing rights to use the pop music that made them legendary is a recipe for box office disaster.
Remember Stardust, Gabriel Range’s 2020 David Bowie biopic starring Johnny Flynn, shot without any music from Bowie? Or Jimi: All Is By My Side (2013) directed by John Ridley with André 3000 as Jimi Hendrix playing none of his original songs? How about England Is Mine, Mark Gill’s unauthorized Morrissey biopic with Jack Lowden and Jodie Comer? Probably not. Without the sing-alone tunes, those films sank without a trace.
The blockbuster pop biopics — Bohemian Rhapsody, Rocketman,...
Remember Stardust, Gabriel Range’s 2020 David Bowie biopic starring Johnny Flynn, shot without any music from Bowie? Or Jimi: All Is By My Side (2013) directed by John Ridley with André 3000 as Jimi Hendrix playing none of his original songs? How about England Is Mine, Mark Gill’s unauthorized Morrissey biopic with Jack Lowden and Jodie Comer? Probably not. Without the sing-alone tunes, those films sank without a trace.
The blockbuster pop biopics — Bohemian Rhapsody, Rocketman,...
- 11/2/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A biopic on 18th century virtuoso violinist and composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint Georges, featuring Kelvin Harrison Jr. in the title role, “Chevalier” is a delicately assembled cinematic Fabergé egg.
If you watch the film (premiering at the Toronto Film Festival) with the sound off, it can easily be mistaken for a French studio production made in adherence to the Tradition of Quality. But while it purports to celebrate a forgotten historical figure, much of the plot is decidedly ahistorical.
It opens in pre-revolution France, with Joseph crashing a Mozart concert and challenging the prodigy to a violin dual, something like the 18th century Parisian equivalent of Verzuz. While Mozart aims to school the brash unknown and deliver a lesson in humility, Joseph has the goods to upstage him and thoroughly enrapture the audience.
Also Read:
‘Watchmen’ Producer Stephen Williams and ‘Atlanta’ Writer Stefani Robinson Team on ‘Black Mozart...
If you watch the film (premiering at the Toronto Film Festival) with the sound off, it can easily be mistaken for a French studio production made in adherence to the Tradition of Quality. But while it purports to celebrate a forgotten historical figure, much of the plot is decidedly ahistorical.
It opens in pre-revolution France, with Joseph crashing a Mozart concert and challenging the prodigy to a violin dual, something like the 18th century Parisian equivalent of Verzuz. While Mozart aims to school the brash unknown and deliver a lesson in humility, Joseph has the goods to upstage him and thoroughly enrapture the audience.
Also Read:
‘Watchmen’ Producer Stephen Williams and ‘Atlanta’ Writer Stefani Robinson Team on ‘Black Mozart...
- 9/13/2022
- by Martin Tsai
- The Wrap
In 2019 “Killing Eve” lead Jodie Comer triumphed as Best Drama Actress on her very first Emmy nomination, notably defeating her co-star Sandra Oh, who was then on her eighth career acting bid. The 26-year-old thus became the all-time youngest Best Drama Actress winner and held that record until the very next year, when she was beaten on her second outing by Zendaya. Now that she has been recognized for her work on the final season of “Killing Eve,” Comer stands behind only Peggy Lipton (“The Mod Squad”) among the youngest women to amass three Best Drama Actress nominations.
SEE10 youngest Emmy nominees for Best Comedy Actor: List includes two former teen stars
Comer has submitted the season four “Killing Eve” episode “Don’t Get Eaten” for Emmy consideration. In the installment, which aired on BBC America in March, she plays both regular character Villanelle and a Christ-like apparition with whom Villanelle interacts.
SEE10 youngest Emmy nominees for Best Comedy Actor: List includes two former teen stars
Comer has submitted the season four “Killing Eve” episode “Don’t Get Eaten” for Emmy consideration. In the installment, which aired on BBC America in March, she plays both regular character Villanelle and a Christ-like apparition with whom Villanelle interacts.
- 8/26/2022
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
The Duchess Of York Sarah Ferguson has co-founded a Paris-based production house with Oscar-nominated The Voorman Problem director Mark Gill and The Open’s Cyril Cadars.
Vestapol Films also counts financier Gertjan Rooijakkers as co-founder and will focus on the independent development and production of films and TV for international audiences and markets, especially the U.S. and Japan.
On the slate already is a TV mini-series expanding on Gill’s The Voorman Problem written by Gill and Cloud Atlas scribe David Mitchell, along with The Paris Quintet, led by Call My Agent! star Fanny Sidney and Ravens – The Many Deaths of Masahisa Fukase, a surreal biopic about the iconic Japanese photographer.
Ferguson, the former wife of now-disgraced Prince Andrew, is known for her charitable work and also produced 2009 Jean-Marc Vallée film Young Victoria.
Gill was Oscar nominated for live action short The Voorman Problem starring Martin Freeman and Tom...
Vestapol Films also counts financier Gertjan Rooijakkers as co-founder and will focus on the independent development and production of films and TV for international audiences and markets, especially the U.S. and Japan.
On the slate already is a TV mini-series expanding on Gill’s The Voorman Problem written by Gill and Cloud Atlas scribe David Mitchell, along with The Paris Quintet, led by Call My Agent! star Fanny Sidney and Ravens – The Many Deaths of Masahisa Fukase, a surreal biopic about the iconic Japanese photographer.
Ferguson, the former wife of now-disgraced Prince Andrew, is known for her charitable work and also produced 2009 Jean-Marc Vallée film Young Victoria.
Gill was Oscar nominated for live action short The Voorman Problem starring Martin Freeman and Tom...
- 5/20/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Writer-director Mark Gill is set to bring the life of legendary Japanese photographer Masahisa Fukase to the big screen with Ravens (The Many Deaths of Masahisa Fukase). Filming is set to begin in Japan in the spring of 2022.
Ravens marks the sophomore feature for the Oscar and BAFTA-nominated Gill and will star Tadanobu Asano in the role of the iconic photographer. Asano can be seen in the forthcoming Mortal Kombat feature as Raiden. He also appeared in Marvel Studios’ Thor franchise as Hogun and in Japanese classics such as Ichi the Killer and The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi.
Ravens centers on the tragic love story between Fukase and his charismatic then-wife Yoko, who will be played by up and comer Kumi Takiuchi. The actress has also appeared in Berlinale’s Panorama-selected A Balance. In addition, Toby Kebbell joins the cast...
Ravens marks the sophomore feature for the Oscar and BAFTA-nominated Gill and will star Tadanobu Asano in the role of the iconic photographer. Asano can be seen in the forthcoming Mortal Kombat feature as Raiden. He also appeared in Marvel Studios’ Thor franchise as Hogun and in Japanese classics such as Ichi the Killer and The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi.
Ravens centers on the tragic love story between Fukase and his charismatic then-wife Yoko, who will be played by up and comer Kumi Takiuchi. The actress has also appeared in Berlinale’s Panorama-selected A Balance. In addition, Toby Kebbell joins the cast...
- 3/30/2021
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
This year Jodie Comer received her second consecutive Golden Globe Award nomination in the Best TV Drama Actress category for playing the assassin Oksana “Villanelle” Astankova in “Killing Eve” on BBC America. The Emmys nominated this Comer performance last summer, but she lost to Zendaya, the “Euphoria” star who wasn’t eligible for these Globes since “Euphoria” aired its season back in 2019. Comer contends here for “Eve’s” third season, even though the show missed a Best TV Drama Series nomination for the first time. Co-star Sandra Oh won Best Drama Actress for the first season, then the Globes swapped her out last year for Comer, who lost to Olivia Colman for “The Crown.” Can Comer collect the trophy this time?
SEEour interview with the “Killing Eve” writer.
Colman looks to defend her crown, this time against her new co-star Emma Corrin in the category. The other nominees are past...
SEEour interview with the “Killing Eve” writer.
Colman looks to defend her crown, this time against her new co-star Emma Corrin in the category. The other nominees are past...
- 2/23/2021
- by Riley Chow
- Gold Derby
“Never count out an oppressed population” and “never count out a played-out genre” are just two of the notions that stayed with me after watching “Mangrove,” one of a five-part series of period films by Steve McQueen about London’s West Indian community.
It’s a movie about a real-life injustice followed by a courtroom drama, and if a long history of hacky biopics and feel-good activist cinema made you think this kind of story was beyond telling on film with power or efficacy, McQueen proves that there’s still a way to do it right. The tale of the Mangrove Nine was relevant in the late 1960s and early 1970s when it actually happened, it was relevant when McQueen and Alastair Siddons (“Tomb Raider” 2018) sat down to write about it, and it’s relevant today, tomorrow, and in the future, as unchecked police brutality continues to rain down on communities of color.
It’s a movie about a real-life injustice followed by a courtroom drama, and if a long history of hacky biopics and feel-good activist cinema made you think this kind of story was beyond telling on film with power or efficacy, McQueen proves that there’s still a way to do it right. The tale of the Mangrove Nine was relevant in the late 1960s and early 1970s when it actually happened, it was relevant when McQueen and Alastair Siddons (“Tomb Raider” 2018) sat down to write about it, and it’s relevant today, tomorrow, and in the future, as unchecked police brutality continues to rain down on communities of color.
- 9/25/2020
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
Surprise! Jodie Comer took home the top prize for a TV actress tonight. Her win for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her turn in “Killing Eve” as cunning assassin Villanelle is not only her first Primetime Emmy win ever, but the actress’ first nomination as well. The BBC America series, which was up for nine Emmy Awards this year, was renewed for a third season this past April.
Jodie Comer bested her co-lead Sandra Oh, who was also up for Outstanding Lead Actress for “Killing Eve.” Comer also topped a superb lineup of nominated talent: Emilia Clarke (“Game of Thrones”), Laura Linney (“Ozark”), Mandy Moore (“This Is Us”), Robin Wright (“House of Cards”), and Viola Davis (“How to Get Away With Murder”).
In “Killing Eve,” Comer plays the wicked killing machine whose life inextricably becomes entangled with that of Oh’s Eve. Tonight, Sandra Oh was also...
Jodie Comer bested her co-lead Sandra Oh, who was also up for Outstanding Lead Actress for “Killing Eve.” Comer also topped a superb lineup of nominated talent: Emilia Clarke (“Game of Thrones”), Laura Linney (“Ozark”), Mandy Moore (“This Is Us”), Robin Wright (“House of Cards”), and Viola Davis (“How to Get Away With Murder”).
In “Killing Eve,” Comer plays the wicked killing machine whose life inextricably becomes entangled with that of Oh’s Eve. Tonight, Sandra Oh was also...
- 9/23/2019
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
A journalist and aspiring singer aims to find answers as to whether the "27 Club" actually exists, and it may have eternal consequences. Patrick Fogarty's The 27 Club will be released on VOD on April 23rd, and we have a look at the official trailer and poster for the rock ’n roll horror movie.
"Cleopatra Entertainment has set a release date for their production The 27 Club, a supernatural rock ’n roll horror-thriller directed by Patrick Fogarty and written by Joe Flanders, Fogarty, and Michael Lynn. The film features multi-platinum recording artist/producer and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominee Todd Rundgren in his feature film debut (partially-filmed at a real indie record store - Record Surplus - in Los Angeles) alongside Maddisyn Carter, John Hennigan, Eugene Henderson, Zach Paul Brown, and Gogo Lomo-David. Executive Produced by Brian Perera and produced by David Sterling, Kelly Decker, Tim Yasui, and Ken Tighe,...
"Cleopatra Entertainment has set a release date for their production The 27 Club, a supernatural rock ’n roll horror-thriller directed by Patrick Fogarty and written by Joe Flanders, Fogarty, and Michael Lynn. The film features multi-platinum recording artist/producer and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominee Todd Rundgren in his feature film debut (partially-filmed at a real indie record store - Record Surplus - in Los Angeles) alongside Maddisyn Carter, John Hennigan, Eugene Henderson, Zach Paul Brown, and Gogo Lomo-David. Executive Produced by Brian Perera and produced by David Sterling, Kelly Decker, Tim Yasui, and Ken Tighe,...
- 4/11/2019
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Almost all of your favorite horror icons are tested when a power outage in the prison they are touring pins them up against the prison’s inmates and possibly supernatural forces in Harrison Smith’s Death House, which will be released on VOD on November 6th, followed by a DVD release on December 11th. Ahead of the film's home media releases, we have a look at images, poster art, and the official trailer.
Press Release: Cleopatra Entertainment announces today that they have acquired the U.S. rights to the new horror film Death House. Directed by Harrison Smith and co-written by Smith and Gunnar Hansen, the film stars Adrienne Barbeau, Bill Moseley, Tony Todd, Dee Wallace, Barbara Crampton, Sid Haig, and Cody Longo. The film also features cameos from numerous iconic stars from past horror flicks – leading one critic to describe it as “the Expendables of the horror genre.” Death...
Press Release: Cleopatra Entertainment announces today that they have acquired the U.S. rights to the new horror film Death House. Directed by Harrison Smith and co-written by Smith and Gunnar Hansen, the film stars Adrienne Barbeau, Bill Moseley, Tony Todd, Dee Wallace, Barbara Crampton, Sid Haig, and Cody Longo. The film also features cameos from numerous iconic stars from past horror flicks – leading one critic to describe it as “the Expendables of the horror genre.” Death...
- 10/18/2018
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Production is underway on the film, directed by Coky Giedroyc.
Paddy Considine has joined the cast of UK feature How To Build A Girl, the adaptation of Caitlin Moran’s semi-autobiographical novel directed by Coky Giedroyc (The Hour).
Sarah Solemani (Bridget Jones’s Baby) and Laurie Kynaston (England Is Mine) have also signed up to the cast, with production now underway and running throughout July and August.
Lionsgate have boarded UK distribution on the film, with Protagonist Pictures handling worldwide sales.
Already cast in the film are Beanie Feldstein (Lady Bird) in the lead role, plus Alfie Allen (Game Of Thrones...
Paddy Considine has joined the cast of UK feature How To Build A Girl, the adaptation of Caitlin Moran’s semi-autobiographical novel directed by Coky Giedroyc (The Hour).
Sarah Solemani (Bridget Jones’s Baby) and Laurie Kynaston (England Is Mine) have also signed up to the cast, with production now underway and running throughout July and August.
Lionsgate have boarded UK distribution on the film, with Protagonist Pictures handling worldwide sales.
Already cast in the film are Beanie Feldstein (Lady Bird) in the lead role, plus Alfie Allen (Game Of Thrones...
- 7/16/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Beanie Feldstein starrer How To Build A Girl is now under way in UK with Lionsgate on board for UK distribution.
Joining Feldstein (Lady Bird) and Game Of Thrones star Alfie Allen in the comedic coming-of-age feature are Paddy Considine (Journeyman), Sarah Solemani (Bridget Jones’s Baby), Laurie Kynaston (England Is Mine), Joanna Scanlan (Pin Cushion), Arinzé Kene (Been So Long), Frank Dillane (In The Heart Of The Sea), Tadhg Murphy (Guerrilla) and Ziggy Heath (Spies of Warsaw).
Director Coky Giedroyc, whose TV credits include episodes of The Killing and BBC drama The Hour, is helming the feature, which is written by UK broadcaster and author Caitlin Moran (based on her autobiographical best-seller of the same name).
Feldstein will play Johanna Morrigan in the 1993-set movie. Morrigan is sixteen, smart, opinionated and overweight. Hormones raging, she is desperate to get out of her home town and make a name for herself – which she does,...
Joining Feldstein (Lady Bird) and Game Of Thrones star Alfie Allen in the comedic coming-of-age feature are Paddy Considine (Journeyman), Sarah Solemani (Bridget Jones’s Baby), Laurie Kynaston (England Is Mine), Joanna Scanlan (Pin Cushion), Arinzé Kene (Been So Long), Frank Dillane (In The Heart Of The Sea), Tadhg Murphy (Guerrilla) and Ziggy Heath (Spies of Warsaw).
Director Coky Giedroyc, whose TV credits include episodes of The Killing and BBC drama The Hour, is helming the feature, which is written by UK broadcaster and author Caitlin Moran (based on her autobiographical best-seller of the same name).
Feldstein will play Johanna Morrigan in the 1993-set movie. Morrigan is sixteen, smart, opinionated and overweight. Hormones raging, she is desperate to get out of her home town and make a name for herself – which she does,...
- 7/16/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Grammy-nominated singer Morrissey got cold feet, quite literally. Related: Watch The Trailer For Morrissey Biopic ‘England Is Mine’ Reports say the English singer-songwriter cancelled his concert in Paso Robles, California, at the last minute because the stage was too chilly. The show was scheduled to start when a female voice suddenly boomed over the P.A. to inform […]...
- 11/6/2017
- by Shakiel Mahjouri
- ET Canada
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’ve taken it upon ourselves to highlight the titles that have recently hit platforms. Every week, one will be able to see the cream of the crop (or perhaps some simply interesting picks) of streaming titles (new and old) across platforms such as Netflix, iTunes, Amazon, and more (note: U.S. only). Check out our rundown for this week’s selections below.
Carol (Todd Haynes)
From the first note of Carter Burwell‘s magnificent score and opening shot of Edward Lachman’s ravishing cinematography — introducing a Brief Encounter-esque opening bookend — Todd Haynes transports one to an intoxicating world of first love and its requisite heartbreak. Carol excels at being many things: a romantic drama; a coming-of-age story; an exploration of family dynamics and social constructs of the time; an acting...
Carol (Todd Haynes)
From the first note of Carter Burwell‘s magnificent score and opening shot of Edward Lachman’s ravishing cinematography — introducing a Brief Encounter-esque opening bookend — Todd Haynes transports one to an intoxicating world of first love and its requisite heartbreak. Carol excels at being many things: a romantic drama; a coming-of-age story; an exploration of family dynamics and social constructs of the time; an acting...
- 9/22/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Generations apart, but connected by chutzpah and talent, Mel Brooks and Kate McKinnon have two of the most signature voices in comedy. Now, try to identify their characters in “Leap!,” the latest mediocrity for children from the Weinstein Company.
Either they were both so ashamed by the humorless script that they masked their voices well, or it’s impossible to imagine either one in the movie’s shockingly lifeless version of 1880s Paris. Directed by Eric Summer and Éric Warin from a script by Summer, Laurent Zeitoun, and Carol Noble, this filmmaking-by-committee approach ensured “Leap!” got tugged in a million different directions — and none of them good. The movie is weighed down by too many secondary characters, which only serve to dissipate their flickering charms. No one in the film, even our heroine, gets more than a hint of backstory as the single-minded plot careens toward its predictable conclusion.
Read...
Either they were both so ashamed by the humorless script that they masked their voices well, or it’s impossible to imagine either one in the movie’s shockingly lifeless version of 1880s Paris. Directed by Eric Summer and Éric Warin from a script by Summer, Laurent Zeitoun, and Carol Noble, this filmmaking-by-committee approach ensured “Leap!” got tugged in a million different directions — and none of them good. The movie is weighed down by too many secondary characters, which only serve to dissipate their flickering charms. No one in the film, even our heroine, gets more than a hint of backstory as the single-minded plot careens toward its predictable conclusion.
Read...
- 8/25/2017
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
You know you’re in trouble when the matriarch of a horror movie is determined to make this “the best Christmas ever.” Australia’s latest genre export is in keeping with the country’s cinematic tradition of brutality, if not necessarily the quality— Craig Anderson’s “Red Christmas” isn’t exactly a lump of coal in your stocking, but neither is it worth waking up early for on the big day.
Read More:The Best Version of a Joker Movie Already Happened, With Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy
Suffice to say this isn’t actually the best Christmas ever. Already off to a rocky start due to the fact that mom is planning to sell the family home, the day takes a dark turn when a robed man with bandages covering his face and limbs knocks on the door intending to deliver a letter to his own mother. The children are all adults now,...
Read More:The Best Version of a Joker Movie Already Happened, With Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy
Suffice to say this isn’t actually the best Christmas ever. Already off to a rocky start due to the fact that mom is planning to sell the family home, the day takes a dark turn when a robed man with bandages covering his face and limbs knocks on the door intending to deliver a letter to his own mother. The children are all adults now,...
- 8/25/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Throughout the decades, Morrissey has remained one of the most private celebrities in show business. The way he guards his private life is almost the exact opposite of the manner in which he pours his heart out in his songs, which cover themes like existential crises, anti-monarchy sentiment and politics. Even his most fervent fans, who call him Moz, know little about him beyond the fact that he’s a vegan and has remained mostly celibate throughout his adult life, at one point even declaring “I hate sex.” If one were to believe anything in Mark Gill’s debut feature England is Mine, which focuses on six years in Morrissey’s youth, is that the reason why he is so private, other than his right to do so, is because his life is extremely dull.
Jack Lowden stars as Steven Patrick Morrissey, a 17-year-old living in Manchester with his Irish family.
Jack Lowden stars as Steven Patrick Morrissey, a 17-year-old living in Manchester with his Irish family.
- 8/25/2017
- by Jose Solís
- The Film Stage
If you don’t care about Morrissey, former lead vocalist and lyricist of legendary U.K. band The Smiths, then it’s unlikely you’ll be seeing “England is Mine,” the reverent biopic about the young artist’s despair-filled, pre-Smiths existence. But if you do care, if you care as deeply as most Smiths/Morrissey fans care, which is to say with your entire being, then you will have already filled in the rest of the title (“England is mine … it owes me a living,” from the song “Still Ill”). And you’ll feel that little thrill of recognition when...
- 8/24/2017
- by Dave White
- The Wrap
A handsome little biopic that’s sopping wet with the same clichés that its whiny hero so adamantly disavows, Mark Gill’s “England Is Mine” distills the early days of one Steven Patrick Morrissey into an anonymous coming-of-age story that — if not for its keen sense of place — could really be about any mopey white boy whose talents are dulled by torpor. The film begins in the late ’70s, when young Steven is still living in his family’s splintered Stretford council house and writing flippant concert reviews for some local music rags; it ends a few years later, before he and Johnny Marr have yet to record their first track as The Smiths. This isn’t a portrait of an iconoclastic rock god, but of a brooding artist who thinks he’s far too good for such a boring town, and resents the fact that he should ever have...
- 8/23/2017
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
In the grand scheme of pop culture, Morrissey and The Smiths are undoubtedly influential, but still questionably household names at this point. That makes the appeal of England Is Mine a shaky proposition: It’s a biopic that ends before its subject’s life-changing work even really begins, so those without the knowledge to fill in the gaps will almost certainly leave wondering why they should care. Director Mark Gill, who grew up in the very same Manchester neighborhood as Morrissey, paints a romantic picture of a sullen teen whose life, while drab, doesn’t really explain his shyness or depression. And his film ends just as Morrissey, the singer and lyricist behind The Smiths, meets Johnny Marr, whom fans will know constitutes the other half of a once-in-a-lifetime musical partnership.
But for those who don’t know how the story continues, England Is Mine won’t do much to...
But for those who don’t know how the story continues, England Is Mine won’t do much to...
- 8/22/2017
- by Josh Modell
- avclub.com
Author: Zehra Phelan
As filming begins on Josie Rourke’s Mary, Queen of Scots, a first look image of Saoirse Ronan as the fated Queen of Scotland has been released.
The adaptation of John Guy’s acclaimed biography My Heart is My Own: The Life of Mary Queen of Scots. Will see Ronan joined by Suicide Squad’s Margot Robbie as Mary’s cousin and murderer, Elizabeth I. Joining the ladies on the cast are Jack Lowden (Dunkirk, England is Mine), Joe Alwyn (The Sense of an Ending, Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk), Martin Compston (Sweet Sixteen, “Line of Duty”) and Brendan Coyle (“Downton Abbey”, Me Before You). Also featuring in the cast are David Tennant (“Doctor Who”, “Broadchurch”) and Guy Pearce (Memento, La Confidential, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert).
Mary, Queen of Scots explores the turbulent life of the charismatic Mary Stuart. Queen of France...
As filming begins on Josie Rourke’s Mary, Queen of Scots, a first look image of Saoirse Ronan as the fated Queen of Scotland has been released.
The adaptation of John Guy’s acclaimed biography My Heart is My Own: The Life of Mary Queen of Scots. Will see Ronan joined by Suicide Squad’s Margot Robbie as Mary’s cousin and murderer, Elizabeth I. Joining the ladies on the cast are Jack Lowden (Dunkirk, England is Mine), Joe Alwyn (The Sense of an Ending, Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk), Martin Compston (Sweet Sixteen, “Line of Duty”) and Brendan Coyle (“Downton Abbey”, Me Before You). Also featuring in the cast are David Tennant (“Doctor Who”, “Broadchurch”) and Guy Pearce (Memento, La Confidential, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert).
Mary, Queen of Scots explores the turbulent life of the charismatic Mary Stuart. Queen of France...
- 8/17/2017
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
photograph by John Mathieson
Filming has begun on location in England and Scotland on the Working Title Films production of Mary, Queen of Scots, starring Saoirse Ronan in the title role opposite Margot Robbie as Elizabeth I.
Josie Rourke, artistic director of The Donmar Warehouse, makes her feature directorial debut on the movie. Focus Features holds worldwide rights and will release Mary, Queen of Scots in the Us and Universal Pictures International (Upi) will distribute the film internationally.
The producers of Mary, Queen of Scots are Working Title co-chairs Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner, and Debra Hayward, all Academy Award nominees as producers of Best Picture Oscar nominee Les Misérables.
Beau Willimon, an Academy Award nominee for The Ides of March and Emmy Award nominee for “House of Cards”, has written the screenplay adaptation. Mary, Queen of Scots is based on John Guy’s acclaimed biography My Heart is My...
Filming has begun on location in England and Scotland on the Working Title Films production of Mary, Queen of Scots, starring Saoirse Ronan in the title role opposite Margot Robbie as Elizabeth I.
Josie Rourke, artistic director of The Donmar Warehouse, makes her feature directorial debut on the movie. Focus Features holds worldwide rights and will release Mary, Queen of Scots in the Us and Universal Pictures International (Upi) will distribute the film internationally.
The producers of Mary, Queen of Scots are Working Title co-chairs Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner, and Debra Hayward, all Academy Award nominees as producers of Best Picture Oscar nominee Les Misérables.
Beau Willimon, an Academy Award nominee for The Ides of March and Emmy Award nominee for “House of Cards”, has written the screenplay adaptation. Mary, Queen of Scots is based on John Guy’s acclaimed biography My Heart is My...
- 8/17/2017
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Jack Lowden is a young Morrissey in The Hollywood Reporter's exclusive clip of England Is Mine.
The Dunkirk actor portrays the frontman of The Smiths in the Mark Gill film, which takes place long before his career takes off. In the music drama, Steven Patrick Morrissey is just a restless young man who dreams of escaping his working-class roots by being in a band. He soon finds a friend and confidant in Linder (Downton Abbey's Jessica Brown Findlay).
In the clip, Morrissey finds himself meeting a young Billy Duffy, who becomes the famed guitarist of The Cult. He also...
The Dunkirk actor portrays the frontman of The Smiths in the Mark Gill film, which takes place long before his career takes off. In the music drama, Steven Patrick Morrissey is just a restless young man who dreams of escaping his working-class roots by being in a band. He soon finds a friend and confidant in Linder (Downton Abbey's Jessica Brown Findlay).
In the clip, Morrissey finds himself meeting a young Billy Duffy, who becomes the famed guitarist of The Cult. He also...
- 8/17/2017
- by Ashley Lee
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Author: Stefan Pape
Now we all know that Morrissey, though a beautiful lyricist with a poetic eloquence about his emotional musings, can veer into rather grumpy territory at times. With songs such as ‘Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now’ – where the clue is in the title, it seemed apt to play a game of ‘Morrissey or Meldrew?” as we quizzed actor Jack Lowden and director Mark Gill, at the press junket for the biopic of The Smiths frontman, England is Mine.
Depicting the early years of Morrisey’s life, prior to him forming The Smiths with Johnny Marr, we read out quotes to both Lowden and Gill, some that came from the mouth of the Morrissey, and the others from One Foot in the Grave protagonist Victor Meldrew. And it was actually a bit harder than you may have thought – so see how they both faired in our video below:...
Now we all know that Morrissey, though a beautiful lyricist with a poetic eloquence about his emotional musings, can veer into rather grumpy territory at times. With songs such as ‘Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now’ – where the clue is in the title, it seemed apt to play a game of ‘Morrissey or Meldrew?” as we quizzed actor Jack Lowden and director Mark Gill, at the press junket for the biopic of The Smiths frontman, England is Mine.
Depicting the early years of Morrisey’s life, prior to him forming The Smiths with Johnny Marr, we read out quotes to both Lowden and Gill, some that came from the mouth of the Morrissey, and the others from One Foot in the Grave protagonist Victor Meldrew. And it was actually a bit harder than you may have thought – so see how they both faired in our video below:...
- 8/2/2017
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Author: Linda Marric
As with any biopic centring around a popular public figure, a certain amount of artistic licence is to be expected from its makers no matter who the subject maybe. In the case of Mark Gill’s England Is Mine, the stakes are somewhat stacked even higher than usual. With an army of hardcore adoring fans, and a near God-like status amongst the music press over the last thirty years, Morrissey has had countless unauthorised biographies written about him, but until now nobody had even dared dream of basing a film on his life, and judging by the negative reaction from some of his more ardent fans, it’s easy to see why.
With a title taken from one of The Smiths most loved songs “Still Ill”, Gill and co-writer William Thacker wear their hearts on their sleeves from the get-go as two people who clearly know their Smiths mythology inside out.
As with any biopic centring around a popular public figure, a certain amount of artistic licence is to be expected from its makers no matter who the subject maybe. In the case of Mark Gill’s England Is Mine, the stakes are somewhat stacked even higher than usual. With an army of hardcore adoring fans, and a near God-like status amongst the music press over the last thirty years, Morrissey has had countless unauthorised biographies written about him, but until now nobody had even dared dream of basing a film on his life, and judging by the negative reaction from some of his more ardent fans, it’s easy to see why.
With a title taken from one of The Smiths most loved songs “Still Ill”, Gill and co-writer William Thacker wear their hearts on their sleeves from the get-go as two people who clearly know their Smiths mythology inside out.
- 8/2/2017
- by Linda Marric
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
In his latest interview/podcast, host Stuart Wright talks with writer/director Mark Gill about his debut feature film England Is Mine… A portrait of Steven Patrick Morrissey and his early life in 1970′s Manchester before he went on to become lead singer of seminal 80′s band The Smiths.
England Is Mine is out Friday 4th August 2017. Check listings for details: Website | Facebook...
England Is Mine is out Friday 4th August 2017. Check listings for details: Website | Facebook...
- 7/28/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
The Scottish actor may not have grown up with The Queen is Dead but still looks the part in England is Mine. He talks about his ballet-dancing youth and working with Harry Styles in the louder-than-bombs second world war hit
When Jack Lowden first read the script for the film England Is Mine, about the formative years of Smiths frontman Steven Morrissey, he was blown away. The bracing northern humour, the brave storytelling, the scenes that were, to his mind at least, perfect studies of teenage isolation. “I thought, ‘fuck me, I have to try for the part’,” he says, eyes widening at the memory.
There was only one problem: Lowden barely knew who Morrissey was.
Continue reading...
When Jack Lowden first read the script for the film England Is Mine, about the formative years of Smiths frontman Steven Morrissey, he was blown away. The bracing northern humour, the brave storytelling, the scenes that were, to his mind at least, perfect studies of teenage isolation. “I thought, ‘fuck me, I have to try for the part’,” he says, eyes widening at the memory.
There was only one problem: Lowden barely knew who Morrissey was.
Continue reading...
- 7/28/2017
- by Tim Jonze
- The Guardian - Film News
“Dunkirk” is finally upon us after months of anticipation, and it’s clear the long wait has been worth it. IndieWire has named the WWII epic the best movie Christopher Nolan has ever made and a certain Oscar contender in the months ahead. As audiences nationwide get to discover why the film is such a monumental war epic, questions as to who exactly is in the cast are bound to come up.
Read More: ‘Dunkirk’ Review: Christopher Nolan’s Monumental War Epic Is The Best Film He’s Ever Made
Unlike Nolan’s recent star-driven efforts like “Inception” and “Interstellar,” “Dunkirk” features an eclectic mix of relative newcomers, Oscar winners and the director’s reliable collaborators. Getting a blend of known and unknown talent was crucial for Nolan, as including too many stars would’ve distracted from the urgent nature of the story. In following mostly fresh faces, Nolan is...
Read More: ‘Dunkirk’ Review: Christopher Nolan’s Monumental War Epic Is The Best Film He’s Ever Made
Unlike Nolan’s recent star-driven efforts like “Inception” and “Interstellar,” “Dunkirk” features an eclectic mix of relative newcomers, Oscar winners and the director’s reliable collaborators. Getting a blend of known and unknown talent was crucial for Nolan, as including too many stars would’ve distracted from the urgent nature of the story. In following mostly fresh faces, Nolan is...
- 7/19/2017
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Exclusive: England Is Mine, the newly retitled biopic about musician Morrissey from writer-director Mark Gill is getting a theatrical release through Cleopatra Entertainment. The film previously was titled Steven. England Is Mine will bow August 25 at the IFC Center in New York, then expand nationwide throughout the fall. The film will open first in the U.K. via eOne on August 4. Check out the trailer above. The drama, which recently closed the Edinburgh Film Festival, is…...
- 7/17/2017
- Deadline
The forthcoming Morrissey film, England Is Mine, is poorly timed – the Smiths frontman’s politics are questionable and his strops are silly … but what’s worse is he’s lost his outsider status
Related: Sorry Morrissey, but love and resistance are our best weapons against terror
There are a small batch of musicians whose appeal bridges generations of teenagers. Usually both cynical and highly emotional (and perhaps just a teensy bit melodramatic), they are able to repeatedly target those young people naturally disposed to “having a lot of feelings”, 10, 20 or even 30 years on. Kurt Cobain is one, Slipknot another. But the perennial king of adolescent angst – and the soundtrack to millions of face-in-duvet sobs – is undoubtedly Morrissey.
Continue reading...
Related: Sorry Morrissey, but love and resistance are our best weapons against terror
There are a small batch of musicians whose appeal bridges generations of teenagers. Usually both cynical and highly emotional (and perhaps just a teensy bit melodramatic), they are able to repeatedly target those young people naturally disposed to “having a lot of feelings”, 10, 20 or even 30 years on. Kurt Cobain is one, Slipknot another. But the perennial king of adolescent angst – and the soundtrack to millions of face-in-duvet sobs – is undoubtedly Morrissey.
Continue reading...
- 7/10/2017
- by Rachel Aroesti
- The Guardian - Film News
England Is Mine had its World Premiere on Sunday evening in Scotland as the closing film of the 2017 Edinburgh Film Festival.
England Is Mine is a feature length origins story based on the early life of Morrissey, the outspoken former lead singer of seminal British band The Smiths.
Read the review here.
In 1970’s Manchester, Steven Morrissey (Jack Lowden – Dunkirk, A United Kingdom, ’71), an introverted, uncompromising teenager, finds himself frustrated with his working-class existence.
With dreams of a successful music career being dampened by his run-of-the-mill job at the local tax office, Steven finds solace in the city’s underground gig scene where he meets Linder Sterling (Jessica Brown Findlay – Downton Abbey, The Riot Club) – an intelligent, self-assured artist – who encourages him to make his ideas of superstardom a reality.
“Female characters are of key importance to the story, most notably Linder Sterling (Downton Abbey’s Jessica Brown Findlay). An...
England Is Mine is a feature length origins story based on the early life of Morrissey, the outspoken former lead singer of seminal British band The Smiths.
Read the review here.
In 1970’s Manchester, Steven Morrissey (Jack Lowden – Dunkirk, A United Kingdom, ’71), an introverted, uncompromising teenager, finds himself frustrated with his working-class existence.
With dreams of a successful music career being dampened by his run-of-the-mill job at the local tax office, Steven finds solace in the city’s underground gig scene where he meets Linder Sterling (Jessica Brown Findlay – Downton Abbey, The Riot Club) – an intelligent, self-assured artist – who encourages him to make his ideas of superstardom a reality.
“Female characters are of key importance to the story, most notably Linder Sterling (Downton Abbey’s Jessica Brown Findlay). An...
- 7/3/2017
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Just Charlie was named Audience Award Winner at Eiff The 71st edition of Edinburgh International Film Festival drew to a close last night with the world premiere of England Is Mine.
Before the screening of the biopic - which charts the younger years of Smiths frontman Morrissey - the festival's artistic director announced the Audience Award winner.
The accolade - which is based on votes from screenings - went to Rebekah Fortune's Just Charlie, a coming-of-age drama about a transgender teenager.
Writing on Facebook after the award had been announced, the filmmakers wrote: "Can't help ourselves ... screaming it from every roof top... So proud, so delighted and incredibly honoured."
The screening of England Is Mine was attended by director Mark Gill and stars Jessica Brown-Findlay, Laurie Kynaston, Simone Kirby, Jack Lowden, Jodie Comer and Adam Lawrence.
This year's festival screened 151 films from 46 countries. Read about the jury award winners here.
Before the screening of the biopic - which charts the younger years of Smiths frontman Morrissey - the festival's artistic director announced the Audience Award winner.
The accolade - which is based on votes from screenings - went to Rebekah Fortune's Just Charlie, a coming-of-age drama about a transgender teenager.
Writing on Facebook after the award had been announced, the filmmakers wrote: "Can't help ourselves ... screaming it from every roof top... So proud, so delighted and incredibly honoured."
The screening of England Is Mine was attended by director Mark Gill and stars Jessica Brown-Findlay, Laurie Kynaston, Simone Kirby, Jack Lowden, Jodie Comer and Adam Lawrence.
This year's festival screened 151 films from 46 countries. Read about the jury award winners here.
- 7/3/2017
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
A mid-tempo mope through the pre-Smiths years of indie icon Morrissey, Mark Gill's feature debut England Is Mine struggles to evoke the atmosphere of its setting — Manchester, 1976-1982 — and to bring its tantalizingly enigmatic subject into satisfying focus. An unauthorized production unable to use either Morrissey's songs on the soundtrack or his words in the screenplay — reportedly completed before the publication of his much-ballyhooed 2013 autobiography — the film will nevertheless exert nostalgic appeal for those many thousands of diehard Smiths/Morrissey fans at home in the U.K. and further afield.
A likely brief...
A likely brief...
- 7/2/2017
- by Neil Young
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Before he was the cranky king of cancelling shows, talking shit, and “bulbous salutations”, Morrissey was once an equally cranky young upstart, writing scathing music reviews, struggling to put together a band, and putting in the 10,000 hours of moping necessary to become a Malcolm Gladwell-style expert in human misery. Now, that earlier period is the subject of a new (and completely unauthorized) biopic, England Is Mine, which sees Jack Lowden play the nascent Moz.
Going off the trailer, the film is more preoccupied with how The Smiths came to be than in the band itself; Johnny Marr (Laurie Kynaston) doesn’t even show up until the final moments. We also get appearances from key figures in the band’s mythology and Morrissey’s (sorry, Steven Patrick Morrissey’s) movement into the musical world, including Jessica Brown Findlay as artist Linder Sterling, and Adam Lawrence as Billy Duffy from ...
Going off the trailer, the film is more preoccupied with how The Smiths came to be than in the band itself; Johnny Marr (Laurie Kynaston) doesn’t even show up until the final moments. We also get appearances from key figures in the band’s mythology and Morrissey’s (sorry, Steven Patrick Morrissey’s) movement into the musical world, including Jessica Brown Findlay as artist Linder Sterling, and Adam Lawrence as Billy Duffy from ...
- 6/30/2017
- by William Hughes
- avclub.com
"Steven, what are you waiting for? Take a chance." Entertainment One in the UK has revealed an official trailer for a film titled England Is Mine, a biopic telling the story of famed musician and singer Steven Patrick Morrissey. Morrissey is played by Jack Lowden (seen in '71, A United Kingdom, Denial, Tommy's Honour) in the film, and the rest of the cast includes Jessica Brown Findlay, Jodie Comer, Peter McDonald, Laurie Kynaston, Simone Kirby, Finney Cassidy, and Katherine Pearce.. Set in the 1970s in Manchester, the film is about his early life as a young teenager before he became the lead singer of seminal 80's band The Smiths, along with his first fateful encounter with Johnny Marr. This looks very good, reminds me a bit of Sing Street with his musician dreams. Will be seeing this when it opens. Check it. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Mark Gill's England Is Mine,...
- 6/30/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
A young Morrissey trashes – then rises above – the stale rock scene of 1970s Manchester in the debut trailer for England Is Mine, an unauthorized biopic about the Smiths singer.
The clip opens with the future rock icon as a budding music journalist, scribing a scathing review on a typewriter. "The local music scene is the sole preserve of troglodytes whose regard for subtlety and variation is comparable to a pig's passion for the slaughterhouse," narrates Steven Patrick Morrissey (Jack Lowden). "In case I haven't made myself clear, it wasn't very good.
The clip opens with the future rock icon as a budding music journalist, scribing a scathing review on a typewriter. "The local music scene is the sole preserve of troglodytes whose regard for subtlety and variation is comparable to a pig's passion for the slaughterhouse," narrates Steven Patrick Morrissey (Jack Lowden). "In case I haven't made myself clear, it wasn't very good.
- 6/30/2017
- Rollingstone.com
There is a light that never goes out, and it is the flame carried in the hearts of Morrissey fans everywhere. It was only a matter of time before audiences were treated to a biopic of the seminal Britpop figure, and this one might actually do him justice — from the looks of the stylish new trailer released today.
Read More: ‘The Untamed’: Amat Escalante’s Insane Alien-Centric Erotic Horror Film Gets a Wild New Trailer — Watch
Titled “England Is Mine,” the film dramatizes the life of Steven Patrick Morrissey while he was still an unknown music journalist living in Manchester in the 1970’s. In the trailer, he spends his days tearing down other bands until a friend suggests he start one himself. Jessica Brown Findlay (“Downton Abbey”) dons a shaggy faux mullet confidently as Linder Sterling, a visual artist who founded the post-punk group Ludus. Rising star Jack Lowden...
Read More: ‘The Untamed’: Amat Escalante’s Insane Alien-Centric Erotic Horror Film Gets a Wild New Trailer — Watch
Titled “England Is Mine,” the film dramatizes the life of Steven Patrick Morrissey while he was still an unknown music journalist living in Manchester in the 1970’s. In the trailer, he spends his days tearing down other bands until a friend suggests he start one himself. Jessica Brown Findlay (“Downton Abbey”) dons a shaggy faux mullet confidently as Linder Sterling, a visual artist who founded the post-punk group Ludus. Rising star Jack Lowden...
- 6/30/2017
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Before he mesmerized people with his distinctive voice and words as lead singer of The Smiths, Morrissey was just another teenager trying to find his place in the world. The unauthorized story pitched in England Is Mine looks a wee bit familiar, but it's told with a good degree of urgency and impact in the new trailer for the film, which is heading to cinemas in the UK on 4 August. Jack Lowden stars as the young legend in the making, with Jodie Comer, Peter MacDonald, Laurie Kynaston, and Jessica Brown Findlay among the supporting cast. Mark Gill directed. England Is Mine will serve as the closing night presentation at the Edinburgh Film Festival on Sunday. Watch the trailer below, and mourn for your youth....
[Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]...
[Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]...
- 6/30/2017
- Screen Anarchy
Long before he was the gladioli-waving frontman of The Smiths, and even longer before he became the problematic provocateur of recent times, Morrissey was Steven Patrick Morrissey, a gobby teenage outsider looking to find his place in the world. Directed by Mark Gill and starring Jack Lowden, new biopic England Is Mine traces Morrissey’s formative years and his first fateful encounter with Johnny Marr.
•England Is Mine is released in UK cinemas on 4 August
Continue reading...
•England Is Mine is released in UK cinemas on 4 August
Continue reading...
- 6/30/2017
- by Guardian Staff
- The Guardian - Film News
Highlights include the UK premiere of Cars 3 and 17 world premieres.Scroll Down For Competition Titles
The line-up for the 71st Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) has been unveiled this morning by artistic director Mark Adams.
This year’s Eiff (June 21-2 July) will comprise a total 151 features from 46 countries including 17 world premieres, 12 international premieres, 9 European premieres and 69 UK premieres.
Highlights include the UK Premiere of Disney-Pixar’s animation Cars 3, appearances from Stanley Tucci, Oliver Stone and Kevin Bacon and the Opening and Closing Gala premieres of the previously announced God’s Own Country and England Is Mine.
There will also be a special screening of Raiders Of The Lost Ark accompanied by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra performing the score live.
Best of British
The Best of British strand includes Bryn Higgins’ Access All Areas featuring Rizzle Kicks’ Jordan Stephens; Simon Hunter’s Edie starring Sheila Hancock; the Donmar Warehouse’s all-female adaptation of [link...
The line-up for the 71st Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) has been unveiled this morning by artistic director Mark Adams.
This year’s Eiff (June 21-2 July) will comprise a total 151 features from 46 countries including 17 world premieres, 12 international premieres, 9 European premieres and 69 UK premieres.
Highlights include the UK Premiere of Disney-Pixar’s animation Cars 3, appearances from Stanley Tucci, Oliver Stone and Kevin Bacon and the Opening and Closing Gala premieres of the previously announced God’s Own Country and England Is Mine.
There will also be a special screening of Raiders Of The Lost Ark accompanied by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra performing the score live.
Best of British
The Best of British strand includes Bryn Higgins’ Access All Areas featuring Rizzle Kicks’ Jordan Stephens; Simon Hunter’s Edie starring Sheila Hancock; the Donmar Warehouse’s all-female adaptation of [link...
- 5/31/2017
- by orlando.parfitt@screendaily.com (Orlando Parfitt)
- ScreenDaily
England Is Mine stars Jack Lowden as Morrissey Photo: Courtesy of Eiff The world premiere of Morrissey biopic England Is Mine will close this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival on July 2.
The film, directed by Mark Gill, who was Oscar-nominated for his short The Voorman Problem, is set in Seventies Manchester, where an introverted, uncompromising teenager, finds himself frustrated with his working-class existence.
Jack Lowden plays Steve Morrissey and the film charts his progress through the city's underground music scene, including his friendship with Linder Sterling (Jessica Brown Findlay), culminating with his first meeting with guitarist and Smiths co-founder Johnny Marr (Laurie Kynaston).
Eiff artistic director Mark Adams said: “Morrissey is definitively one of Britain’s most iconic artists, and we are delighted to be exploring the enigma of his incredible life story on closing night with the world premiere of England Is Mine.”
Tickets for the film go on sale at 10am today (Friday,...
The film, directed by Mark Gill, who was Oscar-nominated for his short The Voorman Problem, is set in Seventies Manchester, where an introverted, uncompromising teenager, finds himself frustrated with his working-class existence.
Jack Lowden plays Steve Morrissey and the film charts his progress through the city's underground music scene, including his friendship with Linder Sterling (Jessica Brown Findlay), culminating with his first meeting with guitarist and Smiths co-founder Johnny Marr (Laurie Kynaston).
Eiff artistic director Mark Adams said: “Morrissey is definitively one of Britain’s most iconic artists, and we are delighted to be exploring the enigma of his incredible life story on closing night with the world premiere of England Is Mine.”
Tickets for the film go on sale at 10am today (Friday,...
- 5/12/2017
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
An unauthorized Morrissey biopic, England is Mine, will premiere July 2nd and close out the 71st Edinburgh International Film Festival. Filmmaker Mark Gill directed the movie, which stars Jack Lowden as a young Steven Patrick Morrissey.
England is Mine chronicles Morrissey's early years in Manchester, working a dull job at a tax office and exploring the city's underground arts scene. The film delves into Morrissey's friendship with artist Linder Sterling (Jessica Brown) and culminates with his meeting Smiths co-founder and guitarist, Johnny Marr.
"Morrissey is definitively one of Britain's most iconic artists,...
England is Mine chronicles Morrissey's early years in Manchester, working a dull job at a tax office and exploring the city's underground arts scene. The film delves into Morrissey's friendship with artist Linder Sterling (Jessica Brown) and culminates with his meeting Smiths co-founder and guitarist, Johnny Marr.
"Morrissey is definitively one of Britain's most iconic artists,...
- 5/11/2017
- Rollingstone.com
Exclusive: Brian Perera's La-based label Cleopatra Records is expanding into film distribution and production, eyeing projects focused on indie music and its icons. Its first move is acquiring all U.S. rights to Morrissey biopic Steven with Jack Lowden as the legendary British singer and frontman of The Smiths. Jessica Brown Findlay also stars. First-time helmer Mark Gill is directing Steven from a script he co-wrote with William Thacker, his collaborator on the 2014…...
- 5/9/2016
- Deadline
Exclusive: UK sales company Film Constellation launches with drama from Fish Tank producer.
Oscar-nominee Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine) and rising actor Jack Lowden (’71) are set to star in UK drama Cross My Mind, the first film on the slate of fledgling UK sales outfit Film Constellation.
Written by MacArthur Fellowship recipient Naomi Wallace and Bruce McLeod (Flying Blind), the film follows the intense and erotic love affair between a recovering blinded soldier (Lowden) and a married woman (Hawkins) who is taking care of him.
But the clock is ticking, as he is beginning to recover his sight, and the carer is not who the young soldier thinks she is.
Set against Glasgow’s iconic waterfront docks, the feature is produced by Fish Tank producer and Peter Greenaway regular Kees Kasander with Julia Ton under their Cinatura banner alongside John Archer’s Hopscotch Films, who initiated the project together with the late director Antonia Bird, who was on...
Oscar-nominee Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine) and rising actor Jack Lowden (’71) are set to star in UK drama Cross My Mind, the first film on the slate of fledgling UK sales outfit Film Constellation.
Written by MacArthur Fellowship recipient Naomi Wallace and Bruce McLeod (Flying Blind), the film follows the intense and erotic love affair between a recovering blinded soldier (Lowden) and a married woman (Hawkins) who is taking care of him.
But the clock is ticking, as he is beginning to recover his sight, and the carer is not who the young soldier thinks she is.
Set against Glasgow’s iconic waterfront docks, the feature is produced by Fish Tank producer and Peter Greenaway regular Kees Kasander with Julia Ton under their Cinatura banner alongside John Archer’s Hopscotch Films, who initiated the project together with the late director Antonia Bird, who was on...
- 4/27/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Dredd 2
Actor Karl Urban remains very keen to take on the role of Judge Dredd again, to the point that he tweeted this week asking for streaming services like Netflix and Amazon to look into a "Dredd"-related project as "There's a gold mine of Awesome Mega city 1 stories." The tweet was prompted by a fan-made Netflix listing for a possible "Dredd" film sequel.
The Reason You're Alive
Miramax has won the rights to a film adaptation of "The Silver Linings Playbook" author Matthew Quick's new novel "The Reason You're Alive" which Allison Shearmur ("Cinderella," "Rogue One") will produce. Quick will adapt the screenplay from his novel.
The story follows a Vietnam war veteran who, following brain surgery, must atone for a decades-old injustice in order to reconnect with his peace-loving art dealer son. [Source: Variety]
Slumber
Darby Stanchfield ("Scandal"), Emily Bett Rickards ("Arrow"), and Meaghan Rath ("Being Human") have been...
Actor Karl Urban remains very keen to take on the role of Judge Dredd again, to the point that he tweeted this week asking for streaming services like Netflix and Amazon to look into a "Dredd"-related project as "There's a gold mine of Awesome Mega city 1 stories." The tweet was prompted by a fan-made Netflix listing for a possible "Dredd" film sequel.
The Reason You're Alive
Miramax has won the rights to a film adaptation of "The Silver Linings Playbook" author Matthew Quick's new novel "The Reason You're Alive" which Allison Shearmur ("Cinderella," "Rogue One") will produce. Quick will adapt the screenplay from his novel.
The story follows a Vietnam war veteran who, following brain surgery, must atone for a decades-old injustice in order to reconnect with his peace-loving art dealer son. [Source: Variety]
Slumber
Darby Stanchfield ("Scandal"), Emily Bett Rickards ("Arrow"), and Meaghan Rath ("Being Human") have been...
- 4/26/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Exclusive– Jodie Comer has joined the cast of Steven, the Mark Gill-directed biopic of iconic British singer Morrissey. This film marks Comer’s big screen debut, following on from her eye-catching turn as the 22-year-old mistress/homewrecker in BBC's ratings phenomenon Doctor Foster. She joins the previously announced Jack Lowden and Jessica Brown Findlay in the film. The news comes on the heels of Comer landing the plum lead role The White Princess, the sequel to…...
- 4/26/2016
- Deadline
Exclusive: Downton Abbey star Jessica Brown Findlay has joined the cast of Steven, the Mark Gill-directed biopic of iconic British singer Morrissey. Findlay stars opposite Jack Lowden in the lead role of the movie that follows the character from his early life in the 1970s before he went on to become the lead singer in seminal 1980s band The Smiths. She will play Linder Sterling, an English visual artist, performance artist and musician from Liverpool who became a close…...
- 4/11/2016
- Deadline
If Christian Bale’s reluctance about getting fat did indeed put an inextricable nail in Ferrari‘s coffin, Michael Mann could instead head to very comfortable territory — and he might bring Don Winslow along with him. The acclaimed crime author will take part in the newly established Michael Mann Books, with the director “co-creating” a novel about Chicago’s legendary gangsters Sam Giancana and Tony Accardo; it’s expected to arrive next year. [Deadline]
This is not new territory for Mann: he’s been hoping to tell this story for years, back when it was (or still is?) called Big Tuna, and one imagines that having the writer behind some of this century’s best-known crime stories — including The Cartel, which Ridley Scott and Leonardo DiCaprio might soon bring to theaters — ought to be a major boost. Mann is currently expected to produce the feature — but, if all goes well, we...
This is not new territory for Mann: he’s been hoping to tell this story for years, back when it was (or still is?) called Big Tuna, and one imagines that having the writer behind some of this century’s best-known crime stories — including The Cartel, which Ridley Scott and Leonardo DiCaprio might soon bring to theaters — ought to be a major boost. Mann is currently expected to produce the feature — but, if all goes well, we...
- 3/18/2016
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.